On the same evening, Mr. Chamberlain addressed a great gathering
in the Coliseum, and was received with an enthusiasm which seems to have been unusual even for him, —no doubt the result of the reaction which has followed "the whirlwinds of abuse" to which he has been exposed. "It is absolutely impossible that any human being can be so bad as Mr. Chamberlain is painted." That is no doubt part of the oxplanation, but a great deal is due to the love of Englishmen for one who is both honest and a good hard fighter. Very amusing was Mr. Chamberlain's description of the fight for first place next Session between the various Gladstonian groups, and how an attempt was being made to give it both to the Welsh and to the Irish. "So you will see next Session that Disestablishment in Wales and the reform of the land laws in Ireland are to run in double harness. I think that will be a team which will take very delicate driving, and I have an impression that of the two horses concerned, it is the Welsh horse that will be the most worked, and that will have the least beans." The Labour party is to have the third place with proposals brought fresh from the Trade-Union Congress, " each one of which is more absurd, more impossible, and, if it were possible, more mischievous than the other." And lastly comes the United Kingdom Alliance with its Bill for the abolition of the liquor trade. "I cannot help thinking that this horse is only entered to make the running for the others." The weightiest part of Mr. Chamberlain's speech, that dealing with the danger of a Single House unrestrained by any checks, we have noticed elsewhere.
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