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LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1866.

Mr. Bum= is determined to ride his hobby to
death, and no sense of propriety or feeling of jus-
tice can restrain him. His conduct with respect to
the Jamaica affair has been one of the worst things
be has done throughout his political career. He
belongs essentially to that class of persons who the
more they get the more they want. Last night he
inquired of the Government if
and if they would under-
take that all despatches
all information re-
ceived at the Admiralty and
the War Department
connected with the recent transactions in Jamaica
should be
laid before the Commission in that
r• GLADSTONE replied that it would
now be very late to make alterations, because
the Commission had already made considerable pro-
gress. Sir HENRY STORKS was the Commander-in-
chief, as well as chief commissioner, and all the
documents relating to the officers who had had
a3sisted in putting down the outbreak, were already
in his possession. As for the navy, its officers had
reported to the Admiralty, and the Admiralty hesi-
tated to give up the papers because the officers had
given up their reports in obedience to orders, and
had not been cautioned against criminating them-
selves. However, the Admiralty have desired
Admiral HOPE to give Sir HENRY STORKS all the
information,which he can. This explanationdid not
suit Mr. BRIGHT, and he forthwith announced that
unless the despatches were produced in the House
or in Jamaica, he would bring forward a distinct
rubtion on the subject. What right has Mr. BRIGHT
to constitute hiinselt a judge in this Jamaica affair?

And why should his opinion outweigh the rules of
the service, and be held of more moment tl lan any
arrangements that are made by experiencedZ
duals ? Too much allowance has ahead; r been
made to those who have agitated in this :matter,
and the Government had better be on the (lc lensive
against any more encroachments. At any rate let
them be on their guard respecting Mr. j3RIGHT,
to whom they are paying too muck court,
and, indeed, have been since the c( mmence-
ment of the session. If they ai
,tempt to
make a compromise between expediencyand jus-
tice they will get into a very awkward amnia. In
the discussion on the cattle plague the amount to
be awarded as compensation was altered to suit the
opponents of the measure, foremost among
whom was Mr. BRIGHT. Let nc)t a simi-
lar course be now followed in respect
to the Jamaica Commission e Inquiry.
There is no reliance to be placed upon the state-
ments made off hand upon a question being asked,
and perhaps after mature deliberation, rather than
face the fury of the hon. member for Birmingham,
Earl RUSSELL may adopt some of his tame and
subservient courses, and change the aspect of affairs
in order to mollify the wrath of the MOLOCH of the
Ministry. Such a course will not suit the temper
of the House and the sense of the country, and the
best way to treat Mr. BRIGHT Will be to let him
alone, and show him that histhreats are disregarded,
and his counsels held of no avail. It is difficult to
conceive how a man of any political knowledge and
general experience can go on in this unseemly fashion,
taking up one idea exclusively, and making all con-
siderations of right, honour, and justice give way to
it. A more mischievous course could not be devised
than that which Mr. BRIGHT has marked out for
himself this session.

As the day for developing the Government Re-
form Bill draws nearer and nearer the public
curiosity increases rather than diminishes. Genuine
Reformers are not indeed very sanguine as to the
merits of a measure which has gained the support
of a divided Cabinet, winning the suffrages alike of
the Whig members of the Cabinet and of that
Radical party who acknowledge Mr. BRIGHT as their
leader. The Ministers have not a very easy time of
it in answering the various questions put in the
Lower House, and the manner in which their replies
aro received is not always very encouraging.
It seems that the quibble about the statistics which
excited so much displeasure a few days since has
been abandoned, for Mr. GLADSTONE now says
that the errors demanding revision are likely to be
so slight that it will not be worth while to incur
further delay, and that`the tables will be circulated
on Saturday morning. Another fact was elicited
froia the Leader of the House of Commons last
evening which is less satisfactory. The Bill, when
it comes, is, it seems, only to affect England and
Wales, leaving Scotland andlreland to be dealt with
hereafter. It is not easy to see what advantage can
possibly arise from this needless division of interests.
The members are all returned to serve in the same
Parliament, why not under the same bill ? Lord
RUSSELL, it will be remembered, introduced three
bills in 1860 for the three kingdoms, subsequently
beating a retreat with them all. He appears to be
partial to this mode of doing business, and if his
English measure proves a good one, he may well be
allowed to indulge his own inclinations as to
the time and manner of introducing its fellows.
The bill or billq will be probably submitted
to a severe criticism, both in Parliament
and out of it, for there are so many parties
to please in a measure of this kind, and so many
whom it is impossible to avoid displeasing. Among
the latter we must class the extreme Reformers and
the extreme anti-Reformers alike. The former have
a theory of their own, which we shrewdly suspect
may be compared to those will-o'-the-wisps which re-
cede as the pursuer advances. More and more extreme
and democratic grow their measures till universal suf-
frage and all its kindred theories are gravely pro-
posed as the panacea of all political evils. But
supposing, by some wave of an enchanter's wand, a
thoroughly Democratic Constitution was established
in this country, should we nave peace ? The expe-
rience of America and Australia emphatically answer
in the negative. The Radicals of the United States
are in a state of perpetual combustion, while the
manhood suffrage of the Australian colonies very
recently brought one of them to a political dead-
lock. So that if, for the sake of a quiet life, we
allow these good gentlemen of the BRIGHT school
to have their own way, we shall find that like
spoiled children similarly treated the result is any-
thing but pacific.

At the same time we cannot help regretting that
those gentlemen who claim to be the leaders of the
working classes should so very ill represent their
real interests, and thus damage the cause which
they profess to serve. We have always advo-
cated the admission of a large number of
working men to the franchise, believing that they
would be found fully as intelligent, as patriotic, and
as disinterested as any other class of voters. But it
is on the ground of their intelligence, and not of
their • ignorance, that we would have them ad-
mitted ; it is because they have profited so
largely by the opportunities now offered to them
of acquiring at least the rudiments of knowledge ;
it is because many of them belong to a generation
which had the benefit of a good schooling in early
life, and because they have shown the fruits of that
education in their increased enlightenment, modera-
tion, and tolerance, their appreciation of the diffi-
culties of those above them, and their sympathy for
classes other than their own. The working men of
the last century would not have been qualified for
the franchise, but the tide of progress has carried
every class forward till they, in common with those
about them, have been trained to the possession of
power. But education must be the level to raise
them, and he who advocates the immediate admis-
sion of a vast number of totally uneducated and
illiterate men to the franchise, is either declaiming
for the sake of effect, or supporting a measure as
derogatory to the working men as it wruld be ruinous
to the country. A man who can neither read nor
write, and will not take the trouble to learn, had cer-
tainly better let politics alone ! Ho can neither read
the foreign news, the speeches in Parliament, the com-
ments of the journals; he is indebted for his political
knowledge to the garbled accounts of a mob orator,
or the chance assistance of some better informed
friend. What merchant or man of business would
consult a totally illiterate man on any complicated
and important matter, yet the legislation for the
l
argest empire in the world is certainly not less
momentous or less difficult than the affairs of a
prive individual. Independence is the first requisite
of a conscientious voter, but it is impossible for a
totally ignorant man to be independent in his
opinions, because he has to depend on others for his
information. Those 'who wish really to raise and
benefit the working classes had better seek to
educate than to enfranchise them. Education is a
mental enfrranchisement which will elevate them in
spite of every obstacle, the mere possession of a vote
by an unreflecting rabble will lower the influence
or our Parliament, while it will do themselves, either
individually or collectively, not the slightest good.
We were apprehensive that Mr. CLAY'S Bill

would p. rove as severe a test to the un-Parliamentary
leaders of the lower ranks of men as the
Ballot has dome to the professing Reformers at St.
Stephens. We are far from denying that a man
may conscien/ tiously oppose both on what he be-
lives to be put )lic grounds, but it certainly has an
awkward lo ok that directly a principle is
reduced to •practice it finds more opponents
than supporters. It is so easy to talk
about purity of election to uphold the suffrage as a
national trust, 'with which no private consideration
should interm eddle ; it is so pleasant to declaim
about the rights of, the working man, to descant
upon the won• ierful intelligence, political know-
ledge, and individual independence of our artisans
and mechanics;,. but it is so very inconvenient for
the landlord to, lose his influence over his tenants,
for the wealthy representative of a large borough
to see his penniless rival at the head of the poll—it
is so disagreeable for a platform speaker to feel that
the mob ho is addressing knows quite as much of
the subject under discussion as he does himself, and
is therefore an audience not of admiring disciples
and of intelligent critics. The public virtue of both
classes of Reformers reminds us of some well-known
lines of " Hudibras," which tell us of the conveni-
ent morality which denounces " sins it has no mind
to." The Reform League " has no mind" to coerce
tenants or bribe supporters, therefore it can afford
to be immaculate. The Whig lords " have no
mind" to address mobs, therefore they can be gene-
rous about popular education. " Give the people
manhood suffrage," says a speaker at St. Martin's
Hall, " and education will soon follow." This is
something like saying, " throw a man into deep
water and he will soon learn to swim." The
knowledge should be acquired under circum-
stances and conditions where failure is less
perilous, especially if the issue of his swim-
ming concerns others as well as himself. • But
we are told that if the franchise rests on education,
the opponents of the people will have " direct inte-
rest in keeping them iu darkness." Who are these
opponents of the people ? Where are they to be
found, and what power have they to keep some
hundreds of thousands of free and independent men
"in darkness ?" If this is the only ground for
demanding "an unlimited suffrage," it is a very
poor one, as we have said—about as uncomplimen-
tary to the poor as to the rich. But, the fact is,
that Mr. CLAY'S educational franchise would admit
hundreds of thousands of the working men, of our
artisans and mechanics, and labourers of
the better class, those, in fact, who are
qualified to form an independent opinion
and fit for the possession of a political trust. It
would be the simplest, the fairest, the most com-
prehensive mode of settling the question of Reform
on a permanent basis, to add an educational fran-
chise to our present qualifications, and in place of
the subscriptions, the agitation; and the Chartistic
principles of the League, we should be glad to see
our working men giving their cordial and unani-
mous support to a measure worthy of themselves,
and calculated to preserve intact that Constitution,
which in spite of all modern orators and democrats
has been the foundation and support of civil and
religious liberty throughout the world.

What with misfortune and bad management the
Government are getting into nothing but confusion
and disgrace. Last week there were some very
revelations made respecting the election petition at
Devonport, and no specious sophistry or ingenious
argument could prevent the House and the country
from thinking that a very strange story had come
out. The letter of Mr. PHINN, which is published
to-day, explains still more fully how much the whole
affair partook of the nature of a job, and, as such,
was unworthy of the support which it received from
the Admiralty. Mr. PHINN declares that he has had
" nothing whatever to do with the Devonport peti-
tion, and had declined to have anything to do
with it." Furthermore, he states that hehas no t
interfered in any way with the affair, and that he
was in no way a party to, or cognisant of, the issue
or service of the Speaker's warrant. This statement
is quite comprehensive, and shows that those who
so early claim the seat for Mr. PHINN do so with-
out his sanction and are not justified in their
vehement assertions'; as Mr. PHINN here distinctly
states that they claim the seat, it is true, but they
have done so without his concurrence and against
his advice. Sir J. PAKINGTON made some observa-
tions upon the subject last night, and very forcibly
said that he could not concur in the opinion of
those who did not think the Admiralty to blame.
The right hon. baronet showed very good grounds
for the conclusion he arrived aqthat the conduct of
the Admiralty had been gravely culpable and im-
proper. The partisan attorney of the petitioner
addressed a letter to the Admiralty, praying
for the interference of the Admiralty in the
dockyard at Devonport in affording facili-
ties for serving summonses upon the voters
employed there. Now, as Sir J. PAKINGTON
said, the proper answer would have been for the
Admiralty to say "We have nothing to do with this
matter. It is impossible to deny the truth of what
the right hon. baronet said. But by sending a tele-
gram to Devonport, authorising the so-called " faci-
lities," the Admiralty were making themselves
parties to the case of the petitioners, and taking an
unjustifiable course.

It is really too much of a good thing for Mr.
GLADSTONE to make out that the Board of Admi-
ralty thought that, in agreeing to give these " faci-
lities," they were doing their duty. If so it was
one of those cases, unhappily few and far
between, where duty and inclination go
hand in hand. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer has thought the matter over, and
whereas on Thursday last he thought the Admiralty
had committed no serious error, he now thinks there
was no error in the case at all. We prefer to take
the right hon. gentleman's first impressions on the
subject when he spoke according to the dictates of
his own judgment, and not after he had been sub-
jected to a long tirade on official forms and profes-
sional etiquette. At any rate the Ministry have
got themselves into a very awkward fix, and they
may have some considerable degree of trouble in
getting out of the dilemma, into which these ill-
advised proceedings on the part of the
Admiralty have planed them. Sir J. FAKING-
TON had very properly stated that he
will move for a committee to investigate the pro-
ceedings in this Devonport petition, and Mr. GLAD-
STONE did not offer any objection to it, but reserved
his reply until the answer shall have been received
to the letters sent to Devonport
,to obtain neces-
sary information respecting the transactions called
in question, Mr. HUNT said very truly that had
the warrants been served upon the men as they were
leaving the dockyard, which they do at certain
hours, all this trouble would have been spared ; but
the fact is that this has been a regular meddle-and-
muddle business from the outset, and reflects great
discredit upon all concerned in it. When we consider
that Mr. PIIINN stated that if the committee gave him
the seat he would not take it, the conduct of thOse
who preferred the petition seems the more extra-
ordinary. For every reason the house must insist
upon this affair of the Devonport election petition
being thoroughly investigated, and not consent to
be put oft with excuses. It will never do for a pre-

cedent to be made of this matter, and the sooner it
is distinctly understood that those in official posi-
tions decline to be mixed up in such affairs, whether
bona fide or not, the better. A great deal has been
said on this subject, but it leaves us where it found
us, under the impression that the Admiralty has
acted in a manner deserving of the greatest cen-

sure.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

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(171:03I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Monday Evening.
There is nothing official in the Moniteur to-day.
It state, however, that the illness of the Prince
Imperial follows its regular course. The condi-
tion of his Imperial Highness is satisfactory.
The news from Italy in the Moniteur is, that
measures having been taken at the commencement
of February to place the Italian army on the peace
footing, such was its position on the Ist of March.
An important economy has thus been effected, and
a guarantee of peace is afforded, without giving the
country any reason to fear events which might
occur.

A letter from Madrid says:—" The accounts from
the Pacific, brought by the Florida, states that the
magnificent Spanish steamer Almansa had reached
Valparaiso on the 25th of January. No encounter
had then taken place between the Spanish and
Chilo-Peruvian squadrons." The Madrid paper,
the Epoca, says it is absolutely necessary that Spain
should change her policy in regard to Chili.
The following strange story is given as authentic.
M. Raimondet, a rich old miser, who died lately,
left a will, couched in these terms :—" I give and
bequeath all my fortune, amounting now to
673,553 f. 50c. in railway shares, to the young girl
who, having lost the left eye and the right leg,
should please and get married to a young man of
her own age, handsome, honest, and well educated.
If at the death of my friend Durand, whom I ap-
point as the executor of my will, the peculiarity I
mention should not have been met with, 1 wish all
my property to be shared between the various
bureaux of benevolence in our good city of Paris."
In order to carry this will into execution, M.
Durand, who is also very rich, sought in vain for
some time a young girl who should be in
the condition required by it. A few days ago,
however, while passing along the Rue St.
Honore, he perceived, in a small linen cap
shop a young girl who was trying on a cap for a
customer, and who had not the use of the right eye.
He went into the shop and asked for some handker-
chiefs, and was delighted to find, from the noise of
the mechanism, that the girl had a wooden leg. In
the evening he returned to the shop and followed
her home to the Rue Montmartre. He afterwards
made some inquiries, and found that the girl was
engaged to be married to a young man named
Adrien D—, a clerk. A week afterwards, when
the young couple with their friends were about to
terminate their nuptial evening by a modest repast,
to the astonishment of all present M. Durand en-
tered and seated himself without ceremony at the
table, and made known the dispositions of the will.
It is almost unnecessary to say that some additions
and improvements were made in the bill of fare, and
the first toast was to the memory of the testator.
The newly married pair have just left Paris with the
intention of spending the honeymoon at Nice.
M. A. Grehau, Consul of the first King of Siam
at Paris, has received a despatch from the Siamese
Government announcing that the second King of
Siam, brother of the reigning Regent, died at
Bangkok, the capital of the kingdom, on the 7th of
January last, at the age of 57, after a long illness.
The body of the late King was placed in a golden
urn, enriched with diamonds and other precious
stones, and placed on his Throne, where it will re-
main until the funeral evening, which, according to
the custom in Siam, will not take place for a year.
M. Grehan, in conformity with his instructions,
immediately made an official communication to the
Emperor Napoleon of the death of his Sovereign.
The deceased King was Grand Officer of the Legion
of Honour. As it is proper to be accurate in official
matters, I transcribe the names of the deceased
King as they were written in M. Grehan's commu-
nication to the Emperor Napoleon. Here they are :
Sondetch Phoa Paramenda Mahaisvaraiso Bang-
sarga Pha Pin Clas Chao Yu Hua.
One of the papers states that typhus fever of a
malignant character prevails at the grand seminary
of Sulpice, and that there have been a great many
deaths.

The celebrated General Yusuf, who went to
Cannes in the hope that the mild and genial climate
might restore him, is now almost in a hopeless state.
The curate of a provincial town recently came to
Paris and was, the day before yesterday, nearly the
victim of a very adroit pickpocket. The curate,
howeier, exhibited truly Christian meekness and
let the pickpocket down very easily. A very intel-
ligent young man entered into conversation with
him in the omnibus, and the curate listened to his
remarks with peculiar pleasure. He was not, how-
ever, so absorbed with the conversation as not to
feel that the hand of his fellow-traveller had been
introduced under his surplice, and that his purse
was gone. The priest, however, did not take any
notice until they both got out, but continued the
conversation as if nothing had happened. Arrived
at the journey's end, however, the curate took the
young man by the arm and said very mildly, " My
friend, you have taken my purse, and as it contains
all that I possess in Paris, I shall be very much
obliged if you would return it to me." The young
man at first did the innocent, but the curate said,
" I don't want to ruin you, for I hope you are not
yet lost, but do not force me to call for the police.
Behave graciously. If you don'tlike to give me my
purse in the street, let us go into this square." Saying
this the priest took his friend by the arm and they
proceeded towards the Square St. Jacques. The thief
saw that the priest, although mild, was firm, and
returned the purse with a polite bow. The latter
reproved him briefly but earnestly, and left him
with a gracious salute.

A Paris paper, in giving a summary of the news
received from Mexico,
says,—" The military situa-
tion is favourable, and the Government of the Em-
peror Maximilian proceeds in a progressive course.
The Ministry of Justice has under consideration
reforms of the law, civil and criminal, and the
municipalities have carried various local improve-
ments into effect. The cities of Mexico, Puebla,
Orizaba, and Cordova are about to be lighted with
gas. In reply to a deputation appointed to condole
with him upon the death of King Leopold, the
Emperor Maximilian said he should endeavour to
profit by the excellent example of his brother-in-
law, and to develope the resources of the country.
M. Parisis, bishop of Arvas, near Calais, is dan-
gerously ill and not expected to recover. The Pope
has sent to him a despatch from Rome bestowing
upon him an Apostolic blessing.
Viscount Victor de Paysegur, formerly represen-
tive of the people, has just died at his chateau, near
Toulouse. In 1848 the Viscount proposed a reso-
lution in the National Assembly, that the constitu-
tion should be submitted to the people for adoption.
The resolution, however, was not agreed to.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MARCII 5 (Evening).

A meeting of the Shareholders of the Bank of
Spain was held to-day, when an animated discus-
sion took place. The Directors of the Bank pro-
pose to issue notes for 50 reals and 20 reals re-
spectively.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MARCII 6.

The condition of the Prince Imperial is very
satisfactory, the disease being rapidly on the
decline.

,ree o'clock.—The market
.otations :
Roman —
Ottoman Fives —
Mexican Loan 4B
Do. Bonds 3Ol 25
Russian — --
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

BOURSE, March 5, Ti
closed at the following qt
ti per Cents —
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 72/
Do. end month (l2 35
Credit Nobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares —
Credit Foncier —
Italian Loan —
Do. end month 69 75
ILAILWAYS.
Cash.

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian .

Austrian
Lombard

North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

Roman

Amt.
- - 883 75
- 1132 25
- - 912.25
- - ... 557 25

- - ... 570 -
- - ... 547 25
- - ... 145 -
- - ... 408 75
- - ... 415 -

- ... 175 -
__ - ~. 237 50
- -- ... 100 -

_ _
... 115 -

IRE LAND.

DUBLIN, March 5.

An illustration of the necessity of written con-
tracts between landlord and tenant in Ireland
came before the Lord Chief Justice at the Meath
Assizes last week. The plaintiff was the Earl of
Mayo, father of Lord Naas, who was Chief Secre-
tary fbr Ireland under Lord Derby, and exerted
himself to settle the land question. Lord Mayo is so
much esteemed that he is frequently invited to pre-
side at religious and charitable meetings in Dublin,
and he is therefore a nobleman to whom one would
think an appeal, on grounds of Christian equity,
especially from an aged gentlewoman, would not be
made in vain. In this case the appeal was made by
therepresentative of his own agent, a lady who once
had the care of his lordship's children, and lived
under his roof. Accoiding to the statement of her
case, her uncle, the late Mr. G. M'Vittie, who had
been agent for Lord Mayo, held two farms on the
Mayo estate, as tenant at will. Ile found the farms
in an impoverished condition, and brought them
into a state of great improvement. Miss Bentley,
his niece, the present defendant, resided with her
uncle for 23 years, and intrusted him with her
savings, together with £3OO left her by her mother,
and this money was invested in the farms, especially
the Harristoun farm, about 30 acres, on which a
mud cabin was transformed into a substantial and
handsome cottage, a most desirable residence, in
which Miss Bentley hoped to spend the remainder
of her days. In 1861, Colonel Burke, son of Lord
Mayo, returned from India and wished to engage
in farming. At the request of the landlord Mr.
M'Vittie resigned possession of the "Upper Farm "
to the Colonel without notice to quit, on the alleged
express agreement, that, in consideration of this
surrender and the permanent improvements he had
made, he and his niece should enjoy the other farm
during their joint lives or the life of the survivor.
Mr. M'Vittie died in 1864, and Lord Mayo imme-
diately demanded possession of the land.
Miss Bentley then addressed to his Lordship a
most touching letter. She implored him, by the
memory of his old and faithful agent, not to turn
her out ; she promised to pay the rent punctually ;
she said she probably would not have many years
to live, and again and again in the most earnest
manner and almost abject terms, implored the land-
lord to have compassion and mercy upon her, and
not drive her out from a spot which is so small in
his large inheritance.
Lord Mayo answered this appeal in a manner
which, I fear, is too common with Irish landlords.
The following is his reply :

"Miss Bentley--I regret extremely the loss of your poor
uncle. He was everything that I could wish. I never ex-
pect to got so good a tenant. I am sorry. that I cannot
comply with your request, having other intentions about
the farm. So as soon as convenient to you to move, the
better.—Yours truly, "MAYO."

The writ of ejectment went forth. Miss Bentley
took out a defence, but she could produce no proof
of the agreement. Lord Mayo, though summoned
as a witness, failed to attend on the ground of ill-
ness, of which a medical certificate was produced.
The Judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff, but
respited execution till the Ist of May, that Miss
Bentley may have an opportunity of moving for a
new trial, on the chance that Lord Mayo will then
be in better health.

Arrests of suspected Fenians continue to be made
in the provinces, but none of any importance. The
gaols in some places are almost full of prisoners of
this class. A reported Head Centre, named Mackey,
whose business is said to bring him in about £2OO
a year, has been arrested at Templemore.
A clerk named Murphy was arrested in the tele-
graph-office at Cahir, on Thursday, and was sent
by rail to Clonmel.
It is said that emigration has increased so much
latelybthat the fare to America has been raised from
£4 to V. The report that two of the constabulary
had been arrested as Fenians has been contradicted
by the sub-inspector at Fermoy.
At the Monaghan Assizes seven persons have been
convicted of riot and assaulting the police at Cas-
tleblaney, during the election in July last. Nearly
all the cases in the calendar in that county arose
out of election riots.

At the Wexford Assizes, where Dr. Ball, Q.C., is
acting as Judge, instead of Mr. Justice Hayes, who
is ill, a young man 211 years of age, was foundguilty
of the murder of his father, near Newtownbarry, in
Oct. last. He was sentenced to be hanged on the
4th of April. When sentenced was pronounced the
prisoner fell back in the dock perfectly senseless.
The court-martial on Drum-Major J. Butler was
resumed at Cork on Saturday. Several witnesses,
among the rest the approver Warner, were exa-
mined in support of the charge of Fenianism. The
evilence was nearly the same as that on the trial of
Sergeant Darragh. _ .

At the Court-martial in Enniskillen, the prisoner
Egan's case was finished on Saturday. Colonel
Mason gave him a good character. Private Denis
Buckley was then put forward. He pleaded " not
guilty ;" and after the examination of two witnesses
the court adjourned.
At the Meath Assizes on Saturday, an action was
brought by Mr. William Kelly, of Temple,' in the
county of Westmeath, against the Midland Great
Western Railway Company, to recover damages for
injuries sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of
an accident which occurred on that line, between
Mullingar and Castletown, in October last. The
damages were laid at £3,000. The defendants pleaded
that the accident was not occasioned by any negli-
glence or default on the part of the defendants, and
that the injury suffered by the plaintiff was chiefly
caused by his own acts and conduct. The jury found
for the defendants.
On Saturday morning Captain Waller, R.N.,
Commander of H.M.S. Royal George, at Kingstown,
visited the commander of the United States steamer
Canandaigua, Capt. Starabal, on board his vessel,
in return for the visit of the latter on Friday to the
British man-of-war. The national flags were
hoisted, and salutes mutually fired from the ships'
guns as on the preceding day. Several of the Ame-
rican officers were entertained on board the Royal
George in the evening. Yesterday a crowd of visi-
tors were admitted on board the Canandaigua, but
some ill-disposed persons conveyed ardent spirits to
the seamen, and commenced giving toasts and sing-
ing between decks. Very properly the ship was at
once cleared of strangers in consequence of this
misconduct.

The police have been watching and searching all

The Easter Monday Volunteer Review.

IMPORTANT MEETING AT BRIGHTON.

BRIGHTON, Monday.
This forenoon, at 11 o'clock, a numerous and in-
fluential public meeting of the inhabitants of Brigh-
ton, convened by the mayor and corporation, took
place at the Town-hall, for the purpose of receiving
a report as to the negotiations with the landowners,
opening subscriptions, and taking other measures in
reference to the forthcoming Easter Monday Vo-
lunteer Review.

The Mayor of Brighton (Mr. Alderman Martin)
presided, and was supported by the late mayor, Mr.
Alderman Brigdeu, and most of the other aldermen
and town councillors ; Major Harrington, Captain
Hallett, Capt. Dunhill, Mr. H. Willett, of the firm
of Valiance and Catt, brewers ; Mr. W. C. Tamplin,
brewer ; Ensign Abbey, Messrs. J. C. Burrows,
Davy, Jeffs, Langworthy, Payne, Stocken, Lieut.
W. C. Tamplin, R. Williams, G. Black, &c. The
London and Brighton Railway Company were also
represented.

The CHAIRMAN, in openingthe business, observed
that he thought the inhabitants of Brighton might
again congratulate themselves that there was every
probability that its vicinity would again be the scene
of the volunteer Review of the metropolitan and
other regiments on Easter Monday, as the matter,
he might say, now mainly dependedupon themselves.
He had the honour, with some of the committee of
his fellow-townsmen, to meet Lord Ranelagh and
other metropolitan commanding officers, on Satur-
day week, and go with them over the ground at
Bevendean, where the review of last year tookplace,
and also over that of Ovendean, where it had taken
place in 1863. Those officers 5.”Ae to a decision that
either would do, but preferred Bevendean, if ar-
rangements could be made with the tenants and
landowners. He was happy to say that difficulty
would, he thought, be overcome if the towns-
people raised sufficient funds, of which he had
but little doubt, as they had already flowed
in pretty liberally. Some of the tenants were
holding out for an advance on the plea that the
crops promised better than last year—(laughter)—
but he had no doubt they could be settled with.
There was, however, a more formidable difficulty,
and that was as to the supply of horses for the ar-
tillery, as Lord Truro had written to say that he
alone would require 75 horses for his guns, &c.
Their friend Mr, Willett would no doubt take that
in hand. What they required in the shape of funds
was about £750, and he thought they could at once
write to the commanding officers that such matter
was arranged. It had been suggested that if they
could only induce the Prince and Princess of Wales
to attend this year's review, it would not only be
viewed as a graceful compliment to the town, but
to the volunteers themselves, and the committee felt
with him (the mayor) that it would be most advis-
able to offer them an invitation. (Cheers.)

Alderman BRIGDEN moved the first resolution—
" That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable
the Easter Monday Review should be held at
Brighton ;" and he alluded to the great success
which attended the review at Brighton last year, at
which a greater number of volunteers were present
than at any former review. He thought if they got
the review held at Brighton this year it would be-
come an annual custom to hold it there.

Mr. ABBEY seconded the motion, which was then
put and carried.

Mr. Alderman BURROWS moved the second reso-
lution—" That the Mayor and Town Council be
requested to communicate with the proper authori-
ties for the purpose of inviting their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to gra-
ciously condescend to honour the forthcoming
review with their presence." He (the alderman)
believed it was very probable that the Prince and
Princess of Wales would accept the invitation this
year. They had' been unable to do so on former
occasions, owing to the death of Prince Albert.
Captain HALLETT seconded the motion, which
was carried with acclamation.
Mr. H. WILLETT moved the third resolution—
" That a committee be appointed, consisting of the
following gentlemen, with power to add to their
number, for the purpose of communicating with the
commanding officers of volunteer regiments and the
proprietors and occupiers of land in the neighbour-
hood of Brighton, respecting the review on Easter
Monday; for receiving subscriptions to meet any
reasonable expenses to be incurred thereby ; and also
for providing prizes (to be shot for on the preceding
Saturday, under the restrictions and regulations
hereafter to be mentioned), if deemed advisable, and
forlall other incidental purposes." (Here followed
a list of proposed committee.) Mr. Willett had no
doubt the volunteers were coming, and all they had
to do was to provide the funds. He had no doubt
they would be forthcoming.
Major HARRINGTON seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. TAMPLIN moved the fourth resolution—
" That, it having been notified by the commanding
officers of artillery, that horses must be provided for
the guns at the forthcoming review, resolved that
Mr. H. Willett be requested to apply to the owners
of horses in Brighton and the neighbourhood, re-
spectfully requesting them to aid the review by pro-
viding horses for the purpose."
Mr. BRIGHT seconded the motion, which was
agreed to.

Mr. WILLETT then moved—" That the Mayor be
requested to act as treasurer to the fund, and the
Town Clerk as honorary secretaryto the committee."
This resolution was seconded by Alderman BRIG-
DEN, and carried.
A resolution was also adopted—" That the cordial
thanks of this meeting be given to Henry Willett,
Esq., for his kindness in making the necessary
arrangements for horses for the artillery at former
reviews, and by kindly undertaking to make similar
arrangements on the present occasion."
A vote of thanks to the Mayor concluded the
proceedings.
A large number of subscriptions were announced,
and amongst them were—Messrs. Valiance, Catt,
and Co., 30 guineas ; Mr. Goldsmid, 20 guineas ;
Messrs. Tamplin and Son, 10 guineas ; Messrs.
Hallett and Abbey, 10 guineas ; Messrs. Harring-
ton and Sons, 20 guineas ; Mr. Long, five guineas ;
and Mr. Herriott, one guinea.

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