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Temuka Leader, Issue 2396, 16 August 1892, Page 1

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London, Aug 11. An election petition has been lodged against Mr Tim Healey, M.P. for Longford North. At a meeting attended by fifty-five Radical and Labor members of the House of Commons it was decided to organise with a view of pushing forward in Parliament advanced radical and labor questions. M. E. Blake, Q.C., who was Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament, and was elected at the General Election for the Irish constituency of South Longford, is endeavouring to bring about a reconciliation between the McCarthy and Redmond factions of the Irish party. Mr Blake desires a thorough settlement of the Home Rule question, and that the rights of the Crown should be fully fn’eserved. Ireland should cease to be a weakness and despair, but be the back-bone, pride, and glory of the Empire. Mr Keir-Hardy states that members of the Democratic Club will sit in opposition pending the introduction of labor legislation. The Government considered that the present House of Commons, owing to the many different parties, is dangerous to the country. The amendment to the Address-in-Reply was carried by 330 to 310. Aug. 12,

The division on the amendment to the Address-in-Reply is the largest on record. There were only five absentees, excluding the Speaker, On the Tellers announcing the result there was vehement cheering. The Hon. A. J, Balfour, Leader of the House, moved the adjournment until the 18th inst., but made no statement as to the intentions of the Govern meat.

After Mr Chamberlain had finished, Sir J. Lubbock, Sir H. James, and the Hon. Mr Chaplin continued the debate but no Liberal members spoke, though there were loud cries for Harcourt and Morley. The Irish members greeted the result of the division with cries of “ Down with Coercion,” •'* Down with Balfour,” and with hissing and boohooing. The Uhionists responded by standing up, waving their hats and cheering Mr Balfour. A Cabinet Council was held to-day, and Lord Salisbury afterwards went to visit the Queen at Osborne. Mr Gladstone waits on the Queen on Saturday. Aug. 13, The Marquis of Salisbury waited on the Queen at Osborne to-day, and formally handed in the resignation of the Government. Sir Charles Hall has been reelected a number of the House of Commons fo.r Holborn unopposed. The Standard says that the following M’ill be the Portfolios in the new Government;—Sir Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Rosebery, Foreign Affairs ; J. Morley. Secretary for Ireland ; Henry Campbell Bannerraan, Minister of War; Earl of Kimberley, Secretary for the Colonies ; H. H. Fowler, Home Secretary ; Marquis of Ripon, Secretary for India; Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr Labouchere will be attached to the Home Office, but will not have a seat in the Cabinet.

Lord Rosebery lias gone abroad, and the Daily Telegraph asserts that he will not accept a scat in the Cabinet. Mr Gladstone has received a Royal summons to attend at Osborne.