Mr. Mundane, who spoke at the same meeting, gave great
credit to the Tories for their behaviour in the House of Commons, but hoped they would go with the Liberals a step further, when the Government cam e to the end of the distasteful restrictive measures needful to prevent the disintegration of the Empire, and em- barked on the great remedial measure to which they trusted for the true pacification of Ireland. The Liberals deserved pity for the dreadful legacy of accumulated difficulty which Lord Beaconsfield's Government had left them. In Afghanistan, in South Africa, in Greece, in Ireland, at the Exchequer, they had left them nothing but embarrassments of all kinds,— embarrassments with which Mr. Gladstone was the only man to deal. But no one associated with Mr. Gladstone could help being thorough, and now they ware grappling thoroughly with these difficulties on all sides. Greenwich, instead of being " the final refuge of dying Jingoism," should help them by sending back Liberals to Parliament at the next opportunity. Mr. Mandolin, is quite right, and we hope his appeal may be successful. But Greenwich will not shake off the lethargy of that Conservatism which afflicts the class of semi-detached villa-residents, without a great struggle. Why the cottage is democratic, we under- stand. But why is the semi-detached villa more susceptible to Tory cries than the shop, the house, or the mill P
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