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Show 01iAl)ST0iNESPBAKS. lie Crlllclrri the rroilel.ini or llio (lotmiuiriit Hill fir Irltli Heme liulr. "thc ntrusc or political lc QISLATION." Ilalfnnr ltrtpond) and rtptatnt IaiiI Sil,bnrj'. Itnnirki. lb Illll l'.niri. nr Tiien.i a iu tin mws.i Amur iiiri.tMi The lUrulii nl the I el Cum IIIIUl Illll llt.UIIIMl. Ijovftore, May 24. Dltcuitlon of the Irltli local government hill wai re turned todiy in the (ummor.t. Ulad-lloneik Ulad-lloneik at great length. lie tlld tint the lloute wrs lu th lingular million of dlicuislng n bill which If It wai Improbable weuld bo proceeded with. In IMI1 Ohambcrlnln and Lord Ilartlugtou proniltul Ireland every. Ihingrhortolau lndeiendeut t'arila-ineul. t'arila-ineul. Now all the.u promises are dl.solved Iu the in sunt tneagru I 111, which ilaraped Ireland with In ritiiillty an compared with l.ngtand ami Scotland, and falallled th miserable miser-able rillca of tru lolenin pledge by which the resent majority wis obtained ob-tained by the government In lSSt. Iird Hatisbury's recent linguago dl.-tlnetly dl.-tlnetly eucounged civil war. Definite exJatintlohl ought to be glvu whether the cabinet are generally of the? umo oj Inlon at th prrmler. Did Ihemlnl.lersheliev, piked Uladttone1, that the puoplo of Ulsler woull rtbt-l agalmt a declnon ot Tarda rueiit, erthat the employment of tho jiowers of the crow n to suppress such a rebellion would be such an outrage as would lend society In two? If l.ird Halitbury's laugutff, meant anything, It was a plain Incitement of a lew nils guided men to resort lo violence lo resist re-sist the authority of rnrllamenL These were llie conditions which tholtlsh number had ulFVred them Instead of tho gilt or the preterit bill. Ulad.ton thun at Ivuglh axainlned the leading provisions of the bill, and said that it stamped traland with Inequality In-equality and Inlerloilly by withholding withhold-ing from herthe power and privileges that obtiluvd In her sister countries. Could It lo possible, atked Ulad.tone, to conceive of a greater contemtt for history and u dliregird of sound iiulltl. cal priuclpltt? Coul J that bill be called call-ed an liontst ellort to satisfy Irish aspirations, or a fair aitemi t to leglslalu for Ireland? Hither might It Le colled the refuse ol pollllctl leglslitlon. Th bill con. lerred on the Liberals ono great advantage; ad-vantage; It gave the people tho power to measure and determine exactly the vshiH of the iiilecdl I Contort alive promise! of absolute nijatlty with the liwi of (Irrat Ilrltalu. Wai Irclind wrong in rejecting thl rueasuii? Not tho stamp of inequality wai the brand of degradation. Ir Ireland wai rap-alleof rap-alleof acceitlnga meaturti to itamji-ed,iho itamji-ed,iho wai unworthy of the great men who Lad loiherlntlmciof nlver-slty; nlver-slty; unworthy of that happy better destiny he trusted and believed the was about to aLconipiitli. IClutrs. lllifour responded toUladltone. Jle analysed and explained Lord Ballt-bury's Ballt-bury's remarks, puttlug upon them a more lavorable Jnterpr.UlIoa than that advanced by (llalstonr. Then, coming down to thu matter of tha bill, he urged that It was tuUUnliilly tbe same a the J.nglMi and Hcotcli bill. II there was a dlUerence, It was due to iwcullar conditions prevailing in Ireland. The bill wu opposed, laid lie, solely became It would not serve tho purrosoof theIrlshngttr.tori. What wu the real aim of the home rurertT It was sepsratlou. (Cheers.) 1'or the opponenti of th bill It would need de that fur llieni. Thu government tiollevcd that local govern meLt would be it great boon to a opu. latlou knowing how to use It, Thegov erumeul drslrrd to confer thli boon on Ireland. The Istuei were clear on their side. It retted with Gladstone t) make his clear. ("Hear, hear,) The government had shown that it still t nrnittly desired to accomplish what Hiilmod to de. What Uladitono do-Ired do-Ired to do no huruiu being; knew. The bill passed to IU lecoud rending 2311 to 247 wild great Conservative cheers. They weru delighted at the solid msjorlly. Thecnly Uladstonlans who voted with tho government were Htorc) arid Vlllleri. The Liberals are disappointed nl tho remit, tinning itnn tho abeeuco of to many Irish rueuibt r. Out of twouty-nluo I'arucltlleionly sixteen voted, and out or the nfty-flvu Mc('artli)llca only thlrly-eljht voted. |