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Flesherton Advance, 22 Apr 1886, p. 3

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THE ADVANCE. So of Ua loading Local and Family Ncwsrpipers i'ubUsbod '" Mortliwu Uutunu. i'ubU on Tint OnucB, 3<ft<, Ont. TEAMS OF BUBBCBIFTION : 4.00 per fiumu In advance ; ei.50 il not paid H Ilio ..in! i/f ]J yuare. No paper discontinued Otkl nil ajrrffaaraKo>aropaidu|i ; And no ubcri|i IQOJ token tXt !> than ODD year, oxoept when aolal arrai%{einunte (or sborter periods ore "ado with tnej^publiaber. ADvAtTlBINCi KATEB.4C. Casual ad vurjAsunionti.B cents per 1st Insertion 3 coats ruflr linu each tiubnixiuont iuRortlori. uut ajplvLTiHuinuiitii to lii! uaid tor wbn ITtlhrMH llt-t without i-pi 'I'lul . lllri' Inserted till forbid and charged i .. auionB rcadiuK matter, 10 coutB per aota ineertiou. aflvertleement dlicoatiauod until all ar- ea e*a Pi d HI'- I roa't lot a<lvrtieuicut >boul(l roacb this nracu not lator than noon on Tuesday to ensure aertlon in current isiuo. A. R. FAWCETT, UIM/ Proprietor. Flesherton Market. IRISH HOME RULE. Mr, Gladstone's Scheme for (lie Government of Ireland, IRISH mmm IK DUBLIN. *rui), I'tlltt nd CimUbnliry ( ItDitri&l Kul. cr IRISHMEN 10 BE REMOVED FROHWESIMINSIER Ireland'* Annuul Contribution to the 1m jK-rntl xoh,eq.uer. PARNELL ALMOST SATISFIED WITH THE BILL. The wildest enthuaiatm prevailed, and it is safe to say co snob aotus was ever witnessed before in tha House ol Commons. As IOOQ aa the cheering ha4 ceased Mr. Gladitona arose ao.d moved lor poruaismiuu to introduce "a Bill ti amend previous legislation acd to make provision for the future Government of Ireland." Oa making bis motion Mr. Gladstone laid : " I ccnld wish tbal it bad been pos- sible to expound to tbe House tbo whole policy and intentions of the Government witb reference to Ireland. Although tho questions of reform In the tenure ol land and Irish Government are so closely and is yel impossible ndating both koow of any involving so \ FLESHERTON James Sullivan, The Tinsmith, - Flesherton, Bejialrlng, B troui;liing, and In fact every- tmux '" will n-i'i-ivo my d cart.ful uttuutiou at uonablu prices. n SHOP ! SHERTON, To get ijuur llurixts CMart, ttc, lade. ; in good rtyle. & Shot Stort, IGENIA list Mill. :.: .:.: Mill. ffo extensive imtirovcmcntB In my Ell, I am confiilcut I can giro goo'l tatiifactian. CHOPPING DONE ANY DAI OoodFloar always on hand. Ciisloin Sawing, HllcJ on the shortest notice. Lum- er and Lath always on Land. Paid for TOAT & OATS. M. AKITT, ( . ,' ! - ITIftlMC ""'''' '>>'" I"- ' M"-' i- iHOlim, ,,,.1,1,,,- .,, . llMtolrx ">< <>""".'" ostufi.'lii-rli-i. i ' " |V1 ''" IIM'I | III ' i " I i 'I' ...... I,,/,,..,./, - ,,,,,. |U .-, M II* .'hl, p,i-|. ;.:..!. l.n.ny ! ' - i f.f.f^ I..-.-H 1WUC.I. 1 '," ' ^ CC , ",', ' I' ll<\\ KLIj a < o. t ADVBBTISWU ' i llni UoaeeiBq.), w ^ ort. V ? CHASES ** A If ^ '. * LIVER CURE HAVE YOU Lir Complaint, Dy|x-|i.> , )U. ,11, in ll" Hack, from a deranged lw found n ur a)>le, and v ,m CHASE'S CATAMM Remedy SOLD BY^ALL DEALERS Atnt, filled with mistrust ia eapOLiBibility ild fail io magni- quastipii. or tkirmiah cheers ) We quarters with il get at the root of means not merely iu of to-day or tu-mor- into the distant future, a stage ia our political Ireland when the Iwo t cne from the otber, not soon meet again. Tbe time ia come ben it is incumbent on the duly and tbe honor ot Parliament to come to some de- cut ve reeolution on tbia matter. Oar in- tention is, therefore, to propose to the Commons thai wbicb, if happily accepted, will, we thick, liberate Parliament from the restraints under which, of late years, it has ineffectually struggled to perform tba business ot the ciii'.try, and will restore British legislation to its natural, ancient, unimpeded coarse, and, above all, tstablisu harmouiona relations between Groat Brilain and Ireland (bear, hear) en a feeling of TBOEE FUEE IK5T1TCTIOBS to which Englishmen, Bsotobmen and IrinLmeu alike are unalterably attached." (Loud cheers, prolonged by tbe liome Halo members ) After reviewing the condition acd crime txiaticg in Ireland ainoe 1833, Mr. Gladstone described tbe coercive legis- lation enforced during tbe same period aa nol exceptional but habitual, lie com- pared Ireland during all thia period to a man trying to find sustenance in medicine ooly meant for cure. Coercion, however, had, bs said, proved no cure. Serious dis- satisfaction continued to prevail in Ire- land, acd il England acd Baotland bad buffered similar bardnbipe, he believed Ihe people cl tboie countries would resort to m:an8 similar to these tbe Irish hod used Io ventilate their glisv- ancss. (Parnelli te cheers.) Coercion was admitted to bave been a failure lor tbe past 63 yean, only two of wbiob bod been wholly tree from repressive legislation. Coercion, ncleas stern and unbendirg, and under an autocratic Government, mewi always tail. Snob coercion Eaglacd should never resort to until every other moaLB bad failed. What was the basis ot tbe whole mischief, woe the foot tbal tha law was discredited in Jrelaad. II oamo to tbe Irith people witb a foreign asp'd, and their alternative to coercion was to strip tbe law of its foreign character and invest it with a domeatia character. (Loud In-ii oncers)- Ireland, though represeau.d in Parliament numerically equal with Eng- land or Scotland, wai really not in tbe lime position politically. England HUE BIB OWN uwa k Boolluod had been encouraged to make her owe laws as effectually aa if abe had bix times her present representation. Tbe oocBtqnenoe wai that tbe mainspring ot tho law io England and Scotland was felt to be tbe Euglish or Bsotch. Tbe mala- spring ot the Taw in Ireland was cot tell by tbe people ot Iceland to bo Iriab ; he there- fore deemed il little less tbau mockery to hold that tbe slate ot the law which ho had described conduced to tbe real unity of this great, noble, world-wide Empire. " Bomething must be done," continue,! Mr. OladHtoue. "something ia imperatively demanded from us to reattre in Ireland the nrsl oonditione of civil lite ; tbe free course of law, Ihe liberty of every individual in tbe exeroiae of every legal right, their confidence in the lav and their sympathy wilb the law, apart from which no country can be called a civilized country." What, then, was tbe problem before him t It waa Ibie : How to reconcile imperial unity with diveriily ot Legislatures. Mr. Oratlan held Ibai these purposes were reconcilable more than that, be demanded a severance of tbe Parliaments with a view to Ibe continuity and everlasting unity of the Empire. Was that an audacious paradox 1 O;h.r countries bad solved tbe problem, and uuder much moro difficult circumstances. We ourselves might be said to have solved it witb respect to Ireland during the time that Ireland had a separate Par- liament. Did it destroy Ibe unity ol the British Empire ? (Choere.) Mr. Gladstone tbsn pointed Io tbe ease ol Nor- way and Sweden, which countries were, he said, united upon a footing of strict LEQIbUTIVE INI'El KSl'KNCE and co-equality. Then there was, he added, tbu case of Austria and Hungary, *nd, witb regard to those countries, he asked whether the condition ot Austria at tbe present moment was not more per fcotly solid, secure and harmonious than it waa prior to the existing condition between that country aad Hungary. 1 1 could col be questioned tbat its condition waa one ot solidity and safelv, compared with that ol the lime when Hungary was making war upon her. Tho claim ot Ire and to make laws for homed was never denied, continued Mr. Gladstone, until tbo reign of George II. Tbe Parliament of U rattan was as independent in point ot authority as it could bs. Tbey I tha Government) were not about to propose tbe repeal ot tbe Unipn. It was impossible Io propose Ihe repeal ot Ibe Union until tbey had settled what was tbe essence of tha Union. He donned tbe essence ot tbs Union to be tba fact whereas before the Union there were two separate and independent Parliaments alter the Union there was but one. T ajpaak ol the dismemberment ol the empire was in this century a misnomer and an absurdity. The fault ol the administrative "yntom ol Irln4 WM Mutt i* "Pring u ..uii.iij-. :, . L.. . c MUlouieul of the queatiou wan to be Icuud by establishing i I-AULUMK.NT 1.1 I)DSLI (Irish cheer*) for the conduct ol business ol both a legislative and administrative nature. The political economy ot the three countries muat be reconciled. There should be ao equitable distribution ot Imperial burdens ; next, there must be reasonable safeguards lor tbe minority, and why could nol tbia minority in Ireland lake care of itself ? He had no doubt about its ability to do tbal, whan ws have passed through the present critical period and boou disarmed of tbe jealousiea with which any change was approached. But for the preneut Ibere were Ibree classes of people whom they were bound to consider : Firstly, the class connected with tbe land ; secondly, the civil servant* and officers of tbo Government in Ireland; thiidly, the Protestant minority. The speaker C';uld not admit the claim ot IBB FBOTEBTAKt UISOaiTI io Uiater or elsewhere to rule on questions wbieb were for tbi whole of Ireland. Bsv. eral echcmea for tbe separate goverumbnt ot Ulster bad been submitted to him. Oae was that Uiater Province ihonld be ex- cluded from Ibe operation! of tbe present Bill. Another waa thai a separate autono- my should be provided for Ulster, and a third suggested that certain rights should be reserved and placed uuder Provincial councils. None ot these proposals had appeared to tbo Government to be so com- pletely justified by its merits, or by tbo weight ol public opinion in its favor, aa to warrant tbe Government in including il in their Bill. However, they deserved fair consideration, aud the free disonaeiou tbat would follow tbe introduction ot the pre- sent Bill might lead to the discovery ol oce plan which had a predominating amount ol support, and tbe Government would do their ntmoil to adopt the plan ibat seemed likely to giva general satis- action. Usferricg to Ibe great settlement of 172, Mr. Gladstone said : " II was nol a real settlement, and why ? Wo* il Ire- acd tbal prevented a real salllemoul bcicg made?? (IrUh cheers) Nol II wai a mistaken policy ot England, listening to ibe pernicious voice and claims ol ascend- ancy. (Hear.) Tbe Irish Parliament "labored under great disadvantages. Yel t had in it a spark ot tbe spirit of free- dom, and It emancipated the Roman Jatbolioi in Ireland when the Komui Catholics in England were etill nceman- cifatrd. It received Lord Fitzwilliam ilh open arms, and when after a brief oaretr he was recalled to England the >iib Parliament regiilercd ila confidence n him by paaaicg a resolution desiring tbal B aboold still administer Ibe Government. ord Filzwilliam had promoted tba admis- sion ol Roman Catbolioi into tbe Irish 'arliameni, and there wai a spirit ic that .'arhameut which, il il had had tree scope, 'ould bava done noble work, and probably would have aolved all tbe Irish problem* and bave saved thu Government infinite roobl- ." Ua would cow pass to tbo plan DOW TO GIVE IBZLA5D Ligiilaturo to deal with Irish a* diatin- .. imbed from Imperial affair*. (Hear.) luwai confronted at tbe outlet wiib what ie (ell to be a formidable dilomiu Ire- aud wee to have a domtalie Ltgulalcro for riib affairs. That was bis postulate f re m which I.H set cut. Ware Ihe IrUh meubora ,nd the Iriah repreaectative paera in either loaae to continue to term part ut Ihe re- presentative assemblies? The Breaker bought it would be perfectly clear tbat if relaud was to bavs a domsslia Legislature be Irish pecre and Ibe Iriab represents ivcs could nut eomi to Parliament to coo- rol England's and Scotland's affaira. Cbeeis) Tben with regard to tba ques- ion wbatber Iriih repreaealativee should come to tbe House of Commons for tba ettlement of Imperial affaira, be Ibongbi hal could nol be done. He bad, there- ore, arrived at the oouelnaion thai Iriab member* acd liiiii poor, cugbl nol o ail in the palace of Weetmmalcr. (Oh I Oh 1 1 and cheers) 11 Iriih membars were not to bit iu tbe Houa of Commoni, Iriib ie*r ought not to ail in tha other Home f Parliament. (Hear, bear aad Oh I) Bow rcre the Iriab people to be toced it tbey iad legislators in both ocnntrica? He be- iuved that Great Britoiu would never mpose upon Irelaud Jaxation with- int representation, and Midi: J, " If ua were to bave taxation without repreaenta- iuj, then there would come another qaemicu which would raise a practical liffioulty, and that ia, wo are to give up tbe fiscal nuily of the Empire ?" He did nol hick that by giving up the u -co-l ucity ot he Empire they were giving up tho ULity >tibeEm[ire. He, however, stood uiou ho substantial ground tbat to'ij.vc up tbo fiscal unity ot tbe Empire wauid bo a ublia inconvenience and misfortune. It onld be a graat and a greater misfortune for Ireland. He conceived that one escape from tbat dilem- ma would be snob an arrangement as would give Ibe Imperial Government authority to levy custom* duiiea and snob xoiie duties as were immediately con- nected wilh tbn customs. The conditions it enab an arrangement were : firstly, thai he general power of taxation over and above these particular duties should pans unequivocally into tbe hands ot a domestic 'legislature in Ireland ; secondly, that the roosedB ol Ibe customs and excise nbouid >e held for the benefit of Ireland acd for be diFoharge of tho obligations of Ireland, and tbe payment ot tha bolasoc after these obligations were discharged should bo entered into tba Iriab Exchequer and lefore the free disposal of Ihe Irish logis- ativa body. Tbe Government Bill pro- vided tor this, and Ihe Bill than provided hat Ibe representatives ol Ireland ahould no longer ail in the House ot Caramons or ha Irish paera in tba House ol Lorda, but at the same time they would have tbe Bight ot addressing the Grown, aad so >OBECSS all Till CONSTITUTIONAL BIOHTS they had now. (Oh ! and ohcert.) II would therefore relieve Irish membenfrom attendance al Westminster. Mr. Gladstone said he had several reasons why this should ia the case, even if it wan possible for them io attend, as they had a Parliament ol their > *u, and il would bo very difficult to have iwo classes ol membera in tho British [louse one class who could vote on all luoations connected witb tbe buBicesB ol tbe country, acd another which could only vote on special and particular qneations which were brought belore Parliament, Again, it would bo very difficult for uc-utle men in Ireland to decide who should go to Westminster or who should remain in Ireland, and at tho came time to maintain tbo fiscal unity of the nation. There ii another point with regard to the powers ol tbe Legivlature. Two courses might bavo been taken one was to endow this legislative body wilb particular legislative power.) : tbo other was to except from tbe sphere of its aolion those subjects which tbe Government though ought to be exempted, and to leave to i every other power. Tbe latter plan hai been adopted. The administrative powe would pats with the legislative power. Tha duration of tbe proposed legislative bod; should not exceed five yearr. The function whioh it was proposed to withdraw from tho cognizance ot tho legislative body wer three grand and principal f unolioni, viz everylhing which related to tbe Crown ; al tbat whioh belonged to the defence th army, tbe navy, the entire organization o the armed force*, and 012 r foreign an Colonial relations. II would cot be com potent to pass laws for tbo eslabliihmen or endowment of any particular religion (Chasm,) Al to trade and navigation, ' i he a minfortnne to IrMnnrl to b l' atutul would have nothing la do with ..linage, or tbe creation of I i>l tender. Tbe aubjool of lb pcaxmse would be lull to the judgment of Parliament, though the Government helmed to Ihe view that it wculd be more convenient to leavj pott- office matters in tba bands ot TUB rCBTMtfiTIB-OBNBBAL. ouu or two other tubjecta ware left io tbe earns category. The next subject be had to approach was that ot Iba oompobiiion ot tha prososed liginlative j';dy . The Bill proposed to Introduce two order* who would nil and deliberate together, wilb thu right of voting separately n any occaiion and ou tbe demand of either bcdy, wbioh could be able to inter- >oc a veto upon any measure for a limited ime, either nnul tba disiolntiou or for brce yeara. The orders would be ooa&ti- used at follows: Fust, Ibere were the veuty-eiglit ropra*ei;ta*iva Peurs who could not ooutiuuj io ill intbe lljuseol j^rda atter the representatives ol tba riib people left tbe Iloufo o! Com- mons. Tbey would have the option A sitHM as a portion of th firal order iu the Iristi Parliament witb ha power of sitting (or Ufe. Borng . e thought that the option was col ikely to be largely used, bnl Ibe speaker waa uol ol that number. (Hear, bear.) He repotted tbat wiib the 28 peers now in tha louau of Lord.!, there should all 7J {<ji.ro. euu:ivta elected by the Irish people. With egard Io the powers ct election, Ibe oon- ir.uunoy waold be composed ot occupiers 1 Ibo value ul 25 and upwrds, and they would ba elected tor ten yean." MB pro- oily qualification of these repreacolauvi wculd be 200 annual value, or a capital valna of 1.000. Mr. Gladstone then said he protoaed that the 101 IrUh members io he Haunt! ot Commons should be members f tbo Irub Parliament, aud whilst the flrbl r Jtr of the legislative body would COLKISI if 103 membtira, the ut oond order would c . _ iat ot 206. It was (refuted to BITilN IB! VICIBOT, >ut bo would not bathe representative of a arty or qu.l office wilh tbe onlO!Lg Gov- rnmenl. Tbe l^jeen would be empowered o delegate to nim aajr prerogatives she low enjoyed or would ecj iy. The religious iiaabiluy now existing, which makes loman Catuolioa iuoligiblo to tha cffico, would be removed. With regard to Ibe udgea who bod been concerned in tbe duiinistration ot Ibe criminal law ic Ire- and, Her Majesty might, if she saw eanee, > Order 10 Council oiiti.d*te tbe penaio^a t tbose particular judges. In future Ibe ndga would be appoiutcd by ibe In-h lovernmenl, ba paid out ot ibe oonsoli- *ud fund, aud bu removable only on the )int oddreea of tbe two orden. Tbe ooLBtabulary wculd remain niider the reaent ttruia o! service and under their iresent authority. Tbe charge tor Ibe 0011- labnlary waa cow II "jOO.UtO per annum, nd tha speaker tell aoufi Jut the charge would be reduced, but tor Ibe present be ropoeed to relieve the Iriah legislative oJy ot all expeudituro from toe eon- tabulary in exoeea of 1.000 000 per ounm. The Government aid uo desire o exempt the police ot Irela j in n t roi ce tta float position fio.ii lue ultimata ooLircl ot the Irinh legislative body. Tne pettkur bad uo j*alou*> upuu tuo nubjeol, M :ce care cf |pn.vidiug tor tun -rilii.ary Lcaiiiy ol life aud property was tao Aral uly i/f a local goviirumeiit. With retptci lli>} Civil Service the Govcrnn.i.t did 01 think their cao was iha au>i> as ihial I Ibe oouitabulary, and the transfer it tbe ivil Service to Ibe legislative b.J v would rJeot a great tonomy. Uo tberulore lougbl u would be wioc u auvuoiu; Ibe ivil scrvanta now ccrvicg to olaim the i that would be duo to them [On the abolition ot their ofh:ea reviled they served two years iu rder to prevent inoocveuienrje from a apid transition ol Ihe service, and al tua close oi tbal time both parties should e tree to negotiate alreih. Tn*; wae all, Mr. Gladstone staled, that bo bad to say tha antjjoj ol tho ccw Iruh Cjuatitu- 100. The proportiou ol the Imperial bur- eui whioh he had to propsno that Irelaud bc^r wai & one to fjurle^a. Uo the new IrUh Parliament ought to irt~wiib u balance to lie credit, bnl tbe jjy lund luat U wouU bava if left alone aid ba Ibo boiiiary t*).000 fruin Ibe rub Church f ut-d Ua knew no way of rovidicg the tecesaty money except by aiviug it cut ol thin year's Budget, and he ropoatd that in the tu:nra Ireland ibould ay ona fifteenth towards the Imperial xponditnro. Ui weal on to speak of bow uch Iralind would gotu by exporticg .irits to GreM Britain, and bow rLuoh G'rcal Britain would lose tu Ireland by iLe ot money trcm one to the other. A lie rcaull ot oaretul icquir> , be ,>utuJ witb ou&lecce, not aa a& actual demonstration, ul aa a matter ol otaiuty wilh regard to ho tar greater proportion, that Ibo it, ,u Btcirris woru) OUB rom Great Brilain a turn that would mount to no leaa a total than 1,400 .000 er annum. He then estered iulo au Uborate calculation of tbe tola) income and expenditure ot Ireland, iu tba ojurio I which ba alalad lual Ibo total charge to relaud ae an Imperial COL. tributio i would >e l. J.Uli.OoO per annum. He elated aa an OBtauce ot Ibe ictenie demoralixation ol bo preaont Irish Bjmiuiitx>liju, that, while tbe poat-cftiM iu EngMn tbowed a argo aurplui, in Ireland ii jusl pail its ex- '8use. Ua estimated tjo total exi.eudi- nre ot Ireland, inolnding a payment as a luking fund for Ihe Irinu portion o! tbe ational dt>bl, at *i7,UU,000 per annum. Againit thai there wait a total income ot t8. 350 000, or a anrilus to tbe good ot JlOi.OUO. " It boa ualnraily bean said in ^uglaud and Bootland," oouiicued Mr. iladsionc, ' that for a great many years paal we have beeu Htrog^ling to laas good laws far Ireland, and .bat wo have sacrificed oar time, ueglealed our interests and paid our money, acd we have doco all tbu iu tbo ndeavor to give Ireland good lawe. Tbat i quite true wilh regard to tbe general aourso of legislation. Many of thoo lawe iave been passed under an lufinenoe which baldly detoribo otuer than aa Ihe nlluecoe ot tear." Wilh regard to tbe ,U r/ of Ibo laud queatuu, no man could mow that until he had followed il from roar to year, beginning wilb tbe Devon ;ommisaion, the appointment ol which, iu .ho epeakor's opinion, did tbe highest louor to tbe memory ot bir Itobert Peel aheen) and then to examine the mode ia which tbe whole labor ot the ooumiaaioti iad been frustrate! by Ihe domination ot nclli3h interests. (Paroelltte cheers.) Uo did nol deny ' the good intentions ol tha Liruiab Parliament to pass good lawa tor Ireland, bol, ba laid, iu order to work out Ibe purpose* ot Government there ia something inoru iu this worU ucoanioually required tbau tho passing ot good laws. (Uear, bear. II is oomelimcH necessary, not ooly that good Uws should ba passed, but *!BJ, lu*t O^ay should bo passed by the proper per^OLi. Tbe paeuun of many good laws is cot enough io oasea where tbe strong instinota of tba paoplo dialicei marks ol character, situation and hiHtory require, not only mat theee lawa should be good, but tbat they abonld pro oeed from congenial and native aontoca and that besides being g>od lawa, they should be THBtB OWM LAWS. (Iriah cheers.) " At limes I double whotbar thia necessity had been fully de veloped, acd oipeoially wilh respect U Ireland. II doubts could be entertained belore Ibe lael general election, they can not now be entertained. Tbe principle have laid down, I am not laying down to Ireland exceptionally. II ii Ibe very prm oiple npou wbiob within my recollection 'o 'h" Immpnm a'lvanta*'* cf Ihe ei I 'a i. .. '. ,..J) a iu. revoluiiuiiized our malbod ol uovcrifmenl. Wbeu I held ofibb al ibe OswMW Office, fifty yaare ago, Iba Colon: e-t i were governed from Uowning street. Tbe r hull waa that the Home Government WM always in ooutliot with oouctriea wbieh bad Legislative Assemblies. Wa bad cooiisukl abcoks with ihe Colonies then. Bui iJl tbal baa bean obacged. Tbe British Par- liamenl tried to pass good lawa for tbe Colonies, but the Colonies said, 'We don't wont your good laws, we wani our own good laws,' and Parliament at length admitted the reaaocablensas of this princi- ple. This principle bos now come to ui from across the sea, and tha Uonte has cow to consider whether it is applicable to the ease of Ireland. " * We cow aland face to toco with what ii termed ' Irish nationality, 'venting itself in a demand for tbo general aelf-govarnmenl in Iriab, col in Imperial afiaira." Io conclusion, Mr. Glad- stone said : " I hold tbat there is anob a thing as local patriotism, whioh in itself is nol bad but good. Tbe Welahman 13 full of loeal patriotism. Tbe Scotchman ia full cf local patriotism. Not Scotch nation- ality is aa strong as ever il was, sod it tbe uee-d were to arise I believe il would be ii ready to assert itself aa it waa in tbo DATS Or BIXXCCKSCIST. (Cheers.) II I read Irish history aright, iniitorinne acd calamity have wedded ber eons to their soil with an embrace yet olooor than i known elsewhere, and the Irishman U null more profoundly Iriib, bnl it does not follow thai because hid local latrioliam is strong ha should be iucapable I aa Imperial patriotism. There uiu two mcdas of presenting tbe subject which I iave argued. One of them is to present what wo now recommend aa good, acd the other is to present it aa a choice of evila and tho least among tbe varied evila wilb hich aa a possibility we are confronted. Well, I have argued the mailer as If il bod been a cboios of evila. I have reaognizid as faota and aa entitled to attention jeal- imies whioh I myself do not share or feel. bave argued it on thai ground aa tbe only ..round on which il ean be recommended, not only to a mixed auditory, bn) to tbe tublio mind ol Ibe country tbal cannot ive minute investigation to all portions of bis complicated question. I do not know whether u may appjar loo bold, but in my wn heart I cherub tbe hope tbat tbia ia ol merely a eboice ot the tester evil, bnl uat it may be proved to be ere loig A aooi> m iTgr,Lir. There it), I koow, an aoawer to tbir, and what u tbe auiwer ? Tbe answer i) only oucd in Ibo view which reats upon a basis t despair, ot absolute eoodemcaiioo of r eland and Irishman as exceptions to boee beneficial provisions wbiab have made, io general Europeans, in particular Englishmen and Americans, capable o! elf-government ; tbat an Iriibman is a taut nature ; tbat justice, common aecie, moderation, national prosperity have co meaning for bim ; that all that be can .nderataatl a:.d all Ibat he eon appreciate i slrite, perpetual diaicuaiou. No , sir, I in not going to argus ic tbia Houia whether thia view, thia moautroui view- Irii-hohcerf) is a correct one. I lay tba i-haanis as capable oll-jya::.- uiv.u-.Ur man (renewed Irish cheery -bnl it bii oyally haa been checked, by, i: i ' beoaMe he laws by whiab he n g-;\<r..-. d do net reienl themselvee to bim aa they do to ui u England or Scotland with a native and COXdEXUI. XLIVEST. bava DO right to aay that Irela;. J luronfb er ooabittutioDally elected metubere will coepl tbe measure I [ropoite. I hope they will, but I have no right to aaanmo il ; cor " IBVS I any power to enforce il cpon th] aople of England and Bootland, bai I rely n the palriotum and tbe sagacity ef ibu Hume ; oo a free and full diaeuasion, and, more than all, upon tbe jail aad ifinercoa enlimects ol ibe Iwo Britiih natiooi. ud, looking forward, I a*k the Houai, wlieviog thai uo trivial motive could bave riven us to assist io tbe wajk we have .ndcrtoken (work wbieb we b.licva will eclore Pariiatmont to ila free and cnim- ded eourae)-! aik them to itay tba waste ol tbe public treasure uuder tba reeeni system ot govarnmentjocd admioH- ration in Ireland, wbioh iatiot waate only ut waits wbiob demoraliz-a while it xbauite I a*k them to ahow to Karope nd America tbal wa, too, eon Itco the oliticat problems wbioh America had to ace twenty years ego, aod wbiob maoy ountrieB in Kurope bave been called to laee, and havj not leered o deal with. I ask that we thall ractiM as we have very often preached, nd tbat in our own oaae we should be firm acd learleis in applying the dootrioc* we iave often inculcated on othera. thai tne jnoeuion ot local self-govetbtcenl is col be way to tap and impair, but to :rcog:heu and consolidate unity. 1 ask hat we ahould learn to rely leu oc mere written stipulations and more on thone setter stipulations wrrten oa the heart and mind ot man. I aek tbal we ibonld apply Io Ireland Ibe happy expeiienoe we have ained in Ecgland and Bootlooi), where a ourie of gcoeraliona baa now taught us, ot aa a dream or a theory, but aw a mat- er of praotioo and cf life, tbal tbo bel nd inrost foundation we can find to build n is Ibe foundation afforded by the afleo lona and eonvielions and will ot mm, and bat ills tbua by Ibe decree of Ibe AlmigMT Bat, far more tbau by any other method, e may be enabled to reonre al occe the ocial happitem, the (ower anil tbe i>.r- maneooe ol Ihe Empire." Mr. Gladstone noticed his address at 8 clock, having spoken three boura and wenty five mioulea, and resumed hia seat amid burnt* ot enthusiastic cbeora, whicb were suatained tor several minutes. Ii . I-.IH- I' S.IHrr... At tbe oinolniiOQ of Mr. Trevelyai'* ipeecb Mr. Parcell aroee and was received with elieera by the Iruh members. He oocgratniated Trtvelyan on bavioe, like the Freccb General who had actuooees- 'oily defended Pan*, his own plac a plan, lowever, which did col seem to awakeu much cuthuniaam m Ibe Uotub. Mr. Tre- vclyau, be caid, bad alated why ti* left the Government, but nol why he hod ritig.i us post as Chief Secretary. (Iriah cUeera.) Mr. Parnell then wenl on to justify bi paal utterances and aolion, wbioh bad beca mpngned by Mr. Trevelyon. Bpeaking ol America acd tba auaaasinat i )n liuraturi which came from Amerioa, Mr. 1'arucl! said most ot Iba literature woe neither American nor Iriob. " II Mr. Travel jau.'bu continued, " were to aludy Ihe literature of America at this moment be would liud that i)mpaiby for a jusl settlement of ths fcriovacces ot Irelaud by the conocition ol it domestic Legislature is shown by all classes, whether Iriih or native-bore Aiuorioans, and more especially tbal uaiive-borc Americans are welcoming tbe efforts ot Mr. Gladstone in the belief tbal they will bricg peace between England and Ireland, aud more especially between Irub Americans and England. It ii a> remark- able fact tbat tbo great meetings uow being boia iu favor ol an Irish Lagielatuie are mainly called together and orgaui/id by wL-inh li>- (Mr Parnell) b-llnvi-d would be uud io be i b ti M j England. iua Bui, Divertbeleea, oooiaiuid blot* wbioh lie In b representatives wjuld do their beat to remove, One of iheie was la be found in the finan- cial propoaala of the Bill, whioh be regarded ae very unfavorable Io Ireland, cupeeiblly iu regard to tha Iriib tribute to tbu Imperial Exchequer. Ha alao com- plained ot tbe procoaitioa relative to tbe Iwo orfari intended to oonatitute tbe Iruh Parliament, on tba groOcd ibat Ibe first order, consisting ol Peers, not subject to the iLftaenoe of tbe popular vote, would bava tbo power ol hatDfiag up measuraa demanded by tbo people and their repra tentative* for Iwo or three years. Go the whole, however, apart from these defacia, he believed the measure would be ch*r fully accepted by the Iriab people acd their representatives as a satisfactory solution cf tbe loog-elandiog dispute between tbe Iwo countries, and as tending to protpenty and peace in Ireland, aod to satisfaction in Eoglac. - (Obeera ) UUMSiBUIX's triBCB. Mr. Chamberlain wae received wilh faint cheers upcn tiling to resume the debate Ue nail be rose more for tbe purpose of makicg a personal explanation than wilh Ihe object of entering upon a detailed dia cuaaion of tba speech of MCr. Glodatooe. Continuing be aaid that whan ba waa aakad to join tba Government he told Mr. Glad atone that he did nol think il possible to reconcile a separate Parliament at Dublin, as elemacded by tbe Iriab membera, wilh tha conditions of full gnarstclecH for the locurily ot tba Umpire, and Mr. Glad none iiiformed bim thai ail ha wanted then was on independent inquiry into the subject of Ihe government ot Ireland. Ue wrote a teller to Mr. Gladstone on January 3rd, in which he explained that be could cot coneem to the entabliabment of a separate Parliament io Dublin, aad il was on that understanding Ibat be eocseoted to j;in Ihe Cabinet. He bad presumed from wbal Mr. Gladstone told bim tbal the whole Cabinet would proceed ilep by elep ia ooninlution to build a aehema of Uome Kulenot invo'vicg eeparalioo. 1 1 was nol until March 1 (th that Mr. Gladiicui elarllid tba Cabinet by bringicn forward a icbemo involving the issue of il.'j.OOO.OOO 10 couae.li. Al Ibu point Mr. Gladatooe iLlerrnptiog 'reminded Mr. Chamberlain Ibat be bod nol received peraieaion of Iler Maj:.i>'d G^vernmsnl to reveal the land prcou ! Mr. Chamberlain continuing -BU ; . .: ua would renerve hie explacauon. Ue did nol reaign on Ihe load purchase pro- poeaJi alone, bnl oo tbe whole aebeme. Bull ho aakad, How oould be explain his position if bii bands were tied ? (Conserva- tive cheer* ) lie asked if be mifht be per- muted to read bis letter to Mr. Gladatooe. ;Uera an angry diaeuasion took place btiwaan Mr. Chamberlain and, Mr. Glad- Hone. Tbe latter declared that be could opl go beyocd ibe limits ol the permiuion given.. Mr. Chinibarlaia thereupon com- plained tbat his explanation would be lame aod icoomplete. He would never be able to justify LH conduct to the Uouse aod country. Us took four principal objections iu tba befaeme for the government of Irelabl. The firal wae Io the [rnnpeel . -.ude the Irub members from Weal- miu>ir ; but i>ccoud objeciioo was to .. OM<K, an proponed, Ibe cxeroJBa ot ibe right ot Imperial taxation ; u Iki third plaoo, he objected to the surrender of the atpointmeai of judges aod magii- ira:ca, and finally he objeeted to the lupreme authority given to Ibe Iriab Par- liament iu mature nol specially excluded from its authority. Biooe ba bai left tha Cabinet, .he aaid, an important ebauge bad been made by retaining power over Ihe Cuatotua acd Excise dohci, but tba (to- tonal now appeared utterly ineooiia- lent with tba principle that teaoiion and ripreaaolalion ibonld go togelhei. Ue farther objected to any aebeme tbal laid open the Brititb taxpayer a IrtmcLdoni liability wiiu (iceeaive rmk, ai inch a prijaei could only be looked opan aa a bribe to modify tba hostility of Iruh land- owner* to Uome Hnle. lie did nol believe tha Iriih people would agree to be deprived cf all vMoo in the control cf matters and pjiicicc in wbioh they were deeply icier- ailed, acd he asserted thai* Ireland wae being asked to oeeupy a degradioK poiition which the people wculd never accept. Forth- r, tbo contribution which Ireland was to bo called upon to pay to tbe Imperiil Treasury was Hied by tbe tobemr, sod eould col be ineraaeed, evin in ease tbe Coiled Kingdom sbonid be placed io a poaitioc of Ibe direal peril, aod where tben, be luked, was Ibe integrity of the Empire ? Tbe financial qoettioa, be con- tinued, diaplayed iteelt in two parta Ibe Ecglmb taxpayer would object to any additiooal burden beicg thrown on Lire to make 1,0 J the Iriab dtfiiiecey, and Ihe Iriah taxpaycri, il there wai a jeuci;noy in tbi buiget, owing t: failure of tbe Exciae and Cue torns duties, would bo called on to pay new taxea, failing wbicb. the Govern meet would bo obliged l> repudial* ihnr eibligatio^B. Tbe aebeme would be aoocpted grudgicgly, and in the courts ct two years there would be an attempt to revlce or alter it. Aa for himaelf, rather thin force tba future agilaticn which would be certain to prevail between Ibe Iwo oonntriia ; rather than face the distractions acd foreign complications which would ariio by hav.cg a fuui indipeadanl Gov- ccr.meol. be would vole tor aaparalicn pure and simple. (Loud cbeen.) The oppoceota ct tbo Government sehame ware told that tba only alternative WM coercion. That was not his alternative. Tbe Agranac dttcontent bad arisen ckitfly through evictions by landlords. Uo would proproee to deprive landlords of the power M evict far six month*, guaranteeing them six months' rent, tha land beicn security for tbe sum advanced. During tun period a peace commission composed ot members of every eeoliou represented in Parliament could conduct an exhaustive inquiry into tbe land question. Bnides this be looked tor a aolntion ot tbe Home Kale matter io Ihe diriotiou of tsderation. Ha waa nol, be declared, pedantically pledged to his former proposals for a National C^ucoil. Coder a federation Ireland would remain an integral portion ol tbe Empire. Tbe trie oiple ol federation bad been aueeesitnl in Italy, Germany and America. Il wculJ ba aasarted, maintain the Imperial unity acd at Ihe same time satisfy the deeirei ol ILc Irib people for looal sell -gown men! Mr. Chamberlain's ipeeeh waa received wilb marked coldness by Mr. Gladstone. ..k icac^fdlly acd wiUi appancl barmooy, but with tbe advantage always oo tbe part of Ibe Kuaeiana. Tbey were on their own soil, accompanied b; a large army aod a corde ot civil offimaii aod M foal ae tbe boundary of eaeo aeeeion was decided upon be territory on Ihe 1 diately organized under a 1 mint and garrtaooed by The impreai and taflaieaea of izatiou were tbos carried up to the very iordr of AfghaBiston, aod ibe might and .iginity ol Great Brilain showed vary by contrast. IBX BBnnui caMMismioBna iad only a complimentary eooort ol and bad no meani or auiboruy to i tbi Afghani on their ude ot ibe frontier, ao tbal they were left under their rude r.bal government. Tba Hainan eoaoaMi ware generally lubaidued and i highly proeperoni i ba Afghani to regard with veneration the Teat white Czar while n undermined or eolaliy destroyed their loyalty to tbe du- tact Ameer cf Afgbau.niaa and tbe still note remote Eapraae of India. The bad secret ageoU always at work ia tbe villages nol yel reached by tbi CommisMou. pointing oat the taxes ot Rataian over Afghan ula. Tbi agants gave Urge bribe* o the bead men of each tribe : village, acd when their wishes ware consulted ae to whether tbe boundary ne ihonld be ao fixed a* to leave them ea lui>ian or Afghan toil, thev invariably eeided in favor ot Haama.^A tbe Bniiah omrmanon's orden wejrfflsmatabliafa an theological aa welT/V*** defensible toundary ihe ezprataaarwwSanneee of Ihe ative chiffi we eoutud to grave oon- !1.4KHI4UK OK Tar Orlrnl u,J u, , 1.1, m Jol-iliii HD.I XiTIVE IOHX by editors aud conductors ot IrUh Ameri- can newspapers. We regard tbe taet thai during the last Qve or six moctbs wa bava succeeded in entirely gaining the iiynifathy ot tbs Iwo great | artiea In America Iba Democrats and Republicans aa a gooa omen for ihe future." (Cheers.) As to Ihe Bill batore Ibe Homo, while reurving bis full expression of opinion until be boa seea Ibe Bill, Mr. Parnell congratulated tha Ilonse on tbe tact thai then WM elill living an Englitb statesman who eould divote hii attention to thu important natter, and boggod to Ibank Mr. Gladstone tor what would not only prove a beneficial measure (rom tbe Iriib point ol view, bat A Chicago dcipatoh says: BUD Wab, a Chinaman, was married yeeterday to AUfU-i'.a Miller, a comely German <irl Oa Monday last Wing Lee was married to Lizzie Miller. Tbegirla oame from Milwan kee three yaara ago and have beeo working aa domaHlios in rasidanoea acd reaiauracte Both fsmiHaa are said to ba lenieotable. bna Wob acd Wing Lee both do a proa reroua buaioeee aa lanadrvmin and ar both reputed to be worth 92,000 each They are members ot a Sunday soboo Tbey aaid yeeterday they bod co belie! i tbe Chrietian religion, but attended Sun day school to learn the language. There are no * in Chicago five Cbioameo married to Ger. .an girle. Lumb.-r dealers iay that the oollapee o roller a/uting boa left large quantities o boxwood on their bandi without a market Tka various processes of pboto-angravini upon a me lal lurfoee bave further reduce tbe former demand ot engraven for box wood, wbieb ia becoming cheaper. Though green peas are in bloom ia th astern counties of North Carolina, Ib roada ia tbe boulbweet part ot Ibe Blale ax via yil blocked with uow. BRITAIN AS) Rl'SSU. Serious Bopture io the International Boundary Commission. i i'ilE ViObK AT A STANDSTILL. Bribes Given to the Afghan Chitfs by Russian Agents. RIDQEWAY'8 SIDE OF THE STORf. I nl riant* wklck Cauc Ik* Ihc 4 BrliUk i t A special cable despatch dated London, I (8uu4a nicni, Bays : A deepateai received to-night from the Afghan frontier, Tia Teheran. itelei thai a Mr too* rap baa coonrrcd between Ice British and siau membcri ol tbe international i lion which u ecKogtd in firing UM i boundary ot Afghanistan aeoording to tht agreement made betwein Lord BaUitburr and M. DtGieri ic lte4. The deepateb italee that the disagreement to ao ewiooa M to bave brought me work of the oommiMioa to a itaadaiul until the earn of dupate thail save been pa MII! upon by the Briuib and Koasian Govemaiinte to which toe infcject ba: been reported by tbe rtspective eon- miaaionara. Deetalehee oocbrmatory ol tbu report are known to have been received at both tba Indian and Foreign Jfflooe, bat the canton la of tboee deepaeahee are at praaaal withheld from tbe pobiu. Tbe iitoation on the Afghan frontier M it exuted a few weeks ego ia tolly explained in a letter oil publubed which WM written by Ot. J r Joeepb Kidgeway, tbe chief Brieuh Commiaaiooar, to a persooaJ friend and eterao Indian officer DOW living ia Loe- don. General Ridgeway Halea thai UM work of ice oomroiauoo bad been lib. In this way :t: bad gained loaaea-icn of maoy aloeWa shoes of lernury whian would bave been left oo tbe Afghan side if ne boundary line bad beec drawn straight iwaen tha belts agreed upon. The British cmoers were aware of these in- bnl bad no power to prevent them and bad neither tbe meakoa no* the indica- tion to toll them by counter intrigue*. Towards tbe end of his letter. General tidgeway says be regrets to noMee i OBowct'.i iiiiTii/B or rasvocano* and hcsulity on the parl of tbe linesian ffioera. When aay eoneeasioo bae to be made by either ol Ibe two parttes it had always to bs made by tbe Bntiah. Al veiy point where a diffirenee of opinion xote the Bnaeian laid : " Tbia is our lao, and according to oar orders, we can- l recede from il. It you concur you eaa >rcoeed witb our work. U ycu refuse than b* work moil stop." Il is evident from to-day's despatches bai tbs present rup lure baa been eeaajd a thia way. Tha Ruauskaa have made amae uhlerable demands which ths Bntiih have refund. Tbaraapon toe Bnaaisni bava repeated their uliuxietam aad tbe Britiih have eeeead operatioae and eported to the Foreign OAee. Aa the iuanaa polioy ba* beam ooe of delay ever the boundary oommisaioa wee ad they are doubilaaa well wi-.b tbe preeent bitch, aod will be icore delighted if U reaalH to loog diplo- matic nagoliatiocs, as now appears proba- ble. Aooordia* to tbe programme aacouneed in Ginarol Ridgeway'e letter, bo commission baa doubtless by tbia lima completed the ireetton of boundary poets from Goos-e Khan to Meruchak on Lo Mar .Sab river, aad U now probably oo Ie way to tbs Amu Dai*. lr*ea la)4*a 4mf artieia f li k>T ibr I A London deepateb says Tbe . i Giuttt- haa publiabed an i which cauBca quite a oenaatioc. It atetee that advieea from India indicate oneeeioeas among tbe European ofneudi ilatac-ed ia last country, owing to ibe exittenoe of Lirabtuin plou atrainat Eonliab reajnae Tba sfiril ol the native Indian rreee SB merearicgly hoetile to tba Engliab. The atj'Ulioo for an laoreaee of the native armies aod tor arming the native eoedters wilb artillery of improved pattern U very formidable to the intereeta of the foreign- born residents of some portion* ot tbe ovioeee. The reduction ot the streDsjta) of tbe English garrisons, owing to the mili- tary uaeeaaiiisa IB Bur mob, has added to the lUrm. Tbe liaiittt deolaree thai it will nol be wise tor tbe Government to treat thia aa a senaalionaU and report. It declani tbal tbi demande a watchful aye and a tirm haul. Tbe number of Brobmine involved IB I lao J al 500.000. i i in* <ir K*lrar4lawr> Or !* <<! law l-r el ik. Br. A iaapatoh from Detroit aay* : Tha oat ol coaaio* in Detroil U baatimlng alarm- ingly prevalent. A bank oaehier oamed MacDonald. aad J.A.fiak. proprietor ol tbe Oily Laandriee, are Ibe two laMet vioMms. Kill began wing oooaine lael lummer for catarrh by paintinr hi* ooaarUa with it. and later took it internally. To-day ba wai removed to Harper Uoapilal lor traal menl. II* U toll of vaanee, alternately imagining that ha u the Almighty and tba Immaculate Conception, and again aaaerl- ioK that be baa been raiawd from tba dead. MaoPonald wandered to Toronto while lafliriog from mental aberration eaoaad by tbe dnw. Several other more or leaa pro- minent Uetroitan are known to b* in a bad way from oaing tbe drag. Ibe alueneee of eaa water ia an index to l Mttaami Bad peqidg gravity.

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