The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

TBE "LATE HOUSE."

Apart from the gravity of the subject under dis-
cths,on, t ere was something irresistibly droll in
the manner in which the debate on Lord John
Russ2ll's new proposition to admit the Jews was
conducted on Saturday morning. For at least the
last three-quarters of an hour it was really "as
good as a play," and will not readily be forgotten
by any one present. Commencing somewhere
about two o'clock in the morning, after the house
had been exhausted by a sitting of 12 hours' dura-
tion, it was continued until half past four, when
the sun was far ahove the horizon. Thera were
some 150 members present, aboute qually divided
on both sides of the house, but they gradually
dropped off, though the last of the many
divisions which took place showed that at a
quarter-past four o'clock upwards of 130 still re-
mained. Most of the great Pat liamentary chief ,
however hal retired from the scene, and the angry
del,ate which ern ued was chiefly confined to younger
and less exp€ rienced men. A few sleepy looking
" strangers" lingered in the part of the House de-
voted to that class of the community, and several
seats in the reporters' gallery were for some time
suspiciously vacant. One of our contemporarie°,
by the way, in its hot haste to rush into print on
Saturday morning, stated, as an excue for not con-
tinuing its report of the debate to the conclusion,
that at half-past four, when it went to press, the
House was still sitting, though in point of fact ii
had then iisen, while another characteristically
enough ignored the discussion on the Jew Bill
altogether.

For some years past there has rarely be?ti se
great an amount of party and personal feeling in-
troduced into a debate in either Howe. Even
Roebuck, who on a very recent occasion asked the
House if it was to be •

"Content to dwell in decencies for ever,"
appears to have been alarmed at the license which
some who took past in the discussion allowed them'
selves, for he very properly appealed to the Speaker
at one time to know if the term "bully," used 11
one hon. member who took a conspicuous part in
the debate, was Parliamentary language. The
member for Midburst, also, while speaking on one
of the motions for adjournment, called the attention
of the House to the light of the summer morning
which reproached them, and in the same breath
said he would remain for twenty-four hours longer
lather than agree to the intrcduction of the bill.
He conclud-d with some platitudes about " the
pt ople of England," which called up Mr. Locke,
the new member for Southwark, who reminded the
Opposition that he sat for a constituency sot
10,00(1 in number, who felt strongly in favour 01e
the admission of the Jews, and, late as the hour
was, he would stay in his place as long as Mr'
Warren to support the motion before the House'
Then there was an amusing little passage of arsoS
between Mr. M'Cann, the member for Drogheda'
and, we think, Mr. Newdegate, but this only lasted:
fur a minute or two. It was followed by Coterie'
Knox jumping up in his place on the Opposition
side, and with great warmth and manner twiliug
Lord Busy with his Canadian politics and his ultra'
democratic sentiments as reflected iu the noble
lord's county newspaper, and charging him with
taking a very conspicuous part in the uproar which
proceeded from ttqe Ministerial side. This gasl.,
rise to a storm of disapprobation, which grew louder
when the colonel said something about the noble
lord's conduct that night being worthy 66 the Pe,lt:
house meeting over the way," alluding to the
gathering at the King's Arms, in Palace-yard,l
the Jew question on Thursday. Lord Bury dente.
that a Norfolk newspaper was any index of his palici
tics, cr that his conduct that evening had jusijae
the remarks of Colonel Knox. Again, for there
was no end of such incidents, Lord Galway/ e„
nearly half-past 4 in the morning, to )k advantage
of a motion for the adjournmentof the house t 0
,
revive a quarrel which had been settled in the esr.'
part of the sitting to as to the adjournment of the
Bath Election Committee on Thursday, and cony
plainecl of Mr. Webuck having spoken of hirai,.°
impertinent terms. The Speaker thereupon inted''
posed, and Lord Galway said he would withdra"
the offensive expression, and say that Mr. 131
buck had u,ed language on that occasion which
was " not pertinent." This ingenious manner of
avoiding a difficulty restored the good humour: °1
the house, but Lord Galway was less successli!s
when he attempted a minute after to support bit
motion for adjournment by telling the house 'al
they had entered on the Jewish Sabbath, whic.a
elicited a roar of derisive laughter. EventnallyLe';
John Russell, who had looked calmly on for
time from his seat on a back bench on the
terial side, after making a significant remark as tE
the temper of the house, withdrew the bone
contention, and the wrangle was brought to an 0 n
—Times.