28 NOVEMBER 1891, Page 3

Lord Spencer delivered an address to the Gladstonians In the

Corporation Hall, Ramsbottom, on Thursday, in which he expressed great satisfaction in the suppression of boycotting in Ireland, but thought the credit of it was due to Mr. Glad, stone's policy, and not to Mr. Balfour's coercion, If that is so, why was boycotting so widespread in 1886 while Mr. Glad- stone was in power, and why did it dwindle in the latter part of 1886, when Lord Salisbury succeeded him ? Lord Spencer does not look the facts candidly in the face. The Irish take liberties under a weak government, and recognise at once the meaning of strong government.