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London, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY U.

Tam evening both Houses of Parliament are to
he favoured with a critical review of the proceedings
of the session. Lard LYlnntrasr undertakes the
task in the House of Lord', Mr. Daunt in the
Commons. On this maims there is little danger of
the patrician and plebeian Conservative leaders run-
nag fall butt against each other, as they bad the
mahatma to do on the night when the Italian
queeties was under damasks. Warned by that
awkward accident, the two chiefs took amicable can-
al with each other before they gave notice of their
historical lectures. It was edifyieg to me the
affectionate confidence with which they interchanged
their views in the vestibule of the Home of Lords.
A stranger might positively have been led
into the mistake that DISRAILI was attached to
LYNDHURST, and that LYNDltular tnetllollthiltAtLL
Sock reviews have their was, were it only as atima
lam to the wSriDna and activity of Ministers. The
historical sketches of this evening will, however,
labour ender the disadvantage of having been cons-
piled with a view to bring oat the shortandep of
Ministers in bold relief, while they slur over their
merits; and also of omitting all reference to the
faults of Opposition.
It must be confined, however, that the maim
which is now drawing to a close is not likely to co-
espy much specie, or a prominent position in history.
Some important Teatime have been ventilated, but
little has ben done. Let ere, is emulation of Loa
LTXDIII7LIT aid Mr. DISZAIr I. attempt an estimate
of the merits end demerits of Parliament denim the
pest session, in its threefold capacity of administrator
of the national Revenue, judge of the executive Go-
vernment, and Legislator.
On the chapter of Finance it would be unjust to be
wiped. When the seam speed, pesos and war hug
mertain in the balanas—sontinpat arrangements
bed to be made in the first plies, and modified after
pease beams certain. At seek a turn of tide so
radical or comprehensive projeets of flaanaal reheat
weld be propounded either by Ministate or by lade-
peedent members. The fiaanoial operations of
the seam were necessarily stamped with a
temporary and makeshift character a oba-
aster well adapted to the peculiar genius
of the present Casatrimaa of the Imams..
We believe we speak the sentiments of the most in-
telligent and experienced of the mercantile clans
when we say that the loss operations of Sir 0. C. ,
Lewis have been decidedly oneessetal. They were
wither ill-devised nor ill-timed, mad they have been
esealuded on tonne adnatageoes to the sada. The
small moat of the fleet loan of 1866 was mash '
sand at the time it was aancemeed, owing to the
universal opinion that farther nue world be needed;
but it may be urged, on the other hand, that while
pease or war was still in the basses, it wee the more
gamiest cane, as a war budget would have materi-
ally altered his position in every raped,
while the ooselusiou of pease enabled him
to raise the farther amnia en still better
terms. The emcees@ of Sir 0. C. Lyra may be aid-
bated in some degree to his having avoided the
error said to have bees committed by his predecease,
in the mode of obtaining advances from the Beak on
Exchequer securities, which kept up • constant die.
tram of Mr. Ounerrona on the Stock Exchange.
Whether the rumarecirealated ea this head were true
or false, their existence was most disadvantageous, and
kept up a eoestant antagonism between capitalists
and the Government. Against sash distrust Sir 0.
C. Lone has not bad to =amid. Still the pa-
rallels impression among the most competent
.Ndfi"s, is, that the policy of the pram Quir-
t:mai tithe Examoorn has only negative merits—
that be bas made no mistakes simply because he has
attempted no changes. 'edging from his speech
ea the budget, kis policy appears to be of a
tesporieleg, daeotMeg character, and he has shown
no
capacity for grappling with important financial
gentians involving any maks of the existing
system. When Parliament reassembles his mettle
will be acre sternly tried.

The dismal:me ea the petrel policy of Ministate
—either domed. oe lonise—have been few. and
aharasteriescl by little either of taint or earneetsem
of peewee. The mithosimm las Adadnistrative
Bekaa, whisk looked so Miming at the outset, he.
been bashed to inaudible whispers oat of doors, and
ant ma an echo of them Me been heard within the
walls of Parliament. It is Me that important titer
Mistime are knows to be maturing M
Wartlike, but they bare as yet seem*
been mbutitted to the notice or and
at the Legislature. The only really Impselmt
mews of the session, bearing= the melioration et
oar administrative system, is the Bill which his
pawed for appointing • Vice-Preeident of the Maw
ties Committee of the Privy CoanctiL Bir anuses
Ossr's Police Bill wean a double and equivocal
aspect. With renew to their foreign policy,
Ministers have more thee ems been threatened with
delicate and diMeult dissenting, all of which, how-
ever, have proved " &ass is the pan." It is to be
regretted that is little earnestness has bees evineed
by Parliament on this head, for it is palpable that a
straw meow* of public °plaint will need to be
brought to bear upon Ministers in order to incises
them to sot with the earnestness and deviate
which is requisite in the present crisis of the
world's affairs. We have been very near drifting
into a war with the United States, sad very sear
drifting into an irritating mad dangerous coatrooms,
with Breal. The publicity given by the Oevernmente
at Washington and Rio to their diplomatic: mune-
spondaic' with the Cabinet of St. James's has aloes,
by awaking the English public to a some of Use im-
peding peril, saved m from it. This cord:wing
danonstratioe of the hurtfulness of leant diplomacy
adds to our regret that Ministers lave cot beat com-
pelled by the Legislature to lay before them the
diplomatic, cerreeposdeme relative to Italian affairs
that has awned from the deolaratime made in the
Compose of Pario. and that net ems &quietism hie
been asked about any emommisatione that may
bays pasted between the Primal mad BsgUeh (lovers.
meats relative to the affairs of lipais. We wish we
could Mars in the metideet belief expressed by Lord
Pstacturom last night that no Intestine mints on
ihe part of the French Govetemest to interfere in
AU affairs of Bpain.
It is when we tan to the Legislative filmdom of
Parliameet that the failures of the chaise nemice
Menu most conspienom Amongst all the ma-
sans of any imp:tame kits:dosed by Goverseasst,
two only—the Joist Btook Camped's and the
s' Polio, Bille—ham sot mewed i
the sole relies et that great and I

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