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MACKAY and Co., 1, Leaden sl-street, LC. 61'8AM FROM LIVERPOOL OR QUERNSTOWN TO NEW YORK TWICE A WILIDL 1111TLIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and HILADELPHIA STEAM-SHIP COMPANY Intend &B otching their full-powered Clyde-bullt Iron Screw Steam-Elhlps slaying the United States FROM LIVE= for NEW TORE. EDINBURGH, Saturday, May MI. ETNA, Wednesday, May SO. KANGAROO, Friday, June 1. And every Wednesday, and alternate Fridays and Saturdays. Cabin passage by the nail Monsen riling every Wednesday, 11, 17, and Vi guineas, according to the acecrousodation. forward posege includes a full supp/y of soaked provisions for Canada and the United Maks booked thr4:n Pligm aTategeous terms—Per ferMter partkelsre to MALIN, 111, Widowers* Itesepeel ; wad to sad MACEY, 61, likse Willtaaosloset„ Undo& QTFAM to NEW YORK.—IINITED STATES p Jun. LINE—The sYlendsd and favomite side-wheel steamers of the New York and IiSVIII Steam Ship Compaay are appointed to leave for New York as follows : J From Havre. Proms Takeout& eoWnesday, JIM. 6. ursday, Juno 7. 'Wednesday, July 4 . unday. July 6. ,Wednesday, Aug. 1. ursday, Aug. 2. Wednesday. Aug. SD. medal. Aug. SO. These ships do not carry emigrants. Fires :—First-class, 426 ; second clam, 416—For further apply to L'HERBETTF., %ANY., and Co., Paris and r ic re a V C. and It. W. FOX and Co., Falmouth ; or H. STILB.E. owl Co., 145, Cheapalde, London. THE GRAPHOTYPING COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited mobility. Capital, Immo, in 10,000 Shares of ZIO each. id to be paid on application, and .21 10s. on allotment. DIREcrO2B. 9EO. R. D. NORTON, Fag., Chairman, Perk-street, Windsor, and Censure/dive and Junior Carlton Clubs. !teary Noel Humphreys, Eaq., 7, Weetbourne-equare, W. T. Pearce, Ego., 8, Leamington-road-rWaa, ro ad -perk. W. Robinson Smith, Esq. , Merthyr Tydril, and 101, Cheapside, KC. lieut.-Col J. A. Todd, 37, Springfield-road, St. John's-wood, and Army and Navy Club. /ey, it• Cook, PAq., Member of the Society of Ark, 96, Here. font-nod, Westbourne-park, Managing Director. RANEE/is—London Joint Stock Bank, Princerstreet, E.C. IkOcita- 0 . N. Strawbridge, Esq., 121, CopthalLeourt, and Stock Exchange. 1011crroa—Prederick Bradley, Esq., 127, frenchurch-street, E.C. ORNERAL limuons. (with a seat at the Board)—Edward Roper, Req. 811CIITARY (pro tem p ) —Charted La Comte Cockburn, Esq. indross—P. Le Neve rater, Esq., M.A., and Masers. Ken nedy and Abbott, 13, lloorgate-street, SC. Ofllces Ltemporta7)-13, Moorgate-street, KC. PROSPECTUS. This Compsny has been formed for the purposes of pnrcluudng the patent rights for the United Kingdom of a newly-Invented pro mos, ailed Graphotype, and for working the same ; the object of the process being the production of book and other Illustrations a manner which is at once less costly and more expeditious Um is possible by the methods at present so extensively em ployed, and which insures a more faithful translation of the artist's work. M a meeting of the Society of Arta, held on the 6th of Decem !refloat, the process was thoroughly exemplified and explained before a large number of scientific gentlemen practically ac gukied with the subject, among whom were several con nected with the engraving, printing, and publishing trades, and 9 was received with almost unanimous approval. A detailed re port of the meeting may be seen in the report of proceedings pthtished by the Society of Arts, and the same with prospectuses, and other papers, may be had at the offices of tho Company. Applimtious for shares can be made in the usual form to the Bankers, Broker, Solicitor, or Secretary of the Company, and Rustic acc o mpanied by a deposit of fl per share on the number R shares applied for, and If no allotment b made will be re tuned In fulL No further call can be made until six months lab allotment, and succeeding calls with an Interval of three booths. No call to exceed 8.2 105. per share. THE GRAPHOTYPING COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that NO FURTHER APPLICATION for SHARES In the above Company will be RECEIVED AFTER TO-MORROW, the teth, for the country. By order, CIIARLL4 LA COSTX COCKBURN, Sec. (pro tem.) Ro. 18, Moornate.street, May M. 1566. T HE CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited'. Capital subscribed, Four Millions, In 200,000 Shares of £2O each. Capital paid up, One )Million. General Reserve Fund, £300,000. Dividend Reserve /hind, £150,000. Number of Shareholders, 4,263. DIRIVTOII3. —.— ._. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. JAMES LEVICK, Esq., JAMES NUGENT DANIELL. Esq., I. Deputy-Governors. James Childs, Esq. Charles E. Newbon, Esq. Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Henry Pownall. Eel.. J.P. Charles Elia. 'Esq. Joseph Mackrill Smith, Esq. Wm. Harrison, req. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P. Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. James White, Erg., M.P. ALBERT GRANT, Esq : , P., Managing Director. BANKILPS. The Agra and Mantertuan's Bank (Llralted,l. The National Bank. Mews. Smith, Payne, and Smitha The National Bank of Scotland. SECRZTARY —Alfred Lowe, Req. Offices--l 7 and la, Cornhill. B.C. DEPOSITS. DEPOSIT CERTIFICATES. WITH QUARTERLY INTILItEST WARRANTS ATTACHED, ISSUED BY THE CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after let may nut, until further notice, MONEY will be received on DEPOSIT, Tor which Deposit certificates with Interest Warrants attached. mable quarterly, will be issued for the following periods, at the Wooing flied rates for such periods, via : For 1 year For 2 years For 3 years The distinctive features of these Deposit Certificatee are 1. The perfect security afforded to depositors by the large subscribed and paid-up capital. I. The large reserve funds. S. The convenience of the quarterly interest warrant*, which can be detached and paid In through any banker. Forms of application can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all communications must be addressed. ia;;" By order o Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. 17 and 18, Cornbill, London, April 27, 1868. THE PANTHEON TURKISH BATHS, 3, Great Martberoaghatritet, W. Ladles, Moody., tx ; gentlersen, all other days. RATHS OF HOMBURG, near Frankfort-on- JuP the-Maine—Suromer Season 1866.—The Mineral Waters of Homburg, as evidenced by the analysis of the celebrated Pro fessor Lkbig, are stimulant, tonic, alterative, and aperient. They ars of admirable service In removing disorders of the stomach end other intestines. They stimulate these organs when the ab dominal circulation Is defective, assist the process of secretion, BM elm a healthful regularity to the organism of nutrition and essiaillation. They are powerful remedial agents in cases of enlargement of the liver, in affection of the spleen, ByPechondris, jaundice, hemorrhoidal disease, and obstinate constipation. In cases of gout, and all other affec tions produced by inefficiency of the digestive functions, the 104 happy results have been obtained from them. The effic of the waters is more especially recognised by those who drink them at their source ; for then, the invigorating air of the mountains, the gaiety of the surrounding scene, and perfect abstracUon from the cares of the world, concur in assisting the action of the medicinal beverage. 'The magnificent Kurhouse, which, in the beauty of Its architecture, the judicious distribu tion of its apartments, and the richness of its decorations, snr cisevery other edi fi ce of the kind on the banks of /thine, contains a variety of specious and splen didly decorated rooms; a grand saloon for balls and concerts ; a superb dining room where there is a table-d'hote IL la Fran phie,twice a day, at I and at 5 o'clock, furnished by the cele ed (levet of Paris, who is the lessee of the refreshments of the whole culno. The visitors will likewise and a large and corn sdg well supplied with German, English, Preach, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Swedish, Belgian, and I:hitch daily papers. Besides the above attractions, there are Wm several conversation rooms, as well as a splendid coffee toom with three billiard tables. To complete the charms of Norabarg, this delightful place, a troupe of Italian actors of the at talent, conducted by the eelebrated maestro Orsini, bat been engaged to perform the choicest pieces of the 1441115 n repertory. The services of the renowned prime tonne Adelina Patti, 'Preheat the sisters llarchido, etc., have likewise been secured for this season. An excel lent orehestre, numbering forty distinguished mudclans, Stlonas three times a day ; in the morning at the Wells; in Me afternoon in the beautiful gardens of the Casino, and In the oning in the grand Ball-room. The new railway has almost "ought Homburg Baths to the outskirts of Frankfort. There are twenty trains a day, to and fro, the lest as late es 11 o'clock. Al the journey occupies only half-en-how:, the amusements of trzakiort are within easy reach. Visitors in Homburg may RI to Brussels in twelve hours, to Berlin in fifteen, to Paris in Ikteen, and to London in twenty-four, so excellent is the inter- Mennuniestion by rail, 1-41 AITUE.—The LETTUCE contains an active . Principle the Lathelna, which peasesses all the so;yethla Lrellertlea ot opium without its dangers.—Yr. 0. JOZIAU, %maid, 411, Haymarket, prepares a Syrup and a Pate of Laßue lac lettuce), highly recommended by the Medical Profession for * hidb,l4 uthint. bronchitis hu ll chest a ff ections. Syrup, Pa. 9d.; lid. and te ,by poet, u. 84d and 3m. CLOUT or RHEUMATISM is quickly relieved _AA G OUT la a her days by that celebrated itediclae, aLeui sad ItIiSUMATIC ?ILL& Obtalaei threilib 1 .7 Messick at la lit sad lt ad. per box. -11 "!!! )7; .) isito — a • • , • " StODAStrB 441st rams.Walton. ' LTHEATItk, of MYSTERY, Egyptian Hall.--Cot sronsars celebrated MARVELS of MARIO and `,I3IYRILOQUISNI, aa performed by' Wag ly ealeinead et Whatiser Castle. before KM. 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Meet delicious Black Tea is now only as bd. per pow& Pure, rich, Inc., choice coffee, la Id., la 64., la. Sd. PHILLIPS and Co., Tea Merchants, 8, King Williamstrset, City, London, B.C. A price current tr ee. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and Co. send all goods carriage tree within eight miles of No. 11, King William-etreet ; Rs worth carriage free to any railway station oe market town is England.—Phtillps and Co. have no agents, nor any annul= with any house in Wor meter or Swansea. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRIN S' WORCESTERSH IRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY 0001) SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PF.REINS. The public are repectfully cautioned against worthless Imita tions, and should see that Lea and Perrins'names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Worcester ; Mears. CROSSE and BLACKWELL ; Messrs. BARCLAY and SONS, London, de., rte.; and by grocers and oilmen universally. FURNITURE, Carpets, Bedsteads, Bedding, Upholstery, Listens. Daniaits, Et., E 30,600 worth. all warranted. Delivered tree, and guaranteed 30 par sent leas than West-end prices. A house furnished completely in 24 hours. W3l. WHINE. General Far:Asher, 133 to 130, Newingtea Butte. MEC H I and BAZ IN'S WEDDING PRESENTS consist of dressing cases, dressing bags, work boxes and bags, writing desks, Jewel cases, medirval-mounted writing table seta in wood and gilt, albums, papier-mache tea trays, chests, and caddies portable writing cases and despatch boxes ; also an Infinite variety of novelties to choose from.—No 112, Regent street, W. Established 1827. Catalogues poet tree. City prices charged. 'FARNESS WITHOUT BUCKLES-NURSE'S PATENT—to be seen at their Show Rooms, 900, Regent street, London, &W. BLOSOH of HONEYSUCKLE, a delicate and dletlagne perfume, extracted from the Bowers, by JNO. 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DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—The medleal profession for thirty years have approved of this pure solution of magnesia as the best remedy for acidity of the stomach, headache, heartburn, gent, and indigestion ; and as • mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNEFORD anti Lb., Chemists, de., 172, New Rondatreet, London, and bold throughout the world by all respectable chemists. Caution—See that " Dimieford and Co." on each bottle and red label over the cork. Price ls., by pat 14 stamps, THE SCIENCE of LIFE ; or, What to Eat, mina, and Avoid. A practical guide fur sell-preservation, and for Imparting health. strength, and efficiency to the moat important functions of We. Supplemented by an Essay on the Treatment of Nervousness, Lowness of Spirits, Lasaitude, Debi lity, and Indigestion ; addressed especially to profesaional men, men of business, the studious, the sedentary, and all who are labouring under the debilitating effects of over-taxed energies. either of body or mind. By a PHYSICIAN Of 10 years' practice. "The work forms an excellent manual for all who would learn how to use life, ud nut abuse It. On the control of the passions and the regulation of the functioss, the advice throughout Is most valuable."—Church and State Gazette. Mann. W. ComhilL THE INTERNATIONAL BOTANICAL CONGRESS. The congress re-assembled yesterday morning at the South Kensington Museum, Professor de Candela, of Geneva, again presiding. The attendance, as on the pre vious day, was numerous. The president exqibited a strip of paper reaching tothree-quarters of the width of the room, and explained that it was the exact measurement, recently I taken, of the diameter of a Californian tree—the great Sequoia. Professor Lecoq, of Clermont Ferrand, read a paper " On the Migration of Mountain Plants," its object being to show that the mountains of Auvergne have re ceived their Alpine plants by the agency of birds and of wind, and not by a gradual migration during • supposed glacial period, the existence of which he denies altogether. This district, he said, was, at the tertiary period, a vast plateau, with a mean altitude of 8-900 feet. Volcanic eruptions then inundated it, altered its soil and climate, and raised it in sonic places a thousand metres. The boreal species, • list of which, about 10t in number, he gave, could not, he said, have arrived till after the vol canic elevation of the district, and they could only have come from the Alps, the Pyrenees, Lapland, or the moun tains of Grenada. Darwin's theory of their progress by means of • glacial period he rejects ; and concludes that they must therefore have been transported thither through the air, and mainly by birds of passage and violent storms of wind. Mr. James Anderson, of Glasgow, made some observations " on the temperature of water, and its effects upon plant cultivation," contending that practical gar deners do not attach sufficient importance to the science of horticulture, but rely too much on routine, especially so with reference to the temperature of the air in plant. houses, and to that of the water supplied to the plants. He urged the importance of employing water at least as warm as the air, or a little warmer, for watering tropical plants, especially orchids. Mr. Anderson's contri bution gave rise to an animated discussion, in which Pro fessors Bateman and Daubeny took part. Professor Hich enbach, of Hamburg, selected the orchids(' for his obser vations, the subject exciting much discussion; and after the reading of some other papers the congress terminated with • vote of thanks to the president The Exhibition will remain open until next Thursday, and the council of the Royal Horticultural Society have consented to throw open their beautiful gardens at South i Kensington to all thoeeviaiting the show during that time. CRYSTAL PALACE.—At the Opera Concert to morrow, Mdlle. 'Miens (who will sing the finale to Men delssohn's Lorelei), Signor Mongini, Herr Jae ll, with other artistes of her Majesty's Theatre, will be the principal performers. After the concert, Chang, the Chinese giant, and party will attend, and as the great Wisteria is now in full blossom, the gardens of Rocklcills will be open for promenade until seven o'clock. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNWRICT 07 1848.—The death of M. Flocon reduces toseven the surviving members of the Provisional Government of 1848. That gentleman had been preceded to the tomb by Dupont (de l'Eure), Francois Argo and Armand Marrast. He leaves after him MM. Lo ui s Blanc and Ledru Rollin, both residing in London ; Marie and Garnier.Pages, who sit in the legisla tive body ; Cremieux, who has resumed his profession as barrister • Albert, who holds a modert position in the Paris G as Company ; and lastly, 11. de La mar ne.— Galifmani. CRYSTAL PALACE. HALF-A-CROWN DAY. THURSDAY, MAT 24.—Admissions on payment, 13,881 ; ditto by season tickets, 6,793 ; total Yidtcas, 20,674. LONDON, FRIDAY LW:LUNG, MAY 25, 1866. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. luona's TILIOJhXI. ) THE FEDERAL DIET. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, MAT N. In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet the pro posal of the Middle States, agreed upon at the Conference of Bamberg, that the Diet should re- quest Prussia, Austria, and all other German , States who have lately increased their military ettabrishments, to reduce them to a peace footing, was unanimously adopted. The representatives of Austria and PrUssia, declared that in the next sitting they would com municate to the Diet the conditions on which they are willing to disarm. The Prussian representative accompanied his vote by a declaration substantially to the following effect :—Prusaia would have expected that Wur temburg, as well as Austria awl Saxony, would have abstained from joining the authors of the proposal for disarmament, inasmuch as Wurtem burg, by her groundless armaments, caused Prussia I to take counter-measures, and therefore shared the responsibility for the present critical state of ' affairs. The Prussian representative substantiated by documentary evidence the earnest desire of Prussia to preserve peace, which she, had proved by introducing the proposal of the 9th April for the convocation of a German Parliament. " This proposal," continued the Prussian representative, "offered a guarantee for the preservation of peace, as all nations of German race would thereby be enabled to obtain the settlement of their claims in a peaceful manner, and discard all prosecution of their separate interests by a warlike policy." Prussia therefore again urged most earnestly the convocation of a parliament, as perhaps the only means of averting a war of Germans against Ger mans. The Hanoverian representative declared, in re ference to certain statements concerning the nego tiations between Prussia and Hanover, that the latter state would strictly fulfil her duties as a member of the Confederation. _ _ Oldenburg proposed that initiatory steps should be taken before the Austragal court fur the settle ment of the claims of the Grand Duke of Olden burg to the Duchy of Holstein. This proposition was referred to the Holstein committee of the Diet. . .......... The motion of the Netherlands representative in reference to the separation of Limbourg from the Confederation was referred to a special committee composed of five members. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAT 24, Byrn No. Notwithstanding the prospects of a congress, the political situation is still regarded here as war like, and military preparations, as well as the for mation of volunteer corps, continue with unabated activity. A ministerial council has again been held to-day under the presidency of the Emperor. The Duke de Grammont, French ambassador at this court, has received instructions to leave to-day for Paris. Various rumours are current respecting the object of his journey. Some state it to be con nected with the proposed congress, others with the question of war. Russia is said to have declared that she is willing to take decisive action against the power that should commence hostilities. The decree of the Minister of Finance, remov ing the prohibition upon the export of corn to the states of the Zollverein and Switzerland, makes an exception as regards oats. The prohibitions against the export of cattle and corn to Italy, and the export of horses, are maintained. The insignia of the Bohemian crown have been sent to Vienna. The earthworks for the entrenchments near Vienna have already commenced. The postal service for the army has been organized. Prince Nicholas of Nassau, and Prince William of Lippe-Schomburg intend entering the Austrian army. A deputation from Prague presented a loyal address to the Emperor to-day. In his reply his Majesty expressed his satisfaction at being rejoiced by such assurances at so important a moment. All the schools in Ohniitz will be closed on the 2Gth of May, on account of the dangers of war. A semi-official contradiction has been given to the news that negociations have been entered into in reference to the withdrawal of the Austrian troops from Holstein. It was rumoured on the Bourse that the Congress had been accepted by all the Powers. It is confirmed that Austria will take part in the Congress, provided that no bases for negotiation be laid down which Austria cannot recognise as such ; that the decisions of the Congress be not binding ; and that the programme contain nothing which may be to the prejudice of Austria. THE CONGRESS. PARIS, MAT SC • La France of this evening states that. Austria has requested a modification of the programme of the Congress, which laid down the cession of Venetiass one of the points to be examined. In the fresh draft of the programme, therefore, the question of the means to guarantee the security of Italy will aLione beraised in connection with the Austro-Italian ques tion. The neutral Powers, continues La France, having adopted this forrntls, there is no doubt of the assent of Austria to the Congress. The Moniteur dot Boir says :—" The news of the bombardment of Valparaiso has given rise to some disturbances at Lima. The Peruvian government has ordered Spanish subjects at Lima and Callao to repair to the Prefect's office. All who obeyed the order were immediately imprisoned. This measure has also been adopted in the provinces ; 200 Spaniards were confined in the prisons of Lime on the 21st April." BERLIN, MAT 24. France, England, and Russia are said to have agreed upon the • point that the question of the temporal power of the Pope should not be sub mitted to the Congress. THE DANUBIAN PRODIPALITIES. VIENNA, MAT 24. The telegram received here and published by the Vienna papers yesterday respecting the entry of a Russo-Turkish army corps into the Princi polities is not confirmed. JASSY, MAT 24. The Archbishop and the members of the popular committee, who were arrested after the late dis turbances, have been released to-day. A solemn Te Deum has been sung in the cathe dral, in celebration of the arrival of Prince Hohen zollern at Bucharest, and great enthusiasm prevails in the town. SPEECH OF PRINCE CHARLES OF HOHENZOLLERN. BUCHAREST, MAT 23. Prince Charles of Hohenzollern delivered the following speech on the occasion of his visit to the National Assembly :—" Elected to the throne by the free act of the Roumanian people, I have for saken without hesitation my country and my family. Henceforth lam a Roumanian. My election by the plebiscite lays upon me important duties, which I trust I shall fulfil. I bring you a loyal heart, sincere intentions, a firm determination to do good, unlimited devotion to my new father land, and an unalterable respect for your laws. I am resolved to share the good and evil fortune of Roumania, and wish that between us everything may be in common. Let ns strengthen each other by union, and endeavour to surmount every diffi culty. Providence, which has hitherto protected me and has removed all the obstacles in my way, will not leave ita work undone. Long live Rou mania!" THE CONFERENCE ON THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. PARIS. MAY 24. At the request of the Turkish ambassador a sitting of the Paris Conference will be hold to morrow to deliberate upon a proposal that the con ference should protest against the proceedings of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern as an act of usurpa tion, which has taken place with the connivance of the provisional government at Bucharest, and in opposition to the previous decisions of the con ference. INDIA. (BT DIRECT OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.) BOMBAY, MAY 15, 4.40 P.M. 71be. Shirting; Or. 4a. Cotton nothing doing cotton, Dhollerah, 260. CALCUTTA, MAT 14. All markets quiet, and prices drooping. Ex change on London, 2s. lid. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ova OWN comissroiroarr.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The leading contradiction of the day of " false news" is that of Russian and Turkish troops hav ing entered the Principalities. The impression now is that the fait accompli of Prince Charles of Ho henzollem's election will be recognised. Another piece of false news is that the King of Prussia had taken the field. If I were to be guided by the feeling in Paris to-day I should say that the chances of success of the congress have aug mented ; but 1 still believe it to be a delusion. Mr. Layard has dined with M. Drouyn de Lhnys, but he had no business interview with him. ' The long-expected decree abolishing the mono poly of the Hackney Cab Company is out to-day. The details given of the new regulations are meagre, but it may be pretty clearly collected that the public is not likely to derive any immediate benefit from them. The principal reason urged by the Marquis de Lavalette for throwing open the busi ness is that the company was constantly urging a further rise of fares. These for short distances are already absurdly high, and for very long distances absurdly low. There is still to be a tariff, for the very sensible reason that " the relations between passenger and driver are determined and influenced by causesof ten so urgent that time would be wanting to discuss the price, or the public would be at the mercy of the coachman and exposed to a refusal to take a fare or to unreasonable demands." The upshot of the new measure is that everybody is to be at liberty to start a cab, subject of course to police inspection, in the interests of public safety. The tariff to be fixed will be a maximum, and "bar gains may be made below those rates." It seems to me that if the very evil mentioned in the report —discussion between the driver and the fare—is to be prevented, the free cabs should be permitted to post up in their carriages a lower fare than the maximum, and that by this they should be bound. In this way only can the public hope ultimately to derive a tangible benefit from free competition. Baron James Rothschild has (contrary to the fears entertained a day or two since) received suf_ ficient funds to pay the forthcoming Italian divi dend toFrench holders, but it is said that he has re quested the Italian government to appoint some other agent, as he cannot allow his house to be com promised by such a breach of faith as a reduction from the interest of a government loan under the pretence of a tax. It is considered, however, cer tain that the veto of the Italian Senate will put an end to this difficulty. The majority of the depu ties thought rightly enough that in the present crisis, which bears so hardly upon the poorer classes in Italy, rich fundholdeas should be made VENETIA. MILAN, MAT 24. Intelligence from Venetia states that the Aus trian military authorities in that province have re ceived instructions to carry out with rigour the recent order of General Toggenburg, commandant of Venice, which declared liable to the penalty of death all Venetians emigrating to take service in the Italian army, and all persons aiding them in 1 such emigration. A proclamation will shortly be issued ordering private individuals to deliver up all arms and am munition in their possession to the public authori ties, and declaring that all persons who do not comply with this order will be punished with all the rigour of martial law. This step is considered to be the prelude to the proclamation of a state of siege. The repairs upon the frigate Novara have corn_ menced, and will be completed shortly. PRUSSIA. POTSDAM, MAT 24. The infant Prinoess, daughter of the Crown Prince and Princess, was baptised to-day, and re ceived the names of Friederika Wilhelmina Amtaie Victoria. OF PRUSSIAN MILITARY TRAINS. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, ?der 24. The Maine-Weser Railway Company have issued s notice that all the sixty-nine trains for the con veyance of Prussian troops, which were ordered to begin running to-day from the Rhine in the direc tion of Thuringer and Saxony, have been counter manded. [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL.] to pay their proportion in the form of • tax most easy to levy. But when it is found that all Europe construes the measure passed by a mino rity of only four deputies, and against the will of the Finance Minister, as a breach of faith, it cannot but be abandoned. There was a considerable improvement at the Bourse. Rente rose 70c. for cash and 50c. for account, closing at 64fr. 10c. and 63fr. 85c. Italian rose 80c. ; Credit Fonder, 15fr. ; and - Mobilier, llfr. 25c. ; Northern and Lyons rail- ways were sfr. higher. THE BANK OF FRANCE. • PARIS, M& 24. The Bank of France return for the week ending to-day shows the following changes as compared with the previous account : Itraßassa. Current accounts . . 29 1-10 millions. Cann Treasury balance . Commerciid bills . Advances . . . Dscansss. Notes -10 minions. THE CITY PANIC. (From the City Article of the Times.) It appears that the authority to suspend the Bank Charter Act has not allayed the panic. It oppor tunely produced a temporary diversion at a time when the alarm was taking a specially dangerous direction, but as regards the general financial circumstances of the country the state of embarrassment at the present mo ment seems to have reached a much worse point. On the day preceding the suspension of the act securities of all kinds were still negotiable, although is a large number of instances, only at a heavy sacrifice. But at present there is scarcely a single form of security in England, with the exception of Consols and first rate commercial bills, on which any sum of the least importance could be raised. A fortnight back if a solvent debtor pleaded for time it was open to his creditor to refuse it, and to tell him that, however un pleasant it might be, he must sell his produce, his securi ties, or whatever he could make available, or at all events borrow money upon them, no matter how onerous the terms. To-day, ou the contrary, it is useless to use such an argument. If a person is to sell, there must be some one to boy, and for all practical purposes buyers have dis appeared. The condition thus produced may be con ceived if we glance at the total of those goods and securi ties which the ordinary public of England at all times consider themselves entitled to look upon as avail able. Railway stocks and bonds alone represent over 400 millions, and the shares of old and legitimate companies and the bonds of old foreign loans may be estimated at 400 millions more. Every holder of such securities has always considered that in case of a disappointment in business, or any unlooked-for call for money, be had some thing which he could sell or get an advance upon. All attempts to utilise them for temporary purposes on any material scale are now vain. When to this consideration we add the fact that at least about 100 millionsof creditrecently in active operation from the finance companies and spe culative banks has been suddenly extinguished, with such completeness that not a shilling of tt would now find currency, we can understand the trial that has fallen upon us. Even this, however, is not all, for merchandise and produce are to a considerable extent in the same category with locked-up property. And the peculiarity is that while the capital which is thus rendered inert may be supposed to represent 1,000 mil lions sterling, the amount of credit required to revive it would probably not be 10 or 20 millions. Perhaps it may be assumed that not more than one per cent. of the total invested property of the country changes hands each day, and if that be the case, and every man could feel certain, as in normal times, that he could have as much as he wants, it would be found that the actual call upon credit would be limited to 10 millions. Yet this, it seems, cannot be put forth, and it consequently remains to be seen to what straits the commerce of the United Kingdom will have to be reduced and how far the evil will proceed in interfering with tie employment of large masses of the people. In the great crisis of 1826 the measure that restored confidence as if by magic was simply the authority to advance three millions " upon the deposit of goods, merchandise, and other securities," and according to the record of that time it was found that the number of applications was altogether different from what had been expected from the loudness and una nimity of the cries for relief. "In truth," itwaa observed, " where the reigning misfortune is want of confidence, such an expedient destroys in a great measure as soon as it is taken the reasons which made it necessary to take it at all." The recent suspension of the Charter Act was felt by everyone at the time not to be the true remedy. To issue notes representing gold, and which were liable to be affected by the foreign demand for gold, was simply to render the public a prey to fresh alarm from any Conti nental drain, and thus to 4ive a chronic character to the previous anxiety, and this is precisely what is being wit nessed. An issue of interest-bearing credit notes at three or six months could, on the contrary, have been made with boldness, and the confidence thus restored would not have been impaired by the distrust created by the nervous anxiety with which all persons throughout the country now watch the weekly Bank return and torment them selves with conjectures as to how far, and at what extraor dinary terms, the directors will dare even to dole out the relief that is still scrupulously limited to unexception able trade bills. (From the Herald.) Desperate efforts are made to create alarm, and it is alleged that some individuals indicate beforehand the next class of shares to be attacked. It appears that so persistent are the parties who encourage the downward movement in working to accomplish their object that they invent the most discreditable stories to create apprehen sion. The ruin that has been occasioned by the drop in prices is positively awful, and the holders of many kinds of stocks said shares have become seriously impoverished. (From the Post.) It is well known that the bearing of banking and finance companies' shares on the Stock Exchange has had much to do with the panic, and many of the Greek firms are said to have largely profited by the fall in these secu rities owing to the fright with which the public has been afflicted. Many of the respectable brokers now decline to deal speculatively in these securities for their clients, and it would be well if the determination could be generally carried out. THE EGYrristr ScocustoN.—The Levant Herald of the 16th says :—" It is now understood that the prin cipal object of the Viceroy's visit to Constantinople is to obtain the sanction of the Porte to • change in the order of the viceregal succession in favour of his Asestablished by the treaty of 1841, the Egyptian succession follows the same kanottn law which regulates that to the Imperial throne, and by this passes to the eldest surviving male descendant of Mehemet Ali Fiche, instead of to the direct personal heir of the Viceroy for the time being. In accordance with this settlement Mustapha Feyzl Pache. the brother of Ismail Pache, is the next heir, and after him comes, we believe, his uncle Rehm Pacha. His highness offers, it is said, to double the present tribute of 80,000 purses, and tenders — Porte rumour adds—a further sum dawn, which would go far to pay the coming July dividends. Our information is that both his Majesty and • majority of the Divan are favourable to the change, which would of course establish • precedent of possible application elsewhere than in Egypt. As the consent, however, of the other powers who are equally parties to the settlement of 1841 is neces sary to give effect to that of the Porte, it would be prema ture to discuss the arguments for and against the change till some expression of their views on the subject has been given." THE • FENIAN HEAD - CENTRE - GENERAL. Stephens, the Fenian head-centre, was met on his arrival in New York by a collection of Fenians, and by thousands of Irishmen who were w aiting anxiously for his arrival. He proceeded from the wharf to the Metropolitan Hotel, where he is to remain for the present. At midnight Stephens was serenaded by the 69 th Regiment of New York State Militia, Colonel hehony. He spoke fo r about ten minutes. He said he did not belong to any party, but came there to unite all the Irish people, and he should let no man be accused until ex he was fairly tried and found guilty. Party pressions had been doing • greal deal of harm to the ca use, and he advised the sensible-minded Fenian' to refrain from such a habit. He said he came there by invitation , and should keep quiet fora time ; when the committee now appointed to inquire into the matters of the Irish republic had made their report, then he would have some thing to say. After expressing thank s for the serenade and other d emo nstrations, he concluded his remarks by saying the people of Ireland were prepared for • long time,but they had been disappointed in not receiving I supiort before this. (TWOPENctE PE4BODY 2118TIMONIAL. Yesterday afternoon a public meeting of mess chants and citizens of London, called by the Lord BOLO: h in th all e c 7 h Esion . nenc lo of tun a ; reg th uil e Righ tion ;R w o us n. h the eld a t Lo the an 4iP hicro t a lai in The object for which the meeting was called, as stated is. the requisition, was, to promote the erection of a stall* in some Ge orge p co es n b sz d ic y neus te rl o t t:l th ei e ty sis o t i tu Lzdza w g di ti towards this disagnished testimony of merchant by this citizens of London and the public at large, for his noble act of more than prinvely munificence, by which he hfip sought to relieve the wants of the poorer class residin# ondon. The meeting was well attended, and among the gentle. men on the' platform were • Sir M. Montefiore, Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Sheriff Figgins, Alderman Witerlow, Alderman atone, Messrs . R. N. Fowler, C. Reid, J. Finlay, T. B. Simpson, M. Grimslade, W. Webster, C. Bully, W. B. Fitzwilliam, lirGeorge, Jones Lloyd, T. Lintott, Russell Sturges, he. The Loan IdAzon in opening the proceedings, stated that he had great pleasure m complying with the requisi. tion of his fellow-citizens, and a meeting upon • subject of such universal interest as the consideration of hi what way they could best recognise the benevolence of a most generous benefactor. Mr. Fowimi then proceeded to move the following reso lution :—" That, in testimony of the gratitude enter: tamed by the citizens of London and the public at large to George Peabody, Fag., for his magnificent benefaction of 250,000 i. for the benefit of the industrious poor of London, a pnblie statue la his honour be erected in some eons* owns spot in the City of London." Sir M. Idowreriour seconded the resolution. Mr. R. W. Mutate° expressed some doubt as to whether the election of a statue was the best way of noognising the noble services rendered by Mr. Peabody to the cause of humanity. Ho suggested that subscriptions should be limited to if., and that the money so raised should be appropriated to the building of a Peabody H ospital, and that statues of him should be placed in var ious parts of that institution, so as constantly to remind Ithe poor of their great benefactor. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE then moved the following : " That for the purpose of promoting the above object a subscription be opened, that the preliminary committee be appointed the committee, with power to add to their number, and that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor be requested to act as treasurer to the fund." Mr. RUBRELL STUMM, of the firm of Baring and Co., seconded the resolution, which was also carried unani mously. Mr. Alderman WATERLOW moved a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor. . . . Mr. Sheriff FIGGINB seoonded the resolution. Mr. B. FILLINGIIAX, a working carpenter, said that he believed be spoke the feelings of the working men and the poor in London, when he said that they were most anxious, by means of a penny subscription, to raise an asylum foe destitute Americans to take refuge in when they came to this country and fell into distress, instead of their being obliged to have recourse, as they had had, to the union workhouses and casual wards. He believed that every poor man and woman in the country would cheerfully sub- scribe their penny, and that even the children would gladly forego the penny they would spend in sweets for such • pur pose. Such • building would be • lasting mark of the gratitude of the working people towards Mr. Peabody. (Cheers.) The motion was carried by acclamation. The LORD MAYOR having expressed the pleasure which it gave him to preside at the meeting, said that the suggestions which had been made evidently proceedni from large beartedness. He was particularly pleased to listen to the remarks of Mr. Fillingham, who evidently spoke on behalf of the chum of which he was • representa tive, and he could only say that he should be happy to be the treasurer of • penny subscription raised for such a pur- pose. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings then terminated. THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE. The first general meeting of the members and associates of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, was held yesterday, at i 2, Sackville street. A report was read that the society was formed in June, 1865, "for the purpose of defending revealed truth from unwarranted attacks made upon it in the name of science." The members and associates numbered 192, and the balance sheet showed 3921. in favour of the society. This report having been adopted unanimously, the Rev. W. Mitchell, of Queen's College, Cambridge, and for merly lecturer on natural philosophy at the medical school of St. Bartholomew'. Hospital, Vice-president of the Institute, delivered an inaugural address. He observed at the outset that it could not be denied that the opinion that science and revelation were directly opposed to each other was spreading with fearful rapidity, and that the confession of the Saturday Berkey —" If say new proposition conies with the authority of an established professor of the science, we accept it with the confidence with which a Roman catholic might take the decision of the infallible church "—was a fair expression of the practioe of most of our non-scientific countrymen, and also of those who were mere dilettanti cultivators of science. The dictum of scientific men of a certain position, that science and Scripture were irreconcileable, was, therefore, at once received. But the foundation of the Victoria In stitute was in itself a caution to the unscientific world to pause in the acceptance of such propositions without care ful investigation. The reverend gentleman, after defend ing the formation of the Victoria Institute, observed that the supposed opposition between science and revelation might be divided into two great divisions—an opposition of principles, and an opposition of facts. He then passed in review the theories of Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, Buchner, and others, expressing his belief that, so far as they were , inconsistent with Scripture, they had no scientific basis. A hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr. Mitchell for his valuable and exhaustive paper. A public dinner took place in the evening, at Willis's Rooms, the Earl of Sitarreancity in the chair. The noble earl proposed the preliminary Masts, and General Lawrence responded in behalf of the army, and Atlinird Halsted for the navy. The toast of " The Progress of Christianity at Home and Abroad" was given by Mr. W. BPArthur, and acknowledged at great length by the Rev. Dr. Irons and the Rev. Dr. Boyce. The noble Chairman gave the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Victoria Institute," and said, under God's blessing, there could be very little doubt of the prosperity of the institute, if they were to have a series of papers such as that read in the afternoon by Mr. Mitchell. He did not hesitate to say that the institute would then be provided with such an armoury of every kind, containing weapons both for attack and defence, as would leave them and the great truths of Christianity unharmed in any day of trouble, rebuke, or blasphemy. (Cheers.) This toast was acknow ledged by Mr. A. M'Arthur, who pointed out the uses of the society, argued in favour of its establishment, narrated its history, expressed a hope that the in.,titute would never be conducted in hostility to any other existing literary or scientific society, and stated that one of the objects of the society was to translate scientific works in the light of Christianity. Captain Fishbourne, R.N., also returned thanks, congratulating the members upon their auspicious opening meeting. Mr. Fowler pm Lord Shaftesbury's health, and the noble ear in response said the purposes sought to be accom plished by the institute were of signal value to all who were engaged in non-scientific pursuits. The society would be of great assistance to all who had not the means of ready access to the answers and replies given to the deleterious nonsense published in all parts of the kingdom, and at every period of the year ; and it would fill a gap which it was of the highest importance to fill. Men of science, principle, and intelligence would watch the various publications as they came out, some conceived in malignity, some in ignorance, and some in mistaken no tions that they were adding to the general science of man kind, and they would point out where mistakes arose, put facts in their true light, and at anyrate enable people to pause before they pronounced a judgment upon the alleged discovery of anything that seemed opposed to the Divine word. The mental activity of the day was so great that men were constantly endea vouring to find out something new, and non-professional men bad hardly time to look around them. So great was the impatience for novelty that when men fancied they had discovered something new they dressed it up into an Armstrong or Whitworth gun, and aimed it against Divine truth. It was the duty of the institute to ascertain what were facts, what ought to be at once rejected, and what ought to be put into quarantine for a time until the truth were discovered. Above all, the society must watch against such a dishonest wed scientific statements as had appeared in several works of celebrity ; they must criticise science, even as they allowed the Bible to be criticised. Science after all was as open to criticism as anything else ; it was in a perpetual state of development ; that which was& fact to-day was not a fact to-n.orrow. What was wanted was a free trade in science. Let this society be • refuge for all the Cassandra* of science—of those men who were never believed although they always spoke the truth. He could not help saying that revealed religion had sometimes suffered as much from its defenders as its foes. Often when Christian men heard of • bone, or a flint, or the tail of a jackdaw being picked up on the sea shore, they were so nervously sensitive that they tried to distort re velation to meet the facts of the discovery. It might turn out that the bone was not a bone, nor the flint a flint, but the reflection remained that revelation was twisted about to meet every new dis covery, and that science was the great thing to which religion was to be pressed. He hoped nothing would induce the members of the institute to depart from their ; I belief in the plain, simple, and dignified truths of Holy ; Writ. (Loud cheers.) Other toasts were given. U. ...... ....--•• ,a SD* es.'"