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TILE POLITICAL SITUATION AND POLITICAL RUMOURS. 'l its question of principle as regards the Irish Church Establishment has long since been settled. As Mr. MILL lately said, the whole human race has made up its mind upon the subject. The question of policy is no longer open to a doubt. A decisive majority in Parliament and the country is ready to declare the expediency and necessity of abolishing the last relic of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland. But the question of tactics is still open ; and what so consummate a master of the smaller arts of party management and manceuvring as the Prams MINISTER may do at the last moment cannot be known until the thing is done. Mr. DISRALLI hall Do reputation for political character to sustain ; he has, on the contrary, a celebrity for want of charac ter to keep up. 0..!. BLAC turned moralist or CHARLES SURFACE preaching sermons would be as offensive to the sense of congruity as Mr. DISRALLI acting a straightforward course. He is not the Lau to cross the Rubicon and burn his boats. The mastery of small resources, the fertility in little devices, the readiness for unexpected turns and tricks which have helped to build up his reputa tion as a Parliamentary leader have not yet deserted him. If they had, his vocation would be gone. Cunning is the weapon of the weaker animals ; it is the only arm of a Government per manently in a minority, and the man who can use it with the most address is the natural head of such an Administratien. The situation is a complex one. There can be no doubt that there are radical divergences of opinion in the Cabinet. The speech of Mr. GATHORNE Ran Dr on Tuesday night, which is the bleat utterance of the Government, for the Irish ATTORNEY-GIN/MA:, and the English 80110 TOR GENERAL are mere puppets, was a distinct dis avowal of Lord Swaney's statement the day before. In the timea when party discipline existed, a con tradiction so little veiled must have been followed by the retirement of one or other of the two ministers whose variance was so strongly marked. The theory that the dispute was "got up, " that _it was part of a pro- . _ gramme arranged before-hand. a simple spec- ' tacle, in short, is inconsistent with the almost passionate sincerity which evidently dictated Mr. FlAltDle:i remarks. If Loral STANLNY expressed the mind of the government,Mr. HARDY is is a state of mutiny. Looking at the constitution of the Oabinet, especially in the House of Lords, it is very unlikely that the Home fircitrresty should be a solitary revolter. Lord CAIRNS is a lawyer, but he is a lawyer of the highest personal and professional character ; and though his !political career has been au accommodating ONO, even he owes something to appearances, and is the last man to break with the decencies of life. He is the champion po, _ce,:!c-we cf the Irish Church. His non pawnor: vs has been as em phatic as that of the POPE. His connexion with Bel fast has been too recently interrupted to allow of the Orange tint having been completely washed out from his politics. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH, who is half a spiritual peer, and whose proper plaee would be on the bench of ilishope, is as likely to assent to the abolition of the House of Lords as to the diemitablishment of the Irish Church. It is possible that this sectica of the Government may carry the dsy, an far as the tactics of the moment are concerned ; and that they may insipt upon tate question raised by M!. Cl.a usromes motion and resolutions being brought to a speedy Mime. In that case, the debate will probably be concluded, and the division taken this evening. In the event of Lord STANLEY'S amendment being rejeiited, the Houie will be able on "a'rei,,, so di g _ cum, M Committee upo,, the :red, the resolutions of which Mr. GLADSTONE notice. The indefinite postponement bulimia; beyond the Easter hob*. , avoided, sad real progress may be made, no doubt that a vote this evening,' tared on, wilt involve a decisive The liberal majority is likely to be has been known for many a day. But from th e party point of view, there is a good deal to be said in favour of defeat. As the poet sings of the disaster of Novara, it may be better to have fought and Lou, than never to have fought at all. A cry for the hustings is neeied ; and the enthusiasm with which Mr. HARDY'S "No Surrender" speech was re ceived on the ministerial side in Parlia ment reflects probably a much stronger feeling out of doors. It is impossible that the Government should appeal with effect to the country, or even to its own party in the constituencies, with such a phrase " modifications in the temporalities I "of the church." How TAorota and TAPER and TAYLOR would hold up their hands at a cry like this. The defeat of the Government could not, however, bring about a dissolution.. The moral I i ncom petence alleged against the present H ouse of Commons is derived from the moral incompetence of the present constituencies ; and appeal against a disqualified judgment to the source of it is absurd. A Minister who is shut out from the pos sibility of dissolving may claim to be exempt from the necessity of resigning. The moral incom petence Of Parliament, in this point of view, will serve Mr. DISRAELI ; and he may plausibly assert the necessity of winding up the necessary business of the present session without the delay and inconvenience which would arise from a change of Ministry. There are difficulties, however, in the way of this plan. It is next to impossible that Lord STAN LEY 'Wad succumb to Mr. GATRORNE HARDY and remain the member of a Government pledged on the Irish Church question to a policy of No surrender. - The rumour that the ascendancy party will have its way in the Cabinet is, therefore, attended by the rumour of Lord STAN L Y's resignation, and gossips have gone so far as to mention Lord COWLEY as his successor. Lord STANLEY has sacrificed much to his party, but he cannot afford to sacrifice his whole future to the exigencies of the moment, and to associate his political career with the Irish Church Establishment. Moreover, a Dis- RAELI administration without Lord STANLEY is an impossibility. His retirement would be a final break with conservatism. It would be an abdication of the reversion of the Premiership in favour of Lord CRANDORNIL On the other hand, Mr. HARDYS resignation would complete the rupture of the Conservative party, commenced last session bT the withdrawal of Lord CRANBORNE, Lord CARNARVON, and General PEEL. The loss of the present HOME SECRETARY, though he is an efficient and po pular Minister, and a powerful party speaker, could be borne so far as he is personally con cerned. But it would be the final break of Mr. DisnAati with the old Tory party which still forms the numerical majority of his supporters. The probability, therefore, is that the Cabinet will still hold together, by the avoidance of any distinct issue. The tactics of the Govern ment may be to drown the subject in talk, and to weary out the earnestness of the House by delay. The rumour is current that the debate will be dragged on until Friday, that at the last moment Lord STANLEY'S amendment will be withdrawn by its author, in deference to the uncompromising Tories whom its faltering and equivocal language offends ; and that a division will be taken on Mr. GLADSTONE'S motion for going into Committee, leaving each Tory member free to vote against it for any reasons which may satisfy him. This course would not avoid defeat, but it would unite Mr. HARDY and Lord STANLEY, Lord CRANBORNE and the PRUNE MINISTER, in a party vote. It would put off the whole question until after Easter, and give the Government all the chances open to those who have time on their side. It would be a thoroughly Disraelitish device, and if Lord STANLEY will submit to the affront, it will probably be adopted. But that is an "if "of some magni tude, and until it is known in what quarter the wind site, no one can tell how the weathercock will point. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. A. the time for the race approaches the interest in the result is intensified. Even at the risk of de feat it is worth while for the Cambridge men to be from day to day the observed of crowds as great as formerly were collected on the morning of the race itself. Day after day horsemen, carriage people, and foot people crowd the line of practice by scores and hundreds, to gather from the rowing of eitfier crew such augury of success as it affords. Of all the races that the rival crews have battled in, this rill be the most glorious for themselves, and the must stirring to their friends, who will watch the contest, sporting light' or dark blue ; and hardly less to the multitude who will crowd on towing-path, bridge, steam boat, or any other available vantage ground from which a part at least of the race can be seen. It is literally true that there is no subject about which the public mind is so ex cited as about this race—not the Irish Church debate, not even the Abyssini►n expedition. The men who on Saturday are to contend for mastery upon the Thames show no point of difference in blood. They are alike sprung from English homes, and they represent the power of heart and limb, the patience, the precision, the pluck, which we are prone, and not without some reason, to regard as especially English virtues. There is no internal contest which can interest us in the same way. It has been called the aquatic Derby. But, as eliciting the energy of our race, it infinitely transcends that festival. And this year there are special reasons why it should be just now a question of alnioet personal interest throughout the whole country whether Oxford will win or Cambridge. Were we to " prospect " tbsresult of the coming race from the stand-point 81 generosity we should throw our slipper into the-Cambridge boat. We may almost say that Cambridge has deserved to t win, because her . men have bad the courage to shake off the demoralising effect of a long succession of defeats, and to come once more to the struggle ; but it would be unfair to her to wish her success out of a feeling which, though we might call it generosity, would be only a degree removed from compassion. It would be still more unfair to the courage of her crew to congratulate them on statements which have been made to the effect that the " practice of the Oxford crew men is not up to the mark of former years. What we should wish for Cambridge, were we to take her side, is that Ox ford should die** tff therestellenee fir which she bad for many years been conspicuous, Beatrioe, waiting. waiting, Barrington Weisl, • Rakibition of the Society of British Artists in Saffolk.steset. Her royal laighaus of visited the Prism sad Princess of Wales at Harlboroagh-hones. Prlupe and Princess Chris sad Princess Louise, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, and Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. G. Gordon, were present last evening at a dance given by his Excellency M. and Madame Van de Weyer, at their redden's. The Count and Countess of Purls, the Duke of Himont', the Duke d'Alenvon, and Princess Marguerite of Orleans, dined with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. Major-Oaten' F. H. Seymour tuts succeeded Lord Brid port as equerry.in.waiting. Mr. Magill has had the honour of photographing the Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice. The Prince of Wales rods out yesterday afternoon. A deputation from the Royal Agricultural Society, con sisting of Lord Walaingharn, Lord Bridport, Lord Chu. ham, Colonel Llnasoote, M.P., Mr. Torr, Mr. Randall, and Mr. Hall Dare (secretary) waited upon the Prince of Wales, with the request that his royal highness would act as president of the society during the ensuing year, to which the prince consented. The Duke of Richmond, president, was unavoidably prevented from accompanying the deputation. A deputation from the Acclimatization Society, consist ing of Viscount Gsge, Mr. J. Wingfield Malcolm, M.P., Mr. D. Higford Burr, Mr. H. J. B. Hancock, Mr. J. Bush, Mr. G. G. Adams, and Mr. J. Husard, presented to the Prince of Wales a medal struck from dies executed by Mr. G. G. Adams, and given by Miss Burdett Colette to the society for this purpose at their unanimous request. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales, accom panied by the Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, went to the Adelphi Theatre. Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High nesses Princesses Louise and Beatrioe, and Prince Leopold, are expected to return to Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian honoured the noble Lord President of the Council and the Duchess of Marlborough by their presence at dinner last evening, at their residence in St. James's square. A distinguished circle were invited to meet the royal guests at dinner, and later in the evening the duchess received a select company in honour of the visit. The Right Hon. the Home Secretary and Mrs. Gathorne Hardy bad the honour to entertain the Duke of Cambridge at dinner last evening at their residence in Grosvenor•crescent. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cairns, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, the Earl of Mayo, H.P., the Bishop of Oxford, Colonel Robert Loyd Lindsay, m.p., And a select circle were invited to meet his royal highness. Later in the evening, Mrs. Hardy received a distinguished company. The Right lion. the Speaker gave his seventh parliamentary full-dress dinner last evening to the follow ing noblemen and gentlemen :—Marquis of Lorne, Lord G. G. Lennox, Lord William Hay, Lord Claud J. Ha milton, Hon. H. F. Berkeley, Sir Andrew Agnew, Sir Robert Anstruther, Sir Wentworth Dilke, Right Hon. Mr. Cogan, Colonel Biddulph, Lieutenant-Colonel Jervis, Captain Arobdall, Mr. H. Edwards, Mr. Keown, Mr. Thomas Puny, Mx. Bathurst, Mr. W. B. Beach, Mr. Davenport Bromley, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. R. W. Duff, Mr. Grant Duff, Mr. De la Poor, Mr. Craufurd, ilr. Briscoe, Mr. Mitford, Mr. William Miller, Mr. Gurney, Mr. MacEvoy, Mr. Raiford, Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, Mr. H. Foley, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Du Pre, Mr. Brooks, Rev. Dr. Marivale (chaplain), and Mr. Alfred Denison (private secretary). Mat. GLADSTONE'S ASSEMBLY. —Mrs. Gladstone had a brilliant reception last night at her house on Carlton house-terrace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge and his Serene Highness Prince of Teak honoured Mrs. Gladstone by their company. The principal members of the corps diplomatique including the Austrian, Rus sian, French, and Prussian Ambassadors were present, together with many of the principal nobility, including the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Duchess of New castle, the Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess De Grey, the Earl and Countess of Cork, the Countess Fitz william, Viscount Castlarosse, M.P., Viscountess En field, Lord and Lady Chesham, Lord Duff rain, Lord and Lady Lyveden, Lord De Tabley, Lord and Lady Taun ton, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., the Right Hon. William Hutt, M.P., and Mrs. Hutt, the Right Hon. W. H. F. Cogan, M.P., the Right Hon. Henry Brand, M.P., the Right Hon. Thomas Head lam, M.P., Sir Robert Anstruther, M.P., Sir T. F. Bux ton, M.P., Sir Arthur Buller, ILP., Sir George Colthuret, M.P., Sir John Grey, M.P., Sir Thomas B. Western, M.P., Mr. Hubbard, M.P., Mr. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. Fawcett, M.P., Mr. Charles Forster, ILP., Mr. W. 0. Foster, M.P., Hr. L. L. Dillwyn, M.P., Mr. R. W. Duff, M.P., Mr. Grant Duff, M.P., Mr. G. G. Glyn, M.P., Mr. Graham, M.P., Mr. Carter, 11LP., Mr. George Melly, M.P., ?dr. J. Esmond, ?LP., Mr. A. H. Ward, M.P., Mr. J. A. Kinglake, M.P., Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., Mr. W. Killer, ILP., Mr. R. Jasper More, M.P., Mr. Roe buck, M.P., Mr. Torrens, M.P., Mr. H. Woods, M.P., Mr. Spars, M.P., Mr. Trevelyaa, M.P., Mr. Adam, M.P., Mr. E. Trainee, ILP., Mr. A. H. Smith Barry, M.P., Mr. Bid dulph, M.P., de. _ _ _ Viscount Cranborne, M.P., and Viscountess Cranborne entertained the Marquis and Marchionees of Salisbury and Ludy Mary Cecil, Frances Countess Walde grave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, ILP., and a select party, at dinner last evening at their residence in Mansfield-street, Cavendish-square. Lord and Lady Foley entertained Louisa Mar chioness of Waterford, the Earl and Count... of Bess borough, the Earl and Countess Croy, Lord Ronald Gower, M.P., Sir Wm. and Hon. Lady Rae, Mr. and Mrs. Dun vale, fie., at dinner last evening at their residence in His Graos the Dukeof Grafton has consented to preside at the forthcoming anniversary festival of the Hospital for Dimino of the Throat, Golden-square. Early after Easter Sir Charles Russell will call at tendee to the expediency of employing, in government situations, non-comminioned officers and privates charged from the army with " good cluurseter." Sir Jervoiae Clarke Jervoise intends after Easter Is move. " That an humble address be presented to ber Majesty, praying that abe will be graciously pleased to cause such inquiry to be instituted into the spread of disease by infection (distinguished from eastegion), as may teed to check legislation and action in eases unsup ported by the evidence, which in times of excitement saves a people from the oommiasion of great crimes or great follies." On the motion for going into committee on Libel Bill, Mr. Newdegate will move that this house will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said maimittee. _ _ Mr. Diouidale to-morrow will ask the Secretary of State for India, whether the government intend to take any steps towards facilitating the retiremeet of field demon of the Indian Army. - Major Anson intends to ask the Secretary of State for War to-morrow when the tenders for cloth- I tug are to be issued ; whether it i his intention to put every article required for the clothing of the army to public oompetition ; and whether the prices at which es& article can be supplied by the Royal Factory are sent to the War-office before the tenders from contractors are opened. Miss Edith Wynne has been singing with great misses at various concerts le Florence. All the Italian newspapers are filled with accounts of the preparations for the festivities ea the ',rival in Pioneer of the Crown Prime end the Primer Manes rite. The toureanient, which wee et roe time intended to have bees given en the Plans Santa Marla Novelle, was next-proposed to be held on the Plazas den Indlpen. dinar, bet the Oemnieedatore Penun so stoutly append the naggeolias in the mindeipl council, on the pound that its inmentien would isimiere with the progress el the greet drain now making is that direction in connec tion with the public weeks of the Pout Boulevard, that the tournament is now to be transferred to the Oaatilne, the spot which ought to have been fixed upon front the very first. - r E Y,C4r NEWS. '+‘ (THIS DAY.) ABYSSINIA. The representative of the New York Herald in London has to-day received the following telegram from the special correspondent of that journal with the Abyssinian expedition : " Lake Aahangi, March 16. "We have arrived here. A hostile chief is camped on the height overlooking the English. He refuses to give provisions, and dares Sir Robert Napier. This chief has sent a message to Sir Robert Napier stating that Theodorus proffers friendship. Jacoub, friendly chief, per suades the general not to believe him. We are now six. days' march from Magdala. There is no grain, grass, or straw. Hostile chiefs have devas tated the country. King Theodorus ravages far and wide. Desolation of the country is uni versal." ' , reef! , Mt EXPRESS, TIVRSDAY rimer, ,\ 1. APRIL ra his given and that in spite lif this itimbridis 'Wield ~ 1 4 ' of the tibiae bear away the paha. figaie granted* peewit will thus be a national, even more than ajvCreconal or local alini: • fill au PALACE, AY de. There is licence. The country regards them as teats -Wm The Queen, accompanied by Prince.' B ,if it be van- its moral and physical manhood are suffering no am" wt " 2,6 "111 , obbleasdi y tie lad/ IA Tory slefeat. decline, and the defeated boot must play its pert laud &Wine and Colonel Da Plat, equerries in "Its in ati.ft4l." "ea imnebiek• grutsr than but poorly if it fails to share almost as largely in Pri . mate Louise, attended by Lady Caroline B. But from the honour of the race as the winner. and Colonel the Hoe. A. Liditell, visited the Said THE INCOME TAX RETURNS. Ma. J. B. MILL writes to the Doily News to ask if there " be a desire, not, as usual, to make the " income tax returns appear favourable, but to " make them appear unfavourable, in order to " obtain a readier acquiescence in additional " taxation ?" and justifies his question by the fact that no income tax has yet been asked for in his district for the year just expired. Mr. MILL assumes further, "that the apparent falling-off " in the productiveness of the income tax is in " part, if not wholly, fallacious," and in this, we have reason to believe he is correct. But it is a mistake to suppose that any Government efforts have been made to keep back the returns. The additional Abyssinian penny has been delayed in collection, and has thrown sums due without it in arrear ; but this is owing solely to tech nical and official causes, and is, in spite rather than because of the wishes of the govern ment. It is, however, useful to remember that the 063,0001. decrease, instead of being attribut able to a general falling off in the tax, can to a great extent be accounted for by the money yet to be called in. If the Inland Revenue department were called upon, it could probably give specific reasons for the delay, which we believe would be found to arise from something far more trivial and insig nificant than the Machiavellian policy suggested by Mr. MILL. While on the subject of revenue re turns it is worth remarking that what has been frequently regarded as a test of the material pros parity of a country—the spirit duty —shows in England and Scotland a large decrea.✓ on last year, and that the Irish spirit duty for Ireland remains buoyant, and has yielded a considerable i,I• rease in the same period. As the remains of Dasinu. MAIMS were being deposited in the tomb at Venice a speech was deli. voted by a striking•looking man, a Genoese lawyer, whose language electrified the bystanders. " Whose " ashes," hesaid, "are these? Those of an Emperor ? " No : Emperors are not mourned in this guise by " a whole people. These ashes do not come from " Saint-Helena ; the crime of Campo Formic. [the " treaty which destroyed the republic of " Venice] is not inscribed on this coffin. " These ashes donot come from Mexico ; youoannot "read on this coffin : —Weep for the foreign Emperor " shot by a people whose liberty he had robbed. " These are the ashes of an exile—the ashes of " Masts. He has come back from exile. He has " been restored to us stealthily like a piece of " smuggled goods because his ashes kindled the " Montmartre Cemetery, and because in certain .‘ places there are dead men who terrify *he living." THE merchants at Victoria who are interesting themselves in the project of supplying the English market with Australian preserved meat, were lately subjected to a great disappointment. It seems that a telegram was received stating that 38,000 tons of the meat had been sold in London. The news caused much rejoicing. It was subsequently discovered, however, that there had been an error of &letter in the message. An "o " had been substituted for an " i." It should have been 38,000 tins, not tons. The tins only contain a few pounds each. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. Any hope that may have been entertained that the excess in the expenditure for the naval and military services of the ensuing year would be counterbalanced by a decrease in the estimates for the civil service, will be disappointed this morning by the publication of the voluminous document bearing the signature of Mr. George Ward Hunt. The sum required to be voted on account of the civil services for the year 1868-9 is no less than 15,230,4791., the votes for the previous year being 14,190,353/ ; but there are certain deductions to be taken into account, so that the actual increase as compared with 1867-8 is 418,1121. There is a considerable increase in the depart ment of public works and buildings, the vote on account of embassy houses showing an advance on the previous vote of nearly 26,0001. ; and on account of harbours of refuge there is an excess of 18,2741. The commissioners of works in England will require au ad vance on last year's vote of 14,110/. for the main tenance and repair of royal palace s, although the extra receipts, payable to the Exchequer, amount to 5,0451 . The other principal items of increase are for public buildings, 8,3521. • royal parks and ' pleasure gardens, 12,198/. • public record repository, 20,580/. ; enlargement of the National Gallery, 18,000/. • Burlington House, 40,0001. The govern ment 41;o require anew vote of 10,000/. for a natural history museum, 10,000/. for the new Home and Colonial offices, and 20,000/. for the Glasgow University. There is also an increase of 32,9631 • in the estimated coat for the year of public build ings in Ireland. Under the head of salaries and expenses of public department. there appears to be a consider able falling off, for while there is an increase on the several items amounting to 58,9691., there is • decrease of no less than 181,8871., while the extrs receipts payable to the Exchequer amount to 105,682/. It is, however, important to observe that the falling off is more apparent than real, for whereas 167,3501. for of public departments, and 10,9001. for postage Lords' offices were placed to this account in 1867-8, no vote is presented this year, although in the framing of the general abstract the postal expenses, based on the estimate of last year, are taken into account, so that the actual increase on the whole estimates remains at the figure already stated. The increase under the beading of law and justice is 5b4,9701., and the decrease 15,304/. ; but the extra receipts payable to the Exchequer are 488,9001. . - Under the heading of Education, Science, and Art, there is an excess of 138,6071., with extra receipts amounting to 24,1091., the chief items of the account being for public education in Great Britain and Ireland, the vote for the former being 842,5641., showing an increase of 136,6891., and for the latter 360,1951., which is an advance of 19,3631., although in the case of Ireland there are extra receipts payable to the Exchequer amounting to 13,5001. In the votes for colonial, consular, and other foreign services; and for the super annuation and retired allowances, and gra tuities for charitable and other purposes, there is also an increase ; while under the head of miscellaneous, special, and temporary objects there I appears to be a demean, ; but then the vole for the i entertainment of foreign potentates, amounting last year to 25,0001., and one or two smaller votes, are provided for in supplementary estimates. With respect to the comparison of the votes in I these dune it is to be observed that they do not ' include the sum of 402,0001. granted in user-8, to amble the Tremor, to make advances for pro viding now Courts of Justice, these advances being repayable out of the surplus interest fund of the new Court of Chancery. FRESH WAR RUMOURS IN PARIS. The Paris correspondent of the Jun mat de Geneve writes : The political atmosphere is as variable as the tempera two. 'Twas peace yesterday ; to-day if it is not war, it is an incline which will conduct us sooner or later to war. ♦ manifesto from the Emperor is spoken of. What will be its tenor? Opinions differ. It will not relate to a modus rirendi for the Pope, but will be an expose of the whole external situation. The Emperor I. said to be at times in a state of great political exaltation. When Prince Napoleon paid him a visit the other day, after his return from Berlin, his Majesty was reading the journals. Taking up La LiLerte. which alluded to his " senility," he is reported to have said, " See how your friends speak of me. Von can assure them they are mistaken. They think me aged, used tip ; they are wrong. I shall soon show what I can do yet. They will not be kept waiting long—six weeks at most." What does it mean? Ido not know. All I can tell you is that if this language was not need the Palais-Royal has some interest in getting it circulated, for I have had it from one who is intimate with Prince Napo. km. The report advlreseed by Marshal Niel on the organisation of the Garde Nationale Mobile is regarded a■ • warlike symptom. The volunteer companies are almost regimented. Another warlike symptom is that M. de Pradine, • naval officer of high rank, has left Toulon for Brest with 15,300 metres of telegraphic wires intended to connect the islands on the oust with the mainland. Mounds are also to be raised along the coast for the pur pose of rupporting living batteries or tvrpiiit J. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, APRIL L In to-day's sitting of the Lower House the Minister of War announced that he should con sider the proposal of farming out territory belong ing to the fortifications a cabinet question so far as he was concerned. The Landething, therefore, adopted the Minis• ter's view. OUR PARIS LETTER. (FROM OUR OW( CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. It is narrated by • clerical journal that Dr. See, one of the most eminent medical professors in the University of Paris, was yesterday called before a solemn meeting of the heads of the four faculties and reprimanded for having in the course of a physiological lecture expressed some opinions savouring of materialism. This anecdote is probably true, and it must be the consequence of a petition to the Senate on which M. Chair d'Est-Ange made a report a few days ago, and the debate on which is put off till after Easter in order that the cardinals may have a grand field day upon it. This petition, got up by ultramontanists, contains a long list of expressions used by various professors which the church condemns as not ortho dox. M. Durny, hoping to appease the wrath of the clericals, tried to "trim," and while maintain ing the necessity of all the ancient liberty which the professors of the university have been went to enjoy promised that if upon inquiry it should be found that any of them had gone too far," they should be admonished. Dr. See's repri mand is an instalment of this promise, but the church will in no degree be mollified by it. In what way, exclaims the Union, will this barren admonition afford • remedy for the crying evil ? The dismissal of all hete rodox professors and the supreme direction of education in all its branches by the clergy is what the petitioners really want. The only effectual remedy, says the Arenir National, would be to make the Bishop of Orleans Minister of Public In struction. Professor See's last lecture was unpreoedentedly crowded, and the students gave him an ovation. The Press says that Chevalier Nigra has recently resumed negotiations with the Marquis de Mous tier on the subject of a revision of the Convention of September, and further, that preliminary bases of a modification have been agreed upon. It is said that a note has been tent to Viatica by the Italian government touching the Bourbon intrigues, and in particular concerning the arrest at Florence of a secret agent of Francis IL, on whose person very compromising documents were found. There is news of * strike which assumes a rather serious aspect at Rheims. No actual " disorder" is reported, but great alarm prevails owing to the generality of subscriptions to maintain the men on strike and rumours of threats against those who heeitate to join in it. Troubles occurred yesterday at Grenoble. The military were called out, and the theatre closed. Details are wanting. The Bourse was extremely rnoyant. Rents rose 20c. for cash, and 171 c. for acoount, closing at 69fr. 60c. and 69fr. 60c. Italian rose 60c., closing at 50fr. sc. The money article of one of the evening papers says the Paris Bourse is now like the wife of figanarelle—battue et contents; the worse the finan cial situat io n is the more the Bourse sees reason for a rise. Credit Fonder rose Mr., and Mobilier lfr. 26c. The copy of the declaration of the Roman catholic laity of Ireland on the subject of the present ecolesiastiesl settlement of that country, whisk has been published in the journals, appears this morning in the form of a return to parliament, moved for by Ur. lionselL ELWATIAY EDUCATION. —The text of the bill brought in by Mr. H. A. Bruce, Ur. W. E. Forster, and Ur. A. Egerton, to provide for elementary education In England and Wake, Iran published this morning. The bill contains 107 clauses, and there are five schedules attached to it. Tss 'rim:xi= or PsisosEss is liousrror Pewit, Dussze.—Tbil seeming tria published the report of the eemaimiesets appetaesel by the Lord•Lieutettant to inquire into the cirouv;aances blending the death of a convict named Matthew Lynsgh, who died in Noun*, Prison on Feb.l2. The jury at the inquest returned sverdiet to the sleet that the deceased might have 668 a earlier sent to the hospital sad that " the doctor of the prim might be more attentive to extant patinsta." The inquiry of the eamaiedssers, however, leads to a totally oppo.ite catclasion, and vindicates the mem& and other fficers o! the prima from the imputation of neglect. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF BABY- FARMING. INQUEST.--(THIS DAY.) An inquest wee resumed at the Town-hall, Wolsoire•, concerning the death of an illegitimate child. 14 months old, belonging to • young wawa named Susannah Baker, who lives with her father and mother in • place called the Timber-market 010441 by. sr. T. IL Wilkin, the coroner, described the case a being the worst that had ever been brought before him. The child, although never christened or registered, was named Frank Baker, and upon being viewed by the jury exhibited scarcely anything beyond skin and bone. There was a bum on the back about the size of a sheet of writing paper, and there was an abrasion over the right temple and a eat underneath. The coroner, on resuming the inquiry to-day, referred to the depositions he had taken on the former occasions, the following summary of which contains the principal facts :—Susanna Baker, a single woman, said that the deceased was her son. It wee born at her pareots' house in the Timber-market on the 6th of January, 1867. It was nursed by her mother and a woman who came from Walton, but she did not know her name. At the end of three weeks the nurse took the child with her to Walton. She farmed the child at 4s. per week. The child was removed in the following March, because tiie woman was going to work in a field, and she did not like to leave it in charge of a girl only 10 years old. She never went to see her child whilst it was at Walton, but the women brought it two or three times to her parents' hour'. The child was brought back to her at her father's in Mardi. and she took It to a Mrs. Voulacy's, at New Wisbech She did not remember ever going to see the child whilst A Mrs. Voulsey`s. She removed the child from thvrc at tea o'clock at night, It was then very bad and Dr. Lary was attending upon it. The Coroner said it looked to him exceedingly streagr that a mother did not visit her sick child, and, what w.,; still worse, taking it out in the cold air at ten o'clock at night. Examination in chief resumed—She took the child from. Mrs. Vonlsey's to a Mix. Mayles, to whom she paid 4s. per week to farm it. After that her child wss taken to a Mrs. Hall's, at Wolsoken, where he remained seven or eight weeks. Mrs. Hall having two children of her own. she thought she could not attend to hers, and she told her that she should remove him, giving a week's notice. The child never thrived after leaving Mrs. Vousley's. She took it away between 9 sad 10 at night, and was not afraid to take it away on account of the night air. The Coroner—lf it is found that you have been negli gent in the are of your child the law will punish you moat severely —you brute, for I cannot raft you by any other name. He could not call her a wom►n who come treat a child in the manner she had done. A worse ca-,e had never come before him, for even the burn on tee child's body was as large as this sheet of paper, and yet she takes it out in the cold at 10 o'clock at night. Elizabeth Fryett, of West Walton, said that she had nursed the mother in confinement. The mother never attempted to suckle it. When the child left use it was thriving, but had the thrush. Mrs Voulsey said that she farmed the child of ta r mother about 12 months ago, at 4s. per week, lie was then a poor sickly child. She kept it a fortnight, bet as it was not registered she refused to keep Lim. No surgeon attended him whilst he was in her house. He was brought to her by the mother and Mrs. Clark. he: sister, at 10 o'clock at night. Mrs. Clark told her that it was her sister's child, when witness said if she had known that before she would not have undertaken to farm it. The child whined and pined the whole of the night so',tha: she could get no rest, and she got a pennyworth of God trey's cordial, and she gave him some of it, b•:t it had not the least effect. The mother told her never to tell whose child it was. She ha • repeatedly asked her to register the child, and had alsu asked her for a glass bottle to feed the child properly, but she would not. The child had not proper or sufficient clothing to enable her to take it out to give him the fresh air. Jane Mules, of Wolsoken, and Betsy Hall gave are t• borative evidenne. Rebecca Scrimshaw said that she took the decease) six weeks ago. She knew the mother because she had sister living with her. In answer to a Juror—She believed that that salter :1,1 had two illegitimate children who had died. The Coroner—What about your other sister! Witness—They have all had illegitimate chilirea. The Coroner—How many? Witness—l don't know. The Coroner—What would be the average! Witness—About two each. A Juror—Did you ever have an illegitimate child ! Witness—Yes ; but before marriage, and it is dead. The Coroner—Was it not for your child that a medics. certificate of death was refused, and application made another surgeon, and the case was brought before the House of Commons ? Witness said it was not her child, as it lived only te a or three days. A Juror—Why did you not send for a doctor when yo.: found the child so ill? Witness—Because I thought it was only teething. The Coroner—How did the child receive the burn ! Witness—l laid it on the hearth before the fire and left the room for a few minutes, and upon returning found the child's night gown on file. I did not send for a doctor. but applied some salve to the burn. The abrasion and cut on the under temple witness knew nothing about. Whet she went out of a night to hear Fiddler Joss preach she always left the child in charge of her husband. The las: time she went to hear a sermon was by Mn. Joss ; it 'neon "Directions to mothers." The Coroner—lt is a pity the mother of this poor child was not present. By a Juror—The mother never told her what she was t: have at the death of tte child. She was not aware tha• the child had not been registered. There was no arrange• merit made for the child's clothing if it lived. When the child died she sent a woman named Kitchen to tell the mother of it, and she said, " Don't make a piece of work about it to-day." Mr. B. C. Bury, M.D., said that he found the mark of burn on the body or the lower pert of the neck. The: was a cut under the right temple and a bruise on the for of it. A postsmortem examination showed nothing unns• torsi or signs of disease, except the membranes of the brain, which were a little congested. The child had been badly nourished. He attributed the canoe of death to natural causes, owing to the reduced con. dition of the body. The state of the brait: might have been owing to the reduced condition of the body or from convulsions. The deceased was noturall , healthy, but badly nourished. It was in such a reduced state that a slight attack of pain might cause its death. The learned Coroner, after reviewing other parts of the evidence, said that as the jurors were all neighbours, he should not call upon them to return a verdict against on; one, but he should send the depositions to the bench e: magistrates for them to move in the case. Several other witnesses were, however, is attendance and were to be examined, but their testimony, it iv, understood, would be only confirmatory of the above. THE FOUTHOONI3IO FENIAN TRIALB.—It its under stood that the prisoners concerned in the attempt to blow up the Chasmsll Huse of Detention, as well as Barge. i Ts bea Dewy and Shaw, charged with treason-felony will be upon there trial within the next fortnigh t. The ridgesigoi on the rots are Mr. Baron Bramwell, . Baron sad Mr. Jturtied Keating, and two of these will pprroobbaabbly preside at the trial of the Fenian prisoners, wiles• which is possible, the principal part of the duty devolve upon the Lord Chief Janice of England. It aid that the case on the part of the crown will be coo. duelled by both the Idierney and Solicitor Deuced, aided 1) Mr. Harding , Oi ff ard, Q.C. Mr. Poland, and Mr. Archibald- It is understood that a eollaitor engaged for some of do prisoners recently has applied on the ground of their pt. verty, for assistance to the sheriffs of London, stating that at legit 2001. would be required for the proper conduct of their defence. In consequence of that appeal the sheriffs• with others of the managing committee of the Sheriffs Fund, established about 60 years ego, held • special met' log on Monday, and arrived at the oasolulon that they could not ouscientiously extend the required aid. Mew while, as an act of gram, the mown solicitors, ea a reapers: fed representation bang made to them as to the want r means of the seven prisoners charged with the Clerkenwell murder, lave erseemitted to each of them, through /ll' Jonas, the governor of Newish., • printed guy of By whole of the deposition' taken beim the owned .Wft IP • =t, and which are very nonvolnin On the other i the three men charged with -filmy do riot to want either friends or assistance, eoliciters — dS 6ZairMr. Roberta, of Manchester— being now era their ddenoe, and they will, doubtless. mere P se r Xr a ey osenast.—Tista. !