The morality of tbe publio men of England extends, therefore, to municipal matters as well,as ministerial ; and although our legislatbrTsometimes boast that we^-iire^ shQwing.the Qld Country MiejKay in progresdv^legislation^we' are'begTnning- to disjQOjjßtihat^tn^feui such a thing as gqing "fooiast,, And when one comes to analyse tne stQQk phrases of the Liberal Party and <„ " THE PABTY OP PROGRESS, what does it amount to ? A cynical English Prime Minister said once, when out of office, that the Party of Progress means the party that can give most spoil — taken from those who have, to give those who have not. It is a policy of plunder, and the obieat }s to first excite the c^esire an^ong'th'e people and then promise to gratify it. It was the adoption of this principle and the constant hammering of it iuta the electors that made Mr Seddon the great man he was. It is the discovery that he could not keep the promise thai is qow caqs-. ing him to keep so quiet, Beople canqot be stuffed with promises for ever ; and when pro gress insists qn becoming retrograde in spite of copious legislation; it is time to call a halt. '■' The will Qf the country " is another favorite expression. Tb.B will of ti»e country really means the will of from 25,0,00 to' 80,00Q fluctuating electors. There are about 30g,QQQ electors in tlje qojqny. 0-wiqg to the opera tion of the treble power of a vote in the four e.hief cities, there were 153,065 votes cast for successful candidates at the last election and 238,060 for unsuccessful ones ; while one fourth of the electors did not vote at all, so that the term, " the will of the people," is altogether a misnomer : the fluctuations of a few thousand electors is the real arbiter in the case. The majority have fixed ideas on one side or the other in politics and are nqtgwayef^ by idle promises, and is. the versa^e, vo^er who makes and, mars ministries, jt is not an elevated way to look at politics, but the recent British Liberal defeat bears this view out. SETTLING ON THE LANJ), No matter where tb,e returns, are searched to fjn4 the effects of the so-called " large and pom.prehenßiYe policy " of settling the people on the land, ibe official figures show disaster. 