The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-07 00:00:00

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(THIS DAY.)

The discussion raised last night by Mr:
Lefcvre is the chief subject treated by our morning con-
temporaries. The Times thinks it probable that it
would be found in arbitratios that damage had
been occaaioned by our slothfulness, but that we
were mot called upon to be alert to repress
an act not condemned by the law of tuitions ; and this
conclusion it would regret. The law is indefensible and
absolutely unsuited to the conditions of modern life, and
it would be some compensation for the mischief the Ala-
bama occasioned if the rules of neutrality is war could be
authoritively reviewed and amended. Lest eight's debate
will convince American statesmen that if Mr. Seward will
meet Lord Stanley in the spirit he displayed there will be
no difficulty in removing all causes of misunderstanding
between us.

The Doily Nene sees in the debate • wonderfully im-
proved state of feeling in the British parliament, but bag
no disposition to @Deer at the remarkable conversioss which
have recently taken place. Much of this change is due to
the fact that the people of the north have not only approved
themselves better than they were thought; they have be-
come better than they were. Lord Stanley said, in plain
terms, that under the reference as proposed by England, the
Americana were/likely to scene extent to make out their case.
Why then, es Kr. Mill urged, submit to an arbitrator a
van on which there is no dispute of principle, especially
' whea artificial, though minute, difficulties encumber that
Dourest The question of how much is owing is one which
might, as Mr. Mill suggests, be settled by a mixed commie-
nos without calling in • third power.
The Herold echoes the epoch of Lard st•algy, and sou-
tenda that last night's debate ought to remove the lut
difficulty in the way of an mic•ble arrangement.
The Sta► remarks that the ehteswt at the oleos of
Lord Stanley's epee& will give the liveliest satisfaction in
both hemispheres. The case of the negotiation@ is net yet
desperate. It turns out, after all, t►at no one know. why
the arbitration proposal of our Foreign Secretary was re-
jected by Mr. Seward, and that • peat many of the
learned speculation's and reanimate of " Histericus"
were even mon thoroughly beside the mark than was
suspected at the time of their publication. Mr. Seward
has made another communication, and there is good hope
that the question will be settled one way or another with-
out delay.

The Aioneisp A drertiaer has a story of a audition against
the Disraeli administration. The statement is that a
small motion of the conservative party, some of whom are
personally opposed to the new Premier. helm some to
an usderstaading- to cm-verses with Mr. Gladstone
and the Maul; whenever a feasible opportunity
ocean, in Ile efforts whisk Kr. Gladstone and Ms friends
MONO to smoke to divines the new minielay. Lord Cram-
horse le to lie the guide and philosopher of this manes
of malcontent esneermairse. The mention are fall of
baps that the Mak quaaliaa win, before a fortnight has
passed, famish theta with the lommid-forapportunity of
diedeating the neer ministry. Should mach ha the ease, Mr.
Disraeli is propelled to resort to an immediate dimelation
of penhament.