On Tuesday in a parting address at the Royal Ex-
change Lord Rosebery expressed his belief in the fortitude of the people, and his confidence that the disaster to Lord Methuen's force was, "in the career of an Empire like ours, but an incident of a moment," an ex-
pression in which ti m commercial magnates of Glasgow fully concurred. Lord. Rosebery, in fad, throughout. his visit was most successful wl oen he spoke as patriot rather than as statesman. There is as little shrinking in Scotland as in England, and as much calm. Both peoples understand the value of dourness, and agree with Mr. Trollope's old brick - maker, "It is dogged as does it," or shall we rather say with the nobler words of the Psalmist in our Prayer-book version, "Tarry thou the Lord's I eisure, be strong, and He shall com- fort thy heart " ?
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