In August, 1893, a grave case occurred. In justice to the House, however, it must be said that the case" arose and ended about a point of order which, after all, successfully vindieste.t, 'The guillotine process was being ap plied by Mr. Gladstone's Government for passing one of the stages of his secon/l Home Rule Bill, and the House was warily excited. As the fateful stroke of the clock began which would stop deba': e, Mr. Chamberlain was speaking. As be sat down a violent expression agains's him was distinctly heard rom a member on the Irish Benches. His Conserv tive allies were resolved to prosecute th and appealed to the Eh 1 man of Covamittees, who was then in the Chair. Hie, however, did not see fit to interfere, and proceeded with the division whicl: was then impending. Thereon the Conservatives demanded. that their appeal should be referred to the Speake and til, this was done they refused to go tothe Division. They calmly kept their seats with folded arms and hats on. Meanwhile the Liberal members all left their sents and proceeded to the Division lobby, followed by the Irish Nationalists, While the Conservatives thus were on their sea a Liberal member came up to th remonstrated, sitting on the very seat) usually occupied by their Leader. He was pushed away, very slightly, however. This appearance of an incipient scuffle instantly brought back anumberof Irishmembers who were standing near the door of the House, and who rashed up. This brought in another stream of members to se what was the matter. Thus with the swaying to and fro among high backed Kienches, not suited fo: such movements, there was for some moments a dangerous crush, in the midst of which one Trish Nationalist was struck by an Irishman of the Conse: party. Order immediately restored, the Speaker was called to the Chai the Conservatives laid their appeal a the member who had used the expr sion regarding Mr. Chamberk ily withdrew it with clue apology.
then proceeded to Abe Divisi the sitting ight in mentary ey clone. first scute, very slight, began no doubt with the English; had' they been alone there would never have been a disturbance; but the Trish were at hand and they in. stinctively fermented the trouble, and introduced what was called a. Donnybrook element into the affair.
Most of the episodes Mrs Gladstone'
mentary comme were ae companied king scenes—as, for inst: nce, when he introduced his first. and the a his second Home Rule Bill, the Cham) or itself being crowded, even its galleries, that extra seats had to be place fon the floor of the House, when the Lor ds were xious to yet seats in their gall ery that there was, in the phrase of the chay, "an ugly rush of Peers" to find plices—when, as the Bill was just passing the Commons in order to go to its death in the Lords, Mr. Gladstone pointed with out-stretched forefinger to the Conservative s benches, and {said that never in his long " areer had he met with such relentless and unremitting opposition, whereon the Conservatives burst into cheers in acknowledgment of what they regarded as a testimony from their great opponent to their prowess in debate.
On a hundred occasions there was a dramatic vein in Mr. Parnell's sayings and doings, though it is hard to single out any one of these incidents. But when in 1886 he spoke his last word from his side for the first Home Rule Bill, in a densely crowded Chamber, his sarcasm on the English policy in' Ireland, and his contemptuous description of' the long continued failure of the British Gov to rule that island, made up quite of scorn and hate.
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