20 NOVEMBER 1886, Page 2

The Tories of Brighton have refused to vote for Mr.

Goschen as a Liberal, and he has declined to accept a nomination as the Liberal candidate. The difficulty is natural enough on both sides ; but the Tories ought to take a little more trouble about finding so important a Unionist a seat. Without him the con- joined party has no trained financier ; and if it does not take care, Mr. Gladstone will make mincemeat of Lord Randolph Churchill when his Budget comes to the front. It is a great misfortune of the present struggle that it so deepens the fissure between parties as almost to blind them to the value of intellec- tual ability in the House. Leaving out Mr. Goschen on one side, is at least as injurious as would be the leaving out of Mr. J. Morley on the other.