8 JULY 1865, Page 3

Mr. Bright, in his address to his electors, declares that

the Whig Government crept into power by promising to pass a Reform Bill, but treacherously betrayed its allies and the country, —a treachery in which he himself had no part. Mr. Horsman, on the other hand, tells the people of Stroud that Mr. Bright advised the withdrawal of the Bill, and Sir Charles Wood at Ripon says it was given up in deference to public opinion. He was himself in favour of admitting the working men, but he held that until opinion had changed it WS vain to introduce sweeping measures. He seemed certain that opinion wants no modification in the suffrage, and if by opinion he means the sentiment of a -" good" club, we dare say he is quite right.