The motion of Mr. PETER, for the removal of Lord
WARWICK from the Lord-Lieutenancy of his county, has been elbowed out by the other debates. It is not, we trust, indefinitely postponed. The course which the Peers intend to adopt will be manifested on Monday next, when the second reading of the Warwick Election Bill comes on. Old Lord Emma' is to lead the Conservatives to victory; and the bill is to be thrown out by a majority of three to two. At least, this is the Tory calculation. There was a strong muster on Wednes- day night, when the second reading was expected to have been moved, but which was postponed on account of Lord DURHAM'S indisposition. All the cripples, Royal Dukes, and pauper Peers, were in attendance, eager to smash the Liberal measures of the Commons. The Liverpool Dis- franchisement Bill is to meet the same fate ; and as the Ministers are prepared to succumb (in return for the 95 votes lent them by the Con- servatives on the Church-rate division), the passing of popular acts by the Commons goes for nothing. The Commons, indeed, have a re- medy: will they apply it impartially, and compel the Cabinet to be honest ?
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