New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-08
FROM LONDON.
The Debate on the Dcfenses Of Csnadn-
Opinions and Feeling About 1.-THE
weather oyaiiy-John stunrf Will
About 10 Stand Tor Westminster-Ho lou
eienuit,s .Arrmh.ne.Pogucv mt the
Prinerss's Thcnter-Itcms.

FROM Our Special Correspondent
LosDoy. March %. lsG5.
You will see that, nationally, you have occu-
pied fair share In the deliberations OF the wisdom Of
the nation this wcek-and OF Is unwsdomlor the two
debates inyoluntariiy r-cnn tho saying identified with
the memory Of Oxenstlern. ! think the longer one
lives the css one gets TO believe In the pronndty Of
collective bodies especially Of the legislative species
and discovers them to be Influenced by the preJu
dces weaknesses ard gnorancos ectul,ng mortals in
their individual capacities Here has tbs House OF
Commons solemny voted. by an unusually heavy ma
Iority to throw away the sum OF $4,000 during the
present year. for the improvement Of the defenses Of
Quebec. thereby committing itself to The policy
Of Scars. in obedience TO the haloos and
hootngs raised by the Anglo Rebel press in order to
cover their own hdeous qualification a; the utter mis-
carriage OF their Vaccinations for the past three years
As you know all Of them headed by the big bully Of
Printing House Square (yho has ever unaffected Il
tender regard for Canada and written Of il in man
ner tia, NUT provoke gratitude have devoted their
Ne ,tient energies toward constructing al enormous
bory called Colonial Invasion. wberewith TO tcnify
John Bull and this Is tie first pecunary Install
mcnt out of his pocket of the larger rum demanded by
tie MARQUIS Of Huntingdon for the construction OF
military works. which viii require some 2O.oo or
200 regulars 70 defend. or course in the unlikely
event of war II would never occur to you TO attack
any other points than Quebec Montreal Canada
West being naturally impregnabe and comparatively
valucless Mcthnts the sturdy farmers OF the latter
locality already vide awake 10 tho corruption and
undue political predominancc Of their Eastern neigh.
bors must be delighted at the driii Of this yoe And
equally Of course You will be appalled, at the prompt
ness the yigor the amplitude Of the measures taken for
discomfing your etrocous intentions fry thou
sand pounds Only think OF IL IL reminds ono Of a
li,iion North riton OF whom have read sonew hore
who erasperstod at a supposed injury bya neighbor.
declared that he'd spend As much as "a pund Scots
twenty pence but he'd be avenged on the rascal
Lord Grzle in Ton Thumb asserts that that hero
made The giants first and then killed them" but this
D,tl,h House OF Commons having. with the assistance
of IA, seces newspapers constructed Its giant pro-
coed. not to dcrnolish him but 10 ding two pence
ha penny in his face wLercat he will doubtless remble
and depart Seriously the business 10 very foolish
one suggestive of Swifts advice TO Servants where he
nstruets tho maid sent with bunch o. keys to open
4 particular drawer 10 take the irst koy that comes To
hand and Just break in the lock- by way OF show
ing thai she has done something"
The debate OF Thursday night really the event o
tie week and II worthy of your attention II but to OBJ
serve bow far We have Travelled from the days Of active
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symra,ly with Secession. Lord Harrington has Ger.
tainy leaned something since tie time when h. sporicd
Rebel badge in a iif'h ave. draving.room. He
left M Bennck the remains OF what had been "a full
house. when lie brought his amendment FOR the omis
sion OF the Quebec vote shb he subsequently abar.
doned on tie ground, that he didn't want TO go into the
lobby with Hr. Bright. That genilcnans speech was
the real sum up the entire business. 1 think the
general impression OIL OF doors has been rather nimical
TO the vote accompanied by vexed consciousness that
the Government may have laid itself open to the neces
siiy Of committing such piece OF folly by past FLANDERS
in which the respectable" Times reading portion OF
the community have certainly shared. Expressions Of
friendliucss toward the United States amusngly
rife also deprecations of the possibility Of hoses
between 1.-TWO such countries" and you may now.
be half an hour in the company Of an average
DrjtoD without being psulted With some alusion