Lord Russell is as cavalierly brief as ever in his
epistolary style. His letter to Mr. Howell about the election at Aylesbury, in -answer to a note from that gentleman thanking him for the interest he had taken in the attempt to return working-men to Parliament, is as concise as that acknowledging notice of the intention of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford "to violate the law," though less austere. It runs :—" Pembroke Lodge, November 27th, 1868. Sir,—I am sorry that you are not in Parliament. I wish Mr. Odger was there too ; you might be of great use on questions of labour and capital, as well as on other questions.—I remain your obedient servant, J. RUSSELL.—To Mr. George Howell." Lord Russell has had a longer experience of Parliamentary life than any of us. And he, at least, lends no authority to the contempt which the Pall Mall Gazette endea- voured to throw on the candidature of Mr. Odger, and on the general reasons advanced for sending working-men to Parliament.
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