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THE COMMONS,
Inc Deo"'e OH the Parnell Inquiry
Continued.

THE COMMONS.
The Debate OH the Parneu Iuoutrx
Continued.
LONDON, August 2.-In the Commons
tonight Labouchere called the attention
of the House to breach of privilege Of
which the Times was guilty in charging
the Parnellites with trying to drown a
Commissioner with a food of black
guardism unparalleled in the history of
Parliament.
Goschen concurred in the charge that
breach of privilege had been commit
ted by the Times, but moved to proceed
to the business of the day. This was
agreed to. He next moved that the
Chairman should have power at O'Clock
this morning to put the remaining
clauses.
Reed appealed to the Government to
respect the right Of the minority to OBJ
tain a full discussion of the obnoxious
clauses.
Sir William Harcourt said the motion
was without the slightest reason to JUS
tice. The bill was of such importance
it ought to be adequately discussed.
7. P. O'Connor said the closure of the
debate as proposed amounted to decree
that the most important proposals in the
bill must be passed without discussion.
1t was an act of brute violence on the
part of the Government
Timothy Healy moved to amend the
motion by inserting the words, eff the
Chairman so think" thus leaving to the
discretion of the Chair the application of
the closure rules. Rejected.
Justin Mccarthy moved an amend
ment extending the inquiry to the cir
cumstances under which the charges
were originally made and published by
the Times. Rejected.
Labouchere moved3 that the letters be
inquired into and reported upon before
the other matters. He did not think any
member of the Government was go vile
and base (laughter) ais to refuse this rea-
sonable concession. II the government
did refuse it, he would recommend Par
nell to wash his hands of the Commits
sion and sue the Times for libel, solely on
mission would early inquire into their
authenticity. The Commission, however,
must not be fettered, and therefore the
Government could not accept the amend
ment.
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Mr.. Sexton
and Mr.. Vernon Harcourt favored the
amendment. Lord Harrington objected
to it.
Major Saunders was called to order for
declaring that Harcourt had maligned
the Parnellites before the Times did.
Proceeding, he said: What the Parnel-
lites feared was evidently not an
inquiry into the letters. They
knew, and everybody knew, that
| it was almost impossible to prove
the authenticity of the letters. Loud
cheers and a Parnellite cry, "Now the
murder is out."] He always looked
upon the letters as secondary. [Ironical
cheers.] An inquiry was needed not
into the character of Parnell alone, but
into that of the whole party, to see
whether they were fit to be rulers of
Ireland. [Oh! oh!]
Labouchere's amendment was de-
feated, 2S1 to 203.
Healy moved to amend the provision
to the effect that the Commissioners
should make separate report in re-
gard to the charges against each indi-
Vluual memDer whose decisions are
averse.
Parnell desired to say few words; it
was vain to deny that he approached the
Commission with ranking sense of in
justice; he did not object to the
principle of the Commission in
| its inception, and would not have,
complained OF the extension of its scope
to political organization if fair hearing
and notice Of the charges could be secured,
but that was not the case. They were.
approaching an inquiry, shaped by the
superior force Of the party opposite, with
out chance of stating their views with
the fullness which the gravity of the case
required. There were men now in LON
don, he believed, if placed. in the
witness box would be forced to admit
they were guilty of the forgery. Amend
ments to secure the attendance of these
persons and insure their punishment if
they fed to escape the jurisdiction of the
Commission were excluded. The Irish
members were entitled to such hearing
as Parliament had never yet denied to
individuals.
Healy's amendment was. defeated 2S3