The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-23
The Mnrouls OF EEmrtingtOn.

The Marquis of Harrington, who rose to
speak at 10 p. NJ, was loudly cheered. 1t
required, he said. no prolonged examina-
ton of the scheme submitted last night
with so much eloquence and ability, to
say that the project for establishing flu
ture relations between this country and
| Ireland was one which it would be abso-
lutely impossible for them to make them
selves parties to. [Cheers. The distin-
gushing feature of the act of union was
the creation of a sovereign legislature.
which was to be the sole legislative body
for the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, and it was the kingdom thus legisla-
lively united that was meant when they
spoke of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. [Cheers.l The coun-
try, he said, had no sufficient warn
ing. It had no warning at all that any
proposals of the magnitude and vastness
of those which were explained last night,
were to be considered in the present Parlia-
ment, much less that they were to form the
subject for consideration. CCheers.l The
House of Commons had no moral right to
cies had not been previously informed. The
result of the last election was not altogether
what had been expected. The present tri-
umph of the Liberal party was not as COM
plete as had been anticipated, and If il had
been known that the first work of the new
Parliament, and the Liberal Ministry was
to be the entire resettlement of the legisla-
tive relations between England and Ireland,
it was impossible to say that the result
might not have been the return Of q large
Conservative majority. Opposition cheers.
If the proposals of the Prime Minister were
accepted by the Irish members, it would
only give them the vantage ground for de-
handing fresh concessions. Whatever
might be the fate of the measure, its intro
duction by q responsible minister would
have done much that could not be recalled.
(Cheers This measure would henceforth
be the minimum of Irish demand. II, as
he thought likely, it did not command the
support of the people of the country its in
PRODUCTION without adequate consideration
or preparation, would have added vastly
to the difficulties of the future government
of Ireland. ICheers. He could not be-
lieve the people of England would consent
to the loyal minority in Ireland being hand
ed over to a majority without more effectual
and more adequate protection than that of
fered by the provisions of this bill. loud
cheers If the scheme was good for
Ireland, it was good equally for Scotland
and Wales.
If the latter demanded domestic legisla-
lures of their own and this was conceded,
the result would be House of Parliament
with every Scotch and Welsh member act
ing as an imperial legislator for the whole
United Kingdom (cheers) IF the people
of England and Scotland thought injustice
was being done to the minority in Ireland,
that minority would not appeal to them in
vain, and he feared that in that way this
bill, introduced in the interests Of peace,
was likely to occasion more serious disturb
anee than any that had yet risen. We can
not, he said, escape from responsibility by
delegating to another body executive power
which we know would be used by it in a
manner we should condemn.
Mr.. Gladstone has placed notice paper
in the House of Commons, that he will ask
leave on 18th inst, to introduce a bill to
make an amended provision for the sale and
purchase of lands in Ireland.