We have e0mmented upon these assurances elsewhere, but must mention
here that they were given on the 2nd, that they were in England on the 4th, and that they must have been in Lord Beaconsfield's recollection when he uttered his speech at the Guildhall. He made no allusion to them, however, though the Russian Government intended them to be public, but left the people to understand that he knew Russia was anxious for war, and that he defied her. In other words, he did all in his power to make war unavoidable, and did it without allowing those who hung upon his words any real knowledge of the facts before him. .12 it to be wondered at that the answering speech of the Emperor at Moscow had in it a tone of defiance, or that observers should question whether, in spite of all assurances, the Cabinet can be
heartily in accord ? •
