In the evening speech Lord Granville spoke of the Irish
Obstructionists as a real " God-send " to the Government, because they provided both the excuse for the little that was done, and the occasion for the Government's winning support from their opponents. Of the Obstructionists themselves he said
"I am the last person to apply to them the lines of the late Mr. Charles Ha,nbury Williams,— 'Nature, who denied them sense,
Gave them iegs,and impudence e"
but in denying that he was the man to apply it, he ofeourse hinted its applicability. In praising Lord Hareington, Lord Granville remarked that" Charles Fox always saidoe the Cavendishos.that they never wanted common-sense when it was really required," but Lord Hartington had not only shown. common-sense, but "strength, moderation, and tact." Yes;. the only question is, whether he has not been immoderate in his moderation. All Lord Granville'e individual remarks contained keen apercus, after his own fashion ; but when he came to speak on a con- nected subjects—the Eastern Questione—he was we think, loss able and less just, for reasons we have explained sufficiently elsewhere.
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