The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-29 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 28.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High•
nesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, drove
out yesterday in a carriage and four, attended by
the Hon. Horatia Stopford and Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. D. de Ros.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Nemoure,
Count n'Eu, Princess Margaret, and Princess
Blanche of Orleans, arrivcd at the Castle yesterday.
The Duke of Nemours, Count d'Eu, and Princess
Margaret, dined with her Mbjesty and the royal

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High'
nesses Princess Hettna End Princess Louise, went
to London to-day, and drove to the palace at
Westminster and inspected the works of Mr. Her•
hen and Mr. Maclise, who were in attendance by
her Majesty's command.
Her Majesty afterwards honoured the Dean of
Westminster and Lqcly Augusta Stanley
at the deanery, and returned to Windsor Castle at
five o'clock. with a visit

Ia attendanba were the Marchioness of Ely, the
"100. Mrs. Bruce, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieu•
tenant• Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of 'Wales, accompanied by the Prince
of Leiningen, rode on horseback yesterday forenoon,
attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the
Princess of Leiningen, took a carriage drive.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, and at*
tended by the Marchioness of Carmarihen, Lieud
tenuit• General Knoll,ys, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Kepue!, visited the Museum of the Geological Sur-
vey and the Royal School of Mines, in Jermyn-
street, yesterday, and were shown through the
building by the director-general, Sir Roderick
Murchison, accompanied by Professors Ramsay,
Huxley, Hofman, Percy, Tyndall, and Willis; Mr.
Trenhom Retls, curator; and Mr. Hunt, keeper of
the mining records, Mr. Warrington Smith being
absent on duty in Cornwall.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by the PrinCe and Princess of Leiningeu, and
attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and
Lieutenant-Colonel Keppei, went to the Adelphi
Theatre in the evening.

the Great Conservative Meeting at Lord

Salisbury's,

(From the, Owl.)

As soon as it became known on Wednesday afternoon
last week that it was all up with the Conference, and that
Lord Clarendon's particular rele, whica we have pointed
out, alone remeined to be played out by the actors in con-
cert, it became evident that the Danish question had en-
tered a new phase, and that a domestic crisis would be added
to the international imbroglio. The Owl took a flight down
Pall-mall, looking in at the Carlton, where he soon dis-
covered that something was brewing. His friends were evi-
dently under the influence of strung excitement. Old birds
turned up whose antique plumage is a standing protest
against reform, and whom a happy instinct lures
from distant places whenever great events are passing.
Official expectants, too, were numerous, and very
decided in their opinion that action should be
taken. The Owl was not surprised to receive the follow-
ing morning, at his breakfast, an invitation, on very thin
paper, to attend a meeting of the Conservative party at
Lord Salisbury 'a house on the following Monday. This,
however, was premature, for Lard Palmerston is too old a
bird to throw away a chance , and as the Plenipotentiaries
hai not shaken hands and exchanged protocols, the Con-
ference could not be said to be concluded any more than a
dinner can be said to be over before the grace is said. So
our old friend on the very thin paper was obliged to put off
his party till Tuesday at two o'clock, when we repaired to
Lord Selisbury's house, and met over 200 of our Conserves
tive friends. At ten minutes past two Lord Derby, who
was evidently suffering from an attack of gout, entered
the large room, which we remember as a supper room, and
which was fitted out for the occasion with a round table
at the further end, and a pretty liberal supply of chairs,
scattered about in the body of the room. He was closely
followed by Mr, Disraeli, who took up a position in the rear
of his Chief, ready to bring up supports if required.
Lord DELBY, as is his nature, opened the proceedings
with a joke. As the sitting members were pressing in with
their chairs to make room for the standing Conservatives,
be observed that it looked like business to began operations
by coming at once to close quarters, The function of the
Great Conservative Party, he continued, was to come out
strong, like the Owl, on great occasions. For this reason he
had abstained from calling the party together on former
or less important occasions lately. He congratulated them
on the success of their domestic policy in preserving Church
and State, and claimed for them the praise, acknow-
ledged by their opponents, of having assisted in perfecting
and carrying all measures which they considered for the
general good of the country. Whereas, however, in domestic
affairs an Opposition could interfere with facility and ad-
vantage in every stage of a measure during its progress
through Parliament, in foreign affairs matters stood on an
entirely different footing. In the latter case Parliament
could not interfere in the successive stages of a negotiation
without hampering the judgment and paralysing the action
of Government, and thereby jeupardising the success of the
negotiation. In proportion, however, as a Government
were weak and impotent would they try to catch at the
opinion entertained by a majority in Parliament, instead of
relying on their own judgment of what was beat for the
good of the country. Ho found a very remarkable proof that
such was the course pursued by the Government in the
papers laid before Parliament. In a correspondence with
Count Bernstorff, Earl Russell points out that if Germany
pursued such and such a course, her Majesty's Government
would—not take such and such a resolution and adopt such
and such measures, but—might be compelled by the feeling
in Parliament and pub is opinion in the country to do
something which otherwise they might not do. This wais
not a position which a Government jealous of the honour
of the country and of its own influence should occupy in the-
eyes of foreign nations, nor could the Conservative party,
without abdicating its office. acquiesce in this position. II
would not review our foreign policy in every part of the
world, but he would point out that in the recent Polish
negotiations the Government had pursued exactly the Barna
policy as in the Danish negotiations, and with precisely
the same results, a policy of blustering denunciations fol-
lowed by impotence of action. They had succeeded, too,
in effecting the complete isolation of this country in the
councils of Europe, The French Emperor, who was most.
desirous of cooperating cordially with this country, had been
slapped in the face, and then we expected his cordial sup-
port in effecting objects to which we attached importance.
Turning to the Danish negotiations, he reviewed the differ-
ent positions which the Government had successively taken
up, and how in each case they had menaced, retired, andt
menaced again; how they had threatened Germanyte.n
b
burden of their song on each successive occasion
pull
lmgy
" Kick me as much as you like, but if
nose you will'see what I will do ;"
such and such
ened Denmark that if she did notn make
material support
concessions she could not reckonano
implicit declaration
of England, whichh
was
would receive that support.
that, if she did make.t
.ene,
that if the Government had
howytoleueyhiYadlithreat-
He hazarded an
°lral,(3)7nreswhenit was proposed to con-
vertn Holstein into the invesion of
Danish province—and our fleet had been sent
adoptFeeddeernaelr
Schleswig—a
to the Eider and an. army despatched to Schleswig, Ger-
many would have hesitated before attacking England—
there would have been no question of England attacking
Germany. That was his conscientious opinion, although
he was far from sayingenergetic
that such a policy should have been.
I adopted. That question would involve the whole policy,
of the Government ; but, given that policy, this was evi-
dently the time at which they ought to have acted, and it
was an opportunity fatally allowed to slip by her Mejesty'e
Government. The Ccnservative party had wisely avoided
the trap set for them by the Government, and had
not recommended a policy to them. Ho agreed with the
rule set down by the late Sir R, Peel, not to prescribe until
he was formally sent for. They had abstained, from patrio-
tic motives, from hampering her Majesty's. Government as
long as they continued at the head of affairs, but as soon as
their, further continuance in office endangered the best in-
terests of the country it was their duty to throw away re-
serve and submit their opinion to the judgment of Parlia-
ment and the country. His lordship concluded by submit:
ling to the meeting the resolution. which Mr Disraeli
announced to the House laze night, and eat down amidst
enthusiastic cheers.

Mr KER. (from the body of the hall, amidst great inter-
ruption) said that he would prefer a more Irish, or in other
words, a more warlike programme.
Mr HEY° A.TE, on the contrary, said it was quite warlike
enough for his own taste, and that of his constituents. Ile
would support his leader; and vote with his party.
Lord HENRY LENNOX asked when the battle would
begin ?
Mr Disn.itra said he was always ready for the fray, but
he thought it would be decorous to give the Government
till,the beginning of next week before kicking them into
the middle of the week after.
Sit OHN WALSH then paid a tribute of affection to
Lord Robert Cecil, as one of his band of 35, and, in a most
melodious voice, song a hymn, beginning " W hat a. good
boy am I, and what a great party we are to be sure I' The
proceedhlra—terrninated aniidSt tOmplete unanimity by: a
vote of thanks fd 'Etifd • 'Derby., proposed by old Admiral
Walcott and accouded by acme young Jumbo'.