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APOPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caner to the Present time Part the Second—From 1066 to 1867. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free on application. THE SUN, LO.NtiON, SATURDAY EVENING, AIARCH 16 1867. CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERALISM. A NEW MORNING PAPER, PRICE ONE PENNY, "T H E D A Y," The Organ of Constitutional Liberalism, Will be PUBLISHED oa TUESDAY, March 19. Office-49, Essex-street, Strand, W.C. Will be published on March 30, Rd , H E CHRONICLE." 11 A WEEKLY REVIEW. Containing 1. A Critical Summary ot Events. 2. Political and Literary Articles. 3. Notices ot Englis'i and Foreign Books. Office-24, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, 'THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LAN E. Sole Le.ree and Man iger, Mr. F. B Cluitterton. Tins .EvENI - Nn. FAUST. Phelpv Mes.rs E. Mine, Bar.by, Fitljames, C. Hareturt. W. M'lntyre, C. Wsrner Mesdames lit:mann Vcz n, 11. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ORDI NARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held at their offices, 1, West minster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., on SATURDAY, the 30th instant, at one o'clock p.m. precisely, for the transaction of the general business of the Company. And notice is also hereby given, that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed on the 18th inst., and will remain so closed until the termination of the above meeting. W. L. BANKS, Chairman. D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary. 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., March 15, 1867. N EATH AND BRECON RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held at their offices, 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., on SA TURDAY, the 30th inst., nt Two o'Clock, p.m., precisely, for the general business of the Company. And notice is hereby given, That the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 18th inst., and will remain so closed until the termination of the said meeting. W. L. I3ANKS, Cbairman. D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary. 1 Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., March 15, 1867. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 10h. 22m.—Afternoon,' 11h. 6m. Po-Mottuow.-Morning, 11h. 48m.—Afternoon, h. m. 4\ if IM ea - 1 / 4 , N int 4.mr 4,441.4 LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1867. According to the accounts received of the Minis- ,erial project of Reform, as explained by Lord DERBY to his supporters yesterday afternoon, there is good reason to hope that we may at last obtain a comprehensive, liberal, and constitutional mea- sure. The Government, it would seem, intend to propose a household suffrage for boroughs, which will thus place the franchise on a definite and per- manent basis. A savings banks franchise and an educa tional franchise are also to be added, thus giving representation to those members of the pro- !ession who are not otherwise qualified. There is some talk, besides, of a tax-paying qualification, which Radicals ought to accept cor dially, since they are fond of asserting the principle that there should be no taxation without representa- We need not enter at large into the further tion. details of the scheme, which will be of course fully explained to the public on Monday night, though we may congratulate the country on the prospect of obtaining from Lord DERBY a bill which, especially after its passage through committee, will be likely - - to satisfy the wants of the people and fulfil the conditions of the Constitution. In the brief interval which remains before the disclosures of Monday evening, it is worth while to examine some among the many projects which have been recently put forward to assist the Government in their deliberations. We need not look too closely into the logic of Mr. JOHN SCOTT, who, in address ing " every class and creed in society," unfolds a scheme in which " perfect human freedom" is at tained under a Government whose duty it is "to prevent vice, crime, disease, and premature death/ to furnish "productive, remunerative employment'' for every one who wants it, and limit the time ex pended in all forms of human labour to eight hours per diem, besides such trifling obligations as the prevention of accidents in railways, vessels, and coal-mines. We fear neither Lord DERBY nor Lord RUSSELL are as yet fully qualified for the head of such an administration, and must therefore wait till Mr. JOHN SCOTT is himself prepared to form a Cabinet. The claim of Englishwomen to the franchise is another point, which is not likely to be mooted just now in any scheme of Parliamentary Reform, though we are not surprised that its advocates should have been eager to reprint the very able and temperate essay on the subject in the current number of the Westininster Review. One of the most able and laborious of these various proposals is that put forward many years ago by Sir JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT, Recorder of Warwick, and now again put in circulation,* as appropriate to the time. Sir JOHN is notcontented with a mere proposal for reduction of the suffrage, but aims at the reform of our whole political system. His ex perience as a revising barrister has convinced him of the absolute necessity for removing, if possible, the elements of corruption from our electoral bodies, and as a member of a Royal Commission of inquiry into a case of bribery, he had full opportunity of examining what he calls the machinery of corrup tion. Sir JOHN'S pamphlet was written so far back as 1854, when no one dreamt of the possibility of Parliamentary Reform standing over for thirteen years, but his observations are just as applicable to the present time. We may mentally substitute Totnes and Great Yarmouth for Sudbury and St. Alban's ; a but the main features of the case are identical, and the remedies he proposes are as well calculated for the England of to-day as they were for the England of the Crimean war. His aim, as we have said, is not merely to increase of the number of voters, ;but " the re distribution, extension, and purification of the Elec tive Franchise." As is perhaps natural with his professional experience, he attaches more import ance to the redistribution of seats than to the reduc tion of the franchise. In this respect he would make several important changes. Disfranchising twelve boroughs, in which the inhabited houses fall short of 1,000 ; to take one member from 31 boroughs with less than 2,000 houses now sending two mem bers each. Altogether he would gain 51 seats, which he would thus distribute tonine large boroughs; such as Salford, Gateshead, and Wakefield, be would give an additional member ; to eleven unrepresented boroughs, including Birkenhead, Gravesend, and Doncaster he would allow one representative. To the southern division of Lancashire and the West Riding of York he proposes giving two additional members each ; to the counties of Cambridge, Oxford, Dorset, and Berks, one member each. Two Scotch boroughs and one Welsh borough would have an additional member; two members would be allotted to the Metropolitan district of Chelsea, Kensington, and Hammersmith,—a very commend able and sensible measure—and no less than four teen seats to representatives of a kind of educational franchise. Eight members are to be given to universi ties, including the London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, four to the profession of medicine, and two to that of law. We do not suppose that these proposals are likely to be accepted by the House of Commons, though some of them, as we have said, are very just and sensible. The proposal for a new metropolitan district, which has often been discussed, is one which deserves attention, and the University seats are likely to find favour. More especially would they be well bestowed on the Scotch Univer sities, since Scotland has good reason to com plain of the inequalities of her representa tion, which Sir JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT'S scheme does not redress. With regard to the extension of the suffrage, Sir J. WiLmoT inclines, as most moderate men are beginning to do, to a household suffrage, on pay ment of taxes, with a certain time of residence. He * " Parliamentary Reform." A Letter to R. Freedom, Esq., by Sir J. C. Wilmot, Bart. Second Edition. .Eidi;way, is anxious to increase largely the number of electors, thinking this the best and most effectual means of checking corruption. We regret not to find so able an advocate and so consistent a reformer in favour of the ballot, which he holds to be ineffectual; but the experience of America does not encourage us to hope that mere numbers will be much protec tion against corruption. Mr. GIBSON, in his brief but able pamphlet on the Philosophy of the Franchise,* recommends the representation of classes, say dividing the popula tion into six classes, and allowing each 100 mem bers. This scheme, though theoretically fair and comprehensive, must, we fear, be laid aside as at once too visionary and too great a disturbance of the existing system. • Robert Bush, Charing-cross. All that relates to the laying of the Atlantic Cable is sure to attract interest, and most deservedly so, for it was a triumph of skill and perseverance such as the world has rarely witnessed. On Thurs day evening a grand banquet was given to the layers of this cable by the members of the American Chamber of Commerce, and it is satisfactory to know that the affair went off well. The Mayor of Liverpool was present, the presidents of the chief commercial associations of Liverpool and Manches ter, and the principal resident American merchants. The Chairman presented to Messrs. CU3IMING, ANDERSON, FIELD, and W. SMITH a gold medal, which was most beautiful. The name of the gentle men to whom it is given is on one side and below the arms and legend of Liverpool, while on the other side are the words " Atlantic Telegraph Cable," in a circle below which is the Great Eastern in full sail on the ocean. The health of Mr. FIELD was proposed in most appropriate terms, and that gen- tleman made a speech worthy of the occasion and of himself. He said that he should prize the medal that had been presented to him the more because it had been the gift of English and American merchants. Liverpool is indeed the most fitting spot for such a _ _ _ ceremony as this to have taken place, for, as Mr FIELD remarked, it is one of the greatest commercial centres in the world, and the " white sails of many fleets and goodly and well-laden ships" speak not only of great trade, but of the community of friendship and interest which binds Liverpool to the people of the United States. The great merit of a work like the Atlantic Telegraph is that it belongs to all time, and that hereafter posterity will realise it yet more fully and forcibly than we do. The descendants of those who have thus united two worlds may point with pride and satisfaction alike to the greatness of this exploit and the benefits that accrue therefrom. It is very interesting to notice that Mr. FIELD mentioned that thirteen years that very day he spoke he left his home in New York for Boston, and sailed thence to Newfoundland to " obtain the privilege of landing cables to connect Europe with America." Few men can have a part of their lives so instructive and interesting as a retrospect as this gentleman has, and well may we sympathise with his struggles and applaud his energy. The living and the dead who have contributed to the fulfil- ment of this wonderful task belong to history, and it will assuredly render them justice. Many share the gratitude and good-will of those who profit by the success of this great enterprise. Foremost we must mention the Governments of the United States and of Great Britain for the assistance they gave in providing ships, and the Governments o: the British North American Provinces also afforded the privilege in a prompt manner. The directors and officers of various companies were likewise most efficient in the completion of the task, and those who were so liberal in subscribing the capi tal must of course rank high in the list. The com- mandera of the ships were also very important agents in the work. Especial mention was made by Mr. FIELD of the " eminent engineers and their efficient staffs, who planned and perfected the machinery, and not only triumphantly laid one cable, but by a transcendent navy an unparalleled exercise of patience and skill, picked up the broken cable from the eternal solitude and darkness of the sea ;" and also of those distinguished electricians, whose wonderful discoveries seem indeed too great, if not to excel all that we read in childish days of fairy touches and magicians' wands. Step by step they have ascertained the laws by which the " invisible electric current" in its passage through the ocean depths " may be as completely subordi nated to the human will as the simplest piece of mechanism which can be felt and handled in a busy workshop." As Mr. FIELD observed, it may safely be affirmed that so many men were never gathered together in one enterprise who were so admirably adapted for the work they undertook, both by their particular knowledge and by their diversified endowments. The problem of the Atlantic Telegraph could not possibly have been solved by those who were not particu larly well fitted for the work, and the Great Eastern was also of great service, with its able com mander ! "The man," said Mr. FIELD, " was made for the ship, and both were made for us." The press of England and America supported the enter prise in adversity as well as in prosperity, and grateful mention is here made of it. Only one was mentioned by name by Mr. FIELD, because he is now no more—RICHARD COBDEN. He proposed that the profits of the Great Exhibition of 1851 should be devoted to the establishment of electrical commu nication between Great Britain and America. In returning to the more general subject of the cable, Mr. FIELD said that they had now laid across the Atlantic two of the most perfect cables that had ever been made, and they are, it is gratifying to know, in such excellent order that they can now transmit twelve times as much business as they are doing. It is not surprising that one who has had so much to do with the work of the laying of the cable should be anxious that as much advantage as possible should be derived from it, and the suggestions of Mr. FIELD are worthy of notice. He wishes that the tariff may soon be reduced, so that the cables may be kept constantly employed, and that the political intelligence for the press may be trans mitted at such a rate that its conductors on both sides of the ocean may publish every morning a full summary of news of the world. It will afford one a good idea of the wonders done by this cable to learn that in New York they often send a message to London on their way home to dinner, and in the morning they find the answer on their desks at their return to business. " Only a few weeks ago the birth of a Princess was known earlier on the morning of the day on which it occurred in San Francisco and the shores of the Pacific than it was here." We think that all who are engaged in an arduous undertaking may learn a lesson from Mr. FIELD'S reminiscences, and not despair of eventual success, but look to the future with hope and confidence. "What a contrast," said he, " is my present appearance in this town to my former visits. Instead of pointing to two cables in working order, they could only show specimens of a cable which they trusted would ono day be laid, while they literally went from door to door to beg for subscriptions. We stand, indeed, on the threshold of that glorious future when the telegraph will ewes and recross seas and continents, and connect together as by the links of one golden chain, all civilised and semi civilised nations." Mr. FIELD concluded his elo quent speech by expressing a hope that the fraternal chain thus established might never be broken, and all patriotic hearts in both hemispheres will echo the sentiment and agree with the feelings expressed in these words—" May it year by year bring into closer relation and warmer sympathies the two great countries, which should never be separated save by the ocean, and which speak the same mother tongue, inherit the same laws, profess the same pure faith, and worship the same GoD." LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, March 16. The report of M. Vandenpeereboom to the King, upon the cattle plague in Belgium, states that the results of the preventive measures adopted imposes upon the Government the duty of rendering them more complete. The Ministers propose to include in one bill all the different measures hitherto taken against the cattle plague, and to complete them by additional precautions. THE SPANISH EI,ECTIONS. MADRID, March 15. The Government has raised the decree of exile issued against the Signitaries of the protest made by members of the Congress in December last. The elections to Cortes throughout Spain have been uncontested, and Ministerial candidates have been almost everywhere elected. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 16. A n Imperial decree has been published to-day, constituting as a special Ministry the department of Public Worship and Education of the former Minis try of State. It is expected that the treaty of commerce now being negociated between Italy and Austria will shortly be concluded. MEXICO. PARIS, March 16. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol- lowing despatch : " Vera Cruz, March 6. " All the French troops are ready to embark. Marshal Bazaine intends leaving Mexico on the 10th March, at which date the last French soldier will have quitted Vera Cruz." Poor Artemus Ward. The very programme he issued, though some what similar to his American bills, was full of fun, and disposed the audience to mirth. At Broadway, No. 806, he had announced " that his foot was once more on his native heath, and that is name is trooly yours ;" and at the Egyptian-hall, Pic cadilly, his first line seriously informed us that " during the vacation the hall had been carefully swept out, and a new door knob added to the door." His address was to be a " rather frisky prologue" of about ten minutes in length and of nearly the same width ; of the depth he modestly adds, " I will say nothing." And when he represents him self, Artemus, as leaving his native shore, " the citi zens on the wharf, appeared entirely willing that he should go. Bless you, sir,' they say, don't hurry about coming back ; stay away for years if you want to go.' It was very touching." It was very funny, that's what it was, this artistic incongruity ; that was the chief charalteristic of his wit, and it was part and parcel of the man. The audience actually saw before them a tall, fair gentleman, with a face upon which Death had written his summons open and at large, without a smile upon his lips, with solemn and large eyes, talk ing in a soft and measured voice, and often with apparent pain, certain incon gruous platitudes. Hence they were con tantly struck with surprise, and the laughter, sud denly explosive all over the hall, often rippled up from different quarters of the room long after the joke had passed. And add to this that all was done in good style, without a tint of impropriety, even when speaking of the Mormons. Once, indeed, and the humorist was a Christain, he referred to the knavery of Brigham Young, the vicious folly of polygamy, as a gentleman of the world ; such a thing, he said, was beneath debate, and far below expatiation, in a civilised capital—but that was all. In his very " puffs" there was a humour better than in his book. He describes:himself as an orator thus : —" It was a grand scene, Mr. Artemus Ward standing on the platform talking; many of the audience sleeping tranquilly in their seats, others crying like a child at some of the jokes—and when he announced that he should never lecture in that town again, the applause was absolutely deafen ing." And happily this funny burlesque is as utterly untrue as it is comic; for no one slept as he spoke; and no one cried, or was ever wounded at his jokes. And if most of his wit is evanescent, and he has created no grand character, indeed left but two —the bald old showman and his wife, with his wax figures and his comical kangaroo, fond of oratin', and so anxious to make a speech that he thanks the Baldinsville ingin', because when he illu minated on the 4th of July the firemen thought his house was on fire, and came up to it, and didn't squirt,—he has, at any rate, left no line which we could well wish to blot. He died young, after much work, and after raising himself from an ob scure position. He had his best years to come, and the wisdom and reflection that time would have brougl.t would have ripened him into something much higher than he was. He has left us a plea sant memory, and it is a happy thing to record that he so loved the English, and was so touched and warmed by the friendly hands and hearts that re ceived him here, that even in his illness he clung to the shores of the old home which he had often amused and against - which, after he had known us, he had never said one word. So even to the last line of his burlesque " opinion of the press,' we must, as we think sadly of him, give his gentle spirit the pleasure of hearing a hearty contradiction. " And when he rose to go, and announced that he should never lecture in that town again," he wrote, " the applause was absolutely deafening." Truly, when he rose to go, and turned his steps to the silent shore where we are all travelling, there were many hearts that were sad, and many eyes that were wet with tears. Sydney Smith, a great master in the domain that Artemus explored, said, after much sad thought of wit and humour, " I wish I could satisfy myself of their good effects, but I am convinced that the probable tendency of both is tc corrupt the understanding and the heart." But this young humorist, so sadly taken from us, gave a proof in his life that the reverse was true. 'Wit and humour had expanded his understanding, and had not only opened his heart, but had thrown wide the doors of the great heart of the world to him.--London Review. The drama of " It's Never too Late to Mend" will shortly be revived at the Princess's. " Les Souvenirs," a new drama of M. Adolphe Belot, is destined to replace " Les Brebis Gauloises" at the Vaudeville. It is reported that Wieniawski has resigned his post at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. Mr. Costa has returned to London, the perform ance of his " Naaman" in Paris being postponed till August next. Joachim will give two concerts of chamber music in Paris during the month of April. At a morning performance of " The Pirates of the Savannah" (the piece in which Miss Menken appears), at the Gaite, the large sum of 9,400 francs was taken. Handel's " Ode to St. Cecilia" has been given twice at the Athenee concerts with success. Are, then, the French beginning to understand the groat master ?" A young Belgian lady, Mdlle. Marie Heiloron, is engaged to appear in " La Fille du Regiment" at the Opera Comique. She is a pupil of Duprez. Madlle. Marie Krebs will shortly make her first appearance before a Parisian audience. Laura Harris has left Brussels, and has been singing lately at Abbeville. _ _ Mr. Cave, the lessee of the Marylebone, has en gaged Mr. Walter Montgomery to give six representations. PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.--PLlOlD graphic Albums, a choice of 3,000; despatch-boxes, writ ing-cases, dressing-cases, travelling-bags, envelope-cases, blotting-books, ink-stands, desks, book-slides, work-boxes, tea-caddies, hand-bags, and reticules, card-cases, purses, stationery-cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, ctc. ; cigar-cases, card-baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly-mounted articles. Bibles Prayer-books, and Church Services, in every type. Par kins and Gotto, 25, Oxford-street. The public supplied at wholesale prices from the largest stock iu Loudon, CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. In the Legislative Body yesterday the discussion on the interpellations commenced, and a very long speech was made by M. Thiers. It lasted six hours, and embraced so many subjects that it is almost impossible to follow them minutely. The speech, upon the whole, was in a more moderate spirit than usually pervades the speeches of M. Thiers, but the Chamber seemed rather fatigued with it, and M. Thiers said he had fatigued himself also. M. Thiers is dissatisfied with everything. The following is the conclusion of the speech, which will give a fair idea of the general tenour of it :—" I would never advise an Opposition," said M. Thiers, " to pursue popularity, and yet that would be its natural fate. But a Government must not seek popularity. Go vernments have all a judge, an infallible judge, the event. Policy must be confirmed by the result, and no applause can replace that judge. As, to myself, if I advise that policy, it is apparently be cause I think it good. Ido not seek to know if the question of the Papacy, the question of nationalities, be popular questions or not. I examine them in refer ence to the state of the country, and that is the interest to which I cling. If an individual alone, without party, can adopt that line of conduct, a Govern ment which has in its hands all the strength of power can follow it more surely and more conve niently for itself. In conclusion, gentlemen, I beg you, for yourselves and for the country, con nect yourselves entirely with that policy which I call the policy of good sense, for—l will add but one word, a single word—there is no longer a single fault to commit. (Prolonged sensation of different kinds.) The camp at Chalons will this year ba opened about the 20th day of May. The command in thief will be probably entrusted to Marshal Forey, although Marshal Randon ha 4 been spoken of. The 19th Regiment of the Line, which is at present in charge of the camp, will remain there during the whole time of the manoeuvres. The camp will be formed of three divisions of infantry and a division of cavalry, with six mounted batteries, two of horse for the divisions, and four for the park of reserve. There will be three battalions of foot Chasseurs, 24 of Infantry of the Line, 16 squadrons of Light Cavalry, and 12 batteriel, and a Company of Artillery. The Prince Royal of Prussia arrived at Stettin on Sunday last, in order to be present at the cere- mony of the blessing and presentation of the new flags sent by the King to the troops of the garrison, who are placed under the command of his Royal Highness. The Prince went first to the military church, were the ceremony of blessing ten flags took place. There was afterwards a grand review of all the troops of the province, at which the flags were presented to them. After the review the Prince Royal returned to Berlin. The corvette La Gazelle, belonging to the Prus sian Royal Navy, has received orders to sail for Smyrna, to give assistance to and protect Prussian subjects who may desire to leave the Island of Mitylene, which recently received £0 much damage from the earthquake. The Moniteur states that on the occasion of the anniversary of the birthday of the Prince Imperial the Emperor had bestowed his clemency upon 45 sailors now in prison in the penitentiary establish ment of the War Department. The Emperor par doned 18 of these men, and reduced the terms of the imprisonment to which the others were sen tenced. Upon the same occasion the Minister of Marine and the Colonies has awarded 46 medals of gold or silver to persons who had saved lives during shipwrecks, and as a testimony of satisfaction for acts of devotion and courage. The question of boarding and lodging the im mense numbers of strangers expected in Paris during the Exhibition begins to absorb newer attention. Innkeepers and others have exhibited symptoms of extorting as much as possible from visitors, and reports are industriously circulated which are cal culated to raise alarm about accommodation. I shall have more to say upon this important subject, but in the meantime the public may be assured that accommodation will be found in and near Paris at a reasonable rate. Placards have been extensively posted at Rouen announcing that from the present time 20,000 lodgings may be hired at Paris at the rate of lfr. a day. These lodgings are situated i❑ various quarters of Paris. A small room for one person can be hired for lfr. a day, and a room for two persons at 2fr. a day. The Opinion Nationale attributes to a public functionary a rather smart saying in reference to the letter of the Count de Chambord to M. de St. Priest, which brought such severe strictures upon ➢l. Vandal, the Postmaster-General, who allowed a few copies of it to be opened. " Instead of track ing, as the Government did," said this individual, " this claim to superannuated rights by a Prince to whom marriage has refused an heir, I should simply have reproduced the document, after writing under neath it, Rights reserved, reproduction inter dicted.' " The Journal des Debats contains a letter signed Bente, iu which the writer, after citing Lord Stan ley's speech, stating that the Emperor had written a letter to the Queen, offering the statues of the Plantagenets to England, and that consequently they would be transferred by France, says, " We cannot doubt it. There is a promise of the Emperor. The fact is proved by an official declaration. On the other hand, public opinion and the national feel ing have manifested themselves with energy. Not only has Anjou claimed with emotion the monuments which are dear to her, but all the learned bodies of the West participate in the claim. At Paris the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres, the Society of Antiquarians of France, the various com mittees who sit at the Ministry of Public Instruc tion and at the Ministry of the Fine Arts, have pro tested against the removal by unanimous expression. I dare assert that nobody in France differs upon this point. The Council of State, if it were con sulted, the Senate, if a petition were presented to it, could not give another opinion. The right to these statues is written, formal, and incontestible. This unanimity, which is founded on the law, offers to the Emperor the most legitimate and the most honourable mode of retracting his promise to Eng land, for there is no country where the respect for right and the power of opinion is better understood. If these statues of the Kings of Anjou were to be transported to England, the House of Savoy would soon claim the statues of Philibert-le-Beau, his mother, and his wife, which are in the Church of Brou ; the House of Austria would claim the ' Dukes of Lorraine, who are at Nancy. These claims would appear more natural than that of the Queen of England, who has no tie of relationship with the Plantagenets." I believe it was the account of these statues which I gave in The Sun a short time ago that has directed public opinion to the matter. A great deal of rain fell last night again, and to day has been rainy and rather stormy. The Spanish astronomer may have been wrong in predicting another deluge ; he is a native of Arragon, and such a prediction may be arrogance, but the abundance of rain which has fallen within the last few days has not been agreeable to pedestrians, it begins to alarm agriculturists, aud, as far as I have observed, it has only been satisfactory to the ducks. THE GREAT EASTERN.—The bad weather has caused some delay in the shipping of the now paddle shaft on board the Great Eastern, and her sailing will be post poned, LITERATURE. Locier's English Anthology. Lyra Elegantiarum. Edited by Frederick Locker. One Vol. Pp. 360. Moxon and Co. Tho daintiest little volume imaginable—all a- blaze, even the very cover of it, with heraldic roses and lilies—full of sweets and spices as one of those delicious, old-fashioned jars of pot-pourri that one so seldom meets with nowadays, and that seem to have gone out with red-heeled shoes, sedan chairs, and powdered perukes. As to the general design of the book it cannot possibly be better described than in the very wording of the sub-title—Lyra Elegantiarum being described by Mr. Locker upon is title-pago ns " A Collection of some of the Thst Specimens of . ti ers (le ;Societe and hers d'Occasion n the English Language, by Deceased Authors." it is worthy of note--almost as though it resulted roni a refionel eccentricity or elegant affectation on ;he part of the Compiler—that upon the very title- plge of a Book so essentially and intensely English n its character he should have felt constrained to have recourse to Latin and French for the more :xact definition of his design in regard to its contents. Lyra Eleyantiarum, as a title, we can't help thinkisg that he might have bettered. Vers de SocietO, however, and Vers d' Occasion are almost as difficult to translate, with a due preserva tion of their full significance, as that purely Eng- lish word "home," for which no other language, ancient or modern, has an equivalent. And, speaking of the former of these two kinds of poetical effusion, the compiler takes occasion very cleverly in his Preface to remark that " The chief merit of vers de sociele is that it should seem to be entirely spontaneous; when the reader says to himself, 1 could have written that, and easily too,' he pays the poet the highest possible compliment. At the same time, it is right to observe that this absence of effort, as recognised in most works of real merit, is only apparent ; the writing of vers de socieU is a difficult accomplishment, and no one has succeeded in it without possessing a certain gift of irony, which is not only a much rarer quality than humour, or even wit, but is altogether less com monly met than is sometimes imagined." Subtle irony we grant him—irony such as Sydney Smith so wittily describes it, when comparing it to a sword stick—something seemingly harmless in itself, yet from which there suddenly leaps forth another something keen, deadly, and incisive—irony of that highest kind of all, no doubt is rarer than the gene rality might conjecture ; and, though apparently produced with facility, is in truth, as he hints, the result of consummate skill in the application to it of the rules of art, but above them all of the ars celare artem. Otherwise, irony, in its ordi nary acceptation, blossoms as plentifully by the wayside as the common stinging nettle, and is almost as difficult of handling. Revert- ing, however, from a momentary considera tion thus of merely one ingredient, but an ingredient in its way absolutely requisite, as Mr. Locker justly insists, for the fabrication of genuine or veritable Vers de Socie'te'—reverting from the con sideration of this one ingredient in Vers de Societe, to a consideration of Vers de Societe as a whole, we cannot help feeling that, though the phrase itself is a mere imported gallicism, the happiest Vers de Societe ever produced, one may find to have been pro duced by Englishmen ! As affording an attestation, ❑pon the instant, of the absolute truth of this, we might content ourselves with the mention of the name of Praed alone. That most charming writer of Vers de Societe has produced specimens of it that in their way are unsurpassable. But, apart from Praed, the book itself now under notice yields proof positive that English Litera ture, in regard to that most delicate and delightful species of poetic composition, can " hold its own" when brought into comparison with the masterpieces of any other literature, even with those of the litera ture of France. Together with this school or class of poetry, or of poetic composition, comes the companion school or class mentioned also (as we have seen) upon Mr. Lockers' title-page, the Very d'Occasion, or Occasional Verses, as we call them. Coupling these together, we have a wide range enough opened to any compiler of taste and judgment, for the collecting together by him of very ample stores indeed of miscellaneous verse of an emi nently beautiful character. Proof to actual de monstration of this, we have here before us in this exquisite volumette. Perfect, or anything at all like perfect, as a collection, we cannot in reason, of course, hold it to be. So extravagant a claim as that upon the reader's approval, Mr. Locker him self for one would never dream of advancing. In effect, the best collection of the kind that could by possibility ever be produced, would be no more than an approximation towards anything like per fection even in the collector's owu estimation. Look ing with the kindliest eyes upon the contents of the Lyra Elegantiarum, for example, we cannot but con ceive that in the first issue of it the compiler had given an extravagantly disproportionate number of quotations from the late 'Walter Savage Landor. Whereas from Lovelace he had taken only fow— -1 from Landor he had taken as many as forty 1 And the excellence of the vast majority of those forty we could not, for our own part, in any way recognize. Herrick, if you will, even in the very wildest of his conceits, is delicious. But, Landor !—" Boeotian Walter Savage Landor," as Byron called him— wickedly finding, when he so designated him, a presposterous rhyme for Landor's patronymic, when describing him as one— " Mistaking for a swan Bob Southey's gander." But then—dreadful to acknowledge, no doubt—we are no believers in Landor, in him or in any of his works. Leaving, as he did, at the last a most un savoury reputation, he has received from the first, as we conceive, on reading even these we presume choicest specimens of his poetic capabilities, the most exaggerated commendations from those who are be lievers in him—a small and very select coterie we may conjecture. It was a mistake of judgment, therefore, as it appears to us, on the part of Mr. Locker swamping his pages with these watery out pourings taken from Walter Savage Laudor's poetical tributary to Ilelicon. From this to us glaring blemish, however, the re-issue of the Lyra Elegantiaruni is since then cleared. And in the volume itself, from its very outset, what lovely and ample compensatory extracts, are there not given from other dead and gone poets of England ! From Suckling, and Herrick, and Etherege, and Lovelace, and Wither, and Vauburgh—to say nothing of the more obviously inevitable names of the Dii Majores, as they may be termed, of our English Parnassus. Occasionally, as in Charles Lamb's case, for ex ample, we cannot but think that the selection made by Mr. Locker has been very mistaken. Were we to have restricted ourselves to one literary extract from the Poems of Elia, we could have taken no other for certain than " The Old Familiar Faces." Instead of which we have here Charles Lamb's lines "To Hester." If, once in a way, according to our notion, however, Mr. Locker thus seems to us to have made, as in this instance, an indifferent selection, how often, on the other hand, have we not reason to thank him for the exquisite good-taste guiding his choice ! As when, for in stance, he gladdens our eyes and our heart with Robert Brough's " Neighbour Nelly," with Thacke ray's "Mahogany Tree" and " Cane-Bottomed Chair," with Father Prout's " Bells of Shandon," and Peacock's Love and Age," each and all of these precious morceaux, tidbits, lumps of ambrosia ! Now and then, as it eeetns to us, we stumble across a false-reading—that (supposing we are not here in error) it would be very advisable to have corrected at the earliest opportunity before the next edition can make its appearance. As an instance of this, we would mention Sir William Jones's bewitching epigram on a Newly Born Infant —an epigram that, to our recollection of it, should have read thus more correctl y than as it appears at page 130 — On parent's knees a naked, new-born child Weeping there sat'st, whilst all around thee smiled, So live that sinking to thy last long sleep, Then thou may'st smile whilst all around thee weep. Or again, as in the instance of Catherine Fau shawe's "Riddle on the Letter IT," so long attributed quite erroneously to Lord Byron (and in every way worthy of Byron)—the opening line of which, instead of being, as Mr. Locker renders it at page 272, should have been— "'Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas muttered in hell." Another peculiarity in regard to this charming col lection of verse we cannot but direct attention to, as matter for serious regret—namely, that the Editor has laid under contribution only Poets who have de parted, thereby depriving himself of the opportunity of enhancing the value of his work by the addition to it of poems of quite equal beauty in their way, from the pens of writers still numbered among his living contemporaries. Who would not have wel comed, for example, among the masterpieces hero. collected together by Frederick Locker in his Lyra L'legantiarum, the Poet Laureate's " Tears, idle tears," or, " He hears thy voice thro' rolling drums," or Lord Lytton's " Boatman"—(if that exquisite apologue were not too long, that is to say, for complete quotation ?) Eliza Cook's " Aria Chair," again, and Monckton Manes' "I Wan dered by the Brookside" would, in their turn, have adorned these pages with advantage to the book's value as a whole—and most certainly without any detriment to its reputation as one among our choicest gatherings together of the flowers of English Poetry. It is in no carping, or cavelling, or hypercritical spirit that we have taken exception to this or that in Mr. Locker's volume — for which, taking it as a whole, we feel, in truth, as grateful as though he had placed in our hand a fresh gathered nosegay of flowers that can never die or fade or wither away, flowers of poetry marvellously endowed by the genius of the soil from which they spring, with perennial freshness, breathing perpetual fragrance, blooming with the colours, and glittering with the dews of immortality. The Glory and Shame of England. By C. Edwards Lester. Two Vols. Bartratn and Lester, New York. A quarter of a century ago the author of this work, then a young man, newly married and well to do in the world, was advised by his physicians to recruit his health by a visit to England. Shortly afterwards he published the results of his experi ences during that, to him, all-important expedition. Happily for England, many of the melancholy facts which he then recorded exist no longer, and it is no kindly feeling towards the old country that has in duced the author to bring them forward at the pre sent day. Speaking of his first visit to England in 1840, he writes, " I was very young when I first went to England. The first man I ever saw in my life who was famishing with hunger, I saw in London. The first female I ever looked on in the streets, whose raiment could not cover her form, was in London. The first structure raised by the hand of man that overwhelmed me, was Westmin ster Abbey. The first prison that made me shu der as I gazed on it, was Newgate. The first throne I ever saw was the throne of the then youth ful and still beloved Victoria. These things struck me deeply ; 1 felt deeply ; I saw clearly." On the one hand, the glory of England as revealed in h er magnificence and power ; and, on the other hand, the shame attached to the condition of her poor and labouring classes, were f 5O forth in vivid colours by the pen o f the young American observer. Turning over these records (many of them, happily, o f things th at were), the reader's heart is sickened by those details of the labour of little children of three yea rs °ld ' and half-naked females, in the coal mines, harn essed like beasts of burden, dragging the loaded w a g g°ll and crawling upon all-fours. Rememb rances, these, that will for ever endear the name of Lord Ashley in the recollection of the phila nthropist, for through his agency, thanks be to G od, these abominations are at an end. Much yet remains to be done in the same reformatory course, it is true:, and, according to the motto, "fcts est ab hoste doc ert, much may be learned from this American book. Notwithstanding some of his early enthusiasm for England, we can hardly regard this re-publica tion of Lester's as the work of a friend. In fact, he almost tells us in plain words, that it is his sense of the conduct of England towards America in the recent war, that has induced him to rake up this old " note-book," in which are " all our faults observed," and " learned and conned by rote," to ' cast into our teeth." Among some of the more interesting reminiscences are the author's recollec tions of Thomas Campbell, and an account of his first introduction to Charles Dickens, to whose enlightened philanthropy he pays a genial tribute, ranking him " high among the world's best Re formers." C 11111 Carla HER MAJESTY, &c• W INDSOR CASTLE, M arch 15. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian, drove this morning. Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Prussia also drove out. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Christian, went to London this afternoon, and visited the Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. Her Majesty afterwards returned to Windsoz Castle. The Countess of Caledon, Major-Gen. 'lon. A. N. Hood, and Col. Hon. A. liardinge were in at tendance. THE KING AND QUEEN OF DENMARIC.--HAM BURG, Mareh 15.—The King and Queen of Denmark ar rived to-day at noon at Travemunde on their way to London. Meeting of Lord Derby's Supporters. A meeting of the supporters of the Earl of Derby took place yesterday, at his lordship's official resi dence. Upwards of 260 members of Parliament attended. Lord Derby explained at length the principles of the new Reform Bill, and his proposa l° were received with considerable enthusiasm. We understand they embrace residential house hold franchise in boroughs, with personal payment of rates and two years' residence. The possession of property in the Funds or in a Savings Bank, or of certain educational qualifications, as proposed in Mr. Disraeli's sketch of his bill, will also give a vote. A double vote will be accorded to the direct taxation, not limited to in come tax, who possesses the residential qualificati on. Compound householders desiring to be pu t on the register, and pay their rates dire ctl y , may do so and secure their vote. payer of a £1.5 rating The county qualification will be franchise. The disfranchisement of boroughs, that is to say the withdrawal of one member, will that with populations of 7,000. Lord Brougham and Household S rag , --- In reference to Lord Grey's recent letter on tau subject of household suffrage and the Reform Bill of 1832, Lord Brougham writes :—" What I re ferred to about the household suffrage and the Reform Bill generally was my speech before the f orm ation of the Government in 1830. That speech was for the purpose of explaining the bill of Which I had given notice at the Yorkshire el chambers The m eeting was held at Lord Althorp's in the Albany, but I had required some of our friends in the Lords to be present. I have as distinct a recollection of what passed at that meeting as if it had been yesterday, and of the persons veb° were present. I have frequently referred to the approval of household suffrage in my letters to Lords Denman and Radnor upon law amendment. But of the meetings and what passed at them, as well as of the persons present, there can be n° doubt whatever." ....-----,-..„--_ THE NATIONAL EXHIB ITI ON OF WORD S or ART AT LEEDS IN 1869. —The Executive Committee of at the National Exhibitio n of Works of Art to be held Leeds next year have received an official notification thn the Queen has been g raciously pleased to become patrn" on of the exhibition. We trust that this mark of special i t e rest taken in the u ndertaking by her Iljaesty will lead* to such support from tho principal pwners of works of art rtB will owtire the PIiCCOU Pi the uudertaking. I I Y ( 8C