The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-23 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1867.

During the brief period which the House of
Commons sat last night Mr. HUNT gave notice of a
resolution, that the Secretary of State for India will
move next Tuesday, on the subject of the expedi-
tion to Abyssinia, apportioning the expenses on
the India revenue, with the provision that any ex-
penses incurred by replacing the troops and vessels
sent on the expedition should be repaid out of the
sums voted by Parliament for the purposes of the
said expedition. Mr. AYRTON ir quired of Lord STAN-
LEY as to the particulars of the Honduras railway loan,
and the noble lord entered into some explanations
on the matter. He said that the question in itself
was fair and opportune, and that no " new treaty or
guarantee had been entered into with the State of
Honduras, and that there was no intention of con-
cluding any such treaty." The treaty referred to
was that of August 185 G, which can only come into
force, when the railway was made. Furthermore,
the treaty goes on to say that the protection and
guarantee are granted conditionally, and may be
withdrawn at six months' notice " if any regulation
be made contrary to the spirity of the treaty." By
the terms of the treaty Her Britannic MA-
JESTY recognises the rights of sovereignty
and property of Honduras over the road to be con-
structed by the Honduras Oceanic Railway Com-
pany, so long as the privileges we ceded in the
section of the articles referred to be enjoyed by
Great Britain. This seems satisfactory enough, and
the doubts entertained by the hon. member for the
Tower Hamlets may well be set at rest thereby.
In the course of his remarks Mr. AYRTON gave an
amusing account of the mistakes which have
been made in believing the representations of cer-
tain travellers. Some years ago a man declared that
he bad been to a certain point in Central America, and
and had stood on a hill from which he could see
the Atlantic, and a short time after he had come to
a place where he saw the Pacific. A commission
was sent out to ascertain the truth of this statement,
when it was found out that after being on the
Atlantic he had taken a walk, and " tanning in the
direction of the spot he had previously occupied he
saw the Atlantic again."

Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH referred to some arrests
of Englishmen that had been made in France, to
which Lord STANLEY replied by giving an explanation
of the case, and requesting the hon. member to give
him the names and particulars in order that he
might make inquiries. Respecting Mr. CAMERON,
the most important case alluded to, it appears that
the Vice-Consul who interposed to protect him was
in reality the party most aggrieved, and that he had
accepted the apology subsequently offered in consi-
deration of the irritating circumstances preceding
the offence. It may be observed that while the
French EMPEROR has dispensed with passports
for English travellers, it is necessary that some
care should be taken in order that no im-
position be practised by those who pretend to be
British subjects. In this case here referred to,
there was an Italian suspected by the police in
company with the gentlemen whose passport was
asked for, and hence arose this misunderstanding
that had led to unpleasant consequences. As a rule
it would be better and more dignified if both the
travellers and the police agents kept more com-
mand over themselves, and refrained from using
hasty expressions.

Considering all things, it must be conceded that
the Home Secretary hls acted with discretion in the
melancholy business of the Fenian convicts at
Manchester. In advising the QUEEN to reprieve
SHORE he has again afforded an instance of judg-
ment, and at the same time proved that the humane
intentions of the Government are in no wise inter-
fered with by the extravagant conduct of the depu-
tation at the Home-office last week. The case of
SHORE is, without question, very different from
that of the other accused ones, since he was
found to be without arms. The other three, ALLEN
GOULD, and LARKIN, not only carried, but used
deadly weapons. It is true that ALLEN fired with
the most deadly effect, but the guilt of the other
two was quite as great, and all who rightly consider
the question will acknowledge it to be the fact.
The part which SHORE took in the affray was cer-
tainly an active one, but it appears to have been
chiefly confined to throwing stones at the crowd,who
pressed upon the scene. Mr. HARDY may yell stand
criticism upon this point, for the convict whom he has
recommended W the mercy of the law was in
.a very