The Lord Mayor gave a dinner to the Judges last
night ; and among the guests was Lord Elgin. In referring to his Chinese and Japan missions he made an amusing and sensible speech. Having described the great Chinese security against maladministration—decapitation; which has its inconveniences, presses hardly on individuals, but furnishes 'ekte,enterprising young men, he said— "If would crea 1consiatilifil,,-.-,erturbation among the heads of departments. that were were introduced into this country, I can't help thinking
• At any rate, i 'would have a strong 6) reduce that plethora of
Prime Ministert and that kind of determination of b whioh now appears to be the disease from which England is likely (Laughter.) Tts result of my experience in the East is that competitive examination, eesn when supplemented by. decapitation, is not an adequate substitute for tAtt manly morality which is the product of our free constitu- tion and of tteicharacteruitic training of our countrymen." (Cheers.)
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