ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6543, 6 April 1882, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS.

GLADSTONE ON IRELAND, London, April 4. In the House of Commons last night the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone made a lengthy and vigorous speech upon the position of affairs in Ireland. In the course of his remarks he stated that the present situation could not be matched in the history of Ireland for the last 50 years, and that in fact a state of social revolution existed in that country at the present time. The Premier further stated that the crimes which had been committed were distinctly traceable to the influence of the Land League, and charged Mr Healy, the member for Wexford, with adding to disorder by his inflammatory language. The Government, Mr Gladstone added, fully appreciated the danger of the situation, but they would choose their own time for making fresh proposals to the House. Consols have further fallen to 101 J. New Zealand securities are unchanged. In reply to a question, Mr Gladstone stated in the House of Commons last night, that the parleying between the British and United States Governments, with regard to the release of Americans who have been imprisoned in Ireland as “ suspects,” is still proceeding. The Government has issued an injunction against the Channel Tunnel Company to cease work until the project has been examined and reported upon by the military authorities. Mademoiselle Sarah Bernhardt, the celebrated actress, was married to-day to a Greek gentleman in this city. The ceremony was conducted very quietly.