The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

TIE DISTURBANCES IN PESTB.

A letter, dated Vienna, Oct. 26, says—The fol-
lowing details relative to disturbances which oc-
curred in Pesth on the evening of the 23d instant
have been received here. On Monday the Muni-
cipal Council desired the inhabitants of the Hun-
garian capital to show their gratitude to the
Emperor for having restored the Constitution by
lighting up the windows of their houses. In the
course of the morning of Tuesday it came to the
knowledge of General von Benedek that a plan had
been formed for creating disturbances if there
should be an illumination, and he therefoie re-
quested the municipal authorities to direct the pro-
prietors of the houses in Pesth not to put any lights
into their windows. As the weather was remark-
ably fine in the evening of Tuesday, the streets
were unusually full of people, but there was no
symptoms of an intention to disturb the peace of
the city until towards 8 o'clock, when a crowd of
young fellows marched up the Waizner-Gasse (the
principal street), whistling and hooting as they
went. In the first floor of the King of Hungary
Hotel there was an exhibition of stereoscopic pic-
tures, and behind a transparency, which was in one
of the windows, was a bright light. As soon as
they caught sight of this the young men began to
whoop like so many wild Indians, and to throw
small copper coins at the window. While so occu-
pied strong patrols made their appearance, and,
without stopping to summon the people to disperse,
they levelled their bayonets and made a violent
rush forwards. About 50 civilians were more or
less seriously wounded, and one officer and three or
four privates slightly injured. While the conflict
was going on in front of the "King of Hungary"
there was a second collision between the troops and
the people. The latter threw stones into the windows
of General Rummerskirch, who resides on the new
market-place, and while doing so they were attacked
in flank and rear by detachments of cavalry and
infantry. The troops with bayonets levelled, also
forced their way into the " Zrinyi" coffee and beer-
house, and drove the persons assembled there into
the street. It is related that General Neuwirth,
the commander of the city, and eight or ten officers,
made use of their swords against the unarmed mob,
but the report requires confirmation. A man named
Rapecz, who was run through the body, is already
dead, and 12 persons, who were severely wounded,
are lying in the hospital of St. Rochus. A few
persons were arrested, " but the troops appeared to
be more desirous to inflict punishment than to
make prisoners." It does not admit of a doubt that
the mob behaved badly, but it is equally certain
that the troops behaved worse. The Wiener
Zeitung of to•day contains an official article, in
hich it is said that there is only an " apparent
connexion" between the deplorable occurrences in
Pesth and the Imperial ordinances of the 20th inst.,
and the Buda-Pesth Zeitung tells the very same
tale; but it is known that in general the Hunga-
rians are dissatisfied with the arrangements which
have been made for them. The assurance has to-
day been given me that the most influential leaders
of the different parties have promised their support
to Government, but it remains to be seen whether
such is really the case. If Baron Eotvos and M.
von Deak take office in Hungary, their doing so
will be a proof that the Liberals are not dissatisfied
with the Imperial ordinances; but if they keep
aloof it will be clear that the Government has no
adherents in Hungary but a few high nobles. The
Cardinal-Primate of Hungary has asked the Arch-
bishop of Erlau to become a member of the " Pri-
matial Congress" which is about to assemble, but
it is not certain that M. von Bartakovics, who is a
I very warm patriot, will consent to do so. It is now
very difficult to get in the taxes in Hungary, and
in some places notice has been given that the goods
of the persons who are in arrear will be take's in
execution if the sums owing to the State are not
paid within a given time. Baron Kempelen, the
editor of the Szegedin Ilirado, who was sent to the
fortress of Josephstadt because the Austrian
Minister of Police feared he might do mischief, has
been permitted to return to his home.
The impression produced by the Provincial
Statute for Styria has been exceedingly un-
favourable here. The Viennese say that the thing
is a " stupidity," and after having read a summary
of its contents you may, perhaps, be of opinion that
they are not far wrong. As has already been said,
the Estates are to be composed of six priests, 12
nobles, 12 representatives of cities, and the same
number of representatives of the rural communes.
The University of Gratz will not be represented at
all. The members of the Provincial Diet are to be
elected for six years, and those who, being of noble
birth, are in possession of a landtqfiiches estate,
will enjoy the privilege of wearing " the ancient
uniform of the Estates." The Captain of the Pro-
vince (Landeshauptmann) is to preside at the Diet,
which can be dissolved at pleasure by the Sove-
reign. The members of the ' Diet have to vow to
be loyal and obedient to the Emperor. A managing
committee is to be formed of members of the Diet,
who are to be chosen by that body. The Diet has
the right to look after and to manage the affairs of
the province, and to send through the Stadtholder,
petitions to the Emperor. In accordance with the
Patent of March 5, the members of the Diet have
to elect from among themselves the persons who
are to be " proposed" to the Emperor as members of
the Reichsrath. The sphere of action of the Pro-
vincial Diets is very confined, as all matters which
concern the Empire at large will be discussed by
the Reichsrath. "If the Captain of the Province
is of opinion that any resolution taken or order
given by the Diet could be prejudicial to the wel-
fare of the public, he has a right to prevent its
being carried out." One Diet is not allowed to
communicate with another. No Diet has a right
to issue proclamations, to receive deputations, or to
send deputations to the Emperor, unless it has ap-,
plied for and received permission to do so. The
members of the Styrian Diet will not be elected by
all the inhabitants of the province, but by the four
Estates. Thus priests will be elected by priests,
nobles by nobles, the representatives of the cities by
the respective municipal councils, and the represen-
tatives of the rural districts by the communes. The
Diets will have to elect three times as many persons
as they have a right to send to the Reichsrath, as
the " terna" system will be upheld. The meaning
of the expression is, that the Sovereign chooses one
out of every three persons proposed to him. The
Viennese flattered themselves that the hundred
" elected" members would play a prominent part in
the Reichsrath, but since the publication of the
statute for Styria they appear to have lost all hope.
Some students at the Vienna University proposed
to their comrades to " get 19', a torch procession,
and to go in corpore to receive the Emperor on his
return from Warsaw, but the proposal was not
favourably received. The young men first men-
tioned, most of whom belong to families of rank,
then went to Count Goluchowski to inquire whe-
ther the Emperor would object to the students in
the University walking in procession with torches
in their hands ; and the Count, in the belief that
the persons who had called on him were empowered
to speak for their comrades as well as for them-
selves, replied that he would inquire by telegraph.
He did so, and, as the reply received from Warsaw
was favourable, it wan announced on the eacalled

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR.
The directors of this company state in the it re-
port that satisfactory progress in the proses 3ution
of the company's enterprise was effected duiog the
half-year ending the 30th of June last. At the be-
ginning of the half-year 245 miles of railway were
open for traffic. This length of line was in creased
in the course of the half-year to 2971 miles bly the
n the
opening of the following sections, viz.:—O,
2d of January, 1860, Barsee-road to Mohol; . 28/
miles; on the 2d of February, 1860, Wassin d to
Shapoor, 31 miles; and on the 6th of June, 1 860,
Mohol to Sholapore, 20; miles; total, 521 ml 'le&
Of the 297; miles of railway open, 92/ miles are' in
the Concan, and 205/ in the Deccan. The Decctan
portion is entirely on the Southern line, and is
separated from the Concan portion by the break at
the Bhore Ghat, across which steep ascent of eight
miles the whole of the traffic has to be transported
by carts and pack bullocks. By the revenue sts:te-
ment it will be seen that in the half-year the
company realised from all sources of traffic the sum
of X 101,250, by an expenditure of £60,091, whi eh
leaves the sum of £41,159 at the credit of net reek '-
nue account. This sum, added to the previous ne t
earnings, raises the amount which the company
have to place against the advances made by Govern-
ment as interest upon paid-up capital to £256,160.
The amount of those advances to June 30, 1860,
was £1,034,431. On comparing the receipts, on an
average of 279 miles, during the past half-year,
with those on an average of 1941 miles in the corre-
sponding half of 1859, it appears that the receipts
for passengers amounted to £40,041, against£32,369;
for merchandise, £53,352, against £48.607; total
receipts, £101,250, against £87,607. The
average receipts per mile were £363, against
£450. The total expenditure was £60,091,
against £39,091, or £215 per mile against
£2Ol per mile ; and the net profit £41,169, or
£l4B per mile, against £48,515, or £249 per
mile in the corresponding period of 1859. The
receipts from the carriage of permanent way mate-
rials were 9 per cent. of the gross receipts, against
221 per cent. in the corresponding half of 1859.
The last opening of 20; miles was made in the final
month of the half-year, after the close of the trad-
ing season. The traffic of the last half-year
was also affected very injuriously by the severe visi-
tations of cholera throughout the territory served
by the railway ; and, owing to the depressed con-
dition of the Bombay cotton-market, the traffic in
the article of cotton fell off very considerably
towards the end of the half-year, the merchants in
Barsee and other places preferring to store their
cotton rather than to send it down to Bombay
for shipment. Considering these points, and
bearing in mind the very peculiar position of
the opened lines in being separated into two
sections by the long break at the Bhore Ghat,
the directors regard the traffic already ob-
tained for the railway as highly encouraging. The
permanent way, works, and stations of the ophe
line, have been maintained in good order d.uir
e
theingT
half-year, at a cost of 61d. per train held,il
was at the end of the half-year in a highly ea . efficient
process of
state. The number of miles of railway and
rolling stock has also been thoroughly
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construction at the end of the
t ehcargferaeer was
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gineer
Upon the Bhore Ghat incline h
outbreaks satisfaction with the
notwithstanding the ex-
traordinary'circumstances which have
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progress. These have been the
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miles of the incline, when the labourers speedily
Tunrefodrwtueinia,
dispersed, so that the number of hands was re.
duced in a fortnight from 10,000 to only 1,000 ;
and the next in April, over the whole length of
works—the
the incline, at which time several European
. agents
and inspectors were cut off by the disease. These
were serious causes of interruption b till
direc-
tors hope they will occasion no dly inu
thee
com-
pletion of this important work. Upon the 22/
miles of the north-east division of the Concan
line from Shapoor to Kassarah, at the foot of the
Thull Ghat incline, the works were, at the date of
the chief resident engineer's report, finished with
the exception of a few cuttings through basalt of
the hardest description. That portion of the railway
is to be completed in December next. It is also ex-
pected that at the same date 32 miles of the line
from Egutpoora, at the summit of the Thull Ghat
incline, to Nassick, will be opened, and that a fur-
ther section of 61 miles from Nassick to Nandgaon
will be completed in the course of next spring.
Satisfactory progress is being made on the other
less advanced portions of the railway under con-
struction, with the exception of those comprised in
Messrs. Duckett and Stead's contracts, in respect to
which the board are taking active measures for the
protection of the company's interests. The total,.
receipts on capital account from the beginning; of
operations to the 30th of June last have amounted
etdo
to £6,016,304, and the total expenditure,,s;34 962.
£5,481,342,1eaving an available balance of pressing
Tho company have been able, wit"suenttime,to
upon the money market up to the present
are not c •
onvertible
borrow on debentures, which
into stock, £119,700, in addition the sum of
previously to
to
received
£333,300, which had been
the 30th of June. Proposals for loans continue to
be received tils....::..,,,...._„—_—,______________
THE DOUBLE A
UMBER AT BRADFORD.—The man
cruel conduct induced Margaret Sutton to
Gowland, whoserd r of her children, was again placed in
the the rau e
h Court yesterday, th li on e e arge of
' the dock of the Boroug
marriage certificate ; but as the chief con-
having forged a
could not then •
substantiate the
stable, Mr. Grantham,
ho was discharged. Thousands of persons crowded
charge, as be was being led to the court-house and the
the streets
crowded to
court itself was excess long before the time for
commencing business. After his discharge he remained in
the area of the court-house, not daring to face the d
outside, the female portion of which especially cdrow
seemed
upon administering some punishment
upon him ; and
this continued till night. Margaret Sutton, contrary to the
expectations of the surgeon, continued yesterday to improve
—so much eo, indeed, as to 1554 to the belief that she may
ultimately recover.

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THE SOLICITOR-OEIII2'R "
The Solicitor-General (Sir W. Athez to, a) aNndea S
a meeting of his constituents at Durham, on Thurs-
day, and reviewed the legislation of tl to session.
He expressed approval of the bills for p. reventing
adulteration, for opening endowed school to dis-
senters, and for the management of endowtii d chari-
ties. Sir W. Atherton next explained, b 3 refer-
ence to dates and facts, how the bills for the reform
of the bankruptcy laws and for the consolidm tion of
the statutes had failed. He then referred to' other
law bills that had passed—the bills for renal nn of
the Court of Chancery, for reform of the Di vorce
Court, and for reform of the Ecclesiastical Court.
The French Treaty had been sanctioned an d
national defences improved. New laws for' the
government of the navy and for the amalgams tiou
of the Indian armies had also been passed. 'Tile
Solicitor-General next referred to the bill regtti.at
ing the admission of Jewish members of the 'He use
of Commons by standing order, and not by rest )Iw-
ti,nn in each case ; the Census Bill, a bill reforming
the Ecclesiastical Commission, the Mines InsFec
. -a
tion the bill for repressing party processions
in Ireianc,i • Besides these bills, in themselves
proofs that i'arliament had not been very idle, Sir
W. Atherton: spoke of the subjects discussed,
church-rates, the Ylaynooth grant, the ballot, which
he advocated, and ..the paper duty. On this last
point he said :—The House of Lords had the
power to refuse its assent. to any and every mea-
sure coming from the House .of Commons; the
Sovereign could refuse assent to any and every
measure coming from the Lords and Commons ;
but if they were to do so, though aclting in
accordance with the letter of the law , there
would be such a departure from its spiriit as to
throw the state into a condition of anarchy and re-
volution. (Hear, and applause.) However,. the
Lords, bad frustrated by their unconstitutiional
rejection of the bill for the abolition of the paper
duty, a part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
budget which had been looked forward to, with
great interest. He believed there was no reason tot
apprehend a repetition of such a itourse---r
uicidal
as it must be—on the part of the House o Lords.
(Hear, hear.) Now, a word about the'
In his opinion that bill was a goodß.form Bill.
and
taif
adopted by Parliament, it probably—at: eveu
for some time to come—would have give satisfac?-
tion to the country. But how had it to vied out
The bill failed to pass the House of Con:moons, and
he would explain how that occurred. Tbi 3 013P"i"
tion—that was to say the supporters of the late
Government—had committed themselves to the
principles of Parliamentary Reform; and i t would
have been too bad—a thing that they could hardly
well do with regard to their own ParliamCntary
reputation—their standing before the country7—to
oppose the introduction of such a bill. The second
reading was consequently allowed to pass without
opposition ; but, upon the motion of going into
committee, certain tactics of delay were resorted to,
which made it perfectly hopeless to carry the mea-
sure. Sir W. Atherton next briefly referred to thel
Chinese war, and then to the Italian question, and
said her Majesty's Government had scrupulously 4,
adhered to the determination expressed in the
Queen's Speech, at the opening of Parliament, not
to interfere with other countries respecting the form ,
of government which they might choose to select
The people of this country had their sympathierr,
and he believed the vast majority of them were in
favour of Italian liberation. (Loud applause.) A
vote of thanks to the Solicitor-General was then
moved, and carried unanimously.

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-14 OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
'IO GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA
FYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, LURLINE : Messrs. H. Wharton, H.
Corri, G. Kelley, and Mr. W. Harrison ; Miss Leflbr, Miss
Albertazzi, and Miss Louisa Fyne.
To conclude with the Fourth Act of TROVATORE.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past.

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THEATR,JtOYAL, B. as H
cksAto YMARKET.
Lame, Mr. .B.
TFITS EVENING the performanoes will oommence with
THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. Howe and Miss Amy Sedg-
wick.
After which, the revived comedy of THE IRISH AM-
BASSADOR. Mr. John Brougham, Miss Florence Haydon,
"'re. E. Fltzwilliam.
And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Lecleroqs.
Commenoe at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Leggee and Manag-er. Mr. A. Three.

THIS EVENING, an adaptation of Victor Yrucro's cele-
brated Play of RIIY BLAS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq.
when Kr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian renown.
will make his 3ci appearance on the English stage, supported
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Meadows, Garden, Graham, Raymond,
Norland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris ; Miss Rose
',edam, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath.
To be preceded byISUSAN SMITH.
After which, THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Harris and
Mi..s Maria Harris.

THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM.
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
TMS' EVENING, the performances will commence with
Sheridan's comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Principal charasters by Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. Henry Neville, L.
Geome Vininz, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbel/
Mr. Vfilliers, Hr. J. Johnstone, Mr. John Rouse, Airs. Keeley'
Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss H. Ternan, and Miss Gougenheim.
Altar which, a BALLET DIVERTISEMENT, in which
the celebrated Dancers the Misses Marie and Annie Collin-
son will appear.
To conclude with THE ABBE VAUDREUIL. Madame
Celeste.

A DEIYHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL,
sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
Great Suodtes of the new Drama, by Dion Bourdosult,
"The Cc:llAm Baron."—Miss Agnes Robertson every even-

ing.
THIS EVENING, THE RIFLE CORPS Messrs. W.
Smith. D. P'isher, C. Selby, Miss W eolgar, Miss Kate Kelly,
and Mrs. Billingtoc,
After whin, THE COLLEEN BARN. D. Bourcicault, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing-ton, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. David
Fisher.
Doors oßpen at halfox-etfice open -past
from 10 6—Commes. nee at 7.
till
No charge for booking.
Private boxes. 12 2s. ; Family Boxes:XL
Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 2s. ••
Orchestra Stalls. ss. ;
Pit stalls, 25.; Ptt, Is. sd. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d:
Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.--
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Triumphant success and increasing; popularity of the Grand
Spectacle of Ronnt Hoop.

First appearance of Madame Newsome. Mr. James Newsome,
and their Troupe of uneiinalled perf ,rmers, ,tc., including
the incomparable Young Charles Ducrow, the Greatest
Wond'er of the age.
This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three
Acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN ROOD ; or. the
Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducing the Stud of highly-
trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, dza,
Allan-
a-Drle, Miss Rebecca Isaacs; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit-
chard.
To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena—Star Riders of
Europ e. _ _ -

Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-oilice open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT.
Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.

CAN! VERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING,
A Grand Selection from the opera of
NORMA.

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(Her first appearance in this country.)
After NO doh the ETHIOPIANS, consisting of Seventeen Per-
formers. organised expressly for this establishment, for the
Perform ince of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and
Sentimental, with Nero Delineations, Anecdotes, Sic. Prin-
cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H.
Drummond, and Charley Fox.
Musical Director, Mr. P. JONGIIMANS.
Balcony, is, —Hall. 6d.

THE WEATHER.—Strx OPTICS, OcT. 30, 1860.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADR.

59—this day at noon.
48.--lowest this morning and during the night.
61—highest since noon yesterday.

BARowETER-30 .25 ; still rising.
Wis to—Easterly; light, with very fine autumnal weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Terse DAY.—Morning, lh. 58m.—Afternoon, 2h. 14m,
Too-stoanow.-Morning, 2h. 29m.—Afternoon, 2h. 445 m.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 30, 1860.

"It went up a rocket and came down a stick,'
is happily the history of the Warsaw meeting.
From the hour of its announcement almost to the
hour of its break up, it looked so splendid an
affair that something seemed sure to come of it.
Three such great Sovereigns, as the last century or

half century has counted Sovereigns—and at a
time so big with events to Sovereigns—the an-
nouncement that the dangers to Sovereigns was the
cause of the meeting—and the exclusion of elected
Sovereigns and the rulers of smaller states—all
looked so portentous that it seemed scarcely pos-
sible that the august assembly should separate with
nothing done. On one point, too, they were
all in such thorough harmony the divine
right of legitimate Kings that it seems
almost miraculous they should not have
agreed on something which they could proclaim
to all Europe, as likely to strengthen that venerable
old right now not only so rudely questioned, but
so fiercely and successfully attacked in the two most
highly civilised states of the Continent. It was
indeed time for the old dynasties to do something,
when two great nations practically assert popular
suffrage to be the basis of supreme authority.
There can now, however, we may hope, be hardly
any doubt that each of the Monarchs might write
home to their Consorts—" I came, I saw, I went,"
for, what they did beside appears to have been little
enough. Each must have left sadly mortified.
Russia, as was Industriously announced, by way of
feeling the state of opinion, wanted her old access
to the Danube, perhaps a little more liberty on the
Black Sea ; hut, to " revise the Treaty of Paris," in
the sense of making Russia again master of
the great Austrian River was more than
even Austria liked to concede, and there were
other powers who would not have permitted
it had Austria wished to strengthen against herself
a neighbour already so powerful. What Austria
wanted is patent—to secure Hungary while she
attacked Italy. For this she was ready to offer
Hungary a sheen restoration of her rights, and to
Russia the boou of a Hungary really without self-
government, provided Russia would only place on
the borders of that country an army which should
deter the Hungarians from rising while her back
was turned. That, however, was not enough this
time. Russia could not afford another Hungarian
intervention, and, if she could, she cannot wholly
forget how the last was repaid, and how little the
suppression of Hungarian liberties then has done
towards quieting the demand of her own serfs for
more liberty now. As for Prussia, the
Rhine was doubtless her chief thought,
and, probably, it was also an objeet
to make her Constitution, if possible, still more of
a sham than it is. But, apart from the awkward-
nesss of too open divergence from England, any-
thing like a guarantee to aid the projects of the
other two Powers was too high a price for the
additional help she might gain.
Selfishness was no doubt the frustration of their
counsels. Each Ranted something, but each had
nothing they liked to give, or could give in return.
Austria we may well believe to be half ruined

already • by the army she keeps in Venetia, after ' •
having exhausted her Exchequer and her credit too •
in the It align war. Russia has been worse than
penniless ~ver since the Crimean war. Neither could
do anything that involved expense, and the armies
of despots .are very expensive; and Prussia does not
' like to spec id a penny, even if she could afford it.
Hence, after a little sifting and sounding of each
other, at the single official meeting which, we are
informed, was held, the Monarchs had nothing to
do but to express their best wishes for each other,
but to be sorry to be unable to contribute to each
other's necessities. And so ended as a farce what
was meant to be a rectification of the Continent.
Sickness of somebody is one of the most common
subterfuges of Russian diplomatists ; this time it
was thought best to have "a lady in the case"—
the Dowager EMPRESS ; and hunting, accordingly,
and Conferences :all came suddenly to an end; the
CZAR, the EMPEROR, and the KING posting north,
south, and west as fast as they could.
Who is the most disappointed cannot be doubted.
The object of the meeting was to save Austria a
double humiliation—the humiliation of parting
with Venetia for money if she will take it now, for
nothing if she hold out too long ; and the humilia-
tion also of dealing sincerely with Hungary by
conceding in reality the liberties she seems to offer.
For all that appears yet, Austria is left entirely to
shift for herself; and it may be hoped, therefore,
that she will be coerced into liberality and honesty
by sheer necessity. It must be wormwood and
gall indeed to the young Hapsburg who has, ever
since his accession, been manifesting even in
youth all the odious political vices of his family, to
have to inaugurate a free Italy and a free Hungary,
but it seems as if he must do it or sink altogether.
It may be doubted whether the alternative of
banishment does not seem to him almost as de-
sirable as that of reigning over a free people
through a responsible Ministry. What is the
glory of Queen VICTORIA, what endears her to
her own people, and even to our jealous descend-
ants the Americans, would seem to a Hapsburg
hardly worth calling power. A Hapsburg must
not only reign, but govern, and not only govern
but govern by the scaffold and the bullet, the
dungeon and the stick. This is not declamation.
FRANCIS JOSEPH might in twenty-four hours be
the most popular Monarch in Europe. Could he but
make up his mind honestly to give to all the nations
composing his dominions (Venetia excepted,
since she must belong to Italy) the same free insti-
tutes as we possess in this country, the past would
be forgotten, the occupation of KOSSUTH and
GARIBALDI would be gone ; and freedom would har-
monise into a strong empire the nationalities which,
under a despotism, are ever ready to explode it into
fragments. Let all who have the least sympathy
for the Hapsburg, if there be such persons, re-
member that all his sorrows are caused by one
thing—and one thing only—he hates the thought of
reigning over freemen. If he be ruined it will be
by obstinacy for despotism.

At the Conservative Demonstration which took
place on Thursday last in the Guildhall of Wor-
cester—and a report of the proceedings of which
we laid before our readers in our impression of
Saturday—Sir JOHN PAKINGTON rather cruelly
" told the secrets of the prison house," " let the

cat out of the bag," turned QUEEN'S evidence (or
however we may please to term his conduct, speak-
ing of it metaphorically) in regard to the secret or
only suspected disquietudes of her MAJESTY'S Go-
vernment. It may be objected in reference to any
such accusation as this that it is hardly within the
limits of possibility that Sir JOHN PAKINGTON,
from the mere nature of his political position, could
act in Ns manner in regard to any member or
members of the PALMERSTON Administration. It
will be said, the thing is impracticable—Sir JOHN,
as one of the Conservative party now in opposition,
could not possibly have the chance of laying bare the
secret discomforts of the Cabinet, the heartburnings
and jealousies of the sixteen Ministers of the Coali-
tion. His knowledge upon the matter could not
be any more than the average esoteric knowledge
appertaining to any one of the vigilant
leaders of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Anything
like esoteric information would belong only to some
of the "gods" themselves—to a HAROLD SMITH or
to a SOWERBY—not by any possibility, or at any
rate, by any very apparent probability, to one of the
"giants" banished from office, and biding their
time in the limbo of Opposition. Nevertheless, Sir
JOHN PAKINGTON did have an opportunity ofjudg-
ing for himself of the happy internal condition of
the Coalition Government—the right hon. baronet
actually did have this opportunity during the course
of last session—and what is more, he appears to
have thoroughly availed himself of it. He caught
a peep behind the scenes upon the occasion of the
memorable Committee of Inquiry, as to precedents
in regard to the extremely vexed question of the

Lords and the Paper Duties—and we may now all
of us enjoy in our turn, through the reflexion of
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S memory, the same agreeable
little peep behind the scenes vicariously.
Casting his mind a few months back, Sir
JOHN PAXINGTON on Thursday last reminded his
hearers at Worcester of what has latterly been in
a great measure overlooked or forgotten—viz.,
that the differences in the Cabinet have, from the
moment of its formation, been extreme, and in
many respects really extraordinary. Sir JOHN
added that, having been himself on the committee
we have just now referred to, he had then an
excellent opportunity of observing the intensity and
effect of those operations. Yet he cannot help
observing immediately with a still vivid sense of
what we may term retrospective admiration—
" Notwithstanding the railing of Mr. GLADSTONE
and the quieter opposition of Lord J. RUSSELL,
Lord PALMERSTON (then and there) triumphed."
This triumph it was of the veteran Premier
which in the concluding part of Sir JOHN
PAKINGTON'S speech led him to remark that
—" It would be wrong if, while speaking
on the subject, he did not allude to the part which
Lord PALMERSTON had taken on the occasion of
the rejection of the bill for the repeal of the paper
duty by the House of Lords." The Right Hon.
Baronet observing, moreover—" He considered that
the Conservative party throughout England owed
to Lord PALMERSTON a deep debt of gra-
titude for that step." Sir JOHN adding emphati-
cally
that " since he had had the honour of
taking
a part in public affairs he had never seen a
man conduct a difficult state of affairs with more
tact, more ability, or more firmness than Lord
PALMERSTON had shown on that occasion." It is
peculiarly worth while, we believe, calling those
unquestionable facts to remembrance. They ought
not to be lost sight of. In justice to Lord PAL-
MERSTON himself they ought to be sedulously kept
in recollection. Especially ought they to be held
in view by those who have a patriotic regard to
the continued efficiency of the public service : all
the
more so because, as Sir JOHN remarked—
" Although successful, Lord PALMERSTON succeeded
at the cost, as nearly as possible, of breaking
up as
party and his Government." The admirable tact
displayed by Lord PALMERSTON upon that occasion
above all redounded to his honour as the chief of
a Coalition, because upon the very occasion, as it

were, of thus warding off evils threatened from
within by the internal dissensions in the Cabinet
itself, the noble lord (as we all are proud now to
bear in remembrance) assumed a tone in regard
to all the rest of the Powers of Europe worthy of
him in his best days when recognised throughout
Christendom as the Minister not of France, nor
of Austria, nor of Russia, but peculiarly and essen-
tially as the Minister of England.

THE THEATRES.