The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-07 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1863.

In the House of Lords, yesterday,
The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice that on
Friday he should call attention to the arrest of
three officers of her Majesty's ship Forte by the
Bre zilian Government.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second read-
ing of the Illegitimate Children (Ireland) Bill,
which, he explained, had not been altered in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of a select
committee of their lordships' house.
After some discussion, the bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be referred to a select com-
mittee.
T'ne Earl of HARDWICKE asked whether, in con-
nection with the proposed restoration of the Gal-
way subsidy, it was intended to make any altera-
tion in the port of departure or destination of the
-vessels of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company
for carrying the mails between Ireland and
America.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said there had not I
been any preposals to change the station of the
t
company from Galway to an English port.
Their lorships adjourned at 10 minutes to 7.
In the House of Commons,
Lord PALMERSTON (addressing Mr. Baillie Coch-
rane, who had a motion on the paper to call the
attention of the house to our relations with Greece)
said it would be attended with public inconvenienee
if, in the present state of affairs, the house should
be called upon to discuss the question, or the Go
vernment to make a statement upon the subject. He
hoped therefore that the hon. gentleman would con-
sent to postpone the motion until next Monday
week, on which day the Government would give
him precedence.
Mr. COCHRANE replied that he had reason to be-
lieve that the further postponement of the discus-
sion would be regarded with great dissatisfaction
by the Greeks in this country, as the apathy of the
House of Commons had already done much harm to
Lritish interests in Greece. At the same time he
felt that it was his duty to defer to the suggestion
of the noble lord at the head of the Government,
and_ postpone the motion.
Lord PALMERSTON' gave notice that he intended
cn Monday to move that the house at its rising
should adjourn to the following Wednesday.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
LRAMLEY-MooRE called the attention of the
house to the papers and correspondence laid upon
the table with reference to Brazil,
and moved the
following resolution :—" That this house has
learned with regret the interruption of amicable
relations between this country and Brazil
;satyn,da thisao_
house expresses the desire that her
Majesty's-vernment may take such measures to restore a cor-
dial understanding between the two countries as
may be consistent with the character and honour
of this country, having at the same time Et just re-
gard to the dignity and honour of a friendly a,,nd.in-
dependent Power." He contended that the diffi-
culty" which had arisen might have been amicably
sel:Aled if the British Minister at Rio de Janeiro had
behaved with tact and discretion, and that the bad
feeling which had been engendered, and which
would probably endure for many years to come,
might have been averted but for the part which
2,1 r, Consul Vereker and Mr. Christie had played
in the matter.
31:-. COLLIER (who addressed the House repeat-
& Ily as " gentlemen") defended the course which
to Government had taken, and having analysed
%lav: evidence, gave it as his opinion that the crew of

the Prince of Wales had reached the shore alive,
and had brought with them in their boats packages
of goods, portions of which were subsequently found
in the residence of Senhor Suarez, a lccal magi-
strate. The Brazilian authorities had declined to
do justice, and bad delayed inquiry by every means
in their power. Under these circumstances her
Majesty's Government, in demanding reparation,
had acted withi❑ international law and in accord-
ance with the long-established policy of the country.
Lord R. CECIL thought the question was not
whether the vessel had been plundered, the crew
murdered, or whether the tribunals of Brazil were
similar to our own, b'it whether the Government of
Brazil had done anything to justify us in adopting
a measure of force which, if resisted, would have
been a measure of war. He did not think they had.
Mr. BUXTON was of opinion that Lord Russell
had atoned for the severity of his despatches by
offering to submit the question to arbitration.
Mr. C. BENTINCK supported the resolution, and
threw doubts upon the trustworthy character of
Consul Vereker's statements.
Mr. SEYMOUR FITZGERALD contended there was
nothing whatever to show that there had been any
such negligence on the part of the Brazilian Go-
vernment as would make them responsible. On the
contrary, their conduct had been considerate, dig-
nified, and legal.
Mr. LAYARD spoke at length in opposition to the
motion, contending that there could be no moral
doubt but that the captain and crew of the Prince
of Wales had been murdered. So far from having
acted with precipitancy, her Majesty's Government
had acted with the greatest forbearance and with
the nicest regard for international law. The evi-
dence upon which they had acted was to their minds
conclusive, and if they had not sooner or later called
the Brazilian Government to account, it would be
impossible to expect that British life or property
could be safe in the wide-spread territories of Bra-
zil. _ _

Mr. COBDEN commented upon the speech of Mr.
Collier, which he described as that of a counsel who
had got his brief and had followed his instructions.
Indeed, so entirely had he identified himself with the
position of an advocate, that he had addressed the
House of Commons as "gentlemen of the jury,"
He (Mr. Cobden) took exception to the evidence of
Mr. Consul Vereker, and urged that that person
had acted all through on a fixed and foregone con-
clusion that murder and robbery had taken place.
But even if they had, no claim ought to have been
made on the Brazilian Government, unless it could
have been clearly shown that there was complicity
on the part of the latter.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL argued that a case suffi-
cient to warrant the demand made by the Govern-
ment had been made out on the evidence of the
Brazilian authorities themselves.
The motion was then withdrawn, and the House
went into committee of supply pro forma.
In committee of the whole House a resolution
was passed on which an amended bill to regulate
the tobacco duties is to be founded.
The orders of the day were disposed of, and the
House adjourned at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock.

Since the BLACK PRINCE rode into London by
he side of the captive and defeated Monarch of

France, never has a Prince of WALES made so
triumphal a progress through the capital as his
Royal Highness ALBERT EDWARD has done this
very day seated side by side with his fair young
Bride-Elect, the Danish Princess ALEXANDRA.
The enthusiasm of their reception has never
been surpassed. And never was popular welcome
more sincere or more unaffected. The demonstra-
tion of to-day (Saturday, the 7th of March, 1863)

is the most signal tribute of gratitude that
could by possibility have been afforded to her most
gracious Majesty the QUEEN in recognition of
her Majesty's Happy Reign now of fully
one quarter of a century's duration. Within these
five-and-twenty years of the reign of Queen
VICTORIA, the constitutional form of Government
has been materially advanced and strengthened
not only in this vast empire, but more or less
throughout the world, accordingly as our friendly
relations with foreign powers have extended,
accordingly as our commercial enterprise has ex-
panded. In signal witness of which direct conse-
quence of the Reign of the QUEEN in the diffusion
abroad of constitutional ideas—were we not re-
cently made aware of the estimation in whioh Eng-
land and England's Sovereign are held by a people at
the other side of Europe, a people speaking a dif-
ferent language, wearing a different costume, be-
lieving in a different phase of Christianity, when
Greece, but a few months back, proffered her
vacant throne to the acceptance of the second son of
our beloved Monarch Diplomatic considerations
alone have precluded the young Prince ALFRED
from its acceptance. Circumstances may yet lead
in time to the removal of those obstructive consi-
derations. Yet, however this may be, there is the
wholly unparalleled tribute we alluded to. The
spontaneous offer, namely, of the crown of Greece
to the second son of Queen VICTORIA, because
of the beneficence of the rule of that Sovereign
Lady over her own people during all the five-and-
twenty years of her authority. No marvel is it then
truely that the eldest of her sons the young Prince,
destined with Heaven's blessing (though we will
hope and pray at a period as remote as possible) to
succeed his Royal Mother on the ancient Throne
of England—has met to-day with a welcome so
ardent and exultant in its signs of enthusiasm.
Never has Princess been hailed by more pure and
unselfish acclamations than the young Princess of
WALES that is to be—the fair and graceful Princess
ALEXANDRA. As for her beauty, we have all now
beheld it. As for the graces of her character and
temperament, we can all now credit them as phy-
siognomists. The Prince of WALES'S countenance
also we have been enabled to recognise as one which
was, indeed, most truthfully described of late
by a graphic observer as a face to which as yet but
slight justice has been done "by painters and pho-
tographers. It is a pretty face on paper and can-
vas, but nothing more, and it looks unmeaning
almost in its extreme juvenility. The living ori-
ginal is very different indeed from the carte-de-
visite portrait. The blue eyes look serious almost
to sadness ; the small month and high forehead
beam with intelligence, and the whole ex-
pression of the face is that of the thoughtful
and earnest man rather than of the growing
youth. The Prince of WALES has the features of
his late father even more than of his mother. He
has that look of extreme modesty which so much
characterised the PRINCE CONSORT; that same re-
fined outline of the lower face, denoting the ab-
sence of grosser passions; and those same small, but
not narrow lips, given to thinking rather than
talking. The visible modesty, nay, shyness, is
striking in one whose crown lay in his cradle. The
virgin flush which covered the temple of the Heir
Apparent on his entering the House of Lords, does
not disappear while he is standing at the side of
the grave clerk who is reading the constitution of
Parliament! That same virgin flush of ingenuous-
ness mantled the head of the young PRINCE this
very afternoon as he passed through the midst of a
sea of enthusiastic Englishmen in the carriage
bearing onwards himself and his young Bride to-
wards her future home at Windsor. There the
widowed QUEEN
at this moment
this same
afternoon. awaitsme
them to perfect their reception
ft MhaeynaclelfoertZ'ass they
blessings wait upon the
shall journey on
young
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couple
together through life, after the now fast approaching
date of their espousals. That is the one heartfelt
wish that has animated every ringing cheer by
which they have been greeted to-day—shouts of