The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-19 00:00:00

whom, on the present •ccasion, we concur.

The greatest indignation and the fiercest wrath
are at present being ?cured forth by the Radicals
upon the devoted hod of Mr. Massey, the Liberal
member.for-Salford for his audacity in.preiosing
to refer the littleißeform Bill" a*leet Com.
• . .
nrittee. He is depounced as a tiiitor infttiocainp
either, _i
ringleide`r ter"'.

case, a conspirator; and the object of the con-

spiracy is said p be the indefinite postponement

, .
of . the present Bill.
~:..7ThcTstifs.*l47l• S-41. that
he is keptin countere by deifkin members..,
of the 'coalition Wit)r.._ it is
knoWh, htittilY tilsilittr- the. , thilno
Massey'si.proppent in tai:77light, eyez-k
Mr. tright's Organ of the, press, iiiiepared to de-•
'nduke telatnn*erthro47 of Lord Vaby's Cabinet
as the triumph of faction. ritittird—reAt of an
organised fraud ; while all who shah dare to
support Mr. Massey's motion, are to be held up
to scorn, as the false Reformers who hung up
the Reform .Bill :for .another year, humiliated a
Coalition quasi-Reform 'Ministry, and 'Ove an
inspiriting triumph to " Toryism in its last
gasp." Mark the inconsistency of those Radicals.
Erewhile these " Toris " ',were: • clenobnced -"as
treacherous to their own prOfdaiOns, because.. they

showed their desire to give this Reform Bill a fair
chance, and declined to offer any factious opposi-
tion to its progress. And yet, it is now asserted that
the indefinite suspension of its progress through
the House wonld be to theti aninspiriting triumph!
Why, the Conservatives have desired" nothing
more sincerely than that thii Reforni question
might be settled one way or another, believing
that this is the first necessary step in paving the
way fOr their return to poeri: the Whigs seem
to know this, and are.very naturally, though very
depravedly, desirous of shelving the question. They
would not allow Lord Derby to pass a Reform mea-
sure ; and, having,no relish for. it themselves, they
have repeatedly shown their readiness to adopt
any eienge *hereby to get rid 'b theiroft-tepeated
promises on this subject; . Whatever be :the fate
of Mr. Massey's motion, or of " the little` Reform
Bill," it is n.o better than a cowardly' trick to
attempt to charge the Conservative party with
any desire to see the 'question lept open, or—as
likely to.enjoy any party triumph in the event
of its indefinite postponement:
It redounds to the credit of our great com-
mercialcOniliiniiiii-ifiit 'Me recent distUrlia7nee-
between the Bank and the Discount Houses has

not arisen, as was conjectured, from any general

combination among them for the purpose of lock-
ing up• bank. notes. So far as has been ascer-
tained, the course referred to was pursued. by one
house only, withput concert with any other.

Oppression, it has been said, may drivea -Wise
Pa= mad; and although we :may not have much
to say for the wisdom of the Vienneie; we all
know how much they have been oppressed, and
hove, in every relation of life, they have suffered.
from the infatuated policy of. their rulers ; and
now madness and despair would, seem to have
seized upon them as a community. By one of the
latest telegrams we learri thd- atartliiik fact that,
in Vienna suicide has actually become so prevalent
that it. carries . off its, numerous victims like an
epidemic.

Nice, as we announced yesterday, has sold
itself, by an ostensibly popular vote in favoUr of
.annexation, to France. But it may be seriously
doubted how tar tHia is i! the 'end all 'and be all"
of this nefarious transaction. It affords another
painful illustration of the value of the miserable
deception called " universal suffrage," and " the
will of the people,"—at least under French
inspiration. There cannot be a reasonable doubt
but that the country has been delivered, with
bound hands and feet, over to the ambition-of the_
most plausible and unprincipled depot in
Europe. ' The proceSs has been one of long:laid
intrigues by French and Sardinian officials; of
falsehood, hypocrisy, and treachery ; and the '
Italians now feel the disgrace rankling in
every bosom. Cavour may have been the
victim, rather thin the aCconiplice, of France ;
but his hands are not clean. Garibaldi, the only
disinterested Italian patriot who haS- appeared
prominently on the scene, rather 'than Seem. to
countenance the base compromise, retires,. fou the,
time, from public life=even from Italy. What
shall be the end P The Italians are intensely and
universally discontented; and, we may depend upon
it, there is a day of retribution in store ; for it has
been well temarked, as to Italian Sovereigns and
Parliaments,
,thl.ta 'breath can unmake, as a
breath has made, them.

It is reported by telegraph, briefly and vaguely,
that a favourable solution of the difficulty between
France and Switzerland, is at, hand.. We hope
this is not " too good neWs to be true,"

The immediate issue of the pregerit diStUrliance
in Sicily and Naples continues doubtful; 'but it is
not improbable:that:brute force may again, for a
time, triumph over the wild attempts of the
oppressed to obtain Treedom. The ultimate fate:
of the tilling 'family of Bourbons; which obsti-;
nately refuses to learn,froni experience; ',cannot,
however, be diffiefilf to predict. The whole king-
dom is a moral volcano which ever and anon
emits fire and smoke. 1848 was a year of horrors ;
and since then there have been numerous Sdarcely
less threatening indications, such as the insurrec-
tion in Calabria-, the rising inXilento, the orga-
nisation of the Pugnalatori, and the conspiracy
of Bencivenga, with a host of smaller agitations,
and attempts on the life of the tyrant miler; and'
now there rages another revolution, the end of
which remains to be seen.

In another column we give some account of a
new French pamphlet,, which,, notwithstanding
that it has been' expressly dise,vo*ed by' the
French Government, is doubtless the work of
some one officially inspired. It is well worthy of
attention. .--"lr€Pr..)o Ar;:r-r T '

The Cahadianrinail steamer' Bohemian, with
dates to the ith inst., touched at Queenstown
yesterday, and landed the Irish mails.. By the
latest advices from Mexico, General Miramon was
retreating towels the capital.., The failure of a
proniineni cotton factor' of New ()Hem* is
reported.

• . • 7 .'"7 -
TT has grown to be almost one of our institUtiOng,
that during recesses. of. Parliament, legislatOrs,
especially Of the nondescript " independent mem-
ber" class should come down again to the level.
of the people, and indUct couYitry bumpkins and
the tits d business into the secrets of past
and probable. legislation. There are many con-
veniences in this. The timid and retiring whom
the austere 44684 of the Senate friklitens out of
their voicos, pluck up courage. when they descend
to eountry, and. crow likee-hantanii on the
village dung-hill, or on the platform of a " Tem-
perance-hill." 'the stupid and, nerveless who are
compelled to: play third or fouth dr Attieth fiddle
or perhaps no fiddle at all, in•the imperialniches-
tra, flourish of premier or sole violin on country
boards. And so a no,:one becomes a C.e5.1.11, and
thbSe:'Who 'have. no leisure to, or who cannot.
read newspapers are transformed into momentary

politicians. 1. :ft 71 T !
Now we cannot exactly bring Mr. BERNAL
OSBORNE into this category. Mr. OSBORNE , is
somebody, if not quite a CXSAR, even in the House
of Commons., Though he does not play first
fiddle, he yet practices on a very promillent
instrument, and is heard- to considerable advan-
tage in the national rehearsal.. But it happens
that neither ministries nor constituencies have
dealt very fairly with Mr. Osiioat of late, and
he is not best pleased with the treatment. With
the odour of the. 'Admiralty still` strong about
him, the claisic- Dubrians of the 'dock-yards
having lost their interest in the official, refused
any longer to see the charms that belonged to the
man. and having petted. him for a season and
cajoled him, cast him like a loathsome weed
away; as far as to the opposite corner of Eng-
land. Then the great Whig supremacy has not
. _
renewed:its partnership with its former vigorous
ally, and the active sharp-shooter still wanders on
the skirts of the regiment. So much. has this
affected Mr. OSBORNE'S spirits that in the present
Parliament he has given evident signs of sulks;
and a 84.4 sullen ,plitting,. up of the shoulder
against tfiecold shoulder Which -.haq, I?eeg
shown him. Mr. Osnoit*i:ifili 'Veen in a cor-
ner ; and the fire of his genius has given forth
but feeble and intermittent sparks. But what

most pail:Ally aSeitifial'ititlaVil. OSBORNE has
declined •from li hot nieridiazi is, that the
;Impenditig...t isitation upon the'heads'ef Sir JOHN
I,GTbk and :640114 jsc4vative Ad
ratty,
which wag to have stamped truth upon
that great' invent* of last Spring which turned
.icird • DERBY cOniiPiratoi' against the
•
Itonour7of a whole riatirni," has come down in the
miWst and meekest form. It may surely be
taken as a matter of retributive justice, that the
two men of mark, who staked most of their
veracity—the one upon theAruth. of _the-- charges_
he had made, and the other upon the :vindi-
-eating exposures he was to make—have been on
the great Parliamentary arena the most shunned
and the most in the back-ground of leading
politicians. But, with Mr. OSBORNE, we heartily
say, let bye-genes bet bye-gones ; for who can
resist that forgiving temper which has lost its
resentment in gratitude even to Sir JOHN
PAXINGTON, in that unwittingly -he sent Mr.
t)sBORNE from borer t 6 Liskeard P
If Mr. OSBORNE, then, has been tongue-tied On
the familiar scene of his once fiery criticism, we
more rejoice that his unruly member has been
relaxed by the bracing air of Cornwall ; and the
more so still that it has become less unruly. It
is quite worthy of England: -to hear and pay
attention to what Mr. OSBORNE, the wit, .has. to
say upon things in general, before a , Western
constituency, in. a temperance-hall. It is this on
general accounts. Reflective persons of, . all
parties ,generally agree that, whether for 'good
Or evil, England' at the present time, pass-
ing through a crisis in her political fortunes.
None but very extreme men who are ready
to brave great dangere in purSuit; some of an
interested and personal,: others of a mere thOretical
object, profess theniselves qnite easy as to the
results to be expected from the contemplated
political changes. If we can find 'a than who is
;accustomed to think for himself; whose position
releases, him from party ties, and ;who may ho
therefore expected to use Unhiassed judgment
upon measures the consequences of which ate
remote and the necessity for which is in a great
measure factitious ; the opiniOns of such man
are more than ordinarily of weight. If, in
additidn; this hi! a man preVithislY Iden-
tified with Liberal opinions of no very Moderate
`cast, his testimony on- such a inbject :as
- reform, it would bes especially' unwise to con-
temn. We are pleased, therefore, to draw the
attention of men of all parties to the fact that-
Mr. BERNAE OSBORNE'S appearance at .Liskeard
last Friday adds another to the warnings which
are daffy Pthiring froth the most Unlikely quarters,
-into the tars' of Whig Constitutionalists who are
in danger of interfering. with .the balance of the
Constitution. Side by side with this testimony,
;we are qUite willing to receive all Mr. OSBORNE'S
professions of friendship for Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
!Mr. -BRIGHT, Mr. MILNER GIBSON, and Mr.
:COBDEN. These evidences of admiration would
serve to strengthen rather than weaken his
;doubts and his censures, even though he had not
with his usual mat-apropos facility, accompanied
them With insinuations, that Lord JOHN RUS-
:SEEL is a careless and unscientific reformer,
Mr. BRIGHT a setter of class against class,
-Mr. OIBSON
,a-- dear purchase- to—the—nation-
di the expense of a .1d Income-tax, and Mr.
COBDEN returning from his brief :ail:ion-du,
probably to assist at violently disarranging the
political settlement of his country. Mr. Os-.
BORNE'S defence of the Commercial Treaty is of
that inappreciable kind which depends upon the
issue that no one can predict. That Mr. COBDEN
is a free-trader is no jaroof that the Treaty he
concocted is based upon Free-trade. primkiples ;
for those who Eire accustomed to hear that Vibe-
trade spurns to"aceept reciprocity as acondition,
would be more likely to infer that Mr. CoRDEN
has violated his principle in advocating ' the
Treaty. Those too who have in their eye even
now the prospect, of an enormous deficit twelve
months hence, talay hesitate before they 'say
that Mr. GLADsTONE has not paid too much
for what he has got. And those who -find
themselves unable to perceive in- the recent
annexation of Savoy any abatement in the
aggressive system of the 'French Enipere, May
be allowed to doubt whether the, treaty will tend
i •
to the preservation of peace between this country
and France, except, that is, at the price of
supineness and tiishononr.