The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1868.

the judge is to accept the word of the first man who
speaks to him unhesitatingly, he will certainly be
worse than useless; but we have no reason to sup-
pose that he will be so credulous and so easily
imposed upon. Earl RUSSELL proposes that
provision shall be made that any person
found guilty by a judge under this Act
may within three months have the question tried
in the Court of Common Pleas and before a jury.
But by the noble lord's own showing a jury is no
more infallible than a judge, and thus if the per-
mission is once given the question might as well go
on from court to court till it got to their lordships'
themselves. It may be urged that no one in his
senses would go to such expense for a seat in Par-
lioment, but the principle is the same, and the
expenses of the Court of Common Pleas at all
events are not sufficient to frighten any one rich
enough to bribe, although the prospect of pro-
longed litigation might very well deter the
petitioners from opening the case at all.
As the Lord Chancellor observed, in objecting to
the proposed change, " We may assume that every
person found guilty would avail himself of the ap-
peal, and the whole matter would he reopened.'
Lord RUSSELL regrets that the bill should not have
come up to the Lords at an earlier period of the
Session, but, as Lord MALMESBURY reminded the
House, it is a question which almost exclusively
concerns the Commons, and on which they may
therefore be allowed to decide.

It was impossible that the evening could be al.
lowed to pass over without allusion being made to
the loss which the House of Lords has sustained in
the person of one of its most venerable and respected
members. The Lord Chancellor, in speaking of the
lamented demise of Lord CRANWORTII, observed
that the public had lost in him one who had passed
through a long career of high judicial office without
a tarnish upon his name, and that in the discharge
of his great duties his courtesy of manner, his care-
ful and conscientious efficiency as a judge, and his
sound and exquisite common sense had never been
surpassed. Lord ROMILLY, as an old and constant
friend and associate of the departed nobleman,
added his tribute of respect and
.affection, which
was endorsed by the general feeling of all present.

An unusual interest was attached to the questions
put yesterday in the House of Commons to the
various members of the Government in conse-
quence of Mr. ROEBUCK asking the First Lord of
the Treasury whether any steps were to be taken
with respect to a monument being erected to Lord
BROUGHAM. In putting the question the hon.
member expressed in very eloquent terms the
claims of the departed statesman. Mr. ROEBUCK
sail he made that motion for two reasons, both on
account of the friendship he had with the lamented
peer, and his own admiration for him, and because
it would give the Premier an opportunity of expressing
in a few apt and eloquent words his sentiments on
the subject before the House, namely, the character
and achievements of the departed statesman. The
session coming to a close, we think Mr. ROEBUCK'S
act was not only justified, but also praiseworthy for
giving the House an opportunity of rendering its
testimony in favour of one who was once its dis-
tinguished ornament, and occupied an influential
position in the generation among which he flourished.
In consequence of his departing from this scene at
a distance, and still more through his complete re-
tirement from the active political world, so much
attention was not given in some quarters to the
death of Lord BROUGHAM as it may be said to have
demanded and deserved. It is then the more ap-
propriate and satisfactory that the House of Com-
mons should at any rate have done somewhat to
repair the neglect, and not allow the session to close
without making some comment, and paying some
tribute to his memory. It was retnarkable of Lord
BROUGHAM, as Mr. ROEBUCK very truly said, that
he was not only a philosopher, but one whose power
of teaching was unequalled by any one of his time.
lie was always a true friend to the people, and that
at a period when that character was not, as it now
frequently is, taken up as a passport to wealth and
popularity. After some remarks from Sir GEORGE
BOWYER and Mr. OSBORNE as to the propriety of
Lord BROUGHAM being interred in Westminster
Abbey, Mr. BUXTON said that the noble lord was
one of the most remarkable men that this country
has ever produced. He possessed great intellectual
powers, and no one surpassed him in feelings of
humanity. The African slave was much indebted
to him, and his exertions in putting down the slave
trade will long be remembered.

Mr. DISRAELI, in replying to the question of the
hon. member for Sheffield, declared it to be his
opinion that some public recognition should be
made of the career and character of Lord BROUG-
HAM, so that through the influence of art a lasting
impression might be made on the public mind, and
a recollection preserved of one who was one of the
most considerable persons ever produced in this
country. While intimating that Mr. ROEBUCK'S
terse and effective sketch of the late noble-
man rendered it unnecessary for him to dilate
upon the topic, the right honourable
gentleman pronounced an opinion upon his
merits which will bear comparison with any
other admirable definitions he has given of departed
authors. "It may truly be saidof Lord BROUGHAM
that none more completely represented his age, and
no one more contributed to the progress of the time
in which he lived. Ile had two qualities almost in
excess, which are rarely combined—one was energy,
and the other versatility. The influence which crea-
tive power gave him, combined with strength of
character, alone sustained him in a cause which,
for its duration, as well for its dazzling feats,
has rarely been known in this empire." Reci-
procating the views of the Government,
as to the expediency of erecting a monument to the
memory of the late Lord BROUGHAM. Mr. DIS-
RAELI said that some of our efforts of this kind had
been failures. Some months ago the Premier said
he mentioned the subject to his colleagues, and they
all agreed in the desirability of some memento
being made, if it could be done in a satisfactory
manner. Mr.GLADSTONE, in an expressive speech,
coincided with the general views taken by Mr. DIS-
RAELI, and we may dismiss the matter from our
minds, trusting that the Government will be able to
realise the wishes of many by performing a public duty
of no mean character in the erection of a fitting mo-
nument to the memory of one so distinguished and so
deserving of respect, as HENRI' BRoUGIIAM always
proved himself to be through a life extended
beyond the ordinary limits of mortality, and de-
voted to so many admirable purposes throughout.

The Indian Budget was brought on by Sir
STAFFORD NoaTucoTE, and the right hon. gf atle-
nian made an elaborate statement on the suldect.
Three-quarters of a million less had been spent on
vublic works than was estimated, and this Sir S.
NOP.TIICOTE said was an undesirable saving ; but in
other Budgets the account of extraordinary public
works would be placed to capital and not to
reserve, and that the deficit would be a surplus.
Leaving this point, the Secretary for India has
observed that only irrigation and special service
works shall be considered extraordinary, and all
should be provide I out of revenue. Thera is little
or no change in the estimat2s for next yeare, and Mr.

MASSEY'S resolution not to make changes in the taxa-
tion has been agreed to. The Indian revenue has
increased considerably since 1856, and Sir S. NORTH-
COTE has decided that in future the opium revenue
should be taken in the estimates at a first average.
Mr. LAING declared that the figures of this year's
Budget showed that he was in the right in the
opinion he entertained contrary to that of Lord
HALIFAX, to the effect that the Indian revenue had
recovered its equilibrium after the mutiny by the
year 1862. Altogether the House seemed satisfied
with the official statement presented to it. The
Poor Relief Bill was then taken into consideration,
and the religious clauses, as usual, provoked a good
deal of discussion, but they were all eventually
agreed to. Several bills were forwarded a stage,
and a good deal of progress made.

LATEST INTELL MEN GE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

HUNGARY.
PESTII, July 27 (Evening).

The Lowcr House of the Hungarian Diet to-
day authorised the prosecution of Deputy Roman
for contravening the press law, and a fresh prose-
cution against Deputy Boszormenjia for a similar
offence.

The army bill will be discussed next Thursday.

SERVIA.

BELGRADE, July 27.

This afternoon at 4.30 sentence was passed on
the persons charged with the assassination of Prince
Michael. Fourteen were condemned to death.
Among the number are Kadovanooish and his two
sons, Sima and Lestosveir Nenadoich. Prince
Alexander Karayeorgievish and his secretary
were condemned to 20 years' penal servitude,
Philipp Shankovish to 20 years' hard labour in a
fortress, and Jeremiys to 5 years' imprisonment.
The execution of the prisoners under sentence of
death will take place to-morrow morning at six
o'clock.

AMERICA.

WASHINGTON, July 27 (Evening).

Both Houses of Congress have passed the bill
introduced by fir. Banks for the protection of
naturalised American citizens abroad. It declares
that it is necessary for the maintenance of the
public peace that the claim of foreign Governments
to allegiance from naturalised American citizens
should be promptly and finally disavowed, and
enacts :

That any declaration, instruction, opinion, orl2r,
or decision of any officers of the Uaited Sta es Go-
vernmeut which denies, restricts,
impairs, or que •
tious the right of expatriation is hereby de-
clared inconsistent with the fundamental principles
of the Government, and therefore null and void.
That all naturalised citizens of the United States
while in foreign States, shall be entitled to, and
shall receive from, this Government the same pro-
tection of person and property that is accorded to
native-born citizens in like situation and circum-

stances.

The third section of the bill, as originally pro-
posed, contained a reprisal clause, which declared
that when any citizen of the United States was de-
tained by a foreign Government upon the allega-
tion that naturalisation did not dissolve his native
allegiance, the President should be empowered to
arrest any subject of such Government in the
United States. This clause was struck out.

(Arrival of the Hansa, via Southampton.)

NEW YORK, June 16, Noon.
The Senate by 29 to 5 has confirmed Mr. Evarts
as Attorney-General.
The House of Representatives has concurred in
the bill passed by the Senate removing political dis-
abilities from a large number of North Carolinians.
Mr. S.nvard has officially aunouncel that twenty-
six States have ratified the Constitutional ameni-
ment changing the basis of the national representa-
tion and the suffrage.

Mr. Seward and Mr. Burlingame have signed
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Senate.ni te I States
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full reciprocal relations, both political and commer-
cial, between the two countries, and also religious
freedom and non-intervention on either side.

Fifty deaths occurred yesterday from sunstroke
in New York. Heavy m inufacturing business is
generally suspended on account of the heat.

SOUTHAMPTON , July 28.

The North German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from
New York, has arrived here with 119 passengers for
37 sacks of mails,
sth3i4sBp4o4rtl,
filoravre,
for Paris, $10,700
London,and sBlr2el7Beono,
for Bremen, and 3,000 packages of cargo.
On the 16th, off New York, the Hansa spoke the
Hamburg bark No. 377 ; on the 21st the Bremen
bark Thierman ; on the 24th the American ship
Lancaster ; on the 25th the British ship Alfred ;
and on the 26th the American ship Gen. Macleod,
and the British ship Clyde, from Calcutta to Ports-
mouth, with troops.

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
PLY3IOUTII, July 28.

The Royal Mail steamship Tasmanian, with the '
West Indian, Pacific, Australian, and New Zealand
mails, via Panama, arrived here at 8.45 a.m. to-day. '
Her dates are from Melbourne, May 28 ; Sydney,
June 1 ; Wellington, June 6 ; Panama, July 6 ;
Jamaica, 11; and St. Thomas, 14.
The Tasmanian brings 145 passengers, 79 sacks
of mails, treasure valuel at $550,409, 80 bags of
silver ore, and 1,600 packages general cargo.
Owing to the illness of the mail sorters the usual
ocean sorting has not been completed, and the mails
are forwarded to London iu bulk by the 10.25 train
this morning.
Among the passengers are the French Bishop of
New Zealand, Dr. Viard and his chaplain.
Twenty-five
passengers landed here, and the
Tasmanian left at 9.45 a.m. for Southampton.

The yellow fever in Lima and Callao, although
not yet quite extinct, was rapidly disappearing.
Mr. Alexander De Matuin, an eminent Belgian
engineer, had died from the epidemic.
Nearly the entire population of Islay had deserted
that port, through dread of the fever.
Fears of a revolution were still entertained at
Lma. Many persons had been plafled under ar-
rest.

Telegraphic communication was extending ra-
pidly throughout Peru.
The Chilian Minister of War has announced to the
Senate that orders had been scut to England for the
construction of a Monitor.

In EcuaJor the yellow fever had broken out in
l'ortoviejo and Gipijapa very severely.
The Ambato question was likely to lead to
trouble between Ecuador and Colombia.

A revolution took place in Panama on July 5.
The election throughout the State had gone in fa-
vour of the Conservative party, and to keep them
out of power, General Ponce, the commander of
the forces, had imprisoned President Diaz, dissolved
the existing legitimate Government, and installed
a Provisional Government. It was feared that an
armed collision might take place between the

parties, otherwise the matter would be of little im-
port to foreign residents in the State.
General Salnave is still besieged at Port-au-

Prince.

At Jamaica the weather was hot and dry. Native
provisions was scarce. American bread-stuffs was
high. Several Post-office robberies had occurred,
the mail bags having been tampered with while
detained by floods.
Mr. Anderson, agent-general of Immigration,
arrived by this mail en route for India, to engage
coolie labourers for Jamaica. The barque Minnie
ran upon a reef at Kingston. The barques Annie
Laurie and Ana Cathezine has been totally wrecked

near Valparaiso.
Exchange on London, 46 to 46k, 60 days.; 461
to 461 90 days ; on Paris, 4.80 60 days ; 4.824, 90

days.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAIL•
GIBRALTAR, July 27.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon leaves at 8 a.m. to-day for Southampton,
where she may be expected on the 31st inst.