Mr. Courtney made an able speech last week at Liskeard,
in which he was wise enough to let bygones be bygones, and not renew the personal dispute with Mr. Horsman. He dwelt chiefly on the Tenant-right question, quoting an opinion which he said was held both by Mr. Caird and by Lord Derby, but which a cor- respondent of the Times declares has never been held by Mr. Caird, that under a better system of tillage the produce of the English soil might possibly be doubled. Mr. Caird, it is aaid, holds only that that produce may possibly be in- -creased by twenty per cent., but not doubled. However, whatever the exact figure may be, there is no doubt that a better system, of which securer tenure is the chief element, would greatly increase both the gross and perhaps also the net produce of the soil, and Mr. Courtney was earnest on behalf of such security of tenure. Also we regret to say he declared for the Dis- establishment of the Church. He called upon Mr. Gladstone to return to the lead of the Liberal party and elaborate a great scheme of county reform. On the whole, it was an able speech, and one which evidently did not diminish the zeal of the electors of Liskeard for the chance of a new contest. Certainly to change Mr. Horsman for Mr. Courtney would be changing somewhat obsolete, for rapidly-growing ability.
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