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Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. TH IS EVENING, ROB ROY. Messrs. Phelps, Swinbourne, VV. Harrison, W. M'lntyre, Barrett, C. Harcourt ; Mesdames Z. Cross, R. G. Le Theire, Hudspeth, and E. Brougham. To conclude with, WANTED, HUSBANDS FOIL SIX. Messrs. Barrett, E. Cation ; Mesdames Hudspeth and 11. Brougham. Commence at Seven. TECEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstme. THIS PIVENING, THE HEIR-AT-LAW. Messrs. Black stone, Chippendale, Compton, Varren, Rogers. Braid, Gor don, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Hill, &a Atter which. THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, Farren, Vincent, Ate. ; Mesdames Chippendale, floor.•, Hill, Sidney, Burke, &c. To conclude with PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and Miss Jove _Burke. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. reehter. THIS EVENING, at 7, HA.MBOOZ LING. Mr. E. Price and Miss Kate B at". .p. Alter which, at 8, TII E DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Pechter ; Me-srs. 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After whi,b. A ROMANTIC A. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews. Doors open at halt-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. (leo. Vilnius:. THIS EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. )Leases. J. G. Shore, IL Forrester. Followed by. at a quarter before 8, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Vil liers. C. Verner. J. G. Shore, 6. Ualhaem, H. Forrester, It. Thorne, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton ; Miss Page and Miss Katherine liongers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Messrs. Parsel e, Belford, F. Robson ; Misses Hughes and Newtvn. Alter which, the Burlesque, ESMERALDA ; or, The Sen sation Goat. Messrs. Iliorne ■nd Jame,; Mesdames A wanborough. E. Holt, and Newton, To conclude with THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole froprietor and Manager. Mr. sefton Parry. THIS EVENING. a new Farce. MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Bellmore, Miss Foote, Elsa Lennox. Alter which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Meagre. Neville, Delmore. Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames y. Josephs, C. Saunders. B. Foote. KaYmond. rp II EATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. IL C. NATION. Great Treat for Visitors to London on their way to the Paris Exhibition.—Production of Benjamin Webster's iau•ous Imma, " H &RV s.ST HOME," and 11. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, "f THE NYMPH OF THE LIIMLE f BURG." EVE ttY EVENING. Benjamin Webster's famous Drama, HARVEST HOME. Messrs. Fernandez, Attila. Stephens ; Misses Edith Stuart, Marion, Mrs. Caulfield. To conclu•le with LI. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, TIT E NYMPH OI'TH E L RLEY BURG, with new and brilliant scenery illustrative of the beautiful Rhine. Misses Edith Stuart, Ellen fhirlwall, Nellie Clifton, Richardson; Messrs. Atkins, Stephens, and Arthur. To prevent disappointment seats must be booked in ad vance. No charge for bills or booking. 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POPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present time. Part the Second—From 1066 to 1867. E. Moses and Son, corner of 3finorios and Aldgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post freo on application. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. H. D. LABOUCHERE, Esq., the Liberal Candi date, will ADDRESS the ELECTORS, at the George Hotel, Commercial-road East, THIS EVENING (Satur day), the 6th inst., at 7 o'clock. TO THE ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX. GENTLE MEN,— rrHE death of Mr. Haribury has deprived you of the services of a highly-esteemed Representative in the house of Commons. For the vacancy thus sadly and unexpectedly occasioned I venture to offer myself as a Candidate. There are many among you, I flatter myself, to who.n my name is not unknown as a zealous supporter of the Liberal cause, and at this important crisis I hold it essen tial that any candidate presuming to ask for the suffrages of such an important and thoroughly Liberal constituency as that of Middlesex should be able to give trustworthy assurances of his devotion to the principles which they have at heart. Should you do me the honour to return me to Parlia ment it would be my first duty to co-operate with those who desire to effect the passage of an honest and straight forward measure of Reform—such a measure as would prove to the large body of artisans and working men, whom I hold to be entitled to the franchise, that the House of Commons is not afraid of the people, nor averse to the free extension of political privileges, nor disposed to deny to the intelligent operatives a share in the government of the country, to whose burdens they are called upon to contri bute. If the Reform Bill proposed by the Tory Ministry be not capable of adaptation to such an end, I should not hesitate to give my adherence to any course which may seem the most calculated to attain the desired object. R e spect to the memory of your late Representative will not allow me for the next few days to take any further steps to bring myself before the Electors, but 1 shall take the earliest possible opportunity of meeting you in public and giving you a detailed, and 1 trust satisfactory, account of my views upon all the important political topics of the day. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, HENRY D. LABOUCHERE. 23, James-street, Buckingham -gate, S.W., March 29, 1867. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 2h. 50m.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m, rd-Moßnow.-Morning, 3h. 30m.—Afternoon, 3h. 47m, gyr r /kb:, 4 ° I.lAlinitar"?..AlMll! LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1867. Mr. GLADSTONE has come out in his true colours at last, and shown himself to be the uncompromis ing enemy of all Reform, and the inveterate oppo nent of those who are in power instead of himself. This is the sum and substance of his opposition to the Ministerial measure, and he has now realised the worst fears of those who have watched his course since the beginning of the session, 1 with suspicion as to the honesty of his objec tions and the validity of his professions of impartiality. At the meeting which took place yesterday, at Carlton-terrace, the right honourable gentleman spoke at great length, and exhibited extraordinary eagerness in the matter. Of course he went about his work in the most roundabout manner possible, and explained the why and the wherefore of his proceedings from the commencement of the Session. It was stated at former meetings that he was to do three things, and in point of fact each was to counteract the other ; so that, whatever apparent concession was made to Ministers, the Opposition were to reserve full power to themselves to " reconsider their position and duty." No doubt this is very ingeniously done, and reflects great credit on the skill and savoir faire of those who plan and those who carry out such doings, but we are firmly con vinced that the public will not admire such quib bling, but, on the contrary, consider it to be con duct most unworthy of leading politicians at such an important crisis in affairs. Perhaps never more than during the present session have we had cause to wish that Mr. GLADSTONE would be definite and keep to his meaning. Whatever is the use of his saying that they desire a Reform Bill to be passed during this present session when he and those assisting him are doing everything they can to prevent the passing of the measure now before the House. We pity the discernment of any one who still thinks that the right hon. gentleman is trying to get the Bill passed. He is hindering i with all his might, instead of helping it, as he at first promised to do, and the sooner this is univer sally recognised the better. It is quite out of character for Mr. GLADSTONE to pretend he is merely acting for the best, and it requires a great deal of patience to peruse his remarks. He actually goes so far as to say that he is influenced in his present course by the reading he gave to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's speech ; he thinks that " pressure from the Liberal party" is all that is re quired to ensure the passing of a good measure. We do not call this a manly or straightforward course to adopt, and it would have been much more consistent 'for the Leader of the Opposition to have said that he did not think the present Government were fitted to carry a Reform Bill through Parliament, and he should move a resolution to that effect. How can we give credit to a man who keeps on contradicting himself ? Was it not only the other day that he announced his intention of dividing the House with respect to dual-voting, and now that that feature of the bill has been abandoned, lo and behold ! up he starts with another objection. His own followers might well exclaim, " Will these scruples and exceptions to the Government measure never end, but last till the " crack of doom." So long as Lord DERBY has a Reform Bill before the House, so long will Mr. GLADSTONE pick holes in it, and continue to raise objections to its passing. So far as we can make out the meaning of the instruction which has been drawn up, it intends to proceed in a retrograde fashion, and, if carried, we shall really be in a worse con dition than we were before. Mr. CLAY was the most sensible man present yesterday, and gave excellent advice when he suggested that only the first line of the instruction should have been acted on. As he stated very truly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had promised to make conces sions in committee, but not before ; and, added he, " I give my opinion with the deepest sincerity that the instruction is fatal to the bill, whereas we might make a good bill if we contented ourselves with the first line only." Of course Mr. GLADSTONE was very indignant at this suggestion, and declared that it was' totally impossible" for him, under any circumstances and conditions whatever, to agree to what Mr. CLAY proposed. We eannot think that Mr. BRIGHT really approves of this proposition of Mr. GLADSTONE'S, for his speech was very tame throughout, and he let out some home truths, whether accidentally or not, to the effect that having turned the corner of the second reading, some of them were sanguine enough to think that they saw " daylight,",and might out of a bad bill make such a one as would satisfy the House and country. We confess that we have shared Mr. BRIGHT'S opinion in so far that we thought the corner had been turned, and though we certainly did not think that the Bill was a bad one, we thought that it might be greatly improved in Committee. It is all very fine for Mr. GLADSTONE to talk of putting a " gentle pressure" upon the Government, but we suspect the " gentleness" will be the s ame which actuates the executioner when he shakes hands with his victim, or desires to appear better than he is. At any rate the tug of war has now begun in ea rnest., and on Monday it must be decided whether the House will give the Ministers fair play or not. A. great responsibility will rest upon hon. Members, and they must not acc.lt Zlr, GLAD., THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1867 STONE'S decision as the ultimatum of their conduct, if they wish to do their duty to their constituents, and serve the cause they profess to honour. The country will appreciate alike the good intentions of the Ministry and the factious spirit of their oppo nents ; and to the country must an appeal be made if Mr. GLADSTONE'S mischievous instructions be carried. He knew very well that the Ministers must accept this as a motion of want of confidence, and of course they have done so. We have hitherto been hopeful as regarded the progress of the Government Bill, and our hopes have been realised. We still hope and believe that the renewed struggle of next week will only serve to bring the Ministers a renewed victory ; but, if not, they must go on boldly, and appeal to that which can control the spirit of faction—the voice of public opinion— and the result will not be favourable to the con spirators of Carlton-terrace. The important though complex question of national education was last night brought up for consideration in the House of Commons. Mr. Lova took occasion to object to the new minute of the Committee of Council on Education, the object of which is to increase the grants made to primary schools. Mr. LOWE entered at some length into the question, and although he has been associated with most of the reductions in this de partment, he begged the noun to understand that he did not begrudge the money—£7o,ooo—for any useful purpose connected with national education, but that he thought so far from increasing the efficiency of the existing system it was likely to diminish it. The right hon. gentleman drew an alarming picture of the condition in which national education was found to be in 1862, and he expressed his conviction that the great and sweeping changes made that year by the Committee of Council on Education had been most beneficial, notwithstanding the panic created amongst tilos.: concerned in education. The num ber of schools had been increased by 1,350, and the number of pupils by 110,000 , and that had been effected with a saving estimated at £400,000, though he should be disposed to reckon it at £lOO,OOO more. So much for the present state of things according to Mr. LowE, but these figures do not show that there is no possibility of improvement. Every year the importance of edu cation is becoming more widely recognised ; every year some of the old prejudices die away ; and we may naturally believe that the number of scholars will go on steadily increasing in proportion to the population, because the number of totally ignorant and therefore indifferent parents is constantly di minishing. The next generation will not have so much to contend against in the illiterate fathers and mothers who, having "no learning" themselves, cannot see the necessity of their children having any. We may reasonably ask, however, whether there is not something Unsatisfactory in the system which requires so much voluntary help. The State is certainly rich enough to pay for public instruction of this kind, and in many countries such schools are altogether the business of the Government. No one wishes to see that method adopted here, and most of the parents would greatly prefer paying something them selves for their children's education. Still the public grants might be made, we think, in a little more liberal spirit, and since the necessity of public instruction is ad mitted on all hands, it would surely be well to re serve voluntary effort and pecuniary assistance for the classes below and beyond the reach of National Schools. The Ragged Schools of our great cities may fairly claim a grant in aid, but the bulk of their work and their cost must be borne by those enterprising philanthropists who undertake them. The National School, on the other hand, has no claim on charity, though a powerful one on justice, and the grants of the State should be ample enough to defray what is required beyond the children's pence. Of course there is no object to be gained by extrava gant expenditure, and unless efficiency is secured the smallest sums are excessive, but the first object should be the satisfactory working of the system, not the reduction of expenses. Mr. LOWE regards the whole question too much as it looks upon paper without regarding the practical effect on the scholars. He asserts that the additional grant will be wasted where it is not mischievous, and in his speech last evening ho examined the three charges brought by Mr. CORRY against the present sys tem. The first objection is that the smaller schools are unable to comply with the con ditions of the Revised Code ; the second, that too much attention is given to reading, writing, and arithmetic, to the neglect of grammar, history, and geography ; and the third is that, under the present system, the number of pupil teachers has very much declined. Mr. LOWE proceeded to dis cuss and to contradict these charges, but not alto gether satisfactorily. His argument against the first objection was not a little singular. He con tended that it was no harm if the Government con ditions pressed hardly on the smaller schools, because denominations were too fond of having their own, and there were often two or three small schools where one large one would be much better. To the second objection he replied that it was no use to teach grammar and history with out a sound substratum of rudimental knowledge, and as the children generally left at eleven little more could be attempted. This answer, at first sight, seems plausible enough, but good authori ties have told us that in the schools where the highest proficiency is attained in the higher branches, reading and writing are most carefully attended to. We fully agree with Mr. CORRY that it does not speak well for the existing system that an intelligent boy of ten years of age, who had left school in a country town, should never have heard of Edinburgh or Dublin. The third objection, respecting the falling off of the pupil teachers, Mr. LOWE treated lightly, and de clared it to be false political economy to give a bounty upon the employment of pupil teachers. Mr. Coma summed up the case very briefly and con clusively when he said that he did not care about political economy, but that finding a great falling off in the teaching power of the country, a great injury to the education of the children, a great diminution in the supply of candidates for certificated masters, thereby endangering the whole system,he felt it to be his duty to take imme diate action. It had been found that the average attendance in the schools throughout England and Wales was 863,420, of whom 566,037 were pre sented for examination ; 284,000 passing in the lower standard, 80,000 in the fifth standard, and only 13,000 in the sixth or highest standard. It is evident that some change must be introduced, and we believe these grants to the primary schools will be most beneficial. Where one pupil teacher is expected to instruct 89 children, we need not wonder that none of them know where Dubliu is. The House thought with Mr. CORRY, and ex pressed themselves very decidedly adverse to Mr. LOWE'S misplaced economy. On a division 203 against 40 decided on behalf of the more liberal proposal. A grandson of the ex-Lord Chief Baron Pollock is second in the Cambridge Classical Tripos for 1867. Sixty-one years have elapsed since Sir Frederick carried off the blue riband of the University; he lives in the full enjoyment of all his fine faculties to see a grandson attach an honour almost as groat as his own to the family name. —Law Times. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. In the official portion of the Moniteur to-day is the appointment of M. Schneider as President of the Legislative Body in the room of Count Walewski. M. Schneider assumed his functions yesterday, and was received with affectionate sympathy. The only information worth notice in the non-official part of the Moniteur is the arrival at Marseilles of the brother of the new Taikoun of Japan, the chief of the Japanese mission to Paris. The speech of M. Bismarck on the interpellation of M. Ben nigsen has not excited any comment from the morning Moniteur, but the evening journal of that name remarks that several of the statements of Bennigsen are open to serious objection. It adds that M. Bismarck had admitted in pointed terms the necessity on the part of Germany of paying de ference to the just susceptibilities of France. He also says that M. Bismarck made several important declarations. Ile admitted that Luxemburg was an independent State, of which the King of the Netherlands could dispose in full Sovereignty, but upon his own responsibility. M. Bismarck did not attempt to deny an undoubted fact, that the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg would feel great repugnance at the idea of being in corporated with Germany. In conclusion (proceeds the Moniteur) M. Bismarck remarked upon the in fluence exercised upon the policy of the Prussian Government by the desire to maintain " pacific and amicable relations with a powerful neighbour." (Of course meaning France.) There has been nothing of particular interest to-day at the Exhibition, but to-morrow will be rather exciting, as the juries will then commence their inspection of the various articles preparatory Ito giving their judgment in regard to the prizes to be awarded. The requisite notice has been given to the exhibitors who will no doubt be in full atten dance. The Government, in its desire to protect and reassure inventors, has recalled to mind that the official certificate that a new invention was exhibited will have the same effect in law as a patent. The certificate is given gratis. At the present time the number of exhibitors is 42,217. At the first Universal Exhibition in 1855 the num ber was only 21,779. France, of course, has the largest proportion, but it is a curious fact that Tur key, supposed to be in the rear in regard to civilisa tions, comes next as to the number of exhibitors. There are, as just stated, upwards of 42,000 French exhibitors, and Turkey has 4,496. It will astonish many that the English exhibitors are not so nume rous ; they are 3,609. Of course it*.is quality and not quantity that weighs in these matters. The number of Italian exhibitors is almost equal to that of the English. It is 3,992. For Austria the num ber is upwards of 3,000. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is represented by the smallest number of exhibitors, ten only. From Prussia and the Northern States of Germany, the number of exhibitors is 2,206 ; Spain, 2,071 ; Belgium, 1,448 ; Prussia, 1,392 ; Greece, 892 ; the United States of America, 778 ; the Pontifical States, 40 ; Denmark, 287 ; China, 72 ; Egypt, 70 ; Tunis, 47 ; Morocco, 20 ; Siam, 13. The number of exhibitors does not give an idea of the space occupied there. France occupies 63,640 metres ; England, 21,059. Next comes Austria with 8,353 metres. Belgium has 6,993 metres ; Russia, 6,060 ; the United States, 3,944 ; Italy, 3,459 ; Switzerland, 2,854 ; the Netherlands, 1,995 ; Sweden and Norway, 1,930; Spain, 1,778; the Turkish Empire, 1,525; Japan and its annexes, 1,447 ; Bavaria, 1,225. Portugal is contented with 765 metres. The Exhi bition is composed of 95 classes, divided into ten groups. I must reserve for a future day the com position of these classes. The merit of the articles is of course not to be estimated according to the pro gressive numbers, but with a view to convenience and other circumstances. The works of art com pose the first five classes. The body of a man has been found in a ravine at Bray-sur-Seine. It has been recognised as that of a farmer named Constant Serre, a man of 61 years. It was his wife who murdered him. She has con fessed that two evenings previously she had a violent quarrel with her husband, who was going the next day to the fair at Courtenay. lie then threatened that he would kill her. This so irritated and alarmed her that she seized an instrument used for cutting vines, and inflicted such injuries that ho soon died. He was nearly drunk, and did not make any resistance. The murderess got the cart ready next morning, threw the dead body into it, and drove to theravine, where she deposited it in the place where it was found. She made this confession to the Commissary of Police without any hesitation. The La Marche Steeplechases commenced yester• day, but the meeting was unimportant and the at. tendance rather limited. The bitter wind did uol blow good to anybody. Democracy has lost one of its principal sup . porters, M. Charles Morier, formerly Secretary. General at the Prefecture of Police. Viscount Chabrol, who was once Prefect of Police, has also just died. The Charivari says that the English are so afraid of the Fenians that the police lately opened a coffin on the way to the grave, to ascertain if the deceased was connected with the conspirators. There has long existed a paper called the Monde. A new paper is to appear on the 15th, to be called the Univers. According to the Charivari, the Monde will then be only the Demi-Monde. There has been a melancholy disaster in the Rue des Fortes Blanches. The wing of a building in course of construction for the General Omnibus Company suddenly gave way, and, as far as can be ascertained at present, twenty workmen have perished. The occurrence took place at 11 o'clock iu the morning, just after the workmen returned from breakfast. The wall and roof gave way, bring ing down the columns supporting the different stages of the building. With great courage and humanity many persons near the spot vied with each other in endeavouring to render assistance, and dead and dying victims were soon extricated from the ruins, with the assistance of the workmen who were not injured. Many medical men soon arrived and at tended to the sufferers. In order to disengage the fragments it was necessary to pull down some of the brickwork. The sufferers are either carpenters or bricklayers. The disaster is supposed to have been caused in consequence of the foundations having given way. The extent of the disaster has not yet been precisely ascertained, but the estimate of the number killed is made from the supposition of the workmen who escaped. There is a strange contrast between the weather of to-day and yesterday. Yesterday the wintry wind chilled the blood ; t o- d ay i t h as been almost as warm as it is generally in June, and once again there is a hopeful prospect for " the kindly fruits of the earth." We have authority to state that the instruction to the committee on the Bill for the Improvement of the Representation of the People, which is to be moved by Mr. Coleridge on Monday next, and which strikes at the principle of personal payment of rates, on which the measure of the Government is founded, will not only be opposed on that account, but will be treated by them as a vote of want of confidence in the Administration.— Herald. PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. —Yesterday evening, in consequence of premonitory symptoms, a telegram was despatched from Windsor Castle, shortly after seven o'clock, to Dr. Farre, request ing that gentleman to immediately attend her Royal High ness Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Dr. Farre arrived at Windsor at 8.50, and proceeded to the Castle. ASSAULT BY AN EX-PUGILIST.—At Worship street, on Thursday, Jack Brooks, of Norwich, now a purveyor of cats'-meat, was committed for trial at the sessions, for brutally assaulting one Phillip Berlyn. It appaared that at a " knock-out sale" at a publichouse in Shoreditcb, where Brooks was acting as door-keeper, the prosecutor attempted to enter the room. Brooks imme diately struck him violently with both fists on the chin knocking him down and rendering him insensible. He was taken home, where he remained in the same state till the next day. Brooks's defence was that the whole thing was an accident. 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In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Diet, the Minister of Justice declared that the Government will introduce as soon as possible dur ing the present session bills on naturalisation, on civil equality before the law, the equal rights of all religions confessions, and the regulation of all feudal questions connected with landed property. The Roumain member, Herr Babes, asked why the meeting of Roumains at Lugas had been pro hibited. The Minister stated that he would reply to this question on Monday next. The Croation question will also be discussed on that day. The Croatian Diet will re -assemble on the 26th April. Baron von Beust has returned to Vienna. The Aulic Councillor, Herr Cseh, has been sen as Royal Commissioner to Fiume. Meetings are taking place in all the towns and comitats of Hungary on account of the approaching municipal elections. SPAIN. MADRID, April 6. A motion has been laid on the table of the Senate, declaring that that body views with regret the measures which have been taken by the Govern ment against Marshal Serrano, its late President. THE ITALIAN MINISTRY. FLORENCE, April 6. The King has entrusted Signor Ratazzi with the formation of a new Cabinet, General Menabrea having declined to accept office on account of the recent death of his son. FRAI BOURSE, April 5, Thri closed as follows : qper Cents 97 75 Do. end mouth — 3 por Cents 6B 30 Do. end month 6B 221 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month — NCE. •ee o'clock.—The market Bank Shares 3515 Italian Loan 52 80 Do. end month 53 10 Mexican Loan 2O 50 Do. Bonds 137 50 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'AYS. For Account. Orleans B6O Northern 1145 Lyons and Mediterranean B9B 75 Southern 562 50 Western 550 Eastern Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 405 North of Spain 95 Saragossa lOl 25 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. - The Fate of Dr. Livingstone. The Secretary of the Admiralty has forwarded us the following for publication : " Commodore Hillyar, in a letter dated Bombay, the 13th of March last, reports that her Majesty's ship Wasp had returned to Zanzibar, from Quiloa, with Mr. Seward, her Majesty's Acting Political Resident at Zanzibar, and states that the informa tion which that officer had been able to obtain re specting the reported death of Dr. Livingstone was chiefly of a confirmatory nature. Admiralty, April 5, 1867. The Times of India, of March 13, states that the intelligence received from Zanzibar now leaves no doubt of the death of Dr. Livingstone. The state ment of an Arab, named Moosa, one of the heroic traveller's most trusty followers, who, with a few others of the expedition, returned to the East Afri can coast in December, confirms the news that their leader was murdered. It would appear that Dr. Livingstone had crossed Lake Nyassa, about the middle of SeptembJr last, and had advanced a few stages on its western shore, when he encountered a horde of savages of the Mafite tribe. He was marching, as usual, ahead of his party, having nine or ten personal attendants, principally boys from Nassick, immediately behind him. The savages are said to have set upon them without any provocation and with very little warning. Dr. Livingstone's men fired, and before the smoke of their muskets had cleared away their leader had fallen beneath the stroke of a battle-axe, 2nd his men speedily shared the same fate. Moosa, who witnessed the encounter and the death-blow of his master from behind a neighbouring tree, immediately retreated, and meet ing the rest of the party, they fled into the deep forest, and eventually made their way back to Lake Nyassa, whence they returned to the coast with a caravan. When the news of Dr. Livingstone's sad death reached Zanzibar, the English and other Eu ropean Consuls lowered their flags, an example which was followed by all the ships in the harbour, as well as by the Sultan. It may be worth while to remark that Dr. Livingstone himself had a strong presentiment that he would never return from the expedition which has terminated thus disastrously ; and this presentiment he frequently expressed to the officers of her Majesty's ship Pen guin, who wore the last Europeans he saw before starting for the interior. LAW INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) CHAPMAN AND OTHERS V. PARR. The plaintiffs in this case sued as public officers on behalf of the London and Westminster Bank, to recover £lO, an overpayment upon a cheque, which had been presented by the defendant, who was a porter in an establishment in the City. It appeared that the defendant presented to one of the cashiers at the bank a cheque for £7, and the cashier, in the hurry of business, or upon the belief that the figures represented "seventeen," paid Parr £lO too much. It was alleged that the cheque was indistinctly made out, but it was produced in Court and certainly did not bear out this statement. His Honour asked the defendant if he had re ceived this money. D efendant Yes, I did. His Honour—And what did you do with it ? Defendant --I spent it. His Honour—And so you have not got it now ? Defendant--No, I have not. His Honour—Well, you received this money, knowing it did not belong to you, and spent it. Do not you think that was very dishonest? Defendant--Well, you see, I have been a suf ferer upon former occasions. It is quite time that I had this £lO, but I had been a sufferer on a previous occasion. It is not long ago that this bank paid me £5 short, and when I applied about it I could get no redress, as they never recognised any mistake after the money was taken away. When I presented this cheque I asked the cashier for £5 in silver, and he threw a bag upon the counter, and then he threw down twelve bright sovereigns. I took this away, recollecting as I did my previous loss. His Honour told defendant that he had no right to repay himself in any such manner. If he had any claim against the bank he must bring his action, but he certainly had no business to keep the money that. had been overpaid to him on the present occasion. He must therefore repay the £lO. Defendant—l hope your honour will give ma time to pay it. His Honour —Oh ! dear no ; you must pay it it once. Plaintiff's Attorney—When the defendant was called before the directors of the bank he treated them and the whole matter with a great deal of coolness, and therefore I trust your honour will make an order that the amount shall be paid forth with. His Honour—Certainly, and I shall grant costs. Verdict for the plaintiff with costs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) Market opens with a rather irregular tone. bales probably 7 ,000 or 8,000 Wee or wore. What Will Lord Derby Do ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I well remember hearing two men speak on the relative merits of the Whigs and Tories many years ago. One said to the other, " Whenever the Tories have been in office they have invariably brought us to the verge of revolution." His com rade quickly replied, " When the Whigs are in office they as invariably bring us to the brink of insolvency." How true the last-quoted retort was let any one, who is not old enough to recall the history of the last 30 years, just take the trouble to examine the statistical falling account of our revenue between April, 1835, when Sir Robert Peel quitted office, when he left a surplus revenue of something above £7,000,000, and August, 1841, just six and a half years afterwards, during which time we were consigned to the bungling management, or rather mismanagement, of the Whigs. When, in the year and month above named, Sir R. Peel, on again becoming First Lord of the Treasury, found a de ficit of more £8,000,000, and was absolutely com pelled to have recourse to an income tax in a time of profound European peace ; and direct taxation had previously to 1842 always been looked upon as part and parcel of the horrors of war. How equally absurd is it to say that a Tory Government is neces sarily ex necessitate rei opposed to all Reform. If we come to analyse the matter, all life is a Reform Bill. Reform means change, and our very existence is made up of nothing but change, and that too from childhood to old age.. It is a reform when he leaves his parents and goes to school ; -it is another reform when he leaves school and goes either to the uni versity or else embarks upon some profession. And how great a reform is it when either man or woman quits bachelorhood or spinisterhood for the holy estate, and, as we all hope, the happier and much more blessed estate of matrimony. And again, what a change when an articled clerk, or bar student, passes into the attorney or barrister ; as likewise when medical students become surgeons or physicians. I might pursue this theme to any extent--might expatiate upon the policy, the pro fitableness, and relative advantages and disadvan tages of change in all its various phases. I will, however, content myself with stating that reform and change is as certain in the political world as the rising and setting of the sun, the new and full moons, and the ebbing and flowing of the tides, or any thing else amongst those certain and immutable laws which an all-wise and bene ficent Creator has laid down for the everlasting benefit of his creature, man. What, therefore, is to prevent our having reform and change (for reform and change are in themselves necessarily identical terms) in our body politic and corporate ? It is absurd and wholly ridiculous upon the face of it to say that a Tory Government is neces sarily opposed to all reform or change. Having premised thus much, 1 now proceed to show what great and substantial reforms we have ever had from Tory, or, as it has now been the fashion for many years to call them, Conservative Governments. How much reform, and how great and numerous improvements, we have had in days of yore from present Premier, I have in my recent correspon dence repeatedly shown you, except I do not re member ever having alluded to the brilliant speech delivered in the old House of Commons in 1834 in favour of the total abolition of Negro slavery. now pass further back from the reign of our late monarch, Ki ng Williamlti ~ to which was essen tially ipso facto a period of IV higgary to the reigns of George 111. and George IV., which was as essen tially ipso facto a period of so-called ultry-Toryism, and I there find that during the Administration of the immortal William Pitt (as we had in the time of his father, the great Lord Chatham, who had ever been looked upon as a great reformer and Liberal ; William Pitt was brought up in a school essentially Liberal, as Fox was in a school essen tially Tory) was ever reforming and reforming our constitution, and Cobden asserted many years ago that had not the old French war broken out in 1793, it had been Pitt's intention to have carried oat the doctrines of Parliamentary Reform and free trade to a far greater extent than even we have got them now. Pitt was not only an advocate for, but was himself the originator of Roman Catholic emancipa tion. In that high Tory Government of Lords Liverpool, Eldon, Sidmouth, Castlereagh, &c., the Ministers were completely divided upon the ques tion of Roman Catholic emancipation, as many being in favour as against it. Why, therefore, should a Conservative Government be supposed to be diametrically opposed to Reform in the abstract ? D ur i ng the two last Adminis trations of Lord Derby, as well as during the five years Administration of the late immortal Sir It Peel, more useful reformers found their way to the statute book than during any Whig Adminis tration whatever, unless we accept the three and a half years of the Administration of the late Earl , Grey, the so-called father of Reform, which, as I have repeatedly remarked to you, in the course of my correspondence, was by far the strongest Whig Government England was ever governed by. I trust, therefore, England will remember, as I have repeatedly stated, that our present First Lord of the Treasury was one of the ablest and most influen tial members of that very old Reform Government. ' I trust Lord Derby's Reform Bill will become part and parcel of the law of the land in 1 867, the same I as his old one did in 1832. Otherwise, should he meet with any factious opposition in the matter, I I trust he will at once follow the precedents of the late Earl Grey in 1831, the late Sir R. Peel in 1834-5, and last, not least, his own precedents in 1852 and 1859, go at once to the country, by which . means he will, I trust, obtain as overwhelming a majority as Lord Grey did in 1831 and Sir R. Peel in 1841. No change or Reform Bill is more certain than a change of Ministry, and as the Whigs were in until last session for 20 years with very little in termission (indeed, if we were to except the five glorious years of Sir Robert Peel's Administration) for 36 years. Once more do let me entreat the country to give the Government a fair trial.—l remain Sir your obedient servant, A LOVER AND OBSERVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS. MARKETS. -Thi s day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of both fruit and vegetables is only mode rate. On the whole, the trade is steady at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 6s to 8s; grapes, los Od t o 30 3 Od per lb ; appl es , 4 s Od t o 8s Od per bushel ; oranges, 3s 6d to 8s ; lemons, 7s to lls per 100; cobnuts, 75s to 80s per 1001bs; strawberries, is Od to 2s per oz.; pears, 3s to 6s por doz. VEGETABLES—Cabbages, 2s to 3s Od; cauliflowers, 4s to 8s per dozen heads ; celery, 2s Od to 2s 6d per dozen heads aspargus, 8s to 12s Od per b un dl e ; carro t s, 6d to 8d ; ; turnips, 6d to Od ; per bunch ; cucumbers, is tO 3s each ; small salad, Od to Od; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s 6d per punnet; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. heads ; potatoes, 130 s to 150 s per ton ; seakale, 2s to 3s per pun.; spinach, 4s to 6s per bushel. POULTRY. - - - - Turkeys, 58 Od to 10e Od; turkey poults, Os to Os; goslings, 85 Od ; dunks, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 4s Od to 6s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ; wild do, is Od to le 2d; pigeons, 9d to —d each; fowls, Os to Os Od; Surrey fowls, 10e to 12s ; do. chickens, 8s to lls Od ; barn door fowls, 4s 6d to 7s Od per couple. English eggs, 6s 6d to Os ; French do., 5s 9d to Os Od per 100. Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is Od ; English do., is ld to is 4d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 9d to 9id. ; of household ditto, 7d. to Bd. por 441. v loaf. lIIDES AND SKINS. Market hide.s, 56 to 641b6, 2fd to 3d ; 64 to 721bs, 3d to 31.1; 72 to 801bs, 3-id to 3jd ;80 to 881b6., 3id to 4d; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 4id. Horsettides, 9s to 10a Od ; calf skins (light), as to 4s; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, 106 6d to 12s; half-breds, 9s 6d to 106 6d ; downs, 76 Od to 8s 6d ; lamb, Oa Od to Os Od ; shearlings, is 6d to Os Od. • A - tin rt - :MI HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs • and straw, _.£2 Os to £2 5s per load. A dull trade. CU MBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 05 to £4 105 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 105 Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. Moderate supply. W HITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 105 Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 Ss per load. Trade inactive. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. Holywell Main l6 6 Walls End Hetton ... 16 6 Cassop Thor n ley l7 0 Tees East Hartlepool Caradoc l7 6 Kelloe South Hartlepool l6 0 iihips at market, 82—sold, 57. HER MAJESTY, dm WINDSOR CASTLE, April 5. . . The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Christian and attended by Lady Churchill. Iler Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by her Royal llighness Prinoess Louise. Prince and Princess Christian drove out. Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Sahi, went out walking, and Princess Beatrice rode in the Howe Park. THE REFOaM BILL. DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER—(Tors DAY.) To-day a deputation from the Constitutional Association of South Lancashire had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation having been introduced by the Hcn. A. Egerton, Mr. AMBROSE, of Manchester, said the great ob ject of the deputation, which he felt represented the feelings of the majority of the working-classes of South Lancashire, was to give support to the Government at a time when they were threatened with a strong opposition. The deputation had the greatest confidence in her Majesty's Government, and that it would be for the future impossible to say the Conservatives opposed Reform. The association felt that the associations called the Reform League and the Reform Union did not truly represent the feelings of the great body of the working classes. The bill brought forward by the Government, it was thought by the members of the association, was one entitled to the strongest and most energetic support, and it was the universal opinion that the Government had done right in selecting as a basis on which to found their bill the personal payment of rates, and it was the anxious desire of the asso ciation that such an arrangement should be adhered to. No injustice was done to the compound house holders by such an arrangement, and with respect to the residential clause it was one of the best safe guards that could be offered to those whom it was proposed to admit to the franchise. The other pro posals of the Government were exceedingly satis factory, and the Government had the best wishes and the warmest support of the association for the success of their endeavours to settle the difficult question of Reform. Mr. EDGE, of Bolton, said the residential clause was of the highest importance, because it would com pel persons who returned members to Parliament to have a fixed place of abode, and to truly reflect local interests. He hoped the Government would remain firm to the arrangement, and, in the event of their appealing to the country for support, he felt certain they would receive increased support. Mr. BOLD, of Liverpool, and Mr. D. HALL, of Sheffield, felt that Government had brought forward a measure which was worthy of the greatest support. Mr. TUPSTALL said it was the feeling of the de putation that the Government were not receiving fair play, and that, being threatened with an im placable hostility, it was the duty of the association to give the Government all the support possible. He hoped the Government would remain firm to the residential clause, because it was the only true foundation upon which a reliably good bill can be constructed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was most gratifying at that particular period to re ceive a deputation of such importance. It would have been a great pleasure to Lord Derby to have been present, but they were aware of the causes that occasioned it, but he was glad to say they would soon entirely disappear, and the noble earl would very shortly be in a position to give all his ener gies to the service of his sovereign. The Government of Lord Derby had already accomplished matters of great importance, but the question of Parliamentary Reform threw a shadow over everything else, and the Government thought they would not be doing their duty to the country had they evaded it. They had not, therefore, brought forward a democratic plan of reform, but one which he felt convinced was a conservative and a popular plan. It was one founded on principles both national and rational, and also a measure that would be found to confer great and per manent advantages on a great number of her Majesty's subjects. The deputation might rely on it that her Majesty's Government would not swerve from the cardinal principle of the bill, as they looked upon the personal payment of rates and a residential qualification as two things without which the franchise should not be given. By the bill of the Government it was open to every Englishman, if he felt so disposed, to elevate himself to the franchise, but if some were not equal to the occasion, and were careless about its attainment, then, he said, they were not deserving of it. (Hear.) The assurances of the support of the deputation would be a great support to the Government, espe cially at that particular period. The contest was only beginning ; they had had some skirmishing on the part of their opponents, but now they had a challenge which the country would comprehend. Though it was difficult to see its exact meaning, the country would not be blind to its exact purpose. It was to defeat the attempt of Lord Derby to deal with the question of Reform, and to defer the settlement of the question indefinitely. Of course it was difficult to say what would occur, but as long as they occupied the position they did in the House of Commons they would fight the battle of the nation, and if the time should come for them to appeal to the country for support they would not hesitate to do it, feeling at the same time certain that they would not have to make that appeal in vain. (Hear, hear.) Thanks having been tendered to the right hon. gentleman for the courtesy of his reception, the deputation, which amounted to nearly 100 per sons, withdrew. THE HER EFORDIIIRE HOUNDS.---The danger which has lately threatened fox•hunting in Here fordshire, arising from the difficulty experienced of finding a successor to the gentlemen who have hitherto hunted the county, is now considerably lessened by the fact that Sir V. Cornewall, Bart., and Mr. John Hungerford Arkwright have, under a certain condition, offered to retain the joint mastership of the pack. The condition stipulated for / 0 that a subscription of £1,500 a year towards the expenses of the kennels shall be guaranteed, and an effort is nog being made to raise the necessary sum. A circular solicit ing subscriptions to the hunt has been forwarded to the leading gentry of the county, and the committee state that in making the appeal they are actuated by the belief that the break-up of the Herefordshire pack, which it appears to them would be the almost certain result of the failure of the arrangement now proposed, " would be felt as a general misfortune by the county at large, and they hope a hearty and early response will be made to their application." ICEBERGS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.—There ap pears to be considerable truth in the theories re cently broached that the severe weather recently expe rienced in Great Britain and France was due to atmo spheric disturbances in the North Atlantic Ocean, for all arrivals at Liverpool from New York and other ports is the United States and Canada report unprecedented quan tities of ice in mid-ocean, about 41 N. lat. and 53 W. long• One vessel had to sail for nearly 200 miles in a southerly direction alongside a perfect continent of ice, while other's passed icebergs of enormous size, all much further south than is common at this season. CONTENTMENT.—CIimb not toe high, lest you fall ; nor lie on the ground, lest you be trampled on. Con sider yourself safest when your own legs bear you.—D' John Hammond. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAT.--Yeg terday the admissions on payment were 1,084 ; do. t y se*" son tickets, I,4lo—total, 2,494. ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. 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