B28 LIFE OF COBDEN. HAF.

186L it goes directly against the feudal domination under which
&r.57, wo really live, whereas in the great towns radicalism often
misses its mark and is assailing some insignificant grievance:
If you can see your way for carrying out this idea, I would
take some apropos occasion for announcing® the intention
bo ‘open up,’ as we say of China, the politics of our
counties, You would then have volunteers aiding you
with information. Let it be seen who are the men who
really return the county members. Show how absolutely
the 5 to 10,000 registered electors are ignored in the
choice of their representatives. No meetings to discuss the
question, no contests, not even a newspaper controversy,
bo decide the merits of candidates who are generally totally
unknown by any political antecedents. Challenge a comparison
 between the mode of doing these things in the
counties and the large boroughs, as well as between the
merits of the knights of the shire, and the burgesses returned
 to Parliament.”

(15.) To William Hargreaves.
Life in Algiera—The English Working Class.
“ Algiers, 1st March, 1861.—The weather here continues
oll that could be possibly desired. The scenery around
Algiers for walking or horse exercise is remarkably beautifal.
 It is threaded with foot-paths and Arab tracks in
all directions, presenting a great variety of views, I have
hardly ever seen a city possessing such resources in its
neighbourhood. We have a clear sky generally, or with
only a few clouds to break the monotony, Very seldom
any rein. It is very hot in the sun’s rays. A thermometer
on a table in front of the house stood the other day ab
95. But in the shade it is quite different. . . . This differ

* Mx. Lucas was now Editor of the Morning Star.