The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-15 00:00:00

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Rohm% and Turner ; Mesdames Mwanborough, Hughes, Nortou, Weathersby, dm.—••• A BOIT OF MEWS. fIOLBOI.N. Tall IranGM, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belniore; Mime Foote and Lennox —And FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Bel mar', Slake, Vollaire, &e. ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, Waal* Foote. ridded', Lennox, Raymond, to. BRIT . A7I!IA, Tan mama. THE 6011.ilatTIVROTITFAS.—After which the opeome the PANTOMIME. ending with the Grand Trans formation scene. Mrs Lane & Min Jacobs—To conclude with THE LAST LINK OF LOVE. Mee S. Wes HIGH WATH I AT LONDON HILIDGZ. _ .. .__ __ Tins DAY 9b. us. Tobioazow—Morning, 101. tnnt Afternoon, lln. 12.ra. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 15. M. LE Duc DE PERSIGNY would have been doubly scandalised last evening if he had found himself sitting by the side of the SECRETARY for WAR, under the gallery of the House of Commons, during the skirmish that preceded the motion for going into Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates. Accustomed to the presence of Ministers in the Chamber, not as Ministers, nor even as members, but as mere speaking delegates of the Chief of the State, to whom alone they are responsible, he would have been shocked to find a Secretary of State—who was the First Lord of the Admiralty a fortnight ago, and is now Secretary for War—sitting as a spec tator and auditor only of a discussion of Estimates which had been prepared under his immediate authority, and on which he was most directly qualified to furnish the fullest explanations to the House--sitting in a strict sense out of the House instead of on the Treasury Bench, albeit actually a member of the House at the time, and only prevented from taking his seat from some accidental delay in his " return." This would have appeared a gross instance of the insane respect for legality peculiar to the parlia mentary system, to the eminent doctrinaire sup porter and expounder of a system of government nearly sixteen years old, which is the creator of its own traditions and precedents, and which makes laws of its own revolutionary decrees. But the Imperial Duke would have been still more scandalised to hear a statesman like Mr. GLAD STONE objecting to any vote being taken for the Navy Estimates in the absence of the Minister (a few yards off) under whose responsibility they were prepared, and of the Minister under whose responsibility they would have to be carried out. Probably the Duc DE PERSIGNY would seek an excuse for this moat objectionable interference with the liberty of the Executive, in the melan choly fact that Mr. Grancross is one of those orators to whom in • parliamentary system a prodigious infatuation hands over all the forces of the State. Happily or unhappily, however, English statesmen have no fear of French sena torial criticism, and do what soemeth right to their own darkened understandings. So by mutual con cession and common consent, the SECRETARY of the ADMIRALTY, whose unassuming dignity and respectful firmness were beyond all praise, was permitted and even requested to persevere with his statement, and the conspicuous ability with which he discharged a most laborious duty, under taken, as he modestly pleaded, at three days' notice, received, as it deserved, the amplest acknowledgments and congratu lations from both sides of the House. The Sr.eacrativ's statement was confined to a clear, precise, and circumstantial account of the work in progress in the dockyards, the ships building or proposed to be built, the condition of the personnel of the fleet, and a detailed explanation of the sum demanded in each vote. Whenever he approached a question of policy, such as the wisdom or neces sity of maintaining large squadrons of small ships on every coast, and more particularly the West African squadron, Lord HENRY LENNOX, without altogether concealing his own personal opinion, ingenuously declined to magnify his office, and bowing to the discretion of his superiors simply submitted the case to the Committee. If we may judge from the significant words that fell from Mr. GLADSTONE later in the evening, the SECRETARY'S hinted doubt as to the prudence or utility of maintaining these scattered squadrons will not have been thrown away on his audience. it will be taken up again at a future and early opportunity, and perhaps embodied in a separate and substantive motion. For as Mr. GLADSTONE, in the capacity of Finance Minister, observed on a former occasion, Estimates are policy ; and as he remarked last evening, the vote for building a large number of gunboats, and the number of men, some of whom were re quired to constitute the crews of these vessels, would be directly affected by the settlement of the larger question of scattering all over the world squadrons for the most part composed of ships " which so far from being a source of security " would themselves require to be defended, or " would have to run away at the first outbreak of " war or threatening of danger." The conti nuance of the West African squadron for the pre vention of the slave trade—one of Lord PALMER STON'S hobbies—has been usually defended on the ground of humanity, and partly on the ground THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1867. that, having paid twenty millions for the abolition of slavery in our own West India islands, we were bound to arrest its propagation among our neighbours. There was much to be said on this side of the case some years ago, but now that slaveholding is abolished throughout the American Union, , that Brasil is gradually effacing the stain of slavery, that Portugal has declared for its abolition, and that even Spain is professing a desire to close at some not too remote period the era of slave-dealing governors in Cuba, it is perhaps time to consider the mainte nance of our African squadron as a question of humanity to our officers and seamen employed upon that service. Our efforts in that direction have coat us thousands of valuable lives, all the risks and difficulties attending the right of search when that right was in full operation under treaty, whilst the severities of the service have been absurdly twravated by the singular habit of sending the slowest tubs to chase the fastest craft in the world, when they are not sweltering and rolling long dismal weeks at anchor off the mouths of suspected rivers, or in some " likely " bight or bay. And the saddest joke of the affair is that since the brigs of the famous Daring and Contest class were replaced by steamers, the chances of prize money have diminished, and the prospects of slave owners might have brightened but for the circumstances to which we have referred. It may be reasonably doubted whether the slave trade might not have been more efficiently arrested by opera tions in Cuban or Brazilian waters, instead of on the West African coast. The public will be delighted to hear that Captain COV7PER COLES is at last to have his opportunity, and they will be not a little gratified with Lord HENRY LENNOX'S assurance that the cost of shipbuilding will this year exceed the cost of repairing old and use less ships, and that the Sea Lords are be coming unsentimental enough to sell without remorse, by auction, some of those noble and impossible old hulls which have been so long sleeping on their own shadows, and, as we say of hunters during a long frost, eating their (figure) heads off. Altogether, the present Admiralty, it may be cheerfully admitted, seem to be awake to the necessity of retrenchment, wherever it can be sincerely and safely effected, and of presenting to Parliament and the country a clear, intelligible balance-sheet, showing plainly how the money goes and what we get for it. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) press, and the circumstances show that mail et them must have been mere pecuniary sperailitiiies. The public interests suffer by the present position of the lueartion, and constantly the reporter must either destroy the value of his account by suppressing much which the public have a most legitimate interest in knowing, or he must ran the risk of legal penalties. Criminal proceed ings the Telegraph would abolish altogether. This elsea of indictments are universally undertaken from vindictive motives or strategical considerations, and all the legiti mate advantages which are supposed to attend them can be secured by civil procedure. MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. (THIS DAY.) This afternoon a meeting of the conservative members of parliament was held at Lord Derby's official residence, 10, Downing-street. The time named in the circular summoning the meeting wee 2 o'clock, but mem bers began to arrive some little time before that hour. Amongst the earliest comers were—Mr. Hart Dyke, Sir W. Ileatheote, Mr. Banks Stanhope, Admiral Waicot, Hon. Mr. Dutton, Mr. Beresford Hope, Mr. Disraeli, Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. Vance, Mr. Percy Wyndham, Mr. Hubbard, Sir Brook Bridges, Mr. Bailie (Inverness), Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Baggallay, Hon. Algernon Egerton, Mr. Hartley, Lord J. Manners, Sir J. Walsh, Lord Robert Mon tagu, Mr. Baring, Sir J. Kerslake, Lord H. Lennox, Mr. Powell, Lord Cranborne, Sir J. Hay, Lord Colville, Mr. Surtees, Mr. Mowbray, Sir M. W. Ridley, Mr. C. Bentinck , Mr. Lowther, Mr. B. Woodd, Mr. Corry, &c. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS. We have received from our Florence correspond ent (says the Temps) a telegram which modifies to some extent his opinion as to the result of the Italian elections. It appears from the most recent information, that the returns are pretty equally balanced between the supporters and the opponents of the government. (annex's nuaGiums.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 15. The Diets of Bohemia, Moravia, and Carniola have been summoned to meet on the Gth It is believed that the Reichsrath will assemble on the 28th April. The lk batte of this morning publishes a semi official article contradicting the warlike rumours lately current, and stating that the question of the &mien fortresses may be considered as settled. The Minister of Finance will very shortly pro ceed to Pesth for the settlement of different finan cial questions. The negotiations at Florence for the conclusion of an Austro-Italian commercial treaty are steadily progressing. Several voluminous documents in reference to this question were received yesterday from the Italian capital. THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO. TRIESTE, MARCH 15. A change for the worse has taken place in the condition of the Empress Charlotte. MEXICO. ST. IiAZAIRE, MARCH 15. The Transatlantic Company's steamship Nou veau Monde arrived here this morning from Vera Cruz, with 747 French soldiers, 411 million dollars in specie for the French government, and 8 millions on private account. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Maim 13. The Ripon left at 2 p.m., and the Euxine at 5 p.m., to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 19th, and the latter at Southampton about the 27th inst. liiinifficiont palliatives against the influences which have peNaducted Fenianism, and suggests that as Fenianism is an essentially social manufacture, it should be met by allow ing economic laws to act with all their rigour. " This," it says, "would be a more humane remedy than fusillades, and a more efficacious one than the theoretical concessions of parliamentarism ; but it would still be traninillity purchased at the cost of the depopulation of certain dis tricts in Ireland." THE NAVY EATIMATIA. If ever, says the Times, there was a needless and futile discussion in the House of Commons it was that last night on the question whether Lord Henry Lennox, the Secretary to the Admiralty, should be allowed to move the navy estimates. Mr. Cony having been eight years away from the Admiralty might be excused from bearing a part in the debate if even he had been re-elected, and Sir J. Pakington would no longer have been the re sponsible minister. The Secretary of the Admiralty is the recognised representative of the department in the absence of the First Lord, and under Lord Palmerston 's adminis tration admiralty and war were represented in the House of Commons by secretaries who were entirely void of that power and responsibility the absence of which Mr. Glad stone will not now excuse for a single day. The Herold accuses the Opposition of intentional ob struction. Lord H. Lennox's statement was able and lucid. The Tdegraph thinks Mr. Gladstone's objection perfectly justifiable. Lord H. Lennox chose to regard it as a matter of personal dignity, and Mr. B. Osborne supported him. Mr. Dodson was for one night only to preside over a com mittee, in order that Lord H. Lennox might trot himself out and show his paces. Here we have a provisional ad ministration in full swing. This is the depth to which re sponsible government has fallen. But the house seems to be awakening to some sense of its responsibilities in the matter of expenditure by passing • practical censure on the usage of hurrying the estimates through all the forms as • mere empty ceremony. PORTTION OF THE GOVERNMENT. Sir J. Pakington's speech at Droitwich is referred to by several of our contemporaries this morning as supplying the last indication of the government's intentions. The Times and Daily New refer to the comical air about the right hon. baronet's history of the cabinet during the crisis, dwelling especially on his assurance that when the pro posal to change the measure was made, the hastily sum moned members of the cabinet had not more than ten minutes to make up their minds—a short time, adds the Doily News, for a ministry to change its political front. Supposing all to have gone well, and no cabinet minister to have threatened to secede since Sir John Pakington set out for Droitwich, the country party will hear at their meeting to-day that the safest basis for an extension of the borough franchise is household suffrage, with some thing in the way of a second vote by which they may hold on to their former policy founded on distrust of their countrymen. The Tines understands it to be household suffrage, with an interpretation clause; new franchises, educational and tax-paying ; • second vote in respect of such qualifications. In the opinion of the Daily News it is inconceivable that such • provision as dual voting should receive the sanction of the House of Commons,and certain th►t if it did it would give rise to an agitation far more dangerous, because more largely partaking of • social cha racter, than that which the government now seeks to close. The Herald does not see how the most inquisitive could desire swore frank and unreserved history of the pro ceedings which provoked so much animadversion than the account given by Sir J. Pakington in his address to the electors of Droitwich. Was ever an explanation made with so startling a simplicity, so perfect an absence of reticence or mystery? The Post thinks it is no idle fear that the conservative party may so overload the machinery that the advantage of the improvements may be neutralised by the clogging of the very oil intended to smooth its operation. We may be sure, however, that the House of Commons will suffer no arrangement by which the generosity of one hand may be rendered useless and deceptive by the niggardliness of the other. Till LIBZL BILL. Illustrated by the light of actual experience, observes the Times, the single objection apparently sustained against Sir Colman O'Loghlen'a proposal to secure the immunity of newspapers from actions at law for reports of public meetings loses its weight. It is not denied as a matter of principle that the speaker, and not the reporter, should be accountable for what is spoken ; but it feared that cases might arise in which the utterer of the slander would be a man of straw, whose means would yield no damages even if they were granted, and whose statements, except for such circulation, would never have been treated with the least regard. To this the Times replies that if there were no respectability in the supposed meeting, or respon sibility about the supposed speakers, it may be taken for granted that there would be no such thing as the supposed report. It is not in these days that newspapers can em ploy themselves with the speeches of " men of straw." The ide► of a speech full of libellous m►tter coming from • mere " man of straw," and yet enabled, through the re ports of • powerful journal, to do infinite harm, is a mere °hunter*. Malice, no doubt, might suggest such a portent, but as soon as ever malice is imputed the newspaper will become responsible, whatever may be the state of the law. The TiNVA , believes, in short, that the definition or limita tion of the "public meetings" to which the new bill should apply, and which appeared to be thought so trouble. some a matter, might be eery safely left to the mere ope ration of events. Mr. Newdegate is anxious to protect private character; but those who know the practical operation of the existing law of libel are well aware, says the Telegraph, that in the actions against newspapers the anxiety about private cha racter is, in most cases, mere moonshine. A pettifogging attorney has strong motives for promoting such litigation. It is always attended with a certain amount of idea for himself, and, if he succeeds in getting costs awarded against a newspaper, he is sure of payment. The member for Clare gave a list of recent proceedings against the (From the Morning Post.) If we are not misinformed, the Cave so lately left empty by liberals who have rejoined their party is now filled by a still larger number of oonservatives who abjure the course taken by their quondam leaders. Lords Car narvon and Cranborne and General Peel, with a numerous following, are tending to direct opposition, and make little secret of their preference for Mr. Gladstone and a moderate policy, as contrasted with Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli, and the uncertain issues to which they attempt to pledge their party and the country. At the meeting of the conservative party, which is summoned to-day at Downing-street, it is hardly hoped that any definite explanation will be given. Much persuasion is expected, and some intimidation, in the sense of a threat of dissolution—a measure which would, how ever, prove so unpopular, and even dangerous, in the pre sent state of public affairs as to justify an address to the Queen in deprecation of it were it to be attempted. It is to be hoped that the ministers, who have thrown away so manyopportunities, and have abused so much forbearance, will not fail to avail themselves of their last chance, and, by the adoption of simple, yet bold measures, rally to themselves so much of public and parliamentary support as may enable a measure of reform to be carried this session. tire Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 14. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian, and her Majesty drove out to-day with her Royal Highness. The Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Emily Cathcart have succeeded the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Florence Seymour, as maids of honour in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales remised to-day the mournful intelligence of the death of the Dowager Duchess of Gluckeburg, the mother of the King of Den. mark. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, MARCH 14, 4 P.M. No important change in the condition of her royal high. ness the Princess of Wales has taken place since the last bulletin was issued. The inflammation of the knee-joint, though still causing pain and interrupting sleep, is slowly diminishing. ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. WILLIAM JEICHER, M.D. JAMES PAGET. EDWARD H. SIEVEKING, M.D. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the of residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby. the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pakington, Sir Stafford Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right lion. H. L. Corr.', the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy. A deputation from the townships of Manchester, Chorl. ton-on-Medlock, Hulme, Ardwick and Leeds, consisting of the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Alderman Clarke, Mr. Councillor Murray (town clerk), Dr. Boyle, Mr. R. Broad' burst, Mr. D. 0. Evans, Mr. A. Murray, Mr. W. Heron (solicitor), Mr. T. Lings (comptroller), Mr. W. Clark, Mr. Councillor Birch, Mr. D. Benson, Mr. A. Hamilton, Mr. A* J. Bennett, Mr. Councillor Schofield, Mr. Councillor Hap! Mr. Robert Tattoo, Mr. J. Hardy, Mr. Jones, Mr. Green wood, Mr. Naylor, and accompanied by Mr. Barley, M.P.,, Mr. C. Turner, M.P., Mr. E. Baines, M.P., Mr. E. Potter, M.P., Mr. T. Barnes, M.P., ,Mr R. N. Philips, M.P., Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., Mr. John Peel, M.P., Mr. Greenall, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Hibbert, M.P., and Mr. A. Egerton, 14. P., had an interview with the Right Hon' Gathorne Hardy, at the office of the Poor-law Board, Whitehall, yesterday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces, Gibraltar, and Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. HEALTH OP THE PRINCESS OP WALES. (THIS DAY.) Since the publication of the bulletin at 4 p.m. yesterday no change has taken place in the condition of the Princess of Wales, the health of her royal highness being reported at 1 o'clock to-day the same as therein stated . Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark will, it is expected, arrive in London late to-morrow. On reaching Dover the Queen will, we understand, proceed per rail vid the South Eastern line, and on alighting at the Charing-cross ter. minus will be driven to Marlborough House. Sr. PATRICK'S Evs.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presides at the anniversary dinner of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, which is to be held at Willie's-rooms, on St. Patrick's Eve, being the first oc casion on which hie royal highness has publicly appeared as the patron and advocate of an Irish charitable insti tution. The Earl and Countess Russell received the Earl of Morley, the Right Hoe. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, and a select party at dinner last evening at their residence in Cheaham-place. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe had a dinner party bat evening at their residence in Gros venor-square. Among the guests were—His Excellency Count Appoeyi, Lord and Lady Alexander Gordon Len nox, Lord George Paget, Lord William Hay, Colonel the Hon. Richard and Lady Margaret Charteria, Sir Henry and Lady Sophia Des Vonix, Mr. and Lady Sophia Mac- Damara, Mr. Lumley, /cc. The Earl and Countess of Bradford entertained the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Countess of Desert, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord Colville, Lord and Lady John Manners, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Sir James and Lady Edith Fergusson, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Rummell. Mr. B. Cochrane, M.P., and Mr. George Bentiuck, at dinner last evening at their residence in Belgiave.square. Lord Robert Montagu hasbeen appointed Vice- President of the Council, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Corry. Mr. Goldsmid, on the 29th, will call attention to the competition for the New National Gallery, and to the papers on the subject which have been laid upon the table of the house. Mr. Taylor will move an address on Thursday for copy of correspondence since the arrival of Sir Henry Storks in Jamaica in January, 1866. Mr. MacEvoy intends to bring forward a bill on Thursday to repeal the sat of the 14th and 15th Victoria, chapter 60, intituled " An act to prevent the Assumption of certain Ecclesiastical Titles in respect of places in the United Kingdom." "We receive," says the France, " a very painful piece of intelligence. The young Countess de L'Elpine, daughter of the Duke and Duchess Taacher de la Pagerie, has just died from the effects of her first con. liniment. The countess was not 20 rem of age." FRENCH VIEWS OF FENIANISM. The Patrie examines the nature of the Fenian insurrection in Ireland, and looks on it as certain to be a frequent source of trouble and agitation in that country. Not that it will succeed in gaining ground against the power of England, but because ita organisation I. apparently independent of the party which supporta it in Ireland. The writer goes on to remark: " What must strike at first sight is its exotic character. The social condition and the frightful misery in Ireland have given rise for a century past to a current of emigra tion, in which, perhaps, one half of the Irish race have sought a refuge elsewhere. This has brought about the creation of a sort of Transatlantic Ireland, constituted and organised on American ground, whose predominant idea is that of delivering their native land from the oppres sion which they have themselves escaped by exile. Fenisnism is but the armed expression of this national re-vindication. Thence arises the pro found separation to be noticed between the tendencies of the new sect and those which inspired the agitation directed by O'ConnelL That personage, in spite of his oratorical vehemence and the imprecations he often per mitted himself to utter against the Saxons, had never at bottom any desire to sever the tie which united Ireland to England ; be was only claiming for his country, at the hands of the British community, certain privi leges, and the redressing of wrongs which had ex isted for ages. Another very important point is to be noted : he was ever invoking the sentiment of religion ; he always remained quite as much a catholic orator as a national dictator. Fenianism has violently broken off from the tradition of O'Connell. There is no longer any question of exacting from the British community certain privileges and acts of justice continually refused; the object is to break the bond by force, and to give full career to the reprisals of the Celt against the Saxon. That Inspiration, drawn by the Irishman from his legends—and be representa, as is well known, the most legendary and poetical race in the world— has only been the more developedby the state of misery and persecution in which he has lived. Those yearnings have I been also strengthened by an admixture of American elements, namely, the fondness for daring enterprises, the teak for violent solutions, and a certain spirit of socialism. Add to this that the government and usages of the Ameri cans have sheltered Fenian organisation under a protec tive toleration. The combination of all these circumstances has been strong enough to throw into the background the influence which the church so long exercised over the Irish population. We see, in fact. that, in spite of the opposition ct the bishops both in America and Ireland the Fenian movement has only gone on deve loping itself more and more. What constitutes the serious danger for England is precisely the American base on which it rests. The Fenian" already possess beyond the Atlantic an immense storehouse from which they can unceasingly obtain supplies ; there they find war munitions, money, and men : and what principally constitutes the danger is that the reservoir is beyond the reach of English reprisals. Who knows whether we may not see here a first feature of the future relations between America and the Old World, and an indication of the international law meditated by the United States for future generations ?" The Nord of to-day says :—" The conclusion to be drawn from the present state of Ireland shows that Fenianism, in spite of the treason, folly, and incapacity of its leaders, has extensive ramifications in the country, and the absence of sympathy on the part of the upper classes, so far from weakening the conspiracy, is on the contrary an indication of the depth of the movement. The principal element of success in Fenianism is to be found in its agrarian and socialistic character ; its pro gramme is naturally rejected by those who possess —the territorial aristocracy, the clergy, and the middle class. But these classes in Ireland are not numerous as compared with the agricultural proletarians. The pea santry, though, in general, too timid to take any part in the movement, have but one thought—to acquire the pro perty of the bit of land which they occupy. It is, there fore, perfectly natural that this ignorant population should be captivated by the promises of the American Irish, who represent to them that republican institutions will prove an infallible means of putting them in possession of the land, and these agrarian illusions, which are fostered by the constant agitation on the other ride of the Atlantic, are of themselves quite sufficient to prolong indefinitely the state of general insecurity which arrests ►ll progress in Ireland. In regard to the internal policy of Great Britain, Fenianism is the living proof of a fact which the English progressista find it difficult to admit—namely, that the liberal concessions made by the House of Commons to Ireland have completely failed in their ob ject of reconciling the mass of the Irish people to foreign domination. Those concessions have no doubt a substantial value : they show the sincere desire of the British government to efface as far as possible the traces of the centuries of oppression from which Ireland has suffered, but they have not touched the economical and social condition of the country. The monied class, both protestant and/ catholic, have been enabled to acquire land through the operation of the Encumbered Estates Court, the abolition of the penal law s has enabled educated c►tholics to be appointed to public , offices, and the clergy have no reason to com plain of the amount of religious liberty allowed them or the extent of their control over primary education. The condition of the occupiers of the soil alone has not changed ; their wretchedness has remained unabated, and after, as before the Emancipation Act, the peasantry have only a choice between periodical famine and emigration. It is true that the adjustment between population and subsistence cannot be established by laws, but as long as the agricultural proletarians are convinced that a division of the great estates is the best method of restoring comfort and prosperity to the country, it is vain to hope that they will be content to accept the remedies of eoonomista." The Nord then proceeds to argue that the abolition of the Anglican church and tesent-right would prove only THE BISHOPS AND RITUALISM. In a pamphlet just published by Hatcher& • the Dean of Ripon subjects the recent resolution of the Bishops on ritualism to some very stringent criticism. The Dean's strong antagonism to the whole system of the ritual ists makes his conclusions respecting the value of the epis copal deliverance the more noteworthy. The Dean writes in the character of a member of the Northern Convocation. which is about to be asked to concur in the resolution of the Southern Province. He makes the prelimi nary observation that although the bishops have ventured to speak of " our declaim" and "our judgment," those phrases cannot be taken consistently with the legal powers of Convocation to mean more than " our opinion," since " every other meaning would decidedly bring them within the penalties of the Statute of Submission." At the same time, it is remarked, the evident deans on the part of some of our prelates to assume • power which does not belong to them, renders it of importance that the use of such phraseology should be watched, and its possible consequences guarded against. As an expression of the opinions of the Southern Bishops, the resolution is valuable ; but the claim to • power of dealing with these ritualistic practices which the bishops ground on a certain rubric in the Prayer-book is another matter. Dean Goode believes their interpretation of the rubric to be unsound, and that their decision will not meet the requirements of the case with which they have to deal. The case contemplated by the rubric is that of parties in doubt, who are directed to apply to the bishop, who is authorised to give an order on the subject " by his discre tion." But this episcopal authority is limited by the proviso that such order shall not be contrary to anything contained in the book. From this rubric the bishops draw the in ference that no change in the long-sanctioned and este ' blished ritual is to be made without the sanction of the bishop. This, says Deaa Goode, is a non-sequitur the subjects are different in the premiss and the conclu sion. A change may be made in the ceremonial which has been • long time in use where there may be no doubt as to what the legal ceremonial is. If a change is made which brings the ceremonial more into accordance with the rubrie or the law of the church, there is no power vested in the bishop to prevent such a change. The bishop is as much bound by the laws of the church as the humblest curate. Next, as to the application of the resolution. Sup pose that in a given church a change of ritual is made, and neither incumbent nor congregation choose to entertain doubts about its legality. The bishop cannot insist, under the rubric, that they ought to doubt and so admit his authority. The only torus dawn for him is on the ground that the practices are illegal, and that is a point for him to prove in the Eccle siastical Court. But even where the bishop's authority is invoked by members of the congregation who have doubts, while the incumbent has none, but believes his practices to be in accordance with church law, the bishop is bound by the prayer-book, and only the Foclesiastical Court can determine the meaning of its rubric. Dean Goode further points out that if the " usage," change in which is deprecated in the bishop's resolution, signifies the usage of a particular church, no "change" will in many places be required to introduce ritualistic practices, nay, more, these practices will, to • certain extent. be carried on under the publicly expressed sanction of the very prelate (the Bishop of Oxford) who moved this resolution—a remark which the Dean justi fies by a quotation from the bishop's last charge. The resolution is further objectionable, inasmuch as it implies that a change may be made in long-established and legal ritual with the sanction of the bishop, and if the bishop and the incumbent go together, there is no practi cal remedy, whatever the rubric may enjoin. The laity have left themselves powerless by allowing • Church Discipline Act to be passed through the influence of pre lates attached to the highest notions of episcopal power, which is held by many to prevent any proceedings against • clergyman without the sanction of his bishop. Dean Goode'. conclusion upon the whole matter is that Convo- I cation has, strictly speaking, nothing to do with passing any resolution on this subject, although an expression of its opinion may be useful :—" I believe it to be essential to the peace and well-being of our church, that it should be thoroughly understood by all parties that the bishops, neither individually nor collectively, are entitled to assume the office of judges. No legal judgment can be issued ex cept by a duly constituted ecclesiastical court. If it were not so, the position of the clergy, to whatever school of theology they might belong, would be intolerable." • Remarks on the Episcopal Resolutions passed in the Upper House of the Southern Convocation on the subject of Ritualism. By W. Goode, Dean of Ripon. RITUALISTIC PRACTICES AT ST. MARY-LE-STRAND. —At a meeting of the vestry and ratepayers of the parish of St. Mary-le-amid last evening, Mr. Churchwarden Bunn in the chair, an important discussion took place on the subject of a presentment which had been made to the Bishop of London against the Rev. A. It. Evans, the rector of the parish, for having two candlesticks on the I communion table without a faculty, and to which he had replied that they had only replaced an old pair that he found when inducted, and that his congregation were almost unanimously in favour of their retention. The chairman, Mr. Tennant, Mr. Jones, and others present re pudiated the explanation of the rector, and it was unani mousl resolved that the following statement should be embodied in a letter to be addressed to the Bishop of Lon don:—" My Lord, a paragraph having appeared in the public papers, stating that your lordship had called for an expla nation from the Rev. A. B. Evans ' rector of this parish, as to the legality of the candlesticks and lighted candles on the communion table, which your lordship was in. formed, as the paragraph stated, were placed there with out a faculty, the parishioners in vestry assembled take this opportunity of explaining to your lordship what are the facts. During the incumbency of the preceding rec tor two gasholder, in invitation of candlesticks, were placed on the communion table. At his death the then churchwarden removed them. On the appointment of the Rev. A. B. Evans to this living a meeting of the parishioners, with a few members of the congregation, was assembled, at which Dr. Evans set forth his desires as to the arrangement of the services, and obtained the assent of the meeting to many ces in the then system of worship. Among other prop made by the rector to the meeting was one, that the candles should be replaced on the communion-table, and that they should be lighted. To the proposal that the candles should be replaced consent was given, but to the lighting of them a decided opposition was made, and the rector, in considera tion of the concessions made, agreed that they should not be lighted. After more than twelve months, however, he did light the candles, and the result has been the stopping away of those parishioners who had for many years attended the parish church, so that at present, as we believe, not one parishioner being a ratepayer attends the church. Further, we beg to inform your lordship that a protest signed by upwards of 70, comprising more than one-third of the ratepayers of the parish, was handed to the rector on this subject, a copy of which is herein inclosed." Pusey's sermon, preached at AU Saints', Margaret-street, on Ash Wednesday, has been published by Mr. Parker. In en appendix, after putting forth his views on the Holy Communion, he says :—" These truths I hold, not as opinions,' but as matters of faith, for which, if need were, I would gladly 'suffer the loss of all things.' These truths I would thankfully have to main tain, by the help of God, on such terms that if (' per im possible,' as I trust) it should be decided by a competent authority, that either the real Objective Presence, or the Eucharistic Sacrifice, or the worship of Christ there pre sent (as I have above stated those doctrines) were contrary to the doctrine held by the church of England, I would resign my office. Extra-judicial censures, or contradic tions, or opinions, if directed against faith or truth, con demn none but their authors. Censures and criticisms of bishops in 1841-45 have passed away, except in mournful effects upon individuals; the system which they criti cised has lived, strengthened, rooted deeper through ad versity." RITUALISM IN MADRAS.—For some time past the religious mind of Madras has been considerably dis turbed by • controversy which is going on relative to some so-called ritualistic practices which have been unfor tunately introduced into Bt. George's Cathedral and other churches, and have given much offence to numerous members of the congregation. A great many letters on either side of the question have appeared in the local papers, and the correspondence is not likely to reach its close soon, unless the ritualists give way.—Madras Athe serest, Feb. 14. SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND.—A general court of the governors and subscribers of this charity was held yesterday at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill; the Rev. John Evans in the chair. The committee acknow ledged a legacy of 500 f. from Miu Miller, of Edinburgh, and in their report stated that the number in the school was 150, of whom 76 were males and 74 females. WILLS !AD BEQUESTS. Probate of the will of the most Hog . E r , Cecil, Marquis and Earl of Exeter and 'hsp K.G., D.C.L, was granted by her of Probate on the Ist ult., to the Must Alleyne, Marquis of Exeter, the son ; the p , loud Cecil, the brother ; and the Right /I,j, George Earl Percy, the executors and trustees, comity was sworn under 160,0061 • the will h 14, 1854 ; and there are Ave codicils, respecti ve . T.., 1861.2, and the last Sept. 21, 1866. Hi,, his seat, Burghley House, Northsiopt ona h ue 15, 1867, in his 72nd yea r . The toaster , to his relict, the marchioness, bey ou d provision, an immediate legacy of 4 0 ,7; carriages, and any number of carriage v.., horses not exceed ing six, also the use family and other diamonds. The minerals, fossils, shells, and other cabinets, and plants, to go with the possessor of the fatally n o . Burghley Hall. To his second son, Lord Browah s be leaves a legacy of 30,00 W. ; and to his sou L oi : bert Percy Cecil, 11,0001. ; also legacies to his Lady Bandon and Lady Victoria brie, heyos, marriage portions. His lordship has hequeatht. children of his late bailiff a legacy of 101.; W 1,. Mr. Hewitt, 1001. ; to his land-steward, law. ; head gardeners, 251. each ; and legacies to ill Ls servants, free of duty. The will of Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., 3i. Westminster, was proved in the 1.012d0s Court on ult., by Lady Shelley, his relict, the sole executsir personalty was sworn under 14,000!. , and her h as lT . appointed sole legatee. The extensive landed . also pass to Sir John's widow and only daught , John succeeded to the baronetcy March H that year to 1865 represented the city of Westniis:, Parliament, and died Jan. 26, 1867, at his seat, field Park, Sussex, at the ag e o f 59. Th e w ill brief, and runs thus :—" I give, devise, and begot:, my farms, lands, heredit amen t ' , and all other eats;., effects real and personal to my wife, her heirs, ere, administrator,, and assigns, absolutely aad for ere I appoint her sole executrix of this my last will. Feb. 5, 1844." The'vrill of John Bothell, Esq., of Parliament, Westminster, was proved in the London Court on inst., under 18,0001. personalty, the executors 1.1. 4 being his relict, Louisa Bush liethell, and his a. gustus BethelL The testator was a brother of Lortr bury. Hr. Bethel' was patentee for preserving with creosote, and had extensive works at Bow-er, and Greenwich ; and being largely enmed in mec matters, application was made for an early grant bate. Mr. Bethel' died on the 22nd ult., at Cleo ; square, Hyde-park, at the age of 62, baring execulk will June 8, 1860. He therein authorises his wife annually the sum of 8001. for her own support, further sum for the maintenance of his cbildm queathimg the residue of his property equally autut i . his children, to which they will be entitled on tb, spectively becoming of age.—/Usstrated Loudest Some curious returns obtained by Mr. Mi were published this morning, relating to revenue sol tion in England and Scotland. It seems that the eat annual amount of revenue to be derived from tau England and Scotland, at the period of the union in was for England and Wales 5,664,038/. ; fur Sn 151,5001. ; These sums have increased up to lut p England and Wales by 44,153,9911., and for Sc by 8,290,177/. This is an increase over the etai amount of 779.5 in one case, and 5,490. in the other. 658 members of the House of Commons were al according to the amount of taxation contrthuted division of the United Kingdom during the din financial years, England and Wales would have 91; ben instead of 500, Scotland 78 instead of 53, and I 61 instead of 105. From a return, obtained by Mr. Gathorne I and issued this morning, it appears that tie total her of male occupiers assessed at a rateable value and under in the various parliamentary cities and he of England and Wales is 616,954, and of those ale 750,071. The number of male occupiers at and un rateable value, has been arrived at by deductix male occupiers above 6/. rateable value (roc total number of male occupiers as shown by the estimated rental returns. Another returq issue morning gives the number of male occupiers at estimated rental of 10/. and over at 644,522. Of tb number entitled to vote as 101. occupiers on the r of 1865-6 was 452,4144. The total number of mat piers of all kinds in the boroughs is 1,367,025. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.- evening the members of the American Chamber mem at Liverpool gave a grand banquet i Law Association rooms, to Sir Samuel C.innin James Anderson, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, and NI loughby Smith. About 100 gentlemen were sent, including the principal resident America] chants, the Mayor of Liverpool, and the dents of the chief commercial sasociations of pool and Manchester. Amongst the invited there were Mr. C. W. Adams, American ministe H. T. Dudley, U.S. consul at Liverpool ; Mr. 11. W vice-consul; Sir J. Garvock, the commanding officer district ; Commander Peewee, R.N.; the lion. C. Attorney-General of New Brunswick ; and three of tl tlemen in whose honour the banquet was given. Mr. in replying to the toast of "The Minister of the' ' States," dwelt on the benefits political, social, count scientific, and literary of the undertaking. time oome when even the occupation of diplomatists wo gone, and when governments would quietly arrang4 correspondence by telegraphic messages, avoiding tl bole despatches now in vogue. The speech of Sir. Field in reply to the toast of the projector au associates in the laying of the Atlantic cable was s cheered. Sir James Anderson and Mr. Willoughby also responded. Mr. Field received the medal on of Sir Samuel Canning, who was unavoidably absent PARIS EXHIBITION, 1867.—1 t has been deti decided by the Imperial Commission to open the I Exhibition on the Ist of April without any stet moniaL The following is the programme of the 0 receptions at the Tuileries during the latter per March and the first week in April:—On Moods 18th, the first concert; Thursday, the 21st, dinner deputies and reception ; Monday, the 250, official and the second concert ; Thursday, the 28th, din the deputies and reception ; Tuesday, April 2, dinner and the third concert ; Thursday, the 4th, to the deputies and reception. " Never," says the Courrier do Bayonne, there been in our market such a glut of sardines as the Let three or four weeks. The streets never eel sounding with the cries of the sellers. Such has be abundance that a pinnace of St. Jean de Lox, not the fish fine enough, threw the whole back into tb A woman of this town, hawking about a consi ( quantity and unable to get rid of her stork, set up of Croumpaslous, oaf que loss jiti (Buy them or 1 them away)." The marriage of Prince Amadeus of youngest son of Victor Emmanuel, with Mdlle. ,le 1 toms, is fixed for the 19th inst. It will he ceh without much ceremony in the chapel of the Royal The nuptial benediction, it is said, will be given young couple by Mgr. Calablanca, the new Archlth Milan. THE PRINCEse OF WALES.—The Lancet s; " Rumours have been afloat during the past week r fag the health of the Princess of Wales, which. happy to say, are as unfounded as they are extrior With the exception of a few restless nights, who doubtless occasioned by the necessary constraint to her royal highness was subjected on account of tl affection which has been described, her progress le very satisfactory. It is expected, indeed, that it days this patient, whose condition is a matter .. heartfelt solicitude to us all, will be able once more her bed. For some time to come, however, she wi bably have to submit to the application of sec chanical support as will limit movement i joint which has been so severely attacked by whom According to the British Medical Journal, " the been nothing in the condition of her royal highness has caused alarm in the minds of any of her medic teedants, or which could justify the wild rumours have been eying about. The general condition royal highness has been one of progressive convide and the rheumatic affection of the knee his beru improving. The general rheumatic disorder promptly disappeared, and the severity of the attar tag fallen upon a joint, it follows that the progress local affection to recovery can only he slow ; and case of a delicate lady situated as is the illustrious p much time and care will be needed. But there ha been any untoward symptoms at any time during the Nor need any apprehension be aroused by the rem intention of the Queen of Denmark to visit the PT Under such circumstances as the present, it will necessary to seek for any other motives for the visi the promptings of natural a ff ection. The medics letina have throughout announced with candour the stats of the patient ; and the reassuring statements to-day may be accepted without reservation." OEUTAL PALM*. Own SHILLIWG THURSDAY, MARCH 14. Admissions on psyntea ditto. by emote tickets, 349. Total visitors, .i 92. W V