The Press. — London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

JuNE.27i 1857. THE PRESS. • - eMit). of an Order of Valour was worthy the presence of a Queen and a 1 brilliant Court; but in interest it was not equal to the touching ceremony in front of Whitehall. In the first place, the distribution of the crosses wus too rapidly oonoluded—it occupied only a fow minutes of time ; and the rest of the ceremony was made up of mere inspection of the troops on the ground,. The park was crowded ,to ,emeari; and, as is always the case upon such occasions , a great deatot Itnnecetiiiiiry confusion occurred. •Lord DONOUOHNORE complained **the House of Lords last night that owing to the imperfect regulations several Peers. ' were prevented from entering the inner circle, and that he himself had failed to obtain a ticket at all. Lord PANJIURE had, of course, heard of a great many who had an excellent, view of everything, and were charmed with tha arrangements.. Wei deuht l yng nnich the p ro priety on such occasions of giving a niibliei nette t e. that, appli vationg for tickets may be made. It is an invitation to Mike them ; and f a: wide margin is not left fox ,emergencies, the •very thing Lord Pool-1;11E offered last night in extenuation is aur a to 'happen.Sir 11. AIREY had received 20,004 applieations, while he had only room for 7,000 persons. Of course he, ihefk, not opened, half ' his ' letters ; i' end hence Lord DoNouotimorie's, and many more perenna', diaappointribiente on the occasion. A little more forethought we ; kartreihefki4A inconvenience. dr brio ,Er(.9115 bill: Pl'll.l ' nth moll rt.,l , - . i The Suez Canal sehemeltha at length found Itarsnot 4sLentle . h..., A meeting was held at the London Ta vern on Thursday, 14, the destre,( of Lord J . OFIE BURMA.. !Now, we are;. . quite seqnainted ly4 the proverbial self-reliance of the Noble lord; bat for thia o ropust confess, we were unprepared. We trust that the Noble Member for the City of London has no serious intention of undertaking as a last resource the construction of this ship canal. Ha may bp e,yery , able pilot, inured to storms, and accustomed to run aeliore ; 'but in the canal scheme We have no faith at present. In thp lot, plap t „ite disbelieve entirely that sr) vast a project, cutting a canal t t iventyreigAt i fejet deep and three hundred feet wide for ninety-three, re , acroskaanif, en and plastic clay, and then , after d red g in g out at each Apassage_fors il t z a mile or two out to sea , to erect,euorrnous stoneworke n ; rill be .one for eight millions sterling. Eighttimes eight !milliens :Would better represent the sum that would, be expended upon pa, Ar before it ' was got into order. i The scheme is ,Lor i ... - ,fey IBmticable but its cost, if ever it be constructed, ~ sur,papa, p f ltuna4l9n. :, Besides, will not the. Sues and Euphrates„ lley t ralbroa. e acorn ., /ill , the requirements of traffic? We think „ag. ,Clther j cnneWronS. against the construction 'of this canal exist 7 -nontuderatrons of iv i .; p o litical nature—and of which , the hereditary, tpoliny cw, f .ts . fp,,pit,r,,,l will at no time be disposedio accept a modification, ~1 ed bluoils ISiblli 3?fia 9111 111914 , f_e 13.1!i;1•1411,(fi :.t ;. , ,i;iiltit.. , i ... ,rfr 111i7t miiilelnio , - •, , , ~,i f1..t.., f• of , ath i il 'to 11•14)—vi ~ c9;./..itil.i• The introductory address of hts Royal tt !ion.fsertne.rrneti uv. at the Educational Conference, will be read..ll4,lll.tia(o4, b *... ( 0 of her M I - Ity's subjects. :The ---- 4 ptiott: a l . for '‘44 ,:y.hot, an', sa thounds , tier _ajes..„,_,-. _, 4 f , --,Jokoposals bt , lward ' by various members of : theC‘... menu we have llROOsita. o crib" cise freely in another department of our journti s lit to , J and fo r &p w hich inspired the whole movement there can he Ilpp t Fkmur, this spirit the Prince Consort woo expression in a i llo4uent and memorable address. It. is no slight this* that a stran r (#••fied ,ont blood and to our taan u ers should have thwh,Rompletely identi: him w ith the.popupir wants, and, instead of seeking a field of action in the aggrandioement Al his own family, or': 'the pursuit of btless conti win nent for al schees, has chosen that be tt e r pathitpoy ll dou m hit* iwthe lougarunithe:esteem and admiration of the English people. J.ipi ..,,.. ... ‘i ,): ,-,,,, i • , ,titu .1w has .irpnipm,•. '' Aiii . Cbange in the system now maintained at St. James's on.. Drawing-room clays will no doubt be gladly accepted by the ladies of,s England. The change of locality is a secondary considerationo Whetherthe Drawing room is held at St.ingress James'sand agreeable or at Bckin egress nt Palace is quite immatetial, provided easy aattnemly,testablishAd. ', It is high time that the present system should be, Tut ,t i ecti i . tO t . 7he letter in the Times this week from a lady of distiugulished, raWdinclOsis. such selfish brutality towards a woman op the part, p . f aco talent and athletic biped, with a face as red as his $ , .. 41. i F atu scarletntwate., U.f:leord Lieutenant, that one is surprised at such be4agtO4r imi, et4lerated'ltirlit 'the mills of the Palace. One or. twn,rme igs r ally stitgge t'llfettigetres. The first is to provide room l i eqUal.p., the emergencies fit fully nttended and brilliant Court, or DITMYII47fikOs mighthe• eld Wore frequently in the season. But no DRAIdx„o f??, pra could I til et' se • put so forcibly by the distin gNskegypyreapnndent of • 6' ' s;though'possibly the sufferings on in thp,t: cafiin i n t rOp,a ,alightl eti mired by' &very natural indignation. It won , altirat, ..p.thatjkiktiida:obtained, access to the precincts of RI S t4ef enpol. ...bet . ' wbOiliallouldtWiter have possessed the privilege, a, j d,lt 1 - 44„,.3q tild thii Cliiiiit'l4orAitie to admit them to the iul . 0444119 ...„ At i Itovet kag eg Li- IJI -wind di le3r,e.tiq ',el gibtiiii• V?. vr , :. Xo-._,...F...0.........,‘Al lliw ''% 1.1 4 iivio ha ,• , iti n11)1t1 ti,itiltl -•, -.7 • - Iti.it `11(ilt lw.Cfli 'Atl i jI LL Ir'iiiitisiii 1144016130 n tholObseene Publicatione3litijte:,qur da por littifr 'll,lfintitittsr was right, we think, in his ow a , , el dill' ' ?of defining the word I' oixseene ;" vet wedim, ici. .. ~ , lief that the'Nolltle'anill Learned Lordipushed his, A*lll. ,e, too 'fat . : D o ubtless there are abundensee of passages, in t ,t4e,beat 0 iAtik . , of formar times, to say nothing of the CiigiSiCS, Willo ,t,renolt, L itlpOii', modern notions of propriety?_ But we contend that it ts, - after ill, itie' purpose with which a book is - Written Which ought to be made the espechal'lsubject of puniahment.•, .I' The ..custom f p( the ege," thoitglrliiet it justification, is ,at least a extent/it* ' - of' 11Cen tidds Wrldog ;, find we must, never forget tostingUisli.hd.frieeti,iihat is expressly intended to excite the ,passiona,, and . whiit Is 'Met:Sit' the result of habitual coarseness of speech. But the main defect in Lord' _ 629 CAMPBELL'S Bill is the censorship which would thereby be confer red upon the police. If every print or book seller were liable to the incur sions of these official moralists, life would become a burden to him. As it is. the exposure of improper prints has wiry much decreased ; and if the existing law were enforced, there WOW no reason why books could not be as successfully dealt with. r , . , -)t The Government, it seems, have resolved upon a great effort to suppress the Cuban slave trade. Such instructions to General CONCHA, we have reason to believe, have been extracted from the Spanish Government at Madrid, as will lead him to resign his post the moment he reads the despatch. A new governor-general will suc ceed, and he for a few months will suppress, fine, punish, and con demn right and left, till the Treasury at Havana falls low, his expe rience rising in the same ratio. Then strictness will resolve itself into laxity, and laxity into connivance ; and in ten years the Cuban slave trade will he as lively and as profitable under the new governor general as it was under the old. We shall fail on this occasion, as we have done upon every other, unless we go to the fountain-head of all the mischief, Africa itself. It is there, and there only, by trade and commerce, that the true blow is to be etruck, which will destroy the African foreign slave trade for ever. L.11114.8q u -1 • :II ILL! 'rat TWENTY-Mira OF JUNE. P.ll ilia 0 ; -Inqmoo dr -in To-day the people gather from the streets, To-day the people gather near mud far ; Peace, with a glad look and a grateful , meets ,t t"` Her rugged brother War. lla elm ids lo 1u lfh p-asy the Queen of all the gnilieh land, -She who sits high o'er Kaiser and o'er Kings, noise'., Gives with her royal hand—the fair white hand Whose grasp the earth enbrings— i..; I, • _ l .. : •11, friohwit 19d to A to Ptrnixort~i o d t to, s pA ;rosa of Valour to hefirOrthiest No golden toy with milky pearls besprent, ow .011(.15Utosimple bronze, and for a soldier's breast rf 8 A. fair fit ornament. ; • Joo •,rri,rf . 2i sit. 4nd richer than red gold that du ll bronze seems, trio,/ / tr ot For it was bought with lavish waste of worth -mop,. Whereto the wealth of Earth's gold-34344 streams • Were but a lack, and dearth., • r. ~xl -.oeth if iu 1 loqu fAr.l kuscovit .eta' makes this English Cross. Won lit, sin of blood and wreath of flame ; The guns that thundered fer their brave lives' loss .Are worn hence, for their fame. lea J • For, listen! all ye maidens laughing-eyed, And all ye English mothers, be aware ! LIU sot/ Whose who shall pass before ye at noon-tide _You, friends and champions are. A " "' 911.1 rt _ix9rt vmha9t , "P r PThei men of all the army and the fleet, il f 1 19Tv 1110 10 li nesman very bravest of the ver y brave, ..rft-r 1),.1 195trin 115 ui„ LifICSMRD. and Lord—all fought with equal feet -taw Firm planted on their grave. a ~ • • ; etlat ). i„ fit "lo 'Firemen who, setting light their blood and breath 1'„(T So they might win a soldier's Naught renown, Held their steel straight against the face of Death, ;11t) A n d frowned his frowning down. 1,,),(„ A lit Bill!. t, Id i. And some t hat grasped the globe all 'fa fre il-tted,* 10 I- . And hurled it far, to spend its spite away— ' •, •,ii sil Between th e rescue and therisi. 644 ,th Oil •& P M , trail !,. i 1, 4 , t. l .§4altr,is the Queen this dap il .hq tour, . ,pitia ,),1: item gni AU:111.,, • ,„ )N ,tlA4rine who climbed the deadiy glai3ls-eide, • 1( l i 9it to miffiet4ll.l that steel could stayl cir. l iiiivitge shell; i l• 4 111 li P I lid 4 seine, whose bloodupim. titOolours dried ' a • ~ i j li n "(1 t t if they bore them i'l 06.0 0 89i14 t; oidi till M 1000 " Ulf I ( 4 #I I LIL 14, t . 11 ' Ind} haill;1 I ti 11 oft 0h lui! ..lit no t 1 ." line mill Acme ! The, w, gentle•heitrtildiewou .111 strife4(l I, ; i ),I .f. . Seeing their fellOw o r theliTiond go dowtivi) '''' ll ' .'" .in .31!) ,, Saved his, at peril of their own dear life , . . i lim r 1 '' 'And won the Civic Crown. , 4 lop . „ i) , miii!: • .. ; •,,_:. J . . . Well done for them ; and, fair Isle, well for thee! „d i ~,i While that thy bosom beareth sons like those •;1;,, ; " The little gars set in the saver sea" Shall never fear her foes. dui 7,011 • ,