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The overwhelming majority on the Address in the French Chamber

of Deputies was scarcely needed to prove the increased strength of Ministers. To this country it is interesting as a guarantee of continued peace ; for in proportion to their sense of the weakness that has come over them has been the Anti-British rancour of the Opposition. Even M. Thiers's spite has descended to the lowest stage of pettiness. Meanwhile, the progress of French arms in Africa is suffi- ciently untoward and unprofitable to be a perpetual admonition on the follies of going to war. We had rather; for the sake not only of Algeria but of France herself, that she were altogether at peace ; yet if she must have a butt for the exercise of her military ardour, we had rather that it were Algeria than England.

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