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upon the people to purchase the bonds of the Irish Republic, alai that in 60 days from that time the blew would be struck for Irish independence. I attended meetings of the organisations subsequent to March, 1866. I saw the bonds of the Irish Re public circulated at the meetings. The object of the other meetings that I attended at, as expressed by the members of the organisation, was to raise money on the Fenian bonds. I heard John O'Ma.hony state at one of the meetings that he hoped to have sufficient money to enable Stephens to commence fighting by the fall of 1865. I ceased to be an active member of the organization after March, 1866. Previous to that I held the position of secretary to a circle. The circle was called the Rogers' Circle. Thomas F.Burke succeeded Rogers as District Centre for Manhattan. This witness was cross-examined by Mr. Butt, but without shaking the effect of his evidence. John J. Congdon was then examined by the Attorney-General. Ile repeated the evidence given by him on the previous trial with reference to his being in the Federal army, and his connection with this Fenian organisation. He stated that- in the month of August, 1865, he was sent by J. O'Ma hony, the head of the conspiracy in America, to Ireland. After coming to Dublin he attended a meeting in the house of J. Doniffe, a tailor, in South Anne-street, where he and the officers with him met Stephens, Rossa, Duffy, Brophy, and other men who held high positions in the organisation. He proved he met the prisoner, M'Afferty, ip Dublin, in February, 1866. He was introduced to witness as Captain M'Afferty, of the Confederate or rebel army, who had served in Morgan's guerillas. There was no statement made at that time that he belonged to the Fenian Brotherhood. All the others present were Fenians. Met several Fenian officers fre quently while he remained in Dublin. Saw Colonel Kelly, Gen. Halpin, and others. Met a person named JAn Flood. E, Duffy was the Fenian or ganizer for the province of Connaught. Witness was sent to Liverpool and ordered to remain there. He was receiving Fenian pay at the time: Captain O'Rorke, who was known by the name of Beecher, was paymaster. Met the prisoner next in Liver pool, January, 1862. Saw him with Colonel Kelly, John Joseph Rogers, Captain Dunne, and others. Saw them at a meeting in Brickfield-street, in Liverpool, one of the head-quarters of the Fenians. They stated that Stephens did not mean to fight, and that they would not put up with his nonsense any longer, as they had come to have a fight. M'Afferty was at that meeting, and was near enough to hear that statement. In the month of February be again saw the prisoner in Liverpool. Late in January there was a meeting in Liverpool about forming a directory. There were only American officers present. Captain O'Rorke, who was in the chair, stated that the organizers had come to the conclusion that Stephens did not intend to right. He wanted them to depose Stephens, and they them selves to constitute the authority of the Irish Re public. He further told them that the Head Centre in. England, Flood, l e ft th ere b y S tep h ens ' s instruc tions, and bad joined the directory as well as Capt. M'Afferty. He wanted to know if the American officers then in Liverpool would sanction the names of M'Afferty and Flood as members of the directory. , The meeting ag ree d t o t h e names being adopted. Saw M'Afferty and Flood iu Liverpool about the 7th or 9th of February. A meeting of Fenians was held afterwards, at which they stated that they came from London, representing the directory. They stated that they brought some money amount ing to about £2O, w hi c h was for the purpose of paying the way of the officers there to Chester, where the Castle was to be seized on the following Monday. The witness proceeded to give evidence as to his having given information to the authorities. About 500 persons had got into the train at Birken head to go to Chester, when a man named Gibbons spoke to witness and said that he had been directed by Capt. M'Afferty and the Fenian authorities in Chester to tell all hands to go back, as " the affair" was sold. Witness was afterwards sent to Dublin to await further orders. A meeting was held in a small shed near the canal, off Brunswick-street, at which information was given with reference to the night when the rising was to take place. Wit ness was directed to go to 3.e1i11-street, in the county of Cork. The meeting was held about a week be fore the rising. At a meeting in the Zoological gardens in Liverpool, O'Rorke paid 30s. to each of the officers in order to keep them in Ireland until the rising would take place. O'Rorke stated that there would be French and German officers to head the rising in Ireland. He did not say what the movement would be. They were all to receive in structions, O'Rorke said, when they got to Dublin. The prisoners Flood and Edward Duffy were then put forward and identified by the witness. This witness was cross-examined at much length by Mr. Dowse, Q.C., but nothing of importance was elicited. Mary Anne Day was then called, but in conse quence of a misdescription it was ruled that her evi dence could not be heard. She was described as an innkeeper at Chester, but it appeared that her mother, Mrs. Evans, was the keeper of the King's Head Inn, and she (witness) had no share in the profits of the establishment. Mr. Bray, examined by Mr. Macdonogh—l am a detective officer iu the city of Chester. I know the prisoner. 1 was on duty in the city of Chester on the 11th of February. I first saw him between 5 and 6 o'clock on the evening of that day. I saw Lim at the railway station in company with another Than, I saw the other man several times during the day. (The prisoner Flood was then put forward and identified.) I first saw Flood about 9 o'clock in the morning on the railway platform. I did not see 21.`Afferty there. About 30 men came by the train that came in from Liverpool at half-past:9 o'clock. They appeared to be working men. They all left the station together. I saw Flood addressing those men. He went among them and spoke to them, and then went away. The men then left the plat form and then went up the town. By the next train about 100 men of asimilar appearance came to Ches ter, and went in a body up the town. I remained at the railway station till 12 o'clock. Several trains from Manchester and Warwick came in in the mean time, and about 50 people, apparently working men, came by each. They kept together in bodies, and went up the City-road. I remained at the station and saw other trains coming in. Numbers of per sons came in by each train. There wereabout :O(' of the same class of persons by those trains. They kept in bodies. 1 went into the city and soon came back to the railway station, where I remained for about two hours. About three trains came in during that time, and numbers of men came by them. About 4 o'clock I went to the police office again, then to the railway station. Between 5 and 6 o'clock a train came in from Manchester, via Crewe. There were men in the carriages, but they did not get out. A few came out. I saw both M'Afferty and Flood at that time. I eaw them speaking to the persons in the train and those on the platform. All compart ments of the carriages - were filled. They appeared to be through passengers from Holyhead. I don't know where M'Afferty and Flood went to. They did not go away by the train. I was at the station again about 7 o'clock, and I remained there till 12 o'clock at night. While there I saw 11PAfferty and Flood. I saw them go into a train for Birkenhead. Next day I assisted in making a search near the railway station, and I found a large quantity of ball cartridges in the railway field, and a number of Pistols and bullet moulds in the canal. Altogether about 1,200 or 1,300 strangers came into the town that day. I saw some of them going by the Liver pool and some by the Manchester trains. About 4,000 of the Guards came to Chester that day. I know the Castle of Cheate r Iknow there was a large q uantit yofa , rts as o t f l various kinds belonging to, her Majesty in the vions F riday. e. I saw them o n the pre- There were about 100 soldiers there at the time. The volunteers at Chester were under arms early on that day. The Lord Chief Justice—ls the Castle a stroncr place ?—No, my l or d . 0 The witness was cress-examined by Mr. Butt, but nothing important was elicited. The Court adjourned at 20 minutes past 6 o'clock till 10 o'clock this morning. The Special Commission for the trial of Fenian prisoners was opened at Cork yesterday in the LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1867. -----..-- There is, fortunately, still time for the Council of the Reform League to illustrate the wise old adage that " Disc re ti on i s the better part cf valou r ," b y a bandoning the proposed asEenibly on Monday, or at lout by adjourning it to some 1120:q Auitablepotii, ion than Ilyde Park. They may possibly be re luctant to make any concessions to law, to autho rity, or even to public opinion, but they can scarcely think it dignified for themselves or creditable to their cause to become associated in the public mind with rioters and disturbers of the peace. Their aocante that e e cacnl deu possible period eirri s nioyoGg r il de Government theloepielai lastrvl rsieens precautions na:r t unere h i tni yei evening, attention.l Ig‘tvms wed ere oa e rttf w eno: pdhharAacaertil though Parliament ms suogl d psri eA e l latn s eLonn e t. pryoafvoovvdei while:oedEari avoid c i do o aden n necs o yf upadni. declared en e o rt de l - f It l dpri disturbance nn t cg h es a o t ofr t h tr c hi r oe e t will teha ogu b ug e e hr s no t l t e ei s f o c vt r eh e r n en i re s mee t u ewi r nsi b t tt a a sh k o n . c n nhi e l g eel . he have a sufficient police force in reserve, and givenFermis oto as unnecessary special residentshe o eas:. t bh h i e e : v ; G i c i n T h i t a y p o p f the s c l l ' a e a u n r t k i i l o a t n o s s bu -obaeereesnuotrn inThese pre to think, si nce the' cost of reglazing the window s frames of a large West-end house is an unwelcome expense to some householders, notwithstanding that it may assume the form of a forced contribution to the Reform League. Mr. BRIGHT has come for ward as the champion of the Leaguers, and made a lengthened speech in their behalf, but as he also presented a petition on behalf of the Fenians his advocacy lost something of its value. Mr. BRIGHT holds that great meetings in England are never provocative of breaches of the peace. Whether the Leaguers' demonstration came under the bead of " great meetings" or not may be uncertain, but if the hon. member for Birmingham, in his monopoly of the study of hiatory, has not altogether overlooked the records of his own time, he may remember that some five years ago Hyde Park Was the theatre of a series of "great meetings" to demonstrate popular sympathies respecting GARIBALDI and the POPE. Sunday after Sunday the Park was the scene of riot and serious disturbance. No toler ably respectable person could pass through it in safety, and severe injuries were in many cases received. It was tho stronghold of ruffianism till the respectable half of London lost patience, and vigorous measures were taken to put it d fo o r w u n nv ; ith and r , eso i l if we that rememberno rightly, forthwith meetings should be permitted in the Park. Mr. BRIGHT asks " whether any number of persons have not a perfect right to enter the Park ?" And taking the affirmative for granted, he goes ou to ask " whether they have not the right of standing shoulder to shoulder, and of expressing their opinions in a loud voice ?" A very loud voice it must be if a hundredth part of the hundred thousand men he would allow to assemble are to hear two words of what is said. But who believes that the demonstration of Monday is intended for the delivery of speeches, which could be very much better heard in the Agricultural Hall or some other large building. We cannot think Mr. BRIGHT free from blame in citing the conse quences to the Government of Louis PIIILIPPE in refusing their sanction to the proposed banquets, and we should think he had lived long enough in London to know the sort of characters which every mixed and noisy company attracts in the public thoroughfares. In the case of great public proces sions the cause of order is always safely left to the public themselves, but the very classes who keep order on sight-seeing days, the steady mechanics, the sober artisans out with their families, and the general body of the working classes, will be the very ones who will keep away from - Monday's demonstration. The roughs, and idlers, and pick pockets will probably muster in strong force, hoping for an opportunity for riot and plunder, and the collection of these worthies at the Wet-end is not a very creditable object of ambition. We are glad to find that Mr. GLADSTONE has thrown his influence into the scale, and, after his appeal to them last night, the Reform League have an excellent excuse for altering their programme. The good sense and justice of Mr. GLADSTONE'S remarks were indisputable. The working men, as a body, were, he said, as loyal as any members of that House, but it was not consistent with the duty of such persons to place themselves in conflict with those who were responsible for the execution of the law. He advised them to conform to the wishes of the Government; " so much, at least, of respect is due to the Government as the adminis trators of the law, from the private individual, the loyal subject of the QUEEN." Both sides of the house, said Mr. GLADSTONE, fully agreed upon this question, and we may hope his opinion will have ' weight. The members of the League can scarcely wish to get mixed up in a discreditable disturbance, especially as they have no shadow of a ground for just complaint. They have been allowed to hold meetings in Traf.►lgar-square, to form processions through the streets, and they have had the use of some of the great city halls. If the object was to prevent them from discussitig the Government measure, it would certainly not be attained by keeping them out of the Parke. But no English Government would dream of such a hopeless effort. Mr. BRIGHT says that, had it not been for these meetings, the Conservatives would not have introduced a Reform Bill, and would, conse quently, not now occupy the Government benches. This is another instance of the hon. gentleman's short ness of political memory, since the Reform League was not heard of in 1859. We cannot think that the present agitation is at all likely to further the inte rests of Reform, and we arc not surprised that Mr. WALroLE should have received a memorial signed by some thousands of persons against it. The ambition of Englishmen has always hitherto been to combine political liberty with universal respect for law. The desire of the Leaguers appears to be the substitution of what Mr. NE.L.TE ca11ed...." A Parliament in the streets," in which the noisiest and most aggressive become the most important, The announcement which the Chancellor of the Exchequer made to the Ilouse last night concerning the course which the Government would take about the inestion of residence is just what was expected by all parties, and it is one that is so evidently suggested by common sense that there is scarcely any need to comment upon it. The Ministry hav e resolved to defer to the decision of the committee. There was little or no excitement in the Ilouse when the decision was mado known, because it was pretty generally anticipated, but of course a few remarks were made. Mr. Iloes'stAN, vexed that all his efforts to put an end to discussions upon Reform for this year were unavailing, took care to quote from the letter which Mr. DisRAELI had sent to his supporters previous to the division ; but this was soon disposed of by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. These observa tions upon past doings and speeches seem quite the rage just now; but it is a very idle sort of argu ment at the best, and in the present instance it was an inconclusive one, because Mr. GLADSTONE'S amendments were framed so as to upset the Government if carried, and it was . essential that they should be met with a direct negative. It was the more unfair of the latter to go on in this manner, because it infused a wrong element into the Committee, and rendered the 'consideration of the bill a party que4tion, instead of a subject upon which the House met to consider upon common grounds of interest and importance. At any rate the diffi culty has been got over, and that is the chief thing to think of, and all other inconveniences are quite of secondary consideration in them:tatter. Mr. Dis- RAELI expressed the regret which the Government experienced in having to relinquish their proposal for a two years' residence, but he said also, which was very true, that " every candid mind must feel that the course which they had taken, upon due con sideration, was one consistent with their character as men of honour and the duty which they owed to their country and the Crown." We consider the remarks of Mr. llonsmAN as factious and ill-timed, and those who think of following in his track had better look to the importance of the question at issue, and not perplex those who have already enough on their hands. Mr. DISRAELI also explained that the Government would insert an amendment in clause three to remove all " ambiguity" as to the position of the compound householders, and a clause will be moved to repeal the section of Sir W. CLAY'S Act in reference to compounders and ten pounders. All things taken into account the Reform Bill has made great progress this week, and we trust it will not be long before it is got through committee and sent up to the House of Lords, for the publi c w ill g u r a e t s u s ra a l s this will at so significant a s i gn o f i ts pro will afford. To do this will rest with the House, for the Government are sure to make all needful exertions in the matter. " Strange age that thus offers a premium for crime," was said by one who exposed the fallacies of the present day respecting the high consideration in which criminals were held, and really Mr. BRIGHT, and those hon. members who followed suit to him last night respecting "the Fenian prisoners, fully exemplified that description. A petition was presented by Mr. BRIGHT which was couched in such extraordinary terms that we are not surprised that a motion was made that it should not be allowed to lie on the table of the House. It was as well that this was not agreed to, for fear of misrepresentation on the subject, but the protest was certainly not unreasonable. Those who drew up the petition were either grossly ignorant or absurdly indifferent. They actually said that those who were made prisoners were men " whose cause and offence were alike free from dis honour." This was a curious definition of those who are committing the offence of high treason, and endeavouring to subvert the Government of the country. This is rot all, however, for the petitioners furthermore declared that the state of Ireland, in some degree, justified the course which the Fenians pursued, and wound up their claim by demanding that the said Fenians should be treated on the principles of " honourable warfare." "So are they all, all honourable men," may well be added in connection with them, we suppose ; but really we think Mr. BRIGHT should know beater than to put hiinsAf forward in such a cause. We are not surprised that Lord NAAS should declare that the statements respecting the treatment of Fenian prisoners were much exaggerated, for we should have come to the same conclusion without any answer being officially given. It is quite contrary to the usual management of convict prisons that there should be any great hardship inflicted, an d as for the notion that the object was to degrade t he p risoners th at is quite absurd, because in the sight of our impartial judges they are degraded by conviction, the offences of which they are convicted, and it would be a vio lation of the laws to consider them as prisoners of war. Those who persist in these exaggerated state ments, and use this inflatel language, have a great deal to answer for, and they du a great deal of mischief, unintentionally no doubt, but not less surely. It is high time that this folly should cease ; and we are sure of one thing, that if there has been an error of judgment on the part of th e authorities in Ireland, it has been on the sid e o f i t i o u o a Imuchieeenecyy, towards file added,indivi that has met with no return whatever, but seems rather to have been taken advantage of to prosecute further plans, and to plunge still deeper into the plots devised against the Executive. County Court-house, before the Chief Justice of tb s . Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Justice Keogh, and Mr. Justice George. DUBLIN, Friday Evening. At the Dublin Special Commission the court was occupied the whole of this day in receiving evidence against M'Afferty, chiefly in reference to Chester, Tallaght, Stepaside, Glencullen, Kilmallock, and Ballyhurst Fort. The Cork Special Commission has been adjourned to the 21st of May. `HEATRE ROYAL DRU RY-LANE 1 Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Uhatterton. THIS EVENING, "I' !I E G HEAT CITY. Messrs. C. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 40m.—Afternoln, 2h. 2rn I'a-itoltow.-Morning, 2h. 25m.—Afternoon, 2h. 45w t; 4 m 7 II jgg _e - , i4P. P. . THE SUN, LONDON, SA r URDAY EVEiNIV;, MAY 4, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. r col ls n , s7 ,r N id D a E y NT li !ening. Some of the Paris papers, .whieh a few days ago expressed deep grief and anxiety at the prospect of (FROM OUlt OWN war, seem to be equally sorry thata pacific arrange ment is almost a matter of certainty. This position of affairs stops the game of fabricati ng sensation and alarming reports, which, like the razor of Peter Pindar's razor man, were made " to sell" their papers.. Thus a small portion of the Paris jour nals, and a few of the German papers, spread a re• port that Prussis has not agreed to the evacuation of Luxembourg, but has consented to the Confer ence without at all pledging herself to adopt the concession of that point, as the basis upon which the discussions of the Conference are to be founded. Other journals, which do not go so far as to deny the adoption of the preliminary step of conciliation by Prussia, endeavour to detract from its importance and value by argu ing that the details of the question, when di-cussed, will raise up obstacles of the most serious character, and again place the question of peace or war in the balance. Another argument is, that unless Prussia shall deliver up the fortress at once and before the Conference commences the discussion, it will prove that she will not do so afterwards unless compelled. On the other hand, a Brussels paper (the Inde pendance Beige) asserts, upon alleged good autho rity, that all will run so smoothly that the Confer ence will be able to settle the matter in two sittings. This nay well be if the question should be confined to Luxembourg, and the large ci • rcle of the many treaties be not entered u pon.The evening papers are conspicuous for their inventions. The Avenir National publishes a pretended despatch from Ber lin, stating that Prussia • did not consent to the Con ference, and that M. l 3 ismarek declared if Luxem bourg were neutralised it might remain • • within the Zonverein. M. Jonas, Councillor of State, has remitted to the Minister of Foreign Affairs the letters which accredit him at the French Court as Charge' d'Affaires of th e G rand Duchy of Luxembourg. DI onseigneUr Fu r i nez, who lately resigned the Bishopric of Far au t a i ss, has been appo i nted canon of the first or d er to the Imperial Chapter of St. Denis, in the r oom o f Mons. Cruise, deceased. On Wed nes d ay morning the Emperor reviewed the T u il e ries and the Place in the Cou r t o f Carrousal the second division' of the first corps d'arniee (General D ecaen), the third br i ga d e o f t h e division of cava l ry, the troops of artillery (General de Bentzm an ), and several corps not brigaded. The whole of th ese troops were under the command of General of Di v i s i on Soumaiu, Commandant of the Place of P ar i s , and were drawn up in nine l i nes. His Majes t y successively passed before each line, and was c or di ally greeted with cries of "Long live the Emp eror !" " Long live the Empress !" and " Long liv e the Imperial Prince !" The Emperor distri buted medals and decorations. His Majesty was accompanied by the Minis ter of W ar , Marshal Canro b ert, Com mandant of th e Fi rst Corps d ' Artnee ; G enera l Fleury, Gra n d E querry, Aide-de -Camp ; G enera l of Division d e F a il ley, Aide-de-Camp ; G enera l d e Courson, Chief of the General Staff of the First Corps d'Arm ee ; and the officers on service in the military household o f the Emperor. A despatch f rom the Havannah states th a t Vi ce - Admiral de la Itou c i ere de' Notary, in command of the ironclad squad ron of the Imper i a l n a v y, left that port on the 27thof March for llalifax, Nova Scotia. At the same period the Themis, bear ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Didelot, had sailed for Port-au-Prince, from whence the news was satis factory. The provisional Government of General Nissage Saget appeared to afford guarantees of order, and the fear of a violent reactio❑ was dis pelled forthe present. Admiral Clone, on board the frigate Le Magellan, and followed by the gunboat Adonis, had again put to sea with the intention of proceeding direct to Franco. A tremendous storm, unexampled for violence, prevailed all day on Sunday last at Bordeaux, and the inundation in the streets stopped the circulation. It was about four in the afternoon that the storm was at its height. Trees were blown down and chimney-pots dashed to pieces, and houses were unroofed. No personal injury, however, was sus tained. In restoring a buiding at Stanz, in Switzerland, a beautiful fresco painting has been discovered, re presenting the descent from the Cross and the de posit of Christ in the tomb. This picture was executed in 1570, at the expense of M. tieing, the head of the Municipality of Uri, whose coat of arms and that of his wife figure in this ancient work of art. The colours are still fresh, and indeed it is altogether in good preservation. The police of Geneva, assisted by two bankers of that city, have just arrested some English malefac tors implicated in a charge of fraudulent bankruptcy. Among the number is a man named Sichmon, who fled from London about about a year ago, carrying away diamonds and other precious stones to the value of a million francs. The police of London had offered a reward of £2OO for the capture of this thief, and, it is said, went to New York after him, being deceived in consequence of his having left orders to have his letters directed to him at that city. The band consists of three men and two women. They were in possession of much valuable property, including a magnificent painting of Raphael, which the Marquis de Champana of Rome intrusted a few years ago to Sichmon to sell for him. This picture was valued in the catalogue at 800,000 fr. An English police-officer was expected at Geneva to take charge of Siehmon. Considerable excitement has been created at Lyons by the murder of M. Josephin Gouvalant under extraordinary circumstances. He was what is called un homme d'affaires, that is to say, he kept an office in the Rue Ferraudiere, where both ladies and gentlemen went to consult him upon business of any kind. He found husbands for ladies and wives for gentlemen, servants for masters and masters for servants, and he acted as agent for the purchase or sale of property. M. Gouvalant was about 35 and unmarried. He had valuable jewellery and property of other kind at his house, and was fond of exhibiting his treasures. This will explain the motive of the crime which has thrown the city of Lyons into agitation. The mutilated body of the unfortunate man was found a day or two ago in the Rhone, not far from the city. The head was cut off. There was a mortal wound on the left breast, which the surgeons believe was inflicted during life. The arms and legs were cut from the body apparently by a skilful person. From certain circumstances the identification is complete. The deceased had been missing from his house since the 24th of April. On searching the house, it was dis coverei that all his money and valuables had been taken away. It is not supposed that the deceased was murdered in his house, but the probability is that he was decoyed to some lonely spot and then murdered. The assassins took away his keys, which he was in the habit of carrying about with him, and then went to his house and carried off his property. The Lyons Courier says that there is reason for suspecting that a young woman of bad repute has played a principal character in this terrible drama, so surrounded with atrocity. The weather has been fine and warm to-clay, without rain, but there are still indications of change and storm. The Exhibition has been much crowded to-day ; in fact., each day it incr,ases in interest and attrac tion, in spite of a few ill-natured but foolish and impotent attempts to depreciate its grandeur and agn iticen ce. In the Legislative Body to-day an important communication was made on tho part of the Go vernment, to the effect that Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, in accord with Hol land, had consented to a Conference to settle the difficulties relative to the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg, on the principle of neutralisation, and that the Conference would assemble in London on Tues day next. The Origin of our Volunteer Army. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your columns yesterday there appeared the report of a meeting convened to pre6ent a testi monial for services rendered in connection with the origin of the Volunteer movement. At that meet ing Lord Banelagh seems to have made a most un necessary and wholly unprovoked attack on Capt. Hans Busk. I trust, therefore, that in common fairness, I m be allowed space for a few observations in reply. Lord Itanelagh stated that Captain Busk took credit to himself for having been cheered in Hyde -park as " the originator of the Volunteers," on the occasion of the memorable review in June, 1860. Very little turns upon the fact, but that the circumstance re ferred did occur is sufficiently attested by the fol lowing paragraph which appeared in the Brighton Guardian of June 27, 1860, quoted, if I mistake not, from the 7inzes :--" AN INCIDENT OF THE LATE R EviEw .—As the troops commenced their march past t h e Queen considerable interest and curiosity were manifested by many of th e s p ectators to catch a glimpse of Captain Busk, who has attained such celebrity as the great authority of the day on all matters connected with the rifle. As the VICTORIA RIFLES advanced with that manly bearing Which so pre-eminently distinguish them from other Volun teer corps they were received with deafening cheers, and Captain Hans Busk was loudly greeted from various quarters as he was recognised at the head of his company. The spectacle displayed in Hyde Park on the 23d Juae was, unquestionably, the grandest that has been witnessed by the present generation, but for obvious reasons it must have been peculiarly gratifying to the gallant officer above alluded to," • Lord Ranelagh furtip=l., by a garbled extract from one of Captain Busk's works, altogether per verting the author's meaning, took upon himself to affirm that Captain Busk had spoken disparag ingly of volunteers in general. his lordship alto gether ignoring that the sole purport of the book was strenuously to urge the organisation of such forces, and with which it was that the raw materials of militia and line regiments were unfavourably contrasted, the reason given being, that as the latter troops must necessarily be taken from a class lower in the social scale, they could not be expected to be animated by the chivalrous feeling, the energy, or the indomitable pluck of an army having to so large an extent among its rank and file men of the same grade as the officers in line or militia regiments. That this was the meaning in which the passage was accepted is sufficiently obvious from a review by Mr. A. B. Richards himself, who, alluding expressly to the portion of the volume iu question, thus wrote : " This is au admirable treatise, the concluding portion ought to be printed in gold, and hung over the elnuaney-piece of every man who has a spark of the °ld feeling of Crecy and Agincourt smouldering in his breast." Lord Itanelagh went on to say that " Captain Husk had better not have exhibited himself as originator, as he only it fi)r SELF. lie puts himself forward most improperly, and in a way not creditable to him." The first part of this sentence sounds strangely from one who at the very time was actually soli citing pecuniary contributions for a personal testi monial to a friend of his own ! The fact being, that on every occasion from 1803 up to the present hour, when a similar recognition of Captain Busk's eminent and acknowledged services has been p o posed, he has invariably and persistently deelintd to accept the smallest, token of public gratitude, or any emolument of any description ; and at this moment, a considerable amount haying been iub scribed, Captain Busk has most spontaneously and disinterestedly proposed that the fund should be devoted to the establishment of a lifeboat on the South Coast, instead of being presented, as in tended, to himself. M for Captain Busk " putting himself forward' in the matter, Lord Ranelagh is evidently ignorant of the fact that Captain Busk was known and ac knowledged from one end of the kingdom to the other as the " originator of the movement" years before any coadjutor in his great and important work had appeared upon the scene. In corrobora tion of this I might adduce overwhelming and con clusive evidence. I will, however, content myself with the following selections froln an immense mass of similar testimony. Some six or seven years ago the Times, alluding to the origin of the Volunteer movement, stated : " Several persons are vehemently contending for the honour of having taken the initiative in a move ment which has had so signal a success as to have produced a costless disciplined army of 150,000 marksmen. We have been appealed to, and names we have never heard of have been placed before us as deserving of public gratitude on this account. Of course no individual can have any claim to the merit of having originated this great work. It arose out of the circumstances and exigencies of the day, and it sprang from a unanimous feeling of the ne cessity of preparing for defence. The earliest and most strenuous advocate, however, of the Volunteer system, when in its infancy, was, so far as we know, Bans Busk, who has continued lecturing and ivriting and counselling upon this subject up to the present hour. Ile was, as we know, for some time alone in pressing the subject upon the public notice, and to him, if to anybody, credit is due for having laboriously aided at the birth of this institution. The Volunteer army, however, is not an invention, and no one has a right to patent it." The Law 7 iines affirmed— " We can vouch for it that long before the subject had been mooted in the newspapers, or even whis pered in the columns of the Times, Captain Busk was actively recruiting in the hall of the Middle Temple, and successful in persuading a large num ber of its learned members to enlist, and that his exhortations were precisely those which the Times long afterwards urged so powerfully and with such excellent effect. That was undoubtedly the begin ning of the movement, and Captain Busk was as undoubtedly its author, and to him should the credit be given." We think the Government will do well to con sider whether, while rewarding every bringer of a recruit to the regular army, while offering fees to recruiting sergeants, and commissions to gentlemen who induce 100 men to join the ranks, it might not advantageously confer some honourable mark of distinction on the man who has brought to its sup port the services of 150,000 volunteers.—Manchester Express. Captain Hans Busk, so well known as the suc cessful originator of that great movement which has resulted in the establishment of an army numbering upwards of 130,000 men, delivered on Tuesday one of his popular lectures ou "The Rifle, and How to Use it," at the Eastbourne Assembly Room.—East bourne Chronicle. Captain Busk is fairly entitled to the honour of having placed at her Majesty's disposal the most magnificent army which the world has ever seen, with the formation of which his name must conse quently ever be proudly associated. —Northern Ex press. Captain Busk was the advocate of this Volunteer movement before a ripple was discernible on the face of that ocean of opinion which is now moving onward in au irresistible tide, at a time, too, when the timid predicted failure and the witling ventured to sneer. Nobody sneers now.—Newcastle Express. At the close of an address at Leicester, the Mayor, proposing the best thanks of the meeting to Captain Bwik for his interesting and most eloquent address, said Captain Busk was a national benefactor. They should recollect that he was the very earliest origi nator of this movement. They must aslo remem ber that he had consistently pursued his noble efforts in its behalf for many years at very consi derable personal inconvenience and expense to him se f.—Leicester Chronicle. Captain Hans Busk, not content with having converted us into a nation of soldiers through his unwearied advocacy of the Volunteer movement, the importance of which he was the first to point out, has been lecturing lately in various parts of the country on " Rifle Corps and Rifle Shooting" to very crowded audiences. —Brighton Herald. Captain Hans Busk, who is incontestably the originator of the rifle movement in England, lately delivered a most admirable, instructive, and deeply interesting lecture on the above subject at Shrews bury.—Shrewsbury Journal. Yesterday evening Captain Hans Busk, TIIE ORIGINATOR OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT, gave a lecture on the above subject in the Exchange 'IA.—No/tint/ha 711 Express. "Is there one," says John Hunter, " whom diffi culties dishearten, who bends to the storm ? He will do little. Is there one who will conquer? That kind of man never fails. " Such a man apparently is Hans Busk. Once convinced of the importance and necessity of the movement he was 4 , unceasing," to use the language of the 7 - Times "i n lecturing, writing and counsellin g on this subject. He w as, as we know, for some time alone in press ing the subject upon the public notice; and to him, if to anybody, credit is due for having laboriously aided at the birth of this in stitution."—The Volun teers' Book of Facts. Having availed ourselves of the greatest national benefit that has been conferred on England for years, we may well look round inquiringly to find out on whose brows the reward for so unprecedented a boon should be placed. Captain Maus Busk has, in e x p en d iture of time, money, in purity of idea, and interest, in single-hearted labour to further the good cause, indisputably won the distinction of distinction of being the "Father of the Volunteer Movement." It is disheartening enough that after the sacrifice of so much to such an end the hero of our system of " Defence, not Defiance" should see his well-earned honours questioned; it is hardly less so, it seems to us, that his services should still be without a due meed of recognition from his country. " Captain Busk, as is well known, declines any pecuniary recompense for his praiseworthy efforts. Cau nothing else be suggested that should mark our sense of an achievement at least as honourable as laying the foundation-stone of an asylum for idiots, or opening the City gates on the occasion of a Royal entry ?"—Court Journal. A contributor to the Sporting Gazette, speaking of the formation of our Volunteer army, writes : It seems to me one of the greatest and noblest services that a subject has ever rendered to the Crown—and for such a piece of work it is sought not to confer any substantial mark of gratitude on a national benefactor, but absolutely to wrest from him the ' barren honour' he has acquired with so much toil. The claims of other aspirants to the distinction of having originated the Volun teer movement may be easily disposed of, but the absence of a fitting testimonial (I hate the word, but what can one say ?) to the man who conceived and helped; to carry it out is not so easily accounted for, and I do trust that in the fulness of time the reproach may be taken away from the nation. " I could without difficulty have filled many columns with additional proofs. I will conclude with the observations of Sir Duncan MacDougall and of Lord Mount-Edgcumbe—" Sir Duncan MacDougall, in March, 1861, wrote to Captain Busk, as follows—' It would indeed be the greatest gratification to me if national as well as Ministerial gratitude led to your being rewarded in the manner I think you deserve.' The Right Hon. Lord Mount-Edgcumbe (then Lord Valletort, M.P.) on introducing Captain Hans Busk to a public audience at Plymouth, October, 1860, observed— " The Volunteer movement had extended from John o'Groat's to the Laud's End, and if asked who was the initiator and promoter of the movement, he felt certain the would all reply, Captain Hans I3usk." I think I have said enough fully to vindicate Captain Busk's claim to his honourable and hard earned title of 4' Founder of our noble Volunteer Army."---Yours, F. G. Royal InotitutioD : May 2, 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. . MADRID, May 3. The Congress to-day approved the Government Bill for the recruiting of the Spanish army. ._ There is no news whatever. Complete tranquil lity prevails throughout Spain, notwithstanding the efforts that have been made by the enemies of order to excite agitation. MADnID, April 30. The Espana of to-day says :—" A statement was circulated on the Bourse yesterday that public order had been disturbed in Navarre, in conse quence of a party of emigrants, to the number of 400, having crossed the frontier. We are in a posi tion to give the most unqualified denial to this assertion." PORTUGAL. LISBON, May 4• A question was addressed to the Government in the Chamber of Peers the day before yesterday relative to the events at Oporto on the 22d April. Senhor Eugene Almieda, member of the Opposition, observed that although the riots were a bai and reprehensible means of protesting against Govern ment measures, he nevertheless censures the dissolution of the Patriotic Association Of Oporto. The Minister of 'War, in reply, ener getically defended the rights and the conduct of the Government in this matter. To -day the motion of Viscount Govea, declaring that the Chamber is satisfied with the explanations of the Government, was approved by 42 against 7 votes. A deputation from the Municipal Chamber of Oporto presented a petition against the new taxes to the King at the Afuda Palace yesterday evening. His Majesty received the deputation courteously, and said he was prepared to perform his duty ac cording to the constitutional charter. The Queen leaves to-morrow for Italy. BAVARIA. Mumai, May 4. The King of Bavaria will visit Paris in the course of the summer. AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 3 (Evening). The Cunard steamer Persia has arrived out. LIVERPOOL, May 4• The Guions steamer Manhattan, Captain Wil liams, from New York, on the 20th April, with 1 3 cabin and 40 steerage passengers, arrived here late last night. SOUTHAMPTON, May 4• The New York and Bremen Company's steamer Baltic, from New York, on the 20th April, has arrived here with 30 bags of mails and a general cargo for London. After coaling she will proceed for Bremen this afternoon. PENZANCE, May 4• The Swiftsure, from Melbourne, with passengers and a general cargo, including a large consignment of gold passed up Channel (off here) this morning• FRANCE. BOURSE, May 3, Three o'clock.—The market, as was anticipated, has been buoyant during the past hour, and all classes of securities show a sensible improvement. The closing quotations are as fol lows : 4} per Cents 97 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 40 Do. end month 6B 42} Credit Mobilier 377 5U Do. end month Credit Foneier — Do. end month 1417 50 RAIL' Bank Shares 3405 --- Italian Loan 49 10 Do. end month 49 2 ' Mexican Loan. Do. 80nd5...,„„ — Spanish Throes Houle Debt Deferred LYS. Orleans For Account. 855 Northern 1155 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern 552 50 Western 547 50 Eastern Sardinian 7O Austrian Lombard 392 50 North of Spain — SaragosEa 92 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — MARKE T S.—This day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit is limited, but increased quantities of vegetables are on sale. Futirr—Pine apples, 5s to 8s; grapes, Gs Od lo lOs Od per lb; apples, 4s Od to 88 Od per bushel; oranges, 4s Od to Os ; lemons, 7s to 9s per 100; cobnuts, 75s to 80s per 1001bs; strawberries, 6d to is Od per oz.; pears, Os to Os per doz.; melons, Os to Os. VEGETABLDS—Ca,bbages, is 3d to 2s; cauliflowers, 3s to Gs per dozen heads; beet, is Od to 2s; celery, 2s Od to 20 6d per dozen heads ; horseradish, 4s to 6s per bundle; turnips, 6d to Od; carrots, 6d-to 8d per bunch; cucum bers, 2s to 4s each ; small salad, 2d to 3d; mushrooms, is 6d to 2s Od per pottle; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel; endive 2s to 3s, lettuces, 2s to 3s per score ; parsley, 6d to Bd, mint 4d to is per bunch ; potatoes, 75s to 160 s per too. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 4d to 48 6d Lamb 6s Od to 78 2d I Mutton ... 3s 6d to 4 8 8d Pork Veal WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 44 to 45 4d Veal Muttonl 3s 6d to 4$ 8d Pork Lamb BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro Irma 91-d to 10d. ; of household ditto, 71d. to 9d. per 4lbs loaf. Per 81b to sink the offal. • HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, ltd to 3d ; 64 to 721bs, 3d to 3id ; 72 to 801bs, aid to aid ; 80 to 88lbs. ' 31d to 4d ; 88 to 9elbs., 4d to 40. Horsehidos, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 7s Od; polled sheep, 00s Od to 008; half-breds, 98 Od to lOs Ob ; downs, 7s Od to 8s Od ; iamb' 3s 3d to 4s Od ; shearlings, is 5d to is 6d. HAY. SMITHFIELD—Meadow hay, £3 08 to £4 15s ; clover, .£1 Os to Li 12s 6d; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load. CUMBERLAND--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £2 to £2 8s per load. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 to £4 15s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Oil ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s. per load• PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—PhOta graphic Albums, a choice of 3,000; despatch-boxes, writ ing-cases, dressing-ca.ses, travelling-bags, envelope-cases , blotting-book; ink-stands, desks, book-slides, work-boxes , tea-caddies, hand-bags and reticules, card-cases, purses/ stationery cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, &c. ; cigar-cases, card-baskets, pocket-books, else tro-gilt and elegantly-mounted articles. 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