'A still older veteran statesman has just Pelham Villiers. He remained a member sed away in the person of Mr. Charles
of Parliament till the end and established a second by represoting the same, nearly a9 possible the same, constituency for sixty-three years, It is many years, of course, since he made a speech in the House, but he fully retained his interest in all poli tical questions, and his opposition to the Home Rule scheme was most vigorous and pronounced. His old constituency of Wolyerhampton was divided into three by the Reform Bill of 1885, and he subsequently represented a division which lay quite outside the old town, It always returned him without opposition, and consequently the by-election which has been necessitated by his death will take place on absolutely virgin soil. No one knows whether the constituency is really Liberal or Conservative, and the contest will have the charm of absolute uncertainty as to the result.
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