The Express. — London, England, 1868-05-11 00:00:00

AGIFT to the UNINSURED. THIRTY SHORT REPLIES to THIRTY COMMON OB►ECTIONS.. . . -- - Ey W. HANNAN, author of " Handbook to lif edkal Referees," de. Sent poet free en application to Mr. K HAKIM, Agent County Fire and Provident Life Moe, 67, Strand, W.C. cue erpreso. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY he fife, or to the institution. under whlit mach an anomalous state of things is mielialls, exoept that it is not they, but the abet of them, which is really responsible for it. The balance of power in our i ,mits Oo vernment may occasionally, it would seem, issue in a dead lock. According to some of his apologists, Mr. Dismal.' is not accountable for this gewlition cif affairs. It springs in their view from a necessity in the nature of things. The situation is like that of the combatants and nieces in the Critic, in which nobody can do any thing to anybody else without causing some thing as bad or worse to happen to his own side. The Government, like the conspirators in the same play, have been brought to their knees, but they decline, like their prototypes, to go off kneeling ; and, unlike them, they hare not the spirit to get up upon their feet and go off. They remain in, kneeling. This is humiliating and incon venient ; but the humiliation belongs princi pally to the Ministers, whose opponents need not be more tender of them than they are of themselves, and the balance of inconvenience will be greater if they go out than if they stay where they are. It is to be hoped, therefore, that Her MAJESTY will be advised to return such an answer to the address of the House of Commons as will allow matters to proceed smoothly, and the neces sary preparations for the general election to be made in time to permit the reformed Parliament to meet at the usual time in February next. It is very desirable that a Suspensory Bill should pass the House of Commons this session. The Lords may reject it, in their exercise of their full consti tutional right. Should the Lords yield, the BOVE 11210N may meet it with a veto, though the responsibility would be great if any adviser should recommend this course. Such a measure, undoing the legislation of the two Houses, would be preferable to an exercise of the prerogative for bidding discussion and legislation. A veto before hand would be a far more serious thing than a veto afterwards. It would be the adoption—under spe cial conditions, it is true, and with a limited application, of the rule—of the French con stitution, which confines the initiative in legislation to the EMPEROR. Such a practice would be quite in sooordance'with Mr. Disasxm's theories of government. The political philosophy of " Coningsby " is an attack upon the repre sentative institutions generally, and the House of Commons in particular. The author of this book has never disavowed its doctrines. On the contrary, in a preface written after the death both of Sir ROBERT PEEL and of Lord GEOILOZBENTINCK had made him the leader of the Conservative party, he renews the assertion of them. Net only in the dialogue, but in his own reflections, not only by the mouths of Coningsby, and Mil bank, and Lord Henry Sidney, but in his own person, Mr. Disaazu expresses the conviction that the growth of democracy means the aggran disement of the monarchy ; that the press has made representative institutions obsolete, or at any rate reduced them to a secondary rank ; and that the Crown should be the real source of legislation. Our Venetian Constitution has already partly gone, he says : Our nobles have ceased to be magnifioos. May not the Monarch cease to be a Doge I Mr. DISRAZLI has not, it is true, of late years, pro claimed this doctrine from the house-tops ; nor can we suspect, with Mr. Bainer, that he has whispered it in the Royal closet. If he did so, the answer which a constitutional Sovereign would return to her unconstitutional ad viser can admit of no doubt. The answer to the address may, therefore, be expected to contain a gracious compliance with the prayer of the House of Commons. Otherwise every one will understand that the refusal is Mr. DISRAELI'S, and not her Majesty's. It is better, if the Suspensory Act fails to become law, that the failure should be due to the negative of the House of Lords rather than to the preliminary veto of the Crown. Though it is desirable that the passage of the measure through both houses, and the Royal Assent to it, should clear the ground for action next year, yet short of this, its mere I adoption by the House of Commons would be very valuable. It would exercise an important effect upon public opinion out of doors. The Conservative leaders know very well that the question of the Irish Church is already decided. The only doubtful point M. how long shall an angry and irritating dispute be kept open. The policy of the Opposition, while asserting its own right as a majority, is not to compel either Ministerial resignation or prema ture dissolution. The policy of the Government, unless they wish to exasperate the feelings of the country and to put themselves and their followers under a ban of exclusion which may endure for years, is to offer no factious resistance to legislation in the sense of the majority ; but to hasten those measures, and those measures only, which are necessary to secure to the new constituencies in England, and to the pro posed constituencies in Scotland and Ireland, the early exercise of the franchise. " firblished free of expense by the Uliversity. " Asir lakes of *wry maYlVa *le a 01404seee " ezoebitemt, Iset bear risks-111min lase Pe." Nee is the expenditure of Nadentel seatiained by rules which our oonteroidecry oedemas as wishes, arbitrary, and meaningless. • Inericy is usually set afoot by a college tutor, and con viction generally follows the charge. The tradesman, even if he thinks fit to appear before the Vicx-CnANCELLOR and Heads, is condemned unheard, while the collegian smilingly transfers his custom to another shop. This unequal justice has already made several of the most respectable tradesmen decline to deal with people in statu pupiliari, and it is strongly urged that college tutors should either regulate the expenditure of their pupils or not interfere at all ; that degrees should be refused to men unjustifiably in debt ; and that the right of " diecommuning " should be only exercised after an inquiry in which both sides have been heard. LORD 8R0U,./I•M'S memoirs are a long record of strife against circumstances, obstructions, and opposition. In his career he had waged battle more or less successfully against the pre judices of society and the traditions of the country —against the Sovereign and the House of Lords, the Bench, the Bar, and the weaknesses of the people. He has left his mark upon the time, and " the schoolmaster abroad" is now a fast-coming realisation of his early advocacy and hopes. Up to the time of his accepting the Chancellorship he " had passed his life in contentions, loved them, " provoked them," and when he, " a man Often " tially go-ahead, leaped into the very citadel "of obstruction," the Tory Peers " set their " backs up like cats when a dog enters " the room." But from the time he became a peer his political usefulness waned. His giant energy often recoiled upon himself when he attacked the old world of his fellow lords ; and though his courage and audacity never flagged, he ceased to be a power when he entered the feather-bed atmosphere of an hereditary legislature. Snubbing ELDON, ridiculing Lott- DONDERRY, and contradicting WELLINGTON, were, after all, unworthy occupations for one of the greatest orators of his time ; and his grandest efforts, such as that in favour of the Reform Bill, were marred by eccen tricities of temper or demeanour little suited to the theme or the place. The autographical me moirs which lately became the subject of a lawsuit, were, we believe, full of personal revelations and incriminations respecting the great people of this century, and it is better that the brave, useful, and honourably stormy life should have ended peacefully and quietly, without the raking up of forgotten animosities at its close. TO-MORROW the American Senate proceed to vote on the impeachment of President JOHNSON. Mr. SUMNER wishes to have the practice of the House of Lords, each member rising in his place and saying "Guilty," or "Not Guiity," adopted so as to ensure publicity ; but the belief was that the verdict would be ascertained through the ballot. It happens unfortunately for the ParainErr that the desire to judge generously of him is frustrated by his tendency to mistake forbearance for fear, and so to provoke fresh col lisions. Thus the disposition to acquit him to morrow is affected by apprehensions of further difficulty with the Congress as the result. SOME of the States of the American Republic are advancing to the abolition of the death penalty, by noteworthy methods. Last year the State of Illinois adopted a law giving to juries discre tionary power, when returning a verdict of guilty on a trial for a capital offence, to say whether the punishment shall be death or imprisonment for life. The result has been that, in Illinois, juries in capital cases have thus far accompanied their verdicts, in every instance, with a restriction of the penalty to imprisonment for life. The Legis lature of Minnesota has just passed a similar law, its advocates assuming that the discretion thus provided secures greater certainty of conviction. MAY (11111:111301 17:12412AM5.) FRANCE. THE EMPEROR AT ORLEANS. ORLEANS, MAY 11. In reply to an address of the Mayor of Orleans the Emperor said :—" I accepted your invitation with pleasure, because I am &limy happy to find myself again in the midst of a city which, whilst religiously maintaining such glorious remem brances and patriotic sentiments devotes itself with ardour to the struggles of labour and industry. I was desirols to ascertain for myself the pro gress which you have made, and to encourage your exertions, convinced that amid the general tranquillity of Europe they may be developed with confidence." The Bishop of Orleans said that Paris had allowed her gates to be forced more than once by strangers, but Orleans never. His Eminence laid stress upon the patriotism of religion. In reply the Emperor said—" I am much touched by the noble words which you have just addressed to me. It is on this spot that we can dwell with happiness upon how much religious faith and true patriotism can effect for the safety and grandeur of • country. In this city was produced one of the most wonderful facts of history. The river which flows beneath your walls has been one'of the ramparts of our independence in the same manner as it protected, in less distant times, the heroic remnants of the grand army. The Empress and myself, in coming to share in the popular festivities of Orleans, were desirous first to kneel within that ancient Basilica, and surrounded by the grand remembrances of the past to ask from the Almighty his protection for the future." The Moniteur of this morning reprints the article in the Constitutionnet, defending the esti mates of the new budget. There is no eject further at attic announces Paul ha. with the new oom annulled." some of the the on at '7 211 = 200 yards the cent. of their per cent. The average .1 from 68 to 70 per cent. at 200 yards. But one battalion of 500 men, firing against a surface representing a similar force, at the great distance of 500 yards, put 90 men hors de combat at a single volley. The mtlitary journal adds, with professional gusto, that the soldier has now come to love his new arm, and takes scrupulous care of it under the tent as well as in the barrack room. La Preue, commenting upon the above interesting statistics, says The ifoniteur de l'Armie is s journal too little read. It often contains technical articles which speak volumes. We do not suppose with some advocates of pesos that it is intended to make war solely for the purpose of trying oar excellent new rifles, or that the military men in official circles would be overwhelmed with grief if a durable peace were to condemn these splendid weapons to inaction. Bet we do think that all the costly and sedu lous preparations we see making have not been made from a Platonic love of the armonrer's trade ; but, on the contrary, that they were prompted by serious reasons no one of which has disappear ed. It is in this point of view that we attach an importune t 3 the articles of the ifoniteur de rAMIIIe which we sometimes refuse, in all humility, to certain sententious and amid- VOUS denials of current news which have produced uni vernal scepticism in the press. The marriage of Prince Achille Murat with the Princess of Mingrelia is positively fixed for Wednesday. The Bourse was dull. The assurances of the Conatitutionnel that the rejection of an address in favour of German unity by the Customs Parlia ment has " put an end to all further discussion on the subject , " were by no means adopted. The closing quotations of the Rente and most other securities were not, however, sensibly dif ferent from those of yesterday, but the amount of business done was too small to show any decided tendency one way or the other. Speculation is nearly suspended. The only thing clear is that confidence will not re vive. Rente fell 6c. both for cash and account, closing at 69.35. Italian fell and Credit Fon cier 6.50. Mobilier, after considerable fluctuations, owing to various appreciations of the recent judg ment against the directors, closed with a rise of 7.50. A protectionist, with a view to make a sensation on the eve of the onslaught on free trade to be opened by M. Pouyer Quertier in the Corps Le gislatif on Monday, has placarded the walls of Paris with a flaming announcement on a lurid red ground of a pamphlet with the title "Le Role" (death rattle) of French manufactures." THE ROYAL VISIT TO Lams.—Yesterday the Mayor of Leeds received from General Enollya a letter stating that the Princess of Wales could not visit Leeds on the 19th instant. The letter elates that by the advice of the Princess's medical attendants this decision his been arrived et. The reason assigned is the delicate state of her royal highness's health, it being considered necessary to avoid the fatigue of a long railway journey such se that to the West Riding would be. The Prince of Wales in timates, through General Knollys, that the Princess feels deep regret that she cannot accompany her husband to take part in the opening of the Fine Art Exhibition at Leeds. This news has already caused a general feeling of disappointment in Leeds, but there will be no relaxation in the preparations for giving the Prince a splendid reception. Her Majesty the Queen, it is understood, has been graciously pleased to command the mayor and corpo- ration of Windsor to attend an audience at Windsor Castle at she latter and of this week, when her Majesty will receive the address relative to the atrocious attempt to assassinate his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon entertained the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marchioness of Bath, the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, Lord and Lady Foley, Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison, Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P., &c., at dinner, on Saturday evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. The Earl of Ellesmere and Viscount Emlyn have arrived in town from a tour in the Holy Land and Egypt. The Earl and Countess De Grey entertained his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff and a select party at dinner on Saturday even ing, at their residence in Oarlton•gardens. The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., and Mrs. Hardy received the Hon. Edward Thesiger and Hon. Miss Thesiger, Sir William Heatheote, Bart., M.P., and Lady Heathoote, Sir Thomas and Lady Gladstone and MN Gladstone, Sir Donald Campbell, Mr. Justice Mon tagu Smith, Mr. sad Mrs. Henry Farrar, Mr. Arkwright, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Thomas Ralli and Min Ralli, Ac., at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Gros- The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northoote, Bart., M.P., and Lady Northoote entertained his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Counter of Tankerville, the Fed Forcers and the Ladies Susan and Mary Foresaw, Lord Echo, M.P., and Lady Elcho, Lady Rolle, M. Van de Weyer Hon. Edward Stanhope, Sir George Stucky Stucky, Bart., M.P., and Lady Studley, Admiral Sey mour, Mr. George Repton, M.P., and Lady Jane Repten, Rugnion, K. Denney de Careen, Mr. George Otto Trevelyan M.P., Mrs. Gordon, hc., at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Harley-street, Cavendish-sq care. On Saturday forenoon the marriage of the Hon. Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, M.P. for Mont gomery, and brother of the present Lord Sudeley, with Kies Ada Maria K. Tollemache, only daughter of the Hon. Frederick and Mrs. Tollemache, was solemnised in the private chapel of Ham House, the Hon. Frederick Tolle. maehe's residence, at Petersham, Surrey. The Herald understands that the demonstration of last Wednesday at St. James's-hall is to be followed by a Church and State meeting to be held at the Great Hall, Cannon•street Hotel, on Monday, the 18th instant. The Lord Mayor will preside. The Gresham Lectures, at Gresham College, Eaglngball-street, will in future be delivered in Latin at S aid in English at 7 o'clock in the evening, instead of at 12 and 1 in the day, as heretofore. According to the Railway News a new difficulty is likely to delay the opening of the Mont Cenis Summit Eaves', it "having been found that the play in the veiny of the engine has a tendency to tear up the centre rail gripped by the auxiliary wheels." .e The distinguished members of the New Red *ease Club assembled in their grounds at Fulham on Saturday to shoot off the second handicap of the season. alesadanee, which included several peers and mem ber et the Commons, was exceedingly large. The first of a fleet of small screw-steamers build lag for the imperial Ottoman government, was launched se Saturday, from Mr. John White's ship-building yard et Medias Doak, West Cowes. The Pontifical Aldershot is to be at once estab lished on that lofty plain nearly at the summit of the Alban Hill, which, from having been once occupied by the *she Oartharnian general, is still called " H cameo di Asintbale The soldiers about to pitch Abair tents there EVE ' 11, MAY 11 , 1: 0 • 1 - AOgr its 1 r iN . - yar d' e subj , to • 9 . ' e . ', ',i NE W j/1 1 117h"; ~",,,,,.." a ' ' moms: . de ic P . at i 'iIFD% , ... ii . . ir.) tat I e ' . at 4r; resig' nation and all 1 \ . . . - ~,' be elde r " fied or I ..pwilipkraAPlL - ) . . r de l'Armie gives BOHEMIA. res . the ball practice with t PRAGUE. Mn 10, 11.261'34 r ig a which has fatal bean going am 1 and the Baint-Maur camp. At 21 A great meeting was held here to-day. At least 20,000 men were present. Great enthtaaiaam was ; Voltigeurs of the Guard put 70 per displayed. Resolutions were adopted against the of ; chasse balls in ura the obtain target i:d an an d at 300, 6e2 of l p i recently imposed taxes, and for the aatonomy per the Bohemian Diet on the same principle as that of men, cent. at 200 yards. But one b e firing against a surface repress' Hungary, with universal suffrage as a basis. I force, at the great dietenns a M 1 DISCOMMUNING AT CAMBRIDGE. THE authorities of the University of Cambridge have aroused considerable excitement and opposi tion by the exercise of their right of " discom " musing" some of the tradesmen of the town. To " diacommune " a sholleeper is to inflict on him pecuniary loss and social stigma. He is prohibited from dealing with members of the University ; who on the other hand are liable to rusti cation and expulsion if they tempt the marked man into breaking the college law. Before 1856 tradesmen wore liable to this dread ostracism who presumed to sue a University debtor without the sanction of his college tutors ; and as this per mission was only given in rare instances, the people were compelled to give credit, subject to ridi cule as well as loss from the extravagant and un principled. But this anomaly was properly altered by the Cambridge Award Act of 1866 ; and on the 30th April, 1857, the Senate decided the cases in which tradesmen and others are liable to be dis communed to be by the existing edict* of the Uni versity as follows : "1. Any person borrowing money or giving any "security in writing to any tradesman, even for " goods supplied, without the consent of his "College Tutor. " 2. Any tradesman to whom a person in dots • 4 .spopiUori is indebted in an amount exceeding N., `t omitting to report the same every quarter•dey `t llbtil it shall be paid. " 3. Any tradesman or other persott supplying _ .. . .. it a portion of his skin rex:42453 adhering " goods on credit knowing that the mime Fe about ' 4 19 be turned into money. to the stone, only foreshadows what may happen when Mr. Disitazu is dragged from t' e Treas ury • • '4. Any horsedealer or livery-stable keeper let- Bench; Mr. DISIL&ELI clings to the TrOMPTI ma. .tt liug a tandem upon hire." limpet clings to th e ree k ; ap 4 th e h er d er th e • ' - itocording to the Cambridge Independent these re nd 4 4 the severer the pokes which he receive", tire Elation' do not meet the end they have in view. faster does he hold on to it. In all this there is 'llO 'bill - discounter, boast that " diatinlinuaing little credit either to himself or t 43 th e o ffi ce w hi c h 1 " is to them a valuable advertisement kindly the Crum WINDSOR CASTLE, MAI 9. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, aocompanied by Princes. Louise. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home Park, and Prince Leopold also went out, attended by Mr. Duckworth. Prince and Princess Christian dined with the Queen yesterday. The Judge Advocate General bad an audience of the Queen. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge bu succeeded Colonel H. Ponsonby as Equerry in Waiting. Mr. George Smith has had the honour of submitting to her Majesty's inspection, at Windsor Castle, his picture of " The Raffle." MAT 10. The Queen, accomp►nied by the Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday. Prince Arthur, attended by Lieutenant• Colonel FJphin stone, arrived at the Castle last evening from Greenwich Park. Prince and Princess Christian dined with the Queen yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and PI IaCCIIIIII Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine per. vice this morning in the private chapel. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury preached the sermon. Prince and Princess Christian remained at the Castle to luncheon. Mr. G►thorne Hardy has left the Cattle for London. The Prince of wake rode out on Saturday forenoon, attended by Maior Teesdale. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. In the evening their Royal Highnesses went to the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden. The Prince and Prinoess of Wales, with the lion. Mrs. Stonor and Major Teesdale in waiting, attended Divine Service yeeterday ►t the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Communion Service was read by the Rev. J. V. Povah and the Rev. Thomas Helmore. Anthem : "Judge me, 0 Lord," Mendelisohn. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Rey. J. V. Perak, from Psalm 116 vv. 8, 9. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lordof the Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers present were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmeaburv, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Paldngton, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the Earl of Mayo. PARIS, SATURDAY STROM°. i belong to as mealy different nations, and speak as many All the papers, and the Patric among them, con- different language% as Hannibal's heterogensotudy re tain detailed accounts, as if of something eery' united *obe l i & imposialtd, of the tosignation‘by M. de Saint. foul I Qusairrowir; r May 11. — The Cunard extra of the directorship of the preu in the Mazda of : steamer Aleppo, from New York, arrived bare at 4.46 a.m. the interior of his being :replaced by M. ea* I iltday, with ninety-Ave passengers. She Laded clo the piefect of the Aube, and of a reorganisation of va i o h aasi i eight pessengms,and prooeeded for Liverpool , the of f ice on a very large scale, with greatohanges as 8 a.m. All soil. in the personnel, including the aPP°lntinent. of I ST. Animater's, Hot/ionic—The Archbishop another prefect to a function in it. The Gazette p erk (niiiniaa i ng for the Bishop et L ee d em l h e ld • • J do Prance is impertinent enough to ask whet Sunday confirmation at this oh ur yesternay. Several Had MAJZSTIeII VAT 111 HOOTLAWD.—Although is 68 neeeesity for a direetion of the Lundved yogag weffponfirmeil, and 01f:harsh 1 at a 'low thatitlcal Bran law hair &MK %Wells , ailed us ovs l =s. BM ince sou "'IV"' h 7 the " STTOiRe data has Yot heal Su* Sfa saPaatad that her press 41 prev i ous an th m i i mk,, , ,, war ,,,,,,,5• N g .H. Blunt, the rector, and by the curates and several Majesty the g am° . " 4 " air 11 " 81 / 411 b ". ." Prilles. "a arbitrary suspension, and saprfseidona, &a it Mt th=ittilier g am . Th e Blakey of Load= had It n o b it.A., vicar of ProoTiols, Louise sad Beatriee, sad Prisms Leopold, with Primo mai , princess airissisa of schiessitir yews* will leers In& . esti !yr office will here little other work to i. 5 t o cr a m p t o ale Q 0.161, sad his private , of - writing paragraphs for t J. Also l oott, to otteed die archbishop on son eithei al 11. ' mg of ***Nl"' about Mwall r g.I FF . " p= "nliw ther words, that it 'll what is r the onsets: I for Basun]. . Ipa ;IA 0 WI • t att • • SON'FUTURE and DECORATION. JACK- and GRAHAM Mello funnies about to furnish to Wield the various departments of their establishment (the and m'et complete of its kind) and their roanalostery offing, in which, with the aid of steam power end machinery. all means of economising cost In the production of firot-elses furniture are employed. The showrooms contain every &seep- Mon and style of furniture from that adapted to the require ments of those who desire to furnish at the mot economical rate consistent with good taste end mound workmanship to that L which art industry of the highest class is employed. article is marked In plain figures at cash micoa-111, 83, S I X 57, and 3d, Oxford.ntreet PHILLIPS and PEARCE, Artists in Oben and China to the Qmen, respectfully solicit an inspection of their NOVEL and BEA UTI L DEMONS, They are original, moderate in price, perfect in form, wortmenship, material, and manufacture. Mr. D. Pearce Our it y•mrs at 19, St. Jamies-street) has the glass department under his direstion. ILA New Bond-street, sad us and 1.59, Oxford-street, London. WILLIAM CHURTON and SON, 110AIERS snd SHIRTMAKERS, El and D 2, OXSORD-STRERT. LADIES' UNDERCLOTH 'NO. FIRST-CLASS CARPETS, DAMASKS, do., 141111 R PRIM. )'at TT . ran be forwarded to the Country Free. T. 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JAPANERE per formances. cossisting of Balancing. Top-.pinning. Tumbling, the Butterfly, and great Ladder Fests.—Et gar Evsnimi at F4ht, terminating at half.past Ten : and Wednesdays and Saturdays at half•past Two. Children under 10 half-price. Places wenn(' at the Box.ofilce by Mr. Nugent from Tm till Fire: at Mr. Mitchell's, 014 Baud-street ; and at the principal Librartea 1361TANIFIA. Thin ITrifitO, NIGHT. Hamra. Reynolds, Chariton, Biewuod, and Elton; lira lane ti mime, Randerann. Coveney, Myln, kr —With TB H CONFTDERATET DAITOATER. Megan Pitt, Cranford, Lame, and Pat ry ; ilia Booth, de. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR. TM. DAY —Morning. 411 46m.......Aft4am00n, MI. Ms. 70-xoitiow—flornlng. Mt. 22m—....Atternoon, A. 41m. BdUCFAof Brlrrne, MARRIAOI3, and Dkarne, are rote:red mid o'clock for insertion lame evening. Toe, is. Id. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, CONTAINING The Latest Foreign Telegrams ; the Latest City ; Railway, Mining, and other Shares ; Sporting, and General Intelligence, 18 PUBLIBIII9 EVERY EVENING. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 11. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. THE political situation is without example. The Government has been beaten as no Government ever was before. It has confronted the Opposition in three party divisions, and two majorities of sixty and one sixty-five have declared themselves against it and its policy. An appeal to the con stituencies is threatened ; but no member of the administration has any belief that it will alter the state of affairs. Beaten in St. Stephens with whips, Mr. DisaarAt will be beaten on the hustings with scorpions. The most trustworthy reports which are received from the country indicate its complete approval of the course taken by its representatives. Indeed that course has been dic tated, in the cane of a number of members sufficient if not to have turned the scale, at least to have more or less affected it, by very accurate informa tion as to the popular sentiment. When the liberal party is united, Mr. Disraeli knows very well that there is no standing against it. Ile de sires an appeal, not because he expects a reversal of judgment, but because he clings to official existence, and is thankful for a few months' reprieve. DE MANDEVILLE'S doctrine that private vices may be public benefits is, in the long run, questionable enough. But the insensi- bility of Mr. Duman.' to shame is really of some service to the Liberal party and to the country. There is some good in the existence, at this time, of a Ministry whom no ignominy will drive out of their places. Save carrying him out bodily on some one's shoulders, nothing, we believe, would get Mr. DISRAELI out of Downing-street. In the last resort we should be prepared to hear of his re tiring to an inner apartment, barricading himself, and standing a siege there, with the heroic valour which his ancestors showed again th 9 legions of Tivus. The Greek hero, who was so firmly fixed to his seat in Hades that when he was torn from OUR PARIS LETTER. THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH AT THE OPERA HOUSE BALL. (PROW OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVININO. The Emperor and Empress, although they started for Orleans at 10 o'clock this morning, were up to half-past 1 in the morning at the ball given at the Opera House under the patronage (principally) of the Princess Metternich, for the benefit of the " killed and wounded by land and sea of all nations." This ball has been advertised as the " most attractive of the season." I doubt 1 whether the general verdict of the company there would vote that the programme was' fulfilled. It was no doubt a very pretty sight,) especially to novices. The hothouses of the city of Paris at Passy were emptied of their choicest exotics to adorn the staircases and ball-room, and a very large proportion of the best society in Paris was there. But a theatre is not well-adapted for • ball. There is no unity in a society the greater part of which is packed in tiers of boxes looking down upon a crowd of promenaders beneath. There was scarcely any dancing at all. The Princess Metternich opened the " quadrille of honour " with the Count de Solms, just as the air of the Reine Hortense, played by Strauss's band, an nounced that their Majesties had entered their box. The other parties to the quadrille were Lord Lyons, who danced with the Countess Pourtales ; Count de Goltz with Madame Canrobert ; M. Mon with Madame de Moltke. All the rest of the evening Strauss's band served little other purpose than to interrupt conversation. Scarcely any ladies known to society danced at all. There is by no means unanimity of opinion as to the propriety of this ball, and it is not clear what is the destination of the funds raised by it. General Dix refused to have anything to do with the affair, and I am assured that Count de Gotta privately said he thought it • foolish thing. The Inumerous trophies of guns, blunderbusses, swords, and pistols looked more like a warlike demon stration than the emblems of a charity. It was observed that if war were not considered imminent, the necessity for providing for the wounded might very well have been postponed till pressing necessity would have urged some much more efficacious provision. There is no telegraphic news yet from Orleans. Their Majesties set out in a heavy shower, but the afternoon has been fine. It was stated yesterday in the Salle des Pas Perdu' that an attempt is to be made to upset the will of M. Comte, the famous apostle of " positive philosophy," on the ground that he was not of sound mind. Although the will has been already " proved " and acted upon, it may yet be attacked, because the French period of limitation in such cases is fifteen years. M. Allon is re tained for the parties defending the will. The Moniteur states that Mgr. Chigi, the Pope's nuncio, yesterday paid a visit to the Prince Imperial to congratulate him on his first com munion, and made a little speech to him, in the course of which he said " Love the church and Franoeserve Clod and your country—be a great Christian and a great Prince, and may the benediction of the Holy Father be ever with you, and ensure your happiness for time and eternity. 7 This is quite natural language for an agent of the Romiah church to use to any prince who will listen to it. It is scarcely more objectionable than' the motto of an old tory weekly paper, which, for aught I know, may exist in London to this day : "For God, the King, and the People." The only thing is that modern times rebel against the notion that the third party alluded to in this order of pre cedence is as subordinate to the second as the second is to the first LORD BRODGRAIL-TME ORATOR. (PRow • COSILISPONDOIT. Lord Brougham's mind was prismatic by nature : it presented many aspects. Art seconded what mature contemplated. In the outset of his career it was doubtful whether his pursuit would have been that of a man of science or of literature, of a practical statesman or a theoretical politician ; of a writer on philosophy or a frequenter of the forum ; whether in fact he would be a student in the laboratory or the library, or a debater in the public assembly. Without dis regarding his claims, or rather his eff or t s , t o b e considered a m an of science or a scholar, Lord Brougham has certainly been beat known amongst his contemporaries as an orator, and it is in thi s light that we desi re t o g i ve a brief sketch of the deceased peer. It has been said that Lord Brougham, like others who have been transferred from the popular to the hereditary branch of the legislature, lost much of hi s force as an orator by the chang e . The cold shade of the Howe of Lords damped the ardour of his fire. What would have produced a powerful effect amongst the representatives of the people fell chilly on the ears of men whose habit of mind is eminently opposed to anything like enthusiasm. To appreciate Lord Brougham as an orator, it has been said you should have heard Henry Brougham, the opponent of Canning, of Castlereagh, and of Peel. There must be j ustioe in this remark , because no man was so popular as a speaker or created so much enthusiasm amongst an audience as Mr. Brougham, and it is unquestionably true that, after he became Lord Chancellor, his oratorical splendour was somewhat obscured. To persons who heard the learned lord on the woolsack, or on the opposition side of the House of Peers, and asked, " What is there in Lord Brougham that acquired for him his great reputation as an orator I" the re mark in answer was somewhat like that of 2Eschines when speaking of Demosthenes, • ' Vim should have heard himself "—that is to say, you should have heard him in the House of Commons. To us, we confess, Lord Brougham displayed in his oratory too much of its art. The orator is no doubt made, though not to the absolute extent indicated in the classical dictum to that effect ; but, as in other arts, so in that of the public speaker, it is the highest effort of genius to conceAl the art. This Lord Brougham wanted. He apttars to base modelled his style upon that of I.e..mosthents, whose great oration he translated. Cicero he u m in the habit of frequently quoting, indeed, and with the writings of the great Roman orator he was intimately acquainted, but it was the great Athenian who shook the arsenal and fulmined over Greece," that he took for his model. The imitation is apparent in all his great speeches. There was a strength, a muscularity and ruggedness in Lord Brougham's style such AS is to be found in the speeches of Demosthenes, but in the Greek th e force was natural, or had, at least, the appearance of nature, whilst in the Briton the getting up is too obvious. Lord Brougham's periods are too long. They would have run any man of less native vivacity and vigour out of breath. They are intersected with dashes and interrupted by breaks. They are gnarled and twisted like the roots of a giant tree. He certainly carried his hearer along, but with much tin necessary jolting. His power of reply was re markable. No man was more fertile in resources and no man had command over a wider field of illustration. Ho criticised unmercifully. His power ey. ~sso stopendere nese was terrific both in the literal and applied sense of the words. Some times he transgressed beyond the limits of fair indignation, and was scurrile when he shmild have been severe. He used language towards Canning and Peel which would have been better unsaid. He was no less remarkable fur turning an opponent's arguments into ridicule. The last occasion in which be showed his wonderful power of this kind was in the discussion on the second or third reading of the bill for the repeal of the corn laws in the House of Peers. It was delivered about half-past 2 in the morning Lid unhappily has never been fully reported. Indeed, it would have been almost impossible to have done so. Never was the truth illustrated with so much brilliancy and gaiety. The protectionists were never so handled—never so mauled—not that the cannon of weighty argument was brought to bear on the falling fortress of Pro tection ; the light arms of ridicule and pr siflage were alone employed on that occa sion. The present Earl Grey was so ebullient that he could scarcely keep his seat from laughter, and he was but a type of the other peers. Lord Brougham was undoubtedly a great speaker, but, as we have indicated, his defect was artifi ciality. Men far his inferiors in every respect often produced greater effect simply by more naturalness and the opinion of sincerity that naturalness begets. He missed as an orator what he attempted to find as a savant, " the relation between the harmonic line and curves of different orders." His person and gptillle :irti eakin ;s w us eg e re raLt ac , i sed ni raerabtlyfacilteddusf,o:Tlhcsseis pec uliar It would be difficult perhaps to ' a•:,ign to him the place he is likely to hold in the 4.3timation of posterity as one of the great orators England. There are but few who will refuse to fet 1 that, Men are we, and must grieve when ew c. the shade Of that which once was &reit bath pnuctl away. Hlc tic ATE SCHOOL. —OII Saturday Miss Burdett Coutts presented the prizes to the successful boys of this school, after the conclusion of the athletic spores. There west several hundred persons in the field, besides the 300 boys themselves. THE CONVICT MICHAEL BARRETT.—Last eveuiug the Governor of Newest& received an official oommucier,- tion from the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment respite's for seven days the execution of the convict Michael Barrett, now under sentence of &fah there for the murders caused be made for it. the Clerkenwell explosion. To morrow had been the daLi r ippointed for the execution, and preparations were t. The prisoner, since his conviction, is un d erstood to bave behaved with much propriety. Being a Roman catholic, he has been attended by a priest of that persuasion from day to day, and has not therefore come within the ministrations of the Ordinary of Menet'. A day or two after matinee the Fenian convict& Burke and Shaw, were removed from Newgate, to the great relief of those charged with the responsible duty of guarding the prison, but the vigilance of the authorities, instead of being relaxed in consequence, maybe said to have been increased, if possible, while Ba rrett remains there under sentence. Day and night the gaol is surrounded and patrolled, as it has been for months past, by a picked body of the city police, armed with cutleries and revolvers, no two of whom are ever out of sight of each other, not to mention the special arrangements inside for its greater Inca. rity. Newgate, indeed, may be said to be a fortress of itself, and but for the subtle tharacteristht of the Fenian organisation and the affair at Clerkenwell, preceded, as it was, by the rescue at Manchester and the escape of Fenian prisoners from custody in Ireland, it would never, probably, have entered into the minds of the authorities to guard a place so im pre gnable of itself. Be that as it may, the city police, charged with the special duty of protecting the pH. son, have never for a moment allowed such considerations to weaken their sense of responsibility, or to relax their vigilance, and those who have had occasion, from day to day, to observe them en duty during the recent protracted trials mast have been struck by their untie ing zeal and de votion. Now that the trials are over, not to enter into details, it is but due to the sheriffs and under-sheriffs to state that the precautions they took from day to day to protect the court-house, inside and out, wire as complete l ire they Could possibly be, though known to only a few beyond themselves, and those few only were aware of the consequent security from possible danger of outrage with which everyone having business in court, great and small, Wes hedged round.— Times.—lndependently of the doubts have been raised respecting the cogency of the evi dence on which Barrett was convicted, the validity of the restriction oe legal grounds was called in question by the prboner's counsel. Mr. Greene objected at the trial that he was deoied permission to inspect the jury pima, end was, thereby precluded from exercising the eight of challenging the array. An application was mad, t,etadays winos to the Attorney•rral to grant hie tto enable the primair t apply to the Court al 's Bench to quash the coovietiolt. After due deli „lbilliadon, the Attorney-General conveyed an inewation to %le prisot.er's attorneys, Messrs. Lewis and Co., that bs to hoar eribeel in rapport of the srplisationt 2:atienbind dal Mr. Greens has beam ins: ratted to eup . port it this day. A . THE ROYAL HINIPITAL EON DIBILUISS. Or TEI CHEST, OITY-moan.—Tl36 number of patients under West me4tatoi whsle this ltmptbl Bs weredunewringaiesthlpast week assolutted 1,0 Th of M &ions Bodi depu Mr. 1 2' Tb who are le Joi judo Mr rose In tried vario for s and Time+ for befog.; Boner Kent brass but " tors they added throw securi the .26 8 , more no btu count of Mtn done to be covers Con there Prison comma eons In o and he the prl to the of s.. three, The Penal I PO Julta Mr. co a comp The Years. mad ws WU i n end, w upon compi a move h road. 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