Lord Claud John Hamilton, in addressing his constituents on the
same day at King's Lynn, ventured on a few de- lightfully broad assertions. After panegyrising the conduct of the great Afghan campaign (where we have only twice met with military resistance), he declared that "not a single shilling had been spent unnecessarily, not a single life had been lost where it could possibly have been averted." Lord Claud Hamilton had just as much evidence for that as he would have had for the same assertion about the Zulu campaign, which he would hardly, we think, make now. And then Lord Claud. began to swagger about Mr. Gladstone's utter failure to convince Parliament. Probably the great Zulu disaster will have the effect of taming the Conservatives, and diminishing that appear- ance of fullness of bread which was, till within the last two or three days, making them wax fat and kick. If so, they will cer- tainly have some reason to thank Cetewayo for arresting them in the full career of their pride of party and office.
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