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POLITICAL NOTES." [SPBCIAL TELEGRAM.1 IFROMOUB GALLERY CORRESPONDENT.] IIoUSE OF COMMONS, Tuesday Nighv.— rlie reports of Mr Gladstone's health this evening are distinctly favourable, but it is only in the sense that no typhoid symptoms liave developed themselves. The tempera- ture of the patient is down from 103 to 102. This is, of course, dangerously high, but since the movement is not upward on this critical day the doctors begin to hope that, at the worst, Mr Gladstone is in for an exhaustive attack of low fever. The Premier has himself abandoned all hope of being able to take an active part in either Cabinet or Parliamentary work for some time to come. The accomplishment of the business of the Session, of course, does not absolutely rest with Ministers. But the disposition of Mr Gladstone's col- leagues is very strongly in favour of carrying out the programme exactly to the extent to which it would have been carried had the Premier been in his place. The Employers' Liability Bill will be pushed forward day by day till it is through committee, and the Hares and Rabbits Bill will be dealt with in the same way. The progress made this morning with the former Bill was not very rapid. Only a few lines of the Bill were agreed to, and a dis- cussion, extending over three hours, opposed the proposition to define the word stock, which appears in the first clause. But there is nothing that can be fairly complained of in this. The issue at stake is enor- mous, and the representatives, alike of the masters and the men, are bound to exercise the greatest care. This they have done to-day, and though the discussion has been long and minute the opponents of the measure cannot be charged -with obstruction. A very strong force of ministers is arranged in support of the Bill. Lord Hartington, as ad interim leader, is emulating the example of Mr Gladstone. He is always in his place, and sits patiently through a long and not always interesting discussion. Unlike Mr Gladstone, he takes no part in it, leaving it to the minister more imme- diately concerned, an example which Mr Gladstone's colleagues hope the Premier will hereafter follow. Mr Dodson is nominally in charge of the Bill, but he is coached by Mr Chamberlain, and receives the constant support of the Attorney-General, by whose side sits the much abler man etiquette has made Solicitor General. Lord Cairns, emulous of the fame of Mr Biggar, delivered one of the most prodigious speeches heard in recent times in the House of Lords. It was also one of the dullest, and altogether failed of its object. It was so overweighed in detail that those who listened to it -were unable to grasp those particular lines of opposition which Lord Cairns doubtless had in his mind. He spoke nearly three hours, and was followed by Lord Selborne, who was brief only by comparison. The House was again crowded with peers, and spectators are chiefly waiting for the division.

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