The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-20 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGI,ISIT OPERA. COVENT-4A t Under the moiv..ren ent ot 3kD i L Ane and ~Tr.VV. Harrison. THIS EVEN TNG, _Henry Leslie's .)peretta Romance of DICK TURYIN. Messrs. St. Albyn and G. Honey; Misses Thirlwall and Cruise. After which, will be repeated the grand Opera, en titled LUHLL.NI.I, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs.W. Har rison, Santley, Corri, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa Fyne, Paling, and F. Cruise, Conductor, Allred Mellon. Doe's (men at halt-r tot 6. -Commence at 7. rrHEA TRE-ROY AL, HAYMARKET. . Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buc.kstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. And the new and original Comedy, THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. With HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Eighth Week of the eminently succesful Drama, "A Tale of Two Cities," and Last Week but One of the present season —Eleventh Night of Mrs. Keeley's Engagement. THIS EVENING will be performed a new drama, entitled THE ABBE VAUDREITIL ; or, The Court of Louis XV. The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste ; Louis XV., Mi. 11. Butler; Lieut. Henri Delcour, Mr. F. Villiers. Followed by LUCKY STARS. Barbara Bristles (her origi nal character), Mrs. Keeley; John Bristles, Mr. J. Rouse. Concludinz with the new Drama of A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. James 'Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, house, Forreste 1. Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, H. Bt tier, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. Commence at 9. THEATRE.- ROYAL PRINCESS'S Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. For the Benefit of Miss Carlotta Leclercq. THIS EVENING, to commence with the favourite comedy THE HONEYMOON. After the comedy the Princess's " Rifle Volunteers " in tell costume. Followed by A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. To conclude with THE i.:ORSICA.N BROTHEI . IS x. Melville, A. Harris, and Miss Ciiil.Ord. NEW 'rHEATR R 0 YA 14, Al) !-•:1 SoleoProprietor and Ferl. :,.I,:ste7. THIS EVENING, ICI 4)N P.krtl.T.3 FRANCAIS. ,T. L. Toole, Chas. Chatter7ew, Bil- Wigton, Miss Kate is elir, m l Latitll , :w. After which, PER. WINtiS, .S,Tr Alfred Wigan, .T. T.. Toole, D. F1 , 1.e:. Thllintrtor tc.liord. Stuart, C. .S4..ny, Eburne, C. .1. Snrlth, rowr"„!, me Mrs Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Kate 1;_elly, and Mrs Chatterley. Followei I by DI NOR A H UNDER D FFICU LTIE S. Messrs. J. T. Toole, P. Ilectiord, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kay. Doors - 0v...A at half-oaa: onunenee a.t seven. Box (Moe oper, Trona 10 to charve for securing seats, nor for bilis of performance. VA tees to servants of this establishment are 6trictly prohibited. tcting Alanver-- ktl 1 7 71. Smith. R o I, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Direetrekss, Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea. rimlim, and rio.3ter, the _Park being open to carriages and toot passenaers all hours of the night. THIS 1 ! 'II:NINk the ne rforn, will oormnence with MAGIC TOYS. Mims Lydia Thompson, and Miss Clara St. Caste. Followed by LIVING TOO FAST. Followed by FIRST AFFECTIONS. Messrs. 11. T Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham. After which the su cessful bu lesque of DIDO. Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Eliza Arden, and Mr Charles Young. Reduced Prtee3—Gallery, 5,1; Pit, la. The Box-ofrce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open et half—past six ; perform awe commences at 7. ROYAL ' 4 T. JAMES'S THEATRE.- MESS LYDIA THOMPSON has the honour to an nounce to the nobility, gentry, and the public, that her BENEFIT, and Last Appearance but Four at the above Theatre, will take place on M N DAY, March 26. Tickets to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Miss Thomp son, 6, Argyle-street, Euston-road, CONCERTS.- CANTERBUR Y HALL THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA RORGIA, (DJnizetti). Donna Lucrezia Mafflo Oiaini Mrs. Anderson. 6 enuaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo c4 4 :4 - nor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonglimans. Comic Vocalists -Messrs. (leorgv tioylson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchtield, and E. W. Hackney. Several interesting Pictures arc added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and eautilled, and constitute one of the most unique and biilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from till 11 on Sunday Evenimr. THE WEATHER.—SuN Omet, MARCH 20, U6O. THERMOMETER, IN TIIE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 48 —lowest this morning and during the night, 55—this day at noon. he mistakes the good-will of his tenantry, for hearty 1 approval of his own political wisdom. Let him, however but ask—why the uniformity? Do his tenants think so alike on all other topics ? Do they not on other topics show, by their diverse judg ments and actions, that they are human beings, and not the mere creatures of instinct ? We tell the Duke what the Ballot would do for his serfs is, that gradually it would arouse his tenants to the consciousness that, politically, they were men; and they would think as men, speak as men, act as men, land put away the childish things of unquestioning imitation of even a ducal landlord. BARommen-20.95; falling. WIND, South-Westerly ; fresh and strong, with fine weather. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 12h. ilim.—Afternoon, lb. 17m. TO-MORItOw.-Morning,: lb. 57m.—Afternoon, 2h. 13m. A %._ 3 ~ ..,..,....:_,,,......._:,,,,:,::•_,,,, 1 -,..) ~, f ,,,,,4::,-; . 1.; 40, , 7 * 2 ,, - .. : 4 . - ,' A ''-:,: -,, ,' i• ;•'.''' 4,`.., ,f7'.. ~ ,•... --.AS -:',.'1. , -; !,`, :s,--.—.,- ,',''',&;,--iLt.!.;,,...m.4 zt. 4,...,, 4'...:. , ~ , • ~ 0 • P „,, , ,,s ~ , '•i• 4; , ~,,,,:, 0 ::".'-•,'.-.-'7,-;,117:- f.:= -. .'- ~,, "` As to the debate itself, Lord TEYNHAM seemed, we thought, far too anxious to cite " preoedents" which might avail with their Lordships, as if even the precedents of their own House could be of the slightest use when urged on behalf of equal treatment of tenant electors. The strong argu ment for the Ballot is ever the moral one—moral in the widest sense of the word—moral, as being fair towards electors, as being repressive of cor rupt influences of every kind ; and as rendering useless the more sensual and violent immoralities common at elections. The Duke's reply exhibited the grossest ignorance of the question, notwith etaiiding he talked of his having heard so much of it in the House of Commons. For instance, he pretended that to make a compulsory ballot efficient a man must be prohibited from telling how he had voted! Surely no one but a Duke, i after all that has been said on the subject, could have repeated such wretched stuff. Our Colonial Secretary was not even aware of the slight though important difference between the Ballot in Victoria and in the other Australian colonies, which pro perly made Lord TEYNHAM prefer the latter as his model. He complained, too, that Lord TEYNHAM had not shown the connection between the Ballot and the repression of bribery and intimidation—as if the self•evident connection were not the only reason for their Lordship's aversion to it. Had we been in Lord TEYNHAM'S place, we should, on this point at least, have risen to reply—and our answer would have been in the style of the in scription on Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN'S monument —" If you want proof of the connection you seek, look around." The votes of 39 non•centents proved that Noble Lords saw the connection per fectly clearly between tenant liberties and the Ballot. TH S t_T N LONDON, TuEsDA.y, iI.CII 20, 1860. The Ballot in the T,nrds! Yes, actually one noble lord had the honesty to propose, and three other noble lords the honesty to hack him, that the electors on their lordships' estates should be their own political masters. For thi:,—let dukes and other peers twist and pervert the case as they may —this is the gist of the queeiion. We will do their lordships the justice to hope that they do dis like the dirty practice of vulgar bribery—some of them may hare found it indeed very serviceable in times gone by, but still it is costly; it admits the self-created millionaire to competition with their eldest sons, and it is not exactly the nicest way to vim an election. If bribery could be put down by . itself, it. did not involve putting down political serfdom in thw.counties, probably the Lords would help in the business. But the difficulty of the case is, that there is but oete known method of repressing the bri bery, the drunkenness, and demoralisation of borough elections, and that is the very one which would extinguish their Lordships' command over their tenantry. The Ballot is, indeed, dreaded for boroughs, for there are great numbers of these where adjacent landlordism reigns supreme; but it is infinitely more dreaded for counties, for they are political preserves, as jealously guarded as those of their game, in readiness for the grand battue of a general election. It was most amusing to hear the Duke of NEWCASTLE—the "Lord of Clamber" — the son of the Peer whose argument against the abolition of rotten boroughs was, " that every man had a right to do what he would with his own hear him spouting, like a university led, on the improving "moral tone" in regard to elections, and that we ought to rely on this to remedy the evils we desired to prevent by the Ballot ! One would suppose that the Duke was yet an under graduate, knew nothing of life, and certainly that he had not come to the management. 0 1 his own estates. Let the Duke open eyes, let him look around rs Lord of Clumbc., let him ask how many of, L would thia. of '—to .f , pesed—ict voting for a candidate wilem ask whether he sedniDia: , 7;ti 77' a candidate from the It.no , ,vie4:,e of thwe who are dependent on hit4 - goodwill ffT fir:en and then in hira further ask— Why the dinary•unanimity among hizi ten.in try. The truth i% it is the nnanilnity of politi oal slavery. The unanimity of e gang on a cotton - plantation in working for their master. The tenants know. and have long known, that alternative. 'H a bi t has become th©y have no second nature. The question never arises t o their minds, for whom ha.ii we vote —nor indeed Lis preferenrT We are informed that the export duty upon rags which the Emperor Napoleon proposes to substitute for the absolute prohibition hitherto in force will amount to about 100 per cent. on the price of com mon rags, and 50 per cent. on the price of the best quality.— limes. [We find the above in the hoes of to day. All we can say is, that if our Cabinet will stand being played fast and loose with in this way—in regard to Savoy first, and then in regard to the statement by which they gained a majority on the paper duties in the House of Commons—they will not be Englishmen representing Englishmen, and will be deservedly the laughing stock of Europe. If they do not, despite any treaty whatever, now lay 100 per cent. duty on French common paper, and 50 p.r cent: on fine paper, they will be held to have disgraced England.—ED. Sun.] The debate on the Reform Bill last night elicited, as might be expected, little that is new —Mr. DISRAELI, indeed, complained most of its simplicity—it omitted almost everything but simple extension of the franchise, and really left our ingenious ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer little ou which to exercise his peculiar faculties. Its faults were chiefly its omissions—a view in which we for such opposite reasons entirely con cur. It was complained that it was a Bill to en franchise numbers merely, while the late Govern ment proposed to enfranchise by what were con temptuously termed " fancy franchises," classes who were fit to have votes, and that the homogeneous class would dominate, , the larger boroughs, and return quite a new and diffe rent class of members. He objected also to the re distribution of seats, as going either too far or not far enough. Fifteen was the number affected by the hon. gentleman's own bill. We suppose that number was like Queen ELIZABETH'S stature, in contrast with that of the Queen of SCOTS, "neither too high, not too low, but just the thing." The hon. gentle man avowed his intention, as we anticipated, not to oppose the second reading of the bill, but hoped it would be gracefully withdrawn before the time for meeting on committee arrived ! Of course the Radicals had their say, and Mr. BRIGHT sufficiently showed that the Treaty had not been lost upon him. Far as it was from what the member for Birmingham had advocated, it was as much as the members of the Government had offered before the general election. They had, therefore, fulfilled their pledge, and he could not but acknowledge a corresponding claim to support. He proved at length that the number enfranchised would be very much smaller than was calculated, and asked whether—as a million and a half only would have votes, after all, under the new Bill — this was too large a number out of six or seven millions of male adults. The strange lucubrations of the Times on the new electors swamping the old constituents was very happily exposed and ridi culed by more than one speaker, by Mr. BRIGHT especially. Nothing indeed could be more absurd than to argue as if the £6 householders to be enfranchised by the bill were all of one class, of one opinion, and of the same social habits. Every member, of any pretension to be called Liberal, refused to regard the bill as a " settle ment." It is a franchise bill, and hardly anything more ; even on that point it will not long be accepted as final. But the omission of protect i on for voters, whil e creat i ng a yet more depende nt class of them, and th e retention of such a host of insignificant boroughs, were felt to be two points which would be p resse d on the house again and again till something lik e justice was done. However, we shall take a ll that is offered us, meagre as it is, and, having got that, set to work immediately to get more. Perhaps, after all, it is better that we should do cur work in parts. It keeps alive political dis cussion, and without that we might get politic all y stagnant. It is clear enough, however, whether it please the Conservatives and the Whigs or not, that the RUSSELL Reform Bill is but the intro duction to an agitation for the Ballot, and for dis franchisement of rotten borough's. extraor- right or wrcng the question what is politica',:y at all. They and their prAkcei , s-ors have all been ciphers to nfo!cl and a hun• dredfold the landlord's po:t 'cal 1)0 wer,; " Luc tent.nts at will, have no will of their own," — the Luke is their We have no doubt that the partierinr Duke of last oCening is as amicable as any of that highly (Ins. We do not thitk•he would .tarve a telnnt for one offence; though what his -steward would ;IO for - persisting in independence we cannot tell; and we think it likely We are glad to find that Sir JOHN SHELLEY who has often afforded material assistance to ques tions which involved the assertion of Liberal prin 7 ciples, has obtained leave to bring in a bill for a settlement of the gas controversy. The matter has recently been frequently discussed, both in these Column s and elsewhere ; and the dispute arises, as is wcll known, from Or: monopoly exercised by the g a s , c 9 n l Panies > . and the unequal and exorbitant terms they proposed to the committee of delegates. It is rumoured that the associated companies • have recently abated their pretensiOns, and that a fair and equitable arrangement may now be looked for. 'We hope this will prove to be the•fact,butin any case it will be as well to obtain the opinion of Parlia- LATEST ment, both as a means of expressing more forcibly the public opinion and of securing a guarantee for the better direction of affairs in future. As matters at present stand the metropolis is divided into gas districts, which are marked in some maps ; these districts are settled by the associated companies, and a householder may, under the existing system, find himself transferred from one company to another without being consulted. The great hold which this plan gave the gas companies over the consumers was the agreement which they entered into, binding themselves, under heavy penalties, not to interfere with others' districts. Thus the con sumer was absolutely at their mercy. If he re fused to submit to the extortion or dictation of the company whose place it was to supply him, he must go without gas. This was a state of things per fectly intolerable in a free metropolis, and accord ingly great exertions have been made by the dele gates, and there is a fair prospect of a satisfactory settlement. The companies, relying on their power ful influence, refused to come to terms. They professed, indeed, to be anxious for a compromise, but it soon became evident that they had no inten tion of abandoning one of their alleged rights. The active interference of the honourable member for Westminster has, however, completely altered the aspect of affairs. The solicitors, Parliamen tary agents, and other forces of the companies, put every obstacle in the way, but Sir JOAN SHELLEY refused to wait longer for their professed modifications. When they found that all hope of a compromise was over, and that the affair was to be speedily brought before Parliament, supported by the press and the public, they unexpectedly gave way, and have, it is said, agreed to accept almost all the propositions of the gas consumers. They consent, to a certain extent, to be under the control of the Board of Trade, to submit to inspection, and to bind themselves under penalties to supply gas of a guaranteed illuminating power and a certain degree of purity. The clause of the bill which proposes to fix the minimum price of the gas they still oppose. This will be settled in committee, when the arguments brought forward by the companies will probably be satisfactorily disposed of. Their objections are clearly answered, in the following passage, taken from an able sum mary of the sibject :—" If the companies can manage to satisfy the Committee on Gas Bills that it would be unjust to tie them down to a fixed price, because the value of the raw material fluc tuates, well and good, and the consumer will have no right to complain. But that they will be able to do so is very doubtful, for the simple reason that the ground upon which they rely—viz , that the price of coal has frequently varied, and that there have been times when, if they had been compelled to supply gas at the present average price of 4s. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet, they would have suffered severe loss—does not now apply. Since the formation of railways, the coal fields are now brought in direct communication with the metropolis, and London is therefore no longer dependent upon shipping for its supplies. Even in the severest winter railways can bring any amount of the best coal that is re quired, so that there is not the slightest chance of coal in London reaching the very high price it did some ten years ago, during a remarkably severe frost. Again, there is nothing to be apprehended from the value of coal being largely enhanced through strikes, because the coal fields are so ex tensive and various, that it is hardly possible to conceive a strike could become so general as mate rially to affect the metropolitan supply. But those who have so ably conducted this gas controvery on the part of the consumers are well aware of the arguments that are to be used, and the consumers may safely leave their case in their hands." If NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : ROME, MARCH 19. The news published by sone Paris journals that the Pope had requested France to rec , all her troops from Rome and Civitta Vecchia, in order to re place them by Neapolitan troops, is without foun dation. No demand of such a nature hits been remitted to the French Cabinet, either directly or directly. the companies are faithful to their pledges the bill will be read a second time without opposition, and will then be referred to the consideration of the committee. Sir JOHN SHELLEY deserves great praise for the firm and temperate manner in which he has conducted the affair, which we may hope will receive a satisfactory settlement long before the termination of this session. • MADRID, MARCH 19. The Correspondencia .Autografa- contains the following :—" As the Moors will o nly consent to pecuniary sacrifices as the conflitio:as of peace, war must be continued. " This evening there will be a full Council of Ministers." VIENNA., MARCH 19. Austria, considering the annexation of Central Italy to Piedmont as a flagrant - violation of the treaty of Zurich, which formally :yes erved the rights of the deposed Princes, has resolved to adjourn the renewal of official relations with the court of Turin. In consequence of this resolve Ba ron de Brenner, who was to fulfil the function. of :representative of Austria at Turin, has returned to his former post at Athens. PARIS, MARCH 20. The Moniteur contains a list of persons to whom decorations of the Legion d'Honn,ieur are given for services rendered to our army in Italy. NAPLES, MARCH 17. Letters from the frontier announce in creased agitation . A popular manifastation has taken place at Atri, banners were displayed bearing the words " Victor Emmanuel for ever." The police checked the re volt. Eighty individuals who were compromised fled over the frontier. TURIN, MARCH 18. A royal decree convokes the electoral assemblies of the Emilian provinces for the 2.5 th March. Another decree appoints 15 new senators. MARCH 19. A note from the Government of Tuscany ad dressed to Europe explains the r easons why the vote by universal suffrage rendered annexation to Piedmont a necessity. MUNICH, MARCH 19. The report of the Stuttgarder Beeobachter that the French Ambassador at Munich had already spoken of a cession of the Palatinate to :France has been officially contradicted. MADRID, MARCH 18. It is asserted that Generals Prim, Rios, and Zabala have been raised to the dig o ity of Grandees of Spain of the first class. LISBON, MARCH 18. The Minister of Marine is dead. The Cortes have authoris“d the free exportation of wheat and barley until the 30th of June. INDIA. BOMBAY, FEB, 25. The loans are all closed. An income tax of 2 and 4 per cent. and a State paper currency are an- nounced. Important alterations are to be me►de in the tariff. The duty on twist and yarn is to be raised to 10 per cent. Saltpetre is to be subject to a duty of 2r. per maund of 821 b. The income tax will be 2 per cent.. on incomes of £2O to £5O, and above that 4 per cent. No class will be exempt. The Licence Bill has been modified, and the scale reduced to one rupee, four rupees, and ten rupees. Hemp, jute, hides, wool, flax, tea„ and coffee are to be free of duty. Twenty per cent. duties are to be lowered to 10 per cent. An invasion of Kokees has taken place in Tip perah. One thousand persons were murdered. A report NN as current of treason at Indoor, the capital of liolkar. HANOVEat, MONDAY. Hanover proposed an indemnity as a basis for negotiations in universal conferences concerning the redemption of the Stade Dues. England refused to agree to the amount pro posed. Negotiations are being continued. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The action for libel against the Bishop of Orleans was contitraed on Saturday before a more thronged court than on the previous days. After the plead ings had terminated, Mgr. Dupanloup rose and spoke for three quarters of an hour. The court then, after due deliberation, declared the complaint of the Siecle to be unfounded, and acquitted the defendant on the charge against him. As regarded the complaint of the heirs of Mgr. Rousseau, the defendant was also acquitted, the French law not admitting any charge for defamation against a per son deceased. The parties civiles, in both cases, were condemned to pay the costs. BOURSE, March 16.-- - -The market has been com pletely inactive, but with a certain steadiness. Threes varied from 671 75c to 67f 80c; Mobilier, 7381 75c to 7411 25c; Orleans, 1,390 f to 1,392 f 60c. ; Southern, 496 f 25c to 497 f 50c ; Austrian, 497 f 50c to 498 f 75c ; Lombard, 532 f 50c to 533 f 75c. The following are the last quotations : 4i per Cents. ~.. 96 I Credit Fonder 747 50 Do. end mount .. --1 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents. 67 80 I Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 67 80 !Roman Bl 25 Bank Shares...... 2800 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 741 25 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... I Home Debt 43 50 THE ?SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY :EVENING, MARCH 20, 1860. least, if it be necessary, to give satisfaction to France, to act in such a way as to cause the said city and county to be neutralised, under the sove reignty of the House of Savoy, and in conformity with the conditions which may be settled by the Great Powers to which belong the right, and on which the duty falls of watching over the mainte nance of the peace and balance of power in Europe. Count H. Renaud de Falicon, Chevalier H. Verani T',lasin de Chateauneuf, Dr. Camous, all municipal councillors, and Chevalier Andre d'Andreis have been appointed a deputation to present this address to his Majesty." 711 E LATE M. JULLIELY. For some weeks past the exertion and anxiety consequent on the getting up of a new series of concerts, upon which M. Jullien calculated estab lishing in the French capital the high reputation which he had gained in the course of 20 years in England, proved too much for a temperament at all times keenly sensitive and excitable, and loss of rea son was the result. On Sunday, the 12th, M. Jullien's first concert was to have been given, and great curi osity and interest prevailed in Paris, but that con 7 cert was never destined to take place. Two days previ ously M. Jullien was conveyed to a private lunatic asylum, having exhibited the worst phases of mad ness, and his medical attendants entertained no hope whatever of a speedy cuce. In consequence of some severe course of antiphlogistic treatment, the patient caught a severe cold, which fastened, on his lungs, and terminated in inflammation, M. Jullien's reason returned some hours previously to his decease, and after receiving the last sacraments, he passed away in perfect consciousness of what was going on around him. His last words re lated to a hymn which he had not long since•com posed, and called a Napoleonienne, from its being in honour• of the Emperor of the French. " Let it be sent," he said, "to his Majesty. It will perhaps procure bread for my poor wile." M. Jullien has left a widow and two adopted children, one of whom, a fine young man of two•and-twenty, engaged himself some months back in a FrenCh lancer regiment, in order not to be a burden on M. Jullien in his misfortunes. The other, a girl, lives with Mine. Jullien, and is, like the widow, totally unprovided for. We indulge in the hope of seeing the subscription which has been commenced in Eng land extended to Paris, particularly as some gentle men, who appreciate the labours of M. Jullien in popularising good music among the masses, have expressed their intention of *warding the benevo lent object as much v.s lies in their power.— Galignani. TIIE MINISTERIAL REFORM BILL.—The liouse was chiefly occupied last night in the discussion of the New Reform Bill of the Palmerston Cabinet. The debate arose on the motion of Lord John Rus sell for the second reading of the bill. Mr. Disraeli assailed the measure in a speech of considerable length, and Mr W. F. Campbell, in an address of great ability, pointed out in clear and conclusive terms the i ncongruities and shortcomings of the bill. . The measur e is really so great a delusion that no one feels the slightest interest in it. It will not, cost the country a moment's concern whether the bill bi carried or. rejected. It is a miserable mea sure, and nothing more nor less than a mockery of the people's wishes and rights. Th e d e b ate was u Advertiser. 21) 0 d rni C ng ountess Delaw arr and Lady b o ei l el ia nEe S d i a tc .l—l: k . vilte West will shortly leave town for Buck hunt Park, Sussex. The. Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, have taken posseSsion of their new mansion at Prince's Gate, Knightsbridge. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh and Lady Charlotte Innes-Ker have left Grillion's Clarendon Hotel for Broxinouth Park, Dunbar, N.E. CUSTOMS DUES —A &pi's+, ion from Liverpool waited npii the. Chancellor of the Eichequer yesterday to propose an additional per cent. on all existing import duties, thus. doing away with all export duos, expenses in bml. Se. It is stated that they received a very favourable reception. It was also proposed, in lieu of the present Customs entry, to have a Is. s'aruped bill of lading. It has been proposed at Edinburgh that a public entertainment should be given to the 78th Highlanders in recognition of their eminent services in India. A prelimi nary Meeting will be held to-morrow on the subject, at which Sir John M'Neill, Sir W. Gibson. Craig, and Sir J. G. Baird, are expected to be present. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 925 .. 923 75 New ditto. B3O Lyons and Mediterranean . 892 50 .. 890 Ggneva 470 .. 470 Southern ~ Westtan 5BO .. 582 .50 14:a%tern Sardinials. Austrian Lombard .. .. - Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. • money, 2,5 f. ; three months, paper, 24f. 871 c. ; money, 2:4f 85c. ITALY. The Opiraone of Turin compares the number of votes expressed by Central Italy with the popula tion as follows : No. of inhab. Votes expressed. Tuscany 1,806,940 386,445 I:milieu pro rinces (Parma, Modena, Legations) .. . . 2,127,105 406,791 Totals 3,934,045 793,236 Or upwards of 20 per cent. of the population, so that all t b.ose who had a right to vote have exer cised it. It adds, by way of comparison, that the plebiscite, for the empire in France comprise d 8,47;5,95.2 votes out of a population of 35,781,628 inhabitants, or not quite 23 per cent. The Gazette de Nice of the 16th sayr, :—" The municipality of this city, in its sitting of yesterday, r:..solved to send to King Victor Emmanuel 11. an address, praying him not to consent to the cession or exchange of the city and county of Nice; or t 1 nN I.nNffW_ T 'TPA]) ANT EVENING. MARC! 20. 1860. PR USSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 17th instant says : "The French despatch which undertakes to ex plain the necessity for the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France arrived here yesterday, and has been communicated by the French Envoy, M. de la Tour d'Auvergne, to the Government. " It is thought that without joining in the formal protest of Switzerland, Prussia and Austria will support the claims of Switzerland in this sense, that at least the districts which are neutralised shall remain so. It is also supposed that a joint measure of non-recognition will be taken by England and Prussia. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT. The Royal Mail steamer Europa has arrived here. Her news has been generally anticipated via Queenstown. A fresh violation of the British territory at a place named Langley was reported from British Columbia. Much excitement on the subject pre vailed at Victoria.' Sterling exchange at New York quiet at 108!- to 1081. THE .R1?IGIf OF TERROR IN NAPLES. A collection of despatches, addressed by Mr. Henry Elliot, our Minister at Naples, to Lord John Russell, was published yesterday These letters contain many very important facts, bearing upon the existing outrages, committed under the miser able plea of law and authority, which now disgrace the Government of that country. The despatches which we subjoin sufficiently set forth the general character of the official despatches which the infamous tyrannies, and the acts of personal violence the agents of the law, in the name of the King, are in the habit of perpetrating, have called forth from our accredited Minister at the Court of Naples : " MR. ELLIOT TO LORD J. RUSSELL. (Received March 8.) " Naples, March 2. " My Lord,—A short time ago I forwarded to your lordship a copy of a circular from the Minister of Police directing the Intendants to arrest, with out hesitation, the persons against whom there might be even simple grounds for suspicion. " The Government have now shown themselves determined to go a step further, and yesterday pro ceeded to arrest men upon whom no suspicion of taking part in any conspiracy can fall. " Of the number of persons arrested I can give your lordship no accurate information, though I am told they were numerous in the middle and lower classes, but among my own friends or ac quaintances, and belonging to the highest families, I can count five who have either been actually ar rested or else have found safety in concealment ; these are—the Prince Torella, the Marquis de Bella (brother to Prince Torella), Prince Camporeale, Duke Proto, Marquis Vulcano. " Prince Torella received a letter desiring him to attend at the Prefecture of Police, which he did, nothing doubting, and was there told to consider himself under arrest, and to have his preparations made for leaving the kingdom the following morn ing. He made no resistance, but asked leave to be allowed to return home to make his preparations, and to take leave of a very aged mother ; but this indulgence was refused him, nor could he obtain any information with regard to the crime imputed to " The arrest, however, of the Prince, and the universal conviction that no justification could be given for it, produced so great an effect upon all classes that the same night he was set at liberty and allowed to return home. _ " We are now told that it was all a mistake ! " His brother, the Marquis Bela, eluded the pur suit of the police, but it has been conveyed to him that he must leave the country. " Prince Camporeale likewise succeeded in hid ing himself, but he has since been allowed to return home ; and, in his case, like that of Prince Torella, the order for the arrest is now said to be a mistake. " Duke Proto and Marquis Vulcano have been arrested and ordered into exile without trial or examination. " There are likewise two Marquises Monte Rossi, and the MM. Vacca, De Simone, and two De Philippe, summarily ordered into exile. Of the two last-named gentlemen, one is a lawyer, and the other an employe of the Government, and both leave behind them families depending entirely upon them for their means of subsistence, and who will now be left penniless and dependent upon charity. " During the afternoon and night of yesterday the town was patrolled, and the troops kept under arms, but no sort of disturbance took place, though the Government affirm that they had positive proof that there was to be a dangerous demonstration, and that a seditious handbill had been posted up. Whatever evidence may be sufficient to satisfy the Government of the existence of plots or conspi racies., it is certain that the proofs are not such as would bear the light; but the denunciations of spies are received as conclusive, and the accused are summarily ordered into banishment, untried and unheard. " I will inform your lordship by the messenger on Tuesday of the steps I have taken with the hitherto vain hope of inducing the Government to pause in a course which, if persisted in, must finally lead to the destruction of the King and of his dynasty.--I have, &c. "HENRY ELLIOT." " MR. ELLIOT TO LORD J. RUSSELL. (Received March 13.) " Naples, March 3. " My Lord,—l took the earliest opportunity of seeing M. Carafa to inquire the cause of the arrests mentioned in my despatch of yesterday's date, and to ask whether the country was in so imminently critical a state as to call for such extreme measures, directed against men who could scarcely be seriously suspected of conspiracy or treason. " M. Carafa repeated, as he has so often done before, that the Government felt no uneasiness, but that they had received undoubted information of the intention of the partisans of annexation to Sar dinia of making a demonstration which it would have been necessary to suppress by force ; and that to avoid bloodshed, the preventive measures which I had alluded to had been taken ; and his Excel lency triumphantly pointed to the tranquillity with which the day had passed as sonclusive evidence in favour of the course adopted. " I said that, of course, if the Government had. the proof which he said they possessed of a con spiracy to violate the law, they could not be blamed for arresting the persons implicated ; but I trusted there were no truth in the report that those persons, instead of being openly brought to trial, where their guilt or innocence might be proved in the face of day, were to be summarily transported or exiled without trial or examination. " To my regret, however, M. Carafe, replied that such was the decision of the Government; for that although they had proof sufficient to satisfy them selves of the guilt of the persons arrested , the evi dence was not such as would procure a conviction ' in a court of justice. " In plainer words,' I answered, you have re solved to accept as conclusive the denunciations of spies whom you dare not bring face to face with the accused,' and this, without apparent shame, M. Carafa frankly admitted to be the state of the case, repeating that he was aware they could not procure a legal conviction, but that they had no doubt whatever of the guilt of the accused. " I asked whether he or any one else could be lieve that a Man like Prince Torella would be a leader in a seditious but childish demonstration, and he at once replied that he did not believe it, and that the Prince's arrest had been an error' which was speedily remedied. " I begged M. Carafa not to talk of a man in Prince Torella's position being arrested by mistake, for that the only error' which was evident was a mis calculation of the effect upon the public which had been' produced by the arrest. " I asked whether Prince Camporeale, who had concealed himself, was a dangerous character, and with regard to him I was told that I might convey to him the assurance that he might return home without being molested. " I then said that the Marquis de Bella had beet told that if he gave himself up he should receive passports for the frontier, but that he dared not put himself in the hands of the police, as innocence no longer protected a man from punishment in a country where he is not allowed to disprove the charges brought against him ; and M. Carafa em powered me to convey to him the promise that he would be allowed to leave the country. " I used all the arguments in my power to per suade the Government to pause in the fatal course in which they have embarked, and I especially pointed out that at a moment when the Adminis tration is without a President•or head, the odium of those measures would fall direct upon the King himself, and I concluded by saying that as I felt convinced that the destruction both of his Majesty and of the dynasty is inevitable unless wiser counsels are listened to, I would beg him to re quest for me the honour of an audience, in order that when the catastophe arrives I may not have upon my conscience the reflection that I had not done all in my power to save an inexperienced So vereign from impending ruin. "M. Carafa promised to convey my request to the King, but I have not yet received an answer. "The French and Spanish Ministers have held the same language as myself. " I have, &c., HENRY ELLIOT." " LORD J. RUSSELL TO MR. ELLIOT. " Foreign-office, March 19, 1860. "Sir,—Her Majesty's Government approve the step taken by you, as reported in your despatch of the 3d of March, to ask an audience of the King with a view of doing all in your power to save an inexperienced Sovereign from impending ruin. " It is not probable, nor is it indeed to be desired that the Government of the Two Sicilies should continue for any long time to form a marked con trast to the Government of Northern and Central Italy. " It is, therefore, the obvious interest of the King of the Two Sicilies to gain the affections of his people by attention to their welfare, and by re specting the principles of law and of justice in his treatment of suspected persons.—l am, &e., " J. RUSSELL." The following important extract from a letter by Lord John Russell explains the policy of Great Britain in its bearing upon Naples : " LORD J. RUSSELL TO MR. ELLIOT. "Foreign-office, Jan. 16, 1860. " It may be as well to explain still further to Prince Satriano, and through him to the King, the policy of the British Government. " Your language to his Excellency on this sub ject is entirely approved by her Majesty's Govern ment. We wish well to the Neapolitan dynasty. We have no desire to interfere with the internal government of Naples and Sicily. But we cannot blind ourselves to some obvious truths. It is evident that the commonest rules of justice are not observed by the King of Naples towards his subjects ; that the exasperation caused by oppression is the parent of plots, assassinations, conspiracies, and insurrec tions; that he r M a j es ty' s agen t s an d consuls, while they religiously abstain from taking a part in such plots, have had convincing evidence of their ex• istence. " Should such con s pi rac i es en d anger th e th rone o f his Sicilian Majesty, her Majesty's Government can only lament the blindness which afflicts his Coun cil. But her Majesty's Government will neither accept any part of their responsibility nor under take to ward off the consequences of a misgovern ment which has scarcely a parallel in Europe. " The reforms necessary require no elaborate ma chinery or profound meditation. Let the Neapo litan Government arrest no man without bringing him face to face with his accusers. Let them sub ject no man to injurious restrictions without proof of some crime or offence against public order ; let the law, as it stands, be equally applied to all. With these simple but broad changes, a beginning would be made ; popular institutions might follow ; time for deliberation would be gained, and the Go vernment might even obtain a reputation for justice and honesty. But the course at present pursued can only lead to destruction. "You will speak to Prince Satriano in the sense of this dispatch, and also to M. Carafa if he should raise the question with you." LY CBUJI THEATRE. A new drama was produced last night at this theatre, under the title of "The Abbe Vaudreuil, or the Court of Louis XV.," Madame Celeste herself assuming the charac ter which gives the leading title to the piece—a composi tion which is not only a highly creditable member of that numerous progeny springing out of the development of character during that great transition period of the history of the world, but exhibits in its representation one of the most accomplished performers 'of the day. The story "in brief " is—that Lieut. Delcour (Mr. Vil liers) is desperately in love with a lady whose name discloses her rank, Madlle. Marie de Rohan (Miss Hudspeth) , but is regarded in a very slighting manner by the haughty family to which that name belongs, and has little hope of aequir ing the young lady. The play opens with the young lieu • tenant, doubtful of being received by the family, sitting in his room, driving away the thoughts of his love by cram ming himself for his examination for the rank of captain. He takes up the historical part of his study, and very natu rally turns his attention to the most brilliant, though most disastrous, period of modern French history, viz., that of Louis XV. The design of the author appears to be—al though this is scarcely well defined—that our young lieu tenant, having fallen asleep, the unrestrained machinery of the brain begets a picture of the possible incidents which may accompany his interrupted love, and this machinery of the dreamland is put in action as the drama of the " Abbe Vaudreuil." The dreaming lieutenant, then, imagines in his sleep that some one will rob him of Madlle. de Rohan, and that he would willingly sacrifice his hopes of the future for the gratification of the present. At this precise time of ideal action—it we may use the expres sion—the Abbe Vaudreuil (the representative of the pro fligate abbes so renowned in the memoirs of the period) appears on the scene, and makes a bargain with the young soldier that all his wishes shall be accomplished, on one condition—namely, that after five requests are complied with, he shall go " down below." The young man, excited, signs the bond, and having opened the account, very socn begins to draw upon it—with such rapidity, indeed, that he is frequently cautioned by the honourable representative of the lower regions to be careful how soon the obligations of the bond may be enforced. We will not follow cut all the phases of the design of the author, but amongst the most striking incidents of the drama is that where Delcour insists upon the obligations of his "fiend," and demands to be introduced to the Pare aux Cerfs, at one of the fetes of Louis XV., where ho may see the celebrities of the day, as de Richelieu, 'Voltaire, Montesquieu, Buffon, Vauban, Crebillon, &c., &c., and the superb de Pompadour (charmingly represented y Miss Kate Saville). This gives occasion to one of the most brilliant scenes we ever witnessed on any stage. The admirable artistic talent of Mr. W. Callcott realised all that could be desired of the locality in which the fete is supposed to be given, whilst there can be little doubt, we can imagine, as to the source of inspiration which embodies so successfully in living cha racters the charming compositions of Watteau. So nice a care has been exhibited in the preserving the costumes, the amusements, the music of the dances, as well as the figures themselves, which belong to the period, that one might almost fancy that by some act of enchantment the little lords and ladies who figure in our choice collections of Dresden china " had been by magic all set dancing." It is to Madame Celeste, we understand, that the exquis ite arrange ment of the whole of this brilliant and charming scene is to be attributed. The graceful, though somewhat stately minuet de la coup of the character, of which all the dances of the fete scene partook, was executed by Madame Celeste her self and Miss Hudspeth with justice to exquisitely sy h severe h t e e l eg ance and refinement ; and it is but move ments of the entire corps de ballet appeared to be animated by the same spirit which exhibited .itself in so remark a bl e a manner in the amiable and intelligent lady who presides over the management. It would be impossible to enumerate in a general review all the striking passages in this drama which have been elaborated with a refinement of art quite unusual on the London boards, but we should not discharge a conscientious duty if we did not direct attention t o the extraordinary artistic skill displayed by Madame Celeste, in the character of the Abbe, as well as to the marvellous command and judgment of colour and form exhibited in her various coatumee. The original dress of the Abbe is one of the most complete studies of the Vandyke school we ever saw reproduced, nor are the other dresses less re rna Madamer ka b le Celeste e taste t a and e discrimination.a much ttrue talent dd to this, that over all she undertakes, and in this particular character treads the boards with such an air of high breeding that we venture to say no dramatic representation in London at the present moment would afford so much gratification to lovers of this class of composition as "The Abbe Vaudreuil." To be hypercritical in reference to a piece which pos sesses so many remarkable points of excellence is a some what ungracious task, and we trust that the e sy s observations we are about to make may be accepted in the spirit in which they are given, namely, a desire to assist in producing a greater completeness in the representation. The fact may be stated in a few words, whatever opinion may be entertained of the follies and vices of the period, we must protest against la bells Marquise being spoken of as Madam Purapadore, or the word chevalier pronounced " shovellear." Tho new drama was tollowed by the burletta of " Lucky Stars," a notice of which we will give on :t future occasion. THE BALLOT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, MARCH 19. DIVISION. Moved, "To resolve, That it is expedient in the election of members to serve in Parliament that the votes of the electors be taken by secret ballot " (the Lord Teynham). On question—Contents, 4; Not-contents, 39. CONTENTS. LORDS LORD LORD Belper Strafford, (V. En- Teynham [Teller]. Llanover field) [Teller]. NOT CONTENTS. Canterbury (Arch- EARL. LORDS. bishop) Winton (E. Eglin-Lyveden Campbell (Lord ton) lionteagle of Bran- Chancellor) , VISCOUNT. don DUKES. Eversley 0 verstone Newcastle BISHOPS. Saltoun Somerset Carlisle Sum erhill (111. Clan, MARQUISE. Chichester ricarde) Salisbury LORDS. Sundridge (Duke of EARLS. Aveland Argyll) Amherst Chelmsford Talbot de Malahide Carnarvon Churchill Templemore Cathcart Clifton (E.Darnley)Truro De La Warr Colchester Wensleydale Derby Denman Wynford Hardwick° Digby Tellers. Malmesbury Ebury Bath, Marquis St. Germans Egerton Foley, Lord TILE (TREAT NORTHERN PALACE COM- PANY MUSWELL-HILL. Last evening a very numerously-attended and highly-respectable public meeting was held at the Barnsbury Hall, Barnsbury-street, Islington, con yened by the promoters of this undertaking, for the purpose of eliciting the feeling of the inhabitants of the district in reference to the proposed People's Palace. The chair was taken by Mr. J. R. M'Arthur. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the evening, said he had been called upon to take the chair at this meeting, and if any influence he pos sessed in connection with the Literary Institution of Islington could be exerted in favour of the un dertaking for the erection of a " palace for the people" at Muswell-hill, he should be happy to exercise it. He contended that such a struc ture could not but be beneficial to every class of the community. He forcibly dwelt on the marvellously-improved tastes of the people, and to all that had been done to promote progress, and to the realisation of that which in former years had been regarded as a dream. The time had arrived when the people required a better sort of entertainment than that which had satisfied them many years ago. Thus they witnessed places of public entertainment thrown open to the people at low prices, and there was one instance or more where a picture gallery had been added to the charms of good music, which were enjoyed at the lowest possible charge. The proprietors of theatres had given up the idea of high prices, and by the numbers who patronised them they were enabled to secure the services of eminent artists. In the pro jected concert room of this intended building 10,000 people could be accommodated apart from any ob jectionable influences. Having described the beauties of the scenery in the vicinity of Muswell hill, the speaker observed that there were two ques tions asked, first, could the people pay for it ? and, next, would they pay for these advantages ? Now, could they pay for it ? Why, the people as a mass could pay for anything. Why, 15 years ago he had made a calculation that the people spent in wines and spirits as much as £50,000,000. If they took one-tenth of that population, they would spend £5,000,000 on wines and liquors, They did not want £5,000,000 here, for the whole amount of capital required was but £600,000, which at 5 per cent. would be £30,000. What would not the people pay for ? If they went out for a holiday they required something more than dry instruc tion—they required intellectual recreation. A clange had come over these matters. Formerly authors starved because they wrote for the few ; whereas they now write for the multitude, and be came rich men. He instanced the vast sale of the Cornhill Magazine as another instance of the im proved feeling of the people ; 450 years ago the great Chaucer had dreamed of a temple of glass, and that dream had been realised in the present age. The hon. gentleman concluded an able speech by calling upon the meeting to support this splen did undertaking of erecting a palace in a locality of surpassing beauty. Mr. JOHN MASTERMAN rose to state the objects of the directors and the steps which had been taken to give effect to their intentions. He had himself two years since visited a friend near Colney Hatch, and was struck with the immense populatioß on this side of the river, and he made some inquiry as to the means of amusement which they had, and he found that the population on the north side of the Thames was five times larger than that on the south, but he found no place of importance where recreation and amuse ment were to be found. He found there were nu merous cemeteries and a large lunatic asylum—(a laugh)—and it struck him that such a state of things could not go on. He found out a very desirable plot of ground, being a property adjoining the railway, which was for sale, and in bargaining for the pur chase, he made it a condition at the outset that the parties must by no means anticipate a further value on the land, but be content with the marketable value. The area of 450 acres was taken, instead of limiting the purchase to 150 acres, for the palace and grounds. He knew that the Crystal Palace Company had made the fortunes of many land owners, and he thought it fair that this company should partake largely of the benefits which they were about to confer upon others. Sir Charles Fox had accompanied him for a day, and that gentleman went over the estate, and he was perfectly satisfied. He then consulted Mr. Spencer, of Bowood, wh° gave a decided opinion that the ground was well adapted for the growth and protection of flowers and shrubs. Mr. Owen Jones had d evo t e d a whole month to the consideration of his plans, and he de cided to build an edifice which should surpass any thing that had ever before been seen. It had been determined to do nothing in hostility to the existing Crystal Palace. He trusted there would be only reflected light from one to the other in the deterral" nation to provide rational and refined amusement; for the people; but the promoters were determined that wherever experience could be brought to bear they should correct the errors which had been shown in connection with the Crystal Palace, and to im prove upon their arrangements as far as the wants of the public had been aseertained. There was one thing which had annoyed the visitors to the Crystal Palace, and that was the descents and ascents after leaving the railway station, which was like undergoing the miseries of a middle passage ; that difficulty would be entirely removed here. The passenger would be brought into the building with only 48 steps, and visitors on horse back or in carriages would be under cover and sheltered from the elements. The concert room would hold 10,000 persons, and they would sit in comfort, aye, and in luxury. The building would be built on the best acoustic principles, and would be devoted entirely to music. Upon the temporary arrangements made at the Crystal Palace that com pany had improved, but they had not been success ful because the original arrangements were not good. At the Crystal Palace the tropical depart ment was at the further end ; here it would be under the centre, and the dome would be twice the span of that of St. Paul's, and it would be heated very Cheaply. The second principle they laid down was, that unless they found, upon most careful examina tion, that the undertaking could be carried out at a cost which would yield a profit of 10 per cent., they would not proceed further with it, and the directors considered they were within the mark when they calculated on 10 p er cent. on l y. T he third principle was one of a tender character—the directors had determined to keep the palace and grounds closed on the Lord's-day—(great cheering) —though they had support tendered to them from persons, who were anxious to. pursue the con trary course, but whose assistance they refused. (Applause.) Lord Brougham had declared that the undertaking was calculated, in his deliberate opinion, to bestow inestimable blessings upon society, and that it would succeed as a commercial speculation. Lord Torrington was the hardwork ing chairman of the company, who was absent, he was sorry to say, from illness. The directors of the Great Northern Railway had put themselves for ward to aid the scheme. He trusted that those who joined them would contribute to an undertaking which would be the honour and glory of the country. In reply to a question put by Mr. Edmiston, Sir C. Fox stated that the estimate would not be exceeded, that he never had in his experience ex ceeded his estimate. The estimate he had given in to the directors of £200,000 for the building was sufficient, and, said he, "it shall be sufficient." (Applause.) Mr. HAZLEWOOD entered at great length into the financial view of the question, and referred to a vast number of items in a printed comparative state ment, showing the great difference of charge as between those of the Crystal Palace and this un dertaking, the difference being £1,459,000 against £400,000 for the People's Palace. Mr. HOLLAND proposed the first resolution " That the explanations given to this meeting by the promoters of the palace of the people at Mus well-hill with respect to the nature of the under taking and its financial prospects, are highly satis factory." Seconded by Mr. UZIELLI. Mr. EDMISTON moved the second resolution, " That this meeting fully approves of the proposed palace of the people, which the meeting considers will prove very beneficial to the neighbourhood." • Seconded by Mr. TEFLON. Mr. KING said such a palace had become a public necessity. After some remar k s h e move d the t hird resolution, " That this meeting pledges itself t 0 support the Great Northern Palace Compaq (Limited), which has been formed for the purpos e of constructing 'the Palace of the People' at Mll e " well Hill." Mr. S. TEULON seconded the resolution. • Several speakers warmly supported the mov e " meat, Several applications for share were forwarded t° the chairman, and the proceedings throughout wer e marked by the greatest cordiality of feeling. s Mr. Jo/1N MASTERMAN moved, and Sir CnAm Fox seconded, the resolution, which was car ried unanimously, "That the best thanks of the meet ing ing be given to the chairman for the able manner ton' in which he bas presided over the meeting. The CHAIRMAN replied, and the meeting seP 4 rated. The New Brazilian 41 per Cent. Loan ~,1 £1,373,013, announced by Messrs. Rothschild, was :4 ,l "'t yesterday I to 1 premium. Reckoning the accrued dividia and the time allowed for the instalments, the actual prince will be £BB 3s. Bd. It appears that this loan will not i volve anyincrease whatever of the liabilities of Brazil. due whole being intended for industrial undertakings whic already possess Government guarantees. 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