THE recent defeat of the Ministry in England is something more than the regular political seesaw which is usually kept up by the two parties. In it we see an evidence of the steady growth, in England as well as America, of the Roman Catholic Church; though, twenty years ago, few would have expected to see two such anomalies as the Romanists supporting the conservative government in England, and leading the ultra-radical movement in New York. But it has often been the policy of that church to make the means subservient to the end; and we need feel no surprise at finding them on any side in the political Donnybrook fair. Meanwhile, the elections in England seem to have been carried on with as much disturbance as ever disgraced us in our most bitter party contests. It is difficult to perceive what benefit is to accrue to the English working-people from any change in the Ministry; but perhaps they fight first and reflect afterwards, or, more likely still, do not reflect at all.
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