The Express. — London, England, 1868-03-06 00:00:00

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ZOTICEA of P.!:rrif IliatiAna+, and DRATII+, are received until ti u for 13antkus 'Dania evening. Moro, zta. 6d. LONDOY, FRIDAY, MARCH 6. L• . 01 - 1 - ERIES CIiMPLAINT. NEITHER the generous acclamations of his own followers :tor the indu!gent welcome of his political _ _ adversaries could have justified Mr. DISRAELCH modest hut n t •mdignitied assurance on Thursday evening half su much as the lamentable—but more ludicrous than Itmentable—ebullition of the dis- contented V hig who bruku the silence of the Oppositne, when the Pesetas sat down. Whether the Right Hun. FJK. 1 lILL FEEBLE intended to repro aunt the mocking Slave in the triumphal car who reminds the ce , nr-uen.r of the inconstancy of for tune, or whether he was moved by a profound but irrepressib!e consciousness of his own destiny as a !emit are of Whig officialism, we cannot tretend to divine. If, indeed, be preferred t., pla:: .he part of a humble but impressive moralist, he should at least have main tained the eon dst.eney of that assumption. By his singularly infelkitons performance he contrived to concentrate the irony of the situation upon himself, and to bcconw tLe butt of hie owii random shafts. Public virtue in ;end thing, and so, in some degree, is party fidelity. The statesman who combines both is an admirable phenomenon. But the public virtue of a discarded subaltern of a decaying oligarchy, who is dissatisfied because his rivals have taken advantage of Mx defection without rewarding it, is not, perhapA, very exalted or inspiring subject of coutemplation. If it he waked why did Mr. BOUV Ent •' rush in - when Mr. ( 1.11•STON V. held his peace, we limb(' tr to quote a too familiar line. if anytliing w:Li wanting to the I.o t Em l 6les Natisfaaiiiii it wit( an elderly Whig functionary in a transport of desperation, running amuck among the benches, and plaintively asking the Tort autl:••t ni " a Liberal, a truly Liberal " policy." 1.3 w it had omit) to pass that the N'bigs acre t ..t in (Mice. Mr. Disaaem's perception of the ludicrous is tolerabl y keen, 1..' a tiuller sense than his of the plea asutry of politics might have ached with secret laughter How touching the of UM, derelict confess. the l' ti :liaTt, faith' " Why," I.e •.• • ..13 im3, " are gentlemen on that side "of the I in ollice !" Happily unconscious that he is in •wcring the question while he asks it. Who, if ire the Liberals of the liovyKRIE species, have made thobt :or '• trul, •• Toryism to lie upon ; made it. and warmed it, and tucked it up ! Who if not the Li:•erals after l'yt.m vitsrox's heart could not forgive Mr. (11.ytecrtecr. for his earnest nem aml Mr. Hoy kutk, who has am. nearly a i narter of a century face to face with the new Px.:ui nu, acknowledges the right oF his iivellect and his services. Vet, with a characteridic touch of the true old Whig spirit, he cannot help deprecating the leas of Lord Illnuav to the lemlership of his party as a peer— " with his high social position and enormous " wealth." His objection to the chief of the recon structed Tory et is not that Mr. DeiIIARLI presumes to promise a " truly liberal" policy (a '• truly rural" policy would perhaps have beep equally intelligible and etpially definite), but that he not availed him- self Of the shattered condition of the Liberal party to font* a coalition of tepid Tories and "temperate' NNlii.44. Evidently Mr. Bot• yearn, who, as all the world is perhaps not aware, had served his party in four 'Aces before ho was left out of the last Liberal administration, had some valuable public servant on his own side of the House in his eye when lie reminded Mr. Doan KU of laird invitation to three Whig Peers to join his government. Now that we have a commoner for Prime !thruster, would it not have been in accordaLee with Lori Dattel's precedent that Mr. Disna ELI should have invited two or three Vt'hig eolith-aim-re to furnish him with " parliamentary power." and to aid him in personifying that great mid •• truly liberal" party which, according to Mr. EWE, u pre ponderant throughout the country ! The yomtg blood of the Tory party will hardly appreciate Mr. But - s suggestion, but it must have infinitely diverted the lender to whom they look for the isecompense of their exemplary readiness " to go anywhere or to do " anything." For observe. what Mr. Bouvier' laments with so ninth candour is that Mr. DISRAKI.I, instead of takitht to 1 . self all the strength of his own party has not fortified himself with all ter weakness of the party that sits over 1 . " Had you," Le veuu to say, " iiWy invited a few Whig resrieet.iliiltiss to join you. you " might have hung the s e Fenix= in Ire '. lsai:l, and spent ten millions in Abyssinia, with " out fear of Parliament 4• of public opinion. Yon " saw we were a broke.: party, deserted leaders, " faithleis follower:. \VI ,t slid you not pick out " the rikuLeers, and tie • :••t• errs, and the deserters, " the halt, and the in in our noble army, "to reorganise your 14 , 11 ;rii.y liberal' f MAN t " That this honest :el% a *:... , 11(1 recommend itself to e>.l:r..priated li.i'marnoek type, we are not mulc:•ei.utd. That Mr. DIA- BA t.t should accept their testi:llo9i cordially se gratefully for what it is worth, ws ban of preteN to be surprised. It would be impossible to pre vide the Tory Chief with a bettor apology fog his present tenure of power ; ire had almost written for his prospective tenure of power, until a " truly liberal parliament shall have revised Op> definition of a "truly liberal - administra tion. THE MEETINO OF THE NEW PREMIER AND THE HOCSE OF COMMON.". the class. The importance of the occasion led to the unbroken reproduction of his language on the 1811 h ult.:,*ad every =ening Atsvitithout emit *option repsseented him to have said that ,' the QuesitlAid been graciousk phased to cow I mind Mr. Mutsu to form sin Aiminirtratica "if possible." This is what he was grAerstood to say by some dozen gentlemen familiar' with his manner, and aware of the importance 4 of accuracy at such a moment. Last night, however, the i noble earl informed their lordships he had been I incorrectly reported. He had said that his right hon. friend had been commanded to form an administration "as soon Si possible." In familiar language Mr. DISRAELI had been told by the QUEEN to be " quick about it." We give publicity to and accept the correction ; but we must at the same time be permitted to observe that the tendency to throw upon reporters the responsibility cf confused, forgotten, or ill-considered utterances seems to be on the increase, and that some who complain know, probably, less than any one of the listeners what their expressions really were. EVERYONE has seen how the winning hcrse on an Epsom race-course is surrounded, how he is peeped at and patted, and would almost be adored by the " field " if his owner, like another CALI GULA, presented him for worship. With such wide modifications as constitute the difference between the gamblers of the Downs and the gentlemen of the Commons, the reception of Mr. DISRAELI last night may be said to be of a similar character. There was a House plethoric with members, peers —both spiritual and temporal—and strangers. It was evident that they did not come to listen to either Mr. HARVEY Lewis or to Mr. THOMAS HUGHES, who were discoursing on a private bill at that moment, interesting no doubt to the Metropolis, but which nobody seemed to mind. They rather came, we presume, for the "scene"—the entry of the new PREMIER. An unusual shout in the " lobby" preceded the advent of the hero of the hour, and immediately after he made his appearance within the bar. He was received apparently with leas cordiality inside than outside the House. His own party of course gave him a cheer, and a few welcomes even came from the Opposition ; but Mr. Dessau' has had more ringing receptions on some former occasions than on this, which may be called his "crowning of " the edifice." He seemed to take it all as a matter of course. He felt, or seemed to feel, that he was entitled to the position that he had won—by right of toil and talent '- entitled to his fee." He looked as imperturbable and mysterious as ever he did ! in his life. Not a smile ; no, not the shadow of one passed over his countenance as he walked the floor, bowed to Mr. SPEAKER, and took his seat as Premier of England. As for emotion or agitation there was not a trace. And yet, Mr. DisexELl must have before him the tract of time that elapsed between the date when he was introduced as a young and pro mising radial by Mr. Hume and Mr. O'CostraLL to the borough of Wycombe, and last night when lie sat as the recognised chief of the Tory party in England. It is hardly conceivable that at such a moment Mr. DISRAELI must not have experienced souse strong emotions, but if so, they were con cealed within his own bosom. Like a spinning top his feelings may hare been all agitation, but it was an agitation round its own centre, and invisi ble to the eve. There was as little sign of playful ness about him as of sunlight in the depths of the Black Forest. Mr. DISRAELI is about the twenty-third occupant of the Premiership since the beginning of the century, and to whatever other qualities he owes his present elevated position, it must be admitted that he has not acquired it by the adventitious aid of wealth, or rank, or powerful friends. He did not acquire it, like Sir R. Pam, by the aid of a baronetcy, an ample fortune, a pocket borough, and high academic reputation ; nor did he win it, like him, by an alliance in early life with the territorial aristocracy. He never had the plausibility of PEEL, nor the wit of CANNING, nor the easy elocution of either. Like these--his predeceason— who emerged from the people, as contra-distinguished from the aris tocracy, Mr. DisexELl won his way through many obstacles ; but in his Case they were inure numerous and more difficult. As he put it himself last night, there were "per •` sonal and peculiar difficulties" in his path. It can hardly be said that he owes his position to his genius. Perhaps his success is to be ascribed to the force of his character more than to anything beside. A subtle intellect, a supple disposition, flexible conscience, great tact and one aim in life are sufficient to account for his remark able success. To this, of course, must be added the somewhat inorganic nature of the Toryism which he had to agitate and leaven. There is a wonderful fitness of things in his present posi tion. No other man in England could so accu rately represent the " logic of the situation." By a straisge process of political chemistry, he precipi tated the toryisin of his party, and an entirely new unbound has resulted from his action. He " edit " sated" his friends out of mew-covered traditions, and to no one more fully than to him could it be left to hand them into the new and strange pastures of the moat extensive reform that ever was opened out by any minister of Eng'and. The policy of the Conservatives, he told his hearers, is henceforth to be a " liberal policy ;" and, as if this was not enough, he turned a sarcastic laugh of the Liberals into an opportunity of emphasising the expression, by adding, "I mean a flay Jibe " ral policy." This was a cut at his opponents ; but, lest his followers should be frightened too much, he guarded himself by one of his usual cautions that this "truly" liberal policy was to fit in with a constitution of old historic traditions. It must be left to Lord CRANRORNE to appreciate to the full extent the value of such phrases. The feeling which the new PREMIER did not display in his entrance was very apparent during his speech. Never did Mr. Do.satti speak with more hesitation and feel ing. But he spoke adroitly, and the House listened to him with kindness if not with fervour. The " scene " would have closed with Mr. Dm- RAELI'S speech if Mr. Bouviina had not moved the adjournment of the House in order to find fault with all parties. Pir G. Bowvea closed the ministerial Mee by the profound observa tion that if Mr. DIKBAILI pleased the House and the country he would be supported by the Hones and the country. The Capital Punishment in Prisons Bill succeeded to the interesting topic of the evening, and its se- 1 cond reading was carried by 181 to 2.5, notwith standing a funny protest of Mr. Serjeant Gamma, that a public hanging was part of a Briton's right. A proposition that the new tribunal for the trial of elections and corrupt practices should consist of two extra judges of the superior courts—to be available for other specified duties—was made by Mr. DINRAELI, and the bill for that purpose was read a second time. The Scotch Reform Bill was fixed for Monday. MR. DISRAELI'S Premiership pleases the fancy or the imagination of our neighbours the French. To them it appears like the end of a romance, each page being rich in the dramatic changes which make life worth the having. The Monitettr says the choice has been favourably received by public opinion in England and people are glad " to do " justice to the clever Minister who has had so " many difficulties to surmount." There lies the charm; even the lifuniteur acknowledges it. Jcias JANIN said that to be seen by the crowd there must be a pedestal, and the Paris critics hardly understand how Mr. DIsRAELI could have risen aloft without one. M. LOUIS BLANC, writing in the Temp, says the cause of his surprise is leas the absence of aristocratic birth than that the new PREMIER has so little of the national sen timent, and is cosmopolitan "by indifference." He delights in vague generalisations, and if he possess the power of throwing light on a subject, disdains to use it. M. Lot: is BLAND' compares Mr. DISRAELI'S talent to a dark lantern, which as it is turned from side to side, throws a ray of light upon a tree, upon a brick wall, and upon the dis tant arch of a bridge, but does not point out the road. And yet he is P 1131111111! M. FORCADE, in the Reeve des Dear blondes, says that his heart dilates at the spectacle ; but then it is only fair to add that the brilliant Orleanist attributes the elevation in the main to " the superiority of the " man and to its evident justice." M. FOECADE says he has felt from his earliest youth the liveliest sympathy for this " bold and seductive political " and literary destiny ;" and now, while he sees with grief in his own land a cloud of night-birds noisily beating their wings and uttering their harsh screams against the literary profession, he regards with exquisite satisfaction an author assuming tile first place in Europe. For he contends it is the first place. There is no Sovereign or President of a Republic who has a finer or more enviable position ; and the long train in history of the First Lords of the Treasury appear to the appreciative Frenchman a line of Kings. Thus political motives, artistic and literary sym pathy, and personal feeling—for he is M. FOR CADE'S " illustrious friend"—procure for the new PREMIER something more than ordinary courtesy from opposing parties across the Channel. PARLIAMENTARY MISCELLANEA. In the debate on Mr. Maguire's motion relative to the state of Ireland, Sir Frederick Heygate will move as an amendment, that before the consideration of the House of Commons of constitutional changes in the laws and institutions of Ireland, it is both just and expedient to inquire into the causes of alleged discontent, and the best mode of remedying them. Mr. Moffatt intends, on the 13th instant, to call attention to the position of parliament in reference to the amendment of the law of bankruptcy, and to the expedi ency of introducing a bill into this Louse for that purpose without delay. On the 9th instant Sir William Hntt will in troduce a bill for the better regulation and the supervision by the Board of Trade of the accounts of railway and other joint-stook companies. Mx. Waldegrave Leslie has given notice of hie intention to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he will be able to make his financial statement regarding the affairs of India before the Whitsuntide recess. The bon. gentleman will also shortly draw the attention of the government to infectious diseases of the nature of small•pox and scarlet fever, and will ask the vice•president of the council whether its intended to bring forward any measure to render the isolation of persons suffering from these diseases more compulsory. The aA Minister Croat. E On the 9th inst. Mr. Harvey Lewis will enk the First Commissioner of Works whether he expects that the works nwr iu progress in the basin of the ornamental water in the Regent's-park will be entirely completed before the summer ; and if he does not, then, whether he is confident that they will be so far completed sa to pre sent the offensive mud from causing danger to the health of the neighbourhood. The text of the convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, relative to fivheries in the seas between Great Britain and France, was published this morning. Mr. Trevelyan has postponed his resolutions on the putehase system in the army, which stood first on the paper for Tuesday next, in order to give precedence to Mr. Maguire's motion on the state of Ireland. Captain Mackinnon, whose motion was second on the paper, has also given way with the same object. Mr. Maguire will consequently be placed in so good a position as that which be originally occupied before the recent changes in the government. ALARMING 'LUCIAN OF THE BISHOP OF WlN (llama—The Bight Rev. Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Win chester, is lying dangerously ill at Farnham Castle, his episcopal residence, from an attack of paralysis, which he sustained on Wednesday afternoon. His lordship had accompanied his eon, Mr. C. Sumner (chancellor of the diocese), to the Farnham Railway station, on the termina tion of a court legit at which Mr. Sumner had padded, and returned to the castle apparently in good health and spirits. About half past two o'clock, however, he com plained of being slightly indisposed, and shortly after muds, immediately on taking his seat in the carriage at the castle entrance for the purpose of taking a drive to the schools which he had founded in the neighbourhood of Aldershot, his lordship was wised with a paralytic tit, and was removed into the study in a state of unoorisciouri nese. Dr. Bloman, of Farlinam, was speedily in attend ance, and pronounced the case to be one of extreme dan ger, an opinion which was confirmed by Dr. Gall, who arrived by the first possible train from London. The several members of his lordship's family were summoned by telegraph, and arrived during the evening. His lord ship was prayed for at Farnham church the same evening. From the latest inquiries (four o'clock yesterday after noon) we find that the bishop is in a very precarious con dition, and although apparently better than on Wednesday, is still motionless and insensible. Hie lordship preached the consecration sermon at the opening of St. John's Church, Chart, on the previous day, and intended starting as his ordination tour on Monday next, which would have occu pied a term of five or id: weeks. The distinguished pre late is upwards of 78 years of age, and very recently coat i plated the 40th year of his consecration as Bishop of Win . cheater, having also previously presided over the see of Lim , clod for 18 months. In virtue of hisoffice the Bishop of Win &soder is prelate of the Order of the Garter. He is also provincial sub-dean of Canterbury, visitor of New, Nag ' &len, Corpus, Trinity. and Rt. John's Colleges. Caked, r and of the College of St. May, Winchester. MIL THEIiK are members of the Legislature, in the House of Lords particularly, who seem fated to be misunderstood. Theirs are not, as might be sup posed, cases in which physical defects interfere with the sound, but almost invariably cases in which clearness of thought and precision of language are wanting. To report the speeches of these gentle men veibatini, is a task which in the result ap parently surprises no one so much as them selves. They iciest ha% e 'been misunderstood. The ' Earl of Maz.wr,isc er i 3 a distinguished sufferer of THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1868. pNTEMPORARIES. *IS DAY.) wrarnuarr. ► which greet an incoming Prima says the Daily New, zither 'boa aerials until some pound of di- ference arises. The welcome given to Mr. Disraeli in Downing-street and in the House of Commons was in great part of th►l purely congratulatory character which a signal success in life extorts even from lukewarm friends or strangers, and politically indicated little more than that he would have indulgent consideration. His own statement was set off by that skill and tact which healways displays on occasions of farm and occasions of sen timent. As Mr. Disraeli was the spirit of the adminis tration in past times, it is natural that the influence which will guide the present administration will be unclaimed. The policy of Lord Derby's government was factious re sistance, followed by treacherous surrender, and this is a policy fraught with danger. The evil is not to be cured by a coalition, as a semi-liberal like W. Bouverle re commends, for liberal and conservative theories of govern ment differ essentially. The real mischief of the situation lies in that disorganisation of the Opposition in regard to which Mr. Bouverie himself is not wholly guiltless, and which his suggestions tend to increase. What Mr. Disraeli will do remains u uncertain after as it was before his ministerial statement. For the moment, we have only his phrases. We must wait a few days for bin proposals. Though the nation will not grudge Mr. Disraeli the glory of that hour when the House of Commons greeted him with sympathetic cheers, the nation, the Times adds, cannot sufftr its interests to be sacrificed to a phase of passing sentiment. The right to take a place must be dis tinguished from the right to keep it. He knows the House of Commons well, but it is at all times dangerous for a minister to confound the popular assembly with the natioa, and doubly sou the eve of a reformed parliament. At such a time it is neosuary to be more than a master of parliamentary management. Government, according to the exigencies of the situation, dote not stir an unenlightened mass. They require an enunciation of principles, an un equivocal declaration of policy. It remain, to be seen whether Mr. Disraeli will rise to the emergency. He is, undoubtedly, in a position of great difficulty, and he can not be harshly judged if he prefer to shape his course as apparent necessities suggest. But if he would do some. tning more than secure the support of a moribund parlia ment. be must dare greater things than he ounounc‘d last night. The Herald interprets the mot d'ordre of the new regime to be firm fidelity to its principles, firm faith to each other, and a bold front of the enemy. A government true to tory principles will tory party fail ; and at the present time, at lewd., a tory party that can present a united front to the divided and disorganised liberals may, despite the thunders of Mr. Bouverie, confidently bops to repeat in lhtiB the % ictories of ltiliii and 114,7. - tiff The Telegraph promises that if the Irish policy be large, bold, and satisfactory it will be the last to spoil • great measure by hurrying its authors faster than itsmany details can allow well-meaning inen to go. A clear and honest pledge of justice to Ireland will begin to heal her wounds, and hush her cries, long before that justice can be finally consummated. But the pledge must be clear and honest ; for her case is past the reach of legislative glo bules ; and the next parliament will show scant patience towards those, on either side, who trite with the prin ciple of religious equality, or wi'h the deadly peril which tumbles Britain while Ireland is angry and unhappy. .0 t4. \ ls7i NEWS. :HIS DAY.) THE SEQUEETRATZON OF THE KING OF HANOVER'a PROPERTY. The Prussian Gazette pubi.ishes the report of the Ministers of State to the King,or the sequestration of the property of the King of Hanover. it is dated Berlin, March 2 : When the ministry respectfully solicited the sanction of your Majesty in favour of the arrangement made on the ' 2fth of September last with King George V., they were quite aware that by thatcompromise the definite. recogni- • lion of the Peace of Prague and of the situation created by the events in Germany had not been obtained from King George. Still the ministry solicited your august ratifies. Von of it, because the nature of the relations established by the convention etoluded the continuation of hostilities by one of the parties against the other. It was only on the condition of • peace really effected by the very fact of the negotiations that the generous offer of your Majesty could be accorded or accepted. Any other interpretation of the conven. tion must be regarded as impossible. It was on this interpretation that Germany and Europe hailed the con clusion of the treaty as • security of order and peace. It was on this interpretation likewise that the Chambers voted the proposals by which the execution of the convention and the employment of the financial means which it required have been legalised. Moreover, it was on this same view that your Majesty sanctioned the law in question. King George on his aide recognised by his signature in face of all Europe the absolute conditions, both implicit and explicit, as well as the no less indispensable consequences of the treaty. The ministers are now forced to own the fact that these implicit and explicit conditions have not been fulfilled by the other contracting party. Even after the definitive conclusion of the treaty, and after its execution had been commenced on our side, King George has not ceased to continue hostilities, to organise amongst your Majesty's subjects bodies of troops en listed by his agents, and partly encouraged to desert. These troops have been organised for military pur poses with the avowed object of employing them un a favourable occasion in acts hostile to Prussia, and of separating one province from the rest of the state. They have been provided with officers and subalterns and drilled in • foreign land for future service against their own country. The official relations between these bands and the King's circle at Hietzi•g, the distribution of orders, and the forwarding of money to pay these troops have been officially proved. King George has, in language that has now become notorious, associated himself with designs that are hostile to the Prussian State, and contrived by those who surround him. He has encouraged the continuation of them by endeavouring to shake the fidelity of your Majesty's subjects. The hope that King George would be accessible to the advice and exhortation of friendly courts, and that, from • correct appreciation of the obligation imposed upon him by the convention to suspend hostilities, he would disband these troops, has not been realised. Your Majesty's government feel constrained, iu consequence, to hate recourse to those means which are in its hands in order to f ulfil the obligations which their responsibility for the security of the country and the peace of its inhabitants impose upon them. Judicial proceedings have been instituted against those persons who are proved to have been in official or other relations with the troops who hays been enrolled against Prussia, The laws of the country would likewise justify the legal prosecution of King George on the charge of seeking to separate a province of the state. The judicial sequestration of the entire fortune of King George would be the immediate consequence of this. The ministers be lieve that they are in accord with the benevolent diapo sitions of your Majesty in abstaining, out of regard for the former position of King George, from recommending this step to your Majesty. But the renunciation of the judicial proceedings imperatively re• quires that the large resources placed at the disposal of King George by the State should be rendered harmless to it, until the securities, whose necessity has been esta blished by the attitude hitherto assumed by King George, have been obtained. King George has clearly shown by his seta that be wishes to be considered as in a state of warfare with your Majesty. This position will not allow Prussia to furnish him with the means of carrying on war against it. Consequently the ministry believe it to be their duty to recommend your Majesty to order by an act of the legislature the seizure of the whole fortune of King George V., as • security for the repression of the hostilities that are pre pared, and for all the criminal enterpri.ee of the prince and his agents, as also for the cost which may be caused thereby to the Prussian treasury, and for this purpose to place this fortune under sequestr•. tiin, without prejudice, however, to the rights which the House of Brunswick possesses to the trustahip of the property in fee. and which are independent of the life interest possessed by King George. The necessity of th e measure which the ministry proposer. is proved not only by duty to the country, but also by the evident dangers which every hostile enterprise against a state entails on the repose of Germany and the pease of Europe. Circum stances not having permitted that • proposal of this kind should be submitted to the chamber this mission, the minister; entreat your Majesty to promulgate the follow ing ordinance, and to give it legal force until it shall have received future legislative sanction. (The signatures follow.] SERIOUS BREAD RIOTS IN SPAIN. Serious and fatal bread riots are reported as having occurred in Grenada last week. A crowd about 2,000 in number proceeded to tho house of the civil governor demanding that the price of bread should be reduced from 22 to 8 cuartos the pound. He promised to comply as far as was in his power with their demands. They then marched to the Town-hall, end not obtaining a satisfactory answer, they smashed the windows and spread themselves through the town, committing acts of plunder. The lamps were extinguished and the residences of those who were considered wealthy were attacked. A proposition being made to seize the corn stores, they set themselves to work, tilled several carts with corn, and paraded them in triumph before the Town hall. An officer who endeavoured to resist them was ill-treated and wounded. At last the soldiers were called out, martial law proclaimed, and orders given to arrest the rioters. The latter left the Place del Carmen, where the Town-hall is situated, and dispersed amongst the bye-streets shouting, " Long live the Queen ;" " Bread at four cuartos," at the same time pelting the soldiers with stones. The infantry now received orders to fire, and the cavalry to charge. Fortu nately they fired high, but, as it was, a well known pork-sausage seller was hit by a ball. A municipal policeman was killed in Alhondega- I street, and a lieutenant and civil guardsman were wounded. After a abort cessation the riot recom menced at 3 o'clock. General Blanco took com mand of the troops in person, and ordered fresh charges of cavalry. Several additional ca sualties ensued. At 7 o'clock all was calm again, but patrols were abroad during the night. it is reported that the agitation was renewed on Wed nesday morning, and that the troops had to make even a more fatal use of their arms. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The special correspondent of the Tinus with the Abyssinian expedition telegraphs, under date Atte gerat, Feb. 17 : " The advancediguard has arrived at Antalo. " Kauai will meet Sir Robert Napier on the 90th inst., two marches south of this place." (actrria's TILBOILAN4.) TURKEY. PEILA, MARCH 4. Two government steamers, with 30,000 lire on board, left yesterday, to begin transporting emi grant families wishing to return from Greece to Crete, and to provide them with funds for their immediate wants. A collision has taken place in the port of Sinop, between the Italian steamer Benjamin Attwood, and the French steamer Clyde. The former was sunk, and two men drowned. GREECE. (Via Trieste.) ATHENS. PEE. 2.). Russian vessels have recommenced oonveyin; Cretan families to Greece. The Greek steamer Crete has made another successful run to Candi a with clothes, ammunition, and provisions, and h a , returned to Syra. THE CRETAN INSUR v Et i ECT NA I . O mAk N. Private telegrams have been received here Inane; that the Powers arc negotiating for a settlemen t of the Cretan question at a Conference of tlnn Ambassadors now being held at Constantio.w r ith the assent of the Porto. SPAIN. MADRID. MARen E% , At the sitting of the congress to-day Senni Up : 3 announced that it was the intention of the ,or,• r ._ meat to effect reforms in the sale of wo.•dlaode 1 . longing to the State. The Minister also stated that he WAS chit t present the bill for the subvention of r.til4a% con:. panies. MADRID, : I 4;. The Minister of the Interior has iss,k.l a cr. cular to the Prefects desiring them to it 3,: et, ry effort in their power to remedy the effects .4 'lt, prevalent dearness of provisions, and oriterin. 4 all disturbers of the public peace shall punished. At the sitting of the congress this Senor 0011111 brought in a bill gmntingfurtha for the conversion of the bonds of the P A N,,, Debt in the form prescribed by the law of 1867. He also read the modi6ed articles ~i budget, asking that a bill should be passed diminution of the floating debt by restricting •' emission of Treasury bonds. IIIsCZLLANI:OI's TOPIC.. The Tim , * does not regard with much favour the bill for the infliction of capital punishment within the walls of prisons. The chief objection to the measure is that in the case of any wealthy or noble criminal a doubt might arise in the minds of a large number of people, and those not necessarily the most ignorant, whether the sentence of the law had ever been carried into effect at all. Our contem porary is willing that the experiment should be turd if by altering the means of inflicting the extreme penalty of the law its tepid may be prevented. The Daily Nears supplies fresh instances of " rattening." In Pates nester-row the account has been closed of a Regent-street tradesman who charges the wholesale price for single volumes ; Greening and Co. have been treated in the same way by a com bination of the agricultural implement makers ; the Civil Service Supply Association is told by a firm that they can no longer execute their orders, lest old customers should be displeased. All thin is rattening-interference, 1 resting, like that of the saw-grinders, not on authority, but on usurped power, exerted is defence of interests which were menaced either by now organisations or greater enterprise. In the medical profession the same spirit has been exhibited in the persistent attempts to throw difficul ties in the way of ladies. Clearly it is not only in the lower ranks of the community that the obstnictive trade union spirit is operating. The Star regards the remission of the punishment of Mr. Johnson, the Irish Orangeman, as a bad omen for the i permanence and consistency of Mr. Disraeli's policy. It may, perhaps, be taken to mean that Mr. Disraeli abandons all attempt to bargain with liberalism so far se the claims of the Irish people are concerned, and has re solved to rely on the party of saeendaney alone. The Post is of opinion that the telegram purporting to have been sent to the New York Herald by a correspond ent at Antola should be received with, to say the least, the greatest caution, until some confirmation of it be obtained, for it contains internal evidence tending to throw suspicion on its authenticity. PARLIAMENTARY DIVINION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—NARen 5. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WITHIN PRISONS. Order for second reading read motion made, and 9uestion proposed, "That the bill be now road a second Uwe:" — amendment proposed, to Intro oat the word " Dow," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months:"—(Mr. Serpent Gaselee :)—ques Mon put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question :"—The House divided ; ayes 181, null . _ ATE.S. Adair, H. R. Master, W. E. Mills, J. R. Adam, W. P. Portman°, C. I'. Mitchell. I. A. Atiderisy. C. & Freehtiald, C. K. Mitford, W. T. =7. Sir A. Oallwey, Sir WP. Montagu, Lord R. d. K Garth R. Montgomery, Sir G. Alen, W. S. floakell. J. M. More, B. J. AmberleT. Vied. Gladstone, W. K. Morgan, 0. Balms. h. tiladstone, W. 11. Morrison, W. Barnett, U. Glyn, 0. O. Mourns:, J. l'. Barriugton, Viact. lioldney, 0. Nevilleeirenvilie,ll. Baxley, I. Gooch, Sir D. Northonte, Sir S. Itective, Earl rat Gordon, E. S. U'Cunor Don, The Bonham-Carter, J. Gore, J. R. t; Reilly, M. W. Bowen, J. B. Orahani, W. Parker. Major Brett, Sly W. It Grant, A. Parry, T. Bright, Jacob Orme, 8. R. Psi ten, Col. Brooaimit.4 C. Ora, Lient.-C'ol. Paull, H. Brava, Weirs& W. H. Frame, J. W. Bruce, H. A. Hamilton. Peel, J. Buller, Sir E. (1B. LI. Claud Pollard Urquhart, Butler, C. S. Hanley. T. Potter T. B. Condlisli e J. Hardy, G. Poweli iv lr 8. Hauls,. J. Price, P. Danwright, Col. Hay, Sir J. C. = ' ;'?D 11 4.. Cave, 8. Cave. T. r e l e 'r-tialor .1 Roberti/on, tr. E. Cavesdish, Lord R. He rbert, Oen. . . St. Ambyn, .1. CamoadiM, Lard P.C. Heeketh, Mr T. Schreiber, C. Om& Lord E. Hey gate, Be Y. ficleterbooth, G. ('bombers, T. Hibbert, J. T. Seymour, A. Childers, H. C. Hildyard, T. B. /Sheridan, R. B. ('halos,Lord KP. Hogg, Ls.-Cd. Shawn, Sir J Clive, Copt. Holland, E. Simonds, W. B. (Obbold. J. C. Hope, A. J. Mutt& J. B. Cochrane. A. V. Hones& T. B. Stanley, Lord Colshreeke, Mr T. Hubbard, J. O. Stirling -Maxwell. Coleridge, J. D. Beset, R. H. Sir W. ° C. B. Karilake, Sir J. Bless, W. H. Corry, .L. Kerslake, R. B. Bart..., C. F. Cowes, J Keitewich. & T, &stem, H. E Ocoee , . K H. Kendall, N. Taylor, P. A. Cralarned.ll. H. Keown, W. Thereld, Sir J. 11. Crawford, IL W. Kinnand, A. F. Verney, 81r B. Cubitt, 0. K nstekbell . Huger Woidegrave - Lathe, Davenport, W. Is. els, R. 0. Denman, 0. Ishoucheis, U. Walpole, S. H. Dickson, Hair k Immo*, Sir C. Waimea. J. W. Dixon, G. Lawson, J. A. Warner, K. Disraeli, B. Leatharn. W. H. Worrea, R. Dodson, J. C. Latent/, G. J. W & t Du Cane, C. Letroy, A. Writdm dw i ll rk Edwards, Sir H. Under,, Col. R. Weill% Mr T. Egerton, A. F. Lowe, II bread, Igertes, R. C. Lowther . . W. Whito, Whit J. & Enfield, VMS. Ls*, A. Whitmore, H. Intim, VicoAchnl. Nl'Lrgan. P. Wiwi, H. C , Ruing, H. E. IPLaren, D. Woodd, &T. 1,1. Maguire, J. Y. Wyndham, P. r... 1. Malcolm, J.W. i Forinuson, Sir J. Mousers Lord J. 111LIXIS. Foley, H. W. Mayo, Earl of Taylor, OM. Forester, Gen. Melly, O. Noel, O. J. Forster, t'. Mike, W. _ . NOEL Bkaso. J. A. IWIPIA. Oil. O'Deseehoe, The Briocoe.. l I. ta t t .. C. C. D. =i r e. u. Barks, I' Viet. Cogan, W. II Hooky, J. W. 11 KwIPNwi t W. W. Dom, 11. Hoipoo. W. N. Y( rti, 1* Illeasdale, N. DRM, Goa. law looo v esa, law il W. TILLS& Dyo“, Col. Lowdeer. .1 . . Groin, e.el• Yaw, Col. Neat*, C. Bowyer. es, I. Filches, J. Newdoeste. C. N. THE WRECK OF THE NIPHON. The Niphon was totally wrecked. on tic ni...!t of the 23rd January, off Home Hill, 27, !Li south of Amoy. European boilermaker, gunner, and Chinese drowned. Cargo all lost. The following memorandum has been from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na.L:.l tion Company with reference to the 1 Niphon : According to the hut advice. received by the corup.,.y from China, the Siphon was to be placed at Sl:ingh.•i the lit of February to take the mails to in!. It is therefore assumed that when she was lost she wai working her way np to Shanghai, calling at the c.,-. port. without English limits or through cargo. The Company's agent at Hong Kong wrote• under 14th January, as follows ; " In consequence of the near approach of the Chin •,e new year (25th inst.) the coast trade continue+ s depressed." It is not probable, therefore, that she had even a Lr; • local cargo. CALCUTTA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAULS SOUTHAMPTON. MAR.+ The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon arrived hem to-day with 71 pa.ssongen. 39,831 dole. in specie, Egyptian bonds to the value of 9,9001., and a general cargo, includn. raw silk to the value of 230,000!. In the Bay .4 Biscay the Ripon encountered a north-westerly gale and a heavy sea. She spoke the steam,•r Banvalore ou the 3rd instant. GIBRALTAR, MARCH I. The Norwegian bark Frigate Bird, and the Brit Hit schooner Kitty Pinkham, of Cardiff, came into lision off Cabergos on the 23rd ult. The schemer immediately foundered, but her crew were 341..4 The English brig Amethyst has been %%reeked ..•1' Cape Negro, and has gone to pieces. The Free:!! ship Arnelie, wrecked at the same place. has ken oondemned, but it is expected her carg.. L• saved. The cholera at Tangier was disappearinv. Fr Tetuan the accounts are not so favourable. f crops in Barbary promise well. Exchange upon London, 49A : Paris. Madrid, A to 2 dia. OUR PARIS LETTER. (ENOM OUR OWN COREIVPONI , IiNT.) PARIS. Ti uroo)A1 Ev Ni,l Some time ago an amendment of M. Tillano. , :r. was carried, reducing the minimum standard in t'..c army from 1 metre 66 centimetres to I ware centimetres. Marshal Niel, who has a j..101 , 0, , i tall fellows, never liked the change, and sough: ;.. evade it to a great extent in practice by [width; that the new clause did not apply either to sul,,ti tutes or to old soldiers who ,re-enlist on rewirin.; a premium. M. de Tillancourt yesterday ' ii that the rule should be uniform, and c,t,d a great many military opinions to show that ,i...rt men, if healthy and well-formed, were on the average more serviceable than longer (elms. Marshal Niel spoke of little men whom he had sou breaking down under the weight of their army and accoutrements, which were one-third as heavy :a themselves, and drew a facetious picture of a moll cavalry soldier who can neither saddle his horse 'l4 reach the stirrup to get upon him. Against this M. do Tillancourt mentioned the case of t'''l ler2i Trezel, a man of the people, who was rejected a recruit for being too short, but had such a strong military vocation that he got into the Commissariat department as • subordinate, ex changed into the line the moment he obtained 1 sub-lieutenant's epaulette, and subsequently becalm one of the most illustrious general officers in the service. The end of the discussion was that a ma jority of 122 against 101 decided that l'ilarshal Niers objections to little men were unfounded. General Lebrcton's sporting amendment, P 1 ing that the contingents for the departments a the Ardennes, Metre, and Vosges should ha formed into mountain chsasenra, to defend the " woody curtain " sacred to the memory . 4 Turenne, which overlooks the Rhine frontier. cu . shelved without any other deputy than Mauch speaking upon it. The further consideration of the bill was that adjourned. A story which strikes me as too good to be to is going the rounds of the papers. A weddiN party went before the Mayor of Fontaineblea u. who refused to pet form the marriage ce mony because the bridegroom was draw' In spite of the entreaties of the bride and the rell• lions on both aides, the civic functionary Ad"' ' rawly insisted on a postponement. Four dap later the same couple attended as before, presented themselves again; but the woukl-be husband so in no more decent condition than on the forme occasion. Thereupon the mayor waxed exceed' ing wrath, and addressing the bride said, " An d t you, too, mademoiselle, are you not ashan io • to come here to ask nse to unite you to I matt in this disgraceful state I" . 4 . May it plea° If ,~ li i 'I ;i r~ ~~