Lord Salisbury spoke at a dinner of the United Club
on Wednesday, and began by explaining that he knew no more as to the date of the dissolution than that, by the Septennial Act, Parliament must terminate on August 6th, 1893. That was virtually an admission that the Government had as yet come to no decision on the subject of a dissolution,—had not, for instance, decided as yet that they would not dissolve during the Long Vacation. He laughed at Mr. Labouchere's prophecies, remarking that Mr. Labouchere appeared to know a good deal more about what has gone on, and will go on, in the Foreign Office than he (Lord Salisbury) knows. He reminded the Unionists that, important as it is to carry the General Election, the object of their efforts should not be limited to that aim and that alone, since almost as much may be effected for any great policy even by a party in Opposition as by a party in power. Further, he pointed out that the Gladstonians were adopting the old ultra-Radical oonrse of attacking property, illustrating his criticism by Mr. Brand's address in the Wisbech Division of Cambridgeshire, although the poor are far more deeply interested in the sacredness of all property than the rich themselves.
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