The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-08
II u ROPE.
The British Reform Bin-The Closing OF
the Debate.

the Debate.
SPEECHES BY BRIGHT, wmTEsIDB, DIsRAEL1, AND
GLADSTONE.
The debate on the Reform bill was resumed on
the 23d ult. Mr.. Bright made lengthy speech
in support of the bill. He said that the Jill
might Je rejected but the opposition, he argued,
could not deal satisfactorily with the question.
He likened the position of the WORKING CLASSES
to that OF the negroes under recent legislation
IN America and asked the House whether 1t was
prepared for ever TO keep the bolt in the door
which excluded the people from constitutional
rights. He concluded with an eulOgum OF the
bill as a truly conservative measure.
Mr. Whiteside censured severely Mr.. Glad
stones language at Liverpool, depreciatiug the
House OF which he is the leader, and condemned
the bill as an attack on the Constitution. Mr..
Walpole supported the amendment, and Mr..
Goschen deienued the bill.
In the House OF Commons on the Goth de.
bate on the Keiorm bill was continued. Mr..
Lowe made speech against the bill, and was
followed by host OF others pro and con Of
lesser note.
On the 9th the final debate took place. After
many speeches Disraeli wound no on the side of
the opposition in long and forcible speech de.
nouncing Mr.. Gladstone's advocacy of American
principles, which he regarded as united Tor
England.
THE voTE-THE BILL PASSED.
At l o'clock on Saturday morning Mr. Glad
stone rose and made the final speech warmly
defending the American Government, ana de-
nounclng the oppOsitiOns tactics. At o'clock
III Jue morning, AMIDST great excitement, the
division took place, tho members for the bill
being 3lS against 3l3-Government majority, 5.
EXCITING SCENES DURING THE DIVISION.
The seer in the House during the division is
described as one OF unparalleled excitement
The cheering was taken up In the galleries in
spite of all rules and orders.
There was tremendous cheering on both sides
of the House at the result
How the London "Tlmes'' was Hoaxed.
FORGED LETTER FROM TIE FQFBIGN QEFIQE,
From tie London Times AprH21.
We published on Saturday q lending article
upon the relations OF Austria and Prussia, in
Whlch, WIN much reserve, we announced that
enc Emperor OF Austria and Count Mensdorff
had resolved TO withdraw the Austrian Ambas-
eador from Beptn; that the Prusslan Ambassa-
dor at Vienna had been informed of this inten-
ton, and would probably take his departure;
and that the Austrian General mad been or.
dered to withdraw the forces under his COM
mand from HOlstein.
The authority for these statements was the
following letter, purpOrtiue to have been written
by the nephew and Private Secretary of Lord
Clarendon, which reached us IN an envelope
with the impressed stamp OF the royal arms, and
with WelEeXeCuted forgery oil Lord Claren-
dOn's signature, as il to ratly the letter of his
Private Secretary. The letter arrived so late as
to render it dllcult to verify its authenticity,
even II there had been anything in its appear
ance or in the information it contained to excite
suspicion. II has been Tor many years. and
under many administrations, the practice of the
Foreign Office to forward Tor publication intelli-
gence OF urgent public interest, Such letters
are generally written by the Private Secretary
oil the Minister, and verified by his signature on
the envelope. In this case, though on subse-
quent examination the impressed stamp has been
found not to bear the words ''Foreign Office"
the envelope is OF the usual official character,
and the impressed stamp is that of the royal
arms.
The letter was forgery. No such despatch
at hn
such letter had been written at the direction of
Lord Clarendon; the signatures of Mr.. Lister
and OF Lord Clarendon were forged, and the en-
yetope had oecn puroned. We were, in fact,
the victims OF what in some venial matters
would be called hoax, but what, where such
important interests are concerned, is little less
than crime.
Lord Clarendon will, we are assured. take
means to discover If any subordinate in his de-
partment has betrayed mis- trust, and we need
not assure our readers that we shall spare no
pains to bring to Justice the author OF such a
fraud upon ourselves and the publc:-
"FoREIGN OFFICE, WHITEHALL GARDENS April
2O.-Dear SIr:-l am desired by Lord Clarendon to
mention for your information, tEat he has received
this afternoon a telegram from LORD Bloomfield at
VIENNA dated L. Nj. to day, stating that at an
early morning council at the palace of SGhonbrunn,
the Emperor and Count Mensdorf, against the ad.
wee OF some Others, resolved to withdraw Count
karolyi from Berlin and thar IntimatiOn of this
decision havlnP been made to M. de Werther, it
was expected that he would leave Vienna this even
ing or to morrow morning.
1@Olu DlOOmuelu slhle5 IuuJ count MenSuOfu,
after receiving the Prusslan of the 18TH tee.
gIaphed repetition of the Austrian demand Of the
7th in the course OF the 18th, and received fresh
refusal by telegraph on the 18TH This unfortunate
resolution appears to be the consequence of that re.
iusal.
"lhe letter of recall was believed to be already
despatched.
''An order was also to be sent at once TO the gene
raj officer commanding in Holsten TO faI back
through Hamburg and Hanover, leaving only few
companies OF troops in the Duchy
Lord Clarendon much regrets to send this I'M
toward intelligence. remain yours, truly
al. V. LISTER"
Russia.