We must not take leave of the subject without referring
to the Minutes of the Committee, just to indicate how the interests of the public were striven for, and by whom. As regards measures, Mr. GROTE was sound and broad in his proposals ; Mr. Visas minutely economical, but large for once, when Ire moved to separate the Pen- sions from the Civil List. As regards votes, Gluier, Hume, Hawes, and &mere were always in favour of Reform and the People ; Lord EHRINGTON once—to abolish the sinecure Governorship of Windsor Castle ; Mr. GEORGE EVANS often; Mr. WILLIAM EVANS occa- sionally; Mr. BANNERMAN and Mr. VILLIERS STUART never. Whether to uphold a sinecure or profusion in the lump, or to assist Mr. RICE in surreptitiously evading the Pension-list, there they stand cheek by jowl with Lord Jolts Russ:la. and the Tories, except on = the Pensions, w hen the Toiies left them to stand alone, though Lord EHRINGTON (in despite of the Poor-law) did not.
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