. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . arose to second it,the scene which ensuedwas, it is to be hoped, onewhich was never witness-ed before and will neverbe repeated. The authorof a noted novel has toldus how Tittlebat Titmousedefeated a measureagainst which his wholeparty was powerless, sim-ply by his imitations ofthe crowing of a cock,which caused a diversionand gave the memberstime to alter their was a small armyarmy of Titmouses present, to all appearance; and the crowing,hooting, groaning, hissing, howling and yelling, drowned thevoice of the unfortunate speake


. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . arose to second it,the scene which ensuedwas, it is to be hoped, onewhich was never witness-ed before and will neverbe repeated. The authorof a noted novel has toldus how Tittlebat Titmousedefeated a measureagainst which his wholeparty was powerless, sim-ply by his imitations ofthe crowing of a cock,which caused a diversionand gave the memberstime to alter their was a small armyarmy of Titmouses present, to all appearance; and the crowing,hooting, groaning, hissing, howling and yelling, drowned thevoice of the unfortunate speaker completely. Nothing daunted,he waited until the cries had lulled sufficiently to permit him tobe heard, though still with difficulty, when he apologized forSir Charles Dilke, who had been far from wishing to make apersonal attack upon the Sovereign, and announced that he,too, preferred a republican form of government. Here a con-siderable number of members arose and left the House, whilethose who remained renewed the noises which had before pre-20. Sir Charles Dilke. §06 The First Gladstone vented his being heard. Mr. Herbert sent out for a glass of wa-ter with as much sang froid as if his speech had been greetedwith cheers, and continued speaking; but the remainder consis-ted merely of disjointed sentences. Many times during the period that he remained upon his feethe was interrupted by demands that the House be counted. Noless than three counts were taken, but each time it was foundthat there were more than forty members present. At last theSpeakers attention was blandly called to the fact that therewere strangers present. This, of course, included the reporters;and while the Speaker can be as blind as he pleases to theirpresence upon all other occasions, the instant a member of theHouse informs him that there are others than members present,he is bound to order their expulsion. The remainder of thedebate was then without witness save the members themselves ;and


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