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CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERALISAL " T II E D A Y." PRICE ONE PENNY. Office-49, Essex-street, Strand. LIFEBOAT SERVI C ES. —1) uring the storms of the past year (1366) the National Lifeb4st In stitution, by its lifeboats and other means, contributed to the saving of 9 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended .C. 31,430 In the same period on its liteboat et tablishments, in addition to granting £2,172 for rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the 174 lifeboat Stations of the Institution. Contributions are thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co., Cout a and Co.. lierries and Co., by all the other London and country bankers ; and by the secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. 'THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chutterton. THIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Messrs. Phelps, Swinbourne, W. Harrison, W. 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Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, Hiss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raymond. HEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. -a- Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. NATION. Production of H J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, THE NYM OF TII SI LUULEY BURG," and Third Week of J. B. Buckstone's Romantic Adelphi Drama, " THE FLOWERS Or' THE FOREST." THIS' EVENING, J. B. Buckatone's Romantic Adelphi Drama, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, with a I , 4'w/el and rie:uresque "GIPsY DANCE" by the powerful Corps de Halle*, under the ctire3tion of Mr. Milano. Memars. Fernandez, Atitins, Stephens ; Misses Edith Stuart, Thirl wa'l, Richardson. To conclude with H. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, TLIE YMPII OF THE L UHL YBIJECG, with new and brilliant Scenery illustrative of the be.iutitul Rhine. Misses Edith Stuart. 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The public will learn with sAisfaCtion that the case against Mr. EYRE has been dismissed, and that the mischievous intentions of the prosecutors have fallen to the ground., We are in no way sur prised to find that the most lively sympathy was testified for the accused, and that the learned counsel who so ably conducted the defence was received with a burst of cheering. The unanimous decision of the magistrates was welcomed with applause, which was renewed by the crowds outside on learning the decision come to ; and so great was the excitement that prevailed that the bells were rung in honour of the occasion. We look upon this as the type of what would have been done in any part of England, and feel convinced that in town or country the news of Mr. EYRE'S dismissal would have been received most favour ably. A more unfounded charge was never pre ferred against a man, and every word that Mr. GIFFARD uttered told with great force on all who heard him. We commend the learned counsel's speech to the earnest attention of all who arc in terested in this affair, ; and if those who halt be tween two opinions will consider it, they will see the fallacy of the arguments employed by the faction, whose last great achievement has been this most extraordinary prosecution. Persecution would be a more fitting term for the matter, and so it has been recognised by all impartial and unprejudiced judges. It is a trite saying that truth is stranger than fiction, but we think it was never more fully illustrated than in this Jamaica business. If any great master of the art of sensational novel writing had made his hero the Governor of a colony of any dependency of the Crown, and shown him placed in great straits, yet bold, resolute, and daring, never resting until the danger was over, and those committed to his charge rescued from utter de struction, and from a fate that was far worse than death in many instances, and the truer the pic ture exhibited him as the theme of censure, the object of abuse, and still more accused of wilful murder, what would have been said ? Would not the critic have declared that it was quite absurd to go to such extravagant lengths, and really no reader could admire such extreme sketches. All this, and more than this, however, has been seen iu the case of Mr. EYRE, and for every reason we re joice at the discomfiture of his enemies and the triumph of the cause of justice which was yesterday celebrated at Market Drayton. Nothing could possibly have been better than the reply of Mr. GIFFAP,D, and the skilful manner in which he acquitted himself of his arduous task reflects the highest credit upon him. He was clear and comprehensive in his explanations, bold and vigorous in his statements, and throughtout most straightforward and conclusive. Ile spoke for nearly seven hours, and so completely did justice to his suLject that we think his speech may fairly be put on record as a full and satisfactory answer to all charges preferred against the ex-Governor, whether past, present, or to come. lie said that he appeared there as the guardian of Mr. EYRE'S honour, and if he knew that he could, by " technical phraseology," or by mere argument in points of law, obtain a dismissal of the case, he would not seek to do so, for Mr EYRE'S instructions to him were quite to the contrary effect. The prosecution had raised the " issue of facts," and it was the issue of facts which he challenged. Through his counsel, Mr. EYRE said to the magistrates, "I appeal to a body of English magistrates, and ask them to investigate my conduct upon the evidence which the prosecu tion have themselves adduced, and if they can find in the evidence the least pretence for saying that I have played the part of a murderer, then I ask them to commit me to take my trial before a jury." This was a fitting manner in which to meet the charge, and eminently characteristic of the course which Mr. Err.:: has always pursued through an eventful career. Mr. GIFFARD exposed an error of the prosecu tion in saying that they placed before the bench the fact that a man was killed, and threw upon the defence the necessity of justifying the act. This is against one of the leading principles of English law, which declares that the " onus of proof" rests with the prosecution, and it was for them to show that an act of murder had been committed, instead of a legal act having taken plac3. After a most com prehensive speech, in which he went into all the chief points that concerned the case before them, such as the geographical nature of the island of Jamaica, the preponderance of one race of men over another, and the means of resistance which were commanded by Mr. EYRE, Mr. GIFFARD addressed some most impressive words in conclusion as to the general character of the charge which his client had to meet. Mr. EYRE was ac cused of the murder of GORDON, and in the name of " religion, morality, :and justice," he denied such accusation. Mr. EYRE is either a mur derer actuated by wicked malice, or ho is the most persecuted man this present century has seen. We think that the eloquent and energetic language of the learned counsel forms a com plete answer to all the charges brought against Mr. EYRE, whether they have emanated from the dictation of hidden prosecutors, or been thundered forth amid the plaudits of the ranters of Exeter-hall. As he put it, how can any one listen to the details that the transactions in Jamaica afford us without feeling admiration for the man who surmounted the difficulties with courage, consideration, and huma nity ? And throughout the time of trial only one person never engaged his thoughts, and that was himself. " Throughout the whole of the direful time he did his duty as a man, and no higher term can be used." 'We agree with Mr. GIFFARD that it would have been a thing to be regretted that any weight should have been lent to the charge against Mr. EYRE by the decision of the Court in favour of the prosecution, not that there was reason to fear the result of an appeal to a jury. The Chairman said the same thing, in fact, in his report of the decision of the bench, for he declared that they felt confident that if the same evidence which they had attentively considered was brought before a jury "a verdict of acquittal would be recorded." Thus ends the prose cution of Mr. EYRE, and we hope that those who have persisted in carrying out their threats of vengeance will, for the future, allow the majesty of English law to vindicate itself, and not interpose with their uncalled-for and unsuitable interference. A more extraordinary thing has seldom been wit nessed than that private individuals should take upon themselves to meddle with those who, as the servants of the Crown, have done their duty, as they thought, in the best way to secure the interests of those committed to their care. While perfectly convinced that Mr. EYRE would :lave been acquitted wherever he was tried, it is still most satisfactorily to know that he has been saved from needless annoyance, and that at this early stage of the proceedings the malice of hi 3 persecutors should have recoiled on themselves. If theyhave any remnant of common sense and right feeling they will stop the prosecution they have commenced against Colonel NELSON and Mr. BRAND, but these gentle men are also certain of acquittal. The general feel ing of the people of this country has all alone , been against the course pursued by the Jamaica faction ; and, try heard as they may for popular applause, it has never been theirs, for their efforts have all tended in one direction, and that the most adverse to the cause, most dear to Englishmen, that of justice and fair-play. Mr. EYRE may well be con gratulated upon the result of yesterday's experiment to darken his prospects and sully his fame; and he may rest assured that his memory will be held in THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1867. high honour and estimation long after the slander of his persecutors have sunk into' well-merited oblivion. The National Gallery seems likely for some time to come to provide matter for discussion in the House of Commons, and last night it occupied no inconsiderable share of attention. It would seem at first sight no very arduous task to erect a build ing worthy of the wealth and civilisation of the nation, and suitable for the objects aimed at, since all sides agree in its necessity, and there is no lack of funds for carrying on the work. When it comes to practice, however, the obstacles in the way of a satisfactory conclusion appear to be very great, and after endless discussion we seem to be very much where we were some years ago, excepting that the site of the gallery that is to be is now actually fixed. The grievances of the architects who have submitted their designs for the new building without success formed the principal topic last evening, but we cannot see why the country should be bound to accept a plan which competent judges disapproved of. Whatever expectations may have been formed by the architects it is absurd to suppose that the judges are bound to accept one of a certain num ber of plans if all are unsatisfactory. Whatever course is decided upon respecting the new building, we hope the Government will carefully avoid giving any rash pledges. Too often some great public work is spoiled by such thoughtless and foolish promises, which those who make them feel bound to keep at any cost. The Malta . Dock was a fair specimen of the difficulties which such indiscretion puts in the way of improvements. Had it not been for the perseverance of some hon. members familiar with the island in bringing the matter under the notice of the House, the dock, an important and costly undertaking, would have been constructed in a most disadvantageous situation, because of some hasty pledge given to the Maltese Government. In the same way the determination to employ the Carlton House pillars in the erection of the National Gallery has resulted in the mean and discreditable structure which everyone has been abusing for years. The fact is, that this matter is a national one, and the national interests should be regarded above any personal matters or points of professional etiquette. It seems that there were great difficulties in the way of the designers, and that the instructions which they had received from the late First Com missioner of Works were not sufficiently clear and precise, consequently none of the designs fulfilled the public requirements, though the judges describe them all as creditable, and some as highly meritorious. Under these circumstances, it would have been a most rash and foolish proceed ing on the part of the Commissioners had they ad vised the Government to accept any one of the plans, and the architects have been unnecessarily sensitive on the point. Mr. COWPER, indeed, encou raged their view of the case, since in a letter on the subject he defined it as the duty of the judges " to declare the winner of the race, even though they may form a low opinion of the running ;" and he adds that " they would inflict a heavy and unde served professional stigma upon those architects if they were to declare themselves unable to make an award." This is scarcely reasonable, inasmuch as the Commissioners " readily acknowledged the archi tectural skill of the competitors," and espcially mentioned two plans, one of which concerned the construction of a new building, and the other the adaptation of the old one. The Commissioners, after referring to the difficulties of the site and other obstacles, only refrained from recommending any individual plan fur adoption, and it is hard to see how this can, in the words of the architects' me morial, " confer lasting injury on every one of the competitors." There is much more fear of another lasting injury being conferred upon the metropolitan architecture, if personal feeling and professional jealousy are allowed to intrude into the matter. The public will not be satisfied without a really good and comprehensive work, and we are glad to find that the First Commissioner is anxious not to be rash or incautious in his pledges. Any petty economy, such as attempting to remodel the existing building, can only result in failure and disappoint ment. The National Gallery should be designed and carried out iu a spirit worthy of its name and its object; and although the matter has in all con science been often enough under discussion, it is better to wait a little longer, and proceed slowly but surely, than by any premature attempt to settle the question to involve us in fresh entanglements, fresh mortifications, and fresh architectural failures. The British North American Confederation Bill has passed through its final stages, and yesterday received the Royal assent. We congratulate our North American Provinces on this important mea sure having become law, and we trust it will inaugu rate a season of still more rapid progress and national development. The immense extent and vast natural capacities of British America are very imperfectly understood or appreciated in this country. There are wide tracts of fertile land lying idle and uninhabited. Nature every year developer some fresh resource in the parts already peopled. The population although increasing is still thin and scattered ; the people are poor, and they have to contend against the severity of their long winter, which, as yet, science does little to mitigate. When the railway is in working order a Canadian winter will be less formidable, since it seems that the Grand Trunk Railway has very rarely suffered from a stoppage of the traffic. All the provinces in fact want capital and enterprise, and these will be materially encouraged by the proposed Confederation. The union of the colonies, and the hearty sympathy and good feeling shown in this country in the matter will be a double source of strength to the colonists ; and when more confidence in the security of the local form of government is felt intending emigrants will be more inclined to look northwards. Thanks to political agitation, the States just now are less attractive than of old, while the Radicals are doing their best to make the public burdens oppressive and to bring about fresh disturbances in the States. It only requires fuller and more general knowledge of the country to induce those who are about to try their fortune westward to select the British pro vinces ; and since there is good reason to believe that recent events will inspire the colonists with a little more of the energy and enterprise hitherto wanting in the country, we have little doubt that a few years will see important changes. DEATH OF SIR JOHN DICK LAUDER.—Our obi tuary of to-day contains the name of Sir John Dick Lauder, of Fountain Hall, Bart., who died at Bournemouth, Rants, on Saturday forenoon. Although Sir John had not been very well for some time, and went to Hants in autumn for the benefit of his health, residing there during the win ter, he had not until a few days ago been so ill as to Cause uneasiness to his friends, and Lis death was some what unexpected. The deceased, Sir John Dick Lauder, eighth baronet, was born in 1815, being therefore, at his death, in the 54th year of his age. lie -succeeded to the baronetcy when in his 35th year, or 1818, on the death of his father, the well known Sir Thomas Dick: Lauder, author of " The Wolf of Badenoch," " The Floods of Moray," and other publications— an excellent man, who enjoyed a long lease of political and personal popularity, and did great service in Scotland during the Reform Bill agitation of 1831-2. Iu 1845 Sir John married Lady Anne Dalrymple, daughter of the ninth Earl of Stair; and he leaves a family of four sons and three daughters. The eldest eon, Thomas North Dick Lauder, who will now succeed to the baronetcy, has been fur some time in the 60th Rifles, and is in his 21st year. The deceased gentleman, it may be mentioned, was for several years in the service of the East India Company Ile was a deputy-lieutenant of Micllothisoa.—Scotsman. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRONI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. Yesterday, after a discussion of four days, the Legislative Body decided, by a vote of 136 to 92, in favour of the abolition of imprisonment for debt. There was a previous vote of 122 against 114 in opposition to the proposal to send back the clause to the Commission. The abolition of the power of imprisonment applies to foreigners as well as Frenchmen. One remarkable circumstance is that the clause abolishing arrest was defended by mem bers of the Opposition, and had for adversaries members of the majority. The powerful speech of the Minister, M. Rouher, against imprisonment for debt decided and enlisted many doubtful on his side. The waverers were convinced, and the advocates were filled with admiration. There is a report that Count Walewski has sent in his resignation as President of the Legislative Body. It is, however, believed that it will not be accepted. Another question in connection with the abolition of impri sonment in civil cases remains to be discussed— whether there will be imprisonment for non-payment of damages, fines, and law costs. The opinion seems to be that the punishment will be utterly abolished. The Pontifical Government has just published an edict in the provinces of Frosinone and Valletri, dated March 18, containing the new measures adopted by the Government for the suppression of brigandage. They give an idea of the great extent of the disorders which it is now the endeavour to suppress. In future the meeting even of two armed brigands will be considered as a band. Any one who may deliver up a living brigand will receive a reward of 3,000 livres, and 6,000 if the robber be a chief of a band. Whoever may kill a brigand will receive 2,500 livres, and 5,000 if he be a chief of a band. From 200 to 300 levres will be allowed to any one who may give suck certain in formation relative to the accomplice of a brigand or any individual who may have given him an asylum. A brigand who may deliver up one of his com panions to the authorities, living or dead, will be pardoned. lie will also receive a reward of 500 livres, and 1,000 if the brigand, living or dead, be the chief of the band. It is forbidden for any per son whatever to take sufficient provisions into the country to suffice for a whole day. Shepherds and cattle-drivers are not allowed to take provisions into the country to last for more than three days, under pain of imprisonment from a month to a year. Brigands seem to be very valuable in Italy. These high premiums remind one of the Frenchman who, writing respecting England, says that pirate thieves are so scarce there that the Government often offers a reward for them. The Vigie of Dieppe relates a remarkable occur rence at sea. The master of the Amiable, on his return voyage to that port, says that he met with great quantities of portions of wreck in the open sea. On the coast of Ireland he saw a large three masted vessel, but two of the masts were gone, and it appeared to be sinking. There were two ships near, one Norwegian and one American. The crew of the Norwegian ship took in a boat the sails of his own ye sel on board the three-masted American. Seeing that the vessel was abandoned, the master of the Amiable made up to it, and offered to take it in tow, but the captain of the ship returned on board, with his crew and took away the greater part of the cargo. The vessel was very high out of the water, which much astonished the master. He continued to watch the vessel, and at night tried to board it again. The boat with the captain had just left it, and the vessel almost instantly began to sink, and soon disappeared. We give these facts without commenting, says the Vigie. The master of the Amiable and all his men are decidedly of opinion that the American vessel was purposely scuttled, but no doubt there will soon be a clue to the enigma. The Exhibition has suggested rather a lively farce, called "Les Voyageurs pour l'Exposition," just produced at the Polies Dramatiques. It is by Messrs. Busnach and Thierry. The fun is a little exaggerated, but nevertheless the extravagances imagined will have something like reality. All the proprietors of horses leave them, and let even cel lars and garrets at an enormous rate. In order to assist in making rapid fortunes, they turn water carriers or pursue some other laborious occupation, and sleep in their gardens or in the fields, while their houses are occupied by foreigners. Of course foreigners and visitors are fleeced with equal avidity and impartiality. A company of lodging-house keepers, to keep pace with the enormous demand for lodgings, erect tents in the fields, which are let at sf. an hour. The young girls who were engaged all put off their marriages till next year, in the hope that during the Exhibition they may meet with rich nabobs, Persian princes, Turkish sultans, or Chinese mandarins. Even the young work-girls let their lodgings to foreigners. One of the type is charm ingly represented by Madlle. Gervaise. All these incidents are turned to ludicrous account. It is announced that, by order of the Emperor, the public will be admitted during the whole period of the Exhibition to visit the apartments of the Palace of Compiegne every day, except Monday, from 12 till 4 o'clock. The dungeon of Pierrefond, a point of curious historical attraction, will also be opened to the public. An immense platform with seats is now in course of erection at the palace in the Champ de Mars, to accommodate 50,000 per sons at the distribution of the prizes to be awarded to exhibitors on the Ist of July next. Yesterday, on the occasion of Mid-Lent, the usual procession of the washerwomen took place, but the affair was rather flat, and there were fewer masks than usual. The procession proceeded along the boulevards to the Bastille. The most attractive features of the exhibition were two very small car riages, each drawn by six Lilliputian horses. In the carriages were young boys dressed as gladiators. Above the carriages was the inscription—" The terrible combatants of the Grand Gymnase." In stead of fat oxen there were twenty fat horses in the procession. They will be killed for amateurs in a few days. It is stated that at one of the horse butchers a very young poney was killed, and one of the gentlemen who partook of it pronounced that "it was delicious and better than veal." The sweetbread of a young horse is said to be an extreme delicacy. A secret committee of Bulgarians have drawn up a memorial to the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul-Azis- Ichan, in which they made an energetic representa tion of the many grievances under which they labour, and earnestly claim that they shall be adopted. Of old the Christian populations who are under the dominion of the Sultan, the most numerous is that of Bulgaria, whose rich territory, estimated at 80,000 square kilometres, provides for the subsist ence of five million of inhabitants. The Bulgarians determined to make a struggle during the present crisis, which may decide the fate of the East, and ex plain in this memorial the unjust and deplorable posi tion in which they are placed. They say that the Administration if corrupt, that justice is in the hands of ignorant magistrates, and that legislation has retrograded. " The Bulgarian does not possess any rights. He does not in any way parti cipate in the Government, and yet he has to support all the burthens of it. For him there are no rights, but many duties. His voice is never listened to. He cannot raise his voice, if even it were to applaud his oppressors. Taxes and imposts increase to such an extent as to become insupportable. Loans and subsidies are continually demanded, and never re paid, to the detriment of individual property and the destruction of credit and justice." The memo rial, after alluding to the defects existing in the social system generally, and to other persecutions to which the Bulgarians are subjected, demands, as a remedy, the creation of a Bulgarial kingdom, placed under the political dependence of the Sultan, who shall add to his title of Sultan of the Osmanlis that of King of the Bulgarians. This kingdom should be governed by a Ch r i s ti an Vi ce roy, elected by a National Assembly, with the assistance of a Council, the members of which should consist exclusively of Bulgarians. The memo rial also claims that justice shall be adminis tered in conformity with the special laws of the Bulgarian State, agreed to by the Assembly. The memorialists also claim the guarantee of civil and religious liberties, the liberty of speech, the liberty of the press, the right of public meeting, the right of having public conference for the discussion of political and social questions, and also individual liberty, the inviolability of domestic and religious toleration. There is a pretty considerable number of reforms, fur which the Bulgarians are ready to struggle, even to the death. It is to be wished that they may get them. The claims, at all events, prove that there are grave incidents connected with the Eastern question. Although the morning was cold, nearly approach ing frost, during the day in the sun it was very hot. There has not been any rain. In the shade a rather cold wind was felt. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 30. A conference is asserted to have taken place be ween Cardinal Rauscher and Baron von Beust, resulting in an understanding by which the Ministry will obtain the absolute support of the Austrian clergy. ITALY. FLORENCE, March 29 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the Bureau of the Presidency was definitively con stituted. Signor Mari, the President of the Chamber, made a speech, in which he said :—" Dangers for Italy do not exist in party rivalries, but in the financial con dition of the country, which must be remedied at all cost. Other nations after passing through wars and revolutions, and being reduced to extremities, have examined and adopted the remedies which their position required ; why cannot Italy do so also ? The representatives of the nation ought to be animated by full confidence, and they will be successful." The Minister of Finance then brought forward the appendix to the budget with some modifications, and the bill for the provisional exer cise of the budget for three months. He also an nounced that to-morrow he will present several financial bills and report on the state of the Treasury. To-morrow morning the bureaux of the Chamber will examine the bill for the provisional exercise of the budget, and immediately afterwards it will be discussed in the plenum. A meeting of the Deputies who are favourable to the Government will be held this eviming. The Minister of Finance will, it is believed, be present in order to make an exposition of the financial projects which he is shortly to lay before the Chamber. ROME, March 27 (via Marseilles). An enthusiastic ovation was given to the Pope during his progress from the Vatican to the Church of Santa Maria Minore, on the festival of the Annunciation. The carriage in which his Holiness was riding was covered with flowers by the people. SPAIN. MADRID, March 29. Tho Pensantiento Espanoe announces that Senor Nocedal, the new Catholic Deputy, has written a letter declining to become a candidate for the Pre sidency of the Congress, as he is opposed to libe ralism and the Parliamentary system of govern ment. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, March 30. The Bank of Russia has reduced its rate of dis count to 7 per cent. The rate of interest for ad vances upon securities remains unchanged. BAVARIA. MUNICH, March 30. The Minister of War is stated to have tendered his resignation, on account of the delay in carrying out the bill brought forward by him for the reorga nisation of the army. AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 28 (6 p.m.) Gold, 1341. Exchange on London, 109. Five twenty United States Bonds, 1091 ; Illinois, 1151 ; Erie, 58-2. Cotton—Middling Upland, 31. Pe troleum, refined, 26c. The Transatlantic Company's steamship Europe has arrived out. SOUTHAMPTON, March 30. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Teutonia, from New York on the 17th inst., arrived here to-day with 122 passengers for this port, llavre, and Hamburg, but no specie. She was detained 23 hours off Staten Island by a heavysnow-storm, and experienced strong north and north-easterly winds throughout her passage. WRECK IN MOUNT'S B.Y. FALMOUTH, Saturday Morning. On Friday afternoon a soiled, saturated parch ment document was washed on shore from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman, at Mullion, which, being immediately delivered to Mr. Broad, the Netherlands Consul, he deciphered it to be a Masonic diploma of Klaas Lammerts, thereby proving, without further doubt, the unfortunate ship to be the Jonkheer M. Van der Val Van Puttershoek, of Dordrecht, himself captain. Up to Friday no more bodies were found, and the vessel was literally in shreds; few of her materials had washed up, but a considerable quantity of coffee mixed with sand had been salved. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Feb. 27. The discussion upon the tariff question has been renewed in the Victoria Parliament. • Additional taxes have been imposed, which has created great excitement in the colony. FRANCE. PARIS, March 30. Count Walewski has addressed a letter to the Emperor, in which he says :—"Personal differences, independent of my will, having arisen between some members of the Government and myself, I do not hesitate, in the interest of harmony and concord, to pray your Majesty to accept my resignation of the post of President of the Legislative body." The Emperor, in reply, accepts Count Walewski's proffered resignation, while expressing his regret at this step, and thanking the Count for the proofs of devotion which he has afforded to the Imperial dynasty. The Senate yesterday rejected the proposal to send lmck the bill upon primary instruction for fresh deliberation in the Legislative Bofly. BOURSE, March 29, Threa o'clock.—Quotations declined, and closed as f 6 q per Conte 9B Do. and mouth — 3 per Cents. 69 15 Do. end month t9 1:1- Credit Mobilier 457 50 Do. end mouth Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1467 50 RAIL lows : Bank Shares ...... 3537 50 Italian Loan i4 15 Do. end month 54 15 Mexican Loan 2l 50 Do. Bonds l5O Spanish Throes Home Debt Deferred V All. For Account. Orleans Northern 1175 Lyons and Mediterranean 926 25 Southern 578 75 Western — Eastern Sardinian . — Austrian Lombard 416 25 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman. 112 50 British Equitable Assurance Company. The Annual General Meeting was held on Sa turday last at the offices of the Company, 4, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, E.C. In the absence of the Chairman, William Gover, Esq., who was confined to his room by illness, Edmund Dunn, Esq., the Vice-Chairman, presided. The Managing Director read the following re port :-- " The 12th year of the British Equitable Assurance Company's history has been one of unexampled prosperity. This is the more remarkable as the year 1866 was marked by cattle plague, cholera, and commercial panic. The new business effected in the year was nearly 50 per cent. greater than in any prior year. The old business was well main tained. The percentage of mortality has been smaller that in 1865 even, and has been only about three fifths of the tabular provision, and no death from cholera occurred among over ten thousand assured lives. The panic of 1866 has not in any way affected the securi ties of the Company, nor has any loss been sustained in consequence. Nor were the Company's S hares depreciated in value by it. Not only have they never been quoted at a discount, but they have always found purchasers at a considerable premium whenever offered for sale ; even when the Bank of England refused to lend upon Consols. The Accumulated Fund has been increased during the year by no less than £28,909, making the amount laid by In the last three years £65,978, and now amounts to £127,978 sterling. The Accumulated Fund has thus been nearly denied at the end of each triennial period. In the past three years the new polioies effected were— Reported in No. Amount. 1865 1,650 1866 2,073 353,700 1867 Total 6,568 £1,125,611 The New Annual Premiums of past year, £15,318. In the four triennial periods the new policies issued were— let three years 3,196 f0r.£507,060 2d „ 2,926 „ 494;066 3d „ 3,941 „ 629,547 4th „ 6,568 „ 1,125,611 Total 16,631 £2,756,284 So that the new business of the last three years has been greater than that of the preceding six years. No. Amount. The policies in force this day are 11,637 £1,980,258 Tho death claims and bonuses paid in the year under 67 policies amounted to 114,199. The amount paid for death claims, and bonuses paid since the establish ment of the company, uuder 399 policies, is £64,447. A careful valuation of the policy liabilities of the company has bees made by the company's actuary, and it was found that a surplus of £29,092 12s. 6d. existed, £3,646 78. 4d. of which resulted from the premiums received on shares issued and non-participating business, and is the property of the shareholders, and the remaining sum of £25,446 ss. 2d. is applicable to the mutual department. It is recommended that the sum of £3,646 7s. 4d., being the profits on the non participating business, be capitalised, making altogether to the credit of the shareholderss' profits account £9,196 13s. 5d., and that in future 4s. 4d. per share per an num be paid, in addition to the original interest, on each share having the first call paid up. It is also recom mended that out of the profits in the mutual Department a reversionary bonus o f 11 per cent. per annum up to the 31st day of December last, from the date of the last division of profits as to policies which partici pated in any previous division, and as to any policies which did not so participate from the Ist of January next following the respective dates of such policies, be de clared on all policies iu the mutual department effected for the whole term of life, dated on or before the 31st of December, 1864, which shall be in force on the Ist day of April next, and on other business entitled to pgticipate in a due proportion to be settled by the actuary, and that the remainder be carried forward to fifth di vision of profits. This will lay the foundation for an increased dividend at future triennial periods. The company has lost by death its esteemed auditor, Samuel Boddome, who was elected at the formation of the company, and filled the office until his decease. The board elected Mr. Deputy Obbard his successor, to hold office until this meeting. The large extension of the company's business having necessitated a removal to more commodi ous premises, the house, No. 4, Queen Street-place, has been purchased on advantageous terms. It is admirably adapted for the further extension of the company's busi ness, both from its central situation and ample accommo dation. The policy-holders, who responded so well to the appeal to introduce now members last year, are requested to get a new policy-holder each in 1867. It is a matter of great encouragement that in the never to bo forgotten year 1866 such solid progress has been mad 3 by the British Equitable Assurance Company." The MANAGING DIRECTOR then addressed the meeting. He said adverse years tried institu tions as well as men, and test both their prin ciples and their management. Through such a year they had just passed scathless. More than that, each of the calamities of the year 1866 had been taken advantage of, and had directly contributed to the great success of the past, which was their most successful year. When the cholera was impending, he advised the board not only not to interrupt the current of the ordinary busi ness of the company, but to stimulate it& business to the uttermost. That course was adopted. The new business obtained exceeded all expectation. The mortality had been three-fifths only of that provided for by the tables, and although they had over 10,000 assured li ves i n th e i r b oo k s, b y t h e blessing of Providence they had not lost a single life by cholera. The panic of 1866 was probably the must alarming financial crisis in the memory of living men. It rudely shook the strongest and best managed institutions of the day, but the British Equitable Assurance Company was one of the very few companies whom the shock left wholly unhurt. On the Black Friday itself, when the funds had reached their lowest price, we invested £lO,OOO in Consols, and shortly afterwards we purchased at a moderate price, a good bargain, the very noble, commanding and commodious premises in which they met that day. So he thought he might say that even the panic itself did them good and no harm. The new business was nearly half as large again as that of any prior year. The body of their policy holders had been increased by the addition of over 2,800 new policy-holders, and they now had 11,637 policies on our books. The amount assured had been increased by new assurances for over half-a million pounds sterling. The new business reported in 1865 was larger than that of most companies, viz., 1,650 new policies, assuring £270,736. That re ported in 1866 was 2,073, assuring £353,700 or 35 per cent. greater than in 1865, and now we report in 1867, 2,845 new policies, assuring £501,175, which are nearly 50 per cent. greater than that reported in 1866. No foreign lives were included in this large amount of business, except, of course, those of the few policy holders vho had emigrated. A searching and thorough audit had taken place, and the deeds and securities of the company had been very care fully gone through by the auditors, who had ex pressed their warm satisfaction with what they were pleased to term the " admirable bookkeeping" of the company. And while on the subject of the audit, it was his painful duty to advert to the loss the company had sustained by the death of their esteemed auditor, Mr. Samuel Beddome. He was elected auditor when the company was formed, and performed his duties, so important, until his last illness. He thoroughly approved the principles and the working of the society, and was gratified by the position the company had attained. It afforded him great pleasure to name as his successor a gen tleman who stood high in the Corporation of the City of London, an able man of business, and one well qualified for the office, Mr. Deputy Obbard. After the report declaring the division of profits was adopted by the meeting, the calculation rela tive to the allocation of the share to each policy would have to be made, and as there were so many thousands of policies effected, the calculation would not be completed before the 30th September next, about which day each participating policy holder would be expected to receive a letter stating the amount of his profits. To sum up the result of 1866 they turned half-a-million in the amount assured by new policies in the year. They had just upon turned two millions of business in force in the year. They had passed a satisfactory fourth division of profits in the period, and they had passed through a year of panic and pestilence with unchecked and satisfactory progress. The policy-holders have well responded to the ap peal made at the last annual meeting. In some cases we have secured, through the exertions of the policy-holders, ten new policy-holders in place of one ; they must not however relax their efforts, but with renewed zeal in the year 1867 eclipse all they have formerly done. The report was unanimously adopted. The following resolution was also carried : That the cordial and earnest thanks of the shareholders are due to the managing director for tho admirable skill and high efficiency with which he has conducted the affairs of the company during a year of unparalleled public anxiety in general ; yet, as shown by the report and halanco-sheet this day presented, of unprecedented success in the history of the British Equitable Lifo Assurance Company. Mr. GOVER having suitably acknowledged the compliment, The proceedings terminated. ety' 75-41 efill Tit .1111.1111ar. HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 29. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prin cess Beatrice, and the suite in attendance, arrived at Windsor Castle at half-past six o'clock last even ing from Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty drove in the Great Park this morn ing, attended by Lady Churchill. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian walked in the grounds of the Castle. Princess Beatrice, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart, rode in the Home Park. The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy left the Castle yesterday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal enter tained a select circle at dinner on Thursday at their resi dence in Grosvenor-square. The Earl and Countess Spencer leave Belvoir Castle to-day for Althorp Hall, after a visit since Wednes day to the Duke of Rutland. The Earl of Kellie has arrived in town from Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Bradford have left town to join the circle alroady assembled at Belvoir Castle on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. DEATH OF MR. ROBERT HANBURY, M.P.—We regret to announce that Mr. Robert Culling Hanbury, M.? for Middlesex, died yesterday morning at his residence, 10,. Upper Grosvenor-place. The funeral of Mr. Alfred Mellon will take place at Brompton Cemetery on Tuesday next at twelve o'clock. LITERATURE. A Trip to the Tropics, and Home through America. By the Marquis of Lorne. One vol. Pp. 355. Hurst and Blackett. This very interesting narrative is taken from letters written while visiting the scenes which they describe. The author tells us that he has hardly altered them at all, believing that if he did so they would lose whatever freshness they possess. " They contain," he adds, " mere superficial views of the men, manners, and things that came under my notice ; but as the countries they refer to have re cently been the scenes of important event; I hope they may not be without some interest." This hope is certainly justified by the contents of the volume, which is written throughout in a most lively and in teresting manner, and is moreover pervaded by a spirit of fairness and impartiality. Jamaica, of course, is an object of paramount importance in this trip to the tropics, and very vividly is that beautiful island pictured before us. In alluding to the recent revolt, which formed the general topic of conversation while the Marquis of Lorne and his companion traveller made their tour of inspec tion in the island, the noble Marquis writes in the most unprejudiced manner, seeing the faults on both sides of the question. The travellers visited Governor Eyre, who was at that time still in the island ; and describing this interview the Marquis writes that he (Mr. Eyre) seemed " as firm as ever as to the absolute necessity for the long continuance of martial law. He judged from what he knew of the state of the island that common law would not have been strong enough to punish offenders so . promptly as to strike necessary terror into the minds of the people, who, he is persuaded, would have joined the rebels on the slightest pretence. This persuasion was the result of the almost una nimous expressions of fear of an outbreak and warnings sent by numbers of the white inhabi tants of the island. No one will, I apprehend, blame him for having at the first proclaimed martial law, and, although civil law was not re stored after the riots had been put down by military force, yet full consideration ought to be given to the difficulty the governor experienced in putting an end to a state of things by which alone, owing to the unreliability of the civil law, he thought the disaffected could be kept well in hand." " I differ from Mr. Eyre," adds the Marquis, "in the policy of acting without law in Gordon's arrest ; but no one can help being very sorry for him. Ho did what he thought his duty, and has avoided no re sponsibility, but, on the contrary, has declared him self to be the only person to whom blame, if blame there be, ought to be attached. It is a cruel thing for a man who has acted and worked- as he has for what he thought the good of the community to be branded as a murderer." Of Gordon the Mar quis speaks as a " paltry demagogue," and adds, " I;do not think that any evidence I have seen is sufficient to prove that Gordon prepared plans for rebellion. His great object seems to have been that others should rebel, not that he himself should be exposed to the charge of being a rebel. His part was to counsel rather than to act. He might have been prosecuted perhaps for sedition, but no jury would have given a verdict against him if he had been arraigned for high treason in a court of common law." Elsewhere in The Sun of this evening will be found a full report of the proceedings at West Drayton—at the dose of which the ex-Governor, happily, came off with flying colours. The foregoing extracts will forcibly corroborate our remarks, both as regards the style and tone in,which this volume is written. It may rank among the most interesting " travels" of the season, and, coming as it does from the pen of so young a writer, it is full of promise for the future capabilities of its author. The Conservative Reform Bill and the Reform League. The following letters have been received at the League Office in answer to applications from the secretary for interviews with the First Lord of the 'Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Gladstone : March 28. Sir,-1 am desired by the Earl of Derby to ack nowledge your letter of the 27th inst., and to express his regret that it will not be iu his power to re ceive a deputation from the Reform League on Saturday next, at four p.m. A Cabinet Council is summoned for three p.m. on that day ; but, should it suit the convenience of the deputation, it will give Lord Derby much pleasure to receive them on Tues day next, 2d of April, at 3.30 p.m.—l have the honour to be, &c., G. Howell, Esq. BARRINGTON. Friday, March 29. Sir,—The Chanceller of the Exchequer directs me to inform you that he will be happy to receive a deputation from the Reform League, in accordance with the request conveyed in your letter of the 27th inst., at the time and place also appointed by Lord Derby for that purpose. He regrets that a meeting of the Cabinet Council at three o'clock to morrow afternoon, and the arrangement of public business for next week, render it impossible to fix a time more likely to meet the convenience of those workmen who may wish to take part in the deputa tion.—l have the honour to be, MONTAGUE CORRY. Geo. llowell, Esq. 11, Carlton House-terrace, March 29. Sir,—ln reply to your - letter of yesterday, I shall be happy to receive the proposed deputation from the council of the Reform League to-morrow, at half-past two, with reference to the points raised 4 1 your letter. I may add that it is my intention to introduce to the notice of the deputation a repre sentation which has been made to me respecting the place of meeting on Good Friday. This I ani aware is taking a great liberty on my part ; but feel confident it will be excused on account of the motives by which it is prompted, and which I will then explain.—l remain, sir, yours, &c., W. E. GLADSTONE. Geo. Howell, Esq. MI This 'nand f average quite, el land. At tl operatio efflux of The I have iss on the loss, aft , bate of of ,El2,t, there r( from wl ment of with the for the A su Gurney, Oppenhi directed sharehol lution the Lon , stand tl Oppenh declined The t for the £60,162 of the I the recei correspo £667. 48k, and The s. been or which h Confine] eluding Causew: the Saw tain. T 1 and the which a received been co chiefly ii are estia Amor day, the A prei less firms however cent. 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