The war in Canada has already had the effect of
bringing the Whigs and Tories in Parliament into a still closer union. Last night Minis. ters were backed by the riff.raff of the Tory party. This righteous combination will endure till such time as it shall suit the Tories to push their excellent Whig friends from their stools. There is a general impression that the Whigs cannot manage a war—it is the more con- genial vocation of Tory statesmen. Questions of domestic policy need give WELLINGTON and PEEL no anxiety ; public attention will be absorbed by the progress of the struggle in Canada, and its fearful consequences. It may happen that circumstances, which appear to strengthen the existing Ministry, are really favourable to the acquisition of office by their disinterested allies; who, for form's sake, occupy the Opposition benches.
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