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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1867.

Manchester has been gaining an' immense dis-
tinction in being the centre of Fenianism for the
time being, and it will be with a feeling of relief to
all that the intelligence of the close of the State
trials will be received. Their result has been
pretty much what was anticipated by those well-
informed on the subject, and it is of consequence
to know that no haste has been employed in sifting
the affair, but that a most thorough and complete
investigation has been made into all the
circumetauces connected with the matter. Five
men have been convicted on the charge
of murder, and seven more have been pro-
nounced guilty of assaulting the police in the
effecting an illegal rescue. The sentence of death
was recorded against the former, whilst the latter
have been condemned to lire years' penal servitude.
Only one prisoner out of the fourteen remaining
was acquitted in a regular form by a verdict.
This is not to be wondered at considering the ex-
treme difficulty of identifying so many as between
twenty and thirty, and if some of those who de-
served to be convicted and pay the penalty of their
crime have escaped, we may rest assured that the
ringleaders have for the most part been taken,
and will expiate their guilt according to the
best judgment of the authorities. Sad as the cir-
cumstances connected with this Assize have been
there are some satisfactory points to dwell upon. In
the first place, no feeling of excitement or sentiment
of prejudice has been exhibited throughout its
course ; while, on the other hand, the Counsel for
the Crown acquitted himself of his onerous task in
a manner and with a moderation that were felt and
expressed by those opposed to him. The police who
had to give evidence also displayed au impartiality
and spirit of fair play, which we are glad to see
recognised by one of the counsel for the defence.
In all these complicated cases there is much to think
of on both sides ; but it must be confessed that in
this instance before us the advantages on the side
of the accused hitve dwindled down to nothing, or
something very like it.
Where, however, anything pointed in their favour
and did not actually establ sh their guilt, it was
made the most of for them, and only the most
bitterly prejudiced and violently excited partisan of
Fenianism can impugn the manner in which this
notable assize has been conducted. From the highest
to the lowest of those engaged in the administration
of justice, we can discern nothing but a sincere desire
to make the best of it for the accused whenever an
opportunity presented itself, combined with the
endeavour to let justice be fairly administered with
a due regard to the exigencies of the case. The
most awkward of the business is yet, however, to
be got through, and no one can envy the position
of the Home Secretary for the next few -weeks. He
will be beset with petitions and overwhelmed with
homilies as to what he should or should not do in the
case of these prisoners. Although everything that has
transpired concerning the guilt of the condemned
tends to confirm their guilt, there is no doubt that
many will be found infatuated enough to plead for
their pardon, or at any rate for a commutation of
the extreme rigour of the law. The beat answer
to these well-meaning but mistaken individuals is
to point out to them the chief facts of the case as
established by evidence and fully sifted by the
Court. An attack was made upon the constables
in the prosecution of their duty, and the design of
rescuing the prisoners was put into execution re-
gardless of who might be the sufferers of the mad
exploit, and what lives were sacrificed in the prose-
cution of their work. Surely it needs very little
penetration to say, and very little judgment to de-
termine, that while law and justice are not ciphers
in this country such an outrage cannot be condoned,
and how else can it be treated but with the full
rigour of that law which has been so grievously
offended. The best thing to be done in this sad
and serious business is to let the matter rest with
those upon whom the responsibility of deciding has -
fallen. The Home Secretary will consult with his
colleagues, and as Her Majesty's Ministers are the
best informed upon all points connected with the
affair, so they will be the best qualified to arriTo At

The new number of the Edinburgh Review,*
clothed in its peculiar blue and yellow, has been
eagerly sought by many readers, rho were anxious
to know what view the orthodox Whigs would take
of the political events of 1867. Would they approve
the act while censuring the actors, or would they
condemn both alike? Would they be grateful to
their rivals for having finally disposed of a trouble-
some obstacle ? or would they resent any political
poaching on their ancestral manor? The writer of
" The Session and its Sequel" does not leave the
anxious long in doubt. The opening paragraph
gives his readers to understand that the Admi-
nistration of Lord DERBY have sacrificed every-
thing to carry a very bad and dangerous measure,
which is not likely to settle the question even tem-
porarily.

IN hen things are at the worst they mend, says
the old proverb, and accordingly it must be a relief
to the implicit believers in the wisdom of the Edin-
burgh to find that a state of affairs so unsatisfactory
in itself, and so disagreeable to the leaders of the
Whigs, is not likely to last. Terrible is the retri-
bution in store for the men who have dared to take
the work out of the hands of the rightful workers.
Let them not delude themselves or others by plead-
ing that they have only followed the example of
PEEL, who gained immense popularity and applause
for boldly undertaking the task which others could
not or would not do. In 1846 and 1829 two notable
instances in which great Liberal measures were
passed under Tory auspices, the persons, and the
principles, and the circumstances were difforent.
In 1829 and in 1816 the Tory party were the only
ones who could carry the necessary measures. In
1867 the Liberal Government and party had been
driven from office solely on account of their deter-
mination that the work should be well done. In
1829 and 1846 the leaders acted on a political con-
viction, and carried the measures they introduced.
In 1867 the leaders were without conviction and
cared nothing for their bill. Climax of the whole,
like the postscript of a lady's letter, comes the final
charge. " Lastly, in 1829 and 1846, no attempt
was made to blind the public by defrauding of the
honours of the day those to whom they were due.
The credit,' said Sir ROBERT PEEL in 1829, be-
longs to others, not to me ;' and the glowing
words which he spoke in 1846 have taken their
place among the title-deeds of Mr. COBDEN'S wide
inheritance of fame. In 1867 the good sense of the
public has sickened at attempts, alike despicable, and
ridiculous, to claim originality and consistency in
the very act of plagiarism and of tergiversation."
But supposing that Mr. COBDEN had been seven
years in office with a good majority, and allowed
the question of Free Trade to sleep in peace mean-
while, would the glowing words of Sir ROBERT
PEEL have been quite so appropriate? Supposing
that CANNING had had the KING and the country
with him, and had been followed by a powerful
party—suppose that even his opponents had acknow-
ledged the necessity of Catholic Emancipation, and
had even attempted to legislate on it themselves,
would he have left the task to his successors ? If
we are to compare old things with new, let us at least
see both sides of the, question. If the Tories of
1867 aro not the same as the Tories of 1829 and
1846, do the Whigs of the last seventeen years
bear any closer resemblance to their predecessors ?
The Edinburgh reviewer seems to have an
uncomfortable suspicion that this question may be,
asked by his readers. " There is doubtless," he
says, " a degree of truth in the reproach that the
'Liberal party seemed to claim a patent right in
Reform, and to treat as trespassers all those who,
not bearieg its badge, might presume to touch the
ark which it alone was privileged to bear. A vice
of this kind besets all parties on such occasions.'
He admits, indeed, on looking over the history of
the last fifteen years—" Perhaps the balance
of discredit was against the Liberals, until
the huge weight, which 1867 has thrown
into the other scale, made it not touch ,
merely but actually thump the ground."
What the worst part of the crime of 1867 is—
whether it is the doing too much or doing too little,
too hasty abandonment of the ties of party, or too
ready concessions to popular pressure—is not easy
to discover ; but we meet with one startling asser-
tion respecting the compound householders : "It
depended entirely on the manner in which he was
dealt with, whether a bill founded on household
they ow
nadrremn or whether it
ads and expec-
esbuoffurladgebeshwoiudled bbeeymonisderaallbl
expec-
tations of the country. It may almost be said that
the compound householder, for the purposes
of the measure, meant the people of Eng-
land." This worthy, who has already oc-
cupied a position of unexpected dignity and
importance, will certainly be surprised to find his
national value

But perhaps one of the most remarkable pheno-
mena of " The Session and its Sequel" is the man-
ner in which Mr. BRIGHT is upheld as the real hero
of Reform, while all the while the writer is con-
demning the policy which Mr. BRIGHT approved.
Mr. BRIGHT certainly did not think the measure too
sweeping. He has always favoured household suf-
frage. The reviewer makes no secret of the dis-
pleasure and uneasiness with which he has seen the
Reform Bill converted from "a puny into a gigan-
tic measure." The political immorality of the
Government has, he says, "involved a serious con-
stitutional disorganisation." What a compliment to
the people of England as represented by the
compound householder. But we are not left
altogether without a clue to the secret crime of
the Ministry. It was the duty of Lord DERBY
to have acted as locum tenens for the Liberals,
instead of daring to meddle with matters too high
for him. A minority may usefully hold office until
the majority shall have recovered the organisation
it has lost, and become capable of resuming its
office. "The Ministry of the Parliamentary mino-
rity in this case discharges, it may be, a humble,
but certainly a useful, function. This function,
however, Lord DERBY renounces with contempt. I I
was determined,' he says, ' not to stop a gap." This is
the unpardonable crime, heightened of course by the
success which has attended the machinations of the
wicked. But in plain English, what have the Con-
servative party done so immoral and so dishonour-
able? They have certainly not snatched the task
of carrying a Reform Bill prematurely from the
hands of their rivals. There is very little doubt
that they would have been heartily glad to have
been spared the necessity of meddling with the
question. They have often been accused, and with
justice, of opposing the reasonable demands of the
people and resisting the progress of the age. But no
sooner do they show signs of being open to conviction

* The Edinburgh Review. No. 20. October, 1867.
Longman and CO.