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expression of this sentiment, another

was little less rema

)le : all classes of politicians d

conviction t

been done ; that g►reate

1 more pe

might have been attained

As is usual at the opening of e

sion, a debate was enacted in both house:

,s is not

uncustomary in such wordy warfare, the
in ke(

I was hardly

finitude of t

ion, and

fell infinitely below the standard of estimated expectation
Tame and in reality unproductive as N^•-

the debate, it

was, nevertheless, conducted in such a

.anner as to e

clearly one or two propositions not general

parliament, and to introduce to national observation a cl

eumstance or two of considerable importance as well- as

It demonstrated in unmistakeable form the vigi-
lance, intelligence, and, on the whole, the impartiality and
wisdom with which the operations of the belligerents, the
conduct of the war, and the intentions of the Ministry,
have been watched, understood, and laid bare by the Araus

eyes and Briarian hands of the Pres

In a masterly

speech, the

Earl of DERBY, while e:

concurrence and that of the Conservative

Ising his own
party in the

proposal for prosecuting the war with vigi
a skilful analysis and a severe condemnal

entered upon

tion of the course

of ministerial action relative to the w

S com

mencement. In the course of his long, able, z
studied invective, however, he exposed no fact, pointed out
no blunder, censured no policy, which had not already
been exhibited and denounced in strains as powerful, or in
narrative as clear, as his own. He awarded no praise,
extolled no achievement, bestowed no encomium, which
bad not been sung in accents as sweet and thrilling, ere
his senatorial eloquence was breathed. So in the lower
house, probably for the first time since it was an institu-
tion, Ministers had nothing new to communicate; leaders
of opposition had no hidden mine of

beneath the trembling feet of ministerial supporte
had been previously stated. Even

Every nice offence had borne its comment

and the debate reads in all respects like an abbreviate of
the newspaper narratives and comments ! In no previous
instance, and on no former occasion, had the press such
undeniable ground on which to claim consideration as a
" fourth estate," and a valuable one, too

the realm

Another

ovelty connected with the debate on the

dress wi

dl be found in ti

t position assumed la;

niniste:

For the

st time in parliamentary annals, we

find the

executive in the equivocal character of "pE
Among the earliest of England's " mighty prep
for the war was, to put its conduct under efficie
• '

The administrative department of our fleets

and armies was denounced as inefficient—dangerc
was absurd and unworkable. True, under that q,
administration we had conducted a great
to a termination so glorious to our arms, and so satisfactorN
in its results, as to lead to a European peace of near
years' duration ; but then that wa

eventful war

Ln the olden time

when war was not understood as it now is, and, if to war

ust go,

intellip

, - -
we must set about it in a spirit befittir,
of the times and the enlightened prete:

—a system I

)y which we had alreai

able to shock