'A. lively discussion ensued s to whether the suspension should be given effect. The President offered personally to ask the Grand Councillors to attend and the motion was pat to the rote, It was lost by a narrow margie.
three hours had been occupied "by the Hunan loan question, which was, not set down for hearing that di notwithstanding the excitement [oise throughout the discussion the use went quietly on with questions of no special importance. Everyone felt, however, that a deadlock bad narrowly been averted and that the Grand Cooncillors would be rather ill-advised to comply with the peremptory demand of the Assembly, It was just a question of how far the Goveroment would let the Assembly go. Had the Grand Councillors appeared the Members would probably have been satisfied with
dewand might have been much more progressing too rapidly and their next very brief explanation; bat they were
unreasonable, It was not sarprisiog, therefore, to learn that a special meeting. of the Members had been held on Friday to consider a message from the Government, What the message was or what the decision of the meeting had been could not be learned antu Saturday when the next regular sitting occurred, THE VOLTE FACE, It was scarcely necessary to listen to what was said to understand that the attitude of the House bad undergone considerable change. Indeed the demeanonr of all the most uncompromising members was thoroughly downcast, One looked in vain for a happy face. And as the proceedings began to take form it became apparent that discretion, which is generally onpopalar, bad registered victory over less desirable, but more noble impulses.
'A petition intended to be vent in duplicate to the Grand and Government Councils was rosd to the House. It was a mild affair, containing nothing that would bring the blash of shame or anger to the cheeks of high officials. There was no reference in it to the attendance of the Grand Connecillors and many of the most ardent reformers sat hunched up in their seats, their chins' on their bresste and expressions of defeat without disgrace resting upon their
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