The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-26 00:00:00

Ik. GLADSTONE ON THE MAYNOOTiI GIANT

4!D REOJU i DOXUM.

The Rev. W. W. Jubb, an independent minister
of Oldbury, near Birmingham, wrote a letter to Mr. Glad-
stone, in which he said :—" There are certain voters in
this town who are under the impression that you do not
intend to take away the Maynooth Grant and the Rogium
Donum at the same time that you disestablish the Irish
church. This has led them to support the tory candidate,
though they are liberal in principle on every other
subject."
Mr. Gladstone's reply was as follows :—" Not only my
own declarations upon every occasion, but the resolution
unanimously passed by the Rouse of Commons, binds me
in honour, as I am bound in purpose and conviction, to
propose that the Beginm Donn= and Maynooth Grant
should be wound up, and should cease with the church
establishment. Can words go further ? With best com-
pliments, yours, " W. E. GrAneroarn.
Liverpool, November 17, 1888."

Mr. Disraeli has consented to lay the founda-
tion dose of the new church of flt. Luke, Kentish-town,
which will be forthwith commenced.

THIS AMIRICAN MINISTER IN BNOLATM.—The
New York 2tiesss takes Mr. Deverdy Johnsen to task for
his recentspechse :—"Mr. Johnson's
that of servility. It balsams a tempsria2==.ll;
looks as if the peopled the United States was craving
English friendship, Me dependent mendicents, and were
wiling toe ringe and abase themselme in order to win it.
Nothing could he further tress the feet, and the people of
England will be sadly misholif they come many such con-
elusion, We die desire to he as good terms, and to main-
with Erigland, but we never needed
letfawniship less than we do new. We acknowledge the
service her gemmed did es in not following the advice
of Pasheilli es WW2( the eneneple of lalr4 and mixing
the appertnaltyteselkee=tuidp4orelbZs fetal
blew, whim we were when
those ban and inwardly meamikes deemed it therefore
' rale.' Dot we mut not he owed to have forgotten
Wir action—still less most it be theright we lave fallen
so low as to crave their ferglersees, er to hold than and
their watiments otherwise Man be and admin.
ties. Mr. Johmessi refordbeg the work ill
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amomplisk. He think apegier la
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afresh wag his own_uorintlymeme to
praises ef sissi
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with &get end dipleasure, and they produce eery muck
W NM AIM ma goalie amilmad here at hems as the
isimeendie eulogise el las soil Jai Davis, and other rebel
balm% lad ma einilimsed el the North and West
during the recant paltfeel contest. It Mr. Johnson would
avoid on analogeueresalt sad meta kindred cataatrophe,
le should do mare to reprosat, sad leas to exasperate, the
matimest of his cosatrynisa at home."

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♦ LAS! erra''r.
Ilse Times appeals to tho olergy who hays votes
tented oesetitemades as have yet to der *dr wipseeem
trims to rewarder the judgment their brethren fa tie
dodos! office have as a body monomer. The eenseeva-
live sterility by their proposed legislation. rowed Uri
they believed the only way to malaria the bish
Church Fatablielunent was by ►ribiag the rival creeds
of Ireland I. silence. But the clergy know
every one of the conditions of the proposal
to be impomible, sad hate and detest them ; yet they have
rallied t. the support of a ministry which, by hints, deals-
nations, and open proposition'', by every eloquent Indies-
ion of opinion, have confessed that if they be not adopted
the establishment must be surrendered. The Ames, there-
fore saber' the slew sot to be misled by vague alarms,
but to look the proportion of Warta/dishing and Mesa-
daring the bid church in the fees, sad they will see that
the policy they appose is the policy of justice, of peace,
and of safety for themselves and the high interests they
have at heart. The policy they support is, in strictest
truth, a policy of revolution and destruction.

♦ ZETINIF Of Tall POSITION.
The Aril, lima reviews the state of political parties,
and snticipatos the final result of the elections. Mr.
Gladstone, it says, is absolutely secure of a minority of
77 votes in the new Howe of Commons. lie may have
much more—he cannot have a unit lees. If, therefore,
government by a minority is not to be henceforth the rule
in England, and if the principle be not exploded which re-
quires that the minibters of the crown shall enjoy the con-
fidence of the louse of Commons, Mr. Gladdone's
majority, placing it at the very lowest figure to
which the most hostile criticism can reduce it, will give
bim a parliamentary following without recent parallel.
Its quality is as remarkable as its quantity. It is aot
dimply pledged to support the dissetabliehreent of the
Irish Church ; it reflects the country's hearty adoption of
Mr. Gladstone as the ►ead of the liberal party and the
neesssery chief of the next liberal government. The
majority in the last Rowe of Commons was Palmer-
IliOnalla. The majority en the House of Commons which
is now in primer of creation is Oladatonian.

♦ WORD TOR CH

The Tedeq►aph observes that the constituency of Green-
wich has dune a conspicuous service to the w►ole nation.
The liberal Fluty would, no doubt, even in the abeam* of
Mr. Gladstone, have joined in decisive conflict, under the
leadership of Dune trusty lieutenant, wit► the tory mine-
try and its no-policy. Yet Mr. Gladstone's absence from
the great debate which he has been the chief means of
bringing on would have done much to weaken the liberal
patty ; and his volnuteer constituency merits the thanks
of the country for preventing such a mishap.

tlf SOOTWD.

The people a protestant Scotland have, says the Star,
not only sent up an all but unanimous representation
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pledged to vote for the disestablishment and disendow•
meet of the Irish protestant church, but so resolved have
they been to give the utmost sruppoi t to Mr. Gladstone,
that in order to do so they have in some cases thrown off
the political yoke of ages. The county elections in Scot-
land teach other lessons besides the thoroughly safe
character, as regards protestantism, of Mr. Gladstone's
policy. They show that the extension of the county Iran-
( bias has introduced an independent and valuable class of
voters, who are able to measure themselves with the land-
holders, and to defeat them.

INK ONX RIGHTEOUS KAN.

Amidst the defeats which the conservative cause has
sustained in Scotland the Herald derives consolation from
the fact that Lord Eleho has been returned by a decisive
majority. He, at least, has refused to jo:n in that de-
grading humiliation before the altar upon which Mr.
(Ilya has set up the member for Greenwich, to which, to
their lasting shame be it said, almost every other liberal
candidate be. descended, and the Strad congratulates
Scotland that it has at last sent to the House of Com-
mons a member who has some political standing and some
recognised political ability.