Weekly News. — 1890-02-20 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

ISB2. and that be recognised the Plaenix Park murders as their handiwork.' We find there is no foundation for this charge. We have already stated that the Invincibles were not a branch of the Land League. (e)" That Mr. Parnell, on 23rd January, 1883, by an opportune remittance, enabled F. Byrne to escape from :tistice to France." We find that Mr. Parnell did not make any remittance to enable F. Byrne to escape from justice. . _  Notwithstanding, we are quite prepared to hear and read of "Unionists " explaining away or modifying these plain statements.  A great impression, it is said, was made in the House of Comnions by the vigorously indignant words with which Mr. Parnell closed his speech on the question of "Privilege,' raised on the opening night of the session. Those words were as follows. They do but emphasize the situation, and the manner in which the Irish Chief is obliged to wring the commonest justice from his opponents : Leader as lam of a party in a minority—a party which, as an Irish party, has always boon in a minority, I should be sorry to treat my most powerful opponent with the depth of inetedible meanness and ,ewardice with which I have been treated. (Loud cheers.) But  the learned gentleman who moved this amendment has put upon the w cord of this House, and has asked you to ..ttirm, an amendment which is a further insult. (Opposition aheers.) You still leave the public and the world te suppose that in the ease of the majerity of the House there is still a doubt after all—(cheers—as to whether the letter is genuine or not. Dr you believe it to be forged ? If you believe it to be forged, why have you not had the manliness and simple courage to say so. (Cheers.) You talk of the letter imputed to me as if, instead of this being the year 1890, it wais the month of April, l 87; as if, instead of being at the end of the litigation which has taken rill this time, anxiety, and money, it was still sub junior'. If you think that s course of conduct worthy of yourselves, I shall leave you to consider it. lam sorry for you. (Cheers.) But I shall give you the opportunity at all events of removing this most extraordinary omission from your amendment by having to amend the amendment by adding the word " forgtd " before the word " letter." (Loud cheers.)  The Le<dg .Vernery is resronsible for the following :  Mr. John Proctor, the clever '' cartoonist," told an amusing anecdote the other day. He spoke of a canny Scot of his acquaintance, who, having been told by a frierd that he could check the progress of the tell-tale band of the dial of his meter by blowing down his gaspipe, followed the advice thus given, by trying the experiment, to such an excessive extent, that when the gas inspector called to " take " the meter, he, with some natural surprise, bad to inform Angus MoChichan that not only did he not owe anything to the Gas Company, but, on the contrary, they owed hint half-a-crown!  Lord Denman has introduced in the House of Lords a Bill for regulating the length of the speeches made in that assembly. No Minister or Privy Councillor is to speak for more than an hour, but at the end of that time a bell is to be rung by the clerk at the table, and the speaker is to collapse. But if no one else gets up to continue the debate, the collapsed orator is to be permitted to again rise and continue his harangue for another hour and so on! The like method is to be applied to Peers who are not members of the Ministry or Privy Council, but in their case the limit of speaking is to be half-an-hour. It is said there is no chance af the Bill passing into law, and that Lard Denman will indulge in some expletive, on its rejection.