17 JULY 1886, Page 1

Mr. Gladstone has addressed the following letter, upon which we

have commented elsewhere, to Mr. Kitson, of Leeds, a defeated candidate :—" To suffer in a good cause is a thing so honourable and noble that I will not offer to condole with you; but I am truly sorry that after so much of the most intelligent and patriotic exertion you should not form one of our Parliamentary band. We have Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Yorkshire, and, I hope, the North ; and we have with us the civilised world. From this moment it is probable that our cause will visibly move upwards. It has, indeed, enormously moved upwards within the last twelve months. Its final triumph is certain. The only question is how much will there be of unhappiness for Ireland, of difficulty and delay, of pain and shame for England, before the consummation will be reached." The "civilised world" has not spoken yet, and for the .most part hangs its Fenians, even in America, off-hand.