Probably the Government owes good deal more of its comparative anc-cess to the boom io trade than has generally beea realized, All through the period of the election the boom has beea increasing. The Board of Trade retains show an increase of nearly two and a half millions in the imports of last month as compared with January of last year; and of no leas than seven and a half millions in the exporte, the balk of thie being in articles wholly or mainly manofactared." It was clearly not a very favourable impressing open the British man that he was bolag rained by ign competition, It is trae that the increases were das in a large measure to higher prices rather than to ap increase in the quantities of imports ud exports; but if the working man cuffered from high prices in one rection, he his ed in another, and siooe the exports have increased much more largely thoo the imports it is probable that his gain has been greater than his lose. Ministers can hardly persuade themselves that the boom is dae to any act of theirs; but they cannot be blamed for seizing the advantage it gives them.
THE SACKVILLE PRERAGR, Jadgement has been reserved by the President of the Probate Divorce and vision in the suit brought jack ville-West to establish Sackville title and estates; bat no one who has followed the hearing of the case, which was concluded yesterday, can have doubt ax to what the effect of agement will be, Indeed the plaintiff, whose counsel (including Sir Edward large) and solicitor had already withdrawn from the case, virtually threw it up in " letter which terday ig. Having been refased he addressed to the Jadge befure yer-
an adjournment fur the parpose of procuring farther evileses from Spain, he wrote, "I wish to tell your Lordship that although it breaks my heart, retire my as Tam ooable to fight m: A good deal sympathy will be felt for' the
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