The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19.

EASTER fall early this year, before the winter
is well over. After some six weeks' labours, the
House has adjourned for more than a fortnight—
long holidays after so short a " half." The
country, we are well persuaded, will accept this
welcome interval of silence at St. Stephen's with
that satisfaction, that sense of relief, which is
1 sometimes experienced in a family circle at the ab-
sence of one whose life and conduct are a scandal
to the neighbourhood. To the public at large, who
have the honour of their country and its institu-
tions at heart, this present Parliamentary recess,
we are well persuaded, will be welcomed as the one
great blessing of the season, and accepted as a
foretaste of the final disperaion, that cannot long
be delayed, of an assembly possessed by the
evil spirit of that party which created it and which
is hurrying it to an ignominious end. Itwu under
a DERBY Ministry that the present House came
into being. Let that fact administer what comfort
it can to the wounded pride and honour of Eng-
land. Let the country observe the parliament-
ary results of that Conservative reaction of which
we have heard so much, and take note of the last
two nights' :proceedings in the House before the
Easter recess. Let the constituencies consider
the useful and beneficent legislation they owe to
the genius of that party which can muster all its
forces to worry and degrade a fellow-countryinan
' of stainless character and conspicuous merit, at the
bare hint of a foreign police. (inc might have sup-
posed that after the division on Thursday night
the House would be content, before parting for
the holidays, to address itself for a few hours to
something like public business. Hut no ; this
Conservative Opposition does not waste its time in
the dull dry work of legislation. For these noisy
le;.resentatives of national honour and fair play
the House is nothing but a cockpit for worrying
one who has neither hereditary fortune, nor
aristocratic connexion to give him a right to serve
the State with credit and ability. Last evening,
after another personal incident, which, if not
" painful," was certairly important, had been dis-
posed of satisfactorily, Lord ELe no, who had cha-
racteristically voted with the Opposition in the
division on Thursday night, rose to ask the Fl itST
MIN 1,"1 Eit whether Mr. SraNsexif; had resigned; in
conselueune, it should Sethi, of the defeat and
discomfiture of his assailants and calumniators.
`Lord EL( iie, who is nothing if not a fe,.../eetoirr,
whether jealous of the feats of the ,efe-cees of the
regular service on the Tory benches, or naturally
offended at the sight of a man of less than noble
birth,with nothing but merit and capacity to recom-
mend him, sitting on the Treasury bench, or desirous
of winning Opposition cheers and proving his dis-
interestedness as a "Liberal," made a gallant
opslaught on Mazzlxi, and indulged in a few
fine reflections upon the "culpable indiscretion" of
entertaining friendship for persecuted and pro-
• k„A
genus:. persons. Lord PALMERSToNss reply was
happily sv..rtlly of his high and deserved reputation
(which will be remembered long after his failings
are forgotten) for fidelity to his friends and subor-
dinates. Mr. STA NSFELD, he declared, had at the
earliest moment placed his office at the disposal of
the Government, but the PREMIER had not only
not accepted the offer of resignation, but had ex-
pressed his wish that it should be withdrawn. It