The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-04


hundred and fifteen to three hundred and
four-a majority Of eleven against It The
question actually before the House was mot
definitely upon the principle Of extending the
suffrage or charging the constituency, but
upon details upon the policy Of fixing the suf-
| frage on q ratable. basis or fixed rental The
bill, as proposed by the ministry, was COM
plicated In It's details, mixing up rental fran
ohise with ratable franchise, and gave the
opposition the very best opportunity Of defeat
| ing It. or rather Of defeating the ministry, on
these details, without being committed against
the principle The opposition took care, seem
ingly, to avoid being committed against tho
principle, though portion Of the conservative
party doubtless are opposed to II, leaving the
way open for amy future action ON their part
should the Queen place the government In
their hands. The press Of London, and par
ticularly the Times, takes this view Of the mat
ter, and by no means despairs Of reform under
another ministry. II Is evident that the min
istry, which had majority, has FILTERED away
Its power by bad management Of this measure
The incubus of the Cabinet Is the Premier,
Earl Russell. He is too old and instinctively
more conservative than the conservatives them
selves. He has never been In earnest on the
question Of reform, and has paralysed the Of
forts Of bis more liberal colleagues. Mr.. Glad
stone especially has been out Of place In his
association with aAnaiity Russell"
We shall see now whether this ministry Of
combinations Of old dead wings and doctri-
naires and progressive enlightened statesmen
ton can continue to exist The Queen must,
sooner or later, and probably on this issue,
change her cabinet Russell must be laid on
the shelf Whether q coalition ministry, with
Gladstone in 1t, can be formed, has to be seen.
At all events the question Of parliamentary re-
form cannot be ignored. II Derby and Disraeli
be called TO form q ministry exclusively Of the
conservatives or coalition ministry, the end
will be the same. The popular sentiment Of
England is for reform, and Earl Derby or Dis
raeli will have to oct as Sir Robert Peel acted
with regard to the corn laws. That statesman,
who had for long period Of his political lite
opposed the abolition of the corn laws, finally
carried the measure for repeating those laws
when he became the Premier and saw that pub
Lie opinion demanded the repeal We may ex-
pect to see something like this occur on tho
question Of reform and with the Derby
Disraeli party. The fight in the House Of
Commons is for place and power, and new
ministry may concede as much to popular
opinion, or more than the so-called liberal
Russell Cabinet
England Is destined to progress The great
branch OF the Anglo-Saxon race IN America Is
rescting with wonderful power upon the COM
mon sense and understanding Of rngiishmen.
shows the progress Of democratic dees in the
Old Country. He said thai the American Dews,
papers were eagerly read in Engl,nd now
more SO than the British, and Chat The tendency
to democratic views was Irresistible Reform
may be temporarily deferred, there may b.
changes Of ministry in England, but the end 10
inevitable-there must and will be reform.
A CELESTIAL DINNER IN SAN FRANCgC0-The
dinner given by the Chinese merchants Of San
Francisco, the other day, 70 Hon. Arson Bur
lingame, our Minister to China, and General
R. B. Van Valkenburgh our Minister to Japan,
on route for Asia, was, according to our enthu-
siastic reporters report, Q regular Celestial
banquet, with all the modern California i'm
provements 1t Is recorded In the chronicles
OF the mission OF the famous Kay-leb Kew
Shing to Kwang-Tung and Shanghae that at .
festival given him by tho Imperial Commits
sioner, 10 Lin, our Ambassador was specially
pleased with Q toothsoms stew, which he
guessed was ducks, and signiled his opinion
by nod to the high and mighty Lin, and
"Quack, quack, quacklA - shaking his
head with smile, said 81 ksNo, no. He
no quack. He Won bow-wow-wowp Kew
Shing theroupon subsidized, saying in reply to
the princely Lin's offer Of another plate Of the
stew, that he had already dined too much, so
tempting had been the imperial delicacies
spread before him, and especially that chow
WOW stow"
II Is furthermore recorded by certain "out-
side barbarians" who have penetrated the
inner circle Of the "Centrai Flowery King
DOM" that In the interior thereof bad eggs
are esteemed luxury, that young rats are not
for common folks, and the docayee flsh are
considered gamey. So likewise Is 1t recorded
that species Of Celestial oyster, the half shell
Of which will hold from two to ten gallons, Ia
most esteemed by tue natives when the odor
thereof knocketh down "thc red-headed bar
barian Of the West" at twenty PAGES. None Of
these violent Oriental dainties, IL appears,
were tried upon Messr5 Burlinrame
and Van valkenbursh by the San Fran
cisco CelestialA They had Tong-wow-fec, .
China oyster fricassee q dried oyster with
the favor Of choice old dried Goldfish, or Dutch
cheese that has been two or three times round
the WORLD, and they had In-wor, or mandarin
bird nest soup, and ching-don-gce-boiled
sharks I'm; and buck-look-kan, or sincws Of
reindeer, and numerous other varieties, winding
up with cakes including kie-dan-gaw, boo-chie,