The record-union., 1893-02-01

special to the RECoRD-UNIo
LONDON, Jan. 81. - Parliament re-
assembled to-day. The Queens speech
contained no point of special interest be-
yond those outlined in these dispatches
yesterday.
At the close of reading the Queens
speech, Parliament adjourned until the
afternoon. On reassembling Gladstone
took the oath as Prime Minister and was
followed by his colleagues.
In the House of Lords several new
Peers. including Lord Playfair, took the
oath.
The Prince of Wales and his son, the
Duke of York, had seats on the cross
| bench.
Lord Brassey moved the adoption of
the address in reply to the Queens
speech. His motion was seconded by
Lord Thring. Both mover and seconder
spoke in general terms in support of the
Government.
Lord Salisbury, who to-day appeared
| in opposition, passed a compliment on
Lord Thring. Touching upon the ques-
ton of home rule for Ireland, Lord
Salisbury said one object of the Govern
ment the past six months had been to get
the support of class of men who
hitherto no politicians in England had
! tried to conciliate. The keynote of the
Irish policy of the Government was sup
posed to be to get the support of the GRIM
inal classes. The prerogative of the
crown had been used to shield murderers
and release dynamiters. All acts of the
Government caused the impression that
they were much more in sympathy with
criminals than DESTROYS of indicating
the law. [Cries of ''Heari hear!'1 Refer
ence in the Queens speech to home rule
was the most peculiar sentence he had
ever seen in a public document. 1t
| seemed to indicate the Governments
opinion that the whole Irish question
with which Parliament had to deal was
that it was right for one portion of the
Irish to place their heel upon the he ok of
the Protestant population in Ireland.
With regard to other measures indi-
Gated in the Queens speech, Lord Sails
bury declared that nobody believed they
would ever be undertaken. There is
simply a repetition of the programme
adopted by the Liberal conference at
Newcastle.
Lord Salisbury alluded to the agricult-
ural depression and said agriculture suf-
/ fered most for want of confidence. Polit-
ical partisans now preached doctrines
that were filling the minds of owners of
capital with apprehension. There was
no country in the world, Lord Salisbury
! added, where property was now so inse-
cure as in Great Britain, in consequence
of erroneous legislative action. [C1ies of
"Hear! Hearp'
The Earl of Kimberly mildly remon-
strated with Lord Salisbury for accusing
the Government of having sympathy for
Irish criminals. He promised to intro
duce the home rule bill in the Lords as
soon as it passed the Commons. When
the promise was heard faint laughter
rippled over the benches.
| The debate was then adjourned.
IN THE COMMONS.
| LONDON, Jan. BIN the Commons
this evening notice that Gladstone would
introduce his home rule bill on Monday
elected prolonged Liberal cheers. At
$50 Lambert UiberaD rose to move
the address. He spoke to empty
benches, as did Mark Beauty, who sec
onded the motion. The House filled like
magic, however, when Balfour arose and
amid storm of opposition cheers began
in sneering tone a criticism of the Gov
eminent in its Egyptian policy.
Balfour said the Ministers could rely
upon the support of the opposition as
| long as they upheld British rights. He
trusted that the Government would, at
its earliest convenience, let Parliament
know the causes which led to the recent
troubles in Cairo. Among the causes.
undoubtedly, were rash utterances made
| by the Prime Minister and Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland when they were in the
opposition. Balfour denounced the
Evicted Tenants Commission as so I'M
fairly constituted that they were incapable
of preventing a trustworthy report. He
demanded that the Home Secretary
should say whether or not the release of
Egan and Callan, Irish dynamiters. was
part of the policy of amnesty intended
to involve the release of all Irish dyna-
miters.
Gladstone was cheered loudly when he
rose to answer Balfour for assailing W III
infiammatory criticism a bill not vet in
PRODUCED and for doing his utmost to
prejudice the minds of his followers
against plan of home rule of which he
was still ignorant. Balfour had asked
where there was an empire which had
been strengthened by the adoption of
local autonomy. Gladstone replied that. as
Lord Salisbury had done years ago, he
would point to Austria hungary He
would also point to the British colonies.
which sixty years ago were ruled from
London, but demanded separation,
until self-government was finally
granted. He would not reply to Belfour's
invective against Morley's admInistra-
ton of Ireland, except to say that wise
policy Of clemency had been simultane-
Gus with a great decrease of agrarian
crime. Balfour's attack upon the Evicted
tenants Commission recoiled upon him
self. Gladstone did not believe that in
his long Parliamentary career he ever
uttered words so rash and dangerous as
we're those uttered by Balfour concerning
the difficulties i'll Egypt These words
seemed to suggest that the Government
would lose no time in getting out of
Egypt.
Balfour rose and repudiated the charge
that he had suggested the probability of
hasty evacuation.