25 JULY 1868, Page 2

Mr. 1Valdegrave-Leslie, Member for Hastings, has taken leave of his

constituents in an address as discreditable to our system of representation as it is creditable to himself personally. A man of good family, able, and a fair speaker, Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie has been for twenty years connected with the House of Commons, many years as Assistant-Librarian, and four as member, has stood two contests, and now informs the electors that he retires, " not having sufficient private means to carry him through the fair and legitimate expenses of such repeated contests." In other words, the people cannot have the representative they have twice chosen, and would probably choose again, because an election is made to involve a ruinous expense. The seat will probably go to Mr. Brassey, son of a triple millionaire.