The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1859

In this feeling we fully shared with the great body

of honest Liberals. We also thought with the few
who, as a matter•of Liberal policy, held that we
should yet " realise," as a commercial man would
say, more from a Conservative than from a still
professing Liberal Ministry.

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We mentioned our principal reasons for thinking
so, while they might be of some practical service ;

and it is gratifying to see that journals most an-

tagonistie to Lord DERBY and his Cabinet are

now quite ready to do full justice to their Ad-
ministration. It is acknowledged that so different
was the courtesy and urbanity of the Leader of the
House of Commons and his colleagues, from what
members had been accustomed to under the cold
shade of Whig leadership, that he and they have
largely increased their popularity in the House,—

that, indeed, it was quite refreshing, and enabled
members to breathe, as it were, freely after the
treatment to which they had so long been subjected.

Their Reform Bill—or rather their indiscreet per•

sistency in retaining two clauses, or principles,
which even their own followers objected to—was
their only serious blunders, and that they were
willing to correct. But on the most important
point of all at the present moment—the decision
and firmness of their foreign policy—there can be,
now, no doubt. If Austria and the German Con-
federation chose to be blind, they must take the
consequences. Lord MALMESBURY was not the
man who led them into the ditch. Nothing could
be plainer, both in January and in April, from the
incendiary address of the French EMPEROR to
the Austrian Envoy, to the belligerent
ultimatum of Austria, than the language
held by our foreign Minister. He warned
Austria most solemnly that the national feeling of
England would not in any case tolerate interfe-
rence in her behalf; and subsequently he pointed
the crack-brained Germans to the English hustings
all over the country, as proof that if they choose to
fight, they must fight without help from us.
But this leads us to the point on which we desire
to fix the attention of our readers. The testing
point with the new Cabinet must be their Reform
Bill. There is no other business, that we are
aware of, in the conduct of which they can surpass
their predecessors, not in Indian Administration,
not in measures for promoting Religious Liberty,
not iu Law Reform, not, as we have seen,
in preserving an unflinching neutrality in re-
gard to foreign affairs ; it was on Reform that the
present Ministry ejected the Derby Government,
notwithstanding its willingness to adopt the
wishes of -the country when it was assured what
they were,—and it is therefore on Reform that we
must expect the present Ministry to surpass the
late one. If they do not, the country will certainly
ask for what reason they supplanted those who
I would have done as well.
On this subject, then, we shall be disposed to
give them, as well as their predecessors, "a fair
trial." The trial relates to two heads—first, the
time; secondly, the extent. Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
who, of course, allows no one to dispute his autho-
rity on this subject, has insisted that either a bill
should be introduced and carried through Parlia-
ment this session, with signal advantage to the poor
grouse ; or that, which might be better, and we
would not deny it, a special session should be con-
vened in the late autumn to pass a Bill. It is for
Lord JOHN, occupying the position which he does,
to prove that these suggestions were not clap-
trap to catch Radicals on the division. He
can give them effect--we look to him to
do so. And of the two proposals we will
own that we should prefer, were we legislators, the
cool evenings of November to the sultry heat and
the Thames in early autumn. But there must be
no playing fast and loose with- what amounts to
promises from men of premier rank, although in a
nominally second position.
A still graver subject is the extent. There are
two principal heads of reform, in regard to which
the late Ministry, and the Ministers expectant,
were equally silent before the late division ; on all
others the old ones stood, when they left office, on
a level with the new. We refer, first, to the
disfranchisement of small boroughs, with the con-
sequent reapportionment of seats; secondly, the
Ballot. We confess, and every candid man will con-
fess, the difficulty, with so small a majority, of
throwing away the votes of the small boroughs
by disfranchising them; still this subject must
be dealt with; and it should be so dealt with that
the voice of the nation will aid Ministers in com-
pelling the petty boroughs to submit to equity.
It should not be difficult to do this. If the dis-
franchisement be rigidly impartial, showing no
respect of parties, and if the electors be all pro-
vided with county votes, the nation will demand
that they be content to be merged in larger con-
stituencies, and they themselves will feel that the
demand is too reasonable to be opposed.
The Ballot is a yet more important point. It
concerns every constituency. All must wish to be
free, all ought to be free. The absurd pretexts on
which it has been so long opposed must now be
given up. The solemn homilies, and heavy sermons
and importation of fictions from America, by the
Times, and the Whig protests of the leading lords
whe are unwilling to part with the mastery of the
county electors, have all been rejected by the coun-
try. The great Liberal constituency is a ballot
constituency. No one pretends to deny it. And
as the Government takes office because it says it
represents the majority, it is bound for the same
reason to do the bidding of the majority on so im-
portant a point. Considerably more than two-thirds
oven of the members have voted for the ballot;
what would be, then, the proportion of electors
who would demand it, if these demands were made
by ballot Yet not more, we believe, than two
out of sixteen members of the Cabinet have voted for
the ballot. Two-thirds and more of the Liberal
members, two-fifths of all the members, Liberaland
Conservative, are represented in a Liberal Cabinet
by ONE-EIGHTH of these members. Let Reformers,
then, be awake. The two must, by popular sup-
port, be made a match for fourteen.

GREAT GLOBE, LEICESTER-SQUARE.—The follow-
ing, among others, have recently visited this exhibition :
Princess Rorsakor and party, Marquis of Kildare and family)
Lord Alfred Paget and family, Lord Campbell, Lord and
Lady Ashley, Sir George Baker and family, Sir Robert
Hamilton and family, Colonel Dixon and party, Colonel
-unicuebiciffdtsylFNlolwNeDrl,Aan._d
TLandey
-KTusey and party, Countess of Harrington and party, Lady
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lady Colehurst, Lady Cochrane and
ta2f_tY, Lady Tuffnell and party, Lady M'Dougal, Lady
to the House of Commons,fo, vlliiozew.e :.—inlgnisßaenlgidt, osfirt hBe
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onfgate_B' abilltuients, and monthly salaries of all judicial
"-`"yi'', me., in the East Indies, according to a recent re-
turn
Peacock, Knt., Chief J •
ustice, 6,945 r. • Sir C. Jackson,
lint., Puisne Judge, appointedPuisne '
October, 1852, 5,209 r ri. Judge in Bombay in
5,209 r. ; Mr. Wm. Ritchie, Advocaelti:!a(e;;;ZlB:4Brjlftgler'
T. H. Cowie, Standing Counsel, 1,233 r ; Mr. F. San. des.
2,000 r. ; Mr. W. Macpherson, Master in Equity, Registrar,'
and Accountant-General, 3,000 r. ; Mr. Henry Holroyd,
Prothonotary, Clerk of the Papers, Clerk of the Crown,
3,000 r. ; Mr. C. S. Hogg, Administrator-General, paid _yb
fees; Mr. Robt. O'Dowdal Sworn Clerk, 1,200 r ;' Mr. H
Smoult, Taxing Officer and Record Keeper, 1,600 r. At
Fort St. George--Sir H. Davison, lint., Chief Justice, ap-
pointed Chief Justice in Bombay in Feb., 1858, 5,000 r. ;
ir A. Bittleston, Knt., Puisne Judge, 4,166 r.; Mr. T. S.
Smith Advocate-General, 2,157 r. ; Mr. J. R. Boyson,
Solicitor-General, 1,175 r. ; Mr. C. M. Teed, Master in
Equity, 525 r. ; ditto, Administrator- General, 700 r.;
Mr. T.
B. Norton, Clerk of the Crown, 525 r. ; Mr. F. Orme, De-
puty Clerk of the Crown and Examiner, 17.5 r. In Bombay.
—Sir M. A. Sausse, Knt., Chief Justice, appointed Puisne
Judge in 1855, 5,000 r. •
, Sir M. Arnold, Knt., Puisne
Judge, 4,166 r.; Mr. A. J. Lewis, Advocate-General,
1,600 r. ; Mr. T. P. Bickersteth, Company's Solicitor,
1,200 r. • Mr. T. L. Jenkins, Master in Equity, 525 r ;
ditto, ixaminer of Insolvent Debtors' Court, 152 r. ; Mr. C.
M. T. Pollock, Clerk of the Crown, 525 r. ' • Mr. W. Brook-
field, Deputy Clerk of the Crown, 175 r. ; Mr. T. H. Stan-
don, Administrator-General, 850 r. All these belong to the
English bar, with the exception of Sir M. R. Sausse, who
belongs to the Irish bar , ' , , .

THE HANDEL COMMEMORATION
FESTIVAL.

The attendance yesterday morning at the Crystal Palace
was not nearly so great as at the rehearsal on Saturday ;
and the difference may, perhaps, be accounted for by the
very inauspicious aspect of the sky just before the hour at
which the concert was announced to commence. There
was a heavy fall of rain, and this, doubtless, had a very
considerable influence. The concert commenced with the
"National Anthem," very grandly sung, and enthusiasti-
cally received.
To the performance of " The Messiah," taking into con-
sideration all the circumstances upon which we have spoken
at some length, very great praise is due. Of course our
readers will not expect us to enter into details with respect
to a work so familiar to everbody, and which has been so
very frequently and recently performed by the same artists
at Exeter Hall and elsewhere.

Madame Novello's voice was heard to the greatest ad-
vantage. Mr. Sims Reeves, Miss Dolby, Mr. Weiss, and
Signor Belletti are also entitled to unqualified eulogy. The
performances of those artists in " The Messiah" are so per-
fectly well known as to render praise superfluous. The
precision of the band and chorus was really extraordinary,
and reflected the highest credit upon the zeal. and masterly
skill of the conductor. " For unto us a child is born" was
rapturously red em and ed .
Never in our recollection was so very large an assemblage
of people managed with greater ease and comfort. There
was polite attention at every turn, and visitors found their
seats most readily.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN ITALY.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

BERLIN, JUNE 21.

The Preussische Zeitung states itself authorised
to declare that the communication of the corre-
spondent of the Norcd respecting a letter alleged to
have been written by the Prince Regent to the
Emperor Napoleon on the character of the mobilisa-
tion of the sixth corps darmee, is entirely an in-
vention.

TRIESTE, JUNE 20.

According to reports current, the Austrian vessel
Buona, of the class No. 2, which had been captured
by the French, has been given up as free, because
its proprietor and captain are Venetians.

MUNICH, JUNE 20.
Major-General von Tann has left for Berlin on a

special mission.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 20.

The Marseilles papers announce that the Mi-
nistry of the Pacha of Egypt has suspended the
Sues Canal works. M. de Lesseps has published a
protest, recalling the recent formal engagements of
Said Pacha concerning the Suez Canal project. M.
de Lesseps also states his double character of repre-
sentative of Said Pasha and of a regularly consti-
tuted company. The French Consul in Egypt has
officially offered his mediation.

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

CORFU, JUNE 10.

In consequence of the war all the normal chan-
nels of communication between this island and
Trieste—as, indeed, also Malta and Italy—have
been interrupted, and the harbour of Corfu is en-
cumbered by the steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's
Company, 15 of which are at the present moment
lying listlessly at anchor there, under the protec-
tion of our neutral flag.
In the last month a chance ship of war and the
fortnightly Liverpool steamers have been the only
means of communicating with Europe ; -while an
occasional telegram from Malta, with stale accounts
of the events which are occurring in Upper Italy,
gave brief and tardy news of the war. The sub-
marine telegraph between Malta and Cagliari is
still broken, and its want is at this moment more
felt than ever it was. Let us hope that it will be
promptly repaired.
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This little island is now to be somewhat relieved
from its isolation, arrangements having been made
to run a steamer twice a-month to and from Malta
with the mails.

Tranquillity has continued throught the Seven
Islands since the noisy agitators of the National As-
sembly retired to their homes. The lonian Parlia-
ment does not reassemble until September, and until
then, provided no extraordinary circumstances arise
of a character to stimulate the discontented zealots
of lonia, we may enjoy the blessings of repose and
calm government.
Yesterday, a French steamer chased an Austrian
brig into this very harbour. A great many prizes
have been made by the French hereabouts.

A Turkish squadron, under the command of Mus-
tafa Pasha, anchored here last week. It is com-
posed of a screw line-of-battle ship, a large screw
frigate, and a steamer. They proceeded on their
course on Saturday, taking a considerable force
to the frontiers of Montenegro, where hostilities
have again broken out. It is, indeed, said here
that the Montenegrins have made an incursion into

the Sultan's States, and gained possession of a for-
tress near the frontier. French officers have for
some time been with the Montenegrin army, and
large supplies of arms have reached them from
France. It is thought by no means improbable
that Montenegro may, under the excitement of
existing circumstances, gave an impulse to a move-
ment among the Christian populations of Turkey in
Europe, among whom the elements of revolution are
ripe, and who are encouraged by the great northern
Power to struggle against the Turkish yoke.
The military authorities have been busy inspect-
ing the state of the fortifications and outworks, and
guns of large calibre have been mounted in some
of the embrasures. The Melbourne and the Sir
William Peel arrived here last week, bringing the
2d Battalion of the 4th Royal Regiment, and a
company of Artillery and Engineers.