The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-01

other fellows collar and nearly pitching hin
over the gallery frort, a method OF enter I'M
the house which even Mr. Bradlaugh has no
thought about.
This was at halfpast three IN the afternoon
The house presented the appearan ce OF ha
store. On nearly every seat not occupied b,
somebody was placed hat to show that il was
reserved, and as one by one the members en-
tered, the hats that did duty as reserved sea
tickets were in some instances chucked unde
the seats if They were dummy duplicate hats
or in other cases put on the person s head who
took the seat. The peers gallery was crowded
and l much regretted knew not the name
of single noble lord present. There was q
perceptible flatter among the nobility when
the well-known form and nearly bald head o
the Prince of Wales appeared among them
was panied to SEQ that many of the noble
lords had to stand
AT about quarter of four O'clock Mr. Fors
ter, the late Chief Secretary for Ireland as he
is called in England. or "Buckshot," as he is
termed in Erin, entered from behind the
Speakers chair, but instead of taking his usua
place he took seat behind the Treasury
benches. He looked tired and worried. His
shaggy beard was shaggier than usual. and he
had the appearance of dog just out of a
fight, having evidently had the worst of it.
From the other direction entered Mr.. Dillon
followed by Mr.. O'Kelly the first instalment
of the Kilmainham prisoners, and as they ,ad-
vanced wild cheer arose from the Home Rule
members, which cansed Forster to look up
from his papers and the notes he was taking
to see the men he had kept for months In jail
advance to take places within speaking dis
lance of him. Poor Dillon looks extremely
ill. His cheeks are sunken and pale his eyes
burn with an unearthly brightness, He sank
into a seat between Justin Mccarthy and
| O'Donnell with sigh of complete exhaustion.
and by nervous motion OF his thin, bloodless
lids seemed to be trying to moisten them
enough to reply to the warm congratulations S
| pressed upon him. 1t was picture O.;
striking contrasts. Forster, the stalwart ex-
jailor, alone and gloomy, striving to fix his
attention on his notes. Dillon, the emaciated
ex-prisoner, with pallid face lighted up with
a wan smile as his colleagues gathered around
him. O'Kelly seems in better condition than
ever, and Kilmainham fare has not disagreed
| with him.
| There is q buzz of conversation among the
| Conservatives. The Liberals sit for the most
part silent.
! Mr.. Gladstone enters with Sir William Har-
court. The latter's usually good-natured, TO-
tund face shows traces of the general storm
that has passed over the Cabinet, while the
former is haggard. They sit down together
Gladstone sitting toward the edge of the seat,
| in a position in which his head seems sunk
down in his shoulders, while the top of 1t is
not much aboYe the back of the bench. He
whispers earnestly to the genial Home Secre-
| tary who leans over his head deferentially to-
catch the remarks of his leader, who, every
now and then, neryously, but with seemingly
great accuracy, picks out papers from his
dispatch box, receiving all the while approx
ing mods and an occasional reply from Sir
William. Lord Harrington sits alone at the
further end of the bench, with his plug hat
down over his eyes, his feet stretched out so
that the benevoent-looking John Bright near
[ ly stumbles over them as he enters. Harting-
tons hands are thrust into the depths of his
trousers pockets and he has all the appear
ance of a disguised and demoralized passenger
at a railroad depot whose train is two hours
late.
AS the speaker takes his place, wigged and
solemn, the House is full, every available point
is occupied. There is but one seat vacant, and
that is the seat of Charles Stewart Parnell
The first to speak is Sir W. II. Smith, short
man with gray side whiskers, who stuck close
to his desk on the Strand ard meyer went to
sea, and thus became the ruler of the Queens
Navee during the time the late government
position here occupied by the American News
Company in the United States, IS. perhaps, the
most successful business man in England He
Withdraws his Irish bill and sits down. Then
Lord KensingtOn rises and makes the an
nouncement that Lord Frederick Cavendish is
to be the new Chief Secretary for Ireland. Al
this astounding disclosure there arises from al
parts of the House howl of derision on the
Conservative side, and dismay among the Lib
erals. There is a yell from the Irish members
and loud laughter from the opposition. A
member just below the gallery asked if they
would kindly state who Lord Cavendsh was
and this question seemed to be the one asked
among the strangers" aloft. Somebody says
'He is Lord Hartington's brother, and used tc
be Gladstone's private secretary" The House
breaks again into subdued buzz of converse
ton, during which Mr. Chamberlain, whom
everybody thought was going to be Chief Sec
Rotary, says something about American cotton
Mr.. Chamberlain is very cool and collected
young man, never ruffled by the storms of de
bate. He is credited with being prime NOV
er in this new departure, and he is received
with somewhat mixed feelings of d1sapprova
and uncertainty, but the young President o
the Board of trade gazes at his hearers with 6
calm smile, says his little speech, and sits down
Mr.. Cowen. the Northern newspaper editor
asks the Home Secretary If Davitt will be re
leased. Sir William arises and says he will b'
set free on the conditions that the late govern
ment gave him his liberty. u.H
An Irishman who sat next to me, who hat
come to London that day with the released
members and had entered on one of thei
passes, said to me: ..,.
"What does he maine be late government? p
"He means that Davitt will get out on hi
ticket-of- leave"
"Will can till him, an all England tina
Davitt will rot in jail before he comes out OF
a lave ticket. An be the powers, it's dom ga'
the government will be to let him go, de'y
mind, on any terms; just you put that in ye
pipe and smoke it."
81 don't need to smoke anything It's non
of my funeral. Pm an American" II
"Then God bless you" said the Eriner, com
pletely changing his tone. "America's tn
greatest an grandest country the sun eve
shone on" '- ssel
Now came an interesting bit of sparrlns
Mr.. Gladstone is on his feet answering que'
7 tions about the release of the Irish member
He states that important information has bee
impaired to him that seemed to justify the lie
: ting go of the prisoners. Gladstone speaE
SO quietly that it is hard to catch his words
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