Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1876-05-27 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE FENIAN PRISONERS.  Mr lVfausims Raorms asked Mr Disraeli whether it was his intention to advise Her Majesty to extend her Royal mercy to the prisoners still k tiff arin punishment for offences in breach of their allegiance to Her Majesty. •  The Pullman, not content with answering the question directly, entered ink. an historical survey, in which he detailed the character of, the Fenians yet remaining in prison and the crimes which they were now expiating, pointing out, amid the cheers of the Conservative rmle, that the vast majority of those who are in that predicament were murderers or old soldiers, upon whom, of course, grace would be thrown away, and for whom pardon would be a mistake. He refused to advise the Queen to exercise her prerogative of mercy. Mr O'cosrazon Powan moved the aljournment of the House, in order to give him the opportunity of raising a debate. Fur the most part he contented himself with a dedication and a protest. His declaration was to the effect that the Fenian prisoners were not quite so black as they were paintel ; and his protest was entered against the stiff-necked determination expressos' by the Premier not to release men who we:e true-hearted and trustworthy Irishmen.  Mr ANDERSON very emphatically declared that all those who sat below the Liberal gangway were not of tne same opinion as Mr Power. No doubt the requisition to the Premier bad been largely signed, but it hat been signed under extrerne pressure and under something like misrepresentation. He himself had been impoituned to sign it no less than six times, and he knew of other members towards whom coercive appeals had been made, Mr WIDDY and another hon. gentleman both declared that they had signed the document on the distinct understanding that ii was not to ask for a pardon to the murderers. That tromise haring been broken, they repudiated both the requisition and its framers, and led the House to believe they were sorry for what they had done.  Mr Powsn said that all who signed th 3 petition were told that the case of murderers would not be mentioned in the petition, but that the discretion of dealing with them would be left with Her Majesty's Government.  Mr Drachm declared that the influence of England abroad had sunk so low that the Great Powers did not consult with her to frame a note on Turkey, but merely asked her to iegister what they had done. He also threw a dark at Mr Disraeli, whom he described as an alien, incapable of tinderatan .ing the English character, and as a tackler to Prince Bismarck. His somewhat straggling remarks reached a climax when, characterising the Duke of Cambridge as a German Prince, be asserted that it was he, and he alone, who had prevented the release of the prisoner&  The little storm was appropriately wound up, as far as personalities were eunzerned, by Mr Callan, who characterised Mr Anderson's remarks as insulting to the House, and altlgether unbectoming the position of a member of Parliament.  Air BUTT, though in a sense he sprinkled cool reason on the inflammability of his immediate followers, was not less emphatic than they in denouncing the Government, mid there the matter ended, the Irish members intimating that the subject would before long be brought formally before the House.