The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, 31 ARCI1 13, 1866. So far as we can judge from present appearances it does not seem that the bill which Mr. GLADSTONE last night introduced to the Home of Commons is likely to meet with great favour. He is likely to encounter most serious opposition from his own side, and his most ardent well-wishers must feel naturally anxious as to the result of the measure. Notwithstanding the right hon. gentleman's argu ments we cannot admit the necessity that he thinks ezistF, for piecemeal legislation on this important question. In the first place, there is no need for so 11 ',u'Oi delay t a ki ng pl ace i n t h e pass i ng o f th e bill tur °II K.II the house as he intimated there would be, and again it would not be inappropriate to prolong the l sessi on . n order to settle defi n iti ve ly, f or som e years at least, a matter which has so long been the theme of dispute and discussion. It is a ques tionable advantag e to any Ministry to have such a subject constantly on the • f alms, and by the present arrangement of the Govern p ent the community will feel more unsettled than e ver, and wonder what is coming next. It is to be regretted that the Go vernment should not have shown themselves more firm and decided, more capable of taking an extended view of the question, and more energetic in pre ss i„ forward their scheme to a favourable issue. There i s nothing to object to positively in the measure pro poßed by Mr. GLADSTONE, but neither can we give 1 , 3 m credit for much or;ginality, nor for any merit that cannot be claimed by those - Who have gone be fore him on this beaten track. Indeed the more we have time and opportunity to consider the matter the more deeply we are impressed with the incon &stency and insincerity of the course pursued by Earl RUSSELL and his clique in their strenuous op position to the Reform Bill introduced by the Go vernment of Lord DERBY. It must have been a triumph to the Opposition to have heard Mr. GLAD ST ONE pr o p ose to the house a lodger franchise, after all the sneers and proasms that were so liberally layished The arrival of the Europa from Halifax and I Boston gives us news from New York to the 27th ult. The war between the PRESIDENT and the Republicans continues undiminished, though the tide of public feeling is strongly in favour of Mr. JOHNSON'S policy. Despatches from all parts of the country represent the people as generally en dorsing both the veto and the speech at the White House. The fact is that the Radicals have suc ceeded by their intemperance, their violence, and their manifest injustice, in disgusting moderate men of all parties, and in convincing those who are anxious for the return of internal tran quillity and the resuscitation of commercial enter prise, that so long as these extreme councils are suffered to prevail there is nothing but anarchy and confusion to be looked for. The PRE SIDENT, who is no incompetent observer, has no doubt perceived that the feeling of the people was growing strongly in favour of a more equitable and constitutional system, and having determined to make an open resistance to the progress of STEVENS and his party, he is prepared to abide by the issue. It is reported that he intends to issue a Proclama tion, declaring that peace has been firmly esta blished in the South, and that the States will be left to govern themselves under the constitution Without military interference. This, of course, exce pts the action of the Freedmen's Bureau, which the issue of the Proclamation.wili is to rem a i n i n f orce f or one year a f ter true, the PRESIDENT ce;tailinityhisg ive reportcle clear oves evi dence of his determi n • ation to disregard the Radical movements, since, as we have recently seen, the perpetuation of the Freedmen's Bureau is one of their cherished purposes. There is still a rumour of coming changes in the Cabinet, though the greater part of Mr. JOHNSON'S colleagues suggest his reconstruction policy. Massachusetts, as might be supposed, is virtuously indignant at the attack made upon its illustrious representative by the PitggDENT, and redQlution3 have keen in3roduced THE ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Play of THE 31ERCEIANI. OF VENICE. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Rayner, Barrett, G. Bel more, E. Phelps, M'lntyre ; Mrs. Hermann Vizin ; Miss R. Leclercq, After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE: Mcsers. Iluckstone, Compton. Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Gor don, Braid, Clat k. Wcathersby, White, Coe, So. ; Mesdames Snowdon, 11111, Wright, Coleman, Moore, ex. After which (for the last week but one), ORPHEUS IN THE HA Y MARKET. Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartle man, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Mooree, Lindley, Woolgar. Howard, Wright, Colema n, Lovell, Pre , Lindley, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T REATRE.- Under the bole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER- Mr. 11. Widdicomb. After which, 'TIE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. F echter ; Messrs. Jordan , Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; Alesdames Ternan, Elaworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily f ro m Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE -ROYAL ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole and P. Bedford. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 162 d appearance), Mr. Jefferson, ppported by Messrs. Billington r.-Bedtord, 11 Phillips, Felix Rogcrs, Ashley, libarne; C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Biliingtcn, To conclude with - BEHIND TIME. Messrs. .31I 8e e a ss m rs a . n J : L.. Toole, R. Phillips,Eburne. C. J. Smith ;ju ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem. F. Villiers, J. G. shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, a new and origi nal ComPdy, THE FLY, AND THE WEB. Messrs. Par sae and Price; Misses Swanborough and Raynham. After which the Grand Burlesque, IVANHOE. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton : Mesdames Swanborough, Raynham, Simpson. Johnstone, and Hughes. To conclude with LENDING A HAND. Messrs. Belford Turner ; Misses Simpson and Hughes. 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No A - &,-0,1-litto on the proposal when it emanatedfrom Mr. DISRAELI. It is, however, only an act of justice on the part of Ministers to agree to this and one that redounds to their credit. Mr. BRIG HT, we presume, will be down upon them for daring to thwart his views by sanctioning his horror—the "fancy franchise." It is to be regretted that the educational franchise of Mr. CLAY should have been totally ignored in this measure, but perhaps it is idle to expect that a Liberal Government could venture to give such dire offence to some of its impracticable, but yet very influential, supporters. As for the £l4 qualification for counties, the Reform Bill of the Conservative Government went further, so that it cannot be called a very startling change that is proposed. Like his predecessors, Mr. GLADSTONE desires to deprive dockyard labourers of their vote, which will be an advantage in every respect. The Chancellor of the Exchequer drew the atten tion of the Opposition to the fact that the metropo litan boroughs, which contained the fewest working men in proportion, had been most noticeable in opposing the return of Conservatives. Perhaps the right hon. gentleman thought thus to disarm criti cism and propitiate his opponents, but he did not appear to find many pleasant prophecies for the edification of his own followers, to judge from the tone of the members on the Liberal side. In fact, the tone of the debate seemed to indicate that, if the Government bill proves a failure, its most dangerous enemies will be found in the right hand of the Speaker. For many reasons it will be matter of regret if this new scheme of Re form be consigned to the limbo of forgetfulness, and share the fate of its numerous predecessors, as it will look as if the question was not treated with sufficient respect by Parliament ; but we should have more confidence in its success if we thought the Government themselves were more hopeful, and especially if the Liberal ranks were not divided against themselves, and did not abound with those who preferred that their party should suffer defeat rather than that pet prejudices should meet with disregard. Mr. BAINES was not pleased with the bill generally, and highly disapproved of the Government fall ing short of his scheme of a six-pound rental. He also considered that there was great miscalcula tion in the bill, and that the calculation of the Go vernment as to the number of the working classes who would have a vote in the event of the bill pass ing was at least one hundred thousand too high. This was so very necessary a censure that it is no wonder the hon. member was met by cries of " Oh, oh l" Mr. HoßsmAN's elaborate speech doubtless did great damage to the Government, and although he is not one who desires Reform there was much truth in some of his arguments. The best part of his speech was that in which he denounced the course pursued by Mr. BRIGHT in his agitation on this question. The hon. member for Birming ham has rendered himself so obnoxious to the true interests of the nation, in his vehement effort to set class against class, that it is well his mischievous tendencies should be exposed in an influential quar ter. Mr. HORSMAN declared that Mr. BRIGHT did not address himself to the question of Reform in the spirit which animated other members of the House, but he began with finding fault with the English Constitution itself, which is true enough. " If," as Mr. HORSMAN says, " he who professes to be a Reformer be a passionate admirer of Republi can institutions, if he openly owns that our English institutions are faulty in those respects in which they differ from Republican institutions ; if he publicly deprecates and decries not the defects of;our English form of Government, but the Govern ment itself, then I say that such a person cannot sympathise with our views, cannot honestly co operate with our objects. He approaches the dis cussion of such a question as this, not in the spirit of Reform, but of Revolution, and he is not the friend but the enemy of the institutions which he sets himself to alter." This is a very correct view of the matter, and one special objection which may be raised against the incomplete measure of Reform now submitted to the house is that it leaves the field clear for the complaints of malcontents and the diatribes of agitators for some time to come. Who can tell whether the Government of next year, whichever side it belongs to, may be able to bring in another instalment of Reform? Many circum stances may prevent it, and we are losing a period of comparative calm in taking up the time it would take to effect a lasting and salutary change in the representative system of the country. We must protest against the haste with which Mr. GLAD STONE seeks to force his Bill through the House of Commons. It can answer no purpose but to irritate members and render them suspicious ; and it is quite absurd to shirk the dis cussion of a theme so momentous. There seems likely to be little excitement about this Bill. It is a very tame one, after all the fuss that has been made about the veteran Reformer at the head of the Ministry ; and it appears probable that it will encounter neither strenuous opposition nor meet with zealous support. It may pass the house quietly, and it may, on the other hand, be put off to a more convenient season, for it does not aim at settling the question, so that it will lose the support of those who seek to attain that desirable end. InE 80N, iONDON, TUESDAY EV.E.NUNG, MARCH. 12, I.E€6. in the Massachusetts Legislature, denouncing Mr. JOHNSON'S remarks concerning Mr. SUMNER as in sulting to the State. Meanwhile the Radicals in Congress are endeavouring to rally from the shock which they have received, and a Mr. DEAMAN has introduced a new bill to amend and continue the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. Mr. M'CLURG has offered a resolution instructing the Reconstruction Commit tee to inquire whether the Southern States are still in contumacy, and, if so, to consider the propriety of levying contributions on the disloyal inhabitants to defray the extraordinary expenses of the Go. vernment. From what we hear of the condition of the Southern people they have scarcely sufficient to obtain the bare necessaries of life, much less are they in possession of superfluous funds " to defray extraordinary expenses of the Government." The admission of the Southern representatives still remains a disputed point, though before long com mon sense and constitutionalism will probably carry the day. The Fenians are, as usual, active in mischief, and, according to report, are planning an active demon stration against Canada. It is difficult to tell what amount of importance should be attached to their projects, but it is not too much to expect that the American Government should actively discourage such unwarrantable schemes. The differences between Captain COLES and the Admiralty have now reached the Upper House, and Lord DUNSANY last evening took an opportunity of bringing the case under the notice of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The noble lord, in asking whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to adopt the cupola or turret principle and to refuse the assistance of the inventor, remarked that it was the general impression that Capt. COLES had been treated harshly. The Duke of SOMERSET, though of course disclaiming any such harshness, and declaring that he himself was inclined to favour the principle, did not certainly succeed in re moving the impression that the official cold shoulder had been turned to the inventor. It was very hard upon him, said the noble duke, to be told that he was adverse to the principle and dis couraged Captain COLES, when he went out of his way to bring the principle forward for experiment, and afterwards complimented Captain COLES upon his invention. He was not able to tell us, how ever, that Captain COLES had ever been allowed to build a ship entirely after his own design, though we learn as one of the meritorious efforts of the Admiralty that they appointed a committee of naval officers to consider a design sent in by Captain COLES for the construction of a turret ship, in 1664, to compete with the Pallas, and that they reported against it. This is, in fact, a con firmation of the general impression that Captain COLES has never had a fair and independent trial; and when the Duke of SOMERSET declared that the gallant captain is neither an engi neer nor a shipbuilder, we cannot help remember ing that he has not had much opportunity of show ing his powers in either capacity ! The " power ful ship" which the Admiralty are now building, independently of Captain COLES, will be no illustration of the inventor's principle. Why not give Captain COLES leave to build a turret ship on his own design, at Mr. LAIRD'S, or some other private yard, when the public will have an oppor tunity of comparing the two vessels, and judging for themselves of their respective merits ? CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Moniteur of to-day does not say a word about the Conference. Its official part merely announces the reception of the Prince Royal of Denmark yesterday by the Emperor at the Tuileries. The Prince, it is said, will leave in a few days for Greece. The Paris papers of course devote attention to the discussion in the Chamber on the subject of the Corn Laws, the result of which I mentioned in my letter yesterday. The fact of an amendment in favour of reviving a duty on corn being only sup ported by 35 members proves that in France as well as in England, both the Government and the people consider this long-vexed question as com pletely settled. The speech of M. Thiers is con sidered a failure, even by his most ardent admirers. He impeached the accuracy of the statistics, but the Government abides by them. Perhaps some of your readers may not have heard of Theresa. In Paris she is the " observed of all observers," and all that relates to her public career is as familiar as " household words." In short, she is the Diva of a cafe concert, the El Dorado, and is as great—perhaps greater—in the 'estimation of some as the leading singer at the opera. The Em peror has not disdained to go and hear her. Not at the cafe, but at a soiree given by General Fleury. His Majesty was evidently pleased, like other people, and behaved very graciously towards the lady. Popularity has its troubles, and within a few days a pleasant joke has been in circulation at her expense. The original author of this nzauvaise plaisanterie was the editor of a Marseilles paper, who circulated a report that Theresa was about to be married to M. Boniface, the editor of the Constitutionnel. A religious paper, the Union, adopted the report, but gave a sly hit at the Constitutionnel. The latter paper, in reprisal, said the report of the intended marriage was cor rect, and that the editor of a paper was to be the happy man, but he was the editor of the Union. The Union retorted in a pleasant vein, treating the report as derogatory to Theresa, who would not tolerate the idea of marriage with a journalist, but who must at least have some one who could indulge her with carriages and diamonds. The long-talked of work of Al. Victor Hugo, Les Travailleurs de la Mer, has appeared to-day, but I have not had time to go through it. The dedication is very characteristic. M. Hugo says : " I dedicate this book to the rock of hospitality and liberty, to that corner of the old Norman land, where live the noble little people of the sca— the island of Guernsey —severe and mild—my pre sent asylum and my probable tomb." A German paper, the Moniteur TVartembergois, repudiates the idea that the Prussian journals are correct in supposing that in a conflict between Austria and Prussia the secondary States of Ger many would be neutral. " The secondary States are not so devoid of valour as is supposed at Berlin. Austria is always on the side of right, and has right in her favour. It is not a question of the claim of the Prince d'Augustenbourg. It is a question of great principles and not of persons. If, therefore, any Power ought to give way it is Prussia, and some one must recede, if there be not a determina tion for a rupture ; and, according to our opinion, Prussia ought to value concessions." The Conference upon the Treaty of Paris has lost no time. The meeting of the representatives of the parties to it was only to have taken place at the end of this month, but the preliminary assem blage was held on Saturday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the presidency of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. I am informed, however, that it was only of a formal character, for the verification of powers and other routine matters. Prussia seems to stand aloof from it, for one of the Paris papers says that she could not take any interest in it, being only represented by a ChFgc d'Affaires, and not by a Minister or special Ambassador. M. Beranger (de la Drome) Honorary President of the Court of Cassation, and Member of the Institute, has just died at Paris after a short illness. The steeplechases at Vincennes commenced yes terday, under favourable auspices, the weather fine, and the attendance numerous. The prize of St. Mande (3,000 f.), for horses of four years and up wards, bred in France, and 'won by Vaucresson, Milton second, and Roberte third. Eight horses ran. The Prix des Harvas (5,000 f.) was won by Perle Fine, Ossian second. There was a race for another Prix des Harvas (3,000 f.). It was won by L'Homme Entre Deux Ages by a length ; Lune de Miel second ; Fol-Espoir third. The Journal des Debats of to-day states that of the 37 members who supported the amendment in favour of a return to the corn duty, 15 of them an explanations on the part of an nounced were desirous to recall their oieunGcoevderthnamte, Government, they supporters of the corn law in 22. signatures. Thus Chamber r T a h m u o s h u t nt e to News have been received by the Government of the arrival of Baron Seillard, who was sent with despatches to the Emperor Maximilian. The Baron reached Vera Cruz on February 13 ; but the Em peror being absent, there was not time to send home the answer to the important communication so anxiously expected. PAL ACE-YARD —Yesterday. -~- Outside the House of Commons yesterday, says the Times, as the hour approached for the meeting of members, a considerable num ber of people had assembled, and some little excitement prevailed ; but,' if the public inte rest taken in the question of Reform might be esti mated by the crowd collected on the occasion—if crowd it could be called--and by the temper it dis played, it would be small indeed. There was an utter absence of anything like enthusiasm, and the prevailing feeling appeared to be simply one of curio sity to see the house assemble. Of all the more noted members as they passed in Mr. Gladstone alone elicited a cheer. The appearance of Lord Russell as he entered Westminster-hall excited much interest, and a num ber of people followed him. The Premier walked from his official residence in - Downing -street and was not generally recognised until just as he was entering the Hall. Among the strangers who passed in was Archdeacon Manning—[our contemporary means by this, ex-Archd9con Manning, now the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster] whose appearance caused some curiosity. There seemed to be much mere excitement among the members themselves than , As early as half-past 3 arrive, and from a quar te r b e fore 4 until half-past sd t e. 0 4 they were kept po ur i ng i n . Mr. Lowe, Mr. Roe buck, and Mr. H en l e y ' we re among the earlier anions o t f he them crowd begano outside. arrivals. Mr. Disraeli came in a close carriage, and was recognised by only a few of the people outside. Many of the peers went straight to the Lower House--the Dake of Argyll, the Mar quis of Salisbury, Lord Lyveden, Lord Llanover, and Lard Stanley of Alderley being among the number. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone, arrived in an open carriage. Much curiosity was evinced by some to see Mr. Bright, but they were disappointed—owing probably to his having gone down earlier than usual, for he was in his place among the first. By half-past 4 nearly the whole House had assembled, and after that there were few arrivals. Still the people lingered in New Palace yard, and lined the way on either side from the entrance to W estminster-hall to the side door lead ing to the House. During the greater part of the day scores of persons with orders of admission to the StrangerS' Gallery, waited patiently in one of the corridors until 4 o'clock, when as many of them were admitted as the gallery would hold, and in the order in which they had arrived, but at 7 o'clock, after Mr. Gladstone had been speaking about two hours, at least as many more were still waiting a chance of admission. SUBURBAN LITERATURE.—Last week there ap peared an addition to our weekly literature, the suburban village of Hornsey having put forth a periodical which is to remedy all local abuses and supply an local wants. The name chosen is the liorizsey Hornet, and the profits are to be devoted to the relief of the village newsman, named Knight, who lost his fight whilo working as a compositor. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, 12th MARCH (evening.) In reply to Senor Perez Molina, the Ministry stated to-day in the Congress that the state of siege would be raised this week. CROATIA. AGRAM, MARCH 13. The Croatian Diet will adjourn on the 17th inst. until the Ist of May. The 12 members elected to represent the Croatian Diet at Pesth will arrive there shortly after Easter. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAILS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] LIVERPOOL, MARCH 13. The Royal Mail steamship Macgregor Laird, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. Her dates are—Benin, January 24th ; Fernando Po, February 2d; Cameroons, January 30th; Old Cala bar, February Ist; Brass River, New Calabar, and Bonny, 4th ; Lagos, 7th ; Accra, Stn ; Cape Coast Castle, 11th ; Cape Palma, 13th ; Sierra Leone, 19th ; Bathurst, 23d ; Teneriffe, March Ist ; and Madeira, 4th. From Lagos it is announced ihat some of the natives were still at war, and had closed the roads. Peace had been concluded with the Ashantees. Five hundred officers and mon of the 3d West Indian Regiment had left Sierra Leone for the West FRA BoußsE, March 12, Ti closed at the following qu 41 per Cents 97 30 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 69 721 Do. end month 69 771 Credit Mather 703 75 Do. end month 706 25 Bank Shares 3630 Credit Fonder — Italian Loan 62 15 Do. end month 62 25 ItAIL)1 NOE. hree o'clock.—The market rotations : Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 4B Do. Bonds 307 50 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans — ... 882 50 Northern ll3l 25 Lyons and Mediterranean — ~. 910 Southern — ... 557 50 Western — ... Eastern — 547 50 Sardinian Austrian Lombard — 418 75 North of Spain — ... 173 75 Saragossa — ... 233 75 Ditto to Barcelona 9B 75 Roman — ... 110 25 AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. (Via Roches Point.) NEW YORK, Feb : 27 (Evening). Despatches from all parts of the country repre sent the people as generally endorsing the Presi dent's veto and speech. On the other hand re solutions have been introduced in the Massachussetts Legislature denouncing Mr. Johnson's remarks concerning Mr. Sumner as an insult to Massachus setts. It is reported that the President will shortly issue a proclamation declaring that peace has been firmly established in the South, and that the States will be left to govern themselves under the Consti tution without military interference except on the part of the Freedmen's Bureau, which will con tinue in force one year after the issue of the pro clamation. Rumours of Cabinet Changes are still current. The Governor of Ohio has published a report of an interview he has had with President Johnson. On that occasion the President stated that he con sidered he was carrying out the work commenced by the late President Lincoln, and that Congress had no right to complain of his action. Since they had not adopted any general plan of reconstruction, he was obliged to devise one for himself. The Senate continues to discuss the resolution against the admission of Southern representatives until Congress shall have declared the rebellious States entitled to representation. Mr. Sherman (Republican) spoke against the re solution, deprecated all divisions in the Union party, and denied the existence of any sufficient cause for withdrawing their confidence from the President. In the House of Representatives Mr. Deaman introduced a new bill to amend and continue in force the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. Mr. MacClurg offered a resolution instructing the Reconstruction Committee to inquire whether the Southern States are still in contumacy, and, if so, to consider the expediency of levying contribu tions on the disloyal inhabitants in order to de fray the extraordinary expenses of the Government. This resolution was referred without instructions to the Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Bentham reported from the Reconstruction Committee a constitutional amendment giving Con gress power to legislate to procure for the citizens of each State all the privileges and immunities of citi zens of the several States. General Grant has returned to Washington, after r eceiving great popular attention here, and b e i ng presented with a hundred thousand dollars by the leading citizens. The New York Herald advocates General Grant as the next President. The journal La Cronica announces that the Spanish war vessels now in New York will be per mitted to refit in the Brooklyn Navy Yard free of expense. The Fenian Congress at Pittsb urg h as a dj ourne d after disclaiming all connexion with American party politics, and adopting an address urging immediate preparations for war. Reports telegraphed to Canada by English detec tives at Pittsburg state that General Sweeney's plan is to make a demonstration against Canada next month with a small force, and strike New Bruns wick by way of the Maine frontier with his main columns. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (Evening.) Money tight. Gold, 137. Exchange on Lon don, 148 f ; on Paris, 374. Stocks firm and ad vancing. New York Centrals, 92i ; Illinois, 114 f ; Erie, 84k ; 5-20 Bonds, 103. Cotton dull ; Middling Upland, 44c. MARKETS,---This Day. What the Reform Bill Ought to Be. It ought to be comprehensive. It ought to be complete, not partial. It ought to deal with all the evilS complained of. It ought to enfranchise Intelligence no less than Probity and Industry. It ought to equalize the numerical proportion among the constituencies. It ought to try at least to secure inlependence of voting. It ought, like the Bill of 1832, to close for a long interval further discussions about Parliamentary Reform. Instead of all which—lt gives the signal for inde finite agitation. Reasons Against this Reform Bill. It is merely a Bit of Reform. It is unasked for by the country. It is regarded with apathy out of doors. It is dictated by Mr. Bright. It is unsettling instead of settling things. It is a single-barrelled measure— It is one of—a Small Bore 1 It is but another "dodge"—(teste Sir 11. Cairns.) It is simply a lowering of the franchise. I It is swamping the counties with the boroughs. It is a boollalone to small shopkeepers and artisans. It is a shock to the balance of the Constitution. It is a stitch out of time necessitating more than nine others. It is an evasion of all sorts of difficulties that loudly require settlement. It is a disregard of the urgent need there is for a redistribution of the electoral districts. It is at once too much and too little—too much to one class—too little, or rather none at all, to other classes. It is going down hill too fast, without skidding the wheel beforehand. It is one of Lord Russell's crotchets only half heartedly advocated by Mr. Gladstone. It is a frank summons to the landed proprietors— " Dilly, dilly, come and be killed !" It is a turn in the right direction—over the left ! It is, at any rate, one good turn that deserves an other—meaning a turn out. It is like the mirror in the hand of the last of the spectre-kings in the vision of Macbeth. Only—in the mirror thus presented to our view by this last of the long series of Spectral-Reform Bills—while we perceive therein dimly fore shadowed a long perspective of otherißeform-Bills in-embryo stretching out to the crack of doom, we can hardly say of these, any more than we could of their predecessors, " another and another still succeeds !" Drury-lane Theatre. Last night Shakspere's tragedy of " King Lear " was performed with great success in the presence of a very crowded audience. In the character of Lear Mr. Phelps gives the most pathetic expression to the sorrows of the forsaken king, and so well acquainted with the performance is the play-going public in general that we need only say that last evening his acting was marked with all that sound judgment and well-sustained vigour for which it is remark able. Mr. Marston as Edgar, Mr. E. Phelps as Edmund, and Mr. Barrett as Gloucester, contri buted greatly to the excellence of the performance. Mrs. Hermann Vezin infused a sweetly affectionate vitality into the part of Cordelia, and Miss Atkinson , as Goneril, very vividlypourtrayed her scheming and relentless sister. Miss Poole, as the Fool, gave a truly Shaksperiau rendering of the character. It was marked by the most fantastic humour, and in addition to the rhymes of which the part is made up she introduced various snatches of wild melody that called to mind very many pleasant recollec tions. The tragedy is to be repeated during the week. On Fridaycvening the great Little Percy Itosell appears, in addition to his part of King Pippin in the pantomime, as Little Pickle in the " Spoiled Child," it being the last juvenile night, and also the benefit of the little man. A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE SEINE.—A new bridge over the Seine, to be called the Pont do Montezuma, will, it is said, be shortly commenced, to connect the Boulevard St. Germain with the Place do la Bastille, by crossing the two arms of the river across the eastern end of the lie St. Louis. HAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 bs to £6 126 6d ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trade heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s Od; clover. £5 8s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load, Demand inactive. WHITECILAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s 6d; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trade slow. TEA.—Business remains very quiet, and there is no change to report in values. SUGAR. The dealings have been limited, and only superior qualities of West India maintain previous rates. Defined parcels generally suppo, t former quotations. COFFEE.—OnIy a limited quantity is announced for public sale during the week, and full sates are readily obtained for superior descriptions of plantation Ceylon. Native Ceylon generally maintains previous quotations. Rica.— There has been a good demand, and holders con tinue to exact fully previous prices. Liverpool Cotton Market.—nis Day. The Market opens with a good demand, particu larly for American and Egyptian. Sales probably 10,000 bales. The anniversary festival of the Metropolitan Free Hospital, wo beg to remind our readers, takes place to morrow evening at the London Tavern. It is a noble charity, and deserves the greatest support from those who do more than feel for the suffering of others. Tho Lord Mayor presides on the occasion. LITERATURE. Phe Edinburgh Review. No. 251. The first article in the Edinburgh discusses the difficult question of Modern Fresco Painting, and inquires into the various suggestions made to ac count for its rapid decay. It is remarked that modern times have exactly reversed the sentence ,of the olden days, for while the most successful of English painters have found their experiments in fresco received with polite indifference, many of the early Italian painters owed their fame exclusively to this branch of their art. " Michael Angelo con sidered such arts unworthy of the efforts of a man. The painters who preceded him seem to have toyed with the easier vehicle, and put forth their real strength on the wall. And even such men as Cor regio and Parmigiana whom we generally associate with a softer and less masculine school of painting, cast off these especial attributes when they decorated the churches of Parma. The result is that we scarcely ever find a fresco by an early painter below the level of his easel pictures, while we And many easel pictures of the early painters below the level of their frescoes." The writer goes on to give an interesting account of the various styles of fresco painting, and the different experiments made in modern times to attain the colours and composition best calculated to produce effect and preserve their qualities on the wall. A criticism on M. Cousin's recent work on " The Youth of Cardinal Mazarin" follows, which gives a vivid summary of the prelate statesman's brilliant career, and renders due honour to the ability of his biographer. Another historical essay deals with a character of less celebrity. Nicholas Oresme, also an ecclesias tical dignitary, lived a good many years before the famous diplomatist. He lived in the reign of Charles le Sage of France, and was one of his wisest counsellors. The production which brings him under notice in the current number of the Edin burgh is not a little singular in its character. It is a treatise " written in France about the year 1373, at one of the darkest and most turbulent periods of the history of that kingdom, a few years after the battle of Poictiers, an exposition of the theory of money, so clear that it might have proceeded from the pen of ADAM SMITH, and so correct that it would not be disowned by any member of the Political Economy Club." An interesting essay on " Re cent Changes in the Art of War" traces . ..the gradual alteration in the tactics of great campaigns till they rose to that highly developed system of strategy which modern generals must master ,if they would acquire lasting reputation. Speaking of the natural genius, which alone gives pre-eminence, the writer observes, " So great are the impediments to the full execution of any plan on a grand scale, that no thought or care can supply the place of that gift in which lies the sublimer part of the science of war. Over-con fidence in his own powers hurries a second-rategene ral to ruin—witness the fatal advance of Hood into Tennessee ; the self-doubt, more common to such commanders, brings hesitation, leading no less to disaster—witness the vacillation of Giulay at the opening of the war in 1859. Nay, he who is suc cessful to the full on a moderate terrain, as Grant at Vicksburg, may be unequal to a combined opera tion on a larger, as was the same general in Vir ginia last year. Supreme genius itself may fail to solve every problem, as Napoleon's unsuccessful strategy in 1812 and 1813 plainly shows to the un prejudiced observer." The writer separates a genius for strategical combination from the mere ability of a skilful tactician. Of the former gift he accepts Napoleon as the highest example, and as supporting his view of the superiority of innate genius over any advantages conferred by experience or study, he remarks that practice on the grandest scale never enabled the greatest of modern conquerors to improve on the prodigies of his youth. " Had he died when the treaty at Campo Formio closed his first campaign, he would yet have left behind him an unsurpassed reputation as strategist ; for with an army notorious for its unfurnished com missariat and irregular discipline, he overthrew by pure generalship a succession of hosts equal or superior to his own in all material respects—the one secret of his success (as it has been happily summarised) to turn every position and beat tho enemy in detail before they were able to unite their forces." The all-engrossing topic of the cattle plague cames next under consideration in an article headed " Corn and Cattle," which commences by enlarging upon the remarkable progress of our agriculture within the last generation, and ends by drawing a vivid picture of the possible evils resulting from the cattle plague. " The Erckmann-Chatrian Novels" is the title of an interesting criticism on the productions of two of the most successful and talented writers of modern French fiction. The wonderful ability and life-like vigour shown in the portrayal of the thoughts, words, and feelings of the lower ranks of French life, are scarcely more remarkable than the ingenuity with which the two authors have blended their styles, and then produced their combined narratives. The romantic story of " Mary Tudor and Brandon, Duke of Suffolk," stripped however of a little of its romance, reappears in a brief essay founded on Mr. Brewer's Calendar of State Papers. The political article of the month is on the " Exten sion of the Franchise," beginning naturally enough with a tribute to the memory of Lord Palmerston. It is remarked, in taking a brief retrospect of that eventful career, that the first thought which strikes the observer is how singularly fortunate was the lot of the late statesman. Surely, exclaims the writer, it was all that a student's day-dreams could picture even to its close. "He did not die like Chatham, with the clouds which were to dismember the empire hovering over him. He did not die like the younger Pitt, all but despairing of his country. He did not die like Fox, called too late to rule. He did not outlive his fame, his popularity, his faculties, or his enjoyment of life. He went down in his full brightness of glory, without a stain on his escutcheon, and with scarcely a defeat to chronicle. There may have been greater, there never was a more successful or fortunate Minister—fortunate in his life—happy even in the circumstances of his death." It was a strange thought, he observes a little further on, which would come over the spectator who watched the veteran statesman ex changing hard knocks in the Parliamentary arena, " that man was a Minister when Napoleon the Great was Emperor ! Sixty years ! They had seen Napoleon culminate and set —they had seen the Bourbons restored and ejected—they had seen a new French Monarchy--a new French Republic —a new French Empire. They had seen Castle reagh and the Holy Alliance—Canning and the dawn of European liberation—Grey and Russell and the Reform Bill—Cobden and Bright and and the abolition of the Corn Laws ; yet there he was. He had his part in all—had belonged to Perceval, and Liverpool, and Canning—to Grey, and Melbourne, and Rusgell, as his chiefs ; yet there he was fresh and buoyant, pugnacious and defiant, as if Time could not touch him, as lively and not more assuming than the youngest and newest hope of the House. These reverenced his ability, bowed to his experience, but never had any temptation to treat him with the tolerance due to old age. To the last he fought as a con temporary, claiming no favour and requiring none. Yet that man had been in office in the days of their grandfathers, and almost ever since !" The political part of the article—to which we shall refer at another opportunity—deals with the great ques tion of the coining Reform. AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.--A Highland laird was addicted to card-playing and had been engaged in it till a late hour on Saturday evening. Next morning in church ho accidentally pulled out of his pocket with his handkerchief a pack of cards, which flew about in every direction. The attention of the minister was called to this untoward circumstance, and looking straight at the offender he exclaimed, " Hoot, mon, but your psawlm book is unco ill bound." A CONVICT REVOLT.—An attempt to incite a revolt among the convicts in the Penitentiary of Rom has cost the lives of two of the keepers. A shoemaker, who had been more than once convicted, armed himself with a knife and excited the other prisoners in his ward to attempt their escape. The ringleader stabbed two of the turnkeys to the heart, and it required a strong force of the gendarmerie to disarm him. He was committed to the city prison on a charge of murder. ~, r giff rt-11.477, MIT HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 12. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked in the grounds this morn ing. Her Majesty held a council to-day at 1 o'clock. Present—Earl Granville, the Marquis of Harting' ton, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. Viscount Torrington and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West were the Lord and Groom in Wolf ing. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Roxburghe left the Castle this morning• The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yes' terday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. F. Stonor. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to th e St. James's Theatre in the evening. The Remains of President Linco'n. The vault constructed at Oak Bridge cemeterh near Springfield, Illinois, under the direction of the National Monument Association, and to which the mortal remains of the late President were removed a short time since, was recently visited by a coin mittee of the association, consisting of Governor Oglesby, Hon. Newton Bateman, LL.D., and e% - Secretary of State Hatch, when the casket contain ing the sacred ashes was opened, and for the last time, till " the great trumpet shall sound, and th e dead shall be raised incorruptible," were the fea tures of the lamented Lincoln viewed by mor tal eyes. The visit of the committee was an official one, and made in pursuance of a resolution of the board .of directors of the association, the object being to enable them to certify to the actual presence of the body in the casket. The face was examined throug h the glass covering which underlies the outer strata of the case by the several gentlemen above named/ and identified by each of them as that of the mar e tyred President. The sad ceremony ended, the 1 was again nailed down and sealed with the signet ° I the association. The great stone or slab was sub; sequently rolled to the door of the sepulchre an d fitted into its place, the finishing stroke imparted t ) the solid masonry, which was, in like manner ag the casket, impressed with the great seal of the ea' poration. The remains will now rest undisturbed till th e " National Monument" shall be completed, wil e° they will be deposited in their final resting-place, nor, ever be removed hence " till the heavens arc 1 1 ° more." The features of the deceased were scarcely di s c ; cernible—the embalmment seeming to have offere d but little, if any, resistance to the encroachment corruption. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. COURT OF BANRRUPTCY. IN RE SIR R. NICHOLSON, BART. This case, which has been before the Court on many occasions, came before the Commissioner again to-day upon the adjourned order of discharg e ' The bankrupt, who claims to be heir t° 5 baronetcy, has been very ill, and he was put W I further legal torture by the absenc e o f the couns e engaged in the case. He has been before th e Court for some time now, and the case has been adjourned from time to time upon very slight Pre texts. It is anticipated that he will be kept befo re the Court until some arrangements are mad e, although the baronet has shown every desire ~„ assist his creditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day MARLBOROUGH STREET. A CASUAL CHARGED WITH DESTROYING gel CLOTHES.—Thomas Cox, 19, a casual, was eba r g - 0 , with wilfully destroying his own clothes while casual inmate of St. George's Workhouse, Dlount street, Grosvenor-square. rk' Thomas Whetstone, the task-m as t er a t the Wo house, said that on the previous night the prisond, applied for a night's lodging, and was adrait te b ia and that morning he tore up every article of clothing. Mr. Tyrwhitt—The dress he has on now bele ll _ A g s vaP to the parish ? [Th e man was a tti re d i n a eall • suit of the colour of brown holland.] The taskmaster said it did. The prisoner, a young countryman, mid his 0 W coat was so ragged that no one would employ o d Mr. Tyrwhitt said the p r i soner h a d n ow a g ° slop, and would have to work 7 days for it. , th e ROBBERY.--Herbert Edik er , a young m an, i ll o f employ of Mr. Henry Gunther, shell fishmonge r, No. 67, Haymarket, was charged before Mr. whitt with stealing £lO, th e moneys of his mas te i r o . i The prosecutor said th e p r i soner,was i n his enill to as shopman, and on Frid a y l as t h e gave him £ ln ne r take to Mr. Salmo n , o f Idl e -l ane . The Pils°t-er never paid the money and never re t urn ed. YG s d o e day the prisoner was b roug ht t o hi s pl a ce, all bo a asking him what money he had, he said be av e spent all the money but a sovereign, which be g him, and he then gave him in charge. m a rl- In answer to Mr. Edward Le w is, of Great - t he borough-street, who appeared for the prisoner , tw o prosecutor said the prisoner had been only ha s months in his employ, but he believed that be, th e been some time in that of the former keeper °L, te ll shop. He sent for the prisoner, but he did no' sa ia him that he would forgive him. The prisoner of he had got drunk, forgot himself, and did not ti p what became of the money. The prisoner ga ve all he bad. Remanded. I F , UL a cooperFAMILY of IWlTAhhiittiinnDgg:lsaG2gßAoe,dC3E THAMES. wall-street, St. George-in-the-East, and I le se re a porter of the same place, Jon es charged with violently assaulting Margaret ' A " St. and Elizabeth Sullivan at No. 7, Back-roa-, QIOuBA,RLREoLW-e-r"Cf°l:%- George-in-the-East. Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. liodgsol' s°' licitor, defended the prisoners. The complainant Jones is the aunt, and her daughter, the cousin of the prisoners., ro, unfortunate dissensions had arisen amono ' w oo and the prisoners and their father went to the' o of the complainants to demand an exPla ntl : o ,cl some reports which it was alleged they had sera the prejudice of the prisoner's mother, who dic." oo ers months ago. High words ensued, and the pris,„iity. struck the women, and used them with much brat o ' uo iv I Henry Whiting hit Mrs. Sullivan, his e d bur! with a pair of boots, knocked her down an e and her back. Her mother went to her assistaqooerS was knocked down. The father of the P r ' s n i n to joined in the outrage, but he was not giv,o custody, and the reason assigned was that a state of intoxication. nlai ry For the defence it was alleged that the cera,x t beir ants called them bad names and said that sons 5 00 mother was a bad character, and that the rs ' I ca. 4 were bastards. The father of the pris° ll , e a inao t° called on their behalf, and he swore the oogill` 00 el were the aggressors and struck his sons. ,a bA other hand it was alleged that old Whiting ill-trot' language, and encouraged his sons in their sai d ment of their aunt and cousin. 1, aw l iritit Mr. Paget fined the prisoners £5 eae-, sessions he would have committed them to the ow._ s for the aggravation th e y re ceived. wyeaged34l A SLEEPY BRUTE.—James Matthews, aged gaff' of No. 1, Ship-alley, St. George-in-th e-Ell olo° maker, was charged with cutting and N° per Georae Sloane, a carpenter. , r iso r The parties live in the same house. Th e t flo or came home drunk last night, and laid upt i to Paid of his room, over which the prosecutor 11, His feet touched the prisoner's legs i n the ,1 8 -; ty . f r o_l: he nearly fell over him. He was P ing , a t ‘ he e lo him, when the prisoner got up, swore co tral a plainant, and swore he would eat hi , „ he raised his hand to stop the blow, and l w eer ,r out. He made a blow at Sloane with a R_Li ceive dl severe cut. He called for assistance, The „ri,soe,,uo the prisoner by compressing his neck. .- 1 .-i",o" si staa r ,', was so desperate and determined in lns lo ' ci. 1 0 . 1 , that ho was quite black in the face , rhe pres. s t strangled before he could be subdued. wri„ tutor received several cuts on his bands.rier. 1; before the knife was taken from the 10r!..„ ° , p eoV :o was stated that the prisoner had been cut. ll 7 o . before, and that he was a " murdering vT d i i d u ot r defence was that he was quite tipsy, and collect anything at all about the matter. Mr, Paget committed the prisoner for tr i g P Ti land Thr Inat Chas have Co] Cui Eg