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Manawatu Herald, 17 March 1894, Page 2

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In the course of his speech in the House of Lords, the Marquis of Salisbury, in pointing out that the Queen's Speech omitted any reference to the Home Rule Bill, contended that the sooner the judgment of the people was obtained upon this question the better. The Premier said that ra reference to this in:it6«!r, : they. would ba able to j:idge him by his personal action, and not by mere words. No Liberal would more steadily support Home Rule than himself. It was of no use to introduce the Bill at present, simply to provide sport for the House of Lords. He denied that . the Peers had any right to torce a dissolution upon the Commons. Lord Lamington thought it would be dangerous to assume that the Irish would remain peaceful if Home Rule were shelved. The Bill for the Disestablishment of the W^'sh Church will be introduced on Thursday. The Government proposes to use the Irian Church surplus to reinstate •victed tenants. In the House of Commons Mr Labouchere moved as an amendment to the Address-in-Reply that an address be drawn up for presentation to the Queen, asking her to exercise her prerogative and prevent the House of Lords from rejecting Bills sent up from the Lower Chamber. Sir W. V. Hareourt, speaking to the motion, ridiculed the creation of five hundred Paevs. . The amendment was carried on a division by 147 votes to 145. Seventy- three Irish members voted with the majority, and the Extreme Radicals also supported Mr Labouchere's motion. The. Unionists present voted with the Government. The Irish members explain that they were bound to vote against the House of Lords, but, their action is regarded as an expression of distrust of Lord Robbery. Sir W. V. Harcourt, in a subsequent review of the situation, said tne Irish members had averted an ! actual rupture, though the nature of their promises were unknown. The division was taken earlier than . was expected, and it is unlikely, under the circumstances, that the Government will resign. It is probable that a new address will be substituted, or that a vote of confidence in the Ministry will be proposed, in order to obtain a fair test of the state of feeling in the Lower Chamber. The Unionist press regard the iacid.-nt as significant of the early break up of the Government. Mr .Redmond moved a further amendment, to the effect that a general amnesty should be granted j to dynamiters, but this was negatived by a majority of 190 votes, Mr Asquith, Home Secretary, steadfastly refusing to make the concession asked. Mr Redmond threatened that active agitation in Ireland would be

renewed if the suspension of the Home Rule question was of long duration. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr John Morley, Chief Secre- , tary for Ireland, said the English majority was not essential to carry Home Rule. It was impossible to fix a date when the Bill would be reintroduced. Mr John Redmond said it was intolerable that the Home Rule question should be abandoned by this Parliament. 1 Mr Cbe.rab<vi!>'n urg o d that tb" suspension of K^noe R-ile until England had been drugg^d by the Newcastle programme was unfair. In the House of Commons, Mr John Redmond said Ireland would not tolerate delay, and would make the Government of England impossible. Mr Chamberlain did not believe Lord Rosebery had accepted the leadership with any intention of betraying the Irish. Mr Morley said the conversion of England to Home Rule would be easy and rapid. The Government did not share in opinion that a majority in England was necessary before Home Rule couid be accomplished. The Nationalists are excited over the present prospect, and condemn the Premier's policy as virtually equivalent to an indefinite postponement of Home Rule. There is an impression that Lord Roßebery means to approach the Home Rule question in the Federal spirit, as part of a wide plan for decentralisation. The Liberal newspapers criticise ! the iudiscreet nature of the Premier's speeches. Mr Davitt says that Lord Rosebery practically justified the Lords in their rejection of the Government Bills. In the House of Commons on the motion of Sir W. V. Harcourt, the ; original Address in-Reply was nega tired, and a new one substituted. ! The long standing quarrel between the Healy and Dillon factions of the Irish party is becoming acute. The Times considers an early dissolution inevitable. In the division on Mr Labouehere'a amendment, 55 Liberals and 90 Unionists supported the Government. Mr Dillon has triumphed over Mr Healy, the former having secured eight out of nine votes for the Irish Parliamentary Committee. The Parnellitea have convened a National Convention, to meet on April 3rd, to consider the future course of action in regard to the Home Rule question. ! At the wool sales competition is good, and prices are unchanged. A shipment of cheeae by the Rimutaka from Nc-w Zealand arrived [ in good condition, bat consignees complain that a considerable quantity I of butter by the same vessel had | been heated prior to shipment. Cheese is bringing 52s to 565, and butter 90s to 110s.