4 NOVEMBER 1955, Page 26

Zbe bpettator

NOVEMBER 6, 1830

Lord GREY, in adverting to Parliamentary re- form on Tuesday, said the people had no abstract right to a share in the management of the state; and that, in consequence, if a limita- tion of the franchise were better than an exten- sion, the proper reform would be its limitation. The question of abstract right may perhaps be safely left among those which the Millennium will solve. The right of one class to legislate, and of another to vote for legislators, rest on pretty nearly the same grounds. If the people cannot claim on principle a right to make members of Parliament, as little, we believe, can members not chosen by the people claim a right to make laws.