The Express. — London, England, 1866-04-26 00:00:00

TIIRT LE, TURTLE, TURTLE. Clear, Thlok, and Invalid TURTLE SOUPS always ready. ST. JAMRSII-HALL, REGENT-STREET, PIOCADDLLY. WM. DONALD, Proprietor. LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM for Gentlemen.—Remember, we watt for you at " WANT," aitie Mie Covent Gordan Opera and tan theatres. ~r » P~~. Tun Wrsinia, A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT. Mears. Comptes and W . Tanen ; Wm AdaCavendbaL-4111FAVOWTE ON IOSTUNT.. Wane Bucketone Chippendale. end Both= • Yen Chippendale, etc.—And A DA V OIfTEE TO RAWLY. PRIPIC.ESES. EvIRMO, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF —Atter which STREETS OF 'DIMO. Messrs 'lathe, . H. M THE urray, Sho ß re, and ; Mrs. N H. Maisksi, sad 11= Barsett and IL Rodgers. LYCRUIL Tim Evmono, SLIIPSON AND 00. Men 110111 Mia.—And THE MA I= OF RAVENSWOOD. Mews. Jordan, Hofmann, vim, Wlddlcoinb, Fitspataick. , 312.mai Taman, Etsworthy, Lawn, and C. Leeiereq. Teri THB BAILORS RETURN.-1141chanteFanly. —CLOUD AND 81INSIIVIK Mr. James Anderson—To con clude with THE DARK KING OF THE BLACK MOITNLILINS. Miss Clara at Cane, !dm S. Lana MGR-1 1 7AT= AT LONDON-BRIDGE. TEA DAY —Morning, Oh. OM Afternoon, Oh. 7m. To-Monanw—liornlng, Oh. Um Afternoon, Oh. Wm LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 26. Sreetnaroas for a fall are very busy just now with the movements of Italian troops. Having received a check in Germany, they are pursuing their operations in a country where the possibility of war can never be pronounced extinct so long as an Austrian army remains encamped between the Mincio and the Adriatic. Rumours of the con centration of Italian troops on the Austrian fron tier have always an air of probability, and may easily be worked into a semblance of facts by dex terous manipulators of what is called " informs " tion." Recently, indeed, the mutual exaspera tion of the two great German Powers, the noise of their offenaive and defensive despatches, and the rancorous display of their warlike preparations, have set the imaginations of the mischiefmongers on fire, and played havoc with the savings of cre dulous investors. It was more than enough that an Italian general had visited Berlin and Hamburg, received the courtesies due to his military rank, visited arsenals, and attended reviews. From the arrival of General GovoNE in the Prussian capital to the conclusion of an alliance between Italy and Prussia was but a step. More than half the young linguists in pub lic offices, and especially the budding diplo mends, seem to be employed now-a-days in concocting mock treaties and counterfeiting official documents of the gravest import with the most enterprising levity. Public journals, so often and so inconsiderately accused of exercising their invention in the absence of facts, are reduced to the thankless but necessary duty of contradicting false reports. Official amateurs cultivate forgery as a fine art. Telegraphic agencies vie with each other in anticipating events, more or less possible, summarising State papers which have never been written, and pointing the moral of contingencies that have not happened. There is no fairer field in all Europe for the manceuvres of these ingenious disturbers of the public peace than Italy. Take Italy, France, and Austria, and shuffle them well together, and you may turn up a panic at any moment. Add M. do Ilisirmufx, and the panic becomes a conflagration. Unfortunately, the , chronic crisis of the Italian kingdom, between France and Austria, lends itself only too easily to the combinations of calculating prophets. With finances at the utmost strain, with an enemy in the midst, a Shylock for ally, and a peace that is an armistice undefined and unconditional, wasting like a fever the energies it intensifies, Italy is the natural prey of those who live by the dangers and disasters they provoke or precipitate. Of course no friend of that interesting and important country can pretend to be blind to the precarious ness and the instability of its fortunes, so long as its independence and unity are not secured. Not the least of the dangers that encompass Italy at this moment is the incessant temptation which besets her statesmen to make a desperate rush out of domestic difficulties and to set all the future on the hazard of a die. Of the two great and con stant evils, an enemy that prefers a false point of honour to a chivalrous reconciliation, and an ally who exacta in secret the price of promises unfulfilled and the usury of a dissembled vassalage, the latter is beyond all question the moat insidious and the most consuming. Yet we are very far from believing that the Italian statesmen of to-day are so destitute of the hereditary astute ness and patience of their race as to suffer them selves to be made the dupes of occasions not their own. To our thinking, the text of a treaty be tween Italy and Prussia was not so much a pre mature as a silly fabrication. Such a document would, under any circumstances, be super fluous. It needs no acuteness of calcu lation, no gift of prophecy, to un derstand that it is the simplest prudence on the part of Italy to be ready to take advantage of op portunities in Europe. But to take advantage of opportunities is one thing ; to consult the con venience of doubtful friends and dangerous allies is quite another. The visit of General GovoNe to Prussia at a time when hostilities in Germany seemed imminent might be explained, if it suited the purpose of the speculators to ex plain anything, in the simplest manner, whether or not the Cabinet of Berlin had made advances to the Italian Government or simulated a de sire for closer relations, in the event of a German war. The most prudent and obvious I step the Italian Government could take was to send an officer of military experience and sagacity, , and specially acquainted with the organization of the Prussian army, to judge for himself whether the warlike preparations so loudly and ostenta tiously announced by M. DE BISMARCK'S journals 'were really such as to indicate a serious resolve, or nothing more than the marching and counter marching of supernumeraries across a stage, and mere theatrical thunder. General GOVONE will doubtless have satisfied himself of the true value of all this trumpeting and parade, and will have informed his government of the political and military aspects of a tedious German quarrel. But the misinterpreted mission of General GovowE can be no excuse to the Austrian Government for pretending to treat the wild and unfounded reports of a concentration of Italian troops on her Venetian frontier as realities-, to be encountered by a sudden increase and displacement of forces, by hurried movements and by costly armaments, which can only have the effect of creating emergencies ever present to the susceptible conscience of the Cabinet of Vienna. The worst of these menacing military movements is that the Italian Government may feel itself obliged to resort to similar measures for its own protec tion. Up to the present time the Cabinet of Florence has done nothing of the kind ; it has in no way threatened the Austrian frontier, and the provocation, if provocation there be, has proceeded from Vienna. It might be supposed that the Austrian Govenunentwas content—consi dering the actual condition of its finances—with the cost of its preparations to resist M. DE &muse'. -47 . zY, In her defensive armamen . t4llO Prsieb aggression, Austria hest, lik_gaipathr all Europe. That sympathy „AM- a certaildo not be extended to fictitious fears of Italian aggression., and to offensive preparations, which can have no other motive or purpose than to exhaust the Italian exchequer. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) 'FFIE'YELLOWEI OF COLLZGEB DSCLAILITION BILL. .... The Daily !News remarks that most ofj [the members who opposed the above bill yesterday afternoon were gentlemen of high character and cultivated intelli gence, but suavity of manner does little to mitigate the harshness of exclusion. From the professions of some of the most eminent speakers, that which is really a matter of policy was, to some extent, treated as if it were a matter of law. The real object of the bill is to give permission to elect dis senters to fellowships,' and surely, if, as its opponents contend, dissenters suffer under no grievanoe, then there can be no advantage in that which the members of the church of England desire to keep for themselves. But it is an injury, while suffering dissenters to learn and to teach, to prohibit them from enjoying the moat valuable emoln -1 menu and from taking part in the business of the place which is endeared to them by its associations. The colleges of Ox ford and Cambridge hold a trust for the nation and for the future, the scope of which, owing to the better knowledge of dissenters which the partial repeal of University tests has engendered, is every day more wisely extended. The abolition of exclusive tests in college and university is the essential condition of their doing well the national work assigned to them ; and for this reason we welcome the emancipatinglimessuree„of klr. Bouverieland ridge. If, exclaims the Herald, every dozen years is to witness some new concession to dissent, in the name of justice where will be the union be tween church and state within 100 years or so ? Mr. Bouverie's bill is intended to throw fellowships open to persons of all religions and of no religion, but the uni versities wore never national institutions in this sense. Above all things, the object of the founders was to sustain and keep up the established church. Moreover, a college is to all intents and purposes as private a society as a family, and if this is to be invaded by a motley array of baptists, methodists, Bomaniats, Mormons, Mohamme dan., or atheists, what would be the effect of so strange an agglomeration? In such a tumult, amid the cabals and conspiracies of irreconcileable sectaries, what would be come of education! Six gentlemen, it seems, have been excluded from fellowships because they did not conform ; but surely to have obtained those degrees is an argument for gratitude and contentment, and not for complaints. This, however, is the modesty of modern dissent. Because certain privileges have been freely granted, it puts forth a compulsory claim to others. That such a claim will be conceded as yet the Herald cannot believe, notwithstancl ing the somewhat untoward division yesterday. The Telegraph remarks that the measure discussed yes terday does not touch many important strongholds of the church at Oxford and Cambridge. It makes no reference, for example, to heads of hOuses, the hebdomadal council, or certain university offices of power and emolument. Do not Mr.iLowe and his followers think that reform is ur gently wantedj,in a parliament which so struggles to [ex clude from the universities all the talent, all the genius, all those capacities for learning and intellectual effort that • lie latent in the large class which is at present practically • debarred from entering our great national academies? The Star argues that the church may lop off all the ex crescences which lessen her usefulness and encourage the dissent without in the least sacrificing her " distinctive religious teaching." And as to the " distinctive religious teaching" of the universities, what there is of it, which is very little, would not be in the least diminished or vitiated by the admission of dissenters, even if, as Mr. Schreiber fears, the nonconformists should come up in their mathematical might and seize every fellowship that can be gained by mathematical prowess. THE ELECTION COMMITTEES. Commenting upon the scandalous disclosures respecting the elections at Lancaster and Windsor, which illustrate respectively two distinct types of corrupt influence, the one canner, the other more refined, the Times says the more the subject is considered the more impossible will it appear to keep pace, by any direct legislation with the Protean developments of bribery. It will be cured when high-minded and honourable men cannot be found to become candidates for seats which can only be attained by bribery, and when the more respectable electors league themselves together, without distinction of party, to baffle and crush it. Till then, we can but apply partial reme dies, always remembering that such an evil becomes more insidious the greater the penalty of being found out. It was clearly established before the Windsor committee that a candidate who cannot wink bard, and persists in asking wliat becomes of the money, would have stood very little chance. The committee were fully justified in their deci sion against Sir Henry Hoare and Mr. Labouchere, the ' only question being whether the hands of their opponents will prove to have been cleaner. The Star says that all paid canvassing should be de carol illegal, and that every iota of expense entailed by Etc indispensable electoral machinery should be defrayed. not by the candidates, but by the respective counties and boroughs which they seek to represent. Another source of evil in our elections is the landlord influence and the inti midation exercised by employers, as at Bridgenorth, where tradesmen who voted for Sir J. Acton, it is alleged, re ceived notice to quit. THE REFORM BILL DIVIAIoN. The Times expects a division at about 3 o'clock on Satur day morning, when about two or three votes this way or that will decide the fate of the measure. Since the last news from the Parliamentary Tattersall's, Cam bridge has sent a vote to the side of the amend ment, two votes have been lost to government at Lancas ter, two more at Windsor, and it must look to the re sult of other election committees with a certain misgiving. If the small majority expected is on the side of govern ment, it will not secure the passing of the bill, or even make that at all probable ; and if against government, it will not, it is hoped, deprive the country of their ser vices. That a small majority in their favour will not give the bill headway enough to carry it unscathed through committee, and compel the submission of the Lords, is too self-evident to require further remark. As to the contin gency of a small majority against them, they will, no doubt, if it should arise, do the right thing according to the laws an 1 customs of this country. They will place their resig nation in her Majesty's hands, and give their opponents an oppartunity of forming a government if they can. No government, however, can be formed with any prospect of success except upon a liberal basis and including a good many members of the present government, and, in the event of this being found impossible, our present rulers will, it is thought, have nothing to do but accept a defeat, weed out a few of those most irretrievably committed, and, for this session at least, direct their attention to business of more prees , ng urgency. The hundred repre sentatives of the condemned cities and boroughs are not I going to vote for the measure because they think they are performing a grand sacrifice, but because they do not believe in the efficacy of the vote. The 7Wegissph en'arges on the feeling of indignation which would be excited in the country by suddenly finding that next week they were to have the last of Mr. Glad stone's budgets, and that Sir Stafford Northeote was to manage the nation's purse. It will be en evil hour for a sophistical cynic like Mr. Lowe, and a wooden cipherer I like Sir Stafford, when they shall interpose between the people of England and the only statesman in the present century that has ever touched that people's heart of hearts ; and it would be well beforehand to try the abso lute necessity of the renunciation by one clear and practi cal test with which we are not unacquainted. It might be worth while to ask the English people what they think about the meatier. According to the Seem the traditional three courses are now b :fore the ministry. There may be an ample majority on the expected division, or there may be an insufficient majority, or there may be (although this is barely a pos sible contingency) no majority at all. In the first case the coarse of the government is free from difficulty ; the mea sure will be proseeded with and the Redistribution of Beats Bill introduced at the proper time. In the ease of a defeat, or a majority so small aa to amount to a substantial defeat, the ministry will have to deter mine between resignation and dissolution, and in this they will be determined solely by considerations affecting the T: IS* bierestai a oountry... The be.. tient majmill b and thullhiviate 4 dilieop„..... ilb."1"8818:6' *owe d** 44A• boo r ' Filial advise an appeal to the agsium if they are defeated, or if the majority is merely no Government can safely rely upon an overwhelming popular support. obtain'i Kea, is f( WISCZLL.UROUB TOPICS. The Tunes g ives a narrative, based on the first report of the parliamentary committee on the local taxation of the metropolis, presenting en important account of metropoli tan administration in matters of finance. This, however, was done by the Express on the occasion of the appearance of the document, and we need not follow our contemporary in its sketch. The subject, the rinses remarks, has become far too great for merely local legislation. It should be regarded as a matter of Imperial oonoern, and should be treated upon wide and permanent principlee of policy. The Day News waits to hear the reasons which have led the Legislative Council of Victoria to reject the new Tariff Bill, notwithstanding their statement in the early days of the new parliament that they were ready to swept the recent expression of colonial opinion ea the rule of their conduct, and to pass the bill accordingly. In the meantime the effect of their rejection of the bill has been to throw the affairs of the colonial government into confusion. It speaks well for the attachment of the people of Victoria to law and order that the repeated endeavours of a knot of persons elected by a restricted suffrage to overbear the representatives of the people have not been followed by popular commotion. The conduct of the upper house can only be explained on the supposition that most of them are not Australians in their feelings, hopes, or interests, and that they look to England for support in matters of local concern. Nothing can be more fatal to the authority of the crown, or to the welfare of the people in a colony endowed with parliamentary institutions, than the prevalence of a belief in that colony that the policy of one of its parties is being supported by the home govern ment in opposition to the opinion of the majority. Mr. Cardwell's despatch condemning and recalling Bir Charles Darling will arrive in the midst of the excitement now re ported ; and, remote as such en effect must have been from his intention, it cannot but seem to place the influence of the crown at the service of the opponents of the only ministers who were able to conduct the government of the colony. 7ARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aran 25. FELLOWS OF COLLEGES DECLARATION BILL. Order for committee read : Motion made, and question proposed, "That Mr. Deputy Speaker do now leave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " that" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " this house will, upon this day sit months, resolve itself into the said committee,"—(Mr. Walpole)—instead thereof : Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the ques tion." The house divided—Ayes, 208 ; noes, 186. Achusd, T. D. Adana. W. F. L G. ABoew, Sir A. Alen, W. S. Andover, Viact. Anatruther. Sir R. Antrohus, E. Armstrong, 8.. Ayrtoa, A. S. Aytoun, B. S. Bagwell, J. Babies, E. Barclay, A. C. Baring, I'. G. Hamm. Sir H. Barry, C. It. Bass, A. Bass. M. T. Baxter, W. E. Barley, T. Beaumont, W. B. Brady, Dr. Brand, H. Brecknock, Earl of Bright, J. Browne, Lord J. &nor, Lord C. Bruce, H. A. Buxton, C. Barton, Sir T. F. Caitborpe, F.ll. Candlish, J. tkvendish, Lord E Cavendish, Lord F. Cavendish, Lord G. Chambers, T. Cheetham, J. Clay, J. Clinton, Lord E. Clive, G. Colehrooke, Sir T. Collier, Sir R. Colthurst, Sir G. Cowen, J. Cowper, H. F. Craufurd, E H. Davey, R. Dawson, Capt. Denman, G. Dent, J. D. Dering. Sir K Nike, Sir W. Dillon, J. B. Duff, M. E. Inindas, Sir D. Dunkellin, Lord Dunlop, A. M. Mice, E. I Erskine, Vice-Adm. Evans, T. W. Ewart, W. Ewing. H. K Fawcett, H. Rides, J. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Foley, H. W. Foljambe, F. J. Forster, C. Forster, W. IL AM. Foster, W. 0. Morris, M. Fortescue, C. P. Monism, W. Gaselee, Seri. Murphy, N. D. Castel, J. M. Neale, C. Gilpin, C. Nicol, J. D. Glyn, G. C. Norwood, C. M. Olyn, G. G. Ogilvy. Sir J. Goldoni& Sir F. Oliphant, L. Goldsmid, J. O'Loghleu, Sir C. Goschen, G. J. Onslow, G. Gower, F. L Otway, A. J. Gregory, W. 11. Parke. Cot Gray, Sir J. Padruore, B. Gridley, Capt. Pease, J. W. Grosvenor, Capt. Peel, A. W. Hadfield, G. Pelham, Lord Hanbury•, R. C. Philips, R. N. Hardvastle, J. A. Mm, J. Harris, J. D. Platt, J. Hay, Lord J. Portman. W. IL Hay, Lord W. Potter. E. Hayter, Capt. Potter, T. B. Headlam, T. K Power, Sir J. Henderson, J. Price, R. G. Heueage, E. Price, W. P. Henley, Lord Rawlinson, Sir H. Hibbert. J. T. Rearden, D. J. Hoare, Sir H. A. Helios/. J. 0. liodokinson, G. Rohartes, T. J. Hodgson, K. D. Rothschild, M. de Holden. I. Russell, A. Holland, K Russell, H. Howard, C. W. Salomon', Aid. Hughes, W. B. Samuelson, B. Hutt, Sir W. ScholeSeld, W. Jackson, W. Seymour, A. James, E. Seymour, IL D. Jervoise, Sir J. Shafto, R. D. Kearaley, Capt. Sheridan, H. B. King. P. J. Sheridan, R. B. Kinglake, J. A. Simeon, Sir J. Kingacote, CoL Smith..T. B. Knatchbull - Hugea• Smollett, P IL gen, E. Swim, A. A. Laing, S. Stacpoole, W. Lamont. J. Staniland, M. Lawrence. W. Stansfeld, J. Lawson, J. A. Steel, J. Le.athani, W. H. Stone, W. H. Leeman, 0. Sullivmi. K Lefevre, 0. J. Taylor, P. A. Lewis, H. Toren. W. T. Locke, J. Tracy, C. R. Lusk, A. Trevelyan, G. 0. Mackie, J. Vivian, H. H. Mackinnon, W. A. Vivian, Capt. M'Lagan, P. Warner, E. M'Lat en, D. Weguelin, T. H. Maguire, J. F. Whalley, 0 H. Malowaring. T. Whatman. J. Marjorihanks, D. C. Whitbread, S. Marshall, W. Wickham, H. W. Martin, V. W. Winningtnn, Sir T. Martin, P. W. Woods, H. MiU, J. S. Wynne, W. It. Miller, W. Wyvill, M. Mills, J. R. Young, R. Milton. Vlsct. Mitchell, A. Monk, C. J. More, R. J. NOES. TZLLIFL9. Bonverie, S. P. Yorteume, I). Adderley, C. Arkwright. Bagnall, C. Bantle, H. J. Baring, A. H. Baraett, 11. Barrow, W. H. Barttelot. Col. IS:arson, Sir T. Bathurst, A. A. Beach, Sir 51. a Beach, W. W. Beecroft, G. S Bentinck. G. C. Benyon, R. Bereaford, Capt. Bernard, Col. Booth. Sir R. G. Bourne, Col. Bridges. Sir B. W. Bromley, W. D. Brace, Major Bruce, Sir LI. H. Bnien, H. Buckley, E. Bur,thley, Lord Burrell, Sir P. Cairns. Sir H. Cartwright. t'ol. Castierorae, Vlact. Cave, S. Cecil, Lord E. Clive, Capt. Cochrane, A. D. Cole. 11. Cole, J. L Conolly, T. Courteauty, Lord E. ' Cooper, E. 11. Cox, \V. T. Cranherne, Met. Cnhitt, G. Dowdeswell, W. E. Lu Cane, C. Buncombe, A. Buncombe. W. E. Dunne, Gen. Du Pre. C. G. Fonle,6;F . Forester. Gen. French. Col. Canvey. Sir W. Galway, Visct. George, J. Gilpin, Col. 13...,Mard, A. L Mouser!, W. Montagu. Lord R. Montgomery, Sir 0. Morgan, O. Mowbray, J. R. Neeld, Sir J. Neville-Grenville, R. Newdegate, C. N. Noel. O. J. North, Col. E Packe, C. W. Paget, R. H. Pakington, Sir J. Parker, Major Perry. Gen. Powell, F. S. Read. C. S . Renton, G. W. Robertson. P. F. Royston, Visct. Russell, Sir C. Schreiber, C. Etclater-booth, O. Scott, Lord H. Scourfteld, J. H. Selwyn, C. J. Sererne, J. E. Simonds, W. B. Smith, S. G. Somerset, Col. Stanhope, J. B. Stanley, F. Stronge, Sir J. Surtece, F. flurtees. H. E. Thorold. J. H. Tollemache, J. Tottenham. Lt.-Col. Treeby, J W. Treror. Lord A. Trollop., Sir J. Turner, C Golduey:(l. Goodson, J. Gore. J. R. Gore, W. R. Gorst, J. E. Graves. S. R. Gray. Lieut..-CoL Grey, T de GriMth, C. D. Guinness, B. L Hamilton, Lord C. Hamilton, I. T. Hamilton, Met. Hardy, U. Hardy, J. Harvey, R. B. Henley. J. W. Herbert, F. E. Heygate, Sir F. Hodgson, W. N. Hogg, Lieut.-CoL lioltord. R. S. Iloimeadale, Viact Hope, A J. liornby, W. H. }foretell T. B. Howes. E. Hubbard, J. 0. Hudilleston, J. W. Hunt. G. W. Jolliffe, Sir W. Jollitre, H. H. Kekewich, S. T. Kennard. R. W. Ker, S. King, J. K. King. J. G. Knight. F. W. Knox. Col Langton, W. 0. Lechmere, Sir L Legh, Major Lefroy, A. Lennox, Lord G. Liddell, H. G. Lindsay, Col. C. Long. R. P. Lowther, Capt. Lowther, J. Malcolm, J. W. Manners, Lorl J. Heller, W. Miller, S. B. Mills, C. H. Milford, W. T. Tyrone, Earl of Verner, L W. Verner, Sir W. Walt, ttt, Adm. Wahlegrave-LealieG. Walker. Major Walrond, J. W. Walsh, A . Walsh. Fir J. Whiteside, J. Whitmore. H. Williams, F. M. Wise. B C. Wood, B. T . Wyndham. N. Wynn, C. W. Dyke, W. H. Dyott, Col. Earle, R. A. Kekersley, N. Edwards, Col. Egerton. Sir P. G. Egerton, K C. Fgerum. }Niue, Col. Farquhar. 81r M. Fie].len, J. Feruusaon. Sir J. Ferwuid, W. Floyer, J. TELLERS. Walpole, S. H. fleathcote, Sir W. A few conservatives, it will be seen, voted for the bill, viz., Mr. Antrobus, Mr. J. M. Gaskell, Mr. W. B. Hughes, Mr. WLagan, Mr. Mainwaricg, Mr. P. Smoßatt, and Mr. W. R. M. Wynne. The only liberal names to be found in the minority are those of three Irish Roman catholic members—Viscount Cartleroese, Colonel French, and Mr. W. Monsell ; and the name of the Hon. G. Waldegrave Leslie. The following cabinet ministers were either absent of paired :—Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Cardwell, the Marquis or Harrington, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Gibson. The progress made by this question is shown by the fact that when Mr. Bouverie's Bill was last before the House of Commons in 1864 it received but 101 votes, and was rejected by a majority of 56 ; whereas yesterday 208 members voted in its favour, and it was carried by a ma jority of 22. The majority would have been larger, but that Mr. Barnes, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Grove, and other sup. porters of the bill, were shut out. Several members, who had paired 01 half-part 4, were prevented voting by the fact that the division occurred three minutes before that time. APR to Court. OSBO] The Queen walked in the grounds yeste morning, accompanied by Princess Helms, Pri Louise, and Prince Christian of Soldeswig-Holstein ; and again in the afternoon, accompanied by Winces, Louise. Prince Arthur arrived in the afternoon from Greenwich park, attended by Major Slphinstone and the Rev. W. B. Jolley. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and Mrs. Wellesley arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. To-day is the birthday of the Prinoess Louis of Hesse. Lady Churchill has succeeded the Countess of Caledon sa Lady in Waiting. Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon left Osborne to-day. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the private residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Chesham-place. The ministers present were Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, the Marquis of Hartington, Earl de Grey, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. .P. Villiers. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, on the subject of the Cattle Plague. The State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed on and after Saturday next, the 28th but., Until further orders. Lieutenant-General Knollys has informed Mr. H. H. Sales, secretary to the Metropolitan Adult Educa tion Association, that the Prince of Wales has consented to allow the annual gathering of Mechanics' Institutions, Young Men's Societies, Working Men's Clubs, and Even ing Classes, at the Crystal Palace on June 18, to be under his special patronage. His royal hishneas has also con tributed ten guineas towards the expenses of the athletic sports. Mrs. W. E. Gladstone had an assembly last night at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's residence on Carl ton house-terrace. Among the visitors who assembled were the Prince de is Tour d'Asivargne, the Spanish Minister, the Marquis de Tainisier, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl Cowper, the Countess de Grey, the Earl mid Countess of Ducie ; Frances Countess Walde grave and the Right Hon. C. Fortescue, M.P. ; Viscount Milton, Lord Edward Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Edward Cavendish ; Lord William Hay, M.P. ; the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and Miss Barnet ; the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., and Miss Adderley ; the Right Hon. Sir Thos. Fremantle and Miss Fremantle; the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Sir John Gray, M.P., Sir Henry Rawlinson, M.P., Sir Henry Hoare, M.P., Sir Percy Burrell, M.P., Sir Janie/ Matheson, Sir John Johnstone, M.P., Sir Thomas Western, M.P., Mr. Layard, M.P., Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., Captain Hon. Robert Grosve nor, 31. P., Hon. Charles Howard, M.P., the Lord-Advo cate, the Right Hon. Thomas and Mrs. Headlani, Mr. Jardine, M.P., Mr. C. Forster, M.P., and Mrs. Forster, Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Buxton, M.P., and Mrs. Buxton, Mr. A. Peel, M.P., and Mrs. Peel, Mr. Alfred Rothschild, Mr. W. Forster, M.P., Mr. Rebow, M.P., Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., and Mrs. Hughes, Mr. Stone, M.P., and many others. The Countess Apponyi will have an evening party on Saturday next at the Austrian Embassy. The Right Hon. Sir A. J. E. Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice of England, has arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland entertained the following guests at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in St. James'saquare :—The Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl Somers, the Earl and Countess Stan hope and Lady Mary Stanhope, Viscount and Viscountess Holmeadale, Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile, Vis count St. Asaph, Viscount and Viscountess Sudley, Lord and lady Proby, Lord Dunkellin, Lord William Hay, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir Ivor Guest, and Hon. Edward Stanhope. Later in the evening the duchess had an even ing party. Last night Lady Virginia Sandars gave a ball at her residence in Eaton-square. The ball was given on the occasion of the debut of Lady Madeline Taylour, niece of Lady Virginia Sandars, and daughter of the Earl of Bective. BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of 'the members and friends of this society was held this morning in Exeter Hall, 1 1 under the presidency of Mr. W. F.. BAXTER, M.P. The Secretary read the report, which stated that the receipts of the year had been 27,016/., and the ex penditure 30,1331. 12s. &.1. The society had lost several valuable missionaries during the past year, and the staff had been further weakened by the return of two missionaries from China. Only two of the vacancies had been filled up, nor would the committee consider themselves justified in making the appointments until the funds of the society were greatly augmented. The affairs of Jamaica had naturally created much attention during the past year. The conduct of Governor Eyre and the island press in reference to the letter of Dr. Underhill, had greatly damaged the missionary cause. The conunittee had the fullest confidence in Dr. Un derhill and the purity of his motives in calling upon the Secretary of State for the Colonies to institute an inquiry into the condition of Jamaica. They indulged the hope that in future prosperity and peace would be secured to all classes in Jamaica. The committee had under con sideration what steps should be adopted to protect the mission in Jamaica, and had already determined to estab lish a station at Morant Bay. The recent disturbances had had a prejudicial effect upon the stations, and there had been a diminution of 2,000 in the number of members with only an addition of 300 bybaptisnis. The report alluded with satisfaction to the recognition of the services of the baptist missionaries in Jamaica by Sir Henry Storks. The Chair ' man in a lengthened speech defended the cause of missions against what he termed the fashionable incredulity of the day. Formerly missions were ridiculed not only by frivolous men, but by philosophers, politicians, and some leading statesmen. The jeering was now in lower tone, but there was still dislike and distrust, although all must admit that in Africa, for instance, that which warriors, merchants,and statesmen could not effect had been achieved by the humble missionaries of Christianity. With regard to the affairs of Jamaica he might mention that the report of the Royal Commissioners would be in the hands of the country in the course of a few days. As a member of the imperial parliament he would not prejudge that report, but this he would say that if the civil and military authorities of Jamaica who had been accused were found guilty, although he wanted no more executions, for enough blood had been shed already, the people of England would expect that her Majesty's government would do its duty. (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. Robinson of the London Missionary Society ; the Rev. W. Dale, of Birmingham, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting and the report was adopted. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) The Archbishop of Canterbury presided to-day at the annual meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, which was held at St. James's-hall. From a brief statement which was presented by the Rev. William Bal lot*, M.A., the Secretary, it appeared that the society has now been engaged for a period of 164 years in endeavouring to plant the church in the colonies and dependencies of the British crown. From North America its dependencies had been gradually extended to the West Indies, Australis, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Ceylon, Borneo, British Co- lumbia, Honolulu, and Madagascar. When the society was first founded there were probably not 20 clergymen of the Church of England in those lands ; there were now congregations under the pastoral care of upwards of 3,000 clergymen. The British possessions abroad extend over a surface of about 9,000,000 square miles, and are the seat of 45 bishoprics. In 1865 the society's income for general, appropriated, and special funds, was 94,2571. The society desired to provide this year from its general fund for the maintenance in whole or in part of 516 missionaries, and a lame number of catechists and schoolmaster. in Australia and various parts of the world. The meeting was ad dressed by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Duke of Marl borough, the Dean of Binly, Mr. Coleridge, M.P., ►nd other gentlemen, in support of resolutions affirming the claims of the society to extended public support. Commit/Holy 20 ROME. —MT. J. T. Watford, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and assistant master at Eton College, has left the church of England for communion with the church of Rome. Mr. Watford took his B.A. degree in 1607, when he was first class in classics. THE STEAMSHIP CITY or WASHINOTOM—Nothing has yet been heard of this vessel, and the premium upon her has risen to 60 guineas. PATENT-OFFICE MUSEUM, SOITIS KIUMINOTOX. —Number of visitors for the week ending April 21, 2, 0 0 0 . Total number since the opening of the Melanin free daily (12th May, 1858), 1,027,379. 1 1 /I M.' , 486 .5i IT INTELLIGENCE. ri AIIIPIEIA AND PRUSSIA. The Independance says : 'the information from Germany to-day is of the mine character as that of yesterday. The only question which could explode the powder is removed. The two great powers have pledged themselves to disarm. It is ►t Frankfort that the contest will now be decided. If, as has been stated, a majority of the Diet, insists on the presentation of the Pruesian pro gramme before considering the question of the assem bling of a German parliament, the occasion of new conflicts will arise. The most dangerous of all would be the resolution of Prussia to withdraw from the Confedera tion with those States which would follow her example, and to form a narrower combination, as was attempted in the Erfurt parliament. ITALIAN FINANCE. FLORENCE, Arm 21. The report of the committee of the Chamber of Deputies upon the budget proposes : " An income tax of 8 per oent. on all incomes above 350 frame per annum. Incomes between 300 and 350 francs are to pay a fixed annual tat of 14 francs, and those ranging from 250 to 300 francs a tax of 7 francs. Incomes below 250 francs are to be exempt from taxation. The tax upon incomes derived from government stock, public appointments, and pensions will be deducted by the government at the time the dividends, sala ries, or pensions are paid. Incomes from landed property will be liable to the tax for one half their annual amount." The various measures proposed by the com mittee will, it is estimated, !reduce the deficit to 50,000,000 francs. THE ATTEMPT ON THE CZAR'S LIFE. The Nord publishes the following despatch, dated St. Petersburg, April 25 : The name of the person who made the attempt against the Emperor's life is Dimitry-Karokoeon. He was born in the government of Sarolof, in the district of Serdobsk, where his father possessed a small property. He Needled at the University of Moscow. He is of a hypochondriacal and misanthropic*" disposition. He is weary of life, and holds the most advanced socialistic opinions. The //ma i& Busse gives an account of a review on a great scale, which took place on the 18th, in the Chump-de-Mars of St. Petersburg, " every one " says the journal, " being anxious to see with his own eyes the adored monarch, and to testify the feeling of boundless affection and devotion for the Emperor, of which the Russian people are so justly proud." " The people who lined the streets made the sign of the cross as the Emperor passed along, that being the expression of the sincere joy of a people happy in seeing the sovereign whom they love and venerate saved from the peril with which he was menaced." (111IITZB'S llzzaauf s.) PRUSSIA_ BERLIN, APRIL 26. A considerable time before any war rumours were in circulation the military authorities had made preparation); for the drill of the landwehr, which has been ordered by the royal decree of the 15th February. In conformity with this decree about 40,000 men of the landwehr will be assem bled for military exercise within the next month or six weeks. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, APRIL 25. The Russian Consul-General in this city has ad dressed a protest to the Provisional Government against the accusations made against Russia with reference to the late disturbance at Jassy. He calls attention to a letter of the Prefect of Jassy, wherein the conduct of the Russian inhabitants during the disturbances is declared to have been peaceful. SCHLES WIG-HOLSTEIN. KIEL, APRIL 26. The governors of Schleswig and Holstein have issued orders extending to arrivals from Russia and Belgium, the prohibition against the importation of cattle, sheep, and pigs into the Duchies. SPANISH FINANCE. MADRID. APRIL 25 i EVENING. The government will next week bring forward a bill in the Cortex for the formation of a mortgage bank, the concession for which will be granted to the Credit Fancier of France. PORTUGAL. LISBON, AraTL 25. The government has signed a contract with M. de Browse for the construction of quays, docks, and railways at Lisbon. It results from the con ditions of the contract that Lisbon will become almost a free port. MAURITIUS MAIL. SUEZ, APRIL 25. The Norna arrived at 7 a.m. to-day. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Ann, 25. The Poonah, from Southampton on the 20th inst., arrived to-day at 2 p.m., and leaves at 6p.m. for Alexandria. All well. The cholera has praised from the Duchy of Lux embourg into Holland ; letters from the Hague mention that it has broken out in several Dutch towns, and at Rotterdam and Delfehaven especially. In the former place seven cases occurred on the first day, of which four terminated fatally. A letter from Naples in the Temps says that the late dispute as to university students has led to a duel between the conductors of two journals : the Popolo d'ltalia, absolutely devoted to the students, and the Rosen, which had wished to take a middle course. " After much abuse and the free use of such phrases as' shameful liars,' an appeal was made to the sword, which is here the usual weapon for duels. The person who represented the Popolo was a priest. Re fought bravely, and wounded the champion of the Roma in the hand. You might sup. pose that for a priest to fight a duel would cause great surprise. But it did not. This sacerdotal pugnacity is here regarded as nothing at all extraordinary." Tns Two Pilawrzas.—The Civitta Cattoliea, the organ of the Jesuits, contains an article on the above sub ject, from which the follow:ng is an extract :—" The papacy and liberalism are two opposite masters—Christ and Satan. It is impossible to serve both or to attach oneself to one without separating from the other. But it may be said we can Christianise liberalism and render it more favourable to the Pope. To Christianise liberalism ! This is truly a more than poetic idea. Do you mean to say that you would constrain liberalism to abdicate—to be no longer itself' To Christianise liberalism it would be indispensable to make it admit the syllabus, that is to say, to condemn the principle recently put forward by the Florentine Minister, viz., that it belongs to the cavil power to impose limits on the church's freedom of action ; to condemn cavil marriages, accomplished facts, non-in tervention, liberty of worship, liberty of thought liberty of the press, and the separation of church and state. Liberalism must also be made to admit that peoples are not to rebel against their legitimate princes, that the church baa • power of compelling by oorporal punishment ; that it has the right of superintending the instruction and adoration of youth ; that the place!, appeals against abuses, interference in seminaries and pious foundations are so many usurpations of the secular power ; and, admitting all this, what would remain of liberalism r LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON FLEA& (Sittings in Baseck—Beifore Lord Chief Justies Justices Bytes, and Smith.) GOWAILD e. THY EAR{, e The plaintiff in this cam had been t Cardigan, of Dean Farm and this act , recover damages for an illegal diMeme, and there was also a count in trove" was that the plaintiff had accepted ' what had happened. Tho cue mane Lord Chief Justice Cockburn on si found for the plaintiff, d Q.C., a day or two ago moved or and their lordships postponed their consulted the said Lord Chief Justice Mr. Justice Smith said that tin counsel was that the verdict was evidencie ; .but it seemed that that the quertion f w e as rthelV i ';=they bad determined 4 tion whether the furniture had bt tress, the fudge thou gh t that the right. As to the itcoord and sat the agreement was ambiguous upon , it referred only to the plaintiff's against the landlord, and not to was the foundation of the action. though he should have been better bad been the other way upon this 7 say that he was dimatuAed with agreed with him in opinion, and no rule. Rule refused. GP seen tenant to the Zed is action was Wynn, and for ID waver. One t h e r, ted in sit came on tor es 751. circuit, when th a Z. D . or a nde tor a 'modecision until new ce who tried the ie Int point et the tlinhtst the , • thoeipik the • twines raised was mined it. As to the been seised under the he fkuclina cd the z sand aa ,” reinse o the question , utgu n the illegal cistri n ton. 'The jfe addid tier Waded ud if the • Pont.he . the verdict. Th e • d therefore then AND }LiTRIMO • r. Justice Keating, sad ellor.) °maa d the evidence on whist lul with whoset her via aes Wilde being the petitioner to !. Judge beil, on et th i s 4. Leering Dr. Spea k affirmed the &cla m • COURT FOR DIVORCE AND CAUSIM. (Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Justice Mel OINGE6 V. 031 This was a wife's petition, and sought is sustain a charge of adr was the testimony of the girl I have been committed. Sir James dismissed the case. Dr. @pinks now appeared for appeal from the decision of the Ja Deane, Q.C. (with Dr. Swabey; spondent. The learned judges after hearing calling on Dr. Deane to reply, affirmed tr. Judge Ordinary, and disnnased the appeal. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. SHOPLIFTING AND CRINOLINE. Sarah Beene: who said she was a orincinsinskarea gave an address at Horton, which, on inquiry, was tsee to be false, was charged with stealing 23 black m a y ee4 kerchiefs, worth 81., from Mews. Shoolbred Ali O. Tottenham -Donn. road. . . . Hr. Osborne,an assistant, stated that the prism into the shop enterday and purchased a Meek kerchief, a skein of silk, and jlb. of knitting en** I which he served her. He showed her weed bite g handkerchiefs before she selected the one which de* mately parehaaed. Amongst others be hid lion some similar to thaw now produced. Mr. Robert Appleton, another usietant, and Mese& prisoner take one handkerchief from the box, w att under her dress, apparently in her pocket. the her a parcel in brown paper, which she bad phieedafis counter, so as toassistiu screeninghermovements. Hens Mooed what he had seen to Mr. Appleton, the shopmln Mr. Appleton said in consequence of that essimesis tion he watched the prisoner. When she left the doh followed her, and after she bad got some yank. / he stopped her, and said, " I believe you hefei something about you that does not belong to yes., Til you come round the corner with Ms to oer private ism? She accompanied him to the private room when shape up the 23 silk handkerchiefs, taking them from mask crinoline. She said she was very sorry, it was ket let offence. She went down on her knees to *Ms fagn nem. He gave her in custody to Carlos the polise Ale Carson, the officer stationed at Mesas. Shod rsh stated that he took the prisoner to the stance, Whiff was searched, and a purse containing about 10a is alw and copper was found on her. She had mend he midi chain which appeared to be gold, butwas re i s i l i lis m ps o c e irian Lion. She gave an address at Horton , w ' isek, he found to be false. The parcel she bad Gib table contained a very shabby old muff. The prisoner said it was her first offence. She was committed for trial. MANSLAUGHTER BY A FATHER-MOWN SUFFERINGS OF A FAMILY IN BOHOL INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This morning Mr. John Humphreys, Edam ; coroner, held an inquiry at the Green Man Tans, its ton, relative to the death of Walter Robert Mink, yell hears, one of a family of children, who was found a ouse in Nichol-square, Shoreditch, in a deplorable• dition from alleged starvation and neglect The deceased was identified by his sister Matilda Nei as the son of Walter John Marsh, a ahem= to a poulM in Leadanhall-market. There were six in family bails the father, the mother being dead for nearly five yen The lived at No. 99, Nichol-square, but no rent* pal all the furniture Sc., was carried away ender se/ trees on the 12th inst. The father (who baa been mini under a warrant for neglecting his family) was in neell of 3.15. a week beside. perquisites. Mrs. Esther Thorne, 112, Haclmeycoad, said thst Wednesday week, near 10 o'clock at night, Matilda came to her and asked her to come and look at her node Wal he h ouse. as she did There not like his appearance. Witsesiml to t was no light or fire. Witmer awl ' a light to be got, and then she beheld a most Ion& • sight. Three children were lying in a taws the room on the door without coves*. Abe boy 13 years of age, who had returned from kis Mr labour, was lying under the window with his carol boots on. The deceased lay on the Soot it breathing hard. He was undressed and covered sink little bit of dirty cloth—not a blanket. Amine did was lying stark naked with only a bit of shah era it There was no furniture—nothing whatever bat tve eld boxes too valueless to be taken away and some r no was& blanket, but the second eldest sister hay pulled it off the elder boy, saying," Whatis yourfsthertnn to cover him when he conies homer Wither said Susan Marsh how she could bear to see the Mildres she state to which they were reduced, but she wad, "Mind your own business." Witness them sid would do so, and call in the polioe, which de did The relieving officer and Dr. Wallace were troodt to the house, and witness fetched • cab to ir all the children, except the boy of 13 , to the lei' houee• While in the cab witness said is 161 deceased, " Your father often wished you dol, did he not I' He answered, " Yes," and the others rold " Oh, yes, father often said he wished we was due The elde st daghter, Matilda Marsh, had frequesd7 monatrated w ith her father, and so bad Meow, lused only to say, " U"Lat can I do ! I do sot owl 16 * cleat money to do more." The eldest girl did could fur the children, and the children tried to keepe"' troubles to themselves. • Police-serg•eant Burrows 2e4 N, said that he had r house watched, and ascertained that fibs father Now home at 10 minutes to 3 o'clock. He wan very Mir ! when he found that his children had been recompile* . workhouse. Witness afterwards ascertained that hi Ild 33e. a week wages. Mr. Samuel Andrews, relieving of fi cer of Sharshlok said that the father had been in business on hi e° account, and was very respectably connected, bat think his drunkenness he lost his busi ness , and bad to bed I foreman at Mr. Byrne's, in Leaenhall-market. Dr. J. Clarke, surgeon to the Shoreditch Warkk I said that he saw the deceased child on his admission a' I was nearly unconscious, and nourishment and Mid. were prescribed. He died in less than 30 boors Ile was no organic disease of the body, but there was most es.' tenon° effusion of serum in the lungs, resulting esrMlsb it e :c es e arie. lerate su o ch ga r vations, want of food, and debility. Want of food ow Matilda Marsh, the eldest daughter of Walter Yard reluctantly gibs. of mutton, describedp o r cl othing e huer6tse a a nd e,,e, % d ann .e th co , would rel Her uc i tan ath t er ly Monday, he left her either rid. or Is. to support family with. The water was cut off and semen there was no means of washing. Witness and ble 111 2, and thgee:neeriryllzilleibtuelrdiveiy life morning,Digh of t the isa f7 loo worked with her needle. when they could get it, shilling or two a week for clothes for thornlike , . eldest boy kept his 3e. a week entirely for his own Witness did the best she could for the children, het ""1 never had enough to eat. She told her father about three state but he said nothing. • stedli In the 'coarse of some further evidence , that Marsh never saw his children except on SuidO: i s the week round. He sometimes ne ver came home a l at all, and never before 11 o'clock. His master 'te a m. the man's wages were on en average 355. a week•el,,"'" , father told the jury his two daughters must have the money. —ask el The jury, after long deliberation, returned s e :L - 74 " Manslaughter against Walter Marsh far killing and slaying Walter Robert Marsh, his _., e sem" _. The Coroner then made out his warrant for Ms v: mittal to prison of the accused, who was inuaeditdl moved. The London Concert season has now begus , earned. Philharmonic New Philharmonic, col Society's Concerts follow ' one soother in quick gue ° 7; while stansen sad aoirets m an taking Ph° . great numbers. The e terday mystery and it II at Eton doubt 11 of the the milt sated. Yr. 1 se Mr. I exasehe delay The I 'spade The I Attu and tlu .it TR /VW Me Weda day. she a trfelli By man] ...t lion I him that 1 Thy his el Tt yerte best Ram ten ti to SO engin erste! fair— yeeti resit trsti• CI i a n a r *aim alser than