A debate on Egypt was raised ou Monday by Mr.
Bradlaugh, in the form of a motion to refuse half the sum required for Sir Drummond Wolff's mission, and was interesting because it brought up a new man, Colonel Duncan, the Conservative Member for Holborn, who has served with distinction both in Egypt and Canada. He spoke well, and had definite advice to offer, namely, that we should trust the Egyptian Army, which he believed to be efficient, and leave Egypt as rapidly as possible. Unfortunately, the Egyptian Army is not the Government of Egypt, which even Colonel Duncan did not profess to trust. Mr. Gladstone defended the vote, not because Sir D. Wolff had effected much, but because policy in foreign affairs must be continuous. He evidently, however, did not thiuk the arrival of a Turkish Commissioner in Cairo an event to rejoice over, and reserved his opinion until more complete information was before the Government. All debates on Egypt end thus. Nobody is quite satisfied with what goes on ; but what is going on con- tinues, and, so far as appears, may continue till the twentieth century.
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