§ MR. BLAKErose to give Notice that on Thursday he would ask the hon. Member for Meath (Mr. Parnell), Whether, at a public meeting, held in London on Saturday, April 21, in speaking of the obstructive conduct of himself and the hon. Member for Cavan (Mr. Biggar), he used the words attributed to him in a report which appeared in The Daily Telegraph of April 23—namely,
We have only been at the work two months, and they—the English Members—would be glad to be rid of us; but I don't know what state of mind they will be in when the end of the Session comes, nor can they devise a plan to stop us. … If we had only ten men we could put a stop to all their work. … If we can't meet them in the field and assert our rights with cold steel
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder! The Question which the hon. Member is now giving Notice of putting on a subsequent occasion to the hon. Member for Meath does not relate to any Bill or Motion before the House. According, therefore, to the Rules of the House, it cannot be put.
§ MR. BLAKEsaid, that with the indulgence of the House, he would give reasons for the Question, and conclude with a Motion.
§ MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member cannot, under cover of a Motion for the 685 Adjournment of the House, do anything which is irregular.
§ MR. BLAKEThen I will, on the earliest opportunity, call the attention of the House to the reports of The Times and The Daily Telegraph as a question of Privilege affecting the Members of this House.