The Express. — London, England, 1867-05-07 00:00:00

• • 11 .1. ......•. 2 THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1867. M APPIN BROTHERS.-Establisheils.D.lBlo. freer a nobler inspiration than a royal •need of scheme is reasonably certain. The central conception of MEETING AT LORD DERBrS. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE USE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE BY hie Reform Bill has been preserved, while its details have PUBLIC OFFICERS. cash ; it was not because he loved Luxemburg --.-- .i bra the subject of free criticism and amendment. Blots The government papers report the result of the ----si-- CHRSTSof SILVERPLATE for theCOLONIKS„ less, but because he loved Holland moreilhat the have been removed, deficiencies have been supplied ; the THE SAXON PARLIAMENT. The following is a copy of a Treasury minute meeting at Lord Derby's. 22.1 members were present. KIM; wanted to sell his Grand Duchy belind the prospect of the future is brightened by the e4enence of The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies of dated the 2nd of this month cautioning public officers iron CUTLERY and SILVER PLATE for back of Count Billesitee, and regatdless of the the past, and a reform act, not merely good, but better General Peel, Lord Cranberne, Sir Rainald Knightley, having recourse to political influence in order to obtain in. VURSISHING. military rights of Prussia, to the Emperor Naro- I than any which has been submitted to parliament since . Sir W. Heatheote , and Mr. Earle, with other co rva - SaZODY, eve members were among the absentee( which adopted on the 3rd inst. the con crease of salary winces. stitution of the Confederation of North Germany „ or Lilo . mjuppiN BROTH:mg, LONDON - BRIDGE . LION. However this may be, the object of this , 1832, may fairly be reckoned upon as distinguishing the Lord DERBY, who was loudl y chce e ml, cheered, commenced by by 67 to 6, are not without interest at the present My lords have observed with much regret a growing practice on the part of gentlemen employed in the publi s Conference is to remove Luxemburg once for all I legislation of the year. explaining the plan the government intended to adopt time. The following is a summary of what took service to endeavour to influence this board to accede te Lord Derby assures his followers that he will not acquiesce HAPPEN BROTHERS, 222, REGENT. out of the region of royal and imperial bargains, in any conclusion which does away with the personal with regard to the meeting to be held in Hyde•park that place their applications for increase of salary or additional retir STREET. and to place it under rho eye and the ward Pay - evening. He stated that though they had been accused ' a meat of the full amount of the rates by the compound Vice-President (Emmen explained why, after having ins allowance by means of the private solicitation of men. BENSON'S WATCHES and CLOCKS. of Europe. Some timid persons dread householder who desires to vote. The full rate paid by the of vacillation and irresolution , and ernecially Mr. Wel- Conference without a " basis." But the neutra ls, Veda APPointinent to tenant who desires hisauff rage la tobe deducted from the rent. pole, yet the course that they pursued at the end We SOW . against the plan of confederation in Berlin, he voted berm of parliament, and other personeof political influence, for Its adoption now. Had Prussia, after the victories It is the duty, as well as the wish, of their lordships, to If. P. 11. THE PRI"Xt• V. OF WALES. lization of a disputed frontier territory, to which what they from the very first determined upon , Hind Prise Medal. London, class 3 1: Dublin. class 10. As the sum thus deducted exceeds the commuted rate, it of 1866, adopted the constitution voted at Frankfort in give the moot careful consideration to every represents, 'WA Till Es-cli mnonitte re, K eyiess, Repesters.Chroaugraphs,&e. was the united action of the cabinet , and not ' of both Prussia and France consent-Prussia sacrific- will trench on the landlord's profits, who will, of course, Mr. Walpole only. Acting under the advice of not 1849, the whole of Germany would have rallied to her. tion made to them in the recognised way on behalf of any CLOcKs-For Dinitizalol Drawing Km ons.Carriattes.churclies, de. JEWELLERY -speeialitics in Monograms, L'rystals, Dbunoads, ing positive rights iu possession, France sacrificing raise his rent to cover his loss. In this way, by the ex- only the existing law officer. of the crown, but also of all Saxony bas reason to be thankful that she has preserved public servant (whatever be his social status or his official :oil flee cold. nothing but her o smoop tibtliti os o-i s sore ly a action of a higher rent, the tenant is fined because he has the previous legal advisers, they had • issued a pro- her own administration since the battle of KOniggratz, rank), with regard to his position, salary, and prospects of PLAT& and WORKS of ART In Bronze by Leading Artists. the honourable ambition of a citizen. There is no escape and it is owing to the ingratitude of Austria that she has promotion, and also with regard to the amount of his PRICES and livscriptions. see Illustrated Pamphlet. post tree. sufficient basis for a Conference to begin upon. clamation, which was in the form of a public Watches and Clocks sent to all parts of the world. from this consequence. The Daily News doubts whether not also preserved her independence. The Federal coast'. retiring allowance on him quitting the public service. It is J. W. BENSON, 25, oLD sose•sritagr. How this problem-for problem it is-of neu even a frightened parliament , a House of Commons under notice, warning all persons againat an infringe- . , . . . . tution has deprived us of many of our rights. We might the practice of their lordship. to consider questions Stearn Factory and City Show Rooms, tralization is tri be worked out is another and a au will sanction as :Led OIL Lc IaIaTE.HILL. Naar, will sanction a plan which is in every way inde- a personal service of a notice upon all those persons resign ourselves to this loss if they were conferred on the of salary with reference to the duties and re. Pads Exhibltios , DAG, English section, Clem fdl. larger question, which will not be solved in two t ens ibl e. who had been advertised to speak, and all who were about North German Parliament, but th a t was not done, and I sponsibilities of the individual or class whose ewe or three sittings. One thing is certain ;it is At last we may hope, exclaims the Ho ald, that the take part in the propose felt bound by my d u ty t o th e S axon cons tit u ti on i s brought before them, and to decide upon them afte r BROWN and PO DVS CORN FLOUR to d political discussion in the for CHILDREN'S DIET. Prussia that makes the sacrifice in retiring from a irrepressible compound householder is satisfactorily die- park, notifying to them that, should they attempt to ad- to vote against the North German constitution. I communication with the heads of the department con ics obtain extra _pmfit by the sale other kings ass sometbnes fortress which she occupies by treaty, and of posed of. Nothing could be fairer to all parties con- d the meeting, they would be liable to a civil action at 811111 now, however, vote for that constitution with earned. In fixing the amount of retiring allowance is °Gored Instead et BROWN and POISON'S. "John Brown." "John Poison,' is signed by the makers on which no treaty ban yet dispossessed her. cerned-landlord, tenant, and parish-nothing more con - law for trespass, and Lord Derby stated that s uc h actions a ll its defects on the principl e o f u tility ; f or it s re j ec ti on , th ose cases w h ere t h e l eg i s l a t ure h as l e f t t h em a diacre each — imam. France makes no other sacrifice than that of her side" with that sound principle which ought to under- wonlil be immediately commenced against them. He seein g the means the Confederation has at its disposal, tion, my lords are in the habit of proceeding upon certain -- • - lay any representative system. The government bill is ---- added that the law officers of the crown had not only might be attended with the mast serious consequences. principles which they have prescribed for themselves, and own inordinate pretensions. Whatever "suacepti - . DOW household suffrage, pure and simple, subject only to a • Let us hope that that constitution will not last for ever ; within the limit of those principles they endeavour to dlnsed this as the proper course, but as the Zit, erpregis. bilities" one Power might plead as to menacing 12 menthe. residence and personal payment of rates. sole course that could be pursued according to for should the compression it exercises last, it would lead, deal with each cane impartially upon its merits. fortresses on the frontier may be pleadml with Th e Tileoropl• regards Mr. Disraeli's amendment as statute law. H determined , whilst ' maintain- i¢ my opinion, to revolution. The constitution of the It appears to their lordships that any attempt on the part —..- equal justice by the other Power. By placing a quite as bad as the old ori gi n a l one laid down in the draft in g •• o f Confederation of the North forms the basis of revolution • of an officer to approach them on these matters through TO CORRESPONDENTS. t h e dignity the crown, not to illegally endanger (Cheers.) the private intercession of persons unconnected with his ddverthements Intended for " The Express." London Evening neutral ground between them the danger of war of the bill. With the prospect of a heavier demand and the liberties of the subject. His lordship then alluded to Paper, must be at the Office, 10, Bourcricetzed, by Two will at least be removed a step or two. That an segmentation of rent, we should like to know how the Reform Bill, and explained at length the ' bear- Herr von REINHARD-It is from constraint and with re- department, is virtually imputing to this board either that o•dock on the day of publication. many compoutden will take the trouble of getting their pugnance that I vote for the acceptance of the constitution. it is likely to turn a deaf ear to a reasonable application, Prussia should evacuate the fortress of Luxem- logs of the question of personal payment of rates in full, names on the register, or of incurring the additional and That constitution has not created a Federal State but a unless supported by political influence, or that it may be DRURY LAIIIII. burg before the Conference was as probable as that ' unwarrantable expense . And this is what the conserve. • expressing his opiuion that there could he no justification military .. a . . induced . . • al ratorship. It wants the most essential enema. to accede to an unreasonable application if DA TRI9 Ergicr9o, THAT RASCAL JACK. Messrs. Rouse and a holder of propertyagainst whom an action of eject- tive reformers mean by their declaration that the bill ti rho 1 h hld from the in ezenip ng e compoun ouse o era same tees and is not calculated to bring under its. wings South influence be brought to bear upon it. My lords air -lai n' Neville : Mesdames Alleyne and Thompson-To conclude with liability that was common to all other ratepayers, and that THE GREAT I'ITV. Mews. Warner, Morton, Ifitziames, Rmio., ment is brought should give up house and land e n a bl e , all residents to enjoy the electoral franchise. Germany and still less the brave Germans whom the either alternative, and, in order to prevent for the future he considered that the personal payment of the full rate ' Irving. etc. ; Memories Robertson. i.e Thieve. And se peon . to the adverse party while the trial is going on. treaty of l'rague has for ever driven out of Germany. any misapprehension upon this subject, they wish it to be _ ._ - _ _ _ was a necessary harrier against household suffrage pure and HAYMARKET. The Conference will put an end to all such pre- simple. Holding this opinion so strongly as he did, what- . . Hen BERING said he and his friends voted for the con- understood by every public officer that any attempt wade THIS EVERIWL TIIE WOLF AND THE LAMB. Messrs. THE LUXEMBURG CONFERENCE. ststutton in Berlin because they did not wish to have it by him to obtain the sanction of this board to his applies. Lltlppendale Farren, dc. ; Mrs. Mtawilliant, tc.-A WILD Pox terous demands, and will at least maintain the ever the decision of the house was he could not give way. Gtisr4E, M ews. &Aileen, Ruckatone. Rogers, R.. ; a...um. honour of the two contending Powers intact. How (THIS DAY.) He then alluded to some new clauses which the Chancellor imposed on them by force. tion by any such solicitation as is hereinbefore referred to, Burke, Chippendah, HUI, dc .- Anil A KISS IN THE DARK. ----...--- Herr RIEDEL- The constitution of the north is based on will be treated by th em as an admission on the part of nick it may best dispose of the disput e d territory r e- ne of the Exchequer would introduce that evening, LYCEUM. 31 • Hon. Julian Fare , First Secretary of the It appears that his lordship did not speak without in. a military dictatorship. It is the emanation of despotism , officer that his case is not good upon its merits, and seek THIS ItYINIXO. BAMBOOZLING. Mr. Price and Miss main s to be seen; it can do nothing final ; but if British Embassy at Paris, ern ved late on Sunday n ight terruption. After he had referred to the subject of the Therefore against • it. Herr I vote . application will be dealt with by their lordships accordingly. Este Bishop. -TM li DUK VI MOTTO. Mr. Pechter, Meson. it can take away one pressing danger to the peace from the French capital, in order to assist, as was stated parks, a number of those present expressed dissatisfaction. . . err MASIIILN —lt is force which has crested the posi - Let a copy of this minute be sent to every public depart- Emery. Widdkomb, Jordan, Price, dc. ; Misses Klsworthy, lien tion in which we now find ourselves. If we reject the ment." rade, Grattan, and Carotta Lecleraj. of Europe without involving any neutral Power in our columns yesterday, as protocolist of the Conference If the law did not permit the prevention of meetings o f -- - -- --- in new risks of war, it will nut have met in Vim to assemble to-day on the Luxemburg question. that character, but allowed the leaguers to assemble, then constitution it will be of no use, for we shall be forced STEAND. TEM Wintry& MARRIED DAUGHTERS. Mr. F. Role Mr. P. H. Wodehouse Currie will also assist at the Con- l eg i s l a ti on on th e su bj ect s h ou ld h ave been invited at an to adopt it. The question then is, shall it come into opera- WEATHER REPORT .-( TH IS DAY .) son -PYGMALION ; OK. TILE STATUE VA lIL M e ssrs. Thorne, -••- --- Terence. ear li er p er i o d o f th e sess i on. Th e f ee li ng was unconcea l ed tion with the sanction of the people ? For my part I will James, de. : Mesdames A. Swanborongh, kaynham, liarlsol, Johnstone, Holt, ifs Newton.-And THE FRENCH EXHIBITI O N. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The following are the principal members of the Con- th a t th e conduct of the government in the matter had not g ive it that sanction, and will vote a g ainst it. TUESDAY. MAT 7, 8 S.M. Herr GUNTHER admitted the defects of the constitution, HOLBORN. (THIS DAY.) ference :-His Excellency the Count Apponyi, the Aux- been weak, and there was a marked complaint that Mr. but they were not free to vote against it. He would vote 1 . Ir. I Extreme. We, B. T., W. i1t0...--•---s,„I W. B. Ito Irian Ambassador ; his Excellency the Russian Ausbasss- Walpole had not been so firm as he might. While, Tests itysirino, MT TURN NEXT. Mr. Bohnore ; Mines I 15 F. D. 1 9. --.--• for it, because he did not think the German people would Pont. and Lennox .- And -And FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Bet. dor, Baron Brunnow ; his Excellency the Count Bernstorff, however, they disapproved of the course adopted, the - ------ -- more Blake, Vollaire, de. ; Mesdames T. Josephs, C. Saunders, THE HTIt.PARK MEETING. the Prussian Ambassador ; his Excellency Prince de La members present would not withhold their support from be satisfied if it were rejected. Nairn • Berle Foote. Pidd.a, Lenses. ispoood, do. Herr von CRINGEEN also admitted its defects, but they Aberdeen 29.71 67 W.B.W. 1 5 &ILL cb ; - The quiet of last night's proceedings the Times Tour d'Auvergne, the French Ambassador ;his Excellency Lord Derby either on that or any other quertion. Leith BRITANNIA. would attribute in a great degree to the comparatively M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; and his Excel- " One who WS/ present" writes to the Times :—" What were of secondary im P‘ wfance. Ardrossan MOO 65 W.R. W. ; 3 &W. eb I THIS EVEniso, THE OLD MAID IN THE WINDING SHEET. Herr SEILER voted with regret in favour of the project. Greenmails 210.90 64 W. : 4 5. re 0.112 early hour at which the meeting was held, and to the lency Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister , took place at Lord Derby's meeting to-day is so curious Vnti& Mr. Reynolds, de. : illisseeB. Miles et Coveney.-CHEILIV AND He should prefer to vote against it. FAIR STAR. Messrs. lihrwood. Leslie , t 32ton ; Mrs. R. Linen absence of any opposition on the part of the authorities. The preliminary meeting of the Conference will take as to be hardly credible. His lordship having justified the sale Clear 30.00 62 &W. I 4 &W. ,b - Mimes Edwin, Booth, and Macarthy.-And THE LIFE SIGNAL. The issue h as b een fortunate, though the affair has place this a ft ernoon at 3 o'clock, in one of the principal vacillating conduct of his government on the ground that Herr Hoerst -The question is not how we desire to u var p a a, wee at W.S. a 5 : 11._ . I o 0.13 inflicted a humiliation on the government such as has beeu apartments at the First Lord of the Treasury's official Ten- they were not aware till very recently of the actual state vote, but how we must vote. Holyhead 2 1... 0 1 t s 3 I t it i a l l- 1 1 :4 I r tr. ; "'to , = 11011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE seldom Buffered by men in office. It cannot be forgotten deuce in Downing-street-in fact, the same room in which of the law, was asked why, with the opinion of the law Herr Scearee-The speeches in the parliament of g m ; so.oo 50 N. , 5 & oI - Taw DAY -Morning, 311. 64in Afternoon. 4h. lain, Berlin were the swan's dying hymn over the constitutional lo oth neZ t ... 3000 se B. 29.92 67 NICK ; 6 EKE oi•- I tn-Monnow-Morning. 4b. 40m Afternoon. 6b. ein. that Mr. Walpole has before the house a bill for the regu- the conferences in London on the affairs of Denmark took officers in July, 1866, before them they did not bring in a •It Z. b- I lotion of the perks, and that any attempt which may now place in the spring of 1864. declaratory act early in the session. He said that Mr. e Y etem ' —. _- Plymouth ... 3e.02 67 N.R. f ILL co OAS --- be made to place the holding of political meetings in the We understand the members of the Conference will meet Beales haring threatened to bring the assumed right to • (mina's Tzt.r.Gaim&) Weymouth .. 30.03 60 L. Poetemouth.. litre SI W. • E. be ;- I S &ILL e — LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 7. parks at the will of a minister will be declared to be an to-day for preliminary arrangements, and that in all pro- legal issue, they thought it might be deemed unfair to hoodoo .... WON W.ILW 5 a. es ,- - ___.„. invasion of the rights the people have conquered. liability the next meeting will not take place till Saturday. evade or anticipate that issue by an act of parliament. On PRUSSIA. ____. : rifleman- 19.95 01 W.S.W. 2iL& W. b - 2 BERLIN Mae 7. ficaff"mnin• 19.91.3 W. 1 1 &LE. en I- 1 THE Conference of London, which is announced The opinion which was given by th e i r own legal officer' Lord Stanley has during the last week been waited upon being further pressed with the proclamation, and its ser• s Shields tattoo &W. ft S.W. ro en 2 last year rendered it the clear duty of the ministry by the diplomatic representatives of the several foreign vice by superintendents of the police on Mr. Beale and The King of Prussia has conferred the Grand Molder - - - .- - - -- . - to meet formally to-day, will, it may be reasonably • • • diplomatic rep resentatives • either to announce that the law as it stands does not forbid Powers, at the Foreign-aloe in Whitehall•gardens.-Pose others, h i s l or d s hi p said that thi s service was deemed the Cross of the Royal Order of the House of Hohen- REMARKS. expected, have an easier task to accomplish than or, any rate, cannot prevent, political meetings, and that best form of notice preliminary to actions of trespass, ant zollern upon the King of the Belgians and the lades Pfemnf° nu in the mnflf- west of the British fell to the lot of its latest predecessor. The Confe- therefore resistance to them would cease ;or they should that such actions of trespass would be immediately coin- Count of Flanders. es Once yesterday, and the Increase continues this morning. Temperature Is still higb, and has risen in the east: whilst fence of 1864, it will be remembered, assembled inter have come to parliament for fresh powers. Instead of this Eirt &nine menced. To this he solemnly pledged himself." The United States Minister at this Court is Weather is generally fine, the winds , which are still light, have become more westerly. but a little rain has fallen in places, at ma, when the contending parties were actually Mr. Walpole keeps the opinion of his lawyers in his pocket, e— Later in the afternoon Mr. BUTLER-JOHNSToNE said, for and thander Is reported from Nairn. engaged in a combat so unequal that the most affects to believe that the law is all that can be desired, OSBORNE, Mar 6. his part he did not regard the question of household suf- seriousl y ill . ___. obstinate resistance could only make time for the and publishes his proclamation in the hope of deterring The Queen walked and drove in the grounds !rage with any alarm, and he thought the party ought not HOLLAND. On the 4th of next month Viscount Enfield will his antag onists , though he knows that if they are not to give up the measure because of the carrying of any par great Powers to step in at the laat moment between THE HAGUE, MAY 7. move for • a select committee to inquire and take evidence frightened he has no means of doing what ho threatens titular amendment before the house. He advocated a de-Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. the aggressors and their victim and arrest the • I His bill will now have every disadvantage to contend with, Pei .-.. • • • • • - termination to stand upon the settlement of the ► question A Luxemburg deputation, consisting of the bur- as to the law and practice relating to the summoning, at fatal blow which diplomacy could not avert. That and a measure which might have been fairly discussed will esa of reform, and on that alone, without binding themselves gomaster of that town and two municipal council- tendance, and remuneration of special and common juries, sor si nce her Majesty's departure from the . Castle. . Conference, it is true, could only have now be the object of invective and derision. The Times to any particular detail. lore, had a long interview yesterday with Prince and to report to this house as to any alterations which „ , . Sir John Pakington left Osborne this morning for .......A sais--:-. 4.„ sa----.1. -- al - THE Conference of London, which is announced to meet formally to-day, will, it may be reasonably expected, have an easier task to accomplish than fell to the lot of its latest predecessor. The Confe rence of 1864, it will be remembered, assembled iider area, when the contending parties were actually engaged in a combat so unequal that the most obstinate resistance could only make time for the great Powers to step in at the last moment between the aggressors and their victim, and arrest the fatal blow which diplomacy could not avert. That Conference, it is true, could only have saved Sleswig to Denmark on the under standing that the neutral Powers were pre pared, at the last extremity, to protect Danish territory from the German allies. But it is half the business of diplomacy, and has often been the special function of a Conference, to admit and accept what cannot be helped rather than to devise measures of prevention, to lend a glues of legality to a violent infraction of public law, and save something of the principle in sacrific ing the letter of a solemn instrument. Such, indeed, was the action of the Conference of London which established the separation of ' Belgium from Holland, a result perhaps not so satisfactory in its relation to the peace and the poli tical equilibrium of Europe, as in the establish ment of a new constitutional kingdom, which has served, as a model of constitutional government and legislation to its continental neighbours. The pre sent Conference meets in happier circumstances, inasmuch as it has neither to sanction the violation of public law nor to step between two great mili tary Powers and their victim with a broken treaty in one hand, and a buttoned foil in the other. Finality is no more attainable in international than in domestic politics, and whenever diplomacy has signed a settlement warranted to last half as long as a Reform Bill it cannot in these changeful days be said to have deserved ill of its generation. The Conference of 1867 will meet under the auspices of the most pacific, the most self-denying, the most diainterested of all European Powers ; the Power which has given up a commanding possession "for an idea" of justice, and which has absolutely no other foreign policy than that of striving by its moral influence and the force of a pure example to uphold the cause of liberty, morality, and justice on the continent of Europe, and to prove that peace has nobler conquests and surer triumphs than those of war, conquests un polluted by crime, unsaddened by tears, un visited by remorse ; triumphs which leave no sting of retaliation behind, and no brooding bit terness of defeats to be avenged. Thus much at least may be said, without empty self-complacency, for the England of to-day, as the proper seat of a Conference of Peace. It may be to her insular position that England owes this unquestionableprivilege of complete disin terestedness towards her continental neighbours, but something, it will be acknowledged by all im partial thinkers, is due also to the civilizing and humanizing freedom of her institutions, the gene rous openness of her public opinion, and to the liberation of her policy from all low ambitious and selfish intrigues. What the Conference of London has to do is a question which seems more simple than it is. Leaving to those whom it may concern all the technicalities of the business, we may assume that the Conference has been summoned at the instance of the Grand Duke of Luxruscrio, to enable him to part solemnly and decorously with a possession which the force of circumstances has converted into an encumbrance, if not into a danger ; to part with it of course for • valuable consideration, but by an open instead of a clandestine transaction, and under the sanction of European guarantees which will strengthen the unity of his hereditary possessions. One is some times tempted to believe that in diplomacy " what " ever is is right ;" and especially what it fails to perform. Tho failure of the Conference of 1864, for which we have to thank the Emperor of the FRENCH, saved Europe from a general war. The failure of the rooent clandestine bidding' between the EMPEROR and the King of HOLLAND brought to light another clandestine transaction which was to have given Belgium to the French and Holland to a German Empire. It is now affirmed that the first negotiations for the transfer of Luxemburg, of which the Cabinet of the Har,:e declines the responsibility, sprang The quiet of last night's proceedings the Times would attribute in a great degree to the comparatively early hour at which the meeting was held, and to the absence of any opposition on the part of the authorities. The issue has been fortunate, though the affair has inflicted a humiliation on the government such as has been seldom suffered by men in office. It cannot be forgotten that Mr. Walpole has before the house a bill for the regu lation of the parks, and that any attempt which may now be made to place the holding of political meetings in the parka at the will of a minister will be declared to be an invasion of the rights the people have conquered. The opinion which was given by their own legal officers last year rendered it the clear duty of the ministry either to announce that the law as it stands does not forbid or, any rate, cannot prevent, political meetings, and that therefore resistance to them would cease ; or they should have come to parliament for fresh powers. Instead of this Mr. Walpole keeps the opinion of his lawyers in his pocket. affects to believe that the law is all that can be desired, and publishes his proclamation in the hope of deterring his antagonist*, though he known that if they are not frightened he has no means of doing what ho threatens His bill will now have every disadvantage to contend with, and a measure which might have been fairly discussed will now be the object of invective and derision. The Times trusts Mr. Walpole will either desist from any attempt to legislate, or entrust the bill after a decent interval to other hands. The government, says the Daily News, has sat length found • safe position. "He that is down need fear no fall," sings one of John Bunyan's pilgrims, and ministers may now take up the parable. Though tho government has bad Sir H. Cairns's opinion so long in its possession, even yesterday the Morniny Herald was permitted to write strongly about the meeting as • serious breach of the law, and to say that no government could be worthy of the confidence of the nation which gave in to Mr. Beales and his friends. There can be no question on which side the knowledge and firm resolution have been throughout this brief but sharp controversy. The government at the Sussex Hotel bas shown that it knows how to conduct its own affairs, which is much more than can be said of that in Downing•street. The government certainly owes a reparation to those whom it induced to take its side in this controversy; only to desert them when the crisis arrived. It follows from Lord Derby's explanation yesterday dust the threats employed against the League were merely meant to intimidate, sad VIM not intended to be carried into effect. If Mr. Beeles had been less obstinate or Mr. Bradlaugh net quite so ands gioug, ministers might now hove been eelebrating • triumph. As it was, the leaguers found that the park was • very bad place for public discussion, and it has yet to be seen whether the gathering has 'observed any good pur pose to compensate for the uneasiness and disturbance it has caused. Any thing so ignominious and pitiable, thinks the ANC has never before been men mines England has possessed a government, and the feeling of humiliation which has been produced will oertainly go far to hasten that overthrow of the ministry which is so evidently near to us. _ _ _ _ . The Herald and Standard, who were served so badly by the government of which they are supposed to be the organs, concentrate their wrath upon Mr. Walpole. Why, says the Herald, did not the right hon. gentleman make • clean breast of it on Friday' If the law was with Mr. Beale' so much the worse for the ►uthorities. But a eandid admission of the fact would not have made their ease worse, and would, at least, have saved them from the taunts which a section of the liberal press and the bulk of the triumphant leaguers have already showered upon them. OSBORNE, MAT 6. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. Princess Christian has driven out twice daily at Wind sor since her Majesty's departure from the Castle. Sir John Pakington left Osborne this morning for London. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, rode out yesterday forenoon. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council s►t yesterday at the Privy Council office, Whitehall, on matters relating to the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President and Lord Ro bert Montagu. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Wil liams attended the committee. The Standard thinks the most unsatisfactory feature is the strange vacillation of Mr. Walpole, whose " notifica tion" and speech in the House of Commons on Friday certainly warranted the conclusion that the government would enforce their prohibition. On Monday morning, however, it was announced, " not through the recognised organs of the conservative party, which, really, from the difficulty they have had in defending Mr. Walpole's ad ministration of the Home Department, deserved more courtesy at his hands, but in the columns of an opposition journal, that the government had entirely retreated from their original position ; that they had no legal focus standi, and had abandoned all idea of resisting Mr. Beale* and his allies." Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, the North American Provinces, the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa, British Columbia, and Bermuda. His Royal Highness Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone sad Mr. , honoured the Institute of Painters in Water a visit on Saturday last. Lady Molesworth receiver last evening t►e Earl and Countess of Airlie, th a and Baroness Biome, the Earl of Morley, Visooant i Viscountess Tor rington, the lion. F. Calthorpe, )L'., Sir Henry Hoare, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Dudlt Carleton, Lord and Lady Delamere, the Hon. Ashley and Mr. Ponsonhy, Mr. and Mrs. Rainier Cochrane, Mrs. Ford, and Mr. Gregory, M.P. The Archbishop of Dublin has arrived Maurigy's Hotel from the Palace, Dublin. Lord DERRY said the ministry could not and would not recede from the principle that the rating should be per. sonal and the payment personal, and that the compound householder should pay the entire taxes ; but they would enable him to deduct the whole amount paid from the landlord. With regard to the case of the landlord who had compounded, be would be, of course, freed from all responsibility in regard to every tenant who chose to pay the rates in order to obtain the franchise. He would therefore be released from the obligations for undertaking which he was compensated in the compounding arrange ment, and in the meantime, where the responsibility con tinned, the compound rating arrangement would also be maintained. They thought the landlord would be com pensated by his release from all liability. There was one point upon which he should say his friends might feel assured, and that was that, whatever occurred, the country should not through this administration arrive at the con dition of household suffrage pure and simple. With Mr. Butler-Johnstone( policy only a few mem bers—not half -a-dozen--expressied any concurrence. There was a general and hearty assent strongly expressed from member to member to the coarse Lord Derby declared himself determined upon pursuing. But no formal reso lution was deemed necessary. The noble Premier not having alluded to the question of the lodger franchise, the question was asked how the administration proposed to deal with that question. The Archbishop of Canterbury will preside at the public meeting of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, in St. James's Hall, on Friday next. The Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Oxford, and of Grafton and Amide* the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Lyttelton, and others, are expected to take part in the proceedings. A Luxemburg deputation, consisting of the bur gomaster of that town and two municipal council lors, had a long interview yesterday with Prince Henry. They have set out to-day for London in order to present a petition to the Conference. THE CROATIAN DIET. AGILAM M AY 7. , The committee of the Croatian Diet has sus pended its sittings in consequence of the impossi. bility of any understanding being arrived at between the different parties. It is believed, however, that the party in favour of the union of Croatia with Hungary will obtain a majority. On the 4th of next month Viscount Enfield will move for a select committee to inquire and take evidence as to the law and practice relating to the summoning, at. tendance, and remuneration of special and common juries, and to report to this house as to any alterations which ought to be made therein. The Consfitutionnel announces that most of the crowned heads of Europe will soon visit Paris. His Hellenic Majesty is already there ; so are Price Oscar of Sweden and the Duke of Luchtcnberg. In a few days the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Queen of Per. tugal, the Prince of Wales, the Prince and Princess Royal of Prussia will arrive. Paris is also to have the Emperor of Russia and two of his sons, the Emperor and Empties of Austria, and perhaps the King of Prussia. The Queen and King of Spain, and the Viceroy of Egypt will also honour the French capital with their presence. " Never," says the Constitutionnel—" never since fifty years will Paris have aeon within its walls such an assemblage of princes." A letter from Calcutta says :—" Ins few weeks the Jubbulpore line from Allahabed will be open as far as Myhere, and en engine will run the whole length of 234 miles. Already, before their completion, not ten yew after the death of their great designer, the Marquis of Dalhousie, oar nine Indian railways yield a revenue of four and a half millions sterling, more than the whole revenue of Mexico, nearly that of Brazil, nearly twice that of Canada, and more than twice that of Denmark ; in three years, at the present rate of progress, Indian rail ways will yield as much as the whole state revenue of Bel. Mum. The sooner the great lines are finished the better, by the Rajpootena, Indus Valley, and Peahawur ex tensions." Lord Derby has confided, the Star remarks, to his fol lowers bia last grand stroke of policy —to prosecute for trespass, in the name of the Sovereign of these realms, the men of the Reform League who last night denounced his government, and to take his stand upon cutting off from the householder above ten pounds the rights be now enjoys, in order to equalise hint with the compound house holder below that limit, who is to be cheated out of the franchise which is apparently offered to him. What power could possibly keep such a cabinet from destruction ! The O'Conor Don, on the 19th of May, intends to call attention to the difference of treatment displayed towards the Fenian prisoners and prisoners convicted of other offences. MIL DISRAELI replied. Ho mid that in reality that question was not presented to their consideration. So soon as it should be offered to the house in any shape in which it might be discussed, then they would be prepared to consider it and state what they would do. But the time bad not yet come to state what course they would be prepared, after consideration, to adopt. The meeting was occupied about an hour and a half, and separated about half-past 2 o'clock. A numerous concourse of persons last Tuesday evening followed the coffin of Aaron Poetic, from the house where he died at Florence in the VIA Santa Catarina, is the Miaericordia Chapel. The pall-bearers were Signor Rattarsi, the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, the Syndic of Florence, and Deputies Crispi and Pisanelli. A great number of senators, deputies, public functionaries, officers of the National Guard, and pt. vate friends of the deceased, both Italians and foreigners, joined in the procession, which was preceded by a battalion of the National Guard, with craped banner and band playing. The streets through which the coffin passed were crowded. The body has since left for Naples, escorted by Senator &Woks, es representative of the Municipal Council of Florence, and by six delegates from the Chamber of Deputies. Letters from Naples so that the deatn of this amiable man and sincere patriot had there caused a great sensation. He is to be buried at the public expense, and it is probable that the ceremony will be made the occasion of remarkable demonstrations of Mr. Gilpin will ask the Chief Secretary for Ire land to-night if his attention had been called to the re, volting character of the sentences on the Fenian convicts, that in addition to the penalty of death by hanging they were sentenced to be dragged on a hurdle to the place of execution, to be decapitated, and their bodies to be di vided into four quarters. He will ask further whether, supposing the law required this sentence, the government will take an early opportunity of amending it. On the second reading of Oxford and Cambridge uni►ersities Education Bill, Mr. Beresford Hope will move that it be reads second time upon that day six months. MARTIAL LAW. —On an " early day" Mr. O'Reilly intends to call the attention of the House of Commons to the law as laid down by the Chief Justice of England in his charge to the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court on the 10th April, 1867, in which he declared it to be the unquestioned and unquestionable law of the laud that no English subject can be subjected to martial law ; and, also, to the statement made in the house on the 11th March by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that the government had not the intention of at that time pro claiming martial law, and hoped there would be no neces sity to proclaim it ; and to move the following resolution: That whereas, by the law of this kingdom, no man may be forjudged of life or limb but by the lawful judg ment of his peers, or by the law of the land ; and no com mission for proceeding by martial law may issue forth to any person or persons whatever by colour of which any of her Majesty's subjects may be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchise of this land, and the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of parliament is illegal; this house would regard as utterly void and illegal any commission or proclamation purporting or pre tending to proclaim martial law iu any part of this king dom." respect and regret. THE " DEFENEtTE " ARRANGEMF:NTB AT HYDE PARK LAKT NTGHT.—It was decided that the police were not to appear in greater numbers than is usual in the park, the only alteration being that the constables, instead of walking singly, patrolled at long intervals here and there in pairs. In feet, at the first glance yesterday the police seemed to be fewer than usual in the park. The mounted police, in troops of fifties, were stationed round the enclo sure at various point, which it is needless to parti cularise, but all so posted as to enable the whole force of mounted men to converge upon any pert of the park within five minutes after an Mann wee given. Very strong detachments of foot constables were also similarly disposed, so that in 15 minutes at the most about 3,500 men could have been brought to any part of the inclesure. In the little dell where the police-station and barrack in the park itself are situated, on the road to the magazine, • thousand con stables, under the orders of the chief superintendents, were held in reserve. The barrack was made the head quarters of the police force, and here were Sir Richard Mayne and Sir Thomas Henry, with the Deputy- Commissioners, Captains Harris and Labalmondiere, and the chiefs of the A divi s i on , Messrs. Walker and Kittle. This force, however, through strong enough in itself, was still stronger in the supports it could command and depend upon. A part of a regiment of Hussars having been brought in from Hounslow, was stationed near the park and in the Royal-m e ws. A s t rong d e t ac h men t of Life Guards was at Knightsbridge, while another was under cover near the end of Park-lane. The Horse Guards (Blue) were in readiness to move at a moment's notice from Regent's-perk, and the Guards were kept to their barracks in anticipation of any emergency. Behind the police barrack in the park itself is a very pretty enclosure, known as the Wood-yard. It is • kind of orchard garden, with a rambling, old fashioned sort of farmhouse building. Here a regiment of the Guards were placed, under the command of the Hon. Colonel KeppeL Anything more picturesque than the rough picnic sort of bivouac which the soldiers made among the trees can scarcely be imagined. Here, too, were mounted orderlies, superintendent.' of police on horseback, officers pawing continually to and fro. This spot was, mare have said, the headquarters, and though from the outside scarcely more than a dozen sentries and police were to be seen, yet all within this quiet.looking enclosure was war like in its every aspect. Altogether, more than 10,000 men, police and military, were kept ready to move and close in upon the park yesterday within half an hour's notice ; 'et, as it turned out, the whole meeting leased over quietly, without the slightest disturbance worth mentioning, or without more than • dozen policemen being at any one time seen upon the ground.—Times. The Telegraph praises the conduct of the people in the park, though its gratification is tempered by the knowledge that a riot was secretly expected to take place by the very men who have assumed the task of remodelling the constitution in accordance with the changed circumstances of the time. The Tele7praph cannot conceive any course of action more likely than that of the government to teach the people to =Limit authority. In future how are the multitude, the unlearned and unlettered, to believe but that in all other matters the government may be playing a game of " trying it on"—a game of false pretences to legal right where no such right exists? It con find no parallel but Dogberry, and even that is faint. "You are to bid any man stand in the Prince's name." "How if a' will not stand ?" "Why, then, take no note of him, and let him go." Nor does Dogberry forget to add advice that Mr. Walpole, by his proclamati ins, has fully followed up : " For your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity." The prooeedings in Hyde Park last evening were wiinesed by • large number of gentlemen, many of whom rode on horseback about the crowd entirely unmolested. Amongst them were Earl Granville. the Earl of Lncan, Viscount Halifax, the Marquis of Sligo, Capt. Grosvenor, M.P., Sir Mordaunt Well., Colonel Knox, M.P., Mr. R. N. Fowler, Lord Chief Justice Bovill, Mr. Justice Mon tagu Smith, and Mr. Leo Schuster. A large open-air mooting of working-men was held at Sheffield last evening. It was called by the Local Reform League. The meeting unanimously condemned Mr. Roebuck's conduct on the Reform Bill, called upon him to resign, and pledged themselves to oppose him at the next election. Confidence was expressed in Mr. Glad stone, and thanks given to Mr. Hadfield. THE TROGRERN OF TO! REFORM RM. According to the Timer, even the Geri:eatopponents begin to be aware that the success of the government THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL. The Chancellor of the Exchequer last night gave notice of his intention to move the following amendments : IN COMMITTEE OY MEYMEMENTAtION Or Mg PEOPLE DILL. The Chancellor of the Exchequer,—Page 11, Clause 34, line 29, leave out all after " rated," and insert " to the poor rate in respect of any premises, instead of the occu pier, the following enactments shall be made for the pur pose of giving facilities to any occupier desirous of aoquiring the franchise under this act, or the act of the second year of King Wm. IV., chap. 45, in respect of such premises : (1.) The full rateable value of every house or other sepa rate holding and the full rata in the pound, and the name of the occupier, shall be entered in the rate-book. _ (2.) The occupier may at any time claim to be rated to the poor rate instead of the owner, and in order to enable him to be so rated, forms of claim shall be obtainable, free of charge, at every post-office within the borough at which money orders are homed. (34 The form of claim shall have printed thereon the address of the overseers, and when signed by the claimant shall be transmitted free by the post to overseers. (4.) On the receipt of any such claim the overseers shall return an answer by post etating the amount of rate, if any, due in respect of the premises. O.) The overseers, on the receipt of the claim and on the payment of the rate, if any then due, shall record the claim in the rate-book„, and thereupon the occupier shall be liable to be rated and pay rites in respect of such pre mises and the overseers shall give notice to the owner that the occupier has so claimed as aforesaid, and thence forth and until the termination of the tenancy of the oc cupier the owner shall be discharged from hie liability to be rated or pay any rates in respect of such premises. (6.) Where the occupier of any premises that have been let to him free from rate liu claimed to be rated and to pay the rates, for the purpose of acquiring the franchise under this act, he may deduct from any rent due or ac cruing from him in respect of the said premises any amount paid by him on account of rates. All expenses incurred by the overseers under this, sec tion shall he deemed to be expenses incurred in the regis tration of voters, and shall be allowed accordingly." To move the following clause (repeal of 14th and 15th Viet., c. 14, a. 31:—There shall be repealed the third section of the act of the session of the 14th and 15th years of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter 14, intituled " An Act to amend the Lew foe Use Registration of cer tain persons couununly known am Compound House holders, and to facilitate the exercise by such per sons of their right to vote in the election of borough members to serve in parliament ;" but this repeal shall not apply to the case of any person registered as a voter at the time of the posting of the act so long SO he retain the qualification in respect of which he is so registered, and as to such person and eo long as aforesaid the said section shall remain in full force. Soeirrr or Esonizims.—At the meeting of this society yesterday, Mr. W. H. Le Feuvre, pr es id en t, i n th e chair, the following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members :—Mesare. Benjamin Samuel Fisher, Ed. ward Buckhsm, Benjamin Cooke, Henry Shield, John Brough Palmer, Frederick Charles Danve rs , Thomas Greenhill, and John Watson, F.O.S. Aarxiatea—Mere. Charles Mathew Barker, Richard Gunning, William San. disco, Ihniglas Heath Aahbee, and F. Ireland Rumble. ITALY. FLORENCE, MAY 7. The Gazzetta del Popolo announces that Signor Rattazzi has received from the Prussian embassy in Florence, communication of a despatch from Berlin, thanking Italy for the conciliatory part she has taken in the Luxemburg question. The same journal states that negotiations are re ported to have been opened for the conclusion of a financial operation based upon the ecclesiastical ProPerty. The Gazette et' Italia announces that a contract relative to the alienation of the ecclesiastical pro perty will be signed to-morrow. LUCERNE, MAY 6. The elections to the new Grand Council have resulted favourably to the liberals. Some popular agitation prevails in this town. SPAIN. MADRID, MAT 6. The Queen of Portugal arrived in this city last night, and will remain here two days before pro ceeding on her journey. BELGIUM. 13ALTSSELS, MAY 6, EVZNING. The works of the Belgian Public Works Com pany were inaugurated to-day by the King and Queen, accompanied by the Count and Countess of Flanders, the ministers, and municipal authorities. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. The Inman steamship City of Baltimore, from New York on the 27th ult., arrived at Queenstown at 9.30 a.m. to-day (Tuesday) with the mails, 309,500 dols. in specie, and 106 passengers. After landing the mails and passengers she proceeded at 10.30 a.m. for Liverpool. NEW YORK. APRIL 27, 11.30 s.s. General Sickles has prohibited the sale of all spirituous liquors to soldiers and sailors in his district. The Washington Criminal Court has sentenced Sanford Conover to 10 years' penitentiary for perjury during the trial of the assassination conspirators. Senator Wilson visited Mr. Davis at Fortress Monroe on Thursday. Admiral Farragut bits been appointed to the command of the Mediterranean squadron. Eight Japanese commissioner' have arrived at Wash. ington. Hostilities with the Indians in Nebraska have coin. menced. Mexican news published in the New York papers from republican sources, reiterates the assertinn that Maximilian had offered to capitulate at Queretaro provided the impe rialist officers were guaranteed their lives and property. This waa refused by Juarez. It Is also reported that Maxi milian offered to capitulate if allowed to les., the country. Imperial accounts from Vera Crux, vil Havannah, report the recapture of Puebla by the Imperialists and that the garrison of Vera Cruz were well supplied. A fanner in the county of Dorset has received over 1,0001. for one year's yield of balky, the produce of 60 acres. SHIPS IN THE ICE.—Recent accounts from New foundland report the arrival there at Harbour Greco of the two ships, the Isabella and the Haidee, from Oporto. The former of them vessels was surrounded by ice for 16 days, and the hitter was upwards of JO days in the same pe rilous position. Both vessels were severely damaged about the cutwater and stern. The copper was completely stripped off each of them, and the former was so leaky that she could not have floated many days longer. LAI COUP iittings at Ti itß The plaintitf onsequence of I e defendant. Mr. C. Foeter Mr. T. 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