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Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, Miss Furtado. Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt. ,ac. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. H. D. LABOUCHERE, Esq., the Liberal Candi date, will ADDRESS the ELECTORS, at the Admiral Keppel, Fulham-road, on TUESDAY next, the 9th inst., at 7 o'clock p.m. TO THE ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX. GENTLEMEN, — THE death of Mr. Hanbury has deprived you of the services of a highly -esteemed Representative in the House of Commons. For the vacancy thus sadly and unexpectedly occasioned I venture to offer myself as a Candidate. There are many among you, I flatter myself, to who.n my name is not unknown as a zealous supporter of the Liberal cause, and at this important crisis I hold it essen tial that any candidate presuming to ask for the suffrages of such an important and thoroughly Liberal constituency as that of Middlesex should be able to give trustworthy assurances of his devotion to the principles which they have at heart. Should you do me the honour to return me to Parlia ment it would be my first duty to co-operate with those who desire to effect the passage of an honest and straight forward measure of Reform—such a measure as would prove to the large body of artisans and working men, whom I hold to be entitled to the franchise, that the House of Commons is not afraid of the people, nor averse to the free extension of political privileges, nor disposed to deny to the intelligent operatives a share in the government of the country, to whose burdens they are called upon to contri bute. If the Reform Bill proposed by the Tory Ministry be not capable of adaptation to such an end, I should not hesitate to give my adherence to any course which may seem the most calculated to attain the desired object. Respect to the memory of your late Representative will not allow me for the next few days to take any further steps to bring myself before the Electors, but 1 shall take the earliest possible opportunity of meeting you in public and giving you a detailed, and I trust satisfactory, account of my views upon all the . important political topics of the day. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, HENRY D. LABOUCHERE. 23, James-street, Buckingham -gate, S.W., March 29, 1867. rrIIE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXLIV., will be Published NEXT SATURDAY. L Character of George the Third. 11. Sea Fish and Fisheries. /11. Autobiography of a Physiologist. IV. Westmoreland. V. Poetry of the Seven Dials. VI. Du Chaillu s It cent Travels. VII. Myths of the Midole Ages. VIII. New American tsellgions. IX. Railway Finance. X. Wellington in the Peninsula. XI. The Four Reform Orators. *.* Nos. CCXLL and CCXLII. will contain the Index to lase Twenty Volumes. 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Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. THE SINGER, New Noiseless Lock-Stitch FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. Chief Office in the United Kingdom-147, Cheapside, London. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. --Morning, 2h. 1 0m.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m, ro - Moitßow.-Morning, 2h. 50m.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m Lz`•,! 3 4 A 4 pp.% _ N - Uat LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1867. MR. DISRAELI may be congratulated on having successfully accomplished a very arduous task. It is never a very easy matter to adjust the finances of the year in such a manner as to give general satis faction. There are always some just and pressing claims whose consideration must be postponed for a more convenient opportunity; there are sure to be some influential personages and parties who are offended at their favourite schemes being overlooked, their arguments apparently slighted. If it is known that there will be a large surplus it is disposed of so many times by financiers of all ranks and pro fessions before the Budget is brought forward that the Chancellor of the Exchequer must hold the strings of FOTUNATCS'S purse if he hope to satisfy all ex pectants. This year Mr. DISRAELI has been spared an embarras de richesses, from the smallness of his balance ; but he was liable, on the other hand, to disparaging comparisons with the reduction of taxation accomplished by his predecessor. Under the peculiar circumstances of the Ministry, the Chancellor of the Exchequer must have been particularly anxious as to the reception which his financial statement might meet with, and he must have been proportionately gratified by the hearty and general approval expressed from both sides of the House. His distinguished rival gave him, as might have been expected, very cordial support, since the principles upon which Mr. DISRAELI had acted in framing his Budget were precisely similar to those propounded last year by Mr. GLADSTONE. The reduction of the National Debt was a scheme, which, however practically obnoxious for the time, commended itself strongly to the reason and the moral principle of the public at large, and we have no doubt that now a favourable opportunity offers itself the suggestion of dealing with the national burden at least in some small degree will be favour ably accepted. Mr. DISRAELI addressed himself to the task be fore him in a very straightforward and business like fashion. Contrary to the custom which has gained ground of late years, his Budget speech was no exhibition of oratory, but a concise statement of the present and prospective condition of the finances. The Budget itself is simple enough. Happily for the country, notwithstanding the extreme severity of the monetary crisis last year--admitted by Mr. DISRAELI to be per haps the most severe monetary disturbance this country has ever witnessed—the esti mated income of the financial year was not only realised but even exceeded. Mr. DISRAELI, in referring to the estimates, paid a well-merited compliment to the sagacity of his predecessor, whose calculations had been exposed to so severe a trial. It would, . indeed, have been no cause for wonder had the estimates, framed in anticipation of a year of ordinary tranquillity,been altogether disconcerted and the returns fallen grievously short of the ex pected amounted. So far from this being the case, the estimated income for 1866-7 was £67,013,000, and the actual income £69,434,000, thus leaving a surplus of nearly two millions and a half, after a period of unexampled trial. The increase is entirely due to the Customs and Excise, the other items of the Budget of last year showing no remarkable differ ence from the result. Corning to his own calcula tions, Mr. DisßAFir explained certain points in reference to the " Dead Weight Annuity," the charges on the " Consolidated Fund," &c., and then proceeded to his estimates, which amount in all to £68,134,000 of expenditure for the year. The es- tiwated income will be £69,340,000, leaving a balance of £1,206,000. It is possible, should the country go on prospering as it has hitherto done, that Mr. DISRAELI'S estimate may be considerably within the mark, since it will be observed that it is less thaw the actual income of the year, £69,434,000. Thh is partly due to a lower estimate on the Cus taw; 1 22,000,00, instead of £22,300,000; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer reminds us that during t he past year there has been an exceptional consumpti o la of sugar and rum, in consequence of THE SUN, LONDON, FRI OA Y EVENING, APRIL 5, 1.867. the failure of the barley harvest. Coming to the question what to do with his surplus, Mr. DISRAELI truly enough said that it was at this point the real difficulty of a Budget commenced. Naturally the first inclination is to reduce taxation ; but then where to begin is the question. Mr. DISRAELI reminded the House that the remission of taxation irrespective of the Income Tax, has, during the last ten years, amounted to an average of £11,000,000 per annum. In these circumstances he finds it difficult to fix upon any one tax so generally obnoxious and oppressive as to call for any special attention. There is, he thinks, but one tax which seriously affects any particular industry, and the balance at his command does not enable him to deal satisfactorily with the Malt Tax. The Income Tax is at a lower rate than ever before, and consequently the Chancellor of the Exchequer feels himself at liberty to pass from the reduction of taxation to the payment of debt. He alopts the simpler portion of the plan proposed by Mr. GLADsroNE . last year, abandoning the more elaborate and far-reaching part of it. He proposes to devote a portion of the surplus to the cancelling of £ 24 ,000,000 of debt, effecting this by means of two sums of the Public Debt, one of £18,000,000 and the other of £6,000,000. The first amount, now bearing over half a million of interest, will be converted on intoJuly 5, an annuity of £1,332,000, termi natinglBBs ; the other, now bearing interest to the amount of £lBO,OOO, will be con verted into an annuity of £440,000, terminating on April 5, 1885, the joint amount of the two annuities being £1,776,000. The total charge of these operations for the ensuing year will be £750,000, and we have no doubt that the principle of Termin able Annuities, once accepted—and it has received the sanction of the leading financiers on both sides of the House—further progress will be made. The only other noticeable item in the Budget is the re duction of Marine Insurances—a step in the right direction—and Mr. DISRAELI sat down amid general expressions. mn ns of approval from rom both side s of the Hu his satisfaction at the method adopted ; and in fact there were few dissentients. Mr. DISRAELI, who many years since declared the National Debt to be a " fleabite," an assertion provoked from him in answer he says to a booby on the hustings, will have the credit and satisfaction of taking some practical step 3 towards its reduction, if not of being the first to;deal with it theoretically. Altogether the Budget is likely to give satisfaction within and without the House, and we trust it will be a favourable augury of the pro ceedings of next week. The recent publication of the correspondence with Spain not only serves to confirm the worst notions we had on the subject, but also tends to awaken new fears and to give rise to increased ap prehensions. The seizure of the Queen Victoria is indeed a most disgraceful case, and the despatch of Lord STANLEY, dated March 30, is certain to be read with interest by all who attach due importance to this complicated affair. In some respects this is worse than the case of the Tornado. It cannot be denied that the noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs has been wanting in spirit in meeting this case, and we think that the perusal of this mo mentous despatch will afford universal satisfaction to all who value justice, and wish that the dignity of our country should be preserved in a manner calculated to command respect. The details of the affair furnish an instance of most unwarrantable persecution, and one feels almost at a loss to com prehend how the Spaniards dare to take such liberties, and comport themselves in a manner so totally at variance with the principles of amity or the general good understanding supposed to prevail between the two countries. The Queen Victoria was seized last January by a Spanish guarda-costa, and not within Spanish waters ; she was on her way from Gibraltar to Laraiche. After being seized she was taken to Cadiz, where the crew was dispersed, and they were furnished with money to leave. The master of the vessel had his papers taken from him, the name of the vessel was defaced from the stern, and she was reported to have been found " derelict " at the mouth of Cadiz harbour. Sometime afterwards this was not repeated, but without information being given to the English Consul this vessel was con demned on the plea that she had landed contraband goods on the Spanish shore, and goods found in her were sold. This " outrage, committed on a British vessel upon the high seas," as Lord STANLEY truly designates the occurrence, naturally gave rise to a great deal of remonstrance, but no heed whatever was paid to the representations of those authorised to speak on the subject—namely, Sir J. CRAMPTON at Madrid, and Consul DUNLOP at Cadiz. The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs told Sir J. CRAMPTON that he was sorry her MAJESTY'S Government supposed that disinclination to do justice to Great Britain on the part of the Spanish Government had anything to do with the delay that had taken place in replying to his represen tations. Furthermore, the Minister said that the Minister of Finance had been instructed to lose no time in going on with the proceed ings. Up to last November, however, nothing was done, and it was not until the month of January last, in reply to a letter from Sir J. CRA3IPTON, the Spanish Minister announced that the Council and Finance Minister had decided the action of the executive. A long rigmarole follows, concluding by the intimation that if in the final result of the trial the British Government thought injustice had been committed, then would be a fitting time to treat by diplomacy. To this Lord STANLEY makes a very fitting reply. lie declares tha her MAJESTY'S Government regret to say that " they can attach no weight to these tardy as• surances extracted from the Spanish Government, after the lapse of nearly a year from the time the wrong was done." After enumerating some of the worst features of the case, and the misunderstand, ing that appears in the statement that the British representatives of her MAJESTY did not make proper protests and reclamations at the time, we meet with this significant passage in the despatch :—' " The original capture then was a lawless and wholly unjustifiable act ; justice, though frequently demanded, has been denied; the sale of the cargo and the vessel was illegal, and al the proceedings taken against the vessel were not only contrary to justice, and therefore void, bui 'ley must have been taken with a full conviction of ,heir illegality ; and were adopted, as her MAJESTY'S Government are constrained to believe, for the pur. pose, or in aid of the purpose, of covering or cou, ceiling the original lawless act of the captain and even of the Spanish guarda-costa." In consequence of this decision being carried out her - AIAJEsTy's Government decline to accept the conclusion of General CALARGE, who proposes to consider the confiscation void, in order that her MAJESTY'S Consul and others may present them- selves and defend their interests at the tribunal. On the contrary, " her MAJESTY'S Government must at once insist upon the immediate restoration of the ship and cargo and their full value, and a proper pecuniary I►4emnity to her captain and crew, accompanied by an expression of regret addressed to her MAJESTY'S Government for the outrage committed on the Vritish flag." This is the proper way to treat the matter, and we are glad to see in this despatch something of the old spirit, that in the days of yore made an important communication from our Foreign-office a thing to attract the attention of Europe, instead of the mere jargon of words that were the practice of the " meddle-and muddle" policy of the late Administration. We hope the Spanish Government will at once consent to the proposal of the noble lord, but whether they do so amicably or not there can be no drawing back now, and no doubt all who have read this despatch will agree that it reflects the highest credit on its writer. We think that he may be left to defend the honour of Eng land, and protect the interests of thosQ who have been injured, without being molested by the imper tinent interference of Mr. OSBORNE, who seems to think nothing can be done unle ss h e i s consulted in the matter, and peremptorily insists up on a di rect answer to all his inquiries. CORRESPONDENCE FROX PARIS. ----~ -- (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The chief point of interest with the Paris papers to-day is the important speech of M. de Bismarck in the Parliament of Northern Germany, in answer to the interpellation of M. Bennigsen, relative to Luxembourg. The Siecle has the following remarks are not so cl ear and precise as upon the subject The answers of M . de Bis marck, apply. Th ey do not ihoinc in h tends to w i t hd raw from the explaintmh a o r situationc , i tnh that t n r opinion, p i Prussia wn citadel of Luxembourg the troops who are gar. risoned there. The ancient German Confederation of the Rhine is dissolved. The sovereign right of Holland is proclaimed without restriction. How is it then that you wait, and that your soldiers still occupy a territory whigh is nct Federal? now is it that in a communique to the Cologne Gazette, dated the 29th instant, General de Branchitz, Prussian Governor of Luxembourg, declares that the statement accarding to which the officers of the garrison of Luxembourg received during parade the news that the conclusion of a convention relative to the evacuation of Luxem bourg is an invention, contrary to truth in every respect, and also malevolent. How is it that you continue to observe one of the clauses of the treaty signed at Vienna on the 3d of February, 1815, when the state of things created by that treaty is de stroyed by your own hands ? M. de Bismarck ad mita that negotiations, the result of which he is ignorant, have taken place between France and Holland. To the demand made officially by the Grand Duke, How would Prussia be inclined to treat the proposed cession of her sovereignty ?' Prussia replied that she would leave the responsi bility of it to the King of Holland ; but what would she do in the case of the cession of the Grand Duchy? That is what remains in doubt and vagueness. The Prussian Government will pay deference to public opinion, and will consult the Reichstag. It opposes a war between the German people and the French people. The two nations,' he says, may live by the side of each other in peace and friend ship. Any war would do great injury to the pro gress of prosperity and civilisation.' M. de Bismarck hopes that peace will not be interrupted. He eludes more ample explanations, and reserves to himself entire freedom of action. As to M. de Bennigsen, he was at once aggressive, provoking, and violent. We agree with the Journal . des Debats that he is a real thunder-clap of war, and he appeared upon the point of placing himself at the head of the Parlia ment to take the field and open the campaign against France. Happily, as his colleagues were not worked up to the same pitch of excitement, M. de Bennigsen replaced his sword in the scab bard. In his eyes the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg which has successively belonged to the Empire, to Spain, and to Holland, is exclusively a German ter ritory. It is no doubt only temporarily, and for condescension, that ha d e i gns to leave it to the Netherlands. " 'When M. Bennin gsen asserts that there are hardly 200 nativ es o f Luxembourg who speak French, he proves that he has never visited the country. The orator, in considering a private letter as the expression of the general wish, deceived him self. There exist differences of opinion in Lu au _ bourg as well as el s ewhe re . The objection which might have been made to th e cession of Luzern bourg was that it could not be made without the consent of the populations, and that their decided queetien---' Ought c h u is ate the fortress of objection would invalidate it. %Ve are without in not the day after the formation as to the present feeling of the natives of Luxembourg towards France, but we believe we are in a position to affirm that if they were permitted to a deep decidetheLuxembourg? Prussian by vote, troops there o y p e as would or oo u n le o dv , a t ballot be a single Prussian soldier in that fortr ess. ,, equitable.ng,lt only that a duel took The Constitutionnel, in a sort of semi-official article, contends that France has no antiquated motive to threaten the interests of Germany, and regard that A s letterhfeor h w a has from moi justbe s li b c ao o on s de states t e a e s i place in that city, on the 29th of March, between Dom Jose Julis, alPortuguese deputy, and Dom s a , de Nogeuina, aide-de-camp to the King, and nephew of the Marquis Sa Bandiera. Dom Julis the offi ce was killed. A pe rs onal insult was the cause of hostile meeting.the ae l a y a filled Count Gallina, Minister of St a t e and Senator of few d a y s a th g e o k a i t n T gd or o i m o. of Italy of Minister of Fina nc e and Mi n i ster of the Interior. In my account of the opening o f th e International He before dsac: B a 4 f u B, l died Exhibition on Monday, I mentioned that various presentations to the Emperor took place. The must remarkable, perhaps, was the presentation to the Emperor and Empress, by M. Grehau, Consul to the King of Siam, of a Siamese mandarin. Hi s Excellency, who was attired in gorgeous national costume, prostrated himself before their Majesties in the Oriental fashion, and they accepted the homage very graciously. M. Grehau informed the Emperor that the King of Siam was the first Sovereign of the extreme East who had accepted the invitation of France to send the products of his kingdom to •the Exhibition, and that they were also the first articles which had been sent across the Isthmus of Suez. The Emperor re quested the Consul to convey his thanks to the King of Siam. The General Omnibus Company, who hitherto had 656 vehicles a day engaged in the transmission of passengers to various parts of Paris have, in con sequence of the extra demand for transport to and from the Exhibition, increased the number of vehicles to 700. This increase of carriages with 28 places, and making 14 journeys a day, will afford additional accommodation to 18,000 travellers a day. The Imperial Commission have just insured the Palace and dependencies in the Champ de Mara for 7,500,000 f. The Empress being slightly indisposed, a grand dinner which was to have taken place to-day at the Tuileries has been postponed. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. Count Walewski has been raised to the dignity of Senator. The Moniteur seems to doubt the report received in Paris by private telegram of the speedy convo cation of the Croatian Diet to deliberate upon a proposal for the incorporation of Croatia with the kingdom of Hungary. The official journal views the speech of M. Bismarck in a very different light from the Siecle. It says that an accurate translation of it differs in several points from the telegraphic version, and " proves still more clearly the elevated sentiments expressed by the President of the Council of Minis ters of the King of Prussia." r MADAME TUSSAUD'S. The old-established favourite Wax -work Exhibition, in Baker-street, con tinues to be as attractive as ever. The ftnely-executed model of her Majesty QAtegn Victoria, size of life, is un questionably a faithful likeness, and is so acknowledged by all who have paid a visit to Madame Tussaud's magnificent galleries. The beautiful models of England's Dfonarchs, from the Conqueror to that of our present Queen, are in themselves alone Well Worth seeing. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PORTUGAL. LISBON, April 4. The postponement of the King and Queen of Portugal's projected visit to Paris arises from the unwillingness of Don Fernando to undertake the Regency in the present agitated state of the public mind. HUNGARY. PESTIE, April 4 (Evening). The Ministerial bill regulating the relations be tween Croatia and Hungary will be brought forward to-morrow in the Lower House of the Diet. The Banns of Croatia has been summoned by the Emperor to Buda. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 5. The establishment of a special Ministry for Agri. culture is stated to have been decided upon. BELGRADE, April 4. In consequence of orders received here from Con stantinople, the evacuation of the citadel of Bel grade by the Turkish troops will commence on Monday next. PRUSSIA. The Berlin correspondent of the Times states that in to-day's sitting of the Federal Parliament (April 1) Herr von Bennigsen, the well-known Liberal member from Hanover, and President of the Unity and Liberty League, rose to direct the attention of the House and Cabinet to the question of Luxembourg. He said :-- "Disquietingrumours have been lately afloat with regard to the future of a German State. The Grand Duke of Luxemburg, it is asserted, is mediating the cession of his sovereign rights to a foreign mo narch. Luxemburg is German, and has given em perors and margraves to the nation ; it is a border country, the defence and preservation of which is a demand of honour; it is a fortress of extreme military importance, the loss of which would not a little im pair our strength. Such being the case, the Luzern burgers are naturally of opinion that the Prussian Cabinet has some interest in protecting them, and that the Government, as well as the nation, should not suffer them to be estranged from Fatherland. They are surprised at finding the matter mooted, day after day, in the papers of a neighbouring coun try, without any fitting reply on the part of the press or the people of Germany. Surprise has en gendered despondency. As the house will see from a letter from Luxemburg, which I am going to read, the Luxewburgers begin to doubt the policy of this Government. (Reads the letter.) I have undertaken to claim your attention for this deplorable affair, because I think it our duty to speak out upon a matter of national import, and to encourage the Luxemburgerr3 to hold out in this critical junc ture, and rely upon the succour of their countrymen. I have brought forward the mat ter in the name of the Liberal party, but I trust that in so doing I have the approval of all parties alike. (Cheers.) The temptation to inter fere before our new institutions have been consoli dated by time and practice is evidently too great for a certain Power contiguous to our frontiers. We want peace. But if France does not hesitate to in sult us, the earlier we say that we are all for war the better. It would be sullying our honour were we to act otherwise ; it would be an indelible stain on the national escutcheon were we to submit to arrogance and cupidity combined. We must call upon Count Bismarck to prove that energy is the best policy under certain circumstances. We must expect that the King, whose promise that 6 , not a single village should be separated from Ger many," found a responsive echo in our hearts, will call the nation to arms if the necessity arises. All party dissension will di,appear in such a case, and the, new Federal Constitution, which we are discussing here, be completed in a few days. We wish for nothing better than to live in peace and amity with all our neighbours, and more espe cially with France. France is large enough to be able to dispense with conquest, and if she would con sider her real interests, would waive all idea of war. The exigencies of industry, culture, and freedom would cause her to refrain from an enterprise which, if persisted in, will inflict innumerable evils upon either nation. Let France pause and consider her course before she acts. Germany seeks no war ; but if France will not allow us to become a united country we are ready to give her the most indubit able proof that the time of our domestic division is past, and that her attempts will be henceforth resisted by the nation as a whole. (Tremendous cheering.) I now take the liberty to put the following questions to the Cabinet :--Firstly, .is there any foundation for the rumours daily growing upon us that ne gotiations have been entered upon between the French and Dutch Governments respecting the ces SiOil of Luxemburg? Secondly, is his Majesty's Government in a position to inform the Federal Parliament, in which all parties are alike determined to prevent a German country being torn off the body politic of the nation, that Prussia, in conjunction svithher allies, will vindicate at all risks the ancient connexion of Luxemburg with the rest of Germany, and the right of this Government to garrison the fortress of the same name ?" To this energetic address Count Bismarck replied as follows : " I deem it my duty to satisfy the natural curio sity of the preceding speaker with reference to a question of such great importance at the present mo ment. Upon the dissolution of the old Bund, the members of the Confederacy recovered their inde. pendenee which had so long been limited by the Federal institutions. One of them was the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, who, separating himself from the rest of the Northern potentates, did not choose to enter the new Confederacy subsequently estab lished. His Majesty's Government, b&ng greatly displeased with our successes, did not think it con ducive to their interests to join the North German Bund ; while the people of LuxeMburg had no wish to bear the burden which would have been imposed by the Federal institutions. In October last the dissatisfaction prevailing in official circles was ex pressed in a note to this Government, in which it was asserted that Prussia had no right to garrison Luxemburg after the dissolution of the old Build. Prussia had to ask herself whether it would be advisable to use her influence to compel the entry of Luxemburg, which is a Ger man country and a member of the Zollverein, into the North German Confederacy. Taking into consideration that the Grand Duke of Luxembourg is also King of Holland, and remembering the com plications that had arisen from similar arrangements in former times, his Majesty's Government did not insist upon the Duchy entering the new Bund. I will admit that due regard for the geographical situation of the Duchy and the entanglements it might possibly involve us in was one of the motives which seemed to recommend a cautious course. It is only doing Us justice to say that our policy has been dictated by the double wish to spare the sus ceptibilities of our neighbours and to maintain peace. I shall therefore return no answer to your second question. It is a question such as it may befit a member of a national Representative As sembly to put, but the wording is hardly in accord ance with the language used by diplomatists, so lon g as peace has not been superseded by war. What I am at liberty to communicate to the House is this. His Majesty's Government has no reason to suppose that a settlement has been already effected, nor do we know whether a settlement is imminent. Indeed, all that has come to my cognisance is that a few days ago the King of the Netherlands orally inquired of the Prussian Envoy at the Hague whether he was in a position to tell him what the Prussian Government would think of his parting with the sovereign rights he owned as Grand . Duke of Luxemburg. The envoy has been instructed to declare that the Prussian Government and its allies did not now think it incumbent on them to give any opinion on the matter ; that in the event of theig being induced by future occurrences to speak out, they would first ascertain the opinion of the Powers who signed the Treaty of 1839, and wait for the re presentative assemblies and people of Germany to take the matter into consideration, and that in the meantime the King of Holland would be alone responsible for any steps he might think it expedient to take. The Dutch Government then charged their representative at this capital to offer us their good offices in the event of our needing them in those negotiations with France which they thought would be shortly opened. (Laughter and merriment.) I replied that Prussia was not in a position to avail herself of the offer, since no negotia tions bad been opened. I am unable to say whether the matter has been already completed. As far as I know no treaty has as yet been con cluded. As to the intentions of his Majesty's Go vernment and its allies, you will not expect me to dilate upon them at this moment. The allied Governments hope and trust that no Power har bours the design to invade the indubitable rights of Gerinatiy. The allied Governments hope that they will be able to vindicate those rights without an interruption of the peaceful relations existing be tween them and their neighbours. If, as the pre ceding speaker aptly hinted, our future deliberations in this house will be of a kind to convince foreign Governments of the harmony between the people and Governments of Germany, the eventual fulfil went of our hopes will become all the more probable." The House resounded with acclamations upon the conclusion of this speech. • A large number of Liberal and Conservative Deputies left their seats to congratulate Count Bismarck upon the announce ment of a resolute and unflinching policy, supposed to be implied in his words. When the excitement subsided the Count significantly sat down by Gen. Moltke, with whom he entered into a long conver sation. The Crown Prince, with the Grand Duchess of Baden, his sister, and Prince William of Baden, were present in the Royal box. The corps diplo matique mustered strong in the gallery. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 4, Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4 per Cents 97 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents 6B 65 Do. end month 6B 52i Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1380 Bank Shares .........3;10 Italian L0an......... 52 80 Do. end m0nth...... 52 75 Mexican Loan ...... 20 75 Do. 80nd5......... 141 25 Spanish Threes ... 34 50 Home Debt ......... 31 25 Deferred ............ (mrs. For Account. Orleans Northern ll5O Lyons and Mediterranean 9lO Southern 563 75 Western 570 Eastern 537 50 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 402 50 North of Spain — Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — -- BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, April 4. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. April 4. March 28. Capital of the B an k 182,500,000 c. Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857)....,,, 7044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro party Notes in circulation Bank notes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor ....... 131,436,046 06 144,467,201 94 Current accounts, Paris 230,595,019 56 238,668,914 57 Do. branch banks ...... 40,438,181 33,9 - 26,952 Dividends pay a bl e 1,096,630 75 1,188,363 75 Discounts an d sundry interests Rediscounted the last 182,500,000 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 995,741,325 15,450,333 51 15,239,422 47 6,158,846 50 5,633,159 43 sa months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 1,574,256 34 1,574,256 34 --- Total CREDITOR. April 4. March 28. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- , , due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 245,795,627 31 249,226,146 56 Do. branch banks 273,406,869 272,869,978 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 152,198 28 73,039 74 83,241,100 - 9,794,200 - 84,769,400 9,810,200 12,856,600 7,132,800 12,924,500 7,037,300 and debentures D. branch banks Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 87,122,000 - 26,911,950 - M,875,700 26,406,150 771,900 - 711,200 - 779,600 745,450 6 0,000,000 - 60,000,000 serve 12„980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobajisees • (Law, June 2, 1857) 1 00,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property )enseof bra m ne a h n e a s g . e.. .. Expenses 8,341,205 - 8,338,130 66 wont Sundries 1,037,052 40 1,050,573 85 21,162,364 08 1 9,377,191 36 Total 1,668,716,385 50 1 , 66 3,136,194 10 Certified by the Senator Goyernor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Rot:LI/ND. MARKE T 6.- this y. - MARK-LANE. There was a slight increase in the supply of English y, whilst th e qua lit y o f t h e B w a h m e p a i t es o w n as sa t l o e ler h a e b r l e to-day, y, good. The attendance of millers was limited, and the demand for both red and white sa mples was heavy, at prices about equal to Monday. The fresh imports of foreign wheat having exceeded 35,000 quarters, the trade was heavy, and the value of in ferior kinds was almost nominal. Floating cargoes of wheat were a slow inquiry. The transactions in barley were very moderate, at barely the late decline in the quotations. Malt was in full average supply and sluggish request, at barely laSt week's prices. We were tolerably well but not to say heavily supplied with oats, which moved off slowly at late currencies. In beans very few transactions were reported at previous quotations. The sale for peas was very inactive, at Monday's prices. Flour, both English and foreign, was very dull. In seeds and cakes but little was passing. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEX. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2,410 1,060 2,910 450 1,190 Irish Foreign 35,700 5,910 24,950 610 sacks 100 brls NETVGATE AND LEADENBALL. Our markets to day wore well supplied with most kinds of meat. Generally speaking, the trade ruled heavy, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. 8 d 8 sd s 3 Inferior beef .. .... 3 o 8 d 4 Inferior mutton 3 2 1 0 aliddling do. ...... 36 3 0 Middling 4 4 mutton 4 0 ['rime large d0..... } 3 4 , Prime do 4 6 4 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Large pork 2 8 3 8 0 Vea l 4 0 5 2 Small pork. 3 8 4 6 Lamb. Os od to Os Od BOROUGH HOP. Although the supply of hops on sale here is only mode rate, the demand for all kinds is iu a very inactive state, aud, to force sales, lower rates must bo submitted to. Mid and East Kents Farnham and country W ,, eald of K en t " 160 s to 180 s „ Sussex Yearlings.., 100 s to 1433 „ Olds COLONIAL. SUGAR.— Bu.siness has been very inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. Refined goods, in some instances, have sold at rather lowor prices. COFFEE.—The supplies on offer have been extensive, but the demand has been to an average extent, and supe rior descriptions of plantation Ceylon, brought steady rates. RICE.—The market is very quiet, but holders demand fully previous rates. T ALLow.—Business has been inactive and chiefly of a speculative character. P.Y.O. on the spot is quoted 445. 6d. ; June delivery, 44e. 6d. ; and last three months, 445. 9d. per cwt. G4EZR nuit.—A. further improvement has taken place in the price of oranges, owing to shipments from the Azores having ceased, and stock of other descriptions being Light• Some parcels of VAloacia and Palermo sold at 2s to @$ per package for theierser *Ad 18 to 2e for the latter. = kurt 1C V htde tan kt HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, April 4. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Christian, drove out yesterday after noon in a carriage and four. The Hon. Lady Biddulph was in attendance.. Their Royal highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Christian went out driving, attended by Lady Churchill, and Lieut.-Colonel G. Gordon. Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Prussia took a drive. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Gounod's ,‘ Faust e Margherita." As the second night's performance at the Royal Italian this season, M. Gounod's capo d'opera, one of the most popular romantic operas of the day, " Faust e Margherita," drew together last evening an audience that, although we are now only in the first week of April, was as numerous and as brilliant as though the London season were already at its height. But then, of course, in addition to the fact that the opera selected was M. Gounod's masterpiece, there were several conspicuous attractions to the subscribers at Covent Garden, rendering the occasion one fraught with very con siderable interest. There was a really notable first appearance. And, to crown all, the hero and heroine of the night were Signor Mario and Madlle. Pauline Lucca—a peerless Faust and an almost equally peerless Margherita. The debut of the night was that of M. Petit, whose name reads almost like an anti-climax in the remembrance of his noble baritone. In histrionic excellence, his Mefistofele no doubt is in no way comparable to the impressive and artistic impersonation of the arch-fiend by M. Faure ; but in the sonorous power, and the ample range, and the perfect mastery of his great natural gifts as a singer, M. Petit may be pronounced at once as having a right to assume a position com pletely upon a level with that so long occupied by his distinguished contemporary. The distinctive demerit of his performance last night, however, was the exaggeration of melodramatic mali gn ity with which the mocking demon of the drama mani fested the working of his evil influence. In that respect the part was overdone. Abating somewhat the sneering acrimony of his manner, M. Petit will thereby enhance very efficiently the artistic effect of his delineation of the character of Mefistofele. Signor Mario, to the delight of his world of admirers, the public—meaning that is to say those among them who were present last evening —was in admir able voice, singing and acting as only Mario can, when in good voice, sing and act. Siebel's love ditties were charmingly interpreted by Madlle. Morensi. Another new appearance was that of Signor Cuadagnini, whose Valentino was less commendable, however, than might have been hoped. Madlle. Lucca's Margherita, however, was sufficient of itself to compensate one for every defi ciency. The choruses were superbly delivered under the beck of Mr. Costa's baton, more particu larly the one (de retour) in the fourth act. To-mor row night " Norma" will be repeated, and on Tuesday next we shall have the first representation, this season, of " L'Africaine." AMATEUR, CONCERT. Last evening the eleventh (Covent Garden) com pany of the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteers gave an amateur concert at the Whittington Club, which attracted a large and brilliant company. The programme was judiciously selected. It consisted of ballads, duets, both vocal and instrumental. It is not the usual practice in concerts of this de scription to enter into particulars, especially where all acquitted themselves well, but the entertainment of last evening presented such a marked character that we for once break through the rule in order to award our meed of praise to those who so greatly distinguished themselves. In the first part, the duett, " the Gipsy Countess," by Miss Plummer and Mr. Dale, was excellently sung, and a new song written for the occasion by Mr. Eames, and sung by Mr. 11. Bocking, entitled " Our Musical Party," was equally well done. Miss Pallant sang " The Blind Girl to her Harp" admirably, and it called forth general and well-deserved applause. Mr. Cal- lard's comic song " The Yankee Pedlar" was well given ; and Miss Smith's ballad, " Primroses deck the bank," was very sweetly sung. In the second part, Mr. E. Charles sang the ballad " 0 live, or let me die," with great taste, and Mr. J. Smith called forth general applause by his ren dering of the popular ballad, " Be mine, dear maid." Mr. S. Pallant gave the comic song, " The Steam Tongue," in capital style, and now we must leave the vocal in order to pay a compliment to the instru mental performers. The duet for pianoforte and violin, from " Guillame Tell," by Miss Blarney and Mr. Kensett, was a performance of undoubted merit; and Mr. Dow's flute solo, a selection from " Lucrezia Borgia," deserved the highest commen dation. The third and concluding part of the con cert was given by the " Covent-garden Snowdrops," who kindly volunteered their services, previous to their flow( r fag on Dover Heights. This very clever troop of " niggers" went through their portion of the entertainment with unbounded humour ; " Bones," especially, being a very comic fellow. The stewards were unceasing in their endeavours to provide for the comfort of the company ; and altogether the concert was a great success. MR. HOLLAND'S BENEFIT CONCERT.—This gigantic entertainment on Wednesday evening a t " Weston's" Music-hall passed off in the most admirable manner, and Mr. Holland must have felt exceedingly gratified at the manner in which his numerous friends supported him. The "stars" were true to their appoint ments, and the lengthy programme was accomplished without a single disappointment. The selection from "Lucia," of course, was one of the great features of the evening, and, as usual, it called forth unbounded applause. The musical director of the hall, Mr. P. Corri, has every reason to congratulate himself on the success of his experiment of giving these performances en costume; and the energetic proprietors, Messrs. Sweasey and Holland, are so satisfied with the result that they have determined on the production of a selection from " Truvatore" as speedily as possible. GOVERNMENT E miG4ATION.—The Emigration Commissioners chartered yesterday the ship Berar, 903 tons, Mr. William Hall, master, belonging to Messrs. G. W. Tyser and Co., London, for the conveyance of emi grants to Adelaide, South Australia, at £l3 9s. per statute adult. The Berar is appointed to be ready for the recep tion of her passengers at Plymouth on the Gth of June next. " THE" SAUCE.—Who has not seen the immense posters announcing the sale of " The" sauce prepared by Mr. Southwood Stocker, of Lamb's Conduit-street, from a a receipt of his cousin, the late Dr. Southwood Smith ? We have done more, we have tasted it, and can pronounce it to be one of the finest and most piquant sauces ever offered to the public. It is a most delicious compound, and we feel certain when once it has been used it will in variably maintain its place at the table. From those able to form an opinion, we have it that its use increases the appetite and promotes digestion; and as an assurance of its purity it is only necessary to point out the name of the celebrated and philanthropic physician from whose receipt it is com pounded. " The" sauce is destined to become an article of unusual consumption, and the proprietor has placed it before the public at such an economical figure that every paterfamilias will, for the future, be enabled to enjoy even his cold mutton on a washing day. A MEDICAL CONSULTATION.—THE DOCTORS AGREEING TO KILL TIILIR PATIENT.—The New York Times, of the ith of March, makes the following state ment :—" A terrible case of hydrophobia is chronicled in the Detroit papers. A little daughter of Mr. Alfred Wood ruff, of the town of Greenfield, Michigan, was bitten some time ago by a dog, but no symptoms of hydrophobia were at first shown. At length the poison, which, acting as a sub-cutaneous injection, permeated every tissue of the system, broke out in a severe form, causing the most in tense suffering. A consultation was had by physicians, who decided that, as the sufferer could not possibly sur vive, every consideration of humanity demanded that her sufferings be ended by some means, in accordance with which, during a severe paroxysm, the child was smothered to death." Mayor Stevens of Portland recommends building in that city, as soon as practicable, a number of reservoirs as protection against loss by fire. After the experience of last summer the citizens will need little argument to carry out the suggestion. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. H. D. LABOUCHERE, Esq., the Liberal Candi date, will ADDRESS the ELECTORS, at the George Hotel, Commercial-road East, on SATURDAY next, the 6th inst., at 7 o'clock p.m.