The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-10 00:00:00

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Buckstone, CIRp. petidale, Howe, ,cogers : Farren, kr. : Mesdames seed.. rth.1.1...rc Moore : Re.—LESD VF FIVE SHILLING:I. Mr. Itlickstone —And PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal 8; Missßurke. rLiNcrxm Titis Ct•errtn, NO. 1 , ROUND THE CORNER. Mesas. Shore and Forrester —And IT Is NEVER Too LATE TO MEND. limas. Vining, F. Villiers. Verner, Shure, Calbaem, and Mellon; Mime Page sad Rodgers. LYCEUM. Tdt! EVENING. BAMlloo7litiO7Mr. Price and Miss Kate ,op.—And THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Yechter, M.•srs. Johan, Emery, Price, Widdicomk, Fitzpatrick, 4c. ; Vises Elaworthy, Oration, and Carlotta Leclerc!. STRAND. THIS Mineola, BWEE"IIIEAIiii AND WIVES. Mr. Rel. fdrd.—KMMEILALDA ; OE, TIIE SENSATION GOAT. Mown. Thorne, James, Robsdn, and Turner ; Mesdames Swanisdo Hughes, Weathersby, He.—And THE FRENCH EX II I Sfl HOLBORN. Tim Emma, MY TURN DRILY. Mr. Delmore: Mime Voote and Lennox.—And FLYING SCUD. Mews. Neville, Del more, Blake, Vellaire, see. ; Mesdames K Josephs, C. asunder's, Bessie Foote, Mddee, Lamm, 'laymen& BRITANNIA. 71114 rirmixo. TOE DREAM OF All ERN. Mr. Howe and Miss s. Mika. FAUST: OR, M A ROURRITE'S MANGLE. Mr. Lane and Mesdames Jacobs, Edwin, and Booth.—Concluding with TIIE SAILOR'S RETURN. Mr. J. Reynolds, Re. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TV DAT —Morning. sh. 40m Afternoon, 6h. 4M. To-Ifoaaow—Morning, 611. Yam Afternoon. 7h. I. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10. THE old affection for diplomatic secrecy broke out in the regret which the Earl of CLARENDON and Earl Russr.m. expressed on Monday at what they considered the premature publication of Lord STANLEY'S despatch to our Minister at Madrid. Lord STANLEY is the frankest of Foreign Ministers, but even he must draw the line somewhere. A telegram arrives from America, informing Europe that one of its great Powers has withdrawn from that continent,land that the United States are proportionately aggrandised. Being asked to explain the transaction in Par liament, he discloses most unreservedly the ex tent of his ignorance, and describes the steps he has taken to acquire information. He sends to Spain a despatch, which, if not an ultioutivm, is the final precursor of one, and publishes it in London almost before it can arrive ut Madrid. Still the inquisitive mind of one of the most ardent of his followers is not satisfied ; the active and all-em bracing intellect of the member for Devizes takes in the past, the present, and the future. Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH would know, HOE only what Ministers have done and are doing, lint what they have thought of doing in all possible contingencies. Has the Mediterranean squadron left Malta ? Has it sealed orders ? Is it going to Spain, and what will it do when it gets there? Lord STANLEY could not gratify to the full the wishes of the most watchful attendant upon his foreign policy—he could not state what orders had been given to particular ships of the Mediterranean B4padron, but he kindly remarked that there was nothing unusual in sending one or two vessels to the coast of Spain—an observation capable of unlimited development in the brain of the honourable member for Devizes. Without impeaching that solicitude for the public interest which undoubtedly inspired the regrets of the two Liberal ex-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, we do not hesi tate to thank Lord STANLEY for the openness with which he is conducting the foreign affairs of the country. If former Foreign Secretaries bad always let the public know upon what courses of action it was being embarked, to what engagements it was being com mitted, and what dangers it was challenging, we might have avoided some costly errors, and should certainly have been spared some unneces sary humiliations. As it is we know exactly, and while there is yet time for public opinion to in fluence the action of the country, of what our Government complains in the conduct of that of Spain, and by what measures it is seeking redress. As to the Tornado, we distinguish between the doubtful claim of the owners of that vessel for indemnification, and the well-founded right of the crew to redress for having been put in irons. We do not say that the Tornado was entitled to British protection as a strictly neutral vessel when she was seized by the Spanish authorities, but we affirm that she had not a fair trial, and that her crew were treated arbitrarily, and in a maener contrary to law. As to the Queen Victoria, we say that the proceedings against her were from the first contrary to law. She was seized on the high seas as a smuggler, whereas, if smuggler she had been, she would not have been liable toseizure. Hercrew were driven away while her name was painted out, and she was falsely reported as having been found dere lict. The remonstrances and protests of our Consul were treated with contempt, and the vessel was vertised for sale as a derelict, but afterwards sold as a confiscated smuggler, her master not being allowed a hearing. After having treated the matter for a year as one between Government and Government, the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs informs the parties that they may look to the courts for redress. Lord ST tNLEY has notified to the Spanish Government that nothing less than reparation and apology can be accepted as a satisfaction for the deliberate and flagrant succession of utterly lawless acts. There is no reason why what the British Government and people require, as well as what they think and feel, should be privately whispered to General CatoNer. at Madrid. The wrong has been public, the reparation must be public, awl so should also he the demand. Lord CLARENIX/N says that the premulgat ion of a peremptory despatch will spread the idea that vier cioa has been applied to the Spanish Go vernment, and that this may make it difficult for the Cabinet of Mail ri , l to return a satisfactory reply to our demand. It may do so, but we are not' concerned to make it easy for foreign Govern- I ments to get out of an embarrassment in which they have entangled themselves by their own I illegal acts. The wore difficulty they experience is settling this affair, the less likely will they be THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1867. to repeat the same conduct on a similar occasion. Of course we are not wantonly to throw obstacles in the way of their return to right conduct ; but they may fairly be required to take the full conse quences of their own actions. If Lord CLARKN ININ had said that the publication of Lord STAN- I.EI 'S despatch was likely to diminish the prospect of our getting redress, there would have been some thing in the objection. But we take it that this country is prepared to insist on its just claims, and that the Sjanish Government will have to comply. All intelligent subjects of Queen KELLA know well that these proceedings are not dictated by feelings of hostility or animosity to their country, towards which we entertain nothing but good wishes, and that if we should be brought into relations of hostility it will be very reluc tantly, and only for the purpose of defending interests which are bound up with our national existence. There is no reason why we should treat such a matter with the secrecy of some Im perial SHYLOCK who exacts his pound of flesh of a dependent ally, or bids underhand with a small and needy neighbour against the rights of a great and rival Power. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) tactitian not troubled by scruple.. Only bye renewed mice, • re-aroused vigilance, cast.the liberals tesspe the diegrace of having furthered the enactment cis measure so blindly futile. We trust the battle on the ground of per sonal r.iting will be fought in • different spirit from that which has lately prevailed among a part of the opposition. If not, the question of Refonn will remain unsettled and menacing ; the character of parliament, and especially of liberals, will be discredited. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-APRIL 9. OFFICES AND OATHS BILL In the committee, clause I.—Amendment proposed, in page 2, line , ' 2 and 3, to leave out the words " and the office of Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, Lord Justice, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland."—(llr. Cand. lish.)—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the clause."—The Committee divided—Ayes, 1411; noes, 143. AYES. Arland, T..D. Finlay, A. N. Morris, C. Adam. W. P. Fitcuerald, Lord 0. Morris, W. Agisr.l.llls, L G. FitaPatricic..l. W. Murphy, N. D. Amberley, Yiset. Forster, C. Neale. C. Antrobus, E. Forster, W. E. O'Beirne, .1. L. Armstrong. IL Foster, W. 0. O'Brien, Sir P. Ayrtiin, A. S. Fortescne, l'. P. O '('. mid Inoi, The Innvell, J. Fortescue, D. F. illsonoghue. The Barnes, T. Gilniu, c. Ogilvy, sir J. Barry, A. 11. Glatiatone, W. E. Ouslow, G. Barry, C. It. Gladstone, W. H. ()two'', A. J. Bass, A. Glyn, G. U. Pa,lmore, R. Baxter, W. E. Guldsmid, Sir F. Pease. J. W. Bingham, Lord ooschen, G. J. l'eto, Sir S. Blake, J. A. Graham, W. Plm, J. Blennerhassett,Sirß Greville.Nugent, A. Hatt, J. lionhamearter, J. Gray, Sir 3, PollanLlTronhart,W Bowyer. sir 0. Grey. sir (1. Putter, E. Brady. Dr. Gridley, Capt. Potter, T. B. Brand, 11. Gurney, R. Power, sir J. Browne, Lord J. Hadoeld, O. Price W. P. Bruce, Lord C. Hartley, J. Bearden, I). J. Brum, Lord E. Hay, Toni .1. Rothschild, Baron Buller, Sir E. M. )lay, Lord W. M. de Cardwell, E. Henderson, J. St. Alin's'', J. Cave, S. Herbert, 11. A. itaundrrson. F.. Cavendish, Lord E. Hibliert, J. T. 14choleheld, W. Cavendish, Lord F. Holden, I. Seely, C. Cheetham, J. Kennedy, T. Seymour, A. Childers, H. C. Kiug, J. G. Seymour. H. D. ('lenient, W. J. Knatchbull -Hoge,- Simeon, Sir J. Colebrooke, Sir T. urn, E. Spells. A. A. Coleridge, J. D. lowan's, J. A. ittacpuole. W. ('ohlle, C. R. Leader, N. P. Stock, 0. Courtenay, Lord Leeman, 0, Sullivan. E. Cowen, .1. Lefevre, G. J. Syron, K J. Cremoruc, Lord LiddelL H. G. Torrent W. T. i. roaaley, Sir P. Lcke, J. Tottenham, Lt...C01. Indglish, R. YlacErtiy, E. Tracy, C. K. Lie La Peer, K 11• Kenna, J. N. Watkin, E. W. Denman, G. Mackie, J. White, )'apt. Deverruz, R. J. Maguire, J. F. Whitworth, B. Diliwyn, L L. Martin, C. W. Williamson, Str H. Lark It. A. Milbank, F. A. Young, R. &lean's, C. Mill, J. S. Esmond's, J. Monk, C. J. TELLICRS. EYKY II, K. NI onsell, W. frLogtden,ltir C. Fawcett, 11. Moore, C. Cogan, W. it. Rides, J. Store, R. J. NOD,. Archdall, Capt. Getty. S. G. Montagu, Lord IL Aytouu, IL S. Gilpin, CoL Montgomery Six G. Rego. W. Goddard, A. L. Mordaunt. Sir C. &wail, C. Goidney, G. Morgan, Major Barrington, Viact. Gore, J. R. Mowbray, J. R. Barrow, W. H. Gore, W. R. Naas, Lord Bateson, Sir T. (treenail, G. Hudak Sir J. Beach, Sir M. Greene E. Neville-Grenville, R. Beach. W. W. Gre), T. de Newdertate, C. N. Benyon, It. Griffith, C. D. Noel, U. J. Beresfonl, Capt. Guinnosa, B. L. North, Col. Biddulph, Col. Uw)n, H. Northeute, Sir S. Bourne, Col. Hamilton, lA. Claud O'Neill, E. Bewen,J. B. Hamilton, I T. Pakingtr on, Sir .1. Bridges, Sir B. Hamilton, %Mut. Palk, Sir L Briscoe, J. I. Hardy, G. Parker, Major Bromley, W. D. Hardy, J. Powell. F. S. Brooks, R. Hay, Sir J. Read, C. 8. }truce, sir H. Hervey,Lord A. Ridley, Sir H. Bruen, H. Herbert, Col. Robertson, P. F. Buckley, E. Ileygffie, Sir F. W. Royston. Visct. Capper. C. Ilildyard, T. B. Selater-Booth, U. Cartwright, Col. Hodgson, W. N. Selwyn, C. J. Cole, H. Hogg, Lt.-Col. Severne, J. E. Cole, J. L Hood, Sir A. Seymour , U. H. Conolty, T. llorsfall, T. B. Sir ds, W. B. C,orrance, F. S. Howes, E. Stanhope, J. B. Corry, H. 1.. Iluddleston, J. W. Stopforsl, S. G. Cooper, E. H. Hunt, G. W. :Orontes, Sir J. Con, W. T. Hurst, R. H. Stuart, LL-Col. Dalkeith, Earl of Imes, A. C. Bnrtees, V. Dawson, R. P. Kerslake, Sir J. Taylor, Col. Dick, F. Kavanagh, A. Tollennache, J. Dickson. Major Kelk, J. Torrens, It. Mandate. R. Kendall, N. Vance, J. Disraeli, B. Ker, D. S. Verner, E. W. Ihtncombe, Cot King, J. K. Verner, Sur W. Dyke. W. 11. Kinnainl, A. F. Walcott, Adm. Dyott, CoL Knightley, Sir B. Walker, Major Edwards, Sir H. Lamont, J. Walpole, 8. 11. Egerton, W. Langton. W. G. Waterhouse, 8. Etch°, Lord Lanyon, C. Weill, W. K Pane, LL -Col. Latkelles, E. W. Whalley, G. 11. Fellows', E. Lefroy, A. Vildtmure, H. Ferguson, Sr J. Lindsay, Col. C. Wise, H. C. Ployer, J. Lindsay, Cot R. Forge, Col. 31'Lagati, P. TELLEI:9, Forester, Oen. Maluwaring, T. Sehrieber, I', Garth, It. Manners, Lord J. Candlish, J. site (sun. WINDSOR CASTLE, Arm 9. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian, and attended by Lady Churchill. Her Majesty drove out this morning, attended by the Lady in Waiting. Prince and Princess Christian went out driving. Princess Louise walked in the grounds, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart. Princess Beatrice also walked out. Prince Leopold and Prince Henry of Prussia walked and drove, attended by Mr. Legg. Princess Louise and Prince Leopold went to London last evening, and were present at the Philharmonic Concert in Hanover-square. Their Royal Higbnesses afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. Lady Caroline Barrington, Lard Alfred Paget, and Mr. Bahl were in attendance. Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell has succeeded Lieut.• Colonel W. H. F. Cavendish as Groom in waiting. The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Ellis, rode out on horseback yesterday. Mr. S. A. Beck, chairman of the Chartered Gas Com pany, representing the Metropolitan Gas Companies, and Mr. Baxter, had an interview with the Duke of Richmond and the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, Whitehall, on the sub ject of the Metropolis Gas Bill, 1867. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, Sierra Leone , and Lagoa. INAUGURATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AS PRESIDENT OP ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.-( THIS DA K ) A special court of governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital was convened for to-day to receive the Prince of Wales, who attended to receive the charge of a governor, and to be inaugurated as president of the hospital. There was a crowded court, and several ladies were present to witness the proceedings. His royal highness, accompanied by General Knape, Captain Ellis, and Lord C. Hamilton, arrived at the hospital about half past 12, and wa. at once introduced to the court. The Duke of Cambridge was also present. The ceremony commenced with the minutes of the court being read, after which the clerk read the charge to the Prince as a new governor, in which office he was duly in stalled. Mr. H. Foster White, the treasurer, who occupied the chair, then delivered the charge of the President, and gave an interesting account of the history of the institu tion and the great benefits which it had conferred. The Prince of Wales then took hie seat as the newly made President of the Hospital, in which capacity he was warmly greeted by the court. The Prince of WALES addressed the company, express ing the pleasure he felt at occupying the position of governor. He was deeply sensible of the good results afforded by such institutions, which would ever enjoy his heartfelt sympathy. His royal highness after wards thanked the court, and left, shaking hands most cordially and chatting freely with several of the members as he retired. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince and Princess Tack, and suite, honoured the per formances at the Adelphi Theatre last evening. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon left his .eat, Castle Highelere, near Newbury, yesterday morning, for Bath. The Earl and Countess Amherst entertained at dinner last evening at their residence, in roavenor square, his Excellency the Danish Minister and Baroness Bulow, the Earl and Countess of Darnley, the Earl of Morley, Mr. and Lady M►ry Egerton and Miss Egerton, Mr. and Mrs. Talbot, Mr. and Miss Malcolm, Mr. Stop ford, &c. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTERS OF RIPON. The death is announced of Sarah Albinia Louisa, the Dowager Countess of Ripon. It took place yesterday afternoon, at her ladyship's residence at Putney-heath. The deceased countess was the only child of Robert, fourth Earl of Buckinghamshire, by Margaretta, daughter and co-heir of Mr. Edmund Bourke, of Crrey, and widow of Mr. Thomas Adderley, of Innishallon, county Cork. She was born Feb. 22, 1793, and married, 14 September, 1814, the Right Hon. Frederick John Robinson, afterwards created Viscount Goderich and Earl of Ripon, who died in the early part of 1859, and by whom she leaves Moue an only eon, the present Earl De Grey sad Ripon. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The Times treats the request of Sir Df. Peto for a committee to inquire into the affairs of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway as one to which parliament could not assent. So far an his own character is concerned there is of course nothing to say. It stands precisely where it was. It is no better, an I, the Time, is pleased to add, no worse. But there was one conseqw nee of his laudable de sire to free himself from the aspersions of the vulgar which cannot be pawed unnoticed ; namely, the rider by which Mr. Whatman demanded an investigation affect ing the characters of Mr. T. Baring and Mr. Freshfield, two men of unspotted reputation. Of Mr. Whatman's con duct the TIINIA speaks in the strongest terms of censure, saying that lie shot his bolt, and was content to let it hit and fester or miss its aim, equally careless what might be its fate, and whatever might befall the persona against whom he directed his missile. The nous devotes a leader to the report made by a special committee on the finances of the Great Eastern Railway Company, thinking that the scheme which they suggested may in some respects be useful in reviving public confidence. Above all, it is imperatively necessary that the entire truth should be made known as to the amount and nature of all obligations affecting a com pany. If this were generally done railway securities would soon enjoy • favour commensurate with the in trinsic value of railway property. The Great Eastern, with its 1,000,000/. a year clear profit, and a good margin for at least its guaranteed shareholders, ought to have little difficulty in obtaining money ; but so long as it is not known distinctly how this revenue is mortgaged, or by what obligations it may be intercepted, the company loses the benefit of its position. The Herold thinks that Sir M. Peto, as far as he is con cerned, has every reason to feel satisfied with last night's discussion, but thinks there is not much to be said to the credit of the member for Maidstone. If parliament cannot, as an assembly, or in its committees, be made a court of appeal or a court of exoneration for its members in any other than its legislative capacity, so it ought not to have its apparatus perverted to uses which might, however well-intentioned may have been Mr. Whatman's aim in this particular case, be uses of malice. The Stain/aril also remarks that Sir M. Pete must be well satisfied with what has occurred. Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone expressed their sympathy for his misfor tunes, and their admiration of his character, and although the unfortunate debenture holders of the London, Chat ham, and Dover Railway Company will perhaps consider the admiration misplaced, it will always serve the hon. baronet as an answer to the persons who, as he complains, persist in bringing his name before the public in an unfair way. Mr. Whatmsn it describes as having eaten the leek, and it confidently trusts he will never again trouble the house with a motion or a speech. The rcle9ruPh Gaya the vindication of the hon. member for Bristol is no further advanced than before, and it in sists that in this time of railway emberrasiament, confu sion, and shipwreck, it is not out of place to inquire whether the safeguards provided by parliament for credi tors have been systematically evaded by the very men who were entrusted to watch over those provisions. Parlia ment is not asked to sit in judgment on a particular under taking so much as on the working of its own acts ; and an inquiry into this subject forms a proper introduction to that legislative action which, we all feel, must take place without delay. THE HHEoHII QUESTIO!T. The members of the new cave have all but destroyed, the Daily Phan says, the chance of converting the Reform Bill into a measure which can be accepted by the country as a settlement of the question. The tactics of Monday leave Mr. Disraeli master of the situation, and the action of the house is henceforth a scramble. It is almost certain that if a measure be passed at all, the battle of true re form will have to be waged against an invigorated pinto- cracy in the large and small boroughs. It may be pre sumed, however, that the changes by which Mr. Gladstone proposes to place electors below the line of 10/. rental under the same conditions as those above it will meet with general support from liberal members ; but the DaifyNeers thinks the condition which Mr. Gladstone proposes to in sert, that the qualifying premises " must be of the yearly rateable value of Lk or upwards," is of more than doubtful expediency. Looking simply at the third clause of the bill, and taking no account of possible alterstious in later parts of the measure, that part of his amendment which relates to a 51. rating restricts the enfranchisement which Mr. Disraeli proposes. The dissentients who re jected the instruction of Mr. Coleridge are not likely to concur in this more objectionable revival of its moat equivocal feature. Mr. Gladstone places himself in an attitude open to misunderstanding. The course which events have taken during the present week has involved the question of the borough franchise in a mare, from which an outlet is not easily discemable. Mr. Disraeli, with his usual dexterity, has imposed upon some good liberals a name which they have taken for a principle. Deluded with the shadow, they have allowed the substance to escape. In another article the Daily Nerve replies to a correspon dent, one of the members who was at the meeting on Monday, and who objects to its criticisms. The Daily Rees adheres to its opinion that the dissentients should have declared their views with sufficient openness on Friday last, which they could have done as well as on Monday afternoon. Such conduct is not handsome, and in political matter' its consequences are ruinous. No reliance can be placed on men who are capable of thus treating the best leaders they are ever likely. to have • chance of following. The Pool anticipates that if a reform bill is ultimately passed, "it will be an incongruous agglomeration of sec tional hobbies carried with no settled design pervading and influencing the whole. As • settlement it will be but temporary." The Standard is not afraid of being thought over confi dent in mourning that, apart from such accidents as can never be excluded from human, and particularly from par liamentary, eslculations, the passage of the Reform Bill is now secured. It has been made evident that on this question the opposition have not, 118 was supposed, a ma jority. Thu divisions in the liberal camp become daily wider and more irreconcilable. The Telegraph counsels the liberal dissentients, if they would remain in political life, not to be wanting in the division on Mr. Cla,bdone's amendment.. Upon those amendments, the House of Commons will be judged by the country ; and upon those amendments must the alter native turn whether the government bill is to be made • " settlement " of the question, or to bring on • new and indignant movement of the entire people, which must end in larger results than would now satisfy the popular ap. petite. The personal payment of rates is utterly and abominably bad--a device which would bisect the citizens of the realm into two sharply-marked classes, and con struct wholesale facilities—nay, rather invitations and in c, wives—for the universal merchandise of votes. It not so essy,theStar remarks, to manipulate. bill in committee in opposition to a party in power and a wily PRANCI AND LUXEMBURG. Observing that history enters a continual protest against those theories which would make a map of Europe accord ing to its physical geography, the Time proceeds to show that a signal example is the case of France, which from the beginning of history has looked to the Rhine as its natural boundary, and has been alternately advancing to that shore of hope, and receding from it. But all experience is against the value of a great river as a safe and permanent boundary. As to Luxemburg, to neither side can it be essential. Its acquisition by France would give unmitigated alarm to Belgium, and as for ourselves, we cer tainly can have no positive wish to see France an nexing a German population, outflanking Belgium, and pushing a salient angle half-way to the Lower Rhine. We wish to see her content with a position which may stand comparison with that of any country in the 01.1 World. What, indeed, does France want more than France No country ha. greater natural advantages thrown in her lap and almost forced upon her, sitting on her ancient throne, within her own inviolable pale. The danger which the Pave sees arises from the manifest wish of the German nation to incorporate Luxemburg with Germany without delay, and it fears that she has become too powerful to forego any possible advantage in obedience to any arguments based upon abstract considerations of justice or of right. MR. GLADSTONE'S LATEST AMENDMENTS TO THE REFORM BILL. IMPORTANT CIRCULAR OF MR. DISRAELI. The folios ing circular has been addressed the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the members of the conser vative party in the House of Commons: " My dear sir,—Mr. Gladstone hasgiven notice of a series of amendments which he proposes to move in committee on the Reform Bill, on Thursday next. These amendments are Mr. Coleridge 's relinquished instruction in another form. The first of them relates to the vital question of residence, and if any one of them be adopted it will be im possible for the government to proceed with the hill. I shall, therefore, feel particularly obliged by your attend ance in the House of Commons on that evening.—l have the honour to remain faithfully yours, " Downing-street, April 9." "B. D1.11A1.1.1. The following notices were inserted in the parliamentary order book last night : IN COMMITTEE ON REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE PILL. Mr. Gladstone—Clause 3, page 2, lines 3 and 4, after " and 2," insert " whether he in person or his Imullord be rated to the relief of the poor." Mr. M`Cullagh Torrens—Clause 3, page 2, line 8, after " occupation," insert " by him as tenant or owner." Mr. Akroyd—Clause 6, line 40, after " not less than fifty pounds," insert " or in like manner holds shares, de posits, or debentures in respect of which he shall have paid not less than fifty pounds in any benefit building society, or in any industrial or provident society of which the rules shall have been certified by the registrar of friendly socie ties : provided, that in respect of his investment in any such benefit building, industrial, or provident society, he shall have received, during the two years immediately pre ceding the said first day of July, nut less than forty shil lings per annum." Mr. Gladstone—ln the event of the adoption of an amendment fixing a limit of rateable value in parlia mentary boroughs—Clause to provide that whenever the rateable value of any tenement fall below 5/. by reason of a deduction of more than 20 per cent. from the gross estimated rental, the occupier thereof may claim to vote, and thereupon AA if otherwise qualified, be registered. Mr. Ponlett fierope—To move the insertion of a clause to the effect that no occupier of a house below the rate able value of 4/. shall hereafter be rated to the relief of the poor in respect of such occupation in any pariah of England or Wales. Sir Fr►ncis Crossley—That a member be given to the town of Keighley. To-morrow Mr. Warner will ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in the case of • compound occupier who may have claimed to be rated under the provisions of the Representation of the People Bill, paid • rate, and been placed on the register, it is intended that the compo sition shall be treated as continuing, or shall be considered to have ceased, as affecting the liability of the landlord to a future rate in the tenant's default, or in the event of a vacancy in the occupation :—Upon the former supposi tion, to ask upon what principle inch tenant is required to pay the full rate, in apparent contradiction of the law which sanctions a reduced rate where there is • gua rantee from the landlord : upon the latter supposition, to ask upon what principle the tenant is allowed to deduct from his rent the composition rate only, the landlord having been relieved from the guarantee on con dition of which such composition rate was substituted for the full rate. And whether it is not the fact that, in the one case a larger amount of rate would be payable on the tenement than the law now contemplates, and in the other the landlord would be relieved of part of the charge upon his property without being required to fulfil the con ditions under which such relief is now allowed. Mr. Kekewich will ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he proposes to introduce a clause into the Reform Bill, for the purpose of making uniform the various fees now payable by candidates to the returning and other officers who shall hereafter be specified, and whether be proposes to make the payment of conveyance to the poll WOMAN SUFFRAGE. The following petitions are print:id in the appen dix to the eighteenth report of the Select Committee on Public Petitions, issued to-dar. The fir.t was presented by Mr. Russell Gurney, and the wend by Mr J. Stuart Mill : " The humble petition of the undersigned, sheweth,— That your petitioners fulfil the conditions of property or rental prescribed by law as the qual fiction of the elec toral franchise, and exercise in their own names the rights pertaining to such conditions. That the principles on which the government of the United Kingdom is bused, imply the representation of all classes and interests in the state That the reasons alleged for withholding the exercise of the franchise from certain classes of her Majesty's subjects do not apply to your petitioners. Your petitioners there fore humbly pray your honourable house to grant to such persona as fulfil ►ll the conditions which entitle to a vote in the election of members of parliament, excepting only that of sex, the privilege of taking part in the choice of fit persons to represent the people in your honourable house. And your petitioners will ever pray. " MART CHARLOTTE I.LoYD. " HARRIET MARTINEAr. "ANNA &VA/Mgt:K." Ac. &c. &c. "The bumble petition of the undersigned sheweth, that the exclusion of freeholders, householders, and ratepayers legally qualified in every respect but that of sex from the power of voting in the election of members of your honourable house, by depriving • considerable portion of the property, the industry, and the intelligence of the country of all direct representation, is injurious both to the persons excluded and to the community at large. That women are competent both bylaw and in fact to carry on a business, to administer an estate, and to fill other posi tions which, both by investing them with interests re quiring political representation and by affording tests of fitness, are usually considered to give a claim to the suffrage. That the admission of such persons to the privilege of the franchise would be a measure in harmony with the principles of our representative system, while its beneficial effects would not be attended by any possibility of dangerous political consequences. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that any act for the reform of parliament hereafter to be passed may contain provisions for granting the suffrage to women on the same conditions of property, rating, rental, or any other qualifications not deperubmt on such value on which it is or may be granted to men.—And your petitioners will ever pray, " Emu WI:MT:OATH. " LYDIA E. BECKER. "JACOB BRIGHT." Ica, la. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. TITRKE'Y. The Levant Herald of the Ist says :—" Omer Paths arrived on Saturday from Varna, and will leave in a few days for Volo to take com mand of the troops concentrated in Thee:lay and Epirus. The corps thus put under the special orders of the Sirdar Ekrem will be reinforced by a division withdrawn for that purpose from the army of the Danube. A portion of these troops have already arrived by the Poursoud and the Peiki-Chdrif, of the Fivaidi-Osmani4 Company. Detachments of Miffs are also beginning to come in front Anatolia and Roumelia, and the Seraskeriat is at the same time busilyengaged inprovidingtents and other necessaries for the equipment of these troops.,• (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ENGLAND AND SPAIN.-THE TORNADO QUESTION. MADRID, APRIL 10. - General Calonge, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question addressed to him in the Senate yesterday evening relative to the Tornado case, stated that the government would cause the rights of the nation and the decision of the Spanish tribunals to be respected. INDIA. (Vl4 Trieste.) BOMBAY, ItAso' 20. Telegraph communication with England has been interrupted since the departure of the last mail owing to dations between Mosul and Bagdad. The new Governor of Bombay is expected to visit Sind early in April. The negotiations for the amalgamation of the Banks of Bengal and Bombay are progressing. The Bank of Madras has also been invited to join in the scheme with the view of forming a State Bank for the whole of India, which it is proposed to name the Central Bank of India. A telegram from Calcutta says that the Bengal Chamber of Commerce has determined to remon strate against the license tax. Colonel Atkinson, Major Grey, and Major Baumgartner have been appointed as members of a committee to investigate the claims of officers of the Bombay army. The announcement in Mr. Massey's financial statement that the government intended to raise loans for irrigations has given general satisfaction in India. Lord Napier has returned to Madras from a visit to the Viceroy at Calcutta. Obituary.—Colonel William Pitt Macdonald, military paymaster. of Madras, and the Rev. Mr. Maddock. CHINA. SHANGRAE, FEB. St The Footais expedition has moved northward to attack the Neinfei and Mahomedan rebels. The rebels who were threatening Hankou have re treated. Exeter won the Challenge Cup at the Fachkay (►) races. Advices from Japan state the intended visit of the Foreign Minister to Osaca has been postponed. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Fin. 27. The Victoria parliament is engaged in the revi sion of the Customs tariff. Additional taxes have been imposed, causing much dissatisfaction in the colony. The budget is satisfactory, showing a surplus. A conference of colonial representatives is to take place next month on the subject of postal communication with Europe, and in support of the Panama route. The following gold ships have sailed during the month :—Sunflower, with 1,125 ore. ; and Superb, with 40,000 ors. Advioes from New Zealand state that hostilities had occurred between the military and the natives of Tauranja. The village of Icirhanga had been attacked and captured. AMERICA. (By ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, APRIL 9, 6 p.m. The Senate is engaged with the discussion of the treaty for the cession of Russian America to the United States. Mr. Seward has written to Juarez, urging that the Emperor Maximilian, in the event of his being captured, should be treated as a prisoner of war. Cold, 13i. Sterling exchange on London, 109. Five-Twenty United States' Bonds, 109. Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 53.. Cotton—middling upland, 28 c. Petroleum, refined, 26c. The North German Lloyd's steamship Hansa arrived out on Monday, the Inman steamship City of Antwerp and the Great Eastern to-day. THE LIBERAL SCHISM. —The Hon. A. Kinnard wishes it to be known that he received no Invitation to the meeting held in the Tea-room of the House of Com mons on Monday, and that bad he received one, he should have declined to attend. " I merely," he says, " rawally looked in as a member of the committee on public peti tions, which meet in that room." Mr. Julian Goldamid also was present as a " spectator only," and took no part in the proceedings. Mr. M. Biddulph contradicts the state ment that be was at the meeting. Colonel Leslie intends to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland. to-morrow, whether the importation of sheep into Ireland from Scotland might again be permitted, as the cattle disease has now for some time disappeared in Scotland. Mr. Otwsy will ask a question of tho Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on Friday, ss to the state of the negotiations between her Majesty's government and that of the United States with reference to the question of the Alabama. Sir John Gray intends, on the 7th of next month, to move "That this house resolve itself into a committee of the ►hole bow to take into consideration the tempo ralities and privileges of the established church, Ireland." Colonel Barttelot will bring forward his proposal of a select committee to inquire into the operation of the malt tax on Tuesday, the 7th of May. Within a very short period there will be moored at the Pont de Jena, Paris, the drbah.o-11 or Nile boat of his Highness the Pach.i of E i „ypt. It will be after the approved model, and contain all the fore and aft accom modation, only on a more sumptuous scale, with which tourists on the Nile are so familiar. The (14 babyeA will be manned by fifteen Nubians, black as ebony, and dres,ed in crimson and gold, and will also have a band of Egyptian _ . According to the American papers the famous Tammaney Hall, in New York, has been sold for 159,000 dollars, and is to be converted into a newspaper establish ment. It was built in Isll. Soon after the declaration of independence the "Sons of Liberty" formed a society whose object w.ut "to connect in indissoluble bonds of friendship American brethren of known attachment to the politic l rig hts re of human nature and the liberties of the mantry." This society was called after St. Tammaney, in ridicule of the loyalist societies of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. David. Tammaney was a celebrated Indian chief in l'enn's time. The officers of the society were a grand sachem, thirteen sachems, a sagamore, and a wiskinkie. Some distinguished men have been grand sachems. The sale of Tammaney Hall in March, 1867, is described as having taken place in the month of winds, in the season of snows, in the year of the republic '9l. Of late years the government of the satiety has been in the bands of the roughs of the democratic party. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at ten minutes past 14 o'clock. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. Mr. CAVE, in reply to a question from Dr. Brady, stated that a bill for the amendment of the law on mercantilii marine is in preparation, and will in all probability be in. traduced um the other house of parliament after Easter. ••-• • - - - MINFS, &c., ASSESSMENT BILL. Mr. P. WYNDHAM moved the second reading of this bilL He said that although under the act of 43 Elizabeth coal mines were rated to the relief of the poor, other descriptions of mines were exempt, and in coo. sequence of this some of the richest property in his district was free from the rate. Th e object of thi.6 bill was to subject all other mines to rating and since it had been introduced numerous petitions h et i been presented in its favour. The bill also provided for the rating of woods and plantations, which were :du at present exempt. Lord G. CAVENDISH moved that the bill be referred to a select committee. The discussion was carried wk by Mr. Kendall, Mr. Colvile, Mr. Beach, Mr. H en d erson, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Pease, and Mr. Barrow, and was proceed ing when our report left. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF CANADA. (THIS DAY.) This day the half-yearly general meeting of share. holders was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. Alderman DAKIN in the chair. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the receipt s on capital account amounted to 73,7021., leaving only about 17 ,0001. due on the new calls. The average expeedi. tore amounted to 5,341,2521. The outlay on capit a l account was 137,688/. They had 3,2.33,505/. in shares and bonds, which it was still in their power to raise, but they resolved to close the capital account as far as possible, and to confine themselves t o making the capital already invested profitable. The only exception to this was the purchase of the Petrolia line of five miles for 10,0381., which was opened for traffics on the 17th December. The outlay on the third rail was 145,817/. the estimate being over 150,066/. The cost was redu ced to them by the payment of 20,:. - u/. by the New York Michigan CentraL Tee Car Ferry boats cost 39,6001. The completion of the through line increased the through traffic by 36 per cent., and would wake the p a s. sage from Chicago to New York and Boston a journey of from five to six days, instead of one of eight or nine. On the revenue accounts the decrease in the gross receipts for the half-year amounted to 55,5251. The gross receipts for the half-year were 331 ,513!., as compared with 387,0381. in the previous half-year. But that half year was an exceptionally good one, and the decrease was not special to their lines, for the Limited States railways also showed a decrease. He hoped their new arrange. ments would make up the loss. The loss on the conversion of American funds for the half-year was 48,2t0. as com ftir6t7l with 73,316/. for the corresponding half-ymar of After a discussion the report was agreed to, and a dividend at the rate of 3 1 , per cent. per annum wu declared. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY. (THIS DAY). This day, a meeting of Metropolitan Railway shareholders was held at the London Tavern, Mr. Paesoss in the chair, for the purpoee of considering " a bill for granting further powers to the Metrops. litan Railway Company, authorising them to make a junction between their railway and the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway ; for extending the time 'United for the purchase of certain lands and completion of certain works ; for amending the acts relating to the company ; and for other purposes." The (liatenact Raid that perhaps the most important point they had to consider was that of raising money on debenture stock. They wished some time ago to raise money on a debenture stock ; but whew they came to look into the act of parliament, they found they were restricted by Lord Redesdale from giving more than 4) per cent. for the money. In the pre- sent bill Lord liedesdale insisted on a clause that they were not to give more than 5 per cent. Now, he thought they ought to be left to their liberty in this respect. The next clause was the underpinning clause ; and the ob. ject was, that if they shook the foundation of a house, they should be authorised to put in a new foundation, in- Mead of pitying compensation fOr the whole premises. With regard to the St. John's-wood Railway junction that would cost i 0,000!., of which the St. Jobn's.wood Company was to pay half. It was absolutely indispensable that the time should be extended for the completion of the works. They. asked for three years, and they were cut down to two. Ile nioved that the bW, the heads of which were read, should be agreed to. Several shareholders deprecated the Eastern Extension, &Ed said that the extensions were ruining the main line. The CHAIRMAN said that parliament bad practically given the company a monopoly of North London if they did certain things. In 18th, the shareholders were inked if they would accept the corulitious, and they replied that they would. Depend upon it the railway would not go beyond Bishopsgate-street if the circuit was not made to Tower-hill. (Hear.) Then it would be worth their while to go to Tower-Lill. The shares were unfortunately depre ciated, but he believed when the present panic ponied away that the stock would turn out to be a good one. The dividend would be maintained ; the new line from King's cross would be opened at the end of the year, the western extension would be opened immediately after. [The meeting was going on when we went to press.] THE IRISH LIBERAL MEMBER:. -1t is stated that the Irish liberal members had a meeting yesterday in the committee-room of the House of Commons, and that they came to the resolution that the voting papers clause in the English Reform Bill was one which demanded their oppori. tion in order that there might be no precedent for such a scheme when the Irish bill came on for consideration. Sir Harry Verney has learnt that a statement which he made in the debate on the Mutiny Bill on the Int inst., to the effect that corporal punishment had been indicted on soldiers of the United States' army during the war, has given pain to some Americana. " I have been assured," he writes, " that on this subject I had been mis• informed, and it is with great satisfaction that I state this, not only because lam anxious to do away with my erroneous impression to which I way have given currency, but also because the fact that the forces of the rafted State■ maintained discipliac without corporal punishment affords the best example and the greatest encouragement to us in adopting measures by which such punishment may be abolished in the British army." THE CH A HTER-HOUSE. —Yesterday evening, be tween 9 and 10 o'clock, • tire broke out just behind St. John's•street, and in close proximity to the Charter-house, at an ivory turner's, destroying the roof and threatenieg destruction to the back premises of therharter house. The officials of this latter place very promptly brought their engine to bear upon the flames. They with sonic of the gentlemen in the establishment were mainly the cause of checking the more extensive ravages of the lire. • The meeting of the shareholders of the London. Brighton, and South Coast Railway, held yegerday, passed over in a satisfactory manner. A col ttttt ittee was a ppointed to inquire and report whether it is swirl:add,. that the powers and liabilities of the Surrey and Susses, Chichester and. Jlidhurst. and the West Susses Junction Railways he vested in the London, Brighton, and South Coast way Company, as proposed by the bill now before parliament, and whither such transfer as stated is the last half-yearly report of the directors lIINUIVCII 110 new liability on this company beyond the subscription of part of the capital tinder existing acts, and genernlly to inquire and report as to the position and past history of their branch lines, and the prospects of any t ubspiate return from then, on the capital expended. The committr.• is to consist of Sir Charles.lackson, Colonel Mellor, 31.1'., J. T. Mackenzie, and Mr. A. tioex. •• THE HEALTH OF LONDoN.- -It q. ear; fern the return issued by authority of the Vegi , t 41. nets! that in the week that ended on tiatuttl.y. the births registered in London and tot•ixe other Large towns of the United Kingdom atTe ; the deaths registered, 3,148. The Mum.' rate of mortality was 27 per 1,000 persons living. In London the faiths of 1,1:18 boys and 1,182 girls, in all 2.310 el 'law , urea registered in the week. In the curie:vomitus w'ar'ts of ten years, 1857416, the average notelet , o: it tot for increase of population, is 2,11 ii. The death, regetteted is London during the week were 1.4:11. It w... the four tcenth week of the year ; and the average number of deaths for the week is, with a correatot for tnereaw of population, 1,503. The deaths in the pr .ci• t. tato ate less by 50 than the estimated 0111101.4% Th.. IC' , itl3 , le London last week exhibit, it considerable de' oat parison with the number: of tleath, in the too preeedmg weeks, when 1.731 and 1.001 persott• died. The deaths registered during the butt three weeks in the West districts were 9'r9, tf7:l, 241. In the north....[tree. Itrd, 380, 315. In the central districts, 107. the rst ; 122 . 214 `• 3 24. In the molt; .li,t nets. ".no, 4'3.:1!11. In the east districts the deaths lot Neil, ex ceeded in number the deaths regist. red in the ,atne tricta in any week since that which ended 2tel February. Thirty-eight deaths occurred from at. tall I N., 4in Mary lebone, 4 in Panora , , '2 in Shotmlitelt. 2 in F01d:t0.... w Fer• motelsey, 3in Lambeth, and 18 in taller diatrieta. Fifty two deaths occurred from typhus 11 iu kensitt.:toll• I. to Pancras, 7 in Shereditch, 5 in liethnal•g•isat. ;in _ 1 loplar, and 2.i in other districts. Deaths in the Sotallitox and London Fever Hospitals are referred to the distticte which the patients were brought. In the smith districts of the metropolis. the estimated population of stitch Iv nearly 900,000, only sic persons died front fever three of the deaths were in the district of Lewisham. Twenty ens loath* from measles, 1 . . from scarlatina, CO from %las? ing.cough, and 12 front diarrhea were registered. q t