IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2903, 20 February 1893, Page 2

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE HOME RULE BILL.

BY ELECTIONS

PAYMENT OF MEMBEHS.

[per pkess association.] London, February 17. No decision has yet boen arrived at to the summoning of the editor of " The Times " before the bar of the House. Lord Churchill condemned the absence in the Home Rule Bill of any provision for the safety of Ulster, which he considered a direct insult to a loyal people, who should receive more than sympathy in resisting a Parliament which would be unable to compel Ulster to transfer its allegiance. * Mr Labouchere considered the Bill a thoroughly good one, though it would be better to exclude Irish members from the Imperial Parliament. In the dtibate on the Home Rue Bill Mr Joseph Chamberlain dwelt upon the danger of the Irish taking advantige of England's emergency in the event of war to extort complete autonomy for Ireland. He ridiculed the proposal to retain Irish members at Westminster as a proposal which would prove unworkable. He said that the preamble reverently buried the corpse of supremacy, and he would prefer to see federation of the United Kingdom. Mr Blake, member for Longford, formerly Liberal leader in Canada, in speaking on the Home Rule Bill, said that it should be accepted by Irishmen all over the world as a settlement of the difficulty. Mr J. Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, closed the debate, and protested against everlasting distrust of the Irish. The Bill was read a first time without a division, and the second reading fixed for March 13. The debate in th« House of Commons has not up to the present detached any of Mr Gladstone's supporters. The real issue will, however, be fought out in Committee, chiefly on the retention of Irish members at Westminster, finance, and the protection of minorities. The Home Rulo Bill has been circulated. The chief points have already been cabled, Twenty-seven Ulster members will be retained at Westminster, and fifteen in the Legislative Council in Dublin. In the course of an interview to-day, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy said that the great omission in the Home Rule Bill wat the absence of any provision for the proper representation of minorities, and it was imperative to afford the Unionists a fair number of seats in the Assembly. It is rumoured in Dublin that the Parnellites and followers of Mr Justin McCarthy are reconciled. It is stated that the "Independent" and the " Freeman's Journal" will amalgamate. London, February 18. Unionist meetings have been arranged at the principal towns in England and Scotland. The Marquis of Sali 'mry will speak at Belfast on April 5, and in Derbyshire on April 7. London, February 17. For the Cirencester seat in the House of Commons, Colonel Master, Conservative, and Mr Lawson, Liberal, have been nominated. London, February 18. Mr Johnson (Conservative), and Mr R. G. Wilberforce (Liberal), have been nominated for the Horsham seat in the House of Commons, the vacancy for which was caused by the death of Sir W. Bartelott (Conservative). The election for the Hexh»m seat in the House of Commons took place today and resulted as follows:—-Mr Maclnnis (Liberal), 4804; Mr R r Clayton (Conservative), who was returned *t the General Election, but was unseated on the ground of corrupt practices, 4356. The "Standard" asserts that Mr Gladstone intends to propose that members of the House qf Commons, not possessing incomes of £400 a year, shall be entitled on application to s salary of JB3OO. The Radicals oppose the partial scheme, a,nd is but little prospect of anything being done in ty« matter thfo ieision,