On Monday, Mr. Cossham, Mr. Storey, Mr. Biggar, and others,
who had opposed the Irish Light Railways Bill in the Committee, tried to get the House to recommit it, in order that amendments should be moved which Mr. Salt, the chairman, had ruled to be out of order in the Committee ; but Sir Michael Hicks-Beach completely defeated the move, showing that the obstruction in the Committee had been deliberate and prolonged, and often quite undisguised, being carried on by the moving of amendments that were absolutely unmeaning. The House refused to recommit the Bill by 156 to 39, and then came a number of amendments on the Report which were equally tiresome and useless. Finally, the Bill passed its Report stage and was read a third time without a division, Mr. Storey and his friends being, we suppose, disheartened by their ill-success.
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