On Monday Mr. Parnell, who appears to have found that
he is thought remiss by the violent party in Ireland, got up a little " scene" on his own account, by persisting in demanding a night for the discussion of the arrests under the Coercion Act, after the Speaker had repeatedly warned him that he was out of order, till at last he was told that he was disregarding the authority of the Chair. When Mr. Gladstone moved his suspen- sion, he walked out of the House in a theatrical passion, and immediately went off to Dublin, where he appeared on Tuesday morning, in all the glory of a twice-suspended Irish Member— (he was suspended, by a vote of 131 to 14)—and where he resumed operations as a leader of the Laud League. These operations bid fair to be as injurious as possible to the utility of the Land Bill, when it is passed. He warns the Irish people not to trust the Bill, till they see how the test-cases he is going to submit to the new Court are decided. He thinks the total rental of Ireland ought not to exceed Griffith's valuation, which he is said to esti- mate at about one-fourth of what is now paid. He believes that, as a matter of fact, the Court will raise those rents paid on Griffith's valuation, leave untouched those which he calls equiva- lent to a rack rent, and lower those which are exorbitant, so as to leave the total rental nearly the same as before. If this be the action of the Court, it is to be inferred that Mr. Parnell will try to raise the -country against the Land Bill,—indeed,to raise the old cry that all rents ought to be withheld. If Mr. Parnell is to be outgeneralled,—as he ought to be,—the Government should early consider the necessity of enforcing with ample authority the new and deliberately-revised law.
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