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TIMES. —IS there any sin in deed, word, or thought,
that is deemed too heinous to be laid to the charge
of " Perfide Albion ?" Not if we listen to the talk or
droughts,we mayofflohoodld anodufirsreelvol
look over the writings of some continental people.
guiltlessW e do o f
not
rainfallsk nolvhoorw far
of any other natural scourge with which our neigh-
bours happen to be afflicted. But, as political mis-
chief, nothing, it is quite sure, ever goes wrong
without our being at the bottom of it all. Does the
Pope meditate an escape from Rome? Who should
put the thought into his mind but Mr. Odo Russell,
himself, a Protestant, and the representative of a
Protestant State, anxious to withdraw the Holy
Father from the protection of his eldest daughter ?
Are the Cretans in arms against the Sultan ? Who
stirred_them Palannratnn__nrad Sir
a bait to bring back the Morea, Athens, and the
whole of the Greek world in their train ? Finally—
and this is the offence which has raised the last hue
and cry against us--who but ourselves hired the
monks and brigands of Palermo to proclaim the
Sicilian Republic ; and what else was our object but
to wrest from King Victor Emmanuel that fairest
and richest island in the Mediterranean, on the pos-
session of which our hearts have been set ever since
the days of Lord Nelson ? Little would it avail us
to plead " Not Guilty" to the impeachment, to en-
deavour to redeem our character for fair-dealin r r and
unselfish motives by pointing to the facts—that the
news of the rise in Sicily took us as much by surprise
as it did all the rest of the world, not excluding Baron
Ricasoli, the Prime Minister of Italy, and M. Torelli,
the Prefect of Palermo ; that our anxiety to refrain
from interference went the whole length of leaving
her. Majesty's subjects in the island unprotected
by a single boat from our Malta squadron, compel-
ling them to seek shelter on board a man-of-war of
a friendly Power; finally, that the English residents
found themselves exposed no less to the bullets
of. the insurgents than to the shells of the Royal
troops. All this would be to little purpose ' • the
proofs of our complicity are supplied by the heaps
of English sovereigns with which the rioters pockets
were flush, by their cry for the Constitution of 18i2,
and the mention of the
partito Inglese" among
them. We shall certainly take no trouble to un-
deceive the politicians of Milan and Florence as to
the absurdity of the imputation) We shall not at-
tempt to convince anybody who may yet require
conviction on that score that there is not really one
inch of territory belonging to any of the European
States which we do in the least feel inclined to
covet, and that, as to Sicily, not only would we
never take that island as a gift, but no bribe would
induce us to saddle ourselves with it. John Bull is,
on the whole, a thriving man, and is aware of the
feeling that is said to be the shadow of prosperity.
Few people in Europe care to understand him ;
most nations take their opinions of him at second-
hand, from the estimate he puts on himself. The
English painted by themselves make but a sorry pic-
ture. In our worst fits of grumbling we are taken
at our own words. Anything more selfish, more
fickle, more unprincipled than our foreign policy,
past and present, as blazoned forth by certain ac- I
complished English essayists on England and
Europe, can hardly be read in the Memoirs, if they
ever appear, of the Marquis de Boissy. That for
five-and-twenty years, at the close of the last and
the 'beginning of the present century, we should
have struggled for existence, and in our great straits
acted sometimes on the maxim that all is fair in war,
seems to those benign gentlemen an indelible stain
on our national shield. The recklessness with which
we went to work during those continental wars, the
worse than Macchiavellian arts by which we pro-
moted
regardless of other people's
less than of our most sacred
rights
and our
interests, selfish
no
engagements—all our misdeeds are arrayed against
us,sha mneotanodnlyrewmiotrhsea,
viewbut to overwhelm us with
to bend our hearts to
amends and reparation ; to point out a just and
generous policy, which should begin by a general
restitution of stolen goods--a surrender of Gibral-
tar to the Spaniards, of Malta to the Italians, and
to every man his own—and should end in a cham-
pionship of the weak and the oppressed, a chival-
rous mission in quest of wrongs to be redressed.
We have no great apprehension of thesound mass
of our countrymen ever being led away by specious
theories of the nature alluded to. Without claiming
exemption from that liability to error which is the
common lot of mortals, we believe that our states-
men for years have pursued that
course
ew the as
which
h the
et seventyexigencies
of extremely hard times
imposed upon them. Impressed with a strong sense
of their duty to their country, they were not,
however, altogether dead to what is called " la
politique du sentiment," nor, above all, sympathy
for any cause that might seem noble and deserving.
In the negotiations of 1815, whatever may be said
to the contrary, England put forth the most mode-
rate claims in her own behalf, and thought most of
the interests of European peace, and of what was
then looked upon as the rights and liberties of na-
tions. Since that year it must also be allowed that,
bound as she deemed herself by the faith of treaties,
she too often strained a point for the relief of the
oppressed, and lent a hand in some transactions
the strict justice and expediency of which have since
been questioned ; for there are not many at the
present day who would contend that the Greeks
were worthy of the independence that Navarino
gave them, or that the rule of Don Carlos in Spain
could have been more bigoted, more despotic, or
sanguinary than that of Queen Isabel has been. It
is, be it understood, far less from sluggishness in
taking an active part in European conflicts, less from
a sordid anxiety for her trade and industry, that
England has gradually withdrawn within herself and

adopted her policy of non-intervention, than from
the immense difficulty in many questions of know-
ing what side it is really wise and equitable to take
or what positive good may be expected even of the
most justifiable interference. For our own part we
believe no Englishman has any reason, looking to
the results, to be proud or glad of the part he took
in Spanish broils, and no Englishman, were he even
a Lord Dudley tuart, would advise war with Rus-
sia, even for the sake of Polish independence. As
to restitution of British possessions in obedience to
the claims of nationality, we have shown our good
will in the case of the lonian Islands, an act of self-
denial to which moreimpulsive and magnanimousna-
tions.offer no parallel ; and although we shall never
have reason to repent a sacrifice which was only a
good riddance for what concerns ourselves, we are
far from sure as yet that either the Greeks or the
lonians themselves may count that change as a real
gain ; but as to Gibraltar, Malta, and other mere
dots on the map of the world, even if we were con-
fiding enough to surrender fangs and claws in our
trust in the brotherhood of nations, we should only
show our improvidence in giving up to the weak
what sooner or later must again fall into the hands
of the strong. But, although we have established
among us the political principle that charity begins
at home—and we have, in our opinion, no reason to
be ashamed of it—we do not think that our neigh-
bours ought to be too positive as to our absolute
neutrality in all their concerns, or as to ouradherence
to the doctrine of non-intervention in any events.
England is not ancient Venice, nor were the wars of
the Napoleonic era to us what those of the League
of Cambray were to the Republic of St. Mark. It
is possible, we believe, tc presume too far on the
" passivity and supineness" of England. That every
Government should settle its own affairs with its
people without let or hindrance on our part, were it'
even as utter a libel oft Providence as ,that of the
Bourbon of Naples, is with us a fixed principle ;
nor do we think right and wrong are always so
nicely divided in international questions as to war-
rant rash partisanship ; but there may, nevertheless,
be cases of outrages so glaring, and perpetrated to
the
the injury of such near and dear neighbours, as
would compel us, in spite of all our inertness, to
take up another people's cause as if it were our
own. We certainly deem it idle to take heed of
all the rumours lately current with respect to the
designs of some great Powers against some of the
minor States on their frontier. It would be even
more unprofitable to discuss how we should meet
contingencies as yet so remote, but there is cer-
tainly no harm in borrowing the favourite
phrase of the Emperor Napoleon, and asserting
that in such contingencies we should " reserve
our freedom of action." As to the Eastern
question, none of those who hold us so cheap
would dream of its coming to a settlement with-
out us. We certainly do not greatly care what be-
comes of Crete or of any other Greek province,
whether insular or continental. The expulsion of
the Turk from Europe, the partition of his spoils
between Russia, France, Austria, and Prussia would
little affect our equanimity. Our former cure of
the " Sick Man" was not successful, and was never
meant to be radical or permanent. He had too
many doctors. Only we must not. have Egypt
meddled with. For the independence of the
Isthmus Europe may be sure that we-would fight
tooth and nail. Men may coma their big batta-
lions, they may put their faith in needle-guns, they
may forget all we ever did by land or sea; but the
real nerve of war is with us nevertheless, the gold
in our banks, the thews and sinews in our manly
race. Nor need too great a stress be laid on our
Anglo-Saxon horror of great standing armies; for
the Americans are also Anglo-Saxons, and they
bowel to that suprema lex which in their hour of
trial became their only mitts populi.
Post —The distinguished members of the late
Government who have determined to pass the
critical period of an exceptionally embarrassing
recess in the Eternal City may be congratulated on
the exercise of their excellent discretion. It should
not, however, be hastily supposed that an excursion
which is obviously convenient involves any de-
parture from the way of duty. Mr. Gladstone
may have recollected, and Earl Russell cannot
have forgotten, that at no remote period a great
English statesman was recalled from Rome to ad-
'Via' nit
executive committee of the National Reform Union.
Still it would seem that the Radical Reformers fail
to perceive the expediency of this movement,' and
that, so far from moderating their suppressed 1
displeasure, Mr. Brand has heaped coals upon the
fire. They describe him as the " ex-whipper-in
of the Liberals," and affect to think that he
speaks without authority. They. sneer at his
overweening readiness to believe in the likeli-
hood of a Tory Reform Bill," and are surprised
that he should conceive it possible for Parliament
to amend and pass any measure dealing with the
representation which Lord Derby's Government
might introduce. Of course there are suspicious
people who regard such au outburst of indignation
as they would a flash of stage lightning; but be that
as it may, Mr. Brand's manifesto claims considera-
tion, on the fair assumption that it is an authentic
and accredited political communication. Substanti-
ally, the letter which has caused so much real or
simulated consternation in the Radical camp is little
more than a recapitulation;in a condensed and pre-
cise form, of the opinions expressed by Mr. Glad-
stone at Salisbury. It draws a line of demarcation
between the action of the Liberal party and the agi-
tion of the reform leagues and unions, and explains
clearly enough on what conditions and to what end
the former is to be directed. Mr. Brand presumes
that Lord Derby's Government must do one of three
things ; they may decline to deal with Reform ; or
they may propose an illusory measure ; or they may
bring forward a Reform Bill which, if not good, is
susceptible of improvement. If the last course is
taken, Mr. Brand thinks their bill ought to be car-
ried into committee in order to amend it ; and, on
the other hand, " if the Government take either the
first or the second course, it will be for Parliament
to pass judgment upon them." The only point on
which this proposition appears to admit of a factious
interpretation is not perhaps of much consequence,
for no one doubts that the Conservatives would be
glad to settle this question, and it may be assumed
that the House of Commons will not be unreason-
ably impatient. But the ground on which it is ob-
jected to by the Radicals is, or rather may be,. of
the utmost importance. If Mr. Gladstone 's word isa
bond it will be tenable ; but that is not nearly all,
for on the understanding now announced, the op-
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Parliament' and the country to pretend that any
liberal and comprehensive measure of Reform was
illusory. If, then, there is some chance of getting
rid of this stumbling-block in the way of progress,
the " demonstrations" which Mr. Bright is promot-
ing may be contemplated with comparative com-
posure. They are organised to overawe and in-
timidate the Legislature, and therefore illegal and
mischievous. But it is evident that there can be no
permanent agreement between the statesmen who
are meeting at Rome and the demagogues who de-
claim on the platforms of the Reform League, and
if Mr. Bright casts in his lot with the one he must
break with the other. Thus the nation may became
reconciled to an abuse of its liberties. It has nothing
to fear, and anger may be subdued by contempt.
There are certain limits which must be observed
and certain rights which must be vindicated, but
they cannot be passed over or compromised by mere
" wind and tongue," and it may be wise to tolerate
agitation which clears the political atmosphere. Mr.
right's followers seem to have calculated errone-
ously on the effect which their provocation would
produce. [f they were to carry out their threats
the country would hold them responsible for the con-
sequences ; but it is exceedingly difficult to realise
the idea which is indicated in rhetorical vehemence
and uninstructed clamour. The intention is in-
telligible, and at the present time, and in the rirsdt
place, it is to overthrow the Government of
liLshoerd
Derby. That, however, could only be accomnp
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at all on the subject, it concernsßpeform is the sole
the representation of party
whole. The representation of the people is not
and if it is to be refrained, the exigencies and the
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passions of political strife should not be suffered to
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interfere with the work. Lord Derby's Government
may or may not be competent to prepare and pass a
reform bill ; but, at all events, any measure which
they submit to Parliament ought to be considered
on its merits ; and if its principle is affirmed, it is
highly improbable that it will be withdrawn from
the judgment of the House of Commons on a point
of detail. Moreover, there may be no alternative.
Mr. Gladstone cannot but be aware that a Reform
Bill produced as a party measure would be rejected
as such, and Mr. Bright confesses that any measure
answering to his expectations must be driven through
Parliament and imposed on the country by force.
Now it is folly to talk of force. That strengthens
the hands of Lord Derby's Government and para-
lyses Mr. Gladstone's party. There can be no forced
legislation. But it might not be impossible to bring
in a Conservative Reform Bill, which could not be
opposed as illusory by any one who voted for the
bill of 1859 ; and if Ministers consult public opi-
nion, Mr. Bright's agitation may throw whatever
extra weight is required into the scale in their
favour.

The Recent Collision and Loss of Life off

the Suffolk Coast.

Yesterday an official investigation, instituted by
direction of the Board of Trade, was commenced
at the Greenwich Police-court, before Mr. Traill,
the police magistrate, and Captains Baker and
Hight, as nautical assessors, into the circumstances
attending the collision off the Suffolk coast, between
the screw collier Cobden and the schooner East
Cornwall, by which the lives of the master and two
cst the crew of the latter vessel were sacrificed.
Mr. J. Hargreave Hamel, barrister, attended to
conduct the inquiry on behalf of the Board of Trade,
the owners of the East Cornwall being represented
by Mr. Cohen (instructed by Messrs. Ellis, Parker,
and Co.), and those of the Cobden by Mr. Cooper.
Mr. Hamel opened theproceedings with a succinct
account of the accident, which will be found de-
tailed in the evidence ; after which
John Salt, the mate of the East Cornwall, was
examined, and after describing the course steered, and
the ship being tacked, he said, that about eight or

nine minutes after the latter event he heard the

captain call out, " Jump up here, my lads." He went
on deck, and the captain then said there was a
steamer down under the ship's lee. Witness saw the
green and white light of the steamer about half a
mile off, on the port beam. The captain told him
to fill the yards. This was done, and they called
out at the same time to the steamer to port her helm
and reverse the engines. The steamer soon after
struck the schooner, cutting her right in two, the
schooner having grounded about ten minutes before
the collision. Immediately after the collision wit-
ness jumped into the rigging, and got on board the
steamer. He dragged one of the crew with him,
and a minute afterwards the schooner went down.
He heard the captain of the schooner call out for a
rope, and he threw him two. The boat of the
steamer was not lowered for a quarter of an hour
or twenty minutes after the collision.
By Mr. Cohen—The steamer was going at the
rate of seven or eight knots an hour when she struck
the schooner, the first person he saw in the steamer
was the mate. The schooner was struck by the
steamer a little on the slant. The schooner was in
good condition. Never heard any complaints on
hoard the steamer that the schooner's lights had not
been seen. Saw the mate of the steamer shortly
after the collision, and he did not say that he had
not seen the lights. About ten minutes before he
came on deck he heard the captain gave orders to
put the ship about.
By Captain Baker—No sail could have obscured

the schooner's lights as they were fitted. There
was no bell on deck, but there was a bell which was
usedin fafxv weather. did
Tric witness saiu ne a not think a b—df better
than the crew screaming out as they did. A man
waved the binnacle light for three minutes before
the collison. The red light was burning brilliantly
while witness was hauling in the forcyard.
By Mr. Traill—At the time of the collision could
see the hull of a vessel the same size as the schooner
a quarter of a mile off.
William Morris, seaman on board the East Corn-
wall, said he was on deck from 12 o'clock until the
time of the collision. The schooner's lights were
trimmed about 20 miputes before the collision.
Witness saw the masthead light of the steamer when
she was about a mile and a half distant, and about
a minute and a half afterwards ho saw her green
light, but never saw the red light. He reported
seeing the masthead light of the steamer to the cap-
tain, who asked him which way the steamer was
going, and he told him he thought she was going to
the south. The captain had the helm in his hand
and put it hard a-port, at the same time singing
out to the steamer, " Hard a-port !" A man was
in the main rigging on the port side waving the
binnacle lamp. The steamer was then about a
quarter of a mile off, and the collision occurred
about three minutes afterwards.
By Mr. Cooper—The schooner was put about
before her lights were trimmed.

By Captain Baker—Was of opinion that those
on board the steamer should have seen the lights of
the schooner.

Robert High said be was a seaman on board the
East Cornwall, and went below at 12 o'clock on the
night of the collision. When' he came on deck he
saw the schooner's red light burning brightly, and
he should think the ship's lights could have been
seen a mile and a half or two miles on that night.

By Mr. Traill—The schooner's sails were not
bleached, or white, but dark, like those of a collier.

By Mr.Cooper—When he first saw the three lights
of the steamer she was about half a mile off. - .

By Captain Baker—Those on board the steamer
ought to have seen the schooner's red light and bin-
nacle light, if a good look-out had been kept. The
man at the wheel of the steamer told witness, on the
following morning, that he saw the schooner's lights,
and he (witness) saw the hull of a brig to leeward of
the schooner a quarter of a mile off.
Capt. James Smith Craig, master of the Cobden,
was next examined. He said he was on deck until
one o'clock on the morning of the collision. At
that time the weather was very dark, but clear, and
he could see a long way off, both the Orfordness and
.Lowestoft lights. The lights of the steamer would
burn 16 hours without trimming. At dile timo of
going off deck the wind was S.W. by W.,
strong. The steamer was not under canvas, and
an houn At
one o'clock the steamer was abreast
b
was going from seven to eight knots
chief mate,
He gave 'the course, S.W. by S., to the u _
p to
telling him to keep that course untilbr got darker or
the Shipwash, and if the weather
heard the mate
thicker he was to be called. e
stNrvuasckaodnutlhl,e .wf'ohritee.
call " Port port !" and
he he bad been lying do wn.
house on the bridge, wheconds
he saw a dark object
Within two or three se
under the steamer's bows
• diately ran out of
Collision took place almost instanter.
of Soutinvold.
quarter close ,
com-
pletely in two,
as
she went down immediately.
There was no suchdelay as a quarter of an hour in
lliigeh t
believeda n cit
11
telhbe abaft, schoonera that awtashletr stern was cut
lowering the boat, which was effected in three or four
minutes, and all that a mortal could do was done to
save life.

—By Captain Baker—The engines were stopped
just before the collision.

By Mr. Traill—At the time of the collision it was
so dark that an object could not be seen at a greater
distance than a ship's length. Remained near the
wreak about an hour, when the weather getting
dark, and the rain descending, for the safety of the
steamer, as the cargo was shifting, he put her head
to sea. The engines were put on at full speed after
the collision, and afterwards slower, and stopped as
the weather became thicker. _

Mr. Trail observed that with the weather so dark
4s had been described he did not think it at all pru-

Alexander APlCinnon, chief engineer of the
Cobden, said about two minutes before the "crash"
of the collision he received a signal from the tele-
graph to stop the engines, which were then working
about seven and a half or eight kn•.ts an hour. He
had no order to reverse the engines after stopping
them. Had such an order been given the engines
could have been reversed in three-quarters of a
minute.
The court then adjourned.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms
of the past twenty months the National Litebsat
Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to
the tiavin..c of 1,250 persons from different wrecks on our
coasts. The Institution also expended £42,420 In the same
period on its lifeboat et tablishments, in addition to granting
£3,302 as rewards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the Institution's 172 lifeboat
establishments.
Contributions are reeeived by the London and country
bankers; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—SoIe
Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—
PR R OSPECTIVE ARANGEMENTS.— This Evening,
Tuesday, Oct. 9, and during the week (Saturday. excepted),
Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN, being the last five
nights it can be performed previous to the Christmas holi-
days in consequence of the numerous novelties in
prepara-
tion. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF
ERRORS. Saturday, Oct. 13, Monday, Oct. 15, and during
the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of ACBETH. To con-
clude with Tull BEGGAR'S OPER-M A. Saturday, Oct. 20,
will be produced for the first time on the English Stage,
in respect to several of its chief scenes, d
a Romant
the ic
oem Play,
in Four Acts, entitled FAUST,
adapte from Pof
Goethe, by Bayle Bernard. Principal characters by Mr.
Phelpe, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. B. Talbot, Mr. W. Harri-
son, Mr. 'l'. Swintxmrne, At-. Henri Drayton, Master Percy
Roselle, Mr. T. Mead, Mr. James Johnstone, Brothers
Webb, Mr. Edmund Phelps, Mr. Barrett, Mr. 11. Sinclair,
Mr. I3arsby, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Herman Vezin,
Madame Jenny Baur, Miss Poole, Miss Rebecca Isaacs,
Mrs. 11. Vandenhoff, Miss Florence Bennett, Miss Adelaide
Golfer, Miss Isobel Adams.—T ho Scenic Department
under the direction of Mr. William Beverley. Stage
IJlanager, Mr. Edward Stirling.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucksione,
TrIIIS EVKNING, 'I HE OVERLNN t) ROUTE. Messrs.
Charles Mathews, Buckstone. Corot ton, Chippendale, Rogers,
Clark, Braid. Gordon. White, dze.. ; Mesdamt s Mathews, Chip-
pendale, Nill, Wright, tc.
After which, the BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The
Misses Healy.
To be followed by THE CRITIC. Me sm. C. Mathews,
pompton. Rogers ; Mrs. ritzwilltam, &c.
To conclude with MY USBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at Seven.

lELGYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. lechter.
THIS EVENING, BRUTUS AND C-ESAR.
Hearade.
At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Ac's, THE
LONO ..iTitIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New
,Scenery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Mess: s. S Emery,
Widlicornb, leitzpatrick, Dalton, 1). Evans, Anderson,
Newbound. Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds,
and .J. C. Cowper.
To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Toby
Tweedieton, Mr. 11. Widdicomb; and Miss bratton
Acting Manager, Mr. IL Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

Box-office open daily from Ten till. Five.

Miss

THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM
TIIEATa.E.— Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D.
itoucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci-
cault. At 7 o'clock.