Mr. Bright's condition has not, on the whole, changed for
the worse. A very bad shivering fit which he had on Sunday gave rise to the most serious alarm ; but since he had it, the condition of his lungs has improved, and his sleep has been sounder and more natural. What gives his friends most anxiety now is the constitutional ailment from which he has long been suffering, and which has rather gained ground as his strength has failed. Still, he keeps a perfectly clear mind, and was able to have a touching address presented to him this week by his Rochdale friends, the genuine affectionateness of which cheered and brightened him. Hardly any living statesman, hardly Mr. Gladstone himself, has impressed his character so vividly on the national mind, and made himself so distinctly felt as one of the principal factors in our English political life, as Mr. Bright.
