One-sided as they are, the little packet in my hand, of letters from the great Statesman to the rural clergyman is not without interest.

The correspondence has been friendly, frank and confidential, the writers often differing in immaterial things, but showing the same liberality in "Church and State;" so that we are not surprised to find, when the time came, that of the friends, the churchman approved of Irish disestablishment as heartily as the layman who was its author.
Right Hon.

W.E.GLADSTONE to DEAN RAMSAY.
10 Downing Street, Whitehall, Jan.

20, 1869.
My dear Dean Ramsay--I need not tell you I am no fit judge of your brother's claims, but I shall send your letter privately to the First Lord, who, I am sure, will give it an impartial and friendly consideration.
Pray remember me to the Admiral, and be assured it will give me sincere pleasure if your wish on his behalf can be gratified.
I write from Hawarden, but almost _en route_ for London, and the arduous work before us.
My mind is cheerful, and even sanguine about it.
I wish I had some chance or hope of seeing you, and I remain affectionately yours, W.E.

GLADSTONE.
The Bishop of Salisbury has been for days at the point of death.