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 or to transfer to other Candidates, or to leave unused.

(5) That the Elections in the several Districts should terminate, as nearly as possible, at the same time.

As a practical conclusion to this treatise, I venture to suggest the following ideal Schedule of General Resolutions, such as might fairly be agreed on by all parties, and thus tend to the peaceful termination of this deplorable controversy.

[N.B. The numbers here suggested are merely tentative, and capable of being modified ad libitum.]

1. The House shall consist of 660 Members.

2. There shall be 180 electoral Districts.

3. No District shall contain less than a population of 60,000, or more than 500,000.

4. A District, whose population is between 60,000 and 105,000, shall have one Member assigned to it; between 105,000 and 150,000, two Members; and so on, in accordance with the following Table:—