The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-02 00:00:00

(From the Saturday Review.)

If a ministry is to loss office for the mismanagement
of a single matter, no ministry ever more thoroughly
deserved to lose office than Lord Palmerston's. The country
is tired and 'shamed of Lord Russell's management of this
Danish business. Bat then, in politics, a single matter
cannot be taken alone. In many things even Lord Russell.
as Foreign Secretary, has dons well and acted wisely ; and
when it is proposed um get rid of a minister, it is always ne-
cessity to ask who is to snowed him. No one, not even
Lord Malmesbory, could conduct foreign affairs worse
than Lord Rowell has conducted them in deter-
mining the relations of this country to Germany
and Denmark. But Lord Mahneebury, if unfor-
tunately he were restored to Aire, might do badly things
which Lord Rummell has dose well. It is very easy to answer
the question whether the present government ha. needlessly
lessened the influenoe of England oo the Continent, but it is
not easy to answer the question whether the country would
gain by a change of ministry. At the same time it is ob-
viotudy right in the opposition to asoertiin the opinion of
the house on this point ; and it would have been an utter
shasionment of political life if the party of Lord Derby
had not come forward with a decisive challenge when their
opponents had offered them the advantage of having com-
mitted a series of such gross and glaring mistakes.
(From the Spectator.)

On the whole, we should cot regret, but do not in the
least anticipate, the rumens of Mr. Diemli's motion. We
believe that, as regards the men, and even the hope for the
future—little hope as there is left for • policy worthy of
England—the change to • tory government would be •
change for the worse ; but yet that some emphatic expres-
sion of national displeasure for the weak, temporising, end
timid policy of the government ought to be heard. We do
not expect that it will be heard, and as it could only result
in substituting • wore, government for • bad government, it
is not possible to feel keenly on the subject. One may say
of government and opposition alike, with more than usual
truth, "they are all gooe out of the way, they are together
become unprofitable, there is none that doeth good, no not
one ;" and in spite of Mr. %Meeks's amendment we believe
that, using a larger foresight than he conceives to be wise
or politic, we might boldly add the emphatic conelotion,
" the way of peace have they not known."
(From the Press.)
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The explanations vouchsafed by ministers themselves
reepeating their conduct and intentions in this matter are
not calculated to give the public • favourable notion of
their case, and revelations may be expected in the course of
the discussions next week that must reader their condem-
nation certain. Enough has already been elicited to ebow
that they have been drifting sailboat • policy, and it will
be clearly established that after having pledged the honour
of England to • certain course of action they have delibe-
rately adopted another and broken faith in the most
scandalous manner. Parsons who perm • full knowledge
of recent negotiations and transactions do not, hesitate to
deters that Denmark has been betrayed by these vacil-
lating and unworthy ministers, and sufficient evidence will
be adduced to establish the charge. Under these einem-
stances Mr. Disraeli's motion can have but one result.