The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-26
IRIsH MAIL NEWS.


York Herald in our issue of the 18th, does
not leave m uch to be said on the subject.
In the Dublin Nation and other papers re-
ceived this week, we fnd, however, e1
tended reports from which We take few
extracts which We feel cure will prove of
| interest to our readers. The Nation of the
| 4th says:
The week in Parliament has been one OF
| the most remar able in the long history or
| the British House of Commons. IL mas
| also been one of the most trouoiesomS ,
British Ministry have ever faced. Inc
| first assembly" has engaged in oattie' or
rather in q series of battles, with the ao
vauced section of the Home .Rule party,
| and the result is that it has become q laugh :
| ing stock in the face of Europe.
On Friday week, the 9th ult., the Chan
| cellor of the Exchequer came down to the
House with his proposed alterations IN the the
rules, and a triumphant host of Liberal and
| Tory members came tramping at his heels
to carry those alterations in face of all op-
position. Neither the display of numbers,
however, made by the British leaders, nor
their determined air, frightened the Irish
members who had resolved to stand up
against the application of the muzzle. Mr.
Sullivan, Mr.. Mitchell Henry, Mr.. Dwyer
Gray, and others delivered vigorous
speeches in defence of the privileges of
mem bers, and, divisions having been taken
on every Government motion, as we'll as on
several amendments, it was not till late at
night, or, rather, early next morning, that
the Government came out of the contest
with these two magnificent resolutions.
U.) "That o membe twice ruled out
of order Mt any sitting may be silenced for
the remainder of that sitting by vote OF
the House and (2) that no member in
committee can move more than once that
Ia rannysaR that the chairman
leave the chair
The 30 called observation-disclosures. Par
nell, Biggar, O'Donnell, and O'Connor
Power-against whom, of course, this
whole movement was directed, were by no
means silent, but they did not oppose the
new rules. They spoke in explanation and
defence of their conduct without evoking
any reply worth the name to their state
ments), and then they allowed the House
of Commons to do what it wished in cur
failing its own privileges, satisfied at the
came time that the means elaborated to cup
press the Irish revolt would be entirely
useless for that purpose. This latter ex-
pectation has been fully justified by the
events of Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
The Government, desperately anxious to
get their South African bill through COM
mittee without delay, put it fret on the
orders of the day for Monday, and ex
pected, doubtless, by the aid of their big
| majority and the terror intended to be in
spiIsd by the new rules, to make consider
| able progress with the measure. But they
utterly miscatcuiated. The new rules
| failed altogether to prevent the so called
obstruction of Mr.. Parnell and his friends,
| and became the joke of the period. Not a
single clause, we believe, was disposed oi
at the sitting, and the only person who
committed himself 30 far as to deserve to
be called to order was the chairman OF com
| mittees!
The Government now resolved to adop,
another plan. Finding that their attempt
to gag or muzzle the " obstructives" had
only brought ridicule on themselves and
on the House, and that any further atte mpts
in that direction would be only likely tt
lead to a similar result, they determined &c
see what they could do by an exercise o.
physical force. Before they knew what the
(" obstru ctives" intended to do, they made
arrangements to sit continuously all nigh
and next day in order to finish the bill a
u single sitting. They divided the British
memoe into patches, and brought th'
, patches down in succession, at stated IN
tervas, to the House new chairman wa
appointed every two or three hours; ah'
even the officials Of the House were fre
Quentlv relieved. 1t thus became
question of three or four hundred mel
against six or seven, and, of conrse, iron
, the very necessity Of tho case the tire
hundred were destined 10 win. But tn
victory the Government won was dearl
bought.
, After such EnG!ish members as Mr. Faw
cett aud Mr.. Courtney had left, declarin
: that deliberation bad ceased, and com
$ planning that the government had deprive
them of their right to criticizs the SOut
} African Bill, the 30 called obstructives car
ried ON the contest, they, too, relieving nn
= another as best they could, till ten minute
: past two o'clock on Wednesday-that il
: till the last clause and last amendment ha
= been considered. The Irishmen who sa
!, out the night-iu face, be it remembered
!, of a bowling and angry mob-deserve
. have their names remembered. They ar
: Messrs. Parnell, Dwyer Gray, Biggal
, O'Donnell, Nolan, Kirk. and O'Conno
{ Power. Mr.. Parnell aud Mr.. Gray es
pecially distinguished themselves; the lat
ter amongst other feats unhorsing tw
r chairmen on points of order-English mem
g bers, by the way, were the only person
. declared out of order during the sitting
. the former flinoinR back taunt for tann