Peel's Decisions. By Edward Gordon Blackmore. (C. E. Bristow, Adelaide,
S.A.)—Mr. Bla.ckmore, who is Clerk of the Parliaments, South Australia, has here put together, at the bidding of the Government, the decisions of Mr. Speaker Peel during his eleven years of office. Nothing could be better than that the " Mother of Parliaments " should give instruction to her daughters, and the action of the Colony is worthy of all praise. The decisions are ranged under various headings, as Adjournment, Procedure on Stages of Bills, Debate, Documents, Instructions, &c. Of course the book is of the most serious kind, but entertainment may be got from the section of " Debate." Here is a table of Parliamentary and un-Parliamentary expres-
sions:—
Parliamentary. Dal-Parliamentar71.
Seandalous (but not of the Chair). Untrue.
Idamoruvring.
"One of the most disgraceful and scurrilous speeches which could have been made either by a Duke or by any other person." Shuffling.
Dirty Trick.
Falsifying a Document.
Seditious Blasphemer.
Unscrupulous.
Slandering.
Vile and Infamous.
A '"rose and rather Idiotic style. Judas.
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