New-York tribune., 1870-04-30
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE WORK OF PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
-GUSTAVE FLOURENS

-GUSTAVE FLOURENS.
IPROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
LONDON April 1.-THE House adjourned on Tues
day for the Easter Holidays. If its right to vaca-
ton depended on good conduct fear it would have
had TO 90 on with its sittings. 1t is hard to say
whether the House itself the public is more dis
satisfied with the session thus far. Never was such
a lot of work cut out for Parliament as the Queens
speech this year promised. Never did House ad-
ourn at Easter with 50 little work done. Mr. Bright
knew best That speech at Birmingham about the
omnibuses begins to read like a prophesy full
filed We all thought it very desponding. 1t
proves to have been merely prudent. The omnl-
buses that started at such lively pace for the
journey through Temple Bar--where are theyf Not
one of them in sight of its journeys end. -Four out
of the six have not even started OF the
Land bill there is nothing better to be
said than / said ten days ago. The Education
bill which Mr. Forster believed would go through
in canter sticks fast The bill for aboshing Uni
versity tests has not even been brought IN The
Trades Union BILL the Licensing BILL the Ballot
where are theyi This session, Mr.. Gladstone told
the world, was to witness the accomplishment of a
great act of justice TO Ireland. After the Church,
the Land But the sole vet passed is an act
of the most shameful injustice to Ireland and to the
Liberal cause the world over. In place of the
benefcent relief promised to the tenant the Govern
ment has driven through with whip and spur o
measure of unscrupulous oppression directed against
the press which ventures to state its own views OF
Irish policy.
AS was natural and fitting, the adjournment was
accomplished in the midst of q wrangle 1t is the
fourth within ten days. and all the four quarres
have related to the conduct of business. Sir Wford
Lawson, the Parliamentary champion Of the Tenn
perance party-whch you must not suppose To DO q
Total Abstinence party-c0mplained bitterly and
justly that the Government, after having got nd OF
his bill by promising to bring in one OF their own,
had not kept their promise. Mr.. Bruce could only
say that he had found it tougher subject To deal
with than he had expected, but that he had not al
together given up the hope of introducing tho bill
this session. That is a Parliamentary way OF say
ing that its passage is utterly out of tho question.
Mr. Benal Osborne thought the Government had
attempted too much, but Mr.. Mundella went straight
TO The point with his remark that the block in
minority Mr. Disraelis tactics plain enough,
and they have two objects The first is TO delay the
Land Bill TO 80 late period in the session that the
Government shall be forced in ORDER to secure its
passage in some shape, 10 consent tO amendments In
favor of the landlords. The second purpose has
grown ont of the opposition developed no strongly
and unexpectedly among the lDssenters 10 Mr..
Forsters Education bill TO that bill in its original
shape, the Tories, following for the lead Of Sir
John PakingtOn, consented. LIKE the Land bill, it
was 50 much less radical than they feared. that they