Mr. John Morley met his constituents at Newcastle on Wed-
nesday, and made a speech in which he first of all condemned the freehold vote. Faggot-voting was admitted to be bad, and the non-resident freeholder bad through his property all the power he ought to have. He was distinctly in favour of the principle,—" One man, one vote." He smiled at the zeal of Tories to prevent future anomalies, while they are so willing that present anomalies should continue to exist. He was strongly in favour of extending the lower franchise to Ire- land, pointing out that the hatred of the peasantry for England,
which is the true reason for objecting to extension, has grown np under the restrictions now maintained. To pass a Reform Bill and exclude Irelan 1 ii, moreover, to render it certain that the whole question must be immediately reopened,—a fatiguing process, which he thought nobody in his senses could desire. Mr. Morley expressed his belief that the number of Parnellites returned under any suffrage would be about the same; and Mr. Parnell is, we perceive, of the same opinion. They may be right, but we have great doubts of it. Why should the labourers lore the Parnellitcs, or how are the Parnellites to desert the farmers P
