DAVITT AND HEALY THREATENED.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume X, Issue 511, 26 January 1883, Page 9

DAVITT AND HEALY THREATENED.

London, Nov. 30.— 1n the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Gladstone refused to grant Mr. Parnell's request for facilities to discuss the administration of the Land Act. Mr. Parnell then asked leave to move an adjournment in order to discuss the .administration of the Act, bnt only thirty-seven members rose in support of the request, and leave was therefore refused. Mr. frevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said that the recent inflammatory speeches of Messrs. Davitt, Healy, and Redmond had been considered by the Government, and that if such speeches were continued, the meeting of the National League would be prohibited. Mr. Redmond's speech, he said, came within the purview of the seventh section of the Prevention of Crimes Act, and prosecution would forthwith be instituted in his case. The speeches of Messrs. Davitt and Healy did not come within the Act. Those made by Mr. Healy were indictable, but he (Mr. Trevelyan) advised that Mr. Healy be not prosecuted. Mr. Trevelyan said that if Messrs. Davitt and Healy persisted in making inflammatory speeches, application would be made to have them bound over to be of good behavior or be committed to prison. Mr. Healy here rose, and in a defiant manner said he begged to inform the Government that he would return to Dublin to-morrow. Sir Richard Assheton Cross asked if the fact that Mr. Davitt was a ticket-of-leave man bad been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. Trevelyan said the attention of the Irish Government had been called to the fact, but that their opinion was very strong that Mr. Davitt should be treated like any other person. The Press Association says : "If the Government seek to have Mr. Healy bound, over to be of good behavior, he will not find sureties ; he would rather go to prison. Mr. Davitt is likely to take a similar course. The Prevention of Crimes Act does not provide for the punishment of persons making seditious tpeechee. It is expected that any proceedings against Messrs. Healy and Davitt will be taken under the Act defining treason, passed during the reign of Edward The Queen has telegraphed to Dublin inquiring into the condition of the ex-juror Field, who was so dangerously assaulted on the 27th inst., and to express sympathy with his family. Seventy -seven men of the Marine Artillery have volunteered for police duty in Ireland, and will start for there on Saturday. Dublin, Nov. 30.— A proclamation will shortly appear placing the suburbs of Dublin under the Curfew clause. Dowling'B council intend to plead that Detective Cox was shot by one of his comrades. * Mr. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, informed Mr. Sexton that no official reporter had reported Mr. Healy> speech at Carlow, but the Government had sufficient evidence to sustain his (Healy s) prosecution. Mr.' Johnston, Attorney-General for Ireland, informed Mr. Parnell that he was considering which of two ststuets to prosecute Mr Healy under. Mr. Trevelvan stated that an agent and two policemen were fired at, Nov. 30, on Castle Island, and that one of the policenwn was severely wounded. Dublin, Dec. I.— ln a note to-day Mr. Davitt stated that not being morally conscious of having broken the law, ox leading others to break the law, he should remain in Ireland until Monday, when, if not arrested, he intended to proceed to the north of England to give a series of lectures. If arrested because of his speech at Navan, he would not enter recognizances for good behaviour, but would com-

pel the Government to prove his guilt in a court of law and take the consequences. Dublin, Dec. 2.— Mr. Qninn, Assistant-Secretary of the late , Land League, and Mr. Davitt have been served with summonses to appear and enter into recognizances for their good behaviour. It is expected that Mr. Healy will be served with a writ on Monday. His present place of residence is unknown. The writ against Mr. Davitt is founded on his speech at Navan last Sunday. It was served upon him at the Imperial Hotel after 11 o'clock to-night. He is required to appear in the Court of Queen's bench on Tuesday. Mr. Davitt says he will appear and defend himself in person, and not by counsel. He will probably to enter into recognizances for good behavior, preferring to go to prison. Mr. Healy reached Dublin at 10 o'clock to-night. Dublin, Dec. 3.— Mr. Davitt has written a letter to Messrs. Brennan and Harrington of the National League, stating that, as it is evident the Government is intending to hold the League responsible for words of bis which were not representative of the programme of principles of that body, he feels that it would only be a performance of a plain and obvious duty on his part to resign from membership in the executive committee of the League.