IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2900, 16 February 1893, Page 3

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE HOM£ RULE DILI-

[PER PJKKB3 ASSOCIATION.] London, February. 14. Tn liiß speech Mr Gladstone said that it was past the wit of man. to discover a plan for the retention of Irish members in the House of Commona free of objection. He desired to relieve England of dishonour, and he would do so with his last breath. He entreated the House to let the dead past bury its dead, and not bequeath a heritage of discord to their successors. At the conclusion of the Premier's speech an unexampled scene occurred. Members rushed into the lobby yelling and shouting. Some fell near the entrance to the door of the chamber and were trampled on. Mr Caleb Wright was one of those who fell, but he was rescued by Mr Burns. The followers: of Mr McCarthy approve of the Bill, but the support of the Parnellitei is doubtful. London, February 15. Mr Gladstone in reply to Mr Balfour, declined to introduce a Land Bill qutjU the Home Rule. BUI wm

} passed. In the meantime the land laws would follow the present, course. Customs dues would be levied and collected by the. Impcri il officials, excise duties by the Irish officials, Mr Bulfour contended that the reasons assigned for the necessity of Home Rule when the Bill was brought forward in 1886, had disappeared since social order had been restored in Ireland, It would be criminal to create a Home Rule Parliament until the agrarian question was settled. The Bill was a strange and complicated abortion. There was no protection for the land-owner, and it was certain to produce a deadlock either in the English or Irish Government;. He objected to the Irish members having a deciding voice in the formation of the British Cabinet, and also to their deciding upon the measures which were to be submitted to the Imperial Parliament. Received February 16, 11.16 a.m,) London, February 15. , The Duke of Devonshire, speaking [ at a banquet in the city, said the Home I Rule Bill still failed to meet Unionist objections as regarded the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament and the protection of Ulster. He characterised it as a mongrel Bill, creating confusion and settling nothim?. I? the measure passed the House of Commons it should certainly be referred to the country. The " Standard" asserts that Balfour and party will vote against the retention of the Irish members at Westminster, and that many Radicals will join them. The Irish Unionists are organising a vigorous campaign in Ulster, and among the 'jhief non-conformists in England and Scotland. The Marquis of Salisbury has ac cepted an invitation to visit Balfast.

' consistent with a fair interpretation of the standard! ; that to enable inspectors to devote more time to inspection as distinguished from examination, the Board suggests to ministers the advisableness of amending the regulations by abolishing all individual pass examinations except in higher standards.