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SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.

TUESDAY

On no occasion throughout the present eventful session
has the House of Commons presented a more impressive
spectacle than it exhibited yesterday afternoon. The
tropical rain had not deterred either members or visitor
from coming down to hear the rival chiefs of parties
deliver their opinions on the continental ctisis. Marvel-
lous was the difference between the scene presented by the
Lower House lest night and the Upper House on Thursday,
when Lord Granville made his statement. Instead
of a half empty Chamber, as on the earlier occasion, and
speeches so brief and so unadorned that they partook of
the character of a conversation rather than of a debate,
there was yesterday a densely thronged Chamber, and
set orations of great eloquence. The number of distin-
guished strangers was unusually large, and the gallery
over the clock was as crowded as other parts of the House.
There sat Lord Granville throughout the whole of Mr.
Disraeli's speech, and throughout the greater part of Mr.
Gladstone's, until a telegram, passed on from
hand to hand, reached him, and having read it
he hastily rose and hurriedly left the House. By his side
was the Commander-in-chief, a significant companionship,
ominous of the measures which they may have to concert
together. Lord Houghton and a score of other peers
were present, and a glance at the foreign looking faces of
some of the other occupants of the gallery told that the

diplomatic body was largely represented ; in fact

both the French and Prussian Ambassadors were
there. The evening's catechism was long, and
for the most part uninteresting. But Mr.
Baxter drew down a round of applause by the
emphatic and distinct manner in which he answered a
question put by Sir James Elphinstone, and into which
the Portsmouth baronet had contrived to infuse a very

strong tincture of the most malignant and unworthy insi-
nuation. There were a few questions bearing on the war.
Mr. Stapleton, for instance, elicited from Mr. Gladstone
the important statement that the law officers of the Crown
had decided that the chartering of English colliers to
follow the French ships of war in order to supply them
with coal, would be a breach of the neutrality laws ; and
Mr. Bernal Osborne obtained from Mr. Cardwell the
satisfactory information that in consequence of the
present critical state of Europe the 44th Regiment

which was about to be sent to the Cape
of Good Hope will be retained in England. But as a
rule the matters broached by inquisitive M.P.'s were of

Little interest.

It was not till seven minutes past five that catechising
was over, and the Speaker put the question that,
"I do now leave the chair." Mr. Disraeli then rose and
delivered a, speech which lasted just an hour. It had not been
expected that he would speak at such length. Neverthe-
less, I need hardly say, that he was listened to with
something more than patience by the large and bril-
liant audience. It was somewhat startling to hear
a Conservative Minister announce as his opening
sentence, the opinion that our diplomacy suffered by too
great reticence. If there is one thing more than another
in which the Malmesburys, and other diplomatists of the
o'd school believe, it is the necessity of absolute secrecy
in foreign affairs ; and if there is one thing more than
another which they resent it is the curiosity—the imperti-

tent curiosity as they deem it—of the House of Commons.
Nevrtheless Mr. Disraeli almost rebuked the House for
not having categorically demanded of Ministers their in-

tentions with respect to the belligerents. One of them,
and lie ought to know, said Mr. Disraeli, had predicted that
this would be a long and severe war. Who could say
that we should certainly keep out of it?

He then described with many a felicitous epigram the
course of events since the dispute began. He considered
that neither the Hohenzollern candidature, nor "the
breach of etiquette at a watering place " had anything to
do with the war. Both were " evanescent pretexts."
On the other hand had not M. Rouher declared that the
Emperor had-been preparing forwar for-tertir-yeare,--he (M.
Rouher) himself having been Minister during the greater
portion of that time? Had not also Count
Bismarck when the Diplomatic Body were,
after the withdrawal of Prince Leopold's candidature,
congratulating him upon this escape from his troubles,
declared that the incident in question had very little to do
with the dispute ? Mr. Disraeli shewed great caution in
speaking of the Secret Treaty. He would not pass any
opinion upon it, but said it shewed that there were several
subtle schemes afloat on the Continent, the result of which
might involve us in hostilities. He then went on to speak
of the treaties in which we are concerned. With some
sarcasm he described the treaty which guaranteed the
existence of Belgium as by no means of ancient date, by
no means one of those drawn 1.q3 in the dark days of Mr.
Pitt and Lord Castlereagh, but as having been origi-
nated by a Reforming and Liberal Government, whose
motto was peace, retrenchment, and reform. As for the

treaty which guaranteed the neutrality of Luxemburg
that was of very recent date, and, said Mr. Disraeli, I am
prepared to take my share of responsibility for it. But
there was a third treaty ; and then the Opposition leader
went on to enlighten the House with respect to an
arrangement, concerning which I suspect most members
were ignorant, and under which we had become pledged
to maintain, the inviolability of the King of
Prussia's Saxon provinces. This was Mr. Disraeli's
great coup de thedtre, and he made the most of it.
Armed with the knowledge of this Treaty, the British Go-
vernment should, he said, have carried on its negotiations
for peace with almost invincible force, though why Count
Bismarck should be less eager to make war than Mr.
Disraeli described him to be because England was bound
by treaty to aid him, Mr. Disraeli by no means made
clear. Then came the unfolding of his policy. It was to
be that of armed neutrality, and England was, in concert
with Russia, to use all the pressure possible to restore
peace. An Anglo-Russian alliance, supported by arma-
ments, was to be the cure for the present war fever by which
France and Prussia are consumed. But was that
policy possible? " When I see naval squadrons passing
within sight of our shores," said Mr. Disraeli, " I should
like to see a strong channel fleet," a sentiment highly ap-
proved on the Conservative benches. Then, with con-
siderable adroitness, he went on to praise the abilities of
Mr. Gladstone and the late Lord Clarendon, and to de-
clare how impossible it was that two such able Ministers
could have been ignorant of the impending war. This
being so, how came it to pass that they had been parties
to unceasing reductions? Why had Woolwich been
closed before Chatham was finished ? Why had our
best artisans been banished to Canada? A shout of
applause greeted the orator at this point. Then, growing
very solemn, and assuming the voice and style of Cas-
sandra, he warned Mr. Gladstone of the fate which befel
a Ministry not less able, not less numerically strong, than
' his. It was exactly seventeen years ago that Parliament
was prorogued, before the Aberdeen Government had
made any decisive announcement of its policy, and the
result was that the Russians crossed the Pruth. Then
followed six months of "discordant councils and infirm con-
duct," and at last England drifted into war, and into
humiliation, and the Ministry was wrecked. Mr. Disraeli
concluded with a strong appeal to the Government to
declare its intention to fulfil its treaty obligations.
Mr. Gladstone rose to reply at ten minutes past six.
He made short work of Mr. Disraeli's alarming discovery
with respect to the Treaty of Vienna. In fact, the idea
of our being bound to fight in order to secure Prussia,
one of the first military Powers in the world, the indepen-
dence of her Saxon provinces, was too absurd. Even
more absurd was the supposition that we should have
prevented Prussia from going to war by telling her that
if she did we should have to place our army at
her disposal. Mr. Gladstone then went on to
repudiate the assertion that he had foreseen the
war. The English Government had not fore-
seen it, and the French Government was equally
ignorant, for so lately as June 30, M. 011ivier had declared
that never was the peace of Europe so assured. To Mr.

Disraeli's suggestion that we should obtain the help of
Russia in urging peace, the Premier readily assented, but
he would not confine co-operation with that power, and
Mr. Disraeli thereupon remarked that he had not intended
to do so. The other recommendation from the Opposition
chief—armed neutrality—the Ministerial chief could not
accept. It was 'dangerous. It made both parties suspi-
cious and disinclined to accept our good offices. The nen
trality should be thoroughly impartial, and
it would be secure. • Mr. Gladstoiic then
enumerated the various steps which he had taken to attain

the first object ; and he next shewed how un-
founded were the statements as to the alleged
inefficiency of our defences. He took up one
item after another, infantry, cavalry, artillery, ships,
guns, rifles, stores, coals, fortifications, and shewed that
our position was excellent. This condition was due to the
policy of the Government, whereby our forces were no
longer scattered over the face of the earth, where they often
did mischief and involved us in squabbles, but were now close
at hand ready to do their duty. He referred very briefly,
but very emphatically, to the Secret Treaty as a most
serious and grave event, which had given a great shock to
public confidence. But he declined to commit himself to
any positive statement with respect to Belgium. It was
enough that he intended on the following day
to ask the House to sanction additional estimates for our
army and navy. The peroration was very eloquent, and
concluded with the hope that we might be the blessed
instruments of restoring peace.
Mr. Gladstone spoke forty minutes, and when he sat
down, Sir John Hay and Mr. Bernal Osborne rose
together. There were loud cries of " Osborne," but the
Speaker in accordance with his rule of allowing each side
of the House to speak alternately, selected the Tory
Admiral, who made a fierce attack upon Ministerial
economy. Mr. Osborne - was scarcely as witty
as he usually is. He displayed his strong
Prussian predilections, which were exhibited so
remarkably six years ago, when England was full of in-
dignation against Prussia for her invasion of Denmark,
and he called upon the Government to exercise the armed
neutrality which Mr. Disraeli had recommended.
As soon as he had finished, and he spoke but
some twenty minutes, there was an exodus
to the dining-room, and Mr. Cardwell made his
minute defence of the War Office to a thin
House. It was clear now that we were in for a night's
debate. We had a violently Imperialist speech from Sir
Henry Hoare, and a strong Belgian speech from Mr.
Baillie. Cochrane, who must feel himself back
in his old element, the element of foreign
politics, in m hick he used to disport himself
so gracefully in the old Palmerston days. Mr.
Richard made a Peace Society speech, which was endorsed
later in the evening by the lugubrious-looking Quaker,
Mr. Gilpin. Sir Henry Bulwer amused the members who
had ears keen enough to take in his very
faint and feeble accents with his diplomatic re-
miniscences, and was hard upon M. Benedetti. Mr:
Graves referred so pointedly to the absence of Belgium
from Mr. Gladstone's speech that the Premier thought it
necesary to get up and explain that it was because of Bel-
gium that he was going to ask for increased estimates.
The debate did not conclude till half-past eleven, and
after that there was a long night's work whereof I can
give you no account. I see that M.P.'s did not leave the
House till half past three in the morning, a really cruel
hour.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS ON THE:
WAR.

Mgr. Darboy, the Archbishop of Paris, has written a
pastoral address on the war, in which he declares that
France has taken up the sword in a legitimate cause, for
she seeks to restore the balance of power in Europe, and
to bring about a general disarmament. Humanly speak-
ing nothing is wanted to ensure success to the Imperial
arms, but as the vicissitudes of war cannot be foreseen, it
becomes a Christian people to confide their cause to the
God of battles.