The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

I'HE SUN, LONiJON, WEDNESDAY EVEN G, FEBRUARY 13, 1867.

troops in Chester were quite sufficient to maintain autho-
rity. Later on he received another telegram, asking .for
permission to call out the Volunteers. Ho sent down a
message in reply, stating that the Volunteers ought not to
bo called out in their military character; but, like
all loyal subjects, it was their duty to give all
assistance possible to the preservation of the public peace,
and in case of emergency they would bo justified in using
their arms, but not in their military character. That was
all that was done up to yesterday. Last evening whilst
the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer was speaking ho received another telegram in-
forming him that 400 more of the strangers
had arrived, making the numbers in the city out
to 1,200, that the town was in groat exetteniwat,
and that more troops were required. He then conferred
with his colleagues as to what was to be done,and as there
was no statement that the strangers were armed, it
was thought that it was absolutely necessary that
some information on that point should be obtained
before extraordinary measures were taken. He_
again telegraphed to the General commanding
asking whether the strangers were armed or not. In reply
to this communication ho received the intelligence that
a 'great many of the strangers had gone home, and that
several went away last night. Whether they were
Fenians or not ho could not say, but the whole of his in-
formation pointed that way. He hoped the steps that
had been taken would be approved by the house.

Mrr C. FORTESCUE asked whether the information
required, viz., whether the men were armed or not, had
been obtained ?

Mr.WALPOLE said he had received no information up
to this morning that the people were armed. (Hear, hear.)
Lord ELC HO said he had received a telegram from Lord
Grosvenor, who left last night for Chester, he being in
command of a regiment of yeomanry, The message he
had received was as follows:—" Was serious—timely in-
formation saved the town—all right now." (Cheers.)

ing—Mr. Brown. Several of the delegates having
to leave early, such as Worcester, Leicester, Bath,
&c., their adhesion to the principles of the resolu-
tion was given in.

danger in the present temper of the North that the
veneration of the people for the Supreme Court may be
overborne by their strong political antipathies, and
that this great safeguard of the Constitution may be-
come involved in the threatened fate of the Executive.
There can be no question that recent events have
presented an ominous aspect, and that affairs are
beginning to indicate a very serious collision between
the Executive and Legislative powers of the
country.
Had the Judges been more unanimous in their
opinion and less nearly balanced the effect of their
decision would in all probability have been attended
with better results. We have, however, faith in the
strong good sense of themass of the Northern people
that they will not permit a civil cntest so suicidal as
would result from an appeal to arms by either of the
contending parties. The nation ought, however,
to act decisively and at once, for there is such a
thing as drifting into war. In spite of the efforts
of the Republican party, the feeling of the nation,
as far as it has been ascertained, is against the im-
peachment of the PRESIDENT. What effect the de-
cisions the Supreme Court may have we cannot pre-
dict. But there can be no question a great deal of
bitterness has arisen from the Legislative enact-
ments of Congress, to carry out to their legitimate
conclusion in the Northern victory the results of the
great Civil War, having been nullified by the PRE-
SIDENT and the Supreme Court. —Anglo-Anzerican
7 inzes.