IRISH LEGISLATION.

New Zealand Mail, 22 April 1887, Page 26

IRISH LEGISLATION.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (special to united press association. ) London, April 14. Numerously attended meetings have been held iu London and the provinces in support of the Crimes Bill. Mr Chamberlain, who is on a visit to Ayr, his been cordially received in that city. In an address he declared that the Irish Land Bill now before the House of Lords was one of the most generous measures introduced. London, April 14. It is stated that a gigantic scheme is in course of preparation which has for its object the boycotting of all officials connected with the administration of the Crimes Act, or siding with the Executive. Irish-Americans are expected to seek arrests, in ordar to embroil the United States. Lord R. Churchill, speaking at Birmingham, accused Mr 'Gladstone of fanning discontent in Ireland in order to coerce the people of England to rescind their mandate against Home Rule, expressed by the result of the last election. Three thousand nonconformist ministers have protested against the policy of coercion. MANIFESTO FROM SIR G. TREVELYAN. London, April 14. SirG. Trevelyan has issued a manifesto against the Coercion Bill, in which he says that partisans like the Hon Mr Holmes and Colonel King-Harman are unfit to administer the Bill proposed. The manifesto is in reality chiefly aimed at Sir George’s political opponents, and in conclusion says if the Bill is passed it will be a new and cruel political weapon in the hands of the enemies of Ireland. London, April 17. In the UoU36 of Commons, daring the debate on the Crimes Bill, Colonel Saunderson accused Mr Sexton of attending meetings of the Clanargall Murder Society when Egan was elected president. Mr Sexton replied that Colonel Saunderaon was-an infernal liar, and threatened to cram the statement do wn his throat and thrash him within an inch of his life when he got him outside. A scene of terrific uproar ensued, but finally Saunderson and Sexton, in deference to the Speaker, retracted the statements. The division on the Crimes Bill will be taken on Monday. A majority of 90 in its favor is expected. London, April 18. In a speech at Edinburgh, the Marquis of Hartington said that the time had not yet arrived for a satisfactory solution of the Irish difficulty. He urged that prior to any feasible attempt being made to influence the Irish party or sacrifice the integrity of the Empire, it would be necessary for that party to throw over their revolutionary principles. The Times has published the facsimile of a letter signed by Mr Parnell, which is believed to have been addressed to Mr Patrick Egan a week after the Phoenix Park murders. Mr Parnell explains that he was compelled to denounce the outrage a 3 the only course open to him consistent with good policy, and although he regretted the accident by which Lord Frederick Cavendish was murdered, he admits that Mr T. H. Burke got no more than his deserts. London, April 18. A tremeudous sensation has been caused by the publication of Mr Parnell’s letter. In an article dealing with it, The Times says the published views of Messrs Sexton and Healey on the Phoenix Park crime are mere unblushing denials of the accusation that the Parnellites

were associated with the murderers. It believes that Mr Parnell feared his life would be endangered if he publicly denounced the perpetrators of the murders. The Times challenges him to'explain the letter, and calls attention to a speech he delivered two days after the tragedy, in which he suggested that the deed was committed by enemies of the Land League. It further points out that in this speech Mr Parnell professed the utmost abhorrence of the heinousness of the crime committed by the enemies of Ireland, and, in conclusion, charges him with having been associated with the murderers. A great scene is expected in tho House of Commons to-night. London, April 19. Mr Parnell, in tho House of Commons, declared that the letter published by The Times is a villainous, barefaced forgery. After tho second reading of the Crimes Bill was carried, Mr Sexton declared it would be useless to appeal to an English jury. Mr Gladstone predicted that the Act would produce a crop of secret societies and lead to an increase in crime. (reutek’s telegrams.) London, April 16. Iu the House of Commons last night the debate on the Irish Crimes Bill was resumed. In the course of a speech in support of the measure, Colonel Saunderson, Conservative member for North Armagh, denounced tho Parnellites as the associates of known murderers. Mr Thomas Healey thereupon called Colonel Saunderson a liar. He was called upon by the Speaker to withdraw, and refusing to do so, was suspended from the sitting of the House by 118 to 52 votes. Mr Thomas Sexton then demanded that Colonel Saunderson should retract his statement, and denounced him as a “cowardly liar.” Ultimately both Mr Sexton and Colonel Saunderson retracted, and order was restored. London, April 18. The division on Mr Birnhard Samuelson’s motion for the rejection of the Irish Crimes Bill will be taken in the House of Commons to-night. London, April 19. In the House of Commons last night a division was taken on Mr Samuelson’s motion that the Irish Crimes Bill be rejected. The motion was defeated by 370 votes to 269. The Bill was then read a second time without a division being taken.