A very large meeting of the Reform League was held
at St. James's Hall on Tuesday, to support Mr. Gladstone's policy, and " denounce the conduct of Mr. Disraeli and the present Govern- ment." The meeting, which is described as" of a more respectable -class than usual," passed resolutions approving the disestablish- ment of the Irish Church, and declaring Mr. Disraeli's conduct -" subversive of public honour and morality, tending to place the Crown in antagonism with the convictions of the people, and such as'should induce the country to insist on his immediate retirement _from office." The most noteworthy incident of the meeting was, however, an outbreak of feeling against the Upper House. Mr. Beaks had observed that if the House of Lords resisted the people it mast look to itself, whereupon a voice cried, " Good bye to it," —and the entire meeting rose to its feet to applaud the sentiment.
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