The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-08 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT the storms L IFEBOA of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to the savin; . of 714 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .£23, h 248 in te same eri.,d on its life boat establishmeats, in addition to granting £4,9i , 6 for re wards for saving life and exerzising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's It 2 lifeboat stations. Contributions aro received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14. John-street, Adelphi, London. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Institution will be held at the London Tavern, Bis opsgate-street, oa TUESDAY NEXT, the 13th inet , at Two o'cic.ck precisely. The Right !lon. Earl Percy, l'.C., in the chair. Al arch 7. ONE HUNDRED SONNETS.•--The Burns Festival, 200 lines. 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It would be a great satisfaction if the question were settled definitively, or at all events in such a manner that it need not be made the subject of controversy for some time to come. Religious dis cussions arc always to be deprecated, and more than any other they generally excite and angry feelings, and then leave people no further advanced than they were at the commencement of the argument. The very tedious settlement of this ratter may be attribut e d t o f au lt s on both sides. matter e one party has set itself decidedly against all arrangements which have for their object anything short of a complete and unconditional surrender ; and the other has, in an equally deter mined manner, resisted all encroachments on the TEE SON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 18C6. existing state of things. Lately, indeed, there has often been proposals made for some medium course, but the abolitionists have vehemently opposed it. Mr. GLADSTONE, in his speech of yesterday, seemed to meet the difficulty in a very successful manner, and it is much to be regretted that his suggestions were not attended to. The right hon. gentleman said that he did not speak as a member of her MAJESTY'S Government, but as a private member, because the Government did not deem it necessary to make a proposition on the subject to the House, since there was no reasonable prospect of suc cess in doing so. There was great truth in what Mr. GLADSTONE observed concerning the time that this question had been in abeyance ; and it is doubtful if any other public question would have been left so long unsettled. It is a pity that the agitators of this matter and their more vehement opponents do not dwell more upon the facts of the case, as so ably put forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. "I think, however," he said, "it hardly creditable to this country—that it is hardly creditable to the Legislature or to our good sense, and that it is not in conformity with the mode in which practical questions are usually dealt with by the natives of this kingdom—that the subject should continue from year to year to be bat tered about and tossed backward and forward without our arriving at any practical result." The truth is that, instead of being settled as it ought to have been some time ago, this question of the church rates has unhappily merged into a standing subject of discussion, and its continuance in this form cannot but prove injurious to the interests of the Church. It is a proof that the controversy on the subject is kept up as much for the sake of a dispute about religious topics as anything else, for when any one desires to meet them half-way, the opponents of the rates always turn round and say to agree to any compromise would be to sacrifice principle. This is quite absurd, because the basis of opposi tion rests upon the injustice of compelling Dissenters to support the Church of England, and if this compulsion be done away with in what lifts the lack of principle that they seem afraid of There is no greater difficulty than in getting some people to agree to their own proposals some times, and we find this conspicuously the case with this question of the church rates. If it be decided that no Dissenter can be called upon to pay, and that all " compulsory collections" be abolished, we can not see on what grounds of consistency or good sense hon. members can go on making this a causes belli, and declaring that they are waging war against intolerance and injustice. It must be seen that the chief, if not the only, obstacles to a settlement lie with the abolitionists, because lately the Opposition, and those on the Ministerial side who are against a total abolition, have shown themselves ready and willing to come to terms. Another source of great confusion has arisen from the mistaken and misguided efforts of those who have mixed up many questions in one, and sought to interpolate the views of the Liberation Society into those proposed for the abolition of church rates. Mr. HARDCASTLE would have done more wisely had he not pressed his motion to a division, for we are now no further advanced than we were before, and an appearance of success is of no use without a reality. The Committee of the House of Lords have to a great extent sanctioned the adoption of a compromise, so that what long remained an insuperable obstacle to the settlement of the question has been removed. Mr. GLADSTONE'S proposal seems to possess advan tages under whichever aspect of the case we con sider it ; but no doubt he spoke out too strongly to meet the views of some, and perhaps offended their prejudices, when he said that those who refuted to pay the rate had no right to interfere in the management of the affairs of the Church. It is, at any rate, a great satisfaction that one in so distinguished a position, and possessed of so much ability as the right hon. gentleman, should come forward in so prominent a manner as he did yesterday to request a compromise, and we concur with Mr. Tim that we may thus see daylight breaking on this vexed and cloudy question. It is to be hoped that Mr. GLAD STONE will at some future time make a proposition to the House which shall embody the substance of his remarks of yesterday. Mr. HOPE made some very wise observations on the subject, and stated his meaning in plain terms. lie desired to see a settlement, he would not call it a compromise, but rather a fair treaty "between two equal belligerent parties, each of whom was con scious of the strength of their cause, and was willing in the co'irse of that settlement to assume that the other side had an equally good case." This will be the only true way of settling the case, for, while angry and irritated feelings are kept up, it will be impos sible to do so either effectually or satisfactorily. Mr. HOPE objects to the system of pew-rents on very reasonable grounds, and declares that their being now levied in parishes where they had not been for some years would only add to the con fusion and vexation of the question. " The in stincts of the House revolted against pew-rents, which appeared to have been instituted for the purpose of making the Church an easy place of worship for the gent‘el middle classes, to the ex clusion of the poor." We agree with Mr. HOPE that the church rate question has now reached a point at which only the conduct of the extreme section of either party can frustrate a fair and just settlement of it. It would be a good inauguration of this first session of a new Parliament for this long-debated matter to be brought to a conclusion of some kind or other. It has too long, for the dignity of the Church, too long for the interests of the community, too long for the reputa tion of the House, been suffered to remain a fruitful source of religious dispute, and a ready handle for the use of agitators in their attacks on existing in stitutions. As Mr. GLADSTONE put it yesterday to the House, abolishing the compulsory power of col lecting church rates, and making provision for ne cessary repairs by obtaining the amount from those willing to give it, involves, on the part of the Church, little beyond a sacrifice of the enjoyment of a power which is at once vexatious and ineffective, while it promises great practical good. I necessary. The arrival of the Moravian from New York, with, news to the 24th ult., informs us that the excitement attending the political situation in the States has by no means diminished. President JouxsoN has openly declared war against the lead ito7g R a di cals, denouncing them by self name as enemies th eir country and threateningly hostile to him , tensesWhii . t m ollenly t o o f theheththe boldness and d ec i s i on w hi c h charac has not sh run k f rom proc l a i m i ng devices people his c onv i ct i on of the dangerous ultra_p.,th• e cals, or from giving the names of the leaders of the party as the chief enemies of the State. Having waited'' quietly, it would seem with the intention of allowing the Radicals to show themselves in their true colours, Mr. JOHNSON has not followed up his first attack with vigour and determination. At the meet ing of Congress considerable uncertainty was felt as to the course which he intended to pursue. There was a good deal of speculation relative to the matter, since the Radical party possessed it was well known an umn: istakeable majority in the Lower House, besides a great deal of influence in the Senate. Their lea( lers were known to be bold and unscrupu lous, their plans to be carefully and ingeniously matured, and their hostility to the South as bitter and vindictiv e as their professions of goodwill to the negro, were loud and pretentious. The opening .of the political campaign gave the Radicals a decided success. By an ingenious manceuvr .3, and by the willing assistance of the Clerk of - the House, who was one:of their own set, the names of the representatives of the Southern States were omitted from the roll of members. The opposite party, taken by surprise, were completely at fault.. Some faint attempts at expostulation were made, but they were arrogantly silenced by ~„ Mr. lIIADDEUS STEVENS, and the first few days of the Congressional assembly left the Radicals apparently masters of the field. Flushed with success, they proceeded still more boldly. Bill after bill was introduced by Mr. SU3INER, Mr. STEVENS and others, all having for their professed object the benefit and civilisa tion of the negro ; for their real design, the spolia tion and degradation of the Southern white. The Committee of Fifteen, reminding one of the old des potic Council of Ten, the Negro Suffrage Bill, the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, are few among many efforts of the kind made since the meeting of Congress. If a boldness and uncompromising policy were of itself a legitimate object of admiration, regardless of its aims and intentions, the American Radicals might certainly claim credit for their wholesale intolerance and reckless assertion of their theories. It is diffi cult, however, to forgive them for advocating humanity while they are really encouraging that bitter and hostile feeling between white and black, North and South, which has already caused so much bloodshed and misery throughout the States ; for making the great ends of public policy subservient to the prosecution of th9ir party pur poses; for refusing to recognise the application to themselves of those constitutional principles which they so loudly applaud when others are judged by their standard. Throughout all their policy this session there has been the same ruling principle, and its result would inevitably be the establishment of a military despotism in the South, which would heavily increase the burdens of the Northern tax payer, while it would drain the country of men, and leave it, with internal disunion and the necessity of keeping so many troops in particular States, at the mercy of foreign invaders. Such a source of weakness at home would completely neutralise the power and influence of America abroad. Her statesmen might boast and bluster, but with 8,000,000 of:disaffected people, and the garrisons necessary to keep them in check, the youngest diplomatist could afford to smile at threats which were formerly alarming. How the enemies of reconstruction reconcile theoretically the inconsistency of keeping out re presentatives of States, which they once declared could never leave the Union, and of taxing people whom they allow no share in the government, and how they intend practically to pursue such a hopeless cause, as keeping such vast States under military control, it is not easy to see. It is less surprising that a man of President JOHNSON'S capa city should at once recognise the injustice and suicidal nature of their policy than that-any man of intelligence and political experience should be found to recommend it. Of the PRESIDENT'S opinions there can now be no doubt. As we have said, he preserved a degree of reticence during the earlier weeks of the session which some mistook for timidity, others for vacil lation. But he was only waiting his opportunity, and he has now spoken out in a manner which has surprised and discomfited his enemies not a little. The Radicals, furious at the failure of their bill through the veto of the PRESIDENT, did not scruple to denounce him in the most unmeasured terms—still under the pretext of humanity and patriotism. They were not prepared for an open denunciation of their leaders from the White House. The occasion selected was WASHINGTON'S birthday, when meetings were held throughout the country in support of the Presidential policy. The Washington meeting, after passing several resolutions, adjourned to the White House. Here the PRESIDENT addressed them in the speech we have referred to. He declared that he was resolved, as he always had been, to maintain the Union and the Constitution against enemies, North and South. The South, he said, en deavoured to destroy the Government, but no sooner is the war over than the country finds itself in the midst of another rebellion. " The Executive military power and public judgment have decided that no State has power or the right to go out of the Union, and you turn round and assume that they are out and shall not come in. lam not prepared to take any such position. I have found treason at the South, and now I turn to the other end of the line I find men still oppos ing the restoration of the Union." In answer to repeated calls for names, he boldly gave the names of THADDE US STEVENS, CHARLES SUMNER, and WENDELL PIIILLIPS, as prime movers in the affair, and openly charged them with inciting to his assassination. The Presidential obstacle must, they say, be got rid of. For himself, Mr. JOHNSON declared he was willing enough to be made a martyr for his country, but that he did not intend " to be overawed by friends or bullied by enemies." The only usurpation of which he had been guilty was in standing between the people and the encroachments of power, and the centralisation of authority and influence in the hands of a few, was, he believed, as fatal to the Constitution as the open secession of the South. • This bold and decided conduct on the part of Mr. JOIINSON carried all before it. The result was summed up in a telegram which Mr. SEWARD sent to New York on February 23—" It is all right. The Union is restored—the country is safe. The PRESIDENT'S speech is triumphant, and the country will be happy." Mr. SEWARD himself has made a spoech arguing very sensibly on behalf of the PRE SIDENT'S policy, and pointing out to the people that the present Freedmen's Bureau Bill will remain in force for a year after the termination of the rebel lion, so that any alteration at this time is un- The general temper of the public meetings was strongly in favour of the PRESIDENT. At the Cooper Institute a densely thronged assembly, in cluding all classes of politicians, supported resolutions approving the Veto, and urging the admission of loyal representatives of the Southern States. At New York a committee of influential citizens have resolved to proceed to Washington to confer with the PRESIDENT on the best means of sustaining his Administration. More noticeable still, at a Radi cal Republican caucus, held in IVashington, mode rate counsels prevailed, and a resolution admitting Tennessee into the Union was offered and favour ably received. The fact is that the Radicals feel that the tide has turned, that the public feeling is against them, and that the power has slipped from their hands, being grasped by one more fitted to use it. At the Chelmsford Assizes, yesterday, a child only eight years of age was put upon his trial for arson. The Lord Chief Baron, however, expressed a strong opinion that the child ought not to be tried, and ho was formally acquitted. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The discussion in the Corps Legislatif yesterday was very long. Much of it turned upon local matters, and I do not see anything in the report which would interest English readers. The condi tion of the French colonies occupied a considerable portion of the sitting ; and the discussion upon colonial matters is closed, at least so far as Algeria is concerned. Attacks were incidentally made upon the Government and magistrates in reference to the last elections. r The Minister energetically and suc cessfully repudiated them. lle said that no proof whatever had been given of alleged illegal acts on the part of the magistrates. It was painful to see them made the objects of such articles, and he call upon the Chamber to support honourable men who had served the public interest. I informed you a day or two ago that at the last reception at the Tuileries the Emperor chatted very familiarly with some of the members of the Cham ber, and particularly with the Opposition members. It is related that his Majesty was very gracious to M. de Boissy, who, in spite of his hostility to Eng land and everything else, is in private life a very amiable and courteous man. The Emperor per ceiving M. de Boissy went up to him, and, offering his hand with a smile, said, " Oh, you are there, you terrible child !" " Terrible," replied the mar quis, " but devoted, and I wish your Majesty had many like me. " No," said the Emperor, " I prefer unity." M. Pierre Louis Parisis, Bishop of Arras, Bou logne, and St. Omar, whose death I was able to announce yesterday, was born at Orleans on the 12th of August, 1795. Vicar of St. Laurent, then of St. Paul at Paris, curate of Gien, he was trans lated to the Bishopric of Arras in 1851. He was a member of the Constituent Body in 1848, an& of the Legislative Assembly. 11e was an officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Sepulcre, and was decorated with the Pallium. The pallium is the cloak which the Pope sends to the Archbishops as the investiture of their dignity, and sometimes he grants it as a peculiar favour to Bishops. The wool of which it is manufactured is taken from the two lambs offered to Rome by the Religieuses of the convent of St. Agnes at the fête of that Saint. M. Parisis was the author of several theological and political works of repute. It appears from the Russian papers received in Paris that Russia will oppose the election of any foreign Prince as successor to Prince Couza. The Gazette de Moscow, referring to the Danubian Principalities, says that Russia will never consent to the election of a Prince belonging to a reigning family, even should he be the D uke de Leuchtenberg. Russia is, in fact, determined to conform rigorously to the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1856. The preparatory arrangements for the Great international Exhibition of Paris proceed with great regularity and celerity. Switzerland; it appears, will occupy a fair share of attention. The names of no less than 1,254 exhibitors have already been in scribed on the list. In fact no more space can be afforded for the exhibition of the products of Switzerland, the limits being now exceeded. On the other hand, Denmark having demanded a credit of 27,000 rix dollars for the purpose, which demand was refused, it is now supposed in Paris that no Danish products will be exhibited. Two murders have been committed by a prisoner in the prison at Riom. By some neglect he man aged to conceal a knife, with which he pierced the heart of the head gaoler, M. Laureat, who died al most instantly. lle then attacked a fellow-prisoner in the same way, and murdered him also. The bodies of both the unfortunate men were interred at the same time, and as a mark of sympathy the Mayor of the town, the Procureur-Imperial, and many of the inhabitants attended the funeral. It is supposed that the murderer is insane. In addition to the persons already mentioned, many other scientific men have proceeded to the Island of Santorin to take notes of the volcanic phenomena in that locality. According to the latest official reports, a violent tempest had prevented the scientific commission from approaching Santorin, but it appears, from the accounts of some sailors, that the island was rising gradually every day. There was an exceedingly violent storm of wind at Paris last night, accompanied with much rain. To-day the storm has again prevailed, and from spring the weather has again receded to the depth of winter. The official meteorological observations betoken more rough and stormy weather. In the French Almanac a day is marked as Quatre Temps, or fair weather. Yesterday was precisely a day of that description. At twelve in the day it was summer, after a frosty morning early, and towards five in the afternoon the wind became cold and " pitiless pelting of the pstioerremin"g\v a a s ndal night the heard.l Easter Monday Volunteer Review at l3righton, Yesterday afternoon the commanding officers of the various volunteer corps held a meeting at the rooms of the National Rifle Association, Pall-mall East, to receive and consider a report of the com mittee of commanding officers appointed to visit Brighton and report to their colleagues as to the ad visability of holding the Easter Monday Volunteer Review on the same ground as last year. Lord Ranelagh occupied the chair, and there were also present Lieuts.-Col. Lord Grosvenor, Marquis of Donegall, Lord Fitzgerald, Cole, Whitehead, Somerset, Cochrane, Durnford, Sir John Shelley, Thomson, Labrow, Bigge, A. B. Richards, Grey, and Lawes. The CHAIRMAN reported on behalf of the com mittee of commanding officers appointed to visit Brighton that they had communicated with the mayor and corporation, and that a subscription was being entered into by the inhabitants of Brighton to defray incidental expenses, and to compensate landowners and farmers for damages to crops, &c. They bad also been in communication with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com pany, who had agreed to make an extra concession by conveying the adjutants' horses free of expense. Lord GROSVENOR called the attention of the meeting to the necessity of taking steps to insure the attendance of commanding officers with their battalions up to the time of their regiments being sent off by railway, and it was resolved that the attention of brigadiers be called to this subject. The following letter was then read from the Mayor of Brighton : " Town Hall, Brighton, March 5. " Volunteer Review. "My Lord—l have much pleasure in informing you that, at a public meeting this day, the appropriate resolu tions were adopted for carrying out the review effectually. The committee have already settled terms with nearly all the owners and occupiers of ground, and you may consider the matter is substantially settled, Subscriptions, in cluding the railway company's and the race-course com mittee's, amounting to £350, were announced at the meet ing.—l have the honour to be, dc., i(Signed) gg HENRY MARTIN. " To the Hon. Viscount Ranelagh." Some conversation took place upon this letter, when it was unanimously resolved that the Easter Monday Volunteer Review shall take place at Brighton, and that the secretary intimate the same to the mayor. The question of making the Volunteer Review day the day for general inspection for corps present was discussed, but no decision was come to. Lord GROSVENOR then moved, " That the review of Metropolitan Volunteers be held in Hyde Park on some afternoon during the summer, by permis sion of his Royal Highness the Ranger, and that, with the sanction of theluspector-General of Volun teers, it shall be optional with all and any of the corps attending such reviews to have their annual inspection take place at the same time, and that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales be requested to review." Captain TEMPLER seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. The meeting then terminated. In the course of the proceedings it was announced that the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail way Company have contributed £lOO towards the Brighton town's subscription to meet the necessary expenses of compensating landowners, providing horses for artillery, prizes, &c. powers. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Mancu 7, Evening. The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate have appointed the Bojars Boraresco, Tepuriano, Casta foro, and Stege as commissioners with the great Rumours are current here that great agitation prevails in Jassy in reference to the revocation of the union between Moldavia and Wallachia, and the election of a native prince as Hospodar of Wallachia, and that reinforcements have been de spatched to Jassy. These rumours have been officially denied, and it is announced that Moldavia and Wallachia have entirely concurred in the events which have taken taken place at Bucharest. AUSTRALIA. DEAL, MARCH 7. Messrs. Green's ship Roxburgh Castle, Captain Dinsdale, from Melbourne, on the 4th December, arrived here to-day with 14,287 ounces of gold, 1,850 bales of wool, and a cargo of copper, molasses, &c. On the 28th ult. she passed the Queen of Nations homeward bound. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 7 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the Congress, Senor Fignerola asked the Minister of War to communi cate to the Chamber the report of the court-martial held at Alcala to try four sergeants, Captain Spinosa, and one citizen, all of whom were sen tenced to death and shot. Senor Figur°la stated that it was necessary to be in possession of the documents relating to this trial before asking the Government any questions respecting the continuation of martial law. FRANCE. BOURSE., March 7, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations :- 4i per Cents 97 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents 69 GO Do. end month G9 671 ; Credit Mobilier 700 Do. end month 698 75 Bank Shares 3650 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan G2 GO Do. end month 62 60 RAIL" Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 47 Do. Bonds 306 25 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAY& Cash. Acct. •. ... 885 50 ... ... 1132 50 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman ,•.• - - ... 910 - ... 557 50 - - 546 25 - - ... 142 50 - - ... 410 - - - 417 50 - - 176 25 - - ... 240 - - ... 100 - ... 115 - Royal General Theatrical Fund. The annual general meeting of the members of the Royal General Theatrical Fund took place yester day in the saloon of the Royal Lyceum Theatre ; Mr. Buckstone in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. Cullenford) read the finan cial statement for the last year, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Buckstone having been unanimously re elected treasurer, The CHAIRMAN said although he felt flattered by their re-electing him to the office of hon. trea - surer, he should only accept ,it conditionally. He had been their treasurer for 25 years, and during that time had attended 20 of the 21 dinners, and though a holiday would sometimes have been acceptable, he might say that he never had been away from the public for more than one night dur ing 20 years. He had never " been out of an en gagement." (Laughter.) He felt he required more rest than he used to care for. He would accept the office for another year conditionally, and the condi tions were, that next year it was possible he would send in his resignation. It depended greatly on his health ; and if he did, they must be prepared to find another person to fill the duties of honorary trea surer. He thanked them for the confidence they had reposed in him. The other officers having been re-elected, and thanks paid to Mr. Arnold for the use of the com mittee room, and to Mr. Pechter for the use of the saloon of the theatre in which they held their meet ings. Mr. LACY put it to the meeting whether it would not be advisable to increase the annuities in Class B, which is £3O a year, to £35, as it was not enough to support in anything like comfort persons over 60 years of age. The SECRETARY said that however good the pro position might be it was illegal, and would be an inftingement of their charter. Considerable discussion arose on this, which re sulted in a requisition being signed convening a meeting, and that the solicitor should be consulted on the matter. A vote of thanks having been proposed to the chairman, _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Ladies and gen tlemen, I have four causes of congratulation —on e the success of our funds, and also the increase of our "ways and means." I have also one pleasing thing to announce to you, that at our next anniversary festival the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor will occupy the chair, and my friend Mr. Charles Dickens will also be present. I have also another cause of con gratulation, the re-election of our worthy secretary, Mr. Cullenford—(hear, hear)—who is always ready to prove that his figures are strictly correct, and like an old Conservative —(laughter)— as I know he is —he is at all times ready to resist any innovation as to our rules. I am sorry t o see so f ew lad i es pre sent. I should like to see as many as there are gen tlemen, and that when the business was concluded we could then " pair off "—(laughter)—and might very well finish the proceedings by dancing " Sir Roger de Coverley." (Great laughter and cheers.) A vote of thanks to the press brought the meeting to a close. We are credibly informed that Sir Thomas Fre mantle has refused permission (declined to sanction, in official phraseology) to the clerks of the inspec tor-General of Imports and Exports to state their case and their claims in a respectfully worded peti tion to the Lords of the Treasury ; and although received on the best authority, we should have de clined giving credence to so monstrous a stretch of power if in the notices given for this evening a cor roboration had not appeared in a question to be put by Mr. Miller to the Secretary of the Treasury rela tive thereto. In bureaucratic Prussia we have no doubt such a thing is possible, but we trust that the day is far distant when such official tyranny will be tolerated hero. We only hope that the snub direct will be administered to the Board of Customs in such a manner as to save us from the repetition of such a scandal, for such we esteem this attempt to gag a respectable body of gentlemen whose claims upon the public have only been too long neglected. There was rather a strange incident in the Mid dlesex Sessions Court-house yesterday. A man named Harmsworth, who had been several times convicted, was found guilty of attempting to pick pockets, and was sentenced to 7 years' penal servitude. On his way to the cell ho contrived to get near the prosecutor, and struck him a violent blow. The Assistant-Judge ordered the prisoner to be brought back, and altered his sentence to 10 years' penal servitude. A PARRICIDE SENTENCED TO DEATH.—At the Wexford Assizes, where Dr. Ball, Q.0.,' is acting as judge, instead of Mr. Justice Hayes, who is ill, a young man, 21 years of age, was found guilty of the murder of his father, near Newtonbarry, in October last. Ho was sentenced to be hanged 'on the 4th of April. When sentence was pronounced the prisoner fell back in the dock perfectly insensible. • :IRELAND. DUBLIN, March 7. Yesterday, at 2 p.m. the United States' war steamer Canandaigna, Captain Stambal, comman der, got up steam and left Kingston harbour, it was stated for Belfast. During the stay of this vessel considerable friendly intercourse took place between the officers and the residents of Kingstown. On more than one occasion in conversation the American visitors expressed their opinion that the Irish people who had taken up with Fenianism had been rarely humbugged. I have just learnt a fact, on undoubted authority, which shows to what a daring extent the Fenian leaders are carrying , the imposture. A number of bonds have ar rived in the City of Waterford from New York, beautifully executed in the form of bank-notes, signed by O'Mahony and two others. They are for sums varying from £2O to £5O, bearing 8 per cent. interest, to be paid when the Irish Re public is established, with this remarkable pecu liarity they are bonds on the Curraghmore estate. It is calculated, no doubt, that some of Lord Waterford's tenants will cash these bonds, believing that they will thereby secure their farms and the farms of their neighbours rent-free in perpetuity. There is reason to believe that similar bonds upon Irish estates have arrived in other parts of the country. Yesterday evening, about 8 o'clock, the police, in consequence of information received, arrested `z7 persons at the publichouse, 7, Cork-hill, not seven perches from Dublin Castle, and not double that distance from the Head Police-office. The officers engaged in effecting the -capture are—Acting-In spectors Smollen, Smith, Clifford, Magee, Clarke, Wolfe, Mathews, Cullen, Ennis, and Kelly, of the detective force, accompanied by Superintendent Campbell, and a body of police of the B Among those on the premises at the time, and who were taken into custody, were John Slattery and Thomas Slattery, the proprietors of the establish ment, and William Slattery, their brother. Several of those arrested were in the tap-room at the time of the entrance of the police, and were engaged playing cards, while others were in front of the shop counter. Some resistance, or rather an attempt to escape, was made on the part of one or two of the prisoners, but without success. The majority of the prisoners are permanent residents of the city, but a number of them are stated to have arrived here re cently from Manchester. There is one soldier among the number, belonging to the 2d battalion of the 60th Rifles. His name is Samuel M'Cann, a native of Manchester. James Murphy, alias M'Cabe, another of the prisoners, is stated to be a deserter from the 10th Hussars. The others are nearly all labourers and artisans employed in various parts of the city. The following are the names of those arrec to l :—John Slat tery, licensed vintner, 7, Colic hill, aged 23 ; Thomas Slattery, partner with the above, aged 22, William Slattery, aged 20 ; Michael llanlon, 13, Michael's-lane, brassfoundcr, aged 24 ; John Joseph Lynch, 11, New-row South, labourer, aged ' 22 ; Patrick Hogarth, labourer, 5, Upper Bridge street, aged 20 ; Edward Gorman, 6, Swift's-row, aged 24 ; James Ryan, 159, Townsend-street, aged 26 ; James Murray, shoemaker, 24, Great Ship street, aged 31 ; Francis M'Cluskey, shoemaker, 8, Peter-street, aged 30 ; John Stapleton, sawyer, 4, Nicholas-street, aged 56 ; George Darker, a newspaper folder, 31, Castle-street, aged 16 ; W. Darker, machinist, 31, Castle-street, aged 20 ; W. Murphy, alias M'Cabe, 16, South Great George's street, shoemaker, aged 26 ; Thos. Taafe, 9, Rut land-avenue, Dolphin-barn, machine printer, aged 19 ; Thomas Doyle, newsvendor, 7, Golden-lane, aged 17 ; S. Wade, 6i, Little Strand-street, aged 21 ; Frederick Farrell, trunkmaker, Fishamble street, aged 22 ; William Sandy, shoemaker, 12, Francis-street, aged 20 ; Thomas Joyce, tailor, 4, Cuffe-street, aged 22 ; S. M'Cann, Ship-street Bar racks, 2d battalion 60th Rifles : John Walsh, 6, Great Jervis-street, aged 23 ; W. Darey, Jones's road, aged 33 ; T. Kelly, waiter at Mr. Slattery's ; Jas. Keogh, 149, Thomas-street, tobacco-spinner, aged 55 ; Timothy Murphy, shoemaker, 29, Castle street, aged 87. The prisoners were taken to Chancery-lane station. Corporal Wm. Campbell, of the sth Dragoon Guards, who was arrested in Belfast last Wednes day, on a charge of Fenianism, and brought to Dub lin for trial by court-martial, has been discharged from custody. The circumstances of the case having been investigated, Col. the Hon. G. S. Calthorpe, commanding the sth Dragoon Guards, directed that the prisoner should be discharged, and extended his furlough beyond the limit originally designated. At Boyle, on Saturday night, a party under the direction of Sub-Inspector Lynch proceeded to the dwelling of a man named Travers, about one mile from the town, and found snugly concealed in the back of a ditch the following warlike articles, in excellent order—viz., five. pistols, a like number of powder flasks, full of fine powder, a large quantity of bullets, and also of detonating caps, together with two shot pouches. Travers was instantly arrested, and, after information duly sworn, fully committed for trial at the present assizes. It appears from the assizes reports that there is very little ordinary crime in the country. Mr. Justice O'Hagan, in addressing the grand jury on Monday, congratulated them on the lightness of the calendar, and made the following reference to Fenianism :—" Some arrests have been made of persons charged with complicity in the insane and mischievous conspiracy which had been formed in the country by the friends of revolution, and the only effects of which had been to check their advanc ing prosperity, to drive away energy and capital, and to excite apprehension and alarm. The execu tive had determined not to bring any persons to trial at the present assizes on charges connected with the Fenian conspiracy, and the cases to be put before the grand jury were, therefore, of an ordinary character ; and, whether he looked to their number or nature, both in the discovery of crime and the working of the law, he saw nothing but what was creditable to the magistrates and the police." Donegal, which formerly gave so much trouble by its propensity to agrarianism, seems now completely pacific, and it is quite free from Fenianism. But in the neighbouring county of Leitrim the case is different. It is one of those proclaimed, and Mr. Justice Christian told the grand jury that while things remained as they were in that county judicial congratulations must be reserved to a future time. The Tamar troopship arrived alongside the Car lisle Pier at Kingstown at 10 a.m. yesterday morn ing, having on board the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regi ment, from Gosport, Portsmouth, and Weymouth, for Dublin, in command of Colonel E. P. Gordon. She left Portsmouth on Friday last at 10.30 a.m., touching at Portland on Saturday at :11 a.m., and at Plymouth on Sunday, whence she sailed for Kingstown at noon on that day, having repaired some damage in her rigging, consequent on fouling an iron frigate on leaving Portsmouth. The Augu harad, transport, is expected shortly at Kingstown from Woolwich Arsenal with 130 tons of war mate rial for Dublin 90 tons of gunpowder, a quantity of wooden targets, and a large amount of other similar stores being among those shipped. The ship Planet, with army stores, is also expected, having left Woolwich on Saturday for Kingstown or Dublin. THE RETURN OF SIR HENRY STORKS TO MALTA.-- Our Malta correspondent, writing on the 3rd, says : —" Letters were received hero last week from Jamaica, Stating that Sir Henry Storks hoped to complete the in quiry about the middle of the prevent month, and that his excellency would be back in Malta about the beginning of May next. The return of Sir Hen ry is looked forward to with great anxiety by the inhabits nts, as in his absense all affairs are at a stand-still. A meeting of council was held on Monday last, but the proceedings were of course barren of any great interest. Ono of the members asked the Go vernment whether they intended taking any precautionary measures to prevent the active carriers of cholera, the pil grims, from having any communication with these islands. The Chief Secretary replied that everything would be done to prevent any injurious conseqmonces ensuing during the next summer months by the expected arrival of the Haggi in Malta on their way home fail a Mecca. The council is adjourned until the 21st inst. ; hat before the return of Sir Henry Storks no business of anr „groat public interest can be expected to be transacted." rAw„.- rt kr/rto,lar. i„„,-. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 7. The Queen, with Princess Louise, walked in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and out this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness the PrillOES Helena, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Princess Louise also went out driving. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieut. Haig, went to Loudon to be present at the levee held at St. James's Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred, rode on horseback yesterdaY afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses dined with the Duchess of Cambridge at St. James's Palace in the evening. Me Queen's Levee. By command of the Queen, a Levee was held yes terday at St. James's Palace by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on behalf of her Majesty. Presentations to his royal highness at this Court are, by the Queen's pleasure, considered as equiva lent to presentations to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales, escorted by a detachment of the Life Guards, and attended by his gentlemen in waiting, arrived at the Palace from Marlborough House about two o'clock, and was received by the great officers of State of th e Q ueen ' s h ouse hold. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived, at tended by Lieut. Haig. His Royal Highness the D u k e o f Cambridge arrived, attended by Col. Ty r W hitt. His Serene Highness the Prince of H o h en lohe was present at the Levee. Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the State saloons, under the command of the Lieutenant. The Royal Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty, under the command of Capt• Rickford, the Exun in Waiting. New Basis for an Administration. From the Free Press for the current month , March, 1866 (No. 3 of Vol. XIV.), we extract the following remarkable and striking article : Whilst Lord Palmerston lived he ruled. Tha t only was done or left undone which he desired to accomplish or prevent. The words belonging to a n prior order lingered indeed for a time, and " policy,,, " internal policy," " Tory policy," " Whig policy, distinctions between " internal and " external reel'," sures" still continued to g i ve fl uency to a l ea d e r and an apparent meaning to a phrase in a debate. Now , at last, it is known that things were done because it was his will to do them ; and that though these, things pertained nominally t o th e d om ain O ,L, " Foreign Affairs," they constitut e d th e sum an", substance of our internal and do mes ti c policy and existence, either by reaction on our condition or e o our minds. Either expenditure was imposed by " foreign policy," or the attention of the nation was so en gaged in " foreign policy," that it had none left for domestic measures. To such a degree was this reaction exerted, as to reverse the effects of the great measures passed during the period—the Reform Bill and the repe al of the corn laws ; out of the first there having bee n , worked intervention and e x p en dit ure , an d out of the second au increase of the price of grain. But this man was a system. The system was not perceived at the time. Nevertheless, it Wa s 3 system. It was met by a counter-system, disre garded at the time, but no w a t l as t perce ived to be a system. The first system did not consist in maxims to be propounded for acceptance, an d then carried into effect by bill or oth erw i se , but in acts. The character was, therefore, active. The counter system was consequently passive. It proposed to itself to stop Lord Palmerston in what he was about. It said—" You know not where you stand or what you are about; your agent is playing fals ° —stop him." It emphatically used the words in anticipation of the Crimean war : 6‘ Mauacl ° your Government" (1853). The position is c° 11 " veyed in the words of Kossuth in 1855: your policy is a negative policy; it is a personal polieY,, Give us something specific; tell us what to do. There was nothing to be done save to go on show ing that each act was injurious, in order to arrive a t that Parliamentary inquiry which might end ill overthrowing the domination of an individual. On the death of Lord Palmerston the seen!. changes. R e li e f an d breathing time is afforded not to England o n ly, b u t t o the world. The e oll 4 n ter , system can come f or th w i t h " somet hi ng sPeei',;',/ and tell the G overnment and the people what "" may and ought to do." The proposition has been made to them through the column s o f th e Free Press, and consists in t ll _ recovery of E ng l an d' s external power, placed !,. abeyance and jeopardised by the suspension of 11 ,, i ; law of nations ; and the recovery the intern"' and constit u ti ona l law, by which the prerogativ of L e fit the Crown may be exercised legally and wile s - 0 danger. This p o li cy i s expresse d i n t h e words often repeated in these columns. " Abrogation L„ the Declaration of P ar is," " R econs t ru ction of th e Privy Council." These propositions Mr. Urquhart, during til° past month, h as h a d t h e opportun i ty ora lly of pun t ting to the test in three of the most imP° r ,, ta er . counties—Lancashi r e, Y or k s hi re , an d Northatnr rhe land. It has no t b een b e f ore l arge assem blies. to Foreign Affairs Committees invited their friena_s,,v, meetings on these subjects, and the result has be e r' in all, confirmatory resolutions, or petitions to i t l e, liament, or memorials to the Queen. At Newc a ., s h 0 , indeed, a numerous public meeting closed wr the resolution to petition Parliament in favour ol test , claims of the United States: But the sa'° w ed when put by Mr. Urquhart in his speech, sh e ro the same result, —the hearty acceptance of the J ier , posal to rescind the great measure of Lord ra lu _ r a ston's life, and to re-establish that control ove Minister by the absence of which his life has br elig such a calamity on the human race. The restoration of the P r i vy C oun cil, up to this hour so offensive to all c l asses o f politicians o f writers, has now emer ge d f rom un der the b an, o d repression, and has b e e n t rea t e d i n a masterlYia3 3 unanswerable manner in a series of a PaPF L. Liverpool journal, the reprint of which is o ejl within reach of th e comm itt ees , having been fio t lected for their use. In this pamphlet they Isr; `a confirmation of their faith, and an arsenal °J . an d pons to use ag a i ns t th e deluded, the perv erse, —worst of all—the indifferent. r a rer' the other subject, the Declaration or Mr. Urquhart's visit has opportunely preceded Gregory's motion in the House of Cominons.l,,,ich give in extenso two letters to that gentleman, of leave us little to say as to the debate itself, _°lloether these letters having been written before, the after, the motion. • oils a fl " In these cognate and conjoint propositions nb is raised, and a symbol is given. Here is so of the kind agreeable to the " spirit of the al e,,, t i o a flattering to the self-love, which is the intcrpT:re is of that spirit. Here is something to do. - lu ,„ r the at once a theme for the philosopher and a cry be hustings. It can be discussed in journals, it argued in Parhament. It affords a field for .f utto a Eon as well as logic ; it may s ervo to iastu' istr o,- ti on. and afford the lever to u pturn an Aden ° lifi d ea le t d i°l b l 7 b g e ua barls, their these l\re re matters there would in hi not h st a tion remain l g t h o us, and such thoughts would be seized on. if so ula value and their use ; above allfor the relief „ taeY ster s- . c afford to Ministers without a “policy, men without chart or compass. It such clear and high intelligence is wanting II"' can come into vulgar and forensic debate. is o nly,bneteath'lo.-1 _ ----- THE PEABODY FUND. A SUGGESTION. --10 Peabody trustees are fully alive, as Nve know, to the de- Peabody of making their splendid quarter of a millioa realise at least 5 per cent., and a rest ; and if they ' su cc f e v in this, some £lO,OOO per annum will - in the course ot a I `,. years be at their command to carry o ut still further ttl truly charitable purpose of the noble American. Were ti: ° working-classes themselves as fully alive to the importances of this matter as they ought to be, they possess the lac 39 ~ and the organisation for co-operating in this most hurortan: of social schemes for proinoting their own domestic conifer. and happiness. Surely the power which can organise alcl_ spend thousands of pounds on strikes might for one 1 1 )4 ' I (ealt 1 Y turned in the direction wo have indicated. Will the and industrial classes bf t he metro p olis allow 31r. real°ll 111;curJ, and a few others to monopolise the.honour. and the of promoting one of the g reatest social necessities? W° should like to see our bankers and merchant princes--s 4 two hundred and fi ft y of them—each p ut down hs thou, i sand pounds, and pre sent this fresh q uarter of a m llion t° the trustees of the Peabody gift, as a memorial at once of a scheme so homely and unostentatious, his munificence and their own heartfelt practical interest i° as that of providing decent and comfortable dwellings {or the people 'of this over-grown metropolis.—lnq uirer s, yet so wassail, , ✓' f l ~e J