, 1877-08-15

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dressed large meeting oi IIomc-f'ulfS !2i'he
former gave description Of how, In o g ptr-
tan. the British House If Commons was sGtn.
l,osel. many oi whose members he accused OF
dishonesty ard f1ar,nraity nf rarious kinds, lie
c',uld say honestly that a Parliament of that
Kind was not yerr dIa!cutt to meet. be-, ,a,.se
tt'eFc was no carnestness os, trut,, atnt,ty ihc
members. and thrre:orc, small anti deter
hlhcu afty of h9ncst men could ret pretty
fl'n'h What they 1fkctl -sssil things as Ireland
wanted and IS Ireland would hare II her people
fUph ta1c
TO RETURN MEN vito wocLD WORK ron THESE
The present House of Commons was serv
,l1inaoheEed ,hin ts assembly, anl r. proof Of
fIe. t1!s If If t,,rt,.s ear two ,, Sr , ile exa..
What leop1r they had to face. They could mo.
lace them ~ iiasterv. for then these people
trasnp'e! on iLetH: tn;' II tt:ey faced them IA
mes, nlnl a. tfen reEti s.!.ting ureat Irish con-
a'itutacic* AEl the VIZ Irish race, they could
tianpc III these 1Dert. or al least hold their
h"s1 with thcn,. fle:c.rinx tt tie conduct OF
fHciincsh. liz *akt that wLen large number haA
ci' dining out saert va. very Likely IN IT, good
dca! VI tl'nsc md sowdyism ln the lIouec.
Whether this melancholy ptturc Of Patlta-
tncntary morals he tr1tc u, mot,
IT SERVED TO AwAKES CONSIDERABLE 1xpto-
in tho House against "biox birSar and r.rnel mil
their snpp'rtcrs. TIC attempt to suppress
then, BY or'l,lary ncthols fnilclI, l.uwevcr,
md Il was then discovered t,lai
coalition lad been entered into By seven meni-
hcfs 10 Hbstr1'ct Misunderstanding inntc.
THE MATTER WAS 1nOwIHH SERIOUS.
Inc emu ot lie scsaon WAS rapidly approach
lnE. ani every Mu1Hent was precious to tic
ti1vc,ntnent, wlsivh had still formidable pile
u hills tn fe dl*~usscn aud passed upun. In
this STRAIT tie G.crltncnt received hearty sup
port lrum thu LItcrals, the Marquis ni liarting-
ton himself assuring the ChaUcellor OF the Ex~
c!icer that this matter cnnrer.,cd Liberals and
f,I} }1P..Au ~ 9-t-a
etotH! shcir ground. and every one WHO knows
how lax are the rules for tt'e government OF
debate In tho House can sec What degree Of
bull these lew tnen cuu1ti 0c.lsun. Tic bill
uhuer discussion ut the tidc was known ~
TIE souf1l-AF1t1EAH hill,
and lis purport wa to effect confederation Of
thr co'onlcs In South Africa. It. Contained
twenty or murc clauses md n! escll onc Of these
MT btGgar 1r his collcaeurs would raise DIS
cusston " oIeslnE amendments Of every CON.
cclval1c kind, and exercising all the otl,eF we'll
known devices for pustpoiInE actlolt, such as
nloylHg TINT the Chairman 1cayc the Chair. that
present. ehat dlv!sson bc taken. ctc., each cue
0f which consumed a larttc atnuunt Ut time. On
scycral occasions mcnIb. rs lust their patience.
aud worly passages enhuctl. ax sharp ~ my En.
cUunleFS that haye ever taeit place 1u CuuEfeH9.
Sir STAFFORD xoRrnCoTE,
who, as Chancellor of thu E,sclc,'icE, has to
sustain the dignity OF the Government In tho
House, WIS many times sorey tried ~ restrain
llts tn'i!gnatioh at these pTocecdnrs, EhIcl,
we're not scn,lcsnany, II not, strictly .st,eakng,
unpar',arncntary. Munlay he brought tn twO
ne* rules for tie guidance Of the uuusc.--uue
that no member should speak more ti.au twice
On single suhject1 aud tue other that r me,n-
beE. having been eullcd to orier twice by tic
Sp:akrr, could tc suspended fTou, further par
ticipation III tho uebate. It was ifupc,1 fIlat
thcfe rules would s4uc!esl the obslructiunIsts.
Fur time things went along smoothly enough;
then suddenly came ~ The crisis whisl, pr.-
longcd alnrIc sitting Of the 1iuu.e fruru T,,e1-
day afternoon until Wednesday evening. lasting
through thu Intervening night.
IT nE1AS IN TItIx WISE:
As soon a. the soui', Africa l,ill was rcsumcd
in COMMITTEES Of the Whole, Mr.. U'l,ouuell at
o1lcc moved to report progress. On this u
uesulturS talk cnsicu. which speedily cnaeu fa
2, "secnc." Mr.. l'arnc!l bcg,.'l addressing tho
questions Of international law, not having the
ta!utcst bearing .upon the subject, n.sd MIA
calle.l to order. NJ. Purcell replying brought
un eir William aAseonrt, %ho, a,u!d; lo,1't
nell nnd frlcuds - deliberate obstruction aud
called upon the Government to stautl BIZ tic
ftuueo of Commons to resist this obstruction,
which was becoming tnsupportnhlc. Tits inci-
dent WIS the precursor ut . scrirs ot outtursts.
which lated throughout the night, 4. about i
o'cjuck Sit. Parncll, having already spokel. no
less than fifteen times. WIS attempting to ai,ni1l
address the Chair when tho cntirr lipnsc hrukc
fOEth io tnsnultuous cries fur a dlylstuli Then
occurred Que III tho most turbulent sccuea ever
witnessed Ia q public legislative bouy. Mem
lpra shouted themselves tuarse: the Chairman
cs,Gcayorcd yalnlr to secure order; thu recall
ct-ant lar1,e'l, forsasne his scat, ruttlrsl ttow,
upou the ao0r Of tho House. ant! declared that
hc would spcak II he lad to Rta1tt turrr until
morning. 1t was half m hour beforr anything
Hike order was restored. 3lr. Farncll lia,l bis
the extraordinary incidents OF the evening very
closely, AZ they wcsc much alike, differing only
!n
THE Er1THHr3
that we're freely bantlicd about. At 2
o'clock tn tho morning thu Government leader
openly .,relarc.i that thu Inaiorty oi thv iiou,s
could uni consent to bc beaten by the small
party u obstructtonIats, aud wcr0 prcpar ed TO
star ail night, Actt,rlingly, rclaya wcro ap-
pfirs I'd sna,rt lev hosrs ii sIccp m aad I'd tcn to
relieve those WIN huA bce1l on duty. The seven
trish1nc,, fdluwtng tho EXAMPLE, divided up
also. Morning tlawncd, ansl,narket-wagons bu-
hrlrrylag atros. st. Juinrs Park to tllrir tiaiiy
.utits werc aslu.':alcd to seu tic carriages of
the tsunurubsr si.etnocrs of Parliament stand
Ing In and ab',Et Palace farJ. Tho MORN
10 to orlock, witt. intimatlons that thc session
would last atl night; ......,
about town that the House hatl mt adjourned;
noisli6orssi ot Wcsttninstcs. '
Inside, .lc contest was s,ll golug on. Tho
South Africa bill lad been carried through
scycral stagcs. and WIS bou.ut to pass II. courso
tastes3 began to appcar again on tho seenc.
At noon tbs chaplain, according to ht1 rule,
entered to soy ,praycra; hut tn his surprise
found that h!s tninstration Vi the preceding DAY
tic bIll W. passed ard ordered to bs
reported. Towards thu close VI the sitting
Lord bcaconslcl4 rnttrod the l'ccrs' gallery
the hrst ttnc l'u lal visited tue anuss since bis