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The two Parliamentary elections which have just taken place strongly

indicate the political dulness of the times. Mr. Perfect succeeds Sir Howard Elphinstone at Lewes; the new Member's perfection, it seems, consisting in his thoroughpaced adhesion to the present Ministers. At Canterbury, Mr. Bradshaw, known as the husband of Miss Tree and the utterer of some violent Tory speeches, is succeeded by Lord Albert Conyngham ; whose Liberalism goes beyond Whig professions to the more practical extent of Sir Robert Peel. There is little " enthusiasm " abroad this vernal equinox, much wavering doubt, some moderation, and a growing disposition to prefer, for a time, realities and substan- tial results to theories and principles.

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