The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1868.

can say little about the nature of the plot. Suffice it
to remark that, while in France ii4ll immorality is
too much a matter of oourso to exalte astonish-
;Tent, in England it is now unusual to witness
anything of the like tenor represented on the stage,
and applauded by an audience.

fittings, and here and there a 4llaoonsolate volun-
teer was to be seen contemplating the burnt-up
turf of the common, end asking ruefully whether
he was expected to sleep upon it without bed or
bedding, and with no other accommodation than
that afforded by bare, canvas walls. The contrast
between tents as furnished by the Association, and
the private luxuries, the Persian rugs, the strips
of Turkey carpet, the chests of drawers, and the
iron bedsteads with which some of them are
crammed is very striking. The regulation furni-
ture for a private volunteer or non-commissioned
officer in camp is " one paillasse and straw to fill
" the same, one bolster, two blankets, and ono
" waterproof sheet," together with a fourth share
in a water-can and a lantern. The charge for
this accommodation is one shilling and twopence
a day, and each tent contains four volunteers.
The officers are allowed a bedstead, in lieu of the
waterproof sheet, a washhand stand, a basin, a tub,
a chair, a mat, and a looking-glass, besides having
a water-can and a lantern each. They pay 11. 58.
for the fourteen days, and but two officers are put
in each tent. From which facts it would appear
that in our volunteer, as in our regular army,
private means have au intimate relation to private
comfort, though the spirit of good temper and
geed fellowship often places the advantages of
the privileged at the disposal of their companions
in anus.

If tbe tone M English political life is to be restored-- if its
atsnoephere is to be cleared—this can only be dims by re-
curring to a greater extent than we have in recent times
bind emissary to Qs old practice of calling a spade a
spade.
Referring to the Bribery Bill, the Aseminer could bet
rejoice that some attempt is to be made to check in the
new parliament the evils with which tie old one never
would seriously grapple so long ax it hoped to live. Dif-
fering, however, from the proposal before the house, the
Exemieer still thinks that the civil gait for the possession
of the wit ought to he tried at Westminster by a parlia-
mentary jury, presided over by a salaried and competent
judge appointed by the house itself, and that the criminal
proceeding for the giving or the taking crf a bribe ought to
be held locally, like the proceeding in every other cum of
misdemeanour which is an offence against society.
It could hardly have been expected, says the &darkly
Review, that the democratic convention at New York
would commence its proceedings by adopting the doctrine
of repudiation. Congress deliberately allowed succearaive
Secretaries of the Treasury and authorised financial
agents to insure capitalists, in answer to formal inquiries,
that the debt would be discharged in specie ; awl it is
notorious that the express stipulation that the intermit
should be paid in gold involved the assumption that no
question could arise as to the mode of dealing with the
principal. The controversy is, in truth, beyond the
allure of argument awl of moral criticism. Tle:
di mocmtic repudiators and their republican IW-
COMpliCelt have no desire to be limiest, awl they
are indifferent to any theories which might supply
a plausible °simile for their policy. If the democratic
doctrine prevail, however, it certainly will wit
be easy to offer a plausible inducemeut to future
lenders. The resolution to pay the debt in currency
necessarily involved th.r reject of the mere of Mr.
Chase as democratic candidate ; but at the same time
it makes it very difficult to explain the numinati ~,, of Mr.
Seymour.

The Spectator remarks that the democrats have formally
adopted partial repudiation as their cry, and this after
their adversaries had as formally rejected it. Without
pleading the insolvency of the state, the democrats in-
tend to break their promise, in order to release their
constituents of a burden. 'They, in fact, redline their
debt one third by a sheer act of form; but,) fortu-
nately for the union, there is little chance that they
will, for the present at least, obtain the power to carry
out their own policy.
We shall never now know, says the Er-o,,rmii.rt, the
truth between Sir Morton I'etu and the London, Chatham,
and Dover Company. The parties interested have agreed
to a compromise. There is nothing in the Bankruptcy
Court like the Queen's proctor in the Divorce Court;
there is no one to enforce the investigation of that which
the parties to the suit are willing to hide. The commis-
sioner said that he could give no judgment in the
matter; the information before him was so incomplete,
and every one else must say so too. Originally the
London, Chatham, and Dover Company claimed from the
joint estate of Peto, Betts, and Crampton 6,600,000/., and
Peto, Betts, and Crampton claimed 210,00 W. from them ;
now, by an '•arrangement," the company still reserve
their right to claim for the 6,600,000/., but they agree
only to prove for 365,0001. ; Messrs. Peto, Betts, and
Crampton resigning all claim, of course, to the 210,000/.

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