The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-14 00:00:00

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Conservatives, whatever may be theti 'fanltS,Aave
a large amount of political prudence, And
care not to put themselves in such n position Sato-
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But when the Conservatives are invited to lay aside
all their weapons, and to concur amiably and peace-
fully in passing a measure common to both sides,
they are asked what is neither possible nor desirable
that they should grant. There may be compromises
on many details, but the leading provisions of the
general scheme must be decided by one side being
stronger than the other. The Conservatives may
succeed in getting a member or two more given to
groups of boroughs or to counties, or in excluding
borough leaseholders
may probablyldersandfrcli decideohlersf,Thveothtienrg
thefo r
counties. They
seven seats allotted to Scotland shall be given to Scot-
land or kept for England. But. when the question
arises whether the county franchise shall be reduced
to £l4 or to £.)O, there is nothing to be done but to
divide the House, and to sec which reduction find;
the stronger support. The Conservatives ought
not to offer a factious or dilatory opposition, but
their position as a party would bare no meaning or
substance if, on a main question which largely
affects the landed interest, they do not resolutely
maintain what they think to be best for the country.
When they are merely doing this, they ought not to
be exposed to the cry that they are wantonly stop-
ping Reform, and frustrating the wishes of the
country. We can ask the Opposition to behave
reasonably, but we cannot ask it to cease to exist ;
and it would cease to have a political existence if,
on the points which touch it closely, it did net speak
and act with all the strength in its power. That
an Opposition must be conquered in debate and
division is one of the elementary facts of our Par-
liamentary system, and we do not get rid of the
difficulties it may cause at any particular time by
pretending that a fanciful millennium has begun,
and ordering that, in deference to public opinion,
lions and lambs shall lie down together for at least
three months.
THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON THE
MEXICAN EMBROGLIO.—FOr the ease with which
is
ostufhme mhMiasteeximcatianncist
Minister
ruf esAftolioer.n likely to be solved.
the Emperor Napoleon has to thank the con-
Ftweaigrdn,
Araffaas.
rather thoavn
even
his own wonderful ability. He had rendered
the question most difficult of solution, from the
i
manner in which he treated the reclamations i‘ of r.
Seward, at a time when he
would felt over confident that
hthaeekAimtseroipciannioGnsovwerinthmtehnerequisite
Government never be afble to
amount hy-
sical force to insure the respect of the ruler of fortyone
millions of Frenchmen. His position was
which it was extremely difficult to retreat, and
most
dangerous dangerous to remain. There was no more mistak-
ing the will or the power of the American people.
They had fully determined that the French occupa-
tion of Mexico should cease ; yet he could almost,
if not quite, as well afford to withdraw at the end of
an unsuccessful war, as to lower his prestige with
the people of France, and with foreign nations,
by timely submitting to the dictation of a young
Republic, for which he had a short time before
shown something approaching contempt. Under
these circumstances, knowing full well that it was
impossible for him to stay in Mexico, if the Ameri-
can Government--supported, as it was sure to
be, by the unanimous sentiment of the whole
people— willed it otherwise, he proposed to
withdraw, if the United States would re-
cognise Maximilian, and thus give a pledge of
non-interference, with a regime which Napoleon
111. was bound to sustain. This proposition was
most positively declined. M. Drouyn de l'Huys
protested that Maximilian's throne was founded on
the will of the people of Mexico. Mr. Seward, in
the course of several despatches, evidently written
so as to give the Emperor the greatest possible
amount of time, replied in effect :—" We cannot
see it in that light. We can never recognise a
Mexican Empire, founded, as we believe, on for-
eign bayonets. But if you say truly that Maxi-
milian is supported by the well-disposed of the
Mexican people—if you say truly that the coun-
try is only disturbed by a few bandits and gue-
rillas, and that the republic of Mexico is now only
a myth—it is evident that your mission in
Mexico is fulfilled. It is now time for you to
withdraw. You have no need to be deterred front
doing so from any fear that we shall intervene.
The Republicans of Mexico have given ?jot/ so
much trouble that we have no fear of the result
when they come to deal with Maximilian alone.
You say that but for the fear of our intervention
your object is substantially accomplished. With-
draw, then, and cot'nt us your friends--or remain,
and disturb the relations of amity which have
formerly subsisted between us." The arguments
of Mr. Seward were unanswerable. his language
was as courteous as was possible without concession ;
it was as decided as was compatible with frPeloni
from men.ico. W itli danger ao clearly indicated ahead
and the path of peace made as easy as possible, the
Emperor wisely decided to withdraw. But time
troubles of Mexico and the cares of Mr. Seward
were n
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to enforce respect. Belgium was not at war with
-the Republic of Mexico. But she had broken her
international obligations by giving officiot
en-
couragement for her people toin
crushine. the Republic. Austria has lately cm°M -
menced to do likewise, under precisely similar
circumstances. Mr. Seward very properly deals
first with the most powerful delinquent. Austria
is clearly informed that the contemplated breach
of neutrality will be considered by the United
States as a hostile act against a Republic in whose
welfare the people of the United States take the
deepest interest. She is also given to understand
that the American Government cannot remain an
idle spectator of a conflict so under-banded, so un-
equal, and so utterly unprovoked. We trust that
this plain intimation to the Austrian Government
will be sufficient to induce the Kaiser to revoke
his unwarrantable concession to his filibustering
relative ; and we also hope that wise little Belgium
will profit by the example of her betters. We
consider the success of Mr. Seward's diplomacy
already assured. All Americans will join us in
admiration of his skill and tact, as also the energy
and perseverance with which he has prosecuted his
good work in behalf of an oppressed Republic, at
a time when the other duties of his high office
might well tax the vigour of a younger:statesman,
and the ability of the greatest of his compeers.

MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION.—A very important
step has just been taken in the county of Bedford
for the purpose of providing an institution upon a large
scale for the education of the sons of farmers and others of
the middle class. It is proposed to have a large collegiate
building erected within a short distance of Bedford. Tlle
institution will be established upon the limited liability
principle, the capital being raised by shares ; and iu order
that there may be no difficulty or delay in raising the re-
quisite capital, several of the principal landed proprietors
and leading commercial men have given guarantees for
liberal subscriptions to the share list, and many of the far-
mers are taking up the question in an equally liberal spirit.
The first step is a most successful one, as it was stated at
a meeting held on Saturday that the subscriptions
actually
guaranteed amount to a larger sum th.anodisthaiest
material
yerial
re-
quired. Among those who have promised ;
Higgins,Co
contemplated that by judi-
ciouslt is
James Howard, £5OO, &c.
of middle-class educa-
tion£2,ooo;£l,ooo; Col
may be carried out in,
tot £3O
per head per annum.
boys, at a cost of from .£2Ao
management the best
Parliamentary return just
SAvnios-BANKs. in the
no savings-banks
to the extent to which
sits increase ; but the report of.
ffice banks deposits
the post-o
nt for 1865 is not very likely to IA
hsiyssitaion, a p
account of the state of the Post-office
before Christmas,Parliamentary
issued
any
yhe number of individual depositors
to within a year of present. In the ordinary
bank*
issued
te
the
ontri no us
tse_hot ofnovic es decline—probablyD thatop a r
t theine
adtnhedePdeposits
noteits
timebelieve
(r savingstu46l brings
ant k tsh e close of the financial year ending Novem-
ber 20, 1864) was 1,430,611 on November 20, 1865 ; and
the deposits belonging to these individual depositors and to
the friendly societies and charitable institutions keeping
accounts with the savings-banks decreased from X 39,277,197
in November, 1861, to £38,414,007 iu November, 1865.
The deposits of friendly societies having accounts direct
with the National Debt Commissioners also decline.]
from £1,981,988 to £1,915,703. Taking the secutitii
held by the National Debt Commissioners at the price
of the 20th of November last, the deficiency to be made
good from the public purse, if necessary, amounted to
£3,871,136. The account of life annuities (not exceeding £39
each) purchased of the Government through the sal-Ml:s-
-hanks shows that on the sth Jan.,
were payable, amounting together to ..£130,60 , . t ,
mounting ooe-
nuities for terms of years were payable, a
titer to £940. 1863, 6,3l2l,,,aidnnz3itan_
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