The debate of Thursday was delayed by Mr. E. Russell,
who moved the adjournment of the House in order to question the Government on the appointment of Sir R. Buller to the magis- tracy in Kerry, Clare, and parts of the adjoining counties, which he denounced as an attempt to place Ireland under martial law, and to supersede the magistrate by the soldier. The Government had no difficulty in showing that nothing of the kind was contemplated. Sir R. Buller was to be made a civil magistrate, and was to wield no more power over the soldiers than various civil magistrates in Ireland already exert. The adjournment was negatived by 241 to IA—majority, 95. After this reconnaissance in force, the debate on Mr. Parnell's motion was resumed, the only speeches of mark being Mr. Chamber-
lain's very powerful and much-interrupted speech, which we have discussed at sufficient length elsewhere, and a rather weak reply, couched in would-be indignant tones, by Sir Charles Russell, who hinted his own dislike of the late Government's Land-purchase Bill, and anticipated eagerly the day when the British Government should despair of the old methods, and would be humiliated, if it were humiliation to grant the Irish the rights for which they contend.
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