2 MARCH 1867, Page 2

Mr. Lowe took advantage of a Mansion House dinner on

Satur- day to praise the House of Commons to the skies, as having per- formed transcendent functions under minute supervision and come out without disgrace. It is all true ; but Mr. Lowe always forgets one point. Suppose we said that Mr. Lowe was a great orator, a clear thinker, a hard but able administrator, and had forfeited the confidence of the electors of Caine. Would that prove that no other member ought to sit for Caine ? The House may be a house of angels, but if it has forfeited the confidence of the nation the members' wings cannot be quoted as proofs that they are the fittest representatives.