The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1869.

without ceremony by the Court, and replaced by
um every one of whom had steadily opposed di*
Bill. A quarter of a century has elapsed since then,
and it is not too much to say that every succeed-
ing Administration has more and more distinctly

exemplified the futility of building up an
unpopular or unnstional policy by means
of a packed Parliament. We need not be
troubled with any fears of that. Let as rather
approach the question of Representative Re-
form with the temper of arbiters and the spirit of
jurors, anxious only that equal justice should be fully
dealt out to all. The combined elements of Popula-
tions, Property, and Intelligence, supply the materials
6r such a re-distribution ea will give none of the
great interests of the country any just right to com-
plain. In applying the rule no single iron test of
Mates and unfitness can or ought to be attempted.
We are the most diversified community in the civi-
lised world—so to speak, the community most full of
happy anomalies that history has ever noted. Any
arbitrary enforcement of an uniform standard of
electoral capacity would work infinite mis-
chief, though the logic of its preamble
were incontrovertible and the rigour of its

adherence to arithmetic principles beyond all cavil
or (listen. Returning to the point whence we net
out, we say again that neither the proposal to
transfer a large number of seats from small agricul-
tural towns to small trading towns, nor the proposal '
to turn the former into petty mantles by the in-
clusion of rural districts, would answer say good
purpose. We say this sot because we wish to
diminish one parliamentary iaterest, or beans we
are distrustful of another ; far from it. It iv simply
because we believe th►t on the whole it would be
safer and better to confer sass of the sew state on
towns sot now sofficient/y represented, some on
cosaties that are now too large, and some, where the
sireamstances of the locality admit of it, on several
esetigsous towns associated together for electoral
peeress. We are, in a word, against any exclusive
seethed of treating so complex and comprehensive a
ealrieet. This may not be the most popular view
with any party, bat it is a nes and an English one
sad we an satisfied that in the end it is that which
is meet likely to be legislatively adopted.

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r years. Southey died at Keswick, and Hartley
Coleridge on the margin of Rydal Lake ; and the
Quillinans under the shadow of Longhrigg ; and
Professor Wilson disappeared from Elleray ; ad
the aged Mrs. Fletcher from Lang; and the
three venerable Wordsworth' from Rydal Mount.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

THE EAST.

JAW. 19.

The Journal de Constantinople of the 12th inst.
publishes an article stating that new conflicts have
arisen between the Clamming, asserting that the
state of affairs is particularly grave in Moldavia,
and regrets deeply that the elections had not been
adjourned.
Private letters announce that the disturbances in
the provinces surrounding Bagdad become more
serious.

Mehemet Bey will not return to Paris as am-
bassador.

Two Russian vessels arrived here from Nicolaieff
and proceeded on their route to Villafranoa.
Mr. Murray, the English ambassador in Persia,
has embarked for England vitt Marseilles.
Prince Alfred is expected at Constantinople.