illusions was shown by the next sentence, "What is of
importance now is the course to be pursued by the House of Lords."
Bishop Magee met Disraeli on Jan. 28, '69. "Dizzy said very little,"
he wrote to a friend, "and that merely as a politician, on the
possibilities in the House of Lords. He regards it as a lost game in
the Commons."--_Life of Archbishop Magee_, i. p. 214.

180 See _Daily News_, April 26, 1869.

M81 The House Of Lords
M82 Destructive Amendments
M83 Difficulties Thicken

181 The memorandum is dated Aug. 14, 1869.

182 1. The Lords' amendment as to curates to be adopted, L380,000. 2.
The Ulster glebes, 465,000. 3. The glebe houses to be free, 150,000.
Total L995,000.

Or the Bishop of Peterborough's amendment as to the tax upon livings
in lieu of No. 3, would carry a heavier charge by 124,000. Total
L1,119,000.

183 The version in society was that "Gladstone wanted to throw up the
bill after the debate of last Tuesday, when the words of the
preamble were re-inserted, but he was outvoted in his cabinet; and
it is said that Lord Granville told him that if he gave up the bill
he must find somebody else to lead the Lords."--(July 22, 1869),
_Memoirs of an Ex-Minister_, ii. p. 409.

M84 Action Of Lord Cairns

184 They were somewhat but not very greatly improved. The Ulster glebes,
however, were gone. He now demanded: 1. The acceptance of the
amendment respecting curates = L380,000; 2. Five per cent, to be
added to the seven per cent, on commutations = L300,000; 3. The
glebe houses to be given to the church at ten years' purchase of the
sites, a slight modification of Lord Salisbury's amendment =
L140,000. From this it appeared that even in the mid hours of this
final day Lord Cairns asked above L800,000.

_ 185 Life of Archbishop Tait_, ii. p. 45.

M85 Views Of Mr. Bright
M86 A Digression

186 When the present writer once referred to the Principle of the Act of
1860 as being that the hiring of land is just as much founded on
trade principles as the chartering of a ship or the hiring of a
street cab, loud approbation came from the tory benches. So deep was
parliamentary ignorance of Ireland even in 1887, after the Acts of
1870 and 1881.--_Hans._ 314, p. 295.

M87 Land Bill In Cabinet
M88 New Principle
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