The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-19 00:00:00

rbirb hiabition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] QUEEN'S PLATE. Melissa Renown . Polestar . Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 51 SOVS. • Toxopholito • Maid of Maaham colt Mountain Nymph Won in a canter. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Colt by Hernandez, ou t o f Pb yea li s 2 Indulgence ... . Twelve ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 1O SOVS. Ignoramus . Commotion.. Saunterer.. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES• Indulgence Xißegrew Four ran. SELLING PLATE. Colt by Tadmor, out of Oasis Miss Betsy filly Regius Professor HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Pensioner ................................ . Pavilion ............. Bridal Tour _ Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SOVS Greenwich Fair Filly by Hero out of Dart • 2dlschief Maker LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 aget The Peer (offered) 4to 1 aget C:ydesdale (offered) 7to 1 aget Lord of Lorn (taken) 11 to 1 aget Ravenstonedale (taken) ONE THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Perfection (offered) sto 1 aget Hepatica (taken) CHESTER CUP, 16 to 1 aget Melissa 20 to 1 eget Sweet WilHain (taken) DEBBY. 7to 1 asst Toxopholite AIIBITED.—Happy Land, Wilton, and Bridal Tour. LATER BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 agat The Peer (taken) 4to 1 agst Clydesdale (taken) Bto 1 agst Ravenstonedale (taken) 10 to 1 agot Lord of Lora (taken) 12 to 1 agst Happy Land (taken) 100 to 7 agst Fitzroland (taken) 100 to 7 apt Cozwold (taken) Toxophclite and Ethiopian are scratched. THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agot Hepatica (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 eget Melissa (taken) DERBY. 8 to 1 apt Tozopholite (taken) 40 to 1 agst Fitzßoland (taken) Arrived—Botany and Massionella. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHLDTCRLLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of WICKLOW gave notice that in the event of the Oaths Bill being read a second time, he should move the omission of the clause which denies that any lot sign potentate bath, or ought to have, temporal or spiritual jurisdiction in this realm. THE SEIZURE OF THE CAGLIARI. Lord WENSLEYDALE inquired whether, in the pre sent state of the question arising out of the capture of the Cagliari, the Government would have any objection to adopt the course he had recommended before the re cess, namely, to take the opinion of th e P r i v y C ounc il on t he subject The Earl of MALMESBURY raid he was obliged to the noble and learned lord for asking the question, as it'gave him an opportunity of stating how the case at present stands. The case divides itself into two parts— the first part, with respect to the detention of the two engineers who happened to be on board at the time the ship was captured. The law officers of the Crown were consulted by the present Government on the legality or (illegality of the detention of the two men were unanimously of opinion that such detention was illegal, and on account of the hardships endured by the men her Majesty's Government might demand compen cation from the Government of Naples, and acting on that suggestion be had aJdressed a communication to M; Carafe, making that demand for the suffering en dared by the men during their captivity. With respect to the second part of the question, viz., the legality or illegality of th e ca pt ure o f the Cagliari, he had only within the last few hours received the report of the gen tleman to whom the question had been referred. Two were of opinion that the capture was illegal, and the third thought the capture legal. Under these cir cumstances theGovernmentfelt it impossible to take those strong measures desirable on that part of the question. Without pledging himself to anything, he considered the suggestion of the noble and learned lord worthy of the most attentive consideration ; and, under all the circum stances, he was precluded from giving a decided answer. The law officers consulted by the present Government with respect to the legality of the confiscation of the steamer, they had declared that such a step would be illegal. He was not then in a position to say whether any official notice of the condemnation had been sent to the Government of Sardinia. Earl GRANVILLE asked whether there would be any objection to lay on the table a copy of the com munication sent to M. Cordial The Earl of MALMESBURY said the subject was at present under consideration, and the production of the documents would be unusual. SALE OF POISONS. Lord CAMPBELL asked the intention of the Go. vernment with respect to the introduction of a bill for regulating the sale of poison ! The Earl of DERBY said if the Government saw the slightest chance of passing such a measure they would introduce a bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS —(This Evening.) The Srusxza took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a third time an d passed :— Aberdeen Wat er , F o lk estone Water, Liverpo ol Exchange, Liskeard and L ooe U n i on Canal Co m p any 's Railway, Merthyr Tydfil W a t er , an d Selkirk and Gal a Railway. The following private bills were read a second time : Acton's Naturalization Act A mendment and Limerick and Foynas Railway. COMMISSION IN THE ARMY. Mr. LAURIE asked the Secretary for War , whether the officers of the army ought to b e subjected to pay ment of a tax upon their commissions granted by her Majesty t General PEEL said there was no tax on the commis. Won', but there was a stamp. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, at 10 • minutes to 5 o'clock, rose to make his financial Etatement. Re commenced by stating that since the late Chancellor of the Exchequer announced how he intended to provide for the future year a change had taken place in the wadi flop of the country of an unsatisfactory nature. He referred tothe highrate of discount at the commencement of 1857, the clouded prospects of commerce at its end, the American and other panics. This commercial distress had had a great effect on the revenue. Up to 31st Deo. last the temperate and judicious estimate of his Predecessor was not fulfilled, but for next quarter, up to March, it was (especially on the Customs, Excise, and stamps) there being a surplus of one million. The effect of this distress had been great on the export trade. At the end of the first nine months of the year, 30th Be PtAmiber, 1857, the value of the declared exports, as 07ar 0 . a l np red w ith the same period of the corresponding was 124 per cent on the 10 mo n ths en di ng 31 s t 04 -"tal;r ; that increase had decreased exactly one per Cent., an d i n ,the eleve nth au month the exports hail o decreased t o 8 per cent , othe3l: b on. Dec., 1857, it had decreas e d t o 54 n per cent. right gentleman then referred to th e exports and imports of the past year, compared with those o f th e years 1853, 18551856 1853,- the year before the war, th e declared value of . e l u n r Import* in round numbers was 90 millions ; in 1855 it Was 951 millions ; in 1856 it had risen to 116 millions , and in 1857 it was 122 millions. In textile f a b r i cs w : exported in 1853 52 millions ; in 1855, 51 millions ; in 1856, 59 millions ; and in 1357, 61 million,. In Mall, in 1853, we exp a.ted to the value of 194 m il. lions; is 1855, 18 millions ; in 1856, 23i millions ; an d 15118.57 =to the extent of 26 millions. The real value of loor totfalof the imports for 1853 was 143 millions ; in 1856 • edoreesed to 172,000,0 0 0; and in1857t0187, 000,000. Ofr cotton there was imported in 1853, 746,000,000 'in 1855, 767,000,000 ; in 1856, 877,000,000 ; and in 1857 2 837,000,000. The tonnage of British and foreign vessels were asfollows :—ln 1853 the British ton nage was 9,000,000, the foreign 6,000,000; in 1855 it was about the same ; in 1856, the British tonnage was 11 millions, and the foreign tonnage 7 millions ; in 1857 the British tonnage was 11,600,000, and the foreign tonnage 7,40Q,000 tons. The total before the war was 15,380 tons, and at the end of the last year, 19,072,000 ,tons. He would next consider our po3ition anti means for meeting the demands on the re venue. Many things had lately occurred that led them to believe they might look forward to the increased pro sperity of the country. Capital was abundant. Money was cheap, and the prices of the principal necessaries of life were lower now than they were last year. His own conviotion was that although the general condition of the country was sound at the present moment, and it might be generally said confidence was restored, and these were signs of improvement, still he did not think they werejustified in indulging the belief that there would be a rapid regeneration of that spirit of speculative en terprise that had prevailed of late years, and which had no doubt contzsbuted very beneficially to the exchequer. He estimated the charges for 1858-59 for the funded and unfunded debt at 28,400,0001. The next item was the permanent charge on the Conso lidated Fund. Last year it was estimated at 1,730,0001., which he bad this year increased to 1,900,0001., made necessary to meet the compensations the country would be called on to pay, which, in their reckless liberality —(hear, hear) —they awarded last year to the proctors of the Ecclesiastical Court. The charge for the army, including the disembodied militia lately reduced by the estimates placed on the table by the Secretary of War, was 11,750,000/. ; for the navy, after the reduction of 300,0001. proposed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, was estimated at 9,860,0001. The miscellaneous estimates were last year 7,400,000/. ; but he did not propose to take more this year than 7,000,0001., so that there would be a reduction there of 400,0001. These estimates included the charges for law and justice, and for education, both of which bad greatly increased of late years, and was still increasing, more especially the latter, and he warned the house to well watch its progress. Grants of public money had now been given for about twenty years towards education, and to show how it increased he reminded the house that in the first ten years 248,000/. were granted, which, at the end of the next twenty years, includ• tog schools of art and museums, amounted to one mil lion. (Hear, hear.) His deliberate opinion was, that the system of education was so rapidly developing itself that in a very short time their grants would arrive at between three and four millions sterling—(hear)—and the time was come when the house must calmly deliberate as to the course they would continue to pursue in reference to this subject—(hear, hear, hear)—or at least comprehend the liabilities they were in currirg. (Hear, hear, hear.) The revenue depart ment he estimated at 4,700,0001., he therefore estimated the total expenditure at 63,610,0001„ to which was to be added 1i millions of war sinking fund, and 2 millions of Exchequer bonds, which must be liquidated early next month, BO that the total expenditure for 1858-59 he estimated at 67,110,0001. To meet these liabilities he estimated the revenue as follows. His predecessor estimated last year the customs at 22,350,0001., there was paid into the Exchequer 23,109,0001., but notwithstanding the amount of money paid for tea duties that should have come into this year, he estimated the customs at 23,400,0001. The excise was estimated last year at 17 millions, it real ised 17,825,000/. ; he had estimated them at 18,100,000/. Stamps were estimated last year at 7,450,0001., they realised 7,416,0001., and he had taken them at 7,550,000/.; the land and assessed taxes were estimated at 3,150,000/. ; they produced 3,152,000/. ; but considering the number of new houses that were building, he bad put them to 3,200,000/. The property and income tax bad been reduced during the past year ; one half of the year it was at 7d., and the re maining half at 5d., and he estimated them at 6,100,0001. The post-office was estimated last year at three millions, but there was only paid into the ex chequer 2,920,0001., but he had taken it at 3,200,0001. Crown lands were estimated last year at 265,0001 , they produced 277,0001., and he estimated them at 270,0001. The miscellaneous estimates were taken last year at 1,200,000/. ; they produced 1,600,0001., but be had only taken them at 1,300,0001. He bad now shown the house the expenditure and liabilities of the country. They amounted to 67,110,0001., and the revenue to but 63,120,0001., leaving a deficit of 3,990,000/. Before entering into a consideration of meeting that deficiency, he made the statement which ought to be canselatory to the country that however large the deficiency might be considered it was not occasioned by any falling tiff in the resources cif the country. The deficit ought to be considered un der two heads, first, that account of the deficiency occa sioned by our undertaking to pay debt; and, secondly, the amount of deficit occasioned by the cessation of a tax. The firstfreferred to the war sinking fund, amounting to oue and a half minim The right hon. gentleman then referred to the existence and operation of sinking funds. In principle he thought sinking thuds fallacious and ruinous, but in its application he thought it a great mistake, and should not have been adopted till he Exchequer bonds had been paid off. Its adop on was sure to rasult in increased taxation or (Hear.) The question was would the house raise a loan in which to fulfil its agreement and to pay this debt, consisting of an artificiai sinking fund but he thought a more blundering means for doing so as raising a loan could not be adopted. Was the house then prepared to meet this deficiency by taxation. It was a difficult thing to raise the deficiency by taxation,and it would be found very perplexing. (Laughter ) The time, however, had now come for them to put the finances of the country in a proper position, and the house should consider how it might be effected, and he recommended its accomplishment by the termination of the war sinking fund with the repeal of the act or their coming to a resolution which wouli suspend its operation until other engagements such as the 1,500,000/. Exchequer Bonds were provided for. (Hear, hear) After that there would be a deficiency of two and a half millions, but what ever resolution the house might come to, be thought a loan was the last expedient they should adopt for such a purpose—(bear, hear)—and as he thought it would be unwise and unjustifiable to fund the loans. Exchequer Bonds he recommended to the house the postponement of payment for some time, which would secure their being paid out of the revenue of the country. (Hear, hear.) The °tilt'. Portion of the deficit was ocoasioned by the cessa tion of the income tax. He thought, both on domestic and political considerations, an income tax should be a permanent one, but as the house had determined that tax should terminate in 1860 it was the deliberate opinion of her Majesty's Government the deficit ougt.t not to be supplied by proposing any increase of the ineeme tax. If the income-tax could not be disturbed they must have new taxes, because it was impossible to reduce our establishments to this deficiency. What her Majesty's Government asked the house to agree to as a wise and reasonable proposition was, first to equalise the duties on spirits—(hear, hear, and laughter)—which would give a sum of 500,000L—(hear, hear)—which was the receiving account of the deficit. By adopting his three propositions in reference to 6E6- pending of the sinking fund, and postponing the payment of the Exchequer bonds, and the equalisa tion of the duties on spirits, the deficit would be made up without increased taxation ; but he thought they should furaish a surplus of revenue. This balance of 400,0001 from the East India Company loan might have been taken by the Government into their account, but they declined to do so. (Hear.) The people appeared to be pleased with the system of taxation ly means of stamps. Vast results often proceeded _hone small means, and from the introduction of the penny portage it had become familiar, and he proposed that every one who drew a cheque ebtu'd have a stamp on it—(cheers)—from which he estimated a r , - v !nue of 300,0001. That was the .only new tax he proposed to put on. (Hear, hear.) Next year there v ould be a loss of 1 million on the income tax, with 2 million Exchequer...bonds to pay, and he asked the h)use if that was a prospect that ought to a i a .,„ fatm (Hear.) If no disaster occurred • to the country he ns would be in t ao millions of Ex pcslt i o io ninlB6o o tz geau b. : ciis)htihdeerienj theyco me :;x. Tile w boLes he proposed to stand over ; he proposed topayofi in 1862 and 1863, which wo uld in no way interfere with the abolition of the income tax. The right bon. ge tlema❑ shoit'y a ter conc l uded ifs address, whict occupied rather more than two hours in deliver , amide; ,;)ud cheers. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(Thi3 Day.) LONDON, April I.9.•—Wind at noon, E. ; light breeze am! clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 18.—Wind S. S.E.—Arriv: - .d Prince Albert, (or), from Bombay. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 17 . — Arrived—Agnea, from Jamaica. Cowls, April 19.—Wind S.S.E. — Arrived—Fuiton, (0, from New York. ABERYSTWITH, Apr ill7.—Wind N. W.—Sailed—Ciedo, for Quebec. FAL - AND _PiaLITABY_INT EL LIAENCE._ The steam transport Prince Albert, 1,345 tons, Capt. Waters,, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Bombay. She put in short of coals. She left Bombay on the 27th of Jan., arrived at Mauritius on the 10th of Feb., sailed on the 15th, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the Ist of March, sailed on the 6th, arrived at St. Vincent's the 28th of March, and left on the 3d inst. The Tweedside, for India, with troops, sailed from St. Vincent's on the Ist of April ; left at St. Vincent's the steam-trans port Lady Jocelyn from - I n di a , for London. The Medway, Well India mail steamer, sailed from St. Vincent's on the same day as the Prince Albert, which had a death from smallpox shortly after leaving the Mauritius, and which oaused her to be put ru quarantine whilst at the Cape, so that all communication with that colony was prevented, and no news has consequently been brought thence by her. We are informed the Prince Albert made the shortest passage from Spithead to Bombay yet noted. She sailed on the 22d of October with a portion of the Royal Horse Artillery from Wool wioh, and embarked here part of her Majesty's 72d Highlanders, and made the passage to Bombay in 56 steaming days, exclusive of 11 days' detention at the different ports. Her homeward passage has )raen longer, as speed was not of such urgent neces sity as in the transit of troops from England to India. She has a full cargo—wool, seeds, gum, &c. and the following passengers :—Cul. and Mrs. Maughan, from the Bombay Presidency ; -Col. and Mrs. Fleming, of the 36th Bombay N.I. ; Lieut. Urmston, Assistant-Commissioner of the Punjab, wife, and three children ; Capt. Jones, 42d B ,m -bay N.I. ; Lieut. Lockhart, 7th Bombay N.I. ; Capt. Kidd, Paymaster of her Majesty's 27th Re giment ; Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Graham, from the Mauritius ; Mr, and Mrs. Wainwright, two chil dren, and female servant ; Mrs. Beyts, and Dr: Mullinger. From St. Vincent's—Mr. M'Leod. The Prince Albert left England under the command of Capt. Watts, who died suddenlyat Bombay of disease of the heart a few days before shesailed for England. He was a man who possessed great experience in the command of screw steamers, and was held in high estimation by all who knew him. After coal ing the Prince Albert proceeded for the Thames. The authorities at the Horse Guards have de cided on forming a camp on Chatham lines for a portion of the troops belonging to the East Indian corps now at that garrison. The camp will be formed early in the approaching summer, and it is proposed that about 1,000 troops shall be encamped as scon as the necessary arrangements shall becom• pleted. The officers and men who will be put under canvass will be selected in the first instance from Vie troops of the line at Chatham. A. large supply of tents to form the camp have arrived at the Gun wharf, and the Royal Sappers and Miners have been employed, under the direction of the Com manding Royal Engineer at Ch ahem, in examining the wells for supplying the camp with water and making other requisite preparations. The Commander in-Chief having directed addi tional huts to be erected at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, for the accommodation of the large num ber of troops quartered at that garrison, the ground on which the huts will be erected has been laid out and levelled for that purpose. The new buts will be erected inside P, ince Henry's Bastion, near those at present occupied by 'he troops, and will provide accommodation to several hundred addi tional non•commisiioned officers and troops of the line. Recruiting in the manufacturing districts is pro ceeding satisfactorily. During the last seven weeks there have been passed at Manchester 44, 49, 92, 66, 58, 61, and 58 men respectively in each week. These are exclusive of the recruits who have been obtained by the militia and the pensioners, both of which forces are actively engaged in the recruiting service. The favourite regiment appears to be the 68th. It is said to have been decided at the Horse Guards that the 2d battalion of the 20th Regiment shall be raised in Clonmel. The 4th battalion of the Rifle Brigade will move from Chichester this morning to Shorncliffe, and their quarters at Chichester will be taken by the 2d battalion of the 4th Foot, from Portsmouth and Parkhurst. Rear-Admiral Sir H. D. Ch9.ds, 1C.C.8., Com mander-in Chief on the Irish station, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday, in pursuance of Ad miralty instructions, and hoisted his flag (red at the mizen) on board the Renown, 91, Capt. Forbe, which saluted the Port-Admiral on the occasion, and received an acknowledgment from the Illus trious. Admiral Chads will take the Renown, 91 ; Diadem, 31, Capt. Moorsom, C. B. ; Curagoa, 31, Captain Mason ; and the Racoon, 21, to Lisbon, on " particular service," presumed to be mainly connected with the approaching marriage of the King of Portugal with the Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern. The squadron is expected to sail to-morrow. The painting of the Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr, flag of Vice-Admiral A. Fan- shawo, C. 8., has commenced, and she looks remark ably handsome. She has about 630 of ker crew of 1,100. The Roscommon Militia, quartered in Ports- mouth garrison, is now giving volunteers to the line prior to being seat to their county head•quar ters for disembodiment. The *Vulcan, 6, troop frigate, Commander Sec combs, left Spithead after post time on Saturday morning, with the Ist division of the 2d battalion of the 3d Foot (Buffs). The remaining portion will leave Shorncliffe for Portsmouth this morning, ;o remain until ordered for embarkation. The process of restowing the Atlantic cable is proceeding simultaneously on board the United States' screw steam frigate Niagara and her Ma jesty's screw steamship Agamemnon, both in the tidal basin at Keyhaw. The Niagara is on the western or Hamoaze side, some distance from the store in the old powder magazine, from which the wire is carried over wheels fitted to a framework, floating on the basin. Alongside the frigate is the hulk of the sloop Favourite, on the deck of which is a steam engine for hauling. The after circle in the Niagara (312 miles) is complete. Up to 4 o'clock on Saturday morning 216 miles were stowed in the forward circle. The men were at work all Ft iday night. The quan' ity taken on board daily is un certain, as the engine gets out of order now and then, and some delay is occasioned by the confined position of the places of deposit. Last year, when the work was done by hand, 75 miles were stowed in 24 hours, the men working night and day. As the Niagara will receive in all 1,500 miles, there are about 900 more to come. The equipment and appearance of this fine frigate, especially aloft, ex cite the admiration of numerous professional and other visitors. The engine for hauling the wire on board the Agamemnon is on h er d ec k. About 40 miles per day are now placed in the mainhold, which has received 37 flakes or layers, consisting of 650 rounds ; as the circumference increases, and the cone in the centre decreases, every successive flake obtains an addition of two rounds or sheaves. Be tween GOO and 700 miles have been stowed in this capacious place, and it will receive as many more. 100 miles of the coil forward have been stowed ; 40 more will make it complete. The men consider that all the Agamemnon's wire can be on board in a fortnight. Nothing is yet done to her rigging or outfit. The stall of Mr. Whitehouse, the electrician, is constantly occupied making experiments for im proving the apparatus, and for increasing the speed in the transmission of messages through the - full length of the wire. During the last month they have made some progress in the attainment of these object 4. 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' granted THE STN,„ 14,0,1sTiDQ, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL --- -19, 18,58 THE _TRIAL-Or BERNABD.- (1 7 min the Daily News.) The verdict of the jury in the case of the Bishops was a protest against the attempt of a domestic bigot and despot to wrest from Englishmen their hereditary liberties. The verdicts of the juries in the cases of Thelwall, Hardy, and Horne Tooke were protests against the attempt of servile and bigotted courtiers to arrest the English people in their progress towards the attainment of extended liberties. The verdict of the jury in the case of Bernard is a protest against the attempt of a foreign usurper and despot to intimidate a weak and unprincipled English Cabinet (we speak of the late Ministry) into a surrender of English liberty. The result of the trial of Dr. Bernard is the natural and necessary consequence of the adoption of trial by jury in political cases. A jury when trying a question of debt not paid, or of obligation not fulfilled, will respect the declaration of the presiding judge, that the law has laid down such or such a rule, that they have nothing to do with the abstract equity of the case, and that they have only to declare whether the law has or has not been obeyed. A jury, when trying a question of assault and battery, or of slander, will equally con form its verdict to the technical requisitions of the law. But when a political question is submitted to a jury, the jurors feel instinctively that they have a higher duty to perform than merely to de clare whether the letter of the written or consue tudinary law has been violated. They feel that they are called upon to discharge a duty to society ' at large which may bring their convictions into conflict with the mere formal prescripts of the law; that they must weigh is an impartial balance the merits and demerits of all the parties to the case ; that in arriving at their decision they must remem ber the existence of a law of higher and holier origin, of a wider reach, and of more universal comprehensiveness than that which is inscribed in the Statute Book, or in the records of the Judgments political cases have t o decideof oar Courts. queeti nne Ju of Juries n constitutional i policy as well as .of mere They who are disposed to quarrel with the verdict of the jury in Bernard's case would have quarrelled, had they lived in those times, with the verdicts of the juries in the cases of the Bishops, of Hardy, Thel wall, and Horne Tooke. It is of the essence of trial by jury in political cases, that the jurors, in framing their verdict should allow weight to moral and political in addition to mere legal considerations ; and whoever objects to this practice ought logically to object altogether to trial by jury in political cases. The object of em panelling a jury in such cases is to take them out of the Jurisdiction of the more technical lawyer, with a view to assert the liberties of the citizen, if need be, r ven against the formalities and techni calities of the Lew itself. en saying this it is not our meaning to concede that the verdict of the jury in Bernard's case was contrary to, or unwarranted by, the testimony ad duced. There were broken links in the chain of ev Belgian witnesses expressed strong doubts of f the identity of the grenade produced with any of those which they had seen and handled. The letters produced were addressed to Bernard, not written by him ; and the interpretation put upon their words with a view to infer the expres sion of a guilty intention on the part of the writers was pa' paely forced and strained. The position of one in the the princip a l w it nesses —th e w if e of Rnciin of uncertainty of his fat e , was sufficient to disc re dit h er t es ti mony. The evi dence of the rail way c l er k—th e f r i endly infor mant of the French Embassy—that Bernard had expressed a confident expectation of the speedy return of the Emperor to this country, was irrre concileable with the idea that Bernard contem plated the assassination of the Emperor. The evi dence of Orsini's housekeeper as to Bernard's incredulity when he first heard of the attempt in the Rue Lepelletier, and of his unequivocal aston ishment when doubt was no longer possible, con firms in the strongest manner the inference to which the evidence of the railway clerk necessarily leads. With these considerations pressing upon them, we do not see what other verdict could possibly have been returned, even though the jurors had fettered themselves by a strict regard to the purely technical requisitions of the Law. But we will not affect to believe that the verdict was motived by such considerations alone. There can be no doubt that the moral sense of the jurors re volted against the essential falsehood of the indict ment. They saw clearly that Bernard was prose cuted not because he was believed to be accessory to the deaths of the individuals who received fatal wounds in the Rue Lepelletier, but because he was believed to have conspired to assassinate the Em peror of the French. Their. honest, John Bull indignation was roused by the attempt to make them accessories to the falsehood of a judicial juggle. Again, their sympathies were touched by the peculiar position of the prisoner. They saw before them a man, poor as regards worldly wealth, alone and unsupported save by a few private indi viduals who were personally strangersto him. They saw th two most powerful Governments in Europe persevering for months in a large expenditure,avai!- ing themselves of the indefatigable exertions of two completelyorganised and not over -scrupulous bodies of police, to ensure the destruction of this poor and almost friendless man. In duck circumstances it was not in human nature to escape a certain bias in favour of the weaker party. Yet again, the per tinacity with which the presiding Judge again and again obtruded upon them the declaration that in the event of a verdict of guilty being returned the law of the case would be discussed by the fifteen Judges, showed the Jurors that it was intended by a legal quibble to reneive the case of Bernard from their jurisdiction, and to have it virtually decided by the Judges, unaided or unchecked by a jury. It is the established right of an English jury to decide both on the law and the facts of the cases sub mitted to them. The Judge, it is true, expounds the law to them ; but when he has done so, it is their duty and their right not only to decide what facts have been proved, but ,in what manner the law as expounded from the Bench bears upoa them. Lord Campbell anxiously and pertinaciously endea voured to impress upon the minds of the jury that they ought to confine themselves to questions of evidence alon e , and to leave the a p p li cat i on of the law to the Judges in the Court of Criminal Appeal. Had the jury conformed to Lord Campbell's in junctions, they would have done what in them lay to render trial by jury, in political cases, a nullity in all time coming. They are to be honoured for - having sturdily resisted such an encroachment on the political privileges and safeguards of English men. They who matured and confirmed our ses tem of trial by jury in political cases did so with their eyes open. They knew that twelve_ unpro fessional men, taken by hazard from the ranks of their fellow citizens, could not be fettered by mere formal and technical considerations of law. They preferred the verdict of such men in political cases to the verdict of mere law yers, because the decision of the former would be arrived at upon wider considerations than those of the law alone. The verdict of the jury in Bernard's case is exactly such a verdict as the en lightened asserters of Trial by Jury in political ca ,, es wished to ensure. That the jury have spoken the universal sense of Englishmen in this matter is obvious. The rap turous cheers with which the verdict was received in Court, the readiness with which this applause was caught up and re-echoedby the crowds waiting without, the reciprocal congratulations with which the news of it was received in private societies during the evening, the sympa'hetic response which is already coming back to us from the pro vinces—all these things show that the universal nation sanctions the verdict of the twelve honest and intelligent jurymen in the Central Criminal Court. Surely this unanimous expression of the national conviAion and will ought to read an in structive lesson to all the Governments in Europe —our own inclusive. So long as trial by jury in political cases exists in England, similar verdicts will be the result of all similar prosecutions. Even though more stringent statutes could be irnpetrated from the L-gislature, the result would be the ' same. Under the new law, as under the old, juries would refuse t o convict. Before decisions of a different character can be looked for, trial by jury must be abolished; and where should we find the English Geverement that would be daring enough to attempt, the English Parliament that would be weak and venal enough to become ail accomplice in, its abolition. From one or two quarters we hear puling whir e p-rs at out the effect this verdict may produce upot the minds of Foreign Governments. To theSe here is only tile reply England confidently W ilt ves that the Governments alluded to have sense enough to acquiesce in the inevitable; and if they have not, England does not care.' (From the ?Imes.) Not since the Irish Rebellion of 1848 has there been any State trial approaching in importance the case of Simon Iknmatd, who was acquitted on Sa turday last of compliei y in the murderous attempt of the 14th of January upon the Emperor Napo leon. Indeed, the trial which is just over has a , general and i n t ernat i onal int e rest wh i ch i s wan ti ng ] to the inquii ies respecting domestic treason or sedi jou. It vt a, preceded by discussions the heat and vehemence of which have alarmed Europe, and tho Alini,ters of a great foreign Potentate were led away by the circumstances which produced it to use and permit others to use a language which may be disregarded or may - be forgiven; hut - 1 , 4310h - can not be forgotten. It is also not to be denied that the Emperor of the French as weir as our own Go vernment looked forward to a successful prosecu tion as a means of smoothing away difficulties. To the Derby Cabinet, which had ousted its opponents for bringing in the Conspiracy Bill, a verdict of "Guilty" would have given the opportunity either of proving that no legislation was necessary, or of legislating under the sanction of a judicial decision. The French Government, or rather its sagacious chief, has also notoriously desired such a proof of the goodwill of England as would, in the eyes of con tinentals, be involved in the punishment of a Re publican conspirator. Such a conclusion of the long disputes between the two countries would have been gratifying to the self-esteem of the French Government, so severely wounded by the events of the last three months ; and we may say, without arrogance or assumpticn, that the spectacle of an English Court passing sentence on an accomplice of Orsini would have given a morel strength to the Imperial throne. But the calculations of Sovereigns and statesmen and lawyers were destined to be baffled. After a long and wearisome trial of six days Simon Ber nard has been acquitted. The jury remained in deliberation only an hour and 20 minutes ; so that we must believe that their feeling in favour of the prisoner was almost unanimous from the first. Indeed, two or three, days before, it might have been anticipated that the jury would acquit the prisoner if they shared the opinions or passions which prevailed among the audience at the trial. The Republican refugee seems to have had, rightly or wrongly, all the sympathies of those who heard the case, and the extraordinary scene which suc ceeded the verdict is a proof to what a pitch the feelings of all present had been raised. That the political and national instincts of the jury had some thing to do with the decision it would beaffectation to deny ; but we think that their verdict was only what was to have been expected, and what may be expected in any similar case. Every one who re members the strong democratic bias of the class from which the London petty juries are taken will be prepared to learn that they feel a strong sympathy with any one whom they conceive to be prosecuted at the instigation of a despotic Court, and that they will give the prisoner the benefit of the slightest doubt that arises on the evidence. In this ;case there was a link wanting in the chain which connected the prisoner's purchase of the chymical materials with the actual attempt on the life of the French Emperor. Bernard was a Repub lican, a conspirator, an organizer of revolutionary movements, a suborner of revolutionary agents ; he bought mercury and alcohol and compounded them, he bought grenades and despatched them, and he induced a needy Italian to enter ineo , his schemes, whatever they were. His own i account was that he conspired always and every where ; that he was engaged in a plot for the ' independence of Italy ; and that the grenades and the revolvers and the services of Rudio were intended to effect this object. Orsini, and Pierri, and Rudio wept to Paris to further revolutionary movements in general, and not attack the Em peror's life ; but while there they formed the design of assassination and carried it out without the sanc tion or knowledge of Bernard. This, in fact, was the whole defence of the prisoner, and it certainly is not absolutely inconsistent with the evidence. It might possibly be that men so violent and fans tical'as these Italians should be seized with a sud den impulse to take the Emperor's life, and thus to remove what they considered the great obstacle to the accomplishment of their plans. The deadly machines which Bernard had helped to furnish were in their possession, and they might use them for a purpose which he had never contemplated. None of the four convicts in France had criminated him. Gomez and Rudio are alive, but they were not brought to give evidence against the prisoner. In short, though it was proved that Bernard was en gaged in some scheme requiring instruments of death, and though the act of Orsini affords pre sumptive proof that the assassination of the Em peror was the scheme in question, yet the con nexion between the two was not proved to abso lute demonstration, and a jury, ready to give the prisoner any loophole of escape, took advantage of the defect in the evidence to return a verdict of " Not Guilty." We have said that, in our opinion, such a ver dict was to be expected in such a case. Indeed, whatever may be the recommendations of judges, and their exposition of the strict letter of the law, juries will not restrain themselves from looking at State prosecutions in a political light. In the pre sent case Simon Bernard was formally charged with the murder of Nicholas Battie, under a statute framed originally for the punishment of murders by Englishmen on foreign ground, such as the murder of one sailor by another in some South American port, the murder of a set of unfortunate negroes on the West Coast of Africa, or the more gentlemanly murder of one duellist by another at Boulogne or Ostend. When this Act of Parlia ment was evoked for the prosecution of a refugee for a plot against the life of a despotic Sovereign, and when. moreover, it was plain that the prosecu tion was the result of a diplomatic tempest and a Ministerial change, we may well conceive that a jury would consider that the law was being strained to effect a political purpose, and that their duty was to defeat the attempt. Indeed, as long as we have had a political history, juries have always as serted their right to look at all the bearings of a case, and not to confine themselves to the narrow issue which the judge has set before them. It was thus that they have come to be the judges of the malicious intention of acts and of the libelous cha racter of writings. They have not been content with merely saying whether a man struck a blow, but they pronounce whether' he is guilty of murder or manslaughter. They decide for themselves what is treason, what is sedition, what is libel. So in this case the jury seems to have been more than willing to declare that the prosecution of Simon Bernard, under the statute of George IV., for what was really the political offence of high trea son against his own Sovereign, was a perversion of the principles of the English middle class, they, like the audience in court, steadily refused to look on Bernard as a mere murderer, like Barthelemy or Lard. They saw in him, even if the evidence were complete, only a conspirator against a despotic ruler, who bad himself seized a throne by craft and violence, and against whom craft and violence, if not justifiable, were at least not to be classed with the guilt of the common murderer. If Nicholas Battie and Eugene Riquier perished in an attack on the Imperial person, it was by accident, and the cause of their deaths must be subordinated to the political offence, and not erected into an individual and distinct crime. In a country like a i e t t e i r n of our cours e country.as a bill France, where every existing power has been established in blood, things must not be mea suredthe English standard. Plotting and vio e arew i th We talk of our Catholic Emancipation, our Reform Act, our Free Trade Act , our abolition of! the Ec clesiastical Courts ; the French have their three thereits three a much a readings ili days of July, their three days of February, their 2 of December. Why, then, should Bernard, lenc men if guilty, he judged by the severe rules of Eiglish morality ? Let the French settle these things among themselves. The Republic was in power, and it was overthrown by force ; the Em pire has succeeded, and the Empire is sought to be overthrown. Why should we pervert our laws and slain our cBurts with blood in order to protect one unscruoulous faction from another ? Something like this is, we cannot doubt, the reasoning of the class from which the jury was taken, mid we can easily imagine that when the audience was so much roused, the jurors would have their share of the impulse. All the circum stances of the trial show bow much political feeling has been nixed up with the questi on which th e. jury bad to try. The experience of Mr. Edwin James induced him to turn his defence of the pri soner into a• tirade against the Empire, its chief, and i:s principles, and the conclusion of this harangue was received with cheering and clapping of hands. The result of all these influences was that the jury took advantage of a Flight defect in evidence to return a verdict consonant with their political feelings, and to express their dislike of the very principle of the prosecution. On their judgment we are not called to pronounce an opin.on ; we only think that it was to be expected, and that any further proceedings ag ainst the pri soner may as w e ll b e abandoned. ° Napoleon 111. may remember that his companions, Vaudrey and Lailty, were acquitted in 1836, though sized with arms in their hands ; the v• rdict of the Old Bliley jury is, therefore, not without a precedent even in his own history. The fact is, that men are made ' up of passions as well as judgment, and that after such a bitter controversy as has marked the be ginning of the present yvAr we may well expect juries to look beyond t e evidence to the conse quences of their verdict, and spectators to shout their sympathy with a conspirator, although they may detest assassination. F": [ADVERTISEMENT Pills an astonisl ing Remedy for Giddiness in the Head.—Mr. Newton, 'druggist, Hull, states, in a letter tu Prefessor Holloway, that Mr. John Ware, re,idin in S:ubb's-buildings, West-street, Hull, bad been affl.cted with giddiness in .the bead off and on fur the last 20 years, and though he tried many things during that long period, yet he found little or no relief from them. At last he wa3 ieduced to try Holloway's Pills, from hearing so many encAniurm (passed on their virtues, and, wonderful :Is it may appear, he is perfectly cured, and now enjoys better health than 'ever he did before, thanks to Hod Pile.—Sule by all vendors of medicine ; and at Pi ofesor Holloway.s establishment, 244, Strand, London. LAW - - INTELLIGENCE.-April 15. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships sat this morning for the purpose of delivering judgment iu the following writs of error : Lord Cranworth, who sat as Deputy Speaker in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, LDrd Wensley dale, and the Bishop of Ripon were present. CROFT V. LUMLEY. This was a writ of error brought from a decision of the Court of Exchequer Chamber, partly con firming and partly reversing a judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, given upon a special case made for their consideration. The case was argued before their Lordships and nine of the learned judges in June last. The counsel who argued the cause were the then Attorney-General (now Chief Justice of the Com mon Pleas), Mr. H. Hill and Mr. Unthank, on be half of the plaintiff in error ; Sir F. Kelly (now Attorney-General) and Mr. Maud, for the defend ant in error, Lumley ; and Sir F. Thesiger (now Lord Chelmsford, the present Lord Chancellor) and Mr. Serjeant Wells for the other defendants in error. The case as presented by the counsel for the plain tiff in error in their arguments before their lordships was that the proceedings had originated in an action of ejectment brought by Faithful Croft, the plaintiff in error, as the lessor, against Benjamin Lumley, one of the defendants in error, as the lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre, in the Haymarket, and against the other defendants in error, who claimed an interest in the theatre under Mr. Lumley, in which he sought to recover possession of that build ing on the alleged forfeiture by Mr. Lumley of his lease by reason of alleged breaches of covenant on his part. The lease iu question, dated 10th July, 1845, was granted by Mr. Croft to Mr. Lumley, and demised the Opera-house and other premises, part for 66 years, and. the remainder for 21 years from its date. There were several covenants and clauses for re-entry, and the questions before the Home were—first, whether under the circumstances the lease had been forfeited ; and, secondly, whe ther, if forfeited, there had not been a waiver of that forfeiture by Mr. Croft, by an acceptance of rent subsequently to the alleged breaches of cove nant becoming known to him. The forfeiture was claimed upon three different grounds-1. That Mr. Lumley having covenanted that he would not con vert the Opera-house to any other use than for acting and performing operas, plays, concer- s, balls, masquerades, assemblies, and such theatrical and other public amusements or entertainments as had usually been given therein, but that he would use his utmost endeavours "to improve the same for that use and purpose," had failed in the perform ance of his covenant by shutting up the building for a period of two years, extending from August, 1852, until Dec., 1854, when the action was brought. It was alleged that by so shutting up the theatre Mr. Lumley had injured its reputation, and that therefore be had not used his utmost endeavours to improve it in accordance with his covenant. The second alleged breach was that he had, contrary to his covenant, let out certain boxes and stalls to cer tain persons for a longer period than one year. In support of this part of his case Mr. Croft showed that under a deed, dated -December, 20, 1851, Mr. Lumely had granted certain boxes therein named, with others, for one year beginning the Ist of February, 1852, to Messrs. Brandus and Co., and that by another deed, dated August, 1852, he had granted the satire boxes, with others, from the Ist of February, 1853, for - one year to other persons, so that the same boxes would be let at the same time, although to different persons, for a longer period than one year. The third alleged breach was that in violation of his covenant Mr. Lumley had mortgaged or encumbered the theatre by voluntarily giving warrants of attorney to confess judgments or debts as collateral security for the repayment of money borrowed. The Court of Queen's Bench decided that the only breach of covenant committed by Mr. Lumley was the third breach alleged, with respect to his having encum bered the theatre by giving warrants of attorney, but they gave judgment in his favour, on the ground that there had been a w a i ver o f the for feiture on the pact of the plaintiff in error, by his having received rent subsequently to the facts complained of coming to his knowledge. The Court of Exchequer Chamber had affirmed this judgment so far as it was in favour of the defendant in error, but were of opinion that the defendant in error had not been guilty of any breach of covenant with respect to the third alleged breach, and they therefore did not go into the question of waiver of the forfeiture. The latter decision was then brought by writ of error before their lordships' house. The principal point relied on by the plaintiff in error was the fact that Mr. Lumley bad encumbered his in terest in the theatre by voluntarily giving warrants of attorney under which judgment had been ob tained against him. It was contended that he, having done an act involving certain consequence., must be considered to have done all that by law was involved in that act. By his warrant of at torney he had placed certain persons in a position to obtain a registered judgment, and thus they had gained an equitable charge upon the theatre, contrary to the express covenant contained in the lease. With respect to the question of waiver of forfeiture by the plaintiff in error by the subse quent receipt of rent, it was contended that the money had only been received as compensation for the occupation of the premises, and not as rent, and that such a taking of the money would not amount to a waiver of the forfeiture. On behalf of the de fendants in error it was contended that there was no pretence for considering the judgments obtained against Mr. Lumley as mortgages or encumbrances within the meaning of the words of th e cov enan t s. It was clear that by giving warrants of attorney upon which the judgments were obtained, Mr. Lum ley had created no charge, direct or indirect, upon the estate, for the power of disposal vested in him was not restricted until after the registered judg ments were obtained. The act of obtaining thote judgments was not Mr. Lumley's act, and there fore he had so hand in encumbering the estate. Judgments were particularly distinguished from mortgages, for no mortgage could be granted of church property, and yet judgments might be ob tained under warrants of attorney, and a charge thus created upon the land. With respect to the boxes being let for more than one year at a time, it was submitted that the mere fact of letting boxes just before the end of the year 1852 for the ensuing season of 1853 to different persons from those who held them for the season of 1852 could not be held to be a breach of the covenants in the lease ; for it would have been impossible for Mr. Lumley to have carried on the business of the Opera-house without securing the letting of his boxes for the ensuing season. It was also submitted there had been no substantial lease granted for more than a year, in asmuch as the contingencies upon which the leases of the boxes had been granted—viz., the opening of the theatre—had not happened at the time when the action was brought. Under these circumstances it was contended that there had been no forfeiture of the lease. With regard to the question of waiver it was contended that the money was paid to the agent of Mr. Croft as rent, and that, in accordance with the rules of law, the creditor must apply money paid by him to his debtor to the purpose named by the latter at the time of paying it. At the conch sion of the arguments the following questions were submitted to the learned judges for their considera ion : " 1. Whether the special case disclosed a breach of the covenant not to grant, let, or otherwise dispose of any of the boxes or stalls of the theatre for any lunger period than one year, or one season. "2. Whether the special case disclosed a breach of the covenant not to charge or encumber the theatre, or any part thereof. " 3. Whether by reason of such breaches, if any, or either of them, the plaintiff in error acquired a right of re-entry on the theatre or any part thereof. "4. Whether such right of re-entry, if any, was waived by the plaintiff in error, On the 15th Feb. last the learned judges, who bad taken time to consider, delivered their opinions upon the question of law propounded to them. Justices Coleridge, Williams, and Erle, and Barons Bramwell, Watson, and Channell answered the first and second questions in the negative, and the third and fourth in the affirmative. Mr. Jus tice Wightman answered the first question in the negative and the rest in the affirmative ; Mr. Baion Martin answered Ihe first three questions in the negative and the last in the affirmative ; and Mr. Justice Crompton answered the first and fourth in the °Legal ive and the second and third in the affir mative; the majority thus being in favour of the decision of the Court below. Lord Cranworth, this morning, in giving his judgment, of ©r going through the facts of the case, said that with regard to the fi rs t point urged by the plaintiff in error namely, that Mr. Lumley had committed a breach of his agreement by not keeping the theatre open, their lordships were unanimously of of that that was no breach of his covenant, and they had therefore put no question to the learned judges upon that point. He did not consider that there had been any branch of the covenant relating to the letting of boxes or stalls for more than one year. As to the question o f whether there had been a forfeiture of the lease by reason of Mr. Lumley having encumbered the theatre by granting warrants of attorney, he con sidered that there had been no such forfeiture. It was a Most difficult question upon which to lay down ageneral rule of law, but it appeared to him that when warrants of attorney were given for the purprse of preventing law costs, when pressed for a bona fide debt, it could not be regal ded as a breach of such a covenant as this. It was different alto gether from where a warrant of attorney was given for the purpose of evading such a covenant and creating a charge upon the estate contriry to the terms of the lease. In the latter case it would cer tainly be a breach of the covenant ; but in the pre sent case it st peared to him that Mr. Lunale) had no such intention in giving the warrants of attor ney, and therefore he considered that the decision of the Court below was correct upon this'point also. The case of " Doe v. Carter," Bth Term Reports, page 300, supported the view he took of the ques tion. He should express no opinion upon the ques tion of waiver, but it appeared to him to be more a question of fact than of law. Lord Wensleydale having concurred, The judgment of the Court below was affirmed, with costs. THE TACTICS Of THE OPPOSITION. (From the Daily News ) There is a certain class of politicians in every great party with whom the present, is everything, and with whom the future and the past are noth ing. When out of power there is no weapon they are not ready to use to regain it ; when in.office there is no principle they are not willing td`sacri fice in the reckless resolve to keep it. TIW traditions of party awaken no scruple in the minds of such men ; and to talk to them of the eventual effect of their greediness and rancour on the character and influence of their party seems to their sordid sense like the words of one that mocks. We fear that in justice it must be said the existence of such mean ness is not peculiar to any political combination or creed, and however reluctant we may be to confess the fact, it is impossible to deny that in the ranks of the present Opposition there are men' who -Would if they were permitted, sacrifice' the - permanent honour and utility of the Liberal party in their sel fish impatience to oust their opponents from power. If the suggestions of those to whom we allude be attended to every measure ought to bet Opposed which is propounded by the Derbyite Cabinet, whether it be tight or wrong. No matter What the forthcoming Budget Of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer may prove to be,. Mr. Htingryand Mr. Harping are prepared to give it the most uncom promising opposition ; and before thecontemplated resolutions on the government of India have seen the light, ac'ive stepii have been taken tewhip sufficient nu m b er o f votes toprevent their- being even debated. A motion we are credibly informed will be made by way of amendment—vrhen-Mr. Disraeli proposes to go into Committee of the whole house—that the Speaker :do not leave- the Oak ; ttie practical significance of which would be that the majority of the present House of Counts:ids is determined not to consider or discuss any Seri ous proposition unless it be' propounded by _the men who, as a Cabinet; called it 'into being. We shall be slow in believing that so 'old - and experienced a politician as Lord Palmerston wilt lend himself to a projeet so disreputable and so desperate. He had his - change itdi his own packed Parliament of legislating -for' India; and he threw it away. An overwhelininginajority voted him leave. to ;introduce his plan. All' the leading Liberals whom he and his personal partisans opposed at the last general election—Lord John Russell, Mr. Bright, Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Milner Gibson —voted in the majority upon that occasion. Since his suicidal loss of office, another Adminis tration has obtained permission to lay upon' the table another scheme, in the form likewise'of a bill. A third recommendation has proceeded from the quarter best entitled beyond all question to atten tion and regard ; but—because its enunciation and development would baulk the cupidity or rash haste of certain hangers-on—who want to count noses in a division, not to hear argument in a debate —the course sanctioned by theelearestpre cedents and recommended by the ablest and best men on both sides of the House is, we are told; to be refused consideration, and . a mere factious amendment is to be proposed for that purpose in the shape above mentioned. For his own sake; and' for the sake of the Liberal party—whose re-union and consolidation on a firmer basis than any they have recently had we fervently desire —we' trust that Lord Palmerston will not be betrayed into lending himself to such a proceeding. It is one conceived in a spirit of insult, and which can only be perpetrated in a spirit of outrage. If Mr. -Dis raeli's resolutions are good, there can be' no hatm in affirming them ; if they are specifically bad there ought to be no difficulty in rejecting them. If wine of them are sound and others seem to be. the con trary, the plain duty of the House is to adopt those that are right and to negative those that are'wrong, or to substitute for them others conceived 'in a wiser spirit. But to tell the country without disguise that fur the selfishatnd scandalous purposes of faction, a majority of the House of Commons bad tnade' up its mind beforehand to refuse all consideration'fb a course proposed by,the man who is facile princeps the leader of thePartyof Progressin the Legislature of this country, and which has been adopted by the officzalleader of the Conservative party in the Lower House, would be in so -many words to proclaim tliat the present House of Commons has• not only been packed for pet-tonal objects by the late Minister, but that it is utterly regardless of those decent s , nblances of patriotism by which bad Parliathents hate sometimes contrived to prolong a, mischie vous existence. To us it seems sufficiently palpable that, befOre the Liberal party can again return to power, there must be a grand and unreserved renunciation' by men of all sections composing it of the odious and intolerable system of exclusiveness which has hither to been its blight and bane. We ought never again to see a Liberal Cabinet formed out of one particu lar class either of society or opinions. ' The days of monopoly are over in creed and in trade ;' ire must make an end of them now in administrative rule. A Liberal Administration consisting only of the least Liberal members of the party, and with personnel consisting of lords and lackies, political paellas and political eunuchs is an impostu re a nd a cheat whi c h we trust we shall never again behold. Unless a Government of Progress can be formed, with a positive programme and a positive pledge that its promises are not to be indefinitely post poned, we had rather remain as we'are. And if an administration is not likely to be constituted that shall be prepared manfully and from the out set to maintain the national dignity and indepen dence, to seek the alliance of free nations and to sustain the charactertiof English freedom abroad; then we pray Heaven that we maybe saved the grief and shame of witnessing perpetual changes in the confidential advisers of the Crown without any change for the better in our foreign policy. We desire as earnestly as any can do to see the asceii;• dancy of liberal and national ideas. We believe sincerely that the best hope of that ascendandy hes in the occupancy of office by an administration' in' which the people of this country may thoroughly confide. But we hesitate not to say that no set of men can constitute such an Administration, unless they visibly and vigorously represent' the intellect, worth, independence, and 'courage' of the whole popular party. Neither ad vanced opinions, nor industrial pursuits; nor the - veto of aristocratic cliques or coteries, must be listened to in future. We have had enough in all conscience, of thesilken Cabinets of Stafford House, and enough and more than enough of the Cam bridge House Cabal. When next the Sovereign calls upon a Liberal statesman to undertake the task of forming a Government, let us hope that she will tell him that she expects one that will reflect fairly and impartially all classes and opinions which the constituencies of the empire have thought fit to honour ; and we trust that the statesman to whom she may confide the task will prove himself prepared to exi cute it without fear, favour, .or . affection. It i s b u t j ustice to Lord Derby to say that, out of the comparatively narrow and limited materials at his disposal, he evinced, when lately ' called upon, a wiser disposition in this respect,tban might perhaps have been expected. But the most inveterately and offensively oligarchic Government that has been in England during the present cen tury was that of Lord Palmerston ; and, as the tree is known by its fruits, we have witnessed such a harvest of thorns and thistles_scandals at hothe and disgraces abroad—as the annals of England have been seldom found to record, and as it is to be hoped they will never again contain. BIRTHS. DARBY—On the lith inst., the Rife of the Rev. G. W. Darby, rector of Fors&ld, of a son. HARRIS —On the 15th inst:, at St. George's-terrace, Hack ney, the wife of Salem C. Harris, Esq., of a son. Itius— On the 15th inst., at Lower Norwood, Mrs. Edw. Mills, of a son. WATSON—On the 10th inst., at Seafield-place, Callen N. 8., the wife of John Watson, Esq., Inspector o Hospitals and Fleets, of a son. MARRIAGES. MILLS—BURN— On the 15th iust., at St. Pancras Church, William Primrose, only son of Frederick A. Mills, Esq., of Norwich, to Louisa Elizabeth, youngest daughter of James F. Burn, Esq., of• Hatton -garden. DEATHS, BLIOU—On the 15th lust., at Leamington, Cecilia, widow of the late Rear-Admit al , Tobn Bligh, C.B. BOWES —On the 16th inst., suddenly, at 28, Aliba-road, _ RegNnt's•park, the Rev. William Blackwell Bowes, aged 56. CRAMER — On the 16th inst., at 9, Terrace, Kensington, John Baptist Cramer, aged 88. CORE ET —On the 1!;th inst., at Chepstow, Vincent Corbel; Esq., 31. A., aged 69. LONDON: Printed and Published by /II UItDU ouiNi, • of Nr. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tht Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count? of Middlesex, Monday ► April 19, 1358.