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To-iloßttow.-11orning, 3h. 5001.—Afternoon, 4h. 10m. dt: i t a . g THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV ENING, MARCH 22, 1867. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1867• The meeting of the Liberal party, which took place yesterday at Mr. GLADSTONE'S, was, on the whole, more favourable in its result than might have been anticipated, as it was decided not to oppose the second reading of the Ministerial Reform Bill. The manner in which this desirable conclu sion was arrived at was not, however, so satisfac tory, because it appears that Mr. GLADSTONE was very much against the resolution finally agreed to. Both generally and in detail the right hon. gentle man criticised the measure, and all ended in his condemning the Ministerial scheme in toto. While we are very glad to find that Mr. GLADSTONE listened to wiser counsels, we think that his future career is likely to be far from satisfactory, taking the events of yesterday as indicative of his movements. The worst part of the affair is that mischief seems to lurk in the background, notwithstanding the concession made as to the second reading. It is intended to subject the Government to a strict scrutiny, so that the Opposition may find out which are to be the vital points of the measure before it goes into Committee. It is a great pity for a ques tion so important as Reform to be thus made the stalking-horse of party, and it is a great disgrace to the Liberals that they cannot and will not allow any scheme to be propounded to the House without interfering se much and confusing those who seek to settle the matter. We suspect that the truth is that this Bill is too liberal for those who pick such holes in it, and the way in which Mr. GLADSTONE has gone on respecting Household Suf frage is very suspicious to say the least of it. He did not give Mr. ROEBUCK the direct reply he asked for, as to whether he was or was not iu favour of Household Suffrage, pure and simple, but went off into a round-about speech which took in all the chief points of the measure, which did not allow his hearers to determine as to whether or not he would accept that principle as the basis of representation. We look upon Mr. ROEBUCK as a thorough Re former, perfectly sincere and genuine in his acts and words respecting it ; he is as ready to take a good measure from the hands of the Conservatives as from those of the Liberals ; but how few follow his ex ample and emulate his public spirit and patriotism. The hon. gentleman urged upon the meeting to allow the Bill to go into committee, declaring that it might be improved. Perhaps this was what frightened the others, for Mr. GLADSTONE seemed to say that it might be dangerous to let it get there, because the Govern ment might carry propositions of an undesirable kind. Mr. BRIGHT has now got tired of the role he enacted with so much credit to himself in the House for the last week or so, and appeared quite determined that the Government bill could not, should not, and must not pass. If his advice were worth anything, he said, the bill had better not go into committee, but in deference to the opinion of the majority of the party he would agree to its do ing so. In fact, he thought they would embark upon a voyage full of peril if they allowed it do so. Mr. ROEBUCK addressed the meeting a second time, and said that he spoke as an old member of thirty five years' standing; and he told them, with respect to public opinion, that if they did not consent to the second reading of this bill they would be acting against the feeling of the country, and would do a great deal of mischief. He considered that they would fall short of their duty as a party by not allowing the measure to go into committee. The fact is that the zeal of Mr. GLADSTONE has outstripped that of his followers, and he has been obliged to modify his course a little. We think it is to the credit of the Liberal party in general that they should have acted thus and re fused to follow their leader in the pernicious path he sought to tread. So far so good, but let them be careful and wary, and not mar the effect of the wise resolution come to yesterday by taking a false step next week. There will, in all probability, be another meeting after the Chancellor of the Ex chequer has explained the policy of the Government again, and then it will behove all those present to determine if the Bill shall or shall not go into com mittee. There cannot be a more unreasonable plan adopted than to be continually asking a Govern ment upon the introduction of an important measure to the House what are and are not the vital points of the bill. Such a thing shows the existence of party spirit to begin with, and augurs ill for the carrying out of a comprehensive scheme. So far as we can see, if the Opposition force the Govern ment to a dissolution of Parliament, the latter will have the best of it before the country, and in the opinion of all impartial judges. They have come forward as the upholders of household suffrage, and to this doctrine Mr. GLADSTONE will not subscribe. It is earnestly to be hoped that no more exceptions will be taken to the bill going into committee ; and we would again warn those eager to prevent its reaching that land of promise that they will be injuring their own reputation by pursuing so mischievous a course. The spirit of faction seems unfortunately rife in the Liberal camp, but it is not yet too late for wiser counsels to prevail, and we should rejoice if the decision of yesterday proves an augury for the future. The resumption of the debate on the navy esti mates last evening produced some animated discus sion ; and the question of naval promotions was brought up with some energy. Mr. HANB URY TRACY questioned the First Lord of the Admiralty about the promotion of a young officer, Lieutenant YORKE, the son of the Earl of HARDWICKE, and expressed considerable indignation that he should have been thus favoured in place of 370 of his seniors. Mr. TRACY further referred to the manner in which the Duke of SOMERSET had exercised the right of patronage, and declared that Sir J. FAKING TON by this one appoietment had succeeded in up sAting the whole policy pursued by his predecessor, whose fairness and impartiality had almost entirely removed the feeling of discontent sorife in the navy. Sir JOHN PAKTNGTON, in his reply, did not attempt to disparage the services of the Duke of SOMERSET, but asked why it was so much worse for him to have promoted Lieutenant YORKE than for his prede cessor to have promoted Lieutenants GRAHAM, WOOD, and FITZCLARENCE, the sons of Lord GRAHAM, Lord HALIFAX, and the Earl of MUNSTER, r.ll of whom had served a shorter time than Lieu tenant YORKE ? There was a good deal more attack and defence, complaint, and recrimination, and the matter dropped for the time after it had given rise to some discussion as to the principles on which our naval promotions should be conducted. No doubt it is of the first importance that such promotions should be made with perfect fairness. There is always too much influence, direct and indirect, exer cised in such matters, and one of the most vital improvements of modern days is the change in the system of patronage which of old was most baneful in its effects. Its ramifications extended through all branches of the service, and the claim of interest and influence reached from the highest ranks of the service to the lowest. It was sufficient to disgust and dishearten the boldest and to daunt the energies of the most adventurous spirits to know that whatever service they might render their country, whatever sacrifice they might make, they would receive not only no reward, but no acknowledg ment. Credit and profit alike would be reaped by some of the favourel few who were. able to move the secret springs of patronage. Such things, if not openly allowed, were tacitly permitted, until a change came over the whole spirit of our Adminis tration. Irany case in which undue influence has b:en exercised, or in which the dispensers of public favour have been thought to look more to the inte rests of party than to the good of the service is brought forward, it is certain to be submitted to severe and searching scrutiny, and it is well that such is the temper of the time, since men in power have difficulties to contend against both within and without, and have much need of the balance-pole of public opinion to keep them steady. As far as Lieutenant YORKE is concerned the case seems hardly to have demanded so much virtuous indignation as was expended upon it. As Mr. COCHRANE justly observed, it is surely no objection to a young and deserving officer that he is the son of one who has distinguished himself in the service. In the case of Sir J. GRAHAM, Sir C. WOOD, and others, it may well be thought that the father's public services should be reckoned for the son, rather than against him, and other questions of character, ability, and professional skill being equal, should weigh in his favour when an opportunity for promotion occurs. Unless there was a particu lar individual whose claims were neglected for the benefit of Lieutenant YORKE, there is no great ground for complaint, because it by no means fol lowa that all the 370 lieutenants referred to were abler officers, and they could not certainly have all benefited by the chance. The system of promotion by seniority occasioned some discussion, and Sir J. PAKINGTON defended his promotion of Lieut. YORKE, by declaring his belief that it was for the interest of the service that young officers should be some times put forward. Admiral ERSKINE, on the Libe ral side of the House, supported this view, and said that if promotion by seniority was rigidly adhered to it would produce a stagnation in the service, it would not give the best men, and it would re move all responsibility from those who made the appointments. Admiral ERSKINE quoted the opinion of the late Duke of WELLINGTON, who, writing from Portugal in 1810, complained that he had not even the power of making a corporal, and declared that the system then pursued could not last, that it was absolutely necessary for the discip line of the army, and to stimulate men under danger, that he should be entrusted with the power of promotion. There is no question that in both branches of our service there is a lack of prompt and impartial recognition of merit. The honours bestowed are so tardily given that the world has half-forgotten the action rewarded ; the prize money won by desperate effort often comes only to a man's heirs. When NAPOLEON gave the Legion of Honour, on the field of battle, to a soldier sur rounded by the comrades who had 'witnessed his bravery, and when every officer knew that the highest ranks of his profession were within his reach, there was a stimulus to exertionwhich produced the most brilliant effects. The saying current in the French army that every soldier carried his marshal's baton in his knapsack was certainly more animating to youthful enter prise, and exceptional daring than the knowledge that when 300 or 400 seniors had each had their turn an officer might have a chance of promotion. In time of peace long service ought no doubt to weigh heavily in favour of promotion, but we want a little more vitality infused into our service, and have hitherto been too much dominated over by the system of routine. There are too many blanks in proportion to the prizes, and it is a problem which our adminis trators would do well to consider how to enlarge the scope for honourable ambition. Sir J. FAKING TON last night declared that in every case of promo tion numbers of meritorious officers were passed over, for the state of the navy was such—the stag nation in promotions was such—that it was impos sible for all the lieutenants to look forward to pro motion. however carefully the seniority system was carried out, many would never get promoted. Sir JOAN HAY, no mean authority in such matters, said that according to the present system an officer was not made lieutenant until he was 21, and on the seniority principle he was 35 years of age before he became a commander ; while he was nearly 50 before he became a captain, and 70 before he got to be an admiral. Here, then, is a great and substantial grievance, and if we want to get able and efficient officers we must give them a better chance. The object will not be attained by a:sudden exercise of rigid severity in this or that particular case, but by a general and important examination into the whole system, with the view of devising some measure which shall open up the higher ranks of the profession to merit in the lower, independently of the adventitious assistance of per sonal interest, or the tedious advance of old age. A telegram from New York, datei yesterday at noon, tells us that the Hone of Representatives has passed a resolution instructing the committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire why the Alabama claims hive not been paid, and what ought to be done to secure their payment. So that the new Congress does not intend to exercise much more circumspection in its foreign than in its domestic policy, and is apparently quite regardless of the consequences of its rash and reckless conduct. Possibly the desire of the Radicals to oppose and thwart the PRESIDENT has something to do with this proceeding, but it is entirely inconsistent with the proposals for arbitration which have been recently talked of. The members of Congress can hardly seriously believe that any English Government will hand over the sum demanded, on what grounds it is difficult to understand. We might certainly demand, with far more show of reason and justice, compensation from the Americans for the expense occasioned by the excesses of those Hibernian worthies for whom the House of Representatives are now publicly ex pressing their sympathy. The periodical resuscita tion of these claims can only be looked upon as a form of menace towards this country. Happily, however, we need not accept the language or the actions of the Congress as representing the people of America, and we should odera like t ion a tot home itseeb efore h 'displayoreit takes a little e a more justice and moderation upon itself to dictate to Foreign Governments. Startling Intelligence from the River Plate and Paraguay. The mails from Brazil, via Bourdeaux, delivered this morning, bring most startling news, of which the following is a summary : President Mitre had returned from the seat of war ; and a change of Ministry at Rio, it was thought, would cause the breaking up of the "Triple Alliance." The revolutionists against the central Government were every day gaining strength being liberally supplied by Chili with all the requi sites of war. At Buenos Ayres a revolution had been attempted at Belgrano, within two miles of the city, the par ticulars were not known as the police had kept everything quiet, and many arrests were taking place. The Brazilian fleet attacked Curupaity, but were repulsed, and three iron clads put hors de combat, their plates having been started. By private news it is stated that Marquis Caxias had bought over the commander of that place, and had delivered $1,000,000 to him, but that when the fleet ap proached to take possession, as agreed on the 2d of February, the reception was of so warm a nature that they were forced to retire. A body of 5,000 Paraguayans had again moved into the province of Corrientes, to aid, it was thought, the revolutionists, and cut off the retreat of the Brazilian land forces from Curuz.u. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PRUSSIA AND SOUTH GERMANY. BERLIN, March 22. In addition to the agreement on the military question, a complete understanding is stated to exist between Prussia and the South German States, Wurtemburg excepted, in reference to the future position of those States towards the Northern Confederation. This understanding will be carried out immediately after the adoption of the Federal Constitution. The Borsen Zeitung of to-day publishes an article advocating an intervention against IVurtem burg. It is expected that a Plebiscitum will take place in Luxemburg on the question of the entry of that province into the Northern Confederation. Prussia is not opposed to this course. SERVIA. VIENNA, March 22. The Turkish Ambassador in this city has officially announced to the Austrian Government that Prince Michael of Servia will set out on Monday next for Constantinople, and that all differences between Servia and the Ports have•been settled. THE AMERICAN MAILS. (By Telegraph.) QUEENSTOWN, Friday Morning. The Inman steamer City of Antwerp arrived here at 4.20 this morning, and, having landed passengers and mails, proceeded for Liverpool ; all well. Calm, hazy. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The late accident to the young Imperial Prince caused some uneasiness a few days ago, as fever intervened ; but he is now much better, and the in formation given respecting him to-day inspires the hope of speedy convalesence. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The Prussan Moniteur publishes the treaties of alliance concluded on the 22d of August last be tween Prussia and Bavaria, and on the 17th of that month between Prussia and Baden. These treaties, which constitute an alliance offensive and defen sive, are identical. The parties to the treaty mutually guaranteed to each ether the integrity of their territories, and engage, in case of war, to place reciprocally all their military forces at the disposal of each other. Bavaria and Baden undertake in case of war to place the command-in-chief of their forces at the disposal of the King of Prussia. It was intended at first to keep the treaties secret. The Bavarian Gazette, on publishing the text of this treaty, follows it with an officious article, in which it is said that the faith ful execution of the treaty will take place if the Bavarian Government should act with resolution, and by all constitutional means, in order that a military law, based upon the understanding made with Prussia, shall be put in force with the utmost promptitude possible. An imperial decree, published in the Vienna Gazette, convokes the meeting of the Diets of Bohe mia, Moravia, and Carnicola, for the 6th of April next. The Moniteur states that .an insurrection took place on the 13th of February at Port-au-Prince against the authority of President Geffrard. On the night of the 22d the National Palace was at taked by a band of insurgents. Repulsed by the guard at the post they rushed towards the prison, broke open the doors, and took possession of one of the gates of the town. The troops composing the garrison of Port-au-Prince assembled and went in pursuit of the rebels, and suppressed the insurrec tion in the course of the next morning. The town had been placed in a state of siege, bat tranquillity had been completely restored at the departure of the mail. The Parliament of the Germanic Confederation of the North has agreed by a large majority to articles 1,2, and 3 of the Constitution relative to the Federal territory and citizenship in Northern Germany. The Siecle observes—" M. de Bismarck, in the discussions which preceded the vote, exhi bited his utter indifference for the principle of nationality. In reference to article 1 the Deputies for Northern Schleswig claimed for their country men the right which had been promised to them of giving au opinion by universal suffrage upon the question of incorporation to Denmark or to Prussia. M. Bismarck made use against them of the very treaty which had raised their hopes. As it was with Austria that peace was signed, he said it was for Austria to call for the vote of the population. According to this fine argument, if the Cabinet of Vienna should chose to remain passive, the inhabi tants of Schleswig will not be consulted. The Polish Deputies protested against the incorporation with the Confederation of the North of certain por - tions of ancient Poland. M. de Bismark said to them harshly ' You must not think of the re-estab lishment of Poland. A great portion of the ancient population itself does not any longer imagine such a thing.' The chief of the Cabinet of William the First deceives himself, and it is with confidence we repeat that Poland is not dead. The question of Luxembourg, which has been the object of so much anticipatory controversy, was completely settled by M. Bismarck. " Never," said he, " has Prussia menaced Holland ; never has any arrangement been made respecting Luxembourg." In the meantime, Prussian soldiers occupy the barracks of Clausen and Pfaffenthal. Although many times violated the treaties of Vienna which declared Luxembourg to be a Federal fortress are observed respecting it, and Prussia retains it in the name of a Confedera tion which no longer exists." The report as to supposed armaments by Austria in the south-east is contradicted, but, according to the Memorial Diplomatique, she will join with Eng land and France in urging Turkey to make proper concessions to the Cretans. England, France, and Russia, it says, are agreed upon the subj ec t. The society established to encourage improve ment in breeding and training horses f or serv i ce i n France (La Societe Hippique Francaise) are orga nising their arrangements for the annual show which will take place at the esplanade of the Invalides from the 12th to the 16th May next. As the EoflYtsehee splaced P at a t i ahise ddeislp'lonsadlusotfriethien commission s Interna tional Exhibition it will be necessary to construct a temporary building for the purpose, the cost of which will amount to 80,000 f. Th e committee, however, did not hesitate to incur this expense, con sidering the usefulness and attractive nature of this competitive exhibition, and that there will be at Paris an immense number of persons from all parts of the world. Prizes to the amount of 80,000 f. will be awarded to the successful breeders of horses. The Academy of Sciences has awarded the prize for the competition of 1866, and p ro p ose d new subjects for prizes for this year. The astronomical prize founded by Lalande was given to a Scotch man, Mr. M'Clean, for having verified the cal culations which La Caille made in 1752, at the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the measurement of an ark of meridian. The mechanical prize of I,ooof. was granted to M. Tresca for a memoir relative to the flow of liquids from solid bodies sub jected to high pressure. Important questio n s relative to optics were elucidated with great talent by Mons. Baille and Mascart. A prize of 2,500 f. was awarded to M. Berand for a large atlas of topographical anatomy, and a prize of 2,500 f. to M. Benjamin Anger for his iconographical treaty respecting chi ru rgical diseases. M. Caho u rs obtained the Jecker prize for his chemical labours. The Academy for the first time awarded the prize founded by Mdlle. Letellier, with a view to reward young zoological travellers, who, not receiving any subvention from the Government, may occupy themselves especially with the invertebrated accounts of Egypt and Syria. It was given to M. Leon Vaillant, who studied in the Bay of Suez. The entomological prize was given to M. Henri Fabre. The police have arrested the sailor named Deoulas, who was one of the crew of the Foaderis Arca, on board of which such a terrible tragedy was enacted. The assassin escaped for the time by jumping into the sea from the vessel which was conveying him to Brest. He was captured at Treves, and the Prus sian authorities delivered him up to the French police at the demand of the Government. He will shortly be tried at Paris for the murder. To-day the weather has been dull, and there is again a very cold wind. There was a slight fall of snow in the course of to-day. In the Tuileries garden there is a magnificent chestnut tree, called the Twentieth of March tree, because for years past it has always been in full bloom at that day. This year it has not failed in its tradition. Yesterday it afforded an interesting sight to many anxious to verify the maintenance of its reputation. There stood the tree in full bloom, while all the trees around look dark and leafless. Various meteorological perturbations have been noticed during the last few days. At Blois, at two o'clock on Tuesday morning, there was a storm of unprecedented violence, and the thunder roared at short intervals during three-quarters of an hour. The storm was accompanied by torrents of rain. On Sunday last at Blois the weather was very warm. In Spain avalanches have fallen in several moun tainous localities. The railway communications between Valencia and Madrid were interrupted for three days last week by the snow. At Barachina, near Saragossa, four enormous wolves, pressed by hunger, rushed into the village. Ten little children were playing in the street. The wolves killed and ate four of them and injured some of the others. The inhabitants armed themselves and killed two of the animals in the street. Some may doubt the truth of this account, but itis confirmed by credible authority. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 21, Three o'clock.—Quotations have continued to descend, the close taking place as follows : 4i per Cents 97 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 60 Do. end month 6B 60 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1455 - BAIL Bank Shares 3552 50 Italian Loan 53 75 Do. end month 53 80 Mexican Loan 22 50 Do. Bonds l6O Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred r LYIL, For Account. Orleans Northern 1176 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 915 BOuthern 565 Western 5BO Eastern Sardinian . — Austrian 4c 25 _ _ _ Lombard 4ll 50 _ _ _ North of Spain lO5 S aragma llO Ditto to Barcelona — Roman • — The Earthquake in the Levant. The Malta limes of the 14th inst. states that the recent earthquake has been felt at Smyrna, Mag nesia, Adramitti, Aivali, the Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Constantinople, and the neighbouring country. At Adramitti the ground continued to shake on the morning of the Bth. The terrified population were dispersed on the surrounding heights. Some had fled to the seashore, ready to cast themselves into the sea shoald there be more shocks. At Smyrna the first shock occurred, according to the impartial de Smyrne, at seven minutes past six in the evening of the 7th inst. It was very violent, and lasted 30 seconds. The oscillations were from north to south. Five minutes afterwards another shock seemed to move the earth to its very foundations, and struck terror into the minds of the inhabitants. The oscil lations were in the same direction as before. Some slight shocks followed during the night and at dawn, and at 10 o'clock of the night of the Bth another shockwas felt, which caused much alarm. This was succeeded, at 5 o'clock in the morning of the 9th inst. by one still more violent ; but, happily, we do not learn of any injury having been occasioned to the town of Smyrna. The Levant Herald of the 13th inst. publishes the following letter from Myte lene :—" March 9th.—On Thursday, the 6th, the weather had been close and unwholesomely hot ; but, as this is generally the case with the south wind, which had been blowing for some time, nothing was thought of it—least of all was there any fear of what followed. Though volcanic, as is proved by the numerous hot springs, the island had not during the present generation been visited by earthquake ; it was now, how ever, to have a terrible experience of the pheno menon. Abeut 6 p.m. a sharp shock, lasting some 15 or 18 seconds, vibrated throughout the town, and before the fact was well realised was followed by a second, longer and much more violent. I hap pened at the moment to be down at the pier of the Austrian Lloyd's agency, and nearly half a minute before the shock was felt on shore saw the sea heave and foam out in the port as if a submarine explosion bad taken place. Little time, however, was left for surprise. In much less time than I take to write it the double thrill quivered through the town, and, reeling like drunken men, whole blocks of solid stone houses collapsed as if they had been cardhouses. The offices of the agency and nearly all adjoining buildings, including the Custom-house, Light-house office, and large oil-mill, thus fell. In the town entire streets similarly crumbled, burying their inhabitants by hundreds in the ruins. The fine old castle, the cathedral, the Governor's konak, the prison, the mosques, and, I believe, all the Consular residences more or less yielded to the violence of the shock, and are for the most part mere heaps of ruins. The very solidity with which the town was built has aggra vated the disastrous effects of the calamity a hundredfold, both as regarded the loss of and de struction of property. The most complete ruin has fallen upon the lower part of the town, where the earth literally opened and swallowed a broad belt of building right up from the sea to the slope island. At this point a permanent subsidence of the ground has taken place, and the sea has accordingly en croached far into what on Thursday afternoon was one of the busiest parts of Mytelene. In fact, •to sum up the disaster, more than half of our beautiful town—the prettiest and most lively, perhaps, in all the Levant—is a desert of ruins. The worst part of the calamity is, of course, the loss of life. As yet we can only guess at the extent of this ; but it is thought that from 800 to 1,000 have perished, and as many more maimed and wounded. Up till to day 120 bodies have, I hear, been dug out of the safer ruins, but how many may be buried under others which are too dangerous to be approached can only be surmised. Such of the houses as are still standing have all been abandoned, and the whole surviving population is now scattered over the hill sides and among the gardens outside the town—a few of them under such covers as thby have been able to improvise, and the rest bivouacking without shelter of any kind. Any attempt to describe the scene would be useless. Heartrending grief, panic, and confusion met the eye on every side. Already the want of provisions is aggravating the distress, and only a supply from Smyrna or the capital can avert additional loss of life. One of the Austrian LlYod's steamers and a French gunboat from Smyrna have landed a quantity of biscuit and some other stores, but in all not perhaps more than a day's food for the place. It is earnestly to be hoped that the Porte will at once send down tents, biscuits, and whatever other stores can be quickest got together. But not the town of Mytelene alone has suffered from this great calamity ; it has scattered ruin and death throughout the whole northern part of the island. Hardly a village has escaped, and not merely pro perty but life has been destroyed in nearly the whole. Molivo has been all but entirely demolished, and several hundreds of its 6,000 or 7,000 inhabi tants have, it is said, perished in the ruins. It is, in fact, no exaggeration to say that half the island has been laid waste, with a sacrifice of human life that may be reckoned by thousands. No such dis aster has ever befallen Mytelnee." The Queen, with her Royal Highness Princess Louise, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, is expected to leave Windsor Castle this afternoon on a visit to the Prince -and Princess of Wales. Her Majesty will probably stay at Buokinghwu r 41400 for the night. LITERATURE. The Handy Horse-Book. By a Cavalry Officer. One Vol. Pp. 153. William Blackwood and Sons. Within the compass of a pocket volume, extend ing to no more than a hundred and fifty very readable pages, " A Cavalry Officer" here gives us the result of his own personal experiences in regard to Driving, Riding, and the General Care and Management of Horses, coupling with the record of those same experiences a variety of practical instructions not only in re gard to Riding and *riving, but in reference to all the various departments of stable management— Breeding, Selecting, Baying, Stabling, Grooming, Haltering, Clothing, Feeding, Watering, Grazing, Training, Harnessing, Shoeing, Drawing, Purging, and Selling--to say nothing of Work, Vice, Pulse, Diseases, and Operations. Nothing whatever that Groom, Coachman, Huntsman, Veterinary Surgeon, Stable-help, Farrier et hoc genus omne, could reason ably be expected to find notified in a popular treatise of this character, has been anywhere over looked. Not that the book is intended so much for the guidance of any one among these—being, rather it should be said, designed as purely for the infor mation of masters, so as to put them better upon their guard at every turn as to what should be done, given, or avoided, under every rationally conceivable circumstance of Stable Management. A single instance, as to this, will be as good for us to ad duce as a dozen instances, as a score of them, or as a hundred. Take in regard to this fact, therefore, let us say at once, the one isolated section or divi sion of the work, under the head " Grooming." Four cardinal rules are there laid down at starting. First, one to the effect that the groom must never be allowed to doctor the horse himself, that is on his own unaided or unguided responsibility. In stead of which he is to be required invariably to apprise his master of whatever may have hap pened whether, for example, it be accident, wound, or symptom of indisposition ; receiving thereupon his master's instructions as to what is to be done, or as to whom he may call in. Secondly, that he is never to exercise a horse anywhere but where his master has appointed, and never to indulge in either cantering or galloping. Thirdly, that he is always to stand by, carefully observant, while the shoes of the animal are being changed or removed, so that he may see himself that whatever instruc tions he has had in regard to the shoeing are strictly attended to by the farrier. Fourth, that he is never to be allowed, at his own option, to clean his horse out of doors. All these rules Magenta—the Sobriquet by which the Cavalry Officer who writes the book is known (as he him self tell us in a foot-note to his Preface) in his own Regiment —recounts or lays down as so many Laws of the Medes and Persians—doing so, as he adds, upon the good old principle of Prevention being better than Cure. So scrupulously exact is he in his instructions upon this branch or upon that branch of his subject, that if he undertakes to enumerate (as he does at page 15) ,the various requisites or appliances of a groom, he does so with an eye to the utmost minutia for getting nothing, but setting them all down, one after another, item by item—body-brush, water-brush, dander-brush, picker, scraper, mane comb, curry-comb, pitchfork, shovel-and-broom, manure-basket, chamois-leather, bucket, sponges, dusters, corn-seive, measures, leather boot for poultices, clyster-syringe, drenching-horn, linen bandages, woollen-bandages, stopping-box, tow-and tar, chalk and rock-salt. He has capital advice to give, too, in the matter of clipping and singeing, of cleaning and of bandaging. Hunt where we will for an oversight, we can nowhere discover any. Com prehensive and minutely-detailed though the book is, it is so scrupulously exact in treating of every thing that could possibly be touched upon in rela tion to the Care and Management of Horses, that one might almost be disposed to regard the little Handy Book before us as one that had passed through an immense number of editions, having at every reprint or reissue been subjected to the most searching revision and correction. Treat ing of the colour of horses, we find the " Cavalry Officer's" opinion sound enough according to our own experience his preference being given to bay, brown, black, grey, or dark chestnut, as compared with pie -balls, skew balls, cream-coloured, roan, white, or mouse coloured. Admirably exact, again, is Magenta's key to the judging of age by the teeth, that is by the permanent nippers or front teeth in the lower jaw --those said front teeth or nippers being six in number. At from Two to Three the two front teeth are cut and placed. At from Three and-a-Half to Four—the next pair of nippers. While, between Four-and-a-Half and Five the corner pair not only appear, but the tusks in the male are produced. Again, as the Cavalry Officer intimates—At Six years old the marks or cavities in these nippers are worn off or effaced in the two centre teeth. At Seven, in the next pair, and at Eight in the corner pair, the animal being then pronounced aged. Gradually after that, as time runs on, the horse growing older year after year, the oval form of the nippers changes until at last, when the animal is about Twenty years of age, it is not oval in any way, but completely and distinctly triangular. Another indication of age in the growth of the horse is this—that after Six the tusks every successive year get blunter, the grooves, very visible at that age inside them, becoming at length smoothed away altogether. Enough has already been here remarked, however, to indicate the popular and practical character of a work that will be found to be a perfect treasury of information to any owner of a horse in the three kingdoms, as beyond any doubt of it, the handiest among all the Handy Horse books that have ever yet been published within our own knowledge. Pope's Poetical Works. One Vol. Pp. 526. William Tegg. A charming little bijou edition of our Eng lish Horace is here provided for the corner of the pocket or of the knapsack, of the valise or of the portmanteau of all travelling Britons who love to carry about with them what we remember once to have heard Leigh Hunt call " a bit of home," mean ing ono or two of the choicest of, one's favourite books more particularly when they happen to be portions of our poetical literature. Pope as a poet, too, is almost a literature in himself. In order to regard him at his highest and best—as a moralist and as a philosopher—we have but to turn to his noblest work of all, one of the noblest poems in the lan guage, his " Essay on Man." To view him as a satirist we have but to turn the leaves of the " Dunciad," the dazzling wit, the poignant and incisive irony, the side-shaking humour, of which, are all ennobled and perfected, so to speak, by the affecting and sublime moral in culcated in the closing passage of that most remark able work—a passage in reading which aloud, years after its composition, the voice of Pope him self is said to have broken in tears—and in alluding to which incident Dr. Johnson exclaimed, to the person with whom he was talking about it, •‘ And no wonder, Sir, for it is divine." As an observer, again, of the artificial society in which he himself moved in those—" teacup times of hoop and hood" —the days of Anne, what a char Laing memorial of his style and taste, of the vivacity and espiglerie of his intellect, has he not left us in his dainty, ima ginative phantasy, entitled " The Rape of the Lock." Then, as a lover of nature, observe him, as he reveals himself to our view, as in his Pastorals. As an appreciator of the classics—behold him iu his transcripts from Horace. Then, too, The Messiah —The Temple of Fame—Vertumnus and Pomona —Eloise and Abelard—Windsor Forest—The Wife of Bath--The Universal Prayer—The Dying Chris tian to his Soul—January and May—the Essay on Criticism. Remembering all which, as well as all the rest of his various poems, needless here in any way to be enumerated, are we not in a manner justified in speaking of him as in himself a literature? And Pope in his entirety thus as a Poet is here in this new and beautiful little edition, placed within reach of us all as a companion volume that it is a po4itive delight to carry about in one's pocket as a personal possession. Gulliver's Travels. By Jonathan Swift. One vol. pp. •398. Wm. Tegg. Another charming little pocket volume, com prising within it, if not exactly complete, at any rate only very judiciously abridged, the whole of one of our world-famous national classics—Dean Swift's Travels of Lemuel Gulliver among the Lilli putians, the Brobdingnagians, the Laputans, the Yahoos, and the Houyhnhnms. The little volume is very prettily embellished with a variety of brightly-coloured illustrations, the letterpress having (as the title-page rather significantly intimates) been Carefully Edited by a Clergyman. Turning over the leaves of this new edition of Gulliver's Travels, we cannot but recognise in it more vividly than ever the fact that it is not only the most in teresting satire that ever was penned, but a satire so interesting that it has about it all the fascina tion of a romance. -4175?-4, HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 21. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian. Princess Louise also drove out, attended by the Countess of Caledon. Her Majesty walked out this morning, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Princess Christian and Princess Louise drove out. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home-park, and Prince Leopold went out walking. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bentinck has suc ceeded Colonel Cavendish as Groom in Waiting. Protector Endowment, Loan, and Annuity Company. Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of this company was held at the office, 34, King-street, Cheapside—Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. Mr. APMORRAN (the secretary) read the notice convening the meeting, and the directors' report as follows : " The directors have great pleasure in submitting a statement of the receipts and expenditure for the past year, duly vouched by the auditors. " Notwithstanding the financial crisis of the past year, the operations of the Protector Company were in no way influenced by the panic, showing the safety of the plan pursued by this company in grant ing loans over periods of three years, and in receiv ing money at reasonable notice. " 750 applications for advances throughout the year, amounting to £150,000, were made, out of which 295 loans, amounting to £55,481, have been granted for terms varying from three to five years. " The company has accommodated every appli cant for money who, in the judgment of the direc tors, offered adequate security. " A constant rate of 5 per cent. is allowed to de positors, and though three months' notice is re quired for withdrawal to render the operations of the company safe, yet practically the company is able to allow the withdrawal of deposits at a ny mo ment. This renders the deposit branch particularly eligible for trustees waiting eligible investments. " The directors recommend that a dividend of 10. per share be paid, in addition to the ordinary interest of 5 per cent. " The directors retiring by rotation are Alfred Smee, Esq., F. R.S., and Edward Solly, and the board recommend that their names consti tute the list for re-election. " The company's auditors, G. H. Ladbury, Esq. , G. Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., and H. C. T. Beadnell, Esq., also retire." ._ The CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure in rising to move the adoption of the report. lie thought they would all agree with him that the past year had been a most trying one for monetary com panies ; but notwithstanding that he was happy to state that this company was in no way influenced by the extraordinary changes which took place dur ing the past year. In the first place, they found the money out on loans came in as ordinarily, and that the deposits came in as usual, and went out in the usual way. (Hear, hear.) Although all other companies were suffering severely, the Protector, so far as they could see, was in no way affected by the changes which took place around them. He attributed that to two causes ; first, to the difference of the system the,' adopted as compared with that pursued by banking establishments. These establishments received veil large sums of money and lent them for short terms on bills of exchange, and that money might be rapidly called back; but this company granted loans extend ing over a period of three years, and these loans wer e transacted with care and inquiry in every case. The,' became possessed of a knowledge of the borrowers , and were thus enabled to conduct this part of their business in an efficient manner. The experience from the beginning of the society showed their losses had been extremely small, and when they had oc curred it had generally been towards the end of the repayments. He had great pleasure in stating that, although any one was at liberty to come to the office andleave his proposal on the counter, yet during the entire year they were able. to accommodate every single person who applied to the office for an advance, if the directors thought it was safe to advance it. Of course, in lending over three years they must of ne cessity be particular. They must of necessity inves tigate every case ; and out of 750 applications for the sum of £150,000, 295 loans, amounting to £55,000, had been granted. As a matter of fact every person who came to them and could show that be had un doubted security had had his loan granted. The class of persons to whom they lent money were those who were very much benefited by them. At one time it might be a father who wanted to apprentice a son' at another a man who wished to extend his busi ness, or again a man might wish to meet s udden calls through illness, and whenever these came t° the office and could give sureties of good standing, who would be bound for the money, then the loan was granted, and was a thorough benefit to the bor rower. (Hear, hear.) This company might be said to be really useful to the community as well as pro fitable to themselves. With regard to the dividends, he might state that the directors had received cony inunications from some of the shareholders as to the mode of dividing the profits. As the company kept growing they expected larger profits, and he had no hesitation in stating that if their success continue," the dividends would rise occasionally. The ealleli up capital of the company was £1 per share, and 3 money paid in advance of calls was, by the authoritty of the deed, entitled to 5 per cent., which was Pa id irrespective of the profits realised. What the direc tors now recommended was in effect the same id they recommended last year. The dividend W ° a be ls. per share and the interest, which was Pat 10 all round ; so that the dividend was equal to per cent. upon the called-up capital. In con cl u - sion, he was pleased with the working of the CO'; pang, and as their transactions increased so W °lllu i the profits of the shareholders, which he h ° P e , would soon be entirely satisfactory to everybea": The cheques for the dividend were already drav7z and the shareholders present would be able to gel them before they left the office. He then In° the adoption of the report. (Cheers.) The report was unanimously adopted. Mr. Alfred Smee, F.RS., and Mr. Edward Solit', F.R.S., the directors who retired by rotation , w er unanimously re-elected, on the motion of Alr• j Thomas Cooper, F.R.A.S. The retiring auditors, Messrs. G. 11. DOW .Sr 2 G. Lowe, F.R.S., and IL C. T. Beadnell, were re appointed ; and a vote of thanks to the chairteall concluded the business of the meeting. Their Royal Highne,sses the Duke and Ditch es° of Saxe-Cobourg arrived in town last evening from Dover, where they landed yesterday afternoon, fr° l3l the Continent. His Royal Highness Prince Chris; tian arrived by the same boat. Major-Geltell Seymour, C.B , was present to receive th e Prin l The illustrious personages left Dover by the '4l train, and were met at Charing-cross by the r3eP carriages. cow mad capi dem date ther IVe. AM° con of $i Eng Publ Otte Rest endi par( Col the yea: allo the am( ilex A gag froi yer; whi yali is a que wai En; PUT pro acc An Stc per i ; Ea Ch