19 MARCH 1870, Page 11

The division on the Irish Land Bill, taken late on

the night of yesterday week, after a sugary speech from Mr. liorsman, a very clever one from Mr. Disraeli, who dubbed Mr. Horsman "a superior person," and chaffed him for his absolute indifference to the Irish Land Question during the time be was Irish Secretary, and an eloquent reply of Mr. Gladstone's, showed 442 for the second reading, and only 11 against it, of whom three were English Conservatives, Mr. Henley, who has quite the Northern Farmer's feeling of the duty he owes to "the land," being one of them. The eight Irish Members who voted against the Bill comprised no other member of the same importance even as Sir John Gray. Mr. Heron, the Member for Tipperary—Mr. Disraeli's "sham Fenian, "—of course voted with the recalcitrants. The Committee on the Bill, which was put down for Monday next, has been post- poned, in order to leave room for the second reading of the Peace Preservation Bill.