The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-02-24 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THURSDAY.  There have been various exciting scenes in the House of Commons, but perhaps never before in the history of Parliament has one member stood up in his place and, without circumlocution, accused another with conniving at murder. This Mr. Forster did on Thursday night, with hand outstretched towards Mr. Parnell, and the cheers which came from both sides of the House supported the indictment. The debate on the address was continued by Mr. Lowther, and Mr. Forster followed. The latter gentleman did not devote much space to giving his version of the reasons why he left the Cabinet. What he said now he said lest May. Briefly put, he agrees with Sir William Harcourt that the point of difference between him and his colleagues was that Mr. Parnell should publicly pledge himself to aid in keeping the peace. and he Captained that he insisted upon that because he foresaw , that once such a measure was takea by the leader of I the Laud League all his powers for evil would hay e disappeared. Not getting that assurance, Mr. Forster, as an alternative, asked for fresh powers of dealing with crime in Ireland. These not being forthcoming, he retired. , Mr. Forster turned next to the indictment of Mr. Parnell, who sat opposite, surroanded by the section of the party who still adhere to him. "I do net," he said. charge Mr. Parnell with planning murder," but he did charge him and his friends with continuing to be leaders of an organisation which not merely devised the ruin of those who differed from them, but supported an organisation which incited to murder, and whose natural outcome was murder. There were several questions he would ask Mr. Parnell. One related to the Land League funds. Mr. O'Donnell, he said., had boldly asserted that the Land League funds were not appropriated to the cause of murder. No one suspected him of knowing anything about the secrets of the Land League. No one could imagine &ay sane men, working t gether far good or evil, takiug the member for Duugarvan into their confidence. The House roared at this, whilst Mr. O'Donnell, refixing his eyeglass, smiled a scornful and ghastly smile. What Mr. Forster wanted to know, amongst other things, was whether Mr. Parnell, either when in Kilmainham before his arrest, or subsequent to it, knew anything of the disposal of the funds of the Land League, how far he had made himself acquainted with the doings of Brennan and Sheridan and others of his colleagues, and whether he agreed with the articles published in United Ireland, where murders and arson were ranged under the heading "Incidents of the Campaign." Up to this time the Irishmen had listened in comparative silence to the charges. Early in the sitting Mr. O'Kelly had interrupted Mr. Forster, and had been called to °ram by the Speaker. At the mention of United Ireland, Mr. O'Brien, the editor, jumped up and shouted out something. He was evidently in a state of great excitement, and was only kept baik in his seat by the physical compulsion of Mr. O'Donnell, who placed his arm round his neck. When Mr. Forster, going back to his first position, recited the alternative that Mr. Parnell had either connived at these murders or that he wilfully remained ignorant of what was going on, Mr. O'Kelly shouted out "It's a lie." There were some cries of "Order," upon which the irrepressible O'Kelly shouted out the opprobrious words at the top of his voice half-a-dozen times. The Speaker promptly named him, and Lord Hartington went through the formula of moving his expulsion. A division was challenged on this, twenty Irish members voting against the expulsion, and over three hundred members for it. Mr. O'Kelly then walked straight out of the House without resuming his seat... This little episode over, Mr. Forster re.. _ _ _  - ...... sumed his speech, concluding his formal charge against Mr. Parnell.—Mr. Parnell did not rise to deny Mr. Forster's charges against him as was expected, and his action caused great surprise. The debate was continued by other members, including Lord Harlington.  On Wednesday night two drunken men were placed in a police cell at North Shields, and on Thursday morning one was found dead with his throat cut.  A. vacancy has been created in the representation of Mid-Cheshire, owing to the ielevation of the Hon. W. Egerton to the peerage, throuzh the death of Lord Egerton, of Tatton.