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Om. ro-MORROW.-Morning, Gh. 25m.—Afternoon, 6h. 56m. A 4 t ig. r 4t, I°.-111t)1 40--411‘ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1867. courts of justice. According to the Almanach Didot, ' a work of good authority, the number of inhabi tants of the Duchy is 197,280, but in a statistical publication the number is estimated at 206,000. It is celebrated for its iron works, pottery, woollen stuffs, and church clocks. There are four news papers in the Duchy, the Courrier, the Union, the Wort, and the Annale.s Agricoles. The town of Luxembourg bears evidence of civilisation, for it possesses six sheriff officers or huissiers, five notaries, 13 lawyers, three bankers, four booksellers, six doctors, an d a photographist. The chief town of the Duchy, the ancient Luxembourg, has an extent of 47 square miles. The town, pro perly so called, the upper town, has a population of 13,700 inhabitants, and a Prussian garrison com posed of 5,000 men. It is picturesquely situated on a high plateau, formed by rocks, which rise on three sides to a peak, above Petcrsburgh and Alcette. It is in the lower town that the industrial establish ments are situated. The formidable fortifications are for the most part formed in the rocks. One rock, called the Bock, serves as a casemate. Each Power who has by. turns occupied Luxembourg has augmented its means of defence, and the celebrated engineer Vauban has left traces of his genies at various forts. The Duchy of Luxembourg is bounded to the east by France, to the north and west by Belgium, and to the south by the Rhenish Provinces of Prussia. It is the strongest place in Europe, with the exception of Gibraltar. Several rivers traverse the country—the Moselle, the Ab zeta, and the Ourthe. It is the private property of the King, but not of the kingdom of Holland. Prussia does not exclusively furnish the garrison. One-fourth of it is composed of Dutch soldiers. The Governor, however, is appointed by Prussia. Luxembourg is a very ancient country. In the olden times it was occupied by the Trevirians, the Ceresians, and the Pemanians. After the first union of Belgium with France there was a Depart ment des Forets, of which Luxembourg was the chief town. At the Congress of Vienna, by a Con vention dated June 19, 1815, it was ceded to the King of the Netherlands as an indemnity for his States of Nassau, with the Duchy of Bouillon, a grand duchy which formed an integral portion of the Germanic Confederation. The first Count of Luxembourg was Sigessoy, who flourished in the middle of the tenth century. The branch of the first Counts became extinct by the death of Conrad the Second, which took place in 1136, and Henry the Blind, son of Godefroud, Count of Luxembourg, became successor to the county. The Countess Ermesinda granted a charter enfranchising the capi tal. ThischarterisdatedAug.,l243. ThisErmesinda, daughter of Henry the Blind, married Thibaut, Count de Bar, and the House of Bar became the third race of the Sovereigns of Luxembourg. The fourth is that of Limbourg. It was the Emperor Charles IV. who raised the country into a duchy in favour of his brother, Venceslas, by an act signed on the 13th of March, 1354. Elizabeth de Gcerlitz, (laughter of John of Luxembourg,Duke de Gcerlitz, son of the Emperor Charles IV., ceded that pro vince to Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, in the year 1448. The heiress of the House of Bur gundy having married the Archduke Maximilian, Luxembourg by that alliance passed to the posses sion of the House of Austria. The southern por tion of Luxembourg was ceded to France in 1659, by the Treaty of the Pyrenees. It was then called French Luxembourg, and included Thionville, Marvette, Chauvancy, and Montmedy. By the terms of the treaty of peace of Utrecht, Luxem bourg, with the exception of the portion given to France, reverted to the House of Hapsburg, and continued to form part with the Austrian Nether lands until 1795, the period when the French ac quired it by conquest. The peace of Campo Formio gave them definitive possession of it, which they maintained until 1814. In 1830 Luxembourg, with the exception of the town and the federal fortress and its radius, supported the revolution in Belgium, and became incorporated with that coun try. This state of things continued until 1839, at which period Holland and Belgium consented to an arrangement, according to which, in exchange for the Waliern portion of Luxembourg, ceded to Belgium, a great part of Limbonrg was united to Luxembourg as au integral part of the German Confederation. A frightful but at present inexplicable attempt to murder has caused great consternation at St. Aig nan, near Blois. On Saturday evening piercing cries were heard from a little girl, residing with her father and mother, named Racine. Some neigh bours rushed into the room, when Racine was dis covered grasping his wife with one hand, while he inflicted severe blows with a heavy piece of wood with the other. The murderer was able to escape in the confusion, but as he ran out of the room he jumped, b u t th e k eeper said, " You can let he r alone. Sh e has got enough." The poor woman was taken to the hospital, but the wounds on her head are so seri ous that she can hardly survive. The assassin wa s pursued towards o the t r h i ever caught Cher, slaughter-house h intohold ld of whichh ippitated ssmock-frock, r he li himself i n t o th e river,o c k . f r 0 c k , and brought him ashore. He wa s taken to the Commissary of Police. wi l- t t ho s u ay t s a : n; ‘ p ‘ retext, sion of Luxemb ourg , The Siecle has ano ther and m o r e pointed us and a position purely off ens i ve to serious a on a n d s ,mnwlit maintaining to i o aui n tn ai t L o h) gyP right,rpu o s .s s s i a e s . —that is to say, France—they will provoke us formally. They will implicitly declare wa r a g ainst us, and we shall ac cept that war with re solution, throwin g the respon sibility of the calamitie s which it will en g en der upon h etttio become our enemi es ." on of neighbours who ss- A peculiarly violent s torm of wind ra g ed all last the ere pride absolutelyat'd blind determined night, which must have done much dama g e, and e r ambition there has been a cold strong wind all day. Th e weather, however, was bright and without rain. The Emperor has visited the Exhibition at Bil lancourt. He examined the unions and important agricultural machines with great interest, and also inspected the stables where some remarkable speci mens of cattle and sheep are already installed. His Majesty deigned to express his great satisfaction with the Exhibition generally, and promised to come again very often when all the arrangements for this marvellous and interesting show shall be completed. A great many persons were present, who presen , who received the Emperor with cordial and repeated acclamations. I repeat my advice to such of your readers as may come to Paris to see the Exhibition in the Champ de Mars not to fail to visit that at Billancourt also. All will Is Lie pleased with the show and the beauty of the locality, and many will be even more delighted and astoni • shed at it than with the Paris Exhibition. ACCIDENT TO LORD B URY.— A n acc ide n t occurred to Lord Bury on M onday, while trying a rifle at the Kilburn rang e . Th e following i s h i s own account as extracted from a letter addressed to a near relation : " I was trying a rifle, converted into a breechloader by Mr. George Prince, at the Kilburn Range yesterday. I had fired about 80 rounds, partly for precision and partly for rapidity, with very good result, when Mr. Prince, finding his own ammunition expended, proposed to me to try another rifle, which he had converted on his own principle, to take the Boxer cartridge. At the very first shot the rifle exploded at the breech, bl ow i ng away the cover i ng o f th e b reec h an d twisting the int erna l works. I foun d myse lf su dd en l y on the ground, bl ee di ng profusely, and w i t h th e car til age o f my nose brok en . Providentially my eyes escaped, but a con siderable quantit y o f powder - was blown into my face. A doctor who was sent for soon put me sufficiently to rights to get home. I have kept the cartridge, and the part of the breech that was blown backwards. I was not well enough closely to examine the rifle, but from the appearance of the cartridge it is evid ent that the primary cause of the acci dent is the bursting of the metal base of the cartridge. I have known several instances in which cartridges with metal bases have made dangerous explosions at the breech, and as this is the cartridge on which many thousand pounds of Government money have been expended, I think it at least worthy of inquiry whether the accident which so nearly proved fatal to me is likely to recur or not before they are served out to our troops. I intend to send the burst cartridge and the rifle to the War-office for exa mination. I like Prince's principle with his own ammuni tion, but not with the Boxer cartridge." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—The father of Tom Hoare, the celebrated sculler, was sailing about near Chiswick on Monday evening, when his boat capsized, and after trying in vain to swim to shore he was drowned before assistance could reach him. A short time ago he saved the life of his own son, and on Saturday last rescued three gen tlemoti ErQm drowning. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucket ,ne. THIS EVENING, AS YOU LIKE IT. Messrs. Buck stone, Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, 'Omen, Compton, Clark, Braid, Weathersby, Coe, Vincent, P‘tyne, ; Mesdames bentt-Sidtions, Moore, Sidney, Fitswilliam, ko. Atter which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Buck stone. To conclude with PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and 31158 lone Burke. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. - THIS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING. Mr. E. Price and Miss Kate Ildshop. After which, at 8, THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Fechter ; Me are. .Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, k'itzpatrick. Evans, Dal;un, Nev bound, Anfiereon, Iteynolus, Vivian, Bennett; Misses llenrade, Elsworthy, Grattan, and Carlotta Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T 1.113 EVENING, at 7, ICI ON PARLE IettANCAIS. Dir. J. L. Toole and Hr. Billing*ton. After which, at 8, LOST IN LONDON. Messrs. H. Neville, J. L. Toole, I'. Bedt , rd, Ashley, Eburne ; Miss Neil son, Mrs Billington, and Miss 6eaurtn. To conclu le with TILE STEEVLECHASE; or, in the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billin4ton, Stephenson, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. 11 igan. THIS EVENING, LAV.AT ER. Messrs. Ciayt MI, Stuart, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews ; Mesdames uarris and DI Palmer. Followed by THE LIAR. Messrs. C. Mathews, Addition, B. J. iflontague, and liorax Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews and Miss Stephens. Atter whi,h, A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Adanager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TILES EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Messrs. J. G. Shore, li. Forrester. Followed by, at a quarter before 8, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE Ti) MEND. ChAractera by Messrs. Vining, F. Vil . C. Verner, J. G. Shore, 6. Ullhaern, H. Forrester, H. Thorne, H. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton; Mlee Page and Miss Katherine 'Codgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TILES EVNNISG, SWEETUEARTS AND WIVES. Messrs. Parsel.e, Belford, F. Robson ; Misses Ilughes and Newton. After which, the Burlesque, E iMER A LDA ; or, The Sen sation Goat. Ntes4rs. Thorne and Jame, ; Mesdames A. bwanborough, E. Holt, and Newton, To conclude wi:h THE FRENCH EX ELIBITION. Commence at Seven. ITOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. _lll_ seic rroprietor and Manager. Mr. ref ton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Beim ,re, Mimi Foote, Nisi Lean() r. Afrer Which, noncicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Aiesiirra. Nevill e . Belmore, I;lake.li.oden,Voll,tire; Mesdames .i .4%ths, C. Sauuthtro, B. Foote, Raymond. rii HEATRF, ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management ot Mr. W. 11. C. NATION. Great Treat for Visitors to Li ndou on their way to the Paris Exhibition — Frotiti,tion ot Benjamin Webster's lairous Drama," II It V EriT HOME," and 11..1. Byron's piquant Burlesque, "rnE NYMPH OF TII6 LURLE BURG." EVE ti Y . EVENING, Benjamin Webster's famous Drama, HARVEST HOME. Messrs. Fernandez, &Urine, stepheus ; Misses Edith Stuart, JlArlon, Mrs. Caulfield. • ' - To conclude with U. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, THE NYMPH 010 THE I. UR E. EY BURG, with new and brilliant Scenery illustrative 0: the beautiful Rhine. Misses Edith Stuart, Ellen Thirlwall, Nellie thiton, Richardson; Messrs. Atkins, Stephens, and Arthur. To prevent disappointment seats mast be booked in ad tra,ice. No charge for bills or booking. T.ATEST INTELLIGENCE._ " 0 1 , 0 Salt SMITH," late of '' The Mail (7oach," Shepherd's Bu di, now or the White Hart, Acton, Iliddle6ex. b , g's to intone his friends and neighbours that the LATEST L+'-En LION of nit 61-TS" CAA be aeon at hie house as above. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1867. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has addressed a circular to the members of the Conservative party in the House of Commons. This circular, dated yesterday, informs the members that Mr. GLAD STONE has given notice of a series of amendments which he proposes to move in committee on the Reform Bill on Thursday next. These amend ments are Mr. COLERIDGE'S Instructions in another form. The circular goes on to state that, if any one of them be adopted, it will be impossible for the Government to proceed with the bill. The attend ance of hon. members in the House of Commons on that evening is earnestly requested. We do not wonder that Mr. DISRAELI uses the term " relinquished," for in that consists the full force of the accusation to be brought against Mr. GLAD- SIGNE, and the course ho persists in following will alienate from him the respect and confidence of the country. It is a direct insult to the House of Commons for him to begin his work over again, and throw everything into confusion just when people imagined themselves to be safe. He is certainly conducting himself diametrically in op position to his party, for it was only the other night .that they gave him positive proof of their unwillingness to damage the Government measure. It appears to us that as he was thwarted in his scheme for making a stand upon the dual vote and the lodger franchise, the right hon. gentleman the member for South Lanca shire has set his wits to work and found out the most important part of the measure in order to direct his attack upon it. With ingenuity worthy of a better cause he has concentrated his energies in this direction, and we must now await the conse quences of his manoeuvres till to-morrow. The first of these amendments refers to the question of "re sidence," and that, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer remarks,is a vital question of the measure. All, however, strike at the root of the principle of the bill, and that the insidious opponents of the Go vernment know full well. We do not anticipate any unfortunate result from the production of these amendments, but it will be necessary for the friends of Reform to be on the alert, acd not allow a march to be stolen upon them. A more unnecessary and impertinent interference than this on the part of Mr. GLADSTONE has not been met with in Parliamentary annals, and when the strife and turmoil of the present confusion is over, and people have leisure to go into detail, those who have been foremost in their admiration of the talents of, and grateful for public services rendered by, the right hon. gentleman will deeply regret the course they have pursued. All must see that he is now animated by the spirit of faction, and that he is what ' the French call so entente, that reason and remonstrance are alike thrown away upon him. No matter what may be the consequences, he will go on to the end ; and if the whole question of Reform be put off inde finitely, if the country is disappointed and the session wasted, so long as his desires are gratified, and so long as he prevents his political opponents from succeeding in what he failed to accomplish himself. We had hoped that the time was past when English statesmen could thus forget the first duties they owe to their country, and exhibit such unfailing signs of selfishness and narrowness of judgment. We now realise the fact that all the indignation which Mr. GLADSTONE so loudly professed last year was levelled at the heads of the opponents of the Government, and not at the enemies of Reform. Had he really or truly lamented the wasted time he would have rejoiced to see that this Session bid fair to retrieve the errors of the past ; but no, he must be the man to do the work, or he will do his utmost to prevent any one else from achieving it. Fortunately for every one concerned in the in terests of Reform people are by this time pretty well aware of the state of the case, and we rely upon the independent Liberals - 3 not to fail the Government on Thursday, but to complete and consolidate the victory they won on Monday. Perhaps it is not too much to expect that if a decided veto be put upon these proposi tions of Mr. GLADSTONE that he will consent to labstain from any more of his vexatious moves for the rest of the Session. At any rate, the members of the House of Commons have their duty very plainly put before them, and it remains for them to do it totally irrespective of the freaks and fallacies of the Leader of the Opposi tion. If these amendments be thrown out by the committee by a large majority, the House can separate for the Easter holidays with the firm belief and the assured confidence that the Reform Bill of 1867 is a fact, and not a fiction. Without any exaggeration, we can assure Mr. GLADSTONE that the part he is playing is calculated to injure no one so deeply as himself. The worst of the danger is over, now that diyitionl in the Liberal camp are openly seen and acknowledged; but when the desired work is done, and the end gained, he who once professed himself so strongly in favour of Reform will be regarded as the Marplot of the affair, and only successful for want of power and not of will. This is, indeed, a sad falling off, and it shows the evil of politicians giving way to feelings of jea lousy instead of devoting their energies to the com • mon cause of working for the interests of the coun try. In some respects the opposition to this new measure has been more uncalled for and more cha racteristic for inconsistency than those of 1839 ; but, at any rate, it is worse, because there i 3 the example of the past to teach wisdom and to im press upon the mind the dangers of delay. The question put by Mr. ROEBUCK last evening to the llotne Secretary with respect to the petty sessions was not of itself of great importance, but the subject to which the hon. member more espe cially referred is one which deserves some attention. The morality of some of our South London trades men does not appear to reach a very high standard, and we are glad to find there is a prospect of some further legislation in the matter. When Mr. lluGnEs, M.P., a short time since denounced in no measured terms the disgrace and dis honesty of such fraudulent dealings his remarks were received with laughter, bat they were meant in serious earnest. The records of convictions under the law reveal some curious and not very edifying practices among the small dealers, and the number and variety of such convictions show that it is considered in some quarters an easy and not unsuitable mode of gaining money. A favourite device is to nail a penny piece under one of the scales, which deducts, of course, about an ounce from the fair weight, and when this is detected of course there is not much room for execuse or ex planation. False weights are plentiful enough, and in short the tricks of trade are evidently a re cognised portion of the small dealer's profits. Such a condition of affairs is very discredit able to our commercial morality, and it is evident that it presses very hardly on those who are least able to bear it. The poor, in any case, pay at a far higher rate for everything they have, as is well known. What with the fatal truck and tally system, the "getting back" in winter, and in times of illness or loss of employment, and the loss which as every one knows is incurred by providing con stantly recurring necessaries in small and uncertain detail, they are very much at the mercy of the small shopkeepers. Of course the aid of the latter is extremely valuable to them, and they would find it difficult, if not impossible, to pull through a hard season without it ; at the same time, like their betters, they have to pay for the advantages pretty heavily. The loss of farthings and half-farthings, the weight of the paper, and a thousand other little items, swell up a long aggregate, until we apprehend that a poor man's weekly bill is often in proportion to a poor man's rent. They are both out of all re lation to the quality of the thing paid for. Many of these drawbacks are, however, inevitable, and in fairness to the tradesmen it must be remembered that they often have to wait a long time for their money, and run the chance in case of a total break down on the part of the creditor of losing everything. But the poor man's case is hard enough, with its attendant drawbacks, without his paying for an ounce or two in every pound that he does not get. If he is obliged to have his coals in winter time in quarter hundredweights, instead of in half tons, it is no reason why he should lose one twentieth of what he pays for. if the struggling mother of a large family finds it difficult to buy even a quartern loaf for her children, it is bard that she should be defrauded of her full weight. From the great number of convictions there is good reason to be lieve that the pernicious practice prevails to a very great extent, as we may naturally suppose that there are a good many more undiscovered. In many instances the conviction is for the second or third offence, in which case the culprit deserves to be dealt with severely. So much is being said about the progress of the lower ranks in education and in telligence that we should like to see a correspond ing advance in commercial morality. No one who keeps a shop can pretend to be too ignorant to know that it is dishonest to use frau dulent weights and measures ; the worst ac countant among them could probably tell pretty accurately, if he chose, his profits from this source. But the evil of which this fraudulent dealing is a part has a very wide range. Our mercantile his tory during the last twenty years contains some startling passages, and one reason of the successful competition of foreign workmen with English me chanics is that they are said to be more careful of their employers' interests as well as of their own. mgoaoyda old - i f r u e s , h w io e u s e h d al E l finngd iltVdhiaffit :N u ' e l r t newto supersede s t w h e e lish virtue of honesty, and there is some reason to apprehend that it has of late years gene out of favour. Mr. ROEBUCK'S observations were directed to the fact of some magistrates having conducted the in quiry into these fraudulent cases with closed doors, a proceeding which is distinctly illegal. Very cer tainly such offenders do not deserve to have their feelings respected. Neither can any public end be attained by such a course. At Marylebone and Wandsworth the cases were tried in the usual manner, and we hope that an improved tune of public morality will tend for the future to make their recurrence less frequent. CORRESPONDENCE FROYI PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave an explanation yesterday in the Legis lative Body of the feelings and policy of France in regard to Luxembourg, which may possibly put an end to the fabrications which have lately been so rife upon the subject. The Marquis commenced by stating that the French Government believed that the real and permanent interest of France was to preserve the peace of Europe, and, therefore, it had not spontaneously raised the question of Luxem bourg. The undecided position of Limbourg and Luxembourg led to a communication from the Go vernment of the Netherlands to the French Cabinet. The Prussian Cabinet has invoked the Treaty of 1839. France had never thought of the possibility of acquiring Luxembourg except upon three condi tions. The free consent of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. A faithful examination of the inte rest of the Great Powers. The wish of the popu lations, manifested by universal suffrage. 'We are disposed to examine, in concert with the other Cabinets of Europe, the Treaty of 1839. We shall enter upon this examination in the most perfect spirit of conciliation, and we firmly believe that the peace of Europe will not be interrupted by this in cident." (Prolonged applause. Noise upon some of the benches.) Some discursive remarks were made by M. Thiers, M. Bcrryer, and the opposite benches, after which the claim made for interpella tions on the subject was sent to the bureaux. As public attention is now so directed towards Luxembourg, some details respecting it, which I gather from accurate sources, will be interesting. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is Dutch by the right of possession of the King of Holland, it is a little Prussian as far as regards the soldiers who are on duty before the fortress, but it is essentially French as respects feelings and language, for it was united to France from 1793 to 1814, and the French language is used in administrative allairs and in tilt) LATEST INTEL LIGENCF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ENGLAND AND SPAIN. THE TORNADO QUESTION. MADRID, April 10. General Calonge, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question addressed to him in the Senate yesterday evening relative to the Tornado case, stated that the Government would cause the rights of the nation and the decision of the Spanish tribunals to be respected. THE ITALIAN MINISTRY. FLORENCE, Tuesday, April 9, 11.20 a.m. The Ministerial arrangements, which were yester day nearly complete, have since encountered un foreseen obstacles ; but Ratfazzi has not yet aban doned the attempt to form a Cabinet. INDIA. BOMBAY, March 20 (via Trieste). Telegraphic communication with England has been interrupted since the departure of the last mail, owing to inundations between Mosue and Bagdad. The new Governor of Bombay is expected to visit Sind early in April. The negotiations for the amal gamation of the Banks of Bengal and Bombay are progressing. The Bank of Madras has also been invited to join in the scheme with the view of form ing a State bank for the whole of India, which it is proposed to name the Central Bank of India. A telegram from Calcutta says that the Bengal Chamber of Commerce has determined to remon strate against the license tax. Colonel Atkinson, Major Grey, and Major Baum gartner have been appointed as members of a com mittee to investigate the claims of officers of the Bombay army. The announcement in Mr. Massey's financial statement, that the Government intended to raise loans for irrigations has given general satisfaction in India. Lord Napier has returned to Madras from a visit to the V iceroy at Calcutta. Obituary :---Colonel William Pitt Macdonald, military paymaster of Madras, and the Rev. Mr. Maddock. SHANGHAE, Feb. 23. The Footais expedition has moved northward to attack the Neinfei and Mahomedan rebels. The rebels who were threatening Hankow have re treated. Exeter won the Challenge Cup at the Fachkay (?) races. Advices from Japan state the intended visit of the Foreign Minister to Osb.ca has been postponed. - _ MELBOURNE, Feb. 27. The Victoria Parliament is engaged in the revi sion of the Customs tariff. Additional taxes have been imposed, causing much dissatisfaction in the colony. The budget is satisfactory, showing a surplus. A conference of colonial representatives is to take place next month on the subject of postal commu nication with Europe, and in support of the Panama route. The following gold ships have sailed during the month :—Sunflower, with 1,125 ozs.; and Superb, with 40,000 ozs. Advices from New Zealand state that hostilities had occurred between the military and the natives of Tauranja. The village of Icirhanga had been attacked and captured. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 9, Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Ii per Gents ......... 96 50 Bank Shares 3480 Do. end month ...... Italian Loan 49 85 3 per Cents. ......... Do. end month 49 75 Do. end month 66 75 Mexican Loan Credit Mobilier ... 391 25 Do. Bonds — 117 50 Do. end month ... 390 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...... Home Debt — Do. end month ...... 1337 50 Deferred B.AILW &IS. For Account. Orleans Northern ll2O Lyons and Mediterranean BBO ..._. Southern Western 547 50 540 _ Eastern Sardinian • • Austrian 385 Lombard North of Spain 3Bl 25 Sarni; a. os: 80 _ Ditto to Barcelona 9O ..._. Boman . 60 ...MI MARKETS.--•This day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, the arrivals of English wheat were limited, but in fair average condition. The demand for both red and white parcels was inactive, nevertheless prices were is. to 2s. per quarter higher than last week. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat. Sales progressed slowly, but at prices is. per quarter higher than on Friday last. Floating cargoes of grain commanded extreme rates. Th e quantity of barley brought forward was moderate. The demand was inactive at Monday's quotations. Malt was in full average supply, and sluggish request, on former terms. — Good sound oats were steady in price, but inferior kinds were very dull. Beans and peas were a slow inquiry on former terms. Flour, both English and foreign, was steady. BUIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 480 59U 450 10 1,190 Irish Foreign 35,700 5,910 9,910 640 sacks 20 brls BOROUGH HOP. There is a slight improvement in the demand for most kinds of hops at Monday's quotations. WHITECHAPEL. The sale for all kinds of meat is heavy, as follows: Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 4d 1 Veal Mutton ... 36 2d to 4s 6d 1 Pork LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) r•-• The market opens with a slightly better tone, and the sales will probably roach 8,000 or 10,000 bales. LORD BROUGHAM ON HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE.-- I❑ a communication dated Cannes, April 5, Lord Brougham writes:—" I trouble you with a few lines on the important question of household suffrage. It ought to be granted fairly and frankly, and not loaded with condi tions and exceptions which render it unavailing. The only condition that I see is an absolutely essential one, tlmt the house should have been owned or occupied by tenants or lodgers for two years. I should not much object to a rating of a certain amount, but I think that immaterial, as my reliance is upon two years, for owners, or tenants, or lodgers, but I would punish with the tread mill all who receive or offer bribes. When the slave trade existed its profits were such that men ran the risk of capture and forfeiture, but when my act made it punish able by transportation, no one chose to run the risk, and the abominable traffic was entirely extirpated. I believe the same result would happen with bribery." j ; TIIE JAPANESE JUGGLERS. The interesting party of Japanese who now occupy the Floral Hall, Covent-garden, attended last night by command at Marl borough House, accompanied by Messrs. Prior and Grant, proprietors, and their agent and general manager, Mr. Ninnuo, and exhibited some of their peculiar performances before the Prince of Wales, the King of Denmark, and a distinguished circle, who wore much interested by their quaint demeanour and gaudy costumes. Although appear ing somewhat disadvantgeously without all their appli ances, the Top-spinning and Butterfly illusion afforded great amusement and gratificaction to the illustrious party. THE COBDEN STATUE AT MANCHESTER. —Mr. Gladstone is unable to attend the inauguration of this statue, which is fixed for Easter Monday, in consequence of having to go to Paris in connection with the Exhibi tion. The inauguration will, therefore, be conducted by Mr. George Wilson, formerly chairman of the Anti-Corn Law League. WHAT WILL LORD DERBY DO ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l think I may now fairly enough shift my ground, and pass from the great question of Reform to that of Finance, and inquire what will the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli do? The Reform Bill has now reached a certain stage ; either it must pass into law, as its great and illustri ous author did 35 years ago, or else Lord Derby must follow the precedent of Earl Grey in 1831—i.e., appeal to the country, which is a course I consider he is bound to adopt in honour to England as well as to himself and his Government. So much for the great et vexata questio of Reform. I now pass to finance. I have said, in the course of my corre spondence with you, that I myself belong to no party, political or religious, and that I should be first and foremost to turn against the present or any other Government if I thought it was not act ing in all respects for the benefit of dear old Eng land. Albeit there is much, very much, to admire in Mr. Disraeli's budget ; nevertheless, on the other hand, there is much I cannot approve of. The income-tax is to be continued—the odious income tax, which we were assured (when it was first im posAl a quarter of a century ago by the late Sir Robert Peel after it had been enjoy ing a peaceful slumber of another quarter of a century) was only for a time and an emergency, and that it should not remain on our statute-book one hour longer than it was absolutely necessary. This, we were assured as long ago as 1842, and yet here we are in 1867, and this ini quitous impost still disgraces our statute-book. Now, I have not one word to say against a system of direct taxation if it were only fairly levied. Those who have fixed property in land, houses, and money in the funds, have the largest stake in the . country, and are therefore in duty bound to con tribute largely to the exigencies of the State. I would gladly see such a tax levied'at £lO or even £l5 per cent., nor would the holders of fixed pro perty really be as much injured by this impost as might be imagined, for by this means the assessed taxes and many other modes of indirect taxation might be abolished. It is not to be denied that the plan of the late Sir R. Peel in 1842, whereby many millions of most obnoxious indirect taxa tion was sent to the winds, and we had for the first time since the old French war to endure an income-tax, which, as I remarked in my letter to you the other day, had been until the last-named year always looked upon as part and parcel of the horrors of war. In this same year, 1842, a com pletely new era began in our financial arrangements, and 1842 was as great an era of change and reform in our financial representation as 1832, ten years previously, had been in our political. How com pletely this pro ves w h a t I sa id t o you in my l e tt er the other day, that we live, and have always lived, in a constant and continual change, and that no Government, whether Whig, Liberal, Tory, Con servative, or Radical, ever can for any length of time resist change. Here I may, perhaps, be allowed to digress a little, and show how change during the last half century has come in round numbers regarding years. In 1822, it was seven years after the ever-memorable and decisive battle of Waterloo, that the Tory Govern ment of Lords Liverpool, lildon, &c., effected an immense saving to the country, by paying off the Old £5 per Cent. Annuities, and thereby reducing the interest of those people who chose to keep their money there after the Ist of January, 1823, to £4 per cent.; this was when the late Lord Bexley (at that time Vansittart) was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Again, in 1830, the same thing was done by the Administration of the late Duke of Wellington, when the late Mr. Goulburn was Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the holders of the old £4 per Cent. Annuities had the option of either being paid off at par, or else those persons who chose to keep their money there after the Ist of January, 1831, were only to re ceive £3i per cent., and so matters con tinued until 1844, when the Government of the late immortal Sir. R. Peel, and Goulburn was again Chancellor of the Exchequer, the holders (the precedents of 1822 and 1830 being strictly followed) of the £3l per Cents. were either to be paid off at par, or else those people who chose to retain their money in the funds after January 1, 1845, were only to receive £3l per cent, until January 1855, ten years later, when they were only to receive £3 per cent., which is now the amount of interest paid. Thus in half a century has £2 per cent. interest been saved on the funded debt, or great part of the funded debt of the nation, and, moreover, all too by Tory Governments. When, I should be glad to know, did the Whigs ever effect, or attempt to effect, a reduction in the interest of the funded debt of the nation. To return, however, to the thread of my argument, what financial change does the Chancellor propose to make in the income tax ? Absolutely none. Mr. Gladstone has over and again told us that it is a simple and absolute impossibility to make any difference in taxing incomes derivable from land, houses, and money in the funds, and incomes derivable from trades and professions. Both those two great men, the late Sir R. Peel, and hi s predecessor, William Pitt, have over and over again said the same thing. Now a man must be bold who dares to go against either of those two great illustrious departed statesmen. The cleverest man, however, who ever lived is by no means in fallible, and I will in a future letter point out to you and your readers how our present unjust, un fair, and odious income-tax might safely be con - verted into a fair, just, and equitable direct property-tax. William Pitt, in 1796, when he first imposed the legacy duty, said it was an utter impossibility to levy legacy and succession duty on land ; in 1853, however, Mr. Gladstone found it quite practicable. And albeit in 1798 and 1812 William Pitt and Sir R. Peel de clared it to be an impossibility to make any dif ference with regard to taxing fixed and precarious incomes, I trust in 1868, or in 1872, some future Chancellor of the Exchequer, or else our present Chancellor, will find it quite and perfectly practicable. Mr Disraeli did, in 1852, propose that incomes de rived from trades and professions should pay one quarter less than those derived from fixed sources. N o Whig Government, however, has ever proposed to make the least difference. A reform of the in come-tax, as well as a reform .of those antiquated institutions, the Inns of Court and Chancery, would to my mind, at any rate, be far more useful reforms than all the Reform Bills of our Representation put together. It is quite astonishing to my mind how people can allow themselves to be so perfectly humbugged as they are, and have been, for the last quarter of a century under our present system of income-tax ; and such a golden tax as it might be made too if it were only fairly adjusted. I must say, moreover, I think there is much to be said in favour of a total repeal of the malt tax. The attorneys certificate duty is another most iniquitous tax. This tax was put on by William Pitt, in 1785, not, as is erroneously supposed, in a time of war, but in a time of profound peace, two years after the termination of the old American war in the reign of George 111., and eight years prior to the old French war. Again, this tax re mained at £lO until the general peace in 1815, when it was augmented to £l2 for town and £8 for country practitioners, and at this amount it remained until 1853, when it was reduced to £9. It therefore cannot be called a war tax ; it is a most unjust poll tax. I am glad to see the dog tax is to be reduced, and I would gladly see it abolished altogether ; here, perhaps, I am speaking selfishly, being passionately fond of dogs. I have no time to add any more now, but must reserve all other remarks for a future letter.—l re main, sir, your obedient servant, A FINANCIAL REFORMER AS WELL AS A LOVER AND OBSERVER OF HISTORICAL FACTS AND DATES. April 8, 1867. SUPPOSED SUICIDE ON THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—A young man who, from docu ments found upon him, is supposed to bo named John Barbiere, was on Sunday evening found lying much muti lated upon the down line of the Loudon and Brighton Railway, near the Spa-road Station. He WAS removed to Guy's Hospital, where he died in a short time. There is a suspicion that he caused his MU death. Cart .1 * ;It HER MAJESTY, do. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 9. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by her Royal highness Princess Chris tian, and attended by Lady Churchill. Her Majesty drove out this morning, attended by the Lady in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian went out driving. Her Royal Ilighness Princess Louise walked in the grounds, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart. Princess Beatrice also walked out. Prince Leopold and Prince Henry of Prussia walked and drove, attended by Mr. Legg. Princess Louise and Prince Leopold went to Loudon last evening, and were present at the Phil harmonic Concert in Hanover-square. Their royal highnesses afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. Lady Caroline Barrington, Lord Alfred Paget, and Mr. Sahl were in attendance. Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell has succeeded Lieut.- Col. W. 11. F. Cavendish as Groom in Waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince and Princess Teck, and suite honoured the per formances at the New Adelphi Theatre last evening. DEATH OE THE COUNTESS (DOWAGER) OF RIPON. —%Ve have to record the death of the Countess (Dowager) of Ripon, who expired yesterday afternoon at her villa at Putney-heath, after a very short illness. The deceased countess was the only child of Robert, fourth Earl of Buckinghamshire, by Margaretta, daughter and co-heir of Mr. Edmund Bourke, of Urrey, and widow of Mr. Thomas Adderley, of lnnishallon, county Cork. The late countess was born 22d February, 1793, and married, Ist September, 1814, the late Earl 'of Ripon, who died in January, 1859, and by whom her ladyship leaves surviving issue an only sou, the present Earl de Grey and Ripon. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. lIOUSE OF COMMONS—APRIL 9. OFFICES AND OA.TEIS BILL. Considered in committee. Clause 1. Amendment pro posed, in page 2, lines 2 and 3, to leave out the words "and the office of Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, Lord Justice, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ire land." Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the clause" The committee divided —Ayes, HO; Noes, 143. AYES-143. Acland, T. D. Fildes, J. More, R. J. Adam, W.P. Finlay, A. S. Morris, M. Lgar-Ellis, L. G. Fitz Gerald, Lord 0. Morris, W. Amberley, a ia. Fi:zoatrick, J W Murphy, N. D. Antrobus, E. Forster, C. Neale, C. Armstrong, it. Forster, W. E. O'Beirne, J. Ayrton, A. S. Foster, W. 0. O'Brien, Sir P. Bagwell, J. Fertescue, C. P. O'Conor Don, The Barnes, T. Fortescue, 1). F. O'Donoghue, The Barry, A. IL Gilpin, 0. Ogilvy, Sir J. Barry, C. E. Gladstone, W. IC. Onelow, G. Bass, A. Gladstone, W. H . Otway, A. Baxter, W. E. Glyn, G. G. Padmore, R. Bingham, Lord Goldsmid, Sir F. Pease, J. Blake, J. Goschen, G. J. Peto, Sir M. Biennerhassett, R. Graham, W. Pim, J. Bonham-Carter, J. Greville, A. W. F. Platt, J. Bowyer, Sir G. Gray, Sir J. Pollard Urquhart,W Brady, Dr. Grey, Sir G. Potter, E. Brand, li. Gridley, H. Potter, I'. B. Browne, Lord J. T. Gurney, R. Power, Sir J. Bruce, Lord C. Hadfield, G. Price, W. P. Bruce, Lord E. A. Hartley, J. Reardon, D. J. Buller, Sir A. W. Hay, Lord J Rothschild,BaronU Cardwell, E. It. Hay, Lord VT. St. Aubyn, J. Cave, T. Henderson, J. Saunderson, E. Cavendish, Lord E. Herbert, H. A. Scholefield, W. Cavendish, Lord F. Hibbert, J. T. Seely, C. Cheethatn, J. Bolden, 1. Seymour, AI Childers, H. C. E. Kennedy, 2. Seymour, 11. D. Clement, W. J. King, J. G. Simeon, sir J. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Knatchbull-Hugess Speirs, A. Coteritt A e, J. Lawson, J. A. Stacpoole,:W. Colvile, C. It. Leader, N. P. Stozk, 0. Courtenay, Lord Leeman, G. Sullivan, E. Cowen, J Letevre, G. J. S. bynan, E. Cremorne, Lord Liddell, H. G. Torrens, W. T. M. Crossley, Sir F. Locke, J. Tottenham,Lt.-CoL Dalglish, It. MacEvoy, E. Tracy, C. It. D. De L a Poer, E. Al Kenna, J. N. Watkin, E. W. Denman, G. Mackie. J. N bite, C. Devereex, It. J. 3laguire, J. F. Whitworth, B. _.... Dillwyn, L. L. Martin, C. W. Williamson, Sir IL Earle, it. A. !Milbank, F. Young It. Edwards, C. Mill, J. S. Esmonde, J. Munk, C. hykyn, Roger Monsell, W. Fawcett, IL Moore, C, IN 0E5—143.. Archdall, Capt Getty, S. G. Aytoun. It. s. Gilpin, Col. Berge, W. Goddard, A. L. Baguall, C. Goidney, G. Ba.rriugioa, Vic Bore, J. H. 0. Barrow, W. li. Gore, W. It. 0; Bateson, Sir T. Greenall, B. Beach, 6ir M. Greene, E. Beach, W. Grey, T Benyon, E. Griffith, C. D. Beresbrd, D. Utiinurss, B. L. Biddulph, Col. Gwyn, U Bourne, Col. Hamilton, Lord C. Bowen, J. B. Hamilton, 1. I'. Bridges, Sir B. W. Hamilton, V:sct. Briscoe, J. Hardy, G. Bromley, W. D. Hardy, J. Brooks, It. Hervej, Lord A. Bruce, Sir H. Hay, Sir J Bruen, H. Herbert, P. E. Buckley, E. Heygate, Sir F. Capper, C. Ililoyard, T Cartwright, Col. Hodgson, W. N. Cole, Hon. H. Hogg - , Et-Col. Cole, lion. J. L. Hood, Sir A. Conolly, T. Horsmli, T. B. Corrance, F. Howes, E Corry, H. L. Huddlestone, J. Cooper. E. H. Hunt, G. W. Cox, W. Hurst, R. H. Dalkeith, Earl of Innes, A. C. Dawson, It. I'. Karslase, Sir J. B. Dick, F. lisvanagh, A, Dickson, Major Kelk, J. Dimsdale. it. Kendall, N. Disraeli, B. Tier, D. S. Duncombe, A. King, J. K. Dyke, W. H. Kinnaird, A. F. Dyott, Colonel Knightley, .....ir It. Edwards, 11. Lamont, J. .Egerton, W. Langton, W. G. Elcho, Lord Lamp.). C eane, Lt-Col. Lascelles, E. W. Fellowes, E. Lefroy, A. Fergusson, Sir J. Lindsay, Col. It. Floyer, J. Lindsay, Col. C. Forde, Col. M'Lagan, I. Forester, Gen. Mainwaring, T. Garth, ft, Manners, Lord TELLERS. CrLoghlen, Sir C. Cogan, W. 11. Montagu, Lord R. Montgomery, Sir G. Mort:hunt, sir C. Morgan, Major Mowbrny, J. R. Naas, Lord I‘eeld, Sir J. Newdeg - ate, C. Noet, G.. 1. North, Col. Northe,ote, Sir S.N. O'Neill, E. Faking - ton, Sir J. Palk, sir L. Parker, Major W. Powell, F. S. Read, C. S. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robertson, P. F. Royston, Visct. Sclater-Booth, 4. Selwyn, C. J. Severne, J. E. Seymour, G. If. Simonds, W. B. Stanhope, J. B. Stopfora, S. G. 6tronge, Sir J. g. Stuart, Col. C. Surtees, F. Taylor, Col. Tollemache, J. Torrens, Robert. Vance, J. Verner, E.W. Verner, Sir Walcott, Admiral Walker, Major U. Walpole, S. Waterhouse, S. Welby, W. E. Whalley, G. H. Whitmore, 11. Wise, If. C. TELLERH, Schreiber, C. Caudlish, J. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) In the week that ended on Saturday, April 6, the births registered in London and 12 other largo towns of the United Kingdom were 4,536 ; the deaths registered, 3,148. The annual rate of mor tality was 27 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,158 boys and 1,16 2 girls, in all 2,340 children, were registered in the week. In thecorresponding weeks of 10 years 1857' 66, the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,116. The deaths registered in London during the wee/‘ were 1,453. It was the 14th week of the year, and the average number of deaths for the week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,503 , The deaths are less by 50 than the estimated number' The mortality in London last week exhibits a coo" siderable decrease in comparison with the number s of deaths in the two preceding weeks, when 1,73 1 and 1,601 persons died. The deaths registered during the last three weeks in the west districts were 289' 273, 261. In the north districts, 402, 380, 3 15 . 111 the central districts, 212, 197, 162. In the east dio" tricts, 322, 289, 324. In the south districts, 6 06, 453, 391. In the east districts the deaths last week exceeded in number the deaths registered in tho same districts in any week since that which ended February 2. Thirty-eight deaths occurred from smallpox-- 41 Marylebone, 4 in Pancras, 2 in Shoreditch, 2 in Poplar, 5 in Bermondsey, 3 in Lambeth, and 18 i! other districts ; 52 deaths occurred from typhus--' in Kensington, 6 in Pancras, 7 in Shoreditch, 5 i ll ' Bethnal-green, 3 in Poplar, and 25 in other districto' Deaths in the Smallpox and London Fever IlosPi tals are referred to the districts from which the 0; tieuts were brought. In the south districts of t 13,, metropolis, the estimated population of which 1; nearly 900,000, only 6 persons died from fever of the deaths were in the district of Lewisham. Twenty-one deaths from measles, 15 from s carla' tina, 60 from whooping-cough, and 12 from diarrho°l4 were registered. The deaths of two persons who were killed horses or carriages in the streets were registered The son of a mariner, aged 19 years, run over by 0 dray ; died on Feb. 7th in Guy's Hospita l . The is° of a brass finisher, aged 14 y ears, run over by 0 omnibus ; died on April 3 in St. Bartholona oW Hospital. ~et The annual rate of mortality last week was 25 1,000 in London, 29 i n Edinbur g h, 28 in DabliPt,' 26 in Bristol, 25 in Birmingham, 28 in Lif e f , pool, 28 in Mancheste r, 28 i n S alford, 25 in Sb field, 30 in Leeds, 24 in Hull, 30 in Newcastle-leas Tyne, and 34 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna 35 per 1,000 during the week en din g the 30th ja,.eso when the mean temperature was 0.5 de g . Fahreiv,lo higher than in the same week in London, where rate was 27.