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Considering all things, we think that Ministers have acted wisely in withdrawing their Resolutions and promising to bring,in a 8i11..,,__ Indeed they could scar - cell'have expected to succeed in. their previous endeavour in face of the strong opposition presented to them, and it is well known that a more ungra cious task cannot be attempted than to persist in a course which is stigmatised by those who object more to the manner of proceeding than the matter before them. In a few well-chosen sentences Mr. DisP.AELI, last night, announced to the House the decision to which Government had come, and ex plained that the object they had put before them in bringing forward the Resolutions had been to secure for the propositions a " fair and candid consideration." But the experience of the previous night had shown them that the feeling of the House did not go with them in that respect., and they therefore considered that they should best fulfil their duty, and promote the public interest, by not askiug the House to proceed any further with these Resolutions, but to allow him to introduce a Bill at the earliest possible opportunity. 'We have seldom met with an instance of greater effrontery and want of consideration than was exhibited by an hon. member last night, when he called out at this part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech, " When ?" Such an interruption was both imperti nent and ridiculous, and showed very plainly that idle curiosity and an attempt to appear important superseded the usual rules of Parliamentary courtesy and the judgment that should distinguish a legisla tor. Mr. DISRAELI was of course fully capable of replying to the ill-suited remark, and said—" Of course, it is impossible to exactly fix a day. The Reform Bill is not like a road bill." At any rate no time will- be lost, for the right hon. gentleman gave it as his opinion that on Thursday week at farthest he would be ready to submit his measure to the consideration of the house. Surely this is soon enough in all conscience for any one, even the most ardent and zealous Reformer, to have assigned as a limit to his impatience, and so soon, indeed that we should not be surprised if a still further delay were requisite and necessary. Loud cheers attended the announcement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the effect that the Resolutions would be withdrawn ; and we there fore hope that the Ministers, having in this shown their recognition of the general feeling of the House, will be met on the part of that assembly with an answering sympathy and good-will. No one expects bon. members to accede to what they disapprove of in their honest convictions, but we all know, from sad experience, how easy it is to admit this or that principle to be good in the abstract, and yet to deny the right to put it in practice. Mr. DISRAELI declared last night that the Government considered from the tone of the debate that had already taken place on the subject that any bill which might be brought forward by them would receive a fair and a candid considera tion, and we do not think this impression will be weakened by anything that occurred last night in the course of the observations that followed, if we except those of Mr. BRIGHT, who showed himself as illiberal and false a friend to Reform as usual. The course pursued by Mr. GLADSTONE was as statesmanlike as could be expected, and we are glad for his own reputation, as well as for the success of the great cause at stake, that it should have been so. The right bon gentle man was against proceeding by Resolutions, as he had before intimated, and, indeed, he announced to the House that the determination of the Govern ment had alone prevented him from carrying out his intention of moving an amendment to the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair. While he reserved to himself full discretion to act as circumstances dictated to him, Mr. GLADSTONE did not, as we understood his speech, seem to hold out any desire to offer opposition to the Ministerial measure that would be likely to prove detrimental to it. He expressed a con fident hope, and further " a very earnest and sincere desire that they might find the bill to be such that they could not only consent to it, but even pro mote and expedite its passage through its earlier stages." By this means the committee would be the place where some issue could be best gained with her MAJESTY'S Government. More than this, no one can possibly ask, and this promise of Mr. GLADSTONE, so far as it goes, signifies a good deal, for he has had in his way as much to contend against as the Chancellor o. the Exchequer himself. If the one has been im. peded in his course by the tardiness and hesitation of his friends, the other has had to run the risk of being pushed precipitately forward by the im petuosity of his followers. That the combined energy and wisdom of these two distinguished leaders may result in the satisfactory settlement of the vexed question of Reform is an earnest desire —a desire that is shared, we feel convinced, by all true liberal and real lovers of Reform. Mr. BRIGHT'S remarks were about as in temperate and ill-judged as we might have expected, but last night a little ad- ditional ascerbity was imparted to them from the irritation he felt at the tone adopted by Mr. GLADSTONE. The hon. member for Birming ham seems ready to burst with indignation at the idea of supporting the Government measure, and upbraided Mr. GLADSTONE pretty plainly, endea- vouring to build him a golden bridge of retreat, by declaring that a little experience would show him the impossibility of carrying out his resolve. This observation seemed topoint oat that whatever course Ministers might take would be useless, and that they had better not waste the time of the House in introducing a Reform Bill at all, and actually going so far as to say at last that the Government should take the franchise first, as was done last year. To this Lord J. MANNERS very properly re plied by saying that the hon. member for Birming ham should have completed his speech by remind ing the house of the result of that advice being adopted last year. No doubt there still remains a very difficult task before Ministers, but we hope that the worst is over for thew, and that with firm heart and confident courage they may march on in the path before them. He sees every reason to expect that a settlement of this vexed question may be come to, and if so there will be indeed ample cause for rejoicing to all but those who are actuated by selfish motives, and who rank the prejudices of party before the interests of the people. Very great interest was naturally felt yesterday with regard to the proceedings of the Liberal party. The question of Reform, which has been slowly gathering strength and gaining in importance dur ing the last few years, has now reached a crisis, and much will depend on the spirit in which it is dealt with. It is fortunate for the Liberal cause, and, indeed, for the best interests of the country, that the Liberal party is under the acknowledged lead of so able, conscientious, and earnest a statesman as Mr. GLADSTONE. his sincerity and disinterested desire to have a good and liberal Reform Bill ac tually passed into law, no matter by what Govern ment, cannot be questioned, and he has hitherto fully carried out the promise he made on leaving oflice, that no personal disappointment should pre judice his judgment of the measures introduced by his successor. He objected to the manner of pro ceeding by Resolutions, and there is no doubt that his objection..weighed very much with the Govern- ment, and influenced their decision respecting the method of procedure. But while reserving to him self the full right of opposing any point in the bill, or the whole bill, if he thought proper, he has shown throughout a wish to give the Government proposal a fair trial, and to see in what manner this can be enlarged or amended. Such a course is not, we regret to say, the ordinary course pursued by Liberals, who, in their dislike to the general prin ciples or practices of their opponents, generally re fuse to look at any measure of Reform upon its merits. But the point at issue now is, not whether a Conservative or a Liberal Government can best fill the Treasury bench, but how this great and pressing question of national interest can be most promptly and s.ttisfactorily settled. It is in this spirit that Mr. GLADSTONE has acted, and we are very glad to find that the counsels of mode ration and fair play which he gave yesterday to the large and influential meeting assembled at his house were accepted with such unanimity. No one expects Mr. BRIGHT to be satisfied with any Reform Bill in which he has not been an active participator, and he is the last man likely to accept a concession from his opponents, or to believe that they can offer a good measure in real earnest. It is, therefore, no matter of surprise to find that he was the principal dissentient from the line of action proposed by Mr. GLADSTONE. Neither can it be very astonishing to learn .that th e Adul lamites, as represented by Earl GROSVENOR, are 1 - 31 OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTI TUTION. The ANNUAL.GE.NI.RAL HEETINti 431 this Institution will be held in the Mansion House (by tile kind permission of the Lord Mayor) TO-MORROW, the 28th instant,- at Two- o'clock precisely. His Royal }liitliness THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., in the Chair. Tickets of Admission can be obtained at the Institution by Subscribers on application. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 14, John-street, Adelphi, Feb. 27th. /THEATRE ROYAL 1) RU RY-LANE, Soie Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. 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"gIHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by IV. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 29, Old Cavendish- street, Oxford-street. THE SUN, LOrsuON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1867.* more ready to denounce the main features of the scheme than to particularise the Reforms which they wish to see carried. Mr. LOWE did not conde scend to appear, and we should recommend the right hon. gentleman, who finds it amusing to call himself a political outcast, to take care lest, in spite of his undoubted abilities, his manifest dislike to all Reform does not really leave him without political influence or position. Mr. GLADSTONE, we have said, recommended moderation and conciliation. He disputed Mr. DISRAELI'S figures, declared the extension of the franchise to be inadequate, and objected to some points of the redistribution scheme. He also indi cated his intention of moving an amendment on Thursday evening with respect to the manner of procedure; a motion which was, of course, rendered unnecessary by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech. Lord RUSSELL, who followed, supported Mr. GLADSTONE'S views, and counselled united action on the part of the Liberals. After some dis paraging remarks from Earl GROSVENOR and Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. CLAY followed, and very sensibly urged that the Liberals should unite in pressing upon the Government the adoption of a £5 fran chise in the boroughs and a £lO franchise in the counties. This course will, we hope, be adopted; and we have no doubt whatever that the Govern ment would be induced to assent to such a reduc tion. If the Liberals will take up two or three salient points—such as a £5 and £lO franchise, a lodger franchise, and similar conditions—and con centrate their forces upon them, there is little fear but that they will be ultimately successful. The Reform Bill must be carried by the union of both parties in the State, not in a spirit of angry anta gonism and mutual suspicion. It was such influences that produced the defects since re gretted in the Bill of '32, and we have advanced too far in political toleration and enlightenment to render such mistakes again inevitable. The Ministerial scheme, so far as we at present know, is certainly not all that it should be ; but there is nothing in it as yet which is neces sarily fatal to its improvement. In committee, as Mr. GLADSTONE observed last night, many changes can be made so long as the Liberal party are really united and earnest. The question has ar rived at a point at which a settlement has become indispensable. We need not accept the wholesale denunciations of Mr. POTTER and his associates, wlio will be satisfied with nothing less than man hood suffrage and an American form of Govern ment, as indicative of the wishes of the majority of working men. On the contrary, the intolerance and violence of their agitation does great injury to the cause of practical Reform, inasmuch as it disgusts and alarms the moderate thinkers of all ranks. Neither must we measure the strength of the pub lic feeling by the amount of numerous and noisy demonstrations. The loudest talkers naturally make the most sound, but they are not the most influential. But there is without doubt a growing conviction among people that they have been trifled with, that the prejudices of parties and cliques have hindered the interests of the public service, and that among the many eager professors of Reform prin ciples there are few genuine Reformers. This will not do. Let the Adullamites, and those who act with them, remember the old legend of the Sibyl and her books. Every time she returned her de mand increased, though seemingly with less reason. Such may be, the state of the Reform question if left to be settled in turmoil and agitation, to the loss and disappointment of people and Parliament. CORRESPONDENCE FROU PARIS. Paris, Tuesday Evening. The sagacity of the writers in the Paris papers is again in fall swing in inventing supposed facts relative to the proposed new law upon the press. The statements given one day are contradicted on the day succeeding, and thus there is ample scope for alarming reports upon the alleged despotism of the new law. The France takes the lead in these fanciful anticipations. After mentioning various sums as the amount of the security money which would be required on starting a newspaper, it now says the law will not make any change in this respect. The stamp duty, too, it adds, will remain the same, but literary journals will be exempt from it. The Council of State will decide upon the pro visions of the law in the course of the week. The printers of Paris and the departments have drawn up a memorial to the Council of State re specting the proposed law, which will, no doubt, receive every attention. Yesterday M. Delyanni had the honour of being received by the Emperor at the Tuileries in public audience, to present to his Majesty the letters which accredit him in the quality of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of France D f Eb r y o un e i m ap y a r t me n h s s n a s e Kthemairnd.gotifl)ioef hy honour Greece. etyh eed receivedintroducer rtoh deu b c e y r Palacethe o f t ambassadors, i n a C ourt carriage with the accus tomed ceremonial. The official book exp l a i n i ng the condition of the Empire gives an account of the French navy. Dur ing the y ear 186 6 the construction was continued ee na i was ceremonies,o f After conbeing the audien c e M. conveyed t o h f e the d s ihtaiPswoerfe t v h o e t e n d e w f w r t a h r e fl p e u e r t p i o n s e p . r '1 h o r e t i n o n u m a s . ber of vessels of this war fleet, which was 129 on the December, of December, , isth l u B s 6 c s o , m a p n o d sed l3 :- 0 s o h n ips the n and Ist a o r - f clad frigates, 13 ; ironclad corvette, 1 ; coastguard ironclad vessel armed with ram ; vessels not iron clad of various kinds, 35 ; frigates not ironclad, of various descriptions, 24 ; corvettes, 12 ; screw avisos, 44. Fast sailing ships, 101; vessels of different kinds, 29 ; total, 130. The complete list of steam vessels, the building of which is finished, gives an amount on the 31st December, 1866, of 340 ships, with 92,106 horse-power. The fleet under con struction in the docks and building yards includes 28 ships, with a total of 12,670 horse-pcwer. The appropriation of the ports for the reception of the new fleet is continued with as much activity as pos Bible, according . to the amount of funds voted for' the purpose; and important works have been finished at Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, Rochefort, and Toulon. Besides this modifications have been made both in the cannon and the projectiles. New mor tars and shells have been manufactured, and the foundries for casting cannon have undergone im provements. To this official account I may add that almost every day experiments are made with new guns and arms at Mendon, near Paris, and the firing is kept up for some time. An accident which created great alarm took place after the races at La Marche on Sunday. A pos tillion, who had been too copiously furnished with libations by some of the winners, drove back a light carriage in which were three young ladies. He said he would make a triumphal entry into Bou logne and pushed ou his horses with fury, the result being that he was thrown from his saddle. He seized the mane of one of his horses, and in this position was dragged for some distance to the terror of the spectators. A sergeant de ville, assisted by a courageous bystander, stopped the horses, but the unfortunate postillion had been thrown under the wheels, and he was taken up bleeding and in a dangerous state, as it was first supposed. After being taken into a doctor's shop and attended to, the postillion was again seen in the Bois de Bou logne with his vehicle, quite as drunk, but more enraged than before. As the Imperial Commission decline to be re sponsible for any damage that may be done by fire to articles sent to the Exhibition an international insurance company has been organised. Among a great abundance of new books is a marvel of cheap literature, " Shakspeare Complet," by M. Emile Montegut. It is illustrated and pub lished in penny numbers, Shakspeare has been translated and dramatised in France in all sorts of ways. Ducis founded tragedies upon him ; Alfred de Vigny, Emile Deschamps, and Frederic Soulie gave Shaksperian readings, and Lamartine's tran slations were revised and annotated by M. Guizot. The Court of Assize of La Seine has been occupied with the trial of one of the most hardened and atro cious villains of modern times. He is a young man of 19, named Charles Felix Lemaine, and the evi dence, chiefly supported by his own confession, proves that he murdered a woman named Bainville, simply because she was about to marry his father, a widower 68 years old. The prisoner is of very vicious and dissipated habits. Ile often told his father that he hated him, and said he wished to enjoy his little fortune himself. Towards the month of Octo ber last the father told the prisoner that he intended tarnarry the widow Bainville, a washerwoman, who had a daughter. On the 20th of December the father and son worked together, and the former re marked that his son was more gay, and almost affec tionate. The prisoner left work about seven in the evening, and then went to the house of the deceased, who was working with her daughter, and three workwomen. He asked the deceased to go down stairs, and accompany him to his lodging, as he had a message to her from his father. She had been there but a very short time when piercing cries were beard. The door was broken open, and the woman was found insensible and covered with blood. Her daughter caught her up in her arms, but she fell dead at her feet almost instantaneously. Behind her was the murderer with long bloody knife in his hand, the point of which had been broken by the violence used. The wretch was unmoved. He went up to the girl and said—" I am very happy at being revenged. I only regret that I have not killed the three others (the three workwomen), be cause I wanted to murder the whole four. lam neither mad nor drunk, and I shall know how to mount the scaffold." When arrested and examined before the magistrate, the murderer said that eighteen months ago he bad resolved to assassinate his father, because he spent too much money upon his mistresses. (This insinuation is said to be completely unfounded.) The prisoner added that the moment he heard that his father meant to marry the widow Bainville he had made up his mind to murder her. He very calmly de scribed his plan. He knocked a nail into the wall and made a running knot to a cord fixed to a trap door which led to the cellar, and prepared himself with a knife and razor. His idea was that when he bad murdered the widow he would throw her body into the cellar, and then one after the other induce the daughter and a young apprentice girl named Barbe Fogelback, aged 15, to make them come in and suffer the same fate. This done, he intended to wait until his father returned, and, feigning to be asleep, he intended to rush suddenly upon him and assassinate him. This little game being played, he meant to take away all the money he could find in the house, and enjoy himself with it somewhere where he was not known. The magistrate at the first examination endeavoured to make the prisoner exhibit some show of repentance, but, on the con trary, he only expressed his regret that he had not been able to carry out his whole plan. He was par ticularly sorry that he had not been able to kill his father. At the trial the prisoner exhibited still more effrontery. The Advocate-General, in support a the accusation, said he could only find one excuse for the prisoner's madness. The prisoner had a counsel, M. Colin de Verdieres, but when his advo cate rose, the prisoner, in spite of the remonstrance of the judge, said he wanted to address the jury himself. He then proceeded, in a solemn tone, and with great volubility, to launch diatribes and invec tives against his father, who, he said, was a bad parent, addicted to all the evil passions, and passi ng all his time in debauchery and drunken orgies. He concluded by saying, I had to revenge myself upon a woman. I killed her. Society will avenge that woman. It ought to avenge her. It owes me the scaffold. I claim it. Have no pity for me ; I do not desire it. I have told you that I am lazy. I did not like work when I was free. Don't send me to forced hard labour. If you destine me for the hulks they shall not have me. I will die of hunger, and then you will not be able to hold me up as an ex ample to frighten criminals. Justice will be van- quished, and will not be able to pursue her course." [This speech created long-continued excitement. The prisoner's - counsel then addressed the Court, but the prisoner seemed to treat his remarks with indiffer- ence or contempt. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to death. He smiled and looked round the court on hearing the sentence, and said, " I have got what I asked for; gentlemen, I heartily thank you." Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Goldwin Smith. At the conclusion of a lecture on " John Pym and the Long Parliament," delivered at Guildford on Monday evening, Mr. Goldwin Smith thus re ferred to Mr. Disraeli's recent attack upon him. " And now one word in self-defence. Mr. Disraeli in the last Reform debate fell foul of me. The right hon. gentleman in that debate showed by his attack upon me that he still retained the power of calling names. He showed by the miscellaneous epithets in which he indulged that he had not ex hausted the vocabulary which he exerted on Sir Robert Peel. The right hon. gentleman in that debate said that I had passed my life 'in a cloister.' This was an assertion uttered, like many of Mr. Disraeli's, at a venture, and, like most of his random assertions, simply untrue. He then told the house that maligned all things and all men.' I beg to say that I honour all things and all men worthy of honour. I cannot honour that which is false and base, and standing, as Mr. Disraeli stood, where English power and great ness once stood, I notice one point of difference be tween him and those illustrious men. In the time of Hampden the leaders of the Commons were re markable for their control over temper, and they never forgot themselves to indulge in silly personali ties against people out of doors. I now come to the matter of the freeholders in Buckinghamshire. Rushworth says that 'in 1641 divers knights, squires, and other freeholders of Buckinghamshire, to the number of 4,000, marched to London, each man with a copy of the protestation in his hat ;' but I am told that if there were 4,000 freeholders then, so there are now. Well, I find on the electoral roll of Buckingham shire 4,500 freeholders.. But are these free ' holders independent yeomen cultivating their Own r. land ? No. Investigation shows that these free- Jaolders are composed of men .holding freehold 'houses, cottages, and small pieces of land. Take any place within the parliamentary limits of the county, and this statement would be borne out. I will instance Chalfont, a place of some historic note, and celebrated as the refuge of Mr. Disraeli's great rival in epic) poetry, John Milton, when he was flee ing from the Tory mercies of the Restoration party. I find that in this place there are 11 occupiers of £5O value, 30 freeholders, one squire, one rector, and that the freeholders are holders of houses, cot tages, and small pieces of land ; out of them 18 are not resident—rather small change, I think, for the Ironsides. I know but little of the county of Bucks, but it is notorious that, except in the very north of England the yeomanry have almost ceased to exist. The estates of the small gentry have been bought up by the large proprietors. This is a great evil, as it makes the nation but tenants at will of its own soil. It is a sad fact that we are merging to an aggregation of the land into the hands of a few commercial and manufacturing millionaires. The laws of primogeniture and entail aggravate the evil. It is true that in the county of Bucks, owing to the exceptional circumstance of the Duke of Bucking ham's estate being taken out of entail, there has been an addition of 500 freeholders to the electoral roll. I am willing to admit that these 500 are good change for a duke. It is said these laws are neces sary to keep estates together, but let good sense and frugality keep these together, not unjust laws. His tory proves that in proportion to the diminution of the yeomanry and the increase of the great pro prietors, so have the constituent elements of our Home of Commons diminished in strength and vigour." GOOD NEWS FOR THE CITY.—A turtle weighing over 2 cwt. was captured off the Lizard on Friday by a Penzance flailing boat. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 27. An arrangement has been effected between the Prussian Government and the Duke of Nassau. An understanding is also stated to be on the point of conclusion with King George. CROATIA. AGRAM, Feb. 27 The Croatian Diet will again take into considera tion the question of union with Hungary. Feb. 27, The General Congregation of the Comitat of Agram has resolved to make representations to the Emperor against the scheme of military reorganiza tion, and to declare that the Comitat of Agram insists upon the integrity of the kingdom of Croatia. FIUME, Feb. 27. Three of the citizens lately arrested for organizing a popular demonstration to celebrate the formation of a Hungarian Ministry have been set at liberty. The fourth, Herr Mattrovish, still remains in con finement. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 27, It is stated that the King and Queen of Portugal intend making a visit to Paris at the end of May, passing through Madrid on their way. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 26. The Delta, from Southampton on the 20th inst., arrived at 1.1 p.m. yesterday, and left at 7 a.m. to day for Alexandria. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, Feb. 27, The Madras arrived at 8 a.m. to-day. OUTWARD MAIL OF 12TH-18TH FEB. The Northam sailed at midnight on the 26th for Bombay. FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 27, The Court of Second Instance has rejected the appeal of the Washington Government against the judgment, that security to the amount of 150,000 f. should be deposited for costs in the action against M. Armand, of Bordeaux, for a claim of 2,880,000 f. on the ground of the alleged construction of ships for the Confederate Government. BOURSE, Feb. 26.—Two o'clock.—The amount of business being transacted to-day is exceedingly limited, and the market is weak, stocks and shares having gradually receded since the opening. Italian Fives hare experienced a further fall of 27ic., the present quotation being 53f. 80c. ; and French Threes have declined 12if.—viz., to 69f. 77:1c. Credit Mobilier are sf. lower, at 505 f. ; and Credit Foncier 2f. 50c., at 1,510 f. The Railwayalnarket is also dull, with a similar tendency in quotations. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows : If per Cents 99 85 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 85 Do. end month 69 82f Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1505 Bank Shares 3575 Italian Loan 53 85 Do. end month 53 971 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds l4l 25 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred ATS. For Account. Orleans Northorn 1227 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 937 50 Southern 583 75 Westera — Eastern — Sardinian Austrian 417 50 North of Spain — Saragossa ... Ditto to Barcelona - Roman . AMERICA. (Per City of Baltimore.) NEW YORK, Feb. 16. The provisions of the two important bills recently passed by the House—the Louisiana Civil Govern ment Bill and the bill dividing the South into mili tary districts—cannot be simultaneously enforced. The Louisiana Bill was passed by a vote of 113 to 48, and the Military Bill by a vote of 109 to 55. There are strong indications that neither measure, unless amended, can pass the Senate by a two-thirds vote, and the latter bill lacked one vote of receiving the necessary support in the house to overcome the impending veto. The Senate was in Session all last night, having he military bill under consideration. Numerous interviews have recently taken place between the President and prominent members of Congress of both parties. It is understood that a strong influence has been brought to bear upon Mr. Johnson, to induce him to compromise with the Radicals ; but it is not known that he has in any way indicated that he will change or abandon his policy. _ It is reported that the President has tendered to Horace Greeley the position of Postermaster- General. The Indians in the Western Territories are said to be gathering in large numbers at several points, purposing final concentration and vigorous warfare against the whites. Seven thousand hostile war riors are reported to be at Smoky Mil, Nebraska, well armed. A force of cavalry and artillery was to be sent to attack them. Lifeboat Services. NEW BRIGHTON (Cheshire) Tuesday Night. During strong weather yesterday (reports the Rev. R. D, Fowell) the steam -tug Rover brought intelligence that a barque was on shore on Jordon Flats, and that the lives of the crew were in great danger. The Willie and Arthur lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was immediately manned, and taken down to the scene of the wreck. On arriving there a very heavy sea was found to be breaking on the bank, iild:the crew were quite ready to leave their vessel. The lifeboat, accord ingly, took off the crew of fourteen men and a pilot, and put them on board the steam-tug, when they were taken to Liverpool. It appeared that the barque was the Coquimbo, of Sunderland, bound from Liverpool to Alicante with coals; they had parted from three hawsers while being towed out, and had then gone on the sand bank. The lifeboat behaved well, and the men appear to have great confidence iu her. The cost of this lifeboat, as well as the Holyhead lifeboat, was the gift of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution, of Joseph Leather, Esq., of Fairfield Mount, near Liverpool. CARNSORE (Ireland), Feb. 24. A fine large ship was wrecked on the Tusker Shoals some time last night (states Mr. Barrett, the officer of coast guard). She was observed at day light, and the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution at once proceeded off to her. On ar riving in her vicinity the sea was so heavy that the boat had to be anchored in the broken water within a few yards of the wreck. After remaining there some hours waiting the return of the south ebb, the men being drenched to their skins, it was found that the vessel was abandoned, and the lifeboat therefore returned to the shore. It appeared after wards that the ship was the Arcadia, of Liverpool, on a voyage to Savanah, with salt, and that the crew bad taken to their boats when she struck, and had reached Waterford, one only of their number being lost. She was nearly a new vessel, but is likely to become a total wreck. REPRESENTATION OF NORTH SHROPSHIRE.— It is statod that Lord Newport will come forward as Con servative candidate for the representation of this division, in the room of Mr. Cut, elevated to tho peerage by tho death 91 hie brother, Earl Browalovr. MEETING OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. Yesterday afternoon an important meeting of the Liberal party was held at Mr. Gladstone's residence (11, Carlton House-terrace), for the purpose of con sidering the course which the party should adopt with reference to the Government Reform propo sals. In all 289 members were present. Letters expressing cordial co-operation in any course on which the Liberal party should resolve were received from several other members. The total numerical strength of the Opposition thus represented at the meeting was considerably over 300. To this must be added others who may yet be way cring, but who, if they could have heard the speech of Earl Grosvenor, would probably have at once cast away their political crutches, like the cripples of Bethesda. We disclose no secret when we state that a greater triumph for the Liberal party, a more hearty and conspicuous homage to the skill with which that party has been handled by Mr. Gladstone during the present session, it was impossible to conceive. Earl Russell, Earl Gros venor, and Mr. Bright joined, each from his own point of view, in hearty recognition of that fact. So numerous was the meeting that an unex pected difficulty arose at the very outset, from the circumstance that no room in Mr. Gladstone's resi dence was large enough to contain all those who had arrived, and an adjournment accordingly took place to the hall. Here, thickly crowded over the large space, and grouped on the broad staircase, stood the audience. With no studied arrangement for pictorial effect, nothing could be more striking than the scene presented, as Mr. Gladstone—stand ing at the head of the first flight of stairs, with Lord Russell by his side, and several leading mem bers around him ; while others looked down on the stirring spectacle from hastily assumed points of view amid the statuary and paintings —came forward to apologise for the limited accom modation which his house offered to so distin guished an assemblage. He added, with a certain quiet humour, that he hoped., and believed this would be the only defect in the adaptation of their counsels to the urgency before them. He then proceeded to review the position in which the Reform question now stood. He particularly ex pressed his desire to see it settled as speedily as pos sible. He was so anxious that such should be the case, that he hoped there would be no factious op position, as he on his part would certainly offer none. He could not avoid expressing his great regret that so much time had been lost, and trusted that an honest endeavour would now be made to settle the matter. It was essential that they should have a bill which would be satisfactory to the country. Added to this was another essential, that the measure should be passed speedily. It was im possible for him not to remark that the Govern ment bill was unsatisfactory in two very important particulars. The first was, that the claims of the working classes for political power had not been sufficiently considered; and the second, that the proposal for the redistribution of seats fell far short of what was required by the wants of the country. He was decidedly of opinion that the number of working men who would be added to the register by lowering the franchise to a £6 rating would fall short even of the estimate which he gave the other night. He did not believe that it would add 100,000 men to the register, and he formed that judgment from data which he had consulted that morning. Re specting the progress of the Government proposal, the right hon. gentleman showed how desirable it was to get it through the first and second, readings, and then of moulding it to such a shape that the Liberal party could with consistency pass it. On the present occasion it would be premature to ask their opinions as to the alterations which would be required. As the bill passed the different stages, he should take the liberty of calling them together for consultation, so that they might fairly consider any propositions. Titrl Russell followed Mr. Gladstone in a speech of admirable tone and strength. He referred to the many shortcomings of the bill. That portion of the noble lord's speech which was received with special attention alluded to the necessity of the Liberal party's putting their trust in some one as their leader in the House of Commons. He need scarcely say that there was no one to whom that party and the country could point but Mr. Gladstone. This portion of the noble lord's remarks, Ave need hardly say, afforded especial satisfaction, in scat tering to the winds any delusions the Tory party might have cherished as to jealousies or divisions existing among the leaders of the Liberal party. Equally gratifying . was the next speech. In answer to loud calls Earl Grosvenor addressed the meeting. In substance his lordship condemned the Government measure, defended the position of him self and friends, and said that he desired to act with the_great body of the Liberal party. They would support any large measure of Reform, but could not approve of Mr. Disraeli's proposal. We believe the noble lord's expression of sympathy with the object of the meeting was so hearty as to occasion not less surprise than delight to those who heard him. He was clear, straightforward, and impressive in a high degree, and' expressed a sincere confidence in his fellow-countrymen, who are too well pleased to see that so influential a politician has cast in his lot with the cause of progress to cherish any grudge at past mistakes. Mr. Bright followed Earl Grosvenor. His tone was quite in harmony with that of previous speakers, but he was keenly sarcastic in his allu sions to those who should carry any farther the complimentary farce of expecting " any good thing to come out of the Nazareth of Toryism." He pointed out that it was contrary to reason and experience that the Conservative party should propose a Reform Bill that either would or ought to settle the question. He contrasted their position with that of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wel lington on the questions of Catholic Relief and the Corn Laws ; and he asserted that it was now quite evident, by the course of events for the last few weeks, that whatever they did would be against their will, amid counsels divided and distracted, concurring in this one thing only —to give the least they could to the people, and fence round that little with compensatory restrictions. After observations from Mr. Ayrton and other members, it was agreed that Mr. Gladstone should give notice of the following amendment in the House of Commons that evening : " That her Majesty's Government having In formed the House of the principal provisions , 9f bill which they propose to introdUce for the amend ment of the representation of the people in Parlia ment, it is the opinion of the House that, under present circumstances, the discussion of the resolu- tion now before it must tend to delay the practical consideration of the question ; and that it will be for the public advantage that the plan of her Majesty's Government should be submitted to the House in a definite form." The meeting exhibited a very unanimous spirit, and a strong desire was manifest that the question should be settled as soon as possible. Mr. Gladstone apologised for the trouble which he should give members in again calling them to gether, but he was met by assurances that, so far from its being any trouble, it would afford those present the greatest satisfaction to meet him. The conference lasted about one hour and a quarter. We should add that when Lord Russell, Mr. Bright, and other leading members arrived at Carl ton House-terrace, they were at once recognised by the crowd assembled, and greeted with enthusiastic applause.—Telegraph. CONVICTION UNDER TIIE MEDICAL ACT.—On Monday, at Dewsbury, W. Knowles, of Hanging Heaton, was brought up on a charge of wilfully and falsely pretend ing to be a surgeon, and taking the name and using the title of surgeon, implying that he was registered under the Medical Act. Mr. Wm. Wiseman, surgeon, was the com plainant., and it appeared the defendant was formerly an assistant in his service...He had,selected three out of at least 50 cases which had come to his knowledge in which the de fendant had signed certificates of the deaths of patients, and styled himself a surgeon. The evidence being conclusive, the defendant, by the advice of his attorney, withdrew his plea of not guilty, and admitted the three offences proved against him. Fines amounting to 10 guineas were imposed, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment.— Yorkshire Post. SW4' • ditin Tc;;JUE I . talt •42 1 '..tra *Ia Nfe. G* HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 26. The, Queen accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty drove this morning with her royal highneEs. Princess Louise and Princess Bratrice rode in the Home Park, and Prince Leopold drove out. Prince Christian, attended by Lieut.-Colonel G. Gordon, was present at the debate in the House of Commons last night. The Earl of Bradford (Lord Chamberlain) and Viscount Royston (Comptroller of the Household) arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, and pre sented addresses to the Queen from both Houses of Parliament upon the birth of the infant princess. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of \Vales, attended by Major Teesdale, hunted with her Majesty's staghounds at Datchet yesterday. In consequence of the rheumatic affection having become localised in one joint, Mr. Paget was yester day requested to see the Princess of Wales. The following bulletin was issued yesterday at Marlborough House : FEB. 26, 11 a.m. " The general condition of her Royal Highness the Princess of 'Wales continues to improve daily. The local pain has diminished daring the last two or three days. " The infant Princess is well. " Another bulletin will be issued in the Afternoon on Thursday, the 28th inst. (Signed) " ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " JAMES PAGET. " WILLIAM JENNER, M.D. " E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D." At the Council held yesterday by the Queen at Windsor Castle a proclamation was ordered to be issued for the election of a new representative peer for Scotland in the room of the late Lord Gray. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Vicount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. The Earl of Malmesbury was prevented from being present at the Cabinet Council in consequence of the serious illness of the countess at Heron Court. Lady Egerton of Tatton had an evening partY yesterday at her residence in St. James's-square, at which a numerous company responded to her ladyship's invita tions. The Dowager Lady Clinton and Lady Sarah Spencer have arrived at Hastings on a visit to the Dowager Marchioness of Exeter, from Northamptonshire. The Dowager Lady Keane, Mr. Pigott, and Miss Pigott have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde park-corner, from Dullingham. Baroness Charles de Rothschild and the Misses de Rothschild have arrived at St. Thomas's Hotel, Ber keley-square, from Frankfort. Sir Augustus and Lady Warren have arrived at Warren's Court, county Cork, for a few months. DEATII OF LADY JANET BUCHANAN.—We have to record the death of the above lady, which took place on the 24th inst., in her 84th year. The venerable lady was the daughter of James, 12th Earl of Caithness, and widow of Mr. James Buchanan, of Craigend Castle, Stirling' shire. We have to announce the death of the Hon. Mrs. Fitzgerald Foley, which occurred after giving birth to twins on Saturday last. The deceased and lamented lady leaves a numerous young family, and was the wife o f Captain the Hon. F. A. Foley, R.N. TIIE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE ROYAL HUST• Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales, attended by Major Teesdale and accompanied by Lord Colville, the noble master of the royal buckhounds , left town by the 10.15 a.m. down train from Paddington/ in order to have a day's hunting with her Majesty's stag hounas. As the prince passed through the Horne-park the rain began to descend in a drizzling shower, and the weather altogether was far from pleasant. The meet was at Datchet Windmill, or rather where the windmill for merly stood, and the time fixed for the assembling was half-past eleven o'clock. There was a good muster, the field including many of the neighbouring gentry. "Miss Gilbert" was the deer selected. She got away in the direc tion of Horton and Stanwell, and thence to Colnbrook, and after causing no little excitement at Slough, through which town the deer passed, was taken shortly afterwards, after a long chase. Tho Prince of Wales and suite, with Lord Colville, rode back to 'Windsor, and, reaching the Great Western Station just as a special train was about to leave with her Majesty's Ministers, took their departure by the same train. The Prince, who left Windsor at 3.45 pin./ occupied a saloon with the Ministers of State and Lord Colville. SCURVY IN THE MERCANTILE MARlNE.—yester day Mr. Carttar held an inquiry, at Greenwich, into the death of John Ashley, aged 27, who died on board the Dreadnought a few days ago. Tho deceased was a sailor, and, with eight others, had been shipped by Capt. Andrews , of the Thnour, at Calcutta. On the homeward voyage the deceased was attacked with dysentery several timas, but recovered. He had scurvy and was served with lime juice, which remedy was discontinued when dysentery appeared . Ho recovered from the scurvy, but as he eat too much sal t moat when, as the captain affirms, there was no necessity for his doing so, there being plenty of fresh provisions and vege" tables, ho had a relapse, which continued until he calve home, and then he and eight others, who also had con tracted this disease, were sent to the hospital ship. H ° was received on the 9th instant, and died on the 18th. The surgeon to the Dreadnought attended the deceased , and made a post mortem examination, which showed a tubercular disease of the lungs of long standing, an d also disease of the bowels. Death was attributed by hie' to disease of the lungs, and was hastened by the scurvy Capt. Andrews, in the course of his evidence, said that at starting he had 30 gallons of lime-juice, and gave it out regularly. Some of the juice was given to Dr. Dickson, an analytical chemist, who pronounced it to be very weak, an d said it consisted of 6 grains of citric acid to the ounce ( 3 should have been from 25 to 40grains),and wasutterly worth loss as a cure for scurvy, although not deleterious. It "' °s supposed that the juice had been diluted, but the fact could not be proved. Dr. Dickson suggested that the lime-juic e supplied to ships should be under the control of Govern meat, and sold under a licence, and then it would be mer e beneficial to ships' crews. The witness also said that 11 ° had visited the ship and found it in every way suited to the comfort of the crew, the supply of provisions bell very good. The coroner, in summing up, eulogised Car `Andrews for the attention he appe are d t o d evo t e to the comfort of those under his command. The jury eventa&lY found that death was due to disease of the lungs, accele-, rated by scurvy. Mr. DISRAELI has done a very adroit, very bold , and exceedingly creditable thing. The Blacas collection of gems, which is simply invaluable, was in the market in , Paris, and ho sent over M r . N ew t on —th e ar ti s t e mploye e to disinter Cnidos—to examine the collection for th e Museum. Hearing, however, th a t it was neces sary to . quick, as the Emperor of the French was proposing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer took the whole ran sibility on himself, ordered th e mone y, £48 , 000, to be Paid at once, and on Mond a y th rew hi mse lf upon the'lloutbe. e Mr. Gladstone, of course, su pp or t e d hi m warm ly, and lit vote passed without a divi s i on , b u t h a d M r. Di sra eli o :f d ventured to tell the story as it rea ll y occurre d he 0 have doubled his popularity. It is not often that . a is Emperor is outst r ipp e d, ou t genora ll e d; an d ou tbid in_ D o own capital, and Louis Napoleon will henceforward knees that a Constitution a l Mi n ister is not invariably man acle by red tape. Fortunat e ly, gems lik e th ose i n the 33 " collection pack in very small compass.—Spectator. Loss OF A VESSEL OFF LIVERPOOL—The b a r .1 (1 1 : : Coquimbo, Captain Jami eso n, 379 t ons , b oun d to coal laden, left the Mersey with Monday afternoon d in tow by the Royal Saxon steam tug, and had ros e _ od, as far as the Formby Light ship when the tow rope Pa rt the vessel being driven on to Jordan's Bank. A. L hic h wind from the westward prevailed at the time,_ l 7,.. iii d caused a heavy sea, and as it was feared the vessel u in go to pieces, the New Brighton Lifeboat was despatch e s . , ebs t tow by the steam-tug Rover, and the Liverpool Lii ntso f No. 2in tow by the steam-tug Slasher, the movements the latter being guided by Mr. Hills, marine o : yd o ff The crew, consisting of fifteen in number, were take n to by the Now Brighton boat. The vessel was expected become a total wreck.— Liverpool Post. CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAM INATIONS.-The great number of successful candidates from any one school at t lie late Cambridge local examination was 36, from the De'r ° : County School, West Buckland, which for three Yea rtl 4 , 6 succession has passed a greater number of th e Carabri,":a examinations than any other school. Of thes e 13 obtl ea honours, and five were mentioned as having distinguistibe themselves in particular subjects, among them beieg n i o r first and second in order of merit in England is the se English section.