The Express. — London, England, 1867-02-12 00:00:00

r THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1867. BROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR I should have t accept the conclusions of the other for Cif ILDRRYi DIRT. house. Both may well claim a right to take part To °haste extra pront by the sale other kLuie sas solastbass sissirse instead of BROWN aM rinso:vs. in the initiation , if these inquiries. Nor is this '1"h" Brown." " j ' hu loliss," slisSd b tae ""ra °. reward, it must be remembered, one generally ISM pa : set . sought f,r ; the majority in Parliament w• - aild thankfully avoid a share in this task. The bills, also, to which we refer, are an appeal to Parliament for aid from impoverished and bankrupt associations. However this impoverish ment may have arisen, these companies are cer tainly the creatures of parliamentary enactment. The Legislature should adopt a considerate atti tude towards its own creations. And if no worse evil results, still a second committee creates in creased coat ; it may occasion an enormous expen diture. Escape from this proceeding should be secured, were it solely for the sake of the pockets of the shareholders. Quito a sufficiency of reasons have now been urged to prove that it is essential that those bills awaiting consideration that relate to the financial attain; of these companies, whether they be fur the re-adjustment of capital, or the establishment of new forms of combination among themselves, should lie referred to a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament. m A PPIN BROTH Elt:;. —Established A. D. 1310. OHESTSof SILVERPLATE for the COLONIES, OuTLERy and SILVER PLATE for 31 . A.PPIN BROTHERS, LONDON-BRIDGM I A Pl' IN 13ROT II E RS, 222, REGENT -IsS]l:f ET. Zltc ervrefai. TO Co RI F>t r 1 alverti.erueats hitende.l for •• Ihr kaPre ,, ." 140 . 1 011 Evealact toti.t b at the ilttiee, jO . Itutiveriu-streek by Two Weloth ou the day of publicatton. DRI'IIY LA.. TUN ErTNIN4. TIP Mr. Phe!pa, 11111 , -, • E . MEE.lamoa Van.l.nholf, lIUtIr al, ita/W1 NUMBEIR NIP: OR. HARM 411/E AND THE iINOME KING OM THE GIANT MOUNTAIN. THE RESOLUTIONS UPON REFORM. The following is a copy of the resolutions to be moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in com mittee of the whole house, on Monday, February 25 : " This house having, in the last session of par liament, assented to the second reading of a bill entitled ' A 13111 to extend the right of Voting at Elections of Members of Parliament in England and Wales,' is of opinion— " 1. That the number of electors for counties and boroughs in England and Wales ought to be in creased. " 2. That such increase may best be effected by both reducing the value of the qualifying tenement in counties and boroughs, and by adding other franchises nut dependent on such value. " 3. That while it is desirable that a more direct representation should be given to the labouring class, it is contrary to the Constitution of this realm to give to any one class or interest a predominating power over the rest of the community. " 4. That the occupation franchise in counties and boroughs shall be based upon the principle of rating. " 5. That the principle of plurality of votes, if adopted by parliament, would facilitate the settle ment of the borough franchise on an extensive basis "6. That it is expedient to revise the existing distribution of seats. "7. That in such revision it is not expedient that any borough now represented in parliament should be wholly disfranchised. "8. That, in revising the existing distribution of seats, this house will acknowledge, as its UMW consideration, the expediency of supplying repre sentation to places not at present represented, and which may be considered entitled to that privilege. " 9. That it is expedient that provision should be made for the better prevention of bribery and corruption at elections. " 10. That it is expedient that the system of registration of voters in counties should be assimi lated, as far as possible, to that which prevails in boroughs. " 11. That it shall be open to every parlia mentary elector, if he thinks tit, to record his vote by means of a polling-paper, duly signed and authenticated. " 12. That provision be made for diminishing the distance which voters have to travel for the pur pose of recording their votes, so that no expenditure for such purpose shall hereafter be legal. " 13. That a humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to issue a royal commission to form and submit to the consideration of parliament a scheme for new and enlarged boundaries of the existing parliamentary boroughs where the population extends beyond the limits now assigned to such boroughs ; and to fix, subject to the decision of parliament, the boundaries of such other boroughs as parliament may deem fit to be represented in this house." aT. Iw. 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I than the government cartridges, and this Net, combin e d I with the air of secrecy about the transaction, him led le IFteitnuton tedbeing lockedthe ma tter , upca until further inquiries nbe I. ter (From the Manchester Ulla Mitt. of this day.) Yesterday the inhabitants of Chester were kept in a state of unusual activity and expectation in conse quence of a movement of the Fenians of Lancashire and Cheshire upon their city. There were several suspicious arrivals by the trains from Liverpool and Manchester on Sunday evening, but the first intimation of an intended movement of an extensive character was received by Mr. Fenwick, the chief constable, shortly after mid night. It was reported to Mr. Fenwick by two police officers from a neighbouring borough that it had been resolved at a meeting of the Fenian " brotherhood " in Liverpool, to march upon Chester, seize the arms in the Castle, take possession of the railway and proceed to Holyhead en route for Dublin. It was stated that the Fenians residing in Lancashire and Cheshire would be assisted in this attempt by a large number of " Yankee Fonians" recently arrived from America. At 2.40 yesterday morning the first batch of Irishmen arrived at Chester station, and at 4 o'clock about four hundred suspicious " strangers " arrived from Manchester and Birkenhead. The men arriving by these early trains took possession of the waiting-rooms at the station, and slept on the floors. The Mayor of Chester, Mr. Johnson, resides in Flint shire, about three miles from the city. The chief con stable therefore communicated with the ex-Mayor, Mr. W. Maysmor Williams, and also with Cap tain Edwards, the commandant of the Castle, and Captain Durnford, the barrack muter. A telegram was de spatched to the Assistant Adjutant-General, stationed at Manchester, asking for a reinforcement of troops, and • company of the 54th Regiment arrived at Chester at noon yesterday. A request was then for warded to Liverpool for • number of constabulary to be sent, and the Cheshire county constabulary were rum mooed to Chester, and placed within the precincts of the Castle, under the command of Captain Smith. While these precautions were being taken by the authorities the " strangers" continued to arrive in large and increas ing numbers, and in the course of the morning the local volunteers were called out. They mustered with great alacrity, and were put through their drill during the afternoon. Orders were also given for the assembling of two troops of yeomanry cavalry, and they were expected to reach Chester last evening. The police officers were sup plied with cutlasses, and were quartered in different parts of the city to await further orders ; the artillery were paraded in the castle yard, and the militia staff promptly answered to the call made upon them. The two 213-pounder cannon stationed in the castle yard were removed to the militia barracks on the opposite side of Greevenorroad, and the volunteers were sworn in as special constables. In the course of the afternoon the magistrates sent a communication to the Home Secretary. At 5 o'clock yesterday the chief constable bad positive information that more than 1,300 suspected persons had arrived in Chester during the day by train, and large numbers entered the city from an early hour in the morning to the close of the day by the various turnpike roads leading out of Chester. At the hour mentioned the volunteers were dismissed for a short time, but at 6 o'clock there was • large arrival of about 400 " strangers" from Birkenhead, Crewe, Stalybridge, War rington, and Manchester, and the volunteers were at once re-assembled on duty. It is said that 7 o'clock last night was the time fixed for the attack on the castle, in the ar moury of which about 30,000 stand of arms are deposited ; but no attempt at violence was made at that hour. Shortly after 7 o'clock a town's meeting was held in the Music-hall, under the presidency of the Mayors and the proceedings were very earnest and unanimous. The Town Clerk stated that in consequence of informa tion received from the authorities in Liverpool, there were grounds for believing that an attack was about to be made upon Chester Castle, by certain disaffected persons, for the purpose of obtaining possession of the arms and ammunition there stored. The authorities of the city having satisfied themselves that there were more than 1,200 strangers in and around the City, had thought it right to obtain, in addition to the military force at command, the assistance of the citizens. This announcement was received with loud cheering, and • large number of townspeople at once enrolled themselves as special constables. They were sworn in for a period of one calendar month. The magistrates, who were in con sultation during the day, remained during the night for the purpose of enrolling special constables, and of acting in case of an emergency arising. The " strangers" were moving about the city last night in groups of about a dozen, and knots of them were assembled at the corners of the streets apparently die mwing the events of the day. Larger numbers were parading the roads outside the city, and they appeared to be well organised in their movements. Any attempt of a citizen to join one of the groups as a listener was immediately prevented, and the group at once dispelled to reassemble at another point. We are informed that the chief constable of Chester has in his possession • list of ex-Federal officers with the rank they held in the Federal army who are now in Chester, and who are believed to be in command of the present movement. We are informed that arrangements had been made by the " brotherhood " to remove the rails at several points on the Birkenhead line upon the receipt of information that such a course would be desirable. THE " RLID " DECLARED TO BE A HOAX. TELEGRAM FROM CHESTER,—(THIS DAY.) OW ELECTRIC TELECREPIE) (PROX OCR OWN coaszaroxonT.l CHESTER. TVEADAI. The Fenian raid provesto be a well-planned and successful hoax. No disturbance whatever has occurred. Six hundred Soots Fusilier Guards armed from London at 11 this morning. ANOTHER TELEGRAM. (raom Amcrrmaa coaaaaromon^L) CHESTER, Teas Dtr, I r.r. . _ Five hundred and forty-one foot-guards armed here at 11 o'clock. No movement has taken place on the part of the Fenian. Fifteen hundrud supposed Fenian were here yesterday, chle4 from the direction of Manchester and Crewe. Th e majority have left the town, but few by train. The town is perfectly quiet. Our Liverpool correspondent telegraphs to us this afternoon : " Up to 1 o'clock no news had reached Lirerp„,l of any riot or breach of the peace in Chester. 1,..r has anything taken place in Liverpool to eca, apprehensions of a Fenian outbreak. The auth rities of course are on the qui vim" (From Second Edition of the Finn.) CHESTER, TUGYDAY The Commander-in-Chief last night telegraptil to Chester station that 500 Guards would be Mull:. diately sent down by a special train. Earl Growers r arrived in Chester by last night's mail. Lir z , numbers of the supposed Fenian, left for Warm,. ton and other towns during the night, hut tho: are still many suspicious strangers remaining her There is now no doubt that mischief was tended. The first information was given in Liva pool by a man holding a Fenian commission, ae closely coincided with what actually occurred. At 7 o'clock last night Mr. Fenwick, chief cfm stable of Chester, had ascertained that there were 1,400 Irishmen and Irish Americana in the cit e , and at that time they had formed themselves int., bodies in the main roads, as if to march on a cen tral point. In the evening a town's meeting was held, and several hundred citizens were sworn in as special constables. The Volunteers were also on duty. These steps, and the prompt arrival of troops fro Manchester, have probably prevented a disturbance of the public peace. The strangers appeared well officered and under complete control ; they arrived principally by the Liverpool and Manchester lines. _ 10.45 A.M. The Scots Fusilier Guards (ht Battalion) have just arrived. Two havresacks and a quantity of cartridges (private make) were found on some waste land near the station. Great excitement prevails in the city. MEETING OF CONVOCATION OF THE PRO VINCE OP CANTERBUBY.-( THIS DAY.) This morning the archbishop, bishops, deans, archdeacons, and clerical proctors of the province of n': m• terbury, assembled for despatch of business at Western. ster. THE UPPER HOUSE . The Archbishop of CAPMEROURT presided. ud th, re was a large attendance of bishops. There wee also ie.- sent Dr. Travers Twiss, the vicar-general of the previa,. ; Mr. Francis Hart Dyke, the registrar; Mr. Eck:X.llpm, cod Mr. Watts. THE LOWER HOUSE. Of course there was great activity displayed in all parts of the city during the day, but there did not appear to be the slightest approach to alarm ; indeed, the excitement seemed to be welcomed by many as an agreeable relief to the oppressive monotony of ordinary Chester life. CIIESTER, MONDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. Several of the men who arrived during the day have left by the trains this evening, but numbers have arrived dur ing the night by road and rail. With the exception of a little commotion amongst the inhabitants arising from the events of the day, the city is now quiet. The volunteers and the police are still on duty, in readiness should their cervices be required. The Ven. Archd7acZßietedurr the Ph:. tutor, presided, and there were present the Very Rea. It Alford, Dean of Canterbury, the Very Rev. Dr. Sin Dean of Westminster, the Yen. Archdeacon Bale.::: Ven. Archdeacon Freeman, the Ven. Archdeacon F e in:, the Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., the Ven. A, deacon Mackenzie, the Rev. Prebendary Gibbs, the ha . Lord Alwyne Compton, the Rev. Prebendary Itanalaa' the Venerable Archdeacon Randall, the Yen. Archaic. Ffulkes, the Rev. Dr. Frazer, the Rev. Mr. Joyce. Rev. Canon Hawkini, the Rev. ('anon Kennaway, the Kt'. Dr. Saunders, the Rev. Dr. debts, the Rev. Chance." , ' Massingberd, the Rev. Dr. Leighton, the Rev. C. I.l , ada and other gentlemen. The Venerable Archdeacon ALLEN gave notice of a motion relative to ecclesiastical vestments, providing that nothing should be worn in church ministrations except tit stole and university hood. Canon WOODGATE gave notice of a motion relative to or improved reconstruction of the Prayer-book. The Rev. Prebendary Miii.s gave notice of a motion affirming the necessity of an increase of the episcopate. The Archdeacon of Exerna gave notice of a motioo affirming the evils arising out of the inadequate rc muneration of the =beneficed clergy. The Rev. Richard Oee, M.A., of Walla= College. Oxford, vicar of Abbots Langley, near Watford, took his seat for the first time as proctor for the clergy of fordshire, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Nicholson, lite rector of St. Albans, deceased. The Archdeacon of Taorrim brought up a report fratal committee, appointed last session, on the subject of general Anglican oounciL The committee props* a go er.' council comprising not only the united church of Eaglet anal Ireland, together with those branches of it 0 L 152 exist in the dependencies of the British crown, but also tlae Americanand ticottiahbrsuiches of theAnglicanOOMMUTlloo. They consider that the girincipal advantsge of suchamoned would be:—l. To enable the various branches to colder sa matters imperilling the faith. 2. To provide abo oal basis upon which to found attempts to bring shout iota r• communion with other portions of the church 3. The discussion and affirmation of the common pnrple of right ecclesiastical discipline. 4. The consideration aaf the principles upon which constitutions and A^ plicable to the whole body of the Anglican conmiaariaa may best be framed. 5. The taking council toga( , ras to the best means of sanctifying commerce. einagr.ana.i, and colonisation. 6. The oonsideration in whi: ay tl., missionary action of the several churches of the Ala r lta at; communion may be quickened. The expected result• a• the proposed counsel are thus stated I. The alts " condition of colonial churches suising out of recent visions which in some colonies have rained the a l uestiou far and in what ways their connexion with the church at England is thereby weakened and put in j e oparaly. to important object of the counsel would he to agree on the proper mode of obviating the difficulties anal :allaying tit" anxieties connected with this question. 2. This woad.( ;a,• elude the endeavour to devbe a course of procolaao which ministers of the church, whether bishop , . priest'.'" r deacons, accused of denying the faith. of infrieging discipline of the church, may be duly tried in a n ioalaa cognised by the whole commission as just both to the ac. caused and to the church. 3. Another question +ha it might fitly be submitted to the council would lg• this what extent decisions of the ecclesiastical courts aaf • • mother church involving questions of doctrine ath a t the churches in communion with her. The ARCHDEACON moved the adoption of this repo , The Rev. Canon lit.mr.astEy ruse to move .an :ma , went, " That the house do receive the report of the mitten, but adopt the first paragraph only." Ile " in the event of this amendment being carrical he ' to add the following as a rider :—" That this boom' to reciprocate the declaration of the C.atioliin claurc-a that it is one with the united church of Es ; land and In land in the great articles of Christian lnhcf. opal also is the episcopal order, but it hesitates to concur in t 1• apparent wish of the Canadian church f or themmtith: et . ' general council of themembers of the Anglican ennunainnai in all quarters of the world, having in view both the menial fest difficulties attending the assemblage of -.licit a (s ae., and the dangerous consequences which might result , •, i 4 the uncertainty of the proceedings if asseedal.d. Awl believes that the common use of the articles ;anal ter. mnlaries of the united church of England and leeh"" 1 nishes an even better security for the pres.-1 v aleta of . te at unity of the colonial churches with the mother ellen .a.alat which this house would, no less than the deeply regret the interruption." The discussion is likely to last all day. UNIVEMITY COLLEGE, LON At a sc s si"a of council, on Saturday last, a resolution w.e. record the regret of the council at the Ice , which Ihr lege had sustained by the death of Mr. Henry Cr., Robinson, thirty-two years a member of their had been a liberal benefactor to the college. tort .1u1 10 : that long period one of the most assiduous members of the council and senate. A deed by Mr. Robinson, securing fund of 2,000 i. for the support of the Fla.nuol IWho. was presented by Mr. Field. • II AV M ARI, ET. Inn l*.vr.Nt.:.;. A 1: 4 01c 1911 Mesas. Si:Ahern. Iwo*, Clark. Coniptnn. hr : Mrs. C'hipperniale, Mines 11111, Wrdiht. —III h ;Cs FAMILY. Mesas. klmekstnae, Dowd, k .urea, Nk5.14F11,4 Chippendale. turke, IC PRINCERWS„ Ms vim 111- Vern...l.k Fenton; Met q. W , ..ite and Miu Wentworth —And SUADOW TREK ROA VI. )I,.srs P.hore, Verner, F. Villiers, Forrester, Mellott, and l'.dhzart . litvre M.'..s.gu &lawsuit, and Rodgers. 1.1 I'EUM. Tam Errignia. TILE Ticlll.,Etn. Mr. IN iddlcomb.—And lIMEGE ET ',id I: Meisra. Fc..l.ter, Emery, Cowper. Moreland. Yltr, , ,trok.lton, Eeyoulds, Loma+. Andrew., Price, dc.: Mrs. L Sturm,. and Mimes IleuraLe, GraMaio, and C. Leclerc*. STRAND Twig FAirwry44. NEIGU lOW AS. —Atter which will be produced a brut.d lturicxtuu, I Aud A tlUllr UV IMF It IY s. lIOLIP )1:N . Trigs ETINI&O, MV TURN N I..XT. Mr Delmore: litmus Yeoto edi Lenn•lc —Ao4 FLYING Mews. Ntvll34. Bel lmore, Blake, Ynllalre , &c. ; MeFolaUneS Ir. Josepbs, C. Swindon. ahreks Y otn, F tdd ... Leintus, E.tyzuutd. BRITANNIA. inis !MINING, THE PRIN. t7).vi o I" t, PEARL ISLAND TILE TIII EI KING 110 MA Or I' EA RI, OOLD, ANI) SILVIS/L. NI Om .1 oc, ohs. —Vinkt. rate Pantonutoista —And TIM JUCTI:ItN •I'llE WANUAItEIt. HIGH WATER AT LONDON P.V.IME. _ ?MS DAT On; To-M flutow—lforning. :b. :arm . Afternoon. 7d Iggs. ....A/femora. 4i. 330. LO.V DON, YU ESDAY, 131:U ARY 12. Fht STOT44RD NoRTIWOTE ' S Ulll f 0" the relief of embarrassed railway connunies con'ains a proposal ao full of advantage that it "ugh: to he brought into intavyliate operation. 1: is, that measures to regulate the financial .thaition. of such usu . ciations be in future investigated by a joint cont. mjj,f,cc of b o th Houses of Parliament. This reform in private bill legislation is, as the case now stands, &pendent i , n the prissing of the measure, and that 1:4 401 ItliCellalll prospect. The proposal, however, reC4.10:44141 histaminic , ais approval. A prompt application would be a still better mode of acknowledging the merit of the idea, and it is highly appropriate to certain classes of Railway Rills now before Parliament. The more important of these mtas , lres are bills by which certain influential railway companies seek to effect a re-establishment of their monetary affairs. With this object a bill has been introduced by the Great Eastern Railway ; the London, Chat ham, and Dover Company, as ik well known, pro znotsc another t. the same end, and various Irish railwaye desire to do likewise. Appeals for power to raise further capital are also numerous. In all probability these bills will stimulate investigations as yet unattempted, and require the solution of complicated embarrassment. Further, among the bills of this session will be found several that raise questions of a novel bear ing, namely, the peaceful fusion of undertakings hitherto in hostility. The Great Western and the South Western Railways, for instance, propose to enter into a species ..f joint istrtnership, and astheir tributary line,' are included in the arrangement, the scheme touches the means of communication over one half of England. All Scotland also will be affected by a hill of a similar character. That varied interests are implicated by these two classes of bills, and that they present features of imposing difficulty, is obvious. They also in' troduce a new statutory basis for railway under takings. The process of readjustment of capital, and of amalgamation of interests hitherto disunited, mice commenced, will probably extend through out the land. The rights of these multifold pro prietaries and the claims of the public will conse quently require to be taken into a comprehensive review. That this should be accomplished in a judicial manner, in the spirit of legislation, not of litigation, is an imperativenecessity ; and, owing to the present system wider which private bills are enacted, that these bills should be considered by a joint Parliamentaryconunittee is not less necessary, in order to avoid an egregious anomaly, as well as to secure the formation of the most competent council chamber. The need for constituting such a body must be explained to the uninitiated in the procedure of private legislation ; and few, except parliamentary practitioners, are acquainted with its working. According to long-established routine, a private bill is brought before a committee in each of the houses of parliament. This arrangement is not made in order that the details of the measure having been established, the general application of the bill may undergo futher review : but de tails and all are subjected to a double scrutiny. Nor is this reconsideration in the nature of an appeal, or a re-hearing ; it is a repetition, or du plicsaion of one and the same process, and an occasion for upsetting what had been settled a few weeks before. The second committee is in fact but the opportunity of the factious liti gant, and a snare to the high court of Parliament. Common sense, however, is ou potent solvent of technical obstacles, and smooths down this ab surdity of a repeated investigation. The second committee is generally a tranquil, though an ex pensive proceeding ; and bills to regulate ordinary transactions, such as the lighting of a district, or bills based on the application of engi neering science, may occasionally justify, without palpable incongruity, another mode of considering the objects they propose. But the measures that have been described can admit of but one point of view. To deal justly with the complex rights of proprietorship and the extended rights of the public calls for consummate judicial effort Accurately to scrutinise such con fiding interest, they must be brought into one focus, and that the correct one. Justice both to the judges and to the matters adjudged on de mands that such deliberations should not be ex posed to the chances of a needlessly renewed litiga tion. Intricate as are the matters involved in these bills, both branches of the Legislature contain men eminently qualified for their consideration. To ac quire this qualification they have submitted to mai duoustoil in fusty conimittee-rooms, engaged for long bolts in wearisome labour. It would be unfair to either band of such worthy workers that they OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) 't REFORSt man - OF THE GOVEILNH L N MR. ' , ISRAELI'S SPEECH. The 7'. rase describes Mr. Disraeli as wasting the time of parli: r .cut and wearying it with an ingenious and elaborate es,ay which advanced nothing, and with meagre revelations which led to a revulsion corresponding to the curiosity and interest which had been excited by the previous mysterious reti cence. Patting Mr. Disraeli's assertion as to the disfricehiaernent of the potwollopers of rotten boroughs in the t o ec: tegory as Lord Russell's designation of the Cli.sudo. clause as the origin of all evil—and describing this a, a dikaatrous overture, the Times proceeds to follow :he right hon. gentleman through other of his statements. 161 querulous complaint that the house had been actuated by mere party spirit was simply ini•- chievon.. But it is to bo feared that there was duffic:erit reason for avoiding an explanation of the re. !utions in detail. A set of propositions which int,i.gible and misty, which may mean anything or nothing, which require a vast amount of preparatory work before they can be carried into action, would not at once ' iecononend themselves to a practical assembly. The oontry may be tolerant beyond belief, the House of Corn- MOUS ay be zealous to aid the ministers of the crown in perfecting .1 difficult task, but there are plans of action so plainly insufficient to meet the emergency that the utmost goodwill hesitates to receive and proceed with them. It is now too probable, adds the TitlitS, that the conduct of refot m by the government must be a continued humili ation. and the only practical question is whether the House of Commons must not take the matter into it, own h olds :ind use the ministry as an instrument to register I its resolutions. To eject the present occupants of office from the Treasury bench would delay the solution of re ! form for at least twelve months, and too probably for a longer period ; to keep them there is to employ the ser vices of several able administrators, and to conciliate an opposition which might be too powerful if unloosed. The highest considerations demand a determination to abstain from party triumphs. The Daily News represents the practical conclusions of Mr. Disraeli's lengthened exposition to be, that the go vernment is determined to keep office, and to let reform take its chance. It is not, Mr. Disraeli has discovered, a question on which the fate of ministries should depend. He and his colleagues used the reform question as a means of acquiring office, but they are by no means disposml to acquiesce in its employment for the purpose of turning theta out of office. Their policy is, therefore, one of evasion and delay. To leave the extent to which the franchise should be reduced until the ditticult subject of the rating is put upon a proper footing, is simply playing with a subject which is already grave and may presently be dangerous. The meaning of another of the resolutions is that care mast be taken to secure ascendancy to • minority, and the ren.ainder are not more to the purpose. Parliament is asked to accept in outline abstract propositions which are neither good nor bad in themselves, but which may be either in their application ; and to do su in ignorance of that application. The apparent design of the minister is, by • scheme of redistribution, to preserve in existence the dependent boroughs, and to clear away the independent elements out of the counties. The Post approves generally of the government course, but demurs to a remark of Mr. Disraeli's to the eff ec t th a t in the event of the ministerial resolutions being rejected, the government would not necessarily consider themselves bound to resign. When the house goes into committee on the resolutions, the Post conceives that it will be the duty of the government to state the substance of the measure they ipropooe ; as otherwise the house may reasonably object to pledging itself to resolutions in total ignorance of the manner in which they are to be applied. The Herald regards the speech of last night as •• the grandest, perhaps, in his magnificent series of orations on the subject of parliamentary reform;" and it cannot believe that the moderate liberal party, as distinct from Mr. Gladstone. will allow the opportunity now offered for a settlement of this question to pass. The only chance of success, says the Standard, lies in the avoidance of a party conflict, and party conflicts can only be avoided when it is understood that the ministers refuse to attach to the contest the rewards of s party victory. Ai the Telegraph understands it, this tory plan for the evolution of an inadequate project, intended to "meow struct the House of Commons," is one that lands us in nothing less than a convention parliament and a provi• Mortal government. In the opinion of the Star a vote of want of cono,dence in any government not prepared on its own responsibility to deal with the representation of the people, would have been a fitting anitmlinent to the question which the Speaker last night put from the chair. THE REFORM DRHONETIIATION. The Tiara finds a remarkable contrast between the promise and the performance is yesterday's demonstra tion, and thinks considering what the teaching of those who assume to lead and teach the working men has been, the working men have shown excellent sense. By refusing to yield to the incessant instigations of their leaders they establish a better claim to the franchise than if they were to treat " the clubs" to an overpowering " demonstration " every Monday for a twelvemonth. It feels certain that from lint to last not more than 18,000 passed. Nor did the procession make up in quality what it wanted in quantity. It is intolerable. exclaims the Herald, that a civilised city should be exposed, even for a few hours, to this kind of nuisance, periodically repeated. AU decent citizens— whether reformers or anti-reformers—will agree that the farce has been repeated long enough. and that it is time to stop it. If three is no law to prevent these idle gatherings of an undisciplined multitude in the busiest streets of London, the sooner there is a law of that kind the better for all dames of the people. The Star urges that the reform agitation is only be ginning. that the party of privilege will never yield save to the coercion of public opinion strongly expressed, and that the Reform League must extend its organis►tion to double its present size before even a decent reform mea sure can be obtained. The Tekwrop• mays that a chapel of ease, with a fashion able congregation, could hardly have behaved better than did the thousands upon thousands of working people con vened in the Agricultural Hall. It was only when Mr. Mill's eloquent letter, or such incidents as we have de scribed. excited them, that one could measure at all the human forces which held themselves obedient to a sign from chosen leaders, for the sake of the great hope of freedom and civil rights which they cherished, and were met to obtain. It is to such men that Mr. Disraeli, on behalf of his party, proffers the puny policy of but night. In the House of Commons last evening the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Teck, the Duke of Argyll, and Earl Russell were present, sitting in the peers' gallery, during the debate on the reform question. the Court. OSBORNE, FEB. 11. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out this morning. Princess Louise anl Prince Christian rode in the grounds, and Prince Leopold drove out. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left Osborne to.lay for Greenwich-park. The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington arrived yertertlay, and left this morning for London. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, was present at the debate in the House of Commons last evening. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. The lords present were Dr. Lushington, Sir KV. Williams, Sir K. Kindersley, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Lau rence Peel. Despatches were received yesterday et the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American Provinces, Gibraltar, Malta, and Bermuda. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Hong Bong, Ceylon, Labium, Malta, and Gibraltar. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, ac• companied by General KnoUp, lunched at the United Service Club, Pall-mall, yesterday afternoon. From the windows of the club the Prince witnessed the Reform League as it passed along Pall-mall. It is stated that the visit of the Prince of Wales to Paris at the opening of the Exhibition is finally settled; and that he will return with the Princess to Paris in July. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh will probably put to sea is command of the Galatea within three or four days of the 20th inst. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster leave Grosvenor House to-day for Eaton Hall, Cheshire. _ _ The Earl of Pembroke is confined to the family !mouton in Chesham-place by an attack of measles. The Countess Cowper has issued cards for assemblies on Wednesday and Friday, the 13th and 15th inst., and on Monday; Wednesdays, and Fridays, till the 13th of next month. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the Howe of Commons will commence hie parliamentary dinners on Saturday next. Mrs. Ford received at dinner last evening, at her residence in Park-street. Grosvenor-square, hie Excellency the United States Minister and Mrs. Adams, Viscount Halm-den and the Hon. Miss Mande, Viscount and Viscounteu Monek, Lady Molaiworth, Lady Gold amid, the Right Hon. Milner Gibson, M.P., Sir Erskine and Lady Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reeve, Mr. Arthur Bu, M.P., Mr. Butler-Johnstone, M.P., Mr. Millais, Mr. C. Forde, ace. Mr. Cardwell will ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, on Thursday, whether it is the in- tention of her Majesty's government to introduce any bill on the subject of colonial bishops, or of clergymen ordained by colonial bishops. On Thursday Sir Stafford Northoote will bring forward a bill for abolishing the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and substituting a Secretary with a seat in parliament. SEXAGENARIANS IN TAZ HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Seventy-seven members claim to be excused from serr Mg on election committees, on account of being more than 60 years old, viz :—Messrs. H. J. Bathe, E. Baines, T. Baring ; Sir H. W. Barron ; Messrs. W. H. Barrow, M. T. Base ; Colonel R. M. Biddulph, Sir R. G. Booth, Sir B. W. Bridges ; Messrs. J. I. Briscoe, J. Brockiehurst, R. Brooke ; Major C. Bruce, Sir E. M. Buller, Mr. M. Cham bers, Sir X. J. Chobneley ; Messrs. W. J. Clement, J. C. Cobbold, AL E. Corbally, J. Cowen ; Sir H. R. Davie, F. Dundee, Sir D. Dundee ; Messrs. A. C. Dunlop, W. Swart, J. Feilden ; Colonel Gilpin, Mr. G. C. Glyn, Sir G. Grey ; Messrs. B. L Guinness, G. Hadfield ; Sir W. Heathcote ; Mesas. J. W. Henley, E. Holland, T. B. Horsfall, R. Ingham ; Sir J. Johnstone ; Messrs. J. K. King, J. Laird, W. Lee ; Col. Lowther ; Messrs. W. Marshall, C. W. Martin ; Sir J. Matheson ; Messrs. J. S. Mill, J. It. Mills, C. Moore, 0. Morgan ; Col. North ; Sir H. 0. Owen ; Mr. C. W. Packs ; CoL Puke ; Mr. R. Padmore ; General Peel ; Mr. E. Potter ; Sir J. Power ; Mews. R. G. Price, D. Robertson ; Sir J. Rolt ; Mr. F. W. Russell ; Sir W. Scott ; Messrs. G. P. Scrope, C. Seely, W. 0, Stanley, J. Steel ; Col. Sykes ; Messrs. W. Tits, G. Trail, M. Treherne ; SirJ. Trollops ; Mr. C. Turner ; Sir W. Verner, Sir H. Verney ; Admiral Walcott ; Sir J.Welsh, Sir T. B. Western ; Mr. H. W. Wickham. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONI SHILLING DAT.-• MONDAY, FEB. 11.—Admissions on payment, 1,115 ; ditto, by season tickets, 4329. Total visitors, 2,444. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE FOOD RIOTS IN ITALY. The correspondent of the Temps writes from Florence, under date of Febru a ry 7, a s f o ll ow s : There have been, as you are aware, attempts at distur bance in ('adore, Turin, Modena, Reggio, Florence, &c. Workmen and peasants have gone to the municipal au thorities demanding work or bread. These has been apprehension about Naples, where there exists much wretchedness, and where, during the last six months, the price of provisions has risen considerably. There have been fears likewise for Venice, where there are 40,000 persons on the relief list. All the disturbance is attributed to Mazzini, but this is simply ridiculous. The question called the social one—the question of bread—has arisen in Italy ; that is all. It could not but arise. The year has been a bad one. Everything has in creased in price. The general and local taxation has been constantly augmenting ; and in order to economise the state has suspended public works- The army has been diminished by 20,000 young fellows who have been sent home and have nothing to do. The funds are low, and the rich are parsimonious. The phantom of Martini is not at all required to explain the present state of things, and those who make use of him for this purpose are ignorant of the true nature of the question. "He has passed through Turin ;" "he has been seen at Genoa ;" " they have caught ► glimpie of the evil genius in Naples." This is absurd. Martini is in London. There is some talk of the construction of docks in Naples, but when will this remedy be applied ? Several thousand seizures have been made for arrears of the tax on personal property. Still people do not pay, and there is considerable agitation amongst the population. (aura's TILIGIAMB.) THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY. VIENNA, FEB. 12. It is stated that the new Austrian ministry will not be definitively constituted until after the open ing of the Reichsrath, in order that the govern ment, by observation of the various party combi nations, may be able to form a cabinet command ing a majority in the assembly. The appoint ments, it is added, for the direction of the different ministerial departments will thus be only prowl- sional. THE TURKISH MINISTRY. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 11. A modification has taken place in the ministry, Aali Pacha being appointed Grand Vizier, Fuad Pacha Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ituchdi Pacha Minister of War. Other changes are ex pected. Intelligence received by the Porte from Athena, of yesterday's date, announces that 320 Creek volunteers had been brought back from Crete in two Turkish steamers and landed at Salam. FRANCE. PARIS, Fes. 12. 31. Bchic has been appointed a member of the Imperial Commission of the Paris Exhibition. Yesterday morning Senor Sartorius, the newly appointed Spanish Ambassador to tho Court of the Tuileries, presented his credentials to the Emperor. PORTUGAL. LISBON, FEL 11. The Chamber of Deputies have approved the ministerial bill for the reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Minister of Finance has explained to the deputies his project for covering the deficit. MEXICO. ST. NAZAIRE, FIB. 12. The Transatlantic Company's steamship Impe ratrice Euge'nie has arrived here with 94 passen gers, 775 soldiers, and a full cargo, including 234 boxes of silver dollars on private account, and 250 boxes for the government. The health of all on board is good. The Impemtrice Eugdnie brings dates from Mexico to the 13th, and Havana to the 18th January. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. (Via Queenatown.) NEW YORK, Figs. 2, Mown No. The Louisiana Legislature has passed& resolution to call a convention to revise the State constitution, so as to release the State from radical rule. Governor Wells has decided that if a new con stitution is adopted he will re-assemble the con - vention of 1864 to depose the present legislature. The Judiciary Committee continue their de liberations on the impeachment of President Johnson with closed doors. (11T ATLANTIC MIGRATE.) NEW YORK. FIB. 11, EVIING. Mr. Banks and other republicans urge the neces sity of the adoption of some measure to secure the President's co-operation with Congress. The Cunard steamer Australasian arrived out yesterday, and the Malta to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 136}. Sterling exchange on London, mi. 5-20 United States Bonds, 108 k. Illinois, mi. Erie, 59. Cotton, middling upland, 33}c. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TrIXDAT, FILBRUAKY 12, ! 1.11. REMARKS. Moderate westerly winisaileili - Prevall on our coeds this morning. Barometrical pressure has increased, hut it is still much greater In the south of England than In the north of Scotland. Temperatures have risen several degrees. On the north coast of Scotland the sky is clear, but on our other coasts It Is mostly overcast. The Prince de Carignan, on his way to Rome, was complimented by the high dignitaries of the church, who had been sent by the Pope to meet him. Prince Humbert, heir-presumptive to the throne of Italy, is shortly expected at Vienna, where apartments in the imperial palace of Burg are preparing for him. A series of fêtes will be given during the stay of the Prince in the Austrian capital. There is reason to believe that the betrothing of the son of Victor Bmmanuel to the youngest daughter of the Archduke Albert will soon be celebrated. The Archduchess Matilda has just completed her eighteenth year. A letter from Alexandria, in Egypt, dated Feb. 1, says :--" M. Lesaint, a young French lieutenant, has set out upon s journey of exploration, in Central Africa, under the auspices of the literary societies of Paris. He has arrived here, and after a sojourn of some days, he will take his departure for Karteum, in Upper FIC/1 4 ." _ .... _ The story of Sir Roger Tichborne has been dramatised, and is now performing at the Winchester Theatre. (From the Liverpool Mercury of this clay.) It has been a matter of notoriety to the authorities that a large number of persons, chiefly Irish-Americans. have lately arrived in Liverpool from different cities in the United States. Many of the stranger rendezvoused at public houses and other places known to be the resort of Irishmen and suspected to be the meeting place of Fenians. Notwithstanding the rumours that had been circu lated as to the collapse of Feminism and the impecuniosity of the brotherhood, the suspected agents in Liverpool pear to have funds at their disposal. There can be little doubt that they have received contributions from their misguided dupes in this country, and that the fellows who live by the movement are as busy as ever at their detestable work. The authorities are aware of the movements of those parties, and acting upon the information sent from Liverpool, some of the suspected parties have been apprehended in Dublin on showing themselves in that city. Those who profess to be in the Fenian secrets assert that the current stories about divisions in the camp are merely rumours circulated with a view to deceive the English government. and, notwith standing the assertions to the contrary they declare that Stephens and some of his misguided followers would yet land in Ireland and raise the standard of revolt. The news received from Cheater caused some appre hension among the police authorities iu this town. It was not deemed prudent to send any of the police force from Liverpool to Cheater. It was well known that there were large numbers of Fenian, in this locality ; it was imagined that the movement in Chester was a feint made for the purpose of disguising their operations with regard to Liver pool serious results to life and property might have happened if a disturbance had occurred here. Pre cautionary measures were therefore taken by the police, but fortunately nothing arose to call for police interference, and the newt, telegraphed at a late hour from Chester of " nothing attempted yet " was equally applicable to Liver pooL From 9 o'clock last night a special train was kept in readiness at the Euston-square terminus of the London and North-Western Railway by order of the Quarter master-Genera], and at half-past 2 this morning the Ist battalion of Scots Fusiliers, under the command of Cap tain Filippa, left for Chester. The troops, 500 in number, were marched from the St. George's Barracks, the special train conveying them consisting of 27 carriages. Seurat OP BALL CARTIUDOLS AT LLEDS.—Yestenlay, as Police-constable 'ryas was on duty at the Wellington Station, Leeds, he observed a lad loitering for some time about the platform, and at length slink off with a bundle of something bulky concealed under his coat. The officer followed the youth, overtook him near the foot of Basingball-street, and then discovered that he was carrying a parcel containing 130 rounds of ball cartridge. The youth, who stated that his name was Thomas Fenton, and that he was a shoemaker, living in White Hart-yard, Briggate, declared that the parcel had been entrusted to him by a gentleman whom he had met at the station, and who had ordered him to take it to a house in York-street, which is a locality principally inha bited by Irish. It was at first thought that Fenton might have been requested by some drill sergeant to take charge of the ammunition, but, on examination of the cartridges, it was found they were longer and more clumsily made