21 MARCH 1891, Page 2

Lord Hartington has consented, at the special request of the

Government, to be the head of the Commission on the relations of Capital and. Labour. It would be impossible to find a stronger or more impartial head for the Commission.; but it will be a very laborious post for Lord Hartington to fill, and is likely, we should fear, to divert to some extent from general politics the attention which it is so desirable that he should give to them. Mr. Burt and Mr. TilIett are also spoken of as members of the Commission. The number spoken of for this Commission seems to us too large. If there are to be twenty Commissioners, the inquiry will hardly prove a satisfactory one. Investigations conducted by even a small public meeting are apt to be confused and rambling.