We regret to record the death of Mr. Jesse Collings
on Saturday last. The veteran politician, who was eighty-eight, will be remembered as the close ally of Mr. Chamberlain and as the ardent advocate of small holdings and allotments. The agricultural labourer had a true friend in Mr. Collings, whose election cry el "Three Acres and A Cow" was perfectly honest in intention. We must revord also with regret the death of Lord Glenconner on Sunday, at the age of sixty-one. Lord Glenconner was rich man who might have passed his life in luxurious idlenera Instead of that, he devoted most of his time to public work, in London and in Scotland, that was all the more exacting because It did not bring him into the political limelight. He regarded his wealth as a trust and did his best to serve his country. His generosity in opening his fine collection of pictures to the publia for two days a week was typical of the man. Good citizens of Lord Glenconner's kind exercise a beneficent influence in ways that they do not suspect.
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