4 JULY 1958, Page 20

tje Opectator JULY 6, 1833 THE vote of the House of

Commons on Tuesday last, by which Mr. HUME'S motion for a new House was rejected by a decided majority, virtually declares that one half of its members are generally regardless of their duties to their constituents. For it was asserted, that the present building, which will only accommo- date 324 members, was quite large enough for 658 members; because only half of them attended, except on very particular occasions. We should not have been surprised by the use of this argument in the old Borough Parliaments, but the presumption on which it proceeds is disgraceful to one which pretends to represent the Nation. Yet this was the reason which Lord AurnoaP gave for voting against Mr. HUMS.