The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONOON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1E65.

with respect to the franchise. This is no doubt a
very sapient remark, but it may be suggested that
it would have been better to take something rather
than have nothing. Any reform would have been a
step in the right direction, but the real truth of the
matter is, that the most zealous partizan on the
Liberal side prefers that no remedial measure be
adopted unless he can claim some credit for its in-
troduction. A more short-sighted policy than this
cannot well be imagined, and one more calculated
to defeat the course of progress and the purposes of
improvement. Mr. BAINES has done himself no
credit by thus following on the beaten track of
selfish and exclusiNe policy. The electors through-
out the country had better be on the alert, and not
suffer themselves to be deceived and cajoled by
these specious explanations, for the result of all the
zeal of the ministerial side has been that nothing
has been effected at all, and it does not require a
very clever judge to find out that we should have
been better off if the Conservatives had remained
in office. The welfare of the community at large
has been sacrificed to the inordinate love of place
among the Whigs, and their determination to un-
dertake what they must have known they could not
perform.
The members for the City of London also ad-
dressed their constituents last evening, and en-
deavoured to smooth the way for future contests.
It must be confessed that none of the City members
do much to distinguish themselves, but, taking all
things into consideration, those now sitting appear
as good as any that we are likely to have. Mr.
CRAWFORD spoke fairly enough on most of the chief
topics of interest which at present engross the atten-
tion of the public. His speech was well received,
as, indeed, were those of his colleagues. Baron
ROTHSCHILD was represented by his son, who said
very properly that his father would be prepared to
resign his trust into the hands of the electors, if his
health did not improve, as he hoped it might. Con-
sidering the peculiar circumstances in he which has
been placed, it must be generally acknowledged
that the Baron has conducted himself with great
discretion since his entrance into Parliament.
Mr. GOSCHEN declared that since he had been in
Parliament no question had possessed greater inte-
rest for him than that of pauperism, and he would
always seek to give his best energies to that subject.
The hon. member is quite right in choosing this for
his vocation, for too many pass it by as unworthy
of their notice, or not of sufficient consequence to
engage particular attention. The truth is, that it is
a matter which will shortly occupy a great deal of
time and trouble that would have been much better
bestowed some time previously.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, June 28.
At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies yester-
day the debate upon the Alien Bill was resumed.
M. Von Humbeck (advanced Left) wished
equally with the Minister of Justice that Belgium
might not become the rendezvous of factious fo-
reigners, but it was requisite that peaceable
foreigners should find it an inviolable asylum.
Whatever might be said, he thought the house
ought to reject any arbitrary measure. This was
the object of his amendments, which were quite
practical. It had been said that they would facili-
tate the residence in the country of promoters of
disorders. Why not, provided they did not recom-
mence such proceedings here? Foreigners, it was
said, might come to advocate annexation, and in-
cite Belgian workmen to strikes. As for annexa-
tion, what did that matter so long as the spiri t
of the people remained what it was ; as to
strikes, they were permitted by the new penal code.
The Minister of justice accused the opponents of
the bill of forgetting that three interests were at
stake—international interest, that of the country,
and that of the foreigners—and of only concerning
themselves with the last. There was, however, only
one great interest at stake, including all the others,
and that was the interest of justice. The Govern-
ment was too much occupied with the duties, and
not enough with the rights of Belgium. The speaker
concluded by saying that if the Chamber only de-
sired the revision of the former law of 1835, it
ought to refer the amendments to the central com-
mittee.
M. Hymans (Left) protes-,, against the accusa-
tiion hurled against the supporters of the bill of
being actuated by fear, of wishing to give token of
their obedience towards a great empire. When in
1856 a member of the Paris Congress demanded
that the liberty of the press in Belgium should be
restricted, the Belgian Minister replied " Never !"
Belgium had not degenerated since then. She had
erased from her codes everything betokening a feel-
ing of hostility towards the foreigner, the last ves-
tiges of escheating the property of a deceased alien
to the Crown (droit d'aubaire), prohibition to the
foreigner to enter the civil or military services, &c.
The law of 1835 was very moderate in comparison
with the acts of foreign legislatures ; with the Eng-
lish Alien Act, renewed in 1848 ; with the law of
Nov. 20, 1849, voted without discussion by the
French Legislative Assembly. Again, at Brussels,
in 1863, M. Jules Simon, at the closing sitting of
the first session of the Social Science Congress,
asked that the second session might also be held in
Belgium, as being the country where hospitality was
best practised, and, nevertheless, while he so spoke,
the sword of Damocles, in the shape of the law of
1835, was suspended above his head.

Proposed Coalition against Prussia.

LEIPZIG, June 27.

The Leipziger Abendpost publishes the following
article advocating an union of Austria with the
Minor German States against Prussia :
" The Schleswig-Holstein question is the German
question. If Prussia succeeds in carrying out her
intentions upon the Eider, she will stretch out her
hands with all the more vehement greed towards
the Leine and the Fulda. The road from the
Fulda leads direct to the Maine and the Neckar,
and thence to the Lech and the Isar.

" There is no reason to presume that the policy
of annexation will once spontaneously halt in its
course—will impose upon itself moderation of its
own accord. Oa the contrary, hunger will groan
with every morsel swallowed, and Upper and
Lower Austria will ultimately be incorporated with
the mighty realm of the Hohenzollerns with just as
much right as Schleswig and Holstein.
" We think, therefore, the time has really now
come for the non-Prussian Governments to coalesce
in counteracting their threatened destruction by
common action.

" The Schleswig-Holstein question is ordinarily
treated as a mere affair of inheritance, people write
for or against the Augustenburger, for or against
the Oldenburger. But the matter is not by any
means so simple, for whether Austenburg or Olden-
burg becomes Duke of the Duchies, north of the
Elbe, their fate is certain ; either will become a
Prussian vassal, without or without convention.

" Neither the powerful speeches of Deputies nor
the resolutions of majorities at the Germanic Diet
will be of avail against this vassaldom unless the
corresponding force—the requisite number of
bayonets—stands ready to back up the resolutions
and speeches. Austria alone possesses these
bayonets either by herself, or to a still greater ex-
tent in conjunction with the other Governments
faithful to the Confederation.

"In whatever way the hereditary question is
solved, Austria must remain in the Duchies, for her
presence alone affords the inhabitants of those
northern marches protection for their rights, and
secures to them an equal position within the great
German family of States. Austria covers Hanover
and Electoral Hesse upon the Lower Elbe, and
strikes out of history for ever the idea of dividing
Germany upon the line of the Maine.
Austria must be maintained upon the Eider in
her own interest, as in that of the united fatherland,
for in this point the interests of both are identical.
When the Middle States have been absorbed in
Prussia Austria's turn will come.

Naval and Military Inte 'gence.

The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief will
hold a levde, at 1 o'clock, on Wednesday, the sth of
July.

Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, K.C.8., gives up
the command of the South-West Military District
and the Lieut.-Governorship of the garrison of
Portsmouth to-day to his successor, Lieut.-Gen. Sir
Gco. Buller. Lord W. Paulet succeeds Sir James
Yorke Scarlett at the Horse Guards in the offce of
Adjt. - Gen.

The military invalids and time-expired men, with
women and children, brought to England from
Madras in the sailing ship Lord Warden were trans-
ferred from that ship at Spithead yesterday by the
military authorities of Portsmouth garrison, the in-
valids being forwarded to the Victoria Hospital at
Netley, and the time-expired men sent on from
Portsmouth to the depots of their respective regi-
ments. The Lord Warden afterwards sailed for
the Thames.

Rear-Admiral George Elliot, Superintendent of
Portsmouth Dockyard, next on the list of Rear-
Admirals for promotion, has resigned his appoint-
ment at Portsmouth with the intention of offering
himself to the constituency of Chatham as a candi-
date for their suffrages in the Conservative interest
at the ensuing election. Rear-Admiral George
Greville Wellesley, C. 8., succeeds Rear-Admiral
Elliot as Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard.
Capt. Francis Scott, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen, Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Michael Sey-
mour, G.C.8., has issued invitations to a ball on
board her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth
harbour, on the 6th proximo. She was launched at
Chatham in 1765.

Port Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle, at Devon-
port, has informed the Mayor of Plymouth that the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have learnt
through Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador at
Paris, that two or three French ships of war will
be at anchor in the Sound on the 17th of July,
which is the time when the Royal Agricultural
Society meet there. On leaving the Sound it is
said the French ships will visit the other principal
ports in England, while the British ships of war
will go round the coast of France.
Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Griffon, 5, 80-
horse power (nominal), Commander J. L. Perry,
was yesterday put out of commission, the crew being
paid off in the basin at Sheerness Dockyard, under
the superintendence of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8.,
superintendent of the dockyard. The Griffon has
been exactly four years in commission, during the
whole of which period she has been employed in the
suppression of the slave trade on the West African
coast, 18 months of which time she was cruising in
the Bight of Benin, and the remainder along the
southern portion of the coast. The number of prizes
taken by her amounted to six, including two large
vessels fully equipped for running the slaving
blockade, consisting of the Catalina, in the Bight of
Benin, and the Venus, off Ambrizetti. One of the
other vessels captured had a few slaves on board.
The crew during the time the Griffon was in com-
mission were generally healthy, only five deaths
having occurred on board, and one officer having
been invalided. On being paid off yesterday the
crew were granted six weeks leave of absence. The
Griffon goes into the third division of the Chatham
steam reserve, and before being again in commission
will require very extensive repairs.
The Menai, 22, 400-horse power, one of the
squadron of wooden steamers standing idle on the
building-slips at Chatham Dockyard, has been taken
to pieces, and the last of the timbers of her frame
have been removed. Those of the timbers which
can be made available for that purpose are to be
converted for the frame of the new war steamer
Blanche, ordered to be laid down on No. 7 slip at
Chatham.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 29.

The Queen drove in the grounds yesterday after-
noon, and again this morning, accompanied by her
Royal. Highness Princess Helena.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise also drove
in the home-park, attended by the Hon. Horatio
Stopford.
Her Majesty held a Council to-day, which was
attended by Earl Granville, the Duke of Somerset,
Earl Russell, and the Right llon. C. P. Villiers.

Earl Granville, the Duke of Somerset, and Earl
Russell had audiences of the Queen.

Sir Andrew Buchanan, Sir Arthur Magenis, and
Sir Henry Howard were severally introduced to her
Majesty at audiences by Earl Russell.
Mr. Helps, the Clerk of the Council, was in at-
tendance.

Lord Talbot de Malahide and Major-General F.
Seymour, C. 8., were the Lord and Groom in Wait-
ing.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Gen.
Knollys and Lieut.-Col. Keppel, was present at the
review of the household troops in Hyde-park yes-
terday morning.
The Prince of Wales, attended by the Countes
of Macclesfield, took a carriage drive.
In the evening the Prince of Wales honoured
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with his com-
pany at the ball at Cambridge House, Piccadilly.

The Prince of Wales at Cambridge House

Last night Viscountess Palmerston gave a bril-
liant ball at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, to meet
hig Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
The entire range of elegant rooms, six in number,
were thrown open on thB occasion, The north
drawing-room was prepared for dancing, and in
the blue drawing-room adjoining was a choice selec-
tion of confectionery under the control of Ferdi-
nand. The principal rooms were tastefully arranged
with beautiful flowers and admirably illuminated.

The company began to congregate at half-past 10

o'clock.

The Queen of the Netherlands, attended by Count
Rendwyck, Baroness Dedern, and Baroness Babart,
arrived at a quarter to eleven o'clock. Viscount
Palmerston received her Majesty in the inner hall
at the foot of the grand staircase, and conducted
her to the entrance to the saloon, where her Ma-
jesty was met by Lady Palmerston.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by Lieut.-Col. Keppel, arrived at 11 o'clock. The
Prince was received, as he alighted, by Lord Pal-
merston.

By the time the Prince of Wales had arrived the
rooms contained a large number of visitors, and
dancing commenced shortly afterwards. Coote and
Tinney's band was engaged, Mr. Coote conducting
the orchestra.

At the royal supper-table the Prince of Wales sat
on the left of the noble hostess; and among those
at this table were his Highness the Prince de Tour
and Taxis, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the
Duchess San Arpino, Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, the Duchess of Somerset, Maria Mar-
chioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Dalkeith, the
Countess Apponyi, the Earl Cowper, the Countess
Spencer, and Visco ant Sydney.