THE Grey River Argus. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1867.

Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 264, 21 September 1867, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1867.

The news by the Suez Mail contain s many items of considerable interest and importance. The Reform Bill ,is dragging along through Committee, every clause, and almost every line, being turned over, cut up, and twisted about,-before it is allowed to pass the ordeal of discussion. Further amendments have been made since the last mail, the precise nature of which the short telegrams do not inform us, excepting that the principle of the representation of mi uorities has been conceded by both Houses, but that the proposition in the House of Lords for the use of voting-papers at elections lias been rejected by the Lower House. The lodger franchise lias been raised from .£lO to £15, and the effort to extend the redistribution of seats has failed. The most interesting domestic intelligence is that relating to the reception in London of the Sultan of Turkey and tlie Belgian Volunteers. The friendly invasion, of London by three thousand armed Belgian troops is a unique fact in the modern history of the capital of Great Britain, and has been celebrated by the most extensive and costly display of hospitality. The magnificent reception given to the English Volunteers at ' Brussels last. yea,r by the King of the Belgians inspired the people of London with a desire to make a return worthy of the wealth and reputation of their cith; and from the preparations that had been made, the royal hospitality of King Leopold will doubtless have beon even exceeded in magnificence. The visit of the Sultan of Turkey has also given occasion for great demonstrations . and it must be. gratifying to English pride that the Sultan, who had just arrived from P.iris and its glorious Exhibition, and was fresh from imperial displays of even Oriental brilliance, should tell the people, of London that their city t was, as a metropolis, the pride of the civilised world. The Fenian excitement is said to have subsided, there having been no further risings.. The game is pretty nearly played out, and it is to be hoped that the Government and Parliament will endeavpr tp remove those causes of discontent \yhich have disturbed the Irish population, and thus disarm all further rebellion. We are told this mail that the statement that Russia had addressed' a circular note to England, France, and

~- .. ■ • ' *~^ -~ f America,, calling attention to the condition of Ireland) is tint rive. The announcement .created a grjeat deal of 'comment, as, if true, Russia had been guilty, of an act impel tinept and jnsultjiig; it is satisfactory, hpwever, to find that. the mistake of any foreign Ppwer interfering with the domestic policy, of (Great Britain has not been committed, Warlike rumors, appear to float about without much substance, The favorite i topic for alarmists has been the probability of war between France and Prussia, and no dpubc this appeared very probable some time ago, but the difficulty was got over, and we are told that now the disquieting rumors have all ceased. England stands aloof from ! the complications of European States, and declares her neutrality unless she be interfered with. The flourishing condition of the revenue, and tlie prospect of a splendid harvest, should inspire confidence in an improvement of trade and better times for the working classes. The interest of the foreign news is absorbed by the affairs of Mexico, which have latterly supplied the political " sensation "of the day. The leaders of the popular party in that unhappy country appear to have plunged into the most terrible excesses, and entered on a course which will probably be the means of calling down upon them the united vengeance of the rest of the civilised world. " Quern Deus vult perdere prius demeritat" is evidently the case of Juarez and his colleagues. The cruel execution of Maximilian, in spite of the urgent remonsti'ances of the foreign representatives, and the wholesale massacre of his officers, were of themselves acts of folly, as being unnecessary and exciting the indignation of the world. But if the telegrams be true, that the Mexican Government has insulted the foreign Consuls aud violated their papers, and that eighteen hundred strangers have been .shot in cold blood without trial — then Juarez and his crew must have entirely lost their senses. It is impossible that England, France, Austria, or America will allow the Mexican Republic to pursue its bloody insensate career, still Jess to offer direct insult to them, ■ We are quite prepared to learn that an. alliance will be formed for the purpose of inflicting punishment on the leaders of the Mexican Revolution, and of. wresting the country from the Mexicans for ever. Probably some sort of protectorate will be formed with the United States as a principal party to it. Sooner or later Mexico must fall, into the hands of the United States, and the quicker that is done the better for the cause of civilisation, and for the people of Mexico themselves.