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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Sole Lassee and Manager, Mr. F. 13. Chatterton. Attraction and Novelty for the Holidays. On EASTER MONDAY, April 22nd, will be produced an original Comrdy 1 rams, in Four Acts, entiled THE GREAT CITY. ly Andrew Halliday, with new and charac teristic Scenery. To conclude with the Farce of THAT RASCAL JACK. Commence at &yen. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. On EASTER MONDAY, and daring the week, BAM , BOOZ LING. Mr. E. Price and Miss Kate Bishop. Atter which, at 8, THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Fechter ; Me a; s Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, Fitzpatrick. _Evans, Milton, New bound, Anderson, Reynolds, Vivian, Bennett; Misses Lienrade, Elsworthy, Grattan, and Carlotta Leclercq. To csmclule with a Divertissement, composed by E. Rapt -110:53., entitled THE RoI:6ED SA. milli L. Espinosa, Sophie, and the Ladies of the Corps"de Ballet. THEATRE ROYAI, HAYMARKET, sole Lessee and Al anagwr, Mr. Ruckst me. T 2 IS EVENING, PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and Miss lone Burke. Atter *bleb, at 3, AS YOU LIKE IF. Messrs Howe, C,..mptdm, Van eu, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Vin cent, Weathersby, d c ; Mesdames Scott- Skidoos, lone Burke, Sydney, Fitzwilharu, &a. Followed by the Ist and 3d Scenes of the 4th Act of ROMEO AN 0 JULIET. Mrs. Scott-Siddons ; Mr. Rogers. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. TIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. at 7 (first thr.e), a new Farce, A FRET FUL PORCUPINE. Messrs J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, Stephenson, and 3llss E. Pitt. After which, at 8, LOST IN LONDON. Messrs. 11. Neville, J. Clarke, P. BedLrd, Ashley. Ebnrne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Biilington, Miss Neilson, and Miss A. Seaman. To conclude with THE BONNIE FISHWINIC. Messrs. J. Clarke and Mies Furtado. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, LAVATER. Messrs. Clayton, Stuart. D. Murray, and Charles Mathews; Mesdames Barris and Palmer. Followed by THE LI AR. Messrs. C. Mathews, Addison, H. J. blontague. and Horace Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews and Miss Stephens. After whi,h, A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray. and Charles Mathews. Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manazeress, Mrs. Swanborouzh. THIS EVENING, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. At ter which (first time), PYGMALION; or. The Statue Fair. Messrs. Thorne and Jame.. ; Mesdames A. Swan borough, Itaynham, llarland, Johnstone, Newton, and Holt. To conclude with THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. •' ' 'r HIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox. After which, Boucioault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Nevt Ile, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raymond. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. 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Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham -court-road, London; And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free on application. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.--Morning, 211. 50m.—Afternoon, 311. 6ai ra_moi tßow. _m orn i n g, 3h. 25in.—Afternoon, 311. 40m. 4 4. -?;); (4 . c=, _ 'I ' LJNDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 18G7. - The arrival of the China, from New York, on the 9th, informs us that the Judiciary Committee have suspended the impeachment investigation till May. They are probably glad of any excuse to delay the further prosecution of their attempt, and indeed it is highly probable that when the ap p3inted time arrives they may abandon it alto gether. The affair of BOOTH'S diary is not it seems to be allowed to rest, SURRATT'S counsel having applied for a writ to compel Judge HOLT to produce it. The Radicals will not thank BUTLER for having published the affair in Con gross, though it is only right that the matter should be thoroughly sifted. There were several sus picious circumstances attending BOOTH'S pursuit and death which have enabled all parties to bandy accusations against their opponents in a manner little creditable to American politicians. It is time that this should be put an end to, and if the late Government really countenanced the execution of Mrs. SUR.RATT, while retaining in their own hands the evidence of her innocence, they deserve public exposure and rebuke. No doubt SURRATT'S coun sel is glad to take advantage of the general excite ment created by BUTLER'S revelations in favour of his client, though it does not follow that the missing pages would have cleared the accused of compli city. Meanwhile public opinion seems to be growing more and more favourable to the Democrats, and every successive election gives in dication of their increasing strength. They Lave carried the municipal election at Hartford by an increased majority,. and we may hope that their in fluence will gradually make itself felt. The Senate has rejected the nomination of the new Minister to Vienna, as indeed it has become a matter of course that they should do. It is sufficient for the PRESI DENT to have selected a man for a particular post for the Senate to decide against him. 'The feeling against the Reconstruction Act still prevails strongly, and a fresh petition to the Supreme Court against it is reported from Georgia. The Radicals cannot therefore boast of having satisfied the country by the scheme. Various small disturbances are chronicled from different parts of the States, though there is no serious outbreak. The General com manding at Charleston has issued a circular to the freedmen, advising them to be less violent in de manding their rights, and large meetings of blacks and whites have been held in some places. It is worth notice that these mixed meetings are gene rally on the Democratic side, so that we hope the more moderate party is gaining ground among the freedmen. Hitherto they have been chiefly under the dominion of the ultra faction, who have misled and excited them into the belief that the State was bound to support them in idleness. Such professions are only made to gain influence for the time, and the leaders who talk the loudest about dividing the lands among the negroes would be the first to over look their just claims when the temporary advan tage to be derived from their support was over. We hear no more of the foreign relations of the States or of any fresh development of Fenianism, so that we may hope the aspect of affairs is more tran quil and satisfactory. Mr. Bass has written a letter to the members of the Derby Liberal Association, which is in every way worthy of notice, and we commend it to the attention of all who would understand the difficul ties that the cause of Reform has to contend against —difficulties that arise in a great measure from the Liberals themselves. In this communication he explains the motives which induced him to vote with the Government in the celebrated division which took place before the recess. "My reasons," said he, were " first to save the Reform Bill. Mr. DISRAELI was pledged to throw up the bill if Mr. GLADSTONE'S resolutions were carried ; whether those resolutions were or were not designed to throw out the :bill and the Government, that was clearly their import." We can easily understand bow any member of the Liberal party who was earnestly desirous of seeing the vexed question of Reform settled should have appreciated to its full extent the importance of assisting the Government in the emergency they were in. It was a time for action, and not for words, for following the dictates of one's own mind, and not listening to the insinua tions of those who put party before everything. Mr. BASS is not an unqualified admirer of the bill in question ; he says that he is against the " rating provisions ;" indeed he censures them as much as Mr. GLADSTONE himself can ; but we recognise the difference that exists between Mr. GLADSTONE and those of his followers who voted with the Govern ment in this, that the right hon. gentleman seized upon any point that he disapproved of in the mea sure, and would have been very glad if any division on its merits had chanced to throw out the bill alto gether ; while the others saw the danger that they run of losing the substance while they grasped at the shadow. Besides this cogent reason, Mr. BASS gives us another important consideration which in duced him to go into the same lobby with the Mi nisters, and this was that the bill of Mr. DISRAELI offered the Household Suffrage, which he truly re gards as " the only lasting settlement of this great controversy." We suspect that neither the Leader of the Oppo sition nor his friends will like to read the plain truths which are set forth in this letter, nor like that others should see them either. " Mr. GLADSTONE," the writer observes, " from all I have heard from him, publicly or privately, will not entertain it for a moment. He has denounced it ; yet the most Conservative member of his late Government, Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, and the most Radical member, Mr. FOSTER, have alike declared in its favour." " Then, again," he adds, " that Mr. LOWE, Mr. HORSMAN, and Lord CRANBORNE, who threw out Mr. GLADSTONE'S bill last year, are now doing their best to throw out Mr. DISRAELI'S, for they say it is revolutionary." "What is a plain man to do ?" exclaims the persecuted leader of Reform. " voted against men who have been the most marked enemies of Reform, and whom I voted against last year." Considering the difficulties of the question, we do not think that Mr. BASS could have given a better account than he has done, and while he says nothing that has in any way of fended others, he vindicates himself, and that most successfully from all charges brought against him. Mr. GLADSTONE'S rival Bill rests on a £.5 rating franchise, which has no element of "per manency" in it ; and even Mr. BRIGHT, in his at tempted defence of it, admitted that he preferred a £4 rating. We think that Mr. BASS settles the mat ter very satisfactorily when he declares that " out of a political paradise" it is impossible to please every one, and therefore members are thrown on their own resources. It is worth noticing, in con clusion, that Mr. BASS observes that every Liberal member he conversed with, who voted with Mr. GLADSTONE, expressed satisfaction at being out voted. " No," he adds, " there was one Liberal who said, BASS, you ought to be ashamed of your self.' " Mind, he was in high office under the last Government, and wants to get back with the least possible delay. These people cannot patiently endure to be kept out ill the cold." Of such as these there can be but one opinion as to the value of their arguments and the worth of their remarks, but, in the judgment of impartial men, those Libe ral members who voted with the Government the other night acted in a patriotic manner, and the thanks of the nation are due to them, for their public spirit and decision have rescued Reform from its peculiar position, and rendered to the country an important service in settling the vexed question, which has so long impeded progress, and disturbed the state of the public mind. The Prussians are evidently resolved to outrage public opinion to the uttermost, and to show that they care little or nothing for what ii expected of them, or for what the laws of nations may demand from them. Some mistaken notions have induced THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 180. people to let the Berlin Government have their own way in every particular, large or small, hoping thereby that the ends of peace will be answered, and that the exorbitant demands being qua lified there will be an end of the thing. These misguided politicians have yet to learn that Prussia is going on exactly after the fashion of those to whom an inch is given, and who forthwith demand au ell. Perhaps the worst part of her conduct is not, however, the grasping manner and the encroaching spirit which she displays, but the very inconsiderate manner in which she acts towards those whom the chances of war have thrown into her power. In this we see the littleness of her character, and appreciate to the full extent the meanness and jealousy of her rulers. The last news is that a Procla ination has been issued at Kiel, which an nounces that, in accordance with the orders of the Prussian Government, " all North Schleswigers who had joined the Danish army, but have since returned to Schleswig, are to be banished without exception from the country ;" and this order is to include even those who are willing to change their condition as Danish subjects, and to submit to be come liable to military service in the Prussian army. All we can say is that it is enough to surprise one that even the Prussian Government is not re strained from acting in so scandalous a manner, but it is quite evident that BISMARCK and those who aid and abet him go out of their way to add insult to insult, and bring one injury upon another, in the case of all who come in contact with them. There can be no possible excuse for such a course being pursued, and it is alike cruel and contemptible. If anything could reconcile one to the horrors of war, it would be the thought that this rapacious Power will be taught its level at last, and forced to give up some of those possessions which it has so eagerly appropriated, and yet has no right to. It is, indeed, sad to see so great a want of consideration displayed in these advanced days by a nation that ought to know better, and already is possessed of so much power and influence that there is no reason to desire or demand more. It is quite idle to talk of any State increasing in freedom and prosperity that is under the control and direction of this selfish and arbi trary Power, and the sooner the unreasoning dis sertations about unity and nationality are given up the better for the laws of truth and common sense. The Easter holidays are giving us the opportunity of hearing what the defeated Liberals find to say to their constituents on the much-vexed question of Reform. Mr. STANSFELD has just been addressing the people of Halifax after a considerable interval. The last time he met them was when Lord PALMERSTON reigned supreme, and he then made two prophecies, which he thought had been fulfilled. The one was—that the question of Reform could be no longer delayed ; the other, that it would owe its greatest success to the opposition. Both these prophecies have been fulfilled to a certain extent, though Mr. STANSFELD himself has not had much hand in bringing about their realisation. By his vote against the Government the other evening he did his best to throw out the bill and delay the settlement of the question for another year, while he al.so endeavoured to hinder the progres3 being made by the ex-Opposition to wards the unravelling of the Gordian knot. Mr. STANSFELD is full of virtuous indignation on behalf of Mr. GLADSTONE, and defends him from the charge of drawing a stiff hard line below which no one could come into the franchise. Oddly enough his answer to what he calls " a taunt" applies very correctly to the policy of certain Liberals. He declares that it came from men who " only turned round at the last moment and endeavoured to outflank and out manceuvre him, not because they had changed their convictions, but because they had changed the side of the House and the seat they occupied." This is, in truth, the explanation of a good deal of the reso lute opposition which the new Reform Bill has encountered, and it is easy to see what . is the course more congenial to genuine Reformers by the conduct of such men as Mr. ROE BUCK, Mr. BASS, and Mr. CLAY. They see the shortcomings of the measure, but they see also that there is nothing vitally bad in its principle. The extraordinary sympathy manifested for the com pound householder, about whom we never heard last session, shows pretty clearly that there is no very striking flaw in the bill otherwise. Mr. STANS FELD is undoubtedly a man of ability and efficient experience, and his ambition would naturally lead him to desire the re-instalment of his party in Downing -street. His liberality of opiuion, too, is well known ; in fact, his friendship for MAZZINI once gave rise to some angry discussion. As a genuine Liberal, then, he should put party feeling second to public ends ; and since for some reason or other Mr. GLADSTONE prefers the old restricted form of franchise to the more elastic one now gene rally popular, his associates need not be ashamed of refusing to follow him in this matter, inas much as they are really more liberal than he. We are glad to find that the, member for Halifax advocates the passage of the measure, and thinks all future changes will be better effected by improve ments in committee than by the introduction of a counter bill. Such a course, we have no doubt, is what all Liberals will eventually decide upon. flounced would take place last night, was stormy, and without any conciliatory symptom. Indeed, one very trifling concession, which was proposed, was almost unanimously rejected. The strike, there fore, continues, and nothing is yet said about another meeting. The assembly last night was very ani mated, but there was no violence. The carpet weavers now threaten a strike for an increase of wages, but only to the extent of 21d. a day. The journeymen hair-dressers intend to meet this evening. Good Friday has been kept very strictly, as re gards religious observance and abstinence from meat. A very small proportion of the population have taken meat. Most of the butchers' shops were closed, a strong proof of the fact. The churches have been very much crowded. It is an evil wind that blows nobody any good, says the proverb. In Paris sometimes people raise the wind out of the wind. At least this was the case the other day. The boatmen near the Pont des Invalides, seeing that many people going to the Exhibition had their hats blown into the water, some shocking bad hats, and others very good ones, arranged their boats so as to catch them on their descent into the Seine, and the hat speculation was crowned with success, as the owners were glad to give a reward for their recovery. shall take an opportunity of speaking of the ex hibition of Fine Arts at the Palais de l'lndustrie. In the meantime I am sorry to record that it is in ferior to that of last year, at least as regards the number of works of art. The present exhibition con tains 1,581 paintings (417 less than that of 1867), 534 drawings (81 less than last year), 381 pieces of statuary (8 less than last year), 246 architectural sketches or lithographs (46 less than last year.) Neither the works of the pupils of the Academy of France at Rome nor the grand prizes of the pupils of the School of Arts at Paris are to be seen this year. Last year 41 such works were exhibited. An analysis of the total number of works now on view proves that it is less by 593 than were sent in in 1866. I attempt no explanation of this, but the fact is not a very satisfactory one. The French Academy has decided that the first prize of the Gobert Foundation shall be awarded to M. Louis de Vielcastel for the work entitled " His tory of the Restoration," of which the ninth volume has appeared. The second prize of the same Foun dation has been granted to M. Felix Faure for his work " History of St. Louis," in two octavo volumes. On Saturday last Madame Maria Amendola, the wife of a merchant at Naples, was confined with four girls, all of whom, as well as the mother, are in excellent health. M. Forcade de la Roquette, Minister of Agricul tare, who distributed the prizes to the butchers at the great cattle market at Poissy, made an interest ing address. In reference to the supply of pro visions to Paris, M. de la Roquette said that it was an error to attribute serious importance to the in fluence which importations of foreign cattle had upon the trade. The number of animals of the bovine race imported into France was 120,000 in 1860. It was only 135,000 in 1865. This was but a small addition to the national production which represented about 15 millions of animals. The im portation of sheep was rather more considerable. From 1860 to 1865 it amounted from 484,000 to 830,000. But this number bore but a small pro portion compared with the production of France, which might be estimated at 30 millions of ovine beasts. Besides, those importations were to a great extent balanced by the exportations from France to foreign countries. To these calculations of the Minister I may add that the price of meat is now very high in Paris, and there has lately been an in- crease i❑ it. I have asked several butchers who do an extensive trade to tell me the cause of this. The answer of them all was that cattle are scarce in England, and that such large quantities are sent there that the French butchers are compelled to pay a much higher price for the cattle left in France. At a recent dinner given by M. Ambroise-Fernier Didot, of the bookseller's firm of that name, he spoke of the importance of the office of corrector of the press, and mentioned a serious error which appeared in the Moniteur at the time when a treaty of alliance was proposed between the Emperor Napo leon the First and the Emperor of Russia. The Journal de l'Empire, as it was then called, had to print the phrase, " These two Sovereigns, who in union would be invincible"—but the last three let ters of the word union had dropped out, so that un was substituted for union, and it read —" These two Sovereigns, one of whom is invincible." Napoleon was much irritated against the printer, and the Emperor of Russia was equally displeased. No doubt, for it seemed to intimate that it was Napo leon who was invincible. The splendid weather .to-day, the weather of summer, has had a favourable effect upon the Ex hibition. It has been more crowded than ever. All the avenues to it on both sides of the river have been more crowded than at any time since the opening. Two magnificent white camels, of the species called Mahava, which came from the south of the province of Constantine, Algeria, are novito be seen in Section 38, called the Encampment. They are taken to the Garden of Acchmatation every night and brought back in the morning. These camels, or more properly speaking dromedaries, have only one hump. Their legs are small, and very grace fully formed. They run very swiftly, and contested for the prize at the Constantine races in 1862. On entering the Champ de Mars by the Pont de Jena, and proceeding to the right, is the Museum of the Evangelical Missions, organised by th e Minister M. Casa, and contai ning various ancient and interesting articles brought back by the mis sionaries from various countries. Behind these buildings is the evangelical chapel which was in augurated last Sunday. M. Guizot happened to be passing while the congregation were singing hymns, and he went and made a speech, in which he advo cated union and conciliation among all Christian sects. Lord Shaftesbury, the president of the evan- _ _ ..... gelical body of England, was present, as well as a large number of ministers and missionaries. The day be fore yesterday there was a religious meeting in the chapel, at which the Earl of Shaftesbury presided. Over the entrance are inscribed the words Salle Evangelique, and the motto is Unum corpus sumus in Christo. Prayers and conferences take place every day, and gratuitous lectures in the even- Among the constructions now open in the Park is one devoted to Hebrew antiquities. There is a plan in relief of Jerusalem, a small model of the Tabernacle, and plans in relief of the ancient monuments of Judea. It is stated that the Emperor and Empress of Russia, after taking the waters at Kiesingen, will certainly come to Pads to see the Exhibition. The restaurateurs, who have increased their prices, have not, as far as my observation goes, taken anythin g b y t h eir motion. A sys t em o f ex tortion is on f oo t, particularly i n regard to the English, about w hi c h I shall h ave som ething to say. It is somewhat strange that there is a . diffi culty about one article—tea—which is so indispens able to English comfort. At some of the stylish shops tea, by no means good, is marked up at no less than 16 francs the pound. The French, in spite of increased relations with the English, do not understand the pleasant tea party of England. They take it when they are ill as an unpleasant necessity, like medicine. It is therefore worth know►ng that there is a tea establishment in the Rue St. Honore, the Caravane, w lerc excellent tea may be had as c h eap, or even c h eape r, than in Eng land. All th e ot h er art i cles, too, i are of peculiar excellence. Dr. Cumming has published a book called " The Last Woe," in which he says that the Jews are to be con verted as a nation, and the Papacy extinguished, between the autumnal equinox of 1867 and the same period of 1868. —Christian Times. PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photo graphic Albums, a choice of 3,000 ; despatch-boxes, writ ing-cases, dressing-cases, travelling,-bags, envelope-cases, blotting-books, ink-stands, desks, book-slides, work-boxes, tea-caddies, hand-bags and reticules, card-cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, &c. ; cigar-cases, card-baskets, pocket-books, elec ro-gilt and elegantly-mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer books, and Church Services, in every typo. Parkins and Gotto, 25, Oxford-street. The public supplied at wholesale prices from the largest stock in London. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GALLE, April 16. The Rangoon, from China, arrived yesterday, and the Geelong, from Australia, to-day. The Simla will probably leave for Suez to morrow. The Avoca, with the outward mail of Jan. 20-2 G, reached Melhourned on the 16th and Sydney on the 19th March. The Nubia, with the outward mail of March 4-11 arrived at Galle on April 3. ALEXANDRIA, April 19. The Pera left at 5 a.m. and the Syria at 9 a.m. to-day with the India and China mails. The for mer may be expected at Marseilles on the 25th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the 2d May. SUEZ, April 19. The Afongolia, with the outward mails of April 4-10, for Calcutta, and the Northam, extra steamer for Bombay, sailed at 9 p.m. to-day. BERLIN, April 20. All the rumours which have lately circulated respecting Prussian armaments are authoritatively declared to be pure inventions. Up to the present time no real warlike prepara tions have taken place. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAILS. LIVERPOOL, April 20. The Royal Mail steamer Athenian with the above mails has arrived here. Her dates are Fernando Po, March 16, Old Calabar 18, Bonny 20, Lagos 23, Accra 25, Jellah, Coffee, and Quilla 24, Cape Palmas 28, Sierra Leone, April 2, Teneriffe 10, and Madeira 12. The Athenian brings a full cargo and five pas- sengers. The Royal Mail steamer Lagos was at Lagos on the 22d ult., and the Briitol at Sierra Leone on the 16th. The Royal Mail steamer Man-Dingo left Tene rife on the Ist inst. for the West Coast. Her Majesty's ship Zebra was at Madeira, as were also the French frigate Pomone and Intrepid with troops from Mexico. The general news from the West Coast of Africa is Unimportant. TIIE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 24. Dates have been received from the seat of war to the 9th inst. Nothing of importance had taken place, and the monotony of the camp was only broken up by a few shells thrown from the Para guayan lines and answered by the Brazilians on shore, and on board the vessels of the fleet. A decree was published on the 15th, calling out 8,000 more National Guards, which have to be furnished by the capitals of the provinces and the towns nearest to them. The city of Rio de Janeiro has to furnish 1,000 men. This measure has met with much opposition from the National Guard, but well informed persons affirm that if the contingent be not forthcoming within the time specified the guard of the capital will be dissolved and the men recruited. The Count d'Eu is most anxious to go to the seat of war, and has applied to the Minister of War for permission. The Council of the State has been consulted, and has given au adverse decision. The majority of the council are political friends of the present commander-in-chief, the Marquis of Caxias, who would lose his position if the Count, his senior officer, were to go south. At the same time his highness is a very young man, and the old cowleinurs may perhaps on that account hesitate in confiding to his hands the dostiny of the war. The result of the elections in the more distant provinces is now known here, and is generally favourable to Government. Out of 122 deputies, not more tha❑ 30 or 35 belong to the Opposition. A decree dated the 16th has been issued, fixing the amount of Bank of Brazil notes to be with drawn from circulation by each of the branch banks. The whole amount is $25,766,681.248, (£2,576,668), the proceeds of the sale of the metallic reserve of the bank. There will still remain in cir culation the sum of $45,000,000,000 (£4,500,000), which has to be gradually withdrawn from circu lation, commencing with 5 per cent, of the amount on the Ist July next. No dividends are henceforth to be paid by the bank until the sum fixed by Go vernment to be withdrawn for the year be really in the coffers of the bank. Orders having been given to several corps of the National Guard to go into quarters, and some of the superior officers having excited their men to disobedience, the Government, by a decree issued at eleven o'clock last night, has cashiered several of these officers. If the resistance of the National Guard continues, the Ministry will break up the whole force, which will be a very energetic measure, considering that all the troops of the line are now absent in Paraguay. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 19, Two o'clock.—Panic has again taken possession of the market, and the heavy fall experienced by all securities yesterday has been fol lowed to-day by a descent still more rapid and severe. Italian Five per Cents., as usual, lead the way with a further decline of no less than If. 80c. ; they are offered at this moment at 45f. 15c. French Threes have receded 62ic., to 65f. 50e. In miscel laneous shares Credit Foncier has descended 40f., to 1,260 f. 50c. ; Mobilier 13f. 75c., to 365 f. 50c.; Comptoir d'Escompte 22fr. 50c., to 700 f. ; Trans atlantic 20f., to 365 f. ; and Immobiliere 15f., to 185 f. The decline in railway shares is equally severe, Northern have lost 20f., Austrian 20f., Orleans 10f., and Lyons and Lombards IM. each. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows : per Cent 5......... 95 Do. end m0nth...... 3 per Cents. ......... 65 80 Do. end m0nth...... 65 67i Credit Mobilier ... 34 bu Do. end month .... 352 50 Credit Foncier ...... Do. and m0nth...... 1275 Bank Shares 3390 Italian Loan 45 30 Do. end month 45 20 Mexican Loan _l5 Do. Bonds ll5 Spanish Throes Home Debt — Deferred 'ATII. Orleans For Account. 822 50 Northern Lyons and M e dit erranean B6O Southern 537 50 Western ' Eastern Sardini an Austrian Lombard 3.0 North of S pa i n — SaragosF a — Ditto to Barcelona Roinau. FATAL ACCIDENT AT FULIVELL QUARRY.—On WeJnesday afternoon a melancholy accident occurred at Pulwell Quarry. M:. William Howlett, grinder at Mr. Ja s. Ityder's flour mill, Monkwearniouth, took a walk for the purpose of seeing an act - II:lint:moo, when, unfortu nately, he fell over the edge of the quarry amongst the stones, and was killed. The body was taken to the resi dence of the deceased in Silksworth-row. Ile was about 40 years of age, and has left a wife and two children. THE TEETTI AND BREATH.— now otten do w. find the hum n face div ne disfi4ure t by neglecting the chiefs t of its ornaments, and the breath made d.sign-eabis to companions by n n-att. ntio to the Teeth! Though perfect 11 their structure and composition, to keep them in a pure and healthy state r quires some little trouble ; and if those wt;) are blessed with wail- formed teeth knew how socu decay steals into the mouth, making unsightly what otherwise arc delightful to admire, and designating unhealth ness by the Impurity of the breath, they would spare no expense t chase away these LAM blemishes. But although most ladies are careful, and even particular in these delicate matters, yet few are sufficiently aware of the imperative necess ty of avoiding all noxious or ' , feral substances of an acrid na ture, and of which the greater part of the cheap tooth powders and pastes of the present day are composed. It is highly satisfactory to point out Messr-. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation free from all injurious elements, and eminently ca'culated to embellish and preserve the dental structure, to impart a grateful fragrance to the breath. aLd to embellish and perpetuate the graces of the mouth. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. Accounts from Holland state that the Second Chamber has voted by a large majority the credits necessary for the increased expenses arising from the reorganisation of the army. The new plan for the defence of the kingdom proposed by General N an der Bosch, which consists in concentrating the defence of the country at Utrecht and Amsterdam, was also agreed to. The budgets of finance, the colonies, and the navy were agreed to without any opposition. After discussing the naval budget, the Second Chamber of the Netherlands authorised the construction of ten iron-clad ships, formidably armed, and 12 screw corvettes. A letter from Jerusalem of a later date than that noticed yesterday states that the temporary shelter placed under the cupola of the church of St. Sepulchre was completely finished. This construc tion, which does great honour to the architects em ployed in the important works in progress, has just been surmounted by a cross, at the erection of which the Governor of Palestine and the Cunsuls of France and Russia were pre3ent. _ _ The Correctional Tribunal of the Seine has found M. de Girardin, editor of La Libe7W, guilty of in serting in that paper an article calculated to bring the Goverment into hatred and contempt, and has tined him 5,000 f. The printer, M. Serriene, was condemned to pay a fine of 100 f. as an accomplice in the offence. War is beginning to be treated as inevitably to become an accomplished fact. A writer of some note, M. Alfred Assolant, suggests as a pre cautionary measure that permission shall be asked of the Minister of the Interior for delegates for liberal and industrial professors to hold meetings to discuss publicy the interests of France in Luxem bourg and on the borders of the Rhine. Should war become inevitable, then an examination is to be made as to the most speedy and economical mode of arming the nation without following up the Carrack system. " A people who possess guns and cartridges, and for whom the regular army is only an advanced guard, may defy all coalitions." The meeting of journeymen tailors, which I an- The Engine-Drivers' Strike. The interest which the present unfortunate struggle between the engine -drivers and firemen and North-Eastern Railway Company has created has by no means abated, and fears are beginning to be entertained that, if an arrangement is not come to within a short period, the engine -drivers and others employed on the lines between London and Edinburgh will also strike. The ten whose cases were adjourned on Monday last again appeared at the Guildhall, York, on Thursday afternoon, to answer the charge which had been preferred against them, of having left the service of the company without giving a month's notice. The first case selected was that of George Preston, and the only magistrate on the bench was Mr. J. Chadwick ; Mr. \V. B. Richardson appeared on behalf of the com pany, and Mr. Roberts, of Manchester, for the de fendant. Mr. Richardson, in stating the case for the prosecution, said that the time for arbitration had gone by. If the men had given a legitimate and proper notice, which the rules required, the sympathies of the public might have been with them —but if men take the law into their own hands they must abide by the consequences. He would, therefore, say, that there was no hope of a reconci liation ; the men had chosen their own course, and, whatever theconsequences might be, they,had them : selves to blame. Mr. H. Tuff, locomotive foreman at York, was called to prove the engagement of the defendant, who, he said, along with four others, came to him on the night of the 10th inst., and they said that the whole of the work would be stopped the next day, by which he understood that the trains were to be stopped, and they said this was done on account of a general dissatisfaction that was prevailing. He told them he hoped they were not going to be so rash, that it was unlawful to leave in that way, and asked them whether they were aware that punishment might be inflicted upon them. They replied that they had weighed all this carefnlly over, and they were prepared to stand by the consequences. He asked them if the Darlington dispute was the cause of their turning out, and they said it was not. The defendant had not since been to work. Mr. Roberts addressed the Bench at great length, and took several objections upon which he asked to have a case reserved for the consideration of the Queen's Bench, if necessary. He animadverted upon the steps which the company had taken. Mr. Chadwick, having taken half an hour to consider the questions which had been brought before him, said he felt himself bound to convict the defendant, and he thought that the matter was so clear that he declined to grant a case. He was prepared to give judgment then, but, as other magistrates had postponed judg ment, he was willing to defer his decision for a few weeks. The defendant was then bound in his own recognisance of £5O, and one surety in the sum of £25 to appear again on the 25th of May, and the other defendants were bound over in their own re cognisance of £25 to appear again on the same day ra r°' , _ tirobr. HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, April 19• The Queen took a drive yesterday afternoon, at• tended by Lady Churchill. ; c Their Royal Higlinu ses Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prince ss B ea t r i ce, wal k ed i n t h e golly Park. The Queen, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, an d . _ Prince Christi an , an d th e L ad i es and Gent l e men 11 ' Waiting, attend e d Di v i ne serv i ce this morn ing 111 the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Winds °l ; assisted by the Rev. R. Duckworth, adrainistero the Sacrament of the Holy Communion. Sir James Clark left the Castle yesterday after' noon. " WINDSOR CASTLE, April 19. " Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian passed a very good night. " Her Royal Highness and the infant Prince are doing exceedingly well. (Signed) - " THOS. FAIRBANK, Dl.D•'' The Earl of Leitrim has arrived as Killadonol Cel'bridge, his seat in county Kildare, from Dublin. The Earl of Charlemont arrived at his residence! in Dublin, on Monday last, to join the countess, for the Easter recess. Lord John Brown, M.P., has arrived at Wes t ' port House, Ireland, from town. LORD WARKwonni.—At the latter end of p elt , month, the 29th Lord Warkworth, the eldest son °' the Earl and Countess Percy, attains his majority, and i° „f consequence the E ar l an d C ountess Percy, at the desire `'s the Duke of Northumberland, whose great age prec lud ! him taking an a c ti ve part on the joyous occasion, will cele brate the young lord's majority at Alnwick Castle with ex traordinary hospit a lit y . I t i s some years since the fine castle of the Peroys has been the scene of such hospital it y as is promised. The magnificent Royal tent at Sion, e °°- structed by Mr. B. Edgington, of Duke-street, Lond° l3- bridge, calculated to accommodate upwards of 1,000 Per sons, which was made at the express desire of the thir d Duke of Northumb er l an d, f or hi s pr i ncely fest i v ities t tt Sion, is to be removed to Alnwick and erected in Pr° %l- mity to the castle. It i s th oug h t and intended tha t 1, 4 ' ,,0 persons shall be regaled on the day of the coming of ag e of the young Lord Warkworth. The festivities are t° last six days. The " Quarterly Review" and Mr. Dixon O 1 " New America." Several days since the following communicati o° appeared in our leading contemporary as Mr. ller worth Dixon's comment upon his latest critic, th e one who has but just now reviewed his two volume s on " New America" in the current number of th e Quarterly. "6, St. James's-Terrace, April 13, 1 867 ' " Th 3 Quarterly Review, just issued, has an article on ' New Am er i ca, ' i n wh i ch a passage occurs so false in fact and so injurious to me, that I may perhaps be allowot without suspicion of unfairly intruding on public notion, t° set the matter r i g ht. I have never answered, and I 010 °1d never think of an swer i ng, any literary criticism. I bnir",, too much respect for honest conviction ; but the point noif raised is one of good manners and of fair dealing, such 39 no man valuing the good opinion of society could suffer to pass in silence. " The Quarterly says:—' With that spice of affectation which we hope to see weeded out of future editions of 111° book, Mr. Dixon volunteers a hint to his friends at Bishops' thorpe or Wells to go and see in person what the Sian ° are doing in Whitechapel. The advice is good, thon6 4 the tone of giving it might have been better, if Mr. DiO ° had thought of recent proof of sympathy with the working classes given by eminent dignitaries of the Church.' "Now, I bag leave to say that I have never done tliiO thing. I have nowhere hinted that any particular bishop had neglected his duty. I am sure that nothing of that kind could be said of either Lord Auckland or of the Arc''' bishop of York. These eminent prelates are conspicuo us ' even on the English Episcopal bench, for their devotion t ° the various labours of their sacred office. " What I rosily wrote was general in meaning: ' 116 : Convocation ever given up a d ay t o th e b oo k o f blot-mon Has a bi s h op ever v i s i ted the Saints in Commercial- road , Two or three ministers may have fired off pamplild t° against them; but have any of these reverend fathers be e° to see them in their London homes ?' These hints ra 3 / have been either wise or foolish. That is matter of meat. The Quarterly says the advice involved in WO hints is 'good.' But it will be seen that I mention 00 names, I imply no censure of individuals. I confine 05" self to facts which cannot be disputed. It is the Quarter not myself, that brings the names of Lord Auckland an d Dr. Thomson into this connexion. How and why it I done so I cannot guess.—Yours, &c., " W. HEPWORTH Dixos." In answer to the foregoing, the " Quarterly" . 11 °' viewer has since then written : Sir,—Mr. Hepworth Dixon is hard to please. g e is angry with me for making use of his own phraseo logy, and puts upon it a meaning which he disowns, and which I certainly never intended. In New America, vol. i., p. 252, Mr. Pilo ° writes :,-- • " Last Sunday, after service at the Tabernacle, Brigham Young sent for us to the raised dais on which he and the dignitaries had been seated, to see a private meeting of the Bishops, and to hear what kind of work these reverend fathers had met to do. We rather wondered what o r friends at Bishopsthorpe and Wells would think of such scene." Again, in vol. i., p. 240, he says : "Has Convocation over given up a day to the Book 0f Mormon ? Has a Bishop ever visited the Saints in Cool" mercial-road ?" In mentioning Mr. Dixon's advice contained in the latter paragraph I made use of his phraseology in the former, but clearly in a general sense, sinc e Lambeth or London or any other see may be sub stituted for Bishopsthorpe or Wells. But if there i s any ambiguity in the words, Mr. Dixon is the only person to blame. He is in this dilemma : —Either he meant a personal allusion in speaking of "hie friends at Bishopsthorpe and Wells ;" or, if he di" not, he has no right to complain of my using hi ° , own words in the same se nse, f ar l ess to speak 01, them as "false in fa c t an d i n j ur i ous to him." ---4 am, sir, your obedient servant, London, April 16. THE " QUARTERLY" REVIEWER. And now, in continuation, if not in actual, of pletion, of this correspondence, we have yel recently received the following letter from th e author of " New America" : The Irish Reglstrar.General's Return. The number of deaths registered in Ireland in the fourth quarter of the year 1866 was 22,260, and, assuming that all the deaths were registered, the proportional number would be 16 per 1,000 of popu lation per annum—a proportion slightly in excess of that of the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Cholera and diarrhoea were the prevailing. epidemic. At Skull the deaths of four young fe males are recorded from low continued fever (three in one family). These deaths occurred where pure air was inaccessible, and where filth abounded, in ternally and externally. Cookstown was visited with a severe epidemic of fever ; 15 cases were en tered in the Dispensary relief register alone. The majority of these patients resided in a block of houses described as filthy, wretchedly ventilated, and badly sewered, with manure heaps and a large cesspool in the immediate vicinity. The registrar of Tar taraghan complains that floodings were frequent, and uterine diseases prevailed to a large extent, owing to the brutal manner in which females were treated by the women attending as midwives, and the quantity of whisky consumed during parturi tion. An accurate return of the number of deaths, or cause of death (especially infantile), was quite im possible, as a medical and registrar's certificate of the cause of death is not required in Ireland before interment. The sanitary state of Arklow was most unsatisfactory ; the same state of overcrowded habi tations, deficient sewerage, and want of pure water has existed in this district for the past 13 years ; the deaths, 131,greatly exceeded the births, 51. In many nstances deaths from cholera were ascribed to other diseases ; the lower classes, having a horror of speedy burials and the consequent loss of " wakes," assigned the cause of death to anything save cholera. The report testifies to the benefits re sulting from the compulsory Vaccination Act, very f e w deaths from smallpox being recorded. The death of a man is recorded from hydrophobia, caused by the bite of a cat. The births registered during the quarter were 33,753, representing an annual proportion of 24.2 per 1,000 of population. The births registered in the corresponding quarter o f 1865 were 33,581. no number of marriages registered in Ireland, in the third quarter of the year 1866, was 5,578, being in the annual proportion of 4.0 per 1,000 of population. The number registered in the corresponding quarter of the previous year was 5,797. Of the total marriages of the September quarter of 1866 3,513 were be tween Roman Catholics, and 2,065 between Pro testants. The emigration return records the num ber of emigrants, who left the ports of Ireland in the fourth quarter Of 1866, at 12,894, being 7,506 less than the number who emigrated during the corre sponding quarter of 1865. The mean temperature of the air in the last quarter of 1866 was 46.4 deg. The rainfall was unusually light, having measured only 4.697 inch, while it was 10.112 inch. and 12.040 inch. respectively in the corresponding quarters of 1865 and 1864. In the year 1866 the deaths registered in Ireland were 93,598, yielding a ratio of 16.8 per 1,000 of population. The number of births registered in the year was 146,237, affording a ratio of 26.2 per 1,000 of population. The de crease of population in Ireland in the year 1866 is estimated at 46,828. THE NEW PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.—Two more frescoes by Mr. C. W. Cope, R.A., are now being placed in the peers' corridor. The subjects are—" The setting out of train bands from London to raiso the siege of Glo'ster," and " Speaker Lenthal asserting the privileges of the Com mons against Charles the First when the attempt was made to seizo the five members." These two complete the series of frescoes for the peers' corridor. A STR.:NGE STRIKE.—A turn-out worthy the at tention of the Tractes' Union Commission has lately taken place at the Roundwood Colliery of Messrs. Terry, Greaves, and Co., Ossett, near Wakefield. The dispute is peculiar as having arisen among the men themselves, and not out of any disagreement with the masters. It seems that it is the custom of the colliers at this pit to get only a certain number of corves of coal a day, and also not to leave the pit until after 1 o'clock. A few days ago one of the men filled a cora° more than the stipulated quantity, and another man, having got the required number, went away an h our b e f ore th e recogn i se d time. A d eputation from the m en wa it e d upon th e mas t er s, and dema n d e d th e instant dismissal of the two recalcitrants; and upon re ceiving a refusal, the whole of the colliers employed at the pit turned out. The matter is to be made the subject of magisterial investigation. A number of bricklayers in Waketidd are now on strike betcauso the masters will not allow them 20 minutes in which to go to work in a morn ing. It is understood thar the last affair is not sanctioned by the General Brickmakers' Society. FALMOuTit NEW LIFEBOAT.—The National Life boat Institution has just sect to Falmouth a new lifeboat mounted on its transporting carriage. The cost of the boat, which is named the Gloucester, was defrayed by the city and county of Gloucester. She is 33 feet long, 8 feet 6 in width, and rows ten oars double banked, and possesses the usual characteristics of the lifeboats of the institution in the way of stability, self-righting, and self ejecting of water. On her way to her station the lifeboat was exhibited in Gloucester, whema procession, consisting of the R.S.G. Militia Staff, the Artillery, Engineers, Dock, and City Volunteer Companies, the Mayor and Corpora tion, the lifeboat on her transporting carriage —drawn by a fine team of horses—fire brigades, benefit societies, &c., attended by bands of music, proceeded through the prin cipal parts of the city to the docks, where the lifeboat was named by the Lady Mayoress, launched, and capsized, in order to show the important self-righting principle of tho boat. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Quartley Review is hard to understand. , First, it made me say that the Archbi s h o p o f Y or k an d the Bishop of Bath and Wells ought to have seen w hattho Mormons were doing in Commercial-road. Next, it blamed me for saying so. _ My answer was that I never wrote anything of the kind ; that I made no allusion to either Dr. Thomson or Lord Auckland in respect to what the Saints may he y.° been doing in Whitechapel ; and that it was the Quarter& Reviewer, not myself, who brought the names of thoSe eminent prelates into this connection. Met by a prompt denial, the Reviewer says I am hard t° please, and then quotes from a subsequent part of m y hooic —from a chapter on a different topic—a query as to wila t , these prelates, so renowned for their discharge of episcor" duties might think of the extension of episcopal duty in to the sphere of purely lay affairs. Is this reference an answer to my complaint that I hal l ' been abused for imputing blame to two eminent prelatoo which I have not imputed ? The question is ono of fact—not of inference—not o f opinion. Yes or no—have I said this thing, implied WO blame ? —Yours, Sce., W. HEP WORTH Dlxos. 6, St. James's-terrace, April 17. lIIITIFICIAL CULTIVATION OF TRUFFLES.—Afte r long and diligent study of the locality and natural conditions under which this esteemed delicacy is produce 7 M. Rousseau, of Carpentras, in France, has succeeded 1° his attempts to cultivate truffles, and has already raised ° very fair crop. There is no reason why they should 1 1 ' 4 be grown with equal facility in England, and it might well be worth the serious attention of some of our scientitlo agriculturists to devote a few acres of their land to giv° It a fair trial, the more so as a plantation of oak trees is f importance, both in a national and pecuniary point of vie''' . The truffle grows exclusively under oaks standing not toe closely together, and free from underwood, and in a soil et chalk or light clay, with a southerly aspect, and on a sloPe' M. Rousseau had a suitable piece of very inferior v7 s6te land ploughed up as if for a vineyard, and then planted " distant rows, running north and south,with acorns gather e from oaks under which truffles were known to grow. Af tr five years he was rewarded for his patience by obtaining small quantity of truffles, which increased so much al . , year that the produce of his plantation, which was ° , u ' l „, four hectares or ten acres in extent, amounted, in the I ' l ' o -- years from 1862 to 1866 inclusive, to no less than 1 7 3° kilogr., or 2,600 lbs., equal to 2601b5. per acrd for the tiNr° years, or 521bs. per acre every year.— The Grocer. P bon dep alte Of t liva,; tha Bu 79 ha( we Afa dei pr( rec ] be, in