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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1864.

Lord PALMERSTON, apparently, will insist upon
bearing the whole brunt of it—meaning, that is,
the whole of the disgrace consequent upon this hor-
rible scandal about Mr. STANSFELD and M. MAZ-
ZINI. It is about the most mistaken act of fancied
chivalry that perhaps ever was heard of. How-
ever, Lord PALMERSTON' will have it so to be—and,
therefore, so be it. He has chosen his bed—
and he must lie upon it. Mr. STANSFZLD,
it appears, did tender his resignation,
as, indeed, it was only decent and proper that
he should have done. The Prime Minister him-
, self tells us, indeed, tells the House of Commons last
evening, that Mr. STANSFELD so tendered it. But
—upon his own deliberate responsibility—the vete-
ran leader of the Government declined to avail him-
self of the proffered resignation. "My answer
was," said Lord PALMERSTON last evening, "that I
did Got wish him to take that step, that I wished
him not to do so, and if any responsibility attaches
to that decision," said the noble lord, in conclusion,
" I am perfectly willing to take the responsibility
upon myself." Whereupon there were loud Minis-
terial cheers. It sounds chivalrous. It seems almost
a fine, plucky thing for the old man to have done.
We believe it, however, to be the greatest mistake
of his whole public life. It is worse than a crime
—it is (we repeat it) a mistake. It will be a very
long while indeed, not only before Lord PAL-
MERSTON, the oldest, and Mr. STANSFELD, the
youngest among all the members of the Adminis-
tration, but before the whole of the Administration
generally, as a body, are likely to hear the last of it.
It will stick to the Cabinet as worse than a burr, it
will cling to them like a taint. It will militate
against their popularity and poison their reputation.
The public will not easily lose the recollection of Mr.
STANSFELD'S shameful panegyric upon a suborner
of assassins, upon the man who gave the I,ooof. and
the dagger with the lapis lazuli handle to MARRIOTI,
otherwise GALENGA—that moral dagger which was
to have effected the murder of King CHARLES
ALBERT. Englishmen generally are not likely
either to lose the remembrance of the fact that
the accuracy of the astounding accusation made by
the Procureur-Imperial, was distinctly admitted by
Mr. STANSFELD upon severe cross-questioning.
when at the very last he found it utterly
impossible to escape from the reluctant
acknowledgment—that letters intended for MAZ-
ZINI were sent through the post to, and received at
Mr. STANSFELD'S private residence, 35, •Thurloe-
square, letters directed to MAZZINI under the name
of Fiore, otherwise, in plain English, " Flower!! "
Thanks to this member of the English House of
Commons, thanks to this member of the British
Government, Mezzim was (as the Procureur Im-
perial had said quite accurately) enabled
to keep up his communications with his
infamous eorrespondents. When the right hon.
gentleman the Leader of the Opposition was re-
ferring the night before last to this indisputable fact.
to this admitted and clearly demonstrated truth,
Mr. STANSFELD himself rashly interjected the
inquiry (with a sort of indignation in his very
manner of putting it)—" What Correspondents ?"
He had far better have held his peace. For—what
was the instant reply of Mr. DISRAELI—upon
the spur of the moment—suddenly, when thus
interrupted ? " What correspondents ?" exclaimed
the member for Bucks. " You know them better
than I do, I suppose.. (Loud cheers.) What
correspondents ?' says the hon. member for Halifax.
Why, the assassins of Europe. (Cheers.) What
correspondents ?' says the hon. member for Hall •
fax? 'Why, the advocates of anarchy throughout
the Continent. (Renewed cheers.) What cor-
respondents ?' says the hon. member for Halifax.
Why, the men who point their poniards at the I
breast of our ally." (Continued cheering.) Yet
it is of a man, like MAZZINI, who (during all
these years that Mr. STANSFELD has known him so
intimately) has been cherishing precisely that class
of correspondents, that the member for Halifax
can have the consummate hardihood to speak
in terms of enlogium the most extravagant and
audacious ! And not only was it thus with the
member for Halifax, but it was thus, the night
before last, with that peerless patriot the member
for Birmingham, and with that highly moral and
conscientious statesman the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. Speaking of this amiable MAZZINI,
him of the "lapis lazuli" dagger (we beg pare
don of the " moral" dagger) the adviser of
GRECO and GAL ENGA Mr. BRIGHT had
the astounding effrontery to speak as
follows :—" I believe," he said, " there is no man
acquainted with MAZZINI who will not say that so
far as can be divined from his character, from per-
sonal association with him, he is a man of profound
devotion—[An hon. Member—' To the dagger ']—
it may be not to the principles of the hon. gentleman
who speaks [Principles ! Mr. BRIGHT means
Daggers! bat to the principle of the unity and
isldependenee of Italy. Moreover, every man
who has associated with him will admit he
is a man of powerful and fascinating cha-.
racter, that he obtains over those with ;mom
he associates a singular influence [very singular!]
—and that there are few persons w,ao have ever
been acquainted with him perrenally who would
not, apart from these special Questions we are now
discussing—[An Hon. Member—' Of the dagger']
(cheers)—express for him the highest esteem and
admiration. (" Oh, oh.") And well, indeed, might
some voices exclaim with horror in the British House
of Commons at observations so entirely opposed
to all our notions of right feeling or even of deco-
rum ! But—while Mr. BRIGHT could talk thus
mealy-mouthed about MAZZINI-of-the-Daggers—
Mr. GLADSTONE could actually talk of the same
Notorious Conspirator thus :—" I am bound
to say that I never knew one of those
men (he is speaking of those 'whom he has
been accustomed to look upon as authorities in
Italian politics) who did not regard MAZZINI as
a person of great talents and a man of perfect
truth and integrity. That is an important paint
in the present discussion [very !] and therefore,
until the contrary is shown to be the case, I shall
assume that M. Illazzini is to he believed onhzs trord.'P
Bravo ! Mr. GLADSTONE, there is nothing like
sticking to it—just as Mr. STANSFELD, " the
youngest" of our Administrators (the ingenuous
youth !) sticks to it—just as Lord PALMERSTON,
"the oldest" of them (old enough we shonid have
thought to know better!) sticks to it. And so—as
the upshot of it all—a sort of a dreadful Mazzinian
flavour clings somehow to the Administration.

It is very satisfactory that the Messrs. LAIRD
should have published their correspondence with
the Government. It was a very extra rdinary pro-
ceedicg on the part of the Ministers to refuse to
produce the papers themselves; nut really they seem
to think that it is the best thing iLey can do to

refuse everything that is asked for, and, if not quite
possible to do that, to delay for an indefinite period,
and thus spoil all the grace of the gilt and prevent
the required information from being of much ser-
vice to the parties concerned. The notion of con-
senting to produce the correspondence with America
but not with the Messrs. LAIRD was perfectly
absurd, and if anything could increase the odium
which attaches itself to the Government for their
conduct throughout the whole of this affair, it would
be such want of common courtesy, such extreme
reticence, and such overweening self-assumption.
At all events their plans are so far frustrated, and
no one need now remain in ignorance of the trans-
actions which have from first b last engaged so
much attention, and awakened such natural interest
and excitement. A few years back, had a sketch of
these proceediugs been traced, how it would have
been been scouted, reviled at, and declared fallacious
in the extreme, that Ministers of England should
treat the honourable and respected subjects of the
realm with a brusquerie and a want of common
fairness which has seldom been equalled in this
country ; and to obtain a parallel we must seek
among the arbitrary enactments of despotic powers.
As if it was not enough:to notify that Government
thought it necessary to detain the vessels until due
inquiries had been made concerning them, and the
most substantial proofs afforded of their ultimate
destination, and as if the real object of all this
fearful confusion and intense commotion could not
have been as effectually gained by the adoption of
more calm, rational, and dignified proceedings.
Again, it was a most monstrous thing for Minis-
ters to doubt the good faith, and question the
validity of the assertions made by the Messrs.
LAIRD, than whom none in the land bears a
higher character for commercial uprightness and
integrity. The excuse put forth, that had
the El Tousson been allowed to take the trial
trip she would never have returned, was a
vary sneaking way of getting off a promise, and
diplayed a shutting and a hesitation totally un-
suitable for the occasion. Yet it is constantly wit-
nessed that when men in any rank of life and
phase of condition undertake to do underhand
work, they become insensibly imbued with the
feeling that actuates those accustomed to such
actions, and well versed in the details of subter-
fuge. It is a crowning proof that Ministers had
really no faith in the justice of their cause when
they interposed delay upon delay, lost time when
it was professed that the affair was a most momen-
tous one, and are now, at the expiration of six
months from the seizure, scarcely iu a more forward
state as regards any definite conclusion. It was
exposed the other evening in the House how it
was not till the eve of Parliament that information
was riled against the suspected vessels, and this
circumstance alone is quite conclusive evidence
alike of disingenuousness and pertinacity. It is
almost to be wondered at that Ministers have not
heard more of their disgraceful conduct in respect
to their treatment of Messrs. LAIRD, and of their
unwarrantable trifling with the case. If there was
a shadow of foundation for their suspicions, why
not seek to verify them in the face of day and in
the sight of man ? Why not make an example of
the offenders and bring them to condign punish-
ment. This would have been the proper course to
have chosen ; it would have intimidated others
from following in their pernicious ways; it would
have been a good assurance to foreign States that
no prejudice or partiality for fellow-countrymen
would militate against furthering the aids of jus-
tice, and honourably maintaining the rights of
nations. Though dealing a hard measure, still, had
the Government chosen to pursue this open line of
action, many might have gainsaid their policy, but
few could have questioned their motives, and none
dared to have doubted their sincerity. It is not
too much to say that the Ministers feared to face
the decision of that law which they declared to
have been infringed in its statutes and violated in
its principles. The ends of the earth might have
received the tidings of the steam rams in the
Mersey, before any definite or decided steps had
been taken. The object o' all these frivolous pre-
texts is very plain, and the purpose of the intoler-
able delay but too transparent. The session must
be tided over, and then all the rest can easily be
managed. Ministers are trifling with the temper
and defying the opinion of the nation with an
effrontery that past days of intolerance and corrup-
tion could not have surpassed ; but when the Rabi
con has been passed, when patience is exhausted
and hope becomes extinct, all these secondary
causes of irritation, these minor aggravation e, will
assume a double force, and appear as fat evidence
against them. Buoyed up by succ:sa and inflated
with pride of place and power, men may do very
much as they please for a while, but when the
pleasant time is peat, and the Sunshine of official
existence fades away into the cold shade of opposi-
tion, their errors are brought to light which have
been chronicled with jealous care against the evil
day of failure. Amid the long array of defalca-
tions, mismanagement, and blunders, which disgrace
the annals of the PALMERSTON Cabinet, the episode
of the steam rams of the Mersey will occupy a dis-
tinguished place and cast a dark shadow around.
Long may it be before we find this conduct re-
peated in our Statesmen, these insults heaped upon
our merchants, tail discredit affixed to our country.
It was not 'many years ago that it was considered
that tb:d famous Civis Romanus Sum was not more
PP:.ent as a protection than the fact of belonging to
this country. But those days will soon be for ever
past if the present foreign policy prevails. It may
be questioned if many other nations are not supe•
rior in their outward attitude, however inferior
their home arrangements may be. For the sake of
consistency, for the love of truth, and for the fear
of ridicule, let not those who have made themselves
conspicuous in such affairs as those certified in the
correspondence here alluded to again venture to
accuse their opponents of making the " humiliation
and degradation of their country a stepping-steno
to office,"

The frequent cases of starvation which have
occurred recently in the metropolis have naturally
engaged attention, and some wise suggestions have
been made upon the subject by several persons who
have studied the matter. There is a letter to the
Yinzes of yesterday, which seems to present some
of the best ideas on the question that have yet been
published. The writer very properly alludes to
the faulty system of rating which prevails, and
cites several instances to prove the evils that result
therefrom, and the great inconveniences that are
thus engendered. It seems strange, indeed, that
more has not been said before on this topic, and
that more attention has not been paid by the proper
authorities to so very important a subject. One
of the best proofs that can be adduced is given in
the letter alluded to above, that is that the most
numerous deaths always occur in the parishes that
are rated the heaviest. Why an equalised rate all
over London is not immediately effected it is im-
possible to understand, and it is an imperative duty
on the part of the Government that they should
institute inquiries and make investigations for the
purpose of certifying as to the necessity that exists
for this remedial measure being promptly inaugu-
rated. It is a cruelty to the poor, and an injustice
to the ratepayers in the owr-bardened districts,

and, in fact, the present mode of procedure militates i
in so many ways against the well-being of the com-
munity that all who have the best interests of
society at heart can hardly fail to lend their aid
and co-operate with those who propose any plan
for the adjustment of this social grievance. It
seems strange that not one among the philans
thropic members of the Legislature has taken
up this question, and thus afforded the misin-
formed or ignorant an opportunity of joining
their forces and exerting their influence to gain
this inestimable advantage. In this letter we find
that mention is made of the time at which distress
prevails to the greatest extent. During the winter
months it is of course on the increase, and becomes
urgent by Christmas; it then extends over the inter-
vening months till March, and afterwards gradually
lessens. The writer proposes that an increased
allowance be made to the poor during this period of
severe distress—this to be effected without in-
creasing the rates by modifying the ratio afforded
in the summer. There is great sense in this pro-
posal, and one that may well come under considera-
tion. Indeed the proposition has so much to recom-
mend it that it seems singular that it should not
before have suggested itself to some who studied the
case in all its bearings. As it is well put here,
" every housekeeper knows that people require more
food in winter, more coals, more clothing, in fact
more bodily support in every way than they do in
summer, and yet little or no notice is taken of the
fact in the regulations of the Poor Law Board or
of the guardians in the several unions." A little
forethought and proper precautions in these matters
may work wonders, and while some one despairing
of ever effecting any radical change for the better,
the introduction of a very simple change may, in
the course of time, tend to remove the obstacles that
seem insurmountable. It stands to reason that the
destitute must stand in need of nearly double the
amount of out-door relief in the inclement weather,
and yet the wise ones who preside over
such matters have so decreed affairs that
the help is precisely the same. Surely it
is possible that before another winter this
admirable plan may be put in force, and thus the
poor distressed may no longer pine in want and
indigence, but have at least welcome, if small, ad-
dition to their support. Nothing can extenuate the
negligence of those who have allowed the whole
system ot parish rates to fall into the state in which
they now are ; and if through prejudice or narrow
views they persist in checking the projects ot re-
form and adhering to the old abuses, the disasters
and deaths that occur will lie at their doors. When
the lives of fellow creatura are at stake, it in piti-
ful to find authorities so bigoted to their own im-
pressions, and officials so prone to be obdurate, and
always to prefer measures to men. There has been
no lack of evidence to show that most comprehen-
sive changes are imperatively called for; and the
most hard and prosaical political economist can
hardly defend a system which has for its results
such sad and direful casualties. It is sad to reflect
upon the vast amount of misery that is endured be-
fore a remedy is introduced in those parochial
affairs; and it is urgently to be trusted that some
decided step 3 will be taken before long to settle
this much-talked of question of parish rates. This
cannot now be considered any longer in the shape
of a monetary grievance to be discussed at leisure,
or a political measure that can be settled at any
time; but the subject is one that affects the vital
concerns of the community, and the best interests
of humanity are at stake. It is not too much, then,
to expect those qualified to aid in the good work to
be up and doing with a strong will and a steadfast
purpose.

The Oxford and Cambridge Billiard Match,

The first of " the events" came off last evening, viz., the
four-handed billiard match between the chosen " champions '
of the board of green cloth," At eight o'clock play began,
Messrs. Payne and Horne representing Cambridge, and
Messrs. Starkey and Hobbs playing for Oxford. The game
was 500 up, Cambridge playing first, and giving a miss.
Mr. Hobbs followed, and did likewise. Payne followed suit,
and then Starkey made a pretty break of 14, including some
neat cannons. They alternately scored a few till the game
was called 12 29, when 2 to 1 was laid on Oxford • They all
played badly, but the Cambridge side got a little the best
of it, Mr. Horne commencing some beautiful cannons, which
he continued to play throughout the evening. When the
game was 29 to 39, and, as Cambridge eorumenced, we will
give their score first throughotet..
Mr. Starkey increased
the advantage to 45, whet Mr. Home got the first decent
break, numbering 17,
Hobbs then added a few, and, after
the other plavrers had had another turn, Payne carried the
game °P 'eo 58 all. A miss having been given, Horne made
the r:eatUbridge score 10 a-head, a fluke assisting him, and
agaia made some beautiful cannons when it came to his turn
increasing the majority for the Light Blue, the numbers
being 98 to 81. Up to this time the odds had been nto 1
and 6 to 4 on Oxford (taken) ; but £5 even on Cambridge
Inca= current. Horne passed the 100, and gat up to 118
92; and, assisted by his partner, went still further ahead,
the marker calling 140 105. Mr. Horne, who did the lion's
share, had a nice break for 22, including a beautiful
"jenny," and a lucky red hazard, his total being 162 ; and
Mr. Hobbs, on the part of Oxford, picked up 129,
Each adding somewhat, they continued to score, the Cam-
bridge representatives steadily increasing their advantage
until the game was called 210 164 (5 to 4 on Cambridge
taken). Starkey, from whom great things had been ex-
pected, played beautifully for 25, but Horne, determined to
be with him, neatly added 17 to the Cambridge lot. With-
out any notable additions in number, but realised by the
beautiful cannons made by Horne, the brilliant hazards
made by Starkey, the rapid scoring
of Payne, and the
judgment and careful play shown by Hobbs, the game pro-
ceeded until 253 223 WAS announced, the Oxford having
slightly diminished their opponents' lead. Careful play was
the order of their going, and it resulted to the benefit of
Cambridge, who again crept on and on until they made
their majority 40 when they passed the third hundred,
which Mr. Payne did in a pretty break of a dozen, the score
then being 307 267. Again Home went on, and added 10,
and so did his antagonists, and when they added 7 he added
12 more, so that the figures became 329 to 279. This majority
of 60 raised the hopes of the light blue, and Payne's ad-
dition of some more rattling hazards put them into a majority
of 69. With very little variation the game continued, Mr.
Starkey playing unluckily, and Mr. Hobbs, although
making some good strokes, failing to continue an opening
successfully when ho had one. Mr. Payne having con-
tributed 24, the marker called 365 290, and 2 to 1 was offered,
but 3to 1 wanted. As the game proceeded, the Oxford
men fell still further astern until Mr. Starkey seemed to
recover his form and reduced the majority to 50. At this
period both sides played rather fast, Mr. Payne and Mr.
Starkey especially,
and when the first-named gentleman
passed the four-hundredth point 70 ahead, he was loudly
cheered, and 3to 1 was offered on Cambridge. From that
point up to 422 365 nothing of especial notice occurred,
but the Oxford players recovered themselves, and when
the marker annnounced 427 377
Starkey had the cue, and
4 to 1, which was offered on Cambridge, was taken.
From then to the end of the game the match was intensely
exeiting. Gradually but surely the Oxford players re-
covered their lost ground, Mr. Hobbs especially playing
with great care, while Mr. Horne on the part of Came
bridge, it must ba said, certainly fell off somewhat. At
475 426 the interest was very
great, and Mr. Starkey
played with a brilliancy that revived the hopes of his
party, and at 485 440 he had a chance at the red which it
required a Roberts to make use of, and his letting his
opponents in (in a different sense to what the champion
would have done) was not surprising. Each player missed
many easy strokes, and the merriment that arose from
flukes being designated as fine play,
and similar exhibitions
of University wit—always, be it observed, at the presumed
expense of an antagonist—was exceedingly amusing.
The players themselves were very anxious, Oxford to win
a game if possible " out of the fire," and Cambridge to score
the first of three events out of the week. The dark blue,
however, had too far to go; the counsels of Starkey failed
to endue Hobbs with a due capacity of performance, the red
was left over the middle pocket, and Payne made a bril'iant
hazard, and doing ditto in the top pocket, game was Called,
the score standing at the finish

Cdrobridge
481
Oxford

The shouts of approbation that greeted the victors be-
tokened the generosity of their opponents, and with what
amount of applause victory would have been received by
the Oxonians those who know their capabilities can judge.
The Cambridge men were of course delighted at their vie-
and it is no disparagement to Mr Payee's invariabl•
doe play to say that his opponent carried off the laurels
the evening.

the Single Match will be played this evettilig,