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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. JI- Sole Lsssee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING. THAT RASCAI, JACK. Messrs. J. IV , usc, J. Neville, C. Warner; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with THE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner F. Morton, J. Fitzjames, C. Hareaurt, F Villiers, J. C. Cowrer, W. 31‘Intyre, J. Rouse, J. Irving, J. B. Johnstone; Mesdames M. Robertson, It. G. Le Thiere, C. Thompson. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, PERFECTI9N. Mr. Kendal and Miss Burke. To be followed by A WILD GOOSE. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers. Gordon, White, Vincent, Weathersby, a,. ; 3lesdames Burke, Hill, Chippendale, Laws, Sidney, 4tc. To conclude with FISH Our OF WATER. Mr. Comp ton. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Solc Le:3see and Manager, Mr. TIIIS EVENING wlll be produced (13th time here) the Tri-e Dr!rna of TI:13141 TO T[l CO►Ut. Messrs Cre-- Naiek, H. Marton, 11. Fo - rester, E. F. Edgar, &e. 7 >lies G. l'auneefort and Miss Nelly Moore. • - Doors open at half-part 7 ; commenc; at 8. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. IL VI igan. THIS EVENING, THE BEST WAY. Messrs. Clayton and H. Wigan ; Mrs. St. Henry. After which, THE LIAR. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. Followed by WOODCOCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews; Mrs. Prank Matthews. To conclude with OLYMPIC GAMES. Messrs. H. J. Montague, G. Vincent, D. Murray; Mesdames E. Warren, G. Moore, Sheridan, Harris, N. Harris, St. Henry, and Roselle. Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Sirs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, OUR DOMESTIC 3. Messrs. Parselle, Thorne, and James ; 1.1( sJames Harland and Johnstone. After which, PYGMALION ; or, The Statue Fair. Messrs Thorne, D. James, and Fenton; Mesdames A. Swan borough. Raynham, Harland, Newton, and Holt. Followed by THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL ADE LPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. W4ster. THIS EVE.NING, a new Musical Drama, GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Roden. Miss E i.ily Pitt; Messrs. it. Phillil s, J. G. Taylor. and Ashley. After which. DORA. Messrs. Henry Neville, Bil:lngton, Ashley ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes. To conclude with ,1 th time) a new farce, calk(' A SLICE OF LUCK. Messrs J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, C. FT. Stephen son, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. NEW ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND ciacus, HIGH HOLBORN. Universally acknowledged to be the coolest and most ele gantly appointed theatre in the metropolis. The Scene+ in the Arena are constant ly changed. Novelty sue !cede novelty, and the old compla.nt of circus monotony is here wholly avoided. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, a FARCE. After which, at a quarter to i, SCENES IN THE ARENA. First appearance ot Mdlle. Itochez ; second week ot Miss Kate rouel in her interesting and graceful trick Act. 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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or ng-ents, and that their only il.=.tablishmentB are the above-men tioned. HIGH WATEIZ AT LONDON 1.1:1 DAY.-11,rair,g, 1111. 2Orn.—Afternoon, 11! ~i~~. -Mor 1L0v.•.-141orning, b. in.—Afternoon, 12h. i sa, t i z t4 - i ? , 7 . 1 f t thing cau take place every day, and members always be in a practical state of mind. The position of the Government was strange, to say the least of it, and not altogether satisfactory to themselves, we should presume ; but the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, with his usual dexterity, contrived to extricate himself and his friends from the diffi- culty into which they had been plunged into by circumstances. Mr. GLIDSTONE yes- terday, under the influence of the heat " of debate" departed from the moderate style which has characterisedhis discourses, and returned to the charge with all the fire and fervour of the early days of the Session. The cause of all this commotion was that the Attorney-General brought up a new clause AN b:ch purported to carry out an amendment suggested by Mr. DENMAN, that " the rate, on the payment of which the franchise depends, shall be demanded by the overseer." In introducing the clause the Attorney-General declared that he was not appearing as its champion, and that he merely drew it up in order to fulfil the engagements made by the Government. Mr. ROEBUCK was much against the proposal, and pointed out the harm that it would occasion if it were carried out. It is de- sirable, as he raid, to exclude the lowest class of voters, and a notice on the church doors ought to be a sufficient notice to all that rates were de manded. In the course of his remarks the hon. member for Sheffield declared with truth that he never taunted the Government, and that the con duct of this bill through the House of Commons reflected the highest credit on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but he urged upon both sides to take heed,and not carry out the propos in its entirety. The clause was rejected by a Majority of two; and curiously enough nearly all the occupants of the Treasury Bench were in favour of it, while their sup porters were against it. Mr. Disr.AEu explained this apparent anomaly by stating that he was now, as be bad been before, adverse to the policy of the clause ; but the committee were some time ago in favour of it, at a period, too, when the Govern- ment did not possess the influence with it that they now did, and hence they had promised to fulfil the then expressed wish of the committee that the pro- posal of Mr. DENMAN should be carried out. They wished to keep good faith with the hon. and learned member, and thus they had acted as they had done. This was, however, quite enough for Mr. GLAD STONE, who treated the louse to one of those exhi bitions in which zeal runs away with political discretion and Parliamentary decoritm, and which were so frequent during the early part of this year. He attacked Mr. HARDY, and insinuated that the Government had not been honest in the matter, as they had not mus tered their friends in sufficient force. The right hon. member waxed fiercer and fiercer in his wrath and excitement, and wound up by saying that he regvded the division as re-opening every question relating to the borough franchise, which occasioned laughter and cries of indignation. It is much to be regretted that Mr. GLADSTONE should mar the effects of his great talents, and de tract from the influence of his position by these un dignified displays of petulance and most unstates manlike manner of treating questions of importance and interest. The tone which was taken by those who followed him showed the impression he made by his vehemence, and, it may be added, his violence also. It seems strange, indeed, that the Committee should ever have approved, even partially, of this proposal of Mr. DENMAN'S, for it would be a most unwise one in all its relations, and end by defeating the object in view by the various clauses of the mea sure. As it was very properly put by some of those who demurred to it, it would throw a greal deal of power into the hands of the overseer, who indeed might be very little fitted for it. Suppose, for the sake of argument, that he was a " BROAD:IEAD," or at least of that genus, bow injurious would be the consequences, and most bitter and unavailing would be the regrets of those whohal carried out the change. Mr. ROEBUCK, in his forcible style, summed up some of the evils that ensue from this pernicious plan, and declared that he did not want "to hand over the reins to ignorance and vice , and ignorance and vice will rule if the rabble are let in, as they will be if this clause be carried." In the evening the subject of the Irish Reform Bill was discussed, and Mr. DISRAELI had to with stand the charge of some indignant Irish members, who declared that he bad not acted fairly in re fuzing to proceed with the measure. In reply, the right hon. gentleman showed the difficult state of the case, and that in reality, through the lateness of the Session and the pressure of business, he would not have been able _to do ..... .• _ __ more than introduce the bill this year. Some amusement was created by the face tious manner in which he spoke abJut the Irish deputations, to which some rather impertinent allu sions had been made by some speakers. Early next Session Mr. DISRAELI has undertaken that the present Government, if in offic?, will introduce a measure of Reform for the sister island, and hence this bugbear of Irish opposition to the third reading ' may be considered to be satisfactorily disposed of. Even here, however, Mr. GLADSTONE must inter pose and suggest doubts, and make mountains out of molehills. If half of the rules he lays down, and the admissions he makes upon these occa sions were put together in a collected form, we think he himself would be amazed. He last night enunciated the extraordinary doctrine, that the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act occasioned by the discontent in Ireland did not sanction the postponement of a Reform Bill. We suspect' he would have told a different tale had he been on_ the other side ..of the House, but really assertions of this sort cannot be excused when made by those who through long years have had an intimate acquaintance with public business, and must appreciate the difficulties of the situation. As for his notion that the Government should have explained their policy, how ridiculous it is. Surely he must know that the mention of any change, good, bad, or indifferent, would set all mal contents in an uproar, and create the very mischief that it is wisely sought to avoid. After a trying day the result has passed off pretty well with the Government, and, we may add, with the progress of the Reform Bill, and the country may be congratulated that so mischievous a proposal as that yesterday put before the com mittee should have been defeated, if by a small, at least by a sufficient, majority to dispose of it for the future, and prevent its being carried into 11,W. The good sense of the llou2e of Commons has generally come to the rescue in the case of this Reform Bill, and we are glad that clause 3 has not been an exception to the rule, for the proposed amendment must in the end have militated against the success of a measure which has deservedly obtained general approbation, and which promises to fulfil all the prospects it holds out of attaining excellence and efficiency. Last evening a crowded meeting was held in St.. James's Hall, for the purpose of considering the present position of the great Reform questioD. There were-present Mr. MILL, Mr. L4YARD, Mr. JACOB BRIGHT, and other pro ninent members of the Liberal party, and th proceedings wet: throughout conducted with great unanimity of feel- ing and good temper. Nothing very new, indeed, was said, it anything new remains to be said on the question, and, in fact, the speakers were evidently a little puzzled to give definite shape to those attacks upon the Conservative party without which no Liberal meeting has done its duty. Nevertheless, the Irish Reform Bill stood the malcontents in good stead, especially as there were several Irish mem bers present, and there was consequently no lack of impassioned eloquence on the occasion. We fear, however, that on this part of the question the uniou will not meet with much support out of doors, the general conviction being that Fenianism, however admirable as a proof of lush spirit and patriotism, is rather a d Ingerous and• expensive pastime, and one which it will not do to sanction or encourage after the manner adopted by the Re form League. Also, it is thought by less en lightened and theoretical politicians that the real and pressing grievances of the sister cDuntry will be more likely to receive redress when the country is tranquil, and the people busy in main taining the laws instead of conspiring against them. The delay of the Irish Reform Bill is unfortunate, and must be regretted on many grounds, but we think if the question were put to them impartially, setting aside all political feelings, most persons would, with Mr. GLADSTONE, acknowledge the in consistency of granting a Reform Bill and with holding the Habeas Corpus ! The first step towards improved legislation for Ireland must be taken by herself. When Fenianism is done with, we may reasonably hope that the strong public feeling now existing in England will be able to accomplish some really practical good. As there was not much room for complaint re specting an extended franchise, which we may hope is now put oa a satisfactory ba.sis, tho chief object of last night's discussion was the redistribution. This is always a very troublesome part of a Re form Bill, and we may fairly question whether any politician whatever could avoid all its diffi3ulties The speakers last night were mainly in favour of giving largely increased representation to the large towns at the expense of small constituencies. This, however, is one of the cases in which governmen by theory and government by practice differ. Theoretically representation by numbers seems the fairest and most reasonable method ; practically it does not give a fair representation of the people collectively. The representatives belong all to one or two classes, and . the Parliament loses its in fluence. The majority in the great and popu lous cities are often under the same influence. We do hot mean corrupt influences, but those tem porary passions that sway a multitude. Our large constituencies have often shown this in times of political excitement, by rejecting their most distinguished and long-tried members. Edinburgh turning out MACAULAY, Manchester refusing Mr. BRIGHT, and the West-Riding deserting Mr. COB DEN, are notable instances that we cannot always rely on getting the best men returned by the largest constituencies, even when they are tried representa tives. Another objection is that there is a good deal of unanimity of political feeling between the great cities. One, indeed, may be interested in shipping, another in manufactures, another in collieries, but in general topics they are often influenced by the same talkers, and animated by the same ideas. If we do not want to get our legislation reduced to that dead level which ends by stopping all progress, we must not rest our representation solely upon numbers. We must not, indeed, if we wish to be just or reasonable, leave any large and populous plaice totally unrepresented as we have hitherto done; and it may well be ques tioned whether Parliament should not have the power of adding. one or two members to the House, as the increase of population or the change of charac ter in a locality demands. Many of the great towns now clamorous for two representatives were vil lages at the tine of the first Reform:Bill, and no doubt some out-of-the-way hamlet of the present day will ten years hence beara familiar name. We have often expressed our conviction that there is no necessity for the rigid adherence to the limit of 638, which all parties seem determined upon, and if the popu lation goes on increasing in number, wealth, and intelligence at all in the same proportion as it has done during the last thirty years, the discrepancy will grow more and more perceptible. If we want a national Parliament we must . .get the various shades of national thought and feeling fairly represented. We cannot, as experience has proved, trust small boeoughs to represent the great towns, or an agri cultural constituency to represent the manufacturing interests, but neither can we reasonably suppose that the reverse will be the case, that the ,towns will fairly represent the counties, or that the Reform Leagues and National Unions of London and Lanca shire will trouble themselves much about the wants and wishes of uninfluential and undemonstrative dis- Mr. MILL, who, we are glad to find, has set imself in good earnest against the gang system, said last evening that the town and borough mem bers were better representatives of the agricultural labourers than either the landlords or the farmers ; and it must be admitted that both these clasies have been very remiss, if not indifferent, in improving the condition of the labourer. But, on the other hand, it must be remembered that it was the country party that carried the Reform of the Factory Laws in the face of the most determined opposition from the representatives of the manufac turing towns. We need a mixed representation in the interest of all, because each class is thereby enabled to keep the other in check. The minority in the towns, as in the counties, will not obtain a fair representation always from its members; that is to say, in c. , ses like the Factory Acts or the gang system, we must look to really independent men, who, uninfluenced by party, will throw them selves heartily into the cause. But the condition of the agricultural labourers shows, we think,. a great need for a considerable improvement in the county representation, and we must hope that among the other benefits to be conferred by the new Reform Bill, it will give us some members who will take a hearty interest in the welfare of the rural population, will understand their wants and their drawbacks, and set to work to improve their condition, unin fluenced by any local prejudices, or by the fear of a landlord's displeasure. None of these good ends, however will be attained by mere party recrimination and mutual abuse, and we are sorry to find the leading members of the Reform Union still keeping up the same strain of party antagonism instead of looking on the question in a practical and comprehensive One of the speakers last ricts. evening said in America large territoii?s were re presented in Congress by members who had a voice and no vote, and it was in this way that the great cities of England were treated. We apprehend, however, that if the choice were given the League they would prefer the privilege of loudly proclaim ing their opinions to the less conspicuous but more practically serviceable alternative! HENLEY REGATTA.—On the second day of this regatta (July 4) the most exciting contest will take place between the crews of Oxford, Rrldley and Eton College. The Eton eight are : —Calvert stroke, Benson 7, Bunbury t, Sheppard 5, Ridley 4, Xirehouse3,l4ewis 2, Woodhouse bow, Elliott coxswain. This crew are in training laJfween the Victoria and Albert bridges, on the borders of Wind sor Houle Park, under the coaching of Mr. Warre and Mr. Snow. LONDON, S.I7'URDAY, JUNE 29, 18G7. The Committee on the Reform Bill yesterday 1 worked themselves up into a state of great excite ment', which must have been a" welcome change t o the dull and dreary days they have gone through, but the consequence was that very little progress mccap. Still it is idle to expect that tha same THE SUE, LON L ON, SATURDAY EVEN CORRESPONDENCE PAAIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. Some of the papers have vague but alarming rumours about secret societies and plots in organi sation at Berlin in opposition to the policy of M. Bismarck. One society is said to be composed of the scholars of the Polytechnic schools of Schleswig, Hanover, Holstein, and Denmark. Some domi ciliary visits have been made, the result of which has not been published. The Prussian Governor-General of llanover has ordered a proclamation to be extensively circulated there, which states that the measures adopted to procure the arrest of large numbers of deserters, who were known to be concealed in the country, have proved ineffectual. It then says the Govern- ment has acquired the conviction that the deserters are concealed by the connivance of the local autho rities. It has, therefore, been thought necessary to send detachments of soldiers to some of the coin- triunes, with a view to frustrate opposition to the orders of the Government. The Emperor of Russia arrived on Wednesday evening at Riga. The civil and military authorities went Co meet him at the station, and the city was illurninatel An immense crowd followed the Im- perial procession, and greeted it enthusiastically. The Federal Constitution of Germany, success fully adopted by the States interested, and finally by the Prussian Cnamber of Lords on the day when it closed its parliamentary labours, has been simul taneously promulgated in all the Confederate States, _ _ _ and is Co come into operation on the Ist of July next. The Gazette of Northern Germany announces hiat the revision of the electoral lists for the Reich- stag will take place about the middle of July.. The elections will be fixoil for the later end of August, and the opening of the Reichstag will be iu the early part of September. The Customs' Conference relative to the tobacco duty will merely draw up proposals upon which the future Customs' Parlia ment will be able to deliberate with full liberty. King William of Prussia proposes to go to Ems in the beginning of July, and his Majesty will then make a short stay at Baden. An American senator, who has undertaken the construction of a telegraphic line to connect Europe and America through Russia, has arrived at St. Petersburg with a vie,v to induce the Russian Go- verument to allow the resumption of the works which had been temporarily suspended. The Gazette of Northern Germany, ihich is known to receive its inspirations from M. de Bis marck, assumes a very lofty and insolent tone in regard to the treaty of Prague, and says that " Prussia will fulfil her engagements, but in the mode and at the time which she shall think best." IVhat means this language ? (says the Necle). Has Prussia the right to delay indefinitely the ful filment of an engagement entered into in the most formal manner by the Treaty of Prague. What means this air of derision of the stipulation accord ing to which the inhabitants of North Schleswig are only to be consulted when it may please the Prussian Government. If the treaty is to be car ried out in this way, the fulfilment of Article 5 may be deferred for ten, fifteen, or twenty years, or more. The grand vocal and instrumental musical Or pheoneque competition, organised by the Imperial Commission, which is to take place in July, begins to assume colossal proportions. 310 choral societies, forming a body of 6,000 singers, have responded to the appeal male to them, and 80 instrumental societies, chosen from the best French and foreign classes, will take part in this artistic struggle. These instrumental societies will form a body of 2,090 instrumentalists, whose musical festivities will be thus arranged :—Festival of the Orpheons, in strumental concert ; Festival of trumpets and va rious instruments. The festival of the Orpheons will be conducted by M. George Ilainl, chief of the orchestra of the opera ; the trumpet festival by M. Paulus. The time appointed is, for the Orpheons, sth July, festival ; Gth July, French competition ; 7th July, festival. For the instrumental Eccietics, July 1.-Ith, festival ; 15th and IGth July, competi tion. On the 21st of July the international com petition of French and foreign music will take place, at which will be heard musicians from Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, the Grand Duchy of Baden, Russia, Bavaria, and Prussia. The fes tivals will take place at the Palace of Industry, a n d the competitors at the Exhibition in the Champs de Mars. A sum of 70,000 f. will be expended for prizes, medals in gold, silver, bronze, and alu minium. I have only recently had an opportunity of in specting the English agricultural machines any other appliances for agricultural purposes, of which I ought to have spoken sooner, for the various articles of this branch of industry are most impor tant and show the great advance which the English have made. Without national vanity, it may be said that we have quite outstripped all other nations in this respect. In addition to a separate building in the Champ de Mars, there is also an annexe Agricultural Exhibition at Billancourt. Suffolk (Class 48) is the most extensive and marvellous, and of the Suffolk department it is seen at a glance that Messrs. Ransomes and Sims, of Ipswich, stand pre eminent both in regard to quality and quantity. In addition to the articles at Billancourt and in the Champ de Mars, they have fitted up a capa cious building opposite the Pont de Yena, which is stored with agricultural machinery curious and important enough in itself to form an Exhibition worth visiting. The Viceroy. of Egypt has said, since he has been in Paris, that one great object with him is to take care that there shall be " corn in Egypt," and lie accordingly went to Billancourt, as I men tioned yesterday, and after closely inspecting the implements and machinery of Messrs. Ransomes and Sims, some of which were put into operation, he was pleased to say that they were peculiarly calculated for the soil of Egypt, and accordingly made large purchases. The Viceroy of Egypt is an evident believer of the doctrine that he who increases the products of agriculture is a benefac tor to his country. For the moment I can hardly notice much of this machinery, but I must allude to one of Messrs. Ransomes and Sims' ordinary 10- horse power portable engines, and a 14-horse power double cylinder engine, which may be used as a fixed or' - portable cog/ire. Tire former - drives a large f an . d r i v es all the sawing m ac hines exhibited from Eng land.engine It is the only eis coupled to the shaft wh ich engine of its class in the Exhi bition, and several practical men have given their opinion that it has never been equalled for be aut y of workmanship or use f u l n ess. One great point connected with thi s mac hi ner y i s that articles have been manufactured so as to meet the requirements of various countries with reference to their peculiar soil and climate. Th us it was that the Viceroy of Egypt selected p ecu li ar ar ticles to forward his desire for plenty of " corn i n Egypt." One machine particularly deserving of notice is a threshing ma chine, to which is attached an apparatus for chops ping and bruising the straw so as to make it good for cattle. This machine is invaluable in hot coun tries where h ay i s no t produced. The col lection of ploughs i s magn ificent, and they are remarkable for beauty as - well as usefulness. The whole set. at Billancourt were immediately bought by the Prussian Government. A plough, vihich was remarked and admired by all, was the new tarn-wrest plough, invented by Mr. Skelton, which is intended for use on hill-sides or for ploughing land, the crop grown on which it is in tended to reap by machinery. • Ploughs upon this system are much in use by the French, but Messrs. It irksome and Sims have materially improved on it. As I am writing upon an agricultural subject, 1 may mention that some of this year's wheat has arrived in Paris from Algeria. The Egyptian Potentate wends plenty of m one y in Paris—some perhapi for trivial purpo ses ; but it is con solitary to know that,. cost what it may, lie is ma turity and increase o f the " kindly fruits of the d el e u t t e h rm " i i n n ed Eg t 3 o " speed the plough," and assist the Egypt. With such • friends and patron's of agriculture in Egypt it is not proba ble that there will ever again be a "famine in the land." Al- G, JUNE 29 1867. though this is a generation which " knows not Joseph," yet it will not have a scarcity of corn. The visit of the King of Portugal to Paris seems now to be a certainty, as a telegram from Lisbon states that the requisite permission has been given by the Chamber of Deputies. His Majesty, how ever, is to pay his expenses from his own private funds, no vote for that. purpose from the money of the State having been agreed to. On the other hand, it is said that the Pope has reluctantly been compelled to abandon the idea of coning, in conse quence of his advanced age and indifferent health. The jury have awarded a prize of a gold medal to the Emperor for the model he has exhibited of a cheap, convenient licuse fur workmen. At the cremony on Monday the prize will be given to his Majesty, in the usual form, by one of the Ministers. A number of Danish workmen are expected at Paris next week to see the Exhibition. The Sultan reached Naples yesterday on his way to Paris, and, after receiving the authorities on board, the vessel proceeded to Toulon. His High ness will be in Paris on Sunday afternoon. Accounts have been received in Paris this after noon of the death of the Hereditary Prince of Tour and Taxis, husband of the Princess Helena of Bavaria, and brother-in-law of the Empress of Austria. T A TEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMNESTY TO PRUSSIAN POLES. WARSAW, June 29. The Prussian subjects transported to Siberia for participation in the last Polish insurrection have been amnestied at the request of the Prussian r • Go vernment, and are returnint to their homes. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, June 28. The duties on the exportation of all wooden "ar icle3, bark, mats, and tar, from Russia and Poland lave been abolished. SPAIN. MADRID ; June 29. The Queen leaves for La Granga on July Ist. LISBON, June 28. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Seine has arrived here from Brazil, &c., and will leave for Southampton at 4 p.m. with 106 passen gers, specie (?), £142,643, 4,227 bags of coffee, 358 rolls of tobacco, 300 barrels of tapioca, and 234 packages of sundries. The Oneida, with the outward mail of the 10th June, was at St. Vincent (Cape Verds) on the 21st iust. AMERICA. NEW YORK, June 28, 6 p.m. According to intelligence received here from Mexico, Ma:rqueza has proclaimed that Maximilian had abdicated in favour of the young Itarbie. The North German Lloyds steamship Union has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices.—Gold, 138 i. Sterling Exchange on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 110.1. Illinois, 122. Erie, 66k. Cotton—Middling up land, 26i. Petroleum, refined, 24. THE BRAZILS. ARRIVA OP THE SEINE. RIO DE JANEIRO, June 9. Exchange on London, 22? ; on Paris, 421. Coffee, first qualities, 7,200 to 8,400 reis. Total shipments of coffee since the departure of the last mail, 89,038 bags, of which 13,853 were for the Channel, 12,011 for the North of Europe, 1,951 for the Mediterranean, and 5,354 for the Baltic. Sales, 130,000 bags. Stock, 150,000 bags. Freights, 455. to 50s. BAHIA, June 13. Exchange on London, 23i. Sugar, whites, 2,600 to 3,200 reis; browns, 2,100 to 2,200 reis; cottons, 1,200 reis. PERNAMBUCO, June 16. Exchange on London, 221 to 224 ; 'sugar, whites, 4,400 to 4,600 reis; browns, 2,350 to 2,700 reik2. Cottons, 13,500 to 13,800 reis. BUENOS AYRES, May 26. Exchange on London, 48 to 47i ; tallow, 15i ; sugar, 19. BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, June 28. The Columbian left at 5.40 a.m., and the Syria at 9 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 4th, and the latter at Southampton about the 11th inst. FRANCE. PARIS, June 29. A letter from the Emperor to the Prefect of Police, dated June_2o, has been published, in which his Majesty says : " The presence in Paris of numerous Sovereigns and the assembling of large crowds of people have afforded the service under your orders an opportu nity of showing its thorough competence. I my self have recognised the wisdom of the measures taken at all points to ensure the maintenance of good order, and I testify with pleasure to the zeal and excellent conduct of your agents. «I wish, therefore, to express my satisfaction, an d request you to communicate the same to your staff. The cattle disease has appeared in the shed of the Widow Doyen, holding a farm at Bierset, in Belgium. During the last few days five calves have died, and a young bullock had to be slaugh tered. BOURSE, June 28, Two o'clock.—Transactions continue rare and quotations are falling. French Threes, after receding to below 69f., are now at 69f. 5c., a decline of sc. Italian Fives have de clined 12ic., at 52f. 60c. ; and Credit Foncier 7f. 50c., at 1,460 f. Credit Mobilier are unvaried, whilst Spanish Mobilier lose If. 25c., at 253 f. 75c. Paris Gas shares are 3f. 75c. lower, at 1,570. Rail way shares decidedly weaker; Orleans have declined 5f., at 878 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Northern each 3f. 75c., at 885 f. and 1,212 f. 25c. English Consols are also weaker, with a fall telegraphed of 1. Three o'clock.—A slight amelioration took place towards the close, which was as follows : 41 1 - per Cents 9B 75 Bank Shares 3275 Do. end month — Italian Loan 52 GO 3 per Cents. G9 15 Do end month 52 65 Do. end month 69 121 Mexican Loan l7 Credit Mobilier ... 376 25 Do. Bonds l3B 75 Do. end month ... 375 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier — Home Debt Do. end month 1460 Deferred ItAILNYtiYA. For Account. Orleans Northern 1213 75 Lyons and Mediterranean BB6 25 Southern 575 Western • 560 East ern , Sardini:ni Z, f; 25 Austrian . Lontbar;l., 480 - 395 - N orth of Spain lO2 50 Sarngos:a Etllll3ll . B2 50 The camp at Beverloo, in Belgium, has now been raised, after brilliant manoeuvres, at which the King, as we have mentioned, was present. PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—PhOtO - Albums, a choice of 3,000 ; despatch-boxes, writing cases, dressing -casts, travelling-bags, envelope-cases, blot tin;-books, ink-stands, desk., book-slides, work-boxes, tea caddies, hind-bags and reticul:s, card-cases, purses. sta. ttunery cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage stamps, c ests, &a.; cigsr-aaes, cacti- baskets. pocket-books, electro-, gilt and elegantly-motinfel articl6s. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Services, in every t; pe. Parkins and Gott ', 25, Oxford-street. The public supplied at wholesale prices from the largest stock in London. PARLIAIT lIVISION. HOUSE OF COMNIONS-JUNE 28. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. Now Clause —Mode of demanding Poor-rates.—Question put—" That the Clause be added to the Bill :".—The Committee divided: Ayes, 205 ; Noos, 207. AYES-2, 5. Adam, W.P. Gladstone, W. E. O'Brien, Sir P. Adderley, C. B. Glatistone, W. 11. Oliphant, L. Allen, W. S - Glyn, G. C. Otway, A. Amberley, Vis. Glyn, G. G. Padiuore, R. Annesley, Col. 11. Goldsmid, Sir F. I'akington, Sir J. Antrobus, E. Goschen. G. J. Palmer, Sir R. Ayrton, A. S.i Gower, F. L. P..,rry, T. Aytoun. R. s. Graham, W. Pea,e, J. I;agweli, J. G reville, Col. F. Pelham, Lord Bird tv. A. C. Gray, Sir J. Philips, it. N. Barr , , C. It. Grey, Sir G. Pim, J. Baxter, W. E. Hadfield, G. Pollard Urquhart,W Bazley, T. Hamilton, Lord C. Portman, W. 11. IS. Beaumont, H. F. Hamilton, E. W. T. I'ottsr, E. Berkeley, 11. F. Haukey, T. Potter, 'l'. B. itic.dulph, M. 11.rris, J. D Price, W. I'. Bowen, J. B. Hay, Lord VT. Pryse, E. L. Britlit, J. llayter, Capt.& D. Pritchard, J. Brown, J. lien.lerson, J. Itebow,.J. G. Bruce, Lord C. Henley, Lord ilobartes, T. J. A. Bruce, H. A. Herbert; IL A. Robertson, D. Butler, C. S. ' Herbert, I'. N. Bolt, J. Buxton. fir T, F. Herbert, Sir F. Rotia•chlld,riaron L Caleraft, J ilibbert, 3. T. Rothschild,Baron3l Candlish, J. Ilogg, I.t-Col. Rothschild, BaronN Cardwell, E. R. llolthn, I. Royston, Visa. Cavendish, Lord E. Hughes, W. B. Russell, A. Cavendish, Lord F. 11 tint, (L St. Aubyn, J. Cavendish, Lord G. Hurst, It. LI. Salomonq.Aiderman Chambers, M. Jardine, R. Samuda, J. Childers, H. C. E. - Jervoise, Sir J. Scholefield, W. Clay, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Sclater-Booth, G. Clinton, Lord E. P. Kennedy, I'. • Scrope, G. P. Cogan, W. IL King, J. L. Seely, C. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kingscotc, Col. Sheriff. A. ColeriCe, J. , Kiunaird, A. F. Simeon, .tir J. Collier, Sir R. P.. Knatclibull-Hugess Smith, A. Corbaliy, M. E. Labou :here, Henry Smith, Jervoise Corry, H. L. Layard, A. 11. Speirs, A. Cowen, J Lamont, J. Stacpoole, W. Cowper, 11. F. Lawreno', W. Stanley, Lord Craufurd, E. 11. J. Leatham, W. Stansfeld, J. Crawford, R. W. Lee, W. Stuart, Col. C. Cremorne, Lcrd Leeman, G. Sullivan, E. Davey, It. Lefevre, G. J. S. Syketi, Col. Denman, G. Lennox, Lord H. G. Taylor, P. A. Dent, J. D. Lindsay, CoL C. Titc, W. Disraeli, B. 'Atilt, A. I'orrens, W. T. H. Du Cane, C. M'Larea, D. - Trevelyxn , G. Duff, M. E. Manners, Lord Vauderbyl, I'. Duff, R. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. Verney, Sir II: Duncquabe, A. Merry, J. Villiers, C. P. DunlOP, A.)l. Akil b an1;,, , ,F. , , ~ Vivian, 11. 11. Edwards, IL! MB, J. ti: ~ Egerton, E. C. Miller, W. Waring , C. Enfield, Viscount Mitchell, A. ' Weguelin, T. M. Esmonde, J. Mitchell, T. A. Western, Sir T. Evans, T. W. Moncreiff, J. Whatman,J Ewart, W. 'Monk, C. White, J. Ewing, 11. E. C. Monsen, W. Wickham, IL W. Kykyn, Roger Montagu, Lord It. Williamson, Sir H, Faw,.,ett, H. More, I.t J. Wiunington, Sir T. Fordyce, W. Mord tont, Sir C. Woods, IL Forster, W. E. Morris, IV. Wyld, J. Foster, W. O. Morrison. W. Young It. Fortescue, C. P. Mowbray, J. Fortescue, D. F. Murphy, N. 1) Gavin Major Noel, G. J. Gibson, T. M. Northeote, Sir S.II. Taylor, Colonel Gilpin, C. Norwo.)d, C. Whitmore, 11. NOES-2"7. TELLERS. - - - Agnew, Sir A. Gallwey, Sir W. P. 31`Kenna, J. N. Akroyd, E. Galway, Viscount Mackie, J. Arkwright, R. Ga.elee, S. M'Lagan, P. Ba 4 ge, W. Gaskcll, J. 31. Manners, Lord G. Bagnall, C. Gilpin, Col. Marsh, MX.' Bailey, Sir J. Goddard, A. L. Martin, C. W. Baillie, H. J. Gotdney, G. Martin, P. W. Baring, Henry Goodson, J. Matheson, Sir J. Barrett, H. Gore, J. R. 0. Metter, S. B. Barrington, Via. Gorst, J. Mit t ord , W. T. Elm. ttelot, Col. Graves, S. R. Moore. C. Bass, A. Greenall, G. Morgan, 0. Bass, M. T. Gray, Lt-Col. Morgan, Major liateson, Sir T. Griffith, C. D. Meld, Sir J. Beach, Sir M. Grosvenor, Earl Neville-Grenville,l Beach, W. Gurney, Rt. ion. R Newport, Vis. Bective, Earl of Gwyn, II North, Col. Beecrott, G. S. Hamilton, Lard C.J O'Neil!, E. Ile.ntinck, G. C. Hamilton, I. T. Packe, C. W. Benyon, R. Hamilton, Visct. Packe, Colonel Berestord, D. Hardy, J. Paget, R. 11. Bingham, Lord Hartley, J. Paull, H. Blennerhassett, It. Harvey, It. G Peel, Sir R. Beuverie, E. P. Hervey, Lord A. Peel, Gen. • Brett, W. B. Hay, Sir J Percy, Emrl Brooks, lt. Headlam, T. E. Powell, F. S. Browne, Lord J. T. Preatheote, G. 11. Pugh, D. Bruce, Major C. Heathhcote, Sir W. Repton, G. W. J. Bruce, Sir H. Henley, J. W ItictleY , Sir M. W. Buller, Sir E. M. Henniker, J. M. Robertson, P. F. Burrell, Sir I'. liiblyard, T Ro ebuck, J. A. Butler, CS. JFlodgson, W. E. Russell, Sir C. Calthorpe, F. H. 11ollord, R. S. . b4udford, G. M.W. Campbell, A. 11. Holmesdale, Vis. Schreiber, C. Cal. per, C. Hood, Sir A Selwyn, H. J. Cartwright, Col. Hope, Beresford Selwyn, C. J. Cecil, Lord E. Ho:stall, T. B. Severn°, J. E. Characrs, T. Howes. B. . Simonds, W. B. Clive, G. Huddiestone, J. Smith, G. Clive, Capt. G. IV. Jolliffe, H. Smollett, P. B. Cobbold, J. C. Jones, D. Stanley, F. Cochrane, A. D. B. Kavanagh, A, Stone, W. , Cole, Hon. 11. Kekcwich, S. 1., 6tronge, Sir J. 31. Cole, lion. J. L. Kelk, J. Stuart , Lt. - Col. Iti Cox, IV. ' Kendal!, N. Stucley, Sir G. S. Cranborne, Vist. Kennard, R. W. Surtees, F. Dalglish, It. King, J. K. Surtees, H. E. Dalkeith, Earl of King, J. G. • Talbot, C. IL Dawson, R. P. Kinglake, J. A. Thynne, Lord H. Dick, F. Knightley, tir Ct. inrrens, Robert. Dickson, Major Knox, Major IV, S. Treeby, J. W. Dill Wyn, L. L. Laing, S. Trevor, Lord A. Dims dale. R. Laird, J. Trollope, Sir J. Dowdeswell, W. E. Langton, W. G. Turner, C. Dunkellin, Lord LanyJn, C Vance, J. Dunne, Gen. Las,c les, E. W. Verner, E.W. Du Pie. C. G. Leader, N. P. Walcott. Admiral Dyke, W. H. Lechm2re, nir E. Walroad J. W. liyott, Colonel Le,gh, Major C. Walsh, A. It arle, it. &. Lefroy, A. Walsh, Sir J. Eaton, H. IV. Lennox, Lord G. G. W rhouse, S. Eekersley, N. Leslie, C I'. Williams, Col. Edwarda, Sir H. Lewis, IL Wise, H. Ellice, E. • ' , Liddell, 11. G. Wyndham, IL Vane, Col. , Lloyd, Sir I'. wynatlain, V. Vane, Lt-Col. Locke, J. . IVytin, C. W. W. Feilden, J. Lopes, Sir D.T. Yorke, J. R. Fellowes, E. Lowe, it. TELI.EIIB. Furde, Col. Lowther, Captain Sturt, IL G. Forester, Gen. Lowther, J. Knox, col. The Naval Review. The following public notice for the inforthation of masters of private steam and other vessels intending to be present at the great naval review off Spithead on the 17th proximo has been issued by Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Port Admiral and Naval Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth : " By command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. " Steamers, sailing vessels, and boats are not to at tempt to cross the line of the ships of war to be re viewed on Wednesday, the 17th of July. They are not on any account to pass between the columns, nor to occupy any part of the man-of-war channe: between Spithead and St. Ilelen's during the evolu eons. " Steamers are to keep to leeward of the columns, or ships in order of sailing, as the smoke might pre vent signals being quickly noticed, thereby causing accidents ; and vessels are not to pass to windward of the Itcyal yacht if it can possibly be avoided. As the evolutions of a large number of ships of war re quire a considerable space, masters of vessels will see the necessity of steering accordingly, and not close in so as to interrupt the evolutions. " The ships of war to be reviewed will burn Welsh coal, in order that the view of the evolutions may not be obstructed by smoke, and to obviate the chances of collision. " Captains and masters of steam-vessels intend ing to be present on the occasion are requested to adopt the same or other necessary precautions to avoid inconvenience from smoke, and they are vessels causing such in hereby warned that any convenience will be liable to be removed to a dis- ;ante. "THOMAS SABINE PA SLEY, Admiral Commander-in-Chief. " Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour, Juno 25." MARKETS.--This day. COVENT GARDEN. FRUlT—Apples, 4s Od. to 88 Od per bushel ; grapes, 4s Od to 8s Od ; cherries, 6d to ls; pine apples, 5s to 8s per lb; lemons, lOs to 12s ; oranges, 4s to 12s per 100 ; straw berries, 0s to Os per punnet. VEGETABLES-;- - Artichokes,-2s to 4s- ' beet, Is Od. to 2s ; cabbage, is 3d to 2s ; cauliflowers, 33 to 6s per dozen ; asparagus, is 6d to 6s ; celery, 1s 6d to 2s ; horseradish, 4s to 6s per bundle ; carrots, Gd to 8d per bunch ; herbs, 2d to 4d; leeks, 2d to 4d; mint 4 d to Gd per bunch ; parsley, 6d to to 8d ; turnips, Od. per bunch ; endive 2s to 3s ; lettuces, 1s to 2s per score ; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel; spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel; potatoes, York Regents, BUs to 170 s per ton. POULTRY. Gosling; 5s to Gs 6d; ducklings, 2s Gd to 3s Gd; tame rabbits, is 8d to 2s 0 , 1; wild do, Os Od; pigeons, 7d to 9d each ; Surrey fowls (couple), lOs to 15s ; do. chickens, 7s to 9s; barn-door fowls, 5s Od to 7s ; guinea fowls, Gs Gd to Bs. English eggs, 8s Od; French do., Gs Od to Gs 6d per 100 ; fresh butter, is Od to is Id. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9id to 101; of household ditto, 7d. to 9d. per 4lbs loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to Gillis, 2fl to 3d ; 64 to 721bs, 3d to 3;d; 72 to 80 3-1-d to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to 4d; 88 to 961195., 4d to 4id. Horsehides, Os Gd to lOs Gd ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, 78 Oel ; sheepskins, lambs, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lambs, 3s to to 48 ; shearlings, is 9d to is 11d. HAY. SMITIIFIELD—Meadow hay, £3 Os to .£1 7s Gd; clover, £1 Os to ..£5 15s Od ; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load Trade dull. CuM BERLAND —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4. 5s Od ; clover, -£1 Os to £5 12s Gd ; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load. Demand inactive. WIIITECIIAPEL—MencIow. hay, £3 to £4 5s Od ; clover, £4 03 Od'to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load Supplies moderate. REPRESENTATION OF MERTIML—Mr. Richard Fothergill has issued his address to. the electors of this borough as a candidate for the second seat conferred by the new Reform Bill. Mr. Fothergill declares himself a Liberal, a supporter of the ballot, and in favour of the absolute abolition of taxation on all the necessaries of life. He will vote for the entire abolition of church-rates, and for the removal of all disabilities which prevent Nonconformists from attaining the highest positions at the Universities. As to international disputes, he •is in favour of settling them by ,arbitratiolk. Up to .Thursday night the requisition soliciting gr. Fothergill to come forward had received nearly 6,000 signatures at Merthyr and Aberdare. rf lea st .o anal dank. HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, ,June 28. Her Majesty the Queen, the Queen of Prussia, and Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds yester day afternoon. tier Majesty the Queen, the Queen of Prussia, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince L , 2opold, walked and drove in the Home Park this morning. Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, went to iondon yesterday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of lle;se, attended by Baroness Schenck and Captain Von Westerweller, arrived at the Castle this afternoon, from Marlborough House. Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, Colonel Cavendish, and Lord Alfred Paget, honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. Their Royal Ilighnesses afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. The Earl of Tankerville, Lord Steward, had an audience of the Queen at three o'clock to-day, to present an address from the House of Lords for a Royal Commission to inquire into the revenue of the EstabliJied Church in Ireland. Polytechnic Institution. Professor Pepper is now delivering at this very avourite and admirable institution a lecture, en- titled " A Visit to the Great Exhibition at Paris," which abounds with interest both to those who in tend to visit the gay capital and those whose duties compel them to stay at home. To those about visit ing Paris the Professor gives a number of valuable hints, which cannotbut be productive of the greatest advantage. He explains the best way to set about seeing the most attractive portions of the Great Exhibition, a matter of the utmost importance to those whose stay will be but limited. They have only to follow Professor Pepper's directions, and they may return to London perfectly satisfied that they have seen the best things in the gigantic Exhibi tion. To those who stay at home a visit to the Polytechnic will give a very vivid idea of the great Palace of Industry, because the lecture is illustrated by a series of magnificent views of the interior of the building. Beside the attractive lecture of Pro fessor Pepper, Mr. King is creating great wonder ment amongst the visitors, both young and old, by his clever description of the optical illusion, " The Head of Jumua, the defunct Wife of Blue Beard." Taken as a whole, we never remember a more at tractive programme than is just now issued by the Polytechnic Institution. THE LUXEMBURG MEATY. BEBLIN, June 25. The semi-official North German Gazette publishes the subjoined article upon the explanations given by Lords Derby and Stanley of England's guarantee to the Luxemburg Treaty : " The declarations made by Lord Stanley in the House of Commons, and by Lord Derby in the House of Lords, as to the bearing of the neutrality guarantee with regard to Luxemburg and some other countries could not fail to arouse a certain amount of attention. From the fact that several Powers have taken part in the guarantee (collec tive) Lord Stanley deduces a weakening of its efficiency. This is undoubtedly a peculiar view, as people have hitherto been of opinion that the ea' tainty of neutrality was increased by the number of the guaranteeing Powers. To come to a clear un derstanding upon the question raised, however, We must first ascertain what does the guarantee of the neutrality of a country i❑ general mean ? Now, it cannot be doubted, in the first place, the neutrality cintains a limitation of the sovereignty concerned with respect to the right of war, but that the gua rantee of this neutrality is nothing else than a de fensive alliance against all possible attacks. As in all these alliances, therefore, the question whether the cases fxderis exists or not is decisive as to the action developing itself out of the guarantee of neutrality. Setting aside here the internationa l question at issue, whether the cases frderis exists, supposing the neutralised State to have provoked war by unjust attacks upon its part, it is yet quite indubitable that, except in this case, the guara ntee can be appealed to upon any violation. Jf, there fore, for instance, England alone had guarant eed the neutrality she would unquestionably be bo und to afford military assistance as an ally in any eas e attack, come it whence it might, from one Sta te or from several. Thus iu this case the support of at least one Power would be secured to the neutr alised State. Now, when Lord Stanley says by ' collec tive guarantee,' is to be understood that, in case o f neutrality being violated all the treaty Powers 04 be called upon to take collective action without any one of them alone being bound to intervene, be thereby asserts nothing less than that the guarantee of one great Power is of greater weight than that of all the great Powers. But the impossibility of Lord Stanley's theory is clear from the impossibility of this conclusion being logical. The statement by Lord Derby upon the same question on the 20th inst. in the House of Lords is still more extraordi nary. According to the noble lord's opinion, if the neutrality of Luxemburg should ever be assailed by one of the treaty Powers, none of them would ha bound to step forward in its defence. Lord Gran ville justly asked, in reply to this opinion, W h y Prussia had then made so utterly worthless a gun" rantee a sine qua non condition of her participation in the Conference,. and why Lord Stanley bad °O long hesitated to undertake an obligation which W I parently contained no meaning whatever. -Ear Russell also considered that in case of a breach o.f . the treaty the other European Powers wer e bonne. to intervene. Or. are wt to understand that it bas only been intended to guarantee the neutrality (311 Luxemburg against such States as Lichtenstein, Greece, or Mexico. The more impossible the con : sequences to be deduced, the rather do we fin at ourselves justified in putting the question —W t can have induced the noble lord to lay do wn this hitherto unheard of theory, in the correctness °f which he himself can hardly believe ? IJ° rol. Stanley seems - to us in this respect to have, ab° ve all, exerted himself to represent the breach w ith the non-intervention principle followed for so Mel years as being as unimportant as possible in orde t to reconcile Parliament, so greatly attached to din e principle, to the new treaty. It is only vibe° look at the matter in this light that we a re able lvt° understand how the Alinister of the Crown 011,13 utter such a sentence as that, after all, t h e ultica,7 o decision whether war should be entered in to for Luxemburg guarantee rested in the hands of ra . t ,_ liament (through the right of granting or withhotiboe ing supplies). Why, all the world know s that , English Crown alone has the privilege o f declarliurb.. war, and that it is not customary first to ask r the liament whether war shall be carried on. On contrary, the existence of war is notifie d to Farl`, , meat, which then, as history teaches, as regards its right of granting supp lies, main `de guided by patriotism and the sense of what d the to England. From this point of view we fin bat statements of the English Minister intelligible, we cannot possibly regard them as seriou sl y intencetuo limitations of an obligation undertaken accordieg n ode stood." in the sense hitherto univers all y stood." finds itsey WEST INDIAN INC UMBERED ESTATES COLTia•-; By Orders made by the Queen in the Council held on tb ct ire 26th inst., the jurisdiction of the West Ind ian bleuM Estates Court was extended to the islan ds of Donlds in and Nevis. By prior Orders in Council the islan and Jamaica, St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobag o, Antigua, the lionseriat, and the Virgin Islands, were p laced under jurisdiction of the same court. The sentence of death pronounced on the Youl33gi man Notte for an attempted mu rder at the ecclosiasticto college of Courtrai, in Belgium, has been commut ed penal servitude fot life.