The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOY, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1864.

to dub any crowd of them a mob. Within the last
few days, however, we have had reason to revise
this long cherished opinion of our neighbours. And
to revise it very much indeed to our regret. The
fact being simply that the excited multitude
who hailed the triumph of Vermouth the other
day with so very blatant an enthusiasm, did so in
a manner characterised by the very worst taste
imaginable. Not satisfied with cheering the victor,
they must needs revile the vanquished. And this
not simply by sarcastic or sardonic looks, or by
ironical implication. Nothing of that kind—no:
but—wonderful to tell of a French crowd, for once
we must say of a French mob, admirably well
dressed, and talking that politest of lan-
guages with the best possible Parisian accent—
wonderful to tell, we say, in regard to such a throng
of well-equipped and well-educated Frenchmen
their excitement was manifested by a display of the
vilest and vulgarist possible bad taste. Cheering
Vermouth and his rider, of course, was all well and
good, was all perteetly en regle with the usages of
civilised society upon a racecourse. But hissing with
a storm of hisses Blair Athol and his jockey CIIAL-
LON ER! Well, really one would hardly have looked for
worse taste than that at a donkey race got up some-
where upon a bit of waste ground at Hockleysin • t he-
Hole at a gathering of costermongers. Cheer as
loudly asyou like, 0 polite Frenchmen! But—hiss the
stranger who comes amongstyou as your guest,either
to triumph or to be vanquished, according to the
chances of the turf—well, in honest truth, we should
never have given you credit for it ! That the win-
ning of a great prize like this one of 100,000 francs,
and winning it, too, over the Derby Winner, should
have roused the unsophisticated sportsmen of
France to a singular pitch of enthusiasm, is only
what might have been looked for. Nay the patriotic
significance of that enthusiasm of theirs, even in
their pastimes, we frankly and heartily sympathiee
with. Insomuch that we read, if not with a sense
of comp:acency, with a feeling of very sincere
satiafaction, what is thus remarked upon
this point by our able Parisian con-
temporary the Constztutionnel • where we find
it said—" Popular enthusiasm is always a touching
spectacle, and a fact worthy of attention. The
great topic of conversation at present is the
indescribable scene which took place on Sunday
on the racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne. In-
deed, not to be struck at so marked a demon-
stration would be impossible. Above all was re-
marked the spontaneous expression of the na-
tional feeling, exalted by one of those successes
to which patriotism is never indifferent, and to
which it was still more sensible on Sunday. The
cry of ' Vive l'Ernpereur was raised by every
voice, and it was to the Imperial stand that the
unanimous acclamations of an immense popula-
tion were directed. The more sudden and spon-
taneous the demonstration, the more was it a
touching homage to the Sovereign whose name is
!or the people the natural formula of every
joy, as it is the symbol of all greatness."
But—the turning of this into an anti-English
manifestation again we say it —is the worst
possible taste—is the vilest, vulgarest act well
imaginable.

sacrificing this principle, and giving up the integ-
rity and independence of Denmark. The right hon.
gentleman delivered some warnings to the Treasury
Benches, which it is to be hoped that they will
heed, if not, the day will come when the country
will call upon them to deliver up a strict and solemn
account. Whether their mischievous policy be
checked or not, in time to avert the worst
consequences from Denmark, they will not escape
with impunity for their unworthy course of action,
If they aro not conducting the momentous affairs
at this critical juncture after the fashion they de-
clared it was their intention to do, they are deceiving
the country and trifling with Parliament. Honour
demands that they should keep all their promises
to a foreign State who has trusted to their honour
and relied on their goodwill, but they have also
duties to perform to their own people. The House
of Commons, which is the tribunal that judges of
their actions, is the last place where mystery and
reserve should reign paramount. The best way to
judge of the merits of a particular course of pro-
ceeding is to consider its effects. Suppose the direful
reports we hear on all sides are correct; suppose
the rumours that reach us from neighbouring lands
not so restricted for information as we are, are
proved to be genuine, what will be the result ?
Denmark will be ruined, and chiefly through the
instrumentality of England. Meanwhile there is
net a public meeting that takes place, there is no
affair of moment that occurs, where some tribute is
not paid to the courage and constancy of the Danes,
and the most striking testimony afforded of the
earnest and heartfelt sympathy which the people of
England feel towards the oppressed and injured
country of Denmark. All this goodwill is to be
useless, all this kind sentiment is to be thrown
away, because the Government are resolved to carry
out their own peculiar notions. If they are put in
office to represent the wishes of the people and carry
out the policy of the House of Commons, they are
bound to let it be known what is their policy and
what not. Mr. DISRAELI truly stated that if her
MAJESTY'S Government " were themselves partici-
pating in the partition of Denmark, which only five
months ago they were stirring up an European
war to prevent, then it was a mockery of the House
of Commons if, under such circumstances, Lord
PALAIERSTON remained silent. The noble lord might
raise laughs from his own supporters, who appear
to think life or death, the prosperity or adversity of
nations are alike the legitimate subjects of ridicule,
but he will find himself grievously mistaken in the
long run. Mr. OSBORNE, who is always a sharp
observer of events, and can chronicle them in a smart
style, has foretold the doom of the Ministers in his
laughable simile of the monks of La Trappe. He
said the noble lord and his friends were emulating
them in silence, and he did not know if they were
also digging their own graves. If so, they will not
have the satisfaction of saying, with the French
monarch—" All is lost but our honour."

Metropolitan improvements are the order of the
day, and the relief of our crowded thoroughfares is
a matter that is continually before the public in
some form or another. The lines that are running
to and fro and frightening London from its pro-
priety, are all projected, professedly, for the public
The Ministers may find that they are not let off convenience. They turn people out of doors and
so easily as they imagine after all about the Con- bring their houses about their ears entirely to save
ference. On Monday they were in a very awkward them the trouble of going an extra mile when they
position, and not all the savoir faire of the noble want to travel, They were so anxious to consult
lord at the head of the Government could extricate the convenience of the City, more especially, that
him from his difficulty. Times are sadly changed they were quite prepared to swallow up one-eighth
from the good. old days when the Premier's speeches of its whole surface for the good of the remaining
were always received with cheers and enlivened by seven parts. Citizens, however, took objection to
laughter. Now we meet with ominous expressions this very wholesale way of doing business, and were
of dissent, and frequently the very decisive remark as loth° to be dispossessed of their grim offices and
of " oh, oh," is heard in the full flow of his elo- dusky marts as any landed proprietor of his old
quence. Aspiring statesman and ambitious novices estates or belongings. Westwards, however, the
may learn a useful lesson from this peculiar state of state of things is different. There the complaint is
things, and discover that the most popular Minis- sot of over interference, but of too little. The
ter may presume too far on the forbearance, kind- aristocratic denizens of the localities where Temple
ness, and partiality of his immediate adherents and Bar is out of sight and hearing, are beginning to
of the public generally. Nothing could be more discover that their part of the metropolis has had
unsatisfactory than the tone in which the noble lord no share in the changes of recent days. They are
replied to all the inquiries put to him on a subject unwilling that affairs should so be left, and that the
of vital interest to so many. First of all, be did not busy rival worlds of North and South-west should
know, or would not tell if he did know, the leading have no means of general communication between
points on which information was desired. It seems Bond-street and Kensington. This grievance has
more than probab'e that the armistice will not con- long been greatly felt by those residing in these
tinne much longer, and then all this delay and localities, and it was brought prominently forward
hindrance in the prosecution of the busineas of the by Lord LUCAN the other night in the Upper
Conference will have answered its purpose and House. The noble earl, not content to complain of
gained the wished-for delay. Indeed, it seems •an evil, without at the same time suggesting a
doubtful if the plenipotentiaries will again assemble remedy, proposed that Hamilton-place, now looking
before the expiration of the term fixed upon for the on with stately indifference on the bustle and con-
continuance of the armistice. It is too much to fusion of Park-lane, should be opened as a thorough•
expect the members of the Legislature tamely to fare for carriages and cabs, which, in those aristo-
submit to all this subterfuge and not to take heed cratic quarters, are the principal means of convey-
to the ways of those who seem to hold out delusive ante. This would certainly relieve the crowd and
expectations to all within their reach, and then to the pressure on one particular street, although it
fulfil no fair sounding promise, but to allow it to does not tend much to shorten the distance at pre.
wither and droop for want of realisation. sent existing between the two nearest available
Mr. DISRAELI'S speech was an entire success from highroads. Nobody proposes to send the stream
beginning to end. It was one of his happiest of business vehicles pouring through Hyde Park,
efforts, when he showed forth in striking colours where, indeed, they are as likely to come to a dead-
the shuffling policy and unequal conduct of the lock on a gay afternoon in the season as they are
Government, and exhibted the wrong system on in Park-lane itself. As, then, the park East be left
which all their plans were founded. First of all he altogether out of the calculation, it would be wile
explained the importance of the House maintaining to secure the line of communication nearest to it.
its reserve upon the question of peace or war At least we should have fewer complaints of the
when the Government have that weighty matter perils of Park-lane, through whose winding and
to discuss among themselves. This rule, however, narrow entrance now pour the omnibuses coming
may be carried too far, and as there are limits to from the Great Western and Victoria Stations, be-
all things, so the extreme reticence that hes sides the cabs that are bound on the same journey,
hitherto marked the House on both sides must be and a myriad of other vehicles on variona errands.
covsidered, in order to take cognizance of To add to the general confusion there is a corn-
matters which are of most grave importance, and chandler's establishment in the narrow part of the
intimately connected with the honour of England, lane, with carts perpetually loading and unloading;
the well-being of other nations, and the general and two public-houses, before which Lord LUCAN
character that we have to uphold before the nations declares he never passes without seeing a gentle-
of world, as to our will or efficiency to protect an man's carriage standing blocking the road; and
ally from a dangerous and destroying enemy. The this declaration is very easy of belief. For a dis-
day of grace is past, so far as relates to the secrecy tanee of one hundred and fifty yards from
that eternally pervades this Conference. There Piccadilly the width from kerbstone to
can why all should be enveloped in kerbstone, of this disputed passage is
suchb no
Cimmeriann
darkness.
It is not at all the way according to the noble earl's statistics, only 18 feet
to impress
plenipotentiaries with a 6 inches. This, as will be at once apparent to the
notion of ourth the
ast foreignconsequence and immense in- most uninformed, is a width totally disproportionate
fluence if they find that the English Ministers dare to the demands of the traffic. The Duke of CA3I-
- allow the public to hear what they are talking BRIDGE observed that since he had lived where he
about, and that all must be done of any conse- does this traffic bad enormously increased, owing
quence before a whisper transpires which might chiefly to the Victoria Station. Formerly there
arouse and excite the public attention, and wake were no omnibuses passing up and down Park-lane,
the slumbering wrath of the community. Those whereas now there is a regular service of them, and,
who planned the delightful surprise for us may as may be easily imagined, the communication be-
find a change is also awaiting them, and their tween the two western stations is constant and
mar, eeevres may fail after all, nor bear the garish extensive. Railways, while they relieve traffic in
light of day when at last it falls upo n their re- one way, greatly increase it in another, and when
condite structure. the only means of communication between two such
Mr. DisuAELfs speech may well serve for an busy and important stations as these two western
analysis of the whole affair of this Conference, and ones is restricted virtually to one street, and that
if anything was wanting to complete its triumph, it one with an entrance two narrow and crowded to
was the very indignant manner in which Lord be convenient for the purposes of ordinary traffic,
PALMERSTON replied to the strictures of his political the confusion and annoyance that results may be
opponent. The most important point in this mat- easily imagined. At the time of the first Exhibition
ter is, that the House is not aware of the principles Park-lane presented a curious spectacle. So great
upon which the Government are now acting. Mr. was the commotion and so intricate the stoppages
DISRAELI remarked that they had frequently been and deadlocks which the vehicles arrived at, that
told 'that it was the intention of her Majesty's it was found necessary to station no less than
Ministers to maintain the Treaty of 1852; they three policemen at the part where it joins Picea-
went into the Conference to maintain it inviolate, dilly. The plan of opening the top of Hamilton-
but now there was every reason to fear that the place could be effected without much expense,
vary men who were ready to go to war some months delay, or trouble, and it would at once relieve the
back for the furtherance of this o act were now Future by giving another entrance' It would not

!Alia so much inconvenience on the owners of the
houses in Hamilton-place, as might appear at first
sight, since the front of those houses is towards the
park, and consequently only the back rooms look out
on Hamilton-place. Besides, as it is only proposed
to allow cabs and carriages to go through it, and
it is ridiculous to suppose that any one who is so
fastidious as to quiet and seclusion would fix their
dwelling in the close vicinity of so gay and busy a
highway as Piccadilly, Lord LUCAN declared his
belief that if a satisfactory arrangement could be
come to between t he local authorities and the lessees
the necessary improvements in Hamilton-place
would not exceed five or six thousand pounds.
Therefore they could be effected without the aid of
an Act of Parliament, since no Act is necessary
where the alteration does not exceed £50,000. But
allowing that the expenses would be greater and
the difficulties more formidable than the noble Earl
seems to suppose, neither a question of a few thou-
sands, nor the opposition of private parties, should
be suffered to defeat a scheme whose object is so
entirely fur the public good. We shall hope to hear
this matter discussed and considered at another
opportunity.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

RECALL OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTER
FROM ROME,
ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 7.
Baron de Mayendorff, the Russian Chargé
d'Affaires at Rome, has been instructed to deliver to
Cardinal Antonelli M. de Kisseleff's letters of recall,
by which the mission of the latter, as Russian
Minister at Rome, will be terminated.
The Russian Government has sanctioned the free
transit of goods through the Caucasus to Persia.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 8.

An Imperial decree hes been issued abolishing
the duty upon goods exported from Russia and
Poland for purposes of European commerce.
The following articles are excepted :—Wood,
potash, mars, leeches, rags, silk worms' eggs, and
all kinds of bones, except burnt and ground ones.

ITALY.

CELEBRATION OF THE FETE OF THE

CONSTI rurION.

TURIN, JUNE 8, Morning.

The Turin papers of to-day say :—" Advices
received here from Venetia and the Roman
provinces state that popular demonstrations
celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of
the Constitution have taken place there. The
Austrian and Pontifical police were unable to
prevent them.

SPAIN.

MADRID, JUNE 7.

The Peruvian Consul has written to the Epoca
stating that he can prove by documents that Senor
Mazavedo, the resident Spanish Minister in Peru,
did not send an ultimatum to the Peruvian Govern-
ment before acting,

AUSTRALIA.

DARTMOUTH, JUNE 8.

The Wave of Life, from Melbourne, on the 6th
March, arrived off this port last night. She rounded
Cape Horn on the 4th April, and crossed the
Equator on the 9th May.
She brings 25 passengers, a cargo of 2,700 bales
of wool, and 5,5000z5. of gold.
On the 24th May she spoke the Middlesex, from
Calcutta, for Portsmouth, with troops.