IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2634, 17 March 1894, Page 1

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

London, March 13. The Bill for the Disestablishment of the Welsh Church ;will be introduced on Thursday. .:<:•,"'•'.' v ; ; . Mr Justin McCarthy has been re-elected chairman of the Irish party. The Government propose to use the Irish Church surplus to reinstate the evicted tenants. In the House of Lords the Marquis of Salisbury said that the Queen's Speech omitted any reference to the Home Rule Bill, and he contended that the sooner the judgment of the people was obtained upon it, the better. The Premier said no Liberal would more readily support Home Rule than himself. It was nouse at present to introduce the Bill simply to provide sport for the House of Lords. Lord Carington thought that it would be dangerous to assume that the Irish would remain peaceful if Home Rule were shelved. March 14. In the House of Commons Mr Labouchere moved as an amendment to the Address-iu-Reply, that an address be drawn up for presentation to the Queen, asking her t"> exercise her prerogative and prevent the House of Lords from rejecting the Bills sent up from the Lower Chamber. Sir W. Harc-jurt, in speaking to the motion, ridiculed the creation of five hundred peers. The amendment was carried on a division by 147 votes to 145. Mr Remond moved a further amendment to the effect that a general amnesty should be granted to dynamiters; but this was negatived by a majority of 190. Mr John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said that an English majority was not essential to carry Home Rule. It was impossible to fix the date when the Bill would be re-introduced. Mr John Redmond said that it was intolerable that the Home Rule question should be abandoned by this Parliament. Mr Chamberlain urged that the suspension of Home Rule until England had been drugged by the Newcastle programme was unfair. Mr Cork supported the policy of making bank notes a legal tender. Seventy-three Irish members voted with the majority on jAt Labouchere's amendment, and the extreme Radicals also supported it. The Unionists present voted with the Government. The Irish members explained that they were bound to vote against the House of Lords, but their action is regarded as an expression of distrust of Lord Rosebery. Sir W. Harcourt in a subsequent review of the situation said that the Irish members had averted an actual rupture, though the nature of the promises was unknown. The division was taken earlier than expected, and it is unlikely under the circumstauces that the Government will resign. It is probable that a new Address will be substituted, or that a vote of confidence in the Ministey will be proposed in order to obtain a fair test of the state of feeling in the Chamber. The Unionist press regard the indent as significant of au early \)iw> Up 0 j tuQ Government.

t March 15. There is an impression that Lord Rosebery means to approach the Home Rule question in a federal Bpirit, as part of a wide plan.

The Liberal newspapers criticise the indiscreet nature of the Premier's speech. Michael Davitt admits that he 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-iu-Reply was negatived, and a new Address was substituted. Mr J. J. Clancy, member for Dublin North, moved a further amendment to the Address-in-Reply, condemning the present system of coercive administration in Ireland, Closure was applied by a majority of 8 to 2 votes. Mr John Redmond, in an angry tone, demanded a division, when the amendment was rejected by a majority of 312 votes. In the House of Commons Mr Redmond said that Ireland would not tolerate delay, and would make the Government of England impossible. Mr Chamberlain did not believe that Lord Rosebery had accepted the leadership with any intention of betraying the Irish. Mr Morley, in reply, said that the conversion of England to Home Rule would be easy and rapid. The Government ment did not share in the opinion that a majority in England was necessary before Home Rule could be accomplished. Mr Dillon has triumphed over Mr Healey, having secured eight out of nine votes for the Irish Parliamentary Committee. Th« Parnellites have convened a National Convention, to meet on April lira, to consider future action iu regard to the Home Rule question. The Nationalists are excifcad over the present prospect, and condemn the Premier's polioy us virtually equivalent to ilio imk'tinito of Homo R\ilo,