The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

I DEPERIAL PARLIAIVOINT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. SHOT PRACTICE AT PLYMOUTH. The Duke of NIA.RLBOROUGFI called the attention of the noble earl to the dangerous practice of firing live shell from Plymouth Citadel. It is now a practice fraught with the utmost danger, and fatal effects had already resulted from the practice, as a poor man had been killed owing to his boat having been struck by a shell fired from the Citadel dur ing artillery practice. No person eould sail out of Plymouth Sound without crossing the lino of fire, and he himself had experienced the danger of the practice. He wished to know whether the Government intended to adopt steps to prevent the recurrence of such lamentable accidents as the one he had referred to, by providing new practising grounds, which he believed might easily be done. Earl DE GREY and RIPON regretted the fatal occur rence as much as the noble duke. It was too true the poor man had died from the effects of a wound inflicted on him by one of the shells fired from Plymouth citadel. The shot had deviated from the regular course, and thus the accident had been occasioned. He felt it but right to the officer in com mand of the gun to say that he had waited for saorrthan two hours for the clearing of the line of fire. Immediately he heard of the accident ho issued orders, which indeed were unnecessary, as the commanding officer had acted on his own responsibility, and ordered a discontinuance of the firing from Plymouth Citadel. It was not, however, the fact to say that it was the practice to fire live shells from the guns. The fact was that they were only charged with sufficient materials to show the exact moment of strik ing the water. The matter was under the serious conside ration of the Government, but he would at once say that no risk to human life would be run in practising with artillery. It was not quite so easy as the noble duke imagined to procure fresh ranges, but no considerations of that sort would de lay the consideration of measures to prevent the recurrence of so melancholy an accident. The Earl of MALMESBURY expressed his satisfaction at the answer of the noble lord. SIR ROWLAND HILL AND THE LATE EARL OF ELGIN. The LORD CHANCELLOR read a read a message from her Majesty recommending the House of Lords to confer with a view of enabling her to grant, as a special mark of her favour, the sum of £20,000 to Sir Rowland Hill. Earl GRANVILLE moved that her Majesty's message be taken into consideration on Friday next. The LORD CHANCELLOR next road a message from her Majesty recommending their lorships to confer, with a view of enabling her to grant to Mary Louisa, the Dowager Countess of Elgin and Kincardine, £l,OOO per annum for her natural life. Earl GRANVILLE moved that her Majesty's message be also taken into consideration on Friday next, The motions were agreed to. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time : New. castle-upon .Tyne and North Shields Roads Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway and Tendring Hundreds Rail way—Scottish North Eastern and Alyth Railway Company —Nlytholm Royd Bridge and Blackstone Edge Rae.d— Scottish North Eastern and Perth Almond Valley and Methven Railways—Ribblesdale Railway, Abeiystwith and Welsh Coast Railway—and Edinburgh and Glasgow and Alva Railway. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Much Wenlock and Severn Junction and Wenlock Rail way Companies, Stirling Water, Wrexham Water, West Riding and Grimsby Railway, London and South-Western Railway (Chester Extension), Witney Railway, Salisbury and Yeovil Railway, •Ely, Haddesham, and Sutton Rail way, Watford and Edgware Junction Railway, Great Northern Railway (No. 1) (Barnet Branch), West Norfolk Junction, and South Staffordshire Water. THE REV. F. ANDERSON. Lord STRATHEDEN moved that an address be pre sented to her Majesty, for copies of any correspondence which had taken place between her Majesty's Government and the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, on the imprisonment, in Grodno, of the Rev. Fortescue Anderson, a British subject, during the autumn of 1863; anti also for copies of any cor respondence which had taken place between her Majesty's Government and the Rev. Mr. Anderson on his imprison ment. Earl RUSSELL said Mr. Anderson's case was very simple. He had visited Poland when the people were in a state of insurrection, and had been apprehended on 8116.. pieion of having su , 4plied arms and ammunition to the Poles The case was investigated, and as there was not sufficient evidence the rev. gentleman was set at liberty, on condition that he left Russia. Her Majesty's Government did not think it was a case in which the circumstances justified any interference on their part with a view of procuring a pecuniary compensation. Lord ULARENDON moved the second reading of the Public Schools Bill. The object of the measure is to pro vide that any person accepting office in a public school shall do subject to any future legislation by Parliament. Lord LYTTELTON, referring to the remarks of Lord Stanhope in the former debate, defended the recommenda tions off,the commissioners, asserting that on the evidence adduced they could scarcely have done less. After what hid been done with the universities it was quite impossible the public schools should escape inquiry, or be left to their own action to mike the reforms required. Lotcl DE ROS denied several of the allegations made as to defects in the system pursued at Eton, and contended it would be dangerous to interfere too much with what had given satisfaction far so long a period. Lord CAIi,NAR.VOIS would not oppose the bill, but thought come alterations would be required in committee. Injustice might be done in certain cases if the bill were made operative from the date of its introduction. He also pointed out several objections to the changes proposed by commissioners in the course of studies. Lord WODEHOUSE admitted that the Eton system had Many good points, but agreed with the commissioners that it required some alteration. He hoped the good sense of the masters would induce them to adopt voluntarily such of the recommendations as would remedy evils of which the ex istence had been proved. Lord CLARENDON explained why the bill had been made operative from the date of its introduction, but if this should be an objection he would propose it should take effect only from the date of its passing. Lord BROUGHAM thought all the friends of education were deeply iniebted to the commissioners for the suEges- Lions they had made. Lord HARROWBY approved most of the changes pro posed, and anticipated great benefit from them. The Bishop of LONDON said there was every disposi tion on the part of the masters of the public schools to accept the suggested improvements. It would be necessary to do away with some of the present restrictions in the choice of masters, anl give those appointed to the offioe more liberty of action. The best methods of instruction would then be adopted. Lord DERBY thought many of the defects charged against public schools were really due to the very imperfect instruction given in private schools and by private teachers. Unless this evil were remedied all the subsequent labour in the public school must be thrown away, Lord CLARENDON explained that this defect had been met by the suggestion of an examination before ad mission to a public school. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said the Commis sioners had drawn up a most valuable report, and approved their recommendation of the study of foreign languages as a part of the regular course of instruction. Ritherto this had not been the case, and the attempt to teach French and German had therefore failed. The public schools were very valuable institutions, but they were capable of improvement. After soma further discussion on points of detail, The bill was road a second time, and their lordships ad journed at five minutes past 9. HOUSE OP COMXONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER rook the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The follosting biils were read a third time and passed:— Belfast and Northern Counties R ailway —Bristol and South Wales Union Railway—Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton Water— London and Ncrth Western Railway (Traffic Arrangements)-oRwestry and Newtown Railway and other Companies (Arrangements)--and Wokingten Harbour. DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion for the consideration of this biil, Sir E. GROGAN moved an amendment to the effect that the further consideration of the bill should be postponed !mil Tuesday - nest, in order that some alterations might be introduced. After @Some discussion the house dividcd— For th e amen d ment Against it —2 Majority The motion was accordingly lost. TAXES IN EUROPE. On the motion of Mr J. WHITE, the following return wa s ordered :—Return of the total amount of taxes l ev ied in each of the different States of E uro p e , so far as the same can be obtained, distinguishing between direct and indirect taxation, and specifying the several heads of each, and also distinguishing between taxes for the service of the State and those for provincial and local purposes; and exhibiti ng the results in the monies and measures of the different c ountries, a s we ll as Britian monies and measures. LOAN TO NEW ZEALAND. Mr AYTOUN asked the ecretary of State for the Colo. ies whether it was the intention cf her I%lajebty'B Govern rnent to ask Parliament for its sanction of a guarantee o f interest for a loan for New Zealand, and if so what was the amount of the loan for which a guarantee was to be asked, and whether the guarantee would be applied for during the present session; and, if so, at what period of the session ? Mr CARDWELL said that the subject would be shortly brought under the consideration of the house. Mr. LYALL asked the Secretary of State for the Colo , vies what arrangement had been made between the Ceylon and the English Government for reducing the charge oa the Imperial Exchequer for military expenditure in that colony; and whether, in consequence of the great prosperity of thee island, there was an early prospect of releasing this country altogether from that charge, and placing Ceylon in that re spect on the same footing as India. Mr CARDWELL said that arrangements had been made to reduce the expenditure alluded to in the colony of Ceylon. THE CONFERENCE ON GERMAN AFFAIRS. Mr. OSBOP.NE asked the first Lord of the Treasury whether the Vonference had arrived at any decision respect ing the mslintenance of the Treaty of London, and if the noble lord was in a situation to communicate it to the hous'3 ; and if the suspension of arms between Denmark and the conflicting Powers had been prolonged ? Lord PALMERSTON said that he was unable to speak positively in regard to this subject. No arrangement had yet been come to respecting the suspension of hostilities between Denmark and the German States, but he hoped that eventually some such arrangement would be acceded to. Air. D. GRIFFITH asked whether the armistice did not expire on Sunday next. Lord PALM E RSTON—On the 12th; of course, if it is not renewed, it will then expire. (Laughter.) Sir L. PALK—On what day is the Conference next to sit ? Lord PALMERSTON—No day has yet been fixed for the next meeting. The Conference are waiting for answers to despatches which have been sent to their respective courts. A few days must elapse before those answers will arrive ; the Conference will then fix the date of their next sitting. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked whether any arrangement had been entered into to prevent the war breaking out again before the next meeting of Conference, if that meet ing was delayed beyond the 12th inst. Lord PALMERSTON—No such arrangement has been made, but there is no reason to doubt that the Conference will meet before the expiration of the armistice. GRANT TO SIR ROWLAND HILL. Lord PALMERSTON brought up the message from her Majesty, recommending that the sum of £20,000 should be voted to Sir Rowland Hill for the eminent services he had rendered to the public in the postal department, and he said that he would move the adoption of that vote on a future day. PENSION TO LADY ELGIN. Lord PALMERSTON said that in conformity with a message from her Majesty, the teat of which he placed on the table of the house, he would :move oa a certain day that Lady Elgin should be granted a pension of £l,OOO a year, in consideration of the services of Lord Elginin India. OFFICERS IN THE INDIAN ARMY. Colonel SYKES, on the motion for going into committee of supply, moved :—" That the recent appointment of employment (except in emergent cases) of officers of the Indian armies with regiments to which they do not belong, in suppresssion of the regimental rights of the officers or usages of those regiments, is contrary to the spirit of the Act 21 and 22 Vic. c. 106, which guaranteed "that the military and naval forces of the East India Company should be deemed to be the military and naval forces of her Majesty, and should be under the same obligations to serve her Majesty as they would have been under to serve the said company, and should be liable to serve under the same territotial limits only, for the same terms only, and be entitled to the like pay, pensions, allowances, and privileges, and the like advantages as regards promotion and otherwise, as if they had continued in the service of the said company;" and asked the Secretary of State for India whether such appointments had been approved by him. Mr VANSITTART supported the motion, and said that it was high time there should be a remedy applied to a grievance which was now brought under the consideration of the house in a temperate and logical form. After some observations from Mr TORhENS and Captain JEnvis, Sir C. WOOD said that the whole question raised, the importance of which he admitted, was under the considera tion of Government,and he trusted in a few days he would be able make a satisfactory explanation to the house on that subject. (Hear, hear.) He denied that the appoint ment of officers in the Indian army was regulated by any principle except the efficiency of the officers who were selected to occupy important positions. He contended that in order to secure the preservation of our dominions in India it was necessary •to increase the number of English soldiers in the garrisons, so as to render us independent of the native soldiering. In support of this argument ha cited the authority of eminent persons connecte4 with Indian affairs. Sir M. FARQUHAR reminded the house that the right hon. baronet had been warned of the impossibility of carry ing out his pledges with respect to the Indian army if he was determined that no injustice should be d'..)ne to the British army; and also that he had been "darned that if the staff corps were established injustice must be done to the other officers of the Indian army, The subject then dropped. , THE COY.FERENCE, Lord H. LENNOX—.Sir, before you leave the chair, I wish to ask my hon. and gallant friend the member for Lis keard (Mr B. Os.orne) whether he is satisfied with the tenor of the r,ply which he received from the First Lord of. the Treas.r_ry this evening ; for if he is, I venture to say my hon. aril gallant friend is the only member of the house who is so. (Laughter.) The noble lord and his Government have all along discouraged any attempt to inquire what is going on in the Conference; aad if complete secresy had prevailed with respect to what was going on in the council chamber, I should be the last person to undertake the re sponsibility of pressing upon the Government. or upon my hon. and gallant friend, a course which would jeopardise the interests of peace. But such is not the case. Although her Majesty's Government are silent, the journals of Paris, Vienna, and Berlin teem with news of what passes, or is supposed to pass, in the council chamber in Downing -street. It will be recollected that at the commencement of the ses sion the noble lord at the head of the Government and his colleague in another place, night after night, were in the habit of declaring that they intended to abide by the treaty of 1852. Subsequently the noble lord announced, amidst the cheers of the house, that the Conference was to meet upon the basis of maintaining the independence and in tegrity of the dominions of King Christian. Well, the Go vernment of the noble lord and his colleague having over and over again declared that they were pledged to that policy, was of itself a sufficient justification for the question of my hon. friend. I wish then to ask my hon. friend whether he will give to the house an assurance that upon an early day he will again call attention to this subject. If he does he will meet, I am sure, with the sympathy of the majority of this house and of the country, and will endea vour to elicit from the Government whether the statements put forward by foreign journals are correct, that the Confe rence now only sits upon the basis of the annihilation of the treaty of 1852, I beg to ask my hon. friend whether he can give that assurance to the house. Mr B. OSBORNE—I do not know what assurance I can give to the house ; but before I give any I should like hon. gentlemen on the other side of the house to give this assurance, that in the event of my again reviving a debate upon the treaty of 1852, I shall not be met again by a movement of the previous question. (Cheers.) The course I have hitherto taken upon this subject has met with encou ragement from the other side of the house. If lam asked whether I am satisfied with the answer given by the noble lord to my question, I have only to say that, although gratified for the smallest favours, I do not feel exactly satis fied with that answer. For it struck title flora the very first that this Conference was instituted more to preserve the in tegrity of the Treasury Bench—more to prevent the dismerae. berment of the Ministry—than to preserve the inte g rit y o f Denmark. (Opposition cheers and laughter.) And I would put this to the house, that this Conference Is meeting—mark you, not from day to day, as if the object of settling the question ; but the month of July will speedily arrive, hon. members will go out of town, and the question must die a natural death. lam surprised at the reticence of the house igen the question. Up to a certain point I think they were right, and p er h aps I was wrong in bringing it pre turely forward; but when we have arrived at the 6th of June, and the question has been allowed to drag its slow length al ong from d ay t o d ay and week to week, I think the house ought t 0 b e put in possession of some definite infor mation. 'What is the position of the house and the coun try ? We sea the lowest inhabitants of the most minor ca • pitale in Europe are informed by their newspapers of what is t a ki ng place in the Conference. (Hear, hear.) We have therefore what we believe to be our beat information derived ,mefro foreign nconst ewsPaPers; and it comes t o t hi s, that the 'ts of a Potions) ernment are the worst in formed in Europe of what fatsking place in our own capi- If I were to use the true St and speak of them ptahlr.aseliwowithlornegspi:ctthtiostthoegs: pOuroCeeding as a farce, I should be called to order by you, sir, from the chair; therefore I will not do so—(laughters_ but there can be no doubt the house is placed in a most humiliating monks of La position, and that the house is being tricked into silence by members of a Government who, like the Trappe, have taken the vow of silence, (Lau g -t er) Whe ther they are digging their own graves is another qu est i on. But this I mast say, if we submit day after day and week after week to be put off with these evasive answers, in va t i c , the noble lord is so great a proficient as to eminently entitle him to that doctor's degree which he obtained the other day, we shall not only be digging the grave of the indepen.. dence of this house, but the grave of our national honour. (Cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI—Great reticence has been preserved in the House of Commons on these affairs. I hardly know anything to be more admired in our Parliamentary system than the reserve which obt a i ns when it is known that her Majesty's Government are engaged in important negotiations upon which the question of peace or war may rest. (Hear.) I think it is a characteristic which marks it out from all other attempts at parliamentary govern ment; and is one of the surest guarantees for the endu rance of constitutional rule; but at the same time I must say that, after listening to the observations, and accepting without annoyance the taunts of the hon. and gallant gen tleman who has thus addressed us on the moving of the 1 P r evious question—l having moved the previous question on a former occasion, whenever I thought it was for the interests of the country and due to her Majesty's Govern ment—l must say I was disappointed to-night in the answer the noble lord gave. (Opposition cheers.) I think, in the situation in which we now find ourselves, it would have he n set ut of her Al ary, and it would have b een wise and politic on tpart ajestys Government to have shown more andour and frankness than the noble lord bee shown to night. (Hear.) It must be remembered that Parlia mentary reserve under these circumstances depends on one constitutional condition; and when that is observed, of course the parliamentary reserve is perfectly intelligible. The constitutional justification of the reserve of Perle.iiilent is, when the Government is engaged in negotiations such as these, that Parliament is acquainted with the principles on which the negotiations are conducting and approves of the general policy of the Government. (Cheers, Th&t is a condition which has always been ackneevUdged, and upon which the salutary system of penamentary reserve under these circumstances is founded. Bat what the House of Commons is now alarmed about—and lam sure Ido not misinterpret the general feeling of the house on this mat ter—what at this moment agitates the house it, that they are not convinced that the policy which was frankly an nounced by the Government before these negotiations com- , menced is the one they are now pursuing. (Opposition cheers.) The hou.seancl the country have become anxiotuebee cause they are not convinced now, and not eatishd) that the condition of parliamentary reticence any longer exists or is observed. (Cheers.) Ido not want to penetrate the secrets of the Conference ; bat it has been well said by an hon. member who has just spoken that there is not that reserve in other countries in the sources of information. I myself read the other day in a German paper an absolute a cc ount of what had taken place in the Conference on the most cri tical day of that Conference, and that was not by way of rumour or on dit, but it was given in the form of diplomatic accuracy, and I have reason to believe, from subsequent in quiry, that it was an authentic document. (Hear,) Now, although the House of Commons—those who sit upon this side of the house—when these critical and important ques tions are raised, are more than ever desirous not to interfere with the course of her Majesty's Government In these ne gotiations, it would be impossible for us, not wishing to be pedantic, to acknowledge that we are ignorant of what took place in a house within a few yards from where we are as sembled ; but there are rumours which reach us of an authentic nature which are enough to disquiet and disturb the house. (Opposition cheers.) We could net expect that in negotiations of this kind the noble lord would give us details of the course of matters which are changing from day to day and from hour t 3 hour, still it would have been satisfactory to the house if it had been informed by the noble lord that these negotiations were not concluded, that the Conference was still sitting, and would sit some time, still the noble lord might inform the house that the princi ples of their policy were those on which the Government entered into the Conference, and that he believed there was a fair prospect that they would succeed ; and if they did not succeed, at least her Majesty's Government would have an opportunity of vindicating, as far as their opinion was con cerned, the policy which they recommended, and they could appeal with confidence for the consent of Parliament, (Cheers.) But when we hear, as we do hear, that the course which they are pursuing is exactly contrary to the course at first recommended—(loud cheers)—l say it is im possible to expect from an assembly with the popular ele ments of which the House of Commons is constituted, that we should hold ourselves upon these benches with grim re serve, and not expect from the Minister, whom, leader such circumstances all parties are prepared to trust, at least some communication to guide and animate public opinion. There - fore I much regret that the noble lord has not said some thing which I think the house had a right to expect of him. I think the house has a right now, when the question in agitation is necessarily a question of the suspension of hos. tilities, to hear from the noble lord something as to their progress. (Hear, hear,) It would have been satisfactory to have heard to-night that which would have persuaded us that what every man says of her Majesty's Government is not correct. We should have been glad if the noble lord had told us her Majesty's Government were not pursuing in the Conference exactly the opposite course to that which they announced to Parliament as the basis of the nmcia tions—(loud cheers)—by which announcement, allow me to remind the house, they have obtained this parliamentary reticence and reserve. It was not from indifference to these great matters, but because such great public interests were at stake ; and when the general policy expressed by the Go vernment was satisfactory to our convictions, and to the conscience of the nation, it was our duty to be silent. I must say the silence of the noble lord, and his tone tonight, are such as to fill us with great apprehenzicn and anxiety. At this moment, when a renewal of the suspension of hos tilities is in debate, it is due to Parliament that some an nouncement should be made, (Cheers,) We all know what was the general policy of her Mrejesty's Government.. The noble lord told us franie' i y, repeatedly, and continuously that it was the pone; of her Majesty's Government to main tain the treaty of 1852, or rather I would say—describing, as he did, the scope and tendency of the treaty of 1852—it was to me.intain the integrity and independence of Denmark, (apposition cheers.) That the noble lord has constantly told us; and because he went into the Conference to do that, the House of Commons has exercised, to my 'mind, wise and parliaruentary reticence and reserve ; so that it could not be said we interfered or threw obstacles in the way of a happy solution of these difficulties. But if it be now true, as ru mour tells us, but which appears too incredible to accept— that a Government who but five months ago were making overtures to the Emperor of the Fret). h to stir up an Euro ' peen war in order to maintain the integri:y and indepen dence of Denmark—(l ou d cheers)—if men with that policy should be the same men who have at least succeeded in ceiling together a Conference in order that they themselves should accomplish the destruction of the integrity and in dependence of Denmark—(loud cheers from the Opposition benches)—t hen I say that some explanation is due to the House of Commons; and the noble lard may rest assured that neither Parliament nor the country can lo ; g be silent under circumstances such as these. No one wishes to inter - fere with the course of Government if that coarse be a frank one; but I say that no minister can come forward and ask for parliamentary reticence and reserve during the progress of negotiations who has not first of all fulfilled the great condition of such parliamentary reserve, or expect such a po licy would be approved by the country and by Parliament, If he follow a policy totally the contrary, it may be right and justifiable; but he is bound to come forward when such a change takes place, especially at a moment like the pre sent, when the continuation of an armistice for the suspen sion of hostilities is the question, and tell the house he has made such a change. We might then be asked to continue our confidence or signify our reprobation of his conduct. Well, I should have considered that a wild hypothesis, if it were not for the rumours—and, I fear, the accurate infor mation—that have reached me ; and I should have thought it impossible that any body of men could have 'seen more deceived than the House of Commons. The hon gentleman then proceeded to notice that the noble lord had brought Europe, as it were, to witness his policy for the maintenance of the integrity and independence of Den mark; and yet for two months he had kept that house in a state of mystification. He had said that not only England, but Austria and Prussia, wished to maintain the integrity and independence of Denmark. (Laughter.) He had de clared that if difficulties arose, Denmark should not stand alone. (Hear, hear.) That (continued the right hon. gentleman) was satisfactory to the country. I myself, I will not say tremble, but feel hesitation, when the great question of war arises. I feel it is only when the great national interests and honour of the country are concerned that such a course is justified. The noble lord informed us that Denmark sbeiAald not be alone, and we were told that no diffieultfees would arise. Federal execution was then i meere:eing. The house was prepared for that execution, A:ad it took place. Then there was the passage of the Eider. That was the great point upon which the house and the country had fixed their attention, and there was a general understanding that if the Eider was passed the Government would take steps to vindicate their policy. The Eider was passed, and other rivers were passed, and at last Jutland was invaded. I ask the house to recollect the answer which the noble lord gave to my inquiry respecting the invasion of Jutland. He said the invasion of Jutland was an atrocity —(cheers)—in a speech which must rank with those of great public invective, and which wo must all recall to mind. After all this, they talked of a Conference, and negotiations were carried on. The house, notwithstanding theee disap pointmente—notwithstanding all these various circum stances, under which they had reason to believe the conduct of the Government was far from satisfactory—the house have generally supported her Majesty's Ministers. They did that because the noble lord told us frankly, candidly, and repeatedly that they entered into that Conference with a definite object and a definite view, No one wished to hold the noble lord down pedantically to a definite engagement or definite details. All we wanted was, that his policy should be maintained. We gave the noble lord full credit for these assurances ; there was a suspension of arms for a month. I myself hold that as a question of great importance, having ventured to remind the house that a Conference without an armistice, without a sus pension of hostilities, was generally fruitless and unsatis factory. Now the month is over, and, under any circum stances, were there no rumours of suspicion —were there no cause which justified a man in thinking that was happening which was not for the honour of England or Englishmen— were there no cause existing which could make the House of Commons suppose that the policy of her Majesty's Go vernment was changed —were everything as smooth as a summer sea —were there no cause for anxiety and for dark distrust in the public mind—still I maintain it would have been the office and duty of a Minister on such an occasion, and under such circumstances as the continuation of an armistice, to come down and give some account of the po licy and of the progress of these negotiations, to reassure the public mind, and to give them some confidence in public transantions. They ought, at least, to have reiterated the conditions of the policy which Parliament had sanctioned, if not by public vote, at least by their silence. The noble lord, I say, ought to have been called to account, even if there was no cause for anxiety, But if it be the fact that the Government, in this interval, have entirely changed their policy—if they are themselves perpetrating that partition of Denmark which only five months ago they were stirring up a European war to prevent—then I say it is a mockery of this house for the noble lord, under such circumstances, to remain silent. (Loud cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON rose to reply, and was loudly cheered. He said—Sir, we have heard a magnificent display of virtuous indignation. (Cheers, and cries of Oh, oh.) The right hon. gentleman knows he is attacking ace in a posi tion in which I cannot enter into that defence which I otherwise would go into. (Oh, oh, and cheers.) He is like a man who attacks another with his arms tied , behind him. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1864. (Laughter.) He knows—because he has been in office him self—he knows :list iam tongue-tied at the present mos meat, and that I cannot go into all atibt'ibi• to the charges which have been showered upon me. Sir, the right hon. gen tielnan has a policy. He always talks of a policy, and boasts of a policy, and reproaches those who have no policy. Well, I challenge him to say what fhat policy is. (Loud cheers and counter-cheer);) t 'et him tell us fairly what he wants the Govathnient to do, and let him ask this House, after having is s upported her Majesty's Government, if they will adopt the policy which he thinks the country ought to follow. (Mi nisterial cheers.) Let him iJiopoSe a Vete that this House will support the Crown by all money and means to give ed'ett to that policy. (Cheers.) When he does that, I shall then say he is sincere in the course which he adopts in this House. Sir, those who know What a negotiation Is, espe cially a negotiation tarried on With powers who hold a great variety of views and different interests at stake—and the right heti, gentleman knows or ought to knoW—mnst be aware that to state from day to day what had been the re sult of this Conference would endanger the result which everybody who is anxious for the :peace of Europe must wish for. (Cheers.) Therefore ) in spite of the attacks of the right bon. gentleman, I shall not be induced to violate what I believe to be my duty, and I must decline to state to the House from day to day all that passes at the meeting of the Conference, what each member said—(Cries of " No, no" from the Opposition benches)—and what they intended to do. (No, no.) That is what the right hon. gentleman wants. (No, no.) That is what he wants. (No, no, and cheers.) Foreign papers tell him, and he wants me to go into the details as these foreign papers do, (Renewed cries of " No, no.") Sir, there is a great difference in the posi tion of a Prime Minister in this House, and that of the reports circulating in foreign newspapers. The right hon. gentleman is at liberty to attack this statement, but, though I have the greatest respect for this House, and think they ought to be informed of anything of public interest— I shall not go beyond my duty to satisfy the desire of this House, being sure that this House will not wish use to go into details which ought not to be made public. (Hear, hear.) When the negotiations going on have arrived at a stage when it will be consistent with the duty of Govern ment and the national interest to make known to the House what we have agreed to and proposed, I am quite satisfied that we shall be quite able to convince the House that in this matter we have acted according to our duty and for the best interests of the country. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) Mr S. FITZGERALD said that the noble lord (Palmer ston) had misrepresented what his right lion friend (Mr Disraeli) had required of him. What his right hon friend, what the house, and what the country required to know was whether her Majesty's Government had been the very parties to propose in the Conference that dismemberment of Denmark which they had denounced only a few months since, which they had decided would be a just cause of war, and to prevent which they had declared their willingness to join France and Russia in giving material aid to Denmark. Lord R. CECIL regretted that no member of the Treasury bench had thought fit to answer his right hon friend, and give the House of Commons the information which it asked, The noble lord (Palmerston) knew that if, by veiling him self behind his position as a negotiator, he could put off rendering to the House of Commons the account which he was bound to render to it until the summer was so far ad vanced that the question could not be gone into, his Go vernment was safe at least for this year. (Hear, hear.) He thought the noble lord was making an experiment on the patience of the house and of the country, which would not be answered by the results. It was idle to talk of details, when they all knew that the noble lord had made a complete change of policy, and that the dismemberment of Denmark had been approved—nay, proposed—by het Majesty's Go vernment themselves. The reason why the House of Commons and the country were beginning to get impatient at the length of these Conferences was because they more than suspected that, under the auspices of the noble lord, England, while professing to befriend Denmark, was in reality betraying her. Mr KINGLAKE said it would indeed be lamentable if the language used on either side of the house should have the effect of extorting from her Majesty's Govern ment any declaration perilous to the peace of Europe. While fully appreciating the force of the arguments of the right hon gentleman opposite (Mr Disraeli), that the silence of the House had been purchased by the declaration of principles made by her Majesty's Government—(hear) — he would call the attention of the house to the fact that immediately preceding the Conference question after ques. lion had been asked as to the basis upon which the parties were to go into the Conference, and that at last her Ma jesty's Government had, with great reluctance, declared that the parties to the Conference would meet without any other basis than the desire to restore peace in the north of Europe. Surely that statement was a retraction of those other impossible principles which her Majesty's Govern ment had propounded to the house in the earlier part of the session, and he thought it becoming in all those who valued the peace of Europe rather to welcome the retirement of her Majesty's Government from a position which was perceived all over Europe to be untenable, than to render that retire ment difficult by taunting them with the words they Lad used in the earlier part of the session. Mr D. GRIFFITHS thought the noble Lord (Palmer ston) would assume great responsibility in prol aging the armistice—if war should eventually break out afresh—be cause the present weather was the most favourable to naval operations in the Baltic. With regard to the dismember ment of the Danish kingdom, he thought if a line could be drawn which would separate the Danes from enemies who had proved themselves so ruthless, unscrupulous, and brutal as the Germans had proved themselves to be, it would be a satisfactory arrangement. Sir A. VERNEY said that no union of the German popu lation of Schleswig-Holstein with the Danish crown would lead to a permanent peace. It any portion of Schleswig desired to be united to Denmark, he hoped that the in habitants would have a constitutional opportunity of ex pressing that feeling, as no other means which could be devisel would lead to permanent peace, The subject then dropped. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he would lay upon the table of the house the correspondence between the prelates and the Government, that the house might know what are the ob jections of the prelates which prevent her Majesty's Go vernment from introducing any measure for the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts. He urged the necessity of a measure to remedy the abuses of the Courts and the im • perfect st ate of the law, observing it was suggested that the necessary reforms were opposed on account of private in- terest, and ho wished to learn the grounds of s objection. The delay of reform was unjust to both the clergy and the laity. Sir G. GREY explained some of the practical difficulties in the way of the measures, and the cause of delay. The Lord Chancellor, however, he said, hoped to be able co in troduce a bill during the present session. There had been no correspondence on the subject. The house then went into a Committee of Supply upon the Civil Service Estimates. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. COWPER, in moving a supplementary estimate of £lO,OOO on account of the new N a ti ona l G a llery at Bur- lington-house, gave a history of past proceedings of com missions and committees with reference to the site of the Gallery, and proceeded to explain the intentions of the Government and the dimensions of the proposed new Luild ing, as detailed in a statement accompanying the estimate. The entire cost of the building was estimated at £152,000, and he was of opinion that the proposed site was the best that could be obtained for the purpose, and that the pro posal was an economical one. Lord J. MANNERS opposed the vote. The advantages of Trafalgar-square as the site of a national gallery had been acknowledged by the highest authorities, and it was the best in every point of view. There was room enough s m ight be obtained when there for the pictures at p resen t, and would be f o r some years to come, and additional pace necessary. Not a word had been said by Mr. Cow p er i n regard to any stipulation with the Royal Academy, and he could not hnlp thinking that the building in Trafalgar square was to be handed over to the Academy without any engagement whatever. He urged the Committee to come to a clear and decisive resolution upon the question. Mr. GREGORY supported most cordially the proposal of the Government. if te site of Bur cAo. w S M p I E T R EI s a o i p d p i o t s e w d as i t . pro posed, h 11 , r 31 1 r.. lington-house was adopted for the National Gallery, to hand over the building in Trafalgar-square to the Royal Aca demy, but no arrangement had yet been made as to the terms. Mr. S. Booth, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Ferrand, and Mr. H. Seymour spoke against the vote; Lord Eleho and Mr. Walter in its favour. Lord PALMERSTON explained the grounds upon which he had altered his views as to the site of a National Gallery, and argued that considering the large expense which would attend the necessary alterations in Trafalgar square, on the ground of economy, there could be no ques tion that the Government proposal was the preferable one. Mr. OSBORNE reminded the house that in 1860 it had voted 517,000 on the express ground that the building in Trafalgar-square was to be a permanent gallery for the re ception of the national pictures. Upon a divsion, the numbers wore — For the amendment 174 For the motion 122 Majority against the Government —52 Various votes having been agreed to, the CHAIRMAN was ordered to report progress. The Government Annuities, Scc., Bill was recommitted, and received certain amendments. The Public and Refreshment Houses (Metropolis) Bill was committed pro' forma. Other bills were forwarded, and the remaining business having been disposed of, The house adjourned at a quarter to 2 o'clock. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all dcbts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court o f Bankruptcy, Charges under £5 payable by easy instalme nts. Offices— (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City bra anti— 6, Moor gate, atreet, Bank.—ADVT. The Great Prize of Paris. The race for the Great tit of Paris bids fair the Derby in, , and espeeially if it be teinetobered that the interest of a Derby-day is not Conlieci id the ex. ploits of the course. As yet the great French race is in its infancy. It was run last year for the first time, but although it is still of tender age—although many English Men and women who rejoice in the speetaole Of our Epsom games have never even heard of it, the institution has at once asserted its pre-eminence, and has come to be re garded a 6 one of the chief attractions of the racing year. How could it be otherwise, considering the *endour of the prize and the charms of the racecourse ? There is fed such prize offered on any known field. What the winner of the Derby carries off is not in the etriet sense a prize ; it is a sweepstakes, A certain sum of money is stitscribed by the owner of every horse entered for the race, and to that sum there is nothing added. a the great French race the win ner carries off not only the stakes which hate been sub scribed by 120 horses (which, by the way, is about half the number of entries for the Derby), but also a work of art offered by the Emperor, and £4,000 in money offered by the city of Paris and five railway companies. The contention for this magnificent prize takes place on the finest course in the world, within easy distance of the most pleasant of all cities. Suppose a beautiful racecourse, arranged with the rare skill that Frenchmen show in administration, sur rounded with fine scenery, honoured as Ascot is by the pre sence of. the Court, and situated, as it were, in Holland park, not far from the heart of London—what could be more perfect ? if the French have envied us the enthu siasm of the Derby-day, they may now boast that they have established near their metropolis an equestrian festival which, as far as the mere framework goes, worthily rivals our own. It says something for the great race that there were no less than 126 entries for it—but surely it is dis appointing that of these only five ran. Of the original entries by far tbo greater number were of English horses; of the few that ran only one belonged to an Eng lish stable. If English horses were scarce, English visitors were plenty, and seemed to have the most business on their hmnds all about the course. Especially upon them devolved the business of cheering the Emperor and Empress. They crowded about the box in which Napoleon 111. stood con spicuous, and cheered him in a manner from which the French themselves held aloof. When the ladies in lovely toilettes heard a commotion in the neighbourhood of the Imperial box, and turned to their lords for an explanation of the excitement to which they began to feel attracted, these lords turned round with imperturbable coolness to explain that it was only those foolish Anglais who were making a noise about the Emperor, Noise or no noise, they crowded about his box, and gazed with English pertinacity on the Imperial pair. With some of the English, indeed, the sight of the Emperor seemed to eclipse that of the race. Ono English dame we heard quarrelling with her spouse because, in order to see the Emperor, he would not throw away the chances of a good place from which he could see the grand contest of the day. Although the race for the Great Prize of Paris is so im portant, the manner of the festival in honour of it and the accessories have no resemblance to those of the Derby. Some Englishmen may be disposed to think that all the drunken orgies of Epsom are less to be reprehended than the Sabbath-breaking at the Bois de Boulogne; and we have therefore a word or two to say as to the day selected by our French friends for their greatest racing event. That the English disapprove the selection of such a day, and that the leading authorities on their turf should remonstrate with those of the French turf, is most natural. The Count Daru, as head of the society which presides at Long champs, wrote last year to Admiral Rous a long letter to explain how Sunday came to be selected for the race, and how no other day would suit. The fact is that the Parisian does not as yet care enough about the finest race to sacrifice his business for it, and it is only upon the day of rest that he can be coaxed into giving to the sport the patronage of his presence. Any one who `', rival went to the Bois de Boulogne on Saturday last might con vince himself of this. On a love;y day, within an easy walk of Paris, there was some very pretty racing, the Fmperor being there to see it. His subjects who came to see it with him were amazingly few. Such a sight so near to London would draw out half its population; they would not miss it for the world. The society which has got up the races gives itself a fine name, which in this connection is not without significance. We have our Jockey Club to institute races, a society of gentlemen who no doubt do much good to our breed of horses, but whose first and professed object is to enjoy the sport. Oar neighbours have their "Societe d'Encouragement pour l'Amelioration des Races de Che volts en France ;" they place in their most characteristic manner on the forefront of their title to public support the theoretic or the practical object which horse racing may be supposed to subset ve. They announce themselves not as providers of pleasure, but as patriots seeking the welfare of their country, and they are doubtless sincere in this proles ion. Also, when the city of Paris and the railway compa nies give their support to the society with the long name, and offer a prize of £4,000 for a single race, the object evi dently is not to furnish the Parisians with three minutes of superb excitement once a year, but to lead them thoroughly to interest themselves in a great national event. If pleasure were the chief object of their search, then we might extect the society to yield to our views and change the day. When pleasure is offered to the people and they refuse it, they have only themselves to blame. But seeing that the main object of the society is to compel the French to interest themselves in horses, they are justified in forgetting us en tirely and in adapting their arrangements to the convenience of the greatest number of their own countrymen. Crowds of Englishmen will go to the race whatever be the day selected, and English horses will run. The grand peculiarity of the race to an Englishman, however, arises out of its vicinity to Paris. It is just be yond the Bois de Boulogne, on the old duelling ground of Longchamps, with St. Cloud a little further to the south. We miss here the sine smooth turf of our English Downs, and find ourselves on ordinary grass land ; but the view is lovely, and all the arrangements of the course are perfect. Belted with treed; the course, with all i ts gentle undula tions, can be seen frord the enclosure in every part, except where for ab ou t fi ve secon ds n the lon g er races a clump of trees hides the view. The distance, too, are so arranged that spectat ors h ave th e pl eas ure of S2l .g in most cases . s but a few the start as we ll as th e finish. Tho race begins yards to the right of the enclosure, goes poi, the stand, then describes a circle greater or leafier or of middle size , and finally goes past the Stand again to the post, Every body can see the whole with ease ; no pushing, no gtteiet ing, no rushing about. Then there is nothing like the ex citement of luncheon on the hill at Epsom. If anybody wishes for refreshment, there are ice, lemonade, claret, and every kind of pat is serie provided for French tastes, and great fleets of tumblers containing sherries and grogs, with piles of sandwiches, for what are supposed to be the correct tastes of Englishmen and Anglomaniacs. But the orgies of luncheon are beyond the desires of a people who breakfast between 11 and 12. who can walk if they choose from their homes to the racecourse, and walk back again with little fatigue. The presence of the Court added to the brilliancy and the stately quiet of the scene. Never on any race course have we seen such wonderful decorum. As a small proof of it we venture to state an incredible fact. Is it pos sible to believe that the everlasting and inevitable dog was not to be found on the racecourse at Longchamps? That necessary attendant of our races, where he flies with frantic terror along the course, amid the yells of an admiring populace —was utterly extinguished and put out of sight by the civil power. It is a very old saying of a very old Frenchman that we in England take our pleasure sadly. But on one who has been accustomed to the uproarious jollity of a Derby -day, and to hear all the chaff that flies on the road to Epsom, the idea begins to dawn that even our French neighbours can be stiff, staid, and even triste in their pleasures. On the road to Long champs the nearest approach to a joke which we saw was one which was not intended. All along the way men were engaged in watering th roads with force pumps, a kind of enormous squirt attached to piping that runs upon wheels.. All along the road men were exercising those heavy squirts in every direction for the purpose of allaying the dust, and it was only by great attention and skill that they could avoid covering the passengers with spray. Suddenly a splendid equipage might be seen in the Bois de Boulogne, throwing all else into the shade, the ladies whom it contained in the gayest dresses, the coachman beautifully powdered, the horses with high action, sleek and, glittering. Nothing in the whole order of the universe could be more correct, more stately, more exalted above the accidents an infirmities of mundane existence. Behold, as we are admiring at a bumble distance this faultless equipage, Jacques Bonhomme directs right upon the coachman's left ear his ;enormous squirt, nearly knocks him off his box, and covers with un kindly spray the fair denizens of the carriage. Well, we do not complain. Life is full of compromises and compensa tions. If in the Paris race we miss the jollity of a Desby day, and sigh for some little outbreak of humour, we are perhaps paid for our loss by the comfort of the journey, its calmness, its easiness, its ladylike decorum. The recent struggle for the Derby, which ended in the victory of Blair Athol, detracted to some extent from the interest of the French race. There were few persons who did not believe that the Derby winner's superiority over all colts of the same age was firmly established, and if he really were the horse which he seemed to be, then there could be little doubt as to the issue of the French race, pro vided it were fairly run. No great hopes were entertained of his chief antagonist, who had, nevertheless, proved her self the best filly of her year, and, indeed, the running of this animal, and not only of her, but also of other horses belonging to the Comte de Lagrange, as Hospodar, Stra della, and Jarnicoton, had provoked so much criticism that many who expected to see Fille de l' Air beaten were much helped to that thought by their wishes. Tho performances of this mare have been, to say the least of it, u nsatisfactory. She had during the spring lost the Two Thousand Guineas, for which she was first favouzite, and she also lost the cor rec7onding rac e i n France. Yet immediately afterwards she won the French Oaks, or, as they call it, the Prize of Diana, with ridiculous ease, and but a few days back she won our own Oaks without any trouble. On the occasion of the last named victory our neighbours across the Chan nel were puzzled to understand what could be the meaning of the demonstration against tho winner, and the question was asked,—" Is this the result of the Commercial Treaty, that these English cannot brook the success of a French horse ?" Our continental friends have since then been p en id li i g ti h es te o n f ed s , om an e d o n f owtheweF b a e ri l s iev p e ap th e a rs t : in w hspicihtehoafrpthoenstthue -I:evenge of Waterloo achieted by File de l'Air, and vainly -.seine that the English can be jealous of a horse bred parents simply because it has fed on French torn and is owned by 1;, French subject, they begin to un. derstand that the anger of the English mob was directed, not against the success of a French horse, but against the success of a horse whose previous performances had been most unaccountable. The only other com petitor 'who was supposed to have something of a chance was . Dois lionesel, the winner of the French Derby, in honour of whom Mademoiselle Isabelle, the well-known flower girl at all the French races, Wore the colours of M. Dehurtarre. Bois Roussel is a heavy-looking horse, from whom, although it was supposed that he Can stay well, not much was expected ; and still less did his stable companion and half brother, Vermont, excite great expectations. Vermont was known, indeed, as the winner of the Prix de Frintemps—a race run on precisely the same course as that of the great race of Sunday last, but that was his only known public perfor- mance, and it was not regarded as sufficient to establish his character. In point of fact it had so little established his character, tha,, his owner, M. Delamarre, apparently did not expect to win upu: him, but put him into the race to peed that ultimately would force the running and make 1,• 8 tell in favour of Bois Roused when it would be time enough for the latter to go forward and win. Sunday was a magnificent day for the race, although so warm that it added to the hardness of the ground. All Paris went out to see it and made a splendid show, although we must add that as regards the number of individuals and of equipages even Ascot, which is 25 miles from London, far outvies Longchamps. A great concourse of people assembled of all grades, in which what was most conspicuous were the lovely dresses with the exquisitely chosen colours of the French dames. Surely in no out-of door spectacle in the world could such a show present it self. That part of the ground immediately before the Grand Stand which at Epsom is allotted to the betting men is at Longchamps made a promenade for the ladies, and there they sit in chairs right in front of the racecourse, while the benches of the stand range down to the ground. The sight was very gay and pretty, and especially in the neighbourhood of the Imperial box, but all round the course bright crowds in light dresses assembled to gaze upon the contest, which, more particularly since the reception File da l'Air received at Epsom, has come to be regarded with patriotic interest. Great was the excitement as to the issue of the event when it was heard that Blair Athol had been detained at Folkstone, and had arrived only the night before. Frenchmen, when they heard of his deten tion, began to brighten up, and told each other confiden tially that the horse would not appear at all. Englishmen, too, began to lose confidence in him, and it was not until his arrival was reported that his position in public favour was recovered. Then, and especially when he was said to have cantered well on the racecourse, he rose in the betting, till the odds of 2to 1 were ventured on him. In the same, and indeed much greater proportion, Fille de l'Air declined in public favour, so that when the time for the race came 3 to 1 was offered against her and no one would take it. When she appeared on the course, however, she was greatly cheered, not because those who cheered had any distinct knowledge of her capabilities, but because their patriot zeal led them to wish success to the French mare. On her back alone the honour of France was supposed to rest, and it was for her to vindicate France against perfidious Albion represented by Blair Athol. Less notice was taken of Bois Roussel and Vermont, and few indeed of those who saw the race could tell the difference between the two horses. The former is a dark bay horse with one white fetlock; the latter a bright bay, with three white legs. Bois Roussel is a stiff, sturdy, large made horse ; Vermont is light, airy, and of more striking action when gallopping. His style of going, indeed, was so conspicuous that after his preliminary canter he enlisted many supporters who had previously not even recognised his existence. As for baronello, the only other horse that ran, he mightily pleased the ladies, but he was not fated to bring any greater success to the house of Rothschild than Breeze or Tomato obtained at Epsom. The horses got off at the first start, Vermont leading, and Blair Athol biding his time behind. That Vermont should lead was precisely what the public expected. They regarded Bois Roussel as the better horse, and sup posed that it was the business of Vermont to make the running for his stable companion. The conclusion which was drawn from the position of the horses as they passed the stand was that if either of M. Delaniarre'a horses was to win it would certainly be the hindmost. As they want round the first turn by the mill, Vermont still held the foremost place, but whereas hitherto Bois Roussel had followed next, Baronello being third, the last of these now for a time took the second place, Bois Roussel dropt into the third place, while Fille de l'Air remained as from the start, fourth, and Blair Athol last. Very much in this order the race continued up the gently undulating distance which may be called a hill, and the only point which need be particularly specified is that Baronello soon gave way, and lost all chance of coming again into the race. At the top of the hill the pace, which had before been indifferent, improved, and Fille de l'Air rushed to the front, she and Vermont coming on by themselves down the hill, at the bottom of which Blair Athol joined them. Here, for a second or two, the anticipations which unlearned men would have formed from the betting seemed about to be realised inasmuch as the two favourites appeared to be going faster than Vermont, who was nevertheless still leading. The emotion excited by this advance was only transitory, as Fille de l'Air was almost instantaneously disposed of, and Challoner's pursuit of the leader was, in less rime than we take to mention the fact, discovered to be futile. Nothing daunted, however, he continued his efforts to the half dis tance, when perfidious Albion was fain to acknowledge herself beaten, and Vermont, who continued without fal tering the same magnificent action which had characterised his running throughout, won easily at the last by two lengths. Whether the extra three furlongs over and above the Derby Course did or did not prove fatal to Blair Athol's chance, we do not here attempt to decide; but the facts re main that at the Derby distance he looked as like a winner as anything could well be, and that when that distance was overpassed he was practically disposed of. It may be supposed that the result of the great race pro duced considerable excitement. The crowd rushed to the judge's chair to hear the name of the winner, but being too excited in the belief that it was Bois Roussel, had no ears fur anything but their own responding shouts. They shouted, their hats, turned to the Emperor, and cheered him sad v„,_ -tout in the name of France. The crush at this point eras tre , s ^ndous, the roar of the huzzas rent the air, and the Zroperor Mowed in acknowledgment of the glory of victory. it cl es t rro gnifivte I c'est magnifique I" were the only words heard on French lip, for the rest of the day. s o Ladies and gentlemen, as they accost d each other, all said without exception, " C'est magnifique P.' Not content with cheering, clapping their hands, and crying PW.agnifique," they hissed Blair Athol and Challoner who rode hiu; with a right good will. There was a perfect storm of hisses, the meatjng of whi2h could not be mistaken. It was of course a bitter exclosion of rage against England, which in the moment of victory might well have been spared, even if there was just cause for it. We have explained, however, that the exciting cause of this demonstration was based in error. Englishmen have no hostile feeling to French horses. The Sporting Gazette of last Saturday made with admirable point a quotation from Juvenal, which pears directly on this question : " Laudamus equum, facili cui plurima palms Fervet, et easulta . t ratio) victoria circo; Nobilis hic, quocunque venii de gramine, cujus Clara fuga ante alios et primus in sequore pulvis." What matters it to us on what grass or hay the horse has fed? It is the venale peeus who are mentioned in the very next line, and who contrive by innumerable arts to surround and turn to doubtful uses the noble animal, that we have to dread; and it is because the owner of Fille de l'Air, or some one in his employment, incurred the suspicion of being, it may be without knowing it, connected with such a herd, that the English resentment against the French mare was aroused. If Englishmen have had a feeling against Fille de l'Air they have no feeling whatever against such a horse as Vermout, whose success on Sunday last may be accepted as thoroughly deserved, since no better test of a horse's powers can be devised than that it should make all the running in a race, and from start to finish should never once be out paced. Fille de l'Air was so unfortunate as not even to obtain a place in the judge's list. She passed the chair third, but her jockey neglected to weigh afterwards, and consequently was, by racing law, distanced, -so that the honour and profit of third place were given to Bois Roussel. Four races besides that for the Great Prize were run on Sunday, and the last of these came off about 5 o'clock. Then came the rush homewards—carriages, horses, awl foot passengers in little order striving who should be first. Not withstanding the crowd of carriages, which, down the Champs Elysees, formed about six unbroken streams ad. vancing in parallel lines, the drive through the Bois de Boulogne and along the Champs Elysees afforded a plea sant ending to a day of great interest. It was, at least, a novelty for an Englishman to find himself, amid all the heat and turmoil of a racecourse, and after a quiet journey of scarcely an hour, safe again at his own door. ADVERTISEMENT.]' -Avoid medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, Paris, of a Aver complaint, wasting away for seven years, debility, with a nervous p a l p it a ti on a ll over, b a d digestion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerable nervous agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1.771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange. ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Jas, T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torpi dity of the liver, whi c h h a d r esistel all medical treatment." In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., 11s. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b 10s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-s treet, Lo n d on; also Fortnum and Mason; and all Grocers and Chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. The Iron-clad Corvette Research. A series of highly interesting and important gunnery periments took place in the Channel, off Berry Head, 1 Saturday last, on board her Majesty's iron-clad Corve Research, for the purpose of putting this new and expo i mental ship to the severest twists which her fighting capa lities will have to undergo in azitual warfare. On a rece occasion the firing of her guns at Devonport with full 1 blank charges produced some trifling damage to the fur! ture of the vessel, owing, according to le erd C. Paget's s tud ment in Parliament, to the neglect of s ome of the um. precautions that are taken in men of war w h e n cleari ng` action and preparing to bring heavy guns i n to use. have also reason to believe, although the fact w 'as not t stet in Parliament, that, in addition to the decks being I: uncleared during the firing, the ship was subjected to t extraordinary and altogether unnecessary test of haulevery gun on board of her fired at once, with full c he l of powder, and with the guns placed, not in the broad parts, but in certain fore and aft ports which are des i g n for occasional and exceptional use only. We need h ard say th,et there is no ship in the entire navy designed to Ell taint th e le ,!multaneoue discharge of all her guns, but a retu which has b„en called for in the House of Commons slice that the damage.'ustained by the Research, even under the circumstances, wag ..'hut trifling, the cost of its repair amo ur ing but to .£24—X5 ee,,e materials, and £l9 for labour. The experiments on Oattirday were arranged with di regard to the objects with which the Research was d signed, and to the principles F her construction. The sh steamed from Plymouth Sound a,' daylight in cha r g e of h ee able commander, Capt. Wilmshurst, R.N., whose insti tions were to put her to thorough test under proper condong sing at firing shotted guns with full charge'a of powder l! at all ports in succession, and concentrate. A broadsides rifled and round shot at the permanent ports, 1. - om the M rest proved strong 110-pounders and 68-pounders of 95cwt. The re proved the perfect capability of the ship in every re'specas nndergo this necessary but severe ordeal. Soon after ..11 ing the Start, finding the offing tolerably clear of sh/PPbe. Capt. Wilmshurst manned the guns and cleared the 0111 for action. The first shot was fired point-blank from t ) . 68-pounder at the foremost starboard broadside port, va t] a fall charge of 121 b of powder and a solid shot. The se cond quickly followed from the Armstrong 110-pounder 0 the same side of the ship, with the same charge and a ton shot of 1101 b. The guns at the opposite broadside were nee similarly dealt with. After reloading with like shot an, charges, all four guns were " extreme trained" into P O5l , tions the most unfavourable her them, that is, with thel breeches turned towards the armorer-plated bulkheads, en in these positions were successively discharged. The in every instance remained well clear ,'f the battery eft° recoiling. Up to this point of the experiments all Beet tures for the escape of smoke from the batter y, exceP till ; the broadside ports, were kept closed, for the purpose - ascertaining what would be the worst condition Of thing, during a close without special ventilation. The exP eri ment showed that an action might well be mainfaO le ' under the circumstances ; but the relief experiell o '' during the subsequent firing, by opening the bulkheec Coors, the battery hatches, and the ventilators over thi guns, were undoubtedly very beneficial. The next firing vi i/ with the guns "extreme trained" in the opposite direction with unaltered charges, the result being equally satisfact o 9 The guns at the broadside ports having thus being ti le singly under all practicable circumstances of difficultlt P c , thing remained but to discharge them in pairs on each broa , side alternately. This was accordingly done, with fg charges of powder; on the starboard side first, and en t) port side afterwards. The shock in each case was sever' but produced no effect whatever upon the ship. The ga ll were " extreme trained" on both sides, and the shot met f" ri ' crossed each other at a very few yard s f rom th e s hip's si de, diverging afterwards until they were mor e th an a m ile gar' , This completed the firing at the broadside ports. A short/ inspection was then made by Capt. Wilmshurst and the ° l ' cers of the ship, on deck and below, and not the slightl sign of strain or breakage of any kind could be discover! although it is well known that it is a very rare occurrence in deed fur a man-of-war to clear for action, and much O r rare for her to practise all her guns with full charges 51/1 solid shot, without doing some sort of damage to her mill fittings. The experiments might have ceased at this point if t 1 1: Admiralty and Mr. Reed had been c on t en t w ith a ccomPli s " ing in this small sea-going iron 'clad all that the much Rog e ships can effect as regards range of file, for there is n ot 11 Admiral Deere's squadron a single iron-clad ship capable: firing fore and aft from within her armour plating. has, however, been attempted in the Research, and after 10 firing described above all the guns were transferred to al bulkhead ports, for bow and stern fire, loaded with 10 chargcs,and discharged over the decks and through the lon ports in the ship's,side. The guns were not fired together these positions, because as they bear in four entirely differel directions there can be no conceivable object in dischargne them all simultaneously. The jar upon the ship was mo t marked at each discharge than it had been previously, and f 0 the moment it seemed incredible that the li g ht e r fittings ° a ship could withstand such violent concussions ; but wh el discharge after discharge had taken place a thorough ex amination of the ship was again made ; b nt, with the excel tion of two small iron eyes, and two glass articles which lig been left on deck, no sort of damage was found to have bee l done to the vessel or her fittings. In order to test to the very utmost what the ship could stand, Capt. Wilmshurs t finally loaded the 68-pounders, which were now placed a l chase guns, with more than full charges, with 161b$. ° I powder in fact, and fired them in quick succession along t he decks with less than 20 degrees of the line of keel. OD renewed examina/ion even this was found to have left ever)" thing unharmed, the very pitch in the deck seams under t he muzzle of the guns being found absolutely undisturbed. The experiments of the day were concluded by a serie s of manoeuvres intended to ascertain with what frequel lc , Y the Research could ply an enemy with shot a nd shell will ° chasing her. It was found that by diverging 16 deg. from her course, she could bring the first gun to bear in 25 se °4 and, on reversing the helm, weld bring the opposite one t ° bear in 51 sec., returning to her course in 34 see. Or Thus, in less than two minutes, she can, at full speed, d l5 , - charge two guns right a head at an enemy, and returnagaill to the direct pursuit. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—JuxE 4. We had a fair show of wheat on offer at this ina ti;e : lee to-day, and the trade was fi rm a t la s t we ek' s p r ices ; 505 cl samples advanced is per qr. Beans and peas scarce, the turn dearer. Wheat, white ..42s red ..38s Barley Oats 8 5 46s Beans,Mazagan 28s 42s middle & small 32 5 38s Peas, white 35 0 - ,'"6 5 25s grey 34s " NORTHAMPTON—JUNE 4. de' With a fair quantity of wheat, previo us rates were 0 1 „ 8 420 ; — . White wheat, new, 38s to 40s ; new red, 35s to ay .. ; old. 38s to 42s per q r . B ar l e y, new ma lti ng , 34 s to 3 _ 6 ', e , grinding. 25s to 30s per q r . O a t s , 19 s t o 30 s p er 24 Si"' Beans,_34s;to 362. Peas;:,32s to 34s per qr. GLOUCESTER—JUNE 4. ° There was a goad supply of English wheat to-dal f lee ;„ the farmers, which sold at about is per qr over the 1 31 :,'" 9 0 of last week. Foreign wheat in li m it e d d eman d, and 0 0 change in value. Barley and oats as before. Beane— rather dearer. CHELMSFORD—JuNn 3. of At this corn exchange to-day there was a liberal 0 11 10 wheat, and last week's rates were firm, but an inaS business doing. In Spring corn a nominal trade, and former prices. Wheat, old white 30s 45s new 43s 47s old red 34s 37s now 36s 408 Barley ..25s 338 Chevalier ..26s 36s Grinding 20s 26s Malt.... Chevalier 64s 68s Oats 20s 26s Yeas, Partridge 365 30 White 300 /0 Boiling 3Bs 3 4 60 Dun 31s ...4 0 Ditto new --0 q m Beans, Tick, old 34s ` .. 7,4 new - 0 360 Harrow Ticks 34s new -- 5 age Mazagan . 255 RlN—JvziE 4. all kinds of grain at to . . si da r to 6d to is per qr up. KIRKCALDY We had small supplies of to-day. Wheat is 6d and oat unchanged. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....34s Od I 26s Od l6B 6d Second ..36siOd 27s Od 17s 6d Third....3Bs Od —s Od 19s 6d Births. the BRIDGE —On the 3d inst., at Ivy Bank, Nairn, wife of Major Lionel Bridge, R.H.A., of a daugh"" . oe jESSOP.--On the 6th inst., at Rusper Lodge, Dalotorif wife of John J. Jessop, Esq., of a son. ge'r . SOUTHAMPTON.—On the 4th indt , at 5, St. Gee place, Hyde-p ar k- corner , L a dy Southampton, - daughter. w ife ° f SANDILANDS.—On the let inat , at Alderney, the Captain Sandilands, Royal Artillery, of a Bon. Marriages. BURNS.—MENsLEY.—On the sth inst , at St. M a h e st Regent's-park, H. Burns Esq., to 'Selina, 1 1° "de " daughter of the late William Mensley, Esq., Cil town. GeOrg t l; LARKING.—HARE.—On the 2d inst , at St. Hanover-square, Cuthbert Larking, ' Esq., late,„°„t, of 15th Hussars, eldest son of Jthn Wingfield L a titer ughtor e' of The Firs, Kent, to the Lady Adele Hare, da the Countess and sister to the present Earl of LOW Deaths. tain BA B n a N n t a n r o d .T ß O .N n . t , h a e ge 3d B i 6 n . st., at Shrewton, Wilts," 3— CA.REY.—On the 3d d int., at Kendall, Captai n Th°roarl Carey, R.N., aged 65. Rober t HARDY.—On the 4th inst , at Tendring Hardy, aged 84 Hall, HOUGHTON.— On the 3d inst., at Waverton, ne ar um-- Henry James Houghton, Esq. ki f rec . ' MITCHELL.—On the 4th inst a t Edinburgh , Mitchell, Commander R.N. POTTER.—On the sth inst., William Potter, of Lanl place, Clapam-roa, aged 65. STACY h d .—On the 2d inst , at Abingdon, William StaeY Esq., J.P., aged 62. P....10•10011011••=11•11•011M.•••••=1.....-- g orS London : Primed and PrMialied by WILLIAIIAND—,,,, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tnz Olfice ' f 4/ ()- Strand, in the Precinct of the 'iavoy, II the Collo Middlesex.--Tuesday, June 7,1884.