The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-12 00:00:00

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Mr. Compton, ranrciiem Thu Evasion. NO. I, BOUND TIE COLN'S& Yews Shore and Forrester.—And IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Mews. Vining. ►. Villiers, Werner, Shore, Calhaem, and Yam ; Maims Page and Rodgers LYCkUIL. Tars EVENING. 8AM8011111 7 167 . Mr. Pries and Miss Kate Bishop.—And THZ DUKIS'S MOTTO. Mr. Vecbter, Memos. Jordan, EI UM, Prior, Widdicolob, Ilitspitrick. etc. ; Miura Henr.dr, ZU , rorthy. Grstton, and Carlotta Leclercy. Tsos Rums°, SWE.Eflif.Alli AND WI VIM Mr. BeI ford.—EsMEEALDA OR, THE SERRATION “OAT. Messrs. florae, James, Robson, and Tanker ; Mesdames fOsaaborongh, Hughes. WeaSharshT, POUR YILLICoDDY. HOLBORN. THIS ISTarmo, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Bahama; Mimes root* sad Lamm—And FLYING SCUD. Mews. NeeMs, Sel man, Blake, Vollaire, are. ; Mesdames R. Josephs, C. Raanden, Beads loots, Adds.', Lemke, Raymond, to. BRITANNIA. 11119 RVENIWO, THE ItItaitOTAILEZN. Mr. Rowe end Mist S Mike. - FAUST OR, MARGEF.RITES MANOLZ. Mr. Elton. Mrs. [woe and Madames Edwin. and Booth—Coo eluding with TEX SAILOR'S RETURN. Mr. J. Reynolds, Re. 1101 WATILIt AT LONDON BRIDGE. ---- TES Dar Lliaibibit.7l7.l3m — Atiaboss. Vb. Ilev. 10110abow—Novuleg. a. 62•2......Atesemasa, vb. 34=. - --- LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12. Ir is to be hoped that some of those ingenuous persons out of doors whose idea of the House of Commons is derived from their observation of candidates on the hustings, or of members on the platform giving a periodical account of their stewardship, as they call it on such occasions, were present at the short debate last evening which preceded Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH'S luminous and profound, but somewhat desultory and dis cursive, deliverance on the preamble of the Reform Bill. Such an incident as that which was suffered to consume an hour or more in aimless and unprofitable talk on a simulated motion for adjournment, and to stop the course of public business, would have opened the eyes and ears of the most innocent stranger to the real difficulties which arrest the progress of a Reform Bill in a representative assembly, which, for all the political honesty it contains, might almost satisfy the cynicism and defy the researches of a Dioor-vss. There are plenty of Liberal members who, in tho face of their constituents, with shrugs and sighs of indignant virtue deplore the blind resist ance of the Conservative party. An honest crowd of sympathising hearers go home convinced that all the purity of principle and public spirit and self-denying devotion to popular interests is to be found among the men who call themselves Reformers, as our continental neighbours would say, of the day before, and not of the day after the production of a Bill. We could wish that a deputation from all the Liberal consti tuencies in the kingdom had been present in the House from five to six o'clock last evening. That scene might have convinced them that it was not this or that party that obstructed Reform, but the secret reactionary spirit of a whole House of triflers and egotists, who have not even the courage of indifference, and who hate all sincerity with the hatred of the condemned for the criminal who has confessed. We were seasonably reminded yester day by an esteemed correspondent of the cir cumstances under which the present House of Commons came into being. This House is the creation and the legacy of a Premier of eighty, with all the illusions and aspirations of that age. In the image of that English TA LLETRAND the present House of Conunons was created. And it has proved itself not unworthy of the author of its being. Had Lord PA LMERATON been spared to lead it with the playful austerity of his second youth in the ways of pleasantness, his Liberal majority might have remained to this day unde tected and perhaps unsuspected by the country, as a body of gentlemen in favour of Parliamentary Reform. It has been the misfortune of their destiny to lose a chief under whom they might have fought sham battles without danger, and run away from false colours without dishonour. Let us believe that it is a providential dispensation that has tested the qualities of this Liberal majority under a fighting chief and in a real warfare. The constituencies now know what this Chelan introuraLk of Liberal-Conservatives and Con servative-Liberals, the legacy of an octogenarian Whig Premier, is worth. Last year there was the Liberal Cave, but let us do the justice to those original Adullsmites to own that their hostility to Reform was comparatively, in Mr. Lowe's case absolutely, sincere. This year we have the snug little Tea-room party of thoroughgoing Li berals and ardent Reformers who, in their eagerness to push forward to universal suffrage under Mr. Disesxm's auspices, leave their own too cautious leader in the lurch at the moment when his trumpets have sounded the advance. Such at least was the interpretation of the conduct of the Tea-room party until last even ing. But Lord GROSVENOR'S unexpected move ment, the result it should seem of a sudden and unshared inspiration of that eminent but irre sponsible statesman, suggests the doubt whether it was not the guardian spirit of Lord nubile/molt that presided over the deliberations of the Tea room ; the spirit of dilatory prudence, of judi cious procrastination, of amicable adjournment, of wise delay. Will it be believed by the outside world that Lord Geoierzeoe proposed last evening to postpone the Committee on the Reform Bill until after the Easter Recess in order to save time, to secure the safe passing of the Bill, by some compromise which the Recess should bring forth t What sort of compromise, and how it was to be agreed upon, Lord GROSVENOR forebore to state too precisely ; apparently it was to be the result of deliberations more private and less Parliamentary than those of the Tea-room, and the product of s mutual desire to "settle" the linea tion, as questions are apt to be settled by arbi trators who care nothing for the principles and very little fur the interests of the contending par- THE ties. It will be noted as a chareateristic of the present House that it recognized in Lord Gaosiverroa a true representative of " the mil " lions," and listened to hint as to the oracle of the British Constitution. For tunately, the noble Earl's modesty surpasses even the confidence of his followers ; and though Lord ELato, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Dittivr.,l sup ported his motion, he had the good sense to with draw it ; but not until it had done good public service in tearing off a few more Liberal masks. The logic of adjourning the Committee for three weeks in order to save time and hasten the settle ment of Reform is contained in the well-known lines: My wound is great because it is so small.— Then 'twould be greater if 'twere none at all. Neither Mr. GLADSTONE, nor Mr. BRIOHT, nor Mr. WHITBREAD (who spoke admirably to the point and with the accent of undeniable sincerity), nor Mr. Osaoaas (who hit very straight and very bard), nor even Mr. Disitaxm (at the last moment) could understand how three weeks' delay would expedite the passage of the Bill. But the audacious simplicity of the suggestion and its reception by certain Liberals proved at least that neither Reform, nor the Constitution, nor the country at large, will lose much by the decease of a Parliament of which the beat that can be said is, that like the Judah of the Prophet, "the whole " head is sick and the whole heart faint." OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE DIVISION TO-NIGHT. Although we live in days when a mine may, as Mr. Osborne says, be sprung anywhere, the Times has some confidence that tonight will see the Reform Bill of 1867 secured ; in other words, that the rating franchise proposed by the government will be preferred. Mr. Glad stone was arguing last night against the convictions of the most ardent, if not the most unhesitating, of his own sup porters. He might detach some votes from tbe ranks lof the government, but the gains were outnumbered by 1 the defections behind him. Nevertheless the Times has no sympathy with the design of inflicting a pecuniary fine on the tenant who desires to take himself out of the class of compound householders, and when thin question comes on, the liberal party ought to make a united and energetic effort to prevent the realisation of such a scheme. It believes it may be found quite possible to amend the clauses of the Chancellor of the Exchequer so as to secure the admission of the compound householder without throwing on him • pecuniary loss. The answer of Mr. Disraeli to Mr. Hibbert in the early part of the evening showed that the government were not unwilling to concede the point ; and if any doubts exist as to the certainty of obtaining this modification, it must be attributed to the unhappy division is the liberal ranks. The fate of the government bill, says the Daily News, will be probably decided in less thanl24 hours. If Mr. Gladstone's amendment be carried it will result either in the trans formation of the measure or its abandonment. Possibly, however, Mr. Disraeli's threats may mean no more than his promises ; and, as he traded before in delusive hopes, so he may now be endeavouring to profit by baseless fears. The weight of argument, the Daily News considers, is emphatically against the government project. In quiet times the compound householders will scarcely sacrifice the money, time, and labour necessary in their case to secure • vote, but in excited times they will place them selves on the register in myriads. They will thus be in vested at once with • sort of dictatorship in emergencies, without that training in sober views and cautious action which the exercise of political privileges in ordinary time's would impart to them. The bill would not insure the country a year's quiet. Not only in different boroughs, but in different parishes of the same borough persons would be enfranchised or left without votes, according to the good pleasure of local boards. The amendment of Mr. Gladstone, which abolishes the dependence of the house hold suffrage in boroughs upon the personal payment of rates, asserts no more than the principle that those who are enfranchised at all shall be enfranchised on equal terms. It leaves the degree of such enfranchisement unde cided, though, no doubt, a pecuniary limit must be fixed if the amendment be carried. The Mandan! is not disposed to deny that Mr. Gladstone has pointed out defects in the bill, such as the fact that it leaves too much power in the hands of the vestries and municipal authorities, awl its unequal operation. But the essential (principle—a rate-paying franchise open:to every householder—cannot be touched. If it is to go, let the bill go with it, and) let the issue between those who have striven to pass and those who have banded them selves to defeat it be l►id at once before the country. As far as the Post is informed, a victory on the part of the liberals may be fairly counted on. and. if won. will of course entail a change or government or a dissolution. The latter procedure is threatened .by Mr. Disraeli ; but the Post has reason to believe that the adoption of it would lead to a further secession in the cabinet ; and the resignation of at least one minister, of which intention no secret is made, would indicate that a determined adhesion to the Treasury bench is not considered in all quarters as the true settlement of the reform question. According to the Telegraph, the government is still anxiously connecting compromises ; and while reedy, as things stand, to give way upon the residential term, Mr. Disraeli may succeed in persuading his colleagues to some slight and shadowy concession on the more vital question. The attitude of the liberal party towards any such modi fied aspect of his measure, so long as " personal payment" is its evil characteristic, must be, and will be, the resolute and unswerving maintenance of Mr. Gladstone's amend ments. The Star reviews last night's debate with hostility to what it calls the Belgravian party, namely, Earl Gros venor ; and dwells especially on Sir W. Heathoote's speech, which it considers the most important of the night. The Herald cannot help remarking that Sir A. Cock burn's charge partook ratkertoo much of forensic advocacy end too little of judicial impartiality--a defect the more lamentable on account of the gravity of . the issue and the wondrous gifts of the exalted dignitary by whom the charge was pronounced. The Standard congratulates the public " upon the con dign collapse of these amateur prosecutions." Those who suffer most are the members, abettors, and accomplices of the Jamaica committee. The Telegraph says that the grand jury threw out the bills, notwithstanding the charge ; for the language of the bench pointed distinctly towards an opposite decision. Looking to the legal principles involved in the deliverance it may be difficult to explain the conduct otthe jury, but their apology will probably be found in broader consider ations than those of strict law, even as interpreted by one of its most distinguished living exponents*. The Star says that the prosecutors and those who sup ported them may well be satisfied with what they have done. As they did not regard denunciation and misrepre sentation, so we are sure they do not desire eulogy. But we know what the England of future generations will thick of the men who, when the government of the country failed to uphold and even treated with ooxtenipt the principles of its freedom, and a large portion of the press and the public became the elagueurs and the lackeys of that government in its ignoble course, had the courage and the perseverance to take up the cause them selves, and press it to the test of a great constitutional tribunal. The result of their public•spirited course has been a declaration of English law which not merely secures the citizen rights of every British subject against arbitrary force, but restores the character of the English nation. EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENCIL THE LUXEMBURG QUESTION. The Courrier du Luxemburg publishes the follow ing petition : To his Majesty the King of Holland, Grand Duke of Luxeipbarg. _ Sire,—ln presence of the gravesituation which seems to threaten the independence of our country, the undersigned respectfully lay before your Majesty their ardent desire to retain an autonomy under the sceptre of the house of Orange. Any political change which would compromise their independence would be considered as a misfortune for our beloved country.—Your Majesty's devoted subjects. The Journal des Debats of to-day has an article on the Luxemburg question, from the pen of John Lemoinne, which terminates as follows : "'Every one feels that the question is now mainly one between France and Prussia. The French govern ment has expressed its firm conviction that peace will not bOOdirturbed by this " incident." There seems to be an exaggerated modesty about this last ex pression ; the " incident " may produce events. These things should not be undertaken except when they are sure of succeeding, for in came of want of success they bring more disappointment than they would of advantage if they succeeded. It would be much better that Luxem burg should remain Luxemburg if it cannot become French or Prussian without a great war, of which no one can fore see all the consequences. The Liberli says : Far from applauding the silence of the nation at the pre sent moment we should feel alarmed at it ; far from encourag ing indifference we should make appeal to its patriotism ; far from concealing the danger we should make it pub lic ; far from isolating the country by the silence of the Chamber and the press, we should vote the urgency of the liberty of the press and of public meeting. The journals which are dispensed from the stamp regulation ought to awaken the sentiment of patriotism in every cottage and workshop. Public meetings all over the country should make known to M. do Bismarck that if there is a German nation there is also a French nation ; that if there is a German patriotism which is susceptible there is also • French patriotism which is touchy; that, in • word, the German people excited, misled, and made to serve Prussian ambi tion, will find itself opposed, not only by the French army, but by the French people, determined to defend its independence and to tear in pieces the treaties of 1815. The Cologne Gazette speaks as follows of the neutralisation of Luxemburg as a means of avoid ing war between France and Pruasia : Rather than unchain the pest of war it would be better to come to a compromise which would s►tisfy all parties. We hope that this compromise will be made in the following way :—TheGrand Duchyof Luxemburg to be declared an independent state. France, on her side, to abandon her project for the purchase of the duchy, and Prussia to give up her right to garrison the fortress. A compromise might also be effected by ceding the duchy to Belgium. (aronit's MECUMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Anus. 13. In yesterday's sitting of the Senate Court the public prosecutor delivered a long address de manding the dismissal of Admiral Persano from his command. Count Cibrario has arrived from Vienna. THE JAMAI 'A PRJBISCUTIONM. Notwithstanding the high estimate which it puts upon the charge of the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Times still speaks of the case as an ill-advised prosecution. The evidence against Gordon was worthless, and he was tried and sentenced illegally ; but the accused believed they were acting in the due course of justice. The failure of the indictment is equivalent to an amnesty for the past; the emphatic protest of the Chief Justice will remain on record as a warning for the future. The 'governor of a colony, like the captain of • ship, may put down force by force, and employ against rebels in arms all the means of repression which he might employ against foreign enemies. What he cannot do is to erect courts-martial to make an example of captured rebels, and as the same incapacity attaches to his sovereign, we cannot imagine that any governor worthy of trust will scruple to submit to it. It is remarked by the Daily News that the clear and firm exposition of the law by the Lord Chief Justice is of the first importance in presence of the maxims which Mr. Disraeli propounded in parliament and which have since been repeated in every variety of form. The proposition that ' there is a kind of law which is in fact the extinction of all law to be exercised by no fixed or settled rules and no definite practice, is condemned by the Lord Chief Justice as utterly destitute of authority—unfounded, untenable, mischievous, detestable. Under no circumstances whatever are men to be tried for their lives where the essentials of justice are disregarded. But with regard to the view which the grand jury has taken of the responsibility of the accused the Daily News has no fear of any injurious consequences as likely to result from it. Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand were not answerable for much of the illegality of which Mr. Gordon was the victim. There is no proof that they had any special animosity against I their prisoner; they had not for a lug time previous being pursuing him with deadly resent ment. Nor, when their conduct was challenged in this country, did they abscond from justice, biding behind a country bench, but met their accusers like men, a proof at least that they believed in thernaelves. Gordon was given into their bands for trial, and they tried him, most igno rantly indeed without authority, under the influence of the all prevailing passion, but pusaibly all the while under the belief that they were acting according to law. They IMO wilier now. They will carry Lord Chief Justice Cook burn's charge in their memories to the latent day of their lives, and the excuse of ignorance will not avail any officers why may come after them. the Court. 'WINDSOR CASTLE, Arm 11. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Christian. Prince Christian, attended by Lieut.• Colonel G. Gordon, went out riding. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove out this morning. Prince and Princess Christian took a drive. Princess Louise walked in the grounds of the Castle. Prince Henry of Prussia, attended by Captain Von Schroetter, also walked out. Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, went to London. The Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Mao. donald have succeeded the Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Emily Cathcart as Maids of Honour in Waiting. The Prince of Wales rode ont yesterday, attended by Captain Ellis. The King of Denmark left Marlbourough•house in the evening for Dover, en route for Copenhagen. The Prince of Wales accompanied his Majesty to the terminus of the South Butern Railway at Charing•cross. In attendance on his Majesty were the Danish minister, General d'Oxholm, and M. de Scheele. General Knollys was also in attendance, and proceeded to Dover with the King. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council eat yesterday at the Privy Council office, Whitehall, on matter, relating to the Cattle Plague. The Lords present were the Lord President and the Duke of Richmond. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the Committee. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial• office from the Governor-General of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Malta, Gibraltar, and Canada. His Excellency the French Ambassador enter tamed the following company at dinner last evening at the French Embassy, Albert-gate :—His Excellency the Aus trian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, his Excel lency the Spanish Minister and the Countess de Vistaher moss, and Mdlle. Owens ; his Excellency the Swedish Minister and Baroness Hochachild, his Excellency the Greek Minister, the Portuguese Chargé d'Affaires, and the Countess Rilvaa ; the Belgian Chargé d'Affaires, Baron and Baroness Biome, Baron Planner, ko. The Earl and Countess Amherst received the Earl of Longford, the Countess of Ashburnham and Lady Katherine Ashburnham, Lord and Lady Josecline Percy, Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P., Lord Warkworth, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Montgomery and Miss Montgomery, Mr. and the Hon. Mn. W. Rose, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Rice, kc., at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor square. Sir D. Coutta Marjoribanka, M. P., and Lady Marjoribanks received his Excellency the Proadan humidor and the Countess Berustorff, and the Countess Th6risei Bernetorff, Lady Mildred Beresford Hope, and Misses Hope, and a large party, at dinner last evening, at their residence, in Grafton-street. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland leave Stafford House, St. James's, on Tuesday next, for Trent ham, Staffordshire, for the holidays. Sir Michael Hicks Beach intends, on the motion for third reading of Testa Abolition (Oxford and Cam bridge) Bill, to move, " That it be read the third time upon this day six months." On the second reading of Sale of Liquors on Sunday Sill, Major Jervis will move, " That it be read • second time upon this day six months." _ _ Mr. Baillia has deferred his notice respecting the seizure of the Tornado by the Spanish frigate Gerona, and the correspondence respecting the seizure of the Queen Victoria by the Spanish revenue cruiser Toro till Friday, May 3. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.—A relapse, for which no exciting cause could be traoed, took place towards the latter end of last week, and has served to check the progress of her royal highness towards recovery. The saute symptoms of this attack subsided under treatment in the course of a few days, leaving the joint, how ever, in a necessarily less satisfactory state than it presented previously. On Saturday last, during the attack, the Princess was seen by Mr. Omar Hawkins, serjeant-surgeon to the Queen, and Mr. G. D. Pollock, surgeon to the Prince of Wales, who consulted on this occasion with the surgeons in constant charge of the patient, Mr. James Peget and Mr. Prescott Pewett. Our readers will hear with much regret of this recur rence of inflammation, the import of which as in fluencing the eventual duration of the illness they will readily understand. Under existing circumstances the attack, of course, signifies something much more serious than the mere lois of time—the four or five days, for instance, during which the acute action lasted. The source of anxiety lies in the fact itself that the joint malady has proved susceptible of relapse—that the gra dual healing process has been rudely stopped by fresh inflammation with its attendant effusion, negativing at once the reparative changes which it had already taken several weeks to effect. We are glad to turn to the other and more cheerful side of the picture and to notice several points of a satisfactory nature in her royal highness's con dition. The character of the inflammation was unchanged, and its subsidence has left the patient in good general health and excellent spirits, without any febrile excitement. The position of the affected limb is perfect. With slight exception, the night's rest has latterly been very good in deed, natural sleep of many hours' continuance having been procured without assistance either from narcotics or the ideal " hop bed," which has lately made the round of the journals. Need we add that, with an urgent necessity for the moat absolute rest, the rumour respecting an approach ing voyage by her royal highness to Denmark is quite apocryphal ?—buseet. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. —The reports as to the health of the Prince Imperial, who is under the care of MM. Nekton and Bertha, are conflicting. Great anxiety is entertained at court in consequence of the successive breaking out of two large abcesses, the development of which would seem to have been favoured by some con stitutional condition, and to betoken the probable existence of a diseased state of the thigh bone. The absence of the Prince Imperial at the opening ceremony of the Exhibition only tended to increase the anxiety of the public.—Lancrt MR. Bouvntrz, M.P.—We are sorry to learn that the cause of Mr. Bouverie's absence from the House of Commons is ill-health. We understand that he is at present sojourning on the continent by medical advice.— Greenock TrlegrapA. ETON COLLEOE.—The college will close to-day for the Easter vacation, the Great Western and London and South Western Railways running special trains for the convenience of the boy.. The holidays will last about a month. CLERGY ORPHAN BOYS' SCHOOL, CANTERETRY. —At a meeting of the comnuttee of the Clergy Orphan Corporation held yesterday afternoon at Lambeth Ace, under the presidency of his Grace the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Rev. Charles Matheson, principal's aseistsuit master at the Blackheath Proprietary School, and classical examiner at Merchant Taylor's School, was elected to the mastership of the Clergy Orphan Boys' School, at Canter bury, rendered vacant by the presentation of the Rev. D. Butler to the rectory of Greet Chart. Mr. Matheson was formerly a Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, and ob tained a first claw in daisies at his final examination in IN.A. lie was also elected toe Pusey and Ellurton Hebrew scholarship in 11151, and toe Kennicett Hebrew scholarship in lshd. MALTA. MALTA, Aran 12. Telegraphic communication with Alexandria is interrupted, the cable having parted on Wednes day between Bengazi and Tripoli. The Hawk is now engaged in the necessary repairs. Her Majesty's ships Royal Oak and Prince Consort left on Monday ; their destination is sup posed to be Gibraltar. The drought in Malta continues. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mow ous ows COREZSPONDINT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The news that there was to be a review by the Emperor to-day naturally occasioned some excite ment at a moment when war rumours are so rife. It was, however, only a little review—one division of infantry and a brigade of cavalry—of no poli tical importance whatever. It is not true, as the Patrie nays, that Marshal Canrobert commanded the troops, or as the Opinion Nationale (professing to correct other journals) has it, that the review was held in the great race-course of the Bois de Boulogne. It took place on the ordinary parade-ground in the court of the Tuileries, and the commanding officer was General Soumain. The Emperor, accompanied by Marshal Niel, Minister at War, and General Fleury, Grand Ecuyer, rode along the lines, and afterwards made a distribution of crosses and medals to some of the officers and soldiers. It was merely one of those matter of course reviews which are always passed in the spring when troops change their quarters. The Prince Imperial, who the semi-official papers have been saying for the last week was going out " to-morrow," appeared at a window to look on. The Moniker du Soir says that although his con valescence is "almost complete," his physicians would not allow him to come down to the reviewing ground. The Emperor was at the Universal Exhibition as early as 8 o'clock this morning. The King of the Belgians, who, with his Queen, arrived in Paris yesterday, came to have a hasty look at 11. Their Majesties, who were staying at the Hotel Wslowski, Avenue Montaigne, which has been taken for them for the season, are merely here now as birds of passage. They leave almost immediately for Berlin to be present at the mar riage of the Count of Flanders, but they purpose returning to Paris after that event. The Libertt announces that its circulation yester day was 30,380, or about 1,000 more than before the interdiction of its sale in the streets. It pub lishes letters to M. de Girardin from M. Jules Fevre and M. Eugene Pelletan, requesting their names to be put down as subscribers by way of protest against arbitrary persecution, and as a testimony of sympathy with M. de Girardin's courageous attitude. The news comes this evening that the Prussian Chambers are summoned to meet in a fortnight ; and the reason assigned is that the government " desires to consult them on the Luxemburg question." What a curious thing it is that in France, where the parliamentary regime cannot be said to exist, the proposed interpellations were dis allowed on the pretext of " conformity with par liamentary usages ;" while in Prussia, where the parliamentary riginic does exist in all its plenitude, the question is to be freely discussed. In Paris silence is thought necessary lest diplomatic nego tiations should be impeded ; and in Berlin the government itself wishes the deputies to debate in order to fortify and support its diplomatic action. The Bourse is, however, lower than ever. There were considerable fluctuations. The Bente was in great demand during part of the day, and was at one moment quoted as high as 6Gfr. 80c. ; but offers at last prevailed, and the cloning prices were 66fr. 45c. for cash and 643 fr. 20c. for account, with a fall of sc. Credit Mobilier fell 18fr. 75c., and the Socititd Immobiliere was much depressed. Italian ruse 30c. WILLS 411DIBEQUEST3. The will of Sir Arthur Charles Magenis, G.C.8., formerly her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Sweden, afterwards her 111a)sity's Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon, and lately residing at Dover-street, Piccsdilly, was proved in London on March 23, by the executors, Lowry Veaey Beifour, Esq., of the Chief Secretary's o ffi ce, Dublin ; e nd Edward Wilmot Williams, Esq., testator's nephew, eldest son of deceased's sister, Elizabeth Williams. The personalty in England was sworn under 40,0001. Sir Arthur died at his residence, Dover-street, Feb. 14, aged 66, having executed his will Oct. 10, 1869, and a codicil Jan. 28, 1867. The testator has devised his real estates to his said nephew, Edward Williams ; and the plate, no t o th e rwise disposed of, he leaves to his nephew, Major Richard Magenis, to be held as heirlooms and enjoyed with the Irish family esteem ; there are other specific and pecuniary bequests to nephews, nieces, cousins, and other relatives; and out of the residue of his personal estate he leaves to, his sister 6001. a year, and the remainder of the interest during her life Is to be divided amongst his nephews and nieces ; the capital of the residue upon his sister's decease is to be shared amongst them, his two nephews Albert and George, receiving each 10,0001., and his three: nieces the remainder. The will of Mdme. Tildesley de Bosse; late of Holies street, Cavendish-square, was proved in the London Court, on the 30th ult., by the surviving executor, Michael Bent ley, Esq., of Richmond, Surrey, to whom is bequeathed a legacy of 2501., free of duty. The other executor appointed was George Whittazu, lig., of Cadogan-place, since deceased. The personalty was sworn under 70,0001. The testatrix made her will July 21, 1852, and added two oodicals, and died in February last, at the age of 91. She has bequeathed the greater portion of her property amongst charitable institutions, hospitals, asylums, Lc., coldly in and about London, to the number of fifty, ' and has left to them sums varying in amount; to some 2001., several 5001., others 1,0001. and up wards, and to one society—that for the prevention of cruelty to anim44-3,500/. ; the whole amounting to upwards of X 1,0001., to be paid to the respective treasurers within six months after her decease. To Clare-hall, in the University of Cambridge, she leaves 6,0001., free of duty, the interest to be applied for three scholarships, to be held for three years. After making some pecuniary bequest+ to relatives, friends, and servants, she leaves the residue of her property to King's College Hospital. The will of William Hanbury Sparrow, Esq., late of Penn, Staffordshire, was proved in the District Registry of Lichfield, on the 15th ult., and the personalty sworn under 500,000/. ; the executors and trustees being his sone, William Mender Sparrow and Arthur Sparrow, and his son-in-law, the Rev. Daniel Mapleton, of Meanwood, Leeds. The testator was extensively engaged in a busi ness as ironmaster, coslmaster, and iron and tin plate manufacturer. He was deputy-lieutenant for the county of Stafford, and died at the age of 78. His will is of considerable length, occupying 80 brief sheets, and conveys much valuable landed and mineral property amongst his numerous fluidly. His eldest son, N 1 illiam, takes the manor of Albrighton Hall, with other estates; and considerable property is left to his son Arthur. He bequeaths to his son Fredericka seventh part of the residue of his personal estate ; and to each of his six daughters he also leaves an equal seventh part of the residue. There are liberal legacies to several of his near relatives. His will is dated October 13, 1866 ; and he died January 20 following. The wine of the undermentioned persons were recently proved :—General Edward Frederick, C. 8., under 25,0601. personalty ; James Jamieson Cordes, 100,000/. ; Samuel Newton, 100,000/. ; James Edwards, 60,0001. ; Rev. Henry G. Nicholls, 40,0001.; Arthur M'Namara, 14,000 L; Nicholas M'Cann, AMY. ; W. Brinton, M.D., 20,000/. ; William Bruce, M.D., 7,000/. ; David Cree, 60,0001.—Illustrated London News. COUNT BISMARCK'S TEMPER.--In the sitting of the Reichstag at Berlin, on the 7th, • Progressist deputy having said that Count de Bismarck played last year a dangerous game, which had been gained by the great qualities of the Prussian nation, the Pre sident of the Council made the following reply : " The last speaker 'has stated that the ministry, at the head of which I have the honour to be placed, had ventured • heavy stake which the bravery of the people bad ended by gaining. In conformity with the habit of the People's Gazette he has thus accused us of having unnecessarily risked the honour, independ ence, and liberty of Prussia in hazards called by him a dangerous game, which we might have avoided. I repel that insinuation against which I find for the first time an opportunity to protest publicly and energetically as an entirely false party invention. We found our selves under the necessity of drawing the sword in order to resist the attempts long prepared with the view of destroying the Prussian influence at Frankfort, and to de fend ourselves against perils which could only be opposed by the bayonet ; we did so from necessity—in the honest defence of ourselves ; and to apply to our own acts the word hazardous game is—l will not use the expression which rises to my mouth." (The speaker sat down in • state of great excitement, which soon communicated itself in some measure to the assembly.) Coincidently with the commencement of the Ex hibition the park at Buttes-Chaumont, near Montmartre, Paris, has been opened to the public, and has been visited by great numbers of people. The plantations are nearly finished, and • pretty temple of the Sibyl is nearly ready. The ornaments of the park are many and varied, and there are some pretty bridges ; one on the suspension principle being remarkable for its lightness and elegance. Grottos and Alpine streams are scattered about in • very pic turesque manner, and • plantation of Cedrus deodara is a pleasant adjunct to the many agreeable attractions offered. _ A specimen of thaw carillons heard in Antwerp and other cities in Belgium is about to be exhibited in the Champ de Mars, previous to being placed in the tower of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois. Four years have been spent in the manufacture of this set of chimes, which is very coin plicated, though it will be managed very easily, the per former being enabled to play any tune upon it as easily as upon any ordinary pianoforte. There will be 42 bells, so that every variety of tone may be produced. A letter in the idonifeur states that $ magnifi cent cathedral was inaugurated at Pekin on the Ist of January, and that a solemn mass was there performed by the bishop, Mgr. Monly, in the presence of the diplomatic corps, the Chinese authorities, and the pupils of the schools. The metropolitan church at Canton is approach. ing completion. Mr. Medhurst, Britannic consul, laid the first stone of an Anglican church at Kin-Kiang on the 25th of January. Religious temples appertaining to all the different sects are being erected in close proximity to sash other—Protestants, catholic, Anglicans, Greek schis matic, Buddhists, Mahometans, disciples of Confucius, live side by aide, with a perfectly good understanding between them. Free worship is so thoroughly rooted in the habits and manners of the people that even the Jesuits dare not show themselves to be intolerant. REPERSEXTATION or MIDDLESEX.—MT. if, D. Labouchere, the candidate for the representation of Mid dlesex, addressed a large and influential meeting of electors and non-electors yesterday (Thursday afternoon), in the Public Rooms at Uxbridge, Mr. Norton being in the chair. Several questions were put at the conclusion, among which was one in reference to Mr. Graves' bill before parliament in reference to the lioensing of public-houses and throwing open the trade. Mr. Labouchere expressed himself strongly to the provisions of the bill and any attempt to tTro ° l B ,7 4 &e trade open, which he considered would be an act of injustice to those who had large amounts at stake in vested therein. A vote of confidence was pissed in his favour, the meeting pledging itself to secure his election by every possible means. STEIN rs ON THE Corrminer.—The journeymen ropemakera of Le Mean are at present on strike. They demand an additional 60c. a day. The masters have offered:lac. on condition that the men shall work 12 days in each fortnight. The terms were not accepted, and man of the men have left the town to seek work elsewhere. " The determination of the committee of journeyman tailors," says the Epoque, "to ac cept no compromise as the extent of their demands, has produced the result which might have been expected. By • circular issued two days back, 18:1 masters engage to make no concessions. The affair is assuming a serious aspect, for , if the first claims made by the workm en ma be considered as exaggerated, the rejection now by the muter' must also be acknowledged tolie7to; ----- Any ice TO ROYALTY. —Since the commencement of the illness of the Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princes' and their medical advisers have been over whelmed with letters of advice and recommendation. All kinds of embrocation have been sent; the most varied specimen. of leather, felt, and tin splints; and • thou sand (and more) prescriptions of the most varied charac ter. One good soul from Ireland of course recommends that • potato be worn ; and a lady sends a large piece of ordinarT oil-ailk, which she feels certain, from her own experience, would effect • cure. We see it stated that, in one instance, a donation of 2f. was forwarded to some one who had sent • bottle of embrocation. This must have been under very peculiar circum stances—not really forwarded at all in reward for the advice or the embrocation. To have sent similar recognition of the multi.udinous and no doubt well meant prescriptions and embrocations, Ice., forwarded, would have involved an expense of many hundred pounds. There is • large box full of such letters. This is always so on such occasions. When the late King of Portugal was lying ill with typhoid fever, some one wrote to Dr. Jenner assuring him that • certain cure for the disease was to turn sheep into the lower part of the house, and concluded by suggesting that, if necessary, sheep might be sent over is crates.—BraisA Medico/ Amnia. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN KZ T. W. NWEET. The bankrupt. a shipowner, of Fenchurch-stnet, am.h e d for his order of discharge. The debts are 10,4 w 4 which 7,4201. is due to unsecured creditors ; prop iny given up, 2301.. ; ditto held sa security, 4,649 f. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, did not oppose, sp4 doted that the accounts were satisfactory. Mr. Edwards, the official assignee , aid that the acm.em were vouched. The bankrupt, in answer to the court, stated th at t h ere was a probabilit y of • surplus from the secured protkr. 7 . but ships were unsaleable now, owing to the depress% in the trade. His Honour granted the order. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) RI RE WINNER. The bankrupt, a builder, of the Clapham-mad, appliq for his discharge from debts of 5,287/. The assets were of trifling amount. Mr. Simpson appeared for the assignees; Mr. R. . 1 supported the bankrupt. There was no opposition, the order wail granted. (Raton Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE ERNST AND ZIOST,—JUDOMENT. The bankrupt, were fancy warehousemen and trimau manufacturers, of Faloon-street, Aldersgate-street. Thei r liabilities are upwards of 20,0001., with able assets. The oast has been before the court for nearly two years, frequent adjournments having been required for the investigation of accounts. The bankrupts' 'mili eu ., for order of discharge was opposed by Mr. Rooks for th e assignees, and Mr. Bagley and Mr. Read for the creditor,. Mr. Linklater supported the bankrupts. A dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound has been paid. His Honour said the bankrupt. were charged with cos. tracting debta without probable means of payment sad not keeping proper books of account. In 1,61 they were in a deficiency of 2,0001., which was inmat( in the next year (they having made large It; cheats in the interval) to upwards of 7,700 f. explained the circumstance of their having mg.& • very small profit, from the fact that they had to mapl e with a patented article. In May, 1861, their parttime' amounted to 4,000/., being one-fifth of those for the wh o l e year. Previous to this they had been preabel for security by M. Bulgarini, of Paris, to whom th e y g, the guarantee of Miss Coles, their aunt, which w u repudiated by her. Having regard to recent decisions 4 the Court of Appeal, it did not appear that • bankrupt purchasing good though insolvent at th e time, provided he had the prospect of selling them at a profit. coald be held to have contracted the debt withou probable means of payment ; and, looking at the facts in this case, the cour t could n o t oome to the conclusion that the bankrupts had LA means of paying their debts at the time they were me. tracted. As to the other charge of not keeping prop ! books of accounts, the court did not think it estAW.,e4 and granted the orders of discharge, but did so with pat reluctance, disapproving the way in which they had car ried on their trade. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. B.ron ClionnelL) IXTRAORDINART CHARGE OF MURDER. Marks Andersen, 3D, a Swede, was charged with the wilful murder of James Marchin upon the high seas, sad within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. Mr. Collins prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Daly and Mr. Streight, The circumstances of this case were of a very extras, Binary character. The prisoner shipped on board a British vessel called the Raby Castle, at l'enang, on the '_etth of September, on a voyage to England, as able seaman sod carpenter, and it appeared that during the voyage he vas considered a person of weak intellect, but perfectly harm. less. The deceased was a mulatto, but the prisoner op. peered to be under the delusion that he was a Russua Fin, and it seems that there is some extraordinary . super. stition among sailors that the presence of • Itusnan Fm on board a vessel is likely to lead to the destructive of that vessel, and the prisoner was frequently heard to mutter some incoherent observations to himself to the effect that he could not go on in this way, and that be , must kill the Russian Fin, or else they should never get Ito London. During the night of the 24th November the prisoner had a watch on deck, and he appeared to have gone to the bunk where the unfortunate deceased me was lying, and attacked him with a carpenter's ate, and inflicted five desperate wounds upon his seek and shoulder, the effect of the former injuries being to nearly sever the head from the body. The pets soner was immediately suspected as the murderer, and be was seen to be wiping blood from his hands and to dues an axe overboard. He was asked how he had come to murder his comrade, and the reply he made was that if he had not done so. the ship would have gone on the rocks, and they would all have been lost. There had been a heavy gale of wind blowing about the time, and there appeared to be is doubt that he committed the act under the impremire that if he did not kill the deceased, whom he supposed to be a Russian Fin, his own safety and the safety of the crew would be endangered. It also appeared that, in point of fact, there was no Russian Fin on board the vessel, sad there did not seem to have been any quarrel or ill•feeling between the prisoner and the deceased man. The jury retired to deliberate, and were absent more than an hoar. They then came into court, and found the prisoner THE POLICE COURTS. (THIB DAY.) BOW-STREET. ADULTERATION Or TOBACCO. Mr. Richard Assad, of Namau-place, Commemialiced East, appeared to answer ► stunnions at the instance of the excise authorities, charging him with having in his pos• session %lbs. of sevenths& tobacco sweetened with blue. rice and sugar. Mr. Dewily prosecuted. The tobacco was found in defendan espouse:llion by twoef6 • cers of excise. It consisted of two aorta of tobacco mixed and so sweetened that it was obvious to the taste and touch. He told the officers that he had cut the tobacco up himself with a knife which he showed them, but with which it Ira quite evident that he could not have done it. He said ha had purchased the tobacco from two different niannfse torero, whose names be mentioned. The officers purchased samples of each, which on being analysed were found to be pure. The mixture, however, contained one per cent. of liquorice, and from nine to ten per cent. of sugar. The defendant said that he cut up the tobacco se be re ceived it from the manufacturers, and put no " Ramer ing "in it himself. One of the manufacturers had special permission from the excise to use souse flavouring is his tobacco. Mr. Dwelly said that was only a small portion of Fosse essential oil, merely to give a peculiar taste, which was the speciality of that maker's trade. The Excise never gm him any authority to use sugar. Besides, the s ouplis delivered by defendant to the officer, as being in the state it was supplied in by the maker, was perfectly ore Defendant was fined in the mitigated pena lty of V., the full penalty being WY. Charles Uldney, tolmoconiwt, 141, Long-acre, appeared to a similar summons. He stated that he purchased the tobacco from Mr. Rose), and considered that when be bought at u fair price of • respectable dealer lie kid a right to believe it was genuine, and could not be blamed if he wail deceived. The magistrate said that whoever dealt in excise - able articles was bound to take care that they were not add* tented. Mr. Dwelly said, any one accustomed to examine tobacco could tell the difference at • glance. Defendant was fined in the same penalty. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. • GENTLEMAN AND HIM ItIN.•• James Matillin Thompson, " gentleman," of No. 1 61 . Drummond-street. Euston-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Kate Walker, a amartly.attired and good•looking young female. The complainant said—l reside at No. IN. Oxford terrace. I lived with the defendant a short tune, and left him, because he wanted me to go on the streets. He lid night met me as I was coming out of the Alhambra, m 0 he asked We fora ring he bad given me, and I gave h is the duplicate of it, and be then struck me in the m outh. By defendant—You have known me about four mont'. and I have kept you. The defendant—l should like the case adjournel, u 1 can prove that she is speaking falsely. Mr. Knox—The question is whether you struck her et not. Defendant—l admit it, but under great provocation. 11 was • backhanded blow, and not with the clenched fat. Mr. Knox-1 do not see why you should even gi ve I woman • backhanded blow. • Robert James, 18, Oxford-terrace—l took . Nile Walker to the Alhambra last night, and while putting he into a cab the defendant came up and said that she shwa not get into the cab till he had spoken to her, awl he pushed her. I asked him to explain his cooduct,and be then asked the complainant fora g, an.l on her giving ving rin hiss the ticket of it, he struck her a vi olent blow with hi, ad in the mouth, and but for my catching her she moult bow fallen. Mr. Knox—l do not see any injury on the complained . ' mouth. Mr. Collins (the usher), after looking at the complain' ant's mouth, said there was • slight scratch on it. Mitchell, :141 A—l was called to take the defendant late custody for assaulting the complainant, and there eat little blood on her mouth. The defendant—l met this female b e year at • review, and took her young female Races, and kept her ever since. I also took her to tit Liverpool Coursing Meeting and elsewhere. and troll° her very kindly, and she left me in a shameful manner_: last night asked her for my ring, and she pushed ex,'" 1 I