27 JULY 1895, Page 3

On Friday week Mr. Chamberlain made an important speech in

North Worcestershire in support of Mr. Wilson, the Liberal Unionist candidate, who won so remarkable a success on the following Tuesday. The most significant portion of the speech was that which dealt with the over-representation of Ireland. What, he asked, is the greatest anomaly in our electoral system at the present time? It is that Ireland has twenty. three Members more than she is entitled to according to popu- lation. We are glad of this indication that the Government are determined, when the time comes, to deal with the gross scandal of Irish over-representation. Of course, this act of justice to England, and indeed to Ireland, unless justice is a one-sided thing, must be the last, not the first, act of the new Parliament.