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to vote against, on the other, to leave those wiw
vote for it entirely unpledged !
Attempts were made to compare it with Mr
GIBSON'S resolution censuring the PALMERSTON
Ministry for not treating an insulting despatch as
it deserved. There is no resemblance between them.
That neglect was the origin of all the mischief which
followed, and by which ministers were endeavour-
ing to make the matter worse. Now, we have but
a bill before us in which it is perfectly competent
to every party to move that .the borough free-
holders shall not lose their county votes, and that
the borough franchise shall be—universal suffrage
—if they please. The attempt has, however, been
made to compel the Government to nail a flag to
the mast, which by another mode of treatment they
might have been contented to haul down,
or at least to permit the house to do
it, and to alter it a little, or even substitute
another. There is probably not a member who
does not now see that Lord JOHN'S Resolutions are
moved in the interest of party merely, not of Re-
form. They can serve no purpose but to turn out a
Ministry, and would not fairly have done that, had
it not been contrived to sting and taunt the Govern-
ment into making them equivalent to a vote of no
confidence.

The pubic is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
'OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
..ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters • and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
lie may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.

The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.

In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns, o 7 the Continent, will
)erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

As " advanced Reformers," as Mr. HAYTER
politely terms our friends in the House, we feel no
fear of any results which can follow carrying the
Resolution. Our party, cannot lose by it. The old
Whigs may. Suppose it issues in a dissolution so
much the better for us. Mr. LABOU-
CHERE must find another seat instead of
Taunton, Lord JOHN anotherilinstead of London
and other Whigs must look about them
also. A glorious upstir there will be no doubt.
Lord PALMERSTON shudders already at the thought
of " throwing the Constitution before the country,'.
to be scrambled for on the hustings.' Sir JAMES
GRAHAM informed the House of the rapid progress
made by the awful Ballot in his own borough, and
throughout the constituencies. The demand for
it, as he told them, was " advancing more rapidly
than the demand for any other reform !" Lord
PALMERSTON, indeed, dared Ministers, in the most
provoking language, to dissolve, and even taunted
them with penal continuance in office. 'We must
confess that such language, from such a man, would
alone induce as to show him that we had the
power to send him to answer again his . Chartist
catechisers on the hustings at Tiverton. And he
would not be the only one who would be obliged
to answer more queries than he wished. Indeed,
we believe that if Ministers did but clearly intimate
their intention to dissolve, if defeated, without
asking leave of Lord PALMERSTON, they would now
be almost certain of a majority, so terrified are all
the timid ones at the thought of aParliament elected
to reform itself. Such a Parliament must be pre-
pared to pass a bill which would enable them soon
again to face their constituents.
If however, Ministers after all should not
resign—if they should be superior to rude taunts,
and reconsider their view of the effect of the resolu-
tion, then, of course the bill would go into com-
mittee, the house could give it what form it pleased,
and we should, at least, with greater ease than in
any other way, get through the Lords something
worth having. We should have some Reform Bill
this year—some increase of constituencies—pro-
bably some schedule A, and sundry other popular
concessions. All these would put us in a better
position for the amended Reform Bill, which would
certainly be passed in a .very few years after by
the re-reformed Parliament.

But supposing Lord JOHN to obtain the coveted
object of his ambition—suppose him Prime Minis-
ter, and that without a dissolution, what could he
do ? He could not expect the, aid. of those whom
he had ejected by a shabby " dodge." Lord PAL-
MERSTON has advertised him that he is not his
humble servant, although, for reasons of his own,
he votes for the resolution. He merely intends to
punish the present Ministry for taking his place,
and to punish Lord J. RUSSELL by leaving him, if
he accepts office, to get on as he best can without
him. Lord JoHN could only fall into the " friendly"
arms of the hon. member for Birmingham ! and Mr.
BRIGHT knows that well enough. Having got
him into office the relentless " Friend" will
then give the screw a pretty sharp turn or
two, and the Birmingham Bill, or speedy ejection
will be the alternative for the miserable Whig
lord. Let Ministers keep in therefore, and we
shall get an instalment of Reform, a good one too;
let them dissolve, and the country will prescribe its
own Reform Bill ; let them pitch Lord JOHN into
office, and he will be at the mercy of Birmingham
—the relentless Tories exclaiming "The Radicals
be upon thee 0 RUSSELL !"

The highest authority in the House of Commons

has decided that there is no irregularity whatever
in Lord JOHN'S resolution. Against this authori-
tative opinion there cannot, of course, be any

demur. Mr. SPEAKER has said it. There is a
cessation to all argument. We must accept the
course adopted by the noble lord the member for
the City of London as strictly, and rigidly, and
undeniably Parliamentary. At the same time,
while we bow with the utmost possible respect to
the conclusive opinion pronounced by the right
hon. gentleman in the chair, we cannot but concur
in the rational estimate formed of this most ob-
noxious resolution by the right hon. gentleman the
member for Oxford University. Obediently ac-
cepting, as in duty bound, the final decision of the
Speaker that the Resolution is regular and Par-
liamentary, Mr. GLADSTONE yet says," I venture
to suggest that it is one to which exception may
be taken on the grounds of general prudence and
convenience." To recognize the reasonableness of
this opinion hardly requires, indeed-onore • than an
instant of reflection. "I take it," observes Mr.
GLADSTONE, in distinct explanation of his views on
this head, " I take it that there is a meaning in the
rules of the House when they provide that, on the
presentation of any scheme of legislation in the
form of a Bill, the duty of the House should
be to address itself to the scheme as a
whole, not that the House should then and
there only proceed to deal with the details."
Surely all this cannot for one moment
be doubted as at once the rule and the custom of
the House. Yet in defiance of both rule and cus-
tom, here is a resolution which, while strictly
within the exceptional regulations of the House,
does undeniably deal with mere sectional portions
of the measure—prior to the second reading of the
Bill ! " The resolution," observes Mr. GLADSTONE,

" may be quite Parliamentary ; you, sir, have
pronounced it to be so; I submit respectfully to
your authority—but--I express my own opinion as
far as my own opportunities go, that this is the first
occasion on which a resolution has been moved on
the second reading of a Bill, the purport and
matter of which resolution consist simply in deal-
ing with certain portions of the Bill, which por-
tions might be dealt with in committee." Nay,
we venture to go beyond these last words of Mr.
GLADSTONE and to say—which portions ought to
be dealt with in committee ? The first reading and
the second reading are for the acceptance or the
rejection of a measure as, a whole. Its considera-
tion in detail is reserved by the rules of the House

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1859.

AMERICA.

to be taken into account—in committee! A reso-
lution upon the second reading, therefore—taking
exception to one or two fragmentary portions of a
complicated and comprehensive Bill—a resolution of
this unusual if not unparalleled kind, while it may
be strictly within the regulations of the House, and
therefore strictly Parliamentary, is undeniably, as
the Member for Oxford University ventures to dug-
gest, " one to which exception may be taken
on the grounds of general prudence and conve-
nience." In other and plainer words—lf it is un•
Parliamentary it is no less merely imprudent and
inconvenient.

However much we agree, nevertheless, with the
view taken by Mr. GLADSTONE of the character and
tendency of Lord JOHN'S resolution, we are in no
way disposed to coincide with the opinions ex-
pressed by the Right Hon. Gentleman in regard to
the motives dictating it. According to Mr. GLAD-
STONE, her MAJESTY'S Solicitor-General, described
by him as "a gentleman of distinguished character,
eminence, and abilities " " spoilt an effective
speech by dropping at the close of it words which
were not worthy of this House or of his position."
According to Sir JOAN PAKINVON, on the other
hand, that effective speech was in that very portion
of it, in that effective peroration, there peculiarly
and especially, and above all, the most entitled to
commendation. Alluding to those impressive
words in which Sir HUGH CAIRNS reprobated the
factious and party move of the noble lord the
member for the City of London, the First Lord
of the Admiralty said, amidst the cheers of the
Commons, "We want a little more of such plain
speaking in this House :" adding " The conduct of
our public men would be improved, and the conduct
of our public affairs likewise would be improved, if
there were a little more of this wisdom and
truthtelling." And, as if this, were not
sufficiently explicit, Sir JOHN -observed still
further - --" Instead of joining in the censure
of my hon. friend (Sir H. CAIRNS), I thank him
for the language he used." Yet for this honest,
truthful, manly language, Mr. GLADSTONE now
suggests that the Solicitor-General should make a
studied apology to the Noble Lord before the con-
clusion of this protracted debate upon his resolu-
tion. An apology !—for what ? For articulating
the thought that is in every mind, the conviction
that is in every heart, even the minds and hearts
of the mere Whig partisans ? An apology for call-
ing a spade a spade ! The suggestion is simply
ridiculous. Lord JOHN'S resolution has glaringly
and notoriously been framed for the express purpose
of subserving party objects and private ambitions—
for embarrassing a Ministry—for turning it out if
possible, certainly not with a view to forward the
interests of Reform by the very means which must
the most effectually retard its advance by causing
confusion and procrastination. For frankly saying
what everybody about him, within hearing of his
words, already believes, and knows and sees, the
Solicitor. General is asked to apologise. The sug.
gestion is simply ridiculous.

LATEST NEWS.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.

The Royal mail steamer Tevoit, from Alexandria,
with the Australian mails, passed Hurst Castle at
11.40 a.m.

The following telegram has been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

According to good information, the Austrian
'Government has refused Baden-Baden as the seat
of the proposed Congress.

The French Government leaves the choice of the
town to Austria, reserving only the condition that
it must be in communication with Paris by railway
and telegraph.
The report is current that the Grand Duke of
Tuscany has published a new manifesto, but its
contents are not yet known.

We learn from Venice that information had just
reached that city that the colonel of a Hungarian
regiment had been tried by court-martil, and sen
tented to be shot at Verona, for having attempted
to persuade his regiment not to fight against the
Italians. The sentence, we regret to add, was im-
mediately carried into effect.

MARSEILLES, MARCH 30.
Advices have been received from Constantinople
to the 23d inst.

The journals confirm the statement that 12 bat-
talions and 80 cannon have been despatched to
Schumla, and that another division will follow.
Letters assert that Count Lallemand, first Secre-
tary to the French embassy, demanded a peremp-
tory answer from the Grand Vizier in reference to
the threatening movements of troops towards the
Principalities, and that the Grand Vizier gave him
an evasive answer.

The Grand Vizier is very ill and his retirement
is anticipated.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.
The North German Lloyd steamship Bremen,
Captain Wessels, has arrived from New York with
the United States' mails of the 19th.

-She has 136 passengers, 150,000 dols. in specie
for England, and 120,000 dols. for France.
The Weser steamer, from Queenstown, arrived
out on the 18th.

The Asia steamer, from Liverpool, 14 days out,
arrived at New York just before the Bremen left.
The Hanoverian barque Wursata arrived at New
York on the 18th. • • • •

The Bremen. barque Atalanta cleared- on the
19th.

The Bremen passed the steam-ship Borussia,
from Southampton for New York, in the Narrows,
Hudson's-Bay ; signalled a ship called the Under-
writer, supposed to be an American, at 3 p.m. on
the 20th instant.

The more warlike news by the Weser, which
reached New York in 12 days from Queenstown,
had not, so far, had any effect on the market.
Stocks were duller, but prices did not vary mate-
rially.
Reports of earnings thus far showed no im-
provement._ . _

New York Central and Erie quiet.
The convention at Buffitlo appeared to be tending
to a dissolution of the compact between the roads.
At the close stocks were heavy. Latest prices
were :—Missouris, 851. to ; Pacific Mail, 771 to
78 ; New York Central, 791 to 2. ; Erie, 10Z- to 11 ;
Hudson, 311 to ,4; Haarlem, 11Z- to ; Reading,
484 to -2 ; Michigan Central. 511 to A ; Michigan
Southern, 133 to As; Southern Guaranteed,B 441 to
to 45 ; Panama, 1161 to 117. •
Money was working easier; strictly first-class
paper taken at 6 per cent.
Exchange on Europe quiet, and rates generally
unchanged ; sterling, 1091 tot- and 5 113 to 5 131
•
or francs.

The cotton market was firmer, on the basis of
121 c. for middling uplands. Sales of the last day
were 3,500 bales. Flour less active, common grades
of State and western heavy, and prices somewhat
easier. Southern in demand, at full prices. The firm-
ness of holders checked sales of wheat, but prices
remained unchanged. Corn in good demand, and
more active, without any change in quotations.
Pork heavy, and prices in favour of buyers. The
sales embrace new mess, at 18.373 to 11.40 ' old
ditto, at 18 ; and prime, at 13.20 to 13,25. Beef
and lard firm. Sugar steady, at a small advance.
Coffee quiet. The tea sale on the 18th was well
attended, and everything offered was sold at full
prices, Ashes quiet, and sales small, at 511 for pots,
and 5Z- for pearls.

NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 17.
The sales of cotton to-day were 8,000 bales, atll2-
for middling; mess pork, 18.50.