It appears not improbable that what Mr. Disraeli, when head of the Conservative Party, dared to do, Mr. Balfour is also more than willing to risk. I learn from a trustworthy source that one of the surprises which the present government have in contemplation is an important extension of the franchise. This, it is anticipated, will go considerably beyond any legislative proposal bearing upon the matter which the Liberal party has yet put forward. Indeed, if I am rightly informed, and my information comes from a good source, Mr. Balfour, at all events, contemplates the introduction and passing of a measure whose magnitude would entitle it to be classed among the great Reform Bills of the nineteenth century. It would provide for one man one vote, for the extension of the franchise to women on equal terms with men, and would be accompanied by a Redistribution Bill based on the principle of equal electoral areas, or 'one vote one value'.