The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1868, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volume XXXL 126 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BROADWAY THEATRE, BroadwWay.~-Conniz SooGan, NEW YORK THEATRE, opposite New York Hotel,— Tauts anv HELEN, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Humrry Duwrry PRENCH THEATRE.—Isapeu.La SUAREY, | NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Ing Wartre Fawn. | WADLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street.— Love's SA ROWERY THEATRE, Bowery.Jack SHerrarp— Aunt CuaRLorre’s MATD, THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—BaAuurr, Faror, ay LINSTRELS, 730 Broadway.—Sones, BAND DuTou 4S. 0 MI SEN TRELS, 585 Broatway.—Exnto- NG, DANCING, &c. . | A HOUSR, 2iL Bowery.—Comro | RELSY, dee. | ‘S$ PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— | Broadway nnd 34th steeet.EQurs- | ¥, LIViNG ANIMALS, AO, RA OL NODAMA—! rooklyn.—ETHIOPIAN | 265 OF AMERICA, ry.-F PANORAMA OF THR WAR. UM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— otk» Taesday, May 5, 1868. 228 NwEews. : IMPEACHMENT. t yesterday Mr. Bingham began s for the prosecution. He made*| iments, and at ten minutes to to a motion to adjourn, imgoriant phase has occurred in taatter which apparently places ident beyond doubt. Senator orted, has prepared a legal erable length and crudition belief that there are no just vrounds snown in the evidence or argument for tie conviclon of the President, Senator Morrill, hs colleag nted him with an adverse opinion, enden expressed himself Wwimoved, and remained firm agamst the argu- ments of others of the Matne delegation who cated upon him, .Several other republican mem- bers have followed Mr. Fessenden’s example, und it is conceded among the radi that conviction is a failure and the case is gone. anence serious demoralization among the republl- cans, and it was reported that an party, headed by Chase for the next Preside General Grant was to be immediately formed by Iessenden, Jienderson, Trumbull aud other modcrat pabit- THE LEGISLATURE. Tn the & yesterday bills were passed amending the Revie tatutes by providing for a summary dis- position of bawdy house keepers, incorporating the Pneumatic Despatch Con A appropriating $250,000 in aid of the Albany anna Rail- xvad Company. A message was received from the Governor vetoing the West street widening bill on the ground of extravagant expenditure, and that the control of the work is given to the Street Com- missioners when the City Council possesses ample ‘power in the premises, The message was Inid on the table, The Vanderburg Underground Railroad bill was ordered to the third reading. The county tax levy was amended by fixing the appropriations for the new Court Honse at $859,000, and the city tax levy by pro | viding for a new street cleaning contract at an annual expenditure not to exceed $700,000 in case the pres ent contract is annulled, and thus amended the two | bills were passed. The veto of the Sheriff's Fees bill | was sustained by a vote of 11 to 20. Pending discussion upon ita member stated that a messenger Who had been sent to summon Sengtor Humphreys to the chamber had been way by some person unknown and prevented from accomplishing his pur- pose, In the Assembly bills relative to foreclosures of mortgages, to incorporate the International Dock Company and to authorize the borrowing of $50,000 by the King’s county Superv! to reimburse me ‘# expended for the poor were passed, EUROPE. By special cable telegrams from London we are , informed that Mr, Disraell tendered his resignation to Queen Victoria yesterday morning, and that there ‘was @ temporary disruption of her Cabinet, although the ministers did not dissolve, remaining in council during a consuitation between her Majesty and the | Premier, at which the resignation was refused. The Queon’s resolve being announced it was determined Ment be dissolved in autumn. Lords Stanley and Malmesbury, with Mr. Gathorne Hardy, dissent from the propriety of the retention of office, but agree to serve pending the election. A cable report, dated in London at midnight, an- nounces that te Ministers had just explained their cause to both houses of Parliament. Mr. Disraeli fixed the 7th of May for the further debate of the Glad- ‘stone resolutions. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, with others of the opposition, denounced the resolution to retain oitice when not in harmony with the Com- ‘that the Cabinet should remain in office, and Partia- | mons, and Mr. Gladstone stated, amidst cheers, that the Liberals oust “go on.” THE CITY. A strange case was developed in the Yorkville Police court yesterday. Four school girls, each about ten years of age, agreed to commit suicide by taking poison, for no conceivable reason except a morbid | mania on the subject. Only one of them took the | poison, however, and the druggist who sold it has | ‘been grrested and was required to give bail for his | appearance. Dr. Gabor Naphegyi, who was arrested some days | ‘gO fgr an alleged forgery by which he obtained $50,000 from Columbus Powell, of Broad street, was honorably discharged yesterday, the prosecution not being prepared to proceed in the matter. He made an informal statement showing that the money obtained in his capacity of Santa Anna’s secretury for that old veteran's use in carrying out revolution- ary schemes against Mexico, The walking match of George Topley, the English pedestrian, to accomplish fifty miles in ten hours terminated by Topley’s failing in a fit when on the Torty-third mile, with one hout and forty minutes to ‘The Hamburg American Packey Company's steam- ship Germania, Captain Schwert, will leave her pier at Hoboken, at twoo'clock ® M. to-day (Tues- day), for Southampton and Hamburg. ‘the Buropean mails will close at the Post OMive at 12 M. The stock market was dull but firm yesterday, closing strong. Government securitios were aut, but steady. Gold closed at 139);, ° At the 100th street yards yesterday the market for beef cattle was a trifle firmer and the demand was fair, Prime ard extra steers brougit 17\<c. a 19¢,— the latter an outside price—while ordinery to good sold at 16sge. @ 17)g¢. and Inferior at ise. a i4e, | About 1,300 head comprised the offerings, Mio) cows wer quiet, though for good stock ther 8 & better inquiry. Extras were quote $100 a 4110, common to prime $60 4 $95, and Inferior #45 9 $55. Veal ¢ moderate ile. aii! “4 wore slightly lower and only i prime and extra were selling for to goo Ge, a 10! § re in tolerably active demanc hig heared s , snd be 1 unshorn 6 \ NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1868.—TRIPLE§ 9c. @ 103¢¢., and light and common 9c. a9f0c, The total rece®pts for the week were 6,517 beeves, 70 tullch cows, 2,831 veal calves, 13 627 sheep and lambs and 17,045 awine, MISCELLANEOUS. In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr. Windom offered ® resolution reciting the matters stated by Mr, Washburne, of Illinois, in his letter relative to Mr. Donnelly, and eppointing @ commit- tee to investigate the truth of the charges. Conside- Table debate ensued, which was much more tempo- rizing than that of Saturday, and the resolution was adopted. After this a general peace-making sentt- ment prevatied, on the Stanton-Thomas order, and Profuse withdrawals of offensive terms were made by both Donnelly and Washburne. We have telegraphic advices from St. Kitts, Jamat- ca, Barbados and others of the West India islands, Particles of sulphur were thrown up in St, Kitts by an earthquake on the night of the 84 of April. The first quarterly revenue report of Jamaica shows an imerease of £11,000 sterling. The term of privilege of the Episcopal church on the isiand expires next year and the church question is already seriously agitated, Mr. Hennessey was to succeed Mr. Walker in the governorship of Barbados, The population of Trinidad had become indignant over the regula- tions which kept debtors in the felon’s prison. The Methodist General Conference at Chicago con- | Sumed about the entire day yesterday in presenting | memorials and petitions, | Several prominent members of the Hibernian , Society of Toronto, Canada, have been arrested by | the authorities, who claim to have discovered papers of a treasonable character among the records of the society. The Jrisk Canadian (uewspaper) has been suppressed and its editor, Mr. Patrick Doyle, arrested. Special constables have been placed on duty to guard the public buildings at Ottawa, The Hunnicutt republicans of Virginia are bitter against Governor Wells’ wing, anda wide split in the party is apprehended in that State in conse- quence. General Canby has issued an order announcing the | Dames of candidates elected in South Carolina, and directing that the new Legislature convene on the 12th inst, Additional poor taxes are to be levied for | the support of negroes discharged for their political preferences. A duel took place near Baltimore on Sunday ; between General A. G. Lawrence, of the Union army, | and Count de Lothun, a member of the Prussian | Legation at Washington. No one was injured, the | Count firing first and missing, whereupon his an- tagonist refused to shoot. The Fenian Brotherhood of Massachusetts held a | State convention in Worcester yesterday. Generals O'Neill and Spear and other prominent Fentans made speeches. Much enthusiasm was manifested, and an address to the Massachusetts Irishmen was adopted. Shanghai, a village near Galesburg, [11., was visited by @ tornado on Sunday which destroyed fourteen | buildings, killed four persons and wounded about forty more. A cottage near Great Bend, Pa., waa destroyed by fire on Sunday night, and four children and a girl aged sixteen were burned to death. Chief Justice Chase ment. Jn ali the turmoil and dismay which have sud- | denly come upon the High Court of Impeach- | ment through the Alta Vela controversy, which, | like a foul mist, obscures such feeble vision as | there ever was of law and justice in the case | since its earliest incipiency, there stands forth | one man in whom, above all others, some hope ; remains‘that a decent regard for law may be | elevated above the intrigues of virulent and | vulgar partisanship, and that man is Chief Justice Chase, As he presides in that court, , the unwilling witness, no doubt, of «uch scenes as have been produced by the brawling of | Butler, the illogical political harangue of Bout- well, the effervescent acidity of Thad Stevens and the rambling introduction of Bingham—in all of which no facts were adduced | worthy of a moment's consideration as | establishing crime against the President— | the Chief Justice holds the balance evenly be- tween the interpretation of the law and the chicanery of party. If he is strong in the con- viction that he occupies a position higher than the Senate or the prosecutors, that the consti- tution declares the Court of Impeachment perfect with him as its presiding officer, and and the Inpench- ; an imperfect court without him, incompetent to arrive at any decision, render any verdict or pronounce any sentence, then, of course, he | will insist upon his right to charge the court upon such points of law as may have been debated by counsel and to instruct it as to the whole law of the case and the value of the testimony. But this is precisely a duty and a right which the Managers are disposed to dis- pute, not because they doubt the right as ex- | isting in the Chief Justice, but because they | fear the result of its honest exercise. As the impeachment case now stands it evi- } dently simply preludes combustion and revo- | lution for the party who inaugurated it. It is a question with the mass of the radical party whether it was not a grand mistake from | beginning to end—whether, indeed, it has not | spoiled in toto the chances of maintaining power. Uncertainty as to the consequences of the trial is already abroad everywhere. For instance, there appear to be only about forty or fifty prominent radicals in favor of Mr. John- son's conviction, while there are apparently quite as many opposed to it. This is not the result so much of the justice of the case as of the expediency. The Presidential succession being the point aimed at, Old Ben Wade's unreliable and reckless character is a source of great trouble. If he should be put into the chair made vacant by the removal of Andrew Johnson the radicals do not know what Wade may do in the matter of division of spoils—the vulgar and disgraceful inspiration of the impeachment trial. The friends of Grant are ina most perplexed and distraught condition, because they do not comprehend whether conviction means the succession of | Wade, or mayhap Chase, Grant just now stands upon the outer verge of expectancy, and his supporters are accordingly cold, weak- | backed and rather ‘nonplussed.” Mr. Colfax, who heretofore set loving eycs upon the Vice Presidency, has rendered himself so notori- ously incompetent for the place of the future presiding oficer of the Senate by his tacit en- couragement of indecency in the House during the Washburne and Donnelly squabble that he may consider himself ruled out and his aspira- tions comfortably smothered by the wet blanket of respectable public opinion, No party, even as daring as the Jacobin radicals have proved themselves, would have the hardihood to put the name of Colfax on their ticket for the Vice Presidency. In fact, the radical party is on the verge of a | crand explosion, The leaders have, in their shortsighted wisdom, set the match to the se of the impeachment mi, » and it will ybably blow them all to pie Confusion 1 bewilderment exist in the heart of the party, are making private bots for and » conviction of the President, t + boing against it. The radical journals in g at their friends, the scheme and thus exposing the corrupt motives which induced them either to attempt to bribe or threaten the President for their own private | ends, al We dare say that the non-partisan mind of the whole country is made up by this time that this is a mere political trial, into which no ques- tion of law really enters, The intelligent, | thinking portion of the community understand | that the President is being tried, not for any crime known to the law or the constitution, but simply for the offence of differing in opin- ion with a majority of Congress—a right which every citizen enjoys and which no citizen for- | feits when he takes possession of the execu- | tive chair. This is all very well known, and is by this time thoroughly understood. The acknowledgment of the Managers themselves, the testimony produced, the arguments urged during the trial, all proclaim that this is not a | legal but a political proceeding, most dan- gerous as a precedent to the future life of a republican government; and the country looks | to Chief Justice Chase as the man who looms | up most prominently in his high station as chief of the judiciary, presiding in the most important trial known inour history. t looks to him to maintain the dignity of that branch of the government over which he pre- | sides—a branch co-ordinate with the executive | | and legislative elements of the government, not subordinate, as a Jacobin Congress would | have us believe. What does this quarrel of | | impeachment mean? It is distinctly a quar- | | rel between the cloments of the government | | itself; the legislative, the executive and the | judiciary are the contesting parties. It is a | conflict that cannot last, and the country con- | tinue to hold any tenure of safety. It remains with Chief Justice Chase, as the representative of the judiciary, sitting under his constitutional right, as the presiding judge of the court, to charge as to the law and vindicate the co- ordinaté jurisdiction of his branch of the | government by expressing his views frankly and firmly. If he does this he can save the country and restore the constitution | to respect. If he is denied this right by | a vote of the Senate, as is foreshadowed | by the resolutions of Mr. Sumner and the gen- eral tone of the Managers, he can at least pre- serve the dignity of his office and his ermine by retiring from the scene and permitting lawless- ness to work out its own destruction and the proceedings of the court to come toa premature end; for they cannot proceed without him. If Judge Chase iusisis on his right in this regard | he will elevate himself to a position more ex- alted than any man has ever held since the days when the fathers of the republic won the everlasting gratitude of the people. But whether Johnson is removed or not, it is cer- tain that this trial is going to bring about a fearful convulsion in the radical party, and it | is very questionable whether it will not end in such dire confusion as to break up the radical | conven‘ion at Chicago altogether, and through | the instrumentality of Chase and the conserva- tive elements of the republican party, with | their well developed strength in this trial of Johnson, spoil all the schemes of the Jacobins | and leave both Wade and Grant out of the line | of succession. In this matter Chief Justice | Chase may hold the balance in his hands. | | | The Ministerial Crisis in Englund, The Cabinet crisis which has prevailed for some days past in England has been solved for the moment by the tact of the Premier, and the tories retain office. The special tele- grams and the Parliamentary report which we publish in to-day’s Heracp are to the effect that li, after having seen the Queen, sed to accept his resignation, was suc- cessful in inducing his colleagues to remain in office, on the understanding that a general election shall take place inthe autumn, There will not, therefore, if Mr. Gladstone and his friends ultimately agree to it, be an immediate dissolution of Parliament. On the whole, if | this arrangement can be made satisfactory to all parties, this is an arrangement which the future will justify. It is provided that a general election must take place directly the Reform bill for England becomes law in the kiagdom. A general election now could not obviate this necessity. There is nothing to be gained by the immediate advent of Mr. Gladstone to power. He cannot do more than he has done before the new con- stituencies have made their voices heard in the management of the affairs of State, It is, for many reasons, desirable that the party which has carried the Reform bill for England and which has introduced the Reform bills for both Scotland and Ireland should carry them all ugh and leave their impress on the entire reform movement of 1867-8. The decision come to by the Ministry admits of a twofold interpretation, It implies either that they do notregard the Irish question as a vital ques- tion or that they are prepared to bow to the decision come to by the House of Commons. Ifall partios now lend themselves to the carry- ing through of the Scotch and Irish Reform bills there will be work enough until August, and then there will be an election all over the three kingdoms such as has uot been witnessed since 1832, Ministers explained their course and resolu- tion to both houses of Parliament at a late hour of the evening amid a scene of great ex- citement. Mr. Disraeli claimed credit to the tories for their administration of affairs, an- nounced his intention to retain office until an election was had, and fixed tho 7th Tnatant for the farther debate on the Irish Church ques- tion. Mr. Gladstone said the liberals must “goon,” and in conjunction with John Bright he denounced tho action of attempting to hold office in opposition to the voice of the House of Commons. The liberals appear determined to move a direct address to the Crown on the Church question; so we may look for very stirring reports of progress in Britain. Speaker Conrax.—Mr. Speaker Colfax should certainly know by this time what are the duties of a Speaker of the House of Repre- setitatives; yet, frequently as we have had occasfon to complain of his incompetency, it has never been mote clearly betrayed than by bis failure to prevent the infamous altercation be- tween Messrs. Washburne and Donnelly from | disgracing Congress before the country and the world, It is no excuse for Mr, Colfax tifat | members failed to object, and by shameful ring into the Alta Vata | laughter even encouraged the “parties” to bespatier each other with foul abuse. The was well aware of the parlia- Speaker mentary prohibition of “indecent langua: | worker all the way through of that most gigan- | them down.” | the gentleman from Mlinois, while his whole against a particular member.” h have checked the offenders, even if it had been necessary to invoke the aid of the Sergeant-at- Arms. After all we must not be surprised at scenes like the one presented by this alterca- tion between Washburne and Donnelly. Such scenes must be expected at the stage of revolutionary confusion which the Jacobins have now reached. The only consolation that the people can derive from these quarrels of the leading radicals is expressed in the homely proverb that ‘‘when rogues fall out honest men come by theirown.” The demoralization indi- eated by such quarrels favors the hope that | the days of the reign of the radical party are | numbered. | The Dounelly-Washburne Quarrel Family Jars Among the Radicals. We publish to-day the Donnelly-Washburne correspondence, out of which grew the scurri- lous and. scandalous quarrel on Saturday last in Congress between these two distinguished radical lawmakers. According to his own showing this Illinois Washburne is the watchdog of the Treasury, particularly against all those great speculating Congressional land jobs known as railroad land grants. If we are not mis- taken, however, Washburne, with the late Sen- ator Douglas, was a prime mover and persistent tic of all these State railroad land jobs carried through Congress, the Illinois Central Railway grant—a grant which has made that Central company as much the master of Illinois as the Camden and Amboy company is master over New Jersey. Again, we believe Mr. Washburne is identified with most of these Pacific Railroad grants, from which we may soon expect to see the most powerful stockjobbing monopoly and political corporation this country has ever produced. Atall events, this Donnelly-Wash- burne quarrel may be set down, in the first place, as a radical family fuss over the division of the spoils, the end of which is still to come. In the second place, it will be perceived from Donnelly’s scarifying speech on Saturday that jealousy of Washburne’s supposed influence over General Grant anda dislike of Grant's apparent subordination to the leading-strings of Washburne are beginning to crop out among the Western radicals, who have no notion of playing second fiddle to Washburne. Thus, for example, speaks out Donnelly, in reference to Washburne’s interferences with the affairs of members of Congress outside of his own State:—‘“There is a simple explanation which is given out in my district, and which is one of the strongest arguments why they should send the gentleman’s distinguished brother (another Washburne) to this House—namely, that he (the Illinois Washburne) owns General Grant, that he carries U. S. Grant in his breeches pocket. Why, sir, he (Washburne) already feels on his shoulders the cares of empire; he is already forecasting cabinots, disposing of | foreign missions, setting men up and putting | Again, referring to General Grant, thus speaks the indignant Donnelly:— “T cannot think that he (Grant) will degenerate into becoming a puppet to be played by wires held in the hands of the gentleman from Illi- nois, or that he will degenerate into a kind of | hand organ to be toted round on the back of family sit on the top of the machine grinding and catching pennies like a troop of mon- se ‘his is enough to show that Washburne, as the “good man Friday” of General Grant, is beginning to attract some attention in the radical camp, and so it becomes ‘‘the gentle- man from Llinois” to be modest and not to presume too much upon the importance of his position, All these party jealousies and troubles hinge upon the spoils, and they ex- tend not only to the personal associations of Grant, but to the apprehended designs of ‘‘Old Ben Wade,” and to such an extent that if Andrew Johnson is acquitted his good luck will be due mainly to these wrangling radical cliques over the spoils in hand and the plunder of the succession. Trading at Albany—A Legislative Wall Street. Some very pretty bargaining is on the éapis at the State capital. Governor Fenton, from a want of harmony between himself and the republican majority of the Senate, cannot get that body to confirm his nominations. He is thus deprived of the power of some official patronage, and, worse still, appears as a re- publican Governor repudiated by a republican Senate, which puts him in an awkward posi- tion with regard to the Chicago convention | and the Vice Presidency. He must find a way out of such an awkward place; and what shall he do? He proposes to balance the de- | linquent republican Senators by buying up an | equivalent number of democrats. The price | he offers is his signature to the city tax levy, no matter what jobs it may contain. He will go it blind on the tax levy if the democrats will vote with his republicans to confirm his nominations, This is what the Governor will do. What will the democrats do? All the present, immediate plunder in the tax levy—actual cash in hand—is a great temptation. There is one reason to be weighed on the other side. If the demo- erats hold on the offices in question can- not be filled this year. Next year, in all probability, there will be a democratic Gov- ernor, and so much rich spoil will be left for his dispensing. But that is a party thought, a thing of the future, too, and, like all things of the future, more or less vague, misty and un- certain; so it is altogether likely that the more tangible inducements of the tax levy will pre- vail, and that the money down will decide all ints. This view of the legislative situation at Al- bany will enlighten our citizens as to the fact that the State House is merely a market, and that business is transacted there as between party men on the same principles that the buy- ing and selling are done in Wall street. This system of governing a great State originated with the ancient magnates of Tammany Hall and men of the same class in other parties, such a3 Thurlow Weed. It may be called th Peter Funk system. Party men seem to the people to be in opposition to each other, to | denounce and stand in each other's way on principle, all of which is sham and deceit; for in private they come together, make terms and | divide the spoil with which the people have trusted them. So the Peter Funk auctioneer | and the half-dozen sharpers that make up his | andience and take up the quarrel of the ver dant buyer from time ty time are all in the | ing jt same game, and the publicis the common yic- tim. All have but one object—the plunder of the people—and they find that the most effec- tive way to secure that object is to seem to dispute and oppose each other on every possi- ble point. So much principle is there in our State politics. The Past Musical Season. The musical season of 1867-68 is now prac- tically closed. The Richings’ season of English opera at the French theatre next week and the grand musical festival at Steinway Hall the following week may be considered as belonging to the summer season. There has not been a season of music given in this city which has been attended with such pecuniarily disastrous consequences as the fall, winter and spring engagements now brought to a close. First, we have seen the repeated failure of Italian opera under Maretzek, Strakosch, Har- rison and, the ‘‘Artists’ Association” at the Academy, Pike’s and Lyric Hall. Again, the concerts have been, with some exceptions, ut- terly unprofitable, and oratorios have shared the same fate. There are many reasons to be assigned for this state of affairs; but the prin- cipal one is the presence of counter attractions. On the side of talent and decency we might mention Ristori, Janauschek, Mrs. Kemble, Dickens and Mrs, Yelverton ; and on the moral antipodes of these entertainments and in the cause of Satan the ‘Black Crook” and “White Fawn.” Brains and legs have proved too powerful magnets for the old fossils of opera and concert who have been “‘trotted out” year after year before the suffering public. The general dulness of business, the dearth of novelty and the narrow- minded policy of those who claim control of musical affairs are additional reasons for the unprecedented failures in music during the past season. Opéra bouffe at the French theatre, being a novelty and a good one at that, was extensively patronized, and the only success, financially speaking, of the season, The hard-earned experience of our musical managers ought to convince them of the fact that the public of the metropolis will not sub- mit to fossilized opera or concert in any shape. The next season commences in the fall and can only be made successful by a radical change in the performances and artists. Let any manager possessed of the necessary qualifica- tions of pluck, confidence, spirit and porse- verance produce opera, oratorio or concert on an entirely new basis, with an entirely new sensation to commence upon, and there cannot be the slightest doubt of his success. The Prince of Wales? Visit to Ireland, The Prince of Wales has taken his departure from Ireland after a brief but rather pleasant visit of state to that island. Durtng his sojourn he was installed a Knight of St. Patrick, eni- | joyed himself on a race course, displayed a bunch of ghamrock in his hat and delivered two or thfe speeches, which were very well received by the parties to whom he spoke. Beyond these there was really nothing of consequence. His Royal Highness cannot accomplish anything for the Irish of himself, and although the Irish may swear that ‘Hal is the sweetest young Prince,” or “‘rascaliest,” just as they interpret his character, their opinion either way will exercise no influence on the future of the Prince in name, fame or popularity, During his speech at the vice-regal banquet in Dublin Castle the Prince re- ferred to the ‘‘friendship” which his great grandfather, George the Third, entertained for Ireland eighty years before; yet we know that, notwithstanding this friendship, in the year 1829 the question of an attempt for the “‘reconquest” of the country was agitated in England and formally submitied to the Duke of Wellington, and that even to-day the bulk of the Irish aristocracy absented themselves from the pageant displayed in honor of the Prince and Princess of Wales on account of the feeling prevailing across the channel against the Established Church. All the re- ports go to show that the Prince was honored by the State officials and municipalities, but that in every instance next after came imme- diately the people, the masses, without the connecting link of a nobility. The truth is, the royal visit to Ireland has been a failure, fussy, costly and inconsequen- tial ; and we may say that the Prince of Wales has never enjoyed a term of real, solid, unaf- fected popularity except when in America. His visit to the United States was managed by able men, he was in good hands and he was received, particularly in New York, by a people, a democracy, majestic in its disinterestedness and self-respect when according due citizen honor to his rank and lineage. LECTURE ON OLIVER CROMWELL. Last evening Dr. John Lord delivered the frst of a course of historical lectures ip Dodworth’s ons, choosing for the introductory one “Oliver Crom- well,” intended to iliustrate the principles of revoru- tion as defended and opposed by statesmen, A very numerous and intellectual audience was in at- tendance. ‘The lecturer commenced by advert. to the opinions entertained by Goldwin and others upon the subject, er reviewing the facts connected with the early period of the reign of Charles 1. observed that he would waive any discussion concerning the trial and @xecution of that king. He had committed treason, and it was doubiful whether, had enemies fullen into’ his hands, they would not under similar circumstances ave met the same fate, War displayed the marvellous powers of Cromwell, and without it he never could have en- joyed the position which he successfully attained. He was a hero, and the victories which he achieved gave him his prestige and glory. Althot his pe- cullarities were numerous nobody doubted his extra- ordinary genius or great executive abilities. He had strong convictions, supported by a determined will, and, in fine, was one of beri po While he was sincere, he was not fanatical, but Ilberal, patri- otic and Protestant. The decisive battle of Preston made him the general of the commonwealth, and that of Worcester accorded to him the protectorship. | Now, notwithstanding all the admirable qualities which he undoubtedly possessed, the question arose, was Cromwell a usurper, The facts seemed to indicate that he wi for he abandoned the very principles upon which he gained his position, H was plainly inconsistent, as was strikingly proved by @s dissoluion of the Parliament becanse tis power Was sought to be modified, He discarded all consti- tutional authority, refusing to have any check upon him, and altogether was quite at variance with his previous ideas, Under him military sway was tri- umphant, barren, cold and stern. The question then arises, was Cromwell to be exculpated for thus reigning himself? Did the circumstances justify his usurpation? Undoubtedly he was not true to the nciples of revolution, buthis acts throughout were characterized by sincerity and patriotism, and while he was actnated by selfish motives in taking art in the exeeation of Charles, which, owever, Was no excuse, he was, nevertheless, 4 pressed with the idea that all his acts were for the public advantage. Yet he was deceived in his visionary call, and many of his deeds showed a dis- ordered tind, The lecturer alluded to many of his public acta, and maintained that, although to some extent a usurper, he materially benefited the coun- Tr which he held a despotic a He was the try f , of civil and of England and of civilizatt ous liberty, He developed the aational re- 4 of the land, Was the staunch supporter of ‘ug, baving founded the Darham University, ui was, In fact, a pablic benefactor, Tn conclusion the lecturer contended that although untrue to the Dp revolution, Cromwell was, under the o4, justified in the course circrmatane . TRLEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Seeeaaeee eT e The Disraeli Cabinet in Tem- porary Disruption. Queen Victoria Refuses a Re- signation. Exciting Seene and Speeches in Parliament, ENGLAND. The Cabinet Crisis Resolved—Secession of Prominent Ministers from Mr. Disracli—The Premier Tenders His Resignation—Consulta- tion with the Queen, QUEEN’s HoreL, LONDON, April 4—A, M, The ministerial crisis which was inaugurated by the adverse vote of the House of Commons, recorded on the 1st instant, on the Irish Church question, as presented in the Gladstone resolutions, has beem brought to an issue by Mr. Disraeli, The Premier assembled the Cabinet at an early hour this morning, and immediately after the meeting of the counctl reviewed the parliamentary situation, the force of the opposition and strength of the gov- ernment, advising as @ conclusion a retention of office until afterthe people had had an opportunity of expressing an opinion, particularly on the subject of the Irish Church endowment, at a general election. The leading members of the ministry dissented from the view taken by the Premier. During a discussion which ensued the mght hon orable Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the right honorable the Earl of Malmesbury, Keeper of the Great Seal, and the right honorable Gathorne Hardy, Secretary of the Home Department openly seceded, and reiused to serve longer under Mr. Disraeli’s lead. At this point Mr, Disracli sought an immediate! audience of the Queen and placed his resignation of the Premiership in her Majesty’s hands, so that hig Cabinet was temporarily broken up some hours _before the London journals were aware of the fact. Ministers remained in council, and Mr. Disraell had a private consultation with the Queen. After the publication of the above important intel ligence in the city it was found that Mr. Giadstone had not yet been sent for by her Majesty; but it was generally believed that the leader of the opposition would succeed to the office of First Minister of the Crown, Mr. Disraeli having taken leave of the Queea re- turned to the Cabinet council, the members remata- ing in session, it was rumored immediately afterwards that the Premier had induced Lords Stanley and Maimesbury and Mr, Gathorne Hardy to withdraw their secession resolve and agree to hold office ip his ministry, Disraeli to Romain in Oftice=The Cabinet Use changed—Parliament to Be Dissolved. QUEEN'S HoTEL, LONDON, May 4—P, M. ‘The Disraeli Cabinet will remain in ofice, Itis now known that when the Premier lad audience of the Queen this morning, as announced in the first telegram to the HgRacp, and tendered his resigna- tion, her Majesty" would not accept it—a fact whick he immediately communicated to his colleagues then in council. ‘The dissenting members of the Ministry stil! disa- greed as to the propriety of a further retention of ofice, but agreed to remain in the Cabinet under the circumstances, particularly as the Queen would not accept the resignation, Mr. Disraeli is consequently still Premier, Parliament will be dissolved in autumn, and a general election be held, perhaps, when the new Re- form bili comes into operation, Ministerial Statement to Parliament—Mr. Die- racli’s Review of the Services of the Cab net—Dangers of the Church Question and Position of the Crown—Mr. Gladstone’s Re- ply. a, Lonpon, May 4—Midnight. The House of Commons reassembled this evening. There was a very large attendance of members, and mach excitement was visible on both sides of the House, as It was known that the Cabinet would offer an explanation of its course in the present delicate crisis of public affairs. When the Speaker took the chair his royal High- ness the Prince of Wales, Prince Christian of Schie- swig Holstein, with many other visitors of distinction were present in the gallery, ‘The Premier and Mr. Gladstone were loudly cheered by their respective supporters as they entered and took their seats. After the transaction of some unimportant bust- ness Mr. Disraeli rose and was greeted with cheers from the ministerial benches. The Premier delivered aforcible and comprehensive speech, in the course of which he reviewed the course of the tory adminis- tration, which was then without a majority, for eiticient purpose at its first organization. He then spoke of its uniform success, so entire, indeed, that even its opponents acknowledged it, and on two occasions, when Lord Derby expressed a wish to resign, had urged him to remain in office. Financially, the record of the Cabinet wis faultiess. In foreign affairs Lord Stanley had raised the prestige of the nation vastly, preserving peace not merely with the Continental Powers, but also witb the great republic of the West. Ig Ireland the Ministry had triumphed at every point, whff@at the same tune conciliating the people of the island; and in Abyssinia # gread deed of arms in tho cause of. universal humanity had done credit not only to the officers and soldiers engaged, but also to the Ministry which planned it. On Thursday evening last, on a vote upon the firat of a series of resolutions on the dis- endowment of the Irish Church the Ministry encoun- tered a new and sudden question, which threatened confusion to Ireland and ultimately the overthrow of the English Church, the effect of which would be the Absorption of all the religious sects in Great Britain in the Church of Rome, To such @ measure he could not assent, and he had asked of the House time to advise with Her Majesty the Queen’ on the new atti- tude of affairs. Her Majesty had heard his state- ment, and had not only declined his ten- dered resignation, but had urged him not to dissolve Parliament in the present anoma- lous circumstances until an appeal could be made to the new constituencies, and this he hoped to do with the aid of the House. He deprecated the urgency with which Mr. Gladstone had pressed the resolves, and hoped that a suspension of the orders of the day and the extreme party proceeding of an address from the House to the Throne would not be pressed to actual practice, more particularly as he himself was perfectly willing and ready to resign and afford to other members and a new government the opportunity to carry on the discussion, if debate there must be, Immediately after Mr. Disraeli had resumed his seat Mr, Gladstone, amid cheers from the opposition, rose to reply. He said that the Premier's praise of the tory Cabinet was not only in bad taste under the peculiar circumstances of the case, but in point of fact incorrect, especially in that portion respecting finance. Lord Derby, he remarked, was not asked to stay in office in 1869. Mr. Gladstone doubted whether the eulogium passed by the Premier was @ challenge to the opposition or a sop to the tories to persuade them to remain in office. He langhed atand derided the cry of danger to the Established Church of England, as also at that of the Church of Rome absorbing all the other sects. He said it was unpre- cedented that a ministry which had been beaten by sixty-five majority should talk of dissolving Parlia- ment. It might be right to elect a new Parliament ta settle the question of the Irish Cuurch, but tts first duty when chosen would be to settle the ministry itself. The Premier's course was uncone stitutional, The House was hostile to the ministry, and yet he wanted to govern the country till the aus