The Express. — London, England, 1867-02-22 00:00:00

MAPPIN BROTHERS.—Entablished A.D. 1810. CIIESTS of SILVER PLATE fur theCOLONIES, CUTLERY and SILVER PLATE foe MAPPIN BROTHERS, LONDON-BRIDGE. MAPPIN BROTHERS, 222, REGENT STREET. BE SONS WATCHES. ns And 60, Ludgate hill; Oldßond.strect. B ROWN and POISON'S CORN FLOUR for CIIILDREICs DIET. Tr, obtain extra profit by the sale other Linda are sometimes offir,•,l ',intend ..1 lifti/VPN and POLION'S •• John Itrown," "John Potion," Is signed by the maker, on each packet. Ettr ennetols. TO CORRESPONDENTi. Advirtissineots Intended for '• The Express," T.nrOori Evening o f= ico m . ul e be a zt o h p e ub l i nc t l :m lo, Bouverie-strcet, by Two DRI"RY LA\E. Trtrs EVESIMO. TiIE .11..16)U,7151TE. Mr. Ehrlrm, E. Plielpa. Not•al, and 11.trrOt.: Nl.-dames 11. and 11. V.m.lenh•df.—And NINItEIt NII. OK. HARLE QUIN AND 'IIIE I; ENO OF TIIEUIANT MOUNTAIN. HAYMARKIIT. TB/9 EYENINO, A F7IILIFE. Mews. Sothern, Rogers, Clark, C ; Mrs. Chippendale. Misses Hill, Wruht • kr. —DWI/ IWNDREAEY MARIZIF:D AND DONE FOIL Mr. Sothern.—.lml JENNY LIND AT 1..13T. Miss Burke. ra►xcswra Tim EVIIITINO, I! I 7i1.1.:7.7. — Nleura. Verner & Fenton: Mrs. B. W Lite awl 11,s, Wentworth —Aud ,;11 tlioW Tt EC 811.1 sl, rk. Vining. Shore, Verner, Y. Villiers, Forrester, Mellon, and t uth.art . Ulises Nlontson. Edmonds, and Rodgers. Ll CBUIL TIM Kerwin, THE T‘iV)ITTLI4. Mr. Wl.ldlcomb.—And ltOl'CE Er NOIR. Meisr. Pechter, Emery, Cowper. Moreland, Yitznatri. k. It Jton. Reynolds, Loma+, Andreae, Price, Re. ; Mrs. L. Murray, auJ lilases Herkrede, Grattan. and C. Leclereq. STRAND, Tni Evrlrso, NI A I;I ED VAI - 4111TEILS AND YOUNG 1113S RA N Dg. —1.1 , t, Night,/ (in' IA K Ei.—And A SUIT OF HOLBORN. .... THIN LIMNING, MY TURN NF:XT. Mr. Belmont: Mimes Foote and Lennox —,tol FLYING st:CD. Messrs. Neville, Bel lIVITO, Blake, Ac. ; tleoLouov F. Jueepha, C. bounden, Ikeda Foote, Fiddvs, Lennox, Raymond, Lc. BRITANNIA. Thte Evr‘Pm, TIIK PKINCKSB DV THE PEARL IRLAND: OR, THE Tittiv.K KINGII4IMi UM PKAKL, GOLD, AND SI LV ER. Mai .lAcoi.s.—Vint-rate Pantornimist&—And 111 K RETURN WANDERED. lIIGH WATKR AT LONDON MUDGE. _ . TIN DAY —Mondug, Ah 2.1 m Aftemonn, 4h. 41M. To-310111.uw—Ilorning, Atternoou, 511 Um. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22. LORD BELMORE has undertaken to reform the street traffic of the metropolis, a work in which he will have the interested good wishes not only of every resident in London, but of half the popula tion of the country. We fear, however, that the Traffic Regulation Bill which he has brought into the House of Lords will not be deemed a satis factory measure. On the one hand, it has many good regulations ; but on the other, it is partial and arbitrary, without promising effectually to accomplish its object. The clauses respecting cabs and the removal of snow, as well as tho,u which refer to the driving of cattle and to dogs found at large, arc good ; but sonic of our most important trades are put under harraaeing and des tructive restrictions, while, after all, the streets will be blocked pretty much as they are now. It is of no use pretending that it is easy to clear our great thoroughfares of the traffic which now obstructs them. At first sight there seems to be no diffi culty in the matter. Any one who will fake a cab at the Bank for Charing-ere-4 in the busy part of the day will see by the time he gets to Fleet-street a great quantity of traffic which he feels quite sure might be got rid of. It will occur• to him that, inasmuch as the principal use of our streets is to facilitate the rapid transit of light vehicles carrying gentlemen having appointments, it is intolerable that he should be brought to a stand-still, with a waggon full of sugar hogsheads in his front and a load of corn in his rear. Leather, and bar-iron, and oils, and coffee, and hops, and grain are very well in their way, provided that that way be not also ours. Such thoughts arise naturally enough under the hood of a Hansom, when the rider has already marked the lapse of five precious minutes by St. Bride's clock. But in a calmer moment it may occur to the same person that it is just by these things which we eye so impatiently that London is made what it is. The waggon maintains the brougham by which it is despised, and, if one of them must disappear from our business tho roughfares, the more elegant vehicle could be better spared. Lord Bruxorta, judging from the result, has approached the question without clear and well defined ideas, and has touched it with uncertain hand. He leaves the great mass of the traffic just as lie finds it, setting limits merely to the length of vehicles carrying timber, metal, or any other articles ; but, on the other hand, he prohi bits altogether the exercise during the day of two trades, one of which is among the most important that are carried on. Lord Betmoaz proposes to make tho delivery of coal unlawful over the whole area comprehended within a circumference of four miles from Charing-cross, "except between the " hours of one and ten in the morning." A fur ther exception is indeed made in favour of " such " back streets or other byways as may be approved " by the Commissioner of Police," but it is of no practical value. It would be interesting to know bow the idea of having coals delivered during the small hours of the morning was arrived at. We may be sure that the author of the clause was not prompted by household experience. No head of a family can desire that his premises shall be opened ta strangers in the darkness, and at an hour when the control and protection of a superior presence will be wanting. Looking at the clause as it stands, we are inclined to think that its author, in his anxiety to lay restrictions on the coal mer chant, has forgotten the consumer altogether. As it is not likely that the habits of the public will be changed by an Act of Parliament, we may look upon this clause as practically confining the delivery of coal to three, or at most four hours of the day. This proposal can only have been made in ignorance of the magnitude of the transactions which it is intended to regulate. It is stated on good authority that six millions of tons of coal are annually brought to London by sea or rail, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that half of this quantity is consumed in the moat thickly peopled portion of the metropolis affected by this clause. At present the coal merchants are able to use their horses and wag gons throughout the working day ; but if the work now done in twelve hours is to be accomplished in four, the agencies for doing it must be multiplied by three. It is unnecessary to point out that in that case the increased cost of delivery must be borne by the consumer. The restraint upon trade of 5u..11 a regulation would be found most oppres sive. It is impoahible to turn a great business like that in coal into a night trade. It would be easier to sAject corn and colonial produce to the s,une limitations ; but to single out one class of merchants and subject them to restrictive rules THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1867. which are not aNilied t' ii:h.rs is triatael.: not to be borne. The authors of this bill confound regu lation w ith prohibition. To Pieyent the unload ing ,if coal in crowded thoroughfares in the middle of the day may be very desirable and proper ; but it is nut necessary f. r that pulp. ise forbid its delivery in the hundreds of quiet streets aid squares which are to be found within the four mile radius at such times as it may he convenient to householders to receive it. It vi .11 rat do to be always looking at this traffic •ntcsti.-u from a police point of view, and thinking that we are sufficiently meeting it when we increase restrictions and multiply offences punishable wit's a i.enalty not exceeding forty shillings. We have ti, face the fact that London is growing rapidly every year, and already contains inure than one-secenth part of the population of England and Wales. The expanding requirements of such a !.' .n must be met by large foresight, and carnet be satis fied by paltry economies. Our traffic is sc.ch as the public convenience makes it, and soiiner or later we shall have to recognise the fact that our thoroughfares must he adapted to i:, i:.stead of attempting to contract our traffic to the liwita of our ancient and narrow streets. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) tfu• Coon. t•;-- The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princes Chrixtian, drove yesterday afternoon t• Bonchurch and Shackle, returning to Osborne by Saedown and Beading. Lord Charles Fitzroy was in attendance. fifer Majesty went out this morning, attended by the Duchess of Roxburgh.. The other members of the royal family walked in the ground. Lord and Lady Bloomfield arrived yesterday, sod had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Mo,t Honour able Privy Council sat yesterday, at Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The Lords present were— The Lord President and the Right Hon. H. Corry. Mr. Helps and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the com mittee. A deputation from Liverpool, consistin; of the inayor (Mr. E. Lawrence) and the town clerk, introduced by Mr. Graves, M.P., had an interview with the Duke of Buck ingham, at the Privy Council-office, yesterday, ou the subject of the Stanley cattle market. A deputation from the corporation of Liverpool, con sisting of the mayor (Mr. K Lawrence) and the town clerk, had an interview with the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, at the Home-office, yesterday. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Horsfall, M.P., and Mr. Graves, M.P. A deputation from district poor law auditors, cousisting of Mr. Robert White, Mr. William Roberts, Mr. W. J. Patterson, Mr. John Seagram, Mr. W. Ellis, Mr. Merri field, Mr. Fossctt, and Mr. Meymott, and accompanied by Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr. Hovel Gwyn, M.P., Mr. J. T. Hibbert, M.P., Mr. W. Morri., and Mr. T. B. Potter, M.l'., bad an interview with the Bight Hon. Gathorne Hardy, at the office of the Poor-law Board, Whitehall, yesterday. HEALTH OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES. (THIS DAY.) The following bulletin has been issued. this morning : " MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, Fee. 22, 11 A.M. "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales slept well during the night. Her royal highness's condition this morning is satisfactory. " The infant princess continues in health. (Signed) " ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " WILLIAM JENNER, M.D. " E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D." CABINET COUNCIL.—There Hill be a cabinet council to-inorrow afternoon at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street. The council is appointed for three o'clock. We (lien,l,l) have reason to believe that her Majesty the Queen will net as one of the godmothers to the infant daughter of the Prince and Piinctee of IValcs. It is understood that the eirrouthement of her royal highness will cause no change in the arrangements already made for the season. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Teck honoured the Ladies Cadogan with their presence at dinner last evening, at their residence in Clarges-street. A select party was invited to meet their royal highnesses. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh will leave Clarence House, st. Janice's, this morning for Plymouth, to join the Galatea. We read in the Lancet :—" It is generally under. stood that the accouchement of the Prisceu Christian may be expected to take place in April, and that of the Princess Mary in May next. We hear that in each case Dr. Arthur Farre is engaged to attend, and that Dr. Priestley will be called upon in case any assistance is required. It is said that Sir Charles Locock has promised to be present on the occasion of the Princess Mary's con finement, although he will take no active part in the oon. duct of the case." Last evening the Countess of Dartrey gave her first assembly this season at her residence in Curzon-street, Mayfair. The noble earl and countess previously to the assembly entertained the following select party at dinner —The Earl of Clarendon, the Countess Caledon, Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester For tescue, M.P., Viscount and Viscountess Halifax, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lord Cremome, ILP., Lady William Osborne, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., Mr. Bernal Osborne, Mr. E. Stanley, Mr. Clements, &c. LATEST INTELLIGEticE. SPAIN. • . _ A letter from Madrid in the Earopc says : Isabella 11. not only fears an Orleans but has also Se sontend with the insubordination of the King ; all which is the cause of frequent dissensions ii, the palace, where Sister Patrocinio and the Rev. Father Cirilo generally act as mediators ; sometimes Father Claret is called in to be arbiter. It is a matter of public notoriety that certain letteni in the King's possession, very compromising for his august consort, constitute the apple of discord. Attempts have been vainly made within the last few days to get them from him ; the only thing fonnd has been the draft of a manifesto to the Spaniards, iu which Don Francisco announces himself as regent of the kingdom—which, doubtless, would be a first step towards claiming for him self the rights of the Prince of the Asturias. which would tend much to serve the views entertained by the heirs of Don Carlos. A spy of Gonzalez Bravo gave the alarm. The scene which followed was so violent that the confessor and Sister Patrocinio were obliged to huffy to the palace. The King got off with an imprisonment of three days in his own apartments. There is also • belief that Don Fnincisco ix striving to overturn the cabinet and replace it by a Lersundi ministry. Such an event, if realised, would indicate a return to a policy less reactionary, but would not avert a revolution. It is now too late. The position of the Queen is therefore most critical ; she distrusts the Duke de Montpensier ; she is exposed to the critiques of the King, and she is attacked by the revolutionary junta. And, whilst these scenes are taking place in the regions of right divine, the ministry also gets itself talked about. Gonzalez Bravo exacts from all candidates at the next elections a blind adhesion to all the plans of government. There are now no less than 20,900 persons condemned for political offences in the prisons and praidios (hulks) of OPAL THE INSURRECTION IN CANDIA.-THE PROPOSED REFORMS OF THE SULTAN. The IleWide IHlepcmirat of February 14 con tains the following resciipt addressed by the Sultan to Mustapha Paella : I need not say what pain has been given to us by the revolt in the island of Candle, which has been organised by a small number of indisposed persons, and by the injury to life and property which has been occasioned thereby. TIT.T . failure of our efforts to prevent these calamities, and the disregard of the paternal advice which we offered to the misguided inhabitants are due to wicked men who will be held responsible before God and the tribunal of public opi n ion for all the calamities of the island, for they are the cause o► them. However, the prudent conduct of the loyal inhabitants, who have thoroughly understood the true state of the case, and the courage and braveryexhibited by our imperial army, and the effective measures adopted by it, have succeeded in establishing order and public security throughout the island except at those points where wretches, who have come from abroad like brigands, are to be found. As to the inhabitants, those amongst them who were induced by perfidious suggestions and false pro mimes to join the agitators for a time, have gone back to their commercial or agricultural pursuits under protection of the amnesty which has been recently granted by us. A commission has therefore been appointed in our capital to inquire and decide upon a system of administration for the island which will be carried out by the new governor to be sent to Crete as soon as the present excep tional state of things shall have disappeared. The com mission will point out the means by which the disasters of the country may be repaired, and such ameliorations in the administration of affairs as the legitimate wishes and wants of the population may require and which will pro mote the prosperity of the inland by a development of agriculture and trade, and by the improving the condition of the country generally. Hut in order that the proposed reforms may succeed, in order that the prosperity and tranquillity of the island may be assured according to our wishes, we have judged it to be expedient to take the ad vice of some of the chief inhabitants who enjoy the con fidence of the country. For this reason, and on the ad vice of our government, we desire and order that you pro cmd to the election by the inhabitants of one or two re putable Musiulmans or Christians in each province and send here without delay the persons so chosen. In publishing this our imperial rescript, you will clearly explain to all our kind and royal wishes and intentions. THE SULTAN. In reply to the above, the General Assembly of the Cretans issued the following proclamation to the people, dated February 1 : Our misfortunes are at an end. Intervention has already commenced. Crete is free, and unites herself to Greece. Turkey, seeing that she is about to lose the game, has adopted the following measure. She has named an extraordinary commission. Server Effendi will soon be here, if he has not already arrived, to invite you to send representatives from each province to Constantinople in order to treat with the Porte. This commission will pro mime that the Sultan will grant all the concessions which the Cretans may demand. The Porte only offers con. casions because it knows that Crete is about to escape from its rule. Take care that no province sends repre sentatives. Whosoever consents to go to Constantinople as a representative will be a traitor to the country, and will conic to a bad end. Make no engagement with the Turk. Whosoever will compromise with him will be re ganled as the most odious of traitors. Ho will repent of it afterwards when it will be too late. Success ! Crete is yam! j ~. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mom on owl; CORRESPONDUT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVE N:::4 In the Corps Legislatif to-day it was annouheed that the bureaux had authorised the interpella tions proposed by M. Picard on the violation , f the secresy of letters in the Post-office, and by M. Lanjuinais on the general purport of the reforms of January 19. I ate informed that there was A majority in favour of the interpellations in every one of the nine bureaus ; but that in some of them the over-zealous loyalty of several members showed itself in a desire to screen the illegality committed in regard to the legitimist pretender's cireu /sr from all discussion. The very absurd idea, ventilated by the Indipcodwice Edge, that tho Council of State would have to consider the pro priety of the interpellations is conclusively dis posed of by what passed in the chamber to-day. On the question being put front the chair as to what day would suit the chamber for the discus sion of the interpellations, M. Rouher rose and gallantly said the government was anxious to meet them at the earliest possible moment. It was agreed rum. eon. that the debate on the ugly post-office business should come on to-morrow. M. Mather was for having the other ques tion disposed of also on the sante day. But M. Emile 011ivier—whose public atti tude on this as on many former occasions by no means justifies the impression of his old friends that he has sold himself to government —rose to object that the two matters would b.: too much :or one day, and on his motion it was decided, after some sharp altercation, that Vis count Lanjuinais' interpellations should be taken on Monday next In the course of the sitting M. Tillers was observed to go to the presidential chair to speak several times to Count Waleswki, and it is understood that he lodged an interpellation on foreign affairs generally, and the German war in particular, signed by himself and MM. Aucel, Hallez, Claparitde, Larnbrecht, and Plichon. The Bourse was firm. Rent° rose 20c. for cash and 12/1 for account, closing at G9fr. 75c. and 60fr. 671 c. Mobilier rose 3fr. 75c., and Credit Foncier, 2fr. 50c. Italian rose 50c., with a large business doing, in consequence of an impression that a great banking house will make a new proposal for the purchase of church property in Italy. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) FP.IDAT, VEIRVAI,T 22. I Laa B. T.; w. F.I Extreme. Sea. I W. E. to 121 F., D. I 1 9. Nairn 30.01 45! W. Aberdeen 30.09 41 S.W. Leith Ardrosaan 3O 10 471 &W. Hreencaatk 30.17 481 W. Valentia 30.33 49 &W. Cape Clear 30.41 49 W.B.W. lArerpad Holyhead Pentanes 30.19 id W. Br.st 70.63 4.2 S.S.W. Lorient 70.51 39 S.E. Rochefort Plymouth Weymouth Portsmouth 1153 47. W.S.W. London Yarmouth Scarborough 50.34 48 W.S. W. Shields 3 . ,.29 bO. IV. Helder Ii 1 1 W. co 1 1 3 iW.N.W. br 0.04 2 3 W. co 1 4 4 W.N.W. co 0.04 4 2I 1 W.S.W. to 0.00 1 5 3 W. !co 0.04 3 5 ' 4 • W.5.W.4.00 5 to o ") 5 3 4 W. mo 0.02 3 4'3. S.W. ! o'_ 1 2 2 W. ; otni 1 S'3' N.E. I b 2 1 ! S.W. ! '0.04 1 4 4 W. loc 3 4 3 S.W. cc 3 3 1 ! S.W. I o'— - • 1 W.S.W. flu 2 2 3 W. to 3 3 ' 14. W. uo 2 THE METROPOLITAN PAOI FILL. The T;rnea aecepta Mr. Hardy's I,i:: OS wise in font; and statesmanlike in its provision,. 7::e fact that a bill for a general rating would rai•ae stiCit opposition that it would la: inum,sible to carry it, is to rho T ows strong proof that it would be really tan;ust. Mr. Handy'a bill will give a substantial relief without unduly burdening the residential parishes. The charge of lu natics, the treatment of persons sack of contagious diseases, and requiring to be kept aro t, the pay ment of officers awl medical men, the cost of medi cines, and the education of poor chiblren are matters which may reasonably be managed and pail for by the metropolis, since they either concern the co:nmunity at large, or can be better administered by a central board than the m•>re relief of the poor. Thee considerations have so far prevailed that all parties are willing to accept the government bill. Those who are theoretically in favour of a uniform rating for ::11 parposes are content to keep their demands in abeyance until the working of the present measure is tuicertained. This is all we can desire. Praising last night's debate on this subject as creditable both to the government :inil the house and receiving the bill as sound in its principle, the Dad g :Waal proceeds to offer a few suggestions as to possible difficulties in its practical working. It scents far from clear, for instance, how the numbers to be provided for—stated to be from four to five thousand above the accommodation the present workhouses can supply—will be acomnito:la•ed without much more extensive building than Mr. Hardy scents to suppose. A more serious matter is that the font; of management is to be practically michangetL Amateur guardianship and divided responsibility is the rock upon which the system has already split. We are driven by the necessities of the cue into placing proper control in the hands of the Poor-law Board, while exacting definite responsibility from it ; and amateur nomi nees, with rating or without it, will not do this. Every existing evil can Le directly traced to the theoretical " orders" of the Poor-law Board being entrusted to people who will not give those orders effect ; and if the various boards and sub-committees provided by the new bill are to he drawn front the same class, on what ground can we reasonably hope for improvement? Mr. Hardy, in reply. ing to Mr. Villiers, conveniently forgot his early assertion as to the sufficiency of controlling power possessed by the Poor-law Board, and now proclaims as openly as the most zealous social reformer could desire that its rule is a shadow and its influence a myth. The house agrees with him, amp anxiously offers its aid in securing an effectual remedy. With this healthy state of public feeling to work upon, it rests practically with Mr. Hardy and his colleagues to say how many evils and abuses the Metro politan Poor-law Bill shall sweep away. THE. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION ACT. The Tinos not only expresses its approval of the suspen sion of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, but regards the expectation held out in the Queen's Speech of its speedy restoration as a false step. It is true that in Kerry the collapse is more ignominious than even the failure at Ches ter, and that it has been shown that we may always rely on obtaining information in sufficient time to prevent any serious mischief, and also that an unexpected degree of indifference has been shown by the rural population. On the other hand, we know not how much is due to the sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act; and the intelli gence of these attempts will lead the Fenian. in Ame rica to augment the funds. It is essential, however, that the powers conferred by this act shall he ex ercised with the utmost possible forbearance. It would seem that some of the prisoners detained under the act have been kept in solitary confinement—an aggra vation of the ordinary form of imprisonment applied only by special sentence even to convicted criminals. Such treatment is quite inexcusable, and can only have arisen from a sort of Irish oversight. Major Knox, indeed, called upon the government to treat "these ruffians," though only suspected, with as much severity as if they had been condemned, and with great consistency regretted that it was not proposed to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act for a year instead of three months. This truculence was eloquently rebuked by Mr. Bright, and it is impossible not to sympathise with the spirit of his remarks. We boast, rya the Post, of being the freest nation in the world, and have an irradicable idea that we are the beet governed. It is, however, a very sad comment on our boasting, that three different times in the course of a single twelvemonth parliament has deemed it necessary to arm the 3overnment with arbitrary powers in a consider able portion of the United Kingdom. The only set off is that those against whom the exceptional measure is directed, are not the Irish people but ffilibusten who have snide sedition a trade. The Orange speech of Major Knox last night not only, the Star says, betrays that " stamping out" proclivity which tones display, but it throws considerable light on the question, often very puzzling to English people, what there is in Ireland that so harasses and irritates the great mass of the people. We may be told that Major Stuart Knox is not a specimen of the predominating class in Ireland. and we freely confess that ho is a very insig_ niticaut person, of whose escapades his friends are doubt less ashamed ; but it must not be forgotten Oust it is by no means uncommon for the silliest member of a party to utter in a coarse and generally disavowed way the feelings prevalent in it. A meeting of the Digest of Law Commission was held on the 20th instant. There were present Lord Cran worth, Lori Westbury, Sir Hugh Cairns, Sir James P. Wilde, Sir G. Bowyer, Sir John G. Shaw Letevre, Sir T. Erskine May, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Thring, and Mr. Reilly. John Hoare, director of the East Holyford Mining Company, and promoter of the National Fishing C,ompanyof Ireland, is in the InaolventCourt at Dublin. On eroes-examination he admitted that there was no bawd of directors legally appointed, and that he himself was only a director nominally. He was associated with two others, who formed the " companies," the operations of which were confined to the eh culation of prornisiug circulars and the drawing of cheques on the National Bank till the two or three thousand pounds deposited there on the foot of scrip was exhausted. The insolvent was opposed by seve ral creditors, and Judge Miller remanded him for 12 months. An authorised statement from the " Omarenor Estate Office" makes known that arrangements have been made for the opening of Grosvenor-crescent in the course of three or four weeks, and that the footways may be now used by the residents of the neighbourhood. DEATH OF EARL BROWINLOW.—We have to an nounce the death of Earl Brownlow, which took place on Wednesday morning, at Mentone, at the age of 24 years. The deceased nobleman was the son of the late John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford, who died in 1851, by Lady Marian Compton, eldest daughter of the second Marquis of Northampton. He succeeded his grandfather to the title in 18.13, and is succeeded by his brother, the Hon. Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, M.P., born in 1544, and late of the Grenadier Guards. A vacancy is thus occasioned in the representation of the northern division of Shropshire. THE YARMOUTH ELECTION COMMISSION. The report of the Great Yarmouth Bribery Com mission was issued this morning. It gives a minute and interesting narrative of the bribing at the election in 1865, on both sides, with which the public was made familiar during the progress of the inquiry ; and, in addition to this, a similar account of the bribery practised at the two elections immediately precding, in 1859 and 1857. The following is the finding of the commissioners with regard to the last election : " We, find, in respect of the said election of 1865—That corrupt and illegal practices extensively prevailed thereat ; that the said election was conducted on behalf of Sir Edmund H. K. La on and Mr. James Goodson in a corrupt and illegal manner ; that Sir Edmund H. K. lawn ►ud Mr. James Goodson paid to their election agent the Beni of 8931. 10s. 11d., and no more, for their joint expenses of the said election ; that a further sum of 4,0001. was advanced by Mr. Samuel Nightingale, of which 3,500/. was paid to Mr. John Cooper and 5001. to Mr. Isaac Shockford to be expended in bribing the electors to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Limon and Mr. James Goodson ; but that it was not proved that the said sum was advanced with the know ledge or consent of Sir Edmund H. K. Loon and Mr. James Goodson ; that of this money a sum of 3,8301. was expended in illegal payments, of which a sum of 2,2671. was expended in bribing 144 electors, whose names appear in the schedule hereunto annexed, to vote for Sir Edmund' H. K. Loon and Mr. James Goodson ; that of the sum of 1,5631., balance of the said sum of 3,8301., the greater part was expended in bribing about 60 electors, whose names we were unable to ascertain, to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and Mr. Goodson, sad the remainder was retained by the agents sad sub.agents as payment for their illegal services; that a further sum of 131. was expended by Stephen John Frederick Stafford in bribing Abrabam Solomon to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and Mr. James Goodson. We find—That the said election was conducted by and on behalf of Mr. Alexander Brogden and on behalf of Mr. Philip Vanderbyl in a corrupt and illegal manner; that Mr. Alexander }linden and Mr. Philip Vanderbyl paid to their election agent the sum of 6431. 13s. for their joint expenses of the said election, of which sum 1501. only was paid by Mr. Philip Vanderbyl ; that Mr. Manhman paid to his election agent the sum of 101/. 13e. &l. for his expenses of the canvass ; That a further sum of 6,0001. was provided by Mr. Alex ander Brogden for the illegal purposes of the election ; of this money a sum of 3.32111. 10s. was expended by Mr. Cornelius tiatterthwaite in bribing 206 electors, and a sum of 1,502/. was expended by Mr. John Edenvils in bribing 80 electors, whose names appear in the schedule hereunto annexed, to vote for Mr. Brogden and Mr. Vanderbyl ; and that of the balance of 1,1173/. 10a. part was expended in bribing about 14 electors, whose names we were unable to ascertain, to vote for Mr. Brogden and Mr. Vanderbyl, part was paid to the agents or retained by the load sub agents as payment for their illegal services, and a small sum remained to the credit of Mr. Brogden. That before the said election Mr. Philip Vanderbyl entered into a corrupt agreement with Mr. Brogden that, in the event of his being returned, he would repay Mr. Brogden one-half of the money so advanced by him for the purposes of bribery. We find that 98 persons whose names are set forth in Schedule A annexed to this report committed cor rupt practices, and were gwlty of acts of bribery, in re spect of the votes of other persons. That 430 persons whose names are set forth in Schedule B. annexed to this report committed corrupt practices and were guilty of acts of bribery, in respect of their own votes : that 29 of the persons named in the last-mentioned schedule, and whose names are set forth in Schedule C annexed to this report, were guilty of acts of bribery on both sides." Mr. Browne(Artemus Ward) still lies ill in South ampton. Attached literary friends are continually running down from London to see him. Mr. Bayard Taylor, the oak heated American writer, who landed at Southampton from the New York packet Union on Tuesday, visited Mr. Ward. The United States consul is indefatigable in con tributing to the comfort of his countryman. A number of the inhabitants of Southampton make kind inquiries after the invalid at his hotel. Mr. Ward's London physician, as soon as he heard that his patient was at Southampton, went there and held a consultation with Mr. Ward'aSouth. ampton physician. Mr. Bayard Taylor has left Southamp ton for the Isle of Wight on a visit to the laureate. HUNGARY. The Vienna Gazette contains the text of the imperial rescript of Feb. 17, re-establishing the Hungarian constitution. ln yielding to the wish expressed in the address of the Diet that the ordi nance for the reconstruction of the army should be submitted to constitutional discussion, the Em peror says : The estates aml representatives of the country in asking for the suspension of this ordinance will remember, by going back to historical examples, that Hungary has been always ready to promote the military modifications which the exigencies of the moment required, and to defend our royal throne against all the dangers that threatened it. Thus we fully admit and appreciate the patriotic zeal with which your ancestors in the hour of peril stood round the throne and nation, and we are the more disposed to oonowle the prayer contained in your most humble ad dress, because, with the great souvenirs of the past before us, we cannot but cherish the hope that the noble wishes of your ancestors have descended to the present generation, and are consequently convinced that the estates and representatives of the nation, taking into consideration the gravity of the situation, which so nearly touches its interests, will sincerely second our paternal in- tentions, and well accomplish with spontaneous zeal what the security of the throne and monarchy requires. AMERICA. The Timos has the following despatch by the Atlantic cable, dated New York, yesterday : " The Reconstruction Bill has been concurred in. " Congress establishes military governments in the South, but will restore completely any state whenever, under the operation of a free suffrage, it shall adopt the new constitution embracing the constitutional amendment. In tho meantime all those who were engaged in the rebellion are ex cluded from office and from voting. " A steamer has exploded on the Mississippi. Sixty-five persons were killed. " The Allemannia has arrived out. "COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. "Gold, 1381. Exchange, 1081. 5-20 United States Bonds, 111 r; ; Erie, 56k ; Illinois Central, 116. Petroleum, 182 c. Cotton, 32c." Intelligence from Madrid states that the Marquis de Miraflores, having lost his mother, has resigned the presidency of the Spanish Commission for the Paris Exhibition. At Nancy last autumn the Empress ordered several dresses to he put in hand for her own use, one of which has been completed and sent to the Tuileries. The design consists in a broad ribbon of open work thrown carelessly around scattered lilacs, hea•t's•ease, and all the symbolic flowers, the fond of the dress consisting in a mar vellous variety of minute dowers, which diminish in size towards the upper part of the skirt. The value of this chef cl'a a ere of hand labour is 501. REI!ARKS. The winds this morning sre cliktly south-westerly and westerly. moderate to freh our southern and western eseaste. and light on our northern and eastern cossts. Barometer have fallen slightly. Temperatures generally are very nuifonn. Barome trical pressure yesterday was much lower over northern timii over western unit southern Europe. TRADES' UNIONS IN FRANCE.—STRIKE 'P THE BRONERWORKERS OF PARlB.—some excitement has heart caused amongst the bronseworkera of the Faubourg St. Antoine and the Marais in consequence of a disagreement with the employers on the question of trades' unions. The workmen had established a fund for the purpose of sup porting themselves in mule of a strike or lock-out, and they appointed a committe to represent their interests and dis cuss their claims for an increase of wages. The masters did not deny that there might be some foundation for the demand of the men for a rise in their wages, but they would not discuss the question with the committee, pre ferring to treat directly with the men themselves. More over they intimated to the men that if they continued members of the union they might take their 1 irrels or workmen's books away. The workmen supported the cool mitt4e, and the result is that in 69 workshops the men had their 1 i rrets delivered up to them. It is said that sonic sets of violence have been committed, and the subject ix now under consideration of the legal authorities. THE PARIS EXHIBITION.JA Paris letter says . _ —" The silence of the Emperor upon the Exhibition is .said to be explained by a rather smart remark attributed to Count Bismarck. This is the story. The results of the late war were being talked about before the minister. ' Prussia,' some one remarked, ' has had the line of the Maine ; Italy has had Venetia ; Russia has the East at her disposal. But France!' France,' the prime minister of King William replied, ' Well, she has her—Exhibition.• In reality, I give little credit to this story. The truth, in my opinion, is that the Emperor perceive., somewhat late in the day, that Al. Rouher, N. le Play, and beta optima have made him attach more importance to the Exhibition of 1867, than it deserves, that that great bazaar will have the advantages but the fault. also of other bazaars of the same kind, and that it will not be, as he had been pur suaded, an event of the highest order, destined to distin guish the history of his reign, and to exercise a decisive influence upon the progress of civilisation." Svrz, FEB. 21.—The Candia, for Calcutta, and the Ellora, extra steamer, for Bombay, sail this day. THE Pismomear'a LEvEz.—Las t night (the 7th) the President held a levee at the White House. It was a very curious scene. Anyone who feels inclined walks in at the door, and a crowd of very varied appearance is thus produced in an hour or two. The city is at present very crowded, and I thought List night that nearly everybody must have been seized with the desire to shake bands with the President. The throng was immense. Indies who had come unprepared for such a press were sorrowing over the untimely fate of their new dresses, and sturdy citizens whom one may see in the day time loafing about the hotels or sitting on the box of • cab, were shoving aside generals, foreign ministers, and political grandees with a cluirnii.;: freedom and sense of equality, and the " I'm as good as you" expression very plainly written in their countenances. $o large a concourse had evidently nut been expected. The President was not prejeued for this sudden increase in his friends. The arrangements were consequently as bad as they could be, only one door being open fur ingress or egress, and the crowd constantly pushing on with sonic little impatience, but with unvarying good hum our . Indeed, I never yet saw in America an ill-natured person in a throng of this sort. We were a motley set in appearance ; some of us had lively red ties round our necks, and wore daring shirts and pea-jackets, and shooting coats showin. , * evident signs o f l ong wear and a steady course of tobacco chewing. A rather short gentleman in a blue uniform and • wideawake hat over his eyes, who stood near me, turned out to be Gene ral Grant, jammed so close that he could neither move hand nor foot. Presently we were driven upon an unfor tunate diplomatist, who was suffering from extreme low spirits, caused by the impremaion that he had been de- Jrived of the tail of his coat. 'Open some other door," cried one or two among the crowd, but no one took any notice of them. The ladies were a little frightened • but some of thew, wearing bonnets and shawls, and looking as ' if they were going to market, seemed quite able to take their own part. After half an hour's hard work we reached the room where the President was receiving. One of his secretaries *Linda by his side and mentions the name of the vie:tor ; the President shakes hands (that is a very important part of the process), and then the people walk about and look at the rather handsome public 11)0111S. Mr. Johnson seemed a little tired of bis amusement, but pleased notwithstanding. It is long since he has had so many people to see bin,. It must have been 12 o'clock before he had shaken hands with all the crowd. Where half of them came from, or who they were, of course nobody knows or cares. Some of them were most re markable people to look at, and their n o ti ons o f an eviaing toilet were full of originality. These, however, are points on winch groat freedom of opinion is allowed iu NViealing ton ; and if ordinary evening dre , e, sidle belie/leasable, several high pemonages in the government would never go into society at Washowtoo Corropoa4,o: of the TEE FENIAN RAID IN IRELAND. TEE ARREST OF A NEWSPAPER CORRESPON. DENT. (raosi OCR ows comm.:pox-Derr.) CORK, THUM:MAY MORNING. Yesterdai evening Mr. Mathew Tracy, the special corespondent of the Owl: /Amid, was arrested in Killarney on the charge of sending a false and alarming telegram of rumoured disaffection amongst ' the military to the journal with which he has been connected. For the last few days the news for warded from Killarney to all the newspapers has consisted solely of rumour, as scarcely any addi. tional facts have transpired with regard to the raid and the Cork and Dublin journals have been plentifully supplied by their "special correspondents" with sensation telegrams of the appearance of Fenian wills-o'-the-wisp at every point of the compass. Every bit of bustle amongst fussy officials and irate soldiers has given rise to a crop of startling stories, and amidst all they hear the wonder is that the correspondents have been so moderate. Yesterday the soldiers, who had pre viously been allowed freely to enter the town of Killarney, were kept strictly within their quarters, and this circumstance immediately set agoing the story that some of the men of a particular regi ment were found to have become disaffected. There appears not to have been the slightest grounds for the suspicion, but it was repeated so often and with so much cir cumstantiality that the correspondents of two Cork papers telegraphed the rumour to their journals for publication in the ordinary morning edition. One of these gentlemen was Mr. Tracy. Since this outbreak the telegraph company's officers at all the stations in the south are compelled to submit every telegram they receive, in connexion with Fenianism, to a magistrate, and to forward it to the authorities in Dublin before it can be trans mitted to its destination. Mr. Tracy's telegram was shown to one of the resident magistrate in Killarney, and the result was that orders were issued for the arrest of the writer. Mr. Tracy was taken into custody at one of the hotels in the town, and was brought before the magis trates who sit in permanence at the military head quarters, and after a hasty consultation he wan committed to prison on the charge above stated. His telegram was substantially the same as that forwarded by the correspondent of the Cork Ea/- mister, who has not been molested, and whose mes- sage, transmitted without objection, was published in a third edition of the journal. Even in a oountri where the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Acts and the arrest of fifty persons at a time, with an occasional rebellion, are beginning to be regarded as trifles, this does seem a high handed proceeding; and one would imaginethat all necessaryends would have been served as well by the simple suppression of the peccant telegram. If every newspaper cor respondent who sends incorrect or alarming news were to be at once taken into custody, the office of reporting for the press would become one of some peril. A telegram from Killarney states that the un fortunate reporter has been removed to Bridewell. CAHIRCIVEEN, VALENTIA, THCRSDAY EVFNINC. A farmer living near Cahirciveen was arrested last night for attempting to administer the Fenian oath to a soldier of the 14th Regiment. The pri soner, with three others who have been committed for trial for being present at the attack on the c. , astguard station at Kells, were sent off to Tralee this morning in charge of the troops and constabu lary. Considerable sympathy was shosn Inc the population for the prisoners. General Horsford and staff left Killarney this afternoon for Komar° and Caliireiveen. A troop of the 12th Lancers attended as escort. The House of Lords will not receive any petiti.st fora private hill after Friday, the 22011 day of Nlarch next, unless such private bill shall have been approved by the Court of Chancery ; nor any petition for a priv.ste bin approved by the Court of Chancery after Thursday, the 9th slay of May next. The house will not receive •ny re. Port from the judges upon petitions presented fur prireta bills after Thursday, the 9th day of May next. Mr. Gorst, on Fritlaynext, will cell the attention of the house to the proposal to maintain permanently a British regiment in New Zealand. Mr. Gilpin intonds,on Monday, to ask the Secre tary of State for War whether the judgment of the court martial in the case of Ensign Cullen and Surgeon 3lorris, on a charge of putting to death two negroes by shooting then, without trial, has been officially received in this country ; and if so, whether it will be bid before the house. LORD NAAS AND THE BIwHOF. —Lord Nans did not complete the extinct which he read last night from Bishop Moriarty's address delivered to the flock in Kil larney on Sunday last. Denouncing the wretched men who from Paris and New York stud their dupes into danger, Bishop Moriarty added, " Oh, God's heaviest curse—llis withering, blighting, blasting curse—is on them." Lord Nun, quoting this to the house, said, "I believe that this right reverend gentleman was :imply justified in every expression that fell from him," which observation, we must conclude, applies also to the follow. ing words of the bishop, which immediately succeeded the sentence quoted by the noble lord I preached to yott last Sunday on the eternity of hell's torments. Human reason was inclined to say, ' It is a hard word, and who can bear it But when we look down into the fathomlew depth of this infamy of the heads of the Feniai, conspiracy, we must acknowledge that eternity ia not Ion!, (sough, Rae tall hal "lough bp punish such utisrr. alt." THE AtrOECHENHENT OF THE PRINCEss of WAL Re. — From the knowledge of the condition of the Princess of Wales no small anxiety has been felt by the public at her reported illness. It seems that her royal highness wall seized on Thursday, the 14th hurt., with the usual r, mold.. tory symptoms of acute rheumatism. Dr. Arthur Farre saw her ou that day, and as she was somewhat wore on Friday Dr. Sieveking joined him in atterdanee, the advantage of Dr. Jenner's experience la lug also sub inutitently obtained. The Princess sulfured c elealerable pain, and the fever ran high. For sonic time distress was caused by the disease fixing itself wnh intensity in one of the pnncipal joints, form whirl, it a fterwards shifted to soother. Happily, there is no rea-vol, we hear, to feel :ippi elicit:ion of any mischief from internal complo cation —a point which, in acute rheum.ttisto, is of course a first consideration. It s e emed quite p o ssible at one time that the compulsory quiet which the attack caned might hare been sufficient to delay the date of the Princes,'s confinement beyond what In. happened on each previous ocea,a,iii. The high febrile actinii, however, doubtless, uerved to precipitate an event which aas not in the ordinary course of things, expected for month. Although, we believe, the speedy confinement of the Princess was not anticipated by Howe iiii..adiately about her, Dr. Ferro went down on Tuesday evi :dm; Lot to Marlborough House prepared to star, fe.li;ig that then was sufficient uncertainty to render sus h a cow e desirable. The step was justified by the occurrence, f the ~.at which took the country somewhat by surprise om Wediu morning. It was not till 6 o'chx-1. that Dr. Fame was summoned to h e r royal highoe.,:s room, :rod 1 , 1:v was delivered, after a somewhat r a p..l hut g rate uat labour, of a female child at lialf•past r a.m. Her royal highness has progressed very (asoiti.o.l) diner, anti is now in a fair way to make a good recoveiy. It is quite probable that the continv meld may have the effect of curtailing the duration of an attack which Is fre quently as wearisome in it. length as it s p.oufnl :111,1 dis tressing to the patient. We may note lien: that it is very rare VD see such a complication asp:al:inti r• m . ••1•• the course of rheumatic fever.— Lab: , r. The eomplic.t ion is very rare; and several of the most eminent and ex perienced accoucheurs inform us that they I, •ve never met with it in their practice. although they have, of course, occurred ; and Dr. Tyler Saiith has mentioned to us ow or two such cams which have come wit:iiii his knowledge. Nut to speak of endocardid compli Aim's, the comm. dence of the rheumatic poison in tlie Hood .Indite the puerpend period is, and most still he for vont. time, a source of welLfoluaded anxiety to the .at. ielant , of the tier u ncesa that .1 1 1 'h h e as re h in it . h l: r o to sve g v o e n r, ,, g . m a lt irk Medical .I , m:flat. occ":„..,,iztura.taclam.