After the motion to report the Home Rule Bill without
amendment had been carried by 89 (316-227), Lord Robert Cecil, on the motion that the Bill be read a third time, moved the adjournment of the debate as a protest against the manner in which the House was being treated. They were being asked, under an Act of the most stringent character, to read a third time a Bill of vast importance without being given the least idea concerning the modifications which the Government intended to introduce. Mr. Worthington Evans, who seconded the resolution, pointed out how dangerous was the situation with which they were face to face in Ireland—a situation which might become exasperated at any moment. If the Govern- ment were sincere in regard to the Amending Bill, there was no reason why that Bill should not be introduced in the Commons.
