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* _ - 7 1 4 • .:7 , mus4. q t 6Aptt . -5‘ THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS KVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Phelps, T. Swinbourno, Barry Sullivan, Barrett, F. Barsby, C. Warner, .I. Robins; Mesdames Hermann Vezin, R. Vandeuhoff, Isabel Adams. To conclude w.th the Pantomime, entitled NUMBER N' ; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant Mountain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. But)'moue, THIS EVENING, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Bnakstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clara, Coe, tic ; Mesdames luore, Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, &c Atter which, DIAMONDS AND HEARTS. ➢lessrs. Chippendale. Ho • e, I.'arren, Roger , Clark. Braid, Weathers by ; 3lesdames Buike, Wore, Sidney, Mathews, Sm. To conclude with MRS. WHI CE. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE . JR, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. t'echter. 't IS EVENING. ROUGE EP NOIR. Maurice D'Arbel a G ambler), Sir. lechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Yi`zpatricir. Dalton. Reynolds, Lomas. Newbound, Andrews. An,lerson, Viv.an, Bennett. and Edward Price; Miss en rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Prec.xled by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb. T H EATRE ROYAL ADELP HI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. at Seven, by the kind permission of J. B. Buzitstone, Esq., the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billing on, R. Phillips, Ashley, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Bellon, Miss E. Pitt. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DHU ; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Ashley, K. /tomer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Hughes. Miss Emily Pitt. Jw. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, LAVATEII; OR, NOT A BAD JUDGE. Messrs. H. J. Montague, O. Murray, and Charles ktathews ; Mesdames Harris and SI Palmer. A tter which, A COMICAL COUNTESS. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. Followed by A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. Addison, Hurray, and C. Mathews ; Mesdames E. Farren and C. nathews. To conclude with an ATROCIOUS CRIMINAL. Mr. J. Clayton. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. lIOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. :•ef ton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Delmore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Tollaire ; Meadamea F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote. Raymond. OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TaiS EVENING, HIS LAST LEGS. Mr. C. Verner, Mr. C. H. Fenton ; Mrs. Buckingham White anti Miss Went worth. Followed by, at half-past 8 o'clock, a new and original Drama, by T. W. Hob rtson, entitled SHADOW TREE Shah 2. Characters by Messrs. Vining . . J. G. Shore, C. Ver ner, F. 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APOPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present time Part the Second—From 1066 to 1867. E. Mons and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London ; And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post freo on application. ITTGTI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tvirs DAY. —3lornin4, 3h. 53m.—Afternoon, 4h. 10,11. T )--lion.now.-Morning, 4h. 30m.—Afternom, 4h. 50m. THE SUN, LOINPON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 9 1867 LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1867. The motion for new writs for Droitwich, North I)avon, and the county of Tyrone, last evening, gave the House of Commons the welcome intelli gence that Lord DERBY had succeeded in adjusting his Cabinet. As was previously intimated, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON is to pass from one service to the other, and after acquiring some reputation as a Naval Reformer, be is to assume the direction of the War-office. This change is in some respects to be regretted ; but if the right hon. baronet will bring to the discharge of his new duties the same straightforward honesty of purpose, the same sound :English common sense and clear judgment, which lave rendered him so efficient as a naval adminis trator, no doubt he will do good service at the War office, and will redress some of those grievances of -which the British soldier has to cause to complain, and which are producing their effect in diminishing the number of our recruits. Mr. CORRY is already familiar with the duties of the Board of Admiralty, :And will no doubt be an efficient First Lord. Sir ISTAFFORD NORTHCOTE is to take the control of India, and as he is one of Lord DERBY'S most expe rienced and most liberal colleagues, we trust he will administer the affairs of that great empire in a prudent and enlightened spirit. Sir STAFFORD'S successor at the Board of Trade is to be the Duke of RICHMOND. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH has been appointed Lord President of the Council, and the Duke of BUCKINGHAM has accepted the Seals for the Colonies. The Government is, therefore, complete, and there is reason to hope that the new members of the Cabinet have assumed office intending to pursue a liberal and statesmanlike policy with regard to the great questions of the day. MT. DISRAELI, in answer to Mr. AYRTON'S in- quiries last night, explained the position of the Cabinet, and expressed a confident hope that he would be able to fulfil his pledge and introduce a Reform Bill on the 18th inst. This announcement was received with cheers, the main body of the members being, no doubt, sincerely anxious to see the question settled. Mr. ATRTON said that the house had watched with anxiety the progress of the Ministerial arrangements, because rumour had been very busy, and there was some apprehension that they would be disappointed of the promised Re form Bill by the failure of the head of the Govern• ment to reconstruct his Cabinet. Mr. AYRTON concluded by expressing the hope that all such fears might prove groundless, and that on the 18th the house might see a Reform Bill introduced " large and comprehensive in its character, simple in its provisions, which should commend itself to the forbearance of the Opposition, and to the respect and enlightened public opinion of the country." Such, in fact, must be the distinctive features of any successful Reform Bill, and we trust that Lord DERBY and his colleagues have now finally resolved upon submitting such a measure to the considera tion of the House and of the country. No doubt under any circumstances the taste would be one of great difficulty. It would be impossible for any statesman, whether Liberal or Conservative, Whig or Tory, to silence all opposition and to please everybody. There will always be some mal cOntents, some to whom any reform whatever is obnoxious, and some who can be satisfied with nothing less than a wholesale overthrow of our existing system. To attempt to conciliate these is worse than useless, because it is impossible to bring them into harmony with moderate and practical men who rightly estimate the value of the good we at present possess, while perceiving that it is possible to increase it. The Bill, to have a chance of success, must be liberal and comprehensive-- more liberal than the Bill of last year, which was limited and partial in its principle. The con viction has long been gaining ground that our representative system, though based on ex , :ellent principles, does not adequately represent the popu lation, and . the mere alteration of a pound or two in the limit of the franchise would not satisfy the public mind. There must be a readjustment of the representation, which shall leave no further change necessary, at least in this generation, though to attempt to legislate for our successors is as idle as it is undesirable. They will not be bound by our restrictions any more than we consider ourselves provided for by the Act of '32. Their necessities may change, and if the country go on progressing they will certainly enlarge. Let the new Reform Bill deal with the wants of the day in a broad and liberal spirit, putting the representation of the country on a definite and satisfactory basis, and the future may be safely left to legislate for itself. We hope Mr. DISRAELI will set about his difficult and responsible task in a statesmanlike spirit. The opportunity fur a settlement of the question is most favourable, because the great body of the public, wearied of both extremes, are anxious to see a na tional question dealt with in a national spirit, so that the constitution of the House of Commons being definitively settled, the attention of the Legis lature may be directed to the many pressing ques tions which have been compelled to wait unheeded. The general wish of the country is for a good Reform Bill, no matter who carries it ; and if Lord DEBBY'S Government will bring in a really good measure, they may safely rely on public support. A rather animated discussion took place last night iu the House of Commons on the subject of searching passengers' baggage. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE brought forward a motion on the subject, and supported his arguments in an amusing speech. He said that he wished to remove a grievance from many of her MAJESTY'S subjects, and to put a stop to evils which arose from " red-tape prejudice." A deputation, considerable in numbers, had already waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer; but he heard their case, shook his head, and sent them away with the Papal non possums. The hon. mem ber seemed to think that all the fuss made about the matter was quite unnecessary, and he illustrated his opinion in a striking manner, at any rate, for he said that " they all knew that cheap and nasty spirits. were just as cheap and nasty in England as in France, and that there was no appreciable difference of price in the French cognac and the English cognac brandy." The suggestion he made was that a detective should be employed, instead of having some one who rummaged about the things at random. In the course of his speech he created some amusement by giving the Chancellor of the Exchequer a " wrinkle," namely, for the parties to handle the luggage roughly, and then those who sought to smuggle French brandy would rue the attempt they had made. As for cigars, Mr. HOPE thinks that those made in this country are often better than the ones manufactured in France, because over there the manufacture of tobacco is a Government monopoly, and every one is not at liberty to open a shop and sell it. He concluded his entertaining speech by moving, that during the period of the French Ex hibtion of 1867 the present practice of searching the baggage of travellers in London, Dover, Folke stone, and Newhaven be suspended. Subsequently, however, the hon. member withdrew this in conse quence of various representations that were made to him; and we think that he acted wisely in so doing, for the advantages of the system preponderate over its inconveniences. Mr. HUNT stated, in the first instance, that the Government had found it quite impossible to accede to the request of the deputa tion referred to by the hon. member. It was not, he declared, " red-tapeism " which actuated them in the matter ; but they found it impossible to do so after duly considering the pros and cons of the affair. He referred to the papers on the table to allow that they had gone into the subject with great care and caution, and had fully proved the neces sity that existed for continuing the practice of searching baggage. It bad been stated by this deputation that the French were quite willing to meet us half way in the case, but subsequent in quiries had shown that this auspicious motion had no foundation in truth, for the French authorities positively refused to give up the right of search, although they were willing to afford every facility in the matter. We think that ➢lr. HUNT had the best of the argument when he said that it was not fair to expect a great change to be made by our authorities when the Government, which was actually the most con cerned in the influx of visitors, would not, or could not, suspend the practice of search. As for the idea that if searching were temporarily abolished it would still be easy to detect the smugglers, Mr. HUNT showed that this was erroneous, for people would find it worth their while to employ agents to go by different routes. We think that an admirable suggestion was made by the Secretary to the Trea sury in conclusion, when he expressed a hope that the railway companies would have the counters ex tended in length on which the baggage was put to be searched, adding that in consideration of the great harvest they were likely to reap through the increase of their passengers, they might very reason ably do so. Mr. GLADSTONE made a few remarks, and as he must be considered an authority in the matter his words deserve attention. He said that it involved a question of importance respecting the connection between the House and the Executive Government. The right hon. gentleman showed very clearly that, if we adopted the system then proposed, we should have to continue it after the Exhibition as well as during its course. The Chancellor of the Exchequer settled the matter in a decisive way, and, while he admitted that the Government should do all they can to facilitate the conve nience of visitors to the Exhibition, he put the real question at issue before the House in its simplicity and clearness—" Were the House of Com mons prepared to support her MAJESTY'S Govern ment in their attempt to defend the revenue of the country ?" Mr. DISRAELI also turned the tables on Mr. B. HOPE for his sallies at the expense of Government, by saying that he represented the interests of the potteries in his quaint rhetoric. He did full justice to his case and his client, but said " I think his case not a good one, and his clients somewhat unreasonable." This was evidently also the opinion of the House when the argument against the proposal had been heard and duly considered. The Duke of ARGYLL last night referred to the insurrection in Crete, and moved for the papers relating thereto, and the noble duke made a long and able speech, but did not arrive at any definite conclusion, which was pointed out by Lord DERBY in reply, for he said he bad hoped her Majesty's Government would have received a hint as to the course they should have pursued in his estimation, as he had been very free in his criticisms there upon. We think the noble earl was quite correct in the expressions he used corncerning the Turkish EMPEROR. The Duke of ARGYLL said that it was in a state of decay, but as Lord DERBY added, it is not the duty of the Brq.ish Government to lend a hand in assisting its over throw, or to seek to precipitate the fall. It is therefore unwise to prmote a discussion in Parlia ment which may really support, or appear to do so, any attompt on the part of the subjects of that Empire to revolt. As for the course pursued by Lord STANLEY, which had been condemned by the Duke in reference to the removal of women and children, he had only shown that the Foreign Secretary was obliged to act thus through painful necessity, as he had to preserve the policy of non-intervention, became by acceding to the request made he would have been favouring one of the parties in the conflict. In the course of his speech the noble earl entered into the chief points of the arguments, and showed that, considering the great difficulties in the way, her MAJESTY'S Government had acted fairly. Things are now more hopeful in every respect, as a general amnesty has been promised. Deputies have been asked to go to Constantinople, and lay before the committee there the wrongs and the grievances of Crete. "It is our duty," said Lord DERBY, " as friends of Turkey, to encourage her and advise her, and to lose no opportunity of press ing on her how much it is for her own interest that she should pursue a conciliatory course ; but it is not our policy, and will not be so long as I have a voice in the direction of it, by means of exciting speeches or by strong expressions of sympathy, or by coloured representations of the wrongs of the Chris tian populatio ns i n any o f t h e prov i nces of Tur k ey, in the Epirus, in Thessaly, and in the immediate neighbourhood of Greece, to encourage exaggerated hopes and expectations." This is the exposition of a very sound policy, and we think the Ministers have contrived to adopt the wisest course they I could, and by taking no extreme views on either side of the question to arrive at the juste milieu, which is :always in the end the most satisfactory in such complicated cases. The Metropolitan Poor Bill continues to make its way rea B t n h rough t o doubt a i t t t e i t e , wa n ll d b t h e f e o r r e e s e l e o ms n v a e s ry su m l i t e t e a practical shape. Several points were brought under consideration last evening, but the general result of the discussion was in favour of the measure as it originally stood. It was proposed that the medical officers of the workhouses should be members of the boards without power of voting, and some islausible• reasons were adduced for such a course, as the medical officers could give valuable in formation and their opinion on disputed points. The House, however, negatived theproposition, since several gentlemen argued reasonably enough that the Board could always have the opinion of the medical officer under existing arrangements, if they wished for it, and that the attendance on board days would consume a great part of the medical officer's time, while he would be powerless in council. Mr. HARDY showed that if he expressed an adverse opinion to the majority of guardians he would be liable to dismissal. Another amendment was carried to a division, but was rejected by 115 to 10. This was a matter of some importance—. the mixture of nominated and elected members on the Board, the general feeling being strongly in favour of the change. There can be no denying that, however excellent the intentions of the exist ing boards of guardians, they have failed signally iu the superintendence of the sick and suffering under their charge. No one wants to deprive them of their position ; but, since the labour of efficient superintendence appears too great, it is highly de sirable that the services of volunteers should be accepted. Mr. HARDY cited, in support of his asser tion, that many persons would be willing to give their services for the sake of doing good ; that he had received a note from a gentleman well skilled in medi cal science, a friend of Sir J. LAURENCE, offering his services in the district in which he lived. No doubt many more such public-spirited and benevolent gentlemen will willingly come forward ; and if the Guardians are really anxious for necessary reform they will be glad of their assistance. The ease of St. Pancras shows that the Boards, as at present constituted, have not time or inclination to see their own orders properly carried out, and far too much latitude is left to the workhouse officials. In this as in many other respects Mr. HARDY'S bill promises an improvement. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. PARIS, Friday Evening. The Moniteur says—" The Emperor recently made another visit to the Champ de Mars, and expressed his extreme satisfaction at the activity displayed in completing the general arrangements of tbe Exhi bition. His Majesty was very Lunch astonished at seeing the immense number of articles sent for this great national and intellectual struggle for peaceful superiority. Before the Emperor left he said be hoped that the French exhibitors would not allow the foreign competitors to be beforehand with the other exhibitors, but that they would consider it as a matter of duty to be entirely ready before the 28th of March." Public opinion is now concentrated upon the dis cussions in the Chambers. In the Legislative Body the discussion turns upon primary instruction. In the Senate attention is fixed upon the proposed changes in Article 26 of the Constitution ; that is to say, the abolition of discussions upon the address, and the regulation of the mode of obtaining infor mation from the Ministers in the Chambers upon the current topics of the day. The questions upon foreign affairs to which I have alluded will be put as soon as possible. A claim for the right to put questions has been already made in the proper form, signed by Messieurs Thiers, Lambrecht, Aurel, and other influential members, has been placed in the hands of the President of the Corps Legislatif, in conformity with the new regu lations made by the Emperor's decree. The dis cussions upon foreign affairs will no doubt occupy the attention of the Chamber very seriously, and perhaps for a day or two. The next subject of discussion will be the law for the abolition of imprisonment for debt. This has been a subject of anxiety with intelligent men for many years in France as well as in England. In March, 1848, the Provisional Government, by a temporary measure, to be confirmed by the decision of the National Assembly, suspended the power of arrest for debt. The Law of the 13th of December, 1848, however replaced the power of arrest in opera tion, with some modifications. I have already mentioned that the commission appointed to con sider the subject has given an opinion in favour of the principle of imprisonment for debt. The Government does not coincide with this view, and as soon as tho discussion on foreign affairs shall be concluded a project of law will be submitted, the first Article of which will be thus : " Arrest for debt is suppressed in matters com mercial and civil, and in regard to foreigners." The report of the Commission above alluded to justifies arrest for debt as " moral and just," but the Government does not participate in this view, and I am fully justified in stating that it intended to use all its influence and to employ all legitimate means to prevent debt from being treated as a crime to be punished with imprisonment. The Tribunal Correctional of Paris sentenced M. Emile de Girardin, Editor of the Liberte; to pay a fine of 5,000 f. for an article in that paper, tending to bring the Government into hatred and contempt. The printer, M. Serriere was sentenced to pay a fine of 100 f., he having printed the article, knowing the intention and object of it. The expenses of the prosecution are to be shared by the defendant. This case affords a strong illustration of the saying that many unjust and despotic acts are practised under the guise of the protection of the cause of liberty. The article incriminated was violent, unjust, and subversive of all real liberty. The Government simply did its duty in contro verting and punishing it. This journal, La Liberte; is the worst enemy of that sacred principle. "An open foe may prove a curse, But a pretended friend is worse." The condemnation is hailed with satisfaction by all the true friends of progress' and independent principles. The Journal des Debots has a very sensible and reasonable appreciation of the manifestations to Garibaldi in Venetia. It says that his displays, half military and half electoral, are now useless, and are beyond the law. "Venice is now free," adds the Debuts, "we have evacuated Rome, and in all the whole of Italy, from the Alps to the Adriatic, from the north of Lombardy to the extremity of Sicily, there is only one battalion paid by a fo re i gn country." In short, the Italian journals are s i c k of so r Garibaldi, of foolish an d visionary exploit s —f or instance, as they say he now coatempl a t es a ll an expedition in behalf of extended revolution in Crete. Charles Lemaire, the young murderer, was exe cuted this morning. Ile died, as he said he would, and refused to receivo the consolation of religion. To-day has been a winter day, and no mistake. In the morning the frost covered the ground in the vicinity of Paris. It has snowed during most of the day, and a mixture of snow and rain falls as I close my letter. MARIO T S.—This day. COVENT GARDEN. pp chestnuts, to Bs; nu grapes, las to 4s Od to 8s Od ; per ; IFie bushel Moderato supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale. The trade on the whole, is st ead y , at our quotations : anietus:r4 o P d in t o e oranges, 2s 6d to 7s ; lemon s, 4s to 8 s per 100. VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2 s to 6s Od ; cabbag es , S s t o Li p P O I d e ; 8' 3s Od; turnips, 5s Od to 6s Ode carrots, 6s Od t o 8 s Od per dozen bunches; onions, 4s t 65 Od per bushel ; celery, is 6d to 2s Od ; horseradish, 46 Od to 6s Od; and forced rhuburb, 6d to is 3d per bundle. POULTRY. Turkeys, 58 Od to 108 Od ; geese, es Od to 98; goslings 6s Od to 88 Od ; dueks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; ducklings, as Od to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, Os Osl to Os Od; w ild d o, Os 10d to is Od; pigeons, 10d to is Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 4a Od ; Surrey fowls, 7s to 98 ; do. ohiekens, 6s to 108 Od ; barn door fowls, 5s Od to Gs Od per couple. English eggs, 9s to 13s Od ; French do., 780 d to lls per 100. Fresh butter, ls,',3d to is 61 per lb. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef as Od to 4s 8d 1 Veal Mutton ... 3s 2d to 4s 10d 1 Pork WHITECHAPEL. Per Elb. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 10d f Veal Mutton 3s 2d to 4s Iod Pork LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 9. The Emperor has addressed an autograph letter to Baron von Beust abolishing the Ministry of State, and creating a Ministry of the Interior, for the non- Hungarian provinces. Independent Ministries are also created for public instruction and worship. His Majesty appoints Count Taafe Minister of the Interior, and Herr von Becke Minister of Finance. Count Rothkirch has been relieved of his func tions as Governor of Bohemia, and replaced by Baron Kellerspergan. The negotiations between Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands for the conclusion of treaties of commerce and navigation have been brought to a satisfactory termination, and the treaties are ready for signature. The Vienna papers state that Lord Bloomfield has summoned to Vienna the English Consul- General at Belgrade, in order to receive from him an account of the state of affairs in Servia. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 28 to 2s 6d ; eels, - 18 per lb. ; cod, 2e to 5s ; plaice, 4d to 6d ; lobster; 3s to 5s Od each ; whitings, 2r to 68 ; haddocks, 4s to 128 Od per dozen ; native oysters, .£6 ; common, 20s to 308 per bushel. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9d. ; of household ditto, iid. to Bid. per alas loaf. HIDES ANI) §SINS. Market hides, 56 to 641ba, 21d to —d ; 64 to 721bs. 2}d to 3d ; 72 to 80113 s, 3d to 3id • 80 to 881ba., 3fd to 4d; 88 to 961138., 4d to 41d. Horoehidee, 9s to 10e Od ; calf shine O h s al o f- d br to ed os a, 0 91 0 ; d ah t e oarlliOnge 6 d s,a 6cl (light), 28 to 4a; full, 6 s 6d - polled sheep, 10a 6cl to 128; c d°lcn to 4 7 0 8 5 °OIL.° 8s Bcl ; lamb, HAT. SMIIIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 ss; clover £4 Os to 15 106; and straw, £1 18s to £ 2 6 s per load. Trade quiet. _ _ CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, .£2 18s to .£4 8s ; clover £4 Os to .£5 lOs Od ; and straw, .£1 18s to .£2 6s per load Demand inactive. , WHITECHIPEL.—Meadow hay £2 15s to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s Od ; an d s t raw Trade heavy. ~ £1 18s to £2 6s per load. HEAVY SNOWSTOR3L—A continuous heavy fall of snow ocourred during the whole of T hursday and Thurs day night in the North and East Ridings. The Moors are thickly covered, and tho whole are in many places several inches deep. The ground being dry very little of the snow melts. At the time of writing everything looks very wintry. REPRESENTATION OF SCOTLAND.—The Glasgow Town Ccur.cil, at a meeting held on Thursday, had under consideration the Parliamentary representation of Scot land under the new Reform Bill. The Lord Provost thought, from the very unsatisfactory answer which was given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the question recently put to him in the House of Commons, regarding Scotch representation, that unless the people of Scotland exerted themselves in some way they would have very little chance of getting any additional members. He there fore proposed that, without asking for anything of a very definite nature, a petition should be drawn up and for warded to the members for the city and for Lanarkshire, urging that in the distribution of seats the larger cities and populous counties of Scotland should be considered as well as England. This proposal was unanimously agreed to. FRANCE. " It is in contemplation," says the Gazette de France," " to admit the Councillors of State and the members of the Legislative Body to the Senate during the sittings ; the members of these two former bodies being associated in the labours per formed at the Luxembourg Palace, their presence is judged to be not contrary to the law which prescribes the secrecy of the business in the Upper House." BOURSE, March 8, Two o'clock.—Sales predomi nate, and stocks and shares are again offered at lower rates. Three per Cents. are quoted at 69f. 95c., a decline of 7ic. Italian Fives lose sc.—at 53f. 90c. Credit Mobilier shares have reaeded 2f. boc.—to 503 f. 75c. Mexican Bonds are to-day in favour, and show an advance of 2f. 50c.—at 148 f. 75c. The Railway market is feeble, and yesterday's closing quotations are not sustained. Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations:— l per Cents 97 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 95 Do. end month 69 971 Credit blobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1507 50 RAIL' Bank Shares 3550 Italian Loan 53 95 Do. end month 54 05 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred For Account. Orleans Northern 1223 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 935 -- Southern 5BB 75 Western 592 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 415 North of Spain — SaragosE a Ditto to Barcelona — Roman.. — The Corporation Address to her Majesty. • -- This morning the members of the Corporation of the City of London, headed by the Right Hon the Lord Mayor, proceeded in State from Guild hall to Buckingham Palace for the purpose of pre senting an address of congratulation to her Majesty on the occasion of the birth of the daughter cf their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. At one time a difficulty appeared likely to curtail the civic procession of its fair proportions, a com munication from the Home-office stating that the number of those forming the deputation was not to exceed 40. However the duty of making the selection was excellently avoided, as last evening it was intimated that her Majesty was gra ciously pleased to give audience to the whole Court of Common Council on the occasion. The civic authorities were received with much distinction at Buckingham Palace, and having been ushered into the Royal presence, the address of the citizens was read at length, and then presented to her Majesty, who, in reply, said it gave her the greatest pleasure to receive the congratulations of the citizens of London, on the happy occasion, and that her Majesty looked upon it as another proof of loyal attachment which had been so often displayed towards her person and family by all classes of her subjects. LAW INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. COURT OP DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) WIGHT V. WIGHT AND FIELD. The petitioner in this suit was a returned Indian officer who arrived in this country on leave of absence accompa nied by his wife. Urgent matters called upon him to re turn to India, which he did, leaving his wife in England. He subsequently again returned to England, when he heard that his wife dad, during his absence, formed an improper attachment with tho co-respondent, a person practising as a surgeon. The case is one that will occupy the Court two or three days ; therefore we defer a report till the case is concluded. POLICE INTELLIGErICE.—This Day. MARLBOROUIiff-STREET. DOG-STEALING.—WiIIiam Bishop, calling him self a stableman, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a dog, the value of £5, the property of Mr. George Evans, of the British Hotel, Jermyn street. Sergeant Bunce, 5 C.—Last night at 9 o'clock I saw a little dog sitting on the step of the British Hotel, the prisoner, a few yards off, looking at the dog. lie (witness) watched the prisoner, and saw him take up the dog, put it under his arm, and walk off with it; and on his going after the pri soner, and asking bum where he was going with the dog he said that the dog had followed him, and that he was endeavouring to find the owner. The Sergeant then took the prisoner and the dog to the prosecutor's, and he having identified the dog as his property, he took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Evans, of the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, identified the dog as his property, and said he had only lost sight of it two minutes when it was taken. Mr. Knox said it was fortunate the sergeant was so near at hand at the time. The prisoner said he did not steal the dog. He merely took it up, and was going to 107, Jermyn street, thinking it belonged to a gentleman there. Mr. Knox said there was a parcel of vagabonds about London who thought they could steal dogs and make a living by it. He considered the case proved against the prisoner, and should commit him for six months with hard labour, and if the prisoner was caught at the same work again he would be sent to the Sessions and would get 18 months' im prisonment. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, March 3.—The Tamar, screw troop ship, Capt. F. W. Sullivan, C. 8., embarked the 84th Regiment from this garrison the 28th of Feb. for Jamaica, but owing to the weather being un favourable did not leave port until the 2d inst. No troops have ever left the island in a higher state of discipline or efficiency. The Caradoc, despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. H. Wilkinson, which I stated in my last letter was under sailing orders, took her departure on the 2d inst. for Constanti nople, to be at the disposal of her Majesty's Am bassador there. She will call at the Piraeus to deliver despatches and letters for her Majesty's ship Resistance, and to land Dr. Trower, the Bishop of Gibraltar, who is about to visit the British commu nities at Athens, Patras, and other places in his diocese. Her Majesty's ship Royal Oak, 35, Capt. the Hon. G. D. Keane, which was despatched by Rear-Admiral Kellett to Cephalonia on receipt of the news of the earthquake with provisions for the distressed inhabitants, returned to Malta on the evening of the Ist inst. The readers of 2he Sun are already informed that a subscription for the suf ferers has been opened at Malta ; on the 25th ult., the committee for collecting funds for their relief closed its first list, and immediately remitted the amount, .£73 18s. 4d., to the British Consul at Cephalonia. We learn, however, by the Royal Oak, that there are sums of money lying in the bank "in disposed of, and that the provisions taken up by the vessel have been brought back, the measures adopted by the Greek Government, supplemented by the help rendered by her Majesty's ship Enterprise and a French vessel, having, it is alleged, rendered any further foreign assistance unnecessary. The greatest want at present is shelter, and the King himself was on the spot superintending the arrangements which were being made for housing those of the inhabi tants whose dwellings were destroyed. Up to the time of the Royal Oak leaving Argostoli the shocks continued at rapid intervals, but were decreas ing in intensity, and had ceased to cause any alarm. During this week a French steam frigate, the Eldo rado, Capt. Chevalier Chartenet, arrived here from Toulon and Algiers, having on board 800 soldiers and 61 horses, on their way to Cochin-China, via Egypt. The Prussian screw frigate Gazelle, Capt. L. Henk (formerly an officer in our service), received orders by telegraph, and left on the 28th ult. for Smyrna. Vice-Admiral the Hon. H. Keppel arrived here last night by the mail steamer Delta from Mar seilles, en route for China, to take the command of her Majesty's ships on that station, and supersede Vice-Admiral King, whose term of service abroad has expired. Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 20, flag of Admiral Yelverton, left the Sound yesterday morning, at 8 o'clock, for Ireland, with 400 Royal Marines, under the command of Col. Pickard. Wind, E., a smart breeze. The gunboats Rainbow and Hind sailed on Thursday evening for Ireland. An order was yesterday received by Col. Con nolly, commanding the division of Royal Marines Light Infantry at Woolwich, from the Deputy- Adjt.-Gen. of the Royal Marine forces, requesting him to hold in readiness the following detachment for service in Ireland :—Two captains, four subal terns, eight sergeants, eight corporals, two drum mess, and 160 privates. Lieut.-Col. Stewart took his departure during the day for Quteenstown, under orders to apply for instructions to Rear-Admiral Sir C. F. Delacombe ; Lieuts. Risk, Macy, Parker, and Wardell being the first on the roster, were ordered to take the command, and many of the privates first for sea being at the time on duty at the various sen try stations in the garrison were relieved and paraded for the Commandant's inspection, in readiness for immediate departure. An order has been received at the head-quarters of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham, directing a detachment of eight sergeants, eight cor porals, two drummers, and 160 privates, to be held in readiness for immediate service. The fol lowing officers have received orders to proceed with the detachment :—Capt. P. M. C. Croker, Capt. A. H. F. Barnes, First Lieut. R. C. Harvey, First Lieut. C. S. C. Webb, Second Lieut. R. B. Kirch hoffer, and Second Lieut. J. H. Price. The officers and men composing the detachment were inspected at bead quarters yesterday. It is understood that the whole of the non-commissioned officers and men composing the detachment will be armed with the Snider breechloader. The following appointments were made ycsterday at the Admiralty :—Commander J. T. Swann, to the Rattler, vice Webb, promoted ; Commander B. L. Lefroy, to the Spiteful, vice Fletcher, invalided; Commander H. P. Knevitt, to be Inspecting Com mander of Coast Guard at Berwick-on-Tweed, vice Lefroy; Lieut. W. M. Latham, to the Cambridge; E. C. Roberts, Master, to the Cumberland, for ser vice in the Waterwitch ; G. H. Moore, midshipman, to the Lord Clyde, as supernumerary ; J. B. Drew and I'. Bolster, Acting Assist.-Surgs., to the Vic tory, for the Haslar Hospital : and C. M'Conaghey, Acting Assist.-Surg., to the Royal Adelaide, for Plymouth Hospital. THAMES. THE SEAL SKIN COAT.—SUSPECTED ROBBERY. —Margaret Timms, aged 40, the wife of a carman in the service of Pickford, the carriers, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a lady's seal skin coat, valued at £2O. The prisoner offered the coat in pawn at the shop of Mr. Fulkard, in . the Commercial-road, yesterday afternoon. This very respectable and worthy tradesman and his assistants have frequently ren dered valuable aid to the public in detaining valua able stolen property, and bringing offenders to justice. A few weeks since Mr. Folkard detained a piece of plate worth £25, and won by an English horse on a French racecourse. It had been stolen from a box while in transit at a wharf on the banks of the river. The thieves were convicted yesterday afternoon. The:prisoner asked for the loan of 255. on a lady's new seal skin coat. Daniel Eldred, an assistant to Mr.Folkard, asked her what it cost, to which she replied " £3." He knew that it would not be made under £lB or £2O ; some other questions were put, to which she replied that she lived in the White chapel-road, that the coat did not belong to her, and that a Mrs. Harris, her mistress, had given it to her to pawn. Her mistress lived in Canterbury street. A minute or two afterwards she said she was not in service at all. Eldred requested her to fetch the owner of the coat, and she said she would do so, and left the shop. Mr. Folkard directed Eldred to follow her, and he doggod her along the Mile-end-road, Bow-road, and Cair bridge-heath road, until he met with a police-constable, and gave her into custody. She then said she found the coat made up into a parcel near the Royal Exchange. George Coleman, police sergeant, No. 657 K, stated that the prisoner did live at No. 5, Chapel place, the address she had given. She said her husband, who was in the employ of Messrs. Pick ford, the carriers, had given her the coat and told her to pawn it. Ile saw the husband on Friday afternoon, and he said he knew nothing about the sealskin coat, and had not seen his wife since half past five o'clock in the morning. _ _ _ Mr. Paget said it was very probable it would turn out the coat was stolen, and that after the many accounts which the prisoner had given relating to the possession of the coat he felt justified in re manding the prisoner for a week. lie commended the conduct of Mr. Folkard and his assistant, who had behaved remarkably well. WESTMIN STEM. THAMES PIRATES.--EXCESSIVE LOSSES.--Charl es Webb, agod 13, and George Wyatt, aged 15, were charged with stealing a quantity of coals. James Manley, a detective officer of the T divi sion, said that at 11 last night he was in Lombard street, Chelsea, when ho saw the prisoners on a coal barge; off Johnson's Wharf. One had a large basket, the other a bag, and, having filled them, they took them somewhere on shore. In a few minutes they returned and went on board some barges at Aldin's Wharf. They took a quantity of coals away, and then went on board a sand-barge, and, entering the cabin, lit a fire. Witness found them there, with upwards of a hundred and a half of coals, a basket, and a bag-full. Wyatt on his way to the station said, " I know I took them ; get me into a school. I have nothing but thieving before my eyes." A clerk from Aldin's asked for the protection of the law, in consequence of the unsafety of property upon the Thames. Two or three tons of coals per week were stolen from their barges. Mr. Selfe—You leave your coals exposed. Witness—We are obliged to leave them in the barges. What are we to do? Mr. Selfe—Employ a watchman. It's all very well to leave this sort of thing to the police ; but there can't be found enough of them to watch everybody's property. Manley—The very moment the men turn their backs to go to their dinners the barges are covered with boys. Wyatt is turned out of doors night after night by his mother. The mother of 'Webb, a respectable-looking woman, said she should be happy to pay for her boy in a reformatory. There were no frienis of Wyatt in attendance. Mr. Selfe said he should send Webb to Feltham school for three years, and remand the other prisoner for the attendance of his mother, and to see where he could be sent, as he was too old for Feltham. The Prussian Moniteur announces that Prince Frederick Charles has received from the King o f Italy the insignia of the order of the Annunciata, with a letter written by his Majesty, referring to the glorious part taken by the Prince in the last war, E. -.41.410 "1. 1 • 217444, tau al •IGM OIC tirtu HER MAJESTY, &c• BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Friday. During her Majesty's drive yesterday she went round Trafalgar-square and viewed the lions at the base of the Nelson Column, and paid a short visit to Miss Ilildyard, at St. Katharine's, in Regent's Park. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian, drove out this morning in a car riage and four, attended by the Duchess of Rox burghe. Major General the Hon. A. N. Hood and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge attended on horseback. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Louise, went out this afternoon, and honoured Mr. Henry Weekes, RA., and Mr. MacDowell, R.A., with visits to their studios, to inspect the groups which they are executing for the memorial of the Prince Consort in Hyde Park. Her Majesty drove afterwards to Marlborough House, and visited the Princess of Wales. The Duchess of Roxburghe, Major General Hon. A. N. Hood, and Colonel the Hon. A Hardinge, were in attendance. Princess Louise drove to the British Museum this morning. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor. The Queen held a Council at Buckingham Palace today at one o'clock. Present—the Earl of Derby, the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Marl borough, the Earl of Bradford, the Earl of Car narvon, Lieut. General the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, and the Right Hon. 'Sir Stafford N orth cote. Previous to the Council the Earl of Derby and the Duke of Buckingham had audiences of the Queen. The Earl of Carnarvon, Lieut. General the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel, and Viscount Cranborne Were severally introduced to her Majesty bylLord Bagot (her Majesty' Lord in Waiting) to resign their seals of office. Mr. Edmund Harrison was Clerk of the Council. Lord Bagot and Colonel Hon. C. Lindsay, the Lord and Groom in Waiting, were in attendance. What Will Lord Derby do on Reform! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am emboldened to address you again on the abovenamed most important question, whereby I think I can prove I have been a correct sooth sayer in my former letters to you of the 6th and 18th ultimo, as regarded the probability of the Go vernment bringing in a Reform Bill. Not only have they done so, but Lord Derby has accepted the resignation of two of his ablest colleagues on account of their well-known hostility to the passing of a Reform Bill. So much for the noble Premier. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, moreover, in hiS opening speech on Reform the other night, so far from wishing to return to the old state of things which existed in the good old days of the Georgian era, gave it as his unqualified opinion that Engla nd , had never been b e tt er governe d t h an d ur i ng the last thirty years. Now this was a most fair and impar tial statement, on the part of Mr. Disraeli ; it did not savour of anything like factiousness on his par t towards those who, only one short year ago, were in possession of the sweet and savoury things 0f office. It is a well-known fact that for by far the greater portion of the above-named epoch England has been governed by the Whigs. Now had the learned Chancellor of the Exche quer entertained any factious or ill feeling towards that party who has been politically opposed to biro for so many years, it would have been easy enoug h for him to have made out a good case in the OPl 3°- site direction. But now comes the thread of nal argument, i.e.,—is Lord Derby the same individual in this year of grace 1867 that he 'was in 1833 when he was Mr. Stanley, Irish Secretary in the Whig Government, which had carried the great Reform Bill only one short year previously, an - -z-1 when he startled and terrified the ultra Tory and High Church party of of those days by suppressing no fewer than ten Irish bishoprics? Physiologists tell us that every particle of matter undergoes a complete change ill every human being after a lapse of a certain num ber of years. But still, nevertheless, we are as long as we live not different,' but the same people. The immortal John Locke and the learned Bishop Butler also treat most learnedly on the above-named meta physical and physiological subject; it is, however , more the province by far of the divine and the physician than that of the politician. I have merely alluded to it in order to show that both our noble Premier, as well as our learned Chancellor of the of the Exchequer, who were, 34 years ago, in 1833, united with the extreme Liberals of that period, do not entertain such different opinions, and are by no means such different individuals now in 1867 to what they were in 1833. Ido not believe that our learned Premier regrets the least bit in the world the part he took in suppressing the ten Irish bishop rics in 1833, nor do I imagine for one instant he would undo it for the world. He simply does not think Reform necessary to the same extent m easure o RfreofmortmhelpfreeesleustaAtilsistrfineidw s hall have y provided they are only let alone and not disturbe d b y any factious or need less are will:otdo outfor o them the woo d• supporters i t itoon cry. Butbefore they Mr. Gladstone did himself very great credit by the tone of moderati on and forbearance th e other night in the ho Ministry. But we cannot be sure that this will con berance towards he the d s pp t con tinue until the Refo rm Bill has reached the House r l e a s y c e n d of Lords. So much for tho chances of reform. Then, as regards legal, sanitary, philanthropic, and church reforms, I feel certain they are all in far safer hands with the present Government than with their opponents. Only this session a bill has found its way into the Lower House for the reform of our Courts of Common Law and the abolition of their separate jurisdictions. This measure alb brought in principally by the Oppositionaenl opposed by the Government, still, nevertheless, it proves most incontestably bow far more useful the Whigs are in oppositi®u than in once, and what a good thing it will be if they should be banished for several years to the bleak and dreary regions of the Opposition, as what single ineasnr° of reform or progress did they ever bring forward during their recent seven years' tenure of office" I am convinced that no branch of reform or pro - I press will be the least impeded by being placed e' the hands of her Majesty's present advisers. -b the country, therefore, give the present MinistrylA fair trial, which even Mr. Gladstone, a s Iba already remarked, to his credit be it spoken, se ems disposed to do. I will merely add, in conclusion' that I myself belong to no party, political or religi ous but am for measures and not for men. I should be first and foremost to turn against the present or any other Government if I thought it was in all respects for the true interests of th of office. disant Liberals lately during their tenure which I do not consider was the case with the sei t • 'e the presen oa position and the country to gm , Again, and for the last time, let me entreat the ere ing members are the same individuals they were I ministration a fair trial, as I have no doubt the lead :octuuaucttiiig, in days of yore, in their so-called Liberal re main,days.-- Sir, your most obedient servant, A LOVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS' A LADY BURIED ALIVE.—At Murville, France, the other day, while the interment of an aged lady No s taking place, a noise was heard to proceed from the grave. Upon the body being exhumed it was found to be warm, but without any other sign of life. A medical examination showed that death bad occu rred at the time of exhumation. F U NERAL OF " M ARTEUS WARD. "—The remains of Mr. Charles F. Brow ne were this day deposited in Kensal-green Ceinotery. The procession started at o ne _ o'clock from the reeid euee of Mr. Charles Millward, Mal den-crescent, Prince of Wales -road, Haverstock-hill. Thde carriages of the frie nds of the deceased joined the proce- Sion at Mr. aillwarcl'o 4900.