The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

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To Paris Via Dieppe,

(From the Railway News.)

The three chief routes between England and France, as
everybody knows, are by Dover and Calais, by Folkestone,
and Boulogne, and by Newhaven and Dieppe. Look at the
map, and you will see that the line from London to Paris by
Newhaven and Dieppe is much more direct and shorter, in
actual mileage, than either of the other two lines. If it were
all dry land, it would be by far the best mode of communi-
cation, and the others would have little more chance of
competing with it than a line which led from London to
13rimingham by way of Ipswich would have with one which
ran straight between the two cities. It is the interposition
of that unsociable element, the sea, which makes all the dif-
ference. The deep valley which the waves, aided by terres-
trial convulsions, have worn between the chalk cliffs of
France and England, which probably began to yawn since
man appeared upon the earth, is at the narrowest where
Dover and Folkestone look across at Calais and Boulogne,
and widens to twice the distance between Newhaven and
Dieppe. Here we have a striking illustration of the supe-
riority of land over water transit in respect of speed, for the
comparatively slight difference in mileage (as it would be
deemed on shore) between the Newhaven and the other two
ferries more than neutralises the advantage which the for-
mer route derives from its very much shorter mileage on
land. For all that, however, there is not any very great
difference between them in point of time for ordinary tra-
vellers. Those who go direct from London to Paris, on busi-
ness of urgency, or who have a horror of the sea, will, of
course, choose either Dover or Folkestone lines. Those
who want to see something more of France than its metro-
polis, and who do not grudge a little delay on the journey
for that object, will not hesitate to take the Newhaven route.
The sea passage ought not to be a deterrent. It occupies
only some five hours and a half or six hours—indeed, the
new boat, the Marseilles, accomplished it the other day in
four and a half—and the Channel is often much more angry
and tempestuous between its narrower straits.
An atom in the vast tide of metropolitan humanity which
flows every morningbetween 8 and 10 from the suburbs to
the City to ebb again at dusk, we one day find ourselves
drifted into the side eddy of the London• bridge terminus,
and presently are being whirled away southwards. All the
trim little villas of New Cross and Forest Hill seem to be
racing up to town as we rush past; the Sydenham Palace
makes us wink as, like a great chrysolite, it flashes to the
sun in a sudden blaze and then is lost to sight, A pause of
a few seconds at Croydon, and then we are dashing through
a fine country, clothed a few weeks ago with wreaths of
hops and breadths of yellow grain, but still richly green
with foliage, though the hop-poles are ranged in tented order
and the wheat is only ragged stubble in the fields. Reigate
shows its red face an instant and is gone. We catch a
glimpse of Lewes, looking very blue with many slates—
slates on its roofs and its gables—slates everywhere. A jerk
round a sharp curve and here we are at Newhaven wharf—
a quiet little port in a cleft of the long chalk cliffs. The
Alexandra, snorting spasmodically and emitting impatient
gushes of steam, as if eager to be off, is lying at the quay to
receive her passengers, who have now an opportunity of
inspecting each other. 'I here is the usual matley crew—the
old travellers, who profit by experience to rush down stairs
and make a comfortable lunch with a little brandy and
seltzer to wash it down, and then select snug places upon
deck; the timid ones, who immediately begin to swallow
mysterious chemicals, administered in so many drops in a
tumblerful of water, concerning which, when we inquire of
the steward as to what it is, we elicit, after evasive replies,
an indignant exclamation, "Bless you, that 'ere nasty stuff
won't do 'em any good—there's nothing like a glass of prime
stout or a stiff go of grog if you feel queer, I can tell you;"
the reckless ones, who quaff ale and begin to smoke large
cigars defiant of old Neptune, who, however, does not long
delay a cruel revenge; the inquisitive ones, who want to
know how the wind is, the length of the keel, the number of
the crew, the name of the stoker, the age of the steward's
wife, and so on; the" swells," who have " made up" for
the voyage, some nautically, in rough pea jackets and mo-
dified sou-westers, some en granele tome, light kid gloves,
patent leather boots, and opera glass in glossy case slung
round their shoulder, and one, Heaven save the mail( I in
shooting boots and knickerbockers (not that his legs are
much to look at, after all.) There are the foreigners, too,
looking already quite green, as if reflecting the complexion
of the hateful element, and clothed, some of them, in strange
modifications of English costume intended to astonish their
families in France, as this one here, in a huge cabman's
great coat of a fiae cream colour, adorned with large oyster
shell buttons and elaborate plaits and seams, crossing and
recrossing each other fantastically; and this other, in a full
suit of corduroys, supposed to represent the ordinary habi-
liment of the first aristocracy in the world. Meanwhile the
luggage is being swung down the hold, and some interest is
manifested in the stout, square, little iron bound boxes
which are being carefully counted one by one, and piled up
in a safe corner by themselves. These are full of bullion. A
large rill of that drain of specie, of which we hear so much
talk about nowadays, finds it way through Newhaven to the
Continent. One of our kid glove friends is trying hard to
pass himself off as somehow connected with this costly
freight; but the real officer in charge is that quiet, keen-
eyed gentleman who is standing apart enjoying the joke.
At length everybody and everything are on board, the
moorings unfastened, and with a shrill whistle the Alexandra
glides out of the narrow harbour. Of the voyage little need
be said. The sea is tolerably quiet, and except the foreigners
and one or two Britons who have made up their mind that

they ought to be ill, and must be ill, the company rather
enjoy the fresh sea breeze, which already begins to redden
wan cheeks, blanched by the care and confinement of the
towns, into something like the hue of health. There are
one on two married couples on board, some of them newly
married, and hare we are tempted to make a remark. In
our guide book we find it stated, among other singular cus-
toms of Normandy, that when a marriage occurs there is
sometimes a fight between the bride and her groom at the
altar, for in putting on the ring if the man can push it be-
low the second joint he will be master of his wife and house,
whereas, if he fails, the sway will be with the woman. We
suspect a sea voyage is better calculated to decide the ques-
tion. No matter how low the husband may have thrust
the ring, if he suffers from the mal de mer and his wife does
not, you may be sure his superiority is gone for ever. Young
men about to marry, listen to the voice of wisdom and the
counsel of experience—Don't let your wedding trip be across
the waters, unless you are perfectly sure of "sea legs," or
that the angel of your soul will be as bad as yourself
Chatting, dozing, sipping brandy and water, promenading,
and killing time in various ways, the five hours and odd
slip past, and we have reached the white cliffs of Dieppe,
which are just the image of those we left on the other side.
No matter how often one crosses the Channel, it is always a
curious sensation for an Englishman to find himself under
the control of a soldier-police. We pass up to the custom-
house between two files of armed men; there are more of
them at the railway station, and we are shut up in a sallc
d'aftente, in order that the " authority" may have another
opportunity of asserting itself. However, iet us be thankful
for the privilege of entering France with the simple decla-
ration, " Je suis Anglais," and without being asked for a
passport.
Dieppe is not a very attractive town. It is moderately
picturesque in parts, and not immoderately dirty except in
the Pollet, where a race of wild fishermen dwell, who speak
a patois of their own, and whom you have no occasion to
visit unless you choose to study manners in a primitive and
savage form. There is a large and handsome Etablissement
de Baths on the beach, where there are balls, concerts, and
pleasant social gatherings, and the environs in the direction
of Argues are rather pretty. Still, life in Dieppe is flit
and dull. It is a good place to go to, but not to stop in. It
is good to go there, because it is a convenient starting-point
for several charming spots. A cheap and easy coach ride
along the coast leads, for instance, to St. Valery-en-Caux,
where there is good sea bathing, and quiet quarters in a
quaint little town at the bottom of a chasm between two
steep heights. Further southwards, also on the coach road,
is Filcamp, where those who like gaiety and fashion by the
seashore will have their desire gratified to the full, It is a
curious little town, built of white and black flints, in a
narrow ravine, with a remarkable old church in its midst,
and the ruins of an abbey in its neighbourhood. Etretat is
nearer Havre, and is a watering place of a different charac-
ter. An enthusiastic licentiate in law, who has NT ritten a
little book about Normandy, breaks into sentimental rap.
tures about this little marine village, where handsome villas
stand shoulder to shoulder with the rude cabins of the in-
digenous fishermen. It attracts, we are told, by something
savage and unexpected, the man who delights to study in
the great book of nature, or to dream ill solitude oil the

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The autumnal half-yearly inspection of troops stationed
at Aldershott were begun on Monday, and continued
throughout the week. On the Ist day the regiments in-
spected were the Ist (Royal) Dragoons, the Ist Battalion
14th Regiment, the 31st Regiment, the 75th, and the 85th.
The Royal Dragoons were inspected by Major-Glen. Hodge,
C.B„ commanding the cavalry brigade at Aldershott. The
gall ,nt brigadier was on the ground by o'clock in the
morning, and began by viewing the officers' chargers. He
then visited the adult and infant schools, and subsEquently
examined the clothing in the stores, the regimental and
troop books in the orderly room, the troop stables, and the
whole of the men's quarters. All these were is a very satis-
factory condition. In the afternoon the regiment was drawn
up on parade, and was put through a variety of evolutions
incidental to such an occasion, by Major Jas. Ainslie. The
Major-General expressed himself much pleased with the
soldierly bearing of the men, and the general appearance of
both men and horses. The Ist Battalion 14th Buck-
inghamshire) Regiment was paraded at 10 o'clock, and the
companies were inspected in succession by Major-General
Bates, commanding the 2d Infantry Brigade. In the
afternoon the battalion marched to the Long Valley, where

it was put through some rapid movements by Colonel Budd,
and through the bayonet exercise by Captain Hawley.
The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and the 85th

(Bucks Volunteers), which have but recently arrived at
Aldershott, were inspected by Lieutenant-General Sir J.
L. Pennefather, and by Major-General Brook Taylor,
commanding the Ist Brigade. The regiments were in-
spected, and went through a series of field movements in a
very dashing manner. Lieutenaert-Celonel R. J. Eager,
commanding the 31st, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gray,
commanding the 85th, were highly complimented by Sir
John Pennefather and the Brigadier. Tho 75th (Stirling-
shire) Regiment was inspected by Major-General Rus-
sell, and acquitted itself to his entire satisfaction.
It was put through the manual and platoon exercises
by Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, and through the bayonet
exercise by Major Maunsell. On We ,nesday the regi-
ments inspected were the 14th Hussars, the 2d battalion
60th Rifles, and the 83d Regiment. The Hussars were in-
spected by Major-Gen. Hodge, who pursued the same
minute line of examination as in the case of the Royals on
Monday, and with a like satisfactory result. The regiment
was ur der the command of Lieut.-Col. Sir W. Russell, C.B.
The 2d battalion 60th Rifles, under the command of Col.
Palmer, C. 8., was inspected by Major-Gen. Bates on Wed-
nesday and Thursday , and performed a series of very inte-
resting manoeuvres in a highly creditable manner. The 83d
Regiment. under Lieut.-Col. Hankey, was inspected by
Major-Gen. Russell, and proved itself to be in a high state
of efficiency. It was put through the manual and platoon
exercise in admirable style by Major Venables, through the
bayonet exercise by Major Bates, and through battalion and
other movements by Capts. Wakefield, Huyshe, and Kars-
lake. The 39th Regiment was inspected on Friday by
Major-Gen. Russell. The regiment was under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Col. Munro, C. 8., and it performed a num-
ber of minute and important evolutions in first-rate style
and to the entire satisfaction of the brigadier inspecting.
The inspections will be continued during the present week.
The 23d company of the Royal Engineers is under orders
to proceed from Aldershot on the 17th inst. to Chatham,
and will be replaced by the Ist company from Devonport.
On Saturday the undermentioned parties left Aldershot
Camp for the School of Musketry at Hythe :—Lieut. and
Adj. Lee and one private, Ist Royal Dragoons—Lieut. and
Adj. Grieve, V.C., and one private, 2d Dragoons—Lieut.
and Adjt. Raper and one private, 39th Regiment—Lieut.
Hosier and one private, 2d Dragoons—Lieut. Bradford and
one private, 39th Regiment.
A fatal accident occurred at Aldershot during the field-
day operations in the presence of the Duke of Cambridge
last week. A man named George Jackson, a private be-
longing to the Royal Dragoons, was thrown from his horse,
and sustained such severe injures that he expired a few
days afterwards, and was buried on Friday with the usual
military honours. The Rev)l. Huleat,who during the past
three years has occupied the office of principal chaplain to
the forces at Aldershot, has been transferred to Hounslow,
to eueceed the Rev. Mr Hodges, appointed to the principal
chaplaincy at Aldershot.
Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the
south-western military district, on Saturday inspected the
69th Regiment, under the command of Col. E Mazkirdy,
on Haslar-common. After the usual manoeuvres of a firing
field-day, which were performed with celerity and predsiou
his lordship proceeded to the new barracks occupied by the
regiment at Gosport, with the regiment on its return to
quarters from Hasler, and inspected the hospital, schools,
the regimental and company books, the men's dinners, &e.,
with all of which ho was well satisfied. At the close he ex-
pressed to Col. Mackirdy and his officers the pleasure he
would have in being enabled to make a highly favourable
report of the condition of the regiment to the Field Marshal
Commanding in Chief.

The iron-cased screw steamship Prince Consort, 35,Capt.
G. O. Willis, C. 8., and the iron chip Hector, 24, Capt. G.
W. Preedy, C.B , which arrived in Plymouth Sound from
the eastward on Saturday morning, commenced receiving
coal immediately, and in the afternoon left the Sound by
the eastern ehannel. Towards dusk the Channel squadron
hove in sight to the eastward. Yesterday morning at day-
light they were observed again under canvas only, cr'iizing.
Between 9 and 10 o'clock they were seven miles from the
breakwater, in two divisions, close hauled, beating up
Channel. Wind S.E. ; fresh breeze, puffy. Besides the
Prince Consort and Hector, there were the Edgar, 17, Capt.
G. T. P. Hornby, flag of Rear Admiral Dacres, C.B.—the
iron ship Black Prince, 41, Capt. Lord F. Kerr—the iron
ship Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hen. A. Cochrane—the iron
o
ship Defence, 16, Capt. A. Phillimore—ard two others, one
which is supposed to be the iron cased screw steamship
Research, 4, Capt. A. Wilinshurst.
The Vesuvius, 6, paddle sloop, Capt. R. V. Hamilton,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, from which port she sailed on the 16th September,
calling in at Scilly for fuel. The Vesm ius has brought
home a Dumber of naval and military supernumeraries and
West Indies and British North America. The powder and
invalids from her Majest
shell were taken out of the vessel yesterday at Spithead, and
rs ships and troops serving in the
she afterwards steamed into Portsmouth harbour.
The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt, E. Lacy, has a
number of boilermakers and other artisans employed upon
her at Portsmouth, making good her defects sufficiently to
enable her to complete another 12 months' service.

Her Majesty's troopship Urgent, Capt. Henderson, from
Quebec and St. John's, Newfoundland, all well, bound to
Portsmouth, put into Falmouth on Saturday afternoon.
There was a strong east wind, and she was short of fuel.
She has:on board the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards,
under command of Col. Stephenson, 650 officers and men,
with 120 women and children.
Her Majesty's gunboat Blazer, from Galway to Queens-
town, J. F. Prowse, R.N., lieutenant commanding, put in
at Crookhaven, Cork, on Thursday last.
Her Majesty's screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 1,466 tons, 400
horse power, left Chatham-harbour at an early hour on Sa-
turday morning with the intention of making her official trial
of speed at the measured mile, near Maplin Sands, in order
to enable the Admiralty officials to ascertain her steaming
qualities since the numerous alterations and improvements
recently effected on board. For some days previous to the
in order that the
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night, in
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trial the corvette's decks were crowded with dockyard me-
chanics engaged in getting the vessel out of hand, and a
numerous body of artisans and. labou.ereerrs
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dockyard that the screw—a new
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has been substituted for the old Admiralty bladed screw—
requiredwere occupied in clearing the. well, lifting the screw, and
altering
altering the blades from a. pitch of 241 t. to one of 20ft. The
officials on board to superintend the trial on Saturday were
Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the Steam Re-
serve ; Mr Baker, inspector of maehinery afloat and chief
engineer afloat; Mr Hutchins, assist-master shipwright;
Mr Blakey, Queen's pilot, and several others. The
draught of water on the Cadmus leaving the harbour was
15ft. Gin. forward and 17ft, aft, which scarcely gave suffi-
cient immersion for the screw. The wind at the time was
blowing strong from the eastward, with a force of five.
Soon after the Cadmus had left her moorings at Folly
Point a defect was discovered in the working of her
screw, and it became evident that the propeller blades
were set at too great a pitch. Under these circum-
stances Captain nail decided on not placing the
steamer on the measured mile, and a run was only taken to
the Nore and back, the working of the screw being still un-
satisfactory. The, official trial of speed was accordingly
deferred, and in the afternoon the Cadmus brought up along-
side the Benbow, 72, where the workmen immediately com-
menced making some further alterations in her screw. In
this they were employed the remainder of the day, the trial
at the measured mile being postponed. Opportunity will
now be taken to give the corvette a better trim, for which
purpose 200 tons of coal will be placed on board. It is
stated at Chatham that the Cadmus will be commissioned
in few days by Capt. J. F. Ross, the same officer who paid
that vessel off when put out of commission at Chatham.
The first supply of the new description of bolts for secu-
ring the armour-plates to iron-cased ships, the invention of
Major W. Palliser, late of the 18th Hussars, which, on the
recommendation of the Ordnance Select Committee, has
been adopted by the Admiralty, has been completed at
Chatham Dockyard, and in future will be used in securing
the iron plates to the several targets to be tested at Shoe-

buryness. The principal feature in the invention is the plan
adopted for entirely preventing the nuts of the screws being
broken off by the violence of the blows aimed at the target
and against the head of the bolts—an accident which the
numerous recent trials have proved to be of constant occur-
rence whenever there is what is termed an impulsive strain
upon the bolts. The defect has been especially felt during
late experiments at Shoeburyness, where iron plates at-
tached to the targets by the existing description of screw
bolts, have been exposed to fire of heavy ordnance. The
reason of such accidents is obviously the diminution of the
strength of the bolts caused by the thread of the screws
being cut into their substance. In the armour bolts just
completed at Chatham Dockyard Major Palliser has cool-
ple teiy remedied this fatal defect by so constructing his
bolts that their screw threads at the end ire, as it were in
relief, or, in other words, so much thicker than the bolts
themselves. The stem or shank of ,the bolt is purposely
made slightly smaller in diameter than the bottom of the
thread of the screw, the effect of which is that the exten-
sion due to the strain will occur throughout the reduced
part of the bolt, and not on the thread of the screw, which
latter, it is suggested, may, if required, be constructed of
steel and welded to the shank. Numerous experiments
have demonstrated that in iron and other metallic bars sub-
jected to sudden tensile strains, the extension occurs wholly
at the weakest points in the bar. In the late official trial
of Major Palliser's invention made at Shoeburyness before
the Ordnance Select Committee, four different methods of
fastening armour-plates were tested—namely, 1, that by
rivets ; 2, by means of Warrior bolts; 3, by improved
Warrior bolts ; and, 4, by Major Palliser's method as de-
scribed above. The result of the experiments, as recorded
in the official report of the competitive trial, was an easy
triumph for Major Palliser's method. All the bolts on the
occasion referred to held firm, and none snapped their
screw-heads, notwithstanding the heavy pounding to which
the plates they fastened were subjected, while the other
three plans for bolting on the armour-plates failed sooner
or later. The new bolts just completed at Chatham
Dockyard will be employed in securing the iron plates
attached to the new target in course of construction at
Shoeburyness, alongside other iron plates attached by dif-
ferent methods.

Lord Bateman and Mr. Gawthorne Hardy,

M. P. , at Leominster,

The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Leo-
minster Agricultural Society was held at Leominster
on Friday. The show of stock was small, attributed
to the scarcity of sheep, but, except of horses, were
of a very inferior quality. In the evening there
was the usual dinner, at which the president, Mr.
Chadwick, took the chair, and there was also pre-
sent Lord Bateman, the Hon. Cecil Hanbury Len-
nox, M.P., Mr. Gawthorne Hardy, M.P., and Mr.
King King, M.P.
Alter the usual toasts,

Lord BATEMAN being called upon to respond to
that of " The Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire,"
said the office of their representatives in the House
of Commons at these agricultural meetings was to
give an account of their stewardship for the past
year, which, no doubt, these present would do.
For his part he would say that he thought tbey
had reason to congratulate themselves that
the sagacity of a Prime Minister, 80 years
old, had certainly saved them from a great
curse—namely, a war with foreign countries,
(Cheers.) He said that not from any personal regard
for Lora Palmerston, for he and those around him
had joined in a vote of censure on the Government
in reference to the treatment of Denmark and the
way in which the negotiations in reference to that
country had been conducted ; but it was impossible
for any one to look at the state of Europe, to look
at the arrogance of some foreign countries, and to
the attitude maintained by France, by Austria, and
by Italy, without congratulating themselves on the
fact that they had not been involved in war, In
offering this as a matter of congratulation, he did
not mean to say that the country approved of the
spoliation of Denmark. They remembered the re-
ception that had been given to the Princess of
Wales when she came to this country, and there
could be no doubt that the woe, the misery, and the
disaster which befel her fatherland came home to
the hearts of all in this country. (Hear.)

The health of " The County Members' saving
been given from the chair,
Mr KING KING said he should take advantage of
the rule of the society which excluded party politics,
but he might say that in the absence of party politics,
with peace abroad and prosperity at home, they
were happily left to work out these problems of
social and mural improvement which they all more
or less had at heart.

In reply to the toast of "The Borough Members,"

Mr GAWTIIORNE HARDY said the time was not
far distant whem members of Parliament would be
called upon to give on the hustings that account of
their stewardship to which Lord Bateman had al-
luded, and when that time came he should be ready
to make his report, In the leading journal, the
other day, they were told that no members of Par-
liament had a right to appear before their constitu•
ents without giving thein full instructions on the
things of the day; but, nevertheless, they found
the pages of that same paper filled with reviews
of books, with letters on the rearing of
bees, and on sewing machines. (Loud laughter.)
With regard to agricultural prospects, they were
now subjected to unrestricted competition, and it
behoved them by means of improved agriculture to
get out of the land more than they had hitherto
done. Agriculture had made great strides in the
last few years, looking to the implements, the build-
ings, and the skill which farmers exercised in what
he might call the manipulation of manners. • He re-
commended farmers to carefully study the blue book
recently issued by Parliament on the subject of the
sewage of towns. Passing to another subject, he
observed that Parliament had taken in hand the subs
jest of the education of the poor, and also of the
rich, and it was now proposed to have an inquiry as
to the education of the middle classes. When so
much was being done for the poor, it behoved them
to see that their workmen were not better educated
than their own sons. (Hear, hear.) It had been
said that their workpeople received an education
calculated to unfit them for their position. If that
were so, it was the fault of the mode of education,
and not of the education itself. It was for the land-

lords to provide proper cottage accommodation for
the labourers on their estates. lithe landlord did his
duty in this respect, he effected as much good fur the
farmer and tenant as if he provided good stabling
for their horses and good pigstyes for their pigs.
Far be it from him to speak of the poor as on a par
with the beasts of the field, but he must say
that in some places he had seen the poor living in
habitations less suited for them than those provided
for the lower animals. In conclusion, the hon. mem-
ber spoke of Post-office savings banks and the Go-
vernment Annuities Bill as offering great advan.
tages to the working population of this country.
The Hon. CECIL HANBURY LENNOX also re-
sponded to the toast. The Miles had been pleased
to give to the speeches at the agricultural meetings
the title of " extra-Parliamentary utter-
ances." He (the speaker) looked upon it that
the orators at these meetings, from the Premier
himself downwards, were in the habit of thrashing
out the straw which had already been well bela-
boured, until the residue was the very dustiest
chaff. (Laughter.) They had already had two opt•
rations of this kind performed by their members
that evening, and it only remained for him to sweep
the floor and see if there were any corn at all left
for him. (Hear, Lear.) With regard to the late
session of Parliament, they might be thankful for
three mercies in reference to it—peace, Palmerston,
and prosperity. He would not touch on the affairs
connected with Brezil, with Denmark, with Ash,
antee, or with Amerida, but he would merely, in re-
ference to the national humiliation that had been
submitted to, observe that they had certainly got
out of the mess, but it had been said abroad, with
regard to the manner in which they had escaped,
that the England of to-day was not the England of
former days. There could be no doubt that the
spirit which had characterised our negotiations
with foreign countries of late had caused a blush on
many an English countenance. The speaker then
referred to one or two measures of last session, in-