On Wednesday, Lord Randolph Churchill addressed a Unionist meeting at
Bedford, presided over by the Duke of Bedford. After hurling at the head of Mr. Whitbread, the sitting Member for the town, a series of extracts from the Spectator, Lord Randolph devoted himself to Mr. Gladstone's letter to the L•ish Americans sent through Mr. Blake, and pointed out who were the leaders of the men addressedlin such complimentary terms, and what were their characters and records. Lord Randolph ended by pointing out that if Home-rule was hung up as Mr. Asquith hinted it would be, "all interest in it would die away, and it will become an asphyxiated corpse." This the Irish know ; and they will, therefore, insist on reintroduction, and Mr. Gladstone will have to yield. The Lords will, of course, reject Home-rule again, and then will come the Dissolution. Very possibly that is what will happen ; but at the same time the Anti- Parnellites realise that unless the Government can show a cer- tain amount of English legislation, their defeat is certain after the Dissolution.
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