Mr. Hanbury, the Member for Tamworth, seems to be one
of the least rational amongst the friends of the Turk and the British Cabi- net. In a speech at the Hanley Conservative Club on Tuesday even- ing, he declared that in his opinion " the whole blame of this disturb- ance, and every drop of blood which might be shed if war should be declared, must be ascribed to one irresponsible and jealous man, who was the enemy of his country, and who also, as he believed the result would prove, was the enemy of hiniself,"—of course, meaning Mr. Gladstone. A crushing invective, no doubt, if Mr. Hanbury could crush any one. But after Lord Beaconsfield has tried his band, and declared Mr. Gladstone worse than those who committed the atrocities, it sounds a little tame. All we can say is that Lord Beaconsfield, and Mr. Haubury in his very humble way, are doing their very beat to obtain for Mr. Gladstone the blessing on those whom men shall revile and persecute, and say all manner of evil against, falsely, for the sake of one whom we will not name here ; and that we sincerely believe Mr. Gladstone will obtain that blessing. The responsibility of the bloodshed will be on those who have sustained and excused the blood- shedders.
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