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be disposed to augur from that certainly, far rather
than from -any sensible looks or gentlemanly demean-
our that Lord MAYO will(as we must all most earnestly
hope that he will) turn out to have been a most hap-
pily selected Governor-General. Sensible' looks are
deceptive—as in the instance of the anecdote about
the dumplings related by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLE-
RIDGE. Deceptive also has been, time and again be-
fore no w, the most gentlemanly demeanour. It is simply
preposterous to reason thus superficially from the mere
outward appearance of a newly-appointed Gover-
nor-General as to whether his rule is likely to prove
satisfactory or otherwise. Lord MAYO has at least
the earnest good wishes of the nation, now that he has
actually been appointed to his high office, has taken
his departure, and has arrived at his destination.
We trust that that he will prove himself a man of
capacity, as we feel perfectly well assured, of course,
that he is a loyal and devoted subject of the Crown.

PROBABLY " L.," who opened the interesting dis-
cussion on the law of primogeniture, had some good
reason for knowing that it would be brought before
the new House of Commons very shortly. At any
rate he has started a good subject, which is likely to
be well siftedbefore Parliament reassembles. Strange
to say, one of the most important parts of this ques-
tion has been overlooked. There has been an
abundance of correspondence about the division of
land, entails, intestacy, gavelkind, mortgages, and other
collateral subjects ; but no one has raised the question
why should landed estates, if they are to go to one
son, go of necessity to the eldest ? The eldest son
is not always morally the best, nor intellectually the
wisest. He may be a rogue or a fool, or, if he be
neither, he may at least be inferior to his younger
brothers. The possession of large estates gives great
influence. It is highly important to the nation that
this influence should be used rightly. A con-
scientious father should select as his heir (if he
means to select only one) the son whom he thinks
most fitted for the duties that land-ownership
involves. There is nothing so sacred in primo-
geniture that we should sacrifice the public good to
it.

In certain parts of Wales the law of ultimo.

geniture prevails, the land descending to the last
born son. This practice is even more objectionable
than the other, since, so long as a family continues to
increase, uncertainty will prevail as to who
will be the heir, and there will be no
opportunity for teaching him his duties. A
far better custom is that which prevails in Turkey
and in the native States of India, and which of
old prevailed in Palestine. The Sultan and the
Rajah of to-day select as their successor to the
throne the son they think best, or at all events
the son they love best, just as DAVID selected
SOLOMON. The consequence is, that the weak in
body or in mind are passed over for those who are
able to bear the duties and the cares of royalty.
Freedom of choice is indeed all that is sought. The
opponents of Mr. LOCKE KING'S bill are misled by a
false cry. The supporters of the measure do not
desire to enforce an equal distribution of land.
They have no wish to interfere with testamentary

freedom. They simply say that the law has no right
to assume that a man would make an unjust will. If
he chooses to make one, that is his affair; but the
State ought not to make one for him—ought not to
enrich one child, and beggar, perhaps, eleven and
their mother. As to the objection raised by Sir
GEORGE BOWYER with regard to the difficulty of
establishing a title if the number of owners
were increased, it has simply no force.
In the first place, even if land were equally
divided among a dozen children, each of
them would be owners of a twelfth part of
the estate, not co-partners of the whole. Moreover,
no one except Sir GEORGE BOWYER supposes that
we shall much longer rest content to pay convey-
ancers for antiquarian investigations at every change
of title, when we can get a title registered once for
all. The Registration of Titles Act has not been
used much hitherto, because no one would be
likely to register unless there were a devise
of the property, and landed property does not
change hands every day. A generation at
least will pass before registration becomes at all
general. Finally, the prospect of unlimited subdi-
vision which is held up in terrorent is altogether
visionary. In France, where sub-division is compulsory,
the number of estates has actually diminished during
the last twenty years. Division of property is by no
means synonymous with division of estates. One
child may buy out the rest, and will
do so if the estate is too small for them
all to earn a livelihood out of it. More-
over, if death divides, marriage unites estates.
If the daughter gets her share equally with her
brothers, she brings that share to her husband, who
adds her estate to his. But all these considerations
would be of weight only if it were proposed to intro-
duce the French system of forcible division. Nothing
of the kind is meant. Mr. LOCKE KING and the
English Radicals would leave to landowners the
right of leaving their property as unequally as they
will; but then they must give evidence of their
will.

THE :new Russian tariff of duties on foreign
manufactures, which comes into operation on the
13th of this month—the third step taken by Russia
in the direction of free trade—is likely to prove
of much benefit in developing the resources
of the empire, and will be attended with
considerable advantage to British commerce. The
reductions made are considerable in themselves, and
there is reason to hope that they will not be the last.
For many years past Russia has been the home
par excellence of protective doctrine. Shortly after
the peace which followed the downfall of NAPOLEON,
the Muscovite nobles established manufactures,
and there being virtually no other political
power in the country, their cotton and
cloth fabrics were secured by enormous duties
which were absolutely prohibitive. It was
not until after thirty years' experience of this policy
that the Russian Government resolved to abandon a
system which did not foster national industry, whilst
it greatly encouraged smuggling. In 1850 the tariff
was modified, and in 1856 still more so ; but the
change was only a transition from prohibitive to
protective duties, the tariff still remaining exceed-
ingly high. The Government of the CZAR has
not, however,failed to see that the reductions,though
small, have greatly promoted industrial opera-
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tions, and have saved the revenue from a decline
which would otherwise have been inevitable. After
much difficulty, and in spite of great opposi-
tion from the Russian manufacturers, a third
revision has been obtained. The new tariff
contrasts sensibly with the meagre improvements
of 1856; the duties on all the more important articles
have been largely decreased, in not a few instances
as much as 70 per cent.; the differential duties—the
charging of one rate on goods imported by land, and
another on those brought by sea—have vanished with
only one exception ; and local charges have
been abolished. The change is great,
though by no means equal to the require-
ments of the case, and by no means so exten-
sive as those which were first proposed, but which
the Russian manufacturers succeeded in modifying.
The duties still remain excessive, and the good
attending them will be immediately perceptible to only
a limited extent. The chief value of the measure is

that it will surely be followed by more radical changes.
Russia for many generations to come must be a pro-
ducing rather than a manufacturing country. Her
great resources are still undeveloped, her vast plains
but half cultivated ; her territory supports the thin-
nest population of Europe. A country in this position
can never owe its chief wealth to its manufactures.
The cotton mills and cloth mills are profitable
to the nobility who own them ; but they are the
reverse of beneficial to the multitude who are de-
prived of cheap clothing, tools, and other appliances
of civilisation. Competition in manufactures may
hiurt the few in Russia, but it must prove of incal-
ctdable advantage to the many. Free trade is,

above all things, essential to the progress of
great Eastern Empire. Of course the new tariff
must be a direct gain to British trade with Russia,
which has greatly diminished of late years. It has
decreased 13 per cent. during a period which chews
an increase of 75 per cent. with France.
But we must look beyond the Baltic for the
effect of our efforts to induce the Muscovite
Government to abandon its traditional policy. The
conquest of Central Asia establishes Russia as the
neighbour of the Anglo-Indian Empire, and as our
competitor for the trade with those vast regions
which are yet unexplored and almost unknown. Our
first dealings with the Northern Power in Asia have not
been satisfactory ; the Russians have endeavoured to
exclude our commerce by prohibitive duties. Such a
policy has already brought about a difficulty on the
Indian frontier, and it may produce worse results
unless Russia concurs in that enlightened policy
which has been so firmly established in England.
The new tariff is, at least, a good beginning.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 6.

Turkey has requested that the meeting of the
Conference should be postponed for eight days, in
order to enable the Ottoman Cabinet to forward
instructions to the Turkish Minister at Paris.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY, January 6.
The Constitutionnet of to-day is destined, I should fancy,
to give some little pleasure to the Opposition. It recom-
mends all those qualified for electors to get themselves
enrolled as speedily as possible, for the last
day of registration approaches rapidly. In a funny
little sermon the semi-official editor urges upon
his countrymen the necessity, the duty of enrolling
themselves. "To abstain is culpable ;it is a defection
which nothing can justify. Beyond doubt, if the voting
were carried on here as it is in the United States
—à coups de rerolver—if the elections invariably
counted so many wounded and dead, there are
many who might justly hesitate to approach the urn.
But in France voting has always been conducted in an
orderly manner." Many persons will be inclined to ques-
tion whether the elections in America, bad as they are,
are not preferable to the shams which take place
in France. Moreover, they do not raise barri-
cades it the streets of New York. But the Consti-
tutionnel goes on to announca that the elections will
finally take place in May. " The new Legislature opens
the second period of the Empire, the period definitely
liberal, during which the role of the Corps Legislatif will
become more and more important. The six sessions which
are about to open will lead up to the majority of the Prince
Imperial. We therefore hope that Conservative electors,
those who are partisans of liberty and order,
will fulfil their duty with regularity, and, to commence,
we invite them to go as early as possible, and
consult the lists." All this is very reassuring. The elec-
tions are finally to come off in May, and there can, there-
fore, be no new unconstitutional stretches of the Imperial
prerogative. The partial elections, which were postponed
for six months, according to the privilege of the
Emperor, will be postponed no longer, and the
Opposition, which was getting anxious about the appeal
to the country, may now make its preparations for the
campaign in peace. As to the Conservatives, " the advo-
cates of liberty and order," why are they not dubbe,

Tories ?
The Patrie says the greater part of the representatives
of the Powers who are to take part in the Conference
on the Eastern question, and amongst them Lord Lyons
and Djemil Pasha, met together yesterday at the Foreign
Ministry for a species of preliminary gathering. " This
meeting," says the Fata•ie, " though purely official,
was sufficient to show the entente which prevails
amongst the Governments respecting the difficulties
which are to be disposed of, and all the diplomatists
have carried away the conviction that the Conference
will accomplish its work rapidly and easily."
The Chevalier Nigra seems to have got over his diffi-
culties at Paris ; at least, he is by no means on the worst
of terms with the Emperor, for the two were hunting
together in the Forest of Rambouillet yesterday.

Prince Napoleon, I am sorry to say, is in no satisfactory
condition ; his previous recovery was only temporary, and
he has relapsed, though the case is not thought to present
any danger. Poor Marquis de Moustier is all but hope-
lessly ill.
I hear, on excellent authority, that the Committee of
Conciliation—the result of Olozaga's attempt to reconcile
the Republicans and the Monarchists—have nomi-
nated the members of the Provisional Govern-
ment in nearly all the districts of Madrid. Prim
has been nominated, I believe, in every district without
exception, and Serrano in all but one. Topete is another
general favourite; Olozaga has been chosen but once. The
Spanish journals, which fluctuate and apostate without
blush or compunction, are pretty equally divided in their
sympathies with the various candidates for the throne.
Four of the Madrid papers are for the Duke of Montpen-
sier, three for Espartero, one for Ferdinand of Portugal,
two for an Italian prince, four for " Charles V 11.," two
for the Prince of the Asturias, and one for Gonzales Bravo 1
The Impartial sustains its name, and says nothing for
any candidate. I should not omit to mention that the
Republican choice of candidates for the Cortes does not,
as might be expected, include any member of the Provi-
sional Government.

The Opposition has gained one victory, which, if of no
great material value, is not a little gratifying—the paint-
ings which were at the Imperial Club have quietly found
their way back to the Louvre.
To-day the Diable-a-Quatre, one of the last imitations of
La Lanterne, is to be tried at the Seventh Chamber, for
insulting the Emperor.
The sale of M. Delessert's picture gallery is announced.
It is one of the most valuable in existence, numbering
several paintings by the Dutch masters, and the only
genuine Raphael in a private collection.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

METEOROLCGICAL lUTOLTS.

Extreme Sea
Thursday, it T. 0
Jan. 7, B. T. W. Ito F. D. W R. to
8 a.m. 112
Nairn
Aberdeen 3010 r. 40 38 W.S.W. 1 1 S.W. hill 1
Lei t
Shields
?30'31r. 39 33 S.W. 2 4 S.W. I e.f 2
Scarborough 30'27r. 36 35 W.S.W. 2 4 W.S.W. b.c. -- 2
Yarmouth 2o'32f. 38 38 W.S.W. 1 3 IV.S.W.: rJ. o'2l 2
Helder _
Cux haven _
Skudesnres _
Ardrossan 10'21r. 45' 43 S.W. 4 5 W.S.W. o. 4
Green castle 30“22r. 36 36 N.W. 1 3 IV.S.IV ic.ro o'os—
Liverpool
Valentia 3jt'23r. 48 47 S.S. W. 2 3 W. 0.r.f0'0128 2
Cape Clear 3021r. 48 47 S.W. 3 5 E.S.E, r.f. 'o•63' 2
Roches Pt. 30'19r. 48 48 E.S.E. 3 3 S.W. r.m.' 0'50; 1
Penzance 30'32r. 52 52 NV. S. W. 3 6 S.W. 0'49; 4
Plymouth
Weymouth 30.34 r. 53 52 S.W. 1 1 WS }Y. r.0.f0'261 2
Portsmouth
London
Z.V.
G'peGrisNez ?30'07f. 48 48 Z. 0 8 mr.s.w. ,0.011 2
Brest
L'Orie nt 30'46r. 50 50 W.S.W. 3 5 S.W, f. c.O 'Ol 2
It och e fort
Biarritz
Corunna —
Brussels
Paris
Strasbourg — _
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (9 a.m.
local time)
EXPLANATION

Barometer corrected and reduced to deg. at sea level. The
letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion
of the mercury within last 14 hours. Theimcmeter exposed in
shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours.
Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog;
h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o,—overcast, dull ; r.—
rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted)
during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance.

REMARKS.
The increase In barometricel pressures since yesterday has been
general ; in Northern districts it has amounted to more than two-
tenths of an inch, and readings are now high—at no station below
30 inches. The pressure at Nairn is still nearly 0.5 in. below that at
Rochefort. Temperature to-day is genera ly higher ; the rise has
been most in the S. of England and Ireland. Moderate south-
westerly winds prevailed yesterday, and this morning winds are
from the same quarter on our E. coast. In the S. and W. of our
Islands a light breeze from the westward is general ; at Roche's
Point an easterly wind is reported. Rain has fallen in the Southern
portion of these islands ; in the S. of Ireland the amount has been
more than 0.5 inch. The sky is overcast, with much fog and mist
prevailing.

THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL
ELECTION.

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Under this title Mr. Busk, of Charing-cross, has published
a pamphlet by Mr. Dudley Baxter, of the firm of Baxter,
Rose, and Norton, and son of the defeated Conservative
candidate for Hull. Mr. Baxter's object is to prove from
the late elections that the Conservatives did wisely to
pass the late Reform Bill, and that, in spite of their
present depression, they have substantially improved
their position. For instance, in the old Parliament
the counties had a member for every 70,000
population, while the boroughs had one for 26,000 ;
whereas in the new Parliament the proportion
will be one to GO,OOO and one to 30,000 respectively ; so
that the boroughs have now only twice as many members
as the counties, instead of three times as many, which they
used to have. Mr. Baxter asserts, also, that, reckoning by
the population of the constituencies, the Conservatives have
made a net gain of 432,000 of the population. That is to say,
while the Liberal-returning constituencies shew an increase
of population as compared with the last election of
1,734,700, the Conservative-returning constituencies shew
an increase of 2,166,800. This latter increase is wholly in
England, while the Liberal increase is divided over Wales,
Scotland, and Ireland.

THE MANCHESTER ST. ALBANS.

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At Chatwood, in the diocese of Manchester, there is a
church whose patron saint is St. Alban, where Ritual of a
Pronounced character prevails. At the annual gathering
of the members of the congregation, held on Tues-
day, on the table in the schoolroom there was a
display of chasubles, dalmatics, copes, stoles, &c.,
of amber, maroon, or white satin, all gorgeously
embroidered and otherwise embellished. Cards were
placed on these vestments announcing that they were
such as were now legal and ordered to be worn during
the celebration of Holy Communion in the Church of
England. The display attracted great attention, and it
was confidently circulated amcng the congregation that
those particular vestments, and none other, were autho-
rised to be worn by the recent decision of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council.--In the course of the
evening, the Rev. J. E. Sedgwick addressed his congre-
gation at considerable length. lie said that a great crisis
in ;,heir history had arrived ; but, whatever might be the
result as far as he was personally concerned, he was quite
sure that it would conduce to the advancement of Catholic
truth in the Church of England and of Catholic practices
therein likewise, at any rate in the North of England,
He believed that would be the result, though it might be
purchased at the sacrifice of himself and his (Usinissal
from the diocese.

THE *REFORM LEAGUE AND THE

BALLOT.

At the meeting of the Reform League, held on Wednes-
day night, under the presidency of Mr. Edmund Beales,
the following resolutions were moved :-1. "That the
recent elections having proved the utter uselessness of
attempting to render the House of Commons More
truly representative of the people by returning to it
any considerable number of men connected with the
artisan class or of advanced Liberal opinion, so long as the
present lavish system of expenditure of money, bribery,
treating, and coercion exists, and as the Ballot (one of the
fundamental principles of the League) is the most direct
and surest remedy for those abuses, it is the bounden duty
of the League to use its entire influence in aid of Sir
Henry Bulwer's motion, in order that a purer and more
free system of voting by means of the ballot
may speedily become the law of the land." 2nd.
" That it is not desirable 1 just at present to hold
outdoor demonstrations to make the foregoing resolu-
tion effective ; but the whole country should he called
upon to take the question up; and we suggest that public
meetings should be held in each of the metropolitan
constituencies, with the view of inducing each locality to
get up a pkition in favour of the ballot, to he presented to
Parliament as early in the coming session as possible."
Mr. Holyoake seconded the adoption of the resolutions,
and read a copy of a memorial, which he proposed should
be submitted to Parliament In this document the fol-
lowing passages occurred :—" If the vote be a trust, every
man has a right to call his neighbour to account for the
manner in which he discharges that trust ; and after an
election the returning officer should be ordered to supply to
every elector a copy of the names and addresses of all voters
and of the candidates foi whom they voted, that steps may be
taken to keep alive the sense of the responsibility of every man
to his neighbour for the vote he gives, which is the principle
of open voting. That since an election is not a deliberation
in which public opinion can silently shape the conclusion,
but a battle inwhich excited, interested, venal, and bellige-
rent partisans invoke public opinion to openly decide the
contest. public opinion can only respond, and experience
shews that it generally does respond, by becoming organised,
active, aggressive, menacing, corrupting, or intimidating,
but that at every election a number of fair-minded, peace-
ably-disposed electors of both of the great political parties in
the State, acting under an impression that the choice of a
member is an individual and honest political preference
to be quietly, independently, and deliberatelygiven, refuse
to take part in treating, bribing, or coercing any one, or
abstain altogether from approaching the poll, in order to
protect themselves from annoyance, danger, retaliation,
and personal loss, thus repressing the manly element in
themselves and discouraging it in others. This enervating
decency--this deplorable propriety—is felt to deprive
open voting of its most salutary influences, and therefore
your memorialist prays that steps be taken to enforce
among electors recklessness of personal sacrifices and a
manly spirit of fighting and fearlessness, and that in a
general election the manly principle being honestly and
universally acted upon by a demonstrative and determined
population, it may be seen to what extent national man-
liness, decorum, and good feeling will be developed, and
this being ascertained the comparative merits of voting by
ballot can be better judged. Your memorialist therefore
prays that since voting openly is made compulsory, it
should be made compulsory upon everyone to vote—that
the virtues of open voting be equally exercised, and its
perils be impartially shared, and that the Parliamentary
theory of the vote being a public trust be enforced by the
establishment of internecine responsibility." The resolu-
tions and the memorial were adopted by the meeting.

MR. MARKHAM ON THE ABYSSLYIAY

EXPEDITION;

Mr. Markham, the geographer who accompanied Lon
Napier's forces, has delivered an interesting lecture on
Abyssinia to the members of the Leeds Philosophical and
Literary Society. The lecturer began his address by
remarking that when the expedition was undertaken Abys-
sinia was almost an unknown land, and in fact geographi-
cal discovery formed part of the work of the expeditionary
force, as well as the gallant rescue. Mr. Markham then
proceeded to summarise his impressions of Abyssinia and
As people. Owing to the mountainous character of the coun-
try the climate was more like that of Southern Europe than
tropical Africa, and in some places the scenery resembled
the interior of the Orkney Islands more than any other
place.. On the slopes of the highest mountains the vege-
tation was temperate and English in its character; on
the lower slopes were trees and shrubs common to warm
climates. The birds are numerous, the largest being the
Larrandyezer, one of which measured eight feet across the
wings. The mammalia were less numerous. Lions and
leopards were not met with on the line of march, being
chiefly found in the deep valleys; but hyaenas swarmed
everywhere, carrying off all they could get ; jackals were
also common, and small hares were plentiful on the
hillsides. Among the people, the man who could
boast that he had killed five men was entitled to a silver
armlet, while a more precious badge was given to him who
had slain ten ; and we may suppose that the Abyssinians
find ti wild beasts troublesome, since the slayer of a lion
is credited with four lives, of an elephant with six. Speak-
ing of the religion of the people, Mr. Markham observed
that most of the priests could read and write, notwith-
standing their superstitions. Theodore, he thought, was
the most remarkable man that had appeared in Africa for
some centuries, and great allowance should be made for
his ignorance and for the low level from which he had
risen. From the time of his forlorn march to Magdala his
career might be said to have come to an end, but at the last
many of his great qualities returned to him. He displayed
in his march over the mountains indomitable energy,
military skill, and a fertility of resource that made his
march one of the most remarkable on record. After a
lucid account of the siege of Magdala, the release of the
captives, and the death and burial of Theodore, Mr.
Markham spoke highly on the future of Abyssinia. The
great want of the country was the means of communica-
tion with the rest of Christendom, and he thought that if
the British had taken the opportunity of unlocking
the gates of the country the result would have
been a blessing _to a large portion of Africa.

The lecture, which was listened to with the deepest
attention throughout, lasted for two hours, and at its
close a vote of thanks to Mr. Markham was carried with
enthusiasm.

A WORKING MEN'S MEMBER IN THE

HOUSE OF COMMONS

At the annual meeting of the Leeds branch of the Reform
League, Mr. Carter, M.P., who is its president, and was
,;he especial favourite of the working classes at the recent
election, addressed those present on the difficulties
now standing in the way of really radical reforms. He
said : "We have an immense work to do yet. We must not
dissolve our association, nor must we be slack or careless in
perfecting our organisation. The first great question to be
fought is that of the Irish Church—a much more difficult
question than many of us imagine. You cannot have a
better example of the difficulties Mr. Gladstone will have
to contend with than in the fact that Mr. S. Morley,
who has been a member of the Liberation Society from,
I may say, time immemorial, has withdrawn to a certain
extent from that society, because he cannot agree with
the views entertained by the leading members as to the dis-
posal of the funds of the Irish Church. He does not think
tha'. any of these funds ought to be secularised, and if you
end Radicals holding such views, how great must be the
obstacles which the Liberal leader will have to encounter,
and how much will he stand in need of all the assistance
which the Reform League and all other Liberal Associations
can give him ?" After mentioning the more important
questions likely to come before Parliament, and the neces-
sity there was for earnest Reformers to be always prepared
zo do battle for them, Mr. Carter, to shew the necessity
for a spirit of energy and determination outside, said
that now, although there were Radical constituencies to
a great extent in the House of Commons, there were forty-
five eldest sons of peers learning to be legislators, when
they went up to the Upper House, and in addition to
these there were sixty-five younger sons of peers, so that
the peers of the realm had in the present Parliament
110 men who were their own sons, and they would assist to
a great -extent to damp the energies of the Radical
Reformers. There were also 94 brothers, cousins, sons-
n-law and brothers-in-law of peers, so that in the present
House of Commons there were 204 men who were directly
• related to peers of the realm. These 204 made a very
.arge slice to take off 658. Their influence was to be con-
:ended with. They were principally sent by the counties;
and in addition to 63 baronets and sons of baronet;
there were also 50 professional men, besides 100 naval
and military men, who would all go against Mr. Card-
well in his reforms in the War Department. All such
influences had to be contended against and overcome
before earnest reforms could be carried in the house. The
hon. gentleman concluded by deploring that there were
not more good, earnest, working-men representatives in
Parliament, and he said it was quite possible and easy for
the working men to have elected more if they had had
their wits about them. They ought to have fifty or a
hundred representatives of their own, and then they vou!d
have more influence in the proceedings and divisions el
the House.

The Liverpool Liberal Association has seen consi.
Bering the necessity of such an amendment of the registra-
tion laws as would not only meet t,lle difficulties arising from
the extended iTanchise, but would put a stop to,the system
of issuing frivolous objections. The association has sketcl3/4e4
out a flan by which the evils complained of could be mate.•
rially lessened, and has submitted it to the Premier in the
form of a letter.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 6.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice
and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday after.
noon. .

Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds
this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Tait,
;Ind the Dean of Westminster, had the honour of
lining with the Queen and the Royal Family yes-
crday.

11ILI7ARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Prince Louis of Battenberg, son of Prince Alex-
ander of Hesse, who has been studying with the
ltev. Edward Burney, at Gosport, having passed a
;pedal examination at the Royal Naval College,
Portsmouth, has been appointed naval cadet to
ier Majesty's ship Ariadne, Captain Colin A.
Campbell, now on service as a yacht to their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Crocodile, Indian relief screw troopships
vent into harbour yesterday morning with the
roops she has brought home from Alevandria, a
letailed list of whom was given in The Sun of
esterday. A portion of the troops were disembarked
At the dockyard yesterday, and the remainder will
lo so to-day. The captain of the foretop of the
Crocodile fell overboard from the ship's fore rig-
ging at Spithead on Tuesday in the height of the
gale, and was unfortunately drowned. -The Croco-
dile sailed from Alexandria on the 17th December,
Malta on the 23d, and passed Gibraltar on the
29th. About 90 miles off Lisbon the Crocodile fell
m with the screw steamer Syrian, of Liverpool, be-
longing to Bibby, Sons, and Co., disabled, and with
water above the fireplaces in the boiler-room stoke-
hole. The Crocodile took her in tow twice, but,
failing to do much with her, lay by her for 24 hours
mod afterwards left her for Lisbon to seek assist-
mace, but meeting with her Majesty's ship Warrior
ihe communicated to her the Syrian's state and
uosition, when the Warrior proceeded to her suc-
cour and the Crocodile resumed her voyage to Eng-
•and. She sighted her Majesty's ship Ring love,
with a dismasted American brig in tow, and after-
wards two English steamers, each with a dismasted
ship in tow. After passing S. Vincent the Croco-
We experienced southerly winds, with very heavf
lea, causing the ship to roll excessively, sometimes
is much as 40 degrees. No deaths occurred during
the voyage.
The following vessels have been ordered hone
.rom the stations named for the purpose of being
put out of commisdon :—Octavia, 35, 3,161 tons,
500 horse power, Commodore Sir L. G-. Heath,
.C.C.8., flagship in the East Indies, where she will be
.elie wed by the Forte, 29, 400 horse power, Capt. sf•
H. J. Alexander, C. 8.; the Liffey, 81, 2,654 tone,
~100-horse power, Captain J. 0. Johnson, from
North America; the Scout, 21, 1,462 tons, 400-
horse power, Captain J. P. Price ; the Mutine, 171
382 tons, 200-horse power, Commander H. Af.

Vlexander ; and the Malacca, 13, 1,034 tons, 200•

iorse power, Captain R. B. Old&ld, from the
Pacific; the Perseus, 15, 955 tons, 200-hors3
power, Commander C. S. Stevens ; the Basilisk,
61, 1,031 tons, 400-horse power, Captain W. N. W•
Hewitt, V.C. ; and the Serpent, 4, 695 tons, 200-
,lorse power, Commander C. A. Bullock, from Chine;
end the Brisk, 16, 1,087 tons, 250-horse powers
Captain C. W. Hope, from Australia.
The whole of the officers of the crew of the
Formidable, late the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sit
Baldwin W. Walker, Commander-in-Chief at the
*gore, has been turned over from the Royal Navel
Barracks to the Agincourt, 26, 6,621. tons, 1,350'
horse power (nominal), which has been commie',
sioned as the new flagship. Vice-Admiral Sir B.
Walker is still unable to discharge the active dutite]
of the Naval Commander-in-Chief in consequence'
A his recent severe illness, and it is understood thal'
ire will shortly proceed on leave until the period of:
his commission expires. The Formidable has been
entirely dismantled, and has only her lower masts
standing. As soon as the officials connected midi.

the master shipwrights' department have reported
ts to her condition the Admiralty will decide as 0
whether she shall be retained for harbour service or

passed into the shipbreakers' hands.
The appointment of Master-Attendant and
Queen's Harbour-master at Chatham becomes va-
cant to-day, on the completion by Capt. R. Stokes
of the prescribed period of five years' service. All
official notification has been received at Chatharo
iockyard that it is not the intention of the Lords
of the Admiralty to fill up the vacancy, the duties
connected with which will be discharged under the
lirection of the superintendent of the establish'
ment. The salary of the Master-Attendant at
Chatham was £6OO per annum, and he had, in ad'
dition a residence in the dockyard.
The following naval commands will shortly be'
come vacant, on the completion by the flag-otficerS
of the regulated period of three years' service :--"
Admirol Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Commander-in'
Chief at Portsmouth (March 1, 1866) ; Admiral
Sir Wm. F. Martin, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief
f Devonport (October 26, 1866) ; Vica-Admiral
Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief at the Nore (April 5, 1866) ; Vice-Admiral
Lord Clarence E. Paget, C. 8., Commander-in'
Chief in the Mediterranean (April 28, 1866);
Lear-Admiral George Ramsay, C. 8., Commander-
in-Chief on the south-east of America (May 7'
1866) ; and Commodore R. A. Powell, C. 8., cony
,nanding the southern division of the Pacific squad-
ron (May 23, 1866).
We understand that General the Hon. Sir Chas.
Gore, G.C.8., Colonel of the 6th Foot, wig,
-ateceed to the post of Lieutenant-Governor 01
Chelsea Hospital, vacant by the death of Field'
Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross.