, 1877-01-10

cares about 1t except the English Govern"
ment, no people have the smallest interest
in it except the English people, and !
think it may be shown that they have
no real interests. That, perhaps, is
an exaggsration. But Mr.. Bright did
show very successfully that we have no
real interest in the matter worthy to be
compared for o moment with the moral
interest we have in saving millions OF
Christians from the most fearful 0ppres-
sion, and the physical interest We have in
making friends of the Levantine peoples
of the future. Mr.. Bright has been des-
clibed as a crusader preaching q reIi-
gious war, but the only crusade be preach
ed was o crusade against sacrificing the
religious freedom, political liberty, and
civil rights of millions, TO q selfish dream
OF using the Turk to secure our predomi-
nance over Russia in the Mediterranean.
OF Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Bright said th0t
he had long watched his career as . Member
of the House of Commons, aud that it had
been distinguished by "a hearty unwls-
dom" which, however, Lord Salisbury
had by no means carried into the p%rinsi-
pes Of his Indian administration, and
which he hoped that he would reserve for
home consumption, and he trusted
that when the Marquis " arrives in Con-
stantinople, his libe. aliHy, his justice, and
his strong intellect will have tair-play.
" If he acts as the subservient representa-
tive of his CHIEF, -judging his chief by his
own language,-then | think he may do
us a very serious ill.,. Lord Beaconsfeld's
Boosting at Guildhall about how many
campaigns we could afford to carry
through, had been sadly out Of place.
THE Prime Minister may be q great
actor, but somehow or other he seems to
me as If he played always rather to tbs
galleries" Of course. After endeavour-
ing to install " the residuum" in power,
Lord Beaconsfeld naturally takes care tc
play 20 them ; but after all, the sympathiCs
of the galleries, though they incline to
m~elodrama, are sound at heart, and we
are not without hope Of seeing " the great
actor, "-if he perseyeres in the " gag" Of
Aylesbury and the Gulldhall'- hissed of
the stage.
President Grant has sent in his Hnal
Message to Congress. Beyond advising
that q new method Ct electing the Presi-
dent should be adopted, he does not enter
into the present dispute. but recapitulates
the circumstances Of his own career in
Office. He admits mistakes in his Admin
istration, but says they were errors OF
judgment, not errors caused by s~elf-in-
terest, and defends himself by alluding to
his inexperience in politics. Nevertheless,
under his rule, he sage, the National Debt
has been reduced by ESD, 900, 900, the
annual interest by &c, 600, 900 o year, and
the taxes by eco. O0O. 900 in seven years.
The Indian troubles have ended /; all ma
tions have shown their amity by their con-
tributions to the Centennial Exposition ;
and the United States are more powerful
than they ever have been in time of peace.
The Message, judging from the summaries
received, 10 unusually short. and intention
ally avoids subjects on which there is
much difference Of opinion. No domestic
suggestion of importance 10 made, but the
President warns his countrymen that the
reductions in the expense OF the diploma
tie service may cost the country dear.
Another Of those terrible catastrophes
: which seem almost peculiar to America
has occurred in Brooklyn, New York. At
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