6 JUNE 1896, Page 2

The motion made on Tuesday for the adjournment of the

House over the Derby-day was not supported with much animation even by those who brought it forward (Mr. Muntz and Major Rasch), and when it was re- sisted by Mr. Bartley and Sir Wilfrid Lawson it was resisted with a confidence that it would be defeated that made its opponents take the matter with equal equa- nimity. After a short debate the motion was rejected by a majority of 141 (199 to 58), and there is perhaps some reason to hope that we may have seen the end of a motion which does not suit our times. Moreover, in a con- dition of the public mind in which the love of racing and of risking money on the results of racing is becoming more and more widespread, nothing could be more un- fortunate than for the House of Commons to set the example of neglecting important business just to gratify this morbid taste. There would be more to be said for moving an adjournment over the day when the Academy opens or trout-fishing begins.