7 JULY 1888, Page 2

With these terms the House seemed, on the whole, perfectly

satisfied, though Mr. Conybeare protested against the British taxpayer incurring any charge at all for Irish works, and Mr. Illingworth grudged any attempt to anticipate what the Irish Parliament would do for itself, and several of the Irish Members were dissatisfied with Mr. Balfour's proposal to impose the rate for these drainage purposes on the tenants alone, though he gave the tenants alone the right to vote whether or not they would avail themselves of the Government's proposal. Never- theless, the Bills were introduced and read a first time with- out resistance, and with signs of very general approval.