The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-16 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chutterton. THIS EVENING, THE MAN OF TtiE WORLD. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. E. Phelps, Barrett, W. M•lntyre, E. Clifton, C. Warner ; Mesdames If. Vandenhoff, Hudspeth, Golier, Isabel Adams. To conclude vv;th the Pantomime, entitled NUMBER ; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant Mountain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Leesee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT, A. LESSON FOR. LIFE. Messrs. Eothern Chippendale, Compton, Howe, Rogers, Clarke, Braid, is 4 ntial, Gordon, ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Ilill, Wright, Laws, &e. .Ater Ahicii, Tit E SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stGue, Howe. Farren, Vincent, Sze. ; ate.,daines trhippcnuale, Moore, liiL, Sidney, it e Commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM E.- L 3ote Lessee and Manager, Mr. Et:titter. 'XII EVENING. ROUGE E `It'll:. Maurice WA] INA a Gambler), At r. Fectiter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Mc), e,aud, l'itzpatricic. Dalton, Reynolds, Lomas, Newt nun Andrews. Anderson, Bennett. and Edward l'ri t ; 311 AS ilea rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Yreceded by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Itanaer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Feb. 16, at Seven, A SISTER'S P 14.: AN Cs:. Miss Bate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily rill; Messrs. H. Veziu, Billington, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, and Stephenson. 'l9 conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DEIU; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs, J. L. Toole, Psul Bedtord, Ashley, IL Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Allred Mellon, Kiss Furtado, Miss Hughes, bliss Emily Pitt, itc. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. a Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews; Mesdames E. Farren, Milly Palmer, and Charles Mathews. Alter ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, 1 , . Murray, and Charles Mathews; Mesdames E. Farren and Charles Mathews. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. Mr. D. Murray. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TlllB _EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN .NEXT. Mr. Delmore, Miss Foote, Liss Lennox. After which, Bouciicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Me3dames 1 1 '. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote. Raymond. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Leasee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vlnicr. THIS EVENING, lIIS LAST LEGS. Mr. C. Verner, Mr. C. 11. Fenton ; Mrs. Buckingham White and bliss Went worth. Followed by, at half-put 8 o'clock, a rew and original Drama, by T. W. nob, rtson, entitled SHADOW TdEE BEl,o'l'. Character., by Messrs. Vining, J. G. Shore, C. Ver ner, F. Villiers, H. Forrester, H. Mellon, and Cathcart ; Misses Montagu, Minnie Edmonds, and Katherine dodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVEN ING, NEIGHBOURS. Nesars. Parselle, Belford, and G Murray ; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque, entitled GUY FAWKES Messrs. Thorne, James, Robson, and Fenton; :Academes Swanborough, Raynham, Johnstone, Hughes, Newton, as a. To conclude with A SUI r OF TWEEDS. Commence at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. ..I. Under the Sole Management of Ur. W. 11. C. NATION. Grand Extra Morning Performance of the Nation-al fa ,tomime. EVERY EVENING the elegant Comedy, DELICATE GRO USD. Messrs. Fernandez. Richardson. and Alias Laid law. After which, the Nation-al Pantomime, ITUSII-A-BYE, BABY. Misses Caroline Parkes. Nellie Nisbett, Gwvnue, Marshall, Burton, Grosvenor, Simmonds, Mrs. Caulfield; Messrs. Atkins, Stephens, Milano, and the Original Little Boy/dia. On SATURDAY next, Feb. 23, there will be a SPECIAL EXTRA MO RN IN CI- rEiIIORSI AN C Prices for Children on this occasion—,Stalls. 2s. 6d. ; Balcony. is. 6d. ; Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 6d. leree Liet suspended, Public Press excepted. To prevent disappointment seats mast be booked in advance. RARE SPECIMENS OF LADYBIRDS._ These specimens will be found very interesting to aturali,ta and Ornithologists. To be a , en only at the 'THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S, EVERY EVEALNG. ROWELLA'S WOODEN WOMAN.—A Study for Anatomists! The ort,rinal "Littto Rowella," the Clown, appears EVERY EVENING at the THEATRE ROYAL, &STLEY'S, and at no other place of public resort whatever. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. 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All articles are marked the lowest prico in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not appioved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. LiQts of Prices with rides for Self -measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and "History of London," gratiA and post free. HITI-1 - 1 - WATER AT LONDON EItIDGE. Tirts P.A.Y.—Morning, h. In.—Afternopn, 10h. 12m. ow. T)-.1.10.Kn0w.-31orning, 1 . 211. 30m.—Afternoon, Zfig, ,(41g " LONDON, SA7URDAY, FEB. 16, 1867. The arrival of the Cuba with six days later news from New York brings us intelligence respecting the new plan of reconstruction now being talked about. As yet all is uncertain and depends on rumour, whose assertions are never very reliable, and cannot certainly be often trusted iu American An animated discussion took place last night in the House of Lords, on the subject of the duty of the Volunteers, which was suggested by the recent occurrences in Chester. Lord VIVIAN referred to the answer of the Home Secretary to the applica tion made by the Mayor of that town on the occa sion of the disturbances that took place, and the re quest to learn if the Volunteer Corps could act in their military capacity under the direction of the civil authorities; and the noble lord remarked, with great justice, that it might be the law that Volun teers, if called out to assist in the preservation of the public peace, should only act as special con stables ; but he thought that such a state of the law was very much to be deprecated. He asked if Government had any proposal to amend the law, so that the Volunteers might act like the yeomanry if called upon. He suggested that the Volunters should be " placed in precisely the same position as the yeomanry, who were liable to be called upon to suppress an outbreak such as that which had recently occurred at Chester." We think that this is a very wise proposition, for it is evident that they would be of much greater efficiency if they were thus empowered to act in cases of emergency, and a far more powerful influence would be exercised upon the minds of the lawless in time of need. Lord BELMORE explained that the only occasion in which the Volunteer corps can be called out for military service by law is in case of actual and apprehended invasion of the United Kingdom. Lord DE GREY AND RIPON said that the state of the law in respect to the duty of Volunteers was in a very unsatisfactory condition. The Volunteer Act contained a clause at first which gave civil authorities the same power over the Volunteers as over the yeomanry, but unfortu nately the House of Commons struck this out, and hence there is now no power to call them out in the event of tumult at home. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that it was of the greatest possible consequence to the railroads of the country that this subject should be properly understood. The military autho rities themselves are in difficulty from the matter not being clearly defined and distinctly understood. The situation of the officer stationed at Chester the other day described by the illustrious Duke was one of great perplexity and awkwardness. While he would have been glad to receive what assistance the Volunteers could have afforded him, he might by si doing have committed an illegal act, " have made himself amenable to the laws of his country, and might possibly have been tried for his life." We entirely concur in the opinion of the Duke of CAM BRIDGE that the present state is one of perplexity, and that this question ought to be cleared from " every shadow of ambiguity, and that the authori ties should distinctly understand how they are to act should occasion require." Lord MALMESBURY said that healso thought some clear understanding should be come to on this point, and so far as the Govern ment could deal with it he should see that this should be done. We hope that before long a defi nite notion will be come to, but at the same time we cannot see any harm could arise from the Volun teers being called out in their military capacity, provided due discretion were used in so doing. It is a pity that so numerous and so efficient a body should be reduced in times of emergency to the level of ordinary civilians, and a change might easily be introduced for the better. The confusion that arose the other day in the minds of the authori ties at Chester is sufficient proof of the present un satisfactory condition of things in respect to this important particular. We are not surprised that questions should have been asked in both Houses as to the state of things in Ireland, but the replies of Lord DERBY and of Mr. WALPOLE were as satisfactory as they could be under the circumstances, and from intelligence at a later period received from Ireland it seems that the Fenian raid in the neighbourhood of Killarney has been stopped. While it is, undoubtedly, a great disappointment to all parties that this mischievous spirit is again rife among us, it is a source of grati fication to know that the prompt and timely measures which have been taken by Government and its subordinates have proved effectual. From accounts received of the details of the affair it seems that the number of insurgents at Kilkenny was at first exaggerated, but no doubt more would have speedily appeared on the scene had not the originators and promoters been speedily confronted. It is said that STEPIIENS is believed to be in Kerry direct ing the movement ; and, at any rate, the com mission of Captain MoRIARTY was in the latter's handwriting. That the arrest of this captain led to the outbreak is the opinion of some, and the gathering that had taken place was to effect his liberation. The most serious part of the affair was the attempt made upon the constable who was taking despatches to the police-station, but he is recovering from the shots he received. Under the circumstances it would have been more prudent not to have let one man go upon so dangerous a mission. The excitement which the news of the outrages has spread over the country is, of course, great, but there is every probability of the whole matter passing off quietly without any very great losses or injury to life and property. It shows at any rate that we must not feel too secure in a hurry again, but that a vigilant watch must be kept up wherever suspicions are entertained of the good faith or loyalty of certain parties. Leniency and toleration are thrown away in this instance, and only the most rigorous treatment can avail with such misguided individuals. As for the leaders in this movement no words can be too strong to con demn their conduct, and for all the misery and suffering that may ensue, they are and will be directly responsible, since they disregard all warning. No time has been lost in appointing the Royal Commission to report on the organisation and rules of trades unions and kindred associations, and we trust they will enter upon their labours in an ear nest and unprejudiced spirit. The names of the Commissioners are calculated to inspire confidence, as those of practical and able men, who take a warm interest in the relations between labour and capital without being personally or directly concerned. When the deputation of working men waited upon the Home Secretary in reference to this matter, and asked for the addition of one or two members of their own class, Mr. WALPOLE told thou that the Government had contemplated such an addition, but that as in that case they must also have added one or two employers, they had thought it better for the constitution of the Com mission to be entirely impartial. In this decision they were probably right, since the matters to be examined into are not technicalities of trade, nor are they called upon to fix the rate of wages. They are simply to inquire into the general principles of action among trades' unions, with power to in vestigate any recent acts of intimidation or outrage alleged to have been promoted or connived at by such associations, and also to inquire into the relations between workmen and their employers for the mutual benefit of both parties. Men like Lord ELCIIO and Mr. ROEBUCK, who have always taken a warm interest in the working classes ; men like Sir DANIEL GOOCH, who have risen from the ranks by their own ability and character ; men like Mr. HuGHEs, who have been chosen to represent the interests of many thousands of working men in Parliament, can surely be trusted to have a due regard to the interests of both sides. Added to these we are glad to find the name of Mr. HAnnisorr, which has been added in com pliance with the wishes of the deputation referred to ; while the appointment of Sir WILLIAM ERLE as President has given general satisfaction. It is very probable that in the relations between employers and employed much of the prevailing misunderstandings arise from mutual ignorance. If either side better understood the difficulties and trials of the other there would be more sympathy and more toleration, though each would still natu rally seek his own interests. As things at present stand much mischief is done by agitators of all classes, who are glad to gain a little temporary popu larity and influence at the expence of their fellows, and the prejudices of both masters and men prevent anything like mutual confidence or concession. The long-continued depressionof trade which, if not occasioned, has certainly been aggravated by the frequent recurrence of strikes, has prepared the way for the introduction of a new and a better system, and we hope the labours of the Commission will tend to a practical result, which, if it really and permanently benefit either side, must ultimately benefit both. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. 'The Legislative Session has seldom been opened with greater éclat than yesterday. The splendid weather gave great effect to it out of doors, and there has never been a more 'numerous attendance of great personages within the Louvre. There was an unusual proportion of magnificently attired ladies. The Empress was received on her entrance by the Princess Clotilde, the Princess Matilda, and the Princess Lucien Murat, who were afterwards seated near her. Her Majesty's dress as usual was in the best taste. On entering the hall the Empress was received with hearty and reiterated cheers. The Prince Imperial came with the Emperor. It is certain that the Emperor's Speech has cre ated intense and universal satisfaction. I have had opportunities of gathering this opinion from vari ous sources. The Constitutionnel gives an apt and accurate appreciation of its character. It says :-- "The Emperor's Speech, so impatiently expected by France and by Europe, forms a complete pro gramme of internal and foreign policy. It is calm, clear, and elevated. France is inspired by a senti ment of conciliation and justice in all its acts abroad. At home all the acts of the Imperial Government are prompted by feelings of civilisation and pro gress. Peace and Liberty, these are the two words which indicate our policy. What will equally in spire universal satisfaction is the initiative of liberal reforms—meaning liberty within—and at the same time the augmentation, rendered necessary, of our defensive forces—that is to say, the security of the country and its greatness in the world. All France will receive with satisfaction this new mani festo of a great Sovereign and the inspirations of a profound policy." The Piedniontese Gazette publishes a letter from Mazzini, dated from London, in which he expresses thanks for having been elected a deputy for Messina, politics. The substance of the report is, however, in harmony with probabilities, and should the pro posed scheme prove to be bona fide, it will have a fair chance of success if moderate counsels prevail. President JOHNSON and the members of his Cabinet have, it is said, held consultations with the Governors of several Southern States, and have resolved upon a new plan of reconstruction. The right of secession is to be renounced ; Con gress is to have no right to expel a State from the Union ; the national debt is to be held sacred ; and the rebel debt repudiated. All males of legal age, whether native or naturalised, are to be allowed to vote for the State elections if able to read and write, or if holding taxable property worth $250, the sole exception being untaxed Indians. These pro ositions are, it will be seen, pretty fairly balanced between the rival parties. The two first clauses, the renunciation of the right of secession, and the denial of the right of Congress to expel States, are about evenly matched. The provisions respecting the debts are not equally just, since the repudiation of the Southern debt is insisted on, while the Northern faith is kept invio late. The difficulty about the suffrage is ingeni ously got over, since no distinction of race is made, while the stipulation as to some amount of property or education will prevent the immediate introduc tion of the whole negro element. The educational clause is fully in accordance with American views in general, as they boast with reason of the great extent to which the rudiments at least of learning are diffused among their peo ple. The theory of such a stipulation should commend itself to the Radicals, since it by no means forbids the negro suffrage which they profess to desire, while in practice it will at least allow some years to elapse, and the passions of the moment to die away before the right to vote is absolutely unrestricted. The Government, should they bring forward this scheme, will have at least the advantage of a clear stage before them. The Radicals, notwithstanding their predominance in Congress, have failed to propose a successful scheme, while had they even succeeded in getting either of their bills through the Houses, and in carrying it over the PRESIDENT'S inevitable veto, they would have scarcely been able to force it upon the country. Mr. ASHLEY'S bill, indeed, would very likely have been the signal for a fresh out break of civil war; while Mr. STEVENS'S, though rejected partly for its moderation, would have been too intolerable to be long submitted to. The Southern States could not be expected to sign their own political death-warrant, and if they had been forcibly reduced from States of the Union to Terri tories, governed by martial law, it is not likely that even outward order, much less internal tranquillity, could have been maintained. The Radicals are certain to oppose the new scheme, whatever its merits, more particularly if it be introduced by the PRESIDENT or his advisers. It is possible, however, that their day of power is on the wane. Should the new Tariff effect a breach, as it most likely will do, between the represen tatives of the Western States and the New Eng landers, the South may find some powerful and unexpected allies. The Southern representatives, who would be mostly of the Democratic party, would of course support the 'Western men in their opposition to this ruinous and oppressive measure, and they would have the common sense of the country at large with them. The new scheme being planned with a view to conciliate both parties may be accepted by all sides as a wel come compromise, for men who are not hurried away by political passions are beginning to realise that the present state of affairs cannot be continued without seriously affecting the national welfare. Nothing can be hoped from the Congress. The last news from the House of Representatives is that they have passed a bill making the removal of Cabinet officers subject to the approval of the Senate, thus increasing their power of patronage and political influence. America boasts of having set the Old World some notable examples, and she may also claim to have started a new theory of constitu tional government—the concentration of the Le gislature and the Executive. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1867. but says he could not accept the position " without soiling himself with lies." The illoniteur states that the Austrian General Moering, charged with the mission of placing in the hands of the Italian authorities the whole of the materiel at Venice, as well as in the Venetian pro vinces belonging to the Austrian Government, had on the Bth a last conference with the Italian Com missioner, General de Revel, and left Venice on the 11th with Colonel Kopfinger, who was associated with him in the mission. Prince Charles of Roumania has returned to Brest with his brother, Prince Frederic do Hohenzollern. The Journal de Rome of the 11th of Feb. gives au account of the reception of M. Louis Joseph Sar torius of Tapia, Viscount de Priego, at a private audience by the Pope, to present his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Spain to the Holy See. The Pope had a long private conversation with the Ambassador, who was afterwards presented to Cardinal Antonelli. It is stated from Brussels that the marriage of the Count de Flandre, second son of the late King of the Belgians, with the Princess Marie de Ho henzollern, will take place at Berlin after Easter with great pomp and ceremony. The Princess was born on the 17th of November, 1845, and is the fifth child of Prince Charles Anthony, burgrave of Nuremberg, whose mother was the Princess Marie- Antoinette Murat. The purchaser of the three fat oxen for the cere mony of the Bceuf Gros this year is M. Flechelle. They are named Sardanapalus, the Devil on Two Sticks, and Frieschutz. The Journal des Debats expresses high satisfac tion both at the pacific tendency of the Speech and at the proposed development of public liberty. I might furnish more extracts from these opinions, but they would merely form a repetition of the same great and decided feelings of approval. Of opposition or disapproval there in reciAly mono, for the leading opposition paper, the Siecle, can only imagine the very airy complaint that the speech is " vague." Such an objection answers itself, for seldom has a royal speech been more definitive or precise, or more abundant in the enumeration of numerous and enlightened measures. The Siecle is evidently embarrassed how to find a point of com plaint, as it admits that, although it has discovered " vagueness," it is difficult, after a first reading, to appreciate in all its parts a document of such im portance which treats of such numerous questions." An old woman who sold fruit in the market has been brutally murdered. The body was found early in the morning in the road which separates the two cemeteries of the North, not far from the Rue ',epic. She had been strangled. The murderer has left the marks of his fingers on the throat. She was robbed of all the money she had about her to make purchases at the market. The particulars of a " terrible battle," as it was styled, were detailed a day or two ago before the tribunal of Correctional Police, but to dissipate the alarm which such an announcement may perhaps create, I may say at once that the affair ended in a fine of 16f. The belligerents were, on the one part, Madame Moissard, the landlady of a house over the water, her son Victor ; and on the other part, Miss Gerard, a lady of some sixty years of age, who rented a room in the house. Tho first witness of the battle was M. Prudhomme, who lodged in the house. He said he was at work in his room with his brother, when footsteps were heard, and a voice of thunder, that of Madame Moissard, who roared out, " Break open this door for me." An alarming noise was heard ; the son had broken open the docr with a hatchet as requested. At the same time both mother and son rushed upon Aliss Gerard like tigers. Madame Moissard struck her an overwhelming blow with a hammer, and her son precipitated her to the ground with merciless violence. The son seized her by the throat and seemed to intend to strange her. He (the witness), however, saved Miss Gerard from her executioners." They in revenge throw out of the window china, linen, and in fact every portable article which came to hand. The President—But this poor woman, assailed with a hammer, seized by the throat, knocked upon the ground, must have been half-killed. Witness— That's not my business. I describe what I saw. The rest is the doctor's business. The brother of the witness confirmed his testimony, adding that there was another tall fellow behind the door mounting guard with a hatchet in his hand, upon which the witness exclaimed to his brother, "This is a real battle of Sappers." saw'Ye s the ,'' danger.exclaimed Miss Trojan, another witnes s , Young Moissard knocked about the things with a hatchet like a Cossack. It 'was so shocking to see the blood run from Miss Gerard's head that I fainted." M. Bonjour, the counsel for Miss Gerard, rather improved upon the version, and described the movements of Madame Moiss'ard as those of a General. She divided her expeditionary army into three corps at the bottom of the staircase. The first, hammer, in hand, the second, the corps of execu tion, the son armed with a hatchet; and the third, the reserve corps, M. Leplat, also armed with a hatchet. The place was carried by storm. Fright ful, horrible scene. Miss Gerard quietly occupied by her work was seized by the throat and precipi tated to the ground by the son. Struck upon the head with a hammer, she rose the best way she could, her head saturated with blood. Then a razzia was made upon her furniture. Two kind neighbours came to the rescue, and put an end to this ignoble and grievous battle. The ad voca t e con cluded laudable b ysaying that Miss G erar d exhib i ted most forbearancein only claiming 500 f. damages for this terrific assault and battery. Madame Mois sard was much excited by this unvarnished narra tion, and exclaimed, " I only threw two or three miserable cups and saucers out of the window. She scratched me like a fury, and broke the handle of a broom about my son's head." The Court seemed to think that the complainant was a little in fault, for it fined her 16f., but she got the best of it, as the defendant was ordered to pay her 20f. as recom pense for damage done to her goods and person. The Bank of England and the Money Market. • - The new minimum of 3 per cent. appears, from the business of the week, to be as little likely to encourage a return of animation in the money mar ket as the rate of 3f per cent. which it superseded. It is true, that only a week has elapsed since the change but in that wook the rostources of the Bank have increased, whilst its business has declined. Take the case of the private securities : _ Feb. 6, Private securities £18,716,418 71 13 , ~ Decrease £398,876 Showing a not unimportant reduction in the trans actions of the Bank. And that the Bank has lost business through its terms being higher than those in the market is confirmed by the decline in the pri vate deposits : _ _ _ Feb. 6, Private deposits „ 13, 1) Decrease As to the resources of the Bank, the accession to them is shown by the comparative amounts of bul lion and reserve : Bullion. Reserve. Feb. 6 ~ 13 Increase ... £153,188 £546,574 But the means at the control of the Bank are best estimated in relation to the liabilities ; and, as fre quntly explained, the position is satisfactory when the reserve is equal to one-third the liabilities on deposits, and the bullion equal to one-third the aggregate ;liabilities on circulation and deposits combined. The following table gives, for the past two weeks, the excess of bullion and reserve above these several proportions : - _ Bullion. Reserve. Feb. 6 „ 13 Increase •• • £605,211 £499,282 By adding together these several accretions, we find that on recognised principles the Bank has improved its position during the week by £1,139,563. This, combined with the state of the market, is an indication that the 3 per cent, minimum cannot be sustained in the existing condition of the demand. We may, therefore, anticipate further accumulations of supplies. But as suggested last week, it is desir able, for the sake of promoting the recovery of public confidence from apparently continuous de pression, that the Bank should not make ex periments in waiting. If the position will bear a further reduction in the rate, as it unquestionably will, let the reduction not be delayed. The com mercial demand can only be revived by means of concession ; and it is only by the absorption of capital through a commercial demand that escape can be found from discussions as to what our money shall be employed in—foreign loans or new com panies. The general inclination of commercial men is to employ the means at their command in their own business in preference to others ; and from the experience of last year it is hardly likely that this tendency will be diverted. A new impulse to confidence will, therefore, best proceed from above. The Bank of France maintains its rate of dis count at 3 per cent., at which it has stood since the end of August. But the tendencies thereare strongly towards reduction. The bullion and the discounts both point to it, as may be seen from the following comparisons Bullion. Discounts. Jan. 2 ... £27,002,158 £28,209,231 Feb. 13 ... 28,225,961 25,869,231 Increase £1,222,803 Decrease £2,340,790 It is not improbable that in the course of the ensuing week money may be cheaper in France and in Holland as well as in this country.-7 he Bullionist. L A TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FENIAN OUTBREAK. PLYMOUTH, Saturday. Her Majesty's ships Racoon and Vestal have left for Ireland. The Charybdis is lying inside the Breakwater, ready to start when the Marines are embarked. The weather has considerably mode rated. The wind is light, from the southward. THE WAR IN THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Rio DE JANEIRO, Jan. 30. The latest intelligence from the seat of war an nounces that the Brazilian squadron had made a reconnaissance off Curnpaity. The Brazilian vessels were received with a brisk fire, which caused great damage to their gunboats, one of which, the Parai bues, exploded. The Brazilians subsequently bom barded the Paraguayan camp. Senator Ferraz is dead. TIIE HUNGARIAN MINISTRY. RUTH, Feb. 16. The new Hungarian Ministers are expected to arrive here to-day. An Imperial rescript upon the future relations between Hungary and Austria will be published on Monday or Tuesday next. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 16. The rumour that disturbances had broken out at Pesth is wholly unfounded. BOMBAY MAILS. MALTA, Feb. 15. The Ceylon leaves at 9 p.m. to-day, and the China at 2 a.m. to-morrow. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 18th, and the latter at Southampton about the 25th inst. MARSEILLES, Feb. 15. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluse arrived here at 9 a.m. to-day, with the Reunion and Mauritius mails. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 16. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Syria has arrived here, with 39 passengers, £11,372 in specie, and a general cargo, including 1,185 bales of silk, value £llO,OOO sterling. Across the Bay of Biscay and up Channel she encountered easterly gales and high seas. On the 9th she signalled the barque John Stonard, and on the 14th th e steamer steering N.N.W., Tanjore, bound for Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 11. Her Majesty's ships Skylark and Redpole, and the French war steamer Catana, were in the harbour. Exchange on London,49l i Paris, 5 22; Madrid, i to 1 discount. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA. QUEENSTOWN, Friday. The Royal steamship Cuba, from New York on the 16th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 8 p.m. to-day, with 52 cabin passengers and $lO,OOO. She landed three passengers and all the mails, con sisting of 121 sacks, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. The House of Representatives has passed a bill making the removal of Cabinet officers subject to the approval of the Senate. It is reported that the President, the members of the Cabinet, and the Governors of several Southern States have held protracted consultations, and have agreed to propose a new plan of reconstruction on the following basis :—The right to secede to be re nounced ; Congress to have no right to expel a State from the Union; the National Debt ever to be held sacred ; the Rebel Debt to be repudiated ; all males of legal age, native or naturalised, except untaxed Indians, to be allowed to vote for the State elec tions if able to read or write, or if holding taxable property valued at P5O. The Senate have rejected the Citizens' Bankrupt Bill. The report of the execution of the American Con sul at Mazatlan is denied. MEXICO. According to intelligence published here from Mexico, it was rumoured there that an open rupture had occurred between the Emperor Maximilian and Marshal Bazaine. The Republicans claimed that the cause of Juarez was rapidly gaining strength. ARRIVAL OF THE SYRIA. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 16. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria passed the Needles at 7.30 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 15.—Two o'clock.--The market is bad ; stocks and shares are declining. Credit Mo biller shares are at 490 f.—a fall of 31f. 25c. Three per Cents. are 15c. lower—viz., at 69f. 40e. A similar decline is sustained on Italian Fives, which are at 54f. 15c. Credit Foncier shares have re ceded to 1,530f.-10f. lower. There is very little doing in Railway shares, which are generally lower. The close has taken place as follows per Cents 99 30 Bank Shares 3575 Do. end mouth — Italian Loan 5l 20 3 per Cents. 69 40 Do. end month 54 10 Do. end month 69 35 Mexican Loan 2l 50 Credit Mobilier 490 Do. Bonds 142 50 Do. end month ... 486 25 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier — Homo Debt — Do. end month 1525 Deferred 1,103. RAIL' For Account. Orleans Northern 1205 Lyons and Mediterranean 922 50 Southern 568 75 Western 585 Eastern 550 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 405 North of Spain — Saragossa l3l 25 Ditto to Barcelona — nomaii LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.) SOMERVILLE V. SOMERVILLE AIND WEBB. This part-heard case was continued this morning. The jury gave a verdict for the petitioner ; damages £2OO. The Judge Ordinary granted a decree nisi with costs. NORMAN V. NORMAN AND HARRISON. This was a petition presented by the husband praying for dissolution of marriage. From the evidence it appeared that the parties were married in the island of Jersey in the year 1862. The pe titioner was a paymaster in the royal navy, and very shortly after the marriage he was appointed to her Majesty's ship Zebra, which was under orders for the west Coast of Africa. As the term of service was for three years, the respondent, on her husband leaving Jersey to join his ship, accompanied him to Portsmouth, where she proposed living until his return. The petitioner having made arrangements for his wife receiving a portion of his pay, the vessel, with the petitioner on board, left for her destination. After this the respondent rented a house, No. 1, King-street, Southsea, where she resided some time, and then removed to Stanley-terrace. The co-respondent, Harrison, it appeared, took lodgings in Mrs. Norman's house, and afterwards, it was alleged, constantly visited her, as well as other persons until the respondent gave birth to a child. Dr. Spinks said ho was not in a position to prove that 17arrison knew that the respondent was a married woman, or that he was the father of the child, but there could be no doubt that adultery had been committed by her. A number of letters were put in proving that the wife was quite aware of the length of time her husband was leaving her, and that passed between them until nearly up to the time of the petitioner's arrival in England. Evidence having been given to prove the allegations in the petition, the learned judge said it was sufficient to prove the identity of the respondent. Dr. Spinks felt the difficulty was so. All the letters ho had received established the facts he had proved in evi dence, but unfortunately the only person he had who could prove the handwriting to be that of the respondent's was the husband. The Judge-Ordinary said the case could not be success fully carried on under such circumstances. Dr. Spinks said what no proposed wa es tliat the order for a jury be discharged, that the co-respondent Harrison be dismissed from the suit, and that an adjournment take place to afford time to obtain the necessary evidence. The Judge-Ordinary assented to that course being adopted, and directed that the fresh evidence could be given before him, and ho would then determine the ease. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Thin Day. WESTMINSTER. THE USELESSNESS OR REFORMATORIES. —T homas Myatt, a sturdy boy, was charged with stealing a plumb cake from the shop of Mrs. Anna Maria Yalp, William street, Pimlico. _ _ The Prosecutrix said that she put a large plum cake upon the counter last night, shortly after which the pri soner and two companions came in and asked for some apples. IN bile she was serving them the prisoner seized the cake, and rushed out with it. The son of a neighbour said that, having observed the prisoner and his companions round the window he thought they meant some mischief, and, watching them, saw prisoner rush out with the cake, and stopped him. Downes, the gaoler, said that the prisoner had been con victed of felony in November last, and sentenced to four teen days' imprisonment and a whipping. The mother of the boy, a very respectable-looking woman, with three younger children, implored the magi strate to dispose of her boy in some way. He had been sent when ten years old to the reformatory at Feltham for three years, and came back much worse than when he wont. Mr. Selfo observed that it seemed no good to send boys there, if he might judge by the results that presented themselves. The fact was they were turned out too soon and too young, and returned to their old courses. The poor mother entreated the magistrate to send her boy to school. Mr. Selfo said ho would endeavour to do so, and he would caution the boy that if he stole anything there the visitation of the cat-o'-nine-tails would bo found very different from the amateur performance called flogging at the prison. The boy was remanded for a week. THAMES. SUSPICIOUS POSSESSION OF PROPERTY.—AN OLD RE CEIVER IN TROUBLE.—Benjamin Barnes, chandlers' shop keeper, Royal Mint-street, better known as Rosemary lane, John Clooly, and John Basley, labourers, were brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being in the unlawful possession of property suspected to be stolen. Barnes is a notorious receiver and well to the police. He bas been convicted three times. He was sentenced on one occasion to 12 aioutha' imprisonment and hard labour, a second time to five years penal servitude, and a third to fifteen years penal servitude. These severe punishments 'appear to have had no effect upon him. He has returned to his old pursuits. Dunaway, a valuable detective officer, No. 11 11, has kept a sharp look out after Barnes and others. Clooly was in the employ of Barnes. Yesterday afternoon Dunaway saw Clooly and Basley with a truck containing 3 bags of clover seed in Lelnan-street, White chapel. Dunaway asked the prisoners where they ob tained the three bags of seed, to which they replied that they bought it of Barnes, in Royal Mint-street. Dunaway seized the truck and its contents, and waited upon Barnes, who admitted he had sold the clover seed to the other pri soners, and that he obtained it of several men by the water side whom he did not know. He added that he should know them again if ho saw them, and that it was customary to buy things in that manner. There were two parcels of tea on the counter weighing together three quarters 15 lbs. They were not packed up in a business-like style, and had certainly not come from a wholesale or retail establishment. There was also a chest of tea weight 124 lbs., 2 cwt of rice, and 1 cwt. of trefoil seed in the shop. Barnes saip he purchase the . rice of the same men that sold him the cloverseed, and that it was sweep ings. There were no invoices produced for the goods seized. Dunaway believed the chest of tea was stolen from a wharf, or on its way from a wharf to the warehouse of Dick Brothers in the City. Ho was of opinion the whole of the property was stolen. The rice was quite clear. Benjamin Prior, police sergeant No. 2 H, said that Barnes informed him that he gave 30s. per cwt. for the cloverseed. Its real value was 565. por cwt. _ _ Mr. Partridge said this was a case of strong suspicion ; but as no owners of the property were forthcoming, all ho could do at present was to direct that the prisoners should enter into their own recognisances to appear on Thursday next at the Thames Police-court, to answer any charge which may be brought against them. MARKE TS..-.This day. COVENT GARDEN. For the time of year the market is fairly supplied with fruit and vegetables. There is a steady but not active de mand for most qualities, as follows: FRUIT—Pine apples, 4s to 8s; grapes, Ss Od to 8s Od; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od ; chestnut; 10s to 18s par bushel ; oranges, 3s Od to 8s ; lemons, 4s to its per 100. VEGETABLES — Cauliflovrers, 2s to 6s Od ; cabbages, 2s to 3s Od; turnips, 4s Od to 6s Od; carrots, 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen bunches; horseradish, 4s Od to Gs Od; celery, is Gd to 203 Od per bundle; onions, Os to Os Od per bushel. POIJLTRY. Turkeys, 58 Od to 10s Od • geese, 6s Od 'to 9s: ducks, 8s 6d to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, 1136 d to 2s Od ; wild do, Os 9d to is Od; pigeons, 10d to is Od ; hares, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; pheasant; 3s Od to 4s Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od each ; surrey fowls, 6s to 15s ; do. chickens, 5s to 9s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to Gs Od per couple. English eggs, 15a to —s Od ; French do., lls Od to 12s per 100. Fresh butter, is 2d to is 7d per lb. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 6d Veal Mutton ~. 33 4d to 4s 6d 1 Pork WHIT ECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Boof 3s 2d to 4s 8d I Veal Mutton 3s 4d to 4s 6d j Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Sid to 10d. ; of household ditto, Bd. to 9d. per 4lbe loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hidos, 56 to 641bs, nd to 2141; 64 to 721bs, 21d to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to aid ; 80 to 881bs., 31 j d to nd; 88 to 961b5., 3j - d to 4d. liorsehides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, is ; polled sheep, 10s Od to 12s Od; half-breds, 9s Od to 10s Od ; downs, Gs 3d to 7s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; shoarlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY. SmrrnTlELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 ss; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load. Inquiry limitod. CUMITERLAND.—Moadow hay, £3 06 to £4 88 ; clove; £4 Os to .£5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 184 to £2 6s per load. Demand inactive. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Moadow hay, £2 15s to £4 53 ; clover, £4 03 to £5 153 Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load. Trade slow. ELEUJON INTELLIGECE. COLCHESTER. After a severe contest, victory declared itself yesterday in favour of the Conservative candidate, Mr. E. K. Karslake, Q.C. Dr. Brewer (Liberal) headed the poll for the first two or three hours, but afterwards ho was gradually left behind by Mr. Karslake, who increased his majority every hour. At five p.m. the mayor (Mr. P. 0. Papillon) offi cially declared the numbers as follows : Karslake 675 Brewer Majority for Karslake The MAYOR accordingly declared Mr. Karslake duly elected, ~ ....,, Cora Cumbr. wool • HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Feb. 15. The Queen went out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. This morning her Majesty and all the royal family walked and drove in the grounds. The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square, from Hamp stead Marshall, near Newbury. The Earl of Lonsdale intends to leave town to day for the seaside. His lordship has considerably improved in health of late. The Countess of Caledon has arrived in town in order to take her turn in waiting on her Majesty. Lady Stanley of Alderley will have an evening party to-night at the noble lord's residence in Dover-street, Piccadilly. Lord Seaton returned last week to town. LITERATURE. A New History of Scotland. The History of Scotland, from .Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688. By,] ohn Hill Burton. Vols. 1., IL, 111., IV. William Blackwood and Sons. The history of Scotland is without doubt, among all the nations of Europe, one most fraught with the elements of the picturesque, the chivalrous, and the romantic. The luxuriant beauty of no southern clime has been capable of endearing itself to its children with a tender affection in any way com parable to that which " the land of brown heath and shaggy wood" possesses for its hardy inhabitants. Rich and powerful lauds have again and again become the prey of the spoiler, while the barren hills and heaths of the mountaineer have been defended with a resolute patriotism which has proved itself irresistible. The history of Scotland, so attractive in itself, has been rendered delight fully familiar to us all in those annals of the great Sir Walter, which the memory of most of 11.3 may recall as among the most delightful literature of our youthful days— "Beloved as Fable, and believed as Truth." Such associations and such remembrances are con jured up by the appearance of a history of Scotland as are likely to prove dangerous rivals in the way of any new historian. It is not, therefore, a great matter of surprise if the reader is at first somewhat disappointed with this new history, complete and comprehensive as it is. A closer examination does more justice to the history and the historian. Mr. Burton begins with the invasion of Agricola, in the year 80 of the Christian era. The various warlike operations of Julius Cas3ar he regards as acts of in vasion; and nothing more. The achievements of Agricola, as he justly observes, "hold a greater place in history than they would have reached had they not been told by his son-in-law, Tacitus, the most powerful of Roman historians. The light thus cast on Scotland for a time is more remarkable for its brightness than its clearness." Aided by this transient glimpse, we gain a certain idea of Northern Britain in those remote times, after which are some chapters devoted to the " unrecorded ages," and " the early races," until the dawn of Christianity happily brings us to the beloved names of Coltunba and lona. Here again Mr. Burton is likely to suffer by a comparison with the eloquent biography of St. Columba just given to us by the hand of Montalembert. A little later on we come to Macbeth, whom we find always spoken Of as Macbeda, and the historian tells us in afoot-note that, among the variations of spelling, he has purposely selected fvlacbeda, instead of Mac beth, in order to " keep clear of a name summoning a story so different from the meagre outline which the general materials of history have preserved." In alluding to the " Macbeth " of Shaksp3re Mr. Bur ton adds, " Shakespere followed the histories he had before him, probably the chronicle of Holinshed• No man of his age could have helped him to the truth. Macbeth is no exception to his marvellous power of seizing and giving life to the reality of his torical traditions. Bring it down 250 years, and it takes us thoroughly into the life of the feudal court of Scotland." Be that as it may, we find it difft cult to dislodge Macbeth and his terrible wife from the place they have so long held in our imagination, and to regard the actual Macbeda and his lady Gruach as rather respect able individuals than otherwise. As Mawworra exclaimed—" I like's to be despised," so in regard to these old stories we must say we prefer to be deceived ; but this we may be told is not the spirit in which to read history. Let us pass on to a more attractive theme, the beneficent reign of Malcolm Canmore and St. Margaret. " The good queen Margaret had an influence on the destinies of Scot land much greater than that of her husband," es Mr. Burton admits, but his record of her life is 148 brief as possible. Malcolm Canmore, says Mr. Burton, "comes forth as the first king of Scots who has something like an individuality about him —who is more than a name, and a pair of dates, with a list of battles between them." In alluding to Malcolm's vain but gallant efforts to servo th e cause of his wife's exiled brother, Mr. Burton re marks, with truth, it may be, but in a style toe flippant and colloquial as it appears to us, for the dignity of historical composition, " Maldolm seetc o to have found the cause of the Saxon line a hopelel, game with such a card as Edgar the Atheling• The second volume conducts us through the subse quent history of the monarchy, and the troublou s times of the war of succession, which are necessara fall of interest, and its last pages leave us at the battle of Bannockburn—that battle so decisive fo r the fortunes of Scotland, so disastrous for Ei3g land— "For ne'er the leopards on her shield, Retreated from so sad a field Since Norman William came." After the death of Robert Bruce the warlike am' bition of King Edward 111. of England again threatened the independence of Scotland until th e greater fascination of a French war drew the Euglie 13 „, army across the Channel. By an oversight in t 1 1" correction of the press we find (page 17, vol. it a glaring typographical error, in which it is sta ted that Isabel, the sister of Louis of France, was re 3r. ried to Edward 111. of England, meaning of coal Edward 11. It was in right of his mother, se i mentioned on the same page, that Edward In• claim to the throne of France. To the edu ced reader, of course, the error is instantly manifest , b re it is one obviously requiring attention in a ftl tii o edition. The Scots had good cause to rejoice in King Edward's French invasion, but Mr. P it o ; ton, in remarking on this subject, goes s ° To as to utter a doubt which we should never he ~,0 found in the pages of a thorough-going patriot 110 Sir Walter Scott. " Whether," he says, " tits sole object of ambition to two such potent sP ( I as Edward 111. and the Black Prince, See till b t. • could have held her own to the end may be deti te r.. ful." As a happy exception to the somewhat 0 16 " 0 0 of-fact manner in which this history is for the In t o f part written, we find a very interesting 0 4 ° 3 e 0 , to the romantic battle of Otterburn. In allo ch ' abl e Froissart's admirable description of that naen ler l os but unnecessary fight, Mr. Burton happilY ° 7 t for that the great Chronicler recognised in it "a 11 & . . r03 - fighting's sake—the greatest and bloodiest to e' ia ment that ho had to record." The third vol t i s to ry which these episodes occur, recounts the 1 iv. , of the house of Stuart to James V, an d " 7° o oer 0 the last volume yet issued, is devoted to % 133 0 of the unhappy Mary Queen of Scots. IV i c or not time to dwell at length upon Mr. Mi rtc l lo l ° of that remarkable history and that real, l'oci heroine, whom we are somewhat surprise d t° test him designate "one of the subtlest and /,/ticon women ever born !" The death of Bothival is yc t eludes this volume. The tragic fate of lgar):_ tbe to come. Two other volumes w ill compit'ku coy w e null ,d history, bringing it down to 1688. onlPlislll' h g i r s at t u as la k t i e n ll a lr v . e ß ry u c r o to m n p o le n te ha a v n i d n notwithstanding writer of a new history of Scotland, be Q faij to encounter. the many difficulties Nviur til ' d of g sa c t o is f f a a r c satisfactory .311-181311tebr'0