The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-01 00:00:00

EYRE PROSECUTION COMMENCED. PROSECUTION of Mr. EYRE, late Governor of Jamaica.—The Committee of the Eyre Defe. ce and Aid Fund beg to call the attention of the public to the lol lowimr f 'cis: — The Jamaica Committee are preparing an indictment against Mr Eyre for murder. Four actions have been actually commenced against Mr. Eyre and Colonel Nelson for alleged illegal arrest and false impriconment The Attorneys of the Jamaica Committee are also the At torneys for the Plaintiffs, and one cf such Attorneys is a Atember of the Execut.ve Committee of the Jamaica Com mittee. It is earnest'y requested that subscriptions may at once be paid to the c - edit of " The Eyre Defence and Aid Fund " w.th the United Service Company ;Limited, Bankers and Army •nd Navy Agents, 9, Watertoo-place, Pail-mall. London ; or 31..st,rs Smith, Pa de, and Smith. 1. ttrcet, E.O A it communications to b • adlrcssed to the Hon. Secretary, 9, IVs.terlao-place, l'all-malt. HAMILTON 11U3ll', lion. Sec. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGF. THIS DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 2m. ro-Alosatow.-Morning, 12h. 30m.—Afternoon, 12h. 57m. rei'lit 41- . SUIT LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1867. The intelligence brought by the Saxonia from New York, on the 19th ult., will confirm the appre hensions already existing in this country as to Ame rican prospects. It is still possible that by wise for bearance and timely concessions on both sides, by the interference and the counsels of impartial and moderate, men if any such are willing to mix in the struggle, that the extremity of an armed conflict be tween the Legislature and the Executive may be averted. At present, however, the political horizon is black with the portents of storm and tempest, and the reports and rumours which continually reach us, although often far from reliable, show, by their nature, the excitement and anxiety of the public mind and the extent of the prevailing belief that a crisis is at hand. The position of the PRESIDENT is certainly a critical one. He is not only threatened himself with the loss of his influence and his power, which, to do him justice, he has never made his primary objects, but with disgrace and deposition. He has to defend himself from the virulence of attacks to which his own occasional intemperance of conduct and language may have sometimes laid him open, but which owe the chief part of their inten sity to his manifest resolve to resist the encroachments of any particular party on the boundaries of the Constitution. But he has a higher and more onerous duty before him than the protection of his own immediate interests. It is his place to fulfil his oath, and to hand down the charter of American liberties intact to his successor. According to the doctrine of all free nations, the will of the people, as expressed through their re presentatives, must decide upon fresh laws and the amendment of old ones, and the Executive, as its very name implies, is bound to carry into effect the decisions of the Legislature. But when a comparatively small party have by a series of fortunate chances obtained a com plete ascendancy in the representative chamber, when for personal and party purposes they endea vour not to pass a particular measure, but to reverse the whole constitution of the country, despising or subverting those principles of Government which have been deliberately accepted by the nation at large, it may well be doubted whether the Executive are bound to carry out the measures they propose. Such is the present position of the American Govern ment and Congress. Such measures as the admis sion of the uneducated negro to sudden and com plete equality with the whites ; the overthrow of the old doctrine of State Governments in the South, and substitution of territorial Governments; the exclusion of the representatives of a large proportion of the States of the Union from Congress, and the admis sion of members from other States, whose conditions do not bring them within the recognised limits ; and, in fact, the whole system of ruling by force, and of subverting civil to military law, are so dis tinctly opposed to those principles of gov:ernment which have hitherto been most cherished by the American people, that the PRESIDENT and his advisers may well refuse to carry them into execution. If such a grand transformation is to be effected, and the boasted freedom of the great Republic is to be turned into a reign of terror, it is at least as well to pause for the deliberate expression of public feeling. A whole system of national government is not to be changed in an hour, and, thanks to the peculiar influences of American politics, even the late elections cannot be accepted as a test of popular convictions. .The deliberation of years rather than the hasty passion of an hour is demanded by the seriousness of the proposed changes. Very far removed from the calm wisdom of ear nest and thoughful patriots is the temper of the men who now seek to govern America. The Senate having passed a bill imposing additional limits on the PRESIDENT'S appointing power, has lis tened patiently to Mr. SUMNER denouncing Mr. JOHNSON as " an usurper and a monster of discord.' Of Mr. STEVENS'S eloquence we have had specimens enough, and such is the state of affairs that their more rational and moderate followers, instead of being able to influence their movements, are dragged on to give their apparent concurrence to measures they really shrink from. A W ashington journal, usually supposed to be the PRESIDENT'S organ, gives plain intimation that Mr. JOIINSON is prepared for extremities. He will, it declares, serve out his term of office, and will abide by his oath to defend the Constitution. The army and navy will respond to his call, and if the Radicals continue their treasonable course, the Go vernment will arm its supporters. This is strong language, though probably not stronger than the ne ' cessities of the case require. The crisis is a serious one, and if the Americans of the Northern States were willing to endure a four years' gigantic war to preserve their Constitution and to consolidate the Union, they ought to support the PRESIDENT when he endeavours to fulfil those objects. 7empora mutantar. The very men who most loudly de nounced the " treason" of the South are now playing a treasonable part themselves. They are guilty of treason to the PRESIDENT, to the people, to the Constitution—treason which, when it ceases to prosper, men will not fail to call by its right name. It is the fashion nowadays for members of Par liament to meet their constituents and explain their views before the session commences. Last evening was a busy time for Mr. HORSMAN and Mr. DOULTON. Both came forward—the one at Stroud, the other at Lambeth—to give an account of their proceedings. The former gentleman appears to have been very well received, and spoke at some length with his usual eloquence. He adverted to his long experience, having been a member of Par liament before many in that room were born. He mentioned, as a curious coincidence, that, in the month of January, 1859, he was discoursing to them on Parliamentary Reform, and every one then, as now, was asking if the DERBY Government would bring in a Reform Bill. Mr. HORSMAN paid a high tri bute to Mr. GLADSTONE'S merits, and declared that many of the sins laid to his charge were caused by the unfortunate circumstances of the case. His Whig supporters were too cold, and his Radical ones too hot, and hence much confusion and mis understanding arose. It required, indeed, more than he could effect to get such a measure through Parliament ; and, as for Mr. BRIGHT'S support, Mr. HORSMAN showed that that damaged the Govern ment more than it aided them. In a speech on the subject the hon. member for Birmingham apologised for giving his support to the measure, but declared that he accepted it as a " lever" with which he hoped to effect much more. This admission was fatal to those who said it was a moderate way of settling the question. Some one who met one of the then Minister's sons afterwards asked him what he thought of BRIGHT and his "lever," and received for a reply, " Confound him ; his lever' rrifEATRF7, ROYAL DRURY-LANE. -I- Sole Les,ee and Manager, Nir. B Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Colman's Comedy of JOHN BULL. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. whibourne, E. Phelps, Barr , tt ; Metaames Hermann "Veen, Isabel Adams, H. VandenhotT. To conclude wth the Pantomime. entitled NUN! BEtt NlE'; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant M,Juntain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bnckstone, TO-NIGHT, A LESSON FUR LIFE. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Compton, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Rogers, Braid. Clarke, Vincunt, ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Wright, itz. Alter which. THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, Farren, Vincent, fia ; Mesdames Lhippendale, More, Burke, Hill, Sidney, 36c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. iechter. 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MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS • see CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed till Eleven o'clock. • • All articles ale marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Auy article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. Lists of Prices with- rules for Self-measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and "History of London," gratis and post free. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1867. has cl Due for our bill." Mr. HORSMAN did well to remit id his hearers of the consequences which had ensue d from the course pursued by the Liberal lead ers in 1859. The result of their then policy had been to postpone indefinitely the settlement of the .question, and to cause the agitation from which the country is now suffering. This is quite true ; horwever unpalatable, it may be to hear it, the fact cs nnot be too often impressed upon the public. Another error was also exposed in the speech, and that is, that the leaders of the masses are very fond of giving their opinion in favour of the style and management of foreign countries in preference to those of our own. France, Germany, and even Prussia, are put before us, but we agree with the right hon. member for Stroud that these gentlemen had better try the experiment of living in these countries, and let them know the result. "No doubt such an experiment would soon modify their zeal, and show them that theory and practice are different things. Suppose Mr. BEALES on a certain day went to the Prefect in Paris and said, I want you on such a day to stop all the traffic on the boulevards in order that 100,000 of the friends of liberty may parade there;' or suppose that some newspaper editor went to Count BISMARCK and said, I intend to have ten thousand petitions presented, and I shall publish a copy of them, as they will be seditious and mis chievous ;' or, again, what would happen if some enthusiast went to St. Petersburg and declared that the EMPEROR'S council were a set of squint eyed scoundrels, and the EMPEROR himself was unfit to govern because he could not blow a glass decanter ? These gentlemen would all be glad enough to get back again to England, and perhaps might hereafter be a little less lavish in their praises of universal suffrage." Mr. HORS MAN spoke very truly when he said that the great middle class in every country was the staple of free dom, and all history had shown them that the work ing classes alone could never be free. Despots and demagogues had alternately trampled upon their rulers ; they were never aided and goi;erned by other classes. In conclusion, the right hon. gentleman said that the season of deliberation was fast approaching, and if the presenk . Government could not see their way to a settlement of the vexed question of Reform they had better not postpone all other needful legis lation. The strictures passed by Mr. HORSMAN on the course pursued by Mr. BRIGHT were true enough in the main. He said that the course he pursued was not really a popular one, and that all the Members of Parliament shunned the invitations sent to them to support the policy of the great agitator. " All the tremendously earnest Refor mers, when invited, began with one consent to make excuses." Such is different from the step that would be taken bad they more confidence. Referring to the principle of legislation, Mr. HoRsmAN said he thought that they ought to have it based on three great elements—namely, numbers, intelligence, and property; and to effect this he would give a plura lity of votes proportioned to education and pro perty. As if to illustrate the preceding remarks as to the danger of unrestrained opinions, some dis turbance was created by a stone being thrown from the outside of the building, which injured a gentleman present. Mr. HORSMAN made some appropriate remarks on the new doc trine of "intimidation," which some persons sought of late to introduce into English policy. Their notion of free speech is to break the windows and hustle the persons of those who dif fer from them. In conclusion, he said true Liberals would not go to America for their institutions, to the League for their political morality, or to Bir mingham for their Christian charity. Mr. D 0 tiLTON'S observations were more brief when he responded to the call of his friends last night at a banquet in Lambeth. He did not assume, he said, that all present agreed with him, but he thought they did not wish him to give a " a blind, unthink ingHe obedience to any political party." considered that those admitted to the franchise should be qualified by political education and training for exercising the privilege. The hon. member went on to complain, that it was tyranny under the guise of liberty to declare that he was opposed to all Reform, because he was not able to agree with the principles of the measure introduced last Session. As for Mr. BRIGHT he now said that it would not do for the House of Commons to accept a Reform Bill from the Conservative Go vernment, but, as Mr. DOULTON truly said, " this was not the language of an honest Reformer ; it was not that he loved Reform less but agi tation more." As for all the excitement that has taken place on the matter, the hon. member said that it would most likely produce unfavourable results, and if we find class more arrayed against class, and if the working-classes were more bitter against the House of Commons, it will not be difficult to say where the responsi bility rests. Mr. DOULTON spoke in a very straight forward manner, declaring that he went into the House of Commons as an independent member, supporting measures, not men ; and while he was there he would support the same principles as an independent member, and not as the " nominee" of any party. The increasing interest with which the affairs of our North American provinces are now regarded in this country was evidenced last Wednesday by the large and brilliant assembly which gathered at Portsmouth to do honour to Lord MONCK. The noble lord has, indeed, a, strong personal claim on the personal regard of his former constituents, but the compliment paid him was fully as much to the Governor-General of Canada as to the ex-M.P. The manner in which Lord MONCK has discharged his official duties, duties which in his time must have been unexpectedly onerous and critical in their nature, has given general satisfaction, and he could hardly have failed to be deeply gratified by the cordiality and readiness of his welcome. Canadian politics are now familiar tomost Englishmen, and the important question of Confederation has been dis cussed with animation on both sides of the Atlantic. The people of this country have sometimes been accused of indifference towards their colonial pos sessions ; but at the first threat of danger to Canada there was so strong and unanimous an expression of public feeling that the Government of the day could not hesitate how to act. Lord Mosoc, in his speech the other evening, remarked that twice during his Governorship he had had to throw himself on the loyalty o f the people for the purpose of maintaining Bri tish institutions and British government there ; and he believed that the whole property of the colony would have been willingly expended for the retention of the sanctity of British territory and for the maintenance of British institutions. It is gratifying also to find that Lord AloNcK is able to speak iu warm terms of the loyal and intelligent support which he has received, during his tenure of office, from all parties of Canadian politicians. Ia the colonies, as in the mother country, party feeling often runs high, and it is therefore highly encouraging to know that whatever their individual differences of opinion, men of both sides combine to support the representative of British authority. There were present at the banquet many of the principal Canadian politicians, two of whom made sensible speeches, and paid their tribute to Lord MONCK'S services to their colony. Such gatherings cannot fail to do good. They draw closer the bonds of union between England and her children, and serve to increase that political sympathy and mutual understanding without which no form of government can long be stable or enduring. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The following is the news given by the iloniteur to-day :-- " A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The Empress was present. " M. de Werthem, who was recently appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of Prussia, at Dresden, will have another post. He has been succeeded in that city by M. d'Eichmann, who lately represented the Prussian Government in the Brazils. " The Government of the Holy See has just re lieved travellers who cross the Pontifical State without making any stay there, with the intima tion of going to the north or south of the Peuin g a passport signed b su:at,hfeor Spanishthe n L ecesseigtyatioofn,hacvhiarged with the n Con sular affairs of the Holy See in the kingdom of Italy." _ _ The following remarkable account of the course adopted by the Pope in reference to the proposi tions made by M. Tonello, on the part of the Ita lian Government, is given in a letter from Rome, dated January 22, in the Sjecle " The substance of the communication made to the Pope by the Cabinet of • Florence was—The Italian Church is yours—govern it as you will. The Government of King Victor Emmanuel does not wish to oppose any obstacle to your religious . authority. The Holy F a th er re plied, " Very well, be it so ; but do not fall into the error of sup posing that there is any acquiescence on my part. I do not recognise the kingdom of Italy and do not treat with it. I concede nothing. I make no compromise. It is not a ques tion of principle upon which I am called upon to give an opinion, one way or the other. No, it is a simple fact that you, M. Tonello, come to state to me. You say that the Italian Church is to be treated in such a manner. I make a note of what you tell me." So, says the correspondent, upon the four points discussed, the oath, the exequatur, the nomi nation of the bishops, and the nomination of epis copal sees, Italy has granted everything—the Pope nothing. The letter adds " that a Pontifical Zouave, Bertrand Cayes, was assassinated a few evenings ago on the Place Sainte Marie du Transtevere. An insinuation was made that the assassination was at the instigation of the National Committee. They repel the idea with indignation, and it is said that they intend to publish a manifesto upon the subject to the people of Rome. Au individual has been taken into custody who is supposed to have com mitted the murder. The crime has created great excitement at Rome." The Journal des Debats, which has received from its correspondent at Rome a confirmation of the ac count of the murder, s a y s: —" A crime has been committed. Our correspondent says, very truly, that it has excited the indignation of every honest man, but before informing us whether it is to be attributed to political fanaticism or personal ani mosity, he wishes to be acquainted with the evi dence which is about to be taken upon the subject by the official authorities." The cattle plague having manifested itself in Rhenish Prussia, the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture hac issued an order prohibiting the en trance into France of animals from Prussia or Rhenish Bavaria. You may judge of the scarcity of real news to day when I tell you that one of the papers has a column exclusively filled with contradictions of statements which have appeared within a short time in the Paris journals, and even in the paper which gives the contradictions. The struggle for exclusive news also very great. The Opinion Nationale announced that a new piece at the Fantaisies Parisiennes had been played on Monday evening with great success. BB' mischance, however, the piece was not produced till Tuesday evening, and its anticipated success was not realized even then. Chahur-Pacha, General-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army, accompanied by Colonel Minie-Bey, direc tor of the manufactory of arms, has arrived in Paris. Marhachely-Bey, Colonel of Artillery, and several other officers of the Egyptian army, have also come with them. It is said that th e i r object is to study arms and new fortificati ons. Colonel Minie is charged with the task of sup er i ntend i ng the said manufacture to be u ew f a hm c i tcuuhcr much superior e o s f 100,000spetr h lo einventor, an d which are r to the Prussian guns upon a new prin ciple, needle gun. The Presse, referring to the contradiction given of the reports relative to the conclusion of military conventions between the Government s o f H esse and they reckon upon the speedy realisation of the union of Southern Germany. Prussian policy will not throw any obstacle by private negotiations to the efforts of the Conference of Stuttgard and the views manifested by the new Minister of the King of Bavaria. If M. Bismarck now refuses the contin gents of Baden and Hesse, it is because King Wil liam wishes to be recognised as the military chief of all the States which are still excluded from the Confederation of the North." The evening Moniteur, in its weekly review of political affairs, says it is believed that at the ap proaching meeting of the Consistory, the Holy Father will be in a position to designate the pre lates who are to be appointed to the vacant dioceses. Honoured by the Pope with a gracious reception, the envoy of King Victor Emmanuel has also to congratulate himself upon his relations with Car dinal Antonelli. This has been another magnificent day. The snn was shining splendidly at 8 o'clock this morning, and it has been bright and agreeable all day. The air has been soft and springlike, a n d a t mid-day it was really warm, or rather hot, i n s pit e o f a rather violent wind at times. The winter seems entirely gone. The markets are abundantly supplied with green peas from. Algeria, which are of good flavour and are sold at a moderate price. Persons have been sitting outside at some of the cafes to-day in Paris. M. Leverrier hes announced to the Academy of Science that a new comet has been discovered from the Observatory at Marseilles. The Gazette de France states that Cardinal de Bonald is seriously indisposed. Victor Cousin has bequeathed to his oldest friend, M. Mignet, an annual rente of 10,000 f., and to M. Berthelemy St. Hiliare a pension of 6,000 f. and a salary of 4,000 f. a year as conservator of the lib rary left to the Sorbonne. He has also left a pen sion of 6,000 f. t o M adame L ou ise Collet. To her daughter he also l eaves a h an dsome legacy and the reversion of the p ens i on t o Al • St. Hilaire. A hand some sum is also bequeathed to the daughter of M. Franck, of the Institute. :THE BHIMINGHA\I BANK.—Mr. Church, the chief Clerk of the Master of the Rolls, was engaged yesterday in the winding-up matter of the Birmingham Bank. Two cases on the part of clerks who had retired on annuities of £lOO each were under consideratoin. The committee of shareholders had declined to sanction any payment on the score of charity, as there were cases of parties who had lost all they pos sesse d t o b e cons id ere d b e fore the applicants. Mr. Burton, f or th e o ffi c i al liqu id a t or , suggested that the allowances st o pp e d w h en the b an k wa s closed. On the part of the appli can t s, who had served the establishment more than 20 years, severa l cases were c it e d in support of their claim to prove for the value of their annuities. The learned gentleman (Mr. Church) said he would consider the mat ter, and it stood over. lie was informed that SGO chocks would be left for him to sign to pay dividends. LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES.—The first series of pub - lie sales for the present year opened on Tuesday evening with three ca'alogues, comprising 2,212 bales East India of a tolerably fair assortment. There was a very good at tendance of the home trade, but scarcely the usual number of foreign buyers. Competition was pretty fair, and, al though prices ruled somewhat irregularly, on the average we consider last October sale-rates well maintained. Some few lots were withdrawn. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 31. 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. Jan. 21. Jan. 24. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 2 7,044,776 2 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro- perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 14,694,607 23 14,460,999 12 Treasury account cur- rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 204,338,330 57 201,536,402 88 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 2,982,381 75 3,806,275 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Jan. 24. Jan. 17. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 367,756,957 61 330,539,986 10 Do. branch banks 342,396,461 337,853,248 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 3,279,700 8,031,500 Do. on French Public Securities 13,668,300 13,653,800 Do. by branch banks 7,285,800 7,259,600 Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks 25,680,300 25,905,100 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock ro- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980 , 750 1 4 Do. disposable Rentes Irnmobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 otel and furniture of the Bunk and landed property branches expenses of manage ment 223,617 60 71,695 81 Sundries Total 1,739,530,222 73 1 , 68 9,980,370 46 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) BouLAND, Senator. The Oxford. The permission of Mr. Charles Dickens having been first obtained, Mr. Robert Fraser is giving at the Oxford a version of that gem of " Mugby Junction," 'The Boy at Mugby." It is part song, bringing out the strong points of the Boy's refresh nienting experiences, part the text (spoken) from the story. The spoken portion is the American tra veller's objurgation of the refreshments, terminating with the " I laaf—l do—l la-af." The song is well put together, and to a catching tune. By this new assumption Mr. Fraser gives fresh proof of the possession of a true comic vein of humour. The unctuous young misanthrope stands in the flesh before you, and the embodiment is really first rate. Whether Mr. Fraser's ultimate destination be the . stage or music -hall, he exhibits talent which ought to make him a prime favourite in the metropolis. One fine day he may take a theatrical audience by storm as did Mr. Robson. He certainly has got the ability to do so. Mr. Reynolds, of the Coldstream band, and solo cornet at Mr. Alfred Mellon's concerts, is playing solos at the Oxford. " The Exile's Lament," and " The Whirlwind Polka," are two of his pro minent pieces. In purity of tone, and fine infusion of feeling, Mr. Reynolds is like the late Mr. Koenig ; and it is in th e t en d er passages o f a melody requir ing the exquisite effects of vocal modulation that the player excels. The instrumental portion is further strengthened by the accompanied piano forte playing of Miss Bryant, a pianist of the Royal Academy, whose merit s as a pianist arc warmly recognised by the audience. ROUMANIA. JASSY, Jan. 31. Prince Charles, llospodar of Roumania, accom panied by Prince Stirby, arrived here to-day. He met with an enthusiastic reception from the people during his journey. Some of the inhabitants of Jassy went out to meet him at a distance of two leagues from the city. The Prince has visited four districts afflicted by famine, and distributed abundant relief among the most necessitous of the sufferers. MR. GLADSTONE'S PARIS SPEECH. PARIS, Jan. 31. The speech delivered by Mr. Gladstone at the dinner of the Society of Political Economy is pub lished here this evening. The orator declared that the credit of having effected commercial reform be longed to the Emperor Napoleon and Mr. Cobden. Upon the latter Mr. Gladstone passed a magnificent eulogium, declaring that his aim was not only to counteract the misery of nations, but to effect their moral union. " The mission of our century," said Mr. Gladstone, " is to free capital and labour from all subjection. It may be called the century of labour and justice. Prosperity to energetic labour and peace to men of good-will—this is the object at which we aim. The secret of finance is very simple. The general riches which have accumulated are the basis of every prosperous condition, and the lever which raises that condition is liberty." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 1. The Vienna papers state that the Porte has re fused to evacuate the Citadel of Belgrade, but consents to the evacuation of the other Servian fortresses garrisoned by Turkish troops. The Porte is also said to agree to such a reduction of the Turkish garrison in Belgrade as to render the oc cupation merely nominal. No definite declaration has yet been made by the Porte in reference to the proposals of mediation from France and Austria. An Austrian man-of-war, commanded by Capt. Herzfeld, has left for the waters of Candia. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Jan. 31. The Senate has rejected the bill passed by the House of Representatives on the 22d inst., requir ing the Government sales of gold to be public. Congress has abolished the American Legation at Rome. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1351. Sterling Exchange on London, 1081 ; Illinois, 113 ; Erie 554 ; 5-20 United States Bonds:, 1074. Cotton—Middling Upland, 34}. By the arrival of the Saxonia at Southampton last night we have New York adrices to the 20th ult. The following is Mr. Reuter's summary of the news to that date : The Senate has passed the bill imposing addi tional limits to the President's appointing power. Mr. Sumner, in a speech in the Senate, alluded to Mr. Johnson as an usurper and a monster of discord. A Washington journal, which is looked upon as the organ of President Johnson, publishes an article declaring that if the Radical majority in Con gress continue their treasonable course, the Execu tive Government will arm its supporters. The President, it says, will not forget his oath to defend the Constitution, and the army and navy will re spond to his call. It further declares that President Johnson will serve out his term of office. Secret revolutionary societies are reported to be organising in North Carolina. The Fenian trials at Toronto continue. Several of the prisoners have been found guilty, but their sentences have been deferred. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF CORK. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 1. The Inman steamship City of Cork, from New York on the 19th inst., arrived here at 9 a.m. to-day with the mails, $7,500 in specie, and 97 passengers. After landing 18 passengers she proceeded for Liverpool at 9.40 a.m. MEXICO. Intelligence from Mexico announces that the Im perialists under Mejia were marching against Tampico. It was reported that a French column, 1,000 strong, had been surprised by an ambuscade near San Ju'►n, losing its arms and 250 prisoners. Corona, with 3,000 men, was marching to intercept a French column bound for San Blas. General Bazaine had issued a circular announcing to the French troops their intended withdrawal, but informing them that they had the option of enlisting in the service of the Emperor Maxi milian. FRANCE. BourtsE, Jan. 31, Two o'clor&—The reponse des primes (option) has taken place to-day ; the rates obtained have been 69f. 71c. for French Threes, 54f. 60c. for Italian Fives, and 506 f. 25c. for Credit Mobilier shares. Operators being busy with the preparations for the approaching settlement, the market shows but insignificant variations, excepting as regards Credit Foncier shares, which, after rising 12f. 50c. yesterday, have to-day fallen heavily, no less than 22f. 50c.--the actual quotation being 1,470 f. offered. Three per Cents. have advanced sc.—to Of. 100., whilst Italian Fives have declined sc.—at 54f. 60e. Credit Mobilier shares have a fractional advance—at 505 f. Comptoir d'Escompte gain 3f. 75c.—at 785. Railway shares are firm, with, in some cases, a slight advance. Three o'clock. Credit Foncier shares have further declined 10f. The closing prices are as follows : 4} per Cents L 99 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 69 20 Do. end month 69 10 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1460 Bank Shares 3565 Italian Loan 54 70 Do. end month 54 52f Mexican Loan 2l 50 Do. Bonds 145 Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred - LYS. Orleans For Account. , 908 75 Northern ll9l 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 912 50 Southern 565 Western 565 Eastern Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 393 75 North of Spain — Saragows. — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — Two MEN BURIED IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL—The arch constructed under a shaft in a tunnel on the Cambrian line, between Glandovey and Aberdovey, gave way on Monday night, add two men were buried under some hundred tons of earth, with which the shaft had been filled up. Immediately after commencing the work of extricating them, the men heard the voice of ono of the two who were under the debris, a man named Jenkins Evans, a carpenter. The poor fellow was crying out piteously, addressing the men by name and begging of them not to leave off trying to get him out, and saying that he was afraid that ho should be drowned by the water, which was up to his chin. The men redoubled theirenergies and after another hour's hard work at last got sight of the poor fellow, who was found to be lying on his breast, among some timber and horse-block, and still sensible. Two hours' more working brought him out, after being buried between six and seven hours, and he was imme diately conveyed to his home, which was close by, and was attended to. The poor fellow, however, never rallied, and died in about a quarter of an hour after his arrival at home. No traces had been discoverod of the other man. Several other men were injured. Threatened Enclosure of Epping Forest. Yesterday evening a public meeting was held at the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end-road, for the purpose of taking into consideration the threatened encroachments on Epping Forest, a place which is very highly appreciated by the inhabitants of the East of London. The Marquis Townshend presided, and was supported by Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., M.P., Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., Dr. Dwyer, Major Johnston, the Rey. G. F. Driffield, and other gentlemen. A letter was read from Mr. Ayrton, M.P., apologising for non-attendance. The noble CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said it was dreadful to contemplate such alcalamity as the destruc tion of Epping Forest, which was a help not only to the physical, but to the mental improvement of the people of that part of the metropolis. A great movement had recently been made on behalf of early closing; but it was of no use to give working mien the facilities of going out unless proper places were provided for them to go to. As far as his ser vices in Parliament were concerned, be should be most happy to devote them to the cause tho meeting had been called to promote. Sir T. FOWELL BUXTON moved the first resolution, which affirmed that it was of vital importance to the inhabitants of the East of London to preserve from enclosure the forest of Epping, which for centuries had been a place of popular resort, and viewed with special displeasure the recent en closure of Loughton, Woodford, and Wanstead. Ho urged that as the builders wore running up houses in every direc tion, it became more than ever necessary to maintain any rights the people might have to open spaces, and he had reason to believe that the people of London had very clear rights over Epping Forest, if they chose to maintain them. He admitted ihat there had been some rows in various parts of the forest, and that one or two children had been killed by the Cockneys and roughs who had come down for pleasure, but he maintained that these rows were entirely attributable to the enclosure, and if there had been no encroachments on the people's privileges, there would have been no disturb ances. (Hear, hear.) Major JOHNSTON (Ist Tower Hamlets) seconded the re solution, and mentioned the case of Mitcham-common, which was some time since marked out for enclosure. The inhabitants showed no hesitation as to the course of proceedings they should adopt, and in a very few hours after the stakes had been put in they wore pulled up and thrown away. Since that time no attempt had been made to enclose Mitcham-common. (Hear.) Mr. G. Slily LEPEVRE, M.P., who represented the Com mons Preservation Society, explained the nature of the rights of the people in forests. Some of those rights, he admitted, ware not very clearly defined by law, and it might be necessary to protect them by legal process. Half the forest had been enclosed, and the other half would soon be enclosed if the people did not take active steps to pre vent it. As an encouragement to the people to persevere he instanced the cases of attempted enclosure at Hampstead and Berkhampstead. Dr. MOORE supported the motion on medical grounds, and remarked that portions of Victoria Park were being enclosed and built upon, so that it was the more necessary that Eppiug Forest should remain intact. The noble CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meeting, and it was unanimously adopted. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting in favor of resolutions providing that legal advice should be taken to ascertain the rights of the Lords of the Manor to en close the waste lauds within the forest, and appointing a committee with a view to raise a fund of £lO,OOO to defray the necessary measures. It was also resolved that the Commons Preservation Society be requested to communicate with Lord J. Man ners, M.P., the Chief Commissioner of Works, with refer ence to the future action of the Government within the forest under the recent Crown Lands Act, which trans ferred to his department the remaining forestal rights of the Crown. A cordial vote of thanks to the Marquis of Townsend for presiding closed the business of a perfectly harmonious meeting. A WORD ABOUT oUR IRONCLADS.—Another cause that tends to produce the destruction of the iron is the ill-judged union of iron and oak. Iron and oak, when used in contact, and exposed to the action of salt water, mutually act upon and mutually destroy each other. This fact has for many years been known to the boat builders and shipwrights of our maritime towns and villages, and they invariably avoid making use of iron nails for sea going boats. The deleterious effects arising from the union of iron and wood may further be seen by an inspection of the planks which form the piers and jetties of our seacoasts. In almost every instance the iron nail or bolt will be found to act as a centre of destruction ; the fibre of the wood is destroyed by the rust of the iron, and in a fe w y ears th e plank becomes loose and decayed. So widely is this cir cumstance known, that in a paper published last year by the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, it was .shown that " when iron is in contact with oak they mu tually act upon each other, producing a rapid destruc tion of the two materials."—Once a Week. c ana l ttnit HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Jan. 31. Her Majesty drone o u t y es t er d ay a ft ern oon with her Royal Highness Princess Christian. The Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole and Lieu tenant-General Sir George Buller, commanding South-Western District, arrived yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen. Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph had also the honour of being invited. --- , O.- - The Princess of Wale 3 took a carriage drive yesterday, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Misses Longley have arrived at Lambeth Palace, from Addington Park, Croydon, for the season. The Duke of Buckingham, as Lord President of the Council, had a dinner party last evening at Chandos House, Cavendish-square, for the pricking of the sheriffs for the present year. The Duke of Richmond comes to town on Mon day from Goodwood, Sussex, to dine with the Earl of Derby, at the customary full-dress banquet on the eve of the meeting of Parliament. The Ill:lapis and :11arcinioness of Bristol wfl leave Ickworth Park on Monday next, for town, for the meeting of Parliament. The Earl and Countess Spencer are expected to arrive at Spencer House, St. James's, in a day or two from Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire. The Earl and Countess of Warwick and family have arrived at their residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, from Warwick Castle, for the season. The Earl of Lousdale still continues in a verY unsatisfactory state of health. His illness occasions much anxiety to the members of his family. The Countess Poulett has taken Fitzroy House, Highgate, until Easter. THE PRINCE ImPERIAL.---The Emperor is fre quently present at the fencing lessons given by M. Bonnet to the Prince Imperial. His Majesty, who is himself an able hand, occasionally does M. Bonnet the honour of cross ing foils with him. DEATH OF MR. BARRY, M.P. FOR CORK COUNTY.-- We learn from Dublin by telegraph of the death of Mr. Barry, M.P. for Cork county. Mr. M'Carthy Downing, 312 extreme Liberal, will, it is said, address the electors. Death of the Eal of Camperdown. We have to announce the death of the Earl of Camperdown, which occurred on Wednesday at his father-in-law's seat, Weston House, Warwickshire. We understand that the deceased earl was seized with paralysis of the brain, and since Sunday last had been in a hopeless condition. The late Right Hon. Adam Duncan Haldane was the eldest of tht two surviving sons of Robert, first Earl of Camperdown, by Janet, daughter of the late Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton, Bart., and consequently grandson of Ad m i ra l Vi scoun t D uncan, th e v ictor of Camperdow n . H e was b orn M arc h 25 , 1812, a nd in 1859 succeeded hi s f at h er i n t h e fam il y h onou rs, as Earl , of Camperd own , o f L un di e, county F or far, and of Gleneagles, county Perth, Viscount Duncan of Campe r d own , an d B aron Duncan of Lundie, county Forf ar , i n th e peerage o f the United Kingdom. Th e d ecease d peer was e d uca ted at Trinity College, C am b r id ge, w h ere h e gra d ua ted M.A. in 1834. F or some y ears h e was i n t h e House of Commons. He was chosen in 1837, in conjunc tion with Mr. Dottin, to represent Southampton in Parliament, and at the general election in 1841 was returned for Bath, with the present hon. member for Sheffield, his lordship, then Viscount Duncan, being at the head of the poll. He represented that cit.)" till 1852. At the general election in 1852 be was an unsuccessful candidate for Bury, Lancashire, when he was defeated by the Right Hon. F. Pee l, who polled 472 against Lord Duncan's 410. In 1854 his lordship again entered the House of Commons as representative for Forfarshire, having succeeded the lion. Col. Maule. He remained in the Lower House till his accesasion to the House of Lords on the death of his father. The late lord, as Lord Duncan, distinguished himself in Parliament by his strenuous and unceasing advocacy for the abolition of the window tax, and his advocacy no doubt con tributed to the repeal of that objectionable duty, which took place in July, 1851, and which led to a duty being imposed upon inhabited houses in lieu thereof. He also was in favour of voting by ballot, His lordship was a Lord of the Treasury from March, 1855, to March, 1858. The deceased noble man married, March 23, 1839, Juliana Cavendish, eldest daughter of Sir George Richard Philips, Bart., by whom, who survives him, he leaves issue an only daughter, married to Lord Abercron 3 b9 l and two sons, the eldest of whom, Robert Adare Philips Haldane, Viscount Duncan, born May 28, 1841, succeeds to the earldom. The present pee r was educated at Eton, and afterwards removed to Balliol College, Oxford, where he was lot class i ° classics in 1861, and took the degree of B.A. lies lordship was an unsuccessful candidate for th e southern division of Warwickshire at the late gene ral election. NEW MUSIC. The Messrs. Cocks and Co., of New Burlington street, seem determined to keep up a continual flow of new music. We have no sooner completed th e pleasant duty of complimenting them on the Ph' licatiou of a variety of delightful waltzes and prettf ballads than another issue takes place. In th ie instance we have the Bon Soir Galop and th e Helena Polka Mazurka, by Mr. Godfrey, of th e Coldstream Guards, and two ballads, " The OP ° Window," the poetry by W. H. Longfellow, th e music by Miss Lindsay ; an d " Th ere ' s a land, dear land," written and composed by Charles Ma e c kay. The galop is stirri ng , c h arac t er i s ti c , and bri:o liant, and, whilst it p resen t s no ex t reme difficulty the instrumental performer, it is sure to elicit gene ral applause. The mazurka is certain to become favourite, because it is one of the best additions ein e has yet been m a d e t o th e l arge co ll ec ti on of dau b % music already publi s h e d by M essrs . Cocks. 0 two ballads are each very gr a cef u l compositiro. Miss Lindsay's melody l is sweetly pathetic, whip with that of Mr. M a ck a y th er e i s a d as h and sP irp ha about it that will make it a great favourite in drawing, as well as the concert-room. SINGULAR CHARGE OF BIGAMY.--At the M t1 1 1:1 ' cheater City Police Court on Wednesday, a rai dd : e d; aged woman, nam e d M a y H oug ht on , wa s charged tsr- „ - 0 bigamy. The prosecutor, Mr. George Owen, said he married to to the prisoner on the 2d of April, 1861 ' 4 01 Holy Trinity Church, Stretford-road. He bad lived w"to her until about a month ago. One Saturday he wen the Derbyshire, to see his mother. While he was awa y blO prisoner stripped the house of some of his most Ya lu " A d goods, and went away. Witness had since discoveci that she had a husband li v i ng when she married I°o In reply to questions from Mr. Fowler, the prosecutor ° he he had for some time entertain e d susp i c i ons respect in g t st prisoner. She had no children, but h o h a d f ou r bYI-u s wife. Mr. Fowler: When did you fi rs t h ave your B° :,'" o r cions aroused ? Witness: Almost f rom the first 01 :d marriage. Mr. Fowler : I suppose you had ascer3Lt something about her ? Witness: Yes ; I had been iiiP : t io• land, and fished out the information. She belong s t „ o ` ley. Mr. Fowler: But did you ascertain that she Na married woman shortly after April, 1861? Witnes s eso Mr. Fowler : What aroused your suspicions ? Wi t° t ics Various little circumstances, but I did not take m oll ii ° lo o of them. One little thing which aroused my susP i ' l lber'° about her brother. She let it out herself about her bro d his name was Young, and when he wrote to her he sig l i e whaV letters in the name of Houghton. Mr. Fowler 13° ' proof is there that the other husband is alive, or sv es :o in 1864 ? Witness: I don't know. It is not prove d f, e ,' 'lyfr• I believe he has been heard of since wo were inarriel'is Fowler : Where ? In England ? Witness: N° , • 17° Australia, I believe, but am not positive. Mr. Fo y ' : ..r you allege that he was in Australia in 1864? Wityt-ot the don't know. I think he was. I believe he was °u a e d th e country. Mr. Cottingham, who was in court, rei ll „ r in ,t t/ 0 magistrate that there had been a decision to the 6 ',, e- E 3 o nu e where a husband had been absent seven years, t h ' e w ife was with the prosecution to show in the case of t itoge , of being charged with bigamy that she had kno ll jui tice his being alive. The point was decided by g r ' os tocil Willes.—Mr. Fowler : I cannot keep a parson i n . 01 . foll r upon a statement which has gone through thr ee _ ~„a r sd hands before it came to you. I cannot d eal upo,i t; t evidence, and lock people up. If you c an ge.t ~risce nesses here and prove the case you can hand thei„lged. to the police again.— The prisoner Was th e n diScm