The British electorate, as a whole, was somewhat scandalized by the exhibition of so violent a temper; but the education of the British electorate was only beginning.
Congestion of business from the previous session deferred the introduction of the Home Rule Bill till April.

Great demonstrations for and against it were held in advance.

In Dublin on March 31st was such a gathering as scarcely any man remembered.

O'Connell Street is rather a boulevard than a thoroughfare; it is as wide as Whitehall and its length is about the same.

On that day, from the Parnell monument at the north end to the O'Connell monument at the south, you could have walked on the shoulders of the people.