25 APRIL 1874, Page 3

Mr. Forsyth writes to the Times to say he had

no doubt of being returned for Marylebone, and only rejected the Solicitor- Generalship for one reason. It was not offered to him. Then it ought to have been, and we suspect still the reason why it was not was a doubt about the seat for Marylebone. We wonder how long this system of giving individual boroughs a veto on the choice of the Crown is to go on. If Mr. Forsyth was not offered the Solicitor-Generalship, Mr. Huddleston was, but Mr. Tilled said no, and the Premier was powerless.