Mr. Anderson and Mr. Illingworth spoke from the Liberal side
against the Bill—Mr. Rylands and his amendment hacl prudently vanished into space—and Sir G. Goldney from the Conservative side warmly in its favour. Sir John Lubbock also made a very powerful speech for the Bill, showing that we re- quire local authorities to repay debt within fifty years, and yet. make no adequate provision at all for repaying the Debt of the whole nation in spite of the rapid increase of wealth,—an increase for the continuance of which we have no adequate security, wken our coal is obtained at a greater and greater cost every year,. and the competition of other nations is running us so close. After speeches against the Bill from Mr. W. H. Smith and Lord George Hamilton, Sir S. Northcote declared it his intention to- record his vote against the Bill, when its second reading was carried by 149 votes against 95 (majority, 54).
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