, 1881-02-19
SCENES IN PARLIAMENT.
Pen.Picturos of the Speakers
The Irish Brigade.
The Commons Alter tho Al!.Ntsh, Session on
Inc Coercion Bill.
parnsIi's appearance and Drmeauor-A Critical
Point IN Tho Contest.


Point IN Tho Contest.
Cor7fsn1ndtNts .Nxt1 1'brk Tribune.
LONDON, Fell. lit wns nlaut o'clock this
morning whe1l Mr.. Gladstone. replying upon n
motion Of onp Mr.. Gabbett, announced nn!d
cheers from hottI sklrs OF tho fIHusu TINT tho
tinvcrnfnnnt would resist Rny attempt to nd
Joiru befurr tho yOtn hnd bern taken upon Mr.
Fnratrr's motion fur lcRvG IL hrln9 III his biz
for protection to PERSONS anu property III lrc'
land. Tho sitting had begun, Ms us,1h1. nj on
Moudny nfterno1n.-tust n week from tho tltno
whclI Mr. Forster's motion Was inadc,-n
motion. It should bo understood, which Is,
In ordinary cusus. a purely formal motion.
Hut tho Irish glory In whnt tho great minority
Of tho IIousc md tho country think their shame.
BE II shaucfnl or othorwfse, they seized upon
this technical opportunity fur dc1ny and o1struc-
ton. us t,thora would sny; for securing, hs thoy
would say. l. full and FREQ discussion. Having
used It after thor fashion for wcek.-n week
which includes ono slt,lng OF twenty-five hours,
they proposo now to pro'ong It tndotlnltly.
THE sCESt. or coMBAT.
Tho approaches to tho House showed that
something unusual w1a going On. Going hown
at noon passed. n humber Of pale fnccd men
whose tlsortlcrly dress md ftssipatcd mir point.
cd them out IA individuals who, for somo rem
son, hat chosen nat 10 20 homo till mnrn!ns.
The men wcrc in faet, members OF tho House;
their dissipation Ind been OF a Legislative Kind,
nnd tho reason for their Into hours was
purely M Irlst reason. Thero w0s no crowd
in Palace Ynsd. but Westminster Hall hnd Il
hundred or two lohngurs. and tho otter looby
wns pretty full. The iuuor lobby WINS throltged
with the usual company OF members ht1rrylng
back and FORTH and Of constituents waylnynx
thcm for orders Of admission. Almost tho hrst
1unn met was ono Of the whips, who bud been
up NIL night and WIS lust startling for homo to
whether it is good.nlRht or rood. norainE. 70,
marked he. but 1t !s Still Monday's sitt3u.. and
ho,v mich Iouucr." Tho fioycrumcnt and On.
.,'s,,,, ,snrt,r t,,,,.l,or. innrc wns nnt
o ,ho su"fIost notjon Of rotuu awuy; md tho only
question WIS how long tho Irish could hold out:
or how far tho put,cnco of tho lLousu would al-
to tho gallery found n seat with II little dlfi-
ct % na @ !onie s ' N III saGn r otof tosp a
| tinn.
! The sltt!nF hal now lnstc! rnthor !; more than
cr had, quilted tho chair ut . in tho morning. nIitl
I>r Lyon Play FUR, the 1lrpusy. Speaker, had
oT iho iio,4so Less tn1 hu,Mircti tnrnihcrs
weye present, OF whom twenty weru Irish. who
sat md tpnlwcd ~ tlo irish Quarter Of Inc tno
ainuag Tn,, rns ~ sas sa n; snraw.,l IN thoir own
u"nas ~ ~ in,,,n ~ ~, st ht i,nriuht: and
now lcss IMAM ever.
THE 1IHsN coMnATASTs.
One of tho Hujllvnns ar Osui!ttans was on his
| 1cy. whr,, wont In. When he ant down M,oihcr
trs',iiivnt,. nr II NAV have beyn Mr. q DUnncii,
,,r nrrhups sir. Flnnigni, or probnby Mr.
Wa,,al,wti,rssy. rose 10 crt,tIdue tho prriortn-
n,,is II rcuiiv i,lnttcr., nothing whit ule ynl
eive a particular speaker. Iho Irish numbers
hnyr, sllpIosc, III private lro md in tho d.;
nisfsrssII,n results wnui, c,lsue ironi any
c"niuson IN thelr rersnnu Identity nj tlleIr owii
rn,nirr- hn,isus or lNrrtDtny ur tlrcaftlrs. uut,
VIII ti'o ,.xrrptpn al three or four, tlley nro
Snrilv to be djscrtminatGd in public. Quo star
i.yr,rrtt not trntn n;l,,thrr stnr III rtorr, Un,
sm"G nirDrnih ,,.t frnt,, m,,Sther snrtct in pro-
tx tluiluess. Lord Tnuriows prediction taat IL
matnjne would Gonnu iay he Invented tor draw
sI3t,ht M .,ffcr1,,,rr None of Mr.. Iarnci!s ma
t.ntnrs rn,ju ,irnv hits-i,l.cnltty, All OF them
tt, .,,,,, mi In tnetmnrul suy sc1,i1rilcps ct
@ ,yortis huynE little connection wth each other