New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-19

ladies who were spectators presently observed what
u pity ID was that Mr.. Gladstone should have not
nut u sho7cful of mould IN himself. She had be
loved The man in shirt sleeves and gray trousers 10
he one of tho forcstor's mon "a compliment with
which Mr.. Gladstone was not dlsplcascd. Then
Mrs. Gladstone planted n tree aud then Miss Helen
Gladstone third. and whom every body had been
we'll chccrcd the trcc-planting ceremonies came to
an end.
II is time this long narrative o. These mrmor alb
Waits should also come to an end. II anybody unds
II too longer too serious il would he POOR excuse To-
assure him that have oudttcd much that - much
more interesting than what have felt at liberty 10
tell But so it is and cannot do otherwise than 10
have done. nor Ito more, fOr shall see no
more of my here on THIS side the border after he has
lett Brcchn / should like to say how grateful
am for my opportunities, brt that sort of thing
must he strictly suppressed III print. One letter
have vet to write which need detain nobody who
does not care for English politics, since 1t VIII deal
with the purely political side OF Mr.. Glads'one's
tour aud with the political results OF IL. Nj Glad
stone has yet three visits 10 make and his home
ward tourney to complete. and no doubt will make
other speeches and other muittudcs Of admring
and devoted Scotchnen lrrounding him at railway
stations and wherever else he may show himself
Bat the work he came to DO is done and 80 well
dom that thing he has yet to say in Scotland will
much add to the sum of hs present political
achievement.
He goes hence this afternoon 10 CLAIMS Castle, the
seat ol the Earl OF Strath lOre IL will sound like a
fable but il is true that Sir Stafford Northco'c was
invited to meet him At CLAIMS "A fact which take
leave To state because heard il the highest Tory
authority Sir stafford declined 20 20, but only. /
believe because h. was engaged elscV here. Such
meeting would have been good thing for him and
not at all n good thing for Mr. Gladstone iou can
imagine how Scotland and England would all at
once have been file with rumor and surmiSe and
wild conjecture had II taken place No human
beng woald have believed that sir stafford and Mr
ola lstone had met 10y accident solely for the en-
iovmpnt of each Others society. Every paper IN the
kingdom would have announced that negotiations
were going on. The Tories would have proclaimed
cNultlnglv that Mr.. Gade;Oue's campaign had
failed ana that ne was forced to have recourse TO
compromise-tliat he Was proposing some bargain TO
Sir stafford: that he molitatcd 4 surrender; and
know not what else al this nonsense we have
been spared Tie Tory leader SO STYLED by cour-
te,yI has como To- Scotland. and gone away, to use
Lord Roschery's phras" again, no fatter than lie
came The Liberal leader has come and scotland
Ina. given him such a welcome and pledged him such
| support as never before has been preferred to g
Prmc Minister Anything that should have in
/ haired the impression of this series of trlumphs
vould have been a calamity. Bat there ~ no
calamity and nothing to impair the impression of
comp,ctc success. MIR. Gladstone returns 10 Eng
| land to continue his struggle for the eniranchis"
mcnt of two millions of lahorcrs, and behind hiu Is
the unbro,"n force of the Whole volume Of Scottish
opinion and Scottish purpose g. ". =.