The Express. — London, England, 1866-05-31 00:00:00

PP"'" C • I NEWSPAPER S SallaX a ry i ( _ , e • it- - 0 " ( V 7 // 6:::Z04-3-2* ijt 9r33 rt 4%, ~~: C.; W. to to wools I PI 4, omit ices It.s I mill ielow 471. not II in Peas ordi ek :- 905; Urtre , but an sea must nited, t this m the t from mburg IAT. 3,631 ; 711 S. No. 6,183.) CALCUTTA DIRECT.—To leave the Docks Id June. Under engagement to the Council for lank Ito Marshall's ship PATRICIAN , 1,199 tons, A 1 13 years, co ln e l e HOMAS PAIN, loading In the East India Docks, has .001 accommodation for paasengera—For freight or passage ;sly to Medan GRIN DLAY and Co., 65, Parllament-street er IT;SORDE MARSHALL, 3, Cross-lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, RC. vesocies for midshipmen. AUEENSLAN D.—BLACK BALL LINE Id Under arrangements with her Majesty's Colonial Govern. „at, land orders, value 830 each, are given to all persons pay their passage by this Iine.—YOUNG AUSTRALIA for BRIS s,iNE Direct, packet for 31st May, receiving goods until the ph, unless previously full. This renowned clipper and favourite having wit compteted her (mirth voyage to and (v aryin g 0,1, each trip made the passage In periods from a te SZA days. liar always delivered her cargoes 1n the best oder, and offers to shippers and passengers an unequalled op. t rtunity. She is still commanded by Captain GREY. Will I, followed by the famous clipper YOUNG ENGLAND, as packet ft 15th June, for PORT DEN ISON.—Apply to all agents for ce Black Ball Line : aad Co., Liverpool, and M. MACKAY and Co.. 1, Leadenhallstreet, London. E.C. STEAM FROM LIVERPOOL OR QtrEENSTOWN TO NEW YORK TWICE A WEEK. LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and THILLADELPIIIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY intend de fetching their full powered Clyde-built Iron Screw Steam-Ships Oiling the United State' mails, FROM LIVERPOOL for NEW YORK. KA NCIAROo, Friday, June 1. CITY OF PARIS, Wednesday, June 6. CITY OF DUBLIN, Saturday, June 9. And every Wednesday, and alternate Fridays and Saturdays Cabin passage by the mall steamers gaffing every Wednesday, IS, 17, and 21 guineas, according to the accommodation. forward passage Includes a full supply of cooked provisions. Nstengers for Canada and the United States booked through on cry advantageous terms.—For further particulars applc i t ts o WILLIAM INMAN, v., Water-street, Liverpool; and to El And MACEY, 61, King Wl ll tam-street. London. _ ItOTTERDAM and the RHINE.—The Nether lands Steamboat Company's fast and favourite steamer BATAPLER.traIu W. &MIT* arsilki-WMIntY SUNDAY from 111ackwall, at U a.m., and returning from Rot ,Zeri.tvery Tamils,. Farm: Saloon, RI Ga. ; fore cabin, 153. . 7er freight or passage apply to PIIILLIPPS, GRAVES, PHIL- Larii said Co., St. Dttmst..tris house, E.C.; or to CHAPLIN'S teiversal-otßce, Regent-circus, W. STEAM to STOCKHOLM (calling at Copen hagen'.—The A 1 s.s. A7JZ. Captain J. E. CAVE, will sail for the above ports 'should sufficient cargo offer) on or about 31st inst Has first.rate accommodation for passengers —Apply to PIIILLIPPB, GRAVLS, PHILLLITS and Co., St. Dunstan's base. E.C. BILIGHTON and BACK for 3a. every SUNDAY and MONDAY from London-bridge. Victoria, and Kensing ton termini, at 9 a.m. Children under 12 years of age half price. No Inggage allowed. HASTINGS and BACK for 3s. 6d. every SUNDAY, by the BRIGHTON LINE, from London• bridge, at 8.10 a.m., and Victoria at 8.40 a.m. PORTSMOUTH and BACK for 3s. 6d. every SUNP IY, by the BRIGHTON LINE, from Victoria, at 755 a.m., and London-bridge at 8 a.m. AUSTRALIAN JOINT STOCK BANK. The public are informed that all DRAFTS drawn by the AINTRA LTA N JOINT STOCK BANK on and accepted by the C presentation EONSOLIDATED ANK iLimitedl, will be PAID when due on by the NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of tNGLAND, Bi4hopsgate.street London, who have accepted the L‘ndun agency of the Australian Joint Stock Bank. And the polders of all unaccepted Drafts drawn by the Australian Joint Stock BAIA ou the Consolidated Bank (Limited) are requested to pregent the same for acceptance to the said National Provin cial Bank of England, Bishopsgate.street. A. It. RICUARDSON, General Manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank. 18, King Williametreet, London, May 28, 1866. NORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors will be held at the Conipanys offices, No. la, Lincoln's-inn.fields, in the county of Middlesex, on TUESDAY, the 12th day of June, 18/34, at 1 o'clock In the afternoon precistly, for the purpose of receiving the final accounts of the directors, and adopting the same, and sanction ing the arrangements of the directors with respect to the distri bution of the assets on the winding up the affairs of the Com pany —By order, HY. NORRIS, Secretary. 23, Liamln's-inn-fields, May 29, 1988. IMPORTANT NOTICE—To SPORTSMEN and NATURALISTS. —The COLLECTION of SOUTH AFRICAN HUNTING TEO- I'IIIES, which belonged to the late ROUALEYN GORDON CUMMING, and was exhibited by him in London and other cities. Mu. 3. C. STEVENS begs to announce that he has been favoured with instructions from the Executors of the bite R. Gordon Cumming, Eaq.. to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION. at his (treat ROOMS, 3s, King-street, Covent-garden, W.C., TO-!MORROW, June 1, and following days, at half-past 12 precisely each day, the very valuable and interesting MUSEUM of NATURAL CI. RIONITIES, including, among other specimens, the following:-2.5 skulls of lions, tigers, bears, and panthers, giraffe head started, two elephants' heads with tusks, eight heads of hippopotamuses, two Indian buffalos, 10 African buffalos, two rhinoceroses with horns, 10 sable antelopes, five roan antelopes, 12 oryn, ten koodooe, two wapitis, one fossil Irish elk, 13 African saterbucks.lo Highland rams, 30 red doer, nine fallow deer. :A MS, 17 Carpathian stags, 62 rhinoceros horns, 10 lions' skins, rubes of leopards' and other skins, assagais, knobkerrys, and ialking-sticks of rhinoceros' horn, and shields ; also heads of luctelxest, gem-spriiihok, blesbolc, and many other specimens collected by Mr. Gordon Cumming in Africa and elsewhere, a Urge and very valuable collection of Eggs of British Birds, from golden eagle to golden-created wren; also the valuable South African lNoram►—On view this day and mornings of sale, and catalogues had. INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION SALE. MR. J. C. STEVENS begs to announce that CATALOCUES, le. each, are NOW READY, which will admit to the Show during the male on Friday and Saturday June 1 and 2, between the hours of 10 and 6.-38, Hiugntreet, Covent•garden, May 30, 1886. HARNESS WITHOUT BUCKLES-NURSE'S PATENT—to he seen It their Show Rooms, 200, Regent- Week London, S.W. TEETH and PAINLESS DENTISTRY.- - The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of vital impor tance from availing themselves of the services of a dentist. In a practice founded in 1830, and now extending over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled has been obtained, en abling us to offer even the most sensitive safferer • system of dentistry perfect in its absolute freedom from pain, a speetelite patenting only to our practice, and for which her Majesty has panted her royal letters patent The system embraces the non interference with all stumps, however decayed, the supporting lanced of extraction of loose teeth until they become firm and meful In mastication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so that the most nervous person can be supplied with out fear of pain or inconvenience. These teeth are shower, mom durable, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced. Consultation tree. Teeth from Ss., seta from five to 25 guineas, warranted. For the effieacy, utility, and success of this system vide " lencet."—Melers. 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Tor children it is especially re eommeaded, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, while iU introduction Into the nursery of royalty, and the high esteem in which It Is universally held, with numerous teeth:no slab constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proofs of Its merit& Price Pe. ed., IS., 106. 6d., equal to four wsall, and 21. per bottle—Sold at 20, Hatton-garden, and by diarniati and perfunters.—Ask for Rowlands' Macassar Oil. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. —The greatest and roost useful invention of the day, AQUA AMARELLA.— Mews JOHN GO SHELL and Ce., Three King-court, Lombard *vet. London, perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to Ike public this truly marvellous fintd, which gradually restores lire human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ails ',morello has none of the properties of dyes it, en the tolirary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep It in perfect colour. 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St cures In an average of six days either recent or chronic — U. ed.. at JOZY.AL - '3, French chemist, 49, Haymarket. Post kee on receipt of 4s. 6d. STRAND MUSIC HALL.-TRIIIMPHANT PROGRAMME—Vance, Nash, Jean Price (the Electric Mercury), Clark (the silver-toned Tenor), Eugene the Great, Senora Robust°, Montague (the great Basso), Harcourt and Daniels (Native Niwr Novelties`, Dagwaur (the Devil Juggler) ; the Misses Cleaton, &Wen, Rivers, Kerridge, and a host of Went. WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Holborn, open at 7. Under entire New Management, Proprietors, Mew& SWIASEY and HOLLAND.—TerriAc ova tion at Itildery's Fiery NeancAs : engaged at this Hall only. Im mense reception of Harry ldacarthy. Arthur Lloyd, with new Songs. The ifecharchy Cropaaea Family create a furore. Serio Comic, Harriet Coveney. Sailor Williams, Harry and Kettle King, and Palmy,* and Donaldson, from (home Christy's Min strels, New York. Selection, "Rob Roy," supixeled by the grand oric . he c eiral cd SO p t e o rf r ormers, selected by Mr. IL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High Holborn.—Thin magnificent and favourite establishment OPEN EVERY EVENING. The grand band, under the direc tion of Mr. W. M Packer, performs nightly an entirely new selection of operatic and dance music. Open at half-past 8; close at It Admission. Is, PEMARTIN'S SHERRIES.—RaiI paid to any station in England .— THOMAS NUNN and SONS strongly recommend the Wines of the above eminent shippers Good sound Dinner Wines, 26e. and 325. ; superior, Mt, 425, OM, and 12a ; Amontillado, 525., 681., and 645. ; old East Indian, 721. and 84a ; Madeira, direct, 60e. and 72a. ; old EaM Indian, 951. Clarets—Sound Bordeaux, 181. ; superior, 241. ; Eit. Julien, 281. and 325. ; St. Brtephe, at Emilion, and Margaux, Ns, 40a., tta, ; Cantensc Margaux, bßa La Bose, La Tour, and Latitte, ECM to 120 a : Cliampwe ;),veryrod,superior, Sta, 60a, 66a, and 78. — TH OMAS NUN and SONS, wine, whit, and liqueur merchants, 21, Lamb's Conduit-street Priced Ws on application. Established 1901. paced Ps and COMPANY'S TEAS are BEST and CHEAPEST. STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, it Sd., b., > Sd., Se, Most delicious Black Tea Is now only 3$ 6d. per pound. Pare, rich rare, choice coffee, ls. 4d., it 641, la. Bd. PMELLIPS and Co., Tea Merchant/6_ B. Xing VitEllam•dresi, London, A price current tree. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and Co. send all goods carriage tree within eight miles of No. 8, King William-street; 40a worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in England.—Phillips and Co. have no agents, our any clones:ion with any house in Wor rester or Swansea. FURNITURE, Carpets, Bedsteads, Bedding, Upholstery, Linens, DamaakA anteed .560,000 wo emit. rth, leas all warranted. Delivered free, and guar SO per than West.end prices A house furnished completely In 24 hours WAI NE. General Furnisher, 133 to 189, Newington Butte. TA B. JOHNSTONE and Co.'s GENERAL D DRAPERY and FURNISHING WAREHOUSEI are within a few yards of the EDGWARE -ROAD STATION on the METROPOLITAN RAILWAY and five minutes' walk from the Great Western Station, Pa d dington .loo 110, 111, and 112, Edgware-road, and I, 2, and 3, Thwaites.place, W. , • --- THRESHER and GLEINNY, OUTFITTERS. Only establishment to London, next door to Somerset house, Strand. N.B. Lists of necessary outfit for every purpose and appointment to India, China, and the Colonies, will be for warded on application. SPECTACLES are NECESSARY'. WirN the Eyes water, are misty, or fa ti g ued a E tter reading : WHEN the print blends, and the letters appear to he double ; WHEN more light than formerly is requisite— r example: NIVR P EN the candle is placed between the eyes and the book; NIVHEN objects must be held further off to be seen more clearly ; WHEN much difficulty is found in threading a needle. The above are premonitory signs of decaying sight, and Indi cate that an optician should be consulted without delay. From long and extensive practice Messrs. Thomas Harris and Son are fully competent to advise on all matters pertaining to the reme dying defective tight. They skilfully adapt lenses, perfectly true, of the requisite power, and likewise they judiciously select a spectacle frame of the form most becoming to the face. TIIOMAS HARR'S and SON, opticians to the Royal Family, opposite the British Museum gates, London (their only house). listablithed 1780. Caution.—No travellers or agents. THE INVIGORATPTE NERVINE ESSENCE. The most scientifically prepared and moat powerful nutri ave cordial ever introduced ; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health de pend& It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its con taining among other ingredients pepsins and phosphate of soda, will prone highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Price Ela per bottle, or four miantites is 1 for TM. Sole Agents, Messrs. BAUMGARTEN and Co., 620, Oxford-street, W.C., and 11, Cullum-street, Fenchurch-street, EC., London. THE FRENCH HOSPICE in LONDON. The BUILDER of THIS DAY, 4d., or by post rgi , contains lino View and Plan of the new French Hospice In Victoria Park ; the Dean of Ely on High Art; Mr. Planche on the National Por trait Eshibition , Italian Art History ; the Question of Ancient Lighta ; Botany and Horticulture, South Kensington the Pollu tion of Rivers , and various other papers, with all the cognate news.-1, York-street, Covent-garden, and all newsmen. Price Is., DR. CIILVERWELL on MARRIAGE : Its Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments. Mann, Combat , or Author, 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. Working Man's tee, lull a Guinea. THE SOCIETY OF Aim. —At the last meeting for the session of the Society of Arts yesterday evening, a very interesting paper on " Popular Errors concerning Austra lia" was read by the Hon. Charles Gavan Duffy. The hon. gentleman vindicated the government of the colony and the colonists from the charges respectively of insta bility and a desire for change, and refuted the statement that the sudden changes of government were attributable to the extension of the franchise. An interesting debate followed the reading of the paper. Mr. Marsh, M.P., drew a dismal picture of the condition of society in the colony. New South Wales and Victoria were in a state of financial and political retrogression ; property was inse cure, the magistracy unfitted for their duties, and the members of the legislature venal and corrupt. Mr. Duffy asked the hon. gentleman to adduce a single proof of the latter charge, which request Mr. Marsh did not comply with. Mr. Hart, late chief secretary of South Australia, followed, and combated the opinions of Mr. Marsh, stating that South Australia was never in a more prosperous financial condition than at present, and that universal suffrage and the ballot worked admirably in it. Sir John Gray, M.P., made some pertinent observations with re spect to the alleged insecurity of property in Australia ; and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Hon. Mr. Duffy - for his able paper. DEATH OF Mr. J. R. Pless, OF HILL.—On Sun day last this venerable gentleman, whose name has for many years been associated with the commercial progress and prosperity of this port, and also with every philanthro pic institution of the town, breathed his last, at his resi dence, Hessle Wood. By his death a gap has been made in many a circle, both religious and commercial, which will not be easily filled. Yr. Pease was the head of the emi nent banking firm of reams, Hoare, and Pease, of this town, and for many years he was one of the most active members of the board of directors of the Dock Company. He was also the chairman of the Hull and Selby Railway Company, besides being the holder of several other impor tant offices. By the death of Mr. Pease the Bide Volunteers of Hull have lost a true friend, for although the deceased was only connected with the corps indirectly, his son (Mr. J. W. Pease) being the lieut.-colonel, the members have frequently experienced hishospitality. On several occasions they have been invited to Hassle Wood, when they met with a true old English welcome. With a spirit of the greatest generosity the beautiful grounds were thrown open on these occasions, not only to the friends of t ie volunteers, but to the public generally. The esteem in which Mr. Pease was held in Hull has been manifested by the number of flags, half mast high, which have been hoisted on the shipping in the docks, the dock-office, the Trinity-house, and other places.—Eastere CounnesHerrild. THE DEAD RRSTORED TO LIVE.—As, en route, I had to pan by the little village of Verdiersville, where, it will be remembered, Ilbad such a narrow escape in August, 1862, I stopped to pay my respects to the kind lady who had so courageously assisted me in my retreat. I had never failed to do so whenever chance brought me to the neighbourhood, and always found myself received with the most cordial welcome. On this occasion, however, I was not destined to meet the same kind of reception ; for, instead of the cheerful greeting to which I had been ac customed, the old lady, as soon as she caught sight of me, turned suddenly pale, and, with a loud shriek, fled into the house. Puzzled beyond measure at so extraordinary a proceeding, I pressed for an explanation, when a Rich mond paper was handed to me and my attention directed to a paragraph commencing, " Among those who fell at the battle of Chancelloreville we regret to report the death of Major von Backe," &c. Here followed a flattering estimate of my personal qualities and a minute ac count of my death. My amiable friend was so firmly impressed with the fact of my demise that when I accosted her she believed it was my ghost ; and even during our subsequent interview I found some difficulty in persuading her of my identity. The rumour of my having - been killed spread over the whole country, and was accepted as true by every part of our army where I had not been seen since the battle, and the regret ex premed at my loss, and manifest pleasure exhibited by soldiers and citizens to know me still among them, ad ministered not a little to my self-esteem. Besides the many letters of condolence and offers received by Stuart on my account, greatly to his amusement, a request was despatched by Governor Letcher to General Lee to have my body forwarded, and claiming the privilege of having it interred with all the honours of the State of Virginia. To this demand, General Lee sent the following charac teristic reply : " Can't spare it : it's in pursuit of Stone man."—Mackwood's Magazine for June. very educ were /pile/ Slow, dear. D the Per lbs. to lbs. to .o. to D 2G3. 631bs. L more Ile red Antzic t tea red tively. about atieles loose, anu I of mg :fore, st r of the ie Gold- 'lddl ". B. iVed& wife of te wife of le wife of k . Levia. the Bea' haw, Yeal.. .Du mithw I?N•. nithwittk. •h. J. 11 i^ - to Auto% i. Bead" Am , Marl as, , F.B.C.a. xtr. T. J a rio. S. r at ow a.m.'s-- IMINMEN.m LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1866. TELF.GRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (azum's macaw's.) THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. FRANKFORT, MAT 30. The note of the French government inviting the I Federal Diet to send a representative to the cow ference at Paris, has been published here. The object of the conference is herein stated to be diplomatic settlement of the questions of Schles wig-Holstein and Venetia, and also of Federal re form in as far as it affects the European equili brium. The note concludes as follows :—" The government of the Emperor trusts that the powers who have made preparations for war will, if they accept the proposed conference, suspend their armaments even if they should scruple to restore their military establishments entirely to a peace, footing." FRANKFORT, MAY 30, EvaxlNG. The Conference Committee of the Federal Diet resolved to-day that the invitation to the Con ference should be accepted, and that the Germanic Confederation should be represented by a Bavaria' minister. Baron von der Pfordten, the Bavarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, will be elected Federal Pleni potentiary in the sitting of Friday next.. No doubt is entertained of -his accepting the mission. PRUSSIA AND THE CONFERENCE. BERLIN, MAT 30. In the preliminary communications which took place prior to the issue of the official invitations to the conference, Prussia accepted the principle of the conference only on the following conditions, viz., that the course of the deliberations shall speedily prove that a real prospect exists for the preservation of peace, and that the conference shall not discuss questions which relate exclusively to the internal interests of Germany. Prussia called the attention of the powers to the fact that her proposals for federal reform removed all ground for foreign intervention. The details published by the Berlin papers of proposals for territorial com pensation are not authentic. BERLIN, MAY 30. Prussia has accepted the proposed conference at Paris. The reply of the Prussian government was de spatched on Monday last, the same day upon which the identical letters of invitation from the Powers were delivered at Berlin. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAT 30, EVENING. Austria, in her reply to the invitation to the Conference, stated that she had decided to accept the invitation to the Conference, because she was unwilling, by refusing, to frustrate this last effort for :the preservation of peace. A. councillor of state will shortly proceed to Paris, with instruc tions for Prince Metternich relative to the approaching Conference. The f4llowing are the principal points of the Austrian programme for the Conference :—The categori cal refusal of all propositions relative to the cession of Venetia ; the solution of the Schleswig- Holstein question to be brought about by a con vocation of the Estates of those duchies ; the Con ference not to be competent to discuss any pro posal for a reform of the Federal constitution. The semi-official Abetadpost of this evening states that the items published by tho Prussian Staatsanzeiger, as being the salient points of the Prussian pro posals for a reform of the Federal constitution could not serve as a programme for dieenaoion on that subject, as they did not in the least show the real meaning of the Prussian proposals. " It is only just to expect," adds the Abendpoat, " that Prussia should now make propositions of a positive and de finite character." Tb e preparations for war continue in all parts of the empire, but the execution of the late decree for the levy of fresh troops will not be proceeded with at present, the requirements having already been fully met by the recent large enrol ments of volunteers. The army head-quarters are about to be transferred to Prague, where Field- Marshal von Benedek will shortly inspect the troops. Eighty sappers and 16,000 labourers are engaged in the works for the fortification of Vienna. News received here from Warsaw states that a strong Russian corps of observation is being concentrated on the frontiers of Prussian Silesia and Galicia. Prussia has confidentially declared to the government of Electoral Hesse that a war between Austria and Prussia would involve the dissolution of the Germanic Confederation. She further declared that she would respect the sovereignty of all those States which did not assume an anti-Prussian attitude. A deputation has arrived hero from Bucharest, and will be received by the Emperor. Queen Olga, of Wurtemberg, leaves Vienna to-day. A general meeting of the directors of the Anglo- Austrian Bank has been held here, at which it was decided that a dividend should be declared for the oast year of nearly two florins per share. HUNGARY. PREITH. NAT 30. A deputation of the citizens of Pesth has gone to Vienna to present to-day a loyal address to the Emperor, thanking his Majesty for having taken the initiative in restoring the Hungarian constitu tion. They will invite the Empress to pay a visit to Buda. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 30, Rvintnta. An explosion took place yesterday at a firework manufactory at Aubin. Twenty persons were killed, and fifteen injured. The concussion shook all the houses in the neighbourhood. POLAND. BERLIN, MAT 30, Evurnma• The Neue Preituiseite (Kreuz)Z eitung of this even ing says :—" Intelligence received here from Vienna states that the Austrian government is believed to be in treaty with a Polish leader, who distinguished himself in the Polish insurrection, with the view of placing him at the head of a revolution in Prussian Poland. The Russian government is said to have received numerous communications on thissubject." News from Warsaw denies the rumour that the Grand Duke Constantine had replaced Count Berg as governor of Poland. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Het 30. M. Jean Ghika has been named Minister of Public Works, and M. Stourdza, Secretary to Prince Charles of Hohenzollern. Prince Charles has addressed a second letter to the Sultan, stating that present circumstances do not admit of his pro ceeding to Constantinople immediately, but that he will do so shortly. Turkey decided to forego her proposed intervention in the Principalities, in the belief that the Conference on the Danubian ques tion would discover a means of fully vindicating the dignity of the Turkish government. L..~ EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (rßom oun OWN COIRTOYONDENT.) PARIS, WZDNYSDAY Emma. The latest official indication of the prospects of the conference is in the Moniteur du tioir, which resumes the questions to be submitted in the terms already known, adding this, which I think is new, that the powers at variance were to be asked " either to put their armies on a peace footing, or to suspend their arms ..ments." There is a great difference between the two propositions. It is quite certain that the first has not been assented to, and it is more than doubtful whether the second requisition has been more successful. Something about countermands of marches in Prussia we have heard of, and there was a momentary suspension of recruiting volunteers in Italy, but the latest news is that Victor Emmanuel has signed a decree augmenting the volunteers from 20 to 40 battalions. The Moniteur oontenta itself with saying " it is thought" the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of all the powers will come to the conference, whereas the semi-official organs had announced their presence as certain. The Bourse was decidedly buoyant. The rise in Consols had a great influence, but it is observed that many buyers for this settlement have sold twice, thrice, and four times as much with primes, and they have a manifest interest to get quotations up in order to sell for the next account. Rente rose lfr. fur cash, and 80c. for account, closing at 65fr. 75c. and Gsfr. 35c. Italian rose 55e., closing at 42fr. 65c. Mobilier rose 12fr. 50c., and Credit Foncier 25fr. The Northern and Lyons railways rose l 2 r. 50c. each. THE GREEK RAID INTO THESSALY. SALON ICA, MAY 12. The small band of hot-headed Greek patriots, combining revolutionary and predatory designs, whose landing on Longoa I reported last week, is now, happily for its own safety, securely bilged in Salonica jail. The band numbers 32, all told. In Greece, its head-quarters, it musters SOO men, mostly Wigan, who wear a self-con ferred badge or order of St. John, which serves the double purpose of mutual recognition and saintly protec tion and patronage. Leonidas Bulgaria, who holds the commission of " colonel " in these Hellenic " Moss troopere " or border-raiders and late leaders of " Freedom's " battalion, with a staff of four captains and a henchman, a certain well-known Capitan Georgiaki, and 24 paliksizia, sailed from the Pirmus in a leaky boat, and after a perilous passage landed safely in Porto Konfo, marked " fair haven" in the sailing directions of the " Menageries Imperiales." After a discordant council of war the band dispersed. Their compatriots, whom they came to liberate from the Turkish yoke of oppression and misrule, received them warmly—by firing upon them, stoutly opposing their ad vance inland, and sending an express into town to apprise the governor-general of their descent on the peninsula. In a smart affray which followed two of the country people were shot. Akif l'acha despatched his Binbashi with a handful of Zaptiehs, who with the assistance of the rayahn of the district, made an easy capture of the lot. Capitan Georgiaki, the robber chieftain, with a solitary companion, are believed to be still at large. Colonel Leonidas Bul garia was taken in the peaceful guise of a monk skulking in the cockloft of a monastery farm. Ilia excellency pro cured him a decent suit of clothes as soon as he aster. tained his distinction, has his food sent from a locanda, his room furnished and supplied with writing materials. The Pacha is no fanatic Osmanli, but himself a magnani mous Albanian, descended from a long line of illustrious ancestors, and can sympathise with knight-errantry in its misfortune. This same Leonidas Bulgaria, I believe, com manded a Greco-Russian regiment during the Crimean war. His late escapade, independently of his antecedents, would have cost him his neck in any more civilised country, such se Russia or Austria. He is, however, generous enough to acknowledge the gentleness of his treatment, confesses the madness and impracticability of his scheme, and charges his deception upon the Greek journals and political intriguers. This is a much better lesson to Greek politicians than political martyrdom.—Levant Herald. A RUSSIAN MARTYR. (PROP A CORRESPONDENT.) Serno-Solovievitch, who died at Irkoutsch on the sth of March, was one of the bravest and purest of men. Of noble birth, he shunned the besetting vices of bat order, and sought in severe devotion to the highest duties a refuge from the surrounding corruption. His mind was cultivated, his tastes studious, and his disposition thoughtful and refined. He had travelled and sojourned in the west and south of Europe, and in England and Italy had won the friendship and esteem of several illustrious leaders of liberal Europe. On his return to Russia he addressed a letter to the Czar, pointing out to him the evils and the remedies of the situation of the Empire. Some time before the Polish movement be was arrested. He behaved splen didly ; avowed all his liberal convictions, and refuted all the charges of conspiracy. Public opinion was universally in his favour, and as his trial was not proceeded with, it was hoped that he would be spared. But in prison a ten dency to consumption manifested itself. Suddenly, last January, he was condemned to perpetual exile at Irkoutsch. Three years of imprisonment had ruined his health, and on the sth of March he was released from his sufferings by death. His brother, compelled to fly, is in & madhouse ; so is his sister. A deputation from the Lancashire Butchers Association, consisting of Mr. Lingard, Ashton-under_ Lyne, chairman, and Mr. John Upton , of Rochdale, siscre tary,'had an interview with the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, at the Privy Council-office, yesterday, to urge the granting of greater facilities for the removal of cattle from Salford market to adjoining towns. The deputation was intro duced by Mr. Potter, M.P., Mr. Turner, M.P., Mr. Meet ham, M.P., Mr. Philips, M.P., Mr. Hibbert, M.P., Mr. B ar nes, M.P., Mr. Platt, M.P., Mr.Vietkin, M.P., and Mr. Whitworth, M.P. A deputation from Liverpool, consisting of the Rev. Henry Gibson Roman catholic chaplain of the Liverpool Industrial School', and Mr. James Whitty and Mr. John Yates, members of the Liverpool Town Council, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. President of the Poor-law Board- Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nisleffice from the Governors of the West India Islands. His Excellency the Chinese Commissioner and suite, accompanied by Major Brine, Mr. Bourn, and M. de Champs, yesterday visited Pentonville Prison and the Times office, and, after calling at the Athenaeum Club and on the Danish and Dutch ministers, attended Mrs. Glad stone's assembly. Gswassi NELL Dow.—A deputation of Liver pool and Manchester members of the United Kingdom Alliance met the Peruvian, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday from Quebec, to welcome General Neal Dow, who is visiting Sigland and the continent for the double purpose of improving his own health and promoting the temperance reform. The general conducted to Isiw rence's Temperance Hotel, wh ere he was entertained to breakfast by about fifty gentlemen, Mr. Lawrence Hey worth, president of the South Lancashire and North ' Cheshire Temperance Union, taking the chair. A resole. tion was adopted expressing good wishes towards General Dow, and aspirations for the success of the cause in which he takes so deep an interegt. We understand that the . members of the Alliance intend to hold a series of meetings , to be addressed by General Dow in various parts of the country. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.— ' WEDNESDAY, MAY 30.—Admissions on payment, 3,466 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,778 ; total visitors, 5,244. • - [STAMPED, id. ADDITIONAL.] ITALY. .-.- • (1011 OUR OWN COUNOPONDENT.) FLORENCE, MAY 27. In the columns of one of your contemporaries I find it written that "at Florence no one believes the Italian army will be able to cope with Austria alone." Now, this is so remarkably the reverse of the truth, and is so evidently dictated by thatill-humourwhich hasbeen aroused againstltaly, because her determination to fight for the recovery of Venice threatens to disturb the tranquillity which is agreeable and naeful to England, that it is worth while to contradict it emphatically. Florence everybody—every Italian at least—be lieves most devoutly that the Italian army will be able alone to cope with Austria, if it should so turn out that the necessity for doing so shall arise. It may be that this confidence is felt in a higher degree than the facts on which an opinion on the subject should be formed may justify. But the opinion, you may trust me, is all but universal. There has been to-day a slightly increased ten dency to believe in the possibility of war being averted. The contrary opinion is by very far the more previlent one. But there are a certain num ber of usually well-informed persons who begin to think that a conference will succeed in getting itself together, and, having accomplished that much, may possibly further succeed in arranging the subjects of dispute before the cannon has spoken. It is difficult, however, to see how this can be. And it is clear that any conference which could have any chance of achieving such a result must do its spiriting at a very much quicker pace than that at which such diplomacy is usually in the habit of moving. In order to prevent war, not only must Venice be ceded, but it must be ceded very quickly. No people can be kept long in the state of fever in which the Italians now are. The news to-day is that the main corps d'a mac has moved forward to within seven miles of Mantua, a proxi- mity very dangerous to the chances of maintain- ing peace. I have heard, in a manner which loaves me in no doubt as to the accuracy of the statement, that the Emperor of Austria is to the highest degree irritated against Louis Napoleon (as he well may be)—that he considers himself to have been de ceived, fooled, and betrayed by the French Em peror—and that his anger against him finds vent in the most energetic, and not altogether royally worded, abuse. Your readers will probably re member a mot, which was attributed to the Em peror of the French, in the papers the other day with reference to the Princess do Metternich " Because she can sing the sapeur,' " said the Emperor, according to these anecdote mongers, " she thinks she can govern Europe." Now this met seems to carry with it an explanation of an important part of the present situation. May not the Imperial utterance be thus interpreted :—Because the Austrian ambassador and his wife have been the object of much social consideration at my court, they conceive that they have political influence. In this belief they have written home, and per suaded the Austrian Emperor that France was ' with him—that French sympathies were all with Austria, and that they could answer for it Austria might show a bold front towards her foes, secure of the neutrality of France. Suppose that Aux., tria, duped by these representations, has advanced into a position of considerable danger—a position from which it is extremely difficult for her to draw back—and that then France turns round and says, "Yea, I will be neutral in a quarrel between you and Prussia, but observe, I never said that I would be neutral as between you and Italy ;" and suppose that France knew perfectly well, all the time she was talking of neutrality, that the case in which she did not in tend to be neutral was a case which was assuredly about to arise—then, and under these circum stances, ono can understand that the Kaiser may feel himself to have been befooled and betrayed, and may be angry accordingly. Not only does everybody here believe in the power of Italy to cope with Austria—the great majority believe also that, supposing the projected conference to meet and to sit, there is no possi bility that it should attain any other result than that of in some sort legitimising the war that must follow. The only immediate difficulty which troubles us here is an embarraa de rticAeese in the article of war force. When the lists for the enrollment of volunteers were first opened several days ago the enlistments proceeded at the rate of five, six, or seven hundred a day. The process of enrollment was then suspended for a while. Yes terday the lists were again opened " for three days." The result of the first day's operations here in Florence was the enlistment of two thou sand three hundred men. And telegraphic ac counts from all parts of the country show that the entire produce of yesterday's work was upwards of fifty thousand. And if the acceptance of all able bodied corners continue for the other promised two days this number will be at least trebled. The government was startled at the prospect. What is to be done with an army of something like two hundred thousand volunteers! The consequence was that this morning in Florence the enrollment was again suspended. But the numbers presenting themselves as candidates for admission into the Garibaldian ranks was so great, and the discontent at the disappointment of their hopes so loud, that the last account is that the prefect told the people to be tranquil and patient, and all should be enrolled. The English papers have been telling their readers that Garibaldi was here, or there. At Ancona, one usually well-informed journal says : " The fact is that Garibaldi has not left Caprera. He will place himself at the head of the volunteer army when it shall be completely formed—being wisely desirous that the government, and not he, should be the active agent in the business of calling out the volunteers." With regard to the nature of the attempt which it is supposed the Conference will make for the arrangement of all the pending difficulties, it is almost a case of " quot homines, tot sententite.'' There is one thing only that no living creature believes, and that is the disinterestedness of France. France has made up her book to win. Nobody doubts that. But if we could only tell what the nature of her hedging has been, which horse she really means to back, and what it is she stands to win, the European future would not be so inscrutably dark as it is. My belief is that Austria is to go to the wall,—not in the matter of Venice only,—not in the question of the Duchies only,—not in the question of the Principalities only,—but in other (TWOPENC matters also, of which little has yet been heard. Chi rivra, 'err, 2 I It will be seen whether I am right. And all the misfortune, which, in this view, is about to fall upon Austria, will be the consequence and punishment of little worse than stupidity and incompetence. Strong as may be our sympathies for Venice, and clear as may be our conviction that the only right divine by which a ruler can hold the sceptre is the dearly expressed will of the people to ! be governed, still, under the circumstances of the case, it cannot be maintained that Austria has front her own point of view done wrongly or unjustly in holding Venice. Still lees has she been guilty of wrongdoing in any other quarter. But she has been blindly stupid, to a degree for which even the old German adage respecting Austrian block headism could hardly have prepared anybody. And in marking the result, we may meditate on the truth of that theory of Buckle's, which gave offence to so many well-intentioned persons. Her Emperor has also been guilty of the fault committed by a gentleman who stoops to have dealings and con fidences with a black-leg, which he weakly hopes may turn out to his advantage, but which are certain always to end in the pillaging of the gentle , man to the profit of the scamp. Here is a passage from the Naxione of this morning, which is perhaps worth citing as a speci men of the condition of tone and feeling here. Do not let your instinctive English' dislike of " tall talk" prompt you to laugh at it too sneeringly. Remember it is the talk of a people whose habit it is in all circumstances to express—to " externare," as their own phrase is—to throw out the whole of the feeling that is in their hearts, and that the writer is truly expressing that which lain the inmost heart of all around him. It is for this reason that the words are worth quoting. Italy, says the Nazi<me, Italy is at this moment offer ings spectacle to the world of which we are at a loss to say whether it most affects our minds with love or with pride. This alma tellus, this parrna dearum has risen again ; and its sons have found again all the greatness and all the courage of the ancient time. When posterity shall need to cite examples of stupendous virtue and of heroic patriotism, there will !henceforward be no necessity to go back to the age of Codes, of Curtius, or of Regulus. It Iwill suffice to read the Italian story of 1806 ; and to tell how an entire people rushed to arms to rescue from the stranger the last fragment of Italian soil ! /Xt. And smile as you may Signori nici, when you contrast this rhetoric with the business-like quie tude of phrase with which you tell the world how many more millions worth of goods you have ex ported this year than you did last year, the sight which Italy is now presenting to the world is a grand, a, magnificent, and a moving one. THREATENED BOMBARDMENT OF CALLAO BY THE SPANISH SQUADRON. "The mail just received from the South brings us the news (says the Panama Star and 'Jerald of the 6th inst.) that, after bombarding Valparaiso, the Spanish Admiral had declared the blockade of that port removed, and had sailed thence for Callao with his entire squadron on the 14th April, which port he reached on the 25th. Immediately on his arrival admiral Nunes advised tho head of the consular corps at Callao that within six days he would bombard the town, and all possible precau tions were being taken by the inhabitants to remove their effeig isitd oX4ma. The Lima papers speak In thaw* goals of - th e ab th iy of the Pan- • visas to est the enemy; 'and think their feria and batteries more than a match for the guns of the invaders. But private individuals are evi dently very uneasy as to the result, and fears are entertained that not only Callao may be effectually bombarded, but that even Lima itself, which is four miles from the coast, may be shelled. A great deal depends upon the courage of the Peruvians themselves. They have good batteries and splen did guns, and if they evince as much pluck as they promised to do, success will more than probably attend them. We shall look with deep interest for the next mail, which we trust will bring us tidings of the complete overthrow of the invaders, the sinking of whose fleet by Peruvian guns would be hailed with joy, not only on the coast, but through out the United States and Europe." THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S CITY CASKET.- The casket in which the freedom of the City of London is to be presented, on the 7th of June next, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, is from a design by the same artist who wrought out the elaborate casket of gold presented to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his marriage. In this instance, however, the old tradition of having the box entirely of gold has been departed from ; for the Common Council decided that it should be emblematical of the great profession to which his royal highness belongs. It was therefore determined that the casket should be of oak, carved from a beam of the old roof recently removed from Guildhall. There was, we understand, considerable competition among the principal jewellers for the honour of making this fine work zf art, but Mr. Benson's design was selected. The casket is about 16 inches long by 10 inches high, oval in shape, and in the cinque canto style. It is difficult to describe the minute traceryof carved work, or the fine gold ornaments, in high relief, with which all parts of it are covered. A superb gold and enamelled ornament, forming the City arms, surmounts thespex of the casket, and in the centre (in front), on an enamelled gold el, the prince's arms are blazoned in colours ; two er panels of dark blue, on either side, contain the prince's monogram, with the Admiralty anchor. On the hack of the box, in a rich gold framework, small raised letters of pure gold, on blue enamel, form the following inscription "Phillips, Mayor. Presented by the Corporation of London, with the freedom of the City, to his Royal lili,ghneas Prince Alfred, Thursday, 7th June, 1866." On the inside of the lid, on a armed gold panel, is en graved, " This casket is carved from the oak taken from the old roof of Guildhall." On the outside, at each end, are beautifully carved masks ; and bet w e en the tri p odial supports of oak and gold, on which the casket rests, ere winged seaborne, exquisitely carved and enriched. It is impossible in a mere description to convey an adequate idea of its general effect—of the rich coloured contrasts which the dark oak, the enamelled plaques, and the tinted gold ornaments afford. All its cornices are of gold, with alternate wreaths of oak leaves and acorns ; and, altogether, more than 30 ounces of pure gold are employed in these decorations alone. The oak carvings are by Mr. Raff•rs- 1./i1••••••...A. SUICIDE OF • YOUNG W0D1AN..... An adjourned inquest was held in Newtown, Montgomery shire, on Tuesday night, on the body of Elizabeth Oliver, a young women who had been found lying dead on her face in a shallow brook near the town, on Sunday morning. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was the daughter of a respectable farmer living near Newtown, and that she had gone to Liverpool es domestic servant in a gentleman's family. A short time ago she had an at tack of fever, and on Friday she left Liverpool to return home, a nd was noticed in a railway carriage by a witness from ber wild appearance sad strange behaviour. She was next seen walking along the line about a mile outside New town, and on being warned bythegatekeeper of her danger, she stared vacantly at him and asked for " something to drink." His wife gave her a cup of milk, end, noticing her strange looks, asked what had frightened her. She slid not reply, but started to go along the hue again, and on the gate keeper asking her where she wanted to go to, she said "There," pointing towards Castell-y-dale, and added thas she was coming back again. He prevented her from walking along the line, and put her on the Llanidloes turn pike road, up which she wal ke d at a rapid rate. Nothing more is known of her movements till Sunday morning, when a man passing by Dulais-brook found her lying on her fax in the water. In consequence of the long drought the brook is almost empty, and the deceased must have committed the act with singular determinatiois, as the water just covered her face, and did no more than wet the edge of her bonnet. From letters addressed from Liver pool to her relatives it seemed that the deceased I:ad been ' sent away from Liverpool in charge of the guard, as she was delirious. The coroner commented in strs eg terms upon this extraordinary proceeding, and adjourned the inquest till Friday for further inquiry. .