20 APRIL 1872, Page 2

Ur. Gladstone announced on Thursday that Her Majesty's. Government, in

deference to the feeling of the House of Commons. and of the country outside, intended to propose a grant to Lady Mayo. Mr. Osborne, therefore, withdrew his notice of motion, for which he had apparently secured a majority. The amount to be assigned has not been stated, but it will, of course, be liberal, Parliament treating the case as one which cannot be made into a precedent. No officer in India except the Viceroy can have any claim on Parliament, because no other can be held to represent- Imperial interests, and it may be well therefore that regret should have its full expression. The money is not to be taken from unrepresented men, and it is the liberal master who finds the most willing, if not the most faithful servants.