The Press.
London, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

DISRAELI. We shall quote from a Whig•
Radical work :

The Cabinet of Queen Isabella applied for aid to the
three Powers in alliance with Spain—Britain, France, and
Portugal. Britain declined to send troops, though she
would nut object to France doing so.—History of the Thirty
Years' Peace, by Miss Martineau, p. 364.

In the same way, England " would not object
" to France having a treaty with Austria, gua-
" rantecing the integrity of the Italian States."
Though England, advised by Lord PALMERS-
TON, would MA send troops, Lord PeudEasrox
(Order in Council, June 10, 1835) permitted
the Spanish Government to raise a body of
11,000 mercenaries, " who were afterwards
" starved, frozen, shot, distrusted, deceived, for-
saken, and, finally, lett unpaid." In the midst
of all this, an order, issued by General EVANS
(Annual Register, 1836, p. 389), cast a fearful
light on the nature of the enterprise which he
led. He issued a proclamation in June, 1836,
declaring that as the Legion was now in junc-
tion with the British Marines, "every English-
" man found fighting on the side of Don CAR-
" LOS would be put to death as a traitor to the
" King of ENGLAND !"
Lord CLARENDON has always, we believe,
professed great admiration for the Foreign
Policy of Lord PALMERSTON, and we shall not
now inquire as to what part his Lordship
played in Spanish affairs. When his Lordship
became Viceroy of Ireland in 1847, Lord CLA•
RENDON was supported by a powerful army,
and by all the property of the country. But
in support of " order and law," his Lordship
desired to have a negotiation, or a treaty, or a
convention, or a guarantee, with the Orange-
men of Ireland! He was warned about Mr.
HUME'S celebrated resolutions (4th of August,
1835), and of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolution
(?3rd of February, 1836), proposing an address
to the King, "praying that his Majesty would
" take effectual steps for the suppression of
" Orange societies," and of the House agree-
ing to the motion, and of the King's answer
echoing the address in two days afterwards.

But Lord CLARENDON characteristically re-
solved on having " a secret arrangement " with
the Orangemen of Ireland. A distinguished
Orange Peer spent a day and night at the
Viceregal lodge. Addresses were received and
deputations were encouraged, and money and
arms were promised. Two or three years
rolled by, and all these extraordinary trans-
actions were denied with almost as much
assurance as Lord PALMERSTON could have
shown. The collision at Dolly's Brae took
place. The Orangemen, insulted by Lord
CLARENDON'S reckless denials, became indig-
nant. The Orange Report was published, and
" Lord CLARENDON and Dolly's Brae " received
a commemorative notice in the Quarterly Re-
view from a powerful and practised pen. And
soon afterwards, trials in the courts of law
both in England and Ireland took place, which
obtained for Lord CLARENDON from Whig
journalists the name of " The Man of the
World." When " secret " treaties were being
arranged, we may be assured that a diploma-
tist of such marked antecedents would have
been true to his original impulses, acquired
fron► " the secret Cabinet at Dublin Castle."

Such is the statesman who gives his ap-
proving voice to Sir JOHN Bowaiso, and whom
the Reform Club regards as " Our next
" Liberal Premier."

THE following bishops voted on the Earl of Derby's
motion respecting the recent transactions in
China :

FOR THE MOTION.
BISHOPS.
Chichester
Exeter
Oxford
Rochester
Salisbury

AGAINST.
ARCHBISHOPS.
Canterbury
York

BISHOPS.
Bath and Wells
Carlisle
Chester
Durham
Down
Gloucester
Hereford
London
Llandaff
Lichfield
Manchester
Norwich
Peterborough
St. Asaph
Winchester
Worcester