Mr. Gladstone has issued his address to the electors of
Greenwich, asking for re-election. He says that the complete preoccupation of his time and thoughts with his new duties "do not leave" him "the usual opportunities of appearing among them before the day of election," and that be " will certainly use every effort in office to give effect to the great measures which, out of office," the members of the new Administration have agreed to recommend to the country. The Standard, which has ever since Mr. Glad- stone's election taken a puerile delight in " hailing " him as often as it could manage to do so as the "right honourable Member for Greenwich," of course says that he is ashamed of his constituents because he does not go to address them,—now quite unnecessarily, —before the day of election. We rather wish he had rewarded a very gracious and generous action by personally thanking them as soon as possible after the South Lancashire failure ; but as for shame, the Standard well knows that there is not a large borough in the kingdom which would have elected Mr. Disraeli in his absence, and during his active candidature for a more dignified constituency.
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