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Ma .k -7 tAn Ql7;:got t , t , LONDoN, moND.I APR/L 8, 1567 It was fortunate that ta deputations from Lanca shire waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, because it afforded the right hen. gentleman an opportunity of stating his views on the subject of the " instruction" which is to be moved to-night. Nothing could be plainer or more straightforward than his speech in reply to the re marks of the deputations. These latter came to offer to her MAJESTY'S Government their sym pathy and support in the present crisis with respect to Reform. The deputation was large and influential, and in the, existing state of things must be considered most significant. Mr. ANTROBUS assured the Chancellor of the Exchequer that they represented the majority of South Lanca shire, and the obj , 2et in view of those who belonged to the Association represented was to show that the Reform League or National Reform Union did not adequately represent the opinions or feelings of the working classes. After some remarks had been made by various speakers, all more or less approving of the Government scheme, and condemnatory of the moves and counter-moves against it, the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a brief but emphatic reply. lle said that he was convinced nothing would be more gratifying to his colleagues and himself than to meet with such encouragement. As the right hon. gentleman truly declared, this question of Parliamentary Re form " has thrown its shadow over everything," and they felt they should not be doing their duty if they did not attempt to grapple with it. Alluding to the scheme before Parliament, he said it was a Conservative plan, but it was " a popular one." He further more assured the deputation that the Ministers would not depart from the cardinal prin ciples of their bill. We agree with Mr. DISRAELI that a personal payment of rates and an adequate residence are checks to limit the extension of the franchise, which are very requisite and neces- sary. Very correct was the description given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the course of con duct of his opponents. " The fact is," said he, " that what is called the Liberal party is now en gaged in opposing popular principles, and gentlemen are not at all surprised at that. I always felt that there was a great distinction between liberal opinion and popular principles, those who prefer liberal opinions are extremeiy " liberal" in the inter pretation of their own privileges, but not of the privileges of any other class. Nothing can posssibly be a more accurate account of the mode practised by those who sit on the left of the Speaker's chair at the present moment greatly to their own discomfiture, and as they think greatly to the detriment of the country. We believe that this Reform Bill of Lord DERBY'S Government is far too " popular" in its style and character to meet the approval of soi-disant Reformers, and it certainly goes a great deal further than the much-vaunted proposal of last year. As Mr. DISRAELI very clearly put it, the Government have rendered it possible for all those who desire it to possess the franchise, and every man who desires may obtain the franchise ; but if he will not make the necessary sacrifice, and use the needful exertion, there can be no reason why he should enjoy the privilege. As the right hon. gentleman truly averred there has been a great deal of " skirmishing" on the part of the opponents of the Government; and now, although it is difficult to annex any " definite meaning" to the amendment placed on the table by the Opposition on Friday, the country cannot be in doubt as to its " exact purpose." The purpose is to "defeat the attempt on the part of Lord DERBY to settle the great question of Parliamentary Reform on national principles." This is the exact truth, neither more nor less, and the full, true, and particular account of the mean ing of this last move. lie may depend upon it that Mr. GLADSTONE knew well what he was about when he framed this pernicious instruction. Mr. CLAY divined his motive, and declared that if carried it would destroy the remnant of principle that remained for the measure. The exceeding tartness of Mr. GLADSTONE'S reply to the wise suggestion of the hon. member for hull wi,s per haps induced by the perception that his motive was exposed and his ulterior aim brought to light. If this attempt to-Light ou the part of the Opposition succeed, the effect will be, as Mr. Dist:Al - AA said, to delay the settlement of the Reform question for another year, and this must have been very well known to the leader of the Opposition when he laid his plans, and summoned his followers to the work in question. Mr. EDGE, of Bolton, assured the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Government and the Conservative party have given such evidence of an earnest desire to settle this question that if it were necessary to appeal to the country both the Govern ment and their party would be strengthened thereby, and Mr. DisnAELI himself made some observations on the point, and expressed his hope and conviction that ' if the hour came when the sympathy of the people of England is expressed in a manner text cannot be mistaken they will not appeal to the people of England in vain." We consider it to have been a most fortunate coincidence that the deputation should have come at this time, and certainly no better exposition of the intentions of the Government could have been made than was afforded by the speech of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. It was decided, and yet not extravagant; confident, but not presumptuous; and distinguished more for its regret at the conduct of the Opposition than animated by the factious and bitter tone which is so often infused into Mr. GLADSTONE'S speeches. It was very satisfactory to the deputation, and by this time it must have been appreciated by the country in general. We think that, under the circumstances, the Ministry could not have done otherwise than accept the chal lenge of Mr. GLADSTONE. It is quite evident that they will be allowed no peace until some decisive struggle has taken place ; and the permission to have the second reading was only a feint after all, for the arch-conspirator was on the alert, arranging his schemes and plotting ruin and destruction in his mind while his words sounded plausible to the house. A significant meeting was held on Saturday at Blackfriars for the purpose of allowing middle-class and working men to confer together respecting the present Reform question. Some home-truths were spoken which, if not pleasant to Mr. GLADSTONE to listen to, would have been very profitable had he been present. A letter was read from Mr. TAYLOR, M.P., in which he said that he considered it was more important at the present moment to secure the basis of the suffrage, namely household and rating, rather than the lodger franchise, which was not endangered. " The better all Liberals are prepared to maintain the household suf rage will, I fear, be burked' on our side." This is a very correct definition of the state of things, and the letter reflects great credit on the discernment of the writer. The same idea was expressed by Mr. M'CuLLoGn TonRENs, who said that he could not go back from household suffrage, and should vote to go into committee on the bill. 'rho fact is that a good many members on the Liberal side will be disappointed at the turn events have taken, and ashamed of the part their leader :is playing. :Mr. GLADSTONE'S zeal has al together outrun his discretion in this matter, and he is now appearing before the country as an anti- Reformer, so that by any means he may impede the progress of his political opp onents. Such a course is unlike unworthy of himself and his position, as leader of the Opposition and a statesman of many years' reputation. We think the friends of the right hon. gentleman have ample cause to deplore the policy whose last greatest exploit will be wit nessed to-night. The Ministers have, indeed, an anxious time before them, but we feel convinced that the sym- :THE SUN, LON I , ON, MONDAY EV ENING, APRIL 8, 1867. pathy of the country is on their side, and we trust that the House of Commons will vindicate itself from the aspersions that have been cast upon it, and will to-night, by giving a trium phant majority for Government, declare its inten tion to settle the long-vexed question of the repre sentation of the people. We would earnestly impress upon hon. members that it is not a question of party which they are called upon to decide, but a great question of national interest and im portance. There will be many more fitting opportunities for testing the respective merits of the various statesmen who aspire to rule the destinies of the country ; but the present moment is not the right time. It is indeed disappointing to think that all that has been done as yet during this session in the cause of progress is lost, and that we are again to engage in a discus sion of first principles ; but let the House do its duty, and reject Mr. COLERIDGE'S Instruction by an overwhelming majority. The news will spread through the length and breadth of the laud to morrow, and cause rejoicing in the hearts of all who are genuine in the cause of Reform, and anxious to secure the welfare of the community. If, however, a vote adverse to the Government be recorded, they will have but one course to pursue — to appeal to the country, and they have no cause to fear the result of such an alternative. The general feeling of the people has been with them throughout this session, and it will not fail them should they be defeated by the schemes and devices of faction ; and we feel convinced that if they are defeated to-night it will only be to appear with renewed strength when they meet a new House of Commons. The arrival of the Africa, with news from New York on the 26th, brings us some fuller accounts of the political situation at Washington. The two great difficulties remain the same as heretofore—the reconstruction of the South and negro suffrage. The latter is still very unpopular in many parts of the North, and it is one of those questions which divide the Liberal party against itself. We have a specimen of this difference of opinion in the news before us. A Radical Convention, we are told, has been held at Baltimore, at which the Convention called by the Maryland Legislature was denounced, and proposals made for a separate Convention to form a Constitution on the basis of negro suffrage. At Charleston a mass meeting of Radicals and negroes was held and some exciting speeches made. In consequence the negroes became riotous, and several arrests were made. The Radicals, notwith standing their professions of eympatby, do not seem to understand the negro character nor to appreciate the excitable nature of the blacks. They are, there fore, very often more vehement than discreet in their advocacy and assistance. The Reconstruction Bill is still the main topic. The Louisiana Legisla ture has repealed the act calling the State Conven tion under the laws existing previously to the pas sage of the bill, and a special committee of the Legislature has advised that active steps be taken for the re3rganisation of the State under the Reconstruction Act. To judge by this, Lousiana at least is willing to abide by the new measure, but we very much question whether it will be cor- dially accepted throughout the South generally. President JOHNSON in his veto states very forcibly the constitutional reasons against it. He declares with truth that it is based upon the wrongful as iirtiption that the Southern - States are entitled to no constitutions, except those which are arbitrarily dictated to them. The Southern State Constitu tions, he says, conform to the acknowlediged stan datd of loyalty and republicansim, and yet Congress would exact from them universal suffrage as evidence of their loyalty. If this is to be the best reconstruction he pointedly reminds :them :they might as well begin in Ohio or Pennsylvania. He goes on to complain that the bill requires the voters to take an oath that they have never been disfranchised for participation in rebellion—a grave responsibility, in discharging which an error in judgment may lead to perjury. The officers of the Board of Registration are to need no qualification but loyalty; but Mr. JOHNSON has ample opportunity of discovering that such a term is by no means synonymous with all the virtues that great power is entrusted to their hands. " It is a scoff and a satire on liberty," he exclaims with indignation, for the terms of government to be prescribed by military leaders, and for the suf frage to be exercised at the point of the sword." Yet this is the inconsistent position to which these professors of extreme theories have reduced Ame rican liberty. During the war, says Mr. JOHNSON, he advocated strange measures for its suppression, but when the end was gained, and the Southerners yielded, he thought it best to meet them half way, " and to conquer them more by magnanimity than by force of arms." If Congress, he adds, "had adopted that policy the States would now be in the Union." Americans must acknowledge that, in spite of all their sacrifices, the country is disunited. The very object which they set before themselves during the years of struggle and suffering they are voluntarily surren dering when won. The State could scarcely be more disorganised had the Southern population refused to acknowledge the supremacy of the Central Government, and had each State Legislature pro tested against the form of union. Mr. JOHNSON, iu concluding his veto, says, truly enough, that con templating the alternatives left to the South he considers its condition deplorable ; and, is fact, it has been reduced after all this lapse of time, and con sequent modification of public feeling to a choice of evils which no honest and patriotic American could conscientiously wish his countrymen to be willing to accept. The political horizon of Europe is just now very far from being tranquil. In spite of the long-looked for Parisian Exhibition, which was to inaugurate a season of peaceable festivity and harmless rivalry, the rumours of war and danger are making them selves heard even in the French capital. Luxem burg has risen into sudden prominence as the question of the day, and a good many Frenchmen at all events are disposed to think that NAPOLEON'S pacific policy will not hold out much longer. The progress of events has been strongly marked in the operations on the Boulevards during the last two days, and the prevalent uneasiness is increasing. Prussia has given the rest of Europe too good reason to mistrust both her intentions and her actions, while it is well known that the high-spirited people of France chafed under the restrictions hitherto placed upon them. The crisis assumes a serious aspect when there is so little good faith to appeal to. Meanwhile we are getting into difficulties on our own account, though they will not, we trust, prove very formidable in their nature. Notwithstanding the almost universal adoption of the non-interven. tion policy, we believe the public will learn with great satisfaction that Lord STANLEY has adopted decisive measures in order to obtain fitting reparation for the outrageous conduct of the Spanish Government. The Mediterranean squadron has left for Cadiz, and there is little doubt that the logic of the ironclads will prove more efficacious at Madrid than the diplomatic courtesies of Sir JQIC CluarioN. The Spanish Government will most probably be wise in time. When they see that the English Minister is deter mined to be no longer trifled with, they will most likely concede with a good grace what they ought to have conceded long ago. Should their cha racteristic haughtiness prove too stubborn for so wise and politic a course, there is yet a chance that the QUEEN may interfere and extricate herself and them from the false posi tion in which they have placed all parties. The affront and the injury were such as could not be overlooked; unless it is understood and believed that the English Government will support the just claims of its subjects, we may as well give up cur consul ates and embaszies, and may prepare ourselves to see our vessels despoiled without interference. Lord STANLEY has expressed himself unconditionally in favour of a policy of non-intervention excepting where the honour or interests of England are directly concerned, and this profession he has faithfully acted up to, not interfering in the Luxem bourg difficulty, with which we have no concern, but bringing the influence and authority of the country to bear upon a matter which touches closely upon its honour and its interests. We have no doubt that the result will justify his anticipations, and we hope before long the Spanish difficulty will be completely adjusted. above treaty, to ascertain the views and desires of those respective Governments upon the subject of Luxemburg. The Dutch Minister, M. de Zuylen, told the Chamber plainly and unequivocally that although Holland was disposed to give up Luxem buig, the price offered was too low, but added that the Government of the Netherlands would not inter fere upon the question either directly or indirectly. Apparently there is a good deal of candour and openness in this declaration of the Dutch Minister, but, coupled with the manifestations made in other quarters, it appears only to mean that Holland will not offer serious obstacles to any arrangement that may seem likely to turn out eventually to her own advantage. The German papers do not seem autho rised to make any official announcement upon the subject. One of the most eminent men of France, Francais Emile Villemain, has been " gathered to his fathers" after a long and painful illness. He was born at Paris on the 3d of March, 1795. After long and attentive study he entered the Polytechnic School, and afterwards the school of application at Netz. In 1814 he was an artillery officer, and served in that capacity in the French Colony of the Antilles. Subsequently he entered the corps asMilitary Super intendent, for which his talent and faculties pecu liarly fitted him, and obtained for him great distinc tion. It was to M. Villemain that the Government applied when it was necessary to organise, after the Revolution of February, the administrative services of the moveable National Guard. He accepted the difficult task, and performed it very successfully. A position in the Council of State was given to him upon its formation on the 25th of January, 1852, and M. Villemain was charged with an important military mission to the departments of the South of France. Attached to the section of war and marine his experience and intelligence were displayed on every detail connected with military and colonial matters. On the 24th of October, 1863, the Emperor, to reward a long career of service to the State, elevated M. Villemain to the dignity of Senator. In the Senate, as at the Council Board, he distinguished himself by his skill and deep know ledge of public affairs. M. Villemain was Com mander of the Legion of Honour. As a military man his talents and services may not be so generally known, but as an orator and philosophical thinker ,he reputation of M. Villemain has been spread .hroughout the world. L A TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. MALTA, Sunday, April 7, 4.48 p.m. The ironclads now in this port have suddenly re ceived orders to prepare to proceed to sea. The Prince Consort and the Royal Oak leave to-morrow under sealed orders. It is believed that their destination is the coast of Spain, in consequence of the Tornado difficulty. The Galatea, Captain his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, leaves to-night for Marseilles, having now her steam up. PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10 a.m. The Lords of the Admiralty have countermanded the order for the departure of the screw steamship Rodney, 78, Captain Heleago, for the Cape and China. Her detention is attributed here to the state of our relations with Spain.l ITALY. FLORENCE, April 8. Signor Rattazzi is asserted to have met with some difficulties in completing his Cabinet. According to the Opinione he considers these diffi culties unsurmountable, and has asked the King to relieve him from the task of forming a new Cabinet. BAVARIA. MUNICH, April 8. The official Bavarian Gazette of to-day says : " The King proposed to make a journey of a month's duration, but in view of the serious complications of political affairs has immediately and definitively relinquished his intention." INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALLIN MAILS. MALTA, April 7. The China leaves at 7 p.m. to-day, and the Ripon at 6 a.m. to-morrow. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 10th, and the latter at Southampton about the 17th instant. The Massilia, from Southampton, March 27, arrived on sth instant, at 10 a.m., and left at 5 p.m. for Alexandria. The Nyanza, from Marseilles, sth inst., arrived to-day at 5 p.m., and leaves at 11 p.m. for Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, April 5. The Delta left at 10 p.m. yesterday, for South hampton, where she may be expected on the 9th inst. All well. AMERICA. NEW Yomi, Saturday, April 6, 5.30 p.m. Private advices from llayti confirm the announce ment of President Geffrard's resignation, consequent upon the success of the insurrection against his rule. Intelligence from Mexico, dated the 27th of March, has been received. It is stated that the Liberal forces were augmenting hourly, and expect ing shortly to capture the Einperor Maximilian at Queretaro, where his troops were in danger of starvation. The Germania has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1328. Exchange, 1088. Five Twenty United States' Bonds, 109 i ; Illinois Central, 114+ ; Erie, 558. Cotton—middling upland, 28c. Pe troleum, 178 c. NEW YORK, April 6, 6 p.m. Accounts have been received that the Liberals under Escobedo have been defeated ; Aliramon was pursuing. The Emperor Maximilian was returning to the capital. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, from New York on the 26th ult., arrived at Queenstown at 5 a.m. yesterday, with 62 passengers and $10,600 in specie. After landing 120 sacks of mails and three passengers, she proceeded at 5 15 a.m. for Liverpool; all well. NEW YORK, March 26 (Evening). President Johnson in his veto upon the Supple mental Reconstruction Bill declares that bill to be based upon the wrongful assumption that the Southern States are entitled to no constitutions except such as may be arbitrarily dictated to them, and framed under the restraints of military law. President Johnson continues thus :-- "The Southern State constitutions conform to the acknowledged standard of loyalty and republi canism ; yet Congress exacts universal suffrage as evidence of their loyal and republican sentiments. This being the case, reconstruction might as well begin in Ohio and Pennsylvania as in Virginia or Carolina. The bill requires the registration of the voters, who must take an oath that they have never been disfranchised for participation in re bellion ; thereby imposing a fearful individual responsibility of judging correctly what clauses disfranchise, any mistake of judgment being equivalent to perjury. The only qualification required for officers of the Board of Regis tration is loyalty ; yet these officers have great discretionary power, the custody of the ballot-boxes and authority to declare the result a the elections, and from their decision there is no appeal and no redress for any fraud or error they may commit. It is a scoff and a satire on liberty for the terms of government to be prescribed by military leaders, and for the suffrage to be exercised at the point of the sword. During the rebellion I urged strong measures for its suppression, but the war accom plished its object, and when the Southerners sought our friendship and protection I considered it our duty to meet them in a spirit of forgiveness, and to conquer them more by magnanimity than by force of arms. If Congress had adopted that policy the States would now be in the Union. Contemplating the alternatives left to the South, I consider its con dition deplorable ; but I confidently believe that an enlightened public opinion will efface unconstitu- tional and oppressive legislation fro►n the statute books, and that the people will again be united, prosperous, and happy." General Sickles has issued an order announcing that civil officers may continue to exercise their pro per functions, but that the military authorities will interfere when the laws are abused or not enforced. He desires to preserve order with the least possible use of the military power, and therefore solicits the co-operation of the civil authorities and people generally. . The Louisiana Legislature has repealed the act calling the State Convention under the laws existing previously to the passage of the Reconstruction Bill. The President has nominated Gen. Frank Blair United States Minister at Vienna. Secretary M'Culloch has officially announced that the examination of the Currency Bureau has resulted in the discovery of no over issues whatever. Via HALIFAX, March 23 (Evening). The Secretary of State has officially promulgated the Supplementary Reconstruction Bills. General Sheridan has announced that only those civil officers in his district will be removed who abuse the laws or impede reconstruction. Gen. Sickles has assured some Charleston mer chants that the military will not interfere with poli tics as partisans. A special committee of the Louisiana Legislature has advised that active steps be taken for the re organisation of the State under the Reconstruction Act. A mass meeting of negroes has been held at Macon, at which a resolution was adopted thanking Congress for emancipating them, and expressing kind feelings towards their late masters. A mass meeting of negroes and Radicals was held at Charleston on Wednesday last. Several speakers urged the negroes to resist the efforts of rebels to cmtrol their votes. After the meeting the negroes were riotous, and several arrests were made. A Radical convention has been held at Baltimore, at which the convention called by the Maryland Legislature was denounced, and proposals were made for a separate convention to form a constitution on the basis of negro suffrage. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 8, Three o'clock.—The marke closed as follows:- 1i per Cents 96 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 66 70 Do. end month 66 90 Credit Mobilier 392 50 Do. end month 388 75 Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1322 50 BAIL Bank Shares 3490 Italian Loan 5l 50 Do. end month 52 Mexican Loan. Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Ar LYS. For Account. Orleans Northern ll2O Lyons and Mediterranean B7O Southern 545 Western 535 Eastern Sardinian . 7O Austrian Lombard 377 50 North of Spain Saragosa Ditto to Barcelona.. Roman . 95 - Metropolitan Local Management and Tax , ation Committee. (THIS DAY.) The members of the committee (Mr. Ayrton chairman) resumed sitting this morning at Corn mittec Room, 19, House of Commons. Dr. Letheby, medical inspector of the City of Loudon, gave evidence at considerable length. He said that he held his present appointment since 1825. He said that there had been an increase in the number of local inspectors of nuisances in the City, the benefits of which had become apparent in the improved sanitary condition of the metropolis, so far as their operations extended. He reported weekly to the Board, and that body discharged their duties n ost regularly and efficiently. There were 5,000 houses which were frequently visited by the inspectors, and sub jected to sanitary regulations. The mortality of London contrasted most favourably with other towns and cities in England. lie considered that, under the Sanitary Act of 1866, the Board of Health of ,the metropolis had ample powers to insure the necessary arrangements for attending to the sani tary condition of the metropolis. The mortality in the City of London was about 18 or 20 in the 1,000, while in Liverpool and other towns it was was much larger, and he believed that in Paris it amounted to from 25 to 28 in the 1,000 yearly. The writer then described, in de tail, the steps which had been adopted by the sanitary board in the City during the last prevalence of the cholera, and to which he warmly attributed the prevention of the spread of the epidemic from the east to the west-end of the metropolis. Amongst the measures taken to arrest the disease were the opening of pumps in the City, by which the poorer classes could always obtain a❑ abundant supply of water, the thorough cleansing of the houses of the poorer classes by carbonic acid and one of the most powerful disinfectants, and other agencies, and the general attention to everything connected with the sanitary state of the dwel lings of the humbler classes in London. Over £2,000 had been expended on the object, which had been most efficiently carried out. The shipping, so far as passenger vessels were concerned, were under the control of the Sanitary Board of the City of London, which was the only power that dealt with the shipping in a sanitary point. The arrangements in respect to the shipping were most admirable, they being well ventilated and cleansed, and the lodging-houses frequented by mariners being carefully attended to. Other witnesses were examined, and the inquiry, which promises to be protracted, was again ad journed. THE THREATENED RIOTING BY NAVVIES.—The dispute between the navvies and the contractors for the extensive works of the Midland Railway at King's-cross is at an end, and the men have returned to their employ ment. No actual disturbance occurred, but from the dis like of the English navvy to his Belgian follow-workman it was feared open rioting would ensue. Indeed, so threat ening was the state of affairs for some days that a large force of police was kept near the works. The Saturday Review says :—" It may possibly occur to Mr. Eyre and his admirers that there are advan tages in the adherence to legal forms which prevails in England. If it had been possible to seize Mr. Eyre in Shropshire, and to convey him to London, ho would pro bably at this moment have been held to bail to appear at the Central Criminal Court. Market Drayton is fortu nately.a safer place than Kingston ; nor indeed is Bow street as formidable a forum as Morant Bay. It is hard upon Colonel Nelson and Mr. Brand that they should suffer from the accident of residing in London, while their principal laughs at the Jamaica committee in the security of his retreat." SOUTHAMPTON, April 7.—The North German Lloyd steamer Union, Captain von Santen, from New York on the 28th ult., arrived here to-day. She brings 29 bags of mails for London, 151 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, and for France gold bars value 13,510 dots. She spoke the Allemanina on the sth inst. bound for New York. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 7.—The Cunard (extra) steamer Malta, from New York, arrived here at 6.45 a.m. to-day, with 57 p assengers. Aft er landing two passengers, despatch es , she proceeded at 7 aan:, for Liverpool. All CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries. The Emperor presided, and the Empress was also present at the Council. ller Majesty occa sinally takes part in the discussions. The Moniteur states that, upon the resignation of the Italian Ministry, the King at first requested General Menabrea to form a new Cabinet. Thal statesman, however, from private motives having declined the task, his Majesty charged M. Itatazzi to propose to him the names of persons whom he wished to form a portion of the new Cabinet. A letter from Spezzia announces that the Italian Government has given a fresh impulse to the works at the arsenal, which proceed rapidly. The walls and the numerous forts, that is to say the most im portant part of the defence, are almost completed. The construction of the head of the jetty and the advance military fort is being carried on with great activity. The Minister of War has decided that the pupils of the Special Imperial Military School shall be immediately armed with the breech-loading gun of the model of 1866. The same regulation is to be adopted in regard to the troops of the Imperial Guard, and those who will form part of the camp at Chalons. The battalion of Foot Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard, who last year received 500 guns of the 1866 model, have just been supplied with the remainder of their armament. The Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public 'Works, Vice-President of the Universal Ex hibition, yesterday received the members of the French and Foreign Commissions, the Commis sioners accredited to the Imperial Commission, and the functionaries of the Foreign Commissioners pre sented by:their President, and also various persons having business at the Exhibition. The juries will resume their labours to-morrow. Notice of the fact has been given to the exhibitors of various classes according to well-ordered arrange ment. The office for the purchase of season tickets is now transferred from the Champs Elysees to the office of the Imperial Commission in the Avenue de la Bourdonnaye, No. 2 in the Champ de Mars. Commencing from to-morrow (Monday) weekly tickets will be delivered for 6 francs. Purchasers must first have their portrait photographed on an ordinary visiting card, on which the admission autho rity will be pasted. The day on which the ticket is delivered will be included in the week. The ticket will also serve for the Billancourt Exhibition. The workmen are now engaged in constructing in the centre of the Exhibition a handsome circular Pavilion, with glass work around, which will con tain the coins struck during the present reign. It is also destined for the exhibition of the crown jewels. Great precaution will be taken for their safety. Every night they will descend by ingenious mechanism into an underground receptacle, the opening to which will be invisible. Among the illustrious strangers who will grace the Exhibition is a sovereign of note, the nigger King of Bonny, who, it is said, has a palace constructed of the bones of vanquished enemies, and who can give a human skull to 100,000 guests to drink from as with the loving cup. The kingdom of Bonny is situated to the north of the coast of Guinea, be tweeen the Niger and one of its confluents. It has an army of 60,000 men and 100 pieces of artillery of English manufacture. The habits of the people, says a French writer, are very simple, and if they do not love one another they love the Europeans— particularly after their flesh has been cooked upon the gridiron and if they be fat. This description reminds me of a question put by a traveller to a chief of one of the tribes of these ni gg ers. T h e traveller asked if the chief's pe ople liked the English. Oh yes, said the chief, and so do I ; I have eaten some of them. They seem to illustrate the admonition to " Love thy neighbour as thyself." Ilis nigger ma jesty, adds the account, has not eaten any human beings since his journey to London in 1861, and the lords of his court hair:, followed the example of ab stinence. The people, however, still preserve their primitive taste ; but, in virtue of a recent law, no native of Bonny can touch human flesh without the permission, in writing, of his lord and master. The black king, it is said, will bring with him plenty of gold in barrels, and so no doubt he will be wel come. Thursday next will be a busy day at the Billan court Exhibition, as there is then to be a sale of the beautiful sheep and other animals now on exhibition there. There is still much to finish at the Exhibition in the Champ de Mars. Switzerland and Italy are nearly empty, and Belgium is rather behind. The Opposition have given notice of several amendments which they mean to propose in the Legislative Body upon the law respecting the press. These amendments aro of a moderate character, and several of them do not involve any serious modifica tion in the proposals of the Government. Some relate to the stamp duty, which it is proposed to make more equal in its operation. Other amend ments are with the view of changing the mode of proceeding for offences of the press, to mitigate the fines, and to lower the security of money to be paid upon first publishing a newspaper. Another important amendme n t i s to prov id e th a t th ere s h a ll not be any proceedi ngs aga i nst the printer of a newspaper unless in cases where the author is not known or refuses to assume the responsibility of an incriminated article. Some members of the Opposi tion wished to propose amendments of a much more extensive character, but their opinion was overruled on the suggestion that there would be no chance of passing them. The articles of the newspapers respecting Luxem burg form a labyrinth through which it is difficult to travel. Although Lord Stanley, in the House of Commons, and the Dutch Minister, M. de Zuylen, in the Dutch Chamber of Deputies, both speak of what has taken place as "discussion" or overtures, and not << negotiations," the Meniorial Dipoinatique asserts that the preliminaries have assumed the cha racter of " a formal negotiation," at least as far as France is concerned. According to the Nord, Russia claims to have a part in the negotiations in her cha racter as a party to the treaties of 1839. Another journal asserts that the Prussian Government has informed the French Ambassador that it is opposed to the annexation of the Grand Duchy of Luxem burg either to France, Prussia, or the Confederation of the North, but tht,t the inhabitants would be more satisfied with the maintenance of the independence of the Duchy under the sceptre of the King of liol land. The Et en d ar d h as a d espa t c h f r om Berlin which states that h i: A rm: G en:3 h ave Leal sent fronl the Prussian C a bi ne t t o i ts di p l oma tic agents at the German States, and to the p owe rs who signed the I ,‘.---,,,-- ~„ cola ..,5_.-3- HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, April 7. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill. _ _ _ His Royal Highness Prince Leopold walked in the grounds, attended by Mr. Sahl. Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Prussia also went out. The announcement in Saturday's papers respect- ing her Royal Highness the Princess Christian of Schles wig-Holstoin was incorrect. Dr. Farre was sent for from London on Friday night in consequence of her Royal Highness not being quite well, but he Las returned to Loudon. THE PREMIER.—Lord Derby was again absent from the Cabinet Council on Saturday. He is, however, reported somewhat better, although still unable to leave his bed. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have been entertaining company at Kimbolton Castle, Hunts, during the latter part of last week. The Duchess of Montrose returned to town on Saturday from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Ingestro at Gumley Hall, Northampton. LITERATURE. A Wife and not a IVile. A Novel. By Cyrus Redding. Three vols. Saunders, Otley, and Co. Although the incidents and characters of this story are entirely fictitious they have been suggested to the writer's imagination by an actual history which will at once occur to the recollection of the readers. This fact the author trusts will only add to the interest of his work. There is a lady now existing, who, according to the decision of different courts of law, has been pronounced " a wife" and " not a wife ;" and it is apparently a matter of in dividual opinion whether she should be addressed by her maiden name or by that of her " honourable" husband. The character of Mary Fitzwalter, the heroine of Mr. Cyrus Redding, bears no resem blance whatsoever to the very romantic heroine of the actual history. Truth being in this instance, as usual, far stranger than its fictitious counterpart. In one respect, however, the novel is even more be wildering than the history. We cannot quite under stand what kind of marriage ceremony united Mary Fitzwalter and Captain O'Brien. The author himself is evidently quite uncertain about the matter, and manifestly contradicts himself. In the first place, the marriage is thus described :—" The usual cere monies being gone through by the assistance of two or three clerical officials, so the newspapers related the incident, in executing the Herculean' office of reading the ceremony as by law established, the happy pair' with certain friends went to break fast, and so on ; the description being precisely the same as that of the ten thousand consecutive marriages given by the press in the course of the current year." So far at page 105, vol. 1., and at page 110 of the same volume we read—" Among unrepealed acts of legislation was one which enacted, that a marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant should be void if the marriage ceremony were performed by a Catholic minister. The captain had only to profess himself of a different creed from his wife to become a free man—[but what of the two or three clerical officials reading the ceremony as by law established at page 105 ?] The captain would be High Church of England or Catholic, as might suit his purpose. Knowing that the Fitzwalters were Protestants, and he himself not holding any faith or belief se attachedly that he could not adopt or abandon it at pleasure to serve a purpose, he made a declara tion that he had been long a good Catholic, and went once or twice to confession in proof of it." To add to our bewilderment at these conflicting statements we actually find, after the description of the ceremony at page 105, after the assertion that the Fitzwalters were Protestants at page 110, Nvo actually find at page 117, Mary Fitzwalter or O'Brien, in referring to her marriage, declare, " The good priest married us as Catholics. My husband • never spoke of his Catholicism or Protestantism then." The best proof, perhaps, of the confused state of the law is its evidently bewildering effect upon the minds of all those who contemplate it. We must confess our utter incapacity to understand the rights of this marriage of Mary Fitzwalter with Captain O'Brien ; as fax as we can discern, it is, to use the ex pressive words of Lord Dundreary, " ono of those things which no fellah can make out." My Son's Wife. By the author of " Caste." Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. Mrs. Gore, in one of her most celebrated novels, " Mrs. Armytage, or Female Domination," very forcibly exhibited the evil influence of an arbi trary female invested with unusual authority. The situation in the novel before us is somewhat similar, but the dominant lady, domineering though she is, is a far more amiable character than Mrs. Army tage, although for a time at least the effects of her arbitrary authority are not less pernicious. The scene in which the lady of the manor addresses her dependents with dignified authority in her words, but almost maternal cordiality in her demeanour, is very well described; and the rightful heir, listening to her in his obscurity, may be pardoned for not wishing to overturn a rule so firmly established and so admirably maintained. The main sufferer in this unnatural state of things is of course the son and heir of the great lady. A warm affection and yet a con tinual dissension exists between mother and son, and this feeling becomes so great when the young heir proposes to choose a partner that " my son's wife" becomes the bane of the mother's life, and gives her name to this history of the family feuds and misunderstandings. The son's wife, Elinor Ituthven, is a very attractive, loveable heroine, excepting always in her unnatural grief at her father's death, a grief so manifested as to shut the mourner out of the pale of all our sympathies. The domestic life of Elinor and her husband is very charmingly de scribed, and the sad bereavement which overclouds its happiness is very touchingly told. Some of the characters are far from attractive, among others Rotha, who learns to deceive her confiding mother and the impetuous cousin, who twice behaves in a manner so unwomanly as to be quite re pulsive. The story is, however, as a whole suffi ciently interesting, the son's wife and the son's mother being by far the most attractive and in teresting personages introduced. TO THE EDITOR OF 7HE SUN. the letter from Rome, dated March 25/ which appears in your impression of this evening/ the writer describes the cardinals as " attended 14 ecclesiastics with rapiers under their frocks." This is a gross error. On great days, when car" dinals appear in state, they are each attended bi their chaplain and esquire, or gentiluomo. The dress of the gentiluomo is of the fashion of the English " Court dress," but entirely black, and with th e addition of a black silk cloak. The gentiluomo is tt e only member of a cardinal's household who wears a sword.—Your obedient servant, Z. April 6, 1867. The King and Queen of Denmark and his Roya l Highness the Prince of Wales honoured tho Duke of Cambridge by their presence at dinner on Saturday oveilin at Gloucester House. There were present to meet their Majesties and the illustrious prince—Their Royal High' nosses the Duches a of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess °I Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess Mary Adelaide and 0 , Serene Highness Prince do Teck , the Earl Granville, Lora W. Paulet, Dr. Quin, and Colonel the Hon. James 31 8 ' ° ' donald, C. 8., in waiting. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador all a the Countess Bernstorff and the Countess Therese Bevy storff returned to the Prussian Embassy on Saturdail from spending a few days with the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. The celebrated annual Tichborne dole was d - tributed at Tichborne, in Hants, a few days since. 11° dole consisted of 250 gallons of bread. It was distribil7. in the name of Sir Henry Alfred Joseph Doughty Ti cil „ borne, the infant son of the late Sir Alfred Ti chboro. This dole was originated by the Tichborne family is Henry the , occnicro time. :2