25 AUGUST 1883, Page 3

The Lords also threw out on Tuesday the Local Government

4(Se,otland) Bill with more excuse, as Lord Balfour of Burleigh moved its rejection, and Scotch opinion seems to be by no means fully united in its favour'. Lord Salisbury, however, -cordially supported its rejection probably-as another snub to the Government. He never misses an opportunity of rejecting in August any Bill whose loss the country at large will not, he thinks, be much disposed to resent. The Tramways and Public 'Companies (Ireland) Bill,—the Bill for assisting migration.and

• emigration,—and the Labourers (Ireland) Bill, their Lordships did not venture to reject.