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

OUR VOLUNTEERS AT IVIMBLEDON.

TIIE plain-speaking in the Rouse of Lords last
night will be warmly approved by every zealous
volunteer. The authorities at Wimbledon have
cause to be especially grateful for the timely en-
foreeme•nt of the plain duties of discipline and
obedience ; though there is no fear of the lois-
behaviour at Windsor being repeated in their camp,
Keep area without food for 14 or I.i hours, and as
Enid GRANVILLE good-naturedly remarked, the•
temptation to straggle when in the vicinity of a
town must be enormous. According to the
Earl of LoNcroriti, straggling is at the root
of the worst military sins. It is therefore satis-
factory to know that no pains are spared lit
Wimbledon to make the camp attractive, and
that the wants of the volunteers have
been provided for thoughtfully and well.
A striking change was perceptible in the
appearance of the camp yesterday. Canvass-town
had spread enormously since we reported on it at
the beginning of the week ; while the volunteers
had multiplied forty fold. The various officers of
the Association had a busy time of it in replying
to the countless questions of the new arrivals, and
the camp seemed to us in a less forward state than
in the corresponding period of last year. A con-
siderable number of tents were without their

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

Having referred in disparaging terms to the
pertinacity with which Messrs. Ayrton and Bouverie have
opposed the Bribery Bill, the Times expresses its satisfac-
tion at the defeat of their tactics, and, looking forward
to the further progress of the bill, comes to the conclusion
that before this day week the measure may have reached
the House of Lords, and made some progress there. In
another article the Times takes the case of Sir Robert
Napier as one in which the bestowal of a life peerage
would be more appropriate than one which is to descend
to future generations. This question of life peerages must
sooner or later be taken up by the government, if the
Rouse of Lords is to retain its authority.
The Daily News gives Mr. Disraeli much credit for his
efforts to pass the Bribery Bill. In presence of a criticism
which can only be described as wearying and tiresome,
and which would give him an excellent opportunity of
allowing the measure to be talked out of existence, he
perseveres in his determination to give the house an op-
portunity of passing it if it chooses. Nor can some credit
be denied to the house itself. The Daily Nees warns any
liberal members who may obstruct the progress of the mea-
sure that the constituencies care for the measure, and not
for mere details. With regard to the action of the House
of Lords as to the Scotch Reform Bill, the Daily News
feels that an unfortunate time was chosen by Mr.
M•Laren to press his amendments, and certainly cannot
regret that the leaders of the liberal party have preferred
to wait for a fair and open fight than to snatch a trivial
and temporary gain.
The Post feels no apprehension as to the fate of the
Bribery Bill in the upper house. It is a measure which
solely and exclusively concerns the commons.
The Star says that the repudiation dogma of the Ame-
rican democratic party must tend to open the eyes of
Englishmen to the real character of the Copperheads.
Whatever distorted sympathy may exist in England with
those who cling to the old slaveholdizig doctrines, there
will be none for financial repudiators ; and the latter
phase of their character may help those who are not quite
sound upon the question of equal rights to give their
sympathies against Mr. Horatio Seymour and in favour
of General Grant.

The Telegraph argues that the Bribery Bill must sur-
cease within a stated time. Poeaibly Mr. Mill's term of
two years is scarcely long enough, but a term must be set,
in order that no precedent and no formal obstacle may
prevent the next Chamber from completing the labours
which are so hurried now ea scarcely to be more than an
I 0 li with Honesty's signature upon it, payable in full
at a quieter time.