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The Ionian difficulty does not diminish—the Parliament, it is reported,

having definitively rejected Mr. Gladstone's reform pro- position. The pearls have not been appreciated. In Parliament Lord Grey made a dash at Ministers by favour of this embarras. Lord Derby urged an appeal for silence until the papers should be before Parliament ; and Lord Grey used this very appeal as the convenient ground for anticipating, not the whole question, but a considerable part of it. The papers are to be produced, and Mr. Gladstone will soon be home ; and then will be the proper time for discussing both the merits of Ionian reform and the conduct of the rejected Reformer.