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Notwithstanding the doubts and insinuations that have been so rife of late, there can be little really to take exception to in the explanation that will be tendered by the Premier to-day. He will probably give the House another opportunity of considering the clause in the Scotch Reform Bill with respect to rating, and should that prove similarly adverse, as its prede cessors to the Ministers, it will, of course, be neces sary to dissolve at once. This step, though unde sirable in some respects, most chiefly on account of its deferring the assembling of the New Parliament, is yet rendered perfectly accountable under the existing circumstances of the case. Mr. DISRAELI is not called upon to resign, and those who discourse so fluently about honour had better look at home, and think a little about honesty. Why should the words of the Ministry be weighed so scrupulously, and their every action commented upon, while it is taken for granted that nothing but the highest views and the most pure intentions animate the Opposition ; that they are, in fact, without fear and with out reproach ? The fact is, that the tactics of Mr. GLADSTONE and his party baffle all con jecture, and every allowance must be made for Ministers if they sometimes appear to be taken unawares, and not exactly armed at all points to meet the emergency ; then we have Mr. GLAD STONE calm and dignified, lending the weight of his wisdom to assist the Ministerial Council, and ad vising some suitable changes in the Boundary Bill, all the time premising that he did not wish to be factious. A night or two passes, and then behold the scene is changed, and by a sudden attack the Government is unexpectedly defeated, and all is confusion and noise. Independent lookers-on would not have so much cause to blame Mr. GLADSTONE for the course he is pursuing if he and his followers were more consistent and touk their share of the responsibility of the affair ; but what we complain of, and with justice, is, that ashamed of their conduct, they try to bewilder people and throw the blame upon their opponents. This is very unsuitable conduct, but so it is, and we defy the warmest admirer of the right hon. gentleman to show that his policy is a constitu tional one in forcing a comprehensive scheme of Church disendowment upon the expiring Parlia ment, already overburdened with woik, or that his action is just, far less generous, in seeking to make the Premier respowdble for those complications which arise from his own rapacious course, and his own insatiable desire for office. At any rate, the general feeling of the country is with Mr. llfsn.tEr.f. It has been shown repeatedly of late, and will be manifested in an unmistakable manner when an appeal to the country is made. The worst of giving way to a factious spirit is that it leads ono to lengths at first never dreamt of ; and accordingly we find Mr. GLADSTONE, who has long sought to override the House of Commons by his overbearing attitude, seeking to dictate terms to the nation at large, and refused those entrusted with the confidence of the Crown their legitimate 44, ( 1 % 5.,•& THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1868. privilege of appealing from the decisions of Par liament to those who send their members there to represent their views. If these have faith fully fulfilled their trust in honouring a Minis ter just called upon to assume the task of Premier at a critical juncture, why are they afraid or ashamed to meet their constituents? If Mr. DISRAELI has erred so greatly, they will not be blamed for his delinquencies ; but the horror, the rage, and the concentrated aversion that these Re formers feel at the approach of a dissolution merely illustrate the truth of the proverb about conscience making cowards. The House will then this after noon have the matter clearly put before it, and will be able to decide upon its own course, but the select few, the " faction," cannot expect to have their wishes realised, and walk into office without working a little harder for the privilege. Mr. DISRAELI is placed in a position that many of his predecessors have found them selves before, and some of the mcst illustrious statesmen whose names adorn the annals of Eng land have been in their day of power beset and hampered by factious spirits, but the only way to meet such attacks is to face them with boldness and decision. INre feel sure that the present Premier will not lack courage or confidence, and if he must resort to the expedient of immediate dissolution, he will meet another Parliament much stronger than he is now. The reproach and obloquy of the affair, if such there be, will rest with those who drive him to it, and so they will find to their cost when the day of reckoning arrives. Of course it stands to reason that no management can stand against the dodges and devices of those determined to obstruct public business, because every clause in the smallest and most trivial measure can be disputed ; but it comes to this—•ls the Parliament of England brought so low that it will aid and abet a leader of party in so perilous a course? and, if so, have not the Govern ment a perfect.right to appeal to the country for a solution of the problem and not to resign till they know if they are yielding to a faction instead of fulfiling the desire of the public ? It must have been a satisfaction to Mr. ETRE to have the opportunity afforded to him by express ing his feelings in the painful position in which he now finds himself. We are not surprised that the officers of the Court found it necessary to suppress the cheering which followed the close of his brief but emphatic reply yesterday when committed for trial at the Court of Queen's Bench. We entirely agree with the ex-Governor of Jamaica, that not upon him, but upon those who brought him there, " lies the foul disgrace that a public ser vant who has faithfully discharged his duty for upwards of twenty years has been after two years and a half of persecution brought to a criminal court and committed for trial for having performed his duty at a trying moment, and thereby saved indubitably a great British colony from destruction, and its well-disposed in habitants, white and black, from massacre, or worse." At this point of the speech the applause was heard, and after its suppression Mr. EYRE con cluded by declaring that he rejoiced to believe that his conduct had only been impugned by " a small and unimportant section of the community, and that the higher tribunal to which the case had been referred would not accept the decision of the Court he was then in. The large majority of his fellow-countrymen be felt satisfied did not sanction these proceedings against him, and to their sense of justice, and to their common sense, I may say, I confidently intrust my honour as a gentleman and my character as a public officer." The cheers which burst from a crowded court, and which could not then be suppressed are typical of the public sentiments oa this case, and we feel con vinced that all wha put themselves prominently forward as the prosecutors of Mr. EYRE, and who persist in keeping up this persecution, for it deserves no better term, will rue the day when they began it. We believe, with Mr. EYRE, that the higher court will pronounce his acquittal, and at this decision his countrymen will rejoice; but it is difficult to express the indignation that is felt at a public servant being even subjected to per secution for performing his duty. Those witnesses who are so ready with their details cannot be such good judges.of the affair as those of well-established reputation in Jamaica, whose testimony was all in favour of the course which Mr. EYRE took ; and if people will not attempt to realise the state of the place in the insurrection, they cannot possibly arrive at a just conclusion. It is one thing to descant upon the state of tran quillity in certain places, and another to take into account the confusion that reigned in one direction, and the spirit of sedition that was abroad in an other. The fact is, that to justify Mr. EYRE in the views of his enemies the rebellion must have attained an uncontrollable height ; and he is, there fore, to be condemned for having prevented it doing so by the adoption of vigorous measures, and the exhibition of a spirit and determination of no com mon order. The announcement made yesterday by M. ROUIIER in the French Chambers will be received with the greatest satisfaction by the general body of the English public. They will see in it the even tual triumph of their favourite policy, and may hope for its extension to other continental countries. The Emperor of the French has the credit of having been the first to break through the strong prejudice which existed abroad against the principle of free and unfettered competition. Many circum stances combined to fit him for the task, though even with his strong will and absolute power, and the growing inclination of the French for mercantile pursuits, it was one of no ordinary difficulty. Even now the opposition to free trade has not died out, and strenuous efforts have been made to restore the old effete and shackled systems. M. ROUHER'S speech yesterday dissipated all hopes that such efforts would be successful. After enter ing into some statistics showing the progress of French industry, he said that France exported to European markets to the amount of 700,000,000 f. more than England, and was only behind England in her exports to the East, he hoped that by ener getic competition, and throwing off the shackles of timid councils, the trade of France might rival that of England. M. ROUIIER'S language with regard to the abandonment of the Treaty was, contrary to the usage of French statesmen, unmistakably plain. " To those," he said, " who ask whether the Government should give notice of withdrawal from the Treaty of Commerce, we reply point blank—no !" The EMPEROR, he added, had the right to conclude treaties of commerce independently of the Legislature, but for the future it was in tended to have recourse to the Chambers when there was a question of reforming the Customs tariff, an announcement that was received with cheers, the only condition which M. RoUHER attached to it being that the Legislative powers must be exercised in the path of progress. This condition no one really interested in the material welfare of France would dispute, and the Government can speak con fidently after the success which has attended the 1 EMPEROR'S experiment. It is notorious that French industry has made &uprising progress during the last few years, so much so that our merchants and manufacturers who were formerly facile princeps in all commercial transactions now find the French dangerous rivals. It is very possible that the stimulus which this supplies may eventually prove of service to onr English manufacturers and work men, who were somewhat inclined, like others whose position is assured, to neglect the qualities which won it for them. Hitherto, however, so far from the treaty of 1860 operating injuriously upon French trade, it is rather the English traders who have to complain of the advantages won by their rivals, and of this the Imperial Government, judg ing from the speech of M. ROUTER, appear to be fully sensible. So conclusive were the arguments lie adduced that little opposition seems to have been made to them, M. JULES SIMoN merely remarking that political liberty should accompany freedom of commerce. In waiting for this desirable con junction we may at least rejoice to see com mercial liberty becoming firmly established on the Continent. The example and the pros perity of France will do more to encourage other nations to enter upon the same courin than a thousand diplomatic efforts or impressive speeches. In Berlin, where their Customs Pariament is busy discussing the tariff, the Government and people have alike much to learn, both wish respect to political and commercial liberty. Yesterday the trial of the 22 Hanoverians was concluded, FREESE being acquitted, but the others found guilty on the charge of committing acts of inci pient high treason. HAWALD was condenined to a year and three months' imprisonment, and the rest to one year's imprisonment. So long as a system like this is in vogue Prussia need not hope to keep pace with other nations, either politically, commercially, or socially. The difference of opinion respecting Sir C. O'LOGHLEN'S Libel Bill are very strongly marked, and it was not a little curious last night to observe how animated was the debate on a matter which might be supposed to be very unexciting and com monplace. The legal members of the House natu rally took a very prominent part in the discussion, and held various opinions, even the Solicitor-Clene ral and the Attorney-General being found on oppo site sides. The supporters and the opponents of the measure alike mustered a respectable force in numbers and in ability ; and, on the whole, the general feeling of the House was in favour of the Bill, which has advanced a stage by a majority of seventy, the house going into com mittee. The common sense of the question will certainly appear to unprejudiced persons to be with the framer of the bill, but perhaps members of Par liament are naturally not quite impartial judges, inasmuch as they k now so well the imprud e n ces be betrayed in th e w of hi d e i h sc a us can scarcely esti ma t e into heat s public t s l pa that a t k h e e r y m ay the hardships of the editor, giving what he be lieves to be a fair retort, without the slightest per sonal feeling, and finding himself forthwith involved in ruinous expenses. On the whole, the bill is calculated to meet the difficulties of the case, and we hope will become law. LATEST INTELL MENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 20, Evening. The minority of the Budget Committee have resolved to propose to the Reichsrath the imposition of a tax of 20 per cent. on the coupons of the general debt, and of 13 per cent. on the coupons of those debts which had previously been declared free of taxation. They also propose that a tax of 20 per cent. only, and not 25 per cent. as proposed by the majority of the committee, shall be levied upon prizes in the State lottery. SPAIN. MADRID, May 20, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Congress the bill for granting pecuniary aid to railway companies was adopted. N. Gonzalez Bravo then read a royal decree sus pending the sittings of the Cortes. MOLDAVIA. BUCHAREST, May 20. Several cannons, which were declared at the Custom House as goods, have arrived here from Prussia via Galicia. Great activity prevails in the arsenal here. FRANCE. PARIS, May 21. The ffloniteur de l' Armee of to-day publishes an article denying that General Failly, on taking com mand of the troops at Chalons, made use of lan guage expressing the near probability of war. It shows that the camp of instruction has been formed not in view of an approaching war, but because it was a necessity on account of the conversion of arms. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, May 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 204 passengers, £4,690 in specie, and raw silk of the value of £4,500. The Ceylon experienced fine weather during the voyage. On 17th inst. spoke the transport Serapis, and on the 19th the steamer Tan j ore. On the morning of the 15th the British barque Lybia, of Liverpool, from Trieste and Venice, laden with grain for London, struck on the Pearl Rock, and immediately commenced filling. Tugs were sent off to save as much of the cargo as was possible before she went down• GIBRALTAR, May 17. News from Tetuan reports the cap ture and cxe cation of the Moorish a ssass i ns , Asia and Emteely. Both culprits were b3headed, and their heads ex , . posed to public view in the market place. The Spanish steamer Primers de Puutales ex ploded, and sunk.in the harbour of Cadiz• . _ The Governor of Tanjore, Sid Reroom, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Sultan's army, and Kaid Abbas has been a ppointed Bashaw of the Province of Tripoli. Exchange on London, 49a ; on Paris, sf. 22c. ; on Madrid, par to i dis. . _ On board the Ceylon is a fine specimen of a young elephant from Ceylon, consigned to Mr. Castang, of Leadenhall market. ANOTHER MANSION DESTROYED BY FlRE.—Late on Monday night the noble residence of Mr. Maxwell, at Munches, near Dalbeattio, was destroyed by fire, and nearly all its valuable contents consumed. The fire ori ginated in the nursery, from, it is supposed, the lightning, which flashed with great vividness at the time ; and horn the trees the flames communicated with the mansion, which was completely gutted, and left a smouldering heap of ruins. About eleven o'clock a special train, with a fire engine, left Dumfries, but any help which could he ren dered by that means was then small. Yesterday the ruins wore still smoking, and hundreds of people crowded from miles around to witness the desolation of what only the day before was one of the noblest mansions in tke south of Scotland. The lightning, which is supposed to have caused the disaster, was exceedingly bright throughout the entire district, as well as in the north-west of Eng lant—Maitchater Examiner. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. "„rrtom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, May 20. At length the great free trade debate is over. M. Rouhey continued his speech to-day. He declared emphatically that the Emperor would not surrender his right to make treaties, and would not withdraw from the commercial treaty. At the same time he intimated that certain concessions would be made which would materially modify the treaty, because the Legislature would in future be consulted %bout the details of the tariff. This, of course, is only right; at the same time there is considerable reason to fear that the Corps Lfgislatif will seriously increase the duties on foreign imports so soon as the term of the present treaty expires. This debate—one of the most important that has taken place under the Empire—has led to an incident which attracts much interest. M. Pouyer-Quertier, in his remarkable speech (by far the ablest on the Protectionist side), impugned the accuracy of the Government statistics, declaring that in arriving at the tonnage of imports the number of tons received at the port of entry was multiplied by the number of kilometres over which the goods were conveyed inland. So that if 100 tons of coals were received at Dieppe and trans ported thence to Paris, they would be entered as 20,000 kilometrical tons, Paris being 200 kilometres from Dieppe. There is no reason why M. Rouher should not swell his returns still more by calling them metrical tons, in which case the original 100 tons would figure for 20,000,000, a feat of multiplication that even Falstaff might envy. M. Rouher, when speaking on Tuesday, declared that the official figures were unassailable, and thereupon M. Pouyer-Quertier and M. Jules Brame, who opened the debate, have offered to give the Empress £4,000 for the hundred poorest families of France if they do not prove that in the table of the " United Imports and Exports" the great majority of the articles are counted twice, once on being entered inwards; and once on being entered outwards ; the jury to consist of four persons, two chosenby the challengers, two by the Govern iient, and the President of the Corps Legislatif to preside and have the casting vote, it being understood that the other side will pay the same amount if they lose. It is rumoured that M. Rouher will accept the challenge. I doubt it, however. In his free trade policy, the Minister receives the support of the Opposition journals, yet even one of the most Liberal of them—the Avenir National — declares that his figures are wrong. A day or two ago this journal would not credit M. Pouyer-Quertier's allega tions, declaring that Ministers might make a mistake of thousands, but certainly not of milliards. However, it now admits that the snore serious blunder has been com mitted. M. Vitu has, as I mentioned, replied to M. Horn's damaging pamphlet, " Le Bilan de l'Empire," and M. Horn is now going to answer M. Vitu's reply. Great amusement has been caused by a misprint in the title of M. Vitu's brochure, and which is spelt " Les Finaces de l'Empire," a word which when spoken most unfortunately suggests another word, finesse—to act in a cunning manner. Of course M. V.tu blames the printer, but the public declare that there is no mistake. • The Archbishop of Algiers had a private interview with the Emperor to-day, and the semi-official journals are instructed to announce that the difficulty between the archbishop and the governor of Algeria has been got over. The same j urnals assert t hat the difference with the Tunisian Government is in course of settlement. It is to be hoped that this latter piece of news is true. It has caused considerable commotion in high diplomatic circles, and the English, Italian, and Prussian Ministers in Paris have had to speak their minds pretty plainly to the Marquis de Moustier, who was for extreme measures. The Emperor has just been fficially informed of the death of King Ludes: Pavaria. Considering that the King died in February, and that the Emperor went into mourning for him on March 3, and was out of mourning two months ago, this official information was not very novel. Court e';'quette still seen.s unchanged by steam and electrici y. The Viceroy of Egypt is expected to pay us anoth(r visit this summer. Ido not know if he comes for pleasure or business. His Highness is always wanting to raise money ; but then he is also passionately fond of the opera, and I believe there is none at Alexandria or Cairo. At the last meeting of the Academy, M. Dumas, tne secretary, read a eulogium on Faraday, which was very warmly al pLuded. Another item of scientific news is that M. Gaudin has disco% ered a process by which he can manufacture crystals of any shape and colour, and so hard that they will cut glass. In other words, they will be un distinguishable from diamonds. There should be weeping at Amsterdam and in Golconda. The yearly campaign against the cockchafers has_ just been waged with more than usual mercilessness. Moro than 15,000 litres of these insects have been destroyed in the woods of Vincennes alone. They are shaken from the trees after gorging into water impregnated with gas, which kills them at once. They arc then used for manure. At Rouen these " abominable insects," as they are called, have been so numerous that people struck thtm down as they flew in the air. A certain M. Gueroult and four assistants kill d 1,4001 b. weight .)f them in a f .11r h urs. The Florence correspondent of the Morning Herald says that while the Princers Irgaret is adored b.,. t'ie Italians, her husband is anything b.t popular. He is reserve: and haughty, takes no notice of any salutes or applause, dis plays a most irritating hauteur to those who address him, and has the singular want of ju lgment to speak always in French instead of the national language. All these are serious misfortunes for the House of Savoy, which must for a long time maintain its rule over the greater part of Ita l y on ly by the personal popularity of its members. So f ar as the whole country, save Piedmont, is concerned, the reigning house has no dynastic claims u p on th e p eop l e . It i s a pity the Prince's friends do not warn him of the danger he is incurring by his haughtiness of demeanour. There seems to be at least an apparent reconciliation between the Queen of Spain and the Duchess of Montpen sier. It is doubtful, however, whether the reconciliation is real. The Queen is intensely jealous of her sister, both on account of the duchess's superior morals and the love and respect which are generally felt for her. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Star tells the following story, which, as he rightly says, seems too good to be true. He writes : " You will remember the adven ture of the Prussian Engineer officers whose good pleasure it was to spend some days in the vicinity of Meudon, and in the garb of workmen to drink at a cabaret by an unac counted•for accident frequented by the men employed in the manufacture of the portable cannon invented by the Emperor. The story goes that Marshal Niel is particu larly curious as to the manufacture of German beer, and, wishing to ascertain precisely the amount of hops used in breweries along the Rhine, sent a party of French Engineer o fficers to make inquiries on this interesting subject. By another unaccounted-for accident these officers were only interested in the manner in which beer was made in for tress towns. This peculiarity struck M. de Bismarck, who, to save further trouble and expense, has obligingly forwarded Marshal Neil plans of all the Prussian-Rhenane fortresses, together with a design of the best breweries in each of the Rhenane frontier cities." Count Bismarck has received another serious check in the Customs Parliament. That body has rejected by two to one the proposal to levy a duty upon petroleum, having previously rejected the proposed tax upon tobacco. What is to be done without funds? When the Prussian Premier received a similar defeat in his own Parliament he stopped the works at Kiel and the construction of new ships. He will now have to reduce the War Budget of the Confedera. tion. And yet tobacco, at all events, was not overtaxed in Germany. This is proved by the fact that whereas every Englishman smokes on an average 1•371 b. of tobacco per annum, every Frenchman 113 b.:every German smoked 3191 b., or nearly three times as much as a Frenchman, and just 31.91 b. more than is good for him. There appears to be an unusual and indeed almost inde corous haste in selecting candidates for the representation of Dublin. Before Sir Benjamin Guinness had been dead twenty-four hours the Conservative Registration Society of the city assembled, and, having adopted a vote of con dolence with the family of the late baronet, unanimously adopted a resolution calling upon Sir Arthur Guinness, h.s eldest son, to allow himself to be put in nomination for the vacancy in the representation of Dublin, and pro mised to use every exertion to secure his return. Should Sir Arthur decline to stand, it is likely that Sir Edward Grogan, who formerly represented the city with Mr. John Vance, will be brought forward. The hon. baronet did not offer himself at the last election. He is an antagonist who will demand the full and united force of the Liberal party to defeat. The Liberals have already named three candidates. 'I he first in order is Sir D. J. Corrigan, physician to the Queen in Ireland, but as on educational matters his views do not agree with those of Cardinal Cullen, Sir Dominick would in all probability offer himself in vain. After him Mr. Matthew Davy, a brewer in large business, and a Roman Catholic awl Popular Liberal, would probably be asked to stand ; and Sir John Ennis has been spoken of, but not with hope fulness. The Marquis of Worcester, eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort, attained his majority a day - or two ago, and the event was celebrated with great rejoicing by his grace's tenantry in the counties of Gloucester, Monmouth, and Wilts. As the youthful marquis is now old enough to be a legislator, there is 'little doubt that he will be one of the Conservative candidates for West Gloucester at the next election. Colonel E. A. Somerset would not have been brought out in July last had not the Marquis of Worcester been tenmontha too young to be admitted into . 019 491.1:0 Commouty, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times, commenting on Mr. Trevelyan's motion for the abolition of purchase in the army, complains that the British army offers no opening to the mass of the British people. A man too poor or too desperate to be anything else may become a soldier, and much to his own benefit ; a man too rich to care for the hire of his labour may become an officer, also to his own advantage. But for a man who, as Mr. Trevelyan fairly put it, desires "to live by his profession, and to rise in propor tion to his professional merits," there is no place in the British army. The sons of the shopkeeper, the tradesman, and the poorer members of the mercantile or professional classes see no carrer before them in the profession of arms. They would be willing, with a fair prospect of subsistence first and avdanccment afterwards, to enter the ranks in such numbers as would render the ambiguous functions of the recruiting sergeant unnecessary. Open the door to this class and the army would be manned as it has not been manned since the days of Cromwell. But the door must be opened, and the prospect must be displayed, before this consummation can be reached, and the first step must be the abolition of the purchase sys tem. If t! ,e son of the shopkeei e • or yeoman is to enlist in th line, it must be first on the condition of pay measured mo•e nearly by the demands of his station, but, above all, by the view of a fair career before him. So Mr. Trevelyan and his friends would abolish outright that strange and anomalous system which makes military promotion depend, not on merit alone, but on merit, backed by money. If we are to have a real middle class army, there must be no promotion by purchase. It may be cheap, it may be popular, it may be superior to any alternative presentable, but it is certainly incom patible with such a reformation of the army as we have -here described. The question to be considered is whether the army should be thus reformed. We admit without reserve all that Mr. Trevelyan and his sup porters predict from the revolution. Our army would become beyond all question one of the most formidable in the world: It would be the counterpart, not merely of that army which " could go anywhere and do anything," but of that whiCh " never failed to beat and break utterly into pieces " everything opposed to it. What we have to consider is whether it is expedient to provide ourselves with this tremendous machine. The cost, compared with the result, might perhaps be disregarded, but it would be exceedingly heavy. The mere expense of abolish ing the purchase system was computed at £10,000,000 or £i10,000,000, but that would be the least part of the affair. We should have to provide both officers and men with pay on a scale unknown except in the American army, where, we are told, 50,000 men cost £20;000,000 a year, or at the rate of £4OO a man. These figures, of course, are only reached by saddling a small remnant of force with the dead-weight of a gigantic war, but it may be safely anticipated that a reformed army would be no less costly than formidable. We should become a nation of soldiers instead of a nation of shopkeepers ; we should be enabled to embark with confidence on any scheme •of ambitious conquest, and the world, perhaps, as well as the Treasury, would feel the effects of the change. But is this the kind of army that Great Britain desires to possess, or the kind of policy it desires to embark in? Another crisis, says the Daily News, has arisen, and once more the Queen's name is found discussed in connec tion with grave censures such as we had hoped we should never see published by the most responsible of our news papers. The effect of the Queen's withdrawal is too plainly seen in the proceedings of the House of Commons, where a defeated Minister is compelled to delay for four days expla nations which, if the Queen were at Windsor, he might make at once. Her Majesty does not need to be informed of the general reasons which make it of consequence that she • should be accessible to her constitutional advisers, or that even if Mr. Disraeli chose to spend his days in travelling • between Westminster and Balmoral, the House of Com mons could not submit to continually renewed obstruc tions of public business. In fact, Mr. Disraeli is remaining in town, while the Queen is at Balmoral unattended by any member of the Cabinet, so that the practice of personally communicating with the sovereign at critical conjunctures appears in this case to have been abandoned, and her Majesty's commands must be signified by a messenger. To those who have followed with any attention the history of similar periods of political anxiety, this state of things will appear eminently unsatis factory, for Englishmen are not yet prepared to see the old practice of_ constitutional government exchanged for a novel and dangerous delegation of the most sacred prero gatives of the Crown. If we look for any explanation of the Queen's absence—and explanation is looked for—we shall not find it in her Majesty's indifference to constitu tional usage. A more constitutionally minded sovereign than Queen Victoria never sat—and, we venture to say, never will sit—upon the British throne. Nor will the suggestion be accepted as satisfactory that the Queen did not know last Monday that which any newspaper reader might learn for himself, that ques tions were pending which might give rise to critical divi sions. If it were foreseen that the House of Commons might at any moment adopt some decision which Ministers could not accept, then it must have been foreseen they would have to consider the alternative of resignation or dissolution. Under ordinary circumstances we should find it impossible to believe that the Queen had consented to remove herself six hundred miles from the capital at a time when such issues were pending. The only light thrown upon her Majesty's actual removal• gleams from Mr. Disraeli's recent speeches. If it be true that the Queen has been persuaded by him that a dissolution of Parliament is not one of those solemn exercises of theroyal prerogative which require to be preceded by the most careful examination of the special circumstances under which they arc recommended, but a power which may properly be entrusted to a Minister, like a weapon to be worn about his person and used in cases of extremity for his personal convenience, the Queen's absence is explained, and that in full conformity with Mr. Disraeli's repeated representations. In that case, however, no language could be too strong to denounce the conduct of a Minister capable of so diminishing the dignity of his sovereign and depriving her of her just rights. The Standard observes that the talk about stopping the supplies may be taken in conjunction with the wild attack upon Mr. Disraeli for letting the Queen go into Scotland. The supplies are already voted. But the suggestion betrays the anxiety with which some persons are now engaged in observing the political barometer. Wanting a crisis they have made one, and, having made it, they are angry with the Minisitry because they will not recognise the fury of the storm. What they really want is, of course, that Mr. Disraeli may abandon the care of the vessel. They blow hot and cold that they may have an elemental convulsion. They cannot wait even a few months so that the question may be decided by a complete constituency. They are doing all they can to prevent the completion of the new electoral body, and to force on a crisis, at any inconvenience to the country. They are angry even with the Queen, because, as is noto rious, her ill health will not permit her to stay in London to aid them in their strategy. And yet they presume to charge with " high treason " the Minister who shall resolve to appeal to the country to defeat this deep-laid conspiracy. The Herald sympathises with Mr. Eyre's on his com mittal. The hardship of his case will not appear one whit the lighter after reading over the evidence given in the course of the inquiry before Mr. Vaughan. For the fiftieth, or five hundredth time, we have heard the story of the floggings and executions, of the widely-spread disaffection which showed itself in acts of armed rebel lion, and of the strong banded measures which were successfully employed to put it down. Every one will regret that measures of such severe coercion had to be used against any of her Majesty's subjects, and will wish that it had been possible to convince them of their duty by moral suasion. This, however, is not a matter of sentiment. The question is not whether severities. were inflicted, and excesses committed, but whether the first were made imperative and the latter venial, by that stein necessity which knows no law, and by that regard for the scams populi which made it imperative to visit a few scores with suffering that many thousands might be saved from massacre. This is the issue which the Court of Queen's Bench may in form have to try, but upon which, in substance, the grand jury of the entire country has already decisively pronounced. It is idle to talk of the illegality of imprisonment for no proved offence, and of the infliction of punishments brinformally constituted tribunals. The very same things may be and are said by the hundreds of Fenian suspects who have been lodged in prison pending the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and who might come forward to detail their fancied wrongs with the greatest unction if they could but get a magistrate to listen to them. The answer to any such complaint would be that theirliberties were abridged that good order and constitutional govern- ment might he preserved. . - The Telegraph notes that after many unsuccessful efforts—some of which failed on technical grounds, and some from the character of the tribunal before which the ea-governor was arraigned—the Jamaica CoMmittee have at length gained - a point which enables us to anticipate a solemn judicial decision on the matters debated with such acrimony for the last two years. Although the particular action now brought is nominally to obtain damages for wrongful imprison ment, yet, as Mr. Vaughan clearly pointed out, it opens up the whole question of the legality ur illegality of all the • acts committed under Mr. Lyre's sanction ill Jamaica, •M r. Gil - lard's denunciations of the conduct of the present prosecutors may have been very suitable for a bench of Shropshire magistrates, but it ls really foreign to the subject. No one can seriously be lieve that Mr. Mill is swayed by a feeling of personal hos tility to the ex-governor . ; what he and his colleagues ask is simply an authoritative exposition of the law with respect to the duties and powers of those who rule the depen dencies of England. Whether the original proclamation of martial law in Jamaica was legal, and whether, if legal, it could be considered in force after an amnesty had been de clared—these are matters on which every English subject, of whatever creed or colour, has a personal interest, and it is for the public benefit that they should be settled by a distinct judicial utterance. Now that the question is to come before the Court of Queen's Bench, we shall at last have the decision of the highest authority ; and the wish to see the point determined is shared gyen by those l op have 49 044 31 90tY ag 8 4.44t Ur. Eyre. .1-40"xk'0411'-g, z tlr titbit 4 The Prince of Wales, attended by Lord Alfred Harvey, General S'r W. Knolly-s, the Hon. C. L. Wood, and Maj r Teesdale, arrived at Marlborough House yesterday afternoon, from Templenewsamt near Leeds. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday after noon, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield. LITERATURE. Work a-day Briars. In Uhrec Vols. Richard Bentley. The motto of this work is taken from " As You Like IC' (rather an inappropriate source, by the way, for such a sentiment !) —" How full of briars is this work-a-day world !" Full of briars, indeed, was the world as George Langhorne found it-- briars that iu their day, it is true, bore some tran sient blossoms of love and happiness, ephemeral as the wild roses of the hedge side, but the blossoms departed and the briars remained. Aaioug the very numerous works which have already come be fore us during this year, we do not remember anY one in which we have felt so much interest, or in which we have found so much to commend and to admire, as this story of " Work-a-day Briars." It is not a sensational novel in any degree, its interest is of a far deeper and more genuine descrip -1 tion, being excited by the truthfulness of the characters who take part in its scenes, the simple earnestness with which the tale itself is told, and the many touches of nature—those touches which " make the whole world kin," which again and again occur in the course of the narrative, and which evoke the tenderest emotions of the reader. The epoch selected for the story is about the com mencement of the present century, and the scene is chiefly laid in the little coun try town of Claywich. The family of the Aldersons, wealthy bankers, who have for a considerable period held a prominent position in that town, divide our interest with those of Colonel Fosbrooke and Squire Langhorne. Col. Fosbrooke has been reckless and extravagant, and he only holds possession of his esuate during the good plea sure of Mr. Alderson. Squire Langhorne is a very good-natured, well-meaning old gentleman, quite unqualified to superintend his own affairs or govern his large, undisciplined family. His wife, who had died before the commencement of the tale, had been the real ruler of all and everything, and on her death household and estates go to wreck and ruin under the no-rule of a roi faineant. Such is the state of affairs when George Langhorne, the second son, returns from col lege. George is clever and ambitious, working hard to distinguish himself at the University and gains a position in life ; he inherits his mother's love of order and skill in administration, and he sets about the herculean task of reform. The character of George Langhorne is very forcibly revealed during the strug gles and sacrifices which he voluntarily undergoes. He examines the steward's books and discovers gross frauds in the accounts, and with great difficulty lie persuades the easy, good-natured Squire to call the defaulter to a reckoning. The steward, while he is disconcerted by these discoveries, which he explains away as best he can, almost forgets his own ex posure in admiration at " the 'cuteness of Master George." Master George discovers, however, like many another reformer, that it is easier to make enemies than friends. While at college he has imbibed strong Whig opinions, and appears in his native town to the indignation of many old friends in the blue coat and buff waistcoat, the party costume of the day, of which the Edinburgh Review is still a living memento. Unfortunately for the young politician Mr. Alderson is a staunch Tory, and Mr. Alderson's fair daughter, the charming Cecilia, is the object of George Langhorne's deep devotion We must not linger too long over the details of the story, which we shall only spoil by endeavouring to analyse. Oar readers cannot do better than learn for themselves how y oungLanghorne at election time working with his accustomed determination, gain favour with his party, and is appointed secretary to the Minister, and then, being in a position to claim his bride, form ►lly demands the fair Cecilia of her father. In those days party feeling was as intense almst as religion. Whig and Tory were then no empty appellations— "Like fabled gods, their mighty war • Shook realms and nations in its jar." Mr. Alderson, whose character as a politician and a father is admirably well drawn, refuses Langhorne'e suit on account of his political opinions, and the rejected lover then boldly informs him that he shall, under these circumstances, take the daughter with out the consent of the father. Cecilia Alderson is, as we have said, a very charming character. in her early girlhood she is full of graceful co quetry, and reigns supreme over a host of lovers ; but the realities of life too soon make themselves manifest ; the briars thicken about her path. When her lover pleads his cause in opposition to her' father's wishes, she hesitateer and thou herself reveals all to her father, and im plores bim, if after the lapse of years, to reconsider his decision. " Not while he remains a Whig," exclaims the staunch Tory; " let him give up bi o political opinions." "Then I should no longer love him," replies the true-hearted maiden. W° will not reveal the fair damsel's decision. We may only add that the interest of the story remains unabated tall the last. The scene in Mr. Temple ton's drawing-room, when the Secretary is insulted by the Minister's son, is very effectively described - The character of Lord Templeton is good, and so ie its way is that of the son, who owes his seat mainli to George Langhorne's influence and exertions. A strong will and a resolute purpose can do much, but they cannot do all things, they cannot over-rule the laws of nature, and so the hero of this story finds to his cost. We may break down the briars in our pats with a rough hand, it is true, but in so doing W e may chance to scatter and destroy the roses' Very tenderly, and with a simple pathos that appeals to the heart, is the close o f one episode of this story told. We have sai d nothing of Hugh Alderson, and Maggie MiLeocit his betrothed, and Lavinia Fosbrooke, his beloved, whose histories are interwoven with hose of George Langhorne and Cecilia, and who claim a fair share of inter est and attention. We have said enough to assure all who may be in quest of a book that is both pleasant and profitable to read and to re member that they cannot do better than turn t° these " Work-a-day Briars"—the most delectable Briars they are likely to encounter in many a 100 g Day's Work. THE QUEEN AND HEIR MINISTERS• There was placed upon the table of the [louse e l Commons yesterday (says the Morning Advertiser) the following important and significant notice by the representative of Athlone borough. It may o° ‘ appear in the votes, but Mr. Rearden intends bring' tug the subject before Parliament : " To ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether it be true that her Majesty the Queen ha s be ell compelled, through delicate health, to retire froto England during the remainder of this season and if so, whether it is the intention of her 513 ; jesty's Government, out of consideration to he . Majesty's health, comfort, and tranquillity, au~ iii the interest of the Royal Family and of her BO: jesty's subjects throughout the empire, and aspen cially of this metropolis, to advise her 111.3.jesti h t e abdicate in favour of his Royal Ilighn e Prince of Wales, or to introduce a bill for the of pur pose of estab'ishing a Regency in the persons of their ROyal Highnesses the Prince and Princes 0 Wales, in order to perfoun the duties inctunhe sorliy upon the Sovereign during her Majesty's 0 settee from the metropolis, and in order to prevece, any further continuance of the great inconvenlee.,a lose, and injury to the interest of the empire,. 37s t he which to her Majesty's metropolitan subs which has been endured out of sympathy fa Sovereign during the last seven years." Lord Bridport, who succeeded to the title .t: couple of months ago, is to be made an English peer, he title of Viscount Bridport.-01c1.