The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-05 00:00:00

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LONDON. SATURDAY, SEPT. 5.

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MR. HORSMAN.

To change froqt in the face of an enemy is a
proverbially hazardous movement. But there are
times when, if this move be not made, a defeat
must be voluntarily accepted. Mr. HORRYAN is
reduced to this alternative. In the face of a hos-
tile constituency he has boldly endeavoured to
strengthen his position by changing front. The
electors of Stroud having reproached him with
Toryism, he replies by professing doctrines which
none but the most advanced Radicals have ad-
vocated. If the programme he has laid
down be carried out to the letter, there
will be no question hereafter as to the
thoroughgoing character of Mr. Hor-siez,l'a opi-
nions on Reform. The Liberal candidates who
am contending for his seat will have great
difficulty in surpassing him as a speculative
innovator. Should he fail to be re-elected, he will
stand a good chance of obtaining a seat elsewhere.
Many liberal Constituencies will gladly accept the
services of one whose ability is beyond dispute,
whose oratorical powers are exceptionally great,
and whose id. us abo, a I:, form in the future Cr.
leer, logic id, and t mieontly fitted fur practical
:.pplicatioti. In tl:t- litua .II oi:smAN has been
un cs•r.N, ledititei,an. Y lie bus often done
good as iic in ilia of the Lateral cause. He is
it than ulit,he putty a ...ld kite
with it gi. • .

RliathjVl,,,•n it 11,:ly I.r WI.II to
rr•eount. Tliirty )eurt, rkg,.., Mr. llnto+M.%N r•utr•rtvl
imalitsitatt. Tli,r firA :Lpiwartiitce Lr iuwitt rclutul

to en exposure of the tricks to which the thatch
forks,' resorted in order to fabricate votes mailer a
loosely worded dense in the Refonn Act. of 1831.
11 is able exposure of these practices bad the afoot
of putting an end to them: In 1837 he math' his
that gnat effort in the Houso of Comm ms. S;r
Will inn RAE then endeavoured to pommel(' the
1 I/11PC into fomenting to propositions with regard
to the Church of tiontland which, as Mr. lloitsm.tx
showed in a powerful speech, would have had the
result of converting the Scotch Church into a poli-
tical engine, and degrading it "as the Churches
" of England and Ireland have been degraded,
into en instrument of political warfare." From
tins period he devoted himself to the discussion
of the abuses in the Church. The bloated in-
comes which certain bishops then enjoyed were
diminished owing to his exertions. His seal in
the cause was most obnoxious to many of the,
wail old Tories, who lookind upon a bishop -with
as great veneration is did Dr. Nonnabli. 8 ,
late Colonel limitnnif frequently expressed his
horror of the disrespectful language and saint-
ligious conduct with which, in his. opinion, Mr.
HoesmAn was chargeable when he proposed to
interfere with the pluralities and profits of the
superior clergy. So pertinacious and incon-
venient was be in this course that the
Government sometimes refrained from " making
a house" when one of his motions on
ecclesiastical topics was impending. When
the propriety of repealing the Corn Laws was in
dispute, and before Free-trade bad been a•xepted
by the Literal party as the corner-stone of its
policy, Mr. Holten/or distinguished himself as an
advocate of repeal. In 1842 he told the house :
--" Ever since I love been a member of this house,
" and even before I had that honour, I have over
" held and acted up to the opinion that the whole
" system of our Corn-laws was impolitic and un-
" just—unjust in its principle and injurious in its
" effects." Many Liberals of great reputation
could not then have spoken words to the
like effect. In process of time he obtained
office in the Government. But ho utterly
failed to show that his talent for adminis-
tration was on a par with his capacity as an
ingenious speculator and a stirring speaker. As
Stszetary for Ireland he was blamed for doing no
work. He resigned the post on the ground that
he had no work to do. It is difficult to determine
whether the statement of those who complained
of his conduct, or his own explanation, should be
accepted as the true version of the case. It is
certain, however, that the following will remain
on record as embodying the popular belief respect-
ing the duties discharged by those who were then
responsible for the government of Ireland :
" CARLISLE did the dancing, HOUMA!! the hunt-
" ing, and L&ROOM the business."
It is as an orator that Mr. HORMLL.O has chiefly
distinguished himself in Parliament. No one can
prepare and deliver a set speech with greater
effect, provided that he treata a topic which affords
him an opportunity for denouncing an institution
or attacking a person. His fondness for invective
may have had as great a share ae dislike to Re-
form, in his opposition to the Reform Bill of Karl
RUMEII:B governments. Having a personal an-
tipathy to Earl RUSSILL, he could not forego any
occasion for censuring his policy. Indeed, like
nearlynil who entered the dame of Adullarn, he
was a discontented politician, one whose aspira-
tions bad been ungratified, and whom disappoint-
ment had soured. That he should .now offer to
serve with those he once reviled is partly owing to
the fact that his favourite ecclesiastical grievance
is to be dealt with by them. Ho has been
uniformly consistent in opposing the Irish Church
and abominating the bishops. There cannot,
then, be anything more grateful to him than lend-
ing his aid to disestablish and diseudow the
church which, as he said in 18:18, had gathered
wealth " from the wants of a suffering and
" slaughtered peasantry to support the doctrines
" of a minority of the nation and the priesthood
"of an alien faith." That he should propose to
expel the bishops from Farb:anent is quite in ac-
cordance with his antecedents. That he should
now propose the reform of the House of Lords, R 4
u complement to other reforms which have been
either effected or are in contemplation, is creditable
to his sagacity as a discerner of the wants of the
age. On the whole, his backslidings as a Liberal
are almost atoned for by his general conduct. But
even if it were otherwise, he would still merit
praise for his acuteness in perceiving, and his
constancy in exposing, the hollowness of the
Second Empire and the true character of the Third
Nseor.voN. Few members of Parliament under-
stand the affairs of France better than Mr. HORS-
WAR. Words spoken by him in Iftrio may be
appropriately repeated now, fur they have lost
none of their appositeness or point. He then
expressed his belief that the present Government
of Fiance was " the most immoral Government in
" Europe," and the Emperor of the FRENCU
" the greatest enemy of peace in the world."

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THE EXPRESS, SATIMPAy gv/** SEPTBMBER ,S, 1818.

found is London, an4,Proa4l7 elks thisPhwTh those
do not effect injurieurelly the /unease charades. of too
prople of either loesilty. Vies, generally the result of
ignunuo" is never a 2natelt fie virtue arid
Whatever "ere may be of tee former 'en
the United State., it has no learn,* upon the
general clunacter of our people, or the wearily and just
and tulightened administrutioe of our governments
fcm:eial or state. Whatever 'gnome°, there may be
smengst the emigrants who in great numbers me oontia4
snampt 111% it will soon yield to a well-devised and eland,
univertal system of public wheal. So happy are tha
0014eLVIC110111 of the system, that not only in our largo
cities, but in every hamlet, the beet weeks ta HogliM
literature um to be found, and are as smieli ',slued there
as hare. The bon. gentleman is mistakes in supposing
that our einignuds to any appreeialde *lased abruiet of
.the clam that he described. Among the best of Mar sari.
:culturide are to be found Englishmen, fleellbsees,
Irishmen, and Germans, end mum, the wait=
of our ordains many of them are filial this
Their labour end intelligence, their iidasbry sad
*gray, ln-
have Moody cositributed to the premperilCof ,
caw country. in cosaisuiem gamtleolea, I rabble you
say most Omen thembe-die• the
tame In, solidi you have spoken cd my sessiblay
myself, and I beg you to be assarod that MbateSer
"feelings of friendship or emotions of brotherly love" on
entertained by you or by your countrymen towanla the
United States will be sincerely reciprocated. Youl)sre
right, gentlemen, in feeling mound "that truth and
" honour, kindnese sad gentle feeling, will preside over
" and guide the councils of the two people ;" to suppose
otherwise would be to impeach their Judiee and honour.

We may be allowed to add that " to suppose
" otherwise " would be to suppose that the Liberal
electors of Sheffield will again commit the grie-
vous mistake of sending to Parliament such a re-
presentative as Mr. ROEBUCK. Sheffield has gained
an enviable distinction by its hardware and an un-
enviable one by harbouring for years in impunity
such a champion of the rights of labour as Mr.
BROADICEAD,— -whom, by the by, Mr. RIEBUCK
might have remembered when he talked of " the
" assassinating Italian,"—and in consenting to be
represented in Parliament by a man who, instead
of setting an example of " kindness and gentle
" feeling," has done his little worst to exasperate
and inflame the relations between England and the
United States, and who selects the occasion of a
hospitable welcome to the American Minister to
traduce and insult American institutions and
the American people. We, who know Mr.Rotraucs,
have learnt to regard him with a oortoin com-
passion, as what loon described—

A hedgehog turned up the wrong way,
Tormenting hitneelf with his prickles.
At a friendly feast ho promotes the hilarity of
the evening much in the same sense es tho olives
of which the Irishman complained. But it
becomes a grave question for the electors of
Sheffield, if indeed they are sincerely solicitous of
preserving peace and friendship with their American
kinsmen, whether a man whose sole distinction in
public life has been that of a death's head at a
feast, and who, a BALA/ reversed, curses every
cause be is sent to bless or compelled reluctantly
to vote for, should be permitted by the favour of a
large constituency to make himself the mouth-
piece of the English people.

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OUR OONIIIMI)014.RiES. •
ail IS DAY.)
'The Ti.orr rogarils tho prosenoo et Mr. Reverts*
Johnson at Sheffield as an instic•oe of the invirriblei'ainity -
of the United Slate. towards Hoglund. Mr. J,iliumit hen
the rue good fortune of being able to comma.. I thee mil-
dew* of both the greet parties in Areerice, awl ho hir,ke
of the future good net diens between both octentrim from
hin knowledge of both candidates for the preeidoney. On
the ride of kngland whatever party may be miocroutul
next November the Foreign Secretary will be imbued with
nothing but friendly feelings towards tho United Staten.
In another artistic. the T,mea, referring to an appeal for help
for the Cretans by Mr. Hilary Skinner, observes that
the evil is now done. The island is a wildersons; of its
popubition, al out 60,000 awls are starving in Greoce. It
is in behalf of those that Mr. Skinner pleads, and he
ghee his pupate, ometuity that any subsidies voluntecred
by charitable people for this purposo shall not ho diverted
to the prelosmaticsit ef a straggle which the meet eiteguine
pre now bin to consider utteti.y hopeless. Mr. Skinner
will 'it hint to overarm the mistrust universally
• with respect to Greek and Cretau cocansittein
r• eltbnrusenbrenntemperariss habressearke on the
Cutlers' Pend at She Meld, neipreeating the hissidly go-
ing evinced by Mr. Jainism Seward. lingiffind. They late
also artistes on the verdict of the coroner's jury in the
Margate ciebeinphe which is gusandly approved oL
The Delp News mondew that if the Ewan Omni and
their friends throughout Maly are wise they will allow the
Roman question to sleep some time longer. Let Italy bo-
oms thoroughly wilted In heart sad mind, sad stress*
as well as politically and administratively—ld her beams
happy, prosperous, powerfal, and contented, and lions
will become hen, according to the law which to him who
bath much, gives more. In other artistes the Daily
titans expenses the opinion that the Gerona scpedition to
the North Pole will not be encoessful this year, and it
points to the example of lord Winton as • noble example
whirl, tory landlords would do well to follow.

FOREIGN NEWS.

(THIS DAY.)

FRANCE ANT) BELGIUM.
We find the following in the Tempt of yoi-
terday :
1 here is a report that M. de la OueronniZro less been
outbound to offer a reduction of half tho duty on Belgian
iron cntcriny France, and this propoal it staid to he
connected with the project of a commercial union.
We are not in ponsession of the secret in-
-41.1/nations whiob the new minister to Belgians
has taken with him, but surely he has not been
Author lied to offer a reduction of the customs duties. A
land advantage granted to any one country with which
we have made &commercial treaty must shine IaGO equally
iipply to his net. Canatientaitly if wo reduce the duty on
Belgian iron from Gfr. to 3fr. English, German, and
other iron will be entitled to Dome at the reduced rate, so
that Belgium will have no special advantage., ,d

(TIIIIOOOII IBUTEIeII AGZNOT.)

ICUMGAZY.
Pam Bm. 4.
(bedtime Diet wet be %weed ea the 12th
•

A third eediou of liesuats parspidet against
Horn& was published yestirday.

GREECE.

ATHENS, Sere. 3, Symenro.
The Prince Royal was baptised to-day. He
received the name of Constantine. The Grand
Duke Nicholas and the Grand Duke Constantine
were the sponsors.

RBRVIA.

BELGRADE, BEpy, t

The journal Serbia of to-day contains reports
stating that the formation of now bands of insur-
gents continues in the mountainous districts of
the Balkan. Only recently a fight took plane,
when twenty (Arts (marrying the dowl and wounded
were sent to Ruatchuck. The insurgents hare
hitherto suffered defeat, but were bent upon con-
tinuing the struggle, in expectation of reinforce-
ments coming to their aid.

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, SNP?. 4

Closing Prices :—Gold, 144 Rte•rling exchange
on London, 1091. 6-20 UnitAA Stains Bonds, 1882,
1134 ; ditto, 1885, 111 i ; 10-40 ditto, 1011,
Illinois, 144 ; Erie, VII. Cotton, middling Up-
land, 30. Petroleum, stundunl white, 32. Flour,
extra State, 8 (loin. 10c. to 8 doll. roe. Corn, old
mixed, 1 dol. 23c.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(MOIL Otil OWN COILIZIMPONDICCT.

PAWS, FazDAT Eylecixn.

Among the many warlike rumours lately cir-
culated was one that a government placard was
posted in front of the Finance Ministry, inviting
tenders before to-morrow, September 5, for
3:198,400 bozo of powder to bo delivered in 1P36.9,
A communi'qud to several journals, published in the
first instance in the ihmiteur. says that the go-
vernment did not at once think it was worth while
to rectify the mistake; but that finding misap-
prehension persists it thinks right to state that
the ounizact in question has nothing whatever to
do with war preparations, but relates only to tin
canisters of powder for sporting purposes. This
time, it must be admitted, the Menateur has the
laugh on its side.
The l'rew ventures upon the following affirma-
tion, which clashes somewhat with the accumula-
tion of peaceful paragraphs which are going the
rounds of the papers :

It is confirmed that important communication. have
U xcha gra betwet n the French awl Italian govern-
ments. After I,m;: he,ibt inn the Italian 2nverninent It LA
pn rui,«l to remain neutral in 1.3,4, an incident ahould pr,-
duee war betwetn France and new, will
not suit the Garihald

The following extraet fr.im this tivi.ning's•
-'•i 'il shows that the Follett pulilie is
no snore than the }:nglichlate ibtpi• of
organ... in London:

Ihe 110,4 111.. ok x.ssl ea', to s,iy nothinl of
the latest articles on France in the „
and 1., givrs its an c.,!raet frotn the G',!,e.
hi, I, all the s.niio.fri. j-ut wonderful unani-
mity Arai .e to the skii-s. sinizlearticle of the English
rarer. upon ahem has fallen the mantle of the Itwnin)
Chrvniele (which was killed by the work), awl whose task
is to jublieh in London lucubrations to he translated in
the Atom frwr, is all that the (~os.stituft. nnyl has to go upon
alien it exclaims this moruing, •' Public opinion in Eng-
land renders full justice to the empire," &e., Now.
the fact is that the Gio.kr wpresents public opinion in
England about as much as. the Cunsli does in
Franc*.

The Correctional Tribunal, which has now a new
president named Lancelin, was occupied yesterday
with the trial of the Figaro for having pub-
lished a report of the hearing of a civil
action for libel by M. Rochefort against
M. Mucha, alias de Bossy, in which
the plaintiff obtained damages. It has
hitherto been taken for granted that the law pro-
hibiting reports of libel cases applitsl only to
criminal prosecutions. The Imperial Advocate,
Cheerier, admitted that the question was a very
arguable one, and that the text of the law was
rather against him. He contended, however, that
the spirit applied as much to civil as to criminal
cases. M. Lisehatud, who appeared fLr the Figaro,
said that he was diametrically opposed to M.
Rochefort's political doctrines, but he should be
ashamed of himself if, un that amount, ha
akar& from -Sifa/hie upon what he firmly
believed to be the law. Ile contended that iu
civil cases the long established practice was legal,
and that, if publication of the arguments in the
trial was prohibited, the libeller and not the
libelled would be protected by the law.
When M. Lachaud sat down, another case
against the Fiyaro was called on, that in which
the journal is incriminated for publishing a report
of the trial on the prosecution of M. Pantouretut,
and which it justifies on the ground that reports
of libel cases in which public functionaries are the
prosecutors form an exception to the general rule.
M. laschaud observed that it was 6 o'cick. and
that he should want at least two hours for the
next case. The new president, with a courtesy
which perhaps may be accounted fur by the fact
that M. Lachaud is spoken of as a government
candidate for Paris at the next election, said the
pleasure of hearing him hail prevented the court
from looking at the chick. The further hearing
was adjourned for a week.
Most unexpectedly, M. Rochefort antimony!
that No. 13 of the Loafer/4e will be published to-
morrow in Paris, simultaneously with its pub-
lication abroad. It is quite possible that
ho way have been ingenious enough to
have evinpritsil the forthcoming ttttt über
in such a way as to afford uo misonable pretext
for a line 6 eat on. and then. although his seders
will Invisibly Is• ills:gip:DM:tea, the government
will be in a dilemma. To See the re I cover 1.
alum in es ety liana will Is' anulosiii VllOllOl :
but a prier. Mien that the I:tw oilers eoula mit
supi iirt nual.l li, worse. It lusty however,
and l think it likely that No, 1.1 will is, mow
audacious than any of its foregoers, and that M.