In his speech to the electors of Tiverton yesterday Lord
Palmerston hold that there was no adequate reason for the dissolution. The Go- vernment say they failed to "retain " the confidence of the House ; he dustioil that they ever had it. This he showed by an ample review of t=eisitreer as Ministers; and he vindicated his own course and con-
( ' theirs on the Conspiracy. Bill. With regard to the question of v7 MYe said that if war had not broken out he feared it would. Minis-
will have to give an account of their conduct. They began to 4ediate without being accepted officially as mediators by either party. It was absurd to propose disarmament as a preliminary to a Congress—it was putting the cart before the horse. Men arm to obtain an object, and they will ,not disarm until they know whether it can be obtained. The demand by Austria for a preliminary disarming meant that she civilly de- elinedthe COngress altogether. - The main question is one that Austria ought to have settled frankly and fairly. Nobody intended to wrest from her Lombardo-Venetia. Those possessions are hers by right. But she had not kept within her own limits. Had she done so this outbreak would not have happened. She has chosen to draw the sword and fling away the scabbard. She has put herself in the wrong. If suc- cessful at first, reverses will follow. Those who think that Austria should form a barrier between the East and West may lament it. But if.the war should be confined to Italy, and Austria be driven North of the Alps, every generous mind must rejoice at its accomplishment. Lord Palmerston attributed the Austrian ultimatum in a great degree to the language used by Lord Derby at the close of the session.
Dr. Bernard was present, and called upon to speak, but he wisely held his peace.
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