Mr. Horsman is waxing bold. His seat for Stroud is
greatly en- ,dangered by the cordial invitation which the newly enfranchised working class are said to have given to Mr. S. S. Dickenson, and he makes a bold fight for his seat. Waiving the question of Reform, -onwhich Mr. Horsman gave his constituents the offence now recoiling -on his head, he boldly goes in not only for the disestablishment of the Irish Church and the abolition of religious tests at the Universities, -but for the Reform of the House of Lords,—advocating the re- moval of the Bishops, the creation of life peers, and besides, the *election of the hereditary legislators from among the mass of the nobility by an elective process similar to that of the representative peers of Scotland and Ireland. This is a very bold programme for an election address,—bolder than need be, for certainly the elective peers of Scotland and Ireland have by no means taken a high Par- liamentary rank. But for the rest, Mr. Horsman's proposals are wise and courageous enough. Will he be able, however, to appease the offended Nemesis of his borough by this sin-offering of the House of Lords as at present constituted? It seems a very doubt- ful question.
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