Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1893-02-11 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

THE POET LAUREATESHIP._  Mr. Gladstone informed Mr. W. Johnston that no recommendation had been submitted to her Majesty on the subject of the succession to the office of Poet Laureate, and that there was no immediate intention of submitting such a recommendation.  THE DEBATE ON THE APDBESS The debate on the Address was resumed by Colonel Saunderson in a vieacious speech, which speedily brought him into conflict with the Irish Nationalist members. A reference to Father M Tadden as a "murderous ruffian" provoked a violent uproar on the Nationalist benches, and the Bpeaker, when appealed to by Mr. Dillon, having intimated that he could not require the hon. and gallant member to retract Ate expression, the tumult was renewed, Mr. Dillon moving that Colonel Saunderson should be no longer lizard, and his colleagues giving practical effect to the proposal by loud iteerruptions and indignant cries for a division. Finding it impossible to proceed, Colonel Saunderson moved the adjournment of the debate, which afforded Mr. Gladstone an opportunity for an ;appeal that ler the honour of the House the scene shculd be terminated, lie besought the Irish members to exercise patience and Colonel Saunderson to abate somewhat the strength of his language; and Mr. A. Balfour seconded the appeal,remarking, however, that language far stronger had been constantly used by the Irieh members with regard to innocent policemen and magistrates, and that moderation of language ought to be observed not by one Party only. Colonel Saunderson, amidst much laughter, substituted "excited politician" for the words which had provoked so much turbulence, and in concluding his speech warned the House of the nature of the priestly ascendancy which the Government wished to establish in Ireland, and which could only end in hopeless social confusion and disaster. Mr. J. Chamberlain invited further information as to the attitude of the Government in regard to Egypt, and their intentions with respect to the preservation of peace in Uganda pending a final decision as to its future. He accepted as satisfactory the statement of the Prime Minister on the subject of the release of the dynamite prisoners,but wished to know why in the case of the Gweedore convicts the discrimination shewn in the sentences had not been followed in the exercise of the Royal clemency. Without asking for details of the Home Rule Bill, he asked whether it was the intention of the Government to maintain the unquestioned and unquestionable supremacy of the Imperial Parliament, or were they about to make another surrender to the forces of disloyalty and disorder? The de! ate was continued by Mr. W. H. Redmond, Mr. Boscawen, Mr. Renton), Mr. J.More, Mr. Roche, Dr. D. Macgregor, Major Rasch, and Mr. Webster. Mr. J. Morley, in the course of a detailed reply, deprecated the language used by Mr. Chamberlain in reference to Egypt, as tending to aggravate the tsxisting difficulties, and deferred until Mr. ;abouchere's amendment should be moved any ascussion on the subject of Uganda. Dealing with )ae condition of Ireland, he cited the better payirnent of rents, the improved relations of police and people, and diminished statistics of crime as evidence of the improvement which had taken place during the last few months, and added that the abandonment of the Crimes Act had been attended by no evil results. He justified, at consider able length, the appointment and composition of the Evicted Tenants' Commission and the release of the Gweedore prisoners, and in conclusion he declared that there was no transaction in which he had taken part in which he should always look back with more complete satisfaction than on the release of those four men.—A motion made by Mr. Darling, at half-past 11, for the adjournment of the debate was resisted by the Government, and, on a division, was negatived by 249 against 152.—Mr. Carson continued the debate until midnight, when it was again adjourned.