screditable transaction,
from the fact that a paper, still in our hands, had been
confided to us for publication by the wretched husband
before his senses had become impaired,--which, however, we
were debarred from giving to the public by an injunction
served upon us in sudden haste by the Vice-Chancellor. We
are far from imputing evil motives, or even indiscretion,
to that functionary; but we are of opinion that the moral
feeling of the country would have been served by the
publication, and we are sure that undue steps were taken
by the member for Tankerville to procure that injunction.

No inquiries whatever were made by the police in reference
to that attempt at murder, and we do expect that some
member will ask a question on the subject in the House.
Would such culpable quiescence have been allowed had
not the unfortunate lady whose name we are unwilling to
mention been the daughter of one of the colleagues of our
present Prime Minister, the gentleman who fired the pistol
another of them, and the presumed lover, who was fired at,
also another? We think that we need hardly answer that
question.

One piece of advice which we ventured to give Mr. Gresham
in our former article he has been wise enough to follow.
We took upon ourselves to tell him that if, after what has
occurred, he ventured to place the member for Tankerville
again in office, the country would not stand it;--and he
has abstained. The jaunty footsteps of Mr. Phineas Finn
are not heard ascending the stairs of any office at about
two in the afternoon, as used to be the case in one of
those blessed Downing Street abodes about three years
since. That scandal is, we think, over,--and for ever. The
good-looking Irish member of Parliament who had been put
in possession of a handsome salary by feminine influences,
will not, we think, after what we have already said, again
become a burden on the public purse. But we cannot say
that we are as yet satisfied in this matter, or that we
believe that the public has got to the bottom of it,--as
it has a right to do in reference to all matters affecting
the public service. We have never yet learned why it is
that Mr. Bonteen, after having been nominated Chancellor
of the Exchequer,--for the appointment to that office
was declared in the House of Commons by the head of his
party,--was afterw