BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2461, 7 February 1881, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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The Furlts of Coercion.—Parliament In an Uproar.

London, Feb. 4.

The debate on the Irish Coercion Bill was resumed in the House of Commons last evening. The Irish members again pursued a course of obstruction. and much disorder prevailed. Finally Mr Parnell and all his adherents were, by the Speaker’s order, expelled from the house and the discussion on the matter is now proceeding quietly. Great sensation has been caused owing to the expulsion of the obstructors.

The expulsion of Mr Parnell and his followers was proposed by Mr Gladstone, who moved that their expulsion, and nothihg less, would suffice to restore order. The motion was carried, and the Speaker gave orders that the obstructors be expelled. An unexampled scene of disorder ensued. Many members who were ordered to retire resisted the officers of the house. Mr Dillon opposed them violently and was forcibly expelled. Finally all the obstructors left the chamber, and order was restored.

£L Desperate Stroke,

Shortly after the Irish obstructors had been expelled, the House discussed Mr Gladstone’s resolution that a majority of three-fourths on a passage of motion of “ urgency,” should suffice to give the Speaker supreme control. The motion was slightly modified and 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. In the afternoon the House closed, and the debate was further postponed. Parnell's manifesto. Mr Parnell has issued a manifesto in which he urges his followers to act with calmness and promises to renew the fight against the Coercion Bill in Parliament. Sealed and Capsuled. Michael Davitt, who recently returned from America, where he had established a branch of the Land League has been arrested in Ireland for sedition. Another African Outbreak.

The “ Daily News” to-day publishes a telegram stating that the Ashantees threaten to make war against the settlers and natives in the British colony of Sierra Leone, on the West Coast of Africa. The telegram further states that in consequence of the attitude of the Ashantees, detachments of the Ist West India Eegiment, stationed at Freetown, have been ordered to proceed to the border to oppose any attack.