The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, - TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1866.

QUBSCRIBERS of TEN GUINEAS to the
INTERNATIONAL lIORTICULTURAL MEETING
receive one banquet ticket - one personal ticket, admitting all
four days of the show--seven guinea tickets, admittinz first
day—and two cards, admitting three each to the conver-
sazione.

I TE R NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL
EXHIBITION.
Tickets may be obtained of the principal Nurserymen,
and at—

Austin's, St. James's Hull.
t. happen s, New Bond-street.
Cock, Add son, and Co.'s,
Reg en t-s treet.
Keith and Prowse's, Cheap-

side.
Lacon ant 011icr's, New
Bond-st-ect.

Letts and Son's, Royal Ex-

change.
Mitchell's, Bond-street.
Oliivier's, Nov Bond-street.
Sam's, St. James's-street.
Westerton's, St. George's-
place.

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Luxurious sofa walls, 3s ' • balcony stalls, 35.; area, 25.;
amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats
secured at the Hall from Eleven io Five.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS,
ST. JAMES'S HALL.
EVERT EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDATS and
SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The original and veri-
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being the only one which retains all the marked specialities
and distinguished favourites who originally gained the re-
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suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in-
dividual member of the least distinction who belonged to the
original troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years)
return to London with their band strengthened and im-
proved in every respect, their entertainment being unani-
mously pronounced by the metropolitan press to be the most
sparkling in London.
Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, ss. ;
stalls, 3s. ; area. 26. ; gallery, Is. ; juveniles, under twelve,
half price to stalls and area only. Fauteuils and stalls may
be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street; or at Mr. Austin's, 25, Piccadilly. - Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

T H
0 X F OR 1),
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.

The Oxford and Cankrbury Hall Company (Limited',
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fl` I WF.ItE KTNG', Comic On,‘rn. by A DALPTIF. A Dim,
having been enthusiastically received, will be performed,
together with IL TROVATORE and MASA.NIELLO, by
the whole of the talented Operatic Company EVERY
EVENING in addition to the other novelties of the estab-
-I.shment, including the ce'ebrated HUNGARIANS in their
new entertainment, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr, RANDALL,
(yid Messrs. PERSIVANI and D'REIONDE.

Notice.—The Last Night of the Hungarians' appearance
in England.
Admission—Area, (d ; stalls and balcony, Is ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. dd.
Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8.

ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS.

NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models
of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including
those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS-
TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last
Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies,
taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the
notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
Selections from all the favourite Operas will be performed
by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening.
Chef d'Orcliestra, Signor L. CURTI.
M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and
Eleven o'clock.
Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, Is.

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THACICERAY.

The public in general is invited to co-operate in this move-
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secretary,
receivable as above, or by the under-
sig as ary
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MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
leet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip-
tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires,
or ligatures. They so pertectly resemb'e the natural teeth
as not to be distinguished from. the originals by the closest
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cies may be swamped by voters living in unrepre-
sented towns. The scheme of distributing the 49
seats saved by diminishing the representation of
small boroughs seem on the whole equally fair with
the disfranchisement clauses. An additional mem-
ber is to be given to each division of a county con-
taining, ex2lusive of Parliamentary boroughs, more
than 150,000 inhabitants—South Lancashire, which
has a population of more than 600,000, forming
two divisions—and 26 members are thus to be added
to the counties. An additional member is to be
given to each of the four boroughs—Liverpool,
Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds—now having
each more than 200,000 inhabitants, and an addi-
tional member to Salford, now having only one re-
presentative,
though containing :more than 100,000
inhabitants. The representation of the Metropolis
is to be increased by dividing the Tower Hamlets
into two boroughs, and creating a new borough of
Chelsea and Kensington. Burnley, Stalybridge,
Gravesend, Hartlepool, Middlesbury, and Dews-
bury are to become Parliamentary boroughs, each
returning one member, the London University is to
be constituted an Electoral constituency, and the
seven seats still remaining are allotted to Scotland.
The redistribution scheme of the Government is
fair and moderate. The number of small boroughs
dealt with might, perhaps, have been increased with
advantage, and we have pointed out a defect in the
scheme of grouping which might even now be re-
medied ; but in disposing of the seats obtained for
distribution by the first part of the scheme the claims
of the counties and of the great centres of industry
have been impartially considered. Some members
will, perhaps, regret that, at a time when so many
" three-cornered" constituencies are intended to be
created, no proposal is made to revive the plan for
representing minorities contained in the bill of
Lord Aberdeen's Government in 1854 ; but it is
probable that the Ministry have rightly gauged the
wisdom of Parliament in abstaining from such a step.
On the important question of boundaries the pro-
posals are less satisfactory, but it is evident that the
Ministry are ready to consider any practical sugges-
tion for fairly defining the limits of Parliamentary
boroughs. There is some simplicity in Mr. Glad-
stone's scheme for evading the difficulty, since the
proposal that Parliamentary and municipal boroughs
shall be conterminous can only make the determina-
tion of municipal boundaries henceforth what it has
not been hitherto—a political question. Mr. Glad-
stone objects to the proposal contained in Lord
Derby's bill, which would have given to the Enclo-
sure Commissioners the task of fixing the limits of
Parliamentary boroughs, on the ground that the
power is too great and too vague to be thus dealt
with, though it is in fact nothing more than to re-
neat, through a definite existing body, what was
done in 1832 through a special commission appointed
for the purpose. It cannot, however, be impossible
to settle the boundary question, if all parties consent
to deal with it in a spirit of fairness, and in that case
the Redistribution Bill incorporated with the Fran-
chise Bill may easily become a satisfactory measure
of Reform. There are some clauses in the Franchise
Bill which it is now confessed would produce effects
not intended by its framers, and it may therefore be
presumed that they will be withdrawn with little, if
any, reluctance. It remains only to determine how
Parliament shall deal with the two bills now before
it, and though Mr. Gladstone refused last night,
in reply to Mr. Disraeli and Sir Hugh Cairns,
to do more than express his readiness to con-
sult the convenience of the house of Commons,
subject to the one condition that Reform be not
allowed to drop, we think there can be little doubt
that the plan recommended by Mr. Bouverie is that
which ought to be pursued. The second reading of
the Redistribution Bill is fixed for Monday next,
and if, as we hope, it passes this stage after no
very prolonged discussion, the house can go into
committee on both bills at the same time, and then
fuse them together. Whether it will be possible to
pass the composite measure thus formed this session
must depend very much on the good sense of indi-
vidual members and the,sagacity of the leaders on
both sides, but especially of the Opposition. It is
most obviously for the interest of the latter, as it is
for the good of the country, that the spirit of reform
should be laid at rest; they have now the opportu-
nity of accomplishing this result, and that under the i
most favourable conditions, if they will only resist
the temptation of snatching a temporary triumph
over their opponents.
"ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES."--It is with any-
,„fAAIIR/2.....0f satisfaction that we
lished in the Times of last Tuesday, of a recent
interview between the IVashington correspondent
of that journal and the President of the
United States. In explanation of that occur-
rence, the Times of Wednesday declares that
the President, unlike the Sovereigns of Europe
who are hedged round with divinity, " can
talk with anybody about public affairs without
impropriety or offence. He can address a mob,"
says the leading journal, " from a platform or an
open window ; he can hold conversations which
the post will convey next day to the furthest corner
of the Union ; and he may explain and unbosom
himself to the correspondent of a European jour-
nal." Further on, the Times states that the
"President gave full permission that the details of
this remarkable conference should be made public."
The American people have been represented by
Charles Dickens and other caricaturists as utterly
destitute of propriety. Whether justly or not, they
have borne the character of an ill-mannered and
uncouth race, who do not scruple to disregard all
social amenities, who by instinct place their feet on
chimney-pieces and expectorate on drawing-room
carpets, and who, in a word, are mainly remark-
able for those traits of character which shock the
refined and disgust the sensitive. But while these
and similar caricatures, which have been manufac-
tured at the expense of the Americans, are destitute
of the slightest foundation of truth, it is admitted
that they do not, as a people, hold themselves
bound by those strict and rigid conventional rules
of etiquette which are observed in some civilised
countries, and which common sense teaches are
absurd and foolish. If an American citizen asks
an interview with the Executive, lie does not think
it necessary, on being ushered into " the presence,"
to prostrate himself and kiss the Presidestial toe,
nor even to address him as " Your high and mighty
Puissantness !" On the contrary, lie addresses the
President as he would any other gentleman, and
expects to be treated in return, not with official
hauteur nor offensive condescension, but with that
easy and respectful urbanity with which gentlemen
always meet each other. But underlying this fa-
miliarity, which is only another name for self-re-
spect, there is always prevalent in the minds of all
intelligent Americans a deep and abiding respect
for the Presidential office. Englishmen regard with
jealousy the slighest infraction of the dignity of the
Crown, and have made it a penal offence to speak
of the Sovereign in terms of disrespect. But we
do not scruple to assert that no intelligent man in
England venerates the Queenly office more highly,
or is more jealously alive to its dignity, than are
the people of the United States to that of the
Chief Ruler of the Land. Indeed, we believe and
maintain, in common with all Americans, that the
office of President of the United States is an
office of greater power, greater honour, and greater
dignity than that held by any Sovereign in Europe.
Kings and Queens and Emperors are born, not
made. They reach their high position not by the
force of character nor by the public choice, but by
the accident of birth. In all intelligent commu-
nities, that man who, by honesty, industry, and
intelligence has accumulated a fortune, is more
honoured than his neighbour who has simply ob-
tained a competence by some lucky accident. So
an office which represents the free choice of a
great nation is more honourable, and ought to be
more honoured, than that which is reached by
means entirely independent or in defiance
of the wishes of the people. For the same
reason that the American people are proud of
the Presidential office, they would also desire
to be proud of the President. He is not only
the embodiment of law and power, but should also
represent the refinement and the civilisation of the
people. If he fails to do this he grievously offends
and outrages the nation. When a little more than
a twelvemonth ago the Vice-President Elect
ap-
peared on inauguration day in a state of inebria-
tion, his offence was more serious, and was felt to
be more serious, than almost any political misde-
meanour which he could have committed. The
whole people, Republicans and Democrats, were
alike shocked ; and a universal feeling of disgust
and sorrow pervaded all classes. We put the case
not one whit too strongly when we declare that the
American people would sooner forgive Brechin-
ridge his treachery, or even Jeff. Davis his treason,
than to tolerate another such an exhibition as that
which disgraced the nation cn the 4th March, 1865.
The late " remarkable conference" between the
PRESIDENT of the United States and a Correspon-
dent of time London Times is decthlaerepdrebsyi
jour-
nal to be highly honourable to
do not profess to understand that peculiart
ctehn
ti
O IVo ef"
honour" which forms the stock-m-
mra_ddeiyowf
htehne
Times, but we are putting the case very
eil _
=and
we declare that among the four or fiv th

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loyal Americans now in London, there are very few
who have not, ever since the publication of that ac-
count in the Times, walked the streets of this metro-
polis with a personal sense of humiliation and
degradation. We speak of that which we know, and
testify of that which we have seen, when we assert
that of all the vagaries of President Johnson
none have so completely disgusted his coun-
a least, unruly
trymen and rendered them so heart-sick as
this. They feel, as Americans, that their
President should be reticent in speech, and
should make himself heard through his official
utterances and his public acts. But if his tongue is
so t
t thath at it e cannotshohld bea restrained,ddress
himself
they
eel,
his
ofwn people, and not to a professed public enemy
of his country and the institutions which he re-
presents. The London Times has so often out-
raged, and insulted, and calumniated the American
nation, that when the
President
consorts with it
or any of its representatives, all •
Americans feel
that his indiscretion is h' like
insa-
nity, and that, instead something ing very
a Congressional !ai-
lment, a medical commission to inquire into
his mental condition would be the more appropriate.
We have felt it our duty t
to comment in very
plain
terms on what we cannot but consider the
most deplorable indiscretion ever committed by a
President of the United States. But we de-
sire not to be misunderstood by our English
friends. We are most sincerely a •
nxious that the
people of this country should respect the American
people; and any attempt on the part of the PRE-
SIDENT, consistent with dignity and decency, to con-
ciliate the good opinion of England, would be not
only unobjectionable, but highly commendable. If
President Johnson had instructed Mr. Seward to
explain his domestic policy to Sir Frederic Bruce,
for communication to the Government and the
people of Great Britain, we might have questioned
the expediency, but not the decency, of the pro-
ceeding. In giving a two hours' conference to a
representative of a foreign newspaper,fur the
purpose of explaining to such an auditor the
_
details of his domestic policy, he is placed in
himself
the position of one who, having arrayedforeigners
against his own people, appears to
and detractors for support and sympathy.
If any of our English readers imagine we are
putting this matter too strongly, let us ask them
what they would think of their Queen if she were
to send for the representative of the New York
Herald, and, in a two hours' audience, condescend
to explain to that sapient individual the differences
between the Ministry and the Opposition in Par-
liament on the subject of Reform ? The President
of the United States occupies the same relative
position as the Queen of the United Kingdom. He
is the highest personage in the land—alike the Go-
vernor and the Commander-in-Chief. An act
which would amount simply to a folly if perpetrated
by any other becomes in him not merely a grave
misdemeanour, but a high crime—a crime against
the society which he represents. As such his late
indecorous conversation with the Times' Cor-
respondent will be regarded by his intelligent
countrymen. We do not venture to predict the
feeling with which that conversation will be received
in America when its details become known, but we
think it not out of place to state that the mail of this
day will carry out letters from several prominent
Americans n London, addressed to Secretary
Seward, and remonstrating against this latest
vagary of the President, which is felt to reflect so
much discredit upon his high office. And it is right
to add that many who most cordially support the
President's reconstruction policy, and who most
strenuously oppose the recent proceedings of Con-
gress, will join in the expression of their regret and
shame at the transaction to which we have adverted.

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