The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

TILE AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

Some further correspondence with Mr. Bruce,
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary in China, was published yesterday.
The following are the additional despatches :
No. 1.
MR. BRUCE TO TUE EARL OF MALILESBURT-RE-

CEIVED SEPT. 27.

Shanghai, Au g ust 1, .
My Lord,—l have the honour to inclose 1859 copies
of letters Prow Sir Charles van Straubenzee, and of
my reply to him.
I have in consequence addressed the Earl Can-
ning, stating the necessity of reinforcing the gar-
rison of Carton, and requesting him to do so at
once, if possible.
The speedy arrival of even one regiment will go
far to keep the south of China quiet, and rein-
forcement of troops viill be more useful than an
augmentation of tha 'naval force on the station,—l
have, &c.,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.
:nclosure 1 in No. 1.

MAJOR-GEN. r,IR C. VAN STRUBENZEE TO 7.11 R. BRUCE.
ReadJquarters, Hong Kong, July 22, 1859.
Sir,—Having heard through the public press
and frorr4 other sources the disastrous results of the
exPadi'don to tfie north, I have the honour to re-
goes.. your Excellency will be pleased to inform
Lae whether we are now to consider ourselves at
liar with China, or whether matters are to con-
tinue as at present in Canton, so long as the Chi-
nes. remain in a passive state.
I have also to request that I may be favoured
with such information as may be in your Excel-
lency's power to afford me with regard to opera-
tions recommended, in order that I may take such
necessary steps in the way of preparation as may
tend to facilitate the movements of any future ex-
pedition to the north of China.
It is unnecessary for me to remind your Excel-
lency that, should it be intended to assemble a
largo force to proceed to the north, it will be
incumbent upon me to make early preparations
on a proportionate scale, the expense of which
I should not feel myself justified in incurring on the
mere fact of our late defeat, and without any know-
ledge of intentions as to the future.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) C. T. VAN STRAUBENZEE.
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.

MAJOR-GEN. SIR C. VAN STRAUBENZEE TO MR. BRUCE.
Hong Kong, July 22, 1859.
Sir,—As the late events off the Pei-ho will, in
all probability, produce a state of affairs in Canton
similar to that of last summer, I am desirous to
represent to your i:xcellency the very small effec-
tive European garrison in that city, viz., 688 rank
and file, including artillery and engineers, but ex-
clusive of police and men otherwise employed, such
as:pioneers, commissariat, 87c. • to this force, I pre-
sume, will shortly be added the battalion of Royal
Marine Light Infantry and Company of Sappers
lately employed under Admiral Hope, C.B. We
have still 10 or 12 weeks of summer to go through,
which will cause a serious diminution in the num-
ber of effeetives, more particularly if much harassed,
as they must be in the event of a renewal of trou-
bles. The Native Infantry effectives are about
1,300 rank and file. I would therefore beg to re-
commend to your Excellency that our two troop.
steamers be sent for such European reinforcements
as can be spared either from Ceylon or India, so
that, if necessary, we may at least be in a position
to strike a blow in the south of China, as soon as
the cold weather admits of action. As the whole
of the Marines by the first week in November will
barely form one battalion effective for service, I
would strongly urge that at least two regiments
be applied for without delay, and if happily not
required for the south of China, they will be in
readiness for any operations that may hereafter be
determined upon.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) O. T. VAN STRAUBENZEE.
Inclusure 3 in No. 1.

MR. BRUCE TO MAJOR-GEN. SIR C. YAN STRAUBF.NZER.
Sharighae, July 31, 1859.
Sir should have written to you sooner on the
failure of my attempt to reach Pekin had I not
thought it advisable to await some indications of the
course the Chinese Government intend to pursue.
As far as I can judge from a communication that
has been received by M. de Bourboulon from Ho,
the Imperial Commissioner, the Chinese Govern-
ment has no intention of disturbing us at the ports.
The letter treats the collision at the mouth of the
river as unintentional on both sides, and as pro-
ceeding from our ignorance of the fact that prepa-
rations had been made at another place to receive
us, and he even goes so far as to suggest that we
had better return to the north, as we shall be re-
ceived with due courtesy. I have no doubt that
Mr. Ward, the American Minister, will bring down
some proposals for accommodation.

I do not think, therefore, that orders will be sent
from Pekin to commence at Canton the hostile pro-
ceedings of last year, unless we were to assume the
offensive, and in that case a large force would be
required ; for the blow, if struck at all, must be
struck in the north, and we know that during the
last year a large force has been accumulated, con-
sisting in part of men who show considerable skill
in the management of artillery, whatever may he
their value as soldiers ix the field. As my object
is not to fetter the action of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, my language to the Chinese authorities will
continue to be that 1 consider my mission to Pekin
at an end for the present, and that I have referred
home for fresh instructions.

But I shall avoid as much as possible doing or
saying anything from which the Chinese may in-
fer that I consider what has passed in the north as
an not of war, or as necessarily leading to a rupture
of friendly relations ; and, moreover, if they were
to make a proper apology, and consent to receive
me on becoming terms at Pekin, I should not de-
cline the overture ; though I do not anticipate,
after what has taken place, that they will make
any proposal which I could accept as satisfactory.
I do not think, therefore, that it would be de-
sirable to make preparations in the south with a
view to a campaign in the north, before knowing
what her Majesty's Government will deter-
mine on that point ; but it is obvious that we
ought to be prepared for any contingency
that may happen in Canton or its neighbour-
hood ; and as your Excellency seems to think
that your garrison requires to be reinforced I
will address his Excellency the Governor-General of
India on the subject, and forward copies of your
letters to Admiral Hope, with whom it rests to dis-
pose of the transports alluded to. One contains the
wounded, and is not, I suppose, available for India.
It will be advisable that your Ekeellency should
write your views on the amount of reinforcement
required to the Commander-in-Chief in India, cal-
culating it with a view to Canton and the position
of affairs in the south.—l have,
(Signed) FREDERICK' W. A. BRUCE.
Inclosure 4 in No. 1.
MR. BRUCE TO EARL CANNING.
Shanghae, July 31, 1859.
My Lord,--Your Excellency will have heard ere
this of the untoward issue of -ho attempt made by
the French Minister and myself to reach Pekin,
with a view of exchanging the ratifications of the
treaty, and establishing direct diplomatic relations
with the Government. I will cause copies of my
despatches giving an account of what took place to
; be sent to your Excellency by the first opportunity.
In the meantime I beg to call your Excellency's
attention to two letters received from Sir Chas. van
Straubenzee on his position at Canton.
Hitherto I do not see any symptoms of an inten-
tion on the part of the Chinese Government to push
matters further. They seem satisfied with having
kept us out of the Pei-ho river, and thereby got rid
of a visit, the conditions of which would have
asserted effectually the principle of international
equality, and laid the foundation of future diplo-
matic intercourse on a proper footing.
I have resolved, in concert with my French col-
league, to take no further step in this mission until
we receive instructions. We are not in a position
to bring any effectual pressure to bear in the north,
and I hope by a reserved attitude to avoid further
complications until we aro better prepared. But I
think it advisable to bring before your Exml-
lency's notice the position of Canton, as events
in the north might encourage fresh troublies
there should the garrison be reduced by sitl-
ness, or not be strong enough to act in the
neighbourhood against any hostile bodies t hat
might collect for the purpose of annoying us. I
have requested Sir Charles van Straubenzee to write
to the Commander-in-Chief in India as to, the
amount of reinforcements he may think neceLesill•
In the meantime, I caneot too strongly urge ,the

immediate despatch of au European regiment,
should it be in your Excellency's power to spare
one for this service. Its arrival Nv 1 I have the best
effect, whatever decision her Majesty's Government
may ultimately adopt.
I do not know whether Admiral Hope will he able
to despatch one of the troop-ships now in China, to
which the general alludes. The other is at present
used as the hospital for the wounded, and certainly
could not be made available for some time. I will
communicate with him immediately ; but if your
Excellency has at your disposal the means of afford-
ing assistance, I think it would be advisable not to
delay it.—l have, ikc.,
(Signed) FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.

No. 2.
LORD J. RUSSELL TO MR. BRUCE.
(Extract.)
Foreign-office, October 29, 1859.
From the terms of your despatch of the 10th
August,' I infer that, at the time when you wrote
it, you thought it net improbable that the Chinese
Government might shortly address to you some
communication with the view of inviting you to
proceed to Pekin for the exc}.ange of the ratifica-
tions of the treaty of Tien-tsin.
If any such proposal has been made to you, and
if it be still unanswered when you receive this de-
spatch, you will state, in reply, that you are not
authorised to entertain it until the Chinese Go-
vernment shall have made a formal apology for the
act of the troops who fired on her Britannic Ma-
jesty's ships of war from the Takoo forts in June
last.

You will add that her Majesty's Government re-
quire that, when you go to Pekin for the exchange
of the ratifications of the treaty, you shall proceed
up the Peiho river to Tien-tsin in a British vessel,
and that provision be made by the Chinese autho-
rities for the conveyance of yourself and your suite
with due honour from Tien-tsin to Pekin.
Should the assurance given to you by the Chinese
Government on these heads be satisfactory, you
will make arrangements for proceeding to Pekin at
the earliest period at which it may be safe and con-
venient for you to undertake the voyage. It wid
be proper that a naval force should accompany you
to the mouth of the Peiho, and directions to this
effect will be forwarded to Admiral Hope.
Should you experience any unbecoming treat-
ment, either at Pekin or on your journey to or from
the capital, you will return to the gulf and place
the matter in the hands of the naval Commander-
in-Chief.

You will take an early opportunity of apprising
the Ministers of the Emperor of China that, in con-
sequence of the attempt made to obstruct your pas-
sage to Pekin in Juno last, when you were proceed-
ing thither to exchange the ratifications of the
treaty of Tien-tsin, her Majesty's Government con-
sider that the understanding entered into between
the Earl of Elgin and the Imperial Commissioners
Lweiliang and Hwashana, with respect to the resi-
dence of tha British Minister in China, is at an end,
and that it rests henceforward exclusively with her
Majesty, by the terms of Article 11. of the treaty of
Tien-tsin, to decide whether or not 'she shall in-
struct her Minister to take up his ai)ode perma-
nently at Pekin.

lf, however, no pacific overtures shall have been
addressed to you by the Chinese Government before
the time when this despatch reaches you, you will,
immediately on its receipt, communicate to the
Prime Mini: ter of the Emperor the demands of her
Majesty's Government, as stated above, and inform
him that, unless, within a period of 30 days from
the date of your communication, you receive from
him a reply conveying to you the Emperor's un-
qualified assent to these demands, the British naval
and military authorities will proceed to adopt such
measures as they may deem advisable for the pur-
pose of compelling the Emperor of China to observe
the en;agements contracted for him by his Pleni-
potentiaries at Tien-tsin, and approved by his Im-
perial edict of July, 1858.
On grounds of humanity her Majesty's Govern-
ment would be desirous, if possible, to avoid the
necessity of having to undertake military operations
on a great scale against the capital of the Chinese
empire. They will learn, therefore, with satisfac-
tion that the measures which I have indicated have
had the desired effect, and induced the Chinese
Emperor to accede to the moderate terms which by
this despatch you are instructed to offer for his ac-
ceptance.
It is necessary, however, to be prepared for a
different result, and it is the intention of her Ma-
jesty's Government to make such arrangements as
will enable a considerable military force to be de-
spatched from the south with the change of the
monsoon, if it should be then requisite to undertake
operations on land.
I have only to add that it is not the intention of
her Majesty's Government that you should consider
yourself to be bound by your instructions to insist
on a personal interview with the Emperor. It is
essential that you should correspond on terms of
equality with the chief officers of the empire, and
that you should refuse to submit to any degrading
ceremonial, either on the occasion of an audience
with the Emperor, or on any other ; but you will
be guided by your own discretion, and in some de-
gree by the practice of the representatives of other
great Western Powers, in determining whether or
not you will press the demand that the Emperor of
China shall receive you in the only manner in
which you could consent to be received, namely,
with the forms which on such occasions are custo-
mary in the west.

Tier Majesty's Government are in communication
with the Government of the Emperor of the French,
in reference to the subject of this despatch.

No. 3.
LOUD J. RUSSELL TO MR. BRUCE.

Foreign-office, Nov. 10, 1850.
Sir,—Since my despatc of the 29th ultimo was
written, I have received and laid before the Queen
your despatch of the 3d Septembent
It appears by this despatch and its enclosures,
that the Emperor of China now fully sanctions the
resistance made by the forts at Takeo to the pas-
sage of her Majesty's ships up
the rivet Peiho.
lie states that Takeo was fortified by his eom-
mand, and that the envoys of the different nations
llwasana at Shanghae •
twheatt.e doobywKaswseoi lfioaitttgi
fortified,
and that they must goi
round by Pch-tang.
Now, although the denial of a passage to the ca-
pital by the usual and most convenient route would
have been evidence of an unfriendly disposition, yet
it was a matter upon which you might have remon-
strated and negotiated, without having recourse to
force to clear the passage.
You say, however, with regard to these alleged
warnings:—`'These assertions are directly contrary
to the truth, though I think it not improbable the
commissioners may have represented the matter in
this light to the Emperor. Neither in the letters
that passed between the commissioners and the en-
voys, nor during the interviews Mr. Ward had with
them, was a word said of defences at Takoo, nor was
any allusion made to Peh-tang."
Thus it appears that neither you nor M. Bourbou-
lon received any warning—nay, when the Admiral
arrived at the mouth of the Peiho, so far from hav-
ing an intimation, from authority, that the passage
of the savoys up the Peiho was to be resisted, he
was assured that the fortifications were made by the
militia of the country as a defence against pirates,
and that a passage should be opened to allow of
vessels proceeding by the river.
The soldiers at the forts had no doubt ascertained

the correct range of the palisades and stskes where
the French and British vessels were certain to be
stopped, and thus they had all the benefit of a pre-
pared ambuscade. _ _ .

Whether the Emperor was cognisant of this act,
or whether it was directed by his officers, it is an
outrage for which the Chinese Government must be
accounted responsible.
Unless, therefore, the most ample apology should
be promptly made, and the other demands specified
in my previous despatch shall be complied with,
you are instructed to state that a large pecuniary
indemnity will be demanded by her Majesty's Go-
vernment from that of Cbina.—l am, &c.
(Signed) J. RUSSELL.

* See " Correspondence with Mr. Bruce," presented to
Parliament Jan. 24, 1860. No. 15.
t Sao " Correspondence with Mr. Bruce," p
Parliament, January 24, 1860, No. 18. resented to

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LAW IN2'SLLIGENOE.--7 6
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COURT OF QUEEN'S BEN .teW •
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Lord •
Coekburn and a Special Jury.l,,
WELZENSTEIN AND WIFE Y. SToHWASSER—.EXImAIi
ORDINARY CASE.
This extraordinary case, in which the plaintiff
claimed damages for an assault committed by the
defendant, by kissing the plaintiffs wife, and also
made a demand for money for goods delivered to
the defendant, was resumed this morning.
The following evidence was adduced :
Joseph Stohwasser, the defendant, said—l have
carried on business as a master tailor in London for
26 years. I am governor of several charities in
London: I received a letter from the .Austrian.
Embassy, telling me to go to 5, Charlotte-street, and
see a person there. I saw Madame Welzensttio.
She told me she had been left by her husband in
great distress. A child was in the room. I asked
who it belonged to, and she said, "It is mine." 1
believe that was the child which I since ascertained
was Borfeld's. She said her husband had gone to
America in May, and she had pawned everything
to assist him to go there. She said she had been
without food for several days. I gave her half-a-
crown, which was all 1 had in my pocket. I called,
I believe, the next day, and gave her half a-sovereign.
I was surprised to see her in such comic)/ t at the
lodgings, and she said the apartments belonged to a
friend of her husband's, a Mr. Steinfeld, whose wife
was too delicate to live there. I did not see Steinfeld
until October. Madame Welzenstein c lied upon
me, and asked me to recommend her to the German
S,ciety of Benevolence, of which I am chairman.
The society gave her a pound. She called in a few
days, and asked for relief as the sovereign had been
chiefly paid in rent, and she had nothing to live
upon. I then gave her half-a-crown. I told her
she must not call upon me so often for relief. She
said she could work and wash, and had orders for
work from several ladies, and only wanted money to
enable her to execute them. She said she had some
articles pledged, and had spent a few shillings from
time to time as interest, in order not to lose them.
Tsaid she should sell the things., She sai.Ohe could
not' find a buyer, and she ultimately IntugllTl4.
tickets to me. I gave money to my foreman to re's
deem them, and he did so. Tho goods were brought
to my shop in Conduit-street. It cost me between
£2l and £22 to redeem the things. I put aside the
articles which were no use to me, and she took
them away. She wanted me to buy the articles
14ft for £5. I said I thought they were worth
more, and if sold would produce more. I think the
slrawl valued by the plaintiff at £2O was pledged
with some other articles for 325. I bought a new
one since for £3. I believe it is better than the
plaintiff's. I believe it is the same character of
shawl. [The embroidered shirts described as being
worth £2 each, and several other articles, were
he.e produced.] I let her have, beyond the £2l
paid to the pawnbroker, about £l3 for these
things. It was more than they were
worth. She had it from time to time. She ex-
pressed herself grateful to me, She tried to kiss
my hand every time she came ; and when she
could not catch my hand, she would catch my
knees—(laughter)—or anything else—the tail of
my coat. (Laughter.) She offered my foreman a
piece of silk for 10s. 6d., which was worth more,
for his trouble.. He refused it, of course. When
she was ill she asked me not to let her go to the
hospital, and I sent. my own doctor to attend her.
lie is Dr. Love. He made no charge to me for at-
tending her. 1 did not like her to be coming tome
so often, and I asked her to send her friend to me.
Steinfeld then called on me in October. I had no
idea then she was Welzenstein. He said she was
the wife of a brother officer who was looking up his
uncle in America. (Laughter.) lie said he was a
man living on his own means.

A histo-ry of the plaintiff's life, furnished by him
to the defendant at•his request, was here put in. It
stated that the plaintiff attributed his leaving
Venice to his clandestine marriage and political
meetingb.
Examination continued—l never suggested to
the plaintiff's wife, in his absence, that she should
enter the service of a widower.
I swear I did not write either of the letters to
Madame Welzenstein.
Mr. Kenealy then replied on the whole case.
The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, said this
was a most remarkable and singular case. The de-
fendant swore positively these letters were not
written by him. If this was a conspiracy and
fraud, for the purpose of extorting money, one
would not be surprised if forgery was resorted
to for the purpose of carrying it out ; but, fortu-
nately, they could compare the alleged forgeries
with the writing which was admittedly the de-
fendant's.

The jury looked at the documents, and without a
moment's further deliberation, returned a verdict
for the defendant.

The Foreman—The jury desire me to express
their opinion that the defendant leaves the court
without the slightest imputation on his character.
Mr. Prentice, on behalf of the defendant, re-
quested his lordship to direct that the letters,
alleged to be written by the defendant to the plain-
tiff's wife, should be impounded as forgeries.
The learned judge directed that all the docu-
ments should be impounded, and certified for a spe-
cial jury.

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THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN, on SATURDAY,
the 11th of February, at Two o'clock, with a view to establish
PRELIMINARY DRILL at Public Schools, in connection
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And A BORDER MARRIAGE. Messrs. IL T. Craven,
Charles Young, G. Spencer, and Miss fVyndham.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, le. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six ; perform
ance commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Last Two Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season.
THIS EVENING, the Powerful Equestrian Drama of
THE WOODMAN'S HORSE, in which is displayed the
wonderful training of the Cream Palfrey, "Beauty," —Ex-
traordinary Acts of Hosemanship by John Henry Cooke,
Miss Emily Cooke. and the great company of talented Pro-
fessors, French Pierrots, and facetious Clowns.
To conclude with the Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN
TOM MOODY; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the God-
dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs ; Tom, Mr.
Herbert; Patty, Mr. G. Belmore.
Commence at 7.
Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips
The finflt Morning Performance of the Pantomime will be
on Saturday, Feb.ll, at Two o'clock.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY
QUEEN.
And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of
DINORAH.

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Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Georze Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. 'V. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.

Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
Bights of the metropolis.
ROSA BONIIEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of
Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is opea from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEE. 8, 1860. 3 I
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
47—highest since noon yesterday.
45—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.64.
WIND, S.W. ; strong, with dull hazy weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Titre ])A7.—Morning, 2h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3b. 3m.
To-moußow.-Morning, 3h. 24m.—Afternoon, 3h. 45*i.

Whether England has " sold her birthright for a
mess of pottage" in the instance of this signed and
ratified commercial treaty with the French EMPE-
ItOlt remains to be seen. It can only be seen with
any distinctness when the Treaty itself has been
laid upon the table, and when the Financial State-
ment has been submitted to the House. We are
promised both the day after to-morrow. We are
promised both the' Treaty and the Budget on Fr-
day, the 10th of February. Yet, in the meantime,
we know pretty well all about it. We have, at any
rate, the broad outlines of the double project.A
favoured few entrusted with these high State
secrets have let them out. And, now that the cat
is fairly out of the bag, we can already see plainly
enough which way it jumps. The Times has
found it impossible to hold its peace about
the Income Tax—the Independence Beige has
felt itself constrained to blurt out the chief
terms of the Treaty and to enumerate some
of its consequences. It has been known now
for some days past that the abhorred Income Tax,
instead of being allowed to " cease and determine"
in this year of grace 1860, according to the formal
promise and elaborate arrangement of the present
Itig,lt Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is
actu ally to be increased in this year of grace, that it
is tc, be renewed at ninepence, that this ninepence
is to be paid in perpetuity, and that all this is to be
audaciously proposed by Mr. GLADSTONE !—the
Very author himself of this illusory promise and
this falsest of all false predictions. This
pleasant truth was announced some days
~n9e by the Times, and has remained ever since
"lelL uncontradicted. To-day it is reiterated
yet more distinctly and as it were officially.
The: ,e is to be an Income Tax. It is to
be p eipetual. It is to be an Income-tax of nine-
per teo. And the boon is to come to us direct from
the .‘land and brain of Mr. GLADSTONE! Then, as
to I 6 e heads of the Treaty, as they appeared jotted
do NN? t quite frankly in the columns of the Mc/eye/I-
da sae e Beige ! Why, the general correctness of
the s e heads was acknowledged last evening by the
nol J e lord the Foreign Secretary. The version thus
icy e rred to yesterday in the House of Commons by
;id JOHN RUSSELL, it is worth remembering,
61 .ows the Treaty to be thus distinctly one-sided!
, sets forth in its items with—Firstly—The " abo•
F .tion of duties on all the productions of French
ru auufacture.” Secondly with the " Assimi-
-11 n of the duties on French spirits
-with those on English colonial spirits. The
rduty on those first-named is at present 15s. a
tgallon, on the others only 7s. ; the duty on French
Parandy would thus be lowered by Ss, a gallon.'

Thirdly, with the " Immediate reduction of the
duty on French wine to the extent of 2s. 9d.-a
gallon, the duty at present being ss. 9d., the
new duty will only be 3s. a gallon." It being im-
mediately added, " A second reduction of this
duty from the Ist of April, 1861. The duty will
be a minimum of ls. and a maximum of 25., accord-
ing to the quantity of alcohol which the wines may
contain." Fourthly, there is to be a" merely nominal
) duty on corn, flour, and all articles made of flour."
Fifthly, a" reduction more or less important of the
duties on all other articles imported from France."
Sixthly, comes a generalised intimation that
"England reserves the right of allowing other
nations to participate in these reductions, as well
as of modifying hereafter the duties on wines
and spirits, if the changes in our Excise shall
render such modifications desirable" Then fol-
lows the announcement that " France on her part
undertakes to make the following concessions."
It is immediately succeeded, however, by the unwel-
come proviso," but none of them will take immediate
effect !" The interval of grace being, as we know,
just eighteen months clear—conceded meekly by
England to the French Protectionists! And then
when it may have become perfectly convenient to
our neighbours we are to hope for a "reduction of the
duties on English coal and coke to a level with those
.imposed on the same commodities of Belgian pro-
duce." We are to expect in due succession—" The
abolition of the duties on wool and cotton," a " re-
duction of the duty on iron and machinery," and
the " abolition of prohibitions, fcr which ad
valorem duties not exceeding 30 per cent. shall be
substituted." For which we are to pay down in
perpetuity an Income,tax of ninepence ! But
then we are reminded—All this wonderful Treaty
has been negotiated by a Free Trader—by the
first and foremost of Free Traders ! True, but Mr.
COBDEN is something more than a Free Trader.
He is a champion of the ignoble and prepos-
terous principles of Peace-at-any-Price. And this
is the price England is to pay for it according to
his thinking. It .remains to be :seen whether the
House of Commons concurs with his opinion.
Let the constituencies throughout the country
be at once astir upon this subject of vital and na-
tional importance. Let them communicate at once
—before it is too late—with their representatives.
Let them say quite plainly and distinctly
will not have this permanent ninepenny
Income-tax imposed upon the country, just simply
for the advantage of the silk wearers and the claret
drinkers in England ! For the benefit—in the
name of Free Trade (!)—of the ignorant and obsti-
nate French Protectionists ! For the satisfaction
of Lord. PALMERSTON'S inveterate desire to con-
ciliate the Imperial friend of whose hospitalities
his lordship has personally partaken at Com-
piegne! Lastly, we will not consent to pay this
price down to the powerful Emperor of the FRENCH,
at the head of his great army of 500,000 heroic
and victorious soldiers, merely to gratify the
wretched whimsies of those fanatical advocates of
the thoroughly un-English and miserably paltry
doctrine of Peace at any Price !

With the very best intentions in the world, the
noble lord the member for Colchester gained very
little by his motion last evening, for leave to bring
in a bill enabling the Court of Divorce to hold its
sittings with closed doors. Leave to do anything
of the kind was refused by a clear majority of 185
in a house of 351-83 having voted for and 258
against the proposed bill's introduction. Added
to which Lord JOHN MANNERS was either
coarsely sneered at or grossly reviled during the
progress of yesterday's discussion, having, besides
this, his abilities depreciated, and his views in
many respects, we believe, misapprehended,
upon the morrow, in the printed comments of more
than one unsympathising journalist. The hon.
and learned member for Sheffield facetiously and
pitilessly raised the laugh against the noble lord by
protesting that, to his mind, the motion appeared
to verify the dictum of DEAN SWIFT that " the
nicest people had the nastiest ideas :" adding that
the whole project seemed to have originated in a
state of feeling analogous to that which possessed
the American fine-lady whose sense of modesty was
outraged by the naked legs of her pianoforte. The
house laughed, of course, at the pert and
almost impertinent comparisons—although the
comparisons were surely in themselves ridi-
culously false or inappropriate. No one ever
had nastier ideas than SWIF r himself',
who was anything but a "nice" person—save to
Mesdames STELLA and VANESSA in their hours of
erratic hallucination. And as to the filthy details
that Lord Jouw MANNERS would fain keep as
much as possible out of the glare of publicity—it
is simply preposterous, of course, for Mr. ROEBUCK
to compare these, save in a moment of thoughtless
waggery, to the naked legs of a pianaforte !
Derision like that is simply absurd and flagrantly
disingenuous. Again, when the Times observes this
morning "Lord JOHN MANNERS did not urge the
hardship of women being obliged to state revolting
details in public"—the assertion is directly con-
tradicted by the Parliamentary reports of the noble
lord's speech of last evening, in the course of
which he particularly directed the attention of
the House to the Attorney-General's objec-
tion last year—when the honourable and
learned gentleman remarked " how a young,
innocent, and puss-minded wife might be
compelled, by this system of enforced publicity, to
come before a court crowded, as this court notoriously
was, with the most abandoned of both sexes, and
before the recording penman of the publio press of
England, to give evidence of the most painful and
excruciating character !" The failure of Lord
JOHN MANNERS' motion of yesterday, appears to us
in truth, to have arisen out of the exceeding diffi-
culty of the subject-matter discussed, and in re-
gard to which he would fain have courted the in-
terposition of the legislature. The mere possibility
of publicity being given to foul and revolting de-
tails of depravity and licentiousness is surely to be
regretted by every right-minded Christian
gentlemen. But while this is indubitably the
fact—we have all of us, in this English
land of ours, from time immemorial, a peculiar
abhorrence of justice being administered anywhere
adnoyowrsh,e,_re
under any circumstancesw
before a secret .tribunal ! Rather than resort to a
course so peculiarly obnoxious to the great mass of
Englishmen, we are prepared to take our chance
of the evil consequences. As it is, however, we
believe that the gentlemen upon whom devolves the
painful duty of reporting the proceedings in the
Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes already
use a wise discretion very frequently indeed in
suppressing much that must otherwise have run
the risk of outraging public decency. If the prin-
cipals in these disgusting causes Will not follow the
We recommendat;.on of the Great NAPOLEON—if
theyis trill not consent upon any account to wash
their dirty linen at home—their's is the chief
odium of public decorum being outraged by that
foul stream of the dirty rinsings dribbling out to
public view from the newly-built laundry.

After all, then, England is to have some hand in
the settlement of Italy. The " Five Points" to
which she has reduced the controversy

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