The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-30 00:00:00

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE LIBERAL PARTY.

LEITER FROM MR. BAINES.

Mr. E. Baines, M.P., has addressed a letter of
some length to Mr. Crawford on the general question of
Mr. Gladstone's relation, to the liberal party. He appeals
to Mr. Crawford for the initiation of some measure cal-
culated to bring back Mr. Gladstone to the position of
leader. Without this the party will be paralysed, and
"the mighty interests of the constitution will be abandoned
to the tender mercies of anti-reformers." Mr. Gladstone
has been accessible to opinions from every quarter, and has
deferred to the judgment of a minority for the
common cause. If he has committed any fault it
has been by yielding too much, not too little.
True independent members must decide on their
course for themselves, but if they detach themselves from
the body of the reformers the inevitable consequence
will be the surrender of our representative system into
the hands of the tories to model it according to their will.
Mr. Baines declares his alarm at the position of the re-
form question. "The bill of the government," he says,
" is so bad from beginning to end that I have no hope of its
being made worthy of the acceptance of parliament or the
country. The county franchise is not adequately ex-
tended. The borough franchise is constructed to beguile
the radicals, yet to satisfy the tories ; and either the one
party or the other will he horribly cheated by it. It will
entail upon us conflict in our parishes and corruption at our
elections. In ionic boroughs it will admit the very lowest
class of householders, while in the vast majority of boroughs,
as in my own, it will exclude the skilled, educated, and
well-pod artisans. The principle of the dual vote hes
been universally condemned in the house and the country.
The proposed plan of voting by polling-papers is open to
endless fraud and the exercise of undue influence to an
unlimited extent. The two years' residence is a great in-
justice to the new voters as compared with the old. The
fancy franchises are liable to gross abuse. The absence of
a lodger franchise will make the bill inoperative in the
metropolis. The redistribution of seats is ridiculously is-
adequate to redress the anomalies of the electoral map.
Such are some of the objectionable features of the bill,
and it is an additional cause of alarm that it is to be con-
ducted through the committee by • minister of whom it
is needless to say more than that he is the author of the
measure. Unless the reformers c.n re-unite under a re-
cognised leader, it is evident that every attempt to check
the rapid progress of the bill, or to change its character,
will utterly fail. The liberal majority will become a routed
minority ; and we ought gravely to consider how we shall
be able to justify ourselves to our constituents and the
country for permitting the ruin of the reform cause when
we had actually the means in our bands of insuring its
triumph. There seems to me no possible means of averting
this disa.,ter and disgrace but by appealing to Mr. Glad-
stone again to take the initiative."

Mr. Gregory's amendment last night, by which
it was proposed to insert in the Tenants' Improvement
(Ireland) Bill the words, "Without prejudging the
second reading of this bill, the house is of opinion
that no enactment for the settlement of the land-
lord and tenant question can be deemed satisfactory
which does not provide for the encouragement of leases
in that country," was supported by the Irish liberal mem-
bers en ewer, including even Lord Dunkellin, and by the
English liberals, who represent the principal constituen-
cies In the majority against the amendment are the
names of Mr. Dodson, Earl Grosvenor, and Mr. Lowe ; the
remainder are all nominally conservatives.
REPRESENTATION OF EAST CORNWALL.—MT. T.
J. A. Rohartes, for many years the liberal member for the
eastern division of Cornwall, has intimated that be has
finally resolved not to offer himself for re-election. He
feels that his health will not permit of his giving that close
attention to parliamentary duties which the duties of a
representative require, and he has therefore fully made
up his mind to withdraw from the position he has so long
maintained to the satisfaction of his constituents. Sir
Colman Rashleigh, Sir C. G. P. Simla, Sir John Trelawny,
and Lord Elliot are each and all n►med for the seat which
will become vacant by Mr. Robartes's retirement, and it is
almost certain that the liberal party will select one of these
gentlemen.
CONSERVATIVE UNION Soctery.—A meeting of
representatives from " constitutional associations " of all
the principal cities and towns in England was held at the
Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, yesterday after-
noon, to promote the formation of a Conservative Union.
The object of the society is to constitute a centre of union
for conservative associations, all of whom will be expected
to subscribe to it, and will be entitled to send representa-
tives to each general meeting.

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1867.

LAMM INTELLIGENCE.

LUXEMBURG.

It was ststed by the Marquis de Moustier that
the first proposal respecting the sale of Luxem-
burg came from the Dutch government. At the
sitting of the Dutch Chambers, on the 26th inst.,
M. van Zuylen van Nyevelt, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, made the following statement :
" There is one important point which requires ex-
planation. M. van Swinderen has said that the
government of Holland was the first to move in
this matter in reference to a foreign government.
I must give the most formal denial to that allega-
tion."

(arum's micaama.)
FRANCE AND THE LUXEMBURG
QUESTION.

PARIS, APRIL 30.

The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol-
lowing :—" At the time when the late incidents
relative to Luxemburg gave rise to certain appre-
hensions for the maintenance of peace, the French
army, in consequence of the reductions effected in
1865, had fallen below, its normal effective..aon
the other hand, the.corps of occupation in 4 Mexico
had left in America 7,000 horses, 3,000 of [these
being draught horses which it was indispensable to
replace. It was therefore the duty of the
government to take precautionary measures.
These have consisted in raising the regi-
menta to their effective strength, in purchasing
a certain number of horses, and placing the frontier
fortresses in a state of defence. The pacific intelli-
gence which has transpired within the last few days
has determined the Emperor to take no further
measure, in order not to furnish any pretext for
agitating the public mind, and not to discourage
the hopes of peace. Thus the number of horses
to be bought will be limited to what is strictly
necessary, and the soldiers on furlough, who were
to be ordered to rejoin their regiments, will be
allowed to remain in their homes."

THE WAR M. THE BRAZILS.
ARRIVAL OF THE SEINE.
LISBON, APRIL 30.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship
Seine has arrived here from Brazil, ck.c., and will
leave at 8 a.m. to-day for Southampton with 104
passengers, specie 52,4561., 1,546 bags of coffee,
677 rolls of tobacco, 40 barrels tapioca, 50 packages
of ipecacuanha, and 164 packages of sundries.
The Shannon, with the outward mail of the 9th
inst., has arrived at St. Vincent (Cape de Verds).
RIO DE JANEIRO, APRIL 8.
The mission of the United States Minister to
the camps of General Lopez and Marshal Caxias
with the object of promoting peace between the
belligerents has led to no result. No fresh opera-
tions have taken place at the seat of war.
RIO, APRIL R.
Exchange on London, 231 to 24 ; on Paris, 392
to 398. Coffee, good first, 7.200 to 8.500 reis.
Total export since the departure of the last mail,
114,466 bags, of which 11,491 were for the Channel,
23,033 for the North of Europe, 11,161 for the Medi-
terranean, and 2,228 for the Baltic. Sales, 99,200
bags. Stock, 80,000. Freights, 42a. 6d. to 475. 6cL
BAHIA, Aram 13.
Exchange on London, 241 to 24i. Sugar, whites,
2.600 to 3.400 reis ; browns, 2.100 to 2.200 reis.
Cotton, 13.500 to 14.500 reis.
PERNAMBUCO, APRIL 16.
Exchange on London, 24f. Sugar, whites, 4.300
to 4.500 reis ; browns, 2.250 to 2.700 reis. Cotton,
13.800 to 14.000 reis.
BUENOS AYRRS, liLtacu 27.
Exchange on London, 49 to 491. Dry hides, 44.
Wool, 45 to 90. Lumber, 38 to 42.

INDIA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS.
GIBRALTAR, APRIL 29.
The Syria will leave during the night. She may
be expected at Southampton on the 4th May.

OUTWARD MAIL OF APRIL 12-20.
SUEZ, APRIL 29.
The Madras left for Bombay at 7 a.m. to-day.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
NEW YORK, APRIL 20.

Tho Mississippi petition for an injunction to stay
the execution of the Reconstruction Act, being so amended
as to pray for an injunction against Secretary Stanton
and Generals Grant and Ord, was presented to the
Supreme Court on Thursday last, and allowed to be filed
notwithstanding a motion from the Attorney-General that
the bill should be dismissed on the ground that the case
was beyond the jurisdiction of the court. The case will
be heard on the 2tith inst.

General Schofield baa announced that former conscripts
of the rebel army are not necessarily to be disfranchised.
A republican state convention met at Richmond on
Thursday. Several white and nerro radicals spoke on the
occasion, and resolutions were passed thanking Congress
and endorsing the action of that body in adopting the
platform of the republican party. The resolutions also
advocated political equality and general education irrespec-
tive of colour.

Radical meetings have been held by the whites and
negroes in Winston, Mobile, and North Carolina, at which
resolutions were adopted in favour of affiliating with the
Radical party in the North, purging congress, and confis-
cating the property of the rebels.
Numerous conservative meetings of whites and negroes
have been held at Petersburg (Savannah) and other places,
at which conservative principles were avowed , but at the
same time submission to the Reconstruction Act was
advocated.

The collector of Customs at New Orleans has seized the
French steam ship Darien in consequence of an alleged
attempt by the officers of the vessel to defraud the
Customs.

The investigation into the alleged extensive enlistments
in Cuba for the army of the Emperor Maximilian proves
that very few men had enlisted, and those without the
knowledge of the authorities of the Island.
Advice, from Belize (Honduras) to the 2nd April state
that the Indian war was at an end, and that martial law
had been suspended.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, APRIL 20.

Republican advice, from Matamoros to the 13th inst.
reiterate the news of the capture of Puebla by the Repub-
licans, and of the offer made by Maximilian to capitulate,
and the terms of which had been refused by Juarez.
The defeat of Escobedo was denied. Yellow fever bad
appeared at Vera Cruz.

(ET ATLANTIC TELEGRAPI4.)
NEW YORK, Arum 29, f, P.M.

Closing prices :—Gold opened at 134 i, but
afterwards rallied, closing at 136. Sterling
exchange on London, 1091. 5-20 United States
Bonds, 111 ; Illinois, 114 ; Brie, 60. Cotton:
Middling Upland, 30. Petroleum, refined, 26.
The Cambria and the City of Cork have arrived
out.

The coronation of the King of Hungary is now
fixed for June 2.

A journal of Pomerania announces that Count
de Bismarck recently purchased for 2,062,600 fr, the
domain of Barrio, situated in the circle of &hien, and
composed of five large estates.
According to the Pivimmitese Gazette Garibaldi
has renounced altogether his intention of sitting in the
Italian Parliament at present.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(FROM 001 OWN CORRESPONDIN7.)
PARIS, 310NDar E‘EstsG.-
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The terrible weather, relentless, remorseless,
always wet and always cold, put a stop to the ant
of the a/ fresco fêtes in the Exhibition park, which
was announced for yesterday evening. All Paris
is now mud and slush, not only on the Mac-
adamised Boulevards but in the paved streets. The
military bands which for a few moments played
yesterday in the reserved horticultural gardens of
the Champs de Mars were speedily driven to seek
shelter. A place was found for them in the pavil-
lion of weights, measures, and coins, where a good
many people crowded in to listen. A new adjunct
of the Exhibition called the Salle Suffren, destined
for international concerts, was inaugurated yester-
day by a performance of "American minstrels."

The visit of Theresa to Marseilles has proved
anything but a success to the director of the
Alcazar cafe-concert. His attempt to charge 20fr.,
10fr., and sfr., for what any Paris workman could
have with a glass of beer for fifteen sous, excited
quite a storm of indignation in the city. So few
persons were present on the day fixed, that the con-
cert was postponed until the next evening ; and
even then only about fifty persons had taken
tickets ; but a crowd of about 2,000 assembled be-
fore the entrance, hissing and hooting. Stones were
thrown at the lamps outside, and the stands on which
they were placed were thrown down and broken. A
drove of donkeys happening to be passing by, the
crowd opened • passage for them towards the hall,
exclaiming, in Marseilles patois—" Make way for
the donkeys." " Let the donkeys go and KO
Thdrdsa." The police and gendarmes endeavoured
to restore order, but without avail ; and at length
the administration, finding that the concert could
not proceed in the midst of the disorder, was
obliged to return the money and close the build-
ing. Thdrdsa, on her side, has since written to
one of the local journals, to say that she consented
to sing at the solicitation of the director, but had
nothing to do with fixing the prices. The inten-
tion was to give subsequent concerts at a lower rate
of admission for the people. The journal sarcasti-
cally remarks that it was really a pity that the
intention so intimated had not been made known
before.

The King of Prussia's speech was not known till
after Bourse hours. Had it been placarded there
it would not, I think, have affected quotations. It
seems to be carefully so worded as not to preju-
dice the conference one way or the other. The
highest quotations of the day were not maintained,
and no business was done at such high rates as on
the " little bourse " on the Boulevards yesterday.
Bente, after being quoted at 68fr. 20c. for cash
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