, 1875-09-08

Even CnlS sentence WOulO nave Deen
lenient Justice, but it appears that in re-
cording it the Judge ordered that Colo
mel Baker should be treated as q first
class misdemeanant, THAT is to say, be
placed In q sort of arrest. He retains his
dress, can order his W diet, is allowed
two rooms, can read what he pleases, and
can see his friends as he likes. He is, in
fact, confined as q political prisoner ought
to be. This method of multiplying punish
ment is not, as Mr.. Cross explained on
Thursday, the fault of the Government,
but necessarily follows from the recorded
sentence. The maligners of British law
have now at last a real case, and we ex-
pect for months to come to hear it argued
at all popular meetings that the %irresponsi-
bility of the Judges must be given up.
From that to their election would be but q
step. Col. Bakers removal from the
Army, "Her Majesty having no further
occasion for his services" has appeared
in the Gazette.
A majority in the French Assembly
have resolved, according to the Times
Paris correspondent, to spoil the next
Assembly as far as they can. They have
determined to place oil past Cabinet
Ministers, Presidents and Vice-Presidents
of the Chamber, Ambassadors and Gener-
ais with seats, and Questors in the Senate.
The list includes, among others, MN.
Theirs, Picard, De Broglie, Buffet, Decazes,
Jules Favre, Dufaure, Leon Say, Pouyer.
Qnerlier, Magne, De Cissey, Jules Simon,
Washington, Batbie, WALTON, De la Roche
foucauld, Chaudordy, Gr6vy, D'Audiffret-
Pasquier, Benoist day, with Generals
Chanzy, Ducrot, and D'Aurelles, besides
many others less widely known. In other
words, they propose to gut the Chamber,
which will retain all substantive power,
Of all its experienced men, except Gam
BETA, and leave it in the hands ola new
majority, guided by persons without ex-
p~erience either of debate or of the ~necessi-
ties of administration. Such a Chamber
is sure either to be timid or to get out of
hand, while the Senate will engroes all
capacities, but exercise no powers We
never heard Of a more dangerous scheme
which is defended because it obviates the
danger of any party being bribed with
Senatorial seats. Because, that is, o dis
solution may be secured if Conservatives
are tempted with seats, the new Chamber
is to be left without NJ. Gr6vy.
This instruction in the Herzegovina is
becoming more important. Servians,
Bosnians, and Montenegrins are Mastering
to the assistance of their brethren, the
Turks are defeated everywhere, and
Trebinje is besieged. The garrison have
sailed out, but have been driven in with
slaughter, and the place may fall, in which
case all Turkey north ofthe Balkan will
be in commotion. The Governor-GeneTal
of Bosnia, the Herzegovina, and Mon
tenegro has issued an atrocious orders.
allowing all Mohammedans to seize sus-l
pected Christians, and ordering all who
harbour rebels to be slaughtered. but the.
peasantry are only the more determined,
and at last the people at Constantinople
have recognised that something is the
matter. They have acknowledged that,
"recent operations not having had the
effect of terminating the insprrectlons,' the
Governor of Bosnia must send more troops
and regiments have been shipped to the
Herzegovina by sea. 1t would seem, from.
cloudy hints inethe t'Viennese papers, THAT
the Three Powers have decided to3let the
H~erzegoyinians be slau ghtereddoNn,'tand
then demand that they and the 4Bosnlans
shall be made as Independent asltheg 1R0y,a
manians. What; England and France