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Show English Parliamentary Debaters. Old membors of Uio Houso of Commons Com-mons nro usually of opinion that tho debates, compared with twenty or thirty years ago, are now moro busl-ncssllko busl-ncssllko nnd less oratorical than they wore. Somo welcome tho change, and, rejoicing in tho greater efficiency of tho House as a governing assembly, praiso Uio conversational stylo of speaking now so much in voguo as loss stilted than the old. Others, regretting re-gretting tho loss in tho picturesque, distressed thnt tho House should bo less attractive as a show, condemn ! tho now mnnncr as moro slipshod. There Is agreement that tho nverogo j member takes less trouble wl . tho form and phrasing of his speeches. |