The Tories had been charged both by the _Daily News_ and by a speech in the House with want of courtesy to Mr.Gladstone.Nobody knew better than Mr.Balfour how much ground there was for such a charge; for often in the course of the present Session--with a dark frown on his face, with an almost violent gesture--he has called on his unruly followers behind him to conduct themselves.

The effect of what had taken place was to extort from Mr.
Balfour a tribute to the universal respect in which the Prime Minister was held--a tribute which the splendid Old Man acknowledged by a low bow; and, in short, the Tories had to bind themselves over to keep the peace by their professions of a chivalrous desire to respect the person and the feelings of the great Prime Minister.

And thus it was that it ended for the moment in a drawn battle--Mr.Chamberlain having to withdraw his motion, and I my amendment.
[Sidenote: Slow progress.] But in the meantime the progress with the Bill was terribly slow.

We were now on the second week with the third clause.

Amendments were disposed of one night only to find that the next day the number of amendments, instead of being diminished, had been increased.