The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-06 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1863

regard to the rumours floating about as to Minis-
terial interference or non-interference in Denmark,
Rome, America, and Greece. Unfortunately for
the Foreign Secretary, the recent recess has been
especially fruitful in opportunities for despatches,
and official correspondence. "We all know," as the
Leader of her Majesty's Opposition in the Commons
satirically observed, " that the noble lord is not a
Minister who passes over an opportunity of writing
a letter." We are all likewise aware of the per-
plexities into which the inconsiderate use of that
very active and mischievous pen has sometimes
led him. With regard to Denmark we must
candidly admit that it was the failure in the noble
lord's otherwise able and satisfactory vindication of
his foreign policy. We do net wonder that the
Earl of DERBY declared he had read that corres-
pondence with humiliation. The rashness, the
uncalled-for, we had almost said, the impertinent
interference of Lord RUSSELL in the vexed question
of Schleswig-Holstein, was certain to draw down
upon him the caustic wit of his brilliant antagonist.
Lord DERBY reminded the Foreign Minister of days
when both had been colleagues of Lord MELBOURNE,
and advised Lord RUSSELL to recall and to imitate the
manner in which he disposed of any embarrassing
business, " Can't you let it alone," he used to say,
" it will do very well if you will only let it alone."
But the English Foreign Minister cannot confine
his superabundant energies to any such ignoble
inaction. "We all know," said Lord DERBY,
" what SYDNEY SMITH said of the noble lord's
readiness to undertake any difficult position ; and
if any constitution is wanted for any country he is
ready at once to frame one, although the subject has
long puzzled the statesmen of that particular coun-
try. The noble earl says, I will settle it all,
I will give you a new constitution, and, without the
apology. that used always to be given by a noted
character. ' I hope I don't intrude,' he is ready to
prescribe a constitution for every country in the
world." As Lord DERBY justly observed, Lord
RUSSELL, by taking this line in the face of Europe,
has grievously complicated the difficulties under
which Denmark was already labouring. Lord
RUSSELL'S defence in this particular, was, as we
have said, by no means satisfactory. We have not
heard the last of the subject, and can only hope
that the open expression of its views by the Parlia-
ment of England will in some measure neutralise the
effect of these injudicious proceedings. With re-
gard to the interference of Mr. ODO RUSSELL in
the affairs of the Papacy, Lord RUSSELL puts the
question in a new light, and certainly frees himself
from the blame that was perhaps too hastily attached
to him. The New York Government will not thank
the noble lord for his views as to the difficulty of
the subjugation of the South, and the direful re-
sults attending such a possibility. The time for
recognition, said the noble lord, has not yet come,
but what is the policy of the Government with
regard to America ? How comes it that the
mover of the Address in the Lower House expressed
himself warmly in admiration of Southern heroism
and declared that it was impossible not to have
some feeling of contempt for the Federal Govern-
ment, these remarks being listened to the while
in consenting silence by the ministerial benches and
greeted with manifest approval by the Opposition.*
Is it the ministerial intention to afford the
South at least a moral support, or is it merely a
sign of that courting of popular approval, that
determination to keep by the winniug side of a
cause which has always been a distinctivefeature of the Coalition Cabinet ? The North
has deserved little enough at our hauds, but if the
Ministry are inclined to prefer their opponents, let
them candidly avow it, and not throw up a feather
to know which way the wind blows, while the most
important question of the day is only remarkable
by its absence in the speech of the First Minister of
the Crown. Lord PALMERSTON could touch on
every other topic, he could take refuge in the mise-
rable to quoque argument from the satire of the right
hon. gentleman the Member for Bucks ; he could
refer to the distress in Lancashire and Ireland, he
could uphold the Ministerial policy in Italy and in
the Mediterranean; he could even undertake the
Quixotic attempt of defending the Danish de-
spatches, bat of the moral earthquake that is shaking
to its foundations a country so closely connected with
ourselves, Lord PALMERSTON had nothing to say !
However these and all other omissions will proba-
bly be speedily supplied, and the Government, hav-
ing got so far successfully through the opening of
the Session, had better suspend their interference
with foreign affairs to attend to the reforms which,
like charity, should begin at home.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Thursday.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by Princess Louisa and Princess Beatrice.

The Marchioness of Ely and Lieut. Colonel Du
Plat were in attendance.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees
dale, left Osborne this morning for London.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees-
dale, arrived at Buckingham Palace about half-past
one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Osborne, Isle
of Wight.

Prince Arthur visited his Royal Highness at
Buckingham Palace, and afterwards attended by
Major Elphinstone, returned to Greenwich.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Earl Spencer,
Groom of the Stole, and the Earl of Mount Edg-
cumbe, Lord in waiting, left Buckingham Palace at
half-past three o'clock, to take his seat in the House
of Peers.

His Royal Highness was habited in a general's
uniform, and wore the insignia of the Order of the
Garter, of the
.Golden Fleece, and of the Star of

THE APPROACHING ROYAL MARRIAGE.—The
lace robes of the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the future
Princess of Wales, are to be manufactured at Broadlands,
the extensive lace manufactory of Messrs. Henry and Wil-
liam Nunn, near Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and about
four miles from Osborne.

The funeral of Mr. Wm. Beckett, of Xirkstall
Grange, Leeds, formerly M.P. for that borough, and
also for Ripon, took place yesterday, when the mortal re-
mains were conveyed from the residence, Brook-street, and
temporarily deposited at Kensal-green Cemetery. Among
numerous relatives and friends attending the mournful
ceremony were—Mr. Edmund Denison, brother of deceased;
Mr. E. B. Denison, Q.C., Mr. W. B. Denison, Colonel
Marriot, Mr. Ed. Marriot, Mr. Randolph Marriot, Admiral
Meynell, Bishop of Ripon, Colonel Charteris, Sir John
Lowther, Bart., Mr. Edward Baines, M.P., Mr. S. Beecroft,
M.P., Colonel Francis Seymour, Mr. Chas. Meynell, Mr.
Robert Tennant, and Mr. Fountayne Wilson Montagu.
The service was impressively read by the Rev. Wm. Sin-
clair, rector of Pulborough, late incumbent of St. George's
Church, Leeds. Among the carriages which followed the
hearse were those of the Duke of Cambridge, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, Lady Anne Beckett, Dowager
Countess of Essex, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord George Quin,
Colonel Waymouth, &c.
Charlotte Ede was acquitted yesterday, at the
Old Bailey, of an attempt to strangle her infant child.
The aged claimant, Ann Cornich, to the ruinous
houses in Stamford-street, has found bail for her appear-
ance at the Sessions, and has been released from custody.
At the Court of Common Council, held yesterday,
the Lord Mayor told the members that Sir G. Grey had
informed him that the Queen and Prince of Wales were
anxious that the citizens should testify their loyalty by giv-
ing a public entry into
London to the Princess of Denmark.
A committee was appointed to arrange matters.