NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE debate in the Lords on the Reform Bill practically ended on Thursday night, when Lord Derby announced that he would have no tampering with his Redistribution scheme, and the Peers submitted. They will, we imagine, next week pass the Bill, hav- ing introduced only three considerable changes. They have raised the copyhold franchise in counties from 5/. to 101., increased the lodger qualification from 101. to 15k, and decided that in three- cornered boroughs and counties electors shall have only two votes, thus leaving the third vote to the minority. It seems to be under- stood that the first change will pass unnoticed in the Commons, that the second will be rejected, arid that the third will give rise to a sharp debate, ending in a vote, in which the confusion of parties will be worse confounded. The experiment, which only affects twelve seats, will, however, in all probability be tried.
