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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6288, 12 January 1882, Page 4

A cablegram wo publish this morning mentions tliat the British Cabinet has determined to propose to tha House of Commons tho adoption of the cloturc as a means of repressing obstruetiveness by a minority, and it is further stated that the motion that the question be put shall have e!Feet if carried by a bare majority. Costly telegrams such as we publish necessitate the use ot concrete terms, which, \s"hiLjt not exact, are usually suffi'-'icntly accurate for all practical purposes. It is true that the word used in this instance, cloturo, scorns to be supported by the statement that it is to coma into force on the demand o£ a simple majority. It would be a mistake to aervpt this without reserve. We are literally eon-fide-tit that Mr. Gladstone will make no such proposition to the House of Commons, and that were he to do so, lie would probably fail to carry it. He will certainly endeavour to prevent the possibility of a recurrence of obstruction, but it is contrary to the iutnro of the m:>.n, ami contrary to the political instincts of his party, that he should offer so bold and extreme a proposal. It will be milder in form with probably a capacity for cumulative intensity. . Tlio Laud Act is proving so destructive.,tp the Laud League a<_'itati r m in Ireland that the desperadoes of the League have initiated a system of murder in connection with tenants who pay their rents. A few weeks since the police and military came acvss a. party traversing the country to dicover those who had paid rent, and dispersed it. Now it appears that fifteen similar marauders have been captured ou information supplied by one of their number.- This informer is probably the man captured when the previous band was dispersed. The Government owe much more to the informer than to any other assistance, and it is likely that the arrests which have now been made through this agency will prove a deadly blow to the villainous operations of the extreme section of the League. It is probable that the capture itself will lead to further information being obtained, and the speedy suppression of the atrocities of all kinds committed against tenants who pay their rents. It must come to this, because the tenants who pay will aid the authorities, and place them in a position to seize the murderous ringleaders.