Henry Parkes,
Australian views of England — Letter 9
(1869)
“ The political world is in a state of dull perplexity, with little interest in any question among the masses of the people. In the House of Commons there has been some rather hot-tempered debating about the public expenditure, and the radical economists and the philosophical conservatives appear to be working to the same end without any basis of a common understanding. ”
Henry Parkes,
Australian views of England — Letter 9
(1869)
“ One gets reconciled in a measure to the useless talk and little time-serving expedients of our Colonial Parliament, after viewing precisely the same kind of impulsiveness and inconsistency in the proceedings of the House of Commons. At least, we feel a sort of relief in finding that human littleness is not peculiar to Australian politicians. Among other centres of attraction in London lately, the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science has been holding its annual meetings. The inaugural address was delivered on the evening of the 5th, in Exeter Hall, by Lord Brougham. ”
Henry Parkes,
Australian views of England — Letter 9
(1869)
“ THE EXHIBITION—PARTY CONFLICT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS—LORD BROUGHAM AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. THE Great Exhibition is beginning to attract a world of strangers in London; the increase of life and bustle everywhere is very noticeable. Foreign faces and strange costumes meet you in every street and at every assembly; cabs are in general commotion; the inland railway lines converging on town are alive with excursionists ”
