, 1876-11-25

Oy carrying household suffrage 10 the
boFoughs, after denouncing as democratic
q S6 franchiSe7 Or was it shown by
making light of the wickedness Of the
Turks and much of the r~ebelIiousness Of
the Christians in 1857 II the "grcat
virtue OF Mr.. DisrSeli means, in the old
Latin sense, his great %valour, we can admit
the phrase. II not. it is almost % inappli~
cable to him as to the late Tom Duncombe,
or any free-lauce OF them all in either
party.
The Indian Government has arrived OF q
wise decision, but supported it by weak
arguments. It has resolved to leave the
Silver question alone, to settle itself
through the national processes OF trade,
only agreeing to raise money for public
works in India, instead of ia England. and
to diminish the home outlay os far as posi-
bic by purchasing stores on the spot.
That Is wise, but the Government asserts
that the value Of gold may have risen,
instead OF the value Of silver falling-a
suggestion for which there is no evidence
and that the chief cawse OF she difficulty
has been the characterization of silver by
the European Governments. This cannot be
the case, France having purchased, in ad-
dition to her regular supply, more silver
than the Governments of Europe have
set loose. Its, however. most satisfactory
to find hat the Indian Government is not
going to treble tue confusion by adopting
heroic remedies, such, for instance, az
ceasing to coin silver. This proposal,
strongly pressed in India. where its effect
would be to cheaper ell produce, the
quantity OF purchasing coin being reduced,
has been specifically rejected.
The Government 10 Spain has got rid
OF General Martinez Campos, but has not
yet ended all its troubles. The Ministry
affirm that they have seized a packet of
letters which show that S. Gorilla, now
residing ia France, has organised an insur-
rection on behalf of the FederaIist, or, as
they put it, the Socislist Republic. The
plot involved eighteen Generals aud above
q hundred leading civilians, and was SO
we'll matured, that S. Gorilla had ordered
an immediate commencement of the insur-
%rection. All concerned have been i'm
prisoned to await trial, or exiled to the
islands. II that story is true-and it may
be Invented to give the Ministry an excuse
for asking for despotio power-a portion
at least of the Army must be thoroughly
discontented. S. Gorilla knows Spain too
well to trust entirely to the citizens of the
large towns, or to appeal to Generals even
en- retTa9te to head o mer@ mob. The Lib
eraI party is growing more and more dis
contented with this Government, though
not, we fear, because it has denied to Pro-
testants liberty to advertise their services.
The discomfort is said to be especially
felt in Madrid. where King Alfonso seems
to get no hold.
Lord Carnarvon received a deputatioa
of influential men connected with South
Africa, who wished to press gu him the
new necessity for confederation created by
the disturbances in the Transvaal. He
told them that the Government were we'll
aware of the danger created by the re-
Rrettable conduct Of the authorities in the
Transvaal, and had strengthened the force
10 Natal by the addition Of another regi-
ment. He had, moreover, removed the
quarrel existing between the Orange River
Free State and Griqualand, and he hoped
yet to see the population Of the Transvaal
agree to confederation. Her Msiesty's
Government thought that project more
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