The Judge-Advocate-General, Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, is per- haps the best
extant representative of the fierce Tory wrath against Mr. Gladstone. At a Poole meeting on Monday night, he declared that the only party which had any confidence in Mr. Gladstone was the party of " radicalism, confiscation, and communism." Mr. Gladstone had but recently expressed his sympathy with the Ham Hill meeting of agricultural labourers, which was simply a meeting of " communists," and Mr. Bentinck prophesied that before long Mr. Gladstone would lead that party. That is about as likely as that Mr. Cavendish Bentinck should lead the Liberal party, or indeed, ever pronounce a speech marked by good-sense and freedom from violent and intolerant prejudice. In the meantime, it is always a credit to be fiercely denounced by Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, who certainly is the best possible hand at judging that to be true for which prejudice is advocate, and, in that rather loose sense at all events, is an admirable Judge-Advocate.
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