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The position of England in the event Of hostl-
tiles on the Continent is question Of great moment
to the belligersOts and to the world st large Her
great and merited weight as a nation has been so
far humanity thrown into the scale of peace and if
bares his red arm in terror over Euprope, Eng
land will have dcne her duty as the powerful sdvO-
cate of humanity. The enquiry ss % where she
will stand received full and noble response in
both Houses of her parliament on the 18th ult,
from the Earls of Derby and Malmesbury in the
Lords and from Mr.. DIsraeG in the Commons
Their speeches occupy many columns of the Lon-
don journals The New York Express thus sketches
an Outline Of the positions taken by these distin-
guished statesmen:
The Earl of Derby, it will be SEEN utterly repu-
dates the notion that the war is 10 be confined to
the Italian Peninsula. He held that il would be
impossible to eonfne it 10 that country; it woald
extend itself, and iav0lVe The ICOTd IN niversaI con
aggrati0n." Ii would, in accordance with treaties
bring the whole Of Germany into the field 1t would
be impossible for England 10 look unmoved on the
occupation Of the Adratc and the Mediterranean;
and he thought it would be impossible 70 coBfne
such var within limits as to foreees who would
be drawn into its vortex. The policy Of England
in such an event was neutraiiy-but il neutrality,
It must be an armed neutrality; and be hoped that
decision Of Her MajesLy's Government would meet
with the assent of Parliament. He trusted that the
storm might pass without breaking AMI he believed
the chance Of peace would be immeasurably
strengthened in Europe If it known that Great
Britain would not remsin unmovsd spectator Of
any point in which her honor was concerned
The Earl Of Mslnsberry expressed himself in
terms even more emphatic, of the magnitude and
consequences Of the sOnfiet-eoncludin with
burst Of eioquence worthy of Burke or Chatham in
their palmiest days:
sit will be no common war; il will be no conflict
between the chivalrous nations in distant land,
like the Russian war in the Crimea Bya war in
Italy elements will be upheaved that viii scarcely be
settled within our time. Il will excite the hopes Of
persons without the slightest patriotism, who viii
endeavor to obtain their desperate object by such
war. II will evoke every wild theorist and every
impossible theory, Of republicans of every hue and
color all will expect to fnd their account in this
war; there eIiled princes who will expect TO
reap advantage from it; it is impossible for anv bu
man being, whatever his experience. to saw when
such war would end or what would be its termi-
nation. Then, my lords l may be permitted as
the Minister OF a country as great IS either of the
Powers involved to implore the Ministers of those
countries to think once more, how serious is the re-
spOnsibility Of the question in which they are en-
gagged, snd how great may be the calamities that
may he caused by any neglect, or hesitation on their
part TO adopt the measures that may prevent hostil
tiles. The only consolation we have personally is
that, as her Msjesys Ministers, we have neglected
no single step NEAR, near or means OF aVerting
such disasters; and il they do occur, may Almighty
God pardon those who are the occasion Of them"
(Cheers.)
There is to believe that the position as
sumed bv her Msesy's Ministers on this question is
not sustained by the British public Ministers, it
must be remembered, just at this time r, on trial
before the people; and though the trial turns pri-
msrily upon purely domestic question-electoral
reform-yet their foreign policy win be passed upon
at the same time-aad We think there is little doubt
they will be triumphaty sustained.