We hear endless complaints from the well-behaved and working •
members of the House of Commons, of the annoyance they suffer from time frequent interruptions, inhuman noises, and generally indecent be- haviour, SOf a tribe of unfledged legislators and dandy lordliogs, who
• congregate -behind the Speaker's chair, and in the dark corners of the liouse. We have been told that one of the members of a ducal family, -famous for adhesion to office under all Governments, is most conspi- cuous among this band of worthies ; who intend, no doubt, to pay their court to the Ministerial leaders by endeavouring to put down the Inde- pendent members by dint of noise. Patriotic, however, as their mo- tives may be, it is high time that a stop should be put to their proceed- ings. We \\Ai suggest one mode of effecting this object. Instead of calling out " Order !" and complaining of the inter& uption in polite Parliamentary terms, let the offender, or offenders, be pointed tent b.)/ name at once. This would be disorderly, we are aware, but not half so much so as cock-crowing, braying, and shouting so as to drown all articulate and intelligent speech : moreover, it would speedily produce the desired effect, and frequent repetitions of it would be needless. A circumstance occurred a short time ago in the House, which leads us to suppose that these hole-and-corner gentry have no liking for a rencontre face to face with the objects of their insults. An Irish member, who had dined, leaving observed one of them as peculiarly troublesome, followed bine front bench to bench, and even up stairs into the Galleries, tillat length the fugitive escaped, and thus avoided a col- lision which might perhaps have taught him better manners for the future.
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