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RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. ( Reuter's Despatches lo the Mai:.) ROW AT WESTMINSTER. MR BRADLAUGH EJECTED. London, 3rd. A scene of unparalleled disorder occurred at the House of Commons to-day. In defiance of the commands of the Speaker, Mr Bradlaugh, M.P. for Northampton, made his way into the lobby, and notwithstanding the protests and opposition of the officials, persisted in entering the House, and violently n sisted the Sergeant-at-Arms and his assistants in their attempts to remove him. A severe struggle ensued, which resulted in Mr Bradlaugh being forcibly carried out of the House and deposited outside the gates of the palaceyard, in the presence of an immense crowd of spectators. Mr Labouchere, s -nior member for Northampton, at once brought forward a motion condemning the action of the Speaker, and denouncing the expulsion of his colleague as being illegal. A lengthy debate followed, but the motion was finally rejected, and a resolution carried approving of the action of the Speaker and officials of the House. The Right Hon. John Bright, SirC. Dilke, and other Radical members, abstained from taking part in the discussion, or voting on the motion. PROSECUTING THE POLICE. London, 3rd. Mr Bradlaugh will apply for a summons against the Police Inspector for illegally removing him from the House of Commons.
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Patea Mail, 6 August 1881, Page 3
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