, 1893-03-18

than heartfelt outbulsts of endorsement A
satirlcal thrust nov and then awoke tive
cheers from Min,sterialists, and q coiut
occasionally presented itself to tho OppoNtiou
whereof they we're none too siow to taks Go.
count. Still the general ch Illness wac ~.
.deUisble. and members were los; in wold,
ment' as the Premier explained the elaborate
complications and ~tortuouS machiuery where
by his new scheme 10 to be carried int" Of
feet. I'VE shall want three British Parlis-
Tnehts aud SIX constitutions 10 work is, sa-
Oasticallly observed one Of them. PSrha pc to
it's involved nature mny be ascrihea the PlA-
tonic warmth IF the gresting. \ lsngthy-and
III larts-labouied review of the Cmnl, it's
causes and history, interested the House 20 "a
limited degree. Mr.. Gladstone had, however,
no sooner uttered the words And now &c to
the bill' than the audience made q stir of
gladnesss and expeotatiou-much the SEINE
40 q congregation does in church whom the
preacher announces, Thirdly and lastly"
Five fold o. were the objso; in 1856, 6vefold
they remsined now, the establishment Of a
Legislative body sitting in Dub in TO conduct
legislative and administrative Irish. as dis
tlnct from Imperial affairs. and to be consist
ent In every WY with the conservation Of
Imperial unity. bsin. the pivot of the whole
scheme. Dogma aad detail necessarily in.
EOAV00 IA. Ma t&lOIo III al lnulIIly VI lNpIl-
f%cation, trennctldous laughter z. Getting tbs
serious statement that "the first TueRdty ia
September would b. a capital IAte for Pad.
dy's Parliament to assemble. Mr.. James
Lowther, IT ferring to his pocket booa, saw
that this would Clash with the Done ,strr
Meeting. and forthwith groansd in spirit.
But above aud beyond he importance Of svey
other proposal, was tue declaration that eighty
one IRISH members are TO lemain ct vest
Minister to take part in Imperial discussions.
Even Mr.. Gladstone's further explanati ,ns
aud eloquent finale sank into naiguifr ancs
by compa ison with this announcement. an,i
Sir Edward Clarke's excessively pungeut
and pugllIstic address the best thing that lie
has yet done in Pariiament-wa> acA,csly
needed to emphasize defec's the l. b5ral Par
liament--wAs scarcely needed to emphAsiss
defects the Liberal Party itselt did not tar
Oily perceive. Vlscount Woim"r.' ia doaling
with the much debated retention of Irish
msmbsrs at Westminstsr, grew exossd.nSiy
s%cornful. when tbs Government tries to
sw sp away this cObwsb," said he, 1T will
fad that it is leaning OH a broken reed
a sentiment of admirable tStSeness, If obscure
in metaphoric&l consistency. But the eve.
ming wore on, and as dinner appealed to all
sorts aud conditions of men. the empty chairs
which lent no adjournment to the floor, we're
incontinsntly taken away into outer oblivion.
Of tn SIN Her iutcrveners feeble no 8 was
taken. and il wanted the concluding hour to
rskindis animation in a discussion naturally
prone to dwindle after its high pressure mi
iiation' The result Of Pontefract election
being Aoised alb cad during Nr. Sex
toms edingy of Mr.. Gladstone and of he bill. a
8 eat cry Of rxultation arose from the Minis
: tsriaIists. and the Irish politician took the
liberty of pluming himself very proudly on
the issue. L" applaud Colonel Saundslson's
rhetorical aud hard hitting plsasantrlrs, a
delighted phalanx Of Unionists remained,
uproariouS sympathy going out with warm
hearts to the emphatic protestation that
neither the Colonel nor thrse lie Ulstsrmen
represented CARED a brass farthing
about .hs complicated provisions of
M. Gladstones mscnus bill and it's
multifarious alleged "refol ms By mid
night the house had been aated with talk,
and an adjournment Of the discussion came
as a boon and = blessing to fltigued human
nature, journsying homswards with the re.
Fiction that the thirtssnth Of the month is
usually esteemed an unlucky day.