The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1868.

faction.. Let justice have its course, but let not
valuable time be wasted, and then when it is too
late ;find out that indifference or ignorance has
really marked out the career of the oppressors, by
putting off indefinitely the work that should have
been. done promptly in order to be efficacious and
anew er its true purpose.

Already the acquittal of the PRESIDENT has pro-
duced its effect, and we have an indication of the
return to a better and more tranquil state of public
affairs at Washington. Mr. JOHNSON, it will be
remembered, during the. Impeachment proceedings,
appointed General SCHOFIELD as Secretary of War.
This vote has been confirmed by the Senate,
a significant change, since of late the
mere fact of the PRESIDENT'S nuking an ap-
pointment has been suffi.;ient to induce
the Senate to refuse its sanction to the candidate.
It is true that SraeTrees, who.n the Senators so
persistently supported and forced back upon the
PRESIDENT, has at last resigned the office to which
he clung se tenaciously, and consequently some ap-
pointment must be sanctioned or one of the chief
offices of the State will remain vacant. But the ready
approval of the PRESIDENT'S selection following
upon the voluntary retirement of STANTON proves
that the Radicals have given up the game at least
for the present, and that there is hope for the re-
storation of something like order and prosperity.
The Impeachment, on which the PRESIDENT'S ene-
mies concentrated all their energies, was felt by
both sides to be the crisis of the long struggle, and
the Republican Senators who so resolutely main-
tained their own independence and the
honour of their country have averted a dis-
astrous and discreditable state of things.
The mortification and disappointments of the lead-
ing members of the Radicals, are, of course, pro-
portionately great, and they do not endeavour to
conceal them. The Managers have resorted to the
unworthy expedient of declaring the votes of the
Republican Senators, who voted for Mr. JOHNSON,
to have been unfairly influenced—an accusation
which is almost absurd, coming from such a source.
The pressure which the Managers themselves put
upon every man they could reach, directly or in-
directly, was certainly more creditable to their zeal
than their integrity. So strong are the Radicals
still in the House of Representatives that after the
first vote on the Impeachment had been taken, the
Lower House adopted a resolution offered
by Manager BINGHAM, setting forth that
the Managers had received information of corrupt
means having been probably used to influence the
Senate, and ordering an investigation of the matter,
with power to summon and examine witnesses.
No time was lost in putting the resolution into
practice, and the Managers immediately began
examining witnesses. Some idea of the Radical
predominance of the House may be gained from
the fact that this extravagant resolution passed
before the trial was actually concluded was carried
lei 88 to 13 ! Another resolution was adopted ap-
pointing a committee to investigate and report
upon the question whether the Missouri delegation
had improperly en leavoured to influence the
vote of Senator HENDERSON. A resolution
offered by one of the Democrats to the
effect that, as all the Managers were the avowed
enemies of the PRESIDENT two impartial members
should be appointed, was refused by the House by
68 to 28. The Radicals do not trouble themselves
to preserve even the appearance of equity and im-
partiality, and perhaps it is not worth their while.
Their motives have been too transparent, their
conduct too manifestly unfair, the manner in which
they have pushed forward or withdrawn evidence
according as it suited them has been too glaring
for any pretence to avail. We must remember
that these accounts are brought by the mails, and
refer therefore to the interval between the votes of
the Senate Court. No doubt the Managers were
still hopeful to turn the scale, and the reason for the
eagerness with which these charges of undue influence
were pressed forward was the belief that they might
invalidate some votes, or that they might deter
some Senators from risking the persecution of the
Radicals. The manner in which the self-consti-
tuted tribunal conducted their investigations
would be amusing if the whole question were not
of such serious import. A wealthy citizen of Ohio,
who received a large sum of money at a Washing-
ton bank the day before the Senate vote on the
11th Article of Impeachment, was examined with
the view of ascertaining if the funds were used to
bribe the Senators! On the 21st they summoned
Senator HENDERSON, but they met their match.
Mr. HENDERSON swore that no one had influenced
his vote, end that Chief Justice CHASE had
never alluded to the subject ; but not content with
this, he declared it to be an impropriety on the part of
the Managers to investigate the action of Senators,
and said he should not appear again until be had
laid the matter before the Senate. Mr. HENDER-
SON, as we know, was not shaken from his purpose
by those man ceuvres, and voted boldly on the 26th
as he did on the 16th for what he believed to be the
right and just cause. No words can do justice to
the indignation and resentment of the Radicals
at their efforts, although it is fair to acknow-
ledge that many members of the Republican
party, both in the press and in the State Legis-
latures, protested loudly against the pressure being
put upon the Senators, declaring that a conviction so
gained would be worse than an acquittal. Mr. Ross
of Kansas has the credit of having turned the scale
on the momentous 16th, which was the real crisis,
as the impeachers had determined:not, to allow the
vote to be take unless they were sure of two-thirds,
and they reckoned upon Mr. Ross's vote. Vice-
President WADE promised to vote for them (good
reason why !) ; and such pressure was put upon
Senator 'WILLEY, one of the doubters, that he
yielded and pledged his vote for conviction. But
an authoritative message from the Radicals of
Kansas to their Senators, declaring that " Kansas
had heard the evidence and demanded tne convic-
tion of the PRESIDENT," only induced Mr. Ross to
keep his own counsel, after declaring, in answer
that he should vote, according to his own judgment,
for the good of the country. Thus, notwithstand-
ing their careful calculations, their vigilance over
whisky-loving members, and their bringing in every
sick man, the Managers lost the day—a defeat
which, as we see, augurs well for the peace and
prosperity of the country.

NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND DINNER.—A general
meeting of this fund was held on Saturday afternoon at
the offices, 21, Cecil-street, Lord Houghton in the chair.
It was reported by the Vice-chairman, Mr. J. IL Doyle
that the arrangements for the dinner were rapidly pro-
gressing, And that among the distinguished guests who
have kindly announced their intention of being present.,
in addition to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, who will preside, are—Prince Christian, Lord
Stratford do Redcliffo, the Marquis of Clanricarde,
Lord Houghton, the president of the Institution ; Earl
Vane, Lord Truro, Lord Penrhyn, Lord Ronald Leveson
Gower, General Sir W. Knollys, Field-Marshal Sir John
Burgoyne, General Sir James York Scarlett, Lord William
Lennox, the Right lion. P. S. Wyndham, M.P., Colonel
Sykes, M.P., Mr. Nowdegate, M.P., Mr. John Hardy, M.P.,
Mr. Arthur Helps, Colonel Baillie, Dr. W. H Russell, and
between 30 and 40 other members of the House
of Commons have also announced their intention
of being present. The musical arrangements will,
as is usual, at this dinner, bo of a most attractive
character. Mr. Ben ?diet has consented to conduct, and
various distinguished artistes, including Madle. Liebhart,
Herr Reichards, Mdlle. Enequist, Herr Wallenreite, Herr
Leopold Auer, Mdlle. D'Erina, have volunteered their
services. His Royal Highness will be received by a
guard of honour, composed of a datachnaant of the London
Rifle Brigade, attended by the band of the Regiment.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS. SUNDAY, May 31.

To-day, beingWhit-Sunday, most of the newspapers have
Dot been published, and there is a general holdiday. Mean-
while there is plentiful food for reflection in the events
which are going on both at home and abroad. The semi-
official journals have denied the reports of Polish
movements in Galicia, but the independent journals
eeclare that there is something in them, and that they
nave been got up by Russia in order to serve
as an excuse for fresh rigour against the un-
fortunate Poles. This is one matter. Another is, that
the Russian propaganda in Bulgaria is becoming more
active than ever, and there are rumours of conflicts
between the Christians and the Mussulmans. Item num-
ber three is a rumour which, if as true as it is cir-
cumstantial, is very serious. The North-East Corre-
spondence, a journal which has lately come into notice,
declares that Photiacles Bey, the Turkish Ambassador at
Athens, has received orders to demand of the Greek
Government if it is true that three Cretan deputies have
been allowed to take their seats in the Hellenic Parlia-
atent ; and, in case the statement is true, to demand his
passports. The Avenir National says, with reference to
this matter, that M. Gobineau, the French Minister at
Athens, has made fruitless endeavours to bring about a
better state of things between Greece and Turkey, and
that there is reason to fear a rupture is imminent. This
journal believes that Turkey counts upon the support of
France and Austria, and that their policy will have the
effect of throwing the Eastern populations into the arms
of Russia, and " hastening the grand explosion of the
European war."

The visit of General Renard, the Belgian Minister of
War, to London, is noticed in the Paris journals. The
Arenir National says the visit has no political significance.
The Siecle, however, affirms that he has been charged with
a mission, and he has been instructed to inform the British
Government that Belgium will, in the event of a European
war, claim the benefit of neutrality assured by treaties.
Prince Napoleon will, it is said, set off on his journey in
about ten days' time. There is a remarkable statement to
the effect that he is going to have an interview with the
Queen of Prussia en route. I confess this is rather a
clifficult morreau to swallow. More digestible is the`•
statement that Prince Humbert is going to Berlin. That
is likely enough.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, a cousin of the Emperor, has
been writing a bellicose pamphlet, whose publication was
forbidden in Paris. The prince calls it " Hypothesis of a
Campaign on the Rhine," and he asserts that the Rhine
is "by the most patent decrees of Providence the great
line of demarcation between two powerful States which are
not to be equalled." He declares that France is bound
to take advantage of the recent changes in Europe
to efface the last trace of the invasion of 1815. He has
the strongest faith in the miracles of the Chassepot, and
believes that neutrality is the worst of policies.
The llloniteur de l'Arnzie again calls attention to the
Prussian cops d'armee on the eastern frontier of France,
lelaring that they have been strengthened this year, and
ire stronger than any other portion of the Prussian army.
The last statement may be true, but I believe that the
first is not, and that the corps in questim remain of the
same strength as they were several months ugo.

What could have induced the France to publish the
insulting address of the 700 Hanoverian refugees in this
zoantry to the Prussian offer of amnesty ? The Prussian
Minister here has taken notice of the matter, and having
submitted the manuscript of the address to an expert,
the signatures are declared to be, in part at least,
forgeries, and therefore the address is deprived of most
)f its importance. That, however, does not lessen the
importance of the publication.

The Emperor and the Empress set off for Rouen this
:norning at 9.30, accompanied by their suite. They are
to return this evening.

We have just received a new ambassador, and are about
to lose an old one. Count Stackelberg, the Russian
(Minister who succeeded Baron Budberg, now in disgrace,
►rrived here on Friday night. S. Nigra, who has long
sought to be relieved from his post, is at last to have his
request granted, and will, I believe, go to London. It is
thought probable that S. Alfieri will replace him here.
We were told a day or two ago that the Tunisian dn..
mity had been settled. But yesterday's semi-official
Etendard tells quite a different story, and declares that
the Bey is impracticable, and that France will have to
adopt more vigorous measures if he does not speedily come
to reason.

The heat was so excessive last week that the Senate did
aot spend more than two days in discussing the Public
Meetings Bill. M. Rouher, in spite cf his recent
llness, was present. But he was not wanted. M.
Pinard, the Minister of the Interior, said all that
vas needed to be said by the Government, and on a
division the proposal to refer the bill back to the commis-
lion was defeated by 87 to 24 votes. M. Pinard pointed
)ut that there could not possibly be any danger in the bill,
since it provided that the prefects might always forbid
my meeting if they thought it dangerous to the public
literests.

The storm on Friday night was terrific. It was pre-
;eded by a rotatory gale of wind, which raised immense
;loud» of dust. The lightning was incessant, brilliant, and
)f the most varied colours, and lasted many hours.
I see that th,.. Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia is
tone to Athens. I imagine that this visit is rather of a
lomestic than of apo it'all character. Her daughter was
narried to King George last autumn. The Queen of Por-
tugal is grin; to Ems, and stops at Munich on the way.
[ am sorry to say that the young Prince Royal of Belgium
is worse.

The editors of the Messager du Sud-Ouest have been tried
For exciting to hatred and contempt of the Government,
and sentenced to fines of 500 f. and 1,000 f., and the printer
;o one of 150 f.

Mr. Reuter and the Paris journals persist in denying
the reported movements in Austrian Poland. On the
ether hand, our private advices reassert the existence of
these movements. It is confirmed by the independent
evidence of the Berlin correspondent of the Times. He
says : " The news from the Galician frontier, however
startling to the lublie, has scarcely taken the Prussian
Government by surprise. For some time past no
Polish refugee who had a mind to pitch his
tent in Galicia applied in vain for an Austrian
passport to the land of his hopes. This concentration
3f unruly elements in close vicinity to the Russian military
lines, couple l with the fiery language of the Galician
press, had a natural tendency to inspire venturesome
plans. As a first practical consequence, the formation of
armed bands on the Russo-Polish frontier has been an-
nounced to the Prussian by the Russian Government.
I regret to be obliged to add that the Austrian autho-
rities are charged by Russia with aiding and abetting the
movement. Whether it will increase or pass away
without result is more than can be foreseen. At
any rate, Prince Napoleon, it is expected, will no
longer deem it fitting to extend his journey to Galicia."
The correspondent adds that the signal for the Galicians
to begin seems to have been given at Warsaw.

The Berlin correspondent of the Times, who is remark-
able for his good judgment and accurate information,
takes an unfavourable view of the present aspect of
Europe. He points out that the publication in the
semi-official France of the insulting refusal of the 700
Hanoverian soldiers who are now in France to accept
the King of Prussia's amnesty is a " practical
joke " which can scarcely promote the chances of
peace. " Little is said here about it at all, and determined
as this Government undoubtedly is to ignore mere verbal
attacks, the energy with which these have been recently
made begins to awaken a doubt whether M. Rouher, after
an, will carry the day over Marshal Niel. Nor is our
Danish intelligence particularly calculated to set our mis-
givings at rest. The Copenhagen press is pretty unani-
mous in anticipati:ig war between France and Germany,
and already beholds the Danish army descending upon
Schleswig." The correspondent points out at the
came time what repeated proofs King William has
given of his desire for peace, He has not thought
t beneath his dignity to avow again and again
his sentiments, though continuously proved by his deeds.
"A suspicion of growing antagonism on the part of s ,me
foreign Powers, far from making
him assume a proud
reserve, has caused him to protest his love of peace all the
more energetically."

While a rupture between France and Prussia seems to
be only too prol:able, it is satisfactory to note that Ger-
many is becoming daily more united. The idea of a
South German Confederation entertained by some of
the Southern members of the Customs Parliament has
I,)ceir all but abandoned; and many of the Anti-
Prussian sectarians so far overcame their dislike
to Prussia that they accompanied the rest of the deputies
on the trip to Kiel. In connection with this matter a
remarkable article has appeared in the Munich South
German Press, which, being the Bavarian Ministerial paper,
is an important journal. The article says "If
Prussia will exercise no violence to merge the South in the
North, Bavaria is equally determined not to allow the
military and commercial treaties between North and
South to be infringed upon. Bavaria admits that Prussia
had no altcraative but to take up arms two years ago, and
create a now era by the application of main force ; but she
is the more indebted to this Government for abandoning
forcible measures as soon as possible, and returning to a
pacific course directly the most indispensable wants of
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LATEST INTELL MENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

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EGYPT.
(Per Malta and Alexandria Telegraph.)

ALEXANDRIA, May 31.

The Viceroy and suite embarked last night on
board his Highness's yacht, and left this morning
for Constantinople and Brouss t.
Cherif Pasha has been appointed Regent.