The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESOAY EVENING, AUGUST 13. 18G7. The House of Lords has fulfilled the expectation of its well-wishers, and agreed to the amendments of the Commons' disagreements to their amend ments. This was a wise and patriotic course to pursue, and we may congratulate them upon it, and felicitate the country generally upon the great work of this session being virtually accom plished. Considering the difficulties that impeded the task there has not been an undue delay in the carrying of this measure, and it is certain that at any rate the Government have not been to blame for what has occurred. While we give full credit to the sincerity of the Commons for the course they have pursued, we regret they have persisted in con sidering the practice of voting papers, and agree with Lord DERBY that their reasons for so doing are not very apparent. As the noble lord said they were like the advice given to a Judge on his ap pointment, namely, that he should give his judg ment, but never state his reasons. The noble Premier showed his discernment, when he said that it was useless to expect the Commons to change their views, and the advice that he tendered to their lordships was both constitutional and well timed. Anything like a collision between the Houses just now would be decidedly out of character, and set the Reform League in a state of frenzied agitation, while Mr. BRIGHT would be rampant about the aristocracy, and the end of the session would not be a promising one. All this has, we are glad to thimk, been happily avoided by the prudence and foresight of the Lords. The Marquis of SALISBURY made some remarks about the voting papers, and truly stated that next Session it might be possible to bring in a special bill to carry out this object, which had indeed been approved by a large majority of their lordships. Lord RUSSELL made himself quite ridiculous in his opposition to voting papers, and declared it to be his opinion that no hearty approval would be given to such a scheme by any branch of the Legislature. While we agree with Lord DERBY that the members of the house of Commons could hardly have been foolish enough to have been willing to have a Conference, and because the custom is that they stand bare headed while the Lords sit with cocked hats on, it is certainly as well that the affair did not come off, and it would be as well if this extraordinary custom was done away with altogether, for it ill accords with the feelings of the present age, and hardly insures the dignity of either House. Lord DERBY gave wise advice, in conclusion, to their lordships, when he said that, " Satisfied with the important concession in one respect made to your lordships' feelings and opinions, I think you should not run the risk of endangering so important a measure as the present, which has absnrbecl so much of the time of Parliament, and has so deeply interested the whole country." As the noble lord said, " the bill tended to settle a great and pre-eminently important question, and as such we feel sure the country will accept it gladly from the hands of the Legislature, and rejoice that the work has been so far satisfactorily accom plished." It needed no blaze of eloquence to impart splendour or add lustre to the debate that was last night held in the Lords. The chief thing was that the Reform Bill passed safely through the first sine. Thus the result is what people look to now,and what they will look to until this generation has passed away to make room for younger and fresher spirits to enter on the exciting stage of politics. The faults of this bill are what have been most prominent ; the merits will, we think, become more apparent now that the fire and ferment of dis cussion is over, and no party object can be gained by swelling an adverse division list. We would say, on behalf of the Conservative Government, that they need not appeal to facts to show that they have passed a Reform Bill such as Mr. BRIGHT never advised his friends to attempt ; such as Earl Rus- SELL, on whom, it was believed, the mantle of the defeated chief of Reform had fallen, had never at tempted, and such as Mr. GLADSTONE, with his depth of reasoning, and height of oratory, had never planned. The franchise has been extended to those who last year never dreamed of securing it so soon even by anticipation, and many other im portant changes have been wrought. We would fain believe that the most rampant among the Opposition, and the most malcontent among the Ministerialists, will now feel glad that the work is over, and the country relieved from all chance of agitation which can gain no practical end but that of affording opportunities to those possessing zeal without discretion to lay down the law, and give rise to angy feelings. Lord DERBY has shown on this occasion a spirit equal to his early efforts in the great national task of passing a Reform Bill, and with matured wisdom known where to discern the necessity of change, and where to reckon undue expectation and inordi nate demands. As the Premier, with his usual frankness and generosity declared on a former occa sion, the chief work has fallen on Mr. DISRAELI, and he had the full responsibility devolving upon him at the most critical juncture, in consequence of the illness of the first Minister. The right hon. gentleman may well be proud of the success which has been his this session, and it is well known that but for his untiring exertion, great self-command, and determined forbearance, this bill would never have survived the second reading. The most desperate efforts were made to overset it, but, thanks to the admirable conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the devotion of his followers, and the general feeling of the House, the efforts were harmless. The struggle was, how ever, a severe one, and the prize has not been won without much striving. We think that the passing of this Reform Bill by the Conservatives will have a good effect in all directions. The Conservatives may learn that they must put up with the spirit of the age if they hope to take a leading part in the councils of the age ; the Liberals may profit by the sweet uses of adversity, and try to make their prac tice accord a little more with their professions. The country may learn that those who talk the most may do the least, and it is always a safer policy to let both sides have a trial. A monopoly of office is a very bad thing, quite as bad as a monopoly of anything else, and this year has introduced a beneficial change in that direction. Let all parties unite in rejoicing that this bill has passed both houses, and let those who have no real cause left for complaint have the sense to leave off meetings and such like demonstrations which can do them no credit. 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Indian politics, though not engaging their due share of attention, are more widely studied, and more saga ciously discussed in the English House of Commons than formerly, and the debate which last night pre ceded the financial statement of Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE included many sensible and practical suggestions. There is, without doubt, room for considerable improvement in our Indian Adminis tration. The remnants of old routine and prejudice still cling fatally to the new system of government and hamper its more vigorous action. The famine at Orissa has recently given lamentable proof of the inertness and apathy of some of our officials in iresence of the more direful calamities, and there is much reason to fear that it has weakened our in fluence and authority. The people seetheir fellows starving by hundred of thousands, while compara tively little is done to help them by a Government which professes to be the richest and most powerful in the world. Whether they attribute this to our incapacity to assist them or our indifference to their sufferings, the inference is not calculated to strengthen our hold upon them. This is especially lamentable, since the Russians are sparing no pains to extend their influence with the natives, and the danger, though secret, is not the less real. Mr. AYRTON, who opened the debate last evening, thinks that considerable changes are necessary to bring home to the people of India the benefits of British rule. Great as those benefits undoubtedly are they are not so great as they might have been. The neglect of public works, more especially of irrigation, so necessary in such a country as India, has been a serious drawback to the civilisa tion of the people and the development of the national resources of the country—a drawback not to have been expected under the rule of a nation so famous for its engineers. It is difficult to estimate the loss inflicted upon the country through this neglect. Mr. KINNAIRD, who seconded the motion of Mr. AYRTON last evening, observed that it was impossible not to conclude that by prudent foresight much of the misery in Orissa might have been averted. An irrigation company had undertaken a scheme for the irrigation of the Mahawuddee and the adjoining county, and their works had nearly p rogre ssed to the point when they might have e b e en out. And what was the reason that they were not f ur th er advanced? The p lans had been kept for famine broke brought into partia l use when the 15 months in London after they had received the sanction of Lord CANNING. had the irrigation work been in operation in Orissa the lives of thousan d s might have bee n saved. The extra rigat ion a n i d s a o theoretically, ernt a i r r iaaof State ae a pr b np o ol u ar t tsi d ands I :n ni it otmhr most st in t a o r o‘ y f. e r oy t u h r i onen gG Governors are unanimous on its advantages. How is it, then, that it does not get on faster? Lord CRANBORNE, in a pointed and vigorous speech, said that it con stituted one of the mysteries of the India House which he had not been able to fathom. " Sir CHARLES IV OOD was, I believe, very anxious about irrigation, and I know Sir J. LAWRENCE was ; but, however, neither could convince the other that he was anxious about it." Lord CRAN BORNE attributes much of the mismanagement which undoubtedly exists to two principal causes, the excessive centralisation of Indian ad ministration, and the irresponsibility and ineffi ciency of the Council. With regard to the first cause, he believes it to be the secret of the failure in carrying out the small public works of India, since it destroys all the zeal and energy of the men whose business it is to carry out the works, but who are under the control and direc tion of officials at a great distance, who know nothing of the subject in hand. As for the Indian Council, Lord CEANBORNF. holds that it should not exercise such vast powers without more direct responsibility. " Remember," i t te said the noble lord very forci bl y , " that the Coun cil have every item of expend iture, lar g e and small, under their control, and eve r y act of the Government which can involve expen diture —that is to say, the vast majority of its acts. B ut y ou never blame the Council if the Governmen t of India goes wrong. You blame the Secretary of State ; is the figure that stands before Par liament. You find irrigation works not carried on ; you find a great province starving, and for all you know it may be the Council which pre vents the Secretary of State from taking any measures at all." Personal responsi bility, says Lord CRANBORNE, is what we require in the government of India, and in this he agrees with Mr. LAING, no mean authority. Mr. MILL, indeed, whose opinions have especial weight on this subject, is in favour of the Council, and thinks that a larger view of Indian affairs is ob tainedltoirtlscetee. d enoughbyto i tis a m its the Secretary o agency o f In Indian ahan matters anny .. f sided f sa more wwig p mhu o ee w osnf e tt r inohn w ne a ; s ta e kn es office. übutknows there is one point connected with our Anglo- Indian Government that greatly needs atten tion—the exclusion of the natives from any great share or interest in the Government. The people of India do not lack ability or ambition, and, as Mr. SEYMOUR last night remarked, they can hardly fail to compare the Russian with the English system. The natives of the countries under Russian rule are freely admitted to the highest dignities, while in India the natives are excluded from all high official places. This is a grievous error, and one which, if we do not look to it, we shall have cause to repent. NARROW ESCAPE OF LORD CAIRNS. --~--- events should have arisen, M. llano would be LATEST INTELLIGENUE J. • enabled to leave Mexico towards the end of July. The cholera has manifested itself in Algeria, 1 (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) having first appeared in TuniAa, where it broke out I at the town of Biskra. The natives suffered severely from this terrible malady, and the Europeans emi grated in a body towards the Tele. The number of deaths is not mentioned. According to the last ac counts from Algeria, the cholera had broken out in several parts of the colony. The Constitutionnel remarks upon various articles in the German papers containing the most un founded assertions in regard to a misunderstanding between France and Prussia, which, it says, are of the most amicable nature. The Constitutionnel adds its authority to the Gazette of Northern Germany, in contradiction of areport published both in France and Germany, to the effect that before Prussia con sented to the evacuation of Luxembourg she ad dressed a demand or request to Holland to sign a secret treaty, containing an engagement upon the part of the King of Holland to observe the strictest neutrality whatever might happen between the other TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 12. To-day a grand reception was held by the Sultan, which was attended by all the Ministers of State and the Ottoman Minister at Athens. Cabriali Pacha has been appointed to compliment the Czar on the part of the Sultan upon his visit to the Crimea. General Sysatieff, the Russian ambassador, has left for the Crimea to meet the Czar. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, August 13. The Vienna papers of to-day state that in conse quence of the circular of the Turkish Government, protesting against the removal of Candioto fugitives to Greece by European men of war, the Austrian commander in Candian waters has received orders to convey Christians seeking refuge on board his vessels to Turkish territory. At the same time the Austrian consular agents have been instructed to see that the promise given by Turkey that the fugi tives should be well received is loyally executed, and to make the local Turkish authorities answerable for their proper treatment. Powers. Although yesterday was Sunday the trial of the woman Frigard, for the alleged murder near Fon tainbleau, was proceeded with at Melun. The case for the prosecution was not concluded. The chief point of interest of the evidence given was that of Aladame Boyer, who keeps the accounts at the Hotel du France et Angleterre at Fontainbleau. She stated that, during her temporary absence on the evening of the 7th of May, the servants had received two ladies from Paris at the hotel. When she saw them, from their vulgar manner and be haviour, she regretted that they had been admitted. She did not see either of them the next morning, but in the afternoon about four o'clock the shorter one of the two (the prisoner) came back and told her that she had lost her friend in the forest, but that she was not uneasy about her, because she expected to find her at the railway station. The witness added that while the prisoner was saying these things, which she thought very strange, she examined the lady. She was con tinually smiling, but, nevertheless, there was some thing about her (the prisoner) which the witness did not like. A cold fowl was served up to the prisoner for dinner, which she carved into pieces, but she eat a simple morsel, and left by the omnibas at a quar ter past six fur the station for Paris. On leaving the prisoner again smiled at the witness, a fact which, said the latter, did not confirm her good opinion of a woman who said that she had left her friend alone in the forest. The prisoner next paid for her dinner with a bank-note for 100 f., which was identified as being the property of the deceased. The King of Sweden dined on Friday last with his cousin, Baron Nicolas Clary. The other guests were the Countess d 3 Montijo, the Countess de Nava, the Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Hausmann, the Swedish Minister, M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the King's aide-de camp, General Casteluau, the Emperor's aid-de camp, Count and Countess Clary, Viscount Jus tinian Clary, and Captain Clary. Among the circumstances which seem to justify a belief that the Exhibition building will not be destroyed is a report that a company has proposed to lease the building just as it is stands for an annual rent of 200,000 f. The same company also undertakes to reimburse in 30 annuities the 22 millions expended in the construction of the Palace and its dependencies. The weather is still settled. The heat was very oppressive to-day. This has been the hottest day of the year. A soldier, named Malcer, condemned to death on the 4th of June last, was shot at Besancon on Fri day morning, at five o'clock. The last military execution at Besancon was in the year 1827. The subject of competition for the prize of Rome this year was the murder of Lacus, by his son Edipus. The grand priz) was awarded to M. Blanc. g i ven to Messrs. Bou r g eois Two minor prizos were tion of sculpture, t giieti was a bats-relief e madsubjese:ebc3i of the grand prize. Alinor priz~:t were cle-t Bri s. As was the case last year, uo award to Messrs. Allard, Dajardin, Dumilatre, an I Truffot. The painting; of the competitors are now to be seen at the School of Fine Arts. . Several literary men or dramatists have received promotions in the Order of the Legion of honour. M. Camille Donut, director-general of the admini stration of the theatres; Robert Fleury, member of the Academy of Fine Arts; and Alexandre Dumas, jun. ; Leon Laya, dramatic author. M. Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, gave his solemn blessing yesterday to the new entrance porch of the Church of St. Laurent, near the Strasburg Rail way Station. AMERICA. CROOKIIAVEN, Aug. 13 (12.40). The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New York, on the 3d instant, is now passing Browhead signal station. She will probably arrive at Queens town at 5 p.m. and letters reach London to-morrow at 6.25 p.m. On Friday Lord Cairns and family left Murthly Castle, in a carriage and pair, accompanied by Mrs. Graham, wife of Mr. Graham, M.P., for Glasgow, for the purpose of enjoying a pic-nic in the grounds of Stobhall. On reaching the entrance gate one of contact with one of the gate posts-pole broke, and the hordes t r h ia e ge h o ita r b s ta e ot s st t ui o l ce o h k eva f t , shied, and brought the car again dashed against one of the gate-posts. The coachman and one of the sons of Lord Cairns, a youth about seven years, who had been seated b,3- side the coachman, was forcibly thrown to the this turn ground, where th e y la y insensible. Meanwhile, the h ors es, with the sha ttered veh icle and its fr i g htened inmates, went off at a furious rate alon g the avenue. The avenue takes a n abru p t t urn , and Lo rd Cairns kw that dashed ess over precipice of considerable height. H e therefore with great presence of mind, wouldneunl a was and at considerable danger to himself, crept to the front of the carriage, and with the aid of his umbrella got hold of the reins, and controlled the horses so far that the turn was taken with safety. The animals rushed on past Stobhall house and stables, and were rapidly nearing another precipice, when his lordship by a great effort succeeded in drawing them into a hedge, where the carriage upset. Happily none of the party were seriously injured, although, of course, the ladies were much alarmed. The son of Lord Cairns has escaped serious injury ; but he was much frightened, and his nervous system received a severe shock. The carriage was much damaged, and one of the horses so badly cut in the neck that it is not expected to survive. hadA enlivened INCONVENIENT the one of the captives i n Ab yss i n i a, wr iting from Magdala on the 30th of April, t e ll s a story o f a little excitement which monotoLny of OVER if .—Dr. H. J. Blanc, one who had killed his mother by acc id ent an d had not been t ried, and Lij Earle, the son o f a grea t Shum of Tigre , m ana g ed to l Ab e ys in Abyssinians, captivity. vity Gth two prisoners i n th at place,. On the open their chains, dressed themselves in women's clothing (in that country only a long shirt), and taking advantage of market day when all the servants go down to the market place they succeeded in getting out. The young mur derer having contrived to get off bath rings walked faster than his companion, and passed the gates without suspi cion. Lij Barie was less fortunate. He could only open one ring, and was therefore obliged to fix the chain on the other leg by means of a piece of cloth. A young warrior, I seeing what app e a re d t o be a good - loo kin g y oun g girl, approached to try on her his powers of fascination. While looking to see if the ankles corresponded in elegance to the brightness of the eyes, ho was somewhat surprised by see ing a leg completely bandaged. A few yards further, a puff of wind throwing up the skirt exposed to his horror struck gaze the unmistakable rings peeping here and there through the folds of the bandage. He called some sol diers at a distance, and with their help recaptured the pri soner. It is needless to say how brutally he was treatei, kicked, and beaten until his life was almost to be despaired of. The woman who gave him her shirt was literally cut to pieces, having received more than 200 lashes on her bare back. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.--A case of some interest to minors and their friends was tried on Friday in the Commission Court, Dublin. Samuel and Harriet Richards, two persons in a respectable class of life, were indicted for assaulting Miss Clare Singleton, who, along with her brother, both being wards of Chancery, had been placed under their guardianship. Evidence was given that the prosecutrix was repeatedly assaulted by the female tra verser and kept at menial drudgery, dressed like a " Cin derella," as ono of the witnesses described. The jury found a verdict of " Guilty," and the parties await the sentence of the court.. DISHING THE 117.11IGS." (From the Spectator) , ~•-• tional landmarks which Tories are accustomed to describe as almost divine. They have acted for years as breakwaters against the tide of Radicalism, as protectors of Conservative ideas from the assaults of the people. Yet Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli, simply to win a party victory, have avowedly striven to replace this party by one which they regard as more menacing, more extreme, more hostile to sound political principles. They have not I.lei tated to get rid of the Girondins by calling in the Mountain, to strike up an alliance with democrats, if only by their aid they might have the temporary pleasure of crushing the Whigs. Grant that they have deprived their old antagonists of their strongest lever, the cry of Reform, still, in disarming them, they have tripled the power of antagonists yet more bitter to whom that lever is unnecessary. The very first effect of this Reform Bill will be to make a Radical Cabinet, which yesterday was impossible, not only possible, but probable—indeed, allowing for accident, quite certain ; that is, to shift the government of the country from men with whom Tories have many principles of agreement to men whom they regard, or affect to regard, as hostile to the constitution. We may look with composure or pleasure on the change—in itself a revolution—but is it one honest Tories could heartily promote ? is it not from their point of view very like calling in the foreigner rather than yield to a domestic enemy ? As a matter of fact, the foreigner will but enlist the party they are so anxious to crush ; but is all their party patriotism merely rancour? To " dish the Whigs" the Tory chiefs have made England demo cratic, and they will before long have the satisfac tion of seeing the democrats they have called to their aid putting the Whigs they hoped so ardently to destroy in front. Mr. Disraeli has openly admitted that party mo tive for the Reform Bill which Lord Derby, when taxed with it, did not venture to deny. Lord Gran ville, with his adroit indiscretion, recently told in the House of Lords how the Premier, attacked by a friend as to his bill, had defended it with the sim ple argument, " Don't you see how it has dished the Whigs ?" Mr. Disraeli, in his speech of Wednes day night, at the Mansion-house—a speech of quite unusual bitterness and bumptiousness, declared, in graver language, the same belief, asserted that he had " attempted to disturb a monopoly ;" that this had produced all the irritation ; that the Whigs believed they had a hereditary right to deal with the question of reform ; but that "he had in his time seen many monopolies broken up, and recently he had seen the termination of the monopoly of liberalism." " Nor are we to be surprised that when certain persons believed that they had an hereditary right, whenever it was necessary to renovate the in stitutions of their country, they should be somewhat displeased that any other persons should presume to interfere with those changes which I hope in the spirit of true patriotism they believed the require ments of the State rendered necessary. But lam sure that when the hubbub has subsided—when the shrieks and screams which were heard some time ago, and which have already subsided into sobs and sighs, shall be entirely appeased—nothing more terrible will be discovered to have occurred than that the Tory party has resumed its natural functions in the government of the country. For what is the Tory party unless it represents national feeling ? If it do not represent national feeling, Toryism is nothing. It does not depend upon hereditary coteries of exclu sive nobles ; it does not attempt power by attracting to itself the spurious force which may accidentally arise from advocating cosmopolitan principles, or talking cosmopolitan jargon." In short, in Mr. Disraeli's opinion, as in Lord Derby's, the bill has " dished the Whigs." The great party, which for 180 years has, under one name or another, ruled the destinies of Great Britain, which has led, and in leading has moderated every popular movement, which founded and defended the constitutional monarchy, purified and restored the national repre sentation, emancipated the Catholics, abolished slavery, relieved the people of the Bloody Code, risked its existence to secure justice to Ireland, esta blished the freedom of commerce and manufacture, and authorised the people to buy bread where they will ; the party to which we owe the almost un broken, though gradual progress of two centuries, which alone has known how to reconcile aris tocratic permanence with the popular thirst for advance, which but yesterday induced the middle class peacefully to transfer its power to the nation, has been killed, cooked, served up, by Mr. Disraeli and his chief, and the bearers of the platter are ready to dance with exultation. There is to be no more " cosmospolitan jargon," no more respect for humanity outside two petty islands, no more aspiration, no more effort to occupy worthily the place of a leader among the nations. The Whigs are " dished." England is a parish, and Tory vestrymen—led by a chairman who at heart scorns his followers as only one of his race can scorn, who tells them openly that they are " flat-nosed bar barians"—are to maintain a leaden rule, broken only by passionate efforts of poor Radicals deprived of their hereditary leaders, with the bones of the Liberal party all crushed, to lift off the irresistible weight. It is a noble prospect, and one at which a party who, when their one converted Whig is sick, have not among them a peer with brains enough to carry out his orders, who have raised Mr. Disraeli to power because he broke the heart of their own one man of genius, naturally exult. The Upper House without Whigs would be a paradise for the dull, a place where a Duke of Marlborough would seem almost bright, and Lord Malmesbury rank as a statesman, and what a relief would that be to a Premier weary of finding brains for the incapable, eloquence for the silent! A Lower House full of Ayrtons and Hardys, with himself to gull the one and make combinations with the other—what a delightful prospect for Mr. Disraeli ! But, then, is there the faintest prospect of its realisation ? The Carlton thinks so, though with a suspicion under lying all its confidence, for, after all, the Carlton has read Mr. Disraeli as well as heard him, and we believe it is the greatest of the Carlton's de lusions. By the " Whigs," who are " dished," Lord Derby means, first of all, that group of power ful and titled families to which the Stanleys pro perly belong, which from 1688 to 1832 adminis tered Great Britain, and held down Ireland ; and secondly, those moderate but determined Liberals who have found allianc' with those families the swiftest and most certain road to great reforms. No w, what on earth is there in this bill to break the power of either of these two classes ? We like neither cordially, for we detest the laissez-faire theory which they have of late years, in the lazi ness of their triumph, chosen to adopt ; and we be lieve that their social ideas, ideas summed up in the one word " exclusiveness," have seriously injured, it may be have permanently, weakened the fibre of the national character. They, and not the Tories, are responsible for that spirit of fiunkeyism, that adoration of a social fetish, which inculcated for thirty years by successful and able men, has honey combed English manliness. But what is there in this bill to destroy them ? The county suffrage? Well, if there is a human being likely to conciliate a twelve-pound county elector, it is a Cavendish or a Fitzwilliam, a great landowning magnate, wil ling to advocate heartily liberal ideas. The squires can vote for him without a fight with the electors of the great villages and unrepresented towns, who if the squires do not effect that compromise, will carry in the contest of the factions men neither party will approve. Is it the borough suffrage ? The social rank of the Whigs will help them as much as their rivals, and they have, this bill once passed, nothing to divide them from the people. There is no internal reform, no measure of construction in which they cannot heartily join. Is it they who must refuse, or will have the instinct of refusing, radical measures in Ireland, or great schemes of education, or protection to co-operotion, or the re - visal of the land laws ? Is it they specially who arc interested in the stupid system of rating which now presses as heavily on England as protection, who will resist a popular army, who will shrink from opening the universities, who will draw back from liberalising the Church, frightened by the awful ness of mitres ? What is there in the programmeof the future which is to drive the Whigs away from their usual position as vanguard of the Liberals ? We do not care much if they are driven away ; England can live without Cavendishes or Russells, Fitzwilliams or Campbells ; prosperity will not cease with the Grosvenors, or administrative ability perish with Elliotts and Greys; but Mr. Disraeli does care, and so far as we can see he is not in the least likely to be gratified. Doubtless they will have to reform their creed, and remodel their policy, put forward new men, and abandon entirely their wretched dogma of laissez-faire ; but those changes will but make them more competent, and to change effete Whigs into active Whigs is not, as Mr. Disraeli will shortly discover, equivalent to "dishing" IVhigs. Lord llartington with a radical programme is at least as formidable a person to Mr. Disraeli and his followers as Lord liartington with no policy at all, and that is all the change he will have E..ucceeded in effecting. He will have compelled Whigs to lead instead of restraining Radicals, and he actually sings shrilly his im in of triumph over that victory for his principles ! The first election will prove little, but within ten years we shall again, we arc confident, find the old Whig names in the front, doing the good they have always done, and probably also the evil which has too frequently marked their action, consolidating the Radicals, but rendering their policy slower, feebler, and less logical than it would otherwise become. But let us admit for a moment that Lord Derby's and Mr. Disraeli's view is correct, and what a depth of political immorality is disclosed ! In whatever the Whigs differ from the Radicals they approach closer to the Tories. They are more cautious, more conservative, more averse to change, more friendly to landlordism, better inclined to Church establish -meats, less willing to alter any of those constitu 1 .4 " it. ".* VfAv e i ffllrit /tag: - 01111 LIT. HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Aug. 12. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by Count Van der Straten-Ponthoz, M. de Vaux, M. Brewer, and Dr. Wimmer, arrived at Osborne at half-past 10 o'clock from Ostend. His Majesty was received on landing from his yacht at Trinity-pier, West Cowes, by Captain his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Groom-in -Waiting Major General F. H. Seymour, Equerry-in - Waiting, and drove thence to Osborne, where His Majesty was received at the entrance hall by the Queen and the Royal family, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. The Right Hon. J. Wilson Patten has left Osborne for London. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday after noon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Ilardinge. ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE BEL- . GIAN S. Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven, his Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at the Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty at Osborne House. His Majesty arrived in the Louise Marie, on which he embarked at Ostend at ten o'clock on Sunday night. His Majesty is accompanied by Count Van der Straten de Ponthoz, grand marshal of the palace; M. Jules de Vaux, chief of the royal cabinet ; M. Brewer, orderly officer in attendance ; and Dr. Wimmer, medical attendant. On arriving in Cowes Roads the vessel proceeded up the Medina to the Trinity wharf, where she came to moorings alongside the Alberta, royal yacht. Four royal carriages were in waiting, and his Majesty and suit° proceeded to Osborne House. The visit of his Ma jesty will, it is stated, be strictly private and veil limited in its duration. The Duchess of Newcastle has arrived in Pari 4 on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Hope. The Doke of Now' castle will leave in a few days to join the duchess. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol aria Lady Mary Hervey have arrived at Ickworth Park, BorY St. Edmund's, from Milton Park, near Peterboroug h, where they have been visiting the lion. Charles and )10. Fitzwilliam. The Marquis of Sligo has left the Clarendon Hotel, for Westport House. The Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury 1135 arrived at Savernake Lodge, near Marlborough, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury. The Earl and Countess of Mount-Edgcumbo have gono to Mount Edgcumbe, near Plymouth. The Earl and Countess Vane, who left town yesterday for Wynyard Park, will entertain a distinguis hed party during the Stockton Races. The Earl of Fowls has left town for Fowls Castle, near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, for the season. The Earl of Glasgow has arrived at the Clara.' don Hotel from Scotland. The Earl of St. Germans has left town fur P Ol4 Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall. Frances Countess Waldegrave, and the Righ.t. Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., have left town for the'' seat, Chewton Abbey, Somersetshiro. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IHE BORDER' The Kelso correspondent of the Scotsman writes: —" An official communication has been received from Colonel Biddulph by Mr. Craig, chief magis trate of Kelso, informing him that the Queen will leave Windsor Castle for Floors Castle, Kelso, on 3 visit to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, 013 Tuesday night, the 20th of August, and that her Majesty will arrive at Kelso Station on Wednesdalt the 21st, at 9.35 in the morning. In order to pre vent confusion or accident during her Majesty's pro gress through Kelso, the magistrates have issued 3 notice closing the streets for general traffic from 9 1 in the morning until after the Royal cortege s"; have passed, and that no carriage or other vehle'e shall be allowed to stand on the streets on the rout° so long as these are closed for traffic. The man, trates have also issued a notice, in compliance wit " a widely-expressed desire on the part of the l ir e habitants, calling for a general illumination of til, town. The Royal Reception Committee re solved on Friday evening that the address should be Pr e ., sented in the square, where some 15,000 peop le c 3, witness the ceremony. On the day of her arrivtl the Queen will visit the interesting and historical places around Kelso. On Thursday, we believeci her Majesty will visit Melrose, Abbotsford, 31),, Dryburgh, and on the Friday will pay a visit to the ancient burgh of Jedburgh. The ileY,; l o visit to Greenhill, one of the residences of the PIP; of Roxburghe on the Cheviots, has been poste iv,' owing to a want of time and the hill road not beie!„ good. We understand that no fewer than 55 Yo t113 ; ladies will strew flowers on the royal path as lie j Majesty enters Kelso. They will be all dreg for in white. Her Majesty will leave Floors Castle ,9 Balmoral at 10 o'clock on the Friday evening, 00 way of Edinburgh." The Jedburgh corresp onde vo of the Scotsman writes :—" Some alterations 113,40 been made in the arrangement regarding 'ea Queen's visit to Jedburgh, and it is now anuo°A l that, instead of her Majesty only passing throuc'to the burgh on her way to Greenhill, she will t ha t Jedburgh with a special visit. It is expected t the Royal party will arrive here about iniddaYt e ` l o ,l that, after the address of the magistra tes is delivof by the Provost, her Majesty will visit the pl 3ces ,iii g interest in the burgh, the principal o f these tbr b ` , e , the Abbey and Queen Mary's House, an old story building situate iu Backgate (or Q ueen-s ne j as it is now called), iu which Quee n Mary r°511,45, while administering justice to the rude and where she was confined for so me weeks 11 , gi Lb a fever which was brought on by he r visit to Pot well at Hermitage Castle." th e -n THE OF LONDON.—The reports o f to illness i of the Bishop of London have, Nye ar e g l'“1 ,b10 cnew, been somewhat exaggerated. H is lordship w33...313, to attend morning service on Sunday at Fulham. r'ult,' Church, and yesterday was present at t he meeting 0f t Ritual Commission in the Jerusalem Chamber. CONSTRUCTION OF TIIE HOUSE OF LORDS. _, Select Committee appointed to consider the defective c)iaj structiou of the House in reference to hearing e%milttlibeei Professor Tyndal, Mr. Barry, and Dr. Percy, an" agreed to a report stating that owing to the near apPr°--4, of the close of the session the committee found it ir 0 P, 3 ,., siblo to complete the inquiry, and recommended that consideration of the subject sho uld be resumed at an e period of the next session. THE SULTAN'S MARCH, for the piano, arranged by STEPHEN GLOVER, 2s. 6d.; free, by post, for 16 stamps. THE MUSICAL BOX , for pia,no, by l I. LIE BICH. The Snuff - box , for piano, by . Liebich, each 4s. ; free, by post, for 23 stamps each. CRYSTAL I' AL A C E.—TO-MORROW.— BENEDICT'S HUNTIG SONG, as sung (by com mand) before the Emperor a N nd Empress of the French, will be sung again by the Tonic Sol-Fa Paris Prize Choir To-morrow, Aug. 14. Published by Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, price 4d., free, by post, for five stamps. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertnn. Tins VENING. THAT RASCAL JACK - . Sietars. J. ft , aise, J. Neville, C. Warner, Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. To conclude with T IIE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner, F. Morton. J. Fitzja.mes, F Villiers, J. C. Cow' er, W. r.l.lntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irving, J. B. Johnstone; Mesdames M. Robertson, E. G. Le Thiere, C. Thompson. Commence at Seven. IIIIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, _ Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messra. Chippendale. Backstone, Rogers, Compton, Howe; Kendal, Cordon, Braid, Clark, White, Weathersby, MeAdames SAgwick, Chippendale, Fitz% `Dalton, Coleman. &c. otter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Roden, Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. R• Phillips, J. G. Taylor, and Ashley. After which, at 8. MICH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Messrs. Neville, Billineton, Stuart, Ashley, J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, C. IL Stephenson, Romer; Misses Kate Terry, E Pitt, Hughes, and A. Seaman. To conclude with A SLICE OF LUCK. Messrs J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. U. Wigan. THIS EVENING, BETTY MARTIN. Mr. G. Vincent and Miss E. Farren. To be followed by OUR WIFE. Messrs. Clayton, D. Murray, Montague ; Mesdames L. Moore and E. Farren. After which, SIX MONTHS AGO. Mr. Clayton. Miss M. Palmer. To conclude with THE ATROCIOUS CRIMINAL. Miss Sheridan and Miss E. Farren. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. Vininz. Under the Manazement of Mr. 'Hermann Vezin. THIS EVENING, the perforrnance will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. E. Price and Miss :icily Moore. After which, at 8, THE ILAN 0' AIRLIE. James Hare hell, Mr. Hermann Vezin; Messrs. E. Price, 11. Forrester, ; Misses E. Stuart and Nelly Moore. To cnnclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE. Miss Polly Marshall. Doors open at 7 ; commenc2 at half-pact. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborouah. TRH EVENING, REVERSES. Mei:sr.:. S. Emery. Par• Belle, F. Robson. W. Swanborough ; Mesdames Ada Swan. borough, Johnstone, and Manders. After which, the Latest Edition of ERA DINVOLO Messrs. Thorne and James; Mesdames Gwyune, Newton Holt, and Weathersby. Commence at halt-past Seven. 13 OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS. MOIL HOLBORN. BRILLIANT AND UNABATED SUCCESS. THIS EVENING. an almcst Entire Change of Pro p:rat-m-11e. M. VIDAL in his Wonderful Performance on the RHOMBOID. Immensely Exciting VAN I -411 N G ACT.'' by the Eccentric ABBOTT. 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In. r3-11oRitow.-Morning, lb. 20m.—Afternoon, lb. 41m. i t fr . "ip LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS yp.-_ (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Moniteur announces the death of Baron de Verga, Minister from Bavaria to the Holy See. His Excellency died very suddenly at Rome, and his death was attributed to cholera, but the state ment is contradicted. The cholera has not yet been very fatal in Rome; but, as I have already men tioned, the Pope sets the good example of not leaving the city, and will pass the remainder of the summer at the Vatican. The St. Petersburg journals mention the conclu sion of a treaty of peace between Russia and the Government of Bokhara. The Empress has given audience to the mayor and other authorities of Versailles, who were charged by a large number of the inhabitants to present an address to her Majesty, thanking her for the creation of an historical gallery at Trianon, which attracts a vast number of visitors. The New Free Press, of Vienna, states in positive terms that N. de Bisinark has submitted to the King of Prussia some proposals, having for object to induce a more intimate friendship between Aus tria and Prussia. One of those propositions is that Prussia shall send a despatch to Vienna, in which she will recognise the doctrine that " Austria alone of all the foreign Powers" has the right to interfere in any way with the affair of Northern Schleswig. King William is supposed to have consented to this suggestion of M. de Bismarck, and the journal in question expresses great anxiety to ascertain the manner in which this amicable advance will be re ceived by the Cabinet of Vienna. The Memorial Diplomatique asserts that it has authority for stating that M. Dano, the French Ambassador in Mexico, is not under any restraint, and that his stay in the capital is quite voluntary. M. Dario exhibits so little a nxiet y at the present posture of affairs that he has not made any applica tion with a view to obtain permission to leave Mexico. The ilioniteur goes somewhat further, and informs its readers that unless any unforeseen THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Syria, Captain Christian, sailed this afternoon with mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Men, Bombay, and Upper . Bengal. She took out 35 passengers and a general cargo, including gold and silver watches, jewellery, &c., value £566. Amongst the passengers are Lieutenants Chambers and Bayley, Major Charnier, Assistant-Surgeon IlaHallam, and Brevet Major Bredin. FRANCE. In the Paris corn market last week the six marks of flour were 25c. higher—at 75f. 25cthe157 kilos. ; wheat was unchanged--at 461. the 120 kilos. ;':_rye fell 50c.—to 25f. 50c. the 120 kilos ; barley was unaltered at 221. the 100 kilos. ; and oats were unvaried—at 26f. 50c. the 100 kilos. At the last cattle market at Sceaux, oxen- sold at lf. 40e. to lf. 68c. the kilo. ; calves, at lf. 58c. to lf. 95c. ; and sheep, at If. 36c. to lf. 72c. A murder was committed the evening before last in the Bois de Vincennes. An artilleryman, named Tainare, was on terms of intimacy with a young married woman of light character—the husband, a workman, apparently concerning him self but little with the misconduct of his wife, and spending a large portion of his time in wineshops. Tamare had incurred some disciplinary punishment, and while confined to his barracks for a few days was told that he had been replaced in the good graces of his mistress by his corporal, and the first evening after he had recovered his liberty, he, in fact, met the two walking together. He exchanged a few words with the corporal, and then offered his arm to the woman, who accepted it ; then conduct ing the woman to a lonely place in the wood be neath some trees, he stabbed her in the heart with a large clasp knife, killing her on the spot. He afterwards allowed himself to be arrested without resistance. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory of Saturday morning gives the following as the atmospheric situation :--" The glass rose since Friday by 4mrn. at Brest, and 5 min. at Paris. Gentle winds pre vail. A centre of depression exists in the Bay of Biscay ; and a storm may not improbably burst forth in that region. The borometer is low in the Baltic, and marks 754 mm. at Riga." BouasE, August 12, Two o'clock.—The market is fir►u, and though the attendance is but thin quo tations exhibit considerable -improvement. Threes have advanced 271 c., to G9f. 70c. ; and Italian Fives 25c., to 491. 15c. Credit Mobilier have improved 5f., at 328 f. 75c. ; Spanish Mobilier 3f. 75c., at 217 f. 50c. ; and Credit Foncier 7f. 50c., 1,392 f. 50c. Cotnptoir d'Escompt3 shares gain 111. 25c., which is attributed to the success of the Russian Loan just fully subscribed to. Suez Canal shares are also in demand, with an advance of 101., at 325 f. Railway shares are at an advance generally of from sf. to 7f. 50c. English Consols are likewise telegraphed I higher, at 95. Three o'clock.—The following were the closing prices :-- 4I per Cents lOO 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. Do. end month 69 75 Credit Mobilier 330 Do. end month Credit Foncier 1390 Do. end month 1390 Bank Shares Italian Loan 49 Do. end mouth 49 Mexican Loan l3O Do. Bonds ll5 Spanish Threes 34 Home Debt Deferred WAYS. ItAILV For Account. Orleans Northern 1162 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 896 25 Southern 555 Western 566 25 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 376 25 North of Spain — SaragosEa — - - Roman. DREADFUL CAYASTROPHE. A fire broke out on Friday evening in an oil and lamp warehouse at Bordeaux, situated at the corner of the Rue Sainte-Eulalie and Cours-Napoleon, in the occupation of M. nuart. It appears that one of the men belonging to the establishment hap pened to spill in the cellar some petroleum, and another in endeavouring to wipe up the oil set fire to some of the inflammable materials about, and the flames spread instantaneously. Assistance was immediately forthcoming, and after an hour's labour the conflagration was got tinder where the danger seemed greatest. But at that moment a frightful explosion of petroleum and gas took place, blow ing up the cellar and injuring a great number of persons iu the street above. Not fewer than 80 were more or less wounded, and some of them severely. Thirteen of the firemen had to be taken to the hospital, badly burnt, as well as ten soldiers of the 81st Regiment. M. Chambret, son of the officer of firemen, who died from the effect of the injuries received when the Magazins-Generaux were burnt down last year, has been grievously wounded by the explosion. Lieut. Bouillet, of the same corps, had an arm broken and his face burnt. There are upwards of thirty cases sufficiently grave under treat ment in the hospital of Saint-Andre, besides a great number of persons les3 seriously injured, who are at tended at their own homes. No death, however, is up to the pr sent time reported. The excitement in the city was for some hours intense, and as soon as it hal somewhat subsided a subscription was opened in favour of the sufferers, the municipality giving I,ooofr. No doubt is entertained that a considerable sum will be ra!sed. A DoG's FIDELITY.—A gentleman belonging to the staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley took a long walk iu the neighbourhood of Southampton last week, accompanied by his dog, a fine Newfoundlander. In the evening he missed some letters from his coat pocket and his dog. The latter did not surprise him, as his dog often wandered from him in his walks. The next day the gen tleman felt annoyed and puzzled at the loss of his letters, and he thought it possible he might have drawn them out of his pocket with his handkerchief during his previous day's walk. He resolved, therefore, to repeat the walk, for ho might have dropped the letters in an unfrequented path, and they might be there still. About four miles from the hospital he came suddenly upon his dog lying on the ground, with the letters close by. 'l'ho dog must have laid by the side of the letters for 16 hours, including the whole night. The animal has been rechristened " Post master-General." Au artist has sketched the Postniaito r General guarding the letters.