The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-02 00:00:00

EPPING FOREST.

Mr COX moved a resolution that her Majesty's Govern-
ment should at once take the necessary steps to carry into
effect the recommendation of the Select Committee on Royal
Forests (Essex) in Session 1863,—" To obtain the sanction
of Parliament for the enclosure of the remaining portion of
the forest, to ascertain the rights of the parties interested,
and to make provision for securing an adequate portion of
the forest for purposes of health and recreation, from time
immemorial enjoyed by the inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood and the metropolis."

The SPEAKER ruled that the motion could not be put.
Mr PEEL replied to the speech of Mr. Cox, justifying
the course taken by the Government with reference to the
recommendations of the select committee, observing that
the Government would have no objection to the adoption
of a resolution similar in effect to the aforegoing—and he
stated a proposition made by the Treasury to the Metropo-
litan Board of Works for carrying out the suggestion of
the Committee.

EARL RUSSELL AND THE CONFERENCE.
Lord BURGHLEY now repeated the question which he
had asked in an earlier part of the evening.
Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, there is no inconsistency in
the assurance of my noble friend and the course which he
took. This statement is not absolutely correct. It is very
easy to substitute one word for another, and so to alter the
meaning. My noble friend did not say he would make no
proposal. What he stated was that if the Danes would agree
to the line of the Schlei he would not himself propose any
other line, or support any other line if it was proposed by
any other Power—and to that engagement he adhered. But
when at last it was found that the Danes would not consent
to any other line north of the Schlei, aid that the Germans
would not consent to any line south of Apenrade, it then
became necessary either to give up the whole thing in de-
spair, or to make the proposal which, in concert with the
other neutral Powers, my noble friend made—not for
another line, but that an arbiter should be appointed to
whom should be referred the question pending between the
parties. That r.rhiter might have determined on the lino of
the Schlei or the line of Apenrade, or he might have deter-
mined on some other line ; but, unless my noble friend hed
been prepared to abdicate his functions, it was impossible
for hlm to say that he would not propose any other new
line, I may take advantage of this question to explain
another misunderstanding. which has arisen. My noble
friend stated in another place the other day that hencefor-
ward no trust could be reposed in the German Powers. That
statement has hurt the teolings of the persons concerned,
and has been interpreted in a way not intended by my noble
friend. He by no means intended to say that any assertion
and any declaration of the German Powers was not trust-
worthy, inasmuch as it was not given truthfully or with a
sincere intention ; but what he meant, as the context of his
statement cleariy shows, was that the German Powers have
upon more than one occasion been driven from their origi-
nal intention by a pressure which they were unable to re-
sist, and that therefore you could not be sure that any in-
tention, however sincerely and truthfully stated at the time,
was one that the German Powers would be able to main-
tain against the pressure which might be brought to bear