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

THE " LATE HOUSE."

Apart from the gravity of the subject under dis-
cussion, there was something irresistibly droll in
the manner in which the debate on Lord John
Russell's new proposition to admit the Jews was
coLducted on Saturday morning. For at least the
last-three-quarrers of an hour it was really "sg
good as d 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 above the horizon. There were
some 150 members present, about©. qually divided
on both sides of the house, but they gradually
dropped off, though the last of the maul
divisions which took place showed that at *
quarter-past four o'clock upwards of 130 still re-
mained. Most of the great Pat liamentary chiefs,
however had retired from the scene, and the angry
debate which en, tied was chiefly c, lifihed to younger,
and less experienced 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 coatemporarie°,
by ttte way, in its hot haste to rush into print on
Saturday morning, stated, as an excuse 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 it
had then risen, while another characteristically;
enough ignored the discussion on the Jew Dill
altogether.

F-er some years past there has rarely been s°
great an amount of party and personal feeling in"
troduced into a debate in either House. Even Mf'
Roebuck, who on a very recent occasion asked the
House if it was to be

Content to dwell in decencies for ever,"
appears ti have been alarmed at the license wino
some who took part in the discus ion allowed there'
selves, for he very properly appealed to the Speal°,s!,
at one time to know if the t-rm "bully," used 14
one hon. member who took a conspicuous pact 411
tile debate, was Parliametita,y language. Til,°
member for Midhurst, also, while speaking on 01'
of the motions for adjournment, called the attentiol;
of the House to the light of the summer mcrnill,d,
which reproached them, and in the same brow,
said he would remain for twenty-four hours lone,'
rather than agree to the introduction of the bill'
He conducl.d with some platitudes about " the
ople of England," which called up Mr. Locke'
the hew member for Southwark, who reminded We
Opposition that he sat for a constituency sOsit
10,000 in number, who felt strongly in favour c't
the admission of the Jews, and, late as the h 11„
was, he would stay in his place as long as .
Warren to support the motion before the House'6
Then there was an amusing little passage of et
between Mr. M'Cann, the member for Droghtl
and, we think, Mr. Newdegate, but this only last el
for a minute or two. It was followed by Colose
Knox jumping up in his place on the Oppositicio
side, and with great warmth and manner twi tie,
Lord Bury with his Canadian politics and his ultr*l6
democratic sentiments as reflected in the 1101)ti,
lord's county newspaper, and charging him w.lOl,
taking a very conspicuous part in the uproar- w1)1
proceeded from Ministerial side. This g 31,0
rise to a storm of disapprobation, which grew 10-11cler
y
when the colonel said something about the 1101't,
lord's conduct that night bcilig worthy "the Pro
house meeting over the way," alluding to "
gathering at the King's Arms, in Palace-yard, .%
the Jew questii,n on Thursday. Lord Bury dealeii
that a Norfolk newspaper was any index of his m-a"
tics, or that his conduct that evening had jile'd
the remarks of Colonel Knox. Again, for thersl
was no end of such incidents, Lord GabralLde
nearly ludf-past 4 in the morning, took advaailo
of a motion for the adjournMent of the house 1,/
revive a quarrel which had been settled in the earti'd
part of the sitting to as to the adjournment of tor
Bath Election Committee on Thursday, and C°o
plained of Mr. 11,gbuck having spoken of hira,,,r.
impertinent terms. The Speaker thereupon lob's(
posed, and Lord Galway said he would withdlle,
the offensive expression, and say that Mr. P.cil
buck bad used language on that occasion v/11/0f
was " not pertinent." This ingenious mantle of
avoiding a difficulty restored the good humourmi
the house, but Lord Galway was less successicio
when he attempted a minute after to support of
mo ion for adjournment by telling the house l''cji
they had entered on the Jewish Sabbath, Word
elici,ed a roar of derisive laughter. Eventually J-1(6
John Russell, who had looked calmly on for' SeTr
tim, from his seat on a back bench on the Mint()
terial s'cle, after making a significant remark as d
the temper of the house, withdrew the bone
contention, and the wrangle was brought Oak ell
—Times.