The Irish standard., 1894-09-08
THE LORDS AND IRELAND.

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| Opposition of the Peers to All Remedial
Legislation.
| Ia view Of the recent rejection by the
House OF Lords OIL the tenants defense
bill the following list, with dates OF their
acts with regard to Ireland, will be read
with both interest and profit. Most OF
the list is extracted from Mr.. Barry
O'Brien's valuable Chronology Of Ire
land Since the Union" tsee Irish Wrongs
and English Remedies London:
Keegan, Paul & Co. 1887.
| CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
1805-Lord Granville presents Cath
olic petition for removal of disabilities.
Petition rejected by 178 votes to 40.
1872 (April) Motion for inquiry into
Catholic claims rejected by LA votes
to 102.
| 1872 MAY Canning motion for in
qniry carried in Commons by 235 votes
to 106. Similar motion lost in the Lords.
1915 Resolution in favor OF the Cath
olic claims rejected.
| 1819-Resolution in favor Of the Gath
olic claims rejected by 147 votes to LOG.
1821-Plunket's emancipation bill
passed by the Commons. Second read
ing by 254 to 243 votes. Third reading
by 2l6 votes to 1877. Rejected IN the
Lords BY 159 votes to 100
1922 -Canning's bill to allow Catholics
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to sit in the House OF Lords carried In
Commons by 235 votes to 225; rejected
i in Lords by I'll votes to 129.
1926 Catholic relief bill passed by the
Commons; rejected by the Lords.
1929 Emancipation bill passed in
fear of civil war.
TlrHE REFORM AND MUNICIPAL REFoRM.
1630-Commencement of the tithe war.
1881 BATTLES" Of Newtown Barry and
Carrickstock.s
1832-"Battles" OF Wallstown and
Rathkeeran.
| 1833-"Battle" Of Kilmurry.
i 1834-"Battle' OF Rathcormac.
l835-Peel defeated by the Irish vote.
The second Melbourne administration.
Drummond refuses the police to the tithe
proctors.
Tithe communication and appropriation
bill passed by the Commons; rejected by
the Lords.
ii Municipal reform bill passed without
division by the Commons; rejected by
the Lords.
u 1836-Hthe Communication and appro~
priation bill passed by the Commons; re-
iected by the Lords.
Municipal reform bill passed by the
Commons, 26O votes to 1919; rejected by
the Lords, 2O3 votes to 119.
II 1837-Municipal reform bill passed by
the Commons; rejected by the Lords.
1838-Tithe Communication act passed,
! the Lords forcing the ministry to aban-
. don the clause appropristing the sur
! plus revenue of the Irish church to Irish
, education.
81 Municipal reform bill passed by the
D Commons; rejected by the Lords.
II 1839--Do, do, do.
J, 1840-Municipal reform act passed; but
d the Lords assist Peel in disfranchising
Il SO corporations out. of So, and giving O
j. restricted franchise to rest.
q LAND REFORM AND DIsEsTABLIsHMENp.
vi 1829-Mr. Brownlow's bill for reciama-
Q tion Of waste lands passed by the Com
3 mons; dropped by the Lords
n 1845-Lord Stanley's bill, securing
8 tenants compensation for their prospect
9 i've improvements, rejected by the Lords.
J 1853-The Napier land code, securing
v tenants their improvements retrospective
{ and prospective, passes the Commons,
Il postponed in the Lords.
il 1S54-The Napier code referred to So
8 lect committee Of Lords when Hthe
e tenants compensation bill" is condemned
d by the committee and abandoned.
o 1868-Mr. Gladstone's bill, suspend
ing appointments in the established
church, passed by the Commons, reject
ed in the Lords by 1872 votes to 81. Gen.
J eral election-Lords condemned.
z 1870-Mr. Gladstone's land act mutt
/ lated.
e 1S8O-Mr. Forster's compensation for
! disturbance bill rejected by large ma.
q lority.
= 188l--Mr. Gladstone's land act mutt
y lated.
III 1898 93-Reiection Of the home rule bill
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