The motion for rescinding the Lords' amendment raising the lodger
franchise from 101. to 151. was introduced by Earl Russell iu a speech praising the London workmen, and declaring the 101. figure a parliamentary compact. Lord Derby accepted the motion upon that view, denying at the same time that the figure mattered much, and Lord Cairns assented in a very weak speech. He did not know, he said, that there had been any com- potes the Lower House, thought if there had been it should be kept, did not believe 101. dangerous, and, on the whole, proved that he thought his own amendment quite worthless. Poor Lord Alalmestiury, who had originally accepted the increase because it looked Tory, and without thinking at all, did not open his mouth, and the vote was rescinded without a division, to the wrath only of Lord Ravensworth, who subsequently lectured tlie House on ti proper dignity.
