The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-02 00:00:00

unruly followers below the 11/Pit the
homage that petulance pays imps-
riority—justify the admiration with which
Mr. Demmee few brief 'pentanees will
be treasured up wherever the English language is
spoken.
In the House of Lords the proceedings
were equally unanimous; The mover and se-
conder of the Address spoke at greater length, and
more discursively, though not, perhaps, with better
taste or discretion, than in the Howie of Commons.
Lord Arreasues words will be scanned with
anxious end critical interest in America; we
trust they will bring forth fruits of pesos and
kindness and goodwill. Nothing oould well be
more cordial, more respectful, more serious, or
more sincere ; and if to our American kinsmen the
language meems somewhat cold, they will remember
the natere of the audience the Foreign Secretary
was addressing. Lord DERBY was, as be always is on
such occasion when he has to speak under very
uncongenial self-restraint, felicitous and rash by
turns ; saying admirable things in the heartiest
manner, and then just trembling on the verge of
inconceivable temerities of taste and temper. But
on the whole we are persuaded that the noble
chief of the Tory party spoke his own better mind
when be appealed to the unanimous and spon-
taneous expression of opinion in both Houses of
Parliament, and in all the chief towns and commu-
nities of the kingdom, as a sufficient testimony of
the friendly feeling of this country towards the
people of the United State.. If the alliance of the
two natioss shall be cemented by the blood of the
Martyr-President, then, indeed, the beloved and
lamented AexxisAk Lrecour will not have laid
down his life in vain

LORD DEBB SID:IPT Till ASSAS
N. SINATION OP
PLINCOL

(From the Times).
The topics of Lord Derby's speech teat night
were ill-cheese, the know peer, and the delivery hurried
end slovenly. He began by in objection on a point of form,
which, if valid, was not worth taking whore the object was
to be unanimous, and which threw an ungracious sad
grudging air over his whole speech. He is, it Deem, of
opinion that the proper oomse foe the home to pusses la
this unprecedented use would have been to pass rook-
tiose huteed of voting an address to t►e crown. To us it
would seem to have mattered exceedingly liW., only
that the question naturally ocean, U resolutions are
to be voted with the view of expends, oar sympathy
with the American people and government, how are they
to obtain authentio knowledge of those tesolutions! The
houses of parliament hays no power of themselves to
direct their transmiesion—all they can do is to request the
Qom to direct one of her ministers to transmit that
address which they being to her notice, which is in feet,
though not in form, a resolution of the house. Yawing
from this topic Lord Derby metered into a apeolletion
which be mold have done much better to omit—
ea to the greet improbability that the South, its
people or its leaders, should have had any share
in the atrocious sit which their lordships had
assembled to reprobate sad dreortece. We lay Lord
Derby would have done men wisely if he had left this
topic untouched, because it is one for the decision of the
American goverement, not of the British House of Lords,
and because it depesde upon evidence, sad proof, not upon
d priori probabilitiek Of soar.., sakes facie can be ad-
dewed to show that the South is guilty, it must be pre,
mined to be innocent ; and tf such facts can be adduced,
reasoning in its favour profaning to be drawn from
atetaset preb►bility will be worth very little teased.
Bat lord Derby reached the climax ot indiscretion
and bad taste when he sell that the conduct of the
Both, if it had authorised this assassination, would have
been "wore than a crime—that ire, a blunder." The mai.
cal remark with which aa old diplomatist revenged himself
upon a muter who had die arded him may be not inap-
propriate in after-dinner oonvera►tloa among Mends, but
to apply it to an occasion so solemn and so momentous de-
serves the gravest reprebessiou. Does Lend Derby
really wish it to go forth to the people of two heed.
spheres that the party of which he is the leader actually
believe a blunder to be worse than a crime? And etch
a crime as aseseshotion ? We are sure he does not,
and therefore take the earliest opportunity of protesting
arainst the unpardonable levity which, on an 000asion so
solemn, could make a statement 'liable to so serious a mis-
construction. Had the death of Mr. Lincoln and Mr.
Seward boo what it never could be—the certain means of
obtaining for the South all that they desio—it would never-
theless merit from all good and honourable men the strongest
condemnation, bemuse it overthrows principled more valu-
able than the sungos of any political cause, however dear to
its supporters. It is inexcusable that one who wee wade
of delivering such a sposeb se Lord Derby made on Bator.
day at the dinner of the Royal Academy should have made
a speech on Monday, apparently through mere carelessness,
DO far below his own reputation. the dignity of his sodium%
sod the solemnity of the occasion.

QUALIFICATION POE OFFICES ABOLITION
BILL.

DIVISION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS LAST NIGHT.
The following is the division in the House of
Lords lea► night, by whirl' the motion for the woad read.
ing of the Qualification for Odle= Abolition Bill was de-
feated by 72 votes to 49 :