SCENES IN THE HOUSE

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 102, 16 February 1893, Page 2

SCENES IN THE HOUSE

February 15. Mr Gladstone, in reply to Balfour, declined to introduce a Land Bill until the Home Rule Bill was passed. In the meantime the Land Laws would follow the present course. The Customs clues would be levied and collected by Imperial oflicials.'the evcise duties by Irish officials. In his speech, Mr Gladstone said it was past tiie wit of man to discover a plan for the retention of the Irish mem» b*rs in the House of Commons that would be tree from objection. He desired to reliere England of dishonour, and would do so with his last breath. He entreated members to let t lie dead p;ist bury its dead and n<>t bequeath a heri« tace of discord. At the conclusion of the Premier's speech nn unexnmpled scene occurred. Members rushed into the lobby yelling and shouting. Some fell near the entrance to the door of the Chamber, aud were tramped on. Mr Balfour contended that the reasons assigned fur tin* necessity of Home Kule when t!ie Bill was brought forward in JBS6 had disappeared since soei il order had been restored in Ireland. The Duke of Devonshire, speaking at a banquet in tho city, said the Home ltule Bill failed to meet the Unionist objections regarding the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament and the protection of Ulster. He characterised it as a mongrel Bill, creating confusion and settling nothing. If the measure passed the House of Commons it should certainly be referred to the country. The Standard asserts Mr Balfour and his party will vote against the retention of Irish members at Westminster, and that many Radicals will join them. The Irish Unionists are organising a vigorous campaign in Ulster, and the chief Non-conformist centres in England and Scotland.