The Express. — London, England, 1866-04-10 00:00:00

1111 f ;I THE BRITISH and SOUTH AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRAORDINARY OEN ERA.L MEETING of the shareholders will be held at the Liverpool offices of the Company, No 48, Brown's-bu il dings, Liverpool, on 197103 DAY, the 17th of April Metall, at a edges Is the forenoon precisely, to ssoction and confirm an arrange- Went for the sale nod dispneltlan of two of the steam Towle(); the company.—By order of the Board, HY. WM. LOWE, lieeratery. No. 117 and 118, LeedenhalLetreet, London, E.C. April 7, Mee. LIFEBOAT SERVICES . — During the storms o f the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by its life boat and other means, contributed to the saving of 707 from Mamas wrecks same coast& The institution ar c' : peMed 8.21,374 in the period on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting s'A,PSO for rewards for saving llfe and exercising the lifeboats. The committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE, to enable them to meet the continued Um demands on the Institaticm's 153 Lifeboat Stations. Contributions are received by the London end Country Bankers , and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, it, Johnatreet, Adelphi, London. TURTLE, TURTLE, TURTLE. Clear, Thick. and Invalid TURTLE SOUPS Minot ready. ST. JAILES'S-HALL. REGENT-STREET. PICCADILLY. WM. DONALD. Proprietor. LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM for Gentlemen.—Remember, we wait for you it " EVANS'," after the Covent Garden Opera and the Theatres- Ehe errorefSiS. TO 0031.32MONDINTEL dentLeatents tuteedwl for 4' rhe alipress," Loudon Evening Paper Inuit be at the Moe, 10, Bourerle- stmt, by Two oke on the day of pubUcatloo. HAYMARJLIT. THIS Eviairso, A ROMTNTIC ATTACHMENT. Mears. Compton and W. barren Mies AdaCavendlah.—THE FAVORITE OF FORTUNE Mews, Backsione, Chi , and acorn ; Mn. Chippendale, din—And A DALGH TO MARRY. PRINCE:MIL THE graititlO, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF—AIter which THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs Vining, T. Mead, D. Murray, Shore, and Villiers; Mrs. H. Marston, and Mimes E. Barnett and Y. itodgem LYCEUM Tirra Evairraci, SIMPSONAVDFo. —And THE MASTER OF RAVEISHOOD. Messrs. Fodder, O. Jordan, Venn, Emery, 'addiamb, Fitzpatrick, do ; Madames Tertian, Elawort.hy, Lama, and C. Lactarot'. BRITANNIA. TM , ' EVENING, TIM DARK KING OF THE BLACK MOUN TAINS. Miss Clara N. Cease, Mn. S. Lena—Master K Senders —The &Masse Fandly.—And TILE SCUITDiII CRISP. Mr. James Andernm. HIOII-WATER AT LONDON-pRIDGE 9Wllm ---- Afternoof7, 911. 51m. To-MORROW—Morning, lob. 30m Afternoon, Ilk 9m. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10. Tux members of the House of Commons may justly be congratulated on the restoration of their SPEAKER to the chair, and he is to be congratulated with no less heartiness on his re storation to health. His absence has been, however, a matter, not of vexation, but only of regret. "All the said members," to quote from the Journals of three centuries ago, " were very sorry for Mr. Speaker his sickness ; " he had the satisfaction of being sure of this, and of their "gentle and courteous acceptance of that his " so reasonable excuse ; " and the House had every reason to " rest well satisfied " with his temporary representative in office. Nor is it mere antiquarian ism or affectation of quaintness to describe present occurrences in Parliamentiu the language of the past. Far back among the Journals as are the sentences we have quoted, and far off in time as is the scene they describe, yet if not in style, in truth, they sound in unison with " familiar matter of to-day." For, dignified as is the House of Commons, the practical simplicity of those " gra►ve and ancient " parliament men " that gave our great assembly the life both of principle and usage still animates the HOMO in style and power of action. And where the life of the Commons is most concen trated—round the SPEAKER'S chair—this union of simplicity and power is most visible ; it is the tra ditional characteristic of the holders of that office—their influence is based on a union of authority and friendship. Mr. BERKE justly spoke of " the terrors of the Speaker's " brow ;" and it is also felt by the House, to quote from the Journals of 1602, that the Speaker is " one of ourselves." Hence it is both a pleasure and an advantage to the House to see Mr. DENISON resume the active discharge of his high trust ; for they see in him both the friendly colleague and the impartial judge. And though the world—the world of politica now especially—is too busy to give heed to matters that work well, still a few words may be permitted touching that arrangement to which this return is owing. If the i ale had not been in force by which Mr. DoesoN was empowered to discharge the func tions of a Speaker, Mr. DENISON'S return to the chair would have been impossible. This change in practice was effected in 1853, in deference mainly to the anxious solicitation o: Sir i : •)hERT INGLIS. And considering that the emergency which he feared—the chair made vacant by the Speaker's illness—had not oc curred during the preceding 36 years, and the con servative resistance to change in its internal arrangements that the House invariably shows, his Success in procuring the appointment of a Deputy Speaker was the more remarkable. This rule has now been .tppiied on four occasions, and never was Sir R. I Nears,'s foresight more justified. Without it delay and confusion in the transaction of public busine.s would have arisen, the SPEAK ER would have been subjected to much mental anxiety in addition to bodily pain, and would have had to relinqui 1i his post, for the Reform Bill must have been introduced on the appointed day. Nur would this have taken place if the Commons had been tilen a headless body. Worse evil would thus have arisen even than delay and confusion ; the House would have lost a SPEA K ER whose innate judg ment is accredited by the weight of many years' ex :a.- rience ; and owing to a trilling accident Mr. DENI SON'S career of well-deserved respect would have been cut :dee. As these unpleasant contingencies, however, have not occurred, it may be noticed as a minor feature of historical interest connected with the Ifouae, that just a century ago, in 1764, the then Speaker, Sir JOHN CUSP, had to claim the indulgence of rest for a cause very similar to the origin of our SPEAKERS disablement, "because he cluld net set one of his feet to the ground ;" and that the present occasion is the nineteenth instance within the last three centuries of illness keeping the occupant (4' the chair from his post. That this event should be so infrequent, that it should have happened only five times within the last 80 years, is a remarkable proof of devotion to duty. And the sole drawback to the satisfaction of seeing Mr. DENISON again in Lis place, is fear lest he should be preferring the consideration of his high trust to consideration for his health. THE Grand Jury yesterday ignored the bill pre ferred E';a;net Mr. FERGUSON, who had been com mitted by Mr. TRAiLL for inflicting wounds on a plain-clothes policeman under the belief that he was defending himself against a footpad. Although the decision of the Grand Jury was undoubtedly a very pro , :cr one, it forms an unsatisfactory ending of the ca c. F.r it will be remembered that the anly , s..;::, , :e to r liieli Mr. FEm:usos was subjected, in the Limi 0: remands and commitment, after the iE TUZSD At 4 EVENENT APRIL; igt6 I 7 facts had been made clea* st. jstified*ot by any doubt which the comisittingfisegiatfate elk tertained of the case, but by the alleged desirability of ebisining from a superior court some general declaration respecting the practice of employing policemen in plain clothes to do night duty in public thoroupfsres which would be useful in preventing similar accidents in future. This some what speculative mode of proceeding has led to nothing ; the advantages which it promised are not to be realised, and Mr. Fnaousort has been worried without even the poor satisfaction of giving his name to a "leading case." OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) TEI IRIRH CHURCH ISTARLISHMECT. If, says the Times, the question to be brought forward to-night by Sir J. Gray—namely, " that the posi tion of the established church in Ireland is a just cause of dissatisfaction to the people of that country, and urgently demandsthe consideration of parliament "—were to be dis cussed upon its abstract merits, it would be difficult, upon any recognised principles of modern policy, to refuse assent to the first proposition, and it certainly Gould not fail to be admitted by the majority of the House of Commons. The anomaly of the Irish church considered in itself and the anomalies of its practical working are so great and so notorious as to render it almost a superfluous task to expose them ; but if we look to the practical working of this gigantic act of impolicy and injustice, we shall find it hard to point out any particular clam in Ire land which is actually galled by the grievance. The mischief of the matter does does not so much lie in the fact that the protestant clergy are endowed as in the fact that the Roman catholic clergy are not. There are two ways of meeting this difficulty. It is open to us either to abolish the endowments of the protestants, or to give endowments to the Roman catholic'. The Tines prefers the latter method, and considers that endowment by the State from the revenues of the State is preferable to endowment by abstracting part of the existing revenues of the protestant church. An annual sum of between 300,000/. and 400,000/. would be an immense deduction from the funds of the Irish church ; but would form a compare tively slight item in an expenditure of 70 millions. With regard to the Roman catholic clergy not accepting such endowment the Times thinks it would be time enough to consider that difficulty when the money had been paid to their credit, and their flocks knew that the usual contributions were no longer necessary for the maintenance of their pastors. The Herold complains that instead of a bill we are to dillensa a barren resolution, and that the resolution itself is so framed as to open the door fora flood of frothy talk rather than with any other visible object. The property of the church in any real sense is almost all the creation of post-reformation times, and nothing can be wider from the ' truth than that the property was taken away at the time of the reformation from the then existing church and given to a new one just invented by the English government. The Herald hopes that to-night's debate will still further dispel the Illusions which exist on this subject. The Star deeply regrets that the exigencies of the minis try and of the peculiar circumstances of the time render this an unsuitable day for the motion, and it fears, in eon sequence, that a full diseuuion—uot to say a practical settlement—of the Irish church question is scarcely to be expected within the present session. In the minds of all thinking men the cause has already been heard and judged. How long apathy or obstinacy may delay the decision of parliament it is impossible to say ; but it cannot long retard the day of justice. isvour of tie , tiidening J the suirage, we find by Islik of shfilissetisa.that Ihe deength o thfrty to It is nit some three hundred di - A enough party, certainly, to prescribe apo to England, end to take on itself to say to the rest of the nation that it shall not be allowed to share in the government of the realm ; a party so ludicrously feeble that it knows intui tively it can only preserve a decent theory of existence by keeping wholly out of sight. The Post ridicules the idea that the government would dissolve, if defeated, on their Reform Bill. At any rate the conservative reformers ought not to shrink from the discharge of their duty. The Tekgraph points out that if the number of boroughs to be disfranchised be estimated at 20, we provide an ag gregate of about a thousand persons in England who, be tween the two enactments, would be languishing under the burden of an evanescent suffrage. The treatment of the franchise question as antecedent to that of the fran chise is the most logical, and the most likely to produce accurate results. The Suffrage Bill determines the future number of voters in different localities ; but until that number is known, part of the essential data for redistribu tion is wanting. A borough which at present has but few electors may rise to respectable dimensions when the 71. voters are introduced and the rate-paying clauses are abolished. The Star presumes that the purpose of the meeting to day of liberal members of parliament is the very simple one of learning the course which the government means to take in carrying through the reform scheme, and aecertaie ing to what extenttheadhesionof thepartymaybereekoned on. The only means of intimidation orcoercion which the go vernment possesses are summed up in the declaration that under certain circumstances the Queen will be recom mended to dissolve parliament ; and it has been already clearly enough intimated that, should the occasion require it, this course is to be followed. LATEST. INTELLIGENCEI mama. SITAREY. A drama of much historical pretension, dealing, of professing to deal, with a very remote period of his• tory, was produced at the Surrey Theatre last night, under the title of Theodora, Actress and Empress. The author is Mr. Watts Phillips, who assures us that he has drawn his materials chiefly from Gibbon's " Decline and Fall of the Boman Empire," and whose play-bill is thickly studded with quotations from that somewhat pompons historian, but those who are more learned In the modern French drama than we can claim to bo are not without well-grounded suspicions that an old Porte St. Martin drama, entitled L'lmpern trice dla Juive, is really the foundation of this new pro duction. _ _ . This play is in five sots, and shows unmistakeable signs of French training, if not of French workmanship. The characters hardly rise above the melodramatic level, and produce moat of their effects by falling into " tableaux." Theodora seems to us to want the requisite brute force for a good Surrey drama, and yet not to reach the standard required by the plays successfully produced at an average central theatre. LETTER OF EARL GROSVENoR, M.P 02( x rB REFORM BILL AMENDMENT. The following letter from Earl Grosvenor wy read amidst loud expressions of disapprobation at a aso w d s i and entlawinsihr.Reform meeting held pito* as ow ter: " TO MR. C. COPPACK, ROL age, " WYeley, Tarpurley, Mar s h 29, "Sir,—lhave to acknowledge the receipt of your lash inviting me on the part of the committee of the ee -- branch of the National Reform Union, to sum fug to support the government Reform Bill, mittee are aware of the course I have though, to take in moving a resolution on the semod A the bill, and they will therefore understand this account I am unable to accept their ' We are anxious to carry a bill that, ample parts and moderate in its provisions, will time at least a settlement of the question. `. relative to the state of the representation t before the house require further consideration country, for they show that with regard s o sentation of the working classes a far diffi thing's than was supposed exists, and that those who are provident and intelligent e. the increasing rate of wages and the higher houses, obtain the IW. qualification, the rat of voters of this elms is progressinz at than the population—a most satisfactory state and one full of hope for the future, but not a now calls for incomplete and hasty legidahon. not perhaps expect the approval of your - the course I intend to take, supported, I am, by the common sense of s vast my countrymen ; but I will ask them at a' me credit for the sincerity of my convictions important subject, and for the honesty of • I have to remain, Sir, your obedient servant NOTTINGHAM ELECTION COJ (THIS DAY.) The committee appointed to try the merits N ila I petitions against the return for Nottingham met aye eh morning ; Mr. Adair in the chair. Counsel for the petitioners : Mr. Mundell and Mr. Coe For Sir R. Clifton : Mr. Rodwell, Q.C. Mr. Priokat, and Mr. Pope Hennessy. For Mr. Morley: Mr. Nip, Stephen. Mr. Mundell said that his learned friend had stated that he could prove that Mr. Richards mitir pered with a wltnes. He challenged his Sated hale reduce a witness for that purpose, or to within, th imputation. Mr. Rodwell said he should not withdraw what he hid said and before many minutes elapsed he should he AT prove that part of the case. John Lynn examined by Mr. Rodwell—l am stele clan, rending at Sheffield. I was engaged by Mr. W Milner at the Parkwood committee-room of Mess he end Morley. I went out once to cannel vie Mr. Milner. I have seen Mr. Aids:men ir* Mr. Heath, and Mr. Milner in the cesamelease s . Mr. Milner paid me on two occasions. On the *des election I went with Mr. Miner to canvas Henry Sri I ant not a voter. Mr. Milner asked if hews geisgis it for Pwt and Morley. He said he did not thisklasisig Mr. bler asked him if 4/. would satisfy him and He said yes. Mr. Milner said he would give him ea lei &a la the en ills i erria,sign aid ea igat so.. ongTh Th e e wiath i ); o d .u ot produced is remained outride. I asked Mr. Maria if had got the money. He said ye.. I asked fee a ceipt, and he put a stamp on the I 0 11, and iv" it. I asked him to state on the I 0 II flit was for, and he wrote some words en the pas On the following day Miloer came to me and liked if got the receipt. I told him no, I had panel with Milner then stated it was all right. (The I 0 T smis it. It bore the signatures of 3liincr and Lyon) Cross-examined by Mr. Mandel—l never was is* for three month& I never was taken beton a op trate for illegally pawning. Milner never comelehi that I had done a dirty trick behind bis hr in getting the lOU I toll Marshall about tie lOU after I hail got it back. Mardiail did sot taa to get back the I 0 IT, and to set the Xenia' taw upon it what it was for. I new.... told Mr. Maas I did not tell Mr. Botterill so. I pet my en on the I 0 LT at the same time that Vhic signed it. I don't recollect saying that I was told I Ail be well paid if I delivered the necipt up. Manila tat me in a cab to the house of Williou MMES. ISW 1 and gave hint the l OU. He did not lay that I shill be well rewarded, or that I should have the receipt hi again. I afterwards saw Mr. Brown, Mr. Marten's spa I went voluntarily to him. He did not tell me I Sid be well remunerated after the petition was over. I red a paper which bad been read ovci to tae by Mr. Boned Mr. Mundell proposed to put in the paper for the p nose of contradicting seine of the statements whirl I been made by the witness. Mr. Rodwell objected, ituunnuch as the statement 01 tamed in the paper was nut relative to the subject rash of the amse—bribery—on which the whams bad he examined. The Chairman said the committee were of opinion tie the document might be admitted. Mr. Rodwell submitted that the witness ought tole allowed to read the paper before lie was ceminW upset After a long discussion, The Chairman said the committee were d opiciseds the witness ought not to allowed to be read the met Mr. Rodwell as we i ll t wob"jecntedot signed by the witness to the odioustun of the fiat shat, inasmuch Mr. Mundell contended that it ought to be because it formed a portion of a continuous stateliest. The committee decided that the paper might be nod h the committee clerk. diet certain r e t h at nn ofThe re' s ' ta 'l committee. ment was made at Mr. Richards - , office. I signed egoists te th a e ie p n a t. pe m r . .. l l e t , be:lt:Lite cordevioul., Witness (cross-examined by Mr. Iludwell)—Thea to went two months after it was made. It was sot rodent to me. Mr. Richards put the various quote= ta r with respect to Mr. Acland and Sir Robert after [Left sitting.] LONDON BANK OF MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA ( LIMITED.)-( THIS DA1•) The second ordinary general meeting of the shim holders of this company was held at noon to-dsy Ate London Tavern ; Mr. F. W. Russrm. M.P., in the air. The report of the dire c t ors co ngratulates the gig' holders ou the successful progress of the bank du* tig year. From the statement of aaounts it would boo i that the gross profits of the bank from lit of July tot* 1 December, 1866, amounted to :, ',74;1/. Bk. 7d., seag ie deducting the current expenses, writing off bei and carrying the sum of 10,24,W. OR. :W. to profit ash° new account for rebate on bills, there mumble:l6oS profit for the half-year of 2i,sesW. 195., which. " --, 1:1,585/. 7s. 7d. brought forward from last hails; gave an available total of net pre fit of 41,446/.. Gal. .. The directors recommended that 15,0301. of this lag " ; appropriated to the payment of a dividend of 1.55- Ig ; i share, being at the rate of 10 per tent. pet O.!' 2,1331. 114 101. to the reduction of preliminary egg.' j and that 23,000 f. be carried to the reserve fund ; 77 would then amount to 21,000 r.: :01.1 that the ns' 4,312/. 13a. 9d., be carried forward to the carrot tt i year, subject to the reduction of paym ent of directors' auditors' remuneration and income-tax. In aggit with the articles of emaciation, all the directors rwr_•, - , from office, awl being eligible far re-election ogg" themselves accordingly. The CHAIRAN, in moving the adoption of the Ise' conlated M the shareholers on ch.! satisfsctell t' of the bank during the pa s t year. illey had met ,'" grunt difficulties, but, notwith.tanding , the cow placed before the proprietors results wiliat A lthe chairman) thought the most coptioas person f l ; not hesitate to pronounce as highly encou l eg peiat 4 operations in Mexico had been altogether in any political connexions, and the directors were ...•.- mined that the business of the company shoidd WS" roughly British, and purely e e minercial in its clarersg (Hear, hear.) Mr. Baur, the deputy-chairman of the componl, og°l"4 the motion, and it was unanimously agreed to. ~,,/ A resolution in favour of the decla ration of a divieocL, retiring 15e. per share, or 10 per cent. per 31.111a1 11 , W . " CM r . ave. ran. The rcti r A vote of thanks to the chairman co ncluded the bogs. g were dlre u e n tn im woumsllynire6-neglecttedhe. member' °I °I entire board, CHI; T il uc E m Q a U r E S E [ l4 Da 'S o M ur E s ll .—lt t e l so l l ‘ fj l el l .: ° •V icifteriTainE dow about to be presented by he.r Majesty the Qua..,„aa the Bidmouth /iamb church in me mory of 11.10"" late Duke of Kent are as follows : —ln the upper partment is represented our Lord in glory. oe"`"...„„1" orb and sceptre in his hand, surrounded by ho l. a` Below are four angels holding crowns and pebn In the centre oompartment is represented our Lord blows little children. On each side of this are design' Itt senting Christian charity, viz., fcedin- the I f ungryLV;s7 drink to the thirsty, clothing the taike°d, visiting ;IN hospitality to the stranger, visiting the prieoner with two others suggestive of benevolent institutions, 7 3 tho care of orphans, and religious education. nala . _„/ five of the acts of St. Nicholas : the relief and endoi t s of three young women ;_ the calming a a faull''' 4t s ' o rp consecration of St. Nicholas ; sailors disnbafg al g Lsa of corn, increased by St. Nicholls in return for None for charity ; and Bt. Nicholas stayi n g the hand of .`" th, cntioner. The window, when finished. will wld wash the beauty of the church.— Irc4frrii .I.Turaiity oes. el the ( h am attend s nee BiIL Th e* Wit it xad raidin g Brawl hat e their levitate eplete is all • will be for n. The ioa mike Nei to the Magid nate it, t era, a l * higher midi rite of • t • quicker 7 state of t sot ate gaieties. I For oleociathe d, el I rut nabs ill evade le gie iota ea thin* my maw.. ant, " Onearitioe,' )111MITIZL THE [ART NEWS FROM GERMANY. Commenting upon the latest intelligence from Germany, the Times observes that if the antagonists were not Ger man powers, war would seem inevitable. Austria is at length pressing her advantage, and following up her receding rival with fresh demands. She now requires that Prussia shall demobilise her army, though Austrian troops are at the same time pouring into Bohemia. The Times thinks it unfortunate that so stringent a de mand should have been made ; for it will be difficult for Prussia, however desirous to keep the peace, to yield to what seems like the dictation of her antagonist. A threatening demand and a grave accusation are hard things even for a mild-spirited statesman to bear, and we may well huagine what effect they will produce upon the man who has so long governed Prussia at his will. The action of the two adversaries in the Federal Diet seems hardly more intelligible than their diplomatic bickerings. Prussia is said to be about to propose the establishment of a German parliament, with universal suffrage and direct elections, for a reform of the Bund. This from a government which so strenously opposes par liamentary liberty at home is strange enough ; but it is fair to see in it a bid for popularity, and an effort to cm. barrass the governments which have always had the power of the Diet in their hands. The latest phase of the dispute is certainly the most unpromising that wo have yet witnessed. After showing, the external likeness between the late Count Cavour a.ml Count von Bismarck, and at the same time the immense difference between their policies, their aims, and the forces on which they relied, the Doily Nr Ira proceeds to remark that M. Bismarck's extraordinary pro posal to the Frankfort Diet to resort to the aid of uni versal suffrage may make a favourable change in the situation of Germany. It is at any rate a proof that at present it is not the policy of Prussia to rely on military means. A new starting point is apparently acquired. The move is a bold one on the pert of l'russia, and we trust that it will be met in a statesmanlike spirit by Austria, and will tied the pwplc of Germany prepared to take advantage of the opportunity it shows to them. It is one that cannot remain without result, or be extin guished by mere obstructiveness. THE REFORM DILL. A well-known correspondent of the Times, under the sig nature of " H.," comes forward today in a letter of some length advocating the adoption of the government men_ sure. He contends that the public interest demands a settlement of the Reform quest on ; that there never was a moment better fitted for its settlement than the present, veal that the government plans give a promise of settling the question, while Lord Grosvenor's amendment can only destroy this promise. A franchise bill, lie be lieves, coelil be carried through both houses this session. The amendment des nothing but solemnly repeat a pledge which those who renew it have no desire to redeem. If it is carried, we are at once in political chaos, and this at a moment when continental war is imminent, the relations of this country with America are of the most threatening character, and a Whiteside administration in Irelmel means little short of civil war. The opposition can offer us only danger abroad, confusion at home, disjointed go vernment, and popular discontent. The Times con teste every point with "H.," insisting that the govern ment scheme could not be passed into law this session, and suggesting that even if the government went out in consequence of a defeat on the bill, they might be com pelled to come in again, and if Lord Russell does this he will then set about doing what he ought to do now ; if he does not, and at the worst the opposition come into office, they must repeat the attempt of liin, and re-introduce a reform bill, which, marred as it was by evidence of popular distrust, was yet, as " II." acknowledged in his first letter, a bill easily capable of being transformed into a satisfactory settlement of the question. Whatever happens, there is no danger but a liberal majority will remain " masters of the situation." In another article the Times finds in the veto of Presi dent Johnson of the Civil Rights Bill an example for the liberal government of England to fp'.low. The President is showing singular sagacity end finances in dealing with the condition of the negroes, while her Majesty's advisers Ira following quite an opposite course with the unrepre sented classes here. Where, asks the Daily News, after referring to the im mense number of reform ineetingswhich havebeen held, has been the solitary meeting to endorse the Lowe-Horsman policy? Whence is coming up one solitary petition entreat ing the legislature to pause ere it dooms us to that " red future" which the Cassandra of Caine prognosticates? Mr. Bright goes to Birmingham, Mr. Forster to Bradford, Mr. Gladstone to Liverpool. Why has Mr. Lowe not pre sented himself at Caine? or Mr. Borman at Stroud? Assuming, as we may do, that the five millions of non electors are in favour of a large extension of the franchise, and having regard to the fact that, as displayed in the recent elections, 700,000 electors have pronounced in MOVEME#II3 OF PRUSSIAN AND'TTALIa TROOPS. A letter from Cracow, dated April 4, addressed to the General Correspondence of Vienna, contains the following : A Prussian infantry regiment and a detachment of Uhlans arrived on Monday from Briegg at Oppelu, whence, after a short delay, they were sent on to Cosel. Ratibor, Bauerwitz, Leobschutz, and Gnadenfeld swarm with troops, which are to occupy the frontier from Neisse to Ratibor. A telegram has been sent from Breslau ordering all the fortresses on the Bohemian and Moravian frontier to be put in a state of defence. In consequence of this order a body of engineers arrived at Gists and Neisse to place those fortresses on a war footing. Passengers arriving here from Upper Silesia report that troops in large numbers are being forwardedby. the Breslau and Glogau Railway. From Breslau, which is the headquarters of the Prussian army in Silesia, trains, filled with troops are sent off in one direction towards Glatz and the Saxon frontier by Leignitz, and in another towards Appeln, Ratibor, and the frontier of Gallicia and Silesia. At the Prussian frontier station of Myslowitz the utmost surveillance is exercised upon strangers arriving by the trains from Cracow. Passports are carefully examined and passengers are asked questions as to the purport and direction of their journey, the object no doubt being to prevent spies from learning any thing of the movements and positionof the Prussian troops. A Florence letter of the 4th, in the Opinion Nationale, says : Sixty-five thousand Italian troops are now concentrated upon the line between Bologna and Ferrara, and 3.5,000 are stationed at or near Piacenza. Large quanti ties of war material are being conveyed from Ales sandria to Bologna. The Piacensa Hussars have left Caserta for Upper Italy, and the Monfernito cavalry will shortly follow from Nola. The Guides are to proceed from Naples direct to Caserta. These movements are stated to have the object of preparing a second line in the two corps now being concentrated under General Cialdini and General Durand° ; the first on the right of the Po, at Bologna, and the second to the left of Piacenza, The field batteries have also received orders to march from Naples and Caserta direct to the camp of Bologna. Advice' from Venetia announce that orders I I have been given to prepare quarters for the officers of four Croatian regiments now on their way from Germany, and shortly expected at Venice. Information has been requested by telegraph from the provincial delegations respecting the localities available in the different towns for military quarters, and for storing provisions and war materials. The Austrian army occu• pying Venetia at present consists of 75,000 men, this being I the peace establishment. In fifteen or twenty days it is stated that this force could be doubled by calling in the s3ldiers on furlough. The Epoca of Bologna says it has been positively assured that 100 siege guns and six field batteries are to arrive in Bologna from Turin. The Corriere deft' Emilia admits that movements of troops are taking place, and that unusual supplies have been demanded from the army contractors. The Italia says that in a conversation with some distinguished persons at Milan, the King of Italy made use of language which, without being warlike, held out strong expectations of the deliverance of Venetia. The impression produced by the King's words was that some great combina tion was in view, out of which war or peace might arise, but which in any event would lead to the freedom of the Italian provinces still oppressed by Austria. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 10. The Austrian despatch in reply to the Prussian note is short, but moderate in its tone. It demands that the Prussian armaments should be discon tinued, and declares that otherwise Austria will call upon the Federal Diet to interfere. The commission to settle the tariff of the Anglo- Austrian treaty of commerce held a sitting here this morning. ITALIAN FINANCE. FLORENCE, APRIL 10. It is stated that the Minister of Finance and the financial committee of the Chamber of Deputies have come to an arrangement based upon mutual concessions. Prince Napoleon has arrived at Naples. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND. This day was issued E 4 copy of a letter dated March 23 from the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on the subject of University Education in Ireland. After stating the position in which the question stands at present and the view which the government took when the matter was brought before the House of Com mons last ycar,the letter goes on to say that it appeared to the government that the most expedient course to take would lee that which was adopted in 1861, viz., the revocation of the letters patent, by which the exist ing charter was granted, and the grant of a new one with extended powers so as to enable the Queen's University to confer degrees not only as at present on students from the Queen's colleges, but in addition to these either on candidates for degrees who had pursued a course of study in other colleges to be affiliated to the University, or on all matriculated students applying fur degrees, and passing the required e lamination irrespective of their place of educe. tion. Thus would involve a surrender of the present charter, and the acceptance of the new one. Assuming that such a surrender could be made, her Majesty's government 1 1 were of opinion that all matriculated students should have a right, as was now the case in the London University, to become camlidates for degrees irrespective of the place of their education. No special advantage would then accrue to any college from its being expressly connected with tha university—the degrees to be conferred to be exclusive of degrees in theology, as at present. With regard to the mode of constituting the senate her Majesty's government were of opinion that with a view of entitling the senate to general confidence a judicious %e -1 lection should be made from persons of different religious denominations. Out of the 17 members of the present senate only four were Roman catholic+, of whom one VIM an ex officio member as president of the Cork College. Her Majesty's government felt it would be desirable to remove this great inequality as between protestant, and Roman esthetics, and that they could rely on the judgment and discretion of the Lord Lieutenant to recommend for approval, as members of the senate, properly qualified persons for that office. In doing this the Lord Lieutenant would bear in mind the I deep interest felt in the question by the Presbyterians of Ireland. With this view the government decided to request his excellency to prepare the draft of a charter in conformity with these views, but before doing so the government thought it necessary to take the joint opinion of the law officers of the crown of England and Ireland on the question whether the proposed change in the Queen's University could be effected with the consent of the existing corporation, and if so, by whom and in what form such consent could be given. They were also asked in what other way, if any, the proposed change in the power' and constitution of the University could be legally effected. In the opinion of the law officers it was undoubtedly in the power of her Majesty oy a supplemental charter to enable the Queen's University to grant degrees to persons who had not received any part of their education as students in any of the colleges of the university, and that a surrender of the present charter would not be necessary if the object in view could be sufficiently attained by granting such degrees only without giving to this class of graduates the status of members of con vocation or introducing them into the corporation of the University, but that otherwise a valid revocation or surrender of the existing charter would be indispensable, and upon a careful examination the law officers were of opinion that the powers both of the Chancellor land senate, and of the Convocation were too limited to enable either or both of these bodies • to make any valid surrender. Her Majesty's govern meat, therefore, propose to submit a bill to parliament, with a view to remove the obstacles which at present pre vent the accomplishment of the object they have in view. THE NEGRO ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. (FYom the New York Times March 26.) It appears by the recent official statement of Secretary Stanton that there are at this time more black thanwhite troops in the volunteer servioe of the United States. Of negro soldiers (privates) we have no less than 63,373, while the white volunteers now left number but 53,326 men. If, however, we add to the white soldiers .of what is called our volunteer army the troops of the regular service (who are no lees volunteers than the others) we find that the total white force outnumbers the black by about 18,000 men. We venture to say that few people had any idea that such a large negro army was now in the service of the United States. Mr. Stanton says that orders have been issued for discharging 23,000 of the coloured troops—which will leave us, after the reduction is effected, over 40,000 still in the service. Orders have been issued for discharging nearly 19,000 white soldiers of the volunteer force—leaving still 36,000 in service ; but if to the latter we add the white troops of the regular army, we have a total white army remaining of 62,000 men, or 22,000 more whites than blacks. The great majority of our negro troops are in the States borderhig on the Mississippi River, and some are in Texas. The government never saw fit to concede the re questa of these States for their removal, and there is leas fault found with them now than formerly. It was greatly feared by the Southern people that they would prove tur bulent, and would conduct themselves in an unbearable manner towards the race that formerly held them in bondage, while at the same time they would demoralise the negro labourers, and disturb the operations of reviving industry. But moat of these fears have proved quite groundless. Instead of being turbulent, the negro troops have proved very orderly ; and we do not remember any instances of insubordination on their part, except upon one occasion last summer on the James River, when a force of them was ordered to Texas ; and the attempted ' mutiny then was very easily and quickly quelled. The general conduct of the various bodies of them stationed throughout the Southern States has been, in the main, exceedingly good. Toward the popu lation among whom they have been stationed they have borne themselves in an inoffensive manner, neither inso lent nor turbulent. This is partly owing to the intrinsic character of the negro race, and partly to the efforts of military discipline and the excellent officers of all grades who have had command of them. It will be remembered that while oar negro army was being formed, a special board, of which General Casey was head, sat in Washington for the examination, selection, and appointment of officers to command it. The very choicest stock of our army, subordinate officers and privates, came forward and offered to serve in this or ganization. The examinations were exceedingly rigid, and the selections made with the most scrupulous care ; and it is, doubtless, in great measure, the re sult of this that our negro army has maintained its good character throughout. It is evident from our experience that we can raise a large black army in this country; that the negroes are capable of being transformed into soldiers ; that they can fight, and can do efficient work in all arms of the service ; that they have the sentiment of loyalty, and are capable of devotion to the flag. We have tried the experiment of African soldiers in a civilised army, upon a scale of magnitude never before attempted or approached in the history of the world. The experience we have acquired may possibly be of service to our country in the future. THE SHOCKING ACCIDENT NEAR BOT- TINGDEAN. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at Brighton ou the body of Mr. Willett, sen., whose death was mentioned in yesterday's Express. The first witness was Mr. Charles Verrall Willett, the deceased's son, who was riding with his father at the time the accident occurred. He was deeply affected. He deposed—l am a surgeon at the Brighton Dispensary. The deceased is my father. He is 61 years of age. After church, yesterday afternoon, my father proposed to go for a ride, and we did so. It was about a quarter before 5. My father rode a cob that he was used to. We went on the road to the toll-gate at Bowden. We walked along the road the whole of the way to the pay gate, then we turned on to the turf. He then said, " Now let's have a gentle trot," and we trotted down about 200 yards. lle was inside of me, close to the bank separating the road from the sea. His horse suddenly swerved in front of me, and went to the edge of the cliff ; then he seemed to recover himself, and tried to stop the horse, and get 1 1 him in the road, but the animal again swerved in just the same manner to the right ; the horse did not lesek, but went sideways over the cliff. I saw no object likely to frighten the horse. I got off my own horse imme diately, and gave him into the hands of a policeman, while I went to the edge of the cliff to look over and see the result • the cliff at this point is about the highest point about there, between 70 and 80 feet high. I saw the body doubled up on the beach, about .10 feet from the base of the cliff. I then hail to go as far as Greeuway to get down to the beach, where there are some steps ; the policeman accompanied me. A coatsguardsman was the first to arrive at the body ; the coastguard had raised the body up ; he was quite dead. There was a frac ture of the skull and other injuries. On the whole it was a quiet cob, but used to shy a little ; my father seemed to have perfect control over it. When the horse went over it went sideways ; and at last seemed to face the cliff. William Holland, police-constable 80, the next witness, stated—When about 300 yards from me I saw the horse taking fright against the batik, when Mr. Willis quieted hint ; but the horse then took another little fright ; then he kept going sideways (Mr. Willett pulling sad trying all he could to get hitu in the middle of the road), until he went over the cliff. I went round with Mr. Willett, jun., to the body ; when we got there a coastguardsman was there. Mr. Willett was quite deal ; the horse was also killed. I saw the mark of the horse's feet on the cliff where he fell down. I did not see anything particular that would cause the horse to shy. A verdict of "Accidentally killed by misadventure" was returned. The jury wished to draw the attention of the authorities to the necessity of having some protection along ti.e The SuAtex Adr , rtiarr says :—" The untimely and terrl;.le death of Mr. Willett has cast a gloom over Brighton, aml the sad news will cause no less a sensation throughout the entire county. As son of the late Mr. Cstt, of Bishop stone, he was a member of all influential family which, from its extensive commercial transactions as well as from its social qualities, has 1011 been highly respected and well known amongst the in "habitants of Sussex. In Lewes, especially, not alone through his connexion by marriage with the family of Mr. Verrall, but also from his impor tant business, Mr. Willett was held in great esteem by the numerous circle with whom he was acquainted." In the course of the spring, Prussian architects appointed by the government are to visit both Paris and London, for the purpose of studying the Chamber of De puties and the Houses of Parliament, with a view to the new houses to be built in Berlin on the site of the royal porcelain manufactory. The first estimates are 223,000 f. The Paris Moniteur contains a list of 300 medals, namely, 18 in gold, 178 in silver, and 112 in bronze,granted I at the suggestion of the Minister of Agriculture by his Majesty to those of the medical profession who proved during the late visitation of cholera their zeal and devoted ness in the care of the sick. The Moniteur points 0nt122 instances of private heroism on this occasion, which proves that, notwithstanding the silence observed by the official papers during the visitation, it was of a sufficiently serious nature to justify the public alarm. A day or two ago a certain M. Tuvora, his wife, daughter, and two sous were found de►d in their beds at Vienna. In a letter that came to band after his death, Tuvora says that ho and his wife and shildren bad agreed to poison themselves, but the judge who was charged to examine into the affair believes the statement to be false. Four glasses, in which were a few drops of a liquid con taining " cyan-kali" (cyanide of potash), were standing on the dinner-table, but the glass emptied by Towers, whose body was found in bed, was on a night-table. It is thought that the unhappy man administered poison to his wife and children, and that when they were dead he went to bed and poisoned himself. Miss Louisa 'rayon", who was but 19 years of age, was considered one of the handsomest girls in the city. She must have had a terrible attack of tetanus before she died, as her body was curved backwards, so as almost totem a half-circle. tht Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 9. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Princess Louise and Princess Leiningen also went out driving. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the Castle for Greenwich-park. Her Majesty held a council to-day at 1 o'clock, at which were present—Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. G. J. Goechen. Mr. Helps was clerk of the Council. Lord Camoys and Major•Geoeral F. Seymour, C. 8., was the lord and groom in waiting. Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen. The Mayor of Windsor, accompanied by the town clerk, had the honour of presenting to her Majesty an address of condolence from the corporation of Windsor, on the reoent decease of the King of the Belgians. The lord and groom in waiting were in attendance. A deputation consisting of Mr. 'enables, Mr. Blandyi Mr. Hedges, Mr. Randall, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Castle, had au interview with the Right Hon. W. Blowell, at the office of the Board of Trade yesterday, to suggest certain amendments of the Thames Navigation Bill. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of the North American Provinoes- Despatches were sent to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and St.. Helena. The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., at his lordships residence, No. 40, Upper Brook-street, on Monday, the 16th instant (the first day of Easter Teru), at 12 o'clock. THE PRINCE VON TEM His Highness the Prince von Teck, whose ap proaching marriage to the Princess Mary of Cambridge we announced yesterday, is the only son of his Royal High ness the Duko Alexander of Wurtemberg (uncle of the late King William of Wurtemberg), who was married morganatically on May 2, 1835, to the late Claudine Countess of llolienstein, Countess of Kis-Rhede. The Duke Alexander is a general of cavalry in the Austrian service, and proprietor of the 11th Regiment of Austrian Hussars. Prince Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, who is about to become allied to the Princess Mary, was born on August 27, 1837, and is consequently in his 29th year. His highness has two sisters, the Princess Claudine, one year his senior ; and the Countess Amelia von llohenstein, who was married at Vienna, 1863, to Paul, Baron von Hugel, a retired captain of cavalry. Formerly the eldest son and daughter of the Duke Alex ander of Wurtemberg were styled Count and Countess of Hohenstein, but by a royal decree, dated Dec. 1, 1863, they were raised to the dignity of prince and princess, with the title of highness. . The royal family of Wurtemberg are, of course, of the Lutheran faith. The Countess Russell's party, which was post poned from the 21st March, will take place on Wednesday evening, the 11th instant, in Downing street. Their Royal and Imperial Highnesses the Duke and Duchess Philip of Wurtemburg, attended by the Countess run Auersperg and Count Gronsfeld, hare left the Clarendon Hotel for the continent. His Excellency the French Ambassador enter tained his F.7:cellency the Russian Ambassador andßaroness Brunnow, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, his Excellency the Saxon Minister, the Earl and Countess of Dudley, the Earl Cowper, the Earl of Sefton, the Countess of Airlie, Marquis Cauniont la Force, Viscount de Viral, Baron Baude, General Sir Edward ('ust, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Petre, &c., at dinner last evening, at the French Embassy, Albert gate. - - . The idea of forming a national portrait gallery, suggested by the one lately established at Kensington, is to be carried out on an extensive scale during the gre:lt Exhibition in Paris, and is likely to prove an interesting addition to its manifold attractions. A building for the reception of portraits is to be erected in the Champs Elysees. The celebrities whose likenesses are to form the gallery will be grouped according to the age they illus trated, and their portraits classed by centuries. Mr. Philip Wykeltain Martin intends, on the motion for ;piing, into committee on Representation of the People Eill, to move, "That in the opinion of this house it would be neither just nor expedient that any class of persons who are entitled to vote at the election of members to serve in parliament, against whom no corrupt practices have been proved, should be deprived of their franchise by the present bilL" Mr. Ewart will ask the Secretary of State for the ime Departiumt to-morrow whether his attention has been directed to a statement in the public journals relative to Mary Ann Ashford, executed at Exeter on the 2tth March ; to the effect that, after having been pinioned by the executioner, she was obliged to be carried up the steps to the gallows, and supported by three men, in a helpless, though conscious state ; that the execution being imper fect, the executioner was obliged to seize her by the leers from below, and draw down her body with all his strength till she died ; rind whether there is reason to believe in the accuracy of this statement. Lord C7anhorrie disputes Mr. Gladstone's state ment that tho imputation that some hon. members "treated the working men as an invading army" was warmly accepted as a perfectly true description of the views taken by those hon. gentlemen, and says the asser tion that such assent was expressed "is a pure creation of Mr. Gladstone's imaginative memory." M. Ernest Renan's new work on the Apostles will be published the week after next. The Italian government has organised a complete system of meteorological observations according to the system of the lamented Admiral Fitzroy, but with some improvements and at a less expense. Earl Russell has sent to Senhor Jose de Vascon cellos e Sousa, Portuguese Minister in Rio de Janiero, gold snuff-box, richly ornamented with brilliants, and having on the lid a portrait of Queen Victoria, as a testi mony of consideration of his services on the occasion of the mediation of Portugal in the Anglo-Brazilian question. 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