At Greenwich it seems probable that Mr. Gladstone will be
successful, many split-votes, even of Tories, being thrown for the Premier, merely because he is Premier and a credit to the- borough. The Tories, however, are running two candidates,— Mr. Boord, the Publicans' man, and Mr. Liardet, who expresses the discontent of the dockyards with certain redactions. In West- minster, Mr. W. H. Smith seems safe, as he is a moderate man and has made a fair success in Parliament ; while Sir Fowell Buxton, brewer, baronet, and philanthropist, certainly ought to succeed. A remark about his subscriptions to the London Hospital, which we inserted last week, though avowedly doubting its correctness, is, we are assured, unfounded. The firm do sub- scribe largely to the London Hospital, but they do not do it to obtain hospital relief for their men. The members keep up two clubs of their own, one of which is aided by the employers, and employ their own medical men, both for themselves and their wives. It is possible that in a few serious cases, where home treatment is nearly impossible, the men may have gone into hospital, but that is all.
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