The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-23 00:00:00

oBROOOHOHALNS.

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to WEEKS AMR MARRIAGE.—
CM UP. Mr Marta Mathew; Mr.
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HORSZLIMOWN.

LONDON. MONDAY. OCTOBER 23.

THE public will receive with pleasure the
announcement we are enabled to make, that
Earl RU.sELL is receiving the hearty and unani-
mous support of his colleagues in the task of re-
constructing the Government which has been im-
posed on him by her MAJESTY.

Tweivis months ago it would hardly have been
thought probable that the lapse of a year would
make so little difference as it has done in the rela-
tions between the Roman Court, the Italian
Government, and the French Euegeoa. Time,
indeed, has done a good deal to confirm the theory TOR RUSSELL ADMINISTRATION.
that, on the part of the latter, the convention of The TiMes thinks there is a danger in the com-
September was the expression of a real puss partitively quiet times ia which we live, that the Davies of
pose, generated by an increasing sense of the diffi- responsible ministers of the sewn will depurate into a
culty of reconciling his position at Rome with his system of seniority. The reins of power seem to have fallen
professions at Paris. But the probable effects of into the hails of Lora Russell for mortal ay better
the intended withdrawal of the French army ere as news thee that he is the oldest statesman whose
band is still firm enough to grasp them. The noble
much matter of speculation to-day as they were lord
was weer diee.„....".4 by that vigour
of body
in October, 1864, and we are still without any Lad that exubm.":"";lasucity of animal spirits
data from which to draw definite conclusions as to which distinguished Lord Palmerston. He incites
the subsequent action either of the Pore or of little sympathy among his own followers, who chiefly
Italy. That the latter is sincerely anxious to renitime a family clique, while he lir always
es a
bed
effect a reconciliation, if it can be done, hardly the facsitg of Creating zealous °Hamar. His r
admits of doubt ; and that the former will cou• ministero has Ilirdwn how little lie
the f
wale:ego:it thete art oftertt;
Bent to meet Italy half way would be equally eer-
goZtieda even when moat% mireastlyalsee. king for poper.
tan if the Court of Rome were governed by the larity. The advantageous position which his experience
influences which determine the conduct of ordinary and habit of debate pre hire in the House a Commons, be
politicians. If there is one thing more certain than lee wholly lost by hie elevation to the peerage. His
another, it is that the Pore has everything to gain policy. so fax as he rosy be mid to have ay. car" mainly
and nothing to lose by a reconciliation with the of two oasts. Is forage affairs hat the diaciple of Lord
Italian Kingdom. He wants protection against Palmerston, where Lord "mini" himself wag least i'
u with the aerated plaice of the country. Hie
his own subjects, and bard as may be the terms d:iell:tie
policy is etheyehea le the single word reform—
on which he can get it from Italy, there is no a favourite idea which has proved distasteful to the
other Power which will give it to him on any public opinion of England. To the obvious duty of
terms at all. He wants to be saved from that • Prime Minister, that though he has an implied aathority
exile which, even though it be only tem- in lesser matters, is greater
ithout new he o
Boughtg Mal", Lord
ht to set on
porary, seems to the Italian temperament behalf of his calm/tun wna
fate more terrible than death, and his only choice re
Rule
Hs hull thhaie on some
membaale bldratia("l"netion a
tfhaieltedittz
si. [yore°.
appears to lie between being supported by the
the premier of •Y liberal government, was a iniodpal means
King of ITALY and being replaced by him. He of throwing out two liberal (*reran:meta in superior in the
wants—but this particular desire is the sole pro- conned three years, of causing two dirolutioes of paths-
peaty of Plug IL himself, and is shared by none meat, and of reuniting the liberal party on the basis of the
of his advisers—to heal the grievous scandal which aia.Poand franchise, which has just flail, crumbled away
the religious state of a great part of Italy cause, beneath his feet. It is easy at this time to form a 110•1170•
to the Catholic world, and his only chance of doing 'au?
ee•boowt of weeheeetem"er elected toe there
bli:letest ad the liberalvery
is to come to an arrangement with the tem- mina
y cossideratioo how fax the premiership of Lord
pond authorities whom he has hitherto refused to Read is likely to mowne to us the advantages that we
recognise. Here, therefore, are reasons enough have enjoyed under the leadership of Lord Palmerston, who
why the POPE should have no desire to reject never failed a Mead or party, or allowed his ambition for
without consideration the overtures of Vicron me moonset te transgress the limited propriety.
The Daily Noes reminds the waters who have been re-
Err NUL. dusting the discussion as to the fitness of three or four
And yet, notwithstanding all this, the negotis-
staters= respectively for the premiership as though it was I
tions between them languish, and seem as far as all II matter of permed qualities as distinguished from
ever from being brought to any satisfactory con- those which are strictly polities].—that the standards of
elusion. Partly, no doubt, this circumstance is '• society" are sot the standards of the world, tied that it is
the result of the peculiar religious temperament by the judgment of the letter that a minister must steed
which now dominates in the Roman curia. Lu or fell- When the malarial candidates appeared at the
the very centre of the traditional beliefs of he:4l6P leetbji•ellys eibtewat to riargbil upon tedhe
underaubeft••"/
Lord
Christendom, at the very feet of that rock against paiv:etag,aicees.a go, 4.3t,apearinot to extolec the bland pets
which, according to their own most cherished and felicitous humour of its members. Ow political epieu.
theory, hell itself is never to prevail, there lurks tea. ate seeking the living among the dead. The paradise
to all appearance • profound and ineradicable seep- to which, for a brief term, they enjoyed a boundless freedom
ticism. The Roman Ultramontanes have their of speculation, nude/ the protection of a policy which
own proud legend that there is burial room for exaluded practical change, is dissolved beyond the power of
but one more successor of Sr. Peres after mortal
remaini toe:get:re' .I"teade lib*: iwlu
Lard pireii" which of whoo
Firs IX., and therefore that the end of the world et the:inherit:aphis"' secret, it will be better" franakly to
draws nigh ; but they act as though if the POPE admowtedge that be can bare no guommx. That is
were to cease to be King of Rome, the world the new stage of ]existence upon which the ailed.
would go on just as well without him. Surely sistation is about to enter, its policy will be more positive
one would think, if these men had any hearty the: it has been is the Pat may be inferred sot only from
the change that h" takes place in its circumstances, but
faith in their own doctrines, they would not be w
from
anxious to build the Church upon the foundation lutihe
Herald is desirous character ai'tgleading .
at roe to cemaeda that Lord
of the Treaty of Vienna, French bayonets being Rural is porassed of abilities of no mean order, and that,
the chief corner-stone. That mighty line of elec- "ea the whole." his intentions have been honest sod up.
tive sovereigns, older than any hereditary dynasty, right. It is difficult to find in the liberal reeks a man in
withproudermemories and snore august associations whom the country would hive more confidence, or whose
than any of the secular monarchies of Europe, leadership the conservatives would more readily tolerate.
The Herald, therefore, is iodised t i be thankful that the
tracing back its pedigree to the true aristocracy of
premiership is is Rail Rorer& hands. He will be removed
Christendom, the heroes of the catacomb and the
hem a department for which he had special d'aqualifica-
arena, ought to show some other title to power tier, sad his age, his present anociations, and his latest—
than au exhibition of mere physical force. And that is, his Blairgowrirt—pliase of mied ought to guarantee
yet to this the Popedom seems to have come. Its os against any tampering with the institutions of his
most trusted supporters are they who cling most coulitri•
closely to its temporal rule, who sneer with the The &sr traces out the policy which Lewd Russell ow-
ned date his formderdpromfiersu hip.
hThiee cares whicefh led to
least attempt at disguise at the very notion
that the Vicar of Omar ought to give ri.ui.:".
Pod htiYs :Ideally attitridee" to reform."iar up of
noble
some better proof of his stewardship lord ought to be prepared to remove disabilities in place
than a readiness to play the mendicant of creating than, and, in such an instance se
in all the courts of Catholic Europe. But it is that of the Irish church, to propose such a
the misfortune of the Papal advisers that they are modification of ita privileges as would tend to promote the
endowed with as little worldly wisdom as theolo- pacification nod loyalty of the Irish people. Oa the goes-
gical faith. Their inability to read the signs of the nee et reform it is absolutely neoesamy for the stability of
theeeobere introduced, but is e
le lord's eninistrytha that honest
eesttreform bill should
times is at least as conspicuous as their unwilling- bet e
a
ness to put their own creed to a crucial test. It policy with effect, more strength would be requi carry
red in the
is not that the Roman Court is destitute of able House of Oosamoes than the Treasury bench can now
men, but they have been trained in a school which beet of.
is wholly powerless to comprehend the meaning of The Tetegro;th ha " resat to believe" that Lord Ola•
redo* has readily consented to serve as Foreign Secretary,
contemporary events. Their statesmanship dates
and Lord Grativille has cheerfully abandoned the leader-
from before the French Revolution. It takes no ship
account of the new forces which have come into govew of
thel apples
bron: rens% tenfistdratifnicrultY ?ftthofe new
existence since that time. It does not recognise it Is so weak is the Hoer of Commons. A Wen ineed"ot:
the influence of ideas or the strength of the popular responsibility, each that even the boldest man might
will. It attributes to individual politicians, to kings shrink from it without discredit, is imposed epos the
leader of the House of Commons, who, with oily Under.
and prime ministers, as absolute a sway over
the moral issues of a conflizt as the I departments is aid him' le expected te represent important
physical ;
ti7...-is
mostets in thwelyrry chtiseerhebedr
and
dertee
mat
teir edsoinistr:
heroes of the " Iliad " have over the
issues. This theory ie not peculiar to the Roman I mom. The selection of Pivot,. vs. not hastily rigorouslylade:
Court. It is to be found more or leas in every ! sot was the 00eDsjos which isadmd it „matt,
other, and is, in fact, the very essence of cynical I esteem/oe. It had beg bees no secret that Lord
statesmanship all over the world. But Rome is Peheeraton's area was drawing rapidly to its close.
its proper dwelling-place, its cathedral city. it Those who knew him well had for many months
elsewhere ;it absolutely deter-influences politics noticed a marked change in hie appearance—e chase*
which or some rare occasions was even pahrfally obviate
mines them at the Vatican. 1 Wire renieslonial atetearaee. for instance, meetly dotted
From this point of view the recent change in this 'retry ea a special mission, they were mach im.
the Austrian embassy at Rome is of very confide-
I pressed by the Wilkie' absence of that incisiveres of ex.
cable importance. Without entering into the , memioe, that cleaners of mid for which he was fanawr
question whether the recall of M. us Baca im- , Of tams. comalweee of this bled ware known to other
to say 1 °harem ; Millet oily those who had occasion to see him
plies any change of policy, it in enough
that it certainly doh imply a change of tone. The f.l"sreeßtirsT were aware how m
ghee e4itations. zeaeeerlyy •emeims
ons wee
willieond that
temper of the late Ambassador was eminently re- long aad meete;ene weer Amu see be
rudely rut awe.;
actionary. He had little personal faith in the con- but it was as doabmaj whether ha „am „it apse met

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(THIS DAY.)