The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1866.

It seems as if the Ministers were not to have
it all their own way in proceeding with their Re-
form Bill. Already many signs of dissent and
tokens of disappointment were visible on the Minis-
terial side of the house, and now we find that the
Opposition intend to move an amendment to the
second reading. Many who do not belong to the
Conservative party will agree with the terms of the
amendment, which is to declare that nothing short
of a complete Reform Bill will satisfy the country.
This is very much what every one felt after
perusing Mr. GLADSTONE'S elaborate address the
other night, and it is certainly a significant thing
that the few members who promised to support the
Government measure qualified their approval of it
by saying that it did not do this, and left that im-
portant matter untouched. Those independent
members who spoke in that strain, while they appa-
rently assisted, in reality damaged the bill, for they
showed how poor and inefficient was the aid on
which the occupants of the Treasury benches could
rely. No doubt we shall soon hear enough of the
want of principle which characterises the Conserva-
tives in their seeking to thwart the Government,
but, at the same time, it may be suggested that they
are only following out and taking for their mould the
present Premier. They have this advantage over their
opponents, that they can make out a better case, and
adduce weightier reasons for their opposition than
could those who combined with Earl RUSSELL to
throw out the Derby Reform Bill. That was in
every sense of the word a far more complete and
comprehensive scheme for amending the representa-
tion of the people than the present one, which has
been heralded by so much pomp and circumstance,
and which has turned out merely an instalment
after all. It is not likely, unless events take a very
different turn, that Mr. GLADSTONE will now suc-
ceed in getting his bill through the second reading,
and perhaps he will not care, for he has shown no
heartiness in the affair. His speech was tame, and
his subsequent remarks, in answer to the various
questions addressed to him, showed that he took
little interest in the matter. It certainly is not a
measure likely to impart much fame to its origina

The arrival of the Cuba, from New York, on the

7th, tells us that after long and weary discussion
the Reconstruction Committee have reported a reso-
lution conditionally agreeing to declare Tennessee
one of the United States. This does not appear to
impartial observers to be a very great concession,
especially as the admission of her representatives is
fettered by several conditions. Tennessee, having
proved her loyalty by a host of witnesses, has been
so far forgiven, but she is to undertake to maintain
her existing constitution, to exclude rebels from
suffrage and office for a certain time, to ignore the
rebel debt, and to make no payment for emancipated
At least so says the resolution, but
is terms are not thought sufficiently stringent by
some of the Radicals, and it has accordingly been
referred back to the committee, on the ground that
it did not sufficiently guarantee fidelity to the
Union and protection to freedmen. The fact is,
as President JOHNSON has very lately shown, that
the Union has no worse enemies than the ultra Re-
publicans, who profess to be its fervent upholders.
How a political Union is to be upheld with a large
proportion of its component parts totally unrepre-
sented is a problem which it would take a much clearer
head than the Radicals can boast of to solve. But the
STEVENS and SU3DTER party appear to think of little
else than the mere temporary triumph. "Every
one perceives," says a writer well acquainted with
the political situation, "that in the present Con-
gress ten'out of the eleven States lately in arms will
never be represented." Tennessee, indeed, has been
so far admitted, at least prospectively, for the extreme
caution of some members of Congress have, as we
said, sent back the resolution. Louisiana is likely
to make an effort to obtain a recognition of her
constitutional rights, but there is very little doubt
that the Radicals will put forth their whole
strength in opposition to the attempt on
her behalf, and as they have an overwhelming
majority in the House of Representatives, Louisiana
has little chance. The temper of Radical legislation
in Congress has lately received one or two additional
illustrations. Resolutions have been introduced pro-

slaves.

tors, and it bears about it the incompleteness
which has characterised all the schemes of reform
that Lord RUSSELL has introduced of late years.

If this new instalment fail, it will be mainly the
fault of those who have allowed so much opportu-

nity to their adversaries to gainsay their attempt,
and they cannot say in vindication of their policy
that they have been defeated in their effort
to settle this vexed question in a de-
finite manner. At the same time it must

be admitted that if the Conservatives take the
lead in throwing out the Government proposal they
will take upon themselves the responsibility of in-
troducing a better measure whenever they have the

opportunity. The country will not be satisfied tha'

this great question should be left in abeyance while

it is made the theme of political disputes and the
war-cry of political parties. Ilad any real love of

Reform animated the Liberal party we should not

nowadays be discussing the pros and cons. of this

measure, for the difficulties of the subject would
long ago have been settled in some shape or other,

but they have made much ado about nothing, and

arrived at no practical result.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
The discussion in the Legislative Body on Satur-
day is of the highest importance, to France at least.
An amendment is under consideration called " the
amendment of the 46," it being signed by that num-
ber of Deputies. In that part of the Speech in which
mention is made:of the internal policy of France,
the Opposition wish to introduce words expressing
the necessity of progress in her institutions, mean-
ing the establishment of various reforms, " which
would not be incompatible with the stability which
now exists." The present time is alleged to be con-
venient and opportune for the political amendments
contended for by the Opposition. The principal
speaker in support of the amendment, M. Buffet,
particularly insisted upon the necessity of giving
more freedom to the press. Political liberty, he
said, was the legitimate ambition of France. The
discussion was adjourned till Monday.
The young Imperial Prince has now entered upon
a new phase of his existence, and having commenced
his eleventh year he will no longer be treated as a

viding for the admission of Southern representatives

whenever the State Legislatures place freedmen on
an equality with whites, grant the suffrage to negroes
who served in the Federal army and pay taxes, and
ignore the rebel debt and payment for emancipated
slaves. These propositions would not be remark-
able were it not for the additional provision that until
these conditions are fulfilled no State Governments
organised under the PRESIDENT'S authority, or by
the action of the people, shall be recognised by
Congress. This is clearly setting up Congress as
the dominant power in the State, not alone in oppo-
sition to the functions of the executive, but to the will
of the people themselves. We have an instance of the
manner in which these extravagant pretensions are
maintained by the Radicals in a recent division. By
a vote of 100 to 37 the House of Representatives re-
fused to receive a communication from the Go-
vernor of North Carolina, Mr. STEVENS asserting
that the House did not recognise the Government of
North Carolina. The House, moreover, adopted
an amendment to the military bill, providing that no
cadet shall be appointed to West Point from the
Southern States until those States are restored to
the Union by a resolution of Congress. We have
already. seen how hopeless is this alternative ; so that
according to the prevailing Radical doctrines, all

child. Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean. Joseph was
born on the 16th of March, 1856, and consequently
on Friday last was ten years old. Some uneasiness
was excited a few days ago when he was attacked
with measles, and every day a bulletin of his health
was sent to the various foreign Ambassadors. The
Pope's Nuncio also sent a despatch to his Holiness
to inform him of the state of health of his godson.
The Prince pursues his studies every day with great
regularity under the skilful direction of M. Mon-
nier, his tutor, but they are so arranged as to in-
sure his health by proper recreation. He evinces
great aptitude for the study of the classics, history,
and geography. He speaks English fluently, having
learnt it from a very early age from an English ser-
vant, who, with his nurses, paid great attention to
him, so that he imbibed English, as it were, with his
milk. Although the Prince has not yet begun to
learn drawing or music, he evinces great taste for
both, and is fond of sculpture. Having received a
few notions of the art from M. Carpeaux, he has
executed three works which have astonished all
who have seen them—a small statue of a Lancer
on horseback, and two busts, one of the Emperor,
and one of M. Monnier, his tutor. The likeness of
the Emperor is wonderful. The Prince is daily
exercised in gymnastics, and is very fond of riding.
llis chief predilection is for the study of arms, and
all connected with " war's vast art." Every week,
under the tuition of a sergeant of the :First Regi-
ment of Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, he goes
through exercises in the reserved portion of the
Tuileries gardens, and reviews a platoon of the
young soldiers of the Regiment of which he is cor-
poral. Sometimes after the exercise he invites the
young soldiers to partake of a cold collation, at
which he presides with great ease, gaiety,
good humour, and appetite. During the fetes
which have taken place this winter at the
Tuileries the Prince has occasionally appeared
in the saloon, and his ease, affability, and ele-
gs
nn
ct e manners r
nh aovf e t
hexcitedCourt gf er no emr a
Cl amdpmi
ei rg antei o
inn.
December last, the Prince has dined at the family
table, where his cover is laid near that of the Em-
peror and Empress. The religious education of the
Prince is cont.ded to Abbe Deguerry, the eurate_of

this vast territory, with its free and intelligent
population, is to be treated as outcast and degraded.
It is not possible that such a state of things can

continue, and the Radicals are themselves the

principal originators of that Southern disaffection

they talk so much of. It would be strange,
indeed, if high spirited men were to show anything

but indignation and discontent at the manner in

which they are treated by STEVENS and his coadju-

tors. Were it not that in the South, as in the North,

wiser and more moderate counsels prevail, and the
people feel confidence in the equitable intentions

of the Government, the Radical party would pro-
bably before now have provoked some display of
irritated feeling.

How the Radicals propose to raise the necessary
funds to keep the South in subjection as a con-
quered country is uncertain. On the point of
finance they are likely to be soon undeceived, for
the monetary difficulties of the time grow more and
more pressing. Commercial men apprehend that
the reaction to which they have so long looked for-
ward is at hand, but it may possibly be averted by prudent and foresighted measures America can-
not certainly afford to go to war just yet, though
she is quarrelling with Canada about the Recipro-
city
Treaty, and allowing the Fenians to proceed
to extravagant lengths.
On the
dis-
cussion.

The Canadians have shown every

desire to conciliate and to arrange molten to the

in this instance, those affected by it are ignorant ! advantage of both sides. The Americans, however,
and prejudiced themselves. The writer of the will come to no terms excepting such elaborate-pro-
letter states that the worst consequences have fa- visions for their own exclusive benefit, that the other
lowed upon the allegations made in England by -a, Governments could not. possibly recognise them.
certain section, and that they cannot be indiffere- at The American Free Trade League has sent a petition
to what is said when they witness the effects prix- to the Senate, asking for a renewal of the treaty,
duced "by the unjust, untruthful, and intemperate and an enlargement of existing regulations. It
language of a portion of the press on
,the minds., of aims, indeed, at an entirely free interchange of
the ignorant, credulous, and excitable people among goods, but there is very little chance of so rational
whom they live." He deliberately declares " that a measure being seriously entertained in the pre-
great and irreparable mischief has been done by this sent temper of the American mind. The Fenians
language, and the apparent sanction it has met with have held a mass meeting, attended, it is said, by
from the appointment of the Royal Commission 100,000 persons, the primary object of which was
and the suspension of the Governor. It will not to sell the bonds of the Irish Republic !
be obliterated until this generation has passed away, Material aid and moral support were asked
should Jamaica so long continue to be a possession from America, on the ground that the
of the British Crown." This opinion, indeed, seems suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act made Ireland
to be the prevalent one among all those who have a belligerent ! This novel illustration of interna-
had an intimate acquaintance with the West India tional law was received, as it deserved to be, with
colonies, and known anything of the characteristics enthusiasm. Happily, for our peace of mind, the
of the negroes. A more unfortunate combination money and the arms are to go in so many different
of circumstances could not have taken place than directions at once, that they are likely to lose
that the unwise proceedings of the Government some of their force.
should have followed upon the disgraceful conduct
of those who e3raggerated and misrepresented
things to so great a degree in this country. Even
they, if they could hear, reason would, we presume,
be shocked to know the effect of their perverse and
most mischievous course. Rebellion is now consi-
dered to be justified, and the people in Jamaica
think that the QUEEN, Government, and people
of England are on their side. No statement to the
contrary will find favour in their sight that tells
them the falsity of these assertions, for their credu-
lity is great, and they have some foundation to go
upon in the fact that those who were so
instrumental in putting down the rebellion
have been called to account in a summary
manner, and, above all, that the Governor has been
suspended from the exercise of that authority they
so cavilled at. When the acts of the RUSSELL
Ministry are hereafter criticised, it will be a dis-
grace to its memory that so great an injustice
should have been done through their instrumen-
tality, and so much irreparable injury wrongly
to the cause of justice and the preservation of order
in this important Colony of the Crown. The hand
that kindles cannot always quench the flame, ho.w-
ever, and so it will doubtless prove in this instance.
When the present excitement has passed away in
Jamaica the effects of these untoward acts will' still
be felt and long be deservedly regretted.

, La Madeleine, who is about to prepare him to re-
. ceive his first communion. The Prince is exceed-
. ingly popular with the French people. They are
pleased with his frank bearing and affability, and
the army take pride in the young soldier who pro-
' mises to be so great an ornament of it. The Em-
peror takes every opportunity of bringing the
Prince into communication with all classes of so-
ciety, a happy inspiration, which will enable him
from an early age to become acquainted with the
wants and wishes of the great nation over
which he is destined to reign hereafter, at a
period, however, it is to be hoped, far remote from
the present, for the desire of all France in regard
to their Emperor is " long may he reign."
On the 22d February last a decree was issued ap-
pointing the Prince Honorary President of the Uni-
versal National Exhibition of 1867—not that he can
take any active part in the labours of the commis-
sion, but the appointment has a significance which
will not escape the perception of the French people.
A new circus is to be opened to-morrow evening
—the Cirque du Prince Imperial—under the imme-
diate patronage of the Prince. It is situated in the
Rue Malte, at the entrance of the Boulevard du
Prince Eugene, the locality formerly so well known
as the Boulevard du Temple, where the theatres for
" sensation dramas" are situated. It is a very hand-
some amphitheatre, and was constructed under the
direction of a skilful architect, M. Brevet. It will
contain .4,000 persons, all of whom will have a good
view of the spectacle, which will be semi-equestrian.
' There is a circus in the Champs Elysees, the Cirque
del'lmperatrice, and the Cirque Napoleon on the
Boulevard des Filles-du-Calvaire. Amphitheatres
for horse riding in France date from the reign of
Childebert, who inaugurated this description of
public amusement at Arles and Nismes. The foun-
dation walls of this amphitheatre at Nismes still
exist, and all travellers to the south of France visit
the spot with interest. In 1780 Astley had a circus
in the Faubourg du Temple, and three years after-
wards he entered into partnership with the well-
known Frenchman Frauconi. Ducrow and some
English phntomimists exhibited in Paris in the year
1819.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.

morning.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, March 17, Three o'clock.--The market
closed at the following quotations :-
41 per Cents 97 GO
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 621
Do. end month 6B 75
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3550
Credit Foncier —
Italian Loan 6l 25
Do. end month 6l 221

Roman .—
Ottoman Fives —
Mexican Loan 4B
Do. Bonds BO6 25
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

General Yusuf, commandant of the military divi-
sion of Montpellier, to whoseillness I have already
alluded, has just died at Cannes, after a very long
suffering. It was hoped that the beautiful climate
of that locality would have restored him.
The Sicle says:— " Our despatches this morning
do not confirm the report in circulation yesterday
of an open rupture between Prussia and Austria."
Viscount Talon was thrown from his horse last
Sunday at the Vincennes steeplechases, but his
injury was trifling, and he is now quite recovered.
The cashier of the branch bank of the Bank of
France at Poitiers has just absconded with, it is
said, a very large sum of money belonging to the
bank.

The Moniteur states that the Republic of the
Ecuador has concluded a treaty offensive and de-
fensive with Chili and Peru, and declared war
against Spain. Spain has recognised the Republics
of Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua,
and Costa Rica. A treaty of peace and friendship
has been signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
and by the representatives of the various Republics.
In consequence of the war between Spain, Chili,
and Peru, the Captain-General of Cuba has issued
a notice, that, until further orders, the entrance to
the ports of the island will be interdicted during
the night to national and foreign vessels of com-
merce.

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A very old soldier, well known by the title of
Father Joseph, fias just died at Passy, near Paris.
He was 112 years of age, and possessed the use of
all his faculties up to the last moment of his
existence.

Another drama, Gabriel Lambert, has been pro-
duced at the Ambigu Comique, from the Den of the

Inexhaustible Alexandre Dumas, aided by Anedee

de Jalais.

SIGNOR ETIU2DO.—This spiral ascensionist, after
a most successful engagement at Day's Crystal Palace, Bir-
mingham, visits Cheltenham. and Manchester, previous to
his reappearance at the Crystal Palace on Easter Monday,
where he is engaged for the season.
THE ADMIRALTY.—We are sorry to state that Mr.
Henry Fenwick has resigned his place as one of the
Lords of the Admiralty. We regret that he has felt bound
to take this step by reason of the delicate state of his health,
as well as by not having a seat in Parliament. Although
not pressed upon the matter, he felt that he ought not in
delicacy to continue to hold a parliamentary office. There
will soon, therefore, be a new commission of the Admiralty
issued to supply his place, and also that of Admiral Drum-
mond, who is about to take up his command, and who will
probably be succeeded by Lord John Hay. Although
Lord Clarence Paget will soon be employed upon foreign
service, it is not necessary for him to give up Parliament
until his flag-ship can be got ready for the Mediterranean,
wliich will probably be not before May. He will be suc-
ceeded at the Admiralty by Mr. T. G. Baring, M.P. for
Falmouth. There will then bo at the disposal of the Go-
vernment a Lordship of the Admiralty and the Under
Secretaryship of State, which latter does not vacate a seat
in Parliament.—Observer.
AN ENORMOUS LAKE TROUT.--A splendid brown
trout of 121bs. Goz. has been received for preservation by
Mr. W. A. Hackett, of Patrick-street, Cork, from Capt. H.
A. Herbert of Muckross's gamekeeper. This fine speci-
men is 2 feet 6 inches in length, and 17 inches in girth,
is a male fish, and in the finest possible condition. A brace
of sea trout were found in his capacious stomach.—Cork
Constztution.

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THE ROAD MURDER AND THE KENT FAMILY.—
It is stated that a violent article against Mr. and Mrs. Kent
in an Edinburgh journal has had a deep effect upon both,
and that Mrs. Kent has been seized with a paralytic attack
which deprived her of speech, and she now lies in a de-
plorable state. The additional calamity has sorely shat-
tered the unfortunate husband.
CONVICTION OF A WOMAN FOR THE MURDER OF
HER HUSBAND.—SENTENCE OF-DEATH.—Diary Ann
Ashford, 44, was indicted at Exeter, on Friday, before Mr.
Justice Byles, for the wilful murder of her husband William
Ashford, by poisoning him in November last, at Clyst
Honiton, near Exeter. The trial lasted the whole day,
and did not conclude until late in the evening, when a
verdict of Guilty was found and sentence of death passed.
Mr. Kingdon and Mr. N. Slade were counsel for the prose-
cution ; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Cox, appeared
for the defence.

THE PERILS OF MINERS.--Two men went to a
pit top near Sheffield a few mornings since. The engine-
tenter was sleepy and refused to test the ropes, as re-
quired by law. The men determined not to descend, but
made the engineer believe they were on the cage, when he
drew it up to the head gear instead of sending it down the
shaft. The men were thankful at their narrow escape from
death.

A. LITTLE VIRGINIA SARCASM.—A Virginia
paper, the Petersburg index, finds its bile stirred by the
remark of some critic that Mr. Wells' Life of Samuel
Adams shows that that patriot had a larger share than
Jefferson in bringing on the Revolution. The index there-
upon "lets out" upon New England views of history, in a
style of which the following is a 2 specimen :—" Our.private
opinion
and belief is that there are authentic documents
now in the library of Yale Oollege or will be there
when needed—to prove that Bunker Hill Monument marks
the sight of Babylon the MiglAy, that Carthage was no
more nor less than Portland, Ostium, Nahant, and Boston,
in fact Athens ; that Homer was Professor of Belles
Letters at Harvard, and Palinurus a member of the Cam-
bridge Yacht Club ; that Priscian taught a grammar school
at Montpelier, and Archimedes was a private tutor of che-
mistry in Concord ; that St. Peter 'vas a Cape Cod
fisherman, and St. Matthew a collector of the internal
revenue at Stonington, that Phidias owned a brown stone
quarry in Xaine, and Socrates founded the Atlantic
Monthly : that the Academia was the walk under the yew
trees at New Haven, and the. Colossus of Rhodes a statue
which strided from Nantuckej to Martha's Vineyard ; that
Plymouth Rock is all that is left of the Tower of Babel,
and the Connectithit River ran through Paradise ; that
Stonington is the site of Tyre, and Merrimac fast colours
the dyes that made that city famous ; that the old Temple
of Diana at Ephesus was not burned, but is now Faneuil
Hall, and that Herodotus all(' Wendell Phillips wore the
same persons ; that the labia of Romulus and his brother
being suckled by a wolf (lupus) arose from the circumstance
that their mother was the first Vermonter who looped her
dresses ; that Mercury was the ancient name of Ben.
Butler's family, and that, like everything else in New Eng-
land, the family had gone on perfecting itself from the
start ; that the sun shines six hours per diem more on that
favoured spot than on any other between the poles; and
that Noah's family were so much elated at an alliance with
the 'Wasters of Massaclutetts that they got up a dic-
tionary to commemorate thelact ; that St. Patrick was the
Head Centre of a Fenian circle in Bangor, and St. Andrew
kept a distillery inLowell; tnd, finally, that the millennium
will begin in Boston, and will not be allowed- to extend 1

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beyond its limits, except by a two-thirds vote of the tax-
payers of that heavenly city, excluding all who have at any
time in their most secret thoughts expressed a doubt of the
propriety of hanging Jeff. Dayio and Gen. Lee on a our
apple tree." •

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OME, MARCH 18 (Evening).
Baron Meyendorff, theßussian Charge d'Affaires,
has left Rome.

The Dowager Queen of Saxony arrived here this