The Express. — London, England, 1866-04-07 00:00:00

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THE auspicious announcement is at Length made that the special envoy sent by the Emperor NAPO LEON to Mexico has concluded an arrangement for the return to Europe of the French troops now in, that cenntry. The first effect of this news was to raise the value of the French funds, capitalists andl men of business perceiving at once the important relief to the resources of France which is implied in the termination of the Mexican expedition. The French troops in Mexico, of whom there are about 25,000 men, are to be brought home in three instalments—the Scat in November of the present year, and the two others in March and November, 1867. To the sanguine and the impatient this may seem a long delay, but the EMPIROI may be sup posed to have desired, for political masons, to avoid all appearance of acting with precipitancy. The great importance of the Convention is that it fixes in several respects the future policy of Irmo° in Mexico, and terminates an experiment full of dan ger. In view of these advantages a little delay, more or less, is of no consequence. If the gradual mode of the evacuation of Mexico is seoeptable to France, the American Government will have all the more reason for acquiescing in it, and abstaining from any law of action which might interfere with or suspend its progress. The Emperor of the FRENCH has displayed rare qualities of statesmanship in thus frankly sad courageously facing the changed order of facts which have demonstrated the inopportuneness of his Mexican enterprise, and in adapting hie policy to them. The praise due to him in this we in the greater, inaamucn es the Mexican policy of his Government was peculiarly his own. Like his predecessor on the throne of France, the EDEPIROR has followed a system which is not the system of this or that Minister, but eminently and essentially that of the Sovereign. Standing at this distance from the event, and with the advantage of the light thrown by the history of the last two years upon the affairs of the Ameri can Continent, and especially upon the facts which determine the balance of power there, we may wonder that the Mexican expedition was ever undertaken by a ruler enjoying so high a reputation for sagacity as Naro- Lsow 111. But it would be easy to indulge this feeling to the point of doing injustice to that subtle intellect. If Lours NzroLsow formed a false estimate of the problem which he undertook to solve, it was less because his judgment was at fault than because, in common with most Europeans at that time, he was deceived by false evidence. Four years ago it seemed as if nine per sons out of every ten were victims of a vast con spiracy to misinform and betray ,the mind of the world with reference to the issues of the American contests. Never before in the history of Europe was brought into play so elaborate an organization of misintelligence. The Emperor of the Fearrat never concealed from France, or from his allies, or from the Government of the United States, his settled conviction that the Union was irreparably broken up, and that the Slave States would achieve their independence and establish their new Confederation. In despatch after despatch, the late Mr. DAYTON reported the expression of the Emrznoa's conviction to Washington, and it notoriously formed the basis of his calculations regarding Mexico. The most noxious mis take made by the ENTEROR was that of giving to the Mexican expedition a character of unnecessary hostility to the United States, especially by the publication of his letter to Marshal FOUNT. There is reason to believe that the Laramie was quick to perceive, and solicitous to repair, that error. The expedition might have been regarded with curiosity rather than with concern by the Ameri cans, if the EN:PEROa had not elaborately and gratuitously explained that it was undertaken to set bounds to the progress of Anglo-Saxon civilise. tion ; and if his injudicious supporters in the press had not given it the character of a defiance of the Mormon doctrine. The language of the Zwrintoa's Government for the last eighteen months has been calculated to neutralize the effect of these ill. judged declarations, and to reconcile the presence of his client in Mexico with the self-regard at the American people. In making arrangements for the withdrawal of the troops of France, it was obviously neeeseary to subordinate all other considerations to those of the political order. Alike by the friends and by the enemies of the Austrian throne set up in Mexico the immense debt which its occupant has contracted tween Austria with France has hitherto of the permanency of thi Eirrraoz, it was argued, soldiers of France until some ef-guaranteeing_ both the repayment of the debt ifu lo gpare, nch — r.o3Vernment by that of MAXI , and payment of interest On the loans Prince had contracted in -ThuroPer and which are, for the most pert, held by Frenchmen. To have admitted this argument would have been to' have bound France to persevere in a hopeless and ruinous expenditure. How the EXPEROE has solved this difficulty, or whether he has solved it is not known, but he has very properly resolved that his policy shall not be made contingent upon its adjustment. Every creditor of Maxiguain lent his money knowing that that Prince entered Mexico as the representative of a foreign invasion, and must be held to have been willing to stake his venture on the chances of success. The Archduke Maxtexuarr has contracted in the name of Mexico a frightful load of debt, which the country, even if it should ever acknow ledge him as its ruler, could never pay. Not even the resources of France could avail to fill up year by year the enormous deficit of the Imperial Mexi can treasury, which is burdened not only with the expenses of government, but with those of conquest and military self-defence. The experiment of the Emperor NAPOLEON must soon have come to an end even if Mr. SEWARD had not written a single despatch. It is much wiser on the part of the French to submit to the pecuniary loss already incurred than to persevere in a ruinous expendi ture; and in this view, heavily as the monied classes in France have suffered by the Mexican policy of the Empire, and much as they have still to lose by its failure, the rise in the French funds is abun dantly justified. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Our daily contemporaries comment upon Mr. Gladstone's ipso& at Liverpool on Thursday night, but the pertinency of their remarks is considerably affected by the second address of the right hon. gentle man which arrived at too late an hour to be discussed. Thus the very omissions which appear to the Times so seekers and perverse, and which render the Thursday's address, in its opinion, so meagre, faint, and worthless, are the prominent features in the subsequent speech. What the Liverpool audience wanted to hear about, says the Times, was reform, but it only occupied the fag-end of the speech. In a neighbouring page, however, ere printed several columns of observations from the right hon. gentleman which treat of nothing else but reform. The Times com plains that to spend his strength on a review of the past, and, when he came to deal with the present, to avoid everything hie reel discrusion, was not respectful to his bearers, was not respectful to parliament, to his opponents, or to the scalar,. Mr. Gladstone, however, has, it will be men, met this and all similar objections by the speech which he delivered at the meeting called specially to treat of end consider the question of the franchise bill. The Daily News observes that Mr. Gladstone's speech, by revealing the attitude of the ministry, has dispelled the last illusion with which his opponents have beguiled themselves. Two or three newspapers which claim to be the unrecognised euperiorities of journalism, and whish take upon themselves all the airs of unappreciated genius, vaunting the unanswerable character et arguments that have been answered over and ever again, as a quack puffs the nostrums which science has exposed and which good sense re jects, will no doubt continue to put forth the periodical mixture of sophistry and railing to which we are semis. touted. But every day their task becomes more hopeless, and their temper less under restraint. The party to which they are committed is pledged to fight, and it cannot win. The genuinely liberal character of the speeches of the three cabinet ministers, whose position and whose jeers make it probable that the future of the liberal party lies largely in their bands, gives the Liverpool banquet an in terest and importance beyond and above that of the crisis and exigencies of the hour. The remarks of the Pod, Herald, and Adrertiser 'come generally within the description we have given of the article in the Times. The Herald in particular says that the cause must be desperate in which Mr. Gladstone had nothing to my, and describes him as turning eagerly from all praise of the bill. The only paper attempting to deal with yesterday's speech 'is the Adrertiaer, and the re sult is not encouraging to hurried criticism, for one part of the article is diametrically opposed to the other, The burden of it is that the speech was flatly received, but paragraphs are introduced in which enthusiasm is re ferred to as the characteristic of the proceedings. • Grosvenort motion, by far the bolder course, or pare in committee an amendment " That no part of this 1011 !hall , epply to . any borough returned in the Census as of lees than 50,000 inhabitants." On redistribution neither Mr. Gladstone nor Mr. Gosohen said one word, and the objections to a bill without schedules remain just what they were—namely, that it compebr the house to vote for a great transfer of the sovereign power before it knows the extent of the transfer, or to whom it will be made. The Economist complain, that Mr. Gladstone did not in his Thursday's speech try to prove that the bill now before parliament is the best way to give ' augmented influence to the working claims. We say, adds the Economist, that it is advisable to give the working dames a real influence in the state—to give them not only votes but members too ; but we my also, that it is not advisable to augment the present corruption in the small boroughs ; that it is advisable when we are giving power to a new class, to see how much we are giving ; that now we do not know how much ; that till we know bow much, what we give is given upon imagina tion and in charity, not in policy or wisdoms ; that a bill which is by avowal a preface to others must be eoniidered with those others and not alone. The great majority of 1 the higher newspapers of Great Britain have said so too : it is an obvious thing and a plain thing. The Press accuses the authors of the Reform Bill with making unconstitutional efforts to create a majority in its favour, but they will not succeed in peeving it into a law. In the opinion of the Prue those liberals who refuse to be dragged through the mire at the lidding of Berl Russell and Mr. Gladstone are fairly entitled to the gratitude of their countrymen. If amber of the House of Commons give the same verdict as that which hoe already been pro nounced by tin peb c, they will reject the bill on Its second reading by a substantial majority. councils and conr4tatic.ms between the King and Count von Bismarck are frequent, but we are yet ignorant of any definitive resolution teen by them. There is evidently a pause in the policy of Prussia which is not war or peace, but which will incline by some expedient or other hi the Alhection of peace if !Ong William pesseverns in the sentiments which animate him at present." The Kreuz Zeitung says that the Diet, if called upon to decide between Austria and Prussia, being composed of States which for the most part are opposed to' the policy of Prwada—would naturally decide against her. How then could Count Mena dorff imagine that Prussia would be so simple as to be caught by so apparent a snare 1 According to the Kreuz Zeitung, therefore, it is not to the Diet that,rwmia will consent to submit the difference between her and Austria. The correspondent of the Temps at Naples says : We have in Naples sew facts and statements of facts with regard to the general report. of war occasioned by the announcement of the formation of two large corps &armee at Bologna and Piacenza, under the command of Generals Durando and Cialdini. The following are the facts which have been acoomplished or announosd. The 26th and Nth infantry regiments, which should have come into garrima at Naples, are ordered to North Italy. They will march in two or three days. The artillery at Caserta has been @vita. Admiral Vaasa, whose fleet was to be stationed at Syra cuse, has been ordered to proceed to Tarentam and probably to Ancona. Orders have been leaned for the re-equipment of vessels which were placed out of minimising:ea. In the midst 'of warlike reports of all kinds one ought not to go beyond the exact %eta, sad the facts which I have stated are those which have taken pines." The New Free Press of Vienna says : Baron Werther, the anibiisacior of Prude, had a eon. ferenoe to-day (April 3) with Count von Mensdortf, but it does not appear that he was In a pacrition to make any com munication to our Minister of Foreign Affairs with regard to the reception of the note of March 3L We must not deceive ourselves se to the effect which that note will produce. At Berlin it will be regarded nether is a now provocation than am an effort of conciliation. People say t there is a long way between mobilisation and actual war, but Count von Bismarck, by his impudent and revolt ing circular, and Count Kerolyi, by his last note, have greatly shortened that way. The alternative is now placed before Pelmets in such a manner that she can no longer prolong the present intolerable state of things. The Berlin cabinet must fall back, or fight. We have no fear of Austria's firmness and energy on the field of battle, but we do fear lest, by Prue& yielding a little, our too great moderation may not make us pay too dearly for peace, and lest we may be juggled by the cunning of a thief out of that which he has neither the courage nor the power to wrest front us as a btigand. • (arovaa's vsuantam.) VINI7NA, Arm 7. Baron von Werther, Prnagan ambammadce at _ _ Vienna, has delivered to Count Mensdarff the reply 'of the Prussian government to the Austrian note of the 31st ult. To this note Count von Bismarck states that the Aus trian armaments admit of no satisfactory explanation, that they cannot be accounted for by any question of internal policy, and are pro vocativeof difficultiesbetweenthetwo states. Austria cannot really consider herself threatened by Prussia, otherwise: she' world have appealed to article 11 of the Federal constitution, which provides for disagreements arising between members of the confederation. The armaments of Prussia are caused by the attitude assumed by Austria, which has created the present difficulty between the two states. Prussia repudiates the accusations of Austria. She has no intention of attacking that power. The King of Prussia in no way doubts the per sonal friendly feeling of the Emperor of Austria, and will ntaintain his own friendship for his Austrian Majesty, unaltered by political considera tions. .The note states in concinsion that it will be in the power of Austria to prove by her course of action her friendship for Prussia. -The semi-official Nordc!attache Z►itung states that the situation has not changed, and that the' arma ments are still going on. U o ° ** 4 ... .11ZSS , AT 'e , ilit II L APRIL 7, • • ~ l iiiiN .) ," LA . 4 ...-- . o been .. .-... 41 . • li diftile. ' (. , en --• the p• .1 i - • ri i - . liberty a s man where . .1 • ••• • 1 te Fren . ... ^ oN. .3 nit' . . ... • . " b in W ' who I led, Ile ' . ' . '*‘.'''' .th r77 '. °l- '• ,• ; t r...., ' '- .. ~ - zyv _ d i l e i PRUSSIA. , some way had ...n found by the bill, and if they are ... they will .eli I I * of yesterday says : - wire the repayment of the debt 'llt out on is no sensible change to-day in the relations come. on do one of two things, either . . .. • .... ...___ _ --I TA.........;. Clahinat ontincila and THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Examiner thinks that some of the gentle men who, before the holidays, are said to have privately given amturanoes that they were ready to desert with Lord Grosvenor must by this time begin to feel very thankful that they did not publicly commit themselves too soon. The praxes of denudation is not a pleasant one, even to see performed upon another ; and, without disparaging the reynard-like persuasiveness of Messrs. Horatian and Lowe, we do not suppose that, after what has happened to them, many of their intending confederates will at the last be found ready to cast off their political tails. Even the butler's pantry at Caine is in mutiny, and for whom Mr. Hossinsa will henceforth undertake to speak the Examiner hardly knows. The Examiner will not be surprised if Lord Grosvenor resorts to the strategy of allowing the second reading of the bill to pass without di viding, deferring the trial of strength until the motion to go into committee, by which time the redistribution bill, as promised, will be upon the table of the House of Commons. The humiliation involved in such a falling back frau a lately defiant position need give the liberal party little concern. As time, however, is of importance, it will be but fair to demand, before the debate on the second read ing begins, whether it is to be a sham battle or a real fight. To the friends of reform it can matter nothing at which point their adversaries will ultimately take courage to make a stand. Although it cannot be said, in the opinion of the Satur day Attica, that the meet , nn which have been held in various parts of the country to support the Reform Bill have shown that the measure excites any great enthusiasm, yet they have elicited an expression of sympathy with re form the sincerity of which is not to be questioned. With many of the views expressed the Saturday Retitle entirely concurs, but the speakers generally make no attempt to deal with the real difficulty that is raised by the character of the government measure. It is very possible that the government may secure • majority for the second reading by making liberal member s afraid to separate from their party until it is quite certain that the boroughs they sit for are to suffer. But, on the other hand, the difficulties of the government will probably be much increased. The members who find themselves affected by the bills for redistribution will think they have done their duty to their party, and may now begin to look out for themselves ; and the diecunion for which Mr. Gladstone allows so very small a number of nights will be sure to become desultory and diffuse when the reoviiioas of the bill are taken in what each speaker will consider to be the proper degree of connection with other measures not directly under elionumeion. But this is a very mill part of the impolicy of the muse taken by the goverment. How members will vote is supremely important to government whips, but not to the outside world. The real impolicy of dealing with reform by halves lies in the want of regard to the consequences that can scareely fail to flow from leaving it to a new parliament to decide what the arrangement of electoral power shall be. Scarcely any way of providing for the disfranchisement of mall boroughs could be so bad as first to increase the number of voters in them boroughs, and then to take aristy aliegether the right in the borough to return a ruffloseutetive. The Rposigaer quotes I t onis Blanc as to what should be the idol of representation, and adds that this ideal is not appeseslssd through a bill which reduces the suffrage without attetition either. to circumstances or to principles, to the het that low suffrage in Manchester and Cake are FRESH RELIGIOUS DISITTRBANCES IN ITALY. The Lombardia, of Milan, report. some further religious commotion' which occurred at Tardate in Lombardy. Some shameful exhibitions having taken place on the occasion of the procession on ' Holy Thursday the civil authority considered it to be their duty to prevent a second procession, which was announced for the following day. Some disorderly proceedings thereupon took place, which might have ended in fatal violence, as at Barletta, if the more sensible part of the population had not exhibited more energy. One fanatic, armed with a scythe, was arrested, happily before he had time to make use of it. The Lombardia hopes from the measures which have been adopted that the disturbances will not be renewed. (REUTER'S TELPGRANS.) SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 6, Rvimmio, • To-day in the Senate the Minister of Finance stated that the formation of a new bank was ne °militated by the inability of the old bank to cope with the present monetary (Tithe. THE PAPAL STATES. (Via Kamilla.) BOMB, APRIL 4. An address signed by 400 Frenchmen has been presented to the Pope by the Duke de Rohan. His Holiness, in reply, expressed his gratitude for the assistance so constantly rendered by France to the Holy See, and referred in eulogistic terms to the speeches delivered by the Emperor Na poleon at the opening of the French Chambers, and on receiving their replies to the speech from throne. An extraordinary meeting of cardinals has been held in consequence of certain diplomatic commu nications which have been received here. Mgr. de Ledochowski, the new Archbishop of Posen, was invested, on his departure for his dio cese, with the same spiritual jurisdiction as was exercised by the Primate of Poland before that country's division. INDIA. (By direst Overland Telegraph.) BOMBAY, Arun 4. 711) ahirtings, Sr. 2a. Cotton quiet. Dhollerah, abr. Exchange on London, 2s. 1K The latest London date is the 31st instant. CALCUTTA, Aran, 3. 71b shirting's, Br. . 21. Exchange on Loadon, Its. 2d. Freight., 48s. It is unhappily too true (nye the independaage) that the Soled has bees prevents& tram publishing " yes Twatlleum de la Wm" One ie lest in molester* 11l II the motives which could have led to such a decialmictikily 4er them who know the French temperament, *rent have war 'Wm wait than tire inereeming theipepaleriey and ainpaaating the ails of Victor Hage's rissarkails Oak. lever PSOL43III . SUNDAY. Oil Neillllllll NOIDAT. N.Z to 8 L . , Wrong to COMM. L Ma N.IL to 8.8. Z., fresh, As istoolorato la a b o ve. Wazizzx B.L to B.oiatl w Tarying. soderret Asabele. N.E. to N.H. and hi EotTSIMIltg. places to S.W., Ann to moderate. N.E. to B.Y. throng to LAMM. Northern—lloothand. Western—lreland, Widen, and adja cencies. Southern—linelth Channel and Ber a BMW. Zaatern—Eaatward England and Nods Sea titallar to above. During the storm last weeks gigantic tree, 200 years old, and containing 1,700 feet of timber, was blown down at Breantore, is Banta, the mat of Sir C. Rube. Bart. A new arrival shed, 300 feet long, is abort to be built at the Southampton terminus, in ocumespiewe of the increase of traffic at that station. The iron pier in Southampton Water which is. building far the Royal Victoria Hospital is nearly com pleted. It will seat upwards of 50,0001. LITIIMAILT AND SCIZIIIIIPIC MEZTINGB FOR THE lissom Wilts.—Monday, Asiatic, at 3. Tuesday, Eth nological, at 8, " Invention of Writing Materials," " An cient Hindu Sacrificial Bull. with Inscription, New Ze. - • land," Mr. Cravrfurd ; Royal Institution at 3, " Non- Metallic Elements," Professor Frankland ; Zoological, of 84, " Supposed Original Drawing of the Dodo," Mr. Tegetmeier • "Two New Animals in the Menagerie," Dr. Gray ; Engineer., at 8, " Permanent Way ;" Photo , at 8. Wednesday, Royal Institution, at 3, ri hic uscular Contraction," Professor Da Bois Beymond ; Geological, at 8, ' Brown Cannel or Petroleum Coal. at . Colley Creek, New South Wales," Mr. Keene; Rocks, New South Wale Rev. W. B. Clarke ; " per Hanes Michigan," Mr. BOANSIMIEI Literature, at 4 ; Archseolozical Association, at 8i ; " Broogh of Clickimin, Shetland," Sir H. Dryden and Mr. Irvine ,• " History of Chelsea ," Rev. J. Blunt and Mr. Burnell ; Society of Arts, at 8 ; Piracy of Trade-msrke," Mr. Underdown. Thursday, Royal Institution, at 3, " Non-Metallic Elements," Pronatior Frankland ; Anti quaries, at ; Society, at Bi. Friday, Royal In stitution, at 8, " TrawmuWon of Volition and Sensation through the Nerves," Professor Da Bois Reymond • Se eley of Arts, at 8, " Synthesis al Organic SabstWoca" (Cantor Lecture), Dr. Crace Calvert. Saturday, Royal Institution, at 3, " National Portraits," Mr. Scharf; Bo tanic, at 4.—debniverti. Sitirenseirso MARINE& SOMnre. —The oom mittee of the above institution held their usual weekly meeting yesterday, Captain the Hon. France Maude, 8.N., in the chair. There were present during the William Strart, Eq. ; Captain C. R. El fe l. ll 7l - aptain Trivet, Captain V. Budd, Bear= Bookie, C.R. ; Warden, C.B. • Lord Henry Oholmodeley, V.P. ; Captains Lean, Westbrook, Lisboa rood, and Isttlehales, R.N. The secretary, Mr. Lean, read the minutes and reported that from the Ist January to the 31st March, 2,640 ship tracked men and 1,939 widows and orphans had been relieved by the society, making in all parts of the United King dom a total of 4,579 persons relieved in a lesson of the greatest distress. Large and infiusetial aseetinp had been held at Belfast, Hartlepool, and other places, 145 ministers of v arious deaomiaations had pleaded the ca use of the widow and the poor castaway, by which the operations of the society in their behalf was becoming more extensively known. One 0111.4111 Men, in sending his collection, writes :—" Some of this is from very poor people, and if the clergy of inland partakes would make a similar appeal, you would not want far funds. People are ready enough to give for such a cause if only they knew of a safe channel for their benevolence." The foßowing anus of 201. and uremia had been re vived during the past month—via. Torbay Gale Fend, per Kitson, Req. , treasurer, Mi. lbs. 2d. • Mims Ana 551. ; J. 8., WI. • the Society of Marelant Vat:i nvert:, Bristol, M. ; Yrs. Pratt, 201. ; Two Old Sah arans*. 201. ; Mrs. C. A. White, 201. ; W. Winn, Esq., 111. ; the Thames Conservancy CoinmeWoesrs, WM. ss. ; Bast and Wee India Doak Company, 211. ; Lady lawny, sot. ; collected re Stock Ruhange by Norman Wilkinson, 1171. 14a. IL ; Mrs. Galatea, 501. • Sam. Ream, Req., 101. ; R. L. Chasse, if q., 501. ; F. Rieheadaos, Req., 101. ; Mies Dorset, 161.; Mrs. °Wake, 601. New Three per CAIII4II. Messes. John Hind and Son, and the Marquis al Downekke, 1101. era, throt4e . the Rare Auxiliary ; legaiby the late Harriers, a : William Rial•fla t l a 01 0 c in J. 11.11., 501. ; Heider, Esq., 1 01. ; Mime M e l i' Medgsse, ; Be* Odes, Req., ru. Lb. ; a nd Jae. Dale, Esq., if Rewards, OIL Me amin en the society's Medi eantiaass wry great, reports el wreaks from the hosserary 110111011 en ths swan Wing of daily cesarrenes with Wire er less Ices of life. The /earful wreck d the Split et the Omen, near the Prawn, being amass the aniaber, Where ally fear 1111111 win saved, who were eared for awed seat I. Weis horses by the lisessary_ agent on the spot ; the rest all heed a watery ve. The ecusadttee sanity appeal for hale te awry pa ant and wised their *Wen at grew le the peer storwtoesed mariner, and the widow anil espies. their THE ESCAPE OP STEPHENS PROM RICHMOND BRIDEWELL. Thin morning was Meted the report of the i n , spectors General of Prisons in Ireland to the LoN Lieutenant with regard to the mein of has Stephens from Richmond BridewelL The demos divides iteelf into two parts; the Ann havie ; reference to Stephens's escape, the other the general discipline of the prison a id* conduce of its officers. The report states tho Stephens was under the charge of Warder Coisso lk 'in whom Mr. Marquis, the governor, and Mr. Geek the local Inspector of the prison, had the gram % emilidesee. Of Mr. Marquis, " who had always b cni en unimpeached character for integrity," the imps*. report" that they are compelled by a painful sales el duty to Mate that he has proved his Win hos * potency to =settee present emergency, and he exhfittei went of judgment and even of common mass, wiekik wig regard to his antecedents appears almost uasseenstegs,' RltglAgion, says the report, wee so Wave* Stilt towards the night watchman, Byrne, whe VIM *lh only °Meer on duty after 10 p.m. piked al Si night of his escape, that he was anselei the detective police. In his room wee feud copy of the Fenian oath and a padlock &Am padlocks on No. 6 range, which correspondel the locks on the cells of No. 9, where Stephens mai s . fined, and it appeared from the evidence of Ilb.llta t ak that the keys of No. 6 padlocks would apes e s padlocks on No. 9. The inspectors conclude their agcy by suggesting eight alterations, and amongst them, the 1 . moval of Mr. Marquis, which they believe to be Mgo, pensable for the good government of the gaol in Ake state prisoners were erdiaarily confined. THE" LIBERAL" OPPONENTS OP THE WWl' "BILL. Mr. Lowe maintains in the columns at ifs rime• that Mr. Gladstone had no right to mom W I speech on the Formai.. Ball anywhere but in the Bon of Commons, and he seams the right hon. gentlema puking attacks on his eluaracter, oonduct, and AMU.. "It is unworthy," add. Mr. Lowe, " of thepositica 001014 *we to retail meondliand misrepresentation after le bet bees few weeks eireulated by that parties setinienit which advocates his views, especially when alp hp She freebie arts al omitting what I did say, or leg what I did not." Mr. Hannan has addressed a letter to the chid:wad the bite reform meeting at Stroud, alleging Milks meeting was conducted by persons whose attempt nes Mat him at the last election bad no ether easily placing him at the heagoi the poll. "Yy Mesh sad • pupporters at Stroud," writes Mr. Homo; "Wili* 'that the course I ma now taking on the reform glide Asonaistent with the opinions that I have held ad.( .r sines my first entrance into public life, end *lb them I have sacrificed popularity and delibersisbis; - monied once. But while lam far from undsr-witlimekg the samilese that have exposed see is =ay mixer. .tations and separated mefrom many Mends, I fells= ;thin when * the battle, which at me 3 foughtalmost alone in the liberal ranks , his now talon up by iv eoasiderable a section of the Wird ' that the fate of this 1111-advised and fragmentary wow of the government will sour, I hops, be pissed 1117111111 h doubt." - - .. 1C r- lir --- . Sacraria, the member for Kilmarnock, ben be formed his eanstitnents that he Wake " the pecirmi of the government reepeoting reform very incomplete and wr etthisetory, unless it is socompanied with raticient po ports respecting the distribution of sesta" A re-diset button bill has, however, been promised, and until he le an opportunity of forming an opinion respecting this pot of the scheme, he " must reserve hie judgment" apse tie government proposals " generally." The following is a espy of a hand-bill which is been widely circulated at Caine :—" Reform ! Refuel Reform {—Electors of Cake !—Liberal electors of CAW —Worldng men of Caine I Yon are invited to lif town-hall (kindly lent by the mpg) or Xontay wag next, to her addresses in support of the government it, by Handel Cosaham, Esq., of Bristol, Thaerity Yekee, Esq., of Southampton, and others. A petition in foss; of the measure will be submitted to the meeting. "hi cha'r will be Worn at 7 o'olool.—Cslne, April 5,1806.• TN% NOTTINGHAM ELE AT.)CTION coinarrs, (THIS D The committee met this morning at 11 &clod, this toting this 16th day of the inquiry. Mr. •H. IA occupied the chair. 'Me evidence in favour of the members was continued. John Button, the guard of the liesefiela hale, hell* that the train arrived at Nottingham M 5 o'cloch oa 26th of June, and that many of the had stones in their pockets. As soon as the at the level crowing at Nottingham lOW of tbass stones out of the carriage windows. Several mm of in at Sattoa had stones. They wove leer *Ws Igh pockets, and It was easy to sae the Mem Re stn tire that stones were thrown from the Min liehm fin =Mere got out, and bad stated to Mr. Brows Wt MI seen thee. _ In ercasmandnation be admitted that to suns Mei the statement he made tot`e solicitor, Mr. Brews. from that he now gave, it was net trus, as skid is the document, that the first disturbance he ewe wearies t p h e r op Liet ow threw stones at the train. Be ROM Ml ' Monts from the level coming at the Wee In reply to Mr. Rodwall, he mid that Mem les arm mined by Mr. Brown he simply answered the MOW ' put to him. The station master was preseit. Andrew Clutterbark, clerk, who examined the thkele the passengers wbo came by the Mansfield kiln as the in question, confirmed the statement of the het •i that the excandonists were the first to throw *NM also said that many of them were a ri; rmed with Mello and others with sticks. Many of them threw sicemßi the station doer, and stones were also thrown. at UM. Crossmandised—The reason why those wbo lime. stones were not taken into custody at the station desliq was because there was no policemen there. He report what he had seen to the station masher. Charles Stokes, proprietor of a anis UM IC Station-street, Nottinsimi, gave evidence ed ter. coned on the arrival of the Mansfield train on the 111. question. His shop was on the road from the AMR 111/ the Market-place, and the whole 'recession the M front of it were about thirty men, who took oat of bags which they carried. end threr ma t t .lk at the crowd in front. lie did cot see Mr. there. In cross-examination, ha said that the crowd who 04. stones at the =en:Monists were mos tly boys. Thee era band of music at the head of the procession. By the committee—The 30 men who marched front were differently dresned to those in the promise They looked like an organised band of ruffians, 04 110 J. first apparestly to clear the way. Witness veild Marten and Chflues, and he also voted fee Sr Reba& 1860. In reply to Mr. Mundell, The Chapman said that when the committee 10111 would inform him whether after this statement he be permitted to call rebutting evidence. Francis Nightingale, examined by Mr. Price, Mod OA he was :EZilsa a check clerk for Mr. Ma rten al et lsrt N election. Be went on duty at do People's at a quarter to 8 o'clock, and remaird • duty till 4. He was employed by Mr. Who* He did not go to the South Parade room, and ask for Mr. Arland or Sir R. amp on that day, nor did he say in the presence of Snicker tbi he would not vote unless he was paid. YY In cross-examinstion he said that he was pa.l4 Assembly Rooms. He did not know that the 11. s• - •""" were pawl. ball-a-guinea a day. He was paid s a . Wheatley did net tell him that he would net be ' unless he voted for Marten and Clifton, nor did he see turn over the register to see bow he had voted before • ' wm pahl. [This clams of evidence was proceeding when our Met Let.] 001 • i .nu thi WDITHHOP PILAZD AND SIR E. BCLIFILR.—Prie d% Union wombs* were, indeed, absolutely d e nwerOn t • that there wee reeson for some surprise w hen he the tory make. A slight encounter betwee n bun scre. Bulwer (now Bir Edward Bulwer Lytton) has given riseol the absurd report that • duel between the two must owourred bat for the interference of the Speaker. A to in the Mai Garet*, some time since, mentione d incident Mating that Pined actually left the home to Oa the cha t, that his opponent was prevented frill following The simple tenth is thu Mr. BOW; sagely iais jest. referred to • Calves' Heed Club which all said to have been bald at Cembridv, if! ocamencreig wie Clarke Vs smesuliers, end of which Pohlad was • romillen Praed's reply Ins dignigied end temperate, and then ...m.anggiodoes of • duel, nor even the ctros ar friendship between the two M '" e=e know on the highest authority ; and " Matements which have been made on the subject mg w hisk M Wow es sorions sicanspies (lithe way in A dm osiop ed. Bat, whatever passegee of arms nay ennui beewees tio two yoeueg politicians, both freak ,1 1 tbe Unies ‘ flir Edward Lytton has in hie toe r e t r p i w iali Miese shown that ho amid appmente his • Qtrareart mow. April number. the Court• WIND - BOR CASTES, Ann & The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Lei- Mogen, drove in the grounds this morning. Prineme Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving. A oommittee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council met yesterday in the Connell Chamber, Whitehall, upon the subject of small pea in sheep, Present—the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Right Hon. W. Cowper. Mr. Helps (Clerk of the Council), and Mr. Hareaoi, (the Deputy Clerk), attended. Despatches were received yesterday at tha Colonial aloe from the Governors of Malta and Canada. Her Majesty the Queen, with the members of the royal family, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the court, is expected, asoording to the most recent ar rangements, to leave Windsor Castle on or about Thursday nest for Osborne, in the Isle of Wight. The London and South Western Railway will furnish the special train, the arrangements for which will be under the control of Mr. J. Grierson, general manager of the Great Western, and Mr. W. Godson, traffic manager of the South Western Railway. Altar 7 a few weeks' Jay at Osborne, her Majesty will return to Windsor, and then make a spring trip to His Excellency the Ambassador of France is about to give • series of dinner parties at Albert-gate Rowe. The first is fixed for the 9/1 inst. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff have left Prussia Same for Brighton. Sir Roderick Murchison, as President of the Geographical Society, will give an evening party to the members of the society on the 14th inst. at Willis's Booms. The Earl and Countess Russell and family have returned to their residence in Cheeham-place from Pem broke Lodge, Richmond Park. The Earl of Derby is greatly improved in health, and will, it is thought, be able to resume his duties in the Rouse of Lords on the resumption of business next week. The marriage of Rear-Admiral Eden (one of the ' Lords of the Admiralty) with Mies Fanny °mills will take place this month. Mrs. W. E. Gladstone has issued invitations for an assembly on Wednesday, the 18th inst., at the family residence on Carlton Rouse-terrace. We (Dublin Evening Mail) understand that Lord Athlumnsy is to be raised to the British peerage by the title of Baron Meredith. Mr. H. Fenwick (says the Sunderland Herald) is at present staying at Torquay, and is gradually improving in health and strength. Captain Edward A. Inglefield will, we (Army and Navy Graeae) believe, supersede Captain George 0. Willis, C. 8., in the command of her Majesty's ship Primo. Con- Dort, and Captain Willis will take command of her Mr jesty's ship Indus, steam reserve, at Devonport, vine Ed mem:tone. The Army and Navy Gazette states that orders have been sent from the Admiralty to the Mediterranean for the immediate return of Rear-Admiral Yelverton to England. This officer is directed to make the beet of his way to Plymouth in his flagship Caledonia. It is expected that Admiral Yelverton is about to take the command of the Channel squadron. Nauman is to be the next of the Sacred Harmonic Society's oratorios. The first of the New Philharmonic concerts will take place on the 18th. Mr. Ella's meetings of the Musical Union are ad vertised to commence on the 10th, with Herr Auer as leader of the quartette. The A theneum believes that the second volume of the " History of Julius Caesar," by the Emperor Napoleon 111., may be expected in the latter part of the present month. It will be devoted to the history of Caesar's wars in Gaul, which is understood to have been for many year. a favourite subject with the Emperor, and it will be rendered more valuable by the extensive excavations and explorations of all kinds which have been made on the sites of Caesar's exploits by the orders of the Emperor. The latter is said to have plaid great personal attention to this volume in its progress through the press, which accounts for the delay in its publication. It will be illustrated with numerous maps and plans. " What has become of the Cattle Plague Com mission?" asks the Gardener? Caroni*. "It is to be feared (or hoped, may we not rather say?) that the disease will have dwindled and disappeared before their third report shall have appeared, which is to reflect upon us all the light that men of science have thrown upon the sub iect " Mr. C. J. Mare, who commenced building the Northumberland, but left it while the work was in pro gress, says he should hare successfully floated her at the first attempt. His reason for making this assertion is based on the following ground :—He had intended to launch with the usual inclination ; this would have given her a sufficient (and in no way dangerous) velocity until arrested by the water, end yet the way on her would have been sufficient to carry her Into midstream. Galignani says :—" The English ball given last night (Thursday) at the Grand Hotel was of a most mag nificent description, not fewer than 1,000 periodss being present, and the display of beauty and fashion exceeding all that had been seen on former occasions. The company at this great annual fete is becoming each year more and more cosmopolitan, and the foreign element het night— particulerly of the American. and Freneh—nearly equalled in number the natives of Great Britain. The Prime Royal of Denmark was among the persons present and expressed himself in flattering terms on the splendid ormcdWal which the bell-room afforded. Dancing commenced about 10, Strauss bringing out some new music expressly for the fete. From that hour until hall-past 4in the morning, waltzes, quadrille., and polkas followed each other in us? tiring succession." Prince Napoleon was present the other day at an experiment of the torpillt frlminalite which took plias at Toulon at his 'request. The torpille was tried mania the stern of the Vauban, the only portion of that vessel mat above water. The effect of the explosion was that gill whole mass of timber was instantly seattered sad almost pulverised. A most amusing incident is reported to have proved remunerative to groups cif fiabetinen watching the experiment. After each explesini shoals ci Ask revs to the surface, and were so paralysed by the shoe! 11113 they allowed the axe to sash Assn in hundred& g FRI PARIS. t (TRW 0011 FEIDAT iVICR2IO. k ft :Debats period of nearly two years w elapse before the evacuation of Mexico will be definitive and complete is a "little long." It observes,.that the arrangement an nounced in the Morsiteer does not imply any "treaty" engagements, but merely a " decision" of the Emperor Napoleon, which it is quite com petent to him to revoke at any time. No infor mation whatever is given as to the nature of the new guarantees which are to be substituted for those of the treaty of Miramar to secure the interest of French holders of the b i lexican securities. Until the end of 1867, the Debuts says,. Francs will re main liable to be dragged into many possible com plications in Mexico, and a variety of events may occur to make her change her present resolution. While allowing due weight to this criticism, I do not doubt that the Emperor really intends to quit Mexico within the time mentioned. His projects in Europe, and his desire to avoid a war with the United States, alike indicate this step. Of course Maximilian, however he may delude himself for a time, will have to come home. I have Ma a very warlike private letter from Florence, dated April 3, which affirms that orders are given to assemble an army of 60,000 men im mediately in the neighbourhood of Bologna, that everybody believes in war with Austria, and that a tax of 10 per oent. is about to be put upon funded property. The warm imagination of Italian correspondents renders, however, their state ments liable to much allowance for exaggeration. I have reason to think that the new Papal loan which the house of Laffitte has bid for ineffectually, will be taken by MM. Blount. The Emperor is going to review eight regiments of cavalry and the artillery of the Imperial Gnat* on the Longchamps Race-course to-morrow. I believe that the quarrels among the proprietors of La Prune which led to a report of the retire ment of M. Emile 011ivie; have been arranged for ' the moment in such a manner as to enable him igr remain editor. It is unlikely, however, that he will stay long. His talent does 'not lie in the di rection of journalism. Publishing his old speeches . instead of leading articles won't do. The Bourse was rather buoyant during part of the day, but it closed heavily. Route rase 10e, for cash and sc. for account, closing at 67fr. 76c.; and 67fr. 60c. The Italian loan fell more than \ per oent. WEATHER REPORT. .-(THIS DAY.) SATURDAY, Y, • A. m. l a T.I W. 1 7 16 Nairn ladle u L 1 Aberdeen IS. &W.& 4 th 190.19 N.E. II lai Ardromms Ile. & 4 Oreeneastla...2o. Z. 4 _ Yalentla...lo.ol Z. 1 "Ape Clear I .....10.11 N.E. Hob 'lo. EWA. Pensanoe '29.86 47 EL& Bran . 116. gx . Lostrai &W. Rochefort-. . 29.76 Plymouth 29.87 a &W.& Weymouth 29.90 N.Z. Portsmouth 19.91 Z. London 10.% N.Z. Yarmouth 29.111 KW& Scarborough. SIAS Mr.& Shields 9924, N.E. Helder — 1 - L ~l N' lx.: I. N.L I. Z.N.L E.N.E. KN.'. Lai Cil. XB.l. X as 1, - %1 =~~~; Oil i 0.76 4 0.67 $ 11.211 2 - 1 2 =I.