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L OND ON, SA TURDAY, JULY 24, 1869.

The more malignant of the political, or one might
almost have said personal enemies of Mr. GLADSTONE,
while they may just possibly refrain from any longer
comparing him to JUDAS ISCARIOT, or suggesting
that hanging would be too good for him, or indulging
i❑ any of those other amenities for which the extra-
parliamentary utterance of the member for Salford,
for example, were, until very recently, remarkable,
will probably laugh to scorn, even now, the notion of
his ever winning " golden opinions from all sorts of
men." Friends and enemies must alike admit, how-
ever, that " golden opinions" he was squandering,
yesterday afternoon, upon " all sorts of men" with a
most lavish and ungrudging generosity. Having de-
livered a " plain and unvarnished tale " in explana-
tion of the mutual concessions, in regard to the Irish
Church Bil►, agreed to between the Lords and Com-
mons, between her MAJESTY'S Government and her
MAJESTY'S Opposition, the Prime Minister may be
described as having closed his memorable speech of
yesterday with a series of glowing panegyrics. Ile
commenced it, as he said, " under a heavy sense of
responsibility, but"--he aided in the sa:nc breath—
" with profound satisfaction." Nor, certainly, can it
be wondered at that the Premier's heavy sense of
responsibility should have been accompanied by an
equally vivid sense of profound satisfaction. For,
in point of fact, never ha 1 the stay of a• y theatre at
Christmas time witnessed a trausFormation sc ne more
startling in its effect than the political arena has just
now revealed to the wondering senses of the whole
community in the mi lst of the almost tropical
heat of this present Midsummer. It was as if
the Slough of Despond and the Cave of Giant
Despair hail, by the waving of a Magician's wand,
been changed into the Bowers of Bliss and the
Dazzling Halls of Delight. But yesterday, as it
were, we were all in the midst of a great political
crisis, for the disastrous consequences likely to accrue
from which there appeared to be not the faintest glim-
mering of a possibility of any extrication. There was
felt to be, there was known to be, on this side and
on that, to the right hand and to the left, a burning
sense of indignation. Suddenly—all sounds of con-
tention are hushed—looks of anger are nowhere
visible—all are of one accord—Mr. GLADSTONE,
at the head of his tyrant majority (tyrant
majority now no longer), is addressing the
House of Commons, and through the House of Com-
mons the whole of the United Kingdom, in the most
conciliatory and congratulatory language, language
in which he scatters around him, on Liberals and
Conservatives alike, no mere idle compliments, but
tributes of earnest and unaffected appreciation. The
result arrived at is, as Mr. GLADSTONE emphatically
expressed it yesterday, " The exemplification of that
harmony of our institutions which, perhaps, have
rarely been more severely tried than during
the discussions of the present year ; and which,"
exclaimed the Premier with considerable emo-
tion, " I thank GOD, have stood the trial."
Referring to the negotiations which have so rapidly
and unexpectedly led to the present compromise, the
right hon. gentleman said immediately after this—
" Immediately we found that a disposition existed
which gave us hope of a co:nmon basis, my
noble friend, Lord GRANVILLE, in that spirit we
all must admire, and with that capacity which
I think all admit, entered into the detailed com-
munications which have resulted in the settle-
ment which we now recommend." Then, turn-
ing to the other side, Mr. GLADSTONE added
with no affected fervour—" And, Sir, it is
but fair that I should repeat, what I have before
gladly said, that I should own my acknowledgments
to the Opposition in this House for the manner in
which—abstaining from every effort to clog ti e
course of this Bill, whether by open or by secret
obstruction—they allowed the issue to be taken
fairly, and while fighting the hattle with the courage
that becomes them as English gentlemen they
stooped to no unfair advantage." Nor was this
all. The House of Lords even came in for
the Premier's studied euloginms, when he remarked,
" And further, Sir, I must refer to another place, and
must acknowledge with satisfaction and thankful-
ness, not only the ability which I grant to be a grLat
ornament and glory of the other House as displayed
in debate, but that comprehensive sagacity and fore-
thought, that power of realising the future and of pre-
paring fur it, which alone, I think, has brought about
on the part of the House of Lords the recommendation
of the settlement which I am now authorised to urge
on the House." Listening to this language, beholding
the result which has thus been most happily arrived
at, one cannot but look back with a wistful sense of
the ludicrous to the angry altercations that have
hitherto prevailed—one cannot but recall to mind the
wisdom lying perdu in that half cynical, half genial

recommendation of ROCHEFOUCAULD that an enemy
should always be treated as though he were one day
to become a friend.

COMPROMISES are always disagreeable at the time
they are made, and sometimes are not less so in
retrospect. It is easy enough to say to two dispu-
tants that they ought to make mutual concessions
on any point which does not violate their con-
science. It is far more difficult to determine
what those points are. Viewed from one aspect
a disputed point will seem to be merely
a question of detail. Viewed from another
it will appear to involve a fundamental principle.
We can readily imagine that this difficulty has
weighed very heavily upon so sensitive and con-
scientious a statesman as Mr. GLADSTONE; and, with-
out attaching much importance to the rumours of
Ministerial differences, that it was with great reluct-
ance he assented to the concessions which his
colleague announced on Thursday night. At the
same time we do not think that the nation will
seriously complain of the settlement which has now
happily been attained. The nation does not scru-
tinise details with the same keen eye that politicians
do. The nation troubles itself only with broad
principles, and so long as it has confidence in the
Minister entrusted with carrying them out, will not
look into the items. Never did Minister possess the
national confidence to a greater degree than Mr.
GLADSTONE; never, therefore, was Minister more
bound not to betray that confidence by any unworthy
concession. Those who have accused him of arro-
gance little know the man. They have mistaken
his character utterly. Had he been an in-
differentist he could have made far greater
concessions than he has done. But it is not in Mr.
GLADSTONE to allow a great measure to be so altered,
as the Reform Bill of 1807 was, that nothing but the
word " whereas " remains. Moreover, Mr. DISRAELI
felt that the more he conceded the more he should please
the nation. Mr. GLADSTONE could not feel that. He
was not a minority Minister, but a Minister who,
more than any of his predecessors, was chosen by the
people to do a certain work. To have done that
work badly, or to have left it only half done, would
have been but a poor return to those who supported
him. hence we may readily believe that in yielding
as much as he has done he has been influenced
chiefly by deference to his colleagues.

to the other party, we shall find more
than one motive prompting concession. It is no
discredit to the Peers that they saw at the last
moment the danger which would arise to their own
order by thwarting the national will, and keeping
open a settlement of this question for a period
which, longer or shorter, must be one of agitation.
They felt themselves bound to do their best for the
Irish Church, but having once admitted the prin-
ciple
that the nation must be the ultimate arbiter of
this question, they were not bound to insist upon
details which would have provoked a collision that could
have but one termination. The Irish Church was to be
disestablished and disendowed ; that was admitted ;
that was the only principle involved; unless, indeed,
we except that principle which was for a time gal-
vanised into unnatural life, soon to be laid at rest
for ever—the principle of concurrent endowment.
All the rest was a question of detail, for whose solu-
tion no other rule was required than to get the
best possible terms. The Lords have been
unfairly censured for endeavouring to obtain
these. The remarks about their greed and covetous-
ness are both ungenerous and unjust. The dis-
endowing of a great corporation is a rare event ; of
such a corporation as this an unprecedented event.
But when minor corporations have had to submit
to the process, its members have always
made the best arrangements they could. This
is what the Peers have done—not for them-
selves be it remembered, but for the Irish_
Church. No candid person can blame them.
Perhaps there was one other personal motive which
prompted the chief author of this concession.
Throughout the session Lord CAIRNS has seen his
influence as a party leader sorely shaken and a dan-
gerous rival appear. Lord SALISBURY having decided
against any surrender, an opportunity arose for Lord
CAIRNS to regain his influence and to deal a
damaging blow to his rival by taking upon himself
the tremendous responsibility of offering terms to the
Government. In this course he was, no doubt, sup-
ported by his old chief, Mr. DISRAELI, who had the
same reason for wishing to supplant the MARQUIS.
The bold experiment was justified by the result,
for though, upon hearing it, Lord DERBY
walked out of the House as though everything had
been surrendered which he cared for, younger and
more prudent men approved the compromise which
was last night ratified by the House of Commons.

IT is satisfactory to find from Mr. SCUDAMORE'S
evidence before the Home of Commons Committee
that in all probability his department will in the
course of a year or two reduce the charge for
telegrams from ls. to 6d., and that the
only reason why the lower charge is not
made now is that the department is afraid of
being overwhelmed with too much business at
starting. It would be still more satisfactory if this
confident hope could be embodied in the bill in the
form of an enactment. As a very able writer in the
Pall Mall Gazette has shewn, a monopoly cught to be
conceded only on the understanding that the charge
shall be as low as any other competitor could
reasonably make. The beneficial result of com-
petition is already shewn in one branch of
business which the Post Office undertakes.
There is no monopoly with regard to the carriage
of parcels ; the consequence is that the department
vies with the carriers in cheapness, and, while making
a handsome profit, gives the public the benefit of
very low rates. The public may well be satisfied
for a time with the large boon which the Post
Office will immediately confer. It appears that
6,000,000 messages are now sent annually, and of
these only 160,000 are sent at 6d., while 2,500,000
are charged from ls. 6d.'to 3s. For one message
that will be increased in price fifteen will be reduced.
There is, however, no reason why these advantages
should not ultimately be extended; and the bill
ought to provide either for a 6d. rate at
the end of a term, or give the monopoly
only for a term, at the expiration of which the
whole question would he reconsidered. Last year
the committee on the Telegraphs Bill agreed that no
monopoly was required. This year the enlarged
committee propose, with only two dissentients, to
limit the monopoly to seven years. We understand
that the only obstacle to the adoption of the
recommendation of the committee is Mr. Lowi's
determination that he will not raise the money for
the purchase unless he gets a ls. rate and a per-
petual monopoly. If the Telegraphs Bill is
imperilled, or its provisions are not the most condu-
cive to the public interest, the blame must rest upon
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for his
assumption of dictatorship.

Tt
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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 23

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THE TRIAL OF LORD CARING 10N.

The trial of Lord Carington for assaulting Mr. Grenville
Murray came on at the Middlesex Sessions on Friday.
The court of course was very crowded, gentlemen of posi-
tion occupying seats on the bench.
Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Montague Williams
(specially retained), and Mr. Gill, appeared for the pro-
secution. The Solicitor-General (Sir J. D. Coleridge,
Q.C.,' M.P., specially retained), Mr. Hardinge Giffard,
Q.C., Mr.
,Poland, and the Hon. E. Thesiger were for
Lord Carington.
The defendant was not required to go into the dock,
but, on being called upon to plead, stood up in the middle
of the court, and was afterwards allowed to be seated near
his counsel. Before he pleaded, however, the Solicitor-
General said he wished to draw his lordship's
attention to the state of the facts of the case. It
would appear that Lord Carington was taken before
Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Marlborough-street Police-court, on
two summonses obtained against him. One of these sum-
monses charged Lord Carington with a common assault,
and the other charged him with inciting Mr. Grenville
Murray to fight a duel. These summonses were heard
separately, and the result of one of them was that Lord
Carington was bound over to keep the peace towards Mr.
Murray. Thus far that charge was disposed of, and the
other charge, which was for the purpose of inciting Mr.
Grenville Murray to fight a duel, was sent for trial. By
some unexplained means, these two charges were blended
into one indictment, but his lordship would find that the
grand jury ignored that part of the bill which charged
Lord Carington with inciting Mr. Murray to
fight a duel, and they found so much of the
bill as related to a common assault. He submitted
therefore that Lord Carington was entitled not to be put
upon his trial, as that matter had already been disposed
of ; that Mr. D'Eyncourt had adjudicated upon it, and
that there was an end of the matter. lie (the Solicitor-
General) could not put in any statutable objection, and
he could not produce the certificate of the magistrate, for
it seemed that he had neither been found guilty nor
acquitted, but he had been bound over to keep the peace
towards Mr. Grenville Murray. Therefore he should not
be called on to plead.

Mr. Giffard addressed his lordship on the lame point.
The Assistant-Judge said the case must proceed, but he
would make a note of the objection.
The defendant then pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Mr. Gill opened the case. He said he would shew
that the assault upon Mr. Murray was a preconcerted
attack. Lord Carington, in order to become familiar
with the features of the plaintiff, obtained his photograph
before committing the assault. He hoped that the jury
would not be influenced by the fact that the defendant
was a peer of the realm and a magistrate. Some
reference will be made to the proceedings which had
been taken in another place. Probably these proceedings
were a part of the whole arrangement entered into by
Lord Carington and his friends to injure Mr. Murray. A
dastardly assault had been committed at midnight upon
an unarmed gentleman as be was leaving his club. If
this fact was proved he should ask the court to visit Lord
Carington with such punishment as would be actual
punishment, and not a mere nominal fine.
The Solicitor-General remarked sotto voce that punish.
ment was generally left to the court.

Carlo De Nicola, valet to Mr. Murray, deposed to
giving a photograph of the plaintiff to a person named
William Bevant. Witness accompanied Mr. Reginald
Murray when he went abroad, and left him iu Paris. Mr.
Rankin used to come to the Albany.
William Bevant, who said he was in the employ of Mr.
Poole, tailor, Saville-row, deposed that he obtained the
photograph from the previous witness, and shewed it to
Lord Carington on the 21st of June last.

Mr. John Bidwell, chief clerk at the foreign Office,
who appeared on subpoena, was examined by Mr. Gill, and
said he was not present at Poole's on the 22nd of June
last.

Cross-examined: Witness had known Mr. Grenville
Murray since 1854 or 1855, and had in that time known a
great deal of him. Witness would not believe him upon
oath, and had told him publicly that he was a liar.
Re-examined : When the subpoena was served upon
witness on the previous day he was very much excited,
and said a great many things which he was-prepared to
repeat here.
Did you say that plaintiff was a— blackguard; that
you hrid begun it, and if it had cost you a thousand pounds
you would smash him ?—I cannot remember exactly the
words I used, but I believe I said something very
like it.

Did you begin to get up this assault ?—No ; I never
knew of the assault at all until I saw it in the paper.
The witness went on to say that he bad been attacked
for some months by the Queen's Messenger, but he took no
notice until an article appeared on his wife, Lady Selina.
Mr. linstice Clare Grenville Murray, the plaintiff, was
then called by Mr. Gill, and stated that on the night of
the 22nd of June, as he was going down the steps of the
Conservative Club, in St. James's-street, a person came
up to him and asked, "Are you Mr. Murray?' He
replied in the affirmative, whereupon the person struck
him on the hat with a stick or whip. Plaintiff returned
into the club and sent the page for a policeman. His
assailant followed and said, " I am Lord Carington ;
if you wish to bear from me, you will know
where to find me." Plaintiff had not known Lord Caring-
ton before, and had no quarrel with him.
Cross-examined by the Solicitor-General: Did he strike
you?—He struck a blow on my hat; he touched the edge
of the brim of my hat.

Did you write an account to the Queen's Messenger saying
that you were not struck ?—I am advised to decline to
answer any question whatever referring to the Queen's
Messenger.
On the ground that it would criminate you? You have
no right to refuse to answer except on that ground.—l
must take the consequences. There is an action against
me on a false charge of perjury, and I do not know
whether it would criminate me or not.
Did you ever write to the Queen's Messenger?—l must
decline to answer any question whatever.
The Solicitor-General: I am cross-examining on Mr.
Murray's character. Your own witness has said he would
not believe him on his oath.
The Assistant Judge said such questions might be put.
The Solicitor-General: Would an answer criminate you?
—Witness : I do not know. I have come here to know
what a poor man can do against a rich one. In
answer to a charge of assault they have set up
a false charge of perjury against me. There is now all
the bar of England, almost, against me, and six solicitors.
I do not know what the effect of answering may be.
The question is a very simple one. Do you know the
Queen's Messenger ?—I refuse to answer.
The Solicitor-General: Do you fear the consequences?
Witness : Of course I fear the consequences. These
people are ruining me.
The Assistant-Judge urged Mr. Murray to be calm.
The Solicitor-General: Did you write to the Court
Circular I—Witness : Will you be content with one
answer? I refuse to answer.

Did Lord Carington say to you, "You have written
against my father and my grandfather?—l believe he said
something to that effect.

YVDid
you know what he meant?—Of course I had a
vague knowledge ; but because it was vague I cannot
express it. _ _ _

Are you a member of the Conservative Club ?--I was
at that time. I resigned yesterday, and was subsequently
informed that I had been voted out : 10 for me, and 190
against me.

That is what you would call a good working majority of
180? (Laughter).—A capital working majority.
Papers were handed to the witness but be refused to
look at them, and the learned Solicitor-General then read
extracts from the article in the Queen's Messenger on " Bob
Coachington, Lord Jarvey," asking the plaintiff whether
be had heard them before. The plaintiff complimented
the Solicitor-General on his "admirable elocution," but
refused to answer, or to do anything which could give
the other side the smallest advantage. He declined to
answer any question about the proprietorship, author.
ship, or editorship of the Queen's Messenger, and the
articles inserted therein. He did so on technical grounds.
lle-examined by Mr. Gill : This is the 22nd number of

the Queen's Messenger. There is an article in it headed

" Bob Coachington, Lord Jarvey," which you have heard
read. Will you take it in your hands and tell me, yes
or no.
The Solicitor-General: He has no right to get from his
own witness answers which he objected to before, espe-
cially now when my mouth is shut.
Mr. Gill: As my learned friend does not like to hear
the witness say he did not write the article, I with.
draw it.
No witnesses being- called for the defence,
Mr. Gill summed up his case, and expressed snrpriso
that Lord Carington had not admitted the assault. •
The Solicitor-General, in reply, said he was not going to

waste the time of the jury in appealing to their sympathies,
for if they were of opinion that the law had been broken,
the law must of course be vindicated. He quite admitted
that although Mr. Murray would not deny that he WAS
the proprietor and editor of the Queen's Messenger,
and the author of this° articles, although
he would not deny, upon the ground that it
might tend to criminate him, that he had time after time

violated all common feeling and decency ; that he had
attacked the living and maligned the dead ; that he had
traded in slander ; that he had spared neither age not
sex ; that he had shut his poisoned arrows under the
guise of public spirit, but in reality to bit his personal
enemies, and that he now came here to shelter himself
under protection-- still, although he had forced Lord
Carington into a breach of the law, he had a
klkY th4t.. he WOlll4 loAlnik leaci, Caripaton all,

the terrors which the law had in store for those who broke
.t, even under such circumstances as these. Let Mr.
hurray do his worst, however. Lord Carington was not
sfraid, when his case was really understood, to leave
honourable men to judge of his conduct.
The jury after some consideration retired from the
Court, and were absent about three-quarters of an hour.
On their return, the foreman said they found Lord
Carington guilty of a common assault, committed under
circumstances of the very strongest provocation.
The Assistant-Judge, addressing Lord Caring-
ton, said the jury had done quite right in
finding him guilty, but at the same time it
was evident, frcm the extracts they had heard,
that he had been subjected to provocation. His lordship
condemned, in strong language, the articles which had been
referred to, observing that there was no proof that Mr.
Murray was the author of them, although from his having
refused to answer questions it might be inferred that he
was connected with the paper in which they appeared. He
ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognizances
to come up for judgment if called upon ; adding that if
there was no renewal of the assault the case would be at
an end so far as that court was concerned.

THE LAW- AFFECTING SALMON

FISII EIU ES.

The select committee appointed to inquire into the
operation of the law affecting salmon fisheries resumed
their sitting on Friday, Mr. Dodds chairman. The
examination of Mr. Frank Buckland was continued,
and was to the effect that he approved of artificial hatches.
Last year he sent one thousand young salmon to various
rivers in England, and the year before between 7,000
and 8,000. He did not consider the plan of Mr. Patter-
son, to cut holes in weirs for the passage of
salmon, applicable. He and his colleagues had frequently
gone into the country and had conversation with the
owners of weirs, and they were averse to having their pro-
perties interfered with. There was another reason against
the applicability of Mr. Patterson's plan, which was the
exceeding difficulty of cutting a hole in a wear without
endangering its stability. In support of this opinion he
instanced wears over the Axe, the Camel, the Severn, the
Coquet, the Exe, the Tavy, and other places. In answer
to a question from the chairman, Mr. Buckiand said that
supposing no tribunal existed to dispose of the question of
the legal rights of the owners of weirs, he was of opinion
that it was desirable there should be one. He then sub-
mitted various models of ladders for the passage of salmon
over weirs, which he considered might be used with advan-
tage over that of Mr. Patterson's plan.