THE FRANCHISE v. EGYPT.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOR."3
a parochial two-hours' walk this morning, in this retired agricultural parish, I have been asked eleven times as to the result of last night's division in the House of Lords. All through this Session I have never once been asked a question as to the numerous Egyptian Votes of Censure. Three of my querists added :—" How has our Bishop voted ? " For that, I am glad to say, is the way in which the energetic Bishop of Lichfield, who makes his presence felt everywhere in his diocese, is usually described. We are so far from the train that we do not, for the most part, get our papers the same day, so our curiosity must wait for a time. Bat, perhaps, you will think this country interest noteworthy, especially in the action of the
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