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AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. Gd., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. EIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Oh. 32m.—Afternoon, lh. Om. To-Monnow.-Morning, lh. 28m.—Afternoon, lh. Mm. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1868. The debate in the House of Commons last even ing respecting our negotiations with the United States was full of interest and importance. It will be read with eager attention on both sides of the Atlantic, and we have reason to congratulate our selves that both the people and the Government of the United States should have so able and tempe rate an exposition of the case laid before them as was contained in Lord STANLEY'S speech last night. Setting aside the ill-placed and unworthy taunts by which Mr. SnAw LEFEVRE endeavoured to intro duce into the discussion the elements of party bit terness and political hostility, Lord STANLEY, with the calmness and good sense which dis tinguish alike his policy and his language, declared that no man had a stronger sense than he had of the importance to both countries of a settle ment of all international differences. "We have," said the noble lord, " vast commercial relations with the United States, a long line of continuous frontier ; we meet and cross one another in every part of the globe ; we have on both sides an enor mous load of bebt, which neither can wish to in nut while rParlil, samAxm.o7,lcAsins tMcs, the noble lord asserted that, in his opinion, indiscrimi nate resistance and indiscriminate concession were equally mischievous. What we had to do was to find out the strict rights of the case, to endeavour to do justice to it ourselves, and to appeal to a cor responding spirit in those with whom we had to deal. The great American people are not to be treated like children, to be humoured and yielded to because they cannot bear contradic tion and cannot understand argument. So far from the feeling on this side of the Atlantic being averse to any amicable settlement, Lord STANLEY declared his belief that the reaction was so strong that we were almost ready to accuse ourselves of faults we had never committed. The feeling in the Northern States at the time of the war had un doubtedly been bitter against this country, but, as the noble lord justly remarked, the fact was that they had looked for physical neutrality and moral support. But the passions of the time have passed away, and all parties may rejoice that the difficult and onerous duty of adjusting this long-pending dispute has fallen to the lot of a statesman so eminently qualified to deal with it. Lord STAN LEY'S arguments are unanswerable, and he supports them by citations from the despatches of American Ministers and diplomatists themselves on similar questions. Thus, in 1849, the United States Go vernment proposed to recognise the revolutionary Government of Hungary, not merely as a bellige rent, which is all the recognition which England accorded to the Confederacy, but as an established thing. The Austrians complained of this, where upon Mr. WEBSTER, one of the most eminent of American statesmen, replied in the following terms : " That if they had done so, though the step would have been precipitate, and one from which no benefit would have resulted, it would not, nevertheless, have been an act against the law of nations, provided they took no part in the contest against Austria." Well might Ldrd STANLEY, after quoting these words, ask whether they did not go immeasurably further than anything which had come from us ; and the cheers of both sides of the House spoke his answer. Again, when Texas, in 1836, was fighting for its independence, a similar controversy arose about the admission to New York of a vessel bearing the Texan flag. The Foreign Minister of the United States defended the admission in writing to the Mexican Government in these words :—" It has never been held necessary as a preliminary to the extension of the rights of hospitality to either party that the chances of war should be balanced, and the probabiiity of eventual success deter mined. For this parpose it has been deemed sufficient that the party had declared its independence, and was at the time actually main taining it." T he South had not only d ec l are d it s independence in M a y, 1861, but was maintaining it with such vigour that two months later they threatened Washington. If such be the doctrine distinctly enunciated by American statesmen and diplomatists, how can they, asks Lord STANLEY, contend that an independent State ought to submit to pay a fine if its discretion h as b een unwisely used? Stronger than any other illustration, how ever, were the words quoted from Mr. SEWARD himself. The great offence of English statesmen was in calling the rebels belligerents, and the rebel lion a civil war. What says Mr. SEWARD on the 4th THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1868. May, 1861 1 . nine days before theissue of the QUEEN'S piocittanati on of neutrality ? "The insurgents have instituted revolution with open, flagrant, deadly war, toe ompel the United States to acquiesce in the disme rnberment of the Union. The United States ha ye accepted this civil war as an inevitable necessity. " And this is not the utterance of an in significant speaker or anonymous writer, but the official cox respondence from the American Secretary of State accompanying the PRESIDENT'S Message to Congress. Well might Lord STANLEY say that if the clues tion were one he could discuss apart from politics, be would ask Mr. SEWARD whether he could with grair,:ty call upon him to refer the question of the English right of recognition of the civil war to solemn arbitration ? In point of fact, as Lord STANLEY declared, the two questions of the Alabama claims, and the :right of recognition, have nothing whatever in common. No nation claiming independence and self-respect could for a moment concede the one, while any Power, however strong and self-reliant, might fairly discuss and refer the other. If the statesmen of the United States are really anxious to have the matter settled they will at once lay aside a claim which, they must feel themselves, we can never admit, and meet Lord STANLEY in the same fair, candid, temperate, and friendly spirit in which he discusses these complicated and angry questions. Lord STANLEY, as we have said, carried both sides of the House with him, and obtained from Mr. GLADSTONE cordial and unhesitating sup port. If this troublesome and irritating dispute is ever to be settled no time could be more au spicious than the present, when the public feeling in both countries is favourable and friendly. We on our side need not court delay, for we are not likely to be represented by a Minister to whom we can more safely intrust our honour and our inte terests than the noble lord, whose admirable speech last night elicited the approval of friends and foes. Mr. DISRAELI has made it a general rule to avoid making reference to what he has said on public matters, and whatever misrepresentations are made he has almost always let alone. No one can wonder that he has made an exception to the rule in the case of Earl RUSSELL'S remarks in the House of Lords the other night. As we observed yesterday the speech of the noble lord was characterised by a great deal of bitterness, and he seemed determined to say something spiteful. In this attempt he succeeded better than he deserved, but at the ex pense of correctness of detail, which Mr. DISRAELI has shown in the letter which he has written on the subject. Unfortunately Earl RUSSELL has always been too bitter and prejudiced to permit hiinself to be a generous opponent ; but he need not forget to be a just one, and no one who thinks about the matter will wonder that the present Prime Minister has deemed it advisable to make reference to the speeeh delivered in the House of Lords by the noble earl. To sum up the case in a few words, the noble lord declared that Mr. DISRAELI had boasted at Edinburgh that during seven years he had opposed a reduction of the borough franchise, while all that time he had been educating his party with a view of bringing about a much greater reduction of the franchise than any then contemplated by his opponents. Mr. DISRAELI declares that this charge being made against him in an "august assembly, and by a late First Minister of the Crown, he will not refrain from observing that the charge has no foundation." Nothing of the kind was said at Edinburgh. What he then observed was, that the Tory party, after the failure of their bill in 1859, had been " educated" for seven years on. the subject of Parliamentary Reform, and during that time had arrived at five conclusions, which with their authority he had at different times announced. These were that the measure should be complete, that the representation of no place should be en tirely abrogated, that there must be a real Boundary Commission, that the county representation should be considerably increased, that the borough fran chise should be established on the principle of rating, and these five points were accomplished in the Act of 1867. This is what Mr. DISRAELI said at Edinburgh, and it is true. As a general rule, it may be said, that when politicians take refuge in sarcasms like those of Earl RUSSELL they have not much to say of -a definite character, and we should have thought that the noble earl would have been the last to discover real or imaginary discrepancies in the acts of others when he him self was so deeply compromised. We all know the famous dodge by which the Conservatives were turned out of office in 1859, and the result that it brought about. Where was the Reform Bill that the Liberals prated about so glibly, and that some were credulous enough to' think they should see accomplished P When the Opposition became the Ministers the bill had vanished into thin air, or appeared in so transmuted a form that no one could recognise the promise in the performance. '.Co account for all this we must first realise that there is a geeat deal of jealousy at Mr. DISRAELI'S success. The right honourable gen tleman, who is now the First Lord of the Treasury has well deserved all the honours he has received and the reputation he has earned, and in all con science he gave his opponents ample time and oppor tunity to do their best to win the support of the House and the confidence of the nation. The country knows who it is that it has to thank for the passing of the Reform Bill l ast sess i on. H a d t h e task been left to the disunited and disorganised Liberals it would still be undone. The indignation and irritation thus displayed are then quite uncalled for, and unworthy of Earl RUSSELL'S reputation and position ; but we feel sure that his petulance will defeat itself in the long run instead of injuring his opponents. Still, as there are always some people who will be influenced more or less by any remarks of one of Earl RUSSELL'S position, it is quite as well that Mr. DISRAELI should give so decided a contradiction to it, and put the refutation beside the accusation, as it were. Above all things, we must protest against this "monopoly of Liberalism," as the present Premier very properly called it on a recent occasion. It is subversive of the very principles of libe rality in the true acceptation of the term, and it is prolific of all kinds of evil. We are glad that, with a bold spirit and a steady hand, the citadel has been invaded, and the country rescued from such mischievous encroachments on its pro gress and development. The attempt so precipi tately made by Earl RUSSELL in the House of Lords was in every way unworthy of him. When Mr. DISRAELI had for the first time, under difficult circumstances, assumed the responsibilities and cares of office, a little more consideration was to be expected from one who must fully have esti mated the weight of the burden put upon him. Be this as it may, the Opposition, as headed by Lord RUSSELL, has shown itself in no favourable light. Mr.GLADSTONE.has done nothing to deserve censure, and perhaps disapproves of the turn taken by the noble lord in the other house. It was said some where the other day that the leadership of the Op position was to devolve entirely upon Mr. GLAD STONE shortly, and if this is a specimen of the noble lotds's management of it that we witnessed in the House of Lords on Thursday, it is a pity that the change did not take place earlier. It does not re quire much ingenuity to select a particular por tion of any speech on general affairs and twist and turn it till it assumes an awkward aspect, and can bear an unfavourable interpre tation; but the House of Commons and the country do not ask Lord RUSSELL to be their interpreter. He has tried his band through long years at Reform and failed. Let him relinquish the task and not attack others for doing what he cannot. Success always has to pay some penalty, and Mr. DISRAELI must bear the brunt of having offended the majesty of the Whigs and invaded the sanctuary of Radi calism. But we daresay he can defy their enmity if he weighs it in the balance against the goodwill and confidence of the House, and certainly it will be found wanting in power and strength to affect his progress in any material degree. The intelligence from New York continues to be full of interest. The Atlantic Telegraph yesterday brought word that President JOHNSON has been summoned to appear before the Senate Court on the 18th inst. The Senate has been organised into a Court of Impeachment to try the charges against the PRESIDENT, under the presidency of Chief Justice CHASE, so that the long-threatened process is at last to be brought to pass, and the charges against the PRESIDENT to be openly discussed and examined by the Upper House of Congress. Matters thus being brought to a crisis, the warfare between Mr. JOHNSON and the Legis lature must be terminated one way or the other, and the verdict of the country will be pronounced as well as the less reliable and important decision of the Senate. The grounds upon which the accusations are made are of themselves so insecure and unconstitutional that it is difficult to see how any legal authority can recognise or act upon them. The Acts which Mr. JOHNSON is accused of having infringed will not themselves bear scrutiny. They are directly op posed to the fundamental doctrines of the Consti tution, and have been denounced by the most competent judges. Mr. JOHNSON, indeed, in his Message to the Senate, shows that, even ac cording to the Tenure of Office Act, he was justified in removing Mr. STANTON. The act prohibits the removal without the consent of the Senate of any Cabinet officer during the term of office of the PRESIDENT by whom he is appointed. Mr. JOHNSON did not appoint Mr. STANTON, and therefore his removal was no viola tion of the Act. Mr. STANTON was appointed under the Presidency of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and thus by the terms of their own Act tha Radicals ought to exonerate Mr. JOHNSON from all blame. But the PRESIDENT, in his Message, reminds the Senate that all the Cabinet, including STANTON himself, pronounced the Tenure of Office Act to be uncon stitutional. Mr. JOHNSON expresses his wish to have the matter tested by the Supreme Court of the nation, probably the last thing-which the Ra dicals wish to do. The resolution in favour of im peachment was adopted in the Lower House by 126 ayes (all Republicans) against 41 nays, including one Republican vote. T. STEVENS and Mr. BINGHAM, of Ohio, were then appointed to impeach Mr. JOHNSON at the Bar of the Senate—an office they will no doubt fulfil con amore. Messrs. STEVENS, BINGHAM, BOUTIVELL, WILSON, LOGAN, and WARD were selected as a committee to prepare the articles of impeachment. STANTON, mean while, continues to hold his position at the War Office, and on February 22d he procured the arrest of General THOMAS 011 the ground tliat he had threatened to seize the War-office forcibly, thereby violating the Tenure of Office Bill. General TnomAs was released on bail. Gene ral GRANT, it is said, has directed General 11310 RI" only to obey his orders, so that the rivalry and divided authority is such that no government could be maintained. It is in one sense an advantage that matters should have come to a crisis, since the storm may clear the political atmosphere. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NORTH SCHLESWIG. lIADERSLEBEN, March 7. Herr Hjort-Lorenzen, the editor of the Haderslev Avis, has been sentenced to two months' imprison ment upon the charge of publishing articles offensive to the Crown. He has given notice of an appeal against the sentence. FRANCE, BOURSE, March 6.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : q per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 69 40 Credit Mobilier End of month 238 75 Credit Foncier 1466 25 End of month 1383 75 RAILWA' Bank Shares 3020 Italian Loan End of month 43 40 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 38 Home Debt — Deferred — Account_ Orleans ...... ... 8911 Northern.. ........................... Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 555 Western Eastern • • — Sardinian Austrian ............................ . . 560 Lombard 3761 North of Spain B4 Saragossa Roman 4s} MISSING SHIP.—The Invicta sailed from Sunder land for Alexandria on the 23d of September, and has not since been heard of. THE YORKSHIRE STOCK SALES.—The great annual sales consequent upon Lady-day changes in the agricultural districts of the North and East Ridings have commenced. Numerically the announcements fall short of previous years—a sign of a more settled condition of things in farm ing. The first week usually rules unsteady, but so far as can be judged the sales aro likely to prove much better than was anticipated. The report of Mr. Boulton (the " Tattersall" of the stock sales) shows that prices have been good. Leicester ewes have averaged 545, and at an odd sale or two as far as 60s. per head. Hog sheep have ranged from 335. to 38s. per head. In beasts the greatest run is for milch cows and in-calvers, which run from £l6 to £2O. Grazing heifers have sold from £ll to £l4 per head. The " great" sales come off next week. THE MURDER NEAR SELBY.—There are two men in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a journeyman bricklayer, whose name is believed to be Daniel Driscoll, who was murdered on the highway, South Duffield, near Selby, last Saturday night. One is a brick layer, named Thomas Seaber, who has been privately examined before a bench of East Yorkshire magistrates at Escrick, and remanded till next Wednesday ; the second man is named Frederick Barker, a man of bad character, who about two months ago was committed to Beverley House of Correction for a petty theft at Homing borough. It seems that Driscoll, the murdered man, and Barker were discharged from that prison on Saturday last, and that they travelled together to Bubwith station, on the North-Eastern line, a f4w miles from the site of the murder. Driscoll, at the time he lett the prison, had in his possession a watch and four sovereigns, of which he had been robbed by the person or persons who murdered him. Barker• has been examined before a bench of magistrates and remanded. It is believed that the mystery which at first involved this murder and robbery is now in a fair way of being cleared up. During a quarter of a century Ilorniman's Teas have had an immense sale, and as they aro now 8d per pound Cheaper, in consequence of the Reduced Duty, the demand will doubtless be even farther extended. Sold, secured in Packets; genuine are signed liorniman and Co., London. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—At the Caledonian Railway meeting, hold on Thursday at Edinburgh, a reso lution was carried by a large majority, authorising the board to raise £520,000. A poll was demanded by the minority. It is understood that the chairman's proxie will more than suffice to carry the pro ooal. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PAWS: FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENt) PARIS, FRIDAY, March 6. The new Press Law has passed the Chamber, and has succeeded in dissatisfying all parties. The Arcadians think it too liberal ; the Liberals, I need hardly say, think it quite the reverse. With great difficulty the latter have succeeded in obtaining immunity from the stamp duty for scientific newspapers without advertisements. As for the others, all that they have gained is a reduction of the duty by one centime (a reduction so small that it will not enable the journalists to lower the price of their journals), and the right to enlarge without paying additional duty. The second concession will allow the publication of large newspapers like the Times, which hitherto has been prac tically impossible by reason of the old rule which imposed a duty in proportion to the number of square inches of paper. But the heaviest grievances still remain. The journalists do not know what is lawful comment and what is not. It is, indeed, impossible to lay down any rule under the existing law. Again : offences against the Press Law are not tried by a jury, but by judges who have hardly ever been known to give a decision against the Government ; moreover, the trials are not allowed to be reported. Lastly, it is in the power of the Government to ruin any newspaper by im posing enormous fines, which are made leviable under th^ new bill. Altogether, this portion of the programme of " crowning the edifice " must be considered almost at unsatisfactory as the other portion—the increase of the army to 1,200,000 men, with a contingent of 100,000. One unhappy newspaper has just succumbed to Govern ment persecution. A meeting of the proprietors and creditors of the Courrier Francais has been summoned to wind up that most unfortunate and hardly-used of journals. M. Cassagnac has promised to publish to-morrow in the Pays all his proofs of the charges of corruption which he has brought against six Paris journals and periodicals. I need hardly say that the Pays will have a large circulation. Meanwhile the Situation, as I mentioned yesterday, has already published a summary of these so-called proofs. How far they will be accepted as such your readers may judge when I mention that two of the papers which are mentioned in one of M. La Varenne's alleged despatches so long ago as 1859 and 1860, are the Avenir National and the Liberte. Neither of these papers was in existence at that time. The first began in 1864 ; the second, I believe, in 1866. M. La Varenne must have been a very far-seeing man if he made arrangements to buy the support of journals five years before they were projected or thought of. The Paris democrats are very angry at an insult which they consider has just been done to the memory of an illustrious colleague. The Italians have determined to transport to Venice the remains of their famous patriot Daniel Manin, President of the short-lived Venetian Republic of 1848. Manin died at Paris in 1857, and was buried in the vault of Ary Scheffer, the artist, at the Montmartre Cemetery. It was intended to have had some sort of demonstration on the removal of his body from the cemetery to the railway station, but the Government officials, in order to prevent anything of the kind, attended privately, opened the vault, and identified the coffins of Manin, his wife, and daughter, and had them removed ; the only persons present being S. Nigra, the Italian Minister, the Prefect of Police, a member of the Manin Commission, • and a representative of the Scheffer family. As the bodies will not be given up to the Italian Government until the 18th, there was, of course, no need of such haste, except for political reasons. " Count Meudon" has abandoned the incognito, and has been received in state by the Prussian Royal Family as Prince Napoleon. People are now convinced that the Prince has a mission, after all; and the Avenir National says that according to letters from Berlin, the French Legation in that city made an important communication to the Prussian Government respecting the Prime's visit. The Prince is, the Government was informed, charged by the Emperor with a mission tending to confirm the entente between the sovereigns of France and Prussia. The Minister of Marine has addressed a report to the Emperor upoii the training schools for the navy. H e says that the instruction is at present unsatisfactory, and that after consulting with the Minister of Education he has devised a scheme for establishing at the naval ports courses of lectures, to be attended by naval officers and other officials who have shewn an aptitude for acquiring information. The instructors will be the inspectors of primary education residing in the ports. In accordance with this report, the Emperor has issued a decree ordering the changes recommended, and directing the fees which are to be paid and the mode of raising funds. The German ladies residing in Paris have been cot lecting subscriptions for a German hospital in this city, and have raised £2,000, of which the Princess Metternich, wife of the Austrian Ambassador, raised £720. The Paris papers think the amount prodigious. They are not used to the heroic scale of almsgiving common in England. The Jockey Club have just issued their programme for the season. The prizes for the Chantilly races, the Paris Derby, have been raised to over £25,000. The number of " events" each day will he six instead of five. The opening day at Longchamps is Easter Monday, April 13. According to the Berlin correspondent of the Times the property of King George of Hanover is not absolutely con fiscated, but the interest arising from it is, instead of being paid to his Majesty, to be added to the principal, the whole amount to be dealt with hereafter according to cir cumstances. It is hinted that if the King should ever engage in hostilities against Prussia the whole will be con fiscated to pay the cost of the war thereby incurred. The amount is 16 million thalers (about £2,250,000) in personal property, besides real estate, palaces, &c. At last Italy seems to have a Finance Minister who is not afraid to speak the truth. Count Cambray-Digny, instead of, like his predecessors, indulging in optimist pre dictions, has told the Italian Chambers that even economy will not now save them, that it is absolutely necessary to impose fresh taxes, and that if the country will not sub mit to them a catastrophe is inevitable, which is nothing less than the failure of the Italian Kingdom. Things must have become very bad before a Minister would make such a confession. Being thus bad, confession is the first indis pensable step towards amendment. The Morning Advertiser gives a singular instance of the freedom which prevails in Italy. As the King drove by one day in Florence a knot of people shouted " Viva it Duca di Toscano !" and their cheers for the dethroned dukes were not stopped even by the carbineers. Fancy what would be the fate of the man who should cry in the streets of Paris " Vive Henri Cinch !" or of him who should shout in the streets of Hanover " Koenig Georg Hoch !" M. Bouher and other leading Ministers are said to be besieged with requests for political information by the gamblers of the Bourse. Lorettes send confidential notes asking the Ministers to spend the evening with them, in the hope of obtaining some crumb of news which will enable them to anticipate the ordinary speculators on the Bourse. It is to be hoped that they allure in vain. Bouher has the reputation of being able to keep his own counsel and his honour untainted. The funeral of King Ludwig of, Bavaria is quite an epoch in the history of undertaking. The body was em balmed on Sunday, March 1, the process taking seven hours. On Wednesday there was an exposition in a Chapelle ardente which had been put up for the occasion. The saloon was entirely draped with black, decorated with silver trappings and tears. On the left was an altar fully vested, and above the cross was an " L" surmounted by a crown borne up by kneeling angels. At this altar a succession of masses were said from 6 a.m. till noon. The King reposed upon a bed of white satin, ornamented with gold arabesques, and beneath a canopy surmounted by a crown enveloped in crape, and at the foot was a large silver Latin cross. Above the door was a coat of arms also covered with crape. The King was dressed in a marshal's uniform, and upon it shone the foreign orders and stars which he possessed, and round his neck was the royal collar, and across it the ribbon of the Legion of Honour. His commander's sword was laid across his breast, and in his hand was the crucifix which he kissed just before his death. The railing was decorated with funeral lamps, and crowns woven out of camellias, roses, violets, lilacs, and other flowers. At his feet, fixed on a cushion, were the insignia of various foreign orders. Upon the left of the pillow was a marshal's hat, with white plumes. Soldiers kept guard and stood before the altar. Lord Derby is now rapidly approaching convalescence. Shortly after the crisis which necessitated his retirement from active political life, the recovery of his lordship, though steady and decided, was very slow. During the last few days, however, the signs of improvement have been more marked, and his family and friends now confi dently anticipate that the noble ex-premier will soon be able to remove to the metropolis. The John Bull adds that his lordship hopes to be in his place in the House by the end of this month. It is stated in the John Bull, that while in the forth coming debate on Ireland her Majesty's Government will frankly state their views generally on Irish questions, there is no intention to legislate on the Irish Church, pend ing the report of the Royal Commission. On the first night of Lord Cairns' taking his seat on the woolsack in the House of Lords, he had lost his voice to such an extent that he was unable to put the question. According to the Scotsman, the state of the Lord Chan cellor's health causes great apprehension among his friends. He looks like a man in an advanced stage of decline. Mr. Giffard, Q.C., of the Chancery bar, is, the Herald states, to succeed Sir W. P. V,Tood as Vice Chancellor. Mr. Giffard was called to the bar in 1840. In his appoint- ment, as in that of Lord Justice Wood, the Government has sacrificed the claims of party to considerations of utuen f9r Vac 44i/4454AV/a 9 jigticot- WILLS AND BEQUESTS. Letters of - administration of the personal estate and effects in this country of the Hon. Ulick Canning De Burgh, Lord Dunkellin, 'Lave been granted by her Majesty's Court of Probate to his father, the Marquis of Clanricarde, K.P., P.C., Lord Dunkellin having died intestate. His lordship, - who had retired from the mili tary service, was lieutenant-colonel of the Coldstream Guards, formerly aide-de-camp and State steward to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and was also appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Canning in India. He served in the Crimea in 1854-5 ; represented Galway in the House of Commons since 1857, and died at the age of 40.—The will of Peter Pantia Ralli, Esq., merchant, has been proved under £500,000 personalty. He has left the whole of his property to his wife, whom he appointed sole executrix.—The will of James Fallows, Esq., of Sunny Bank, Longsight, Manchester, merchant, was proved in the Registry at Manchester, and the personalty sworn under £lOO,OOO, the executors being his partner, .John Kepner, and Thomas Johnson, of Manchester, corn merchant. The will and codicil are both dated March 6, 1867. Ile has left very liberal charitable beuests : To the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Dispensary, £1,000; and a like bequest to the Manchester and Salford Town Mission, to the Manchester Deaf and Dumb Asylum, to Henshaw's Blind Asylum, Manchester, and to the Church Pastoral Aid Society. To the British and Foreign Bible Society, Salford and Pendleton Royal Hospital, and the Jubilee, or Ladies' Charity School for Girls, each £5OO. He has bequeathed the sum of £lO,OOO to the Manchester Diocesan Church Building Society, regard being shewn to New-cross Ward, St. Michael, Holt Town, in Berwick ; and also left to several parishes legacies of £lOO each, to be applied to the use of Sunday and day schools. He has made provision for his sister and nephews and nieces, and leaves the residue to be divided amongst six of his nephews and nieces. To each of his executors he has left a legacy of £l,OOO. All legacies are to be free of duty.—lllustrated London IVews. THE AT7 EMPT 70 13L0IV UP THE DUNDEE MAGAZINE. The Dundee Advertiser states that on W ednesday last, about mid-day, it was discovered that a quantity of tow had been placed close to the innermost door of the Dundee Powder Magazine ; that the tow had been set on fire, its smouldering embers remaining ; that -the door and floor, both being of wood, were somewhat charred; but that, providentially, the fire had not continued sufficiently long to burn through the door, or communicate with the gun- powder. The magazine is a building of small size, and of the form of an oblong. It is surrounded by a wall of the same• shape, in the east and west ends of which there are door ways. The distance of the walls from the magazine prope? on the north and south sides is only some two yards, but there is a greater space at the ends. The magazine propel is entered from the east end by two doors. The first or outer door enters into a passage, and before admission tc the interior of the building is obtained a second door has to be opened. As soon as anyone passes the second dog, he has access to the powder, and it should be mentioned that . there are generally from five to seven tons of this corn bustible in the magazinr. The regulations under which the magazine has been kept are these :—The key of thf door in the west end of the wall was in the custody of th. keeper of the magazine, Michael Waters, while the ke• of the door in the east end was in charge of the sentry fo) the time. The key of the outer door of the magazine wai kept by the military, and the key of the inner door by the keeper. . _ At noon, the keeper of the magazine called for the pur pose of taking away some powder. The sentry was informed in the usual manner, and followed the keeper to the maga zine. About the subsequent proceedings there is some difference of opinion. The military state them as follows : The keeper, after passing through the door in the outer wall, left the sentry, who next saw him inside the maga zine, in company with a young man named Robert Gow. When the sentry found that the keeper was able to gain admittance to the magazine without the use of the min tary key, which was considered indispensable, he thought there was something wrong, called the guard, and had the man taken to the orderly-room immediately, where, how. ever, he was instantly released. The account of the cir cumstance given by the police differs materially from that furnished by the soldiers. They state that the keeper passed the sentry, who opened the east wall gate to him, an I accompanied him to the entrance to the magazine. He says he told the sentry that Robert Gow had gone by the Lochee-road, and that he had therefore to open the west gate to admit him. He was accordingly admitted, and Waters states that all three— on the outer door of the magazine being opened —saw the tow at the same moment. Waters sap that he lifted the tow and put it in his cap, but scarcely had he done so when the sentry ran away, called the guard, and a scene such as we have described occurred. It is alleged, however, that there weremore keys in use than there ought to have been. As soon as the outside door of the magazine was opened, a piece of tow rolled up was found close to the foot of the inner door in a smouldering con dition. It had apparently lain for some time, as a portion of the wooden floor between the two doors and the foot of the inner door was charred. The material was removed without the slightest delay, and the matter was brought under the notice of Captain White. An investigation was at once instituted, but it led to the implication of no one. That the tow was placed where it was found by some one who had the means of opening the outside door of the magazine, there can be no doubt. Had not the burning material been thus timeously noticed, it is impossible to estimate the destruction of life and property that would have ensued. We understand that the matter is to be reported to the Sheriff, who, in all probability, will ask the Procurator-Fiscal to inquire into it. A. correspondent of a provincial contemporary states that our Government have just agreed, or are about to agree, to a reduction in the postage between France and England to 21, and to a reduction of the charge for telegrams between England and India by £l. The Dublin Mail states that the exact number of M.P.'s who wished their names put down as desiring to attend Mr. Disraeli's meeting was 230. The number of members actually present reached to between no and 160. As to the morale of the gathering, nothing could have been more encouraging. There is a paragraph in the Advertiser to the effect that a small sec Lion of Conservatives, led by Lord Cranborne, will co-operate with Mr. Gladstone in endeavouring to oust the present Government. This is hardly probable. Mr. Gladstone paid too dearly for Lord Cranborne's alliance last year to again wish to act in concert with that noble lord. The Premier's letter to the morning papers must have been received too late on Friday night to allow its being made the subject of a leader. The Daily News, however, devotes a short editorial to the subject. It finds fault with both the manner and the matterof Mr. Disraeli's famous Edinburgh speech. In most men that portion of it which spoke of " educating " the Conservative party would have been considered as something like a boast. Then as to the matter of his claim. He specifies five points, but his boast was broader than his enumeration. It was after the Tory party had passed their Household Suffrage Bill that Mr. Disraeli came forward to claim the position of the educator of its members. Teachers do not rush forward and claim the credit of having in structed people who behave ill or misuse their lessons. Mr. Disraeli most distinctly took credit for having prepared his party during seven years for the bill of last session, and that bill has established household suffrage. If the education he gave did not fulfil 'its end, why boast of it? If it did, the educator intended that which it effected. What Mr. Disraeli has now to gain by contest ing the substantial accuracy of Earl Russell's succinct representation of his claim, our contemporary fails to per: ceive. With respect to what the Premier says in his letter as to what was " accomplished by the Act of 1867," the Daily - News denies that the Act is regarded as a final measure, and doubts whether, with the exception of Mr. Disraeli, a single member of the Tory party looks upon it as complete. One of the Conservative weeklies intimates that should it be found necessary at any future time to strengthen the Ministerial ranks in the House of Lords by the elevation of Mr. Hardy to the peerage, it might appear that, as there is nobody in the House more specially qualified to administer the Home Office than Mr. Hunt, the best arrangement would be to transfer the right hon. gentle man to that position, and thus enable Sir Stafford North. cote to succeed to the administration of the national finances. Mr. Disraeli's amended measure for the trial of election petitions is more favourably viewed than was its prede cessor. The two extra judges would, when not occupied with their ordinary duties, be able to attend the sittings of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, or the Court of Exchequer Chamber, and both of these tribunals certainly require to be strengthened. The only difficulty would be found in dealing expeditiously with the mass of petitions which always flow in after a general election. In 1865 more than 40 petitions were presented, affecting the seats of 72 members. The Nottingham committee alone sat 27 days. Up to Friday night no order for the release of Mr. Johnston from Downpatriek Prison had been received. The Dublin Nail says that Mr. Johnston did not apply for his own release, nor is it his intention to do so. The same paper reports a great meeting of the Protestant Defence Association, which has been held in Belfast, and points to it as "showing that the gentry of Ulster are al earnestly resolved as the Protestant masses of that pro vine to uphold the institutions of the country, and the freedom curscl by tlieD4_o all classes,", (rant gliathr• 141 I HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6. Ti.e Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise and Prince Leo pold. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, left the Castle this morning at half-past 11 o'clock for London. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales drove out, attended by - the Countess of Morton. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held on Thursday in the Council Chamber, at which the Lard Mayor (Alderman Allen) presided. THE NEW BLACKFRIARS A report was brought up from Mr. Cubitt, the engineer of the new bridge in course of erection at Blackfriars, detailing the progress of the works during the last two months. The report was to the effect that the works were going on satisfactorily, but that the matters relating to the diversion of the Fleet sewer, the connection with the Thames em bankment and the railway, were in the same state as last year. These were the only matters that were likely to stand in the way of a speedy comple tion of the work. Deputy OBBARD wished to know whether it was not possible for something to be done to prevent the delay that was occasioned by the connexion of the bridge with the other works alluded to. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he was afraid not. It was the old story of the railway stops the way. If they could find the money, the works connected, with the railways would no doubt go on more rapidly. Deputy Lorr said he should be glad if the chair man of the Bridge-house Committee would inform the court whether any of the coins that were depo sited in the foundations of the old bridge bad been discovered ? Mr. HEATH, the chairman of the committee, at first stated that a portion of the coins only had been found. This, it appeared subsequently, was a mistake, and the fact was that none of the coins had been found. In answer to a question put by another hon. memLer, Mr. HEATH stated that he believed, from all that the committee knew at present that the new bridge would be opened for traffic by the begin ning of next year. He could not, of course, pledge himself within a few months as to the period when the opening would take place, but the committee would do everything in their power to expedite the works. (Hear, hear.) With re gard to the approaches, there were, of course, a good many difficulties in the way, and he was un able to give the Court any information upon the subject at pre sent. THE NEW DEAD DIEAT MARKET IN SMITHFIELD. A report was also brought up from Mr. H. Jones, the architect for the City, giving a detailed ac count of the state of the works at the proposed new market in Smithfield. The report gave a very satisfactory detail of the condition of the building. It appeared that 220 men were at present employed upon the works, and the erec tion of the different portions of the market was proceeding rapidly. Mr. BEDFORD inquired when the market was likely to be opened. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, the chairman of the Markets Improvement Committee, to whom the question was addressed, said in reply that he should be sorry to raise expectations that were not likely to be rea lised, but he really believed that the new market would be ready for business to be carried on in it before next Christmas. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. THE HOLBORN VALLEY IMPROVEMENT. A report was then brought up from Mr. Hey wood, the engineer engaged in the works of the Holborn-valley, describing the works that had been completed, and also those that were in progress. Deputy FRY, the chairman of the Improvement Committee, in answer to a question that was put to him as to when the new road was likely to be opened for traffic, said that so far as the carriage thoroughfare was concerned he believed that por tion of the work would be completod by the end of this year or the beginning of next. (Hear, hear.) The western approach to the viaduct was nearly completed, and he said the committee wished that the work at the other end, in the neighbourhood of the market, was in au equally forward state. THE ARCHIVES OF THE CORPORATION. Mr. R. N. PHILLIPS next brought up a report from the Law and Parliamentary Committee, having reference to the safe keeping of the archives and charters of the corporation, and recommending that additional restrictions should be placed upon per sons who desired to examine and make ex tracts from the muniments of the corporation. He defended the recommendation of the committee by urging that a great many of the most important rights and privileges appertaining to the corporation depended upon those ancient records, and it was the duty of this court, acting for the corporation and for their fellow-citizens, to take care that these records were not tampered with, or that an unfair advantage was not taken of the corporation in re spect to them by persons who were unfriendly to the corporation. Mr. ()MIDGE opposed the reception of the report, on the ground that the present system had worked very well, and that the additional restrictions which it was proposed by the report to impose upon the examination of the muniments of the co r po r ation would improperly interfere with the rights and privileges of the members of this court. He moved as an amendment that the report do lie on the table. Deputy DE JERSEY, in opposing the amendment, reminded the Court that a circumstance had oc curred in former times which showed that an im proper use might be made of the privilege that was afforded by the corporation of allowing parties to examine and take extracts from their records• (Hear, hear.) He denied that the report was in all way calculated, by the regulations it proposed t° enforce, to interfere with the privileges of ani member of the corporation, and all that was sought for was that the ancient records of the corporation should not be examined except in the presence of some responsible person, and thus any attempt to tamper with them would be prevented. (Hear.) After some further discussion the amendment was put and negatived ; and Mr. Phillips then, at the suggestion of several members, consented to allow the report to be referred back to the cone' mittee for further consideration, with a view to another report being brought up upon the subject• MHE " MAGNUS LIBER." Mr. B. ORRIDGE brought up a report from the Library Committee on the reference of the 28th ° f November last relative to the practicability of having written in the album, presented to the corporatio n by M. Rollinger, of Vienna, a description of the Exhibition of 1862 and other matters. The cool' inittee reported that in consequence of the groat . , size of the book it was of no practical utility, an they therefore recommended that the reference De discharged, which was accordingly done. The proceedings then terminated. SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A PONVDSII MAGAZINE.— On Thursday a quantity of burnt flax 04 piece of woollen cloth was found in the powder alftg a ; zinc at Dundee Barracks by tho keeper. Part of the Hoof was burned as well as part of the door. The fla me the the burning material had evidently soon gone out , or t'a result would have 'been disastrous to the barracks an ueighbourhooJ. How the fire originated is i n volved i ll , nystery. There is nothing to lead to the conclusion the. he affair, as might be supposed, is the work of Ferris rhe magazine, which is regularly guarded by .o well as soldiers, contained three tons of gunpow der ; hat, had an explosion taken place, it is impossible to 6 " what would have been the extent of the disaster. impossible what vestigation is being made by the authorities, a nd 'nation has been communicated to the Lord-Advocate (ilavezo Herald. Th e hav e equal fu the tors tiou o. the 13 T been c chairtn Place GovE ° Per u ent 1)0 . A cc a N per c ent New 2 3 )" I.f p Do, g Do. for; L,PLu e ° (R qued Du Do A tht .Do. -4, o f Ei D e; Ace la t A G :c •-•o 5 D c _ Pe aim rno , sto( Ma. Eta' cen, ace( o3i 113 Bill In ( and 89k to ;3 Tur: Egy prei 1. 1 5-2 C hav( gage