Mr. Fitzjames Stephen has issued an address to the electors
of Dundee, in which he announces himself a cordial supporter of the present Government. He thinks that the measures carried 'by it constitute a strong claim upon the country for support, hopes for improvements in administration, and is satisfied in particular that the economy which goes hand-in-hand with true efficiency can only be secured by the policy of the present Govern- ment. It is pretty nearly certain that all other candidates will resign before Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, whom we shall be thoroughly glad to see in Parliament, about the only place where opponents refuse 'to be trampled on. After three years of Parliamentary drill, of compulsory instruction in the conceiv- able existence of an uncertainty, a doubt, or a character mixed up of good and evil, the House might trust Mr. Stephen to draw a Code as Mr. Livingstone did, and pass or reject it en bloc. All the while, too, it will enjoy the luxury of seeing all pretenders in the House summarily put down.
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