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THE SUN, LONDON, SATITRDAY .EVENING, MARCH 21, 1887, lIUDDERSFIELD. c‘ Death Tokenage."— Majesty in her constant endeavoute to maintain Fall of Gallery on Pit. the honour and dignity of h er C rown , an d t o pro - MEMORANDUM..—Move hourly was-flame " to and fro" under the nostrils--the mouth to be kept shut—in or ter for mote the welfare and happiness of her people. keeping the rills of the nose open, for breathing heat-liquifi cations of the coagulated juice's now under shock -fall. If the man's in bed put fie wax-dame in a small jug, covered with a bit of tin pierced with four or five holes ; place the steam power by the man's ear ; cover him and the In-jug'd flame with a cloth. The warm dry air attracts the foul moist, and re stores the nasal-soul breath of life for sleep, and prevents the cough-spitting of WHITE and red blood. This paid-for notice is offered in God's name by "the Park" C ptain ACILERLEY to the forty families, sufferers by a truck system and " pit fall " treachery. N.B.—lf ye use an inch of the common candle, snuff the flame-wick close to the blueish, to prevent smoke. London, March 20, 1857, Lord PALMERSTON has spoken—and already Parliament is virtually dissolved. These con stitute, as a matter of course, the crowning political events preparatory to the appeal to the constituencies. The Alpha and Omega of the period of transition. The Be-All and the End-All of the late most mistaken movement on the part of Her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Lord PALMERSTON has spoken—and, so far as he has spoken, he has spoken admirably. Although we should have preferred something more explicit —something more detailed something more minutely and definitely explanatory from the Noble Viscount, considering the really extraordi nary nature of the existing emergency—we must nevertheless, perforce, acknowledge that what he has said he has said well. He has spoken words worthy of himself, worthy of his position, worthy of his historical character, and of his chivalrous and patriotic reputation. It may be that the occasion which yesterday afforded the Prime Minister the opportunity of formally ad dressing himself to the general commu nity in reference to the present juncture— precluded him in a manner from resolving his remarks into an elaborated exposé of his policy, rendered it unbecoming, if not actually impractic dole, for him to issue his formal Manifesto to the Country in the shape of an after-dinner oration At a civic banquet, given by the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR to Her MAJESTY'S Ministers. It was scarcely the fitting opportunity. And so far, we find a solace in our temporary disappointment. The Premier's Manifesto must come before the community a little later, under the sedater guise )f either a written or an oral address to the Noble Lord's Devonshire Constituency. Meanwhile we may enjoy the precursory satisfaction of conning to our heart's oontent the eminently patriotic sentiments to which, upon the festive occasion already 'speci fied, Lord PALMERSTON yesterday gave utterance. " There be pippins and cheese to follow," of which in due course the country may have more than a nibble at the hustings of Tiverton. Without waiting for this, however, in altogether famished expectancy, we have been enabled, as the President of the Council facetiously intimated last evening, we have been already enabled to stay our appetite for the time by a little wholesome food for re flection, rendered peculiarly zestful, piquant, and savoury by a flavouring of the new " PALMER STON Sauce !" What a smack it has—what a❑ croma I Reminding one in its relish of what the Epicure, in the A/manach s des Gourmands, says, with such horrible gusto, of a very notable condi inent—" With this sauce, one might eat one's )wn father r' The genuine "PALMERSTON . Sauce " —which some three hundred picked guest 4, at the table of the Lona MAYOR yesterday, enjoyed the opportunity of appreciating—flavoured for the most part the whole of the remark able food for reflection there and then proffered, through them to the country at large, by that very skilled and popular Chef, the First Lord of the Treasury. Here is just a taste of it. Alluding to the immediate cause or provo cation of the dissolution (the Opposition Majority of Sixteen condemnatory of the Chinese policy of her MAJESTY'S Government) Lord PALMERSTON observes—" We [Ministers] felt that our fellow countrymen in a distant part of the globe had been exposed to every sort of insult, outrage, and atrocity ; that the treaty rights of this country had been broken, and that those who were locally charged with the defence of our interests were not only justified, but were bound to resent it in as ear as the means under their command en tbled them to do so. We felt that we should have been basely betraying the trust which our Sovereign and the country had reposed in us if we had not approved of proceedings which we thought to be right, and whiet we, if we had been placed in similar circumstances, should certainly have deemed it our duty to take." Forcibly put —so forcibly that we wonder not at all at the cordial cheers those gallant words elicited ! Nay, further, Lord PALMERSTON added to all this somewhat later—a little more hotly, a little more pungently—" Why my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, if those who concurred in that vote [The vote on COBDEN'S motion] had risen to power, what, by logical and inevitable conse quence, ought they to have done to give effect to that vote 1! They said the proceedings we took were unjustifiable ; they must have sent word, then, to the Chinese barbarian that they apolo gised for the wrong that bad been done him. They must have rebuilt the forts which our gallant sailors had destroyed. They must have sent from Woolwich fresh cannon iu lieu of those which our sailors have rendered unserviceable ; and I pre sume that, in order to complete the apology, hey would have repaid him the rewards Ouch he had given for the heads of our rnur tered fellow -countrymen, and the expense of the irsenic by which our people have been poisoned. Jentlemen, I cannot envy the feelings of those nen who could witness with calmness rewards >ffered for the heads of respectable British mer chants abroad—murder, assassination, poisoning, 3amraitted upon our fellow countrymen abroad— uld who, instead of feeling their blood boil with indignation at proceedings like these, would have ;one and bent the knee in abject sub►uission to he fiend-like barbarians by whom those atroci ies were committed." Logically, earnestly, eloquently, patriotically spoken, Lord PALMER 'TON ! Let those. words go to the country—let - hem plead to the sheer " common sense" of the Electors—let them appeal to the conscience of the Constituencies I Tab OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - 31 -vt) THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tr+gedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. K an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HAITI CHARMS. ROYAL Le.LYCEsee, .t.' o Al Dill THEATRE. on. THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr Stuart, Mr. J. L. Poole, Miss IVoolgar. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woo!gar, Mr. J. L. Toole, drc. Tho box-office open daly, from 11 to 5, under the super idendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages convoying parties t) the Private Boxes to sel down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. 1 HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA RKET. VHS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil liam, After which, A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pasl Bedford. will appear. BARNEY THE BARON, Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. • Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. DOY AL SURREY THEATRE, Leqgeps, Messrs. Shepheri and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTINIS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, dzc. After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS Yozrra. To conclude with the Spanish ballet, EL DESCINDADO. Sancho, - Mr Buck. T RAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—Thii Evening will be per rbrmer DO SFEAKE HANDS. After which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the Howard Family will appear. Followed by COUSIN CHERRY. To conclude with THE BLUE JACKETS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. OYA L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, (a new farce, called THIEVES' TEL ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INV ESTMENT. Aud A BLIGHTED BEING. Mr. F. Robson, die. Commence at haif-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP ETITH E.LITRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (first week) Shakspere's Play of KING HENRY THE F(',IIRTH Part First), with novel and effec tive equestrian ill us t ra ti ons invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway. Abe, a rumber of amusing Entertainments, concluding with a Briniant Display of Equestrian SKILL and SCIENCE, by fixst-r.atc artistes, in the SCENES in the CIRCLE Low.meLce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Uppei Anxe.s, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Hex-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Ifr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.--The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Sella, and E. L. 'limo; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Uorri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield.. Commence at Seven o'clock pre likely. Suppers, dic., until twelve o'clock, JGj WATER AT LONDON BRTDOE. THIS DAr—Morn. 30 min. aft. 9—Evening 18 ml 4. aft. 1( :'n-vORBOW—AIont. 3 min. aft. 11—Evening 45 nth. aft 11 Tai WEATIIER—Srni 07PICE, MARCH 21. THERMOMETER, IN THR SHAM 112 —highest singe noon yesterday. 37 —lowest this morning and during the night. 41 -this day at noon. BA ROMWTER, 30'07. WTNP, S.E. to E.S.E.—Strong gale, with fine, cold weather. 4, ~..,,,4 . t,t'r ~. .. i• c r ,--1,,::: - 6,n.:t.i N 1 •,. I §IIII, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1857. PROROGATION E; OF ' As to what the Prime Alinist3r said a little further on, when referring to the electioneering programme put forward by some of the more con spicuous leaders among .the ranks of his antago• hists, to this effect—" Gentlemen, we, to', are for peace abroad and progressive improvement at home "—That we look upon simply as another illustration of what we have more than once stigmatised, of late, under the title of mere Vague Generalities , . That is precisely the very point upon which we still want through Lard PiLIVERSTON's long looked-for 111Lnifest)--that !s precisely the very point upon which we want a full and satisfactory explanation. We all know perfectly well, for exlmple, that, as the Noble Premier says, "The peace which we want is peace with honour—peace with safety peace with the maintenance of our national rights— peace with security to our fellow-countrymen abroad." Indeed we scarcely required t) receive from Lord PALMERSTON the assurance that—"lf the day shall come when a different doctrine shall prevail, when peace is to be accomplished by humiliation and degradation, the country must lcok elsewhere —_I will not now say where —I leave you to fill up that gap--the country, say, must elsewhere for instru ments for the national degradation and dis ;race." Nevertheless that othe rw i se almost super duous assurance comes consolatory —beari ng i n rather mind the last Peace, the "Precious P eace, " to inu manner ' we will ad m i t, i n a its w a y the miserable and unsatisfactory Peace, in the arrange.. PARLIAMENT. Her Most Gracious MAJESTY has, in the fol lowing terms, announced to her Fourth Parlia ment the fact of its dismissal. Teat Parliament, convoked on the 4th of November, 1852, hak now, therefore, on the 21st of March, 1857, beer summarily prorogued—its prorogation being, of course, only immediately preparatory, pro forma, io its Dissolution. Mr. Speaker LEFEYRE ha, berreinateal his official career as Chairman of the House of Commons. The OppJsition have got a great deal more than they want.!d. The appareet Victory of the Sixteen has proved a tatal Defeat in its consegnences. The majority, like unskilled bombardiers as they were, are fairly "hoist' with their own petard." Sir Jody BOWRING iS vindicated. Mr. Consul PA RK ES is justified. Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR is effec busily supported. Aud her MAJESTY'S U. nisters have already avenged themselves upon the Corn -- we beg pardon—upot: the " fortuitous concurrence 1" All this is for mally announced to the country in the intimation: made to the two Houses this afternoon, by order of her Most Gracious MAJESTY, in the words here immediately subjoined : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that, in relelsing your atte n d ance in P you at this ea r ly per i o d f rom arliament, it i 3 her Majeaty'F intention immediately to dissolve the preient Par liament, in orderio ascertain, in the most constitu .Conal manner, the sense of h er People upon the present gate of public affairs. GENTLEMEN OF THE 11017 SE OF COMMONS, We are commando I by her Majesty to thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the exigenc:es or the public service durin g the period that will elapse before the new Parliament, which her Majesty will direct immediately to be called, shall have been able to give its deliberite attention to these matters. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are cointnanded by her Majesty to express the satisfaction which she feels at your having been able during the present ses , im materially to reduce the burthens of her people. Her Majesty commands us to assure you that it is her fervent prayer that the several constituencies of the United Kingdom, upon whom will devolve the exercise of those high functions which, by the Con stitution, belong to them, may be guided by an all-wise Providence to the selection of represen tatives whose wisdom and patriotism may aid her That speech will be found in extenso in another part of this day's impression. It is of a similar character to the Ministerial appointments, giving no great cause for congratulation to any side— but " just as good as could have been anticipated under the circumstances." The new President has profited by his European experience, and has ap proximated to the vagueness of a Royal Speech, He has not delivered himself of a short pamphlet —de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aiiis —as had been the habit of predecessors, but given a general outline of policy to be filled in according to the tastes or prejudices of the readers. He commits himself to nothing, although giving some indica tions of his own views. At the very commencement he declares his deter mination of not becoming a can dida te for re-election, thus setting aside any imputation of being desirous of resorting to any " dodges" for the sake of in fluencing future votes. This is an excellent an nouncement—one that affords the most auspicious auguries respecting the good conduct of the new Government, and inducing reasonable hopes that it wilt look rather to national than individual objects. It is a constitutional declaration which should be demanded from every future candidate. We know that such promises are easily disregarded —that events may occur to induce a change of sentiment. The advanced age of Mr. -BUCHANAN, however, gives additional validity to the pledge thus voluntarily given. At seventy years of age —which he will be at the termination of his pre sent Presidency—he may be well contented to retire into the enjoyment of the ovum cum digni tate which he will have nobly earned, if hie power during the interval be applied to the advancement of the welfare and prosperity of his fellow-men. Ho will have attained the life al- lotted to mankind, and noed not desire t 3 increase Vie 1 thour and trouble that must inevit tbly fall on tik,so strong enough to live to four-score years. The next topic to which he addresses himself is the cordial union that ought to subsist between the different Stit3s of the Republic. He recog- vises the full danger of the ordeal through which the Republic has recently passed, and desires to remove, so far as practicable, the " perils that threatened a separation. Under this view of the subject, the Kansas difficulty could not be passel sub silentio, and this, he declares, shall be solved under the simple rule that " the will of the majority shall govern"—or, in other words, that the majority of bona fide settlers shall decide the important question of domestic slavery in the territories. This is as much as could have been t-xpected, and we willingly abide the result, satisfied that when the " border ruffians" are no longer permitted to overrule the free expressicn of popular judgment, the event will be in accord- ance with the dictates of truth and justice. He wishes that all agitation on the subject should cease, but that manifestly cannot be until there has been a satisfactory solution of the grand problem. To put aside corruption in St Ate affairs—to render the purity of the Governrue nt beyond sus picion, is a laudable aspiration, an d we earnea'y hope that he may be enabled to a ccomplish that great desideratum, which would eft title him to the meat of which the Premier himself participated, together with most of the. leading Statesmen of our time—the discreditable and disgraceful Peace implicating in the odium attaching to the fact of its Acceptance, or in that of a mere con nivance at if, all Parties, in the Lords and in the Commons, indiscriminately ! But—looking "at home," instead of "abroad" —how about the "progressive improvements ? " It is all very fine, and very witty, and very humorous (not one moment's doubt of it !) to hear our vivacious Prime Minister, at seventy three years of age, winding up a brilliant and chivalric oration with the assurance that " So long as we [Ministers] feel that we are to be backed up we shall set at defiance the 'accidentAl concurrence' (loud laughter) of unconcerting and uncommunicating gentlemen (cheers, and laugh ter), who, by a strange fatality, naay find them stives united to turn out the Government of the day. (Loud cheers.)" Capital, every word of it ! BUT " backed up"—for what S For " pro gressive improvement ?" For what " progressive improvement ?" Let us hear that, Lord PALMER STON That is why we are demanding so ear nektly and so perseveringly your Manifesto in ex planation We may alike congratulate Europe and Ame rica on the great fact that Mr. PIERCE is no longer President of the United States 1 He bid largely for a renewed tenure of office. He would gladly have endangered the peace of the world, could he thereby have retained the occupancy of the White House for a further term of four years. But all his convulsive efforts were fruitless. The very steps which he thought best calpulated to in sure success proved ruinous to his interests, and the Democratic party unquestionably selected a far better candidate in Mr. BUCHANAN, and probably owed their success in the closely contested election to that circumstance. Mr. BU CHANAN was unquestionably their trump-card ; and it was played at the right time. Other wise the triumph of Colonel FREMONT would have been decisive ; and the Planters would have witnessed the inauguration of the Northern Stan dard Beare, in the position long held by their nominees. ks it was, the battle was sharply con tested ; and althDugh Mr. BUCHANAN eventually obtained a plurality of votes of such a character as to turn the scale in his favour, there is, we be lieve, no doubt that the actual majority polled for Colonel FREMONT. The next question was as to the manner in which the newly-elected President would use his victory I Great anxiety was naturally felt at both sides o>i the Atlantic for any decisive indications as to the policy which he should pursue. He had, by his participation in the "Ostend Manifesto," his advocacy of Filibustering principles, his avowed hostility to England, and protection of the " domestic institution," excited considerable and apparently well-founded apprehensions, both at home and abroad. Still, as a man of great expe rience and unquestionable ability, it was hoped and believed that he would subside into a milder tone when the necessity of " electioneering cries" had passed away, and he was comparatively free to, act in accordance with the dictates of a sounder judgment ! The first point was the nomination of the subordinate members of his Administration I The programme put forward might have been better, but it also might have been much worse. General Cass, the nominal Premier, had been apparently bitten by the Anglo phobia that so long prevailed in the States, but the selection of Mr. COB➢ to the next most impor tant office, was certainly as good as could have been anticipate;], taking the vary recent declara tions at the hustings into account. There was nothing therein t) excite extraordinary hopes, or fears on either side, and the assumption of office —the inaugurating Message, was therefore awaited with intense curiosity. It was, in fact, by far the most important Presidential Speech since the proclamation of national independence. thanks and gratitude of the present and all future generations. Mr. BUCHANAN has one difficulty. A well filled, we may say an over-flowing, Treasury. This is a mater with which not many of the old States are troubled. If properly applied it may be made a blessing to the community, but " jobbing" of all kinds must be eschewed. A surplus was the ruin of Sir C. WOOD ; but the new President is a man of a very different class, and his declaration that "no more revenue ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray a wise, economical, and efficient adminis tration of the Government," is just what it ought to be, and affords the best prospects for the welfare and happiness of the people committed to his charge. It oily remains to allude to the foreign policy befitting " a member of the great family of nations." This is far better than could have been anticipated from the principal member of the Ostend. Conference. He says "we ought to cultivate peace, commerce, and friendship with all nations, and this not merely as the best modeof promoting our own material interest, but in a spirit of Christian benevolence towards our fellow men wherever their lot may be cast. 0 urdiplomacy should be direct and frank —neither seeking to obtain more nor accepting less than our due." Should he act up to these principles, he will erect for himself "a monument more durable than brass." He will be held up to generations yet unborn as the model President, and the flame of JAMES Bu- CHANAN will go down to posterity as a benefactor of his species. We only hope that he may justify the expectations in this respect excited by his inyugnration address. Time will tell—and we must. await the testimony of that great witness before we can speak positively on the point, or knOw whether the history of JAMES BI7CHANAN is to be written in bright or sombre characters. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Reform versus Lord PALMERSTON and no Reform. This is Lord JOHN'S own issue. Let us try it. Go back to the past, says Lord JOHN; look at the present, we reply. But the past is nine-tenths of my case, says the plaintiff ; but the present and the future are the whole of our case, we of the constituency reply. Nay, but you will not be politically ungrateful, says the ex-Premier. We are very grateful for all you have done, we rejoin, but we have repaid you for all that, by our sup port while you worked for us. What ! says Lord JOHN, nothing more than that for all, from the Test and Corporation Act repeal, down to lowered Sugar Duties It may seem harsh, we must own, but we can only say, that we will show our gra titude in any other way you like, but cannot afford to show it in appointing you our represen tative unless you still represent us. You did your duty as a public man ; wb did ours as elec tors. Let us cry quits, and let bygones be by gones. But will you let me drop through after sixteen years' service ? We will not do it for the world, if you will but sit on your old stool of re form, and not attempt to sit half on the stool of reform and half on that of finality. Hard measure I But let us try, then, the pre sent and the future ! Lord PALMERSTON voted against LOCKE KING'S motions for it. He voted against it once oftener than you did—that is all. But I put it into my last dear little Reform Bill. You did, with accompanying provisions which made us question whether Reform Bill the second was worth having. Still I voted for it pure et simple this year. In opposition—and Lord GRANVILLE says PALMERSTON was prepared to vote for nine-tenths of it or so ; we give you the benefit of one-tenth of that vote, but we sub tract a tenth for your being out of office—you and PALMERSTON appear to be equal there. Worse and worse. But then Church Bates ! Well, what of them? Why, show me,a way to keep the churches in repair at the cost of the Stits and I'll abolish them. Oh—ho ! Your religious liberty zeal is got so far as that, is it ? You say nothing about keeping in repair the other half of the places of worship at the cost of the State ! Thank you for repealing the Test and Corporation Acts, but we want you now to repeal the Church warden and Parish Test Act, by which all who cannot swallow your Liturgy are to repair the churches for those who can, and theirown churches too. Thank you Lord JOHN, but we are quite sure Lord PALMERSTON is as liberal as that. An equation again. PALMERSTON minus Church Rates equal to RUSSELL minus Church Rates. What then will you want next--the Ballot ? Certainly. Then, by France and America, you shall never have it Then, by France and Ame rica, we won't have you. Not so fast—will Lord PALMERSTON give it you? You won't, and that's reason enough why we should not change on th a t m po i i n n u t s i h m e Ballot f°yu. equal A tie Lordag a in . PALMERSTON JOHN RUSSELL minus the Ballot. But then the reduction of expenditure —you will never get that from him. Shall we get it from you in office ? We have got a pretty good lump off the Income Tax and off the estimates, under PALMERSTON. We have a shrewd suspicion that RUSSELL and WOOD, OT GLADSTONE, would not have done much bettar. But were you satisfied ? No—but we question whether you —IN OFFICE — would have satisfied us. "In office !" Oh the incredulity of electors ! Is it fair to talk so to public men—" Ott of (gm" Oh ! the splendid declamations on democracy of ex-Ministers. Is it fair to bamboozle electors? Well, then, what's the verdict on our future line of policy ?—Verdict—we say, six of one, and half-a-dozen of the other. But now, electors, !et us be good tempered, - let us at least toss up— PALMERSTON or RUSSELL,--VICTORIA and CO.— RUSSELL has it--BRITANNIA, PA LAI ERSTON has ir. Well, we hardly know PALMERSTON is in pos session, one thing—then there's foreign policy just now, another. Never mind, however—up goes —and—what's uppermost ? PALMERSTON and BRITANNIA.. THE CITYfELECTION-SIR JAMES DUKE AIVD MR. 'SAMUEL MORLEY. Mr. Samuel Morley made an ungenerous attack the other day on Sir James Duke, in relation to Sir James's absence from divisions in the house. For this assumed neglect of his Parliamentary . dutiw, Sir James is deitined to endure the cala mity of the loss of Mr. Morley's vote. Had not Mr. Morley been a stranger to what Englishmen consider fair play, he would have found the other two Liberal member 4 for the City still more de serving his censure ; but that would not suit Mr. Morley's book. It was against S ir James that his " excellent indignati on " must nee d s 13,,, directed, and ther ..fore truth regarding his Liberal colleagues must be put in abeyance for the moment. An honest man, seeking the truth ()nit', would have published the list of divisions at which the Liberal members for the City were present, and which would have stood thus Sir James Duke voted on 44 motions. Mr. Masterman 37 t) Lord John Russell.. 29 So that Sir James Duke was actually present at 44 important divisions, whsle Lord John Russell — now suddenly, for some reason or other, become the god of Mr. Morley's idolatry—was only pre sent at 29, being not much more than half the number of divisions at which Sir James Duke voted on great questions. We should like to see how Mr. Morley will attempt to reconcile his sup port of Lord John Russell, and his hostility to Sir James Duke, with these awkward returns. Morning A dvertiser. PRIVY COUNCIL. Tier Majesty held a Privy Council and Court yester day afternoon at Bucking Lam Palace. The Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Lord President; the Mar quis of Lansdowne ; the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Privy Seal ; Viscount Palmerston, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home De partment ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Panmure, Secretary of State for War ; Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Control; the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Duke of Argyll, Postmaster-General ; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Marqui4 of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Welington, Master of the Horn ; and the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the St, le to Prince Albert. At the Council an Order for proroguing Parliament from this day (Saturday, 21st) was approved. His Grace the Duke of Rutland was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. The Earl of Eurlington was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Viscount Milton was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding o' Yorkshire. Tile Hon. Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Court the Duke of Rutland had an audience of the Qieen ' and delivered to her M a j es ty th e E ns i gns o f the Most Noble Order of the Garter worn by his father the late Duke. His Excellency Feruk Khan bad his first audience of the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty his credentials as Ambassador from his Majesty the Shah of Persia. His Excellency was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G,, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Captain Lyncb, RN., attended the Am bassador as interpreter. His Majesty and suite were conveyed in two of her Majesty's carriages from their hotel to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince took a drive in the afternoon in an open carriage and four. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros attended on horseback. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, the Princess of Hohenlobe Langenburg, and the Princess Feodore, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, Lord Byron, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros. Her Majesty the Queen will hold a Privy Council this day, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are expected in town to-day from Woburn Abbey. Lord and Lady Rokeby entertained the Duke and Duchess of Wellington and a select circle at dinner, last evening, at their mansion in Portman-square. Baron and Baroness James de Rothschild left town yesterday, for Paris. The Right Hon. H. and Lady Mary Labouchere are expected in town on Monday, from Taunton. We regret to announce the serious indisposition of Lady Graham, wife of the Right Hou. Sir Jas. Graham. We are requested to state that the North of India Tramroad Company (Limited) has now obtained its cer tificate of incorporation under the Joint Stock Compa nies Act of 1856. BOILER EXPLOSION AT BIRKENHEAD.—At half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning there was a tremendous ex plosion of a boiler attached to a stove, and used for the purpose of generating steam to steam planks, in Messrs. Clover and Royle's yard, Birkenhead. No one was killed, but several labourers were struck or scalded, and remain in the hospital. TROOPS FOR CHlNA.—llis Royal Highness the Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief will review the troops in Ports mouth garrison who are under orders for China on Mon day next. The town council of the borough met in special meeting on Thursday, for the purpose of resolv ing on an address to his R ,yal Highness ou his first offi cial visit to Portsmouth. MILFORD HAVEN.—NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. —Several memorials have been this week forwarded from Pembroke, Milford, Haverfordwest, Swansea, Cardiff, &c., to the Postmaster-General, for the estab lishment of a postal communication between Milford Haven and Waterford, now that private steam-packets ply between these ports in connection with the South Wales and other railways. LYCEUM THEATRE.—The attractive performances at this . popular theatre will derive additional interest on Monday next, from being played for the benefit of Mr. Goiver, the obliging and very efficient treasurer of the estab:ishroent. •The duties attached to this important post have never been more ably filled than by the bene ficiaire, and there can be no doubt his claims will be lkberally responded to by the friends of Mr. Dillon and the public generally. EAST INDIES.—Sir fl. M. Lawrence, agent at Raj• pootana, has been appointed Chief Commissioner of Oude, vice Mr. C. C. Jackson. Colonel lt. George Lawrence has been appointed Agent of Rajpootana. Mr. W. Bell has beau appointed an Extra Assistant to the Commissioner in Pegu, vice Mr. T. J. Fallon, pro moted.—Oivid Service Gazette. A. discovery, which is of importance to mariners, has just been made by Captain Estienne, of the Marie- Eugenie, schooner of Reunion. About 20 miles from Madagascar he came quite close to a shoal of coral on a level with the water, and narrowly escaped running iris vessel on it. It is situated 17 deg. 58 min. south lati tude, and 47 deg. 20 min. east longitude. tAThe pensions accorded to the widows of officers in the French army,are remarkable for the smallness of their amount, being the fallowing:—Widow of a general o division, 1,500 f. a year; general of brigade, I,ooof. colonel, 7501.; lieutenant-colonel, 600 f. ; chef d'escadron (major), 500 f. ; captain, 400 f. ; lieutenant, 300 f. ; and sub-lieutenant, 250 f. WALLINGTON COLLEGE.—Prince Albert presided yes terday morning at a meeting of the governors of the Wellington College. His Royal Highness, attendediey Captain the Hon. D. de Roe, arrived at the Palace of Westminster soon after 11 o'clock. The governors pre sent were—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Sir Alexander Woodford, Mr. P. H. Hoare, and the Rev. G. R. Gleig. Mr. Chance, the senretary, attended. The meeting broke up at half: past 12 o'clock. EMIGRATION WO AUSTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.— The clipper ship Red Jacket, belonging to Messrs. Wil son and Chambers, White Star line of Australian packets, left the Mersey to-day for Melbourne, with a full com plement of passengers and a large cargo of merchandise. She also took out a ship mail. The ship Algiers, be longing to the same line, will be despatched for Mel bourne on the 27th inst. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF AN ARTlST.—Latalast even ing Mr. G. T. Brent, the deputy coroner, concluded an adjourned investigation at the Tavistock Arms, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, respecting the death of Mr. Ed win Henry Evans, aged 57 years, who committed suicide by poison on Tuesday morning last. It appeared from the evidence that deceased had been for some time in depressed spirits on account of pecuniary difficulties, and two days before his death had actually suggested self-destruction to his wife. He had been disappointed in not obtain'ng a lucrative situation he had hopes of in a new company. Prussic acid was the causenf death; A verdict to that effect was accerdingly returned. Loss OF THE MADRID OFFICIAL INQUIRY. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The official inquiry was held this morning before two justices of the peace of this bo rough—Captain Robertson, of the Board of Trade, acting as nautical assessor. Evidence having been given that no rock was marked in any of the Admiralty charts, and consequently the practice of going in quite close to the .shore, and also to the skill and care of the commander, Captain Bradehaw, the wagistratee, after a short con ference, announced the entire acquittal of the captain, msidering the rocks were not marked in the Admiralty charts, and that their existence was not known ; but that the Court thought it prudent to give a wider berth to headlands of any description. Captain Bradshaw's certificate was then returned to him. DISEASED MEAT IN LONDON.—Mr. J. S. Gamgee, in a letter to the Lancet, discloses some rather startling facts as to the condition of the meat sold in the metro - - polls. Mr. Gamgee says that he lately went to the New Cattle-market in Copenbagen-fields to inspect the live and slaughtered cattle. . Among the former there were three di eas3d beasts. In the slaughter house he saw five carcases all destined for the City markets, and found that four out of the five were diseased. He states that the amount of diseased meat sold in London is enormous, and suggests that inspectors at ports and markets should be appointed instantly. The Lancet says that a greater question, the cholera cxzepted, never oc cupied public attention ; and that it is impossible to o /curate its sanitary and economic importance. DoCKYAED IttnucTioNs.—An order has been issued by Cape. Smart, Superintendent of Pembroke Hoyal Dockyard, to the effect that on the 21st inst. considerable red uetionsara to take place in this establishment. All war appointments are to cease and joiners, blacksmiths, and labourers, to a large number, are to be di:4charged. The contractors, too, are getting rid of many of their men. The cpantity of work the old supeiamuated shipwrights have acc,impl:stod is astonishing. They have in an un irmally short space of time put one of the largest ships into frame, as well as other of smaller dimensions. The Doris frigate (steam straw) is to be laurched nest week. The contract for the roof over the new slip Just com pleted by Mr. Smith has been given to Mr. Turner, of Newcastle. The other contract wt rks are proceeding sitisfacto HORRIBLE CASE OF INFANTICIDE—ARREST OF THE MURDERESS.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, held an inquiry in St. Pancras Workhou,e, New-road, touctting the death of a male child, about eight months old, which was found murdered in the Regen!s Canal, cn Tuesday evening. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, against some person or per sons unknown. The coroner and jury had only departed a short time when a man attended with a pol . ce con stable at the workhouse. On seeing the body, he re cognised it as the child of his unfortunate sister in-law, and he then accompanied the police constable and the assistant overseer to St. Pancras workhouse, where they discovered the wretched creature, she having slept there the previous night ac a casual. It appeared, from the statement of the inmates, that she had been in a strange state of mind, and she at once con fessed to the murder, saying she committed it after du-k on Monday night. After strangling the child, and throw ing it into the water, she said she was about to throw herself in after it, when a policeman made his appear ance, and she ran off. She was at once taken into cus tody, and she will be committed to Newgate on the coroner's warrant. LATEST NE WS Intelligence has been rccrive - 1 from Constanti nople stating that twelve hundred men, commanded by the Russian General, Scader Khan, have cccu pied the forts of the district of Isar, in order to protect the tear of the Russian army and the population of Shirvan against a descent by the mountaineers of Dagheitan and Leghistan, who are in possession of the important defile of Balakada. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING It is said that the French Consul at Jassy has been summoned by his Governm9nt to come for a few days to Paris. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railway for the week ending the 11 th inst. amount to 1,174,695 f. 62e., being an increase of 261,165 f. 87c. as com pared with the corresponding week of last year. The receipts from t'le Ist Januiny to the 11th inst. amount to 10,624,878 f. 29c., being an increase of 1,941,760 f. 48c.. as compared with the corresponili ing period o f the yen. 1856. BOURSE, March 20.—The following were the last quotations _ Cash. Pr. c 4i per Cents 3 per Cents B5 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,175 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,450 Austrian Belgian Fives .. Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) — Home Debt End of Month. —fr. —a 71. 5 RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr C Orleans 1,487 50 Western Northern 992 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,532 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,042 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette TURKEY AND RUSSIA. As was to he foreseen, says the Daily News, the Polish expedition s to the Circassian coast, which left Constantinople on the 16th ult., under Colonel Bangya, has been taken serious notice of by the Passim Ambassador to his Highness the Sultan. M. Boutenieff has signified to the Ottoman govern ment his surprise that it should, so soon after the conclusion of peace, permit any persons to make Turkey the base of movements hostile to Russia. The Turkish Foreign Minister has disavowed all knowledge of the expedition. Colonel Bangya, was in the service of the Sultan, with the title of Mehemed Bey, and, having left his post without leave, ha s b een pr o n ounce d a de serter by the Turkish authorities. M. Boutenieff is not satisfied with this reparation, and insists that a commission of inquiry shall be instituted. The band of devoted men, who, mindful only of the enmity they owe to their country's de stroyer, have thus brought a Government friendly to them into difficulty, numbers about three hundred. They have with them twelve mountain howitzers, rifles, rockets, and ammunition, and ex pect to be joined in Circassia by their countrymen, fugitives from Russian oppre ss i on or pr i soners o f war, whom the heads of tribes promise to release. Thera appears to be no reasonable ground for doubting the assertion of the Ottoman Minister of War, that the expedition 'was carried out without anything like connivance on the part of the autho rities, or that this will be shown as the matter is further investigated. The well-k n o wn fi rmness o f Lord S , ratford de Redcliffe, it may be expected, will nevertheless be called into play, as it is pretty certain that Russia will not lose an opportunity which seems made especially for her, nor omit to demand that restrictions be imposed on the liber ties which foreigners of all countries have hitherto enjoyed in Turkey. M. Boutenieff well knows that he may count on the diplomatic assistance of all tho great powers, with one sole exception, in a work - so grateful to the absolute rulers of the Con tinent. THE NEUCHATEL QUESTION. The Independance Beige publishes the following telegraphic despatch : PARIS, FRIDAY, MAROS 20. "The Prussian Minister has just received the instruc tions which be awaited from his Government relative to Neuchatel. "They are to the effect, it is said, that King Frederick Wiliam will consent to treat upon the bases proposed by the Conference on the following conditions : " 'The title of Prince of Neuchatel will remain attached to the Crown of Prussia. The benevolent in stitutions at Neuchatel shall be maintained and guaranteed. " The revenues of the Royal Domains shall continue to be paid to the King for four years. The produce of the same, which amounts to about 100,000 f. a year, wili serve to indemnify the Royalists for the sacrifices and losses they have undergone. "'His Maj3sty renounces the maintenance of the bourgeoisies. " Swilzarland will have to proclaim a general am nesty, and the Royalists compromised since 1848 are not to be molested on any grounds whatever.'" AUSTRIA. private letter from Jassy gives some account of the exper.se which the Austrian occupation has occasioned the finances of Moldavia, either the Principality itself or the municipalities. It com prises only the time between the 4th of September, 1854, and the Ist of November, 1856 : Piastres. 1. Fuel, candles, tallow, and straw.... 2,344,111 2. Hospital and barrack furniture 733,491 - 3. Rent of private houses for hospitals or barracks 4. Rep,iir3 of ditto after occupation 457,8.1.7 5. Building and repairs of stables 1,040,974 6. Establishment and maintenance of vehicles for the transport of troops 1,098,500 7. Extra expenditure, washing in the hospi tals, &e 155,140 7,294,691 In the foregoing are not included the wood taken gratuitously in the forests belonging to the clergy, the salaries of the special employes for the army of occupation, the expense of lodging the military in private houses, or billets (which are gratuitous) as also fuel, light, beds, clean linen, from the superior officers to the lowest ranks of the army, all which have been at the expense of the inhabitants. The rate for a General officer is 500 Austrian ducats yearly (the ducat is equivalent to I.lf. 75c.) ; for a colonel or a major, 300 ducats ; for a captain or a subaltern from 100 to 200 ducats ; and for a private soldier, 20 ducats at the lowest. As to Wallachia one may have an idea of what the Austrian occu pation cost it when it is known that the Treasury is encumbered with a debt of 22,000,000 piawres, which the last Administration left as its legacy to future Adminis.rations. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MARCH 19. The melancholy incident of the sudden death of one of the Deputes, while addressing the house, has produced a wide spread and painful sensat'on here ; the more so, as apoplectic and paralytic at tacks are this year more frequent than usual at this season, in consequence of the unusual warmth of the weather. The Circumstances under which this su Wen death took place are, moreover, calculated to throw an additional interest over it, and will prob ib!y cause the dec e a se d t o b e l oo k ed on by the less educated of his party as a m ar t yr to his cause and his Church. Herr Otho was a pro minent meml , er of the Roman Catholic party in 'the House of Representatves, and on this occasion was coanneucing an elaborate speeTh, on which the hopes of the party were rested, iu opposi.ion to the Ways and Me ins pioposed t o b e voted to the Minister of Public Worship. He bad spoken as follows : " t4entlemen,—l may assume it to be matter of noto riety what claims and demands with reference to the interests of the Catholics I and my friends have been striving for years to enforce on theattention of the house and of the Government. It will doubtless be equally well known to you that our endeavours, with very few exceptions, have always been unsuccessful. The ma• jority of these complaints have been directed against a state of things (calls of Speak louder'), which proceels directly from the Ministry of Public Worship and it this . . ." After pressing his hand on his h ear t an d repeat ing ! the last words in afaint voice, the speaker added —" Gentlemen, I grieve to say I cannot proceed," Iturned d' pale, and sank to the ground. The members in his immediate vieinityand the Ministers all sprang forward t o his assistance, and he was carried into a neighbouring room. Three medical men, members of the House, gave him thet , enetit of their professional skill, and every attempt was made to restore him to animation. A priest of his own Church, who is also ni(-mher for Cologne, w as pre pared to afford him the last consolations of reli gion, but from his continued state of unconscious ness it was not possible to administer the sacrament to the dying man, and the offices of religion were confined to the administration of the supreme unc tion. With a deep sigh and groan he shortly ex expired in the anus of the priest, as the latter p u t up the simple aspiration, "Father, into thy hand s we commend his soul." PORTUGAL. By tho arrival of her Majesty's ship Duke of Welling!on at Spith( ad yesterday we have advices front Lisbon to March 12. After a fortnight's Ministerial crisis, and the failure of every effort to reorganise a new Cabinet out of the Progresista party, the Marquis de Lonlo and Viscount Sada Bandeira have formed a coali tion with three deputies belonging to the Chartist or Conservative Constitutionalist party, and I - am assured the Administration will to-day le officially declart:'d in the Cortes as foUows The Marquis de Loulo, President of the Gowicil, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and, ad interim, of the Home department. Viscount Sada Bandeira, Minister of Marine and, ad interim, of War. M. Antonio Jose d' Avila, Minister of Financ'• M. Carlos Bento da Silva, Minist:r of Public Works. M. Vicente Ferrer Netto ' Minister of Justice. By this reconstru c ti on of the Loule Cabinet two Ministers went out—MM. Julio Gomes and Cunha Pessoa, and three new ones have taken office. 31 * Avila has formed part of several AdwinistrationFy bat M. Carlos Bento, chief of th e d e p ar t m ent in tile Treasury, an d V. Ferrer, protestor in the Univers ty of Co;mbra, have not before been Mini sters of State, though they h ave con ti nua lly been membe-s of the House of Deputies, and evinced considerable ability as debaters. It is very probable the new Ministry will, equally with the last, have a good working majoritY the Lower House, b u t it i s extremely difficult to say whether this or any other combination of parties will he able to command one in th e Upper House without the cre tion of a new batch of Peen 4, so equally divided does that House appear to be, and so conscious is each pary of i ts power to give a check to any Administration by suddenly sending for half-a-dozen of those Peers who are usually absent ; and thus, so long as t he King allows it to be understood he will not create new ones, it does not appear this difficulty in lation can be overcome, and permit the appoint ment of an administration likely to carry on public affairs any length of time, which would be very desirable for the interests of the country. Admiral Dundas left the Tao-us in the Duke ° f Wellington, and Captain Eyres remains on board the Exmouth, arrived on the 9th, as chief officer, with the Princess Royal and James Watt. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL MESSAGE. THE AMENDED TARIFF. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The United States' mail steam-ship Fulton, Car tarn J. A. Wotton, arrived in C3wes-roads 01s morning, and her mails were delivered here I? noon. She arrived under the Needles at 9 o'clock last night, but was detained by a dense foo'lluti; 9 a.m. to-day. Thi s s t eamer l e ft New York, p.m. on the 7th inst., and brings three days' later news than the advices per the Asia. She ba g four passengers for England and 60 for Havre, fo t which port she proceeded after disembarking bey mails, &c., for this place. She has on board $12,20, in specie, 1,200 bar re l s o f fl our, an d 21 package s °I samples for Havre. The Hon. Charles Sumner, of Boston, chusetts, is on board the Fulton, on his WAY France, to improve his health. On the 9th inst. the Fulton passed the barqul Fleet Eagle, of Boston, from the Cape of GO' Hope. The steamers Atlantic and Persia, from Liver' pool, had arrived at Ne w Y or k ; the former on sth, and the later on the 6th inst. By the Fulton we have received President 1311 ; chanan's inaugu ra l M essage , w hi c h was d e livered at Washington on the 4th inst. Subjoined is a OP/ of the speech : " Fellow Citi zens ,—l appear b efore you this (lei to take the solemn oath that I will faithfully execute the office of P res id en t o f t h e U n i ted States, and will to t he best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the e"; stitution of the U n it e d S tates . I n entering upon this great I must humbly i nvo k e t h e God of our Word for wisdom and firmness to execute its high and 'teepees; ible duties in such a manner as to restore harmony and the ancient friend s hip among the people of the se vers: States, and to preserve our free institutions through"' many generations. Convinced that I owe my election to the inherent love tor the constitution and the Union which still animates the hearts of the American peoples, let me earnestly ask their powerful support in sustainil all ju s t measures ca l cu l ate d to perpetuate t h ese the richest of p o liti ca l bl ess i ngs w hi c h H eaven h as ev er be. stowed epos any nation. " Having determined not to become a candidate for re-election, I shall have no motive to influence my 01 °". duct in administ er i ng th e G overnment , except th e ago sire ably and faithfully to serve my country and to live in the grateful memory of my countrymen. " We have recently passed through a Presidential cos' test, in which the passions of our fellow-citizens were el' cited to the highest degree by questions of deep and vital importance ; but when the people proclaimed their will the tempest at once subsided, and all was calm. The voice of the majority speaking in the enanner prescribed by the constitution was heard, and instant submission followed. Our own country could alone have exhibited so grand and striking a spectacle of the capacity of man for self-ge• vernment. " What a happy conception, then, was it for Conges'S to apply this simple rcle—that the will of the majority shall govern—to the settlement of the question o f do mestic slavery in the territories. Congress is neither to legislate slavery into any territory or State, nor to ex clude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof per fectly free to for m and regulate their domestic institu• tions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States. As a natural consequence, Cos gress has also prescribed that when the territory of Sall* sas shall be admitted as a State, it shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. A dig& rent opinion has arisen in regard to the time when the people of a territory shall decide this question for theln: selves. This is, happily, matter of but little practical importance, and, besides, it is a judicial question, which, legitimately b e l ongs t o th e S upreme Court of the Un it e d States, before whom it is now pending, and will, it rtt understood, be speedily and finally settled. To thei r decision, in common with all good citizens, I shall cheer' fully submit, whatever this may be, though it has bee n my individual opinion that under the Nebraska-Kanes g Act the appropri a t e p er i o d w ill b e when the num b er of actual residents in the territory shall justify the forms' tion of a constitution with the view to its admission as s State into the Union ; but be this as it may, it is the by' perative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expression of his opinion by his vote. This sacred right of each individual must be premerved• This being accomplished, nothing can be fairer than to leave the people of a territory free from all foreign is" terferenco to decide their own destiny for themselves, subject only to the constitution of the United States The whole territorial question being thus settled upon the principle of popular sovereignty—a principle as ancient as free governments itself—everything of a practical ture has been decided, and no other question remains fo adjustment, because all agree that under the constitution slavery in the States is beyond the reach of any human power except that of the respective States themselves wherein it exists. May we not, then, hope that the long agitation on this subject is approachin g its end, and that the geographical parties to which it has given birth, so much dreaded by the father of his country, will speedily become extinct ? Most happy will it be for the country when the put lic mind shall be diverted from this plea• tion to others of more e pressing and practical importance. Throughout the whole progress of this agitation, which has scarcely known any intermission for more than 2 0 years, while it has been productive of no positive g ood to any human being, it has been the prolific s ource of great evils to the master, to the slave, and to the whole country ; it has alienated and enstranged the people of the sister Stites from each other, and has even seriously endangered the very existence of the Union ; nor has the danger yet entirely ceased. " Under our system there is a remedy for all mere pa• litical evils in the sound sense and sober judgment of the people. Time is a great corrective. The political sub jects which but a few years ago excited and exasperated the pub is mind have passed away, and are now nearly forgotten ; but this question of domestic slavery is of far greater importance than any mere political question, be- clause, shoul 1 the agitation continue, it may ev e nt u ally endanger the personal safety of a large portion of our countrymen where the institution exists. In that event no form of government, however admirable in itself, however productive of material benefits, can compensate ler the loss of peace and domestic security around the family altar. Let every Union-loving man therefore e g f res the s time s th a t men exert his beet influ e nce to suppress this , is withoutagitation,whaicnhy, since th e recen t le g islation a o n f Congress, o legitimate object. have undertaken to calculate the mere material value of the Union. Reasoned estimates have been presented of the pecuniary profits and local advantages which would result to different States and sections from its des• solution, and of the comparative injuries which such an , e v ent would inflict on other St a t es and sections. Even I d e scending to this low and narrow view of the mighty question, all such conclusions are at fault. The bare re ference to a single consideration will be conclusive on this point. We at present enjoy a free trade through. out our " ten ' i ve and expansive oeuetry, such as the world never witnessed. This trade is conducted on rail roads and canals, on noble rivers and arms of the sea, which bind togethe r th e nort h an d the south, the east and the west of our confederacy. Annihilate this trade arrest its free progress by the geographical lines of jealous and hostile States, and you destroy the prosperity and onward march of the whole and every part, and in volve all in one common ruin. But such considerations, important as they are in themselves, sink into insignifi cance when we reflect on the terrific evils which would result front disunion to every portion of the confederacy —to the North not more than to the South, to the East not m - ate than to the West. These I shall not attempt to portray, because I feel an humble confidence that the kin l Providence which in , pired our fathers with wisdom to frame the most perfect form of government and union ever devised by man, will not suffer it to perish until it shall have beep peacefully instrumental by its example in the extension of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. " Next in importanca to the maintenance of the con• stitution and the Union is the duty of preserving the Government free from the taint or even the suspicion of