Yesterday week Mr. Somes was refused leave to bring in
his Bill for forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquids between eleven o'clock on Saturday night and six o'clock on Monday morning, though he kindly granted two hours on Sunday, namely, between one and two in the afternoon, for buying dinner beer, and between eight and nine in the eveniug for buying supper beer. The leave was refused by a majority of 36; 123-87. Mr. Roebuck made a very violent speech, containing, however, some home truths. Sabbatarianism and teetotalism, he said, "two muddy streams running side by side, had concmtrated " in this Bill, and now they formed one "foaming muddy river, which it was very difficult to stem, very disagreeable to see, and,"so an honourable member interjected, "still more unpleasant to smell." Unless Mr. Somes and his friends would propose to shut up the clubs of London "he spat upon these paltry pretences." Whence has Mr. Roebuck learned this vulgar and violent language ? Can it be from his friends the "mean whites ?"
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