The Express. — London, England, 1858-06-10 00:00:00

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TM!'. evening the Noun of Compose will be called L opes b sanotion is the forum of a Statute the oft ' - ropsated proposal to extend the Franchise in Colin 'ties Is all occupiers of premises worth WI. a year. -As fa quesalca of political prudence, or of social equity, the merits of the proposal were never much contested and they have sow for some time been treated as in the abstract incontestable. It is admitted by the most stolid of Tory squires, and by the most incorrigible of Whig im pediments to progress, that however large the numerical addition to tie aggregate of erint y voters might be, the actual amount of change which it would probably occasion in the whole of that branch of the representa tion would not he very enuiderable. The small people in the small eoantry towns would still, under the present unprotected mode of voting, be subject to all these eircuanjaceut and overawing influences which render farm tenants at will confessedly so malleable in the hands of landlordism. In certain eases where property happens to be more than usually divided in the surrounding neighbourhood, or when a eanatarvailing weight of some species of trade or maeufacture happens to exist, there may no doubt boa nameable chance for something like real liberty of opinion for the class which it is proposed to enfranchise; and in entities where the rival strength of parties in the upper ranks of society happens to be pretty nearly balanced the new 101. constituency might now and then prove a outing weight in the scale of aristocratic liberalism. But nobody believes seriously that a score of county seats would be permanently taken from the ranks of assistance, and given to those arrest progress. It is not upon any such ground that the concession will be opposed_ What the unreasoning conservatism of Parliament is affected by is the selfish and short sighted fear that is unable to calculate whereabouts the practical consequences of the contemplated change would fall. (Matins!, and inarticulate obstructive, sit panic-stricken during a discussion of such a subject, like so many old women during • thunder-storm. They have been told repeatedly, nay, they admit to one another in low mutterings, that, terrible as it looks, the lightning is sure not to do many of them harm ; but each of them trembles for her own maim' sake, not knowing whether it may not be her individual fats to become an ex ample of the power of this strange and incalculable element. Were it, indeed, proposed that the inde pendent exercise of the new franchise should be guaranteed by means of the Ballot, we should be lees surprised at the craven obduracy of the reeistant classes we have referred to. But u the meagre is now presented—a mere fractional part of a general scheme of electoral reform—it seems to us little short of legislative idiocy to place any serious ob stacle in the way of its adoption. Men like Lord STANLEY, Sir Ftrzaov KELLY, and Sir Botwita LYTTON cannot plead, however, any such fool's pardon in abatement. They know full well how little there is of a revolutionary character in this 101. county franchise Bill. They cannot, with grave faces, resist it on the groand above described. That may do for the NEWDLOATI,XNIGIITLIT, and BESTINCE 1010010 f politicians ; bat bat MAJESTY'S present Ministers, after their pompons professions upon the hustings, of readiness to outbid their ofilciall rivals in the way of Reform, cannot in common decency Niggle or boggle at this safest and slowest step in the right direction. For them there must be some other pretext found. W hat will that pretext be ? It will not do to set up the old weather - beaten scarecrow of " A " general measure of Reform next Session." We hare had enough and more than enough of that impudent hoax. For six stagnant years it has been duly brought forth and paraded, first by the Govern ment of Lord Asanocco, and then by that of Lord PALMEILRTON ; and each time, as it has been pro duced, every heartless and hollow impostor in the train of dishonest leaders has smiled and bowed approvingly, and with solemn effrontery told his constituents that coming events cast their shadows before. Rot the constituenci es and the people at large are at length convinced that from first to last the oft-repeated promise was nothing but a cheat ; and if the I)erbyite Cabinet have really any intention of bringing forward a comprehensive measure next session, the very best thing they can do ia to keep elm of the im putation of trying to trade upon their pre decessors' broken promises. Be that as it may, no toleration will be given to any attempt on their part to baffle specific measures of improvement by resort to the exposed and scouted charlatanism of Lard PALMERSTON and Lord ABERDEEN. Let them say, if they please, that by further Reform they never meant any genuine abatement of popular exciintion : that will at least be intelligible and manly; we shall then know what we hare to ex pect, and be prepared to set accordingly. Let them say, if they will, that the addition of so many 101. occupiers would make several of the county oonsti tax,,,:iss ineemeniently large, and, we shall freely admit the truth or the assertion la a matter of fact ; but, as • matter of we shall reject the exam as a valid one for not passing Mr. LOCKE KING'S Bill. Middlesex, the West Riding, and South Lanoeshbo Mllliistim THE EX.PR71313, T4ICrESDA. keet - samittaaky l'arlisatte lie r. thCsa.t tee. like be have far fire-...- too large for electoral purpoimis yet never found time serionslg to Ihisth about Its attention is rather more thu las ity years Axed upon the necessity of dealing with this parti enlar evil, when the natural growth of enfranchise ment presents, am it will inevitably do, other instances as well as these. But all this only serves to better oar chance of a Redistribution Bill next year; it is not,and itcannot, be taken for any excuse whatsoever for not passing a moderate and limited Franchise Amendment Bill this year. What line, then, will Ministers take ? Will they upon this as upon the Oaths Bill affect to ooasider the subject as one not involving their administrative existence, but one upon which every man in office may be permitted to do what is right in hie own eyes ? Last session Lord PALMEESTott, exulting in the acquisition of a Parliamentary majority, which it was supposed would render him ministerially irresponsible and invincible, stoutly refused to give any toleration to the proposal for 101. enfranchise ment in counties. From the division which took place on that occasion, two or three of his subordinates ran away, and the rest voted dutifully as he commanded them. Lord STANLEY, we pet wive, adopted the expedient of absence on the recent division in which his colleagues in a body voted against the Ballot ; but the repetition of this maureavre too often will not do ; and those who, like ourselves, have hitherto taken • decided and disinterested part in giving the present Administration a fair trial, have a right to call upon them, as we now do, plainly to declare what they are, and what they mean to be. Is the Diviaion of Tuesday night there voted for the Ballot : All the Members for the Cities of Lon don and Westminster sad the Metropolitan Bo roughs, except two who voted against it, and two who were absent ; the Members for Birmingham, Manchester, Salford, Sheffield, Southampton, Edin burgh, Glasgow, Paisley, and Dundee. There is scarcely one of these gentlemen who is not a man of mark in the Liberal ranks, independently of the importance reflected upon him by the constituency he represents. There is not one of them that can be' fairly called a man of extreme opinions ; for even ' Mr. Roam:ex will be allowed to be no mob flatterer, and Mr. BRIGHT is an intensely " middle " class man." An immense majority of the gen. tlemen who supported Mr. H. BERKELEY'S motion with their votes are quite as influen tial leaders of public opinion es those we have specified. There can be no doubt that the 222 mem bers of the House of Commons—voters, tellers, and pairs—who on Tuesday night recorded their votes in favour of the Ballot oonstitute the substantial strength of the Liberal Party ; and they constitute one entire third of the representative branch of the Legislature. It is rather ominous, therefore, to find opposed to this phalanx such a large proportion of those whose claims to office are mainly based upon the belief that they enjoy the confidence of the Liberal Party. Let us sore over this dispiriting muster-rell : MEMBERS OF THE LATE CABINET—Lord PAL MERSTON, Sir 0. C. LEWIS, Sir Cl. GRIT, Mr. LABOOCHIRE, Sir C. WooD, Mr. VERNON Mari% Mr. M. TALBOT BAINES. MEMBERS Or THE LATE Gorzarrinuer—Mr. R. Lowz, Sir A. RemsAy, Mr. I. E. ELLIOTT, Mr. W. F. Cowrz3. LIBERAL LEADERS NOT IN THE LATE GOITERIr lIENTe—LOrd JOHN RUSSELL, Sir F. BARING, Lord MELOUND. PFELITES.-Mr. OLADSTONR, Mr. SIDNEY HER BERT. In vain would we attempt to shut our eyes to the fact. A gulf is opening between the official Liberal. and the elite of their party, across which ere long it may be impossible for either to pass to the aid of the other. The Ballot is only one question ; but it is one of many which mark the distinction between the existing generation of Liberals, and the survivors of a peat generation of Liberals, or those who have inherited its traditions. In 1830.2 the advocates of the Ballot were a minority among the already enfran chised, perhaps even among those whose enfranchise ment was contemplated by Earl GREY'S Reform Bill. It was easy, therefore, for the Whig leaders to per suade public meetings—except in the case of open air meetings in the manufacturing districts—to keep silence about the Ballot, lest dissension should be introduced into the Reform ranks. It was still more easy for them to suppress all mention of the subject in Parliament. Nearly thirty years have elapsed since that time. Sine. then a new generation of politicians has emerged into active life, who take their opinions from the circumstances and discussions of the time in which they live. Events have taught men who startled at the idea of Vote by Ballot as a novelty, and men who thought nothing about the matter, to recognise it as an urgent necessity. The language they hold upon the subject is the first that has been beard by the younger generation of politicians ; it has been incessantly dinned into their ears until it has become part of their po tical treed. The third part of the House or Commons who vote for the Ballot represent the existing opinion of liberal progressive England. The other two-thirds repre sent the opinions of the master. of counties and close boroughs. The official liberals we have enumerated above must make up their minds to e:7ooee between the two parties. Whatever their choice, all have no wish to deny that it will be made in good faith. We know how difficult it is for men strengthened and confirmed in their opinions by the conflicts of well nigh half a oentary to unlearn the lessons of their youth. But while we shall respect their consistency we must admit that it relegates them to political inaction. The adherents of the poli tical creed of an extinct generation cannot pos sibly be the leaders of a new generation which has abjured that creed. We entirely concur in the complaint made by Mr. BRIGHT of the manner in which this question has of late years been discussed in the 'louse of Commons. While the votes recorded in favour of Vote by Ballot have been steadily increasing, the interest of the debates has been proportionally decreasing. A few of the supporters of the Ballot have made it the groundwork of jocular and telling addressee; the far greater number have merely made tame duty speeches in its favour, in order that they might be able to say to their constituents that they had spoken for it. But the deep and growing earnestness with which the great mar of the com munity yearn for this boon has found no adequate echo in the Legislature. In the House of Commons the supporters of Vote by Ballot argue in its favour as coldly and calmly as they would demonstrate, some abstract proposition in EUCLID. They are met, not by arguments, but by trivial jokes, or by hau:hty declarations that no concession will be made. illnourable members complain of the perti nacity which !wee them with such a discussion year after year ; and th , Times, and their other Batumi in the preen, echo the complaint with ex aggerated foppiehnet,...v. But out of doors the craving for the Ballot is a burning passion. Every supercilious denunciation of it —every silly jest at its expense—is recorded and trowured up as 1* tawny mat in - an to be avegied. wor • man, the poor . ekabarrassed dream stanssp, impelled to vote assin4 their conviction the lotelligent a/titan, who loop for the franchise as a reoognition of his fall right of citizenship, and yet shrinks from it lest its exercise should become a badge of slavery ; all these are almost as little edified by the wit of their advocate* as by the in solence of their opponents. In what temper are each men likely to read • remark that fell from Mr. SOTHERON-ESTCOURT " Since the last general election, he fell in with a constituent of his—a farmer. He sated him what be " thought of the Ballot. His reply was that he the clerk or " was all for the Ballot, for at tie last election he " had to vote against his conscience, having been " solicited for his vote both by his landlord and the " parson's wife. He (Mr. Beim:rai) did not see of " what use the Ballot would have been to such a " person except to cover his delinquency." What does Mr. ESICOVRT mean by "delinquency ?" Does he mean that it would have been " delinquency " in a farmer to act according to his conscience ? or does he scorn the man who had not the courage to assert his conscientious oonviction at the risk of ruin to himself and family ? Mr. EBTCOURS has a keen eye for the cowardice piths unconacientious voter ; but ke is blind to the ruthless tyranny of those who intimidated him. He sees the mote in the farmer's eye; he cannot see the beam in his own. He and his clam make cowardly rascals of their tewantrat-will, and then taunt them for being what they have made them. Our squire- archy are using their wealth u the Barons of old used their arms : first they degrade their weaker neighbours, and then they jeer openly at their degradation. What the consequences of Baronial oppression were, may be read in the insur rections of ownesioses, in the jacqueries of peasants, in the French Revolution. The self-will of our Squires may in its turn produce like bitter fruits. Bat we are wandering beyond the subject to which it was our object to call attention. One-third of the House of Commons support the principle of secret voting. This third of our representatives speaks the wishes of nine-tenths of the out-of-doore community. Read over their names, you will find the list to be composed for the most part of men like WILLIAM Scrtotartam, AIPIXALL TURIIIIII., WALTISI BCCHANAN, ADAY:BLACIL. These are not wild speculative dreamers ; they are not men who, like Vivian GRAT, look upon " the world as their " oyster which they with sword will ope ;" they are not men who would affect opinions they do not en tertain for any consideration. Their advocacy of Vote by Ballot is the result of protracted and close observation : it is the consequence of rooted convic tion. They cannot change their minds. and even if they could, their constituents will not change theirs. The principle of secret voting is for the Party of Pro gress what the handful of leaven of the Parable was for the three measures of meal among which it was hidden. It is steadily going on to leaven the whole mass. What hope is there, then, for a re-organiaa lion of the Liberal party so long as we see all its members, to whom men have been accustomed to look as aspirants to high office, obstinately opposing the earnest and growing wish of the only party from which they can expect effective sup port ? So long as this antagonism between the leaders and the follower's exists, we may have inter mittent, ephemeral accessions of the Liberal party to office, but we can have no permanent, powerful Liberal Government. Unlers the Liberals who have hitherto led can be brought to concede the point of the Ballot, the Party of Progress must be contented to remain in its present dis organised and unsatisfactory state until new leaders can form themselves, and earn the con fidence of the public, in the Parliamentary arena. Did we believe that it was reasonable conviction that rendered the old leaders hostile to the Ballot, we would not urge this consideration upon them; but no man who watches their sayings and doings can fail to see that their opposition to it is simply a matter of personal feeling. Are we to accept the absence of Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Lord STANLEY from the Division as an indication that their eyes have been couched ? EGVrf.—Recent letters from Alezondria annamoe the arrival time of special envoys from the Emperor Theo dore, sovereign ruler of Gondah and Abysaynia, to regulate not only certain gestations of disputed boundaries, between his own territory and that of the Pooh* of Egypt, with which country en extensive and daily increasing trade la carried on by way of the Red Sea, bat also to establish commercial relations for the purpose of (onsolidatiog the interests of both countries. These envoys have been admitted to • private audience by the Viceroy of Egypt, end the representatives at Alexandria of the principal European powers have called upon them to Fey their respects. We noticed some time ego that the Emperor Theodore contemplated deepatching similar savoys to the Court of St. James's, and that the geemalia.iroo of his atuoy, an Englishman of the name of Bell, who has done good service to the state, would probably be selected as the bead of the miesion. We are now enabled to confine this statement, and have every reason to believe that thews distinguished personages may be looked for at Malta vs rests to their derlination before the close of the present mummer, and that their role sten will oxtend to the Court of the Tuderies.—Mclas Zones, June 8. The Nord publishes the following telegram from St Petersburg:—" A company, called the • Transompiau,• has been formed, with a capital of two millions of silver roubles, for the purpose of trading with Persia end Central Asia. K. Kokorrff is at the head of the enterprise." A duel was fought at Madrid, on the 3rd, between Y. Aft:4ra, tie editor of the Disersisa, end K. Cairo Al.. °m a ° , the a m ) , cf the Iberia. The parties were placed at Elm woe distant anj bred three Mots each without drag say mischief. The 'monde then interfered, declaring that "bower was satiated." LADY Fiatrautr.—Aniong the °wen_ 4ere by the Matinins teem Teals, on Wednesday, 'we' , Ludy Franklin, wits of the esistested Arctic mvigator, Freehlie, whose fete, as well as that of his Intrepid ono mai ens, is still a matter of mystery, which whips may before long be cleared up, by the private expedition fitted out moan months ego at the cost of We 'Meted lady, shoe • refused of farther assistance in this respect from the Admi ralty. Her Ladyship's health being impaired she is revisiting on these shores friends and scenes hallowed by me. movie, now sacred to her, when Sir John Franklin, in command of a ship of war was attached to this station. We believe it was in her lisjeety's ship Rainbow, that Sir John end Ludy Franklin were well known in Malta. In the month of October next, intelligence is expected of the expedition sent out by that devoted lady, • " forlorn hope " to find some tams, in the dreary Arctic region. of the living, or the deed Every kind and respectful attention hes been p i a to L a dy Franklin by our kind-bacted sad noble Comunender-in- Chief Lord Lyons —one in every way experienced to min peak., with such devotedness and such affliction. Lady Franklin left for Athens on Saturday.—Mahe Timm, June 7. LOLA MONTE& —This lady, now ea:ertaining the public at the Broadway Theatre, Is luxuriating at her fins country seat in the vicinity of 90th street end the third avenue. The koallty is beautiful, and unmade • line view of the eesatory of the Boat River. The Newalett chosen for her siddaw Is ale Ins, bat very nett ip4 , end the vomit wine* WSW* sad with a proihdea dawn Ned elast kid a. Oa out, a need eirades Lela to • oddleated Esekniebervialnity, fie the mien et task* use AI M=leM Id boatels. of her rare her Nis wee le Book an eztent, Gat is several eerie te stave, he new exotica hese. Her lets el teams vary steely deprived the Ibrtaante viadw at his " entire dwelt fa trade," or doubt mob to his selidimitism Mee efflingeminte fir the completion of the at for of Jew sums' milldam have ben is progress for ewe er th r e e wean pest, and have ° be s * s t i n coveted by the wham with greet nativity to • It is whispered thet „ gide d om e e s,, lain 0 111711110117, Obi WA the nuptial will not be &farm over two or three swathe, If so keg. We shall ate. At the muse time, It Is said, the faecal gentleman Is • titled end wealthy airman, t'ed list York Been'," Post. EVENING, JUNE -10, 1858. bt Court. The Queen held a court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Lord Wodshome had en audience of the Queen upon his return from his mission to the Court of St. Petersburg. His lordship was presented by Or Had of Milmesbury, Secretary of Btate for Foreign Minim Her Majesty was attended by Lewd Byron, lord in waiting. The Queen and Priam Consort, with the Prinoesses Alice and Mama, wont morning to the horticultural exhibition at C attendance were the Hon. Eleanor Stanley Hon. Horatio Btopford , Major-General Bonverie, end Colonel P. H. Seymour. The Prinoe Consort, attended by his Equerry to Waititt.i visited the Duchess of Cambrfdn and the Handitery Grand Duchess of liecklmsbnigh Shußa in St. Junsis Peirce. The Prince of Weiss, attended by Major Teradele, Mr. Gibbs, and the Rev. Mr, Tamer arrived at Buckingham Palace from the White Lodge. His Royal Highness returned to Bishasead Park in the sit spoon. Primo, Alverbea Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Cowell, a rr i ve d from Prime Arthur sad Prince Leopold vhdted the Botanical Gardens in the Regent's Park. The Dlcham of Hent dined with her Majesty. The Qum gave leas evening a state ball, to which a party of shout 1,9011 were invied. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. Major- General Sir Travidl Phillips, Lieutenant of the Royal Body Guard of theYeamen of the Overd, and Sir George Houlton, Basle of the Oerge, were preasst. A Gated of Hamar of the Fest Guards mounted in front ad the Pales. TheDucks= et Cambridge and the PriMeeee Mary (at tended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Major Home Panes) and tie Hereditary Grand Dachas@ of Ideckknburgh !hyalite (attended by Lady Caroline Cast and Baron Luhe), arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-part nine o'clock, and were received by the Maids of Honour and the Equerries le-Waiting. The Date of Cambridge (attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt), Prince Victor of Hobe, and the Mabarejah Damp Singh arrived, sad were also conducted to the White Drawing-room, where her Majesty received her illustrious visitors. The general company alighted under the principal portico of the Palace, and these having the mire's alighted at the equeeriee autranse ia The Earl De La Warr, Lard Chamberlain, and the prin algal °Moen of the \casaba/4, conducted the Queen end Prince Consort tram the White Drawing Room through the Saloon, Yellow Drswlng Rom,, State Dinner Room, and Approsch Gallery tato the Bali and Concert Room. The Royal Family sad the Ladies of the Qnsee's Houtehold fol lowed her Majesty. When the Queen had taken her mat at the west end on the haul pus, the door opening from the Promenade Gallery was opened, end the Diplomatic Corps and the Ministers of the Crown were introduced, and, having pared bdore the Queen, toot their usual seeds. The genwelozapanr h e r n y tmed the Ball and Concert Room from the Approachch Weippert's Quadrille Band of 36 artistes, steamed In the orchestra at the east-end, played for the opening of the ball "The Bay of Dublin Quadrille," composed by Major W. Guernsey. A Vales, " Water Lily," composed by Marriott, followed. The following were also played during the night inane benV em essreele fcr Marriott 11 ..... ........ ...... ........ W elppo ilbert. rates Ohms ... Wrt. .. Wilbert. Wel . .. ....... .......... W. VeaderrelL Ram Matilde Laogat. Odds ..... ........... .................. ....11. Clana Welppert. Rimed Raise MAI Weippen. Her Majesty's dram v a 10ao silk skirt, with two skirts of white net and two of lilac net, trimmed with white blonde and bouquets of white Mee, ornamented with diamonds. The head-dress was a wreath of white lilies, ornamented with diamonds. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a grey silk dregs, trbased with boullionen of tulle, with a second skirt of black lane. The stomacher of large sapphires and diamonds ; a dimmed aecklace. Her Royal Highness wore a diamond tiara sad black feathets aa • head-dress. Tea liereaitarjOrandDucitese of llecklenburgh-Strelitz ware a white silk dress, trimmed with bouillosees of tulle, and corned with three deep flounces of kioniton lace. The dress was ornamented by bows of maroon velvet and mara bouts, each bow clntaining in the centre a diamond orna ment. The body trimmed to correspond, with stomacher of diamonds end emeralds , a diamond necklace. The Duchess's head-dressers' of maroon velvet, covered with diamonds and marabout feather,. The Pricer.. Mary of Cambridge wore a dress of pink tulle over a plate pink petticoat. A white spotted We veil, looped up with bouquets of pink flowers and grata leaves. The body trimmed to correspond, and the stomacher mar insetted w ith pearls and diamonds. The necklace sod sa tiny of pearls sad diamonds. The princess's bead dress waa composed ofa wreath of pink dowers and mon bays; with stars interspersed. Six Charles Barry had ea interview with the Earl of Derby yeeterda Mr. William Palmer (obeirman), Mr. W. B. Comer, Mr. George Gordon, Mr. Jams Magma, Mr. George Legge, Mr. Gone Bummers, Mr. WEB= Scott, and Mr. James Gilding (estretary), a &palates from Victoria-park Sunday Bead Committee, lied Minkorview yesterday with Lewd John Manners, at the ofiloe of Pal& Worka, Whitehall-place. Mr. Ilwart, M.P., end Mr. Joseph Loeks, M.P., Wm darnel a deputation of some of the largest shareholders In railways, yesterday, to the Right lion. J. W. Henley and the Earl of Donoughmore, at the office of the Board dried'. Among those present were Mr. Henry Crossley, Mr. Wrig ley, Mr. R. C. Currey, Mr. W. Bataan, Mr. Hyley, Hon. Major Voreker, Mn Dutton, M.P., )Ir. John Campbell, Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Sir John Hall, Bart., Mr. Saliebury, Mr. Deane, Mr. John Howard, Mr. F. B. Atkinson, Mr. Irmo Braithwaite, Captain Biggs, Mr. Thomas Ashton, CAtDe Warren, and others. b a s i tnaliame of Kent went so Twickenham yesterday, and visited the Duke and Dualism d'Amesle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were :—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Mahnesbury, Sir E. B. Lytton, General Peel, Sir John Pakington, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon from Horaby Castle, Yorkshire. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Coventry entertained at dinner, on Tuesday evening, at their residence la Belgrave square, the Hari and Countess of Fife, Viscount and Viscountess Dalrymple, Hon. Kr. and Lady Maria Pan webby, Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley,Sir Adam and Miss Hay, Mrs. Hopwood, Sir Heavy Edwards., Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Bernal, and Kr. F. Dundee. Lady Bareeford has arrived in Portland-place from the Continent. Amongst the business for settlement at the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, on the 28tb, is the ap pointment of a chairman in the place of the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pakington, But., resigned. The pending contest tetwesa Lord Ward and Lord Lyttelton for that aloe continuos to excite a lively interest throughout the musty. John Richard King, Esq., and Edward Looser, Req., two gentlemen of conservative politics, have been Wad to the Southampton bench of magistrates. In the gnus of Commons on Touristy, Mr. Bendy will move for a select committee to inquire Into the allegations contained in the petition of WOliaire Henry Dar bei, presented upon the 27th day of April last, and to consi der sod report whether any and what redress should be afforded to the petitioner; or whether any and what other stops should be taken in reference to the matters alleged." A correspondent of the Cheltenham Examiner calla attention to the practice sow become fashionable at the Pittville Spa, of ladies taking boat mercies on the lake. lie says .—" There is no exercise that I know of more calculated to expand the chest and give a healthy tone to the system generally then that of rowing. Followed in mode ration, it I. an amusement which ladies, and paricularly Maladies, would do well to patronise. It calls into ti l ly action the whole muscular system, without Inducing that degree of fatigue which the same amount of exercise in any other way he apt to engesder." It is no uncommon thing, we (Meltinhang lexasaler) understand, to see parties of ladies thus amusing themselves by the hour in "paddling the white canoe." _ _ ACTIDENE TO SIR CHARLES HASTINGS.—WS regret raosedingly to state that Sir Cherie Hastings met wish an socident on Fridigy, whiob might have proved of serious consequence. He was returning from Droitwitch In an open carriage when between the Raven and Pradiswell Lodge he overt ook another csnlege i Sir Charter's horse reared and threw hie log over one of the shafts, which over turned the curiae, and Sir Mann was throws out. The result VIA the Meshing al by car bone and several brutal& We ire, however, baggy to Ind that he wee able to go oat yesterday, end he "A we trust, be soon enabled to remise hie useful sad mare avocations.— !.roster Chermids. ANWITEHIAILT or THE Rzstoirwriox,—Aa order bee bur Weed by the Hasa NNE Caper fit Csalabory slim doe melee be else Prayer-beak he Si aillisasios et Os Sestersike el King Charlie 11. be illoseeeloull. lie genies es then bye lb amid et prams oak, stimmaing lit tea itch* Wiest at baltlestos lisesishia Mdq hippesed oa triladay lost, whoa the tail inu ttpsyer, imam, &0., won melted, th us Wog se ilionsals at the ocapton wksteveroki tar 111 11H110111116 CODIMIssi.— lax/stone Jewrourt. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. NAPLES. THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. (raoit ous OWN COMM? OWDINS4 NAPLES, Jrms 6. Vesuvius is still blazing away, and since I wrote the lava has made a steady progress down the moun tain. Sometimes on one point it has stopped, but a greater impetus has then been given to the fluid on another point; and again the apparently tranquil mount has opened up again. There is no apparent evidence, therefore, as yet, of a disposition to stop ; on the contrary, it seems to be gorged with the matter which it throws out from all directions. Be fore I give any results of my own observation as to its actual state, let me go so far back as Tuesday, when I wrote. Two streams were then flowing:slowly from the north, fed by five mouths: one went towards Fosse della Vettnra, and the other to the Fosso Grande. Another stream, fed by a mouth which opened on the south side, cut off the old road leading to the Hermitage. This stream destroyed many small portions of land, and it wu feared very early in the week that the new road to the Observatory would have been inter cepted. Another fact to be noticed is that the upper part of the crater, to the depth of 200 palms, has fallen in, in consequence, perhaps, of the new mouths which have been opened in the district of Otteziano. The lava, which was flowing through Fenno della Vetrana, passed into the Fosso Favaone, whilst that on the south aide metered the Faso Grande, stopping after a short time, and then recovering its course so rapidly that in the space of two hours it advanced forty pacer. On Tuesday the lava, which had passed the Faso Grande, divided into two streams, one of which advanced on the road leading to the Ob servatory, thus preventing the advance of carriages to that point. The other stream destroyed some cultivated ground, and is still flowing. Reserving for later insertion the reports of the eruption in the interval from Wednesday to the present moment, which the government hu not yet published, I give my own impassion of what is pawing at this mo ment. I have just returned from Resins, and the stream is about an hour's distance from the city, that is to say, I could crawl up to it in an hour in a one horse carriage. Its advance, however, is so capricious, that it is impossible to say what amount of danger exists for this devoted spot : were the streams to unite and flow down without diverging from their present path danger there would be. It has already taken one or two houses on the mountain, and the eye would say that it threatens many others—it seems to be rolling down upon them. Much land has been destroyed, and one poor woman, who wee reduced to poverty, was only prevented from throwing herself into the lava by the guide Vincenzo Cozzorino laying hold of her by the arm. Most who have suffered as yet are small proprietors, and many similar portions of land are menaced. The spectacle from Naples is as grand as it can be. Vesuvius is girdled with fire, and from this girdle seem to drop down jewels of the utmost brilliancy. At times one spot becomes much more brilliant than the others, and then a dense cloud rises up; there has been either a fresh gush of lava or a mass has fallen off from the blackened exterior. In the intervals between the streams appear a thousand little lights, as though they were glow worms. These are the torches which visitors carry with them, but the journey is now very limited. Swiss guards are on the mountain, and it is impossible to get to the Hermitage. Palmieri, the director of the Observatory, has lied, and the instruments are removed, for destruction is threatened to it by the stream at the back which is towing into the Pomo di Femme. So high is it rising that a very little more will send it over the Observatory. From Resins to Pompeii the moun tain makes no sign—that is, no mouth has opened in the side. I went round it on Thursday, and people were getting in their fruit, amid buying and selling within • short distaaoe el the lava which was destroying the property of their friends, seemingly as secure u though they lived a hundred miles from Vesuvius, and yet a crater may be formed in a moment in any quarter, for the mountain is in labour. From Pompeii round to Ottejano there is more aetivity ; the lava has destroyed some woods belonging to the prince of that name, though it has not advanced farther. Con tinning the circle, one comes to what appears from Naples to be the left extremity of the girdle. Here, the stream coming down by the Faso di Pavans', has taken the direction of the stream of 1866, which flowed down towards the villages ofMassa di Somme, San Sebastian, and Pollena. The right extremity of the girdle terminates above Resins, and appears to threaten it inevitably, though efforts were being made to divert its course into some of the deep val leys with which the mountain is traversed. Some intelligent inhabitants told me that they appre hended no danger, as the stream divided itself into so many branches, flowing over old lava. It has, however, destroyed much property, and it is a fear -1 fel thought that within an hour's distance an enemy u implacable and irresistible as Fate is hurrying down ; where—a caprice or • slight bend in the mountain, or a hill of stones, may determine. Meanwhile the scene at night reminds one of a noisy, crowded fair. Oa Tuesday night, said one of the guides, there must have been 70,000 or 80,000 persons up the mountain, allow ing for exaggeration, or inability to calculate, still there must have been an immense number of people who were not composed of merely curious strangers, but of all the rag-tag and bob-tail of Naples. As it was the vigil of Corpus Christi, a great many went up in all probability for a spree. The official journal of last night, continuing its re ports of Vesuvius, says that the lava which ap peared to atop had burst out the day before yesterday still more strongly in one direc tion, destroying some vineyards, and sur rounding a house, and in another covering about 300 paces of the new road to the Observatory. The stream on the north side following the lava of 1855 was proceeding towards Cereolo and St. Giorgio, a branch road going through a district of St. Sebastian. One of the streams in the direction of Resins advanced ten palms—very rapid when it is con sidered that the width of the stream is 580 palms. After nine o'clock p.m. its course quickened, and WU directed between the chapel of St. Vito and the ti N o ocele. L n,b l ut ont as he t .; north wa aide it was 7....vivAdsipniethindl e idldiraned poured down in great force. A letter from Milan, in the Opissieste of Turin, mys .--.. A few days ago the Bishop of Bergemo reosived en °Biala intimation from Vienna to the What *MUM coe d:rued to disturb public tranquillity by the alericel metes mks' and severity for which he had been of late remarked, IINGSMON would be taken which be would dad unpahiebie. At tie same time, olden have been given to all the autho rities of the provinoes not to lend any =twig aid to the pressure exercised by the bishops." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. Omit ova owx PARIS, WIDNUDAT RYIIRNO. There is at length a favourable reaction at the Bourse, but it is only to be attributed to the realisa tion of profits after • long-continued fell, and to ra moura, still wanting confirmation, of arrangements between the government and the railway companies. Some yet say that all that has been obtained is a ministerial promise to support a proposition which cannot become operative until voted by the Council of State and the Corps Legialatif. However this may be, the impression during the last half hour was that something would be done at once, and under the influence of this idea quotations became very firm. The Route rose 16c. for cub and 20c for account, closing at 1374. fife. and 67fr. 96c, Mobilier rase 30fr. The Orleans Railway rose 20fr.; Northern, 22fr. 50c.; Lyons, 12fr. 60c.; Souther n , I f fr7. c 60 . ; Western, 12fr. 60c. ; and Ew an , 7r. 50c Marshal Baragnay d'Hilliers, who le now making a tour of inspection in the districts under his con. mand, arrived in state yesterday at Nantes. He was received by the Mayor, to whom he addreesed speech, in which he said, " Out of the pale of the empire there is no salvation for France. With the empire, on the contrary, there is for the country nothing but glory, prosperity, and honour. Let es therefore all unite to defend the empire and the Emperor." M. Cremieux has undertaken the defence of M. Proudhon before the Court of Appeal, to which I have already said he intended to have recourse. Count Pallieri, who had been sent to Paris by the Piedmontese government to arrange the troublesome little affair of Monaco, has suddenly left for Turin, in order to confer with Count Cavour about an un. expected difficulty. , It is very positively stated that the judges of in &traction of Versailles have made what is called a de cree of " non lieu," in the affair of M. de Pane, the English of which is that the prosecution against Lieutenant Hyaline is burked, and he will be free to pursue his military career, and enjoy the esteem of his comrades, who approve of his conduct. This result was to be expected. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Jrifs 8, The Cortes were opened yesterday. The royal speech announced the betrothal of Prince George of Saxony with the Infanta of Portugal, and spoke of the establishment of new railways, improvements in existing finance-measures, and advantages so. corded to navigation. The oidium has reappeared. Earthquakes have taken place in the Azores. TURKEY. The troubles in Can& occupy the attention of the Porte more, for the moment, than the affair of Montenegro. It is feared that the reinforcements sent to Vely Pacha will encourage him to have re• course to violence. The Constantinople Journal has an article dedu. ing that England and Turkey will never permit the piercing of the Isthmus of Suer. There has been a sad accident at Pere. A sat• folding erected in a temporary Greek church gave way, and thirty people were killed or wounded. All the steamer Djeddah was starting, a few days since, for Syria, it blew up, and there was great lose of life. THE BOMBAY MAILS. (my 'Llama isciaziait.) (nos( ova OWN 001.11ZIPONDINT.) IN, THITIIDAT. The Ripon has arrived, with the heavy portion of the Bombay Mail. Her dates are Alexandria, May 26; Malta, 30; and Gibraltar, June 4. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 6,4001. The Ripon spoke a steamer, supposed to be the India Mail packet of the 4th instant, and the soew steamer Sydney. Her Majesty's ship Tartarus, was at Alexandria; and the Royal Albert, Conqueror, and Princess Royal, were at Malta. The mail packet Alhambra was at Gibraltar. The Ripon has brought home 216 passengers, amongst whom are General Hewett,from Meerut, and Master-Commander Ellis, who so gallantly fought the Chinese Imperialist fleet at Tang Yang, on its way to attack Hong Kong, at the commencement of the Chinese war. SERIOUS .4.171.4 I' IN SIMON. SAL CAPS OF GOOD HOPE, APRIL 16.—A serious affray took place last week (sa already briefly reported in the Repress) between the °rows of the Tine& and Ros si= rem-of-wur at present in Simoa's Bay. The following particulars bays bun received with respect to the car sad its residt. Tie crews of both ships were on shore on liberty, and the row was originated by an English invalid soldier, • who lost an arm in the Crimea. He walked up to some of the Ens , den sailors, and taunted them with having robbed him el an arm ; but said be was reedy to show than be had me Mh o This led to • fight, mid thi. English senors standing by, m ing five or dr Russians bitting their one-armed com rade, joined in the tight. Shortly otter this another knot of belligerents were observed hustling each other, but whether title arms out of the ram circumstance is not known. A Russian other adapted to interfere, with a view le protest sa Eng lishmen who was attacked by a lot of Rwis; the English sailor, however, Muck the otiose who nuns to his help. The Emden sailors thus pitched into the Eaglishress, and this led to a_ (moral muster of forces ea both sides. There were Most 160 Balsam mid 100 English. The English were Rader the rammed et a nark*, who anew lima up is a line anti drib Melee to the homer ilseag the bey, between Nr. Green's art Neleillietestshim. Tie ilassissa were drawup in Hoe as die emoted's, along lb. % t Mdek o i l the Made dem to the Mesh. The thrmastres with legs of tables, Mahn, sad stake sad, seeing Is. Russians gathering ohs. , they set one of their ma to work with a crowbar. who tore tp the stones hum the street and placed theta in a beep . Neer where the Rumains formed there were • lot of liandepireel and pieces of wood, which they posesesed themselves dJ Both parties being well armed, the marine sated the It they were reedy. They answered, " Aye, 1 a Charge I" said he ; and no sooner was the order dyes at it thiy The sir was tilled with a volley If Ems from both sides. It wee a desperate affair for some five or 10 minutes. Il an a ft er m ei wen knocked down senaelem bat It was evident that the Midis was with the they ask about it with pest coolant, and all made their blows tell. The Russians at last gave way, and were charged down the bank. Bowe were driven Into the water i the great body were pursued down over the jetty and dnven head long over into their boats, which were lying alongside. Dur ing the fight, we are told, the most semen crualtke were perpe trated on both aides. When me ins. dull Mt others would run up and tick him. Konya, the mats hoes were much not and bruised, but, Waage tomy, no very serious injurtre were committed. It was tbought at ase time that one of the Russians was killed; be appeared to be quite had. The man who knocked him down appeared to be delighted that he had " settled a Ruesian,"' and he picked him up with great and threw him over the bank. The Emden m . after lying Mensible for about two hours. Severe] of the English mikes bare been brought up before the red dest magistrate, charged with aassultieg Mt Rudest, and lied. One who was proved to have HI-treated a Emden who was lying on the ground after being knocked down, was sta tenood to be mat to prima on ties water law sir days. There hare been extraordinary rejoicings at Coss steatinople on the ooneion of the maniage of the Staten's daughter. On the Ist the Salted tweeieZ.4 the Corps Diplo matist. bi. de Thoureael, u the senior ambeetadou made a congratulatory epee*. The heeds of all the religiose denominations were invited. This !sot lewdness' a greet tensetion.