The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-12 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1865.

lug decrees which give little hope of a resto- eloquent terms, and said that they were now await-
ration of public tranquillity. The Americans have ing the -97,erdict of the country through the constitu-
always been intolerant of opposition, and it was encies, but that they had little to hope or to desire
never safe to oppose the passions of the crowd too whethe3 in office or out of it, but that "it might
strongly. During the progress of the war this cha-
please -the ALMIGHTY of His mercy to vouchsafe to
racteristic was so strongly marked that the few the people of this country a continuance of the
journals that at first ventured to support the cause blessings lately poured on them, and along with
of secession were compelled to succumb to the popu- those blessings to give them the one crowning
lar dictation. One of the most violent defamers of blessing of grateful hearts to Him, the giver of
the South was originally an advocate of Southern theta all."
rights, and there are probably a good many sup- The assembly had the satisfaction of listening to
porters of the Federal cause who in their hearts are one of the senior honorary members of the corn-
willing at least to admit the right of the South to a pang,Lord BROUGHAM. His lordship expressed the
separate Government, even though they may not pleasure it gave him to be present, chiefly because
be willing to concede them the exercise of that he considered that hall to be the home of a body of
right. It is quite a new doctrine that the men who had ever been the champions of popular
grand old state rights are visionary and
rights and liberties, and also the friends of instruc-
extinct, that the central Government is to be the tion and improvement. The noble and learned lord
one irresponsible head, and that the Governors and gave some very wise advice respecting the approach-
Senates of the different States are to exercise no more ing elections, and adjured all concerned to avoid
political influence on the destinies of the country the corrupt practices which disgraced the commu-
nity and injured the reputation of our constitution
than the Lord-Lieutenant of an English shire.
in the eyes of foreign nations. The noble and
Americans should weigh well the results of the
course upon which they are now entering, for in
learned lord, in concluding, delivered a most impres-
sive passage respecting America and the crisis now
grasping at the shell they will lose the pearl. In
claiming rights which are not constitutionally theirs at hand. This exhortation, delivered in a style
they will forfeit those real and substantial blessings worthy of the veteran statesman's palmy days
which their forefathers so hardly gained for them. of oratory, must be read with interest, and
The indictment of President DAVIS is not an insig-
should impress those whom it concerns on
nificant event ;it includes much both in the past the other side of the Atlantic. No one has a
better right than Lord BROUGHAM to discourse upon
and in the future, and it impossible for reasonable
_ slavery, and it is to be trusted that his earnest
Americans to deny thatthey are virtually contradict
words will meet with due regard. Mr. CRAWFORD
ing their own acts. With this "so-called" rebel
made a very amusing speech in returning thanks
and the " false traitors" who assisted him, the
for - Northern Government held communications as with the House of Commons, in which he set forth
a recognised belligerent. Prisoners of war were ex-
the evils that environed members, and advised those
changed, armistices and treaties made, and finally
ambitious of entering that arena to leave the repre-
sentation of the City in the hands of those who now
terms of peace concluded. Nay, the PRESIDENT of
the United States himself did not disdain to accom-
hold it. This sumptuous entertainment went off in
the best possible manner, and the result must have
pany his chief Minister to hold parley with com-
been highly satisfactory to all concerned in the
missioners appointed by JEFFERSON DAVIS. If
affair, comprising, as it did, the graces of style and
scession and warfare were treasonable, where is the
the gifts of oratory.
differencebetween LEE, BRECKENRIDGE, and DAVIS?

Excepting perhaps that the one showedmore energy

and perseverance than the others• It is not too

late for the Federal Government to pause in their

rash and headlong course, and if there is aitything
like popular representation left we trust the people

will summon them to do so.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE NIAGARA.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 12.

The American war steamer Niagara has arrived
in the river. On coming to anchor she fired a salute,
which compliment was returned by her Majesty's
frigate Irresistible, lying off Netley Aospital.
It is expected the Niagara will come into dock
to refit.

MEXICO.

PARIS, June 12.

Official despatches have been received here from
the city of Mexico to the 10th May, and Vera Cruz
to the 14th May by the steam-packet Lousiane via
St. Nazaire.

MA:

The Emperor Maximilian's presence at the works
of the Mexico and Vera Cruz railway had given a
fresh impetus to the execution of that line. A sec-
tion of 100 kilometres had already been opened by
M. Cheron, a Frenchman, working under the di-
rection of M. Julien, the present manager of the
Western Railways.
A cadastral survey is about to be commenced of
all the rural, urban, and manufacturing properties
in the country. This labour will serve as a basis
for fixing the land tax, which has not yet existed in
Mexico, and will furnish great resources to the
Treasury. It is approximately calculated to yield
an annual revenue of 70 or 140 millions francs,
according as the tax may be fixed at 1 or 2 per
cent.

The financial and manufacturing companies and
the foreign capital they import contribute to raise
the national spirit. The rural militia, strongly
organised, powerfully aid 'in the extirpation of
brigandage ; steam navigation is being developed
upon both coasts, and the yield of the mines in-
creases. The Mexican mint coined more than
332,000 dollars during the month of April, and the
merchants are taking measures to despatch at the
end of the month of May a considerable convoy of
treasure to the Gulf of Mexico.

A dreadful accident took place at Mexico on the
4th May, whereby the French colony and the whole
population were deeply affected. A fire having
broken out in the shop of a French cabinet maker,
several French general officers hastened to the spot.
The fire was shortly brought under but at the cost
of three lives. Colonel Tourre, commanding the
3d Zouave Regiment, Lieutenant Labrousse, of the
99th Line, and trumpeter &Winker perished in their
exertions to save the inmates.

The despatches of the Marshal Commander-in-
Chief of the expeditionary corps in Mexico are
satisfactory.
In the State of Oajaca order may be considered
to have been re-established, and the garrisoning of
the towns has been entrusted to the Austrian
contingent.
In Michoacan the success of Colonel Potier over
Regules, which avenged the disaster suffered by the
Belgian battalion, has confirmed the favourable dis-
position of the inhabitants. On the same day that
Colonel Potier defeated Regules a detachment of
Belgian and Mexican troops accomplished the de-
struction of the band of Ugalde, vigorously attacked
the previous evening by Colonel Lamadria upon
another point of Michoacan.
Regules, rendered powerless, was forced to retreat
into the Tierra Caliente, where the climate and the
difficulty of subsistence render his position still
more critical.

Day.