The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,_ THURSDAY EVEN W, JULY 6,, J 865.

walk; Vibe End rptiation
sentation °tete City of London in Partioamont should
be wholly LibereL " Four candidatia of one
" political creed," he remarks, "are brought for
ward whose pledges are given to support es-
" dical and organic changes in Church and State."
Waving the objection that the Liberal candidates
have given no pledges at all, and poising over the
exaggerated description of the mild reforms to
which they profess themselves favourable, we ash,
why does not Mr. Bsiuro bring forward four
sound and out-spoken Conservatives to oppose
these dangerous men, fight the battle, and abide
by the result f Mr. BARING wants the City to
return two Liberals and two Conservatives. Would
he want to return two Liberals if be could return
four members of his own party t Do we find this
genial disposition governing the arrangements
that are made where Conservatives have • doe-
sive majority t We are not so unreasonable as to
ask for such • concession. We expect, under our
oonstitutional system, that members of the House
of Commons will represent the varied genius
and the predominant character of the
constituencies which they represent. We do
not complain that the members for agricultural
counties reflect the Conservative tendencies that
are so natural to the landed intereat, although
the Liberals form • large unrepresented minority
there. Neither ought Conservatives to think it
strange that in cities and boroughs, in which society
is more susceptible to the influence of ideas, and,
therefore, more responsive to suggestions of im-
provement, the members amid be liberal.
Mr. B•szno's plan of " two and two " would
simply bring the legislative machine to • stand.
still. Mr. Miami will be going to Huntingdon
next week. Suppose that when he had got as far
as Ritchie, the railway people, obeerving that his
carriage was travelling in an "exelosive" direction,
were to attach a 'wend engine to the rear of the
train, and attempt to start it towards London with
two locomotives pulling him, one north and the
other south. He would probably be too late to
appear at the nomination. This is just such a
result as Mr. BARING'S suggestion would bring
about for the City of London. Let the electors
make up their minds what political station they
wish to reach, and take their tickets accordingly,
and not be brought to • standstill by the professors
of • theoretical equilibrium.
If Mr. DULL and Mr. Fowl.= are to be re-
turned for the City of London, it must be for rea-
sons other than those which we have examined.
It must be either because the electors are not
satisfied with the personal qualifications of one or
more of the four Liberal candidates, or because
they disapprove of their principles. The first of
these two classes of considerations we may dismiss.
It is universally acknowledged that the four Libe-
rals are personally unobjectionable. The battle
must therefore be fought on political grounds.
The Liberal candidates have declared their
convictions and intentions in addresses which
every elector has read. The lines which divide
their politics from the chaos of fear and jealousy,
which is misnamed Conservatism, have beer
clearly drawn, and it is for the electors to deter-
mine on which side they will stand. Baron
ROTHSCHILD. Mr. CRAII7ORD, and Mr. GOOCH=
appeal to the equitable spirit and the beneficent
operation of the measures for which they have
voted, and declare their resolution to persevere in
the same political course. Alderman L•wionica
proforma the same sentiments. On the other band,
all the wise and stateeinan-like measures of the
present Government, especially those in which the
enlightened policy of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHZQUIR has been embodied, were carried against
the remonstrances and resistance of the Con-
servative party. Now that they are face
to face with the et-ctors the Conservatives
have nothing to say against the just and
liberal legislation which they have opposed,
except that, in Mr. BARING'S language, " it has
" narrowed the point of divergence between Con-
" servatives and Liberals." But they let it be
seen that they mean to continue to resist all
further legislation springing from the same root.
Mr. Goecnarr observed in his address that
the Conservatives, "compelled to acquiesee in
" the triumphant past of liberal legislation in
" England, profess themselves to be entirely
" liberal on those questions which success has
" placed beyond Tory opposition. The moment a
" new reform has to be carried they are found to
"be entirely conservative." And Mr. Bianco's
address, carefully as its language is guarded, fully
confirms this description of the policy of his party.

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white aging bo-clay--net so much for went of
breath as beans it bee naiad else to do—will
be remembered, if remembered at all, for having
existed longer than any Parliament since the
First of Hanson IV. Born of Tory parents,
and attended to the font by Whig sponsors, it has
lived a life of decent ease and respectable self-
indulgenes, exempt alike from generous vices and
energetic virtues. All its qualities have been
neutral, sod almost all its policy negative. If it has
done little good, it has avoided much nil, and has
taken seriously to heart the proverb that a happy
country has no history. It would be unfair to
deny that it has been a tolerably faithful repro-
sentstive of the epoch in which its lot was oast.
With the prayer of the Pharisee on its lips and the
faith of the Sadducee in its heart, it has inces-
santly called every despotism and every democracy
on earth to witness its superior excellence ; and
it has assured itself, in spite of some intermit-
tent twinges of remorse, that there is no resur-
rection of Reform. If the soul of a Parliament
can be supposed to have • future state,the
soul of the Parliament of 1859-65 will probably
be found in that part of Hades where the shldes
of beings neither good nor bad flutter for ever in
listless vacuity. The visitor from the upper world
glances at them idly for • moment, and passes on
with contemptuous indifference, to look for sterner
shapes of immortal wrongdoers or martyrs. Every
legislative body must take the form and colour and
pressure of its time. Perhaps the wont that can be
said of the Parliament that to-day will be gathered
to the past, is that it was not more self-denying,
more frugal, more troubled with principles, than the
world around it. And has it not been trained, edn-
oated, and guided in the paths of political morality
by • venerable statesman, who, of all others, under-
stands the value of • quiet public life, and the secret
of acquiring reputation and success by • stre-
nuous acquiescence in things as they are!
To inveigh against the apathy and indifference of
a Parliamentia, in sober truth, to confess the apathy
and indifference of • people. In settled nations and
under established governments, agitation can never
be the trade of a representative assembly, nor
disturbance its duty. When its constituents are
satisfied, it has • right to be content. It would
be won, hypocrisy than any of which • represen-
tative assembly can be guilty to accuse • Parlia-
ment of not being discontented or restless enough
when the country from which it came, and
to which it was destined to return, was calm and
satisfied.
So much at least may be pleaded in excuse for
the sins of omission of this poor patient who is
just passing into the purgatory of a general elec-
tion. Its negative virtues have been more than
respectable. It has done nothing to provoke war
in Europe ; It has preserved neutrality throughout
the civil war in America. It has shown a lively
and constant sympathy for the freedon and
independence of Italy ; it has protested against
the annexation of Savoy and Nice, not by words
only, but by its recorded sanction and approval of
that great national example, the cation of the lonian
Islands. It protested against the invasion of Den-
mark and the horrible cruelties in Poland, but
abstained from more than • moral intervention,
and declined to risk the interests of Eng-
land and of civilization in • crusading partner-
ship with one great military power against ano-
ther. Daring the American war it said very
foolish things, but did few unwise ones. In do-
meetic affairs it has accepted with a good grace the
magnificent results of Mr. GlAnerons's financial
administration ; it has advanced a step or two in
law reform ; and in religious liberty, if it
has not &drawn, it has not retrograded.
In the naval and military departments it has
strained at gnats and swallowed camels ; en-
couraging extravagance, suffering waste, piling up
experimental guns and impossible forts ; yet ever
punning the vain shadow of economy through
ledgers and daybooks, and crying for efficiency,
like a child for the moon. Perhaps it may be
permitted to go down to its grave with the
credit of good intentions ; and a cloud
of inconsistencies will be lost in the
light of the Caancxxxon of the EXCHIQUZZII
Budgets and French Treaty, and in the tradition of
Mr. STAIIBFZLD'S interrupted services at the Ad-
miralty—interrupted by one of those scandalous
exhibitions of riotous malignity and personal ran-
cour in which this assembly of easy-going gentle-
men who have talked so much and done no little
has distinguished itself much more than in any
department of legislation.

It is probable th►t Lord Cranworth will succeed
Lord Westbury on the woolsack.
Mr. James Caird, M.P., has been appointed
Inclosure Commissioner, in the room of the late
Mr. Wingrove Cooke.

Tux friends of the Conservative candidates for
the repreeentatioo of the City of London are in a
strait. They desire, if possible, to discredit the
Liberal candidates without too openly opposing
Liberal principles, and as there is nothing to be
said against either of those four gentlemen apart
from politics, the task is not an easy one. Mr.
Tnouss Baarito, the chairman of Messrs. LYALL
and Fovaxa's committee, has just put forth an
address on "the circumstances attending the pre-
" Bent contest." We do not, however, find that
those circumstances are at all elucidated by those
remarks, nor were we aware that they were of •
nature to call for comment. Mr. Bit/nip observes
that the spirit of parties in Great Britain "pre-
" rails in a more subdued form than at any pre-
" vious period daring the present generation."
We look for a development of this remark,
doubtful whether the fact is mentioned to be
regretted, or es a reason why Liberals should
look with less distrust on Conservative candi-
dates. But we do not get much aid from the sen-
tences immediately following. In the first of these
we are told that the solution of many of the
questions which formerly divided Conservatives
and Liberals has narrowed the points of divergence
between them. This seems satisfactory ; but in
the next line we read that from a "practical point
" of view "—that is, we presume, in its bearings
on Messrs. LYALL and Fowratit's chances of
election for the City of London, the present state
of things is unsatisfactory, for, "under the
" influence of a prevailing lethargic indifference
"the conduct of public men and the mirainistra-
" tin of public affairs is withdrawn from the
" wholesome check imposed by the vigilant eye of
" parties." This is a reprosoh to which we think
Mr. BARING'S party is not liable ;he is unjust to his
friends, to Mr. Diessam and to Lad CR/110171N;
not to mention Mr. DARBY Gartman. Mr. BAILING'S
'data, although dated July, must have been
written early lest week ; this, of all times, is a
strange one in which to be told that the conduct
of public men is sot sufficiently watched. As to
the administration of affairs, Mr. Baanro's friends
in Parliament have found their utmost vigilance of
observation unavailing to furnish materials for a
censure which the Hones would endorse. Mr.
LTALL and Mr. Basuto having had seats in the
present Parliament, have been wantons of this
fact, and we do not think they really believe that
the sees would have been substantially different if
Mr. LYALL bad sat to the City of London instead
of Whiteheven, and had Mr. R. N. Fowls& for a

OPENING BURTON NEW CONTINENTAL ROUTE,
VIA AND LONDON-BRIDOX
(THIS DAY.)

This morning at an early hoar the new COMIBUIII.
cation between Bnetes-sonare and Loodon-bridp was
opened for public treats, by means of a sorrier ef trans
pairing over the London and North Wooten, Bough Wes-
tern, and Booth Eastern Railways.
There will be tea treble seep way daily (Boodays at
present excepted) betimes Keesington and Waterloo,
Blackfriare sad London-badge etttioes, direct, while there
will be fourteen Vales each way daily (on week days oely)
between Waterloo, Blackfriare, and London-bridge stations-
The en epode( train kit Boston (after the arrival of the
tads MOM the north) at 6.56 as., reachisg Lasstestee
at 7.25; Waterloo, 7.60; and Leedom-bridge, 7.56,
At &Hi a.m. the down opening tacit left Leedom-
bridge is order to catch the northeast train horn
Restos. It reached Blachfriers at &14 ; Waterloo,
8.18 ; Vanarlatll, &24 ; Keasington, &39 ; arriving
▪ Huston at 9.20 a.m. Between London-bridge and Ken-
singto the service is, we understand, performed by the
Booth Western tribe priseipsUy. Yrs m Londes-bridge to
Waterloo the journey waM on the average emapy six
mien*, while the fares for that distance will be—Firet-
clue, ; served ditto, 4d. ; and third ditto, 11. Theism
hos Landon Bridge to &Men, sudsier awes will be, (list
• Is. 4d. ; mooed elides, le. ; and third elms, Bd. The
retire fares between Waterloo sad Leedom Bridge, are 9d.,
&l. and 4d. respectively, and tar the whole distance in pro-
perties. As seine al oar remiss. may not be aware el the
exact mature of the roots, it any be as well to state that by
the owing of this isepeetast titling Bak the
Waterloo-station of the Chadsg-eross Rainy has
at lent bees brought into
Anni
blie no. To-icy the
trains ran IN= Enda% Chalk Farm. e,
lieesingtos, Chases, Battersea, Vanithsll, to the main
Noe terminus at WAeders, through which they passed over
the Waterloo-mad to the station us the Charing-arms Rail-
way, which his been inmesved to meet the repireeneste of
the now service, and theses to Blnalrfriera-road sod London
Bridge.
_The baffle by the saw route will so doubt be
eveatosUy very peg.

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Guildlisll Oty Lanka, in the Ooreatiudes
stethot for the foe the
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for liteebosy, and the ersesesary plots fee the
boeegle of Marytekee, Seetthveric, loshenh. se4 the
'fewer ilaselets. The sel,y ntsirepoliaan borough la Matti
there is no eppeeresee epeeeition le erretheerk. L the
haltat MlS7iSholie this atoning Mr. Thaw Obis-
0., shimmed s inanity noel* et the einem
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the oennerailive Merest. This nimbi roma*
lehkeeeed the deckles of the coast, c 4 1116111enziart
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colleague.
And this is all that Mr. BARING can pat for.

CLOSING.

OF .

PARLI A:1/Z N T.

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THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

THE HOUSE OF LOADS.
Their loran* einsnbled at aeon for the bet flow in the
history .1 Me moot parliment. The 'Woodson el pan
was VW cradle Ansa, than wens einsnot ibP Dohs
of
Arall, Lord Itedestlan Loa Obsioniesd. the An it
Cardigan, Lord Donn, sad Lord Chorales ;
the number did eat nand a doom There were shoat 10
lairs nand ea the upper benne of the enissition Me of
the borne, slid eight or des is the side gelleriss. The
Strangers' Oaks, no well filled.
The Royal Onaskelenen took Oka erns is ton it Ike
throne rosetly at 12 eblerk, anal la the ninon owl
armies raise always were so eon worissa The Oman
stoners were Earl Gooville. Earn EL Owns" Vinson
Sidney, Vienna &wag, sad Lord Wareindels.
The Roue of Osousass hang bane esanseni by
the Usher of the Bleak RA Mr Awns' Clifford, Se the
bar to hen the royal eesset gins Is woad Ms, • wort-
&ruble aeons, of mennes innediasly poresste 1 Mon
saves, with the Spokes at their Lad. The Bening
Clerk (the Rae. Mina* Mahal) then end the re*
conusions at the table ; after whin the replowent wee
gives in the nail form to the Worries bile :
Coseolidated Fund Appropriation; Liedrally Penn,
; Dockyards Ports Regulates ; Prison ; Pennies low
Ameadoest ; &Nash sad Online= Railway; Lanessass,
Bodo* sad Wadebridge Indies Bailey ; Nan Most
Railway; At.. Valley Raley ; Alexandra (Newport)
Docks; Manchester, BlisMad, sad Listerioine
Beilwrp
(Polessios), be. ; Surrey and Roan lowan Railways ;
illehgcard Bay Railway sad Herber ; Warden sod Par
sage Railway and Perry. Dubai& kletropaites Joselles
Railway Wis.
Pad GRANVILLE thee reed, to • elver sad dieldnetly•
audible vein the follow* son graeless wen :
MY Loans AND GENTLLICIIN,
We are oommanded by her Majesty to reuses
you from further attendance in parliament, and, at
the same time, to convey to you her Majesty's
acknowledgments for the seal and assiduity with
which you have applied yourselves to the discharge
of your duties in the session now brought to a close.
We are further commanded to inform you that,
as the present parliament has now so nearly lasted
the period assigned by law for the duration of par-
liaments that you could not enter upon another
yearly session with advantage to the public inter
rest, it is her Majesty's intention immediately to
dissolve the present parliament, and to hese writs
for the calling of a new one.
But her Majesty cannot take leave of you with-
out commanding us to express to you her Majesty's
deep sense of the zeal and public spirit which,
during the six years of your existence as a parlia-
ment, you have constantly displayed in the dis-
charge of important functions, and tendering to yea
her Majesty's warm acknowledgments for the many
good measures which you have submitted for her
acceptance, and which have greatly conduced to the
diminution of the public burthens, and to the en-
couragement of industry, to the increase of the
wealth, and to the promotion of the welfare and
happiness of her Majesty's people.
We are commanded to inform you that her Ma-
jesty's relations with foreign powers axe friendly
and satisfactory, and she trusts that there are so
questions pending which are likely to lend to any
disturbance of the peace of Europe.
Her Majesty rejoices that the civil war in North
America has ended, and she trusts that the
evil caused by that long conflict may be be repaired,
and that prosperity may be restored in the Slates
which have suffered from the contest.
Her Majesty regrets that the conferences and
communications between her Majesty's North
American Provinces on the subject of the union
of those provinces in a confederation have
not yet led to a satisfactory result. Such a union
would afford additional strength to those provinces,
and give facilities for many internal improvements.
Her Majesty has received gratifying assurances of
the devoted loyalty of her North Amesieen
subjects.
Her Majesty rejoices at the continued tranquil-
lity and increasing prosperity of her Indian do-
minions ; and she trusts that the large supply
which those territories will afford of the raw
material of manufacturing industry, together with
the termination of the civil war in the United
States of North America, will prevent the ream-
renoe of the diatoms which long prevailed anion
the manufacturing population of some it the
northern counties.

Gbornixas or• TILS Hogs' or Ominous, 1
Her Majesty commands us to convey to you b
warm ackwowledgeseets for the liberal supplies
which you have granted to her Majesty forth, Mr-
vice of the present year, and towards the perm-
neat debar* of ber Majesty's dockyards and
arsenals.

The commercial trinity which her Majesty hes re-
cently concluded with Prussia and the other dates
composing the German Commercial Unica boa, by
her Majesty's commands, been laid before you.
Her Majesty trusts that this treaty will contribute
to the development of oommercisl relations' etween
this country and Germany, and will promote the
interests of the several countries which are parties
to it.

liar Majesty commands us to aware you that
her attention will continue to be directed to all
such measures as may be calculated to extend and
to place on a sound footing the trade between her
Majesty's dominions and foreign countries.
MY LOILD• AND GIIIIITLBSECK,
Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to many
measures of public usefulness, the remit of your
labours in the session now brought to a close.
The act for rendering the expenses incurred for
the rupport'of the poor chargeable upon the whole
of a union instead of being confined to separate
parishes, will diminish the hardship inflicted upon
the labouring poor by reason of removals from
perish to parish.
The Partnership Amendment Act will tend to
encourage the profitable employment of capital.
The Courts of Justice Building and Concentration
Acts will, it is hoped, lessen the expense and
shorten the duration of legal proceedings.
The Clerical Subscription Act, founded on the
recommendation of a Royal Commission, will IV
MOTS objections which have been felt to the num-
ber and variety of the forms of imbecription and
declaration hitherto required of the clergy.
The management and discipline of prisons will be
improved by the Act for the Consolidation mad
I Ammidineni otAlis laws on that subject.
The County Court Equitable Jurisdiction Act
will give a useful extension to the local administra-
tion of justice.
The Act for Consolidating the ComptroUership
iif the Exchequer with the Board of Audit will
tend to increase the efficiency of the arrangements
for auditing the public accounts.
'.'Ace Act for Establish* the Record of Titles
eland will midair more easy and secure the
tessisfer of Lad.