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Mr. Gladstone has addressed to the electors of Greenwich a

brief but most cordial letter of thanks for the " unparalleled kindness " they have shown him, but he is reported to be too unwell from a severe cold to address them yet. There is one reason for con- gratulating the country on his removal to Greenwich. It will bring him face to face with one of the greatest of our social problems, the social condition of our metropolitan cities, especially as regards pauperism. In Liverpool everything is set down to " the Irish," but in Greenwich there is no such excuse for the misery and squalor as-visible there as in the rest of the river towns below London Bridge.

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