The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-24 00:00:00

cerning the privileges of both Houses of Parlia-
ment was before the Commons—which question
had been recently discussed in all its branches—
Mr. D/SRAELi and his party would have taken a
shabby course, of which the country could never
have approved, if, on that occasion, like Lord
PALMERSTON and his friends, they had taken
refuge in tortuous conduct and ambiguous lan-
guage, instead of directly upholding their former
policy, and flatly negativing Lord FERMOY'S
tesolntion ? Mr. DISRAELI, therefore, did right
in not 'supporting Lord P..iILMERSTON'S shabby
motion of " the previous question ;" and it was
his bounden duty to do as he did when he pro-
posed a direct negative. This was done in no
party spirit ; because there can be no doubt that
if Lord PALMERSTON had adopted the same
course he would have had a much larger majority
in his favour. Lord PALMERSTON did not do so,
and thus sacrificed his own convictions and con-
sistency, as well as the dignity of the House,
merely because he feared the breaking up of his
Government, and the dispersion of the motley
Coalition, through offending or affronting " the
insane popular CHANCELLOR of the EXCHECWER.',
Because Mr. DISRAELI exposed and denounced
such a course, and adopted one in remarkable
antithesis to it, he has incurred the odium of the
" Saturday Reviler." If we are to believe the
words of our sapient contemporary, Mr. DISRAELI
has betrayed his followers, and leagued the
Conservative party with anarchists. He has
foolishly healed up Whig-Radical ministerial
dissensions. He very nearly embarrassed Mr.
GLADSTONE. He has shown that he has not the
art to lead a great party ; because, although there
is a Conservative reaction rising high in the
House and in the country, he has not yet been
able to float that party again into power. He
has the Conservative party in too excellent dis-
cipline, because, on this occasion, they acted with
him as one man. A little less discipline and a
little more exercise of private judgment, is
the great desideratum which our contem-
porary laments. If even a few had be-
trayed their inconsistency on the recent occasion,
it would have been so much better ! and so forth.
The Saturday Reriew's connection with a certain
member of the Cabinet is well known, even were
it less apparent from the miserably weak and
personal attack upon the opposition leader in the
article bearing the appropriate title of " a
blunder in tactics." We now leave it to our
readers to say whether Mr. DISRAELI or the
Saberdny Bedew has made the greater " blunder
in tactics '1 in dealing with this question. If
any one wishes to read more of the same trashy
" reviling," let him turn up any of our con-
temporary's numbers for some months back, and
he will find that the talented and distinguished
statesman, who so ably and faithfully leads
the Conservative Opposition, is systematically
traduced and denounced in its pages. In each
attack they will find illustrations of the same
debilitated and incompetent personal spite against
Mr. DISRAELI. Let every Conservative who
rtjay have hitherto supported that pretentious
print, noW say how far it merits a continuance of
their subscriptions, unless, indeed, they may be
induced to remain readers from a curious desire
to observo how often and how egregiously it
may commit tt similar " blunder in tactics."

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday, July 22, 1860.

The favourite adage " It's a bad wind that
blows nobody good," may not inaptly be quoted
with reference to the benefit which Garibaldi
derives from the fact of the Syrian massacres hav-
ing eclipsed the interest which the chief European
Powers have hitherto taken in his movements.
The attitude which the Emperor of the French
has taken up with respect to this new phases of
the Eastern question, the attention which that
attitude, and the designs with which it is asso-
ciated in the minds of the other great Powers,
have, excited, and the necessity imposed upon
Louis Napoleon of defending himself from a fresh
outburst of suspicions on the part of his allies,
must operate as a most favourable diversion for
the heroic Dictator of Sicily. He will now be
able to work out his independent aims without
being hampered by that system of intervention on
the part of the continental Powers, which has
always hitherto proved so fatal alike to the liber-
ties of the island and to the freedom of the Italian
peoples.
The Patrie, of this evening, loudly claims for the
Emperor the character and the credit of the chief
championship of Christianity and of Christians
in the East. " Europe," says this journal, " has
comprehended the sentiment of the Emperor, and
the expedition to Syria is fixed upon. This
agreement between the Great Powers is the
happiest augury for this noble enterprise, which
is due to the initiative of France, and which
ought to be the support of our soldiers." It
cannot for a moment be imagined that the Sultan
will refuse to accept the help which he is offered,
"and which is his only chance of saving the
honour of his throne and of preventing it from
falling in blood." No ; " the acquiescence of the
Porte will not be refused, and the Christian
populations of Lebanon, in rendering I hanks to
the generous intentions of the great European
Powers, can, from this moment, bless the name
of the Emperor, and prepare themselves for salut-
ing in a few days the flag of France." Not so
fast, M. Paulin Limayrac, who is the writer of
this enthusiastic article du, fond. Unless I have
been very much misled, the flag of France will be
forced either to ally itself with those of other
Christian Powers, or to forego a considerable por-
tion of la gloire with which she proposes to cover
her arms in her second great Syrian campaign.
I have reason to believe that representations of a
very serious kind indeed have been forwarded to
St. Cloud by Lord Cowley; and that despatches
containing a renewal of them were received at
the British Embassy no later than this morning,
which leads to the inference that the deliberations
of the Cabinet Council, which I see was held in
London on the previous afternoon, related to this
important subject. This conjecture derives further
support from the following bit of latest news,
relating to this matter, which appeared this even-
ing in the inner column of the Patric A
great:number of the organs of the press, both
French and foreign, give details relative to
the composition of the corps which is to
be despatched to Syria. They assure us,
in fact, that certain dispositions are taken by both
the war and naval departments; that certain
regiments have already received their orders ;
that M. the General of Brigade de Beaufort
d'llliutpoul, has been designated for a command ;
that Mr. Assistant Commissioner Mony set off this
morning for Beyrouth, by the Euphrate, but we
have reason to know that tlth organisation of the
expeditionary corps, although actively proceeded
with, is not yet definitely determined." " This
corps," it is added, " in any eventuality, will be
ready to set off as soon as the moment shall have
come for its doing so."
Now, looking to the, at least, semi-official
character of La Patrie, one can hardly believe,
unless the contradiction I have quoted be wil-
fully and designedly false, which it is almost
impossible to suppose, that the state of the fact is
not there accurately represented ; at all events, it
is the latest and apparently most authentic ver-
sion of,the matter which I have had access to.
I may here likewise recall to your recollection
the contradiction I gave in one of my recent
letters to the selection of General Trochu for the
command of the advanced corps of this expedition.
More than one of the journals assert that this
officer has actually
_Sailed ; besides the indirect
confirmation which is given as above by the Patrie
of the selection of Genes-al de Beaufort d'Haut-
poul, instead of General Trochu, the nomina-
tion of the former is also confirmed by the
3loniteur de la Flottc, which even assigns the
reasons on which it has been made, which are—
first, that he is the fittest man for the post; and
second, that his lengthened sojourn in Algeria
has given him a profound knowledge of the cha-
racter of the enemies to whom he is to be opposed.
This latter journal professis similar unwilling-
ness with the Patrie to doubt that England
will join its forces to those of France. It says