NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MR. GLADSTONE dominates the week. His progress northwards on Monday was a series of ovations. In Preston, in Carlisle, in Hawick, in Galashiels, he had to receive popular welcomes, in most of them addresses, and in some of them presents of materials for clothes, so that he must have arrived in Edinburgh with such a stock of tweed, plaid, and rug as might have .set up a small dealer. In Edinburgh, moreover, an enthusiastic admirer, Mr. R. Fer- guson, of Millhill House, Museelburgh, insisted on his step- ping out of the train on to two rugs of fine Leicester wool, inscribed, with the word " welcome " in blue letters, with a crimson Angora border. Everywhere the stations were 'crowded to catch a glimpse of the ex-Prime Minister, and the popular welcome in Edinburgh was enthusiastic. The simple truth is that Mr. Gladstone is regarded as the embodi- ment of the Liberal cause, wherever he goes ; and well he may be, for it was he who first made head against the policy of this Government, and whose courage and foresight in relation to the Eastern Question have determined in advance every step taken not only by the Liberal leaders, but by all who now tread in the
steps of Mr. Canning.
