The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-16 00:00:00

14, MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS - U• are CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed till Eleven o'clock. All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will• be exchanged, or the money will be returned. Lists of Prices with rules for Self-measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and " History of London," (second part), gratis and post free. MOSES an d SON E• are Ready-made and Bespoke Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories ; 83, 81, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, Ahlgate ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street ; 1,2, 3, Hart-street ; 137, 138, Tottenham-court road ; 283, Euston-road. COUNTRY BRANCH—Bradford, Yorkshire. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Sule Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Attraction and Novelty for the Holidays. On EASTER MONDAY, April 22nd, will be produced an original Comedy Drama, in Four Acts, entitled T liE GREAT CITY, by Andrew Halliday, with new and charac teristic Scenery. To conclude with the Farce of THAT RASCAL JACK. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ItO YAI , HAYMARIC&T, Sole Lessee and Nlanag,a, Mr. Buckst.,ne. '1';1 TS EVENING, Pk.RFECTION. Mr. Kendal and Miss lone Burke. Atter Nide!, at S, Al YOU LIKE IT. Messrs. Chip. pendale, Flowe, Ito(zers, learren, Compton. Clark, Braid, IVeartier , by - , Co,, Vincent, Payne, &c. ; Mesdames Scott. Skidoos, !one Burke, Vitzwilliatn, &C. To conclude with 11l (.;lIAMPAGNE. Mr Comptot, Mr. W. loarrvn; alleges 11111, Wright, Mrs. Fitz whit:Bm, dz.c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE._ :Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. Uu FASTE t !MONDAY, and during . the week, BAM BOOZL LNG. Mr. K. rrice and Miss liAte Atter which, at ti, TEI V, DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. reenter; Me era .I,,dan, Emery, Pri,e. Widdieem`)e, Fitzpatrick. Nrans. DaVon, Nevtbound, Anderpon, Reynolds. Vivian, Bennett; Misses llenrade, Elsworttiy, GrattAn, and Carlotta Lederer. • ' - • —.----- - . fo eJnelude with a Divertissement, composed by L. Espi post., entitled Tit E ltoliSED SA l'Y it, with L. Espinosa, Mdile. Sophie, and the Ladies of the Corps de Billet. ROYAL P RIN C ESS'S THEATRE, Sole Letieee and Manm.fer. Mr. Geo. Vininff. TIEN EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER.. Memo's. J. G. Shore, 11. Forrester. Followed by, at a quarter before 8, ll' IS NEVER TOO LATE 'l' , ) MEND. Ch macters by Messrs. Vinin , . F. Vil liers. C. Verner, J. G. Shore, S. Calhaem, li. Forrester, R. Thorne, 11. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton ; Misa Page and Miss Katherine if Odgers. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. VI igen. TH IS EVENING, LA VAT ER. Messrs. Clayton, Stuart. .Murray, and Charles Mathews; Mesdames Harris and M Palmer. Followed by T LIE LIAR essrs. C. Mathews, Addis-n, H. J. Montague. and Horalc Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews and Sliss Stephens. After whi h. A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews. Doors open at halt-past Six ; commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII, Sole Proprietor and Mana•zer Mr. 11. Webster. T tits EVENING, at 7, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Yr. J. L. Too!c and Mr. ilillin7ton. Alt. r which, at A, LOST IN LONDON. Messrs. H. Neville..). 1,. Toole, I'. Beilf , rd, Ashley, Ebume ; Miss Neil son, Mrs Billington, and Miss Seaman. To conclu le with TriE STEEPLECHASE; cr, in the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, &Langton, Stephenson, tte. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mana:zeress, Airs Sivanborou<rh. THIS EVENING, at 7, SWEE(HEARTS AND WIVES. Mescirs. l'arselle, Belford, F. Rubson ; Misses Hughes and Newton. Atter which, the Burlesque, ESMERALDA ; or, The Sen sation Goat. .lies+rs. tliorne and Jame,. ; Mesdames A. swan borough, E. Holt, and Newton, To conclude with THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. !=cle rroprietor and Manager, Mr. ref ton Parry. Tins EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Delmore, Miss Foote, alias Lennon. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Delmore, Make, Garden,Vollairc ; Mesdames F. JoAephs, C. Saunders, 13. Foote, Raymond. TIIEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Solo Management of Mr. W. H. C. NATION. Opcn during Passion Week, TUN EVENING (Tuesday), and To-morrow only, Ben jamin Webster's famous Drama, HARVEST ►HOME. ►leesrs. Feruande7, Ateins, Stephens; Misses Edith Stuart, Marion, Mrs. Caulfield. To concitulf with U. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, NYMPH t)I , "I' El E ItL Y BURG, with new and brilliant Scenrrj illustrative of the be..utiiul Ithine. 3iiBSCS Edith Stuart, Eilen I'hirlw.ll, Nellie Clitton, Annie iticharthon; Messrs. Afkina, Stephens, and Arthur. To prevent disappointment seats mast be booked in ad vance. No charge for bills or booking. 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GOWER-STREET STATION is the nearest to E. MOSES and SON'S Establishment, New Oxford street, corner of Hart-street. APOPULAR HISTORY of LONDON f rom the Invasion of Julius C'sesar to the Present time. Part the Second—From 1066 to 1867. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London And Bradford, York-hire. Gratis and post freo on application. THOII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T}us DAY, — l .lornin g , 12h. 4m.—Afternoon, 1211. 30 n 113-41otatow.-111nrning, 12h. 55m. —Afterncon, lh. 181 n, r"? 7 10 -- 4 V7ri. :Jo .c." N5l-1:11 LONDON, TUESD..-IY, APRIL 16, 1867. +----- The affairs of the North German Parliament ever anti an anon engage attention, and naturally so, for they touch an important topic, and the various arrangements, which are being rapidly made, will materially affe:'t the whole of Germany. A change seems recently to have c.)ine over the spirit of the dream, and after spurring up each other for some time, Ministers and Deputies have come to a better understanding, and concession and compromise are the order of the day. Count BISMARCK has devoted all his energies to the accomplishment of the task, and has lately made an impressive speech, in which he declared that, if the Opposition prevented him from completing the work which had been begun, he " should request the KING to relieve him from his post." No doubt this was a very safe threat; but at any rate the House listened favour ably to the propositton3 of the Ministers, to the effect that a sort of compromise should be effected. All the new amendments that appeared were re jected, and the article referring to the payment of the Deputies was struck out. llence, the House has rescinded i's former resolution in favour of such par:tent. This is a satisfactory arrangement at any rate, and we arc very glad of it, because nothing but confusion could possibly have arisen had the plan of payment been carried The scenes that are constantly taking place across the Atlantic surely furnish specimens that he who runs may read as to the folly of pursuing such a course, and the success of the North Ger man Parliament is already so problematical that it needs the imposition of no additional drawback. It is now believed that an entente cordiale may be considered to exist between the authorities on one hand, and the members on the other ; but of course this cannot altogether be relied on as cer tain, for there is no knowing what a day may bring forth in such a complicate] state of things, and with the requirements of BISMARCK and the suspicions of the House it is very improbable that no more contentions should occur. We have no great faith in the working of this scheme of a general Parliament, but since matters have gone so far it will be as well to get things settled as speedily as possible. Many interests are involved in the arrangements now pending, and the state of uncertainty and suspense in which people are being kept is injurious. out. Count BISMARCK has an anxious time of it just now, and no doubt would be delighted to see the end of his labours a little nearer, for it is one thing to make plans and another to carry them out. There has not been any alacrity displayed by those who have settled the preliminaries of this German Par liament to do the bidding of the Berlin Government, nor have they testified the willingness which was so much anticipated; on the contrary, there have been news of strife and contention, such as were only equalled by the sittings of the Prussian Chambers. The secret lies in the fact that when the war was over men began to ask themselves what they had been fighting for, and foresaw more danger in giving unlimited confidence to Count BISMARCK, and allowing him to act as he liked. It is almost amusing to notice the excitement which prevails in certain quarters in Prussia to put a stop to the rumours in circulation a bout Luxemburg. The New Prussian Gaztle of yesterday publishes a telegram from Luxemburg statingthat in the German Duchy there are numerous addresses in circulation, which petition the King of HOLLAND to maintain the independence of Luxemburg, which addresses are receiving thousands of signatures. It must be remarked en passant that we did not see such anxiety testified on the part of Prussian journals to make known the desire for independence and the dislike of annexation which were deeply felt and frequently expressed in many quarters at the time when Count BISMARCK was maturing his plans with so much celerity a few months ago. Then it was quite a different story, but jealousy of France and suspicion of Holland have sharpened the wits and cleared the vision of these political investigators. Perhaps it is censurable to make the remark, now that some time has elapsed since the war with Austria, that as yet we have no proof of the great benefits that have accrued from the new regime. The Prussians are not happier, they are not more contented, and they are not certainly more respected than they were before Europe was aroused from its dream of peace to wit ness the horrors of civil war. Of the two there is positive disunion prevailing among the Prussians themselves, and already many similar prophecies are in circulation as to the duration of the peace and prosperity of BISMARCK. The real tug of war will not commence, however, until the completion of the arrangement of the Constitution. Then it will be seen if the intellect of collective Germany will submit to be crushed down at the dictation of Prussia, and if the several States which have been forced into compliance will yield that assistance without which the success of the scheme is impos sible. It is one thing to win the day in a fight, and another to maintain supremacy in the affairs of home policy. We shall not be surprised if the star of Count BISMARCK, which has so long been in the ascendant, now begins to wane, and finally disap pear from the horizon ; a result which will put a stay to the present comprehensive schemes and changes. A few days later news from New York shows us that the agitation respecting the Reconstruction Act is far from abating. Mississippi has taken active steps, and has petitioned the supreme Court, through Judge STARKEY and Mr. WALKER, to grant an injunction to restrain the execution of the ob noxious enactment. The petitioners argue that the act is unconstitutional, null and void, since it con tradicts the pledge of the Central Government to protect State rights, substitutes military for civil law, and sanctions arrest and punishment without due process of law or trial by jury. The petition further avers that illiss;ssippi cannot under the constitution be expelled from the Union, and that its citizens cannot therefore forfeit their political rights except in individual cases of misde meanour. It claims that the subject is within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and states that the petitioners will abide by its decision. The Court fixed an early day for hearing the applica tion, so that a very important question will pro bably be debated. The petitioners are wise in fol lowing this course. The Supreme Court can hardly allow the terms of the Reconstruction Act to be constitutional. For a civil tribunal to recognise the superiority of military over the civil law in time of peace would be most suicidal as well as un constitutional, and the former proceedings of the judicial authorities render it very unlikely that they will adopt such a course. It is said that a number of the principal Southerners representing several Stites intend to apply to the Court for an injunction to restrain the PRESIDENT and General ORD from carrying the Act into execu tion on the ground of its unconstitutionality. The PRESIDENT is raid by some to countenance this movement, by others to oppose it; but all accounts seem to agree that the Southerners are determined upon invoking the aid of the Court against the enforcement of the Act. A united and temperate movement may probably produce important effects, and, in fact, the issue rests with the Supreme Court. Six months ago the Court might have hesitated to oppose the Radicals, but since then their power and influence have been on the wane. It is true that the mischievous legislation of the pist still bears its fruit in the present, and it will be long if ever its effects are removed. The Exe cutive has been curtailed of its rights and privileges in every direction ; between the overweening arro fiance and love of domination of the Radical party on the one hand, and their vindictive personal dislike to Mr. JOHNSON on the other. The Tenure of Office Bill has deprived the head of the Government of the power of removing or appointing Ministers—a most unprece dented and unwarrantable proceeding. The Executive, indeed, has the right of nominating Ministers, but the Senate must confirm the appoint ments. What should we think if Lord DERBY or Lord RUSSELL were obliged to submit his appoint ments to the House of Lords for their approval ? The despotism fashionable in America is of a pecu liar order. It is veritably the despotism of the many, and so far from the Legislature being the guardian of popular rights and individual liberties, it is the common enemy, the source and origin, and fomentor of all mischief. One of the leading Republican journals, in referring to the recent contests in Maryland, says that it is an attempt to revolutionise the relation of States to the Govern ment, and to lay the foundation of a central power, to whose dictation all States must submit. This is the danger which President JOHNSON long since fore saw, and of which he warned the people who were too heedless or too infatuated to accept the warning. They have set the machine going, and are now astonished at the work it has effected. The vehe mence and recklessness of the ultra party may be guessed from the fact that the old recognised leaders of Republicanism are no longer able to keep pace with the advocates of the new theories. Negro suffrage is no longer recommended or sought for in ordinary argumentative fashion ; it is to be enforced on unwilling states. Mr. SEWARD, who was an earnest and consistent Abolitionist years before the Radicals of to-day were heard of, refuses to adopt such a doctrine, and is consequently denounced as a traitor to the cause. THURLOW WEED, not generally a man of much moderation, has the sense to see the dangers of the headlong course pursued by his party ; perhaps his judgment is aided by the fact of his own loss of influence. "We of the North," he says in a recent statement, " have become as exacting and aggressive after as Southern men were before the rebellion." The South has learned wisdom through adversity ; the North has its lesson yet to learn. The people of the North, however, will never consent to the compulsory adoption of negro suffrage, and day by day the Radicals are losing their prestige. The refusal of the Senate to confirm the appointment of General SLOCUM as naval officer of the port of New York has excited general disgust. It is so evident that no man, however distinguished by long and arduous public service, however loyal to the Union, however individually qualified, has a chance of success with Congress unless he belong to the absolute and intolerant faction which so largely pre dominates in the Legislature. General SLOC U3l went through all the war, and distinguished himself in most of the principal engagements, commanding one of the two columns of that memorable march which virtually decide the fate of the war. Yet he is rejected, as well - as two or three other men of character and ability, but not the extreme Radicals. Another incident has just occurred which has natu rally excited much comment. Gen. BUTLER, of New Orleans notoriety, has brought forward in Congress some extraordinary facts. It seems that BOOTH'S diary, in which he chronicled his plans and proceedings from day to day, fell into the hands of the Government, but was kept back. The evidence which it afforded would have cleared poor Mrs. SURRATT, but for some unexplained reason no mention was made of it. Also from this diary 18 pages are missing, no one knowing who has cut them out. The pages refer to the events preceding the assassination, and would therefore be most valuable. It is altogether a most discreditable affair, and likely to damage the Radical party stil more. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. A despatch in the 3.1 oniteur states that on the 10th inst. the Parliament of Northern Germany agreed to the first reading of the Federal Consti tution article by article, and then agreed to its adoption entire. On the next day the Commis saries of the Confederate States met in conference to examine the modifications proposed in the ori ginal project with a view to agree to such as might appear to be desirable. The Diet was to meet again this day (the 15th) to come to a final decision upon the subject. The convocation of the Prussian Parliament to consider the resolutions respecting the Federal Constitution of the North of Germany will be hastened as much as possible, as that Constitu tion involves the necessity of making modifica tions in the Prussian Constitution, according to which two separate votes are necessary at an in terval of three weeks. The Presse of Vienna states that circular notes addressed by France and Prussia to the Powers who signed the treaty of 1839 have been re ceived iu that city. In the note sent by France it is declared that the changes which have taken plAce in Germany, and particularly the dissolution of the Confederation, have given to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg the power to dispose of that province. Prussia, on the other hand, contends that it is obli gatory upon her to occupy the fortress of Luxem bourg in the name of the Confederation of the North of Germany, which has been substituted for the ancient Confederation, and also for the general interest of Germany. Another Vienna journal received in Paris states that many telegrams have recently been exchanged between the Cabinets of London, Vienna, and St. Petersburg, the object of which is to induce an agreement between the Governments of those coun tries to make a common declaration of neutrality relative to the question of Luxembourg. The Duke de Gramont, the French Ambassador at Vienna, is said to have been ordered to come to Paris, not so much in reference to the Luxembourg question as to confer upon the Eastern question. Upon the same authority it is stated, that France is desirous for a Congress of the leading Powers at which th e Luxembourg question may be gravely and impar tially discussed, with a view to an amicable solution of it. La Liberte gives its opinion, that if England, Austria, and Russia be consul;ed they will reply purely and simply, that the claim of Prussia to con tinue to occupy the fortress of Luxembourg has no sort of foundation, as that fortress has ceased to be Federal, and that it belongs solely to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, King of Holland. " adds this paper, " Prussia, who for six months has not paid any attention to the protests of the Grand Duke of ,Luxembourg, persists in her unjustifiable refusal to evacuate Luxembourg, which with Sar velonis, Mayence, and Coblenz, is to France exactly what were Verna, nantua, Peschiera, and Leguano to Italy, what will France do ? Will she be less fortunate or less skilful than Italy, who, threatened by the Austrian Quadrilateral, changed the menace into a guarantee? Shall we with our eyes blind folded succumb to the Pi ussian Quadrilateral?" The omnibus boats of the SAne have commenced their voyage, although the river is rather high and very rough at present. This mode of transport is very rapid and economical, and the intention is, if possible, to continue it even after the Exhibition. The stoppages at the stations are made with very little loss of time. About two minutes suffice to fix the boats to the station and proceed onwards. The passage from the Pout Neuf to the Pont Notre Dame on the large arm of the Seine is effected with extreme rapidity, but . with perfect ease and comfort. A man at Milbac, in the department of Lot, who THE SUN, L04)11_ ON, TUESDAY EVENIAG, APRIL 16, 1867 was sentenced to a short imprisonment for threaten ing with a hatchet a bailiff who came to make a seizure, has adopted a strange system of abstinence. For a week he has refused either to eat, drink, or speak, in spite of the entreaties of the attendants. He has been taken to the hospital, but persists in his determination, which seems curious, as in a few days the term of his imprisonmen t will expire. The authori- tics intend to bring his wife and children to the prison, in the hope that they may be able to induce him to alter his extraordinary determination. A remarkable plague or disease has manifested itself among the cats in the environs of Brussels. These animals die in great numbers, and in a few hours after vomiting, spasms, convulsions, and other symptoms of poisoning. There is also great mortality among the rabbits, which is attributed to the long continuance of wet weather. On Saturday evening an artist and a well-dressed young girl dined at a restaurant in the Rue Pois sonniere, in a private room. The dinner lasted a lone time. The waiter told his master that he was wanted upstairs with the bill. On going there with the bill the girl, in a tone of astonishment, asked if her friend had not paid the bill as he went out. " No," said he, 44 and you must pay it if he be gone." The lady assured the master that she had only made the acquaintance of her friend at a ball the previous evening. "He asked my name," said th e l a d y , th co mih u e n try o told r lda ehis, love, saying, I live at theßomain and fried gudgeon." At dinner he pressed me to eat a variety of dishes. He asked if I would have fried potatoes. I told him I detested potatoes, but that I adored haricots. At this word my friend got up in a passion, took his hat, and said—`lf you can adore anything wore than me, it is time to go,' and, suiting the action to the word, he left me." In spite of this simple story the restaurateur believed that those two persons were accomplices in the swindle, and insisted that the lady should pay the bill, which amounted to 27 francs. She said she would do so with pleasure were it not for a slight obstacle, that she had no money. A policeman was called in to take her to the neighbouring station. Strange to say on pass ing a tobacconist's shop the gentleman was seen quietly smoking his cigar. Both were conducted before the Commissary of Police, but the result has not transpired. The theatre at the Exhibition is nearly completed, and it is said that the opening will take place on the Ist of May. There will be a prologue and a comic opera. An international ballot is talked of, in which will figure GO danseuses, French and foreign. The Russian houses in the Park attract notice from their peculiar structure and appearance. The wooden decorations are entirely the work of Rus sian artists. The heavy beams placed one upon another may not be architecturally beautiful, but they have a novel and not ungraceful appearance. It is remarked that the gigantic mosaics of admir able finish prove that art in Russia must have existed in the time of the Renaissance, as proved by the specimens sent to the Academy of St. Peters burg. In the Russian collection are the precious stones belonging to the Crown, and some curious articles in brass and other metals. The building is nearly completed. Considering that a violent cold wind has prevailed all day, accompanied with fre quent and heavy showers, the attendance at the Exhibition to-day was quite up to the average. In the French department the completion of the de posit of some of the most interesting objects, clockwork, and jewellery, for instance, has been nearly effected, and apparently all that is to be exhibited will be ready for inspec tion by the end of the week. The same re mark I think will apply to the English department. At all events the wonderful machinery from various parts of England will then be ready to work. At present a good deal of machinery is in motion. There is a separate building for agricultural imple ments and machinery, and all that appertains to the perfection and increase of the produce of the land. This will by no means be the least interesting por tion of the Exhibition. The juries have been ac tively engaged to-day in their duties, and the Com mission have given every facility to enable thein to give their decisions with the least possible delay. The readers of The Sun will have full and early in formation upon the subject. The Gobelins depart inent was very animated to-day. Close by is the magnificent cradle which was presented under thc auspices of Baron Ilaussma3, by the city of Paris to their Majesties for the Imperial Prince. This is one of the articles of prominent note, at all events " to persons about to marry." There is to be an international Scientific Medical Congress at Paris, which will commence ou the 16th of August next, to which medical men of all countries are invited. Grave problems connected with me dicine, diet, and health will be discussed, with a view to the improvement of the medical science and the preservation of life. The cosmopolitan cha racter of this meeting will probably materially aid that intellectual alliance which is calculated to dimi nish the evils " which flesh is heir to." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TILE FRENCH ARMY. PARIS, April 16. A circular has been issued by the Minister of War, dated yesterday, which fixes the sum to be paid for exemption from military service of 3,000 fr. during the year 1867. The price of exemption for each year of military service remaining to be performed is fixed at GOOfr. ITALY. FLORENCE, April 16. The Prefect Colucci has been appointed Director- General of the Department of Public Safety. The Italian Government has given very stringent orders to prevent or repress any attempt to violate Pontifical territory. THE MAURITIUS MAILS. MARSEILLES, April 15. • The Messageries Itnperiales steamer Peluse, with ,he above mails, arrived here to-night (midnight). THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. LA VALETTA, April 15. 11. M. S. iron-clad Ocean has left for Gibraltar. The Resistance is expected here from Athens. The Victoria and Arethusa are awaiting sailing orders. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. FLORENCE, April 16. In yesterday evening's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Ferraris requested information from the Government relative to the late Ministerial crisis, and also up on t h e i nten ti on s of the Ministry respecting the comp os i t i on o f th e Cabinet, the Ro man question, -th e fi nances , the administrative decentralisatio n , an d t h e ecclesiasacal property. Signor Rattazzi replied that he did not feel justi fied in giving information respecting the late Minis terial crisis. The present Cabinet, he said, is guided by the sam e general principles as its pre decessor, these p r i nc i p l es b e i n g also shared by nearly all the pa r ti es i n Parliament. The Ministry will bring forward administrative and financial measures upon the first opportunitT. Relative to the ecc l es i ast i ca l p r operty, Signor Rat tazzi stated th a t h e s h ou ld firmly maintain the ideas which h e h a d expresse d t o his electors on this question. R e f err i ng t o th e Roman question the Minister said—. " The Government will loyally execute the Sep tetnber Convention, and will prevent any attempt that might compromise the future of this question." With regard to administrative decentralisation the Minister declared his ideas to be . Radical. He pro posed to leave to the Government solely that inter vention which was necessary to good administration, Signor Rattazzi observed, respecting the composition of the Cabinet, that no one could say that one pro vince of Italy more than another was represented Upon the conclusion of Signor itattazzi's speech the subject dropped. in it. Deputy Monzani has been nominated Secretary- General of the Ministry of the Interior, and Com mander Sacchi to the same post in the Ministry of Finance. No Secretaries-General are to be appointed to the Ministers of War or Marine. Garibaldi arrived at Florence last night. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 15, Three o'clock.—The mark° closed as follows: 44 per Cents 96 10 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 67 10 Do. end mouth 66 95 Credit Mobilier 375 Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1310 Bank Shares 3415 Italian Loan 49 Do. end month 49 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred rats. For Account. Orleans Northern 1135 Lyons and Mediterranean.... Southern 545 Western 540 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3BO North of Spain — Saragossa — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — The Episode in Friday's Debate. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SlR,—Having read in your paper of this date letters from Colonel Taylor, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Dillwyn touching the " Episode in Friday's Debate," I beg to supply the missing link of the chain through which the statement read by Mr. Osborne was communicated to him. On Friday last Mr. Stanley called upon me and informed me that he had seen on the previous even ing in the House of Commons a memorandum, drawn up by ➢lr. Dillwyn, stating, on the authority of Colonel Taylor, that " Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli were iu favour of accepting Mr. Hibbert's amendment." Ile added that the memorandum had been freely shown to many members, and expressed surprise that I had not heard of it. It struck me that this statement was of the greatest importance as affecting the question before the House, and I accordingly asked Mr. Stanley whether he could give me the terms of the memor andum. He thereupon dictated the memorandum, which was afterwards read by Mr. Osborne, and he assured me that it was substantially correct. He declined to moot the question himself, but was willing that it should be raised in the House, and would be prepared, if appealed to, to vouch for the substantial accuracy of the memorandum. I showed the memorandum to several members, who, without exception, concurred with me in thinking that the matter should be cleared up openly in the House. Among those I showed it to Mr. Osborne, and invited him to raise the question in the House. He said that he would consider the matter, and communicate with Mr. Stanley, to whom I referred him. So much for the facts of the case. I may be allowed to add a few words as to the grounds upon which I acted. I was well aware of the desire felt by many mem bers of the Opposition that the Government should accept Mr. Ilibbert's amendment. Col. Taylor, in his letter in your columns, franky declares that this desire was shared by members on both sides of the House. It is obvious that the acceptance of the amend ment by the Government must have had a material effect upon the course to be taken by the House. It seemed to me that if Lord Derby and Mr. Dis raeli were in favour of the concession, it was not right that the knowledge of that most important fact should be confined to those members to whom Mr. Dillwyn might exhibit the memorandum ; and ] thought that the House was entitled to a public de claration from the Government upon a question of such vital importance. Hence Mr. Osborne's inquiry. It is deeply to be regretted that the House has been, and still is, kept in the dark as to the views of the Government with regard to Mr. Hibbert's amendment ; for the timely announcement of concession on this point would have gone far to settle the vexed question of the and to have avoided th e confl i ct borough franchise, of Friday last.--I am, &c., H. BRAND. 2, Upper Belgrave-street, April 15. P.S.—I take this opportunity of repeating my regret, already expressed in the Ho use, t h at I was precluded, through Col. Taylor's unf or t unate acci dent, from giving him notice, as M r . O s b orne re quested, that the matter was about to be brought forward. - COL.__TAYLOR'S EXPLANATION. Colonel Taylor writes to contradict thestatement made by Mr. Osborne in the House of Commons on Friday. Mr. Osborne stated that Col. Taylor had, in speaking to Mr. Dillwyn, undertaken, as a gentleman and a man of honour, to press upon the Cabinet the desirability of adopting Mr. Hibbert's amendment, and, further, assuring him that Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli were personally in favour of a ccepting it. " A few days since," writes Col. Taylor, 6, Dir. Dillwyn and I were in conversation respect ing the Reform Bill, and he expressed himself strongly in favour of the principle of Mr. Hibbert's amendment. I observed that I was aware that many members on both sides the house wished the con cession to be made, and that 1 had represented the feeling that existed to leading members of the Go vernment ; but that the point was so important that it could only be decided at a meeting of the Cabinet, where it was obviously essential that Lord Derby should be present ; and that, unfortunately, he was th en by his state of health entirely precluded from transacting business. It therefore seemed to me undesirable that a division should be hastily taken on any main point of the bill, as it appeared likely that the votes of many members on the question of personal payment of rates might be influenced by their feelings on a point not really then at issue. I therefore expressed an opinion that an adjournment of the debate would be advantageous, especially as there could be little doubt the Chancellor of the Exchequer would bring the subject of the compound ratepayer before his colleagues at the first conve nient opportunity, and as I believed he was indivi dually not indisposed to give the question a candid consideration. I added that I was not without hopes that some satisfactory conclusion might be arrived at, which would greatly facilitate the progress of the bill and the settlement of the Reform question. There our interview ended ; but about half an hour afterwards Mr. Dillwyn met me again and said he had put upon paper the purport of my remarks, and reading what ho had written, he asked whether it was substantially correct. I assented, observing that our conversation was a private one, that I expressed my own opinion and belief only, but that I had no objection to his repeating what I had said to any of his friends. Mr. Dillwyn has since assured me that the paper in question has never left his possession, and that no copy whatever has been made of it; therefore, the only possible inference is that the statement read by Mr. Osborne was compiled from materials supplied by the too fertile memory of some one of the gentlemen to whom Mr. Dillwyn may have sh own it. I will only add that in conversation with Mr. Dillwyn I never assumed any authority, nor did I name Lord Derby or Mr. Disraeli, except in reference to the illness of the former, and the inten tention of the latter to submit the question to the Cabinet, as I have already stated." Mr. Dillwyn, on the same subject, writes " What Mr. Bernal Osborne read was not a copy of the memorandum in question, and which I neither gave out of my own possession nor allowed any one to take a copy of. The statement he made was substantially incorrect, as neither did Colonel Taylor directly nor indirectly allude to Lord Derby's opinion upon any question in connection with the Rofornt Bill, nor did I state to any one that. he had done so. I have given notice that upon the meet ing of the House of Commons after the recess I shall ask Mr. Osborne how he obtained the paper purporting to be a copy of the memorandum made by me which he read to the House. Had he given me any notice whatever of his intention to bring the matter before the House I should have been enabled to set him right as to the facts of the case." Mr. Owen Stanley also throws his quota of light upon the matter as follows :—" The document was never in my hand at all or a copy of it, except for the few seconds when Mr. Dillwyn asked me to read it in the lobby of the House of Commons about eleven o'clock on Thursday night, and I have never seen it since. Being no secret or confidential docu ment, I spoke of it to several members. I never had any communication with Mr. Osborne until five minutes before he addressed the House, when he asked me if I could substantiate the fact of my having seen such a document ; to which I replied I would if appealed to." The Strike of the Engine-Drivers on the North Eastern Railway. At &large meeting of engine-drivers and fire men, held in the Metropolitan Music-hall, on Sunday night, the following resolutions were unani mously passed : " 1. That the vacillating and oppressive con duct of the directors and officials of the North- Eastern Railway Company justifies the engine drivers and firemen in refusing any longer to sub mit to it. " 2. That this meeting sympathise with the men on the North-Eastern in their present strugglp, and pledges itself to give them every moral and mate rial aid during the contest. " 3. That a deputation he appointed to wait upon the President of the Board of Trade to represent the grievance under which the North-Eastern men are suffering, and desire legislative arbitration be tween them and their directors." The traffic arrangements of the North-Eastern Railway Company are rapidly assuming their ordi nary condition. The directors and managers of the company are determined not to re-engage any of the 1,500 engine -drivers and firemen who struck last week on their various branches of railway, and it seems certain that they will succeed in doing without them. As stated before, the managers have no difficulty in engaging any number of men fully competent to work locomotives. On Saturday alone upwards of 50 applications had to be rejected from persons desirous of filling up the places of the men on strike. The only obstacle to the traffic being fully resumed at once is that the newly-engaged drivers have not as yet made themselves fully acquainted with the road, cross ings, signals, switches, shunting-places, &c. But they are being rapidly schooled by the company's managers and servants, who travel with them on the locomotives for the purpose. The traffic of Saturday, the most trying day of the week, was got through without accident or stoppage, and the running of the passenger trains on Sunday was carried out without any departure from the ordi nary time bills. IVith the assistance of the colliery owners, the shipments at the Tyne Docks are being rapidly brought up to the ordinary daily average, and there will be little detention of shipping. At tiartlepool little inconvenience has arisen from the strike. All the Saturday trains were run from that town ; 14 engines were employed in working the coal traffic at West Hartlepool, and a similar number at Old Hartlepool, and there appears to be a plentiful supply of engine -drivers in the Cleve• land district. Some of the collieries in the neigh. bourhood of the city of Durham were laid off on Saturday in consequence of the North - Eastern being unable to convey the coals to the seaports. But that difficulty is being rapidly overcome, and it is anticipated that these collieries will have re sumed work by this time. A meeting of engine -drivers and firemen not spe cially connected with the North-Eastern system has been held at Newcastle. Mr. Thompson at tended as a deputation from the Engine-drivers' Association. The proceedings were private. It was resolved—" That this meeting deeply sym pathises with the North-Eastern members, and pledges itself to support them in every way; and, further, that the meeting is of opinion that the scope of the strike ought to have greater ramifica tions, and suggests that influence should be used to obtain the sympathy of the men on the London and North-Western and other lines." The meeting further resolved that the men in the northern district should strictly stand by the memo rial they had sent in to the directors. Yesterday, ten of the men on strike—viz., nine engine-drivers and one fireman —were summoned before the magistrates, at York, for breach of con tract. The bench were ,about to proceed with the case of George Preston, who was charged with having, on the 11th inst., without giving the required notice of a month, absented himself from his service, when Mr. Webster, of Darlington, who appeared for the defendants as well as the other men, applied for an adjournment of the hearing, on the ground that the defendants had not had sufficient time to meet the charge, the summonses only having been served late on Saturday. Mr. Gutch, who represented the North-Eastern Company, opposed the application, stating that in Preston's case the superintendent of the loeomotive department had told him on the 10th inst. what the consequences would be if he left with out giving notice. Eventually th e h ear i ng o f t h e cases was adjourned till Th ursday next. Yesterday cases against several men who left the company came before Col. service of the railw a y Scurfield and the Rev. J. W. Smith, magistrates, at Darlington. The first defendant was George Heavi side, who was charged with breach of contract by leaving his service without one calendar month's notice. Mr. Richardson, of York, appeared for the railway company, and Mr. W. P. Roberts, of Man chester, appeared for defendant. Mr. Richardson said that great dissatisfaction existed among the engine drivers on the railway, and the chief cause was that they could not have a " shed day," which means that they could not have one day during the week on which they could remain in shed for the purpose of cleaning and packing the engine. This the directors at fir s t d ec li ned to grant, an d t h e men sent in their month's notice to leave as required by the rules under which they were bound. Upon the men doing this the directors made certain conces sions, among which one was that the men should have a shed day. The men were satisfied, and they withdrew their notice and continued work until the 10th April, when a man named Scrafton, who had already done his day's work, having finished at 10 o'clock, applied to Mr. Bell for his shed day. It must be here stated that there are more men in the Dar- lington district than there are engines, and on this man Scrafton finishing his day's work the engine was despatched to the scene of an accident by a fresh engineman and stoker. There was in consequence no engine for him to clean, and on this account it was refused him. Upon this the whole of the engine drivers left work. Mr. Richardson contended that, if Scrafton had any difference with the company, it was no reason why the other men should have left their work without notice. Robert Bell, locomotive foreman of the North-Eastern Railway Company, said he saw Heaviside on his engine on Wednesday last. Ilis engine was ready for going away. lie was in charge of the engine. He was going to Brance reth. He said he would not go. None of the other .tticu had come to work on that morning. Ile put the engine into the siding and went away. He left in the morning. Thos. Robson, the cashier of the railway, produced the pay sheets for the fortnight preceding the strike. The total paid to defendant was £3 17s. 31.-6 s. 6d. ordinary wage, 12 hours a day, and 7s. a day for long trips. ILe produced the pay-sheet for the last fortnight, up to 10th April. Under the new system defendant had 11i days, 10 hours a day, at 7s. per day. The defendant for driving a large en gine always got 75., making a totalfor the last fort night of £3 18s. 9d. During the fortnight he had two shed days. The entire number of hours was 103, exclusive of shed days. He got 7s. for shed days. Mr. E. Fletcher, locomotive superintendent at Gateshead, said he was present at the meeting at York on March 22, when the me❑ gave a month's notice to leave. He had on the 28th a meeting at Newcastle with the men, when concessions were made, upon which the notice was withdrawn, The HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 14. The Queen drove out to-day, attended by Lady Churchill. Princess Louise, attended by;the Hon. Flora gac' donald, went out walking this morning. Prince Christian also walked out. Prince Henry of Prussia, attended by Captain von Schroetter, went to London, and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. Ilea royal highness afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, has left the Castle for Green' wick-park. Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, and the Bishop of St. David's have also left the Castle. The Japanese troupe had the honour of perform' ing before their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise , Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and Prioc° Henry of Prussia, at Windsor Castle this after noon. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting Wer e in attendance. concessions were-7s. a day, ten hours a day. b ° stipulated that they should have no shed day. Ile promised to visit the districts to remedy any cliffc . rences. On April 4he visited Darlington district. Ile sent for a number of men to meet him, and pro" raised them a shed day as heretofore provided they kept their engines in order. After the men had struck work he went to Darlington and called at three of their houses, but found none of them at bona°. He sent for them to the club, and they would not come. He would never allow a shed doly as long as he had power. Mr. John Bell, the locomotive fore' man at Darlington, was also examined. Mr. Roberts, in defence, urged that the men had no. been f a irlY treated with reference to the shed day. On the con' elusion of his address the case was adjourned until May 13. Yesterday six of the drivers were summoned before the Leeds magistrates, also charged with leaving work without notice. An adjournment until Tbur' s " day was asked for on their behalf, as the summons es were only served on Saturday evening, and the me n wished to have the professional advice of 311. ' Roberts, of Blanchester. The application was 0 P" posed by Mr. Ferns, solicitor, on behalf of the rail" way company, on the ground that the men had hel d two or three meetings since they received the snot' monsen, and it was not usual to grant adjournmen ts except for want of witnesses. The present case wa s different from any other only because there Was 5 , conspiracy of a great number of men to ill-use an d alarm the public. The magistrates refused to po t ' pone the hearing until Thursday, but fixed it to take place to-day (Tuesday). The men yesterday re ceived a telegram assuring them of the full suppor t of the London engine -drivers, and stating that theY were pledged, at the meeting held on Sunday, to de' mand legislative arbitration in all these cases. we t , Ay tiff int The Piincess Christian. The following bulletin was issued yesterday morning : ‘4 Her Royal highness Princess Christian 11 0 passed a quiet night, and the Princess and infant Prince are well." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was hel d on Saturday at the Euston station ; Mr. R. MOO S in the chair. Mr. S. Reay, the secretary, having read tbo notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the first bill he had to dea l with was a bill to enable the company to construct a railway from the Stockport, Disley, and I'VhaleY" bridge Railway, at the Chapel-en.lc-Frith station+ to Sheffield, and for other purposes. When the importance of such a place as Sheffield was consi" dered, they would agree with him that the directo ro could not allow the North 'Western system to be longe r disconnected with that district, and it appeared that Parliament was of the same opinion, for a bill ena bling them to conn ect the London and North-Weste rn system direct with Sheffield had passed the Houo° of Commons. (Hear, hear.) He was happy, lic 4 l : ever, to say that circu m st a nces had occurred whi°' by means of conciliation with the Manchester! Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway Company, woul d save the London and North-Western Company tb ° , expense of further procedure with that bill and 49 ' constructing the contemplated line it had propose d ' (Hear.) He was h a ppy t o say th a t an agre emen t had been come to with the Manchester, Sheffield , and Lincoln Company, and the deed had been dull signed and executed that morning, by which the London and North-Western Company and the Ma n ; chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Companies bad agreed that the North-Western should have all the advantages through the Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincoln line which this new bill and the railway NO' to be constructed under it would give to thew' (Hear.) The London and North-Western Corn" pany were to make their own arrangements for M a' nagement, work their own trains with their oW S staff, and make their own rates. Such being the case, and the directors of the Sheffield company having met them in the conciliatory and in the fair and honourable spirit they had done, there was 11° longer any necessity for entailing on the proprietary the expense of constructing the propotbd new line ; and the proposal he had, therefore, to submit sv 3° , for the sanction of the proprietary to th e w ithdraW 3 ' of the bill. (Hear.) He and those who acted with him, as well as the directors of the Sheffield Cool; pany, had come to the conclusion that they caul ( ' not live by living on each other, and therefore tbel had come to the very wise and amicable deterird o3- tion to which he had referred. The chairman thea moved that the bill for constructing the line b ° withdrawn. Mr. WESTHEAD, the deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. PARKER congratulated the directors of betll companies on the new policy which he hoped wou ld be adopted in future by them and other railwal companies. Mr. WATKIN, M.P., the chairman of the Ma li :, chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, expressed b' gratification that peace had been restored, and h° had no doubt that both companies would work 1 10- moniously in developing the traffic to and fr° o Sheffield. They were all greatly indebted to M r . Smith, the chairman of the North-West e rn aud it committee, for his able exertions in bringing abo ut an amicable arrangement between the t w o cony panies. The resolution withdrawing the bill was then CO" ried unanimously. A bill authorising the company to make a On e ' tion line of three or four miles in length, for con ° netting the London and North- Western and 1% 1311 , - chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways Av 3 ' , also agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then submitted a bill to ex.- ad the time for the completion of the railway Of tT o Dundalk and Greenoro Company, and to en 3b that company to construct new railways at Du ll ; dalk, and to complete certain joint works. Th er a was a clause in the bill to enable the London 811 ~ 1 3 North-Western Railway Company to subs cou £130,000 towards the construction of those rail The bill, after some discussion, was approved' t The next was a bill for conferring on the G I. Western Railway Company further powers in lation to their own undertaking and the undertatl. ings of other companies, which was also appro ved. A bill to enable the North London Railway Ce l11 ( i pally to widen further portions of their railway , W I for granting various additional powers to the Lefl : don and North-Western Railway Company in e° d , nection therewith, was agreed to, and the proc eed ings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair man and directors. THE TEA TRADE, April 15.—The deliveries it:, London made up for the week were 1,509,2071 b., being o x, i ncreaw 29, 1;171b. as compared with the Pl:eVi9l.l4