Mr. Cardwell is the first Minister of the Liberal Cabinet
who has issued an address. It is, like Mr. Cardwell, clear, discreet, and too much in the old style. He is in favour, of course, of dis- establishment in Ireland, but wants also a further scheme of redis- tribution, of opening the Universities, and of " reviewing " our naval and military establishments, but deprecates compulsory edu- cation, except as a last resort in a time which he never intends should come. The programme is extremely unsatisfactory, but Mr. Cardwell is, of course, bound to be cautious, and neither he nor any one else yet know; what the new electors want. They would like a little speed and efficiency la Parliament, po cleasht ; but they have not said ao yet, and will not get either out of the pluto- crats who alone seem to be coming forward.
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