The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-14 00:00:00

triumph.

lIE SUN', ''LONOCrI ruEsoAY EVE:NINO., OCTOBER 14, 1862.

abominations of Southern slavery is, that hitherto
a slave had no legal redress against any white who
injured him; and of course no more against his
master than his master's horse would have had.
General BUTLER, it seems, acts on the principle that
a loyal black's testimony is better than that of his
disloyal master. The ladies and gentlemen of New
Orleans have a slight taste therefore of the pleasure
of having their testimony rejected in a court of
justice ; "no assertion they can make against their

masters is thought incredible"—probably not ;
only this is but the converse of their own conduct in
regard to the coloured man. We need not take
literally all the strong language of an angry

"situation," would be like a sunburst through the
cloudy darkness (politically) of the holidays. Par-
ties are, in point of numbers at least, so nicely
balanced in the House of Commons, about six of the
Opposition, confronting every half-dozen of the
Government supporters, that a man like Mr.
COBDEN standing immediately between the two
sides (quite calmly and dispassionately standing
there, as he himself frankly avowed, towards the
close of last session) occupies, at such a juncture, a
position of no ordinary interest and, in some re-
spects,.even of no ordinary importance. He stands
there, in fact, as O'CONNELL once stood there—in
the middle of the plank—regulating the oscilla-
tions! Doing this, or, at any rate, capable of doing
this (for Mr. COBDEN has not yet put his capabili-
ties in this way directly to the trial, be has simply
threatened) capable of doing this by the
faintest inflection to the right or to
the left, to the side of the Government
or to the side of the Opposition. Without having
a political " tail" like O'CONNELL, there is not one
instant's question about the fact that COBDEN is
more than an insulated individual there in the House
of Commons when speaking from that second bench
below the gangway upon the right hand of Mr.
Speaker. His services, his integrity, his intellect,
his unadorned name and his unadorned eloquence
render, and justly and worthily render him—out of
office though he is, never yet in office (though as
England remembers it has been offered before
now in vain to his acceptance)—M.P. for Roch-
dale merely though ho is—Mr. COBDEN is
a Power within the House of Commons, be is
a Power in the State_ His one vote upon any
momentous question carries with it many other
votes. His voice is undeniably powerful to
influence the deliberations of the Legislature
and the opinions entertained out of doors
among the masses of his intelligent country-
men. It is from a consideration of all this, and
from a vivid sense, at the same time, of the impor-
tance and delicacy of the situation, among about
equally balanced Parties, that we look forward
with more than usual interest to this early prospect
of a speech from Mr. COBDEN to his Rochdale
constituency.

The Prince de Radali has arrived at the Burling-

ton Hotel, Cork-street, from Konigsbruk, Saxony.
The Duke and Duchess de Moray have left
the Clarendon for Paris.
Viscount Stratford de Radcliffe and the Hon.
Miss Canning arrived in Grosvenor-square on Saturday
from a tour of visits to Scotland.
Lord and Lady Bloomfield and Colonel and Mrs.
Talbot Clifton have arrived at the St. George's Hotel.
Baron Charles de Rothschild has left Thomas's.
Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Paris.
Count Brandenburg, Prussian Charge d'Affaires
has returned to the Prussian Legation from visiting Vi s-
..count and Viscountess Palmerston at Broadlands.
General and Mrs. Dunn have left Thomas's Hotol,
Berkeley-square, for Inglewood, near Hungerford.
The Dean and Chapter of Worcester have ap-
pointed the Rev. William Rayson, M.A., of Magdalene
Hall, Oxford, formerly curate of Kemerton, near Tewkes•
bury, to a minor canonry in Worcester cathedral.
The Hon. Charles A. Murray arrived in town
yesterday from Broadlands, where he has been staying on a
short visit with Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Keppel and Lord
Huntingfield have left the St. George's Hotel.
Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India,
returned to town yesterday from visiting Viscount and

intelligence has been received from Granada that
splendid fetes were given in that city upon the oc-

casion of their Majesties' visit.
Letters from Tangiers state that Morocco is
negotiating a loan in London to pay off her debt to
Spain.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 13.

,
The Pectic and Ellora, with the above mail,
sailed this day at noon for Marseilles and South-
ampton respectively.

The Ellora may be expected at Southampton
about the 26th inst.

The Malta brought the mail to Suez, arriving

there yesterday.
The China, with the London mails of the 27th of
September (3d October), left Suez yesterday for
Bombay.
The Jeddo, with the English mail of the 27th of
August (3d of September), reached Bombay on the
24th ult. (two days early).

THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE IN

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, OCT, 13.