So soon as this scene was over, the Irish Extremists
devoted themselves, during the greater part of Saturday night, to that minute criticism of certain Votes in Supply by which they appear to think that they earn popularity in Ireland. During
the course of their labours, another stage-aside was uttered by Mr. Lyulph Stanley, M.P. for Oldham, who, when Mr. Healy said that, as Irish members had no birds to shoot in August, they could undertake a political campaign, called out across the House, "Landlords!" which Irish members took as an insulting suggestion that they approved of the assassination of landlords. Mr. Lyulph Stanley, in his turn, had to admit that he had uttered this word, but declared that he did not impute to Irish members the wish to shoot landlords, but only meant to suggest that Irish constituencies occasionally busy themselves too much in pursuits of that kind ; and be begged to withdraw the exclamation. Irish members, however, were not appeased, and when at a quarter to six on Sunday morning progress was at last reported, Irish members went away still breathing ven- geance against Mr. Lyulph Stanley. The sitting lasted more than seventeen hours.
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