Lord Cranbrook delivered yesterday week, at Maidstone, -a. very lively
attack on the Liberal Party, particularly on Lord Derby. Lord Derby, he said, was quite incompetent to do any- -thing so energetic as take "a leap in the dark." "We admit -all the coldness and calculation in what he did, and that he has gone 'creeping on with the creeping hours' to the position which lie now holds." "When they [the Liberals] brought on their measures with respect to the land, which, by the way, were tho- roughly distasteful to him, he analysed the foulest ingredients in -their mess, before he swallowed it." In a word, Lord Cranbrook dubbed Lord Derby "a political refrigerator," and wished the Liberals joy of him in very bitter language. Certainly, a party whose test of energy is the disposition to take "a leap in the dark" is not likely to value Lord Derby. The Liberals, how- ever, though they sometimes take leaps, prefer taking leaps in he light; and for that purpose, Lord Derby will be very helpful.
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