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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. 1. B. Chatterton. THIS EVEN IN G. RUB ROY. Messrs. Phelps, Swinbourne, W. Harrison. W. M•latyre, Barrett, C. Harcourt; Mesda.nes Cross, It. tir. Le Theire. Hudspeth, ond E. Brougham. To conclude with, WANTED, HUSBANDS Fon. SIX. Messrs. Barrett, E. CIL= ; aesdames Hudspeth and H. Brougham. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buakst ,ne. THIS EVENING, THE HEIR-AT-LAW. Messrs. Buck stone, Chippendale, Compton, Varren, Rogers. Braid, Gor don, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Hill, &a. Atter which. THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, Farren, Vincent, &c. ; Mestia,Les Chippendale, jtour.•, Hill, Sidney, Burke, &c. To conclude with rr:RIECTION. slr. Kendal and Miss lone Burge. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- So;e Lessee and Manager, Mr. r center. 'l'lll3 EVENING, at 7, BA-311300Z LING. Mr. E. Price and 31ias Kate I; whioli, at 8, T I IC, DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Feclittr ; tir a Jordan, Lmery, Widdicom,3e, ritzoattiek. Dalon, Anter,,ou, Ileynolus, Vivian, lienn,tt; Misses Ilenrade, Elswortny,Gratt,n, and cariotta Leclercq. HEATRE ROYAL ADELYHI. j. pole Proprietor and Manaz,er, Mr. B. Webster. T IS; EVENING. at 7 (17th time), a New Drama, LOST IN LONDON. Messrs. H. Neville. Ashley, J. L. Toole, F.. Bedf ,rd, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Neilson, Mrs. BUILT ton, and Miss A. seaman. To eouclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUN FAIN DID; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedtord, Ashley, H. Homer, and C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, Miss Furtado. Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt. &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. 11. Wigan. Tll 18 EVENING, LA VAT ER. Messrs. Clayton, Stuart. D. Murray, and Charles Mathews ; Mesdames ttarris and M Palmer. Followed by THE LIAR. Messrs. C. Mathews, Addison, 11. J. Montague, and Horace Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews and Miss Stephens. Atter wht. h. A. ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray. and Charles Mathews. Doors open at. halt-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining'. THIS EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Messrs. J. G. Shore, ii. Forrester. Followed by. at a quarter before 8, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Ch,racters by essrs. ng'. F. V il liers. C. Verner, J. G. Shore, S. Calh M aetn, Forreste , , Thorne, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton ; Miss Page and Miss Katherine /Lodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MARRIED DAUGH PERS. Messrs. Th.rne, Belford, and (1. Murray ; Misses Johnstone and Hug,lieb• Alter which, the Burlesque, ESMERALDA ; or, The Sen sation Goat. Messrs. !borne J ame-, Robson, and Turnrr ; 3lesdamea A. Swanborough, Hughes, Newton, Weathersby, and E. Holt. To conclude with THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. z-ef ton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, gigs Lennox. After which, Boucicanlt's drama of FLYING SCUD. lilessrs. Nev►lle, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs. C. Saunders. B. Foote, itaymond. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Hr. W. H. C. NATION. Production of H 'J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, ` THE N Y aIPII OF 'PHs; L IJILLE [WWI," ant 'fhird Week of J. B. Buckstone's Romantic Adelphi Drama, " THE FLOWEIts Or' THE FOREST." THIS EVENING, J. B. tsuckstone's Romantic Adelphi Drams, THE FLOWEttS OF THE FOttEsT, with a Novel and riezuresqce "CIPaY DANCE" by the powerfut Corps de Halle , under the aireJtion of alr. Milano. Hemsrs. Fernandes, Atains, stephens ; Misses Edith Stuart, Thal. wa 1, hicoardion. To canclude with R. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, TI! 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MIDDLESEX ELECTION. H. D. LABOUCHERE, Esq., the Liberal Candi date, will ADDRESS the ELECTORS, at the George Hotel, Commercial-road East, on SATURDAY next, the the 6th inst., at 7 o'clock p.m. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. H. D. LABOUCHERE, Esq., the Liberal Candi date, will ADDRESS the ELECTORS, at the Admiral Keppel, Fulham-road, on TUESDAY next, the 9th inst., at 7 o'clock p.m. A POPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present time. Part the Second—From 1066 to 1867. E. Moses and Sun, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; :New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free o❑ application. CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERALISM. " T A Puler, OxE PEN 7: 1 . 49, I:4sex-street, BENSON'S WAIT' ii ES AND CLOCKS.-- By Spe.ial appointment to THE PRINCE OF WALES. Prize Ueda!, London, Class 33 ; Dublin, Class 10. WATCHES CURONOMETER.S, KEYLESS REPEATERS, CIUtuNOGRAPHS, &e. CLOCKS—FOR DINING AND DRAWING ROOMS, CARRIAGES. Curucirms, 31e, JEWELLERY—SPECIALITIES IN MONOGRAMS CRYSTALS, DIAMONDS, AND FINE GOLD. PLATE, AND WORKS OF ART IN BRONZE, BY LEADING ARTISTS. I RILES AND DESCRIPTIONS, SEE ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET, POST FRU. Watches and Clocks sent to all parts of the world. J. W. BENSON', 25, OLD BOND STREET Steam Factory at.:l City Show Rooms, .AND Ce, Paris Exhibition, 1867, English Soctioh Class 23. TO THE ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX. GENTLEMEN, THE death of Mr. II anbury has deprived you of the services of a highly-esteemed Representative in the House of Commons. For the vacancy thus sadly and unexpectedly occasioned I venture to offer myself as a Candidate. There are many among you, I flatter myself, to who.n my name is not unknown as a zealous supporter of tho Liberal cause, and at this important crisis I hold it essen tial that any candidate presuming to ask for the suffrages of such an important and thoroughly Liberal constituency as that of Middlesex should be able to give trustworthy assurances of his devotion to the principles which they have at heart. Should you do me the honour to return me to Parlia ment it would be my first duty to co-operate with those who desire to effect the passage of an honest and straight forward measure of Reform—such a measure as would prove to the large body of artisans and working men, whom I hold to be entitled to the franchise, that the House of Commons is not afraid of the people, nor averse to the free extension of political privileges, nor disposed to deny to the intelligent operatives a share in the government of the country, to whose burdens they ate called upon to contri bute. If the Reform Bill proposed by the Tory Ministry be not capable of adaptation to such an end, I should not hesitate to give my adherence to any course which may seem the most calculated to attain the desired object. Respect to the memory of your late Representative will not allow me for the next few days to take any further steps to bring myself before the Electors, but 1 shall take the earliest possible opportunity of meeting you in public and giving you a detailed, and 1 trust satisfactory, account of my views upon all the important political topics of the day. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, • Your very obedient servant, HENRY D. LABOUCHERE. 23, James-street, Buckingham-gate, S.W., March 29, 1867. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, lh. 35m.—Afternoon, lb. 54;n. ea-Idongow.-Morning, 2h. 10m.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m. 41/d3 , ,A Zf r il SUIT THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1867 of the noble lord to impress upon the Dutch Go vernment the desirability of withdrawing from the negotiations with France, in order that the ques tion might very conveniently be dropped without any awkward collision taking place between Berlin and Paris. In the first place, it is uncertain if this be true ; and, in the next, we should say it was very doubtful if much heed would be paid to such a request on the part of our Foreign Office. We do not think that the Berlin Govern ment have ever showed so much respect to the representatives of our country that we should depart from the non-intervention policy, which seems to have obtained so much of late years among us. Besides, we have nothing to do with the matter, and should very likely offend France with our ill-timed interference. Common consist ency might, in all conscience, keep Prussia from being so very sensitive upon the point as to whether other countries have places ceded to them or not ; but in any case there will be no great sympathy in England for any indignation or disappointment ex perienced in the matter by those so fully capable of taking care of themselves at the expense of others, to the consternation of the lovers of fairplay, of the violation of the principles of justice and the laws of honour. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. Politics are somewhat at a discount to-day, but the report of the alleged cession of Luxembourg to France is still an exciting topic. Private letters from Luxembourg state that the idea is received with great favour there, indeed some inflammatory placards against Prussia led to such enthusiasm that the authorities were compelled to interfere. These placards were :headed " Vice Napoleon ! Vice la France !" It seems quite clear from these accounts that Luxembourg is more desirous of annexation to France than the continuation of Prussian domina tion. The weather has improved to-day, and there have I been a good many visitors to the Exhibition. There is still much to be done before full appreciation can • be given to its wonderful contents. Comparisons are odious, but at present the French portion is the most attractive. There is, however, much to delight and astonish in the English department. Indeed there has been a notable illustration of this. The very first visit paid by the Princess Mathilde, after glancing at the French articles, was to inspect the splendid specimens of art brought by Messrs. Han , cock and Co., the renowned jewellers, of Bruton street. The Princess expressed her high admiration of them. I shall have to notice some remarkable articles in the French jewellery and clockmaking section. Throughout the long extent of the French galleries marvellous and beautiful articles are to be seen on both sides at every step. They require more than a cursory glance in passing to give adequate description, and I therefore defer the task for the r p e r c o e f n e t s s c o o r n conferen ce e H n i c s e t o a r t y t a h t e t h S e o L rb y o o n e n u e m , M. a L p o e -- v p a re ssA s e e tu n ra t ; oflwe o a ss n u , o g nh a o v tE e xs a oh bn a o p t iv p oe r 0 0 l s p i r a sn i ate s r oa a : n l ce d e very e i ss n ua t pi e dp r e ot h s s t ea i dtn,g thefs o k rie idea the 17th, as well as in the 18th centuries, France, which was considered the country of the arts, found imitators of her productions. In 1795, after the terrors of the Revolution, there were exhi bitors of paintings. In 1798, after the signature of d t h e e N t r e e o a f t o y h a o t f e a C ti a m o p p o e n F e d o r t m h i e o t r h s te industriall iti i steidirchF industry,remaxnahcni boui exhibi tion. It was a very humble is en e i d ern ifi; r e t;ar but, lik e th e ne eiothertnsw of f s e mitnhi the Champ de M ars . fß p a r re e et s clu e ro n ee t rt treates sent nu tt of; temple, peaen idm but England did not exhibit anything. In 1801 the in i n t a h u e g L u o r a u t l e , rea,nbut t industrialllerewere e exhibitionharc,,l; First Consul took ad vantage of a temporary inter val Ittooofkpl a pa ce to ce 200 exhibitors. In the following year there was an exhibition, when the exhibitors numbered 600. There were some splendid productions from Sevres and the Gobelins. The English began to take notice of such exhibitions, and cam e to see the articles, but they did not send any. Fox, the Mini ster, who came to see them, in company with Count Chaptal, expressed his congratulations, but not without mixing a spice of satire. "It is certainly a French exhibition," said he. " t see some very beautiful articles, but none of them are very useful. In England we work in a different manner." Chap_tal, upon this, pointed to some small knives at three halfpence a piece, and Fox was so delighted with them that he filled his pocket s w i th the articles to take them to England. Napoleon about that time wrote from Vienna that he should like to ha ve an exhibition. It took place in 1806. France wa s then at the height of her grandeur. It was the most splendid exhibition of the Imperial era. There were 1,500 exhibitors, and the articles were of very great value. The exhibition of 1819 took place on the esplanade of the Invalides. Four years afterwards there was another, and in 1827 the third took place. The last two were not so brilliant as the first. Th e war against Spain injured that of 1 823, and perhaps in 1827 the spirit of the times was opposed to such exhibitions. Industry received a fresh im petus in 1833, and an ordnance was passed autho rising an industrial exhibition every five years. In 1834 there were 2,500 exhibitors. Their num ber had much increased in 1839, and reached 4,000 in 1839. These were brilliant and peaceful struggles ; but when machines were substituted for manual labour the workmen thought they were about to be reduced to beggary, and there was excitement and violence. Time did justice to these mistakes. France is now filled with machinery, and the wages of the workmen are doubled. In 1849 the most important machine exhibited was the locomotive, but soon many other admirable machines took their place by the side of it. The idea of universal Exhibition then arose. England took advantage of it and erected the Crystal Palace. France, not wishing to be behind hand, decided that in 1853 she would also have her International Exhibition. It was opened in 1855, and, in order that France should have her novelty, a saloon of Fine Arts was added. England owed her Exhibition to Sir Robert Peel, as free trade opened an outlet for the products of the whole world. The Emperor followed the example, and a project of law was presented to the Chambers, which overcame the obstacles to commercd caused by prohibition. A great number of manufacturers protested against the law. The Government yielded to these remonstrances, and allowed a period of five years to elapse before the inauguration of the prin ciple of free trade. It was on Jan. 23, 1860, that the treaty of commerce with Great Britain was promulgated. England celebrated the destruction of prohibitory measures against France by con structing the Crystal Palace, and her 'Universal Exhibition of 1862 was much more brilliant than the first. There were products from the colonies, and, indeed, from all parts of the world. France has The now opened her second U n i versa l Exhibit ion. anxiety of the peoples in regard to it proves the influence which France exercises over foreign coun tries. The most distant nations have sent speci mens of their industry. I recommend all your readers who go to the Ex hibition in the Champ de Mars to pay a visit also to the Billancourt Agricultural and Horticultural Exhibition. Many will be even more pleased with it. There are among the sheep some of the most splendid specimens of Southdowns and Merinos ever seen. The agricultural portion of the Exhibition will be particularly interesting. The English have shown great activity in this respect, and occupy a goodly portion of spac e . The specimens of vines are very interesting, an d the various modes of cutting and culture will astonish even horticulturists. The same remark appli es to the show of fruit trees. At a later period of the year this portion will be very interesting and cons pi c uous. Even if there were no exhibition at Billancourt, no strainer who * comes to Paris should omit to visit the locality. The which is a Exhibition is on an island of the Seine, most picturesque and beautiful spot. It is close to which according Bag itendon and near to Bellevue, , LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1867. Scarcely a session passes without some leading politician or other disappointing the expectations of the public generally, however much of a hero he may be to himself or his friends. We regret to say that the one who is the bete-noire of this year, and who seems determined to play his part to perfection, is no less a personage than the Leader of the Opposi tion. Mr. GLADSTONE is resolved not to repent of the error of his ways, but to go on to the end of the chapter. After all the unexpected concessions that the Ministers have made, it is really too bad to find that the right hon. gentleman proposes to hold another meeting at his residence. He has postponed it from to-day till Friday, in order not to interfere with the Budget, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to bring before the House tonight. There is no possible excuse for such a thing, and we are really surprised at the want of consideration they displayed. What could Mr. GLADSTONE have done more had the Go vernment realised the fears of some, and made a sine qua non of the dual vote, and refused to enter tain the thought of the lodger franchise ? We do not know what is the object of all this fuss and clamour, but we know very well what interpretation the public will put on it, and it will be one not very flattering to those concerned. They will say that party spirit is rampant in these frequent and hurried consulta tions, and that prejudice is more potent than patriotism in Carlton-terrace. We look upon those who so willingly obey the summons of the right hon. gentleman, and " like reapers descend to the harvest of death," have prejudged the case, and predetermined the fall alike of Ministers and their measure. The door is sealed, and nothing remains but to de vise the best means for putting their de signs into execution. The other evening in the House of Commons Mr. DISRAELI compared Mr. GLADSTONE'S manner to that of a " familiar" of the Inquisition, and the Leader of the Opposition seems determined to verify the similitude with all his might and main. We feel at once indignant and disappointed at the course pursued by the right hon. gentleman ; it is one alike unworthy of himself and his position ; it is making a mockery of a great public question to drag it through the mire of intrigues, and it is quite derogatory to the dignity of a great party thus to play fast and loose. It was intimated at the last of these feasts of fac tion that if the Government did not speak out very plainly on the matter, that Mr. GLADSTONE, as the mouthpiece of the Liberal party and the exponent of popular opinions, should move a rosolution con demnatory of " dual-voting." Besides that, great stress was to be laid upon the necessity of consider ing the lodger franchise. Nov that the shifting scenes of Parliamentary life have removed these bugbears, or at least virtually done so, from the path of these zealous and enthusiastic po liticians, something else engrosses their thoughts and calls for their energies. The subject for con sideration next Friday is to decide if any steps shall be taken on the motion for going into committee on the Reform Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE is expected to propose a resolution which will be well calculated to secure the objects of the Liberal party. All we can say is that the House of Commons is the fitting place to make suggestions of this sort, and this constant gathering of forces that take place in Carlton-terrace bodes ill for the chance of an impartial treatment of the measure now before the House. It is all very well to talk of the importance of this clause being thrown out, and the great desirability of that proposition being introduced, but if things are carried on as they have begun people will think that they merely witness a repetition of the tactics of 1859, and that the scene of action has been changed from Willis's-rooms to another place, as it is said in Parliamentary phraseology. Those who expect to come out of the affair as heroes will find a very different interpretation put upon their actions by those clear-sighted observers who desire measures and not men, and by the public whose patience has been so sorely tried on this question of amending the representation. We suspect if we were in the Palace of Truth, and sought to discover the real cause of the dissatisfaction of the Liberals and of their Leader, we should learn that the error of the Ministers consisted in the fact of their being Ministers at all, and the fault of their measure, in their presumption and folly in introducing a Reform Bill at air to the House of Commons, when they might have known that it could have been done so much better by other,=. In descanting upon the hardship of authors, the pet has said that if they are partial to their wit-- "Yet are not critics to their judgment too." And we think that those on the Treasury benches might well retort upon Mr. GLADSTONE that he spends so much time in seeking for what is wrong that he has no opportunity of inquiring what may be right. According to the Sew fork Herald of yesterday the Reconstruction Act is not likely to be carried into effect without opposition. That journal asserts that the most pro: inert South= politicians, with President JoaruoN's advice, propoBe to peti tion the Supreme Court to stay the execution of the Reconstruction Act. This Act is clearly unconsti tutional in its scope and character, and therefore if it isbrought directly under the notice of the Supreme Court it can hardly escape condemnation. The Court has already expressed itself against some of the Radical proceedings, and therefore it is pretty well certain that if called upon to express an opinion on the Reconstruction Act it will do so with decision and firmness. The House of Representatives having adjourned for several months there is a good opportunity for the case to be calmly and dispassionately considered, and the advocates of a more enlightened and con stitutional policy have done well to wait until the turbulent voices of STEVENS, ASHLEY, and BUTLER are silent in the Capitol. There are several indica tions in the news brought by the mail from New York on the 23d ult. that public opinion is exercising a modifying influence over the pro ceedings of the ultra party. Owing no doubt to the startling revelations respecting the condi tion of the finances under Radical management the Senate has passed a bill suspending the payment to legal owners for slaves enlisted during the war. Another sign of the times is that Con gress has passed the bill instructing the Secretary for War to issue supplies of food to the destitute people of the South ; and, although this is to be done under certain limitations, it shows that a better feeling prevails in the North, and that the people can no longer listen with patience to the harrowing details which reach them from the Southern States. Two more paragraphs in the news seem to indi cate the decline of Radical policy in public favour. The New York State Assembly have rejected an amendment of the franchise law allowing negroes to vote for delegates to the State Constitutional Convention, which shows that Mr. SUMNER'S in fluence is not paramount in the Empire State. The other noticeable item in the intelligence is that Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, has introduced a resolu tion into the Senate, declaring that justice demands that Mr. Davis be accorded an immediate trial or released on bail on his own recognisances. Possibly under the new aspect of affairs Mr. Davis may have a chance of being released from his long dur ance ; and we should imagine that there could be few, not actually belonging to the ASHLEY or BUTLER faction, who would begrudge him his re storation to freedom. As regards foreign affairs the PRESIDENT has transmitted to the House the report of Mr.SEWARD, announcing that the correspondence relative to the arrest of American citizens in Great Britain is still in progress, and that the publication is therefore incompatible with the public interest. Mr. JOHN SON was no doubt glad to be able to postpone so angry and mischievous a discussion, but there is a chance of consolation for the Fenian sympathisers, since Sir FREDERICK BRUCE has, it is said, re ceived information that the British Government intend remitting tha sentences of the Canadian Fenians. This will very probably prove a wise concession, and show that England has no wish to use unnecessary harshness, although the leaders of the movement, if they could be secured, richly deserve severe punishment. Mexican affairs are still in a state of chronic perplexity. The latest news brought ley the telegraph is that the Emperor MAXIMILIAN is at Queretaro, cut off from all com munioation, and deserted by the natives. It is reported, from an earlier date, that JUAREZ con templated ordering all French residents to leave the country, or be naturalised under the Republic. Matters are evidently very far from a definite settle meat, and the unhappy country seems as far from an established Government as ever—the people, indeed, being by this time neither inclined nor fitted for a peaceable existence. The recent dispute between railway companies and their employes has attracted a good deal of public attention, and the general feeling is unques tionably strongly opposed to the abuse of the power of combination among workmen. The fact is now widely recognised that the frequent and protracted " strikes" to which all trades are becoming more and more liable have seriously affectel the commer cial prosperity of the country, and helped largely to produce the present depression of trade by divert ing business from its ordinary channels. At the same time it is to be hoped that the railwayquestion at least may be regarded from both sides, and that the atten tion of the public may be directed to some of the grievances of which railway servants justly complain. A meeting was held last evening in Exeter-hall by the Railway Signalmen and Switehmen's Mutual Benefit Society, an association which has been formed to protect the interests of those railway ser vants who attend to the signalling of trains and watch the points. Their labour is often severe and continuous. One member of the society said, "in one day of 21 consecutive hours no less a number than 736 trains past his box." Others have worked on one line 18 hours continuously, and, in ad dition to their own work, have often to do the work of absent men, for which extra ser vice no compensation is made them. Some have had to work 19 hours per day without five minutes' time to swallow the food they have brought with them. On one line at one of the stations about 400 trains pass during the day, besides shunting and empties, and during the ordinary time of 12 hours' work the men have not a moment allowed them for food, and the average relief does not exceed one day and one night per month. On another line, where the hours of labour, including Sunday, are 12 daily, one member had not a day's relief for two years, and he had on many occasions to work for forty con secutive hours. In some cases the pay of the men is stopped in time of illness, which we should imagine under such circumstances must be of pretty frequent occurrence. With these facts before them we apprehend the public will fully support the assertion of the men, that they have just grounds for complaint. The society we are referring to distinctly disclaims any intention of dictating to their employers, or using any threats of combination. The favours they ask for are simple and reasonable enough. Eight hours of labour at all junctions ; eight hours at straight road boxes near London, where the traffic is necessarily great; twelve hours beyond ten miles from London, with an hour for refreshment, and a chance from night duty to day duty, and vice versa weekly, with one clear Sunday in three. The pay asked for is from 225. to 30s. a week, a slight rise on the present rate of wages. Surely our great railway companies, con sidering what vital interests are committed to the watchfulness and energy of these men, should recognise that it is no less their policy than their duty to make these moderate concessions. We shall hear enough of the " Luxemburg" topic before we have done with it in all probability, and of course there will be innumerable on-dits and rumours on the subject, some no doubt resting on a good foundation, and others having little, if any, semblance of truth. Ono of the last reports in circulation is that Lord STANLEY has been ap• plied to by the Prussian Government on the subject of the cession of this territory to Franco. The nature of the reiluest is to solicit the friendly offices to the opinion of the French, is the most agreeable and delightful suburb of Paris. One great advan tage in regard to the Billancourt Exhibition is that there are many facilities to visit it. You may go by boats, by rail, or coach for a very small fare from Paris. By boat the fare will be only three pence. As the Exhibition in the Champ de Mars is about midway between Paris and Billaucourt, in one day a tolerable idea may be formed of both Exhibitions. At Billancourt both amusement and instruction may be derived. There will be concerts, theatricals, balls, and cafes; and during the course of the Exhibition literary meetings and lectures by well-know❑ authors and men eminent in literature. It may be well to add that the lessee of the Exhibi tion is M. Dubois, at whose office, No. 8, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, every information may be ob tained by visitors. LATEST INTELLIGENOI. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ---- .0,-- TIIE LUXEMBURG QUESTION. BERLIN, April 4. Information has been received here from the Hague that the King of Holland has relinquished the proposed cession of Luxemburg to France, and that the Count van Zuylen, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, has communicated this resolution to the French Minister at the Hague. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 4. The text of the Treaty of Commerce and Navi gation concluded between Austria and Belgium has been published to-day. The treaty places each of the contracting parties upon the footing of the most favoured nation. PORTUGAL. LisßoN, April 3. The visit of the King and Queen of Portugal to the Paris Exhibition has been postponed. The bill brought forward in the Cortes for the re form of the Civil Administration will undergo great modification. SPAIN. MADRID, April 3. The journal La Politicia has been seized for the fourth time. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, April 4. The African Company's steamer Calabar has has arrived here to-day. Her dates are—Benin, March 5 ; Fernando Po, March 1 ; Cameroons, March 1 ; Old Calabar, Feb. 28 ; Brass River, New Calabar, and Bonny, March 4 ; Lagos, 7th ; Accra, 9th ; Cape Coast Castle, 10th ; Capt, Palmas, 12th ; Sierra Leone, 17th ; Bathurst, 20th ; Teneriffe, 26th ; and Madeira, 28th. The Calabar brings 2,205 ounces of gold dust, $4,190 and 631 sovereigns in specie. At Cameroons, Fernando Po, Old Calabar, and Bonny trade was brisk. At New Calabar, owing to hostilities having commenced in the interior, trade was dull. Health was generally good. SOUTHAMPTON, April 4. The Royal Mail Coulany's steamer Shannon, with the Brazil Mail, passed the Needles at 11.40 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, April 4. An Imperial decree has been published promul gating the declaration relative to the duty on 're fined sugars signed on the 20th November, Id6G, between France, Belgium, England, and Holland. BOURSE, April p, Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : q per Cents 9B Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 6B 70 Do. eud mouth 6B 60 Credit 11Iobilier 407 50 Do. end month Credit Fourier Do. end month 1405 Bank Shares 3525 Italian Loan 53 30 Do. end month 53 23 Alexican Loan — Do. Bonds 143 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred BAILW illn3. For Account. Orleans ... ... 905 Northern ll5O Lyons and Mediterranean 9lO Southern 566 25 Western 570 Eastern 542 50 Sardinian 405 Austrian — Lombard 4Ol 25 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman. 102 50 MARK T S.—l his day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a very moderate supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day. Prime Scots, &c., were iu fair request, but all other breeds were a dull inquiry, at barely stationary Prices. The top figures were 5s to 5s 2d per 81bs. The show of sheep was by no means extensive ; nevertheless, sales progressed slowly, at Monday's decline in the quot a tions. The best Downs in the wool sold at 6s, out of the wool 5s per 81bs. The lamb trade was inactive, at late rates—viz., from 7s 4d to 8s per Blbs. Calves moved off steadily, at previous currencies. Pigs commanded very little attention. Prices, however, were supported. Per 81b to sink the offal. scisd s d s d Crse & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6 1 Pme era-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Second quality do ..3 8 4 4 Prime .-,llinown ,i 0.5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 10 La•ge coarse calves. 4 6 1 Prime &Las. &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......5 0 5 6 Crse. and int. stieep.3 8 4 0 Large bogs .3 0 3 4 Second quality do 2 5 0 :sruallyorkers. 3 6 3 Iu Dd to 0 Od. Suckling calves, 20e to 2:s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 223 tO 253 each. Head of stock on sale. _ Total supply. I Beasts Foreign supply. Cows. 456 Beasts 212 .. ~... ........... Sheep 4nd l a mbs Cows. Calves 1,5-0 Sheep and 1 mbs 1 2 0 Pigs. I3U Ca yes . 190 I Pigs 2, MEAT. - - NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. —The supplies of meat are tolerably fair, and trado is slow, a s follows : Beef, 33 Od to 4a 6d ; mu tt on, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 53 2d; po r k, 2 s 10d to 33 . 10 d per 81bs by t h e carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Trade inactive. CurasERLAND.---Meadow hay. £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. W nmensPst.—M ea d ow h ay £3 Os to £4 lOs ; c lovei, 44 Os to £5 10i Od • and straw , 42 Os to £2 4s per load. A moderate demand'. BETWEEN You AND ME AND THE POST-OFFICE. —A Test Letter—g, —Fun. BRITISH JURORS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION.— Ve are requested to state that the jurors of classes met yesterday to commenc e wor k. Th e Imperial Commission insists on the completion of thia branch of the work by the 15th of April. British jurors and associate jurors of classes are therefore requested to arrange for one or the other to go at once to Paris. NATIONAL PRIZE TRIAL OF SPORTING DOGS. — The committee of management under the presidency of the Earl of Li c hfi e l d have definitively decided t h a t th e public trials of pointers and setters in the field shall come off on the 24th of April, and be continued on the a übsequent days until the ties are disposed of. The dogs will be hunted on partridges, and the Earl of Shrewsbury h as g i ven per mission for th e prize trials to take place over his well stocked manor, near Stafford. Provision is made for the competition of 160 dogs, and money prizes to the amount of .1-365 will be awarded for the best dogs, and cups to the value of £3O aro also added. Most of the celebrated ken nels of sporting dogs in all counties will be represented, and the affair will be conducted under very distinguished patronage. THE BUILDING TRADE.—The strike for an ad vance of wages and a reduction in the hours of labour, at Barnsley, is assuming greater proportions, both masters and men being equally determined not to give way. In addition to the joiners and quarrymen the masons have also given notice for the reduction of the hours of labour on Saturdays—viz., to cease work at one o'clock instead of four, and another advance of wages. The notice expires at the _close of the present month ; but it is fully antici patea brill be compelled to give up work long before that time, in consequence of the quarrymen being out, there being not more than a week or ten days of stone beforehand. Should no arrangement be come to there will shortly be A leyaal hundred linen and bogs out GI Writ. Seizure of the Queen Victoria by a Spanish Cruisei. Yesterday a return of the correspondence on this subject was presented to Parliament. The follow ing is the last despatch of Lord Stanley to Sir J. Crampton, our Ambassador at Madrid : FOREIGN OFFICE, March 30. " have received from Mr. Consul Dunlop a copy of his report to you of the 19th of Feb., on the case of the Queen Victoria, and, having again consulted the law officers of the Crown, I am at length in a position to instruct you as to the reply which you should make, on behalf of her Majesty's Government, to General Calonge's letter of the 9th of Jau. last, of which a copy was inclosed in your despatch of the 11th of that month. " The Queen Victoria was seized so long ago as the 15th of January, 186 G, by a Spanish guarda costa, on the high seas, ani not within Spanish waters, while on her voyage from Gibraltar to La raiche, her crew being first terri tied into submission ; she was taken to Cadiz, where her crew were dis persed, money being given to enable them to depart from Cadiz, and threats of violence being used if they should remain in the place. The master of the vessel was for a time placed under restraint, and his papers were taken from him ; the name of the vessel was defaced from the stern, and on the second morn ing after her arrival at Cadiz she was reported as having been found derelict off Rota, at the mouth of Cadiz harbour. This allegation, however, was after wards abandoned, and in the following March, with out any intimation of legal proceedings being pend ing against her having been given to her Majesty's consul, who was in constant communication with the Spanish authorities with a view to her release, the vessel was condemned, for having been found binding contraband goods found on board her sold under a public advertisement. " I do not think it necessary to recapitulate at length the proceedings at Cadiz, as reported by her Majesty's consul, or the ineffectual remonstrances which, under instructions from her Majesty's Go vernment, you made at Madrid, when demanding redress for the outrage which had been committed on a British vessel on the high seas. "It is enough to refer to the assurances verbally given to you by the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, as reported in your despatch of the 7th of June, that he greatly regretted that her Majesty's Government should have supposed that the delay in replying to his representations regarding the Queen Victoria had proceeded from disinclination on the part of the Spanish Government to do justice to that of Great Britain, and that the matter was in the hands of the Finance Minister with a view to the institution of a most searching inquiry into the facts of the case, which he agreed with her Majesty's Go vernment in considering to be of a serious nature. " In his letter of the 24th of May, enclosed in your despatch of the 24th, the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs had previously assured you that he had earnestly impressed on the Minister of Finance the necessity of hastening as much as possible the proceedings in order not to delay the satisfaction due to her Majesty's Government, either of well founded explanations or of the punishment of those who had infringed the law in a manner correspond ing to their offence, if, in fact, the result should prove such infraction.' " Up to the 6th of November last, however, no such solution had taken place, and it was only on the oth of January of the present year that, iu reply to your letter of the 6th of November, expressing, by my direction, the surprise of her Majesty's Go vernment at a satisfactory reply having been so long delayed, the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs announced to you that the Finance Minister and the Council of State had discovered ' that the nature of the matter in question did not, and does not, admit of the action of the Executive, as it is solely in the province of the Spanish tribunal to decide upon the legality or illegality of the capture of the Queen Victoria, the cargo of which consist ing, as it almost entirely did, of tobacco, could not but excite suspicion concerning the true destination of the vessel.' " General Calonge, in his letter of Jan. 9, goes on to say that, in view of the non - intervention of the British consul and of the parties interested in the inquiries set on foot at Cadiz, and although they made no reclamation at the proper time, con fiscation decreed against this ship would be declared void in equity, thus leaving open the road for the said consul, and the other persons whom it may concern, to present themselves and defend their interests before the tribunal which takes cognisance of the matter, and to claim what they may conceive to be due to them by right ;' and further, that if in the final result of the trial, the British Govern ment should consider that there be notorious injustice committed to the detriment of the defendants, there would then be a fitting opportunity for treating by diplomacy.' " Her Majesty's Government regret to say that they can attach no weight to these tardy assurances extracted from the Spanish Government after the lapse of nearly a year from the time that the wrong was done, and of more than half a year since a prompt settlement' of the question was formally recommended to the Spanish Minister of Finance by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as stated to you by the latter in his letter of the 6th of June, inclosed in your despatch of the 10th of that month. " Her Majesty's Government must observe, in noticing that part of the statement of General Calonge in which he asserts that the British coniul and parties interested omitted to intervene and make reclamation, that General Calonge has been misinformed on this subject. From the moment that the news of the seizure of the Queen Victoria came to the knowledge of the British consul, he made incessant and urgent demands for the delivery up of the vessel and cargo—demands which her Majesty's Government regret to state were wholly ineffectual to prevent the unlawful proceedings of those who persisted in con d emning and confiscating the property seized. The original capture, then, was a lawless and wholly unjustifiable act; justice, though frequently demanded, has been denied ; the sale of the cargo and of the vessel was illegal ; and all the proceed ings taken against the vessel were not only contrary to justice, and therefore void, but they must have been taken with a full conviction of their illegality, and were adopted, as her majesty's Government are constrained to believe, for the purpose, or in aid of the purpose, of covering or concealing the original lawless act of the captain and crew of the Spanish guarda-costa. " In this state of things her Majesty's Govern ment must decline to accept the conclusion set forth in Gen. Calouge's letter of January 9, that the con fiscation decreed against the Queen Victoria shall be declared void, so as to open the road for the con sul and other persons interested to present them selves and defend their interests before the proper tribunal. On the contrary, her Majesty's Govern ment must at once iusist on the immediate restora tion of the ship and cargo, or their full value, and a proper pecuniary indemnity to her captain and crew, accompanied by an expression of regret ad dressed to her Majesty's Government for the out rage committed on the British flag. " You will furnish Gen. Calonge with a copy of this despatch, which is the reply of her Majesty's Government to his letter of January 9, and you will express the earnest hope of her Majeky's Govern ment that the Government of her Catholic Majesty will not allow this matter to assume the proportion of a serious difference between Great Britain and Spaiu.—T am, &c. (Signed) "STANLEY." SINGULAR V ERIFICATION OF A PRESENTIMENT.I-- On Tuesday, at the Leeds Assizus, Matthias Carr was in dicted for the manslaughter of Esther Robinson, at Ingle ton, on the 2d of February last. The deceased woman, Esther Robinson, was about 70 years of age, and appears frequently to have expressed a presentiment that she should come to her death by fire-arms. The prisoner is a lad of about 17, who was on friendly terms with the deceased, although he and other lads of the village were fond of practising upon her well-known and often-expressed fears. On the evening of the day in question the prisoner took up an old gun, and presenting it to the deceased said, " I'll shoot thee." The deceased, in great alarm, caught hold of the gun, and in the struggle which ensued it accidentally went off and killed her on the spot, thus verifying the singular presentiment in a most unexpected manner. The facts of the case having been made clear to the jury a ver dict of kirpt Guilty was roturnod. „ z, lIER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, April 3 The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, at tended by Lady Churchill. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian also went out driving. Her Majesty walked and drove this morning, at tended by Lady Churchill. Prince and Princess Christian went out walking. Princes Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart, also walked out. Prince Lcopold took a drive, * attended by Mr• Legg. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home Park. The Prussian Ambassador and Countess de Bern storff arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. Captain Von Schroetter nad also the honour of being invited. LI 2ERAT lIRE. George Eliot's "Novels and Tales." Sixpenny II- lustrated Edition. Win. Blackwood and Sons. A charming re-issue of these popular and cele brated works of fiction by " George Eliot" (nom de plume for Mary Anne Evans) has just now been com menced by the Messrs. Blackwood and Sons, of London and Edinburgh. A sixpenny monthly illus trated edition it is—begining, as a matter of course, with George Eliot's chef d'ceuvres, " Adam Bede." A pretty green cover—not the vernal green of Charles Dickens's serial stories " those two green leaves from England's favourite tree," as some one very prettily said once upon a time, green leaven put forth by him during so many past years month by month and endeared to us al+ (the very sight of each fresh green number, " all April to our eyes, in its fair promise) by so many delightful associations--but a paler, more autumnal yellowish green—is the hue selected by the Messrs. Blackwood for the serial reissue of four at least among the si% substantial works already written by our English Georges Sand—George Eliot. Those four work---- very gracefully symbolised at the four corners of the green-cover clothing this initial number of the first among them all in excellence—being " Adam Bede" —" The Mill on the Floss"--" Silas Marner"_and " Scenes from Clerical Life." Included, therefore, in this illustrated series, the subscribers can hardly look for either " Romola," or "Felix Holt, the Radical." Who is there amongst us, however, who will not welcome with delight so charming an edition as this one, now opening up to us anew the high' ways and the byeways traversed not only by Adam Bede himself in the purlieus of the village of Hay slope, but, together with Adam Bede, Seth, his brother, the blonde Dinah, and the brunette IlettYl and young Squire Dounithorne, and Mrs. Bede, the mother of Adam and Seth, and best among them all the inimitable, immortal Mrs. Poyser ? Elia's Essays. Shilling Edition. Bell and Dal 4, By an arrangement with the proprietors (Messrs• Moxon and Co.) the publishers of this extraordi narily cheap edition of •' The Last Essays of Elie have placed those four-and-twenty exquisite pro- - ductions of the genius of Charles Lamb within the reach of the million—at what rate? it may be asked, at what cost to the million in the purchase of them At the rate or cost of a ha'penny a-piec e A. very simple sum in arithmetic will serve to demonstrate off-hand the fact that it is as we say. " The Last Essays of Elia"—" Price One Shilling." And those Last Essays, numbering (as they, do) exactly twenty-four--it follows, according to Cocker, that the price of each essay is a ha'penny ! Q.E.D. Essays, too, they are, includ ing among them such " Old Familiar Faces" as-- " Barbara S"—" Ellistoniana " —"Old China " Poor Relations "—" The Child Angel "—" Popular Fallacies," and the like. Here, indeed, is a railway' book worth picking up at the Messrs. Smith's Book stalls—worth paying a shilling for—worth reading-- and worth treasuring up long af zerwards for rep erusal Again and again. " A Shilling's Worth of Non sense," a set of the Punch contributors some years ago issued from the press as a whimsical mélange for the amusement of children old and young. But—here—in this shilling issue of Elia—it is not a shilling's worth of nonsense that we have placed within our reach, within reach of us all, but a shil ling's worth of sound good sense, of wit, wisdoult fancy, sensibility, racy humour, and generous human kindliness. Le Correspondent--this month is chiefly remark able for its initial article, subscribed to which is the name of its editor—Anglice its Publisher—Charles Douniol. The paper referred to speaks De L'Ave nir de L'Autriche. It selects as its motto a sen tence from the Times of New Year's Day—to the effect that Austria can only be saved by the strength and character of one man, and that that man is not forthcoming. The writer's argument, as set forth in Le Corrorpondant upon that thesis, putting it interrogatively thus—ls M. de Buest the Man ? As to which momentous Question—• where is the Irish Echo that will answer it ? No where else assuredly than in the breast of M. de Buest himself ! The Fortnightly for April—" Fortnightly" so called, that is to say—enables Major Whyte Mel ville's " White Rose" to blossom more and more after the manner of Shelley's blush-rose in the " Sensitive Plant," that Undying Rose of which Shelley sings— " Leaf after leaf, to the fainting air The soul of her beauty and love lay bare !" Before the end of this instalment of the narrative has been attained, the reader is conscious that that horrible, middle-aged bla.4 roué, Mr. Vand eleur, has all but.eutrapped Mabel into an ac ceptance of his abominable suit—the deed of treachery designed by him against poor Ainslie having been successfully accomplished by the mil ler's daughter, who purloins a letter which, instead of reachiug the hands of the unwitting Ainslie, goes into those of the designing Vandeleur. The first article in this present nuwber of the Fortnightly is valuable as a historical re'sume of the progress of the Reform Question from 1832 to 1848, that is from the last Reform Bill to the famous demonstration of the Special Constables. THE REFORM BILL.—A meeting of the Liberal party is to be held at Mr. Gladstone's residence, Carlton-house-terrace, on Friday next, at half-past two o'clock, for the purpose of considering whether any action should be taken on the motion for going into committee on the Reform Bill. We balievo that a resolution will be proposed by Mr. Gladstone calculated to attain the objects the Liberal party have at heart.—The Owl. HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY CO' rAwr.—At the Liverpool Assizes on Monday Mr. Trillion son, solicitor, brought an action against the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Company to re cover damages for personal injuries. It was stated that on descending from a carriage at the London-road Station, Manchester, the plaintiff fell and severely injured his leg, owing to the fact of there being no lights at the place. Ile was confined to his bed for 13 weeks, and operations had to be performed on his leg to remove pieces of the bone, open abscesses, &c., and he now goes about on crutches and is permanently lame. The case occupied a good deal of the time of the court on Monday and was resumed on Tuesday, when, after a lengthy hearing, the jury found for the plaintifi—Damages £l,BOO. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—An order has jut been issued stating that the following partial increase of pay would be made to the metropolitan police ;—Chief Superintendent Walker, an increase of £lOO a year, making £425 per year. The other superintendents are to be raised £5O, making £3OO ; and the commissioners will select foie the superintendents four to be raised another £25 per year , making £325 per year. A hundred inspectors are to re' ceive £lB ss. per year increase, and for the present there is to be increase for the first-class sergeants who are onlY receiving .£lBs. per week; 200 of the second-class sergeaut e are to be raised from £1 to £l.Bs. The first-class con' stables are to be raised from £1 3s. to £1 55.; and the second-class from £1 2s. to .£1 35.; the third and fourth clan of constables are not to reoviyo any incrcaPo.