PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 171, 25 September 1886, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

A meeting of Parnellite members > was held in the House of Commons before the meeting of that body. Parnell presided. The meeting decided to diaouss Irish affairs, and especially the Belfast riots, during the debate in the Commons in reply to the Queene speech, and also to endeavour to learn the intentions of the Government in regard to Ireland. • , - 4 "United Ireland " of Dublin, Mr Parnell's organ, reiterates the declaration that there will be war to the knife against Lord Salisbury. The people of Ireland, it says, will resist him with desperation and a skill that never has before been displayed. In the Houseof Lords thisafternoon Granville asked that the new Government make a clear statement of its contemplated Irish policy. The Duke of Argyle (Unionist) denied that a member of the late Government was justified in making such a demand, and took occasion to make a long speech, dissecting, as he called it, Gladstone's Irish policy, which the Duke describedas the "miserable fiasco of running up to the masthead the flag of Parnell and the Irish Nationalist party." , ■ < ■ Salisbury admitted that the situation in Burmah was unsatisfactory, but thought there was no reason for apprehension, Referring to Ireland, Salisbury said the* Government would take every step to maintain social order and the protection of individual rights. "With respect to local government! for Ireland, he was unable to furnish a sketch of the Government's pro-" posale. Gladstone said he thought the conduct of the Irish policy should remain in the hand 9 of the Government and under -primary responsibility. If it was supposed anything that had happened had produced the slightest change in his convition regarding the late Government's Irish policy he waa afraid he • waa unablei to afford the siighte&t encouragement on that t point, (Cheers). What had happened had rather confirmed his strong belief; that he had not erred in the main principles, of his scheme. He thought the late Oppo3ition had hardly dealt fairly with the late Govornment in pressing them for their Irish policy, but he would not retaliate. The the government of Ireland is the question of day, and the sooner the question is settled the sooner will the House be able to dispose 1 of the arrears of legislation'beforeifc. (Cheers). Churchill said he.hoped the statement he was about to make would satisfy the House. Alter taunting Gladstone at the readiness to resort to coercion, which, he said, the I ex-Promier had in former timest displayed, he stated the Government had come to the I conclusion that the adoption of coercive measurea for Ireland would be unwise. The Ministry, wished the question of local government to be treated as a question ■ affecting the United Kingdom. In regard to Belfast, the Government would take car© that crime did not become chronic there, as it waa in some other parts' of Ireland, nor would the Government 1 tolerate an attack upon the Royal Irieh constabulary, whose services were deserving of ■ praise. The Ministry was. determined to rastore order in, Belfast, and would Shvink from no ref-ponsibilityin order >to attain that end. without delay. Regarding the land question, the ' Government was not prepored to adopt the judicial rents fixed by the Land Commissioners, ag they were con- • sidered too high for all present purposes, and the Ministry would take their stand on the Land Act of. 1881, as a final settlement; At, the same time the Government' had decided to appoint an royal (Commission (derisive laughter •on the - Parnellite' benches)' to. make careful inquiry into the working of ;the existing land system ' in Ireland; • The Government did not intend to deal- with the- land question by making any .reduotton in rent ; that was contrary to their policy; The Governmr tot intended to deyote thD recesa to the careful Consideration ef the. question of providing ajsystem< of local government for all three kingdoms. They hoped when. Parliament* reassembled in to be prepared to submit definite, .proposals on. that mo9t important of all' questions. ' „' 'V'i., . ., f -, .',, , ,', ' ,GJadaton9 i j presided t in , the evening at a meeting ]]pt his colleagu'ea.m the late, Liberal , Cabinet/held in^there^xdenc^^f S)arl Q|^n- ?- ville.. The /,of : .was, fo ;difecusB, ; difecus8,a jplan'bjE ftptionjor the liberals for th*e,pWsent/j^Bslp f n ) o^Parlikipen^ ,' , , ( , , Both .Gladstone .arid' Parneli, spoke on August 24th *n the ? dejqate on ithe addresa, in, reply, tp'tiie.dupen'a apeecb!. „ TnVlat'ter eaid^ he ( beUeyed;,^hat',if tho country 'jbad, ;be^n give'^jhjfee^wejek^^oj-e,, t;^, cpnsidqr , the Pom'ei Rule' JEfill,7thQ,Tories would' 'not; , ,now b'p 'seen f d lin Jthe^ Treasury .benches., In the [course qf.'Sis IfiipeecH^l^e saia'if^he.G'qYer^mep^hq'ugh't.'jot^^^ .hold oiMp. p| ft lt yery ( itWny rfffijt JW'fi \IP V SRJJP^opj- ; a^everated, t •TOR .TO^PS I :^^* " 4 Th6^I T iah will, ■$mxni a whmi i m%h®hs »•» • awn?) smooth the path of the people ; Ireland, e^nd encourage them ltd; nope for tt realwa- f tion of their juit rights, „,; :

!U. In . th ° d ,fMf»on A ( ug 5 5t.,26, Sir Miohael ! sfflFi Bf .??i?g^ywtyiPK to tprd Russell, said idivii 11 ' 1^^^' ',wb^, /-'pi 1 .preserving BociglX'Wer 'an^- detecting ' &M > >» nwbing oriiiie. ! , "'The'.s reply 1 was ; not 'deeme^SEitisffiictorv'by tnV opposition, 1 t^pd ,an:adi4urnme'jiY > wW I Bo^d'^ \ at<»n I<? tod ?a ! r4fe'lH t te.^eWer:e ; tlhe "motion." Lbr^ Ri^elljm'iide' a: vigorous ; speech', and ' coHtetitted *' ■that |the v poUoy lot the' GovdvWtheiit wae' t'c> ;a6gradertrelat)d' to* the 1 ' l^vel pif^'a' iavage 'any M'barbarpuBM 'barbarpu8 ! «^«°*j p 7} ChUr chili;' inj reply 1 ," Paid Govern- 1 i mentretuaes to discus's themerits'of 'Gen. 6ul,ler'sappointment; and' will* have nothing 7 ;more«-odo With^thVolfaoUßaibd. In the Cominona^Aug,,^?, Pnvnell's amendment to the Address was rejected by, a vote of 304 to \S\ n \ Sexton ohallehged Churchill to deny thatjl^nd-purcbase^orm^d a part off the Government's scheme for Ireland,