The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-22

lative assemblies OF the various nations we
find that the largest vote in opposition 10 the
existing authorities is found in the British
Parliament, yet no one ! In believe that the
throne of Great Britain is in danger. A
year ago the three parties in Parliament. the
government of Lord Russell, the opposition of
Lord Derby, and the Adullamites of Mr.. Lowe,
were so divided that Mr.. Lowe, joining with
Lord Derby, overthrow Lord Russell. The
election did not materially alter the strength
of the parties, except that it added to the
Derby party sufficient to overcome union of
the other two. In the House, in such mea-
sure as the Reform bill just introduced, the
Government will have at least thirty majority.
The closeness of the vote does not affect
the Crown, but only applies to the existing
Ministers.
In France, although the Government is not
based on anything like as sure foundation as
that of Great Britain yet its vote in the Corps
L<gislatif is far larger. The French Legisla-
ture is classed into three bodies the "right,"
or Government party; the cleft I" or opposition
party the "third party" (tierS parti), who cor
respond with the Adullamites of the English
Parliament. The late debate in the Chamber
shows the strength Of the three parties, Che
Government numbering some one hundred and
eighty votes, the opposition twenty-five and the
third party sixty-one. From this it will be seen
that even if the third party joined the oppo-
sition on any question, the two would be
largely outvoted by the Government side. 1t
is, however, in France far different than in
England in the latter an adverse majority in
the House means change of Ministry in the
former it means the overthrow of the throne.
The assembling of the North German Par
lament has shown the strength of Prussia.
There can be but little doubt that King Will
liam and Bismark have a two-thirds vote in
their favor. This result is reached although
the Poles sent eleven adverse members and
the Danes two. The fact, however, that there
are at least a million souls who desire to be
entirely separated from the German Confede-
ration, may be significant of what might result
in case of another Continental war.
Garibaldi, III Italy, has succeeded in gather
ing around him a powerful minority of anti
Papal Liberals, and may succeed in yet fur
ther increasing his party. The recent cleo
tions appear to have met with some peculiar
mishaps, as we are told that most of them
have to be held over again. We do not know
what has caused such necessity, unless in
the number of the candidates none had ma
jority of the votes cast as is sometimes the
case in New Hampshire and in other States
where majority is necessity to an election.
Of the relative strength of the two parties we
can, therefore, form no definite idea.
The vote in our own House of Representa-
tives is more overwhelmingly in favor of the
dominant party than in any of the monarchies
of the globe, we having 13S in favor of pro-
gress to less than 40 who desire to see the
country retrograde. In looking, therefore,
at the numerical relations between the
friends and opponents of the existing Gov
ernments of the great nations of the Old and
New Worlds, we cannot but think that to
most of these may be just now applied the
title of Gland of settled government" and
Mr.. Swinburne was not authorized, even by
poetic license, to dedicate the "Song of Revo-
lutions" to the days in which we live.