Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1882-11-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DEATH. The Premier then moved Resolution No. 3, The trial of Patrick Joyce, one of the eight limiting the power given to hon. members to men now in the indictment for the murder of move the adjournment of the debate, or of the the Joyce family, was resumed on Wed' Rouse, or that the Chairman of Committees dd nesday at Dublin, when the Court was densely report progress. Sir Dizammond Wolff, by way crowded. Mr Hamilton, Under-Secretary ; of amendment, sought to exclude Supply from Mr Jenkinson, Assistant Secretary for the Inthe operation of this rule. He was vestigation of Crime • and other officials at supported by Lord Randolph Churchill tended to host the Judge's charge. and Lord John Manners. The latter made Judge Barry, in charging the jury, expatiated a suggestion.to modify the wording of the rule on the enormity of the crime which so as to give greater latitude of discussion under startled the civilised world; but the more it. Mr Gladstone agreed to delete the word enormous the crime the more should they "strictly" from it, whereupon the amendment hesitate fixing its consequences or infamy on was withdrawn. Mr Gorst moved a second any individual. Prisoner's counsel pressed amendment, restricting the scope of the resolu- that no motive had been proved by the tion ; but this was opposed an toto by the Crown to exist oil the part of the prisoner, Premier, and rejected by 103 votes to 34. The and the question for the jury was whether smallness of the minority was convincing evi- motive was not contained in that most remark;dence of the desertion of the Fourth Party by able piece of evidence given by the man Thomas their leaders. Lord Randolph Churchill , was Cagey, one of the so-called approvers. The not slow to notice the fact. In wrath he pro- learned Judge then reviewed the other evidence posed to restrict the power of their closing the at some length, and months of hon. members to the Speaker; The jury, after only eight minutes' deliberate the exclusion of the Chairman of Committees, Aim, found prisoner GUILTY, and he was and in so doing struck out lustily and in-_ sentenced to be hanged on Dec. 15th. partially against the leaders of both parties. No The trial was next commenced of Patrick sooner had he resumed his seat than up rose Casey, aged 30. Mr Gladstone, with all the gandium certaminis of an adolescent debater in his manner. Amid intense merriment he proceeded to smash, destroy, and pulverise "the Fourth Party." Lord Randolph's amendment, he pointed out, was the reverse to Mr Gorst's just lost. 0* of the members of the Fourth Party, Mr Gorst had proposed to cut out of the resolution everything that concerned the House, leaving qnly what concerned the Committee. Now matters were reversed. The noble lord proposed to tut out what Mr Gorst had left in. "What the locust left the caterpillars, dm." Mr Gorst in the semblable likeness of a locust, and Lord Randolph in that of a caterpillar, produced such an impression on the risible faculties of hon. members in every quarter of the House as has seldom been witnessed before. Yet this staggering comparison was made without the faintest suspicion of personality or abuse. It was a stroke of genius. Nevertheless, the locust supported the caterpillar's amendment, which, however, was eventually negatived without a division. The remainder of the debate was of a purely technical character. The House rose at five minutes to six.  LoNnoN,_Friday_morning.