Dr. Kenealy has dropped the Tichborne case for the present,
at least in the House of Commons, and devoted his energies to a Bill for establishing Triennial Parliaments. He was counted out in moving for leave to bring in this Bill on Tuesday, but he succeeded in carrying his motion to a division on Thursday night, though his speech, delivered between two and three in the morn- ing, was too late to be reported. Leave to bring in the Bill was refused by a majority of 57 (68 to 11). We agree with several Members who supported the motion, solely on the ground that it is very unusual to refuse a Bill a first reading, that it is a great mistake to give Dr. Kenealy the least shadow of excuse for re- garding himself as a martyr. As for the object of the Bill, our Members are a great deal too much of mere delegates already, and spend a great deal too much on elections already ; nor does any rational man wants to increase either evil.
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