Mr. G. 0. Trevelyan, in the course of a very
masterly speech— repeating arguments for our neutrality, which can never be too much popularised, and which no one has put better than Mr. Tre- velyan—delivered to his constituents in the Border Boroughs on Friday week, described the present Prime Minister as a sort of "Brummagem Chatham," whose political fire-works they could not enjoy gratis. They must expect to have some of his rocket-- sticks coming down about their heads, and some of the sparks from his fire-works upon the thatch of their houses. A "Brum- magem Chatham" is a happy phrase, but a Brummagem Boling- broke would be even nearer the mark both of Lord Beaconsfield's aims and of his achievements. Mr. Trevelyan declared that if Lord Beaconsfield should try to entangle us in war with Russia, the Liberal Members "would contend with every faculty they- possess against a course of policy which they regard as a signal folly and an unpardonable crime."
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