Mr. Otway, ex-M.P. for Chatham, made a speech at Chatham
ron Wednesday which showed that if the Conservatives of Chatham had given their votes to him instead of to Admiral Elliot, they would not have found themselves very much mis- represented in Parliament. Mr. Otway thought the country had not suffered much by the change of Government, and that the new Government would remain in a very long time, -unless some effective steps were taken to reorganise the Liberal party. But he did not regret the prospect, and only seemed to think that Lord Derby and Lord Carnarvon were not quite up to the mark of the statesmen, Lord Granville and Lord Kimberley, whom they suceeeded. He supported the Public Worship Act, lor Apparently thinking, like a recent meeting, that God has been -good to us in giving us at last such a Protestant Prime Minister as Mr. Disraeli In short, Mr.. Otway sees no real difference, except one on the whole for the better, between this Government and the last, and was disposed to praise Chatham for not returning himself. We suspect that would be the state of mind of a great many Liberals -who were rejected at the general election, if all were as candid as Mr. Otway, and you cannot give a better reason why they were rejected. If there be a Conservatively-inclined Liberal and a Conservative, who equally wish for the sort of things for which the electors also wish, the latter are clearly right to vote for the Conservative. They get equally well represented, and they also get one who will not have pressure put upon him to -make him the supporter of new things.
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