Observations on the Ministerial Plan of Reform, Vol. 2

Excerpt from Observations on the Ministerial Plan of Reform

Tue Ministerial plan of Reform has now been submitted about four weeks to the House of Commons, and to the country. Until the last hour, its details and provisions were kept a pro found secret, were unknown to the subordinate Members of the Government, and could not, therefore, have been previously weighed and con sidered by the public. Scarcely, however, was the measure explained and promulgated, than a great number of petitions in support of it poured in from various quarters. In many instances, in the more remote counties, the petition in support of the Bill was forwarded almost by return of the post, which brought it down. In all, the interval was a very brief one. B.