There were several outbreaks of temper during the debate Yesterday
week, Mr. A. M. Sullivan actually accused the tools There were several outbreaks of temper during the debate Yesterday week, Mr. A. M. Sullivan actually accused the tools of the Government of getting up treasonable placards and post- ing them all over Ireland, only in order to manufacture evidence of treasonable conspiracy. Again, on Monday night, Mr. A. O'Connor, accusing the Chairman of Committees of keeping him so closely to the subject that it was useless for him to speak, moved to report progress soon after half-past . ten,
whereupon the Chairman ruled that this was an obstructive motion, and put it without debate, only 28 Home-rulers voting for it. On Tuesday, again, there was no slight collision between the late (Tory) Attorney - General, Sit- John Holker, and Lord John Manners. Sir John Holker, w ho for once made a great legal blunder in interpreting the Bill, and supposed that, because the warrant of the Lord-Lieutenant was to be sufficient evidence that the Government suspected. the arrested person of a share in some.criminal outrage, there- fore it was also to be sufficient evidence that that suspicion was true, and who consequently denounced the Bill as an " arbitrary, despotic, and tyrannical Bill," which he supported out of Sheer necessity, was sharply rebuked by Lord John Manners, who strongly supported the Government. Sir John Holker, it is clear, really dislikes the suspension of the Con- stitution, and dislikes it, perhaps, all the more that ho had no share in advising it.
