The times., 1899-02-19

among the faithless the only faithful ones.
and they are dumb. In order TO put the
new Liberalism to an open test Mr.. John
Redmond introduced on Thursday a motion
for an independent Irish legislature Sir
H Campbell Bannerman at once rose TO
the invitation, and now both parties 10 the
home rule compact clearly understand each
other. The Liberals remain pledged TO
home rule, as before, but Sir II. Campbell
Zimmerman and his colleagues decline to
surrender TO any body OF Irishmen their
right TO decide the most effective method
Of bringing home rule into legislative ef-
fect- Il am not aware" says Sir H. Ban
herman. that there ever was any fixed
and formal alliance between the Liberal
and Irish parties. But the alliance, in the
sense OF sympathy and a desire to Co
operate. remains with US as strong as il
ever was"
Want to Buy n Horse.
One Liberal journal puts this position in
the form of a simile, thus: The Irish want
TO buy horse. The Liberal party have 2
very excellent animal, with which thev
would be delighted to supply the Irishmen.
but unfortunately the Tory party, through
their predominance in the House of Lords
have the key TO the stable In these cir
cumstances how can the Liberals possibly =
.
horse? They undertake 10 try to get the
key out OF the hands of the Tory party
at the first possible moment That is ali
! that can be promised, but ii implies no
lack OF faith in the excellence of the horse.
once the stable door has been opened II
IS just possible that the Tory keyhoIders
may themselves give the Irish their horse.
and say that this has been their real pol
icy all the time
Mr. nh
House during the debate, but remained
silent. He did not even vote. The great
BODY OF the Liberals, excepting mere
handful of back-benchmen of secondary
Importance, went into the division lobbies
with Sir II. Zimmerman.
Loss 10 Men of Letters.
Men of letters do not alone in England
suffer great loss by the resignation ef DIR.
Richard Garnett, the keeper OF the printed
books in the British Museum. After forty-
eight years of service his encyclopedic
knowledge was of the greatest service TO
students of all races who haunt The
Museum.
An unpublished fact regarding Browning
has just come 10 light He wrote Rus
sian play, Only a Player Girl" in five
acts, all about the fair on the Neva. its
booths, droshkies, fishpies, and so forth
Little Dorothy Drew granddaughter of
Mr.. Gladstone, publishes in a magazine
here next month this pretty picture Of her
visit TO the Queen al Windsor Castle: AN
Indian man whom the Queen likes very
much was at the door. g. The next moment
we stood before the great Queen whom
erandpapa served for sixty years She
was Just another woman like grandmamma.
wl,h white cap on her head. ! courte-
sled and kissed her. and told her my name.
Dorsie' and of grandpapa, and all our pet
names at Hawarden Castle. The Queen
put on her glasses and asked me to 70 TO
the other side OF the room so that she
could See me better. Then she took a little
Jewel case and said, This is for you
opened II and saw a darling little brooch
win diamond V, diamond r, tur-
quolse j, and little crown at the top.
made OF red enamel. i courtesied and
kissed her hand, and said Thank YOU
very much: She looked very nice and
KIND, and liked her very much. The
Queen kissed me again and mother and
went away"