Widnes Examiner. — 1887-07-30 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

TOUCH AND GO."  Wellington was spoken of by Byron as the Prince of Cut-throats; but to-day the litle might be more aptly applied to the Crown Prince of Germany, considering the w,y in which his throat is being dealt with by eminent surgeons.  "The Liberal Ifnionist," which has hitherto been published weekly, will for the future be published monthly. This is progress as it is understood amongst the Liberal Unionists. After a while we may look to its being issued quarterly, and then—not at all.  Sir John Lubbock deserves to be had in crateful remembrance as the author of the Bank Holiday Act. Monday last was a glorious day, and made a million people happy. When Sir John passes off the scene, he ough t to be enshrined in tip; calendar as St. Lubbock. He deserves canonisation as well as some of the saints.  The death of Mr. Robert Verdin, while casting a deep gloom over Northwich, has served to show how the good qualities of a good man endear him to his neighbours. The poet Shirley was right when he said : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.  The projected duel between General Boulanger and M. Ferry has ended in a ridiculous collapse. The seconds could not agree as to the conditions of he fight, and so there has to be no fight at all. This is better than pu..ting a bullet in a body; but it would be better still if the Fiend) could bring themselves to laugh duelling out of existence, as has been done in this country.  The " Times" thinks the Scotch electors have given Sir George Trevelyan a large majority because "the policy of Ministers has not yet been carried into effect in a thorough-going way." This means that the Coercion Act has to be put in force by suppressing the National League. The "Times" asks the Government, as things are going hard with them, to seek salvation by cornmitting suicide.  Four lads, who had been bathing in Newton Lake, were summoned for" maliciously trespassing." It was contended that the trespass was not malicinus, and that custom sanctioned bathing in the lake. The magistrates dismissed the cases. "as there seemed to be some doubt :" but intimated that boys had no right to go where they did. This would appear to be equivalent to a verdict of "Not guilty this time, but you will be guilty if you do it again."  Same of the members of the St. Helens Town Council think it unwise to give details in their sanitary reports as to the condition of Sankey Brook. Perhaps so, for as gaol•birds are told—" What you now say will be taken down in evidence against you." The really wise thing to do would be to set about the task of purifying the brook. It is a vile uncovered sewer—an abomination to the nose and eve of man and beast. Those who have to cross it may say as Coleridge said of the river at Cologne : I counted two-and-seventy stenches, All well defined and different stinks !  How absurd of the Tories of the Northwich Division to make a fuss because Mr. Brunner wrote a private letter or two respecting the election before the interment of the late member. Did the Tories do nothing prior to the fcmeral, or was it by a piece of magic that within a couple of hours of the interment, they had Lord Henry Grosvenor in attendance to deliver a speech as their candidate?  Mr. J H. Cooke acted the part of the can. did friend in telling the Tories and their allies that "they must remember that they had a great many fortuitous circumstances in their favour at the tut elce ion wi.iich might probably not be exercised at the prwn t one." Just so; and how frank he is in teCOVnising the alliance of the Tories and Dissentient Liberals as a fortuitous circumstance." But that alliance is breaking down the Dissentients are dissenting. They do not like tar of the Tory orush, and they are beginning to wash themselves clean.  " I shall be entirely at your service to promote and further the salt trade." This is how Lord Henry Grosvenor tries to snare the little birds of Northwich. He is a juvenile angler, and fresh from home. When he has been round and about a little more, he will find that story about catching birds by putting salt on their tails is a story.  Lord Henry Grosvenor says it is cant and humbug to talk of coercion; for, be adds, if you give a man nasty medicine in order to effect a recovery, it does not follow that you coerce him. Quite true, my lord, but what should we say if a doctor forced the same nasty medicine down a patient's throat 86 times, in spite of his protests. and notwith• standing the fact that every dose made him worse? Should we not say that he was a fool or a quack ? Or would it be better to say it was all cant and humbug "to expect a cure? Eh, my lord ?