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THET TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1874 9 O05TSST8 OF THIS DATS" PAPER. masse, ttisruu Tm isimismiiiiiiiTi i i 1 ,1 iim.iytiiiinr,fa Mm Ciifii tAiiiiiMiHH QfHiM to iitw tortipms, Btttw. iiMttmwn gun KBiioa WAt, ishas 0 VbMi fainjii rtt qma mi rmin bua tmm T'l a it i IKosTr stisrrt nw The toatof Fiesta tineas eat m4 TM( Ima to the Zaer PmIi mml PtotrBwemrl rnea. J.T MBaasimaa tmil Tiiii Til tTaliami nl 1J Jlliliranti to Ik raw (Lord Omt ea Oold Owl Ttil mi Bataaaa to btoslMiUCMto; Tex Itn atisaa ane sot Ooamrrom Tk taste nmin wttt lm if ii I j4P ikto) aaahtr s. IukM JryaJa Ufiajaal lafiwai TJq ler rraaoa; Kr.

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M.AJI Ctotolkr 4 tOSDOJT, SJLtVJUUT, XtAMCJt 14, ls74V The ObmmiH otTtkry have at length prs tseted to tha French Asesrablya HkW Xl ton! lUIora i but It may now be thought that ii would have been well if the Beport could have been delayed a littk longer, to sot to appear ontil aft tbe day wben tbi' Edr. of Stuouoir III. comes jii Xothing rjouU have been batter adapted to urn tba ends of tba, young Pretender lOinQiant. Hk fatWa justification ot the Outfit wee' that ft waa toreed ripoa him, as tVt eel o( UtnrttBf tie designs of a' reactionary atd agreed to deprive the laassof TtmthmKti tA tbalr political priTilegaav fie appeared before tb xutioQ tbfaBat blerrof Ue fraaoake, Uab tbe AaeemW pro poatd to limit aad ilM ote wjiich tu takea npoa ik appeal to the people abowed that be rightly eati awtedthepopiiiaroptakmof the ooautry. After loore 'lham iadrtweBty jma, aaotbar Aieetably hat eatend vpoa tbe uproaalatBg teak of taking away vbieb bare baas granted and en joyed dnr itf all tih intanl, aai aaotoar JliJotaojr may! noe praaaat binueU to France aa the champion at the bbarty the nimbly threatena to rattrict.

The ton of tba the 1pm, be doea not 'ubaritaoce of power until the People ahafl bare again toted their re anorptinoeot the yoke. like hia father, be reeta cboiee of the Democracy. Thiaia poBtioB, sad; tbongh ww may know bow muoh tipfwwinn there wee in tbe rule the man who boasted that be foraroed by the will of the nation, ivu jnat aoooch of truth in his boaat to enable hia eon to appear as Tmrticating against all Ha epetnwji ttw prinelfJe'of Salional It Jaon the era ot the day the Prinoe aatonvn the pcettkn and raayoneibflitiaa of ni inhood that a weapon b) forged for hia habd by iha Majority it Taraafflea. The Bill, ctfnjtt id lot, praaaaUd to the. Cham, bar by hi.

sBiria. baa not aa yat reeeired a formal approral, ozoapt from Iha Majority of the Goauiittaw ot Thirty who bar oonoocted. it, a4tbatw no dawbt it eanbodiaa tba Tiewa of TL and may be' taken as aooeptad'aad approved by bia asd by the rest 'of the Manistry. It is too probable that it will also be aanetiooed in dae time by tbe Majority Ui the TS1 be many aaimated debaiea. before it becotoea kw i we may expecl to eeit tamnltooaa aeenee i at aid.

ficfm Jrill hare great diEU ear is makyMnf order; bat itia aot doabted i by any one in Pranee'that the' Assembly ia ready and wfflmf to aapport tba leading principletof M. xtafctosTb tbrae auHiooa ot rot art if it oaold only, be effected and awmftined withoat ratttrreot onUffaaka woold gire the Party, tof an indiapatable pnesea. tioa of power tor yearn not to be nambered. Soch, kaa tba baHaf wf M. wr BwSaa tai i.w L.j'.U.

is aanch to war tact tba aaltripaHon. Tba three niTliooa who would Naia their alectorai pnTilegea would ba for the moat the yoaatz, eae aod aetire Preacameo who tom aat energetic contingentof the Bspablioan 'Partfaad wbo ara on that tba least Ckaly toaaaiaaoaia thatrawa. politkal sxtinctioa. If fiy cow eat to be dJsfrucsiaad, the of Ilia sWctorata, apon whom would darolra the choice i Tjprtha, iwwald be. Conserratire rnoogh to wt wfy any sapcatkoa.

Saab a parginj ot the, rega lam wonld be aJWcaad aa baa aerar been before eon aaiUtal as pcaaOla, We apeak glibly ot diafran aisKag three miniooa, and by aridaat thai Vary ha laiiemaud what the operation iaipliaa. The waabsf fotnta fat aader tba 1 preaeat yatetB of aarestricted franchises cannot bo taken at Itaa the Ugheat rote that baa erar bea MbaVqaeatlaa that brouzbt tba whole satioa to tba bootha being little more than eight aailliooa "tad tea Btu of M. RaTaxa wvald take off mora than ooI tTa to It would bara a atUrgwr'aaaet on the rotes that are girca. ifamaji ik "afriUainr aVwwdd chiefly anaHaad to iha i yooaj, and acMre, who can oowe aae to drop their Bct into the Electoral tbose who'are, diaabkd byage.or Iraiity woaMaotbatoaahedby it. Iamany eoo where the ooramant of popalation' mfU tat aaaibm rosing woold be found to bare Taaaa' oT one baK.

Oar apprahenatoa af the ikapa rflftL 2Urnria if. out iato 'oMcaiion. vkaiatoraa to tba raaaction that it ia, after all, a awswl; Tha'praaant Chamber, was elected at waaiif taaatast'imtkam it Wi haaama that titaemaada of tha rkto riimy.most'Jbe conceded. Ia" full and the PfopW of rranca, broken down by defeat, barriedly Wtitkl ia tba DeisuUaeuta, aad imdar tba erea vf ttafr frAywiu aaat'PepaUea to Bordeaox to kraay lemjof 'paaak4 war, to a tola" ait iWiibaoina working aiminiatra ai) it lm, aoeartitnteoV tUwholo tfatydatraatod jaaCVsaiber, and taia daty haa been long since 'aeiaawedW There waa no ttooiAt'of galagTtaW'panatrmtia fak4eatttaU pouttra, Mtbo lOuraoaa pow ayatm tte iiv any preteaee aa iaapUed authority oa th4r to andertaka thk aaeUoa fa negaHTad by the iUfmaat npiaaw 1 ia tba' long aeries of chaaoa i wUeb bmrif aaee occurred ia all para of (ItM.baaskaiaf tba riaaaal Aaaamblytby lataority thay wonld proceed to roto oa M. TT at eat aa tor general parpoaaa and a.

"as, naoUstf oesticttb put, by what eons6 rwmtewa'wwia aleeted br rarr con aadtbaTary" fwakh hare orar and orer again VwaN at awaaalyaWiaw9oaB to iha wOl'of aaav aaeaa. mm Taaa aa waa far aha Ixaw Par wWJaMlaaltCCM aianlitrathk thai the Assembly, "power to etwerea rta deanea, to lU wiQi and the attempt, if made, will be aa pore a ej aa when in 1351 Loco Kiro Uuar dissolved the Assembly by hk bayonets, and appealed from it to Che people. 'It does not follow becaase aa act a eewp dTHat that it mait aeoeargy be roadeaned. It often happens that a braakofooaUnaUyklMnUUeiathehUtoryof a aatioa but it something to have erery aoeh break raeognised for what it is. and defended as each.

Take tha pnjel it loi a eoap Vitat, and there any canaa aafidant to defend it We search iarainfor any adequate motive to justify the policy of repreetion which baa inspired the Bill proposed the Cbtaaaitteootllurty. Aathe first draught for tba rorarnment ot an unknown aooatry, it Would be open to.aerioea objectloos aa a schema for the reconstraetioo of France, it to combtoe the most impdlitk with the keat stable of Gorernateata, What, for eaample, can bo said ef the prorisioa requiring that erery can didaie shall be domiciled in the district be spiraa to represeut a prwrision altogether apart from the disfrahchiaing ckaaes, which cut off three millions from the roll of voters I It is plain that soch aprorisJon can never 'work, except by depriving tba sifted and purified electors of an orroitJitM. wwat from choosing some one to be their Deputy whom they would prefer to any of their own number. Ia a Freuch constituency,) redoced aa it would be, so little to be trusted that' it may not aaleot fraaly the Frenchman likes beat It isV of course, aaggeated that a demagogue 1 from Paris might be brought dowa to defeat a rural neighbour, to tha injury of tha bast intereak of tbe State but bow deeply mutt' the spirit of demagogues be ingrained ja the national mind if thk would till be a aerious' denser after all tha youagar electors were disfranchised If the condition of France auch as to excuse tba proposal oa which we are now' commenting, that pro must be utterly vain. Ia auch.

a case peace eould bo secured only by tha unfaiUnr rizSanca of 'a military dsapotisin. To dream of msintainina it by taopowar of aa Qeetoral Law serves no other purpose thaa to demonstrate the eSemlaaU bmper of itaaathors. It would seem that French history a ttorthouso of inatractioB for all bat Frenchmen. In iU reeorda walaarnthe cwnditiona of stability and the incen tiraa to disorder in Ibe Fraaeh people we sea a' race aingularly amenable to the role of eqaal laws, but tbe impoaitloa; of pri Tilages. They ara ready to endure without a murmur aoontaulated regulations so long aa those regnlatioos apply to all alike, and are evidently destined for no other puTpoaa thaa to' facilitate the business of admialstrslion.

The patieaca with which, a Freneb maaisnbmito to be drilled by the tvpresanU. trraa of aa 'unfailing source) of astonishment, to the young i traveller who baa been aoouatomed to oonsider bim one of the most, tarbuleat of bnmaa kind. The passion of political equality once satisfied, the guarantees of individual liberty may be neglected, It it impoasihie, thea, to reconcile equality before the law with tha existence of social order The history of the Second Empire shows thai it ia not. and it must atiU admitted that, with all hk faults, Xirouov IIL proved himself by tar the foremcatve bad almost said tbe only stiteamin Fraaee haa seen in our generation. The members of the present luautry dressed la a little brief authority, pUy aoeh faatastk: trkka before High HesTen," show appreciation, whatever of the national character of France, and they 'propose for disorders they ia no small degree create reme dies, which cannot be regarded without aoorn.

do not know what will be tha immediate result of M'Baiaufr BilL It probable thai it witt be approved by the present Assembly, and that some attempt will be made to put it, into; operation but it iuipoasible that it can produce any but injurious eonsequexioea'to the' country, and it will bar to be undone agata before settled peace and concord shall return to Fraooe. once declared that there a real progressive i Con most anfortnuate, no doubt, thai wa should have serr stive policy, and that it thk which they will bad. to run 'the riak of throwing an organised We have ventured, more once, call in question tha wisdom of the that members of Parliament accepting office under' the Oaowx abould thereby" raoata thak aesis, and be exposed to tha bcoorenienoe of a contest at the very moment when their energies are required, for Imperial rather than for local objects. There thing in Mr. Dtsuau's case that would in duce ui ia reconsider, our view.

Having accepted the post of First Lord of the Treasury, be compelled, ba informs his to present himself to them once more: for re eleo ne wouw, do re eiectea in snen a ease 'waaalways" cextaia; and, happily, there no looser aay pcospect that be will be opposed, bow erer ipnnually. The, necessity, therefore, of oooa snore soliriting the trust which Buckinghamshire baa aO often confided to him can only bare added, however iafuuteatmally, to the many sob kckwmchwereatoeaayprewing upon huattention, and most have left him somewhat leu able to bestow hkundl video aare upon the inrporuatdutkstowhich tte baa been'eqbUelyaummooeii; Those' who may have hoped that hk election address would contaia some clear declaration of the opoliey which he Jntenda rto follow be a little disappointed with its contents, laara nothing from tba address ot which we ware not alresdy, suEciently Informed." We soaroaly. to told that tha lata Ministry had reaigaed, and. 'that Mr. DtaaixU and followers bad, with BxaMunrr'a approval, at once stepped into their place.

Nor It likely that the favour of the' Soviaxxox, thus manifettirl to the great leader of the Conservativee, would be any bar to the renewed confidence of constitaeocy which bad! been constant to their repreaeatative, through all for 'more thaa a quarter of 'a' century, and was not, there fore, to abaadon him when the battle had bean decided in hh favour. The tarma ot praise" which Mr. Daixxii beatowa upon hk eoUeagues are, equally a matter of course. It wai by plundering and blundering that hk defsated oppotknta bad signalised their Jong term ot oBcev Dtsalxu and hia foUowers will be careful above all things not to repeat their inistakes, but will, on the contrary, uphold the Institutioas of Jii coaktry, and defend tba rights of every akaa oiL. Haa MsJtarTk 7AjCbepl mijo Comavmaaaid" the practical control of the i House of Lords will enable Mr.

Dtraatu for a time to do pretty well aa he may please, Hk early measures, if' are.not lixaiy to bereraraed with dis favour lurpinon, and we look at present in rata to disoovsr.what aectioa at the reals if that expreeaioa oan'be fily used of 1 the Oppositiou wiH( critica of hu policy. It wuld beluirdlyfair.wnereoircunutanceearesove eat, to antktpate ths i future conduct of thePaxaxxa from ma paat speeches In Opposition or hk past ooa duct when be waa a Mink tar on aomwbat doubtful sulkranee. He Ucea bfioa witik.a'chance which ba baa aerer bad before, and wa waif with anlious eurioaity to see, What use be, will make of it. We wifl ia tha meaasime one1 (act' only, wbkh'ttuy natursll ve mapadj aoVrBdeeMr. Tnri" but a good saaay of ak'toUowers.

The kto akotiona, whkh bavetorned nunquia. taonablj ak warf lees! by a lore foe CVjueei estisei thsa by a dktrast ofLtboralism. xact aa praeei itaaU for some yaaca put rather as a osgatfve creed. It appcawdto "plwaektimj and bkmderingaad will defaad rf rijpats tad upboU aQ uisUratione, but wa do not yet knaw bow these yagne and general aropbsltioaa'ara to emboaied la, pracUca. tto ra" IVIAUkm "TV.

Jlt rJ Putw Vm i MM tbui endeavour to aealke. It will be time to comment on it when it haa been somewhat more plainly revealed. Our faith at present almost entirely personal, and given, if at all, leas to prospective measures thaa to the men by whom they are 'to be proposed. In spite of the apparent verdict of the country; Couaervatkm oa its tris! and it will be judged by the use it makes of the vast opportunity which fortune haa jtut placed within iU grasp. The country will not always be aatkfied with having passed sentence upon the Liberals.

It will demand that those wbo hare long criticiied them, and have now suceeeded to their place, shall prove, in soma decisive way, that the change haa been for tbe better. It will not be enough that the present Minktry should be sucoassful in avoiding the now obvious salts of their predecessors. The measure of coofi denes which haa been given to Mr. Dxanaxu and to the body of gentlemen whom he haa recommended to the Qcm'a favour amply sufficient to start them fairly oa their career, but they wul he much deceived if they trust Implicitly to its continuance. If there a true Conservative policy, there no longer any reason that it should be kept secret by the few to whom it haa been revealed.

It may now without danger dkpiay itself in full dajlight, and it will be clear before long wbetbar or not the country will stamp it with its approval. It baa often been remarked that not Minktry whatever can long bold office without making many enemies. The more careful they are to disehergo thek duty to tbe nation, the more certain it that they will offend and disappoint large numbers of their The benefits they confer are widespread, and therefore diluted. The losses or annoyance they may coma borne at once to those whom they may happen to enact. A.

Conservative Minktry can be no exception to so general a rule, founded oa auch certain principles of huaasa nature and experience. they bare managed hitherto to escape in a great measure from its operation, it has only been because they have quitted office before it has bad time to show itself. Time here of very of the matter. It not enough that it abould be, possible for a Ministry to scramble through one or two fkasioni and to bold their own for a time by a judicious distribution of bribes and favours. In the long ran it becomes obvious, that tha share which 'bestowed on one thereby withheld from the rest, and that no Government, however willing to be benevolent, has 'any creative, power, to enable it to satisfy tba wants and cravings of its favourites.

Mr. Dnxuxi's accession to pbwev hae been; hailed by many aa that'coraateneaioent of a era, in which all thk to be reversed. The Libersk hare been economical, and bare retrenched expenses in every way they could. The i OoneervaUvea, there fore, are to icatteT abroad the wealth which baa been hoarded by the' niggardly policy of their' predecessors. The harsh and' sullen ooun ask.which bare gloom orer the land are to vanish before the fall daylight which will beam upon us from our new governors.

Every body to have everything, and nobody to be damaged by the transfer. We ha no right to attribute to Mr. Dxsaatxi all the vain ideas which hare been pretty generally accepted by hk followers. The fact of their aeceptanee by them will prove, of the first aad most fr dangers against which he wul have to atragsle. There are plenty of signs that all cists its are looking tbe present Government to give them everything they may ask.

The coming surplus has been shared in imagination among fifty times i the number it will content. There are, tome, fdr example, wbo belkve that tho Une haa arrived for doing away with all direct taxation, whlk others are equally certain that indirect taxation ought to be abolished rsi. There a general agreement that the rates ought to be lessened, and that more money ought to be spent on the thousand and one interests which hope to profit by the' We need" not 'anticipate Mr. Dwuiu't future policy if we point out that most of these hopes are doomed necessarily to be disappointed. It the country it foolish enough to beiiere that it will gain in any way by the extra valance of its Ministers, it quits possible that it will bare opportunity of tasting the correctness ot ik rkwa.

We have every reason to expect that Mr. OanlcU himself aware of tbe great responsibilities he baa assamed. and of tba fact that he will be judged, in hk new circumstances with greater atrktnsas than before. We abould be aorry if hk Party were to presume too much upon the popu lar favour, 'which. baa really not so much exalted them aa it haa depressed and flung down their an tagoabts.

The Conservative hare, however, obtained that" position they have long struggled The brigbtnasa of thek proiperity not to ba interrupted by etea, the paiaiug shadow of a con tested eleetioa in Backinghamahire, and we have little, doubt thit, ia Zngland at least, the same quel triumph wul await most other minis The tune is perhaps diatant, but it is aot the ksa certain to arrive, at which they in thek turn will be called to account for the new power which baa been Intrusted to them. The task which their leader has just accepted for himself1 and for hk followers to ''uphold the institutions of the country and to defend tha rights of erery class of Haa Mwwtt's subjects will scarcely be aa easy one, in whatever way its broad generalities may be interpreted. But it would be suicidal indeed for any Englishmen to desire that, for sake of a Party triumph, the duty abould be discharged carelessly oruuikilf oily. Lord GaxT. in two interesting letters, baa op portunely resumed the discussion of our future policy ou the Gold Coast.

He does well to invite us thus to survey our position in good time, and to prepare te adopt without delay a ileeaded pelky. At the same time.lt evident that some important intT have atul to be 'supplied before we can form any final eoadasioa. As be observes at the close of hk letter, "very much depend upon what proves to be result of the war to the Ashantee If, aa Sir Guurrr Woiaxunr has seen' some reason to fear, that result the entire break ap of tha kingdom, our reaponaibilitiee might become alarming and would at all evenk be quite have to eoasiflcr a totally new state 'of affairs oxthe Coast, yerydiSerent movements from i those we have hitherto bad to meet might eommenoe among the tribee under our protection. If, a however, the" aatborily ot "the Hti. Monarch: survives the ahoek we'aave inflH' it, and If, HVkaotrimiprobabk a prudent desire fori peace with aoV powerful 'a foe aa Great Jfntain haa' proved supersedes in impulaectowarda it: poa sibk'we 'may 'find'ourselree poaaeaaion 'of a firmera bask than orV 'f or.

our future reU tiona wHhY him i and the tribes. Lord queaoea of oar. march on Coomsasie'ara, at the beat, somewhat gkjoay.Bad'we been abk to inflicVon the 'Ajhanteea a within par" owa territory, they thinks, hare beea'skd io iwocsinixa par. power ,4 to U' is, we' may bare bitterly exasperated them, and the': chief' leaeoa they "rve learnt 'frorn: the war may. tba necessity of iaaquiriag batter weapons arose ia a future aoeountar.

We cannot' bow. ivsrsSribtts of thejlatter danger. It will alwayajba miposaibk foraa Africaa kingdom into anarchy, but Lord GaxT aAdarratea, we think, the effect likely to be prodneed.by such unquestionable evidence of our power aa the war has uupisyea. it ia impossible to. make aay sure advance in dealing with semi barbarous races until they are convinced of thek inferiority ia force.

Thk conviction had been lost among the tribea of tbe Uold Coast, and to that loss oar recent euffi cultkeare mainly doe. All uncertainty, however on that point bat beta condnsivtly and we may be eonfident that the anthority of the British Governor will now receive.a farjnoro ready aeierence than hitherto. Aa Lord Gear aixnaalf, iadeed, disewrns, ourchkf Mmptotion is likely to snse from the compkteneas of our success. If the Ashantee Kingdom fails to pieces, there will be a temptation to extend some kind of authority over it, and ia aay case we may expect in the natives of tbe Coast a raadioeaa to accept our control which will encourage more extensive schemes of protection than we hare yat eonteiBplated. Lord Oaar points out that we have aggravated the hostility entertained towards tho friendly tribes by their neighbours by making some of their quarrak our own, and if we left them to themselves we should simply expose them to the furious revenge of those upon whom they had been the means of calling dowa a terrible punishment.

If, however, we simply accept the responsibility of keeping the. peace on the Coast that alone, without aay more ambitious policy, would hare more TaluahU results thaa aometimea sup posed. Peace the first step to ariliratinn aad could we only relkve the district under our control from all apprehension of war and invasion, it possiUe the natural development of trade would gradually solve form all remaining difficul If our suetehank and our miss ions rise coaJd be sure of working undisturbed, if white men bad free and safe access to such a kingdom aa that of Ashantee, ii it not possible that i the problems of internal development and orgauixation muht solve We are apt to forget in these days, alike in our dome tie affaire and ia dealmx with aairago tribes, of the fact that the bask of civilisation lias la the rigorous enforcement ef a few rery simpklawt. To put a stop to, murder and war is the first aad things follow ia its train. As long aa differences with, our enemy can be settled by the summary process of exter btioo, there no need for those adjust ments out of which organised society grows.

But, oooe compel the most magi i tribe to live ia peaoa with each audi they aro compelled to study the arta of peace. What else was the secret, according to Lord Gxxx's own aeeouat, of the remarkable a access 1 which he saye waa achieved forty, years ao by Governor Mxo ixur 1 With a small military force, thk Governor is said to have contrived, in the course of a few years, to work a cbaage', which, waa almost max reUoua. and. the first step ia the ehauze ia de scribed as.foUowa Throughout the whole Pro tectoraU peace and order had taken tbe place of violence sad bloodshed, and in 1840 the Governor waa able to report that communication with tbe interior was as safe aa that between England and Scotland. Everything eke foUowed.

Peace and security soon created a large legitimate trade, and the Ashsntess found; it to their interest to main tala friendly relatipna wkh us, and thus insure their access to tha What doea Lord Gxxr tell us wsa the secret of thk success Itwsathat while Governor MicisUw virtually sstnmed sove reign authority over the Protectorate, and exer eked it with firmness" to maintain order and secu rity in the interest of engaged in peaoeful trade and industry, he abstained from all needless interference with the Chiefs in the government of their own tribes; "and he trusted mainly for the gradual of the 'natives to the civilizing effect of their peaceful intercourse with 44 Europeans, to the growth of industry among them when they, were assured of being allowed to "enjoy its traits, aad to the labours of the missionaries' when a fair field waa, opened to them.1 All. this, we are told, waa done with an allowance of only 4,000. a year from the British Treasury end a military force ot under a hundred coloured soldiers, and the administra tion of thk, auccassful Governor kited years. We enhrerr agree with Lord Garr that thk a most instructive example but tlioee who read hk letter thk morning will perhaps be surprised that he relies' so much upon Govsmor Mirr rtv'a authority. He proposes a scheme of govern ment which appears to go far beyond the.

primitive methods ef his has many mants considered as proposal for a complete organization of tho Protectorate, but ita very ingenuity kys it open to susraeion; Lord1 Garr would establish the ran tee Confederacy, which has been often talked of, and be would intrust ita go vernment to a Council of Chiefs appointed with tha concurrence of the Protecting Powers the rela tions between this Council and the Uovernor would be singularly delicate for so rude a Constitution, and would be a curious reversal of such rektieoa among ourselvee. With us the ruler the nominal, the consultative council the active, authority. LordGaaT would reader the functions of the Council nominal, and would endeavour to insure ita being really guided by the Governor. Tbe Chiefs, be says, are totally Incapable of carrying on a' tolerable Goveroment by thenuelves, and it would ba idk tn set up a mock Parliament of Kegroea. Never theless, they are to appear; to act aa a de liberative body, and the Governor must appear to consult them.

The laws which they are to establish aader thk disguised dictation are, says Lord Uaxr, to be at first and aimple but he includes among them nothing less than a system ef Customs aad of Direct Taxee. A Native Corps to be established, whose services shall be rewarded by grauta of land, and wbo are to be kept in constant occupation aa pioneers in the bush' and as policemen. We acknowledge, asm have aaid, the ingenuity of thk eeheme) butweeannot but ask whether, ia the example of Governor Gaxt has not shown that it premature. Is it either neceeaary or prudent to oommance with so ekbarate a programme when it haa been proved that tbe foundations of a sound and bone Keen administration can be laid with tar more aimple machinery andt at fir lesseostt As wa bare obaerved, afliirs ou the Coast are now in a steto of transition. Would it not, be wiser for the time to confine ourselves to the simple taak of maintaining order, and to leave the organixation of the Protectorate to develope itself gradually out of A tlmWitu lit ttm m.

tttwitmAmemj of Kegroea 'would be a' kruout It will be much if iwe caai maintain peace and put down' Uwlessn ws i and violence. 1 But to do that we need the servioes of aome maa with a capacity for organiaatioa who will prove by experience what we 'really do on tak. troubleiome Coast. When we have leant so mucb, it willbetimtto frame a progtamme.aad a dennite policy. ttaiii by par eccTeepoadence fromf Bocae that the 1 Italians are entering upon a'a'ew scheme of tnuitxry'' expeaditurev After a waeVa'bak'tbouga' la.

tba end almost with nuanimhy. the Chamber Deputies' has voted a sum exceeding, 3, to be disbursed epoo Works of Thk measure, however, re pneeuta4 only tp of comprsheasive system of national c4farica projeeedm 1, and ainee then armr to rival cur artilJery. iwi we reaterdav dkeussed with much: variety "of opinioa. It aught abowadltktbla: araa; of aaperiority in eootesta wtthBaJeTterr Continental politics, the least to fear. True, she has achieved for herself both unity aad independeoce, but ia thk work she waa directly aided by France and encouraged by Prussia, whlk tha Power at whose expense her nationality was eatabliabedk not roppceed to entertain any ideas of reran ge.

It not, indeed, on tha side of Austria that hostilities ara anticipated. Italy bow fears, not her ancient enemy, but bar traditional friend. France, which did so much to male the Italians what they are, know regarded by them aa their future foe, though there never was a time when tha foreign, policy of that country could be supposed to have relation to Italy. Tbe French are making ready for pos aibk war but their war, it aught be cooa dently ajaumed, can haTe but one object. With Germany they Lave a cause of quarrel aojdeadly aad engrossing aa to absorb all ordinary considerations.

For centuries, no doubt, France baa bad a policy of her own ia Italy, but the events of 1870 bare almost obliterated auch traditions ia the publk mind, and Government and people one Party ia the country excepted have sow but one object before them. The Germans may well suspect tba French of meditatiag war but other nations, it wul be thought, might dispense with such calculations. That, however, not the view of things taken by the Italians. They know they have given oflence to Fraaee. Kot only did they withhold thek aid from bar ia tha kte contest, but they seiad the opportunity while France waa embarrassed to possess theeaselres of Boaae.

Ia thus recovering tha capital of their Vinpn they infringed a Convention oa which the French relied for the protection of the Porx, and affronted tha pride whik deranging tha policy ot their friends aad benefactors. With thk consciouiness of offence before them, aad with a full knowkdre of the aspirations of the priest party in France, they think themselves intern re, especially since the restoration of a Bouxaos Prince baa been looked cpoo as possible. If the French armies were ever agaia to march under the White Flag, they might well, it thought, march against Rome, and thk appraaeaaion ea grossss the Italian saixtd. They are occupying themselves, therefore, with schemes of national defence, and have at length resolved upon costly works of fortification. The friends of Italy wul certainly ba inclined to regret the decision of ita Governaaent.

Every nation doubt laia a judge ot ita own intereits, aad we, of ail people, should be able to understand aad willing to make allowance for political Isu deed, we cannot deny thai the Italians hare reason for doubting the disposition of France towards them. Fraaee, aa tbe old patron ot the Holy See. deplores the situation ot tha Porx, grudges Italy ita gains, and cherishes the memory of the affront offered ia her. time of trouble. But thk sentiment.

aa wa have aaid, cannot be eppermost ia tha French mind and, moreover, evea. if war with waa more probable thaa it is, we cannot think the schema before tu a judicious method of 'preparing for it. Fortiaeetioae are a certain source ot expeass, but a doubtful source of profit. It takes a long time to complete them, and a short time to reader them useless; The Italians hare only to look around them, and they will see on all aides these monuments of military error. The costly stxoaihelds of Austrian power are now mostly worthless, snd a similar fate likely to await the works now in prospect.

Evea if the track of an invadmg army could be sorely foreseen, the progress of military science' may at any time make fortifications obaoUte, whik ia the case of, Italy there an' obvious and powerful; argument against the whole scheme. It assumed that the French, if they invaded Italy, would cross the Alps and march through three saoceaaive lines of defence upon Borne, and it argued, therefore, that these lines of the Alps, the Po, and the Apennines should be strongly fortified. Bat why abould the French take any such course With a superiority at sea, such as they would probably possess, the long and necessarily unprotected line of Italian coast would be everywhere open to them, and they could land an army within twenty miles ot Borne. It impossible to defend efficiently every point of a coast line, and we used to be told ia our own controversies oa the subject that the only effeet of a particular fortification would be to make an enemy" neglect that joint in favour ot another. It aaid the Italian Minuter of Marine relies upon torpedoes for shore defence, and a certain portion of the money just voted is, we observe, to be devoted to such armaments.

But this invention is in its infancy, and nobody can yet say to what extent it may be found practically useful. If the Italians eould by auch means destroy without fail any hostile Armada, the case might be simplified, but it would ba im possible to maintain any aoeh assumption. There one more argument against the scheme before us, and to political observers it might scorn almost conclesive. So embarrassed are the finances of Italy, and so limited her resources, that the pro gress of the works must inevitably be slow. Wa read.

in fact, that ten or twelve years are expected to ekpse before the projected designs can be carried into execution. Now what may not, in that period, be the revolutions of Europe 1 Who would vente re to say what in the year 1884 might be the position or policy of France In so far aa the apprehensions ot the' Italians have any ostensible foundation it mast Ik in the rkws attributable to the French at the present momeat, whereas the security sought against the danger will not come into existence until present things bare passed away. Tea yeara hence Italy may hold herself perfectly safe on bar western frontier, and look for all her perib ia a different direction. Tbe new fortifications woold then be in the wrong place, and aa useless aa those which have already been superseded. It would, in our opinion, be a far wiser policy to economise aad wait.

Least of all countries, just now, can the Italians afford a grataltoua or on productive expenditure of puhh'e money. The restoration of their national rights baa only been purchased at a heavy oust. Half Urn revenue of the kingdom goes to pay the interest oa its public debt, aad nothing but administrative thrift can keep the country straight. The alarms now felt, though certainly not unnatural, are probably exaggerated. It Ja true that Fraaee ia unquiet and angry, that many Frenchmen, hot those TJliramoataaea only, looked with disapproval oa the enhsolinstkn of the Italian Poeer, and that many more sympathize with tha Ton ia hk and, resent But.

from these seatixneots to opeu war a very long atep, and there are, aa we hare said, many considerations from which Italy might glean assurance. In any ease, the erik should be balanced. It would be aa error to neglect any reesoaabk means of national but it would also be an error to plunge without strong reason into extravagant expenditure. It not cert tin some would aay not probable that the Italians wul be called upon to fight for tbek Batkmal independence, bat it perfectly certain that in visaing sooney upon fortifications of equivocal utility they will themselves to ombarraeimcnte which may imperil their national strength; Tn Lara Cormas Bamow. We rrrret te: aaaeeaee the death ef the Cweatses Briaaew, wffe Tie Raaetaa Aartesaader.

after ttsag'fuaeae ef te i ml acetaa. malady frees whisk her rieeHeaey afitrad Uturty uramed tack a aariaa aacect teat seee frys ssfsre her aitusi there rweiliilae bcyeef her re. eeeery. 'Tab teattUxeaee wQl east a gleeea tafeetheat tee hrn ctrts ef Meads wwba her XxeeOeasy had giLkend ratcad Wr danag her leetlheaed reaiitraaa ia this eeeetry. Aseerdteg se tae'expreee desire.

ef Ue Ae A the faaeeal wffl he la, the sseet strietly easwr. Irixi The same of Haior Ccnenl TyrTaaCesCB aheaU he added to the bet ef thee wUesseaeed thelLtveaesi theUtb laea. Ia IkeU Sef petleemwtoasteaeM. tke aaaaeef airTaeaaaeryeaert, was irrtatasaiy semtea gyereq asat the COURT CJECULjLB. wrivate Ii ZUCKBGBXX TXUCK, Xaaai IX" HlaaeeethePriaeeeses Walea.

their ateral Haaeeee the Oake aad Ceeaea ef XJlahergh, the iDek. aad Doche a af Ikengn, Lu Earl aad Coute ef Derby, the Daeheaeef abrzhe (tadj la Waitiaal. Lady Xaae Osberae (Lady hi fTaiUag te her Jtsyal Exhaeae the Oaeheas ef ZJUVcrzL Oasrew. aad Tlseeoat Zsr. riaxtoev MaMAiaaw.asaaded Jfaler rWkard.

aad Piteee Leopold, stteadfd ey Xr. Cmm. heeenrsd the perfom aeee ss the Opera Geeaaaeje Theatre with their The Vaeca aad rnacees Beatrice mora ine atteaied hy the Par Set ef BaaUrthe aad the lord Claries Rtsrey said Celoael B. Lyaedech Cardmer (Oresew ta Waitkg) were stteadano ee hocuhach. Prieee Lwp4L allcadxt lit.

Catliae, left the Falaee at 10 aoa. far Oaf ecu. Ber atajetty, with Maeeas, Beatrice, walked te the tardaa thia altenoeev. The Daks saiDoehsss ef Elkbenh dreve eat the afttraeea. The leke aaid TJeeheae at Tack efailed the PrUee aad friar ef Wales at JaUrihoneh heaae yesterday.

rriaee aad tMaeass Carartisa aad the Dae eTAamale aiaMdwitetherUeeaadMaceeaef Walee aad anota paeieq their Beyal lf1tt a laats te the reach play, Hethera Teeatre. TBS DOWAQEK DUCHESS OT BICintOSD. We regret to aaaeeaee the death, darter the arxht ef TheraJay laat, ef Careliae, Path ef Wwhrniwiil, eldeiS daaxhter ef the Irst VUraia ef aagleaey. aad viJew ef the late Dake, the failhfal eeeapeaioaef the Dak ef WeOUite. hie rteteawbr euapeJee.

She wiU he waiestbereil aad regrttted aes eoly by her ewa children who always eseriehed her with the wsmcrt eyaawhewereeJadtaedtoheeeseiely. It eoeld he ia vaia se deeeriee te a yeeagcr geetrttiea. her aaarvelleas peraaaal aeaaty I Vtt thMji, aiaee the death ef her hue bead, the kle Dake, ebe had lived te eoafwulr retire meat, she was eDdaeatly "a rreat lady, aad a eecoratsf repreaeasmtive ef her are. Xe eaolaer was bum Uroa te ber ehfldrea b.eja ett thete ban, be teeh Uh. kteeirl Utereat la tbek teetat awl her aaateraej eeide wsa tvatlsed by the high peeitiea ef her seae have ebtalaeil te the preeeaS AJatlaberetieew Darias her ITTnet tae Qaet, the rMa aad Friaeee ef WeU.

aad the Deehees of CWrabrce have teetiaed thek syav patky by eeaetaat teqaiiiea. She ne aaaniedteUiy, and leave fear serrtvias aeae. the Dake ef Kiahoaeod. Leeds Heery, Akaaader, aad Ueetxe Unaex. aad three daeiklere Lady Deetboreexh.

the rtiaeee AagajUef Saxe Wiair, aad liay gntbaai. It wfll to remembered that aaether see Lord ritxrey Leaaex wa laat te tbe ateaater tWJeat te VUL Tea Corrarr. The Ooeeo. aooofananied bt Ptiaeete Beatriee, will leave llaakiacasm Iakee te dsy aheas 4 e'aleek. aad will retara te Wiadaor Caatla.

Her Maieety will traeel by asedal train en tae Great Wetter BaUway, aad will arrive at Wletlear ahettly after 9 e'eleck. Vtnr of rail yesxx to uuxxxt. in coioyae OmtM at Thaaeeer laat" eave. weder te Uohnt' ia teUiceaee. It is reperted Irewt geed seareae that ia the raenU ef iUr Qaeta Victoria, wisa the Dake aad Daeaeas ef hVuaharxh, will par a Uaeaeaed visit at the Dueal Coert ef CeT, aad that pa this eeeaaiea the Oermaa Kaaverer, wita tee LTiMm maee aea meeeee, vut retara the visit ef their lagliab tuests.

Tax Doea axd iiccuxss or Emxicxck. Ia eetabnuoa ef the eatrr ef the Deehees ef diabarh iaae Load oa, a banquet was ivea svsaiag, ia ue Jeraaalesa Chaaeer.to tea Corpora tioa of the City of vytetaoaeur. by iU bead, the wae pt atUtr. There vera preaeat the lfepety Bih teanl, CUef Berg Batreaaea, aad Aetataau ef the City ef WntaaraeUr, aad theTewaUerb ita uric tae trass garaieata. we fliah8Uvaid.waeaaaalele be areetet by reaaea ef ae ua la aeaUaad.

sad the H'rJt BaOUf tkroaxh tedlrpeei There were slao tevitea the twe awateers far the City at Weibalaater sad the Chapter sad CetJefe ef the Abbey were pi tea. tad by Aiab.letr.na Jeeateaa. Caaaas Uoaway aad rieaaen vtm raw mam Used Jfaater ef Westmiasterr Bcheoi. aad the Chapter CUtlu After the easel leys! teasU. the Dean eave, a tana ec tae uese aan uaaaeeaK araahsatae trwa fitaeea eape be levntf rep, in mi K4ia It waa learisg te the twe Cecyorattaia; eentreiaellral sag am the cap aneralad to tae CoUtr by Warrem llaatiaae aad the Aajie Iadiaa aehalar ef Wetminattv la the laat aea ti aaJ tbe eas beloetiaa te tbe Ceart ef ttarsaaaaa frees tbe 10th eeatary, waieh eeeaaieaieratee the eoejural feliettyef Isasnw Vieherisc aad.Jeaa, hie wife, lee MImIi'WmJ aad eaU." emUeaaati ef aeepitality la JtBaaia.

were eUead ea the tahle. After maaer the perry aaljeureed tae ueaacry, uej were yiiaeii rneiu frees the jjreeuieU aad aeiehhwaraeed. PajVATX bax axraaiXiV The Chancellor of the Xzeheqaer has appelated r. Kortheole hie rrivate Secretary, aad Mr. Xemce.

ef the Ireaaary, his tafltsat Fri Tate De tetei Ma. GijaaTroxx'a rxixs. Beeidee the 13 aetaal adJitioes to the roll ef the Peerage, sms tieaed la Thm Hmu yesterday, the late Prune aliaister, Amrim hi. are tmh taor oi era, eeaferred tbe tellew ia feeiafee ef the United KmgiUra ee IrUh aad neelliah aiblemaa, tbas addisg seven te tbe numbers ef the ileoae ef Lonla, tbooih aot aaVialiy tncrtaiins tbe Pearaj iuali Tbe Breeje( Hue aathe Karl el LUtevel, the Bereay ef BlooeaBeU ea Iced BhrtmAeid (of IreUedJ. the Sarsay ef Soroertoa ee the ZA ef XeraaBton, the Barwey ef Breetlalbaae ea the Karl ef Breadalhaae.

the Eereay ef ttrik ee Lord Kapier. the Bareey ef Daaaiac aw Lord Kelie, aad tbe llaVeey ef ahahard ea the ari ef Southcak. Tax Pxxxca aLuoarrr. "We are asksd te state that Heeday aext, the Priaee Imeeml's birthday, Bapntemeatary traiaa wiU ran between Chann( eroa, Caaaea ttrtet, sad CVistlhunt, fioM 10 bjb. aatil half eajt 10L er evea later if reoeired.

The i traiaa bah enU atart CViialhnrtt tutioa at half put i aa. Carda ef tilailarloa te Mautaa parX wdl be deUvered personal applieatiou to af. Goepil. Wltlia'roofsa. hlinx Mree.

JeaWa. The JM tela hee reoaand the ieUuwiac tommmmifud freea the Umatter ef the leterioe Mh fefaraait te the letter freea theUaMteref Wer pahKabed by it, aad a tranaUtiee ef which appeared te TU Tma at yeaterjUy "ifh eView aeet aicaea ay ueeeraa w. mmm 7 the lW. aad reeiedoead te the Jtmntal dt DiUu. Wae asS a eircular.

It was a private letter adareaaod te rupener ifiit ant er tira tirritT 1 ta peoeeed ta lvad. la creatisf them auah permiaaioai the hlaaa ter tUea(bt it riehs te remind thea last by the term, ef Ue feaerJ iaaanattloe Ued by Ue Oerermmeal thear prewaee eartt aot te eoieekie aith tha dale ef tha lath el htareh. ether teqaeatef a like aetata haa heea adJraawd te the lileieter of War." Twe gaatnrr Cr to laat evtninsf the ea4 aeer bela raiMd te the Cay ef Ltelte by the Lard Umjnr lmrdj auiiztinr the hfoars el the iaaeediat; famtee ia the Froriaee ef BearsI aateoated ia reaad saas ben te a boat eoVSODL. etoleatVe ef wbet hel beea rremved by Wakere darit)( tbe pert Sebaenptieee eaatiaeal te eome ia, thoae ef yeakarday alee aaMaartiat; te apwartia ef TbelsUr deaatieea teelede IJJM. freea 81 lotU.

taroeza tae t7r, wa we i ret iattalmeat Ih. eaUeeUd by a UalWybary bey; Ceeeatry, brat inataiawal.lUk'.t Mr. Heary ArJraaaey, M.V., Kr. Albert Braaeey. fiUCi readete ef the .1 farth huaalt tlfMul Km.

fa Tflf. Pettar, aaaUalpie. 3JUC Yteterdey a depata tiea waited apa tae fujw "wr anted a reeieittea. sUaed by UU taereaeaU aal eitiaeaJ. wkich reaoeateJ him te euareae a taeet.

ias eapvea the vympetey ef Uaaeaeeter with the satfems ie tbe tsarfae eteiekeoj dietriete. aad tepvetaeie a sebseriptiea feed. The Xayer exaeeaeed ate eetuiaT syaa aUhv with the aaoeeaieat, rewtarkUsr that he bad always beearieileertlnattaaatUiii rliattwitb taawiabee ef taecitaea. He aheeld be happy Uaeqaieere ia the deaireef tbe raeitieaM, sad eeld eeoveee a saeetiag ef i tiaras fee Wedseaday aeon.) aest, Meariy 1.0UOC waeaaariBedyetTlayatspabhesteUat held la Lmmlm la aid el the ramiae aad. Tax Uolboks Ta xxtlx.

Their Royal Hkh aestes the Print aed Trineta of Wales, Bereapaaid by their Hlf rieee aad rrieena Chnotiae. hi kml Hirtaeaata DaearABemle. aad rriaee Bariattatki, boaoured this theatre but eveaiag with their at ewa. witeees Xe Tryvyt 4 Tcrricku, perf etmed by apcoal desire. Tax Poar Otttcx The emJeyi of tha minor' rstehaahaaat'ef the Ceerral Ioet Ooee havededded te aak 'the new Ceen.

Iced "aaaaers. te reeeiee a depatatien frees their bejy, ie espieiB ta aim the nevaaaee aaaar whieh they labeer, aid ta aeek redreas at bis bead. Loabox IxTxxxanoxiL Huusmo r. lsii. Moat ef tee feaeica paialiaya bare.arriTed.

TbUyearthe greater prt ef Ue xaOeri will toeeeeseei kyfetei(a wertoefart. Caxar Uaxr raox Taxaav Tbe trade of supply lac Kee Tort with beef adled Teaae. aad oaejd he reirifentor ean, the exBT taiax ve er six days, bee seat waa seeateerstls leaaeii imtweea tae nesiaiisejet Uaeamher aad tba adddle ef fabrearv the Sew Vera aceat raemvadfbewloadeef eaaOQlh. eeeb. aad with little ea aittita lbs steal arrived teed ate liltne aad foead a ready sale, a frees to 7 ami rittil weadtra.

Itie taaiHia theeffocSef laereriew the kUIed beef abeejt 3 per ewt fxacxi, l.rdtedStatee pape repieseat thai their mail bai1 are racambrred "with, aaaoag ether taiar. beahla e. wtthlr bees ia them, fed with beaey aad belter ed by gtaae booai sad ah tea, gieatiisa. sad other laimxraiaa artietea. whieh are aoat mvttr tbe pre vtaaea ef the law that efThtee.

ereewt setae aaaerwaa Bride.aaa be eeal tareejfti tbe aaaib if awe wefrhiauevar fear wwsda, Tbeas artkire, baity sad weighty, tfl ep the pmtal atad ears, aad are etmed hke the ietlen, wiiea (W aa TMfmmij mm fmiimm. uv wm wummtm tMM uua mi liri ea wbaah tbe eetaaaatr Otatial aaa ges thesMstalear system are sassgrtest far the ad eesU, raced, sad ef the matter vaUei oaM pe Urwes tbe maila aleaa. oQtrxur r. Prrxa Qcrx." In our report of thk ssee respeestsg the ssadteg aa traewawertky ahlp te sea, mir V. ZJi atssaer, tettead ef nC ate ihaUewaee) per Uk.

to laat thaa aenpry bee bad aa Jtew York el beak.