28 APRIL 1855, Page 9

The Times gives great prominence to an announcement that on

Satur- day next there will be a meeting at the London Tavern to found an " Ad- ministrative Reform Association." The resolutions to be moved are con- spicuously placed : they demand a "thorough change in the administrative system," find the remedy for maladministration "in the introduction of enlarged experience and practical ability into the service of the State," and protest against "the pretensions of any section of the community to monopolize the functions of administration." No names are mentioned in connexion with this movement.