The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-13 00:00:00

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
EASTER HOLIDAYS.
On THURSDAY, 18th April, CHEAP EXCURSION
TRAINS will leave LONDON (King's-cross Station), as
under :

At 10.5 a.m.
Fares for the i Fares for the
Double Journey. ( Double Journey.
First Closed ! First Closed
For— Class. Carr. ; For— Class. Carr.
Newark 1 Morley
22s Od lls Od -)
Retford ) • Leeds
! ' 25s Ocl 13s Od
Doncaster ...I 'Bradford
Wiikefield ... 1 , , Halifax
0(1 13s Od ":-
Ossett ......... j"; Tully la.llllford3Os Od 15s Od
I
Batley
At 10.45 a.m.

Gainsboro' ... 24s Od 12s Od
Sheffield......

Barnsley •••S
Huddersfield )
Stockport \-( 2.5 s Od 15s Od
Oldham )

23s Od 13s Od

Ashton
Staley Bridge

Manchester... ?-25s0d 15s
Warrington.. J
Liverpool

At 1

p.m.
Huntingdon. Boston
)
•-• 14s Od 6s Od 1 19s 6d 103 Od
Peterboro' ...) - Sutton Bridgj
Sleaford
Stamford ...)
, 14s 6d 7s Gd
Horncastle.J 22s Od lls Od
Bourne ....•.1
Grantham ...)
, 18s Od 9s Od Lincoln )
Nottingham-) Alford 24s Od 12s Od
Spalding ...... 17s Od 8s 6d Louth
Grt. Grimsby} 2Gs 6d 13s Gd
19s 6d lOs Od
Longlb acShUt..
Hull via Retford 30s Od 15s Od
Each train returning on TUESDAY, 23d April.
Il°to. ... .
Further particulars will be given in bills, which can be
obtained at King's-cross and other principal Stations,
also at any of the Company's receiving Offices in London.
Tickets may be obtained on Tuesday, 16th, and Wed-
nesday, 17th April, at King's-cross Station; and at the
Bull and Mouth, Angel-street, St. Martin's-le-Grand; 32,
Regent-circus ; and 264, Holborn; also on the morning of
the running of the trains at King's-cross Station only.
SEYMOUR CLARKE, trenere..l Manager.
London, King's-cross Station, April, 1867.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS Day.—Morning, Bh. 45m.—Afternoon, 911. SOm
To-lloltßow.-Morning, 10h. 10m.—Afternoon, 10h. 54m.

2404

LONDON, SATURD-11, APRIL 13, 1867.

Never in the memory of the present generation
has a Minister obtained a greater triumph than did

Mr. DISRAELI last night, and the news of the Go-

vernment majority of twenty-one will by this time

have circulated far and wide, and spread satisfaction

through the land.

We may well congratulate the

Government upon their decisive victory, and also

upon the spirit with which they have conducted
themselves in a• most trying position. The ordeal

through which they have passed has been, indeed, a
searching one, but now that they have come
triumphantly out of it there is no cause for regret,

because they are greatly strengthened in every re

spect, and the confidence of the House and the con-
sideration of the country will more than repay them

for any annoyance and anxiety they may have
endured. A more factious opposition than this of
Mr. GLADSTONE'S was never beheld within the
walls of the House of Commons, and alike for the
importance of the subject discussed, and for the
reputation of Parliament, we rejoice at its defeat
and discomfiture. The right hon. gentleman will
find that he has lost a great deal of the prestige
which has hitherto distinguished him, in conse-

quence of the ill-judged, ill-advised course he has
persisted in following ; but he did so with his
eyes open, in face of all warning, and he must abide
the issue, and even what he has reaped. Too much
praise cannot be awarded to those independent

members on the Liberal side of the House, who have
come forward so nobly and so courageously to the
rescue of the Government, and separated principle
from party, and a great question of national inte-

rest from the tactics of faction, and the manoeuvres
of disappointed ambition and bitter prejudices. The
country will not forget their services, and whenever
in times to come the Reform Bill of 1867 is referred
to as a great work of progress they will have lion-

ourable mention, because, through their instrumen-
tality, it has been rendered safe and strong.
It is indeed a most fortunate thing that this
momentous struggle ,hould have taken place before
the house separated for the Easter recess, for it
would have been most vexatious to meet again to
renew the hackneyed phrases and threadbare argu-
ments we are all so weary of. Now, on the con-
trary, the victors may reappear on the scene of their
triumphs with renewed energy and revived hopes,
and look forward to the early accomplishment of
their work with well-grounded confidence that

they will meet with the assistance of the llouse to
carry it to that issue which will be most satisfactory
to the country. Of course, it does not follow that
because Ministers were compelled to reject the
amendments of Mr. GLADSTONE in toto that they
have set their faces against all improvement ; and
Mr. DISRAELI, with his usual discernment, took
care to explain that such was not the decision of the
Government. He was obliged to draw a line of
distinction between the House and the right
hon. gentleman, because there was an
understanding between the House and the

Government that they were mutually to co-operate
and bring about a fair measure of Reform. To all
the suggestions which lion. members ou the Opposi-
tion side of the House have put upon the paper the
Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised the most
ample consideration, with the anxious desire to
adapt and modify them so as to chime in with the
principles of the Bill of the Government. More
could not be expected, and more the honest and con-
sistent members of the Liberal party did not desire.
Through the whole course of his speech, Mr. DISRAELI
kept straight to the point before him, and did not
seek to excite the passions of his auditory. It was
a question of grave consideration, and not a matter
to dismiss in the " heat of debate," with fiery invec-
tive and fiery zeal. He treated it in a statesman-
like manner, and showed very clearly the full im-
portance of the issue they were to take. He went
straight to the point, and told the Committee that
though they were called upon to amend the Bill he
had introduced, they were really considering upon
the " Borough Franchise," a contrary policy, and a
counter-proposition.
Successful -was Mr. DISRAELI'S exposition of the
state of things between him and the leader of the
Opposition. He declared that his rival was one
with whom any one might be proud to contend ;
but that he should remember he had " had his
innings," and should therefore be more moderate in
the prosecution of party attacks. The cheers
which greeted this passage showed how com-
pletely the House appreciated the true nature
and real meaning of the amendments before it,
and how entirely they recognised the spirit
with which the Government had conducted
themselves in the conduct of their measure. A good
many side attacks were made by some lion. members
and noble lords in the course of the discussion, but
they failed to reach their aim, for Mr. Diseant
treated them with perfect good humour, and criticised
them amusingly or gravely, as the occasion de-
manded. Mr. U LADS LONE was very moderate in
his brief reply, which showed his sense, at any rate,
and did his best to recover himself and drive his
opponents from the vantage ground which they
had now. But it was of no use, the tide of success
had turned against him, and he was left to
ponder over the fatal consequences of his preci-
pitancy. Ile sustained last night the greatest de-
feat he has ever met with in his career, and
the day is far distant when he will cease to feel the
full effects of his obstinate and perverse conduct.
Perhaps the admirers of the right hon. gentleman
have forgotten that he has never been tried by ad-
versity, but only marched ou in t: e sunlight of