The Anti-Rent Campaign.
The special correspondent of the Melbourne ‘ Daily Telegraph ’ cables under date London February 21; — An important meeting of the Conservative party was held to-day at the Foreign Office, and was attended by a large number of peers and members of the House of Commons. The Premier delivered a statement on the policy of the Ministry. He urged the vital importance of amending the rules of procedure, in order that obstruction in Parliament might be overcome and public business advanced. To secure this object, he pointed opt that it would be necessary for the Conservatives to curtail their speeches. The Government would introduce a Bill to amend the criminal law in Ireland as soon as the rules of procedure were settled. It was also the intention of the Government to legislate on the basis of the recommendations contained in the report of the Land Commission. Several members of the House of Commons strongly advocated a measure for the extension of local government on popular lines. Mr Edwin De Lisle, member for Middle Leicestershire, and one of the few Roman Catholics returned by an English constituency, denounced the conduct of Dr Croke, Archbishop of Cashel, in issuing a manifesto against the payment of taxation in Ireland. He said that he would like to see the archbishop tried for treason in London by a jury of English Roman Catholics. His repudiation of Dr Croke’s conduct on the part of English Roman Catholics was received with enthusiasm.
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Evening Star, Issue 7156, 9 March 1887, Page 4
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246The Anti-Rent Campaign. Evening Star, Issue 7156, 9 March 1887, Page 4
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