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The speeches of those Who took part in the discussion will be read with interest, and they form an appro priate corollary to set beside the record of that in telligmce of crime and murder which has shaken and horrified the nations of Europe and darkened the page of American history. The motion was passed unanimously in both Houses, significant of the sentiments which actuated all present, indepen dent of minor considerations and differences of opinion. Earl RUSSELL, in proposing the resolution in the Upper House, remarked that her MAJESTY had already instructed him to express to the Govern ment of the United States the shock which she felt at the intelligence of the great crime which had been committed. Her MAJESTY had also written a letter of condolence to Mrs. LINCOLN. The noble lord Paid a high tribute to the character of the late Pre sident, and truly observed that a man of modera tion like his was required at this juncture, " to temper the pride of victory, to assuage the misfor tunes which his adversaries had experienced, and es p eciall y to show, as he was well qualified to show, that high respect for valour on the opposite side which has been so conspicuously displayed." Un doubtedly the premature death of ABRAHAM LIN COLN has been a loss which will be acutely felt, and w ill be deeply deplored by those who desire the re i gn of mercy to succeed the rule of terror . that has so long prevailed. Earl RUSSELL expresse d a hope, in which all must concur, that the new President who has been so suddenly and unexpectedly called to power may exercise a /nor m discretion in the difficult task to which he is called, and also may be induced to show consideratio n t o his opponents. It is well known that Lord Ens- SELL'S sympathies incline towards the United States Government, but at the same time it cannot be said that there was any exaggeration in his remarks last night, or any over anxiety to make the Washington Government appear more meritorious than they are. lie expressed deep sorrow for the calamity that hag. befallen them, and in this opinion all must concur. Lord DERBY'S remarks were characterised by a frank spirit. He said that in joining La this expres sion of sorrow and indignation at the crime recently committed in America their lordships were only fol lowing the universal sympathy which had already been expressed from one end of this kingdom to the other. The noble earl truly declared that the unani mous expression of sympathy which this country had given utterance to must convince the people of the United States that their ideas of any unfriend liness towards them have been most unfounded. Lord DERBY also remarked very emphatically that the crime of assassination disgraced and desecrated the purest and most sacred cause. If there were any reason to suppose that 'the Confederate autho rities encouraged this crime or sanctioned it, our opinions of them must undergo a change. But, said the noble earl, " I am perfectly satisfied, I am as well satisfied as I can be of anything, that this detestable act of assassination is so entirely alien to the whole spirit in which the South have conducted this war, is so alien to the courageous, manly, and forbearing course which they have adopted in the struggle for everything that is dear to them, that they cannot fail to express for it their detestation, and to feel at the same time that no step could have been taken which could have inflicted so great an injury upon their own cause." With this language of the noble earl all unpreju diced persons must concur. There are some so biassed by their particular views, and so infatuated with one prevailing idea, that they will neither hear reason nor see facts plan as daylight. The majority of the English people, who have all along sympa thised with the efforts made by the South for inde pendence—efforts which proclaimed their affinity to our race and attested their kindred sentiments to our own—will recognise the truth of these remarks, and allow that no act of the Confederates has given the slightest intimation of permitting such a deed to be planned or perpetrated under their sanction. Lord DERBY wisely abstained from entering into the vexed questions of the American war, such as the extinction of slavery, or the probability of a settlement by defeat and conquest ; but he dwelt on the unanimity which existed as to the wish that the dispute might be terminated without further loss of blood, and also concurred in Lord RUSSELL'S remarks, that it was doubly deplorable that such a man as the President shOuld have been taken away at a time when his moderation might have exercised a beneficial influence upon the disturbed minds and vehement passions of those he was called upon to direct. There was great truth in the observations of the noble earl as to the disastrous turn which affairs may take if the present President carries out the intimations he has occa sionally given of pursuing an arbitrary course. Then, indeed, we may expect that the threat of ex termination will be carried out on one side and decried by the other, but it is to be trusted that we shall be spared a spectacle so degrading to huma nity, and so disgraceful to the character of a country peopled by the Anglo-Saxon race. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE made some remarks which were ap propriate as coming from him, owing to his some time residence in America. The noble lord also expressed his opinion of the improbability of the South having sanctioned the crime, and he also said that it was not likely that the triumphant Union could entertain such an idea among themselves. Lord PALMERSTON was not able to appear in the House of Commons as he had intended to do, and in his absence the duty of proposing the address fell upon Sir GEORGE GREY. The right hon. baronet did not bring to the difficult and delicate task that skill and savoir-faire, which s,i . ) eminently charac terised his leader on all such occasions, but, on the contrary, endeavoured to make a party affair of a matter, from which all signs of party policy should have been vigorously excluded. This was to be re lagretted, because it was impossible for greater unanimity to have beerr felt as was displayed on this occasion. When Sir G. GREY went so far as to say that he believed that " the sympathies of the majority of the people of this country have been with the Northern States," he was interrupted by cries of "No, no, and question," which sufficiently attested the sentiments of the House. It was not the time or place for the right hon. baronet to give vent to such expressions, and it is the more to be re gretted that he should have done so, because it was fol lowing in the wake of some who .have taken advantage of this calamity to make political capital out of it, and throw disgrace upon the Confederate cause. Such a course may gain an unworthy success for a moment, but anything so unlike tie principles of Englishmen, and so abhorrent to their sentiments of fair play cannot be imagined, and is certain even tually to meet with the scorn and contumely which it deserves. It is the indisputable rule in this coun try to assume that every man is innocent until he has been convicted, and what reason is there to de part from it as a nation ? Sir G. GREY endeavoured to allay the irritation he had created by declaring that he believed the South would denounce the crime ; but his speech was a failure as regarded its main object, that of appealing to the general senti ments of sorrow, and not involving any particular passions with regard to politics. Mr. DISRAELI, in his brief remarks, exactly ex pressed the sense of the House, and was received with much applause. He said that the present was one of the rare occasions, when the " sympathy of a nation approached the tenderer feelings which were supposed to belong to private life." The right hon. gentleman truly said that the circumstances atten dant upon the last moments of the life of the victim were such as to take the matter out of the " pomp of history and the ceremonial of diplomacy." It touched the heart of nations, and appealed to the domestic sentiments of mankind. Assassination, said Mr. DISRAELI, never yet has changed the his tory of the world, and it is our part to re-assure the people of the United States, who are naturally thrown into gloom and despondency by this sad occurrence. In seconding the address, the right hon. gentleman said he not only expressed that sorrow which all felt at such a calamity, but he also trusted that from these years of trial the various populations of North America might come out " elevated and chastened, and rich in that accumulated wisdom and strong in that disciplined energy which a young nation can only acquire in a protracted and perilous struggle." Mr. DISRAELI'S speech was characterised by a more hopeful spirit than that of the other speakers, and it is to be trusted that the words of hope and confidence may go forth from this country to do their work on the other side of the Atlantic, and that the united sen timents of both Houses of the English Parliament may prove a source of solace and encouragement to our brethren on the American continent. It has long been accepted as an indisputable axiom of our commercial policy that the less the re lationships of trade are fettered and restricted by law the better. Time was when prices were regu lated, and every step in commercial life was directed by the central authority, but a wiser and more en lightened system has been long busied in removing all unnecessary fetters, secure that the interests of trade may as a general rule be very safely left to take care of themselves, and that as no criminal code can altogether defeat fraud or I reserve dupes from paying the penalty of their simplicity, so for the most part our mercantile sagacity and prudence will take very good care to protect i elf. So strong has the feeling against unnecessary legislation grown that by common consent the tempo rary disturbances occasioned by strikes and lock-outs have been left to right themselves, and no one has proposed to remedy the evil by Act of Parliament. All fresh measures have pointed rather to the conferring of fresh powers on trade and its representatives, rather than curtailing those already possessed. Mr. MILNER GIBSON'S Partner ship Amendment Bill, which was read the second time last evening, is of this character, and its claims to support are so well founded that it is not surpris ing that it should have obtained a decisive majority on the opposition being pressed to a division. The principle of the Limited Liability <Bill has been almost universally accepted as sound and beneficial, and the measure whiCh was yesterday under the consideration of the House is of much the same character. Mr. GIBSON reminded the House that at the time that limited liability was given to joint stock companies, it was admitted that private traders carrying on business with unlimited liability could not be left under the restrictions which then affected them. The present measure is intended to supply the deficiency, and its object is "to simplify and relax that rule of law which lays down that a participation in profits constitutes a partnership, so as to enable a person carrying on trade a sum of money, on the condition that the remuneration for the use of that money shall be in the form of a portion of the profits, instead of a fixed interest." That is to say, that it will enable the borrower to make far more advantageous terms than at present, without the lenders incurring any additional risk. It is evident that in a good year a tradesman or merchant can afford to pay a much higher rate of interest than in a bad year, and the lender may honestly accept, during a prosperous season, a rate of profit which, if extorted at a time of general stagnation or depression of trade, would be some thing very like usury. We all know that very often a temporary advance is of vital service to a firm, and that in other cases an assistance at the first start may enable a man to do a good business ; and in both these instances the lender has surely a good right to participate in the profits. He may be very willing to let the firm have the benefit of his money, so long as he considers it a sure investment ; but if, in case of a failure, he is to be made responsible for a share in the liabilities, it is easy to see what will happen. At the first rumour of alarm he will with draw his money, and very likely expedite a catas trophe that might have been avoided. Reckless or desperate men may agree for a time to pay a heavy rate of interest, but the prudent tradesman, who looks to consequences, knows very well that such a course is .most prejudicial to his interests. To obtain an advance on such terms, too, ho must deal with the regular money lenders, quite a different class from those who might willingly assist him on the sensible and straightforward inducement of partici pation in his profits. In that case both lender and borrower are alike interested in the success and well-being of the firm, and consequently the in terests of the general creditors are far safer under such arrangement than when the one side is only busy in extorting a usurious interest, and the other is straining every nerve to meet the exorbitant claims of a paramount creditor. Mr. GIBSON pointed out the inconsistency of the present law, under which persons accepting this conditional interest are rendered liable for the debts of the firm " to their last acre and their last shilling," while if they advance money at usurious rates, 20 and 25 per cent., and extort the payment of that interest through prosperity and adversity alike, they are empowered to come forward as creditors in case of bankruptcy, and perhaps to carry off half the assets. It is manifest at once what a restriction such a law must put upon the more prudent and legiti mate way of doing business, and it cannot be ex pected that capitalists should be very willing to incur such a risk. It is certainly good policy to faci litate as far as possible the conjunction of capital with talent, prudence, and industry, and this mea sure directly tends to that object. It cannot be observed that the protection which it affords only applies to the private lender, and does not extend to those who choose to put forward their names to sup port the credit of the establishment which he is assisting. If a man allows his name to be used as a means of obtaining credit, he deserves to be ren dered liable for the consequences, and the existing law of partnership takes care that he shall be so ; but, as Mr. GIBSON observed, if he is a mere lender, if he was not known to the creditor when credit was given to the firm, it is difficult to see upon what principle of justice he should be called upon, if the firm to which he has advanced money should fail, to pay all the debts even to his last shilling. The other portion of the Bill empowers employers to give their employes a share of the profits without any risk. At present the law on that point is absurdly incon: sistent. If a man pays his servant or agent a sum calculated in proportion to profits it is all right, but if he pays him a portion cf his profits the servant comes in for the liability of a partner. This is a distinction without a difference to the eye of corn mon sense. Thus, if a firm sending out a traveller agrees to give him £lO for every £lOO of profits made by the firm there is no liability, but if they agree to give him one-tenth of their profits the traveller becomes a partner. This is certainly not a state of things to be maintained and it is evident that there can be no protection against fraud under it which would not be quite as well, or much better, attained under the new act. Eminent legal autho rities, like the Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, and Sir HUGH CAIRNS, have expressed themselves decidedly in favour of the principle, and the general sense of the House was unmistakeably shown in its favour by a division of 126 to 39. Any details that may need improvement can be easily remedied in committee, and if it is thought advisable to put in any protective clauses they can be then intro duced, but since the Limited Liability Act has been, so universally approved and adopted, it is only due to the large class of private firms that the principle should be further extended for their benefit. SLIPS OF THE PEN.—Within the last week one of the many able writers in the Spectator, in the course of his remarks about a matter of great public interest just now, speaks of "explaining murder by asking with the Italian statesman, Who is she ?"' Not an Italian, nor yet a Statesman, was the original propounder of that pertinent question, "Who is she ?" the which question may in fact bo found among the jeux d'esprit of the Spanish poet Quevedo. It occurs in a stanza leading off one of his poems, a stanza thus aptly rendered into Eng lish by a contributor to one of the back numbers of Frazer's Magazine : " Tis said a Justice of thequorum Who was no fool, When theft or murder came before him Made it a rule At once to stop the lawyer's chatter, Saying, D'ye see ! Let's probe the bottom of this matter— Who is she !' " Another slip of the pen, far more surprising of its kind than the foregoing, occurred only the other day, not in the Spectator, but in the Times, and occurred there, too, in an article by one of the very ablest of its writers—the Times' Southern Correspondent, who, in referring to •the Pope's Minister who was assassinated at Rome not so very many years back, speaks of him as Cardinal Rossi, instead of as Count Rossi. A NEW OPERA DI CAMERA is in preparation for the Gallery of Illustration. ERE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 2,18 K CRYSTAL PALACE. CONCERT AND PRESENTATION OP TESTI MONIAL TO HERR MANNS. Saturday last brought to a close the series of musical entertainments of the season 1864-65, which have been marked throughout by discriminating taste and uniform excellence. Mr. Mamas is, no doubt, at this present moment justly elated by the flattering testimonial presented to him and the high eulogium publicly passed on him in the name of the directors of the Crystal Palace Company. It affords us also unfeigned pleasure to record our own humble appreciation of Mr. Mann's unflagging zeal, enlight ened discernment, and scholarly research, and to express our sincere wish that he may long continue to wield his masterly baton on the scene of so many well Avon successes, and to be the valued associate of the able triumvirate which so harmoniously rules the interests of the Crystal Palace administration. The programme for the occasion was as follows : Overture, " Oberon" 'Weber. Air, " I'm a roamer, (Son and Stranger) Air "Vedrai Carino" (Don Giovanni) Mozart. Aria, "Rend' it Serene (Sosarme).: Handel. Valse Arietta, " The Lark Song" Gounod. Symphony, No. 9, in D Minor, Op 125 (The Choral Symphony) Beethoven. Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Julia Elton, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. L. Thomas, and the Crystal Palace Choir. Conductor—A. MANNS. In consequence of the enthusiastic reception on the preceding Saturday of the " Choral Symphony," and of the inability of many visitors to get within the concert room, this magnificent composition was, according to previous announcement, repeated on Saturday last, and drew together a still more nume rous, and, if possible, a still more delighted audience. Having already spoken of last week's performance, we need only add that that the second was indeed faultless, being for all concerned in its execution a genuine triumph, and for all who listened an un qualified treat. At its close Mr. Manus was loudly recalled. The solo vocalists, Madame Lemmens- Sherrington, Miss Julia Elton, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Lewis Thomas, were all warmly applauded in the respective songs allotted to them. Immediately after the concert several of the directors and of the gentlemen who had interested themselves in the " Manns Testimonial," the sub scribers and their friends, repaired to the Terrace Dining-rooms, where, on a platform raised for the occasion, were exhibited the magnificent and costly Sevres clock and vases, which, with a purse of 200 guineas, were to be presented to the popular conductor. Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL having been elected to the chair, said that he, as a director of the Crystal Palace Company, and one of the oldest inhabitants, deemed himself happy and privileged in beingchosen to present, in the name of his brother directors, and Mr. Manns's friends and admirers generally, a testi monial which that gentleman so well merited. The chairman then spoke in the warmest terms—and amidst almost continuous applause—of Mr. Manns's well-known ability and conscientious efforts to raise higher and higher the standard of excellence of the Crystal Palace musical performances. For the last ten years he had had frequent opportunities of judg ing of Mr. Manns's talents and personal character, and rejoiced at having the opportunity publicly to state that he esteemed him equally in his artistic and private capacity. " Ten years ago," said Mr. Scott Russell, " we, old inhabitants of the district, viewed this Crystal Palace as an intruder on the privacy of our homes and retirement ; but now, on the contrary, we daily repair to our avocations in the busy and crowded city of three millions, know ing and rejoicing that we leave our wives and daugh ters amidst such varied sources of intellectual, re fining, and elevating wealth as might be envied by the proudest and highest in the land." Mr. MANNS, who was evidently touched by the kind and laudatory manner in which he had just been spoken of, stepped forward to return his thanks, but was allowed a few bars' rest by repeated rounds of cheers and applause, in which his fair ad mirers took a prominent part. Remembering how undemonstrative at concerts ladies generally are, it is impossible not to express the wish that Mr. Manns's gentle friends may, on future occasions, display some small portion of the exuberant energy and entrain which they so manifestly evinced. Mr. MAN /CS, in a neat, happy, and even fluent speech, begged to thank from his heart all concerned in this demonstration of approval and goodwill towards him, assuring them that ten years' arduous professional exertions and cares were more than repaid by the reception he had met with. " If," said he, " the mere wish to do good is sufficient to afford happiness to many, what must my feelings be in looking back on the scene of my labours amongst you, honoured and cheered by the esteem and ap probation of those who so often come to listen to the strains of the fine band which it is my privilege to conduct, and which is so efficiently maintained , by the liberality of my directors. .I feel proud indeed of the kind things said of me by Mr. Scott Russell, because I find that I have justified the confidence which, ten years ago, when music was dethroned here, he was pleased to place in me, then a compa rative stranger ; and I gladly receive at his hands this most handsome testimonial, which my wife and I shall always hold most precious, and which I shall teach my little girl to revere as the expression of the esteem entertained for her father for his humble but honest efforts in the cause of art by those whom hetr grey."stillusts to serve and ple ase un til hi s h a i r i s silver National Choral Society, This society gave at Exeter H a ll, on M on d ay " The Creation," being t n h ig, Hy their last oratorioriormance of season.this Twere taken by Miss Louisa h Pyne, vocalSantley,rt: nd Mr. R The n R. Taylor, the latter of whom made his first appearance inLondon. Miss Pyne was ably assisted by a lady whose name was not mentioned, but whose singing displayed vocal qualities far from contemptible. Of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Santley, it is alinost needless to say that we can but speak in terms of unqualified praise and admiration. Mr. Santley particularly seems to have gathered strength as well as additional cultivation. If we have a quarrel with him, and more particularly and noticeably with Miss Pyne, it is that, in several in stances, each of them made gratuitous departures from the score—departures from it which, though well adapted to display their command over their vocal powers, at least do not add to the charm of the music, and,, in one point of Miss Pyne's reci tative, certainly very much detracted from it. Mr. Taylor showed his possession of a voice of very good quality and one also very well trained ; but he has not nearly sufficient power to fill so large an area as Exeter Hall. He no doubt suffered, in this respect, by comparison with Mr. Santley. Mr. Taylor would be well advised to abstain from trials in such extensive spaces. The chorus displayed a high state of effi ciency, and does very great credit to the skill and indefatigability of Mr. G. W. Martin. The instrumentation was, however, far from per fect, and the introduction was almost miserably performed, particularly the violin parts. We congratulate the Society upon their present satisfactory state, and trust to see them continue and prosper. The time may be looked for when their gatherings will equal in musical success, as they do now nearly in interest, those of their elder sister, the Sacred Harmonic Society. MARTIN'S GRAND PICTURE OF THE CORONATION of Queen Victoria, lately added to the gallery of the South Kensington Museum, appears to afford high gratification to the visitors. It is, indeed, we believe, the only picture which gives an idea of the whole grand spec tacle. The moment seized by the artist is that in which the Royal lady, forgetful of pomp, started from her throne, and extended her hand to raise the aged peer (Lord Rollo) who, in mounting the stairs to render homage, had stumbled and fallen. In the history of the world's . commotions can a similar incident be found? The paint ing is, we perceive, lent only ; but as it could be nowhere more fitly placed than in the institution which was so, highly favoured by the lamented Consort of our illustrious Queen, it may be hoped that if the present possessor will part with it some wealthy and patriotic gentleman or lady may be moved to purchase and present it thoreunto. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 2. An Imperial manifesto has been published to day, proclaiming the Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrowitch heir to the Crown. An Imperial decree, Lis() published to-day, ex tends to the Prussian frontier the right of the Cus toms' authorities to seize, within a distance of 50 versts from the frontier, all merchandise liable to duty, and the owners of which have no official cer tificate to prove that such duty has been paid. GREECE. It is certain that formal negotiations are pending between the Courts of St. Petersburg and Athens for the marriage of the King of Greece with the Grand-Duchess Olga, daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine, but, on account of the extreme youth of that princess, who was born on the 22d August, 1851, the projected union will not take place for two years. FRANCE. Some details concerning the Emperor's journey have been received. His Majesty and suite left the Tuileries at eight on Saturday morning. Four open carriages formed the Imperial cortege; the Emperor, in the costume of a General of Division, with the Empress and General Fleury, occupied the first ; the Prince Imperial, with his preceptor, the second ; the Princess Anna Murat and Mdlle. Boudet, reader to the Empress, were in the third ; and the fourth contained the officers who accompany the Emperor to Algeria. Their Majesties on arriving at the sta tion were received by M. Boittelle, Prefect of Police, and Baron Haussmann, Prefect of the Seine, with whom the Emperor conversed for some minutes. Her Majesty, who was to leave the Em peror at the station, expressing a desire to accom pany him as far as Fontainebleau, went into the Imperial carriage with the Princess Anna Murat and Mdlle. Boudet. The train started immediately after; the Empress leaving his Majesty at that sta tion and returning to Paris in the evening. The Prince Imperial in the meantime, before returning to the Tuileries, visited the Jardin des Plantes. The Emperor arrived at Lyons at six in the evening, and was received at the station by Marshal Can robert and M. Chevreau, senator, prefect of the Rhone. His Majesty proceeded to the Hotel-de- Ville, and throughout his passage was received with enthusiastic cheers. All the houses were decorated with flags, and the Imperial carriage, without any escort, and advancing at a foot pace, could scarcely make its way through the dense throng 'which filled the streets. A grand dinner was given at the Pre fecture, andat its conclusion, the Emperor, to satisfy the crowd, made his appearance on the balcony to salute the 10,000 or 15,000 persons assembled on the Place des Terreaux. His Majesty went after- wards on foot to the theatre, to attend a concert given for the benefit of the unemployed operatives. Yesterday morning the Emperor visited the Croix- Rousse, proceeding in an open carriage and -without escort through an immense crowd. His Majesty afterwards went to the hospital, and after hearing mass proceeded to the railway station at Perrache. The departure from Lyons took place at 11, the Emperor having had an interview of a few minutes with the Emperor of Russia. His Majesty arrived at Marseilles in the evening at 6 o'clock, and in re ply to an address said that he always saw the city of Marseilles with pleasure, and regretted that he had not on this occasion more time to devote to it. The enthusiasm in the streets had never been equal led on the most solemn occasions. The whole city was dressed out with flags, and 200,000 persons formed a line through which the Emperor passed. The Cannelaiere was thronged with people raising shouts of welcome. All the working men's societies with their flags were drawn up in order. The Em peror in the evening dined on board the imperial yacht Aigle, the admirals, captains of vessels, and chief authorities of the city being invited. His Majesty was also to sleep on board, and the yacht would leave the next morning at 9. The weather had become cold, and the sea was rough. BOURSE, May I.—The market presents a very in active appearance, although there is little change to notice in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 25c. Mobilier not quoted. Italian 65f. 50c. The Railway and general Share Market participates in the general languor, and there is an indisposition to effect . transactions except at a re duction on the closing prices of Saturday. The market has somewhat recovered from the lethargy it evinced at the opening, and transactions have 'taken place at an augmentation in values. Threes, for the Account, closed at 67f. 45c. Mobilier have been done at 783 f. 75c., showing an improvement of 20f. on Saturday's closing quotations. Italian Fives, 65f. 55c. 41 per Cents _ 95 35 Italian Loan 65 55 Do. end month 65 55 Ditto Threes 4l New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred - RAILWAYS. Cash. ... 825 Acct. 827 50 1055 -_ JG• 1057 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 45 D. end month 67 45 Credit Mobilier 7BO Do. end month 785 75 Bank Shares 3599 Credit Foncier 1265 Roman 74 25 Orleans Northern _ _ Lyons and Mediterranean 935 935 Southern 592 50 590 - Western 526 25 ... 525 Eastern Sardinian 305 - -- — Austrian — . 440 .... Lombard 540 .. 540 North of Spain 222 50 ... 225 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona ... 130 SPAIN. MADRID, April 27. The Epoca contains the following :—The Nacional of Oporto of the 21st inst. publishes a remarkable manifesto of the celebrated democrat Ruiz Pons, who emigrated to Portugal some time back, and who has recently been supposed to be in more or less intimate. relations with political and military personages in Spain. This document is based upon the recent disturbance in Madrid, and deserves con sideration from all the monarchical parties without distinction. Assuming the imminence of a revolu tion, which, besides a thousand other causes, he says is justified by the late butcheries in Madrid, the democratic partizan states what the Spanish revolution should do in its hour of triumph. He then condemns every form of monarchical govern ' ment, particularly one under the direction of General Espartero, which he considers as objectionable as that of Marshal O'Donnell and all the other Ministries which have suc ceeded each other in Spain since 1843. Should the people triumph, they would elect three bodies termed by Ruiz Pons the juries of the nation; one local, one provincial, and the third national ; all meeting in Madrid. The representatives of these bodies with Diets, two for each province, would elect the central power, which would be a revolu tionary and regenerating dictatorship. The first • measure of this national Congress would be to in demnify all who have suffered in their persons since 1843, and especially since 1856. This indemnity, to be i lmade either in land or money, would be repre sented by new scrip of the national debt (the only one that would be acknowledged), to be covered by the property of those ministers, generals, senators, deputies, and high public functionaries who, since 1843, have taken part in all kinds of measures op posed to the interests of the people. We believe that this programme now affords important data for the debates upon our policy. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident occurred yesterday afternoon to a man named Reynolds, in the employ of Mr. Crampton, railway contractor at Paver- Sham. It appears that the deceased with others wero en gaged in shifting waggons containing ballast on a branch line of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway at Faver sham, when the deceased, who was sitting on the side of the break, fell off and the train passed over him. The ,sufferer was attended by Dr.. Spyres, but expired shortly after the accident. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF LORDS-MAy 1. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES ABOLITION BILL. Moved, "That the Bill be now read a second time" (The Lord Houghton). Objected to. An Amendment moved, " To leave out 'now,' and insert ' this day six months' (The Earl of Derby). On Qiestion "That ' now' stand part of the motion." ry Contents, 49 ; Not-Contents, 72. . , CONTENTS. LORD CHANCELLOR. BISHOP. LORDS. Westbury St. David's Lyveden DUKES. LORDS. Methuen Cleveland Abercromby Monson Devonshire Belper Monte agle of Bran- Somerset Boyle (E. Cork and don MARQUIS. Orrery) Mostyn Ailesbury Camoys Ponsonby (E. Bess- EARLS. Clandeboye (Lord borough) Albemarle Dufferin and Rivers Clarendon Claneboye) Sal terford(E. Cour- Cottenham Cranwortla town) De Grey Dacre Seaton Dude Dartrey (L. Cre- Seymour (E. St. Granville morne) Maur) Minto De Tabley Somerhill (M.Clan- Russell Ebury i icarde) Saint-Germans Foley (Teller) Stanley of Alderley Spencer Harris Stratheden Visoomas. Houghton (Teller) Sunbridge (D. Ar- E versley Hunsdon (Viscount gyll) ' Sydney Falkland) Taunton Llanover Wenlock NOT-CONTENTS. ARCHBISHOPS. EARLS. LORDS. Canterbury Malmesbury Colville of Culross York Morton (Teller) Dublin. Pomfret Delamere DUKES. Romney De Saumarez Marlborough Stanhope Dunmore (E. Dun- Richmond Vane more) Rutland. Verulam Egerton MARQUISES. VISCOUNTS. Feversh am Bath Hawarden (Teller) Gage (V. Gage) Exeter Hood Grimstead (E. En- T weeddale Sidmouth • niskillen) • Westmeath. BISHOPS. Heytesbury EARLS. Glo'ster and Bristol Inchiquin Bantry Hereford • Kenyon Beauchamp Kilmore Kingsdown Belmore Oxford Lovell and Holland Cadogan Ripou (E. Egmont) Carnarvon Rochester Raglan De La Warr Winchester Redesdale Derby LORDS. Rollo Devon Abinger • Saltoun Ellenborough Bagot Sheffield (E. Shef- Erne Berners field) Graham (D Mon- Bolton Sondes trose) Chelmsford Templemore Hardwick° Clements (E. Lei- Tenterden Lucan trim) Thurlow Macclesfield Colchester Tyrone (M.Water ford) Wynford HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAY I. PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT BILL. Order for second reading rend. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, "To leave out the word now,' and at the end of the question to add the words upon this day six months"' (Mr. John Peel.) Question put, "That the word now' stand part of the question." The House divided—Ayes, 126 ; Noes, 39. AYES —126. Arland, T. D. Fortescue, F. D. O'Loghlen, Sir C. Adam, W. P. Fortescue, C. S. I'admore, R. Anstruther, Sir R. Gibson, T. M. Paget, C. Antrobus, E. Gladstone, W. E. Paget, Lord A. Ayrton, A. S. Goldsmid, Sir F. Paget, Lord C. Aytoun, It. S. Goschen, G. J. Palmer, Sir R. Bagwell, J. Gower, F. L. Pease, H. Baring, T. G. Greenall, G. Peel, Sir R. Barnes, T. Greene, J. Peel, F. Bass, M. T. Grenfell, H. R. Powell, F. S. Bentinck, G. C. • Grey, Sir G. Powell, J. J. Blake, J. Haudley, J. Pritchard, J. Bouverie, E. P. Hankey, T. Proby, Lord Bromley, W. D. Hartington,Marquls Robertson, D. Bruce, 11. A. Headlam, T. E. Roebuck, J. A. Burrell, Sir P. Henley, J. Russell, A. Bury, Viscount Henley, Lord Schneider, H. W. Buxton, C. Bibbert, J. T. Scholefie,d, W. Cardwell, E. Hodgkinson, G. k colt, Sir W. Carnegie, C. Ho: stall, T. B. Seely, C. Cave, S. Ingham, R. Seymour, A Cheetham, J. Jackson, W. Shelley, Sir J. V. Childers, H. C. E. Jervoise, Sir J. Stacpoole, W. Collier, Sir R. P. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanhope, J. B. Cowper, W. F. Kingscote, Col. Staniland, M. Cox, W. Kinnaird, A. F. Stanley, Lord Craufurd, E. H. J. Knatchbull-Hugess Stansfeld, J. Davey, it. Layard, A. H. Tracy, C. R. D. Denman, G. Lefevre, G. J. S. Trefusis, C. H. R. Dillwyn, L. L. Lewis, 11. Vernon, H. F. Dodson, J. G. Lopes, Sir M. Villiers, C. Y. Douglas, Sir C. ' Lowe, It. Vyner, RA. Duff, M. E. Malins, R. Waterhouse, S. Enfield, Viscount Martin, P. W. Watkin, E.• W. Evans, T. W. Moffatt, G. Weguelin, T. H. Ewart, W. Moncreiff, J. Whalley, G. H. Ewart, J. C. Montagu, Lord R. Williamson, Sir 11, Fellowes, E. lki oo , H. Wood, Sir C. Feuwiek, E. M. Morrie, W. Wyndham, P. Fenwick, H. Morrison, W. Young, v. Ferrand, W. N aas, L ord TELLERS. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Ne a t e , C . Brand, H. Forster, W. E. No r th , F . White, L. NOES-39. Adderley, C. B. Hamilton, Major Parker, Major W. Baring, T. Hervey, Lord A. H. Pender, J. Beecroft, G. S. Hennessy, J. P. Potter, E. Black, A. II eske I li, Sir T. Rose, W. A. Bovill, W. Heygate, Sir F. Sclater-Booth, G. Bramley-Moore, J. Heygate, W. U Selwyn, C. J. Bridges, Sir B. W. Ilornby, W. H. Smollctt, P. B. Bruce, tiir H. Howes, E. Taylor, Col. Dalglish, It. Jollifle, Sir W. Turner, C. Dickson, Col. Langton, W.G. Wat l ington, J. Edwards, Col. Legh, W. J. Woods, 11. Egerton, A. F. Liddell, H. G. TELLERS, Ewing, H. E. C. Martin, J. Peel, J. Gray, Lieut -Col. Murray, W. Turner, J. A. The New Turkish Loan, The new Turkish 5 per Cent. Loan for £3,636,363 in bonds to bearer of £lOO, £5O, and £lO, and in francs for similar amounts for the continental markets has been announced by the General Credit and Finance Company of London. The debt is redeemable in 37 years by the operation of a sinking fund of 1 per cent. The price of issue is £5O, but it is reduced to £47 10s., reckoning the interest due next July. The subscriptions are payable in six instalments ending the 13th October next. The loan for the conversion of the Internal debt, and which will amount to some £20,000,000 sterling, will be announced in a few days. Pending the noti fication, the following particulars have been pub lished : "The 'provisions are contained in three laws of the Ottoman Empire of the 17-29, 18-30, and 19-31 March, accompanied by an official report, or ' Expose des Motifs,' by his Excellency the Finance Minister of Turkey to his Highness Fuad Pachm, the Grand Vizier. The law No. 1 creates a ' Grand Livre' similar to that of France, for the 'general public debt of the Ottoman Empire.' This general public debt is to be one uniform denomination, bearing 5 per cent. interest, payable half-yearly, on 1-13th July and 1-13th January, with 1 per cent. sinking fund, payable in gold in Turkey, in sterling in England, and in francs in Paris, and also at Amster dam and Frankfort, the Obligations being printed in Turkish, French, and English. The sinking fund is to be applied in the purchase of stock in the market, and is accu mulative, so that all debts inscribed in the ' Grand Livre' will be extinguished in thirty-seven years. The difference between the rate of purchase and the par rate goes to form a reserve fund, which accumulates at com pound interest. The debt inscribed in the ' Grand Livre' is guaranteed by the genezal revenues of the empire, subject only to existing hypothecations of certain special branches for former foreign loans, which on their extinction by amortisation will merge in the general revenues. No inscriptions of debt are to take place in the ' Grand Livre,' unless previously authorised by a special law duly published, and without previous provision having been made for the interest and amortissement of each new inscription. The ad ministration of the ' Grand Livre' is entrusted to a special functionary of State called Governor of the General Debt,' assisted by a council of not lsss than five, or more than nine, to be chosen among the principal bankers and merchants of Constantinople. Law No. 2 authorises the inscription of 40,000,000 medjidies d'or, equal to . X 3,363,343 nominal capital, in the 'Grand Livre,' of which 2 9,000,000 is reserv e d for the conversion of the existing internal debt; 4.000,000 is to be issued for the present loan ; and the remaining 7,000,000 is a reserve specially destined for public works, to be issued not sooner than by three annual issues, the first not taking place sooner than twelve months after the present issue. Law No. 3 contains the par ticulars of the conversion. Each consolidd of 100 med- jidies d'or, or £9O sterling, is to receive 121 medjidies d'or, or £llO sterling of the new stock, with a proli atonal coupon representing the interest between the 1-13 May, when the old coupons are payable, and the 1-13 July. Each setglad, or on-senelik, receives new stock for the same nominal amount as the old stock ; and each tahvilate muntaz4 receives 143 mejidies d'or for 100 old, with special provision as to these current coupons. The conversion is entirely optional ; and those who do not con vert within three months will only be allowed to do so for one and a-half months longer, at a reduction of 10 per cent. ; and after this latter term no application for con version will be admitted." It is stated that the armour-plated vessel, the Cheops, constructed by M. Arman for Prussia, will leave Bordeaux early in the present month for the Baltic. The officers of the Prussian navy who are to command the crew have arrived in that city. REPEAL OF THE TEA DUTY.—On Saturday Mr. Baines, M.P., waited on the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, at the request of 27 of the principal tea-dealing firms in Leeds, "to suggest to the Government that the Inland Revenue officers be instructed to allow a drawback of duty on all original packages which were in the hands of dealers at the time the new duties came into operation." The reply of the right hon. gentleman was, that it was altogether contrary to rule to allow any drawback in such a case—that it was never done under any circumstances, and that it would, therefore, be perfectly v a i n t o di scuss the question. Of course this reply applies to all tea whlch has paid the duty and been taken out of bend.—Leeds Mercury. MR. B nwER-LYrroN, Secretary of Legation at Athens, has been appointed Secretary. of Legation at Lisbon. (Cala C ° 140,,i1r. 10, HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, May 1 . The Rev. G. Prothero performed the service yes' terday morning at Osborne before her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise. The ladies and gentle men in waiting were also present. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice attended the service at Whippingham Church. To-day is the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. Sir George Grey returned to London this morning• His Royal Highness Prince Alfred honoured giss Durant with sittings during last week for a medallion• The Hon. Flora Macdonald has succeeded the Hon. Lucy Ker as maid of honour in waiting. Return of the Prince and Princess of Wales to London. - The Prince and Princess of Wales and Pri nce Albert Victor, attended by the Hon. Mrs. E. Co l ke, Lieut.-General Knollys, M a j or Grey, and ir Fisher, arrived at Marlborough House yesterday afternoon, from Sandringham. Irb.ft,on Their royal highnesses t rave ll e d from a Station, on the Lynn and Hunstanton line/ by special train, which was under the charge of Mr* Robertson, the superintendent of the Great Eas ter Railway, and on arriving at Shoreditch tern:on' at a quarter to five, the p r i nce an d princess were received by several of the officials of the rai lwe l e . A great crowd of people h a d assem bled outside to gates, but within all was kept c l ear till the earr ie ll conveying their royal highnesses to Marlboroug House had left. HER MAJESTY—it will be seen from the ReP ° rtf - , O g the Lords and Commons—h a s withi n these last few written with her own hand a letter of condolence to W s ' Lincoln, offering to her the sympathy of a " t° t. 14 widow" under her sudden and most bitter bereaveweina, So like the Queen ! many will say—and who will not ort while saying it? not with the lips only, but from the h e —God bless her ! The birthday of Prince Arthur yesterday W i r is celebrated with the customary rejoicings at Winds or • royal highness, it will be remembered, is now eV- making a tour in Egypt and the Holy Land. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador 3 • family returned to town yesterday from St. Leonsrds-61: Sea. The Duke of Beaufort left town yesterday for Newmarket. The Duchess remains in town. TOO The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Cavendish have arrived at Devonshire House, Fleet' from Lismore Castle, Ireland. hav e The Duke and Duchess of Grafton were to arrived in Paris y es t er d a y f rom C annes , w here th° 11°1 : 0 ° duke and duchess have been passing the winter. Th e L g t expected to arrive at their man s i on i n Piccadilly , week. • ea The Duchess of Bugcleuch is nearly recover from th e e ff ec t s o f h er recent acc id ent . Th e noble ' 1 : and d uc h ess an d L a d y M argaret S cott are expect e ' ° arrive in Belgrave-square in a short time for the sea' s°. e the The Marquis and Marchio n es s o f Ailesbull t be to town next week from Savornake Lodge, Wilts, f°l. season. g'ol l The Earl of Lonsdale has ret urne d to his wa n) on Carlton-house-terrace f rom V en t nor , I s le of Wig h t . '. The 'Earl and Countess o f D a lk e ith have ar . " . in town from Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. -rprti The Earl and Countess of Seafield and tlia Reidhaven have returned to the Clarendon Hotel f° r season. ea The Dowager Countess of Longford has retail to Bruton-street from Brighton. go The Dowager Countess of Bradford and Moncreiffe intend to leave Weston Hall, Staffords hire ' day, for Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham. Lord and Lady Wenlock have arrived in t for the season, from Eskrick Park, Yorkshire. the ir Lord and Lady Tredegar have arrived a t „ ran - residence in Portman-square, from Tredegar Par ] ; '-- mouthshire. • d Lord and Lady Qhesham have just susta loc loss by the death of their second son, th e Hon. A l g ii ° s9l William Cavendish, which took place at Latimer, '- on Saturday lsst. 0 .54 Lord and Lady Middleton and the 1 1 ° 11 ; • Willoughby have arrived at the St. George's got e " i c rr Lord Schomberg Kerr and Lady Victoria -1- ' OO are staying at Beaulieu, the Duke of Buccleuch's sot, n Southampton, Lady Charles Wellesley and family come t° toßn for the season to-morrow, from Conholt Park. , n tbr Lord and Lady Walter Scott, who have reee— e p returned from the Continent, left the Duke of Bucelenb-too residence in Belgrave-square yesterday, for Boughton House, near Kettering. - DEATH OF MR. W. WILLIAMS, M.P•" -- beat gentleman, who long represented the boiough of Lal33-are in Parliament, died at his residence in Par k -gill Regent's-park, on Friday afternoon, after a lingeri n g t e for He was in the seventy-seventh year of his ago. Il e P".. 0 0 Coventry from January, 1835, until the gener al el g5O• in 1847, and was first returned for Lambeth in Ju l 9, Mr. Williams was a merchant, but had retired from it ness before turning his attention to politics. Se c3511',3 one time a member of the Court of Common Council' was a staunch Liberal in politics. THE LATE HEREDITARY GRAND DUNE OF Rilso i —A solemn funeral service was cel6brated on Sunditl:, the Russian Chapel, Welbeck-street, for the late C3Al,,r witch, at which his Excellency the Russian Ambassgog and Baron Brunnow and all the Secretaries an d Attao ; were present, besides most of the officers and Russian jects at present in London. Th e Rev. Mr. Popoff officiteie Nearly all the Co ur t s o f Europe have alre3s,To gone into mourning for the Hereditary Grand Duk e k ' 0 a Court of Berlin — w ill wear mourn i n g for three No e ' • that of Vienna for a fortnight. 404 INNER TEMPLE, May I.—The underme n t he gentlemen were this day called to the bar 11 ,- lo rst, Hon. Society of the Inner Temple :—John Eldon o r M.A., Cambridge ; Alfred Arthur Kaye Legge, / 3 ' A /1 ;0 11 a: e a r ford; Charles Stuart Calverley, M.A., Cambridge; M ge EBb H ciad.i n Awddw d m.g s ,ae o iarON l : i ldx:v rsf S ocot m rawiaalnm i l t ih; h abA Nomero:t Oliver sD Hr.; tA . a A LHO:o . dnsOgpyexe Oxford.faoCßGcroh. d AAcakß ; r:D;e W OEsl i loN i aer a inad m ljr t„a J a r a o ;13 1 :ells. the : 1. of Isgbo a ; 'OO Horticultural Society have con sen t e d that an ex."'"h ,A window and house gardening by the working classe s a 1 1 60 be held at the gardens of the society on July 101 1133 : es 0 0 agreed to appropriat e £5O t o b e di s t r ibuted inP r ' ° l .y og t that occasion. A committee has been formed t ° car i ,„o l ° - htheirseof parishesbject,and ee ha m v p e e f t o e u w nd h , te o h n ctahlecyulhataivoen, every r t if te?anot°o believe will be induced to do so from the inter est fe"; least matter by the parochial clergy and others, a sa w tb a £4OO will be required for this purpose. Fo r this tllO committee are making an appeal to those wh ° , l3l : r t, e a n social and moral good of the working classe s at 'l e e a ail° they believe that from the interest already ex P res3 sum will without difficulty be raised. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT the annual meeting of this institution last j : f —Mr. Wm. Poole, M.A. F.R.S., treasurer and vi e a e , dent, in the chair—the annual report of the COr"; .01 , 0 .9 0 visitors for the year 1864 was read and adopted. and pamphlets presented in 1864 amounted to 1151 3 troas, making, with those presented by the managers O a 1)0 0 3 -eta' • 0 1 a total of 436 volumes added to the library t,,tbre Fifty-one new members were elected in 1864. 'a„ring lectures and 19 evening discourses were doliveredr to the year 1864. Thanks were voted to the treas i ; u ' rs , ito secretary, to the committee of managers " d for t bcic Professor Faraday, and to the other professors, 1 , 11 , fol" or services to the institution during the past Ye'' ..i c ore lowing mt h .eph sDu t.gentlemenneg.year:—President, sp r were unanimously ;eusnt treasurer,daen n i o s t s r l v elected as c" t woods, M.A., F.R.S. ; secretary, RenMilryern"BrYWer:icifel7jal°llll:3:s7lii'cit.titts: M.D., F.R.S. LL, 1‘1011." LIFEBOAT SERVICES.--FOWEY, CORN WA _ sw ag . day.—lnformation was received here (writes Mr. W. E. Geach) that the Hanover,, ,i4es Eintracht was lying at anchor on the lee shore, oiaceus'of 00 town, in St. Austell Bay, and required the so y ~,,,j o hed ' lifeboat. The boat was thereupon immediatolTowi.'„ ceri and proceeeded across the bay, the wind b . 1 1. 7 se bili strong from the S.E., at the time. W I fo o her ° Ju t s trail'_: the vessel the coxswain boarded her hanging on to her anchors with a gr e . : rer t ho the sea making a complete breach . o ° ..eo ta The lifeboat lay to windward, and remained there het r t twhiennd•isnh safety,i fted and th e t h l e tf eweatherheatreturned t. d en. j3teofot leaving thevessel the captain expressed his gra i l ... Ac es. coxswain and crew of the lifeboat for their eel „ t oe e at ev - ' 6iffg the galliot lay so close off Charlestown .gr s a nd was occasioned throughout the town, th t e be cl : t i l ir 3 e Y ifare 0 0 f ee tP a, being lined with spectators anxious for eX apparently doomed vessel. The lifeboat b_e w lan witil eas e u . ingly well, and was the admiration of all s hor her qualities and steadiness in a rough Wl' QM'