The New York Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1866, Page 6

4 consider i on Se 1 a ‘of any other nature . and concern when contemplating the possible eventual. | Sibi). - proper: any. ties of war. Last might, in the Cortes, the Ministry sub- wy Ext ie onde ay A ‘manne sliged mitted a project of law that clearly shows that Bpain in- | to my noble frend 0 Lyng the pag he fas an © manner a tends to be ou the gué vive in the approaching period of | OY ioe eourisoms manner in +n eh ie wee pape toconduoy | sian ovo roapeot ik wil be for me to main nv a ae gy Ly of bam’ Soe of motf amuirs until the Corws should mgt agai. After a brief er ae dogs . debate the project was passed, and O'Donnell is clothed wit f his ‘ind. (Hear, eur) ith almost unli I have not as yet seen 0 EARL oF CLARENDON—I my noble d's tho mama but {leary that aber the goverament | 492, tempetecty trae hal Proeathas bow th to emit paper at three per cent interest to the amount o | Olt ny information communicated by us op she ed air sixty. millions of dollars; to. augment the army to | 88¢ for this reason—that, so far as the Ce ‘should DUR MADRID CORRESPONDENCE. erament is concerned, this country wilt an unlimited extent, or to that deemed necessary to pre- seein inieene the State, and to increase the navy. | "2% ree $ in war f war Bpain Preparing for the Shock cour, course we have always The Ministry proposes to cut'down the salar es of clvii | pryyrevnatily ccour. | O i, omployes twenty per centum, and effect a saving in that ‘1 y any ry addressed to of a European War. way. ‘The army, navy and evil rusrde aro to have the | 28, but uuill last nighh in, the other house of in this house, that nature has beon addressed to ua, Ram saete has not been from any want of vigilance or want of in- sal pay as before, Of course the clerks and officials are horr fied at th» mere sugeestion of reducing their Reinforcements to Her Medi- terranean Possessions, could revolt, or Uhreaten to, and the scheme would be at once relinquished, The government never attempts to tamper with the soldiers’ pay in this country, because it would be cquivalent to placing tifeir res'guations before the Queen. Where the government is to find lenders for thair new salaries, but they will bo obliged to endure it. ‘They can do nothing to prevent Ik If they were soldiers they | the poblig are just as well informed ae ihe eet that on events. There is now little of secret diplomacy which in former days so much prevailed, ‘Thero is on the part of every government, such is the wer of public opinion, a0 great an anxiety to appeal to it and obiain its support that despatches of the most im- portant character and entailing the gravest consequences i : Joan at three per cent, or, indeed, at any percentage, 18 | are no sooner delivered than they are published, and the United States Mediacg | yer'a ‘mystery. Spanish stocks’ went down yestoray P Hope of a yet a mystery. Spanist stocks) went down yestoniay | ‘clggram atcures that there shall be we prority'of infor maton. We ate, therefore, all placed on the game foot- ing. We know the complaints of Prussia against Aus- tria and in what manner Austria has answered those ac- cusations. We know, by the able papers they have pub- lished, what are the opinions of Bavana and Saxony as to the conduct of their two neighbors, and what are the opinions of the reat of the German Powers, We know the quotation is thirty or twenty-nine, It has its regu- Jar falls, and it is likely to touch bottom very soon, At all events O'Donnell will find means to increase the army and navy, to be ready for any emergency, The so ernment is growing a little nervousabout its possessions in the Mediterranean, which are not es- tion in the Pacific. NAPOLEON'S SPEECH AT AUXERRE. cially valuable in yioldng lane revenues, but are worth a good deal in ths defence of the State In case of @ Pec a: a ve or war, The group of islands ying Letween Spain and the | ng Jrtidden ‘national talsregie penime ee funds African coast, consisting 0! Major norca and some | ang rites Me “Detests” the Treaties of 1815, and [n- | smuti'ones, chniain- many cap tal harbors and stronc- | ‘Pysgeh, ‘ne But aceite throughout the Bachanges of i i digi tin caso of war Fane) might Out thigo siands.: Qty the enema logics that wre endatled as som as vokes the First Emperor, Universal directly across her line of supplies to hor southern pos- polo ar te a ee eed on pean has. ' se-sions, which Would be imoonvenient, Sho has mors than : Suffrage and the Working Class. once cast an envious and hungry eye upon thesplentid | fagen tin the interes of their awijects. | Up, to, about harbor of Port Mahon, which sho could make a rival to Gibra‘tar if she had it; ani as France is not particularly noted for her honesty aud virtue in matters that concern her intimately, Spain bas very properly kept a lock and ft PREPARATIONS FOR A GREAT WAR, | Key 'tpon' tier treasures on the edit rrancan, test n'a | geelares, that it has, no agdressve intention against ‘weak moment Napoleon 6» ld no: r sist ihe temptation | opty armed against an attack which they all declare they As Napolem always takes advantigs of | qo not meditate, yet when three large armies are arty out nis scheme®, just as @ pick | marching to ther respective frontiers there is too much pocket makes bis harvest na great crowd, unususl pre | reason to fear that war may break out. If we had the we now being taken to make secure sho price- | Yeast reason to hope tuat our good offices would have nds, in view o° coming troubies. On Sunday | ben of any use they would have been freely offered and r ‘aphed to Larcelona to send at once to | conscientiously employed. ‘Thnt we have taken caro the an additional o men, and orging ow rs in question should know. [ should not be dis- anders rious posts the stretest | charging my duty if I said too much,-lat, my Lords, we ay, and jay: sted alae, and aloue we could’ do poihing against rder, ont some new ones | the determination that war was the most. effective So the Frenchmen will have to | means, the only elective means, of giving effect to an work a bit to secure the e d morsal ‘This Witte affair | armytious policy. ‘This determination may possibly be shows y in what stato of mind every nation of | carried into, off We must Lope that untit war is act. Europe ryono ix afraid of Kis) ually declared it will not be curried into effect, Hut more neghh a huge ** rab same,” in whichevery one | tan a milli n of menare nw armed und prepared fur the ch trom his neighbor's with one hand while | esmiict, And J mus! say that it is & melancholy sight. in other on his « rty, and watch and | ens: enlightened age, and rn tee present state of civilize others move Porbaps a gigantic war | ton and p ogress, laut Kusop: should be com menaced wih wity matt rs, bo ery doubtful, ‘The people's | war for hich there is no casus belli, anid for which there Wil be squandered for the few, and the | jsno justification. (Cheors,) aa hue or nothing, “Thoir time will come } gg uot Stratronn ps Ruvottvye said he did not rise with some ofthese days, | any intention of rasing 4 con- { verote you a brief notice oF the eapture Dy-shasnaes f cured io the opibion iat the ‘war which now. mennc ioper ship Ati o Ward 4 vot Ale- | Barope was to be deprecated, not only with respect to ‘ valuable | jts probable consequ: but to the motives of its counsels would: prevail, and that the calamity.of war would be averted; but within tho last fortmight this hope has become less and #ess felt, anéalthough eb Mower GLAND DECIDEDLY NEUTRAL. order, the island upon the comm: ¢ ment th f Earl Derby Charges Earl Russetl with “ Gross Nisrepresentation” on Non-laterventioa. Initiation and Progress of the. : = willy Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli on . arthors. It appeared timt,’in spito @ the public knowl the New Reform Bill. a in tae § S edge und piblie opinon to wich the noble Karl had r & tinfied over fre Ush waters one nigot while the | fered, those who were at the head of the councils of ' &e. &e. c. ain was on shore, ‘Tlie sh p was din’ al one an States'and of great armies were disposed to carry out ‘ | and the captain as coast guard p | their ambitious projects, und the present prospect was have co. nd lifted the anchor . Hurope was about to be involved, not only in one of ise the ship to pick it mp and | } The steamship Periere, Captain Duchesne, from Havre jx such a manu! ive wars of the century, but within his aif : si side, The eteanp ous, or coast | 1 one cit. May 11, arriyed at Uns port yesterday, anislieia " | jon, This country, under these cir. Ne atte = 4 ni 1 a tl e h a The Intan steamship Cay of New York, Captain o Baeely i SO et cumstances, would be moro thi) usually tortura Leitch, which leit Liverpool at two o'clock on the aiter- | hey. ecm tied. Gtk Ses Tip ee tome | beaaies tevadetyeane noon of the 9th and Queenstown on the 10ti of vor es asent Ua tv hall warned ‘the captain that into it ak anpenrod "iat," with every” dixon cold not D M st or; . ne 6 in rt ot e overnm 1 ve arrived at this port yesterday morning. | Beaune, Hold ee as Sea ar alse roto nb oncerer Dagisasnns une agect tite The steamehip Bremen, Captain Neynaber, from South | certain, the Hccoversd the ship was dragging | Cabinets af Fur/pe, and dhat t's country was ¢onderaned yn the 9th of May, also reached this port yester- | id hwnd bal he, | on, and was unable-to take precau- paaaaa g % | anchor’ again when she | tion or ov aise « Voice against the coming danver. Gay emorning. ad Teas shore After that it | piat was asiate of things deeply to be lamented. ‘That ‘Tue steamship Relgian, from Liverpool on the 10th — require coast guants to board the | Austra should adopt an azgressive. policy he did not be- hor a prize, She was aftor th ere a prze commission ts siting o In her situation o financial and political weak- neas With respect to Hungary and Italy, and with her “wma Londonderry on the 11th inst., arrived at Quebeo = paw . yesterday, \ Of course the eaptain aud consignees are making great | qouptful position m Germany, that Atistria should take ‘The news by these verels has been anticipated by the | oiforts to obtain ht release, ‘at with edie the austen was uy Impossible, (Cheer) Whea | of su-coss. In the first placa, shi aflairs of Dachw nder discussion many full report of the Cuba at Walifax, Dae pavabaner: tes v ndera Chilean flag dur- | of thelr Tordships foresaw that the: bitter ct rf prepared contain details of the adviog from Paris to the Ith of + » protection {FM oUF | for Honmark contained some dregs which the great Pow- ‘May. - f i Tye ae cr would havo to drink, and this hour now seemed to . Vu w J TUSTIAES SO. approachit That did not explain the extent to Prince Humbert of aly has gone to Lombardy from . He has been w which the danger had gone, but {« did explain its orlzin, Florence. ont mats Tn tho matt and il was to the Inst degree Jamentableto see the peace General Prim has left Florence ‘yr Paris, {3h snged her Pal a ty, Bh hp uy al Mh for | of the work romprontsed under suek elreamstarces, . a i = profe tion from the United States. Hey Fargo they wisl y— yrds, T must say for myself that, Mazzini has again been elected Wyepresent Messina in | 11° Tscaueg it belongs to cities of the United | though I view the state of affairs to wn the Chamber of Depuites, by 329 agénst 203 votes S 5 fa tr: ; but that is the misfortune ot said | pt bas called abtention with the sam: court at Bukingham palace, ‘ogeibly a neutral fing may cover and protect | Sulio horror as le does, {do not look apon at with the cen Victoria held a Queen Vi She wore a bi with eee but noone ewer beard of nutral’s | same surprise. It seems to me that what bas now taken ty pre i in ashipof a | place in Europe is the natural consequence of that coy neosti with another. i it ¥ | duet w&ich we tho i Lo pursue some ty nation, the Evglish may bave some right to inter- | (Hear, hear will remem e tainly if the captuin can show that foul play was | slip ont of Eng rive’ property in silk dress, Withg train trimmed da Mary Qaee of soo OTsgonted WIL arse pearls, four rows of large pearls roundsye neck, 9 poarl and | fere: ¢ Giataond brooches, the riband and yo star of-e Order | stevental of the Gurter, and the Victoria and Arwert orde | Siates deel Tho Princess Helena, ou the same day, we rain of Pink silk, trimmed with bows of pink and whiteasiy Fiband; petticoat of wuite gluse, trimmed with Pulacg Of white tullo and pink satin riband; headdress, pide Poses, feathers and veil; diamond ornaments, Victor. A ‘be United i 2 to The ship biless y legal prize, apd will by ge fectared. smelt Soh gas Sette A, BPA thee ob a ms vessel in Bordeaux called the Bennetts, and ex-lie tenant Hunter Davison, of our dred somewhat extens'vely in conm: ols in th er during theret i take, nye id a ia myen im for 4, was abiiced to this exten’. fy nthe principle of non intervention was in- voked, i meaut thris-—tiat no State had a right to inter- fere with the juteroal afairs of another; that it was an abuse aud scandal #f any nation prevented another In former | navy, rend) { Sie ty an English 1 ternal vernment in the &nd Albert order. and order of St, Isavo!, . ; from setting its internal government ite: exh pepalahbastoncg | flat She manver it thought best for its own welfare and Tho Queen of England has appointed Edwin Corbett, re ne di bay | ity own prospeety. Bat tn those days no man ever ow Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Munich, {’™ © or six landed tons | * be ciple -intervention »pplied Esq., no eretary to her Majesty's Legation at Munich, Herthen had an oxtracniluscy orew, numberag bee | dreampt that tbe principle of non- oad po fe to be her Majesty's Charge d’Affaires aud Cons il General ite one Wate | to the case of the disputes which aris? in th 4 " ns neral tween fifty wnd sixty men. No one had the toast coubis | 1 at a great'country like Usis ha to the republics of emala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, t she was a@ privateer for either Chile or Pera, but | prevént the 9; Honduras and Salvador, in Central Amer! Spani: authorities | were vot able to prove any- ntaly ber. they sent a sidewheel | \14,/ not only peace but the interests of Yustice throngh- ; ; ainst The American frigate Colorado, carrying the flag of Ad- ‘ 5 Galdabsene 4 caller Hella LH, to | oxt'the world. My lorda, I xay this is a www doctrine, miral Goldsborough, and two ¢ can war ships, eavol laid 8 weeks in Bor- | for ihe ret Uimo put forward and for the first tim the Ticonderoga and the Froli¢ o Baggy on upon ina manner which has left | uy Toulon from Palermo, Pere of this country some two yea canes ! spite o on not only acted on this 1 t Several imporiant armots of Fenians bad been madem © sy her destination 1s yet unknown, Lot spth bey sep Dublin, and an extensiv ot at ; but othr peo wil be known at au 1 support, mnt! Me ime : ne arms and War) She has doa ded to some rendezvor re T then Bore aw that if we were material was se t vurderer of the Dublia poli vessi from England bavine her arma- selfish principle of thinking of Sa ee ee ee ee te rg nt glenn tgsegrtn Bron 4 | our own int only ft would very #oon happen tl Adon to the United States from ever fering Konsand munitions snob serious or protracted, | some strong and unscrupulous Power would avail the Tiana J county Of | andy isl tht we hear of the Honretta under | itself of the now principle to be guilly of acts of spo. _ . | auother t about Cuba. | The Heurietia ig | jiat on, that the p.ace ot Karope would be in dangor Tho Yaris Conference had refused to sanction the alec. | ‘tea boat and very fast. | and. that voouer’ or abe 4 tion of Prince Charles of Hobeagvilern as Ho: c honor of an acquaintance wth the ‘and viole ‘ icdcaias as i © of nding officer of tho Huvvear and Tneop thy oie nadencina santo a be ‘ c 1 know his nag pw that be | sich a manner av to fil t Hand tn mel Salomon, Minister of War at Bucharow, had | ee Feo can? | (iivar, hear.) I ventured a the time to express been arrested, charged with conspiring aza.ust thegov. | om\-oifielal o 0 cen. | lordsiiips iy con dbo the ¢ eroment 2 the gow | sure hin very seve turing Of | quence uf the poll ourag d by ; St. Thomus the Spanish merebantman Dorolvea, loaded | gy crane, mpand Wiberg-~ohat wr eaxd ¢ Tho Bengal (India) C nmerce have heit a | Sith « ppltes for Cuba, which he has taken Into Bio | Guy o:iceal paprs to be sorong and ¢ bhery-_(hear, | quoting to priest sail eehesiniin et oe | eee s from a totter written by one of the | would result; and Tam certain that a since word © % ax a #0 officers of the Dorates that the Huescar, on coming up | the richt ti proper firmness would East Indian Railway) ling the Hine, aut ship. hoisted American colors, and thereby | stopped hie? without danger of the foily od against a sir {the Srapt hi captam, who was faally brousht | (itear, heat.) Wo ard told. th a great tr! ne ‘orm « ize to ‘i : ture 60 nev jor thelr own interests, beds those ntly Aareesees See te Sale wae SB | for the administration of 1 it kept us o etthosebie Pests : Soe . r thie vmwse deg erre of the command i officer | war, I venture to say that they vaght not to boast until Public, a8 a bridge over the Hooghly at Caleuita vian ton clads the Nowidad-s declares he 18 | the the end of it; and, louking now at the th The new general Post 0 Edinburg, of which tho y of the “gravest condemnation.” He will there- | jie’ state of Europe, will any man ‘ell me that foundation stone was laid by tho lato Prince Consort of | | nid Dimsels \ Aravety sondewmned: Stee Oa | aw stor’ Me auleln ats 2 dns ort of | cet his prize condemned ay readily as he uas himself, he | i¢ we had taken a bolder cour My is, 1 England on the 231 of October, 1861, was openod fur | Will doabtires gat on very comfori consequences may be put off for a time, but th Public service on the m ng of May 7. | or, iu submitting his m come, and for those consequences 1 hoid her Maj & letter from the American’ Oounciate st Alotand ht, said that h» dolioved the war whieh | gorerutacnt to be reaponsible. ("ear, hear.) a wiira | Spain was engaged in on the Pacific would soon draw to Earl Rv svt. —My lords, t must saya few words with fays:—Thoro is no cholera bere; but several rover es iu | ache. Ho gave no reasons for the views be ex- | peepoct to the speech which my noble friend has uddreane the st and other acts of violonce have alirmod ine | Preset, aud it ty diftleult to ascertain that there are any | edto yout lordships I never heard it laid down—d know not whether anybody Inid it down, bat cortats her Majesty's government did not—that thi: country w not to interfere where Ue poace of Kurope or the int esta of justice might require. What I sald was that if neither your honor nor interests were cone-mned you twust consider long and with great deliberation before you enter intoa war. If you enter mto awar merely for ‘ne sake of preserving te general balanc: of pouwe wit ir inleresis or honor being invotved, Mr assaulted at an eariy hourin the evening oa a pu publi Lay sky, the Russian Consul Genoral, was | tho allate ve exeured you more than once that the Spanish is anxious 10 got out of the scrape in the 4 most agreeable manner possible, They mus of the mistake they have made as any pe Can be, and they desire to retire honora- at pesce again. I know this fact from | y; and from eqnally as good authority hew ones, except the increasing, universal distaste for street by four f beat bin robbed him nd On w Of the Egy) My government a meeting of all th General was held yest ads, were taken to aid t a it tu that the Spanish government dy toreceive | to son whether Fou aro hot likely ta protire much Gures for the preservation of public security, Prot by the kind offices of the United States. | eyii than you are likely to remedy. My noble (riend, ifticulty as appre . Know what I am stating whon I assure vou | the other hand, thought that we ought to go to war { camsh'p Denmark left Liverpool simulta + is anxious for the United States to inke some | wheraver we could. I differ entirely from my noble .'verpool simultaneously )p'tan end to the profitloss struggle, and isready | friend, and I cortainly cannot accept hia report of the with the ty of New York. any measures which the United Statos nay ad- | conduct of hor Majesty's government. (Hear, hear.) Thy Asia wud Maru.uon arrived at Liverpool on the | \!<? **# mediator between the South American republics | “tho Earl of Dunay.—I never Acard @ more proce miare- afternoon of (he Thu of May. aod herself, More than this: Ihave reason to believe sentation than has been made by the no'e cart. (Tear, f Tu of v. that bas intimated as much to our government. Now | hear.) He represents the noble earl on the cross benches The iv the time for Mr, Seward to offer his valuable servicer it was not a question 1 at Queenstown carly on the (Eari Grey) to have laid down morniu the voxed question. They will bo gladly re- | whether Germany oF entark was in the right, avd also Tpovl var A. Mion the l by Spain, T have every reason to know, and I | that he desired the opportunity of dra hi ot M r at he desired to enjoy the opportunity ening this i 4 t not ty Chile and Peru. The relations be- | country intoa war, Nothing could be more different from he C.ty of Manchester and the David arrived at n tho United States and this government were | the langunge of the noble earl, whose lauzuage wat this— Liverpoot ou $F moruing of two ota of Stay never more amicable and friendty than now. Spain | and J entirely coneur with him-—that you had laid down 7 ¥ jooks upon our corntry as ite future stay in certain | that the action of the German Powers in the affa'rs of Don- ° cventuaiitics, She desires to draw more closely the bonds | mark was a wrong and a robbery (hear, hear); that there SPAIN. of friendship and good will, and she wit! manifest wanhe GiTatlon ag to which was in the oy or wi Ly sentient more clearly, if the United States will tender | the wrong; that the aggression was 6n tho part of Gcr- (her medietiop io the present aMfair. It is time to make | many on inollensive Denmark, or, at all events, that tho Our Madrid Covres ence, our int cncé felt, eapetially in all matters of interest to offence of Denmark was t as com: with the May 8, 1808 t t American Continen'. | The present furnishes | wrong of the @erman Powers; and having done all this, Qe Contng CnwesWer_P . © coniial opportunity, whieh Tam sure will got be lost. | gnd having gone to such ah extent that the ia q , ms of ain— Mer The iniry is quiet now, and athira are moving On | yfinister told ‘You in anewer to one of your threatening an ee an Tie Min. | Haquilly, The weathor is cold and unusually bad for | and beaggadocio despatches, that it was a declaration of ferry Grantet Merwrdi cary | this season of the year, ‘Tne health of Madrid continues | war, when Denaiatk depended on your moral if not your Increaved—Cr80 of the A Goud. material support, Cen yor tock an opportunity of with water Monrictia fr re we Pi ge Pe odan Lae byes oh LY Teetes tenes nrictia a aged, and abandoned the all om yor your sired By Bpam bh Mediate ¢ THE GERMAN QUESTION. | SSoecnsusent t watiaghs AY eum wipes (hens? bene) War—The Golden Oportunt Karl Revernt-—1 must say, in explanation, we main- Europe we bbe on the vers | Atish Cabte | tained, with regard to the engagements which Denmark " - Fo ratwar, | neteA Mecided Neutrality Proclaime had entered .nto with Austria and Prosein, that Den- All the Powers, excep 1, aro tu g their Earl Capon | Mark hd given cause of complaint to both these Powers, forces and preparing for th 2 ont | cos rose to pot the questton to the gobte lord the Foreizn | and we advised ber to set herself right by fulfilling tory is nf any of ¢ | Becretary wheh stood on the ce paper in his name, | Punctaally thos engagementa. Denmark was recom. | A : , " the very s subject had, be understood, mended to do that, but she determina d to resist, and ree 6 now done in open daylicht ant butory the 6 t re vy an honurable gent | fused to comply whih the advices of Her Majesty's gov. ‘World, w nto preven! mcount i ariioment, and bad been | Crminent. We again urged that course subsequently Of every fro At y for Foroign Agatra, In | UPON Denmark, and Lord Wodehouse was sont to Copon- dt cace, Wie | , ance, be thought thefe | haven with the viow of prevailing upou the Danish easy that ¢ ne Ie that be should porwe | guyernment to do so, The Danish government still and al i t ste of aire \ be trad given notice, in | refused, We urged upon ihe German Power= that there All know ¢ t ¢ ‘ sntry might have the | Was stil portunity of sotting the matter right, and ® cow n be |b { a the nobio Pari a: the head of | that they were bound not to go to war until they had ex. conflard bh a Prisia ant Aastria of faly Ke Office, not simply with reierence to the mac ied overy other mode of obtaluing what they scught. @nd Austria Ochor « ’ ae « ji terat fota ng tO what had lately ccourred, tut also | At the last moment Denmark was pr pared to do justice Bnd the Nuits » , , | apect to any steps which ole Cael mieht | £0 the elaine of Germany, and we held that the war was, - ‘ 3 + pow tye * Dt Bt as th org spovern. | Consequently, am unjust War on (he part of the German ees ett wior on the or fe, with A view either to a no | Powers, Rut they bad originally xd right-to com- Of Saxony, the b toy m the banks vena which tight + | plain that Denmark had nade nnga:cmonts with them Df the historic Mincio, ts , . ao ts “rs - ay at oS sid | Which she war not willing to fuldl, (Hear,)) 3 0, la drea all who livé over | now the question fof whieh he be * | Tay " GeXcie8 WHICH MOVE. THE nagazines, as tholr explosion wit vail to desteng. | numely—whether her Mulssty's soverumant had. muss TAPEVREG AGMA ONXCIES va. Spain participates fa the genera! feciing of droad . euiiation, either love or in concert with \ ones, May 8) . “ , oror of the French end ihe - uneasines. Sho is put away in ons corner of Ba | the courte of Austria, Prucsia f ‘(reala aot 'ot ae ine nd hedged in by lofty mountains, and may feel | ® goveruments of those countries in arriving that perfectibility of ha- at a pacific settiement of the questions at jae tiem. | He trusted that the nobis rari would nob coh bimself to te svecitic terms of the Auoationg, but wi used to be en- cure against invasion, bul sl bas possessions ‘hropists who thropists wi vrmamenie vounts of the World that give bor much care whieh we ry ous, and upon pacific arbitration as the inewi- le substitute for havoc aud may Bow con- Vince themselves that, 1n sp'te of the digcuss.ons and discoveries of the uinet «mth century, the world remains much as it was, The war now apparently im- wlerly gratuite: standards guts now It ‘im, by 1 ialy Oghts she will Quest of a prvine tn, is Austrian by Eurcpean liw and long prsses: I Avstria fights she will have this much better it will be in self-defenos; for Venetia, which is coveted italy, is her own proper territory, Holstein, witich is coveted by Prussa, is in her occupation. sum up the demerit: of the case, we must add that, though a fourth Power couid probably prevent the con- flict by a word, that word is not spoken. If war now ‘ensues and its bistory should be written, it will appear as unjust as unnecessary, and as wanton as apy war of times, Pane conquest, and nothing less, forms the motive of Prussia, She is determ ned to possess herself of the Danish duchies without a partner, and to exclude Aus- tria from all share in the common spoil. She will pay for the privilege if necossary, but only in such coin as wiil leave the balance of real power in her favor, She ws ready to give money, but not territory, For a “rectifi- caton" of jimits on the § lesian frontier Austria would dispose of her claims upon Holstein, for \t is impossible to believe, alter what has passod in this mat- ter, that the can be sincerely interesied in the preten- sions of any in ndent prince. But Prussia, while de- manding in the North such a cession of terr.tory as may hereafter insure her epllerd [goog 24 is not pre- to yield a square in return, ‘ao Austria, r7 slaviaed at this nm airy, will make a fight for safety while she can. phe svat the. ona ree pratege wae rather than se? Pra: rau su tent us would render resistance more difficult heren(ter, riminati ib id wine ty Sita ne retest are no wrong can be imput d to the Austrian ent, Her armaments in Bohemia were purely defensive; for, though Prussia might not have been arming previously, she was notoriously eompassing and designing that which would make Austrian armaments necvssary, She contemplated bringing the joint occupation ‘of the Duchies toan end, and on terms to which Austria was ‘expected to assent. That was the provocation which made Austria arm in Bohem a, and then ltaly, ever on the watch for Austrian difficulties, thought Her oppor- tunity arrived, and armed in turn for an attack cpon Venetia while Austria was engaged with another enemy in front, Eagh Power now professes that it has no int tion of beginnfng the conflict, but Austr alone is practi- cally sincere in the profession. It is certain that Austria hus not the least intention of attarking Italy; wherexa, on the other hand, it. is certain that Italy hi ev ry intention of invading Venetia on the first favor able occasion. It {s_notorions, again, that Austria now desires only such a setilement of ths Duchies as is con- formable with the rights of the case and the wishos of tho Duchves and Germany to-ether, Sh» has no desi of appropr ating anythin © to herself, and is ready at this moment to refer the whole Schleswig-Holstein quostion to the deesion of the Germanic Confederation, It is therefore only fair to say that Austria stands really on the defensive, and is simply forbidding the absorption of the Duchies by Prasvia and the invas on of Venetia by Italy, “Nevertheless, Ler two opponents bay con: u as to make ber armament: appear more offen: ve thon their own, aud dhey now, perhaps, wish for nothing bevier than that Austria should reli ve them (rom Ube odinm of taking the initiative by rushing madly into war, It nds to the bitterness of our reficctions on this syb- ject hat there ix, at any rate, in Pruseia, a popular purty ficiently enlshtened to see the wickeduess of war, though not sufficiently powerful to secure the mainte: napee of pet That country, which must now be charged wih the chee’ rep milility for th: impending frow'es, is one of the best adminisicred in Eurape, The Prussians are well educated, inteilgent, thrifty, indus. trious and enterprising. ‘They hav@as many motives for avoiding war asa people could have, They have only one motive for embracing it, and that is (he game mo- tive which guided the barbarous armies of the Goths and Hone, want to take what does no! belong to them, Count Bismark probably thnks that, bosides secnrmg the tw. Danish Duchies, he may get other prckines out the smaller States of Germany may le the course of the sirvgg'e, and the of the war, broken up and ov-rrun t Power which comer cw.striaged in the end may jnd mony orp rtvniticr of further — aggeandi-e ment. These consi¢erations” are apparently suf. cient to determine the policy of Prussia, If the people, or any section of ihe people, are of a wiser mind, they are either too weak or too undecided to produce any efect npon th» resuit, The government of Kerlin sees a prosp ct of advantage inn Kuropean wur, and ts prepared to run the risks of the game, OF Italy it can only be raid that the sentiment of na- tionality overpowers every other. For the sake of ac- quiring Venetia the Italians’ are prepared to league with any enemy of Austria, on any terms and in any cause, ‘They do not trouble themselves in the least about the nationality of Danes in Setteswig or Germans in Hol- sien, Prnssin may swallow up those populations if she pleases, so long as she enables Lialy to ext-nd herself from the Alps to the Adriatic. That one condition renders any war and any ally equally accept- able, and ft must be taken os an clomept of certainty in this question that all the power and influence whieh the phan government can exert will be oxerted aganst any ¢ or settlement, and in favor of open wat. be naments” of Ttaly have been continued inces: autly for these soven years, They are not things of yos~ terday, nor do they dato from the Danish war or the quarrels of Austria and Prussia, They have been prose- cuied and extended, almost to the rain of the country aud U iy yom 2 dospalr of maintaming them, combs i with, be oe lik fot to MBS ie ifiat the Ttal ians ure now eager to get some benefit {rom them while they can, Austria is the only Power in whose policy there is any tinge of emwervitism. She, though prepared to pick up the gauntiot if it is thrown down, has alone no designs of aggression, and her advers know it, Prossia knows that she would be content with a decision of the Bund as to the disposal of the Du Italy knows that she desires only to retain Venetia, without aiming at anvtuing more, Austria alone would’ be willing to ac. cept tty we Fs te of afairs without change—& fom SehijaTion of Schieswig-Hol-tein til the qnestions were sottled by the proper tribuns tion of ltaly as it was loft by the tarest treaties, These are not Aggressive views, nor can avy designs of aguression be really inferred from Austrian armaments, Such designs aro cantined to the other side, and with that side must rest all the responsibility of war, if so fearful a culamity sould actually ensus, t NEWSPAPER 7 ignan!’s Ves orener . I, and the d strit Late [From 6. Advice the ha ePOUTS. , May 11.) ribaldi w to havo from at command o| As ao moved, asthe Unia Staliana fom him:—L have nothing to say to you rolinents. The rumor spread plave fn my name is ab an abroad that th truth or a perfidy, The Munn Carel has the following:—The Polish emi- t Turin have held a meetin: «da com- so that range them ting couctuded ing and Garibald' are voting contribu. war, The Communal decided on paying to the State 1,000f, a day from the time of the ot hh when wa elves un with enthrsine The ter tie ious larg connected with the co Council of Brescia bn ‘Treasury the sum ¢ charging its comnfittee to asures for the assisunce of the and volunteers. The Communal Council of Vayia bas voted « subsidy of 10,000f. for the poor families of the combatants in the approaching war for independence, and 11,000. for the wounded and their famiti The Provincial Depatation of Pisa has proposed to the Coaueil to vow a sum of 100,000. for uh This city has gloriously com nnteers, as at three o'clock two hundred had inscribed their nam: ‘A lettor from Vienpa as the following: ft 1 General Benedex who will take the command of the army of the North, which circnmsiance proves that the grealost efforté will be made net Prussia, and that the defensive will not be long maintained, as seen in case of a war with Italy. infantry and two caval centrated in Bohemia; these manded by Prince Tour and Taxis and Baron Edelsheiu, brother of the Baden Minister, One of the tufantry corps w Il be commanded by the Archduke Leopold; an- other by General Gablenz, who will return here as _svon as hostilities shall have commenced. Conta Clam- Galias and Than, and another general whose name I do not know, will have the command of the other three corps. A Berlin totter contains the following:—The military attaché of the Prossian Embassy at St. Fotorcbnrs, Liew. tenant Colonel Sehweinitz, has arrived here unexpect- = with an autograph letter from the Emperor Alex ander to King William. In this communication the Czar makes a last attempt to dissuade the King from com- meneing @ war, the consequences of which it is impos. to calculate, What impression this missive may bave produced on the King is not ed. Count Biamark had been serenaded upon bis escape from asassination. Ina speech to the crowd he said :— «We are all ly to die for King and fatherland, let it de on the pavement of the street or on the battle feld. Our common feeling finds its bost expression in the cry—Long live the King! The Berlin correspondence of the London Time: says Within three weeks the Prussian army will heve been raised to a total of 415,000, of which number 240,000 are ready to take the fold. It is stated that all the passes in the Tyrol were de- fended by artillery. London for Italy, and made eon- Steamers core Fong ordered contracts oraes are said to have with Prussia itt The Prussian Ambaseador on the 9h had an audience ‘with Napoleon at ten o'clock in the morning, an un- usue'ly early hour, It was construed a8 indicating great urgency. ment shortly in- 2h tis stated that the Relgian tonds raising the effective force of the Belgian army to 80,000 men, and that orders had been eigned for recall. ing the mon on furlough, ‘The Paris Patrie states that Swttzeriand, in view of the Probabliity of war, has obtained a declaration from the great Powers reaflirming her neutrality. NAPOLEON IN AUXERRE. ‘ Paris (Nay &) correapondence of London Timea le Rmberce and. Rrapress’ visit to acerre wil he Day comp iment Their Majesties morn ‘clock, aceom- Grand Equerry; M.' Pr my, ae bs gd and Sere ol household imperial arrived at their destingt on at quarter to one, ‘hates of the pope. lation having aasembled at the railway stations, reory. iow Wot Maicstios jn (he most puthusiaatic manner, remembered as long as ins New Year's to the Austrian Ambassador 1859. loft Pars on Sunday Jed by General Fleury, Dopey of the Yonte; the the On service. To: NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1866—TRIPLE SHUET, | were received at tho station of Auxerre by M. | latest moment. ‘The public have witneated vo many af. the Mayor; the Municipal Council, M. Larabit, | tempts to fla‘ter them confidence by half :tatemente” Senator; M. one of the deputies of the depart- | that they are wigiians and us shears: and several persons of note connected with the | fessions are put ft lack com; ry town, would, therefore, be better to abstain | 4 Celia *04r0mted tho Ranperor aad Emprees in the fia Witheeh pastclo of cate, ates me pen ae fa mi was reortved 1a th town with such proofs of devoted- Pare ay Oe tp wp beer hpmy bone pare tyre 4 oss and joy that he retained a vivid recollection of them, | @/airs in the agreeable to their clients, and ‘which be expressed on his deathbed in the most affect- | anticipations are now usually received with a dozree of terms, as recorded in the Mémorial de Sainte Helene. | allowance. Hence, tn critical times, it would always be Your Majesty has just heard the same enthusiastic accla- |, Well to associate Person or persons with them, of mations, the same cries from the depths of the heart of | strict character for ile aptsnde, wholly. agen whose devotedness to the Emperor, as your |) nected with the ulations of the if any such Majesty well knows, has no more been found wanting in |' could be found willing for the public bo days of trial and adversity than in those of prosperity | the task. and ‘riumph. Let the Emperor therefore permit mo to THR ADVANCE IN THE RATE 01 ut to him the keys of this faithful town, in which (From the London Times (city fire iment to the empire has always The Bank of En has again been kept burning even In the darkest times, Giscount. It was advanced trom six to Mavawe—Come and receive the ardent blessings of our | Thursday last, and 1s now put uy lations, who venerate, admire and love you; a8 | ment excited no surprise, since the ir roward, deign to tell the young Prince imperial Of the past two weeks fully indi its probability, aad ae lee aed mee sad bd ieee, he nay ever | as regards the of the funds, jeneng, CA a. ly on the al ion Of his old and loyal town of Auxerre, 1 followed by a slight recov ‘The Emperor roplied in the following ee Oe ee ee oe (804 8 3, woe ADDRESS, uted ; but some er numerous Tam happy to see that the reminiscences of the First Eg rg hee ae of the public them Empire have not been effac:d from your moi Be | took and the final bargains wer: agaia certain that, on my side, I have inherited the sentimenta | g: 261, to for delivery, and 8634 to %, or 8534 to % ex divitiena, for the 6th of June. In financial st of the head of my family for the energetic and patriotic Populations who supported the Emperor in good as in evi fortune. Ihave, moreover, a debt prio the department of the Yonne. to give mo its in 1848, because it know, like the malorily of the h nation, that its intereits were mine, and that I d tested, Liles ti, those tr-atics of 1815 which some parties of this day wish t) malee the sole basis by ahs ace T thank you for your T Ureathe at eae, sentiments. In the midst of you for it is among tho laborious popu- lations of the towns and rural districts that I find the true genius of France, Tt is quite true, as the Bonpecre be that it was Auxerre, in the department of Youn at first elected him representative of the p le in 1848. He ‘was then in London, and when the news of his nomina- tion as a candidate reached bim he wrote to his unclo, Jerome Bonapart, who was then in Paris, as follow: T believe with you, my dear uncle, that it now becomes my duty to accept the mission confided t» me by my fel- low citizens if they honor with their wuifrages, In. cir- cumstances which, happily, no longer exist, I did not hesitate to prolong my exile rather thau allow my name to Serve as u pretext for mischienus agilatim, Now that order is restored, I hope unjust prejudices will ne longer hinder me ‘vom laboring as a representative of the peo- ple towards the consolidation, the huppiess and the Glory of the republic. THE EFFECT IN PARTS. [Paris (May 8) correspondence of London Times.) The words spoken by the Emperor on Sunday in his sp ech tw the Mayor of Auxerre will have rea hed you by the telegraph beore this, What tho telegraplr will nol tell you is the eflect produced by those words in Paris, How they will be interpreted in Bugland 1 do not Know, but it would be difficult indeed & ex ggerate he denay, ond, L must add, te indigna'im they have rowed here, ‘That indignation was yesterday so strony as to throw the most cautious, the most tunid, off their guard, P-ople who have been ruined, poopls who are d ee ly struggling to escape the ‘rnin which is hanging over them, and people who till now yielded a large belief to the pacitic in:entions of the rovermment, andjdid not scan too niceiy What appeared ambiguous in them, are in © n- sernaion, Tits im reply to Mi. Thiers’ specch, and to the enthu-iast peption it wet with in the Legislative body, thai the Hinperor trumpets to the world his de- tosiation of “those treaties of 1815, which t is desires to now make the basis of our foreign policy.” — There wods siriee upon the ear like the firs: note of defiance to Europe. The ar? the revenge taken up n the commercial, tie bu geoi” elise’, whoe hopes 0 peace we sm crwly dwipated, They are the answer to the educated and intelligent populations of the great towns for their opp sition to official nominees in the last elections. ‘They sound like a declaration of war against ibe enlightened classes, for it is not among tuum, the peror fays, he can “breathe freely ;” and it is not ainong thom, but emng he working men and the prrsan s, (hat he tina the t-we genivs of Beane, Ail who are enlight- ened and independent feel themselves now branded as unworthy the name of #renchmen, and virtue and patriotisin must henceforth bo looked for oniy among the lowest in the social scale and the most ignorant, ‘These are now given to understand that their interests and those of the L wigeotsie are far from identical, and what a deciaration of the kind coming from such authority may cveninally lead to they hesitate to do- fine, ‘There are rumors of resiguations of Ministers, Whether true or false does nol, perhaps, much matter. [have reason to believe that the Ministers had not any knowledge of what the Emperor was going to say fo the labvers of Auxerre, and that they are as much taken by surprise as the public at large, Twice on Thuraday evening ths Emperor had an account given to him by a confidential person of the manuer in which M. Thiers’ speech was received in the Legisiat ve Corps; and he was particular in inquicing as to whether those who appla ded were the majority. He could hardly be- lieve tt when assured repeatedly that the House was unanimous in its approbation. He remained silent for some minutes ax if in reverie, and then abrupily dis- missed hs attendant with tho words, “Raivn de pls, Tait. nde plus.” He spent the rest of the night waiking up and down his room, of writing, and did not retire to repose till long after daybreak, A NAPOLEONIG ALLIANCE WITH BISMARK AND ITALY. "aris (May 8) correspondence of the London Times.] ‘bat ap understand ng exists between the French gov- ernment, M, Bismark and Lialy no one now serms to have the stightet dow ¢, and the was-rtion that Italy has begun to arm only because she dreaded an atiack from Austria is received with a derisive sin le, Two or three months ago the project of the Italian government for the reduc- tion of its expenditure, and the relief of its financial burdens, was sent up to Paris for approval. As it was seen tbat considerable reductions in the array formed an important tem in the project, word was at once sent back to Florence What, whateyiy cig} was ont down, jue army must sufler no Gim'fulioh. @his may be dov' ah Tialy, but I have qf from too good af Behe to donne eed | Pie meee Mt the Ministor of ne usslOa e| policy of France the otter da on) he toreign [From the Opluiond Of Florence, May 6 } far ffory having urged Italy to war, and from having entered into eNgagements with her upon that un: rance has Lov"? Offer to our gor d Is of prudence SRF page on, Th peror n held toward Chov ira the same Ianguage . i Vrinee Metteraich, re are nol two policies nor two programin’s; but a single policy and a single pro. te pli yo" newra'ity os long aa the interests y F anes wilh the programme of respecting the in- dopendenee of other States, It is urgent, therefore, t Maly should look only to herself, wud should md that we have obligations which are the ious and important because that we ha more ample and complete liberty of action in the reconstruction of our nationality. We aro content to see this lib tty respected by the Emperor Na+ poleon, to whouw we are attached by bonds of the moat solid friendship, and who hax contributed so much to the regeneration of Italy. Upon the important question of interuational policy the Emporor has given proof of that admirable poiitical foresight which is ©o wanting in the adversaries of his covernment, While M. Thiers aud M. Favre, ignoring the independence of other -tates, de- mand’ that Uae Emperor Napo'eon should interpose to one of her usual artiices, requests from him a guarantee that Ituly shall not attack her, the orator of the Imperial gov rment solemnly proctaims the right of Italy to pur- Sue an independent poliey upon her own responsibility. Such is our position. It demands from the government extraordinary nce and circumepect.on to raintain iw friendiy Fr s with toreign Powors as well during hand. Le THE MONEY CRISIS. Int tion of the Panic Excitement. [From the London Times (city article), May 7.} There has been jess excitement in the various mar- kets to-day (Saturday, 5th), but consols have closed at a further doctine of one-cighth, while in shares and foreign securities there has also. in a majority of cases, been ¢ continental anotier fall ems hourly to h the cort those who how k to the course of the Paris market, and to the heavy and indiscriminate eales commenced by the always well-infurmal Frenca crodit mobilier more than @ month ngo, are disposed to entertain a fone iction. hat this result will be bata fulfilment of « jobg Reicled Progridime. At tho sume time there is a growing impression that the experience of the Crimean and Italian wars will be repeated in the present instance, And that no recovery in the markets can be expected until hostilities shail have actually commenced, after which all those who have sold in anticipation of that oc- currente will begin to realize profits, and to ask them. selves what they are to do with their money. Among the reports current in the Stock Exchange this afternoon ‘was one to the effect that Mr. Gladstone ts gving to Paris Jor an interview with the Emperor, A “CREDIT ASSOCIATION” COUNTING TT. [Frova the London Times (city article), May 7.7 A report has been issued this evening by the Imperial company Whose shares, oon alter their jntrodnetion, went to an extracrdinary premiom, with £5 paid on each £60, and which have this week tonched § discount, The number of sharce is 100,000, and the pard “ip capital £500,000, and the con- current testimony of Messrs, Coleman, Turquand é& Co., and Messrs, Quilter, Rail & Co., after a “careful exam: ination in detail,’’ is that, reckoning the value of the nerets at recent prices, a sum of £100,000, or one-fifth part of the paid up capital, will cover the whole joa. This would show the shares to be intrinwe. ally worth four pounds each, and w thus far caleulated Hay alarm, since, although the valoe of sccarities ver was A panic like the pre- not eucceeded by a strong reaction eueh as Ulimately to rehabilitate ina great measure the in- terest of thore who had been able to hold through it fails to give any tieht on the grand pornt @ analety of sharcholders is in enci: instance Except in companies where thers is t is the Habilivy wan th conviction that a't their capi- that frightens the proprivtary, E umber whose whole available of shares, aud to whom, in the present of the market, whea ft ta impossible to ratve loans On any uch holdings, a fresh call t# simply a notification that, no matter what may be their trost a8 to tho future, they must force their property off on any terms that | can be obtained. The question consequently fe, can | the company, while they are quietly was covery and reallzation of their assets, see th Ineot ai! outstanding commitments falling due in tho interval, and if not, what will be thete require: ments? Until some satisfaction shail have beon affordet in this 4 the stavement will not to whieh now directed, Penson to apprehend abeslute f to calls, rather fal i grme, compel italy to diswrm, and while Aurtria, resorting to | Would not be advived until this a c@ the full effet desired, It is also a defect that it Teaches only to the 14th ult., since, as it embraces ‘Both ing more than an estimate, there is no apparent rea. . S00 Why it should not baye been broughi ‘own . vo the | our bas again been a conunual increase heaviness throughout the day; sud, sitbougs the ma jority of ‘the public feel convinced , except in the case:, the various companies still retain the whole or the better part of their capital intact, no one is able to see Low they can be protected from the panic 80 a8 to obtain the means of meeting ourrent obligations 18 the interval required for their \ property to available, In former panios the leading delusion has always pees Wat tie oepir of bank notes was insuff- cient, and the moment this apprehension was met by & notification that the bank might issue as many notes ag ft pleased every one found that thers wire already more notes in circulation than were wanted, and the* wil@ alarm from that moment steadily subsided. At te prem ent rias no such pana ea is availudl , and the m terror seems Likely, therefore, to evrd unc! Meanwhile, however, many public interests may be seriously compromised, and it is pertinent to inquire whether the leading banks and other establishments of London and the provinces, whose position is now perfectly secure, and who vehemently Shut ovt even the smailest applications of any of the distressed companies for momentary assistance, are net bonnd to reilect that up alinost to ihe commencement of panic they env vraged ‘hese ¢:mpanics in bicir viei we course by negotiating Gir prpr, and that it is conse- quenily a duly to concert any safe means that may bein tucir power to mitiate the evils they have ussisted in bringin about.* “Of course no one won! goat that tacy shouid entertain the idea of mak ng da:igerone advances in any case; botit is believed that much of the pervading peril actully arises in instances where a com- paratively sail amount would prevent a wreck, aod wh ro solid, although not directly convertibie securi conid be handed over for tive tines the total requir It is the very establ shments (ha! ag e-led Lo pe/urm their duty to the pudlic by originally setting their face against fininca paper wien it was erenlating to the extent of mi'lions, and withont tangible security, that now refuse to touch it, even to the extent of a few hundreds, with the offer of positive securities to back it, Itis no reply in such eases that Lhe companies can make calls oa their sbareliolder-. In most instavers the articles of as so: ation provide that these calls shall not be made at more frequent intervais Wan three months, and meaa- while there may be ali the danger of stoppage. ‘Thus the outire history funishes a deplorable example of w pres dented er dili'y ond re kiewne« on all sid % foe lowsd vy an equaily unqualified ai piay of ming 4 sel suness and ter-or, The intiaion and Ue parte have been f a piece, und all attempts at reason are as vain in the one case ax they were in the other. If the Bank of Evglaud and the Jea:ting joint stock banks were to unite and to agree to make a very moderate ad vanee upon the bost assets of the few Companies that might boin need of assistance, £0.28 to yive time for calls to be made or property to be realized withou sacrifi-o, the alarm and danger that are now beginn to spreail among the whole community would at once be stayed. But there is apparently Ltile reason to hope for any united action, and unhappily, thervore, there ie little that prudent peopie can do who see that their own standing may at tenth be imperilied by the rush of the insane crowd beyond contracting their own engagements, however inherently legitimate, into the smallest possible compass. EFFECT OF NAPOLEON'S SPEECH. [From the London Times (city article), May 8.) The announcement by the Emperor Napoleon to the Mayor of Auxerre that, in common with the majority of 6 French people, hie detets the treaties of 1815, has evidently been regarded on the Paris Bourse as a signal for the commencement of a European war, and the rentes have experienced a further fait of nearly two pet cent, Who on this side the panic in speculative secure tes has assumed un intensity equal @ anything ever wit neased in ine varius convulsions of the past thirty years, THE REFORM BILL. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli on the | Redistribution of Se: As announced in the Hexarp, in our report from the Cubayesterday, Mr. Gladstone brought his new Franehise bill before the House of Commons on the 7th of a His statement was of an entirely weal characte, Tim- bracing hts plan for the redlsteidetion of §g0'6,” Towards the conclusion of the Chanelior's gspe%sch he said:— * * * We adhere ty, our ofi#7nat proposition, and we have no intention ‘6 advige the prorogation of Parliament untiljthe whole xyject—meaning by the whoie subject the question of “ne fronchise aud the question of the redis- tribution, ¢7 seats-—has been disposed of by the judgment of the Mayet Czar, haar.) What T ave said T thing Gad ve will convey eeastly Hig postion zwhich the uovernment desize to be undersides 88 ggcupyihy. At tm, prosat procmeesl wilt id naciting apacibe WTA Feapecr a” ir impression ts that the proceedings upon this bil. metubers of (nis House have been waiting tol arn thechar- acter and substance of this bill, and on being apprised of its character aud substance that they propose to forte @ final jadgment as to the questions! procedure, Our de- Sire 18 nol lo quarrel with any portion of the House that is agreed With us as to the ond in view aboubd the ques tion o: procedure. If we bave had debates involving matter of warmth and deep politial interest, the whole of those debates I put out of view and memory for the present purpose; and { assume that we ars mot now with a view to the prosecution of this bill, and of the subjees, with all the despateh compatible with its due consdera- tion. There ix no elemeut, as I hope the House will of repronch or controversy in the declaration that t now make, We are ready frankly to enter into suck arrangements as will give the Honse the best securiy of retaining in its own bands the power of dealing with the whole subje t, our desire bein that we may not joes the time and labor tint ave been already spent, and that we may not be forced to trust the matter to chance, to the future, to the accidents of another sesom. Cheers.) I have only to add that in saying ber y's governinent would not advise a prorogntiom whole matter hos betn disposed of, if it be the desire of the House to combine the two bills into one, of course 1 must be understood as reserving all cases of public policy oF exigeucy arising atid. (Hear, heat.) moan that in the usnal course of Lusiness prorogayom ot has been aie posed of. In some manner or other, T caunot but enter tain the hope that some method of proceeding with tule question in a manner enabling us to arrive at a definte iwsuo will be attained. Tam sure it will be eminenily satisfactory to the country that, having addrossed our. solves to @ settlement of a question of such vast im. portauce, we xhould treat it with that earnestness of the course of actual events as during the war which is at which on every account it demands at our wands, (Cheers.) The right honorable gentiomnan come claded by mgying formatly for leave to introduce a bill makin< provision for the redistribution of seats. Mr. Disvarts, who was che red upon rieing, sald:—B mean to touch only on one of the three subjects Chancetlor of the Exchequer hag bro ght under fiderasion; and when be rose I did not contemplate that it would be. weary Tor me to trouble the Now pom any of those pomts, Eshall contine myself entirely to the matter of proceda: nd I must say I have lieteped to the specch of the Chancellor of the Exchequer upop that topic with a fecling akin to astonishment, (Cheers) It is generally considered the duty of a private member of the House, when be brings forward bill or proposes fa moesur®, that he sho ld at least indicate the mode by whieh be intends to invite the opinion of the House, and the time at which he thiuks it may be eonventent to ask for that opinion. But, as L could collect from the Cunncelior of the Exchequer, Le bas not supplied any means by winch we can arrive ® & conclusion as to the course which the government proposes that the House should adopt, (Cheers) Irrespective of boing a membor ot thie Hi the right honorable gentleman who brings forward this measure Hoare of tommons, and it is bis duty to regulate the general course of busi- ness, This measure relates to the most important bus ness now before the House—business which has already engaged ‘t# attention during ® great portion of the se. sion, and which, as contemplated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is likely to engage its time and attention during the rest of the year, But, as far a 1 am = able to gather, the Chancellor of the Exeliequer abandons the duties of his position, 1 am at this moment really at a loss to know on what day of in what manner the opinton of the Mouse ito be elicited on this important subject introduced by hee Majesty's government, (Hear, hear.) [ must, there fore, put it to the Chancellor of the Exchequer not to shrink from that which is one of his principal duties and T hope that after some conference on the Treasury tench we may be informed on what day and in whet mannor ‘he opinion of the House is to be taken on the propowition, (Hear, hear.) There was an unarwal pause when Mr. Disrach reeumed Tt was evident that the Hone expected a re bo Treasury beneb, but there being no move im that quarter, aloud ery of “Hear, lear,” waa Taised. After a minute or two The Ons sceon ov Tin Excarquen—I cannot accept, ou the part of the government, any portion of the re which the right honorable gentioman the member anh ire administered to me, nor dow with the abi arse as been this our Ideas of the form Of procedure b tain tht object we had in View, that of tlemont of the entire question; but 1 am not aware that Wo origiaally state t the gorernment ts preoladed from accepting s\ggesti and ameudmente, even affecting tho subetance of te me 11 there bo eufficient ground for doing #0, and expec having some regard to the quarter job thoy proceed, Much leas ts it to be proc from paying that cow jon which courtuey and deferevce, and evory principle ag well ax policy dictate, mw to ite onder of proceeding. We wished to ascer. tain the op.nion of gentiemen like my right honorable friend, whom we believe to be perfectly -erious in hie dorire to attain the common object. and yet differ from imetuod of procedure. We Bot having keut back ogg