Lord Carnarvon was entertained on Friday week at Dulverton, and
made a speech, in which he said he wished he could feel as confident about the great war in the East as he did about the little war upon the Kei. He thought England was looking on at a prize-ring, where heavy blows were delivered and taken, and " while there were many interests to be protected, the greatest interest of all for this country was the maintenance of an honourable peace." He did not believe that the credit or honour of England had Buffeted or were suffering in any way. "A long time ago it was written, in quietness shall be thy strength,' and that might be the best and wisest course for them to pursue." In any just and right cause—he trusted we should fight in no other—the country would support the Government ; they had the same kind of men and the same resources, only, multiplied tenfold, that their fathers had ; and at the call of duty or honour, they were perfectly competent to protect every interest they possessed. Clearly the deduction is that the just cause and the call of duty are not apparent yet.
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