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 of order, and after warning, continued to try to address the House. Mr. Dillon was, therefore, suspended for the sitting, and on his refusal to withdraw, was arrested by the Serjeant-at-Arms. Mr. Gladstone rose again, but Mr. Parnell, after repeated warn- ings, persisted in moving that " the right honourable gentleman be no longer heard," and was accordingly named, suspended, and removed. After a brief speech from Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Finigan repeated Mr. Parnell's motion, was named, suspended, and removed ; and then, as the Leaguers refused to divide, and were visibly defying the authority of the Chair, twenty.nine of them were named, suspended, and removed, each refusing in some brief speech to yield before force had been employed. Mr. Molloy, Mr. O'Kelly, Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. R. Power, and Mr. O'Shaughnessy, who came in late, were also named, suspended, and removed, and the whole of the thirty-six Leaguers having thus disappeared, the House at last recovered its freedom, and the business of the day proceeded. It is Stated in all the papers that the Leaguers had decided on this course in the afternoon, but would not have acted so speedily, but for information reaching the, House that the Government had decided to withdraw the ticket-of-leave under which Mr. Michael Devitt had been able to become the centre of the agita- tion in Ireland. He was arrested in Dublin on Wednesday, and forwarded to London, whore Sir James Ingham cancelled his ticket-of-leave and sent him to Millbank.
