ABSTRACT
The new administration insisted, on taking the recess for the consideration of the financial affairs of the nation, instead of declaring their policy within a month, as the ex-ministers would have taunted them into doing. The present ministers were men of business, disposed and able to make their measures thorough and complete of their kind, – fit to be offered to Parliament, – fit to pass through Parliament, – fit to work in practice afterwards; and the interval between September and February was short enough for the preparation of such a group of measures as was now to be set up against the debts and distresses of the country. There was a seriousness and business-like character about the speech, and the demeanor of ministers in meeting Parliament, which rebuked captiousness, and put a check upon waste of time in party recrimination.
