THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4286, 26 September 1882, Page 2

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

The London Times made the following remarks about the House of Lords:— " No one can hide from himself the fact that power is passing away from the House of Lords. Every year emphasises this. It is as patent under Conservative as Liberal administrations. The responsibility rests with both parties. We see both sides of the House apparently en* deavoring to bring about, or acquiesce in, the doom of insignificance which is overtaking it. The House of Commons refuses to endure any real restraint of its powers. And the Peers must not delude themselves as to the feeling of the country in regard to this conspicuous paralysis of their action. There is no wide or deep antagonism to the House of Lords. The outcry against it is spasmodic, and comes from a few. But there is little zeal for the House and its privileges, and the country watches with unconcern the apathetic way in which the Peers suffer their power to slip out of their hands. Tbeir peril is not that they are hated, but that they are apt to be forgotten, especially when important decisions have to be taken. The Peers themselves are very much the authors of their own political decay. It is mistrust, and not hostility, which the House has to fear; and one cannot say that the feeling is without excuse."