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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1858.

all concessions as much with one aristocratic '1
clique as with the other. The difference is, the
Conservatives fight by open, manly opposition, the
Whigs by evasion and trickery. We prefer the
former as enemies. They do not make false pro-
fessions, at least ; and they yield when they are
fairly beaten.
We have some knowledge of Dissenters. We
have always heartily joined them in battling for
their liberties, from the Test and Corporation
Acts contest, to the last fight in the Lords over
Church-rates, and we are confident that they do
not as a body denounce the conduct of indepen-
dent journals or independent members as " poli-
tically immoral," in the course they have taken
with the DERBY Ministry. The weekly journals
of the most ability amongst them—the Freeman,
amongst the Baptists, and the Nonconformist
amongst the Independents—have ably supported a
perfectly independent course, and have thought
it perfectly moral to get liberal measures from any
Government which would give them. The oldest
review amongst dissenters adopts the same course.
Indeed, we must retort rather the charge of poli-
tical immorality on those who would persist in
treating as Liberals, Ministers who would make a
Cabinet measure of no liberal demand ; who year
after year could shuffle off a Reform Bill, and who can
persist in refusing a 10/. County Franchise, the
Ballot, and the abolition of Church-rates. Why
tea should care to keep such men in power, or to
restore them to it, passes our comprehension.
There must always be testing questions of the
day ; we take those above-mentioned as fairly
coming under that name ; and we beg to inform
the men who deem themselves Opposition leaders,
that while they are unprepared to make Cabinet
measures of these three liberal demands, they may
continue in opposition for all that we shall do to
give them a vote. The Home and Foreign
Administration of the Tories has pleased us better
than theirs, and we await therefore their political
enlightenment, before we shall think it politically
moral to reinstate them.
There will be no return of the Liberals to
power till their leaders can agree upon a distinct
policy satisfactory to the country. They may
meet in committee-rooms, and grumble in a few
prints, but they will not regain office until they
can send down to the electoral constituency an
issue worth voting on. The last election was, as
far as Lord PALMERSTON could make it so, a
confused affair. Liberal questions would turn up,
but the Premier tried hard to keep to the cry,
" PALMERSTON or DERBY." He cautiously ab-
, stained from mooting political questions, and gave
the electors, in fact, only a Chinese puzzle. That
so Liberal a Parliament, under the circumstances,
was returned, is entirely due to the increased
Liberalism or liberty of the electors. Still the
result is a Parliament pledged to no great poli-
tical principles or measures. Of course, Lord
DERBY, if there is to be a dissolution next spring,
would not wish it to be on a Reform Bill. Yet,
we verily believe that unless the Whigs will fol-
i low the majority of their party—the majority of
1 the Liberals we mean, and make the Ballot the
I point by which they will stand or fall, they will
have no chance, and they ought to have none.
If they constructed a Reform Bill, it would differ
from one carried by the Tories in a single point
only—it would arrange the constituencies more
favourably for the Whigs. If the Tories bring
forward a bill, it will be as liberal as that of the
Whigs, but it will arrange the constituencies so as
to secure more Conservative members. This will
be the easiest thing possible now concurrently
with a large extension of the franchise ; and it is,
we are strongly inclined to think, the very thing
Mr. DISRAELI will do. He will extensively en-
franchise, but not, we fear, emancipate the
counties. If he would do the latter, he would
have a larger majority than PALMERSTON had last
year.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

MR. BUCKSTONE'S BENEFIT.

The extraordinary season, which has extended
over an uninterrupted period of five years, ter-
minates this evening with the benefit of the spirited
lessee Mr. Buckstone ; after which this favourite
place of entertainment passes into the decorator's
Lands, in order to undergo a complete renovation
previous to the new campaign, which will
commence in September. Many of the most
accomplished artistes on the London stage
have volunteered their services, and an even-
ing's entertainment of the most recherché kied
may therefore fully be anticipated. The great
feature in the "bill of fare" is the revival of the
capital comedy "The Way to Keep }ditty," in which
Miss Reynolds will sustain the part of Mrs. 14,Sve-
more, Mrs. Charles Young that of Widow Bellmore,
and Mr. Buckstone that of Sir Bashful Constant.
Previous to the comedy Miss Talbot will appear as
Mrs. Trictrac in the farce of the "las.rried Rake,"
and at its termination Mr. Buckstone will address
the audience in one of those witty and humorous
speeches for which he is so justly celebrated. A
number of other attractions will bring the enter-
tainments to a close, and we sincerely hope that an
overflowing house will testify the high appreciation
the public entertain of the great endeavours Mr.
Buckstone has made to cultivate and keep alive a
taste for genuine English comedy.

We are requested to state that Mr. Benjamin
Webster, proprietor and manager of the Theatre
Royal, Adelphi, now in the course of reconstruc-
tion, is not connected, directly or indirectly, with
any other theatre in the Strand.

The Pries Lovofi has arrived at Wallace's Hotel, St.
Gm)rge's-place, Hyde-park.
The Marquis and Marchioness Bandini and family
have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris.
The Marquis de I'Aigle has arrived at Fenton's Hotel
from the Continent.
The Marquis Trot'd has returned to town from a tour
in Scotland.

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER IN BELFAST.—
A. Belfast paper states that its announcement of the in-
tended visit of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to Belfast has given great satisfaction to the
public of all classes; and already a requisition has been
numerously signed by the leading magistrates, bankers,
and merchants of the town, inviting the distinguished
gentleman to meet them at a public banquet. It is ex-
pected that Mr. Disraeli will arrive in Belfast about the
middle or latter end of August, and, should he accept
the invitation, the banquet will then take place.
VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO RAILWAY COMPANY.
—The directors of this company have issued a circular,
in which they state :—" The directors have the satisfac-
tion to announce, that sanction" has now been given to
the bill, and also to the East Rent Extsesion Bill, in
both houses of parliament ; and arrangements are made
for the immediate commencement of the works of both
undertakings. The agreements that have already been
made with other companies secure a minimum return of
about 4 per cent. to the shareholders in this company ;
but the direct as have every reason to believe that nearly
double that rate of interest may be relied on as the
actual result of the arrangements."
OBSTRUCTING A RAILWAY TICKET COLLECTOR.—
Henry Clark, residing in Devonshire-terrace, Amer-
sham Park, New-cross, and holding a❑ appointment in
the War-office, was fined yesterday 203., at the Green-
wich Polioe-ceurt, for obstructing Jobe Nash, a ticket
collector in the employ of the South-Eastern Railway
Company, in the execution of his duty.
CAPTURE OF A "MERMAID."—In the nets of Mr. John
Anderson, on the F firth, a mermaid, or angel-fish, nearly
six feet bug, and 1001). weight, was cauebt this week.
The wings of this " wonder of the deep," which has a
face Lke that of a frog, and a tail like that of a shark,
are eight inches long. Before being caught, the fisher-
men saw it rahe itself upright in the water, and then fly-
over the surface like a bird. While diving it was caught
in a turbot-net. The belly is pure white; the back is
light brown ; the skin being rough like that of a shark
or dog-fish. The wines are not unlike the two wings of
a thick skate ; and the teeth resemble those of a shark.
The fish measures three feet across the wings. It will
be shown to-day at Mr. Anderson's establishment,
George-street.—Scotnnan.

THE QUEEN'S INTENDED VISIT TO
CHERBOURG.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PARIS, JULY 10, 8 A.M.

The Moniteur announces that her Majesty
Queen Victoria will proceed to Cherbourg on the
4th of August, on a visit to the Emperor.

The Journal des Debats makes the following re-
marks on the announced visit of Queen Victoria to
Cherbourg :—" The news of the approaching visit
of the Queen of England to Cherbourg has circu-
lated for some days past in Paris ; it is now con-
firmed, and we need not say that in our opinion it
is a most favourable piece of intelligence, since it
will completely dissipate the mistrust created for
some time past by the language of certain journals.
This unreasonable mistrust had unhappily crossed
our frontiers, and it was by no means rare to hear
rievenei
t n acid France
lod
thisthma ianttiatin
statement that alliance,to u t
as
it.
wunderstanding
neighbours speak of a rupture with France
a deplorable event, near at hand. More than one
enlightened Englishman, from continually observ-
ingane the insinuations thrown out by certrai-, journals
that
supports
requiresim paaltl impatiently
fitlyr
ra r the ittlnglish alli-
ance
,ess of Govern-
I: ad ended by be-
Certainly, if the honour of the interests of
France were seriously menaced, she would be
as ready to defend them against England as
against any other Power, while the recollection
of the past terrible struggles of the two coun-
tries would doubtless inspire France with ex-
traordinary energy. But an immense difference
exists between this very natural and legitimate
sentiment and the insane desire of a rupture with-
out a cause, or this blind and unjust hatred which
certain journals are often pleased to attribute to
the French nation. Their language is an insult
to the nation. We admit that there exist among
us individuals who believe that their birth or
aristocratic pretensions command them to feel the
disasters of Cressy, Poitiers, and Agincourt more
actively than the remainder of the nation, and to
exhibit a great desire to avenge them ; we also
possess zealous Catholics who consider a war with
Protestant England as the first of duties. But the
nation, which must be consulted ou a point of such
importance, does not in the least share these eccen-
tric opinions, and it would require better reasons
in order to b 3 convinced that a rupture with
England would be otherwise than a fault and a
calamity."

The Gazette de France has the following rePaec-
tions on the same subject :
" Should this visit take place, it will excite a
deep sensation in France and Europe, for the
presence of Queen Victoria on our territory, after
the dissensions produced by the conduct of our
ally, would have an immense signification. It
would be considered as the pledge of a new
alliance, founded either on an oblivion of the past,
or on a desertion by England of a policy hostile to
the development of our commerce and political
influence."
The k..:iecle expresses its satisfaction at the an-
nounced visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg.
" This interview between the Queen of England
and the Emperor would be a fresh pledge of au
alliance which has always possessed our sympa-
thies, and which, in cur opinion, advances the in-
tereAs of civilisation. We have constantly resisted
the firebrand who raked up the events of the darker
ages to discover motives of mutual recriminations.
The idea of disliking the English because they are
Anglicans and partisans of liberty can only have
been hatched iu the brain of the readers of a certain
journal whose influence, thank Heaven ! is sinking."

LATEST NE WS.

We have news from Constantinople to the 3d.

It is stated that M. Thouvenel has insisted that-
the Porte shall give in its adhesion to the demand
of the Powers which propose the revision of the act
relating to the navigation of the Danube by the
Conference of Paris. It is added, that, after the
Conferences, road Pacha will go to London to
demand the evacuation of the Isle of Perim by the
English.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY.
The Emperor has just exercised his prerogative
of mercy in causing the remainder of her punish-
ment to be remitted to Miss Daudet, whose case
excited considerable interest in Paris about three
years ago. Five years' imprisonment was the
sentence of the Court, and there still remained
two years, from which she is now released.
The Salut Public of Lyons states that M. de
Mercy, who since his military degradation has been
in confinement at Perrache, is shortly to be removed
to the prison at Tours.
The Caen to Cherbourg Railway will be open for
working some short time before the official inau-
guration takes place. A regular circulation on it
will commence on the 15th inst.

BOURSE, July 9.—The following were the latest
quotations :

4i per Cents 94 75 Credit Fonder
Do. end month — Belgian 4l
3 per Cent. ..... ... 68 40 Piedmontese (5) —
Do. end month 6B 50 Roman 9l
Bank Shares

Credit Mobilier ... 640 -- (Spanish Threes
Do. Account 637 50 Home Debt 3B
RAILWAYS.—FOR CASH.
Orleans
Northern ... 922 Western 587,
New Ditto 765 Eastern
Lyon and Mediteran.. 770 Grand Central —
New Ditto — Sardinian
Geneva

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

ROLLS COURT.

(Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir J. Romilly.

HARTSBORNE V. NICHOLSON.

The question raised was the validity of the be-
quests, on the construction of tho will of the late
Joshua Williams, to the minister andlchurchwardens
of the parish of Minstrelsey, Westborough.
His Honour the Master of the Rolls was of opi-
nion that the first bequest was void, and that the
second and third bequests viz., 5/. and 151.
annually to the minister and churchwardens for a
school and schoolmaster to educate th© poor children
of the parish, were good and valid bequests, and
decreed accordingly.