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DISRAELI'S STATEMENT ON THE REFORM BILL. iilGll IVATEN, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY.— Morning, 4h. 50m.—Afternoon, 511.10 m. To-Monßow.-Morning, 511. 28m.—Afternoon, sh. 49m. 4 Uigg, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1867. Last night in the House of Lords, in answer to a question from Lord DUDLEY, Lord DERBY zmtde some remarks concerning the procession which the Reform League contemplated for next Monday, and expressed his regret at the affair. He quite agreed with the noble earl that it is much to be regrettqd, tilE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1867. that those who have the conduct of the vast orga- I HARDY said last night the condition of things is nisation " should not have taken a more correct and a sounder view of the duty they owe to the public, and the interests of the country generally, than to persist in holding a procession, which, although within the law, was certainly liable to produce very great inconvenience, and perhaps also acts of illegality." No condemnation can, in fact, be too strong to distinguish the course thus per sistently pursued in defiance of reason and com mon sense. What object, it may well be asked, have the leaders of this movement in view when they go on in so ill-judged an affair ? As for the idea that special constables would be sworn in, Lord DERBY showed that it was an erroneous one, be cause no one can be sworn in as a special constable except upon a sworn information to the effect that he believes a breach of the peace is imminent; and thus those who form part of the procession, believing that all will be peaceable throughout the proceedings, cannot con- sistently make such declaration. There was great force in the observation of Lord DERBY when he reminded those who urged forward the movement that although the procession itself might not be illegal, yet that it might become illegal through the circumstances attending it ; and in that case, added he, " those who so recklessly expose the metropolis to danger cannot escape from the responsibility they thus incur." At the best great inconvenience must result from the proposed arrangement, and also great loss. The operatives will lose a day's wages, and the shop keepers must suspend business. And all for what ? To make a demonstration in favour of Reform. Nothing can be more correct than the observation of the noble Premier that the calmness with which so important a question ought to be submitted to Parliament is little promoted by such demonstrations as this one now proposed. In point of fact, the ob ject which the leaders of this movement seek to further would, if carried out in their entirety, be subversive of the Constitution of this country, and no Government could possibly agree to them. How idle and mischievous it is then to proceed in so contumacious a fashion, and to seek to frustrate the efforts of those who are really striving to do something practical, and to the purpose. Lord DERBY expressed his opinion that the House of Commons would not be influenced by the de monstration, so as to be intimidated into consent ing to extreme measures. He only hoped that it might not be productive of a contrary result, and hinder them horn taking a deliberate view of the matter. As for what the Government intend to do, they will, said the noble earl, confine themselves within the limits of the law. The procession in it self is not illegal, notwithstanding that it may lead to loss of property and life, and therefore so long as it is conducted peaceably, it will not be advisable to interfere with it. We ngreee with the noble Pre mier that it is much to be regretted that this pro cession should take place at all, and that it is the duty of every good citizen to use his influence, if possible, to stop it. We do not believe that those who are so sedulous in pushing on the affair really believe that any good can result therefrom to the interests of the country; and, on the contrary, they must know that the advantages are very problematical, and the incon venience very certain, but they all wish that they should be put down from their pedes tals, and that OTHELLO'S occupation should be gone. Patriotism has nothing whatever to do with their enthusiasm or their excitement, and only very ignorant or very simple persons can be deluded into thinking that it has. The projected affair will, we hope and believe, pass off quietly. We should greatly desire that it may even now be abandoned, and in so doing the promoters of the movement will really merit respect and admiration. There is no credit in being obstinate and perverse, and they would further the cause of Reform much more by showing that they, its most extreme advocates, can exercise due discretion when it is called for. The Government is apparently determined to lose no time about the necessary social reforms, and although the session is not many days old some very important topics have been brought under the consideration of the House. The Bill which Mr. GATIIORNE HARDY introduced last evening dealt with a matter of very great and pressing interest, and although it was one on which legislation is by no means easy, it appeared to give general satisfaction to the House. The condition of our sick poor in the metropolitan workhouses has long been felt as a burden on the national conscience. Every fresh investigation confirmed the painful impression created by one or two special revelations, and as the blame could not in fairness be ascribed to the inhumanity or misconduct of particular indi .viduals, it was manifest that the system is radically at fault. Some years ago nothing was heard of the management of these infirmaries, but no sooner did a band of volunteers, at the suggestion of Miss TWINING, attempt a regular system of visiting the sick paupers than a thousand evils came to light. Still the public remained comparatively unmoved by the recital of grievances they did not realise until the harrowing details of the quickly succeeding cases of TIMOTHY DALY and RICHARD GIBSON ex cited the deepest indignation and the strongest sympathy. They then began to understand that a system which might work very well in keeping out vagrants and idlers who were glad to live at anybody's expense but their own was ill adapted for the infant, the infirm, the aged, the imbecile, and the suffering. Yet whatever the theory of workhouses, which, by their very name, are pro perly intended for the able-bodied, the actual fact is that such physical or mental incapables form by far the largest portion of our metropolitan in-door paupers. The statistics given by Mr. HARDY in his very able and luminous speech last night forcibly illustrates this fact. In the metropolitan work houses, said the right hon. gentleman, we have about 26,240 persons, which are thus classified:— Temporarily disabled, 7,046 ; old and infirm, 13,685; able-bodied, 2,899 ; children above two years of age, 2,150 ; infants, 1,015 ; 1,977 are de scribed as imbecilesand idiots, who are also returned under one of the other heads. It will, therefore, be seen that less than one-eighth of the in-door popu lation of our Unions can be described as able bodied ; and we can only wonder, in face of such an aggregate of physical and mental weakness and suffering as is presented by the remaining figures, that under a system originally framed for the repression of thriftlessness and vagrancy more disasters do not occur. The fact is, that the new Poor-Law has answered so well as a deterrent that by far the greater number who seek shelter under its provi sions are actually compelled to do so, and common humanity demands that they should be treated with every care and consideration possible. The linger ing diseases, the incurable complaints which our hospitals, owing to their limited space cannot ac commodate, are necessarily driven to the work house ; and what chance of relief or remedy they meet with there, with a pauper nurse and a doctor too busy to look at them and too poor to supply them with the medicines they re quire, may be matter of specula 'on. As Mr. very different from that existing when the work houses were designed. " They were designed as workhouses under the New Poor Law to deter able-bodied persons from going into them, and it is found they do act as a check in this way ; and now they are places chiefly for the sick and aged poor, the very persons whom the country would wish to see well cared for." There is probably no adverse opinion upon this point, although the difficulties attending the application of a better method are on all sides admitted to be very great. Let us see how Mr. HARDY proposes to deal with them. In the first place, with a view partly of ob- taining the much-wanted increase of space for the infirmaries, he proposes removing the lunatics and imbeciles into separate estabablishments—a suggestion l.ighly commendable for many other reasons. It is simply impossible that such persons should be properly treated within the walls of a close London workhouse, or that they should re- ceive the treatment most desirable for their ma• ladies, or the alleviations required by their suffer ings of mind and body. It is, in fact, a common thing for the epileptic and partly afflicted patients in workhouses to pass after a temporary sojourn to the lunatic asylum. Still, even with the removal of these two thousand lunatics, imbeciles, and idiots, there will be great deficiency of space for the proper accommodation of the sick. His public pro- posals with the same end are therefore to place all children above two years of age in separate schools, and to remove the fever and smallpox patients, who are reckoned at 700 or 800, to entirely different buildings. The removal of the children is on every account desirable, while the separation of the patients suffering from infectious diseases is a measure loudly called for on sanitary grounds. The infirmaries for the remaining sick poor would be placed under separate boards of management, so as to avoid the evils attending the system adopted for the ablebodied. An attempt is also to be made to obtain for the infir maries a som ewh at differently constituted board by the appointment of one-third of the members by the Poor Law Board, such persons being selected from resi dents in the district rated at not less than £lOO a year. This proposal, Mr. HARDY admitted, was a novel one, but he reminded the House that in other parts of the country the justices of the peace, practically the largest ratepayers of the district, had seats at the Board. The novelty of the sug- gestion is no real objection to it, since it is indis, putable that new plans are wanted, and it is highly desirable that a new class of inspectors should be appointed, who can devote their atten tion exclusively to the management of the sick and infirm wards. The manner of meeting the increased expense entailed by these various proposals was the next subject for consideration. Mr. HARDY shrinks from proposing an equalisation of the metropolitan rates, partly because he sees serious difficulties in the man- ner of administering the common fund, and partly, no doubt, because he fears the opposition which such a proposal would be certain to encounter. He makes, however, some very excellent suggestions. The lunatics he proposes should be charged on a common fund, since lunatics do not belong more to one part of the metropolis than another, and their claim must be bona fide. The same prin ciple applies to the fever and small-pox patients, whose diseases cannot be simulated, and whose separation from others are of great importance to the public health. Also the care and teaching of the children is to come upon the common fund. These several changes will give immense relief to the overburdened parishes, while they will not press unduly upon others. The additional charge to the City of London will be no more than 31d. in the pound, whereas the charge will relieve St. George's, Southwark, of ls. in the pound, and the general rate over London will not be more than a penny. The management and maintenance of the ordinary local poor is to be left as at present entirely to their own different districts and unions. Another or very aw Board thePo i t s a n power to t appoint pbreopgreranot ffi edeertso im imp or tant in the event of the guardians or managers neglect ing to do so. The Irish Poor Law Commissioners possess this power, though th e y n e v er found it necessary to exercise it, and M r . H ARDY believes the knowledge that the Poor Law Board possess it will prove quite sufficient to keep the local autho rities up to their duty. Mr. HARDY'S able and interesting exposition of the difficulties of the case, and of the manner in which he proposed meeting them, was listened to with deep attention by both sides of the House, and at its conclusion he was thanked by several members for the earnestness and ability which he had displayed. Judging from the first hearing the Bill is likely to meet with very favourable treatment from the Home ; and, although it is very possible there may be some medification of its details which Mr. HARDY assured hon. members he did not object to, it is likely that its leading principles will be accepted unreservedly. The separation of lunatics and infectious patients, the special care of the children and of the sick and infirm, and the levying of a general rate for these general purposes without interference with existing arrangements in other respects are its main features ; and they are such as commend themselves to the justice and humanity of all who are anxious to find a practical solution of the great and pressing grievances existing under the Poor Law as at pre sent administered. It is satisfactory to find that the affairs of Hun gary are in a more prosperous condition, and that we may really entertain a hope that some good un derstanding may yet be arrived at. The formation of the new Hungarian Ministry is such as to win the confidence of the people of Hungary ; at its head is the name of Count JULIUS ANDRASSY, which is sure to be a welcome ono to an parties. Perhaps things may now take a turn altogether for the better, and greater confidence be felt on all sides. We learn from Agram that the party in the Croatian Diet, which is favourable to Hungary, has invited members of the other parties to hold a conference, so that a speedy union between Croatia and Hungary may be arranged. This pro mises well, and we hope that some definite result will follow. It is certain that if a union takes place between these countries that both will become stronger, and that the cause of freedom must prosper. The Imperial Government seems to have learnt a wise lesson of late, and to have resolved, so far as they can, to put things on a better footing than they have hitherto been. We hope that nothing will occur to mar the fulfilment of so worthy a design, and that as time goes on the good feeling of the Hungarian people will encourage the Vienna authorities to concede more and more to their wishes until the final measure of their expec tations is reached. As for Prussia it seems as if the rulers there were determined to do their utmost to prove how tyran nical and arbitrary they can be. Scarcely a week passes but we find some new offence committed against the liberty of the subject and the privileges of the constitution. It is all very fine for Mr. BRIGHT to rave about the admirable institutions of the nations of the Continent, and to declare that the day-star of liberty has risen over the glorious North German Confederation. It is much nearer its setting in the opinion of attentive observers and competent judges. A notable instance of the working of the new regime has just been given in the case of the unfortunate General de P. GAFFRON. lle was formerly commandant at Thorn, and has been condemned to a year's deten tion in a fortress by the military court of the first corps of the Prussian army on account of his having written an offensive newspaper article. The KING has confirmed this judgment, and hence he has been removed to a fortress in Silesia. So much for the progress of freedom in Prussia, and it certainly justifies the decision of those who prefer a stand-still policy to the extravagant attempt of those who have no real principle to guide them, and have at least no regard for the cause they profess to reveal. The fact is that the au thorities in Berlin cannot bear to have a word said against them, or to permit any act to take place that could possibly be construed into disapproval of their conduct. Bence all other considerations must give way to the upholding of their power and the support of their authority. A sorry foundation is this, however, upon which to build the structure of a great government, and its projectors may find when too late that their edifice has been erected on sand, and will crumble away when too roughy tried. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARTS, Thursday Evening. The Moniteur states that a circular despatch has been sent from Munich, by the Bavarian Govern ment, to its representatives at the Courts of Canis ruhe, Darmstadt, and Stuttgard, with the view to a military organisation, in common for the four States of Southern Germany. The Cabinet of Munich proposes in this document a convention which shall establish one uniform system for the four armies, to be approved of by their respective Parliaments. With this view it proposes that a Conference shall take place at Stuttgard, which shall also decide upon the future destiny of the ancient Federal for tresses of Ulm and Rastadt. The programme traced by the Bavarian Government proposes the increase of the defensive forces, the universal obli gation of military service, the suppression of the system of drawing lots and finding substitutes, and the creation of a large reserve force. In a word, the application of the essential principles of the Prussian system. Wurtemberg, the Grand Duchy of Baden, and Grand Ducal Hesse (for the part which is not incorporated with the Confederation of Northern Germany), have given a favourable reception to these overtures, and the Ministers of War and Foreign Affairs of the four States of Southern Germany me t on the 3d inst. at Stuttgard to consider the pr positions of the Court of Munich. All classes in Bavaria have expressed satisfaction at the proposed marriage of the King with the Duchess Sophia Charlotte Augusta, daughter of his Royal Highness Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria, and th e t wo Chambers h ave rep li e d to the official notification of that event by an address expressive of the warm attachment of the country to his dynasty. It is announced that the Empress of Austria will repair to Munich in the month of May, in order to be present at the marriage of her sister, the future Queen of Bavaria. The Japanese Ambassadors, who were recently in Paris, have arrived at St. Petersburg. They are charged to negotiate a treaty of commerce with the Russian Government, and to make an arrangement in regard to a question of frontier which had given rise to disputes between the two countries. This question relates to the Island of Saghalin, at the mouth of the river Amour, two-thirds of which are possessed by Russia, and one-third by Japan. An account from Hasselt, dated Feb. 5, 10 am., says :—" Bad news. The cattle plague has broken out at the distillery of M. Van Straeten. The disease declared itself among 16 oxen, which were immediately killed. The other stables of this dis tiller still contain 16 head of cattle, and they are close to those where the infected animals were. The alarm increases." There is such unanimity in the laudatory appre ciation of the Queen's Speech by the Paris papers that it is hardly necessary to give extracts from their articles respecting it. Even the leading Oppo sition paper, Le Siecle is satisfied with it, and cha racterises it as " of a very satisfactory character." The persuasion seems to be almost general among the Paris papers that the Derby Ministry will propose and carry good measures, and that the present Go vernment will characterise its career by perform ance and not by promises only, like the Whi gs , The Siecle, of course, does not participate in this view. On the contrary, its efforts to discover that the " burning question " of P arliamentary Reform is approached with timidity and with the oratorical circumlocution so natural to a Tory Cabinet. A new section of a class of study for a d u lt s o f the communal school of St. Philippe du Roule, was inaugurated on Tuesday. C ount Seruvier, who takes much interest in education, presided. Among those present were the Duke de Bassano, Senator, Grand Chamberlain to the Emp eror, and several persons eminent for their attainments. The first lesson was given by M. Baudevor V ermeron, an artist, upon the connection between art and in dustry. M. Damp, the Minister of Public Instruc tion, has given great encouragement to these classes of adults. A terrible imprudence, has taken place depart ment o f V ar. M. Icard, a gentleman very fond of s h oot i ng, was a accident, t p a im oi s ocausedn, int h e by going out to shoot the next morning with a friend, and thinking that his powder was damp he placed some in a box near the stove where they were sitting, in order to dry it. The two sportsmen were quietly chatting, in company with three oth er persons, one of whom, a lady, had a child upon her lap, when a violent explosion took place, and the upper part of the stove was shattered to pieces. M. Icard's friend, M. Manuel, was unhurt, but the fragments of the stove inflicted terrible injuries on M. Icard him self. His skull was fractured, an eye was driven out of his head, and it is hardly possible that he can survive. Happily he was the only victim of the imprudence. A day or two ago a remarkable accident took place on the Luxembourg railway. The train which left Arlon at three o'clock, and had nearly reached Longlier, came to a sudden stoppage. A man, carrying a sa c k o f fl our, was cross i ng t h e li ne , b u t, being seen by th e d r i ver, he stoppe d th e eng ine as quickly as possible. The train, however, passed the spot wh ere t h e man was lying w i t h hi s sac k, t o the great alarm of the driver and the passengers. It was supposed that he was crushed to atoms, but strange to say, having by some means become attached to the train, he had only been pushed along for a few yards and was unhurt. The sack was found under a third carriage. A man named Andrea Felice Albrile, an Italian, who is a sort of savage, has just b een arres t e d a t St. Bras sac , near Tarn, in the sout h o f F ra nce. Il e is 55. H e li ves like a b east of the fi e ld , so l e ly u p on herbs and pl an t s, and thus refused all assistance,and was wan d er i ng about almost na k e d, as he re fused to w ear c l othes which were o ffered to him. He carried about w ith hi m a ver y heavy kind of box, which served him for shelter. When arrested as a vagabond, and sent to prison, he would not take any nourishment whatever for six days, but he then consented t o cat some grass. The authorities will now take care of him. M. Nick (it is not said whether it is Old Nick), a weather prophet of Cahors, has predicted that dur ing the first ten days of February the weather will be very changeable, sometimes bright, and then foggy, with partial frosts. During the second period of ten days, with few exceptions, bad weather will prevail. Violent storms, with rain or snow, will come towards the 11th, 14th, 18th, and 20th. Dur ing the last third portion of February changeable weather, with snow or rain, near the 21st, 23d, 26th, and 28th, with the exception of partial frosts, the weather will be comparatively mild. There will be tremendous storms on the coast of France about the 13th, 16th, 20th, and 23d. The two latter periods are most to be feared. A splendid block of marble from the quarries of Carrara, weighing 76,000 kilogrammes (a kilo gramme is more than 21bs English), is about to be sent by water from llavre for the Exhibition. Among the wonders from Spain will be an esta blishment for lemonade and other choice refreshing beverages from Valencia. The attendants will be 12 beautiful girls in the picturesque costume of the ancient peasant girls of the province of Valencia, whose manners and appearance (says the Correspon dencia of Madrid) will be such as to captivate the most indifferent Frenchman or the most splenetic Englishman. Last night in exposed situations the howling of the wind was something alarming, or, at all events, of a very unusual character. In the country trees were stripped of their branches, and the houses seemed to be menaced with destruction. The rain came down at times, as if from a waterspout. To day the wind has been equally violent and cold. The clouds at times were peculiarly dark and menacing, and ever and anon down came the rain, as if it were to be " after that the deluge." The gusts of wind made war upon the umbrellas. Per sons passing through the Tuileries gardens had their umbrellas turned inside out by dozens, or they were torn to shreds like the sails of a ship in a heavy storm. One poor old infirm priest while mounting the steps of the church of St. Sulpice was thrown backwards with considerable violence, the wind tearing his umbrella from his hand. He bore his mishap with calmness, and his first care on entering the Church was to endeavour to put the fragments of his umbrella into a respectable shape. Both the Patrie and the Presse assert that a law will be proposed giving the Senate a suspensive veto upon the measures passed by the Legislative Body. It would appear from this that the Senate has not at present, like the House of Lords, the power of rejecting bills passed by the House of Commons. PARIS, Friday Evening. The Moniteur contains a very long decree, having for object the regulation of the business between the Senate, the Legislative Body, the Emperor, and the Council of State. The following is from the bulletin of the official paper :—" A private telegram from Prague, dated Feb. 6, announces the termina tion of the electoral proceedings for the nomination of the representatives at the Diet. The 70 candi dates chosen by the National Club of the nobility of Bohemia were all elected, which will give to the party called the party of historical rights a majo rity of two-thirds in the Diet. M. Deak will shortly leave for Vienna, accom panied by some of the most eminent members of the party whom he represents. The visit is at the ex press invitation of the Emperor of Austria. The Correspondunce Provinciale of Berlin states that the administrative division of the countries of Germany annexed to Prussia will be effected almost immediately. These territories, united into two regencies, having for chief towns Cassel and Wies baden, will be placed under the direction of M Moeller, civil governor of Electoral Hesse. It is ratherremarkable that the Journal des Debats which during its career has displayed violence in behalf of democracy, followed by " damning Conservatism with faint praise," is afraid of giving any opinion about the Queen's Speech. It says : " This speech touches upon such a variety of ques tions that it is impossible to analyse it carefully here. We, therefore, confine ourselves to the recom mendation to read it. The perusal will not be without interest." This summary disposal of an important document has excited much surprise in Paris, but the initiated hero own that the Debats is puzzled just now, and cannot make up its mind to support a Conservative Ministry, having in its day so vehemently denounced everything in the shape of progress under the regime of order and tranquillity. The weather continues very stormy, but it has been quite warm to-day. Yesterday the cold was like that of intense winter. Occasionally heavy showers came, and as the Seine is still rather on the rise fears prevail of further mischief. The water has inundated the lower parts of many houses on the Quai. The Moniteur says that its printing offices have been again invaded. Inunda tions are the order of the day. Turkey is suffer ing from them. A letter from Scutari, dated Jan. 25, says that the lower part of the town is under water, in consequence of the Boyana having overflowed its banks. The goods in the bazaars have been spoiled, and business has been entirely suspended. Some village. on the banks of the river have been destroyed, the corn spoiled, the cattle drowned, but the disaster is not rendered more terrific by any person being killed. The da mage done, however, is estimated at several millions of piastres. The Constitutionnel has another brief allusion to the Queen's Speech, but not on its own account. It merely says that " the English papers are in general very well satisfied with the Speech." The Epoque, which has lately enlisted under its banners a writer of remarkable talent, both as re gards science and politics, M. Ernest Menault, has a forcible article upon the Speech. Referring to the hope expressed by her Majesty that it will not be necessary to propose exceptional measures in re gard to Ireland, M. Menault says—" We hope also that such measures will not be necessary, for they often act like imperial remedies, which, without touching the cause of the disease, only have the effect of deranging and exciting the constitution more violently." It appears that the printers of Paris are in great alarfa at the idea of the abolition of the existing monopoly. A deputation from them have had an interview with M. Rouher, and have earnestly urged the Minister to reconsider the pro posal of carrying out the principle of free trade in regard to printing and publishing. The simple fact is, that these gentlemen wish to have mono polies removed from the way of every trade but their own. It is not likely that the Government will be prevented from carrying into effect the very desirable object it has in view. As few persons are aware of the very stringent regulations which now ex ist in regard to the publication of newspapers it may be well to give a striking illustration. Not only are editors and proprietors of French news papers liable to fine and imprisonment for press offences, but, by the strict letter of the law, any person who introduces a foreign news paper into France without permission from the Government is liable to a fine of from 100 f. to 500 f. and also to be imprisoned for a month, or for a year in case of repetition of the offence. However, in spite of monopolists and self-styled Liberals, the enlightened Government of the Empire, instigated by the Emperor himself, has determined to make the Press as free as possible, consistently with good order and real liberty. The monopolists, however, are making great exertions. They wish to retain a law which, if carried out to its full extent, would enable them to prevent, for instance, the introduc- tion of The Sun into France, if they thought it would diminish, to however small an extent, the circulation of their own papers. SINGULAR IDENTIFICATION OF A DROWNED MAN. —On the night of the 6th of December, 1865, a re sident at Shrewsbury, named Evans, left the house of a friend with the intention of returning home, but myste riously disappeared on the way, and was never again seen, either dead or alive. The affair created some excitement at the time, and a reward was offered for any information that might lead to a solution of the mystery, but none transpired, and it was at length concluded that Mr. Evans had fallen into the Severn, and that his body had been carried away by the stream. his wife, however, stead fastly refused to believe in his death, and even continued to pay his usual subscription to the club of which ho was a member, in the expectation of his ultimate return. After a lapse of fourteen months all doubt has now been set at rest by the discovery of the body of the unfortunate man in the Severn, at a place called Cressage, six miles distant from the spot where he probably fell in. An old woman gathering wood on the bank accidentally caught sight of it clinging with outstretched arms to some bushes which had arrested its further progress down the stream. The only articles of clothing remaining upon it were a necktie, a collar, a pair of stockings, and a surgical elastic sock on the left leg. Mrs. Evans arrived at Cressago on Thursday, and was at once enabled to identify the body of her long lost husband by means of the elastic sock. There were no trarks of violence upon the body, and, considering the long period during which it had been in the water, it was in a remarkable state of preservation. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9. An hospital for English seamen, under the patron age of the Prince of Wales and the English Ambas sador at the Russian Court, has been established at Cronstadt. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 9. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the President addressed the House on the occasion of the close of the session. Ile adverted to the good understanding existing between the Chamber and the Government, and stated that the Prussian people were aximated by an earnest desire to enter with the King upon a new constitutional path. AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (Evening.) The Louisiana Legislature has rejected the Con• stitutional Amendment. Gold 138. Exchange on London 1081 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 108 f ; Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 59g. Cotton, Middling Upland, 33c. CHINA AND JAPAN. HONG KONG, Jan. 1 (via Trieste). The question of the lighthouse at the entrance of the Yangtse river is still under discussion. Arrangements for the formation of a native arsenal and dockyard at Foochow are progressing favourably. The Mahometan rebels in Kiangsi have captured four towns. A large fire has occurred at Tientsin. The pro perty destroyed is estimated at 300,000 tads. Chinese registered as British subjects have been forbidden to reside in the interior of China. Advices from Japan state that the rice riots at Yeddo had ceased, and the price of grain had fallen. Prince Chiosiu had defeated the Daimio Kokura, and held his ground against his opponents. Distrust exists among the Dairnios, and they refuse to attend the proposed Conference. The answer of the Japanese Government in re ference to the dollar question is favourable. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. ADELAIDE, Dec. 28. The bill for increasing the Governor's salary by £l,OOO has been carried in both houses. The new marriage bill was lost in the assembly, bat another measure will be brought forward in the next session. Parliament has adjourned, but will reassemble on the 2d of January. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. Parliament meets on Jan. 17. It is rumoured that Messrs. Francis, M‘Gregor, Vale, Bindon, and Miller, will retire from the Cabinet. Captain Gilmore is proceeding to London with the object of endeavouring to get a telegraph cable laid across Bass's Straits. Intelligence from New Zealand announce that the Maori King has signified his submission, and invited Governor Grey to visit him. The following gold ships had sailed during the month :—Anglesey, with 11,500 ounces ; Red Rover, with 6,000 ounces ; Bruce, with 6,250 ounces ; and Essex, with 375 ounces. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 9. The steamship that was seen to founder suddenly, with all hands, off St. Ives' Head on Wednesday, has proved to be the Fanny Lambert, of London, 52G tons. The body of a young man, supposed to be that of the mate, has been washed ashore with a life-buoy around it. Parts of the wreck have also been picked up. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. B.—Three o'clock.—The market has closed as follows : 41 per Cents 99 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 69 70 Do. end month 69 50 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncior Do. end month 1495 Bank Shares 3585 Italian Loan 5l 80 Do. end month 54 70 Mexican Loan 22 Do. Bonds 144 25 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'A2'6. For Account. Orleans Northern 1202 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 920 Southern 670 Western • Eastern — Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 405 North of Spain — Saragossa 132 50 Ditto to Barcelona - Boman. .... WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Walde grave, of 4, Park-square, Regent's -park, was proved in the London Court, on tho 16th ult., by the Right Hon. Granville Augustus William Lord Radstock, the nephew, and the Venerable Archdeacon Carew Anthony St. John Mildmay, the acting executors, to each of whom a legacy of £lOO is bequeathed— the Hon. Harriet Anne Frances Waldegrave, the sister and executrix, having renounced probate. The personalty was sworn under £25,000. The testatrix was the daughter of the first Lord Radstock, and died on Oct. 21 last, having executed her will July 28, 1863, and a codicil April 6, 1866. There a re legacies of £lOO eac h b equeathed to t h e Ladies' Hibernia, Female School Society, and the Church Missionary Society, and legacies to several relatives and to some friends. The residue she leaves to her sister, the Hon. Harriett Anne Francis Waldegrave. The will of Humphrey Francis Mildmay, Esq., of Shoreham-place, Sevenoaks, Kent, was proved in London on the 17th ult. The executors appointed being Mrs. Sybella Harriet Mild ma y, th e re li c t ; and Henry Bingham Mildmay, Esq., the brother, of Coombe-end, Surrey. The personal property was sworn under £300,000. The testator was the eldest son of the late Humphrey St. John Mildmay, Esq., and Anne, daughter of the first Lord Ashburton ; was deputy-lieutenant for Kent, and formerly M.P. for Hereford. He died, Nov. 29,1868, aged 41, hav ing executed his will Oct. 13, 1864, and a codicil Nov. 17, 1865. He bequeaths to his wife the sum of £30,000, an immediate legacy of £l,OOO, and also his Wessington Court Estate, and all other lands and hereditaments in Hereford, together with his jewels, furniture, horses, carriages, &c., and appoints his said brother, Henry Bingham Mildmay, re siduary legatee. The will and codicil are both in the testator's own handwriting, and are very brief. The will of Frederick Keats, Esq., late of Braziers, Checkendon, Oxfordshire ; the Cedars, Clapham common ; and Piccadilly, was proved in London on the 7th ult. by Bromley Whittle, Esq., of 31, Nor folk-street, Strand, and of Guy's hospital ; Henry Freeland Carter, Esq., of Norbiton Hall, Kingston, the executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under £lBO,OOO. The testator died at his residence, the Cedars, on Aug. 1, 1865, aged 68. His will bears date Oct. 10, 1862. He bequeathed to his wife the plate, furniture, and a legacy of £l,OOO, in addition to other provision. To his son Frederick he leaves his mansion, with the manor and land called Braziers ; and bequeaths his other free holds to his daughter Fanny. The residue, after paying £2OO to each of his executors, is to be divided between his son and two daughters in equal propor tions. The Scotch confirmation or testamentary trust disposition of Erskine Beveridge, Esq., was sealed in the principal registry in London on the 22d ult. The personal estate in England and Scotland was estimated at £137,000. ((anal (flank HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Feb. 8. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps. Lord Charles Fitzroy was in attendance on horseback. Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompa nied by Princess Christian. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold walked in the grounds. Major-General the ion. Alexander and Mrs. Gordon arrived at Osborne yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. Lieutenant Picard, Royal horse Artillery, arrived also. The Duke of Marlborough and General and Mrs. Gordon had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family in tho evening. The Earl of Devon (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) arrived at Osborne this morning, and had an audience of her Majesty. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, hunted with her Majesty's staghounds yesterday. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princess Marguerite of Orleans, took a carriage drive. Deputation of Workmen to the Home Secretary. Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the Lon don Working Men's Association waited, by appoint ment, at the Home-office, upon the Right Hon. Mr. Walpole, M.P., Home Secretary. The deputation consisted of Mr. G. Potter, the president, and Mr. Hartwell, the secretary of the association ; Mr. T. Connolly, mason ; Mr. Bolt, shipwright ; Mr. Green, tailor ; Mr. T. Dunning, bookbinder; Mr. Glasier, joiner ; Mr. Howe, French polisher ; and Mr. Smith, bootmaker. Mr. G. POTTER said the deputation attended not to make any objections to the proposed commission of inquiry into trades' unions. The trades' societies were not afraid of the fullest and most searching inquiry, feeling convinced as they did that much of the misre presentation and prejudice now existing against them would be removed by such a course. What they at tended there for was to ask the Government that the proposed inquiry should be conducted in a fair and impartial spirit, and by a Commission the members of which would give confidence to both employers and employed. They came there respectfully to suggest to Mr. Walpole, and through him to the Government, that a certain number of workmen should be placed upon the Commission who pos sessed a practical knowledge of the question into which it would be its duty to inquire ; but if that suggestion could not be acceded to, then that they should be empowered to propose the names of some gentlemen to sit on the Commission well known to the working classes as possessing a practical know ledge of the working of Trades' Unions, and in whom they might feel confidence. Mr. HARTWELL said there wax no desire whatever on the part of Trades' Unionists to offer any oppo sition to the Commission, but in the present state of political and party feeling, and bearing in mind the prejudice that had been excited in certain quarters against Trades' Unions, it was only natural to ex pect that working men should look with suspicion on the action proposed to be taken by the Govern ment. This feeling would be much allayed, if not altogether removed, by two or three working men representing the staple trades of the country being placed upon the Commission. He hoped Mr. Wal pole would consent to this being done, but if not at least that he would appoint some of those gentle men well known to the working classes, in whom they had confidence, who had been occupied in the inquiry into Trades' Unions, and therefore possessed a practical knowledge of the question. Such men were Mr. Harrison, Professor Beesley, Mr. Gold win Smith, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. G. Lushington, Mr. John Holmes, and Mr. Newton. Mr. CONNOLLY said at a general meeting of masons held on the previous evening he had been authorised to attend the deputation to stale that his society were willing to meet the inquiry and would be able to prove, as most other societies could do, that the amount they expended in strikes was small compared with the amount expended in benevolent objects. He contended that the prosperity and in dustry of the country had been greatly promoted by the action of the Trades' Unions. Mr. WALPOLE said the Government, in issuing the Commission, had considered the propriety of placing some working men upon it, but if they had done so, they must then have placed some employers upon it, and it was thought preferable to have an independent body, partly composed of members of Parliament. Would the deputation feel satisfied with Mr. Harrison being added to the Commission? If so, he would submit that gentleman's name to his colleagues for approval. Mr. DUNNING considered Mr. Harrison, from his gnat practical knowledge of trades' unions, and from the confidence placed in him by working men generally, would be a valuable addition to the Com mission. The other members of the deputation concurred in the opinions of Mr. Dunning. Mr. WALPOLE then said he would submit his name to his colleagues, with a view to his being placed on the commission. Mr. BOLT entered into a short explanation of the accusation which had recently been made against the shipwrights. These accusations were untrue. Mr. WALPOLE said—l consider the relations be tween capital and labour one of the most important questions of the day, and it is, therefore, with great, pleasure that I have recei ve d y our d epu t a ti on an d listened to the suggestions made. lam also pleased to hear from you that the trades' unions are not op posed to the inquiry. The commission has been is sued by the Government with the sole desire of bringing about a better understanding between em ployers and employed ; and in selecting the members to form that Commission I have carefully avoided everything that might give it a party complexion , in the hope that its labours would prove satisfactory to all parties. The gentlemen I have selected are the late Lord Chief Justice Erle as chairman, with Lord Lichfield, Lord Elcho, Sir D. Gooch, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., Mr. Andrews, Mr. J. Booth, late secretary of the Board of Trade, Sir E. Head, and Mr. Hermonville. The names have been submitted to and approved by her Majesty. It is not, therefore, iu my own power to add the name of Mr. Harrison without consent of my eel leagues, but I will state to them your desire to see, that gentleman placed on the commission. I shah always receive with pleasure any suggestion from the trades societies or from your association on this most important subject. The deputation then retired, thanking Mr. Wal" pole for his attention and courtesy. A CONTRIRUTION TO THE PARIS EXHIBITION.' At the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council on Wednes day the following conversation took place : —Alderma n Bennett said—Mr. Mayor, we have seen a transparency in the ball-room. Why is it there, and what is the object ,? The Mayor—lt is to be sent to the Paris Exhibition. suppose it is put there for the council to look at it. Alder man Bennett—Well, I am sorry to see such a thing 0' 1 , 5 there. The Mayor—lt was passed by the council. W . ' Dawburn—lt is necessary that that should go to represent the art of the present day ? It appears to me rather to re present the art of 1665. The Mayor—l cannot give any opinion upon that. Mr. Piston—l presume it is to repro.' sent the state of arts and the public taste of Liverpool in 1867. (Laughter.) Mr. J. H. Wilson—We had bett or P nt the name under it, or it will never be known. (11 000 '" a laughter.) FOUNDERING OF A LARGE STEAMER..—Ta illf , lti e . reports were in circulation y es terd a y rel a tive to a steamer having founder e d i n th e Ch anne l o f St. Ives, C° r l2... wall, during the storm on Tuesday and WednosdaY n l° 7 3 ing. All that is at present known is as follows :--',„ p.m. on the 6th inst., while some pilots wore the 10)&0, out, they discovered a steamer which they judged to bee; 700 or 800 tons, six or eight miles N.E. by N. from St: l he , Head disabled and apparently quite unmanageable, as ifs ._0 had lost her rudder. They watched her for some tr ... both with and without the glass, and she suddenly appeared, and must have foundered with all on board,t. there was no other vessel in sight, and it is ve r y doub s t : if any boat could have lived in such a tromendousot_ s__ The following is the description they give of the ve b s ta Had three masts; topsails set, blowing to pieces ; 1 . c yor y torn ; funnel black above the band, white below • round stern, and no bowspirit.