The Express. — London, England, 1866-06-06 00:00:00

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TO CORRESPONDENT& dvertisemente intended for " The " London Evening M:, must be at the Office, 10, untie-street, by Two c r li ou the day of publication. has reached the Commons in the alms SPEEDER WALPOLE, is entitled the /We of Lend by Auction Bill. Their Lordships have been looking into the practices of the buying and selling portion of the community, and have observed that it is passible for foolish people to part with their money too easily. They find that pur chasers at auction sales are sometimes actually led to give more for property than it is worth. We have been accustomed to consider an auction as one of the most advantageous methods of set tling the terms of a bargain. It opens the market to the largest possible number of competitors ; it brings business to a point; and it places transactions under the guardianship of publicity. But there is one disadvantage about it. As one of the learned and noble supporters of this Bill has ob served, " buyers at such sales are influenced by " their feelings ;" legislation, therefore, is held to be necessary, "in order to prevent persons being " deluded into giving a higher price than the " article offered is worth." It is pleasant to see men believing in their own art. The cordwainer who proposed to defend his native city with leather was a good and true man ; and an ex chancellor who did not believe that law was or might be made a remedy for every ill which afflicts society would be no better than a bishop who did not believe in the Pentateuch. But, with the greatest respect for these learned persons and their science, we cannot acknowledge that it is the business of our Legisla ture to protect grown people from themselves. And if it were, the Lords have begun at the wrong end. If any portion of the buying public needs to be protected from its own ignorance or folly, is it that section which buys houses and lands, or that which presents itself at sales of moveable property, say pictures, wines, and plate? There was a sale last Saturday, near London, at which a yetmg nobleman, just come of age, gave 2,5001. for a colt which had never given evidence of his capacity, and at which forty-two yearlings sold at an average for 4781. each. Will their Lordships do nothing to protect such buyers as these? The purchase of land is just one of those operations which are preceded by more in quiry and approached with more caution than any other class of business transactions, and the auc tioneers who are entrusted with the disposal of such property are always the most respectable members of their profession. The Bill introduced by Lord ST. LEONARDS is crowded with restrictions, con ceived in the spirit which devised the old guild laws that once hampered every branch of enter prise. Its professed object is to protect the public, by regulating the exercise of the right of bidding on behalf of the seller. Everybody who has ex perience of sales knows that ttis right is indis pensable for the protection of the vendor, who would otherwise be at the mercy of conspirators. At present, the auctioneer, to facilitate busi ness, offers bids up to the reserve, at which ho stops, and leaves the sale open for tl3 public present. The Bill of Lord ST. LzoNssns forbids him to do this, but does not prohibit bids on behalf of the oa.ter. Such bids are to be treated as unobjectionable, provided they are made by an agent, who will not have the knowledge, or experience, or responsibility of the auctioneer, and only forbidden under the guarantee of those qualities. By a whole series of clauses restrictions are multiplied so as to fetter the dis cretion of the auctioneer, and place him and the vendor in the power of any persons who may com bine to depreciate property. These restrictions are put forward in the interest of purchase -5, but their interest is best secured by a system under which owners of property feel confidence in bring ing forward their assets freely. There is not at present too much freedom about the sale of land, and there would be less if, through the enactment of arch a Bill as this, owners were to be deterred from offering it at auction. No sufficient case has hitherto been made out for the introduction of this Bill. It may be true, as Lord Sr. LEONARDS observed in introducing it, that " a little bit of " vanity induces a man to show that he has a " little longer purse than his neighbours ;" but it is not the function of Parliament to correct such weakness by putting fetters on trade, and we shall be surprised if an assembly containing so many men of business as the House of Commons should be of a different opinion. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) it is different. The Herald continues to represent Peneds and Italy as two pickpockets, who are about to attack a strong man in the streets. No one can deny that Austria has a fairer chance of solving its difficulties in its own favour by an appeal to arms than by relegating them to a conference la which it is probable enough that the majority will be against it. Self-preservation is the instinct of states as of individuals, and those who find fault with Austria are counselling her to suicide. The Tdegraph expects upon the outbreak of war to witness a race between Austria and Prussia to obtain pos session of Dresden, for whichever power holds the Saxon capital will probably be able to incorporate the not ineigni ileant military contingent of Saxony with its own, and, what is of still greater moment, will be able to monopolies the influence possessed by that State among the lesser members of the Germanic Confederation. Moreover, Dresden is a point which must be occupied by on army advancing either from Berlin towards Vienna or vice versa. The Star remarks that one of the strange peculiarities of the present state of affairs is, that one is compelled to give his sympathy to Austria as against Prussia and to Italy as against Austria. Austria is quite right in withdrawing from the Gastein swindle, quite right in convoking the Holstein estates. But the very course which she herself initiates in regard to Holstein is the condemnation of her obstinate clinging to a shameful bargain ►nd her fierce repudiation of popular right in regard to Venetia. CLIVEDIIt, The Queen drove out yesterday afternom, accompanied by Princess Helens., and attended by the Duchees Dowager of Athole and the Equerry in Waiting. WINDBOB CASTLE, Juers 5. The Queen, socompanied by the Princess Helms, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prinoe Leopold, arrived at Windsor Castle at 6 o'clock this evening from Cliveden. In attendance were the Dowager Duchess of Athole, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lieutenant-General Hon. C. Grey, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lieutenant Stirling , and Mr. SAW. Miss Bowater left Cliveden this morning. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, and attended by Lientenant-Colonel Keppel, General Kauffman, and Captain Lund, went to Col cheater yesterday, and inspected the 11th Hussars, previ ous to their departure for India. Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel has succeeded Major Tees dale as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales, The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell and the Hon. E. Yorke, received the freedom of the Merchant Taylors' Company, and was entertained by them at their ball, in the City, after the ceremony. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers present were Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran ville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grey, the Marquis of Har tington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. G. J. Goachen, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial ofßce from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Bt. Helena, Malta, and Heligoland. 1 .1 1, 2 THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING JUNE 6 JOHN BROGDEN. five, but which, more happy than its predecemgor, of Austria. Time b obt ed r ig ith England or I hes reached the Commons in the aqua of ][r. the Court. France, but with Austria, which ia at every yen, _ enflames*. CLIVEDIN, /mei 5. 1 HAYMARKET. Tins Irsignia, A ROMANTICATTACHMENT. Mr. W. !Amen, Miss Ada Cavendish, de.—THE FAVORITE OF FOR. TUNE. Messra Buckstone, Chippendale, and Sothern: Mrs. Chippendale, do—And TURNING THE TABLES. Mr. Compton. PRINCESS'S. Tins EVENING, A HlT.—After which LOUIS XI. Louis, Mr. Charles Kean ; Martha, Mra Charles Kean.—To conclude with tit; lET LODGINGS. LI MUM. TAM Ermeneo, DOCTOR DAVEY. Mr. H. Verle.—THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mews. Yachter, Emery, Jordan, Widdicomb, litrpatrlck, dc. ; Mesdames Lavenu, lien rade, and Tama. —And UY IN THE WORLD. Mr. Widdlcomb. BRITANNLL THIS Eremite, TUCK AND POOR.- The Hungarian Dancers. —BELPHEGOR, THE MOUNTEBANK. Miss Clara St. Cane, Mee S. Lane : Master E. Sanders, Messrs. Btgwood, Leslie, Elton, Ac.—With TILE BLACK GONDOLA. HIGH WATER AT LONDON Bums. Tim DAT —Morning, 7h. 4m Afternoon, Th. 32nr. TO.Mollon—Mornlog, 811. 4m Afternoon. Ms. thre. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6. Tin early part of a session is a trying time for the House of Lords. The bills to which the hot debates of the Commons have given a public in terest have not come up, and it is difficult to in vest the meetings of the Peers with an air of business. If Lord CLLBENDON is in his place, a question of studious vagueness judiciously put will sometimes go a long way ; but when you have struck off the topics marked dangerous, there are few foreign subjects on which an interesting debate may be got up, and you can only inquire once in a session how the Nestorian Christians in Turkey are getting on, or of which of his father's wives the Khan of BOKHARA is the son. Under these circumstances the working Peers—the retired judges and ex chancellors, who nine nights out of ten repre- . sent the House of Lords-have much to do to ■ vindicate the legislative character of that august estate of the realm and keep it from sinking to the rank of a mere revising chamber. It is only just to those learned persona to admit that their industry is untiring. To them belongs all the honour of the Sunday Trading Bill, which, introduced by one of their number, received more amendments, and was the cause of more speeches than any other measure of the session, until it was at last fairly improved out of existence. Another Bill, also due to their Lordships' initia- THE GOVERNMENT POLTCT ON REFORM. The Tinica persists in representing it as perfectly certain that the Reform Bill cannot make say considerable pro gress this session, but it nevertheless doubts whether Mr. Gladstone embraced the immense difficulty of his task. If we are to have a bill next year the sooner the whole subject is relegated to the study the better, neither par liament nor government committing itself any further. To the Daily New the assumption which is gratuitously made in some quarters that the government is now safe, but that the bill must take its chance, which it is dexte rously insinuated is a very bad one, is part of the disin genuous tactics pursued by the opponents of reform, and shows how deeply-seated and wide-spread is the laxity which of late years has crept over the morality of public men. The character of the government is far more im portant even than the passing of the bill ; and all the evils attendant upon a change of ministry would be light and temporary compared with the con tinuance of the miniaters in power on terms reflecting upon their honesty. The government may or may not have acted prudently in entering into the engagement which it is advised to violate or evade, but it is bound by it none the less. It can only avoid it by quitting office. When the time comes, which is confidently predicted, for ministerial recognition of the fact that the Reform Bill cannot pass this session, ministerial recognition of the duty of a resignation or a dissolution of parliament may be looked for with it. The Post says the government will " doubtless" yield to the opinion expressed by the House of Commons. Any reference to ministerial pledges must be regarded as wholly irrelevant to the issue. The government is the guardian of its own honour ; but its national obligations can only be fulfilled through the confidence of parliament. The Herald represents all parties, including the radicals, as pleased and satisfied with Lord Grosvenor, who has saved the ministry and defeated the Reim ai Bill. Each section has eaten humble pie, the government, as beeame its position, having grovelled most. But all sec tions having suffered, and all feeling how near the party was brought to destruction by the Reform Bill, a common ground of unison is found in shelving that question. Re form shelved there can be no reason why Lord Grosvenor and Mr. Bright should not work together. Both desire to keep the government in office ; their reasons no doubt are different. The personal ends of the one differ greatly from those of the other, but the maintenance of Lord Russell in power is the instrument to which both look for the achieve ment of their objects. The Telegraph thinks the unconcealed insult conveyed in the advice that the ministry should break their pledged faith to the country may just as well not be repeated. It Iw:11 not eery; even the poor purpose of vexing anybody, and it no longer veils the intense desire of the enemies of reform to get its friends to do what they themselves dare not, and adjourn sine die the question of dispensing jus tice to the people. The Star does not share in the fears or wishes of those who believe that the government will now throw up the . . . . entire reform scheme. The clauses in the united bills which refer to the franchise ought to be taken up in committee with the resolution to pass them at all hazards, or henourably fail in the attempt, and the clauses refer ring to the grouping may with great propriety be delayed until another session. The circumstances are now even more favourable to government than when the Franchise Bill was originally introduced, and it has now become known that even the extension of the franchise cannot obtain effect until the registrations of next year, thus saving the necessity of any immediate or even early dis solution of parliament. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. In the op i n ion of the Times Lord Redesdale was not successful in encountering the objection to bi g proposition to exact in all cases of railway schemes coming before parliament a certain subscription con tract guaranteed by a certain proportionate deposit—vis., .bat it would put an end to new railways altogether, inasmuch as it would exclude from the work just those persons—the contractors—who alone can be induced to undertake it, while it would not bring back subscribers to railway enterprise. It is to be hoped that the select committee to which the question has been referred may be successful in discovering some acceptable alternative between what, we fear, would be obstructive legislation and no legislation at all. The Daily News states that an impotent change in the Mahommedan law of succession to sovereign power has been sanctioned by the greatest Mussulman authorities. The Viceroy of Egypt demands, and the Sultan consents, that the eldest son of the Viceroy shall be considered the legitimate heir to the Pachalic, instead of the eldest prince of the reigning family. Hitherto the Pacha's brother, Mustapha, has been considered by him se'f and others, the heir presumptive. An here ditary Pachalic in Egypt is much better suited to the genius of the race and the climate than any unequal or one-sided European domination. Indeed, it is worthy of remark that, after all the successive influences and inter ferences of European powers in Egypt, that country and its rulers seem more Mahommedan than ever, and more closely linked with Constantinople than with any Euro pean capital. To this we have no objection, provided the Mahommedan princes do not shrink from borrowing from Europe those principles of government and inheritance which have been found conducive to stability and peace. Lord William Hay will move in the House of 'Commons on the 19th—" That in the opinion of this house no scheme for the redress of the grievances complained of by the officers of the Indian army can be complete or little factory which deals with such grievances only as were re. ferred for inquiry and report to the royal commission of 1865 ; and that it is desirable that every petition or memo rial which has been presented by officers of the Indian army, alleging a breach of the rights and privileges guaran teed to them by act of parliament, should, alike in justice to the officers and in the interest of the public, be investi gated without delay." THE Nawsrarza Pans FUND DlNNER.—Several members of both branches of the legislature have expressed their intention to attend the annual dinner of this institution, at Willis's-rooms, on Saturday next. In addition to the singers whose names have been previously announced in connection with the mus cal portion of the entertainment, Mdlle. Enequist and Mdlle. Morensi will contribute their voc►l services. THE CHINA Mzsszort.—On Monday, his Excel lency Pin-Ta-Jin and suite, accompanied by Cap..ain Brine, R. E., went to Windsor, where royal carriages a- 'site d their arrivaL After visiting the Castle, St. Gawp's Chapel, and the royal stables, Mr. Moon col veyed them to the Royal Arse maL the dairy, Frogmore-gardens, Shaw farm, and the Prince Consort's mausoleum. At two they lunched with the Rev. Dr. Balaton, and were shown over the Eton College Chapel, Upper School, playing fields, lac. After calling on the Rev. Dr. Goodford, Mr. Moon escorted the Chinese commissioner by the Long Walk to the rhodo dendron drive, the obelisk, Virginia Water, the ruins, the fishing temple, and Norfolk farm, where the party paid their respects to Major-General Hood. After viewing the vinery at Cumberland-lodge and the Royal Cottage, Mr. Moon escorted the visitors to the White Hart Hotel and the Brocaa. His excellency returned to town at 7.30 p.in., and in the evening dined with Viscount Milton, M.P., Lord Houghton, Lion. Mr. Thurlow, Le., at the Garrick Club, and afterwards attended the Countess Fitz. william's assembly. THE WAS NEWS. Daily, almost hourly, says the Times, the chances of peace fade away. Following upon the abandonment of the conference, come rumours of military movements, such as the order of the Prussian government to re-enter Holstein, asserting the right of joint occupation. Should the sword be drawn, it is from the Elbe Duchies that we shall probably hear of the first serious events of the war. But the contest in this quarter cannot compare in import ance with that which is impending on the frontier of the two monarchies. At any moment the Austrian' may burst into Silesia a province which is now more Prussian than Berlin, and the inhabitants of which are all for war with Austria and for national aggrandisement by the seizure of the Duchies. If Prussia seizes Holstein it is not unlikely that Austria's first great move would be an attempt to possess herself of Silesia, where Prussia must defend herself, for there is no one can help her. The Prussian people appear to be as much against the war as ever, but all experience proves that the first blows in a strife between nations rouse a war spirit which soon overcomes the previous discontent or indifference. The presence of Hungarians and Croat+ on Prussian soil will probably change the whole face of the national politics. The prompt recognition of the French government of the actual state of the case,finvesta French policy, observes the Doily News, with the character of reality and good faith, and it is unfortunate for Austria that the responsibility of having been the actual cause of the failure, though she did not create the danger which the conference was devised to avert, should fall upon her head. With regard to the military movements, the Daily News believes that though as a matter of prudence the Austrian commander in Holstein may think well to fall back, General Manteuffel has no orders to dispossess him, but only to share the oocupation with him, while he is to recognise the right of Austria to follow the same course in Schleswig. At present, there fore, these movements have only a political character, and it remains to be seen which power will venture to give the signal for the shock of the mighty hosts concen trated. in Bohemia and Silesia—a signal which can hardly be delayed many days. Appearances in dicate that the declaration of war, or the mani festo equivalent to it, will proceed from Prussia, which has already in a circular note to the neutral powers charged the Austrian government with a flagrant breach of treaties by referring the Holstein succession to the Diet. Austria has replied, and these seem to be the last words of powers about to appeal to the sword. In fact, the King of Prussia has reviewed his body guards and sent them to the frontier, and is preparing to leave for headquarters. The declaration of the Saxon chamber, and the assent of its government to the couvocation of a German parliament on the basis of the law of 1649, and the gratuitous oondemns tion by a Prussian semi-official journal of the policy pur sued by Prussia towards the French Revolution of 1789, Ai)w that the war will not be exempt from influences wider than those of cabinets and councils of generals. The Post thinks it is a matter of congratulation that Europe has been spared another fiasco through the fore- STATE BALL AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. By command of the Queen a state ball was given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which a party of upwards of 1,700 was invited. The royal body guard of the Yeomen of the Guard ea on duty in the Palace, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Patterson, the Eton-in-Waiting, Lieut.-Colonel Cooke, the lieutenant of the corps, also attended. A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards was mounted in the court of the Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardinge, Earl Spencer, Lord Harris, Hon. C. L• Wood, and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palaoe, from Marlborough-house, about 10 o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh arrived, attended by the Hon. E. Yorke. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived, from Gloucester-house, attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary arrived, from St. James's Palace, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklen burg Strelitz arrived, attended by Lady Caroline Cult and the Cbambellan de Steuber. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the members of the Royal Family, conducted by Viscount Sydney, the Lord Chamberlain, and attended by their Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, entered the Ball-room soon after 10 o'clock, when the dancing immediately commenced. Messrs. Coote and Tinney's full orchestra was in attend ante, conducted by Mr. Coote, and performed the follow ing programme of dance music : Quadrille, Flick Flock Valse, Juliet Quadrille, Les Deux Arlequins Strauss. VaLe, Clara Coo.e. Lancers, Conte's New Take, Jungherren-Tame Quadrille, Thou Vale, Burgeralnn Lancers, The National QuadrfUe, Bat Champetre Take, Hilda Lancers, Echoes o: London Take, Fautasiebilder Quadrille, Sicily Valle, Marion Gallop, Orphee qui l a ('owte. Strauss. Strauss. Godfrey. Come. Strauss. D'Albert Coote. Offeubach. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Edin burgh went by appointment to Merchant Taylors' Hall, to receive the honorary freedom of their guild. The Prince, who was attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell and Hon. Eliot Yorke, arrived at the hall, inThreadneedle street, at two o'clock. The Prince of Wales will lay the foundation stone of the new house of the British and Foreign Bible Society on Monday next, the list inst. It will be erected in the new line of street from Blackfriars-bridge to the Mansion-house, at the eastern end of St. Andrew's Church. On the following Monday, the 18th inst., his royal high nese w ll open the new building designed for the Ware housemen and Clerks'Schoola for Orphans and Necessitous Children, at Russell-hill, near Croydon. The Owl understands that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has purchased Sir Edwin Landseer's picture of "A Mare and Foal—lndian Tent" in the exhi• bition of the Royal Academy ; and the same authority hears that Mr. J. R. Planche will probably receive the appointment of Somerset Herald, succeeding the late Mr. Courthope. The Owl believes it is correct in stating that the following ladies will be her Royal Highness Princess Helena's bridesmaids : the Lady Margaret Scott, the Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, the Lady Bertha Hamilton, the Lady Katharine Phipps, the Lady Alexandrina Murray, the Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe, the Lady Elizabeth Parker, and the Lady Muriel Campbell. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary's bridesmaids will be : Lady Agneta Yorke, Lady Cornelia Churchill, Lady Cecilia Molyneux, and Lady Georgians Hamilton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge will have a party at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, on Friday next, in honour of the approaching marriage of the Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and Prince de Teck. The Duke of Athole is about to retire from the Scots Fusilier Guards. Elizabeth Lady Dashwood entertained at dinner last evening, at her residence in Grosvenor-square, Lord and Lady Godolphin Osborne, Lord and Lady Carew, Mr. and Lady Cecilia Brinkman, Lord Eliot, the Hon. Henry Cole, M.P., the Hon. Charles Caithorpe, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Colonel, Mrs., and Miss Fame, Mr. Henry Hobhouse, and Mr. Sava Young. - _ Mr. and Lady Virginia Sandals received at dinner last evening, at their residence in .Eaton-equate, his Excellency the Italian Minister, the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Jersey and Mr. !handling and Lady Caroline Villiers, Lord Courtenay, Viscount St. Lawrence, Lady Molesworth, Lord Methuen, Hon. Gilbert and Lady Evelyn Heathoote, Hea. Crespigny Vivian, Colonel and Mrs. Paulett Somerset, Major Cathcart, &c. Miss Coutta entertained at dinner last evening at her residence in Stratton-street, Piccadilly, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Beres ford, the Queen's Advocate and Mrs. Phillimore, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, Viscount Pollington, Lord Lyttelton, Lord and Lady Manners and Miss Hughen,Lord Uanover, Sir Massey and Lady Lopes, the Attorney-General and Lady Laura Palmer, Colonel and Mrs. Maud and Miss Maud, Mr. John Abel Smith and Miss Emma Smith, Mrs. Napier and Miss Napier, Mr. f3erjeant, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. C. Villiers, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Miss Young, Captain Latouche, Mr. Fenwick, Mr. and Mrs. Knoi, Mrs. Malcolm, Mr. Layard, and Mr. Wade. Lord George Manners, M.P., has left the Royal Horse Guards and gone on half pay. We (Post) understand that the Hon. Henry Frederick Villiers, brother of the Earl of Jersey, will be shortly gazetted in the Soots Fusilier Guards. General Sir Harry D. Jones, G. 0.8., governor of Sandhurst College, has been seriously iIL Yesterday there was some improvement, and we hear his medical attend. ants have hopes of his recovering. To-morrow Mr. Candlish will move for a return of the names of the several miadonaries who participate in the grant this session of 2,013!. made by parliament to " Missionaries of the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel," the amount paid to each miisionary, where each is stationed, and how long each has received a grant from parliament. Mr. Berkeley's ballot motion is fixed for the 3rd of July. •!€ l '''' Ig6t LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE CRISIS. Now that the idea of a Congress has been aban doned, the rival cabineta may be said to have re turned to the status quo ante, and each seems to be 1 , manoeuvring with the view of getting its adversary to strike the Ent blow and thereby make , it responsible before the public opinion of ' Europe for the calamitous consequences of war. Herr Von Bismarck is said to have been overjoyed at the poxition assumed by Austria in reference to the congress and to have gone at once to the palace, saying to the King, " You see, sir, Austria is bent upon war," to which the King replied, " Yes." The generals it will be seen are still concentrating their forces on the respective frontiers. A correspondence from Vienna, under date of June 2, says : War is more than ever believed to be inevitable. The despatch of troops to the North is continuous and unin. tempted. Regiments are forwarded from all quarters for concentration on the Prussian frontier. Some ides may be formed. of the immense concentration of troops in that quarter from the fact that the railway directors have received instructions to be prepared to transport 40,000 men to augment the army of the north. Admiral Tregethoff, who has assumed the command of the Austrian fleet, has addressed the officers and men, calling upon them to display their patriotism and courage in the event of a war. The movement of Austrian troops in Venetia also continues. A reserve force of 60,000 men is said to be concentrated at Lnbiona. The forced Venetian conscripts are sent forward to the north. The exasperation of the people is at its height in , the Venetian Province. A correspondent from Verona writes to the Ben tinelfa as follows : ... We are here in the midst of frightful desolation, being crushed under the weight of taxation. The severity cies- eised towards those who are suspected of being liberals, that is, of those who are opposed to the domination of Austria, is becoming unendurable. If anyone capable of military service is suspected of an intention to emigrate, he is seized by the police and forced to wear the Austrian uni form ; if unfit for the army he is put into prison. Yes terday a priest named Combatti was seized while saying mass. No one can explain the reason of the arrest. I can give you no army news. The Italian fleet is now collected at Tarento, and its commander is momentarily expecting to sail. The Austrian fleet is at Pola. Garibaldi is ex pected to appear at any moment on the Italian continent. - - The Vienna Gazette, defending the conduct of Austria in referring the question of the Duchies to the Diet, says : If the principles and conduct of Prussia are not deter mined by the desire of temporary advantages, if that power still retains a particle of fidelity to the Con federation she will, in the midst of her policy of military conventions, her separate alliances and intrigues with the foreigner, comply with the resolutions of the Diet. Her rivalry with Austria ought not to guide her resolution, for Austria, by opening a fresh pacific outlet, has left the ground free without either injury to Prussia or prejudice to the final decision. Should Prussia refuse to take advantage of this opening her refusal will be directed against the Diet. She will break the bond which unites Germany when she refuses to submit to the decision of the Diet. May they form in Prussia a clear conception of the consequences which will read from the next resolution of the cabinet of Berlin ! May this resolution be dictated by a truly German sentiment, by a sentiment free from passion and a false appreciation of the future destinies of the Prussian nation which have too long regulated the policy of that cabinet ! The Paris correspondent of the Indipendanc e says : Francae will not immediately assemble an army on the East, or on the Rhine, but she will take measures which, in ease of necessity, would enable her to have 100,000 men at any nearest point in three days' time. For this purpose the railway companies have been directed to concentrate the largest quantity possible of the rolling stock at the termini of the Seine. This direction, which was simply a notifica tion, is now to be made an imperial order. (annzies =soluxe.) AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jume 6. The Prussian government has addressed a de spatch to Vienna, declaring that the measures announced by Austria in the Federal Diet violate the treaty of Gastein, and cause the suspension of the co-possession as now existing in the Duchies. The two powers are therefore restored to the po sition and rights accorded them by the treaty of Vienna, which retains its European validity. VENETIA. VENICE, Jtna 5. The municipality of Venice have published a notification ordering certain measures to be taken with the object of provisioning the city for three months. FLORENCE, Jors 6. Intelligence published here from Venice states that great agitation prevails in that city on account of the forced loan and the refusal of the municipality to co-operate in collecting it. Great numbers had deserted the city in consequence of the new con_ scription ordered by the government. The authorities are said to have made arrange ments for carrying away the funds and valuables of the Basilica of St. Mark. HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, JVNII B. Bills have been posted up in the streets of this town convoking, with the consent of the autho rities, a meeting of the inhabitants to discuss the state of the country in view of the declaration made by Austria at the Federal Diet. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 6. The ministerial party in the Congress have re solved to support the motion that the Cortex should not be adjourned, provided that the opposition do not vote in favour of any of the numerous amend ments proposed to Marshal O'Donnell's bill re questing full powers. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN. SOUTHAMPTON, Inn' 6. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen, from New York on the 26th ult., has arrived off Cowes. She brings 232 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, the usual mails, 631,338 dole. in specie for England, 364,500 dole. for France, and 25,000 dole. for Bremen. On the 27th ult. she spoke the steamers Sazonia, America, and Brazilian, on the 31st the Achilles, and on the 3rd inst. the Louisiana. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF LIMERICK. LIVERPOOL. JUNZ 6. _ _ _ The Inman steamship City of Limerick, from New York on the 19th May, passed Holyhead at 8 cm. to-day in tow of the City of New York. (=UTERI; EXIML63.) NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS IN THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. VIENNA, Jews 2. Feldzeugmeister von Benedek, Commander-in. Chief of the Northern army, has recently addressed an order of the day to his troops, passage of which is the following - I prohibit in the most formal and most express IN% officers or other persons belonging to the boom, m list esta b l i s h ment . , or equipages furnishing arti s t ae is newspapers either directly or indirectly. it contrary to the interests of the, army th a t 0 ,14 generally ill-foguided or resting upon facts inpusfg, terpreted, should be permitted in newspap er em ; los demon or articles ; that complaints should be saris is% publications of any temporary deficiency, as oes is h nst may deduce therefrom the nature of the at ,k eq uipment, &c., d the army. I shall in no way w en either at headquarters or with other OOMMUIdeII w, paid or unpaid newspaper correspondents, either c hg;; litany. I requestthe commanders to see that no rob L. L . ing to the army 'lends himself to supplying ar ti c l e . for the journals, unless he has received a mimics from the government, for I shall know how to Ns* su ch correspondents by all the means in my pe. e. I shall at once dismiss them without any oonsideruma s th e ar my, or, in ens of necessity, will even hen %a l wonted by the military courts. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. Lord Ramill7 has appointed Mr. Bo hm the Court of Chancery , in succession to Parker, whose sad death occurred the eg th il l The appointment has given lively satirise** h bar, and especially to that portion of it chid, the Rolls Court, the decisions of which Mr. %Z i t many )ears so ably reported. The learned redi sim this day sworn in before his lordship in °pee waft COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, a mi no i n B.o3o.—{Before Justices Bisskteatoil and Shea.) IMPARTS VICTOR WIDIRLII/11. --111 I THRICE USA TIZATY. - - Mr. McMahon applied for a writ of haber wpm Ist up Victor Wideman, under the following ee elesou The applicant, who wee a French subject, had am this country, and during his absence he bad hem • bankrupt, and poroosedings bad been take* is th e y e courts against him as a fraudulent beans, me issued a warrant for his arrest. That was see e s country, and the Secretary of State lamed th e process thereon, and the applicant was app ee th e wa taken before Sir Thomas Henry at Bow-streM, emu, with the offence. It was contended that the 'video which the magistrate acted was merely a coq d ei ee oeedings taken in the French courts, and did set di a prima facie aim of guilt against the applieed el make him amenable for a similar offence he thine The vplioant had applied several times for eople I depoodtions, but they - had been refused. No aides produced except the production of the deposition. Mr. Justice Shee—Are they in the natured a neee Mr. McMahon—No. A mere warrant to smel l this charge. The extradition treaty used the vords of criminality and not proof of guilt. Mr. Justice Blackburn said that if the dugs properly attested, they, no doubt, dieclesa prix evidence of the criminality of the party. It los a tion deserving discussion, and the court smelly rule—not the writ—to show cause why the writ EN be issued. It would have been better if the tranyle the word " guilt," instead of " criminality.' Rule nisi accordingly. ZIMPACt (arreLL•trr) v. BEILGLIST NMI= Mr. Anstey appeared for the appellant, sad dali no one had been instructed to appear in support i conviction. It appeared that the appellant, a he Buokinghamshire, had been convicted of reek sheep acmes • highway, contrary to an order h prohibiting the removal of cattle from one ph another. After hearing the case read, The Court said it would be necessary to math the magistrates to be amended, so as to state when sheep were moved from one part of the farm sa highway to another part of the farm, or whet'ser tie moved from one farm or place to another distant 1 place ; but in order to save expense the court deli if the latter should turn out to be the can thane would be good but if not, it must be quashed sir terms of the order in question. Judgment accordingly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justin Justices Willes, Keating, and Smith.) stetsons:us r. Lorin. PAOLA. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., applied for a rule callag plaintiff in this case to show cause why a psi should not issue restraining him from proceedings action which bad been commenced is the Lord Court. The plaintiff's affidavit of debt states that the P pt was indebted to him in a sum of are 200,000/. for money had and received for leis way of receiving certain taxes, which had beet' to the plaintiff under a contract, dated in lff plaintiff having commenced his action in the lag Court proceeded to attach all moneys which were thereafter be in the hands of the Peninsular sail Steam Navigation Company on behalf the hi writ of prohibition was applied for on behalf of tit aular and Oriental Company upon an affidavit, ab that the contact relied on by the plaintiff mei Egypt, and the taxes in question were received of the revenues of Egypt, and in that calory, er fore out of the jurisdiction of the Lord Mary The learned counsel also quoted " Underlaid Queen of Spain," and " D'Haber v. the Queen cif? 17 of Q.R., to show that no action would lie ia against a foreign sovereign. Rule grant ed COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIM CAUSES. (Before the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chief S the Judge Ordinary.) REVILE V. THZ ATTORICEE-GENEILLL.--THE "El OLIVE." ti This morning Mr. Netherclift, the expert, by Dr. Smith on the subject of the alleged Of George lIL Having looked through a Dumb authentic sign manuals of his Majesty, the • decidedly of opinion that the signatures in qui genuine. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. W. H. Bodkin, Asaistant Jr THE CASE OP FINNEY. George Hamilton Finney, the young msa the last sessions of this court for stealing • sl the property of Charles Cooper, proprietor of Tavern, Russell-street, Covent-garden, was ph bar to receive the judgment of the court. Mr. Sleigh, in the absence of Mr. Lewis, tl applied that judgment might be respited session'. Mr. M. Williams said he should offer no a this application. THE POLICE COURT (THIS DAY .) MANSION-HOUSE. IMPORTANT QCESTION RELATING TO CHUM Messrs. Francis and James Beckett, and Be members he Society f Friends, and Mr. Ifo rexpectabl of e i t nhabitants o of the parish of All Great attended to show (muse why they raft s church rate that had been made upon them. Mr. Law, the vestry-clerk of Allhallows , support of the rate ; and Mr. Nash appeared fendants. It appeared that the rule in question was purpose of enabling the parish to take legal against the South Eastern Railway Company the church in Allhallows-lane, by their W flexion with the bridge erected by the oompan] river at this spot. Mr. Law stated that the opinion of the go, ate had been taken whethcr a church rate con made for such • purpose, and it was to the could. The defendants, however, objected to I Mr. Nash said that some of the gentlemen being members of the Society of Friends, bad o objections to the payment of church rates, bet he did not rely upon that. He should, bowel that the rate could not be legally made for tin going to law ; that it was unequal ; and du was not amused to it which should have be defendants would contest their liability to PM grounds, in • superior court. Sir Robert Carden said it was the first time that such a quertion had arisen, and f the pledged themselves to contest the points refer superior court, he thought he ought not to IN upon them. The eau will consequently be referred to thi a superior court. CLERKENWELL. A PROSIIICUTOB'S CASIL Eldred, aged 30, a carpenter, of 2 8 , Kentish•town, was charged before Mr. Barb milting a violent assault on Daniel Ki Powell gite a 23, Crowndale-road, Pancras, ng- town. Yr. Ricketts, solicitor, of Frederick -stree t, road, defended, The oomplainant, who had a very bad MO that about a quarter to 9 in the evening he~ a young womsas in King-street, Camden -taus, 'll 1 ~; i i '. 1 e 1 ~~ 4 R