London, Sept. 12.—1a the house of com
mons this afternocn on motion to go in
to committee ou the appropriation bill,
Sir William V-JMon Hareourt, Liberal,
called attention to the general policy of
the government in Ireland, especially
to the invasior of 1 he rights of the people
respecting the rights to hold public
meetings. He demanded that tke house
be informed of tUe nature of the instruct
ions given the poll e in Ireland regarding
the line of action 'hey are te pursue iu
respect to public meetings; also whether
the report is true that Gen. Sir Redvers
Buller resigned the post of nnder-seore
tary for Ireland, and what were the
reasons for his resignation. He claimed
that the Irsh peoph possessed in common
with the English the right to meet and
denounce the action of the legislative
branch of the government, and declared
that the attempts to prevent the holding
of such meetings violated the common
law and constitution and were a flagrant
breach and denial of the fundamental
principles of both, and wholly incompati
ble with the existence of free government
or the rights of free people.
TORT ADVICE.
Some Tory journals had suggested that
machine guns ought to be used against
the Irish people. (Cries of “What pa
per?") “St. James’ Gazette,” answered
the speaker, adding, “a typical Tory or
gan.” The most detestable and scandal
ous language bid been used by the Times.
