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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1868.

Mr. GLADSTONE has already tired out the patience
of the House, and if he will monopolise two-thirds
of the time allotted to the discussion of public
affairs, it follows as a matter of course that hon.
members do not feel bound to dance attendance on
him. There was no let or hindrance to his pro-
'
ceedino• with his committee, but the spirit was
1 found wanting to promote the discussion. Mr.
I.Amox-r postponed his motion on the desirability
of the expenses of Mr. EYRE being defrayed by the
Government until next Tuesday as being more con-
venient, but it is worthy of notice that he presented
a petition of a very significant character in favour
of his proposal. Besides the names of many in-
fluential persons, thirty thousand signatures were
affixed to it, and the petitioners expressed it as their
opinion that the " speedy suppression of the re-
bellion in Jamaica was due to the skill, prompti-
tude, and vigour manifested by Mr. EYRE during
its early stages,"and after referring to his deprivation
of employment, and to the unceasing persecutions
to which he had been subjected by an irrespon-
sible body of persons styling themselves the Jamaica
Committee, for offences for which, had he com-
mitted them at all, he would have been prosecuted
by her MAJESTY'S Attorney-General, they con-
cluded by praying " the House to recommend to her
MAJESTY the early re-emploYment of Mr. EYRE,
and the repayment of the expenses to which he had
been put by the prosecutions instituted against
him." The reading of this was received with much
cheering, and it is to be hoped that the attempt
will be successful, for a more unjustly-persecuted
man does not exist than the ex-Governor of Ja-
maica, and it is high time that something was done
for him, not only for his own sake, but for the
credit of the country.

Mr. GLADSTONE encountered an attack directly
the House got into committee on the Suspensory
Bill, for Mr. SINCLAIR ATTOUN moved
an Instruction which seemed to perplex
every one. It provided that the tenure of
all offices in the College of Maynooth should be
put on the same footing as the bill purposes to place
the benefices in the Irish Church, and consequently
that no money shall be paid after this bill becomes
law to the trustees of Maynooth for the support of
the students. In explanation of this untoward
scheme, Mr. ATTOUN contended that religious
equality was desirable, and if the House decided
upon the propriety of disendowing the Protestants,
it should likewise refuse the aid of the State to the
Roman Catholics. Colonel GREVILLE-NUGENT
moved an amendment, and intimated that this
Instruction would put a stop to the College of May-
nooth altogether, while Mr. GLADSTONE'S measure
merely suspended the appointments of the Irish
Church temporarily. The amendment proposed
that any official who was appointed to Maynooth
after the passing of this bill should hold
office subject to the discretion of Parliament.
Mr. GLADSTONE evidently found himself in a regu-
lar " fix," and so great was his embarrassment that
lie actually appealed to the Government for assist-
ance. First of all, he pursued the attack by saying
that the Instruction was too large and too small at
the same time, and that it went now further than
his proposal did regarding the Protestant Church.
In the one case, while awaiting the ultimate ar-
rangements of Parliament, the functions should not
fail to be discharged ; in the other, the entrance of
the students into Maynooth would be stopped.
Having got this far the right lion. gentleman de-
Donne/A the Instruction as imperfect, because it did
not include the recipients of the Regium Donum. In
the confusion worse confounded of the whole affair
Mr. GLADSTONE next propounded the theory that
it would be desirable to stop the execution of
vested interest in the Regium Danum and
the Maynooth Grant if the bill was passed
and it was upon this point that he in-

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yoked the aid of the Government, his course
was that the Executive must take part in a matter
of this kind, where the affair rested on the annual
totes of Parliament. The Government not choosing
to respond to the call so pathetically made to the
Instruction was rejected by a majority of seventy-

SIX.

The troubles of the evening were not over with
this division, however, for Colonel GREVILLE-NU-
GENT'S amendment had to be considered ; and,
although he proposed to withdraw it being carried,
Mr. GLADSTONE'S argument that it would be bet-
ter to wait the proposal was not assented to. Mr.
GLADSTONE again requested the Government to
pronounce an opinion on the merits of the ques-
tion, and Mr. HARDY, on the part of the Ministry,
made a very sensible reply to the demand. He
avowed that the Government did not wish
to interfere at that part of the proceedings ;
but still, under the circumstances, he decided
to support the amendment, on the ground
that it was just and advisable to give
some notice to those likely to be affected by the
provisions of the bill. Colonel KNox declared that
the Government had been fortunate in not falling
into the trap laid for them, and whatever discredit
attached to the bill belonged to the right hon. gen-
tleman opposite. Sir G. BOWYER'S remarks on the
subject were of some importance. He contended
that too many instructions were given to Commit-
tees, and that the practice was becoming abused.
The other day there was an instruction to the Com-
mittee on the Scotch Reform Bill, and again in the
Committee on the whole House with respect to the
Irish Church interference was made. Certainly
it is apt to invalidate the decisions of Parliament if
so many important changes are made, and if it be
pre-supposed that divisions are not the test they
used to be, but must be subsequently changed on the
invitation of this or that member as the case may be.
Subsequently Colonel GREVILLE-NUGENT'S In-
struction was agreed to, with an addition inserted
by Sir G. GREY, to the effect that it should apply
to the recipients of the Regium Donum as well RS of
the Maynooth Grant. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved
that the bill be committed that day six months, but
not much was made of that except a few more pro-
tests being made against the principle of the mea-
sure. The bill finallylpassed through committee. We
believe that Mr. GLADSTONE himself must feel the
affair to have been rather a lame and impotent
conclusion, but so far as the latter is concerned, he
has gained his point, and proceeded to the stage de-
sired. What he and his friends expect to do now
is a matter for consideration, for they can hardly
expect it to pass the House of Lords. In the re•
pealed discussion of a point that could not be settled,
come what may, the Opposition has frittered
away the time of the House in the
most extraordinary manner ; but reason and re-
monstrances are thrown away upon them, and they
must take their own course. It is, however, only
just to expect that they will take the responsibility
of their measure also, and not blame the Government
for the session being wasted. We expect that
before long Mr. GLADSTONE will repent his bar-
gain, and find that in his rash attempt &to do too
much at first he has undertaken more than he can
manage. He will end by giving offence to all
sides, because he has rushed at the scheme without
taking sufficient time to weigh the matter atten-
tively ; but he must take his chance and make the
best of this and of other inconveniences, since he
has put himselfforward in so unnecessary a manner,
and created so unexpected a hindrance to the
carrying on of the business of the session.-

The arrival of the Russia, from New York, on
the 27th ult., brings us news of the day following
the decisive votes of the Senate. The Managers
of the Impeachment Trial, and some of their prin-
cipal followers in the House of Representatives,
appear to have been driven to desperation by their
failure of the day preceding, and were attempting
to revenge themselves upon their opponents by the
most extravagant conduct. Immediately the ac-
quittal of the PRESIDENT was announced they had
Mr. WooLLEr, a Democratic agent and witness at
the trial, arrested on the charge of bribery and
attempts to corrupt Senators. He was also charged
with being in collusion with the Secretaries of the
PRESIDENT. Mr. WooLLEY declined to testify, no

doubt being incensed at so outrageous an act, in
the same way that Mr. HENDERSON and Mr.
Ross resented the arbitrary interference of

the Managers with their conduct at an

earlier stage. Mr. WOOLLEY therefore remained
in prison, though it is not quite clear on what
ground the Managers are empowered to de-
tain him there. They have made a long report,
asking the House to force CHARLES WOOLLEY to
give evidence, and citing the testimony of THUR-

LOW WEED, who avowed that Senators were in-

duced to vote for acquittal by bribery. The manner
in which the prosecutors profess to have discovered
this plot is not a little suspicious. They seized all
the telegraphic despatches of the Western Union
Telegraph Company at the Washington offices.
What would be easier than for agents of the Man-
agers themselves to send a few such incriminating
messages, ready for the time of seizure ? The per-
sistency with which the Managers have accused the
Democratic party of bribery and corruption, when
all the world knows the pressure they have put upon
the members of their own party,shows how thoroughly
indifferent they are to everything but their particu-

,o indisposition.

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lar object. The very journals of their own party
cried shame on the unscrupulous manner in which
every possible agency was employed to bring the
wavering or doubtful Senators over to their side.
Perhaps the Managers, relying on the majority
which they are certain of having in the House of
Representatives, are even yet hoping to overthrow
the decision of the Senate. They have yet eight
Articles of Impeachment open on which to vote,
and if they can succeed in getting rid of any of the
minority they will very likely endeavour to re-open
the question, so as even yet to carry their point.
It shows in what estimation they are held by their
countrymen that it was believed in many quarters
that if possible the Senators from the newly recon-
structed Southern States would be hurried in
so as to turn the scale against the PRESIDENT.
Thanks to the Radical system of registration,
by which nearly all whites of character and
influence are excluded from the constituencies,
while the votes of all the blacks are faithfully re-
corded. There is not much doubt as to the politics
of the new Senators or Representatives either. If
the question of bribery, corruption, and intimida-
tion be really opened, the Democrats will have some
awkward facts to bring forwad, and in the present
temper of the country it will not b 3 easy to silence

them. hit there is another question to ask. Is
the House of Representatives to be allowed to as-
sume the functions of the Executive and of the
judicial tribunals in one ? By what right do its
members interrupt the course of ordinary business,
seizing the despatches of the telegraphic officers, and
imprisoning men without trial? America has long
been threatened with a wholesale despotism, and

here it is already begun. When the rights of the
public and the liberties of the individual are
trenched upon, we may be sure that the
times are dangerous, and if the Americans are wise
they will take heed in time. The Managers of the

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1864e__,_,

Ithpeachment are bold and unscrupulous men, and
it is fortunate for the nation at large that men of
character and reputation, like PESSENIDEN and
TRUMBULL, have had the ability to denounce their
unconstitutional proceedings, and the courage to
resist them.

The American foreign news is of some import-
ance. Mexico has not prospered since the over-
throw of MAXI3IILIAN, for the internal insurrections
are rather increasing than diminishing. All parties
might unite in resisting what they held to be a
common foe, but they are not inclined when the
French have left them to their own devices to sub-
mit to JUAREZ any more than to MAXIXILIAN. The
insurgents on the 17th ult. were in possession of
the mountains round Puebla, and the States of
San Luis Potosi, Tobasco, Queretaro, and Mexico
were at their mercy. They had proclaimed Gene-
ral MARQUEZ Regent. At Hayti riots and dis-
turbances were the order of the day. SALNAVE
had reached Port-au-Prince, and issued a proclama-
tion declaring that the consulates would be at-
tacked and extreme penalties inflicted if the
refugees were sheltered. The consulates were
crowded, and the American Minister had sent to
Washington for assistance.

From Ottawa we learn that witnesses in the
M'GEE assassination case have been waylaid and
beaten, a fact which seems to indicate that Fenian-
ism and its sympathisers are still extant in Canada,
and the colonial authorities will do well to be on
their guard.

The good citizens of Havre are busy following
the example set them by many other populous
towns and cities on either side of the Channel.
They are holding a grand international exhibition,
which they term maritime, but which is by no
means exclusively devoted to ships or naval com-
modities. There are, indeed, almost countless
specimens of masts, sails, and rigging ; boats,
anchors, lighthouses, and signals, oars, compasses,
and what is of more importance specimens
of the construction of iron and wooden vessels.
There are, however, brilliant displays with which
the sea and the Bailor have nothing to do—porce-

lains and silks, jewels and bronzes, every kind of
luxury, and even works of art, for statuary and
painting are not wanting. Havre is a city of some
present importance and considerable historical
interest, and its Exhibition promises to ba
a brilliant success. NAPOLEON I. declared that
Paris and llavre were only one city, of which the
Seine was the principal street. However, llavre
has an individuality of its own, which it would be
very unwilling to merge even in that of the capital
itself. Just now it is thronged with visitors, among
whom are, of course, plenty of English, but we are
sorry to find our country but poorly represented
in the Exhibition itself. The galleries are not
however full, fcr the building covers 80,000 square
yards, so that there is yet time for some enter-
prising mortals to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity. Such exhibitions of these are of great
social and commercial value, and tend to draw rival
nations closer together, while giving a stimulus to
their energies and destroying alike that indolent
self-sufficiency and that exclusive monopoly which
are the fetters and drawbacks to the commercial
prosperity of a people.

LATEST INTELL LGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.
SUEZ, June 5.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ottawa is now coming into this port, having oa board
the released Abyssinian captives—namely, twenty
gentlemen, eight ladies, twenty-two children, and
twenty-one followers.

June 6.

Ten officers and 154 men of the 3d Dragoons
have arrived here from Abyssinia, and will embark
on board the Crocodile.

Consul Cameron has remained at Annesley owing

BAVARIA.

MUNICH, June 6.
The Ministerial Bavarian papers of to-day pub-

lish articles expressing doubts as to the vitality of
any confederation of the South German States, and
ask the supporters of this scheme to bring forward
some distinct plan for the realisation of such a pro-
posal, mere words being useless.

BOURSE, June s.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :

Bank Shares
Ital'an Loan —
End of month —
Mexican Loan 22
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes 37 75
Horne Debt
Deferred 35 25
Cash
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 5911
Western
Eastern ..

Sardinian
Austrian 555
Lombard s7Bf
North of Spain 7O
Saragossa
Roman 45

JUNE 6th, 1868.—The undermentioned gentle-
men were this day called to the degree of the utter bar
by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple :
George Washington Heywood, Esq., holder of a certificate
of honour of the first class, awarded by the Council of
Legal Education, Trinity Term, 1868; Thomas Stephen
Whitaker, Esq. ; David Greenhill Bruce-Gardyne, 8.A.,
of Trinity College, Oxford, Esq. ; Robert Joseph Cros-
thwaite, 8.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, Esq•
Edward Henry Selfe, 8.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, Esq• ;
John Alexander Jackson, 8.A., of Queen's College, Ox-
ford, Esq. ; Alexander M'Noill, of Trinity College, Dub-
lin, Esq. ; John Morris Maskell, 8.A., of Trinity College,
Cambridge, Esq. ; Thomas Collins, M.A., of Christ's Col-
lege, Cambridge, Esq. ; James Thomasia Foster, L.L.8.,
of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, Eiq• ; Henry Thorow-
good Hunt, Esq. ; Charles Edward Moore. Esq. ; Ed-
ward Arkwright Bruxner, 8.A., of Exeter College, Ox-
ford, Esq. ; Charles William Reynolds, of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, Esq.; Mortimer Neville Woodward, Esq.;
Edward Julyan Dunn, of Brasenose College, Oxford, Esq. ;
William Sydenham Gautz, Esq. ; Thomas Smith Glea-
dowe, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, Esq. ;
Joan Theodore Paul Edmond Rondineau, Licen-
tiate and Doctor of Laws, of Paris, Esq. ; Cat-
chick Wise Arathoon, Esq. ; Charles John Wilkins,
Esq.; John Buckingham Popo, Esq., of Magdalen College,
Cambridge ; Charles Edward Grigg Fisher, Esq., of
Christ's College, Cambridge; Henry Edward Lo Va-
Tasceur Durell, Esq. ; • John Stuart Colquhonn, Esq. ;
James Baird Moffatt, Esq., of the University of Glasgow ;
Lewis Jeau Arthur Michel, Esq., 8.A., LL.B , in France ;
Gideon Pulteney Johnstone, Esq. ; Arthur Hatnon, Esq. ;
Arthur Green, Esq.; Louis Mallot-Parot, Esq. ; and Wilmot
Lane, Esq.
Mr. Newbury, boatswain of her Majesty's Dock-
yard, Woolwich. has been superAnnuated, and will be sue-
c :edeci by Mr. Newby, boatswain from. her Majesty's
Dockyard at Malta.
Arrangements are in progress with the view
.of
placing several heavy Palliser guns on the forts at
Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven. The first five
have been shippel at Woolwich, and are expected
to arrive in the course of a few days, when they
will be removed and placed in a position at Popton
fortress. The next five will be placed at lluber-
ston, and the other forts will receive their comple-
ment in due time. These formidable pieces of artil-
lery are of very large calibre, and weigh about 12i
tons each.

During a quarter of a century Horniman's Teas have had
an immense sale, and as they aro now Bd. per pound
Cheaper, in consequence of the Reduced Duty, the demand
will doubtless bo even further extended. Sold, secured in
Packets ; genuine aro signed " llorniman and Co., Lon-
don."