27 JANUARY 1872, Page 3

Mr. Plimsoll, Member for Derby, made a speech to his

con- stituents on Friday week which incidentally offers a curious con- firmation of our remarks on the vitality of titles. The Lords last Session passed a Bill depriving bankrupt Peers of their seats in Parliament, and Mr. Plimsoll is quite angry. He says they ought to be deprived of their titles, which he evidently considers much more important than their seats. He may be right, but will he be also just, and introduce a Bill declaring that should he ever be bankrupt, he and his eldest male descendant after him to all time shall be called plain " Plimsoll ?" That statute would be just as wise and just as effective as the other.