The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1883-03-02 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS,  THURSDAY. MR. FCYRSTER AND MR. PARNELL.  A "SCENE Mr. Lowther resumed the debate on the Address at halfpast five in a full house and with a distinguished general audience. Mr. Lowther on rising was cheered again and again. He repeated his accusations of po'iticel infamy, corruption, and intrigue against the G overnment in the most deliberate way. Mr. Forster rose before Mr. Lowther had settled himself in his seat. The effect was electric. Pent-up excitement vented itself in stentorian cheers, but was followed by a silence which for an hour and a half was only broken by the exereesion of eagernes and emotion which burst out time a, tet time during Mr. Forster's speech. In substtnce the speech was a studied, elaborate impeachment of Mr. Parnell and the other Parliamentary leaders of the Land League. Mr. Parnell and his leading fellowkre were all in their places, and for the first time discomfiture and confusion were proluced among them, showing themselves in wild interruptions, once or twice literally by fierce and incoherent yells, and at length by a scene which ended in the expulsion of Mr. the author of many of the iuterruetions. Mr. Forster did not discuss the charges made by Mr. Goret and Mr. Lowther. Ho appealed to them, as his motion was evidently a sham us far as the welfare of Del +nd was con. cerned, to withdraw it in the interest of Ireland. He vindicated his colleagues fully, saying that he retired solely because the fresh powers were not given him which were afterwards adopted in the Crimes Aceand that he believed the ground of his difference with them on that subject to be that he had been iu Ireland and they had not. After justifying himself, Mr. Forstor turned to the Irish members, and with lanliwage which admitted of no mistake, and a manner which was profoundly expressive of horror and disdain, he called upon Mr. Parnell to juatify himself from connivance with the murder and outrage by which the curse of the Land League had been tracked. He challenged Mr. Parnell point by point to say whether he inquired as to the character of his associates, whether he read the journals which supplied the Land League fund..., and whether he ever denounced the murder which others accepted as the sanction by which to enforce boy. cotting. There was tremendous excitement as Mr. Forster wound up his indictment, and the situation at length became for some of Mr. Parnell's friends unbearable. Mr. Roster offered the member for Cork an alternative, " Either." said he, "you connived at these murders, or " "It is a lie," Mr. Parnell ejaculated ; and Mr. O'Kelly, taking up the phrase, shouted it hoarso is iin and again. The Speaker, stilling the upro or which followed, told Mr. O'Kelly that having already cautioned him, be had now to name him to the House ; and named him, in spite of the offectoal opp ,sition of the twenty members around him. Mr. O'Kelly'e suspension was immediately voted, and takes effect for seven days, as the new rules direct. When the division was called some impetuous members called on the Speaker to decide the question without sending them into the lobbies by requiring the supporters of Mr. O'Kelly to rise in their places; but the right hon, gentleman did not think fit to apply the rules in such a way. As to the words of Mr. Forster which inflamed the suspended member, the Speaker informed Mr. O'Donnell that no inquiry could ba made about them, as the time for it had gone by. Mr. Forster then completed his accusation, which was that the member for Cork had either connived at crime or deliberately ignored it, while he reaped its fruit ; and the Speaker declared the language used Parliamentary. When Mr Forster sat down uproarious cheering followed. Mr. Parnell sat impassively in his place, although a hundred voices called vehemently for his reyly. Then the divieon was just as loudly called for, but Mr, Reginald Yorke continued the debate. Mr. T. P, o'o minor spoke, but added nothing to the debate. Mr. Parnell moved the adjournment of the debate, and the House rose.