The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-07-04 00:00:00

impaid farliament.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
FILIDAT.

SUSPENSION OF 26 IRISH KEIBERS.

The House of Commons oust for despatch of business on
Fridey et noon, and did not ries until eight o'clock on
Saturday evening, sod the sitting will be memorable n A
only for its length but for the grapenei on of twiner -five
Irish member., and the gross insults offered to the Chair.
men of Committees. It was understood before the House
met that the Iffinistrra h res Awed to s..ks substantial
progrees with the Prevention of Crime Grained/
and it was also kn,n that 111 r. Paroell and his
followers had dean:lased to put in fora all the
°retractive powers at their commend. In preparation for
the swag* Mayo of Liberal member, were told off to
relieve each other. and toe measure, taken to defeat the
Obatructionisti were successful. The paean of Clause 17.
which sets out the deaription of the district in which
charges for extra police owl companation for murders
and outrages should be lariat and mikes provision
for raking the charges Wavle& wilt strenuously
opposed. amendment alter amendment bang bronght
forward by Mr Healy, only to be rejected by ever.
whelming rarities, one of the propositions of the bee.
member f exil being described by the Premier as
embodying in onerous doctrine, and in the aura of the
debate it wag pointed out that the committee bad been
sugared for nearly fly• hours in discussing • single las of
the Bill. At kualf-peet nine o'clock on Saturday tawnier
the Chairmen of the Committee (Dr. Lyon Playfair),
whose duties during a portion of the sitting bad been
discharged by Mr. Courtney. declared that the time had
come when it wee nscsmary to stop thesyetsmatie obstnic•
tan which had ban displayed. and "named" Kr. Biggar,
Mr. Callan, Dr. Commies, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Heels.- Mr.
Lamy, Kr. Justin lleCarthe. Mr. Karam, Kr. Metre,
Mr. T. P. O'Conuor, Mr. O'Donnell. Kr. Parnell, Mr.
Refined Power, Mr. Redmond, Mr. Sexton, and Kr.
Sullivan. Mr. O'Donnell thereupon said he had been
"foully named as guilty of obstruction," and added the
C .airman had 'anal aganat all the traditions of his
ore!. The sixteen member* "named* were reported and
suspended. They left thia House in C body. Ti. insult t,
the Onainnen of Committee, wee next considered, and
Mr. Childers moved that the conduct of Yr. O'Donnell
should be taken into consideration ott Monday. Sir Stafford
NatWeste seconded the motion, and after some opposition
by tor 3 Irish member.. it was wood to. Immediately
afterwards Mr. C men gave notice that on Monday he
should move • vote of censure on the Chairman of Cloor
mitt's. Aline a long deb ate Glenda 17 and 'Swiss add-r 1
to he Bill, and in the course of some converiation which
followed on the proposed Orailannl of Clause 19, the
Prime Minister stated, amid Liberal cheers, that the
Government lies decided to aak the Manes on Monday
to revive the reeolutioa of urgency adopted lest year.
Later on in the sitting the Home Rears resorted to their
obatru.t re tactic., repeated moving that progress shoold
ho rup,rte I, ant while segued in these mance ler ,s Mr.
Lahr we, romp lied to witivirew we imputation he
cast up on Mr. lila Won. Th 3 Chairman warned trie
obstroo,ioniste that they were pursuing the same coarse
which had led to the suspension of sictses members
earlier in the day, but hie reproof term unheeded he
eventually "neared" Kr. Byrn Mr. W. C mrb.lt, Kr.
fl,ay, Mr. Lela, Mr. A ire oattor, Mr. OM illy. Kr.
O'S Miran, and Kr. Stile!. 0. the motion of Mr. Gad-
state the members wen suspended. Tne claws of the
Bill +ere than rapidly roe, le I with, and at sight
o'clock moires. waa reported. all tbe original clauses
having been got through, hut the owes.deratioa of seas
new clauses heiog deierre.i. The sitting, which lead
listed thirty hours, we, then brought to a close.