15 JULY 1966, Page 9

tbe Zpectator July 14. 1866 Only one member of the

new Government has as yet been beaten on the hustings. Mr. Patton. the Scotch Advocate-General, who has lost Bridgwater to a Mr. Vanderbyl. an Australian. we believe, of Dutch extraction, who once contested Yarmouth, but was un- seated for bribery. He is a sound vote, we suppose, but we detest this system of sending Ministers chosen by Parliament, or at all events accepted by Parliament, back to petty con- stituencies. Why should Bridgwater be able to

• veto Lord Derby's selection for the government of Scotland?