The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

lilt LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 20, 1866. 0 The Reformers of the United K;ngdom are determined not to allow the new Prime Minister to forget his former promises, and another deputation has paid a visit to Downing-street. The object was to prese n t a meeting memorial agreed to at a large public at Glasgow on the subject of Parliamentary the Reform, and gentlemen who attended on the occasion naturally took advantage of the opportu nity of impressing their ownlt views upon the atten tion of Earl RUSSELL. The memorial called upon the Government to introduce. a bill ext en di ng th e franchise to £lO rentalboroughs, m counties and £6 ren tal in cities a besides pro viding for a more equable distributi on seats. The principal speakers tried car fully to impress up on Earl RUSSELL the simplicitye of the demand , and to remind him th at the meecn- w hich they represen ted had been att ended byper sons of all classes a nd of ever y variet y of political opinion. However great the differences which might exist between them on minor points they all agreed to a compromise, so that their memorial might have the force of unanimity. The £lO franchise in coun ties and the £6 in boroughs were resolved upon as fair bases, and one which gave the greatest satis faction to the largest number. Mr. GOVAN, the first speaker, urged that there would be NO danger in such an extension, since the working classes had no interests inimical to those of any other class of the community, for all they possessed and all they sought to acquire was closely bound up with the welfare of every other class. Mr. CRANSTON, another member of the deputa tion, said he believed that the working classes would Prefer a rental franchise to a rating ....-....-c.--•-..--....-----_ few persons can one—a fact which very doubt. To have the franchise on the rating would be virtually to defeat the whole measure, to , g keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope." The same gentleman observed, that for lack of proper representation the working classes had been driven to legislate for themselves on matters closely concerning their interests, their hours of labour, the rate of wages, trades unions, j and co-operative societies. So far, he was, no doubt, perfectly correct, but when he came to speak of the 1 influence of the working classes in France and America as superior to that of intelligent and well-conducted men of the same rank in this country he was not so accurate. The working men of this country have far more individual and collec tive freedom of thought, of speech, of political action, than their Continental neighbours. The journals which they chiefly patronise may not indeed always give them unbiassed opinions or correct judgments, but at least they supply them with full intelligence from which to judge for themselves; they report to them in full the debates on public questions, and the cur rent criticisms on the acts or policy of the Govern ment. The working men of England, so long as they behave with order and propriety, which collec tively they seldom fail to do, are free to debate, to deliberate, to discuss what they will. It may be said that words are not of much use unless they are followed by deeds, but if the working classes of this kingdom were deprived of these privileges they would soon learn to value them, and we must remember that the united Sentiment or wish of any considerable body of the community, consistently and perseveringly expressed in a constitutional manner, never fails to produce an ultimate effect on our Executive. In America the same turbulent spirit generally pervades all political ranks, so that the more noisy declaimers make themselves heard, to the silencing or yverpowering of moderate men ; but we doubt whether the working-classes in America as a whole deserve or receive more respect or consideration than those in England. Earl RUSSELL in his reply, which, as usual on such occasions, was couched in the conveniently ambiguous terms of official reserve, remarked that having possessed representative institutions for GOO years, he thought the people of this country could not do better than to found any amendments which they might require in their political system upon their old constitution, instead of looking for models to the institutions which other nations might possess. He might have added that the other countries in which representative government has been attempted have, for the most part, looked to the English Constitution for their example, and that the alterations which have been made in it are at the best very questionable improvements. If theoretically more perfect and more liberal, they fail to give the same practical amount of individual liberty. In our colonies, where democratic prin ciples have been more fully carried out, the politi cal system comes occasionally to a deadlock, and there is a general complaint that men of intelligence and public spirit are averse to entering the struggle. The tendency in Australia, if the opinion of the educated classes were taken, would be rather re actionary than progressive ; that is to say they rather assimilate their constitution to the mon archical than to the democratic standard. In younger countries the legislators are at least spared one difficulty which presents itself in very formidable proportions to the English Reformer. He has not to deal with the invidious question of the redistribution of seats, a matter in which the wisest and most disinterested Minister is certain to provoke opposition. Earl RUSSELL, while object ing to basing the representation entirely on num bers, reminded his hearers that if such a method were adopted the metropolis would return as many members asthe whole kingdom of Scotland. From the tenour of the noble Earl's remarks on the question of redistribution we may infer that he is not prepared to deal with that branch of the subject at present. It did not appear to him, ho said, to in volve as obvious a defect or require so immediate a remedy as the state of the franchise. He alluded to the inaccuracies of the old system, and reminded his hearers that abuses like the representation of Old Sarum and Gatton, and the non-representa tion of Liverpool and Manchester and Birming ham, were not now crying for remedy. The noble Premier carefully avoided committing him self on any particular branch of the subject, while expressing in general terms his assent to the propositions of the memorial. This was as much as the deputation could have expected or hoped for, since Cabinet Ministers are not iu the habit of being too communicative on the subject of their intended measures, but it is quite as well that the topic of Reform should not be allowed to sleep, lest an excuse should be made on the ground of public indifference, and other pressing questions to secure a year's re prieve for the newly-elected members. The Cattle Diseases Bill occupied the attention of both Houses last night, and made great progress, being read a third time and passed in the Upper House, and the committee in the House of Com mons getting through the discussion of a great many clauses. Earl GRANVILLE, in introducing the second reading, observed that if the bill showed deficiencies, another bill on the same subject would be introduced, which would remedy many of these His lordship proposed that the standing orders should be suspended in order that the bill might more speedily be passed. Some noble Peers offered rather captious objections to the bill, but they amounted to nothing in reality. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH objected to the arrangements in Scotland. The noble Duke also demurred to the great haste being made, and complained that the Government had not given any intimation of their intention to pro ceed with so much celerity, Lord DALHOUSIE ob jected to the indiscriminate slaughter. In order to meet the wishes of the discontents Lord GRANVILLE altered his intention of regulating the Committee, and the House proceeded to criticise the several clauses. Earl GREY spoke to the point, and declared that it was very advisable for the bill to be passed at once, and as for saying that it was only a skeleton it contained some very important provisions, that would operate effectually in stopping the plague. It gave the power of compulsory slaughter, and also provided compensation. It also stopped all the great markets, and therefore met the require ments of the case so far. This was a very sen sible remark, and most appropriate, because in cases of this kind people are very apt to stop at trifles and waste precious time in discussion, in stead of dealing with generalities and settling diffi culties with all possible despatch. The Duke of ARGYLL explained the alteration of the local autho rities in Scotland, which had been attacked with such extraordinary warmth by one or two noble lords. By this bill for the first time the power of taxation is given to local authorities, and therefore the Government gave it to the Commissioners of Sup ply, because in Scotland " there was an old consti tuted body which alone had the power of laying on rates." The Earl of DERBY came to the rescue of the Government, and recommended the reten tion of the clause relating to Scotland which the Duke of BUCCLETNII insisted to strike 1 out. No amendments were made, although sever al were proposed and two carried to a division. A large Majority was in favou r o f th e stringent me asurea proposed for the extirpation of the disease, and Lord GRANVILLE explained that this being: - merely a temporary measure, it was better to agree f o the proposals of the bill rather than to lose more ti me in discussions and alterations. In tl he House of Commons Mr. HUNT'S Bill was considered in committee, and the hon. member explained the exceptions to the general prohibi tion of removing cattle that the bill allowed. Bea sts that are taken from one farm to another may be t aken along the high road for 200 yards, those lanced at a port may be taken to a slaughter-house five. hundred yards, and exceptions will be made in favour of calves, working oxen, and milch cows for sea-going vessels. After the 25th of March sound cattle may be removed at a change of tenancy, under the permission of the local authorities, and for a certain time in each quarter to stack farms at any time after the end of next April the operation of the bill may be suspended by Order in Council. On the whole these seem very fair propositions, and this measure of Mr. HUNT'S meets many of the objections, and supplies many of the deficiencies of the Govern ment measure. The hon. member has evidently had considerable knowledge of the circumstances of the case, and made his plans in conformity with the exigencies of the occasion. The public are much indebted to him for the pains he has bestowed upon the matter, and the House of Commons has evi dently appreciated the merits of his proposal from the outset. Some slight changes were made during the progress of the committee, bnt they do not materially affect the purpose of the bill. Mr. Hum. explained the necessity that existed for making "stringent provisions," lest beasts should be smuggled at night from place to place, and therefore clause 29 was allowed to stand, although a humorous objection to it was made to by Mr. BULLER, who declared that it was impossible to pass it as it stood : "the justices would have a direct personal interest in seizing a beast driven on the road- —they were authorised to dispose of it as they thought fit—they might even eat it." The unanimity with which for the most part these bills for the prevention of the spread of the cattle plague have been received by Parliament must be an unanswerable argument in favour of those who have all along declared that the Government had been too supine in the matter. Had they long ago adopted a decisive course the sanction of Parliament would not have been withheld from their efforts to promote the well-being of the community by arresting the progress of the disease. Sir GEORGE GREY last night again dropped hints as to the advisability of leaving some matters to be settled by the local authorities, and DUNCOMBE very properly observed that such a course was not consistent. " From our experience of Courts of Quarter Sessions, he would say they very much objected to taking charge of such mat ters; they objected to the Government shifting the responsibility from their own shoulders and placing it upon those of country gentlemen." This has been a great mistake from the outset, and had these stringent resolutions been made earlier, by this time the cattle plague would cease to exist, for it is con spicuously a case in which the greatest speed was required in order to stop the ravages which have now increased to a point that baffles science and defies skill. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Paras, Monday Evening. The reply of the Emperor to the address of the Senate presented to him yesterday at the Tuileries has created much satisfaction in Paris, and has had a favourable effect at the Bourse to-day. The Emperor commenced by characterising the address as an eloquent commentary upon his speech. " You desire, like myself," says the Emperor, 'the rational and progressive development of our institutions, the amelioration of the condition of the greater num ber and the preservation intact of the National dignity and honour. This award is a strength." The Emperor proceeded to say, "My Government is not stationary. It progresses and it wishes to progress, but upon a sure foundation, capable of supporting power and liberty. Let us call to our aid progress in ail its forms, but let us build stone by stone that great pyramid which has for basis uni versal suffrage, and for summit the civilising genius of France." Never was a Royal Speech received more cordially and more enthusiastically by those to whom it was addressed, and never probably did the metropolis of a great empire sympathise more deeply or more cordially with the sentiments of its chief than Paris does upon this occasion. The Constitutionnel says :—" The Emperor, as it is well known among the people as at the Institute, has the gift of expressing many thoughts in few words. This reply to the Address of the Senate affords a new proof of that faculty so powerful and at all so times so rare. The great political prin ciples, generators of order and consequently of liberty, are affirmed in the Imperial allocution, and affirmed with a force of thought indicative of the statesman and the philosopher, and at the same time with a clearness and simplicity to be under stood by the most humble citizen. The love of liberty is manifested in every word of the Em peror." King Victor Emmanuel, in accordance with the last wishes of his son, Prince Oddone, has ordered that the municipality of Genoa shall have immediate possession of the valuable objects of art which adorned the Prince's private study. Financial affairs improved considerably last week. The absence of political news and the abundance of money contributed naturally to this result. For some weeks past there has not been such an im proved feeling upon the Stock Exchange of Paris. A short time ago the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce sent a written communication to the Academy of Medicine, the object of which was to ascertain from that learned body their opinion upon two points relative to cattle. First, whether it was desirable to vaccinate cattle; and secondly, whether, if they should be of that opinion, an establishment ought to be provided for that purpose. The Academy of Medicine has just given an affirmative answer to both these questions. There is perhaps no capital in Europe where so many institutions exist to succour the poor and afflicted as in Paris. The establishments for the education and care of children are also admirably conducted. I shall take an opportunity of de scribing these institutions. In the mean time I will say a few words about the establishments which exist in almost every commune, where the mothers of infant children may place them in perfect com fort and security while they go to their work. The name given to these establishments is a Creche or Manger, derived from the fact of the infant Saviour having been placed in a manger. A child is taken in here from 11 days to three years of age. The mother takes the child in the morning after having suckled it, returnsfor the same purpose in the course of the day, and takes it away in the evening. The babies are placed in a well-aired comfortable room, under the care of experienced nurses and superintended by a responsible directress. For all this the mother pays 20 centimes, or four-fifths of a halfpenny a day. A surgeon comes every day, and every attention is paid to cleanliness. Gymnastics are used, and the chil dren are taught to walk. When visitors inspect these establishments. they sometimes make entries in a book devoted to the purpose, and record their opinions of them. Here is a specimen of one of the entries :—" A. mother whose child had died shed torrents of tears over its empty cradle. Her con . lessor, desirous of consoling her, said God ordered E OAT SERVICES. —During the storms of the past year the National Lifebaat Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to the savill of 707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .£21,37 4 in the same t period 0 50 forn its life fe- boat e stabshments, in a ddition to graniag £4,9 wards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A eEAL to the public m for A SSISTANCE to enable n them toP m eet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat at tions. Contributions are reived y the Lodn and country bankers ; an d by the Secretary. Richard L n ew o is, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUBK-LANE.— Managers, Mews. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Play of THE JENLOUS WIPE Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. H. Marston, Barrett, N% arner, G. Delmore, E Harcourt; sirB. Herman Veziu, Mrs. VandenhulT, Lederer'. Seymour, &c. Mter Which, the Pantomime. LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; cr, Harlequin Fortunatus and the .'Slagic Purse and %fishing Cap. Commence at 7, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- 60e Lessee and 3.lamga', Mr. Iluckstone. TII IS EVENING, ARO TIC ATTACHMENT. Mr. Farren, Mr. Compt-Jn ; Miss ..kda Cavendish. T.) be followed by BitoTimit SAM : Messrs.Snowder, Sothern. Buckstone, Compton ; Mesdames Nelly Moore, &c. After Which, ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weathersby, 'Mesdames Itec!ey, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, W o ol ga . r Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, l'revot, &c. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM T HEATRE.- Under the eole Management of Mr. Fechter. Tills EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. U. Widdicomb. Atter which. THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Ftchter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, j. 11. Fitzpatric-, D. Evans ; inesdames Ternan, E!sworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leelereq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor end Manager, Mr. B. Webster. — THIS EVENING, at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETERAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole and P. Bedford. Atter which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 144th appearance), Mr..lefferson, supported by Messrs. Billing - top, r. Bedford, 11 Phillips, 1 elix 'toga's, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Riliinrytcr, tire. To conclude with TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. PhilliDe, Eburue, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. .t.earnan, &C. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole I..easee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TO () LATE TO MENI). Characterb by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, a Murray, S. Caihaem. F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, D. Mellon, C. Seyton, It. Cathcart; Mtai L. Moore and MISS Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. Swanborough. 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The names of many charitable titled ladies appear in the records. It was not till 1846 that these establishments were generally founded. In 1851, at a meeting of the Societe des Creches, at which M. Dupiu, the President of the National Assembly, presided, an English lady, Mrs. Holland, who was present, expressed her surprise that no such esta blishment existed in England, and said that on her return home she should direct public attention to the subject. The Journal des Debuts translates the following from a German paper :--" An address from a few members of the Equestrian Order of the Duchies was recently presented to M. Bismark. Twenty persons signed the address, at the head of whom is M. Scheel Plessen. They demand the union of the Duchies with the Prussian Monarchy, on the condition that the peculiar or private institutions of the country useful to the public should be preserved, and probably among them, as of first importance, the Equestrian Order, of which they form part. This document was inserted in the Moniteur Prus sien, because of the excellent sentiments it expresses. That journal, however, abstains from publishing the petition of the citizens and rural deputies of the ancient Diet of Schleswig, which demanded the convocation of the representatives of the Duchies." The Orleans Railway Company have just opened the section of the direct railway between Paris and Tours, which will prove of great utility, as formerly the communication was often interrupted by the inundations of the Loire. This section is 145 kilometres in length. Its point of departure is Bre tigny, between Paris and Orleans, at 30 kilometres distance from Paris. The section between Vendome and Tours, which will complete the entire line, will very soon be opened for traffic. If fashionable gossip can be relied on, the Duke d'Ossuna, a Spanish grandee of the first water, whose marriage has been talked of a dozen times, is now really about to be united. It is not, how ever, to the young English lady known at St. Petersburg as Lady Clementine, but to a princess, the Princess of Salm-Salm, who is 23. The duke is 25 years older. The duke takes the title of Spanish Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburg, although there is only a Spanish Legation at that Court. He is very rich, so much so indeed that he win not accept the salary of £4,000 a year allowed by Spain to the individual who fills the post he occupies. The duke leads a very luxurious and expensive life. The princess is of very aristocratic family, so that, in this respect, the alliance is suit able. Mr. Worms' System of Cure of the It'n- derpest. .... In order to discover the disease, the animal's mouth should be opened, and the breath smelt. If the breath be at all offensive, the medicine should be given without a moment's delay. It is also ad visable to examine the dung, which, when the ani mal is affected, becomes peculiarly offensive. After the medicine has been administered, the animal should be kept warm, and the stable or shed well ventilated and disinfected with chloride of lime. All infected animals should at once be separated from those in good health. Take a pound of small red pickling onions, and a pound of garlic, peel them, put them together into a mortar, and reduce them to a fine pulp ; to this pulp add a pound of ground ginger, and mix thoroughly. Take three-quarters of a pound of assafcetida, pour sufficient water over it to cover it, then allow it to boil till no sediment remains, carefully remov ing all hard portions. Your this decoction of assa fcetida, over the pulp of onions, garlic, and ginger, and stir the whole mass thoroughly. Add to this eight quarts of rice water, and allow it to cool. This is sufficient for fourteen full-grown animals. To a full-grown animal To a Heifer To a Calf I /7 In very bad eases half the abovo doses should bo re peated every 12 hours. Two or three hours after the dose has been ad ministered, give the animal (if full-grown) four to five pints of rice gruel, to a heifer or calf two to three pints ; add a little salt to make it palatable, and drench with it if the animal refuses to drink. The animal is to be fed, during two days, three times a day with thick rice gruel, and at each meal may have a handful of sweet hay. Should the animals be accustomed to roots, they may, on the third day, have a quarter of their allowance in two meals with out rice ; on the fourth day, half their portion, and so on. Should the animal's mouth be sore, wash it with a pulp made of the rind of Seville oranges boiled. Should the animal's bowels be confined after twelve hours, and the stomach swollen, administer to a full-grown animal, half a pound ; to a heifer or calf, a quarter of a pound, of fresh unsalted lard, made into boluses. Sufficient stress cannot be laid on the necessity of administering the medicine the moment the breath is tainted. 27, Park-crescent, London, Feb. 12, 1866. N.8.--The dose to a cow in calf should be the same r s a heifer. The assafcetida should be boiled in a covered saucepan over a slow fire. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Finding from the experience I have recently had respecting my treatment of the rinderpest in this country that, owing probably to the difference in breed, the greater richness of food, and the dis similarity of climate, the animal can bear a much stronger dose of my medicine here than in Ceylon, I beg to make the following alteration in the quan tities prescribed, and shall feel obliged by your giving publicity to it : Increase the quantity of onions and of garlic each from one pound, as previously stated, to two pounds; the ginger from one pound to one pound and a half ; and the assafcetida from three quarters of a pound to one pound and a quarter. Should the animal suffer from scouring, adminis ter the following mixture (for a full-grown animal) : —One dessert spoonful of laudanum, and one wine glassful of tincture of catechu in about a pint of thick rice gruel. Apologising for troubling you, I am, sir, your obedient servant, MAURICE WORMS. 27, Park-crescent, Feb. 19. ALEXANDRA THEATRE.—ST. MARTIN'S HALL.— Last night the members of the 2d Surrey Artillery Volunteer Brigade gave an amateur dramatic entertain ment here, in aid of the prize fund of the corps ; the pieces selected being a couple of farces—viz., "A Rough Diamond" and "Turn Him Out"—and the romantic drama "Ruy Bias." Of course, criticism on such an occasion is entirely out of place ; but a word of advice may perhaps lead the talented members of the corps on a future occasion to select pieces more suited to their abilities. The " Rough Diamond " was excellently well acted throughout, the leaders, of course, bearing off the highest honours. Miss Howard, as Margery, acted with such spirit and vivacity, that we fear the mimic conquest she made in the drama was not the only one she achieved amidst the gallant spirits of the 2d Surrey Artillery. Cousin Joe was excellently well represented by Sergeant Strong. He show e d a stage tac t se ld om witnessed at amateur performan ces, and by his humour he provoked universal laughte r; hi s com i c s i ng i ng o f the ditty "Cock Robin" contributing much to heighten the re sult. The other characters in the piece were all well sustained. Ruy Blas was nct such a great success ; it was too much for the amateurs. Their forte is entirely comedy, and on their next performance we would suggest the trial of such pieces as "The Rivals" or "School for Scandal,' as Mr. Hall would find himself more at home in such parts as Faulkland and Joseph Surface. The pieces were excel leLtly put on the stage, and the whole of the artistes were well up in their parts. The hall was well filled, and the audience was exceedingly liberal in their applauses. THE PIRATE SEMMES.--It is reported from Wash ington that there is a sudden hitch in the arrangements for the trial of Semmes, and a doubt is now expressed whether he will be summoned to appear before a court-martial. Judge Hughes, his leading counsel, has remonstrated against this mode of trial, knd, being a personal friend of the President, it is said his remonstrance has had effect. LA TEST INTEL LIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. PESTH, FEB. 20. The deputation of the Croatian Diet commissioned to present to the Emperor an address in reference to the union of Hungary and Croatia is expected here to-day. The deputation will be received by the Emperor the day after to-morrow in the Castle of Buda. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 20. The Minister of Agriculture has sent M. Delpech, professor of medicine; M. Raynal, veterinarian ; and M. Alfort, to Germany, to examine and report upon the trichinae disease prevalent in pork. ADDRESS OF THE CORPS LEGISLATIF. PARIS, Feb. 19. In to-day's sitting of the Corps Legislatif the following draft of the address, in reply to the speech from the throne, was read by the President Count Walewski " Sire,—The Corps Legislatif is happy to con firm with your Majesty the more general tendency to settle foreign difficulties in a peaceful way. Strengthened by your interviews with various sovereigns, and by the amicable meeting of the English and French fleets, this tendency is a fresh pledge of that peace whose preservation responds to the necessities of the people, grants the desire of France, and does honour to the wisdom of her Government. " We have always shared with the Emperor the firm hope of seeing a reconciliation effected between the Papacy and Italy, necessary to their interests, to 'the peace of Europe, and to the tranquillity of consciences. The convention of the 15th Sept , loyally carried out, will afford a new guarantee of the temporal sovereignty—(very good, very good.) —whose maintenance is indispensable to the inde pendent exercise of the spiritual power of the Holy Father. (Renewed approval.) " The country has received with satisfaction the assurance that our expedition to Mexico ap proaches its close. Led to Mexico by the imperious duty of protecting our fellow-subjects against hate ful violence, and of seeking the redress of injuries only too real, our soldiers and sailors have worthily fulfilled the task your Majesty entrusted to their devotion. This expedition has once more testified in these distant countries to the disinterestedness and powcr of France. (Very good, very good.) The people of the United States, so long acquainted with the loyalty of our policy, ought not to take umbrage at the presence of our troops upon Mexican soil. To desire to subordinate their recall to other convenience than ours would be to make an attack upon our rights and our honour. (Approbation.) These, Sire, are in your keeping, and the Corps Legislatif knows that you will watch over them with a solici tude worthy of Francq and of your own name. " Tranquillity at home has enabled you to visit Algeria—whose wants cannot be too maturely studied—and to give it a new proof of your sympa thies. Your absence afforded the Empress an op portunity of exercising those rare and noble quali ties that add to the brilliancy of the throne and to the security of the country. (Renewed approval.) " In the midst of this calm millions of electors proceeded with the fullest liberty to the renewal of the municipal councils. This vast movement of public opinion testified to the spirit of order reign ing among the population, and your Government has only had to make exceptional use of the neces sary and conservative right secured to it by the constitution. (Very good, very good !) " The law upon coalitions, the bill relating to co-operative societies, and the facilities announced to promote their development, open an experimental era worthy of our common solicitude. The assis tance of the Corps Legislatif will never be wanting, Sire, when you may have to reconcile measures suggested by the interest of the working classes with the necessities of public order. " The inquiry destined to confirm and throw light upon the wants and wishes of agriculture will be received in the rural districts as among ourselves, with a sentiment of the most lively gratitude. We are certain of responding to your Majesty's inten tions, by expressing the hope that this inquiry will be carried out in All the departments in a manner permitting the various interests to display themselves with the fullest liberty. The agricultural popula tion, so laborious, so unassuming, and so profoundly devoted to the Empire, will lay before you, Sire, with confidence, the sufferings they experience and the relief they hope. (Approval.) "We congratulate ourselves with your Majesty upon the improvement in our finances, and we shall examine the Bill relating to the Sinking Fund with the attention so important a subject com mands. " The savings effected in the public service re spond to a wish frequently expressed by the Corps Legislatif, but at the same time, as guardian of the interests of the army, the Emperor has been obliged to take them into consideration, in order not to weaken our military organisation, and to discharge the debt contracted by the country towards those by whom it has been valiantly served. " These savings have rightly left untouched the resources devoted to public works. Agriculture, commerce, and manufactures attach the greatest value to the extension and perfection of all the ways of communication. " Education also ought to preserve intact the credits devoted to it. Primary instruction has not ceased to make praiseworthy and constant pro gress, thanks to the active and simultaneous efforts of the state, the communes, and the families. By more and more supporting this triple alliance we shall succeed in realising the wish common to your Majesty and to the Corps Legislatif, and in daily reducing the already limited number of children deprived of the benefit of education. " Peace abroad, order and activity at home, attest at once the salutary initiative of your Go vernment, and the confidence of the country in the stability of our institutions, whose founda tions rest upon the free and solemn vote of the French people. This stability is by no means irrecoucileable with the wise pro gress of our liberties. You have already proved this, Sire ; and the past answers for the future. To develop institutions, to secure labour and credit, to strengthen public morality, to consolidate re ligious principles, without which the best laws remain inoperative—this is the fruitful work with which your Majesty associates the great powers of the State, and which draws closer and closer the ties uniting France to your person and your dynasty." (Loud applause.) 'BOURSE, Feb. 19, Two o'clock.—The Bourse is thinly attended to-day, and there is very little busi ness doing. Quotations, however, show little or no variation. Threes, for the Account, are unchanged at 69f. 15c. Italian Fives are quoted at 60f. 90c., or Tic. lower. Credit Mobiller Shares are if. 25c. lower—at 673 f. 75c. In the Railway Market Aus trian Shares lose sf.—to 401 f. 25c., and Lombards 3f. 75c.—to 397 f. 50c. Three o'clock.--The mar ket has closed on the following quotations : 41 per Cents 9B 95 Roman 69 Do. end month — Ottoman Fives 3B 75 3 per Cents. 69 10 Mexican Loan 47 Do. end month 69 1` . 41 Do. Bonds 3OO .... Credit Mobilier ... 672 5r.1 Russian Do. end month ... 671 25 Austrian Bank Shares 3690 Spanish Threes ... Credit Foncier 1327 50 Home Debt — Italian Loan 6O 80 Deferred Do. end month 6O 90 Orleans ~ Northern . Lyons and Mediterranean, Southern Western Eastern • Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman VAIN. Cash. Acut. ... ... 868 75 - - ... 1115 - - - ~. 882 50 - - ... 553 75 - - ... 570 - - - ... 542 50 - - ... 150 - - - ... 400 - - - ... 395 - - - ... 170 - - - ... 222 50 _ - ... 113 75 There are 910 steamboats on the ' Western rivers, valued at $24,566,600, with 292,114 tonnage. Composition of the House of Commons. The Spectator finds that the members of the pre sent House of Commons are sons, brothers, uncles, nephews, sons-in-law, or brothers-in-law of the presentheads of the 31 houses known in its columns as the great governing families of England, exclu sive of members standing in relation to the great Scotch and Irish families. At least another 30 might be added were the relationships extended to first and second cousins. The landed and county family interests are further represented by 170 near relatives of peers, 15 of them heirs apparent or pre sumptive, not included in the 31 families and 60 baronets. In short, but little under 300 out of the 656 members of the House of Commons are more or less closely identified with the great land-owning caste of the country, exclusive of the scores of many-acred squires, who appear with the plain " J.P., D.L.," in their respective county directories. There is no fear, during the present session at least, of cows being lost without compensation, or of Mr. Bright making a false quantity in the name of a hunt without castigation in the shape of ironical cheers. One hundred and four members have either served or are now serving in the army, and 150 are officers in tho militia, yeomanry, or volun teers, while nine only have held naval rank. Ninety five barristers, of whom about one-fifth are in ac tual practice, have seats. Ninety-three members were educated atCambridge, while 127 of his con stituents have the privilege of sitting under Mr. Gathorne Hardy. Slightly under 100 members appear ostensibly as merchants, manufacturers, bankers, brewers, or shipowners. The Spectator further gives a singular table showing the form and extent of business enterprise in the house. A hun dred and twenty members are more or less con cerned in the management of railways, while 115 are directors of insurance, banking, discount, and financial joint-stock companies, and 104 directors' of miscellaneous companies, including nearly all kinds and forms of joint-stock associations before the public. Fourteen legislators occupy their lei sure in attending to the affairs of hotels, from the Star and Garter downwards. One worthy baronet is concerned in the management of a fishery com pany, a coffee company, a brewery company, a fresh provision company, a library company, and a gun powder company. One or two gentlemen are direc tors of necropolis companies, but do not apparently relieve their gloomy duties by uniting with them directorships of more convivial associations. MARKETS.---This Day. HAY. Sarrrirrumn.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, Co Os to 16 les UJ ; and straw, ..ta IGs to .1:2 26 per load, A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s ; clover, £5 5s to £7 Os Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade heavy. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been very dull, the trade having deferred their operations until to-day, when about 12,000 packages China produce will be offered for competition. SUGAR.—There has been rather more animation, and superior qualities of West India have brought slightly en hanced prices. In the refined market there is not much animation, and quotations remain steady. COFFEE.—A very limited business has been done, but full rates are current for both Plantation and Native Ceylon. RlCE.—Only moderate dealings have been effected with out any material change as regards values. Ter ow.—There has been rather a better tone, and at one time a slight advance was exhibited, but sellers then came forward and a reaction was the result. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 47s 3d 47s 9d ; and March, 48s; April to June 48s, 50s, 50s 6d, last three months' delivery. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Tbis Day. The market opens rather steady. Sales will pro bably foot up 7,000 bales. THE TAX REFORM IN AMERICA. - The great feature in the Report of the Commis sioners to revise the revenue system of the United States is, that instead, as in European countries, a public debt, constantly increasing, being regarded as no evil, in America the principle which seems to be agreed upon is that the existence of a debt is an evil, and that the interests of the community require that it shall be reduced and paid off as soon as pos sible. If the whole amount of the United States debt can be got rid of in the course of twenty or thirty years, provided taxation is not too heavy, the Americans will relieve themselves of a grievous burden, and insure that that taxation shall decrease as they reach more nearly the final discharge of their obli gations. At the same time the Commis s i o ne rs be lieve that it is their duty to advise such reforms as will relieve the country from its heaviest loads, and they are of opinion that the object can, be reached by judicious discrimination in the objects of taxa tion, insuring a revenue equal to all necessity, and relieving many interests from impositions which are grievous, and which do not produce the returns which were expected. In 1865 the amount received from internal taxation was $211,129,529.17. In 1866, at the same rates, it is calculated that there will be received from $272,000,000 t 05300,000,000. By the changes recommended by the Commis sioners, they estimate that there will be received in 1866-7, for internal taxes, $237,000,000. From customs they estimate the receipts at $130,000,000, making a total of $367,000,000. The estimate of the Secretary of the Treasury is, that during the same time there will be needed for the expenses of the Government $284,317,181, leaving, if the amount received equals the Commissioners' esti mate, the large sum of $82,682,819, which might he applied at once to the reduction of the public debt. In round numbers, it may be said that the Commissioners recommend a reduction of the in ternal taxation about $40,000,000. TILE PRESIDENT. A recent issue of the Independence Belge contained the following tribute to Pre sident Johnson :—" How greatly, indeed, have the opi nions of our governmental spheres changed with regard to President Johnson. Estimates the most unfavourable have been altered to the most admirable anticipations. In deed he is a great s'atesman, whose wise and profound judgment in the management of affairs will leave its shin ing mark in the annals of the United States." Tables are now in course of preparation at the Treasury Department for transmission to Congress, to show that the average duties upon the various manufac tures of cotton imported into America during the years 1E63 and 1864 were 36 per cent. ; upon woollen, 38i per cent. ; upon silks, 37 per cent. ; on hemp and flax, 33i per cent. ; and upon iron and steel, 33i per cent. In 1865 the duties on cotton were raised to 40 per cent. ; woollen to 52 ; silk 60 ; hemp and flax, 38i : and on iron and steel to 41 per cent. In the la^t year the • Government received less custom than in any of the two previous years on account of the falling of in the importa tion of the articles enumerated, the revenues on the total of the imports having fallen off from 35 millions of dollars in 1864, to 27 millions in 1865. It is also discovered that the protection on these manufactures afforded by the pre sent rate of tariff is reduced quite as low by the charges of the effect of duties upon them at home as it was before the war. The libel suit of McCabe v. the proprietors of the New York Sunday Mercury, has been undergoing :a lengthy trial, and has come to a result thus stated :—The Court held that an editor or reporter is not legally liable to prove the absolute truth or accusation which may be embodied in a fair report of proceedings before a legal tri bunal, and that it is sufficient justification to show that the facts reported have transpired as narrated. If the de cision were otherwise, every conductor of a newspaper would be forced at the will or caprice of a litigant to become the plaintiff or defendent alluded to in any report which might appear in his journal, the accuracy of which might be questioned. The ruling thus decides that an editor is the mere publisher of actual occurrences, and can not possibly assume in law the position of a litigant in cases which he reports, and of the merits of which he must necessarily bo wholly ignorant. GRANT AND BUTLER.—It should not be supposed that because Generals Grant and Butler are given to sharp mention of each other through their public reports they entertain such bitterness of feeling that they cannot meet socially. Within the last few weeks they have met and chatted most amicably. New York was in a state of excitement lately over two vessels which sailed from that port, supposed to be Fenian privateers. One turned out to be a pilot boat and the other a merchant vessel. On Tuesday evening the annual sale of the pews In Henry Ward Beecher's Church, Brooklyn, was held. The highest premium given was $4,000 by IL B. Claaffin. The rent of the pews is $l2O. The income from the sales it is expected will exceed $30,000. '4*l 1- * j D!EN • tOrrt Y.l tniallgAr HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Monday. Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service at Whippingham Church yesterday morning, where the Rev. G. Prothero officiated. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, arrived at Spitheal in her Ma jesty's ship Racoon, from Gibraltar yesterday. The prince came shortly afterwards to Osborne, where his royal highness remains. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales went to the South Kensing ton Museum yesterday morning, and presided at a meeting of her Majesty's Commissioners for the French International exhibition of 1867. His royal highness went to the House of _Lords in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemours and the Princess Marguerite visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. THE COURT.—Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, is expected to leave Osborne House to-morrow (Wednesday) for Windsor Castle. At Windsor Castle the private suite of apartments have been prepared in readiness for the arrival of the Queen and royal family. Several members of the Court have already reached the palace. Ilis Excellency the Turkish Ambassador received yesterday by telegraph the melancholy news of the death of his mother, Madame Casandra Musurus. The deceased lady had reached the advanced age of 80 years. We regret to announce the death of the Dowager Countess of Cawdor, which took place on Friday morning, after a lingering illness, at her residence in Tyuley-street , Park-lane. DEATH OF THE EARL OF KINNOULL.—We have to announce the death of the Earl of Kinnoull, which occurred on Sunday morning at Torquay, where he had been residing for the last six months. He was born on the sth April, 1785, and was consequently in his 81st year. -His successor to the title, George Viscount Dupplin, horn 16th July, 1827 (now 11th earl), married in July, 184 8 , Lady 131anche Somerset, third daughter of Henry, eighth Duke of Beaufort, by whom he has a family of three sons and two daughters. HONOUR TO M. GER6ME !—The Academy of the lhaux Arts of France has elected M. G6rOme, the painter, to fill the chair left vacant by the death of 3 1 ' Heim ; there were six candidates and seven votings, 3131 ' Pils and Hesse at first pressing M. Gertime very closely, but at the concluding round of the ballot-box the last named artist obtained the required majority of seventeen against M. Hesse's fourteen votes ; so the painter of the Cresars and of many other popular pictures is now a raera" ber of the Institute. LORD HERBERT OF LEA'S STATUE.—Mr. Foley's model for the bronze statue of Lord Herbert of Lea, whichis to be placed in f ron t o f th e W ar - o ffi ce, P a ll- ma ll, ~, complete. It exhibits the deceased minister standing in his peer's robes, his head resting upon the palm of on e hand, which is sustained at the elbow by the other. NATIONAL CHORAL SOCIETY.—Madame FaxelA will make her first appearance in Exeter-hall since her re turn from America, to-morrow (Wednesday), at the per formance of Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" and Rossini's " Stabat Mater," by the National Choral Sociaty. 31i° , 6 Annie Cox, Miss Lucy F rau kl e i n, M r. L e i gh Wil son , and Mr. Weiss are also engaged. Conductor, Mr. G. W. COMPLETION OF THE NEW PALACE AT WEST' MINSTER.—Works have been begun for the casing wi th stone of that portion of the exterior of the Houses of Parliament which was left in brick in order that the struc ture might be continued on the north side of Palace Yard, opposite the entrance of Westminster Hall. A garden is t 0 occupy the site of the houses which formed the south side of Bridge-street, Westminster. AN ENGLISH LIBRARIAN FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—" We trust that Lord Houghton will persevere in opposing the appointment of any foreigner to the chief librarianship of the British Museum. But for the biblio graphical crudities of the framer of the rules for the pre servation of a printed catalogue of the printed books in the library of the British Museum, which accompanied the abortion, issued as its first volume in 18—, we should long ere this have been in possession of that great desideratum . A practical English bibliographer, with a proper subdivi sion of labour, would be able to produce the catalogues in less than two years. Let us hope that the good time is coming.— Weekly Paper. MR. MACLISE'S WATER-GLASS PICTURE, " Th e Death of Nelson," which decorates the Royal Gallery e t Westminster, maynow be seen as well as the arrangemen ts for lighting the chamber permit ; also, the " Interview be' tween Wellington and Blucher after Waterloo." Tickets, obtainable by application, on Saturday afternoons, at en . adjoining office, immediat e ly a d m it th e v i s it ors t o the Royal Gallery and other parts of the Parliament House. SCOTT'S KENILWORTH AND PALISSY THE POTTER are, it is understood, the subject chosen for cele bration by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ward this season o n the walls of the Academy. Mr. Ward will probably contra" bute a picture representing that scene in Scott's " worth," where Amy Robsart is interrogating Leicester about the jewels and orders of knighthood, which he, at her request, wore during the interview at Cumnor. M r4j. Ward being engaged meanwhile, we believe, on a pictur e representing the last great trial of P&issy the Potter, i. e " when he had broken the imperfect specimens of his ek -1 1 notwithstanding the objurgations of his wife, the Nc (u distress of his children, and the threatening importunities of his creditors. GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS AT PENTONVILL S PRlSON.—Yesterday, in accordance with instructio ns received from the Home Secretary, Sir Richard Marl e,tlie Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan P o li ce , g ave er- A , erg that 20 men and a sergeant s h ou ld b e p os t e d a t the 3 1 ° ue Prison, Pentonville, to aid in guarding the Fenian P r; :; soners who are confined there. The p o li ce were , posted there on Saturday, the duty commencing at 131- o'clock in the evening and terminating at six in the n1° 111 ,4 - ing. The duty is divided into tw o p or ti ons o f t w o 1 1 ° 11 '' each, two constables going on at a time. None but c° l3. ; stables of English birth are a ll owe d t o d o d uty t h ere , s trict orders having been gi ven th a t no I r i sh constables elt°ll.- be employed in this special duty. When the two 012- stables who have done their turn of duty are relieved th ey join their comrades, all of whom are provided with aceo9l - inside the prison. An Institution of Jul enile Street-erossil sweepers has been established under the auspices of L °r ,, Brougham. The rules which the boys are ex p e cted to cy . serve are as follow :-1. The boys to keep to their cross ings, except when employed in messages, &c. ; 2. No t t . v . beg,:but trust to the generous public t o p a y them for the' work; 3. To give an account of their earnings to the CO' mittee, who will decide what p or ti on i s to g o to pal t , expenses; 4. To attend the even i ng sc h oo l, an d pay for t b same as the committee may decide ; 5. To pay weekly i wards a fund to provide against sickness and old ag- c i There are now 18 boys in the company. The two lierra3 boys over the rest sweep in Hanover-square. The u nif° is a green blouse, but the present funds only allow 10 &ml 5. The police commissioners approve of the plan. Th e WHAT CAN BE DONE BY CO-OPERATIO- , • -- Joint-Stock Coal. Company (Limited) presents c ; excellent example of what can be accomplished by 0 operation. After declaring a dividend of 10 per cent. tsl the capital, an additional bonus of 4 per cent. of the t ° ich profits has been paid to the consuming shareholders, w.uaid is equal to a return of 2s 6d per ton upon the pri ce . F i in for their coal, thus giving to the shareholders c°'l3s,, reality at cost price. The true principles of this colar3oo thus exemplified, are hardly yet clearly understood by public.—Mining Journal, Feb. 17. A BALLOON TRAIN, to ply between the Place of la Concorde and the Champs de Mars, is spok e° , as one of the schemes to be tried during the grea t g3t'e ing in Paris next year. THE GUARDS SENT TO IRELAND The Ist b a nd talien of the Coldstream Guards are to procee d to Ir e -aild this day. MARIE ANTOINETTE.—At a late sale of Ott); graphs at Berlin a curious letter of Mario Antoinette Wats knocked down for the enormous sum of 7,365 f. It COn sis n ot of four pages, addressed to Count do la Ma rch, and even an extract from it is to be found in any published co lection. AMERICAN MINISTER TO GREECE. —The Pres s, dent has appointed Captain Nicholas Smith, of thisiCtu Minister Resident to Greece, to reside at A thens• is the first appointment of a Minister to that countryc_t GEN. GRANT,—The Washington cOrresponciteLis of the New Bedford Mercury thus describes Gen. Gr al id t :s he appears in the streets of the capital :-- 44 Gen. Gra iit r an , about town in a one-horse buggy just like any other oi I saw him in F street on Saturday. The top of iiis,b.„l - turned down, and he sat in the carriage alone Ls" -- . s ing a cigar, of course), with as little concern as if 3 ° 35 11 were never known. Ho is quite a horse-jockey, and doe s .t, a llow any team to pass him on the road — if he can belY:tt Think of Wellington or Napoleon, or our own Gel' h is e ven, appearing on the street iu a buggy an d driviog own horse ! And yet Gen. Grant has command d larger ' armies, fought more battles, won more victories, and ca turgid more cannon than either of them." m,„). c-1),