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Itlme n t tames at TY Paws mod TM Pear Rol ltita%. arroi!iirayss At LONDON BRING! o7:777:iasu — irce.lll. Tu. main! —Manias Sh. .Bhersoaa, 1d lbs. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3. To-rimwr will decide who in the House of Com- mous is for Rotorua. Lord Pustaarrox has an- nounced that against the attempt to prolong by a further adjournment the dilatory tactics of the BILICTINOU and Idowraotni, he will appeal to the sense of the House. Surely it is time. Every fig ment which has ever entered into Tory brains has been dressed up ; every kind of fallacy, every class prejudice, every exclusive interest, has been urged against the cause of the people. There remains no more to be said or invented. The imagination and fancy of the Opposition are exhausted. Iteration has for some time been their only resource. Now at length let them vote. Let them vote the Bill—a delusion and a danger, a folly and a crime ; let them vote the new constituency--scum, and ruffians, seeking only to plunder the rich, and fit only to fight and pay taxes—but at any rate let them vote. And besides the avowed opponents, Let doubtful liberals make up their minds, and he under no concern about those nice explanations with which they would like to accompany a reactionary vote. Their constituents will judge them just now not by chat they say but by how they divide. There will be plenty of time by and by to reconcile last year's enthusiasm for Reform on the hustings with this year's fear and distrust of the people. But for the present—let them vote. TRESS are few people who do not go into' lodgings at some period of their lives : the great majority of Londoners betake themselves to sea-side quarters at least once a year. The houses are crowded, different fantails occupy different Boors, a perpetual series of lodgers come and go without the possibility of the landlord or land lady ascertaining what sort of people they are ; the doors, especially in the summer time, are con stantly open : in short, at the sea-side people live so mock in public that unless there were • fair amount of honesty it would be impos sible for a man to keep his property. In London, too, there are multitudes who never see their lodgings from morning to night. They knee the mums soon after nine sued only return to bedi t In the meantime all their goods and their wardrobe re main in the custody of the landlord, or more generally the landlady. Now, suppose that during the absence of our young friend T01111t1,14 in the City or the Temple, some in. genious person should obtain manes into his rooms, and make off with his coat, or jewels, or stock of cigars. Who is to pay for the lona We suspect that a very general impression pre vails that the landlord would be responsible. It, seems sensible enough to say that somebody mid be considered ea left in charge of the house during the absence of the lodgers, and that the depredations are due only to his neglect. And who should this somebody be but the landlord I Besides, it is well known that if the pirtmantesu of a guest at an hotel or a annunon inn Is rifted, the master of the hotel is responsible. And it may be asked where is the essious distincbon between an inn and a lodging-horse I In the nature of things there is surely quite as much reason that a boa:ging koes*. keeper should ensure the saktyof the tenant's . 1 property whilst under his roof as that the inn keeper should do so in the case of his guest. But whatever may be the theoretical view of the law, the law must surely be settled ; for the question • mast have arises again and again. Not so seems to have thought Mr. HOLDta, whose name is new embalmed in the Books, as the lawyers say. So doubtfill did the question appear to him, or his legal advisers, that he brought an action to try the question before the Court of Common Pleas. Mr. HoLDIR appears to have taken furnished apartments in the house of a Dlr. Soruisr, and in them, of course, he deposited his property of various aorta, Presently Mr. Hot nom gave notice that he meant to quit, end authorised his landlord to admit any person who desired to see the rooms for the purpose of taking them. Accordingly persons were admitted, end they managed, as Mr. 110111.111 affirmed, to go east of the apartments richer than they entered. In fact Mr. Motors was robbed. That gentleman laid the blame upon the landlord, Mr. S. , i..1.411T. Accord ing to his view of the law, Mr. Florian( undertook to ensure the safety of the property in his house, and in case, as in het happened, any property belonging to Mr. Hotncu or any other of the lodgers were stolen, the property ought to be restorol at the et wire of the landlord. In thi.. Mr. rtor Lear did not concur. When, THE EXPRESS, THURSDA. therefore, the action was brought against him, instead of denying the facts he the question of the law to the Coast—whether landlord of a lodging-house inik tle truth ble for the safety of the paiperty of ta tenants which might happen I. be fix ldn house: /We is certainly a most important matter, both for lodging house people and their tenants. If the obligations of the former are so extensive, they should keep them in view in fixing their terms; on the other hand, if the tenants are responsible, it ought to render them especially cautious. How ever, the question can now no longer be considered doubtful, if indeed it ever was so ; for Chief Jus tice Esti and the other Judges of the Common Pleas have unanimously held that in such a case the landlord is not responsible, but that the pro , party of a tenant in a lodging-house is at his own risk. The history of the legal doctrine on this sub ject is somewhat curious. From the time of Queen ELIZARITH it has been settled law that in the case of a wayfaring guest lodging at an inn the innkeeper is bound to see to the security of the guest's property. And the reason alleged has been the impossibility of a traveller knowing the sort of persons who might be at the inn, or, rather, it was gravely suggested by the old lawyers that inn keepers were now of the beet, that they were in the habit of associating with ruffians and pilferers, and that therefore the guest required some special security. But the truth is, this doctrine as to innkeepers is much older than our English law. Though it is said to be part of the old common law, it is, in fact, derived in terms from the Romans. Curiously enough, the very reasons which were given by " Usztair " for this rule--according to which innkeepers insure the safety of the goods of their guest—were also given by Sir Wm.'s,' Joins and Chief Justice EatL There was an obvious distinction between an innkeeper and a lodging-home keeper in the days of the Romans, ' and there is still. The one must take all who offer themselves—the other may select his guests. Let it not be supposed, however, that in our opi nion this distinction necemsrily involves that in surance of goods in one case which is denied in the other. But for centuries the liability of an innkeeper has been known to be more extensive than that of a lodging-house keeper ; and without question, the expenses at an hotel are enlarged in consequence. Adhering to the old doctrine with respect to innkeepers, we must admit, however, with Sir Watts* Faux, that there is no ground for adding at this time of day to the contract made between the lodging-house keeper and his tenant any term whatever. In the contract or agree-' ment itself no stipulation is found by which the one party is to insure the safety of the goods of the other. If each a stipulation exists at all, it must be by implication—by the law attaching to the office of a landlord the duty of insurance. That, however, does not appear to be the case. There is no authority to be found for the propo sition that the landlord of a lodging-house is bound by law to take care of the goods of his lodger. It is too late to make any such implication now. The consequence is that Mr. HOLDNA has not sue wooded in making his landlord, Mr. Sotrtaiv, responsible. Such, then, appears to be the law. But it must be carefully observed that nothing 'Shined by the Court of Common Pleas must be taken to relieve the landlord from respon sibility should it turn out that he has in any degree facilitated the loss. It is scarcely necessary to add that in the particular case of " OLPER v. Souramr " the Court dis tinctly declared that the goods had been stolen by no default of the landlord, although they were probably stolen by some person who was admitted by the :landlord to look at the rooms. It was the duty of the tenant, either to have put away his things, or to have placed his pro perty directly under the charge of the landlord. In fact, there is certainly much more danger of a lodger arranging with his companions to steal from the lodgings under pretence of looking at them--the lodger then charging the landlord with the theft—than there is of a landlord entering into such a conspiracy. Or Court. . . d qeen •oe• . , scam 'ed by the Alice, • • 111 1 • . Fri Mena an ' • 4 . the New *ety of s— ery in . -mall, =la W y 'Ti • .... In ^:"- - the E. Beatrice Byes. Lord Charles Fitzroy, sad '..Colonel Ponsonby. The Prince Consort afterwards sods an horseback attended by hie Iquerry in Wait*. Illi Mezhadfir Nellie bid the boom ef submitting to the tams aid PAYS Oosesei his IslotoTical picture of Lord sad Najoraesseal Illoolisid planning the last Code Ossepaign in the amp or Atlobabod. The Queen, accompaidedlby the Princess Alice and Prince Alfred, and attended by the Hon. Beatrice Byng, took a dare in a carriage and four In the afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget and Lord Charles Fitzroy were in attendance on horeebeck. .1:17d. The Prince Consort rode onhorseback, attended byLient.• Colonel Ponsonby. Myr Majesty's dinner party in the evening included the Dashes of Kent, the Princess Alice and Prince Alfred, the Duchene of d , the Bavarian Minister sad Baronesa de Ohio, the Lrl of Carlisle, the FAH and Coaster of Merton, Lady Human L. Melville, the Bishop of London and Iln. Tait, the Right Hon. W. and Mrs. Cowper, the Dean of Windsor, and Major CowelL were received at the Colonial-oars yesterday treat r ir ibn Ooveraors of Heligoland, Ceylon, sad Hoag Hong. Deeptebse were seat to the Governor of Cam& Hai MAFIIIIIT'S VIBIT TO TUE NATIONAL GALLERY. —flaw DAL]—Tiiis morning, at balfinst eleven o'clock, bee Nally and Hie Royal Rieman tits Prism Ormieet, aceompanied by Priam Alfred, Prisms Alice, Prince Arthur, and the Pricommea llama and Louis., Mated the National Galley, Trafaigareigneriu A dinner will take place on Saturday, the 16th of June nest, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the formation of the Grenadier Guardia at which hie Royal Highness the Prince Consort, as colonel of the regiment, will preside. It is proposed that all officers in and out of the regiment should meet on the ormaion. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge 'ad the Prunus. Kay will return to their residence le theegmbessedors'-court, today, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the moo& Hie Excellency the Brazilian Minister, Madame de Ownlho Moreira, sod family have arrived at their mal aise' in Cavendishoquare, from Paris. The Countess Frances Waldegrave and Mr. Har court, M.P., entertained at dinner last evening, at their residenee in Carlton-gardens, his Excellency the Portu guese Mister, the Coaster of Craven and lady Evelyn Craven, the Earl Bowers, the Earl of Hefts, Lord and Lady Cremona, Lord and Lady Wensleydale, Baron and Baroness Rothschild, Lord GOlord, Lord Eversley, Sir Chas. sad lady Mary Wood, lady Elisabeth Bettie, Mr. and Lady Hestia Wardlaw, and Genend and Mrs. Malcolm. Her lalysitip hod an amiably after the banquet. The countess will give a concert on Monday, the 14th inst. Tile Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss John shine have arrived is Sown from a tour on the Continent. We are sorry to learn that the Earl of pun donald is so seriously ill that the counter, although her self much indisposed, has arrived from France to attend on his lordship. We are authorised to state that Lady Sondes' tall will take place on Thursday, the 10th, instead of on Monday, the 14th inst. Loral Panmnre has left Brechin Castle, N. 8., for the Getman baths. The Countess of Derby gave her first assembly this season last evening at her mansion in St. James's. moire. Previously to the assembly the noble earl and countess entertained at dinner the Earl and Countess of Eglinton, the Earl of Cornet-von, Lord and Lady Colchester, ' Lord Bavensworth and the Hon. Miss Liddell, Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., Sir John Pakington, ILE, and Lady Ps. Idsigton, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, M.P., and Ya. Baillie Cochrane, Mr. Raiiinir6se, ke. The Prince de Joinville and family arrived in Stirling on Satanlay morning, and left in the afternoon for the Trossachs. ProfeesorOwenhas resumed his oourse of lectures on fossil mammoth', at the Museum of Practical Geoloay, in Jennynatreet. In his 11th lecture, on Friday, the pro fessor resumed the consideration of the fossil mammals of SOCA AWL Wt. " A clerical conferenoe on a large scale," says the CheiteriAam Examiner, " will be held in London during the present month, to be presided over by the Rev. Dr. N'Neile, of LiverpooL Among the clergy who are to take part by opening the specified discussions are the Rev. Prebendary Magee, of Bath, and the Rev. E. Walker, incumbent of Cheltenham." The competitors for the improvement of rifled ordnance are increasing. Yesterday Captain Blakeley's gime was tried on the sands at Heighten, and the range obtained, with a small quantity of powder, "was nitonishing." The 1 whole experiment, were, it is reported, a docided swam CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. A variety of estimates of the Civil Service elan for the year ending March 31, 1881, was issued this morning. The estimate for " Public Works and Buildings" is 821,9901., being a decrease, as compared with 1859, of 171,854/. For "Salaries and Expenses of Public Departments " the cam required is 1,413,6061., or an increase over the previous year of 8/. . . _ The totals to be voted for expenses connected with "Law and Justioe," are' as follow :—England, 756,9431., being • durum of 48,9831. ; Scotland, 140,9511., being an increase of 11,7554 ; Ireland, 887,8161., being an increase of 21,5341. ; prison and convict services at home and abroad, 779,5911., being an increase of 24,345/. The total entrUaten for law end justice amount to 2,565,301/., being a net in. crew over 1869 of 20,651/. For "Education, Science, and Art," 22,541/. less than Inn voted the previous year is asked for. The aunt re q‘ired is 1,306,912 i. The estimates for "Colonial, Consider, and other ser vices" ►how an increase of 55,302/. The sum required is 484,8121. The sum of 253,6101., lyeing an increase of 10,8161., as compared with 1859, is required for " superannuation and retired allowances and gratuities for charitable and other Po:Pocca?' DEATH OF SIR Wu, F. MIDDLETON, BAWL We have to announce the death of Sir Win. F. Middleton, Bart, of Shrubland, Suffolk, who expired yesterday morn log at his town residence in Gruarenurplace, after a short illness. The late baronet was born in 1784, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of Lis father in 1829. He married, in 1934, the Hon. Anna, youngest daughter of the lint Lord Brownlow, by Jocose Catherine, daughter and coheir of the late Sir Thomas Drury, Bak. ; and, dying without issue, the baronetcy bemoan extinct. DEATH or • PAILIAYENTART Vara:wt.—The late John Round, Eq., formerly of Daohnry.phioN Emirs, who did at Brighton on the 28th ult., at the age al 78, was one of the earliest friends and fellow workers of the late Sir R. Peel, and represented the boroughs of Ipswich and Maldon at various times IsAwreu the years 1812 and 1847, when •he retired from public life. Mr. Round, as we learn from the " County Females," repre sented a house long settled in Feast. He was an honorary D.C.L. of Oxford, and for many year, held the elks of High Steward of Colchester. It will be remembered that hie wife was accidentally burnt to death at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, about lb years ago. 8108 Counoe.—The clergy of the Archdeaconry et London have elected the Rev. J. V. Povah, M.A., rentor of St. Anne, Alden/ate, sad mbar moon of St. Yeats oi timedrel, to the preenientehip et Sion College for the ensuing year, in the room of the Bev. Dr. Warttungton. Tim BISKINNZAD Fast.—At the meeting of the Birkenhead Comnsiedoaers held on Tuesday the Perry . . committee reported that they had handed Over to r tlit township the sum of 4,0001. spinet $,BOOl. in the preceding year, although owing to the severityl the weather since Christmas there had been a decrease in the receipta of TOOL On Saturday last, ►he day of the great volunteer review at Birkenhead. upward. of 34,000 perms mowed over by the Woodside (Commissioners') ferry bps* being about 14,000 above the daily &venire. ROYAL Gintraau. bazaar held at Willis's-rooms on Friday and Saturday last, in aid of the above very valuable charity, was attended with consider able success. The ladies' committee hare organised a Zemental hamar, which will be open to-day (Thurs. i P i, l at the Albion Tavern, Aiderrgate-street. he Medical Relief Bill, now before Parliament, was the subject of considerable conversation at the Liver. pool select vestry yesterday !Tuesday), and it was unani mously agreed to petition against its introduction as entail. Mg many serious and additional charges on the parish. VENING, MAY ..,. FINE ARTS. _...__ 14 i t 141ITIONOF THE SOCIETY AD tl + 1 WATER-COLOHNIL . ND AID CONCLUDING N .) lia 11111 ormer notice of this mull: ing exhibition we remarked a falling-off or a chi cintscter of the works of the better-known cool but we observed that the younger members had greatly distinguished themselves. This remark, or rather the for mer part of it, applies, however, more particularly to those productions (already reviewed) in whictithe figures intro duced are either the central paints or important parts of the composition. In those drawing which oome more strictly within the category of landscape there is evidence not so much of deterioration as of change of scene among the older contributors, while here again the younger members continue to justify their election by continued advancement in art. Mr. A. P. Newton, for example, has even surpassed his admirable drawing of Ben Nevis, which was so conspicuous and noteworthy a feature in the exhibition of last year. The Highlands again furnish the subject, " The Peas of Glencoe" (69) being represented under an effect of "mountain gloom" nearly as black as we could desire to shroud the memory of the bloody massacre of the Maodonalds. The run is at the point of setting, the rays flushing with rosy light, the under surfaces of the clouds floating above, and fringing with gold those barring the horizon at the ex tremity of the pass. But it is almost night in the hollow, and the whole of the great mountain masses on the left are enedeped in 'eleven shadow. In the distance the purple Mess ant keenly the evening sky. The central peak is a leloal spine of higher eminences, and is with them thinly earered with snow, which is dimly seen to commence half way up the slope. To the left an almost precipitous &c -avity seems 'to lead out of the picture to a still higher elevation, for we think this is necessary to account for the Disk reflection which makes the central mass so much less deathlike and spectre' in colour. The reflections from the clouds may partly account for this ; but it much more pro bably arises from a higher peak, which eatchee at its crest, arid reflect, the rays of the setting sun. The peculiar hue of this reflection on the snow, and the use it is turned to in bringing out every little stratified ledge and fault in the granite and the glacier-like courses or lava-wise tracts down the mountain side, are the most startling and original points in the picture. The great areas of shadow acquires an in tenser value from a snow-covered ledge of rock in the imme diate foreground. The only animate creatures in this awful solitude are a shepherd's colly endeavouring to ex tricate a strayed sheep and save it from the hovering eagle. The quantity of fora delineated with the utmost exactitude will account for the fact that the artist spent months on the spot, yet the unity of effect is perfect nod complete, and all the minutia are subordinated to convey a given im pression on the imagination. Mr. Duncan knows exactly in what his strength lies, and roes it as a giant. No painter has a more magic command of storm and tempest. "The Last Man from the Wreck" (14) la fully equal to former efforts. The hopeful sunburst breaking through the drifting rack of lurid clouds, is most poetically conceived. The " 'oche:ape Bell " (178) is smaller, but no • kes vivid and terribly true. Mr. Birket Foster, who has hitherto been corupara tively little known as a painter in water-colour, has carried his works further in delicacy and fidelity of detail than any living artist in this material. In three or four exquisitely elaborated drawings an impression is conveyed of the variety of character and multitudinous fulness of nature, such as we do not remember to have seen equalled. This is high praise, but we believe the visitor will find it amply justified if he carefully examines either the "Feeding the Ducks" (30), the "View in Holmwood Common" (208), or the " View on the River Mole" (276). Nothing can surpass the minute felicity of touch, without loss of general effect, which distinguishes these drawing.. Every year Mr. David son shows evident progress. In expressing the fresh, clear, and negative hues of early summer, as in "Cutting the Haystack" (99), he is always especially happy. He is apt, however, to carry the =IMO scale of tint into seasons when they are leas compatible. But this objection does not apply to the " Thunder Cloud" (177), and the key of colour and tone of the sea shore "At Whitby, Yorkshire" (26), we perfectly suitable. The last drawing, though per fectly modest in means and execution, baa a power and solidity for which we were unprepared. Mr. Richardson ban laid aside mach of the conventionality of colour and treatment which in his Italian and Highland compositions have confined the attention too much to the mere clever ness of the artist. His largest drawing here, the view of the " City of Durham" (119), is the best, and with the exception of a palpable " management" of the foreground for the sake of effect, it is the freest from mannerism. Mr. Richardson seems to have felt that the picturesque ness of this view of Durham from the north-west, with all the variety of wood-crowned cliff and winding river, nestling town and undulating distance, required no adventitious embellishment. Mr. Ded,gson usually relies too much upon memory for composition and colour, and also upon a certain indefinite tremulous execution which frequently fails the artist when painting from nature. The suggestiveness of such • method in such bands may, however, be seen to advan tage in such subjects as " Christmas Revels at Haddon— bringing in the Yule Log" (7), with its torchlight effects ; and the Cathedral " Interior—Evening " 1153), with its "dim religious light." Neverthe less, knowing the antecedent feeling of this artist, surprise will certainly be felt at the unexpected fidelity to nature, the pure clear atmosphere, the sweet yet quiet colour, and decided handling of the view, "On the Thames at Mile-end." Mr. Mattel is another artist who, having left his home in the Channel Islands, has acquired fresh perception from change of scene. The relish of this painter for brilliant colouring, which led to an exaggeration of the greens and blues of English scenery, lea found in Italy new and abundant food wherewithal to satiate itself. All his works here bear internal evidence of having been painted on the spot, and not manufactured in the studio. The "Amalfi" (181), for example, has all the so to speak anatomical accuracy of photography, the bard dry skeleton form, with also the full coloured, rieh investment al vitality and beauty. It is documentarily valuable, and artiatically precious besides. Mr. G. Frippaleo has surpassed former efforts in the large view of the "Pass of Want Prawn, on the road from Bangor to Capel Chris." (34.) There is a sentiment of grandeur in the MSS of shadow sad the snow-capped and cloud-wreathed brow of , the distant mountain which we have not observed in the literal simplicity of former works. The sun light breaking in on the left is not, however, discriminated with sufficient brilliancy, and the artist has still to avoid a certain blotting-paper woolliness of texture. The " Run ning down Channel" (41) is • favourable specimen of Mr. J. Callow. Mr. W. Callow likewise has made adenine in his beautiful view al " Tivoli" (126) with its lovely Villa d'Ete and caseatelle. Still finer is the " Venice from the 'Llano" (91). It a Like a fused and mellowed. though somewhat timid Turner. The influence of Turner is, how ever, more apparent in the " Sunset on the Lego Maggiore, from Isola Bolls" (62), by Mr. W. C. Smith, who is yet another artist who has distanced the point he appeared to have long fixed for himself. The colouring in this drawing is very splendid and beautiful, and the sunset effects are obtained with little of the mechanical artifices which have been the besetting fault of this painter. Mr. D. Cox less obviously imitates the later style of his father, and in pro portion as he does so his works acquire value. Mr. Glenn's we have seen to greater advantage than in the present ex hibition. Mr. Gastineau seems to be hopelessly confirmed in mediocrity. Mr. Finch has • nice classic feeling, but is lamentably dull in colour. Mr. Branwhite contributes one of the wintry scenes for which he is well known. Mr. S. P. Jackson's " Poway Harbour, Cornwall—squally weather" (47), will be admired, like other of his works, for its aerial effects, and especially for the grey semi-opacity of the drifting clouds. Mr. Harding relies with too much self-sufficiency upon knowledge and practised facility. The broad floating touch of the foliage a "The Forest" (78) is not adequately discriminative. In • conventional composi tion, entitled " The Ballad" (112), Mr. Palmer has realised the gorgeous hues and overpowering brilliancy of sunset, at which he almost invariably aims, as nearly as the conditions of painting in water-colours will permit. Mr. Holland, in a " Venetian Pests" (No. 266), has had much Venetian co louring spoiled by using body colour on paper of preposte rous coarseness and with a ragged texture. TEE DESTRUCTION OP TRI LIVERPOOL SAILORS' HONK—An the perms, who were in the Bailors' Home at oa the night that it was destroyed lay y e have ti ‘lve eiarotl i d with the exception of two, who are hoverer ts:lrto be alive somewhere in the town. With e li d uildinjj itself it is feared that the walls have so seriously injured that they will have to be entirely re built. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. nee d PARIS, THURSDAY. The M oe • this morning publishes a note of dated April 16, proving that the annexation of the neutralised districts of Savoy to France will not change the situation of Switzerland. The Moniieur also states that the project of law concerning the tariff for wools, cottons, and raw materials waryestarday adopted by the Legis lative Body by 249 against 4 votes. The Conditutionnel states that the only condition attached to the general amnesty in Spain is that parties wishing to avail themselves of it must take the oath of allegiance to Queen Isabella. PARIS. WRDNZSDLT. 3.56 p.m. The Bourse exhibited an upward tendency, and prices have improved. Renter closed 71.10, or higher than yesterday. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —Wants; DAT, MAY 2. CORPORAL puNtsexgra FOR ASSAULTS UPON WOMEN. Aggravated Amanita Ant Amendment Bill —Order for emoted reading read.—Motion made, and question pro. posed, That the bill be now rend • wooed time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to odd the words, " upon this day six ninetbs"—(Mr. Clive) Question put. "That the wad • now ' stand part of the question." The house di vided—Ayes, 109; Nom, $5. ... W. P. Foley, H. W. Padmare, R. Capt. M. YoHawke, P. J P ipillon. P. O. IMIK R. Preslend. H. W. Parker, Major W. =ll/ . . W. Oar*, R. 8. Powys. P. L P. R. Osaka. J. H Pryse, E. L IWWlstek, 0 W. Oodbat, A. L. Pritchard, J. Regibil, Col. Y. W. Greenwood, J. yulon. P. Ibaß. GAMY, C. D. itPl"n I.lBr, J. Ogaden, B. St .. ti Abyn' O. , J. badisowCarter, J. tbabald. G. AcholeiSeld. W. 1.. Sir Z. U. Raward. N. Scott. Sir W. DMIM, J. Heasley, J. P. Sibthorp, Major BOW" Sir E W. Hamby, W. H. Smith, Abel Imam J. Howard. C. W. Smith. Sir Y.. Swarae, Lord J. T. Herne, W. W. Smith, Auku ttts Calvet& Y. M•N. Jackson, W. Spooner. R. Calthospe, Y. H. Jerson's, Sir J. C. Steepoole, W. Carnegie. C. Kekenich, 8. T. Stanley, W. O. Carts - right. Coionel Kendall, N. Stuart, Major W. Corhnine, A D. Kennard, R. W. Tollemache, J. Coke, Cokeel Kloglake, A. W. Torrens, R. Copeland, Alderman Langton, W. H. Trends, C. H. R. Crook. J. Lee, W. Valletort, Viscount Crasalry P. Leighton, Mr 8. Verney, Mr H. Cubitk 6. Leringe. Sir R. Walcott, Admiral Damson. Z. P. Liddell, H 0 Waldron. L Mt Cane, C. Ueda& Col. Warner, E. Dander. V. Wed/bead, J. P. 8. Du Pre, C. O. v ili a rlle..J. Wickham, II W. bat. Wr J. Z. Mildew, H. P. Winninktoa,SirT.Z. Morris. D. Wise, J. A. =taa W a . ,Bl7.l.D. Nemeth, %Meet. Wyndham. Sir H. Reeve, Tleeount Noble, J. W. Wynne, C. O. Inert, W. North, Cot On* J. C. North, F. TILLIDO. Orbs. N. i C O'biaa, P. Rayehom. Viscount Paquwata Li d .1 P . a acks, O. roma. Capt. D. Dillwyn, L L twos., Lid H. NOW. Aram. A. IL Greyer Wlllea,Vset. 1.4 port. C. R. Handley, J. Mazer, W. 11•Zrbtr j. P. T. Heaney, O. P. Patten, Col. W. Balky, T. Healey, J. W. Paull. N. My, J. Healey Leta Nees, H. (!!find, C. C. Hood Air A. A. „o Pilldgtea. J. Cltre. 0. 11 R, T. B. -Crealtart,W Celehroote. err L Howes, S. Rogerallishmin.j. Qoole(Wu T. James, L W. Jerrie, Captain !risen, A. Cranford. IL Rainbow, J. lama H. a... paw , Eastekballilluipea. =, H. I. sea. I. , L P. Dow, R. lerreea. W. Peaollett, P. B. Dielisea, WNW leadetia. IL A. Howl. J. Heim J. O. law* ear O. C. Trelawny, Sir J. 8. =lrkSir C. Lecke, J. Trollope, Sir J. ', t R. Marl:Toy, I Upton. General Delf, Major L. D. Martin, P. W. Wilber. J. R. Debar. Ptr W. Martin. J. Weiler. J. Deese Colonel Mowry, W. N. Watkins s, , Col L. HMiller, T. Weem J. H. R iil eatr i 4lck. . MOIL A. J. Whitbread, A. rltagerald W. R. Hftleed, W. T. Whitmore, H. 2= 7, if. . sir 0. vows, W. J. Wierid, B. T. blesitaga Lord R. Wyelll. M. Peale, W. O. Mentgamary, Ur O. Resat. Camel Moody, C. L TWLLOL Oaididd. Hr I. Naraltholia dir S. H. NU), tat IL Greene, J. 01)aseibair, The Mellor, J. THE CRANCILLOi ow ma Krenootaa. —We are gkel to learn that the Right Boa. W. E Gladstone wee in far recovered from his mesa* severe cold uto he able to attend at his of residence in Downing•street yesterday for the trarraction of breineas. It is folly hoped that the right hon. genUetasa will be enabled to attend in his plea ia the Hnlar of Commons this afternoon. ftr. J tmee's-Puce, Aran. 24. —The Queen was this day pleased to confer the hamar of Knighthood upon James Kai =tea Wilde , Esq., one of the Barone of her Mir justy's Court of radiequer.—Gozette. AUSTRIAN ITALY. IIAYKNCE, MAT 3. The Mainzer Journal announces that the chief command of all Austrian corps d'arcde in Italy has been entrusted to Prince Alexander of Hesse. KING VICTOR EMMANUEL AT BOLOGNA. BOLOGNA, Xay.2. The inhabitants of the country have everywhere given the King an enthusiastic reception during his T i re es :ivil and military authorities of Bologna went to meet his Majesty, who arrived here at 3 p.m. The King was received by the clergy at the Cathedral, where an immense crowd was assembled. The Te Deum was celebrated. The illuminations are general. THE INSURRECTION IN SICILY. MARSEILLES, Mar 2. Advicea from Messina to the 28th ultimo state that perfect tranquillity, but general discourage ment, prevailed. The number of persons who had been arreeted was considerable. _ _ The citadel and prisons were crowded to excess. The transportation of a number of individuals was spoken of. Contradietory rumours were in circulation. It was said that a Neapolitan general kad been cap tured by the insurgents—that the seat of govern ment was about to be transferred to Messina—that the disembarkation of several insurgents had restored courage to the others—and that the garri son of Palermo, although numbering nearly 20,000 men, apparently feared to proceed into the interior. PRUBSLL BRUIN, MAT 2. The military commie ion of the Chamber of Deputing resolved, in its last sitting, to propose the granting of a credit of millions of thalets for one year, to be applied to army reforms. SPAIN. PARIS, XAY . 2. The Patric publishes a telegram froM Madrid, stating that a general amnesty was about to be proclaimed in Spain, and that Count de Monte aloha and his brother, by taking an oath of fidelity to the Queen, would resume their rank as Princes of the blood royal at the Court. MADRID, M►v 2. A decree granting a general amnesty has been published. Count Montemolin and his brother Ferdinand will take their departure from Spain . The Cortes have been convoked for the 25th of May. PORTUGAL _ LISBON, MAT 2. The new ministry has been formed as follows : President of the Council, Senor Aguilar ; Minister of War, Viscount da Lus ; Minister of Marine, Senor Vargas ; Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, Senor Canal Ribiero. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLA Aran. 25 (ri► ManeMee). The fêtes have terminated, and affairs are re suming their ordinary course. The Grand Vizier Aucnadi is about to resign his post to Ali Pacha ; Riza Pacha has caused the disgrace of Osman Pacha, chief of the palace, who in compensation has been appointed marshal. France claims 200,000 francs as indemnity for the widow Dumas, the innocent victim of the late popular aggression. France and England have also presented to the Porte a note drawn up in energetic terms, claiming 3 millions of francs as indemnity for the n?assacres Of Djedda. An immediate answer has been de manded, in default of which the powers will obtain justice for themselves. The Servian deputation are now raising their pretensions, and still demand a rectification of the boundaries between Servia and the other provinces of the Turkish empire. Ismael Pacha has ad vanced hie headquarters to Pristine. A certain party in Bosnia claims the annexation of their country to Servia. The catholics oppose such an nexation, and accuse the Berrien. of religious Into lerance. _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ The Duke of Brabant has been decorated with the order of the Medjidie, and has received the diamonds of the decoration. His royal highness has made an excursion to Broussa, where Mee took place in his honour. The duke ban since returned to Constantinople, whence he will soon take his departure. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Capt. W. B. Hall, with the above mails, pared Hurst Castle at 10.5 a.m. this day. BOMBAY AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Vectis, with the above mails, arrived ai Marseilles at 6 this morning. Nails leave for London at 10 ant. THE mirrED STATES. LIVERPOOL, Max 3. The Canadian mail "township Anglo-Saxon, Captain Banantine, from Portland, Major, ce the 21st nit , which touched at Queenstown yesterday morning, arrived in the Mersey at "Bout 7 am. to-day. She brings no news of importance beyond that already received from Queenstown. AUSTRIAN STATESMEN AND HUNGARIAN PATRIOT/3. (From the Correspondence Bedlierj PERTH, Arm, 26. The Austrian Minister of Finance haa committed suicide because he was implicated in the Eynatten fraud. The general watchword, ille qui pest (Steal who can), which now, in Austria, generally precedes the other motto, "Saute qui pert" (Save who can), the accomplishment of which everyone is expecting, clearly shows how strong was even the conviction of the imperial ministers themselves in the inevitable downfall of the empire, and that they all trusted that the evidence of their peculation. would dis appear amidst the general crash. Otherwise the complicity of the most influential men with the shameful frauds could not possibly be accounted for. The dealings of Baron Bruck are throwing new light on the interior state of Austria. Amidst the misfortunes under which we are groaning, it is a comfort to know that history will not fail to draw a comparison between the patriots who have governed Hungary in times of greatest ditScultice, and our present rulers. Thus, M. Kossuth, first Minister of Finance, then Governor of Hungary, went into exilewith pore Minds and empty pockets, ands obliged to sup=hicself and his family by arduous work. Mr. who, under Kessuth ' s government, was en insetted witht e Finance Ministry, left this high trust a poor man, so completely so that at this very day he is living on alas offend to him by some patriots. The Hungarian government, who had to set on foot an army of yearly 100,000 men (a portion of which was formed into 30 cavalry eats), spent for the entire armament, clothing. matar t al , and provisions of this large force, which it had to lead against the combined forces of Russia and Austria, and for the whole outlay of the civil service, not more than 7,200,0001. sterling during the whole year the war of independence lastsaL And this was done in a period when no minutes of accounts could be controlled. PUNISHMENT BY THE LASH. It is not to be supposed that the fortuitous ma jority obtained yesterday by Lord Benham upon the pro priety of filming the brutes who, taking advantage of their superiority in physical strength, wound and beat their wretched wives, will ever pass into Isw. Still the fact that such a majority has been obtained is a public event which we are bound to notice. Here is one of the peen in which imam and feeling are absolutely at va ri ance. Of cou rse , every man would be but too willing to tie the wretches who commit these assaults upon helpless women up to the triangle and lay on with a hearty good will, if he could not find a public officer to discharge the duty on behalf of the nation. So tar there is no doubt about the case. These men ought to be flogged, and soundly, and we 'Weld all be too delighted to lend a hand in furthering so good a work. Here, however, is the difficulty :—Under the existing state of the law. and now that the wife-beaters are only exposed to the penalty of imprisonment, the utmost difficulty is found in inducing women to come forward as accusers True, it may he said women reason thus :—." If we go before the magistrate and give such testimony as causes the bread winner to be locked up in gaol for two, three, or more months, what is to become of us and our little ones?' Prectically, women do not mason in that way, and their reluctance to proceed against the men who have ill-treatol them ariam from a totally different series of causes. What would be the case if tbo penalty el fogging were substituted for the penalty of imprisonment? We know not bow this point may strike different minds, but to us it seems that, even as far as the wife's chancre of securing support fur herself and her children are concerned, she would not base mach aid to expect from the aurae 1 brute who came bleeding from the turnkey's hands, and still more savage than before. This, however, is not the real point. if you attach the penalty of corporal chastisement to the crime of wife beating, there is not one woman in five hundred who will conic forward to bear witness against her husband, simply upon the ground that, brutally as be may have behaved to her, she does not, on the whole, choose that the brute shall be flogged. The re pression under the existing state of the law is sot worth much ; but still, of the little hope of re pressMg this crime by positive law there would be a total end if Lord Rays ham's injudicious proposition for flogging the husbands were to par into law. —Times. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. HATFIELD, WIEDIPZIMAT. The inquiry respecting the deaths of Mr. Francis Leslie Pym, gentleman and George Venable', platelayer who were Uled by the recent accident to a Manchester express train on the Great Northern Railway, was resumed this morning, at 10 o'clock, before Mr. Sworder, the county coroner, and the jury previously em panelled. Colonel Tolland, R.E., of the railway department of the Board of Trade, again attended to watch theprocieediogs. The company were represented by Mr. Hall, barrister ; Mr. Seymour Clarke, general manager ; Mr. Oakley, secre tary • and a ßadon, engineer. Mr. Bartholomew and Mr. Pole for the relatives of the decesked gentle• man, Mr. The Hon. and Rev. T. Talbot, rector of Hitchin, was present. Mr. Hall said the company were anxious to assist the inquiry in the fullest possible manner, and they had secured the attendance of the gentleman who wus a passenger in the same carriage, but in another compartment, as the demeaned. The Coroner said it appeared to him that their inquiry should be more immediately directed to the state of the crossing (the rails connecting the up and down lines) before the express passed over it. That was the gist of the whole case. Watd the foreman of the platelayers who were at work at the crossing, was recalled, and he pointed out ins model of the crossing the position of the rail which had been removed, the west wing rail which had been fractured, and the broken check rail on the east side. He added that the 15 feet where he had removed the ballast was on an equal side of the cross • ng, and the spot where the 6 feet were taken out was at the centre. It was reduced 4. or 5 inches in depth. The centre of the ballast was most got out. Coroner—Have you any printed instructions as to your duties on occasions of this kind! Witness—l have. I was under the direction of Mr. Norton, who was on the spot at ten minutes past eight, and it was under his instructions that I commenced to re move the crossing. The Midland express passed over about half an hour before the Manchester express mine up. Coroner—Then how much work had you done between the time when the Midland passed and the Manchester same up! Witness—Only a few minutes. 'We had been to get the new rail. The crossing was quite safe, although we were going to take it out. The end was a little worn, and we were obliged to remove the rail altogether, becauee nothing will work in with it. Nothing was done in violation of our rake. The four broken chairs of the check rail were produced, and the witness described how they were placed on the line. The through line was not touched. The rail on the weal side was broke seven or eight inches to the north of the centre of the crossing, and it was this rail that I saw work up and down when the train By Colonel Yollond—l do not ea se d. knowhow long the rail had been down, or when it was turned. Neither ilo I know how long since any change was made in the crewing. After the accident I looked to the fracture of the west wing rail, and saw there was a little flaw in it on the under side. I don't think that that flaw extended to the outer sur face below. (The rail was brought into the room.) Colonel Yollond—There are appearances of other flaws in the rail. Do you think if you had examined the rail previously you would have detected any indication of a flaw or fracture on the outer surface! Witness—l don't think I should. lam certain no por tion of the ballast had been picked out from the bottom of the five sleepers. By Mr. Bartholomew—ln no place had we removed more than two inches below the sleepers. I never saw a flaw transversely in the manufacture of a rail. lam sure I saw it broke after the leading and driving wheel of the engine pawed over it. George Norton, inspector of the permanent way, mid his attention was drawn to the crossing at the Hatfield station about three weeks since. The points were worn, and he ordered an obtuse crossing. They, however, were quite safe for express or slow trains to ma over. He saw the •Ong at eight o'clock on the morning of the accident. A little of the ballast was thrown out, and be thought a part of the north-west rail of the siding. His instruetions to Ward were to take the crossing out. The pointa were worn. There was no other defect. He came back to the spot at one o'clock, and saw the west wing fractured rail. He did not know at the time that it was a turned rail. He saw there was a flaw ; it was internal, and did not appear till the rail was broken. There seemed an old flaw from shout the centre of the web of the rail downwards to about an eighth of an inch of the bottom. A piece of the flauge of the rail had been torn off when the rail was turned. By the Coroner—l am responsible for putting whole rails down and seeing that they are not cracked ; but I cannot answer for the metal. Colonel Yoliond—lf you had seen this rail with a part of the flange torn off, would you have thought it a proper rail to be put down on the main line for exptem ,trams to pass over Witness —No, I do not think I should. Coroner—Looking at the rail now, to the best of your judgment, could you have seen the flaw when the rail was put down ! Witness—No, Ido not think I should. If the flaw existed at the time the rail was turned it ought to have been seen, but I do not think it did exist, because the man would not have rebid it. I cannot say how long the old flaw has existed. George Morris, foreman of platelayers, spoke of the south-east rail at the crossing having worn fiat. The chairs were safe. Between two and three months ago I turned the wing rail on the west side at the crossing. I cannot tell how long it had been down. When I took it up I examined it, and thought it fit to go down again. It was worn out on the top aide, which was my reason for turning it. I was the only poison who examined it, and decided whether it was to be turned or not. I did not see any flaw in it. The witness looked at the flaw, and said that he did not observe it when he turned the rail. What was at the top of the rail had worn flat, and the aide (flange) bulged out, and he had to break it MY to get the rail into the chair. Knocked the piece oil with a hammer and chisel. There was no flaw in the rail when it was relaid, bat them was a crack along the top of it, but, as it was turned, it would not be on the main hoe. _ . kir. W. Marc Brydon, chief engineer of the Great North ern Railway, was next examined. He said he was iuclined to assume, from the circumstance of the rail on the west ' side being broke 4 feet nearer London than that on the other side, and that it was good, clear, bright metal, that the mischief must havefirst occurred on the west side. The result showed that there most have been sonic extensive violence on that side. He did not think that the rid which was turned two or three months since on the east side was en im per rail, or unfit for the position in which it was Mr. James Dean, the London agent for a Bradford firm, and Mr. Samuel Oldfield, of 12, Portland-place, London both passengers in the train to which the accident occurred , having been examined, The Coroner summed up, and left the jury to say whether the officers had been guilty of any negligence whali might have contributed to the accident. The jury retired; after being away nearly two hours they returnedat half-pent 9 o'clock, and founds verdict of " Ash e dent.d death," but adding, "They think the rail, in conse quence of its being cracked, and the flange of the rail having been partially knocked off, was unsafe, but that the eraek was not visible, and was not known to the company or their servants, and that the lmllast had not been removed sufficiently to affect the safety of the line. They nevertheless think the platelayers should have had instructions to signal to every train, especially express trains, when croming•poinog are nder repair, and they also wish to state that m their opinion a more careful examination should be Mar. by a superior officer before a rail is turned at the crossing. The prweedinp then terminated. M. Thouvenere note relative to the nentralkation of Savoy, mentioned in a telegram from Pan!, occepie. columns and a half of yesterday's Munitenr.