The Tories are all alive. Sir S. Northcote is speaking
at Belfast, and on Monday Lord Cranbrook delivered in Bir- mingham a speech characterised elsewhere; while on Tuesday Mr. Gibson delighted the Conservatives of Glasgow. His speech was of the usual kind. The Government had spent " millions " more than the Conservatives ; had "convulsed India from end to end" with the Med Bill ; in their language had, as regarding Egypt, "elevated hedging into a science ;" and had only "scotched the Irish snake." Mr. Gibson, however, did not deny that elements of hope are now appearing in Ireland, spoke of increased quiet and "returning prosperity," and thought that in the creation of a peasant-proprietary a vast field might be found for beneficent legislation. As it is upon Ireland that Mr. Gibson is thoroughly instructed, Liberals may accept Mr. Gibson's declamation as, upon the whole, favourable to the Ministry.
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