The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-05 00:00:00

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TO•SIOIWW—Ilorolug, YR l3m thentoou, 26. .vas. LONDON, TUESDAY, .11.111171 5. IT is usual when a Ministry is recoastitoted to magnify the merits of those who go out of office, and encourage still higher expect:alums of LIIoSC who come in. There is the less reason for ob serving this formality on the present oCCORiOII, lII RSIIIIICh as if the three retiring Secretaries of State were even more efficient administrators than they are their resignation would nevertheless be an hil l:Runse gain to the Government in its present cir cumstances, while no accession of departmental talent or reputation can much help the fortunes of Lord DERRY'ri Ministry. The resignation which has caused most surprise and regret is that of the Earl of CARNARViON, who, indeed, has had no scope for the display of tirst-rat, ability at the Colonial-office, but who in dealing with the self governing communities of our fellow-citizens ailiniad has exhibited the ra...er quality of largeness of view and a capacity to enter into, accept, and co-operate with sentiments and modes ..f thought and action such as a British nobleman does not become familiar with in the ordinary course of his home experience. In the prosperous colonies of Australia Lord CARNARVON will be remembered as one who endeavoured to do their inhabitants justice at a time when they had teeny calumniators and few intelligent friends in this country ; while his treatment of the Confederation question has raised his reputation in the provinces of British North America. Lord CRANEORNE'S industry, his quickness of apprehension, his business capacity, and courtesy, have raised him in the opinion of all who have been brought into intercourse with hint at the India-office. If he has not been able to do much to commemorate his term of office, his speech on the Mysore reversion was that of a man who, under favourable circumstances, might have filled important poets with credit. His suc cess as an administrator is the more surprising, inasmuch as the species of political power which he has chiefly cultivated is such as cannot be fully displayed in official trammels. A minister is appointed to carry measures in Parliament, or vindicate his department there ; whereas Lord CRANBORNOR mind is by habit aggressive. He has not only placed himself in antagonism to every progressive movement of home politics, but he loves to exasperate every controversy which he touches, and to indulge an inclination to asperity which a Minister should be most careful to avoid. Doubt less he will enjoy his recovered freedom after four long weeks of oratorical restraint. It is the fashion of the Conservative press to laud the ad ministrative abilities of General PEEL. Unac quainted with the grounds of this claim, we can do no more than note the fact that it is preferred, but there are not two opinions as to the strength which his high personal character gave to the Ad ministration. On the whole, these resignations are more important as representing the breadth and depth of the differences existing in the body which we have hitherto regarded as Lord Dzaav's party, than for what they detract from the working efficiency of the Government. tbf the persons with whom rumour has filled up the vacant posts there is not much to be said. The Duke of RICHMOND, whom a plausible guess has named as the incoming Secretary of State for the Colonies, has his reputation to make. Sir STAFFORD NORTH- Corti would do better, it may be hoped, at the India-office than he has done at the 13..arel of Trade. If Sir JOHN PAXINCTON choose to leave the Admiralty, where he is much wanted, with the duties of which he is familiar, and where he could exercise much authority, in order to become Secretary of State for War, there will be a loss of ministerial efficiency which may have its justifica tion. butt which a stronger Government than Lord DERRY'R might not be able to afford. If, however, it should be necessary to remove Sir .loos, the Conservative party has no member better qualified to succeed him than Mr. CORRY. The necessarily extemporary character of any arrangemeats which may be made will entitle them to fair considera tion. It is impassible not to admire the courage and public spirit which acceptance of office muter these circumstances testifies. The new Ministers volun tarily undertake a task of the greatest difficulty under circumstances such as have at times been held to justify men similarly situated in retiring upon a position entailing no heavier dutici than throe of unembarrassed criticism. Lori DERBY and his friends, however, must see that a great party rectification has to be made once for all. During the last twenty years the Con-rvatives have accumulated an immense mass of political lumber, in the shape of protests and arbitrary pm positions, which, duly recorded agaies• them in ./b , asord and elsewhere, grievously impede their action, and must he got rid of by revolute effort, if the party is nut utterly ti lose its V 1.-. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1867. influence. The leader; has a taught their fol lowers to dread a " transfer of h,liYeal power," and now they have to propose nothing lea;, and to show that it may be etfaicted with safety. They have protested against a "degradation "'of the franchise," and now they have to recom mend a lowering of the electoral qualifications. They have described a policy of manly trust in their countrymen as a leap in the dark, and Ivor they have to take that leap. They have to 410 more—they have to show that this new and wiser policy is true Conservatism. They can do it, and all the more easily for the events of the last six mouths. We may reasonably doubt whether there is a single member of the Conserviitive party who does rod see that every year that is al,ue.l to NU while a great act of ju,ti,t, to our :oh chimed connt•yiaen is delayed zna!:es hirg,r neces,ary ; that the question of R.-7orm might have betai settled last year on easier terms than can obtained now ; and that in aii other year conceit:dons which would at present lie :We if were I, ft he d.4 - 111t , I 11P , Atilf3Irt.ry. Tit it must Le 3 l'iiii , l•rvittiNe policy which would brieg within the fortress of the Cffillititlltioll as RA dCrelukr3 those who are now able to demand the opening of its gates. The classes in piomession of i:itelli gence, wealth, and leisure must not permit them selves to he told that they have lost the qualities which once enabled them to lead their niore nume rous countrymen ; it is a vocation which they must not decline. Blind and impotent resistance has been counselled long enough ; it is time to ex change unmeaning and artificially maintained anta gonism for mutual trust and faith—and of this better feeling a generous Reform Bill should be the prompt expression. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE POsITIoN OF NIINNTEIt,. The Timex observes that the explanations mule in both houses last night render intelligible the vacillation and studied emptiness of speech which aroused first the astoni , hinent, and then the indignation and resentment of parliament. We may now resume as too certain to be , contradicted that the ministry put off the consideration of every question as long as possible, and met parliament after the recess without having come to any determina tion on the policy they would pursue. A course like this ' merits the severest censures. It may now be con cluded that the first and last resolution of the ministry has been in favour of a wide enfran• ehisement, and our contemporary thinks they were wise• in deciding against the variation of electoral mini lege' desired by Lord Carnarvon. It is not, however, be cause the proposition is what Mr. Gladstone calls new fangled that it is to be condemned. All that cast be re quired is that every proposal shall be judged upon its merits. In another article the Times reviews the career of the present ministry, describing the whole traneictious re lating to reform as most discreditable, and the confes sion of Lord Derby as the most extraordinary one that the legislature has listened to in our time. The ministry began with a policy of secrecy. At the opining of parliament Mr. Disraeli spoke like an orator of a debating society, revealing nothing. Then came the unfortunate resolutions, de stroyed by invective and ridicule in a fortnight. After that, on Monday week, ',lst silence on one side and murmurs on the other, Mr. Disraeli proposed a scheme which he knew would be repudiated, and which had been agreed to by no one. Lord Derby's cabinet had the incredible weakness to allow the dissent of three members not only to prevent them from proposing a measure they approved, but to induce them to propose one they decidedly did not approve, and which they did not expect the house to accept. Lord Derby's duty on finding his colleagues retracting at the last moment was to tell the three secretaries that they must either comply or re sign. A bold and strong minister, a Peel or a Palmerston, would never for an hour have hesitated. Many a ministry has been swept from power for a hats offence. Contrasting the ministerial statements in the two houses, the Daily News remarks that the habit of secrecy is inveterate with Mr. Disraeli, who seems to value it for its own sake and without any reference to the purpose it is to serve. It is from Lord Derby, and not from him, that we learu the nature of the original policy. This, it appears, was enshrined in the fifth of the thirteen resolutions, and consists of a wide extension of the suf frage. with the sting taken out of it by plurality of voting. The enfranchisement which would thus be secured to the working classes would be as real as the freedom of a bird 1 whose wings have been cut, or of a horse with a clog round his leg. The government may he congratulated, not on their return to their original policy, but on their alsindonment, in the Rouse of Lords at least, of their original tactics of concealment and evasion ; and it is to be regretted that they only thought of falling back upon their own convictions when they had been unsuccessful in repeated attempts to suit the taste of the House of Commons. The Daily NI we adds that neither parliament nor the country will be di.. posed to accept even household suffrage with the aCCOIII. paniment of plural voting. Between those who dislike the concession and those who dislike the restriction the scheme must fall to the ground. The language of Mr. Gladstone yesterday evening leaves nu room for doubting what are the opinions of the liberal leader 'in the House of Commons, and what will be the conduct of those who act with him. Lord Granville, in the House of Lords, spoke out less explicitly. Two thirds of the House of Commons will certainly range themselves against the government scheme. That minis ters are in earnest in the matter will he seen from Mr. Disraeli's suggestion, that if the bill reaches the stage of committee the house should sit upon it from day to day until its work is done. It is only to be regretted that the new-born seal should not be occupied on a worthier effort. Tue Past pronounoex against a plurality safeguard, which it considers a device for neutralising numbers, for making the minority appear a majority. It is certain to be rejected by the liberals, while household suffrage without come such device will probably not be offered. The Standar/ says the guvernment were aware that they had laid themselves open to taunts and sarcasms conventionally applicable to their con duct ; but the sincerity of their motives renders them impervious to hostile comment. It is upon the opposition that the Standard would throw the respeasibility of ministerial vacillation, and it depicts the government as being driven from one position to another by the manifest temper of the liberals. t our contemporary proceeds to contend that dual or cumulative voting will not take away what is given to the working classes, but simply limit it as it should be limited. There is reason to hope, it seems, that the division in the cabinet will lead to no schism in the ranks of the conservatives, and the Standard looks for a considerable amount of assistance from the body of the liberals. At all events there is an appeal from the house to the country. The &rah! sees no chance of a settlement of the form question this year if the spirit displayed by the liberal leaders last night is that which will animate their general conduct with reference to the bill. The Trlem•apk ridicules the whole of the ministerial proceedings, and declare* the spectacle such as to revolt the instincts of Englishmen, but promises, nevertheless, that if the reconstructed cabinet will bring in a hill with nothing new-fangled about it they shall receive support from the liberal party. The Star treat; the government in a much gentler spirit than has distinguished it of late. It sees a good augury in much that is passing, and the advice which it gives to the government to hamper their household suffrage proposals with no unacceptable conditions has a friendliness of tone which has not hitherto been noticed. Tl'lt GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Analysing the report of the above company. and ob. serving that in so far as the account represents the absorption of profits in the payment of debts, the story is but too familiar, the Tim , ' sees a novelty about the experience of the last half year which requires to be noticed. The traffic was bad for railways gene ral:y, but the financial convillaions of the spring threw s:riJus difficulties in the way of those railway money Sc rangements which are always proceeding. It is the distrust of all railway securities which is doing the mischief. Ex cept for this, the Great 'Western would have had a surplus fur distribution ; but it has suffered not only (rota the high price of money, but from the unmarketable cha racter of the only wares which it could offer 1111 money's worth. The present unfavourable impressions, however, will pass away, and railway property is likely to be improved rather than injured by the events of the last year or two. It is in itself a reassuring symptom when directors, instead of " making things pleasant " by cooked report. and fictitious dividends, come boldly forward and acknowledge that a proper application of the funds in hand leaves no money to be divided. lif course, a pro perty which uems to bear no interest will not be a popular investment ; but the interest will come in time, and when it does return it will be all the more valuable flora its genuine character. Alorl.TLltT I:E A I.I'SI'IitALE nVFENCE7 The )Wild teke, in reference to the verdict %dd.:A has just been returned in the Divorce 4 'out t of IO,UOM, tionages, to di. outs the uttegion of the proper punishment of adultery. Both public fueling the law decide that this offence ought to be ponialsol. Rot the law :ixt. that it ebtll he puaisheti through the me.liitiu 01 oiattia.: i eb. Is this ps•n:dty t:,e In.. lit :IA to prorlave the &aired reNalt •: The ie. thinks tint. The woman is driven forth as a moral leper, but the twit pays his money ant is free. &pia] justice, correcting the social inequality, would impose on the man a brunt! of infamy such as should make it is shame to him to have his deed recalled. And such a brand would be found, not in a fine, but in a sentence of imprisonment and hard labour. Nothing less will take from the offence its air of false and pestilent romance. There would be no difficulty in allowing the jury that tries a divorce case either to ignore the special co-respondent, or to find hint guilty, whether it dissolves the marriage or not. And while the jury had this discretion, according to the circumstances of the case, the judge would have an ample latitude in awarding punishment, supposing a verdict of guilty to be returned. THE NEW MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS, The office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, vacant by the resignation of Lord C:u•narvon, has been accepted by the Duke of Buckingham, who, it is said, will be succeeded as President of the Council by the Duke of Marlborough. The latter nobleman has until now filled the post of Lord Steward. Sir Stafford Northcote will sueoeed Lord Cranhorne at the India-ottice ; Sir.lohn Pakington will take the place of General Peel at the War office ; and tho Right Hon. Henry Corry will go to the Admiralty. General Peel will propose the army estimates on Thursday, and Colonel Taylor will move for the new writs on Friday. THE FENIAN INI - ASPPN OF CANADA, O}•FICL\L CORRESPONDENCE. This inortii , ig IVP.-1 issued for the informatiort of pin liainent a bah of despatches extending from June I Veki, to the 2.uil t month, relating to the Peuian , List yenr upon Canada. In them papers the governor-General informs the home government of the in n of tli•• provinces; the milite y operations a.;aitist th.• Fenian.; :he details of the ti ia!s ; :Malty of the commutation of Cm capital sentence which hail been pre.. on Illee convicted prison rs. The Ile-patches of tie Secretary et State lin the majority of cases. Earl ('arnarvon) express satisfaction at the pirit anil the emrgy of the Canadians and the government of the United States, and express approval of the commutation of the sentences. On the :kith of June, Mr. Canlwell, acknow ledging the receipt of collies of two acts passed by the legislature of (.7anada authorising respectively the summary imprisonment of persons charged with certain offences against the peace of the colony, and the trial in Lower Canada by a militia general court martial of persons waging war against her Majesty and that province, remarks :—" I rely on your discretion for the use you will make of these extensive powers. I do not doubt that you will have recourse, in every case in which it may be possible to do so, to the ordinary tai' bunals for the punishment of offenders." Earl Carnarvon, writing a week later, remarks on the same subject : " When in PCS a similar act was peened for Cpper Canada, the general condition of the province was in many respects a very critical one. Such. happily, I understand from your lordship's despatches, ii not now the cane. Thanks to the loyalty of all classes in Canada and to the good faith and co-operation of the United States authorities, all aggression from their territory has been baffled, and [ no immediate danger appears to threaten the peace of the province. There remains doubtless, some natural resent ment on the part of those who have been exposed to so wanton cool criminal an outrage, but I am confident that your lordship and your advisers are fully alive to the wisdom of moderation in such a case, and of mantining the punishment of the offenders as fur as practicable within the limits of what may be required for the protec tion of the province now and in the future. But under any circumstances her Majesty's government consider it on every account to be desired that the persons concerned in this insane and lawless enterprise should be tried with all deliberation and should not be deprived of any advantages which can he defined under the ordinary forms of law. And it would be to them a muse of serious regret if any step were taken from which it could be inferred that the British authorities were either unwilling to await the ordinary course of justice or distrustful of the spirit in which it would be administered." The following despatch from the late Colonial Secretary is also interesting : " Downing-street, Sept. 13. " My Lonl,—l have to acknowledge your despatch No. 112 of the 15th of August, enclosing copies of the acts in tituled respectively, 'An act to amend an act of the present session, intituled, " An act to protect the inhabi tants of Lower Camel.' against lawless aggressions from the subjects of foreign countries at peace with her Ma jesty ;"' and An Act to amend the !kith chapter of the Consolidated Statutes of Upper Canada.' One effect of these acts is to give an indefinite retrospective operation in Upper Canada to the 3rd section of the Act 22 Vict., cap. tot, itself a re-enactment of the 3nl section of 1 Viet., cap. 3 ; and in Lower Canada to the 3rd section of the Act 29 Vict., cap. 2. The giving. retrospective operation to an enactment which has Feen in force since the first year of her Majesty's reign, though open to objection of principle, can hardly have any practical consequences. But to give such an effect to the recent act of 29 Viet., is a matter of substantial importance. Under the law as it now stands a man might apparently be punished as 11 felon for an act which was not a felony when it was committed. Such a retrospective law is liable to serious objection, even as regards her Majesty's subjects ; and in its applies. tion to foreigners would be inconsistent with recognised principles of international law. Probably this consequence of the law now forwarded escaped the attention of your government. But care must be taken to avoid the em barrassments to which it might give rise, and I have to instruct you that neither of these acts must on any account he enforced in cues where they would have a retrospective operation. It will not be possible for me to submit them for her Majesty's sanction without such modifications as will relieve them from the objections which I have de scribed. —I have, Se., (Signed) " CAILSaItVON. " The Right Hon. Viscount Maack, k.c." A select committee to try the Waterford county election petition will be chosen on the 2lst. The supplementary estimates tocover the charges for granting an increase of pay to the non•comnuasioned officers and men of the army and militia, and for the more efficient recruiting of the army, amounts to 500,000 f.. On the Army Estimates Mr. Buxton will ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in framing the Reform Bill, he will consider the following proposals:— " 1. To take away the second seat from all boroughs with a population below 10,000, which, with the seven seats obtained by the disfranchisement of Yar mouth, Reigate, Totnes, and Lancaster, would give 44 seats for distribution. 2. After giving, as pro posed, one sent a piece to 12 new boroughs and to the London Unieersity, to give the remaining 31 sesta as third seats to the 20 largest borough constituencies and to the 11 largest county constituencies now represented by two members each, and in thesa 31 constituencies, and also in the eight counties now represented by three members, to allow every elector to distribute his votes at his own discretion, thus adopting the so-called cumulative vote in 20 boroughs and in 19 county constituencies." On Sunday at the Universal Exhibition many contributors, by onler of the commission, commence.' their installation*. The consignments from Russia, Swit zerland, and Japan have all arrived, but with these ex ceptions the agents of most other countries have not yet received all their packages. The building presents a cur tain aspect of confusion, the internal glazing. and fitting up of stalls are yet in a very imperfect state. In the sur rounding park, with its various constructions, an addi tional number of workmen have been employed. Many people believe, despite the assertions of the officials, that the Ist of April will find many departments of the gigantic work incomplete. FUNERAL OF MR. JOHN PHILLIP, R.A.—The mortal remains of Mr. John Phillip, ILA., were interred, at noon yesterday, in Kennel-green Cemetery. The bitter emit wind no doubt deterred many from attending the ceremony, but there was a large gathering of brother artists and friend, of the deceased. Among the members of the Royal Academy present were Messrs. Creswiek, Frith, Elmore, O'Neil, Ansdell, Feed, Millais, Calderon, Leighton, Yeames, Wells, and Armitage. Me ss r s . Top base. H. W. Phillips, T. Brooks, 0. T. Barlow, George Chester, Rudolph Lehmann, Val. Pringle'', A. J. Lewis, Agnew, W. Wynfielil. George Leslie, James Christie,Bliit , ley Brooks, and Edmund Yates were also present. The only son of the deceased, Master Cohn Phillip, was chief mourner._ THE REPEAL or THE MALT-TAX.—The repeal or reduction of the ditty upon malt will be again brought before the notice of the Donee of Commons on the Mith instant, Colonel Itarttelot having given notice of his in tention to introduce the subject on that day. Since last year the malt-tax repealers have lest their great leader, Sir Fitzroy Kelly ; and although the thief Laren did not when in the house deal with the question exactly in the manner which some of the more ardent repealer. desired, all admit that this aid was meet v:duable, and his loss to the cause is sin cerely deplored. The mine difficulty which has occurred in previous years, we regret to say, still exists among members of the house as to the mode of procedure. Some members are anxious for the question to be brought before parliament early in the session, while others as fsvountbly disposed towards a fair settlement o f th e ques ti on l oo k upon this step as unwise, as they urge, with no little truth, that an adverse vote would prevent the Chancellor of the Exchequer from dealing with the question in his budget. It has always been urged by Mr. Inaolatene that it is un wise for the house to pledge itself to any great reduction in the income of the country before they know what will be the requirements of the year ; and after the budget has been brought in, he has as strongly deprecated any inter ference with his arrangements. Everything now depends upon Mr. Disraeli. The malt-tax repealer. cannot as yet rely upon obtaining a majority in the house, but, should the Chencellor of the Exchequer propose a slight reduc tion in the duty, then transfer the remaining portion to beer, leaving private brewing unfettered, theagnenlturista will doubtless gladly accept the change, and no injustice will be done to other elevate of the cetunatuity. goat Animal. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTERS TELE.:RIAIS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DlAacu Count Taafe has been appointed privy comp. cillor. Herr Louyai, the Hungarian Minister of Finance, has been snunnoned to Vienna to confer with the Austrian cabinet upon the financial condition of the empire. HUNGARY. Mini, MARCH 4. EVENING. The riper House of the Hungarian Dieenivt this ex-min. - 4, and agre.' to the resolution of the Lower House, autly.ri,iii4 the ministry to collect the taxes upon the present systein until the end of the current year. tits Irsurt. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 4. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove in the Home-park this morning. Prince and Princess Christian went out walking. Princess Beatrice rode in the grounds. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, has left the Castle for Greenwich-park. The Queen held a council this afternoon at a quarter before three o'clock. The Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Devon, and the Right Hon. Henry T. Lowry Corry, were present. Previous to the council the Duke of Buckingham had an audience of the Queen. The Lord and Groom in Waiting were in attendance. Mr. Edmund Harrison was Clerk of the CounciL Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governon of the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa, Ceylon, and Hong Kong. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Malta. THE LEVEE. Among the presentations yesterday were the &Hewing : Rev. Moja 11l i l Artom Ecclesiastical C h ief of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews In London, by Sir Moses lloidetiorr, Hart. Earl of Be!more. on appointment as Under se:retary of State, by the Earl of Derby. Viscount Boyne, on being created an English peer, by the Earl of verb!. Marquis Camden, on succeeding to title, by the Duke of borough. Mr. Montagu Corry, by the Earl of Derby. Mr. Henry Cotton, Q.C., on appointment as Q.C., by the Lord Chancellor. colonel T. M. Crawley. 6th inniskilling Dragoons, on return from India, by the Luke of Cambridge. Mr. licorge Unice. Q.C., on appointment u Q.C., by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Henry T. Holland, on appointment as Legal Adviser to colonial-office, by Earl of ternarvou. sir George Enact Honynian, on appointment as one of her Ms• jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. J. W. Huddleston, Q.C.. M.P., on his appointment as Judge. Advocate of the Fleet, by sir John Pakington. Itcv. itohert Hutton, by Visimunt Cranhonie. Hight Hon. Lord Hylton, on being created a peer, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. Hubert Jerningham, attach( to her Majesty's embassy Park, by the secretary Of state fur Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thssalore Martin, by the Duke of Sutherland. Vice.Ailiniral sir Rodney Mundy, K.C.D., on appointment as ummander-lu-Chief on the North American and West ludla station, by Sir John Paidogton, Hest. Mr. John Pearson, uu appointment as Q.C., by the Lord Chancellor. .... Sir. chariot Spencer Pert-era, on appointment an principal secretary to the Lord Chancellor, by the Loft chancelb•r. The Right lion. air Frederick Potluck, Bart., on being made a baronet., by the Earl of Derby . Mr. Charles E. Pollock, on his appointment as me of her Ma jesty's counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. ilarris Prenderumsk on appointment as one of her Majesty's amulet ' by the Lord Chancellor. . "- '' • • • Mr. ei'liniant Prentice, on his appointment as one of her Ma jesty's counsel, by the Lord lion. John Bose, Canada, In Earl of Carnarron. Mr. Roxburgh, Q.C., on appointment as Q C., by the Lonl Chancellor. Mr. Joseph Seban. by Sir Moses Nlontellore, Bart. The Hon. Edward Thes*er, by the Lora chaucellor. Mr. Henry Thompson, by NlajorGeneral Franck Seymour, C.B. The Bishop of Victoria, by the nacretary of mate fur the Colonies. General Sir Geo. Wetherall, on appointment as Governor Royal llilltary College, by the Duke of Cambridge. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-(THIS DAY.) The marriage of Miss Constance Lennox, eldest daughter of Lady Arthur Lennox, and Mr. George Russell, brother of Sir Charles Russell, Bart., of Swallow&ld (M.P. for Berkshire), took place this morning at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, in the presence of a host of noble relatives and friends. The bride, accompanied by her mother, arrived at the church precisely at half past 11 o'clock, and was there met by six youthful brides. maids, and as the organ played Mendelseohn's well known wedding march, the bridal party proceeded direct to the altar, the bride leaning on the arm of Mr. Arthur Lennox, her eldest brother. The ceremony was then commenced by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford, who was assisted by the Rev. Stanley Leathea, M.A., professor of Hebrew at King's College. Among the company present on the happy occasion were the Duke of Richmond and family, the Duke of Argyll and family, Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Forteecue, His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorlf and the Countess Therese Berns. torn, Lord H. Gordon Lennox, Lord George Gordon Len nox, Mr. Millais, ILA., Mr. H. Calenift, Mr. Edward Drunnnond, Mr. Alfred Montg •mety, &c. After the re gistration of the marriage the majori'y of the company went to breakfast with Lady Arthur Lennox. Early in the afternoon the newly-wedded and happy couple left for the Countess of Rosslyn's seat in Essex to pass the honeymoon. SEDDICH DEPARTURE OP PRINCE CHRISTIAN FOR GERllANY.—Yestenlay morning a telegraphic message wa s received at Windsor Castle, announcing the serious Wiless of the mother of his Royal Highness Prince Christian, and preparations were crude for theprince to le►ve for the Con tinent as soon is possible. Consequently after an early dinner, at five o'clock, he left Windsor, attended by his suite, for town, to proceed by the mail train on the Lon. don, Chatham, and Dover Railway to Dover, with the intention of crossing the iiillllo evening to Calais en route by express fur Germany. The Princess Christian remains at the Castle. Thu Marehioneßa ..f Exeter gave birth to a son on the 3rd inst., at Burghley House. Last 'tight Lady Mildred Heresford-Hope gave her second dancing party at Arklow House, Connaught. place, at which a fashionable party assembled. Lord Ebury entertained at dinner on Saturday boa, at his residence in Grosvenor-street, the following friends :—The Earl Russell, the Earl Gr.urville, the Earl of Morley, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Enfield, M.P., Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Lyseden, Lord Taunton, Lord Dufferin, M.P., the Right Hon. Wm. F. Cowper, M.P.. the Right Hon. 11. Brand, M.P., Captain the Hon. It. W. Grosvenor, M.P., and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. M.P. Viscount Castlerosse has left town for hia seat, Killarney. Ireland. NEW NATIONAL (; A LUC RY. —We understand that the judges appointed in •his important matter have made their report to the Chief Coinmisaioner, and it was pre sented on Thursday last. The report states that the judges are unanimous in not recommending the actual execution of any one of the designs, but they areof opinion that the designs of Mr. Edward Barry fur a new building, and that of Mr. Murray for alteration,' of the old, posseae great architectural merit.—Times. SER V 1.! VIENNA, Trace b. The PI 14 to-d a y I.oldishes r.dvice+ ;poll Con stantinople :t Orlin; to Prince Mieliael of Syria has been incited by the Sultan to prthavil to Constantinople in order to settle verbally the question of the evacuati on of the tiervian fortresses by the Turkish troops. it is expected that the intervention of the European cabinets will deter mine the Prince to a conciliatory attitude. The decision of the Prince is not yet known. THE BRAZIL MAIL. ARRIVAL OF THE RHONE. SOUTHA3IPTON, li.utot 5. The Royal Mail steamship Rhone, with the above mail, has arrived here. She brings 84 passengers, 44,3701 of which 41,3651. is gold, and the re mainder silver ; 4 packages of diamonds, value not stated ; and 4,161 packages of cargo, consisting chiefly of tobacco and cotton. She experienced heavy north-easterly winds and a head sea across the Bay of Biscay and up the Channel. On the 13th ult., when off Bahia, she passed the English ship Melbourne, bound for Pernambuco ; on the 17th, the brig Clothilde,bound for Bremen; on the 20th, spoke the ships Benefactor and Croydon ; on the 2aith, the Jane Porter ; and on the lst inst., the steamier Una, off Vigo. The mail steamer Celt, for the Cape, arrived at St. Vincent on the 21st ult. At Bahia sugar was more active, and prices had improved. The sales of coffee were unimportant. Cocoa scarce. Exchange on London, 2&1. to 24d. At Pernambuco sugar sales were small. Entries, 40,000 bags. Exchange on London, 23,N. to 24d. The sheep-farming interest at Buenos Ayres was improving. Wool, good Mestizo, sold at 92 dols. per snobs. The railways were prosperous. The Saladerus were in full operation. National bonds had fallen to 401, and discount from S 3 per mut. per month to 10 per cent. per annum. Exchange on London, bol. At Rio the elections occupied public attention, but had passed off quietly. Munitions of war were being continually sent to Par►guay. The Brazilian army minds:red 33,000 men. The British ironclad Zealous arrived at Rio on the 26th ult. Business was restricted in imports and exports. The arrivals of produce were scanty. The stock of coffee was small. Exchange on Lon don firm at 231 to 231. INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS. MARSEILLES, MARVII 4. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Said arrived heru at 7 p.m. to-day with thu India, China, and Japan mail. MALTA, MALTA, MAncii I. Her Majesty's ship Royal Oak has arrived hero front Ca'phalonia. The French frigate Eldoratt. has arrived from Toulon and Algiers with 800 troops and 61 horses for Alexandria. AM EH ICA. (BY ATLANTIC MEC /LtPN.) NEW YORK, M.%RCH 4, 5 p.in. The fortieth Congress met for the first time this afternoon. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices :—G'old, 1384. Sterling exchange on London, 1081. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1104 ; Illinois, 1151 ; Erie, 511. Cotten: Middling Upland, 32. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. Mem oue OWN coalmen:mama PAIUS, MONDAY EVNNINO. The carnival f;tes having adjourned tiU Thurs day next the debates on the public Public Instruc tion Bill—which, if the truth must be told, were considered a great bore by the vast majority of the chamber, and are only read by a very small section of dilettanti public—the "Eastern question," to which people try in vain to shut their eyes, stands out as the most interesting topic of the day. M. Saint Marc Girardin, the academician and re dretero• of the Dibats, is now in Venice, where he is fi•ted in consequence of his known philheUcnism. A deputation of Greeks residing at Trieste lately came to Venice to present an address to him. In his reply to the deputation he said: You, by a happy privilege which you have inherited from your ancestors, are at once the most cosmopolitan of men, and the most patriotic of citizens. Your intelligence permeates everywhere, but your heart is in Athens, th a t dear little old country which you would see greater, more glorious, and more prosperous. Believe me, gentlemen, this übiquity of Grecian commerce and Grecian shipping contains the germ of Grecian emancipation and Grecian independence in the East. Greece has in every part of the world defenders, advocates, and auxiliaries who are her own citizens. Ah ! I have often heard it said that if Greece were shut up in Athens she would then be as small and weak as diplomacy desired to make her. But her strength and greatness resides in the active universality of her citizens, in their cosmopolitanism which extends through the whole world, and their patriotism which is centered in Athens. This cosmopolitanism creates for you a force all the greater, because of the tendency of the world in these days to become cosmopolitan by trade and industry and rapid travel. Allow me to propose as a toast, " Prosperity to the Greeks of Trieste, the aggrandisement of independent Greece, and the enfranchisement of en slaved Greece." The Arcnir Natiumal thinks the toast which, ac cording to a St. Petersburg telegram of March 3, was proposed by the Grand Duke Nicholas at a dinner of volunteers, as almost tantamount to a declaration of war. To wish long life to the revo lutionists is the same thing as wishing short life to the Turkish government, against which they have risen. It is curious that when the Mundellr lately assured France that the intentions of Russia were most conciliatory, it at the same time stigmatised as adventurous these Cretan insur gents whom the Grand Duke Nicholas now calls • • heroes.• • The Bourse was firm. Rento rose sc. for cash and Vic. for account, closing at 711 fr. 25e. and 71/fr. Mobilier rose 3fr. nc., and Credit loneier2fr. 30c. Italian fcU Ilk. Till SUNDAY LIQUOR TRAFFIC. A public meeting, held in consequence of a numerowily signed requisition to the Lord May o r, t oo k place in the Guildhall, yesterday, to consider the 64 means of stopping the sale of intoxicating liquor.. on Sunday. There was a very large attendance. _ _ _ . - The LORD MA YOB who presided, and who was loudly cheered in passing through the hall, said he occupied his hrecent position us the chief magistrate of the City, and is presence ought not to be taken so a pledge of any particular set of opinions, or course of action. When he received so numerously and influentially signed a nluisi• tion, he felt his duty was so clear that 4e had no alteru.,- tire but to place the Guildhall at the disposal of th e p ro . meters of the undertaking, and to take the chair at tho meeting. As chief magistrate he was bound to say that any judicious and sound measure that would tend in any way to suppress intoxication and its ColThell/I'la e/ uould undoubtedly receive his greatest approbation and assistance. (Cheered Wbether the peculiar emirs• now proposed for consideration would effect this object was for the meeting to decide. (Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. IGAttarrr, who was one of the chief pro trot..trs of the meeting, moved the first resolution. dec:at - tug that, 33 the Sunday liquor traffic was highly prejte.i• chi to the welfare of the people, it ought to be di.,•m tinned. His proposal to close puldic.houses alto tht r on the Sanday was received with coasiderable Lotion, followed by counter-cheering and renewed di•tur- A:derumn HALE seconded the motion, and was !.) say this was the second time he had seen the crowded with persons nntiona to diminish intostratiam As a magiatrate, sitting at Guildhall. he could Lenity that the majority a the cases coming before the bench wer e to be traced to drunkenness. The worthy alderman. is the course of his remarks, caused considerable amuse ment by saying that although he took au occasionalglass of wine he never took one on Sundays. As Archbishop Manning was on the point of addressing the meeting, a gentleman, who gave the name of Joshua Henry Wright, declared his intention of moving an amendment. He was received, however, with such a storm of blues and shouting, that the Lord Mayor had to interfere and remind the meeting of the right of gentlemen to express their opinions on either aide of the question. Mr. Wight was then suffered to read his amendment, which said it was inexpedient at present to make any alteration in the law affecting the sale of liquor. The mere reading of the amendment raised such booting and uproar that several minutes passed in deafening confusion. It was not until Mr. Newman Hall implored the friends of the meeting to give the speaker fair play that he was allowed to proceed, and even then every sentence was interrupted. Mr. Sale, who said he was a working man, and one who liked his beer, was similarly received. Archbisho klaNgim; said be supported the resolution with all his hears, because he knew from the report of the House of Commons in 11454 that drunkenness exceeded all statistics in London, and that the great sums of drunken ness in this country was committed between Saturday night and Monday morning. (" No, no," and cheers.) After two years sifting of evidence, the parliamentary committee gave that as an indisputable fact. Temptations to drunkenness had been multiplied by an unwise legisla tion, for thirty years ago the wisdom of our legislature went astray when it introduced the principle of free trade in drink. Whenever parliament had itdreduced relaxa tions in the diatillation of spirits, or in the price of beer, touch more when it adopted the principle of free trade in liquor with its eyes open, drunkenness immediately in creased. He supported the resolution, believing that the working man on the Sunday had more I , 4sure and more money, and required special guards against the tempta tions placed in hi. way ; and hemline he looked upon the Sunday as a day that should be kept sacred from traffic of all kinds except where absolutely necessary. The argument denying the practicability of this measure was disposed of by actual facts. In ten of the United States, in our colonies, and in Scotland, the Sunday liquor traffic had been either par. tially or entirely suppressed with signal success, and in two of the dioxsi a in Ireland this bad been done without legis lation, and by mere pastoral autho,ity. Dr. Manning read two interesting letters from catholic prelates in Ireland, showing how a auppressisn of the liquor traffic in that country, enforced by moral suasion only, had worked ad mirably. An act to stop the sale of li q u o r o n th e S u nd a y would be no limitation of the freedom of the people ; but it would be a wholesome limitation of license. Liberty was related to right, and had no relation to wrong. Some one once insisted that it was the constitutional right of an Englishman to get drunk if he wished-(hear)—and he (Dr. Manning) claimed also the constitutional right to abate that privilege as a public nuisance. (Cheers.) The speaker then lerable confusion a nd cries of Time " from hnn,lreds at the back who could not bear him, to deny that the movement they had met to advo cate was a reflection upon the working men of the country. • •.. . _ Alderman COTTON agreed with neither resolution nor aniendment, and characterised the resolution and the Elacards that called the meeting as hypocritic a l. Th e nglish observance of the Sabbath was much insulted by the course proposed to be adopted. There was no place in the world where the Sabbath was so well observed as in England. Mr. Cotton went on to argue that the proper plait would be to close the public•liouses at sin or eight o'clock on Saturday evenings, but not to prevent the working man from taking moderate refreshment on the Sunday. As soon, however, as it was perceived that the speaker was not favourable to the objects of the meeting he was hooted at, biased, and subjected to intense inter. ruptions. . _ A gentleman, who gave the name of ROYLZ, upon coin. mencing his remarks by regretting that the meeting would only hear oue side of the question, was soon cried down without the slightest chance of gutting through au entire sentence. Mr. Groma:moat, the Reform League advocate, was loudly cheered when be said he wished to speak on behalf of working men, but when he opposed the coercion implied in the resolution, he met with the same treat ment as those who had ventured to oppose the motion, and was, like then, roared down. _2 Tie motion having been supported by Mr. Menril 1 (who was not interrupted), The Limn Mevnrt was aboutto put the amendment, het hail to denounce the " incessant disturbance," and ask the meeting to put a restraint upon their feelings. A few scores only held up their hands fur the arse went, and the original motion was carried by an over whelming majority. The second resolution, which was moved by the Rev. NEW3I AN HALI, and seconded by Mr. Htlat 04EN, petitioned parliament to extend the rmisions of the 13w that prevented the opening of pub lic-hou.es and leer houses during certain hours of Sunday to the whole of the twenty-four hours on that flay. It was supported by Mr. CADOWAN, a working HMI. and adopted without opposition. Other resolutions were passed for the formation of C,!II• mittes and deputations, and thanks were voted with ac• clamation to the Lord Mayor fur his services in the char. The proceedings then terminated. THE BISHOP OF NATAL—It is generally known that the Colonial Bishoprics' Council have decided not to appeal against the lodgment of the Master of the Rolls ht the case of " The Bishop of Natal v. Gliubtotie and others.' The council are anxious that the grounds on which they have come to that decision should not he misunderstood. These grounds are set forth in the following minute, which was adopted by the council at their first meeting after the judgment bad been given. Those present on the occasion were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of Oxford, Lincoln, Ely, and l'etcrborough, Vice-l'han• oellor Wood. Archdeacon Hale, and Mr. J. G. Hubbard. The council were advised that they could not, under all tin' peculiar circumstances of the case, mike any payment to the plaintiff, except wider the compulsion of a decree of competent court. They were further advised that the pay• meats to many other colonial bishops depended on quer , tons in this case. They were advised originally that the question of doctrine could not be raised in a court which has no jurisdiction over charges of heresy, and, of cour,, they cannot now be raised on appeal. The prim Ude° enunciated by the Master of the Rolls in th. jud.:inent ou which he founds his decree appear to the council . to dill r in many respects from there upon which some l..te deci- sions in the Privy Council have been founded, and tiny .10 not by any means acquiesce in all the reasons on which the decree is rested ; but, regarding the whole question WI it affects both Natal and other colonies, they do 'I.'S think it advisable to continuo litigation by appealing troll the decree.—Thars. PRI NTE E 1:12ORS. —ln our last number, :Is we discovered, unfortunately, too late for correction. we announced that Mr. John Stuart Mill's inaugural address. lately delivered before the University of St. Andrew', had since been republished by him "in the forts of a five-shilling elephant." Even the most ardent lieli,Vet iu Mr. Mill's powers among our readers will probably have received this annou n cement with some incredulity. Tim fact is, that, by an error of the press, or rather of ti e writ rof the paragraph, the word "elephant" had is, substituted for " pamphlet," and the mistake. :,Ithough the proof was read and re•read, unluckily esciped the corrector's eye. There is a German Rook called " Fixlein's Errors of the Prem." If any English compi'er be engaged on a work of the kind, he will doubtless take note of the above t but his book would be more amusing if all the errors which do te.t eacipe the corrector's eye ' could also be included. We heard only the oth, r .!.,) of a leading article in one of our daily papers, 51.1.11 the printer, after the author had corrected it for poss, discovered that a classical allusion to " l'ato idol Brutus" had been converted into an allusion to " cats and but this is hardly so good as the blunder in a Goventinent Blue-book containing documents relating to the Kn.:lin war, in one of which the intelligence that our troops had " marched across the Belbek, and drawn up in front ..f the north ports," originally figured in the startling form of an announcement that they had " marched across the Baltic, and drawn up in front of the North Foreland.**-- Pubtishers' Oireider. THY. LONDON GENERAL ()M N I HYS COM VA " t• (Lnirrin).-11r. J. E. Bradfield announces his withdrawal from the agency of this company. Mr. Bradfield, artioti.4 other things, complains of the directors' report osnittia•f all reference to his services hi Rasing the company anti 000001. a year in turnpike tolls and mileage duties.