The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-24

III Tue ihluSt OF the clanS OF arms IN Italy
change of Ministry has taken place in England,
which can scarcely fail to ensure her neutrality, SO
long as the is restricted to the Italian penin-
sula. The elevation of Lord PALMERsToN to the
head OF the Government, is death blow to the
hopes of Austria, so far as England is concerned,
and will naturally tend to cool the warlike ardor
of Southern Germany, while it will strengthen to
the same extent the position of non-nterference so
wisely assumed by Prussia. The vote of the House
of Commons declaratory of want of confidence
in the government of Lord DERBY, cannot be re-
garded otherwise than as a vindication of the En-
glish people, from the charge which had been brought
against them, of protesting a sympathy with the
Italian cause which they did not really entertain
1t was one of the points most strongly urged
against Lord PALMERsroN, in proof of his unfitness
10 hold Office during the pending struggle between
France and Austria, that he had publicly declared
himself in favor of the expulsion of the Austrians
from Italy. The appeal made by Lord DERBY to
the country was upon two separate issues-upon
the Reform bill as framed by the Government, and
upon the Foreign policy of Lord MALMEsBURY,
misunderstanding the extraordinary efforts
that were made to return to the new House of Com
mons majority of Conservatives-when Parlia-
ment again met, the Opposition were still found to
outnumber the adherents of Lord DERRY by fifty
votes, although the independent members, who
hold the balance of power, could not all of them
be brought to support the resolution which result
ed in the overthrow of the DERBY Ministry. The
debate which preceded the vote to which we have
referred, was remarkable in many respects 1t
elected the best talent of both Houses of Parlia-
ment and although the excitement it created, was
of an unusual character, from the Importance at
tached TO change of Ministry, in view of the
complications existing in European affairs gene
rally, it was conducted throughout with degree
of gravity and decorum which was honorable
alike to. the Opposition flushed with the antcipa-
ton of victory, and to the Ministry whose policy
was impeached. That D ISRAELI, standing on the
defensive, should have hurled some of his barbed
arrows into the enemy's camp, and that Lord
PALMERsfoN, gay and insoueiant as ever, should
have retorted with volley of clever and biting
sarcasms, and that both should have elected cheers
from their friends, and expressions of dissent
from their opponents, was but natural but
neither of them transcribed the appropriate limits
within which such discussions are ordinarily con-
fined .t..
To the charge that the DERRY Government had
signaly failed in the attempt to compose the differ
ences between France and AUSTRIA D'IsRAELI re-
torted: first, by laying the blame of the failure upon
the hctiousness of the Opposition, BY which the
Government had been Invested of its usual influence
with Foreign Courts; and next, by showing that
the Government of Lord ABERDEEN notwithstand-
ing negotiations were undertaken for that pur-
pose, could not prevent the war in the Crimea:-
'You had them said he "a majority in the House of
Commons and Lords Aberdeen and Clarendon to conduct
those negotiations. Had you nobody else9 Why,
there, was the noble lerd-Pamerston-who, like
Coriolanus showed his wounds yesterday avowed
candidate for power; he in that cabinet The noble
lord himself is of opinion and his friends too
he has some knowledge of foreign affairs He takes every
opportunity of nmatng that he is the only person
can wage war or preserve peace Lords Aberdeen and
Clarendon had the of the noble lord the
for TveronI say nothing about the noble lord the
Der for the city Of London because his experience For
egn Secretary of limited character. Well, what
did you do with those negotiations to prevent be
tween England and Russia? Why the shame Of those
gotatons has been forgotten the State of
Vienna not yet entirely blotted out Of the conscious
of the people of this country You had great advan
tages, and signally failed.n
Lord PALMERsToN rose to reply. He commenced
by asking, Chow it was possible for the House of
Commons to have confidence in a Government and
ia party who have no confidence in themselves, +"
and who, while boastng of their numbers, could not
lind more than one advocate D. ISRAELI so far
as the debate had then proceeded-to defend their
cause? He admitted the excellent choice they had
made In their champion, but was convinced that
the colleagues ID Of n the latter must have
ieit that eloquent as his speech was,
land full of agreeable jokes and dsagreeable
reflections, it was wholly insufficient to meet
the motion which had been made, and which ex-
pressed want of confidence in their policy. Allud-
ing to the appeal made by DIsRAELI to the House,
to take up and decide the question at once he
said: -- ~
'But sir, It that they most anxious to
clude this debate They enreat the House TO take them
upon trust for argument we have not been called upon
to hear them they have nothing to say for them
selves except For Heavens sake lethe debatebe as
short as possible let to adiyision Tonight for
we have got our friends up daughter. Do not talk
about conducthe less said about 1t the better for