Widnes Examiner. — 1881-01-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS.—In a full and attentive House Mr. Suety resumed the debate on Mr. Pamell's amendment to the Address. In a speech of great moderation he speaking for the large number of the Irish people, said they were not entirely satisfied with what was going to be done on the land queedon. The Speech from the Throne might mean anything, "But the Speech from the Treasury Bench the other night does not," he added, amid'some cheering from below the gangway on the Ministerial side," mean what we want." These cheers were renewed and taken up all over the Ministerial benches when Mr. Shaw added, "I have not yet given up my belief in the Prime Minister." He believed that the Bill, when its clauses were madknown, would be found to be not so bad as was feared. But he would say that it would be better not, to touch the question at all than to touch and not settle it. As a practical contribution towards such settlement, he threw out the suggestion that there should be established a tribunal which should fix the rent as between landlord and tenants.—Lord RANT:imam Crrcncrutt, who on rising was loudly cheered by Sir H. Drummond Wolff, offered some remarks on the situaiion. Lord Randolph had discerned "a simmering on the benches opposite," which led 'him to the conclusion that if a division were taken on the question of coercion, the Ministerial Whips would fail to recognise in the lobby the faces of some of their most ardent supporters. If there had been a few more murders, or if Mr. Gladstone had only had the good fortune to bring about an armed rising in Ireland, he might have counted on the support of iittled found L i breerda le e tptoanr t yin. tAh es eiotniwtoarst, t hLaotrd supportßandforloptnh Cthheurcuhn other quarters placed the passing of the Bill beyond controversy. A little later in his speech he departed from these general terms, and announced that for himself and his friends near him they would support the Government in the endeavour to deliver them from the fanaticism of hon. gentlemen below the gangway. This delicate reference to the party of whom the noble lord is one of four leaders, was received with loud and general laughter.—Mr. CHARLES RUSSELL, as being strongly opposed to coercion, declared hi intention of voting for Mr. Parnell's amendment, and spoke distrustfully of the Labd Bill. An observation to the effect that the Land Bill, as sketched by Mr. Gladstone, bore on its face marks of compromise intended to cover differences of opinion in the Cabinet was a proposition that seemed to amuse the Premier, who was an attentive listener.—The debate was continued by The O'Donoghne, Mr. Bradlaugh, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Captain O'Shea, and Mr. Litton, who made a strong appeal to Mr. Gladstone to go beyond the indication already furnished of the objects of the Bill. The appeal was joined in by Mr. Richardson, another Ulster Liberal.--Mr. THOROLD ROGERS, speaking after 11 o'clock, when the House had refilled, called forth some laughter and ironical cheering from the Opposition by his emphatic denunciation of Sir Stafford Northcote's alliterate phrase (" force, fraud, and folly ") as the wickedest and foolishest words he had ever heard.—Mr. PLIINKET, in an occasioaally eloquent speech, described the addresses of Mr. Shaw and Mr. Russell as an attempt to "Boycott the Whigs." Their remarks were addressed, not to the resolution before the House, but to an attempt to force the hand of the Government on the land question. Mr. Pluaket's announcement of his intention to vote for the Coercion Bill and to give the most candid consideration to the Land Bill was hailed with ironical cheers by his fellow-countrymen below the gangway. The right hon. gentleman, in illustration of Mr. Parnell's popular plan of campaign, very effectively quoted the passage from Shakespeare in which Jack Cade tells his followers that under his regime seven halfpenny loaves shall be sold for a penny, that every three-hooped can shall have seven hoops, and that it shall be made felony to drink small beer.—On the motion of Mr. MITCHELL HENRY, the debate was at ten minutes past twelve, adjourned. was, IN