On Thursday the debate was resumed in a speech by
Lord Londonderry, who pressed the Government very strongly to say whether they would insist on the acceptance by the House of Commons of the "far-reaching amend- ments" which the Lords had been invited to make. In demanding the exclusion of Ulster they (the Ulstermen) were accused of thinking only of themselves. They sympathized deeply with the Loyalists in the South, but they asked them to consider whether it would help them or do them any good if Ulster were included. In that case, there would be civil mar. Taken as a whole, and considering the faot that he may be regarded as the leader of the most unyielding portion of the Ulstermen, Lord L.04don.dlirry's speech must be held eminently satisfactory. The speech was like the man who made it—very manly and very honest. We are specially glad that Lord Londonderry and those he represents have come to see, as we were sure they would in the end, that the line they now take in favour of Exclusion is bringing help, not injury, to the Loyalists of the South and West.
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