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This communication was written much in the usual style of Mr. BRIGHT'S speeches and writings, and, according to his wont, he abuses every one right and left who does not exactly agree with him. It is really very much to be regretted that the hon. member for Birmingham should persist in taking this tone whenever he speaks of the working classes, because it misleads many who believe that he is their true exponent, as he calls himself so on all occasions. Unbecoming as it is for a member of Parliament to be for ever hinting at the likelihood of revolutions taking place, and sometimes asserting the advantages that might be derived from an a ngr y demonstration here and there, it is still more inconsistent that those to whom he refers should be so grossly mis represented and maligned. He takes away at a sweep the best arguments that can be used for the ' extension of the franchise by making out that the working classes aro violent and unr u ly. It is precisely because they believe them to be exactly the contrary to what 'XL BRIGHT describes them that real Reformers consider that they can and ought to be trusted, to a great extent, and far more considerably admitted to the franchis e than they are at present. But if it is to be set forth that unless they immediately are put in P °s ' ae 'A. ol l of all they desire they will proceed to extremitit N • it naturally sets people thinking tha such unrestr u i, ea passion and such excited tempers will not conduc e make good legislators. We may fairly retort - v‘ , ll Mr. BRIGHT that it is he who "insults the „ ell in every speech he ut t ers , and describ es thegrae,and multitud e given up e : , to the worst s t y le of " ignorance which he persists in, hinting, and, indeed openly speaking, of their proceeding to violence. ...an any l„ -I'guage b e more out of character than this ? "If Parliatnent street, from Charing-cross to the venerable Abbey, were filled with men seeking a Reform Lill, as it was two years ago with men come to do honour to an illustrious Italian, these slanderers of their countrymen would learn to be civil if they did not learn to love freedom." We wonder that a man who makes it his constant boast that he has sat for twenty-two years in the House of Commons does not show that he has profited more by his opposition votes. While he considers himself quali fied to teach our senators wisdom, and instruct our Ministers to make laws, he is inciting the people to break the laws already made, and violate the due re gulations of public order and propriety. We do not for a moment believe that any one would be so mad as to adopt th e c ourse h e indicates if be does , . not openly advise, but we do say that he is very culpable in mentioning such a thing at all. As for - those who desire that l / 4 the whole subject be treltedto - g ether,luid not iii instalments, Mr. BRIGHT thinks that " a more dirty conspiracy has not been seen in the House of _Commons during many certaigene rations." - This is elegant phraseology nly ; but we wonder what denunciation ought to have been applied to the little arrangement made be tween Mr. BRIGHT, Earl RUSSELL, and a few other celebrities at Willis's Rooms in 1859. That, we suppose, was a national undertaking, inspired by patriotic motives, and a not political movement instigated by love of place or desire of power, or, still more, through unwillingness that others should effect what they could not do. 7 One thing is suspicious in Mr. BRIGHT'S letter, that he talkK of the present Parliament in the most disparaginc , terms. Before the session he used to declare that it boasted a Liberal majority of 60 or 70, and would work well and do wonders. Experience has made him a wiser and a sadder man, however, and we learn that " it is to a large extent the offspring of landed power in the counties, and of tumult and corruption in the boroughs; and it would be strange if such a Parliament were in favour of freedom, and an honest representation of the people." Mr. BRIGHT is fond of quotations, and we wonder he has never adopted those lines of BYRON— " Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the great, Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable hate." When he gets a very little way up the social scale, virtue, wisdom, and consideration vanish away al together, and appear like angel visits, very few and far between. The occasion of the birthday of the King of ' PRUSSIA has been made the most of, as usual, and compliments on one side, and absurd protestations on the other, have been the order of the day. The KING was as arbitrary as ever in his remarks, and allowed no shadow of a chance of improvement to appear for the future. He will abide by his policy, he declares, " whatever difficulties" he may have to contend against ; but he adds a hope that peace may be maintained, and that the solidity of the two leading Conservative Governments of the Confede racy would survive the differences that had arisen of late. There is not much to depend upon in this, because it is quite evident that the KING will not give way in the least, or change his plans one iota, whatever the result may be. In Holstein the Austrian Commander offered his congratulations to the Prussian officers at Altona, and made use of similar expressions. The people of Holstein ignored the whole affair, which is not to be wondered at when we consider what they have seen of Prussian rule in Schleswig. Since these occurrences some things have seemed to indicate that after all peace may not prevail: In Berlin yesterday the KING gave long audiences to the Minister of War, General Von RooN, and to the Barn MOLTKE, the Chief of the General Staff. Besides these significant meet ings, Count BISMARCK subsequently had in terviews with the Adjutant-General, and the Chief of the Military Cabinet. What this means it is difficult to decide, but it may in all probability signify an unpropitious state of affairs. At any rate we may safely affirm that neither the KING nor his Minister is at all secure as to the pro spect of peace, but wishes to be ready for the emergency of war. It looks unpromising at any rate, and we shall not at all be surprised if war supervenes, and if the former allies become ene mies, and furnish an instance of the instability of engagements that rest more on fraud and treachery than on justice and honour. Many circumstances have recently occurred which may well justify or at least excuse, the Prussians in declaring war to be inevitable. It is said in military circles that inquiries are being made in Bohemia, in order to ascertain the "strategical capabilities" of the place, which would afterwards be of service to the Aus trians. The General at Prague has allowed per formances in his palace, which are singularly inap propriate at this especial juncture—the Austrian military ascendancy in the Thirty Years' War re presented by SCHILLER. No wonder that both in military and diplomatic quarters in Prussia this has given offence, but whether or not these mutual dif ferences will be adjusted depends more, we suspect, upon the convenience of the Governments than upon any desire to maintain a distinct prin \ ciple and to follow a definite line of action. The arrival of the Asia from Boston and Halifax on the 17th informs us that the Fenians are still actively at work. A mass meeting had been held at Boston under the auspices of SWEENEy and ROBERTS, at which $lO,OOO were subscribed. It is currently reported that the Fenians are making large purchases of uniforms, arms, and ammunition, for which, it is said, they have depots in several American towns. Two Fenian companies have been mustered into the service of the Irish Republic at Louisville, by Major Mangan, Adjutant- General of Kentucky, and were paraded through the city. It is not surprising that after such de monstrations Sir FREDERICK BRUCE felt it to be his duty to urge the American Government to make some open protest against the Fenian move ment. Mr. SEWARD replied that it was certainly of a dangerous if not of a criminal nature, but that so long as the leaders kept within the law the Government would not interfere. If they contra vened the law, the Government would issue a pro clamation on the subject. We have heard a great deal about the uncertainty and weakness of our neutrality laws, but acc h orcling to this the American must be little more than empty form. If open in citement to attack upon a friendly power, armed and organised troops, and the purchase of military stores do not constitute a breach of interina- . tional law, it is difficult to understand' what that law can be. Certainly no such proceedings would be tolerated in this country, if directed against America or any other friendly Powers. 'But the Washington Cabinet are not really so supine as might appear. Two hun dred Federal troops have arrived at Buffalo, and more are expected, and the Canadian Government has received information that the American Government had sent them to prevent an an attack from that quarter. The same authorities also learned from the Mayor of Detroit the proba bility of a Fenian attack. There seems, in fact, to be very little doubt that some active demonstration is intended. The news of the suppression of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland has created the greatest excitement throughout the Irish-American Population. The leaders of Fenianism profess, i a n l :: oi l ,to be th an kf u l f or i t, as ev id ence o f th e England and the effect produced by their movements. One of the last numbers of a th n e n lurnicsehmPent---,, h e m r a i t g e h s t i o t fs Habeasisf ac satisfaction r p b n sy has the eopi e been suspended in Ireland. Laus Deo." But the fact is really damaging to their cause, inasmuch as nothing the Fenians naturally begi n t o ask w done to prevent the arrest and imprisonment-y of their i is fellow-patriots. 'They know to their cost that it is not from want of funds on the part of their leaders, for the sub scriptions have not only been large, but constant. The Americans themselves, however ready to ez. sympathy or to cheer an d r idi cu le the ye e :u thf enthusiasts alternately, a r e i n deed too Fenian shrew d to invest their money in such a hopeless 'whet ne; but the Fenians themselves, and it must be remea rnbered that their numbers are by no means insig iiicant, have been paying steadily for a long time. It i s quite clear, then, that the Fenian leaders are by no means without the sinews of war, and the peculiar circumstances of the time, the large numbe r of disbanded soldiers, both Irish and Ame rican., who wish for nothing better than a return to the .excitement and opportunities of war, give an impc , rtance to the whole affair, which, of itself, it vronld not deserve. The Canadians themselves are by no means dis posed to underrate the importance of the occasion, and the Canadian Government have shown great promptitude and decision in dealing with the matter. There is nothing approaching to a panic, for the Canadians express the greatest confidence in their capacity to repel the invading heroes wiih very little trouble. Both 14'enians and Americans will be taught a useful lesson if they should actually venture across the frontier, but the Canadians are wise enough to remember the old axiom, " Forewarned forearmed," and have been making vigorous preparations. They are erecting earthworks along the frontier at all vulnerable points. The Governor-General has issued a general order calling out the volunteers, an act "rendered necessary in the performance of the duty devolving upon the Government of pro viding for the protection of the lives and property of the Canadians against the threatened piratical attacks of lawless men, who use the territory of a neighbouring Power openly to organise enterprises against the sovereign rights of the QUEEN and the seeuxity of her subjects." The people have responded cordially to this appeal, and have come forward in great numbers. Sir FREDERICK BRUCE, we are glad to find, has ordered the British W.est Indian squadron to sail for Halifax with all the available troops in the West Indies, so that the Fenians will be likely to receive a more serious reception than they look for. We hope that in any case the Fenian move ment will receive a decided check, and that the mis chievous schemers, who have so long trifled with the interests and aspirations of the people, may be taught that in deluding others they have injured themselves. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The critical relations between Austria and Prus sia is still the great topic of the day in Paris. The Prussian papers lay great stress upon the speech of the King of Prussia on the 22d inst., the anniver sary of his birthday, to the Generals who offered their congratulations to his Majesty upon the occa sion. His Majesty, Frederic Guillaume Louis, is getting an old man, having been born on the 22d of March, 1797. I have not seen a copy of the ad dress presented to the King upon the occasion, but his Majesty, according to the report of one of the Paris journals, is said to have spoken of the policy of Austria in a very bitter, angry, and menacing tone, and to have expressed his determination to support the views of Prussia in regard to the Duchies at whatever cost and sacrifice. The Government has appointed a commission, under the presidency of M. Cornudet, Councillor of State, to inquire into the many complaints made by the agriculturists of France in regard to the heavy duties upon salt and the vexations and annoyances connected with the levy of that duty. The Govern ment, I hear, is disposed to reduce the duty, which at present is very onerous. The authorities continue their efforts to promote and improve the breeding of horses, and to encou rage horse racing by all possible means. General Fleury, Grand Ecuyer, has just framed various re gulations to be adopted upon the subject both in Paris and in the provinces. Commissioners ap pointed by the Grand Ecuyer are empowered to t4ke such steps as they may deem proper in promotion of the object. ' The following is the result of the steeple chases at La Marche yesterday. Prix de Prin temps, 2,500 f. for all horses. Betty, bay mare, belonging to Baron Finot (Welsh) 1, It. M. D., 2. Prix de Montretout, amount of prize 3,800 f., 200 f. for the second. Gentlemen riders, 1,000 f., added to a Sweepstakes of 25f., for all horses which had never won a prize. Bilboquet, belonging to Prince Achille (Riddell), 1 ; Cesar, 2. • Amount of prize, 1,325 f. Prix a Reclamer, for all horses, I,ooof. Six ran. Baron Finot's Farintosh, 1 ; Mireille (Page), 2. Amount of prize, 1,250 f. No claim was made for the winner. The Journal des Debats, speaking of the Queen Amelie, widow of Louis Philppe, says :—" The death, so unexpected, of the Queen Amelie is con sidered as sad news by everybody, and, we think, we do not say too much when we add that the an nouncement has produced a profound and universal feeling of regret." A singular wager has just been gained by a foreign Prince at Paris. The bet made by the Prince was that he would cause himself to be arrested without committing any crime, offence, or contra vention of police regulations, and without giving any provocation to anybody, police officer, or any agent of authority. The day before yesterday the Prince went to the most splendid cafe on the Bou levards. He was dressed in a ragged smock frock, torn trousers, and wore a shocking bad hat. He called for a cup of coffee. The waiters looked sur prised, but mildly explained to the Prince that it was not a coffee shop where articles were very cheap, but that everything there was very dear. The Prince, however, insisted upon being served, took out a roll of bank-notes, and said he had money to pay. Upon a sign from the master of the café, the waiter went out and brought back a police-officer, think ing that the notes were stolen. The officer told the Prince to follow him to the Commissary of Police to state how he became possessed of so much money. On the way the Prince met a friend, who explained who he was, and he was immediately set at liberty. The gentleman who made the bet admitted that he had lost and paid the amount, which, it is said, was a considerable sum. A curious custom exists in Paris, which has been twice observed within the last few months. When a man and woman have been married fifty years, the marriage ceremony is performed for a second time with all the formalities of the first. The usual signatures are given to the marriage contract, friends attend, and there is a joyous wedding party. The last instances of such a ceremony took place a day or two ago at the Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul, in the Rue Morceau. The bride and bridegroom, who were a second time made man and wife, were Louis Antoine Constant, aged 70, and Rose-Pelagie Bulot, aged 74. The previous instance to which I allude occurred at the Church of Auteuil, near Paris, and I was present at this second wedding myself. The husband is no less a personage than a well-known actor, and among the wedding guests were grown up sons and daughters of the gentleman, who, ac cording to Sir Peter Teazle, was a second time made ,‘ the happiest of men." The origin of the custom I know not, but it is one of that rare de scription more honoured in the observance than the breach. At all events, so it seemed, for merriment, gaiety, and cordial union were the order of the day on the occasion in question. Her Majesty, who is the patroness of all that is good, useful, and charitable, on the occasion of the birthday of the Imperial Prince, sent the magni ficent sum of 70,000 f. to be divided among the 75 maternal charities of Paris. The central com mittee of the various charitable asylums have been received by her Majesty at the Tuileries, when M. Darboy, the Archbishop of Paris, presented a report explaining the present condition of those many use ful asylums, and made an appropriate speech, which her Majesty listened to with great interest and attention. Alebg.m. Delpecli and Iteynal, veterinary surgeons) who were charged by tie Government to proceed to Belgium and .Germany to inquire into the pig disease, have sent in their report. They state that the disease of trichinas: is on the decline in Ger many, and repeat the Onion before given, that the chief danger to be drerded from the consumption of pork is from eating itin a raw state. As to France they say "No case of richinose, occurring upon the soil with certainty in this country, has been proved." I repeat, however, that some diseased pork has come under the inspection of the local authorities, although,. of course, according to the opinion of these veterinary surgeons the disease was not engendered in France. What is called a " murder for love" has taken place in the forest of Villers Cotterets, in the department of tha Aisne. A young man of 23, named Joachim 'Ternisian, had for some time paid his addresses to Berthe Lamouveux, aged 19. The parents of the girl had postponed the marriage upon various pretences, but the lover growing despe rate, from " hope deferred," armed himself with a pistol and dagger, and watching the girl on her way home through the forest, he stabbed her to the heart, and she fell dead at his feet. He then fired the pistol into his mouth, and both were found dead in the forest, near each other. A Brittany paper announces an odd inducement to young girls about to marry. Two young men having been drawn for soldiers, wish to find two young girls, each possessing 2,500 f., to buy them off. When discharged from the army these - young men will marry their liberators, and offer them " a happy home, provided they are handsome and have good characters." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ---0- WIGAN. The nomination of-e„andidates for the borough cf Wigan, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Major-Gen. -Lindsay, took place at 11 o'clock yesterday. The proceedings were for mally opened at the Moot-hall, and the Mayor (Mr. Knowles) and the candidates and their principal supporters then adjourned to the Town-hall, the balcony in front of which supplied the place of hustings. In front of the balcony had assembled about 10,000 persons. The candidates were Mr. John Lancaster, in the Reform interest, and Mr. N. Eckersley, cotton spinner, in the Conservative interest. Mr. Eckersley was introduced to the elec tors in an address from Lord Lindsay, who inti mated that his brother, in the event of his return from Canada, might again offer himself for the seat. The MAYOR, after intimating his intention to dis charge his duty faithfully and fearlessly, said, be fore the candidates were introduced, it was intended to propose a vote of thanks to their late member. Mr. DARLINGTON (Conservative) proposed, and Mr. BEVAN (Reformer), moved a vote of thanks to Major-Gen. Lindsay for his services as representa tive of the borough in Parliament, which was re ceived with cheers, and adopted unanimously. Lord LINDSAY thanked the electors in the name of his brother, who, he said, was at his post of duty in distant Canada ready to defend that colony against a threatened invasion from the United States; and he (Lord Lindsay) had received a letter that morning informing him that a militia force was to be raised there of 10,000 men. He was sure it would give his brother pleasure to see his trusted friend and ally, Mr. Eckersley, coming forward on this occasion to offer himself for the vacancy occa sioned by his retirement, and his own hope was that he might be successful—(applause and murmurs) — for although no one could entertain a higher esteem than he did for Mr. Lancaster, yet he thought his return would be unsatisfactory to the Conservatives, who would be disappointed if their party in the borough had not its representative in Parliament at a crisis like the present. (Cheers.) Mr. FITZADAM proposed and Mr. DAGLISH seconded the nomination of Mr. Eckersley. Mr. REECE BEVAN proposed and Mr. CROSS seconded the nomination of Mr. Lancaster. Mr. ECKERSLEY then came forward, amidst loud cheering, to address the electors. He said he fully sympathised with the vote of thanks given to their late representative, and he was quite sure that when General Lindsay, who was in a distant land pre pared to defend his country, received intelligence of what had taken place, it would be a source of gratification and consolation to him. The electors were now called upon to elect a member to fill the place he had vacated, and he (Mr. Eckersley) ap peared before them unfettered, a free and inde pendent candidate, to represent that borough in Parliament. He thanked them for the manner in which he had been received on that occasion, and for the uniform kindness he had experienced from men of every shade of politics and religion during his canvass. The political opinions of their late member were fully shared in by myself. It had been said that he belonged to the retrograde party ; but if the person who said so had given the matter any thought he would have seen the absurdity of such a state ment. There could be nothing like retrogression in this country ; they might as well try to make water run up a hill. If it was meant to say that he was opposed to the Reform Bill, he would accept the statement ; that measure should receive his most strenuous opposition. It would give a preponder ance of influence at elections to one class of persons, and itlfu t ei r h . eten would h a fo ving i siledt og sb fictitious ' vteh a ot n hs k clause eevgofgreatest eerast. would never extend whom o(rHaceili(Hear, 3: w f was re at h i r n .e : m e intended, alteration in the mode of representation ought to be carefully considered in all its bearings, and any measure having those requirements a Reform Bill ought to provide should have his cordial considera tion. His opinion as to the foreign policy of this country was that the Government should be firm, courteous, and decisive, never meddling with the affairs of other countries unless they were prepared to act ; and he thought our colonial policy should be characterised by a course of proceeding that would be calculated to extend the commerce and promote the best interests both of the mother coun try and her colonies. He concluded by saying that up to this time he had never professed to be a poli tician, and he would not longer occupy their time on that occasion. (Cheers.) Mr. LANCASTER said, entertaining the sentiments he did on political questions, and feeling the im portance of testing the importance of the electors of the borough on the present occasion, he had been induced to come forward on behalf of the party who styled themselves the party of progress. Mr. Eckersley said he had come forward on behalf of the Conservative party, but he (Mr. Lancaster) should say it was the old Tory_ party. Now, he would ask, what had that party done for the coun try during the last forty years ? Was it that party who gave the electors the right to vote which they were invited now to exercise ? (Cries of "No !") The party who gave that right was the party he (Mr. Lancaster) claimed to represent—the party who gave increased liberty to, the press, freedom of conscience, freedom of trade, and, in fact, had in creased the liberty of the people so as to enable them to help themselves in many ways they could not have done formerly. (Cheers.) It had been said that there was no difference in politics between the two candidates on this occasion, but he felt that there was a very considerable divergence, and he must put the electors on their guard that, if they had been induced to make promises on the face of that statement, they had been misled by false pretences. The party ho represented had not only made pro gress, but such satisfactory progress that he was induced to ask them to try the same policy further. The present Government had brought in a bill to extend that principle by extending the franchise, and he was a supporter of that bill. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Lancaster) was willing to support the policy Mr. Gladstone had so ably laid down, and if the present Government could not carry a Reform Bill and the Conservatives would bring in a better he would sup port that. (Cheers and laughter.) If they returned him to Parliament he would do his best to serve their interests and those of the country at large, and he should look forward with much interest to what they said at the close of the poll on the morrow. (Cheers.) The Mayor then called for a show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of Mr. Eckersley. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Lancaster and is fixed for to-day (Tuesday). The proceedings occu pied about au hour and Famed over very quietly. 'THE SUN, LONIJON, ITESOAI EVENING, MARCH. 27, 1866 LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME. ROME, MARCH 26. The official Giornale di Roma qualifies as ridicu lous calumnies the statements made by the Journal des Debats relative to the nomination of the Arch bishop of Cologne. BARON VON BEUST. LEIPSIC, MARCH 27. Baron von Beust, the President of the Saxon Ministry, passed through this town yesterday. He is travelling by rail to Southern Germany. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 26, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations : 41 per Cents 97 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 55 Do. end month €B 574 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3610 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan 6O 80 Do. end month 6O 95 Orleans Northern Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 34 Deferred Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard Acct. ... 875 - - ... 1130 - - 888 75 - - ... 556 25 - - ... 560 - - - ... 540 - - - ... 102 50 - - ... 400 - - - ... 408 75 North of Spain — ... 165 Saragossa — ... 212. 50 Ditto to Barcelona Roman ... DO AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. NEW YORK, MARCII 13 (Evening). A Fenian mass meeting has been held at Boston under the auspices of Sweeney and Roberts, at which $lO,OOO were subscribed. The Fenians are reported to be purchasing largely uniforms, arms, and ammunition, for which, it is said, they have depots in numerous American towns along the frontiers. NEW YORK, MARCH 15 (Evening). Both Houses of Congress have passed the civil Rights Bill. In the Senate Mr. Sherman has offered a resolu tion, which has been referred to the Finance Com mittee, stipulating that for one year to come the legal tender cui-rency shall not be reduced below $420,000,000. It is reported that Sir Frederick Bruce has urged the Government to make a public expression of its reprobation of the Fenian movement. Mr. Seward replied that the Fenian movement was certainly of a dangerous if not a criminal nature. So long, however, as the leaders kept within the law the Government would not interfere. If they contra vened the law the Government would issue a pro clamation on the subject. Two hundred Federal troops have arrived at Fort Porter, at Buffalo, and more are expected. It is supposed they are sent to enforce respect for the neutrality laws. Two Fenian companies have been mustered into the service of the Irish Republic at Louisville by Major Mangan, Adjutant-General of Kentucky. They afterwards paraded through the city. At a Fenian meeting held at Chicago to organise regiments armed with Henry's repeating rifle numerous recruits were enlisted. The Board of Aldermen and Councilmen at New York have passed resolutions emphatically endors ing and encouraging Fenianism. Tho Hibernian and Etna have arrived out. The Africa has arrived at Halifax. NEW YORK, March 16 (Afternoon). - - In the House of Representatives Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, has re ported an amendment to the Finance Bill, striking out the foreign loan clause. _ _ _ Intelligence from Vera Cruz to the 3d instant announces that M. Langlais, Finance Minister to the Emperor Maximilian, has died suddenly. Money abundant. Gold, 1301. Exchange on London, 1401. Stocks firm, but active. New York Centrals, 92i ; Illinois, 1181; Erie, 83 ; Five-Twenty Bonds, 103 t. Cotton dull—Middling Upland, 40 41. Flour dull. Wheat very dull. Corn quiet. Provisions heavy. Coffee dull. Sugar heavy. Molasses dull. Petroleum dull—Crude, 25f ; refined, 41. NEW ORLEANS, March 13. Cotton dull, 42 44. Three days' sales, 11,000 bales. Receipts of the day, 2,000 bales. NEW YORK, March 17, Morning. The Fenian canvass continues to bo actively carried on. Subscriptions flow in uninterruptedly, and the movement is reported to be spreading throughout the South. Mr. M'Culloch's Loan Bill has been thrown out in the House of Representatives by 68 against 66 votes. President Johnson has made another conversa tional speech, in which he said that Congress had now been in session for three months without accomplishing anything practical towards restoring the South, and while continuing to oppose the Executive plan they failed to introduce'one of their own. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens has made a speech defending the course of Congress in those matters in which it differed with President Johnson. Mr. Stevens expressed confi dence in Mr. Johnson's patriotism and honesty, but claimed the right to differ with him and criticise his acts. In an ironical and humorous tone he denied that the President ever made a speech on the 22d February, and alleged that it was a stupendous hoax invented by the Copperheads. Mr. Blain asked, and failed to obtain, leave to introduce a resolution declarin . g " the house does not approve guaranteeing Mexican or Fenian Bonds." The house, by a vote of 75 to 32, struck out the enacting clause of the bill regulating trade with Canada, thus killing the bill. The Committee of Ways and Means have agreed to report the tax of sc. per lb. on cotton. The Supreme Court has confirmed the condemna tion of the steamer Bermuda. The Court did not decide the point whether the vessel was in neutral waters when captured. Advices received here from Valparaiso to the 12th ult., via Panama, report the condition of affairs to be unchanged. Three of the Spanish steam-frigates, assisted by gunboats, were cruising to the south of Valparaiso in search of the Chilian and Peruvian fleets. The foreign consuls at Valparaiso had protested against the measures of Nunez, the Spanish cora man.der, declaring coal to be contraband of war. A financial panic prevailed at Lima. CANADA. QUEBEC, March 13 (Evening). The Governor-General of Canada has issued a general order, calling out the volunteers, who are to be placed under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Mitchel. The Governor regrets, as a measure of pre caution, to call into active service so large a number of volunteers, and says this step does not result from the existence of a condition of war with a foreign State, but is rendered necessary in the performance of the duty devolving upon the Government of pro viding for the protection of the lives and property of the Canadians against the threatened piratical at tacks of lawless men, who use the territory of a neighbouring Power openly to organise enterprises against the sovereign rights of the Queen, and the security of her subjects. The Governor, con fidently relying on the loyal spirit of the Canadians to meet this extraordinary state of things, feels as sured that, if necessary, the entire population would come forward to resist invasion ; and he is convinced that should the threatened attack take place, the volunteers will be as successful in repelling such criminal and wanton outrages against humanity and Chiligatioll as were their anceatore when called upon RAILWAYS. Cash. ,••• '-' to roll back the tide of legitimate war, or repulse the attacks of lawless invaders. The Canadian Catholic Bishop Lynch has issued a circular denouncing Fenianism, and calling upon the people to repel the invasion. QUEBEC, March 15. The Canadians are erecting earthworks at the vulnerable points along the frontier. General Lindsay commands the troops of the Lower Provinces ; General Napier those of the Upper Provinces. At Kingston the St. Patrick's Society have unani mously resolved to assist the Government in repell ing the invasion. There has been a slight run upon the Montreal and Quebec savings banks. HALIFAX, March 17, Morning. The Canadian Government has received informa tion through the Mayor of Detroit of the proba bility of a Fenian attack from that point. It has also been informed that the Federal Government was sending troops to Buffalo to prevent an attack from that quarter. Montreal despatches state that Sir Frederick Bruce has ordered the British West India squadron to sail for Halifax with all the available troops in the West Indies. The Montreal authorities have forbidden the Irish to parade on St. Patrick's-day. The Canadian Government continues its defen sive preparations, and has despatched troops to all exposed points of the frontier. ST. JOHN'S, March 13. The Governor of New Brunswick, in his address to Parliament, stated that he was directed to ex press the strong and deliberate desire of her Ma jesty's Government that the British North American provinces should form a governmental union. MEXICO. It is reported via San Francisco that Pesquiera had resumed military operations in Sonora rein forced by a large force of Americans. The steamer Sacramento left San Francisco on the 10th for Panama, with $860,000 in specie, of which $670,000 are for New York. The City of Boston has arrived out. LIVERPOOL, March 27. The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's extra screw steamer St. David, Captain Aird, from New York on the 13th inst., arrived here this morning. Her news has been anticipated. NEW ORLEANS, March 16. Cotton, middling, 41. Receipts of the week 16,000 to 17,000 bales. Stock, 190,000 bales. LIVERPOOL, March 26. The steamer Plantagenet, from Port-au-Prince on the 2d inst., arrived here this afternoon with £4,000 in specie. She brings no later intelligence from Jamaica. WEST VIRGINIA• The Legislature of the State of Virginia seems to be in the condition of the unfortunate individual who has been divorced non account of the maltreat ment of his better-half, and who, after the separa tion has been decreed, begins to realise the value of the jewel which he has lost. Virginia, by bad con duct in 1861, caused the people of a large portion of her former territory to sever the political ties which had bound the Old Dominion. They resolved to be no longer connected with Secessionists and traitors, and they set up the State of West Virginia for their own safety. That Commonwealth has been recognised as a regular member of the family of States, and has for some months exercised all the privileges of maturity. But now old Virginia is " reconstructed " and " thoroughly loyal " there is a hankering among the ex-chivalry for the old con nection. They want new Virginia to calmly resolve to give up her existence, and resign her rights to the old husband. In pursuance of the fond desire of the Richmond Government, the following tender language is used by the Legislature : "Resolved—That the people of Virginia deeply lament the dismemberment of the ' old State,' and are sincerely desirous to establish and perpetuate the reunion of the States of Virginia and West Virginia, and that they do confidently appeal to their brethren of West Virginia to concur with them in the adoption of suitable measures of co-operation in the restoration of the ancient Commonwealth of Virginia." Commissioners have been appointed to urge this reunion upon West Virginia, and endeavour to negotiate for the assumption, by the new State, of a portion of the old State debt. The Commis sioners will adopt the language of the celebrated advertiser in the " personals " of the London Times, " Sally, come back, come back to your admiring Thomas ; but, if you won't come back, at least return the silver spoons." West Virginia, we imagine, will neither go back nor agree to pay the debt of the rebellious portion of the old State. The West Virginians have a lively recollection of the tyranny which was exer cised over the free section of the State before 1861. They know, too, that they had a majority in favour of the Union in the Convention of 1861, but that the State was dragooned into secession by fire-eaters. They had a specimen of the friendship of their late brethren, in the invasions of their section, under Pegram, Lee, Floyd, and various guerilla raids by vagabonds of lower rank. They had to beat back their dear brethren at Rich Mountain, Laurel Hill, Carnifex Ferry, Cheat Mountain. and many other places. They were denounced as traitors to the State, and the recapture of the territory of the State, and the execution of the " traitors " who had resisted the Richmond treason, was avowed to be a settled principle of State policy. It was no fault under Rebel rule, that th ese th rea t s woferVeingoitniaexecuted. The only thing in the way was the presence of United States troops on the " sacred " soil," which kept the Secessionists busy in defend ing their own capital, and which gave no time for experiments in the western part of the State. The 'occupation of Western Virginia would be a very clever financial operation for the old dynasty. It would saddle the West with a heavy debt, and ex tract the means of lightening the burdens of the East by heavy taxation on the petroleum interest. We imagine that the West Virginians have lost all of their ancient State pride. They will receive the Commissioners with becoming dignity, and apprise them that they have no desire to renew the partnership, and are well content that bygones shall be bygones.—Anglo-American Times. CHARLES DILLON is starring at the Arch Theatre, Philadelphia, playing " Macbeth," " Virginius," " Louis X 1.," " Richelieu," and " Belphegor." • SEYMOUR'S SON'S ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF " PICKWICK."—As regards " Pickwick," the ori ginal plan was to give the adventures of a club of cockney sportsmen, and the idea and title of the work was my father's, who had so far matured his plan as to show it to Mr. M'Lean, and afterwards to Mr. Spooner, who had some idea of publishing it, and proposed that Theodore Hook should write the letter-press. We have reason to infer, from an entry in the artist's book, that the first four plates were etched before he showed the work, and that they wore afterwards re-etched, and modified, in some degree, to suit Mr. Dickens's views—which circumstance may account for the style of his letter to my father, written just after the first number appeared, where he seems to claim a share of merit in originating the design :—" 15, Furnival's-inn. My dear Sir,—l had intended to write you, to say low much gratified I felt by the pains you have bestowed on Our Mutual Friend, Mr. Pickwick,* and how much the result of your labours has surpassed my expectations. I am happy to be able to congratulate you, the publishers, and myself on the success of the undertaking, which ap pears to have been most complete.—Dear Sir, very truly yours, CIIARLES DICKENS." * A curious juxtaposition, hero, of tho titles of Mr. Dickens's last and first work of fiction ! A MOONLESS MONTH.—The month of February, 1866, was marked in the astronomical calendar as the month which had no full moon ! January had two full moons and March will have two ; but February has none. Of course this peculiar conjuncture of periods that makes the full moon show her face but a few hours before the month comes in, and again a few hours after the month goes out, is a rare thing in nature. But how rare do you suppose, gentle readers ? It has not occurred before in your lifetime nor ours—not since the time of Washington ; not since the discovery of America by Columbus ; no, nor since the Christian era, not since the fall of Adam, nor since the creation of the world, unless that be placed back some myriads of years. And it will not occur again, ac cording to the computation of astronomers, for two millions and a-half of years. (gotta „_, .11t HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR, March 26. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Princess Louise, with the Prince of Hohenlohe- Langenbourg, went out riding, attended by the Hon. Mary Lascelles. The Archbishop of York left the Castle this morning. The Queen and the royal family went into mour ing for Queen Marie Amelie, for four weeks, on the 25th inst. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at Glouces ter-house, yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards drove to Clarement, and paid a visit of condolence to the family of the late Queen Marie Amelie. The Funeral of King Leopold. ---0- A bill has just been presented to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for opening a credit to pay the cost of the funeral of Leopold I. and the installation, of his successor. The items for which sums are due are the following :—" Construction of a 'temporary church at Laeken, and opening and closing of the tomb, 121,965 f. ; funeral car, 49,129 f.; repairs of the road for the passage of the car, 10,484 f. ; decoration of the avenue and bridge of Laeken and Places des Martyr, 14,020 f. ; toll for the paSsage of the procession in the Rue des Pelvis, 2,000 f. ; works for the restoration of the chapel, paving, &c., 42,072 f. ; purchase of historical docu ments and subscriptions to different narratives of the funeral, 8,534 f. ; expenses of the inauguration of Leopold 11., 20,993 f. ; sundries, 14,956 francs —total, 275,753 francs." The item of 8,534 francs for historical documents, &c., requires some expla nation. In the absence of all precedent of royal interments in Belgium, the authorities were obliged to procure from abroad, principally from France and Holland, engravings and albums relative to the funerals of Louis XVIII. and William 11. Those documents will now be deposited in the library of the Chamber. As to the narratives of the ceremony, a collection was made of all the accounts published in the journals, not only of Belgium, but of foreign countries, including America also, with the principal articles on the late King and notices of his life. Lastly, among the expenses incurred for the in auguration of Leopold 11. was the cost of two magnificently bound volumes of parchment, richly ornamented, and containing a report of the Royal sitting of inauguration, at the bottom of which all the members of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate affixed their signatures after that of the King. One of those volumes will be deposited in the library of the King, and the other in that of the Chamber of Representatives. The Reform Bill. Sir William Hutt has written another letter on the subject of his amendment. It is as follows : Gibside, Gateshead, March 25. Dear Mr. M'Queen—l have to thank you for your letter inquiring of me the object of the notice which I have recently given in the House of Commons. I wish that all my friends had abstained from condemning that notice till they had made the same candid and reasonable inquiry. The sole ob ject which I could have in view was to obtain from the Government some guarantee thatin dealing with reform in Parliament they would provide for amending the existing system of local repre sentation. My object, though so widely misinter preted out of Parliament, and especially down here, was thoroughly understood in the House of Commons from the moment the notice was given. I was, indeed, quickly surrounded by some of the most earnest and thoughtful of the Liberal mem bers, who assured me of their entire concurrence in its expediency. If you will take the trouble to re view the various declarations made by the Govern ment when introducing their Reform Bill on the subject of the re-distribution of seats, you will per ceive that they had apparently quite shunted from the line of Parliamentary reform on this very import ant question. Now, was I, with my strong convic tions on the subject, and with the consciousness that grave political interests were confided to my car e by others, to look idly on and allow this error to be completed? If my own feelings would have ac quiesced in such recklessness, should I not one dal have been reproached by reformers for betraying the interests of reform? I took the step whi ch ' after careful consideration, appeared to me to man tam those interests as involved in a just distributi on of seats, and at the same time to present no kind o , f , obstruction to the progress of th e F ranc hise Bill. ' my proceedings be only examined, it will be see n that both by the stage of the bill which I selected for my amendment, and the peculiar form of it, the saf e carriage of this bill was solicitously cared for. . f have really been ill-treated by those whose wishes was studying to promote, and it has pained me veil much. Still I cannot regret what I have done. believe I have thereby effected my purpose. 111 . e Government has seen the expediency of 1 11 ° . (11- lying their policy about seats, and of not persiat ing in adjourning sine die that important question. : Friday last, Mr. Gladstone announced that the Go vernment would lay before Parliament, while th e Franchise Bill was still in the House of C o mmons ; a scheme -- for completing in regard to it their me asure of parliamentary reform. On the 10th of Apri l Lord Russell, it is understood, will gi v e other a s , surances on this point to a meeting of the Libe ral members of the House of Commons. By placing myself in the gap at this crisis of the battle I have at least contributed to this notable improveln en and I know that one day my constituents and 1 1 old friends the reformers of the North of Bugla.nci! will do me justice for my exertions.—Bel ieve me,_ &c. WILLIAM HUTT' THE LATE QUEEN MARIE AIIELIE.—The obse quies of her late Majesty the Queen Marie Awelie will take place on Tuesday morning next. The late Que en e will be buried at Weybridge, in the vault where repose th remains of her husband, Louis Philippe, K in g °f the French. Before the funeral leaves Claremont on of Tuesdal the morning a solemn service, at which the mem bers late Queen's family who are in England will be present, will take place in the chapel fitted up there receive the corpse. Yesterday his Royal Highness tbo Prince of Wales paid a visit of condolence to the Pril 3ceS and other members of the Orleans family at Claremon t ' Mr. William Jerdan, the editor of The Literal itd Gazette when that periodical was in the zenith o f led popularity, has a volume of biography in the press, " Men I have Known." The book will contain ruucal pleasant gossip about the principal literary, Polit ical ::: 1 legal celebrities of the present century, including Per'—: sketches and anecdotes of Thomas Moors, Thomas o°j '; specially to bell, the Rev. R. H. Barham, George Canning, bi d °tbe n r e . Professor Morley is about to give to the world his e x T - „f riences as a dramatic critic, under the title of .beduniol'e a Playgoer." Both these works will be publi hY Messrs. Routledge and Sons, of the Broadway, Ludgl" alarming, RUMOURS OF C g O r 3i o i w NG evNeVrAyR RETWOI4 dap na__ Or! alarming, so much so that the trade in Vienna has 1. " - eived a serious check. On the one hand, it appea rs ce ; tain that the Kaiser, whether to indicate his resolution really to fight, has put his army in motion northwards, 11 withdrawn furloughs, purchased horses, and wad e jus t those preparations on which Governme nts not hand'; are unwilling to waste money. On th e other t Prussian Government, though aware that Austria is 0 1° still threatens, and the peace party, of which the Cluel and the Prince Royal were the heads, have, it is 581 s given way. The Italian Government evidently belie that war is at hand, the Prussian Court has given a gr a° , reception to General Govone, the Italian military eli'v°"' and has named Prince Frederick C harles commander of the tiv army. The main hope of pe ace in both countries is ; extreme uncertainty of the course which the Emperor 0 the French would see fit when hostilities had once cool' menced. Many of the se statements are probably one stirs rated, but it seems cl ear that Austria has resolved to r no farther.--The Spectator. PATENT OFFICE MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON.--- Number of visitors for the week ending March 24, 1 , 788 total number since the opening of the Museum free (12th May, 1858), 1,0147950. I 1