The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-29 00:00:00

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Mk TO-Nomow—Mornlng, lih. 6s..—..Attersoon, 911. 460♦. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29. PF.RHAPS it is not the least of the public dis advantages arising from the present form of government at the Horse Guards, that the chief of that government is by his rank and position, so considerably beyond and above discussion. There is no flattery in acknowledging that His ROYAL lIIGH NEM is zealously devoted to the interests of the service over which he presides, and practically versed in military affairs. But there are those who will consider it an impropriety to remark that on some occasions the present COMMANDZRAN CHIEF has spoken of the House of Commons, with respect, no doubt, perhaps with a secret awe, but as ho might speak of some inevitable malady, as an insurmountable obstacle to military irre sponsibility and military expenditure. Certainly he has never said that fifteen millions of estimates were a mere pittance ; he has never imputed stinginess to Parliament ; but as a soldier, and a soldier of royal siege, he takes a doubly professional view of the service, and cannot easily understand how representatives of the people can have the right to do anything but find the money for the establishment. Of these royal ideas Sir Joux PAKINOTON is now, by the mockery of fate, become the chosen interpreter to the House; and last evening he distinguished him self by explaining how anxiously " His ROYAL " Hiainsass " had hesitated between deference to the House and his own judgment on the question of the abolition of capital punishment in the army. It was the general opinion among the supporters of Mr. Orwar's resoluLion that Sir Joutt was not at heart among its oppo nents, but that, after having by the strange inver sion of respoillibility to which we have referred, taken counsel at the Horse Guards, be had come down with the best compromise he could obtain from "the military authorities." At all events Sir Joax's reign in Pall-mall will have been inaugurated by one most desirableinnova tion. The Mutiny Act has positively been debated, and the " military authorities" have been em phatically reminded that this Act is an annual one, and that the precedent of this year will not be lost sight of in a new Parliament. So unusual was the circumstance of a debate on the Mutiny Act, that the Committee fell into confusion, from which it took all Mr. Doosow's clear ness and acuteness to rescue them, in attempting to get at the flogging clause and its amendments. Although the result of the division may not be all that the most ardent army reformers could desire, or all that they may con dently anticipate in some future session, it was sufficient in itself, and preceded by a debate which was more than sufficient, to convince the " military authorities "—we believe Sir JOHN PA IC INGTON is convinced already—that the considerable minority, and even more con siderable in character and in weight than in number—in a full House, which de clared last evening for the abolition of capital punishment in the army—represents an actual and increasing majority out of doors, who are resolved that the British army shall no longer be alone among the fighting armies of Europe to submit to the infliction of a punishment which de grades the man who suffers it to the infamy of a convict, and hardens the man who witnesses it against the nobler shame of honour and self respect. The question was treated last evening with excellent tact and judgment, and in the best public spirit, by the member for Chatham, not as one of weak, soft-hearted huma nity to criminals deserving punishment, of cruelty in scourging and scoring a vagabond's back, and sending him into hospital to repair his skin, but as one affecting the spirit and morale of the entire army, repelling the good, brutalising the bad, assimilating good and bad alike to the out casts of civil life, not to juvenile delinquents—for a soldier is a man—but to the most irreclaimable ruffians in the gaols. It was on the efficacy, as an example, of this infamous punialunent for mere military offences, that Mr. Omar and the other speakers on the same aide, whether civilian or mi litary, Mr. HORSMAN, Major Jaavia, and the rest, dwelt with a force of argument and a warmth of feeling that could not be resisted, except by appeals to the good old reason of routine, and by the invariable assumption that the discipline of the army would go to the dogs if the punishment of Hogging were not held in krru- THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1867. rein over a tithe of reprobates—the dregs and refuse of the ranks, of which nine-tenths never fall within its range ; so that flogging is retained for the sake of restraining and terrorizing this miserable unclean tenth of the recruiting sergeant's gamebag, who ought never to have been admitted to the ranks, whom no amount of lashes ever reclaims, and who in common justice to their comrades ought to be purged out of the service instead of being kept dangling between the hospital and the gaol as spe cimens of a wholesome and elevating discipline. No one imagines for an instant that the honest ad vocates of flogging are not in their hearts as hu manely disposed, as anxious for the soldier's interest and welfare, as zealous for the high cha racter of the army, as the abolitionists. Only, as Mr. Hoax at as so well suggests, military conservatives areofalleonservatives the moat difficult to reclaim. None so obstinately prefer experience to experiment, and dread all changes as the unknown. General Pen would be delighted to do away with flogging in the army if he could find a substitute for it, and he is most willing that it should be inflicted as seldom as possible, and only for the gravest mili tary offences, such as mutiny and violent insub ordination, or fur offences which in civil life are pwiiahed in like manner. No doubt between sar i vice in peace and in war time, a distinction is pro perly and fairly drawn ; but it will be a happy day for the army and the country when public men so eminently worthy of re spect and confidence as General PEEL begin to fool the for t 2ti the conviction so ably maintained by the civil and military speakers of the minority last evening, that the true and only substitute for flogging in the army is to raise the character of the service and the morale of the men, and the selection of the recruits ; until dismissal from the service shall be the severest penalty for the soldier. Indeed, as Major JERVIR insisted, it would always be cheaper to the country to dismiss bad soldiers than to flog them. This debate and division, and the concessions which have already been pressed upon the Horse Guards, and which are now em bodied in the amended clauses of the Mutiny Act, have advanced the question so far that the Abolitionists can well afford to wait another year. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) outstanding the men allowed themselves, perhaps, in the excitement of success, to be carried so far that nobody could agree with them, and the sympathy of the public veered round to their employers, who, after very liberal advances, had thus been driven to make a stand. If the men had only abandoned this untenable point a few hours earlier, they would have saved the country a day's con fusion, escaped the reproaches of an angry public, and have carried opinion with them from beginning to end. The Daily News disputes the ground on which Mr. Walpole defends the exercise of the prerogative of mercy in the case of a murder of aggravated enormity and bar barity. Uit is true that he rightly interprets the recom mendations of the royal commisioners, the fact will throw a grave doubt on the wisdom of their conclusions, but there is the important consideration that these recommendations have not received the sanction of the legislature. Judge-made law hu sometimes been severely criticised ; but commissioners' law is something never yet heard of. The Star agrees with Mr. /kronen that the entire abolition of flogging in the army cannot be delayed many months. It is kept up partly to save the necessity of making the army endurable to respectable men ; but mainly in deference to the professional prejudices and arbitrary love of power of military officers, of whom Mr. Mowbray is a more than military apologist. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS LAST NIGHT. THE CANADA RAILWAY LOAN.-FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. The following members compose the minority of 67 members who voted but night against the guarsatss of interest on a loan of 3,000,0001. for the constructional a railway connecting Quebec and Halifax :—Messrs. T. Barnes, M. T. Bass, W. E. Baxter, T. Batley, W. B. Beaumont, Sir C. T. Bright, Messrs. J. I. Briscoe, C. S. Butler, C. Buxton, J. Candlish, C. Carnegie, M. Cham bers, J. Cheetham, W. H. Cogan, Sir T. K Colebrooke, Messrs. J. Cowen, E. H. Craufurd, R. Dalglisb, E. De La Poer, G. Denman, J. D. Dent, R. H. Dutton, Col. R. Dyott, Mews. C. Edward., W. Ewart, H. E. Ewing, It. Eykyn, H. Fawcett, H. W. Foley, F. J. ioljambe, C. Gilpin, Capt. H. G. Gridley, Messrs. G. Hadfield, E. W. Hamilton, Sir .7. Hamner, Messrs. E. Heneage, J. W. Henley, G. Hodgkinson, It. H. Hurst, J. A. Kinglake, J. Lamont, G. J. Lefevre, J. Locke, It. Lowe, A. Lusk, D. M`Laren, J. S. Mill, W. Miller, J. IL Mills, Viscount Milton, Messrs. T. A. Mitchell, G. Moffatt, C. J. Monk, W. Morris, R. Padmore, T. Parry, R. N. Philips, E. Potter, D. Pugh, R. D. Shafto, J. B. Smith, P. B. Srrollett, W. T. IrCullagh Torrens, P. Vanderbyl , S. Whitbread, J. White, and H. Woods. Tellers, Messrs. Aytoun and T. Cave. The majority was composed pretty equally of liberals and conservatives. Mr. CHaditone's name does not appear in the division list, nor those of Sir George Grey, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. M. Gibson ; but Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Gosehen, and the Marquis of Hartington voted for the loan. The new clause in the Mutiny Bill proposed by Sir John rakington (no soldier of the first clue to be sentenced to corporal punishment) having been brought up and read the first time, the motion wu made and the question put, •' That the said clause be now read a second time." The committee then divided as follows :—Ayes, VS ; noes, 131. AYES. Acland, T. D. Fergueson, Sir .1. Morgan, 0. Adderley, C. B. Myer. J. Morgan, Major ' AgasEllls, L G. Foljamile, F. J. Mowbray, J. R. Archdall, Capt. Forester, Gen. Naas, Lord Arkwright, It. Fortescue, D. F. Neeld, Sir J. &legality, R. Freahneld, C. K. Neville-Grenville, R. Baggy, W. Galway, Vixct. Newport, Viact. Bailey, Sir J. Gilpin, Cot Noel, G. J. Baring, A. H. Gladstone, W. K North, CoL Baring, T. Goddard, A. L. Northoote, Sir 8. Barnett, H. Gore, J. R. O'Neill, K. Barrington, Viset, Gore W. R. Pnet, R. H. Barrow, W. H. Goacben, O.J. Pakington, Sir J. Barttelot, Cul. Grant, A. Palk, Sir L Bathurst, A. A. Graves, S. R. Parker, Major W. Beach, Sir M. Grey, Sir O. Parry, T. Beach, W. W. Grey, T. De Patten. Col. Beefier, Earl of Outflow, B. 1.. Peel, Oen. Beet-Tuft, U. & Gurney, N. Pennant, U. D. Bid.bilph, Col. Owyn , H. Powell. le S. Bingham. Lord Manahan, Id. Claud llawlinson, Blr H. Bourne, CoL Hamilton, Lord C. J. Rend, C. S. Brand. H. Nonillion, Vied. /lepton, U. W. Brooks, K. Hamer. Sir J. Ridley, Sir M. Bruce, Lord Z. Rudy, G. Robertson, P. F. Bruce, Major Hardy, .1. Kelt, Sir J. Bruce, Sir H. Harlington, /faro. ot Royston, Vim/ Bruen, H. /fortune, K. K Hessen, Air C. Buckley. E. Hersey. Lord A. lianiudo, J. VA. Barrel(, Sir P. Hay, Lord J. Sandford, G. H. Campbell, A. H. Hay, Sir J. Ssondenon, K. Cartivrell, L Headline', T. K Schreiber, C. Cave. S. Ilestheote, 81r W. &later-Booth, G. Catendloh, Lord E. Henley, J. W. Scott, Lord H. Csvendish, Lord F. Ilentdker•Sl sjor, J. Selwin, H. J. Cavendish, Lord G. Herbert, Col. Selwyn, C. J. Cecil. Lord E. Hesketh, Mr T. Sei erne, J. K Clinton, Lord E. Heygate, Sir F. W. Seymour, 0. H. Clive, G. Hildysrd, T. B. Simonds, W. B. Clive. Capt. Hodgson, W. N. Smith, 8 O. Cobbold, .1. C. /long, 1.t.-Col. somerset, Col. Colebrooke, Mx T. Hullurd, K 8. Stanhope, J B. Coltburst, Sir G. Hope, A. J. Stanley, Lord Conolly, T. Hothani, Lord Stanley, F. Corry, H. L Howes, E. Stoptord, ft G. Courtenay, Lord Hunt, G. W. Stuart, U.-Co, Cooper, K H. Hutt, Sir W. Start, H. 0. Cowper, W. F. Lanes, A. C. Surto., le Cox, W. T. Johnstone, Sir J. Surto., H. E. Crenborne, Wed. JolUffe, H. H. syk.. C. Crawford, R. W. Karolake, RirJ. Thorold, Blr J. Cremome, Lord Kasslake, K K. Thynne, Lord H. Delkeith, Earl of Kavanagh, A. Tullemache, J. Dawson, R. P. Kekewich, & T. Tottenham, LL-CoL Dick, F. Kendall, N. Trevor, Lord A. Dickson, Major King, J. K. Trollops, Sir J. Dlmsdale R. King, J. G. Turner, C. Disraeli, B. Kingscote, Col. Vance, J. Dowdeawell, W. Z. Knight, Y. W. Vandeleur, Co/ Du Can C. Knightley. Sir R. Vern., K W. Donconibe, Adm. Knox, Major 'Verney, Sir H. Duneumbe, Col. Loon, Sir K Walker, Major MAIN, Gee. Langton, W. 0. Walpole, 8. H. Du Pre, C. G. Lanyon, C. Wairond, J. W. Dyke, W. H. Leatharn, W. H. Walsh, A. Dyutt, CoL Lennox, Lord H. With Sir J. Earle, R . A. Liddell, H. G. Waterhouse, S. Eekersley, N. Loamy, Col. C. Wise, H. C. Edwards, Sir R. Lindsay, Col. & Womid, B. T. Egerton, Sir I'. Lowther, J. Wyndham, P. Egerton, A. K Mackimiou, Capt. Wynn, C. W. Egerton, E. C. M'Lagan, I'. WyrUl, M. Egerton. W. Malcolm, J. W. Yorke, J. R. Pane, Lt. 4.)...t, Manners, Lord J. TELLERS. Feilden, J. Montagu, Lord R. Taylor, Col. Fellows, K. Montgomery, Slr 0. Whitmore, H. NOES. Akroyd, E. Reg^, R. Monk, C. J. Allen, W. 8. Fawcett, H. More R. J. Amberley, Vied. Elides, J. Morris, W. Anson, Major Foley, H. W. Murphy, N. D. Anstruther, Sir B. Forster, C. Norwood, C. M. Aytoun. R. S. Forster W. E. O'Beirne, J. L. ell J. =',., k. Fortescue, C. P. O'Brien. Sir P. Gaskell, J. M. Oliphant, L Barclay, A. C. Gray, Sir J. o*Loghlen,Blr C. Barnes, T. Greenall, 0. Osborne, IL. B. Barry, C. R. Greville-Nugent,Col. Padmore, E. Bar, A. Gridley, Capt. Peel, A. W. Bass, L. T. Grosvenor, Capt. Philips R. N. Baxter, W. E. Hadfield, G. Platt, J. Baxley, T. Hamilton, E. W. Potter, E. Beaumont, W. B. Ilanicastie, J. A. Potter, T. B. Blake, J. A. Mania, J. D. Price, E. O. Bright, Sir C. Homage, E. Price W. P. Bright, J. Herbert, H. A. Pritchard, J. Bromley, W. D. liodgkinson, G. Pugh. O. Bruce, Lard C. Holden, I. Bearden, D. J. Butler, C. 8. Norman, E. Rehow, J. 0. Butler-Johnstone, H Hurst, R. H. &melt Mr W. Buxton, C. Ingham, K. Samuelson, B. Innton Sir T. Y. Jervis, Major licholefield, W. Candlish, J. Kennedy, T. Seely, C. Cave, T. Bess, D. S. /Simeon, 81r J. Cheetham, J. Xing, P. J. Stock, 0. Childers, El. C. Klnglake. J. A. Stone, W. H. Clay, J. Knatchbull - Kugel- Stuart , Ca Cogan, W. H. ten, K Stucley, Sir 0. Cowan. J. Layard, A. H. Blurt, Lt.-CoL Crantard, E. H. Lamont, J. Sullivan, K Wei* R. Lawson, J. A. Spun, E. J. Denman, G. Lechmere, 81r K. Trevelyan, G. 0. Dent, J. D. Leeman, O. Vivian, Capt. Dering, Sir P.. Letevre, G. J. Western, Sir T. B. Devereux. R. J. Locke, J. White, Capt. Dillwyn, L L. Bask, A. White, J. Moulton, P. M . Kenna..T. N. Williamson, 81r H. Duff, M. E. M . lAren D. Wyld, J. Bdwarde, C. Milt J. K. Young. R. Evans, T. W. 741115, J. R. TRLIARS. &wart, W. Mitchell, T. A. Otway, A. J. Ewing, H. Moffatt, O. Martin, P. W. On the second reading of the Tenements Im provement (Ireland) Bill Mr. Gregory will move to leave out all the words after the word " mat," in order to add the words "without prejudging the consideration of the second reading of this bill the house desires to express its opinion that it is incomplete, inasmuch as it contains no provisions calculated to promote the granting of lessee to agrionl.nral tenants in Ireland." Sir Lawrence Palk intends on Tuesday week to call the attention of the house to the report of the com missioners on bribery and corruption at the elections for the borough of Totnes ; to the direct interference of the Duke of Somerset in the political affairs of Totnes, which was supposed to have ceased with the year 1863 ; to the eiectment of Somerset tenants after the election in that year ; and to the seta of bribery, corrupt practices, and in timidation habitually practised by Mr. Miohelmore, steward to the duke, and detailed in that report. Lord Elcho proposes to bring in a bill to amend the law of master and servant, on Tuesday. THE LODGER FRANCHISE. In committee on Representation of the People Bill, Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens will move in clause 3, at the end, to add, " and every man shall be entitled to be regis tered as a voter, and when registered to vote for a member or members to serve in parliament for a borough, who is qualified as follows (that Is po say) : 1. Is of full age, and not subject to any legal inccity ; and 2. Is, on the last day of July in any year, the occupier of lodgings within the borough, and during the twelve months immediately preceding has been in the occupation of the same lodgings, such lodgings being part of • dwelling-house, and of a clear yearly value, if let unfurnished, of ten pounds or upwards ; and 3. Has resided in such lodgings during the six months immediately preceding the said last day of July, and has on or before the 20th day of July in each year claimed to be registered as a voter at the next ensuing registration of voters." Writing to the Times, Mr. Torrens says :—" From per sons of all shades of opinion I have received unqualified assurances of assent and approval, and, after the declara tion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday night, I have good hopes that • 101. lodger franchise may be em bodied in the bill. I shall certainly submit the question to the judgment of the House of Commons. I told the deputation from the Reform League, however, that if Mr. Gladstone advised them to try whether it would be pos sible to obtain a franchise for lodgers at 61. a year, or 2s. 61. a week, I could have no possible objection to some other member moving an amendment to that effect, and that if it failed they would then have any proposal to rely upon. I will only add that every metropolitan member with whom I have had an opportunity of consulting con curs with me as to the expediency of the course 1 have adopted." Other notices of amendments have been given. On going into committee Mr. Darby Griffith will move as an amendment or resolution, "That, in the scheme for the redistribution of seats, the particular electoral character of each borough, with regard to purity of election, free dom from undue influence, and local importance, should be taken into consideration, and that the question of dis franchisement should be determined rather with reference to such considerations as these than according to a rigid and arbitrary line of mere population." In committee, Sir Edward Colebrooke, at clause 4, line 22, proposes to leave out after " tenant," to end of clause, and insert " of a dwelling-house which, with the house bold and other offices, yards, and gardens therewith occu , pied, shall be of the annual value of 10/. or upwards."— , Mr. Henry Bernie, at clause 4, at the end of paragraph 2, seeks to add, " Provided always that one-half the occupa tion shall be in land."—Mr. Read, at clause 6, line 41, wants to leave out " twelve months" and insert " two THI CANADA RAILWAY LOAN. The largeness of the parliamentary majority last evening in favour of the ►bove loan, in uo way, says the Times, denotes satisfaction or conviction among those who compose it. The real promoter of the loan is the confederation, and the enterprise is political, and not commercial. It must be clearly understood that the guarantee Carries with it the responsibility of self-defence to be undertaken by the confedera tion, and that it is the intention of the Queen's government to withdraw at no distant time all Bri tish troops from the American continent. If that be so, the guarantee may be cheerfully paid if ever it should be called for ; and if the two measures of the present session enable us to escape the burdens which the Canadian garrisons inflict on this country, there will be no reason to regret them, even though they comprise the encourage ment of an unremunerative enterprise by means of a principle condemned by sound finance. The Daily News describes the loan as a bribe promised to Canadian politicians, and says that a free grant for 3,000,000/. sterling direct from the imperial trt.asury would have been in every respect the wisest course, as it would have left no point of departure for new demands. It is as certain as anything in the future can be that this loan will have to be converted into a home stock at no distant date. For 3,000,0001. the politicians of Canada have turned their country into a nondescript confederation, the people looking on indifferently ; and for three more they would turn it into an empire or a republic. As soon as the money is spent, and the time comes for the Canadian taxpayers to raise 150,0001. a year for a worthless road, the colonists will invite us to look at the working of the arrangement, and ask us what we are going to do for them next. Mr. Lowe, whose wise speech should be carefully read by every Englishman, reminded the house of a re mark which he made a few years ago before the com mittee on colonial defence :—" At the time of the Ame rican revolution the colonies separated from England be cause she insisted upon taxing them. What I apprehend is likely to happen now is, that England will separate from her colonies because they insist upon taxing her." That is the issue to which we shall no doubt come in time. PRAINCIi AND LUXEMBURG. A rumour from Paris that at the opening of the Exhi bition the Emperor will announce the annexation of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg to France is commented upon by several of our contemporaries to-day. The Herald re minds its readers that the consent of Holland and of Prussia is necessary to any such arrangement, and the acquiescence of Bismarck, in whose hands the fortress would be a strong barrier between France and the Rhine, is to be doubted. If it be true, however, then it thinks that Prussia has acted wisely in withdrawing from a pod. tion in which it could not decently have persisted. The Post says the King of the Netherlands is at liberty to deal with Luxemburg on the principle which Prussia has endorsed—that is to say, he might dispose of his right without consulting the Prussian government ; and, as there is only one power in Europe that would care to possess the duchy, this is where the shoe pinches. Prussia is shut out by the Treaty of Prague, as well as by her own set—the dissolution of the Germanic Confederacy—and is also well advised that any attempt to enforce her claims would be formidably resisted. The Telegraph thinks Germany would view the acqui sition of Luxemburg by France as • grave national calamity, and Prussia would never willingly consent to such an arrangement, unless she were tempted with some powerful inducement. Till Prussia does consent, France, even with the assent of Holland, cannot obtain Luxem burg without the risk of • war. The Star mentions various rumours which are afloat ; the only one about which there is any certainty being that negotiations of some sort or other concerning the future of the grand duehyare going on between Paris and the Hague , and that the attention of Berlin is keenly fixed upon them. The Day hopes the intention attributed to Count Bis marck of annexing the Dutch provinces of Luxemburg and Limburg to the kingdom of Prussia is not seriously enter tained. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The Timer assumes that, having once expressed our readiness to consider whatever grievance may have been sustained by the United States through the default of our government, we may dismiss from our minds any anxiety as to the ultimate restoration of cordiality between the two countries. Sooner or later, and more or less gra ciously, the American government and people will meet us half•way. A sense of injury rather than a sense of loss is the motive of the claims, and the indignation kindled in this country by the seizure of a single merchantman by Spain may help us to appreciate the indignation kindled in America by the ravages of privateers issuing from our ports with the connivance, as everyone there believed, of our government. Sufficient allowance was not made for this natural sentiment. A conciliatory tone on the part of Lord Russell would have been more generous and more politic than a dry repudiation of legal liability. With regard to the spirit of hostility lately manifested by the House of Representatives, especially in their sympathy with the Pentane, the Times is consoled by the fact that experience has shown that public opinion in America must not be estimated by the public acts of its politicians. There never can be a serious rupture between the United States and the old country unless it be the will of the American people, and the good understanding between the American people and the English people lies deeper than mere politicians are aware. MIOELLAI!OVS TOPICA. Returning to the subject of the engineArivers' strike, the Tines again says that upon all the points in dispute but one, the directors were in the wrong. On the single point LATEST INTELLIGENCE. IN EUROPE. A despatch from Berlin by the Haves Agency positively denies that any armaments are going on in the fortress of Mayence. According to the Courrier du Bas-Rhin, the works of the manufactory of arms at Mutzig in that department are now receiving a fresh impulse, and seem likely to assume a great development. A notice inserted in the journals in fact addresses itself to all workmen in the business of filing, fitting, and turning metals, and informs them that by making application at the Mutzig establishment they will find as much employment as they please after April 1. " The whole Prussian fleet," says the Geeste munde Gazette, " is to be got ready by the Ist of April, so as to be ready to put to sea at any moment after that date. The order has been sent to all the stations. Work is, in consequence, carried on so actively at this place that even Sunday is not a day of repose." The Italia of Naples says that secret orders have been issued by the Minister of Marine to get ready several armour-plated vessels which will be armed with the new guns that have been manufactured in the English foundries. THE TREATY BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND WURTEMBURG. The Bedbaeltter, of Stuttgard, has the following remarks on the treaty between Prussia and Wur temburg : The IVartemterg Maniteue has spoken. Our govern ment, also, has signed an offensive and defensive treaty of alliance with Prussia, and did so even before Bavaria and and Baden. Wurtemburg has once more borne aloft and in advance of the Sag of the empire, but only to lay it down humbly at the feet of the Prussian eagle. That, from this moment Wurtemburg is merely a vassal State, and its king but the shadow of a king, is what the most limited understanding must perceive. We see, in a striking manner, from this fact that every thing is incomplete in Germany, and that we are still deeply sunk in the middle ages, shine it is possible for some daring men—because they are of noble birth and mi nisters—to take of themselves resolutions which pro foundly affect the most vital interests of the country without consulting or listening to the voice of the people. The nation on whom such things are forced has need of 1789. As for our party—the party of the people—it will resolutely persist in its views in spite of the new situation. The treaty concluded with Prussia is without legal basis because it violates in a vital point the Prussian constitu tion. It is not indissoluble, and we shall resist it foot by foot and position by position. We nay this calmly and firmly, although we hear from Berlin, Paris, and Vienna of new diplomatic compacts which would make the states of the South completely and for ever dependent on Prussia. NORTH SCHLESWIG. The Dngbladct of Copenhagen continues to com plain of the severity of the Prussian officials in North Schleswig. All the functionaries are com pelled to take the oath of fidelity to the King of Prussia. Even the old Danish soldiers who fought in the last war against the Prussians are obliged to take the oath. Numerous families have emigrated before the Prussian conqueror. THE DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG. The Jour/pa du Havre has the following : MI the journals, except the Moniteur, discuss the question of Luxemburg—not that of the garden, of which M. Guroult is the champion, but that of the Grand Duchy, the annexation of which to France is spoken of. Those which at first denied any foundation for the repoit circulated are now less formal in their contradictions, and a note, now published in the Fraser, is a model of transi- tion from one opinion to another. The note in question is thus worded : We have been reproached with our incredulity on the subject of pretended negotiations which were alleged to have been entered on for the cession of Luxemburg to France. We have no occasion to go back on what we have already said. But if it were true, es certain journals persist in affirming, that any overtures had been made ()on coming that affair, we may be permitted to think that a feeling of patriotism and propriety ought to interdict, on the point in question, conjectures and discussions which can only compromise the proceedings with which such great national interests are connected. The Berlin correspondent of the Areeir National says that a question was asked of Count Bismarck& few days ago by the English Ambassador respecting the cession of Luxemburg, and that the reply of the Prussian minister was " nothing has been done." The opinion, however, he says, is generally spread in Berlin that the Emperor of the French will announce the happy issue of the negotiations at the opening of the Exhibition. Prussia will not insist on the humiliating condition of the dismantling of the fortress. However, the garrison is being reinforced, and the correspondent of the Arenir mentions that on the 25th of March two new infantry regiments arrived in the Rhenish province, and that several batteries of artillery are expected to arrive. The Edit) d ' A riOn, a Luxemburg paper, says in its issue of the 26th, " We learn that the garrison of Luxemburg was reinforced yesterday by the arrival of two infantry regiments." The German papers say that Count Bismarck will never consent to the cession of Luxemburg, which is German territory, and that any such cession would be treason to Germany. (azrrnee TEA:GLUM) THE GERMAN FEDERAL ARMY. BERLIN, ILutcH 29. The formation of the North German federal army as regards its constituent corps and divi sions, and the mode of inspection is not yet defini tively settled. The arrangements are at present only in a preparatory stage, and all statements re lative to the future organisation of the present military forces are premature. The Bersetizeitany of to-day says :—" Negotia tions are being carried on between Italy and Prussia. In the event of complications between France and Germany, King Victor Emmanuel might possibly reclaim Nice and Savoy, the sacrifice of which ho feels keenly." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 29. Count Cibrarin, the Italian ambassador, has arrived here. The Vienna papers assert that he is authorised to negotiate the marriage of Prince Humbert with the Archduchess Mathilde. The Emperor has granted the exequatur to Mr. Charles Lever, the English consul at Trieste. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 29. Baron Stieglitz and Herr von Abara will shortly visit several foreign capitals to obtain the co-oper ation of foreign financial notabilities for the forma tion of a company with the object of purchasing the State Railway from St. Petersburg to Moscow, the government having decided to sell this line. An accident has occurred on the Nioolai Railway, the whole of a mail train having run off the line. Only one person was injured. ITALY. FLORENCE, MARCH 29. The Chamber of Deputies has elected Signor Coppini as fourth vice-president, and has also elected the four secretaries of the Chamber. To day the Presidential Bureau will be completed. HUNGARY. PESTH, mAacH The lower house of the Hungarian Diet yester day resumed the general debate on the report of the committee of 67, on which occasion Herr Desk delivered an eloquent speech, lasting nearly two hours. Baron von Beust is expected to arrive here to. day from Vienna. A deputation from the town of Fiume has p re . sented a petition to the President of the Council, soliciting the re-incorporation of Fiume with Hun. gary. It is expected that this request will shortly be acceded to. The town of Fiume intends to erect a monument in honour of Herr Deak. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARcH Djemidi-Pacha, one of the Sultan's aides-de camp, has been despatched with a government steamer to Varna, in order to accompany Prince Michael of Sepia to Constantinople. The Princo is expected to arrive here on Monday next. The Russian ambassador in this city is endea vouring to bring to an end the effusion of blood in Candia. Heavy stones are prevalent in the Black Sea. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, MIRCH The Syria and Delta left at 11 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 2nd, and the latter at Southampton about the 9th of April. OUTWARD MAIL OF MARCH 12—]d. SUEZ, MAR( it 27. The Malta leaves this evening for Bombay. INDIA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS. GIBRALTAR, MUCH 28. The Tanjore leaves at 9 &m. to-day. All well. She may be expected at Southampton on the even. ing of lit or morning of 2nd April. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON. FALMOUTH, iiiNCR 21 The New York and Havre Company's United States steamship Fulton, from New York on the 17th inst., arrived here late last night with 42 par. smgers, 46 bags of mails for England, and 10 for France, and 19,000 dollars in specie for France. After landing the mails, she proceeded for Havre. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) Bow-STREET. MAKING (H Or a COPPLE-110081. James Smith,_ • shopman in the employ of Mend Slack, ironmongers, &c., Ml 6, Strand, was charged with stealing two cans of oil and • dark lantern, the property , of his employers. It appeared that for some paid the prisoner bad been ix the habit of sending Frederick Bevans, one of his masted porters, with goods to be delivered at a coffee-house in Catherine-street, where he had to get his meals, and of taking them away at night and conveying them sway to his own lodgings. Recently it occurred to Bevan" as • suspicious circumstance, that before giving him sack messages the prisoner invariably sent him to do some thing in a part of the premises away from the shop, and further, that a time was always selected when Mr. Slack was absent. Ile mentioned the matter to Mr. Slack, who communicated with the police, and Sergeant Ackrell, after inquiry, astisfied himself that robbery was going on and took the prisoner in custody. At the coffee-house he found a pok,r which the prisoner had left there that day, and at the prisoner's lodgings two cans of oil all marked with the name of the firm. Mr. Nicholls, the landlord of the coffee. house, acknowledged having allowed the prisoner to leave in the .:ods as • matter of accommodation toe customer, not suspecting that he was doing anything wrong. Sir T. Henry severely censured the conduct of the eoffee.liouse.keeper, observing that if he were placed is the dock upon the charge of receiving the goods knowing tnetu to be stolen, it would be a serious question for the jury whether they ought not to find him guilty. There Lur e wag another c ageingt the prisoner of embelling 235., peed hi ss Mr. y, of the Wellington Tavern, Strand It a ppeared that . Speedy had ordered • quantity d goody some of which were delivered by the porters ii the regular way and some by the prisoner himself. The prisoner presented the bill amounting to 2/. 12a., got the money, and gave a receipt. He only accounted fix 11. 19e. being the price of the articles supplied from tin shop, thus embezzling 135., the price of those which be had himself surreptitiously supplied. Curiously enough, also, he accounted for that sum two days before he was Paid. The prisoner was committed for trial. • CHUZL rsterr Robert English, axed 52, • gardener. of 10, James-street, Ifasex-road • Belmar I English, aged 2:i, • porter, of 18, Suffolk-street, Essex-road ; Mary Ana Crone, aged 41, married woman, of 216, New North-road; and End) Weilbeloird, aged 24, of 18, Suffolk-street, of no oocupe tion, were charged before Mr. Barker with stealing. on or about the 24th of Februmy last, four 5/. Bank of England notes and five sovereigns, the property of Miss Sank Aylmer. This was a very hard case, as the complainant is a single woman, between 70 and 80 year. of age, and very feeble. She stated that she bad been a servant, and had managed to save a little money and some yearn since she was in duced to purchase a 1001. share in the Norfolk Railway, foe which she paid about 801. A short time 111110 e she sold the share, and having paid a few debts, she placed the balance in one of her boxes, and left it in her room which she occupied in the same house as Mrs. ('roes, and Edward English and Wellbeloved (the latter two living together as man and wife) resided in. On Seth day-, the 2:tid of Feb ruary, she went to visit • friend, and it being wet at night she could not return, and did nut go home until the fol lowing Monday. She then found that her boxes had hem broken open, and all her money and her clothing was gone. and when she spoke to Mrs. Cross, who is landlady of the house, she treated the matter with the greatest indifference, merely remarking that she had a key that would open her door. Information was given to the police, and all the notes were traced to the pommies of the two Englishea, who had placed their names on theta. When the police spoke to them about the notes they at once said that they had got the notes from the females And bad handed them the change. At the station the WOlllt said that they had given the notes to the men, and that they (the women) had divided the money, but that the men knew nothing of the robbery. The prisoners said they did not wish to aak the com plainant any questions, and the prisoner Wellbeloved uif that the men were innocent. Mr. Barker said be should remand all the prisoners. bat would take the men's own recognisance' for their appeal once. Ile then naked the complainant if she had lust Ler money. The complainant said she bad lost all her money, ail all she had she stood up in. She did not know what o ht should do, for all her bard-earned savings were gone, anl she should have to go the workhouse. Mr. Barker said that this was • very cruel robbery and he would give the complainant 101. towards making up he: loss. _ The complainant, who was nearly overcome with erne. tioo, thanked the magiatrate, and two gentlemen in marl each handed to Mr. Alexander, the chief clerk. a aoserelgs towards the fund for making up the complainant's MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CULVER DETECTIOIT IW A THIEF. Janie , Walton, • tall thin young man, was charP'd before Mr. ICnoz with stealing a coat of the value of V., the property of Mr. Edward Tomlin, butcher, of N. 7 4 Queen's-road, Bayswater, and also with Melling 2 8 ivory checks, of the value of 55., the property of Mr. Theodore Crux, of the Awll Arms Tavern and Rotor rant, Argyll-street, Oxford-street. Mr. Crux said that, on the 25th, n coat belonging to customer was stolen from the amok ing., tom on the wood floor, and an no one else but the prisoner, who latterly ha been an occasional customer, had been into the room, hi suspected him of taking it. laud night, about q'ninnies past 12, the prisoner came in, and he (Mr. Crux) littlari. with Mr. Tomlin and some others to set • trap to catc h the prisoner. They then went up to the smoking ro°° —the prisoner following them—lit the gas. sad Mr: Touilin placed his coat in the same place as that from which , the other one was stolen. They then ~it down sod play e d a game of whist, and pretended to have been drinking and became a little noisy, and while this was going on the prisoner took up Mr. Tomlin's coat and put it on, and wor walking off with it when he (Mr. Crux) stopped him and gave him into custody. On the prisoner being searebeil at the station twenty ivory checks of the value of S. ,Laden from the smoking-room belonging to Mr. Crux wen found in his possession. Police-constable Moore, G.l C, proved being called to the prosecutor's, and taking him into custody with lir : Tomlin's coat on his back, and at the station he foul some of Mr. Crux's checkalupon him. The prisoner we a false address. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THE EMPLOYMENT OF VOLUNTEERS. years." CIRCULAR OF OF THE LATE LORD HERBERT. This morning appears as a return to parliament the following copy of a circular letter dated the 7th of June, 1861, addressed by the late Lord Herbert of Lea as Secretary of State for War to the lords-lieutenant of counties, on the subject of the employment of volunteers on the occurrence of civil disturbances at parliamentary elec tions :—" War Office, June 7,lB6l.—Having observed that in several instances volunteer corps have assembled under arms for various purposes unconnected with drill, parade, or rifle practice, I think it right to inform you that no such assemblies ought to take place, except with the approval of the Lord Lieutenant, and that if the number of velum. teen who propose to be present should exceed the strength of one battalion,:previous application must be made to the Secrete:) , of State for War for his sanction, in accordance with the circular memorandum of the 6th June, 1860. I have also learnt that in some cases volunteer corps have been called out in aid of the civil power on the occurrence of local dis turbances, and I have therefore to point out to you that, as a volunteer force is not intended to be employed in this manner, it is inexpedient to assemble it on any such occasion. I desire further to draw your attention to the impropriety of the presence of any armed body at parlia mentary or municipal elections, and to request that you will give directions to the commending officers of all vo lunteer corps within the county under your charge not to assemble their corps for drill or any other purpose be tween the issue of a writ and the termination of the elec tion in any county or borough in the neighbourhood of their headquarters, or during the progress of any muni cipal election in any town to which they may belong.-1 have, kc. (Signed) Heiman.— Her Majesty's Lieutenant for the County of Irks &flirt. WINDSOR CASTLE, tiLtace 2t3. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill. Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, also drove out. The Queen held a court to-day at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle at 20 minutes past 11 a.m., and arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly before 12 o'clock. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, left Buckingham Palace at half•past four o'clock, and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough-house. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness afterwards drove to Paddington station, escorted by a detachment of the 14th Harare, and returned by railway to Windsor, attended by the Lady and Gentlemen in Waiting. The Duke of St. Albans and the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Grey left the castle yesterday. The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy arrived at the castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. Major-General Sir Thomas M. Bidolulph and the Hon. Lady Biddulph had also the honour of being invited. The Prince of Wales, attended by Colonel Kingscote, rode out on horseback yesterday. Mr. Tilt (of Meson. Dickinson and Tilt, of New Bond. street) had the honour of a sitting from the Prince of Wales for a miniature. CABINLT COUNCIL.—There will be a Cabinet Council to-morrow at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street. Viscounteas Stratford de Radcliffe held a recep tion at her residence in Grosvenor-square last evening. Previous to the assembly the noble viscount and viseountess received at dinner the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanti cards, the Earl and Countess of Airlie, the Earl and Coun tess Grey, the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Earl of Morley, Lord Richard Grosvenor. M.P., the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., and Mr. W. Peel. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff entertained the following party at dinner last evening, at the Prussian Embassy, on Carlton bouse-terrace Excellency the Netherlands Minister, the Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana Beauclerk, the Marchioness of Downshire, L►dy Alice Hill, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers, the Earl of Hillsborough, the Earl Cadogan, Frances Countess Wel degrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald, Sir Ralph and Lady How ard, Count Maffei, Hon. Harris Temple, Sir Charles Rus sell, Bart, H.P., Sir Ivor Guest, and Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P. The Countess Bernatorff had • small and early party after dinner. The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his seventh parliamentary full dress dinner on the evening of Wednes day last, to the following noblemen and gentlemen : Lord F. Cavendish, Lord William Hay, Lord Milton, Lord Henley, Hon. F. Cidthorpe, Lord Augustus Harvey, Hun. Captain Grosvenor, Sir Rowland Blennerlumett, Sir William Scott, Sir Thomas Lloyd, Sir Francis Crossley, Colonel Packs, Hon. A. Kinnaird, Captain Hayter, Mr. Akroyd, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Baines., Mr. Bass, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Graham, Mr. Locke, Mr. Merry, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Biddulph, Mr. Calcmft, Mr. Eykyri, Mr. Nugent Greville, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Brett, The O'Donoghue, Mr. Tit*, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Finley, Mr. White, Mr. Grosvenor Hodgkinson ; Rev. Dr. Merivale, Chaplain; Mr. Alfred Denison, pro-Secretary. The right hon. gentleman afterwards held a levee, which was very well attended. THE PRINCESS OF WALes.—We have the satis faction to report that, although it cannot be said that much change has taken place in her royal highness's con dition during the peat week, she has yet shown a steady tendency towards recovery. The pain and swelling of the knee joint are slowly diminishing, while the general health is considerably improved. With only such occasional attacks of restlimeness as are always liable to occur in • case of this kind, her niches have been for the most part very good, and this notwithstanding the constrained posi tion which is necessarily still maintained, and which is now, perhaps, as much required to prevent any accidental irritation retarding progress as for the treatment of the existing injury.— f r