The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-25 00:00:00

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE. rnv nA T —*lrning, sd. 3m Ait;noot7, fat. 2osn. 70410120w—Morning, :M. 36m Afternoon, a. '..311. LONDON, .INNDAY, MA Rem 25. Loco CAIRN, has achieved his first success in the House of Lords by contriving to have Lord Reoe.soa Les Bill for the Relief of Railway Com panis thrown out. It is admitted on all hands that the great railway interest of the United Kingdom has, from a variety of circumstances, been lately placed in a 'Keith n of, to say the least, considerable inconvenience. It is also granted that the magnitude of the capital in volved—probably nearer five hundred millions than four—would, under these extraordi nary circumstances, justify in the general advantage some departure from the rules strictly laid down by Parliament for other VMS, and that exceptional difficulties may fairly be met by afford ing exceptional relief. How have these hopes been met ? Every suggestion has been pooh-poohed or protested against. Practical num are accorded no more than a patient or impatient hearing. Nothing else is attempted to be done. The Government seem utterly unable to do anything, probably from their entire ignorance of tho subject, and a modest proposition to defer a compulsory enforcement of rights which no two persons define alike until after the lapse of a sufficient period to find out what they really amount to is described as a flagrant violation of good faith, and a general in centive to a breach of mercantile trust. Lord CAIRNS was not very happy when he in sisted upon the impolite), of allowing great rail way companies protection from temporary diffi culty at the cost of preventing one class of creditors from recovery, of their claims by enforce ment of law to the prejudice of everybody else. He has apparently forgotten his own de cision upon the debenture question, which is precisely calculated to aggravate the existing evil, and, in fact, has done so already. As the law stands it seems that the holder of a deben ture—an obligation issued under the direct sanction of an Act of Parliament—is worse off than a trade creditor, whose debt has been incurred at the simple discretion of the directors. The one can levy execution, the other cannot, and the only remedy to prevent what amounts to undue pre ference in favour of the ordinary creditor is to put the company into liquidation ; in other words, to make it bankrupt. Such, at least, seems to be the present view. It naturally has considerably startled the holders of debentures issued by leave of the Three Estates of the Realm to find that, instead of possessing, as the subscribers supposed, mortgage bonds on the property of the company, their securities were not so good as a common trade debt. Of course the result has been that numerous possessors, instead of renewing their claims as they fell due, are determined to insist upon payment, and to avoid such dangerous investments for the future. The situation becomes the more complicated as the bulk of debenture holders are bankers, insurance companies, trustees, and the like, since to them security is everything, even at the cost of receiving but low rates of per centage. It was clearly most desirable that the question should be settled, not only in the interest of the public, but of the railway companies them selves. It is admitted by Lord CAIRNS himself that the whole question will have to be dealt with by the Legislature ; but how soon the Govern ment will find time to introduce a satisfactory measure no one, and certainly not the noble lord, has the slightest idea. In the meantime we are promised a kind of financial anarchy. The rail way interest is to be mulcted of inmecessarily in creased charges' for temporary loans, to the great profit of the speculative capitalist, and the corres ponding detriment of the small shareholder. Of course it is only a question of time, but even then it is a matter of serious moment to thousruals of proprietors scattered all over the king dom, if even for a comparatively brief interval they get decreased dividends, or perhaps in extreme instances no dividends at all. It can hardly be expected that the trade creditors and others in their position will show too much for bearance. Supposing, as a body, that they de sired to do so, many would be determined from various reasons to get their money as soon as they legally could. Of course if one section moves, the rest inevitably follow the example. It is therefore evident that the best course was simply to frame a measure which would be equally binding on all parties, and the experience of Lord REnesnatc! showed him its imperative necessity. It is very probable that there was much that was faulty in his Bill, but that might have been amended, and ' anything is better than to stand supinely by and do nothing. Lord CAIRNS IS a lawyer, and consegnently has a veneratiun fur precedents, which is found in perfection among lawyer alone, though a very strong tinge also prevails in Government offices. The relief sought was, he said, unprecedented. Very possibly, but the present position of railways themselves is equally unprecedented. It would puzzle the ba) JUSTICE to ls.int out a previous instance of the whole traffic of the country being nerrxii bac rci in the hands of a section 44 monopolists. It was not so in old days. If a trader were precluded by high elreges or any other oinsideration front sending his wares b•; canal, he could at all events take the browl-wheele4l ' waggon. Passenger traffic also benefited by the competition of rival proprietors on the 8:1111(1 road. 11.. w nnutopolise both services. au 1 it is impossible to see how this can he hc'l.•d. It was easy to perceive front their first introdw.tion, or at lea s t from the successes of the first few compa nies, that this result must inevitably happen. Par liament legislated in its usual fashion ; ;.4sl was (lone, mingled with no sin All harm. I; granted orivil:.;.•<. ilielmling that .4 coittpuls .ry ( without which, indeed, no gees: could have been made), awl it intw.sell vario:::4 restric tions as to direction of road, limitation of fares, and other• points, the mesa important being, indi rectly, the enormous preliminary cost of carrying a special bill through both Houses of Parliament. What has been worse, the Legislature, while forc ing original projectors of railways between two points to take a circuitous route, and thus incur II consequently greater outlay than necessary, has subsequently sanctioned direct competing lima, to the manifest advantage of the latter. It is, on the other hand, only fair t•o allow that the great companies( have of themselves initiated many blunders. Their financial extravagance, their desperate parliamentary battles, :111.1 the pride or folly which has prompted the construc tion of costly and useless branches, have been often reprobated in these columns. But in these• CUBS the right is never entirely on ono aide. Whatever mistakes the railway companies have comndtted, they were all done std. r the delibe rate sanction of Parliament ;and surely, in o mum ut fairness, now that days of trouble have arrived, they have a right to expect some measure of aid from their virtual abettor. Another question, too, might be fairly mooted, and especially now that the engine-drivers are agitating for increased wages. Suppose that the railway companies were to go to Parliament with a demand to be &Hewed to carry on their business at their own discretion. Let them say, " Since " our lines were built the expense for labour and " materials has greatly increased, the rate of " interest for capital has, as a role, considerably " advanced, and often in late years has " been at a prohibitory level. Our pro " fits do not increase in the same ratio, " since we are bound to charge for g , xis, many " classes of passengers, and the conveyance of " troops and mails according to a fixed tariff. It " does not answer, and we therefore claim the " right i doing what every other comp:my and " individual in the country has the liberty to do, " of na:ing such contracts as we may find re " numerative. We do not want protective legis " latiom we want free trade." If this should prove a somewhat awkward request to be answered by the Peers generally, no doubt Lord CAIRNS would be exceptionally able to make a most coo elusive reply. One thing is certain, that should the existing distrust continue, the ill-judged hostility of a portion of the law lords to new pre cedents must yield to the paramount necessity of supporting the traffic system of the country, and the consequent maintenance of trade. A contrary course can only have the effect of aggravating and prolonging the present discredit, and of causing much unnecessary and national OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1867. enframhiso is obviously misnamed. It is h e -us 14 non fan ~du. The bill of the government establishes, as lir. Lowe has said, not a household, but a ratepaying flan chime. The bill will estahlish a different franchise in dif fer. ut boroughs, and it may lw iu different parishes of the some borough ; said will convert the local vestries into con stituent assemblies. Unless the government pledge them selves to permit and assist in the modification of the bill in this particular, it will he simply a mockery and a waste of time to proceed with it. The I'o:t believes it is correctly informed when it states that the resolution come to by the cabinet has lasti to refuse all colic: salons, aud fur once to stand or fall by their ine.sure. They have at last become wearied of the uncer tain sound of their own voices, and, with a feeling that it would be a relief to know the worst at once, they will an nounce themselves ready this day to take the chance of battle, though with what hope of success we are at a loss to conceive. This detc - ation, we believe, has not Len arriied :it in the cabinet without considerable diver ,ence of opinion ; there were some 1411,111,1e111 who would still have been prepared to mike any alterations and sanction any amendments which the liberal party might wish to lint they have apparently been overruled, and " nu sat render" has been adopted as the latest motto of the falling administration. Etc (Court. MCI:INGHAM PALACE, 31.thi It 2;. Th e Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Contitess of Cale ion, drove out this morning, and visited the King and Queen of Ihnonark and the Prince and Princes of Wales at Marlborough-house. Her Majesty also visited the Prince and l'rincesa of Teck. ll ijordieneral the Hon. A. N. Hood and Wood the Hon. A. Harding° were in atteralance upon horseback. Prince Leopold took a carriage drive, atteuded by Mr. Legge. Princessßeatrice and Prince Henry of Prussia also drove out. Prince-a Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, attendh,lby I.atly Caroline Darlington, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, MAjor Elphiuetoue, and Mr. Leg4e, honoured the perfonnatice at the Olympic Theatre with their pre sence last evening,. Princess Beatrice went to the Haymarket Theatre and honoured the performance with her presence last evaming, attended by the Hon. Lucy Kerr and Major-General Sir Thomas M. Diddulph. The King and Queen of Denmark, attended by Mitdame de Mille and General d'Osbolni, visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace this afternoon. Lord Begot was also in attendance upon their Ma jesties. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and Prince }ferny of Prussia, left the Palace this afternoon for 'Wind sor Castle at half-past, five o'clock, escorted by a detach ment of the 14th Hussars to Paddington. The Countess of Caledon, Major-General lion. A. N. flood, Colonel the Hon. A. Flardinge, Major Elphinstoue, and Captain von Schroetter were in attendance. MARCH 24. Tho Queen arrived at Windsor Castle last evening at a quarter before 7 o'clock from Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty was accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Henry of freesia. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon, Major- General the Hun. A. N. Hood, Colonel the Hon. A. liar dinge, Major blphinstone, and Captain von Schnietter. The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, at tended Divine service in the private chapel this morning. The Right Reverend the Bishop of Oxford preached the sermon. The Bishop of Oxford and the Right floe. Sir Stafford Northcote arrived at the Castle yesterday. The Prince of Wales, attended by Colonel Kingscote and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, inspected the lion. Artil lery Company on Saturday, ut their drill-ground, Finsbury. The King of Denmark and the Prince of Tech were also present. N. de Castenichiold and M. de Schuh) were in attend ance on his Majesty the King of Denmark. Messrs. Howell, James, and Co., of Regent-street, have bad the honour of submitting to the Prince of Wales and their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark the jewels they have prepared for the forthcoming Paris Exhi bition. The Queen of Denmark and the Prince of Wales, with the Lady and Gentleman in Waiting, attended divine ser vice at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morn Mg. The Communion Service was read by the Rev. Thomas Belmar*. Anthem, " Blessed is the Man," Gem Sung by Messrs. R. Hamby, Montent Smith, and White house. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. - - The sermon erste preached by the Lord Bishop of Limerick from Cor., ch. 9, v. 27. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the of residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmeabury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Duke of ISuckinghain and Chandos, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakingtun, the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcute, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right lion. H. T. L. Corn, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. Gathurne Hardy, and Lord Naas. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial. office to the Governor-General of Canada and the Governors of the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa. Mr. Robert Newton was presented at the levee on the 2nd inst., by the Secretary of State, on his appointment as a metropolitan police magistrate. The following names should also be added to the list of those attending the levee on that occasion:—The Duke of St. Albans, the Duke of Argyll, Earl de Grey, the Earl of Clanwilliam, the Earl of Clarendon, and Lord Begot. Couar.—Her Majesty, with the junior members of the royal family and suite, who returned to Windsor Castle on Saturday evening, will probably visit Balmoral some time next month. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has greatly improved in health during the last few days. The Princess has had comfortable rest, and suffers considerably less pain. The Duke of Rutland will entertain a diatin guished party at Belroir Castle this week for the annual races at Croston Park. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury en tertained the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Earl and Countess Percy, the Earl of CI.- williain, the Right lion. Robert and Mrs. Lowe. Mr. Alexander and Lady Mildred Beresfonl-Hope, Mr. Graham, Mr. Herbert Murray, and a select party at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Arlington-street, Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Grant, G. C. It. , Colonel of the 78th Foot, hem been uppointel Governor of 3falta. Lieutenant Yorke, the young gentleman whose stride over the heads of three hundred of his seniors afforded matter for discussion in the House of Common. on Thursday night, was, on Friday morning, presented by his father, the Earl of Hai &duke, at the Prince of Wales's levee, " on his promotion." Lovers of good music this week will have plenty to choose from. To-night the second Philharmonic con cert (Hanover-square) and a Monday Popular Concert, at which Herr Joachim is to lead the great quartet in A minor (Op. 132) of Beethoven, and Madame Goddard (first time) to perform Schubert's sonata in ;on Wednesday H an d e l.. zg . spe (Exeter-hall), by the National Choral Society, conducted by Mr. G. W. Martin, and (of • more "popular" cast) Mr. Ransford's "Bishop and Dibain Concert "(St. James's-hall) ; on Friday Mr. Bene dict's Leyend of St. Cecilia, by the Sacred Harmonic So- ciety (Exeter-hall), for the first time in London ; and on Saturday one of Mr. Chappell's afternoon " Popular Con certs," at which Madame Schumann, Herr Joachim, and Signor Piatti nmy be heard. The Prince of Carignano went through Rome from Naples by express train a few days ago. Minghetti was seen w.dking about on the Piazu di Termini lately, aul other Italian ecclesiastics occasionally flit through. THR TREATIES WITH PRUSSIA. Count Bismarck's budget of novelties, the Daily News says, must now be eihauvted. With Wirtemberg, the last Gentian state which seemed to withstand the com pletion of the national unity has been visibly brought into the circle. This is the greatest wonder of all. Laden seemed likely to accept the Prussian leadership ; Ba varia might be induced to do so ; but Wirtem berg—hard, sullen, recalcitrant—would be sure to resist. This kingdom, however, is no exception to the rule, and the telegraph announces that the treaty by which its army is placed under the command of the King of Prussia in timeof war has been published in the Stuttgart official 0a.:414.. The date of the instrument is August 'A nearly coincident with that of the treaty be. tween Prussia and Bavaria. Germany is now organised militarily—that is to say, for defence. This is a piquant commentary on the famous circular of the media tor of the Treaty of Prague. In that document too, the Emperor spoke of a German confedera tion of the South which has not been rwli•ed, and which would now be impossible ; not, however, that the point is of any practical importance, since the consoli dation of Germany can in no wise give umbrage to France. The First Napoleon, as the Moniker has observed, effaced 250 independent states in that country ; and the Third Napoleon has said, "By imitating France, Germany has taken a step which draws her nearer to us." The Herald describes the feeling in France to be, that Prussia has been permitted to aggrandise herself at the expense and to the humiliation of France, and many be lieve that a collision between French and Prussian claims will take plate respecting the fortress and territory of Luxembourg. What is chiefly to be feared is the growth in the French mind of a public opinion, convinced of its own patriotism, which in the long run, if it cannot ilia cover a legitimate excuse for reasserting by force of arms the continental ascendancy of France, will invent and con trive one, rather than that Prussia should continue to claim a menacing equality with " the great nation." THE GOI EMMEN - 7 POLICY OX KC FORM. Either Mr. Disraeli, says the Tine; must defend ell the variations, restrictions, and fantastic counterpoises as essential parts of the bill or he must Asmara' some or give substantial reasons for retaining the others. There is little doubt that ho will elect the latter course. Dual voting is fore-doomed ; the lodger fraulhiso cannot be resisted ; the educational franchise will probably excite no serious discussion ; and eva-ything will ultimately turn on the clauses defining and limiting household suffrage and upon the sche dules annexed to part 2. If Mr. Disraeli is prepared frankly to entertain the idea of giving the Small Tene ments Act an uniform application to all boroughs, mid making the franchise co-extensive with the difeet pay ment of rates, we should not despair of an agreement between him and Mr. Gladstone as to the point at which personal rateability and electoral power should cease together, or as to the proper term of residence to be required, not from the new electors only, but from all occupiers who claim registration. A return lately issued entirely confirms the opinion that a 51. rating fran chise would be found nearly equivalent to a 71. rental franchise. Surely this fact affords at least a starting- , point for negotiation, always supposing the existence of an earnest and sincere resolution on both sides of the house to solve the problem of reform. The Timrs concludes with strongly urging the importance of settling reform this year, mainly from the consideration that, in the opposite case, the discontent of the people would be concentrated in the House of Commons. The Daily News thinks it is only fair to Mr. Disraeli to as.ume that if the statistical returns which were pub lished in the Express on Saturday, had been in his own hands when he framed the clauses relating to the house hold franchise in boroughs, those clauses would not have appeared in their present shape. A so-called measure of household suffrage in boroughs which leaves out two thirds of the borough householders whom it pretends to THE QUEEN'S COURT. The Queen held a court at Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon. Hu Royal Highneoo the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Palace how Gloucester House, attended by Colonel Tyrwhit. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz arrived from St. James's rolace, attended by Lady Caroline (*list and Diron Luhe. Her Majesty's Rudy Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at _►rms WWI on duty at the court under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Topham, the lieutenant. The following officers were alto present on duty with the corp. :—Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. BIG-Call, the Clerk of the Cheque and Adjut.uit, and Captain N. G. Philips, tie sub-Officer. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Gnard wins on duty. under the command of f'aptain Parker Rickford, the Exon in w..iting. Colonel Purnell, C. 8., the ensign of the cm pe, also atum.leil the court. A gu.ml of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was mounted in the court of the Palace. The Queen, accompanied by th-ir Royal Ilightic.ses Prince:a Luui,e, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, the Duke of Catnbridge, and the Grand Docileles of Mecklenburg-Stretitz, entered the throne•room soon after :1 o'clock. In attendance upon her Majesty were—the Duchess of (Mistress of tho llohe,), the Countess of Cale don (Luly of the Bedchamber in waiting), Viscountess Chuwtnn (Woman of the Bedchamber in waiting), the Hon- Lucy Kerr and thu Hon. Emily Cathcart (Maids of Honour n wanting), Loly Caroline Barrington (the Lady Superin tendent), and the usual officers of the household. The Duke of Montrose, Postmrtster•Generaloras present at the court. Viscount Royston, Comptroller of the Household, and the Marquis of Rsekr, Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, were unavoidably absent. The Queen wore a black silk dress with a train trimmed with crape, the Mary Queen of Soots cap, with a long veil of white empo lisise, and a diadem of jet. Her Majesty also wore jet ornaments, the Miami and the Star of the srder of the garter, and the Victoria and Albert Order. Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise wore a train of rich white silk and a petticoat of tulle over white glace, trimmed with bows of white ribbons. Head-dress—water lilies and black leaves, feathers and veil, jet ornaments, Victoria and Anert Order, and Order of St. Isabel. Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice wore a white silk dress, with jet ornaments. The following presentations were made to her Majesty , the names having been previously left at the Lord Cham berlain's Office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval : Mrs. John 11. Arkenight, on her marriage, by Lady Thug Art. aright. Mrs. ,ttoherky, on her marriage. by the Countem of Bradford. Ml., Itiousd. by l a d y Charlott - hinnnt. he Mar.:about:Mt aintleu, by the Duchem of Marlborough. Mi.% Campbell, of illythawmal, by her .later, the flou. Mn. Ilerrubr Howley. 3ib; EcrCii,;lllnon, by her mother. Indy Louisa Dillon. 1,..rd Erskine, by hie father. the Earl of Keine. Lady Erskine, by the Count....s of K e KnleLleutetbuit Cecil Po!jambe, R.N., be the lion. V. B. Portman. \llan ri-nnees Fn'jambe by Selina Vfseounteaslton Mksa Marc Forrest. by her mother. Lady Gardiner. tilts Amy Fountalne. by her mother. Mrs. C. Funnutne. Mm. Charles Frenumtle, by lady Fremantle. Mrs. Edmund Fremantle by Lady Fremantle • • The Earl of Gainsborouih' itiicix;ii.;%irT title, and on ap. ',ointment sa Lord Identellant of ituttonl, by the Earl of Derby. The countess of Galusborough, on accession to title, by the Countess of Derby. Mies Gardner, by her mother, Mrs. Gardner. M 6" Agnes Gardner, by her mother, Mr,. Gardner. Mb's Susan Gardner, by her mother. Mrs. Gardner. Mks Gib b s. by h^r mother, Mrs. 611.11 l IlkS Langley, by her mother, Mn Langley. Lady Laub, lu the Duchesa Dowager of :iornenet. Nthwearldine Lush, by the Duchess Dowager of Somerset. Nliss Edith Milbank, by Lady Augusta Milbank. Mlss Scott Murray, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Scott Murray. fault' Elanthe Noel, by her mother, the Countess of G.Jus borough. Lady Constance Noel, by her mother, the Countess of Gains boroindi. La.!) Edith Noel, by her mother, Um o.llllten of Gidnobon oink Lady elwendollne Whine, un her marriai,v, by We Connie., of Lichfield. Pow,r I i'Mice. by Lord Stuart de Decks. Mrs. Henry Thornton Penne, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Mary Phipps. MA:George Popp., by the Countess at Cattenham. MI.. Edith Mary Patter, by her mother, Mrs. Thomas holey hater. Mies Katherine Potter, by her mother, Mrs. Richard Potter. Mist Mary Potter, by her mother, Mrs. Richard Potter Miss Isabella Robertson, by her mother, Mrs. Robertson. The Hon. Mrs. Hercules Rowley. by the countess of Longford. lady Rachel ucott., by Lady Katherine ilantlltospßussell. Mrs. Prerille Sluices, by ViNttuntess Lady Jane Taylor, by Viscountess Walden. Miss lon Templer, by tbe Hon. Lady Dalrymple Hay, Mrs. Tilley, by the Countess of Egiinton and Winton. Mts. Wingfield Verner, by the Countess of Caledon. Miss Eliza Gertrude Vickers, b? r i.he Countess of Essex. lliss Jane Josephine Vickers, the Countess of Essex. M. Willoughby, by Lady Pox 'oung. Miss Wood by Mrs Mark W.sl Mrs. Worsindie..m her marriage, by SIR. firm,' Bairn°. Mrs Henry Stuart WorUey, on her marriage, 11 her aunt, Lady John Manners THE IRISH LEGAL A PrOINTMENTS. COTlSC quent on Lord Chancellor Blackburne's resig nation, the following appointments have been made : Lord Chancellor, Mr. Brewster ; Lord Justice of Appeal, Judge Christian ; Judge of the Common Pleas, Mr. Monis ; Attorney-General, Mr. Chatterton ; Solicitor-General, Mr. Warren. On Saturday afternoon the annual " march out" of the City Volunteers occasioned some excitement in the principal thoroughfares. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, his Majesty the King of Denmark, Prince Teck, and a brilliant mite, inspected the Hon. Artillery Com pany, under the command of Colonel Loyd Lindsay, at the company's ground, in Finsbury. They then marched out, and were joined in Finsbury-circus by the volunteers, forming altogether a fine soldierly body of 2,000 men, and proceeded to Hyde-park, where they halted for half an hour ; and the affair concluded by their marching back again. Monday, the Bth, and Tuesday, the eth of April, are " lending in" days for the Royal Academy. Mr. Charles Dickens has given three readings in the Rotunda, Dublin, concluding the aeries on Friday night. The weather being more favourable than on the two former nights, ►nd his fame as reader having gone abroad among the numerous families from the country now residing in and about Dublin, the demand for tickets was so great that they were all sold before the day arrived, and the unreserved portion of the Round Room was crowded an hour before the time. Hundreds of the most respectable people, after struggling in Tull for admission, were obliged to go away. Ho great a crush to witness a performance of the kind has, perhaps, not been known in Dublin for many years. Mr. Dickens's visit to Belfast was also very successful. A Music Hall Sick and Provident Fund has just been established, in the benefits of which all connected with music -halls, from the great/ comic singer to the humblest waiter, will be allowed to participate. Every music-hall in the kingdom, and there are, it appears, 240 of them, has agreed to set apart one night's profits Annually for the benefit of the fund. Mr. lioucicault will be the chairman at the next annual dinner of the General Theatrical Fund, to be held in Enter week. The 'lays of the Pantheon as a bazaar are at an end, and the building is being converted to the pur poses of Memos. Gilbey, the wine merchants. From 1812 to 1841 it was a theatre, and nearly one hundred years ago it was mentioned in one of Walpolc's letters as the new winter Itanelagh in Oilurd•road." The committee appointed for tho purpose have reported onpetitions to the Hungarian Diet. Two priest.— John Tonna of Viznicze, and Ambrosias Primer of Szelesti—prayed that disciplinary authority should be given to parish priests, and that they should be empowered to inflict penances, and eventually to sentence delin quents to kneel in the church before the altar during Divine service with a bunting taper in their band. Should any one refuse to submit to the penance it should be the imperative duty of the district magistrate to award corporal pun ighetent to the culprit ! The house referred this petition to the Minister for Public Instruction and Spiritual Affairs: George Skratinin, a protestant, has petitioned the Hungarian Diet that hie son, aged 9 years, who had been violently abducted and placed in a Roman catholic orphan asylum at Gnus, should be restored to him. It appears that on his marriage he bad signed a bond written in Hun garian—a language which, as a Wende, he did not under stand—pledging himself to bring up his children in the Roman catholic faith. The house declared—and the de cision is of conaiderable importance, considering the multi tude of such bonds that exist—that such pledges are not binding under any circumstances whatever, and referred the petition to the 3Linister of Justice. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN GERMANY. The (7,,,f rity "fait l'al«tietate has the following, from Mayence, dated March 17 : What is taking place here is worthy of observa tion, and not without importance. Tnere is en activity in the fortress which .in only be com pared to that of bees in a beehive. Detach ments are continually arriving to reinforar the garrison. which is now as numerous as when it was ew rinonetl by federal troops. You may judge of the accumulation of arms here from the fact that the Baden military commis sloe has received 6,000 needle guns out of the fortress with out causing any appreciable void in the arsenal. Contrary to the practice in other countries, the Prussian army, or, at all events, the girt lion of Mayence, is busy all the day. More than 18,000 cartouches are manufactured daily, and you an judge of the accumulation of material from the fact that this work is systauctically going on. The muni titles which were left at Rastadt are being now brought to this place by way of Ludwigshafen. The Baden government have received 700 quintals of car touches for the needle guns. The artill. ry of the fortress is being also organised, especially with a view of increasing the strength of the batteries. We see by this nob-eleas activity, pursued, like that of the quiet artisan„with the greatest regularity, that the Pressian statesmen who are now in power have a clearer amid more precise idea of the meaning of au armed peace and of the duties of a standing army than those of other countries where, from keg custom, the army does no useful work. We do not wish to inquire just now what consequences may be drawn, as far as concern* the news and projects of Prussia, from the activity and zeal which she exhibits in the organisation of her military force. • THE TREATY BETWEEN WCRTEMBURG AND PRUSSIA. The Tetnps of to-day says When will M. do Bismarck cease to surprise us After the publication of the treaties of alliance between Prussia, Bavaria, and Baden it was not difficult to foresee that • similar treaty with Wurtemburg would aeon see the light. This treaty has appeared, but this is not the matter for surprise. Wurtemburg passed, and with sonic reason, as being the least Prussian of the Southern States. It was, therefore, supposed that Wurtemburg only yielded to the current, not being able to resist it. An error. The Bavarian treaty is dated August 23; the Baden treaty, Augustl7; the Wurtemburg treaty, August 13. Wurtemburg then gave the initiative, it led the way, and the others followed. This priority of date has immense gravity. The courts of Wurtemburg and of Russia are closely united. Queen Olga is sister of the Emperor Alexander, and the political importance of this family alliance cannot be denied. That Wurtemburg should have been the first of the southern states to throw itself into the arms of Prussia must have been done with the consent of Russia if she did not urge it. M. de Bismarck and Prince Gortchakoff must he entirely agreed. The date of the treaty shows that there is an entire and perfect understanding between Prussia and Russia. A corner of the veil is uplifted, and behold, new Germany consti tuted as the natural boulevard of Franco against Russia ! (seam's TILKOLUIS.) FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 2. The Emperor has commissioned Lieutenant Varannes, one of his Majesty's staff officers, to proceed to Saigon in order to examine the condi tion of the colony and report upon the progress made and the means of extending the trade of Cochin China with the neighbouring counties. PORTUGAL. LISBON, ILlscs 24. A mass meeting has been held in this city under the presidency of the Duke de Lout, at which it was unanimously resolved to form a deputation to present a petition to the King against the pro posed new taxes. AMERICA. (BT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, MARCH 24. The Senate has passed a resolution to adjourn on Tuesday till December next. The committee of investigation has reported that there has been no over issue of bonds. The Winter Garden Theatre has been burnt down. Intelligence has been received from Australia, via Panama, to the 6th ult. It is unimportant EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE MEXICAN BONDS. (nos ous ows cosassposomn..) PARIS, SUNDAY Evnatio. The holders of Mexican bonds have done rather a clever thing by drawing up a " case" for the opinion of several eminent barristers—Messrs. Marie, Allen, Cremieux, and Plocquc, all of oppo sition politica—asking whether, notwithstanding the imminent break-up of Maximilian's empire, the French government is not bound in equity to make a provision for their claims. I should have been astonished at the rumour current during the last few days, that all these great lawyers had de clared in favour of the Mexican bondholders, did I not know that a French counsel's opinion is very often nothing but a written argu ment or pleading, saying everything that oc curs to him to say in favour of the per son who consults him. I have now seen M. Marie's opinion, and find that so far from his affirming that the deceived Mexican bondholders have any legal case against the public treasury• of France, he expressly says the contrary. He says most justly that the finances of France ought not to be squandered in obedience to the dictates of pity or favour. He cites from a speech of M. Rouher when the objection was made in the Corps Legislatif that the encouragement given to the Mexican loan might at a future time be held to constitute a moral engagement, the following frag ment :—" There is nu question whatever of any moral responsibility of the French government. France does not interfere either directly or in- ' directly in the question of the Mexican loan." Then, again, M. Corte, a deputy, just returned fro& Mexico, whither ho had been sent as a special commissioner, told the Corps Legislatif that they might rely entirely upon the " resources" of Mexico, the enlightened gover n ment of the 1 Emperor Maximilian, and the " real prosperity" of Maximilian's finances as guarantees to those a ho had lent their money to the Mexican empire. M. Marie also records the undoubted fact that the , French government, though careful to borrow in the name of the Mexican empire, encouraged French subjects to subscribe by opening the subscription at the Comptoir d'Escompte in Paris, and at the offices of the receivers-general throug,hout the departments. From these premises M. Marie most logically con eludes that France, whose representatives, to whom constitutionally the public purse belongs. were ; neter consulted in the matter, is not legally re sponsible to the Mexican bondholders. But whether, with the complaisance of an advocate asked to make out the but case he can for the party who asks his opinion, or whether, as I incline to think, with the irony of a political opponent, ho ! goes on to say that the " government," by en- I couraging people to risk their money, and by ins pounding the greater part for debts owing by incurred a " int wall rebponsiLi:lty. i; must be remembered as.. that in questions of mo ra l responsibility a lawyer's opinion is ne IsAtkr than that of any other ititat's. 'AI. Marie's legal is most distinctly against the unf wh., consult him. His appeal ad 0, it 11l no wan tv• cothr , i, et. The committee on the Army Bill intend, I iti% told, to ask for an audience of the 11mptr-r, order to solicit his sanction to extensive malts, so that they ucp not be reduced t•i against the bill. The committee on the bill for making M. (1.. Lamartine a present of 400,000 fr., of which Emile OUivier is reporter, Iran sent it bitvk ; Council of State with an amendment, insksul of a large stout pail down, to giv, M. martine an annuity of 2.74000 fr. 111 r. J. P. Col:ier, of the Trenaory, 1' ML. ct api.ititol Assistant I'myth.thtet-Genentl Lf th• 1%.• t• ( ~. iOll to Mr. Fader, C.M. The population of Sweden does not incr : • sc at the 1:41:110 rate as it does in EngLuid and in a., .41,r comae," ; but yet the addition during the pa.tyvr , looked upon to be batisfactory, the amount brit,g .1.41t4 soul.. thug making the whole population now t, 4.114,141, and showing that tho increAse ia to:.....tida; more than 1 per cent. per annum. Railway carriages arc to be henceforth :.! to traverde the rontificd States from Naples t•. 1 ..• Cr awl rice n rat without being overhauled by Custom-house officers, Lithcr perdonally or as ;: baggage. A mysterious loss is reported from Vier t:a. It appear* that among other valuable articles sent gary when the capital Tr.us threatened by the Pr 1 ,- tta there was a large map of Wallachia, in P2o 2...ctiato which had been taken with permission of the IVa:larhiat authorities by Austrian officers during the occupazi, the Principalities at the time of the Crimean ex:amse of making this map amounted to MAO 9 ducats and one copy of it had been made and sold to th: \\' as cinan government for 20,00 u ducats. This map 110} di•24,rured to be unaccountably missing. A new institution within the domain of "spurt,' has just been called into existence in Vieiria, flawed " Tattersall's." The English establishment has • taken as a modeL The stabling is good, and ke,,t wit. great neatness. All the arrangements, the court•yaril the placed roped off for spectators, the trotting out horses by well-dressed persons, are thoroughly " and the whole thing is a novelty which attracted a lei days ago, a number of visitors. Not only many nobleine. were present at the first ado, but several ladle; belonging to the Au,t rim' aristocracy. A railroad is projected across from the Atka to the Pacific, across Costa Rica from Lemon on C. eastern to Caldera on the western coast. It will be miles in lenzth. The coat is estimated at 12,000,000 doh . . ._. The Antilles, a \Vest India paper, publishes a prospectus of a new steam packet company, viz., the N. York and West India Mail Steam Pucket Compa..y, witi a capital of 1,500,000 dole. Advice,s frotu Turk's Island state that the ink . bitants still suffered from want of shelter, lar,te nau,lan being crowded together in ill-ventilated rooms. ADDREMS TO CON VoI'ATION UPON RITUALI.M.— In reply to the draft of a proposed address, in the ant deaconry of Sarum, the following letter has been seat:- " Pear Mr. It is the less necessary fur ice to ji.i. in your address, since my senthuents are developed in . volume, which I hope to issue in a few days nom ii, press. So far as you would discourage extravagant mu.:. istic display, you will find me substantially agreed ; thorn: my sentiments of gratitude and confidence towards th, rpper House of ronvocition are not unitut enou,: to require expression. It seems to me :I .untie," able, if not an unconstitutional, policy to anu a single boy in the church, apart from the law of the laud, and a,se from the investigation of the merits of any CU.'. Wit] power to dictate the sentiments or practite d the clergy. There is no knowing how far or iu wii.:t dim. tion, such power might be canied. Having experieito! its unjust operation a•minst myself, I cannot aid in fora fyiog it, when it happens to be directed against 1l opponents. My conception of a sound policy would 4. that the law should be wade clear, and the bishops et. ... trusted with administrative, but nut with 'tanner, powers. Thu Dom of Ripon, if I may judge from an ss count i n t h e D u e . , I',sc,, appears to have written to 1 , same purport. I have the honour to be, NOW( Av. WII LIMIS, Broad-thalke Nl:Nage, March 12.—Safisw Jourad. Srunazow AT THE AGRICULTURAL 111 ALL.- The Metropolitan Tabernacle being under repair, Spurgeon has taken the Agricultural H.dl, at Is'Mgt, fur a few weeks, awl yesterday preached his first trerlr, in that vast edifice. The scene inside the bedding s. remarkable and imposing, the entire area being the I: the top of the back emits under the galleries. It ws calculated that from ten to twelve thousand mostly nudes, were present. Although the pea did not appear to exert himself greatly, those watt at the extreme end of the building op mite him seemed to hear, as they turned readily to places in the Bible which were announced es Cie les, and text. Mr. Spurgeon . * sermon was, founded a passage in the 21st chapter of the Gospel by M.ittla a which shunted the preacher examples of two class irreligious persons, viz., those who avow their irreligiwi. new, and those who make insincere professions of p..:5 He commenced his discourse with an allusi.,n to t: scenes in ancient amphitheatres, which w,le enacts when Christian martyrs were turned into the ant to contend with furious beasts by which they as soon destroyed. It was easy, then, he said, to guish between the believer and the pagan, but as tier were no outward marks by which he could elasef) the people before bins, he coked them to deti•enr... for themselves the position which they oce•iiii,sl relation to religion ; end, admiting °feel used the House of Commons , called out " di% plain words, and with homely illustrations, lie sq,ouisl.: and enforced his views about the failings owl of the two classes of persons whom be specially ad,lress4 At times the preacher's manner was striking. as when la leaned forward and pointed with the forefingi r his I..`' 11..1141 to the people in the distance, and then raiss , l hi clenched right hand, which he brought floss like a h.a mer, as though he would drive home the truths he sa enforcing. Mr. Sturgeon was listened to with great Avis. tion throaghout his discourse. EIIUcATED PLOUGHBOYS.—At the meeting week of the Birmingham Domestic Mission, Mr. Tiniest.. Kenricic mentioned a plan by which the eta experienced in introducing e•lucation among an :L. , e , :lts ral population might be met. He said that Mr. Charli Paget, late member for Nottingham, bail, for the last years, been educating his ploughhoys on a systeh, they winked and attended seined on alternate .1 that the plan had been attended with results w , ,i, h a. r very beneficial to the boys, and entirely mtisf himself. Mr. Paget found that, by this elm n Sr study and labour, they made in respect to eilee n, prognsas than was made by boys who went to school eer? slay, and a Mend who was visiting bins had been err jr.r.C: struck with their superiority to farm Nervants of the • nary stamp, as to remark that they were •" not boys," hut " young gentlemen." At the same time, were excellent hands :it finis work. Mit. HteNum A MEMISF.It oF CONGFEss.-- 0 ' • the results of the growth of the periodical las ei an! the wffle diffusion of remlinz is to carte x sl ues be ix.a good spe,iinen, and who are well content to their moral deformity exhibited to all corner- .• leis_ makes the dollars t!ow into the till, lint ellen stands amongst the foremost in ed t tient). and ought to stand amongst the foree.....t fineinunt, and which abounds in high high character, combined with hot% 1..1:- eloquence, deliberately conies forward, awl , world that the I,rty of progress, of ref. rive, c._ find in its borders no fitter rupresentatise o'= than the proprietor of the woolly horse an.' 5... ,- a • it is time for people in whose eyes rir.• still a political force to speak their minds eez risk of doing sonic 'NOR ical ohmage. A 5,0.- ,hos. '• a good illustration of Mr. Barnum's career and e hardly do hotter than to visit his witness the great " nerd ilvaniii" of the " :55 1 1 tree," which is now presented there to ".I.'.i .'.r-1 , sands."ltiain affecting portrayal of christial sr , :-'' • constancy in the worst days of the pagan eniptie am gorgeous, the pions rant is unexceptionalib, mei .!• scenery immisine : the martyrs are delivered :e the ..t. n . to Van Amburgh's lions, brought up fro, she 1 ,, 5 , •' of the mneettiu for their bloody work- and all `..5 cents, a head. In the final tableau, enn•d:.nti , ..s , • • VW appears in the sky, snit the Homan empire is .0 • amidst bursts of applause, whereupon the casein. isleen to be covered thickly with putt of " , ment,"" Yahoo Bitters," "Heady Beliefs" aid " ' Extractors," and other quack me,licines. - .N•' • Nation. March 7. A MAN IN THE SNOW.—The depth ..f .1r"" • snow around this town is unusually greet. tMt Te-e! man was buried in it on the Salisbury-hill ter. for the timely aid afforded by the toll-sate ke.p , have perished. His limbs were benumbed, but af ing about for some time he was able to go on. M. Lord Ailesbur's Home Farm, cleared the m a rk Forest. and, indeed, in oar High-street, with a forming at once a snow-ploneh and trasallirg ri which six horses carrying bells were harness •:1.---s• Journal.