12 FEBRUARY 1870, Page 1
The debate on the Address was moved in the Commons
by the Hon. Captain Egerton (M.P. for South Derbyshire), more of a sailor than of a speaker, who blurted out pretty plainly, in a short speech which contained no other expression of personal opinion, his objection to give legal protection to funds applicable to the pur- poses of strikes ; and seconded by Sir Charles Dilke, who—not- withstanding a certain Parliamentary twang about his delivery —showed perhaps as much ability as that most conventional of Parliamentary performances is capable of displaying.
