Parliament was to have been prorogued on Tuesday next, but
the delay in passing the Appropriation Bill caused by the very unjustifiable conduct of the Peers in throwing out the Irish Registration Bill, solely because it came up to them too late,— Lord Redesdale, who moved its rejection, did not even pretend that it was a measure of doubtful tendency, requiring much time for its adequate consideration,—will probably make it a day later at least. A word from Lord Beaconsfield would have either obliged Lord Redesdale to give way or taken away his chance of success, but Lord Beaconsfield rather likes to show his contemptuous indifference to Irish questions, and gave a silent vote with Lord Redesdale. It is not a wise policy. - The letter to the Duke of Buckingham failed. And badly as the Irish Members often behave, it is quite possible to excite a sympathy with them by cavalier conduct like this. Mr. Parnell was quite in the right in insisting, even at the cost of another day, on censuring the cooduet of the Lords in thus throwing out an Irish Bill which the Government recommended, which no one attacked, and which did not need more time than could easily have been given for its consideration, solely because it came up so late to the Upper House.
