Some half-dozen speeches have been reported during the week, but
distinguished politicians are rather tiresome when they talk turnips, and something worse when, like Sir G. Grey, they descend to teetotalism. The best of the agricultural speeches has been Mr. Walter's, who laughed at the Berkshire farmers for giving a prize to a servant who had remained thirty years in one place—a thing which Might be creditable to a garden-chair—and a cup to the largest pur- chaser of sheep. Lord Ellenborough, also, has spoken on the Volunteer movement, advising that in action the volunteers should be thrown to the front to cover by a withering fire the charge of the regular troops. It is not pleasant advice—very like tying a man to a buffer that he may break the shock of an approaching collision— but it is thoroughly sound. The volunteers could fall back on the regulars without much damage, but if the soldiers fell back the volunteers would be certain to lose their order.
