Mr. Gladstone has also written a letter to Lord Wolverton,
on which we have commented at some length in another column, in relation to the difference of opinion between his two ex-whips, Lord Wolverton and Lord Stallbridge (formerly Mr. George Glyn and Lord Richard Grosvenor), as to the best steps for reuniting the Liberal Party. Lord Stallbridge wants the Liberals not to press Irish Home-rule on the party as one of its articles of belief; Lord Wolverton is against all drawing back, and holds,—we think justly,—that it is too late for Mr. Glad- stone's followers to return on their steps. It is evident that Mr. Gladstone agrees with Lord Wolverton; but to show hie wish for reunion, he urges the "Dissentient Liberals," as he calls us, to unite with his own section in pressing the Govern- ment to produce their Irish policy at the earliest possible moment, on the ground that not till their Irish policy is before the country, can the opportunity for any recast of the party arise. We fear this is only a proposal for hastening the widening of the breach. The sooner we begin to discuss Ireland again with' Mr. Gladstone and his followers, the wider our differences will become.
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