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ON the motion for the adjournment over the Easter Recess another " incident," noteworthy as a symptom of the state of parties and of sections of parties in the present House of Commons, arose quite unexpectedly, as the Irish guest said of the olives, " to disturb the hilarity of the evening." These incidents, however trifling in themselves, are too characteristic to be slighted by the inquiring student of what we may be allowed to mill the parliamentary organism. We of the outer world of mere constituents and taxpayers are too ready, in the wholesome innocence of our con stitutional beliefs, to look upon Parliament as upon some abstract, impersonal, august, and omnipotent existence, living and moving in a sphere of sublime beneficence and justice, far above the petty pas sions and interests of private citizens, and, like the Fate of the ancients, more inaccessible to human infirmities than the Gods. There are pro fane scoffers, no doubt, who treat the House as the comic dramatists of Athens treated Olympus, with mingled mockery and reverential tenderness ; who speak of it habitually as the best club in London, as a theatre, with its tawdry sentiments and its striking attitudes at the footlights, and its wires and pulleys and scene-shifters and prompters at the wings. For our own part, we have as little sym pathy with this systematic vulgarization of the us tionalrepresentative assembly aswith theburlesques that have degraded the drama and the dramatic art in this country by debauching the public taste and destroying the illusions of the stage. All forms of public life are in some sort dramatic ; all have a representative side ; and if " all the " world's a stage," all the world has its eoulisees. It would be the height of absurdity to pretend that the leaders and followers of the two great parties in the House of Commons should be always, under all circumstances, en seine, always fighting over the body of the British Constitution, or scowling at one another like the chorus singers at the Opera, whose simple gestures are precisely the same in all situations, however ludicrous or tragical, and whose most natural emotions never get the better of the leitee. l'arliamentary life would be intolerable to men of ordinary feelings, and, indeed, to men of the world, if it obliged them never to converse with their political oppo nents with friendly confidence and social wire serve. We should regret, with the CHANCELLOR of the Excuseuza, if this " happy characteristic," as he called it, of the House of Commons, but which, we daresay, may be found in all Parlia mentary assemblies in the old world or the new, of friendly, social, and personal relations between representatives of opposed political parties, should ever be changed into a " painful reserve," unbecoming gentlemen who respect themselves and each other enough to feel assured that their public is inseparable from their private honour, and that both are beyond suspi cion. It is, therefore, not in any puritanical spirit, or from any wickedly virtuous disinclina tion to " soften the asperities of public life," that we take leave to consider the " little " matter " which Mr. OSBORNE brought to the notice of the House last evening, as one not entirely, as Mr. DISRAELI would have it, of that mutual confidence between men of opposite political parties in the friendly intercourse of private life, but as occupying at least a debatable ground on the borders of the public domain. This " little matter " was no invasion of the private life of members ; THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1867. -'6`• it was not even (a scarcely less heinous offence in this country and ago of clubs) an invasion of the Masonic confidence of club-room converse ; it was no betrayal of that easy chat, half in banter half in earnest, among a few intimate political enemies met by chance together in one of those apartments of the Palace of Westminster in which the family life of the House is transacted ; it was none of these things, saero Wpm sileutio, that Mr. OSBORNE impiously exposed to the profane surmises and suspicions of the profane. It was a " document" that had been placed in his hands, for which he declared himself not responsible, and which, according to Mr. 0. STANLEY, to whom Mr. OSBORNE appealed for an authentication of his statement, had been seen and read by "many "other members." Thia " document " purported to be the minutes of a conversation between Colonel TAYLOR, on the part of her MAntsTY's Government, and Mr. DILLWYN, representing " one or two other hon. mom " bars of the Liberal party." "At the request " of certain members," Mr. DILLWYN had com mitted the terms to writing, and shown them to Colonel TAYLOR, who admitted their correctness ; and the substance of this conversation was to the effect that Colonel TAYLOR undertook, "as a " gentleman and a man of honour," to press upon the Cabinet the desirability of accepting Mr. HIBBERT'S amendment, which would remove the disabilities of the compound householder ; and he " further gave an intimation that Lord DERBY and " Mr. DISRAELI were personally in favour of " accepting that amendment." Mr. DILLWYN, who has lately achieved a certain importance in' the Tea-room conclave, and as an earnest supporter on Thursday evening of Lord Geese/owes mo tion for adjourning the Reform debate until after the recess—in order to save time and hasten the passing of the Bill—did his best to justify Mr. ()spouses interpellation by an embarrassed and redundant explanation of the " little matter," and by an injured air of surprise that his name should have been brought under the notice of the House in a manner so sudden and unexpected. Little matters of this kind, very possibly harmless, are easily made enormous by an awkward apologist. Mr. DILLwYN deserved the sympathy of all who heard him when he pleaded that it was always difficult to decide precisely how much or how little of a private conversation might be made public without breach of confidence ; and in avowing that he was one of those Liberals who desired to see a Bill passed " even in the shape of " a compromise," he made clear enough the nature and object of those pourparlers with Colonel TAY LOR, which he had afterwards committed to writing, and handed about among his friends. Assuredly there was nothing to be ashamed of in any Liberal member, whether of Mr. DILLWYN'S or of Mr. GLADSTONE'S persuasion, in conversing cor dially and unreservedly with Colonel TAYLOR on the disposition of the Government to make fur ther concessions, and to abate their determination to stand or fall by certain clauses. Had Mr. DILLWYN'S conversation with Colonel TAYLOR remained in its oral state it could never have been brought before the House by Mr. OSBORN& It was not until it became a " document " in writing that it fell, as we think, legitimately into the domain of public and parliamentary responsibility. Mr. DILLwYs, it must be remem bered, was one of those who desired the adjourn ment of the debate over the recess in the hope of some arrangement "by which the views of " different parties might be met." No doubt he, and other members who agree with him, are perfectly sincere in thinking that the best pos sible Reform Bill for the present will be the one that can be soonest and moat easily passed; and thrt this end can only be attained by " a compromise." But as Mr. O'REILLY and Mr. 0. STANLEY insisted last evening, it is indispensable to the credit and honour of the House that any compromise should be "an open one," and not a quasi-diplomatic pourparler, like the contemplated " compromise " of the independence of the people of Luxemburg between the King of HOLLAND, in want of cash, and the Emperor of the FRENCH, in want of glory. Indeed in putting his conversation with Colonel TAYLOR into writing, Mr. DILLWYN, we would gladly believe, designed to remove all suspicion of secrecy, and to vindicate his own single-mindedness in the transaction. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) The Amt thinks no person need regret the result. The country is probably spared all the inconvenience of an im mediate disaolution, and the question of parliamentary reform may be regarded as fluidly settled. The Herald represents the division as ass between the friends of reform and of the government on the one side, and the enemies of the government and of reform on the other. Every man who wanted to get rid of reform or to turn out the government voted with Mr. Gladstone. The Star says the debate began and ended amidst acri monious personalities, and that the question to be decided was the capricious exclusion from the franchise of two- thirds of the working-class occupiers. The mischievous defections on the liberal side have done their work. At five minutes before two the conservative members were crowding around Mr. Disraeli, shaking hands with him over a victory wh i ch once more retards the settlement of reform, and which ratifies in the name of this doubly diagraoed Rouse of Commons the deliberately concerted frustration of the popular demands. Most of our contemporaries refer to the discussion introduced but night by Mr. Osborne on the subject of Colonel Taylor's communication. The Times con cludes that the Secretary of the Treasury opened negotiations entirely on his own responsibility, and says the proceeding was irregular and inexpedient. The Tines is glad that Lord Stanley repudiated all engagements, and declared in the name of his col leagues that they continued the debate free and nnpledged. No one, consequently, has given a vote under a false impression, as he might have done had not attention been called to the conversation and proposition we have described. Even at the most momentous crisis it is better not to owe sisinglelvoto to anything that boars the sem blance of tricker. *The H. nth! uses violent language on the subject, going so far as to say that any member of a club who had acted as Mr. Osborne has done in [a non-political matter would have been sent to Coventry by his fellow-members, and have lost for ever his position among gentlemen. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION LAST NIGHT. Considered in Committee :—Clause 3 :—Amendment pro posed in page 2, lines 3 and 4, after the words " and 2," to insert the words " whether he in person or his land lord be rated to the relief of the poor :"-(Mr. Glad stone)—Question again proposed, " That those words be there inserted :"—Question put :—The Committee divided ; Ayes, 289 ; Noes, 310. AYES. Acland. T. D. Foster, W. O. Norwood, C. M. Adair, H. E. Fort, R. O'Beirne. J. L. Agar Ellis, L G. Furtescue, C. P. O'Brien. Sir P. Agnew, sir A. Fortescue, D. F. O'Conor Don, The Allen, W. s. Gurnee, serf. irDonoghtie, The Amberley, Visct. unison, T. If. Ogilvy, air J. Anatruthrr. air It. Gilpin, C. • 7 Oliphant, L. Antrobus, E. ttladstone, W. E. O'Loghlen,Slr C. Armstrong, R. Gladstone, W. H. Outlaw, U. Ayrton, A S. Glyn, G. G. %Stilly, M. W. Aytoun, R. S. Ooldsznid, sir F. Us6erue, R. B. Bagwell, J. Goldamid, .1. Otway, A. J. Baines, E. Gower, F. L. Owen, Sir H. Barclay, A. C. Gosehen, O. J. Puke, Ord. Baring, A. 11. Graham, W. Pedsote, R. Barnes, T. Gray, Sir J. Palmer, Sir R. Barrie, ter H. Gregory, W. H. Pew. J. W. Barry, C. R. Greaell, H. R. Peel, Sir R. Baster, W. E. Greville.Nugent, A. Peel, A. W. Batley, T. Greville-Nugent„CoL Peel, J. Beaumont, W. B. Grey, Sir G. Pelham, Lord Berkeley, H. F. Gridley, Capt. Petri, Sir S. M. 11141,114 h, Col. Grosvenor, Capt. Philips, R. N. Biiidulph, M. Grove, T. I. Portman, W. H. Blake, J. A. Gurney, S. Potter, K Bonham-Carter, J. Hadfield, 0. Potter, T. B. itourcrie, K P. Hamilton, E. W. Power, Sir J. Bright, Sir C. Harkey, T. Price, it. G. Bright, J. Hanmer. Sir J. Price, W. P. Bruce, Lord C. liardcastie, J. A. Proil, Lord Bruce, H. A. Harris, J. D. Itawlinsou, Sir If. Buller, Sir A. W. HarUngtun,3Larq. of Rebuw, J. G. Buller, Sir K Hay, Lord J. Robartes, T. J. Butler, C. 8. Hay, Lord W. Robertson, D. Buxton, Sir T. F. 'Leyte?, Capt. Rothschild, Baron Calera' t, J. H. Headlam, T. L L. de Calthurne F. H. Ileathcote, Sir W. Rothschild, Baron CandlirnJ , J. Henderson, J. AL de Cardwell, E. Ifeneage, E. Rothschild, N. M.. de Carington. C. R. Henley, Lord Russell A. Carnegie, C. Herbert, H. A. Ewalt F. W. Castierosse, Via. HVitsou L E. D. Russell, Sir W. Cate, T. St. Aubyn, J. Cavendish, Lord E. H if olb4 l K Same* J. D'A. catendiati, Lord G. Hope, A. J. B. Samuelson, B. Chambers, M. Honunan, F. Schuh:field, W. Cheetliani, J. Howard, C. W. Scutt, Sir W. Childers, 11. C. Hubbard, J. U. berme, G. P. Crowley, Sir M. Hughes, T. Seely, C. Clay, J. Hughes, W. B. Seymour, A. Clement, W. J. Hurst, R. H. Seymour, H. D. Clinton, Lord E. Hatt, Sir W. Shaft°, R. D. Clive, G. Jackson, W. Sheridan, H. B. , W. 11. Jenuise, Sir J. Sheriff, A. C. Colebtooke, Sir T. Johnstone, Sir J. Simeon, Sir J. Coleridge, J. D. Kearakry, Capt. Smith, J. Collier, Sir It, Kennedy, T. Smith, J. A. Colthurst„ Sir O. Kinglake, A. W. Smith, I B. Colvile, C. R. Kinglake, J. A. Speirs, A. A. Cowen, J. Kagerote, CuL Stacpuole, W. tawpar, H. 3'. Kinnard, A. F. Stanley, W. 0. Warner, W. F. Knatchbull - Huges- Statudeld, J. Cranborne, Vied. men, E. Stone, W. H. Crautuni, E. H. Laing, 8. Stuart, Col. Crawford, It. W. Layard, A. 11. Sullivan, E. Cremorne, Lord Lawrence W. Sykes, Col. Crossley, Sir F. Lawson, J. A. Synan, K J. Davie, sir If. Leathern, W. H. Taylor, P. A. De La Puer, L Lee, W. Tito, W. Denman, 0. Leeman, G. Tomlin, Cl. Dent, J. D. Daiwa G. J. Torrena, W. T. Derlng, Sir E. Lucke, J. Tracy, C. R. larereuz, R. J. Lowe, R. Trevelyan, G. G. Duke, Sir W. Leak, A. Vanderbyl, P. Duff, M. E. M'Laren, D. Verney, Sir H. Doff, R. W. Maguire, J. F. Villiers, C. P. Dundee, E. Marjorlbanks, Sir D. Vivian, Capt. Dundas, Slr D. Martin, C. W. Waring, C. Dunlop, A. C. Martin, P. W. Warner, E. Earle, R. A. Matheson, A. Watkin, IL W. Edwards, C. Merry, J. Weguelin, T. M. Eliot, Lord Milbank, F. A. Western, 81r T. B. Ellice, li Mlll, J. 8. Whatman, J. Enfield, Visa. Miller, W. Whitbread, 8. Erskine, Vice-Adm. Mills, J. R. White, Capt. Esmuntle, J. Milton, Thick White, J. Evans, T. W. Mitchell, A. Whitworth, B. Ewart, W. Moffatt,O. Wiekluun, H. W. Eykyn, R. Monerieff, J. Williamson, Sir H. Fawcett. H. Monk, C. J. Winangton, Sir T. }Vacs, J. Monsen, W. Woods, H. Finlay,Munro, C. Wyld, J. Fitzgerald, Lord 0. More. R.'. WT 4II , M. Fitzkatrick, J. W. Morris, W. Young, G. Foljambe, F. J. Morrison, W. Young, R. Fordyce, W. D. Murphy, N. D. TELLIRS. Forster, C. Neap, C. Brand, H. B. Forster. W. E. Nicol, J. D. Adam, W. P. NOES. Adderiey, C. B. Galway, ViscL Mitchell, A. Akroyd, L. Garth. B. Mltturd, W. T. Andover, Visit. Ceskell, J. M. 3lontagu, Lord IL Annealey, CoL Getty, 8. 0. Montgomery, Sir 0. Anson, Major Goddard, A. 1.. Mordaunt. Sir C. Archdall, Capt. Goldney, 0. Morgan, 0. Arkwright, K. Gooch, 812. D. Morgan, Major Billigalls.Y, R. Goodson, J. Morris, 0. Bane. sir W. Gore, J. IL Mowbray, J. R. I' C. . Gore, W. R. Nan, Lord ll:A, r-i . r .T. Gent, J. K. Neeld, Sir J. Millie. H. J. Grant, A. Neville-Orenville, IL Baring, T. Graves. 8. R. Newdegete, C. N. Bartlett, 11. Greetuill,G. Newport, Viact. Barrington, Vied. Greene, N. North, Col. Barrow, W. H. Gray, Ueut.-CoL Northoote, Mr 9. Bartelot, Cul. Grey, T. de O'Neill, E. Bass, A. Grifilth, C. I), Packs, C. W. Baas, M. T. Grosvenor, Earl Paget, R. H. Bateson, Sir T. Grosvenor, Lord F.. Pakington, Sir J. Bathurst, A. A. Guinness, Sir B. Palk, Sir L Beach, Sir M. Gurney. P.. Parker, Major Beach, W. W. Gwyn, R. Parry, T. &olive, Earl of Hamilton, Ld. Claud Patten, CoL beecroft, G. 8. Hamilton, Lord C. J. Paull, H. Bentinek, G. C. Hamilton, L T. Peel. Oen. Betiyon, R. Hamilton, ViscL Pennant, G. D. Beresford, C. D. Hardy, G. Pim. J. Bingham, Lord Hardy, J. Powell, F. 8. Booth, Sir It. H.rtJey, J. Pritchard, J. Bourne, CoL Hartopp, K. B. Pugh, D. itowen,J. B. Harvey, R. B. Read, C. B. Bowyer, Sir O. Haney. R. J. Reardon, D. J. Brady, Dr. Hervey, Lord A. Renton, G. W. Brett, W. B. Hay. Sir J. Ridley, 81r M. Bridges, Sir B. Heathrote, O. H. Robertson, P. F. Briscoe, J. 1. Henley, J. W. Roebuck, J. A. Bromley, W. 1). lieliniker-Major, J. Molt, tlir J. Brooks, R. Herbert, Cul. Royston, Viact. Browne, Lord J. Renate, Sir F. W. Russell. Sir C. Bruce, Lord L Hiltiyard, T. B. Sandford, G. IL Bruce, Sir H. Hodgitinson, G. fkhrieber, C. Bruen, H. Hodgson, el. N. Relater -Booth, G. Buckley, IL Hogg, LL-Col. Scott, Lord H. Bulkeley, Sir R. Holtord, R. 8. Scour& Id, .1. H. Burrell, Sir P. Holmessiale, Vied. Stiehl, li. J. Butier-Johnstone,H. Hood, Sir A. Selwyn, C. J. Campbell, A. H. Hamby, W. H. tievenie. J. E. Borstal, T. B. i Seymour, 6. 11. Cartwright, CoL Hotham. Lord Simonds, W. B. Cave, 8. Howes, E. Smith, A. Chambers, T. Huddleston, J. W. Smith, S. 0. Chatterton, H. L Hunt, O. W. smonett. V. B. Clinton. Lord A. lanes, A. C. Somerset, Col. Clive, Capt. James, E. Stanhope, J. B. Cobbold. J. C. Jervis, Major Stinky, Lord Cochrane, A. D. Joilide, 11. H. Stanley, F. Cole, H. Jones, D. Steel, J. tole, J. 1.. Kerslake, Sir J. Stock. 0. Corbally, M. L Kerslake, E. K. Stoptord, 8. O. Corranos, F. 8. Kavanagh, A. Ittrnnge, sir .1, Corry, H. L Kekewich, 8. T. Stuart, LL-CoL Courtensy, lord Relit. J. Stueley, Sir G. Cooper. K H. Kendall N. Sturt , H. G. Cox, W. T. Kennard, 8.. W. Stud, Lt.-Col. Cnbitt, G. K er, D. S. Burke., V. Curzon, VIKL King, J. K. Sorters. H. K Dalglish, R. King, J. 0. Sykes, C. Dalkeith, Harlot Knight, F. W. Taylor, Col. Dawson, 8.. P. Knightley, Sir B. Thorold, 84 J. Dick, F. Knox, l'Ol. Thynne, Lord 11. Dickson, Major Knox, Major Tollenmehe, J. Dillwyn, 1.. 1.. Laren, Sir E. Tomos, R. Misdate, R. Laird, J. Tottenham. T.L-Col Disraeli, B. Lamont. J. Treeby, J. W. Walton, K Langton. W. 0. Trevor, Lord A. Dowdeswell, W. E. Lovas, C. Trollnpe, Mr J. Du Cane. C. laseelles, LW. Turner, C. Dunconshe, AdM. Leader, N. P. Vance, J. Buncombe, Cot Lechmere, Sir K. Vandeknr, Col. Dunne, Gen. Legh, Major Verner, K W. Dutton. R. H. "Ahoy, A. Verner, Sir W. Ake, W. H. Lennox, Lord O. Vernon, It. Y. I Dlott, Col. Lennox, Lord H. Vivian, H. H. 1 Eaton. 11. W. Leine, C. P. Walcott, Adm. Eckersky, N. Lewis, H. Walker, Major Edwards, Sir H. Liddell, H. 0. Walpole, 8. If. Egerton, Sir P. Lindsay, Col. C. Wairond, J. W. Egerton, A. F. Linden, tbL R. Walsh, A. Egerton, K C. long, It. P. Walsh, Sir J. Egerton, W. Lopes, Sir M. Waterhouse. 8. Etch°, Lord Lowther, Capt. Wellay, W. E. Ewing. H. E. Lowther, J. Whalley, G. IT. Vane, LL-CoL MacEvoy, E. Williams, K. M. Vane Vol. ]('Kenna, J. N. Wise, H. C. Yeilden, J. Mackie. J. Woodd, B. T. Yellows. E. Mackinnon, Capt. Wyndham, 11. ?enema, Sir J. Mackinnon, W. A. Wynn, Sir W. W. titzwilliam, C. W. 'Allow, P. Wynn, C. W. ?toyer. J. Mainwaring, T. Wynne, W. R. Foley, 11. W. Malcolm, J. W. Fmk, Col. Manner., Lord J. TCLIXILI. Forester. Gen. Manners, Lord U. Noel, G J. Freshfleld, C. K. Marsh, M. 11. Whitmore, 11. ()Owe', Sir W. Heller, col. LIBERAL MEMBERS WHO VOTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT. Forty-six liberals voted with the government. Their names are as follows : E. Akroyd Hon. G. H. Ileathoote Visa. Andover G. lincliikinaon M l s til is. Anion E. Jlllll,ll A. J. Lamont M. T Hasa Harvey !evils Sir G. 11- .wyer X Nl•Evoy Dr. Brady J. N. NPKenna J. Briscoe J. Macide Lord John Browne Capt. Mackinnon Lord &nest Bruce W. A. Mackinnon Sir R. Bulkeley Mr. Mainwaring T. Chambers M. Marsh Lord A. Clinton T. A. Mitchell M. Corhally T. Parry R. Dalglish J. Pim L. Diliwyn Mr. Pritchard F. Walton D. Rearden Loral Etcho J. A. Roebuck 11. Ewing J. Steel Hon. C. Pltzwilliarn O. Stock H. W. Foley H. Vernon Earl Grosvenor it. Vivian Lord R. Grosvenor U. Whalley The above list includes, it will be peen, 24 of the original adtillemites, 17 who * eell themselves radicals, and !, very moderate whigs not is the old " cave." The only metropolitan members on the list are the members for Marylebone, Mr. H. Lewis and Mr. T. Cham bers, and one of the members for Lambeth, Mr. F. foul ton. Nine on the list represent Irish constituencies, and Ere Scotch constituencies. General Peel, Mr. Lowther, and Mr. Butler-Johnstone voted with government. CONSERVATIVE VOTkn FOR THE AMEND MENT. Viscount Craaborne A. B. Hope B A. Earle J. G. Hubbard Sir W. Heathcote The members for the Tower Haudets, for Finsbury, for the City of London, for Westminster, and for Southwark, and one of the members for Lambeth (Mr. T. Hughes) voted, it will be seen, for the amendment. The minority also includes the names of a large pro portion of the members who were present at the celebrated tea-room meeting—such as Mr. Clive, Mr. A. Russell, Sir F. Crossley, Professor Fawcett, Mr. Seely, Mr. Clay, Mr. Oliphant, Mr. Locke, Mr. Torrens, Mr. R. Potter, Mr. M`Laren, Conspicuous among the absentees were Mr. Ilibbert and Mr. Platt. Messrs. Lowe and Dorman voted for the amendment. It is somewhat singular that the number of members who voted last night for the government and constituted the majority, viz., 310, was precisely the same num ber as that of the minority in 1859, when the Derby government was driven from office. Last night 598 members took part in the division. In the fatal division on Mr. Gladstone's bill last year the number was much larger, viz., GB. A still larger number took part in the division in 1859 on Lord Derby's Reform Bill, 633 members having then voted. Mr. Charles Burtan's absence is, we regret to learn, due to severe illness. According to the division list, 288, not 289, voted with Mr. Gladstone, and 310 with government. The majority wu therefore 22. (From the Timm.) The division occupied about • quarter of an hour, and as the benches gradually filled with hon. gentlemen returning from the lobbies, the most intense anxiety was displayed respecting the result. The tellers for the Ayes were the first to arrive, and amid breathless suspense they handed in their return to the clerk at the table. The nature of that return was immediately communicated from one member to another with •hnost electric rapidity, and it was whispered that the government had commanded a majority. Every face on the ministerial side beamed with excitement and delight as the tidings spread. So overpowering indeed, was the enthusiasm en kindled that hon. members evidently experienced great difficulty in restraining their emotions, and a slight clap ping of hands was audible. The tellers for the Noes made their appearance in about a minute after those on the other side, and amid a hush of expectation handed in their return. The figures were quickl) entered, and the clerk handed the paper to the government teller, Mr. Whitmore. A vociferous cheer at once broke out from the ministerial ranks, the swell of acclamation rising to a full diapason of jubilation, and then slowly falling with music like cadence. Meanwhile, the four tellers had retired • few paces, had again advanced to the table, and, as soon as a sufficient lull was restored, Mr. Whitmore announced the numbers. Another, and even more fervid, outburst of enthusiasm succeeded, the ministerialists cheering with almost frantic energy, and many of them waving their bats, and giving other unusual manifestations of delight. A number of hon. members pressed forward to the Treasury bench, and shaking bands with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, who was radiant with smiles, congratulated him with great warmth on the victory which the government had achieved. The opposition had all this while preserved an unbroken mile ice, and only showed by their countenances the disappointment which they experienced. In a few minutes there was a rush to the doors, and the chairman having been ordered to report programs the house resumed. THE NUCCR.93 or THE GOVERNMENT. The Times describes the Reform Bill as having escaped a mortal blow, and will not pretend to regret it. Mr. Gladstone's amendment was framed so as to catch votes from all corners of the house, but such devices are rarely successful, and this particular one met the fate it richly deserved. The majority of Mr. Gladstone's sup porters were bent either on throwing overboard reform altogether to another season, or sought with Mr. Glad stone himself a refuge from imaginary terrors in • M. rating franchise. The success of the amendment must have been followed by the withdrawal of the bill, and the Times rejoices that the good sense of the House of Com mons has saved the country from such a disaster. It is, indeed, time to recognise the truth that no bill can, under any circumstances, be passed which will not have some one or more of its features distasteful to separate sections of the house, and if all the discontented groups persist in uniting upon an amendment so drawn as to ex press nothing but the fact of this partial dissatisfaction, legislation must be impossible. This is the course Mr. Gladstone offered to the committee. It is to be hoped that the failure will not seriously diminish the influence of the opposition in the further conduct of the bill. That it must to some extent take away from their power is in evitable, and the consideration of such • consequence ought to have prevented a division on a misleading issue. , There are provisions in the bill which require careful scrutiny, and some which must be considerably modified. Let the liberal party unite in securing the changes which are thus necessary. The Daily Nrw;e—retaining its opinion as to the mischie vous character of the clause which debars the compound householder from exercising the electoral privilege placed within his reach, save at en expense of money, time, and trouble which are not required from others, and which cannot justly be exacted from him--cannot conse quently rejoice over the result of the division. The minis terial majority was swelled by a considerable contingent from the ranks of the opposition, who fancy that the ! cheeks and restrictions of the bill will sooner or later be removed, and leave it, in the course of a few years, a law ! d household miffrage, pure and simple. It is sufficient to remind such reformers of the obligation which rests with them. They have enabled the government to retain the moat objectionable and invidious restriction on household suffrage. They must now do what they can to lihendixe the remaining provisions of the bill, and to coun teract by wise use of the authority to alter the law of rating which Mr. Coleridge's instruction con f ers on t h e committee the inequitable arrangements which they have saddled on the compound householders. The power is in their hands. They have bought it for a price ; and it is their duty to see that so far as possible they have their quid pro quo. With regard to the debate, Mr. Disraeli never had a better opportunity for that kind of ambiguous appeal in which he excels, and by means of which he ap pears to have convinced many liberals that he was open to compromise on every important point save that which was actually under discussion. An indecorous attempt by Mr. Disraeli to dissever Mr. Gladstone from the leadership of the liberal party, and to propitiate the house by &spun. ing him, provoked a spirited declaration from the object of attack of the conditions on which he holds his poet, which will strengthen him in it. THE WEEKLY PRESS. The division Alon Mr.Glachstone's amendment took place, of , course, at too late an hour to admit of criticism in the weekly journals. The Saturday Rerior, however, anticipating the successor the ministry, observes that even then the bill could not possibly pass. It is quite evident that, rather than have the bill as it is, the liberal party would have household suffrage pure and simple. That the ministry would carry the checks on household suffrage against the liberal party is totally impossible. If they did, the agitation of last autumn would recommence with double fury. It is quite childish to think that a reform bill entirely opposed to the wishes of all those who lead the party of reform; can satisfy reformers. There is no practical choice possible, after the hue winch Mr. Disraeli has thought fit to take, except between household suf frage with no other check than that of residence, and Mr. Gladstone's proposal. Before the end of the session the government will have to accept one of the two or go out, unless it (consents to do what Mr. Disraeli a short time ago seemed ready to do, and greatly alter the bill in com mittee. The Examiner looks upon the question of personal rating and payment of rates as a secondary, not a primary ele ment in the main question—how shall we obtain • settle ment this session of the great controversy that disturbs the nation? The anchors are lifted, and we are drifting slowly but steadily with the tide of time. It becomes more than ever des i ir►ble and necessary, if parties are to be reconstituted, that they should be so on broad and comprehensive bases. Politically old things are passing away and all things are becoming new. The magic of mere names and the prestige of cliques are gone ; and both conservatism and liberalism will have to be recast in moulds more suited to the age we live in. The Spectator says the true issue between the govern ment and the opposition is the issue between plain dealing and finesse. We should be sorry to think that " the sneaks" hold the balance. Mr. Disraeli thinks so, bat he h►bitually, perhaps, attributes a larger influence to " the sneaks" than they really possess. This is the one weak ness of his able, but cynical political cunning. The government principle. according to the Chronicle, promises enfranchisement to every subject who is not physically or legally incapacitated ; and then for perform ance comes out the proposal that the man who pays poor rates for his house shall have the franchise. Did ever the mountains in labour give bit th to a more ridiculous mouse? But the absurdity of the proposal is drama by its immo- rality. The crime of murder is not mitigated by its being committed in order to rob the victim of twopence. And a proposal that tampers with national morals, and exhibits an unexampled callousness to the evil of bribery and elec toral corruption is none the less hateful because its de tails are dishonestly imagined, and contrived with a poli tical shallowness and administrative incapacity which defy, because they are beneath, criticism. If the pending quarrel between France and Germany were to be decided, remarks the Saturday Retina, by war, the inconvenience to neutral states would be measured by the interruption of cwinnerce ; but a contest between two powers of the first order has always a tendency to spread. France will not conquer Germany, nor will Germany dis member France ; but the independence of Holland or of Belgium might be sacrified in the gigantic conflict. The delicate and undeveloped liberties of Germany would be temporarily crushed by the necessities of war, and it is not the interest of France to injure a rival power by con verting a partially constitutional government into a mili tary monarchy. The consequences which might result from a great European war are too complicated and un certain to be distinctly foreseen. It is enough to know that the belligerents could by no possibility do good to themselves or to others, except in the accelerated consoli dation of German unity. The Spectator sees but two distinctly conservative ele ments in the situation—the desperate magnitude of the stake for which the Emperor must play, and his own grow ing irresolution on great questions. Apart altogether from changes of frontier, of possible territorial losses by treaty after war, all of which would fall on France, as well as her Sovereign, Napoleon if he goes to war must, by the condi tions of his position, stake his throne. The Empire would not survive defeat by Germany six days. The Emperor is not, like his uncle, necessarily Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Defence, and would either be compelled to give place to the man who was, or by appealing to the repre sentatives of the people for aid and counsel to terminate his own regime. THE. JAMAICA PROSECUTIONS.—We are informed that the Jamaica Committee have resolved to pro secute Mr. El re for misdemeanour, under the pro visions of the Colonial Governors Act. THE PRINCESS or WALES.—During last week there bad been little or no progress in the state of the knee-joint of her Royal Highness the Princess of \Vales, and on Thursday • relapse occurred which continued during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, when a good deal of re newed inflammation existed. The splint was shifted in ord"r to ease the limb ; and, to prevent the pain which must have been caused otherwise by the necessary move ments in handling the exquisitely tender joint, chlorofonu was administered by Mr. Clover with the appa ratus which he has invented for th e Pur p ose . On Satur day Mr. Cesar Hawkins and Mr. George Pollock were called in consults thin at the request of Mr. Paget. They found, however, that the condition and treatment of the joint were such as not to call for any further suggestion or any kind of change. Since Sunday the intiammatory condition of the joint has relaxed, and is still subsiding, although It has not yet passed away. Her royal highness's rest has been tolerably good this week, except on Wednes day night, when it was much disturbed. The persistence of the inflammation and this tendency to relapse are naturally sources of anxiety, and th e mos t careful watch is kept upon all the symptoms ; nothing has, however, occurred to indicate any change in the nature of the in flammation, or to lead to unfavourable auguries of the final result. The Princess has not lost flesh, and she has no permanent sense of suffering or expression of anxiety on the contrary, she retains all her happy an d genial characteristics, and is ready to be amused and as kindly and vivacious as when in her beet state of health. There is, of course, no foundation for the rumour that her royal highness is about to take a journey to Denmark for the benefit of her native air. The Princess is not in a condi tion to be moved, and the question has not been enter tained.—Britiel Medical Journal. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 9. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of l'rivy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, • copy of • despatcb from her Majesty's ambassador at Constantinople, inclosing • copy of • note from the Turkish government, announcing that the importation of revolvers into Turkey has been prohibited, the Turkish government considering them to be "ammunition of war," the importation of which is prohibited in accordance with • decision of the Sublime Porte, dated 7th January, 1563.—Gaunt. the Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 12. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty and Princess Louise walked and rode on ponies this morning. Prince and Princess Christian walked and drove in the grounds. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home•park. Prince Leopold went out walking, attended by Mr. Legg. Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lord Alfred Paget, went to London this afternoon and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Marlborough house. Her royal highness afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. Major-General Sir T. M. and the Hon. Lady Biddulpli had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. The Prince of Wales, attended by Colonel Hingacote, hunted with her Majesty's staghounds yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the of residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marl borough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Honourable Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Rich mond, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. A Committee of the Lords of her M►jesty's Most Hon. Privy Council sat yesterday, ►t the Privy Council-ottice, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Robert Montagu, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Right Hon. E. Hammond, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General were present. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the committee. Mr. Spencer St. John, her Majesty's Chanpi d'Affaires to the republic of Hayti, had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Foreign-office, yesterday, previous to his leaving for his lost. A deputation from the committee of main line share holders in the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany, consisting of Mr. William Hmtridge, Mr. George Allender, Mr. John Turner, Mr. Edward Langley, Mr. S. Underhill, Mr. J. C. Irving, and Mr. R. H. Bristow., had an interview with the Duke of Richmond at the office of the Board of Trade, Whitehall, yesterday. Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Mr. C. M. Nor wood, ?LP., Mr. J. Candlish, M.P., Mr. G. L. Munro, shipowner, London ; and Mr. R. M. Hudson, shipowner, Sunderland, had an interview with the Right Hon. Stephen Cave, M.P., Vice-President of the Board of Trade, at the office of the Board of Trade, respecting the Admiralty Jurisdiction BilL A deputation, consisting of Sir John Simeon, 111. P., Vimount Gott, 11t. Wykeham Martin, 31. P., Sir Henry Percy Gordon, Sir Charles Locock, Mr. E. James, Dr. Kell, Mr. Sewell, Admiral Crozier, and Mr. T. Webster, had an interview with Lord John Manners, at Whitehall-place. yesterday. Yesterday afternoon her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited the Na tional Portrait Gallery, Great George-street, Westminster, The marriage of Lady Constance Finch-Hatton, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Winchilsea, with Lord Waterpark is fixed to take plat* the first week in June. Lady Emily Peel was safely delivered of a son and heir, shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel's residence in Whitehall. ganlens. The Rev. Peter Bonamy Collings, M.A., has been collated to the vicarage of Sturry ; the Rev. Charles Carus Wilson, M.A., has been collated to the vicarage o f Ramsgate; the Rev. James Coring, 8.A., has been insti tuted to the rectory of Chillenden ; the Rev. Lucius Ormsby Cary, 8.A., has been instituted to the vi , e of Brenzett ; the Rey. Samuel Hornibrook, M.A., has n licensed to the cure of Trinity Church, Maidstone; the Rev. William Fox Whitbread Torre, ILA., to the cure of Chislehurst ; the Rev. William Henry Dalton, M.A., to the cure of Southborough, Tonbri4e-wells, all in the county of Kent and diocese of Canterbury. And the Rev. William Wilts, 8.A., has been licensed to the cure of Croydon, and the Rev. William Pilkingtoei to Christ Church, Croydon, in the county of Surrey, and diocese of Canterbury. LATEST INTMUGENCL FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. The Paris correspondent of the Inflipettdane, Bae r The language of the government organs is just now west pacific. M. Bouher is reported to have said that a wa r could not take place for a long time, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs used expressions of a similar import At his reception to-day. But the confidence of the goverum en t does notcommunicate itself to the public,which persist, in the lief that the negotiations are prolonged onbotb sides only for the make of being more completely ready. The reply of a distinguished person to a remark that a war for Luxem. burg would be " madness " is cited :—" Madness if yea wish ; but* noilaile never." It is reckoned that there An 80,000 of the breech loaders now ready, and if they are not more numerous, it is because experiments are bein g made of a more deadly weapon which combines the prin ciple of the breech-loader and the revolver. Prince Napoleon is, it is said, for immediate war. and it is given out for certain that in the event of war a thoroughly liberal ministry will be formed. M. de Colts was asked at a soirEe given by the Princess Mathilde last Sunday :—" Well, M. l'Amliaasadeur, shall we have war!" " No." " Then, we shall have Luxem burg • " " You shall not have that either," was the reply of the Prussian Minister. (uunia's TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 12, ENT:cm. A royal decree has been published to-day, dii. miaaing from their posts five magistrates of the Superior Tribunal for having voted in the Senate in favour of the motion expressing regret at the measures taken by the government agin u t Marshal Serrano. Senor Gonzales Bravo, Minister of the Interior, has delivered a speech in the Congress in reply to some statements made by members of the opposi. tion, in which he said : " The exceptional and re pressive system pursued by the government will continue so long as the parties opposed to the go. vernment persist in their revolutionary attitude." _ _ The bill of indemnity for all acts of the govern. ment since the closing of the last session of the Cortes has been adopted by 245 against 4 votes. ROME. ROME, APRIL 13. The city was splendidly illuminated last night, in celebration of the anniversary of the return ut the Pope to Rome in 1850. Triumphal arches were erected at several points, and bands of music paraded the streets. The Pope was much cheered by the people. GREECE. (Yid Trieste.) ATHENS, APRIL 3. The Greek steamer Arcadi has made her third successful voyage to Candis and landed on the island provisions, munitions of war, and clothing for the insurgents. The Arcadi was pursued by Turkish vessels, but escaped. The Cretan National Assembly has proclaimed religious toleration, the equal rights of Turks and Christians, and security for the property of both. OUTWARD MAIL OF MARCH 27—AFRIL 3. SUEZ, Amu. 12. The Ellora left for Bombay at 9 a.m. to-day. AMERICA. (BY ♦TLANTIC TELZGRAPH. NEW YORK, Aran. 12, 6r.it. Numerous strikes axe taking place among the working classes throughout the North. The latest advices received here from Mexico do not confirm the reported success of the Imperialists at Queretaro. Closing prices :—Gold, 136 t. Sterling exchange on London, 1091. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 10e1 ; Illinois, 114 i ; Brie, 561. Cotton: Middling Upland, 22f. Petroleum, refined, 26. The Gu ion steamer Manhattan arrived out to-day. (uusurm's urass!,) HAYTI. The Senate had elected General Nissuge Saget at president, but ho declined to accept the office until the whole of the country had approved of his elec tion, which it is expected the country will confirm. The department of the south is quiet. Delegations have been sent to the capital from Jacmel Ant Cayes, and to support the action of the provincial government. The following proclamation has been issued by the provisional government : To the People and the Army. Haytiens,—Grave events have just been consummated. General F. Geffrard has left the presidency and the country ; he has placed his resignation in the hand; of the Senate. The Council of the Secretaries of State holds the reins of government, as provided by the I Ittth article of the constitution until the chief who ought to preside over the destiny of the country should be constitutionally elected. The country has suffered for many long years incessant evils, which have left as their result the ruin of our cities, of our treasury, and of our families. Let es work, then, Haytiens, to build up the edifice destroyed ►y baneful passiona engendered by pritle,ambitioniunl cupidity. It is only by a fusion of hearts, harmony of power, and firm will, sincere and serious, that we can get rid of the corruption towhich our society is a prey. Yes, it is with thee elements that we will pregress,snd that ourcountry will mit , ' that welfare and happiness to which all free people aspire. Be calm, and let us hope from Providence and our efforts to end our misfortune. Let us avoid every conflict and public trouble, and be animated only by the welfare of the country. Let us have faith in the future and in the institutions which govern us. Long live liberty! Leg live equality ! Long live the republic ! Long live the constitution ! Given at the National Palace, the I:ith March, 1467. HEI KTEI...N. ST. VICTI.K. LI*STANT 1.611.1 NE. LA114.111)E. S. ItAMEAr. THE BRAZILIAN AND WEST INDIAN MALL.'.-11 numerously and moat influentially signed memorial hem tankers and merchants in London, has been presented to her Majesty's Postmaster-General, setting forth the pecu liar eligibility of Falmouth as a port of arrival and dew- Lure for the Brazil and River Plate, West India, West Coast of South America, and Australian mails. Similar memorials have been signed by the members of the MAP cheater and Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. AN INVITATION TO THE PRINcE of WALE. , ..-- Below we give a translation of the letter of illVitat:oo which has been sent to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales from the Indiana of the Red River aettletnent The letter itself is somewhat unique, and we doubt whether the mail bags of any nation ever carried its like. The who feel a great degree of traditionary resrr t for the Royal Family, and with a certain taste fur barbaric show and glitter, felt that an ordinary ink and pl'lr invitation would scarcely convey the eaniestness of thew wish that the Prince should come ; so they have rat their request in a style peculiar to themselves. I be material on which the letter is written is the to inner rind of the birch bark, surrounded with a .1 border of gilt. Th 3 letters of the heading are in white, and blue, the capitals throughout being o English gilt. The following is a translation of the letter: —"To the first born of our great mother, meows the great waters, great chief, whom we call royal chief. Ile and our people hear that our relations, the liallbreeds and the pale-faces at Red River have asked you to come and see them the next summer. We and our people also Indira to come and visit us, Every lodge will give you reYal welcome. We have the bear and the buffalo, and our hunting grounds are free to you, our hones will carry Yot and our dogs hunt for yon, and we and our people wt" guard and attend you. Our old men will show you their medals which they received for being faithful to the father of our great mother. Great royal chief, if you will come, send word to our guiding chief at Fort Game, so that r . may have time to meet and receive you as becoming a" great royal chief."—Canadiaa News. April 11th. ~il~ Ar chn ing of eon E 7 bate able read art stab