A very large deputation of 350 Liberals, representing 117 associations
and more than 100 towns, waited on Wednesday on Lord Granville and Lord Hartington, to impress on them the- necessity of action in the present crisis. Their views were em- bodied, at a preliminary meeting, in a resolution declaring it Ton sible to remedy any defects of the San. Stefano Treaty through a Congress, and protesting against "a useless and criminal war ," and when introduced to the leaders, the deputation repeated these two ideas with emphasis. They did not, however, suggest any policy which ought to be pursued, and their action was impressive rather from their numbers and weight than from anything they said. Mr. Bright, who introduced them, testified to their representa- tive character, but confined himself to saying that he considered the time " very important and very serious," and that we 'were drifting on rocks which were very near.
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