Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-11-13 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

JOHN BRIGHT ON THE • POLITICAL SITUATION. Mr. Bright has addressed to a correspondent, with reference to political clubs and party leaders, a letter in which he says: "Club and political assoeations regard themselves as existing to support a party, and they follow their leader so long as he is the accepted and acting leader. They mainly support Mr. Gladstone on the Irish question. A year ago they would have repudiated any candidate who was in favour of a Dublin Parliament. They now charge independent Liberals with breaking up the Liberal party, which charge can only be sustained on the principle that wheresoever the leader of a party may go the whole party is bound to follow him. This is a principle I cannot adopt. I did not follow Lord Palmerston in the Crimean War, in which more than half-a-million of lives were sacrificed. I did not follow my colleagues in the Government in 1882 in the bombardment of Alexandria and in the Soudan war. I have not been able to march with the clubs and associations which shout for measures which i little more than a year ago they would have condemned. We have not yet had an infallible leader, and .till he appears upon the scene I must preserve my own liberty of judgment. Vie Liberal party will not be destroyed—it will be insllfucted, and may be more competent for the work before it. I hope with you that we may see better times, but reunion will not come until a change comes. which I may hope for, bu of which at present lean discover no signs. Smooth talk on platforms will not bridge over the chasm which has been opened in our ranks." With regard to the relations of England and Russia, Mr. Bright has replied to a correspondent : I thank you for your friendly letter and for your good wishes. Auto foreign affairs, I believe all our fear and jealousy of Russia is misplaced Russia has not made war upon us. England made the Crimean war, which cost Russia some hundreda of thousands of lives. Russia, in my opinion, has no dream even of invading India, and our fears of her arise from our position as conquerors in our Indian Empire. We seize and annex Burmah, and we menace Russia if she approaches Afghanistan. We deny Russia the right of entering the Mediterranean from the Black Sea, and we treat her as an enemy to be always suspected and guarded against. That Russia should in some degree retaliate is not unlikely or unnatural. There is no other couno y in Europe that would he more friendly with us than Russia would be if England would be friendly with Russia. These views are not easily accepted by those who defended the Crimean War; but something leas been learned from that great crime and great calamity, and I hope no Minister will again be able to drag us into another contest. I wish millions of our people would consider this great question—it might save much to them and their children.  "Total Is orrosarlosentiei no letter remedy in the whole world for all weigh and throat troubles than REATING'iI LOZSNalfit—finy medical man will aware you of this fart. Relief N speedy; thee contnin TIO strolls Ming, bet only simple dm is: *llO most delicate can take them, Sold evervithere M lOfol. tins. kr a meeting .convened by the Mayor of Glossop several munificent gifts to the town authorities, in value amounting to about £35,000, hive been announced. Mr. Daniel Wood, cotton manufacturer, offered to build a hospital at a east of £5OOO, and to endow the institution with £50,000. Mc. and Mrs. Samuel Wood announced their intention of erecting public baths and endowing them; and Captain Partington, paper manufaciurer, gave £5OOO, supple. montary to 1:2000 previously given by Mr. Herbert Rhodes, cotton manufacturer, towards a free library and town hall.  Ac Stafford Assizes Mary Aim Smith, domestic servant, has been found guilty of the murder of her infant chill, and was sentenced to death. At the same assizes William Narrowmore was indicted for tie murder of his wife at Wolverhampton on October 11.. The prisoner and his wife bad lived unhappily together for nOTIP time, and occasionally lived apart. The woman, at prisoner's request. met him and went far a walk in the evenlim, and the next morning her dead body was found in the canal. The primner CM. fessed to a fellow prisoner that he tripped his wife up and she fell into the water. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death.