ENGLISH POLITICS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1211, 17 May 1895, Page 38

ENGLISH POLITICS.

O'DONOVAN EOSSA CAUSES A ■ SENSATION. London, May 8. In the House of Commons the Bill to repeal the Irish Crimes Act was read a second time by a majority of 14 votes. O’Donovan Eossa, who was in the gallery during the discussion, referring to some remarks on himself, cried, “An assassin’s blow is being given me in this House, and a stain placed on my name.” This remark caused quite a sensation among the members and also the officials, and the latter seized and rushed Eossa, who was still shouting, from the precincts of the Chamber and ordered him not to show his face there again. London, May 9. The small majority by which the Bill to repeal the Irish Crimes Act was carried in the House of Commons is attributed to a large number of the Liberals having abstained from voting. Lord Eosebery, in the course of a speech in London, reproved the Liberal members for this, and said that such action magnified the difficulties and bred despondency among the party. The Government, the Prime Minister said, would continue their work till they were defeated, but the smallness of the majority ought not to ferment sulking in the ranks. The continued obstacle of the House of Lords was not the fault of the Government, but of the Liberal Party, which must bestir itself. London, May 9. As be appeared at the National Liberal Club, the Premier looked pale and worn, and was leaning on a stick. In his speech he claimed that the recent victories in the by-elections had fortified the position of the Government. He admitted that the Newcastle programme was unfinished, but Ministers were prepared to carry it out to the end if the Liberals in Parliament and the country gave them their support.