The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1867, Page 4

4; travelled; of single letters, 1d. or 2c. for transit through either country. It was agreed to Ox an earlier date than next Now Year's day for a reduction of the rates charged’ on printed matter and patterns, and the territorial tran- sit charged on closed mails. ARFAIRS IN EUROPE, The Situation Tending to a wr etenets a sorpautie sien ot vot sels.im the serv’ said: ing at General War. what was vuaniaonmaiaaiee ‘ee found that the United States were building twelve first class war steamers. Mr. Shaw-Lefevre—I think they are building six of the larger class and-six of the smaller. Sir J. Pakington—I believe very mach in the vigor of the Unitod States, and when I had the pleasure of seeing the Secretary of the United States Navy in this country some time ago, he made no secret of it that his department tooked upon these ships as the most effective of men-of-war. The United states have adopted the policy of having ships of great speed, capable of going to sea as cruisers, and also capable of carrying, as far as their guns go, very heavy armor. Important Naval Movements in France and Great Activity in the Ports. The Prusso-German Secret Treaties and Power- ful Consolidation of Fatherland. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Iniportant Movomonts—Extraordinary Naxal Preparations—Six Vessels in Precess ef Con- atruction—The Ironclad G ‘Tho Tigre and the Plongour—Activity in ether Navy Yards—Sinking Ships by Photography—The New Port of Rechofert, &c. Rocusvort, March 20, 1867. I came down from La Rochelle yesterday for the pur- pose of learning something of ‘the extraordinary naval preparations which Napotcon is undoub‘edly making with some object, and have to-day boen over the entire navy yard, and have seen the vessels which are now rapidly approaching complotion. Six vessels of difforent sizes and descriptions are on the stocks here, Foremost among them is au iron-clad frigate called the Gaienne, which it is expected will be launched in August next, and which will be one of the most formidable vessels in the French navy. She is of five thousand tons burthen, witb an engine of a thousand Napoleen in the Face of Forty Millions of United Germans. - ¥rench Hints to Russia on the Eastern Question. Tne Fenian War and British Reform Revolutionary Crisis. &. &e. a. ‘The Cunard mail steamship Java, Captain Moodio, which loft Liverpool at eleven A. M. on the 234, and Quoenstown on the 24th of March, arrived at this port yosterday afternoon, bringing details of our cable des- patches, ‘ ‘ horse power, and is pierced for fifty-six gums, among ‘Tho English government and people had already-bone- | which will be fourteen:three hundred pound gans, car- fited by the great American steamship enterprige | rying cylindrical and conical shot and shell. Shoe is opening up Japan and China from San Francisco to | built with a sharp stern, thus greatly diminishing the Hong Kong and Yokobama. News from Japan to Feb- | chances of a suecessful “fire in the rear,’ or of the ruary 27, received per the Colorado at San Francisco, | successful punching” of the spur trom aram. She is and thence by telegraph, was received and published in | covered with iron plate of fiftecn contimetras in thick- London on the 2ist of March. ness below, and twelve centimetres above the water line. n Engiand exciting rumors were rife at the departure | (The centimetre is a little more than one-third of an of the Java as to the prospects of the new reform bill | inch, and is expressed by the decimal 0 394.) aud the Derby Cabinet, According to ono authority | The experiment is to be tried of sheathing these Ministers themselves expectod to be out within a week. | plates with copper, in order to prevent their oxydiza- Great interest was felt in the fate of Dr. Livingstene, | tion. Besides her broadside guns sho is pierced for an the African traveller. By some it was contended that | immense bow guns, directly under the bowsprit, the report of his massacre admitted of little, it any, | and the commandant’s cabin, which is away aft, doubt; while others continued to hope that the state. | is so arranged that the side and stern windows mont was untrue. An Adwiralty note announces that | may be easily taken out and five more guns put in her Majesty's ship Wasp proceeded on the 2d of January | Un deck and amidships is what the enginesra, adopting to Quilos, with the British Consul at Zanzibar on board, | the English word, call “‘blockhouse,” which 13 an iron- to endeavor to ascertain the truth. clad tower, not intended for guns, but simply as a look- ‘The Paris Bourse on the 2ist of March experienced a | out for the commander of the ship during action. It is decided fall, and speculation was forthwith active upon | iron-clad and shot proof to within about six inches of the probable cause. It was said to have been occasioned | the top, which is of glaes, through which the command- chiefly by the publication of the secret treaties between | ing officer can watch the action, and inside a telegraphic Prussia and the South German States, On the following | apparatus communicating with all the posts in the ship day, however, there was a marked improvement. is to be placed, through which he will give his orders. In the Engiish House of Commons, on the 2ist of The Guienne is expected to be able to make her ten March, Mr. Adderley replied at great length to a ques- | knots an hour, and it is sald that when she is launched tion put by Mr. Buxton in reference to the outrages im | the Emperor will come down here to soe her off. Jamaica, The tenor of Mr. Adderley’s reply was that Near the Guienne, upon the stocks and in an advanced the government had taken every step possible to punish | state, is a transport intended expressly for the convey- those who, it was alleged, had been guilty of excessive | ance of two thousand horses, This will be completed cruelty in putting down the so-called rebellion in Ja- | about the 1st of November. maica One fact came out which had not bitherto been Beyond her is in course of construction the Tigre, a stated. It was that Ensign Cullen and Dr. Morris had | vessel built very much upon the model of the Stone- boon acquitted by the courts martial by which they | wall, with a formidable spur, and twin sorews working were recently tried. independently of cach other, and enabling her to turn Ig South Germany the publication of the treatios he- | with great rapidity and case, and making heres valuable tween Prussia, Bavaria and Baden seems to bave given | for defence as for attack, Then there are two iron-cled Great satisfaction, ‘The papers Wore congratulatingdy w | corvettes, with towers aud barbette guns, arid @ wooden readers that there is in reality a united Fatherland. frigate and corvette building. Groat activity prevails ‘The Greek blockade runners to Candia had a new dan- | inthe yard, and it is understood that all these vessels ” gor, ‘The Turkish ships of war came into the Piraus to | areto be completed and launched before next March; watch one of them. Upon this the Greek government | aud it is known that three other vessels of the character addressed a protest to the Turkish Minister at Athons, | of tho Tigro are being built at other navy yards in ‘The reply was smart. Turkey, said the Turk, is at peace | France—the Bélier at Cherbourg, the Cerbdre at Brest, with Greece, and she has therefore the right to send her | and the Boule Dogue at Lorient, While at Cherbourz, war vessels to Greek ports. besides the Bélior, six other vessels, all of which The recent hurricane at Valencia, Spain, appears to | are to finished im the course of the present have been severely felt along tho whole eastern coast, | year, are im progross of construction. These Great damage to the shipping occurred at Gandia and | are the Volta, a despatch boat, to be completed in Oliva, Some vessels were wrecked at Peniscola, and the | August, and the Jeanne d’Arc, an iron-clad frigate, which circuit which suffered moat severely from the tempest | will be Inunched in September, and the Eatroes, another, appears to have been the district betweon the mouth of ; which will be ready for soa in June. Two iron-clad the Ebro and Cape San Antonio, At Vinaroz, also, there | ships, the Suffren and Atalante, aro being hurried, and a wore some losses. Here the works in the harbor suffered. | fast sailing corvette, the Clocheterie, was commenced ‘The safety of the Dutch steamor Irene was for some time | about a month since. és doubtful, but she is reported to have arrived at Malaga. There has receatly bsen completed in this navy yard In tho plains, also, much mischief was caused by the hur- | another vessel, which, although she has been launched ricane, Great damage was done to the orange trees, | and is ready for work when occasion requires, is now numbers of the fruit having been blown off the trees. kept carefully housed and removed from the vulgar Mr. Ralph Earle, the Secretary to the English Poor | gaze. She isan experimental nondescript craft, called Law Board, has resigned. the Plongeur, built, Iam informed, somettring after tho Dr. Pearson, # physician in good practice at Ely, Eng- | model of the Winans ‘‘cigar boat," and is intended for fend, has been convicted at the Cambridgeshire assizes of | submarine work. It is said that a model of the boat will poisoning with strychnine two valuable horses. There | be placed in the Grand Exposition, in which caso I shall ‘was 00 motive alleged for the crime. The prisoner was |. send you a description of it. sentenced to five years’ penal servitude, Rochefort was wisely selocted as ths naval atation at Five men were killed by the bursting of a boiler used | which all these vessels wore to be built. It is an out for agricultural purposes at Watlington, Norfolk, Eng- | of the way quiet place, where few forcignors and fewer land. Seven others were more or less injured, and the | natives ever come, and were it not for an occasional lives of two were despaired of. newspaper correspondent looking around for something An interesting ceremony took place at Windsor extraordinary making his way here, the government Castle—the christening of the infant son of the Maha- | might go on building ships tothe end of time without eajah Dhuleep Singh and his wife, the Maharanee. | anything befng known about it. Admission to the navy Queen Victoria stood in person as one of the sponsors, | yard is very difficult to be obtalacd, and it was only by and the “‘Shahazadah,” as he is called in the Court Cir- | great oxertion and the exhihition of a fair share of the cular, recoived the names of Victor Albert. aplom), 80 necessary to & newspaper maa, that I was por- A nnmerously attended meeting of the London | mitted to enter it ‘branches of the Engine Drivers’ and Firemen’s United Tam informed that when the Emperor comes down Society was held at Exeter Hall for the purpose of con- | here during the coming sammorsome very interosting sidering negotiations pending with the various railway | ¢xperiments are to bo made in # new system for the pro- Doards of directors, The tone of the speeches was of a | tection of harbors, and in which the ordinary camera conciliatory, but at the same time determined character, | obscura employed by photographers is to play Resolutions were unanimously passed urging upon the | an important part, As I. understand it, the deputations to the various boards of directors the im. | plan to be empléyed hore is this, Opposite the mouth portance of adhering to the memorials for ten hours a | of the Charente, the river upon which the port of Roche- day, the milenge, and the sedle of wages agrocd upon at | fort is made, isa little island called tho Isle d’Aix. Upon aconference held in Novembor last, leaying the settle. | this the camera is to be placed, and brought to bear mont of other points to the discretion of the various | upon the spot upan the water where a torpedo is placed. eputations, and disclaiming any intention of embar- | A vessel in sailing over this spot would be instantano- rassing the directors or inconveniencing the public. ously exhibited in the camera, and at this moment by In the House of Commons on the 2ist of March Sir R, | means of a galvanic wire, the torpodo is to be exploded. Collior asked the Secrotary of State for Foreign Affairs | Of course in practice there would be several torpedoes, if he had received copies of the depositions of the crew | with a camera brought to bear upon each one of them. of the steamship Tornado, sworn before the British Con- Besides the work in the Navy Yard here the govern- ful at Cadiz on the 234 of February last, and if so | ment is engaged in the construction of an ontire new whether be would lay them upon the table of the Houss, | Port, which is being hollowed out away intand, beyond Lord Stanley said he had not received the papors named, | the town, adjoining the rattway station, and where ships Ho bad, however, telegraphed for them, and when he | can be entirely conceated from view on the water side. got them he would lay them on the tabie. This tremendous work is being rapidly pushed forward. Mr. ©. Fortescue asked the Under Secretary of State iC aa gas for the Colonies whether he could lay upon the table the THE REFORM REVOLUTION. papers relating to the Union of British Columbia and - anne Vancouver Island, and the subsequent condition of the united colonies, Mr. Adderley said the papors relating to the first part of the question were in preparation and would be produced shortly. ‘The Avenir National, speaking of the late scone in the Corps Logislatif, says: — ‘The speech of M. Rouher has aroused in us the past in all ite intensity. He has pushed us sixteen years back. Ho has excited passions painfully suppressed but ever burning—an inflammable substance which a prudent minister would be careful not to put a spark to. M. Rouher has played with fre and produced an explosion, dhe echoes of which are still heard from one end France to the other. Inanswerto the Pa; hi way of to the bberal dopaties people keep the oaths they have take @aye:—Such is the opinion of the Pays; ours; but the Pays will not be thanked in all quarters for bringing to mind this truth on the occasion of the ad of . Ys sao . . ~ see The Oficial Gasette of Madrid of March 20 published addresses from various State bodies concurring in the recent circulars Of the Ministers of the I Tepe ag Po a Gaikd B, ¢ Intenor and ston ‘rate on the Canvass of the Proposed Derby Bill Qual cations. In the House of Commons, on the 2ist of March, Mr. Gladstone put the following questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer :—Whether the conditions of voting in boroughs, #o faras they aro affected by the bill of the government, are to be the same for occupiers of the value of £10 and upwards as for occupiers under £10; . if not, in what respects they differ. Whether tended i that the occupying franchise See re eet ot Oooupiers of dwelling t 4 A! ernment ve jay table their estimates jo numbers of voters | ibe. entrench xo under hg ge | hee erak fog! bill, ‘80 far as w EE bet Foreign Affairs of Spain, relative to the attacke made his in order to bé re- ‘by the foreign press upon the Spanish government, A oeeaced pty she Aiteronce ‘between turk reduced rate ‘royal deeres bax boon issued appointing the Marquia of | And.the tatembieh woald have been chargeetie upon him Miraflores President of the Senate, ee iivomcon of tur Rxomequen saltt—ft will bo for ‘Tob official Kaglish correspondence on the subject of | the convenience of the House if I group the various in- Postage to the United Btates has been Inid before Partia« | quirtes made, by the honoratie genlttas. | the oe Tent The result is that the post office of each country 4 Honorable re een {5 Lo make its own arrangements for the despatch of dts m oo far oe they are by the ‘mails to the other and receive the postage, the other | Dill OF the government, aro to be the same for occupiers country making no charge for delivery; and after this Sora i Yoar the Cunard contract then expiring by notice given | whether it is to that effect, the entire postage on @ single international francbien jn ber , lettot is to be 64. if doapatched from the United King- | CePaiieer Drllding,” 6 henceforward to ‘upon dom ; 120. from the United States. It is proposed that the oovapatiog of |welling houses exclusively. It the charge for through verritorial transit in closed mails | 10 me that these two questions, which really, refer bo o1e-tenth of @ penny per o2. of letters and per 100n. of | '2,tue same point simon, ars Honan rar That measure is nowgpapery, books or patterns, for every nineteen miles | hare tereaeced. HF i Ss i i | i Ht i | : tall i she jon of BER _ 3 other buildings under the orable gentleman inquires e a¥ will lay on tho table their est i- bape gr ‘Voters to be enfranchised under the edveral clauses of tho bill. On Saturday morning I have'wo doubt thnes gentleman will have in his hands the most compli information of the unt of the inhabited houses in every borough, and every pos- sible detail connected with that most important branch of the subject, I believe that to-morrow, if not already distributed, there will as to the amounts in respect to the less im- portant franchises, the savings banks and educa- tion franchises, I am not clear whether there are any official returns as tothe amount of franchises arising from property in the fonds. It would hardly be con- venient to lay on the table an official return in reference theroto, and it is no great matter if such a return is not laid on the table, The House, I will assume, will accept the figures on the authority of my statement; but, with regard to the number of voters which may be produced by direct taxation, it is quite impossible for us to give any formal statement to the House, It would take a considerable time to make it out, and 0 if we had the time the expense would be 60 great hesitate i return. There i 9 ments of considerable importance, which, though they do not form materials from which an estimate could be framed, are of great value and amplitude, and upon which honorable genttemen will find it not difficult to arrive at satisfactory conclusions. With respect to the question whether an occupier claiming to be registered under clause 34, when a composition or other reduced rate on the premises has been duly paid by his landlord, must, in order to be registered, pay the difference be- tween such reduced rate and the rate which would have been chargeable upon him if directly rated, I have to state that he cortainly would be called on, if he claimed the right to be registered, to pay the same rates as his neighbor, and it would be very gregt injustice if we poet le make any difference in that respect. (Hear, ear. ~ 5 nae is ono point on which, perhaps, the right honorable gentleman t make his answer more complete if he will cop to the question I am about to put. I think, under the present law which re- lates (0 £10 householders exclusively, there bas been a certain ruling that part of a house will be construed as & whole house. to householders poe fot Unat case must ta entire house be oc- of the * Not! in tho wi ied oat eaters hora eae to £210 and opwards remains as before, Reform fer Scotinnd. J In the House of Com! the same sight, Sir R. Ax- erRUrnER asked the of the juer whetber it was the intention of her Majesty's ment to in- troduce a bill for the reform of the representation in Scotland in the present session; if eo, when the bill would be laid upon thesable; and whether the bill would a Forage to the representatives of that part ‘The CaANceLLon ov tux Excanquer—Yes, it is our in- tention after the holl to introduce a bill: for the reform of the representation of tho fama nhs we , and we do contemplate an increase of its representatives. (Cheers) THE RADICAL OPPOSITION Assemblage of the Liberal and Gh tant i Radical Members at Mr. {From the London Star, April Sar Yeaterday afternoon s meeting of the liberal party was held at the house of Mr. Giadstone, in Cariton house terrace. About three hundred members wore present. A them were Mr. Villiers, Mr. Montague Cham- ders, Mr. J. 8 Mill, Mr. M’Cullach T Lord. Am- berley, Mr. P. A. Taylor, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Layard, Mr. B. Usborne, Mr. Ayrton, Roebuck, Mr. T. B. Potter, Mr. Bright, Mr, Graham, Mr. Leveson Gower, Professor Fawcott, Mr. Crawford, Dr. Brady, Mr. Joba Fildes, Mr. Milnor Gibson, Mr. E. Baines, Mr. Baxter, Mr, Hadficld, Mr. Davey, ‘Mr. Moffatt, Mr. T, Hankey, Mr. Denman, Mr. Headiam, Mr. Padmore, Mr. Gilpin, Ly gS r. ir. White, Mr. W. Ewart, Grey, Mr. Coptn, Mr. W. arin, Mr. P.Vanderbpl, ME Horsman, Mr. Stono, Sir W. Hutt, the Marquis i , Sir J. Johnstone, Mr. Brand, Mr. Kinnaird, &e. ir. GLADSTONE, in opening the proceedings, referred to tho time as a crisis in the question of reform, and one of some difficulty with regard to the various parties in that the only statement with regard to the borough chise before them was that contained in aperch of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which proposed a six pound rating franchise. le thoucht that was a point which probably was of so clear a nature that it might be left to bo discussed and deter- mined in committee. Mr. Gi ne then referred to Nia own opeeah om eoeer night, and to what he bad al ity of some arrangement being made respecting the vote being fixed at that amount at which the personal capacity to pay rates terminated, 80 that all persons avove that point might be introduced without any question of rate or rental. But he sald he thought it was not wise for them asan opposition to undertaxe ot Seat stage vg question the ol @ exact upon which the Should be based The time might come when it would necessary for them to sta'e the bart of @ and when it should be the conviction of himseli and his friends, and of the party, that such a had come, he would not shrink from stating should be a to . Turning, the present to the now bill as it was said that he spoke with the strongest feeling viction that he was right when he declared it to Dill, and in fact the worst Reform bill that ever submitted to Parliament any gov this country. But, notwithstanding that, be, probably, some difference of opinion @ those who condemned the bill as to whether course was pose iton the second extend their “Forbearance further and second reading to go by unchallenged. Proceeded to a dissection of the measure, as haemo fandamental points. The county franchise, which he thought bably be unanimous in considering high a rate, and it must therefore, of case, be lowered. There was next the branch of the bill which referred to the of seats, which he thought wholly ‘i fran- bu ciel | ; ; tig ete! shal # 3 i i : i | Hs which must necessarily be entirely recast, waa the question of the voting papers, which imtroduced & change of a natare to which so far as he could comprehend it, ho beliveed they would be all equally and unanimously adverse, Then there came the fancy franchises, some of which he thought entirely bad, and probably none of them indeed would be found worth retaining; and h they ‘would all for the most be of in| por- tion of the bill should entirely pear, came was the fact that the | it franchi repel ill iii 3 5 g g sae 3 3 3 zi a2238 ii bi iri Fz i ul ; iit aie pert Ts 32 bs z i z zt Ey ders, who were to be left hereafter just ieee HY pees taany Teeside eee $ 33 ; i Hy Be FH Hl! ne E Hf aa i E i Hip ih let if uf i i | i : | i be ! li ig i was paid be Sg voter, and he wished to know that that should apply to all those who were to be en- franchised under the new bill, because if it did it meant a simple household suffrage. Mr. AYRTON was one of those who second reading of the bill should not contested; but while he was in favor of that course he was not wantin in the fullest confidence in Mr. Gladstone, and he fe! that they were under great obligations to him, and he could not but approve of the remarks which he made was himself in favor of a more active and decided course of proceeding, and he would have been glad to take part in any movement against the second reading of the bill. (Mr. Cogan was understood to express the general opinion of the irish members of the liberal party of the House of Commons.) Mr. Brrcur felt he had really little to say after the clear statement which had been made to the meeting by Mr. Gladstone. He thought, under the circumstances in which they were placed. that statement was one in which they mighé all concnr, and tho course which was recommended was one which they should all support. At the same time he did not wish it to be concealed that he would himself have recommendod a different course. But in a mere question of no great principle involv own opinion up as being better than the opi othors.. He would always go willingly and loyally with tho political party with whom ho was connected, bat he begged to clear himself from responsibility, if ali should not turn out as well ae seomed to be expected, by saying that after more than twenty ‘tg od . ment he never kuew a bad bill brougl the country during its passing through considered the constiintional plan parliamentary action was this—that tha majority in the House ought to pro- vide the members of the administration, and great question ike that of reform should bein the hands Of its friends aud not in the observatt ‘scarcely honorable gentlemen leaving. The proceedings then terminated. What the People Think. From the London eral members of the House of Commons met esterday, and it has been decided i ‘of the Ministerial Re: kus the same ther forbearance, he that a large section of the party ht a good bill might yet be made out of 1 them by the ministry. The color of the Exc! er, declared, the second reading of the bill, what portions of it the ministry were willing ‘wo relinquish, vil * © ® The announcement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the government proposes to increase the number of Scotch re ives, coming as it does after a a leaves the mene ye = members uatoucl opensup a process Jealousiy ot ere ‘Soe invincible reason why ‘the number of members the thie and should not be nabeatea to able, mot le, an i under 10,000 and returning two, is a fidere of costs ‘Quontione may, hecever, be Biders' foferred to the time when the Howse enters’ into commitiee ou the bill, a time which now ought not i ae £ 2 i i i i i e aan | i i in ii rl fF Hi l ii | i i 13 a : fi i il 1 z i H é i i i Hi z i gz f HH if g 8 £ i ais ij 43 j : i q i 33 i ul | ! i : i i | $ sss iH i i Hl Fee i ‘ li ‘ 2 Ha i i ii i it d A i 1 z & g i 3 i zt age i EF # 38 i i NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APKIL 4, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. (From the Paris Temps, March 22.) There is no longer s south and north inGermany. We ‘are Bo longer in face of a Prussia of 29,000,000 of people, but @f 40,000,000 until, in the course of events, they become 50,000,000, And that there may be no mistake as to the exclurive military character of this powerful aggiomera- on, that there may remain no doubt that it is entirely in the hands of M. de Bismarck end his royal master, We learn that an amendmeat having for its object the Security of the fundamental liberties of the German People, especially the freedom of the press and the right of public meeting, was yesterday rejected by the Parlis- i § i ‘is cognizant and that the public senti- the events of the last few FS g ich opinion, it bas not been modified broual French peop! ‘the Bavarian Gazctle accompanies the publication of the troaties with some officious comments, in which a cially publication, regarded as a necessary consequence of the principle of nationalities so generally accepted in that country, will be received as @ guarantee of peaees.’’ “We,” adds the Debats, ‘‘see that there is no want of wit in Munich, and that the inhabitants of the ‘modorn Athons,’ whatever Heinrich Heine may say, know how to deal in irony.” A semi-official article in the Carlsruhe Gazette of March 21 considers the Prusso-South German treaties as inspiring confidence in the future development of Ger- many, as Germans have now, in case of danger, a united fatherland, ‘The same article further says:—Let us hope that the day is far distant when the ey eriond Of the alliance would have to be carried out. The hap- og result to which the new allianoe could lead would the complete legislative and commercial unity of Germany. The Feeling in Prussia. A Gespatch trom Berlin of March 22 says:--In addition to the agreement on the mi question a complete understanding is stated to exist between Prussia and the South German States (Wurtemburg excepted) in refer. ence to the feture position of those States towards the Northern Confederation, This understanding be car. ried out immediately after the adoption of the federal constitution. The Borsenizeitung publishes an article THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. Opening of the of King Victor ‘The Italian Farliament, elected by universal suffrage, ‘and embracing the representatives of the united king- dom of New Italy, assembled in session in Florence en confident that it consciousness of the serious wants of the coun! as well as the strength necessary to jo fer them. There bas boon a time for daring resolutions and bold enterprises. I pursued the course which was then necessary, full of confidence in the holiness of the cause which God has calied upon me to defend. The nation replied with readiness to my appeal, and by our union and perseverance we acquired our and preserved our liberty. Now that our existence is cssured Italy demands ‘that the force of her intelligence and hor will shall not be exhausted ia intemperance and rivairy, but shall, on contrary, be concentrated, with the object of giving hor a stable and wise organization in order that she may de able to develop in repose and tranquillity the eloments of vitality and prosperity which she bas received from jence. The nation demands that the chamber and the govera- ment shall apply themselves with wisdom and resolution to this work of reparation. Nations love and appreciate foimeiiees 7 ieee of the benefiis they derive from them. It is nécessary to show that our institutions give after national dig- at the same time a ‘of the State and the latter may not the honor and In order to obtain this result my goverment will sub- mit to your doliberation a bill for a complete adminis- h will strengthen at the same ume y, and facilitate as well as simplify the rel between the governing and the |, While the provinces and the communes, in accordance with law, are to enjoy greater Uberty in the sphere of their jurisdiction. More extensive powers mast be invested in the hands of the chief of the Da I yt ary decent jon by the application of a remedy calculated to. strengtben the bonds of unity. These will be p ou, and at the same time bills of which the object will be to render the collection the taxes more simple and uniform, to reform some portions of our system of taxation, to obiain, by a more sensible of accounts, a safe control and ray s ie He ages 8 i ' £ i i | : i i ; [ fi f i of 4 +4 2 5 32% eis iE ay ijt rege igi © glory for us sure of itself, re~ 2 i A t i ; THE EASTERN QUESTION. Russia Infieencing Townrds a Genoral War— French Hint on the Duty of the Czar. {From the Paris D spats, March 22) Since war broke out last y sar in the centre of Europe, ‘fa great deal of trouble bas / been taken to kindle @ east ‘ a emt. In the House of Commons, om the 2Ist of March, Mr. Dansy Gairrits asked Of stave for had Affairs had taken place the fortresses tn 2 Tarkey and Servia at Peace. A despatch from Vienna, of the 22d of March, says:— “The Turkish Ambassador has officially announced to the Austrian government that alt differences between Servia and the Porte have been settiod.’’ on, apply to the French government for the remittance te Lon of twenty-five per cent vow in the hands of the Mexican financial commission due to the bondholders. Stanuey sad he had noofiicial information at Present. Tho writer of a letter received about six weeks ago stated incidentally that he understood the French authorities would not allow the agent to receivewenty- five percent. Any information received by the govern- ment should be lajd on the table as soon as possibie, Letter from John Bright. Under the auspices of the Scottish Reform League a conference of delegates from various Ee ot Scotland was held in Glasgow on March 21, followed by a large Public meeting iu the evening. At both the government measure was unbesitatingly condemned, and Tesolutions in favor of the sweeping programme advo- cated the thusiastically passed. Tne fol- markets, &c, Reared among the egicultural population it was feared that the seeds of Fenianiem had been im- Acynical observer would remark that theconGéeace of the British government im their loyalty must have been rather weak, so exuberant is their joy now thatthe men have withstood the seductions of the Fenians. are to be placed at the disposal of the Inspector General for distribution. Increased pay and Victoria Crosses are te be given to those who most distinguished themssives. Ia several parts uf Ireland funds are being collected for presentation to the men, and congratulations and shanks voted to the officers. 80 much at the mercy of the Fenians, is also. recetving attention. They are usually dwelling houses, in. line with others, or small detached buildings, open at all sides to attack. Shot proof plates are to be immediately