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prolong such discussions, and the delay may be pro-
TIIE ATRE ROYAL DRURY-lAAN E,
Sole Lessee. and &fanner, Mr. B. Chatter's:Tn. ductive of injurious results to the measure. It will
T II IS 5..VE NING, ROB ROY. Messrs Phelps, Swinbourne,
W. Harrison, IV. M'lntyre, Barrett, C. Harcourt; Mesdames be a very good thing if hon. members can separate
E. Cross, R. lam. Le Theire, Fiudspeth, and E. Broi igham.
for the Easter recess with the firm conviction that
To conclude with, WANTED, HUSBANDS FOR SIX.
'Messrs. Barrett, E. Cli.ton ; ,Mesdames Hudspeth and IL the passing of the Government measure is certain
Bruu;iili '.
so far as human plans can be. On the other hand,
it would be most vexations to meet again in doubt
and uncertainty, and to commence anew vexatious
discussions and initiatory debates. There is really
nothing new in these proposals of Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S, and we do not see how he can offer
any valid reason for disturbing the course of
public business, and stopping the progress of a
popular measure by thus interposing his perpetual
objections. It amounts to this—the good sense and
public spirit of some of the leading members of the
Liberal party prevented the attempt of Monday
from succeeding, but instead of profiting by expe-

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rience and relinquishing the task as hopeless, or at
least impolitic, the Leader of the Opposition strikes
out another line for himself. Ile keeps the same
end in view, the destruction of the bill before
the House. It is all to begin again, the never-end-
ing theme of renting or rating franchises. But what
matters it that the House was against Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S plea of last year? what matters it that it de-
cided to support the Government on Monday last ?
Nothing at all compared with the fact that Mr.
GLADSTONE is offended, and that he must show off
his indignation and irritability to the House and to
the country. As we said yesterday, he himself will
be the greatest loser by the adoption of this fac-
tious course, but it is too bad that others should
have to suffer for his perversity and want of self-
control.

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The right hon. gentleman only shows his folly
by supposing that he has been put on the shelf,
and that there is nothing for him to do this year
unless he thwarts the Government scheme at every
stage, because there is an important responsibility
which rests with the Opposition ; and if they ear-
nestly impressed upon the Government the advan-
tage of giving up this or that clause without
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The truth is that there is great danger, and
always will be when so skilful a foe as Mr. GLAD-
STONE has implacably resolved to make the Govern-
ment measure a nonentity ; but, at the same time,
the danger can be removed and the difficulty sur-
mounted if the House keep true to its duty and
preserve its pledge unbroken. The Government
are not likely to be too much wedded to any parti-
cular thing to which reasonable opposition has been
made, and which the House dispassionately condemn,
and therefore the great object with all true Re-
formers must be to defeat the tactics of Mr. GLAD-
STONE, and prove to him, once for all, that they
have determined to settle the question this year.
There must be some limit even to his arrogant de-
mands, and the sooner an impassive barrier is put
to his presumption the better for all parties; and we
earnestly hope that to-night will see the end
of his mischievous machinations for the time
being. If his amendments are thrown out, we
may have a little breathing time, and to all intents
and purposes we may consider the Ministerial Bill
to be safe to pass. That this desideratum may be
obtained it will be necessary that a firm stand be
made this evening, and when we consider the con-
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Government that success which is imperatively ne-
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With respect to the domestic policy of the
States, we find that the Governor of Georgia
has filed a Bill in the Supreme Court
to stay the execution of the Reconstruction
Act. This is remarkable, coming as it does with
the intimation received yesterday that the Govern-
ment would oppose the motion for petitioning the
Supreme Court to stay the execution of the Recon-
struction Act. It is necessary, however, to receive
all these telegrams with extreme caution. The rapid
changes in the political situation of any country at
a time of disturbance and excitement vary wish
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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1867.

.s--

Notwithstanding th 2, very unworthy course pur-
sued by Mr. GLADSTONE through the discussion on
the Reform Bill, we confess that we are again taken
by surprise at the new step he has taken. The
secret is that the right hon. gentleman has made up

his mind to defeat the bill of the Government, and

co;tte qui coute he will go on to the end. It is
doubtful if any deei,:ion will be arrived at to-night,
but we hope that it will be, because it is useless to

the best of their own case, and thus Nv.. sometimes
get quite as false and exaggerated views of affairs at
first. It is possible that the Prgident may have
determined on opposing the petition n one or two

grounds. He may think it advisable for the South
to take no active part in opposing Radical legisla-
tion, so as to give it 3 enemies no opportunity for
pleading disaffection and insubordination. He may
also object on theoretical grounds, as he has declared
the measure to be unconstitutional, and therefore
illegal ; he may not wish to recognise it as having
passed into law. Whatever his actual course
may have been, we cannot doubt that his convic-
tions are unaltered, and his objections to the bill in
principle and practice are as strong as ever. The
unfortunate Southern States are now suffering from
fresh trials. The floods, which have been unusually
severe, have laid waste a large proportion of the
best plantations in Louisiana, and rendered them
useless for the season. A freedmen's settlement on
the Mississippi has been submerged, with the loss of
100 lives. Whether these fresh misfortunes will
help the advocates of Southern rights to obtain
further concessions from the people of the North
remains to be seen.

Those wh' had the opportunity of listening to
the Lord Chief Justica yesterday had a grand op-
portunity of hearing a masterly address. His
lordship spoke for nearly six hours in delivering the
charge to the jury in the case of Colonel NELSON
and Lieutenant BRAND. The closing passages of
his remarks will have the most interest for the
generality of readers, because they refer to those on
whom has fallen the burden of the affair. His
Lordship said that very different opinions had
been entertained on the subject in respect
to all that had taken place in Jamaica,
and opposite views were entertained as to the pro-
priety of the course pursued. "In his humble
judgment, he was bound to say, looking at the gene-
ral consternation and alarm which prevailed through
the whole of the island, and to the small proportion
of the white population compared with the blacks,
that if ever there were circumstances which justified
the application of martial law they were to be found
in this case." Nothing could be more forcibly put
than the language employed by the Lord Chief
Justice ou this occasion ; he said that the
question should be decided as it stood alone,
and quite apart from any exaggerations on either
side. " Passion or prejudice should never under
any circumstances be allowed to enter into
the arena of justice." We feel convinced that
the question will be considered free from prejudice,
and no doubt the result will be that the prisoners
will be relieved from the harass of further proceed-
ings, a result which cannot but be acceptable to the
public, since they were not individually responsible
for the course they took, even allowing that course
to have been an erroneous one.

The debate on the Oxford Tests Abolition Bill
yesterday afternoon was not altogether satisfactory.
Its result was that the bill passed through committee,
but it is to be hoped that it will not go through its
final stages without some further examination.
Owing to the peculiar circumstances of the case
there was some confusion of opinion. Mr. GLAD-
STONE and others, who are averse to a total change
in the management of the universities, voted for
Mr. COLERIDGE'S instructions, on the ground that
whatever was done in one university ought to be
done in the other. This is reasonable enough,
and no one would wish the two venerable
sister establishments to be considered on different
systems. At the same the division which expressed
the conviction on the part of the House that such
an alteration would be most undesirable must not
b. 3 accepted as evidence that Parliament is pre-
pared to sanction wholesale changes. The ad-
mission of Dissenters to full equality in the educa-
tional and social advantages of the University is a
very different thing from their admission as
members of the governing body of a pro-
fessedly religious corporation. Mr. SELWYN,
who made a powerful speech in opposi-
tion to the measure, urged that the University
of Cambridge had carried out bone fide all the
requirements of the Reform Act, and bad opened
all her advantages to Dissenters. No test was re-
quired on taking a degree, and it was only on be-
coming a member of the governing body that a
graduate was required to declare himself of the
Church of England. The spirit of the time is
heartily in favour of religious toleration, and any-
thing like exclusiveness would infallibly tend to de-
feat itself. At the same time it may be questioned
' whether the full importance of the measure yesterday
discussed was appreciated by the House of Com-
mons, and we cannot believe that the public gene-
rally would like to see our universities approximate
in character to the German universities, and be-
come seats of " free inquiry." The pursuit of
truth is undoubtedly a great and noble object, and
we must respect the seeker even if we think him
mistaken ; but the age at which English fathers
send their sons to the universities is the , age
for receiving instruction, not for indepen-
dent inquiry, for training the mental powers
for future effort, not for plunging into metaphysics.
The years from 18 to 25 are not the years for theo-
logical inquiry. That study is not so light that un-
trained powers and inexperienced judgments should
be rashly involved in it. We hope that the whole
matter will be carefully reviewed before further
action.

Once more the threatened clouds of war have
dispersed for awhile, and general relief will be ex-
perienced in the several capitals of Europe. The
excitement and agitation which prevailed in Paris
on Saturday and Sunday could hardly fail to reach
the Legislative Chamber, and accordingly in yes-
terday's sitting M. JULES FAVRE and others made
demands for leave to question the Government re-
lative to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. The
President announced that he had received a decree
authorising the Minister for Foreign Affairs to
make a declaration on the subject, and M. Mous-
TIER in a few sentences declared that the French
Government was disposed to examine the question
in concert with the Great Powers, and believed,
therefore, that peace could not be disturbed. This
declaration was received with cheers ; and in reply
to further remarks from M. TRIERS, who wished
for the despatches, M. ROUHER said that the ques-
tion had not yet entered upon the official diplo-
matic stage. There were, therefore, no despatches
to lay on the table, bat the declaration already
made " was of a character to satisfy the suscepti-
bilities of the Legislative Body and of public opi-
nion." Good reason is there for the tenderness of
these susceptibilities just now, and the long smoul-
dering anger of the French people at the arrogance
of the Prussian Government gave grounds for
uneasiness elsewhere. M. MOUsTIER &Lys in effect
that it was not the French Government that raised
the question. The undecided situation of Luxem-
burg and Limburg gave rise to communications
between France and Holland, but without official
character, when the Dutch Government consulted
Prussia, who replied by appealing to the treaty of
1839. Prussia has always treaties at her fingers'
ends when wanted, tho-ugh sometimes her political
memory is short. However, M. MOUSTIER dis-
tinctly disclaims any intention on the part of his
Government to interfere without consulting the
great Powers ; and. whatever the actual history of
the case, we may accept the solution as tempora-
rily satisfactory, especially in the present condition
of European finances.