The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1867. Notwithstanding some uneasy anticipations re garding the possible results of Monday's demonstra tion, the general belief, which has been happily verified by the facts, was that all would pass off quietly. So long as the professional " roughs" could be kept out of the line of march there was little reason to fear that the actual members of the League would disgrace themselves by any unseemly conduct, and large mixed bodies of Englishmen can always be trusted to preserve public order and to keep within bounds. So far then as showing us that English working men can be trusted to walk through the streets without special supervision the Reform League have only demonstrated what we knew before, and what has been exemplified half a dozen times in the last 20 years—on the occasion, in fact, of every grand public spectacle, whether it be the arrival of a Princess, the funeral of a hero, or the reception of a distinguished visitor. No one thinks of following the Continental plan of lining the streets with gens d'armes, or of setting certain gentlemen to mingle with the crowd and discover the prevailing topic of conversation. So far, then, as the physical demon stration is concerned, we are not surprised that the Reform League has been able to carry out its de signs without let or hindrance either from the inter ference of the authorities or from the misbehaviour of the people. But we must confess to a little surprise at the absolute intolerance and manifest prejudice which these gentlemen thought fit to manifest, and which is certainly not in accordance with the general views of English working men. " Fair play" is their favourite watchword ; " It's not fair," their conclusive argument against any thing great or small. What then must they think of condemning a cause unheard ? We are sorry to confess that the conduct of the League on Monday looks very much as if they began to feel that a successful and satisfactory Reform Bill would be the death-warrant of their Association ; that with a reformed Parliament and a largely enfranchised people " OTHELLO'S occupation" would be gone, and the pleasant excitement of denouncing the Tories and parading through the streets of London—in short of talking and being talked about —would be over. How else are we to explain the awkward fact that, some hours before Mr. DISRAELI got up in the House of Commons to explain the Ministerial intentions, the last resolution proposed at the Agricultural Hall was printed with a blank as follows :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the proposition made in the House of Com mons this evening * * * * is eminently unsatisfactory, and completes the proof of the present Government being unworthy of the confidence of the country." Mr. DISRAELI may have the satisfaction of knowing that he perplexed these prophets not a little. A Bill it would have been so easy to denounce, the main features of a particular measure could have been so quickly caught up and criticised, but what as to general principles and wholesale resolutions which the whole House and the public might amend or add to ? What could be said in regard to those? The M.P.'s who left that insignificant as sembly at St. Stephen's, which was so absurdly in sensible of its loss, to adorn the far more important and appreciative gathering at Islington, were really puzzled what to say. The O'D ON OGHUE indeed was able to produce an effect by telling the meeting that Mr. DISRAELI had not introduced a Reform Bill, and he further assured his hearers that the millions of Irish people were with the English people, and "would go forward with their English brethren in this cause until the pople of these kingdoms were in possession of their political rights." We presume it is the first detachment of our Hibernian allies that has just arrived at Chester. Of course, gentlemen who possess so largely the gift of second sight need not hesitate to discover the thoughts and intentions of other men, and accordingly Mr. POTTER, M.P., was able to affirm that the House had been obliged to listen for two hours and a quarter to a gentleman speaking upon a subject he had no desire to see carried out. We , fear the House of Commons is not the only scene for such oratorical displays. The Leaguers seem to forget they are paying their fellow-countrymen a very poor compliment by their constant denuncia tions of the House of Commons ; because, setting aside the nominees of peers, landlords, or any other influential class, and even eliminating the regular Tory county members, there remains a goodly show of representatives of our great cities and large boroughs. Are we to believe that there is no such thing as a bona fide representative in the House of Commons? The real subject for complaint is not that the House of Commons does not, on the whole, fairly represent the views and feelings common among all classes, but that so large a number are excluded from giving a vote, and con tributing to the representation. The legislation of Parliament is, generally speaking, before rather than behind the public, and every strong public feeling is certain to ;find expression. For instance, in the treatment of the sick poor it was quite as much the indifference of the people as the incapacity of offi cials that so long delayed any improved legislation. No sooner is the public conviction deeply moved than a really excellent measure is brought forward in the Commons with every prospect of success. In America, which is to be, according to THE O'DONOMIUE, the :model representative go vernment, legislation is going backwards. The new tariff there is beyond anything the wildest English Protectionists ever dreamed of, yet it is unchecked through passing a Congress elected by manhood suffrage. It is this free assembly in this free nation which sat the other day for 20 conse cutive hours because the majority would not allow the minority so much as one hour's de bate on an important measure, and the minority resisted the tyranny by a series of frivolous motions. We may wonder that any intelligent man should seriously prefer such a system to the grave and temperate discussions of our own Commons ; but we cannot doubt that such is really the goal at which the Reform League aims, because their practice supports their prin ciples, and they show themselves mercilessly in tolerant of the smallest opposition, and absolutely sceptical of the possibility of honest difference of opinion. On Monday night a solitary dissentient to the first resolution was threatened with condign punishment. At yesterday's meeting 'a resolution which Mr. TROUP had the honesty to propose, to the effect that any opinion on the Go vernment measures should be delayed until the actual terms were placed before Parliament, was lost by a large majority. Yesterday's meeting brought up another point—the direct representation of labour—which tends, of course, to paid representa tion—the source of half the political evils of America. There is io fear of the working men of England being unrepresented, but there is great fear of their being misrepresented, as they are at present by too many loud professors. Ikis no more than we expected to find Mr. BRIGHT telegraphing to Birmingham that " The proposals of Government are only calculated to disappoint, to insult, and to irritate those who ask for an honest reform in the representation." There are occasions in which success is blame as well as mis fortune, and a genuine measure of Reform carried by any hands but his own must, we fear, come under that category in the opinion of JOHN BRIGHT. As if there was not already enough to occupy all parties in the political world just now the new attempt at Fenianism had last night to be consi dered, and inquiries on the subject were made in both Houses. Mr. WALPOLE, in reply to Colonel FRENCH, stated that he had received information on the subject, and had despatched a messenger to Liverpool on Sunday. He heard from the Mayor of Chester on Monday to the effect that a large body of strangers were in the town and neighbour hood of Chester, and it was supposed that they were Fenians. The notion prevalent in that place was that they wished to attack the Castle of Chester for the purpos , ?, of taking poss,:ssion of the arms and ammunition. Upon re ceipt of this intelligence Mr. WALroLE directed that a company of soldiers should be sent from Man chester to Chester. As for the person who went down to Liverpool he reported that a meeting of Fenians had been held there, and that it had been resolved by them that the town of Chester should be attacked on Monday morning. So far these accounts tallied ; and, as the Home Secretary re marked, a serious aspect was imparted to the affair in consequence of the preconcerted nature of the movement. During the course of the day Mr. WALPOLE received two more telegrams : a general one, relating how they should act ; and another with reference to calling out the Volunteers in the event of the troops in the Castle requiring additional sup port. Mr. WALPOLE very prudently decided that the Volunteers should not be called out in a military capacity, but that they should render all the assist ance in their power to preserve the public peace, and "in case of emergency they would be justified in using their arms, but not in a military capacity." The right hon. gentleman also decided that a com munication should be established between the Mayor and General GORDON, who commands the troops in tke North of England. Until Monday evening nothing more transpired, but while in his place in the House Mr. WALPOLE received a telegram to the effect that the town of Chester was in a state of great excitement, and that four hundred more had arrived, making in all about one thousand two hundred. An intimation was also given that more troops were required. No one can say that Mr. WALPOLE was too precipitate in the mat ter of sending troops, for he again communicated to the effect that it was necessary to know if the strangers were armed. Upon receiving a commu nication from the Mayor to the effect that he should desire more assistance, Mr. WALPOLE wisely deter mined not to withdraw more troops from Man chester, because the step might prove a mistake, in case of disturbances arising there ; but he sent down 500 Guards, trusting that a great effect might thus be produced upon the inhabitants, re assuring the doubtful and also intimidating the suspicious characters. Lord ELCUO informed the House that he had heard from Lord GROS VENOR to the effect that the matter had been so serious, but that timely informa tion had saved the town, and all was then right. We do not think that, under the circum stances, Mr. WALPOLE could could have managed better, and we hope that the effect of the decided measures he adopted will conduce, as he thinks they will, to show those who wish to renew in England the outbreaks that have been prevailing in Ireland that " they will be sure to be expelled without pro moting the mischief they intend." It will certainly never do to allow such suspicious goings-on as those which took place in Chester to pass unnoticed, or dangerous consequences to the peace and pros perity of the inhabitants might ensue there and elsewhere. Had any doubts been entertained al to the mean ing of the affair in Chester, they are, in a manner, dispelled by the receipt of the latest intelligence from Dublin. It appears that yesterday morning sixty-seven men, supposed to be Fenians, were arrested on board the steamers from Liverpool and Holyhead. It is supposed that they are part of the body of men who entered Chester on Monday. They belong for the most part to the working classes, but they cannot give a satisfactory account of them selves. It is thought that the object of their voyage was to create a disturbance in the court where the Fenian prisoners were to be examined yesterday. In consequence of intelligence re ceived from Liverpool active preparations wore made last night in Dublin, and several hundred police well armed were in readiness to await the arrival of the steamers. True bills were found against STEPHEN MEANT, Dr. POWER, and other Fenian prisoners in the Commission Court yesterday. It seems a strange thing that so much disaffection should continue to exist, notwithstanding all that has been done to suppress these riotous exhibitions in all directions. No censure can be too strong again st the conduct of those who persist in keeping up the excitement, and use whatever influence they may unfortunately possess for the purpose of deluding the ignorant and misguided into acts that are against the law, and are sure to bring them into trouble. At any rate, it is satisfactory that, so far at least, none of these suspicious and uncertain characters have found the authorities off their guard ; and hence it may b e conc l u d e d t h a t t i me l y o s u e r rve ru t n o n a i v rt e g rt t w h h e at ris d k ang si e t r hs t r her in e may s without ntryo w r i i l n i Ireland of havi ng any very ser i ous 'vigilancebcou e ' result take place. The only way to prevent the matter from assuming a serious aspect will be to put down all unwarrantable attempts and unexplained proceedings at once and in a decided manner. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PALM, Tuesday Evening. The Moniteur announces that the Emperor will open in person on Thursday, in the grande salle du Louvre, the Legislative Session of 1867, and will receive the oaths of the members of the Senate and of the Legislative Body, who have not yet fulfilled that formality. The places for the members are assigned. The only change I see is that Marshal MacMahon will occupy the seat of the late Marquis de Boissy, who so distinguished himself as the enemy of perfidious Albion. The Belgian Moniteur received in Paris to-day states that the Kingof Prussia has given his consent to the marriage of the Count de Flandre with the Princess Marie Louise de Hohenzollern Sigmaringen. After having solicited her band at Berlin the Prince returned to Dusseldorff, and the betrothal was to take place yesterday. The Princess Marie Louise, 21 years of age, is the fifth child of Prince C harles Antoine de Hohenzollern. The marriage, which is to take place in the latter part of May, will be cele brated at Berlin. The Pontifical. Government has just given its c p o a n r s i a e n o t n t t o h e t h 2 e 3d monetary December, c o n 1 v B e 6 n s t , i o b n e t w c o e n e n c u E d r e a d n c a e t , Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium. By virtue of this convention the monetary system will be uniform be tween the States of the Church and the kingdom of Italy. According to the last accounts from Rome, the situation of the Pontifical States continues to be very satisfactory as regards the maintenance of public tranquillity. The army, composed of 11,000 men, is capable of preserving tranquillity in the interior and in the provinces. The Italian troops exercise great vigilance in preventing adventurers and agitators from entering the States of the Church. An Imperial decree recentlypromulgated nominates to the high position of Primate of the Kingdom of Hungary, Monseigneur Simor, Bishop of Rtab. In the Church of the West the title of Primate is given to Bishops or Archbishops in vested in regard to a certain number o f neighbouring seats, with a jurisdictional au thority similar to that of the patriarchs of the East. In a political point of view the Primate of Hungary occupies a very high position in the or ganisation of the kingdom. According to the information of the best informed German papers, at the approaching meeting of the Parliament at Berlin, eighty deputies of the an nexed provinces will take their seats in the Chamber of Representatives and in the Upper Chamber, the chief of the aristocracy of the provinces. Besides this, Northern Germany will probably be constituted into a Confederation, according to the plans of the Cabinet of Berlin. 'Then the important functions of the Prussian Parliament will be transferred to the Federal l'arliaraent, and should there be an equal division of political feeling, the Chambers of Berlin will no longer have their former prerogative influence upon local legis lation. Upon this account the Constitutionnel says :—" Iu the opinion of many persons on the other side of the Rhine, this change in the Berlin Chambers will diminish the danger of fresh conflicts with the Government. According to other views there will only be a change in the place where danger exists." Meteorological calm again prerails in Paris. The tempest is stilled. The temperature was warm this afternoon, although there was a slight frost during the night, and the Seine is rapidly descending, so that one great source of alarm is passing away. Real news is scarce to-day, as the fabrication of sensation reports are somewhat cautious of promul gating inventive speculations, which would meet with suchspeedy contradiction at the meeting of the Chambers. The cattle disease seems to be of a more virulent character than was supposed, and increased alarm prevails in Belgium respecting it, because the con tagion affects individuals. A butcher who went to Hessault from Liege to kill cattle received a scratch in the arm during the operation. A swelling took place like that from contact with a poisonous serpent, and he was dead in a few hours. The exact days for the races during the present year have not yet been fixed, but I understand that the first meeting will take place at Porchefontaine, near Versailles, on Sunday next, the 17th instant. It is, I believe, also settled that the race for the Grand Prix de Paris for 1 00,000 f. will take place at Longchamps in the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday, June 2. 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The following is the arrangement of the clauses of the bill to amend the law of libel, and thereby to secure more effectually the liberty of the press, pre pared and brought into the House of Commons by Sir Colman O'Loghlen and Mr. Baines :- 1. No proprietor of a newspaper or periodical publication shall be liable to an action or prosecu tion for a faithful report of a speech at a public meeting unless he shall decline to publish, if re quired, an explanation or contradiction of the state ments complained of. 2. A speaker at a public meeting shall be liable to be sued and pr osecu t e d f or defamatory matter spoken by him at su c h meet i ng , as if he had written and published the same. 3. The privilege of Parliament or other public bodies shall not be affected by this act. 4. In actions for libel the defendant shall be at liberty to pay money into court in discharge of the action. 5. 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A CHARMING BIT OF SARCASM.—Referring to en Treecess's Examiner,T h Shaft,"e r of while o t wt h he e el recent n.kenw odw rn p a r md o d raa, u m c c t aa i lt o li e n c d c a t the ischoa fd P ot r wh i oof the between commenting upon the fact that " M r. F. Lloyds, a the painter sometimes of t also e in t scenery, course was called perform ance " again and again, goes on to r emar k th at g, The author, Mr. T. W. Robertso n , appeare d , s b e y con m d isco a n n c d epti t o hd misconception perhaps, also between the advanced before the curtain, and gathered a few crumbs of applause from the scene-paint er ' s t a bl e. " About the ability as a dramatic writer o f t h e aut h or of Ours and of Society, there cannot, of c ourse , b e o tw pini o on P s as ill tos' any more than th ere can b e two Mr. King's versatile poems as an actor and his really remarkable enterprise as a theatrical manager—but for all that the Examiner critic can not, for the life of him, resist the temptation to enter very familfarly AS follows, in regard to the Shadow-Tree Shaft of Wednesday : There was no harm in it except stupidity. In the e first act there was a certein movement i n th e busi ness of a sort of " London Journal" story that, with success. In . hy e and second tag management, promised flag, and a scene in a coal mine with coming down t and going up of the bucket, overdone with stage and act the bu s i ness b egan to mechanism, and flat, as the whole piece is, in dialogue, was very tedious. But the great and, to us, incomprehensible failure of the author is in the third act. Here, after a scene of the old Coburg sort showing a villain suffering pangs identical with those of stomach-ache, and how a villain with a knife and a peasant heroine in danger from him in a lonely wood may play at puss in the corner from one tree stump to another, there is a long scene, meant to be comic, of which the inventions and the dialogue hardly reach up to the intellectual level of a boy of 15. A Jacobite la ly whose husband has escaped from prison and is supposed to be dead and gone to burial, has him concealed in her house. She brings loose out of her pocket bread, a leg of a fowl, salt, and a four ounce medicine bottle of sherry, with which ho regales him self while his funeral bell is tolling. An officer enters who has, in fact, discovered that there was no body in the coffin. He sits succelsively on the leg of fowl, the bread, the salt, and we believe the bottle. When the noble lady, who has to main tain the character of an afflicted widow, is taxed with the bottle, sh e sa ys, " Captain, I confess to you I have been drinking. Consider my g e .f " But a four-ounce medicine bottle—" I always," she says, " drink out of a small bottle when I am afflicted." W e cannot answer for the words, but they convey the sense, and do not over-state the pitiable charac ter of the attempts at ' comedy' that make this scene a wonder even to those whose experience hrs seasoned them against surprise at almost anything a manager can give the public in the name of litera ture. The stage-management of the play is very good, the chief scenes, especially the winter scene in a fir coppice, will increase the reputation of the scene painter, as a contriver of stage pictures in which mechanical ingenuity comes to the aid of genuine artistic skill. As for the literature, if Mr. T. W. Robertson be really the author of the play, it is charitable to believe that he must have written it while he was still in jackets. The French programme for a regatta on the Seine during the Exhibition has been abandoned, and there will be instead an English regatta, open to the world, under English rules and management. The Committee will cons'st of Messrs. Selwyn, Q.C., Denman, Q.C., Chitty, A. Morrison, Rev. J. Rogers, and Mr. M'Gregor (Canoe Club.) LIBERATION OF TIIE TORNADO'S CREW.—WO have the satisfaction to announce that the crew of the Tor nado were sot at liberty on Monday. These unfortunate victims of Spanish injustice and cruelty, in their petition to Parliament, demand not merely their liberation, but compensation for their confinement as prisoners of war for nearly six months, and the barbarous treatment to which they ht - tyct been gubjectecle—re Cinette, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. PARIS, Feb. 13. Official intelligence received here from Mexico to the 13th January announces that the concen tration of the French troops was being carried out with the greatest order. The troops were to be encheloned on the 23d January between Mexico and the sea. Their movements met with no obstacle. AMERICA. (Arrival of the Germania.) SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 13. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania, from New York ou the 2d inst., passed the Needles at 10.45 a.m. to-day. MALTA, Feb. 12. An American war vessel hss been despatched from Spanish waters to Candia in order to assist in re moving the Christian families from the island. THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT. lIANOVER, Feb. 13. Herr von Miinehausen, candidate of the demo cratic party, has been elected member of the North German Parliament by a majority of about 4,000 votes over those obtained by Herr Rudolf von Benningsen, President of the National-Ycrein. FRANCE. "M. Le Play, Commissioner-General of the Ex hibition of 1867," says a Paris letter in the Nouvel lisle of Rouen, " has determined on convoking the editors of the Paris journals to invite them to con stitute a syndicate for the purpose of regulating the conditions of the sale of journals inside the building. He has, also, it is said, the intention of offering to the journalists a handsome room for receiving guests, in which they may do the honours to their colleagues from foreign countries. _ _ _ M. Delle Sedie has been named Professor of Sing ing at the Paris Conservatoire, iu place of M. Paulin Espinasse, deceased. The communal council of Brussels has just voted a sum of 5,000 fr. to assist workmen in visiting Paris during the approaching Exhibition. The execution by the Juarists in Mexico of Mr. Caraman, agent of the United States at Mazatlan, is remarked on by the Patr ie in terms of horror and disgust ; and that journal very naturally draws at tention to the dreadful situation of a country where such acts seem to be considered as nothing un usual : "It is hardly necessary for us," says the writer, " to call attention to the frightful state of anarchy to which this unfortunate land must be reduced, to render such deeds possible. All circumstances com bine to give an exceptional gravity to the one before us ; we see the partisans of Juarez, the pretender in whose favour the United States exhausted all their complaisance, putting to death, without respite or delay, an American citizen protected by diplo matic impunity, but sheltered in vain by the Fede ral flag. What a people ! What a social state 1 Such is the barbarism to which our intervention flattered ~itself ;to be able to put an end ! The obstacles against which it had to struggle, and which at last prevented its success, are now known to all the world ; and in the first rank must be placed the jealous animosity of the United States. We here see the first fruits of that egotistical policy. If we did not place the interests of humanity and civilisa tion above the satisfaction of our own self-love, we might exult at this first scene in the drama of Mexican anarchy, in which American pride has received such an outrageous affront. As to the rest, we see that the vengeance has been as savage, as speedy, and as barbarous as the wrong. Such doings are in the Roman fashion ; this commander of a gunboat taking upon him self, immediately and without orders, to bombard a town guilty of an outrage on his nation. The Mexicans, so intractable in presence of the French civilising and disinterested intervention, will very shortly discover that they have lost by the change, and that the inflexible and haughty protectorate of America is far more severe than the other would ever have become. But we are now, thank God, about to abandon that devoted country We can leave it shaking the dust off our feet ; but, to con fess the truth, we cannot be much displeased that the Americans should undertake the task of making us Es) soon regretted, and that the punishment of that rude and ungrateful race should p rocee d f rom the hard hand which its blind hatred invoked against ourselves." The Russian Correspondence of St. Petersburg states that the Imperial Mineralogical Society has just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. After a Te Deum had been celebrated, Prince Nicholas de Leuchtenberg, the President, stated that he had been honoured with a rescript from the Emperor, in which his Majesty thanked the society for its activity and useful labours. His Imperial Highness afterwards announced the recompenses awarded by the Emperor to the members, both Russian and foreign. BOURSE, Feb. 12.—Two o'clock.—The market to day is heavy, and quotations generally exhibit a decline. Threes are at 69f. 75c. ; Italian Fives have fallen per cent., viz., to 54f. 60c. Credit Mobilier shares have receded 6f. 25c. —to 526 f. 25c. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte 2f. 50c. Credit Foncier shares, however, continue in request, with an advance of 2f. 50c.—at 1,525 f. There are no fluctuations in the Railway Department. English Consols are telegraphed with a decline of per cent. _ Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol- lows :-- 41- per Cents 99 50 Do. end month - 3 per Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 69 75 Credit Mobilier Do. and month - Bank Shares 3580 Italian Loan 54 GO Do. end month 54 GO Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds - Spanish Threes - Home Debt — Credit Foncier Do. end month 1523 Deferred UT,. For Account. Orleans Northern I2US Lyons and Mediterranean 9lB 75 Southern 571 25 western — Eastern 547 50 Sardinian 9O Austrian Lombard North of Spain — Saragossa — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. 9O REFORM DEPUTATION TO MR. GLADSTONE.—A deputation, consisting of Mr. Beal, Mr. Howell, Mr. Ernest Jones, Mr. Merr;man, Mr. Hawker, Mr. Greer, Mr. Dell, and other gentlemen connected with the Reform League, attended yesterday at the residence of Mr. Glad stone, to present him with an address emanating from the League. The deputation was met by Mr. Bright, who in a few words introduced them to Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Beal then read the address, which was expressive of congratu lation on the hon. gentleman's return and restoration to health. It further conveyed the confidence reposed in Mr. Gladstone by the deputation ; and, while remarking on the honesty of pw pose ever evinced by him, added that the deputation looked forward with a belief that he would continue to do them justice. Mr. Gladstone, in re ply, dwelt on the necessity of a settlement, but especially of a prompt settlement, of the question of reform ; and said that unfortunately the counter manifestations which had taken place in the country of feeling and opinion op posed to that of the Parliament of last session, although not only justifiable, but necessary, hal tended somewhat to give the country the appearance of a divided nation in the eyes of the world, and did in a certain degree tend in that direction. It was desirable, he thought—and no doubt every gentleman present agreed with that view—to re move such impressions, and to increase that tendency to wards union and good fooling which had been growing up in England between all classes until lately. He said that the address took far too favourable a view, not of his ser vices, but of his efforts, and that while ho hoped it would not increase his own sense of them, he could asse-o the deputation that they might rely upon his best services to the community. The agitation gave him no ground for apprehension. Ho of all things desired that tho problem of reform might no worked through, and harmony restored iu the nation. Mr. Beal then thanked Mr. Gladstone for the courteous manner in which ho had received them, and the interview, which lasted about ten minutes, was at an end. The Fenians at Chester. The following is a summary of the information now in the hands of Mr. Fenwick, the chief con stable of Chester, the doubtful points of which ap pear to have been in a great measure confirmed by the experience of the last two days : The Fenians have recently organised in New York a band of 50, whose special mission it is to proceed to England and Ireland, and endeavour to resuscitate the dying brotherhood. These men are understood to have arrived in England. Fifteen of them are stationed in the metropolis, and there form a Directory. Eight of them are ex-officers of the American army. There are also similar Direc tories at Liverpool, at Manchester, at Leeds, at Glasgow, and at Birmingham. For some time past these Directories have been making arrangements to concentrate their forces upon some place which was to have been named on Friday. This was not done, but a meeting was called for Sunday at Liverpool, and it was then resolved to attack Chester Castle the following day, seize the arms deposited there, cut the telegraph wires, tear up the rails, and make good their escape by rail to Holyhead, and trust to fortune to get across to Ireland. What arrangements were to be made for their reception in Ireland has not transpired. It was also under derstood that they would attack the Banks and jewellers' shops. It was also given out freely at the meeting why Chester Castle was selected. Up to midnight on Sunday Chester was not protected by more than half-a-dozen soldiers, on guard at the Castle, and twice as many unarmed policemen in the city. Under their protection were no less than 9,000 stand of arms (a few weeks ago there were 30,000, but the bulk have been removed for con version into breech-loaders), 4,000 swords, and 900,000 'rounds of ammunition, in addition to powder in bulk. There were also stored iu another part of the Castle 900 stand of arms belonging to the Militia ; and in a small building in the city were 200 stand of arms belonging to the Volunteers. It was stated that the whole force stationed at the Castle was one company of the 54th Regiment, and that they were disaffected. It was stated in proof of this that they had admitted Fenian officers, shown them through the barracks, the armoury, and, in fact, permitted them to acquaint themselves thoroughly with the place. The first intimation received in Chester of the intended raid was at 12.30 a.m. on Monday by Mr. Fenwick from Mr. Superintendent Ryde and De tective Inspector Carlisle, of Liverpool, and was to the effect that an ex-officer of the American army, who produced his commission as an officer in the Fenian service, had revealed the whole plot to them. The Mayor of Chester lives at Broughton-hall in Flintshire, so Mr. Fenwick at once saw Mr. Maysmor Williams, the Deputy-Mayor, and from him went to the commandant of the detachment at the Castle. Prompt measures were taken, and the commandant telegraphed to the Assist.-Adjutant-General at Manchester for a reinforcement. They next went to the station, and gave instructions for the trains to be watched as they arrived. At 2.30 a batch of 30 fellows arrived from Liverpool, and were evidently under the command of au officer. They marched up and down the platform by twos and threes, and at length took possession of the first-class refreshment room. They were soon followed by further detach ments of from 30 to 60, from Liverpool and some from Manchester, all of similar appearance. These dispersed quietly into the town. Early in the morn ing the Volunteers were called out, but as there was some doubt whether they could act except in case of invasion a telegram was sent to Mr. Walpole, and his answer was that Volunteers ought not to be employed in their military capacity in quelling disturbances, but in point of.. law they would be justified in acting as individuals in aid of the civil power, and in a serious emergency they might use their arms if necessary. The Volunteers were there upon sworn in as special constables. By the assist ance of the police at Liverpool and Manchester the Chester police were kept apprised of the different departures of suspected bodies of men. At 3 o'clock it was ascertained that over 500 of these men had arrived. About the same time it was ascertained that a number of their officers had been in Chester over night. Early in the afternoon the strangers became much bolder, and assembled in threatening bodies. Fortunately at this time a company of the 54th Regiment arrived from Manchester, and the police are strongly inclined to think that this fact saved the Castle from an attack early in the evening, Affairs went on quietly up to 4 o'clock, when a train from Manchester and Staleybridge brought a rein forcement of 400 in one batch. Later on 40 men men arrived from Halifax, and 70 from Leeds. Shortly after 5 it was ascertained that the Fenians numbered from 1,400 to 1,500. A number of men who were supposed to have been leaders collected at a house where the police had been informed they would meet for orders. Spies and scouts had been sent out among the Fenians early in the day, but found them extremely reticent, and could get no clue from them. At 6 p.m. those souts brought information that the men were forming in column on the Liverpool and other principal roads. Captain Smith, the county chief constable, had draughted a body of the county constabularyiuto the Castle to assist the military. Telegrams were for warded from time to time to the Secretary of State. A copy of the following anonymous letter sent to Major Grey, chief of the Liverpool Police, on Monday morning, was received by Mr. Fenwick in the evening, and coincided singularly with the in formation already in his possession : "Dear Sir,—You could do your country much service, as at present there are 600 mon in Chester, to be increased by night to 700, to take the arms and ammunition of the garrison ; and, as the garrison is disaffected, it is supposed they will do it with it little loss. They are to leave Bir kenhead by every train from the first in the morning. All to ba there by seven at the latest. They leave in numbers of from 50 to 60 in every train." At night Mr. Johnson, the Mayor, convened a public meeting, which was most earnest, and over 500 citizens were sworn in as special constables, and paraded the town in large bodies throughout the night. The following magistrates—The Mayor, Mr. Maysmor Williams, Major French, Mr. C. E. Walker, Mr. A. Potts, Mr. Frost, Mr. R. Frost, Mr. Rogers, and others, were in constant attend ance for the purpose of swearing in special consta bles, and for advising on the action to be taken. It was deemed advisable to call out the yeomanry, and for that purpose the permission of Lord Grosvenor and Lord de Tabley was telegraphed for. Lord Grosvenor replied that he would come down by the night mail, and accordingly he and Lord Richard Grosvenor arrived in Chester at 12 48 on Tuesday morning, and remained with the magistrates through the night. Before leaving London Lord Grosvenor communicated with the Commander-in-Chief, who at once telegraphed that he had ordered a battalion of Guards by special train to Chester. During the night the Fenians evidently came to the conclusion that the preparations were too much for them, and as the night advanced parties of tens and twenties were seen leaving on foot for Warrington and other neighbouring towns. Although all danger of any serious attempt had died away after the town's meeting, the police were kept on duty, as many suspicious characters were still to be seen in the streets. About 9 o'clock yes terday morning two haversacks with green bands and a quantity of ball cartridges of private make were discovered on a piece of vacant land close to the railway station. Shortly after this three or four suspicious-looking fellows were arrested in the sta tion yard, and being unable to give any satisfactory account of themselves were sent back to Manchester, whence they said they had come. After this all was quiet again, except the assembly of a large crowd in the station yard, until a quarter to 11 o'clock, when a special train conveying the Ist Battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards drew up, and as they formed on the platform, 500 strong, they were received by the inhabitants with a cheer which showed how much their anxieties were removed by their arrival. They were divided into two detachments, one of iv Lich was accommodated at the refreshment-room of the Rail way Hotel, and the other at the Assembly Rooms until arrangements could be made for quartering them. All Chester turned out to welcome their de fenders, and it was conceded on all hands that with HER MAJERTY, &c• OSBORNE, Feb. 12. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise, and her Majesty and her royal highness walked and rode on ponies this morning. THE PRINCE OF \VALES AND THE ROYAL HAR- RlERS.—Yestorday morning, at ten o'clock, his Roya Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by tho Prince-. de Teck and attended by Major Teesdale, arrived at Wind o sor from London, and drove to New Lodge, the residenc of the Belgian Minister (M. Van de Weyer), where the meet had been fixed for the Prince's harriers. After hunting for some time on the land in the vicinity, their Royal Highnesses, who had enjoyed some capital sport, hares being plentiful, returned to town. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.—Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duko of Edinburgh, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Major Teesdale, and the lion. E. Yorke, visited the Strand Theatre last night. Prince Soltykoff arrived at his residence in Eaton square last evening. The Marquis of Hartington leaves town this morning for Melton Mowbray. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon will leave Grosvenor-crescent on Friday for The Grove, near Wat ford, Herts. The Earl of Bradford comes to his mansion in Belgrave-squaro to-day from Weston Park, Salop. Tho countess and family are not expected for a few days. The Earl of Abingdon and the Ladies Bertie aro expected in town the latter end of the week from Wytham Abbey, Borks, for the season. The Countess Dowager of Essex received a select party at dinner last evening, at her residence in Belgrave square. Lord and Lady Penrhyn and the Hon. Misses Pennant, have arrived at Wicken Park, Stoney Stratford, from Penrhyn Castle, Bangor. Lady Chelmsford, who has been confined to her residence in Eaton-square for a few weeks past by indis position, is now much better. Lord and Lady Suffield are expected in town to morrow, from Gunton Park, Norfolk, for the season. _ Lord and Lady Belper and family arrived in Eaton-square, last evening, from Kingston Hall, Notts, for the season. Lord and Lady Skelmersdale are expected in town in a few days, from Windsor, en routs to Latham House, Lancashire. THE LONDON YACHT CLUB.—A ball was given last night by this club in Willis's Rooms, St. James's, which, as usual with the entertainments of this club, was very numerously attended. The company began to arrive shortly after nine o'clock, and before midnight the large ball-room, with which every one is so well acquainted, was thronged. The commodore, vice -commodore, and other officers of the club were most assiduous in their attention to their numerous visitors, and, both in respect to the de corations of the room and the excellence of the supper, the entertainment was all that could be desired. Coote and Tinney's band was present, and in saying this it is need less to add that those who devoted themselves to dancing were satisfied to their heart's content. NEW POLITICAL WEEKLY MAGAZINE. The St. Stephen's. No. I. Richard Bentley. So excellent is the idea of this new periodical that our only-regret now is that it has not long before now been in existence. In other words, we should be de lighted to know that we had now ranged upon our bookshelves, within easy reach for reference At any time we pleased, a long array of volumes, re cording thus, week by week, month by month, year by year, the annals of our political history exactly after this fashion, just as those annals are jotted down, hot and hot, sitting after sitting, session after session, Parliament after Parlia ment. Its second title explains its character with the utmost possible distinctness—The St. Stephen's, being "A Weekly Chronicle of Politics and a full and accurate Report of Proceedings in Parliament." There is an indication, by the way, in regard to it, if not in the terms of the Prospectus, at any rate in those of Subscription, that it will be sessional in its appearance. It is of the compactest size—being 0 1 a handsome octavo. It is issued, each weekly num ber, at a shilling. It extends to about a hundred end fifty pages, including among them twenty pages of a very acceptable Appendix—this Appendix includ ing within it the Roll of the Lords Temporal and Spiritual, a List of the House of Commons, and upon the last page of this, the initial number of the publication, a list of The Cabinet. A. rivet view of the new Palace at Westminster is the appro priate device upon the cover of The St. Stephen's. Heartily we wish it success, for it deserves it. It is the result of a capital idea admirably well carried out. It cannot possibly prove otherwise than most acceptable to every Peer and every member of th e House of Commons, to every earnest politician, an d —we can certainly speak for ourselves-4o every energetic journalist. Heartsease : A Bouquet of Love Lyrics. Pp. 12$• T. C. Davidson. On the eve of Valentine's Day let us commen d to notice this really charming little bijou of e xotic verse, culled from the Poets of all Ages and of all Countries. The collector, whoever he or oh e may be, is as the honey-bee that has bee n gathering honey all the day (and night, too) from many an opened as well as opening flower, with °, result so aromatic and delectable of its kind, tha t those who taste of it will certainlybe enabled to prove each shining hour by experiencing thereby a° therefrom a genuine sense of enjoyment. T he saccharine sweetness of it is—perhaps, if indulg e ' in to excess a little cloying —but, if dipped into her ° and a there with moderation, delicious and melliflunu ll " It is the very souvenir fur a votary of St. Valentine. ANOTHER POPULAR EDITION OF LORD LYTTOO cc NOVELS AND ROJIANCES. ,I _The popular edition —we should call it at once par excellence—has itl s A t been commenced by the Messrs. Routledge• shilling edition, printed in good, clear, large WI on excellent paper, in a limp cover, embelli s hed wi t a woodcut likeness (really a likeness) of its illustrioli t author, our English Sir Walter, one Br iti t Boccaccio. "Night and Morning," one of his 10" exquisite productions, leads the way, and extends' in its present form, to a pocket volume of 3 73 p oges o, —pages that it is in every sense a delight to re to The subsequent volumes are announced appear at bi-monthly intervals—that is to 0313/0 on the Ist and 15th instant until t whole shall be completed. It is an ino lell l , s o privilege to the reading public, no doubt, O n , enabled thus to obtain for a single shilling a 11" rary masterpiece, such as " Night and Blorai l li y such as " The Last Days of Pompeii," such as oe Novel," such as " Ernest Maltravers." it cannot help thinking and feeling also, that whi l e a is a privilege to the reader, it is a privilege a n b e most enviable privilege to the author als o jo thus widely read wherever the English lang?.., °g ite cl spoken, in palace and in cottage, in th e Kingdom and all her vast and scattered COlo;e50 brought thus home to the " businesse and bus° of the great mass of his fellow-countrymen . ntlee t- CROOKHAVEN TELEGRAPII—This line, co- ioo d i° ing Crookhaven with C o rk, which was temporarily e o f in October last, has been reopened for the tronsniiss.a dap messages. Watchmen are stationed at the Brow-10'00g and night to report all steamers from America and P 30,14, vessels, and advices can now be forwarded direct to pair Queenstown, Liverpool, and London. The office 3 . t,_„ A t manway is re-established, and an additional satio" Skibbereen will shortly bo opened. tO til° THE PADSTOW LIFEBOAT.—In addition tto 200 guineas, the National Lifeboat 00 I ns titution 1n 13 .wij o Padstow for the relief of the families o f the fly(' l ! a lso recently perished off that p l a ce, the society granted a sixfold reward to each of the eight I °; o f were saved, and the like sum. to the repres entsti those Who were drowned. such material for defence Chester need no longer fear a Fenian raid. In the evening the city magistrates held a meet ing at the Grosvenor Hotel, the Mayor presiding. Much satisfaction at the prompt arrival of the Scots Fusilier Guards was expressed, and it was thought that their presence afforded the city ample security without the necessity for swearing in more special constables. Among the ammunition found in the morning were a number of revolver bullets. rak