Lord Stanley has forwarded a sort of circular to the
morning papers on "the season and the session." In common with many others, he pointa. out the social inconvenience of spending the summer in London and the winter in the country ; and argues, that business would be better doile were the session to close earlier. "Briefly, what I propose is this-that Parliament should meet regularly, as nearly as possible, on the 1st of November. That it should sit for six weeks; adjourning about December 15, for three weeks or a month. That it should resume its sittings not later than January 15; by which two clear months would have been gained at the time when our present session usually commences, namely the 1st of February. Deduct those two months from the other end of the session, and Parliament might be prorogued by the first or second week in June, instead of the first or second week in August."
Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope, who formerly represented the borough of Maidstone, has addressed the electors in the Conservative interest.
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