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Upon the division which is to take place to-night, or rather to-morrow morning, depends not the Fate of Reform, but the Fate of the Go vernment. About the necessity there is of dealing with Reform—all parties are agreed. The only con tention there has been all along in regard to that part of the question, has had reference to the ad visibility of dealing with Reform partially or completely, bit by bit or, as a whole piecemeal, or according to one comprehensive scheme of recon struction. As to putting Reform on one side, nobody dreams of it. It were idle, now to attempt anything of the kind. The Conservative followers of Lord DERBY are not less distinctly committed to the cause of Reform than are the Whig and Radical followers of Lord RUSSELL. It is not, therefore—let this, at least, be understood quite clearly before the division takes place—it is not that Lord GROSVERNOR'S Amendment involves within it the alternative of dealing with the problem of Reform in some way at once, or of putting it aside indefinitely for some future settlement ! The alternative set before the'House by this Amendment is, on the contrary, Whether, in dealing with the question of Reform at all, the House of Commons is prepared to do so with its eyes open or hoodwinked ! The Administration has acted with such . astonishing perversity in this matter throughout that it has itself absolutely necessitated the Mterposiing by some body.—no matter by whom, it may be as well by Earl GI:OSVENOR as by any one else—th e interpo sition between the House and the Second Reading of precisely some such Amendment. The Minister of the Crown having dealt with the Question and with the House thus perversely and thus haughtily —the Commons of England ask themselves, or rather are asked by Earl GROSVENOR, through his Amendment—Whether they are prepared to walk meekly under the Caudine forks at the wanton dictation of a Government that (judging of it by its acts) seems for some inex plicable reason known only to itself to have been, b ent (suicidally, as we believe) from the l ' er Y atil t uPou subjecting the popular branch of the Legislature Ito 4h " la utterly needless and wholly uncalled for h umiliation. and shut your eye " Open your mouth see what we will give you !" That is lit„4:,cl uY the childish programme of Reform announced b y the Government. And — irk obedience to that pro t ra h o —the House is expected to open its mo u th and ti ti s t e is ye a s ffo ! rd A ed s an assemblage of rational m on, however, u the opportunity, through thaAmendment the noble lord the me m b er f of or Chester, o f answering, "No we will not s h ut our eyes at your dictation ;we will not even k our mouths at your bidding — we will take what y ou offer us into our hands, and, after examining it (with our eyes wide open) in Committee, we then decide, but not earlier, as to whether or not w e will swallow it !" That is, in plain and simple terms, the meaning of the Amendment. And upon the division consequent upon the submission of that Amendment to the House will depend, we repeat, not the Fate of Reform (the fate of which, one way or the other, is perfectly secure) but the Fate of the Government. Thanks to the egregious blundering of her MA 3EsTY's Ministers in this matter, the prospects held out by the division are, unhappily, only too clear. the magnificent majority of seventy-eight with which they met Parliament, has, under that blun dering of theirs, dwindled and dwindled down until the prospect for them of any majority at all has almost come to be problematical. The prevailing expectation is, in fact, that the opposing parties will be so very nearly balanced that the preponderance of numbers on one side or the other must be small indeed, must be all but infinitesimal. Ministers, if they win at all, it is thought, can only win by a ma jority so small as to be almost nominal. Even in that case, their existence must be seriously jeopardised. A Cabinet only able to clear itself from the risk of being put in a minority by some half-a.-dozen votes out of a House of over six hundred members, could not, with any sense of self-respect, carry on—precisely as they are —the QUEEN'S Government. Defeating the Amend ment thus by merely half-a-dozen votes or there abouts in so large a House, they must (more than ever in spite of themselves) follow up, in a different sense from what was intended, the recent proposal in regard to the Franchise by—A Redistribution of Seats—among themselves ! To put the matter very simply in reference to this now fast-approaching division —the division must, it is expected, show a result, in the shape of a clear majority, very small, indeed—so small that some go so far as to think that the total of the clear majo rity thus arrived at, may almost be numbered up on the fingers of one hand! Supposing, for the sake of argument, and as the upshot will very probably show, that this small majority is against the Amend ment and for the Bill —even, then, Ministers could not possibly stand as they are. Earl RUSSELL and some few others would be compelled in that case, if only out of self-respect, to tender their resignation. The present Cabinet would have to be remodelled—if its remodelling, that is to say, proved, in that event, to be in any way practicable. Supposing that the small majority now looked for to, should however, turn out to have gone the other way, the Government would, in that case, of course, go out bodily—the QUEEN, according to constitutional usage, sending, in that event, for the Leader of the Opposition. That the Bill itself, under any circumstances, can ever pass into a law, nobody believes. Its in evitable fate, as a measure, is to die out. And equally it has become a matter of conviction that the Government, as at present constituted, cannot hold together. It must—either, if unsuccessful on this now fast-approaching division, be successful by so small a majority that it must be modified or rather thoroughly rearranged—or, if unsuccessful, itmust go out entirely, and give way to the Chiefs of the Opposition. Our impression is that the former of then two contingencies may be pretty confidently anticipated. But, even supposing such to prove the upshot of this evening's debate, we very much question whether under those circumstances the realisation of the compromise hinted at—in other words, the construction of a patchwork or Coalition Cabinet—would be in any way practicable, even for the time being. It would in very truth be like the visible stroke of a tardy Nemesis if, upon the question of Reform, Earl RUSSELL were, now, to be driven from office to make way for the return to power—upon the express stipulation that, in returning thus to power that very question of Reform should be dealt with boldly, resolutely, promptly, and comprehensively—the return to power again (upon that distinct proviso) of the very Statesmen of the very party who were prevented seven years ago from dealing with Reform, precisely in that very way, by Lord RUSSELL'S dog-in-the-manger " dodge" of the Abstract Resolutions ! After Mr. LowE's magnificent Speech of last evening—a speech, the delivery of which occupied exactly two hours and twenty minutes, being listened to with unflagging, and even at moments enthralled, attention, throughout--as it eminently well deserved to be listened to by reason of its logical force, its radiant wit, and its sustained eloquence-- the remainder of last night's debate might have been summed up, according to a famous phrase in " Coningsby," by saying of it, that Wishy was up and Washy followed. As to this evening's—the eighth, and as it isunder stood to be the last night of this great historical discussion=one cannot but remember that among the men of mark in the House who have not as yet spoken, are such men as Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. HENLEY. They, at any rate let us hope, are not going to content themselves and to disappoint every one else by giving a silent vote, as though they were mere nobodies whose opinions were not worth listening to. Before the Leader of the House rises to reply more over—prior to the division being taken—the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Leader of HerM.AJESTY'S Oppo sition,will have expressed his opinions ! That, we take it, so far as the speaking to-night is concerned, is:the great sensational event now looked forward to. And certainly Mr. DISRAELI throughout the whole of his parliamentary career has never had a more superb opportunity for the display of his rare and almost matchless powers of irony and sarcasm than the one now presented to him by the insensate course pursued very recently by the foremost among his confronting antagonists'! According to the last accounts there is a decided chance of peace between the two great German Powers. Austria has replied to the last. Prussian Note, and expressed satisfaction at the pacificatory tendency of its contents. Of course the occasion is taken to state that Austria did not arm, but only effected certain movements of troops. It seems ' pretty certain, however, that these movements amounted to something very like arming, and had the effect of convulsing the other States of the Empire. A proof is furnished of the good in tentions of the Vienna Government, inas much as already they have made arran ge _ ments for the retrograde movement of the forces that were concentrated in Bohemia, and the Prussian Government has been duly informed of this charge. We were all along convinced that if any pacific measures take place Austria would have to take the initiative, and there seems fair reason to suppose that now she has done so a happy result may ensue. Another peaceful a ugury i s seen th erin the fact that thee 'Western ltalianG Powers hasovernmen t t ha offi cially declared to the was no foundation fortheeen c o r n u e mo t u r r a s tin 0 f of o ‘ ‘i mI Italian levies" in Italy, and in the Ita, the i t rem troops upon the frontier is said, wit soon j O f remonstrate against ly, Austrian armaments. The news f rom Berlin does in some respects. It seem altogether satisfactory see ms the Landwehr,drill of autho rities not t o re li nqu i sh t h e i r i nten ti on of the i bad management on the part of the It a ppears that some while ago, and before or at all events to put it off for some `time.any rumou r of military preparations got about, that preparations were made for this ceremony, and, accordingly, about forty thousand of the Landwehr will be assembled for military service in a brief Iperiod. Such an affair will certainly five rise to com ments of an unfavourable character on the Berlin Government, and be certain to cause exaggerated remarks to be made. pace ye ;z - te r d ay 1 A most arbitrary proc ee di ng took in Berlin, when a meeting of the electors of the third electoral district of the city was held in the Colosseum. During the opening speech made by the Chairman, a member of the Chamber of De puties, the meeting was dispersed by the police. No doubt Herr BISMARCK does not approve of the various resolutions that have recently been come to at these assemblies, and therefore he thinks it is high time to take measures to put a stop to them. Such a step is only in perfect accord ance with the policy pursued by Herr Bis- MARCK for some time past, but the present is a most unwise time to continue such arbitrary conduct. The people of Prussia have shown of late that they quits appreciate their position, and the designing statesman may find he has carried his schemes too far, and worked out his own ruin while seeking to monopolise all power to himself. The Berlin journals of yesterday evening do not seem to enter tain a very favourable of matters. The Borsen Zeitung declares that the Austrian despatch states that the fresh complications of Italy will prevent her disarming just at present, but it is not likely that this willprove to be the case, because Austria has shown great willingness from the outset to make the first advance in a peaceful direction. Noshing has occurred in Italy that can give rise to the necessity of increased armaments. Some people, however, are never satisfied, and we find in the semi-official Nord-Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung that it is said Austria must reduce her military establishments on the Italian as well as the Prussian frontier or the present armaments of Prussia will be increased. This is going out of the way to make trouble and create difficulties, and shows the style in which the Berlin Cabinet have been carrying on their affairs for some time past. There was no occasion for Italy to have been mixed up in this last altercation between the German Powers, and no good has come of it. From Frankfort we learn that in yesterday's sitting of the Federal Diet a committee on the Reform of the Federal Constitution was elected, and it consisted of the representatives of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, and numerous minor States. Whatever be the result of this sitting of the Federal Diet, it is evident that they have set to work in good earnest, and seem resolved to give Herr BISMARCK'S plan a fair trial. The interest and excitement of the question in debate will, no doubt, tend to check the ten dency tQ war, and thus some good end may be answered after all. It is not at all likely that the scheme of the Prussian Minister will succeed in its entirety, because it is very one-sided, and seems to have been framed for all intents and purposes to suit the views of Prussia. Some salutary alteration may take place, however, in the management of affairs, and certainly a Reform of the Federal Constitution is much needed, because far too much power is now accorded to Austria and Prus sia. The full text of the reply of Count BISMARCK to the Chamber of Commerce is given to-day, but it does not contain more in its meaning than we gathered from the summary of it, which appeared some days ago. The Count lays great stress upon the good feeling of the KING, and declares that his wisdom affords the signitaries a sure earnest that the country will not be hastily exposed to the horrors and losses of war. He emphatically de clares that the KING expects the Chamber of Com merce to support him as in former times, whether he decides on peace or war. This sounds very well in a reply to an address, but the sense of it is that all the sacrifices are to be on one side in Berlin. We-hear plenty of what the authorities expect the people to do in the way of devotion and loyalty, but we bear and see nothing of anything in return. The breaking up of the meeting, by the police, of yesterday, was a scandalous proceeding, and clearly shows to the community what they have to expect from their rulers. The fact is that the Government is just verging upon absolutism, with out having the boldness or the honesty to proclaim its purpose. The political crisis in America is just now of a I very interesting and important character. The rupture between the PRESIDENT and the Radicals has assumed formidable proportions, and has now come to an absolute trial of strength. The first movement on the part of Mr. JouNsoN was so de cisive and unexpected that it took his adversaries completely by surprise, followed up as it was by the forcible speech on WASHINGTON'S birthday, in which the object and manceuvreeof the SUMNER and STEVENS party were completely exposed. The en thusiasm excited was universal, and for a time the Radical party were paralysed. Their anxiety for power, their determination to make poli tical capital and profit out of the misfortunes of the South were, however, too strong to allow them I to remain long inactive. The struggle on the Civil Rights Bill, as every one knows, has so far issued in their favour, and they have spared no pains in disseminating rumours of the PRESIDENT'S inclination to favour the South at the expense of the North, and have employed every means in their power to mislead the public. Some persons, not belonging strictly to their party, seem inclined to resent the second veto, as an exercise of arbitrary power„ and an abandonment of the principles of emancipation and equality. But, in fact, the second veto was a natural sequence of the first, and the statesman who saw the elements of danger and discord in the one :could hardly fail to discover them in the other. The Civil Rights Bill was, indeed, less openly mischievous than its predecessor, but Mr. JOHNSON has seen life both in the North and the South ; he knows the rapacity and vindic tiveness too often displayed by the extreme party of Abolitionists on the one hand, and the prejudice and stubbornnecs 'perceptible among the old slave-holding population on the other. A civil war of almost unparalleled magni tude has just concluded, bat he secs in the distance indications of another conflict, more disastrous, more terrible, more difficult to deal with. Th e struggle between North and South might be succeeded by a war of races, and the PRESIDENT is not slow to warn his countrymen of the evils they may bring upon the States by rash and reck less legislation. Unfortunately, the party who have just now completely the upper hand in Congress are not men to whom it is possible to appeal for enlarged and enlightened views, for calm consideration and prudent statesmanship. To carry their own party purpose, to hurry this Bill through Congress by an ingenious manoeuvre, to throw that one out by some hit of political- sharp practice, are the heights of their ambition, and the idea of sacrificing any immediate party end for the ultimate public good is quite beyond their calcula tions. At present, however, there is a pause in the struggle. The Radicals, having carried the Civil Rights Bill despite the Veto, are uncertain what to do next. The PRESIDENT is allowing them full scope, his friends and partizans are making little exertion on his behalf, and it seems as if he was resolved, very wisely, to let the Radicals have their own way, and show themselves in their true gr co e lo ss ur t s h t a o ti the 2 people, ertia opposing whichis to s otl.t difficult their further d pr el o a - 7 country ; very much or easier to declaiman m dto e t w h i e t o h r . ise l t t han is i N o - er g y oy m er u n ch e a c plemant and facilo to frame billa for this or that, particular end than it is to carry out a really statesmanlike policy. The Americans are far too shrewd to be willing to support a policy which shall virtually confiscate and degrade eleven States. What was the use of fighting for the restoration of the Union, unless the Southern States are to be, as before, fertile sources:of wealth and prosperity. If they are to require the main tenance of a large standing army to keep them down they will be nothing but a source of weakness and a focus of discontent, holding out a tempting opportunity to any foreign Power, who will be certain to find support in the interior of America itself. Far more wise and statesmanlike is the scheme of a gradual but complete restoration. glut Cxsar, ant minus, the United States must either be united or separate. It is not possible for the one half to hold the other in military subjection, and such a theory could only be seriously advocated from interested motives or from unreasoning fanaticism. The continuation of the great Reform debate last evening showed no diminution of the interest taken by the House of Commons in the discussion. The House was crowded, and at the close of every speech a dozen or two competitors started up in their places, all vieing with each other for the chance of giving the world at large the benefit of their opinions. The world is not perhaps proportionately grateful for this anxiety, and is beginning to find the .debate a little tedious. So many of the best speakers have already spoken, and so many are re serving themselves for the last evening, that the field is left very properly to men of less note or ability . who have the dis advantage of going over the same ground that has been trodden so often. Mr. LOWE was last evening the principal speaker, and his speech, which was looked for with some curiosity, was received with much attention. It constituted a formidable attack on the position of the Government, as might have been expected from a politician who declared last year that the £lO franchise was the last plank between our constitution and shipwreck. The gene ral tenour of the speakers who succeeded Mr. LOWE was, however, decidedly opposed to the Ministry, who seem unable to muster many advocates in any part of the house. At the close of the debate, which was as usual protracted into the small hours, a somewhat animated discussion occurred, one gen tlemaia complaining that only five or six out of the 180 new members had been able to speak. This omission it is not possible to remedy, and the silent representatives must be contented to show their opinions by their votes. It appears to be agreed on all sides that the discussion shall finish to-night ; and, indeed, since all sides of the case have been fully and fairly argued, it is difficult to see what wise or useful purpose could be attained by delay ing the discussion to another week. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Moniteur does not contain any official news to-day. It states that the original portrait of the Emperor, which was first placed in the Museum of the Luxembourg, has just been sent, by order of his Majesty, to the Tribunal de Commerce of La Seine. The present was received by the Tribunal as an additional proof . of the kindness of his Majesty, as well as a precious souvenir of the visit made by the Emperor and Empress, on the 24th December last, at the inauguration of this new and 'important building. To-day the Paris papers are more occupied with the Reform Bill and English affairs than their own. Mr. Bright is a great card with them for the moment, but from their note of preparation he seems likely to catch it. A brief was recently published at Rome by the Pope in favour of the Company of Jesus (the Jesuits). In 1850 some members of that body formed a college of writers, whc proposed, by means of the press, to defend the doctrines of the Church, and founded a political periodical called La Civilta Cattolica. The Holy Father has thought it expe dient to consecrate this college in perpetuity, and to form it into an institution under the direction of the head of the company. The writers will have type and books provided for them. The profit to be derived from the -work in question will, it is stated, "be applied to sustain and extend the en terprise, and to resist the increasing attacks of our adversaries." A letter from Rome states that, on the 20th inst., the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor of the French, there was a solemn mass in the Basilisk of St. Jean de Latran to invoke blessings upon the head of the Sovereign of France, benefactor of the Chapter of St. Jean de Latran. Several cardinals were present; and among them Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of State. Count de Sartiges, the French Ambassador, Count de Montebello, and many other persons of distinction, were present, including the Countess Campello, a princess of the house of Bonaparte. Reports having reached the Minister of Agricul ture and Commerce that the cattle distemper had manifested itself in some of the communes near Dijon, he sent veterinary surgeons to the depart meat of the Cote d'Or to investigate the matter. They have just reported that the disease which has appeared among the cattle in that department has no resemblance to the bovine distemper, and that it is to be attributed to a season exceptionally wet, and to privations cf all sorts to which cattle have been subjected in consequence of the insufficiency of forage. The Journal d'Espalion mentions the death of a widow at ninety years of age. She was of very miserable, sordid habits, but at her death she was possessed of 40,000 fr. She never paid for food, but was fed by her neighbours, at whose fires she warmed herself in cold weather. A little time before her death, however, she made a will, leaving 3,000 fr. to the parish church: She called a meeting of persons who owed her money,and said she would make them a present of the amount. The rest of her money she left to be distributed among some poor families, and a few days before her death she parchased some wood for them. Though no money was left to her relations they found a good many pieces of gold concealed about the miserable room. She was always clothed in rags. The financial Committee of the great Exhibition have already taken steps to organise a club for foreigners. It is tobe callel the Circle International, and it seems likely to form a very useful and attrac tive feature of this great undertaking. The club room will be capacious and elegant, and the esta blishment will comprise all the features of a first rate club, and something more. The exhibition will be closed at 5 o'clock in the evening, but mem bers of the club will be able to stop there till 11 o'clock, and at that hour there will be trains for all parts of Paris, so that, live where you may, you may be at home in 10 minutes. There is no lack of clubs in Paris, but this International Club, to which members may be admitted on very moderate terms, seems likely to prove the most useful and agreeable of them all. Our principal clubs are the Agricultural Club, the Artists' Club, the Railway Club, the Commercial Club, the United States Club, the Jockey Club,, the Imperial Club, the Paris, arid the Union. Every day marvellous promises are held out about the Exhibition. One, of the papers sneaks of a gigantic ball in the Champs Elysks, to be given by the authorities of the city of Paris, to which 30,000 persons are to be invited. Fancy what an orchestra there must be to produce " a concord of sweet sounds," while all those per sons trip it on the " light fantastic toe." The clerk of the branch Bank of France at Poitiers, who managed very adroitly to abstract 700,0001. and decamp, has been arrested at New York, and the usual proceedings under the extradition treaty have commenced with a view to his being brought to Paris for trial. The regulations for the safety of the cash at the bank at Poitiers were very strict and minute, but the unfaithful cashier frustrated a daily examination and inspection for many months. I gave you at the time the particulars of the in genious devices of a swindler named Taponnier, who, pretending to be a man of title and the pos sessor of a large fortune, induced a young Swiss lady to marry him. The trial before the Correc tional Tribunal, which has lasted a long time, is now concluded, and the swindler ; having been found guilty of this and many other frauds, has been sentenced to imprisonment for four years and a fine of 100 francs. LA TEST INTEL LIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 26 (Evening). The Epoca states the committee in Congress upon the National Bank Bill will authorise the Government to create a new Bank, but without granting the concession to particular individuals. FRANCE AND ITALY. PARIS, APRIL 27. The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes the following:— "We are in a position to state that Italy has neither made armaments nor effected concentrations of troops. The declarations of the Italian Go vernment are precise in this respect, and are con firmed by all private or official information. " The Government of the Emperor has not two policies, and does not encourage warlike inclinations on one side or the other. It desired the maintenance of peace in every quarter, and does all in its power within the measure of its rights and dignity to preserve the blessings of peace to Europe. The Constitutionnel also says : " Immediately after receipt of Prussia's reply, the Vienna Cabinet entered into communication with the Prussian Go vernment in order to settle the manner in which mutual disarmament should be effected. We have grounds to' expect that these negotiations will be shortly attended with result." D ANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BERLIN, APRIL 27. Prince Bratiano and the other members of the Roumanian deputation left last night for Dusseldorf, in consequence of a telegram from Prince Charles of Hohenzollern. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, APRIL 26. The Baroda from Bombay, April 14, anchored at 3 p.m. to-day (Thursday). ARRIVAL OF THE BAVARIA. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Bavaria, from New York on the 14th ult., has arrived here. She brings 285 passengers for this port, Hamburg, and Havre, $5,100 in specie for London, and $22,700 for Hamburg. On the same day, off Sandy Hook, she passed the Saxonia, bound for New York. Her news has been anticipated. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 26, Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations : 4 per Cents 97 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 20 Do. end month 67 15 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Unis — Do. end month — Bank Shares 3580 Italian Loan 5l 15 Do. end month 5l 30 Mexican Loan 4l Do. Bonds 2BB 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred RAIL' Orleans WAYS. Cash. Acct. ... ... 825 -- ▪ - ... 1105 - - ... 850 ▪ ... 550 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard - - ... 535 - North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona • Roman - - ... 855 - - - ... 38U - - - 141 25 - - 192 50 - 82. 50 ... 7 '6 25 The City of Washington. The following is a list of the passengers of this vessel, whick left New York, for Liverpool, on the 24th March, and has not since been heard of : Cabin—Mr. Amberg, Mr. Phipp, wife, and child, Mr. H. Koop and wife, Miss Capitain, Mr. Samuel Curnor, wife, and child; Mr. Robert A. Rosenbaun, Mr. Samuel M'Cul lough, Mr. J. Climes, Mrs. Thomas, Mr. H. I. Johnson, Miss Oxepham, Mr. Felix Roig, Mr. P. S. Vlart, Mrs. C. W. Seolye, Mr. G. W. Johnson, Mr. M. A., Mrs., and Miss Careno, Mr. James Robinson, Mr. C. Schultheis, Mr. W. J. H. H. Watson, Mr. P. C. Williams and wife, Miss Williams, Mr. Brown, Mr. B. Ven Kruzero, Mr. J. C. Curron, Mr. William Woolsey, Mr. Robert L. Ryan, Mr. William Lapondtiere. Steerage—Albert Venables, James Reynolds, Samuel White, Robert Moore, Henrietta White, Leah Essex, J. F. Burnett, Mary Jane Johnson and child, Mary Ryan, Pat Jennings, William Bridge, Pat Waldron, James Myers, Charles Latoure, Isaac Davis, W. Geoghegan; William Probert, wife and two children ; A. De Yong, wife and child ; Michael Gallagher, T. Crowley, Charles A. M'Clinahan, Mr. Munch ; James Umoni, wife and child; E. A. Holmes, Margaret Clein, John Cuppweld, Mrs. Carroll, Charles Hibbard, John Wood, R. W. and Ann Williams, James Pickering, J. B. Butterworth and wife, Mrs. Butterworth and two children, Emil Bernard, John Campbell, John Spencer, Mrs. Williams, John Price, R. Rewell, W. Carroll, G. A. Nicholson, E. Gordon, J. Mo.- ris, Edward Beldin, Thomas Riley, George Foster, Robert Sammon, Patrick Stack, John Trussell, David E. Rees, James Meredith ; William, Mary, Emily, Joseph, and John Williams; Matthew Green, William Schoffield and wife, Catherine and Richard Webb, William Lynn, R. Bagshaw, John Newton, Hugh J. Hughes, Mrs. Jane Owens, William C. Hill and son, Eliza Richards and infant, Catherine Gerard, Henry Harris, Philip Smith, Michael and Frank M'Guiggan, George Brom!, S. B. Metcalf, Thomas Bana crough, J. E. Turner, Annie Taylor, Joseph Marshall, Benjamin Walton, John Durkin, Benjamin Lambert and wife, Benjamin Lambert and seven children, Peter Min shall, John Hodgeson, John Cowley, Thomas Chambers, Wilhelm Stuckman and wife, Arthur Lennaman, Margaret Lennanaan, Henry Robert Lacey, William Day. ENGLISH ORATOlM—Perhaps no nation, after the Greeks and Romans, has so clearly felt in what true rhetoric, rhetoric of the best kind, consists, and reached so high a pitch of excellence in this, as the English. Our sense for rhetoric has in some ways done harm to us in our cultivation of literature, harm to us still more in our culti vation of science, but in the true sphere of rhetoric, in public speaking, this sense has given us orators whom I do think we may, without fear of being contradicted and accused of blind national vanity, assert to have inherited the great Greek and Roman oratorical tradition more than the orators of any other country. Strafford, Bolingbroke, the two Pitts, Fox—to cite no other names —I imagine few would dispute that these call up the notion of an oratory in kind, in extent, in power, coming nearer than any other body of modern oratory to the oratory of Greece and Rome. And the affinity of spirit in our best public life and greatest public men to those of Rome has often struck observers, foreign as well as English. Now, not only have the Germans shown no eminent aptitude for rhetoric such as the English have shown ;—that was not to be expected, since our public life has done so much to devclope an aptitude of this kind, and the public lite of the Germans has done so little ;—but they seem in a singular degree devoid of any aptitude at all for rhetoric. Take a speech from the throne in Prussia, and compare it with a speech from the throne in England. Assuredly it is not in speeches from the throne that English rhetoric or , any rhetoric shows its best side ; they aro often cavilled at, often justly cavilled at ;—no wonder, for this form of composition is beset with very trying difficulties. But what is to be remarked is this,—a speech from the throne falls essentially within the sphere of rhetoric ; it is one's sense of rhetoric which has to fix its tone and style, so as to keep a certain note always sounding in it; in an Eng lish speech from the throne, whatever its faults, this rhetorical note is always struck and kept to; in a Prussian speech from the throne, never. An English speech from the throne is rhetoric ; a Prussian speech is half talk, — heavy talk, and half effusion. This is one instance, it may be said; true, but in one instance of this kind the presence of the absence of an aptitude for rhetoric is decisively shown.—Cornhig Magazine for Jfay. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE SOCIAL EVIL.—THE FOREIGN WOMEN IN RE GENT-STREET.—Mathilde Derafort, a Frenchwoman, was charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Regent-street for an immoral purpose to the annoyance of the neigh bours. Mr. Henry Dolby, engraver, of No. 56, Regent-street, said that about 10 o'clock the previous evening he was walking in the Regent Quadrant, accompanied by a neighbour, who was in court, when he called the constable's attention to the unusual number of prostitutes walking between Air-street and the County Fire Office, amongst whom the prisoner was the most conspicuous, both from her style of dress and her repeated solicitations of gentle men. He watched the prisoner, as did also the constable, for an hour, and he then gave her into custody. He knew the prisoner as a regular walker of the streets from two in the afternoon, with intervals, till twc in the morn ing; if she was more conspicuous at one time than another it was on Sunday evenings when persons were coming out of church, when she was in the practice of annoying every young man who passed, and who, to avoid her an noyance, had sometimes to cross the street, as persons had to do last night. Mr. Daniel Downs, of 14, Glasshouse-street, having corroborated Mr. Dolby, Watkins, 303 A, proved being spoken to by Mr. Dolby and seeing the prisoner annoy gentlemen, one of whom had to cross Regent-street to avoid her. He has had to speak to the prisoner several times during the last month, but to no purpose. Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 40s. or a month. THAMES. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—Jarnes Payne, aged 20, a carman of No. 16, Martha-street, Cambridge-heath, Bethnal-green, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with causing the death of Adelaide Myers, a girl aged 12 years, in Goodman's-yard, Minories. Yesterday evening about 7 o'clock the prisoner was driving a horse and van in Goodman's-yard at the pace of about five miles an hour. The deceased ran from the side of the street with a view of crossing the roal, and was knocked down, the wheels of the van went over the child's body, and she was killed. The witnesses were of opinion no blame could be attached to the prisoner, and that the occurrence was purely accidental. The prisoner was driving carefully. Mr. Partridge liberated the prisoner on his own recog nisances until Thursday next, and said a coroner's in quest would be held on the body, and the case was one which ought to be fully investigated. EMBEZZLEMENT.-1 1 110MaS Boswell, a young man, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with fraudulently appropriating to his own use various sums of money he had received for and on account of Mrs. Catherine Green, a re spectable widow, carrying on the business of a baker and cornchandler in High-street, Shadwell. The prisoner had been in the service of Mrs. Green for twelve months. She had behaved very liberally towards him, and he had acted with gross ingratitude and plun dered her. In February be robbed her of £3 lls., and she forgave him. Ho had recently defrauded her of various sums of money ho received of customers for bread supplied by Mrs. Green. Two cases were gone into. He received 18s. Tid. of a Mrs. Fleming, and £1 6s. 3d. of Mrs. Myers. He had not accounted to his mistress for either sum. He told a police-constable that if Mrs. Green thought what was done was embezzlement she was very much mistaken, and that ho had lost the money out of his pocket. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial. MARKETS.—This Day. - 11. ------- MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were moderate, and in fair condition. The trado was dull, both for red and white qualities, and prices had a drooping tendency. With foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, at barely Mon day's currency. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at drooping prices. With foreign barley the market was well supplied, but the show of home-grown produce was very moderate. The barley trade was in a most inactive state, and the quotations were rather lower than on Monday. Malt was in but moderate request, at late rates. Oats were in good supply, and in most descriptions sales progressed steadily, at full prices. Beans and peas met a slow sale, at barely late quota- tions. The flour trndo was dull, at about Monday's currency. bIIIP ARKIN - ALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2250 530 1260 70 1860 Irish — 910 Foreign 19,910 7,450 45,360 1420 sks. 2000 Ws. HER, MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Thursday. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, Prince Leopold, and Prince Christian of Schleswig- Holstein, went out in the grounds yesterday morning, and drove in the afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Arthur. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke and Duchess of Wellington arrived at Osborne yester day, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Welle sley had also the honour of being invited. Major-General Francis Seymour, C. 8., arrived yesterday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Clarendon by his com pany at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at his lordship's residence in Grosvenor-crescent. A select circle had the honour to meet his royal highness. His Excellency the French Ambassador enter tained at dinner last evening, at Albert-gate-house, his Excellency the Italian Minister, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Downshire and Lady Alice Hill, the Marqui s do Tamisier, the Marquis Caumont La Force, Viscoun t and Viscountess Holmesdale, Viscount Espenille, the Coma Maffei, Lady Frances Gordon and Miss Gordon, &c. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough, who are at present in Paris, are expected home in the course of next week. The Countess of Lanesborough gave her first afternoon party yesterday at her residence in Great Stan hope-street, Mayfair. The Countess of Carnarvon's evening party, al 3- pointed for to-morrow (Saturday), is unavoidably post poned, 'We hear that the Countess of Ripon is indis posed. Lady Molesworth received at dinner last evening their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Austrian Ambassador and the Coun tess Apponyi, the Duchess of Manchester, Maria gar" chioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Listowell the . Earl of Charlemont, the Right Hon. Chichester For tescue, M.P., and Frances Countess Waldegrave, the Earl Cowper, Lord Ceurtonay, M.P., Mr. and Lady Marl Craven, the Hon. L. L. Gower, M.P., the Bishop of Ox ford, Mr. Bernal Osborne, Mr. Gregory, M.P., and Dr. Quin. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. The trade is steady at our quotations. rer 81b by the earuase. sd a d Inferior beef 3 4 3 6 Middling do. 3 8 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 ('rime small do 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 10 4 4 sd s d interior mutton 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton 4 4 4 8 Prime do 4 10 5 2 Veal 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 4 0 5 0 Lamb, Os Od to 7s Od. BOROUGH HOP. Tho transactions in hops have been on a moderate sale. Fine qualities have ruled firm in price, but the value of in ferior descriptions has been barely supported. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 140 s per cwt. . New_Weald of Kents .New Sussex Yearlingq —s to s COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is steady; but quiet, with a mode rate business doing. The sales of West India were 776 casks. There were no public sales again to-day. The market for refined was again rather better, and goods scarce, common lumps and titlers 44s per cwt. COFFEE.—Jamaica was rather cheaper ; 16 casks 155 brls. 233 bags all sold—good and fine ord., 64s to 67s 6d, fine and fine fine ord., 70s to 74s per cwt. TEA.— Market dull, and scarcely any business doing. RlCE.—Market dull, and no sales reported. NUTMEGS are easier ; 2 cases sold, 109 to the lb, is 2d. SALTPETRE quiet, no sales reported. Refined 27s to 27s .6d cash. TALLOW.—Market dull; spot 47s to 475 3d, June 47s 6d, Oct. to Dec. 48s Gd. GREEN FRUIT.—The large stock of oranges received of late being materially reduced, an improvement in price has taken place, some parcels St. Michael, Terceira, Valencia, and Palerma, sold by Keeling and, Hunt at public sale, went at an advance of 2s per package. Lemons without alteration. Barcelona nuts advanced is per bag, the back ward state of vegetation having its effect upon the value of nuts and other foreign fruits. BANK OF FRANCE. -- T The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. April 26. April 19. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 18 2,500,000' 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank __ and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 889,969,375 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 165,580,212 55 154,863,611 65 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 885,438 75 972,746 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 839,888,975 - 6,698,070 11 7,083,917 25 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 - - 8,690,209 25 9,206,752 73 Total CREDITOR. April 26. April 19. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over - - 639,064 60 192,700 72 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 303,285,533 78 303,883,470 90 Do. branch banks 294,289,799 287,214,023 Advances on deposit of _ bullion 1)o. branch banks Do. on French Public 4,221,400 - 11,262,700 - 8,430,000 - 11,780,700 - Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 12,071,500 - 6,054,000 - 1:4,004,500 5;989,200 31,402,800 - 19,967,600 - 31,386,200 - 19,908;400 - Bonds . Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Routes Immobalis6es (Law, Juno 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries . 602,600 - 447,900 - 606,800 - 445,800 - 60,000,000 - 8,434,874 - 8,434,688 - 1,299,027 06 1,094,915 70 14,072,885 86 13,332,848 90 Total 1,434,879,190 37 1 , 4 0 7 ,722,914 73 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Rorwp. c - IMO - Crain The Crystal Fa ace. The thirteenth season, commencing on May-dah is one of great promise. During the past six months the number of visitors has been considerably greater than in any former year. Taking the whole period during which the Palace has been open, these six months have, as compared with the same period of previous years, shown an excess of more than 68i per cent., thus showing how much recent additional facilities for reaching the Palace are rendering it available as a place of winter resort. The season tickets also show a large increase. The programme of the new season, commencing on the Ist May, comprises an unusually varied list of special attractions. On May-day a great concert of 5,000 voices will be given by children and others connected with the metropolitan schools, conducted by Mr. G. W. Martin. Ethardo will also re-appear , his lofty pole for the nonce being converted into a gigantic May-pole. On the following day Mr. C. Dickens has kindly undertaken to give a reading of " Little Dombey." Other specialities intervene, and on the following Saturday, May 5, the concert season will be inaugurated by a great performance on the Handel orchestra of Handel's " Acis and Galatea Mdlle. Titiens, Signori Gardoni and Stagno, with Mr. Stanley, being the principal vocalists. The'band of the company, largely rein forced, and a chorus of nearly 1,000 carefully' selected voices, under the direction of Mr. Manny, will, it is anticipated, present this favourite serenata of Handel's in a manner worthy of the occasion. Eight other opera concerts will follow on Saturdays. Seven of these will be supported by such a care fully-selected arrangement of artistes of Her Ma jesty's Theatre, and by solo instrumentalists (in cluding Madame Arabella Goddard, &c.) as Will render each concert of this series specially interest ing. The Great Flower Show of the Season will be held under the most favourable auspices on Saturday , the 12th May. As a feature of additional interest, and to afford additional accommodation, the beau tiful gardens of Rockhills, adjoining the Palace, and the residence of the late Sir Joseph Paxton, will be thrown open to visitors. As in front of the surround ing verandah there is growing one of the largest trees of Wisteria Sinensis in the country, and as a t the time of this great show it will be in full beauty, such an opportunity affords additional interest to the great show of the coming season. These garden o will be again thrown open on the day of the Great Rose Show, Saturday, June 23. The revels on behalf of the Royal Dramatic Col lege will also be held early in July ; but, probably, the most popular day (or rather evening) will be t he great display of fireworks, and grand illumination of fountains, water temples, and temples, and gar dens, on Thursday, the 17th of May, the day fol lowing the Derby race at Epsom. Preparations have long been making for this event, and it wil l excite no little sensation. Many other concerts and fetes, including th e archery fete, great gymnastic gathering of unusual interest, great meetings of various sorts, will helP to swell up the numbers. At no time have the palace and grounds been in better condition, nor have more objects of s pecial interest been accessibl e t o v i s i tors. Th e p l ac i n g 01 all these specialties within reach of a guinea seaso n i ticket has been atte n d e d w ith com pl e t e succes s, and as the High Level Railway—actuated by the same liberal views—grant the Crystal Palace sewn ticket holders the privilege of an annual first-clas s railway ticket from either Ludgate or Victoria, th e Crystal Palace may now be considered as accessible as a concert room 'or theatre in the heart of London/ combined with the finest site in the world for health ful recreation and enjoyment. OVERLAND ROUTE.—We observe that the cow pany which was formed for the purpose of establish ing hotels in India and China, and elsewhere on the route, between England and the British settlements in India and China, have just completed the first of their establishmen ts / which is to be opened at Point de Gallo immediately. Another is in, course of building at Cairo in Egypt. Both of these will, we have reason to believe, have every com fort and convenience of the best English hotels. Any on e who has been along this route must feel how much hotels; of this description are required, and we only hope that the success which there is every reason to expect wil l attend the first efforts of the company, will be such as to induce them gradually to extend their system over Egypt' India, and China, in all of which countries hotel accom modation suitable to the requirements of the present dal is so much wanted. TIIORNTON AND WILBERFORCE.--It was a curious spectacle to watch the two menwithin the House of Commons. The member for Southwark, tall and stately, sat listening attentively to the debate, weighing every word, and arriving at length, after a full hearing at a clear decision. Wilberforce, eager, lively, restless, was writing notes on the debate ; now dippin g hi s p en i n th e ink, an tl sputtering it, as he handled it aw k war dly, ov er Si r Thomas Baring's nankeens; then jumping up in distress, and dancing round his friend with ludicrous sympathy, s° ag to set the house in a roar; then seated again, he resume(' his attention, followed the argument; whispered into old Bankes's ear a witty sally, which convulsed him wit h laughter; then, attracted by some speaker on the mini s " terial bench, he nodded assent, and smiled, and moved his head and body in curious contortions; but when a speak s ' rose on the opposite side, he lifted up his eye-g 13 5 .11 5 ' watched him, and followed attentively his words, caught by some subtle sophism of Fox, or setae clever statement of L or d H enry P e tt y, h e began to feel doubtful and embarrassed. Musing over this, observing how much was said on both sides, 11e wavers and cannot ma ke up his mind. Thus perturbe Q4 he begins to ask himself how he should vote. Up goes the eye-glass; he scans the benches till he discovers gent"' Thornton in his seat. Away he darts, all eagerness, &table as a boy, but anxious and full of scruples, seats himself be side his friend, and pours out his doubts. He argues, ges ticulates, and inquires, in an eloquent torrent of words an ' thoughts. The answer soon comes, short and clear; th , ° case stated with a lawyer's astuteness, the argurueeL summed up with a judge's discernment, the judgm ent luminous as a sunbeam. Delighted and satisfied, Wil ber . - force returns to his seat, settled and at rest.—Co/quh Ots Book on WiTherforce and 1 his Friend. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1860.