On Tuesday, Lord Carnarvon addressed a new Conservative- Club in
Colchester, in a speech in which he put the old charges. in a very epigrammatic way. The Liberals had done well in Egypt, but in doing it had defied every principle which they professed in Opposition. They had sacrificed their consistency, but had restored British credit in the East. Their Moses had conquered Egypt, and then returned into the wilderness, the• wilderness being a Session barren of every good measure, except Lord Cairns' Settled Property Act. [Does Lord Carnarvon hold the Married Women's Property Act, the most thorough-going: Bill of our time; and also supported by Lord Cairns, to be a bad measure ?] Trade was depressed, and the Liberals only offered to reform the City of London. Agriculture was more than depressed,. and they only promised a County Franchise Bill. The expendi- ture was greater than ever, yet the taxpayers were called upon under the Arrears Bill to put their hands into their pockets, and pay the debts of dishonest people who could pay them for themselves. As the landlords got that money, and not the tenants, that is disinterested of Lord Carnarvon, whose speech leaves on us the impression that he likes most things that have• been done, but cannot forgive those who have done them for being so successful. He reminds us of the farmer's opinion of Erskine. He would not admit that Erskine was either orator or lawyer, and wheti reminded of the cases he won, blurted out,. "Hoots ! he was always on the right side."
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