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The Dissenters of Wales who chime in with the Radical protests against the so- called Government co-ercion in Ireland, ought to be compelled to endure a spell of the tyranny to which their brethren io the sister isle are subjected by the emissaries of Parnellito faction. The galling yoke which they would then experience would assuredly bring them speedily to aright frame of mind, and there can be no question but that they would join with their co-religionists in repudiating the Nationalists and all their works. Only the other day a meeting of the representatives ot the Wesleyan Church at Youghal was call to protest against the unfair and unprovoked attack, of the so- If called National League upon the members of the Protestant community at Youghal 44 by intimidating and preventing the public entering their places of business, or having "any dealings with them, because they will not at the dictation of the League, express their approval of the political conduct of tC Mr William O'Brien, by putting up their shutters every fair and Market day." It is such coercion as this that the Dissenters of Wales approve of when they support the leaders of this misery-spreading league, which has done comparatively nothing but evil in the country. If it had merely ruined the landlords the distress that the un- scrupulous agitators are responsible for Would be infinitely less than it is but the fact is that every class in the country is worse off than before. The traders com- plain of the stoppage in the circulation of money and even the labourers lament Utterly that the agitation has done them Imm that they are infinitely worse off than before, because employment is much more difficult to procure. .— The Government have lost another seat, and this time in London, one of the chief Strongholds of the Conservative party. The ▼acancy was at Kennington, caused by the resignation of Mr Gent-Davies, whose re- tirement was brought about by causes which in no way contributed to enhwnce the popu. larity of the party he represented. Besides which there are allegations that the organiza- tion had been neglected, and hundreds of votes lest which otherwise would have been polled for the Government. But there are always numberless reasons brought forward to account for political reverses, and though in the main the explanations are invariably correct, it is impossible to lose sight of the fact that the Government of the day, be it Conservative or Liberal, is necessarily greatly affected in popular opinion by a suc- cession of adverse bye-elections. It is also undoubtedly true that the Government, no matter what may be its politic?l bearings, should always be prepared for such contin- gencies. They are common to everv ad- ministration, and may be looked forward to with absolute certainty; the only mistake that can be made is to regard so normal a Condition of things as indicating anything more serious than a little chronic disaffection in a proportionately small number of the community, and in no way affecting the whole body politic. Mr Gladstone during his tenure of power which commenced in 1880 was par- ticularly unfortunate at the bye-elections, far more so than has hitherto been the case with the Unionists, but the defeats which he sustained were no true indication of the opinion of the whole electorate, as was seen when he appealed to the country in 1885. Therefore it is perfectly just to argue that the gain of a seat to the Gladetonians at Kennington is no real evidence that the coun- try is yearning for a change of administra- tion. Bye-elections are genernlly (leitisive as signs of the times, and the Radicals know this as well as they know anything though of course as they have now no better cry they put up one for an immediate Dissolu- tion of Parliament. They are silly indeed if they fancy the country is yet awhile pre- pared to again trust the destinies of the Empire to their keeping; f(,r it is as yet but too plain that were Mr Glndstone to be at the helm of affairs with a working majority, Ireland under his feehle manage- ment would again sink into the veritable terror-ridden country from which miserable plight it is teing surely rescued by the wise and prudent administration of Mr Balfour, and not merely would the horrors of Mr Gladstone's former rule be repeated, but his attempt to place the loyal population of the North under the thumb of the National League would inevitably lead to such trouble as to cover with shame and infamy the memory of a man whose record has already received more than one indelible stain. Just now whenever there is even a slight diminution in the Ministerial majority at a poll at a bye-election, the Gladstonians assert that a steady reaction has set in against the Unionist Government and demand a dissolution; it is interesting in view of what we state above to investigate the position of Mr Gladstone's Government of 1880-1885 as regards bye-elections the first two and a half years Mr GlaJstone's Government were in office, they lost no less than fifteen seats and gained only three, and during the five years they were in office, they 10Rt no less than twenty-three seats, and gained only six. During the present Parliament, the Unionist Government, which have been in office about two and a half years, have lost ten seats and gained two seats, which, it will be seen, is a considerably better position than occupied by Mr Glad- atone's Government after they had been in office for that period. Sunday Closing in Wales has fallen under such serious suspicion of being a failure that it is proposed by the Government to make an enquiry into the whole matter. The subject cropped up in the House of Com- mons on Thursday night, when the Home Secretary said his attention had been called to the charge of Mr Justice Grantham, who declared that the Sunday Closing Act had not been a success, and the Government were of opinion that in view of the recent experience as to the operation of Sunday closing in Wales, an inquiry into the work- ing of the Sunday Closing Act would be desirable, and they were considering whether 8tH inquiry could best be conducted by a adwt committee or by a royal commission.

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