The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-09 00:00:00

EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVSNATG, JUNE 9,

teNUFP.73.I,4I' iN VI,/

A newer is approaching ottr shores, or boa
ale sins landed, %hues. name is # household
word to the English people. No poet of
our own or of any other land is so widely
known and appreciated by strangely various classes
of society as the author of " Hiawatha" and the
" P,alm of Life." In farm-house parlour's and 'n
I..enslon drawing-Ts Haws, on cottage bookshelves,
and in tlents' desks, atachools, from the pulpit, at
011114. Ft -rm.tats, mai in the starts may evident:es of
iN rr:r.Low' 8 enormous popularity be traced. He
is not less fin' poet of the people than a chosen
ceinjainion of the cultured and relined; and his
wools am in the mouths of thousands to
whom our own TENNYSON is only partially
fnissiliar. and• to whom BROWNING is all
unknown name. 'We will not consider new
how far the imsatisfactory state of the copyright
law hail prousoted the great circulation LONG-
FELLOW'S works have obtained in Britain, but will
coot lilt ouraelvo.S with the fact that the man whose
males are on the lips of thousands is on the point
of visiting us, if he has not already arrived. Eng-
hmd has not zuxived so important a literary guest
fur many years, and we trust her welcome will be
warm and outspoken. More than a gene-
ration has passed since WASHINGTON Iftvtßo's
fihakesperiari musings were disturbed by
the waitress at the Stratford inn, but .his
nu•rner) still lingers pleasantly around the
place, and " GEOFFREY CRAYON'S poker" is shown
as a relic, in the same fashion as SHAKESPEARE' 8
house. But the gentle American humorist had
scarcely won his spurs at the time of his visit here ;
whereas the literary shield of our coming guest
LY full• blazoned. Besides LONGFELLOW has claims
upon us independently of his verse. He is essen-
tially a many-aided man, and his is a character
and a career appealing to many English sympathies.
As an ex-professor of Harvard University, ho com-
mands the regard of the Cambridge authorities,
whose honorary degree he bears ; as one of the
little band of earnest thinkers of whom EMERSON
was one, and which made the State of Massachusetts
so honourably prominent to the rest of America;
as an ardent and uncompromising opponent of
Slavery when Slavery a powerfully defended
institution ; and as a man whose generous
instincts have prompted him through life
to support the just and true rather than
the popular or expedient—LoNontitow is
entitled to the cordial friendship and admiration
of us all. It would be absurd to claim for him the
highest rank as a poet, but his verse, eminently
healthy, his "Village Blacksmith," "The Bridge,"
and " Excelsior," have idealised labour, resigna-
tion, and hope to thousands whose lives admit of
little poetry, and who have been refined by the
broad humanity of their favourite author. If we
cannot emulate the public welcome given to Mr.
Dtcgass, we can at least make LogGFELLOW feel
at home in England, and give open testimony to
the reputation he has won.

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utlit OtiNTEMPOltAlki'

(THIS DAY.)

Cliff T =PRIM (DCICDCIIN AND THR IRIS CAIR.

A comparison of the statements made yesterday
he the lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Blackburn. in
reference to the Eyre prosecation, compels the condition.
:ays the Times, thut the misapprehension was due to some
negligexcc on both sides. Justice itself is discredited by
the fact that the grand jury threw out the VII
against Mr. Eyre tinder the influence of a charg.,
some of the leading doctrines of which •re
now emphatically repudiated by the Lord Chief Justin:.
t uueidcring the points upon which the two learned judges
are at issue, the 771140 says the conclusion is inevitable,
that bad the Lonl Chief Justice charged tin jury instead
of Sir Cohn Blackburn, a true bill must have been
found against Mr. Eyre in respeat of the transfer of
Oortion, ant the question of his further resplivii-
billy must have come before a common jury. This
Jesuit is creditable to neither patty concerned. If Mr.
Jutliee Blackburn unduly amplified the meant of his
colleagues, his colleagues ought to have seen that the nar-
row principle he stated to them was insufficient to justify
that expression of their approval they did authorise him
to we. There was great imprudence on all sides, the
chief and fin t being that Sir Colin Blackburn did not
commit the whole of his charge to writing before coniult-
ins his colleagues, while the end has been a scandal in the
administration of our law for a parallel to which we must
ysiniy seek iu recent years, perhaps not in meat
generations.

The Doily Nytex, while admitting that it la permi4sible
for two judger to expound the law in a different fashion,
rays that Mr. Justice Blackburn wont further than this.,
for he conveyed the impremion that be was expreeeing the

unanimous sentimenta of his brethren of the court
of Quern's Bench. lu taking exception to the
law so confidently and dogmatically laid down by
Justice Blackburn, the Lord Chief Justice per-
forms a duty for which he deserves the hearty
thanks of every lover of constitutional freedom. It is the
more commendable when, u in the present case, the head
of the Court of Queen's Bauch throws the weight of his
earning and influence into the scale wherein justice has
been outweighed by prejudice and paanon. It is satis-
factory to learn that the modern doctrines about martial
law are based on a legal quicksand. The Daily News
rejoices at this, because recent events have awakened an
uneasy feeling respecting the supremacy of the true prin-
ciples of liberty.

The Trlegroph expresses a hope that the apparent dif-
ficulty may be cleared up by Sir Colin Blackburn's expla-
nation that, his own mind being so full of the subject,
he omitted to ascertain the exact point at which he ceased
to share the opinions of his brethren. The eminent posi-
tion and abilities of both the distinguished personages
render their statements, whether of fact or law, a matter
of the last importance.

The 'Arad does not see how the mood explicit state.
mcnt of these differences of opinion on the bench could
have affected the result The jury would probably have
been mystified by the very means taken to inform them,
and as reasonable men they would have refused to my
that Mr. Eyre bad transgressed the law, when the judges
tio,rsselyes could not tell them what the law was.

The Star observes that the remarkable scene of yester-
day effectually disposes of Mr. Lamont's motion to be
brought on this evening sa to the payment of Mr. Eyre's
expenses out of the public funds and his reinstatement in the
public service. For the House of Commons to entertain
either gas stion would be to place a premium on law-break-
ing which the legislature of this law-respecting country is
not likely to offer.
The lest fears it mu►t be conceded, that Mr. Justice
Blackburn transgressed equally against the canons of good
taste and the usages which govern the procedure of the
court of which be is a member. Entertaining, as he did,
a different opinion from that of the Lord Chief Justice on
a point of great constitutional importance, he seems to
have seised the opportunity accidentally afforded to him
of giving( apparently in the name of the full court,
directions in point of law which in effect overruled the
expressed opinions of the chief of that court. There may
have been a misunderstanding upon his part, but most
persona will probably be inclined to share the opinion
Ihidently entertained by the Lord Chief Justice, that if
there was a misunderstanding he must be much more
stupid than the world believes him to be.

The longing, nay, the burning desire, which Mr. Ward
.Hunt expresses on behalf of himself and his colleagues, to
have the verdict of the now Parliament upon their con-
duct and policy, and to be relieved from the burthen of
a position almost too much fur human nature, is very
creditable to them, says the Daily News, but does not form
a security of which the House of Commons can take cog-
nisance. It is accompanied by the practical conclusion that
the government ought to ask for supplies for the whole year.
Nevertheless Mr. Hunt is willing to postpone the report
of the last votes in order that the question mooted by Mr.
Childers may be considered. It is possible that her Ma-
jesty's Ministers may in the meantime return to the opi-
nions which they professed three weeks ago, and which
aro those, we believe, of the House of Commons and the
country, in favour of an autumn session. If parliament
has the will, ministers will find the way.
The regress made with the Scotch Bill and the Boundary
Bill premises well, the Herald thinks, for the timely com-
pletion of the work of reform, and leaves room for hope that,
after all, the ministry may succeed in their laborious task,
and attain their wish to meet the reformed parliament in
the autumn of the present year.

The Telegraph, too, is struck by the rapidity with which
the putlic business was transacted hug night, and remarks
that if during the remainder of the session the same rule
is observed, all doubts respecting the practicability of en
early dissolution would be speedily set at rest.

Cite Court.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Joss 6.

The Queen drove out in the morning, accompa-
nied by }rimers Louise, and her Majesty drove in the
afternoon to Birkhall, accompanied by Princess Louise
and Princess Beatrice.
The Duke of Marlborough has lett the Castle.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the
Crown Prince of Denmark, and attended by Viscountess
Walden, General Sir William Raollya, Lieutenant-Colonel
Keypad. and Captain Lund, left Marlborough-house yes-
terday for Titness-perk.
Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, and Princess
Louise of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, left
Marlborough-house for Windsor Castle.
Vlaoountess Walden has succeeded the Countess of
Macclesfield as Lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales.
Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co. have had th i
honour of submitting to the Prince of Wales the Stock-
bridge, Newcastle, and Ascot Royal Hunt Cups.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Clio. from the Governor of Natal. Despatches were sent
to the Governors of the Falkland Islands, Malta, and to
the Governor-General of Canada.

A deputation from the Clerkenwell Explosion Relief
Fund, consisting of the Rev. Robert Maguire, Mr. F. W.
Mukalla, and others, and accompanied by Mr. Aldermen
and Mr. Torrens, M.P., bad an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-dreet,
yesterday.
A deputation from the Steam Ship Owners' Association,
consisting of Mr. Roots, Mr. Pratt, Mr. L. Estrange, Mr.
Labial, and Mr. Morgan (Secretary), had an interview
with the Duke of Richmond and the Right Hon. Stephen
Cave, at the once of the Board of Trade, yesterday.

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, the Prince
Gamine de Policia" Archbishop Manning. Lord sad Lady
Gormenston, Byron &holey, General von Below, Cakes'
Biz E Wetherell, GB:, Pieid•l[antal fiirß. Itoes,X.C.B.,
frH. Storks, and Mies Burdett Coutte are among the dis-
tinguished visitors who have 'negated the Exhibitions of
Drawings and Paintings by Olken of the Royal Artilevy,
now as view at T. 'Means' New Gallery, 7, Haymarket.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are
expected to arrive at Nortkumberlaad House at the end
of the week from Alawick Crate. The duke hes been
going ditty with the Yeomanry Corps, which has pr. -
vented his earlier arrival la London.

We (Than) have rumen to believe that the
scooting which has bean eironiseed et the widest tytao
Ale et Wellington is very mush momplersted, Kis
Grose was able to walk hoes without aseheasee, the oody
ion, received was a somewhat severe coatuaiom and le.
a day or two M wW probsibiy in misted to his usual
Mei*

.1868.

FOREIGN NEWS.

(THIS DAY.)

COUNT BISMARCK'S ILLNESS.

The North Gemara Gazette says

Count von Bismarck hal been suffering in con..equenee
o extreme haslet!' of mind since 1865, from weakness of
t .e nerves to such a degree that extraordinary energy
alone has enabled him to continue work. It if, therefore,
absolutely nth emery that he should have periods of repose
to recruit his shattered strength. lie is now, moneove
e uffering from pleurisy, which, though abated, will nwitiiro
a longer time for his restoration to health.