The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-22 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNEWSY, JULY 22, 1867.

The difficulty respecting the Parliamentary
Oaths Bill received three discussions yesterday.
First, by the deputation of Liberal members who
waited on the Premier, and subsequently consi-
dered the proceedings at that interview. Secondly,
by the House of Commons on Lord JOHN
RUsSELL's motion, for leave to bring in a bill as
to the state of the existing law. And, thirdly, in
the House of Lords, where the Lord Chief Justice
of England, rather irregularly, introduced
a debate, under the avowed object of in-
quiring into the condition of the judicial busi-
ness of the House, more particularly as to the
state of the appeal case of —ALOMONS V. MIL-
LER." The results in every case confirm the opi
nion that it is utterly useless to hope that Lord
JOHN RUSSELL'S Bill can be passed during the
present session, and that the representative branch
of the legislature must decide either on passinv
Mr. DILLWYN'S, or some analogous, resolutions,
for the purpose of admitting B iroll ROTHSCHILD
to his seat on taking the oath " in the form most
binding on his conscience," or of humbly submit-
ting to the decision of the Lords, and permitting
another body to become the judges of their own
peculiar rights and privileges.
On the first point, we regret to be obliged tc,
say that we can place no confidence in Lord

PALMERSTON. lie, of course, received the depu-
tation very courteously, and listened with respect-
ful deference to their views. No Minister could
do otherwise hwards so influential a body of his
supporters. He could not afford to say, as be
recently did of some other Members, that " he
tred nothing for their opinions." That would
se too daring an experiment for the wary tacti-
cian. But he carefully avoided committing him-
,,elf in any way. He stated " that it was impos-
sible for the Government to promise support to a
bill which they had not seen, and of the provi-
sions of which they were ignorant. That they
would give all their support to the introduction
i,f the bile, hut could promise nothing as to the
titure stage." We do not profess to give
the ipsissiina verbs of the Premier, but
such was their tenor and effect. Nct very
encouraging for those who were contented to keep
their own views in abeyance, waiting for what
the Government and the House of Lords might
do.

But this was not all ! He justified the
schism in the Cabinet on the question—would
hold out no hope of the acquiescence of the Go
vernment to seating Baron ROTHSCHILD by reso-
lution, and, "as a matter of tactics, doubted
if the bill of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, if it
passed through the House of Commons, would
not lose much of its effect by being carried
up by a smaller majority than supported
the Government Bill !" The best that could be
gathered from his statement was that "he did not
despair of the feeling in the Upper House under-
going a change." As if that was not sufficient to
damp the feelings of the applicants, he took ad-
vantage of the subsequent discussion in the House
"to speak frankly," reserving his opinion until
better informed of its provisions, but intimating
that, "in the present state of the session, with many
important bills pending, he could not undertake to
postpone Government business for the purpose of
pressing the measure forward." This was the
application of cold water with a vengeance. It
WAS similar to the treatment of the poor lunatic,
who first received a shower bath of six hundred
gallons, and then a considerable dose of the
"lowering" mixture. Certainly, there must be
great vitality in the principle if it can resist such
depressing treatment !
In the House the motion was carried by a ma-
jority of 92, the numbers being for the bill 246, and
against it, 154. Judging, however, from the
tone and manner of the Opposition, the agreeable
treat which they provided on Saturday, and the
tacit encouragement which they received from the
lukewarmness of the Premier, we are confirmed in
the belief that there is no hops of the measure
passing this session. In order to do sn, and to
induce the Lords to re-consider their determina-
tion, it should be pressed forward with the ut-
most zeal and enthusiasm. It should be regarded
as of paramount importance, to which everything
else should give place. But when the Lords per-
ceive that not even a government day would
be given up for its discussion, and that Ministers
cannot be in earnest, they will display similar per-
versity to that which has induced them to reject the
principle, although assumingso many Protean forms
during four successive Parliaments. If, therefore,
the Commons desireto vindicate their own privileges
they must act for themselves, and not expect to
avoid the collision through any concession on the
pert of the co-ordinate branch of the Legislature.
It seems to us that there is but one wey to bring
Lord PALMERSTON to his senses, and b vindicate
the honour and character of the popular represen-
tatives. Let the new bill be affixed as a rider to some
'of the money hills. We wish it could he to that
for the dowry of the Princess Royal, but it has
already received the Royal Assent. This, or the
bolder and more decisive method, which we havo
advocated, of admitting Baron RomscHILD by
a resolution of the House, would enlighten
the mind of the political chameleon, and sum-
marily dispel the German fog, which at pre-
sent obscures his vision and c'ouds
his judgment. Let him be honest and straight-
forward, and he will have nothing to fear ; but
any paltry evasion or thimble-rigging quibbles will
deprive him of the independent support he has
hitherto received, and leave him in a hope'ess
minority, deprived of the c )nfidence and good-
will of the House, which he has abandoned in the
hour of emergency.
Indeed they have already received an ominous
warning. Lord CAMPBELL has stepped forward
as the schoolm aster, and administered a sound
castigation to those who presumed to assert their
own opinions. He ventured to impeach a resolu-
tion of which an Hon. Member of the other
House had given notice, and, as we believe, in
total violation of order, he sp 'lse of a matter
still pending in the C nimens as a " flagrant
usurpation," " a coup d'etat, such as is sometimes
resorted to in a neighbouring country t ibring about a
revolution 1" Nay more, he distinctly and unequi-
vocally indicated whet his conduct would be
if the question should be brought before him in
his judicial capacity, and hoped that "if the
House of Commons should order him to be taken
to Newgate or the Tower, the people would rise
in his defence." This is certainly not what we
should have anticipated from the head of the
Superior Courts of Common Law, and we shall
feel both grieved and astonished if the unseemly
threats have not a directly contrary effect to that
intended, and if the chosen representatives of the
people be not thereby influenced to assert their
own inherent and inalienable privileges in an une-
quivocal and decisive manner. The time has
indeed arrived when they must make up their
minds to act vigorously, or to sink into insignifi-
cance—to " awake, arise, or be for ever fallen."

It seems more than probable that the Tipperary
Joint-Stock and Roy al British Banks will not be
suffered to stand alone in their glory 1 The
London and Eastern Banking Corporation, so far
at least as the Directors and Managers are con-
cerned, boldly claims admission into the triad.
They appear to have as completely made away
with the assets, to have applied the entire
paid-up capital, and all that their credit
could obtain, for their own private and peculiar
benefit, as either of the rival boards. As in the
Irish case, a single dictator appears to have ob-
tained the lion's share of the plunder. Col mel
PETRIE WAUGH has contrived to absorb something
more than the entire capital, leaving to his fel-
lows to pluck at the credit of the concern.
He seems to have dazzled, by his reckless expen-
diture, those who must either have been his weak-
minded dupes, or his criminal associates. A fabu-
lous value was placed on a property which he had
purchased for less than the one-twentieth
part of what he obtained on its security I And
while be was borrowing so largely, and at 12 per
cent, interest, from the funds entrusted to his care,
ne was living en prince, as if he were, indeed,
the millionaire which he professed to be. The
public journals contained daily accounts of his
lavish entertainments. The glories of Campden
[louse and of Branksea Castle were repeated
usque ad nauseam,, and confiding shareholders
were dazzled with the seemingly boundless
wealth of the man, who, although appa-
rently possessed of ALADDIN'S lamp, or FORM

NATUS'S purse, was still willing to devote his time
and Latour for their benefit. At length the
babble burst, and veterans who had retired to
enjoy the otium cum dignitate, and widows who
hoped to spend the remainder of their days in com-
fort, thanks to the providence of their deceased hus-
bands, found themselves reduced to destitution,
and compelled to endure all the ills of pinching
poverty, through the reckless and want m extrava-
gance of a single man, and the culpalle folly, or
something far worse, of his coadjutors.
Such a case should be fully developed in all its
details. Every portion of the management should
be exposed in the clearest light. The delinquents
—whoever they may be—should not be secured
from public censure. Fortunately for the
creditors, it appears that the share-
holders are able, by impoverishing them-
selves, to provide for the liquidation of the
liabilities of the concern. The public will not
suffer very materially, but surely innocent
shareholders also require protection ; and
it is deplorable to see gallant veterans, help-
less widows, and innocent children reduced
to pauperism or deprived of the comforts
to which they are entitled, and all their future
prospects blighted by such iniquitous conduct on
the part of those who may be regarded as their
trustees, bound to act to the best and utmost of
their ability for their interest.
It appears that the resolution adopted at a
former meeting, that the shareholders should give
promissory notes for a sum equal to 250,0001.
(being 501. on each 1001. share, in addition to the
501. already paid), has been already acted on, to
the extent of 206,1501., and two calls of 151.
each per share have been made on the
shareholders, who refused to accede to the
proposed arrangement& Under these circum-
stances, the debts and liabilities are to
be privately liquidated, and the matter
will not come so prominently under the public
notice, as if more stringent measures were adopted.
Sufficient has, however, transpired, to show that
the whole of the original capitil has been squan-
dered, and that the shareholders must not
only submit to that loss, but must pay
further heavy sums to save themselves from ex-
pensive and ruinous litigation. We may, then,
hope that, notwithstanding the private liquidation,
the parties guilty of such vile and heartless frauds
may not escape with impunity, but that justice
may be fully vindicated, and that they may be all
deal& with strictly, according to their respective.
deserts.

THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,—The Countess
Van Buren (Queen of the Netherland") honoured Eirl
Cadogan wfth her presence at dinner, at his mansion i❑
Piccadilly, and afterwards went to a ball given by the
Countess de Pereigny at Albemarle House.
The Duke and Duc es; of Buccleuch and the Ladies
Scott hale left Montagu House, Whitehall, for Beaulieu,
in the New Forest.

The Doke of Sutherland, after a cruise of several
weeks in his yacht, has landed at Liverpool, and gone
to Trentham, where the Ducheßs and Lords Ronald and
Albert Leveson Gower are staying.
The Marchiorftss (Anne) of Londonderry has left
Holderneste House for Wynyard Park, near Stockton-
on-Tees.

The Countess of We tmoreland and Laly Rose Pane
bave gone on a tour in Switzerland. The noble earl re•
mains in town.

The Earl and Counte=s Ho we and Lady Mary Curzon
have left town for Gopsall Hill, Leicestershir,..
The Countess Vane and her infant daughter are going
on favourably.

Viscount Gage, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Gage
and Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Tomline, leaves town to-day for
the Continent.

Yesterday the marriage of the Hon. Ashley Ponson-
by, second son of the late Lord de Manley, to the Hon.
L 3uisa Gordon, daughter of Lord and Lady Henry Gor,
don, and Maid of Honour to her 111,,j,.!,ty, was celebrated
at Al! Saints' Church, Knightsbridge, in the presence of
a brilliant circh of friends of both lamili- s.

The athletes of evidence taken before the Mayo County
Election Committee wore. issued yesterday in a huge blue
book of 611 pages. The evidence taken before the Gal-
way Committee is also published.
STATE OF TRADE, —M AN CHESTER, Tuesday.—Price
of yarn are somewhat hvglier la,t week, with an txceed-
ingiy firm market, and a fair amount of buc.inesrs doing,
Tore is a demand fur all kinds of cloth, at hardening
txceptinz such as are for India—these remain
firm, at tot wcek's rate'.

Tim LAST WAR IN CIIINA.—T;Ie estimate of the
sum required to be voted in the year 1857, ending
March, 1858. for the adjustment of the as coaunt wish
the Hon, East India Conti:any, for the expedition
crarlexicn with the last war iu China (from 1840 to
1343), ia tix.d at 590.6931.
KENT SUMMER ASSIZES.—The -commission for these
assizes wilt be opened sit Maidstone on Thursday next,
and buiiness owntnenced in bo',ll courts oa the following
wornirv. There are no less than fire indictments for
wiljul murder. The jaiges are Chief Baron Pd. ock and
Mr. Justice Wifles.

EEC APB FROM AN AUSTRIAN FORTRESS. —The A V -
burg GL-tzele announces that three political offenders, Dr.
Senutle and two military officers, who were not included
in the recent amnesty of the Emperor of AuTria,
effect d their es !ape ai)out a fortnigtit ago from the for-
tress of Josephstalt, in 13.Momia.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—As a short passenger train was
runnif,g from Lieco'n to R,tforti, on the Manchester,
&)eflield, and Linonloshire R,ilwayr, on the 15th inst ,
the engine jumped off the metals just after a:7 train had
cr,,fsed the Trei.t-bridge, between C)itain and Toe(sey,
and all the carriages were thrown off the line. The
guard was severely inj.ired.
A letter from Algiers of the 13%h inst gives full
detaits relative to the harvest throughout the French
possessions in Algeria. In the province of the east the
crops have fully realized the prornies of the sprint.
Wheat and bailey have alroady appeared in large vanti-
ties on the market of B ma, and a considerable fall in
price has followed. The farms in the distr'ct of Gudma
are well niltivated, and the harvest most abund4nt..
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT BY FlRE.—Yesterday, be-
tween twelve and one o'clock. an accident of a roost dis-
tressing nature occurred at No. 16, Wellington-street,
Victoria-park. A young woman who was waihing in the
back pert of the premises had her dress drawn into the
copper fire ; the flames were not exhausted before she
was severely burnt. The sufferer, who is not expected
to survive, bad only been married a fortnigh%
NAVIGATION SOLIOOL MEETING.—A public meeting
was held yesterday, at the Sailors' Institute, Mercer-
street, Shadwell, to inaugurate the opening of a Navi.
gation School in connexion with the Bard of Trade.
Lord Sta,dey of Alderley took the chair ; and amongst
those present were Mr. A. Ayrton, Dr. Lyon Bayfair,
Mr. L. L .vi, Mllr. Somes, Mr. Scrutton, Mr. J. Payne,
and several others. Resolut oas having been adapted iu
support of the school, the prGcstdings closed with the
usual compliment to the noble eiairman.

THE SALE AT ALTON TOWERS.—The sae of the mag-
nificent collect!ol at Alton Toward Ftill vroceeda. Die

total amount of last Friday's sale was 2,5001. Saturday's
teal_, produced 1,0001. The amount realised on Monday
was 7501. Among the articles sold were a pair of mag-
nificent Dresden vases, which rea iced 1801. A pair of
very handsome statuary marble canuelabra were soid for
1931. A set of s'x groups of rustic figures, by Percy,
realised 1061. Two ivory carvings of the glorification
and aec msiou the Virgin, in high relief, by Fiatningo,
wero sold for 1291.
THE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS AT CHELMSFORD.—
There has been a very natural desire on the part of the
Sheriff and other authorities that the two should be
executed on the same day, so as to avoid a repetition of
the sad scene. Communications were accordingly opened
with the Secretary of State, who, afier maturely con-
sidering the subject, was of opinion that the regulation
in such cases wee imperative, and could not be relaxed.
The execution of Crawley for the murder of his wife at
Stratford was therefore fixed for Thursday next, the 23d
inst., and of Finch for Wednesday, the 29th.
SEWAGE OF TO wNS.—Yesterday the report on the
means of deodorising and utilising the sewage of towers
addressed to toe Board of thalthby Mr. 'leery Austin:
C.E., chief superintending inspector of the board, and
presented to parliament, was issued as a publication.
The report treats of the present position of the question,
the constituents of sewage, and several chemical and
mechanical processes for separating the eol:d matter, tte •
systems of open irrigation and underground pipes as
means of utdising sewage, agricultural results from the
use of sewage manure, and concludes with a chapter of
practical recornmendatifins
SIR JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, M.P.—We regret to
state that Sir John Villiers Shelley has been prevented
by serious indisposition from attendance on his parlia-
mentary duti,s during the past week. The hon. baronet
was attacked on Monday, the 13th, by erisypelas in the
face, which threatened to extend to the head, and caused
severe suffering. Stringent measures were at once
resorted to, and the disorder was fortunately got under
by the end of the wee::, The attack, however, has, we
regret to learn, left the hnn, baronet in a very weak
condition, and wholly unable to leave his room or at-
tend to t usiness mattere.—Sussex Advertiser.
MADRAS RAILWAY.—The report of the directors of
this company states that the opening of the further sec-
tion of the railway between Arcot and Vellore has been
effected. A regiment of infantry was carried through
from Madras to Vellore in April, and on the 7th of May
the line was opened for general traffic between these
points, a distaace of about 81 miles. The further open-
ing t 3 Gor att en will be accomplished before the end of
the year, malvng altogether nearly 100 miles of railway.
Throughout tat) rtmainiug portions of the South-West
lino the works are trozeeding actively.