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Parliament adjourns for Whitsun amid Irish Land Bill debate
The two Houses adjourned for Whitsun recess as the Irish Land Bill passed the Commons without a division. Gladstone praised the measure while critics warned it won’t settle Ireland. Lords debate repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act and other reforms. Global notes cite Spain and Cuba, Fenian collapse in Canada, and U.S. reconstruction votes.
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Gladstone
Commons
Hardy
Disraeli
F. Heygate
Mr. Maguire
Murphy
Brady
Ireland
Mr. Bryan
Sir John Gray
Lords
Lord Salisbury
Earl Russell
Duke of Richmond
Lord Cairns
Law Lords
High Court of Justice
Newdegate
Fawcett
Bruce
Blackwood's
Ardy
M. Ollivier
Chamber
Constitutional Left
M. Ernest Picard
Espartero
Spain
Marshal Prim
Cortes
Rome
Cuba
Canada
England
Congress