IRISH AFFAIRS.
(Pee Eleoteic Telegraph—Copyright,) (Per Press Association.) Received 1 a.m., August 26th. LONDON, August 24, i It is not expected that there will be much excitement over the application for closure to-night. The Duke of Devonshire will move the rejection of the Bill in the House of Lords on September sth, and the debate is expected to close on September Bth. In committee on the Home Rule Bill, the amendment for retaining the Irish Secretary in the Imperial Parliament was rejected by 53; also an amendment directing that the Viceroy’s assent or veto upon Bills shall be dependent on the advice of the Queen, and not of the Irish Executive.
(Special to Press Association.) Received 1.15 a.m., August 26th. London, August 25. The Duke of Devonshire in a speech upon Home Rule said that the House of Lortjs would be guilty of miserable cowardice unless it rejected the Bill. He claimed the right to remit it to the judgment of the nation, upon the definite issue. The retention of the Irish members at Westminster in an amended form was most intolerable. If the Bill did eventually pass, the Unionists would demand autonomy for England too. A hundred and forty thousand Ulster women have signed petitions against Home Rule,
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7295, 26 August 1893, Page 1
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