The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-02 00:00:00

MET ROP 0 LIT A N RAILWAY. GOWER-STREET STATION is the nearest to E. MOSES and SON'S Establishment, Now Oxford street, corner of Hart-stroet. EMOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS • are CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed till Eleven o'clock. All articles axe 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 an( Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and "History of London' (second part), gratis and post free. MOSES and SON • are beady-made and Bespoke Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. LONDON HOUSES, 151, 155, 15 1 3, 157, Minories ; 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89. Aldgato ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street ; 1,2, 3, Hart-street ; 137, 138, Tottenham-court road ; 283, Euston-road. CouNTRY BRANCH—Bradford, Yorkshire. APOPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present time. Part the Second—Prom 1066 to 1867. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Ahlgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London. And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free on application. .""""'" THEA'URE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. sole I ,es see and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS r. l ; ENING, rr iIEGR EAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warne , , F. Morton, J. Fitzjames, C. Harcourt, F Vi liers, J. C. Cowr er, W. Pd'lutyrr, J. Rouse, J. Irvimr, J. 13. Johnstone; Mesdames IL Robertson, R. G. Le Thiere, C. Thompson. To conctir.de with THAT RASCAL JACK, Messrs. J. Xeville. C. Warner, J. 11,use; Mesdames R. Aleyne, C Thompson. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAI, HAY:NIARKET, Sole Lessee and Manag.r, Mr. Buckstane. THIS .141 TEN NG, THI , I WOLF AND THE LAMB. Messrs Chippendale, earren,G,rdon, &c. ; Mrs. F'itzWiitlam, Miss Fanny WriOit, Atter which, A WILD GO' , SE. Messrs. Sothern, Buck stone, Rogers. Gordon, White, Vincifilt, Weatiier , by, &e. ; 3lesdsmes Surke, Hill, Chippendale, Laws, Sidney, .tee. To conclude with A KISS IN TIIE DARK. Mr. Clark; Mrs. Fttzwilliam, &c. Commence at Seven. IIEATRE ROYAL ADELVIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. (tenth Mite\ a new Musical Drama, GA.KIBA LDI IN SICILY. Miss R. ideu, Miss E. ritt ; Messrs. lc. s, J. G. 1 aylor, and Ashley. After whit'. at S, LOST I*4 LONDON. Messrs. H. Neville..l. Clarke, I'. Boa rd, Ashley. Ebume, C. J. Smith ; Mrs Billiugton, Miss Neilson. and Miss A. seaman. To oonclude with A FKETFUL PORCUPINE. Messrs. J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, Stephenson, and Mi.s e;. Pitt. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. T ,IS El' ENING, T 14; BEST WAY. Messrs. Clayton and H. Wigan ; Mrs. St. Henry. Followed by THE LIAR. Itessrs. C. Mathews, Addis , n, H. J. Montague and Horaze Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews and Miss Stephens. To conclude with OLYMPIC GAMES. Messrs. 11. .1. Montague, G. Vincent. D. Murray ; Mesdames E. Farrell. G. Moore, Sneridan, Harris, N. Harris, st. Henry, and Roselle. Doors open at halt-past Six; commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING. Atter which, at 8, Tfl E DUKE'S 5.10TT0. Mr. Pechter ; Me era Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, leitzputrick. EVAII , , Dairon, New bound, Ander.on, Reynolds, Vivian, Bennett ; Misses Ilenrade, Elswortby,Gratt..tn, and Carlotta Leciercq. To conclude with A Divertissement, composed by L. Espi nosa, entitled rIIE TWITS S.-L' 1 It, wilt L. Es i dnosa, 3/dlle. Sophie, and tae Ladirs of the Corps de B.liet. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Sole Lessee and Managercaa. firs Swanborou:ll. THIS EVENING, SWEE TH KARTS AND WIVES. Alter which (11th time), PYG 31 ; or, the Statue Fair. Alessrs. 1 luorne and dame ; liesdames A swan borough, liaynharn, Harland, Johnstone, Newton, and Holt. To conclude with Tll E FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Croprietor and Manager, Mr. :•etton Varry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, kliss Lennox. After which, lioucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire; Mesdames Y. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raymond. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. T Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. U. NATION. Production of an entirely New and Original DrAtna, tounted on Charles Dickens' - nored work " [lard Time," entitled " UNDE Lt T &M.TH. ; or, The Sons of oil." THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), May ?, an entirely Dew and original Dramatic Adaptation ct Dick, DS'S work, „ Hard Times, ' entitl• d UNDER THE EARTH ; or, The Foos of Toil, with vie strikin4 and effective Mine Scenes. Messrs. Fernandez, Atkins. Stephens, Richardson; Misses Edith Stuart, Marion, Mrs. Caulfield. To conclude with H. J. 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THIS DAY. —Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m, I'a-Mon tow.-Morning, lh. °ln.—Afternoon, 111. 24w 553 e vi 44 . wgiv LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1867. a onin To-day th e t h oughts of all turn naturally to the subject of Reform, and we seem to take up the dropped links of the chain which were relin quished for a time When the welcome Easter recess came on. It is with a very different feeling, how ever, that the real well-wishers to the cause regard this episode now before us, compared to that which influenced them at the former periods of the session. In consequence of circumstances, in some degree beyond any-one's control, it has been a very arduous task to introduce a bill on the subject at all, and when it was once fairly set before the Howe a most factious course. was pur sued by Mr. GLADSTONE, and of course that en tailed endless trouble, and caused dire confusion in all directions. As the worst part of this business is over as regards the Ministers, it is now of more consequence to consider the future than the past of their measure. What reason, we may well ask., exists to prevent the speedy passing of the bill through committee ? and why should not all minor considerations give way to the real object being accomplished? We have seen that neutral ground can exist, upon which both the Conservatives and the real Liberals can meet to further a common object, and hence we feel no doubt as to the final accomplishment of the end in view. On the part of the Ministers it is certain that there will be no hindrances in the way. Mr. Disitama has declared over and over again that the Government would meet the mem bers of the House half way, and more than half w ay, in any proposition to improve the Bill that they might deem .it advisable to bring forward, and be has given sufficient proof of the sincerity of this avowal. Mr. GLADSTONE showed his malignant hostility to the Government, and his indifference to Reform itself in the cunning manner in which he framed all his schemes ; whether they take the form of amendments, and instructions, or resolutions, it was all the same in the end ; he framed them so as to force the Government to a refusal of the pro position in question. Fortunately for the interests of Reform and the country the house saw through the device and refused to question the right hon. gentleman at the expense of right and reason. It will not do at the present stage of affairs to renew the unworthy tactics of the earlier part of the session, and it will be necessary for hon. members to watch eagerly lest the friends of Reform be outwitted by its crafty opponents. Rather a suspicious course is being pursued by the right hon. gentleman the member for South Lanca shire, as he must now be styled, and his immediate friends, the former keeping in retreat and writing letters to various places, and the latter waxing very indignant on his behalf, and asserting over and over again, with unnecessary vehemence, that he must be reinstated as the Leader of the Opposition. Nobody displaced him but himself, and we suppose nobody would prevent him going back again, but that is not the thing. lie must be begged and prayed, and terms must be had, good, bad, or indifferent, as the case may be, in order that he may be propitiated. As so little notice has been taken of these devices hitherto, an attempt has been made to force on a denouement l'y call ing a meeting of the right hon. gentleman's con stituents. Mr. GLADSTONE declined to appear, however, but had recourse to his old expedient of writing letters. Very little, however, is to be gained by the perusal of his epistles ; he does not say whether he is going to do anything or nothing, and if he is going back to the House as leader of the Opposition or not. This is trifling with the public and insulting the party he presumes to represent so faithfully. What we have to do with, however, is the bearing all this has on the Bill in committee, and which will again to-night engage the attention of the House. Are we to understand that under some new form Mr. GLADSTONE is to reappear as the determined enemy of the Government measure, and is he employing his provincial leisure not wisely but too well in framing deep-laid plans an I schemes of vengeance ? If so, it will be necessary for those independent Liberals who have before this come so faithfully to the rescue to show that they are still determined to hold fast and not to be bamboozled. He may well say in respect to this measure that " hills peer o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise" in the way of difficulties. The one next in the list in point of magnitude is the question of residence, and this we consider the noble Premier very satisfactorily disposed of on Tuesday when he said that it was a " matter for discussion" what the " certain period should be." Sad tidings to the llawarden philosopher, and a dreadful disappointment to those zealous patriots who were ready to compass heaven and earth to force the Ministry to resign or to dissolve upon the question. The " lodger franchise" will then, we suppose, be promoted to the foremost rank in the list of bugbears; but this, it will be remembered, Mr. DISRAELI has engaged on behalf of the Government to give a fair consideration to. Really when we come to take things one by one the difficulties seem to vanish, and the good may be said to be visible dimly in the extreme distance, but still apparent. The Government will assuredly return to their work like giants refreshed, and kill see in temporary disappointments and minor ob structions but new incentives for exertion and addi tional reasons for care and judgment. The Conservative party is certain to rally round their chief, who has led them in safety through the perils of the wilderness, and passed the fiery serpents that abounded in it to the verge of the promised land. The Liberal party is the chief reliance of those who desire to see a Re form Bill passed, but those who gave the Govern ment a majority will not, we are convinced, now fail through inadvertence and inattention. Let them be wary and cautious, and all will go well, but let them not slumber at their posts, or they may be suddenly surprised and routed. It is with hope and confidence that this era of the session dawns upon us—hope that will not be disappointed if all do their duty, and confidence in those who have shown themselves worthy of trust. It must not be supposed that the work is done, but these changes and alterations deemed requisite in the Government measure are not the real sources of difficulty and danger; these spring from a totally different point—the spirit of faction which rides rampant in the minds of those who should know better than to give way to the unworthy feeling. We are sorry to find that the heads of the Reform League are so ill-advised and foolish as to persist in their intention to hold a grand demonstration in Hyde Park next Monday. By such a course they are only disgusting the great body of the public, whatever their political sentiments ; and it is to them, in spite of all loud denunciations and eloquent anathemas, that Reformers of any kind must look for the practical furtherance of their principles. The conduct adopted by Mr. BEALES, Mr. BRAD LAUGH, and others, is, however, beginning to wear the appearance of being animated by a wish for notoriety, a desire to attract atten tion, and become the heroes or martyrs of the day as the case may be. If we come to examine the foundation of their proceedings we shall be rather puzzled. They want to meet for the purpose of protesting against the Government Reform Bill. Why ? Because it does not include mauhoJd suffrage and the ballot ? But neither did Mr. GLADSTONE'S Bill of last year, which Mr. BEALES was prepared to do battle for. But surely a bill which admits every ratepaying householder to a vote must include more voters than a bill which stops at £7. Yet the agitation of last autumn was chiefly directed against those who had thrown out t h e £ 7 Bill, and thus disappointed the working man. In fact the vials of the wrath of the Leaguers were alternately poured out on the Liberals who had refused to accept Mr. GLADSTONE'S Bill, and the Tories, the "enemies of Reform," who had Jan:3 to come into office. The whole tone and tenour of last year's acts and speechei gaye , the public reason to Suppoge I THE SUN, LON{ ON, THURSDAY EVEN that the Leaguers were convinced that Lord DERBY would never introduce a Reform Bill. What are we then to think when we find the agitators pursuing the same course which they would have followed had the Government resolutely opposed all Reform whatever ? It is easy to keep to generalities, to declare in vague terms that the Ministers are de ceiving the people, and that the Leaguers will never rest until they obtain a full, perfect, and satisfac tory measure. But the public before they act in support of the League must understand what their definite objects are. If they are manhood suffrage, paid members, aryl annual parliaments, the general opinion of such improvements was pretty strongly expressed regarding them some years ago. As for the Ballot we have been among its stanchest supporters for many years past, but if we are to test the sin cerity of the Reformers of the working classes re specting it, we should like to see them apply it among themselves. An unanswerable answer to the charges brought by noble lords and honour able gentlemen against the Ballot is that they habitually use it themselves in their clubs and associations. In the same way, if the working men want the Ballot adopted in elections, wby don't they try in in their unions ? We apprehend Mr. POTTER would not much care to see his rules in reserve put through such an ordeal. Leaving all these questions on one side, however, there is no doubt whatever that if the League, or any other body, choose to assemble in a lawful manner in a suitable place to find fault with everything and everbody they have a perfect right to do so, and any Ministry who disavowed this right would have but a poor chance of existence. But we must not for get that the abuse of liberty becomes not only license, but tyranny, and it by no means follows because the right of free public meetings is dearly can prized musterb y Li g l l a i s r h g i e n e n n u h b a e t r s a s n h y o u n l d o i s y have i w g h h o t of assembling when, where, and how they please, to the interruption of other people's business or pleasure. Mr. JOHN STUART MILL, whose opinion Leaguerseanxhamrd, in his toolybe admirable book on proudtotake, lays the it downm an aio liberty, that every one should be allowed free scope for his own devices, so long as he does not trench on the liberty of others. The Leaguers must ad mit that they are doing this. They are inter fering with the shops along the route, with the ordinary traffic of the streets, with the pleasure of the usual park-goers, and all, as it would seem, from the very spirit of perversity that made the Arabian Princess, in the midst of all pos sible wealth and luxury, set her heart on the very thing she was forbidden to have. The Leaguers have places enough of assembly, open and private. They may meet by the thousand, and abuse the aris tocracy, the middle classes, the recreant working men who object to their dictation, Queen, Lords, and Commons as they like, in terms which would petrify Count BIS:11MM, alarm the whole of Paris, and very certainly would not for a moment be tolerated by their model Republicans over the Atlantic. But all is useless unless these harangues and these diatribes can be uttered in a particular place. What is to IT done ? We have no sort of guarantee that when once this desire is satisfied these good gentlemen may not set their minds on some other unattainable roc's egg, since it is clearly only the difficulty of at taining the prize that mikes it worth having. No one can suppose that Hyde Park, beautiful enough as a pleasure ground, has any advantage over Primrose-hill or Clapham-common as a place of meeting. Perhaps the next move may be towards the floor of the House of Commons, and veritable M.P.'s may hear their misdeeds denounced from the upper galleries. Perhaps the lawyers may be honoured by a visit in the Temple-gardens, sinoe the object is to display the sublime superiority of the League to all doctrines of law and order. Who knows but—these desires satisfied—the soaring ambition of the formidable BRADLAUGH may not reach to the reception-rooms of Buckingham Palace —possibly to the long-drawn aisles of Westminster Abbey. lle may even feel called upon to hold a "special service" of his own under the dome of St. Paul's ; in fact there is in this aspiring age no limit at which we can hope he will restrain his progres sive energies. As veteran Reformers who,in spite of every change of Government, of party, of Parliament, through popular agitation and public indifference alike, have steadfastly supported the doctrines of Constitutional progress, we protest against such an abuse of great principles and great objects. The Bill of '32 was carried, it is true, in the midst of turmoil and vio lenca ; but, in spite of all its shortcomings, it did its work so effectually that those scenes need never be repeated. If the great Reform Bill of GREY and BROUGHAM did not enable the people of Eng land to secure the representation of their political opinions by peaceable means it did nothing. A body of men struggling manfully against Court and Cabi net, against force and fraud in behalf of a popular right is a noble spectacle, but there must be a great end to dignify and justify the means. A perverse defiance to the authorities of the day on a matter which involves no principles, instead of being sublime, would be ridiculous, if it were not at the same time mischievous and discreditable to a great and hard-fought cause. CORRESPONDENCE FRObl PARIS. -- --~ --- (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The Moniteur affords a striking proof of its con fidence in the pacific tone of affairs. After men tioning that " a certain apprehension in regard to the maintenance of peace" had led to a proposed increase in the army, it says that " the pacific news received within the last few days has determined the Emperor not to adopt any new measure relative to the army, so as to give no pretext for exciting public opinion, and in order not to interfere with the hopes of peace. Thus the purchase of horses will be confined to the number strictly necessary, and the soldiers on leave who were about to be called into active service will be allowed to return borne." According to all the information received by the Paris papers, there is no doubt whatever that Prus sia consents to the principle of the neutralisation of Luxemburg, and consequently the general feeling now is that peace will be maintained. The Berlin papers, which a few days ago were full of fire and fury, now begin to draw it mild, and are as conci liatory as they were violent and warlike. The only condition which Prussia will require, they say, is that the neutrality of the territory of toe Grand Duchy of Luxemburg shall 13.. t guaranteed by the great Powers. It is stated on good authority that the only point to be now settled by the Powers is the day when the London Confgencc shall assemble. The meet ing will take place without delay. A letter from Berlin states that the Prussian Cabinet has in formed the French Government that it will consult its convenience as to the period for the meeting of the Conference. It adds that the probability is that in the course of next week, at the latest, the am bassadors of Russia, Austria, Prussia, and France, with the representative of the King of the Nether lands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, may hold their first meeting in London. It is believed that the Government will make an official communie ,tiou to the Legislative Body on the subject to-morrow. The furniture at the Exhibition mud Quite wonder and admiration. It can hardly be a fault but for general purposes it is too costly and magni ficent, and there are such fanciful articles connected with this branch of industry that it is puzzling to tell for what purpose they are designed. For in stance, in the Pavilion du Hanovre there is an article of furniture in ebony, the value of which.is esti mated at 400,000 f. or £16,000 sterling. Of course the wood, however expensive, forms but a small item of the cost. The polish, the ornaments, the decorations, the gold and silver, the imitation of precious stones, and the time, labour, and taste displayed in the manufacture must be paid. The French furniture in the Galerie Mobilier is marvel lous,and must convince every one that France is en titled to take a high if not the first rank in this branch of manufacture. Furniture to be seen here is not a mere specimen of manufacture. Art and taste in all their forms are called into exercise ill its fabrication. Several of the Paris papers sup port this view of the French furniture by directing attention to the m agnificent articles exhibited by M. GrohO, manufacturer to the Emperor. The English inspect them also, for M. Groh is not unknown in England, as he obtained a prize at the 1862 Exhibition. All the furniture in this section is remarkable. Last Sunday the number of visitors to the Exhibition was 70,000, although the weather was very unfavourable. Emperor in the e nais nog nearly avenue The opposite en the eecpteodnt f d o e r z th e completed. It Is of Algerian form, and is divided into three parts. It is one of the most striking and beautiful buildings of the whole Exhibition. The grand salon is magnificently ornamented. The carpets, which represent allegorical subjects, were manufactured at Neuilly. The arch of the dome is richly decorated with paintings and devices in the style of Louis XIV., the style which pervades the whole building. The two smaller saloons are hung with rich Lyons silk. A balustrade of coloured marble encircles the pavilion. M. Lehmann, the Government architect, superintended the erection of the building. The paintings on the ceiling and pannels were executed by M. Voillemot. A large establishment at Havre intends to give successively to all the persons whom it employs a holiday for five days, and a present of 100 francs to enable them to visit the Exhibition. Music will be triumphant in July. The various societies who will compete for the prizes will form a band of 4,000 instrumentalists. The vocalists will be more numerous. Four prizes will be awarded, the first a gold medal and 5,000 francs ; the second, a m e d a l of 3,000 francs; the third a medal of 2,000 f rancs ; the fourth, a medal of 1,000 francs. Each corps w i ll execute two p i eces. The jury will ba composed of eminent French and foreign musicians. The competition by the military bands of Europe will take place at the Palais de 'Judas trie on the 21st of July. The guards will represent the French n a ti ona l music. Mil i tary b an d s are to come from Spain, Belgium, Holland, the Grand Duchy of Bad en , an d Austr i a. A ustr i a i nten d s to send Marshal Benedek's regimental band. The com mission, IN hich providei for everything, imagining that by possibility some of the members of this har monious legion may not have a credit on Rothschild, has arranged that they can have beds at a shilling a night, and be boarded at the rate of one franc for each repast, good and abundant. This morning was lowering, cold and stormy, but towards the afternoon it became warm and beauti ful, and ushered in appropriately the " Merry month of May." The consequence was that the Exhibition has been very much crowded, and the gardens, park, and indeed the whole establishment, have presented a scene of great animation and plea surable excitement. Within a day or two increased facilities have been given for visiting it. Hand some and convenient omnibuses go from the Palais Royal at frequent intervals, and the charge is only six sous. For the same small sum you may go from the remote suburb of Bercy by the Seine. In the month of May there are many curious and interesting fetes in France, and on this day, the Ist of May, commences au epoch—observed with veneration by the religious world—the ilfois de Marie, or month of the Virgin Mary. At this period in all the churches the altars are decorated with flowers, incense is burnt, and various imposing ceremonies take place. At the church of St. Philippe the sea son was inaugurated to-day with much religious pomp and fervour. In the provinces of France various ceremonies dating from olden times are ob served. In Provence, on the fete of May, a young girl decorated with flowers forms a prominent object iu a procession. In la Bresse shepherds bearing flowers also join in a procession, where a young girl, called la Belle de Mai, surrounded with leaves and flowers also appears. In the villages which border the Rhine a young girl is borne in procession on a dais ornamented with garlands, bearing a sceptre of flowers, and crowned with white roses. She is called the rural Queen of May. In former times it was the custom to salute her with a kiss, but now a small piece of money is presented. At Nimes there if, a procession of children with the Queen of May. She is seated in the public square on a chair ornamented with roses, and the children ask for a little money to add to her marriage dowry. The records of France are replete with striking events which occurred in the mouth of May. Bryden died on the Ist of May, 1701. It was on the Ist of May, 1472, that the Angelus prayer was insti.uted, in consequence of the alarm with which the Turks inspired Christianity. On the 3d of May, 1324, the floral games were instituted at Toulouse ; and it was iu May, 1609, that Jansen invented the telescope. It was on the sth of May, 1821, that the first Napoleon died. On the 7th of May, 1717, the Czar Peter the Great came to Paris; Joan of Arc delivered the city of Orleans on the Bth of May, 1429 ; Louis XV. died on the 10th of May, 1774 ; the French gained the victory of Fonteuoy on the 11th of May, 1745 ; the deaths of Heloise, Voltaire, and Ravaillac took place in the month of May. In that month, too, Troy was captured by the Greeks. The strike among the tailors is over, and the masters have reopened their shops. The Grand Central Belgian Railway Company will shortly open the traffic on the line, which is now in course of construction, to give direct com munication between Autwerp and Douai. This line will 'enter France by Cond6, and proceeding from thence to Anzin it will join the line from Anzin to Denaiu and Somain. The Anzin and Somain Railway belongs to the important . Coal Company of Anzin. At Somain a branch line will communicate with the Nathan line near Douai, and near Catnbray with St. Quentin. Thus an im portant facility will be given to the railway com munication between France and Belgium. A German paper states that Count Bismark has purchased a beautiful estate in Pomerania from Count de Blumenthal, where the great diplomatist passed the Easter holidays. The sum paid for the estate was 3,750,000 f. STATE OF TRADE• NOTTINGHAM, May I With the opening day of the present mo n th, w hi ch is usua ll y a g ood time for business, there i s rat h er more s ti r i n the home de partment of the h os i ery trade, an d the gradual im provement is naturally expected to become more general as the season advances. There are a few buyers in the town for the foreign markets, but they are very cautious in placing orders. The antici pated settlement of the Luxemburg difficulty is looked for with much interest, as likely to give an impulse to bu s i ness w i th Germany , which has lately been in a sta gnant condition. Y a rns are a little firmer, the up war d tendency be i ng a ttributed to the altered positi on o f the dispute b etwe en France and Prussia; but, as American sorts of cotton were lower last we e k th an they have been for four ye a rs , a rising indic a t ion excites no surprise. The work men are mod erate l y well emp l oYe d • In the lace manufactories some good orders for shipp in g are on hand, but the home trade is quiet. As the German s are good cu s t omers for Nott i ng h a m lace, a better demand may b e con fi dently expect on a pacific settlement of Conti nenta l com plications. ed VII.. William Law has beon appointed an addi tional assistant -secretary to tho Treasury. Mr. Law is one of the principal clerks, and was private Secretary to I=4 Atuaoll for many yearn, NO, MAY 2, 1867. LA TEST INTEL LICENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. , NEW YORK, May 1, 6 p.m. Closing prices :—Gold, 1351. Sterling Exchange on London, 109 f ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 107-1 ex coupon ; Illinois, 1141; Erie, 63f. Cotton : Middling Upland, 29 ; Petroleum (refined), 25c. PORTUGAL. LISBON, May 2. The health of the Qieen haring been one of the reasons which gave rise to the projected foreign tour of the Court, it is now stated that her Majesty will probably leave the capital on the 4th inst. for Italy via Madrid. The King will remain at Lisbon. SPAIN. MADRID, May 1 (Evening). The Duchess of Montpeusier has given birth to- day to a son. The amount of the Spanish floating debt at this date is 103 million reals. FRANCE. PARIS, May 2. M. Jonas yesterday presented to the Minister for Foreign Affairs his credentials as Charge d'Affaires for the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg at the French Court. BOURSE, May 1, Two o'clock.—To-day the settlement is taking place on French Rente, the stock of which would appear to be exceedingly scarce, there being a deport of 20c. The market continues to maintain a guarded attitude ; whilst the quotations of stocks are firmly maintained, those of miscellaneous securities have not ceased to lose ground since the opening of business, Credit Mo bilier being somewhat conspicuous by a fall of 17f. 50c., to 372 f. 50c., and Immobiliere of 16f. 25c., to 182 f. 50c. Spanish Mobilier have declined 6f. 25c., to 226 f. 25c. Italian Fives are unvaried at 47f. 50c., and French Threes have improved 10c., viz., to 67f. 60c. A notice has been posted up at the Bourse to the effect that a daily purchase of 69,000 f. of Rente will be made during the present month. There is little doing in railway shares, and the ten dency is towards lower rates. The tours de compen sation has just been fixed as follows, viz. :—Four and-a-Half per Cents., 96f. 25e. ; Fours, 82f. 50c.; Threes, 67f. 70c. ; and Treasury Bonds, 4561. 25c. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows:_ q per Cents 96 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 75 Do. end month 67 7 7 1 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foueier — Do. end month 1365 Bank Shares 3375 Italian Loan 47 80 Do. end month 47 75 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred .WAYS. For Account. Orleans Northern II3U Lyons and Mediterranean BB3 75 Southern 547 50 Western :517 50 Eastern Sardinian. — Austrian Lombard 378 25 North of Spain — S aragost a — Ditto to Barcelona — Kamm. — THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD.— " Brownlows" is continued at some length, and in this instalment the story becomes more complicated, and the extraordinary plans of Mr. Brownlow are more matured. Some of the passages are very well described, and exhibit great skill on the part of the author. The reader is fully impressed with a sense of the miseries that attend those who have riches and acquire a position to which they are not fully entitled, and thus pass an anxious time in the fear and expectation of being called to account for their possessions. The political article of this month is called " The Reform Bill." An animated account is given iu it of the chief events that occurred during the stormy period of the weeks preceding the Easter recess, and those who may have for gotten some of the incidents will do well to re fresh their memories by a perusal of the details here met with. Among the most striking pas ,„ges we may mention that in which the arduous exertions of Mr. Disraeli are referred to, ex ertions which resulted in a success such as was never witnessed before in any legislative assembly, " an entire change of position in regard to parties." As is truly stated, the difficulties in the way were of the most formidable kind, and with which only genius of the highest order, extraordinary clever ness in dealing with men, and a command of temper which passes all praise, could venture to cope : Genius, adtuirable management, temper,. and tact, all have been exhibited to au exte n t such as has been rarely witnessed in the House of Commons or out of it. For let us not forget that the battle has been waged w bile the commander of the forces lay upon a sick-bed, incap able of taking part in it. Now, this, to almost any other statesman than Mr. Disraeli would have been ruin. He became at once personally responsible for every stop taken. Lord Derby was too ill to be consulted ; and so in another man's Cabinet the Chancellor of the Exchequer wits forced to assume an amount of authority which did not of right belong to him ; otherwise c on f us i on wouli have followed, and with confusion defeat must have come. Mr. Disraeli did not hesitate as to the course which it behoved him to follow. fie assumed the r esponsibility. He found hi' colleagues stanch. He arranged his movements with such coueummate skill, that without sacrificing a single prin ciple ho was always ready to m eet the enemy wherever they s h o wed themselves, and to overthrow them." „ There was an at tempt made, a f ew weeks ago, to de nounce him as shift y — feeble —eff e t e. The speakers and w riters who indulged in these flights of r h e t or i c w ill scarce ly, we suspect, trim their feathers again in the same direction. Mr. Disraeli has proved himself able, and there fore worthy, to lead the H ouse of Commons under circum stances the most trying that ever beset a statesman." The " terrible mistakes" which Mr. Gladstone has committed since he began last session with a ma jority of seventy at his back, until he has now routed his followers, alienated his friends, and a ll but dismissed himself from the leadership of the party, are here commented upon. The descriptions are true throughout, which gives them their force and meaning, and we but wit ness the successive stages of the past week repro duc©d before us in the failure of his schemes, in opposing a measure of which the details were nob before the house, his arrogance in his threats to destroy the bill, or to force upon Ministers its withdrawal after the house had received it, and it is emphatically aske " Where is he now ?" to which answer is given, " In the very depths of despondency, eating his own heart, because the Liberals in Parliament refuse to submit to his dictation, and writing to provincial agitators, par ticular members of Parliament, as men are prone to write in whom personal mortification over shadows all sense of public duty." As for the Whig magnates, a very scant share of pity is bestowed upon them, and we feel assured that no large amount will be given by the worn-out " They have fallen into the pit they pre pared for others, where they will very likely have to remain until the end of their generation. After monopolising office for more than thirty years, they are indignant that the Tories should supplant them in Downing-street even for a while. After trading thus long on the credulity of the people, they are furious because the hollowness of their professions is found out." " An Early Peep at the Show " presents us with a very readable account of grand doings in Paris, and after a pleasing initiation iiito its mysteries, it is said that altogether these fugitive im pressions can render no adequate idea of the whole Exhibition. Enough has been seen to assure the writer of one thing that, " while it lasts, in spite of English Dundrearyism and French cynicism, it is most indisputably another wonder of the world." " Social Ambition" is a well-considered article, worthy of careful reading, and one which conveys some very useful hints to those anxious to cut a figure in the world, with little or no regard to the real value of the task before them. " Transatlantic Fenianism " is an appro priate sketch just now, and Cornelius O'Povfd re-appears this mouth with his marvellous stores of information. " How to make a Catalogue of Books," and a " Modern Magician," complete the contents of this interesting number of Maga, which has more than usual attractions to offer. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—The Editor's novel of " Old Court" proceeds with vigour, and the three important events of a will, a fire, and a double mar riage are chronicled in this instalment, which we need hardly say brings us to the close of the strange, eventful history. An account of "A Russian Foundling Hospital " is worth reading; and "Queen Elizabeth and her Times" form the subject of an lii,torical paper of some pretensions. " The Luxem burg Question" is discussed at length ; and Francis Jacox treats of the hairs that grow white "in a single night," or some other brief space of time, from care or terror. There are several tales, among which Mrs. M unster's " Thrown Away" is perhaps the least agreeable. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE is more varied this month than usual, and the diversity of its subjects ranges over a wider field, but still keeps to the " true blue" and " red line" of its characteristic devotion. After a brief paper "On the Estimation of Skill in Target Shooting," we are introduced to " Two Old Sea Captains" of the right sort, who served under different but rival flags, one a French man, the other a Briton, and both originally fisher men. Jean Bart is familiar to naval readers, having proved himself a dreaded visitor on our northern coasts in former days, which were not considered then " the good old times," but rather troublous times, by those who entertained a natural horror of invasion. Our own hero was one Owen Griffiths, a Welshman, who figured in the reign of Queen Anne, and was a sort of Lord Cochrane in those Jays. Being out in his fishing boat with a man and a boy he was captured by a French privateer, fish and all, and had the mortification of seeing his trim -little craft sunk before his eyes, while the French men were busy in cooking the fish which he had caught for the people on shore, and were regaling themselves on an unexpected and delicious change of diet. The poor Welshman and his two com panions were made as comfortable as prisoners coull expect, but were considered as of no account among so many men. But Owen Griffiths took note of matters as they were cruis ing about, and taking advantage of the easy confidence of his captors he told his two com panions in captivity what he was about to do. In the midnight watch, while one half the crew were below asleep and those on deck half drowsy, he quietly battened down the hatches, armed his friends with pikes, and, with hatchet in hand, he fell on the poor Frenchmen—despatched some, and fought the remainder with such energy that he soon carried the deck, and sailed with his prize to England, where he astonished not only the natives, but the whole kingdom, by his wonderful bravery. Nor was this his only feat of valour—he took a line-of-battle ship off the port of Genoa with a small ship half her size, and was rewarded by " their Honours and glory of the Admiralty" in those days for his un toward gallantry, which they denoted treason, for risking her Majesty's ship ! Such was the temper of my Lords in the good times of Queen Anne, who right royally snubbed their mightinesses by granting a pardon to the bold captain on his arrival in England with his prize. " Pensioners and Re cruits" deals with a subject of interest just now when the army is all the " go," and the poor re wards to men who have served their time in the service, and the poorer inducements to recruits to enter, are ably discussed. " The Escape" of an unfortunate aide-de-camp during the mutiny is very interesting, and proves that the heart of women is akin to kindness, no matter of what colour or creed a fellow -creature may be. "Be Suffren," a cele brated Admiral of France, forms another interest ing article. The editor's remarks on some of the notable ozeurvences of the day are as usual pointed and very appropriate, as in the case of the Jamaica " malignant philanthropists," and " the glorious uncertainty of the law." THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.--Tile details of the campaign in South Germany are not, we should imagine, very interesting to any but military men, but those who care to learn more of them may study the closely-written pages of the opening snide in the New Monthly. Cyrus Redding fur nishes au article on " Yachts and Yacht Sailing," which is attractive to the general reader, and, of course, doubly so to the amateur seaman. Francis Jacox has a better paper than usual, derived from " A Cue from ' In Nlemoriam,' " and he styles it, " Love-loss and Love-less." The lines which form his text are, of course, those beautiful and familiar ones— "I hold it true, whateier befal, I feel i; when I sorrow most ; 'Tis better t o h ave loved and lost Than never to have loved at all." It is not a little interesting to find how many great and gifted minds have, even in their hours o f grief and despondency, held to the same theory. The " Wanderings Through Italy in Search of its Ancient Remains"—by Craufurd T. Ramage, LL.D. —are continued, though we should imagine that he and his readers are alike weary of the search. The lovers of the horrible and startling should cer tainly be well pleased with the fiction department in this magazine, for the supernatural, the mysteri ous, and the appalling are its chief characteristics. We have two legendary papers, hut thes e are l ess alarming than the seemingly simple domestic tal es of the day. TEMPLE-BAR.--" Steven Lawrence, Yeoman" is continued, and a curious contrast is presented by the worn-out man of fashion, Lord Petres, and the uncultivated individual who was quite out of his element in scenes of fashion. "Passing Notes on our Neighbours" is an amusing sketch, which is not very complimentary in its remarks on the cleanli ness of the people, and in things that pertain to health and comfort. " France is fifty years' behind England." " Ned Loxley's First Ser mon " is a peculiar account of adventures, which were not very favourable, on the whole, to the de livery of a good sermon, and were rather calculated to suit the stage more than the pulpit. " A Lost Name," by the author of " Uncle Silas," is sure to interest many readers, and it begins in an exciting and eventful manner at once. " Miss Marlyn " bids fair to be an important character in tke tale. "The Service of Plate " is an entertaining account of uncomfortable grandeur and extreme fussiness that devolved upon an unfortunate man who was possessed of this " magnificent present," which did not conduce very much to his comfort or prosperity. " Allie Fletcher " is the beginning of a story which is very well-written, and promises to be very interesting ; it is, however, painful in its details. " A Drive to the Desert" transports one to distant views ; and it is mentioned that a gene ral opinion prevails that if England had Algeria all would have been happier and more prosperous. " L'Auto da Fe" is an impressive sketch in verse of the sacrifice performed in the burning of " old letters." " Monsieur Ferrand," a tale of the Grande Armee, furnishes us with an exciting sketch of past times. " Going the Rou n d s n shoWs life under some not very pleasing aspects. " The Omnibus Orator " exhibits a man more likely to be entertained in print than in popular persons. MACMILLAN.—The opening article in Macmillan is a lecture on the elementary principles in art by an anonymous writer. It is able and thoughtful, though no doubt sonic of its doctrines may be dis puted by the reader. " Social Disintegration" is the alarming title of an unpretending and readable paper on the relations of the rich and the poor under the present state of things, in which many causes of mutual alienation are pointed out, though it is easier iu such cases to detect the evil than to find the remedy. " A French Religious Memoir" is the title of an article on the first part of the touching life of Alexandrine de Terrouays. The criticism before us refers only to her youth and married life, although the memoirs of her widowhood have been written by loving hands. One of the papers best worth reading in this number is a contribution by Fanny Kemble, " Some Notes upon the Characters in Shakspere's Play of Macbeth,' " which show a fine discriminative insight into character, and a full appreciation of tho subtle shades of thought and feeling so accurately painted by the hand of the great master, For stories We have the further in- HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, May 1. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, went to London yesterday after noon. Her Majesty travelled by special train on the Great Western Railway to Paddington, and drove from thence to Marlborough House, and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales. Afterwards her Majesty returned to Windsor Castle. Lady Churchill and Lord Alfred Paget were in attendance. stalments of the two powerful but unsatisfactory tales running on from month to month. " Silcote of Silcotes " grows in every chapter more wild and incomprehensible, while "Old Sir Douglas" is painful and gloomy. The characters may be lif e- like, but Alice is certainly an extreme specimen of evil which pro fesses good, and had old Sir Douglas been as true hearted and noble-minded as he is represented, he would not have fallen into the grievous error of distrusting his wife and believing his sister. Neither would Gertrude, high-principled, truthful, and devoted as she was, have allowed herself to be en tangled in such an imbroglio for lack of a little timely plain speaking and confidence in her hus band. Very good people are very miserable in this story, but it is impossible to avoid seeing that it is in consequence of their own studious efforts to become so. " A Cheap Tour near Home " dis cusses the adventures and misadventures of a trip to Mout St. Michel, and a few pages about the Paris Exhibition form a pleasant and animated conclusion to the May number. -4; Court Cirdiat THE LEVEE. By command of the Queen a Levee was held yesterday, at St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. Presentations to his Royal Highness at this Court were, by the Queen's pleasure, considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales, attended by his Gentle men in Waiting, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, arrived at the Palace from Marlborough House, about two o'clock, and was received by the Great Officers of State of the Royal Household. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Palace from Clarence House, at tended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke. THE KING OF GREECE AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. . His Majesty the King of Greece, attended by Count Rodostamos, arrived at Marlborough House yesterday morning, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales and the King of Greece rode out in the forenoon. The Hon. Mrs. Stonor has succeeded the Countess of Morton as Lady in Waiting to the Princess of Wales. Major Teesdale has succeeded Captain Ellis as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR OSBORNE.-- The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, at tended by the suite, will leave Windsor Castle this after noon for Osborne. Her Majesty will reside about a fort night at Osborne, and then revisit Windsor for a few days. The Queen will probably make a trip to Scotland about the 22d inst. Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, gave a grand diplomatic banquet last evening .at the First L or d o f t h e T reasury ' s o ffi c i a l res id e nce la Downing -street. There were present—His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, his Ex cellency the French Ambassador, his Excellency the Rus sian Ambassador and Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Mdme. Van de Weyer, his Excel lency the United States Minister and Mrs. and Miss Adams, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and Baroness Hochschild, the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Earl of Sefton, the Lord Chancellor and Hon. Mrs. Thesiger, Lord Hy. G. Lennox, Lord Hyde, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli, Hon. Fredk. and Lady Constance Stanley, and Mr. Sanderson. Later in the evening Lord Stanley had an evening party, at which a brilliant party assembled. The Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone and family, arrived at their residence on Carlton -house-terrace yesterday afternoon, from Hawardon. Castle. Among the visitors already arrived in Paris to see the Exhibition are the Dike of Edinburgh, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Lyons, Lord Cochrane, Lord Leigh, Lord Hill, the Duke of Glucks burg, General Cabrera, ecc. From The Owl." It is now settled that Holland, as most immedi ately concerned, shall issue the invitation to the sig uataries of the treaty of 1839 to meet in Conference. All are agreed that the Conference shall be held in London, and all are anxious that it should assemble as speedily as possible. In the meantime we are glad to be able to announce that both France and Prussia appear to be animated by a sincere desire for pea ,- .T. The Cabinet of Paris and the Cabinet of Berlin have both signed their assent to the neu tralisation of the territory of Luxemburg. Of course, a neutralised State cannot be occupied by foreign troops, and therefore the Prussians will cease to gar' rison the fortress. This is quite understood, and so perfect an accord has been arrived at—that the Conference will meet, not to wrangle and dispute and refer for instructions, but to register and sanc tion arrangements already perfected. We understand that the Duke of Beaufort will be appointed lord lieutenant of Monmouthshire, in the place of the late Lord Llanover. Mr. William Law has been appointed an addi tional assistant secretary to the Treasury. Mr. Lavr is one of the principal clerks, and was private secre tary to Lord Russell for many years. It is with the greatest satisfaction that we are enabled to state that the whole of the infantry in the United Kingdom are at this moment supplied with the Snider rifle, whilst there is an abund" ante of ammunition ready for their use. All the difficulties to which 'we have from time to time alluded have been overcome, and the reports from all districts announce a perfect satisfaction with the arm as a practical weapon. A considerable quantity of converted arms are in store ready to be served to regiments on their return from fo reign service. It is intended immediately to issue these arms to the army abroad, commencing with Gibraltar and Malta. Application has been made by the volunteers of Canada for the supply of the arm to that force. A short rifle has been adapted for the use of the Irish constabulary. The country may therefore rest content that, pending the expe riments that are to be conducted by the Commit tee on Small Arms, prolonged as they must bet our military forces are, in the respect of breech loading rifled arms, in as advanced and satisfactory a position as can be desired. A new warrant has lately been issued by which the Albert medal has been divided into two classes. The distinctions between the decorations consists iu the width of the ribbon and the colour of metal. We have reason to believe that the Governmen t have consented to accede to the generally ex pressed desire of the factory owners, and will not offer any opposition to the proposal to refer the Factory Acts Amendment Bill to a select com mittee. We understand that the Government are about to undertake the construction of 11 lighthouses on various points of the Japanese coast, at the re quest of the Tycoon. During Easter recess the ladies' gallery o f the Rouse of Commons, over the Speaker's chair, bas been rendered infinitely more comfortable, and 131 li the removal of some unwieldy benches no less than 28 additional visitors can be secured accommoda tion. Neat softly cushioned chairs of artistic de sign have been substituted for the primitive oaken benches, and many other arrdngeuients carried out which the fair prisoners in the well-barred caS will find by no means unacceptable.