The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-11 00:00:00

PHEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Litssee and Manager, Mr. 1•'. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING. THAT RASCAL JACK, Messrs. J. Rouse, J. Neville, C. Warner; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with T HE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C. Warner, P. Morton, J. Fitzjames, C. Harcourt, F Vi hers, J. C. Cowl er, W. M'lntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irving, J. B. Johnstone, J. Irving; Mesdames M. Robertson, Ito G. Le Tbiere, C. Thompson. Commence at Seven. PI_rIIEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manag.r, Mr. Buckstine. 'rats EVENING, THE WOLF' AND TIE LAMB. Messrs. Chippendale, ifarten, Gordon, ; Mrs. litzwiiltam, Miss Fanny Virright, &c. Atter which, A WILD GOOSE. IMersrs. Sothern, Buck stone, Rogers. Gordon, White, Vincent, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Burke, Hill, Chippendale, Laws, Sidney, To conclude with A. KISS IN I'HE DARK. Mr. Clark ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and 3lanager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVE N ING. a new 31usicAl Drama, GAKIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Roden. Sliss Ea.ily rat; Messrs. E. Phillips,J. G. Taylor, and Ashley. After which, at 8, LOST IN' LONDON. Messrs. U. Neville. J. Clarke, P. Bedford, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss Neilson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Seaman. To conclude with A BONNIE FISHWIFE. Mr. J. Clarke, shley, Stephenson, and Miss Furtado. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. IA igan. THIS EVENING, THE BEST WAY. Messrs. Claytcn and H. Wigan ; Mrs. St. Henry. Followed by THE LIAR. Messrs. C. Mathews, Addison, H. J. Montague. and floraze Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews and Miss Stephens. To conclude with OLYMPIC GAMES. Messrs. H. J. Montague, G. Vincent, D. Murray; Mesdames E. Warren, G. Moore, Sheridan, H arris, N. Harris, t. Henry, and Roselle. Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven. OY.A.L LYCEUM THEA.TRE.-- )k Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. TITIS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING. Aiter which, at 8, THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Feeliter ; Me-srs. Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, rltzpatrick, Evans, Dalton, Newboand, Anderson, Reynolds, Vivian, Bennett; Misses Henrade, Elsworthy, Grattan, and Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MARRIED DAUGHTERS. After which, PYGMALION ; or, The Statue Fair. Messrs Thorne, D. .tainep, 'and Fenton; Mesdames A. Swan borough, Raynhain, Harland, Newton, and Holt. To conclude with THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at Seven. IFOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Uarden,Vollaire; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Itaymond. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. 11. C. NATION. Production of an entirely New and Original Drama, founded on Charles Dicktms' , , noied worx " Hard Times." entitled •• UNDER, TU E ; or, The Sons of THIS EVENING (Saturday), May 11th, an entirely new and original Dramatic Aoaptatiou ct Dieki na's work, "Hard Times, ' en titl,d UNDER THE EARTH ; or, The eons of Toil, with the strikin4 and effective Mine Scenes. Messrs. Fernandez, Atkins, Stephens, Richaidson ;. Misses Edith Stuart, 3farion, Mrs. Caulfield. To conclude with 11. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, THE NYMPH OF TH 11; LU RC i3.I(III.TRG, with new and brilliant Scenery illustrative of the beautiful Rhine. Misses Edith Stuart. Ellen Thirlwall, Nellie Clifton, Annie Richardson; Messrs. Atkins, Stephens, and Arthur. 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The extremely unsettled condition of foreign affairs produced effects nearly as mischievous as those of actual war, and we have to thank the greed . and aggressive ambition of Prussia for a considerable share of the loss and annoy ance occasioned by a depressed state of the money market. At home our domestic affairs have not been altogether satisfactory. Lord DERBY'S Government was not sufficiently strong to semre a majority in the Commons, and there fore no security could be felt that we should not have a Ministerial crisis, possibly a dissolution. Reform, which has been hanging over the loads of so many Cabinets, imperatively demanded a settle ment, which all felt could not be longer withheld ; and between the dislike in some quarters to any change, the excessive demands of agitators and the uncertaintly caused by long delay and repeated failures, the question of Parliamentary Reform was a serious addition to the perplexities of the day. Besides these more immediate and pressing causes of depression and anxiety the very elements seemed to conspire in an unfavourable coalition. A dull and wet summer produced a bad harvest, and the consequent high price of bread has, as usual, made itself felt in every direc tion. Following the dreary summer came a winter which of late years has hardly been equalled for length and severity, and the condition of the labouring classes has afforded painful indication of the lack of vitality in business circles. The visita tion of the cholera was an additional trial to the eastern districts of London, and the heavy winter pressed heavily on those who had scarcely recovered either physcially or financially frdm the long weeks of sickness and enforced idleness in the autumn. It was only wonderful that under such a conjunction of circumstances the Revenue retained its buoyancy, but happily we were spared the evils of a deficit. Now, however, all is changed, and we may hope that the anniversary of " Black Friday" may inaugurate a period of general confidence and prosperity. The clouds of war have for the time being passed over. The firm and yet conciliatory policy of Lord STANLEY has greatly assisted in the settlement of that Luxemburg ques tion which a week or two since threatened to pro duce a European conflagration. The affair of the Victoria occurred in good time to show that the English Foreign Minister was no longer committed to a policy of " meddling-and-muddling " interfer ance and inaction ; but that while avoiding officious advice or empty menaces, the repre sentative of English honour and interests was pre pared to support the character and position of his country. The ample preparations made by France for the eventualities of war, the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico, and the grow ing indignation of the French people, have no doubt had their effect in moderating the temper of Prussia, and in teaching BISMARCK that he had better be cautious how he proceeds. The effect of Lord STANLEY'S announcement the other evening made itself immediately felt in the money market, and all advices from the Continent repeat the favourable in telligence. A general feeling of relief and renewed confidence is experienced throughout Europe, and we must hope that these Kings and Emperors will for a while cease from playing at the costly game of war and aggression. At home the Reform question, despite the dia tribes of Messrs. BRIGHT and GLADSTONE, and the thunders of the Adelphi, may be considered as virtually settled. The country at large has ac cepted the Government measure, and though the House of Commons has still a good deal of work before it in the task of perfecting and completing the bill, there is very little doubt but that the session of 1867 will see Parlia mentary Reform no longer a vision, but a reality. The Government, in spite of various misadventures and mistakes, have indisputably gained strength during the session. They have administered the affairs of the country on the whole with credit, and there is now little fear of their being forced to I appeal to the country against an adverse decision of the House of Commons. Added to these causes more directly under the influence of human caprice or passion, nature herself seems to have recovered from her churlish mood. The May sunshine is streaming down upon us with all the fervency of July, and the prospect of a goof harvest is cheering and en couraging to all. It becomes us to make the most of the favourable opportunities likely to be affoided to us, and not in a season of prosperity and plenty to neglect the lessons we have learned and the reforms we have determined to carry out in a time of gloom and depression. This Conference on Luxemburg seems to have beeen the best conducted one that has taken place for some time, and certainly its issue is a most satisfactory one. The Patrie of yesterday says that Count BERNSTORFF has given the members of the Conference to understand that the " evacuation" of Luxemburg can be effected in three or four weeks. We suppose this is to be looked upon in the light of an act of grace ; but it seems very strange that a shorter period cannot suffice for the translation. At any rate, no one throws any doubt on the subject, and there seems no reason to believe that any hindrance will arise to mar the settlement of affairs after a peaceful fashion. From Berlin we learn, through Zeidler's correspondence, that it is fully ex pected the end of the week will witness the signature of the Treaty by the Plenipotentiaries at the Confer ence, and the result will be satisfactory. However, the dark side is the fact that France persists in "arma ments," but this, the same authority expects, will disappear. 'We rather doubt this last assertion, be cause the Emperor knows very well that, in point of numbers, he is not yet a match for Prussia, and that army has not been much reduced of late. This limit has nothing whatever to do with the Confer ence, because Luxemburg is the beginning and the end of that affair. Yesterday the . third sitting of the Conference took place, at which the details of the Treaty were agreed to and initiated, and all was apparently arranged, with the exception of the time at which Luxemburg should be evacuated, the Prussian Minister having to ask instructions from Ber lin for the purpose. To-day, at five o'clock, another sitting will take place, at which it is hoped that the Treaty will be signed. If so, it will be a great point gained, and Lord STANLEY may well be con gratulated upon the success of his efforts. We have all along been of opinion that with more firm ness a better effect would be produced on Prussian policy, and surely the experience of the last few weeks confirms the truth of the notion. Had there been any repetition of the uncertain and shifting action of Lord RUSSELL'S days pursued at the Foreign Office, the evacuation of Luxemburg would never have come to pass. One demand would have followed another on the part of the Berlin autho rities, and in the end war would have ensued. That this very undesirable termination of tic dispute s!ioul I have been avoided is indeed most satisfac tory on all accounts, and we hope that it will n.)t be forgotten that the desideratum has not been accom- plished . by timorous and hesitating meaml, - but through the adoption of decisive language, and a cautious but most inflexible demeanour on the part of the arbitrators. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE displayed more zeal than discretion in the manner in which he made his inquiries respecting the evidence taken at the time of the trial of the Fenian conspirators. The Earl of DERBY, in- replying, remarked very truly that some of the noble marquis's observations had extended over a wide range, and that he might very properly have left out the references which he had made to the resolutions which the Reform League had thought fit to pais at a recent meeting. With respect to the mgird huniediat . object of the noble marquis's inquiry, the Premier said that the Attorney-General for Ireland had taken steps to secure a report of the evidence. As for laying before Parliament a copy of these reports, the noble earl declined to do so, alleging, with great justice, that Parliament was not a court of appeal from ordinary tribunals. As for the desire expressed by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE for informa tion respecting the encouragement of Fenians in other countries, he also objected to that on the ground of public inconvenience. As the noble earl said, it would be of no advantage to Ireland at the present moment, nor, indeed, at any time, that such a thing should be done. "Any course more likely to embroil this country with foreign Powers, and to raise embar rassing discussions," could not well be imagined ; and it is not surprising that the request should have been refused. 'We wonder, indeed, that the sug gestion should have been made at all, for it is a most extraordinary one, taken under every aspect of the case, and one which no Government could pos sibly have acceded to. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The official part of the Atoniteur contains the an nouncement of several diplomatic changes. The Marquis de Cadore, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Baden, is appointed to the same post in Bavaria, in the room of Viscount des Meloiges Fresnoy, resigned. Count de Mosbourg is appointed Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duchy of Baden, in the room of the Marquis de Cadore. M. Duries de Verninac is appointed Se cretary of Embassy of the 2d Class, in the room of Baron de Dampierre. The successor of M. de Verninac is Count de Vielcastel. Yesterday the Emperor reviewed, in the court of the Tuileries, the Egyptian Battalion. The Egyptian Battalion has been five years in Mexico, and did good service in the Terres Chandes and at Vera Cruz. Many of the officers are decorated. Be fore the troops defiled his Majesty congratulated the Commandant of the Bittalion upon the excellent appearance and discipline of the troops, and dis tributed medals to those who were wounded in com bating for France. An official announcement has been made in the Italian Chamber of Deputies by M. Rattazzi of the approaching marriage of Prince Amedee, Duke of Aoste, with the Princess de, la Cisterna, which is to take place at Turin on the 30th inst. A letter from Moscow, dated May 2, states that the Emperor Alexander, accompanied by the Here ditary Grand Duke of Russia and the Princess Dagmar, arrived on that day at the country seat of Petrorky, near that city. On the next day there was a splendid ceremony in honour of the entrance of the Russian Court into the second city of the empire. Twenty troops of all arms had been con centrated at Moscow, and they formed inline from the Gate of Iven to the entering of the Kremlin. The reception of the Royal Family was extremely enthusiastic. 'The Russian Court was to remain at Moscow about a fortnight. Interna tional members p e C l l. s e i n uo d bf i d t tho b e a thenq u Jurye has members t (l o s been t (10th group) roo fo g pt i ) v h en eatF b ot y h the Foreign gl e French tie rueary On the pannels of the room were various appropriate inscriptions in honour of art and industry. M. Jean Doilfus, the Vice-President of the 10th group, John or r e e hs s ne i d oi e ti d aat . vee A so t hf h u his e right tehi w g. a n s J.A B lo a ar r no o yr n s Liebig, the re ; othera his i sleftEnglish men Si r Dandullfus v f e o r as e i g a n e t o r s a s to! Tote e thee r s e p v e r r e e s l e . n o t s . A and.l foreign Go vernmen t s ." B aron d u Liebig proposed "The healths of the Emperor, the Empress, and the Imperial Prince." The toasts were cordially and ' I enthusiastically received. No official account of the proceedings of the Conference at London having been published there I is " ample scope and verge enough" for the inveu- live faculties of the newsmakers in Paris. The papers abound in speculations and versions as to what has been said and done. As I know from offi:ial sources that some of these accounts are un true, I forbear from noticing them. The Opinione Nationale says : —" The Conference has assembled, but still greater uncertainty prevails respecting the views of the statesmen who represent the different Cabinets. The pretensions of Prussia, and the mode in which she appears disposed to manifest them, are such that it will be difficult to reconcile them with the interests of France. King William, in fact, in effect maintains his rights in regard to the fortress of Luxemburg, and will only renounce them upon condition that the whole of Europe shall be substituted in the Grand Duchy for the House of Hohenzollern, thus closing it for ever against France." The Queen of Portugal has arrived in Paris. Her Majesty travels under the title of Duchess de Guimaraeus, and is accompanied by the Duke de Loul6 and suite. Her Majesty's stay in Paris will be of short duration. The packet Imperatrice Eugenie has arrived at St Nazaire with dates from Vera Cruz to the 13th of April. Prince Iturbide was on board. Vera Cruz was still besieged by General Benavides, with 3,000 men. The capture of Puebla is fully confirmed, but General Marquez had left Mexico with 6,000 men, with the intention of endeavouring to recap ture it. The Siecle says that its private information rela tive to the London Conference enables it to con firm the report as to the difficulty which arose respecting the guarantee of the neutrality of Luxem bourg by the Great Powers, but adds that it is enabled to say that the difficulty is not of such a nature as to delay the pacific solution which is likely to orise from the deliberations of the Confer ence. The Imperial Court has dismissed the appeal of M. de Girardin against the sentence of the Cor rectional Court inflicting a fine of 500 f. for an article in the Liberte exciting hatred and contempt against the Government. It also condemned M. de Girardin to pay the costs of the appeal. An old woman has just died at Fumay, in the Ardennes, who was the very type of avarice. She lived very miserably, half starved herself, and went about in rags. A few days before she died she sold the sheets from her bed on the plea that she wanted to buy bread. At her death, after minute researches, the sum of no less than 60,000 f. in gold and silver was found carefully concealed in the cellar which belonged to her apartment. In another part of her lodging were two chests both full of gold. They were so heavy that the Justice of Peace and his assistant could not lift them. This miserly woman has left a very extraordinary will. She has be queathed a sum of 20,000 f. to the woman who did her household work, although a few days ago she refused the small addition of one franc a mouth to her wages. On Wednesday the fete of Joan of Arc (May 8) was celebrated at Orleans with great pomp. Ac cording to traflitional custom the garrison marched ;!ito the c:ty, an.l m :sic being played, an 1 torches being borne in the front. The mass coin mcinorative of the deliyeranc. of the city of Orleans was celebrated at the church of Sante Croix, in the presence of all the leading persons in the depart ment. The Abbe Fressel, Professor of Sacred Elo quence at the Sorbonne, pronounced an energetic panegyric upon the heroine. Ia the evening the city was splendidly illuminated. Some of the mo6t magnificent Arabian saddle horses ever seen in regard to shape and blood have just arrived at Paris from Cairo, aud are now at the Imperial stables at the Louvre. They were pre sented to the Emperor by the Viceroy of Egypt. Two of the superb animals, five years old, were born in the environs of Bagdad, and have Persian blood in their veins. A third, rather older, bay brown, belonged to Said Pacha, and has been brought from the stables of his son, Toussoutn. In form they are the most pure and perfect resemblance of Nedje, the real courser of the desert. As to their va!tv, the amount at which their worth is esteemed is fabulow. The heat has been very oppressive to-day. LATEST INTELLIGENOB. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 10 (6 p.m.). The Government has ordered the writ of Habeas Corpus in reference to Mr. Davis to be obeyed. The Hamburg and American Co.'s steamer Teutonia arrived out yesterday evening, and the Guions screw-steamer and Chicago on Wednesday last. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices :—Gold, 1371 ; Sterling Ex change on Loudon, 1094. 5-20 United States Bonds, 108; ; Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 631. Cotton— Middling Upland, 27. Petroleum Refined, 24f. ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTIA. NEW YORK, May 1, 2 a.m. The Virginian Legislature has made an appro priation for the education of children irrespective of colour. • In consequence of the publication in the Rich mond Times of articles violently denouncing Con gress, General Schofield has admonished the editor to moderate the tone of his paper. Frequent disturbances occur in Richmond, in consequence of ' ncgroes insisting to ride in the street cars contrary to the regulations of the proprietors. General Sickles stopped the fireman's parade at Charleston on Monday because no national flag was carried, and reqred them to carry one at the head of the procession with a guard of honour. The firemen acquiesced, and the parade continued. A man was subsequently arrested for mutilating the flag and sent to gaol. There is great destitution in the interior of Georgia, and thousands are in danger of starvation. A mass meeting of whites and blacks took place on Monday in Columbia. A negro orator declared that the 'Southern people and the negroes are the best of friends. Lawlessness con tinues to prevail in East Ten nessee. It is reported that Union men have been ordered to leave several towns. A mob of loyal leaguers in Blount County re cently dispersed t h e congregation of a Methodist ' Church supposed to sympathise with the rebels. Petitions have been circulated in Texas praying the Government to divide the State into two parts in consequence of the predominance of loyalty in the 'Western and disloyalty in the Eastern portion. The Meads of Mr. Davis are renewing their efforts to procure his speedy release on bail. Mr. Davis is in good health. Senator Wilson has addressed the people of New burn, Goldsboro', Raleigh, and North Carolina, exhorting the freedmen particularly to sustain the Republican party. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens has written a letter advo cating the confiscation of rebel property, and deny ing the right of Senator Wilson to promise the South representation upon their conforming to the Reconstruction Act. Information has been received at the Treasury Department that the r.lpadian Customs' officers are aiding and abetting smuggling from Canada, into the United States. News puLlished in the New York papers, 'from Republican sources, from Tampico, to the 17th nit., state the Emperor Maximilian was still besieged in Queretaro, that Miracuml was mortally wounded, and that the garrison of Vera Cruz was on short rations. The Loyal mail steamship Scotia, from New York on the Ist May, arrived at Queenstown at mid night (May 10) with .r 3-1 first-class cabin passen gers and $lOO,OOO in specie. She landed all the mails except those for Liverpool and a portion of the Scotch, and 68 passsengers. She proceeded for Liverpool immediately. All well. P'R►USSIA. BERLIN, May 11. The statement of the Petrie of yesterday evening that Count Bernstorff is believed to have already given the members of the Conference to understand that three or four weeks would suffice for the evacua tion of Luxemburg is without foundation. lIUNCIARY. PEsTir, May 11. llcrr Szentiraly, of the Deak party, has been elected Burgomaster of Pesth by 2,623 votes, against 1,344 votes given to Herr Vidacs of the Extreme Left. CROATIA. AGRAm, May 10. The Majority of the Croatian Diet have passed a resolution asking fur the recall of the Royal Com missioner, Herr Cichs, from Fiutne. The Deputies of Fiume protested against the re solution, and retired from the sitting, The debate on the address to the throne will take place to-morrow. PbRTUGAL. LISBON, May 11. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of De puties the preliminaries of a bill authorising the construction of a railway from Oporto to the Begoa, and from Oporto to the frontier, were agreed to. The American squadron, under Admiral Golds borough, is expected here from the Mediterranean. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MARSEILLES, May 11. The China arrived at Marseilles, at 4.30 to-day. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. BOURSE, May 10,FRANCE. has closed as follo ws :—. Three o ' c lock.—The market 4f per Cents Do. end mouth 3 per Cents..... Do. and month 6B 95 Credit Mobilier Do. end month 37G 25 Credit Foncier Do. end month 1167 50 Bank Shares Italian Loan Do. end month .52 63 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds Spanish Throes Home Debt — Deferred LYS. For Account. Orleans B70 — Northern .......... 1178 7J Lyons and Maditerrauean BB5 Southern Western - Eastortt SaMiuiau ......................... ....................... Lituhara .............................. North of Sp it ' n Saragosa ................. Ditto to liareoloua ... ....... ... 14nuau. ....... 403 75 382 5j 95 -- WIMIILEDON RIFLE MUT I NG. for tho Wimbl e d on Meeting 1867, have been i ssued b y the National Rifle Association: I n a ll there are forty-two rules to be obser ve d b y competitors. They are o f a pu re ly technical char ac t er, and only interesting to th e p ar ti es concerned. —The regulations ST. PANCRAS' WORK IIOUSE.—For many months past smallpox has extensively prevailed in the parish of St. Pancras, an d wards have been fitted up i n th e Work house for the r e c ep ti on of the patients, w h ere there have been from 30 t o upwards of 40 for a long time past, but the whole of the p a ti ents are now convalescen t, an d this d a y Dr. Bennett, th e res id ent medical officer, repor t s th a t th e nurses and attendants will be dismissed and the wards closed. Tho result has been obtained by an arraßgement being made for the whole of the cases of smallpox as they occur being recei ve d i nto the S ma ll pox Hospital at a charge of four guine as per pat i en t . _ HYDE PARK AND ?HE REFORM LEAGUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. the discussion last evening in the House of Lords, on the subject of the Hyde-park meeting, statements were made by Lord Derby and other noble lords which were more or less incorrect to an extent that makes it necessary for me, I think, to comment upon them. It is not correct to represent that I or any other leader of the Reform League distinctly announced an intention to appeal to the tribunals of the land for a decision on the legal right of the people to meet in the park for political pur poses, and that we afterwards acted so as to give the Government reason to believe that we had abandoned such inteu tion under the conviction that the alleged right of the Crown to prohibit such meetings, and exclude the public from the parks, is indisputable. I went to the park last July in exercise of what I considered, and still consider, to be a public right, and I demanded admittance on the ground of such right, and for the purpose of showing in the most distinct and unmistakable way that such right was insisted upon, and that the as sumed power of the Government to close the park gates and exclude the public, as it appears they had tome years before been advised by eminent legal authorities they had power to do, was denied. At the subsequent interview with Mr. Walpole, at which the arrangements were made for the inter- fcrence of the Reform League to allay the disturb ances which had resulted from what it now clearly admitted, according to the opinion of other eminent legal authorities, to have been the illegal closing of the park gates, Mr. Walpole, on the part of the Government, very frankly and honourably offered to give every opportunity of trying the legal right, and facilitating its determination. I did not pledge myself to act upon that offer, but 1 did cause this question to be carefully investigated, and the result of the investigation was to confirm my own previous view as to the right of the public, but at the same time to convince me that I should find great diffi culty in acting upon Mr. Walpole's offer, and in so bringing the question before any court of law or equity as to obtain a satisfactory decision either one way or the other; nor do I think that the present law officers of the Government will find the matter more easy. Having come to this conclusion, I took every opportunity of publicly stating my views. It is quite incorrect to put forward the course pursued by the Working Men's AsSociation last December, in asking permission of the Government to go to the park for their demOnstration on that occa sion, as an act of the League, or a waiver of the right insisted upon by the League. This was not a League demonstration ; we only attended it by invitation. We were no patties to the applica tion to the Government, and strongly disapproved of it, and at the meeting in Beaufort grounds I expressly declared it to to be insult to the inhabi tants of the metropolis to exclude them from Hyde -park, the proper place for such a meeting, and drive theta to be dependent upon the favour of any individual proprietor for a place to assemble in for the discussion of political wrongs or the assertion of constitutional rights. At a numerous meeting of Reform League delegates held at Itadley's Hotel shortly afterwards, namely, in the month of January of this year, I entered fully into our position as re garded the park question. I stated that there were difficulties in the way of having the legal right tried, but that the result of investigating the subject con vinced me that the public were entitled to a reason able user and enjoyment of the park for political meetings, and ought to be protected in such user and enjoyment by Parliament, with whom is now . the management of the parks, as administered by the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings; and I strongly denounced the attempt that had been made to exclude them in the previous July. I fur ther expressly stated that it .was not then a con venient season to hold our intended demonstration in Hyde-park or elsewhere in the open air, and that therefore we should go to the Agricultural Hall, but that nothing done either then or in the previous July must be held to prejudice the right of the people to meet in the dark. Accordingly, early in March last, we gave notice of our intention to bold a meeting in Hyde -park either on Good Friday or Easter Monday. On the 30th of March we had an inter view with Mr. Gladstone, at which, in consequence of a request made by him and Lord Shaftesbury and other gentlemen, we agreed to waive an intention which had been come to as regarded Good Friday, in deference to the religious scruples of those who objected to a public meeting .on that day. .I, on that occasion, expressly asked if there was any ob jection to the place of meeting, and the answer was, that the objection applied only to the day. Fma . • ll y, the day was altered to the 6th of May. Surely the Government could not be ignorant, or ought not to have been ignorant, after all this, that the League bad not waived their determination to insist upon their right to meet in Hyde-park. Lord Russell did me only justice in saying that I never retracted my opinion on the subject of the public right ; but he somewhat mistakes me in supposing that I have suggested the holding a meeting in the park weekly. What I have suggested is, that the dispute might be amicably terminated, in a way to allay all class irritation and soreness on the point, by some one day in the week being fixed upon as the day upon which the people might, when occa sion required it, or some political crisis arose, as semble there in public meeting. It is not probable that they would do this weekly, or scarcely at any time whefi no matter of public interest existed to induce them to make the sacrifice of their time for the purpose, and I think it m i g h t b e safely left to their discretion as suggested by the same noble lord. With regard to the letter referred to by the Lord Chancellor as having been written to me by Sir Richard Mayne on the 2d of July last, with the concurrence of Sir George Grey, to the effect that the police had instructions not to interfere with the meeting announced for that evening in Trafalgar square, I must observe that such letter was written in consequence of a letter published by me in the Star that morning, copies of which were sent to both Sir George Grey and Sir Richard Mayne, in which, after referring to rumours that it was in tended to interfere with that meeting, I stated the law on the subject, and declared that the Govern ment had no right or power to interfere with the meeting. I have,never had or expressed any doubt either on the general question of public meetings, or on the particular point of holding them in the park. Nor do I see the propriety of attempting to prevent persons from preaching there to the people, or acknowledge that they can be so rightfully pre vented. As to the threatened proceedings against myself and others for what took place last Monday, when the people are admitted to have acted so admirably —as they would have equally acted -last July if they had been themselves unmolested and admitted within the park—l have little anxiety. The notice served upon me at the delegate meeting at the Sussex Hotel was not, in point of law, worth the paper it was printed upon. Looking at the posi tion of the Crown, and the Government as repre senting the. Crown, with regard to the tenure of Hyde -park, and at my own position and rights as one of the public in respect of that park, I view with much indifference the alleged intention of my friends, the la'w officers, to attempt to convict me of trespass. Moreover, I do not believe that the Queen herself wishes the public rights to be inter fered with.—l ' EDMOND BEALES. Lincoln's-inn, May 10. PRESENTS AT PAIININS AND GOTTO'S.—PIiaO - Albums, a choice of 3,000 ; despatch-boxes, writ lug-cases, dressing-cases, travelling-bags, envelope-cases, blotting-books, ink-stands, desk's, book-slides, work-boxes, tea-caddies, hand-bags and ilticules, card-cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent-bottle - A albums for postage stamps, crests, &C. ; cigar-cases, 41.#-baskets, pocket-books, elec tro-gilt and elegantly-mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer- books, and Church Services, in every type. Parkins and Gotto, 25, Oxford-street. Tho public supplied at wholesale prices from the largest stock in London. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The Society will meet on Tuesday, May 14, at eight o'clock precisely, when the following papers will be read :-11. Prigg, Esq., juu., on "Gravels of Little Ouse ;" Hoddor Westropp, Esq., on " Sequence of Phases of Civilisation ; ' S. Phillips Day, Esq., on "Children in Savage Races." Naval and Military Intelliuoence. The Frst Lord of the Admiralty held a Levee yesterday at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The fol loWing officers attended :—Admiral Sir James Scott, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Wesley, R.M., Rear-Admi ral A: Farquhar, Rear-Admiral A. Forbes, Col. W. G. Sather, R.M., C. 8., Capt. William Army tage, Capt. W. A. R. Pearse, Capt. Hand, Capt. W. M. Dowell, C. 8., Capt. H. H. Beamish, Capt. W. E. Triscott, Capt. H. B. Woolcombe, Capt.H. J. Raby, V.C., Capt. R. Coote, Capt. R. Jenkins, Capt. J. E. Bingham, Capt. J. L. Perry, Capt. C. F. F. Boughey, Capt. G. Tryon, Capt. W. R. Rolland, Commander C. W. Andrew, Com mander 11. E. G. Earle, Commander H. N. Hip pisley, Commander W. F. Johnson, Commander St. Clair, Commander C. B. Theobald, Commander T. Barnardiston, and Staff-Commander V. G. Roberts. Her Majesty's screw ironclad steamship Lord Clyde arrived from the eastward at the Portland rendezvous of the Channel on Wednesday, having experienced very fine weather and smooth sea down Channel. Upon her anchoring at Portland the steam launch was sent to Weymouth harbour, and through there not being any beacon to guide strangers into the harbour since the " Jack in the Basket" light was washed away, the launch ran on the Mixen, near the harbour, Mixen being covered with water. No mark is placed to warn seamen of its position, consequently frequent accidents happen upon this particular spot. Had it been blowing strong from the eastward, which always produces a heavy sea in Weymouth bay, the launch would probably have become a total wreck, with the extreme probability of a portion of the crew losing their lives. We think something should be done by the town authorities at once to prevent a recurrence of such accidents. The drawings, plans, and moulds for the new portable steel vessel, designed by Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy, to be used by the exploring party about to be despatched from this country to the interior of Africa to . search for traces of Dr. Livingstone, were completed at Chatham dockyard yesterday, and the construction of the vessel will be at once proceeded with, as she is required to be completed with the utmost despatch. The vessel is intended to be built throughout of steel and char coal iron-plates 146th of an inch in thickness, and in short half sections about two feet in length, the heaviest weighing no more than than 401 b., in order that they may be carried overland to the lakes and rivers to be explored by the negroes, and there put together with screws, bolts, &c. The keel will be formed of half-inch iron plates, also in pieces, and the vessel is intended to be fitted with a mast and a set of fore and aft sails. The keel will likewise be fitted with additional thin plates to act as leeboards. In the designs for the boat the practical experience of Mr. Young, of the royal yacht, who is to have the entire command of the exploring expedition, has been followed. The vessel is to be finished and complete in her equipment by the latter end of the present month. The Barrossa, 21, 400 horse power, unarmoured screw corvette, has undergone a careful survey at the hands of the master shipwright's staff since she has been in dock at Chatham, the result of which has been that a considerable number of her timbers are discovered to be much decayed and the hull very defective. She mush undergo a more extensive repair than was at first contemplated. She will accordingly be in the' shipwrights' hands for some time to come. On Thursday morning, the 2d battalion of the 6th Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Unwin, arrived at Edinburgh • Castle. The bat talion embarked at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 11th April, on board her Majesty's troopship Tamar, which touched at Queenstown on the Ist May, after a fine passage. The Tamar then proceeded to Harwich to take on board the depot, and anchored in Burnti s l an d R oa d s, Fi rth o f F orth, on Wednes day eve n i ng . Th e gun b oat attending H.M.S. Tra falgar, and other small steamships, brought the bag gage ashore to Granton, and next morning the re giment were landed. Simultaneously with their disembp,rkation the 72d (Duke of Albany's Own) Highlanders left Edinburgh Castle and marched to Granton, to be taken on board the Tamar on their way to Aldershot. The 72d, commanded by Lieut.- Col. Payn, C. 8., have been stationed at Edinburgh for about two years. Tort , v L.l,lyitlar „i„ THE BULLET-PUMP. Under this name many a sarcasm has been re cently cast on the inventor of a contrivance by which the celebrated " corporal and four men" might de stroy a whole battalion in a few minutes. The inven tion, however, is not so absolutely devoid of merit as to prevent the Augsburg Gazette from returning to th e charge, and endeavouring to demonstrate its practical utility. Nor is this destructive engine quite rew, inertia and velocity having ere this been applied to obtaining an immense power of projection. In 1832 M. Steinheil caused a model of this same machine to be constructed ; it could be managed by a single man, and was submitted to the inspection of a military commission, which made a series of experi ments that left no doubt as to its destructive powers. Its principle simply consists in a proper application of centrifugal force. A metallic disk is made to revolve either by steam or by animal power ; on each side of the disk a groove is cut going from the centre to the circumference. The centre itself is Thollowed out so as to receive bullets. The rotatory motion of the disk causes the bullets .to get into the grooves, in which they fit loosely, and obeying the laws of centrifugal force they run to the circumference, and fly off with a velocity twelve times greater than that of the rotation of the disk. There are several contrivances pro vided for giving the bullets the same . direction. In 1848 M. Steinheil caused a machine for grape-shot to be made ; it was worked by steam ; but the mili tary commission which examined it was of opinion that it could not be used for the field, but might do good service in the navy, or for the defence of for tresses. It would be rather curious to see it adopted now.—Galignani. MARKETS. --This day. COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables are on the increase, and trade on the whole is steady. Fnurr--Pine apples, 5s to 8s; grapes, Gs Od io 103 Od per lb ; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od per bushel ; oranges, 4s Od to 9s ; lemons, 7s to 9s per 100 ; strawberries, 6d to is Od par ounce. VEGETABLES—Cabbages, is 3d to 2s; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s per dozen heads; beet, is Od to 2s; celery, 2s Od to 2e3 Gd per dozen heads ; horseradish, 4s to 6s per bundle ; turnips, 6d to Od ; carrots, 6d to 8d per bunch ; cucum bers; Os tO Os each ; small salad, Od to Od ; mushrooms, Is Gd to 2s Od per pottle; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel; endive Os to Os; lettuce; 2s to 3s per score ; parsley, Gd to Bd, mint 4d to is per bunch ; potatoes, 75s to 160 s per ton. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 2d to 4s 4d I lamb ss 10d to Gs 10d Mutton ... 3s 4d to 4s 8d 1 Pork Veal WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef Ss 2d to 4s 4d I Veal Ilutton 3s 4d to 4s 8d Pork Lamb HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 21d to 3d i • 64'to 721b s, :0 3,1-1 ; 72 to 801bs, 3id to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to 4d ; 88 .o 96ibs., 4d to 41,-(1. Iforsehides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf s ki ns light), 2s to 4s ; • full, 7s Od; polled sheep, —s Oil to —s ; lan-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; downs, Gs Gd to 8s Od ; lamb, Is 3d to 4s Ud ; shearlings, is 4d to is bd. HAY, ss; clover. SNIITIIFIELD —Meadow hay, £ 3 Os to XI CI Os to Xi lOs Otl; and 6traw, £2 to £2 Gs per load. - Prices drooping. • CUMBERLAND—Mond° tv hay, £3 Os to £4 Ss; c l over , £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 1:2 to £2 63 pur load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load. Supply moderate. FOREIGN -OFFICE, April 29.—The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from the Acting British Consul-General i❑ Costa Rica a despatch, of which the following is a copy : —"British Legation, San Jose, Costa Rica, March 20.—1 have the honour to report that by a Decree of the Legislature of Nicaragua, dated the 18th of January last, the importation into that Republic of spirituous liquors i 3 prohibited at the expiration of four mouths from that date." HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, May 10. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise ; and her Majesty and Prince Leopold rode on ponies in the grounds this morning. Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice walked out. Lady Churchill left Osborne to-day. The christening of the infant Princess, third child of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, took place yesterday at Marlborough House. The infant Princess received the names of Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales left London for Paris last night. He departed by the 8.30 p.m. mail train for Dover, and was accompanied by Major Teesdale and other gentlemen of his suite. His Royal Highness visits Paris for the purpos* of seeing the French Exhibition, and will be the guest of Earl Cowley, at the British Embassy. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Donegall with his company at dinner, on Thursday, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON RAILWAYS. -~---- The Royal Commissioners on Railways have at length made their report, which has been anticipated with considerable anxiety by those concerned in the railway interest. The document sums up in great detail the results arrived at from the mass of evi dence adduced before the commission, and gives judgment against the proposition that the railway system should be taken under the control of the State. The general conclusion of the Commissioners is, in short, that no comprehensive plan shall be undertaken, and that the dealing with the railway system shall be confined to modifications in private bill legislation, and in the management by the com panies. The report says :-- We are of opinion that it is inexpedient at present to subvert the policy which has hitherto been adopted of leaving the construction and management of railways to the free enterprise of the people, under such conditions as Parliament may think fit to im pose for the general welfare of the public. _ _ _ We consider that there is not sufficient reason for excepting Ireland from this general conclusion; but as it has been the established policy to assist rail ways and other public works in Ireland, we recom mend that, when Parliament thinks fit to make ad vances to Irish railway companies, the money should be lent for a fixed period of considerable length, so as to enable the company to develope its resources before it is called on for repayment. We are, how ever, of opinion that advances should not be made to the Irish railway companies as a condition of re ducing their rates and fares; but that as the railway companies have the best opportunities of judging whether rates can be reduced so as to be recupera t:ve within a reasonable time, they should be left to carry out such experiments at their own risk. We recommend that Parliament should relieve itself from all interference with the incorporation and the financial affairs of railway companies, leav ing such matters to be dealt with under the Joint Stock Companies Act, and should limit its own ac- tion to regulating the construction of the line, and the relations between the public and joint stock companies so incorporated ; requiring such guaran tees-as may be necessary for the purpose of securing the due performance of the conditions upon the faith of which the parliamentary powers of the company have been granted. We do not consider that it would be expedient, even if it were practicable, to adopt any legislation which would abolish the freedom railway companies enjoy of charging what sum they deem expedient within their maximum rates, when properly defined, limited as that freedom is by the conditions of the Traffic Act ; but we are of opinion that railway companies should be required to give a reasonable no tice of their intention to raise their rates of charge. We are unable to see any method of ensuring punctuality in passenger trains by means of legisla tive enactments, except that proposed by the com mittee of the House of Commons in 1858, viz., that punctuality should be guaranteed, and that passen gers injured by delay should be enabled to recover summarily a fixed sum ; but we have already refer red to the objections to this proposal. We are of opinion the railway companies should be bound, under adequate penalties, to give at least a week's notice of any alterations of time of their regular passenger trains. We do not consider that any direct legislative en actments would cause greater economy in the work ing of railways ; but we are of opinion that with the object of affording a more accurate view of the operations of the railway companies, and of making any undue extravagance apparent, and thus stimu lating economy, it is desirable that the several rail way companies should render their accounts to the Board of Trade, showing receipts from traffic and the detailed cost of working the line upon a uniform plan ; and that,. after consultation with the railway companies, the Board of Trade should not only pre scribe the form of such returns and accounts, but lay down the basis on which they are to be computed. Parliament has relied, for the safe working of rail ways, upon the efficiency of the common law and of Lord Campbell's Act, which gave persons injured and near relatives of persons killed a right to com pensation. We consider that this course has been more conducive to the protection of the public than if the Board of Trade had been empowered to in terfere in the detailed arrangements for working the traffic. THE LAST OF THE RAILWAY STRIKE. —On Thurs day on the Malton division of the North-Eastern Railway the last trace of the late strike was effaced. Froin and after May 9 the whole of the trains running before the strike are replaced, and there is now full service on all the lines of this district. The excursion traffic is likely to be introduced in a week or two. The result of the strike has been to encourage the river navigation to Malton, and during the past week more vessels have come up the Der went than have been seen at once since the opening of the railway. It is also stated that following the example of the London and Brighton speculation, the experiment of stage-coach between York, Malton, and Scarborough will be tried during the Summer. THE GREAT EASTERN.--The merit 3 of the case affecting this ship are still rather confused. On Thursday 400 of the men who had been employed on board determined, by advice of their solicitor, to apply to the Court of Ad miralty for powers to seize the ship. They demand three months' wages, on the ground that they signed articles for notless than three months, °Hanger than nine months. The owners have offered them payment for the voyage, which they have declined to accept. The owners are waiting to ascertain what claim they have against the French char terers. Yesterday at the Liverpool Police-court a seaman applied for and obtained a summons against Sir James Anderson for the recovery of the wages due forthe voyage- We understand, however, that, so far, the owners are ready to pay the men. SINGULAR CASE OF POISONING.—Great excite-, ment prevails in the neighbourhood of Shirland, near Alfretoii, with refereneo to the death of. -two children, named Martha, aged two years, and Joseph, aged one month, the son and daughter of Mr. Tomlinson, farmer, of Shirland Delves, near Alfreton. The girl was seized ue the 22d April with violent pains in the bowels, and vomit ing, and died on the folloWing day with all the symptoms of arsenical poisoning. Tho boy died on the 9th of April, but had been disinterred order of the coroner, and the stomach, &c., of both children by his direction sent to pro fessor Taylor for analysis. The inquest has been ad journed to await the learned professor's opinion. SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE.- —This venerable gen' tlenian, now in his 85th year, and who a few weeks since was created a baronet, has been seized with paralysis. Ile was struck down in the College of Surgeons while ascend ing the stairs to enter the counsel-rooni, and take his seat asexaminer. Ile tottered and would have fallen but for t:11.0_ timely aid of a student standing near him. Even then his indomitable courage and determination did not fail ; he feebly resisted the intention to place him on a couch, and grasped at the examiner's chair, in which ho vainly endc,a voured to seat himself. Ho has since been speechless, but not altogether unconscious. A meeting of the Water Supply Commissioners was hold on Wednesday last at Adelphi-terrace, Charing cross. Present:—Duke of Richmond, K.G., Sir John Thwaites, Sir B. Phillips, Col. Harness, R.E., Mr. J. Prest wich, F.R.S., Mr. T. Harrison, C. 4, and Mr. A. Lennox, secretary of the Commission.