The Express. — London, England, 1868-03-27 00:00:00

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MAIRLIGIV, and Derma, are received mill It o'clock foe !nacelles nose trening. en:a, Se. Od. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, COFTAINI•(O The Latest Foreign Telegrams ; the Latest City ; Railway, Musing, and other Shares ; Sporting, and General Intelligence, IS PUBLISHED EVERY EVEN INO. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27. FLOGGING IN THE A.l:Af Y. Tux reformed Parliament of 1869 is casting not its shadow but its light before, if we are not mis taken in our interpretation of the division last even ing on Mr. Ovv.sY's amendment to clause 32 of the Mutiny Act. That the Mutiny Bill should bo debated in com mittee would have been considered two or three three years since a monstrous interference with the prerogatives of a Department which has been accus tomed to consider itself as above and beyond parlia mentary discussion and control. Even this unre formed Parliament, however, has sanctioned an exception which in the Hous.: of the new consti tuencies may, perhaps, become a rule. But for the obstinacy of the authorities in maintaining oar poral punishment in the army, against the clearly expressed will of the public, who pay so dearly for tho worst managed military administration in the world, it is probable enough that the Committee on the Mutiny Bill would be a purely formal proceeding. It is in a great degree to the punish ment clauses of the Act that we owe the novel and salutary custom of treating the Mutiny Act ea something not too sacred to be touched by the re presentatives of the people. Last evening the member for Chatham, Whlue generous persistency is worthy of all praise, moved an amendment on the clause which provides for the infliction of corporal punishment in certain cases in time of peace, to the effect that " No court-martial shall, " for any offence whatever, conmitted under this " Act during the time of peace, within the QUILEN'ti " dominions, have power to sentence any soldier to " corporal punishment." The M:nisrea for WAR met the amendment in his usual fashion, com mitting himself to no opinion on its merits one way or the other, I-it requesting that it might be handed over to tie Royal Commission which is now inquiring into the whole subject of courts-martial and military punishments. Mr. 07WAY declined to relieve the Executive of its re sponsibility, or to entrust the quest-on to • Royal Commiasion, of which all but two members have spoken or voted in favour of corporal punishment. This judicious firmness was rewarded by a majority of 37 abolishing the punishment of flogging in the army in time of peace. It will be difficult for the Government to repeat the niuno..uvre of last year, and to take Mr. Orwav and the u'oolitionists "in " reverse" by a counter amendment. The ques tion has made noteworthy propels in Parliament since last year. Ont of dot.: sit has long ceased to be a "question." Let 1.4 see how the case stood • year ago. Mr. 01 WAN then, as now, moved the abolition of Hogging in the army in time of peace, and carried his motion in a thin house by a majority of one. The? eepon Sir JOHN PARINOTON (who had just transfcrred himself from the Admiralty to the War-efice, respectfully de clined to accept so small a majority as the genes of Parliament, and proposed am uniehded punishment clause to the effect that flogging should henceforth be inflicted for the two offencesonly (which, as Major Jeave, observed, were in substance one and the same), of mutiny and insubordination with violence, and only inflicted upon soldiers of the second class, that is, the soldiers degraded from the first-deem, to which all recruits belonged according to the system introduced by Lord liaassar. Since the "second class" comprised no more than nine per cent. of the whole army, this concession was acknowledged even by the total abolitionists to be worth acceptance as a pis aNer, though Mr. Omer gallantly stood to his rr:nciple, and divided against it. Such as it was, it was carried, and was felt on all aides to be a deeded advance towards total abolition. What happened 1 Why, a week later, down came Sir Joint Paetworox to the House again, armed with an amended amendment conceding the favour of capital punish ment to the soldiers of the first-clams also, for fear, it should seem, of diseouragin; the nine-tenths of the army by depriving them of the boon which the remaining tenth enjoyed, and virtually cancelling Lord Haasser's disincion o: (laves of merit ao far as the punishment of flogging was omen:reel. Honour to whom honour is dna. II was not Mrs. Clark has lett the Castle. to the Horse Guards that Sir owed this valuable suggestion. to my, to the Juooe AD' the Liberal Government, who is still most anxious to rdiny expresaion of opinion for of t *tir to whom undoubteilly, in conjunction other Liberal Ministers of the Pat Sir GZOROZ OUT and Mr. Cowrie, mace of the punishment of flogging in last year's Mutiny Bill was principall The amended amendment was House, by a majority of 13 only, thanks to Mr. Orwar's perseverance. When it was pro posed to confine flogging in cases of mutiny and violent insubordination to 9 per cent. only of the army, it was argued by the abolitionists that it could be hardly worth while to retain • punish ment which deterred the better class of men from joining the service, for the sake of so small a number whom it would be better to drum out of the ranks than to keep dangling betwesn gaol and hospital at the oast of the country and to the disgrace of the service. To this the advocates of the punishment replied that to discharge the bad men would be no punishment at all, and that in the existing state of the recruiting market the services even of de graded men could not be spared. The abolitionist contended, as we think unanswerably, that to retala in the ranks men who weee incessantly in gaol or hospital for the mere sake of making an example of them, was false economy in every sense, since it would deter better men from joining the service, and demoralize the good men already in the ranks, by subjecting them for purely military offences to a punishment inflicted in civil life only on " cowardly garotters and convicted felons." This obvious consideration was pressed again last evening with great force by the member for Chatham, but on this occasion he was enabled by the pro gress of legislation within the last twelve months to enlarge his argument. " This " parliament," said Mr. Orwar, " has admitted " the fathers and brothers of these men within the " pale of the constitution ; let it also endeavour " to elevate instead of degrade the soldier, and to " make him feel that he is the armed citizen " of a free country." Militarygentlemenwould per haps listen with some impatience to language of this kind as more befitting the platform of a popular meeting. But we would ask to forget for a moment their professional instincts and habits (it is happily not difficult for British officers to remember that before being " army men" they are Englishmen), and to weigh well the sense of words which will certainly find an echo at the next general election if the War-office and the Horse Guards should again presume to dispute the vote of the Committee. We should be sorry to do injustice to the motives or the sentiments of any gallant officers who haveconscientionsly defended a punish ment which they believe to be indispensable in certain cases, to the discipline of the army. It cannot be a pleasant task for any Englishman, soldier or civilian, to speak in favour of the punishment of flogging. And we are ready to believe that nothing but a strong—though, as we think, a mistaken—sense of duty would induce the gallant member for Berks—an officer of rare distinction and experience, be loved no doubt by the men who served under him in many a hard fought field who always speaks on military subjects with the authority of brilliant services—to insist, with evident reluctance indeed, on the necessity of the lash for the punishment of offences which in the Russian army would be visited with the stick, and in the French army with death. Flogging in the army has never been a party question. On both aides of the House there have been found both civil and milituy abolition ists of the punishment ; and on both there have been found—we will not say advocates of the lash —but soldiers and civilians who have been unable to persuade themselves that in a volunteer army, in timeof peace, and in the present day, abarbarous and degrading punishment can be safely dispensed with for purely military offences. Bir CHAIM'S Itream stated last evening that only 17 cues of flog ging had occurred in the whole British army during the last twelvemonth, while no less than 26,000 men had re-engaged, • larger number than bad re-engaged in the seven preceding years. This satisfactory state of the recruiting market he attributed to the addition of 2d. a day to the soldiers' pay, which he said had resulted in a much better and more con tented class joining the army. We agree with Mr. TRIVELYAN in accepting these statements of the member for Berks as the strongest arguments in favour of Mr. Orway's motion, and we are in clined to give the gallant officer some part of the - -- honour of the happy result of the diviaion. No one desires for a moment to impair the discipline of the army ; no one supposes that any army can " " ' • be kept together whether in peace or war without • just severity. We cordially accept Sir C. Rus sax Cs assurance that corporal punishment has been exercised of late with great moderation and great reluctance ; bus we take the liberty to congratulate him and the whole British army on the abolition of a punish ment which has never deterred thieves and ruffians from enlisting, but has certainly de terred that class of men whom 2d. a day additional will not seduce from the labour market, except in bad times, who would never be guilty of any other than purely military offences, and who would prefer death to degradation. Of such a class of men, we venture to believe, the whole British army of the future will be made, The Quest will hold a Council at Windex Castle to- I morrow (Saturday). Despatches were recei►ed yesterday at the Colonial sSoo from the Go►ernors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and SL Helena. Despatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. A deputation front the harbour authorities of Aber deen, Arbroath, Beni!, Belfast, (Arneson, Dundee, Exeter, Fraserburgh, Faversham), Great Yarmouth, Greenock, Invernees, Ipswich, Limerick, Llanolty, Mary. port, Montrose, Penzance, Port Glasgow, Sandwich, Sear borough, Sligo, Stmaraer, Swansea, Stornoway, Ti.., Teignesouth, Wells near the Sea, Wear*, Wexford, Wiz beach, sad Whitby, bad an interview with the Right Hen. H. Himmel in Downing.strest, yeaterday,on the subjectof the proposed extension of " The Harbour and Pawing Tells A 4, 1861." The deputation wea introduced by Sir John Ogilry,Bart ,11. P., and accompanied by the baked Cleve land, the Earl of Strathmore, the Bari of Camperdown, and a large body of the members of the House of dose men. The Chancellor of the Exchequer received yesterday, in Downingetreet, • deputation from the University of Edin burgh, praying for an augmentation of the salary of Principal. Dr. Alexander Wood, Chancellor's Assessor, represented the University, and was introduced by the Lord Advocate, and aoeompanied by the Marquis of Lorn and several members of the House of Commons. CABINET Cor sm. —There will be a Cabinet Council to-day at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street. VISIT OF THE PICINOE OF WALLS TO lERLAND. It has been arranged that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wallin shall proceed to Inland in her Majesty's yacht Enchantrem, Commander Petly,whieh has been Mikan into basin at Woolwich Dockyard, where she is undergoing re pair and embellishment for the purpose. A large party will assemble at Althorp Hall 'next week foe the Northamptonshire races. The Fart and Countess of Westmorland and Lord and Lady Charlie Bruce will be amoug the visitors. Lady Sarah Spenoer, Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Captain Seymour, and Captain Boyle have annespented the Earl and Countess Spenoer in their visit to Spain. The Earl and Opuntia Spencer intend to be absent until • fort night after loafer. Sir John Ogilvy entertained at dinner on Wed nesday, at his residence in Grafton-street—Earl Hassell, the Bari and Countess of Airlie, the Sid of Carnarvon, Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, Lord Ronald Levevon-Gower, ELY., Mr. and Mrs. Medford, Mr. Elliott, Kr. F. Dutton, &a. Mr. Whitmore, M.P., and Mrs. Whitmore entertained at dinner on Wednesday evening, is Eaton place, Viscount Hawardea and the Hon. Miss Maude, the Hon. Henry Law, Mrs. sod Miss Law, Sir John and Lady liartopp, the Solicitor-General and Lady Brett, Mr. Ormsby Gore, General Lawrenson, Kr. GoMburti, Sc. The Chancellor of the Exchequer recei v ed yes terday, in Downfutg-street, s deputation from the Univer sity of Edinburgh, praying for an augmentation of the salary of the principal. Dr. Alex. Wood, Chancellor's armor, represented the university, and wu introduoed by the Lord Attu's* and untepanied by the Marquis of Lorn and many members of the Rouse of Commons. A change for the better has taken plaoe in the condition of the venerable Earl of Roden, and hopes are now entertained, advanced in age though he is, that his lordship will recover. Tae SPEAKER'. DINNER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his sixth parliamentary full-dress dinner oo Wedeeday evening to the following noblemen and gen tlemen :—Zeri of Restive, Lord Hobo, Lord Bingham, Lord Battu* Cecil, Hon. Colonel Annerdey, Hon. H. Cole, Hon. Colonel Bernard, Hon. Colonel Knox, Sir George Bowyer, Sir M. White Ridley, Sir Thomas Hes.' birth, Sir Lemma Palk. Sir John Walsh, Colonel Fees, Colonel Gray, Colonel N. Start, Colonel Cartwright, Colo. nel Leslie, Major Cornwell Leglo, Major Windsor Parker, Captain D. P. Bamford, Mr. R. York, Mr. &widen, Mr. St. Anbyn, Mr. N. de Rothschild, Mr. !lepton, Mr. Pugh, Mr. W. Lowther, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Laird, Mr. Braes, M. Kekewich, Mr. Winterbotham, Mr. Maley, Mr. Warner, Mr. Potter ; Rev. Dr. Merivale, chaplain ; Mr. Alfred Denison, private secretary. The right hon. gentleman afterwards held a levee, which was well attended. The marriage of the young Countess Zamoyaka with Count Wadgoski is looked upon with groat interest by the fashionable world of Poland. The ceremony is to bike place in that country, and the bride and bridegroom will leave the same day for Paris. Up to the present time the mantes, has occupied bet father's mansion, the Moat• morenoy Villa, at AnteoiL Mr. Blake has given notice of a singular quest ' non on Heade, night. He intends to ask tbeChiet Secre tary far Inland, " whether he has seen an aooeunt of the government authorities at Cork having ompelled two re spectable girls, who were present at Ifeekny's trial (me the sister-in-law to the prisms") to undress in an exposed mem, in diemprd of their entreaties that the blind of the window Amid be drawn down while Waymire mdreasing; and to ask if he will direct inquiries to be made as so whether that essoent is tree." On Mond*y Mr. Cowper will ask the Tint Com missioner of Works whether arrangements am in pro gram at Burlhigtee-heoes to enable the Royal Academy to vacate in the early part of next year, the parries occupied by then in Tratalpriquare. After taster Kr. Fawcett will move "That, in the opinion of this house, ostballos, posbyterians and other Inhabitants in Inland, will not be plated in a position of equality, in reference to univenity saneatioe, with members of the established church, until all religious disabilities are removed from the fellowships, sebelerships, and other honours and eniolumenta of Trinity College, Dublin. That this house, is order to give men 'complete affect to the foregoing reestudea, is et 'pinks that an emotive amp mimics should be appointed, views duty it should he so to marriage the existing mersanes el Trinity College, that it may be ambled setinfaetorlly to fuldi the functions of a national institution." at Queenstown at 6 a.m. to-day, with 76 cabin pas senger, and 121,913 dole. in specie. She landed 106 sacks of mails and eight passengers, and pro ceeded for Liverpool at 6.15, all well, carrying on with her the Liveipool and Scotch mails. NSW YORK. Dimwit 18, Noo,. It is reported that Mr. Stanton, apprehending a guerilla raid upon the War-office from Virginia, has ordered the garrison of Washington to be held in readiness. Major-General Thomas has notified to General Grant that an armed organisation is being effected in Tennessee to take forcible possession of the Cen tral State Government. General Grant has au thorised General Thomas to use all the force at his disposal to protect the State authorities. The bill to admit Alabama representatives to Congress has been re-committed by the House of Representatives to the Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens opposed the bill. Messrs. Brooks and Beck,democrata,submitted the minority ' report of the Reconstruction Committee, opposing the new constitution in Alabama as grossly unjust in enfranchising masses of ignorant negroes, dis franchising intelligent whites, giving non tax paying negroes the power of imposing taxes, and generally being framed in the interest of Northern office-seekers. A bill has been introduced in the house, and referred to the Committee for Ways and Means, providing for the re-issue of legal tenders that have been withdrawn from circulation. General Hancock has left New Orleans for Wash ington to confer with the President relative to his resignation of the command of the Fifth Military District, leaving General Reynolds in temporary command. St. Patrick's Day has been enthusiastically ob served by the Irish residents in the principal cities of the Union, and passed off without disturbance. Advice' from Cuba state that General Lersundi had ordered the Bishop of Cuba to leave the island for insubordination. THE AMERICAN SQUADRON IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. ROMS, BURCH 26. Admiral Farragut left for Naples yesterday. On Tuesday, the Americanbanker, Mr. Hooker, gave a splendid soirée in honour of the Admiral. Most of the members of the diplomatic body and the Pre fect of Naples were present. NAPLES, MAId 26. Admiral Farragut has arrived here. He will leave Naples shortly with the American squadron to visit Messina, Palermo, Malta, and Constanti nople. FRANCE. NICE, MAIM 2G, EVENING. The Czarewitch presided to-day at the inaugura tion of the Mortuary Chapel erected in memory of his late brother. Invitations to be present at the ceremony were issued to the French authorities, the Russian subjects, and the resident notabilities. The Cvarewitch will leave for St. Petersburg on Saturday. THE DISTURBANCE/3 IN BELGIUM. BRUBBELB, MAICH 27. A merlons conflict took place at midnight at Chateliiaeau between the troops and the rioters, in which eight men were killed and ten wounded. The Council of Ministers assembled twice in the course of last evening. i; •:' It " FRIDAY E Y p ‘..1 k ,•° CH 27, 1 ,: i --- -- i ii . ~..-„r —e• 1 sm ' • 1 OININIIN it JOHN P .9 ' Ir. w # .•.. -: ~ .a. ~. ~., 1 , , .. ./ I i ii NEWS i ~,, , It w , .wi , aunt to . • 111 1& .1t DADTLI, Kate : ' \ >v°44 • li T r. e Th aikax . 431 , . : til fu e r U nkjia tti n , : . be ., in g, ~..t h. • .".. .to I,goin i dro yesterday afte ... .• - , y ‘ ; .• ' ( :1 ..7 AY.) Wilawa by • and her Majesty wee "1. 1 4p, , ' ... m . 4.... --... to guard himself from " triumph," according to one •• • 4 and =ruing, acompanied by i futoeuzestrioe. 1 .1. '4 (arum's rin.sosams.) •or spina ilealialb " name do's ihn-kitChnn- alita, took. UN- '7 tILIP Prison Louise also went out, attended by Lady . - oonjunction with two " hand, and led me out without bonnet or shawl s !' Charobill. AIIERICA. ) Paratzaarow period, in the words of another. • ttr: tilt tiumeeesei Aims and Prisms de Joinvifie and the Duke and —.....—.. Crams, the manta- the Marquis for entering hie boon illegally, and Doaolv de Chartres visited the Queen today, and REPORTED RESISTANCE IN THE BOUT' flogging in the army was himself summoned for pushing against or "4"a ba Lord ami r lunched,. said the Bea. ha AND ATTACH UPON WASHINGTON. i principally due. moulting the girl The Marquis apologised in the hewer at dining with the Queen and the Royal Family ARRIVAL OF THE RUSSIA. was carried in a full court, the justice of the peace was fi ned, and so rassaday The Cunard royal mail steamship Russia arrive 13 only, thanks to the matter ended. But Lord Townsman% Mrs. Clark has lett the Castle. at Queenstown at 6 a.m. to-day, with 75 cabin pa When it was pro- friends should inform him that there are in this with his kurisr . a genera and 121,913 viols. in specie. She land. ear 106 sacks of mails and eight paasengers, and pn ' cases of mutiny and country proper authorities for prptecting the rights Tb. Prima a Wan hunte d Windsor yesterday, attended by Colonel Masorete and per Dent, only of the of the subject, and that for a nobleman to sets: a Capella glha. waded for Liverpool at 6.15, all well, carrying c , f , a b o li t i on i s t s th a t it private dwelling illegally is an effenos seminal law l'he Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Vier. with her the Liveipool and Scotch mails. e to reta i n a pun i s h- and good taste for which an apology is but small aim= a ow ... Ahem NNW YORK_ Maws lfl. Noon. CHIVALRY BELOW STAIRS. 1 THIC Marquis of TOWNIUMN D'l,l chivalry will be severely taxed if he adds aggrieved servant girl. to his already swollen list of clients. His lord ship figured as defendant yesterday in a case which, as one of its chief actors prophesied, will furnish abundant amusement to the public. Mr. SAMUEL Prrr, of Montagu-place, Marylebone, and a Justice of the Pesos, holds firm, not to say eccentric, views as to the rights and duties of domestic servants. He treats them with kind ness, but their letters must not be addressed " Miss " on penalty of being opened by " master ;" " he has scruples about them " until they are " confirmed ;" and as black-edged paper is more expensive than plain, be demurs to its being used by their relatives or friends. In fulfilment of one of these iditisyncracies, and after observin g hi s gen i a l ) custom " of taking all letters to bed with him on " Saturday night, and after having slept on them " opening them on-Sunday morning," Mr. Prrr opened a letter addressed to " Mies GRovia," a servant in his employ. The girl's aunt objected to this, and on going to the nearest police station for advice, found there the Marquis of Towireirsins, 1 whose course of amateur duty a pp ears t o ta k e him to a pleasing variety of public establish ments. Ever prompt to succour the weak and ANTI-BILLIARD PLAYERS. Terierrr-tors financial reformers, headed by Mr. Alderman Lusa, had the satisfaction lost night of protesting against billiard-playing at the public cost. The worthy alderman objected, on moral as well as economic grounds, to providing officers of the army with billiard-tables, and delivered him self, in a single sentence, of trenchant side-blows against smoking, idling, and defective ventilation. " Billiard-rooms were often so full of tobacco " smoke one. could hardly see from one side to the " other ; this created lassitude, and was harmful to " young men," formed the burden of Mr. Loan's song. But the House was deaf or indifferent, as list year, and decided by • majority that the vote should be allowed. There cannot be a doubt that Mr. LUSICS general principle is correct, and that the country is "no more " bound to provide officers of the army with " billiard-tables than with horses for fox-hunting;" but the cost is small, and it is sometimes wise not to push principles too far. There is much to be i said in favour of providing harmless amusement for men who have considerable leisure, who are often stranded in country quarters without con genial society, and whose social position is con siderably in advance of their professional means. And billiard-playing is not necessarily associated with the evils against which Mr. Luse properly in veighs. Ladies patronise the game, and Mr. CAND LISH could point to many pit villages in the north of England containing billiard tables presented by politic coal proprietors, as an innocent recreation for their men, and on which colliers fresh from work may be seen making hazards and cannons daily. We do not suppose the country will grudge the comparatively small outlay involved in pro viding this amusement for officers, and we are, on the whole, glad that Mr. Luse's conscientious ob jections were not shared by the House. Tea wide-spread feeling of dissatisfaction with the state of railway property, and the general re cognition of the causes of its decline, have led to the formation of a body called " The Railway Shareholders' National Association." The object of its promoters, who are chiefly men of wealth and position at Manchester, is so to influence railway proprietors that all further expenditure in obtaining or making competing lines may be stopped. The promotion of friendly rela tions between the various companies, the arrange ment of disputes by arbitration, and better methods of enabling shareholders more effectually to super vise the appointment of directors and control the affairs of their respective companies are also among the primary objects of the organisation. At the middle of next month a conference, extend ing over two days, of railway shareholders, sum moned by the council of this Association, will take place in the Manchester Town-hall, when papers on subjects which are practical in their character will be read. The proceedings on the opening day will be under the presidency of Lord CIANDORNE, M.P.; and on the second day the meeting will be presided over by Mr. PLAT; M.P. THE election at Coventry yesterday has added anotherto the list of recent Liberalvictories. Within the last twelve months there have been six vacan cies—Booth Leicestershire, Birmingham, Coventry, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, and Huddersfield. In each instance the Tories were signally beaten, and in five cases out of the six good Liberals have replaced Tories, or, what the Birmingham Post calls " sham Liberals." It is pleasant to learn from the same authority that the supporters cf Mr. CARTER, the Liberal candidate, profiting by the lesson of the last election, studiously avoided doing anything yesterday which, " by any process " of torture, could be construed into treating or " corruption." AMENDMENTS TO MR. GLADSTONE'S RE SOLUTIONS ON THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. Weida intends to move as an amendment to Mr. Gladatose's first reaction ea the Irish Established Church. after the word " that," insert " while this com mittee *Dodders the quake of the future position of the establialte church in Ireland should be finally decided upon by the reformed parliament, which ought to be con vened at the earliest possible period after the electoral re vision of the year Ib6B, it now resolves that " Kr. Ling, in the event of Mr. Gladattee's resolutions on the Irish dwelt hang owed, will move the following re solution :—" That this House la of opinion, that while the principle of disestablishing the Irish church Unloose affirmed by this Howe, the question is too important to be settled without an appeal to the oonstitaseies seated by the sew Reform Acts ; and therefore that it will be the duty of the government to amnage the course of plane business so as to enable this appeal to be made at the earliest prac ticable opportunity." This morning the text of r bill wee published, the object of which is to relieve certain *Moen employed in the collection and management of her Majesty's revenues fern my legal diaability to vote at the election of mem ben to serve in parliament. The bill has been prepared by Mr. Monk, Sir U. Verney, and Mr. Otweg, who simply pro pose to effect the shiest In view by the repel of existing esseiewents which disfranchise revesse Alms. BILLIARD ROOME IN Banammi.—The members who voted last night in the minor* kw disallowing the item of 3,0001. for billiard rooms in bensolm, were Mesas. Allen, Arlon, Bosley, Berkeley. Oolvile, Gwen, Dillwys, Ousels*, Olipli, ()Twills-Nugent, Hedilald, MIT* Lee, McLaren, J. B. Mill, Otway, Potter (B.), Roberta's. Sheridan, Sykes, Taylor, Winterhothara, Young, end Sir John Grey. The similarity was composed warty equally al miaistereeliet• sad members el the apposielom THE Buzz CANAL. —The Duke of St. Alban's writes to the Times an amount of hi. own observation of the works is peeper is the feemation of the Ones (haul. "It la," he nays, " confidently ..peetsd that the meal, 'hang its whole length, will be opmed in October of this year." Ma paw does not believe there is • idngl• peasin ea the isthmus who ie not dimly sonvineed that the nadertsking will eseseed. Fer his 01/1I part be wan to Part Said • seeptle wad loaves • *se believer. Tam Viarr — os =shims or WAIasI:OIIILLND. Yedirdir a nienbie at tie Town Oonosil po L di ttaa r mi l }ft;•• was r d in the Toshiba% to take tbs . at= towards inviting his Royal tho to Belfast florins his otnalog ni trro Ireland. lib to be hoped that the Wince will find tints to via* ri a a q ua of the North ; and, ahould he s' •w* his intention to do es, another meetloy of the eous4 Ida be 4 to make pm . paratioas for hie twception,—Nortikerte . POLAND. The Nord publishes the text of the ukase of the Emperor of Russia, which annihilates the special administration for the kingdom of Poland and amalgamates the ten governmenta of that kingdom with the rest of the empire. The special administration for Poland is to cease on the 13th of next July, and Poland is to be completely absorbed in the gigantic empire of the Czars. It is curious that the imperial edict is dated February 29, 1868, the hundreth anniver sary of the celebrated Confederation of Bar (Feb ruary 29, 1768), the object of which was to destroy the influence of Russia in Poland. PROSECUTION OF JEWS IN MOLDAVIA. A telegram from Jemmy brings intelligence that a bill, which looks more like a "cutting „ from a statute book of the 12th, than a merlons proposition of legislators of the 19th century, has been intro dnoed into the Moldo-Wallachian Chamber, signed lby 31 members, including the President. The following is the telegramlo which we refer : . _ Jassy, 26.—Thirtrase radical deputies, tho President being one of the number, yesterday presented to the Chamber the following bill, already referred to the sections : 1. Jews cannot establish themselves in the rural diarists • in the towns they most have a 'geoid athoriaation. 2. Persons can t:evening this kw shall be oonsidered as vapbonds and sent cot of the country by the mabiee. 3. Jews cannot either sell or purchase houses. 4. They cannot bold karma of lands, targets, vineyards, sheep-folde, mills, wine shops, or inns. 5. They cannot act in common for any enterprise, or umiak themselves with Christians for that purpose. 6. They can engage in no commercial tratmaelion without the antharbation of the maids. All wean wring in aantraventirs shall be punning by fines, and their ranee shall not be tried by the regular stabs ' Mies. 7. Jews esa only sell potable liquors and prevision to their ea-religionists,. Tin Jewish calamitous are sap. wand. All laws contrary to the above regulations are I,ffittato& On Monday Lord Eunice Cecil will ask the Seardary of SUM far the Home Departrarmt when the revert of the semsnimima en false weights and measures, referred to by bias at the ekes of lest erasion, is likely to be Waal, and what promptest than is of his being able to Introduce a bill upon the oddest this esmion. Sinuous Aocinnwr to Low CsnDtassr. Yea terday morning the Earl of Oardipa met with • very alarming aseldent at his seat, Demr-part, Westhampton. shin, wider Mhos pseebar cirmosteness. During the preview night there bad been an eneennter between his imbhip's grawiteepere sad moms poachers who were I making • raid ma has preemwee, and he the mane of the Wray the head pawkospor received a gunshot wound. The noble earl having been informed et the commence mounted hie hens with the intention et usertainusg the I nature of the iniveles ids servant hod received ; bat be had not proceeded fir whoa his hone Ambled, sail& hardship was thrown violently to the pound, the animal rdlhsg ~bias. The aseidest occurred sear the musion, and ritgaasein 1"111 speedily despatched for walla was - Otrrwean AMERICAN Man. Sormnurrrow. teas. when oar pared lit the full extent of the in- m A ,„ Hamburg and Amsrira °meow; juries had not been mititittlask but We imambilf ha " 7 I closer Same* willing to-day for New York, lobes oat mini brut —Judo Moan, the soul mile, a kegs number of pamsneen, a tall oar" KM Datum 'e Asszacur. The following e aiphd a d, S im / 4 ,6, 4 of the "du of 'mem I s " hp lfhoimedlee ea Wolem um i Nsd trlm lie "at " Tlll BOICRAT Man. —MESSINA, MANCH 2G.— the : Wend Orny XT. and lion.Oray • , Once M .! Ts Ms Baniakire Mud lnemlas at 7 p.m. to-doy. Letters ad Mr. Bondy MA Tlia moss . Lem, la, an "mks Plebs* Ma* awing. o f Qom, lira Zro tw o , to, the his, member I OurwARDINDIA, Om% AID AverRALTAALuIa. for Wheion, womemmensuip imisisd IMP ;Meat. --0111 u1Ran, llsorn 111-.-The Sipes, from Southampton eh, lymph* pm, h en Li* Zrypite yes ' 21st hin., arrived at 2 p.m. ey, and haves at 5 pas s vended hue • ler Alumina. Illoe meseimeed imam ITALY. According to the correspondent of La Litort4 there were found on the person of Baron Elbantini, the agent of the ex-King of Naples recently arrested at Perugia, mere which go to prove that the Bourbon party reckon on the secret support of the present go vernment of Prance, which is spoken of at very favourable to the project of an Italian Confedera tion represented by the kingdom of North Italy, the kingdom of Naples, and the Pontifical States. OUR PARIS L (raox Ova owe CORN/g PARIS, ' Twenty-two members of t recorded their votes yesterday Meetangs Bill, on the ground them a mockery, a delusion, a the law worse than it was / stood no public meeting wha without government cornier authorisation is abolished fc neither of " politics nor religi persons sign a requisition liable as well as the chairman in case a government film opinion that any speaker exoe limits of discussion. The onlj could make up their minds were MM. Havin, Gueroult MM. Jules Favre and Pia voting. The Corps Legialatif has no rather unexpectedly, till Apr mitted that no business is rea The budget, after all that hai on just as late as in former yi The rumour that the Ei shortly going to Vienna is semi-official Etendard, which change that the Empress of A Paris in June, when there wi in her honour. It stated that Prince Nap after Jibe return from Berlin at 9 o'clock, and remained i Emperor for not less than thz Yesterday the Emperor with Marshal MacMahon up terrace of the Tuileries gar Seine. It is given out that long remain governor-genera moval, however, would in n I have repeatedly hinted at being appele a cratrtres fatactii a tale which will doubtless be days at the Chalons camp. The reception of Father G new members of the Acadt place to-day at the Institute monial. This Oratorian me successively filled by Masailt speech, after a Parthian art Voltaire, was, according to z immediate predecessor, M. d rable M. Vitet, the director in aspeech so complimentar the latter said when he as shall never be able to listen fan." It is, however, reoor nesses that Father Gratry to fan, but listened to his praie or blushing. M. Jules Favre's reception On May 14 the Academy w bers to replace the late M 2 acrd. Signor Verdi is in Paris bringing out at the Italian d'Arco, which has never beer The Emperor and Emprew Hamlet at the Grand Open Nillsen's conga interrupts Hamlet at this theatre, M. C141415041S will be revived. It was very generally thor tion of the Corps Legislatif I April, and the consequent o will not be brought out till duced a considerable rise expectation was disappoints 69fr. 7p., was pressed dow to 68fr. 90c., and closed at y I both for cash and the amour] fall the last few days are am of the rise since the beginnin and a half ago it was the ge , loan would be for 800 milli° were extremely buoyant. Or sliming the then firmness to logical, they should go down that the loan announced b only postponed in order to or 750. It is more reasons occult parties who had the entirely artificial rise now i fall. The public has had ve fluctuations of the Bourso past. The Bank returns feet want of confidence. further increased by nine m to-day fell sfr. Railway a 3fr. lower. Italian rose 10c without change. WEATHER BKPORE FRIDAY, MAiCIE I. I T. W. -.-.-...-.. • Naha . . ow l N.W. Aberdeen .. ..00r 45 N.N.W. Lem ..... , 33rks rtw . Animism.. .21:14: N.W. Oreenceitle. .sor" . N.W. Veleffitla ... . ...,. N.N.W. Cape User . .. • ....,' N. lloche's Pt.. . ''' N.W. W.N.W. I W.N.W. homage .. N.W. Lenient.— $ N. looludort .. , W.N.W. Plymouth .. . N. 711=1: Loadea .... A ..i.:w.. TWAIIIIIIik... N.W. Ikerleisegb gip' Metes ,..., , adder .... ta 4j i.w. 1 enmeele.... Oh a( ~.., W.N,F. 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