5 FEBRUARY 1881, page 1

The Declaration Of The Speaker Was Received With A Storm

of approval from both sides of the House, and the bewildered and cowed Home-rulers, in their surprise, and in the absence of Mr. Parnell, voted on the question. They......

There Seemed, Early On Wednesday Morning (nine A.m.), No...

why the struggle should not be protracted to Saturdliy, or, indeed, why it should cease at any time ; but at 9.30, the Speaker, who had been in consultation with the leaders on......

But Though The Argument Contributed During The Three...

small, the wrangles and personalities were many, and a great part of the forty-one hours' sitting was occupied , in calling upon Members to keep to their subject, and by their......

On Monday And Tuesday, And All Through Both Monday And

Tuesday nights, the debate dragged on, with no speeches of note, Mr. Charles Russell even not coming near the level of his speech 'on the Address ; and Mr. Bradlaugh showing the......

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The Struggle Between The Leaguers And The House Of Com-

mons did not, however, culminate till Thursday. In the even- ing sitting on that day, the Speaker having decided that Mr. Gladstone should be heard, Mr. Dillon rose to a point......

News Of The Week.

M R. FORSTER'S Coercion Bill has not yet gone beyond its first reading, and only reached that on Wednesday by a revolutionary procedure of the Speaker's. On Friday week, the......