Show IN parliament the E apt debato debate in llie tile house of conin commons lolis tuy illy our correspondent 1 EDITOR HERALD last evening I 1 visited parliament being favored with a ticket of admission through the courtesy of mr burt AL P at 4 p m I 1 made my way to tho the parliament BUILDING crossed the inner court and entered a L long wido corridor leading from ti the I 1 e east f front of the north wing of tho the palatial edifice this corridor resembles very much the auditorium of a large church it ig is lined upon cither either side by massive statues of E En ng glands lands illustrious dead lit by two large stained glass windows at either end and spanned by a very beautiful gothic frescoed ceiling that is at least 75 feet above its tea belated pavement at the further end we ire ascend a wide flight ef of stone steps turn to the left and after passing a sentry by whom our tickets are inspected enter a large hall and take like scata seats at the foot footit ot a long line of f people who occupy cushioned forms that extend along both sides of tho the apartment here I 1 learned that TIIE STRANGERS ALL rny to which my ticket would admit me accommodated but GO 60 persons and that when there were more than that number present at the commencement men cement of the session ticket holders would ballot for the seats unfortunately I 1 missed the first ballot which occurred at pm and was now compelled to take my turn below 40 expectant applicants whose only opportunity to gain admission depended upon tho vacancies that might occur within by opma m a sufficient number of those who gained admission at p in had withdrawn from the gallery to admit all who preceded me and at last I 1 had the honored distinction of mccu occupying 11 11 g the chair at the head of the ea hall with a long line of patient applicants waiting below in a few moments a stentorian voice shouted sli three more and off oft we ire went leava leaving 1 dg our seats to be occupied by tho the advancing adv advancing ancin 9 crowd who moved moved up in in regular mcgill 11 11 order and occupied the vacancies vacancies we were first conducted into a large rotunda at the head of odthe the hall in which wo ave bad had e so patiently waited thence through a small corridor beautifully adorned with panel paintings in tings to another rotunda somewhat similar to the first thence up a wide spiral stairway to a small clerical apartment where a dignified old gentleman critically examined our passes and thence into the long expected auditorium of tho the HOUSE OF COMMONS I 1 will not attempt to describe this grand hall ball for it is so sd rich in its decorations so varied in its fittin fittings gs and appointments that it would occupy toe too much space and draw too heavily upon ray my descriptive powers when we entered sir fr childers Guil ders on behalf of the Government was delivering a speech upon the condition equipment numerical strength and probable future necessity nece amity of the ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT the question before the house being the celebrated voting of credit by which not only the future military operations in egypt would be governed but the extent of approval or censure which the government would receive for its management of the eastern question would be conclusively determined the speech of air childers was a very studied effort entirely divested ef of anything any liing like oratory and oftentimes unintelligible because of the frequent use of the inevitable english ah ali which lie is certainly ly very fond of using he was followed by lord cecil of the opposition who on account perhaps of df having havin the easiest of all tasks to perform per ferm t et that of FINDING FAULT made a tolerable effort to succeed in gaining a little applause next came mr stuart Libe liberal ml a very fair air f speaker then mr mccarty conservative many miny of whose statements were met with loud demonstrations of disapproval and after him labouchere liberal who made a long speech partly artly in favor and partly in condemnation condemnation of the policy of her Maje jamest y 9 a government he in turn was followed by sir aco elliottjr Elliott Mr boyce and mr chaplain the latter made the finest speech thus far delivered and was followed by mr ir oconnor OC ennor a good orator THEN SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE arose the great leader of the conservative serva tive party in the house of commons his speech was long exhaustive full of eyvere but dignified criticism of the government and was a most powerful and masterly effort throughout thus far the policy of her Maje government had been unmercifully ASSAILED AILED the war declared to be in the interest of the bondholders bond holders and the leaders of the liberal party denounced as unworthy of longer confidence fi mr Air gladstone bad been charged with procrastinate mixed with hesitation and supplemented ment d by vacillation and as not only incompetent to maintain peace as the great head of the ecaca party arty of great britain but as totally incapable of making and conducting a successful war at I 1 a m after atler all the ammini tion of the conservative pany party had i been exhausted in an au eight hour bombardment of the government position mr gladstone THE TRE LION OP OF F ENGLAND arose to his feet thus far iliad I 1 had been very much disappointed in the general character of english ora oral tery tory as exhibited in one of the most important debates in the house of common commons but no sooner had mr gladstone arisen than I 1 was at once transfixed with admiration ho ile entered immediately upon hie his subject unaided by notes but possessing abundant documentary evidence by which he lie proved that the policy and engagements of his predecessor de cessor had directly led to tl the le present condition of aff affairs lairs in the east and therefore that tile opposition and not the government were directly responsible for all the evil evils i which they had bad so bitterly denounced noun ced he cleared away the smoke and apparent ruin which his enemies fire had bad wrought and di displayed played a line of policy as unimpeachable pea chable as it was impregnable at the conclusion of three quarters barters of an hour ho lie had bad anaw answered r EVERY ADVERSE ARGUMENT worthy of notice had not only defended bended fended his policy upon the soundest ekinci principles les of international law but had ad shown ills his course to bo be even in now ow productive of great and beneficial results to england by which she could enter the contest with all ml euro europe P 11 1 conscious and confident of her 1 good 1 0 d intentions and free and untrammeled untra meled b by y any foreign intricacies and alliances never before had I 1 heard such eloquence flo quence ilia his voice which was a deep orotund pierced every part of the spacious building his sentences were most classic in their construction and find his words wortis rolled forth like glowing darts from a tongue of fire destroying and consuming alike the arguments argument 9 and wrath of his enemies for while they were stricken with awe tl they could pot not help but admire e him hiew ho 0 was greeted with CHEER MEER CHEER during the course of hia his entire speech spee cli and at the conclusion the utmost enthusiasm and confusion ensued mr hr 0 donnel conservative attempted to follow him but the groans and hisses of the members completely drowned his utterances in vain lie would raise his tho the quick response ortho opposition would immediately swell into a loud outburst of unearthly yells and groans and after about 20 minutes of vain endeavors he lie subsided THE TIIE VOTE WAS caged when the register showed in favor ta to 19 against the desired appropriation at 2 a iu in I 1 with withdrew dreir having spent three hours awaiting my turn to be admitted and seven hours bours in the auditorium of the house J A IVL WEST st lo 10 LONDON MON july 28 1882 |