The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-10 00:00:00

THE ORATORY OF THE RECESS.

The Daily Ncua sees in the speeches delivered I
by the members who are hurrying to confer with their
constituents before the parliamentary recess comes to an
end, fresh evidence that amongst the members of the
opposition the concessions of the tory chieftains to demo-
, crazy have awakened neither respect nor gr►titude. Sir
William Hutt shows his indignation at the assertions of
the conservatives that household suffrage has long been
their cherished idea, and that the resistance of liberal
members has been the chief hindrance to its enactment.
Lord Milton, with his ingenuous youth, says the conserva-
tives and Adellamites have lowered his judgment of human
nature. If it had not been for violence and riot, we
should, he thinks, have had no Reform Bill. With regard
to the topics of the future—the language used on the edu-
cation controverty by Mr. Cowen. at Newcastle ; by Mr.
Ilibbert and Mr. Platt, at Oldham ; by Mr. T. B. Potter,
at Rochdale, and by other radical members who sit below
the gangway and behind Mr. Bright, show that the " ad-
vanced" party is rather disposed on this question to follow
the rapid march of Mr. W. E. Forster and Mr. Bruise, than
to lag behind with the " slow and conservative" member
foe Birmingham. Mr. ,Leland, one of the most intelligent
and conch utious of English county members, urges that
the farmer must have security for his capital, and advo-
cates the extension over the country of the custom of
tenant-right which has the force of law in Lincolnshire.
He also urges the necessity of loosenisg the restrictions
which in the shape of settlements, trust', life tenancies.
ke., shackle free dealing with land. Mr. Fawcett may be
congratulated on a valuable ally and a sober and well-
informed adviser on this subject.

prudence with enterpriee, the latter benefited in
the long run. Nothing is more destructive to fair
and honest speculation than the recklessness of THE 11.19111 ELM.) QUESTION.
Insisting that the more giro Bright's had scheme is
bankrupt firms who contrive to got credit and use
examined the more chimerical its character appears, the
it to carry on operations which they know full well
Tiara points out that the fact that it is to be permissive
can only result in lose. Sooner or later the end , destroys the use of Interference as a means to obtain
must come ; but in the meanwhile the careful I certain desired ends. Where • landlord is willing to sell,
merchant finds that, from dishonest unscrupulous- i and • tenant is enterprising and provident, no intervention
neiz, he is undersold in half the markets of the ,of the legislature is wanted ; bet euppoaing the state, in
world. A panic, therefore, has been always held the imaginary ease, has stepped in, and the tenant is
to have the beneficial though indirect effect of l punctuality and moridfll othlioeor
tillkin kindred
expiration of
is
hastening the inevitable crash, and thus of getting ; 7.7 iterm allowed him for paying the) purchase
summarily rid of a comstautly-recurring evil inion,;. What follows. The miserable record with
English commerce. I which every Irishman is familiar of a nominal landowner
in one sense the storm of 1866 has cleared the mortgaged up to the chin. lie has nothing, yet he lives
atmosphere, since it removed • number of insol- ias Pal'enang all things. Sub-interests are created with
imaginative magnificence, and the dying mortgagor gives
vent companies, of which the longer continuance
would have caused a proportionately greater loss. I
property his widow an annuity and hie daughters dowries out of a
pro
But as yet we have no immediate and palpable which is strictly valueless. It would be
ble for any machinery devised by parliament
sign of the good effects of the clearance, although to watch the husbandry of the tenant-owner, and
there can be no doubt of the ultimate benefit. the necessity of compounding the claim of the
We are certainly in a worse position than we were Treasury might not uncommonly be enforced by the cost-
a year ago. Leaving out the question of the elusive argument that the land itself bad become dote-
Abyminian war and Fenian troubles, the wont Aerated to half its former value. Eviction would he out
feature to be noted is the discredit that has fallen :of the question. Whether any legislation be necessary
upon the railway interest, causing snore than or not depends upon facts which me not before us, or,
in as far as the Tinits know, in the possession of anyone ;and
one instance the practical insolvency of some of the proper conclusion now is that it is essential, before
the larger companies. It is no light matter for a government or parliament debate the question further,
parent, guardian, or trustee to face the new year that the facts of the relations between the several classes
when deprived of his income for an indefinite of Irish landlords and Irish tenants should be ascertained
period. It is plausible enough to say that, "7 i_ a slarching local inquiry.
whatever inconvenience ho may feel, the nation in
general has not been the loser, since the money I The re, LAUNC
ragoh esn OPtTwlllt HERC
hen the HULES.uoi.
tooted
that has been extravagantlyspent till remains in
remains out from her dock this afternoon there little doubt that
the kingdom. Unproductive expenditure, how- the strongest and most formidable vessel in the world hoists
ever, on • railway, whether in ordinary stock, ; the standard of England. The Hercules is, in effect, a
preference shares, or debentures, is actually as , floating castle. Her walls are about as thick as the walla
great a waste of labour, time, and material as if of the keeps which the Normans built of stone and mortar.
the whole money had been cat into the sea. What Freee five feet below the water-level te nine feat shove it,
concerns us moat, however, is that the purchasing' she ca
tiers,:itate'esh.niele.lasnehoiplatest
foofthirooon. ;obaobovevthe this, for sight
shut
power of the nation at large is diminished. &mi.! inches; and plates
thwart-ship bulkheads ire inches.
MOOS is crack, which means that earnings are fall- I Behind the unparalleled suit of mail is • teak padding, a
ing off ; property hitherto considered worth 1001. foot in thickness, which ruts on a a skin" of iron one inch
or 1201. has fallen to 451. or 601., and, whatever and • half thick, strengthened with iron frames, latticed
may be said to the contrary, • prudent man is I with the ribs of the ship. In mar of the ribs ocean a
sure to measure his fortune by the price that it triple layer of teak twenty-eight Inches through, and then
bears in the market—that is, the value set upon 6.1"4"d " ale composed of
iron
plate
thre°4l"rfiri
inch, • upported by iron frames seven inches
it by others,. He regulates his expenditure de-- "as Altogether there is of wood newt four feet and
accordingly. This, nevertheless, is a favourable •of "tr.,a, a foot all but three-quarter: of as isoh.
example, for too many families are cut She will cam only eight Pas in the Geste,' box battery,
off from receiving any income at all, la•ton 'sawn. Oro** • alma of 600 1 made weight
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main deck, protested by armearylabse, sad es the mime-
enjoyed two years ago. We have, at least, one desk dm Goo dua ; ewe ewes*. the forward sad two