, 1866-02-26
Our London Correspondence.
foIAucal nnd Commercial Intelligence
From Our Own Correspondent
LONDON, Feb lRsf

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tto,nsp,'as =. Iats 10 DoeA ooneea 10 pfescn
sa,s.as,'ls., sns ~ eouit me,"-aao repr'
'ee ~ VI .us m people oedizened With swore
eoeNeona1, nais' hnee'ofeeches and si1nila
ens' iookne very mucht Ike the men
oelS o. tnat eeiebraseu "s"arry" at whic
on1 a'utaat tslena' sam Weller nsssisted
VI. ot'sn' eaaAea upon the speaker to signal
tN nis nc" 4eien oy abolshlng this "A1 Q
cn!o'"'-'ty; asking that gentlemen shoul'
De allowed 10 dine With tie President In tn
same costume as they wear when visiting a
each others houses. The speech excites
mneh amusement, especially the awful pun
and the sentiment Of "both sides Of til,
1lonse " was obviously In fayor Of the propo
SAL Mr. Gladstone followed with the advic,
that the Speaker should not be Obliged to ogiv,
nm immediate decision "on so Important
Question:" his own eyes and those Of III
hearers fwlnkling as he spoke. This IncIdont
although small In itself, shows the democratic
tendency Of our legislators; and think WI
may look for m early abolition Of this useless
Court mummery-
THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
Inc queen, IL Is expected, will open Parlla,
mens In person on Tuesday next, but the ar,
fangements are not get fully decided upon,
notwithstanding tho positive assertions ol
some OF onr papers, which profess to speak
9 9fahedra. t1eaFn that there is trouble Ia the
tnbinet ~ TO what Her Majesty shall say,
partly On account of foreign, partly domestic
ana1rs. The United States have their share
IN the discussion, fur number of prominent
statesmen, amongst Earl Russe1l's advisers,
are very desirons that the Alabama claims
should be submitted to arbitration. Then,
again, our relations with France are t'shaky ~
the publication Of the French foreign minis.
ter's dispatches in our Anglo-Frank Extradi.
tiou Treaty has greatly offended liberal poll.
f1clans, and It Is known that Earl Russe1l's
policy on the question of the French alliance
Is not altogether 60 decided as that Of Lord
falmcfston. There Is, however, trouble brew
sne 10 Tue East, Tor our policy has radically
changed On the Turkish difficulty since Pal
mefston's deeease, and We shall no longer
prop up and defend the integrity OF the Otto
man Emp're' a. heretofore. This WIS the
reason o! slF AcnEy Bulwer's recall, and the
motive Of III. Layard's Late resignation Of the
unoef-secrctaEyshfp Of the Foreign Depart
meat. BON lhoee statesmen were Palmcrs-
,on'ao on Inc turkish Issue, and are
oetelmmedIy opposed to the disintesrat'on Of
tne OTTOMAN Empire. But the main eausc Of
olescnslon IN Inc Caolnet Ii the suffrage bill
aoont 10 De introduced oy The Government; !;
and' ifom "nal lear, an AFRAID this dlf-
'e1ence IN opinion may ieaa 10 The resignation
~ so"e o. ene prominent members OF that
oooy' lae point nj Issue is whether this new
cA'tnsiup u tne YOUNG power shall be based
npoa Len pound 7entdt' or len pound rating
-M otnef WORDS, whether some s00,00 more
1aloo4e-ciass' men shail DC admitted to the
nssnte OF c1tazenshap, OF the suffrage BE- In.
creased nearly t"o-told by the admission Of
"nat Is nere called !" the better portion oi the
artisan class" As you have two sections in
the Republican pazty-the "radical' and
"conserratase," We, In like manner, have
similar subdivisions In our liberal ranks and
It remains to be seen whether the former or
the latter ehau carry Earl Russell with 1t. I
othese his lordfhip is resolved to cast In his
iot win inc real Liberals and that the Con.
scfyasivcs In his Cabinet Will thereupon re-
sign their respective portfolios. Wednesdays
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