24 MARCH 1888, Page 2

Lord Granville maintained the general popularity of the House of

Lords, but denied that that popularity could survive such trials as Lord Salisbury's speech at Oxford, in which he entreated the House of Lords to reject all measures sent up by the Commons to which it might feel itself honestly opposed. Nevertheless, looking to the attraction which the hereditary principle still has for the affections of the people, Lord Gran- ville was most anxious not to lose hold of it, and of the fascination it has for human nature. He only voted for the Committee in his desire to see the hereditary principle properly limited, and supplemented by other principles. Lord Rosebery's motion was lost by a majority of 47 (97 to 50).