DISGRACEFUL SCENES IN THE HOUSE.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 25, 29 July 1893, Page 2

DISGRACEFUL SCENES IN THE HOUSE.

FREE FIGHTS. (FRB PRESS ASSOCIATIONS London, July 27. An unprecedented Bcene occurred in the House of Commons last night. Just before the closure was finally applied to the Home Rule Bill, Mr Chamberlain taunted the Ministerialists with regarding every scheme emanating from the Premier as perfect. Amid a scene of wild confusion Mr Mellor, the Chairman of the Committee, enforced the closure. Disorder reigned supreme, the Government party cheering ; and shouts of rage mingled with cries of ' shame,' ' gag,' 'time,' 'Judas' were heard from all parts of the Chamber. Mr Vicary Gibos, the Conservative member for St Albans, amid a medley of inarticulate bellowinga, also tried to get the Chairman's ear, in order to report Mr T. P. O'Connor, who, he said, nad insulted Mr Chamberlain by reiterated cries of • Jndas.' He demanded that the word should be taken down, but Mr Mellor iguored Mr Gibbs' proposal, and said he had not heard the epithet. He then ordered the division to proceed. Suddenly, a fierce melee occurred on the floor of the House, and the Speaker was summoned. Mr O.Connor then apologised, and the Bill finally passed through the Committee. Mr Arnold Foster, during the scene in the Houso, shouted out, ' Why associate with bloody Irish rebels?' Mr Fisher, the Conservative member for Fulham, threw Mr Logan, of Leicester, from his seat, and Colonel Saunderson squared up to and hit Mr Austin, of Limerick, and Mr Crean, of Ossory. The latter responded manfully, and the Nationalists and the Tories then broke out into a free fight, swearing and shouting on all sides at each other. Overcome with contempt at the scene before them, the strangers in the galleries rose and hissed the members below. Mr J. Redmond, in the course of an interview, gave his views upon the immediate result of Home Bule. He thought the priests would practically elect the first Parliament, and afterwards the Catholic minority, who objected to clerical influence, would unite with the Protestants and form a strong Opposition.