Mr. Disraeli, who on this point is the Tory Cabinet,
and the Tory party, and the Adullatnite clique, and the. Radical tail, assented on Monday to the " principle " of a lolger franchise. He would not, however, bind himself to the amount or kind of qualification, or any other detail whatsoever. Mr. Bright quite coaxed him to speak out as to the "figure,"—Mr. Torrens having suggested 101.,—but he would not, the fact being, as Mr. Bright hinted, that he had to overcome Mr. Hardy's scruples. We must say we think Mr. Hardy had some excuse for them. A lodger franchise of 4s. a week, with nobody to prove what the 4s. includes, added on to the Bill as it stands, will be about as near an approach to manhood suffrage in boroughs as the country is likely to endure,
is perhaps just a fraction too near. It is wanted in London per- haps, and Liverpool, but everywhere else it will be a nuisance, except in one respect. It will enable the artisans to resist pressure from landlords.
