On Tuesday the House finished up some scraps of business
and then adjourned till April 10th. On the Motion to adjourn, however, two private Members gave the Government some very sensible advice. Mr. Maclean pointed out the ruin that they would bring upon the Unionist party if they adopted the Protectionist policy apparently suggested for them by the Viceroy of India; while Mr. Coghill urged on them the duty of abating that greatest of Parliamentary nuisances, the gross over-representation of Ireland. We trust most heartily that the Government will bear in mind this good counsel, given in both cases by loyal Unionists. Any coquetting with Protec- tion must infallibly ruin the party. If. on the other hand, the Government leave office without giving to England its true proportion of Members, they will have failed to do a thing which would absolutely secure the Union, and also a thing just and fair in itself.
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