The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-03 00:00:00

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OUR CON TEMPORARIES.
. (THIS DAY.)

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Reviewing the specches of last night, the Times
speaks indulgently of Mr. Rcebnak's inosonstencies,
though fiadiug it difficult to treat his arguments with
becoming respect ; and, print HA* over O. nerd Peal
and Mr. Healey, Sods it r, frothing to eneounter s eh a
insosh ea that of Mr. Lowe. Taking his steed upon broad
principles of governmeat, he th laced the edemas of the
Irish esieblishment, besides even's is the happiest
meaner the " signg " policy of the Meilen-7. Sir Stafford
Northoote's speech is a fresh irustnnion of the twice of
the ministry. His ambition appeared to le S. supply the
miming link is the cabinet, but be threw his weight, on
the whole, towards the right in support of Lead Stanley.
Meanwhile thiequeeSon before the present haw if simple
and Blear. Shall the Irish establishment in principle be
maintained or abolished? This is the issue, and upon that
WU there can be but one mutt to-night—an unhesita-
ting and overwhelming reply that the establishment shall
cease to exist.

The Deily Nees says the discussion would have ►eon
singularly snaatidactory but fog the contributions made
to it by the member for Caine sad Nottingham. Mr.
Roebuck's epee► earn a defence of the Trish establishment,
tames he finds it wash to vote against Yr. Gladstene's
reesktisee. Mb repetitions were skilfully sauna $o
serve the purpose of the defenders of redigleetanweendsmay,

med,ffir. Hanley and General Peel promptly availed the;
otos of them. Hatred of Mr. Gladstone, tempered by fear
of his eonstituents, seems to be the mixed motive which
has shaped Mr. Roebuck's action on the Irish church
question. On this question Mr. Lowe uses the
language of a genuine liberal ; sad his logic was
reinforced by the wit of Mr. Osborne, which was never
more felicitously exercised. The platitudes of Sir Stafford
Nerthoote showed that the government is not only with-
eat a case, bat was for the evening without an advocate.
Sir Stafford considers that the future application of the
revenues of the Irish church must be decided before dia
endowment ie effected. He might as well say that a man
ought to decline a legaey until he has made up his mind
how he will spend it.
The Post continues to argue that the Protestant religion
and the Protestant interest in Ireland would have been
in an infinitely better position if this mockery of a
national church bad not crushed every feeling of peace
and goodwill.
According to the Herold no man in the House of Com.
mons knows that the definite, positive, unmistakeable as-
sertion of the Heine Seentary, not the accidental form
alf words employed by him epilogue, expresses the purpose
of the government ; and no one who has been long
enough in that aseembly to know the character of its
leaders can be at a loss to understand why the language al
Lord Stanley should be more reserved than that of Mr.
Gethonse Hardy ; or why the line of ministerial defense
should be more distinct and vigorous and decided when
ones the cabinet has bad time to apprehend and to meet
the suet character of the assault with which it has to
deal

England, says the Telegraph, watches so see whether
the legislative smembly which bouts to be the freest and
meat enlightened in the world has love of freedom enough
to abolish a monument of tyranny, and confidence enough
in right to abolish a palpable wrong. Somebody brought
into the hones yesterday a petitien against this necemary
measure, and proudly described it as being "25 feet long."
The grievance is as many years old and more, and leaves
' of timid names could not save it now from happy extirpa-
-1 tion. "As an establikhment it must mass to exist:" the
I mover of the amendment owned an much by the speech in
which be chilled his pasty with cold truth and eonur.on
armee.