The Express. — London, England, 1868-04-23 00:00:00

TO the GOVERNORS of the ROYAL HOSPITALS c 4 EXIDIWILL sad SETH:MiIt • Ortnintin,—l have meshed • unmsrousty-slimed requisition from the Ooversors, requesdna me to allow myself to be put in nomination for the ogee of President, vacant by the decease of my n lamented friend Wr. Alderman Copeland. comphlog with this reeved, I bed to say that. should tt the vleasore of the Governors to pins me In the Important positron of President of **Soya Hospitals of Briclowell and 13ethlebem, it shall hs my study to promote in every will the beet Interstate of these indent Hospital& I have the honour to be, 001200115011. Your obedient servant. SAMUEL WILHOFt Heed-querters, Finsbury, April 21,11)Mi WURNITURE and DECORATION. JACK- A.' SON and GRAHAM Invite families about to furnish to haqiect the various departments of their eatablialiment (the Urged and most comb etc of its kind) sod their manufactory adjoining, in which, widthsg the aid of steam power and machinery, an means of economicost is he roductn of fret-class furniture are employed. The ,how -room t s p contain io every descrip tion and style of furniture from that adapted to the tenon/i -nmate of those who desire to furnish at the moot economical rate consistent with good taste and sound workmanship to that in which art industry of the highest class is employed. Every article is marled In plain figures at cash pricer.—N, 33, 34, lA, 37. and 33, Oxford-Watt OSLER'S GLASS CHANDELIERS, Wall Lights, and Lustre', for Gas and Candles, Table Glass, tc. Glass Dinner Services for 12 persons, from g 7 I6a Ohs* Dessert Service for 12 persons from L 2. All articles masted in plain Rimed. Ornamental GLIM. English and Foreign, suitable for presents. 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F IRST CLASS FURNITURE, BEDDING, &c. LOWEST TI MM. An 11Inatraied Price Lint Post Tree. T. VECABLYB & EONS, 108. 104, and 106, Wldteehapel, and 2,4, 6, and 8, COMZDercial-street, Lnndon. BORWICIE'S PURE ALINE POWDER is th e BE". —Ask for and have only ORWICIL'S PURE BAKING POWDRR. Sad evezywbere. HENRY BREWand Co.'. "0. D. V.' PIGRE BRAY DY, Tha per gallon and Ms. perdaa, mom mended by the medical profession. In a case for the country 30.., ktelasive of railway carriage.—Holborn-bars, and 30, Aerobe.. AGIFT to the TINIFTSTIRED.—THIRTY SHORT REPLIES to THIRTY COMMON osacnoNs. By W. HANNAN, author of " Handbook to Medical Rederma" & —gent post free on ►pplication to Mr. HARRIS, Agent County Fire and Provident We Helm Cl, Strand, W.C. gfte exprelso. LINFRTSEHTNTiI must be forwarded Co Hewn J. M. JOHNSON and Song, 3, Cast:eetreet, Holborn, and t Hatton prden, the specially appointed Agents. HAYMARWWT. Tins Rvirono, A C&GPERAfIiiMOVIIMENT —A HMO OF ROMANCE. Mews. Bothers, Backstops, Campton, Chipper dale, angers. and Clark ; Mesdames Robertson, Burke. Chiapas dale, iltrwlllima, Lws, &c. —And INTRIGUE. Mr. Kendal, dc. PIUKCINNI. TwT ETYMA. POOR PILLICODDY. Mi. D. Mnresv & MIN P. Mereheil.—JEANlE DEANS: OR, THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. Mrs. D. Beedeault, Moen Neville. Shove, Mac'Van, to; Min Litton, ft.—And NO. ONE, ROUND THE CORNER. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. TTIlq EVICAING, at 7, MARY JONES. At a quarter to 8, OLIVER TWIST. Mews. J. L Toole. L Swoosh, H. Irvin! : Wyndham. J. Mete. W. P ...them and Jobs e.,an;n! Everira, and - Nal goon. To tondo& Mil LA VIVANDIERE. STRAND. Tntq EvWM& SISTERLY SERVICE.—THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD—And MARRIAGE AT ANT MUCK BRITANNIA. THIS EPIC/TWO, THE WOLFOF THE PYSENEEi. Mr. W. H. Pitt, Mews. Charlton and Blawood Mn. Lane. lioadanwa M. Hen Tenon, Edwin, eta—WAIT TILL I'M A MAN. Mama. Reynolds, Cranford, Leslie, &c.; Mines Courtenay, Booth, to. HIGH IV AVIA AT_ LONDON_ BRIDGE. TIM 2b. To-iroazow—llornbig, 211. 67m— „Atternooo, 8A lbm. NOTICES of /MIMS, MARRIAGE", and DEATHS, are received nntlll2 o'clock for Insertion lame evening. Rios, AL Ad. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23. THE IMPENDING ELECTIONS. THE number of vacant seats, or seats about to be vacated in Parliament and of impending elec tions, is unusually large at the present time. We count ten in all. The character of our electoral system, and the degree in which the Reform Bill of 1867 needs to be itself reformed, so far as regards the distribution of seats, is proved in a very striking manner by this list. Of the ten cm stituencies, five are small boroughs whose claims to remain independent centres of representation will scarcely stand the scrutiny of the now Parlia ment. They are the boroughs of Clitheroe, Gran tham, Cockermouth, Leominster, and Stamford. Two of these little towns contain populations of over ten and under twelve thousand inhabitants ; the remaining three are below this standard. One great city consituency—that of Bristol—with &popu lation of over 150,000 inhabitants, and &constituency numbering nearly 15,000, has to choose a repre sentative ; and a considerable Scotch group, that of Stirling, with more than 30,000 inhabitants and more than 1,200 electors, is also called upon to exercise its constitutional privilege. The other vacant constituencies are the great counties of East Kent and South Lincolnshire, and the little Welsh county of Radnor. Some of the gen tlemen who are retiring, or about to re tire, from the House of Commons, de serve • respectful parting word. Without entering into the painful circumstances con nected with the resignation of Sir Moaros Pure), or palliating the grave errors of judgment and commercial conduct in which he seems to have been led, we may yet say that Bristol loses in him a faithful and efficient representative, the House of Commons a steady Liberal, and one who was un til lately an excellent type of the enterprise, public spirit, and munificence of the English merchant. The candidature of Mr. SAMUEL liloaxxv gives the people of Bristol the opportunity of sending to Parliament a gentleman who possesses all these and many additional claims to confidence and respect. Bristol has seldom been untrue to its liberal convictions ; and we cannot be lieve that, with so excellent • champion, it will prove so now. Still, local influence, both legitimate and illicit, is strong on the side of the Conservative candidate. Mr. Maas is a good neighbour, a benevolent patron, and a banker who may prove accommodating or• the reverse. The advanced Liberal who feels himself in need of ad vances must be very firm in his convictions if he ventures to vote against a member of the firm of Xmas, Mum, and Co. Waverer' can hardly be ex pected to be unaffected by the possible influence of the Bank. Still, we cannot believe that, in the present political juncture, the suffrage of Bristol will be given against the just treatment and paci fication of Ireland. The community which had 8172L1 for its member has an bib. THE torioal fame to preserve. _ the most estimable of banker-equkes Is . that be may oppose • stolid apposition measures, or be the dupe and iastrameut new DISRAELI juggle would bo • political dation. We - loot with confidence Woe. Bristol will follow the I lately set it by Manchester, Birmingham, and the other great towns of the country. The return of a • Liberal member for the Stir ling group of boroughs is an absolute certainty. Scotch boroughs always elect reformers. The change of representatives will not involve any voting loss to the party. Nevertheless the retirement from Parliament through failing health of a politician so full of promise as Mr. LAWRINCH OLIPHANT is to be deplored. The loss of his keen and quick intelligence, proved in literature and diplomacy as well as in Parlia ment, and of his experience of political life on three continents, in Europe and in our American and Asiatic dependencies, will be severely felt in the House of Commons. Mr. ROUN DILL'S candidature for Clitheroe, for which borough Mr. FORT is expected, on account of failing health, presently to vacate' his seat, will give to that constituency the opportunity of re turning to the House of Commons a man of a class too alenderly found there. A large reduction of the suffrage has often been deprecated on the ground that it would make the attainment of a seat in Parliament by persons of culture and refinement difficult, if not im possible. Mr. ROUNDELL, who has given proof of business capacity, is at once a thoughtful and an advanced Liberal, a man of popular sympathies an d high University reputatio n , a nh_silfg psi Radical. In Grantham and Ceckermouth the struggle batween the two parties is less one of political principle than of local influence, and it would be hazardous to predict the issue of the contest. The Duke of RITTLAWD and the WELBY family have hitherto had pretty much their own way in the former place, and Lord LICONPIELD has seldom been combatted with Emcees by any less formidable Liberal candidate than a local attorney. Still the Liberal reaction has been felt even in small boroughs, and there is no saying what they may not do. Leominster, with its five thousand odd inhabi tants, will perform its penultimate act of political I servitude in the return of Lord MAHON to succeed Mr. Weise ; and if the Marquis of Exrrea cannot find an able statesman and debater tosucceedthe pre sent Marquis of SALISBURY in the representation of Stamford, or rather of Burleigh House, he will have no difficulty in putting his hand on a thorough going Tory. Of the three counties vacated by the three Diaraelite Peers, Radnor appears to be an heirloom in the Weise family, and South Lin colnshire is in the hands of three or four Tory peers and half-a-dozen Tory squires. Mr. W2LBY, who has given up his seat for Grantham for the higher dignity of the knighthood of that shire, is not likely to be opposed. In East Kent, on the other hand, Lord Frrzweiraa will probably have a thoroughly Liberal successor. Half a century ago, when almost all the boroughs of England were small and corrupt, and before the CHANDOS clause had handed over the shires to the landlords, the counties were the sole refuge of politicalindependence. East Kent, the most Saxon of counties, with its social democracy and custom of gavelkind, has retained something of this character until now. There is every reason to feel confidence that its 'verdict will be given in favour of the Liberal leader and his Irish policy, on which the contest ever/where is turning. There is no doubt as to Um feeling of Ilie majority of the elec tors; and there is every ground for hoping that it will overpower the territorial and social influences which are marshalled against it. TRIMS: AY chum]; to his countrymen UV; present day, • He has been heard by most of them who take any Inte rest whatsoever on political and social questions. But we may observe that speaking to the latgolet assembly that he ever addressed under oover, he 1 , appeared to fill at once the vast space with Ais voice and the ears of his listeners with sentiments which brought responsive applause. He described the Irish Church as a standing and gigantic ) it to Ireland, as a Church political rather than "reli gious, and as • hindrance more than a help to the spread of Protestantism in Ireland. On each of these points he received the enthusiastic con currence of the meeting, and when the fear of a Roman Catholic domination was suggested by such ies ea "No Popery," "No Maynooth Grant," not the least effective of his appeals was when he told the meeting that Roman Catholicism was not to be met by an established church, but that the powers of a priesthood in general were to be over come by the wide-spread instruction and enlighten ment of the people. But by far the happiest allu sion was that which was suggested to him by the building in which he spoke. Contrasting the great results of the voluntary system as shown in Wales, Scotland, England, the Colonies, and the United States, with the little which had been done by the Established Church in Ireland, he argued against the principle of State Connexion. Then narrow-'' ing his of vizor to moue aii optla - 41,51 - 6: tun felicitous epitaph on Sir C. Waves monument in St. Paul's, by saying "If you want a proof "of what voluntaryism can do, and • monu " meat of what it has done, let us " look around us." The audience were quick to seize an allusion which at once contained an argu ment and a compliment, and they cheered again and again. There was an evident disappointment through out the meeting when Mr. BRIGHT announces that Mr. SPURGRON was unable to be present ; and it was not removed by a characteristic letter, read by Mr. SPURGEON'S brother, expressing regret at his inability to attend. He wrote that he was with the object of the meeting " heart and soul ;" and whilst heeibelieved the Irish clergy were, as a body, amongst the best of the episcopal clergy, and held evangelical truths most earnestly, he would, "because they were the best, favour them "first with the great blessing of disestablishment." Such humorous satire from his sick room made it the more regrettable that Mr. SPURGEON was not in a condition to afford them further specimens of his healthy comic vein. The meeting was, however, addressed by Mr. Maim! JONES, Mr. Fswczrr, the Rev. J. A. SPURGEON, and Mr. T. B. Porn's, andtheir observe ' lions were accepted with sympathy and approval. The resolutions proposed were adopted with Dna nimity. If we may judge from the numbers, the enthusiasm, the sincerity, and the unanimitywhich have been manifested at the meetings held on the subject of the disestablished Church in Ireland we should say that the country has already decided the question. Never daring the anti corn-law agitation or the reform movement were more crowded assemblies held, or opinions more distinctly and emphatically prono , :mood. That at the Metropolitan Tabernacle last night was peculiar on many accounts. As a lair and unbiassed expression of opinion, it cannot fail to have weight amongst other manifestations of the same kind. As a political spectacle, it stands first and foremost. WHATEVER may be the length and tone of Mr. HUNT'S speech to-night in introdu cing the annual financial statement of the administration, it is certain that the average reader the next morning will only remember two unpleasant points,—the deficiency, and the means recommended to supply it. The British taxpayer is patient and long suffering, but he is very listless and uninquiring, and a com- petitive examination of "well-informed men" would show a lamentable amount of ignorance as to the details of the national expenditure. To those who only know that something like seventy millions per annum is collected and spent, it may be as well to give an analysis of this outlay which is simple and easy to re member. Out of every sovereign received by the tax-gatherer, the interest and charges on the national debt claim and receive seven shillings and ninepence ; the army and navy to gether (the first getting the largest half), also receive an equal amount ; while the Civil Service, which includes law and justice and educa tion, receives 3s. 9d., leaving 9d. as the balance for the QUEEN and Government. These facts are easily retained in the memory, but they must be taken for what they are worth, as their tendency is unquestionably to make a heavy and perhaps criminal expenditure appear moderate and trivial. To dwell upon the shillings and pence mentioned above, and to forget the hard-earned millions of pounds they represent, would please that sophistical school of financiers who coolly tell us that seventy millions a year is not much more than two guineas a head upon our population. Tim ardent logic of Englishmen, once roused, is inexorable. " Who drives fat oxen," he. Therefore, if Mr. DISIAELI claims to be the cham pion of the English Church, he must be • christened men. We are now made aware that the right honourable gentleman is an habitual communicant ; but enlightened curiosity is still bent on knowing whether he was ever brought to the font, with sponsors, and all the rest of it. Apparently, there is a lurking suspicion that if not a Jew proper, he may Ail be a kind-of a-sort of a Jew. We recommend him, unless proof that he was once christened can be produced, to calm the public mind by getting by heart the ceremony " for the bap " tism of such as are of riper years," and presenting himself to undergo the process In due form. Might he not, otherwise, be refused Christian burial after his death I By the way, e. religious contemporary the other day assured the world that it was quite cerhin - , Mr. Gusneroits's father would never, under any circumstances, have married a .lady of Unitarian eonacsions. Is there no other serious" contemporary with a sufficient faculty for being retrospeetively sure of thfnige, to mini forward and inform Mt, with the accent of authority, that . Viviszt hairy never would have dared to exit all these yew an unchristened being like Mr. %WET T Tan pro/V itali ,* dispute between Lord Bsoronaw • tic.ltvpr wakhal by several people Irieh more than emiesity; It veva be larrirly ;ursine, ionised, far ant ma, :ING, APRIL !ate., °I) Z pub Pieutma lio . LAO, to take the wi t inti at' the end of hip s eel =Mit SlNieties and expoirtaladaliff and we find Dr. CAIIIIIN spe a king of letters bit the thousand, we eon understand the =seinen to which w• have referred. If we are not mistaken, the wisest and most trustworthy of the ex-Oxitx cmuou's friends have long ouunaelled an intleanite poetposement, and their advice until lately *- Tailed. Whether the episode of the quarrel between the noble lord and his editor will accelerate or defer the appearance of the work seems at present un certain ; but probably if not issued in his lord ship's lifetime it would never see the light at all. PARLIAMBNTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.— WEMIIISDAY, Aran V. SUNDAY TRADING BILL. Ords: for second reading read ; motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill be nowread s second Bats :" Amendment proposed, to lea,* out the word "now," and at the sod ci thu question to add the words " upon this day six mouths : "--(1(r. Graham :)—Qusation pot, " That tits word • Dow stand part of the question :" The house divided ; ayes 68, noes 31. ATM. Agnew, Sir A. elm G. 6. Padatore, E. Andover, That. Goddard, A. L E. Barnett, R. Goldner, G. Parry, T. Ding n, rid Gordon, E. S. Percy Major4en. Bram H. A. Gurney, Z. Pim, i. Burke Vint. Gum Potter, E. cam* S. itTaiu l d, "l %. Prim W. P. Capper, C . load. C. S. Cartwright. Col. Hardy, G. }Lebow, J. G. Chambers, Si. Hardy. J. o= r n, D. Cier, J. Mortar, A. D. _, C. Clive, G. Henley, J. W. Mmeon , Sir S. 5. Hood, Sir A. Seats, 8. 0. al . , 111 .T. Hamby, W. IL ,W. Dent, J. D. Howe., I. ==laxwell,Ellr Dises O. wat, li. W. Dooltoo. P. t Llama. .H. Stuart, Col. C. Edwards, Sir H. Leber, A. Treeby J. W. = S i . 4 , I. Maxwell, W. H. Wile, H. C. Mordant, Sir C. Wynn, C. W. Pervasion, Sir J. Morgan, Major TV.LIRS. Moyer, J. Neville-Grenville, B. Boehm, P. Gamlen Serif.. O'Beirne, J. L Hamilton, 14. Claud OSBORNE, Aram 22. ' Tallied by Princess Christian Sad Prineeeelleategoe, drove cat Yesterday afternoon, arid her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, boom pealed by Pitmen Lodes and Prisons &atria% Prbtee Christian' ase west eat. A deputMios of members of the Church Institution, heeded by Mr. H. O. Balks. (Asinine of isommittes), had an interview with the Lord President of the Counell sad the Duke of Buoldeghani and Checchi, at Die Privy Councibcdtes, Whitehall, yesterday, on the subject of Mr. Glailikone's Church Rat* Bill. A meeting of the Judicature Commission was held on Tuesday at the Westminster Palace Hotel—present, the Lord Clumoellor, Sir William Erie, Lord Justice Wood, Sir James P. Wilde, Mr. Baron Bramwell, Mr. Justice Mashburn, Mr. Justice Smith, Sir Roundel' Palmer, Mr. W. IL James, Br * Qualm, Mr. }Lathery, Mr. F. D. Lowndrs, Mr. Bollatne, and Mr. Bradshaw, the secretary. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lordof the Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers present were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Mahnesbury, the Right Hon. Gsthorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chendos, Sir S. Northoote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord J. Manners. VISIT OF TEE PRINCE OF WALES TO THE COLLEGE OP BURGEONS AND TO MAYNOOTH. DUBLIN, WEDNEfiDAT NIGHT. At 1 o'clock to-day the Prince of Wales, accom panied by Viscount Hamilton, Lord in Waiting ; the Earl of Mayo, Major-General Sir William Knollys, and Captain Alexander H. C. Stewart, A. D. C., arrived at the Royal College of Surgeons, St. Stephen's•green. The Prince was conducted in the first instance to the Albert Hall, where Dr. J. Stannus Hughes, at the instance of Vis count Hamilton, introduced to his Royal Highness the President, Vice-President, members of the council, and professors and other officials of the college. The Albert Hall was erected by the Royal College of Surgeons in memory of the late Prince Cowart, and in testimony of admiration of his successful encouragement of the arts and sciences. Over the president's chair is an admirable marble bust of the Prince Consort, by Theed, which was placed in that position by the express sanction of the Queen. The Prince of Walesexpressed hisadmiration of this noble hall, and the bust of his lamented father. From the Albert Hall his royal highness was conducted by the President and Dr. John Barker through the museums, where he evinced consider ' able interest in the various specimens to which his attention was directed, more especially the wax preparations presented to the college by the Duke of Northumberland when Lord Lieutenant of Ire land in 1929. After passing through the library the Prince inscribed his name in the visitors' book, " Albert Edward P.," and soon afterwards thanked the President for the pleasure afforded him, and left the college. At three o'clock this afternoon the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Lord Mayo, Viscount Hamilton, and Major-General William Knollys, left Dublin Castle in one of the Viceregal carriages, and proceeded to the Broadatone Terminus, where his royal highness was received by Mr. Ralph S. Cusack, J.P., Chairman of the Midland Great Western Railway Company, with whom he cor dially shook hands. The other directors present were the Earl of Clancarty, Messrs. Robert Preston Bayley, George W. Harmsen, James Sterling, Laurence Waldron, D.L. ; and Robert Warren, jun., J.P. Mr. Beausire, secretary; Mr. Skipworth, traffic superintendent ; and Mr. Kirwan, solicitor, were also pre sent. The royal train consisted of the state car riage, two first-class carriages, and two breaks. The locomotive engine was gaily decorated with ' evergreens and flowers. The journey to Maynooth (15 miles) occupied about 18 minutes. At May nooth station the carriage of the Duke of Leinster was in waiting to convey the Prince and party to Carton, where they were entertained at luncheon. There was a very large crowd awaiting the arrival 'of the Prince of Wales, and the station, its ap proaches, and the town generally, displayed festive emblems. On his way home, his royal highness called at Maynooth College, where he was enthu siastically received by the students, who presented I him with a loyal and dutiful address, and obtained exemption from the June examination. The national ball is now going on, and is a great suc cess. The Prince and Princess were greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. The ball is a brilliant success—crowded, but not over filled. The Prince and Princess, the Lord- Lieutenant and the Marchioness of Aberoorn, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Teck, arrived about 12 o'clock, and were cordially received. About 4,500 persona were present. THE EXPRESS. THURSDAY r To send a a v44* haerant ekes to Parliasaent v i r i a lib beAswed the grandeur of the llia ;:; 1 1 greition tepaperal it mite , a moral significance to the pc:ltr ef Instrument 411 so me thk aasembl ed thousands and ora a a political - &gra- miag the *tiering of the ere ttest \lt onfidenoe to the is not neoessary to describe M.r.iiittonr. or his w the example oratory or his opinions on the citieweon of the bah . .. MR. BRIGHT'S "LARGEST MEETING." THE neighbourhood of the Elephant and Castle is by no moans the most quiet in the metropolis at any time. The district is populous in itself, and, so many suburban roads branch off at the point that at all hours of the day much movement and bdistle prevail. To the visitor at half-past 6 o'clock last evening the neighbourhood would present something very much beyond the ordinary excitement ; and, directing his steps to the large building commonly known as Mr. SEGE °Ewes Tabernacle, he would ascertain the cause. lie would have seen, from numerous placards in the windows of the shopkeepers, and from others borne by men in the streets, that a monster meeting was to be held in the Tabernacle at half-past 7 o'clock on the subject of the Irish Church Estab lishment, at which Mr. BRIGHT was to take the chair and Mr. Brut:anon was to address the audi ence. Surrounding the building he would find long before the hour of meeting thousands of per sons anxiously seeking admission. Thick as leaves in Vallambrosa they presented the tickets which secured to the holders the privilege of entry. But even with this precaution—which amounted to a limitation of the numbers present—there was considerable confusion, and it was by no means an easy struggle to get to the doors. It must not be supposed that the formality of presenting a ticket was for the purpose of filling the building with persons holding the same opinions as the conveners of the meeting, for they were given to all who came for them with out inquiry and without stint. No better proof could be adduced of the interest felt in the pro ceedings of last night that so many thousand per sons should have taken the trouble toapplyforthese entrance tickets. The doors were opened but a short time when the immense spaosinaide began to fill ra pidly,snd the laggards who thought that it would be " soon enough "to arrive when the proceedings began, found themselves cruelly deceived. Several thousands of this class were repulsed from the thronged building, disappointed and dis consolate. When the vast teem of . the Tabernacle was paved with its blocks of human heads—when the ample and spacious galleries, tier upon tier, were occupied to the utmost extent of their capacity— all distinctly visible in the bright light shed from the clusters of gas jets which serve as a kind of Corinthian capital to the twenty columns which gracefully ascend from floor to roof, the scene was one of rare magnificence. The chairman of the evening, Mr. BRIGHT, spoke but the simple truth when he stated that his eye never before ratted on " so grand a " gathering," and when he described the scene as " a magnificent spectacle." It is estimated that the Metropolitan Tabernacle can afford comfortable ac commodation to about 6,ooohearers. Probably 8,000 foundspaostositor steadiest might ; for though there was no actual crushing there was dose packing. When Mr. BRIGHT, accompanied by Mr. FALWO27; M.P., Mr. T. B. Parra*, M.P., the Rev. J. A. BYUROZON OM Mr. Bruaonom was unfortunately unable to be present owing to an attack of rheumatic gout), appeared on the rostrum which serves the purpose of pulpit and platform in We large edifice, there was a general uprising, a KOES. Adam, W. P. Henlergr - ti MMer, W. Butler, C. S. lioro afl, I'. B. MB* J. B. Crawford, B. W. Hu bbard. J. G. Monadsll, J. Ewing, H. E. Lamont, J. Paget T. T. Fens, CoL Leathern, L A. Salmons, Mr. A. ElMoo, J. Lopes, B. C. Moonlit!, P. B. French, Col. lopes, Sir M. Thompson, X. W. Freeland& C.K. Lowther W. Graves, 8 IL Lowther, J. ?MAW. ()Toenail, G. M'lngan, P. Taylor, P. A. Gray, Liont.-CoL M'Laren,D. Graham, W. lianalee, Sir J. Malcolm, J. W. CANONGATE ANNUITY TAX BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made sad question proposed, " That the bill be now reed a second time .•" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months:"—{The Lord Advoeatel—Question put, " That the word • now' stand part of the question:"— The House divided ; ayes 60, noes 8.1. AYsk Amberley, Vied, Hanlelel7o. Price, W. P. Ayrton, A. & Jackeen W. Samods, J..LeA. Aytown, B. S. Klimalra, A. F. Maly, C. Baines, E. Lemma, J. Sheridan, H. B. Beaky, T. Laotian, it A. Shalt A. C. Bright, Bright, John Ligroin Jacob Leathern, o. Smi W. H. Bhaeonth, J. a Sir J. , Butler, C, M. Lewis, H. Samoale, W. Burton Sir T. F. Locks, J. Minskld, J. Candlish, J. Lome, Marquis of Stock, 0. Cowen, J. Melly, 0. lituat,CoLC. Creature, X H. Merry, J. Sykes, Col. WSW, B. Mills, J. B. Taylor, P. A. Dillwyn, L L O'Beirne, J. L Thom pson , M. W. L i d wo m e J. H. Crßriest Sir P. Padmoes, B. Trevelyan, G. 0. Vivian, Capt. = 's,W. D. Paget, T. T. Winterbothem, H. Sera. Phil, J. Toeing, It Gupta, C. Platt, J. IRS. Glyn. 0. C. Potter, E. M'Lareu D. Greaten, H. B. Potter, T. B. =wing, H. NOES. Adam, W. P. Gent, J. R. Montagu, Lord R. Agnew, Sir A. Graves, 8, R. Newdegate, C. N. Bowe, Sir W. Gray, Lk•CoL Noel. G. J. Bartiogton. l'isct Oteenelle. O'Neill, L W Beach . W. Q . Paget, R. H. Beecrott, O. 8. Gromemor, Nit. Parker, Major Bentinck, G. C. Guragy_l. Parry, T. Brett, Sir W. GwYa , H. Peel, Sir R. Barka, Visa. Hamar., Id. Caad Percy, Major-Gen. Hardy, J. Powell, F. 8. ( 9 / 1 1:gt . t, CoL Hay, air J. C. Robe: hoe P. Cave, 8. Henley, J. W. layw.=, duct. Colebrooke, Sir T. Borg, Lt..-Col. Russell, H. Coo, W. T. Bollard, L 8. ficluellate, C. Dinisdale, R. Hereby, W. H. Seymour, 0. H. Dyott, Col. Honda% T. B. Smith, J. Edwards, Mr H. Howes, E. &menet, E. A. Egerton A. P. Huddleston, J. W. Spears, A. A. EYk7 11 ,.. 1 .,„ Kavanagh, A. Ktirling-Mararell,Blr Pane, La.-vol. Keown, W. W. Pane, Col. J. Lefroy, A. Staart,Lt.-OoL W. Feilden, J. Laddell, H. G. Mork Lt.. Col. Ferguson, Mr J. Lowther, J. Suttees, H. E. Eitsgerald, Lord 0. It'Lagan, P. Taylor, 01. Moyer, J. , Malcolm, J. W. Toilet:ameba J. Fenster Gen. Maxwell, W. H. Whitmore, H. Preshlteid o C. X. Mellor, Col. Wise, H. C. , J. . Milford, W. 7. Moffatt, G. TiLLII Goodson, 0111. Montgomery, Mr 0. Gordon, R. S. Moncrelff, J. Miller, W. The Birmingham Post states that the memorial statue of the Prinee Consort, for which a commission was given to Mr. Foley, RA., is now fixed in its temporary resting-place. The final preparations were completed last evening, and the statue will be open to public inspection en Monday next. It is described by our contemporary as an excellent likens of the Prince, and a noble work of art. The Prince Imperial has returned from his first State duty unaeoompauied by either of his parents. It was necessary that the fleet should revive an imperial visit, and the Emperor not being in the best of health sent his son down to Cherbourg and Brest, accompanied by the necessarycourt and military officials, to visit the squadron, which about this time of the year are ordered to muster preparatory to the slimmer cruises. The Minister of Marine and the Emperor had arranged the programme. The heir to the throne was received with enthusiasm as a matter of course. Mc. J. B. MILL AND THE Co!Wanton OP Deers.—The force of Mr. Mill's argument depesds much The ancestry Advertiser says ;—" It is currently upon the conception we form of death. He says it is a ' moment's pain, a shock, a spasm or two, and there rumoured that the Priam and Prince's of Wales will re is an end of it. It is this view of death which turn from Cunneen by way of the Aberyatwith and Welsh infidel him in saying that the intense stony of • Coast and Cambrian Railways, stayingat Pk, Maohynlleth, moment is not to be compared with the pro tracted tortures of hopeless imprisonment. The argument the Welsh raddence of Earl Vane, for lunch. There may be carried a long way. A moment's agony is lighter would not be mach di ff erence In the listen" between this in the balance of pleasure and pain than solitary confine- route to England and the other and the scenery on the 1 meat perhaps for fifteen, or ten, or even aye years. But route is incomparably more beautiful." this is not the popular conception of death. We abstain The marriage of Lady Emily Villiers, third from Wain; into the theology of the question. Asa matter ' of doctrine it lies beyond our province; as • matter d daughter of the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, with Mr. fan it falls within it, but its bearing sav seen at a Ode Russell is appointed to take place at the Earl of ikon. We merely indicate a flaw which renders his Clarendon's seat, The Grove, near Watford, on Tuesday, argument inconclusive with those in whose interest it is the fis h proj i m. Vrdthat is, with the great body of the British public. The ' agirs w ith ge n Mill that the vun id oleti t o f d est i, cathedrals of Canterbury, London, Oxford, fe within the Goo_ potence of civil government. We Winchester , Rochester, York, Durham, Exeter, fit. Aaapk, erneth loo ,,. with him largely in much, _that,., he says Hereford, Llandaff, Salisbury, Carlisle, Worcester, Glen ne to "nn effeminacy of ex alting ~ __nee' into e n nester, Charter, and Ripon are built okra to salmon rivers. went of such transeendant moment. .in_ ye mar Skip of which we ought to be mush mere afraid than of DZPARTITRII OT THE ROYAL VISITORS /RON dying. There are many coessicas b witha l as up r i g ht Drum—ln accordance with the present arrangements, 1 man ought to carry his fife is his bead, to keep nee ofthe Mal yacht will haul ale de th e Victoria Wharf to loss it as duty may determine. Th ere is ea en- as KinPtownieiljridar 1 11 . . and receive their royal sited sphere human action in which many a mesa es at six e'erere that math& She will leas net arneted his life dear unto kiln so that be snicks them haul all leave the neat maculae for Holyhead. nodes z h a geod aresunt to his and sash his The heabeareaseter has dead y received several applica nts ley of victory. This is rm. ; noes far seen en the wharf baissaiss to withers the am alir e i ne at the osin Wes of Obsidian merels, width hart,tieLl ea wer regal YWCA' , ; bat as the Board al have, however, • geed more to say upon th e subjed. Werth, their eminent eseretary island tickets We :sill merely observe that the habit elm the sa the on Mike leading of their rori higkeesses, it i ate of he life, when not kW In cheek by • is tessamed they will also brae tickets co the departure. whin' Mr. _ _IIIM eineslia, leads as le the of — f r reelen".,2 B Je teeeff • • somewhat teerilde hsalias, the bottom of TRI NATAL V ISIT TO TER CATHOLIC lINP7IRRITY. ils act ray many. We the gallows aid the ‘ geill i othe —.Lb holf.pairt four o'cleek ea Tenney 'Gennep Ma Royal goo wor oo k oo lte in net o ar mad poked' manner. lffighis s t o se tha d Er L i k n o ce of 1= a t r o senzii e r f d zakedamotl ssigessie of veer, bee lb. Inmost is se actremely cel lA i traetbeke Univereity, Rh I. Acme cm .-etemegmosiel that we don't like the look sus woo mosivod at the a ttteerOardhol sad el it, sad would rater net hoer IS pet fermi toe aloe the Rev. Mr. Woodlook, reeler the lendletins, shed la the Hoses of Ommeme—Mlostehoew conducted to the roe w-rows, whole thomeirao proem. SALFOI.D.—A CPOWded was held in the sone Irefe Ws& TM illosirithe 'Wen were lialfold Thee Hag Lel eight melon inehlomer of Kr. thee a/ CO 7141 4 / 1: a l efeer lre ema 6kn is t ek de Btejmnia Ar?l_iffin. Mr. Rory Imams sieved that war $ lima °a '''''' Olaf a l illmate. and the ewe e( Ireland, Sad Hs the talk Oradhed Oahe mid Rev. Mr. co the Tailed Kingdom deekceled , that the Irish Wobdloek pasted out videos portions ef Oil Main be ohm* shookl sews to Inlet as a BMW Ssisbliskissai, sad leaToril highass& Ms roTalple7 end write H er Weed Mkt Mk. Ohdbleee'nrstoinetwee Amid ' have the mourn out ot th e Priscilla mimeos m th e ableakiata useasn's soport or Sitrainfileg. Mr. Chiegkee, M.P., e m s ded moon, and drove away mild aliems.—Delice Jpgrooo. She 'Mad - the zoostieg wsnmly 'leered bin A deputation, 00Dsimiin of the following oak amememeet ' he should pepper* Ir. Gladstone. men—Colosel gybe, M.P., Mr. T. Baxley, M. P., Mr. noT___wele_ n _ at Is esiT•Plilla la thrash the meet. i John Peel , M.P.,Mr. J. MOS, ILP,, Mr. IL Fawcett, illah ni MO 1.41 1 16 1 1 1 Mil MAW by skimp noMerity. A, M.P. Mr. A. Graham, M.P., Galati U. F. North, R.E., seiilip Who Sensed Oeuntoes c to be yommild by-lh. ' lir. IL N. Bowler, Mr. B. P. Um Mr. R. 8.1 Rastwirds, wee merodbyllr.B.D.Mwdim, esserisdbylla CUL. Olfildll Barba, Mr. Nom Mr. Nook M. Meolood, mod odspled by the mentig. Porter, Mr. P. P. Gorda, Mr. B. IWO*, Mr. A. —1 " 411 " 31 e. —A litostallg was held . eklocegton, in ltaktk, smilfr.W.C. Batisedeo—watied epee Mireloßord ilk %Maim, lon: Ne, t whit& the away_ sayer lir. etio at the 1R4164 1 • 10 .i....6. st• VS* Om I Alderman Glower, It wee revolved to imimort =itt ef 0 le* te into ear Ifr it =e i k T Poe DTIOA/1111 OP TIM &TITO 61 ellealette r e el""l eadi tke "Id " ad "I 1114. 616 • • Gain Meninegionen.riensae, lid , T.— loo ainrafts PLUM. — 611 4 17 111 7- 131 ' 41 Thew-- =llBwere lefleved et thin gimteesor arming v.* Ilhomaiur, Ana: 21.--kimbion 1 41 1 12 le. • Irk i Mk la pepeost. 1,749; tail . . • 7 • art' I -.IJ •al FORM Gi-V--1--. (THIS DAY.) (axinwes rziseauts.) THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. RUMOURED RELEASE OF THE CAPTIVEs, ALEXANDRIA, APRIL lx, (via Nail) Advice@ received from Aden to the !2th inst. state that Sir Robert Napier had cry the Teams river arriving at Wadela plain on the 284 March. He expected to reach Beber en the 30th. Theodore had removed Mr. Ransam's fetters, and sent him presents of 2,000 dollars and sheep. The Bth Native Infantry and a detachment of the Land Transport Corps will leave here t o . morrow for Annealey. Private letters from Abyssinia state that th e hope was generally entertained that the capta ts would be released. A rumour was, in fact, current at Zoulla that their release bad already beta effected. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Area The members belonging to the club of the L e h discussed yesterday, in a special party sitting., the financial measures proposed by Dr. &tate!. Herr Sturm proposed a resolution containing the following four points :-1. That the deficit ought to be covered by extraordinary measures. 2. Th e following are measures which would be unacctlaaby: (A). The contracting of unredeemable loans. il;), The increase of the paper currency. (C). The in. position upon the State creditors of a higher taxa. tion as would be justified by the amount ( , 1 (ital of the public debt which has not been accepted by Hungary. (D). The direct taxation of siaes. 3, The financial measures, the amendment ( is, however, reserved, must in principle c , natinr e the basis for effecting a balance of expenditire yd revenue in the state budget. 4. Should any of the financial measures proposed by the government i t rejected by the house, other distinct resiiiut:oli conformity with the above principles are to be sub. witted to the Reichsrath for a solution of the financial question. An animated iliscusaion ensued, after shsh Point No. 1 and paragraphs A and IS of NO. '2 were conceded. The discussion will be continl.ed in the next ,it• ting of the club of the Left. INDIA. (Via 31Alta.) CALCUTTA..It,•I 1. The License Tax Bill has passeil the Leg:slatue Council. Two new classes have },een added fir those persons whose profits exeet_ tau and iur lace respectively. Companies will be chargLd :Ako rupees at each place of budiness. (BT ATLANTIC ITAMOZAPH THROUGH HR. RLt TER'S .t •..t AMERICA. THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, APRIL V. ETINIE. The impeachment trial was resumed to before the Senate. Mr. Boutwell, one of the managers fur the secution, replied to the arguments of the deface. In the course of a long speech he maintand that the evidence submitted by the prosetusl had completely sustained the charges prthrt. In conclusion he strongly urged the convicuo i President Johnson. OUR PARIS LETTER. (FFOM OUR OWN CCRRESPORDIRT.) PARIS, WYDNIBDAT :NG. This eveaine's Monitcui• contains, at the head its weekly political bulletin, the following paw graph : The publics good sense has done jnstioe ape the ram of war, and alarming reports imagined sod propagasi for speculative purpoaes. A Letter feeling has teems more and more apparent, and while the French gorse went neglects nothing to discourage warlike aspire . and consolidate general peace, other cabinets she acie stand that their duty is to use their influence in lamas• woe of ideas of moderation and equity. The oracular tone of these words is doubt:di not very reassuring with reference to anyttmg but the immediate future. They may, howe‘tnti pretty safely taken as confirmatory of the genei impression that there is no fear of war till a. 4 .d harvest. In the Senate yesterday a report was made up a very extraordinary petition indeed, presented h a M. Leroy, residing at Batignolles, and set:mg forth that in the year 1867 he had an audience with the Emperor at Compiegne to eil'aut to him an invention for which he Is obtained a patent, and for which patent he has been offered 250,000 fr. On that occanon, according to the petitioner, he left sith the Emperor at his request drawings illustrative of ha invention, and he has never been able to get they back. In consequence of the loss of the dras he cannot sell his patent (the object of which al petition doe* not disclose), and he asks the Seam to award him 50,000 fr. damages for the injury h has sustained by having confided his proper)* the Emperor. The reporter on the petition a that every possible search and inquiry has _ made at oom pibgne, but that the papers in cl tion are not to be found. He speaks iu • terms of the " indecent and reprehensible " duct of a man who, having had the honour of audience of the Emperor, comes forward to tons ' make money by it, and proposes to reject the Pea' tion in the moat decided way possible, asneib by the " previous question." This was Tea MM. con. The fashionable organ the Gazette des Dawns is responsible for the publication of the fdloang fragment of a letter from the Empress (date azt given) protesting against the flattery with 1 , 1 41 she has been beslavered on account of her rag w a provincial cholera hospital two years ago I dislike the for that has been made about my YAM to dmins. Them was no courage or merit in that cs' nothing bats simple duty of my poultice, which los very hem to have fulfilled. Doles talk to ale, fen, el benison ; I sand nobody, and, indeed, it is Onfr that mono than one poor patient must have bees lass' eninseed by the preparations made in the wards for reingstion. Lel us reserve high sounding mud' f " great things, seek as, for example, the sublime der of the nun, who are not content with visiting the met f so hoar, as I did, but remain with them YU they rea ms or die. If this letter fa authentic, it is worthy to placed on a level with Canute's rebuke to courtiers. It is a most dignified renunciation .' the ridiculous title of "First Sister of charity France," which the parasitical press forced u" her lfajesty. The Bourse opened with much buoyancy, Rests roes to 40fr. 400., but subsequently predoninatat, ana the dosing quotations OM. 254.1ce digit, and Bflr. Stac. for amount, s fail of LK end 12io. Italian fell 460. ; bid end Ceedit remiss way without change. MIL