The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-02 00:00:00

Mexican expedition. It is time, as the EMPEROR
said, that there was no discredit attached to the
French forces. The events in Germany have not,
we are told in the Imperial address, caused France to
depart from a "calm and dignified" attitude, and she
relies with justice on the " maintenance of peace.'l.
The latter portion of the EMPEROR'S Speech is very-
interesting, since it holds out a hope of more liberal
institutions being introduced into the public life of:
France. The " excitement of a small minority "'
has not, his MAJESTY states, prevented him from.
hoping for this much-desired result. The temporarr
stagnation which has occurred in commercial affairA
has not shaken the confidence of the industrial
classes, and, on the whole, the EMPEROR seems to
take a hopeful view of things in general notwith-
standing the existence of some drawbacks.

Mr. DILLWTN has been addressing his consti-
tuents, and has succeeded in making out a very
good case for himself. He declared his opinions
pretty plainly, and said that he was glad to avail
himself of this early opportunity, after the close of
the session, of explaining his actions to them. The
hon. member has sat during thirteen sessions, and
has therefore bad some experience of Parliamentary
tactics. If more of his party acted in accord and
with the views expressed in this speech we should
find that the public would greatly benefit
thereby. Mr. DILLWTN claims for himself " perfect
liberty of action ; he supports measures, not men ;
and is quite agreeable to accept any good measures
from any party by which they may be offered."
How much wiser this is than the misguided course
which some pursue of pinning themselves to indi-
viduals, and ignoring all else but the prosecution
of certain plans, reckless if they are the best or not,
so long as they serve the ends of party and gain
the object immediately before them. Mr. DILLWYN
was opposed to the Reform Bill introduced by the
. Conservatives in 1859, neither was he in favour
of the one proposed by Mr. GLADSTONE last
year, because he thought that they excluded
" class " in an arbitrary manner. In the epitome
of the session which he gave his hearers, the hon.
member exposed the inconsistencies which had been
displayed by the leaders of the Liberal party ;
for, in the first instance, at a meeting convened
at Mr. GLADSTONE'S, they were told that the
best thing to do would be to let the Tories
pass the bill, but all of a sudden they changed
their minds, and the word was passed to their
followers that the Government must be displaced.
All unprejudiced persons will think that Mr. DILL-
WYN and his friends were right in condemning
this uncalled-for change, and in considering
that it savoured too much of the old Whig game
" of bringing up an important question to a certain
point, and when there was a fair chance of getting
the measure passed of shelving it and passing it
over to the country for another year." We think
that Mr. DILLWYN has every reason to be proud of
the part be played during the most memorable
period of the Session, namely, that before Easter,
when the goodsense and firmness of his party stopped
Mr. GLADSTONE in his dangerous career.
Referring to the celebrated " tea-room scene," he
said that he attended that party, and proud was he
of having done so. The small party there assembled
resolved what to do, and were quite aware of the
difficulty before them. They said that the question
of Reform must not be played with any longer,
and certainly when we calmly consider the events
of that time there seems ample cause to believe the
assertion here made, that the bill would have been
thrown out if it had not been for that tea-room
business. had such been the case, as Mr. DILLWYN
very truly observed, the Liberals could not have
passed such a measure as that which has now
received the sanction of Parliament, even if
they had been united, because they could
have not got it through the House of Lords.
The consequence would have been years of agita-
tion, and class would have been set against class,
ill-feelings would have been engendered, and a
stoppage put to the progress of many useful and
important questions. Mr. DILLWYN has every
right to vindicate the course then taken by himself
and those members of the Liberal party who acted
with him, they did not adopt that line of action
without fully weighing over the consequences of
that act, they felt that they had great responsi-
bilities devolved upon them, and that they
dared not throw back the bill then and there
offered to them for fear of the result of such
a catastrophe as its rejection. No doubt a good
deal of blame has been passed upon those indepen-
dent Liberals for the bold and spirited course they
then took, but they can very well afford to disre-
gard it, and they have ample grounds for satisfac-
tion in the proud reflection that their work that day
was the chief thing which decided the scale in favour
of the passing of the measure; and it was unde-
niably in consequence of the very determined stand
they then made that the Reform Bill became the
law of the land. Disappointed partisans may
be indignant, and prejudiced individuals may
rave about their unfaithfulness and ingratitude to
the ties of party, but the country has been the
gainer. It must be admitted that the Liberal party
has had opportunity enough in all conscience before
this year to have settled the matter had they been
so inclined, and if they thought it was their especial
right to do so. With respect to the affair with
Colonel TAYLOR, Mr. DILLWYN explained that he
was anxious to know the fate of some amendments
that his friends thought necessary to the passing of
a good bill, and, regarding Mr. GLADSTONE, he
said that nobody respected the right honourable
gentleman more than he did, and appreciate him
more as a financier, but he hardly regarded him as
the leader of the Liberal party. On the whole, the
hon. member's explanation seemed to be well ye-
ceived, and at the conclusion a vote of thanks was
passed to him. Under circumstances of great diffi-
culty we think that Mr. DILLWYN acted in a con-
scientious manner, and the thanks of all interested
iu Reform are due to him, and those friends who
then came forward with him, and by their spirit,
foresight, and determination withstood the attempts
of faction, and saved Parliament from the disgrace
and the country from the disappointment of another
Reform failure.

The question of our national cotton supply has of
late years been a favourite topic of discussion, and,
although the time of dearth and exorbitant prices
has now happily passed away, there is not much
fear that our manufacturers will again be deluded
by false security. It would be difficult, indeed, to
go bask to the state of things existing before the
grand catastrophe of 1861, since so many sources of
supply have been open that it would be hipossible
to close them all. Even if no further exertions
were made to extend our resources the pro-
ducers have discovered the value of the commodity
and would not be likely to give it up. It seems
at the present time hard to realise the fact that ten
years ago we were content to depend wholly on one
source, and that a foreign one, for the supply of.
cotton, and this although we had possessions in
every part of the hAbitable globe; and cotton, as
has been shown, can thrive in many very different
localities. At the present moment we are getting
excellent cotton from India; Queensland is likely
to become famous ; the Brazils and neigh-
bouring parts have furnished a good supply,

wb ile the cotton from Smyrna realises nearly as
hi gh a price in Liverpool as the produce of the
t rnited States themselves. For these good results
ti le Cotton Supply Association have some reason to
congratulate themselves. Of course, it was the
sadden stoipage of the regular source which
created the demand for cotton from fresh sources,
and raised the price to a height which brought for-
ward a host of competitors, but the Cotton Supply
Assniation had set the work on foot before the
commencement of the trouble, and was able to
render valitable assistance at the very time it was
most needed.

Ilad any considerable proportion of our Lancashire
consumers been as wise and provident as the mem-
bers of this association we should have escaped the
worst days of the cotton famine. Unfortunately,
those who were wise in time were regarded as fanci-
ful and timorous in their apprehensions. When
the danger came every one owned they were in the
;right, but it was then too late to profit by experi-
ence. In the report read at the annual meeting of this
84.4sociation, held at Manchester last week, it was
oly;erved that their labours had been of great
service at the time of the famine. Their work,
carried steadily on in face of all discouragements,
had prepared the way ; they bad ascertained where
cotton could be obtained most speedily, and where
it was most desirable to stimulate and encourage
its cultivation. "It came into existence," said
the report, " when the largest supplies ever re-
ceived from America were readily obtained, and
when there appeared no prospect of interruption."
Even its earliest members, however, could hardly
have foreseen how quickly the emergency
would arise that should elevate their humble and
disregarded labours into a matter of national im-
portance. By obtaining authentic information
respecting every country adapted for the cultivation,
by dispensing the best kinds of seed, and by pro-
viding improved sawgins and other machinery, as
well as assisting in other ways those who were mak-
ing the experiment of cotton growing, they have
enabled the trade to obtain a firm hold in many
different districts, and to become a source
of profit and a means of civilisation to neglected
countries, as well as a great advantage to
our own markets. Some idea of the labours of the
Association may be gained from the fact that the
correspondence during the last year comprised 1,194
letters, and the amount of seed distributed to dif-
ferent countries was 3,209 cwt. The sources of
supply, in the words of the report, are now so
numerous that, if retained and made still more pro-
lific, the loss of one of them, however valuable, will
be of comparatively little consequence. The
neglect of our Indian resources, which was so
long persisted in, in spite of every representation
can hardly be repeated. Other events besides the
cotton famine are pressing matters on, and irriga-
tion and the means of communication are now ad-
mitted to be prime necessities in India. When
these have been advanced some degrees further
every branch of industry will feel the benefit, and
the cotton cultivation will surely profit. Mr.
BAZLEY, M.P., who made an interesting speech at
the meeting we have referred to, after the reading
of the report, observed that it was fifteen
years since Sir ARTHUR COTTON had met the
leading men of Manchester in that very
room, rut they gave him little encouragement with
regard to Indian matters. Spinners and manufac-
turers alike persistently denied that good cotton
could be supplied from India, whereas now we are
receiving Indian cotton worth Is. per lb. India is
in every way adapted for giving a plentiful supply,
while the cultivation offers a profitable means of
employment for her people. Had Sir ARTHUR
COTTON'S advice been followed fifteen years ago,
had the irrigation of India been vigorously car-
ried out, the other public works pushed
forward with energy and decision, and had every
encouragement been given to the cultivation of
cotton, India would now bo in a very different
position, while England would have escaped the
miseries of the cotton famine.

As Mr. BAZLEY remarked, in India railway
communications are wanting, and water commu-
nications are wanting. In all India there are but
3,000 miles of railway, while in this country we
have 12,000 miles, and in America they have 40,000.
Such a fact speaks volumes, and it is only won-
derful so much has been effected in India by private
enterprise. Such works as of right fall within the
duties of Government are carried on in a desultory,
half-hearted manner, which can scarcely produce
great results. Let us hope that some of our prac-
tical men of business will take the matter up, and
not suffer our Home Government to rest until a
newer and more vigorous system is inaugurated in
India.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Sunday Evening.
As I announced would be the case, the Emperor
and Empress returned to Paris on Friday night.
They were iu the most perfect health and spirits,
and publicity has been given to their feelings of in-
tense gratification at their reception everywhere.
Yesterday afternoon there was a Cabinet Council
at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. At
Dunkirque the Emperor made a brief reply to the
address presented to him by the Mayor, but it di I
not contain any political allusion, and merely ex-
pressed the desire of his Majesty to promote useful
works and improvements, and increase the pros-
perity of the town.
The following is the Emperor's answer to the
address presented to the Emperor and Empress by
the Mayor of Amiens :
" Monsieur le Maire,—With the Empress I have
just traversed France from Strasbourg to Dun -
kirque, and the warm and sympathetic reception
we have everywhere received has penetrated us with
the liveliest gratitude. Nothing—l recognised it
with happiness—can shake the confidence which for
nearly 20 years the French people
_have placed in
me.

"The Don-success of our policy beyond the sea
has not diminished the prestige of our army, for
everywhere the courage of our soldiers triumphed
over all resistance. The events which have taken
place in Germany have not made our country
abandon a calm and dignified attitude, and it
relies with reason upon the maintenance of peace.
The excitations of a small number have not re-
moved the hope of seeing more liberal changes
peaceably introduced into the public institutions.
In short, the momentary stagnation in commer-
cial transactions has not prevented the industrious
classes from exhibiting their sympathy towards
me, or from relying upon the efforts of the Govern-
ment to give a fresh impulse to bwinefs.
"These sentiments of confidence and devotion
I see with pleasure renewed at Auden+, in that
department of the Somme which ha.; always exhi-
Wed a sincere attachment to me, and where a
stay of six years proved to me that misfortune
is a good school in which to learn how to sup-
port the burthen of power and avoid the vicissi-
tudes of fartune.

" The Empress is much moved by the manner
in which you recall t 3 recollection her visit to
Amiens. She desires, like myself, to return her
thanks to those who in the same circumstances have
given proof of so mich abnegation and energy.

" My son will prove himself worthy of the affec-
tion of which in all directional receive the proof on
his account. He will grow up with the thought that
everything ought to be saeriOced for the happiness
of the country."

The Bishop of Aruivus made some touching and

eloquent allusions to the Speech made by the Em-
, peror at Lille. Referring to the expression of the
Emperor that he was wedded to the Empress and
to France in the presence of eight millions of wit-
nesses, said, " To continue your gracious imagery,
you might have added, and with the blessing of
fifty thousand priests.'" The Bishop, after some
other remarks in a similar strain, proceeded to say,
" A pilgrim only just returned from Rome, where
five hundred bishops freely assembled around their
venerated chief, what shall I say, Sire, of my own
personal sentiments, if not that, as a French
bishop, I was deeply touched and proud to
know that even when the French flag no longer
is unfurled over Rome the influenco of France
of itself gives security to the Church. Sire,
be a thous and times bleaei !" Turning to the
Empress, the Bishop alluded to her Majesty's visit
last year to Amiens while the cholera raged, and
contrasted the present gay and happy appearance of
the city with its desert and funereal aspect at the
former period. He characterised the Empress's
heroism, devotion, and kindness in glowing terms,
and expressed a hope that God would preserve her
son. " And God will preserve," concluded the
Bishop, " for your happiness and for the happiness
of France, that august child, thrice blessed, for he
is your son, the son of the Emperor, and•the son of
him who represents upon the earth the Father
which is in Heaven.' "
The visit of the Empress to Amiens will form a
glorious record in the history of France. The re-
membrance of her undaunted courage and devoted
sympathy during the cholera dwelt in such forcible
recollection in the hearts of the inhabitants that
they seemed ready to fall down and worship her.
Never before was there such an ovation anywhere.
Enthusiasm does not describe the display. It was
delirious and irrepressible joy. Throughout the
whole of the journey the French people have exhi-
bited heartfelt affection, loyalty, and respect.
The distribution of prizes at the French Academy
this year attracted a more than usually numerous
company, which may be accounted for from its being
known that M. Yillemain, the secretary, who has
ACio.tvlnituFeniallaoiouxm, tandee dairector,
gracefulw oaunldd deeloalivueeroatdadlrl
just recovered from a very dangerous illness, and
esussieson.
to Ihethseuhgjeeretatofretshueltsproizfe
ftohre Unpoeitvreyrsl waaExib s
the death
of President Lincoln,which was given to M. Edouard
Grenier. Count de Falloux announced that the
first Motryon prize for virtue was awarded to
Agatha 11lalias, a print-seller at Angers, who had
taken the Tow of celibacy, in order to bring up her
brother's children, and to assist the old, the infirm,
and orphans. When told that the academy had
bestowed the prize (2,500 francs) upon her, with
admirable simplicity
she said, "two thousand
five hundred francs, that is a largo sum for
me, who nave never possessed anything,
but this money will be used to give pleasure to
everybody." Two prizes of 2,000 f. were awarded for
similar acts of virtuous devotion, and three medals
of the first dasa of I,ooof. Also 15 medals of
500 f. The prize of virtue, founded by M. Sourian,
was given to Anastasie Gaudin, a female servant.
Eight Montyal prizes of 2,000 f. were awarded for
the most useful works upon " living manners." The
Bordin prize of 3,000 E, for the encouragement of
first-class literature, was awarded to M. Caro,
author of the work entitled " The Philosophy of
Gcethe." The Lambert prizes of I,ooof. and 600 f.
were granted, the former to M. Edouard d'Angle-
mont, and the latter to M. Barillot, the author of
various poems. Madame Craven obtained one of
the literary prizes for her work," Recit d'unc sceur."
A frightful murder has taken place at Lyons,
which has created great consternation. It appears
that a young Italian, named B2rti Gallion, had for
five years worked for M. B-, a rich locksmith.
He has a handsome young daughter, and Gallion
fell in love with her, and wished to marry her.
The father, however, would not give his consent,
and having learnt some very unfavourable things
respecting Gallion's character and antecedents he
dismissed him about eight months ago. Since that
time Gallion pursued a system of annoyance, and
almost every night stationed himself at the lamp-
post opposite his late master's door, and frequently
sent letters to the young lady. A few nights ago
Gallion forced himself into the yard over which the
stables are situated. M. B-- was much enraged,
and the result of his fury was that a few minutes
afterwards the body of Gallion was seen stretched
on the stones. The skull had been fractured in two
places,
yDoctcr a heavy stick or a bar of iron.
The Jacob is decidedly the lion
f the
ugh the authorities have suspended
Zouave
lt l ohis consultations for the present. The papers
o acs,
day, h either
abound in the most marvellous accounts of his
cures. Some of them must be true, I think. At
all events, they are vouched for by respectable
persons. General Lapeyrouse is said to have been
cured of paralysis by the doctor, and the writer of
a letter, who gives his name and address, states
that a father took his child to the doctor. It
was born blind, but after the visit it could
see perfectly well. A woman who had lost the use
of her arms from milk fever was cured. Another
case is mentioned in which the doctor discovered
the seat of disease in an instant. A photographic
artist, who took a portrait of him, says he is endowed
with great magnetic power, and at times hie phy-
siognomy is very remarkable from its peculiar ani-
mation. A man who attends patients in hospitals
says that some of them who were not cured there
received immediate relief from the Zouave. This
person courts inquiry into the truth of his state-
ments. It appears that when the Zouave was at
the camp at Chalons last year persons came to him
from a distance of 20 and 30 miles, and an inmate
of the camp says, that he then received from 25 to ,
30 patients at a time, and at his voice, his sight, his
touch, the dumb spoke, the deaf heard, and the
lame were able to walk without their crutches.
Jacob told the writer of this account that he in-
tended to send him a manuscript which had been
dictated by a spirit. The Zouave is said to be as
good a musician as he is a doctor. The instrument
he plays in the band of the Zouves of the Guard is
the Sax-born.

There are still no official accounts from Spain,
so it may be supposed that the insurrection is not
yet suppressed, or the Government would have
hastened to tell U 3 so. On the other hand, some of
the journals publish private letters from the fron-
tiers, which leadito the supposition that there are
numerous bands of insurgents in the mountains.
Some important movement will probably take place
ere long.

The weather continues extremely hot, in spite of
which the average number of daily visitors to the
Exhibition is about 45,000. The chairs are con-
spicuous for their absence outside the cafes. At
one restaurant there is a printed bill assuring cus-
tomers politely that they may be certain of having
refreshments of the best kind outside if they will
only consent to partake of them while standing up.

THE Moors AND FORESTS.—Our accounts from
the moors this week are meagre compared with the last,
not from deficiency in the birds or unfavourable weather,
but because sportsmen seem not to have gone out. From
the first they
enjoyed such remarkably fine weather that
they were generally satisfied after a few days' incessant
work on the hills, and thus the season has come to an end,
or at least to a pause, somewhat sooner than usual. It
was a very rare occurrence, almost unknown in the expe-
rience of the most veteran sportsman, that from the 12th
to the 28th there should be such a continuance of bright
sunshine as We have ha] this year. The season has alto-
gether been an extraordinary one, not more on account of
the excellent sport enjoyed iu the North than of the con-
trast press nted in this respect between the southern and
northern moors. From the 12th to the 22d the Highland
Railway despatched 700 game boxes more than during the
corresponding period last year. In the cast wo observe
the weather during the past week has not boon so favour-
able as with us. in Banffshire and Aberdeenshire there
have been occasional heavy rains, and the thick mists
which have prevailed on the hills have rather interfered
with sporting operations.—lnverness Courier.

AN ECCENTRIC PERSON.—"
During my stay at
York," says Argus in the
.3lorning Post, " that city lost her
greatest wine merchant, and perhaps I might say the
greatest in England, in Mr. Volinit He was an extraor-
dinary person, and well known to all the racing noblemen
and gentlemen in the north. The architect of his own
fortune, he never bad hut one sort of wino in his cellars,
never kept a clerk or sent in a bill,. never was in London
in his life or got into a railway carriage. He died at an
advanced age, and was generally respected.**