There was a most discreditable scene in the Commons on
Thurs- day night. The debate was on the second reading of Mr. Villiers's Union Chargeability Bill, which the squires who have "added field to field and house to house until there is no room for the poor" vehemently resist, and the liberals getting tired, howled at a Tory speaker, who was compelled to sit down. The Tories of course retorted in kind, and two or three members, enraged at the shouts, began to make motions for adjournment. They were defeated one after the other, but the acting leader, Sir G. Grey, disgusted with the scene, gave way, and the debate was adjourned. Decent men, who think a Senate should be grave, will pray for Lord Palmerston's speedy restoration to health. What with a Speaker like Mr. Denison and a leader like Sir George Grey, the members are encouraged to behave like a pack of schoolboys out for the day. The member for Worcestershire is no doubt tedioua, but the right to be tedious in moderation is essential to free debate.
