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The chief thing that strikes one in the considera tion of this measure is its comprehensiveness, for if any political sage had predicted some months ago that a Conservative Government would propose Household Suffrage, how many would have discredited it, and declared that it was quite idle to indulge in such speculations. It seems not only ungracious, but also very impolitic, for objections to be made upon matters of detail when once a principle like this of household suffrage is laid down, which certainly goes far beyetid.what many might reasonably have expected. Every man who has occupied a house for two years and paid poor rates will be entitled to a vote under the propositions of this measure. The county franchise is to be fixed at fifteen pounds, which will be a considerable reduction, and though we believe some disappointment is felt that it does Lot go still lower, still there is no denying that a decided change for the better has taken place. The educational franchise we look upon as one of the best features of this measure, and in this it bears unquestionably the palm over the schemes of pre ceding Ministries. The pecuniary franchise is also a good one, and well calculated to confer the privi lege of voting upon those who are the safest mem bers of the community, or the least likely to rush into wild extremes. We miss the lodger fran chise, which is the more strange, since the Government of Lord DERBY in 1859 were originators of the proposal, and they have had the satisfaction since of finding others come round to their views. Indeed, some seem to think it a clever dodge to attack the Conservatives with their own weapons, and to denounce them for omitting ail mention of a proposal which they were once greatly blamed for proposing. At any rate there can be no possible reason why the Ministers should not insert a clause to this effect in committee, and we hope that they will do so, because such a plan cannot but conduce to the practical advantages of the measure. The redistribution part of the business is the most awkward, and perhaps the best way of getting out of the difficulty would be to extend the number of the members. There is no practicable virtue in the number six hundred and fifty-eight any more than in any particular figure for the limits of the franchise ; and although the red-tapists and conventionalists might be startled at first, we think that they would see the wisdom of it before long. We have no doubt that considerable im provement can be made in the bill in committee, and let it take place then, but not till then. Any attempt to prevent the second reading of the mea sure will be factious in the extreme, and cannot possibly advance the interests of the cause of Re form. We hope that all those who are easily in fluenced will take heed to their ways, and judge for themselves, so that they may rightly esti mate the costa and consequences of their actions. We do not stand up as the defenders of the mea sure coute qui coute. We do not say that it is as good a measure as could be penned, but we think that it is far better than we might have expected, and much more liberal than any of the schemes of late years ; and an attentive survey of its provi sions should convince impartial politicians that it would be a sin and a shame for them to condemn it to the company of its predecessors, and thus waste another year and disappoint the expectations of the people. The interval that elapses between the introduc tion of a measure of importance and the time when the sense of the home is taken on its merits is gene rally pccupied with various questions relating to it of more or less interest, but which are all really out of place, because it is putting the Ministers of the day in rather an unfair position, and placing them at a disadvantage by considering the matter in de tail when it ought to be regarded as a whole. Last night Mr. BRIGHT put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the Representation of the People Bill. He said that the reason why he put it was that the answer might affect the vote of many hon. gentlemen on his side of the House. He asked, with respect to " dual voting," whether the Government intended to adhere to that provision of the bill, or whether it was to be re garded as an unimportant part of the measure. To this Mr. DISRAELI replied that he had no objection to answer the hon. member, but the bill was only just in the hands of members, and he wished them to consider it ; so that, when every important part of it had been fairly considered by both sides of the House, at the second reading they would find the legitimate occasion to express an opinion on so important a point. Mr. BUTLER JOHNSTONE went still further, and asked if the Government would not best consult their own honour by giving some intimation of what they would do in the event of their bill being rejected, but he was stopped by cries of " Order !" The Chancellor of the Exchequer very truly remarked that the proper mode to deal with this bubject was to give what explanation was necessary at the time . when he and his colleagues had a fair opportunity of reviewing the whole subject; but by answering those questions without such an opportunity occurring a false impression was created. This is a very wise rejoinder, and we hope that for the remaining time that will elapse before the second reading honourable members will abstain from putting these irrelevant queries, which only serve to confuse things. Au amusing episode in the evening's occurrences was created by some questions put by Mr. BAGGE to the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting corrupt practices at elections, in the course of which he in troduced the names of some gentlemen, and asked if they were the same as those concerned in elec tion transactions, and were members of the House, and whether the Government would think fit to re move them from the various commissions which they held. To this extraordinary question the Chancellor of the Exchequer made an amusing answer, treating the matter in the most proper manner as a joke. He said that he must be careful in giving an answer, because " mistaken identity" was a startling circumstance in the annals of juris prudence. There was certainly a similarity in the name ; but then, again, there was prima facie evi dence to show that these gentlemen referred to could not be the same alluded to as members of the House, since they showed " invariable readiness to condemn anything like Tory corruption," and always adopted a highly liberal tone. He con cluded by advising the hon. member to take a surer way of finding out the truth, and to try the effect of a select committee. Mr. GLADSTONE was greatly displeased at the tone in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer answered this question, and at a later period of the evening called him to account for the course thus pursued. We think that it is much to be regretted that the right hon. gentleman should so far forget himself as to seize the pretext of any discussion that came up before the House in order to make attacks upon the Government. Such a plea can scarcely fail to betray itself at the outset ; and Mr. NEWDEGATE'S retort upon him last night was quite carried out by facts. There was no mistaking the extreme bitterness which actuated the Leader of the Opposition when he accused Mr. DISRAELI of being like the engineer " hoist with his own petard," falling back on words of wisdom when too late, and so on. We warn Mr. GLADSTONE that he himself will be the greatest loser if ho persists in this vindictive spirit, and no injuries he inflicts on his opponents will equal the damage he will do to his own reputation by showing himself so hostile and uncompromising. What with the one thing and the other we seem t o b e on the point o f wit nessing party squabbles instead of the calm conside ration that is due to the discussion of a great ques tion ; and for all the loss to the cause of Reform and the injury to Parliament the Leader of the Opposi tion will be responsible if he persists in exerting his considerable influence to aid and abet the spirit of faction. The arrival of the Java, from New York on the 6th, brings us a good deal of intelligence. The vessel has been delayed by the severe epterly gala THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1867. which she encountered, and the main points of her news have, of course, been anticipated by the tele graph. Still we gain some interesting information, which enables us to understand better the stormy aspect of American politick!. The PRESIDENT has had to resort more than once to the veto, and still presents the same immovable front to the turbulent and angry spirits which rule in both branches of the Congress. He vetoed the Tenure of Office Bill, which prohibits the removal of Cabinet officers with the consent of the Senate, the PRESIDENT objecting to it on the ground that it deprived his office of its Constitutional powers. The most im portant exercise of this privilege was with regard to the Bill for the Military Government of the South ; a bill as unjust as it is impolitic, as unreasonable as it is oppressive. No shadow of an excuse exists for subjecting States which are tranquil, if desolate, whose people are peaceable, though starving, to the extraordinary severity of martial-law in time of peace. The PRESIDENT takes a firm stand upon the doctrines of the Constitution, and gives unanswerable reasons for withholding his con sent from the measure. 'The State Governments of the South, he says, enforce the laws for the pre servation of order and the suppression of crime in substantially the same manner as in the Northern States. No armed opposition to the national autho rity is anywhere threatened. " The national triumph" over the rebellion subjugated the insur gents to legal obedience, not to the yoke of arbitrary despotism. This, however, is the belief of the PRE SIDENT, and it is quite evident that the exercise of an arbitrary and unscrupulous despotism is the object of the Radical leaders. Mr. JOHNSON points out that this bill reduces the Southern people to a condition as degrading as slavery, giving the military district commanders an unlimited and despotic power, which they could abuse with impunity. The United States are bound, as Mr. JOHNSON showed, to guarantee to every State a Republican form of government ; whereas this bill destroys every vestige of Republican govern ment in ten of the States. It is not a little curious to find the Congress expressing such anxiety about the Republican form of government in Mexico, and receiving with apprehension the rumour of a Canadian kingdom, while they are actually excluding ten of these so-called United States from the advantages of Republicanism. Mr. JOHNSON remitds the Abolitionists that by denying the legality of the Government of the ten States which participated in the ratification of the amendment abolishing slavery, slavery is left where it was before that amendment. He cites the solemn declaration of the Congress of July, 1861, that war was not waged to ssbjugate the South, but to en force obedience to the Constitution. When this obedience was yielded the contest should cease, and to repudiate the declaration thus made was a breach of the national honour. The Constitution, remarked the President in conclusion, forbade the passage of any bill of attainder, bait was not this not an attainder against nine millicns of people ? A proof of the temper of which uafortunately governs the Ameri can Legislature wax given on the receipt of this message. Upon reading it Congress immediately suspended the rules, and passed both bills over the vetoes. It is true there may have been something more or less than temper in this, for the Radicals are, as we known, adepts in political manoeuvring and the opportunity may have been a favourable one for getting the veto overrides without difficulty. The PRESIDENT could hardly have anticipated a different result, though his protest is not the less valuable, and will have due weight with those who are beyond the circle of political passions. Mr. JOHNSON referred to the recent decisions of the Supreme Court to prove that martial law can not, under the Constitution, be declared in time of peace, and surely there are many Americans who would be reluctant to sanction so flagrant a breach of the old constitutional doctrines. It is no light thing for the Legislature of a country to authorise so arbitrary and illegal a proceeding, and the North itself may hereafter suffer for it. A fresh outbreak of party feeling, a new cause of quarrel between the States, may turn the weapons it is now so recklessly placing in the hands of unscrupulous officials against itself. President JOHNSON long ago pointed out the great danger of concentrating power, and declared that had he availed himself of all the facilities which Congress put into his hands he might have become an irresponsible military dictator. If the same course were adopted towards New Jersey or Connecticut that they would pursue towards Georgia and Carolina, they would very soon repent having sanctioned so dangerous and unconstitutional a precedent. The great stronghold of individual liberty in every free State is the supremacy of con stitutional law, the maintenance of civil over military authority. This safeguard the American Congress are voluntarily putting from themselves ; they are turning back to the absolute forms of un scrupulous despotism, resigning their traditional ' liberties for the shadowy semblance of such profitless i power as is wielded by those tyrants who hold their throne on sufferance. It is a serious question for the American people at large to consider, and they may be assured that the course pursued by the dominant party in Congress is full of danger to all ceneerned. It incurs besides a very great risk of driving the Southern people to desperation, and they may per haps feel that having patiently submitted to the for tunes of war, and endeavoured to submit to peace without profit, they can hardly be worse off if they openly resist Northern authority, or league secretly with foreign Powers to defeat the tyranny of their oppressors. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The Paris papers to-day being filled with the reports of the discussion in the Chambers, to the exclusion of any news of interest, I take the oppor tunity of returning to the subject of the Statues of the Plantagenets, which engages much public at tention. I have already given a brief historical sketch respecting these statues. A modern French writer says that Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and Matilda, grand-daughter of William the Conqueror, had issue at Mans in 1133, Henry the Second, one of the most powerful Monarchs of his time. In fact, on his mother's side he was Duke of Normandy and King of England, and by right of his father he was Count of Anjou, Mans, and Touraine. At that time there lived at the Court of France a young queen, proud and voluptuous, Eleonore d'Aquitaine, married to King Louis the Seventh, a sort of crowned monk, whom she detested. Louis VII. having become a crusader at the solicitation of St. Bernard, took his wife to Palestine. When she arrived at Antiocha she fell in love with some say a young Saracen slave, others with Count de Poitiers, her uncle, one of the finest young men of his time. Other writers say the Queen loved the Sultan Saladin. Be this as it may, Louis the Seventh, on his return to France, repudiated his wife. She re married with Henry the Second, and brought him for dowry the Guyenne, Poitou, Saintonge, Au vergne, Perigord, the Angoumois, and the Limon sin, with rights more or less incontestable over the Court of Toulouse, which he tried to maintain. By Henry the Second Eleonore had five sons, among whom were Richard Coeur do Lion and Jean Sans Terre. The latter having been invited to the wed ding of Isabeau d'Angouleme and Hugues de Lusig nan, Count of La Marche, carried away the young bride and married her. He made her unhappy during the whole of her life, and after the decease of her husband she united herself to Hugues de Lusignan, whom she had never ceased to love. These statues decorated their tombs. They all wished to be buried at Fontrevault, because they were of French origin, and the Augevine Abbey was the burial place of their family. Eleonore died at Fontrevault in 1204, and, according to her desire,. was buried in the cemetery of the kings, by the side of her husband. As to Isabeau d'Augouleme, it was llenry the Third, her son, King of England, who ordered her remains to be interred there. " These princes," concludes the writer, " belong to our history as well as to that of our neighbours across the sea. From their accession arose the interminable wars of feudal anarchy, which ravaged, divided into portions, and depopulated our country to such an extent that it was very near falling under the yoke of the Eng lish. Surely we have paid dearly enough for their statues to be allowed to preserve them." To this account I may add, from what I believe to be good authority, that although the Emperor, with his usual desire to perpetuate the entente cordiale with England, made a sort of promise to allow these statues to be removed to England, upon consideration, and in consequence of the strong re presentations made to him, it is probable that some communications will take place between the Govern ments of England and France, the result of which will be that the statues will remain at Fontrevault. An ordinance of the Duke of Saxe Cobourg fixes the salary to be paid to the Deputies of the Duchy, who sit in the Reichstag at $4 (15fr.) a-day. They are also to have free first-class tickets to and from Berlin, and their luggage is also to be paid for. It is stated from Munich that the commission of the Chamber of Deputies has given unanimously, less one vote, a decision in favour of the abolition of the punishment of death. It is therefore pro bable that there will be a majority in the Chamber in favour of the measure. It is not yet known what course the Ministry will adopt on the subject. As Verdi's new opera, " Don Carlos," continues to excite so much enthusiasm, I translate some pas sages from another critique. "The genius of Verdi is at this moment affected by an inevitable crisis. We shall not reproach the composer of ' Don Carlos' with having been unfaithful to his true vocation. The master who created Rigoletti' and the Tro vatore' is a mind too much of his own time not to perceive the revolution which, within the last ten years, has been effected in music. It is not his fault if Italian peculiarities, and the composition of the orchestra, no longer suffice for us. Verdi tries in his turn what Rossini and Meyerbeer accomplished in so masterly a manner. In again composing a work destined for the French scene, he wished definiti ve ly t o leave his native land to pay a more serious homage to the country of his adoption. He has made it a point to renew himself like his illustrious predecessor. "Jerusalem" was not even his " Moise." He has tried with " Don Carlos" to find his " Guillaume Tell." It is in the third act that he has achieved his decisive victory. The first representation of "Don Carlos" was coldly received. The succeeding ones have given a little warmth to the general impression. The execution of " Don Carlos" does honour both to musicians and singers, and our praise should be first addresssed to the valiant chief of the orchestra, Georges Haiul, upon whom the great responsibility of this grand battle rested. For a long time Faure has been the first singer of Paris, but one forgets too often to say how much each new creation shows a progress in himself. Never was Faure's voice at once so sono rous and so soft. After Faure the honour of the evening belongs to Obin, who makes up the figure of Philippe the Second with supreme art. Madame Sass always possesses the eclat of her incom parable voice, but the rich metal wants toning down. The character of the Princess d'Eboli has parts too detached for the charming talent of Madame Gueymard, who is but a light singer. The recent speech of M. Thiers has brought to mind the first political effort of the great statesman. At the commencement of the Restoration, M. Thiers was studying at the Faculty of Aix. The Academy of Aix at that time offered a prize for eloquence. The subject was L'Eloge de Vauvenargues. M. Thiers was at that time engaged with his Cinq Codes and his Corpus juris civilis Romani, but he put them aside for the moment, and sent to the Aca demy the culogium upon Vauvenargues, according to the programme. The learned men of the Academy were of opinion that the work deserved the prizi in a literary point of view, but as regarded the political composition they did not think it was worth it. The competition for the prize was postponed till the next year. Next year M. Thiera sent back his manu script without changing a word, but to this manu script he added another, which he dated, and had it sent from Paris, so that there might be no suspicion. When the sealed notes containing the names of the authors to whom prizes were awarded were opened it was found that both belonged to M. Thiers. This trial it is said determined M. Thiers to select politics for his vocation. It appears from the statistical report respecting the crimes committed in France from 1861 to 1865, that the tribunals bad to decide upon 18,292 crimi nal cases. Of these 8,584 were crimes against the person, and 9,708 against property. Of th e 22,752 persons accused from 1861 to 1865, the number of men was 19,009 and 3,743 women ; 12,036 were unmarried, and 7,104 married and who had chil dren. Of this number 8,998 were completely illi terate, 9,761 could only read and write imperfectly, 2,858 derived profit fro m their education ; 1,135 had received a superior e ducation. Of the 22,752 us jury acquitted 5,579. O ne h un d re d and c eightd, the were j condemned to death ; o f thi s num berace 63 were executed. Two of the accused com mitted suicide, and one escaped from prison and was never recaptured. Of the 108 condemned to death, 50 could neither read nor write, and 54 had been previously convicted of some crime. Thirty-nine persons condemned to death had their sentences commuted to transportation for life. Cardinal Puente, Archbishop of Burgos, and Governor of the Prince of Asturies, died afew days ago, after a long and painful illness. His funeral took place on the 14th inst., with the ceremony paid to a marshal who dies on the battle field. Cardinal Puente was a very learned man, and much esteemed at the Palace, where he enjoyed great and deserved influence. Count N. de Launston, second son of the Mar shal, and godson of Napoleon 1., has just died in Paris. There is a very agreeable change in the weather. Last night there was abundance of rain and some snow, but to-day it has been fine and much warmer. According to som e o f th e prophets we shall now have a little settled wea th er . The inclemency of the last few days has been a general and exciting topic with all Paris. REFORM MEETING AT DEVONPOHT.—We learn by telegraph that at the first monthly meeting of the Devon port Reform League, held last evening, a resolution was passed by acclamation that the meeting "having no con fidence in the new-fangled Reform Bill of Earl Derby," pledges itself to use all legitimate means to agitate the question of Reform, in favour of a measure embodying re sidential manhood suffrage. Every confidence was ex pressed in Mr. Gladstone as the leader in any future roform legislation. Although started but a short time, this branch of the League is stated t o h ave 200 members, and 100 of these are voters who exert great influence in the elections. DEATH OF M. E. T. WAY.—We regret to hear of the death of this gentleman, the well-known sta tion-master on the South -Eastern Railway, at Dover. Mr. Way, who had been suffering for some time, was in his 50th year. ills great attention to the duties of his post and his unvarying courtesy had made him a favourite with the groups of distinguished personages who are successively passing to and fro from the Continent, and their apprecia tion of his qualities was recognised on several occasions by valuable souvenirs. With all with whom his duties brought him into contact Mr. Way was equally popular, and his death is deeply lamented at Dover, where he was so well known. MR. SPEAKER IN THE FAR WEST.—American papers state that on the 17th ult. Mr. Chapin, Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives, made several obnoxious decisions, whereupon his office was deolared vacant, and Dr. Abbott, of Washington county, elected by the house to fill it. Great excitement ensued, and the ox-Speaker drew a pistol and threatened to shoot the Sergeant-at-Arms, but that officer firmly discharged his duty; the new Speaker took possession of the chair, and quiet was restored. L A TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 20. The contract for the farming of the tobacco monopoly has been concluded for five years. BELGRADE, March 19. Prince Michael of Servia will set out on Monday next for Constantinople. HUNGARY. PESTII, March 19 (Evening). The Deak party have agreed to accept the pro posals made by the Committee of '67 npon the future relations between Hungary and Austria, the Hungarian Ministry having declared their intention of resigning unless these proposals are adopted by the Diet. The party of the Left intend to propose an adjournment of the question. Yesterday and to-day the Hungarian Ministers met in Council. Baron von Beust will return to-day to Vienna. The Emperor and Empress will be crowned at the same time as King and Queen of Hungary. Herr Lisszt has composed the coronation man. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, March 20. The Ripon arrived at 1 a.m. to-day. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 19. It is expected that the President will veto the supplement to the Reconstruction Bill, which has been adopted in both Houses of Congress. In this event the measure is sure to be passed over the veto. NEW YORK, March 19, 5 p.m. The Legislative Council of British Columbia have passed a vote in favour of admission to the Colonial Confederation. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices.—Gold, 134. Sterling exchange on London, 108 f. 5-20 United States Bonds, 115 f. Erie, 59f. Cotton—Middling Upland, 32. BREST, March 20. The Transatlantic Company's steamship Pereire, which left New York on the 9th inst., arrived here this morning, with 95 passengers and million :rancs in specie. TURKEY AND CANDIA. CONSTANTINOPLE ; March 13. Further Turkish reinforcements are being sent to Crete, under the command of Hussein Pada, who has received orders to strike a decisive blow at she insurgents. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 19, Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations :- 4i per Cents 97 50 Bank Shares 3555 Do. end month — Italian Loan 53 90 3 per Cents. 69 10 Do end month 53 90 Do. end month 69 021 Mexican Loan 23 Credit Mobilier ... 472 50 _ Do. Bonds l6l 25 ... Do. end month ... 470 Spanish Throes ... 34 Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1480 - RAIL home Debt — Deferred -AXIL For Account. Orleans 9lB 75 Northern 1207 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 927 50 Southern 577 50 Western 685 _ ... Eastern 550 Sardinian — Austrian 406 25 Lombard 413 75 North of Spain — SaragosEa Ditto to Barcelona Roman. 90 - Naval and Military Intelligence. The Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards, now sta tinned at Colchester, are expected in Aldershot Camp during the last week in the present month, taking over the quarters of the 3d (King's Own) Hussars, ordered to Hounslow and Kensington. The 4th Dragoon Guards, at Newbridge, are re ported, as likely to arrive at Aldershot in April. The armoured iron screw frigate Hector, 20, 4,089 tons, 800-horse power, Capt. W. G. Luard, was paid out of commission yesterday at Portsmouth under the superintendence of Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the steam res erve at the port. The payment of the crew occu pied but 25 minutes. After the payment was con cluded the crew mustered on the jetty alongside which the Hector was berthed, and, headed by their officers and the frigate's band, marched in military order together for the last time as far as the dock yard gates, where, after giving three cheers for Capt. Luard, for the Hector, and for the officers, they broke up and left for their several homes. The War Department screw steamship Earl De Grey and Ripon, Mr. T. H. Moore, commander, laden with heavy guns and other stores, sailed yester day from Woolwich for Portsmouth, and Mr. Carr's chartered schooner Corsair also sailed for Ports mouth, with a cargo of 9-inch mortars, shot, &c. The Agulia, also belonging to Mr. Carr, yesterday commenced shipping a cargo at Woolwich Arsenal, consisting of a couple of batteries, complete, and sundry stores for the Royal Artillery stationed in Jersey and the Channel Islands. 'rho following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. de V. Sanders, to be Lieut. Commanding of the Trinculo, commissioned ; Lieut. Arthur L. Clarkson, to the Formidable ; the ap pointment of Lieut. J. H. Vidal has been cancelled; Sub-Lieut. A. M'Cleod and Sub-Lieut. R. B. Cle ments, to the Rodney, complement incomplete ; Sub-Lieut. A. G. M. Coulson, to the Virago, as supernumerary ; T. J. H. Rapson, second master, to the Trinculo ; H. J. Sones, H. W. Fregilgas, and J. Syder, engineers, to the Challenger ; P. Gree tham, engineer, to the Asia, for the Wallace ; W. C. Brewer, engineer, to the Trinculo ; J. Stout, first class assist-engineer, to the Trinculo ; and W. Shaw, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Trinculo. MARKE TS. —This day. MARK-LANE. Tho supply of English wheat on sale at our market to-day was very moderate, but the condition of the pro duce was good. Although there was no activity in the demand, the trade presented a firm appearance, and Mon- day's improvement in the quotations was maintained. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. The business done was to a fair extent, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at fully late rates. With English barley the market was very moderately supplied, but the show of foreign produce was good. The trade was dull, at the late decline in prices. The malt trade was in a sluggish state at about late rates. Oats were in but moderate supply. The trade was firm at full currencies. Beans were in fair supply and steady request at late quo tations. the value of peas no change took place. The market was but moderately supplied, and the trade was firm. Flour ohanged hands to a fair extent at late rates. SHIP AIULITALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 5,810 140 1,570 10 1,220 Irish Foreign 1,120 2,510 9,820 1,640 sacks brls CoMPARATITE QUANTITIES AND TRIM OP GRAIN. For the week ending Mar. , For the corresponding week 16, 1867. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 57,584-59 a 4d , Wheat 72,446-45s 6d Barley 29,200-41 s 5d i Barley ..... ....40,180-35s 10c1 Oats 8,741-21s 9d i Oats L—This Day. POLICE INT MARLBOROUTIII-STREET. YOUNG THIEVES.—Charles Sharpe, a boy, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt as follows : Mr. J. Henderson, confectioner, Berner's-street, Oxford-street, said that last night, while in thepar lour at the rear of his shop, he saw the prisoner and another boy enter his shop and snatch up a bottle of wine and run out. He went after the 'Joys, and the prisoner was stopped by a young man, who took the bottle from him and handed it to him. On taking hold of the prisoner he was attacked by a gang of boys and girls, 'gut he kept his hold of the prisoner, and at last g,', l him back to his shop, when he gave him into custody. Robert Minifie, of 40A, Wells-street, Oxford sti eet, deposed to seeing a number of boys and girls watching about the prosecutor's, and as he had once lived with the prosecutor, and knew that he was frequently robbed by boys and girls, he kept his eye on them. Seeing the prisoner run out of the prose cutor's shop, he went after him and held him, when he was surrounded by a number of boys and girls, who tried to prevent his securing the prisoner. Sergeant Burrough, 21 E, said that on taking the prisoner into custody he denied taking the bottle of wine. The prisoner and a number of boys and girls were in the habit of going about of a night, and, while one went into a shop on the pretence of pur chasing something, another of the gang stole some thing. The gang was a terror to the neighbour hood, and the conduct and language of the boys and girls were of the most abominable description. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the boy whether he wished to go for trial. A woman at the back of the court here called out 3 Settle it here." Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for two months with hard labour, remarking that he had no doubt tradesmen were much annoyed and harassed by the class to which the prisoner belonged, and promised the prisoner that if he was brought before him again he would be sent to the sessions. WHITECRAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade steady, at the annexed quotations. Per 81b. by the caroms. Beef 2s 10d to 4s 4d 1 Veal Mutton 38 10d to 4s Iod I Pork BOROUGH HOP. The demand for hops is iu s sluggish state, at aboui Monday's currency. LAMBETII. OUTRAGEOUs ASSAULT.—J. Rogers, carpenter, was charged with assaulting Eliza Stevens, barmaid, Pheasants Tavern, Stangate. The prosecutrix said that last night the prisoner name to the tavern and ordered two half quarterns of gin hot, and put down 6d. and a penny. She gave him back 2d., and he then said he had given her is. She said he had given her only 6d., and he said that if she did not give him the ch ange o f the shilling he would throw the contents of the glass at her head. She would not give him the change, as he had only laid down 6d., and upon that he threw the contents of the glass in her face, and then threw the glass at her, striking her on the arm and shoulder very severely, which were very much swollen, and she suffered great agony. Two gentlemen who were present corroborated the statement of the prosecutrix, and said it was a wonder the glass had not cut open her head. The prisoner said he did put down a shilling, and the barmaid threw hot water over him twice. This was denied by all the witnesses. The magistrate fined him 205., or in default 14 days' imprisonment. THAMES. STEALING RICE IN TRANsiT.—Benjamin Goodson, aged 22, of No. 3, Spick's-fields, Spitalfields, car man, and Frederick Ellis, 29, the proprietor of rice mills, No. 144, Kirby-street, Poplar, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged, the first with stealing two bags of rice, and the other with feloniously re ceiving the same, knowing it to be stolen. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the pro secution for Mr. William Hooper Ropes, the pro prietor of the "American Rice Mills" in Berner street, Commercial-road, East, who he said had been a great sufferer by the depredations of carmen and others, having lost 33 tons of rice in the course of the last 12 months. On Friday last Goodson was employed to cart 250 bags of rice from the East India Dock to the prosecutor's rice mills. The rice was safely stowed away in Goodson's cart. His last load consisted of 50 bags, and on his way to the prosecutor's mills he pulled up at the premises of the prisoner Ellis, where he took two bags of rice out of the cart and delivered them to Ellis. Mr. Joseph Stevenson, a foreman in the East India Dock, was watching him, and gave information to the police. On Monday afternoon Charles Douglas, an officer of the East and West India Dock Company, went to Ellis's rice mills, and seized the two bags of stolen rice. It was what was called "paddy rice." Ellis admitted buying the rice from Goodson, and said he had given a fair market price for it. Mr. Charles Young called fire witnesses in sup port of his statement, and Mr. Thompson, the pro secutor's manager, identified the rice. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners till Monday next, and said he w ou ld accep t goo d bail. A YOUNG HUSBAND.—Thomas Mansfield, of Chigwell-row, Essex, labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with deserting his wife and family, and leaving them chargeable to the Poplar Union. The prisoner is 18 years of age. On the 10th of June last he married a widow with two children He had recently deserted her, and Mr. Spratley, relieving officer of the Poplar Union, said the woman and her children had been maintained at the expense of the ratepayers. The prisoner, in defence, said his wife had com mitted adultery, and if the case was adjourned he should be able to prove her guilt. Mr. Spratley said he had no objection to an ad journment. Mr. Paget said no man was bound to live with or support a wife who had committed adultery, and he certainly should give the prisoner an opportunity of relieving himself frum a faithless wife. He ad journed the further hearing of the case until Wed nesday next. A complaint was made to the Magistrate that the prisoner had been entrapped by two men to pro ceed to the Chigwell station-house, in Essex, and there taken into custody by a police-constable with out a warrant, and brought to Stepney. The war rant was in the hands of one of the summoning officers of the Thames police. Similar proceedings had been adopted before for the sake of obtaining rewards offered by unions and parishes for the apprehension of men charged with deserting their wives and families. Mr. Paget said those policemen who arrested per sons for deserting their wives without a warrant did so at considerable risk. He should make inquiries on the subject. He allowed the prisoner to go at large on his own recognisances. WESTMINSTER. THREE WEEKS AFTER WEDLOCK. —An exceed ingly well-grown young woman, who described her self as only 19 years of age, applied to the magis trate this morning for protection. Mr. Arnold inquired what had occurred. Applicant—l am very much ill-used by my hus band, and I have not been used to it. Mr. Arnold—How long have you been married ? Applicant—Three weeks to-morrow we were married at Lambeth church, and he has used me shamefully. Mr. Arnold---it seems to be the formal condition of marriage in this neighbourhood, but he has begun very early at three weeks. Applicant—He began at the end of the first week, your worship. I bought a nice joint of meat, and first he threw it in the fire, and then under the grate. Mr. Arnold—What does he do to you ? Applicant—He refuses to give mo any money. Mr. Arnold—What else? as I cannot interfere with that. Applicant—He locks me into the room and takes my clothes away. Mr. Arnold—That's to prevent you going out, I suppose ? Applicant—Yes, but Idid'nt marry to be shut up in a room. Mr. Arnold—has he assaulted you in any way ? Applicant—He has terrified me very much. He swears he will cut my throat, and he is constantly talking of the horrible things he has done. He says he has been committed to prison seven or eight times. I am very much afraid of him ; he is so violent, and the language ho uses is horrible. I hope you will protect me. Mr. Arnold granted her a summons to be served forthwith. a. ......6 'iii fr3l. 7 01 4 - jj 5; Vie 44 tit I liar HER MAJESTY, &c. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Tuesday. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly after 12 o'clock from Windsor Castle. Her Majesty travelled by special train to Padding ton, and drove thence in a carriage and four, and escorted by a detachment of the 14th Ilusars, to Buckingham Palace. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Col. the Ilon. J. llardinge, and Mr. Legg. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Palace, from Greenwich Park. The Earl of Derby and the Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at the Palace, and had an audi ence of the Queen. The Queen held a Council to-day at Buckingham Palace, at 12 o'clock, at which were present the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Bradford, and the Earl of Derby. Lord Robert Montagu and Col. the Hon. Percy Herbert were introduced and sworn in as members of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their seats at the board accordingly. Mr. Edmund Harrison was Clerk of the Council. Previous to the Council the Duke of Marlborough had an audience of her Majesty and delivered up his wand of office as Lord Steward, which her Majesty afterwards conferred upon the Earl of Tanker vine. The Earl of Tankerville had an audience of her Majesty, and delivered up his badge of office as Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, which her Majesty conferred upon the Marquis of Exeter. The Marquis of Exeter had an audience of her Majesty, and delivered up his wand of office as Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, which her Majesty conferred upon Col. the Hon. Percy Her bert. The Marquis of Exeter then delivered up to her Majesty the insignia of the Order of the Garter worn by his father. Her Majesty afterwards entered the audience room, accompanied by leer Royal Highness Princess Louise. The Duke of Beaufort was then introduced by the Lord Chamberlain—Sir Charles Young (Garter King at Arms) being present—and her Majesty invested the Duke of Beaufort with the Riband and Badge of the Order of the Garter. Lord Crofton (Lord in Waiting), Lieut.-Col. W. H. F. Cavendish (Groom in Waiting), and Major- General Hon. A. N. Hood (Equerry in Waiting), were in attendance. Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace at half-past 4 o'clock, accompanied by Princess Louise, and visited the Queen of Denmark and the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.—It will gratify oUr readers to learn that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales is gradually approaching convalescence. Yesterday - the marriage of Mr. Henry Lambton with Miss Mary Elizabeth Harcourt, second daughter of William Bernard Harcourt Marquis d'Harcourt, took place at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. Kempe, rector of St. James's, assisted by the curate of St. Paul's. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. A matrimonial alliance is about to take place between the Duke of St. Alban's and Miss Grey, eldest daughter of General the Hon. C. Grey, and niece to Earl Grey. Metropolitan Taxation. A deputation, representative of nearly the whole of the metropolitan vestries and district, waited on Lord Derby yesterday at his official residence ill Downing-street in reference to the bill introduced into Parliament by Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Tite for the purpose of levying a rate of 4d. in the pound o ver the whole metropolis for the purpose of metropoli tan improvements. The deputation was introduced by Messrs 11. Lewis, M.P., and T. Chambers, M.P. Mr. Harvey Lewis, having introduced the deputa tion, called upon Mr. Jonathan Salter, who drew his lordship's attention to the hardships endured by the poor ratepayers, from whom the amounts due could be collected with difficulty. Mr. Salter after wards read a memorial, which entered into a state ment of the accounts expended by the Board of Works, contending that the powers of the board were too great, 'and likely to be used to the prejudice of the ratepayers. After some further conversation, in which it was stated that when the Metropolitan Board asked for a further extension of the coal and wine dues, th e Government, through Mr. Goschen, replied that they would not extend those dues unless some im provement rate were also made, Lord DEBBY said the deputation did not seem to have any case, as it was not a question of fresh taxation, for the proposed rate was within the unli mited power of taxation of the board. Mr. SALTER said, as there was nothing in the bill to do away with the unlimited power of taxation, they contended that the 4d. rate was an additional tax. Lord DERBY admitted that the power of the board was not limited, but the alteration made by the b ill , was that, whereas its previous powers were exerc ised upon the occupiers of property, they would now be exercised on owners ; and although the latter inig b _, in some cases recoup themselves, he rather susp ect ' that in the majority of cases they would not be able to do so. His lordship then quoted extracts showing that there was a limitation as to the ruc c of imposition. What he, however, wished parti cularly to draw their attention to was that the Ties tion was not a new one, but was taken into conside ration by the late Government; and he held a memo, randum in his hand which showed that Governwen co nsented to continue the co a l a n d w ine dues for fiv'eo years on condition that animprovement rate shou ld b also made. As soon as the existing Government cam into power they had been much pressed to introduce the bill, but they thought it would be much better for the Metropolitan Board to do that, and the e ' following the example of their predecessors, th e y promised to support it. Ho was afraid h e ccu not hold out any hope that the Government would recede from their decision. II did not see how . good faith or honesty they could refuse to carry 011 t the promise they had given. The deputation then withdrew. itteo It was afterwards arranged that the coital , o should combine with 'Cho Common Cou ncil, and join in a united action against the bill. her Majesty the Queen, through Sir Thomas K.C.8., has forwarded her usual liberal annual subscription of £5O to the National Lifeboat Institution. We are informed that Mr. Ralph Earle, the Se cretary to the Poor-law Board, has tendered his resign''. tion to Lord Derby. A meeting of the Schools Inquiry Coallissi°3 was held at 2, Victoria-street, yesterday. Present:_ Lord Lyttelton (in the chair), the Dean of Chichester, Pr* Temple, Mr. Arland, M.P., Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. ster, M.P., and Dr. Storrar. Th e Secretary, Air' 'Will attended the meeting. THE FACTORIES ACT EXTEN SIO N BILL.---At 3 largo meeting of the Nottingham Chamber of Commerce' held yesterday, most of the principal lace and hosier-3' 11 ', 3 3 ., - nufaeturers of the town and neighbourhood present, t"; following resolution was unanimously passed :—" T h3t is desirable that all lac and hosiery warehouses should be under the same law; and it is the opinion of thlr: Chamber that the provisions of the Labour Begul3t,i,„°ct Bill, with some modifications, will satisfactorily prc"-- the persons employed in the lace and hosiery tracn and the Chamber therefore desires that the lace Al', hosiery warehouses be exempted from the operation °' the Factory Extension Act." AN EXAMPLE TO CHURCH BUILDERS. --On W nesday last the ceremony of lay in g the first stone of t o ll new church at Thornton Hough , Neston, Cheshire, too place, when Mr. Hurst, who is it s founder, and who iS cost, providing schools and a par sona g e house at his own addressed a few homely words to those assembled, do ing that in the new church there would be no c harge ra , ha t for its occupation, that it would be entirely free to all , the when inside the chu rch door ho and they would toll, chur ch same foot, that any ono who went early to and wont ing there and before him would or could take proced° of Limself in roped to seats. Op been 'nand Go the I terda: gold, BOver Atl tures Mort ; Gene that 1 New incon Ist o: for £ Th have cause OrisE canal haw the E derta more also, ployi dite 1 Gov( mom C. ( the New Tiee flan net 1 after rem A pz of 5 the ( Scin be p 27th ties that beer clair and £2B re ga liqui they and furtl char for ] and tio t Gr f 12i ket Gr Gr An tale the Gre :R o t Qr ( Cr, 21. / - 'r( tin Gin