Widnes Examiner. — 1886-05-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. ' strong drink the fact that this retrogression had been deemed The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. ' necessary through the increase of homicides.—Mr. HOWARD THE HOME RULE BILL VINCENT moved art amendment declaring it to be desirable After the 'preliminary business had been disposed of, in- that offences for which the penalty of death now followed a eluding explanations as to the Auglo-Spanish Convention verdict of guilty, unless remitted by Her Majesty, should and the "pacific blockade" of the Greek coast, be divided into three categories as recommended by the Mr. GLeDeTeNE reset amld't much cheering, to move the Royal Commission of 1866. and in order that executions, second reading of the Government of Ireland Bill. The when necessary, may be carried out with every regard to right lion, gentleman entered into a personal explanation of humanity and decency, an experienced person should be his own position with regard to Home Rule, and justified selected by the Government for the purpose and adequately hie former votes on the question. He denied that be had remunerated from the public funds —Mr. LOCI{VirOOD, bee ever understood Some Rule as involving the disruption of seconding the amendment, said the question was not the Empire. It had been said that the policy of the whether the death penalty was barbarous, but whether it woe Liberals in dealing with Ireland had failed On the con- deterrent. He arened that experience had shown that it was trary, althouell he had been disappointed, he asserted that ' deterrent. —Sir Wm. HARCOURT speaking on behalf of the whatever of failure there had been arose from the fact that Government, pointed out that of late years the prerogative the Liberal policy had not yet reached its goal. The disease of mercy vested in the Crown had been exercised with of Irelawd had not been removed, but it had taken a milder i greater frequency and with more constant and careful cohnl form through the action of the Liberal party. Two condi- , sideration than was formerly the case, and added that in his times had been always absolutely necessary in his mind in lopinion the punishment of death could not safely be disrespect to Home Rule. In the first place that it should be paused with.—Sir J. GORST supported the amendment, in shown to bathe desire of the great mass of the population of the belief that there need be no insurmountable difficelty in Ireland. He did not hesitate to say that that condition had defining the particular cases for which the death penalty never been absolutely and unequivocally fulfilled until the ought to be retained.—Mr. E. RIDER•COON supported the, passing of the Representation of the People Act. The motion.—Sir R. Caoss was unable to vote for the abolition second condition was equally indispensable. Was Home of capital punishment. Being, however, of opinion that a Rule a thing compatible or incompatible with the unity of definition of murder in the first degree was not impossible he' Empire? That question had been answered on the first should vote for the amendment.—Mr. CHILDERS did not night of the session by Mr. Parnell, who had declared that think public opinion was ripe for the change proposed by what he sought under the name of Home Rule Was antono- the motion.— After a reply from Sir Joseph Pease, the i my for Ireland. Dealing with the objections to the bill, amendment was put and negatived, and the House divid'd Mr. Gladstone contended that his action was in complete on the original motion. The numbers were:—For the accordance with the Whig tradition. He showed that motion 62, against 117, majority 55. Canada offered an analogous case, and quoted Sir C. Gavan INIMUALITIVS OF THE LAW or