IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2528, 13 July 1893, Page 1

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

London, July 9. ' Three hundred amendments have been tabled to the clause of the Home Rule Bill dealing with the retention of the Irish members in the Imperial Parliament. The closure will be applied on Thursday. The Premier has consented .to appoint a Royal Commission to enquire into the condition of agriculture. July 10. Mr Gladstone has declined to receive a deputation on female suffrage. Mr O'Brien, in a violent letter to the Times, accuses Mr Chamberlain of having made secret overtures to the Irish party in 1884, with the object of ousting Mr Gladstone. The Pall Mall Gazette is publishing a series of articles on Home Rule, written by leading statesmen, who are opposed to the movements of Lord Salisbury. A contribution was published to-day, and dealt with the vigorous effect Home Rule would have on Great Britain's external pelicy. July 11. : The Government have accepted Mr Kimber's smendment, reducing the Irish representation in the House of Commons to the same proportion as the British. Mr Redmond's amendment to continue tlie present quota for certain purposes, was rejected by a majority of 14. Mr Labouchere and seven Parnellites voted for it. Mr Heneage's amendment, in favor of the total exclusion of the Irish members from Westminster, was rejected by 31. There was a scene of considerable confusion during the discussion of the various amendments, and the Premier ultimately told the House to vote as it pleased on Mr Redmond's proposal. Mr Chamberlain declared that the Bill was a fraud from beginning to end, and limitations were introduced merely to hoodwink the constituencies. He cited Mr Gladstone's statement that the retention of Irish members was a question that Great Britain ought to deoide. The Premier refused to reply, and the debate was ultimately closured.