Saturday was also occupied by the Conservatives in two- attempts
at legislation by picnic. One was in Lord Jersey's park at Isleworth, where Lord Carnarvon and Lord George Hamilton addressed some 2,000 Conservatives, and accused the Liberals of trying to extinguish the Conservative Party and break up the Constitution. In the north, Sir Stafford Northeote addressed some of the Conservatives of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in the Duke of Portland's riding-school, at Welbeck Abbey, near Worksop. They were to have assembled in the park, but the rain drove them under cover; and Sir Stafford accused the Government of shortening the Session, and massacring all their measures merely out of "pet and pique." He also accused the Government of not trusting the people, of shrinking from an appeal to the people, and of concealing their Redistribution measure out of fear of the people. We are bound to suppose that Sir Stafford Northcote believes all this ; but one of the most melancholy features of the situa- tion is the violent party spirit which inspires such men as Sir Stafford North cot with credulity so boundless. Sir Stafford Northcote also showed conclusively, what no one ever doubted, that the existing county constituencies are very jealous of admitting the householders of the counties to share their _power.
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