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THE parliamentary annals of the last three years have been filled with great occasions. The House of Commons is making history, if it is not making revolution ; and night after night the galleries set apart for eminent strangers are filled with all that is notable in rank and social position. Last night princes and peers, bishops and ambassadors, crowded each other, over the clock and under it, to listen to Mr. Di ERAELI's narrative of what had passed at Osborne, and his statement of the course which in consequence the Government intended to pur sue. The Prince of WALES was in the place which he usually occupies, in order to learn, perhaps, whether the great magician was ready with any healing medicaments to redeem the Throne and the Royal Supremacy from the mortal blows in flicted upon it by the ruthless hands of the Opposition leader. Prince Outlaw; was there to testify anew that interest in his adopted country to which be gave graceful expression the other day in his speech at the Royal Academy dinner. Peers spiritual and temporal sat cheek by jowl, typifying the alliance of Church and State, and foreshadowing in their melancholy countenances the fate which, in their view, impends over both. Lord SALISBURY looked on, regretting, it may be, the invisible barrier, more powerful than any circle drawn by magician's wand, beyond which his steps might not press, and deploring the silence which his tongue must keep, muttering, perhaps : An ego auditor tantunt? Nuttquatnew reponant ? As with the States-Ge neral of France in 1789, the three Estates practically met last night in the same Chamber, though the power of deli beration was with one only. When Mr. DisitAzu entered the House, the cheers which greeted him betokened the highly wrought expec- THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY £, KING, MAY &, tation of his audience. To a pest:timed ear *ere is something different in the very tone of the applause which welcomes him from that which salutes other eminent members of the House. It is like the encouragement with which patrons of sport er the drama hail a joelay whom they relyupon to win for them, sprite fighter whom they have heavily backed, an actor in whom they take interest. Mr. DISRAELI for once found himself unable to maintain " that no-meaning nothing-intending oounte " narioe," to use Mr. BRIGHT'S phrase, behind which he veils the impulses of quick thought, of eager ambition, and sensitive feeling. Do what he would the muscles would move ; the smile could not be kept back ; the countenance was lighted up with satisfaction. It was evident that, for the moment at least, he had played a winning game. Mr. GLADSTONE'S entrance from the opposite side of the house was hailed with louder, and as it seemed, sincerer cheers I than those which greeted his rival. The preliminary business of the sitting occupied ut a few moments. Mr. DISRAELI rose amid I acclamations less impressive than the strained attention and almost audible silence which followed. Tedious as the statement was with which he introduced his protracted explanation, it had its artistic effect. It I roused expectation to the utmost point. The great art of the narrator is the creation of sus ' pense. In this the PRIME MINISTER succeeded. I He dexterously eintrived in the first half hour of his speech to foreshadow an immediate dissolu tion. As he spoke the minds of his hearers must have foreboded the worst. When the crisis cane, the relief from painful anxiety accompanied the satisfaction of a dexterously stimulated curiosity. if the object of these artifices was to prevent a too close attention to the substance of the orator's statement, and to the doubtful constitutional character of the advice which ho had offered to the SOVEREIGN, the device was momentarily successful. Eulogies more or less deserved upon Lord Am:Rion:l, Mr. GATHORNE HARDY, Lord STANLEY, and Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE ; fear , fill pictures of a state of religious anarchy to be followed by absorption in the ecclesiastical depothini of Rome, which would ensue as the result of disestablishing the Irish church ; tributes to the disinterestedness of Lord DEsiiv and him. self, as shown in 1852 and 1859, and other irrelevant matter, occupied by far tlw greater part of Mr. DISRAELI'S statement. When he came to the advice which he had offered to the QuieN, subsequent to the vote of Friday morning, his narrative was jejune and ambiguous. The idea which it conveyed to the House did not correspond, as it afterwards proved, with the facts of the case. The impression made on Mr. Gtansros s.'s mind evidently was that her MAJESTY had refused her consent to a dissolution of Parliament until the new constituencies could be called into existence, but that she had expressed her desire that the necessary business of the session should be hastened, in order that an appeal to these new constituencies might be made this tear a course which, Mr. DISRAELI inti mated, was practicable. But for rinioers of what had passed a little earlier in another place exciting the suspicion of honourable members, the real facts might not have been known. Lord MstmEset - ia, who appears to have learned his lesson more carefully than is usual with him, declared that her MAJESTY had inti mated her unwillingness to accept the resignation of Ministers, and her readiness to dissolve Parliament as soon as the state of public business should allow. Lord GREY attacked as unconstitutional the doctrine that the defeat of the Ministry justified appeal to the country on the ground of its personal claims to office. This position, which he broadly stated, uas proved to demonstration in the Boise of Commons by the precedents and the absence of pre cedents referred to by Mr. GtAnsroNE. But the question has given place to one far graver. Minis ters have not dissolved, as they contend they ! might have done, on the vote of Friday morning. They have not accepted the position of a Govern , ment ad interim, bowing to the will of the majo ' rity, and existing by its sufferance until the preliminaries of a general election, under the Reform Bills of England, Ireland, and Scot : land, can be completed. They hold office with a permanent permission from her MAJESTY to dis solve at any time that may seem good to them. The Ministry does not exist, so long as it has the confidence of Parliament. The Parliament will exist so long as it has the confidence of Ministers. " The result," said the Duke of ItirumoNe, "is that we still occupy the same " position we did before, and intend to conduct " the affairs of the country so long as we are able " to do so, and in the event of any difficulties " arising, her MAJESTY was graciously pleased to " state that she would make no objection to a dis " solution of Parliament. It, of course, will depend " upon the state of affairs whether that dissolution "shall be a dissolution under the existing consti " tuency, or whether it shall be a dissolution under " the new constituency to be formed under the " Reform Act ; but her MAJESTY was graciously " pleased to state that she would make no objec " tion to either course being adopted . by " her advisers whenever they should see fit to " tender to her MAJESTY that recommendation." This, then, is the posture of affairs. The prin ciples it involves are obvious. The at tempt is made to degrade the House of ICommons into a court for registering the edicts of a Minister in a minority, under penalty of a dissolution and appeal t) constituencies whose moral incompetence has been affirmed by the very man who proposes now to recognise their competence. The keen penetration of Mr. Lowe, Mr. AYETON'S legal acuteness, Mr. BOUVERIE'S know ledge of Parliamentary forms, and the massive moral force of Mr. BRIGHT'S eloquence were never more happily displayed than in exposing the real character of this manoeuvre. The House of Commons will not tamely submit to coercion. It will take its awn course. Mr. Chauwrows will press on unwaveringly with the business he has in hand. Mr. DISRAELI has won many victories, but he was never more ill-advised than when he entered into a conflict with the House of Commons, and strove to wield against its undoubted rights the induence of the Crown. wretched lives were they ever conscious of their follies. As aMe they mesa well, and we& meaning men are systematic self-deeming,. Their vanity is usually in excises of their ambition. If they were more astute they would be bolder and less scrupulous. But fate seems to have decreed that in every con juncture of moment they shall lay themselves open to the reproach of always saying foolish things and never doing wise ones. Thus it has fared with the Earl of MALIUNINIAY. He repeatedly misuses opportunities by which a stronger man would have profited. Nor dues he ever venture upon a bold course of action, which, if it might expose him to censure, would at lest testify that he was a man of courage and originality. His worst mistakes are but trivial ; it is their number which renders them intolerable. Although his shortcomings are accepted as matters at which it were absurd to cavil, yet they provoke the smile which is more contemptuous than a re buke. DANTE would have classed him among the unfortunates who had done neither good nor evil, whom it would be criminal to punish and impos sible to reward. When the secret history of this age shall be disclosed, an answer will be discovered to the per plexing question—Why was Lord MALMESBURY appointed Secretary for Foreign Affairs ? He had displayed no special capacity fur the office. His reputation for general ability stood at zero. It is true that his grandfather had been a distinguished diplomatist, having fairly earned a peerage by his long and valuable services to the state. He had edited his grandfather's papers ; but, although it was once thought seemly to make a clergyman a bishop on account of his acknowledged skill in editing Greek plays, yet the mere fact of editing the correspondence of a de ceased ambassador has not hitherto been accounted la conclusive test of fitness for such a post as that Ito which the Earl of MALMESBURY was appointed by Lord DERBY. Possibly, the circumstance that the untried FOREIGN SECRETARY was intimately • acquainted with the present Emperor of the FRENCH may have turned the scale in ihis favour. But neither the fame of his grand father nor the friendship of Louis NAPOLEON proved serviceable to tho Earl of MALMESBURY in the hour of trial. Uncomplimentary comparisons were provoked between himself and his illustrious ancestor. Damaging suspicions were aroused with regard to his truckling to France. When the Empire was proclaimed he precipitate'y recog • nised the new Emperor. Not satisfied with send ing an official despatch, he pronounced in the House of Lords what seemed to be a eulogy on the successful, because unscrupulous, adventurer, and he congratulated the French people on having chosen so capable a man to rule over then,. No language could be more emphatic or more un becoming than hie studied and elaborate phrases. What pleased him the most was the apparent unani mity of the French people, that "three times, in the " most solemn possible manner, three times have " they expressed a wish for the same person in 1" the most public manner of a hich perhaps history " can furnish an example . . . . first " as simple President of the French Republic, " with a Chamber ; secondly, as absolute " President of the French Republic, without any " constitutional system of government ; and " thirdly, as Emperor of the same people " —first elected by 6,000,000, next elected "by 7,000,000, and lastly, elected by nearly " 8,000,000—a number that would form almost " tho entire adult male population of France. 1" The present is not the time to speculate " upon the reasons for this extraordinary " expression of sentiment and conviction on the " part of the French people." Lord MALMESUCRY, in his anxiety " cordiflly and with pleasure to " acknowledge the decided will of the French " nation," omitted to take into account the trickery of which it was the dupe and the physical force by which it had been coerced. After making these partisan and unstatesman like remarks he characteristically disclaimed any intention of producing the impression which was the natural consequence of his language. On Lord CANNING rcmonstratingwith him for the indecorous comments he had made, he replied, " It may be " that I have not been accustomed to address your "lordships sufficiently often adequately to express "my meaning." Since then ho has had greater practice ; yet be still labours under the defect of saying what he does not mean, or of meaning what he forgets to say. If ambiguity of utterance be the best qualification for acting as leader of the House of Lords, then, as occupant of that digni fied position, Lord MALMESBURY is rightly placed. Upon again receiving the seals as Foreign Secre tary he undertook a task, in 1858, under which a really able Minister might have succumbed. Nolittle tact was requisite in dealing with the problem raised by Italy when she resolved upon conquering her independence in order to achieve unity. Eng land did not desire to embark in the contest, yet the majority of our countrymen heartily sympa thised with the Italians. It was thought, but, as the event proved, without justice, that Lord MALMERBURY was strenuously engaged in encourag ing and aiding Austria. Instead of this, he really endeavoured to stave off war by bring ing about an amicable solution of the questions at issue ; unfortunately, however, conciliation had become an impossibility, and the arbitrament of the sword was the sole resource of the disputants. Although ho be not chargeable with actively running counter to popular feeling, yet he is blameworthy for refraining from lending the moral support of the government to the side which the people openly favoured. He did not inspire general confidence. It was apprehended that some slip of his might at any moment commit this country to an objection able course of policy. Even his own party did not heartily approve of his conduct. Many Tories were imbued with the traditional liking for Austria, and regarded the Italian movement as one of those revolutionary attempts which it behoved other nations to discountenance, and, if necessary, to repress by sheer force. It was tacitly understood, after the resignation of Lord DERBY in 1859, that should he ever again be Premier Lord MALMESBURY would not resume his place at the Foreign-office. Consequently, no one thought it strange when in 1866 another and subordinate place was found for him in the Ministry. What has excited more wonder is that, when Mr. DISRAELI suoceeded to Lord DERBY'S office, he should have entrusted the leadership of the Upper House to the Earl of MALIIISBURY. Our children, when they read the memoirs of our prominent contemporaries, will understand why this occurred. All that we can now do is to confess and lament our bewilder ment. Those who employ a weak man to do what is 1 beyond his strength are more blameworthy than lie who makes the attempt and fails. Besides, it is the misfortune of Lord MALICE:MIRY to have been raised to high office without the necessary preliminary training. Hewes but a brief swain the House of Commons, so that he had few opportu nities for gaining the practical knowledge of politics which long experience in that House is calculated to afford. Lies fortunate than his flumes ebiosstsr, he was born in the pprple. The Seat Hari was a man whose energy wab *molded by the prospect of rising in the social scale. He wrote in 17731-1' I am resolved to posh on in my comer as long es I see a round at the ladder " whisk is within my oompass to mount." As heir to an earldom he would not have acted in this spirit. With every path smoothed for him, he might not have been tired with the ambition of treading any of them. The Earl of MALMISSURY as a commoner would never have been ap pointed Foreign Secretary. In his person is exem plified the appositeness of SYDNZY SMITH'S observa tion that " the most useless and offensive tumour " in the body politic is the titled son of • great " man whose merit has placed him in the peerage. " The name, faoe, and perhaps the pension, re " main. The diemon is gone ; or there is a " slight flavour from the cask, but it is empty." THE EARL OF MALMESBURY. Potrriclssa filling responsible posts as servants of the nation neither acquire nor deserve public confidence after they have manifested great intel lectual weakness. Calumny it is possible to livo down. For habitual indiscretions, however, it were hopeless to expect perpetual pardon. If, as Lord Lrrrow assures us, " error is sometimes "sweet, but there is no anguish like an error of " which we are ashamed," then those who unfor tunately blunder into false positions would lead BOY CRIMINALS. THERR is a horrible simplicity about the latest attempt at murder in London. An old woman of 65 has been half beaten to death by two robbers, who, being caught in the act of theft, proceeded to slaughter their victim remorselessly. So far there is nothing very remarkable in the case. Burglarious entrance, concealment, robbery, detection, murder, are regular scales on the gamut of crime ; and have followed each other in regular order in hundreds of criminal cases. It is only the ages of these two would-be murderers which makes their sin stand out with a lurid significance from others of its class. What can have been the train ing, what the experience of the world which have converted "ARTHUR FORRES " TER SMITH, 15 years of age, and HECTOR " AUGUSTUS SMITH, his brother, a boy of 13," into bloodthirsty miscreants, whose lust for gain made the sufferings and violent death of an old and feohle woman seem as nothing in the balance ? They are the sons of a custom. house officer, and con • nexions of their victim; and on their own confession, corroborated a■ it is by the deposition of the in jured woman and the strongest circumstantial evidence, are guilty of a crime as mercilessly re volting as any for which men have suffered or , the gallows or at the hulks. " I never liked him," said the craven MANNING, "so when I saw he breathed, " I beat in his head with a ripping-chisel." " `Strike " her again,' I said to my brother," echoes ARTHUR SMITH, aged 15, having previously explained with terrible circumstantiality : "He (the accomplice "of 13) asked me if I had got the mallet. I said "it was in the bedroom. He ran upstairs and " fetched it. I held her ; she tried to scream. " My brother brought the mallet, and struck her "on the head with it. Both Mrs. " and I fell two or three times, until " the bell rang, and she lay senseless, making a " moaning noise." The poor woman, according to the House-Surgeon of Guy's Hospital, is in great danger, and may " go off at any moment ;" the boys are found with blood-stained garments in bed at an hotel, a pistol, an opera glass, a powder flask, and some boxing gloves, purchased by the proceeds of the robbery, being the sole apparent motive, and reminding one of what savages do for gat:cis and beads, for the crime. Assuredly, as there are heights so there aro depths in human nature unfathomed by philosophy ; and which baffie the wisest theories both of theologian and sage. THE next trial of strength between the M . 'a try and the Liberal Members will probably be in com mittee on the Scotch Reform Bill, when Mr. BAXTER moves to insert his clause disfranchising English boroughs having a population of leas than 5,000. Tho clause runs thus : "From and after the end of the present parlia- " inent, every borough in England which had a "less population than five thousand at the census " of 1861 shall cease to return any member or " members to serve in parliament." It remains to be seen whether the Government will be content to include this in the category of objectionable pro positions which can be met by a firm negative and then accepted, or whether it will be one of the Duke of RICHMOND 8 anticulties," and if adopted create that "state of affairs" which is to necessitate a dissolution under the existing constituency. THE new number of the Revue des Deux modes bears ungrudging testimony to the honourable conduct of England in the matter of the expedition to Abyssinia. In France, writes M. DE MAZADE, " insufficient control permitted an expedition to " Mexico to be undertaken, and led us to a deoep " tion which it is true was only preferable to a war " with the United States. In England, under " the open gaze of Parliament and in the " midst of the free debates of the press, " the Government has just conducted to the " happiest issue an expedition which ran all the " risks of the unknown. It was not without " anxiety that many Englishmen saw this Abys " sinian expedition against a little negro " potentate with the object of rescuing " prisoners, set out. Some of the most " knowing whispered that once established in ' " the country England would never quit it. Fears " and predictions have been equally groundless. " The English army, commanded by a prudent " general, Sir ROBERT NAPIER, has reached in his " last refuge, his fortress of Magdala, this little " barbarian king, this THEODORIIS, who has had " energy enough to blow out his brains after " fighting like a lion. The victory once known " the Cabinet of London hastened to announce the " return of the English forces. There was even a " sort of affectation in its language as though it " feared some other intention should be attributed " to it. Thus England, like a great nation, has in " a few months attained its object. It has main " tained the ascendancy of its name without ad " yawing too far into adventurous projects, in " which it would probably have found nothing but "weariness and snares." PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS IN PREFERENCE SHARES. The Earl of Lump has given notice of his intention to move in committee (on re-commitment) of the Regulation of Railways Bill, that where it is established to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade that any portion of the profits of the undertaking of the com pany legally applicable to the payment of divi dends shall have been applied to the redemp tion of the debentures of the company, or to works of construction, the board shall have power to sanction the payment of dividends to the holders of ordinary stock by the issue to them of a corresponding amount of soy pre ference shares or stook which the company may at the time be entitled to bane, either as fully or as partly paid up as may be thought expedient. A return published this morning shows that the quantity of proof spirits distilled in the United Kingdom and Ireland, during the year ending the 31st December last, was 23,323,613 gallons. The duty paid amounted to 11,382,5941. ss. 7d. Tan PRIME MINIM /ME IN BUCES.—Mr. Disraeli will open an industrial exhibition at Halton, soar Trbig, on Whit Monday. It has boat sea patronised by the Rothschild family, who are brie Owens of property in the MAMA. THE LEVEE. By command of the Queen a levee was held yesterday at St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. Prowl:, tattoos is his Royal 11 4 ghne s at th is court are, by the Queen's p'ea.ure, considered sa equivdl nt to presenta tions to Ler Majesty. The Prince of Wall s, attended by his gentlemen in waiting, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Hors e • Guards, arrived at the Palace from Islarlborough•house, about 2 o'clock, and was received by the G. eat (Sikora of State of the Royal Household. riv H ed is Ro t yal th Highness the ace, from Duke tjk o u f C ambridge e,terho Az : tended by Colonel Hon. J. Mac•lonald. His I ltoyal Highness Prince Christian arrived, attended by Mr. G. D. Englebeart. His Serene Highness the Prince of Trek was present at the lovice. His Serene • Highness Prince Eiward of Sa e- Weimar was at4o Ire. sent. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of f. , 2.t:e• men at Arms was on duty in the Stite saloons, under the command of the Marquis of Escter, the captain. 'fie Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard lea, on duty, under the command of Earl 'adogan, the captain. The Prince of N•ales entered the Throne-room ac,otc panied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cauihri , ige, his Royal Highness Prince Christhin, his Serene 111 the Prince of Teck, and Lis Serene Highness Edward of Saxe•Weiwar ; and attended by the u•u4 officer., of the household, with the exception of the of Beaufort (Muter of the ITorfel, and Lord Uolville of Cub owl (Master of the Bo ekhounds), who were pr'. Lt , -1 by unavoidable circumstances from attending. The diplomatic circle was attended by moat of the foreign Ministers. The Portuguese, the United States • and the Swedish and Norwegian Ministers were L.- avoidably absent. The reireral circle ir,clulled several of her hlajesty's Ministers. The fqllo.ing were atiirngiit the preeeittationii !sir lI.LI . 4 It., 1 1111,111.4,..dittg ti. baronetcy alsit m, pel , mAll..l, by the %ilpttittit Gee. r.il. 1,14 somrriarr. •I'oretiettiip. jam I. 11.4,11,i‘u, 114,11 , 11,r1I1 111 Ii 1 1, 3 OW. the Make 111 I/es onshire Irlispetter titl of it It,, tor It s S appoiiittetelit 11. not 1.,.t, s•• t thr Gurrn,b) t..• . t...r 4;rla.:ral the Amy 11l 11,ols. alit 1:i, 0 *1 iI Li 14C11,,, •iti a/T.4IIIIIMR I•. • r:uy \1•1,, i v I.i•rit s h.unl Ky I ,11, 1; ‘ , I;• 1.4,1 Il ..11.113i. hr Lott II t 1..• II,„ . 11 11. Lot.l ..11 son t., The Lord Iti•li•ip of 1.3 the Lord :••••.11 Depot, 'oil., :•.1 011 •'1..1 ~! Or . 5 . A 0,, 5 .1. I . Ly 111, t..‘ thr All.) :4,41,11 1 ,, 5:,11„ . .t Mr .1 1.1 thaw, stal.,:tr,, 1 t.. tisk. ! , ii rrlisis of Stale t• r It l.•• k, :,t, 1,1 I , Genet.' sir John 0 4' I: Vigil( Rev 11., IS1•41 ,, lo , •1 hy t!ie LiAt It :• I 1.1 Stittiley. Siieretar) for ist ill .1 .011,t,1 ....titt‘rl. I.) iii, 1,141 • .1 I Me, .1:11114.s I •.istta•r. M Vs , ',lnt mat st,,t Mr. ‘1• , 11). • • Thor I Uuk, .dN..stbutalltrlar,!, , •41 hlto II t.. It 1..'. haul , d Itradlor.l. .1111i.oto 111,•rs,r) 5 .5.15 , 1.11 of 11-1 y Ow i•iti , ty 1•,1 11, E,ill Purr. 11i; the: t itli•, • i• • • I Sr hitlivier:iiitel. lii• Ip.tpip r tl if Ighnn IVI ham liy the I.:ill ,j , .• M Mass, by Mr. Henry Lord Volvo. ..11 t t:tl.•, Lc ! . •r. r Spo•Ilt I ‘Va11..,1,.. ..!, li. ItiJel I,) / •• Velit•ce CH17:011 MISNIONA Y .t)CIE7')". (TM , : t',.) The annual nwe:in4 of the al,"ve r. i t , held this forennion at Essoi rslial!, the large Ind' d fon. !wing olensely crowde '. The Enil of I'r_, .• ',lc occitpit d the chair. auppor.ed by a great body on to. no and sinurch dignitaries. The Ike. Mr. 31r.st, the sr cretary read the t• I •of which the following is au abstract. The tut, 1 • .••tol of the .o.iety were 1:11 in nuinber, and the no.olo n o. 01! • dating clergymen were Pr 2 Entropratis and born. Their were I,s;ni native catechists and bad, ,s, and communicants. The onilinany ineonne for ti.e year hail been 1...1...ee1!. f,s, and the orilithiry..l•-n• dit ure If. Id., showing a surplus of 4. 4'. lie. flu., which, after paying thin d.dicit nu Lod )• sz of Lis. 11.1.. left a net b.ilanca of :sad. Ps. fits. Me special income bad been 3,291/. Is. The rinsittn.vi expressed his gratification at hear :rig favourable a report. The Ar. hbiahoy. of Aaiun, morel, and the I{. v. SMITH seconded the adoption of tine report; which was carried. The following resolutions were all agreed to : Moved by Colonel I..tsly, seconded by the Itcv. .1. C. hlf and supported by Sr AltTlit : "That the mom eased facilities every whei e afforded to the Eoropean Missionary for preaching the I ;osisd of t 'Mist. e-pcci.dly in the vast Empire of I 'bine, and the gradual development of • native ministry in • native church, call for .1. gratitude to Him who alone eui bless the labours o! Ills servants, and for renewed exertion for the establishment of the Redeemer's kingdom throughout the earth." Mooed by the ltev. It. Beteg, 8.A., 'monde.' by the Rev. E. if.. %kr, M.A.. "That this meeting tics.o. to record their unshaken adherence to those prob...tant and evangelical principles, upon which the society was originally founded; and their conviction, that ..ry de parture from those principles, whether in the dir,:tion of a rationalistic theology, or of the doctrines and prac tices which the church of England rejected at the I:efor nmtion, will be fatal to the cause of missions both at home and abroad, as substituting ' another gospel for the gospel of ' the grace of God.' " A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceed ings. The evening meeting takes place as canal, in which Mr. Russell I:llrney, M.P., will preMle, and ouldresse‘ will he delivered by the Rev. C. ealthrop, Mr. T. Gedge, and the Rev. T. Weedily. cENTRAL CHAMBER HP AiII:ICULTURE. (THIS DAY.) A meeting of the ab body was held this morning it the Salisbury Hotel ; Mr. JASPER Mott, . M.P., in the chair. Among those present were :--The 1:ol of Lichfield, Lord Kesteven , Sir Massey Lopes, M.P., Mr. K Heneage, M.P., Mr. Wyl,l, M.l'., Mr. C. S. I:c..d, M.P., Sir Mordaunt Wells, &c. The first subject fixed for consideration ea, that of county financial boards. Mr. !Uison, whorepresented the West Kent chamber, moved the following resolutions:—"l. This chandoi re. cords its gratification that the importance of est.ildeling county financial boards is nowacknowledged in pas filament, and expresses its reliance on the government carrying out their declared intention of making the inquiry into the whole subject speedily effective for legislation. 2. That a committee be appointed to consider and prepare the heels of a scheme for giving to the ratepayers a share in the ad ministration of county rates." Mr. Mammas, of the Herefordshire Chamber, seconded the resolution. Sir M. IVELLi complained of the course pursued by the HOUS2 of Commons in refusing to refer Mr. Wyld's bill to • select committee. Mr. DAVENPORT BROMLEY, M.P., defended the course taken by the lower house. Mr. Wxnti,lll P. expressed his regret at the manner in which his bill had been dealt with, believing as be did In consequence of no application for a commit- that it formedagootl bads for legislation ; adding that tation of sentence having been made by Mew.. Sullivan be had no doubt his object would ultimately be to- and Pigott, the press prisoners, nor any promise given that they will respect the law in future, the Lord-Lieute- Tie tlr o . u. . S. READ, M.P., Wyld's bill as being too cumbersome and complicated. lie crised the provisions of Mr. nant has announced that he is unable to comply with the was himself opposed to financial boards, conceiving th it the memorial from the corporation soliciting their release. best change would be for the ratepayers to send a certain Mr. T. R. Henn, chairman of the county :amber of m repre t senta s tiv in es fi to nan qaart ercial masette:nrionswitothouarst Carlow, has got the chairmanship o f th e county Galw*Y, interfering c:i ls all with their judicial 'functions. rendered vacant by the decease of Mr. Longtleld. Mr. J. H e thought P. Hamilton fills the post vacated by Mr. Henn. terrine the out Lady Pourtalbe gave a magnificent ball last g e l: l l l,l' w % week at her hotel, Rue Tronchet, at which all managem 7 n t o f the ladies were commanded to appear in " robes seated already mattes." The train was to be abandoned, and people merbitratee in were to see each other's feet. " The train," writes f Tb4r. Earl of the Paris correspondent of the Post, " ho long been or° . nion, that ti voted excessively inconvenient both for the wearers partly on CCM and men, who are destined to perform hop-skip- required caret , and-jump in a fashionable drawing-room. The train wo e the notion wi intended for court ceremonies only, certainly not for the L e llow t t l e t de t e h i e sit real life of modern rooms. According to the narration of I hear.) Borough a lady, the guests of the sovereign Lady Fantail' came in different basis from short dresses, and here is her criticism of the result : I that something ' Oh trial*, iris trials, rue penible et ailligeante. Que de long a measure a vilaina pied. pour dent ou trots jolts. qua d'extremitis as l i r e o r n p nc o p Th i l i T vulgaires et bourgeoises ! Quo de plods plats portant up M r . r w y bp,, grand nom, et que de misalliances loardement affichees.' in a peculiar Alas ! bow much ought to be hidden to make us appre- to expenditure, elate that which appears." that feeling wot presentation of 1 ROYAL. COMMISSION ON EDUCATION (IRELAND ) .— Lard Kvcrevi The Royal COMML1•1011 on Primary Education (Ireland) county expendil met on Monday at the oaf= of the commission, 46 Upper magistracy, th e fhiekville-etreet. Them were present Earl of Powia, mere l y the Bishop of Meath, Sir R. Kane, Master Brooks, Rev. an anoraigniaat Dr. Wilson. Mr. Gibson, Mr. Stokes, Professor Sullivan, masentaalOn and and Mr. Waldron. The secretaries, MOW% May as st placed en ', h e Duna*, were is agendum work would be RIPESSINTATION Or EAST WORCISTRRSHIER.— • curious fast It is said that Mr. J. S. Oldest ass. of the Reire. tau of State for War, will p blyacated, with the beg es , O. G. Ilitellea, the seal he lamb Worcestershire, mesas The alismallea left, and seamed by the death of Lord Oalthorpa he House of Commons wie quite right .0 ro motion to a select committee, as there cal a race of opinion as to the best mode with the subject. He denied that the of local matters in which farmers are !epee- ly was more economical than that of the quarter sessions. of LICHFIELD approved of the principle Id's bill, it being unquestion a ble, in In s the burden of any increased expenditure fell cupiers. (Hear, hoar.) The whole q uestion slut consideration. He protested against which seemed to exist in some pat- h* House of Commons was bound to dolma of the chambers of agriculture. t Heab ugh expenditure rested upon a totant from county expenditure. All were sgrcea ig must be done, and he thought that be fore e would pass through parliament. He bad don that the county expenditure would be red than diminished by . each a measure as At present the magistrates, being placed. positron, felt a deep responsibility in regara • and he was not sure that the absence of could be compensated for by the direct re- d the ratepayers. roes observed that a large portion of the diture was not under the control of the se money for the police and other purposed g through their hands. It was of course hat there should be taxation without w- and the question was how the matter could better footing. He did not believe the k ▪ done any cheaper. (Hear, hear.) It was were always desirous of not d el ta ul lea tu r n e ga ugh boundary, the expenditure me scrub lighter. ma was being ecatianed when our report ed Maly to (*cup, the sitting. Ells Cittrt. OSBORNE, MAT 4. The Queen welted =I drove in the grounds this imentirsg, aosesspeoied by Princess Louise. P•ises Leopold sad Prisons Beatrice also went out. Pr.aoa Arthur, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Elphhi stooe, has left Oeborait for Greesvieblisrk. Sir William Joiner bas also left for Loudon. The Prince of Wales rode out yesterday forenoon, attended by Major Tt eadale. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stoner. The Prince of W►les was present at the debate in the House of Common,. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Marquis of Exeter and the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen•st-Arms by dining at the mesa of the carps at St. James's Palace last evening. The Prince of Teok, the Earl of Tankerville, the Earl of Bradford, Lord William Panlet , General Sir Hors Grant, General Forster, General Hastings Doyle, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, and Mr. Spencer Follett, g.C., also dined with the corps to meet his royal highness. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lordof the Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers present were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Hight Hon. GMborne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hight Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the Eau] of Mayo. THE ROYAL VISIT TO Lzens.—The Prince of Wales has definitely fixed on Tuesday, the 19tb inst., to open the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leads. The Prince's will accompany his royal highness should the state of her health permit. A grand ball, at which the Prince is to be present, will be given in the evening by the mayor, Mr. Andrew Fairbairn, in the Town ball. Mr. Oswald entertained his Excellency the Prussian Autbaustlor and Countess Res:lst°' ff, the Duke of Del onshire, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Mar lois of Waterford, Viscount Lascelles, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, Viscountess Hulmesdsh•, Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Edward Cavendish, the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, Lc., at dinner but evening at Hampden House. Sir Roderick I. Murchison, President of the Royal Geographical Society, bed a conversazione last night at Willie's Rooms, King-street, St, James's, at which above CM visitors assembled. THE I:OVAL CoNFERMEXT oF This morning a return was published of the peerages and baronetcies which have been created or con ferred from the corinnencement of the session of 18.12 to the prer mit time, and stating also the names of the prime ministers in office when thaw honours were granted. From this return we find that in 18.12, durins the administration of the Esrl of Derby, three per rages end three baronetcies were created ; in 18534, dining the government of Lord Aberdeen, the honours conferred were confined to two baronetcies. In the following administration, that of Lard Palmerston, which began in 18-11 and ended in 18.18, there wai a con siderable accession to the upper ranks, consisting of twelve peers and eleven baronets. Lord Derby, who succeeded Lord Palmerston in the latter year, and remained in office till the year following, also swelled the list during iliac short term by the addition of eleven peers and thirteen baronets. Lord Palmerston returned to office in Is-19, and retained the premiership until D 36-1, during which period fifteen peerages and nine baronetcies were created. The year 1861 appears to have been a blank so far as regards the royal conferment of dignities ; but this interregnum seems to have been amply compensated for in the two following years, for, during a part of 1866, while Earl Russell WiLS in office, eleven peerages and twelve baronetcies were con ferred by the crown ; and during Eul Derby's administra tion, which began the same year and ended towards the close of 1867, the titled ranks were further increased b) the addition of twelve peers and twelve baronets. Dm. ing the government of Mr. Disraeli no new honours have been granted ; but it has remained for the present premier to complete the last four patents granted by Lord Derby. Summing up this return it appears that since 18.12, sixty-four peerages and sixty-two baronetcies have been conferred by the Queen on the recommendation of her responsible advisers ; and of these, thirty-eight peerages and thirty-four baronetcies were granted dozing liberal. and twenty-six peerages and twenty-eight baronetcies during conservative, administrations. Daring the period, however, over which these returns extend, the conservative government war only in office five years, whereas the liberals held the administration for thirteen. IRIS!! ELECTORAL Sransrtcs.—From a return published this morning we learn that the total population of the parliamentary boroughs, cities, and towns in Ire land in 1861 was 767,467, occupying a gross area of 191,078 statute acres, and the valuation, exclusive of pro perty exempt from assessment, was 191,0781. The returns as to the number of electors at various dates given I show rather a curious fluctuation. In 1832-3 the number of electors was 29,471, which in 1850 had risen to 40,2:34. In 1852.3, however, they again fell to 29,634 ; and last year bad only increased to 32,547. The population of the county constituencies in 1861 numbered 5,001,099, covering an area of over twenty million statute acres, with a valuation, exclusive of property exempt from assessment, of 11,422,1961. The same fluctuations in the electoral lists seem, however, to have taken place as in the case of the boroughs. For while the return of 1832.33 shows the number to have been 60,603, in 1850 it had fallen to 31,832. In 1651, however, the Act 13 and 14 Vict., c. 69, came Into operation, and the number swelled in that year to 133,245. Since then there seems to have been a gradual increase, and in 1867 the total number of electors on the county register was 176,093. The select committee on extradition is postponed till Tuesday, the 12th. Mr. Mill's bills to provide for the establish ment of municipal corporations within the metropolis, and for the creation of a corporation of London, stand upon the House of Commons p►per for this evening. I