The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 11.

THE NEW CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER.

Psort.s have been so long accustomed to speak
and think of Mr. Lows by his own proper name,
that the speech delivered last night by " the
Chancellor of the Exchequer" would not recall
its author at first sight. All doubt, however,
must have been at an end when the first
w lines had been perused. It is the pre-
sent good fortune of the Liberal party to
lave the wittiest and most humorous Chancellor
of the Exchequer the world has seen ; and
the worshipful Fishmongers are to be congratulated
on having secured the first official utterances
both of the Finance Minister and the Keeper of
the Great Seal. Mr. LowE was never in better
force than last night. His mock panegyric on the
Government as having so far perpetrated no jobs,
shown no furious party spirit, and imposed no
unpopular taxes, was perfect, as was his fancy
picture of all the good things certain to follow
upon the administration of himself and his col-
leagues. There is something very characteristic
in the almost boyish love of fun which Mr. Lows
unites with mental faculties of the highest and
most brilliant order. He thoroughly enjoys
his own wit, and, indeed, frequently leads the
laughter it inspires. The fact of a Chancellor of
the Exchequer promising in public " all you can
• possibly wish" • " an enormous surplus, a
" striking reduction in taxation, a financial niillen-
•• nium, which will go on increasing from year to
• year, until, weary of the task doing good, I
• refile amid the ble,sings of you all "—is in
itself an excellent joke. But when it is Mr.
LowE who is thus crying, " Bless ye,
ny people," like a stage monarch, the jest
is intensified; and though the two most brilliant
statesmen of the day have had frequently to return
thanks us Chancellor of the Exchequer, we ques-
tion if either of them reached the present holder of
the post in the breadth and heartiness of his last
night's fun. It is a good augury for a Govern-
ment when its strong men are as happy in play as
at work, and the Fishmongers' banquet proves
that this is pre-eminently the case with Mr.