The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-04 00:00:00

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Elected during the first presidency of Mr. LINCOLN, wile GRANT was still investing Richmond, and SHERMAN was preparing, at Atlanta, for his won derful descent upon Savannah, it was constituted rather with a view to the vigorous prosecution of the war Gem with the expectation that it would preside over the restoration of peace. It repre sented the vigorous reaction which had taken place ill favour of Mr. LINCOLN and his admin;stration, and it was specially charged with the duty of actively suryorting his anti-slavery policy. It con tained the lest elements of the Republican patty, and embodied the earnest spirit of the people in the new and better mood to which reflection and experience had brought them. Bet when it mumbled for its opening session in De cember, 1 Siis, thirteen most eventful months had passed since its election, and all the circumstances around it had entirely changed. The Confe deracy had collapsed, and no organism' force was in arms against the Federal Government. The Anti-slavery Amendment to the Constitution had been rat tied by the States, and might already be considered to be virtually law. Mr. LINCOLN had been deed for more than half a year, and Mr. JOHNSON hail taken his place. The PRESIDENT met Congress, after a legislative interregnum of nine months, to tell it that the war was over, that he had already reorganized the rebel lions States, that the work of reconstruction was going on as merrily as a marriage bell, and that all which remained to be done in order that the the restoration of fraternal affection should be complete was to admit loyal Southern representa tives to their seats in Congress, and to let the by gones of the war be bygones. There was thus in the opening of its first session the germ of a conflict between itself and the PRESIDENT, and that con flict has altered the whole condition of American politics, reversed therelations of the two co-ordinate branches of the government, and changed the course of American history. Congress met to be told that, in its absence, one of its functions had been discharged by the PRESIDENT, and that it had but to give its formal sanction to his work by admitting to full partnership in the govern ment those who had been in arms against it. Fortunately for the Union, more fortunately for the freedmen, and yet more fortu nately for the North, Congress paused and deli berated. It had recognised two things as essential to a permanent settlement of the country, and of these the first was the security of the freedmen in their newly given rights and liberties, and the second, the exaction from the rebellious States of certain irreversible guarantees of future safety. While, therefore, legislation for the freedmen was pushed forward, and the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Bill were passed over the PRESI DENT'S veto, a long, searching, and elaborate inquiry by a Joint Reconstruction Committee resulted in a moderate and most equitable pro posal to amend the Constitution. It is greatly to the credit of Congress as a legisla tive and deliberative body that it was ready to propose this compromise, which for the sake of peace allowed all that Mr. Joux soe had done, and only sought to make the foun dation he had so insecurely laid the stepping-stone to better things. In that moderation Congress found its strength. Urged by violent counsellors, it was able to disregard them so entirely that its first proposal was an olive-branch to the Parmelee and the South, and in its justice and moderation was universally satisfactory to the North. But Mr. JOHNSON had not then even begun to realise the possibility of defeat. Ho was so confident that his policy was universally popular that he re jected the proposal of Congress with disdain, and threw down the gauntlet which Congress so re solutely picked up. Then followed the appeal to the people in the past autumn, when the time had conic for the election of the fortieth Congress. By Mr. Jonssoten own choosing those elections turned on the ques tions between Congress and himself. The issue set before the people was the supremacy of the PRESIDENT over Congress, or of Congress over the Pintsinesr. Of two co-ordinate powers at deadlock one must be set aside. Mr. JOHNSON passionately appealed to the people to set the Legislature aside, and Congress, with nearly equal passion, but with more dignity and greater force of reason and argument, decided against the PAESITO:NT. That the answer has so thoroughly and finally settled the questien in favor of the Legislature is due to this thirtymiuth Congress. The moderation of its earlier reconstruction the admirable defence of that policy which the Re• j construction Committee issued, and the ceaseless labours of the Republican party to instroctthepeople on the great issues which were before them, met with their reward in the greatest political victory of modern times. The position of Congress among the powers of the Federal Union was as decisively changed and heightened by that victory as the position of Prussia among the nations of Ems ipe was altered and elevated by the victory of Sadowa. This thirty-ninth Congress hands on its powers to its successor increased and strengthened by their exercise. It bequeaths to future Congresses a greater p..sition and wore unquestioned authority than any which it received from its predecessors. It has fought a •mat battle for its place and power in the Government, and has won the fight. It has vindicated for the legislative body its appropriate supremacy over the executive individual, and has concentrated in the hands of the national Legislature the increased powers of the national Government. The Federal Government came out of the war with a new strength, greater than it had ever felt before. This thirty-ninth Congress has wrested this new strength from the hands of the executive, into which it hail naturally come, and has left it to be exercised by its successors of the legislature. Henceforth the Federal Govennuent will be as strong and efficient es it was weak before the war ; but the new strength and efficiency is all under the control of Congress, which henceforth, next to the English Parliament, is the most powerful and important assembly in the world. The immediate legislative results of the thirty ninthCongresswill not be large. The reconstruction question has overshadowed everything else, and the unhappy dispute with the PREsioesr has pre vented even that question from advancing to a final settlement. The way has, however, been cleared, and the fortieth Congress not only inherits from its predecessor a distinct policy, but the power to carry it out. The Freedmen's Bureau, the Civil Rights Bill, and the acts conferring the elective franchise on the freedmen in the District and the Territories have marked a new era in Federal legislation, and form a noble monument to the labours of this Congress. Of course the body has net been without its weaknesses. The increase of the pay of its members was most ill timed and injudicious, and some of the references to foreign affairs and relations have been most unworthy of a great Parliament. The Tariff Bill, which has lingered through two sessions never to become law, has shown a patriotic desire to consider the claims of every clamorous " interest," but an entire ignorance of the most fundamental principles or political economy, and neglect of the most modera:e counsels of financial wisdom and experience. Nor has the language of leading men always been what could be desired. Perhaps, though, we forget that the public mind is still agitated by the swell of the great storm which has so lately passed over it ; and that the quiet dignity of peaceful times can only be expected to manifest itself when the agitation is over. The new importance of Congress will import new dignity into its procedure and new gravity and thoroughness into its debates. That new importance will date from the time of this thirty-ninth Congress, and its members will take with them to their homes to-day a conviction, in which posterity will abun dantly justify them, that though they have not been free from error and mistake, they have made a permanent contribution to the future welfare, strength, and stability of the Federal Govern ment. They have not left the divided Republic holed and whole, but they have made such a step towards it, that the great work of reconcilia tion can but prosper in the hands to which they leave it. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1867. portant department et our internal ColllllllCreo. Vilna tb• advantage of obtainisig agricultural statistics has hem generally acknowledged, it seems a singular cunision not to übt in manufacturing statistics also. The "oration to of the more importance since our home trade eertainly more than &Sables our forego commerce both in magnitude and estimated value. PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON JUNDAY TRADING. The following is a copy of a bill to amend the laws relating to selling and hawking goods on Sunday, brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Thos. Hughes, Lord Claud Hamilton, and Sir Brook Bridges : " Whereas the practice of Sunday trailing prevails exten sively io various parts of England, and the law is insuffi cient to prevent the same, be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present parliament assembkdomil by the authority of the same as follows : " 1. No person shall, on Sunday, hawk, cry, sell, offer, expose for sale, or deliver in the way of his trade, or cause to be hawked, cried, sold, offered, exposed for sale, or so delivered, any goods, wares, merchandise, or other things whatsoever (except as hereinafter excepted); and any person who shall commit any such offence, anal shall be convicted thereof before a police or stipendiary magistrate, or before any two justices of the peace, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding 20s. nor less than is., as shall be adjudged by such magistrates or justices: provided always, that no person who has not before been convicted of any offence against this act shall be liable to more than one penalty for any offence against this act committed on one and the same day. " 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the sell ing, offering, or exposing for sale or delivery of any article or thing for medicinal purposes ; nor to the selling, offering, or exposing for sale without public cry, nor to the delivery, of nny meat, fish, poultry, game, or vege tables before the hour of 9 o'clock in the morning ; nor to the selling, offering, or exposing for sale or delivery of any milk or cream before the hour of 10 o'clock in the morning or after the hourof 1 o'clock in the afternoon ; nor to the selling, offering, or exposing for sale without public cry of any pastry, trait, or any beverage which may law fully be sold without a license before the hour of 10 in the morning and after the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon ; nor to the selling, offering, or exposing for sale without public cry, nor to the delivery, of any periodical publica tion before the hour of 10 o'clock in the morning ; nor to the exercise of the ordinary business of the keeper of a cook-shop, eating-house, or coffee-house before the hour of 10 o'clock iu the morning and after the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon ; nor to the exercise of the ordinary and lawful business of a baker, licensed victualler, or keeper of any inn, tavern, hotel, public-house, house licensed for the sale of beer or of exciseable liquors. "3. If any person, having been once convicted of an offence against this act, shall be again convicted by any magistrate or justices of the peace of any such offence,such person shall for every such subsequent offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding 40e. nor less than 20s. fur every separate act of selling, offering, or exposing fur sale or delivery on one and the same day, as shall be adjudged by such magistrate or justices. " 4. In all cases in which it shall be sought to prove any previous conviction against any person under this act, a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the record of the conviction of the previous offence, purporting to be signed by the proper officer having the custody of such record of conviction, or a certificate of such previous con viction purporting tobesigned by the person whoshall have acted as clerk to the justices or magistrate before whom such previous conviction shall have taken place, shall, upon . proof of the identity of the person of the offender, be sufficient evidence of the previous conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person ap pearing to have signed the same ; and if any person what sower shall wilfully and knowingly utter a false certificate of a conviction for a previous offence against this act, or if any other person, other than such proper officer or person acting as such clerk, shall sign such certificate as such proper officer or person acting as clerk, every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, fur any period not exceeding six months. Solo, Mr. Lawler. "1 All penalties or sums of money ordered and ad judged within the City of London or liberties thereof to be paid under this act, and not otherwise appropriated, Audi be payable to the chamberlain of the City of London, in aid of the funds of the said city, and all penalties or mans of money ordered and adjudged within any county, city, borough to be paid under this act, and not otherwise appropriated, shall be payable to the treasurer of such county, city, or borough, or other perm duly authorised to receive the same, in aid of the funds of the said county, city, or borough. " U. All prosecutions for offences punishable by this act shall be commenced within seven days neat after the com mission of the o ff ence, and not afterwards. "7. This act shall not apply to any city, town, or hamlet, containing at the last or any subsequent census a population of less than 10,01.10 persons. " 8. This act shall apply to England only. "9. This act shall cows into operation on the 7th day of October, 1867." Mr. Beresford Hope writes to a contem porary a letter, in which he states that the rumour that he is to be raised to the peerage is " totally void of the least foundation," adding—" I have never desired or sought that honour, directly or indirectly, from any government, and no government has ever proposed it to ine." THE PRINCE OT WALES IN THE RUNTISH-FIELD. _On Saturday his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dal e, proceeded to Slough by the 10.:10 a.m. train on the Great Western Railway, for the purpose of hunting with the royal harriers at Stoke- dace, the residence of Colonel R. H. Vyse. His royal highness, I on arriving at Slough station at 11.12, was received by Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, the master of the Prince of Wales's harriers, and his anal highness then rude across the railway bridge on Ins way to Stake place, where there was a large muster of the nobility, gentry, and farmers of the vicinity. The meet was upon the lawn in front of the mansion, Colonel %pie, on the arrival of the Prince and his suite, receiving the party awl conducting his royal high ness to the house. After some slight refreshment the Prince and hie followers remounted, when the hunt was commenced under the supervision of Mr. King, the hunts man. The day, though a cold piercing wind was blowing, was beautifully clear and bright. A hare was soon found in the Smithlands, a field on the gallant colonel's estate, and after affording a good run "piss" was taken on Mr. Cantrell's farm. The hunt then went back across Mr. Botham's ground, and once more found on Mr. Nash's land, the here, after an exciting chace, being taken near Gor,m-green. About three o'clock in the afternoon, after the bunt was over, the Prince and his party returned to Stoke-place to luncheon. ARCHDEACON DENISON ON RITITALISIL—DI com pliance with a request from the Archdeacon of Taunton, the Mentiag Post publishes the following letter:— " Kant Brent. March I.—Gentlemen,—l have to acknow ledge the receipt of a circular from you, dated Feb. 25, enclosing a report on ' excessive ritual practices.' .Having from the first, privately and publicly, done what has been in my power to discourage undue and excessive ritualism, and having myself adopted no unusual ritual practice of any kind, I venture, nevertheless, to say in reply that any step towards a decision in the law courts, or an interference by parliament, is, in my opinion, not only cm Min to fail in its object, but is, in itself, unwise and improper to be taken. I have the honour to be your faithful servant, GEoRGE A. DENISON.—J. Abel Smith and R. C. Hanbury, Rips." THE LENT PREACHRILS.—Wednesday neat will be Ash Wednesday, on which day will commence the famous course of Lenten services in her Majesty's chapels royal in London. At 12 o'clock on that morning there will be Divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Niece, the Bishop of London, as dean of her Majesty's chapels royal, being the prer . cher . The service at the Chapel Royal Whitehall. will commence at 11 o'clock, with a sermon by the Very Rev. Dr. Alford, Dean of Canterbury. Full and complete lists of the Lenten preachers are given in Mr. Hansard's " London Diocese Book," itica, published by Messrs. Rivington. The list contain■ the names of many of the most renowned and famous divines and theologians of the day. FUNERAL OF EARL BROIVNLOW.—The interment of the remains of this nobleman took place on Saturday last at the family burial place at Belton, Lincolnshire. The remains were conveyed from Menton., France, where his lordship died, and arrived at Grantham station at mid night on Fnday, whence they were at once taken to Belton House. The church joins the hall grounds at a distance of some RIO yards therefrom, and in consequence the cone's' proceeded thither on foot. The funeral ser vice was impressively conducted by the Rev. A. G. Wool ward and the Rev. Lord Alwyne Compton amidst the breathless silence of a crowded congregation. There was a large attendance of spectators, among whom the greatest decorum was preserved, and the bells of Grantham Church rang a dumb peal on the occasion. The Stoubty Gitzt tte understands that a consider able number of promotions in and nominations to the honours of the Bath will be eatetteal very shortly. Mr. Ramsay Cooke, master, R.N. has been appointed naval mail agent on the Bouthampion station. the Caurt. WINDSOR CASTLE, ILtacs 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by the Duchess of Hos• berghe. Her Majesty, attended by the Lady in Waiting, took a drive this morning. The Prince and Princess Cbristiun went out walking. Princes, Louise able walked out, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. The Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Prussia went to London this morning, and honoured the morn ing !performance at the Covent Carden Theatre with their presence. The Hon. L-aly Iliddulph, Colonel the Hon. C. Lindsay, and Captain Von Schroetter were in attendance upon their royal highnesses. The Duke of Roxburghe had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yesterday, and left the Castle to-day. MARCH 3. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Leopold also drove, at. tended by M•. Bahl. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle last evening, from Greenwich. The Queen, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, Prince Leopold, and Prince Christian, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. Stopford A. Brooke, Honorary Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, preached the sermon. Mrs. Erskine had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. Her Majesty did Mr. Tilt (of Messrs. Dickenson and Tilt, in New Bond•street) the honour of sitting to him on Saturday for a likeness on enamel. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lteutenant-Colonel Keppel, hunted with his harriers near Slough on Satunlay MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, MARCH 3, 5 r.st. The convalescence of her Royal Highness the l'rincess of Wales is making favourable progress, hut the recovery from the affection of the knee must necessarily he slow. Mantra Lute; M.D. W. dry,rat, M.D., .1 AMU PAGET. E. H. fitgvamo, M.D. The Prince of Wales attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Communion Service was read by the Rev. Thomas Helmore and Rev. J. Antrobus. Anthem, " Lord, let we know my end."--Goss. Mr. Goss presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Thos. Helmoie from 2Cor., c. 2, v. 19. The Queen will hold a council at Windsor Castle thin (Monday) afternoon, at a quarter to three o'clock. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Right Hon. Spencer 41. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northoote, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. Deputations from the Tower Hamlets Association and the Metropolitan Association for the Equalisation of the Poor-rates, introduced by Viscount Enfield, M.P., and con sisting. as regards the first-named association, of Sir Charles Bright, M.P., Rev. H. Rev. Septimos Hansard, Mr. H. Brown, Mr. P. J. Donovan (honorary secretary), Mr. T. Herbert, Mr. 0. Munro, Mr. W. New ton, and Mr. T. B. Spence ; and as respects the second association, of Mr. Blachford, Mr. Birt, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Foster, Mr. F. H. Fowler (honorary secretaiy), Mr. .1. George, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Perry, Mr. E. 0. Symons, and Mr. Youngman, had an interview with the Right lion. Gatliorne Hardy, at the °Dice of the Poor-law Board, Whitehall, on Saturday. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial. office from the Governors of the West India Mantis. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, the Stniits Settle. meats, and the North American Provinces. V I THE NEW MINISTERS. After the Cabinet Council on Saturday three secretaries of state tendered their resignations, Lords Carnarvon and Cranborne and General Peel. Rumour differs as to the manner in which the administration will be reconstructed. Accord ing to the Timex, Lord Carnarvon will be suc ceeded as Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Duke of Richmond—to whom another account assigns the Presidency of the Council ; the Post gives the former place to the Duke of Buckingham, and another contemporary to Sir John Pakington. Another report has it that Lord Lytton will take the office. The New Secretary of State for India is generally allowed to be Sir Staf ford Nurthcote. The new War Minister is under stood to be Sir John Pakington, who cedes the headship of the Admiralty to Mr. Corry. The Earl of Longford has, however, been mentioned iu connexion with this post. Mr. Cave, it is thought, will succeed Sir S. Northoote in the Vice-Presi dency of the Board of Trade. The gossiper by whom Lord Longford is made to succeed General Peel further surmises that his lordship may in turn be succeeded by Sir James Fergusson. Some curiosity exists as to the statement which the Chancellor of the Exchequer will make this evening, and members of the 'House of Commons have had numerous appeals for tickets of admis sion to the strangers gallery. At a very early hour this morning twice as many people us would fill the small gallery had secured their seats. It is believed that Mr. Disraeli will move the adjourn ment of the house for a week, in order that the ministerial arrangements may be completed. We are authorised to contradict the report which has appeared in some organs of the press, that a conference has taken place between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Gladstone on the subject of reform. There is no foundation whatever for such a rumour.—Daily News. SEVERE ILLNESS OF THE COUNTESS OF MALMF.I4- BURT. —Lady Idalniesbur7 is now lying at Heron Court, near Christchurch, suffering from severe inflammation of the lunge, and her ladyship's life has for some days been despaired of. The Earl of Maluiesbury has been staying at Heron Court, and has, therefore, been absent from all the recent Cabinet Councils. The near relatives of the noble lord are also staying at his lordship's seat. The me al& attendant of the family, Mr. James Kemp-Welch, with Dr. Frills, of Bournemouth, are in constant mitten. dance. Her Majesty the Queen has frequently tele graphed to inquire about her ladyship'. health.—Salisbury JOIMI4I. VISIT Or VOLUNTEER COI/MANI/INa OFFICERS TO DOVER.—On Saturday the committee appointed at the recent general meeting of tnetropolitan volunteer command ing officers, with reference to the selection of a site for the Easter Monday review, visited Dover for the purpose of inspecting the ground on which it is proposed the field day evolutions should take place. it Is the lame as that proposed Last year—what is tanned the Round Down. An open space between Dover and Folkestone wag inspected last year. and reported as inapplicable for the review then contemplated. On the eastern side of Dover are some forti6catious in course of completion, called the Castle Hill Fort, which command the evale but are not yet mounted. Volunteers (representing an invading force) might attack soul take this outwork as being un armed. If this notion be adopted, one-thinl of the force might be employed in the defence. Looking east from the castle, a hill or ridge passes diagonally across from the sea to the Deal road for about a mile. Between the hill (which is steep) and the castle is a deep hollow basin. The attack from this side of the Deal-road would only he a menace. Guns would he placed on the ridge to answer and annoy the castle batteries, and a long line of skirmishers would he required to be employed to distract the garrison. Look ing mist or to the left of the Deal-road, and in front of the Castle-bill Fort, the principal man.euvring and attack would take place. The ground for two miles is not steep, but undulating, with no obstacles to the movement of troops, who would, from the nature of the ground, he massed and screened for the attack. The defending par.y thrown out in advance of the Castle-hill Fort would find some defensible slopes, and could change their front after some attempts to stand, and finally retire under the guns of the castle, thus rendering it feasible for the attacking force to take the fort, and invest the castle. In all proba bility the march pest would take place on the glacis of the fort. The Commander-in-Chief has intimated that in the event of the selection of Dover the garrison would be allowed to take part in the operations. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.-(THIS DAY.) By command of the Queen, a lere'e (the first of the present season) was held to.Liy at St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. In consequence of the length of time which has elapsed since the last levi'm, and the many naval, military, judicial, legal, ecclesiastical, jairliamentary, and other changes which have taken place, the number of cards left at the Lord Chamberlain's office on the part of persons desirous of presentation has been more than usually numerous. It is announced that the Prince of Wales will hold the next levee, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the 20th inst. INTENDED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO THE METRO PALI24.—" The Queen," says the Sunday anette, " hav never yet spent more than one night at a time in London since the death of the Prince Consort. We are now, how ever, glad to learn that her Majesty has determined to come to Buckingham-place tor a week. Her )llajesty'■ arrival will take place very shortly." The Cower! Joreriird states that her Majesty, accompanied by Prince and Princess Christian, Princesses Louise and Beatrice, Prince Leopold, and l'rince Henry of Prussia, will leave Windsor on Wednesday nest for Buckingham-palace, and remain until the Saturday following, when the court, acoceding to present arrangements, will return to Windsor. Th e ir Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Prussia, attended by Lady Iliddulph, Colonel the lion. C. Lindsay, and Captain Von Schroetter, honoured the morning performance at Covent-garden Theatre with their presence on Saturday. The Earl and Countess of Derby were honoured by the company of his Royal Highneu the Duke of Cam. bridge at dinner, on Saturday evening, at their residence in St. James's-square. There were also present:—The Duchess of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Shaftes bury and Lady Victoria Ashley, Viscount Hamilton, Viscount Mahon, Viscount and Viscountess Walden, Lord Stanley, Lord and Lady Wharnelitie, the Hon. Frederick and Lady Constance Stanley, and Colonel Hon. Jas. Mac donald, in attendance on the Duke of Cambridge. Later in the evering the Countess had an assembly. The Right. Hon. W. K Gladst4no, M.P., enter tained at dinner, on Saturday, at his residence on Carlton honse.temiae, Lord Win. Hay, M.P.; Lord Henley, M.P. ; Hon. C. Howard, M.P. ; Sir Joe. Johnstone, Dart., M.P. ; Sir Thos. Western, M.P. ; Sir D. Moujori. banks, H.P. ; Captain Ilaytrr, M.l'.; Mr. M'Laren, M.l' ; Mr. Coleridge, M.P. ; Mr. Daimon, M.P. ; Mr. O'Reilly, M.P. ; Mr. T. Hughes, M.P. ; Mr. G. Glyn, ; Mr. Kinglake, M.P. ; Mr. Finlay, M.P. ; and Mr. W. H. Gladstone, M.P. The Duchess of Marlborough will have assemblies on the 20th and 27th inst. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings have been entertaining .luring the past week, for the Notting ham and Derby races, the Earl and Countess of Westmor land, Viscount and Lady Constance Maraham, Viscount and Viscountees Grey de Wilton, Hon. Miss Yelverton. Miu Heneage, Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Hamilton, Earl of Coventry, Lord Alexander Paget, Lord Berkeley Paget, Mr. Payne, Mr. Slugs, Captain Hawke ley, Captain Coventry, Mr. Aubury Coventry, Mr. Thornhill, Captain Brabazon, Mr. Wilkinson, Sir F. Johnstone, Mr. George Johnstone, Colonel Knox, and Mr. Percy Barker. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday, at their house in Grosvenor-street. Lady Egerton of Tstton will have her second reception at the family residence in St. James's-equine this evening. _ _ _ Lora and Lady Lindsay and the Hon. Misses Lindsay have arrived in Grosvenor-square from Haigh Hall, Wigan, Innamh're. The marriage of Captain Colvin Stewart, of Cairnsmore and Newton-Stewart, Kirendbrightshire, with Miss Julia Comm, will be solemnised at Fulham on the 2nd of April. _ _ A marriage is arrangetl to take place between Kr. Fraser Cospe, of blimbles, Isle of Wight, and Ashby, Northamptonshire, and the Lady Alice Pery. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) VIZ WORM QTT4TION A.VD TICE QOTIRMMENT. The ministerial crisis, says the Dag News, has conic at last. After the cabinet women on Saturhy the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, and Lord Cranborne— three Secretaries of State—resigned their offices. This result will surprise none save those who have limited their range of observation to the assurances of the ministerial organs that perfect harmony reigned within the cabinet. The emergency brought the long-smothered difference in opinion to an ontbreak. The majority of the party urged that they should not abdicate the position of sharing in the national policy by refusing to entertain any nettle silent which the nation would accept. The minority were renolnte to hold by their own judgment of what was best for the nation, indifferent whether the nation would have it or not. Then the question came to be, whether Lord Derby, whose sympathies were with the majority, could hope to be strong enough to attempt to ca►ry on the government after a defection so serious. The question has been resolved in the affirmative. And far from triumphing over the dissensions and the now con fessed weakness of its late opponents, the Dail!, News re cognises in the course at last adopted by both sections reason for viewing them with more respect than any other course could have inspired. Both have, in a momentous crisis, risen superior to the considerations of mere party. The one have inflexibly preferred mina* to power ; the others have surrendered prepoaseuions and prejudices in order that they might still servo ensue public good. So great a sacrifice must, in the opinion of the Dail!! Noes, be fruitful in results, and it credits Lord Derby in advance with a reform measure which will secure him the support of the great bulk of, the real liberals not only in the house but in the nation. In such a case the duty of the liberal party is clear—it must offer no obstruction to the consummation for which it has wrought. The question has advanced in the country far beyond the position of a 61. rental assumed by the liberals last year. No one now pretends to find a stop ping point in any standard of rental qualification. It has been becoming clearer for the last twelve months that the only broad line of demarcation that the public admits is that of household suffrage, and it is time to consider seriously whether the rut of true wisdom is not to make that concession at once, and so put an end to all agitation on the subject. In the opinion of the Times the gain to the nation in possessing a united Cabinet instead of one distracted by discontent opinions cannot be overstated. The set tlement of the gnat question of the day, which with divided counsels was impossible, may now be made a matter of reasonable certainty. The Chancel lor of the Exchequer will no longer be 'educed to the sorry plight of having to speak and yet hiving nothing to say. The government need no longer halt and hesitate, and at length put forth a scheme satisfying nobody, and productive of nothing but increased irrita tion. They have a great opportunity, and the retire ment of the malcontent members of the Cabinet is an earnest that those who remain are bent on making the most of it. The nation expects a good reform bill. The bill inn.' be lame and full ; it must enfranchise freely ; it must satisfy the just ambition of the classes now excluded from the franchise, but qualified to ware in the government of the nation. At the same time it must maintain the essential character of the House of Com mons unaltered, improving, not destrojlng it, making it more truly a picture in little of all the interests and opinions of the people. In another article on the same subject the Times uses the following language : " It is for us to extend our representative system so far as it falls short of the exigencies of our own time, and so further- It will be for them, and them only, to provide for the exi gencies of their own. In the perception of this principle lies the secret of truly conservative statesmanship ; upon its due application at the present juncture depends the influence for years to come of the conservative party." The Standard views the retirement from the Cabinet of three of its members, at • juncture like the ?resent, with feelings of regret, and almost of dismay, for it shakes the confidence of the conservatives, and immensely increases the probability of a failure. The debating strength of the ministry, the Standard adds, is terribly reduced by the loss of these men ; its authority and credit are scarcely less impaired by the fact that they have pro. nounccd against the views of their colleagues. Conclud ing its comments, the Standard informs its readers that Mr. Disraeli has now resolves' to fall back on some thing like his original proposition, —on a measure the basis of which will be a household rating franchise in borough., coupled with • condition bestowing a second vote upon the higher class, perhaps on those rated householders who are also payers of direct taxes. The Standard is in favour of a 15f. rating in the counties, and doubts whether any borough with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants ought to retain • second member. It also urges that the cumu lative vote ought at any rate to be introduced in the largest towns, giving them at the same time • third member. According to the Iltrabl it would be a great mistake to suppose that the ea-miuibters have resigned because they objected to • liberal measure of reform. They simply resigned because in their opinion the government bill does not supply the necessary checks and balances in the adop. Lion of household suffrage. As the Pad puts it, the torics have resigned. Those who retain office can hardly be called conservatives, since they evidently design to class themselves u liberals, and are ready to bring in a refoim bill more advanced in every particular than that proposed by the government of Lord Russell. The Post is informed that Mr. Disraeli will announce to-day further change in his intentions and move an adjournment till neat Monday, and suggests it is time that the forbearance of the liberals should come to an end. The conservatives having raised the flag of hounehold suffrage, no statesman claiming to belong to the liberal party, the Telegraph emphatically say., can ever take it down, but the words must be liberally interpreted,—giving a vote to compound householders as well as to lodging-house keepers. The measure must be deformed by no fancy restrictions, but Mr. Disraeli may be assured he has before him a clear stage and fair play. The fact is obvious, according to the Star, that it is now within Mr. Disraeli's power to carry • Reform Bill, but it finds it hard to believe that he is the man to rise to the dignity of the situation. However, between • thoroughly liberal bill and ignominious failure there is now no choice. THE EXTEXEION OF THE FACTORY ACTA. The Tines heartily supports the measures introduced by Mr. Walpole for extending to certain other trades the provisions of the factory acts. Dangerous machinery must be properly guarded, the use of the fan by the grind ers of Sheffield will be insisted on ; other dangers will be reduced as much as possible, and the hours of work for women and children will be restricted to IN. The provisions of the measures will affect nearly a million and a half of women and children, and will apply to every em ployment except that of agricultural Labourers, the la bourers in mines, and the vrorkpeople in ordinary shops. The first of Mr. Walpole's two bills is a simple extension of the Factory Acts, with necessary modifications in de tail, to manufactories in which more than 100 workmen are employed. The second bill applies to smaller eat►blishmenta, and will include even private houses. Mr. Walpole offers ample time for considering these measures, and he invites members to discuss the details with their constituents, and before the second reading to acquaint the house or the government with any sugges tions they may be able to make. If the details are satis factorily adjusted, the Tines does not see what difficulties ma arise. THE BOARD or TRADE REFEREE. The Dail.* News prefaces an analysis of the returns of the Board of Trade for 1866 with a complaint of the in creasing delay which takes place in their publication, con trasting unfavourably in that respect with the returns from the Treasury. It seems that the chief augmentation of the exports, as compared with the two previous years, took place in the earlier months—the two months of No vember and December showing even a decline as compared with 186 1 1. In the first quarter the augmentation was rather leas than :i9 per cent, in the second 19 per cent., in the third about 8 per cent., and in the fourth below 11 per cent. These results bear out the well known fact, that the effect of a crisis is felt as regards contraction of trade, less at the immediate period of its oocurreoee than some months afterwards. Our exports of cotton goods, woollen manufacture., and iron in the last quarter expe rienced a considerable falling off. This, however, refers solely to foreign commerce, and affords no index to the more im. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. NORTH SCHLESWIG.—PRUSSIAN Ill*LE. The Dog!,hart, of Feb. 28, considers it very sin guitar that the King of Prussia passed over in utter silence the vote given in North Schleswig. " The speech from the throne," it says, " contains many things ; it is in ruddy an °ratio pro corona; a programme f.w the eventual Emperor of Germany ; but of Article V., in the Treaty of Prague, it does not say a word. Amongst other things we read that ' the German movement of the last ten years has been inspired by no tendency hostile to our neighbours ; by no lust of conquest.' Amongst those who had to listen to these words in respectful silence were not only the Poles from Posen—these almost secular victims of Prussian conquest and Gerntan propa gandism—Hanoverians, Saxons, Frankfurters, and Hessians, whom the right of conquest alone has forced to bend under that hand of Prussian iron which is concealed under the glove of German nationality—but there were also listeners in the representatives of the Danes of Schleswig who had three years ago so fine an opportunity of expe riencing the tendencies of Prussia towards her Danish neighbours, and who still feel every day the effect of her thirst of conquest." The bagbladet calls onyrussia to fulfil Article V, of the Treaty of Prague, by taking the vote of the population as to whether they will attach themselves to Denmark or to Prussia, and complains bitterly that an oath of allegiance to Prussia is demanded from the public functionaries in Schleswig, and the use of the Danish language prohibited. At a dinner proposed to be given at Sonderburg to MM. Kryger and Ahlmanm the two Danish representatives, &Prussian gendarme armed cap-a-pie entered ':lien the guests were seated at table, in order to prevent any speeches or songs. When the dinner was over the polioe-officer ordered the landlord to put out the lights, and on his refusal to comply the chief of police, Toosbuy, was called in, and on his repeat ing the order the lights were extinguished. CONSTITUTIONAL PROGRESS IN AUSTRIA. The following passage occurs in the imperial patent of the Emperor of Austria of the 26th of February, for the dissolution of the Bohemian Diet : Having seriously at heart the development of the pros. perity of all parts of our empire, and being firmly resolved to aid their efforts, which tend to the development of intenml liberty, we believe that our first and most important duty as sovereign for the present consists in quickly bringing to a conclusion, and that in a salutary way, the settlement of the constitutional question for the whole monarchy. The Diet has itself en. pressed the conviction that this task is necessary sad urgent. But as the majority of the Diet has taken a step which, if we approved of it, would prevent the attainment cf this end, we think it our duty to appeal again to our people of Bohemia. THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY IN RUSSIAN POLAND. The Courier if Wane of Feb. 21 contains the following circular, addressed to the provincial go vernors by the Governor-General of the Western Provinces : It has tome to my knowledge that • report has beet spread amongst the Polish landed proprietors of the pro. vinces placed under my authority that changes are to be made in the imperial ukaaes of the 4th and 12th January, Iraifi, under which the sequestrated lands and the !awls of persons deported must be sold to persons of Russian origin, within a period of two years, dating from the 22nd of December, 14t i. le order to remove this unfounded n port. I recommend you, the provincial governor, to have published in the official journal of your province a notification that the above. named imperial ukases will be executed without mitigation er modification, and that all the hinds which are intended for compulsory sale if not sold before the 22nd of December in the present year will be put up to auction without delay. _ _ _ Adjutant-General ('aunt &MA:WM Willis, Fob. 19, 1867. (REITER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE DUKE OF EDIN WHO H. Lisix oN, MARCH 2. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh landed to-day from the frigate Galatea, and dined with the royal family at the palace. lie afterwards accompanied the king to the Opera•house of San Carlos. ITALY AND PERU. FLORENCE, 31.uicH 4. The Peruvian government has given notice of the cessation of the treaty of co rcu between Italy and Peru in September of the present year. The Peruvian government have taken this step on account of the principle recently adopted by the South American Republics of not forming ulte rior engagements with European Powers without a preliminary commercial and financial understand ing between themselves. The Peruvian minis ter assured the Italian representative that the cessation of the treaty in no way affected the cordial understanding existing be tween the two States. The Italian minister has been instructed to exp►ess the same assurances on behalf of his government to Peru. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 4. The royal mail steamship Australasian, from New York on the 20th ult., arrived here at 10.55 p.m. last night with 71 passengers. She landed all the mails except those for Liverpool and Scotland, and six passengers, and proceeded immediately. All well. She was detained at New York on account of a snowstorm. NEW YORK, FEB. 30, DIOR:CI:4G._ The bill brought forward in the Senate in sub stitution of the measures agreed to by the House of Representatives, establishing military govern ment in the South, was passed by 20 against 10 votes. The House of Representatives rejected the sub• stitute bill by 98 against 73 votes. In answer to a congressional inquiry, the Pre sident and the cabinet officers have submitted reports showing that no action of the executive branch of govenunent has interfered with the enforcement of the Civil Rights Bill. The Kentucky legislature has passed a resolution protesting against the ustablislimeut of military rule in the South. MEXICO. NEV YORK, Fen. LEI, wimsn. Republican accounts received frow Matamoros to the 15th inst. represent Bliranion to have been totally defeated by Escobedo. Juarez had returned to Zacatecas. The news received through impe rialist sources states that Miramon was successful. An imperialist squadron has attacked and totally defeated *republican flotilla near emulK•aciy. The Emperor was at the capital actively engaged in reorganising the imperial army, which represented 30,000 strong, well armed and disciplined. According to the Italia, an inunediate rising may be expected in Themaly and Epirus, and also in Syria and Asia Minor. Rear-Admiral Itibotti has proceeded to the waters cd the Levant to protect Italian subjects.