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LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS.

Tin cordial and even enthusiastic welcome
which Mr. GLADSTONE is receiving in the menu-
factaring districts will not surprise any who have
carefully watched his recent career. During a
period of almost unexampled political langour he
has devoted his great abilities with untiring zeal to
the study of difficult and complicated questions, to
the mastery of obscure and uninviting details con-
nected with the interests of labour and capital ;
and as the result of his patient and laborious in-
quiries he hsa framed and carried through the
legislature, in spite of the most strenuous and
persistent opposition, important measures of
commercial, financial, and industrial reform which
have gone far to redeem the present Parliament
from the standing reproach of barrenness
and inaction. In his speech at Bolton
Mr. Gianirrosz ingeniously apologised for
this comparative inaction, and certainly no public
man could do so with a better grace, for the use-
ful legislation he has himself inaugurated consti-
tutes the chief exception, and affords in reality
the best reply to the charge which he attempts
on other grounds to rebut. Whatever truth there
may be in the charge as applied to the temper and
conduct of Parliament in general, or to the policy
of Government in particular, the Caa.ncenos of
the EXCHEQUER is certainly not exposed to it. He
has never been wholly satisfied with things as they
are, nor resigned himself with folded hands to the
easy bat ignoble part of allowing the vessel of the
State to drift idly on the languid wave of tempo-
zary apathy or acquieseence. While other public
men, whose professions of attachment to the prin-
ciples of progress had been loader than his
own, were well content to make the practical politi-
cal stagnation of the hour a pretext for the adop-
tion of a stationary if not a retrograde policy, the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has never ceased
to recognise the active promotion of the national
interests by progressive legislation as the first
duty of a responsible statesman. Instead of being
content to wait until the commercial and financial
reforms which he felt to be just and salutary were
forced on the attention of the Government
by the overwhelming pressure of opi-
nion from without, he bas with statea-
manlike foresight and sagacity taken the
initiative in bringing about the needed improve-
ments. In this Le faithfully reflects that new,
higher, and more enlarged conception of public
duty which has during the last quarter of a cen-
tury effected a complete social revolution in this
country. The change which has produced this
beneficent result consists in looking at the national
interests as a whole, and providing for them in
time, irrespective of the party exigencies of the
hour. Some of the older political leaders, whoeeeerly
public life was spent in fierce party conflicts, can
hardly, perhaps, be expected to enter fully into
this view, being accustomed to estimate the value
and urgency of admitted measures of improve-
ment by their probable influence on the balance of
political parties rather than on the welfare of the
nation at large. Mr. GLADSTONI belongs essen-
tially to a different school, of which, perhaps, Sir
ROBERT PEEL may he considered the founder ;
and although the labours and triumphs of this
school have hitherto been confined very much to
economical questions, the beneficent results they
have achieved are as vast as they are unques-
tionable.

In addressing the manufacturers and artisans
at Bolton Mr. GLADSTONE appropriately refers to
some of these results :—" We have seen, gentle-
" men, during a lifetime, an alteration brought
" about in the relations of classes in this country
" such as must make the heart of every man leap
" within his breast to think upon ; we have seen
" mistrust and alienation gradually fading away
" like mists before the rising sun ; and we have
" seen throughout all parts of the country, and
" throughout all classes of the community, aenti-
" manta of mutual confidence, respect, and esteem
" taking the place of that alienation and estrange-
" meat." And he, at the same time, signalises
the exceptional nature of the political action
which has produced these results :—" It is not
" often that it is given to those called on
" to bear a part in public affairs to be enabled
" by their puny exertions, under the direction of
" an all-wise Providence, to do an amount of good
" which is upon the whole both so extensive and
" unmixed as the good which has been done in
" England, within our recollection, by the libera-
" tion of industry, of capital, and of skill.
" In general, when we see parties violently at
" issue, and principles keenly contested, the con-
" ditions of human life do not permit us to hope
" anything better than that in the solution of these
" controversies at least a balance of good may be
" secured; but here we have witnessed changes
"carried into effect which have conferred good

"*blue upon those by whom they were promoted
and upon those by whom they were opposed."
Mr. GLADVIVITZ has faithfully carried out
the great principles of emancipation of sapital and
industry, which are identified with this new and
happier period of our national history. His
financial measures have directly helped the labour.
ing capital of the country to pus through one of
the greatasteconomical calamities that ever befel
us ; and it is not surprising, therefore, that he
should be welcomed with enthusiasm in the manu-
facturing districts, and looked upon in the light of
a public benefactor. If his measures have
encountered constant opposition in the House
of Commons,
.this will be amply compen-
sated for by the universal sympathy and
support they have met with out of doors. And
this hearty popular recognition of his service, may
well stimulate and encourage him to persevere in
the path of useful progress which he has nobly

chosen to pursue, under adverse circumstances and
in the face of powerful obstacles. He humour-
oualy referred to the sentiment of impatience those
obstacles create in stiting that, in the present satis-
fied state of Parliament, efforts at improve-
ment are canvassed with a greater jealousy
than at other times, so that a man who proposes
an ameliorating law, becomes by that very fact it-
self an object of suspicion. But this suspicion,
even when expressed in the form of resolute oppo-
sition, has not deterred Mr. GLADSTONE from
acting up to his sense of public duty in time
past ; and his measures having been
crowned with complete success, it is hardly
likely to have much weight with him in
the future. Mr. GLADSTONE, perhaps wisely, does
not make large promises with regard to the future,
but it will be satisfactory to the public to be so-
lured afresh that, in his judgment, the mere fact of
great abuses having been corrected is " no reason
" at all why other improvements should not be pro-
" *routed with similar zeal." He points out more-
over, the direction which these needed reforms
must take : " There are adjustments which our insti-
" tutions will require. The progress of education,
" the progress of good and sound habits in the
" community, the increasing confidence which
" unites classes together—all these things point to
" a gradual enlargementof theprivilegespossessed
"by the people." Mr. GLADSTONE has already
strongly expressed his conviction on this head, and
there can be no doubt of his wisdom and foresight
in keeping a question which so directly concerns
the character of the people and the stability of our
institutions prominently in view. Numberless
signs point to a speedy revival of political activity
amongst us, and the true test of Mr. GLarocrorres
hidden power, and of the stability of his position as
a leader, will be found in the prudent and timely
application of the principles on which he has
hitherto acted to political as well as financial
reform.

PROROGATION OP PARLIANINT.—(Tffts DAT.)

This morning the Lord Chancellor attended in
the House of Lords for the purpose of further proroguing
the parFunent.
His lordship and the other Lords Commissiooers, having
taken their seats at the foot of the throne, Colonel Clifford,
the Deputy-Yeoman of the Black Rod, was directed to sum-
mon the Commons to hear the commission read. Shortly
afterwards one of the clerks, attended by the door-keeper,
and some of the other officials of the house, appeared at the
bar, when the commission wig read by Sir J. Shaw Lifters,
the principal parliamentary clerk.
The Lord Chanoellor then, by virtue of the commission
so read, declared it to be her hfsjesty's royal will and
plowers that the parliament should be again prorogued
until the day therein named, and it stood sdjourned ac-
cordingly until Friday, the 11th of November. His lord-
ship did not add the words that the parliament should be
" then and there holden for the despatch of divers and
urgent affairs* so that on the 11th of November a further
prorogation will take place, unless affain of importance erne
meanwhile to render the speedy meeting of parliament neces-
sary.

At the ceremony this morning there was not a single
member of the House of Commons present, not even the
Speaker, who is enjoying his otium ruin dirmitate at Osaing-
ton. The people's house was represented by a single par-
liam. ntary elem.

gbe court.

BALMORAL. Oct. 11.

The Queen went out yesterday morning attended
by Lady Auguste Stanley, and in theafterneon bar Majesty.
swamps:lied by Princess Helena, and the bean of Westmin-
ster, and attended by Lady Augusta Stanley, drove to the
Lynn of tf nick.
Prisons Helena, attended by the Hon. Enema Lasoallas,
went cat riding in the morning.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Co1(141W-office
from the governors of the settlements es the West Coast of
Africa.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prinoese
of Wales will not visit Paris before retuning to &gland,
though it is probable that a short stay will be made in
Germany.

The Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Victoria
Scott left Belgrave-eqoar• on Tuesday to join the duke snd
other members of the family at DriunLoris Castle, Dum-
friesshire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury will
receive a socoresiou of visitors at Hatfield BOOM, Herbs.
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has arrived in
tows from Janes:ix Abbey, the meat of the Marquis aad
Marehloseemof Aileebury.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

The Earl and Countess of Derby do not receive
company at Knowsley Park until the second weak in the
ceasing mouth.

(1 ,_.I iftaxnumi.)
ALGERIA.

The Earl of Wilton will leave Newmarket to-
morrow. to join the countess at Heaton Hall, near Mae-
cheater. At the end of the mouth the noble earl aad
rousting go to Egerton Lodge, Melton ldowbray, for the
hunting season.

PARIB, Oar. 13.
An official report has been received from Gemmel
Falint describing a gallant engagement which took
place on the 29-30 September between his column
of troops and a very numerous body of the Arab
insurgents. The loss of the latter was 400 killed
and 400 wounded. That of the French is estimated
at 80 killed and 27 wounded.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

The Countess Cowper will shortly receivo a dis-
tinguished party at Wrest Park, Beds. It is the intention
of her ladyship to give a ball at Wrest to the county
nobility sad gentry, and there is to be a grand ball at
Panshanger Park, near Hertford, before Christmas.

Gaon ous ow'

PARIS. WIDICIIIIAT Emma.

The marriage of the Le;d7 Helen WDonnell,
daughter of the late Earl and Laura Countess of Antrim,
with Sir Malcolm Murray M'Gregor, Bart., is to take place
on Tuesday, the 25th inst.

M. Paulin Limayrac has a commission to prove
in the Constitutiosenel, with referenoe to various re-
ports from Vienna, that Austria " ought " neither
to be dissatisfied with nor uneasy at the Franco-
Italian Convention. To show the right of France
to evacuate Rome, he somewhat ironically refers to
the fact that, in 1869, Austria, to suit her conveni-
ence (i.e., to concentrate her forces against the French
army, which gave her &thrashing) abandoned, with-
out any notice at all, that part of the Papal domi-
nions which were under her guardianship. By way
of protest against the suspicion that France now
entertains any hostile designs against Austria, the
article says in conclusion :--" The public mind in
Venetia may become agitated—committees may issue
proclamations, may talk of offensive and defensive
alliances, and of war in the spring. But that state
of things is not new—it has already frequently
mowed, and the convention of September must
in no manner bear the responsibility of it. All
reflecting people must understand that France has
no desire to complicate the Roman question by
adding that of Venetia, and of lighting up a con-
flagration in the north of Italy while she is
endeavouring to extinguish that in the south."
The Pays luus a note stating that although there
is an ultra party at Vienna which has endeavoured
to goad Austria to war against the convention, yet
that Couut de Rechberg, sustained by the Emperor
Francis Joseph, has overruled this party, and that
Austria, by way of a practical commentary upon
her opinion of the convention, is diminishing the
effective of her troops in Italy. The Pays there-
fore thinks that the " akrmista" have now not a
leg to stand upon. Austria disarms ; Spain,
which was to have put herself forward to
replace France in Rome, never thought of any
such thing ; and "the sovereign pontiff who was to
have appealed to catholic Europe against the con-
vention now looks upon it with calm, and only
thinks of utilising for the benefit of the church
those advantages which France holds out to him."
I think the latter opinion—that concerning the dis-
position of the Pope—eminently "subject to
caution."

Although the financial news from London is said
to be better, and Consols come with a rise of a
heavy fall has occurred at the Bourse. Bente fell
20c. for cash and 30c. for account, closing at
65fr. 10c. and 65fr. 15c. Mobilier fell 32fr. 50c.
The bullion in the Bank of France is believed to
be reduced to 219 millions, and a rise in the rate
of discount is apprehended for to-morrow. There
can be no doubt, however, that uneasiness at the
state of European politics weighs upon the market.
Rumours of a general disarmament are put in cir-
culation, but people will ■ot believe them,

THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.

A copy of the following telegram was received
yesterday at the War Department from the Foreign-
odic* :

" TELEGRAM IRON THE ACTIITO CONIIIIL-GIMERAL,
CAIRO, TO THE FORMIGH-OTTICE._

" October 10, 1864.

The marriage of Mr. W. W. P. Coined, of Bra-
with Hall, Yorkshire, with Edl(b, eldest daughter a Lord
sad Lady Charles Kerr, Is fixed to take place so the 10th
November at Dalkeitk ChapeL

The marriage of 'Victoire, youngest daughter of
If. W. Belle, Esq.. to Don Jaen Bernardino Fernandes de
Velum; Duke de Friss, was celebrated at the chapel of the
Sp►nish Embauy b 7 the very Rey. Dr. Hearn yesterday.
After a thlicuner, at the house of the bride's father, the
duke and duchess left for Combo Bank, Sure Oaks, Kent,
ea route to the sontinent.

The Boulogne Times has the following story of
an elopement:—" It is very long since the Amur, of
Boulogne hays been gratified by the scandal of an elope-
ment, and we regret that last week furnished forth a neat,
which may provide some besinese for Sir J. P. Wilde. A
gallant son of ?dare, Captain X—, whose better half is in
Etiglant, seems to have won the affection of • young
English demoiselle residing in the Rue Royals, who had,
however, another string to her bow, whose attentions were
very assiduous and somewhat inconvenient to the captain
and his fair Inamorata. On Thursd►y last the loving couple
bad, it is supposed, determined to enjoy • tour either to
Paris or the interior, and the last train in the evening wan
to bear them from hence. ♦ difficulty presented itself ; the
single and single-minded suitor intervened with a propo-
sition to meet:the lady fair, and spend an agreeable evening
with her. She was nospluseed, sod sought the captain's
aid, who went to work with stratagem. He invited the
loving bachelor to go with him to the theatre, and witness
Pause, sneoseefully urging him to go. He was deservedly
punished for preferring the captain's society to that of the
lady fair. In the course of a quarter of an boar the expense
left his stall, promising to retina in five minutes. Tine
passed, and he returned no more. He had flown."

" I beg to communicate through your fordship's
office, to the Secretary of State for War, and to
the Quartermaster-General, Horse Guards, Lon-
don, the following telegram, just received from
Lieut.-General Cameron, dated Tauranga, August
6th A meeting took place on the 6th and 6th
of August between his Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand and the natives of Tannings, at
which the latter submitted unconditionally to the
Queen's authority, and placed their lands at the
governor's disposal. They have been permitted to
return to their lands, a small portion only of which
will be forfeited.'

(Signed) "Taos. RU.D."

The Hon. Geo. F. S. Elliot, private secretary to
the Foil Rummell, ham left tows for Germay for a few
weeks.

"Letters on England," by Louis Blanc, are about
to appear at the library la Croix, Paris.
The Corriere Sintiano of Palermo states that the
municipal junta of that city ban calmed Garibaldi's porbelt
to be hung up in the room in which the general, at the
time of his dictatorship, need to give audience.
The Gazette of Genoa mentions the arrival in that
port of the Explorators steamer, from Marseilles, having on
board Prince Humbert. The principal civil and military
authorities assembled at the pa/ace to receive his royal
highness. The Pe•screraana of Milan states that the prince
arrived in that city at midnight of the Rth.

M. Lamirov, a tax-collector at Ghent, in Belgium,
&boom:dad a few day■ back, Issriog a deficit of about
20,000 fr. in his account'. His wife has since received •
letter from him, stating that he had taken passage at
Rotterdam on board a vessel bound to Singapore, and
intended to commit suicide on the saved day after putting
out to see.

The National Library of Madrid has just obtained
the only copy that exists of the first edition of " Doe
Quixote."

"A Carlarnhe letter," says the Ddbata, " relates
ao extroorelioarf tragedy said to b►re just taken place in
that city, hut which we give under every reserve. A Polish
count, named K—, after seducing a Mdlle, de la B—, one
of the mast charming ladies of Carisruhe, ateadmed her in
order to marry the Marquise de L—. Mdlle. de la B—
tried by every means to win back her faithless lover, but
finding her efforts useless determined to be avenged. A
rind ball was given a few days back ►t the residence
of the marqaise to celebrate her betrothal
with the omit,. The file we. at its height when
Mall.. de la B— approached the marquise with • smile
on her lip., as if about to solute her, and then dashed the
content@ of a phial of sulphuric acid into her face. A short
time before • servant in livery had headed • letter to the
count. After reading it the latter turned pale, and imme-
diately went out. The neat day his body was discovered
stabbed with • poniard in three plasm, while that of Mdlle.
de la B— was found in • river which rues at • short dis-
tance from the town. The marquise is disfigured for life."
REPORTED DEATH OF JULL'u GERAED, THE LION
Ert.tatt.—We (MeseAuter Examiner) have been favoured
with the sight of • letter, written by Mr. Ellis Edwards to
a covrespongent is Manchester, dated Sherbro' (about 120
miles from Sierra Leone), September 15, which has just
arrived by the African mail, from which we give the follow-
ing extract :—" I have just head from my factors t►at
Mona. Jules Gerard, the African explorer, bay bees drowned
la the Joeg river, between ifoloelleh sad Woolab."

DIPIPATCH OP THR BOMBAY MAILS.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamship Elias, Captain
Bparkea, sailed at three p.m. yesterday with the mall. for
Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Bombay, and
Upper Bengal. The Elton takes out 173 passengers, ia-
eluding the Marseilles portion, and on freight 173 boxes
specie for Boantay, value 48,9351., of which amount 29,1501.
is bar salver, 13,6001. silver ode, 2,1001. severely's, and
1,0551. in gold thread, jewellery, he. ; mho for Metope*
watAbse, MI., awl a fall ono of posral

TILE EXPRESS„ TittltBDAY EVENII4II, OCTOBER 13, 1864.