Mr. Gladstone made two speeches after the declaration of the
South Lancashire poll this day week—by which it appeared that he was third on the poll, and not second, as the Liberal return made him, though very close on Mr. Turner, and a great way ahead of Mr. Legh. On the declaration of the poll itself he compared the Liberal caved to the policeman's creed, that no one
may stop the way where progress is of the soul of -business, but said that "moving on" did not imply rushing against cabs and omni- buses and producing general chaos. The fault of the metaphor was that it suggested that mere motion was the only requisite of progress. To a deputation of working men who had presented him with an address of welcome he replied in the afternoon, vindi- cating the work of political renovators from the charge of "level- ling," and maintaining that it is essentially constructive, archi- tectonic, not levelling, and that it never pulls down the old, unless the material is worn out and endangers the remainder. "Building up," said Mr. Gladstone, "is the business of the Minister," and we trust it may be his destiny to build up that part of the Con- stitution which shall incorporate the working classes with it.
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