but they did not do so without raising bitter complaint
of the Government for its treatment of the Upper House, in which, of course, Lord Fortescue's wail was the shrillest of all. And -doubtless it is very unfortunate that such a Bill as this should not have been thoroughly criticised by the legal Peers in the ;Upper House, who are some of the best draftsmen, as well as some of the best lawyers of their time. There is, however, no remedy that we can see while the Upper House contains so few men who represent either popular feeling or commercial experi- ,ence. A Bill originated in the Upper House would never have pleased the Commons, and a Bill of this magnitude and diffi- oalty could not well have been passed by the Commons in time -to secure the advantage of the legal acumen of men like the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cairns, Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Black- burn, and Lord Bramwell.
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