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SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.-It would be very hard if in these days of
Free Trade the present Ministry should have a mo-
nopoly of indiscretion in deeding with IMorm.
hitherto it must be coll.& ssed that the mistakes have

been almost altogether on one side. Blunder after
blunder has been committed by the Government
until sober-minded people, who desired that a great
question should be adequately treated and settled
upon some permanent basis, began to despair of any
fulfilment of tl.eir hopes. Except in the debate on
he Address, when Lord Russell showed his appre-
ciation of the Reform movement by ascribing it all
to the fatal Chandos clause, there has been nothing.
to counterbalance the alternate indecision and rash-
ness of the Administration. Mr. Gladstone has
displayed a caution which has been the surprise and
delight of his friends. Last night, however, Lord
Derby and his colleagues must have felt some con-
solation. A motion for franchise returns, of. whiCh
Lord Russell had given notice, had twice come on
with the orders of the day, and twice had been
postponed on account of his indisposition. Yester-
day he reappeared in the house of Lords, and at
once began to play into the hands of his antagonists.
The decorum of the Upper House is always unfa-
vourable to outward manifeStations either of sym-
pathy or of dissent, and nothing could have been
more silent or more dreary than the languid atten-
tion.with which the querulous retrospect of Lord
Russell was endured. He ranged to and fro from
the 17th to the 19th century, touched upon the anti-
Reform opinions of Lord Liverpool and Lord Castle-
reagh, favoured the Peers-s,sne-mo:e -with his views
on the Chaudes clause, and ended with an enlogium
on the Reform Act of 1832, which provokes the
inquiry why he - should ever have been tempted
to sacrifice his own offspring by the bill of last
year. The ostensible object of Lord Russell's
speech was a desire to procure certain returns on
the electoral franchise. From the form in which
his motion was framed it seemed that he wished
to have a classfied return of the electors in 1865-6
of the places which existed as Parliamentary
boroughs before 1832. It was acknowledged, how-
ever, upon the absurdity of this requisition being
pointed out, that the language of the motion was
unfortunate, and that nothing more was wanted
than a re-arrangement of certain returns relative to
existing constituencies which have already been pre-
sented to Parliament. The real object of Lord
Russell's motion was, however, something very dif-
ferent. He had, as he said, " given frequent and
much attention to Reform," and nothing can be
more natural than that a veteran Reformer should
desire to express his opinions on the question at a
time when a Reform Bill is under discussion in the
Cabinet. The members of the Cabinet must have
been content to sit and listen, and recent experience
warrants the belief that they might have sat and,
listened with advantage. But Lord Russell's speech
partook of what a modern philosopher describes as
"the infinitely little." Instead of being instructive
it was irritating ; instead of taking a large view of
the question, it carped at trifles ; instead of being
statesmanlike, it was mean, paltry, and, in a very
small way, egotistic., Lord Russell first fell foul of
Mr. Disraeli's statement that the Reform Act of
1832 deprived the working classes of a share in the
representation they had previously enjoyed, and that
it was an object of Reformuow to repair that wrong.
This declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
is one of those half truths which might have been
disregarded as the mere garnish in which it pleases
him to dress up his proposals, but Lord Russell
chose to meet it with counter-statements, which
were as partial and incorrect as Mr. Disraeli's own.
He maintained that there are more working men
on the register now than there were before 1832.
This is perfectly true, though it is perhaps open
to dispute whether the proportion of working men
on the register now be greater or less than it was
before the Reform Bill. The material question,
however, turns more upon the distribution of elec-
toral power than upon the number of electors, and
it is certain that before 183 S the working classes
absolutely controlled the elections at Preston, Old-
ham, Coventry, and other places where the fran-
chise was vested in the " inhabitants at large,"
or some equally extended constituency. Thus,
" Orator" Hunt was returned for Preston, and it
is more than doubtful whether Mr. Beales could
now find any avenue to Parliament. If Lord
Russell was ill advised in his treatment of the
first topic he discussed, he was still more flag-
rantly wrong in the second. Lord Russell objects
to the statement that there have been five Reform
Bills, all of which have failed. It is true he ac-
knowledges that he introduced a bill in 1852, but
the Government resigned before it came on for
debate. He was, he admits again, the sponsor for
a bill in 1854, but the Russian war intervened.
The only Bills which have been failures were
those of 1859, 1860, and 1866. 1% e wonder he
allows even so much as this to be true. The Bill
of 1859 was abandoned because Lord Derby refused
to defer to a motion made by Lord John Russell
which Mr. Gladstone a fortnight ago condemned
not indirectly as factious, The Bill of 1860 was
overlaid by interminable speeches, e.t.a the Bill of
1866 was withdrawn on an issue between rating and
rental. If the first bills were not failures, why
were the last ? It is trifling to attempt to distin-
guish between them. We know not why Lord
Russell should be unwilling to face the fact, in
nowise discreditable to himself, that each successive
bill perished because it was regarded with invincible
repugnance by the House of Commons. The only
part of Lord Russell's speech which appeared de-
signed to serve any useful purpose was that in
which he quitted what Lord Derby not inaptly
called his " autobiographical reminiscences," and
deprecated by anticipation any proposal of House-
hold Suffrage. Even this was subject to two serious
drawbacks. It seemed as if the main motive of
Lora Russell's disapproval of such a proposition was
its inconsistency with the matchless measure of
1832. This in itself will not be generally deemed a
Conclusive objection to any proposal of Reform,
and, indeed, were it pushed to ite logical conclusion
it would be fatal to all suggestions of change. The
second drawback to the value of Lord Russell's cri-
ticism is that it is made wholly in the dark. Like
the rest of us, he knows nothing of the plans of the
Government, and all his objections are hypothetical.
We are not the less glad, however, to have a decla-
ration of opinion from Lord Russell that it would
be unwise to introduce such a change as would
swamp altogether the middle classes, and deprive
them of all weight or power. The country does not
Wish it, the House of Commons does not wish it,
and it would be wholly inconsistent with the pro-
fessions of her Majesty's Ministers. What is de-
sired by Parliament and the nation is such a mea-
sure of Reform as will take the question out of the
dangerous position in which it is now placed, and
this is precisely what Lord Russell has always failed
to see. We want an ample enfranchisement which
shall remove the cause of offence found in the con-
tinued existence of unenfranthised classes, and
coupled with it such a redistribution of electoral
power and revision of electoral methods as shall give
each elector a guarantee his vote will be a real and
not a nominal gift—a pledge that he will not only
have the privilege of voting, but full representation
in Parliament. It may be necessary to endure
novelty to secure these ends, but there are occasions
when it is the part of a statesman to brave novelty ;
and, grave as are the other objections to the scope
and character of Lord Russell's speech last night,
the gravest is perhaps this—that it showed an in-
curable unwillingness to review the preconceptions
of another generation ; a clinging to old schemes of
Reform, the utility of which haS 'passed away ; a
hesitation to acknowledge that new circumstances
mast be dealt with and new difficulties faced by new
principles of action.

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THE FENIAN INSURRECTION.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Times.)
MALLOW, Saturday Evening.
Mallow Junction is a point of great strategic im-
portance. It commands the railway comurtnication
between Cork and Dablin, Cork and Limerick and
the west, and is one of the places which in their
vague rambling way the Fenians proposed to attack
and occupy, so as to cut off Cork and the west from
succour, and givce full opportunity to: the local pa-
triots who were to have established theJrish Re-

public in those parts. it is hardly necessary to say
that, whatever they have proposed to do, they never
ventured within gunshot of Mallow, or of any other
place held by troops. General Sir Alfred Horsford
has now transferred his head-quarters hither from

Killarney, and has a force of infantry, cavalry, and
artillery here under his immediate orders. Before
his arrival the-soldiers were billeted through the
town. There are obvious objections to such a dis-

position of troops just now, and they are now con-
centrated so as to be at once available in case they

are wanted. Although the insurgents have not cared
to come within sight of the troops, they still infest
the neighbourhood. On Friday evening parties of
them called at several farm-houses and residences of

the gentry a few miles from the town and carried off
arms. They also now and then force the farm
labourers and others to join their ranks; but these
men generally kiln with reluctance, and desert as
soon as possible. Here, as iu other places, howe7cr,
great difficulty is experienced by the authorities in
procuring information as to the movements of the
insurgents. The country people are unwilling, or
afraid to tell what they know, and the military de-
tachments sent to the points at which Fenian bands
are said to have been seen invariably find the coast

clear. It is probable that false information may
sometimes be given, or that reports may be set on
foot by the insurgents themselves in order to harass
the troops. As the roads for miles around are
swept night and day, officers and men at this and
other stations have little rest, and the soldiers are
furious against enemies who melt away at their ap-
proach, and whose tactics seem to be to wear them

out by this kind of service.
Around Mallow the resident gentry and some of
the well-disposed inhabitants have formed them-
selves into volunteer parties, who accompany the
military patrols, and are, of course, very useful as
guides along the cross-country roads. It would be
well if this example were followed more generally
throughout the disturbed districts. A low range
of mountains south of the town affords good har-
bouring ground to fugitives, and there is little doubt
that during the intensely cold weather of the last
few days the Fenians must have got shelter in the
peasant cabins or the farmhouses which lie scattered
among the hills. Last night some hayricks were
burnt 'at one of these solitary farmhouses, but in-

quiry this morning makes it appear doubtful whether
the fire has anything to do with the insurrection, and
whether it is not rather owing to private malice.
Some rocket signals were seen, however, last night
at about the same time by a sentry and one or two
other persons, and it is also alleged that they were
answered from the town.
These mysterious lights were, of course, a good deal
talked about,and to-day the constabulary officer here
remembered that upon one of the Fenian prisoners
lately taken a mysterious manuscript had been
found, which might possibly throw some light upon
the occurrence. On examining the manuscript an
artillery officer here discovered that it was an exact
transcript of a page in the little manual of " Field
Service" published for the British army. The part
transcribed was a description and explanation of
Colomb's system of " Flashing Signals." I am
told, on evidence less satisfactory, that similar sig-
nals have been seen on the Galtee mountains, and

the fact I have mentioned seems to show that the
Fenian leaders have studied and turned to account
thin code, which in a mountainous district like the
west of Ireland they would, no doubt, find very useful.
The constabulary have been withdrawn from the
exposed barraeks around Mallow, and arc coucen -
trated in the town. Of course, they take a portion
of the patrol duty, and I can bear testimony to their
vigilance, for within an hour after arriving here this
evening I was twice arrested as a possible Fenian.
The police were perfectly right in thus challenging
a stranger who looked about him with an unseason-
able curiosity, and seemed to have no other business,
nor could I be otherwise than amused when they lis-
tened with evident incredulity to my explanations.
They were respectful but firm, and put business-like,
straightforward questions, which showed that they
knew thoroughly well what their duty was and how
to do it. Of course, my credentials set everything
right, and we parted excellent friends. I have seen
a good deal of the Irish constabulary during my two
missions to this country, and can hardly speak too
highly of their intelligence, alert, soldierly bearing,
and discipline. Their good conduct and steady loyalty
duringthis troublous time have been one greatstum-
bling block in the war path of the Fenians, and
will, I am sure, be remembered gratefully hereafter
by the whole nation. A point to be noted with still
greater satisfaction is the behaviour of the troops.
The Fenian leaders encouraged their. deluded fol-
lowers—deluded on many more points than this—
by declaring that hundreds of Irish soldiers would
join the Fenian ranks. Now, I am afraid it must be
admitted that, as a general rule, a soldier, whether
he be called Brown, Macpherson, or O'Flanagan,
will promise anything for drink, and probably when
excited by a little whisky, and seduced by the pros-
pect of a little more he would take, not one Fenian
oath, but 20 of them; but as to deserting comrades
and regiment in order to join such a rabble rout as
did not fight at Tallaght, Ballyhurst, and Bottle-
hill, events hare shown the notion to be just as pre-
posterous as it always appeared here to all whose
opinion possesses any authority. St. Patrick's-day,
which falls next Sunday, is now spoken of as the
time for the real rising. What we have had hitherto,
it seems, is only a feint and small diversion ; what
is coming on the 17th is the genuine article. I can
only say that, j!idging from their conversation, the
soldiers will be only too eager on that or any other
day to meet any Fenians who will stand to meet
them, and will show very clearly under what Crown
and Constitution they are prepared to live or die.
One of the incidents of the insurrection was the
capture of the police barrack at Ballyknockanc,
about six miles south of Mallow: This feat of arms
is supposed to have been achieved by a party of in-
surgents from Cork. There were five policemen in
the barrack, and when summoned to surrender they
refused. A volley was at once fired at the windows,
and they replied by shooting one man through the
shoulder. Upon this the insurgents disappeared
from the front of the house; for, though called bar-
racks, these police stations are nothing more than
small houSes, often with scant accomniodation. Un-
fortunately there were no windows at the rear, and
the policeman could not, therefore, defend the b ick
door. This the insurgents battered in, and then,
piling up wood at the foot of the stairs, set fire to
the heap and withdrew. "We were prepared to
have held the staircase against the whole of them,"
said one of the constables in describing the scene to
me ; " and we had no idea that they were going to
burn us out." There was a woman in the barrack at
this time, and the police asked the Fenians to let her
come out. At first they refused unless the police
would give up their arms, but ultimately she was
allowed to come out. The five constables remained
in the barrack some time longer, until the staircase
was burnt away and the smoke became stifling.
They would undoubtedly have perished in the flames
had not the parish priest, the Rev. Mr. Navel', pre-
' railed upon the people outside to 17ring a ladder and
place it at one of the windows. I) lwn this ladder
the policemen came, carrying their rifles, which were
snatched from them before they reached the ground.
Two or three shots were fired at thei n as they de-
scended, and one shot grazed the cheek of one of