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are pure fiction. but does not deny this particular
alteration

are pure fiction. but does not deny this particular
allegation.
Mr.. Goschcn's campaign in Scotland like Lord
Hartington's shows the Unionists think 1t neces-
sary to make great efforts to retain their hold
on that Kingdom. Mr.. Gladstone sent letter
to Dalkeith to reassurc the faithful Lord Rose
berry has been speaking there to his Scottish
neighbors, both ON Imperial Federation and Irish
| Home Rule. He lends, whether he means to
| or not, some encouragement to an idea that Is
| slowly making its way-all ideas make way
| slowly in England-that these two policies are
rather closely connected The Tories have al
ready begun to ask whether the existing Con-
stituton of this Empire is to be broken up
and whether the Empire. is to mean hereafter
nothing but federation Of more or less indie
pendent states and colonies When there is
national demand for Scottish Home Rule" said
Lord Rosebery on Thursday at Dalkeith, you
will find me no laggard" and he predicted that
the demand would soon come. Whether this pre-
dicton and this prospect will help forward Irish
Home Rule is open to considerable doubt
Mr.. Balfour again spoke last night at length
with his usual energy, and his usual gift of
angering his opponents.
The municipal elections Of Thursday con-
sidered to show marked gain, the whole for
all was in Birmingham, where sixteen wards
elected Councillors. Nine of these were contested.
the Unionsts being left IN undisturbed possession
of the other seven. They held, also, their other
four seats which were attacked. and themselves
attacked and carried two out of four Glad
stonian seats, and carried the ninth also, formerly
independent The result is, the Unionists have
fourteen out of sixteen. This being the state
Of things, Mr.. Gladstonc's visit comes none too
soon if he hopes to convert Birmingham to his
own faith
This mornings news from Mr. Stanley is thought
good, as far as it goes That he alive and
well year ago is something. But the most en-
couraging fact is that this news should have been
q year in getting to the coast In these circum
stances no news continues TO be good news.
The coal strike took an unexpected turn at
the beginning of the week. Nearly all tie large
except in Yorkshire conceded the miners
demands, and the strike is practically over
Mr. Haggard's new story, Mr.. Nelson's WILL
is but another of those productions remarkable
for mechanical ingenuity which he turns out with
ever-increasing rapidity. His publishers can find
no better eulogist of it than The Court Journal"
nor has Mr. Andrew Lang converted anybody but
himself to the theory that those tales have any
thing to do with literature. The critic of Mr.
IIaggard in The Fortni ghtly Review" to whom |
Mr. Lang replied, now rejoins with an article |
entitled Mr.. Ilaggard and His Henchman'
The sensation of the month in periodical litera-
ture is the protest published in The Nineteenth
Century" against the present system of examna-
tions. The signatures to this include very large
number of notable persons in many walks OF life
Specialists figure largely; teachers professors, and
even examiners. Their objections reach not only
the universities, but the Civil Service itself The
whole existing system Of appointments is attacked
on very clearly and strongly argued grounds.
They may be summed up in the statement that an
is nothing but a duel between ex
lmners and examines. Cram has superseded
tudy. The tests applied worthless for as
ertaining what real knowledge the student
possesses, and still moro worthless as tests of his
ea fitness for office. The weak point Of this
Elaborate protest is its failure to suggest any
easible alternative The Nineteenth Century"
,erforms a much more doubtful service in allowing
1r. Shaw-Lefevre to advocate his scheme for
ind of annexe to Westminster Abbey. This he
proposes to create a permanent rival to Madame
'ussand in MARBLE instead of wax, and to christcn
Victoria Chapel. Mr.. Shaw-Lefevres archi-
ectural views are appalling. To trust the Abbey
o him and his friends would be an act of vandal-
sm Westminster Abbey only wants to be let
lone.
The report of an accident to Cardinal Newman
contradicted this morning by his doctors, who
ay his illness is simply feebeness arising from ad
anced age He is much better that though
ighty-seven years old, his recovery is expected. s
elegrams of inquiry pour in from all quarters, and
nXiety is great among all classes, who recognize |
4 Cardinal Newman of the most venerable
nd illustrious figures Of the time. o. W. 5.