REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1358, 7 February 1881, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, February 2. The Homeward Australian mail, via Brindisi, was delivered here to-dayi February 4. The debate on the Irish Coercion Bill was resumed in the House of Commons last evening. The Irish members again pursued their course of obstruction, and much disorder prevailed. Finally Parnell and all his adherents were, by the Speaker's orders, expelled from the House, and the discussion on the measure is now proceeding quietly. Great sensation has been caused owing to the expulsion of the obstructors. Later.' The expulsion of Parnell and his followers from the House of Commons last night was proposed by Mr Gladstone, who moved that their expulsion, and nothing less, would suffice to restore order. The motion was carried, and the Speaker gave orders that the obstructors be expelled. An unexampled scene of tumult and disorder ensued, many members who were ordered to retire resisting the officers of the House; Dillon opposed them violently, and was forcibly expelled. Finally all the obstructors left the chamber, and order was restored.

Michael Davitt, who recently re-

turned from America, where he had established branches ttf the Land League, has been arrested in Ireland for sedition.

Afternoon,

Shortly after the Irish obstructors had been expelled, the House discussed Mr Gladstone's resolution that a majority of three-fourths on passage of motion of " urgency " should suffice to give the Speaker supreme control. The motion was slightly modified aud adopted. The Coercion Bill was then declared "urgent," in order that the Speaker should have full power to put down any obstruction to its discussion, and the debate was resumed. The House iB still sitting. Parnell has issned a manifesto, in which he urges his followers to act with calmness, and promises to renew the fight againßt the Coercion Bill in Parliament.