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London, England, 1869-05-05 00:00:00

DON, SI ti)NESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1F69.

Bill. That bill was supported by the late member;
that bill has not only not been supported, but has
been ridiculed by Mr. OSBORNE. At Nottingham he
owed his seat in great measure to the fact that he
was the organ of the publicans, andwhen their power
was broken by the Reform Bill be lost his seat. It
would be a case of backsliding, much to be regretted,
if Liskeird were to elect r representative opposed to
a large portion of the constituency upon one of the
most important questions of the day. It would
be particularly lamentable just now, because
we have reason to believe that at the pre-
sent moment the Government is yielding to the
strong representations of those who would reform
the license system, and is prepared to carry out im-
mediately a portion of the recommendations, with
the view of treating the matter more fully here-
after. It is very desirable that this pressure should
be maintained, and that in all constituencies called
upon to choose a representative this question should
have prominence.
Of the other gentlemen who have been named
there are many who have strong recommendations.
Mr. GRENFELL, for instance, cannot have too
much praise for the public spirit which
he displayed in giving up a safe seat at St.
Ives, in order to fight the desperately hard, and, as
it proved, losing, battle of the Liberal party in South-
West Lancashire. As St. Ives, the borough in which
of all others the Temperance question has most pro.
minence, was prepared to dect llr. GRENFELL, we
have no doubt that he would be found supporting
license reform when it came on for legislation. Lord
ELIOT has already supported :t. 111T.EDWARD VIVIAN'S
views on this question are known throughout the
West of England. Most of the other gentlemen whose
names were mentioned, and )f whom the most pro-
minent
was Lord AMBERLYS, would have to come

to an understanding with the electors on this subject.
We have little fear, whoever be selected, but that he
will be instructed to support at the right time, and
in the right place, the reform which in the course of
two years will be the leading question before the
Legislature.

LATEST INTELL Lei-EN CB

(REU-^ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

BOMBAY MAIL.

MALTA, May 5.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Syria arrived at 11 last evening, and leaves for
Southampton at 8 this morning, where she may be
expected about the 14th inst.

The Alassilia, from Southampton 21st April,
reaelied Malta at 8 on the morning of the 3d inst.,
and left for Alexandria at midnight.

AIESSINA, Ally 4.

'rhe P _a;nsular Nal Oriental C)rnp my's steamer
Ripon pAssA NI-ssiva at G o'clock this afternoon, fn
route for Marseilles.

AMERICA.
lIALIFAx, May 4.
The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Boston
arrived here at 8.30 a.m. to-day. All well.
QUEENSTOWN, May 5.

The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Antwerp,
from New York, arrived at 7 a.ru. to-day, and
having landed mails and passengers proeteled im-
mediately- for Liverpool. AU well.
Specie nil.

NEW YORK, May 4.

According to Adam Moffatt's report, the receipts
of cotton for the last four days have been 10,00 j
bales, agairs, 13,600 last week. Shipments to
Eiglaud 14,000 bales, against 24,000; to France
none against none ; to the Continent 4,000, against
2,000. Market quiet. Middling, 11i cost and
freight per steamer.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS,

(PROII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS. TUESDAY, May 4.

The Temps is very angry about the candidature of M.
Devinck,for the 2nd Paris circumscription. This gentleman,
who is to oppose M. Thiers, first announced himself as a can-
didate, then withdrew, and has now finally consented to
stand. The Tenips thinks it the most impudent candi-
dature is the country. M. Devinck is a highly respectable
man, a chocolate maker, and so far is eligible enough. But
he is a member of the municipal council of Paris, he is one of
the municipal budget commission, and, of allmen, is most
intimately connected with the manceuVres by which Baron
liaussmann succeeded in spending a large sum of money
before asking the consent of the Corps L6gislatif. In
fine, M. Devinck represents Baron Haussmann's
administration, which was condemned root and
branch by M. Rouher himself. To put up such
a man as the official candidate for the much injured
city of Paris is audacious. In the opinion of the
Temps, the municipal council were, more than Baron
Haussmaun, to blame for the irregular expenditure of
money. They ought to have looked after the Baron, and
they neglected this duty. The Temps hopes that the
electors will treat M. Devinck as he deserves.

The Constitutionnel does not allow its new politics to
rust. It has commenced giving lessons to the Govern-
ment respecting what it ought to do, and it makes no
secret of its opinion that the Emperor is now doing what
he ought not to do. Yesterday it remarked that a free
choice of deputies, or, in other words, the abolition of
official candidatures, was essential to the prosperity of
the country. " Any other system would end only in
blinding the Government ; it would sleep in treacherous
security, and expose itself to mischances which it could
not avoid, because it would not be warned by the free
manifestation of opinion." As the Government
has so far plainly expressed its intention of
keeping up the system of official candidatures, the
inference to be drawn from this sentence is palpable.
The late semi-official organ tells the Emperor that by
ignoring free election he is exposing himself to the risk of
a revolution. After this delicate intimation, the Cunsti-
tuttonnel lets the Chamber in for a piece of its mind, tells
it that it is servile, does not represent France,
and is merely the curtain to hide the real state
of the country from the sovereign's eye. It is
scarcely necessary to add that the Liberal papers all pub-
lish this exordium with the utmost glee. They will find
something still stronger for their quotation to-day. 31.
Gabiat, the manager of the journal, publishes his
election address as the candidate for the 4th cir-
cumscription of the Dordogne. He is particularly anxious
to assure the Government that he is a partisan of
liberty WitIIOUG revolution, 'Jo,. this is about all the con-
solation he has to offer. lie says the nation desires the
crowning of the edifice, and can attain that end only by
naming representatives " who will defend its rights, and
not servilely truckle always and everywhere to the will of
the Imperial power." M. Gabiat's address would
have been insignificant enough at any other time;
nor is there anything particularly fine in M.
Mitchell's articles. But the Constitutionnel was of all the
official and semi-official prints the most respectable, and
to the authorities the most valuable. It was prosy,
and it commanded no great audience. But it did
not, like the Palm, disgust the public and damage the
Government by its frantic violence. It was decorous; and
its loss is a serious affair. There is no doubt, as I said
yesterday, that the Government, especially the Minister
of the Interior, is greatly irritated at this defection. But
there are many who believe that the Constitutionnel is
supported by the Emperor, and that a change of front is
contemplated. It is noteworthy that a curious article has just
been published in the l'euple, M. Boulier's paper, pleading
that the greatest reforms are those which Ministers have
at first contested. The example of the British Govern-
ment is cited. Some say that this article was written by
M. Rouher himself.

The authorities worked themselves up into a terrible
fright about the appearance of the Rappel. This paper,
conducted by Victor Hugo's two sons, and supported by
Victor Hugo himself, Rochefort, and other anti-Impe-
rialist men of mark, was forbidden the kiosks before it
was published, and every effort was made to stifle it
altogether. The first number, however, contains nothing
formidable. It is far from being a good specimen of
printing--it is bad, in short, even for a Paris paper—and
it contains nothing more remarkable than a rhetorical
firework in M. Hugo's worst style. There is nothingof the
memorable Lan&rne type from M. Henri Rochefort.
The accountant appointed to examine the books of the
Union Insurance Company in order to ascertain the
amount of Taillefer, the cashier's depreciations, has
finished its labours. As usual, the sum is larger than at
first stated. The process of swindling has been going on
since 1861, and the total deficiency attributable to Taille-
fer's operations is nearly £60,000. Of this sum M. Jules
Pic, the manager of the defunct Elenclard , is supposed to
have received about two-thirds. This large sum cou!d
not, however, have been entirely sunk in the semi-official
paper—of that there is now no doubt. M. Pic applied a
portion of it to his personal affairs.

Whilst the driver of a mail-cart at Marseilles had
turned his back for a moment, two or three fellows stole
several of the letter-bags, containing some enclosures of
great value. They got clear off, and the whole city had
to be ransacked before they could be discovered. They
were at length found in an obscure cellar, quietly opening
the letters, which were strewed in heaps all around them.