29 JUNE 1956, Page 13

!be 6pectator

JULY 2, 1831

MR. PAGET (member for Leicestershire) complained of the dis- gusting discussion to which ;he Member for Dundalk had so indiscreetly given rise, as a most mischievous waste of the time of the House. and as such of the public.

Was it to listen to such, not only profitless, but potitively mischievous discussions, that country gentlemen like himself were obliged to forego their domestic avocations? It was a con- stant complaint that the late hours to which the House generally sat were destructive of health and all mental and physical energy, and yet but little bona tide public business was actually done, the time of the House being wasted, as this evening, with the most futile speeehifications.