• The debate upon the Second Reading of the Parliame7t
Bill was concluded in the House of Lords on Monday. The most important feature of the debate was the eloquent speech against the Bill delivered by Lord Rosebery. Alter remark. ing that the Government had proceeded on the lines of party rancour and revenge, Lord Rosebery said that if the Bill became law in its present form it did not matter one farthing or one straw what the Second Chamber is going to be. "I can see no use in prolonging the existence of this House as a useless sham." At the same time Lord Rosebery agreed that in the circumstances it would be wiser to give the Bill a Second Reading. He doubted whether if a third Election were forced it would be less favourable to the Government than previous ones. He recognized, also, the danger of the Upper House being swamped by a special creation of peers.
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