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Tag SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER n, 1867

different position as regards actual guilt from his
fellow prisoners ; he is indeed culpable for having
joined in an enterprise which threatened the lives of
those engaged in the discharge of their duties, but
such an offence may be disconnected from that of
wilfully attempting to destroy life by the use of
deadly weapons.

At any rate, a very fair opportunity has
thus presented itself for the prerogative of
the Crown to be exercised, and we are glad that it
has thus been taken advantage of. Such an
illustration of mercy ought to satisfy all the
scruples that have existed as to the undue severity
practised by the authorities, and to show that no
notice was taken of the outrage to good taste and
good feeling committed in the endeavour to force
a deputation on the Home Secretary. At the same
time it is scarcely necessary to say that it would
have been quite out of character for her MAJESTY
to have received the deputation which was deputed
to wait on her yesterday at Windsor. In a cautious
but firm manner the members of the deputation were
informed that it was imposible for their request to
be
rated. It is to be hoped that any further out-
breaks and: disturbances may be prevented, or
speedily put a stop to by the good sense of the rest
of the community ; and, sad as the whole of this
Manchester affair has been, there is good reason to
trust the combined justice and mercy that have been
shown to the offenders may produce good effects,
and put a decisive stop to the disgraceful conspiracy
which has too long disturbed the peace of the com-
munity and caused serious anxiety to the lovers of
order. All possible lenity was shown last year t.?
the Fenian offenders, but unhappily the hopes
thence entertained were doomed to disappointment,
and no real blame can be attached to those who
now vindicate the offended majesty of justice in
the only direct manner possible.

The difficulties which 'the Radicals have brought
upon themselves and their countrymen by their
rash and hasty policy with regard to the Negroes
are increasing rather than diminishing. It was not
to be expected that so inflammable a people would
submit with patience and equanimity to the alter-
nations of hope and disappointment which the
Radical policy has subjected them to. The divi-
sion of the planters' estates among their former
slaves has always been a favourite scheme of the
ultra-politicians, and at every opportunity it has
been talked about among the Southern popu-
lation. The consequence is that what was
only a theory to the orators has become
a reality to their audiences, who are eager
to see the immediate fulfilment of their ex-
pectations. The news brought by the
Prussia, from Nets York on the 13th, reports that
the negroes throughout Virginia are drilling, and
refuse to work unless they are offered a share of the
crops. They threaten a forcible seizure of the
lands, and further items of news from Virginia
confirm the impression of local disturbance.
Lindsey, the negro delegate to the Virginia Conven-
tion, has been arrested at Richmond by the military,
for an incendiary speech. At Strasburg the ex-
bureau officer was mobbed by the negroes, who
afterwards resisted the attempts of the civil
officers to arrest them. Judge PARKER of Winchester,
has been arrested for withholding legal justice from
loyal men—a suspicious phrase HUNNICUTT, it is
said, will be indicted for inciting to revolt. The
central authority bas evidently arrived at the con-
clusion that it is time to take vigorous steps to re-
store order. General GRANT has ordered the dis-
bandment of all military organisations, black and
white, in the district of Columbia. The PRESI-
DENT, iu directing this course, says :—"I am
advised that there are within the district of
Columbia a number of armed organisations, formed
without the authority of law, and for purposes
which have not been communicated to the
Government." Further on he says that they are
at the present time "unnecessary for the preserva-
tion of order or the protection of the civil authority;"
and he, therefore, directs the General to take official
steps for promptly disbanding and suppressing all
such illegal organisations." The propriety of such
a decided measure will be readily perceived after
reading a few of the detailed accounts of the local
proceedings. Armed bands of negroes are drilling
in most of the Southern States, and churches and
barns resound at night with the tread of their march
and the rattle of their muskets. Travellers at night
through lonely roads are often bidden to " halt !"
by a negrosentinel. In Louisiana a planter hired some
freedmen to work on his cotton lands, promising
them one-third of the crop as payment. When the
time came to collect the crop the negroes took half.
The planter objected, and was attacked. He de-
fended himself with firearms, and the military came
to his assistance, but the blacks attacked the mili-
tary, and had to be repulsed with loss of life.
The turn which American politics have taken
since the elections will, we may hope, exercise
a salutary influence in the repression of negro as-
sumption. There can be no doubt that this has
weighed with the Northern people in giving their
votes. Negro equality has never been popular in
the North. The* Radical party might cheer its
advocates on the platform, but so soon as their
theories are put into practice their ardour cools. The
common sense of the country is against such a dan-
gerous experiment, and the American people prize
their civilisation too highly to be willing to throw it
back several paces. Not one Northern State has
accepted negro suffrage. In Kansas there was a
large majority against it, though Kansas is filled with
Republicans. In New York State the Democratic
majority was 4,500; in New York city it reached
the immense number of 61,175. The States where
the Radicals have carried the day, and the people
have shown any sympathy for the tyrannical and
extravagant policy of Congress, have been the ex-
ception, and even in those the former majorities of
the extreme party have been marvellously dimi-
nished. President JouxsoN has, after all, proved
himself to be wiser than his counsellors
in relying upon the good sense and good
feeling of the majority of his countrymen, to
defeat the machinations of those who for their own
ends have laboured to rekindle the flames of civil
war, to keep up mutual bitterness and strife, and
suspicion, to oppress the fallen and punish the
suffering, and in every possible manner to retard
the progress of the nation towards union and peace,
and internal prosperity. The effect of their mis-
chievous legislation upon trade and commerce
has been only too severely felt. Seven
years of disunion and disorganisation, of
military government and perpetual inter-
national' disturbance, must affect the wealthiest
and strongest nation. There is no doubt that if the
Confederacy had been really established, and the
Southern States had accomplished their fatal sever-
ance from the North, the North would now be more
flourishing. The South, as the Radicals have kept
it, is no source of wealth to the nation. It is a
heavy expense, and its unsettled condition para-
lyses enterprise and damps energy. The
Radicals have damaged the national credit
—have interfered with every attempt to reor-
ganise the finances—have made civil liberty
a byeword, and political freedom a nonentity in the
States. By their insolent and violent opposition
to the PRESIDENT they have kept up a coustan

agitation in the North itself, and by their continual
reiterated threats of impeachtneut have laboured to
bring the chief power of the State into contempt.
It was not to be expected that a great people would
much longer tolerate such interested agLators or be
misled by their professions. An almost unlimited
lease of power has been given them, and the use which
they have made of it has been to disorganise the
North and to crush the South ; to impoverish still
further the embarrassed finances of the country ; to
bring the public credit into disfavour with foreign
nations, and to leave the whole people in a state of
irritation, discontent, and suspicion.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.

The latest news from Italy is satisfactory in the
extreme. Tranquillity prevails everywhere, even
in the towns where there was recently some disposi-
tion to insurrection. The Italian Parliament is to
meet on the sth of December next, when it is to be
hoped a solution will be given to many questions
which have led to agitation in Italy. The Chambers
.will first take into consideration the manner in
which Garibaldi is to be disposed of. The infor-
mation I receive in official quarters is that measures
will be proposed which-will effectually prevent him
from again disturbing the tranquility of Italy, and
calculated to arrest dangerous machinations against
the beneficent sway of the Pope.
The Emperor, Empress, and the Imperial Prince
will leave St. Cloud in the early part of December,
and pass the season at the Tuileries, it not being the
intention of the Court to make any stay at Com-
piegne this year.
beautiful statue representing the dying mo-
ments of the :First Napoleon, which was at the Ex-
hibition, and to which I called attention, has been
purchased by the Emperor for 25,000 f., and is now
at the Palace of St. Cloud. It is placed in the grand
vestibule by the side of Sappho, by Pradier. The
statue is by M. Veld, an Italian artist of great emi-
nence, and is decidedly the most admirable produc-
tion of the sculptor's art of modern times.
It is dangerous in Paris, and perhaps everywhere
else, to become too suddenly enchanted with a
young and fascinating girl. Such was the case,
however, a few days ago with a fashionable visitor
to Paris, who met with such an enchantress in
an omnibus, Acquaintance was soon formed,
and an hour afterwards the lady and gentleman
were enjoying a good breakfast in the Rue
de Rivoli. At dessert the enchantress made an
excuse to leave her friend for a minute, which like a
Treasury minute, was a very long one. Indeed, she
did not come back at all. When the young gallant
was about to pay for the' breakfast ho discovered
that not only was the lady gone but his purse also.
and he was compelled to leave his watch and chain
:with the restaurateur as security for the payment
of the dill. Next evening the visitor went to the
theatre, and among the fair Court ladies in the
ballet be recognised Leauty with whom he was
so delighted in the omnibus. Ite wished to go upon
the stage to ask the lady a question or two about
his purse, but this not being permitted, he contented
himself with an application to the Commissary of
Police, who will no doubt procure him a second
interview with the lady, which, it is to be hoped,
may prove a more satisfactory one than the first, at
all events to the gentleman.
The Archduke Louis Victor of Austria has just
left Vienna, with the intention of visiting Spain
and Portugal.
Baron de Hubner, Ambassador from his Imperial
Royal and Apostolical Majesty to the Holy Sea has
just been replaced in his diplomatic functions by
Count Credelle.

One of the most useful projects of law to be
immediately submitted to the Chambers, will be a
proposal to diminish the expense of telegraphic
communication.

The Journal des D ebats, remarking upon the
speech of Lord Derby, draws thn conclusion that
the English Government is not favourable to the
occupation of Rome by French troops. In reference
to this all important Roman question the Presse of
Vienna says, that to find a satisfactory solution of
it would be as difficult as to find the quadratuee of
the circle, a puzzle to mathematicians for ages.
The Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal
of the butcher, Avinain, who was convicted of two
murders, followed by robbery, of which I gave you
the particulars, so he will, no doubt, be executed
within a short delay. _ _

The Exhibition is now definitively closed. The
reserved garden, including the aquarium and other
marvels remained open until yesterday, but now all
is over, and but a brief period will elapse before the
whole massive building will be carried away, and
not a fragment will be left. Its fame, how-
ever, will live after it for future generations.
The Prussian Government has given its consent
which will be of
of the north and
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importance
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hae rwa ihl way,ole
west of Germany. This railway, when finished
will in fact give a direct communication between'
Hamburg and Paris, by Bremen, Osnaburg, and
Cologne. It will place in communication with
France the three great ports of Germany, Biel,
Hamburg, and Bremen, connecting them with the
coal districts of Westphalia.
Palestine is at present the object of minute expla-
nations. One of the most indefatigable discoverers
has ju.t found, beyond all doubt, the synagogue
where Jesus Christ preached at Capharnaum. Very
interesting results have arisen from the French
scientific expedition in the basin of the Dead Sea,
and the valley of Avabab. Among others is the
exact level of the Dead Sea, which is found to be
392 yards lower than the Mediterranean.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE7 —This Day.

Market opens dull. Prices weak. Sales probably
8,000 bales. Yesterday's prices barely maintained.

During the past few days there has been but
little, in a military point of view, to vary the dull
monotony of camp life at Aldershot. The Lieut.-
Gen. commanding, whose presence is always an in-
dication of activity in the division, is away on
leave, and that distinguished cavalry soldier, Major-
Gen. Bodge, commands during his temporary ab-
sence. But, although field-days are in abeyance,
the division has been exercised by brigades in route-
marching on different days, and has had the advan-
tage of very favourable weather. Nothing can be
more exhilarating to the men, or more cheering to
accidental spectators, than this route-marching,
when the elements do not conspire to render it
uncomfortable. As the troops leave the camp the
air seems literally alive with the music, and as the
men march along they often enliven the way by
singing in full chorus. The infantry drill has under-
gone some alteration and improvement, and probably
still further changes will be introduced, owing to the
new and destructive weapons now in use. The
Snider rifle has been well tried on field days, but its
merits, when compared with the Chassepot, are in
many quarters still a matter of dispute. It is
asserted that the formation of the troops In firing
had much to do with the success of the Prussians in
the late war, and no doubt this subject will receive
special attention in our army, as it is evident that
the method by which the greatest number of shots
can be brought to bear • must exercise an important
influence in deciding the fate of any future battle.
The cavalry, as well as the infantry, is tuat.ceavred
with a regard to the improved weapons of the day,
and the artillery, when acting in conjunction with
cavalry, is made to fire against time. The Horse
Artillery and the field batteries have been actively
exercised during the week, and acquitted them-
selves admirably in the Long Valley in all the move-
ments peculiar to that arm of the service.
The chartered transport ship John Scott, Capt.
Stewart, from Auckland, New Zealand, arrived M
the T pier, Woolwich Arsenal, yesterday morning,
having been 116 days at sea. After leaving harbour
the ship was becalmed, and she experienced contrary
winds the whole way from Cape Horn to Ascension,
where she lay to three days, and bore up against
strong E.N.E. winds coming up Channel.
_There
were three births and one death during the voyage.

LATEST
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(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 6 .p.m.
The steamers Baltic, Hibernian, and William
Penn arrived out to-day.