In burning though carefully restrained language, Mr.
Sexton replied to a taunt of Mr.Chamberlain at the silence of the Irish members.

Their silence, said Mr.Sexton, was due to their knowledge that Mr.Chamberlain and his confederates had entered into a conspiracy to destroy the power of the House of Commons, and to defeat the mandate of the nation by obstructing a Bill they could not otherwise defeat.

Spoken with great fire--with splendid choice of language--with biting sarcasm, of which he is a master--the speech was an event.

Mr.Gladstone promptly recognized its spirit; thanked the Irish members for their consideration; and then declared, amid a great sniff from Joe's upturned nose, that if the Irish members desired to express their opinions on any amendment, he and his colleagues would wait before expressing their own views.

There seemed to be a slight hope among the Tories and the ever-venomous Joe that this meant a rift in the lute between the Irish members and the Government; but they were woefully disappointed--especially when the amendment was indignantly rejected by the House.
[Sidenote: The "Daily News."] It is the outspoken, rather than the loudly uttered, that is often the important thing in a House of Commons discussion.