The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

....----, T IIE AT RE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Atan.agers, !doors. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Play of THE MERCHAN I' O ENICE. Mr. Phe l p s ; Messrs. Rayner, Barrett, G. B m el F - ore, E. Phelps, 2.l•lntyre ; Mrs. Hermann Vcain ; Miss it. _Leder eq, &c. PIPPIN A lter which, t h e Pantomime, LITTL E RINGPIPPIN; or, ri:trlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.---• Sole Lessee and Mansgar, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE: Mcssrs. 33Uckstone, Compton. Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Gor den, Braid, Clark. Weathershy, White, Coe, do. ; Mesdames ginc.‘Wdon, Hill, Wright, Coleman, Moore, Sze. Alter which (for the last week but one). ORPHEUS IN THE THAI MARKET. Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartle =an, Weathersby, Ste ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden. Moore, Lindley, Woolgar , Howard, Wright, Coleman, L o vell, Pre yet, &C. Commence at Seven, VOYAL LYCEUM TLIEATB.E.- %N , Under the sole Management of 3lr. Fechter. TVIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. Widdicomb. .After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr Feelter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, .1. H. Fitzpatricic, D. Evans ; Xiesdaraes Ternan, Elsworthy, Xavenn, and C. Leclercq. a ily from Eleve n till Five. B o x Office open d NEWTLIEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI, So le Propri e tor and Manager , Mr. B. Webster. Tlils EVEI4ING. at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S raj s rric itET HEAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole midi. Bedford. wh i c h, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 162 d Atter ne), Mr. Jefferson , supported by Bles srs . B illin g t o n 9 r .oedford, It Phillips, Felix Rogers, Ashley, Ebu , rne C. J apv earan J. Sth ; Mrs. Billingtcy, &c. To conclude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. rixt uips. Eburne. C. J. Smith ; Miss A. seaman, &c. oyAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. I--) v, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TriTS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After' which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss 1. 4 . Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TIIIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, a new and origi nal Comedy, THE FLY,AND THE WEB. Messrs. For telle aird Price ; Misies Swanborough and Raynham. After which the Grand Burlesque, IVANHOE. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton : Mesdames Swanborough, jlaynham, Simpson. Johnstone, and iiughes. To conclude wit Gh LENDIN A HD. Messrs. Belford Turner ; Misses Simpson and HuAgNhes. MOSES AND SON'S JD, LONDON HOUSES, x 54, 155, 156, 157, Minories; 83, 84, 85, 80, 87, 88, 89, Aldgate ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxtord—street ; 1,2, 3, Hart-street; 137, 138, Tottenham-court-road ; 288, Euston-road. Country Branch—Bradford, Yorkshire. MOSES AND SON JE• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON i ve particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are .such as must satisfy the 'most economical. This depart ment is in a nistinct pa.rt of the premises, which will be found a great convenience for ladies and children. T" " SANDRINGHAM " and " DANISH " WRAPPERS (in trod uced oy them) are the newest and moat fashionable styles of Overcoats for the season. READY-MADE CLOTHING for all classes and all ages. BESPOKE CLOTHING for all classes and all ages. UNIFORMS for the ARMY, NAVY, and VOLUNTEER SERVICE. fi ADIES' RIDING HABITS. LIVERIES. T HE celebrated " INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, from 30s. HOSIERY and DRAPERY for all classes and all ages. H ATS and CAPS for all classes and all ages. B OOTS and SHOES for all classes and all ages. OUTFITS for all classes, all ages, and all climates. MOSES AND SON'S 4• Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sUunet until Saturday evening at sunset, when business is re sumed until 11 o'clock. All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. Any article not apprJved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. ,ist of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, an a our ne w pamphlet, The rhiloeupuy ut ems, — gratis and post free. MOSES AND BON'S jj• LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories ; 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, Aldgate ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxiord-street ; 1. 2,3, Bart-street ; 137, 138, 1 ottenham-court-road ; 283, Euston-road. Country Branch—Bradford, Yorkshire. T" "SUN" NEWSPAPER. - G. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGNN t' to deliver the LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tills DAY.—Morning, 11h. 14m.—Afternoon, 11h. 50m To -31 onitow.-Merning, ~.h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 25m. " 4 PINIC "."‘ :‘l4 4 1 4 0 -. %NIL ' I 11 t at g ONV 1VV.34/0 LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1866. So far as we can judge from present appearances it does not seem that the bill which Mr. GLADSTONE last night introduced to the House of Commons is likely to meet with great favour. He is likely to encounter most serious opposition from his own side, and his most ardent well-wishers must feel naturally anxious as to the result of the measure. Notwithstanding the' right hon. gentleman's argu ments we cannot admit the necessity that he thinks exists for piecemeal legislation on this important question. In the first place, there is no need for so much delay taking place in the passing of the bill throu g h the house as he intimated there would be, and ag a i n it would not be inappropriate to prolong the sessio n , in order to settle definitively, for some years at least, a matter a which has so long been the theme of disput e and iseassion. It is a ques tionable advantag e to any Ministry to have such a constantly on th e subject tapis, and by the present arrangement of the Governzamt the community - wonder will f ee l more unsettled than ever, and what is coming next. It is to be regretted that the Go vernment should not have sho wn themselves more firm and decided, more capable of taking an , ext e nded an d more energetic in p ressing view of the question) forward their scheme to a favourable issue. There i s nothing to object to positively in the measure pro posed by Mr. GLADSTONE, but neither can we give him credit for much originality, nor for any merit that cannot be claimed by those who have gone be fore him on this beaten track. Indeed the more we have time and opportunity to consider the matter the more deeply we are impressed with the incon sistency, and insincerity of the course pursued by Earl RUSSELL and his clique in their strenuous op position to the Reform Bill introduced by the Go vernment of Lord DERBY. It must have been a triumph to the Opposition to have heard Mr. GLAD STONE propoßeto the house a lodger franchise, after all the sneers and sareasmathat were go liberally lavished The arrival of the Europa from Halifax and Boston gives us news from New York to the 27th ult. The war between the PRESIDENT and the Republicans continues undiminished, though the tide of public feeling is strongly in favour of Mr. JOHNSON'S policy. Deppatches from all parts of the country represent the people as generally en dorsing both the veto and the speech at the White House. The fact is that the Radicals have suc ceeded by their intemperance, their violence, and their manifest injustice, in disgusting moderate men of all parties, and in convincing those who are anxious for the return of internal tran quillity and the resuscitation of commercial enter prise, that so long as these extreme councils are suffered to prevail there is nothing but anarchy and confusion to be looked for. The PRE SIDENT, who is no incompetent observer, has no doubt perceived that the feeling of the people was growing strongly in favour of a more equitable and constitutional system, and having determined to make an open resistance to the progress of STEVENS and his party, he is prepared to abido by the issue. It is reported that he intends to issue a Proclama tion, declaring that peace has been firmly esta blished in the South, and that the States will be left to govern themselves under the constitution without military interference. This, of course, excepts the action of the Freedmen's Bureau, which i 5 to remain in force for one year after the issue of t he Proclamation. If this report proves true, the PRESIDENT will certainly give clear evi dence of his determination to disregard the Radical movements, since, as we have recently iseen, one theof perpetuation of the Freedmen's Bureau their cherished purposes. There is still a rumour of coming changes in the Cabinet, though the greater part of Mr. JOHNSON'S colleagues suggest his reconstruction policy. Massachusetts, as might be supposed, is virtuously indignant at the attack made upon its illustrious representative by the PRESIDZNT, and resolutious have b een introduced host r on thqfposal when it emanatafrom Mr. D ISRAELI. I Et is;Sowever, onTy . tn. act of justice on the part of Ministers to agree to this and one that redounds to 'their credit. Mr. BRIGHT, we presume, will be clown upon them for daring to thwart his views by urtnctioning his horror—the " fancy franchise." It to be regretted that the educational franchise of Mr. CLAY should have been totally ignored in this measure, but perhaps it is idle to expect that a Liberal Government could venture to give such dire affence to some of its impracticable, but yet very influential, supporters. As for the £l4 qualification for counties, the Reform Bill of the Conservative Government went further, so that it cannot be called a very startling change that is proposed. Like his predecessors, Mr. GLADSTONE desires to deprive dockyard labourers of their vote, which will be an advantage in every respect. The Chancellor of the Exchequer drew the atten tion of the Opposition to the fact that the metropo litan boroughs, which contained the fewest working men in proportion, had been most noticeable in opposing the return of Conservatives. Perhaps the right hon. gentleman thought thus to disarm criti cism and propitiate his opponents, but he did not appear to find many pleasant prophecies for the edification of his own followers, to judge from the tone of the members on the Liberal side. In fact, the tone of the debate seemed to indicate that, if the Government bill proves a failure, its most dangerous enemies will bo found in the right hand of the Speaker. For many reasons it will be matter of regret if this new scheme of 'Re form be consigned to the limbo of forgetfulness, and share the fate of its numerous predecessors, as it will look as if the question was not treated with sufficient respect by Parliament ; but we should have more confidence in its success if we thought the Government themselves were more hopeful, and especially if the Liberal ranks were not divided against themselves, and did not abound with those who preferred that their party should suffer defeat rather than that pet prejudices should meet with disregard. Mr. BAINES was not pleased with the bill generally, and highly disapproved of the Government fall ing short of his scheme of a six-pound rental. He also considered that there was great miscalcula tion in the bill, and that the calculation of the Go vernment as to the number of the working classes who would have a vote in the event of the bill pass ing was at least one hundred thousand too high. This was so very necessary a censure that it is no wonder the hon. member was met by cries of " Oh, oh 1" Mr. HORSMAN'S elaborate speech doubtless did great damage to the Government, and although he is not one who desires Reform there was much truth in some of his arguments. The best part of his speech was that in which he denounced the course pursued by Mr. BRIGHT in his agitation on this question. The hon. member for Birming ham has rendered himself so obnoxious to the true interests of the nation, in his vehement effort to set class against class, that it is well his mischievous tendencies should be exposed in an influential quar ter. Mr.• HORSMAN declared that Mr. BRIGHT did not address himself to the question of Reform in the spirit which animated other members of the House, but he began with finding fault with the English Constitution itself, which is true enough. ", If," as Mr. HORSMAN says, " he who professes to be a Reformer be a passionate admirer of Republi can institutions, if he openly owns that our English institutions are faulty in those respects in which they differ from Republican institutions ; if he publicly deprecates and decries not the defects of;our English form of Government, but the Govern ment itself, then I say that such a persnn cannot sympathise with our views, cannot honestly co operate with our objects. He approaches the dis cussion of such a question as this, not in the spirit of Reform, but of Revolution, and he is not the friend but the enemy of the institutions which he sets himself to alter." This is a very correct view of the matter, and one special objection which may be raised against the incomplete measure of Reform now submitted to the house is that it leaves the field clear for the complaints of malcontents and the diatribes of agitators for some time to come. Who can tell whether the Government of next year, whichever side it belongs to, may be able to bring in another instalment of Reform? Many circum stances may prevent it, and we are losing a period of comparative calm in taking up the time it would take to effect a lasting and salutary change in the representative system of the country. We must protest against the haste with which Mr. GLAD STONE seeks to force his Bill through the House of Commons. It can answer no purpose but to irritate members and render them suspicious ; and it is quite absurd to shirk the dis cussion of a theme so momentous. There seems likely to be little excitement about this Bill. It is a very tame one, after all the fuss that has been made about the veteran Reformer at the head of the Ministry ; and it appears probable that it will encounter neither strenuous opposition nor meet with zealous support. It may pass the house quietly, and it may, on the other hand, be put off to a more convenient season, for it does not aim at settling the question, so that it will lose the support of those who seek to attain that desirable end. THE SUN, 140.ND1)1V, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1806. in the Massa. chusetts Legislature, denouncing Mr. JOHNSON'S remarks concerning Mr. SUMNER as in sulting to the State.. Meanwhile the Radicals in Congress are endear 'ouring to rally from the shock which they have ree eived, and a Mr. DEAMAN has introduced a new "bill to amend and continue the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. Mr. M'CLURG has offered a resolution instructing the Reconstruction Commit tee to inquire whether the Southern States are still in contumacy, and, if so, to consider the propriety of levying contributions on the disloyal inhabitants to defray the extraordinary expenses of the Go. vernment. From what we hear of the condition of the Southern people they have scarcely sufficient to obtain the bare necessaries of life, much less are they in possession of superfluous funds " to defray extraordinary expenses of the Government." The admission of the Southern representatives still remains a disputed point, though before long com mon sense and constitutionalism will probably carry the day. The Fenians are, as usual, active in mischief, and, according to report, are planning an active demon stration against Canada. It is difficult to tell what amount of importance should be attached to their projects, but it is not too much to expect that the American Government should actively discourage such unwarrantable schemes. The differences between Captain COLES and the Admiralty have now reached the Upper House, and Lord DUNSANY last evening took an opportunity of bringing the case under the notice of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The noble lord, in asking whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to adopt the cupola or turret principle and to refuse the assistance of the inventor, remarked that it was the general impression that Capt. COLES had been treated harshly. The Duke of SOMERSET, though of course disclaiming any such harshness, and declaring that he himself was inclined to favour the principle, did not certainly succeed in re moving the impression that the official cold shoulder had been turned to the inventor. It was very hard upon him, said the noble duke, to be told that he was adverse to the principle and dis couraged Captain COLES, when he went out of his way to bring the principle forward for experiment, and afterwards complimented Captain COLES upon his invention. He was not able to tell us, how ever, that Captain COLES had ever been allowed to build a ship entirely after his own design, though we learn as one of the meritorious efforts of the Admiralty that they appointed a committee of naval officers to consider a design sent in by Captain COLES for the construction of a turret ship, in 1864, to compete with the Pallas, and that they reported against it. This is, in fact, a con firmation of the general impression that Captain COLES has never had a fair and independent trial; and when the Duke of SOMERSET declared that the gallant captain is neither an engi neer nor a shipbuilder, we cannot help remember ing that he has not had much opportunity of show ing his powers in either capacity ! The " power ful ship" which the Admiralty are now building, independently of Captain COLES, will be no illustration of the inventor's principle. Why not give Captain COLES leave to build a turret ship on his own design, at Mr. LAIRD'S, or some other private yard, when the public will have an oppor tunity of comparing the two vessels, and judging for themselves of their respective merits? CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Moniteur of to-day does not say a word about the Conference. Its official part merely announces the reception of the Prince Royal of Denmark yesterday by the Emperor at the Tuileries. The Prince, it is said, will leave in a few days for Greece. The Paris papers of course devote attention to the discussion in the Chamber on the subject of the Corn Laws, the result of which I mentioned in my letter yesterday. The fact of an amendment in favour of reviving a duty on corn being only sup ported by 35 members proves that in France as wall as in England, both the Government and the people consider this long-vexed question as com pletely settled. The speech of M. Thiers is con sidered a failure, even by his most ardent admirers. He impeached the accuracy of the statistics, but the Government abides by them. Perhaps some of your readers may not have heard of Theresa. In Paris she is the " observed of all observers," and all that relates to her public career is as familiar as " household words." In short, she is the Diva of a café concert, the El Dorado, and is as great—perhaps greater—in the estimation of some as the leading singer at the opera. The Em peror has not disdained to go and hear her. Not at the café, but at a soiree given by General Fleury. His Majesty was evidently pleased, like other people, and behaved very graciously towards the lady. Popularity has its troubles, and within a few days a pleasant joke has been in circulation at her expense. The origiaal author of this mauvaise plaisanterie was the editor of a Marseilles paper, who circulated a report that Theresa was about to be married to M. Boniface, the editor of the Constitutionnel. A religious paper, the Union, adopted the report, but gave a sly hit at the Constitutionnel. The latter paper, in reprisal, said the report of the intended marriage was cor rect, and that the editor of a paper was to be the happy man, but he was the editor of the Union. The Union retorted in a pleasant vein, treating the report as derogatory to Theresa, who would not tolerate the idea of marline with a journalist, but who must at least have some one who could indulge her with carriages and diamonds. The long-talked of work of M. VietOr Hugo, Les Travailleurs de la Ilbr, has appeared to-day, but I have not had time to go through it. The dedication is very characteristic. M. Hugo says : " I dedicate this book to the rock of hospitality and liberty, to that corner 'of the old Norman land, where live the noble little people of the sea— the island of Guernsey —severe and mild—my pre sent asylum and my probable tomb." A German paper, the Moniteur Wartembergois, repudiates the idea that the Prussian journals are correct in supposing that in a conflict between Austria and Prussia the secondary States of Ger many would be neutral. i 4 The secondary States are not so devoid of valour as is supposed at Berlin. Austria is always on the side of right, and has right in her favour. It is not a question of the claim of the Prince d'Augustenbourg. It is a question of great principles and not of persons. If, therefore, any Power ought to give way it is Prussia, and some one must recede, if there be not a determina tion for a rupture; and, according to our opinion, Prussia ought to value concessions." The Conference upon the Treaty of Paris has lost no time. Tho meeting of the representatives of the parties to it was only to have taken place at the end of this month, but the preliminary assem blage was held on Saturday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the presidency of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. I am informed, however, that it was only of a formal character, for the verification of powers and other routine matters. Prusat seems to stand aloof from it, for one of the Paris papers says that she could not take any interest in it, being only represented by a Charge d'Affaires, and not by a Minister or special Ambassador. M. Beranger (de la Drome) Honorary President of the Court of Cassation, and Member of the Institute, has just died at Paris after a short illness. The steeplechases at Vincennes commenced yes terday, under favourable auspices, the weather fine, and the attendance numerous. The prize of St. Mande (3,000 f.), for horses of four years and up wards, bred in France, and won by Vaucresson, Milton second, and Roberts third. Eight horses ran. The Prix des Harvas (5,000 f.) was won by Perle Fine, Ossian second. There was a race for another Prix des Harvas (3,000 f.). It was won by L'Homme Entre Deux Ages by a length ; Lune de Aral second ; Fol-Espoir third. to-day states that of the 87 Journal d rs e D who hoebstaiptspolted the amendment in In tn duty, 15 of them an nounced a o f that, a return after t o th t e he exP.. eo nations on the part of the Government, they were desirous to recall their signatures. Thus the supporters of the corn law in the Chamber amount to 22. News have been received by the Government of the arrival of Baron Seillard, who was sent with despatches to the Emperor M ax i m ili an. Th e B aron reached Vera Cruz on Febr uary 13 ; but the Em peror being absent, there was not time to send home the answer to the important communication so anxiously expected. PALACE-YARD —. yesterday. PALACE-YARD Outside the House of Commons yesterday, hour approached for says the Ti mes, as th e the meeting of mem b ers , a considerable num ber of people h a d assembled, and dsonae littleexcitement prevailed ; but, if th e public inte rest taken in the question of Reform might be esti mated by the crowd collected on the occasi on —if crowd it could be called —and by the tempe r it dis played, it would be small indeed. There was an utter absence of anything like enthusiasm, and the prevailing feeling appeared to be simply one of curio sity to see the house assemble. Of all the more noted members as they passed in Mr. Gladstone alone elicited a cheer. The appearance of Lord Russell as he entered Westminster-hall excited much interest, and a num ber of people followed him. The Premier walked from his official residence in Downing -street and was not generally recognised until just as he was entering the Hall. Among the strangers who passed in was Archdeacon Manning—[our contemporary means by this, ex-Archdeacon Manning, now the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster] — whose appearance caused some curiosity. There seemed to be much more excitement among the members themselves than among the crowd outside. As early as half-past 3, some of them began to arrive, and from a quarte r bef or e 4 until half-past 4 they were kept pouring in. Mr. Lowe, Mr. Roe buck, and Mr. Henley were among the earlier arrivals. Mr. Disraeli came in a close carriage, and was recognised by only a few of the peop l e outside. Many of the p eers w ent straight to the Lo w er House—the D u k e o f Argyll, the Mar quis of Salisbury, Lord Ly v eden, Lord Llanover, and Lord Stanley of Alderley being among the number. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone, arrived in an open carriage. Much curiosity was evinced by some, to see Mr. Bright, but they were disappointed—owing probably to his having gone down earlier than usual, for he was in his place among the first. By half-past 4 nearly the whole House had assembled, and after that there were few arrivals. Still the people lingered in New Palace yard, and lined the way on either side from the entrance to Westminster-hall to the side door lead ing to the House. During the greater part of the day scores of persons with orders of admission to the Strangers' Gallery waited patiently in one of the corridors until 4 o'clock, when as many of them were admitted as the gallery would hold, and in the order in which they had arrived, but at 7 o'clock, after Mr. Gladstone had been speaking about two hours, at least as many more were still waiting a chance of admission. SUBURBAN LITERATURE.—Last week there ap peared an addition to our weekly literature, the suburban village of Hornsey having put forth a periodical which is to remedy all local abuses and supply all local wants. The name chosen is the Ilornsey Hornet, and the profits are to Igo devoted to the relief of the village newsman, named wio lot Ida eight while working as a CODlpObitOr. LA TEST lUTET,TJGENcE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, 12th MARCH (Evening.) In reply to Senor Perez Molina, the Ministry stated to-day in the Congress that the state of siege would be raised this week. CROATIA. AGRAM, MAncll 13. The Croatian Diet will adjourn on the 17th inst. until the Ist of May. The 12 members elected to represent the Croatian Diet at Pesth will arrive there shortly after Easter. TRH WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAILS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] LIVERPOOL, MARCH 13. The Royal Mail steamship Macgregor Laird, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. Her dates are—Benin, January 24th ; Fernando Po, February 2d; Cameroons, January 30th; Old Cala bar, February Ist ; Brass River, New Calabar, and Bonny, 4th ; Lagos, 7th ; Accra, 9tn ; Cape Coast Castle, 11th ; Cape Palma, 13th ; Sierra Leone, 19th ; Bathurst, 23d ; Teneriffe, March Ist ; and Madeira, 4th. From Lagos it is announced ihat some of the natives were still at war, and had closed the roads. Peace had been concluded with the Ashantees. Five hundred officers and men of the 3d West Indian Regiment had left Sierra Leone for the West Indies. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 12, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations : 4i- per Cents 97 30 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 72i Do. end month 69 77* Credit llobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3630 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan 62 15 Do. end month 62 25 RAIL" Orleans Northern Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 4B Do. Bonds 307 50 Russian — _ Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred VATS. Cash. Acct. ... 882 50 1131 25 910 - - ... 557 50 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - ... 547 50 - - ... 137 50 - - ... 408 75 - - ... 418 75 - - ... 173 75 - - ... 233 75 98 75 - .„ 110 25 '''''''' -." ••• AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. (Via Roches Point.) NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (Evening). Despatches from all parts of the country repre sent the people as generally endorsing the Presi dent's veto and speech. On the other hand re solutions have been introduced in the Alassachussetts Legislature denouncing Mr. Johnson's remarks concerning Mr. Sumner as an insult to Massachus setts. It is reported that the President will shortly issue a proclamation declaring that peace has been firmly established in the South, and that the States will be left to govern themselves under the Consti tution without military interference except on the part of the Freedmen's Bureau, which will con tinue in force one year after the issue of the pro clamation. Rumours of Cabinet changes are still current. The Governor of Ohio has published a report of an interview he has had with President Johnson. On that occasion the President stated that he con sidered he was carrying out the work commenced by the late President Lincoln, and that Congress had no right to complain of his action. Since they had not adopted any general plan of reconstruction, he was obliged to devise one for himself. The Senate continues to discuss the resolution against the admission of Southern representatives until Congress shall have declared the rebellious States entitled to representation. Mr. Sherman (Republican) spoke against the re solution, deprecated all divisions in the Union party, and denied the existence of any sufficient cause for withdrawing their confidence from the President. In the House of Representatives Mr. Deaman introduced a new bill to amend and continue in force the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. Mr. MacClurg offered a resolution instructing the Reconstruction Committee to inquire whether the Southern States are still in contumacy, and, if so, to consider the expediency of levying contribu tions on the disloyal inhabitants in order to de fray the extraordinary expenses of the Government. This resolution was referred without instructions to the Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Bentham reported from the Reconstruction Committee a constitutional amendment giving Con gress power to legislate to procure for the citizens of each State all the privileges and immunities of citi zens of the several States. General Grant has returned to Washington, after receiving great popular attention here, and being presented with a hundred thousand dollars by the leading citizens. The New York Herald advocates General Grant as the next President. The journal La Cronica announces that the Spanish war vessels now in New York will be per mitted to refit in the Brooklyn Navy Yard free of expense. The Fenian Congress at Pittsburg has adjourned after disclaiming all connexion with American party politics, and adopting an address urging immediate preparations for war. Reports telegraphed to Canada by English detec tives at Pittsburg state that General Sweeney's plan is to make a demonstration against Canada next month with a small force, and strike New Bruns wick by way of the Maine frontier with his main columns. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (Evening.) Money tight. Gold, 137. Exchange on Lon don, 1481 ; on Paris, 3771. Stocks firm and ad vancing. New York Centrals, 92i- ; Illinois, 1141; Erie, 84k ; 5-20 Bonds, 103. Cotton dull ; Middling Upland, 44c. MARKETS,--This Day. What the Reform Bill Ought to Be. It ought to be comprehensive. It ought to be complete, not partial. It ought to deal with all the evils complained of. It ought to enfranchise Intelligence no less than Probity and Industry. It ought to equalize the numerical proportion among the constituencies. It ought to try at least to secure iniependence of voting. It ought, like the Bill of 1832, to close for a long interval further discussions about Parliamentary Reform. Instead of all which—lt gives the signal for inde finite agitation. Reasons Against this Reform Bill. It is merely a Bit of Reform. It is unasked for by the country. It is regarded with apathy out of doors. It is dictated by Mr. Bright. It is unsettling instead of settling things. It is a single-barrelled measure— It is one of—a Small Bore 1 It is but another "dodge"—(teste Sir H. Cairns.) It is simply a lowering of the franchise. It is swamping the counties with the boroughs. It is a boon alone to small shopkeepers and artisans. It is a shock to the balance of the Constitution. It is a stitch out of time necessitating more than nine others. It is an evasion of all sorts of difficulties that loudly require settlement. It is a disregard of the urgent need there is for a redistribution of the electoral districts. It is at once too much and too little—too much to one class—too • little, or rather none at all, to other classes. It is going down hill too fast, without skidding the wheel beforehand. It is one of Lord Russell's crotchets only half heartedly advocated by Mr. Gladstone. It is a frank summons to the landed proprietors— " Dilly, dilly, come and be killed !" It is a turn in the right direction—over the left ! It is, rate, one good turn that d eserves atany an other—meaning a turn out. It is like the mirror in the hand of the last of the spectre-kings in the vision of Macbeth. Only—in the mirror thus presented to our view by this last of the long series of Spectral -Reform Bills—while we perceive therein dimly fore shadowed a long perspective of other.Reform-Bills in-embryo stretching out to the crack of doom, we can hardly say of these, any more than we could of their predecessors, " another and another still succeeds !" Drury-lane Theatre. Last night Shakspere's tragedy of " King Lear " was performed with great success in the presence of a very crowded audience. In the character of Lear Mr. Phelps gives the most pathetic expression to the sorrows of the forsaken king, and so well acquainted with the performance is the play-going public in general that we need only say that last evening his acting was marked with all that sound judgment and well-sustained vigour for which it is remark able. Mr. Marston as Edgar, Mr. E. Phelps as Edmund, and Mr. Barrett as Gloucester, contri buted greatly to the excellence of the performance. Mrs. Hermann Vezin infused a sweetly affectionate vitality into the part of Cordelia, and Miss Atkinson, as Goneril, very vividlypourtrayed her scheming and relentless sister. Miss Poole, as the Fool, gave a truly Shaksperian rendering of the character. It was marked by the most fantastic humour, and in addition to the rhymes of which the part is made up she introduced various snatches of wild melody that called to mind very many pleasant recollec tions. The tragedy is to be repeated during the week. On Friday evening the great Little Percy Resell appears, in addition to his part of King Pippin in the pantomime, as Little Pickle in the " Spoiled Child," it being the last juvenile night, and also the benefit of the little man. A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE SEINE.--A new bridge over the Seine, to be called the Pont de Montezuma, will, it is said, be shortly commenced, to connect the Boulevard , St. Germain with the Place de la Bastille, by crossing tip, two arms of the river aeroPs the eastern end of the Ile St. Louis. HAY. SaarrupTELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs; clover, £5 5s to £6 12 s 6d ; an d straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trado heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s Od; clover. £5 8s to .0 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load, Demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s 6d; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trade slow. TEA.—Business remains very quiet, and there is no change to report in values. SUGAR. The dealings have been limited, and only superior qualities of West India maintain previous rates. Refined parcels generally suppott former quotations. COFFEE.—OnIy a limited quantity is announced for public sale during the week, and full sates are readily obtained for superior descriptions of plantation Ceylon. Native Ceylon generally maintains previous quotations. • RICE.— There has been a good demandiand holders con tinue to exact fully previous prices. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. The Market opens with a good demand, particu larly for American and Egyptian. Sales probably 10,000 bales. The anniversary festival of the Metropolitan Free Hospital, we beg to remind our readers, takes place to morrow evening at the London Tavern. It is a noble charity, and deserves the greatest support from those who do more than feel for the suffering of others. The Lord Mayor presides OA the occasion. LIXERATUIIE. The Edinburgh No. 251. The first article in the Edinburgh discusses the difficult question of Modern Fresco Painting, and inquires into the various suggestions made to ac count for its rapid decay. It is remarked that modern times have exactly reversed the sentence of the olden days, for while the most successful of English painters have found their experiments in fresco received with polite indifference, many of the early Italian painters owed their fame exclusively to this branch of their art. " Michael Angelo con sidered such arts unworthy of the efforts of a man. The painters who preceded him seem to have toyed with the easier vehicle, and put forth their real strength on the wall. And even such men as Cor regio and Parmigiano, whom we generally associate with a softer and less masculine school of painting, cast off these especial attributes when they decorated the churches of Parma. The result is that we scarcely ever find a fresco by an early painter below the level of his easel pictures, while we find many easel pictures of the early painters below the level of their frescoes." The writer goes on to give an interesting account of the various styles of fresco painting, and the different experiments made in modern times to attain the colours and composition best calculated to produce effect and preserve their qualities oil the wall. A criticism on M. Cousin's recent work on " The Youth of Cardinal Mazarin" follows, which gives a vivid summary of the prelate statesman's brilliant career, and renders due honour to the ability of his biographer. Another historical essay deals with a character of less celebrity. Nicholas Oresme, also an ecclesias tical dignitary, lived a good many years before.the famous diplomatist. He lived in the reign of Charles le Sage of France, and was ode of his wisest counsellors. The production vi hi& brings him under notice in the current number of the Edin ' burgh is not a little singular in its character. It is a treatise " written in France about the year 1373, at one of the darkest and most turbulent periods of the history of that kingdom, a few years after the battle of Poictiers, an exposition of the theory of money, so clear that it might have proceeded from the pen of ADAM SMITH, and so correct that,it would not be disowned by any member of the Political Economy Club." An interesting essay on " Re cent Changes in the Art of War" traces:the gradual alteration in the tactics of great campaigns till they rose to that highly developed system of strategy which modern generals must master if they would acquire lasting reputation. Speaking of the natural genius, which alone gives pre-eminence, the writer observes, " So great are the impediments to the full execution of any plan on a grand scale, that no thought or care can supply the plaCe of that gift in which lies the sublimer part of the science of war. Over-con fidence in his own powers hurries a second-rategene ral to ruin—witness the fatal advance of Hood into Tennessee ; the self-doubt, more common to such commanders, brings hesitation, leading no less to disaster—witness the vacillation of Giulay at the opening of 'the war in 1859. Nay, he who is suc cessful to the full on a moderate terrain, as Grant at Vicksburg, may be unequal to a combined opera tion on a larger, as was the same general in Vir ginia last year. Supreme genius itself may fail to solve every problem, as Napoleon's unsuccessful strategy in 1812 and 1813 plainly shows to the un prejudiced observer." The writer separates a genius for strategical combination from the mere ability of a skilful tactician. Of the former gift he accepts Napoleon as the highest example, and as supporting his view of the superiority of innate genius over any advantages conferred by experience or study, he remarks that practice on the grandest scale never enabled the greatest of modern conquerors to improve on the prodigies of his youth. " Had he died when the treaty at Campo Formio closed his first campaign, he would yet have left behind him an unsurpassed reputation as strategist ; for with an army notorious for its unfurnished com missariat and irregular discipline, he overthrew by pure generalship a succession of hosts equal or superior to his own in all material respects—the one secret of his success (as it has been happily summarised) to turn every position and beat the enemy in detail before they were able to unite their forces." L - The all-engrossing topic of the cattle plague comes next under consideration in an article headed " Corn and - Cattle," which commences by enlarging upon the remarkable progress of our agriculture within the last generation, and ends by drawing a vivid picture of the possible evils resulting from the cattle plague. " The Erckmann-Chatrian Novels " is the title of an interesting criticism on the productions of two of the most successful and talented writers of modern French fiction. The wonderful ability and life-like vigour shown in the portrayal of the thoughts, words, and feelings of the lower ranks of French life, are scarcely more remarkable than the ingenuity with which the two authors have blended their styles, and then produced their combined narratives. The romantic story of " Mary Tudor and Brandon, Duke of Suffolk," stripped however of a little of its romance, reappears in a brief essay founded on Mr. Brewer's Calendar of State Papers. The political article of the month is on the " Exten sion of the Franchise," beginning naturally enough with a tribute to the memory of Lord Palmerston. It is remarked, in taking a brief retrospect of that eventful career, that the first thought which strikes the observer is how singularly fortunate was the lot of the late statesman. Surely, exclaims the writer, it was all that a student's day-dreams could picture even to its close. "He did not die like Chatham, with the clouds which were to dismember the empire hovering over him. He did not die like the younger Pitt, all but despairing of his country. He did not die like Fox, called too late to rule. He did not outlive his fame, his popularity, his faculties, or his enjoyment of life. He went down in his full brightness of glory, without a stain on his escutcheon, and with scarcely a defeat to chronicle. There may have been greater, there never was a more successful or fortunate Minister—fortunate in his life—happy even in the circumstances of his death." It was a, strange thought, he observes a little further on, which would come over the spectator who watched the veteran statesman ex changing hard knocks in the Parliamentary arena, " that man was a Minister when Napoleon the Great was Emperor ! Sixty years ! They had seen Napoleon culminate and set —they had seen the Bourbons restored and ejected—they had seen a new French Monarchy—a new French Republic —a new French Empire. They had seen Castle reagh and the Holy Alliance—Canning and the dawn of European liberation—Grey and Russell and the Reform Bill—Cobden and Bright and and the abolition of the Corn Laws ; yet there he was. He had his part in all—had belonged to Perceval, and Liverpool, and Canning —to Grey, and Melbourne, and Russell, as his chiefs; yet there he was fresh and buoyant, pugnacious and defiant, as if Time could not touch him, as lively and not more assuming than the youngest and newest hope of the House. These reverenced his ability, bowed to his experience, but never had any temptation to treat him with the tolerance duo to old age. To the last he fought as a con temporary, claiming no favour and requiring none. Yet that man had been in office in the days of their grandfathers, and almost ever since I" The political part of the article—to which we shall refer at another opportunity—deals with the great ques tion of the coming Reform. AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.—A Highland laird Was addicted to card-playing and had been engaged in it till a late hour on Saturday evening. Next morning in church he accidentally pulled out of his pocket with his handkerchief a pack of cards, which flew about in every direction. The attention of the minister was called to this untoward circumstance, and looking straight at the offender he exclaimed, " Hoot, mon, but your psawlm book is unco A CONVICT REVOLT.—An attempt to incite a revolt among the convicts in the Penitentiary of Rom has cost the lives of two of the keepers. A shoemaker, who had been more than once convicted, armed himself with a knife and excited the other prisoners in his ward to attempt their escape. The ringleader stabbed two of the turnkeys to the heart, and it required a strong force of the gendarmerie to disarm him. He was committed to the city prison on a charge Of murder. ~~ Cr; ;:. HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 12. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked in the grounds this morn ing. Her Majesty held a council to-day at 1 o'clock. Present—Earl Granville, the Marquis of Harting ton, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. Viscount Torrington and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West were the Lord and Groom in Wait ing. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Roxburghe left the Castle this morning• The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yes terday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. F. Stonor. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the St. James's Theatre in the evening. The Remains of President Linco'n. The vault constructed at Oak Bridge cemetery, near Springfield, Illinois, under the direction of the National Monument Association, and to which the 4 mortal remains of the late President were removed a short time since; was recently visited by a com mittee of the association, consisting of Governor Oglesby, Hon. Newton Bateman, LL.D., and ex- Secretary of State Hatch, when the casket contain ing the sacred ashes was opened, and for the last time, till " the great trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible," were the fea tures of the lamented Lincoln viewed by mortal eyes. The visit of the committee was an official one, and made in pursuance of a resolution of the board of directors of the association, the object being to • enable them to certify to the actual presence of the body in the casket. The face was examined through the glass covering which underlies the outer strata of the case by the several gentlemen above named, and identified by each of them as that of the mar tyred President. The sad ceremony ended, the 1 was again nailed down and sealed with the signet 01 the association. The great stone or slab was sub sequently rolled to the door of the sepulchre and fitted into its place, the finishing stroke imparted t' the solid masonry, which wa s, i n lik e manner as the casket, impressed with the great seal of the cor poration. ~ The remains will now rest undisturbed till the " National Monument" shall be completed, whe n they will be deposited in their final restin g -place, nor ever be removed hence " till the heavens are no more." _ The features of the deceased were scarcely dig cernible—the embalmment seeming to have offered but little, if any, resistance to the encroachment of corruption. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. COURT OF BANRRUPTCY. IN RE SIR R. NICHOLSON, BART. This case, which has been before the Court on many occasions, came before the Commissioner again to-day upon the adjourned order of discharge. The bankrupt, who claims to be heir to a baronetcy, bas been very ill, and he was put to further legal torture by the absence of the counse l engaged in the case. He has been before the Court for some time now, and the case has been adjourned from time to time upon very slight Pre" texts. It is anticipated that he will be kept before the Court until some arrangements are mad e, although the baronet has shown every desire to assist his creditors. POLICE IN TELEIGEN CE.—This Day. MARLBORO. GH STREET. ----- A CASUAL CHARGED WITH DESTROYING VI CLOTHES.—Thomas Cox, 19, a casual, was charged with wilfully destroying his own clothes while 3 casual inmate of St. George's Workhouse, Mount street, Grosvenor-square. Thomas Whetstone, the task-master at the work house, said that on the previous night the prisone r applied for a night's lodging, and was admitted, and that morning he tore up every article of h' s clothing. Mr. Tyrwhitt--The dress he has on now belongs to the parish ? [The ma n was a tti re d in a canva s suit of the colour of brown holland.] The taskmaster said it did. The prisoner, a young countryman, said his oWil coat was so ragged that no one would employ hi p- , Mr. Tyrwhitt said the p r i soner h a d now a go ° slop, and would have to work 7 days for it. i , ROBBERY.—Herbert Edike r , a y oung man, in `""„f employ of Mr. Henry Gunth er , s h e ll fishmonge,L, No. 67, Haymarket, was cha rge d b e f or e Mr. Ty r ' whitt with stealing £lO, the moneys of his master' The The prosecutor said the priso n e r , wa s i n his en 1 1 ) „7, as shopman, and on Frid a y l a st h e gave him er take to Mr. Salmon, of Idle-lane. The pria ° , l3 ,„; never paid the money and never returned. Yesr,;,; day the prisoner was brou g ht t o hi s place, anu,. a d asking him what money he had, he said he P spent all the money but a so v e re i gn , w hich he g ay him, and he then gave him in charge. r - In answer to Mr. Edward Le w i s , of Great borough-street, who appeared for the prisoner, t_o prosecutor said the prisoner bad been only t i ",,a months in his employ, but he believed that he 11 ,., 0 been some time in that of the former keeper a Lu ll shop. He sent for the prisoner, but he did not i d him that he would forgive him. The prisoner sa y( he had got drunk, forgot himself, and did not ko ° , what became of the money. The prisoner gaVe ll ' all he had. Remanded. - ES. A DISGRACEFUL THA FAMILY Q UARREL. Ii n cS Whiting, aged 31, a coop er o f 108, Lower r , wall-street, St. Geo rge -i n -th e -E as t , a nd il ee ser e Whiting, 20, a porter of the same place, charged with violently assau lti ng M ar garet o '4. I and Elizabeth Sullivan at No. 7, Back - ro ad ! George-in-the-East. Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. Hodgson, °Cw licThe itor, defended the prisoners. complainant Jones is the aunt, and Su llicvaran; poi her daughter, the cousi n o f th e p r isoners. P, unfortunate dissensions had ar i se n among t,,, Somme and the prisoners and their father went to the lin e i of the complainants to demand an explanti ell d to some reports which it was alleged they had sPr e i a ,„,i n o the prejudice of the prisoner's mother, who died - c o months ago. High words ensued, and the prisl t ,, struck the women, and used them with much brut3Poil3, Henry Whiting hit Mrs. Sullivan, his cr l hur t with a pair of boots, knocked her down an d a n d her back. Her mother went to her as sistance 00 .0 was knocked down. The father of the Pri s° lo to joined in the outrage, but he was not giv, in custody, and the reason assigned was that he Wv"*" a state of intoxication. For the defence it was alleged that the ca n . t heir ants called them bad names and said that , 00 $ mother was a bad character, and that their ',vas were bastards. The father of the prisone.sl33ots called on their behalf, and he swore the comp the the were the aggressors and struck his sons. d b a d other hand it was allege n d that old Whiting illetre3t language, and encouraged his sons in their m ment f their aunt and cousin. a sai' Mr. Paget fined the prisoners 15 each, an bat he would have committed them to the ses sien for the aggravation they received. c , ea 3 1 ' A SLEEPY BRUTE.—James Matthews , so ,il- of No. 1, Ship-alley, St. George-in-the : En% dips maker, was charged with cutting and we n George Sloane a carpenter. pr $o The parties five in the same house. The P f l o or came home drunk last night, and laid upon the ,_ ,ass. of his room, over which the prosecutor had tu,,r a nd His feet touched the prisoner's legs in the da' fro itt he nearly fell over him. 'He was going a ' e coin" him, when the prisoner got up, swore at t entr ails ---- en ~ plainaut, and swore he would eat his le and out. He made a blow at Sloane with a kn e l_4o a he raised his hand to stop the blow, and r e i e e L e ured severe cut. He called for assistance, and The prison the prisoner by compressing his neck. that s he ode w sp a e a ra q te uit a e nd hla d c e k ter i m n itnieied face landr strangled before he could be subdued. u'd w rist tutor received several cuts on his hands wier. It before the knife was taken from the prise ° .., ee ple was stated that the prisoner had been cuttingl4Eis before, and that he was a " murdering villan_, re• defence was that he was quite tipsy, and not collect anything at all about the matter. ill l. 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