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LATEST EDITION of "Tub; &UN" as soou as pub- Bath-strt et, City-road, B.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAY , —Morning, lb. 4m.—Afternoon, 1h.30m, lh. 48:n.--Afternoon, 2h. 10m. tjygr e v4 LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1866, _-_,..- The continuation of the great Reform debate, last evening, though less animated in tone, was certainly not deficient in interest ! There were speakers on both si des fully capable of ad vocating their cause to the best possible ad vantage, and of conducting either the attack or the defence with all the resources of courage, strategy, and resolution. The principal speeches of the eve • °l ng may be considered those of Sir BuL WER INT-rolg and Mr. MILL, and, whether acci dentally or designedly, they were spoken in close proximity to each other. The right hon. baronet , as might easily be eseed, brought all the weapons of eloquence, of wit, of learning to bear against the ranks of the Government ; while \lr. M speech on the subject was looked for whoseorwith some interest, fully maintained his reputation as a deep thinker, a temperate reasoner, and a clear and powerful logician. Sir EDWARD LYTTON, th oug h openly opposed to any measure which should gi • ve a preponderating influence to the workin g c l asses, assumed that position on different grounds from those which are ordinarily taken. lle was not, h e declared, one of those who looked with horror c' I recognise democracy," he on democracy says, " as one of the genuine and legitimate forms of national polity. Like every form of government, it has its defects ,and its faults; but it has also merits of its own merits iden tified in the history of the world with mar vellous achievements of individual genius, of national energies, of passionate devotion to the public cause." But the right hon. baronet went on to show that democracy was the government Nrhich belonged to societies in their youth, and that in a country like our own, with an area of soil extremely limited in proportion to the population, with a commerce based upon credit and national ' -7' prestige, and the maintenance of our naval power, and with such strong religious differences that it would be impossible to precede democracy by an universal system of education, the experiment would be a ruinous one. Even in the States of New Eng land, education did not follow but preceded the esta blishment of democracy. Further, Sir BULWER LYTTON showed that in - America as in France, where universal suffrage was adopted, the in fluence of the Representative Assembly was something very different from what it was in England. " The more you lower the standard of the constituency," he remarked, " below the average education of the country, the more you will transfer the intellectual power of this house to some Upper Chamber, whether it be an English House of Lords or an American Senate." This axiom is sound enough, no doubt, but first we must ascertain what that level would be. Certainly not a£7 franchise. However much the opinions or expressions of other honourable members may have been misapplied or misunderstood, the member for Hertfordshire left no room for the most sensitive Democrat to take umbrage at his words. In the true spirit of an English gentleman he expressed what many politicians on both sides must have felt—a regret that the nature of the dis cussion necessitated the separation of the working class from the rest of the community, and thus rendered it difficult to argue against Democracy without wounding the honourable pride of labour. " What man of letters," exclaimed the Author, the Dramatist, and the Poet, " does not revere those lofty aspirations of the educated artisan towards a more perfect form of human society, which may, indeed, be Utopian, but mhich form an eternal link between the aims of edu cated labour and the dreams of philosophy and genius?" But the objection which he raised against the preponderance of the working classes would be declared to be equally strong against any other influence. " I should have the same objection," he insisted, "to the prepon derating influence of scholars and men of science, or of great merchants, or of a territorial aristocracy." The want of unity in political senti ments among the working classes would not, in his opinion, counteract the evil, and he humorously defended his position by an illustration of the effect which a majority of members returned by clergy men of different politics would have on a church-rate division, or a majority of farmers, representatives on the question of the malt tax ! The questions at issue between labour and capital are not, however, so numerous as to have mush weight in the scale, while the in fluence of capital among the Legislative classes would always be strong enough to take care of it self. The best answer to this constantly recurring threat of a democratic Parliament is to be found in the Constitutional safeguard. The Constitution contemplated the representation of all classes, and took care that numbers alone should not preponde rate by withholding the payment of members. No man can afford to surrender his time to public busi ness unless he is in a position which insures some degree of education and independence, some know ledge of the world, and some mingling among the educated ranks and classes whatever his natural origin. So long as this security is preserved, we can never have that assembly of demagogues and mob orators which some timorous spirits seem to It must have been a satisfaction to the ad vocates of the measure, after the formidable attacks of Sir BULWER LYTTON, to see so able a representative of their side of the question as the new member for Westminster rise in his place. Mr. ST UAItT MILL'S speech was remarkable for its temperance, its moderation, and its close and accurate reasoning. Referring to the possible measures to be introduced in a reformed Parliament he very happily asked if the framers of the Bill of 1832 had been told that in consequence of that measure the corn-laws would be repealed, free trade established, penny postage introduced, the colonies self-governed, and other kindred measures carried, would the Bill have been passed ? The progress of events and of knowledge gradually educated the public mind, and no doubt we should yet pass the measure which at present all classes were quite unprepared for. The sufficient representation of the working classes Mr. MILL declared to be, in his opinion, the greatest improve ment they could make, and though he would have been happy to have accepted others with it, he was still willing to accept it alone. This was spoken in the true spirit of a genuine Reformer, and in this spirit we hope the great body of the Liberal party will think and act. President JouNsorr may certainly be congratu. lated upon the success he has met with since he sue• ceeded to the Presidency under such adverse circum stances. By determination, skill, and foresight, he has accomplished great things, and effected marvels, considering the difficulties in which he was placed. The best proof of the strength which lie has gained may be seen in the Proclamation which he has just issued concerning the Southern States. This may be considered a master-stroke of policy, and we may well rejoice that he has been able to carry out his benevolent intentions and advocate his states manlike views. The prosperity of the Republic depends in a great measure upon the manner in which the Confederate States are dealt with at this juncture, and we may fairly state that had there unfortunately chanced to be a President who had followed out the plans cf the Republican party a most disastrous effect would have been produced, and at some time near or distant the war would have been renewed with increased bitterness of spirit and acrimony of feeling. The language of this Proclamation is temperate but firm, and leaves no reason to doubt the intentions or mistrust the purpose of him who sends it forth. It states that whereas at different times in 1861 and 1862 the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES declared certain States to be in insurrection, and Congress adopted resolutions declaring that war was waged entirely o maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and that as now these objects were accomplished, the war ought to cease ; and as no armed resistance now exists in those States lately insurrectionary, and the people therein have indeed conformed to the " con dition of affairs growing out of the Constitutional Amendment prohibiting slavery, the PRESIDENT therefore proclaims the insurrection in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida to be ended, and henceforth to be so re garded," Such bold words have not been heard for some time in the councils of the United States the rights concerning ' and privileges of the So uthern Stat es, an , ' theirwe i ma t y m h e a s il are aat hand, appearance and tht a a san omen that better a really liberal policy may succee d the ru l e o f t erro r and the seaso n of misrule that have so long pre vailed. Very tr u l y i s i it said ,a have been con quered, in this Proclamation , that people who have rev o quered, must either be treated friends, or else be held by absolute military so as to become power, and that this "last-named policy isab horrent to humanity and freedom ; also it is averred that "standing armies, military occupa raPatial law, military tribunals, and tion, suspension of the habeas corpus are, in time of peace, dangerous to public liberty, incompatible with individual rights, contrary to the genius and spirit of Ameri can institutions, and ought not, therefore, to be sanctioned except in cases of necessity, for repelling invasion, and suppressing rebellion." It is a de cided negative to the justness of the course pur sued by the Republican party that the PRESIDENT should declare that the policy of the Federal Go vernment, from the beginning to the end of the rebellion, has been in conformity with the principles set forth in the Proclamation, and affords un mistakeable evidence that however slowly the PRESIDENT may be proceeding in his course, he is not the less sure and stedfast in pursuing his object. After this significant manifestation we do not see how the Southern States can any longer be excluded from sending their representatives to Congress. The Senate has not yet taken action upon the passing of the Civil Rights Bill over the PRESI pENT's veto. The Democrats have gained largely since the last election in Connecticit, for General HAWLEY, of the Republican party, has been elected Governor by a majority of not more than five hun deed votes. The line which is likely to be taken at head-quarters respecting the Mexican policy has been in some degree indicated by the circumstance that Mr. SEWARD has entertained at dinner Madame JUAREZ, the wife of the Mexican PRESIDENT. This will give great dissatisfaction in some quarters, and will be received very unfavourably at Paris. Perhaps it was done expressly that the French Government might take an indirect hint, and so save the awk wardness to both sides of a direct intimation, an open remonstrance. A resolution has been intro duced into the House of Representatives which refers to the American fishing fleets being warned off the fishing grounds adjacent to their coasts by the Governors of the British Provinces ; and the Secretary of the Navy is requested to send a suffi cient naval force to the fishing grounds to protect the citizens "in the enjoyment of their rights as recognised by the Treaty of 1783 and subsequent reaties." On the whole we may conclude that the intelligence received by this last mail from America has been the best that we have received for a long time, and furnishes us with good grounds for hoping that a termination may be speedily put to the unhappy condition of the Southern States, - which has given all independent men considerable anxiety for some time past, and indeed threatened at one time to become a disgrace to the Federal Government, not merely of a temporary character, but a lasting dishonour to them in the annals of history. It is quite out of character to suppose that any portion of the Anglo-Saxon race would consent to the policy of those extremists who would have trampled down all reason and right, and reigned supreme by mere force of arms and violence of demeanour. Such was quite inconsistent with what the world had seen of the character of the Confederates during the late war so gallantly maintained by them under most fearful difficulties and against such desperate odds. The dawn of a new era in the Government of America will be welcomed by all who desire the peace and prosperity of that great people, so worthy of a grand destiny. CORRESPONDENCE FRom PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The Journal des Debats, arguing as it says from its own private sources of information in regard to Germany, professes its disbelief in the amicable sentiments and views of M. de Bismark :—" The desire of humbling Austria, and of obtaining fresh aggrandisement at its expense, has become a violent and impatient passion with the Prussians, which King William the First shares, and of which M. de Bismark is the faithful interpreter." The Siicle says :—" - Without being the least in the' world in the secret of what is said and thought at Vienna at the present moment, it can be safely asserted that great embarrassment and uneasiness prevails there. It would not be good for the Empire of Austria, confused as it is present, that universal suffrage, that is to say the most manifest expression of national feeling and popular right, should be established in Germany, at the risk of turning everybody's head in the provinces not German, hitherto in submission to the house of Hapsburg." M. Cavillier Fleury was yesterday elected a member of the Academie Francaise, in the room of M. Dupin. The number of votes was 32. M. Fleury had 20; M. Henri Martin, 11; and M. de Cham pagney, 1. The Moniteur has no official part to-day. The Legislative Body is occupied with the important subject of the Mercantile Marine. The mercantile navy is alleged to be suffering under great distress, and to be in a declining state. The Government has, therefore, introduced measures having for their object to relieve it from various burthens and to give it development. In short, the spirit of the pro posals is the relaxation of the Navigation Laws, an object which has hitherto met with great opposition in France. The conference of the ministers and members of - the consistories of all the Protestant -churches, which usually take place at this season of the year, to consult upon various points connected with the Protestant religion, has just been held at the Pro testant church, the Watoine, in the Rue St. Honore. More than usual/ excitement prevailed in conse quence of the difference upon some doctrinal points, which led to the dismissal of M. Martin Paschoud, which I have mentioned. M. Paschoud was pre sent, and many members of the Church from the departments. M. Guizot, the honorary President of the Society of the History of French Protestant ism, in adverting, with regret, to the recent diffe rences among the body, expressed his attachment to religious liberty, provided That this liberty was not dangerous to the Faith. He defended Faith in the all-powerful Creator, and in supernatural be lief as the foundation and root of the Protestant religion. Political and liberal convictions, however sincere they might be, could offer no example of the perseverance which religious faith had given to the world. The orator, in conclusion, recommended the faithful to have a liberal spirit and a mild heart. Some doctrinal points which it was intended to submit were withdrawn, on the ground that their discussion might lead to differences and schism. A story about smoking is very prettily told in a literary paper, A widow, young and handsome, had a lovor ; but although she had sworn not to marry again, every day she seemed upon the point of perjuring herself. She had a particular aversion to tobacco. One day her lover screwed his courage up so far as to , ask permission to smoke. The lady was bewildered with astonish ment, but being told by the gentleman that there was some affinity between love and a cigar, she assured him that if he could prove the fact he might convert her salon into a tap-room. The lover pro ceeded to argue that the flame of love could be lighted in various ways, just as there were several modes of lighting a cigar, by a pipe-light, by the cigar of another person, and by a lucifer. In youth the head was inflamed too quickly by love, just as some cigars burnt out too speedily. There was, perhaps, some danger if love were extinguished, but if the fire of a cigar went out, it could easily be re me of love, how ever, like a re -lighted. The pu good cigar, never was burnt out. The lady was convinced by the arguments. The-lover was so earnest that his cigar was extinguished, while he talked and discontinued to smoke it. The widow, looking at the fire, suddenly recollected that an offer of marriage bad been made to her, and, in a mild voice, said, " Henry, light your cigar." A grocer waned Yilleuiy, about 70, residing at THE SUN, LONDON, STURDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1866. Billancourt, near Paris, this morning committed suicide by hanging himself to the bed-post. For about a fortnight past he had complained that he was always suffering such severe pain that he would put an end to it. His wife, although not exactly alarmed, had since watched him carefully. During her very brief absence, however, this morn ing, he carried his alleged intention into effect, and on her return into the room he was quite dead. There was no pecuniary embarrassment ; on the contrary, he had a good business, and was reputed to be rich. A remarkable cure by the transfusion of blood has been effected at Benais, not far from Tours. A gardener, while planting, splintered the palm of his hand, which bled so profusely that death must have ensued instantly if 'assistance had not been instantly procured. A doctor, however, was im mediately sent for, who took blood from a neigh bour and introduced it into a vein in the left arm of the man who was wounded. In a few minutes the patient recovered the use of his senses which he had quite lost, and is now perfectly well. The' sur geon is of opinion that death must have ensued if the operation had not been resorted to. To-day the weather has again been of a very extraordinary character. To say it was hot would not be sufficient. It has really been a sultry day like the days of July. The air has been so oppres sive that there has been much fear of another thunderstorm, which seems imminent. The prize cup, which is to be run for next Sun day, in the Bois de Boulogne, is a beautiful work of art. The artist is M. Maillat. It is of chased silver, and represents Victory, in the semblance of a young woman, who holds over her head the palm which shehad just gained by conquest. This statue of Victory is placed on a pedestal of worked silver in the style of Louis XVII., and is beautifully exe cuted and modelled by M. Madrouse. It comes from the workshop of the eminent silversmith, Messrs. Christopher and Co. The value is 100,000 f., and the winner will also have 10,000 f. in money. The Sport says that the King of Greece will shortly be officially affianced to the Grand Duchess Weva of Russia, but the marriage ceremony will not take place until the King shall lire embraced the Greek religion. The Grand Duchess Weva is the second daughter of the Grand Duke Constan tine, and is 13 years old. King George of Greece is 21. Sir Bulwer Lytton and Mr. Mal. The following are among the opinions expressed by our contemporaries in regard to the two remark able speeches delivered last evening in the House of Commons, the one by Sir Bulwer Lytton, the other by the new member for Westminster : The Times says any evidence were wanting to prove the false position in which the Ministry have unfortunately landed themselves, it might be found in the speech of Sir G. Grey last night. Sir G. Grey is one of the members of the house not adequately appreciated by the public. Possessing considerable powers of expression, he is unequalled, much less surpassed, in the facility with which on ordinary occasions he can conduct a long and involved sen tence to its conclusion. He is singularly calm, argu mentative, logical, and temperate. In everything he says there is a certain quality which we may almost call sweetness, disarming the virulence, if not the force, of opposition. But last night every thing was changed. Instead of his usual placidity there was anger, instead of the serenity which has so often excited the admiration of his hearers, there were ruggedness, impetuosity, broken utterances, inconsequent sentences, and the spectacle, in short, of a good man struggling with difficulties not of his own creation. The usual characteristics of the speaker had disappeared, and the legislative tem per, accustomed to moderate the contests of party, had given way to a fiery spirit indicating the hope lessness of his argument, and the impossibility of any statesmanlike result of the Government policy. No one can regret more than ourselves the conse quences of the fatal mistake the have com mitted. The solution of a great question, which every one admits ought to be solved, was possible when the advisers of the Crown, in an evil hour, istened to insidious counsellors. Now the attempt o recall the combatants to the main question at issue is almost hopeless. It seemed at the com mencement of the discussion of last night as if the debate might be lifted into a higher sphere than is usual in Parliament. The elaborate speech of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the argument of Mr. Mill, touched upon the deepest points at issue, but the unfortunate way in which the Reform question has been brought before the House of Commons almost immediately withdrew at tention from them. There was in the reasoning of Mr. Mill a singular forgetfulness, or perhaps we should say ignorance, of the actual conditions of political life, and a corresponding indifference to what they might become should the Franchise Bill of the Government be passed by Parliament. We cheerfully admit, with Sir E. Bulwer-Lytton, with every one, indeed, who has given any attention to the subject, the virtues which on the whole charac terise the working men of England ; we acknow lege, with Mr. Mill, the advantage of admitting to the national Legislative Assembly some members who might be animated by their hopes, who might speak their thoughts, who might give utterance to their arguments. We will go-further, and say that no one can reasonably expect every Reformer to reveal all he hopes to accomplish in a Reformed Parliament, though we must observe, in contradic tion to Mr. Mill, that the Reformers of 1832 told their opponents what they expected to do, though they did not, because they could not, tell them of the things then un-hoped for which they have since realised. The Reform Bill of 1832 was, however, passed because the people of England awoke to a consciousness that they were ill governed. The Franchise Bill of 1866 has no such popular impulse. Mr. Mill dreams of a time when the agency of a central Government shall extinguish crime, pauperism, ignorance, and even disease, apparently unconscious of that tide of voluntaryism which would not allow an attempt at National Education to be made, and less excusably using language which would seem to intimate that he was unaware of the absolute impossibility of repressing these evils by legislation. We pass from the discussion of suggestions which could only prejudice Reform, and ask what answer was attempted to Lord Stanley's argument of Thursday ? The answer must be nothing. Mr. Baxter, like Mr. Mill, and others who followed on the same side, attempted to distinguish Lord Stanley from the other supporters of Lord Grosvenor's amendment, and seemed to think that, having made the dis tinction, it was unnecessary to reply to his speech. No error in tactics could be greater. There are doubtless many who will vote for the amendme • who view the Reform question in a manner d. ferent from 'Lord Stanley, but his position is the strength of the Opposition. Unless he is an swered, nothing is answered. Intrenched with him are the moderate Liberals, the independent mem bers whose antagonism is the true danger of the Franchise Bill, and to pass them by as unworthy o f notice is to repeat in an exaggerated form the folly of Sidney Smith's 'Mrs. Partington. Mr. Mill declared that those who opposed the Fran chise Bill must be of opinion that if it were passed, and nothing more were done, it would, standing alone, be unworthy of consideration. This issue does not truly represent the point in dispute, be causepassing of a Franchise Bill would con fessedly be the first skirmish of a protracted cam paign ; but we are willing to accept the issue. Mr. Mill is, however, a new member of the House of Commons; he was returned, as we believe he himself acknowledged, by the exercise of the " heroic virtues," and we believe he has not yet served on an election committee, certainly that he did not serve on the committees which investigated the returns for Totnes and Great Yarmouth, or on the committee which is investigating the Notting ham election. We challenge any one to assert his belief that a reduction of the franchise to £7, re taining the existing constituencies, would secure a better representation of the working classes, a more effective legislative body than that we at present possess. The Daily News oap :—" Sir g .1311115'er Lytton in the course of a brilliant and effective speech, pointed out, with good show of reason, that, as a class, agricultural labourers were at least as well entitled to the consideration of the Legislature as those of .the same social standing who dwelt in towns; but for its present purpose the House of Commons may admit, and in fact does admit, the necessity of admitting considerable numbers of the artisan class within what it has become the fashion to call the pale of the Constitution. Even opponents will, we think, admit that up to the pre sent time Mr. Mill's is the great speech of the de bate ; and that so masterly an argument has seldom on any subject been addressed to the House of Commons as that which they heard from him last night!! Misgivings were at one time justifiable, and almost unavoidable, that in his election philosophy had lost more than Parliament has gained ; but there doubts can be entertained no longer. Mr. Mill, who has mastered many more difficult things, has proved that the arts of debate and the physical accomplishment of addressing the House of Commons were not beyond his reach. and has acquired a position which even :country gentlemen who were at Oxford before the Moral Sciences Tripos came into existence, and to whom the " Principles of Poli tical Economy" and the " System of Logic" are no better known than the last books of Livy, will be able to understand. Differing as they did on almost every point under discus sion—on the intrinsic merits of the Government measure, and on the propriety of separating in legislation the extension of the franchise from the distribution of seats—Sir Bulwer Lytton and Mr. Mill were in accord upon question, on which it is our fortune to have already expressed, and to have been taken to task for, an opinion identical with theirs. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, speaking as a lead ing member of the Conservative party, advanced' that theory of the representation of classes which we have demurred to as illiberal, but which some of our contemporaries pronounce to be the only true Liberal doctrine. The Morning Star says :—Two men of genius addressed the House of Commons yesterday on the great question now before it for settlement. Sir Bulwer Lytton enjoys throughout England that graceful and genial popularity which arises from the wide and cordial appreciation of a vernacular classic, and though he too seldom addresses the House of Commons his speeches always add a grace and intellectual interest to its proceedings. Mr. John Stuart Mill had virtually his first appear ance to make, and the excitement occasioned in the house by his first set speech was equally attributable to the greatness of his pre vious fame and to the noble success of his Reform argument. Placed in contrast the two speeches suggest how the most generous of personal sympathies may be chilled into practical cynicism by :political prejudices, and (how fully the really philosophical mind, when allied to an open and kindly heart, can apply itself to every situation in public affairs. The Morning Herald says .—The most remarkable feature of last night's debate was a couple of speeches delivered by two of the most distinguished literary men of the age ; by the greatest of living novelists, and the greatest living master of economical science. It would be as unworthy and ridiculous on our part to depreciate the knowledge, philo sophic thought, and lucid style of John Stuart Mill, as it is in seine of our Liberal contemporaries to sneer at and make light of the exquisite taste and brillant imagination of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, because he does not happen to share their political opinions. The encounter was an interesting one, if its result -was not quite what might have been expected. The advantage certainly appeared priori, to be on the side of the profounder writer. There is very little trace of politics, and still less of political study, in the novels which have com manded so veep an interest, and so warm an admi ration from the educated youth of England, and won for their author a higher reputation, and a more solid, if „not a wider popularity than has been achieved by any writer of English fiction since Sir Walter Scott. Mr. Mill, on the other hand, has been all his life a political student, and next to his economical works, the best known and most valuable of his writings have reference to the very questions which are involved in the discussion of Parliamentary Reform. And yet the palm, not merely of eloquence but of political thought, of sound reasoning, and of political statesmanship, in last night's encounter, certainly did not fall to the member for Westminster. On such a subject Mr. Mill could hardly fail to say something that was new, and a good deal that was worthy of consideration ; but his speech fell far short of that which preceded it, not merely in its immediate effect upon the audience, which might be prejudiced in favour of the more popular and parliamentary eloquence of the practised orator, but in weight of matter and elaborate reasoning. The comparison is a very fair one ; for both speeches were evidently deliberate and premeditated efforts, into which the speaker put his whole mind and power, and which contained the sum and substance of his thought and knowledge. And the victory of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was certainly complete and more evident than we could have expected ; and the verdict signified by the enthusiastic applause of the House of Commons will, as we think, be confirmed by most unprejudiced readers of this morning's report. The Morning Standard says :—" Sir Bulwer Lytton followed Mr. Baxter in a magnificent speech, which cannot fail :to produce an immense effect upon the country, as it did upon the house of Commons: Studded with epigram, en riched with felicitous illustration, rising in almost every other sentence to the highest eloquence, and always grappling with the question before' the house, the oration of the right honourable baronet will rank amongst his highest and happiest efforts. The Standard adding :—The speech of Mr. Stuart Mill was far more worthy of his high reputation, although as an oratorical effort, perhaps a greater failure than any he has addressed to the House." The Morning Advertiser says :--bast night the Chancellor of the Exchequer was again badly treated. Sir E. B. Lytton showed him no mercy, but gave him, with telling force, a succession of blows under which he must have smarted much. In fact, :Mr. Gladstone was the chief target at which all the Opposition fired off their guns. Earl Russell, although Prime Minister, and consequently assumed to be the author, as he certainly is the sponsor of the Reform Bill, escaped with a very few superficial scars, while Mr. Gladstone is already seriously wounded in the battle, although it is destined to rage for several days to come. So far as the debate has yet gone, it cannot be denied by even the greatest friends of Ministers, that they have been worsted in the encounter. They have :nt suffered severe damage. I ENGLISH AND GERMAN COMIC PAPERS.—When an English comic paper c,olebrates an anniversary, or a cen tenary, or a royal marriage, or any other great occasion, it makes the chief public characters of the day the vehicles of its wit, the figures in its pageant. But the German caricaturist cannot venture on this. lie could not bring in native characters, for fear of the censorship; au assemblage of purely foreign personages would have little interest. All ho can do is to revive the imaginary characters whom he has invented during his existence as a comic illustrator But the fun of this can only be appreciated by himself, and by those who have followed him throughout his career. And though well enough for once, it does not bear repeti tion. We should get tired oven of Mr. Briggs, if he was to be always the leading figure in a procession.— Once a Week. JOHN BROWN—HER MAJESTY'S GILLIE!—A Lon don correspondent writes :—" Such of your readers as study the Illustrated News may have remarked that in the engraving of last week, which `illustrated' the last royal visit to Aldershot, a Highlander was depicted as seated in the rumble of her Majesty's carriage, as well as a domestic in the usual livery. This is a new feature in the royal household. The individual in question is her Ma jesty's Highland gillie, one John Brown by name, whose especial duty it was in Scotland to attend and watch over the steps of the Queen whenever she stirred out of doors His office appears to have been extended southward, and new, whether in walks and drives, his stalwart form and picturesque dress may always be seen in respectful attend ance. The attachment and fidelity of Highlanders to those whom they are permitted to serve personally and confiden tially are proverbial, and Gillie Brown seems by degrees to have fallen into the position in the household of the Queen such as was occupied by Rousteon, the Mameluke, near the pawn of Napoleon the Great." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. four days' receipts, 12,000 bales. Stock, 173,00 0 bales. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MOBILE, April 2. Cotton— middling, 36c. CANADA. PRUSSIA AND BAVARIA. TORONTO, April 3. MUNICH, APRIL 14. The order for disbanding the Volunteers has been rescinded, and forces continue to be despatched to The official Bagerische Zeitung says :—" The statements of some German papers that an under standing had been arrived at between Bavaria and Prussia, respecting the proposals of the latter for a reform of the Federal Constitution, are entirely devoid of foundation. he frontier. MEXICO. NEW YORK, April 4. Advices received here from Vera Cruz to the 22d ult. state that Genl Ogazon had proclaimed him self President of the 'Mexican Republic, in accord ance with the Constitution of 1857. The Bavarian Government is as unacquainted with the nature of these proposals as are the Govern ments of the other German States, but it is ready to examine them whenever they shall be submitted to its consideration." Two hundred Imperialist prisoners of Mendez's 'orc,.e are reported to have been shot by the Liberals n retaliation for the execution of Liberal prisoners. d ' ff rt ttrinkr HER MAJESTY• -4-- OSBORNE, Friday. The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and drove in the afternoon, ac companied by Princess Helena. Their Royal Highnesses, Princess Louise and Prince Leopold drove out in the afternoon. SPAIN. • MADRID, APRIL 13, Evening. A Royal decree has been promulgated limiting the introduction of Asiatic colonists into Cuba, in con formity with Articles 23 and 25 of the regulation of 1860. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 13, Th closed at the following qr 4i- per Cents 96 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 66 40 Do. end month 66 15 Credit Mobilier 555 Do. end month Unis Do. end month iree o'clock.—The market rotations : Bank Shares 3450 Italian Loan 53 Do. end month 53 15 Mexican Loan 4l 25 Do. Bonds 267 50 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred RAILWAYS. Acct. ... 802 50 Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman ... 10Th - - 845 - • 525 530 - • 520 - 92 50 .-...-. ••• -- -- ... 350 - ... 365 - - ... 135 - - - ... 180 - --- - ... 80 - AMERICA. The Royal Mail steamship Australasia% from New York on the 4th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 630 p.m. yesterday. She brings 112 passengers and $ll,OOO in specie. She landed eightpassengers and all the mails, except those for Liverpool, con sisting of 116 sacks, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool ; all well. _ _ _ (Via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, April 4, Morning. In the Senate the Finance Committee have re• ported the Loan Bill without amendments, as re• ceived from the House of Representatives. General Hawley, of the Republican party, has been elected Governor of Connecticut by a majority of 500 votes. The Democrats have gained largely since the last election. The Senate has not yet taken action upon the question of passing the Civil _Rights Bill over the President's veto. _ _ - - _ The following 'resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives " Wheras the Governors of the Britsh Provinces have warned the American fishing fleets off the fishing grounds adjacent to their coasts, thus indi cating a design to renew the unreasonable claims made prior to the Reciprocity Treaty, and to annoy peaceable commerce, the Secretary of the Navy is requested to send a sufficient naval force to the fish ing grounds to protect the citizens in the enjoyment of their rights as recognised by the treaty of 1783 and subsequent treaties." The Governor of Vermont has appointed Mr. George Edmonds to be a Senator, vice Mr. Foote, deceased. Mr. Seward has entertained Madame Juarez, the wife of the Mexican President, at dinner. The public debt of the United States on the Ist of April amounted to $2,827,000,000. The balance in the Treasury at the same date was $122,000,000. President J ohnson has issued the following pro clamation : " Whereas the President of the United States at different times in 1861 and 1862 declared certain States to be in insurrection, and during July, 1861, Congress adopted resolutions declaring that war was waged solely to maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity and quality of the rights of the States unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects were accomplished the war ought to cease ; " Whereas no organised or armed resistance to Federal authority exists in the late insurrectionary States, and the proper Federal or States' civil authority can enforce the laws therein, and the people are loyally disposed, and have conformed, or will conform, by legislation, to the condition of affairs growing out of the Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery ; " Whereas, in view of the before-recited premisses, it is the manifest determination of the American people that no State, of its own will, can secede from the Union, and that therefore each State ought to remain and constitute an integral part of the United States ; " Whereas the people of the said insurrectionary States, in the manner aforesaid, have given satis factory evidenee of acquiescence in this sovereign and important resolution of national unity ; " Whereas it is believed to be a fundamental principle of government that people who have re volted and been overcome and subdued must either be treated so as to induce them voluntarily to be come friends, or else to be held by absolute military power, so as to prevent them from ever again doing harm as enemies, which last-named policy is abhor rent to humanity and freedom ; " Whereas the Constitution provides for consti tutional communities only as States, and not as territories, dependencies, provinces, or protecto- rates ; " Whereas, such constituent States must neces sarily be, and by the Constitution are, made equal and placed on a like footing as to political rights, immunities, dignity, and power with the States with which they are united ; " Whereas the observance of political equality is a principle of right and justice, and is well calcu lated to encourage the people of the aforesaid States to be and become more constant in their renewed allegiance ; - " Whereas standing armies, military occupation, martial law, military tribunals, and suspension of the habeas corpus arc in time of peace dangerous to public liberty, incompatible with individual rights, contrary to the genius and spirit of American insti tutions, and ought not, therefore, to be sanctioned, except in cases of necessity for repelling invasion or suppressing rebellion ; " Whereas the policy of the Federal Government from the beginning to the end of the rebellion has been in conformity with the principles herein set forth,—.l therefore proclaim the insurrection in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Ten nessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida to be ended, and henceforth to be so regarded." A brig, arrived at New Orleans, reports having seen off Corrientes a screw steamer of 800 tons fly ing the Chilian flag. COMMERCIAL. Money easy Gold, 128. Exchange on London, 137 ; on Paris, 4f. 15c. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 911 ; Illinois, 116 ; Erie, 731 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1041. Cotton dull. Middling upland, 39c. to 40c. Flour declining. Wheat and corn dull. Provi sion steady. Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses steady. Petroleum slightly firmer—crude, 261 c. ; refined, 41c. The receipts of cotton at New York since January amount to 230,000 bales, and the exports since September to April 3 to 345,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, April 3. Cotton heavy. Low middling, 34c. to 36. Three exports, 18,000 ; days' sales, 5,000 ; three days' THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM. Mr. Fechter as the Master of Ravenswood. After a brilliant run of we don't at this moment remember precisely how many weeks—in point of fact, ever since the commencement of the present season (a season, in truth, which this picturesque and attractive dramatic version of Sir Walter Scott's exquisitely pathetic romance of " The Bride of Lammermoor," inaugurated, literally, by a coup de theatre)—" The Master of Ravens wood " is announced as about to be imme - diately withdrawn from the bills of the Theatre Royal Lyceum. Another week, in effect, and it will have disappeared—to give place on this very day se'nnight to the grandest tragedy that was ever penned—through the medium of which incomparable masterpiece of dramatic art Charles Fechter first won his fame amongst us as a tragic and pathetic actor of refined genius, of rare gifts, and of radiant accomplishments. Whenever under Mr. Fechter's management " Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," is thus announced for repetition—or rather, we should say, for revival—it is always a source of profound gratification to us, no matter what may chance to be the impersonation of which it necessitates the removal. With all our adini• 7, ration for his " Ruy Blas"—the very " Ruy Blas t ' of Victor Hugo!—with all our approciatiOn of the airy and elastic grace of Mr. Fechter's "Don Cresar de Bazan"—of the audacious devilry and dilapida _ . tion of his "Robert Macaire"—of the tearful whim sicality of his "Belphegor"— of the haunting interest excited by his portraiture of the hero of " Th e Duke's Motto"—and of all the varied merits of his other numerous histrionic impersonations needless here to be particularised—his first and noblest jilt: personation of all, to our mind, meaning as a matter of course, his Hamlet, is always welcomed back by to most eagerly, not merely for old associations' sake , but in every conceivable way for its own intrinsic excellence. It is announced, moreover, that this now fast approaching revival yet once again of Shakspere's " Hamlet" at the Lyceum Theatre with Mr. Fechter, of course, as the Prince of Denmark—is to be signalised (we presume, exceptionally) by a powerful cast of c harac and of many appropriate properties. Now tb° / ters, to say nothing of much costly scowl the run of " The Master of Ravenswood" at length, therefore, fast drawing to an end; we cannot but acknowledge that that play itself as a dramatic adaptation of the inci dents of one of the most enthrallin g of all the fictions of Sir Walter Scott, and that that character of Edgar Ravenswood—appear to us to be wholly and unworthy, the one' as a tribute to the genius of the Master Novelist, the other as a vehicle for the manifestation of the genius of Mr. Fechter as an Actor of exceptiona ll y noble endowments and qualifications. It is graceful, it is pathetic, it is picturesque, it is in one or two , po i n ts supremely melancholy ll but that is a Otherwise--commend us, far and away, by prefer" ence, to Ray Bias, to Don Caesar de Baza lb t o Robert Macaire, to B e lph egor , to almost a n y' to almost every other c h arac t er i n Mr. But F e chter comprehensive rep er t o i re ! B e yond all f p: . 4 and away, indeed --beyond them all, to I s l h a a m k l s e p t e ! r e sc o t y re mnpoawr a — b l a e f no--after r masterpiece the re v revival a l thus fc ° presentations only—let us direct public attention aS to very pleasant additional tidings, to the annolocco menu —(following hard upon the heels of this ° ln d delightful 'announcement of Hamlet Prince ra Denmark for this day se'nnight at the LorcelLe Theatre)—that there is at present in aotact% preparation at the Lyceum The C orsic is Brothers ! The which .renowned melodrama of about to be produced upon those same boards the Lyceum, with entirely new scenery , proPcraiti; and effects, spectral apparitions, ghostly /nolo and all—as performed at Paris—Mr. Fechter ,sls,by taming the double part (as originally plaYea .1)0 him) of Fabien and Louis de Franchi. news, surely, all this ! now that we are really c° l ""_ ing to an end of the brilliant run alreadY n° corded to the " Master of Ravenswood." Mrs. Keble was so ill at Bournemouth when husband's corpse was about to be taken aw a y for nter.: IS ment at Hursley that she pathetically request ed that grave shouldnot be closed until she was laid in it. nt THE COUNTESS OF FINGALL died this day we e-- ; Brighton. Her ladyship was in her 71st year . The e; cea sed countess was the only daughter of Mr. Elias C'ci bally, of Corbalton Hall, county Meath. By her hus t n the countess leaves a numerous family of six sons and daughters. DEATH OF LORD CLINTON.—We have to annoll ins o ce the death of this venerable peer, which occurr ed aboutlo, o'clock on Tuesday night, at his seat, Heanton, Satchlii near Beaford, in the county of Devon. The noble lorcO the 18th baron, was born in Nov., 1791, and was 0 , 3° ,1 . , quently in his 75th year. He was educated at Oriel ill lege, Oxford, at which university he passed first-elgt mathematics, took his M.A. degree in 1817, and wards became a fellow of All Souls'. Ho succeeded Lady Georgiana Kerr, brother to the title in 1832, and married the year prece di l quis of Lothian, by whom he leaves issue living the I I I; second daughter of the sixth Alt'''. C. H. R. Trefusis, M.P. for North Devon, the Hon. 31a1 5 • Geo. Kerr Rolle, the Hon. W. R. Trefusis, the Ilon.j• Trefusis, and seven daughters. The deceased noblevillii, sat for Okeharepton before the passing of the Reform the was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant iv.. North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry in 1842, and a (RO I lieutenant of Devon in 1846. Lord Clinton was a on lieutenant waive in politics, a kind and liberal landlord, generOltero the poor, and in his family and social relations a PI sic, father and a true gentleman. The Hon. C. 11. R. Tre' ll t ie, M.P., eldest son of the deceased, who - succeeds to the t r ' c i ii was born in 1834, educated at Eton and Christ Oxford, is deputy-lieutenant and magistrate for the COO and colonel of the North Devon Yeomanry CavalrY• NATIONAL PORTRAIT EXHIBITION.—Th e mittee met yesterday to inspect the collection of 11 . ° ., r ; th e Royal Horticultural Gardens, traits which has been formed in the arcades overlo.A7, meeting in the central court, presided over by the I:3 ' )x it tee Derby, K.G. The following members of the cant - vie, were present :—The Earl of Derby, K.G., Earl ra rl ci e %. K.G. Earl Cowper, K.G., Earl Stanhope Earl of Wa r ,, s ' t Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Earl Somers, Lord lioug"ii:v. and afterwards hell'lf ti the , Very Rev. 116" Dean of St. Paul's, the I re V r j3e cl , Canon Rock, Sir F. Madden, Mr. A Darker, Ito% • t Mr. Edgar A. Bowring, C. 8., Mr. Richard.Berebe Reginald Cholmondeley, Mr. Henry Cole, 0 33 ' , lkifr• Colnaghi, Mr. John Forster, Mr. And rew Fountall'e'joba F. Y. Hurlstone, The MacLeod of MacLeod, ft. Murray, Mr. J. R. Planche, Redgrave, R.A., Mr. Samuel Redgrave, Mr. G. We ll f • A.R.A., Mr. W. Russell, Mr. Henry Shaw , g r : o. s. , Sketchley, Mr. R. H. Soden Smith, Mr. NIT . Smith, (r. 11. Mr. J. Spedding, Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr. Tite, ''; eo tt, Mr. J. 11. Pollee , '7 llO Ol, B. Woodward, Mr. R. N. Wornum, Sir Sibbald D . _ b ibi Bart., Mr. J. A. Fronde. The private view of the e e ' we to ti o n will take place this day (Satu rda y ) from t to lli° v ci r s ix, and on Monday the collection w ill be op one public.