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The Union Chargeability Bill has been, indeed, I a fruitful source of d i s cussion, and g i ve n ri se to many conflicting opinions. An amount of irritation has also been displayed on the occasion, which is rather unusual to witness at the present juncture, when all parties seem resolved to let matters take their course, and to get through the necessary busi ness of the session as quickly and quietly as pos sible. It is satisfactory, at all events, to think that this vexed question has been settled at last, and we trust that due care will be taken to carry out the provisions of the measure, so that the greatest pos sible benefit may accrue to the parties concerned, and that the affairs of the Unions in the country may not be mismanaged as they have so often been hitherto. The Opposition to the Bill was doubtless carried on with sincere motives, but it was mistaken, and car ried on with unnecessary. pertinacity. The opinion of the House was plainly shown by the division, and the proposal to sen d e bill upstairs to a Select Committee was quite untenable. It would have been virtually putting it aside altogether, and such a result would have been much to be regretted. It is high time that something should be done to put a stop to the anomalies at present workinc, in the country, and there is no reason to suppose that the sinister prognostications of those who opposed th e Measure with might and main will be realised. At the same time it will be seen by the tone of the debate that great barm is done to a cause by excessive vehemence and violent description. It irritates and excites those who think themselves aggrieved, and are thus led to denounce their Wrongs, instead of addressing themselves to the subject immediately before them. Thus, in the debate last night, the particular injuries that had been done to the character of landlords was of more account with many than the general interests of the community which were at stake in the matter. To sum up the whole of the case in a f ew words, it is -------- evident that there was much to amend and alter in the condition of things which this Union Charge ability Bill gives a fair promise of achieving in a satisfactory manner. It must be borne in mind that all changes are at first unpalatable, and are sure to awaken fears, groundless or other wise, as the case may be. It is always an arduous thing to bring any measure safely through the storm of discussion, and to encounter the hosts of arguments that assail the unhappy being who is venturesome enough to make the attempt. Mr. VILLIERS may so far be congratulated on his success, but it is to be hoped that he will bear his honours meekly, and endeavour to improve the advantage he has gained. There has been a great deal too much indifference displayed in the management of the Poor Law Board, and thus advantage has been taken by careless and unworthy officials throughout the land both in town and country, and things are done which reflect the greatest discredit upon the system, and are totally at variance with the desires of the originators of the scheme and the framers of the law. Those at headquarters repudiate these things when they are laid to the charge of the sys tem ; but more care and caution on their part would doubtless obviate much of the evil, and conduce greatly to the advantage of all concerned. Mr. VILLIERS made a very fair speech last night, and explained to those who met his proposals with so much opposition that there really existed but little foundation for their facts. In the first place, he stated that the Bill had been brought in on the re commendation of the Committee which had sat for the space of three years to investigate the affairs of the administration of the Poor Law. It must be admitted that they certainly took their time about it, and must therefore have been duly quali fied to give an opinion of the matter. It was always thought besides by those who inaugurated the reforms in the old Poor Law that it would be necessary to substitute the union for the parish rating. This is not, it will be seen on reflection, a newly devised scheme, so much as the fulfilment of a long matured plan, and the carrying out of a pre concerted scheme that hitherto has been found im practicable in its workings. It is very likely true that exaggeration has taken place in some of the assertions made and accounts given ; but it is desir able that things should be placed on such a footing that the evils complained of cannot take place, in stead of its being assumed that they do not, because some parts of the country form an exception to the general rule. Mr. VILLIERS declared that the farmers were in favour of the bill, and did not coincide with the arguments of those who were so much against it, as the law of parochial settlement did tot work so well for them. Mr. VILLIERS also declared that the Bill before the House had not been founded upon the document that had been called in question with so much severity ; and, indeed, he had not seen the Report until subsequently to the introduction of the mea sure. The right hon. gentleman, however, defended the statements that were made by Dr. HUNTER from the charges of inaccuracy made against them. In support of this he brought forward several state ments which showed the House how much truth there was in the communication referred to. Certainly, if one half of the reports given by Dr. HUNTER were true, the urgent necessity that existed for a change was plainly made apparent. Mr. THOMPSON showed great discretion in seeking to withdraw his amend ment, but he was not allowed to do so, and the sense of the House was plainly evidenced by the large majority that appeared against the amendment, one hundred and seventy three deciding in favour of the bill going into committee. Mr. BRUCE showed that the objects which this bill had in view had been ad vocated by many distinguished writers of late years, and he also argued that for the last half century the demolition of cottages had been going on. This is a very painful part of the subject, and one that urgently calls for some alteration. The prosperity of the country depends greatly upon the welfare of the poor, and if the rights of the cottager be not respected, and the claims of its owners recognised, no lasting good can be expected, or, if expected, will be realised. On the whole, there seems much to be satisfied with in the results of last night's debate and division, and it remains to be hoped that the partial success it has met with in the House will be an earnest and fore runner of the after-advantages that will accrue from the Union Chargeability Bill, and that, when carried out in its entirety, it may diffuse satisfaction and contribute to the welfare of the community through out the length and breadth of the land, thus bring ing reforms into practical working where they have been so long and earnestly needed. A somewhat important question was put to her MAJESTY'S Ministers in both houses last evening by Lord HOUGHTON and Mr. WHITE. The answer which it elicited from the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary was more satisfactory than official replies generally are, and the sense of the houses and of the public generally was with them. The object of both questions was substantially the same, namely, whether the Government was prepared to withdraw that recognition of the Confederate States as belligerents which they had previously accorded. Lord RUSSELL adopted a bolder tone than he formerly did in referring to the United States, and certainly his arguments were unanswerable. Those Americans who waste their indignation upon us, for acknowledging the Confederates as belli gerents would do well to study the clear and logical statement of Lord RUSSELL on this point. It is impossible, he said, for a war to be carried on by only one party, and therefore when the United States claimed belligerent rights for themselves they virtually declared the Confederates to possess the same. The question of the recognition of the belli gerent rights of the Confederacy was, as Lord RUSSELL plainly showed, decided by the Presi dent of the United States himself. When he decreed that all the ports of the seven States should be blockaded he claimed for himself the rights of war, and those rights the United States have, as Lord RUSSELL himself admits, exer cised with extreme rigour. The right of search over merchant vessels upon the high seas has been vigorously maintained by the United States autho rities. "I do not know," said the Foreign Secre tary, " any case in which the right of search, of capture of vessels and imprisonment of crews, has been exercised with greater severity by abellige rent than it has been exercised by the United States." It only remained for the English Government to de cide whether or no they should recognise that right on the part of the Federal Government. It was quite impossible that the officers of the United States should be permitted to search British ships, to seize British goods, and cramp and injure British commerce, while declaring all the time that there was no war, and that a state of complete peace existed. Such conduct would have been too pusil lanimous even for Lord RUSSELL; or rather, perhaps, he knew the English temper too well to attempt such a course. As for the present state of things it is necessary, as the Foreign Secretary showed, to ascertain fi rs t what the Federal Government is about to do before the recognition of the Confederates as belligerents can be withdrawn. Therefore, upon the Govern ment a the 'United States propcfiing that all THE bun, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIMI, MAY 16, 1865. re strsetions upon Federal ships of war enter ing lafX MAJESTY'S ports should be withdrawn, our• Ministers very properly replied that it was; necessary to know whether the Federal auto orities proposed to relinquish the right of se sarching, examining, detaining, and capturing British merchant vessels on the high seas. What ever - was the view which Lord HOUGHTON took of the case, the English public may be glad to have received so clear an exposition of the sentiments of our Government. In the Lower House the question of Mr. WHITE was answered by Lord PALMERSTON, whose reappearance on the Treasury bench was hailed with loud and general cheering. The noble lord's reply was sub stantially the same as that of his Foreign Secretary; and, in fact, the policy of the Government in this case indicates rather . the clear sense of the Prime Minister than the timid vacillation of Lord Rus- SE LL. The Americans can hardly expect more, and certainly we English will not be prepared to grant any further concession, so it is well that a plain declaration of our policy should be made. The news received from New Zealand is of a chequered kind ; the military part is encouraging, seeing that the friendly natives have taken ABOU TAKI and several important chiefs prisoners. What is more important is that JOHN WILLIAMS, the source of so much mischief, and the active promoter of the rebellion, was killed in the struggle. There are two satisfactory points in this intelligence ; one is that the natives should have been sufficiently zealous in our cause to prosecute the war with so much vigour, and the other that the success of this onslaught may probably reduce some of the refrac tory tribes to terms. This intelligence, however, is sadly damped by the news of the destruction of the schooner Eclipse by the natives at Opotiki, and the capture of several gentlemen by them. The Rev. Mr. VOLICNER 7 one of the missionaries, was killed and partly eaten by these wretched men, who can certainly henceforward lay no claim to civilisation. They appear to have been urged on by a fanatic priest, who participated in the crime. The unfor tunate gentleman met his fate with calmness and fortitude worthy of his profession, but he appears to have been cruelly deserted by his flock, on whom be vainly called for aid. Such a terrible tragedy is doubly disheartening, as showing how little real good has yet been effected among the natives, and how much remains to be done. One thing is certain: no lasting good can be effected among the natives until the war is concluded, and the system of terrorism which they have established over the settlers has been finally put an end to. It is to be hoped the trying events of the last few years will bring good out of evil, by putting the relations of the colonists and the Maories on a more satisfactory footing, so that at least there will not be a prospect of a fresh outbreak of the war—a fear which has always hitherto darkened the rejoicings over peace. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAY 15. UNION CHARGEABILITY BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned debate on amendment proposed to question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair," and which amendment was, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "the bill be committed to a select com mittee," instead thereof. Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." Debate resumed. Que§tion put. The house divided—Ayes, 266 ; Noes, 93. AXES -260. Acland, T. D. Fortescne, C. S. Paget, C. Acton, Sir J. Franklyn, G. W. Paget, Lord A. Adam, W. P. French, Col. Paget, Lord C. Adderley, C. B. Gaskcll, J. M. Palmer, Sir It. Adeane, H. J. George, J. I'ecl, Sir R. Agar-Ellis, L. G. Gibson, T. M. Peel, F. Andover, Lord Gladstone, W. E. I'eel, •J. Angerstein, W. Glyn, G. G. render, J. Anstruther, Sir R. Goldsmid, Sir F. Peto, Sir M. Antrobus, E. Goschen, G. J. Pilkington, J. Athlumney, Lord Gower, F. L. Pollard Urquhart IV Ayrton, A. S. Gowet, G. W. L. Ponsonby, A. Aytoun, It. S. Greaves, E. Portman, W. H. B. Vag well, J. Greenall. G. Potter, E. lames, E. Greene, J. Powell, F. S. Baring, H. B. Greenwood, J. Powell, J. J. Baring, T. G. Gregory, W. H. Price, It. G. Barnes, T. Grey, sir G. Pryse, E. L. Barttelot, Col. Grosvenor, Earl Pritchard, J. Bathurst, A. A. Gurdon, B. Proby, Lord Baxter, W. E. Hadficid, G. Pugh, D. Beale, S. Hamilton, Viscount Redmond, J. E. Beaumont, W. B. lianthey, J. Repton, G. W. J. Beecroft, G. S. Hankey, T. Ricardo, 0. Berkeley, Col. Hartington,Marquls Robartes, T. J. A. Berkeley, C. P. F. Hassard, M. Robertson, 1). Bernard, T. T. Bay, Sir J. Rogers, J. J. Black, A. Hayter, Sir W. Russell, H. Blake, J. Headlam, T. E. Russell, A. Bonham-Carter, J. Henderson, J. Russell, Sir W. Bramley-Moore, J. Henley, Lord St. Aubyn, J. Bromley, W. D. Hesketh, Sir T. Salomong,A.derman Browne, Lord J. T. Bibbert, J. T. Schneider, U. W. Bruce, Lord C. Holland, E. Scholelleici, W. Bruce, Lord E. A. If ornby, W. 11. Scrope, G. P. Bruce, H. A. liorsiali, P. B. Seely, C. Buckley, Gen. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, A Bulkeley, Sir R. Hubbard, J. G. Shafto, It. D. Buller, Sir A. W. Humphery, W. Shelley, Sir J. V. Bury, Viscount Ingham, it. Sheridan, R. B. Buxton, C. Jervoise, Sir J. Sheridan, H. B. Caird, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Abel Calthorpe, F. H. Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, Augustus Cardwell, E. Jolliffe, U. Smith, J. A. Castlerosse, Vist. Kekewich, S. T. Smith, J. B. Cave, S. King, P. J. L. Smollett, P. B. Cavendish, Lord G. Kinglake, A. W. Stacpoole, W. Cheetham, J. Kinglake, Serj. J. Staniland, M. Childers, H. C. E. Kingscote, Col. Stansleld, J. Churchill, Lord A. Kinnard, A. F. Steel, J. Clay, J. Lacon Sir E. Stewart, Sir M. R. Clifford, C. C. Laird, J. Stuart, Col. C. Clifton, Sir It. Layard, A. 11. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Clive, G. Langton, W. H. G. Sykes, Col. IV. H. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lawr,:no..., J. C. Tollemache, F. J. Collier, sir R. P. Lawson, W. Tollemache, J. Collins, T. Leader, N. P. Tottenham,Lr.-Col. Cowper, W. F. Letevre, G. J. S. Tracy, C. K. D. Cox, W. Lee, W. Turner, J. A. Crawford, R. W. Legh, Major C. Turner, C. Crossley, Sir F.Lever, J.U. Vandeleur, C 1. ,, Dalglish, R. Lewis, H. Verney, Sir 11. Denman, G. Liddell, H. G. Vernon, H. F. Dent, J. D. Locke, J. • Villiers, C. P. Dillwyn, L. L. Lyall, G. Vyner, It A. Dodson, J. G. 31`Cann, J. NV alu egrave-Les lie Douglas, Sir C. MacEvoy, E. Walter, J. Doulton, F. Maguire, J. F. Warner, E. Duff, M. E. Malcolm, J. W. Waterhouse, S. Duff, It. W. Manners, Lord G. Watkin, E. W. Duke, Sir J. Marjoribanks, D. C. Watkins, Cel. L. Dundas. Sir D. Martin, P. W. Watlington, J. Dunkcllin, Lord Martin, J. Welby, W. E. Egerton, A. F. Matheson, Sir J. Western, S. Egerton, E. C. Miller, W. Whalley, G. H. Eiphinstone, Sir J. Mitchell, T. A. White, J. Enfield, Viscount Milord, NY. T. Williamson, Sir H. Evans, T. W. Moffatt, G. Winniugton, Sir T. Ewart, J. C. Moncreiff, J. Woodd, B. T. Ewing, H. E. C. Montgomery, Sir G. Woods, H. Fenwick, E. M. Moo:, H. Wrightson, W. B. Fermoy, Lord Moore, C. Wyld, J. Finlay, A. S. Morris, W. Wyndham, H. Fitzroy. Lord F. Morrison, W. Wyndham, V. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Mowbray, J. R. Wyvill, M. Foley, H. W. Neate, C. Foljambe, F. J. S. North, F. Forster, W. E. u'Loghlen, Sir C. Foster, W. 0. Onslow, G. Brand, H. Fortescue F. D. Padmore, It. White, L. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEITIt. Mr. Fechter as Don Ca3sar de Bazan. One of the earlier of those brilliant impersona tions which first won for Mr. Fechter, a few years back, that signal popularity in this country which he has since then so securely and increasingly enjoyed, was, last evening revived, to the evident delight of all who witnessed the performance, but to the espe cial gratification of the more fastidious playgoers by whom, more than by any one else, this eminent actor's powers are the most vividly appreciated. Fully four seasons; we believe, have passed away, since Mr. Fechter last trod the boards of a London theatre as Don Caesar de Bazan. Then the repre sentation took place on the stage of the Princess's. In the present instance the revival of the drama has the appreciable advantage of occurring under Mr. Fechter's own management. Announced, as the play is, at the very close of this now fast expiring season—nay, distinctly announced, as it is, for merely six 'nights' performance—" Don Caesar de Bazan" is put upon the stage with all that refined taste and lavish splendour in scenery, in dresses, and in appointments for which the Lyceum has been remarkable ever since it passed under Mr. Fechter's direction.' His impersonation of the hero of the piece, moreover, has this very obvious advan tage over his earlier performance of the character that it realises, more than ever vividly to those who now witness it, the wonderful mastery which has been so gradually as to be almost imperceptibly attained by this great actor over even the subtler difficulties of our peculiarly composite language. Since the days of Frdderic Lemaitre there has not been witnessed any such actual " realisation" of the cha racter of Don Caesar de. Bazan as this one of Charles Fechter's. And we say this without any dis paragement to the memory of handsome James Wallack. And, indeed, for that matter, who is there that has actually seen ; the two but will agree with us completely when we thus contrast those two widely different impersonations ? In the instance of Mr. Fechter, the impersonation of Don Caesar de Bazan is in no way what it was distinctively in that of James Wallack—namely, purely and exclu sively superficial. In assuming the raimpt, the manner, the voice, the look, the laugh of that ele gant but dilapidated chevalier d'industrie d'Espagne, Don Caesar of the chivalrous nature but the damaged reputation, Mr. Fechter assumes also as completely and as absolutely, as appreciatively and as recognizably, the whole temperament, dispo sition, idiosyncrasy of that gay dare-devil roue— DonCxsar with the broken scabbard but his sword unstained, with his cloak awry and torn but his heart whole and in the right place ! Throughout the famous first scene of the drama, the drunken scene in which the Count de Garofa appears in the tattered garb of a ruined gambler, " the last gift of his tailor," as he says himself in a tone of serio-comic deprecation—the genial nature of Don Caesar shone forth as radiantly as ever in the midst of all his wild and wayward reckless ness. Not actually drunken, that scene should be called, in point of fact, but simply flushed with drink so as to be just tinged with the bacchanalian couleur de rose! So effectually tinged with it that life —even when at the worst with him-- seems somehow to be like a mere wild plea santry ! Don Caesar, all the while, so far furnishing a new illustrative justification to the old proverb in vino veritas, that he is still to the last there—even in his cups—distinctly and essentially a true-hearted gentleman ! Not only throughout the whole of that first scene, however, but throughout the whole of the three, or, as the play was represented last night, throughout the whole of the four acts of this picturesque drama — Don Csar was pourtrayed to us to the very life, not merely in his garb and bearing, but in his in nermost nature, in his distinctive individuality, by the genius of Mr. Fechter, as an actor, as a student of human nature, and as a humorist. Fami liar as the London_ public were, as many as four seasons back, with his impersonation of the chareter of Don Cesar de Bazan, it would be simply superfluous to expatiate here upon merits with which the public are already so per fectly well acquainted. The inimitable sangfroid of the whole of the prison scene—the irresistible comicality of every look, tone, word, in the ball-room scene at the pavilion of the Marquis de Rotondo, where that ridiculous old harridan of a Marchioness is palmed off upon him as his bride, his hitherto-unseen Countess—the wonderful diver sity of his emotional acting in the last scene of all, where he has interviews alternately with the King and with Maritana, and eventually with both of them together—affix the, timbre of an excellence so pecuiliar to Mr. Fechter's impersonation of Don Caesar de Bazan, as to place it very high indeed among the now varied range of the characters he has already assumed. Hamlet first and foremost—then Ruy Blas—and immediately afterwards, we should be disposed to say, Don Caesar de Bazan. Subse quently, and in no way comparably to any one of those—the hero of the Duke's Motto, the Angelo of Bel Demonio, the reckless forcat Robert Macaire, and the street juggler Belphegor. Unhesita tingly, however, as a good third upon the list of his more successful impersonations, we would place this gay, genial, riant, debonnair impersonation of Don Caesar de Bazan—in the assumption of which character last evening, as the first night of the revival Mr. Fechter was ably, indeed very materially assisted by Miss Leclercq's gipsy-girl-icountess Maritana-- by Miss Lavenu's stripling Lazarillo —by Mr. Fitzpatrick's profligate King—but beyond all others, among Mr. Fechter's coadjutors in this distribution of the dramatis persona, by Mr. Ryder's admirably clever Don Jose de Santarem. So attractive, one might almost say captivating, is the play itself, and so really charming is the representation of it now announced for every night this week--that the general surprise and more than that, the general re gret, will be that the care lavished upon it has been lavished upon it for so very brief an interval. Again and again last evening Mr. Fechter was sum moned before the foot-lights to receive the applause of the delighted audience—the applause less of their hands than of their hearts. THE WESTMINSTER PALACE ORANGE STALL.—I was simply curious to insped the old lady who presides over the one orange-stall whith is privileged to plant its humble trestles on the historic flags of Westminster Hall. I have always been curious about that old lady. I have had all sorts of theories about her—that she is a decayed widow of a lamented and much-respected member of the House ; that she is a poor descendant of one of the dead and gone Speakers ; that she is a favoured constituent of an Irish member ; that she was the foster-mother of the Ser jeant-at-Arms ; that her ancestors sold Normandy pippins on that spot before Red William built the hall, thus giving a patent of possession to the family for all time—that she is nobody at all, but just an old apple-woman from St. Giles's placed there as a Spartan memento to honourable and right honourable gentlemen, of the vanity of pride and ambition. This last was the theory I was in clined to adopt, when I got near enough to her stall to observe that her oranges were of the three a-penny quality, that her pippins were dried up and wizened as her own august self, and that the rest of the stock consisted of one bottle of lemonade and a bottle of pepperment-stick. Truly, in respect of a bunch of lilac drooping from a blue jug with a fractured spout, it might be said that the refection offered to the people's anointed was laid out h la Russe, but certainly the refection itself was not calculated to minister to luxurious or pampered tastes. Still, my curiosity with regard to that old lady and her wares is yet far from satisfied. I want to know if she is by " special appointment " to the Honourable House ; if she considers it beneath her dignity to sell oranges to any one under the rank of an M.P. ; if the M.P.'s pay fancy prices for those wizened apples, or negotiate on the ad valorem terms of four a penny ; I want to see her family tree, to inspect her deed of tenure, to hear how her ances tors got the better of Red William, and who are the hon ourable and right honourable gentlemen who buy pepper mint-stick.—Diekens's " All the Year Round"—the No. just published. , FORGERY OF MONEY ORDERS.—It having come to the knbwledge of the heads of departments at the chief office, General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that by some means a large number of blank money orders had been abstracted from the money order branch of the postal service, and that they had been put into circulation in the metropolis and certain provincial places, and "paid" in the customary manner, a strict investigation, we understand, has commenced into the circumstances of the case, several of the principal officers of the department being present. It appears that the nefarious system has so far succeeded as to hays led to the lose of several hundred pounds. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (P,EL7TER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, MAY 16. The Lady Jocelyn from Calcutta, January 15 ; Madras, February 4; and Table Tay, March 23 ; arrived here this morning with 124 passengers, and a mail from the Cape of Good Hope, together with a cargo of Indian produce, and £8,500 in specie. She brings eight days' later news from the Cape than the last direct mail steamer. On March 16th a great meeting of Gaika chiefs was held at the Gaika commissioner's residence at Grahamstown, to hear a proposal from the Go vernor for occupying the Transkei with Gaika Kaffirs. The principal chief, Sandilli, rejected the proposition. In the colony this is stated to be part of a project of the British Government to collect all the scattered tribes of the frontier and locate them in one continuous serried force in their ancient possessions beyond the Kei. This policy is de nounced by the colonists as a measure which, if persisted in, will at once check the progress of colonisation and civilisation in South Africa, and lead to a not distant Kaffir war. In the Free State the Voltesraam has decreed that from Jan. 1, 1866, no foreign bank or branch thereof shall be permitted to exist in that State. This resolution is directed against the London Cape Banks. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 16. The Royal Mail Company's Intercolonial steamer Solent, Captain Read, from the West Indies, has arrived hero. She left St. Thomas on the 22d ult. and Madeira on the 10th inst. From the latter place she brings 67 passengers, including Earl Brownlow. On the morning of the 14th inst. she spoke the steamer Delta in the Bay of Biscay. Madeira has been visited with heavy rains, the vines, however, were progressing favourably. There was no shipping at Madeira when the Solent left. She experienced a fine passage, and comes home for repairs. FRANCE, PARIS, MAY 16. A general meeting of the Credit Mobilier Com pany was held here yesterday, when a dividend of 25 francswas declared. The balance of the profits, exceeding 1,500,000 francs, was placed to the reserve fund. BOURSE, Alay 15.—The various markets have borne a very inanimate appearance since the open ing to-day, and the few transactions that have taken place show little or no improvement on the closing rates of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, and Mobilier Shares remain stationary, and Italian Fives are now quoted at 661 r. 10c. The market closed as follows :- 41- per Cents • 95 40 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 65 Do. end month 67 70 Credit Mobilier 790 Do. end month Bank Shares 3700 Credit Fonder 1280 Roman 75 75 RAIL Italian Loan 66 Do. end month 66 05 Ditto Threes 4l 20 New Mexican Russian 9O 25 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - FAYS. Orleans Northern Cash. Acct. 832 50 ... 832 50 1071 25 ... 1070 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO ... 900 Southern 6OO 601 25 Western 530 ... 527 50 Eastern Sardinian 306 25 ... 306 25 Austrian Lombard 550 551 25 North of Spain 257 50 ... 257 50 Saragossa 347 50 347 50 DittO' to Barcelona l4O ... 140 SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 11. The Correspondencia de Espana contains the fol lowing:— The bill of Senor Moyano, relative to the intro duction of flours into the island of. Cuba, was on the point of producing, if not a Ministerial change, at least a Ministerial modification. Last night, when Senor Moyano, had finished his speech in support of his bill, several members of the majority manifested to the Government their desire that the weighty question initiated by that gentleman should be entered into in all its details, considering that it embraced at the same time both the interests of the colonial provinces and those of Spain. The Government wishing to ascertain more fully the ideas of the majority, and to harmonise such ideas with those expressed by Senor Leijas and those manifested in various private conferences by some important members of the opposition, a meeting was held last night in one of the saloons of the Congress, consisting of the President of the Council, the Ministers of Interior and Colonies, and various other members of the directing com mittee of the majority. " The debate which then took place was so ex tended and conscientious that it was prolonged until three a.m. to-day. From the commencement the majority of those present were of opinion that the Government should not decline to take Senor Moyano's bill into consideration ; but Senor Leij as urged the contrary, and that despite of all the soli citations of his friends and colleagues. " Early this morning, Marshal Narvaez held a conference at his own residence with the ministerial deputies of Castillo and Arragon, and signified to them in person that the Council of Ministers had consented to entertain Senor Moyano's bill. " This announcement was extremely gratifying to the members of the majority present, inasmuch as this morning it was no mystery that the oppo sition, some of the members of which had congratu lated the Government upon the decree which Senor Moyano's bill tends to annul, had purposed using this question as a party weapon with which to defeat the Ministry. "Marshal Narvaez later submitted this same con sideration to Senor Leijas, in a second interview he had with the Minister of the Colonies, before the Council of Ministers took place, appealing to his sense of self-denial and good judgment. " Senor Leijas, however, still resisted, persisting in his declaration that he would retire from the Ministry if the latter did not agree with the idea he had enunciated. But when Marshal Narvaez explained to him that if he (Senor Leijas) retired, all would follow him, and that therefore the entire responsibility would rest upon him of whatever consequences such a step might entail upon the country and the liberal party. Senor Leijas at length gave in, and consented to offer no further opposition to the taking into consideration of the bill of Senor Moyano, with the stipulation, of course, that he should first explain to the Cortes the high considerations both of party and patriotism which had induced him to yield, and the reasons which had first caused him to embrace the particular opi nion he had advocated in this question." The same journal says : " The Government, we can confidently affirm, has received no intelligence respecting any visit of the Emperor Napoleon to Spain, and there exists no motive which may be termed official for inducing belief in such a surmise. The notices we and other journals have published in relation to this question are merely grounded upon communications which are more reliable, but which do not indicate any decisive resolve on the subject. PRUSSIA. THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. LINCOLN. BERLIN, May 14. The following is the full text of the reply deli vered by Mr. Judd, the American Minister in this capital, to the address condoling with him upon the murder of Mr. Lincoln presented by the Chamber of Deputies : " Gentlemen,—The address in which you do me honour to express your sympathy with the great national misfortune which has overtaken the people and Government of the United States has Ailed me with the deepest emotion. The expression of these sympathies is all the mdre precious to the United States and to me because it proceeds from so large a number of members, and so highly placed and distinguished a body as the Prussian Chamber of Deputies. ‘-‘ The lamented President Lincoln was cut off in the bloom of life by a murderous hand, just at the moment when victorious result crowned the exer tions in the suppression of the mighty rebellion which the slaveholders had attempted against the free institutions of the country. " Four short years ago Lincoln was still un known to the statesmen of Europe. Now all unite in acknowledging he possessed rare administrative talent, a far-reaching statesmanlike gaze, and patriotism of unselfish devotion to the interests of his country. The first magistrate of a free people, which has placed in him its whole confidence, is dead. The nation deplores his death, laments its own loss, and the entire civilised world shares its grief. My sorrow at this loss is the greater because I had been connected for years by the bonds of per sonal friendship with the lamented President. " Long before the people summoned him to the Government he had been to me a tried and realiable friend, whose extraordinary talents I was forced to admire, and whose kind and noble disposition, to gether with his simplicity and frankness in all rela tions of life, filled me with the warmest affection. Horror at the crime and curses of the criminal mingle themselves with my grief. " The address, gentlemen, speaks with full right of the great interest the German people have taken in the victory of the Government of the United State in its contest against the rebellion. The sym pathies I have found here have constantly been to me a source of great satisfaction, and a well-spring of true comfort in the time of misfortune, and I have always considered it an especial privilege to live, in these anxious times, among a people sympa thising with freedom and wishful for its victory. But the German nation has not only given its sympathies, it has also given its sons to the battle for freedom. They have carried high the banner of liberty, have stood by it faithfully, and have sealed with their blood their devotion to free dom's cause. Our nation will never forget these combatants, their friends, or the land of their birth. " Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, to whose peril from a similar attack you sympathisingly allude, has been entrusted during a long life with the most im portant affairs of our country, and is honoured by his compatriots for the splendid capabilities as orator and statesman he has al ways placed at the service of freedom. To convey to you his full value to the nation, I need only call to mind his success ful conduct of foreign affairs during the stormy period of the last four years. Hostile interests and invidious rivalry, which gained courage to up raise their heads because they fancied us the weaker in this contest, endeavoured to throw difficulties in the way of relations with foreign Powers. Our able Premier has succeeded in uphold ing the honour of his nation, as well as in maintain ing peace with foreign States. lam very happy to be able to acquaint you that the latest intelligence conveys the almost certain hope he will survive the wounds inflicted upon him by the assassin, and will thus remain preserved to his country. " Permit me now, gentlemen, to state the con viction that, however great the justice with which we admire Mr. Lincoln, and however great has been the merit of his administration, we still should not forget that there is a power by which he has always been supported—nay, whose influence has con stantly accompanied him in all his steps, and that this power has not perished with him. This power has assembled numerous armies with marvellous rapidity, has created a large fleet as by magic, and has continually filled anew the treasury of the United States. This power is none other than the will of a free people, and this power still exists. Among all the nierits of the lamented President Lincoln, his very greatest merit was that he constantly endeavoured faithfully to carry out the will of this people, which has preserved its coun try as a land of freedom, and ever will preserve it as such. " President Johnson, Lincoln's successor, has been engaged in the public business of the nation upwards of 30 years, and has retained its confidence in the highest positions. He brings to the conduct of public affairs great talents, long experience, in corruptible honesty, and the firm will to complete the work that Lincoln has begun. That same will of a free people will also be his support, and for that reason the cause of freedom will be victorious under his guidance as it was before. "Allow me again to thank you, gentlemen, and through you those whom you represent, for the sympathy you have expressed to me at this misfor tune ' - and permit me once more to assure you that your kindness and good feeling will never be for gotten. I shall hasten to communicate to the Go vernment and people of the United States the address I have just had the honour to receive." The Clocks for the Charing Cross Hotel, - All. - The directors of the Charing Cross Hotel, in order to secure the very important advantage of having clocks of the greatest accuracy and beauty combined, wisely entrusted the task of providing them to the celebrated firm of Howell and James, of Regent-street, and yes terday we were favoured with a private view of the whole of the splendid collection prior to their removal to their ultimate destination. The ap pearance of the clocks, occupying as they did no inconsiderable space in that world-famous establishment, was peculiarly grand and imposing— although the various pieces of mechanism varied in beauty according to the apartment in which they are to be placed. First in importance are the mag nificent clocks and candalabra, in the Louis XVI. style, destined for the drawing rooms. The ormolu 'mounting is of the most chaste and elegant descrip tion, the ornamentation being greatly heightened by the introduction of plaques of Sevres blue and Rose du Barry pink porcelain. The Watteau paintings on the china are really exquisite, and such, we believe, as are only to be seen on clocks issuing from the firm of Howell and James. The clocks for the sitting-rooms are not quite so elabo rately ornamented, but for purity of taste and beauty of design they are quite on a par with those we have just mentioned. We have Grecian and Etruscan enrichments carried out with the most scrupulous care, and not that, which is too often the case, a barbarous admixture of both, the effect of which to a person of taste is anything but pleasing. The introduction of blue enamel on alabaster is also a novelty, but the great beauty of the effect will doubtless lead to its general adoption. The clocks for the Reading-room differ altogether from the above. They are encased in griotte and black marble, of exquisite finish, and are ornamented with elaborate bronze castings. In some in stances we have malachite and gold in place of the griotte, or red marble,• but a choice between the two seems impossible ; and, therefore, in answer to the query put to us, we were compelled to say " both are best." The dial for the Entrance Hall is well worthy of special mention. It is in a massive carved oak case, quite worthy the work of Grinling Gibbons; the monogram of the coippany is very artistically introduced, and we feel certain the hun dred thousands of eyes that will henceforth be directed to this all-important time-keeper will admire it as a work of the highest art. The clocks for the sleeping apartments are encased in black marble, and, although simple in form, they are admirably adapted for the purpose intended. The labour of producing such an amount of work— there being a clock for every room, in number be tween 300 and 400—must have been enormous ; but the task has been accomplished in a highly satisfac tory manner, and that, too, within 24 hours of the given time. The remarkable accuracy of the clocks supplied by Messrs. Howell and James to the Gros venor Hotel, no doubt, had some influence with the directors in their selection of the firm for such an important work, but the way in which their wishes have been carried out must be exceedingly gratifying to the whole body of directors. I'lsTS OF COURT.—The examinations of candidates for admission to any of the inns of court, with the view of keeping terms for call to the bar for the ensuing Trinity Term, will take place in the benchers' room, Middle Tem ple Library, at ten o'clock on each of the following Satur days, viz.:—May 20 and 27, and June $ and 10. Crfurt slratlar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 15. Earl Russell arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, left the castle to-day for Buckingham Palace, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Major General F. H. Seymour, and Colonel H. Ponsonby. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Den mark visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. The Queen left Buckingham Palace at a quarter past six o'clock for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty drove through Hyde-park to the Paddington Station Of the Great Western Railway in an open carriage and four, attended by tho Equerries on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise remained in London to honour the Philharmonic concert with their presence this even ing. TELLERS. NOES-03. Archdall, Capt.M E. Hamilton, Lord C. Packe, C. W. Bathurst, Co.. H. Hamilton, Major Parker, Major W. Beach, Sir M. Hartopp, E. B. Peacocke, G. M. W. Beutinck, G. W. P. Harvey, R. B. Pevensey, Viscount Bentinck, G. C. Hervey, Lord A H. Phillips, G. L. Benyon, K. Henley, J. Powys-Lybbe, P. L. Blackburn, P Holford, R. S. Ridley, Sir M. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Holmesdale, Lord Rolt, J. Bremridge, R. Hotham, Lord Rowley, It. T. Bridges, Sir B. W. Howes. E. Selwyn, C. J. Brooks, It. Humoerstone, P. S. Somerset, Col. E. Bruce, Sir H. Hunt, G. W. Stanhope, Lord Burrell, Sir P. Ingestre, Viscount Stirling, IV. Clifford, Co!. Jervis, Captain Stronge, Sir J. M. Clive, Capt. G. W. Jones, D. blurt, H. G. '. Cole, J. L. Kendall, N. Surtees, H. E. Corry, H. L. King, J. K. Talbot, C. It. M. Dering, Sir E. Knatchbull; W. Tomline, G. Dickson, Col. Knight, F. " Trevor, Lord A. Du,Cane, C. Kuox col Trollope, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Langton, W. G. Verner, E. W. Duncombe, W. E. Leighton, Sir B. 1' se, Co?. Dunne, Col. Lon6ield, R. Walker, J. R. Du Pie, C. G. Manners, Lord J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Edwards, CoL Miles, Sir W. Williams, F. M. Egerton, Sir I'. Montagu, Lord R. Wynn, Sir W. ' Egerton, W. Morgan, 0. Wynn, C. W. W. Ennis, J. Morgan, Major Wynne, W. W. E. Fellowes, E. Morritt, W. 1 ork e, J. R. Fergusson, Sir J. Mundy, W. ' TELLERS. Fleming, 'l'. W. Noel, U. J. Darner, S. D. Grey deWilton,Lord North, CoL Ferrand, W. GRAND UNIVERSAL BAZAAR AT ST. JAMES'S HALL.—•A monster bazaar is about to be held at St. James's Hall (on the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th of May), which, as regards the length of its duration, the variety of articles to be exhibited on its numerous stalls, and the co-operation of persons of all nations bids fair to surpass any undertaking of the kind hitherto set on foot. It is not the interest of one single charity which is vested in this bazaar, but those of thirteen distinct charities which combine in the endeavour to raise funds for their various necessities. Hospitals, schools, refuges, asylums, &c., each represented by separate stalls, claim the syn,i pathy of the public, and put forward their claims to sup port. NEW VIEW OF THE EARTH !—" A little spinning, askew-axised thing we call a planet : a round, rusty, rough little metallic ball, very hard to live upon," of which the two habitable belts must look to wandering spirits " like the places where it has got damp and green-mauldy."—Rus kin's Cestto of Aglaia in the Art Journal." The Queen's Court. The Queen held a Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, left Windsor Castle at ten minutes before twelve and arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly before one o'clock. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Earl Spencer, Lieut.-General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and the Hon. R. Meade, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace, from Marlborough House, at a few minutes before three o'clock. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cam bridge arrived, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty at the Court, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Topham, the Lieutenant, The following officers were also present with the corps :--Major Harmar, the Standard Bearer ; Lieutenant-Colonel W. A/Mall, Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant ; and Captain N. G. Philips, the Sub-Officer. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty, under the command of Captain Parker Rickford s the Exon in Waiting. Lieut. - Colonel Cooke, the Ensign, was also present wits' the corps. A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards was mounted in the court of the Palace. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Prince of Wales, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Mary of Cambridge, entered the Throne Room at 3 o'clock. In attendance upon her Majesty were the Duchess of Wellington, Mistress of the Robes ; Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain; the Earl of St. Ger mans, Lord Steward ; Marquis of Ailesbury, Mas ter of the Horse ; Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ; Vis countess Jocelyn, the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting ; Lady C. Barrington, Lady Superinten dent ; Hon. Mrs. G. Campbell and the Hon. Mr's• Bruce, the Bedchamber Women in Waiting; the Hon. H. Phipps and the Hon. E. Lascelles, the Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Viscount Castlerossel Vice-Chamberlain; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Proby, Comptroller of the House' hold ; Colonel Sir Thomas Biddulph, Master of the Household ; Lord de Tabley, the Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. Mortimer West, the Groom in Waiting ; Major-General Seymour and Colonel H. F. Pon sonby, the Equerries in Waiting ; the Marquis of Tweeddale, the Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl of Ducie, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard ; Lora Foley, Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Lieut.- General Hon. Charles Grey, the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting ; and the Hon. Spencer Ponsonbirt Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Depart ment. The Queen wore a black silk dress, with train, trimmed with crape and jet ; a Mary Queen of Scots cap, with long veil, the cap ornamented with large pearls. Her Majesty wore four rows of large pearls round her neck and pearl brooches, the rib bon and the star of the Order of the Garter, the Victoria and Albert Order, and the Order of Louise of Prussia. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords yesterday. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, rode on horseback, attended by Major Teesdale and Captain Lund. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive at tended by the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite honoured tl' performances at the Adelphi Theatre with their preseue° last evening. ACCIDENT TO THE COUNTESS OF DALICEITII.' Yesterday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, as the Countess of Dalkeith was about to be driven to th e . Marquis of Abercorn's residence at Chesterfield House, th e pole of the carriage snapped. The horses started off, and took their course towards Stanhope-gate. There th e y came into collision with an obstacle, and the coachm an and attendants were thrown from the carriage. O le Countess of Dalkeith was riding in the carriage with beh,. two children, and, together with the coachman and Wt man, has escaped all injury. One of the horses Was much hurt that it died soon after the accident, and t' other sustained such injuries as to be entirely useless. 0° Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Manchester, and host of friends afterwards sent to inquire whether the Countess of Dalkeith had sustained any accident. The Duke of Buccleuch (Lord-Lieutenant of Mid" Lothian), the Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., Mr. Adam 3 319 ' ej M.P., Mr. Win. Miller, M.P., Sir Graham M o ntgorae r Y' M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. James FalS bil ‘ W A (one of the magistrates of the city of Edinburgh) , I ' ll- Mr. Sheriff Jameson had an interview with the Right 0° 11 ; Sir George Grey at the Home-office yesterday, to preser" a memorial from the senior sheriffs-substitute of burgh. REPRESENTATION OF CLARE C 0 UNTY.—There i'4 likely to be a sharp contest for the county Clare at the next election. A new candidate has appeared in the per son of Captain Augustine Butler, of Ballyline, wh o is 0511 to be highly esteemed and deservedly popular classes. He professes independent principles, owning 11 : A0 giance to no political leader but him "whose policy toy'gi7,o Ireland shall be signalised by sound, just, and equityb' measures." • THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER ANA r~i MILL.—" 11, Downing-street, Whitehall, May 6 . — tge The Chancellor of the Exchequer desires me to acknovfle.-.. ;date the favour of your communication relative to the owl" u ship of Mr. J. Mill for Westminster ; in reply to wbf am to say that Mr. Mill's claims appear to Mr. Gla ° f to be of the highest order; but that, as being a Elleruber ° i l l the Government, Mr. Gladstone does not inten d to 1° any committee, or take part beyond giving his vet e jg; am, sir, your obedient servant, W. H. GLADSTONE. '- James Beal." .1 re NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.—The anutio- jo, port on this ill-lodged collection acknowledg es ye a nations from the Earl of Malmesbury of a portra it of Je ln ii, Harris, author of "Hermes ;" from Mr. Watson, Edi ubur ,tor of his brother's (Sir Watson Gordon) portraits of Proi . ePv y ; Wilson, the first Marquis of Dalhousie, and Do CP l A lllc pr. from Mr. J. Yates of drawings of Washington 'do Priestley, both by Mrs. Sharpies from the life; and 9 i7 0). tion from Mr. Boulton of a portrait of James Wat t The purchases of the past year have been 15. F °re by among them is the portrait of Admiral Viscount lePP e 0 5 0 Sir Joshua Reynolds, purchased for £ 4OO . There art folio Shakspere, the engraving by Droeshout, from the fir. t .,, s obe rt edition of Shakspere's plays ; Queen El izabeth ; tijo Devereux, Earl of Essex ; Law (Mississippi Etcher:atop° first Earl of Charlemont ; Richard Wilson, the lenn,wch ; painter, painted by himself ; the fourth E arl of Be: , _ u lor iageo Watt (1802) ; Coleridge (1814), by W. A llston ; I ; s u r. -van and Southey, painted for Cottle in 1795- 6 , by isopr dyke ; Keats ; the late Marquis of Lansdowne, hsolr ner ; and a marble bust of Lord Chan cellor Elden?„ ' ' tured by F. Tatham. The number o f visitors to 0-ra 04 0 lery in 1864 increased to 14,88 5 . 1,917 Person S be the first three days of Easter week, for the m o oPati7ol longing to the working classes, all Nvell-be,_ ' surprising the secretary by their amount a resaz ledge. I) Viq 1 Po] ] 1