The Leeds Conference, on Wednesday, mustered some 2,500 delegates from
upwards of five hundred Liberal Associations in different parts of the kingdom, and found, apparently, no difficulty at all in coming to a resolution which was all but
unanimous as to the claims of the various measures which are candidates for legislative precedence in the next Session. The chair was taken by Mr. John Morley, who, as every one knows, advocates the passing of a County Franchise Bill in 1884, and a Redistribution of Seats Bill in 1885, if the Lords accept the County Franchise Bill. The Lords, he said, are not a bit more partial to a County Government Bill or to a London Govern- ment Bill than they are to a County Franchise Bill, and they will reject or accept any Bill according as they suppose that by so rejecting or accepting it they will increase their chance of getting a majority at the general election, and so hoisting a Con- servative Government into power. A resolution in favour of introducing a County Franchise Bill at the commencement of the next Session was carried all but unanimously, but very few delegates voting with Mr. Firth, M.P., for the higher claim of a London Government Bill.
