CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3932, 5 August 1881, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

[Keuter's Special.]

London, August 3. A Lively Scene in the House of

Commons.

A scene of unparalled disorder occurred in 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 officials, persisted in entering the House* and violently resisted the Sergeant-at Arms and assistants in their attempt to remove him. A severe struggle ensued, which resulted in Bradlaugh being forcibly carried out of the House and deposited outside the gates of Palace Yard, in the presence of an immense crowd of spectators who had been attracted by the m.elee. In the meantime the ordinary business of the day was suspended within the House, and a long and animated debate took place upon the subject. Mr Labouchere, senior 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, Sir Charles Dilke, and the Eadical members abstained from taking part in the discussion or voting on the motion.

London, August 3

Mr Bradlaugh, it *has transpired, will on Friday apply to the Police Court for a summons against the Police Inspector for illegally removing him from the House of Commons. It is announced that a Cabinet Council has been summoned for the special purpose of reconsidering the Parliamentary Oaths question.

L. H. Courtenay, M.P., for Liskeard, will succeed Mr M. JHJ. Grant-Duff as Under-Secretary for the Colonies.

Consols remain at 101^-. New Zealand securities have advanced \ per cent, all

round

Capetown, August 3

News is to hand from Pretoria that after the conclusion of the labours of the Eoyal Commission, Sir Hercules Robinson convened a meeting of the native chiefs of the Transvaal, and His Excellency explained to . them at length the decision arrived at by the Eoyal Commissioners and the Boer leaders, for the future government of the Transvaal.

The chiefs express themselves dissatisfied with the decisions, and threaten to resist the exercise of Boer authority in the country.