Upon the two secondary Irish questions, the agrarian revolu- tion
and obstruction, Mr. Chamberlain was both hopeful and resolved. He was still bitterly opposed to casting any respon- sibility for the purchase of Ireland upon English or Scotch taxpayers, and hinted that they would want all their resources to settle their own land question ; but he maintained that a Bill could be introduced next year which would settle the question without drawing on British credit. Such a solution seems to us impossible; but Mr. Chamberlain is a considerable adminis- trator, and he believes it. As to obstruction, he believed that snake was scotched, though not killed, and it would be killed if we only made every suspension for obstruction or insult to the Speaker effective for the Session, and accompanied it with a fine. Those are our own recommendation; and will succeed, though it may be necessary to add to the rules another declaring that calculated irrelevancy or waste of time shall be deemed to be wilful obstruction. We note that upon this subject the few present in the hall who were opposed to Mr. Chamberlain made no effort to interrupt, while the majority cheered him lustily.
