The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-29
Inside the House.

The following graphic sketch appears in a
weekly contemporary - Ii was about five of
the clock when Gladstone rose 70 unfold his Won
drous scheme. The House of Commons was
crammed, and the appearance of it, taking II birds
eye view from a good position in the gallery, was
imposing. And here note one significant fact.
All ON the right of the Speaker are Liberals To Il
man but all are not Conservatives on the other
side. Liberalism, as you see, has overfiOwed it's
banks, and usurpcd some score of seats below the
gangway ON the opposition side. The House is
divided equally room for 50 many Liberals on the
right, and 50 many conservatives on the left.
But if the Liberals number Il hundred more than
the CONSERVATIVES, OF course they must take pos
session Of the seats which they have CONQUERED.
And thus below the gangway' on the COnserva-
tive side will come to nave a new meaning and
ii this goes on we may expect To hear Mr.. Disra-
eli addressing his opponents as the honorable
members opposite and honorable members below
the gangway on this side. What n curious result
will this he of his own measure But now the
private and other precedent business is done, and
Mr.. Speaker, standing, calls out, Mr.. Gladstone
and the Premier rises, and straightway Il salute
OF enthusiastic cheers greets the great orator.
Then there is a rustling as of wings, with cries of
Order, order, as taIdy members sink to their
places, followed by Il silence ms profound as that
oi a secluded valley high up in the mountains,
than which we know of no silence more profound
and then all eyes are turned to him vino il, under
these grave, solemn, deeply interesting circum-
SNAAA'AF- '8i' ttC iIDliEt. rs llllS Is 4
subject connected with religion, according to a
rule OF the House it must be considered in Com
mittee. The Premier, therefore, has To move that
the Speaker do leave the chair. This is soon done,
and Mr.. Dodson having taken his seat at the ia
bic, the leader of the House commences mis- task.
There were two circumstances on this occasion
which rendered the House so anxious to hear our
great orator. Some scores of the new members
had never heard him bat, beyond and above this,
so well had the Government secret been kept that
probably not six members ont ofthe Cabinet knew
how Gladstone meant to accomplish his great
work. The Conservatives anticipated Il failure.
1t Is easy, they said, TO declare that the Irish
Church shall be disestablished and disendowed
bur, when Gladstone shall attempt to do it, he
will find himself confronted by Il hundred insu-
perable difficulties, on some OF which he will be
sure to get wrecked The Liberals, too, were
anything but sangaine. Whiggery feared that
the measure would be too sweeping. Radicalism
that it would be not sufficiently complete. No
wonder, then, that the attention on all sides was
profound. The Conservatives were anxious to
discover some blot-some weakness-which they
fix upon in Committee. The mere Wings
trcmbled lest vested interests should not be sufi-
recognized and guarded. The Radicals
feared lest Gladstone should let his old Church az
f@cctions stand in the way of making an ultimate
clean sweep of what they call this abomination.'