The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1857.

The session of Parliament which has this day
been brought to a olose was in some respects one cf
peculiar interest to the community. There had
been an appeal to the nation—Lord PALMERSTON
bad fearlessly gone t) the country on a question
of foreign policy, and confidence or no confidence
was the great issue on which a verdict was to be
returned. Never was there a more dscisive
response. The Chinese policy of the Government
was emphatically cm3firmed, and many popular
members were rejected in consequence of the
opposition they had offered to Ministers on that
interesting topic. The " Yehites" were rejected by
the almost unanimous voice of the peop!e. Those
who escaped the fate of many of their brethren
did so, not in consequence, but in sp:ta of their
peculiar opinions on that subject. The Peelites,
who took a leading part in the discussion, were
all but extinguished ; there were a few leaders,
but no followers, the rank and file were cut off
without a solitary survivor remaining to receive
the commands of their generala.
There were a vast number of new members, a
larger proportion indeed, than were returned at
any time since the election aft :r the passing of the
modern Magna Charta, the Reform Act. Two
testa only were required, viz., that the candidate
should be a supporter of Lord PALMERSTON, and a
"'Taming reformer. The former because the
maintenance of the national honour under the
existing clicumatanoes was of paramount impr•
tance, far beyond anything else that could arise.
The latter in respect cf the promised Reform
Bill, that was to be introduced next session, and
which whatever might be its
fate, would
render the present Parliament but short-lived,
obtaicer-
tainly i
a inasmuch, as if carried, there would
be a dissolution in order t
representation in accordance with :the regula-
tions which were approved of by the nation,
and also, if rejected, as Lord PALMERSTON
would then appeal, on the question of Reform,
before surrendering the Government to other
hands.
There could certainly, at first, be no grounds
for Ministerial complaints respecting the docility
of the junior representatives. Whatever Minis-
ters asked was carried by an overwhelming
majority. Subsequently the novi, homines be-
came less manageable, and sundry Ministerial
defeats were sustained, just to show that they
bad not everything their own way, and must
respect the popular will.
The Jew Bill, which was to be the great event
of the Session, was sent triumphantly to the
Upper House, but Was contumeliously rejected.

A large number of representatives were inclined
to take the matter into their own hands, and to
adopt the course which ought to have been taken
in the first instance, ten years previously, Viz.,

passing a resolution that Baron ROTHSCHILD
should be admitted to his seat on taking the oath
in the form most binding on his conscience.
Unfortunately, more timid counsels prevailed,
mainly on the advice of the " Calm
JOHNNY," who once more contrived "to
upset the coach." He first promised
to introduce a bill which would bring the recalci-
trant peers to their senses. Then, when time was
his most formidable opponent, postponed the
matter for the appointment of a committee which
contrived most effectually to shelve the question

for the present year.
One question was carried with perfect ease—the
Princess-Royars Annuity Bill—the virtual tribute
to Prussia for a matrimonial alliance, intensely
displeasing to the nation, received the legislative
sanction, and though some few members boldly
and manfully resisted the obnoxious grant, they
did not receive the support to which they

were so justly entitled—and toadyism
was completely in the ascendant. As a con-
trast to this sycophancy, we may say that
the Coburg job, the removal of the National
Gallery to Kensington Gore, was energetically
resisted and effectually crushed. This was the
great redeeming feature of the session, that
which was entitled to and received the unequivo-

cal approbation of the community at large. Tilers
were also some expression of feelings against local
expenditure. The grant to Finsbury Park was re-
jected, and the 25-inch scale map of Scotland met
a similar fate. _ . .

oomer.

The committee on the currency separated with
out making any report, and that all-important
question was allowed to remain in abeyance for
another year. The Divorce and Matrimonial
Causes Bill was eventually carried, after a severe
struggle, in which, both in the Lords and Com-
mons, every nerve was strained to the utmost.
But there was a matter of far greater im-
portance than any domestic question. It was
during the session that the intelligence of the dis-
affection and insubordination of the Bengal army,
and of the horrible atrocities perpetrated by the
mutineers was communicated to the Parliament
and the people of Great Britain. The deplorable
accounts received by each successive mail should
have stimulated the Government to greater
activity, and the energetic remonstrances of the
veteran, Sir DE LACY EVANS, and his coadjutors
should have been more strongly supported. Lord
PALMERSTON virtually admitted that there
would be no objection, on the part of
Egypt, to English troops proceeding to the
scene of action via Suez. There were trifling
difficulties in the way, but they could
easily have bean overcome. There were many
troops stationed at Malta and other Mediterranean
garrisons which could easily have been replaced
by militia regiments, and brought to the scene of
action in a comparatively brief space of time.
But red-tapism prevailed. Nothing was done,
probably in order that' Lord PALM ERSTON might
be enabled to enunciate a fese platitudes
respecting the advantages of a despotism
in foreign affairs. But he and his prompter, the
party who, at a certain memorable banquet, as-
serted that tho British Constitution was on its
trial, may rest assured that the People are
not disposed to surrender a single one
of their Constitutional privil.ges—tlia% in
answer to any insidious suggestion of the
kind they will repeat the inspiring watchword
of the Barons at Runnymede—" Yolunaus leges
Anglin. mutari." They well know that these ob-
structions may be overcome, these impediments
removed, if the mini-ter efficiently discharges
his duty, and boldly grapples with the diffi-
culty. The fetters by which they are
restrained are simply made of red tape, and
they may be shattered by a mere act of the
volition. The old proverb, " where there's a
will, there's a way," was never more applica-
ble than in the present occasion. The soldiers
from the Cape should also b 3 ordered out despite
the scruples of the Governor, Sir C. GREY. He may
like to keep the:n, but they are more wanting
elsewhere. The Cape has the German Brigade,
who it appears are still under arms, receiving
I British pay and allowances ; and, if they are good
Ifor anything, the English troops cannot also be
I required, unless indeed it is to take care of these
1 German pets.
There is - also to be a creation of Peerages.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE is to be made Duke
of KERRY, an honour which no one will grudge
to the veteran Statesman. And Lord ROBERT
G ROSVENOR is be created a Peer. God knows for
what reason, save that he has already two
brothers and many connections iu the Upper
House, and that he contrived to offend
the great body of the People, probably more
than any other Member of the House
of Commons. But for the legal estpenses of the
election, he would have been strenuously opposed
at the last election, and probably rejected, not-
withstanding his immense family influence. He
clearly perceives the prudence of not risking an-
other contest for the metrop !liters county, and is
therefore pitchforkel into the Lords, to whom we
'wish much joy of their bargain.
Mr. SYNC, M. P., for Tavistock, on the nomi-
nation of the Duke of BEDFORD, has addressed the
electors as his successor. The question naturally
arises why he did not come forward in March
last, when the representation of Middlesex
was literally going begging? It would
appear, however, as if it were to be disposed of
by an aristocratic clique without any consideration
for the wants and wishes of the great body of the
electors. It certainly ought to be elevated from
the position of a nomination county, bound to act
in accordance with the views of its quasi patrons.

LAND.

Who is not interested in Omnibuses t Of
course all ought to be, or the name is a mistllce ;
but no one living in the vast area of the metro-
polis would deny the fitness of the name. A
small part of our two or three millions, tenants of
Belgravia, perhaps may never use an omnibus—
the lady tenants certainly not—but the exigency
of the hour may have placed even" My Lord," or
" Your Grace," among the twelve inside, the four
in front, or even on the knife-board ! If the
Great Folk, however, do not voluntarily descend
below a Hansom, it is, cert lin tbat.. nume-
rous members of the Great Man's establish-
ment rejoice in the Company, or the sixpenny
ride '"all the way." Probably there is not a
ic auy in the whole metrooolis some member of
which has
never ridden in an omnibus. As t)
the great multitude of
Lmidoners, it is a
daily necessity.
Now that the City is be-
come the mere counting-house, or factory
of the suburbs—that London is the suburbs
omnibus is
and the suburbs London—the
as essential to our daily businesp, as the stair-
case to our daily meals. We must walk down to
breakfast, and we must ride up to the city ; and
We ride; the vast majority of us by the long lum-
bering vehicle which passes our duor, or the end
of our street or terrace. A few railway iie con-

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veniently for some of ns, but the omnibus, faith-
ful to its name,•runs conveniently for all.
A hearty interest do we therefore take in all
that concerns our daily conveyance, above all in
the improvement of its character, quality, and

accommodation. We have so long enjoyed the
room generally accorded us on a railway, (the
speed we know to be out of the question) that we

are become more than ever intolerant of the jam-

ming and squeezing to which we are daily sub-

jected, in the six, sometimes seven on a side, to
which we are constantly subjected. It is most
amusing, certainly, to witness how coolly the first

five, of old stagers, contrive to chew a side
full (a thing very easily done) to the new

At last he selects one side—a scant

opening is made for him, a smile for good luck
passes along the opposite side, and arched eyebrows
on the afflicted side, as good temperedly as may be
says, !," we are done." Presently sgme kinsman
of DANIEL LAMBERT, or some Alderman's lady,
whose bulk is something more subst uatial than
crinoline, arch the eyebrows on the hitherto en-
durable side, and again lo Mks say, " and we are

done now with a witness."
We must leave it to friend Punch, however, to
exemplify all the plagues of the regular old omni-
bus. The hot weather plagues, and the cold
weather plagues ; the plagues of wet 'days in an
omnibus, and the plagues of dusty days in an
omnibus ; the plagues of the night omnibus, and
the plagues of the day omnibus ; the plagues
which afflict your knees, your toes, your sides, the
crown of your own hat, and the gown of your
anxious wife ; the plague of your neighbour's
elbow as he reads the newspaper, and the plague
of trying to get at the city article in your own.
Above all, the plague of your own umbrella when
dripping wet. The plague of getting in, and of
getting out ; and the plague of getters in, and of
getters out. "Necessitas non hahet legs," says
lIIIDIERAS, and certainly could the necessities of
City business but find us a fresh pair of legs when
we got there, we should frequently use our subur-
ban pair to escape the plagues of the omnibus.
The provoking thing is that all this was lat!ly
to be remedied ; a large and powerful company
was to supplant the private proprietors, and we
should see the difference—alas, we looked for it
long, and looked in vain. The crazy, ugly, lum-
bering, close, yet drafty vehicles ran on as usual.
The omnibuses remained as unreformed as the
House of Lards, not to speak of the humbler
House. At length an eff in is made ; prizes were
offered, new omnibuses were exhibited, but none
were adopted, though an inventor complained to
us that one of his inventions was pirated in sotee
new built ones without acknowledgment. Of
course, we could not verify the justice of his com-
plaint, and told him we only wanted improvement
somehow.
At last a real and great advance was made.
The ,Saloon Omnibus was invented, built, exhi-
bited, and finally several built on that model were
put on the road. The superiority was unquestion-
able. Half the plagues were banished, and the
other half moderated to a very bearable degree.
You had the grand desideratum—room--in the
first place ; and the quarrels of knees with oppo-
site knees, and with the getters in and out, were
exchanged for "ample room and verge enough.'
Your corns were safe from compression ; you were
nowhere one of six or seven ; your wet umbrella
found its proper place; for the first time, in a
word, you could ride at ease in, and out t)e, of
an omnibus. k public want was met. Nothing
ves needed but that shares in sufficient number
should be taken in the new company, to enable all
the omnibus-riding population t travel in a style
unknown before. There was first-class accommo-
dation in the cennibus, at every-class fare.
The monopolists, however, took the alarm.
They first endeavoured, by placards covering many
feet square, and staring us everywhere in the face,
to discredit the new company. Notwithstanding
this the omnibuses got unto the road. Then com-
menced the "nursing nuisance." An omnibus
was put on before, and another behind, each
of the new ones, to anticipate passengers,
or even to prevent a passed one from getting in; to
stop with the offinding omnibus, and to go on, as
the offender went on. Of course collisions, break.
ages, and danger to passengers folio wed, and on
Wednesday—not for the first time—the parties
appear in the police court. The monopolists
charged the saloon omnibus driver with breakitil;
his windows. It turned out that the reverse
nearly was the truth. That the " nursing" omni-
bus broke its own windows in attempting to ob-
struct the other. The judge pretty plainly inti-
mated that such conduct wouldley the monopolists
open to indictment for conspiracy. It ought to
do. so. The Saloon Omnibus Company is net an
underseller. It merely supplies a public want. It
is open to the proprietors of the old vehicles to make
fair terms with the new company for their omni-
buses. The people ought to have the full benefit
of the vast improvement now effected, and if the
old company will not apply its funds to providing
us with the realised improvements, and that very
quickly, we trust the public will enable the new
company. to put its vehicles adequately on every
road.

THE QUEEN'S DA"ARTURE FOR SCOT-

This morning at 8 o'clock, the Queen, the Prince
Consort, the Pi incese Royal and several other member-4
of the Royal Family, left King's-cress Station, en rotas
ffr Scotland, by the Great Northern Railway, accon
parried by the Hon. Miss Gray, Lady Churchill, the
Hon. Miss Kerr, and other members of the Royal suite.
The Royal party was receive,' at the station by Mr
Denison, chairman of the Board of Directors, and
several of his colleagues, three of whom, Mr. Asteil, Mr.
Armii ck, and Mr. Packe, proceeded in a train as far as
York, the extent of the Great Northern line on which
her Majesty and Royal party will have to travel.
Her Majesty who appeared in excellent health an d
spirits, and to have derived great benefit from her Chan-
nel cruise, was enthusiastically received by a large oon-
course of persons who had assembled in the neighbour-
hood of the station.

On the departure of the train, her Majesty and Royal
party were greeted with another outburst of popular
enthusiasm, which was repeated on the train's pa,sing
various points in the suburbs, where numbers of her
hlaje,ty's loyal subjects had co ngreeted t) catch a
glimpse of the train as it proceeded on its journey.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary have arrived at the Duchess's
chateau at Recipanheim, frail) a tour in Switzerland.
Their Royal Highnesses are expected to return to this
country the second week in the ensuing month.
The Prince de Furstenherg and suits have left Cia.
ridge's Hotel for Brodick Castle, He of Arran, on a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll awl their youthful
family have arrived at liverary Castle, Argyllshire, from
their vtila at Campden-h►ll.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda have gone
on a cruise in his lordship's yacht.
Tne Earl of Aberdeen has arrived at Haddo House,
Aberdeenshire. Lord and Lady Haddo, Colonel the
Hon. Alex. and Mrs. Gordon, and the Hon. Arthur
`Jordon, are st,ying wi-h the noble earl. .
The C.tuntess of Wilton and Lady Katherine Grey
Egerton have arrived at Heaton Hall, near Manchester.
Toe noble earl has left Cowes on a cruise in his yacht,
The Earl Fitzhardinge continues in the same h peless
cmdition, his lordship's medical attendants giving, no
hopes of his ultimate recovery. Vice. Admiral the Right
Hon. Sir Maurice F. F. Berkeley is still• staying at
Berkeley Castll.
Count Karolyi returned a few days since to Chandos
Rouse to resume his diplomatic du ies. The count die.
charges the•duties of charge d %faired during the tempo-
s rary absence of Lis Excellency Count d'Apponyi.
The Right-Hon.- Frederick Peel and his newly married
brit.) at staying at Bude Haven, Cornwall. Thu Duke
of Northumberland and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
is:;.?., are sojourning at the eau° place,

PROROGATION

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LATEST NE

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

MARSEILLES, AUG. 27.

The Vectis arrived at seven this evening.
The following are amongst the killed at Cawn-
pore :—Brigadier Yack, Colonel Williams, Lind-
say, Prout, Sir George Parker, Quin, Redman,
Supple, Halliday, Reynolds, Prole, Smith, Eck-
ford, Dempster, Jervis, Challwin.

Before the Neemuch mutineers attacked Agra

they received large reinforcements, which brought

their number up to 10,000. Our force was

obliged to retire with a heavy loss.
Among the officers kil!ed in the action before

Agra were Mijor Thomas, Captain Dayly, Lieu-
tenants Lamb, Pond, and Fellowes ; and of the
civil service, Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P.
Horn, Carlton, Smith, Jordan, Prendergast,
Whiteray, Black, Burdbrank, Freeze, Outram,
Oldfield, and Deedes.

At Sealkote, on the 9th of July, Captain
Bishop, Dr. Graham, and the Rev. Mr. Hunter,
with his wife and child, were massacred ; Briga
dier Brind was wounded.

At Meerut, General Hewitt has been removed

from the command for supineness.
At Settpoor Col. Birch, the Christians, Gavins,
Snell, and RIZ were killed.
The Queen's sth Fusiliers and 90th Light
Infantry had safely arrived at Calcutta.