The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-05 00:00:00

I. R , . RECEIVc.• ',", . I ''‘vz (11 44 11 . 11.1) I 6 - _, • , / • /7 k-e-o---,c-;-/--•••7 • ~• . e LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1867. N .6,448.] [STAMPED, ld. ADDITIONAL.] [TWOPENCE MESsItS. MONEY WIGRANI and SONS' (of 10, u all lan!, I. , .ndon' LT NE of ATEA NI and PACK 1.71 1111 %LI —Yoe %I EIJOIVIINE!Ilort Phillip' Direct, file lawiss on ' , NCI the :loth April :i t the spletelol clipper ship Y.s.sl.:X. 1.11.10 tom, I r,I r•. :I I: , I.6te the mois•e% l'oniniander ; in,: in Lot accinatuoilatioua for all o.4ases of I.\ r• I? tt,rpasned, and she will curry an exrwrienced . •.•. F.l n. i,nt r passazo apply to A L1.1%)1IT mr,l %WE NIONLY WIG/LAU and SONS, 7, laiailcuhall ,trcit TELEGRAPIIIC INTELLIGENCE. ITALY. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. are, it is reported, to be summoned at licato once. If there were a jury convened to judge the relative merits of the packing-cases of all ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. nations this early summons would be intel ligible. But what way can the great international Gounod's clief-d'aurre, Fact, was given here jury make in an exhibition that in moat parts is last night ;the two principal characters being represented, choked with unpacked i Of the French as on former occasions, by Mademoiselle Pauline Imam catalogue, lam told, o y two mutilated copies abnydtSiwiruclisMario—ts new theist." London, Monsieur and Valentine were ready yesterday, and these were for thePetit and Signor Emperor and Empress. Messrs. Johnson's English Ouadagnini. Monsieur Petit is a baritone of considerable translation of the official catalogue was on the Parisian reputation ; his performances at the Theatre catalogue stalls. The Imperial Commissioners are Lyrique, especially in the part in which he appeared last alone responsible for its incompleteness and for M. , night, having long been held in high esteem by the public! Dentu's failure. The English eoncemionaires have of Paris; and his appearance here was at once hailed done their part of the work excellently well, and ,as that of an artist of high excellence, both vocal have produced a well-printed, compactly and pic- and dramatic. Even with the recollection of the admi turesquely bound volume. The translation is table performance of M. Faure in the same part, that of M. broil& down to the last moment—that is, they Petit was so thoroughly satisfactory as to reconcile us, have translated all they could obtain from the in this instance at least, to the absence of the first-sawed French authorities. I artist. That M. Petit in a singer of high dramatic power Of the British section of pictures I may observe' became apparent from the moment of his first apparition cursorily that it is poor in landscapes, strong in in Faust's studio ; sod in every subsequent scene in which Wards weakest in Landauer', not strung in Millais ; he appeared, his action, gestures, and bye-play were full of light mdiEnrf flexible sta and that ' there is of Holman Hunt's only the subtle subtle touches of demoniac significance without in any " Afterglow in Egypt." It is a pity, moreover, that i ns t ance descending to the conventional o r th e S th p ez ish are w o a n k ly si tw an o d ex , r A p s les tud o y f .,, John stan P ti h e il i l d ip— , again " ge bir f y izd e . ; h . s ith a oo s . inter ona hl u . y l: p eti er t h. possesees a is represented by a single canvas, and so is Leslie. too much ribrefo, probably hewer owing to the anxiety a Mr. O'Neil is represented by his " Eastward, Oh ! an appearance before a strange andienoe, always more or less and " A Volunteer." Faed is well represented ; felt even by the greatest artists. His song " Dio dell'or" but Frith appears only with his " Claude Duval." was encored (the last verse). and his reception throughout Hook's three sea-pieces will charm French connois- the opera was such as is only accorded, by such an audience, scuts. Of the water-colour collection I will now to an artist of the first clam, and such M. Petit unques say but one word, and that of lament. It does not tionably is. The character of Valentine has little impor include a single Birket Foster—in the esteem of tame until the duel scene ending with his death, and French artists the wonder of the English water- here . the new representative, Signor Guailagmni, sang and colour school. acted with considerable feeling. although his previous The first open day has been a wet and melancholy efforts aeenied to have been somewh.,t repressed by the one. It is estimated that the number of visitors , Milnenos of a cold and nenonsness. Of the capabilities did not exceed 11,000. The Princess Mathildo spent of this gentlemanw e must for further opportunity much time in the British section, which is in of judging. It is scarcely necessary here to repent our almost perfect order to-day. often-expressed admiration of Millie. Piuliae Lucca's per- The exhibitors and the refreshment department I are almost paralysed in their endeavours to get in " fnnunneeo_ Margaret If in earlier canes wanting the dreamy idealism infused into them order by the vexatious regulations of the imperial some of the many other representatives of the Commissioners. To-day Messrs. Bertram and Ro bertawere compelled to close, in consequence of the Inth in the subsequent development of human , refusal at every gate to admit their employis. I peraion, in the expression of tragic despair, and the bitter Yesterday 1,400 Napoleons were taken at the agony of remorse, we know of no Margaret like that of entrances. I Mdlle. Pauline Lucca—while her vocalisation is through out brilliant and finished. The celebr.ited "Jewel-song," with its shakes and bravura passages, was, as usual, re demanded, and repeated. Signor Mario's Faust, like Mdlle. Lucca's Margaret, is too well known to require any fieshoomment Never wasconsummate art more thoroughly exemplified than by this great vocalist, who knows so well how sad when to reserve his powers for the coos sloes when the demands on them are unavoidable. This, while in the earlier scenes singing with evident reservation ; in the garden and duel wales, Signor Mario gave his music with that warmth of expression, artistic phrasing, and refinement of style which render him still unapproached by any stage tenor. The remaining cha racter, were as last season, including Mdlle. Morensi as Siebel, and Signor Tagliafioo as Wagner. The splendid effects, orchestral, choral, and pictorial, in the great scenes of combination—the Kennesee and the cathedral —have lost none of their impressiveness from frequent repetition, the magnificence of the stage arrangements being peculiar to the Royal Italian Opera. Faust, as given here, cannot fail to continue to be a lasting source of attraction. (REUTLIt . S TLLEGR.tM,.) RESION.ATION OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY. (rßox OUR owl' coaßzapoxozwr.) FLORENCE, MAncit M. (now cies srzcLu. coaassrososar.) PARIS, Aram 2. Although it is estimated that there were thirty six thousand people present at yesterday's cere mony, there were remarkably few strangers. There were some almond-eyed celestials; Siam ass repre sented by a pig-tailed personage, in whom you could find the Tartar without the least scratching, and who was capped with a blue contrivance much of the shape of a lamp-shade, ornamented at the top with a spike ; and there were some Japanese, but these Japanese bid fair to become as common in Paris as Americans. But there were no masses of foreigners; the people from strange lands were only the ex hibitors and workfulk in their respective ga la dresses. Paris, in short, has received only an in finitessimal proportion of the influx of visitors spe culative hotel-keepers and restaurateurs fondly expected. The ducks have not come to be killed yet, at any rate ; and the reports in the European journals of the condition of every part of the Exhi bition will certainly delay the arrival of Exhibition visitors in any considerable number for some time to come. By six o'clock yesterday evening the entire building was in possession of Missal groups of firemen, policemen, and waiters. In the restaurants the men were stacking the chairs, and the few who were taking their absinthe in the French departments were belated and tired exhibitors. The park, especially on its western side, was a vast desert of unsightly building mate rials, mounds of rubbish, and unsightly packing cases. The Emperor thanked the British execu tive yesterday for the completeness of the British auction ; indeed, it was the only section fit to be inspected and in a state of cleanliness. The only defect is the row of eating-places or drinking-bars which I have already described. They are in a shameful condition, and looked the ugly confusion of lath and plaster and deal yesterday I described a week ago. blessrs. Spiers and Pond, and Bertram and Roberts, were in splendid order, and were patron ised by a large company. The care, complete ness, and taste with which their department has been fitted up, and the moderate rate of charges which they have established, du them infinite credit. :sot the least attractions of these two refreshment places are the bevies of pretty English barmaids. "Ea mild uric belk flowuriw ! ' said a Frenchman, yesterday, as he took a view of the line of Messrs. Spiel's and Pond's dames de comptoir, The English staff of the royal commission deserve the very highest credit for the handsome catalogue of the British section, and the admirable general introduction ( print ed in four languages), which were ready, excellently printed and wholly bound, early this morning. The introduction is, indeed, a most valuable contribution to the knowledge that is to be got out of such an occasion as this. The English executive have prepared a statistical sum mary of the territory, population, production, foreign and inland trade, mercantile marine, army, navy, finance, ctc., of the United Kingdom. This introduction—being printed in French, German, and Italian, as well as English—gives foreigners a reliable account of our local government, our religious establishment, our means of communi cation, our religious denominations, our occu pations ; our births, deaths, and marriages ; our paupers and criminals ; the occupations of the people ; our crops, wool, flax, live stock •, the size of our farms ; our forests, fisheries, coal yield, metals, textile and other manufactures ; our im ports and exports ; our bullion and tranship ments, and oharabers of commerce ; our regular and FLORENCE, Aran. 4. In this morning's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Baron Ricasoli announced that the Ministry had placed their resignation in the hands of the King, by whom it had been accepted. The Chamber has at last " constituted itself," that is to say, has appointed its various officers, president, vice-president, secretaries, and questors. I say "at last," but that is to be understood from a purely English point of view. The Italians are felicitating themselves with much self-complacency on having get through this work with so much ex pedition. And, in fact, they have been much quicker than they ever have been before. Let us hope that they will come before long to find out that the business might be done in one day in , stead of in six. L l vEtzrooL, NEW YORK, and PHILA -1.1.11.1111 COMPANY.—INMAN LINE.— cio tr , .! Ow I 'hit,' Nta[el NIeLIIII I ht. 1,141p411) $ lull-powered :Aearners will be despatched as cuml,r FROM LIVERPOOL to N'KW YORK: I • lit 2. • 11. - iturday, Iplil I. I 1 I.F I:11.i! ill WE. 11cdnrality, April 10. . ; iii; Is Apnl is 1:11 i nn ssdii i W...... 1 1 . ,13 Y. AP: 111 7. AM every Wednesday and eatuntay. Cabin pamage by the mall steamers sailing every Wednesday, 5, 17, 21 glliflcAll, according to the accsumeelatiou. p‘...dite, includes a full supply of coated provisions . Paseingers for n' .nads and Ma Units.' States hooted throuch on very adviintereine ter:in.—For further particul Apply WILLIAM INMAN, 22, Wateretreet, Liverpool; and to El PK sad MACKE, CI, Eine Willismetreet, London. FLORENCE, APRIL 4, EVENING. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, the address in reply to the speech from the throne was agreed to. In the Senate, the trial of Admiral Persano continued. Several witnesses were ex amined. Nothing new has transpired with regard to the ministerial crisis. THE LUXEMBURO QUESTION. QTEAM to NEW YORK.—UNITED STATES A 7 MAIL LI Is —The neignincent steamers of the Now York and liaere WI ship Company will leave IlaVre and rahnonta with pio-sinew and mails once a fortnight, as meter. These steamers are ,111 , 1113::‘ d for their passenger accommodation, and the, Hence ..f t heir ...Mite. LERLIN, AriuL 4, EVENING. The semi-official North German am-rtte of this evening publishes an article in which it expressos regret at the tone of a recent article in the Cott ,f dee lionmel, declaring it to be in contradiction with the oft repeated aeauriacesi whir& have been given with regard to the policy of the French government. The article concludes as follows :—" That the acquisition of Luxemburg by France is not a con dition of the welfare of the French empire is clear from the fact that the empire sprang up without the possession of Luxemburg. That fortress would be a much more threatening strategical position in the hands of a central State like France — whose policy, it is true, is at present governed by the wisdom of the reigning sovereign—than in the hands of Germany, of which the constitution is that of a Federal State." rr.m Lam. From Fa/mouth. • Fulton Wsonemlay, Ain 11 17 htt — lTsdew,6iiil 16 — Merrimac Ammo Wednesday, Nloy 15 llaursday, Nay 16 Nlisoasippi ,ngh lan, from London, £24 Ira. first -elan, and Ll 6 aeelnd data further wirtiettlars apply to JAMES A. WoTTON, Have; 11 ANN, and Co., Paha ; O. C. and R. W. FOX and Co., I , a;mouth ; or 11. stuut and Co., 145, Choapaide. FREE TIZ I.IIE WHARF.—The Comniissioners ~i 1 114 1 11111:11111 Ow ',rill of the Tre,isiiry —Preparing for punll :111.II, 1'..rreApon.lunce on the iitilijeet b o w gr,,,,t e d “.1 how wiriheld. I M PORTER, of GUI 4.1 charges I,n gt,o4le lanoird on captaiii'd entry will Win, apply to R. Cl.ll . and Co., r 3, I . pper Thames. street. t-it) BANKING and FINANCIAL —GLENN and rn ::1. Now Droad-street, E and SELL on COM in the London Mart;ct United states Govern:malt DoiclN awl au Railway allarrS ; advance Homey nu Arne. Awl buy Jri cash C 0148,4111 and Dividends pay -11.1.• in \ c w 1.4 It. I watts Issued on Duncan Sherman and Co., New V..rk. an I J. 4111 Munro aunt Co . Paris; and c , .11, ctioaa made sil 1.1114 the United states and Canada. Ulean's American Financial Circular reel" Friday. Intelligence received here from the Hague an nounces that the Dutch government has officially informed the Prussian cabinet that the sale of Luxemburg has not yet been effected, and will not be carried out without the consent of Prussia. FRENCH GALLERY, ISO, Pall-mall. —The RTEENTII ANNUAL EXHIBITION of I.lllllt Bs, the i ontrlhotionsiif Irtists of the French and Flemish selle4sls, is Noll% OPEN. Admission le. Catalogue 04. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 4. It is send-officially stated that Russia, as a co signitary of the treaty of 1839, will, at the request of Prussia, protest against Luxemburg being ceded to France. As by the dissolution of the Germanic Confederation the treaties relative to Luxemburg have not ceased to be in force, Russia is of opinion that the cession of Luxemburg could not be effected without the consent of the Great Powers. Tnr. PARIS ExularrioN.—The leading Paris journals continue to speak in very unfavourable terms of the Exhibition in the Champ de Mars, especially with re gard to its unfinished state. The /abate says that a month, 1 or perhaps more, must elapse before it can be visited with profit and pleasure, and the writer of the article announces that until that time has passed he shall say nothing more en the subjeet, Ju the course of its remarks the &bats says:—" It would seem as though the sole thought of the communion had been to sweat the affair,) as the commercial slang goes—that is, make ft yield SS much money as possible to the shareholders. Nothing, in- deed, has been neglected to pique curiosity, and real industry seems to be only a pretext, so completely does it disappear amid the strange exhibitions which unwound it. In the garden, numberless small houses, of every country, mosques, Egyptian and Japanese temples, pagodas, churches, and _raised towers have been constructed ; in the galleries a sort of retrospective museum of curiosities has been formed, which has no business to be there unless placed side by side with similar objects manufactured is the present day ; fossil bones are ex hibited, and Guadeloupe has sent antiquities found in the Caribbean tombs. Industry, it seems to me, has nothing to do with all this. The trivial and toy-like pre ponderate : such at tenet is the first impression obtained. The garden, with its little caseates its little rivulets, its little temples, its little rocks, its little houses, resembles an immense plaything made for the King of Brobilingnag. There is a want of grandeur and real utility in this ; but the crowd will be attracted, and that is what was desired above all things." LITRE BOTTLE WINE COMPANY, Old Swan Wharf, London.bridge. Imported In Litre and Halt Litre Bottles. containing 25 per cent. more than ordinary bottles. Via ordinagre Beaujolais Port and Merry Roawilion and ilicardin IM 6.1. i 1 Litres or 2w. 6.1. Litres. French Brandy ..... Prim 1.14 ts ..f other Wines on application. N.H. AU the al..ve mild in bond if required, and Dock War- rants Owned on single dozen cases. Lielkts will be opened in may town in Great Britain. Apply no above. UINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, UM& This celebrated old IRISH W lIISKY gained the DUBLIN MHZ lIIDAL —lt is pure, mill, mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold In bottles, is. &I. each , at the retail houses to London: by the agents in the principal towns to land nr Oolongs at t, Great Windmill-street, London, W. Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork branded "Yinahan's LL Whisky." THE HAGUE., APRIL 4. To-day in the Second Chamber M. Thorbeckc obtained leave to question the government to morrow respecting tho declaration made by Count Bismarck in the North German parliament on the Ist inst. that Holland had offered her good offices to Prussia and France in the question of Luxem- burg. A VALUABLE PACKAGE of TEL A A CHIN ME CADDY, contalnb. t 16Iba. of really good BLACK MA, mot carnage free to soy mil , y Make or market toms In leataad, Ireland, Scotland, or Wal.', oa receipt of tOs, by PULL LIPS and Co.. tea merchants, 8, ILL.g W illi am -s tre e t , City, E.C. THE EASTERN QUESTION. ST. PETERSBURG, Aram 4. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. SAUCE. —LEA and PE ARINE3' WOIitffiERSHIRE eArce. This delicious condintent, pronounced by COIMOWNII/111 " THE oNLY GOOD SA ITE." Is prepared wdely by LEA and PERRINS The public Are repecidully cautioued gibing worthless Imita tions, and should see that Lea and Perrina'nantes are on wrapper, MA, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PKItitINS . SAUCE. Sold wholesale and fur export br the Proprietors. Worcester : Veers. CROaal: and BLAcK WhLL Messrs. BARCLAY and 80Na London, dm. ; and by groan and oilmen universally. CARPETS --4300 pieces, at eitraordinary low prices. —Inspect them. Also see our reduced Turkey Carpet free per post. I liu , trnted price If.ts of furuiture, bedstead', bedding, upholitery. hc , gratis. £30,000 worth tO select from . All goods warrsnted and delivered free throughout the kingdom. W3l. WALNI, 133 tea 133, lievrington-butts.—Factories, &street. °ARSON'S oririori nal ANTI-CORROSION 1J PAINT. patronised by the nobility and gentry for all out door work, as inn, stone, brick, comps, greenhouses, he h take as durable as white lead, much cheaper, and easily ap r. Three cat. and upwards free to moat parts of the United ingdon. White and stone colours, 30s. per cwt. ; oak, red, clmoniste, lead colour, purple, brown, and black. : greens eat blue, td. Patterns and testimonials upon application to WALrER R.SI)N awl h)Nt, La Belle Bauvage-yard, Ludgate kill, Et. No agents ; all orders to be sent direct. HAMILTON and KIMPTON, MERCHANT TAILORS, 105, STRAND. Laws, H. and K. bode attention to the new goods of the eery best itualitleA, made in the latest style at lair prices. N.B. Overcoats always on h-ind. HARRIS'S CRYSTAL SPECTACLES of veil known excellence can only be had at 61, Great RUSPeI.. street, opposite the British Museum Gates. The very best steel bone I vystal gpectoclev. las. and ISt—THOMAS HARRIS and 80N CAUTION the public against persona using their name Established 1780. No travelkes or agents. TONIC BITTERS tnrivalled stomachic stimobuit. palatable and wholesome, "WATER-55' SW ININ'E bold by grocers, oilmen. cootectkmers. tete..st goo • doom- Msnutactured by WATERS sad WILLIAMS, %tartlet's-Igoe. Cannon-street, Logsdon. LAITUE.—The LETTUCE contains an active principle the Latucine, wldeb p arm all the of o ipum without its dangern—Mr. O..IOZILAU= rmla rt :l9, Haymarket, prepare*a Syrup and a Pate of Nita. far lettuce , , highly recommended by the Medical Prolsmion for asthma, bronchs, and and 21. ad. Pate , all chest affections. Sp d . Ss. ad- : Piga la. led.by poet, Is. Bad and ! I. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, an effectual remedy, without confining the bowels or Meeting the head, truly efllcacon and pleasant, lv admitted to s the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, coaflruied cases of asthma, and incipient consumption. It tow Weedy cures persons whom the faculty pronounce Incurable admirably alit), the tickling width provokes frequent coughing. aPPreaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of stainer Inc, may depend on relief In a few minutes after taking it.— ..PrePared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, chemist, 8, King WII- Macstreet, Charing-eons, London, and by all druggists. In bottles, ISJd , and three quantities in one, 11. 9d. Be particular inl ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address We engraved on the stamp. TO-MORROW, No. !, price 6d. THE CHRONICLE; a Weekly Review: emstAininsi-1. A Critical Summary of Events. E • and Literary Articles a Notice. of English and Foreign &++k+. —)Rice, 24, Tavisteckntreet, Covent-garden. THE ROMAN WALL and ROMAN ART in BRITAIN —The BUILDER of TIIIS WEEK iprlee ad., by I'm 5d I contains a varletyof Enrwarings of Altars, Sculptures, with relatise Paper on the Roman Wall ; articles on the Dan Exhibition . the Law Courts' Designs : an economical Plan rark•lioe Improvement with Outline Map of Old London isia.'s Moorish Towers. Judge Jeffreys. itc. With all the news et the week.-1, York-street, Covent-garden, and all newsmen. PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY. hat publishod. price 341., or post free tour stamps, 'Fru', ABOLITION of PAIN as applied to MEI'IIANICAL DENTISTRY. By Rears GABRIEL. the old established DENTISTS, c 4, DOAI HILL, CITY. musuClit. Cat. HARLEY STRECT, W.. f 134. !WEE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.— !ti.CIANDRIA, APRIL 4.—The China and Ripon leave at km. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the LOtb. awl the latter at Southampton about the 17th rout. Ellnra (extra steamer from Bombay, March 20) !eacli.,l Suez at 11 p.m. on the 2nd inst. DEAPATcH or THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.— tHASPIoN, APRIL 4.—The Peninsular and Oriental stesunakip ('era sailed hence to-day with t: 41 1.. for Gibndtar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, ' eyloa. India and ('Line. She took out 125 passengers Q YI a large cargo, including gold coin, 3,628/. • sovereigns, ; dollars, 15,800/. ; her silver, 206,4001., and gold diread, jewellery, and precious 0t0ne5,2,1551. Ann( SALTA' APRIL 4.—APPonentswre. —Rear -10. Warden, C. 8., to be second in command of We Channel squadron. Captain J. 0. Goodenough to the lfia otsur (commissioned). Paymasters A. H. Martin to e Hightlyer ; E. Poster to the Flora. Master Eradley to the Vestal. Surgeon H. Gimlett, M.D., the Minotaur. Assn.:ant-Surgeons It. K. Simms and • E. Nicoll to the Minotaur. The Juttrital de Si. P. teralentry of to-day says : " Turkey, seeing England's indifference, has re jected the counsels of the Powers whose disinte restedness was proved by their joint action. Let Turkey undertake the responsibility of the future. There are limits at which blindness ceases to be a ground for excuse." THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Aram 4. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes as com pared with the previous account : Increase — Notes, 13,500,000 f. ; cash, 7,333,000 f. ; advances, 666,000 f. Decrease—Treasury balance,l3,ooo,ooof. ; commercial bills, 2,800,000 f. ; current accounts, 1,600,000 f. NEW PRUSSIAN LOAN. BERLIN, APRIL 4, Evracisa. A decree, issued to-day, and dated the 31st ult., announces the issue of a new per cent. loan of 30,000,000 thalers, in conformity with the law of the 28th of September, 1866, for meeting the financial requirements of the military administra tion. A report of the Minister of Finance, dated the sth ult., states the object of the loan to be to provide a fresh supply of arms, ammunition, &c., I to replace that used up during last year's war. INDIA. BOMBAY, MARCH 22, 4.36 r.r. 7lb. shirting', 6r. 2a.; 811 b. ditto, 7r. 2a. 40's mule twist, 130. Cotton dull : Dhollerah, 255 r. Shipments of the week, 37,500 bales. Ex change on London, 2s. Na. Government securi ties : Four per Cents., 86} ; Five per Cents., 104} ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 1082. Freights to Liverpool, 55a. CALCUITA, MAzen 21. 811 b. shirtings, Br. 40's mule twist, 81. Ex change on London, 2s. 09.16(1. Government securi ties : Four per Cents., 871 ; Five per Cents., 1041 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 109 to 1091. BOMBAY, MARCH 26, 4.42 r.w. Shirtings unchanged. Dhollerah, 250 r. Ex change on London, 2s. Id. Government securi ties :—Four per Cents., 86i ; Five per Cents., 104 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 108 i. Freights to Liverpool, 60s. CALCUTTA, IMlAncm 25. 811 b. shirting., Br. 40's mule twist, Bi. Ex change on London, 2s. 0 9-16 d. Government secu rities :—Four per Cents., 87} ; Five per Cents., 100 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 109 to 1094. The above telegrams arrived together on the 4th April. AMERICA. (HT ATLANTIC TELKORA)IL) NEW YORK, APRIL 4, 6 P.M. Intelligence from Mexico announces that the liberals have commenced besieging Queretaro, which is completely surrounded by them. Closing prices :—Cold, 1331. Sterling exchange on London,loBl. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1004 ; Illinois, 114/ ; Erie, 554. Cotton : Middling Up land, 24. Petroleum, refined, 26. SOCIETY FOR THE ENOOI7RAGEMENT OP THE FINE Amt.—Last evening Miss Edith Hersind gave her second reading from Shakespeare at this society, the play selected being As You Like It. There was a crowded room, and the admirable delivery of the reader brought down frequent rounds of applause. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL —After the public were readmitted yesterday, Mr. E. Sunders presented a petition of bankers, merchants, liverymen, electors, and ratepayers of the City of London. numerously signed, praying the court to grant the use of the Guildhall on some evening for the purpose of hearing an address by General the Hon. Neal Dow, a distinguished American citizen, upon the measures adopted in several American States, and especially in the State of Maine, for the pre vention of intemperance, pauperism, crime, insanity, and other social evils. The motion was argeed to. After the transaction of some further business, of no particular public interest, the court adjourned. OILVITAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAT.-- THURSDAY. APRIL S.—Admissions on payment, 9= ditto by se ticked, 917. Total visitors, 1,839. The result of these elections, always a notable touchstone of party strength in the Chamber, has been condiderably more favourable to the govern ment than was anticipated. Once again the wool of the advanced party has been found to be in very small quantity in proportion to its cry. In a Chamber of 344 Signor Mari, the president of the late Chamber, and the government candidate for the presidency of this one, had 195 votes to Signor Crispi's 142. And this, without any compromise, such as I was led to believe might probably be effected, on the condition that Signor Crispi should become one of the vice-presidents. In truth, the government, as far as the evidence afforded by these elections goes, may be said to have it all its own way. And it is well that the ministry should be sufficiently strong to override all merely factious opposition to the various important legislative work that lies before them to be done. But, for the rea sons I explained in a former letter, it must not be imagined that the majority which has elected Sig nor Mari to the presidency of the Chamber would be found to be a majority on which the government could depend entirely in its more serious needs. It is not, for example, a majority which would stand by the government in any attempt to in the mingled ecclesiastical and finance bill of last session, or any modification' that does not satisfactorily eliminate those features of it which were so objectionable to the last Chamber, and are so to the country at large. As far as may be judged from the language of the press in general, the real reasons of the overwhelming opposition to Signor Scialoja's scheme are much misunderstood to the north of the Alps. Some of the new taxes proposed were felt to be unpopular and very onerous. But this was not the controlling cause of the rejection of the mea sure, as some English papers imagined. Con siderable difference of opinion existed, and exists, respecting the propriety of according such a measure of liberty to the clergy as it was proposed to give by that bill. But neither was that the real motive that caused the all but unanimous opposition to it. The real cause was the unwillingness to permit the enormous mass of Italian property intended to be dealt with by the bill to be so handled, or to be handled at all, by those who would, under that measure, have had the handling of it. It was the determinationto prevent the colossal job, bywhich a sum of sixty millions of francs was to be put into the hands of speculators on Italy's needs. And notwithstanding the readiness of the new Chamber to elect as its president the man recommended by the government, it may be safely assumed that any repetition of the attempt would again encounter an opposition equally overwhelming. At Rome, as you will have seen, affairs are going on tolerably well ; and very much in accor dance with the opinion of those who have for a long time past thought that the Roman question would be gradually settled by means of thatslow and piecemeal encroachment on the autonomy of the Holy Father, which is irresistible because it is a part of the universal movement of humanity. No catastrophe will in all probability take place, either now or hereafter. Italy will not put her hand to the Pope's collar, pluck him from his throne, and seat herself there in his place ; but she will gradually squeeze him out. He will be destroyed in good time by the same process by which a vigorously growing tree planted close by the side of a wall, however strong, shoves the dead mass, by an insensibly slow but irresistible force, out of its old place. There will be no moving of the capital to Rome. Florence will, it becomes every day more and more evident, remain perma nently the capital of Italy, for which it is, on the whole, so much better adapted than any other of the cities its competitors. The day will doubtless come when it will be in the power of the Italian nation to make Rome the capital of Italy, if they should so desire it. But, as is the case with so many other things which men long for, the power of gratifying the wish will have come too late, for the wish will have ceased to exist. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. At New Calabar trade was very dull, owing to hostilities having been resumed between the Ecricke and New Calabar tribes. An attack was make on the 19th February by the Ecrickes on the New Calabar tribes, when seven of the latter were taken prisoners, and afterwards killed, roasted, and eaten by the Ecrickes. The consequence of this warfare between the natives is almost a total stoppage of trade. At Lagos trade had much improved during the month ; but a strong sea and current on the bar prevented cargo being sent off to the mail steamer. The African Steamship Company's steamer Athenian was passed 20 miles eastward of Cape St. Paul's on the Sth March. _ _ At Sierra Leone there was a good supply of ginger, the crop this year exceeding that of any previous one. The barque Royal Mint, bound from Sherborough for Sierra Leone, struck on the Car penter's Rock and became a total wreck. The crew were saved, and brought home by the Calabar. Her Majesty's ship Bristol sailed from Sierra Leone on the 16th of March for the south coast of Africa. In consequence of some over-officiousness on the part of the authorities at Teneriffe end Madeira, the Calabar was placed in quarantine at both places, and the officials refused to assign any reasons for doing so. The barque Leila Alice, bound from Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, foundered 100 miles north of Madeira. The crew were rescued by the schooner Medina, bound from London to Cape Coast Castle, and landed at Teneriffe, whence they were brought home by the Calabar. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon, Captain iellicoe, with the Brazil and River Plate mails and 102 passengers, arrived at South ampton yesterday. She brings, specie 11,6661. 12s. 7d., also 1,094 bales cotton, 726 bags coffee , 783 roll tobacco, 96 bales ditto, and 167 packages sundries. _ _ . The sentence on the convict Sarah Porter, who was found guilty at the last Cambridgeshire amuses of the murder of her illegitimate child at Littleport, in the Isle of Ely, and condemned to death, has been commuted by the Secretary of State to penal servitude for life. auxiliary forces ; our fleet, coast guard, - marines, and ships • our revenue and expenditure and national debt ; our local taxation, education, science and art, and middle-clause:emulations ; our system of life, marine, and fire insurance ; and fmally, our institutions connected with the welfare of our industrial and working classes—as savings banks, Post-office savings banks, annuities and insurances, friendly, co-operative, loan, building, and land societies, and working men's clubs. Here is a mass of solid useful information about the United Kingdom and her colonies which every foreign exhibitor can carry back to his home in the lan gyage which he speaks. The catalogue of the British section is printed in four languages—not in four separate catalogues, however. Each article is described in the one catalogue in English, French, German, and Ita lian. This catalogue, clearly and brightly printed, and extending to 322 pages, is priced at one franc only. The commissioners say, by way of explana tion of their intention :—‘, In arranging the British section the aim kept in view has been to give the greatest prominence to the objects them selves, and not to interfere with the free action of each individual exhibitor. It was thought prefer able to treat the whole of the British space as a unity, and not to subdivide it into courts and alleys, or to use ceilings, both for the sake of general effect and for ventilation, cleanliness, and the preservation of the height of the industrial portion. A system of quiet secondary colours for the completion of the general aspect of the space has been adopted, whilst it was suggested to the exhibitors to make their cases of an unobtrusive character. In carrying out these views, strict economy had to be practised. The British portion, therefore, assumes somewhat the aspect of a museum for study." The open English courts are in marked contrast, it is true, with the other parts of the Exhibition ; and, gene rally speaking, the fittings are plain, in many in stances plain even to ugliness. But the effect does not strike me as museum-like, but rather as shop like ; for there are many exhibitors who are simply shopkeepers ; middlemen who traffic in the market but bring nothing to it. If methods of doing busi ness, cunning in the discovery of a cheap market for purchasing and a dear market for selling, were to be rewarded with prizes, great shopkeepers who are not manufacturers might properly find their place in an exhibition of industry and art. But in this Exhibition, where there is to be no tourna ment of commercial cunning, I cannot we the jus tice of giving space to merely conspicuous shop keepers. The international jury will consist of six hundred members, divided amongst the different nations in accordance with the proportion of space which the preclude of each occupy in the Exhibition. The rewards at the disposal of the international jury for works of art are as follows :-17 grand prises, each of the value of 2,000 f. (801.); 32 first prizes, each of the value of 800 f. (321.) ; 44 second prizes, each of the value of 500 f. (201.) ; 46 third prizes, each of the value of 400 f. (161.). The re wards at the disposal of the international jury for agricultural industry are as follows :—Grand prizes and money awards of the total value of 250,000 f. (10,00014 • 100 gold medals, each of the value of I,ooof. (401.); 1,000 silver medals ; 3,000 bronze medals ; 5,000 honourable mentions at the utmost. All the medals will be of the same pattern. Then there is a distinct order of reward in favour of persons, establishments, or localities which by a special organisation or special institutions have developed a spirit of harmony among all those co operating in the same work, and have provided for the material, moral, and intellectual well-being of the workmen. These rewards consist of ten prizes of the total value of 100,000 f. (4,0001.) and twenty honourable mentions. One grand prize of 100,000 f. may, in addition, be awarded to the person, establishment, or locality, distinguished under this head by a very exceptional superiority. A special jury will judge of the merit specified for this order of reward, and will determine the amount of the prizes and the form in which they will be awarded. One of the vice-presidents of the imperial commission will act as president of this jury. The total number of members, including the president, is fixed at 25. The juries PORTUGAL (ram ous owl COIUIPOIDENT.) LISBON, MARCH 29. A fatal duel took place this morning in Campo Grand*, between Signor Jose Julio d'Oliveira Pinto, a deputy to the Cortes, and Miguel de Sa Nagueina, a Portuguese officer in the Italian service, and en aide-de-camp to Prince Humbert. The duel arose out of certain expressions uttered by Signor Pinto ina debate in the Cortes, respecting Nogueira, the uncle of the officer. A retraction was demanded I by the latter, which was refused, and afterwards when the two parties metin the Chiado, they came to hard words, which ended in the officer spitting in the face of the deputy, who drew a revolver but did nut fire. This encounter was much talked about, and sonic of the newspapers applied the epithet of coward to Signor Pinto, besides which, it is said, he was shown the cold shoulder in the Cortes by several deputies on account of his refusal to accept a challenge. It is supposed that, stung by these slights, Signor Pinto deter mined to fight. Seconds were sought, those of the deputy being both members of the Cortes, and on the part of Signor Sa Nagueina were Don Rodrigo d'Almeida, a nephew of the Duke de Si/Martha, and Edward Barreiro', son of the late Viscount da Luz. The duel was at 15 paces, and lots were drawn for first fire, which fell to Signor Sa Nagueina. At the first shot the deputy fell mortally wounded, the ball having penetrated his side and wounded the liver and the larger blood vessels. The seconds then carried the dying man to a cab, in which they had come from Lisbon, and gave the driver directions to proceed to the house of the deputy ; but the authorities having been notified of the occurrence, the body was taken to the chief police station. Afterwards it was re moved to the Hospital of San Jose, where the autopsy was performed. The Cortes did not sit this afternoon, on account of the profound impres sion caused by this occurrence, and the Chiado has all day been tilled by groups discussing the circum stances of the duel. Signor Oliveira Pinto, be sides being a deputy, was one of the high emptoyOs of the Ministry of Justice, and be leaves a wife and family almost destitute. The funeral will take place to-monow from the chapel of the hospital, and a large number of the deputies will attend it. This sad affair is quite without precedent in Lisbon of late years, and speculation is rife as to what course the authorities will take in dealing with the matter. Tax OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.- ' The training of the crews at Putney was yesterday eon- ' tinued. Owing to the lateness of the tide neither party went out in the morning. The wind was rough and the weather showery, still there were a great many visitors in the afternoon. The Oxford crew went out first, and rowed up to Rahn's, at Hammersmith, returning on : the ebb. They commenced at 36 strokes per mi nute. increased to 38, and finished in gallant style at 40, going some distance below the Aqueduct before they turned. The Cambridge crew went up to Chiswick church shortly after, and came down at lees ' pace. They commenced at 32 and increased to 34 strokes per minute, which they maintained to the finish. There was I ' no perceptible improvement in style, and it wen quite . obvious that the Oxford are the stronger crew. It must be apparent to every one well acquainted with boating ,' that the Cambridge crew are in fine condition • ' that the l' result of the hard training at Cambridge had rendered ! them fit to row on the day they arrived in town, and that, should hard training be continued, it will be detrimental so them, by taking too much out of them. Betting varies very much ; in some instances the Oxonian. have only , ! been hacked at guineas to pounds, but the odds have risen again to 6 and 7 to 4 on Oxford, who in some CAWS canbear i l • little mote reduction in weigh t . Cerrue PLAnu e. —During the week ending 30th I j March, 1867, two fresh outbreaks of cattle plague, embracing 5 attacks, are reported ; one on a farm contain- j ing 105 cattle, in the Petty Sessional Division of Daventry 1 (county of Northampton),' and the other on a farm having! , a stock of 23 cattle in the Petty Sessional Division of .1 Middle Holderness (East Riding of Yorkshire). In the li former case one bullock was attacked and was killed by order of the inspector, as were also 26 healthy cattle which I t , had been in contact with the diseased animal ; in the Litter, 4 heifers contracted the disease, and were killed by order of the inspector. The total number of cattle re ported to have been attacked in Great Britain since the commencement is t.s3,ifini, and 52,fitti animals have been slaughtered healthy to prevent the spread of tht disease. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; the Right Hon. Earl Plano*, P.C., president of the society, in the chair. A reward of 13/. 10a. was voted to the crew of the Mad intim', lifeboat stationed at Theddlethorpe, on the *oast of Lincoln, for saving, after repeated attempts, the crew of sixteen men, a pilot, and a `passenger from the barque Centurion, which during a heavy gale had stranded and becomes total wreck on the Rose Sand, off Sallificet, on the 18th ult. A reward of 111. 10s. was also voted to ppaay the expenses of the society's lifeboat stationed at Deans Nook, on the coast of Lincoln, in going off on the 10th lilt. in • gale of wind and very heavy PM and rescu ing the crew of four men from the small boat of the schooner Squire, of Yarmouth, which had become a total wreck off Donna Nook. A meant of 7/. ss. was also voted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Fowey, Cornwall, for putting o ff on the 17th ult., in reply to signals of distress, during &heavy gale of wind, and bringing safe* ashore the crew of five men of the schooner Du.vouia, of Pad stow, which had anchored in Polkerris Bay. The vessel for tunately rode out the gale, and the men were again put OR board the following day. A reward of 13/. was also voted to the crew of the Institution's lifeboat at St. Ivea, Corn wall, for riving the crew of five men from the schooner Mary Lewis, of Aberystwith, which had stranded and sunk off St. Ives pier during a heavy gale of wind on the 17 ult. The Caister lifeboat A the society was also the means of assisting to a place of safety the Prussian schooner Louise, and her craw of seven men, which vessel was in a dangerous position in the Weld utf Winterton on the 7th ult. A reward of Ti. ris. was likewise granted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Betsey, in putting off during . a gale of wind and bringing safely ashore the crew of six men of the brig.intine Sarah Ann, of Jersey, which bad become a total wreck off &bey, on the 18th ult. The Holyhead lifeboat of the society was also the means of bringing ashore fourteen men from the stranded schooner Nicol., near Hob bead on the 30th ult. A reward of EV. was also voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat at Drogheda fur wiring three men from the schooner Mary, of Dublin, which during a fresh gale had driven on shore on the North Wall, Drogheda Bar, on the lard ult. A reward of 18/. 13e. 6d. was also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat at Tramore, in rescuing the crew of 10 men of the laartpus Wild Horse, of Windsor, N. 8., which had stranded during • gal* of wind on Tramore beach, on the 'land ult. A. reward of 13/. 3a. wee also granted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Tyrella, in resetting six of the crew of the sloop William, of Paimpol, which had stranded during a fresh gale of wind, in Dumb uus hay, on the 123rd ult. A reward of 9/. :h. was al.o v0t...1 to pay the es ' peeves of the society's lifeboat at Wexford, in rescuing, with the montanee of a steam-tug, the barque Loretto, of 'Liverpool, and her crew of 14 inn, from a dangerous position near the Blackwater Bank, doling a side of wind on the tird ult. A reward of 15/. was also voted to the crew of the Appledore lifeboat, for going out in a gale of wind and heavy sea, and rescuing the crew of three men from the rigging of the !tic Harmony, of Bideford, which had gone on the South Tail, IBideford Bar, on the 29th ult. A reward of 21/. was also voted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Palling, in saving the whole of the crew, six in number, from the French schooner La Prudence ' which, during a fresh wind and heavy ten. was wrecked off Pal ' ling on the night of the 30th ult. Resraids amounting to 1211. were also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat at Brooke, Poolbeg, Penance, Plymouth, Howth, Donna Nook, Sutton, Selsey, Pembny, Aberystwitb. and Cromer, for various other services to di, .tressed vessels during the past month. A reward of 5/. Is. was also ordered to be presented to seven own for putting off in a whale boat belonging to the Howth coastguard station, and after repeated attempts saving six men from the schooner William Henry, of Barrow, which during a heavy gale of wind Henry, stranded on Pahloylo Bank on the 18th ultimo. Various other rewards were also granted to the crews of different shore-boats for saving life from shipwreck. It was reported that his Majesty the King of Denmark had painted 200 rix dollars to the crew of the Umusgate lifeboat, iii addition to what the Board of Trade had previously given them, for the noble services which they rendered to the crew of the Danish barque Aurora Borealis, on the 6th January last. Her Majesty the Queen had sent her annual pubsolption of IW. to the institution, and the same was gratefully ac knowledged. It was reported that the lifeboat which the institution had sent to the Paris Exhibition haul attracted the special attention of the Emperor and Empress of the French. New lifeboats were about to be sent by the institution to Falmouth, Exmouth, and New Brighton. The cost of the lifeboat for Falmouth haul been generously contributed by the city and county of Gloucester. Messrs. Rothschild had liberally increased their annual subscrip tion to the institution to 10/. 10s. An effort was being made by the ladies is Edinburgh to raise a sufficient min to meet the annual expense of the Workieg Meu's Life boat, stationed at Port Logan. Payments amounting to 2,20 W. were ordered to be made on various lifeboat este. ante. The plan of the safety fishing boat of the in stitution was exciting considerable attention. and two of the boat. which had seen tested on the coast of Scotland bed given great satisfaction. A report was rend from Captain David Rubertsoo, R.N., the assistant inspector of lifeboats of the institution, on his recent visits to its stations on the roasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, were ordered to be presorted to the Rev. Luke H. Wiseman and Thomas Smith, Esq., for their valuable co-operation, through the medium of the ifettodiet Recorder, in collecting nearly 800!. to defray the cost of the " D. J. Draper " lifeboat. The proceedings then terminated. flO 123