The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02


the hopeless contest. 1t was in vain. The
offer was rejected and the amendments and
motions to report progress were offered, and
the filing in and out went YEARLY on.
GLANCE AT THE F1oHrxRs.
At ten o'clock yesterday morning the
Irish seven, after their eighteen hours COM
bat, were much exhausted. Farmer Kirk
was so weak that it was necessary to sup
port him in his tramps in and out. ODon-
nell was greatly distressed. Parnell was
white as corpse, and had great black
rings about his eyes. Gray and O'Connor
Power remained fresh. Biggar was asleep.
Shortly after he returned to the House and
took the opportunity, on motion to ere
port progress" to say that he had had d
good sleep and good breakfast, and was
now ready for any amount of legislation.
Messrs. Parnell and O'Connor Power then
went ont to rest, relieved by Mr.. Biggar and
others.
THE cnANcELLoR's PLAN.
just before noon the Chancellor of the
Exchequer intimated that he would move
the suspension OF the obstructionists, and a
messenger was sent privately to bring the
Marquis of Harrington, the leader of the
liberals. to second the motion. This meas
ure however, was not resorted to- Shortly
afterward, Sir Stafford Northcote having
been invited by Mr.. Knatchbull-Hu
liberal member for Sandwich, to take swift
and strong action in the matter, thanked his
supporters for the assistance he had received.
made final appeal to the minority to yield,
and hoped that, in the absence of the honor
able gentleman whom he expected to arrive
shortly, the committee would persevere with
the bill.
THE END OF THE FIGHT ON AFRICA.
MIR. ODonnell affected to regard this as a
threat OF coercion, and said that under the
altered circumstances he would retire from
the contest AS long as it WAS question of
physical endurance he and his friends wero
prepared to go on. This practically ended
the fight on the African bill, which was then
pushed forward in committee and COM
pleted at ten minutes past two amid thun-
ders OF applause. During the contest the
chairman OF the committee was relieved four
times, and there were in all twenty-five
divisions in as many hours.
ANOTHER FIGHT.
The House then proceeded to take up
other bills. A violent scene followed in the
discussion OF the Judicature (IrelandN bill.
again caused by Mr.. Parnell This bill,
which involves and changes the constitution
of the Irish law courts in several ways
and rakes up the question of patronage in
the court offices, has been bitterly contested
by the Irish members, and they have sue
ceeded in making many important amend
ments. Mr.. Parnell has been very active in
this.
THOSE LAWFUL HIRrsHMENl
So the obstructionists retired exhausted
after their bitter fight The feeling
throughout the country is one of exaspera-
ton against them. Through the long
twenty-six hours session the scenes
throughout were animated and sometimes
stormy. Within recent history there has
been no parallel to this sitting. The House
Of Commons sat twenty-five hours on the
Slavery Emancipation bill, but not on ac-
count Of obstruction.
OBSTRUCTIONISTS INTERVIEWED.
WHO THEY ARE AND WHY THEY oDsTRucr-
THE MEN AND THEIR cAREERs-rALKs WITH
MrssRs. PARNELL, BIGGAR AND PowEE-AN
OVERLOADED AND LAZY PARLIAMENr-As
IRISH POLICY OF IRnfrATIoN-wHAr II
ACHIEVES AND MAY ACHIEVE.
LONDON, July 20, 1877
about close Is one the extraordinary II not
the most extraordinary, in some respects. all the
sessions that have ever taken place In Eng
land since English Parliaments began. The whole
parliamentary mechanism is utterly disorganized,
and public business Of all kinds brought to almost
n complete stnndstii Some idea Of the pass to wncn
things have come will be formed from the one TACT
that OF about twenty bulls which the government have
brought in during the session but two have GER
tainty Of passing And some OF these bills which the
government thus compelled to abandon are highly
important IA the minds OF different sections of the
supporters Of tho Ministry. Trerc q bill on
burias 10 settle the bitter quarrels as to the
service the dead between tho Churchmcn ana
Disseniers; there was bill TO amend tho
law OF bangruptcyi II was proposed 10 read just
the system OIL which property was valued and patents
issued; the law courts II Ireland he UNI
versltes Of England were 10 DO remodcicd; and, IN
fact, there was end OF measures which were ex-