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Smith, Eburac.; Miss Nodson, alias A. Sea man, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of T LIE MOUN FAIN DEW; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P4Ol Bedford, Ashley, R. Rorrker, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, ,Stc. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. li. SS igan. THIS EVENING, LiiVATER,; OR, NO2 A BAD JUDGE. Messrs. H. J, Montague, D. Murray, and Charlos Mathews; Mesdames Barris and M. Palmer. After whi.,h, THE LIAR. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews ; Messrs. H. J. Hontsgue, 11. Wigan, and Airs. Stephens. To conclude with A ROMANTIC IDEA. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, G. Vincent, and Miss E. Farrea. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mana;.fer, Mr. Geo. Vtnin , z. THIS EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Messrs. J. G. Shore, ti Forrester. Followed by. at a quarter before 8, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Chiracters by Messrs. Vining,. F. Vil liers. C. Verner, J. G. Shore, S. Lalhaere, IL Forrester, it. Thorne, IL Mellon, C. IL Fenton ; aliss rage and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, 3lrs. Swauborou,gh. TUTS EVENING, MARRIED DAUGII r ERs. Messrs. Theme, Belford, and G. Murray ; Misses Johnstone and Hughes. Alter which, the Burlesque, ES3t ER A LIDA ; or, The Sen sation Goat. Messrs. t home Jame, Robson, and 'turner ; • mesdames A. Swanborough, Hughes, Newton, 'N'eathersby, and E. Holt. To conclude with A SUIT OF TWEEDS. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, Hiss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raymond. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. IL C. NATION. Wonderful success of J. B. Buckstone's Romantic Adelphi Dram', THE FLOWERS Or' TUE FOREST, and Thir teenth and Last Week of the 'Nation-al Burlesque Opening of MIS ii-A-8Y14.!, BABY. THIS EVENING, J. B. Buckstone's Romantic Adelphi Drama, THE FLONVEttS OF THE FORE,3T, introducing a novel and picturesque " lilPiY DANCE" by the powerful Corps de Ballet, under the direction of Mr. Milano. .31essrs. Fernandez, Atkins, Stephens ; Misses Edith Stuart, Thirl wail, Richardson. To conclude with (last four nights) the Nation-al Burlesque Opening of HUS kl-A-BYE IiAI3Y. Misses Caroline Parkes, Nellie Nisbett, Thirlwall, Marione ; Messrs. Atkins, Stephens, Arthur, and Milano. GRAND REVIEW, near ST. jAINIES'S PARK. See the GRAND MILITARY RE VIEW at the T tIEATRE ROYAL, :ASTLEY'S. Positively the Lust Four Nights. !TIRE MURDER on LATRIGG HILLS.—For full particulars see J. B. 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The present Government have been too wary to destroy their bridges and to burn their boats, though the tempter was most subtle and the charmer charmed ever so wisely in seeking to make them do so. It is difficult to select the most striking passages out of a speech which is so comprehensive as the one before us, but we would direct particular attention to the passage in which Mr. DISRAELI spoke of the lodger franchise, and showed the absurdity of his being lectured in the matter, and ordered by the right hon. gentleman the member for South Lanca shire to insert it in the measure. He was the first to introduce it himself in 1859. The incon sistency of Mr. GLADSTONE'S course is very plainly shown by this fact, that he said last year that the " lodger franchise was a very insignificant affair, and would produce very small results ;" but we now find that it has become a question of very great importance, and at those meetings where the "mob of the House of Commons" attended the leader of the Opposition, it was decided that the fate of the Government should rest upon it, and they were not to be allowed to go into Corn mittee until it was conceded. Mr. DISRAELI, as the first Minister who proposed the adoption of the lodger franchise by the house, could not certainly be charged with inconsistency when he announced the willingness of the Government to entertain the ad visability of considering it in committee. Thus ends one of Mr. GLADSTONE'S grand schemes, and we see upon what a solid foundation his " stern appeal" rested. No very enormous sacrifice is required for the Government to agree to this fran chise ; and, indeed, on the contrary, we think that the general demand for it is a tribute to the wisdom and sagacity of its inventors, while it shows that those who denounced it at first did so from party motives, without taking the trouble to consider its merits. Mr. DISRAELI laid great stress upon the manner in which Mr. GLADSTONE had criticised the mea sure of Government, and the way in which his re marks were received showed that the House coincided with him. lle made a speech upon the introduction of the measure which was well fitted for the second reading, and upon the second reading he spoke as if the Bill were in committee. Besides he addressed the Government in a tone not at all usual in the House, so much so as to call from the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amusing remark that his manner was "so excited and alarming that one might almost feel thankful that gentlemen in thi3 Ilouse who sit on opposite sides of the table are divided by a good broad piece of furniture." It is long since a leader of any party in the House has so far forgotten him self as Mr. GLADSTONE has done in this matter, and members of his own party can feel and appreciate his mistake. He has been arrogantly presump tuous in pretending that he, and he alone, could represent what the House wanted, and what it did not want. He has been excited where calmness was required, and bitter where moderation was called for. In short, ho has sought to make a faction-fight out of a great na tional question that especially called for the self denial and good feeling of all patriotic legislators. Wo think that he kas now to rejoice, and his friends for him, that he has failed in his sinister attempt to make political capital out of the diffi culties of the Government, for the public would not readily have forgotten or forgiven the ma noeuvre, however dexterously it was carried out. While he defended the general principles of the bill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not fall into the fatal error of setting up points to stand or fall by. Under existing circumstances such a course would be very prejudicial to the success of his scheme. The most important announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was that concerning the " dual voting," and as that most concerned the fate of the measure it is very satisfac tory to find that the Government does not pledge itself to maintain the proposition. While declaring that men of great mark and standing were prepared to support it, the right hon. gentleman admitted that their friends had not encouraged them to persist in the course they had indicated. "I am prepared to fight against the greatest difficulties," said the right hon. gentleman ; " but we stand here as prac tical men, with a duty to fulfil, and that is to pass a bill for the amendment of the representation of the people, and it would therefore have been more than idle to persist against such opposition." In a spirit worthy of the occasion, and in language that was eloquent, from a conviction of the import ance of the subject treated of, and thus was natural and effective, not studied and specious oratory, Mr. DISRAELI concluded his re markable speech by declaring that parties might struggle and combinations be made, but that the Government had no other wish but to bring the question of Reform to a settlement; and truly de clared that it was not for the weal of England that any delay should take place in such settlement, and warned those who thought that ambition might be gratified in preventing the passing of the measure that a deep responsibility rested not upon the Go vernment, but upon the whole House of Commons iu respect to this measure. " Act with us cordially and candidly, and assist us to carry out this measure which we hope will lead to a settlement of the ques tion, consistent with the maintenance of the repre sentative character of this house. Act with us, I say, cordially and candidly —you will find on our side complete reciprocity of . feelina Pass the O Bid, and then you may change the Ministry if you like." We are not surprised that loud and continued chars greeted this announce ment, for it was one worthy of a Minister of the Crown addressing Parliament on a great national question, and the House of Commons al ways appreciates spirit. Mr. DISRAELI rose to the height that was due when he delivered the closing passage of his discourse last night, and we feel convinced that the country will rightly estimate the position of the Ministers, and encourage them with their support and sympathy. We know now that the Government are the friends to Reform, and it remains for those who oppose them to show us who are its enemies. LONDOIV, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1867. We congratulate the Ministry, the house, and the country upon the tone which the debate assumed last night, and we think that the new Reform Bill has now got over the worst of its difficulties, and may now be looked upon as certain to pass with due care and under proper restrictions. We rejoice at the prospect, partly because we think her MAJESTY'S Ministers have done their best, and deserve to sue ceed, and still more because we feel assured that the question should be settled at once, since it affects the best interests of the co w _ munit We say without fear of contra diction, or of being accused of exaggeration, that Mr. DISRAELI never achieved a greater success in his life than he did last night, or made a speech in which he more completely carried his hearers with him. The sense of the house was with him, and discarding the narrow prejudices, and rejecting the factious advice recently tendered to it, it seemed to enter fully into the views of the Chancellor of • the Exchequer. In a speech of great length the right hon. member very frankly stated his views as the exponent of the policy of. Government, and after stu:lying his speech we do not see on what grounds any one can fear that the measure will be rejected. He nether drew back too soon nor too ate, but showed that the Ministry were fully pre pared to make good their propositions, although they were not so foolish nor so infatuated as to stick by them at any cost. Lord DERBY has declared than The country has good reason to be satisfied with last night's work in the House of Commons. Those who were fortunate enough to be present had no unfavourable specimen of the debating talent of our Parliamentary chieftains, but it was the substance rather than the form of the achievement which made the evening remarkable. The Reform Bill was read a second time, and an early day was fixed for going into committee upon it. It is true that the bill of last year got as far as this, and collapsed in its pas sage through committee, but there are indica tions of a more favourable character in the poli tical horizon. The House of Commons is evi dently anxious to pass the bill, subject no doubt to certain modifications. The Government as we anticipated, have frankly declared their wit'_ lingnes.s to abandon the dual vote an 1 to accept the lodger franchise—tho two points of most importance —and many other minor matters they leave open to discussion in committee. No more can be reasonably expected of them ; and, in fact, there is no other definite objection to the measure. The country demands a considerable extension of the borough franchise ; it is granted. It demands a reduction of the county franchise ; it is granted. It asks for some guarantee that the class enfranchised shall be fair specimens of steady and loyal English men, and such a guarantee is found in the adoption of that test usually appplied in ordinary business affairs. It requires the enfranchisement of intelli gence, and it is offered an educational vote. These are the main principles of the measure, and surely they give a sufficiently broad basis for a grand and permanent structure. The Attorney-General in his very able and sensible speech last evening argued strongly in behalf of a household rating suffrage on the ground of its permanency. It offered, he said, a prospect of permanence which did not exist in any other experiment yet tried. As for the county franchise, said the hon. and learned gentlemen, every one admits it ought to be altered, the only question being as to the precise amount of alteration, which could best be discussed in committee. " The same remark," added the Attorney-General, "applies to the redistribution of seats, and the general question whether there ought to be a certain amount both of enfranchisement and disfranchisement. There is but one question on which we can be really divided on the occasion of the second reading, and that is the principle of the borough franchise." That prin ciple has already commended itself to the judgment of the country ; and the House would have very in accurately represented the public sentiment had it insisted on the retention of the old limit of a certain amount of rental. Having then ac cepted the main principle of the bill, and having received from the Government au inti mation that they were prepared to concede minor points, there would have been no valid reason for delaying the second reading. We congratulate the House and the country on its having advanced to this stage, since the necessity of a prompt and de finite settlement of this long-vexed question is now frankly admitted on all hands. • The speakers last night represented many shades of opinion, and almost every clause in the bill was discussed with a vigour and ability which left little to be desired. Mr. GLADSTONE was by the rules of the House silent, but he had not left us in ignorance of his sentiments, having previously exhausted his ingenuity and his eloquence in successive oratorical onslaughts. Next to Mr. GLADSTONE'S proceedings the course which Mr. BRIGHT might think fit to pursue has probably excited most curiosity. It could hardly, perhaps, have been expected that the lion. member for Birmingham would give his cordial support to any measure of the kind iu which he has had no share. Some time since, indeed, he expressed him self in favour of a household suffrage, when it was not on the Lapis, but it is a different thing when theories take actual form. Then it is that professors find their professions troublesome that Reformers think that Reform should begin in the Cabinet; that Liberals are inclined to put no liberal construction on the measures before them. Mr. BRIGHT will oppose the bill, telling its pro moters, in general terms, that they are about to repeat the error of 1832, and re-enact the exclusion of the working classes from the franchise. How can this be, unless the working classes of this coun try are in a very different position, intellectually and socially, from what the hon. member for Bir mingham has hitherto tried to make us believe. If a man can neither pay his own rates, nor live a certain time in lodgings at a fixed sum, nor put money in the savings bank, nor pay anything in the shape of direct taxa tion, he can hardly be accepted as a fair specimen of that class of intelligent and prosperous mechanics who feel it, as Mr. BRIGHT has often told us, so great a hardship to be excluded from a share in the representation of the country. It is not very easy to understand what are the particular changes which Mr. BRIGHT wishes to see introduced. He condemns the measure as ungenerous and unstatesmanlike, and yet he intimates that, by drawing a line at a certain point in the rating, some final conclusion might be come to. On the whole, Mr. BRIGHT'S speech was more favourable than the Government might have expected. No one could suppose that he would be inclined to look leniently on a Con servative measure of Reform, even if it coincide oppoAtion i , oinn a c n loi d nf e a d ildtoreossp with his own previous declarations, but he seemed to fed it necessary to apologise for his prospective addressed redistribution. s himself e te t w h a e s much ciuest Mr.eaa s g uL o rA o e d i sasa d , e b a eNN l i,nh t go o Tory-Radical, instead of Liberal Conservative, was not altogether averse to its provisions. He would have preferred a £5 borough franchise, with a liberal lodger franchise, a county franchise identical with the proposal of last year, and an extensive scheme of redistribution. Nevertheless, there were not wanting independent members who supported the main principles of the Government measure, and the feeling of the House was clearly manifested in favour of a fair and candid consideration of the bill, with a view, not to its rejection, but its im provement and ultimate passage into law. Such, we are confident, is the wish of the great majority of the public, who are wearied and dis gusted with the constant reiteration of promises that are never performed, theories that are never put into practice, and professions that only serve to render their professors too desirous for perfection to be ever satisfied with mortal measure. With the abandonment of the dual vote and the introduction of the lodger franchise the two most serious errors of the Bill will banish into thin air. All other questions as to the exact line of rating, the dis franchisement of particular boroughs, and the extension of the county suffrage, can be best settled, as the Attorney-General observed, in committee. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The illoniteur says:— " The Prussian Minister of War, M. de Roon, has just sent to the Reichstag a note relative to articles 50 to 58 of the project of the Federal Con stitution of Northern Germany. It appears from this note that according to the last census, and con sidering the probable increase of population, the Confederation of the North will contain nearly 30 millions of inhabitants. The effective peace array fixed by articles 56 and following will therefore consist of 300,000 men, including 39,000 sub-officers, but not comprising the 13,000 officers. With this total force, the Federal army will be composed of 13 corps d'arm6e, including the corps formed by the Prussian Guard. The Emperor has charged ono of his officers of ordonnance Naval Lieutenant M. des Vareunes, with the mission of proceeding to Saigon to examine into the state of that colony, in order that lie shall be able to give an account to his Majesty of the progress which has been effected, and that measures may be adopted to increase the relations of Cochin China with the neighbouring countries. A letter from Suez says :—" Scarcely a day passes without some important service being derived from the communication across the Isthmus of Suez from Port Said to Ismailia by the maritime canal, and from Ismailia to Suez by the fresh water canal. Some immense dredging machines have excited great attention at Suez, but more astonishment has been created by the number of packages from Cochin China, Singapore, and Point de Gallo by the Government transport Orne, for the great Paris Exhibition, which effected the passage across the isthmus in four days. There recently arrived in the port of Suez, from Alexandria by Port Said and Ismailia, a beautiful Austrian gcelette of eighty tons, freighted by a French company formed to worked the sulphur mines at Djemse upon the western coast of the Red sea. This gcelette, which is called the Primo, is the first merchant vessel which has passed from one sea to another by the Isthmus of Suez on a long voyage.. The vessel was deco rated with French flags and ornamented with flowers gathered at Ismailia. She is now in full sail to her destination. It is hoped that she will accomplish her voyage attecessfully, and that on her return some time hence she will have the honour again to be the first to show to the vessels coining from the Red Sea the way by the canal of Suez, as she did in coming that of the Mediterranean. The cattle plague has so far subsided in Belgium that permission is now given again to send oxen by the railway. When the animals passed across the grand square of Hasselt to the station the circum stance was hailed with so much joy by the popula tion that a large crowd assembled. Never, says a letter from that town, did the Apis in Egypt re ceive such an ovation as did those animals, whose free passage was hailed as an indication that the plague had departed. A German paper contains some interesting sta tistics respecting the railways in every part of the globe. The iron network of the world which at the commencement of last year traversed a length of 112,000 kilometres new presents an increase of a few thousand more kilometres. (There aro a thousand metres in a kilometre, and about 1,600 metres to an English metre). Prussia is among the countries which most contributed to this increase. Independently of the lines from Dunabourg. to Vitebsk, and from Warsaw to Terespol, great progress has been made in the line which proceeds from Moscow towards the south by Orel and Koursh, and which is destined to join towards the west that from Kiew to Odessa, and will shortly place Moscow and St. Petersburg in uninterrupted communication with the Black Sea. In Turkey last year the first important line was opened, that from Routschouck to Varna. In Scandinavia fresh progress has been made to connect the two capitals of Stockholm and Christiania by the opening of the section from Laxa to Christian hamm. In Denmark, there has been completed, by the section from Fredericia to the new Prussian frontier, the line which with the exception of the in terruption of the two Belts connects Copenhagen with the Austrian lines. Railways in Holland have made great progress, and have much facilitated the communication between the Netherlands and Bel gium. In 1860 the Belgium lines, which in 1865 were to the extent of '2,285 kilometres, were in creased by 281 kilometres. As to France, during the first nine months of the last year, an extent of 738 kilometres of railway was opened, the greater portion being in the south. In England, the chief fact to notice in regard to railway progress last year was the construction of the useful and interesting lines around ant within the city of London. The lines in Italy, by the acquisition of the Venetian line and the opening of new sections, were increased to the extent of at least 1,100 kilometres. Iu Spain the lines from Malaga and Cadiz were connected with those of Madrid and Cordova. In the north ov the port of Santander w as connected w i th the cen tral lines, and the we stern line was extended to e of 6,300 Badajoz. There is now a continuNoduiiissitolai_nuNce from o gor Lis bon od, kilometresa n d ttohSu thus in I.:nn Petersburg, aaybobaet fit rvoaery dayseratherrsed, it which separates the oe Tagus from the Volga. In North America the pro gress was such that in a few years there will be speedy communication with California, and the two great seas will be connected with each other. In South America the countries remarkable for rail way progress are Brazil , Venez uela, and the Argen tine India,of where, in 1865, there were 3,2oorailway, a great extension English Republic. In miles has taken place. In sho rt, at the two opposite ex tremities of Africa, Egypt, and the Cape of Good Hope, to say nothing of Algeria, railway communi cation has progressed. Australia, too, is beginning to have railways. Some of the Paris papers still persist that some diplomatic negotiations have taken place between France, Holland, and Prussia, relative to Luxem bourg. According to one version, the Prussian Government, which considers itself the legal suc cessor and liquidator of the defunct German Con federation, is to receive compensation from the Dutch Government, from whom she claims arrears of various Federal contributions, and the amount expended for various works of fortification. This done, the Netherlands would give up the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to France for an indemnity of 100 millions. The Legislative Body is occupied wirl a subject almost as exciting as the question of peace or war —the proposed law for the abolition of imprison ment for debt. It may be well to explain the pre sent position. The Government and the Council of State have given their opinion that it is desirab!e to abolish imprisonment for debt, as well regarding foreigners as Frenchmen. On the other hand, how ever, the Commission appointed to examine into the subject are opposed to the abolition. There is also very strong opposition on the part of influential firms connected with commerce and trade. As the Government does not adopt the views of the Com mission, the project of law now under discussion by the Chamber contains a clause for the abolition of 1 imprisonment for debt except under peculiar cir- cumstauces. The subject was again under con- LATEST INTELLIGENCE sideration to-day. This is not the first time that • the Legislators of France have been occupied with (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) this subject. The National Convention declared on the 12th of March, 1793, that " linprisonment for debt was contrary to sound morals and to the rights of man." ROME AND ITALY. RO3IE, March 26. The official journal of Rome, of to-day, declares it to be incomprehensible that the speech from the throne at the opening of the Parliament at Florence should have spoken of the legitimate liquidation of the ecclesiastical property. Such a measure, it con tinues, is illegal spoliation suffered by the Church, and cannot be legitimate, when he who can alone authorise it will never accord his sanction. Naval and Military Intelligence. The detachment of Royal Marines Light Infantry, which left Chatham in anticipation of embarking for Ireland rejoined head-quarters yesterday, having arrived from Woolwich by special, train on the North Kent Railway. The force included 9 officers, 12 sergeants, 12 corporals, 3 drummers, and 257 privates. The following officers arrived at Chatham with the detachment:—Capt. P. M. C. Croker (in command), Capt. J. Taylor, Capt. L. G. Rodney, First Lieut. IL W. Bamber, First Lieut. R. C. Har vey, First Lieut. C. S. C. Webb, Second Lieut. R. B. Kirchoffer, Second Lieut. J. 11. Price, and Second Lieut. W. P. Rumley. The Robert Kedcly, the Sophia Frances, and other ships hired for the purpose, have embarked at Wool wich the additionalfreights—viz.,l,so o tons of extra cargo on transit to Portsmouth, intended for the ironclads now in commission, and for which the War Department vessels did not afford sufficient tonnage. They consist of heavy guns, Palliser shot and shell, case shot, double shot, carriages, &c. The War Department store vessel Thames, Mr. Hornsey master, went alongside the Falmouth pow der magazine at Woolwich yesterday and unloaded a cargo of rockets, loaded shells, &c., discharged from ships of the service, preparatory to paying out of commission and going into port. The screw steam sloop Zebra, 7, Master Jas. G. Liddel, from Portsmouth, put into Plymouth on Monday for coal, en route for the Cape and China. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. 11. C. Kane, to the Excel lent ; Lieuts. C. E. iteade, Ralph de 11.3.),vtrey, and C. 11. Taylor, additional, to the Excellent, for study; Lieut. A. C. S. Blackett, to the Dauntless, addi tional, for service in tender ; Lieut. M. Byles, tothe Excellent, additional, for study; P. G. Drew, mid shipman, to the Caledonia, as supernumerary ; E. J. R. G-allwey, midshipman, to the Niobe, as super numerary, to join on return of the Niobe to Eng land ; T. Coghlan, M.D., surgeon, to the Malabar ; L. 11. J. llayne, M.D., surgeon, to the Jumua ; S. A. Willis, M.D., surgeon, to the Euphrates ; John Aylen, second master, to the Skylark ; J. S. Hale, second master, to the Wizard ; 11. F. Woods, second master, to the Caradoc ; F. Haslewood, master's assistant, to theSylviaas supernumerary ; D. Leitch, engineer, to the Himalaya ; and Thomas Foster, assistant clerk, additional, to the Black Prince. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. FLORENCE, March 26, Evening. The Chamber of Deputies to-day confirmed 15 elections. Official intelligence has been received here of the death of Senator de Filippi atillongkong. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 27. It is stated that the treaty of commerce between Austria and Belgium will be finally concluded this week. Baron von Beust will accept his election as a member of the Bohemian Diet. SERVIA. BELGRADE, March 26 (Evening). The Prince of Servia has issued a proclamation announcing to the inhabitants his departure for Constantinople on Thursday next in order to thank the Sultan for the evacuation of the Servian for tresses. The only condition of the evacuation is that the Turkish flag shall be hoisted on the Citadel beside the Servian standard. During Prince Michael's absence the Government will be conducted by the Council of Ministers. AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 2G, 6 p.m. A revolution is reported to have broken out in Hayti. President Jeffrard is said to have escaped on board a French man-of-war. The Inman steamship City of Limerick arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices :—Gold, 134 ; Sterling Exchange on London, 109 ; Five-Twenty United States' Bonds, 1091 ; Illinoia, 1151 ; Erie, 57i. Cotton, middling upland, 31k. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, March 2G. The Baroda, from Bombay March 14, arrived at midnight yesterday (25th). FRANCE. BOURSE, March 26.--The market closed as fol- lows :--- 44 per Cents 97 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 95 Do. end month GB 9 Credit Mobilier 452 5U Do. end month 452 50 Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1465 Bank Shares 3550 Italian Loan 63 50 Do. end month 53 95 Moxicsn Loan 22 Do. Bonds 156 25 Spanish Throes Homo Debt Deferred RAIL Orleans 'LIII. For Account. 913 75 Northern ll7O Lyons and Mediterranean 9lB 75 Southern 575 Western 576 75 Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard 413 75 _ . North of Spain ll,O Saragona ll2 50 Ditto to Barcelona — Ronntu. Royal Geographical Society. The ordinary meeting of this society was held onlMonday at Burlington-house, when despatches from Dr. G. E. Seward and Dr. J. Kirk, concerning the reported death of Dr. Livingstone, were read. Before the reading of these documents Sir R. Mur chison, president of the society, addressed the meet ing, observing that he had already ventured to offer several reasons for disbelieving the testimony of the Johanna men, who were the baggage-carriers of Dr. Livingstone, concerning the death of the great traveller, and when the documents had been read, and the map on which Dr. Livingstone's route was marked, as prepared by Dr. Kirk, had been examined, he hoped the following data would be considered : First, if the tale were true, that the spot indicated by the Johanna men as that where Livingstone fell was but little more than a day's march from the frontier of a friendly country, in which the expedi tion had been well received. Such being the case, might not some one or more of the five negroes who escaped have readily found their way back into that same friendly tract? and, if so, why should not one or more of them have as easily reached the coast as all the nine Johanna men ? Secondly, on the other hand, if the story of the Johanna men were a fabri cation, as the Arabs who traded with the Lake Nyassa seemed to think--if, in short, Livingstone forced his way through the limited tract occupied by the Alavite savages (the Johanna men flying from the danger) might he not have been pushed on to Lucenda, the capital of Ca zembe ? Might he not even, for aught they knew, be now in the great in terior lake of Tanganika, the main object of his expedition ? Under such circumstances no news of him could be received for many months, except ac cidentally through some Arab trader coming from the vast interior. In the meantime, while cherish ing these rays of hope, he had to congratulate the meet ing on the very important addition Made to their geo graphical knowledge by this last exploit of Living stone, defining, as it did, the northern end of his own Lake Nyassa. Finally, he would submit to the meeting that if no one of his negro followers should return within reasonable time to verify or contra dict the tale of the Johanna men, and no intelli gence reached them from other sources, why then it would become the earnest endeavour of the Royal Geographical Society—and, he should hope, of her Majesty's Government—to send out an expedition, which could easily traverse the same friendly coun tries that Livingstone passed over and ascertain the truth concerning the end of the undaunted Christian pioneer, who was not merely their geographical envoy, but who was also gazetted by their Sove reign as her Majesty's Consul to all the native chiefs in the interior of Southern Africa. The Secretary then read the documents, of which there were five. The fullest and most important of these was Dr. Seward's despatch to the Foreign office. It was dated Dec. 10, 1866, and the follow ing are extracts If the story of some fugitives from Dr. Livingstone's party be true, he was slain during a sudden and unprovoked encounter with the very Zulus of whom, in the last despatch received from him (dated Ngotnana, May 18) he said that they had laid waste the country round about him. With an escort reduced to 20 by desertions, deaths, and dismissals, he had traversed, as I believe, terra incognita between the confluence of the Leonde and Rovutna, rivers at Ngomana and the eastern or north eastern shore of Lake Nyassa, had crossed the lake at some point not yet ascertained, had reached a station named Kampunda, on its western or north western shore, and was pushing westward or north westward into dangerous ground, when between Marenga and Maklisoora a band of implacable savages stopped the way, a mixed herd of Zulus or Mafite and Nyassa folk. The Nyassa folk were armed with bow and arrow, the Zulus with the traditional shield, broad-bladed spears, and axes. With Livingstone there were nine or ten mus keteers ; his Johanna men, were resting with their loads far in the rear. The Mafite instantly came on to fight. There was no parley, no avoidance of the combat. They came on with a rush, with war cries, rattling their shields with their spears. As Livingstone and his party raised their pieces the onset was for a moment checked. Livingstone fired, and two Zulus were shot dead. His boys fired, but their fire was harmless. Ho was in the act of re loading, when three Mafites leaped upon him through the smoke. There was no resistance, there could be none ; one cruel axe cut from behind put him out of life. He fell, and his terror-stricken escort fled. One of the fugitives escaped, and he it is who tells the tale—Ali Moosa, chief of his escort of porters. The party had left the western shore of Nyassa about five days. They had started from Kampunda, on the lake's borders, and left there the havildar of Sepoys dying of dysentery. Livingstone had dis missed the other Sepoys at Mataka, and had rested at Marengo., where he was cautioned not to advance. The next station was at Maklisoora. They were traversing a flat country, broken by small hills, and abundantly wooded. Indeed, the scene of the tragedy would appear to have been an open forest glade. Livingstone, as usual, led the way, his nine or ten unpractised musketeers at his heels. Ali Moosa had nearly come up with them, having left his own Johanna men resting with their loads far in the rear. Suddenly he heard Livingstone warn the boys that Mafite were coming. The boys in turn beckoned Moosa to press forward. Moosa had just gained the party and sank down behind a tree to deliver his own fire when his leader fell. Moosa fled for his life along the path he had come. His Johanna men threw down their loads and with him fled into the deeper forest. If the Mafite really passed Moosa his escape and that of his people really verges on the marvellous. However, at sunset they iu great fear left their forest refuge and got back to the place where they hoped to find their baggage. It was gone, and then with increasing dread they crept to where their slain leader lay. Near him, in front, lay the grim Zulus who were killed under his sure aim. Here and there lay scattered some four dead mem bers of the expedition. One blow had killed Living stone outright. He had no other wound but this terri ble gash. From their description it must have gone through the neck and spine up to the throat in front. It had nearly decapitated him. Death came merci fully in its suddenness, for David Livingstone was ever ready.' Ihe Mafite respected him when dead, for he was stripped only of his outer clothing. A grave was dug with sticks and the body buried." Ten, whose names are given, stood before the Mafite with Livingstone of these four were seen dead, and the rest, save Ali Moosa, are missing. The Johanna men made their way back to Kampunda. The jour ney occupied 14 days, for, not venturing near a vil lage or station, they lost their way in a jungle. At Kampunda they were deprived of their weapons by the chief, who also kept those of the deceased havil dar of sepoys. The Johanna men found an Arab slave caravan, recrossed Nyassa, and, making for Keetwa, a great slave outlet on the coast, they again encountered Zulus, who scattered the caravan. The Arabs abandoned the ivory and slaves, which con stituted their all, and thought only of saving their lives. The Johanna men escaped, reached Keetwa, and were sent on to Zanzibar, which they reached on 6th Dec. When their story was known the flags were lowered by the foreign vessels in the har bour, and at the English, French, American, Han seatic, and the Sultan's consulates. " The date of Livingstone's death," observes Mr. Seward, " is left to conjecture." He infers that Livingstone left Malaka about the middle:of July, and that the fatal encounter took place during September. The Johanna men name six weeks as about the probable time of their journey, but their statements are vague and untrustworthy. The PRESIDENT, in moving a vote of thanks to Lord Stanley for having communicated the despatches to the society, said he clung to the hope that Dr. Livingstone was still alive, and considered they were not justified in believing him to be dead until they had better evidenc© than that which was at present in their possession. _ Sir SAMUEL BAKER said it was with great pain that he entertained a different opinion from that which had been expressed by their distinguished President, but from the experience he had had in Africa for some five years he felt perfectly certain of what had been Dr. Livingstone's fate. The natives were exceedingly brutal and savage, and instead of its being a matter of wonder that Dr. Livingstone should have been killed it was only a wonder that one out of a hundred should ever re turn from that abominable country. The PRESIDENT said there was a practicable route which was traversed by the Portuguese as far back as 1796, and which he thought it possible Dr. Liv ingstone had taken, and so that would account for no letters having as yet reached this country. • Mr. CRAWFORD was sorry to say that he agreed with Sir Samuel Baker in the belief that Dr. Liv ingstone was dead. Dr. Kirk was a man of great discrimination, and he expressed no hope whatever as to the safety of the eminent explorer. Mr. WALLER, who had been attached to one of the early missions of Dr. Livingstone at Zanzibar, said that it had been stated in some of the news papers that Dr. Livingstone had been in collusion with the slave traders in Africa ; but he had the pleasure to inform the meeting that from letters he had received from Zanzibar he could positively assert that Dr. Livingstone had not been at any time in collusion with the slave traders, and that it was a calumny set on foot by the Arabs without the least foundation. The real danger to all African explora tion was the accursed slave trade. He knew as a fact that 23,000 slaves passed through Zanzibar in a year. His apprehension was that Dr. Livingstone had fallen with his face to the enemy, and that that enemy had been the slave trade. Captain SIIERARD OSBORNE would not express an opinion as to what had been the fate of Dr. Living stone ; but he considered it to be the duty of that Society not to wait but to explore, and if it should have happened that Dr. Livingstone had perished in Central Africa he hoped it might be at tended with the same result as had followed the fate of Franklin in another part of the globe, and that it would lead men on to the solution of the great geo graphical problem of that vast portion of the earth. The vote of thanks was adopted, and the meeting adjourned. POSTAGE TO THE UNITED STATES.—The official correspcndence on this subject has been laid befcre Parliament. The result is that the post office of each country is to make its own arrange ments for the despatch of its mails to the other and receive the postage, the other country making no charge for delivery; and after this year, the Cunard contract then expiring by notice given to that effect, the entire postage on a single international letter is to be 6d. if despatched from the United Kingdom, and 12c. from the United States. It is proposed that the charge for through territorial transit in closed mails be one-tenth of a penny per oz. of letters, and per 10oz. of newspapers, books, or patterns, for every 19 miles travelled ; of single letters, ld. or 2c. for tran sit through either country. It was agreed to fix an earlier date than next New Year's-day for a reduc tion of the rates charged on printed matter and patterns, and the territorial transit charges on closed mails. Instructions have been remitted from the War Department to the Board of Works at Woolwich Arsenal, to make arrangements for the speedy erec tion of an additional shipping pier to extend 300 feet into the river beyond the quay facing the Royal gun factories, so as to facilitate the shipment of heavy materials from the factories direct. The new pier will be built on the plan already adopted with acknowledged success on designs, it is stated, submitted by Mr. Anderson, superintending engi neer, and other officers, somewhat resembling the old T pier, and will be fitted with a crane worked by hydraulic power, capable of lifting about 35 tons weight. The sum of £13,000 has been granted to meet the first year's expenditure on that head, and a further sum will be required for its completion the following year, 1868-9. Rowlands' three great preparations for the hair, the complexion, and the teeth are known in all quarters of the globe. Their famous "Macassar Oil" has been counter feited in France, Germany, and elsewhere, but none of the spurious preparations have possessed the extraordinary properties of the genuine article. Rowlands' " Kalydor" for the complexion has retained its prominent plac e among fashionable cosmetics, notwithstanding the numerous now articles introduced for the complexion. The " Odouto" for the teeth is highly prized by thousands who have used no other dentifrice for years. Rowlands' great succ ess during the past two generations, and their present prominent position as manufacturers, may justly be attri bitted to the excellent character of their articles, and to the fact that, unlike many other proprietors of established fame, they do not allow . their cosmetics to deteriorate in quality.—Boaoit Postscript. "NIS AM.. I '' 1 jn Irr Tat HER MAJERTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 26. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Duchess of ltoxburghe. Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, drove out this morning in a carriage and four. Major -General Hon. A. N. flood, Equerry in Waiting, was in attendance upon horseback. Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart, went out walking. Prince Leopold also walked out, attended by Mr. Legg. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went to Lon don last evening, and was present at the Philhar monic Concert in Hanover-square. Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, and Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bentinck, were in attendance. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, was also present at the concert. Rear-Admiral Henry Mangles Denham, F.R.S., Mr. Henry Pennell, Mr. George Harvey, President of the Royal Scottish Academy ; and Mr. Noel Paton, R.S.A., her Majesty's Limner for Scotland, arrived at the Castle to-day, and had the honour of knighthood conferred on them by her Majesty. Tim Queen was accompanied by Princess Louise during the ceremony. Lord Crofton, Lord in Waiting ; Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bentinck, Groom in Waiting ; and Major General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Equerry in Wait ing, were present. The Duchess of Roiburghe left the castle this morning. Sir James Clark has also left the Castle. Ikr Majesty will, it is expecte-I, visit their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales towards the close of this week, and will very probably remain a night at Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Newcastle is expected to arrive in town to-day from Paris. The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley aro expected to arrivo at their residence on Carlton House-terrace about the middle of next week from Chol mondeley Castle, Cheshire, for the season. The Earl of Bective, M.P., and Ladies Madehue and Adeline Taylour arrived at their residence in Grafton street yesterday evening, from the Lodga Virginia, county Cavan, Ireland. INSIDE ST. STEPHEN'S. (A Sketch front the very able Newspaper, The Day.) The resumed debate, on the motion that the Re form Bill be read a second time, was kept up for some hours last night in a languid and apathetic house. Although the Lords sat but for twenty minutes, only few of their lordships were attracted to the Commons, as it was tolerably well known that the heavy guns would reserve their fire until the later hours of the night. In the lobby, where it is difficult to prevent secrets from leaking out, it was stated before the Speaker took the chair that Mr. Butler Johnstone, the member for Canterbury, who was to open the night's debate, intended to make a " savage attack" on the Bill; and it was also rumoured as not improbable that an amend ment to the second reading might come from the Ministerial side of the House. The result did not, however, justify the report ; but had such a course been adopted several members of the Opposition ex pressed their intention to retire from the House before the question was put. Sir Roundell Palmer, who on Monday night had taken notes of the speech of the Solicitor-General, with the view of answering him, followed Mr. ButlerJohnstone last night, and it was remarked that when the bon. and learned gen tleman resumed his seat there were cheers from both sides of the House. The attendance of mem bers during the dinner hour was barely sufficient to make a quorum, and at one time thirty-seven M.P.'s only were all that were visible to the naked eye. No mischievous attempt to bring the night's debate to an undignified conclusion 11 counting out the house would, however, have been successful, as the Ministerial whips took care to keep an abundant force in hand in case of emergencies. Sir Frank Crossley, one of the members for the North-West Riding of Yorkshire, was not ashamed to compete for precedence during the hours whe n long ranges of empty benches met the eye. Th e hon. gentleman, who enjoys the reputation of being one of the millionaires of the house, stated in t he course of his speech that he himself enjoyed the privilege of voting for fourteen members of Par liament. Mr. Percy 'Wyndham, the member for West Cumberland, speaking from the Bench immediately behind Ministers, delivered a damaging speech, in which he declared tha t being sincerely anxious to settle the question, ho was prepared to go into committee on the Bill, but that preferring the Bill to the Government , h° would rather see the former carried in an amend ed shape, even at the loss of the latter. Mr. Brigh t made a short speech, which appeared to be inspired with much of his ancient fire. The hon. gentleman has recovered from his recent bronchial affection, and was, what singers call, "in capital voice." The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock to break the silence which he had been repeatedly taunted for maintaining so long. His reply was chiefly directed to the elabo rate speech of Mr. Gladstone delivered on Monday evening. The right hon. gentleman made what is termed " a dashing speech" (he is always happier in defence than in attack), but elicited great laughter by referring to the leader of the Opposition as " the Chancellor of the Exchequer." Not happre ciating at the moment t he cause of the hilarity he ad created, Sir John Pak in g ton informed the ri g ht hon. gentleman of the mistake he had made ; with out, however, allowing the incident to embarrass him, he adroitly turned the laugh against Mr. Glad stone by observing that he hoped his mistake would not turn out to be a prophecy. Precisely as the clock marked 1 this morning the bill was read a second time nem. con., and without any extraordinary manifesta tions of feeling on the part of the House. T he Committee is fixed for the Bth of next month. Th e annual financial statement is to be made on the 4th' In the House of Lords the Archbishop o f Can terbury announced that the Episcopal Bench had abandoned the delicate and difficult task of legislat ing against Ritualism, in the hope that a --- 110 :f Commission would take the matter off their_h an "7 . The long-pending debate on the seizure of the before Tor nado is now fixed for Monday evening next , the which time Lord Stanley will, if possible, h ave papers presented to Parliament. THE DEANS are " starring" it at Newcastle. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—PLYMOUTII The Briton's cargo consists of 780 bales of wool and f 3l l ll l' 245 tusks of ivory, 50 cases of ostrich feathers, 1 63 10 rhinoceros horns, 8 bags of shells, 284 cases of gu nl3- r a cases aloes for 3o tleteasPkasroisf E w x i h n i e b , it 2 io 2 n, c i a n sk el s uci f n, se a al h ‘ a s n k d iu s s o , s, l° "I°- ,, ° 1 0 rod— osofn.tg..heersT,ai‘bilre.Bna.ymb.repa.k.wwaitlesornand docks. Ono of he Os paymaster of her g a l esty ship Flora, died at sea on March 21. y e ster" . FLOOD IN THE VALLEY OF THE THAMES. — day the waters of the Thames, in the vicinity of and Eton, swollen by the melted snow and rain, had fise 3 ., considerably, and encroached upon the meadows and low lying lands on the banks of the river. portions of th i o , playing fields of Eton College and Windsor Homo. Pa h l 0 were flooded, while a considerable portion of land t neighbourhood of Datchet was under water. A number of gun carriages, slides, platfornis! transporting carriages, wheels, &c., manufactured, of teak wood, known to resist the ravages of the ren Windse t ant, were yesterday despatched from Woo ge t Arsenal for shipment on board the chartered vessc Victory, about to sail from the East India Doe for Calcutta. They are intended as p atterns to CO able the manufacture of those materials to be carrie d out in the Indian Presidencies as required. Col. • Turner, C. 8., and Brevet-Col. 11. Lewis, Inspector and Deputy-Inspector of Ordnance and 11lagazine01 having gone through a course o instruction in the, Royal Carriage Depar tment at W oolwich, are about to take their departure to superintend the direction, of the department in C alcutta. This arrangenielclv has been in contemplation for s ome years, an having been at length resolved upon, it bas nl e; with general approval. Rail decic year cent. Italia half -5 per also i office Th point day i paliti be n meat and £45,( £20,( (Lim asset; cone Nish] Mari Fire Tl] tic S payir of thi decla main Satui day, 123, At tures dated At nial recon was were 100 i Ac day, Spani prem. Spani A 1 acted rally Stock NortL Brigh out ai being 13k 1 Btu gener have 45q 5 An tion are 3E Mi Angh Natio Finar 2f ; z 721 Bu; very i slight Wale; currei 3 per 1 Do. B per Now New Do. Annu Do. Do Each( Do. Do. Bank Argo! Austr Brazi Do, disco not liebo from Al influx Ti gold Do Do, Boon, Da C uiliz Do, Do Do Do. Do, C üba, D. Ann qua Do. 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