The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

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would be present on the,principal day of the com-
petition, July 5, at Wimbledon.
A irandianey fair witl held on Friday, at May-
bury, near Woking, oil the occasion of the laying,
• by Prince4lbert, of the/ first stone of the proposed
newtiramatiecollege. The stalls were kept by some
of the prettiest and most favourite actresses, and
there were such additional, attractions _as Buck-.
stone presiding over an " Aunt Sally," and
Compton installed as the proprietor of a pea-
shooting rifle gallery, with the humours of Took
and Widdicomb.

The important question of the hest system of
defence for our colonies is likely to be shortly much
pressed upon public attention. So far our colo-
nies, generally speaking, have been free from the
obligation of contributing, either by personal
service or money payment, towards their own
defences. The expenditure of this country for
the military defence of the colonies (not includ-
ing the Mediterranean stations and mili-
tary posts,) exceeded £2,000,000 in the last
year for which the accounts are complete,
employing about 27,000 regular troops. In case
of war these outlying colonies, so open to
attack, would be more likely to prove a source of
weakness than. of strength ; and there can be no
doubt that our safeguard, and their best defence,
is in the continuance of our supremacy at sea.
With some of the colonies there are definite
arrangements on the subject of expenditure—
Malta, Mauritius, and the lonian Islands, and
Ceylon pay a contribution into the Exchequer,
in aid of military funds : "and— New South
Wales, Victoria, and South Australia pay
for military buildings and defences, and the
expense of any troop's they may require beyond a
specified number. When General Peel was iii
office he proposed that the principle should be
extended to all the colonies, laying down these
two general rules That England should
assist in their defence against aggression on the
part of foreign nations, and, in a less proportion,
of formidable native tribes, but not assume the
whole of such defence; 2nd, that military
expenditure for purposes of internal police
should be defrayed from local funds. A com-
mittee of three gentlemen, Mr. G. A. Hamilton,
Mr. J. R. Godley, and Mr. T. F. Elliot, was
appointed last year, at his suggestion, to pre-
pare a scheme upon this principle, and their
report has now been laid before Parliament.
The committee consider that there should be an
uniform rate of joint contribution applicable to all
colonies, and concur in calling special attention to
the Cape of Good Hope, where we maintain not a
garrison, but an army, at a cost which has been
as much as £BOO,OOO in a single year, and yet
find the colony not, comparatively speaking, of
any considerable advantage either as a field for
emigration, the supply of our wants, or a market
for our produce.
The Asia arrived yesterday, with advices from
New York to the 23rd of May. The details of
of her news will be found in another column.

THE FORLORN HOPE ;
OR, THE CABLE-STREET CONSPIRACY.

THERE is something very ludicrous, and also very
pitiable, about the present position of the Radi-
cals. They feel it, and writhe under a sense of
it. Some of the more reckless try to hold up
brazen faces, and would brave the general scorn,
while others, and these far more numerous, are

evidently acting upon the principle that " dis-
cretion is the better part of valour,"—
" He that fights and runs away
May live to fight another day;"

They sneak out of sight, deserting their colours
in the hour of adversity, leaving a few unlucky
wights—their own chosen champions—to bear
the brunt of the battle. At a more convenient
opportunity, these cowardly Radicals will stand
forth with unblushing effrontery to proclaim their
unfaltering- adhesion to principles which they
prudently abandoned when the Conservative feel-
; ing of the country was fairly aroused against
them. Their principles will not bear the crucial
test of practical application in the administration
of the home and foreign affairs of this great
Country ; arid the frothy upholders of these
impracticable theories dare not etand by and
fight for them in the trial. Mr. JOHN BRIGHT
and one or two of his chums, who have become
hopelessly infatuated, make convulsive efforts-to
.
strike, but the great body of their followers
has left them hopelessly, in the lurch. What
has come of the great Advanced Literal party in
Liverpool ? Erewhile they were ecstatic in their
adoration of the Cotton Legislator, BRIGHT, and
feasted him with all the honours beneath the
glittering ceiling of the Philharmonic. True
there was something very lame and impotent
about that vain attempt to imitate the glorious
Derby Banquet held in the same hall some
weeks previously ; but, according to the

measure of their ideas, they did their best
to present a respectable phalanx in support
of their cause; and, moreover, they seemed well
satisfied with their success. Where are they
now ? It was all very well to meet togethef to
drink- a • strong infusion -of Bohn., and listen to
wild financial propositions, based on inaccurate
statistics, so long as there was. nothing. more prac-
tical in hand. People were -amused, rather than
disposed to be angry; and • some, ,g—O9dnatured
souls, not profeiised Radicals, went so far as to
think that so much big-moirthed talk might pos-
sibly lead to-something good,-if it had but a fair
trial. The trial has come off, and the schemes of
the financial-reformers-in the House of Commons
have now been found wanting, and are all but
universally denounced throughout the country as
dangerous hatchings from the brains of /lien
who, while aotive and powerful to destroy, are
incapable of building up again. Those precious
specimens of Manchester statesmanship, the
Treaty and the Budget, are everywhere in dis-
favour; and the country has only been saved from
one of the worst consequences arising from them,
as it were at the eleventh hour, by the 4' inter-
ference" of the second estate of the realm.

Have the originators and supporters of these
pernicious propositions confessed their• errors and
abandoned their principles ? Where now are Mr.
BRIGHT'S political supporters in Liverpool, and
what say they ? Their champion BRIGHT has
sounded loud the call to arms in defence of the
rights of the Commons against the "invasion" of
the Lords. Do they answer it ? As' one of our
Advanced Liberal ebtemporaries has chronicled,
" Mr. BRIGHT has been making a sort of progress"
to rouse his provincial supporters to a sense of
the affront cast upon them, and to inspire them
with courage for the coming fray. Assemble,
assemble, assemble' Petition, petition, petition
Agitate; agitate, agitate ! has been the burden of
his cry. Manchester and Birmingham, as in duty
bound, make a prompt reply, and echo back the
cry to Liverpool. Have we not in Liverpool two
Advanced Liberal daily journalists, who have
tried to outbid each other in expressions of honest
admiration of the man who " can be no dema-
gogue ?" Do they not sincerely lament the
" interference" of the Lords, and deeply mourn
the rejection of the Paper' Duty Repeal Bill ?
Have they not recorded Mr. BRIGHT'S appeals to
the Radical camp, and urged all who sympathise
therewith to come forth to do battle for their
principles ? All this is true, and what has been
the great result ?

Cable-street might have been a great thorough-
fare, and a noble street, but from various causes

it has not been able to assume any higher charac-
ter than that which generally attaches to the
dark lanes which are sometimes conve-
niently found at the back of main streets.
Somewhatin consonance with its sombre character,