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Latest Parliaaientary Debate , ,tn, can be seen at his house as above "All the year round." -.,„* A welf -selected and extensive Stock of WINES, FPI KITS, &c. 11HE SINGER, New Noiseless Lock-Stitch FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. Chief Office in the United Kingdom-147, Cheapside, London. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. sm. —Afternoon, 3h. 28m ra-itoimow.-Morning, 3h. 50:h.—Afternoon, 41i. 51n. Cd's 2)g , -s• LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1867. It appears that the Government are less sensitive than the Reform League about making conciliatory advances, and they have determined not to inter fere with the political demonstration in the Park this evening further than may be necessary to pre serve order. The prudence of this decision will be generally admitted. All English Governments are very averse to coming into collision with large bodies of the people, even though the collision may be provoked by the folly or recklessness of the people themselves. The Ministers are naturally very reluctant to inflict unnecessary injury to life or limb, even on the noisy and turbulent Democrats, who aim at setting London by the ears. Every o p enin g haa hen given for the Council of the League to make an honourahl. retreat, and we have no doubt but that Mr. BEALES' and a few others would be very glad to do 80 if their more violent associates would permit them. Mr. GLAD STONE has openly advised and entreated the renun ciation of the scheme; Mr. nuouEs has taken the trouble to _attend a meeting of the Council to beg them to give it up ; a n d Sir GEORGE ~,REY and other gentlemen on the Liberal side have boldly declared their conviction that the whole affair is illegal and improper. But the meeting is to be held en masse, and the news is no doubt very welcome to the roughs and pickpockets of the metropolis. The prolonged dispute and agitation about the matter has had the effect of increasing itsimpOrtance, so that there is, in one sense, more reason for appre hending riot and disturbance than, there was last year. On the other hand, much greater precau tions have been taken, a different line of conduct will be pursued by the authorities ; and, above all, the general feeling of the public has been roused for the preservation of law and order and the protection of property. The Government, while not offering any direct opposition to the entry of the crowd into the Park, or to the delivery of addresses by the speakers so long as they keep to terra firma, by no means intend to surrender their position as guardians of the public peace. They have made, as we have said, ample arrangements, and the numbers of special constables sworn in at the different Vestry Halls, during Saturday and this day, are sufficient guarantees that the roughs will not be allowed to have it all their own way. Mr. BEALES has issued an emphatic appeal to the de monstrators, and the members of the League declare themselves most anxious to preserve order ; but these gentlemen forget that the danger apprehended is not from their own recog nised followers, but from the crowds of doubtful hangers-on whom they will find it impossible to get rid off. anybody who knows what a London crowd is like would think it most chimerical to make a pledge on its behalf. Who can g uarantee that no pockets will be picked during a Lord Mayor's show ? When gentlemen choose to call together a mixed mob in open defiance of the law, they must be sanguine indeed if they hope to be able to control their proceedings, especially when even ing comes on after a hot, exciting, and exhausting day. We should imagine this afternoon to be anything but pleasurable to Mr. BEALES and his friends. When they have got through their pro gramme and uttered twenty sentences apiece to a crowd which cannot catch half of them, what then ? Are we nearer a Reform Bill than we were before? Are we more likely to obtain manhood suffrage ? Are we more secure of our civil rights and indivi dual liberties ? Le jeu ne vaut pas la chaudelle, even supposing the day to pass over without any discre ditable riot. It is a strange way of demonstrat ing the fitness of the working classes for the fran chise, and we do not wonder that the working men of London are protesting against it by the thousand. The deputation which waited upon Mr. WALPOLE on Saturday presented petitions against the proposed demonstration, signed by upwards of 16,000 persons, and no doubt all who signed it will be ready, so far as they are able, to assist in preserving order. The Council of the League intend the proceedings to be as short as possible, and are no doubt quite as anxious as the Government themselves that matters shall pass off quietly. It is said that the Home Office has suggested furnishing the League with 10,000 pass tickets for members of that body, so as to keep out the roughs, who are always eager to get up a tumult. It will be diffi cult, we fear, to keep these gentry quiet, even if they are excluded from the Park. At any rate we hope the Reform League will learn a lesson from the annoyance and confusion they have brought upon their fellow citizens, and that this may be the last of these foolish and useless demon strations, which are planned and insisted upon without the slightest regard to time, place, or cir cumstance. One thing is certain. The most inve terate despot that ever lived could not devise more certain means of bringing shame and discredit on the popular cause. Mr. DISRAELI is always fortunate in his designa tions of things, and he has called the Royal Aca demy the Mecca of society, which is a happy ex pression, and one that aptly represents the state of the case, for it is a delightful interlude for those who are distracted with the turmoils and strife of politics to meet thus together to discuss the progress of the fine arts, and consider the results of the great and gifted. The anniversary banquet, held last Saturday, was unusually brilliant and well attended. The President, in proposing the toast of the Royal Family, alluded in terms of regret to the " severe and protracted illness" of the Princess of WALLS, declaring that the warmest sympathies of all classes were awakened in her behalf, and expressed the general wish of the public in trusting that her Royal Highness would soon be enabled to "resume the duties of the exalted station of which she is so bright an ornament." The Prince of WALES, in returning thanks, gave the gratifying assurance that the Princess was progressing towards recovery. His Royal highness made some observations which showed his appreciation of art, and his judgment in respect to the merits of artists. Further on in the proceedings the Prince displayed that promptitude which distinguishes him, and upon a difficulty arising as to who should return thanks for the Volunteers, Lord ELC/I0 not being present, said " I am a Vo lunteer, Sir FRANCIS. I will return thanks for the Volunteers." In proposing her Majesty's Ministers the President declared that it was a satisfaction to them to receive the distinguished statesmen who govern this country. Both the present Administra tion and the last testified their appreciation of art, by the friendly consideration they showed ; and as Sir FRANCIS justly observed, it was a happy cir cumstance when the members of the Royal Aca demy of Arts had to acknowledge the sympathy of all classes of public men, proving that the " inte rests of art, and the prosperity of that institution, were held to be the common property of all parties." Lord DERBY'S speech was a very entertaining one, and additional interest was imparted to it from the circumstance that the noble lord has only just re appeared in society after his recent severe illness. He observed that his health would have furnished him with a sufficient excuse for absence, but he felt it was a " peculiar" occasion, and one in which it was both a pleasure and a duty for all in pro minent situations to testify by their attendance their appreciation of the arts which are cultivated there, and their respect for the office held by the President, and for those whose labours reflect so much honotir on themselves and their country." This is a very correct observation on the part of the noble Premier, and it exactly typifies the character of the entertainment which is given at the Exhi bition. Alluding to the more immediate topics of the day the noble lord said that they had all heard a good deal lately about working men, but ho was sure that in one sense through the whole length and breadth of the land there were no more truly working men than her .A.I.IJEsTY's Ministers were, " and more especially, I way say this of those Ministers who are members of the Home of Com mons, and, pre-eminently, of my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who I have no doubt _would feel it an immense relief frotu'the labours of his position if he could claim the advan tage of the Ten Hours' Bill." Without intro ducing a subject of political discussion, the noble earl considered himself justified in saying that it, would be a source of universal gratification " if it were possible by the united labours of all parties in the course of the present session to see a satisfactory settlement of thj great question which has so long a b sor b e d and almost m olised the time • of Parliament to the hindrance of various pressing and important subjects whi.l urgently de mand public consideration," The half-hour which he had devoted to the works around him did not permit Lord DERBY to do more than say the col lection comprised specimens of more than average merit ; and he awakened the mirth of his auditory by calling attention to the number of works by female:artists on the walls of the Academy ; men tioning this, he added, because "it might furnish an argument in political discussions for the admis sion of ladies to the electoral franchise." The President proposed the House of Commons, connecting with it the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. DISRAELI observed that it was a new thing for the House of Commons to be thus honoured at this " classic festival," but he saw some similarity in the position of the House and of the Royal Academy. " They are both ancient institutions, they have both in their time been very much criticised, and the:, have both been occasionally reformed." Notwithstainlinf , all this, however, both still remain, and may be ranked as among the most flourishing and popular institu tions of the country. In the course of his remarks the right hon. gentleman made an interesting allusion to the late Mr. PHILIP, who left us compa ratively young, when " England and all Europe was only maturing to the recognition of his genius. , He was a real artist, and had dipped his pencil in the splendour of Andalusian skies." The President referred to the changes now impend ing over the Academy, and hinted that the Govern ment might render additional assistance. To this Mr. DISRAELI said that, as a member of Parliament, he should be ready and willing at any time to do anything required for the comfort and convenience of the Royal Academy ; but in another capacity, speaking as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he must must say that he preferred to transact business before dinner. The right hon. gentleman vindicated the House of Commons from having neglected the fine arts. They had never been backward in the purchase of valuable collections and rare works of art for the nation, which was the more satisfactory, as good taste was one of the elements of national greatness. Among the many interesting speeches delivered, that of the Lord Chancellor may be mentioned as most impressive, and one particularly well adapted to the occasion before him. Ile said that they were assembled to commemorate one of the most interest ing of the public anniversaries of the year, for on that day the " secrets of all studios" were at once disclosed as if with a flash of light. Disappointment never follows in the expectation awakened by the mystery pursued for so long a period. As perfection can never be attained, those who frequent those anniversaries can, as the Lord Chan cellor declares, " find genius advancing upon its own steps, and through itself pushing back the zeal as it advances, making its progress towards it." As the President observed in one of his speeches, the Royal Academy is honoured by the company of men distinguished for all that can tend to the greatness of a nation in their different spheres. They had " the revered heads of the Liberal states men whose names would live in the pages of history, the learned heads of the law, and men in every branch 'of science and literature." We trust that this may long continue, and that for many years to come the' anniversary entertainment of the Royal Academy may assemble to commemo rate the progress of art among all the leading mem bers of society, and that differing parties may unite on the common ground of art to dwell upon the pro gress that ha•s been made, and to render due homage to those whose genius is a source of national pride, and must tend to the elevation and refinement of society, while it counteracts the degrading influence of mere material pursuits. The arrival of the Asia from Boston and Halifax brings us news from New York to the 23d ult. The intelligence is not specially important, though there are some points of interest. A resolution to offer the mediation of the United States between the belligerents in Mexico has been laid upon the table in the Senate, and it recommends a simi lar amicable intervention between France and Prussia. America is apparently in a pacific and peace-making mood, so that we may hope she is in clined to hush up some of her threatened domestic quarrels. The position of Mr. Davis continues to excite a good deal of intercat. The Attorney-General his received numerous petitions from both North and South for his pardon and release. The Herald states that the illustrious prisoner recently refused to apply for pardon, on the ground that the applica tion would be a confession of guilt. Whether this be true or no there would be no disgrace in accept ing a pardon tendered by the Government, and we hope before long that the tedious captivity will 13..3 ended. Blacks and whites are still disputing, and it is somewhat amusing to find that several Southern newspapers owned by negroes are busy cautioning the freedmen against Northern political adventurers. Certainly this is sound and sensible advice, and we hope that the freedmen will be wise enough to take it. Possibly their own experience may endorse the judgment. The usual denunciations of the President are going on at Radical meetings ; but altogether the aspect of affairs is quiet and less threatening. The Atlantic cable brings a sig nificant piece of information from Trades Unions, who are in the habit of holding up the States as the paradise of labour. A formidable strike, we are told, has taken place among the working men of Chicago in favour of eight hours' labour. So that we may reasonably believe that, whatever conces sions may be made by employers, the demands will keep pace with them. Perhaps the next demand will be six hours, then two days in the week, and so on until the positions of capital and labour are reversed, when their opinions and demands will naturally, change also. After the prolonged agitation of the winter mat ters seem to be growing more tranquil in America, and we hope that the general tone of the public mind will make itself felt by the Radical leaders, who between intrigue and assumption have so long carried all before them. NEW FRENCH ACADEMICIANS.--M. Jules Favre and M. Gratry were on Thursday elected members of the French Academy. The little village of Prapic (Hautes-Alpes) has been almost wholly destroyed by fire, only two out of 39 thatched houses of which it was composed now remaining. An old man of 72 met with his death in the flames. FIGHT WITH INDIANS—NARROW ESCAPE OF A YOUNG LADY, &C.—SA-N ANTONIO, March 23.—0 n the 6th inst. a company of soldiers,left Fort Clark, under the command of Captain Wilcox. After being on the march four days, and arriving in the vicinity of Fort Lancaster, they discovered a fresh Indian trail, and following it up for nearly two hundred wiles they snrprised a party of Indians, about two hundred strong. A charge was or dered, when Iholudianslled in great disorder. The soldiers pursued them nearly fifteen miles, killing and wounding 40 of the Red Men, when the former were under the necessity of beating a hasty retreat, as the main body of the Indians, 1,500 strong, was before them, composed of Comanches, . Kickapoo. 4, Lipans, and Muscaleros. The soldiers lost but one killed, five wounded, and four missing. A few days ago a young lady named Lizzie Robinson had a narrow escape from being captured by a party of marauding In dians. She was standing on the bank of a creek on her father's plantation (about 40 miles from here), when she saw a band of Indians approaching. Secreting - herself be neath the shelter of the bank, the whole party passed to within a few feet of her, driving before them a quantity of l i horses and cattle belonging to her neighbours. This ex pedition was undertaken and accomplished more than 100 miles Within the line of the United States forts. Their number makes them audacious, 311. the...lndians from the northern frontier having emigrated to the plains of Texas, E SUN, LONDON, Mt I NDAY EV ENIN:3, MAY 6, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries under the presidency of the Emperor. The Empress was present. The Moniteur states that the Deputies of the kingdom of Saxony have adopted 'in totality, and without any change, the Constitution of North Germany by 67 votes against 6 only. It is officially announced by the Prussian Moniteur that M. Foehr, Charge d'Aff .ires of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the Court of Prus sia, remitted his letters of credence to M. Bis marck on the 30th of April. The First Chamber of the States -General of the Netherlands has terminated the examination of the Budget of 1867; and agreed to it after a short dis cussion. Among the modifications introduced into the system of territorial defence in the Netherlands is the suppression of three Major-Generals, thus re ducing from seven to four the Military division, which in future will be distributed as follows - :—• First command, having its chief station at the Hague, 2d do. at Basle Duc, 3d do. at Aruheim, 4th do. at Groningen. There was a grand religious ceremony and Te Deuna at the Russian church in the Faubourg St. Honore, it being the fete of St. George, the anni versary fete of King George of Greece. The Luxembourg question being now in such a hopeful train of settlement there is for the moment a cessation of alarming reports. The Gazette de l'Allemagne du Nord, the official organ of M. Bis marck, decla s ies that Prussia has no interest in in ducing the Powers to sanction the result of the last war, and that, in the opinion of its Government, the Conference of London ought only to occupy itself with the special question of Luxembourg. The Etandard, which pretends to know every thing which passes in the English Cabinet, says that it has, at the desire of Italy and Belgium, and with the concurrence of Russia, manifested a desire that the two former countries shall be represented at the Congress. It adds that the reply of Prussia and Austria to this proposition has not transpired. M. Bentinek, the Dutch Minister, it says, will repre sent Holland at the Conference. We have again had a fine, beautiful day, and the attendance at the Exhibition, I think, was greater, than it has yet been. The reserved garden is be coming magnificent. The cascade has begun to flow over imitation works into the small lake. Somp China fish_ gambol in the aquarium. There are many green-houses in this garden of different temperatures and form. In addition to these, the kosques, pavilions, flowers, and plants give a very picturesque and attractive aspect. The park is now kept open till midnight. The lights from the restaurants are not sufficient, but the light from the lighthouse occasionally illuminates it beautifully, and seen from a distance when the luminous mass turns round the circular rays from it have a magni ficent effect. From time to time red flowers dart forth, and excite wonder and pleasure. The light house is near the Pont de Zeua, and is so situated that the light it throws is occasionally seen from any part of the Exhibition. At ten o'clock, the Chinese gardens is brilliantly illuminated, and the effect is charming. The performances at the Chinese theatre have commenced. The opening of the International Theatre is announced by bills for the 15th, but I think it can hardly be quite finished by the time. In the gallery at the Exhibition, where the wonderful English machinery is to be seen, is a pyramid of gold from Australia—that is to say, it is a gilt pyramid of the dimensions of the substance of gold which would have been formed by the gold found in that colony from 1851 to 1861 . The basis is square, and the pyramid shows four fronts. The gold pyramid, which was at the English Exhibition in 1862, measured on each side of its base two yards and three-quarters. The pyramid now in the Champ de Mars measures about three yards and a half. on each side of its foundation. It is more than 19 yards high. This mass of gold' would represent a weight of nearly 11,000 tons, and would be worth 35,750,000,0001., or about a seventh part of the value of all the gold in the world. The pyramid of gold exhibited in London weighed about 800 tons, which would be equivalent in value to two milliards (600,000,0000 In spite of the strict watch kept at the Exhibition by the police, a flask, a beautiful piece of art, 'rained at nearly 3,000 f., has b ee n st olen from the Austrian Museum. much lV to the p ithina few l days militrry bands h ave a dd e d eautre of the visitors. Those who are tired may be drawn about in a small vehicle for two francs an hour. A circular platform crowns the edifice, and by means of a hydraulic machine persons may ascend to it without trouble, and there a new source of pleasure awaits them. The pano rama which then prese nts itsel f is magnificent, the view including the Trovadero with it s remar k a bl e s t a i r c a se, the Invalides , t he E cole Militaireond the p buildings connected with th e Exhi bition riilcancyhu°arlascsohes and beseenmofruoumaletnltslis ofParis. The various lndd elevation with great a dvantage a se a nd effect. The buildi ngs are i n every course from this heigh t ma y al l be seen at once. novel and m agn i f i cent, and The spectacle style, tac in every form, in every colour, and of le is eqsally seen in this way it is b y no me ans the least attrac tive of the exhibition. I ie chairs which were vacant at the French Aca demy in consequence of the deaths of M. Baraute and M. Cousin, have been filled up by the election of Father Gratry, of the Oratoire, and M. Jules Favrc. _ _ half a f ranc d iab m it an of w g h i o vin sfts at the d oor ........... A devout lady, who att en ds the Church of St. alms. 1 esterd a y, e l w t vi o et c rh b y , asta has otux r b dt o e a e yr n etc i o n e iav t ne h c ol : when she proffered the usual sum to him, h e said, "I. beg your pardon, Madam ; during the Exhibition it is a franc." On the the night of the 17th April several rather severe shocks of earthquake were felt at Gessenay, not far from Lausanne (Switzerland). A further manifestation of the cattle plague in Holland has led to serious disturbances in the com mune of Schoouenoerd. The authorities having ordered that some cattle infected with the disease should be slaughtered, a crowd assembled to prevent the execution of the order. Th e soldiers were sent for, and the riot became so alarming that they were ordered to fire. Two of the rioters were killed and two severely wounded, but the crowd dispersed. The disease has also manifested itself in a cow-house at Katerstraal, near the Vague. The authorities have adopted rigorous measures to prevent it from spreading. An agricultural journal of Brabant says that the cases of the disease which have arisen at Antwerp from the 20th, no instance of the disease has taken place in Belgium since the month of January of last year, and it has never yet been possible to discover exactly the source of the disease. It is, however, supposed to arise in consequence of the extensive tr a d e b etween Belgium an d H o ll an d, and particularly w ith Rotterdam, w hich is, as it were, the vast c en t re of infection o f t h e Nether lands. The Senate has agreed unanimously to the law granting 500,000 f. to M. Lamartine as a national reward. tuuc-3,ooof.—b y w i ll to the Emperor A tradesman of Vi enna h as j us t left his little for- In a codicil t o t he will the testator rays t h at hi s universal le ga t ee, the Emperor, may g i ve t h e money to Whomsoev er h e pleases, Should he not be disposed Napoleon. to accept it himself. - _ .•••••••• .00 TILE IIOUSE OF COMMONS' LIBRARY. —It is said that the Speaker has promoted Mr. Howard, the assistant librarian, to the office of librarian, and has appointed Mr. Hearn, secretary an d lib rarian of the late M arqu i s o f Lans downe, to the °Mee of assistant-librarian. Some delay has occurred in co m pl s ti ug these appoiutaients, in consequence of the nece ss i ty of a revision of the establishment. FLOWERS PROBABL Y TO BE N I PPED IN THE BUD TO-DAY IN HYDE -PARK. It would be difficult to find a more magnificent display of those beautiful flowers-than may now be seen by any Londoner who chooses to take a stroll into Hyde -park. The beds extend nearly the whole way from the Stanhope -gate entrance to the Marble-arch. There aro at p resent seven varieties i n bloom, yiz.:— Tgurnesol4sca!let and yellow), Rex Rubrorum (scarlet),La Candour (white), Yellow Prince (yellow), Pottebaker (white), Waterloo (scarlet). LATEST INTELLIGEISTE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE AND, PRUSSIA. LUXEMBURG, May 6. Fears being entertrined of the disastrous effect which the dismantling of the fortress and the re - moval of gthe garrison would have upon the prosperity of this town, a petition, adderessed to the President of the Conference of the Powers, is now being signed, soliciting that the neutrali sation of the fortress should lie effected by the an nexation of the Grand Duchy to Belgium. ITALY. FLortEscE, Alay 5. The elections at Alexandria, Savona, Sda, Vit torio, Acqui, and RtS3lllO h tve resulted in the re turn of Signori Battazzi, Peso Otto, Ferrara, Berti, Chaves, and Broglio respectively. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, May 6. The ice on the Neva began to break to-day. The opening of navigation is fixed for the 14th instant. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 4—Two o'clock.—The market to day shows a fair amount of activity, but the business transacted is of a very unsettled and irregular cha racter. Italian Five per Cents., which touched 49f. 90c. at the opening, have retrograded to 49f. 20c., or a decline of sc. on yesterday's close ; and French Threes have receded 71e., to 68f. 35c. Among miscellaneous securities Immobilere have fallen 13f. 75c., and Mobilivr 10f., to 372 f. 50c. ; whilst the shares of the Credit Foncier have advanced 17f. 50c. to 1,435 f. In the railway department, the quota tions of the principal French lines show a slight re covery ; those of foreign companies, on the other hand, are weak at sensibly lower rates. Three o'clock.—The closing quotations are as follows : 4} per Cents 97 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 6B 60 Do. end month 6B 871 Credit Mobilior Do. end month _1435 Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1435 Bank Shares 3500 Italian Loan 49 70 Do. end month 49 50 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Throes Home Debt — Deferrod For Account. Orleans Northern ll6O Lyons and Mediterranean 907 50 Southern 553 75 Western 517 50 Eastern — Sardinian . — Austrian Lombard 367 50 North of Spain — Saragossa — Ditto to Bardelona, — Roman.. — Mr. Gladstone and the Liberal Party. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sltings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Mellor, Blackburn, and Lush.) EX PARTE COSTERTON. This was a rule calling on the defendants, two attor neys of this court, to show cause to a complaint brought by the plaintiff, a captain in the Royal Navy. It appeared from the statement of counsel that theplain tiff employed the defendants, who were in partnership in in 1861 in some family,lawsuit, and the result of the pro ceedings showed that ho was entitled to £5OO. lie con sented to allow the money to stand over provided they could get a mortgage for the account. In 1866 ho applied to them for the money, and in the September of that year received a letter, putting off the payment. The following December he received another letter to the effect that their partnership was dissolved, that they wore insolvent, and that his mortgage was not secured. Tho affidavit of the plaintiff stated that one of the partners had induced him by fraudulent representations to allow them to retain the money. The Court granted the rule against both attorneys. COUltr OF EXCIIEQ,UIiII. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Pig,got.) SLADE V. SLADZ. This case was resumed this morning, Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., resuming his arguments on bshalf of the defendant. [LEFT SPEAKING.' CR►MINAL COUR r.—(ruis DAY.) The May session of the Criminal Court commenced this morning. The calendar does not contain any charge of murder, but it is a noticeable fact that there is an unusual number of cases of feloniously wounding, no loss than 11 prisoners out of the 74 being charged with that offence. Many of them are of a serious character, as they are charges of wounding the police by parties to resist their lawful apprehension, and all these cases will be prosecuted by the Treasury. There are also no fewer than 15 prisoners charged with robbery accompanied by violence, an offence that usually is not much heard of at this period of the year. There are also . two cases of steal ing post letters to be disposed t,f at this session, and it would seem that this class of crime—which it was hoped through the recent regulations of the Post-office affecting money and articles of value by post had received a material check —is again becoming prevalent. The judges who preside at this session are Lord Chief Justice Bovill, Mr. Justice Blackburn, and Mr. Baron Pigott, and the aldermen who aro to act as second commissioners are Messrs. Wilson, Sidney, Carden, Hale, 'Dakin, and Stone. POLICE INTELLIGESCE.--This Day. MARL B ORO UG TREE T. CARRIAGE ROBBERT.—Robort Anderson, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a cloak from a carriage. Mr. Peter Burrowes Hutchins, a gentleman, residing at No. 28, Bernard-street, Russell-square, said that on Satur day afternoon, while sitting in the shop of Mr. Newman, Soho-square, havin: ridden there in an open carriage with his sister and brother-in-law, the coach Tian being on the box, he saw the prisoner lookingabout as if to see whether any one was watching. Suspecting that he intended to steal something from the carriage, he kept his eye on him, and saw him go up to the carriage and take hold of a cloak, and just as ho had drawn it about half out he seized him and charged him with stealing it. He denied doing so, said he was going home from his work - , and that he (Mr. Hutchins) had no right to stop him. The cloak was the property of his sister, Mrs. Shore Smith. Police-constable, 198 0, said that when the prisoner was given into custody he begged hard to be forgiven for the sake of his wife and large family. He had made in quiries, and found that the prisoner had neither wife nor family. The prisoner had no answer to the charge, but asked the magistrate to settle it. At the request of Inspector Harrison, the prisoner was remanded. THAMES. Mr. Paget was on the bench soon after 9 o'clock this morning, for the purpose of swearing in special constables. None presented themselves up to 12 o'clock, and it was un derstood that the county magistrates were busily occupied in the swearing in of specials at the Vestry Halls in the district. The police of the K division, 600 in number, and the 11 division, 208 in number, aro under orders to muster at half-past two o'clock, at their respective station houses, and will leave in omnibuses, vans, and carriages for Hyde-park. The district is remarkably quiet this morning, and it is believed will remain so all day. The business of the court is heavy, and it is fortunate that it is not likely to be interrupted by the swearing in of special constables. CHARGE or STABBING.—James Smith, a labourer, was charged with stabbing James Ricketts. The complainant, whose heal was bandaged, said that ho was seated on a chair and his head on a table fast asleep in his kitchen on Saturday night when his wife's sister aroused him, and said they are hitting your wife outside. He went out to protect her, and the prisoner hit him on the chest and knocked him down, and while ho was down stabbed him on the forehead with a knife. The people then pulled the prisoner off him, and he said "I have done for one, and In go and do for the other.' While a surgeon was in attendance on him and dressing his head the prisoner took up a flag -stone and threw it at the door. John Ricketts, no relation to the last witness, confirmed his statement. There was a general row in Bloomfield street, Bromley, where the parties are dwelling, on Satur day night. The witness saw the prisoner knock down his namesake, James Ricketts, and then ho knocked down the prisoner. Several persons were injured. All violent. the witnesses ag ee d t h e prisoner was exceedingly Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner. LIVERPOOL COTTON JIAIIKET—TIis Day. _ - Market opens with a good demand, at about Saturday's rates. Sales probably 12,000 bales. The Earl and Countess of Derby will have dinner and evening parties in St. James's-square on Saturdays, the 18th of May and Ist of June. The Countess of Derby will have a party in Downing-street on Saturday, the 25th of M a y, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The Earl and Countess of Gainsborough and the Ladies Blanche, Constance, and Edith Noel have arrived in Caveudish-square for the season. Miss Bateman, the celebrated actress (who re cently married Dr. Crow), is about to return to Europe, with the view of settling in England. Miss Clara Vandeleur having returned from the Continent, will make her first appearance this season at Mr. Howard Glover's concert, at St. James's Hall, on Mon day, May 13th. Mn. BRAND STILL THE LIBERAL WHIP !—COn trary to expectation, Mr. Brand has been induced to con tinue, as long as health enabled him, in the office of Whip to the Liberal party.—Little Times. DUKE CHARLES OF BAVARIA is about to enter a monastery in grief for the untimely death of his young wife. If any of the thousands of English people who will be crowding to Paris this year can spare a day or two for seeing anything more than the established sights of the city, it may be suggested to them that they should visit the two vast establishments for the insane and the imbecile which are really famous all over Europe, but are seldom seen by the ordinary Englishman. Country gen tlemen especially, with whom, as county magistrates, rests so much of the management of our county lunatic asylums, would do well to study the working of these celebrated institutions, partly to see where they are inferior, and partly whore they are superior to our corresponding establishments. What especially strikes an Englishman, both in the Bicetre and the Salpetrire, is the vastness of their size. The former is a species of combination of our union work house with the asylum, and contains, including officials and servants, nearly 3,000 persons, of whom about 800 are ofllicted with insanity and idiocy in the terrible varieties. The management is on the whole admirable, and shows the gift of the French nation for organisation in every de tail of life. In the matter of the awakening of a cer t a i n amount of intellectual life in the imbecile, the success of the French system is said to be inferior to that pursued at the Earlswood Asylum, to the wonderful success of which the French physicians are iu the habit of doing ample jus tice. The Salpetriere is exclusively for women and girls, as Bieetre is for the other sex. Its size is enormous, the buildings and grounds extending over more than sixty-live acres, and tho whole number of initiates, including officials and servants, is about 5,00. of these nearly 200 are idiotic or insan,. '['ho prin_ eipal cause of mania among the inmates iv stated lie the exhausting effects of over much needlework, espo eially when carried on at night. The brain gives way under the severe demands made upon it, and all the more readily from the want of sufficient food and fresh air. It is the same in Paris as in London, or rather it is worse, inasmuch as the passion for dress among French ladies is more unsparing and exacting than among English women. 01 the semi-idiots a large proportion come from the class of the " unfortunates ;" and it is said that since absinthe has come to be drunk in such quantities by the lower classes in Paris the increase iu madness both among men and women has been fearfully on the advance. There are fete days and amusements iu these asylums, as in England, but scarcely to the same extent. French ladies, a recent visitor was told, never go over the establishment, dreading the sight too much. But German, Swedish, and American ladies aro by no means unknown as deeply interested visi tors, and there is no difficulty in obtaining permission to visit both the institutions.---i'vli Onette, HER MAJESTY, dcc• OSBORNE, May 5. The Queen and Princess Louise rode on ponies yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill ; and Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Heredi tary Prince Adolphus come to town from Cambridge Cot tage at the end of this or early in the ensuing week. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge returns to her residence at St. James's Palace on MondaY next from Cambridge Cottage, Kew. _ . Ilis Serene highness the Prince of 'reek and her Royal Highness the Princess of Teck have arrived at their residence, Princes-gate, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew. The Marquis and Marchioness Townshend have arrived at their residence in Dover-street, Piccadilly, from Ball's Park, Herts. TO TIIE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sin,--The communications which have reached me since the 12th of April with reference to the division on that day, from individuals, from the provincial press, and especially from the chairmen or other acting representatives of meetings in the large towns and elsewhere throughout the country, have been, and continue to be, so numerous as to place it beyond my power to acknowledge them separately and in the manner I could wish. I therefore beg the favour of being allowed to do it by this public reply, which I trust that those who have addressed me will be so good as to.accept. As respects myself I have reason to be deeply grateful for the terms in which these communica tions have been couched; and to feel that, if I can not merit the confidence they express, still they impose upon me even an enhanced obligation to labour, together with others, for the prompt settle ment of the question of reform " upon principles liberal, intelligible, durable, and equal in their application to the various classes of persons whom they may affect."-1 have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant, W. E. GLADSTONE. 11, Carlton-house-terrace, May 4. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Right Hon. Wm. Baron Feversham, late of Duncombe-park, near Helmsley, Yorkshire, and of 3, Hyde-park -gate, was proved in the prin cipal registry on the 20th ult., by the acting execu tors, the Right Hon. Louisa Baroness Feversham, the relict, and the Hon. and Very Rev. Augustus Duncombe, Dean of York, the testator's brother, power being reserved to the Right lion. Randolph Stewart, Earl of Galloway, his lordship's brother-in law. The personal property was sworn under£l4o,ooo. The testator died Feb. 11, at his town residence, at the age of 68. The will bears date June 9, 1866, and is strictly of a family nature. His lordship be queaths to his relict, Baroness Feversham, in addi tion to her settlement, an immediate legacy of £3,000 and the furniture, plate, carriages, &C. To his second son, Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, Ist Life Guards, he leaves a sum which, with that under settlement, will make together £65,000, and also leaves to him all his stock and shares in the 'rhirsk and Malton Railway. To each of his daughters, beyond their marriage portions, £5,000; and legacies to other persons and liberal bequests to his servants—all legacies to bu paid free of duty. The residue of his property, real and personal, his lordship has bequeathed to his eldest son, the pre sent Baron Feversham. absolutely. The will of Mr. Charles Hardy, of Chilham Castle, Kent, and of Osdal House, Bradford, Y orkshire, was proved in the London Court on the 13th ult., and the per sonalty was sworn under £500,000. The execu tors are the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, P.C., the testator's brother, of Hernstcad-park, Kent; the Rey. Alexander Orr, of Salehurst Vicarage, Sussex, the brother-in-law; and Mr. Charles Stewart Hardy, the sou. The testator died March 16, 1867, at the age of 51. His will Is dated Nov. 27, 1865, and is of the extraordinary length of 179 folios. The dis positions are confined chiefly to the members of his family. Ile bequeaths to his wife, in addition to her marriage settlement, an immediate legacy of £l,OOO, an annuity of £2,000, and the interest of £30,000, together with the furniture, plate, car riages, and other movables not otherwise dis posed or belonging to the castle. His mansion and residence of Chillam Castle, and the land and estates in the counties of Kent and Sussex and all other freeholds, he leaves to his eldest son and his issue. To his younger son he leaves a legacy of £20,000 ; and to each of his daughters a legacy of £17,000, and au annuity of £4OO whilst unmar ried. Ile leaves his right and interest in the Low Moor Ironworks and his shares in the New River Company to his two sons, app )inting them re siduary legatees of his estate generally. The will of Francis Cox, of Lawford-place, Essex, widow of Mr. R. W. Cox, was proved in London under £BO,OOO personalty. She has left the following charitable bequests :—To the British and Foreign Bible Society and Church Mis sionary Society for India, each £l,OOO ; to the London City Missions, Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Scripture Readers' Society, Missions to the Uniten Brethren of Mora- Viang, Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Je..vs in the Mission at Jerusalem, Sociev for Promoting Scriptural ie6truetioa to Irish Roman Cat holies In their native tongue, Pastoral Aid Society, Itaggtd School, London ; London Fever Hospital, General Benevolent Institution, Society of Vandos Church, Italy, towards evangelisation ; and the Essex Hall Industrial Asylum, each £5OO. To the Hundred of Tend. ing Provident Fund, £3OO ; Sick Ladies' Home, Harley-street, 3:200 ; the Cripples' Home, Marylebone, £3,000 ; and to the poor of Lawford, £2,000. There are several legacies and annuities to her labourers and servants. To her bailiff, £4OO ; her nurse, £3OO. Liberal legacies to her executors. All legacies to be paid free of duty. The residue of her property she leaves to her late husband's nephew, the Rev. R. C. Hales, rector of Carfoe, Oxfordshire; for his life, and after his decease to his son, r# l7 • d i ffllll tirahr Discharged Prisoners and Children. A meeting was held on Friday at Willis's Rooms for the purpose of promoting a more efficient co-operation among the existing Catholic institu tions for the care of discharged prisoners and of children released from reformatory and industrial schools. Archbishop Manning presided, and was supported by the Raman Catholic Bishops of Shrews bury and Clifton, Lord Petre, the Right Hon. W- Monsen, M.P., the lion. C. Langdale, Colonel Townley, Canon O'Neal, Mr. Weld, of Lulworth ; Mr. Gainsford, Mr. G. Houghton, Admiral Spen cer, Canon Kershaw, the O'Conor Don, the Rev. B. Doran, and others. There were also present the Marchioness of Lothian, the Marchioness of Lon donderry, Lady Edward Howard, Miss Bowles, Miss Stanley, Miss Langdale, &c. The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret that the person to whom they owed the calling of the meet ing was not present—he alluded to Lord Henry Howard, whose absence was on account of ill health, though he was happy to know that his lord ship's illness was but of a transient nature. To his earnestness and zeal to promote the objects of the institution they were indebted for their assembling together that day. The specific object for which the meeting had been convened was to promote a. correspondence and co-operation among the existing Catholic institutions for the care of dis charged prisoners and of children released from re formatory and industrial schools. It was ob vious that the maintenance of these institutions must rest upon the means and efforts afforded by the localities in which they existed. Those gentle men and clergymen who represented the different localities would speak of their respective institutions. It devolved upon him to give an account of the in stitutions existing iu London. There were five in stitutions in and about London for discharged pri soners and for boys and girls from industrial and reformatory schools. He considered these five insti tutions to be as many as could possibly be under taken with their present strength. The meeting had not been convened for the purpose of raising funds, but with a view to promote a correspondence be tween and a co-operation among the institutions. That co-operation was sometimes called patronage, and sometimes agency, but, call it what they may, its real signification was, that in the large towns there should be some persons who would undertake the care of prisoners when discharged, and of chil dren when coming from the reformatory schools to pass them on and watch over them in their transi tion state. Such a system of agency or patronage was absolutely essential to the permanent existence of the institution. The time that the children remained in the schools under the control of the association was about five years, but the period that discharged pri soners remained was only a certain number of months. The difficulty of doing any permanent good with such persons in so short a period of time was exceedingly great, and the danger of such per sons relapsing into their former vicious courses was proportionately imminent. What, therefore, was required was a certain amount of supervision and watchful care on the part of same charitably dis posed persons over those discharged prisoners and children when they had passed from their hands. There were two ways in which this might be done —cone was to select and pay a certain number of persons in all the chief towns of England to do this work ; but he confessed that such a suggestion did not appear to him to be practicable, because the amount which would be required to give an axle ' quate remuneration, so as to retain the whole ser vices of those persons, was beyond their strength, and to give them only a retaining fee would not be sufficient. The other alternative, and which ap peared to him to be the more practicable one, was that they should look out for persons of zeal, and who had the interests of the prisoners and children at heart, to do this work voluntarily. Were this course pursued, he felt confident that plenty of persons would be found willing to take upon them selves this specific duty. The Rev. JAMES NUGENT then read the report, which stated that the number of cases assisted by the society during the last 12 months was 413, in cluding 86 persons assisted on their second applica tion. Out of the 413 cases only nine had been re committed, and 36 were going on badly or doubt fully, making a total of 45 unsatisfactory cases, against 32 unsatisfactory cases, as shown in last year's report, thereby showing an improvement in the conduct of the recipients of at least 2 per cent. Of the 187 cases for which employment had been obtained the most satisfactory reports were given by their respective employers. Many had obtained good positions, had made deposits in the savings bank out of their earnings, and had shown every disposition of reformation of charac ter. Out of 76 cases assisted to emigrate the society had most reliable information as to at least two-thirds of them doing well. The re mainder had so recently gone that there had not been time for the society to hear from them• The most satisfactory results had attended the com mittee's efforts in shipping men and boys on long voyages, and out of the 61 cases for whom the society obtained ships 43 had received good dis charges and been re-shipped ; the remainder had not yet returned from their respective voyages- The past experience of the committee showed them the great advantage of emigration for this class of persons. They had recently had a most advantageous offer made to them from an author ized agent from South America, for the employ ment of a large number of boys, from 16 years of age upwards, in agricultural and manufacturing pursuits; and in the event of their effect ing satisfactory arrangements this would open a large field for the remunerative employ ment of boys from reformatories. The committee regretted that during the current year the subscrip tions and donations had considerably decreased, and that a debt of upwards of £2OO was pressing heavily upon them. The society was not merely local, but extended its assistance to boys from reformatories , and discharged prisoners belonging to any part of the United Kingdom and Ireland, upon the recom mendation of any gaol chaplain, whatsoever his religious denomination. The committee, therefore, appealed with earnestness and confidence to a gene rous public for their subscriptions and donations to enable them to effectually carry out the objects of the society. On the motion of the Bishop of SHREWSBURY , seconded by Canon KERSHAW, the report was adopted. The following resolutions were also agreed to That it is of great importance to the welfare of prisoners and of children discharged from prison s ' reformatories, and industrial schools, that all Catho" lie institutions of this character be in corresponden ce and co-operation." " That a general committee be formed, and that it hold its meeting annually in succession is Lon don, Liverpool, Manchester, Birkenhead, Lee,c,ls, Birmingham, New cantle-on-Tyne, and Sheffield. The meeting having been addressed by Colonel TOWNLEY, the Rev. J. N UGENT, and others, tne proceedings terminated with the accustomed vote of thankfito the chairpia,n.