The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-25 00:00:00

TANCRED'S CHARITY BILL

Mr. B. HOPE moved the second reading of this bill, the
object of which was to improve the condition under which
this charity was administered.

Mr. LEFEVRE opposed the bill, being of opinion that
it was ono that ought to be brought forward by the Go-
vernment, and not left to the charge of a private member.
The house divided, when there appeared—
For the s3cond reading 69
Against it... B3

Majority against l4
Tho bill was accordingly lost.
MUTINY BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this 1)111,
Mr. D. GRIFFITH dissented, on the ground that the
measure was being smuggled through the house qui. tly,
in order to avoid the opposition it would be sure to occa-
sion if it was proceeded with openly.
The bill, however, was read a second time.
CONSOLIDATED FUND (X 6,000,000) BILL.

This bill was read a second time.
The House then adjourned.

" BATTY AND THE BEASTS" is the title of a chap-
ter in a book of travels, from which we extract the follow-
ing graphic description :—" One evening in the early sum-
mer, a violent thunder storm burst over Paris. My apart-
ment overlooked the Cirque de l'lmperatrice in the Champs
Elysees, where the lions were kept, and the scone for a
short space was indescribably grand. The air was full of
electricity, and under its influence these animals, as is al-
ways the case, became fearfully excited. They ran to and
fro in fierce and ungovernable rage. They lashed
their flanks with their tails in passionate vehemence.
Placing their mouths to the ground, they roared in
mingled rage and terror, their eyes dilated, and seemed
to flash forth the lightnings of the tempest that rioted
within them. Without, the roaring of the lions was
answered by the bowls of the blast and the loud crash
of the thunder. With these intervals were mingled
the neighings of a hundred frightened horses in the
stables of the circus. Gusts of wind swept down the broad
avenue and bowed the lofty trees. The rain descended iu
torrents. The people fled from the demon of the storm.
Fora few minutes the whole vicinity seemed given up to
the furies of elemental warfare. Scarce had the mutter-
ing thunders died away in distant ravorberations, when
the time drew near for Batty's advoat among his brutes.
As he came in sight, they hailed him with boisterous up-
roar. Standing upright against the massive bars, they
grappled them in their rage and gnashed upon him with
their teeth. A man of iron nerves could hardly have
looked upon them with calmness. Had his body been
made of steel he would scarcely have dared to trust him-
self among them. But Batty did not quail. At a bound
he leaped into the cage, despising all hesitation. Its iron
door be slammed after him with aloud clang. To us who
looked on it seemed the gate of a sepulchre. His subjects
glared at him as if they would instantly devour him. For
a moment he returned their gaze, and looked steadily into
the eyes of each. They could not bear the test. One by
ono they cowered before him and slunk away, conscious of
their helplessness. Again mind triumphed over the rude
dictates of instinct, and man, the lord and master, towered
in his pride of place."

THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND a REIGN
OF TERROR.—DO the American people realise the revolution
they are passing through / Is it a small thing to impeach
the President of the United States and to depose him on
such flimsy and ridiculous charges as the radicals hays
trumped up against Mr. Johnson His worst enemies do
not assail his honesty or integrity. He has endeavoured to
perform his duty according to his understanding of it, and
the constitution which he has sworn to preserve.
the sole offenoe is that he has not gone with
the dominant party in Congress in their efforts
to Africanise the country and to revolutionize the govern.
meet. Is it a small thing to remove a President for party
purposes alone Such a thing was never dreamed of before
in the United States. It is an important and very long
stride in the way of revolution, And who a short time
ago would have thought that a large section of the coma-
try, ten States of the Union, would be kept for years
under military despotism in time of peace I Who
would have thought that these States and the white
people of our own flesh and blood would be put under the
government of barbarous negroes / Who would have ima*
glued that Congress would have ventured to abolish the
Executive and usurp all the powers of government in its
own hands ? Who would have believed that a powerful
faction would dare set asid. the constitction and declare it
dead ? Yet all this has been done, and much more, within
the brief period of two or three years. Is not this revolui
tion ? It would be hard to End in history a greater and
more rapid revolution lin as short a time. No, the
revolution would not stop r'th the deposition of the
President. That event 1- sal! only accelerate it. The
necessities of the Jacobin pa ?j would impel it on to other
revolutionary measures, and probably to serious conflicts
among the people. The people would become familiarised
with these high-handed and despotic proceedings, and
either apathy, which is destructive to liberty, or counter.
revolutions would follow. What under other circumstances
and in former times would have strartled them might no
longer create surprise, and a reign of despotism or anarchy
would ensue. The military despotism over the South may
be extended to the North. Some disturbance may be
fomented as a plea for suspending the writ of habeas corpus
and governing the North as well as the South by the strong
arm of military power. As this revolution proceeds we
shall soon find our securities will ran down abroad, that
they will be sent back in vast numbers, and that both the
government and country will be plunged into great financial
troubles and bankruptcy. Unless the people rise in their
might at the polls and drive the radicals fromjowee, we
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