The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-06 00:00:00

BA t.t should accept their testi:llo9i cordially se
gratefully for what it is worth, ws ban of preteN
to be surprised. It would be impossible to pre-
vide the Tory Chief with a bettor apology fog
his present tenure of power ; ire had almost
written for his prospective tenure of power, until
a " truly liberal parliament shall have revised
Op> definition of a "truly liberal- administra-
tion.

THE MEETINO OF THE NEW PREMIER
AND THE HOCSE OF COMMON.".

the class. The importance of the occasion led to
the unbroken reproduction of his language on the
1811 h ult.:,*ad every =ening Atsvitithout emit
*option repsseented him to have said that ,'
the QuesitlAid been graciousk phased to cow I
mind Mr. Mutsu to form sin Aiminirtratica
"if possible." This is what he was grAerstood to
say by some dozen gentlemen familiar' with his
manner, and aware of the importance4of accuracy
at such a moment. Last night, however, the
i noble earl informed their lordships he had been
I incorrectly reported. He had said that his right
hon. friend had been commanded to form
an administration "as soon Si possible."
In familiar language Mr. DISRAELI had been told
by the QUEEN to be " quick about it." We give
publicity to and accept the correction ; but we must
at the same time be permitted to observe that the
tendency to throw upon reporters the responsibility
cf confused, forgotten, or ill-considered utterances
seems to be on the increase, and that some who
complain know, probably, less than any one of the
listeners what their expressions really were.

EVERYONE has seen how the winning hcrse on
an Epsom race-course is surrounded, how he is
peeped at and patted, and would almost be adored
by the " field " if his owner, like another CALI-
GULA, presented him for worship. With such wide
modifications as constitute the difference between
the gamblers of the Downs and the gentlemen of
the Commons, the reception of Mr. DISRAELI last
night may be said to be of a similar character.
There was a House plethoric with members, peers
—both spiritual and temporal—and strangers. It
was evident that they did not come to listen to either
Mr. HARVEY Lewis or to Mr. THOMAS HUGHES,
who were discoursing on a private bill at that
moment, interesting no doubt to the Metropolis,
but which nobody seemed to mind. They rather
came, we presume, for the "scene"—the entry of the
new PREMIER. An unusual shout in the " lobby"
preceded the advent of the hero of the hour, and
immediately after he made his appearance within
the bar. He was received apparently with leas
cordiality inside than outside the House. His
own party of course gave him a cheer, and a few
welcomes even came from the Opposition ;
but Mr. Dessau' has had more ringing
receptions on some former occasions than on
this, which may be called his "crowning of
" the edifice." He seemed to take it all as a matter
of course. He felt, or seemed to feel, that he was
entitled to the position that he had won—by right
of toil and talent '- entitled to his fee." He looked
as imperturbable and mysterious as ever he did!
in his life. Not a smile ; no, not the shadow of
one passed over his countenance as he walked the
floor, bowed to Mr. SPEAKER, and took his
seat as Premier of England. As for emotion
or agitation there was not a trace. And
yet, Mr. DisexELl must have before him
the tract of time that elapsed between the
date when he was introduced as a young and pro-
mising radial by Mr. Hume and Mr. O'CostraLL
to the borough of Wycombe, and last night when
lie sat as the recognised chief of the Tory party in
England. It is hardly conceivable that at such a
moment Mr. DISRAELI must not have experienced
souse strong emotions, but if so, they were con-
cealed within his own bosom. Like a spinning
top his feelings may hare been all agitation, but it
was an agitation round its own centre, and invisi-
ble to the eve. There was as little sign of playful-
ness about him as of sunlight in the depths of
the Black Forest. Mr. DISRAELI is about the
twenty-third occupant of the Premiership since the
beginning of the century, and to whatever other
qualities he owes his present elevated position, it
must be admitted that he has not acquired it by
the adventitious aid of wealth, or rank, or powerful
friends. He did not acquire it, like Sir R. Pam,
by the aid of a baronetcy, an ample fortune, a
pocket borough, and high academic reputation ;
nor did he win it, like him, by an alliance
in early life with the territorial aristocracy. He
never had the plausibility of PEEL, nor the wit of
CANNING, nor the easy elocution of either. Like
these--his predeceason— who emerged from the
people, as contra-distinguished from the aris-
tocracy, Mr. DisexELl won his way through
many obstacles ; but in his Case they
were inure numerous and more difficult.
As he put it himself last night, there were "per-
•` sonal and peculiar difficulties" in his path. It
can hardly be said that he owes his position to his
genius. Perhaps his success is to be ascribed to
the force of his character more than to anything
beside. A subtle intellect, a supple disposition,
flexible conscience, great tact and one aim
in life are sufficient to account for his remark-
able success. To this, of course, must be
added the somewhat inorganic nature of the
Toryism which he had to agitate and leaven. There
is a wonderful fitness of things in his present posi-
tion. No other man in England could so accu-
rately represent the " logic of the situation." By
a straisge process of political chemistry, he precipi-
tated the toryisin of his party, and an entirely new
unbound has resulted from his action. He " edit-
" sated" his friends out of mew-covered traditions,
and to no one more fully than to him could it be left
to hand them into the new and strange pastures of
the moat extensive reform that ever was opened
out by any minister of Eng'and. The policy of the
Conservatives, he told his hearers, is henceforth to
be a " liberal policy ;" and, as if this was not
enough, he turned a sarcastic laugh of the
Liberals into an opportunity of emphasising
the expression, by adding, "I mean a flay Jibe-
" ral policy." This was a cut at his opponents ; but,
lest his followers should be frightened too much, he
guarded himself by one of his usual cautions that
this "truly" liberal policy was to fit in with a
constitution of old historic traditions. It must be
left to Lord CRANRORNE to appreciate to the full
extent the value of such phrases. The feeling which
the new PREMIER did not display in his entrance
was very apparent during his speech. Never did
Mr. Do.satti speak with more hesitation and feel-
ing. But he spoke adroitly, and the House
listened to him with kindness if not with fervour.
The " scene " would have closed with Mr. Dm-
RAELI'S speech if Mr. Bouviina had not moved
the adjournment of the House in order to find
fault with all parties. Pir G. Bowvea closed
the ministerial Mee by the profound observa-
tion that if Mr. DIKBAILI pleased the House
and the country he would be supported by
the Hones and the country. The Capital
Punishment in Prisons Bill succeeded to the
interesting topic of the evening, and its se-1
cond reading was carried by 181 to 2.5, notwith-
standing a funny protest of Mr. Serjeant Gamma,
that a public hanging was part of a Briton's right.
A proposition that the new tribunal for the trial of
elections and corrupt practices should consist of
two extra judges of the superior courts—to be
available for other specified duties—was made by
Mr. DINRAELI, and the bill for that purpose was
read a second time. The Scotch Reform Bill was
fixed for Monday.

MR. DISRAELI'S Premiership pleases the fancy
or the imagination of our neighbours the French.
To them it appears like the end of a romance, each
page being rich in the dramatic changes which
make life worth the having. The Monitettr says the
choice has been favourably received by public
opinion in England and people are glad " to do
" justice to the clever Minister who has had so
" many difficulties to surmount." There lies the
charm; even the lifuniteur acknowledges it. Jcias
JANIN said that to be seen by the crowd there
must be a pedestal, and the Paris critics
hardly understand how Mr. DIsRAELI could
have risen aloft without one. M. LOUIS BLANC,
writing in the Temp, says the cause of his surprise
is leas the absence of aristocratic birth than that
the new PREMIER has so little of the national sen-
timent, and is cosmopolitan "by indifference."
He delights in vague generalisations, and if he
possess the power of throwing light on a subject,
disdains to use it. M. Lot: is BLAND' compares Mr.
DISRAELI'S talent to a dark lantern, which as it is
turned from side to side, throws a ray of light
upon a tree, upon a brick wall, and upon the dis-
tant arch of a bridge, but does not point out the
road. And yet he is P 1131111111! M. FORCADE, in
the Reeve des Dear blondes, says that his heart
dilates at the spectacle ; but then it is only fair to
add that the brilliant Orleanist attributes the
elevation in the main to " the superiority of the
" man and to its evident justice." M. FOECADE
says he has felt from his earliest youth the liveliest
sympathy for this " bold and seductive political
" and literary destiny ;" and now, while he sees
with grief in his own land a cloud of night-birds
noisily beating their wings and uttering their harsh
screams against the literary profession, he regards
with exquisite satisfaction an author assuming tile
first place in Europe. For he contends it is
the first place. There is no Sovereign or
President of a Republic who has a finer
or more enviable position ; and the long train in
history of the First Lords of the Treasury appear
to the appreciative Frenchman a line of Kings.
Thus political motives, artistic and literary sym-
pathy, and personal feeling—for he is M. FOR-
CADE'S " illustrious friend"—procure for the new
PREMIER something more than ordinary courtesy
from opposing parties across the Channel.

PARLIAMENTARY MISCELLANEA.

In the debate on Mr. Maguire's motion relative
to the state of Ireland, Sir Frederick Heygate will move
as an amendment, that before the consideration of the
House of Commons of constitutional changes in the laws
and institutions of Ireland, it is both just and expedient
to inquire into the causes of alleged discontent, and the
best mode of remedying them.
Mr. Moffatt intends, on the 13th instant, to call
attention to the position of parliament in reference to the
amendment of the law of bankruptcy, and to the expedi-
ency of introducing a bill into this Louse for that
purpose without delay.

On the 9th instant Sir William Hntt will in-
troduce a bill for the better regulation and the supervision
by the Board of Trade of the accounts of railway and
other joint-stook companies.

Mx. Waldegrave Leslie has given notice of hie
intention to ask the Secretary of State for India whether
he will be able to make his financial statement regarding
the affairs of India before the Whitsuntide recess.
The bon. gentleman will also shortly draw the attention
of the government to infectious diseases of the nature of
small•pox and scarlet fever, and will ask the vice•president
of the council whether its intended to bring forward any
measure to render the isolation of persons suffering from
these diseases more compulsory.

The aA
Minister
Croat. E

On the 9th inst. Mr. Harvey Lewis will enk the
First Commissioner of Works whether he expects that the
works nwr iu progress in the basin of the ornamental
water in the Regent's-park will be entirely completed
before the summer ; and if he does not, then, whether he
is confident that they will be so far completed sa to pre-
sent the offensive mud from causing danger to the health
of the neighbourhood.

The text of the convention between her Majesty
and the Emperor of the French, relative to fivheries in the
seas between Great Britain and France, was published
this morning.

Mr. Trevelyan has postponed his resolutions on
the putehase system in the army, which stood first on the
paper for Tuesday next, in order to give precedence to
Mr. Maguire's motion on the state of Ireland. Captain
Mackinnon, whose motion was second on the paper, has
also given way with the same object. Mr. Maguire will
consequently be placed in so good a position as that which
be originally occupied before the recent changes in the
government.

ALARMING 'LUCIAN OF THE BISHOP OF WlN-
(llama—The Bight Rev. Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Win-
chester, is lying dangerously ill at Farnham Castle, his
episcopal residence, from an attack of paralysis, which he
sustained on Wednesday afternoon. His lordship had
accompanied his eon, Mr. C. Sumner (chancellor of the
diocese), to the Farnham Railway station, on the termina-
tion of a court legit at which Mr. Sumner had padded,
and returned to the castle apparently in good health and
spirits. About half past two o'clock, however, he com-
plained of being slightly indisposed, and shortly after-
muds, immediately on taking his seat in the carriage at
the castle entrance for the purpose of taking a drive to the
schools which he had founded in the neighbourhood of
Aldershot, his lordship was wised with a paralytic tit,
and was removed into the study in a state of unoorisciouri-
nese. Dr. Bloman, of Farlinam, was speedily in attend-
ance, and pronounced the case to be one of extreme dan-
ger, an opinion which was confirmed by Dr. Gall, who
arrived by the first possible train from London. The
several members of his lordship's family were summoned
by telegraph, and arrived during the evening. His lord-
ship was prayed for at Farnham church the same evening.
From the latest inquiries (four o'clock yesterday after-
noon) we find that the bishop is in a very precarious con-
dition, and although apparently better than on Wednesday,
is still motionless and insensible. Hie lordship preached the
consecration sermon at the opening of St. John's Church,
Chart, on the previous day, and intended starting as his
ordination tour on Monday next, which would have occu-
pied a term of five or id: weeks. The distinguished pre-
late is upwards of 78 years of age, and very recently coat-
i plated the 40th year of his consecration as Bishop of Win-
. cheater, having also previously presided over the see of Lim-
, clod for 18 months. In virtue of hisoffice the Bishop of Win-
&soder is prelate of the Order of the Garter. He is also
provincial sub-dean of Canterbury, visitor of New, Nag-
' &len, Corpus, Trinity. and Rt. John's Colleges. Caked,
r and of the College of St. May, Winchester.

MIL

THEIiK are members of the Legislature, in the
House of Lords particularly, who seem fated to be
misunderstood. Theirs are not, as might be sup-
posed, cases in which physical defects interfere with
the sound, but almost invariably cases in which
clearness of thought and precision of language are
wanting. To report the speeches of these gentle-
men veibatini, is a task which in the result ap-
parently surprises no one so much as them-
selves. They iciest ha% e 'been misunderstood. The
'Earl of Maz.wr,isc er i 3 a distinguished sufferer of

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1868.

pNTEMPORARIES.
*IS DAY.)

wrarnuarr.
► which greet an incoming Prima
says the Daily New, zither 'boa
aerials until some pound of di-

ference arises. The welcome given to Mr. Disraeli in
Downing-street and in the House of Commons was in
great part of th►l purely congratulatory character which
a signal success in life extorts even from lukewarm friends
or strangers, and politically indicated little more
than that he would have indulgent consideration. His
own statement was set off by that skill and tact which
healways displays on occasions of farm and occasions of sen-
timent. As Mr. Disraeli was the spirit of the adminis-
tration in past times, it is natural that the influence which
will guide the present administration will be unclaimed.
The policy of Lord Derby's government was factious re-
sistance, followed by treacherous surrender, and this is a
policy fraught with danger. The evil is not to be cured by a
coalition, as a semi-liberal like W. Bouverle
re-
commends, for liberal and conservative theories of govern-
ment differ essentially. The real mischief of the situation
lies in that disorganisation of the Opposition in regard to
which Mr. Bouverie himself is not wholly guiltless, and
which his suggestions tend to increase. What Mr. Disraeli
will do remains u uncertain after as it was before his
ministerial statement. For the moment, we have only his
phrases. We must wait a few days for bin proposals.
Though the nation will not grudge Mr. Disraeli the
glory of that hour when the House of Commons greeted
him with sympathetic cheers, the nation, the Times adds,
cannot sufftr its interests to be sacrificed to a phase of
passing sentiment. The right to take a place must be dis-
tinguished from the right to keep it. He knows the
House of Commons well, but it is at all times dangerous
for a minister to confound the popular assembly with the
natioa, and doubly sou the eve of a reformed parliament.
At such a time it is neosuary to be more than a master
of parliamentary management. Government, according to
the exigencies of the situation, dote not stir an unenlightened
mass. They require an enunciation of principles, an un-
equivocal declaration of policy. It remain, to be seen
whether Mr. Disraeli will rise to the emergency. He is,
undoubtedly, in a position of great difficulty, and he can-
not be harshly judged if he prefer to shape his course as
apparent necessities suggest. But if he would do some.
tning more than secure the support of a moribund parlia-
ment. be must dare greater things than he ounounc‘d last
night.

The Herald interprets the mot d'ordre of the new regime
to be firm fidelity to its principles, firm faith to each
other, and a bold front of the enemy. A government
true to tory principles will
tory party fail ; and at the present time, at lewd., a tory
party that can present a united front to the divided and
disorganised liberals may, despite the thunders of Mr.
Bouverie, confidently bops to repeat in lhtiB the % ictories
of ltiliii and 114,7.

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The Telegraph promises that if the Irish policy be
large, bold, and satisfactory it will be the last to spoil •
great measure by hurrying its authors faster than itsmany
details can allow well-meaning inen to go. A clear and
honest pledge of justice to Ireland will begin to heal her
wounds, and hush her cries, long before that justice can
be finally consummated. But the pledge must be clear and
honest ; for her case is past the reach of legislative glo-
bules ; and the next parliament will show scant patience
towards those, on either side, who trite with the prin-
ciple of religious equality, or wi'h the deadly peril which
tumbles Britain while Ireland is angry and unhappy.

.0 t4.\ls7i NEWS.
:HIS DAY.)
THE SEQUEETRATZON OF THE KING OF
HANOVER'a PROPERTY.

The Prussian Gazette pubi.ishes the report of the
Ministers of State to the King,or the sequestration
of the property of the King of Hanover. it is
dated Berlin, March 2 :
When the ministry respectfully solicited the sanction of
your Majesty in favour of the arrangement made on the '
2fth of September last with King George V., they were
quite aware that by thatcompromise the definite. recogni- •
lion of the Peace of Prague and of the situation created by
the events in Germany had not been obtained from King
George. Still the ministry solicited your august ratifies.
Von of it, because the nature of the relations established
by the convention etoluded the continuation of
hostilities by one of the parties against the other.
It was only on the condition of • peace really
effected by the very fact of the negotiations that the
generous offer of your Majesty could be accorded or
accepted. Any other interpretation of the conven.
tion must be regarded as impossible. It was on this
interpretation that Germany and Europe hailed the con-
clusion of the treaty as • security of order and peace. It was
on this interpretation likewise that the Chambers voted the
proposals by which the execution of the convention and the
employment of the financial means which it required have
been legalised. Moreover, it was on this same view that your
Majesty sanctioned the law in question. King George on his
aide recognised by his signature in face of all Europe the
absolute conditions, both implicit and explicit, as well
as the no less indispensable consequences of the treaty.
The ministers are now forced to own the fact that
these implicit and explicit conditions have not
been fulfilled by the other contracting party.
Even after the definitive conclusion of the treaty, and
after its execution had been commenced on our side, King
George has not ceased to continue hostilities, to organise
amongst your Majesty's subjects bodies of troops en-
listed by his agents, and partly encouraged to desert.
These troops have been organised for military pur-
poses with the avowed object of employing them
un a favourable occasion in acts hostile to Prussia, and of
separating one province from the rest of the state. They
have been provided with officers and subalterns
and drilled in • foreign land for future service against
their own country. The official relations between
these bands and the King's circle at Hietzi•g, the
distribution of orders, and the forwarding of money to pay
these troops have been officially proved. King George has,
in language that has now become notorious, associated
himself with designs that are hostile to the Prussian
State, and contrived by those who surround him. He
has encouraged the continuation of them by endeavouring
to shake the fidelity of your Majesty's subjects. The hope
that King George would be accessible to the advice and
exhortation of friendly courts, and that, from • correct
appreciation of the obligation imposed upon him by the
convention to suspend hostilities, he would disband these
troops, has not been realised. Your Majesty's government
feel constrained, iu consequence, to hate recourse to those
means which are in its hands in order to f ulfil the obligations
which their responsibility for the security of the country
and the peace of its inhabitants impose upon them.
Judicial proceedings have been instituted against those
persons who are proved to have been in official or other
relations with the troops who hays been enrolled against
Prussia, The laws of the country would likewise justify
the legal prosecution of King George on the charge of
seeking to separate a province of the state. The judicial
sequestration of the entire fortune of King George would
be the immediate consequence of this. The ministers be-
lieve that they are in accord with the benevolent diapo-
sitions of your Majesty in abstaining, out of regard
for the former position of King George, from
recommending this step to your Majesty. But the
renunciation of the judicial proceedings imperatively re•
quires that the large resources placed at the disposal of
King George by the State should be rendered harmless to
it, until the securities, whose necessity has been esta-
blished by the attitude hitherto assumed by King George,
have been obtained. King George has clearly shown by
his seta that be wishes to be considered as in a state of
warfare with your Majesty. This position will not allow
Prussia to furnish him with the means of carrying on
war against it. Consequently the ministry believe
it to be their duty to recommend your Majesty
to order by an act of the legislature the seizure of
the whole fortune of King George V., as • security
for the repression of the hostilities that are pre-
pared, and for all the criminal enterpri.ee of the
prince and his agents, as also for the cost which
may be caused thereby to the Prussian treasury,
and for this purpose to place this fortune under sequestr•.
tiin, without prejudice, however, to the rights which the
House of Brunswick possesses to the trustahip of the
property in fee. and which are independent of the life
interest possessed by King George. The necessity of the
measure which the ministry proposer. is proved not only by
duty to the country, but also by the evident dangers
which every hostile enterprise against a state entails on the
repose of Germany and the pease of Europe. Circum-
stances not having permitted that • proposal of this kind
should be submitted to the chamber this mission, the
minister; entreat your Majesty to promulgate the follow-
ing ordinance, and to give it legal force until it shall have
received future legislative sanction.
(The signatures follow.]