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TO-MOlLlOW—Moihtms, 46 3404......Aften500n, Ott :uq LONDON, MoNDAY, APRIL 22. TRIG past week has been marked by a further general disturbance in the stuck markets of Europe. Warlike rumours, apparently put forth to be contradicted on the morrow, and then con firmed the day after, have caused an incessant series of violent fluctuations, in which the specu lators on foreign bourses especially delight, and by which they make their profit. It would be impossible to prevent the movement from extend ing to this country, and since the result abroad has been to occasion a general fall, so also have some of our best securities been sympathetically depreciated. It is nevertheless satisfactory to know that, however much public confidence may be shaken in the merits of the miscellaneous class of investments, whether railways, foreign bonds or shares, the Government funds are in steady favour. The universal distrust has at all events caused Consols to be in increased demand. Every now and then the depression on the Conti nental exchanges causes a fall here, but it is entirely due to speculative operations. Bond fide investors are not thereby deterred, but rather take advantage of the decline to effect their purchases on the best terms, and thus the price for immediate delivery is equal to, if not higher than, that for the next account. Although this may betoken a com mendable degree of prudence on the part of the public generally, still it possesses drawbacks. In times like the present, just caution is apt to de generate into unreasoning timidity, and there ap pears too much ground for believing that the latter sentiment is fur the moment uppermost. It cannot be disputed, however, that the critical position of European politics would warrant almost any amount of uneasiness. As regards ourselves, the effect will chiefly be seen in the heavy reduction in all kinds of foreign stocks. It would, of course, be only natural to suppose that securities of such doubtful value as Spanish Passive and Certificates, Greek, or Vene zuela Bonds should lose the comparatively small valuein which they werepreviouslyheld. Asregarda Spain, it was indeed pretty well understood already that the Passive and Certificate holders had little or no chance of getting their claims recognised except upon " the basis of a readjustment of " the National Debt," or, in other words, of raising by hook or by crook a new loan. Under the best circumstances this would prove by no means a practicable operation, and may be now considered out of the question when we are threat ened with a continental war, and Spain herself is engaged in a serious and, since the case of the Tornado is not yet adjusted, but half-terminated dispute with England. Though Greece makes no advance towards the payment of her debt, it may be admitted that from time to time we are promised a reorganization of the national finances, with of course the indispensable preliminary of a fresh loan. Venezuela we may dismiss from our minds at once, although it must be owned that the rulers of that Republic have shown a financial capacity far higher than displayed by any other Spanish-American State. Venezuela has gone upon the straightfor ward principle of getting the very utmost out of the foreigner at the least possible cost, and she has succeeded admirably. First one loan is raised, securities are pledged, and all goes on well for a time ; then little difficulties occur, the revenues are required for urgent purposes, and dividends fall in arroar. Tho Government makes the best offer it can to its creditors, and the debt is readjusted upon an equitable basis, which means that the public creditors are cajoled into taking deferred bonds for part of the money owing to them, and abandoning the rest altogether. Of course a new loan comes out immediately after wards, specially secured, it need not be said, upon which the dividends are punctually paid, more so than on the original stock. A year or so more witnesses the advent of another fresh loan, also specially secured, and as far as official signatures and seals, and diplomatic and notarial testanmrs can go, a perfect model of solidity. The guarantees are, indeed, almost too perfect. Some how or other the dividends on the previous stocks fall, from unavoidable necessity, in arrear ; yet those on the last loan are rigidly met. The Finance Minister probably wants to make a fresh issue of bonds on the European markets ; but the times are &decree, and it is evident there is nothing in that way to be done. Venezuela takes the best course available ; she does not repudiate her liability openly, but she pays nobody, which comes to practically the same thing. At the same time she takes care to maintain a character for integrity by vaguely acknowledging her liabilities —on paper. In this respect Venezuela has pro fited from the contrary example of Spain. But if these countries should incur the dis credit which they certainly richly deserve, it is THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1867. rushing into the opposite extreme- no; class' an others in the same category. The most apposite example is Chili. She, like Venezuela, is also a Spanish-American State, and, unlike Venezuela, has steadfastly maintained a strong sense of honesty with regard to the public creditor. It is but repeating what everyone knows, that for public credit Chili ranks among the highest countries in the world. For many years her stocks have de servedly stood in the best estimation, and it has only been through a strange but insignificant error of management that her last loan should have fallen to a discount. Most probably the present quotation would have been higher if the state of the political world had not prevented a recovery. Intrinsically, the credit of Chili is now at least as good as six years back. Nothing has occurred to injure her material prosperity beyond the war with Spain and consequent bombardment of Valparaiso, but these are calami ties which would soon have been repaired. Her national honour has not fallen in the slightest degree. Yet investors do not care to touch Chilian scrip, for the old reason, that they have no wish to take up anything new, while holders are as ready to sell as if their security were worth no thing. Leaving foreign bonds for the moment aside, and reverting to home securities, the depreciation is not only considerable but often seems unwar ranted. Railway stocks, the moat important of the whole, have indeed fallen, but this arises Kea from general than from domestic reasons. The state of confusion which has latterly come upon the railway interest, and which seems beyond the capa city of any one to suggest a remedy, is unfavour able enough of itself, but is necessarily heightened by the prospect of an European war. Restriction of trade and diminished traffics will step in to complete the loss already entailed by I financial difficulties. Such, at least, is the pessimist view. On the other hand, there is at all events the encouraging feature that the small public are quietly investing in railway stocks, in moderate amounts individually, but large in the aggregate, and that the sellers are chiefly specula , tive holden who have bought up stock on the chance of realising at some future period with profit. This, at any rate, shows that bola fide purchases pre dominate over sales, and that all things considered the public think that the prices of railway secu rities have fallen to that point that they are decidedly worth buying. The sauna cannot be said of banking and other shares which, gene rally speaking, are of indisputable value. They possess the fatal defect of entailing upon the pur chaser a liability to " calls," and although it may be well known that there is no chance of any being made, the mere possibility is an insur mountable drawback to the prudent investor. With reference to the future, there is nothing to be done but to wait the course of events. It is a trite saying that the expectation is worse than the reality, and hence both the political and finan cial atmosphere might forthwith clear if war were really to break out. At least, the worst would be known. It seems almost futile to hope that the public will exercise a calm judgment upon these points, and refrain from allowing their minds to be swayed to one extreme or the other according to mere temporary prejudice. While suspense lasts this is sure to happen, and thus Vie best thing to be desired is to get rid of suspense at all hazards, even if it make place for a most unfavourable certainty. fa the oldAtog of the Timers, with France. The King of the Nefffierliuida may or may not have taken the first step by proposing to sell Dutch Luxemburg, but the French government might easily have dis couraged the idea before their dignity was compromised by the Prussian veto. Whatever influence we may possess at Berlin should be used in deprecating, with the utmost courtesy and respect for German susceptibilities, the commencement of a conflict which so far as it can foresee, must be fruitless, except for evil. Prussia, Lays the Post, is not asked to yield a right, but, following the example of France in Italy, to withdraw from an abnormal position, inasmuch as the occupation of the fortress of Luxemburg by Prussian troops since the dissolution of the Germanic Confederation has constituted a legal wrong. And there might be no objection to this on the part of Count Bismarck if it was stipulated that the Duchy should not be assigned to Fiance. If, then, this he the point in dispute, it is clearly not one to be referred to the arbitration of arms. Still the Post thinks that armaments are going on—that as regards Prussia, it is folly to declare that the Rhenish fortresses have not been armed, or that no extraordinary orders have been given for needle guns ; and th►t as regards France, it is well known that for months past nothing tending to increase the efficiency of the French army has been omitted. The clashing of designs between such men as Napoleon and Bismarck cannot be regarded, in the opinion of the Star, as other than most menacing to the interests of peace. It does not therefore wonder at the violent panic, or rather succession of panics, that has agitated the Bourses of Europe for the past four days. However eagerly it may desire the maintenance of public tranquil lity, the Star cannot be blind to the manifest signs of a near and a terrible war. Although the Telegraph does not implicitly believe the statement that monetary panics are an infallible sign of approaching war, it admits that there are unfortunately, both in France and Germany, manifold signs of a popular desire for war —or, at any rate, for • policy drifting to wards war ; and that feeling argues far worse for the maintenance of European tranquillity than all the doings of monetary authorities. The Telegraph believes that the Emperor is sincerely desirous of avoiding • war on account of the Exhibition, and because there is reason to suppose that the French army is not yet prepared to cope with that of Germany on equal terms. But if, justly or not, he should come to believe that Frenchmen are permanently dissatisfied with their national attitude, then no choice will be left for Napoleon 111. except to obey the tradi tions of the First Empire—the traditions of Wagram, Austerlitz, and Jena. The Dail g Nein.r, referring to the unconditional com pliance of the Spanish government with the demands of Lord Stanley for the restitution of the Queen Victoria, says that no one can grudge the pride of Castille the alle viations which it may receive from the fact that the cap ture was some days since condemned as illegal by the court of Cadiz, and that this decision has been con firmed by the Council of State of Madrid. It would be ungracious to enter into any chronological details with respect to the relative dates of Lord Stanley's despatch and the decision of the Spanish Court, or to inquire whether the " English fleet was yet in sight" when the judgment was given on which the cabinet of Madrid has acted. It is sufficient that justice has been done, and peace has been preserved. Lord Stanley's diplomacy reflects the change which has of late years come over the mind of his countrymen ; and which was first signally expressed in the Schleswig-Hol stein debate of 1864. It is now apparent that a temperate and conciliatory foreign policy is not necessarily tame, sub missive, or inefficient. LATEt3T IN TELIAIGENC& ENGLAND AND SPAIN. We are authorised to state that a telegram has been received from her Majesty's minister at Madrid announcing that the Spanish government have agreed to restore the Queen Victoria and her cargo, or their full value, to indemnify the owners for their losses, and to punish those officers who may have been in fault in seizing the Queen Victoria, or in any offence to the British flag. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) MR. ounerowa's LEADICIVIMP. The Times, analysing Mr. Gladstone's letter to Mr. Crawford, comes to the conclusion that the right hon. gentleman's meaning is no more than this—that the defeat on the question of personal rating has convinced him of the Motility of dividing the house upon the several amendments which embodied the details of his alternative proposal, and that until some fresh means of useful opposition are discovered he will assume a position of comparative inactivity. The Times regrets th►t at such a crisis Mr. Gladstone should have written so ambiguous a letter, and thinks that, whether it turns out that the more restricted or the larger interpretation of his meaning is correct, the effect must be to compromise his influence with his party and with the country. The Daily lime, presuming Mr. Gladstone to believe that he would compromise the liberal party and himself as its leader, by exposing it to the defeats which inevitably await it, unless some closer bond of union can be formed than now exists, says he does well, thus thinking to hold himself and it free for that struggle against the restric tions of the bill, which, if it peas in its unimproved shape, is certain to coma In the meantime, as an individual member of parliament, be will not ►e wanting. The Herald suggests that it is owing to a mistake of Mr. Crawford that the letter has been considered in some quarters equivalent to a resignation of the leadership. Any such design on Mr. Gladstone's part would be a piece of folly and ill-temper. The Standard follows in a similar tone. In the view of the Star the letter simply means an intimation to the liberal party of Mr. Glaalstone's readi ness to lead if they will make up their minds and abide by a policy. It will not believe in the possibility of his ceasing to hold the position of the liberal chief, and thinks the latter gives the country a grand opportunity of making a decisive declaration of its confidence in him. The Tr/rproph denies the truth of the Olarrorr's state. ment that Mr. Gladstone has resigned, in the following terms: •• In publishing Mr. Gladstone's letter to Mr. Crawford a Sunday contemporary introduces it with a heading which announce■ the • Withdrawal of Mr. Gladstone from the leadership of the liberal party also, in the teat of the same intro luction distinctly asserting that the right honourable gentleman has resigned the leadership of the opposition.' This an nouncement is made without any authority whatsoever. If it is based upon an inference drawn from the letter in question, that interpretation i■ utterly erroneous ; and we are enabled to state, without qualification or reset e, that the report is simply groundless." ►OREION AFFAIR4I. Both in Prance and Germany, the Times remarks, the omen, of public opinion are less and less favourable to peace. The reports which have caused so marked • fall on almost all the Exchanges of Europe are doubtless premature, but means would have been found to silence them had they been altogether destitute of truth. As the diplomatic correspondence between Paris and Berlin is said to be carried on chiefly by telegraph and verbal conversation, it is the lees easy to ascertain what has actually passed ; but the language of the German press had prepared us for the statement, now made without any reserve, that Count Bismarck refuses to make any concession on the question of Luxemburg. In French society, on the other bend, the greatest uneasiness is known to prevail, and is no longer rebuked by reassuring utterances in the 21foniteur. As for military preparations, experience shows bow little reliance can be placed on the alleged despatch, and how much leas reliance on official disclaimers of orders for the transport of troops and nirit6-itt to the frontier. The chief responsibility of precipitating this crisis rests, the Evart. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 20. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out this morning. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold walked out, and Princess Re►trice rode in the Home-park. The following bulletin was issued this morning : WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 20. Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian has passed a very good night. Her royal highnees and the infant prinoe are progress ing favourably. (Signed) THOS. FAIRBANK, M.D. APRIL 21. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill. Princess Louise went out driving, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. Prince Arthur and Prince Christian rode on horseback. The Queen, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leo pold, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Christian, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service in the private chapel. The Hon. andliiery Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated, and administered the Sacrament of the Holy Communion. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. . _. Amu". 21. Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian has alept very welt Her royal highness and the infant prince are pro gressing very favourably. (Signed) THOS. FAIRBANK, M.D. The Prince of Wales honoured Mr. Dickinson with a sitting for some photographs at his studio in New Bond. at reet on Saturday. The Prince of Wales attended Divine service yesterday morning at the Chapel Royal St. James's. The communion service was read by the Rev. Thomas Helmore, the Rev. Dr. Vivian, and Rev. E. Nepean. Anthem, " Worthy is the Lamb," Handel. Mr. Goss presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, from let Corinthians, c. 15, v. 37. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Sierra Leone and the settle ments on the Gold Coast. Despatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. The Queen and royal family (says the Court Journal) intend to leave Windsor Castle on Saturday next, nth instant, for Osborne, where her Majesty will remain a fortnight. Afterwards the Queen will return to Windsor, and in the week following leave for Scotland. During the week in which her Majesty will be at Wind sor the christening of the infant son of the Prince and Princess Christian will take place. In three weeks from this date their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian will leave the Castle for their new residence at Frogmen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Clifton, left town on Saturday for Walmer Castle, on a visit to Earl Granville, and in order to be present at the volunteer review at Dover to-day. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernetorlf and family left the Prussian Ein b.uny, on Carlton-house-terrace, on Saturday, to spend the holidays at Brighton. The Duke of Hamilton arrived in town last night from Paris, and goes to-day to Newmarket. The Duke of Sutherland has left Stafford House, St. James's, for Paria. The Marquis and Marchioness Townsend have loft town for Ball's Park, Hertford. The Earl and Countess of Dunmore have arrived at their residence on Carlton house-terrace, from Dun more Park, N.B. The Earl Granville left town on Saturday for Weimer Castle, where, se Lord Warden of the Cinque Porto, his lordship will entertain a large party till to-morrow. - _ The Earl Spencer left town on Saturday on a visit to Earl nranville at Weimer Castle. The countess has gone to Altborp H►ll for a few days. The Countess of Belmore and family have ar rived at Castlecoole, Enniskillen. The Earl of Belmore has returned from Dublin to lid, Eaton•place. The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave will have a dancing party at her residence in Carlton•gardena on the Rth proximo, to muet their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess de Paris. Viscount Hamilton, M.P., has left town on a visit to Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison at Broome Hall, Suffolk. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford and the Hon. Mrs. Higgins have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. The Liberte of to-day heads its leading article with the words "La Guerre Nationale," and then proceeds as follows : There is now scarcely any possibility for donbt—wa r between Frusta and France is almost inevitable. Every day which passes without the evacuation of Lcxemburg by the Prussians aggravates the situation, for it is an addi tional day of hwuiliation for France. (Rarities TELEGRAMS.) MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF FLANDRES. BERLIN. APRIL 22. The marriage between the Duke of Flanders and the Princess Hohenzollern will take place here in the catholic church of St. Hedwig, at 3 p.m. upon the 25th inst. The members of the Hohenzollern family, the King of the Belgians, the Count of Flanders, and the Prince Bishop of Breslau are expected to morrow. The Prince-Bishop of Breslau will peform the ceremony, at which a distinguished company—in cluding the Princes of the Royal House, the diplo matic body, the ministers, and the generals will be present. A court dinner will be given in the White Saloon at the Royal Castle after the marriage, and a soiree at the Crown Prince's palace in the evening. In the forenoon of the 26th the members of the Belgian and Hohenzollern families will attend Divine service at the Church of St. Hedwig, and a do'jetiner will be given at the royal palace in the afternoon. In the evening the King of the Belgians and the newly-married pair will receive the diplomatic body, after which a court will be held at the Castle, followed by a concert. ROME. ROME, APRIL 21, EVENING. To-day being Easter-day, the Pope bestowed the usual benediction, ,srbi et orbi, from the balcony of the Vatican, in presence of a large multitude of persons, including many foreigners. His Holiness was enthusiastically received. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Arm. 22. The National Councillor, M. Heer, of Glarus, is about to proceed to Berlin, as Extraordinary Ambassador from the Swiss government. INDIA. BOMBAY, Aran 16, 5.30, r.w. 71b. shirtings, 6r. 10a. ; 811 b. ditto, 6r. 10a. 40's mule twist, 13a. Cotton dull : Dhollerah, 230 r. Exchange on London, h. Hid. to ls. Four per Cent. Government securities, ; Five per Cent. ditto, log ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, 108. Freights to Liverpool, 60s. to 655. The latest London date is April 12. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HANSA. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 22. The North German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from New York on the 11th, arrived here to-day, with 118 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen ; 35 sacks of mails, and 24,000 dollars in specie for London. Since the 13th the Hansa experienced strong westerly gales throughout the passage. On the 12th the spoke the Bremen barque Atlantic. The Oldenburg barque, Fanny Kircluder, arrived at New York on the 11th instant. NEW YORK, Aran, 11, MoRxING. The petition of Judge Black, Charles O'Connor, and ex- Senator Coward to the Supreme Court on behalf of the State of Georgia, requesting that tribunal to grant an in junction to restrain the Secretary of War and Generals Grant and Pope from executing the Reconstruction Act in Georgia, is based substantially on the same grounds as the recent ►ppeal of Judge Sharkey and Mr. Walker in behalf of Mississippi. It is reported that if the Supreme Court refuse the in junction in the Mississippi care the petitioners will attempt the indictment and arrest of General Ord for treason against the State. General Pope has prohibited whipping and maiming as punishment for crime in his district. General Sheridan has declared the recent election of Livingstone for the parish of Louisiana null and vold.l The Senate has ratified the Russian-American treaty ; there were only two dissenting votes. The treaty cedes to the United States all Russian America and the adjacent islands. The present inhabitants are to be protected in their rights of liberty and property, and to be permitted to choose whether they will return to Russia within three years or become citizens of the United States. The pur chase money is now said to be ten million dollars in gold. The Senate has passed a resolution asking the President for copies of any correspondence that has passed between this government and Mexico relative to the treatment of prisoners of war captured by belligerents in Mexico. The American consul in Havana has remonstrated ag►inst the enlistment of Spaniards in Cubs for the army of the Emperor Maximilian, as a violation of the neutrality law. A statement has been forwarded to Washington showing that 200 men have been enlisted for the Imperial service. The Senate has rejected the nomination of ex-Senator Stockton as United States minister to Vienna. The Jersey Legislature has rejected the bill for enfran chising negrose. The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill for enfran chising all women of legal age. The New York Republican and Democratic Conventions have assembled at Syracuse to nominate delegates to the State Constitutional Convention. The republicans have pared a resolution favouring negro suffrage. The democrats passed a resolution condemning the course of Congreu. The democrats have carried the municipal elections at Albany and Hartford by increasing majorities. NEW ZEALAND. The following telegram has been received by Mr. John Morrison, agent for the government of New 'Zealand: " Calle, April 17. . , . " Intelligence from New Zealand to the date of March 16 states that the Governor was making a tour through the Middle Inland, and was every where enthusiastically received. " The country was tranquil." MEXICO. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 5 30 r.v. Accounts from Mexico, dated the 13th inst., con firm the statement that the Emperor Maximilian has offered to surrender upon certain conditions. Juarez, however, demands an unconditional our render.—Times. Lady Sebright was on Thursday last delivered of a son, who survived his birth but a few minutes. Her ladyship is going on favourably at her residence in Grafton street. Among the passengers by the steamship Great Eastern in her hat voyage were Cyrus W. Field, M. Du Chaillu, and Bishop Jackson, of lowa. - The Russian American Telegraph Company spent 3,000,000 dollars before they gave up the project. Their lines extend to the Simpson River, 830 miles north of new Westminster, the capital of British Columbia, and there was no physical obstacle to their reaching Behring sea and the embouchure of the Anwar. By their surveys the company have ascertained that the Steeken River is navigable for 150 miles ; the rivers Knitchpak and Yokon 1,000 miles ; and the river Anader 250 miles from their mouths. EXPEFSIF FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY Emma. It now appears that the news which caused the rise at the Bourse yesterday was a roundabout telegram of the Haves agency, dated from Vienna, setting forth that a despatch had been received there from Berlin repeating news telegraphed from Paris on the morning of April 20, to the effect that the Great Powers, whose opinion had been asked, had succeeded in proposing an " acceptable " compromise of the Luxemburg question. Here is a vicious circle with a vengeance. The same agency which sends the good news fro Vienna has a second despatch, dated a few hours later, stating that the Vienna Gazette thinks the first despatch " too affirmative," and that although " efforts " are making which are not unimportant, there is a wide chasm between these efforts and an acceptable proposition. So that a canard, hatched in Paris, set flying in Berlin, and killed in Vienna, is served up to French readers as a precious dish. The Journal des Debuts contains a long article, which would be highly important if reliable, giving details of the story which I suppose served as the basis of the Havas despatch. The Debuts cites from one of its correspondents the following extract of a letter, purporting to describe the effect produced in Berlin by a question asked by the English ambassador, whether it was true that Prussia contemplated the annexation of Holland. This inquiry caused us some surprise, although it was made in the mostdelicate, courteous, and conciliatory way possible, and without the slightest deviation from the spirit of good feeling and friendship which prevails be tween Berlin and London. This attitude has produced its fruits. It has afforded M. de Bismarck an opportunity of showing himself in his turn moderate and conciliatory, of I protesting the sincerity of his expressed wishes for the maintenance of the pesos of Europe ; and of declaring I that if that peace is to be disturbed it will not be his fault. M. de Bismarck says that Prussia and Germany have need of peace ; and by w►y of illus trating his meaning in a striking manner, be em ployed one of those picturesque images which he often uses—as for instance when he recommended the federal parliament to put Germany in the saddle and then to leave it to him to see that she marched onwards. This time he said :—" When a man has made a good dinner and has his belly full, he thinks of nothing but his digestion. That is the case with Prussia—she has made a copious repast and must now digest it, and this digestion is no small matter. One, two, or three years will not suffice— even ten years hence her digestion may not be completed and she will not think of any new enterprise." But it does not appear that M. de Bismarck positively repudiated the designs imputed to him concerning Holland, or denied that he had endeavoured to persuade that country I that it would be for her interest to join the Northern Germanic confederation. He disclaims, however, all idea of force, appealing only to the practical good sense of the Dutch, and feeling persuaded that time most infallibly bring about the result which be anticipates. M. de Bis marck seemed to wish to excuse himself by saying that he was not alone in Europe in thinking that the union of Hol land with Germany would be a step equally advantageous to the two countries ; that for the last five years the question had been discussed everywhere —even at Vienna, St. Petersburg, Paris, and London—and that he felt certain it had been broached at Compiegne on the occasion of the King of Holland's visit to that chateau. Truth, however, compelled him to say that France had always said that if Holland were to become part of Germany she should require Belgium as an equivalent, and that to complete the compensation the Dutch colonies might be divided between the two countries. AL de Bis marck did not say that either Prussia or France had taken any resolution on the subject, but he did give it to be understood that the combination was considered de sirable by both of them, and that they were perfectly ready to realise it when the time should be ripe. But we are informed that the effect of the question asked by Eng land has been to put ► stop to Prussian pressure upon Hol land, and to prevent it from being renewed for a long time to come, so that the only question now awaiting a solu tion is the special one of Luxemburg, which nobody be lieves of sufficient importance to be a cause of war. The Dibats, to whom I attach the entire re sponsibility of its news, goes on to mention as nearly settled a delightful plan of general peace and conciliation, according to which the fortress of Luxemburg is to be rased, the province annexed to Belgium, and France and England are to guarantee the neutrality and independence of both Belgium and Holland. The DObata concludes by giving its own solemn opinion that " this arrangement, which would settle the Dutch affair, would be of a nature to give new guarantees to the peace of Europe and reassure numerous and power ful interests." So no doubt it would if there were anything serious in the story. But 1 doubt whether it will float even as matter of discussion for so much as three days to come. Meanwhile I can assure you in spite of all official denials, and the prosecution of the Acenir .National, that preparations for war are going on most rapidly in France. Metz and the other fortified places are all bustle and activity. Thirty-four batteries of artillery which had been laid up are ordered to be put on a war footing immediately. The real reason for suppressing the military bands in the cavalry was to get 2,000 additional serviceable horses. Generals about to take com mands are advised to look out for aides-de-camp who can speak German. Cavalry reserves, which would not in the ordinary course have been called out till January next, are ordered to be ready in May. Various provincial papers speak of pur chases of horses, grain, and all other kinds of mili tary subsistence. The LitiertE, the only evening paper which ap pears on this Easter Sunday, contains the follow ing very pertinent paragraph : OPINION OF THE BOURNE. Sunday, April 21, 184 Z. As long av the Bourse sees the portfolio of the Bank of France stationary, and no change in the discount of 3 per cent. except just on the eve of that perio l of every month when a great number of bills become due: As long as the Bourse sees the weekly returns of the railway receipts, showing no material augmentation, notwithstanding the Universal Exhibition : As long as the Bourse sees the public revenue decrease in three months to the extent of 7,400,0001 r. on articles of consumption : As long as the Bourse sees strikes of workmen who cannot live on their wages—so long the Bourse will not believe that business is prosperous. And moreover, so long as the price of a substitute to serve in the army is 3,000 fr., the Bourse will not believe in peace. And now, if the Bourse does not look for prosperity, end does not look for peace, can it expect a rise ? Nonsense HYDROPHOBIA IN AUSTRALIA.—The Bobart Town Merettry gives an account of a fatal case of hydropbob • in that city in February, and states that it is believed to be the first case that has ever occurred south of the equator. ALTERATION OF STREET NAMES. —The following alterations in the names of public thoroughfares have been ordered to be made by the Metropolitan Board of Works : —John-street, on the west aide of Tottenham-court-road, is to be called Whitfield-street ; Chapel-street, in the same locality, is to be cant' ' Tottenham-street ; Ranelagh-street, Pimlico, is to be incorporated with Ebury-street ; York street, Shoreditch, is to be called Howe-street ; Warren street and Stanhope-street, Camden-town, are to be celled Delaney-street ; Grenville-street, Somers-town, to be called Aidenhism-street ; Glocester-place, Regent's-park, to be incorporated with Wellington-street ; Seymour-crescent, Melton-place, Crescent-street, and Melton-crescent, near Bustonaqiuire, are to be called Easton-street ; Brandon row, William-street, and St. Andrew's-road, Newington, to be called Rockingham-street ; John-street, Newington, to be called Heironatreet ; Kensington-park-terrace, Ken sington, to be called Chepstow-villas ; New Bridge-street, Lambeth, to be incorporated with Upper Kennington-lane ; King-street and Stracey-street, Mile-end Old-town, to be called Jamaica-street; Queen•treet and Holmes-street, Mile-end Old-town, to be called Dempsey-street. MR. GLADSTONE, THE LIBERAL PARTY, AND TEM REFORM BILL The following correspondence appears in yeater, day's Observer : 20, Eaton-square, S.W., April 17, 1867. Dear Mr. Gladstone,—l fuel that many members of the house, who supported you on Friday evening, are anxious, like myself, to know what course you propose to take with regard to the remaining amendments to the Reform But standing in your name It would be very useful, lan sure, if you could let me have a line from you on the sub. ject before you leave town for the MOM --Believe m e , yours very faithfully, R. W. Cameroun. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. Hawarden, Chester, April 18, 1867. • My dear Mr. Crawford,—l thank you for giving me au opportunity which enables me to make known to you and to others the course I propose to take with regard to th e amendments on the Reform Bill as yet standing in my name on the notice paper of the House of (Ammons, I need not state what must be in the minds of all, the nature of the amendment which the house rejected on Fri. day, the 12th, by twenty-one voice■, or the composition of the body of nose by which it was so rejected. The country can hardly fail now to be aware that those gentlemen of liberal opinions whose con. victiozur allow them to act unitedly upon this ques tion are not a majority but a minority of the existin g House of Commons, and that they have not the lamer they were supposed to possess of limiting or directing the action of the Administration or of shaping the prosi• Rion' of the Reform Bill. Still, having regard to the support which my proposal with respect to personal rating received from so large a number of liberal members, I am not less willing than heretofore to remain at the service of the party to which they belong ; and when any suitable occasion shall arise, if it shall be their wish, I shall be prepared again to attempt concerted action upon this or any other subject for the public good. But until then, desirous to avoid misleading the country and our friends, I feel that prudence requires me to with. draw from my attempts to assume the initiative in amend. ing • measure which cannot perhaps be effectually amended except by • reversal, either formal or virtual, of the vote of Friday, the 12th ; for such attempts, if made by me, would, I believe, at the present critical me. went not be the most likely means of advancing their own purpose• Accordingly, I shall not proceed with the amendments now on the paper in my name, nor give notice of other amendments such as I had contemplated ; but I shall gladly accompany others in voting against any attempt, from whatever quarter, to limit yet further the scanty modicum of enfranchisement proposed by the government, or in improving, where it may be practicable, the provi• riot's of the bill.—l remain, my dear Mr. Crawford, most faithfully yours, W. E. GLLUSTONE. H. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. STRANDING OF A LARGE AMERICAN VESSEL. ILFRACOMBE, SUNDAY NIGHT. About 2 o'clock on Elaturday . afternoon (writes N. Vye, Eaq.) a ship of 1,000 tons, the Nor' Wester, ti Boston, with a crew of twenty-four men, bound free Cardiff to Monte Video, with a cargo of coals, was pealing this place in tow of the Iron Duke, a powerful steam tug, when the wind suddenly shifting from S.S.W. to NAV., a heavy sea quickly rose, and the ship went on a lee shore, quito beyond control of the tug. Her two anchors brought her up about a cable's length from the rocks in a very dangerous position. Two other tugs came to her assis tance, but they were as powerless to help her as the Iron Duke had been. Under these circumstances both ship and tug hoisted signals of distress. The lifeboat Broadwater, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was at once launched, and made for the ship through a very heavy sea. The tug, seeing her approach, steamed to meet her, and towed her ahead of the ship. The boat then let go her anchor, veered down to the port side of the ship, and at the captain's earnest request took out of her the captain's wife, three children, and a servant girL This appears to have been a moat difficult operation, one of the children being of • very tender age, and all having to be lowered in • basket. The master himself refused to leave the ship, and would not permit his crew to do so. The lifeboat landed the women and children about 8 p.m., and as the captain of the vessel had expressed a strong desire that the lifeboat should stay by him during the night, sad as the master of the tug was equally anxious for her co-operation, she left the harbour again at 9 p.m. in tow of the latter, which had been obliged to run in to get rid of the water with which she was half filled, and remained by the ship until 8 o'clock this morning. The wind having then shifted, the ship slipped her anchors, and returned to Cardiff to replace her chains and anchor and her two boats which had been swamped under her stern. She took with her two of the lifeboat's crew in the capacity of pilots. The conduct of the crew was very good, and although they were mach fatigued after their first trip, they were all ready and willing to go off again in the lifeboat to stand by the ship during the night. The boat, too, behaved admirably, and her popularity is, if possible, greater than ever. The necessity of • lifeboat at Ilfracombe has thus been clearly shown, as no ordinary boat could have gone out in such • sea. The steam tug was quite unable to take off any of the ship's crew, and, indeed, bad diffi cult work to keep herself from foundering. All depended on the lifeboat, for bad the wind shifted to the north, the ship would in all probability have drifted on to the rocks, and not a soul on board could have escaped. The cost of this lifeboat was presented to the National Lifeboat Institution by Robert Broadwater, Esq.. of Homey Rise, and some of his friends, in commemoration of his fiftieth birthday. NEWCASTLE, COUNTY DOWN, SATCRDAY. Captain Ladder, R.N., reports : —" Yesterday the barque Charlotte. Harrison, of Cardiff, from Liverpool, was oh. served from TyreUs station running towanls the shore, it being a thick fog and blowing a gale from the south; the land was observed by the master, and the barque was hauled to the wird, and stood for St. John's Point, but could not weather the point. After standing towards Dundrum•bar, the master again tried for the point, with no better MC. cess. Seeing that he was close to a lee shore he let go both anchors and brought the vessel up about half a mile from Tyrella watch-house, inside the Cow and Calf Rocks, and close to the Plady Rocks, where a very heavy sea was running. Mr. Boyd, seeing the dangerous position of the barque, launched the lifeboat and soon reached the ship, but its services were not required. The gale moder,ded during the night, but the lifeboat was kept on the beach in case the vessel parted her cables. This morning the barque was taken in tow by a steamer. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT SHIRICE. —This dis tinguished architect expired on Thursday evening, the 18th instant, at his residence, 20, Su ff olk-square, at the advanced age of 87, having been born in the year 17t8. His father was an eminent artist who, in his day, enjoyed a considerable reputation as an historical painter, and he two sons, Robert and Sydney, inheriting his love of *it, achieved for themselves yet higher distinctions as architects. Robert, the subject of the present notice, studied for seta time in the office of Sir John Sainte, and subsequent'? spent several years in Italy, Sicily, and Greece, visiting, it intervals, the principal cities in Ramie. Steadily advancing in his profession he was elected a Royal Academician in 1,413, and in 1823 was entrusted with the building of the British Museum, and shortly after with the new Post-office ; these and the restoration of York Minster after its destruction by fire in 1829 being among the best known of hi. public works ; while Lowther and Esstnor Castles may be pointed to as noble examples of his genius and ability in the coo atruction of private mansions. Having been for iniay W years architect to the old Board of orks, he was knighted in recognition of his valuable services, when, in hal, that board was reconstituted. For a long time he held the office of treasurer to the Royal Academy, but rslinquided this appointment on coming to reside in Cheltenham 18.10, and a few years ago, finding his declining health materially interfering with the efficient discharge of the duties of a Royal Academician, he resigned its honors. in 111 d... th atri.t a upoi t gidhe th lite e l t rihi mig onciolpi kbe ßo o rT lf e.le::Lib.ert: e v rretl e.Fssre.ton:ltywirhin uj k lo eoa n,lb.roits, fl:7l....ir):..ansai:aniugl.te.nr4,:tna. C of r hav oon driven to pay a visit to Mrs. Harfonl, of Down•place, nor Windsor, on Thursday morning, and on his attempting get into his carriage to return home at a quarter pWI was seized with an apoplectic lit. He was at once a ssmard w o h 'c o loc e r ired The on il F ece ri' s i sn Y decease) had into tee house, and his medical attendant, Dr. Ellison. yet H. for ; but all his skill and attention proved useless. at Jed h " t : o plac tn u n t r Elagaungceluearterfitehlde.dgLet:th of Captain F. SeYnannr. occurred in the course of about 24 hours. Captain was son of Lord William Seymour, and cousin of Geosol F. H. our. He was born on the 29th of Novembers 1802, and consequently was in the firith year of his ag , He was educated at Harrow and at I 'twist Church. Otfit• To Captain Seymo ur th e rac i ng p u bli c are largely illar bt `" for the prosperity of Ascot races. He was the chief ply looter in the erection of the Grand Stand at Ascot. at OW time Lord Erroll was Master of her Majesty's Ruckhoomda and all the later improvements in and about the stand sts the result of his ideas. Captain Seymour was unanunou 4 elected an honorary member of the Jockey Club some tan or three years since — a compliment which be fully "I dated. The deceased had an exceedingly large friends and acquaintances by whom as well as his f smdj his death will be ainoereli reiretted, as it will be . by who had any transactions or intimacy with him. —nits. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, C A LIIIONIAN- 10 A ISLINGTON. Number of patients for the week ending April 20, 674, of which 228 Win NM OWL