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LONDON, FRIDAY, M,IY 15, 1868.

Occupied as they are at this moment by an eager
and exciting party struggle, and engrossed by
heavy arrears of important business, the members
of the House of Commons have still some leisure to

spare for their own particular and personal griev-
vances. To judge from the complaints and lamenta-
tions made last night, the distinction of having
designed the existing House of Commons is less en-
viable than our rival architects seem to imagine! Mr.
OSBORNE, indeed, with characteristic impetuosity,
declared that he wondered Messrs. PUGIN and
BARRY were not each anxious to throw upon the
other's ancestor " the odium of having constructed

a building in which there was not a single useful or

comfortable room." Mr. OSBORNE did not content

himself, like some other members, in criticising the
minor details of management and ventilAtion, but

complained of the construction of the House itself
and its approaches. The arcade in Palace-yard
called forth his particular censures. It had,
in his opinion, ruined the facade, damaged the
building, already placed in a hollow, and darkened
the rooms of the officers of the house who resided in
that part of it." Then came complaints about the
statues which had found their way into Westminster
Hall, and a dispute arose, en passant, as to whether
WILLIAM RUFCS or RICHARD 11. was the original

designer. Statues in the costume of GEORGE 111.
ought not, according to some Parliamentary critics,
to stand in a hall whose origin, whatever its date,

is undoubtedly Gothic. But, unluckily for archi-
tectural harmony, some of England's greatest men
flourished in the reign of the wigs, stiff collars, and
other inelegant phases of modern costume, so if the
statues are to be life-like they must be anachronisms.

Mr. LOCKE, indeed, suggested that, as they were to
be so particular, they had better dress themselves in

the Gothic style, since they sat in a Gothic building,
Altogether there seemed some reason for his mock-
ing assertion that*the members of the House of

Commons did not know what they wanted! They
are better informed on more practical matters, how-

ever, and complain very decidedly and unanimously
of the lack of space and ventilation. There is good
reason for them to complain when on an afternoon
like yesterday it was found necessary to appeal to
the Sergeant-at-Arms to give an order that the win-

doors should be opened. With the thermometer
standing at its present height, the penance of spend-
ing an evening in a full House, over an exciting
debate, not with closed doors, but with closed win-
dows, would be punishment enough for all the sins
of omission and commission of which this moribund
House bas been guilty.

The want of space is another serious trouble.
The House of Commons, it is gravely as-
serted, is only calculated to hold about 350
members, :and consequently when the reformed
constituencies return members who are expected to
be present on most important occasions the pros-
pect is somewhat alarming! As it is, on grand
field nights the galleries, the tea-room, the dining-
room, the library, and the lobbies are thronged with
seatless members, and a humorous picture was
drawn last night of the frantic anxiety of these
stragglers rushing in at the sound of the division
bell without having heard either debate or ques-
tion, and asking every one which way they are to
vote ! It is not always that they can solve the
difficulty by watching the movements of the rival
leaders, thaugh of late they might have often done
so. It is rather absurd to talk so much about the
increased representation of the people, while there
is not actually room for the members to assemble.
As time goes on we are certainly more
likely to increase the numbers of our mem-
bers of Parliament than to diminish them, and

consequently the subject is one that really demands
inquiry. These unfortunate M.P.'s, too, are not
allowed to solace themselves by obtaining comfort-
able refreshments, for the size of the dining room is
another subject of complaint. Here, again, there
is the lack of ventilation, which is so unnecessary a
grievance; and surely it needs no fresh Act of Par-
liament or vote in the Estimates to obtain a little
fresh air.

in this respect our legislators are no wiser than
the rest of their countrymen and countrywomen.
We all of us suffer needless martyrdoms in summer
weather from the short supply of one of the pri-
mary necessaries of life. Beginning in the domestic
abode, where the housemaid's horror of dust keeps the
greater part of the establishment hermetically sealed,
in our schools and colleges, our churches and cha-
pels and theatres, our public conveyances, our pri-
vate entertainments ; above all, in our courts of
law, and as we see in our Houses of Parliament we
are all made unnecessarily miserable. English win-
ters and November fogs may inculcate special care
in such seasons, but when the sky is blue and every
breath again soft and balmy, why is there a general
understanding that it is desirable to have as few
windows open as possible ? There would be much
less fever and illness of various kinds in circulation
if nature's grand preservative were tried a little
more confidently, but from the pale-faced child
cooped up in a hot school-room, or close nursery, to
the venerable judge smothered under bis wig in the
stifling Court, we have all to fight against au actual
deficiency of what is more important to life and
health than even a sufficiency of food or fire.

Notwithstanding the gloomy prognostications
that have been made the Boundary Bill has not
found so formidable an obstacle as some have ima-
gined it would receive. On the contrary, we may
fairly say that the Government have got on very
well, and that the arrangement entered into is as
good a one as could be made under the circum-
stances of the case. ➢lr. GLADSTONE, in a truly
characteristic speech, said that he had no desire to
make any remarks that could be disparaging to the
commissioners, whose zeal and ability bad been
great, but nevertheless he proceeded to suggest
several alterations that might advisedly be made.
Every one knows that there is nothing easier than
to take exceptions at a thing like this, and so com-
plicated an affair as the boundary settlement may
well afford a captious critic like the Opposition
leader an opportunity for descanting on the failure
of this scheme and the faultiness of that proposition.
Still, at the same time, it must be admitted that Mr.
GLADSTOIVE on this occasion confined his indignation

to words, and did not act hastily or injudiciously

He pointed out the various plans and projects which

were before the House, and concluded by advising
Mr. DISRAELI to adopt the motion of sending the

bill to a select committee. Perhaps some dawning
consciousness of the factiousness of his ways had

impressed the right hon. gentleman, or else he
thought that it really was of consequence that the
bill should be settled one way or the other ; but be
this as it may, ho certainly followed a course far
more to his credit than any ho has pursued at any
previous time this session. Mr. DISRAELI said that
there were many diffimlties in the way of the bill,
but argued very truly that a satisfactory settlement
could easily be made if the House showed a spirit
of patience and conducted its debates with temper.
It is desirable that the bill should be passed by the
10th of June, and therefore in any changes that are
made, or in any departure from the original
scheme, it must be borne in mind, that they must
not be too comprehensive or take too long in their
c:trrying out. Mr. DISRAELI *pointed out a very
efficient remedy for the evils complained of by Mr.
GLADSTONE in the way of delays, and showed that
morning sittings would obviate the difficulty and
delay, but this suggestion did not meet with much
approval. Still it will be the best course to adopt
if any serious objections are made to the bill as it
stands at present. On the part of the Government
the right hon. gentleman declared that there would
be no party spirit evinced, and that they would use
every effort to effect their object, of accomplishing
the work necessary for passing the bill. It was a
good suggestion also of Mr. DISRAELI'S to refer
any complicated point and controverted case to the
Commissioners themselves, for there can be no dis-
respect in adopting such a course, while it will
certainly facilitate the work, and tend to its more
satisfactory result. _ _

After some discussion had taken place, Mr.
DISRAELI, on the part of the Government, con-
sented to the appointment of a select committee of
five members, on condition that it should be ap-
pointed by the Committee of Selection—that it
should sit every day—that its labours should be
limited to those boroughs from which petitions had
been presented—that the evidence should be docu-
mentary only—and that it should be enabled to
consult with the Commissioners. These are all
very wise restrictions, and, if adhered to, wilt. pre-
vent the affair from dragging its length, and the
time of the House being unnecessarily consumed,
while its patience is exhausted. On Monday this
select committee will be moved for, and Mr. HARDY
to-night is to give notice of the names and of the
boroughs:that will be referred to it ; it being under-
stood that any member may, if he thinks fit, move
an addition to the. list. Some other points
are left to Monday, and then it is
to be hoped that a speedy arrangement may
be come to, for really it is of no practical use to
keep on discussing the same thing over and over
again ; and in trying to be too concise hon. mem-
bers ruu a chance of having to give up some im-
portant change through the want of time. Further
on, Mr. GLADSTONE proposed his bill, which be did
without comment. The comparative calm which
had reigned throughout the evening here changed
to a strange scene. Colonel KNOX moved the ad-
journment of the debate in order to do away with

the Suspensory Bill, and quoted some passages
about the Irish Church, which, he said, bad been
found from Mr. GLADSTONE'S own speeches, these
were strictly in support of the Irish Church, but it
appeared subsequently that be had not reliable
authority, Mr. GLADSTONE averring that it was Mr.
WunzsiDE who had delivered the sentences referred
to. It would, however, have been quite possible for
Colonel Knox to have found many extracts from
the right hon. gentleman's speech which would have
answered his purpose quit.; as well, so that the ex-
citement of the Opposition when Mr. GLADSTONE
quoted Hansard rested OR imaginary grounds, and
not real ones. ',Mr. VANCE spoke out very much to
the fact that had Mr. GLADSTONE himself been in
office all this time we should have seen and heard
nothing of this bill, but that it was an instrument
used to " oust" Mr. DISRAELI. There is a good
deal of truth in this stricture, for if the right lion.
gentleman feels so strongly on the point, why did he
not take it up when he was in power, and not leave the
arduous task till he was in opposition? Also, it may
be said, why did not his party urge it upon him if
they feel it of such vital importance that the change
should be made. It any be urged that, according
to this theory any great improvement or compre-
hensive reform would never have been made at all,
which is true so far as generally applied, but in
this particular case of forcing the House
of Commons to treat on the subject this
year it does not apply The fact is, that
as time goes on, and the first excitement has died
away, people are beginning
to understand the dis-
tinction that exists between the Irish Church ques-
tion and the Liberals coming into power, which
before had been jumbled together in a manner con-
venient to screen, but not very conducive to the
freedom of Parliamentary discussion. The second
reading of the Suspensory Bill is fixed for this day
week, notwithstanding some objections to the short-
ness of the interval that is to occur.