The Portland daily press., 1872-04-03

NORTH CoNwAY.-A correspondent writes
that building is very brisk in North Conway.
Messrs. Thompson, Son & Andrews are build
ing hotel of grand dimensions, which will be
in readiness for the summer company. 1t will
cost $4,000. E. b. Bigelow, Esq., of Boston,
has invested about 100000 in buildings and
grounds, and other residences are in process of
erection or are to be built the present season,
adding to the valuation of the town during the
year about 100000, all largely due to the build
ing of the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad
There is three feet of snow in this region on
the level and more in the woods. aG. ea
A DIsGRAoEFUL ScENE-Some of our papers
delight to dwell upon the disorderly and once
III while scandalous scenes in our own Con-
gress. They have recently had an opportunity
to see how far the British House of Commons
is able to surpass our own law makers, on the
occasion of Sir Charles Dike's assault upon the
personal expenditures of the Crown, A cores
pondent of the Boston Advertiser, in giving an
account OF the occurrence, says:-ssMr. Glad
stone is somewhat to blame. He threw all his
intellectual force into the task of ridicuing Sir
charles Dixie, and stirred up the rowdy men,
pers until they were beyond restraint He
closed with saying:-T- earnestly trust the
House will be disposed, after discussion which
has already been sufficient for the purpose, to
meet with Negative voice the motion of nv
honorable friend. The negative voice was
taken in its literal sense. have witnessed half
dozen scenes of disorder in the House of
Commons, but none which have approached the
spectacle of Tuesday, when MI Herbert at
tempted to speak. The tory benches waited as
one man for syllable from his lips, al when
1t came they met it with a roar. 1t was a word
and roar for an hour. Sir Charles Dixie
broughta glass of water to his friend in his hat
and MIR. Herbert held on Then we had sham
attempt to close the sitting by leaving less than
forty in the chamber; but after three attempts
this was abandoned You must understand
that the mass of the rioters had left their seats
and were in crowd at the DOORS A cluster
were behind the Speakers chair Mr.. Disrael
was among the first to reach the library At
last young tory nobleman called the Speakers
attention to the fact of strangers being pres
ent, and, as these are present by courtesy, they
were ordered away, the reporters amongst
Them The ladies, however, who look through
screen, are not considered in the house, and
SO they were undisturbed A member who sup
poses that by turning the reporters out he pre-
vents the country from knowing what tran
spires, is curiously wrong. There are always
members present who are on friendly terms
with newspapers editors, and who are glad to
obllge them. These gentlemen take notes and
supply them to one or other of the journals.
Such reports are, of course, more read than
anything else We know that while the public
were OUT t-I-tH IS -
Cockcrowing in every variety, from the hoarse
cry of the cochin to the shrill note of the ban
tam, and other farm-yard sounds together with
repeated limitations of the rise and fall of Mr.
Herbert's voice, prevented single sentence of
the speaker from reaching the ears of those
who were assumed to be the auditors. When
the clamor was at its height Mr.. Dodson rush
ing from his usual seat on the treasury bench
to the box behind which the Prime Minister or
dlnarliy speaks, made an animated and earnest
appeal to the Chair, asking whether the sounds
which issued from behind the Speakers chair
and from below the bar were not gross viola
tons of order The Speaker, in reply, stated
that the sounds which he had heard, and es-
peclally those which had proceeded from hon |
orable members behind the Chair, were un-
doubleday out of order in that House, and he
could not refrain from expressing the extreme
pain with which he had witnessed the scene
that had recently taken place. In the slight
lun which followed this interpOsition of the
Speaker, Mr.. Herbert announced that if the
House would listen to him for five minutes he
would undertake to finish his observations with
in that time. Amid considerable interruptions,
involving repeated calls to order ON the part of
the Chair, Mr.. Herbert was allowed to proceed
but when, ON the expiration of the five minutes
for which he had stipulated he manifested
desire to continue his speech, the clamor burst
forth afresh with all its former violence Mr..
Herbert said that the interruptions which had
taken place had deprived him of minute and
half of the time granted him, and that if the
House would give him that minute and half
he would be content The Speaker hereupon
rose and called Mr.. Herbert to order, stating
that it was irregular and improper to appeal to
the House, and that he ought to address him
self to the Chair. Mr. Herbert then resumed
his seat amid the greatest excitement and con-
fusion.