Mr. Morley spoke again at Chester on Thursday, a speech
of no importance, except that it contained an estimate of what the Gladstonians hope to win in Cheshire. It appears that they count confidently on carrying Chester itself, where the majority against Dr. Foster at the last election was only 66, and also on carrying several of the county divisions. At present there are in Cheshire only two Gladstonians out of the thirteen Members who are sent to Parliament for that county; but the ambition of the Gladstonians is to quad- ruple their present number of Members,—that is, to turn two into eight, leaving only five seats in Unionist hands. That is, of course, a very sanguine estimate. They talk of the over- shadowing influence of the Duke of Westminster as the great obstacle in their way. Is there not an equally great over- shadowing influence at Hawarden Castle in the way of the Unionists ? For our own part, we believe that Mr. Gladstone's personal influence is greater, and even less dependent on political reasons for its authority, than the Duke of West- minster's.
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