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London, England, 1863-07-04 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 4.

EVERYBODY, we fancy, has by this time formed
his opinion of the extraordinary statement with
which Mr. ROEBUCK astonished the House of
Commons on Tuesday evening. His report of
what passed at that exciting interview with His
MAJESTY at the Tuileries, although strengthened
with the most solemn asseverations, will never be
brought forward as evidence—will never be ac-
cepted as material of history. Mx. ROEBUCK
pledged his veracity on the occasion, and his vera-
city, as we all know, is like his honesty—unassail-
able. Half England would have vouched for his
veracity on Tuesday morning, and although his
report has been shattered into a thousand frag-
manta by the statements of the Escriaoa's
authorised Minister, his veracity probably stands as
high as ever. The fact is instructive. Here is a
person undertaking what is apparertly the eimples.
task—undertaking to give an account of a con-
versation carried on in circums;anoes altogether
favourable to attention and a correct understanding
of what was said--and yet, although that person is
a witness of undoubted veracity, for anything that
his report is worth he might as well be notorious
for untruthfulness. The result, we say, is instruc-
tive. " The world will believe me," cried the
honourable gentleman. No doubt the world was
ready to believe him, and may still be so, but the
world will not again accept his uncorroborated
statement of what passes at private inter-
views. Mr. Rosenci has reminded us that the
purely subjective quality which we call veracity—
the absence of all intention to deceive, but in its
stead, a positive love for truth—is far from being
of itself a sufficient guarantee for accuracy of state-
ment when the relator is under the sway of circum-
stances strong enough to excite his imagination and
feelings, and so to influence his judgment. Such
appears to have been Mr. ROEBUCK'S situation in
the presence of the French EPAPEKOR at Paris.
The hon. gentleman has for some time past been
cultivating " sensations," and the habit grows
upen him. He is fond of placing himself in
strange situations, and getting into strange com-
pany. For a confirmed Radical, Mr. Rome' has
begun to make the acquaintance of Emperors too
late in life. Their affability, simplicity, and good
intentions, so complete, sincere, and unexpected,
are too much for him ; and it is no wonder that
the effects are strange, unwonted, and mysterious.
A worse man would have done his errand better.
We may see, further, from Mr. Rozerct's experi-
ment how treacherous are these short-cuts to truth.
The hon. member saw that the world—himself
and Mr. LINDSAY excepted—was being deceived.
He knew the Treasury Bench, knew the unscru-
yulousnese of official men, and heard rumours
wilicit he was sure could not be true. "Let as
" just go over," he said, " look in upon the
" EXPEROL, and bear for ourselves." So he went,
saw the face of MAJESTY, and has come
back again ; and that is about all that
the public can make out from the wonderful
story of this most veracious of travellers. The
world has been warned by this little episode. It
will not prize veracity any the less for the failure
of its most distinguished professor to tell the
truth, but it will value more than ever the equal,
balanced mind, and expect less in future from a
virtue which passes so easily into vanity as to blind
its possessor to what is panting before his eyes.

Tim public will observe with satisfaction Sir
Grouts Gary's statement, in answer to an inquiry
by Mr. Horace', that Lord PLUM/RON will
probably be in his place in the House of Commons
on Monday next. The Pazistas has been away
from the House nearly a fortnight, and its mem-
bers have more than once or twice had reason to