The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUTDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1866.

to the prejudices of his own party nor to the
clamour of the other, but aim at restoring the
constitutional harmony of our representation
with our: population, which shall endeavour to secure
in our popular assembly that faithful reflection of
wishes, the interests, and the opinions of all ranks
and classes of our mixed and varying community
which the English House of Commons is intended
to secure.

Prominent among the public questions with
-which Lord DERBY pledges himself to deal are two
very important topics —the amendment of the
Bankruptcy Laws, and the amendment of the Poor
Laws. As to the need of both reforms
there can be no difference of opinion. Men
of all parties acknowledge their necessity, and
probably no Ministry could long retain office which
did not promptly address itself to the consideration
of both. Of Ireland and of our colonies Lord
DERBY spoke at some length, promising the nister
country that he should dispense as soon as possible
with all exceptional legislation, and that while the
Ministry would endeavour to put down with a strong
hand all violations of the la w, they would discour-
age-everything that would tend to keep up religious
and political animosity, and would call to their
counsels regardless of party or creed all whose assist-
ance would be beneficial to the country.
Of the naval and military services Lord
DERBY said nothing. Perhaps he did not wish
to interfere with the pacific tendency of his
speech, but we cannot help hoping that he will
speedily inat.gurate some very necessary reforms in
both services. We cannot regret that the Duke of
SOMERSET declined to join the new Administration,
for a change at the Admiralty may, we hope, inaugu-
rate a better state of things. Speaking of his
efforts to extend his Government beyond his own
drnpfi;..fa T _ _
scription of the state of political parties. The Tory
of forty years ago was now, he said, almost forgotten,
but he believed there was as much difference be-
tween a Whig and a Radical as between a Conser-
vative and a Radical. The divisions between parties
were, he thought, often arbitrary, and this we be-
lieve to be the case. The mere name of Liberal or
Conservative will not secure the support of those
who honestly desire the public welfare unless the
policy of the leaders corresponds with their prin-
ciples. " I look," said Lord DERBY at the close of
his eloquent address, " to the real and not to the
arbitrary distinctions of party," and assuredly the
country will look to the policy rather than to the
professions of a Government. "In attempting to
conduct the Government," continued the noble earl,
" I may succeed ; and in that case I shall attain the
highest object which can engage the attention of
any statesman. I may fail ; and, if so, I shall fail
with the consciousness of having attempted honestly
and faithfully to discharge my duty, and with an
earnest prayer that, under the blessing of DIVINE
PROVIDENCE, whoever does succeed in that attemp

may pursue the path of a safe and steady progress

strengthening rather than subverting the institutions
of the country, and maintaining that balance between
the various parts of our constitutional system—a
monarchy limited, an aristocracy temperate, a House
of Commons not altogether democratic—the conse-
quence of which has been a progressive improvement

in our legislation, according with the temper and
character of the times, and which for a period of
many centuries has gradually led forward this
country to a position reflecting the greatest glory
upon the empire, and conferring the greatest hap-

piners and prosperity upon mankind." Such lan-
guage is worthy of the First Minister of the British
CROWN, and we can only hope that the Earl of

DERBY will be able to fulfil his patriotic aspirations

in a manner worthy of his own high reputation,

and calculated to advance the best interests of the
country whose people are at once the most Liberal

and the most Conservative in the world.

It is now stated that a few days will see the
arrangements of an armistice, and indeed a rumour
was afloat in Paris last evening to the effect that
the illoniteur of to-day would announce that Prussia
and Italy had accepted the armistice. It will be
fortunate if such proves to be the case, for a pro-
longation of hostilities can answer no purpose now,
and will only considerably increase the slaughter
and terror already so painfully remarkable. It
seems as if Italy was likely to be the bete-noire of
this transaction, for she is demanding hard
terms with all the consequential airs of a
conqueror, while, in reality, she has done
nothing during the brief period of the late war.
The Italians demand immediate possession of
two fortresses, one of which must be Peschiera.
It is asserted that Prince Von REUSS has left Berlin
for Paris with a letter from the King of PRUSSIA,
containing the conditions upon which Prussia will
accept an armistice. No doubt the KING has had
the sense to perceive that the EMPEROR will not be
trifled with, and has therefore hastened to make
a show of compliance with his requests, and
propose some plans, but whether they can
be carried out is another question. It is
difficult to form a very correct judgment
at this early stage of the proceedings, and with these
imperfect sketches before us; but we have every
reason to conjecture that the Prussian terms will
be very hard ones, and that Austria's future frontier
in Europe will be materially altered if she is com-
pelled to accept them. The question will then be
if the French EMPEROR will permit this spoliation
to take place to so great an extent as the unscru-
pulous victors seem to desire and demand. lie has
prescience enough to see that Prussia will be
a dangerous rival and a formidable foe to
France if she be permitted to carry out her
intentions, and he will be acting in a very different
spirit to that which has hitherto actuated him if he
give his sanction to the overwhelming changes in
Germany, which are said to be imminent. Of
course, it is natural that the Prussians should ex-
pect to reap some substantial gain from their recent
arduous struggles, and to have some trophies of a
solid and lasting character to exhibit to the wcrld
as the mementoes of their fights. But it
will be another thing altogether if the Aus-
trian Empire is to be partially dismembered,
and its power in Germany virtually destroyed.
Without exaggeration this would seem to be the
object now in view at Berlin, and actively engag-
ing the thoughts and attention of the chiefs at the
Prussian head-quarters.
The Emperor Louis NAPOLEON has had at various
times since his accession to power most difficult
tasks to accomplish, but never has he had to per-
form a work of such magnitude as that which he is
now called upon to undertake. What with the
complications of the German questions, which have
increased of late years in intensity and interest,
and the jealousies of the Italians, it appears
in truth almost a work of supereroga-
tion that is now to be effected in Paris.
It was an easy task that the neutral Powers as-
signed themselves in carrying out the Conference
proposed in the spring, but that would have been
nothing as compared to this. Then Austria could
have spoken out as an equal, and Prussia, with all
her pretensions, could not have made a decided ,
stand against the expressed opinions of foreign
States ; but now she will appear fresh from victori-
ous battle-fields, and in a most unimpressionable

frame of mind. It iindeed, to be regretted in
every respect tin Austria should have
been so perverse
)out the Conference It
was said at the
me that she would be
the loser by her dec)n, and events have proved
the correctness of tbessertion. It is not for the
sake of Austria herse)hat we are induced to wish
the fortune of war haneen otherwise directed, but
because her loss is lissia's
gain. Anything that
tends to increase the ]wer, and add to the influence
of that nation, is a icopean calamity, and an in-
jury to the cause of eedom and progress. If it
were not for the uneubted authority and great
skill of the Frenc EMPEROR there would
at this critical icture be no prospect
whatever of a el) being put to the
assurance of the Prussian; but as it
is, we may fairly pect that they will not
have all the game in ecir own hands. It is one
thing to keep a tempory hold over places which
have been the scene of truggles and the theatre of
war, and another to delare that when peace has
returned, and the tide 1 affairs directed to smooth
channels again, the esquerors are to consider
themselves privileged teretain their advantages.
We must render jusice to the foresight of the
Emperor of the FRENCH for he was desirous, some
time back, to preven the course of German
aggression, and had he been allowed his
way we might now beeold a very different state
of things on the Contiant. The blame rests with
our Government that the Congress proposed by
France was not acceited, and the refusal, the
propriety of which was luestioned at the time, has
since been productive of fatal consequences.
Upon the death of Lord PALMERSTON, Lord
RUSSELL retired from a long career at the Foreign-
Office, which had not redounded to his own credit,

was a member ; but in nothing was his failure so
conspicuous as in his management of the transactions
connected with the Dano-German war. Last night,
in the House of Lords, he alluded to the dreadful
war now ravaging Germany, and declared that the
" present war had arisen out of the Schleswig-Hol-
stein question." It must have required great cour-
rage on the part of the noble earl to say so, when
we remember that had he rightly represented
the great country of which he was Foreign Secre-
tary that war might never have taken place. With-
out running the chance of plunging this country
into hostilities, he might have intimated to the Prus-
sians that we would not tamely brook the violation of
those treaties which we had assisted to form. The
King of PRUSSIA and the Emperor of AUSTRIA
would have been a great deal too wise and wary to
provoke us, and thus Denmark might have been
saved from spoliation and Germany have escaped
the fearful scourge of a civil war. As to securing
the independence of the lesser States, which seems
to be Lord RUSSELL'S last hope, that seems very
questionable ; and, in point of fact, it must remain
in doubt whether any advantage will appear to
counteract at once the decided evils that have oc-
curred from this German war.

and on the locomotive, begged the Minister to ex.
press the gratitude and devotion of Savoy to the
Emperor, and to inform his Majesty that he prayed
Heaven for his glory, prosperity, and happiness,

and that of the Empress and the Prince Imperial.
The Minister made an appropriate reply, in the
course of which he said that the Emperor was con-
stantly studying how to promote the welfare of his
people throughout the whole extent of his Empire.
There was a grand banquet at the Guildhall, and
the town was brilliantly illuminated in the evening.
A new melodrama, the " Berger° d'lvry," by
Messrs. Grange and Lambert, at the Ambigu, seems
likely to have a run for some time. It has one
peculiarity—it is founded on fact, being dramatised
from a cause celebre of the Restoration—the assas-
sination of a young and innocent girl by her lover
under the idea that she has been unfaithful to him.
The acting of Mdlle. Launence-Gevard as the heroine
is admirable, and must remind English spectators of
Miss Kelly in the palmy days of the Lyceum some
30 years ago. The main fact is interwoven with
dramatic situations, developed through five acts.
In spite of the hot weather large sums were
received at the Paris theatre and cafe concerts
during the month of June. At the Imperial sub-
ventioned theatres the sum received was 295,924 f. ;
at the secondary theatres, the amount was
580,976 f. ; at concerts and balls, 200,294 f. ; at va-
rious exhibitions, 15,896 f. ; total, 1,092,990 f. Of
those receipts a considerable percentage is levied
for the relief of the poor.
A trial has taken place before the Court of Assize
of the Seine, for an alleged attempt to murder, the
circumstances of which excited much sensation in
Paris at the time. They may be told in a few.
words. The accused, M. Maichac, a gentleman re-
siding in the rue du Faubourg, Montmartre, having
reason to suspect that an old friend, D. Doujon,
was too intimate with his wife, fired a pistol at him
on the 25th of April last, and wounded him in the
face. The prisoner's counsel said " that the con-
demnation of his client would be to give license and
ipapimityto tkup AV tillsanat domestic
and every one sympathised with the accused.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lords Justices).
THE LEEDS BANKING COMPANY-JUDGMENT.

Lord Justice Turner delivered judgment in this case.
The question was whether there had been an acceptance
on the part of the bank to take the alleged contract with
Cooper Howard, and he was of opinion that there was not.
The true state of the case was that the resolution of the
directors did not apply to the forty shares, and even if it
did they fell within the class of undistributed shares to
which the latter part of the resolution clearly referred. In
either case he held that the decision of the Vice-Chancellor
was right. This appeal therefore must be dismissed, and
the official manager must take his costs out of the estate.
Mr. Cooper Howard's costs must be dealt with as the Vice-
Chancellor directed when the case was in the court be-
low.

The Lord Justice said he was of the sumo opinion.

Appeal dismissed.

CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before tho Reoorder.)
Richard Omerod Potts surrendered to an indictment
charging him with executing an acceptance for £2OO with
intont to defraud.

The prosecutor is an officer in the 31st Regiment sta-
tioned at Portsmouth, who in November, 1865, received a
letter from the defendant, stating that ho was in a position
to advance money on personal security, and that, should
any transaction take place, the most inviolable
secresy would be preserved. On receiving the letter
prosecutor accepted the offer, and the defendant trans-
mitted a draft acceptance for £2OO, which proscutor filled
up and returned. He, however, did not receive any money,
and was now sued for the amount by a third party. The
evidence showed that some correspondence had taken
place between the parties, and that subsequently some ad-
vances of a smaller amount wore made by another party
through the defendant. The defendant had been an
officer in the army, but was now insolvent and had no
means.

Evidence was offered to prove the above, and afterwards
Mr. Montague Chambers opened the case on the part of the
defendant, and said ho should prove that his client had
paid the bills, and that ho was not the real party to blame
in the transaction.

The case is a very complicated one, and is not expected
to conclude to-day.

NEW COURT.

ka./vava I,cl6Vitlll.
John Pierce and James Kelly, two evil-looking ruffians,
were indicted for assaulting Sergeant Robert Thurlow, 58,
of the City police.

It appeared that on the night of the 4th of the pre-
sent month the prosecutor was on Tower-hill in plain
clothes, when tho two prisoners came up, seizod
him from behind, and one put his hand over his mouth,
whilst the other tried to garotte him. He was thrown
down, repeatedly struck with some violence, and a despe-
rate attempt was made to rob him of his watch and money.
The prisoners wero eventually captured by being taken
into custody for robbing a sailor on Tower-hill of his
watch, money, and certificate.
The jury found both of them guilty.
Robert Reeves, one of the wardens of tho House of
Correction, proved that Kelly had been twice in custody
for robberies from the person.

Tho Common Sergeant sentenced him to five years'
penal servitude, •

MARKETS.--This Day.

HAY.

SMITIITIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os ; new
do., £3 10s to £4 10s; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; new
do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load.
Trade firm.
CUMBERLAND.--Old meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os Od;
now do., £3 lOs to £4 lOs ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od;
new do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per
load. A steady demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os ;
new do., £3 lOs to £4 lOs ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ;
new do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per
load. Trade steady.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—The public sales wore brought to a termination
yesterday, and prices generally exhibited no material
variation. 8,949 packages were offered, of which 7,279
were sold, all being without reserve.

SUGAR.—There has been a fair amount of business trans-
acted, and superior descriptions are at slightly enhanced
rates. Refined goods are also in better demand, at fully
previous quotations.
COFFEE.—A fair amount of business has been transacted,
and prices generally show an upward tendency.

RICE.—Soft-grown descriptions have been inquired for,
but quotations remain without change of importance.
TALLOW.—The market has been very quiet, and but
little speculative business has been done. P.Y.C. on the
spat is quoted 44s Gd to 455, and last throe mouths 46s 9d
to 47s per cwt.