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TIMES.—Mr. Cobden has availed himself of a
very extraordinary occasion to give us a really new
chapter on his standing theme of non-intervention.
It is not often that a man is so fortunate in being
able to produce an old friend with an entirely new
face. On former occasions Mr. Cobden has heed to
proscribe great wars and little wars entered into iu
behalf of our neighbaure, or combinations success-
fully made against the liberty and interests of na-
tione, or proceedings, not always orderly, for the
preservation of public order. Tee present instance
falls under none of these heads. Iu order to curry
out an idea, not exactly dynastic, es Mr Cebeen
puts it, but rather as to what Denmark ought to be,
or what ought to be Dsnmerk, we and cerrein other
Powers, 12 years ago, agreed to recognise a certain
disposition of two provinces contoini!:g neer a mile
lion inhebitente, without asking their leave, with-
out waiting to see how they would like it when thn
time came, without consultinq the Diet, wii.ich had
unquestionable rights in one of thorn, and withoc.t
considering the change of cireemstenees, of Sovn-
reigns, of opinions, of internationd relations, that
might possibly occur in a very f, yeara. Ole has
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nd b d ley a terent from those of its own date. Fe: example, oue
of the signstaries has in the inter:at forcibly dispos-
s see
ofaa provincecun adpopulation far
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ormuch stronger tie,
than those under question. The treaty was, or
course, contrary to the first principles of non-inter•
vention, even though it confined itself to a barren
and ineffective recognition. As to all that has hap-
pened since, and all that our Government has done
to obtain effect for the treaty, Mr. Cobden delights
to picture her Majesty's Government at their wits'
end for arguments and persuasion, baffled, cheated,
scouted, insulted, slighted, and eventually left
altogether out of the question. He describes
the case to the. full as bad as Mr. Dis-
raeli, or General Peel, or any other partisan
on that side, His moral is that they are rightly
served for interfering. They took part in a street
quarrel; so mud from the gutter and stones from
the road are their just recompense. Parliament and
all England share their sense of humiliation. They
have had to hawk about their whining petitions at
every Court in Europe, and have had the door
slammed in their faces. Mr Cobden's own cheeks
tingle with shame, but reason comes to his aid, and
he is glad of it, It is a caution to the country never
to interfere again, and Mr Cobden boldly cells it the
last interference. As far as we are concerned, he
says, the result is ridiculous rather than disastrous,
and Denmark only suffers what small States, espe-
cially small continental States, always have suf-
fered, and will suffer, through their habit of attempt..
ing to drag larger States into their quarrels. Thus,
as respects the " snub" suffered by this country,
Mr Cobden agrees with the Resolution, but he does
not think our influence lowered, for that influence,
he says, will always be in proportion to our power.
HERALD.—Tbe Dano-German debate, resumed
yesterday evening by Mr Cobden, progressed
through several hours without any approach to a
decisive result. The speech from Rochdale, however,
was a specimen of two-sided ingenuity which, on
the one part, was an unrestricted censure of the
Government, and on the other did not promise the
Opposition a vote. We have rarely heard an attack
more merciless, culminating in so unintelligible an
ambiguity. The force of Mr Cobden's statement
consisted entirely in its endorsement of Mr Disraeli's
writ, served on the Cabinet, calling upon Ministers
to abdicate, or to vindicate their policy. He had
not a word of vindication to utter, but he would
not summon the Government to abdication. He
professed, indeed, to stand outside of the party
question, as if that were fulfilling the duty of a
public man, who, on this principle, would be less
bound by his oath than the member of a jury. For,
Mr Cobden, if he believes what he affirms, is under
an absolute obligation, as the representative of an
important constituency in Parliament, to condemn
the transactions which he reviles, ridicules, and
covers with unmitigated aspersion. No doubt,
his assault was nominally directed against Mr
Newdegate's amendment, which points to war,
and his appeal was in favour of that European
peace which Mr Disraeli, aloof from Mr New-
degkte, champions. But, before dealing with a
subject which is scarcely under practical discus-
sion, since all parties, casting off a few outsiders,
are agreed against war, ho slighted the leader of the
Opposition as having attempted prophecy, in hint-
ing that the securities of European treequillity has
been diminished--not a very consistent reproach
from the author of " What N- xt, and Next!" who
ansv7ered his own urs•siwds i;o intrepidly. He
failed to ty.,:roi:ive that Mr. Disraeli had relied on

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destroyed several bridges in the neighbourhood,
among others the railway bridge at Rendsholm,
and cut down the telegraph wires along the rail-
way. General Munster is reported to have given
notice to Mr. Rowan, the English chief engineer
of tl.e line, that the railway bridge at Langan
will be blown up on Monday rmxt."
The following requisitions were made upon the
Viborg district on the 27th ult., the quantities
named being ordered to be sent in to the Prussian
depot at liabro every second day:-16,4001b. of
beef, 8,2001 b. of bacon, 1,4001 b. of rice, 5.4681 h. of
groats, 820Ib. of salt, 5581 b. of coffee, 1,640 guars
of brandy, 2,0501 b. cf tobacco, 5,400 cigars, B{io
bottles of wine, 30,6141 b. of bread, 67,2001 b. of oats,
28,0001 b. of hay, and 19,6001 b of straw. The total
value of these contributions, to be supplied every
other day at the cost of the inhabitants of the dis-
trict, amounts to 8,600 rigedallers (1:955).

Scene in the House of Commons Last Night,

It would not be correct to say that there were
symptoms of a collapse in the interest which had
been previously exhibited, when the house met last
evening; but it is certain that the outward and
visible signs were less pronounced. Nevertheless,
when Mr Cobden rose, the process of packing had
been largely resorted to, and he had no reason to
complain of either the fitness or the number of his
audience. In truth, the position he occupied in re-
ference to the matter in hand was calculated to rouse
curiosity as to what course he would take, and this
was added to the ordinary claim which he possesses
on the listening symptoms of the house. The atti-
tude of Mr Cobden, as it were in the flank of both
armies, was similar to that assumed by Lord Stanley
between Richard and Richmond, at Bosworth Field,
and a like anxiety must have been felt as to the
manner in which he would declare himself. As it
turned out he did not so act as to carry the simili-
tude out to its extent ; for though he kept up a
sharp fire on the Government all through his speech,
it was understood that he intends to vote for them,
in spite of not saying so in so many words. There
could hardly be a more remarkable instance of a
member speaking almost over the Treasury bench
receiving peals of cheers direct from the Opposition,
Not that Mr Cobden had many cheers; his speech
was too close in his reasoning, and too severe in its
enunciation of his peculiar principles to catch clap-
trap applause ; and it was only here and there, when
he made a caustic hit more at our traditional system
of foreign policy than the Government itself, that
he elicited that simultaneous rush of voices which the
country party have probably acquired by practice
in the hunting-field. The demeanour and tone of
Mr Cobden were, however, less dry than usual; and
although he may have "riled" Mr Newdegate by
his strictures on his idea of Dano-German policy,
yet when he quizzed—that is the right word for
his bantering assault—Lord Palmerston with
point and precision, nobody laughed more heartily
than the Premier himself. Mr Gladstone, how-
ever, preserved a stern countenance, and never
opened his eyes, which, for some reason or other,
he had kept closed through most of Mr Cob-
den's speech. Without intimating any opinion
as to his point of view, it is not to be denied
that the speech was most able and most effee,
tive ; and not, the less because it was well seasoned
with what might be called Cohdenism—a phrase
which most of those who are familiar with the
gentleman's political opinions, and his way of pro-
nouncing them, will fully understand. If there
was one member more than another who might
have been, and probably was, expected to infuse,
we? rill not say bitterness, but high-spiced anical-
tion, into the debate, it was Lord Robert Cecil.
His chances were all in his favour; he had a fail
house; the Parliamentary hour was peculiarly
propitious—between _ix and seven ; and a stirring
speech would have been accepted gladly es a whet
to appetite. But whether it was that he had no
real confidence in his case, or that he does not enter
iota the spirit of speaking unless he is inspired
by a feeling of personal antagonism, or whether
the dark shadow of responsibility, the sense of
proximate cffieialism, weighed on his soul and
maoacled his tongue, Lord Robert Cecil was not
what was expected he would have been in a great
party debate. He was argumentative, logical, even
epigrammatic, but he was tame, quiescent, and
hardly rose into being aggressive; and it seemed as
if the same conscious influence which made Mr.
Disraeli dull had clipped one of his best Parlia-
liamentary gladiators of his wonted alacrity. Mr.
W. E. Forster professed his intention to vote for
the Government, and that being so, he might as
well have spared them a speech which, if it was
anything, was an encouragement and a solace to
their opponents, and an invitation offered to waver-
ing
members to vote against them. -Last year
Mr. Butler Johnstone achieved a sudden success
in the house by two well-conned and well-
expressed speeches, and last night he went
in for a little supplementary fame with
a curious confidence. His address was prickly
enough, and his earnestness was quite fire.
works; but the tone of hie speech was in exact

hi..jor, not, on pr,diction,

stveetlind upon

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Lion is p,,reeptibl. Yet he went on at once to ccu-
fess that our just influence has been perverted and
lowered ; that our foreign policy has been utterly
firile • that our diplomacy ha been a complete
breakdown; that mischievous transactions hive
been worked out in the dark re,Jsec. of the Foreign-
office; and that Lord entire cauject has
b'.-.ca deplorable. More thui this, we have l'‘mily
and ler b:y hawked bout cur import anii.es in every
court Europe; we have exhibited a total want of
sagacity; we have been ignorant cf all that has
been going forward abroad. We have behaved
more foolishly than children ; we have been met
everywhere with rejection, rebuff, and humiliation.
This was not Mr. Disraeli's language. It was Mr.
Cobden's, who left the house, after casting around
him that cold shade of studied indignation, in
doubt whether he would vote for the procedure he
thus branded with his contempt, or stand by a
Cabinet whose leader lie alleges is demoralising his
party, and whose foreign representative, he thinks,
has ground the nation's nose the in dust.

POST.—Mr. Cobden's known antipathy to war
under any circumstances prepared the House for
the speech with which he last evening opened the
adjourned debate. That we are not at present at
war with Germany is a circumstance which, to his
mind, in itself entitles her Majesty's Government
to a renewed lease of power, although, in the con-
duct of their foreign policy he seems to consider
that there is much worthy of censure. If we were
to engage in hostilities with Germany we should be
obliged to rely mainly on our preponderance at sea ;
but, as we could not blockade the banks of the
Rhine together with the shores of the Baltic, our
blockade would be entirely ineffective, and its sup-
posed advantages completely lost. Such is the train
of reasoning by which the member for Rochdale
deprecates any attempt to render material assistance
to Denmark, and the most that can be said of it is
that it has long since presented itself to the minds
of the advisers of the Crown. The question, how-
ever, can never seriously arise whether England
should alone attempt to rob Germany of her prey.
The question is rather whether this country should
not court an alliance with France in order to attain
that end, and, in reviewing the policy of the past,
to determine whether the English Government did
in truth give that of the Emperor of France to
understand that, with such en object in view, it
might reckon on the cordial co-operation of Great
that it Would
Britain. If it can be shown that the English Cabinet
refused to declare what would be its policy in the
event of contingencies which have since taken place,
then Denmark,
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prevented such a result. If, ono .otpheereatthioeur hand, the
English Government pledged the country to tipie
decisive action in the event of an alliance being_
formed, a step which would most probably have
charges now
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arrested the tide of German aggression,
ere entitled to an acquittal on the
advanced against them. It iscwonhcoesdeedaiu.el
have been, and still is, in the highest
pedient to act alone. Through
it happened that the desired c.
procured ? This is the main Issue Which Parlia-
ment has to determine.

keeping with the boyish voice and the boyish
figure of the orator that is to be. While he was
chirping out criticisms on Lord Russell that states-
man entered the peers' box and sat down, but in a
few minutes paid Mr. Butler Johnstone the
equivocal tribute of positively running out of the
House, whither he did not return. Then came
Lord Harry Vane, and the House almost in a body

delivered itself from him ; and by a natural sequence
came the Liddells, Lord R. Montagu, and so on,
atti'udinising and " roaring gently" to a select circle
of twenty-five for a couple of hours. This interval
of dulness was broken in upon by Mr. Roebuck,
who flashed a new and fitful light on the discussion,
declaring himself, as between the two parties, as
decidedly unhappy with either, but striking a

ballnee in favour of the Government. Breaking

silence for the first time this session, Mr. 'foreman
delivered one of his characteristic speeches, which
he seems to try to render as like philosopho.
politicil-prolusions as possible, and in the course of

which his negative but still powerful advocacy of
the Government brought out many a burst of de-

risive cheers from the Opposition. It long seemed
as if Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald wished to intervene
with a semi-authority as an ex-Under-Secretary fJr

Foreign Affairs; but at last he was in a manner
baled, because, Mr. 'foreman having spoken for
two hours, it was a quarter to twelve when he rose,

and the House was comparatively empty. By a
little activity Mr. Layard preceded Mr. Osborne in

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catching the Speaker's eye, and will have the pri.
vilege of leading off the debate on its resumption
on Thnrsday.—Telegraph.

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The Price of Gold.

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The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2if per mule pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appe...rs that gold Is
rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than In
London.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per work
and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 stcrlln
standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
3-lithe per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg..'
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importation of gold from the United States.

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The Opinion Nationale h1,..9 recrived a
second warning for an article entitled : "Le
Manifeste du Cabinet Arlglsis," par M. Gueroult,
in its number of the 30th June, in Which << the
nuthor, by daring to say that France is con-
demned to impuissance, that she has undergone, and
will undergo, the humiliation imposed by foreign
Powers, and that she is aoting in obedience to the
cowardly doctrines of peace at any price, insults
and calumniates the policy of the Emperor's Govern-
ment."