Last Saturday the Liberals presented their testimonial to Mr. Brand,
the late Liberal whip, who has probably come out of that -difficult office with hands more completely free from stain than any predecessor, and yet who has been regarded universally as efficient and successful. The gratitude which Mr. Gladstone expressed to Mr. Brand, in the name of his party was evidently no superficial feeling, and Mr. Brand well deserved it. Honourable, keen, almost subtle in his understanding of men, and one of the most agreeable in social intercourse, he had done much to prevent many „small party ruptures, of the kind of which the celebrated Cave was the most remarkable instance, and much also to re-cement ruptures which had actually occurred. The Times gives a list of the subscribers to Mr. Brand's testimonial, If it is a complete -one, some of the names most "conspicuous by their absence" from it are Lord Elcho's, Mr. Lowe's, Mr. Roebuck's, Mr. Bernal Osborne's. Earl Grosvenor and Mr. Horsman both subscribed.
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