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IRISH HOME RULE.
Continuation OF the debate In the
COmmORs-GiIadstOneg and the
Queen.

Queen.
: The debate on the Home Rule bill was
continued in the House of Commons. Sir
Richard Ashton Cross, Conservative, was
:hc first speaker. He said that the bill
would not secure good government for Ire
land If it were passed there would be two
sets of judges in Ireland. One set would
administer justice in revenue cases and the
other would administer justice in criminal
cases. The former would be protected by
the Imperial Parliament and the other
would be left to the tender mercies of the
Irish people. Mr.. Gladstone had said the
union was effected by bribery, but the Pre-
mier himself was offering the large bride of
$4,000, 900 to Ireland, and this was not
the first time that he had offered bride,
Parliament the speaker continued would
cease to be imperial if the Irish members
We're not retained. He believed that by the
firm and judicious administration of law.
and by the governments showing its readi-
hess to consider just grievances, the Irish
would in time see, as the Scotch had ALREADY
seen in their case, that it was to the interest
of Ireland to remain united with England
and to maintain the supremacy of the I'M
perial Parliament. %
James Stansfeld, President of the Local
Government Board, said that the Conserva-
tives had propounded policy for govern
ing Ireland resolutely, "and, " he continued,
"we all know what 'resolutely' means"
Cheers He believed in Irish nationality,
and he thought that to satisfy the Irish was
the only way to effect the lasting moral
union of England and Ireland CCheers.1
John II. A. Mcdonald, member from
Edinburgh and st. Andrews Universities,
presented petition against granting home
rule to Ireland. The petition was signed
by LOG, 1874 Scotchmen. 1t was one and
one-quarter miles long and weighed 274
pounds, and was borne into the House on
the shoulders of stalwart attendants.
Colonel Ponsonby, the Queens Private
Secretary, visited Mr.. Gladstone. It is
understood that he conveyed to the Premier
a message from the Queen to the effect
that Her Majesty was DESTROYS that dissolU-
ton of Parliament be avoided, as she feared
that such a course would have disturbing
influence upon the business interests of the
country.
It is reported that Gladstone has replied
to the Queen that she must dissolve Parlia-
ment unless the majority against the Home
Rule bill be so great as to justify its oppo-
nents in undertaking to form government
with the chance of succeeding in passing
Irish legislation. The Ministerialists say
that in the event of the bill being carried
by small majority, or being defeated by
small majority, Parliament will be dis
solved, and if the majority against the bill
reaches forty the Ministry will resign.
Chamberlain declines to formulate the con-
cessions desired by him, on the ground that
Gladstone's committee already knows them.
The Irish house-league is operating &C
lively against house-owners in Kerry, Cork
and Waterford counties. The league de-
mands reductions in rents and resists evic-
tons. Members of this league who are
connected with branches of the national
league take advantage of the national league
meetings to denounce householders.
A .Loyalist meeting at Bermondsey was
invaded by party of Radicals and Irish |
men, who stormed the platform. A gen.
eral fight ensued and the meeting broke up |
in disorder.
Mr.. O'Donoghue has abated the rents of
his Glenhesk estates in County Kerry fifty
per cent The mortgages of Lord AnnaIy's |
places in Dublin and Longford have applied
or . receiver to obtain arrears of interest
on the mortgages. The property is en-.
numbered to the extent of $500, 600 annual
ly.; 1t is alleged by Lord Annaly that he is
unable to collect the rents; The Judge has
postponed the hearing of the case until July.
A farmer named Quigley of Knock
jamsque, near Tulla, County Glare, was
shot dead while sitting at his freside. He
had recently taken a boycotted grazing
farm.
The Orangemen of Lurgan, County Ar
magh, are enrolling them in military asso-
Citations organized for the purpose of resist /
ing a home-rule government. 1t is stated
that In the event of an Ulster rebellion a
royalist expedition will be ready to march
on Dublin, leaving strong garrisons in Ulster /
and an army Of observation on the Shannon. /