9 JULY 1892, Page 17

At the National Liberal Club, they exhibited a trans- parency

on Monday night with "Seven Liberal Gains" in brilliant illumination. On Tuesday there were no gains, so they merely exhibited a transparency of Mr. Gladstone. As a correspondent of Wednesday's Times observes, the rule seems to be "When in difficulty, play Mr. Gladstone." And that is really the moral of the Gladstonian gains in this Election. They have not been gains for Home-rule ; they have been gains for Mr. Gladstone in spite of his Home-rule policy, and would have been treble what they are but for that policy.