The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-18 00:00:00

Qqig, lara7l,2_4lf. - • '")1/ LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1866. ._-~, EIZRATIS3I.—By what must have been recognised, of course, upon the instant, as the result of a purely typo graphical error, arising from an inadvertent but most vexa tious transposition, au advertisement appeared in this part of our imprint of yesterday. While warlike preparations still continue with unabated vig our , we find that all parties are more less disposed to discu-s the probabilities of a settle ment, though how it is to come about is more than can possibly be determined. The Constitutionnel of yesterday published an article which set the case before its readers in a very straightforward manner, and aptly described the particular difficulties that stood in the way of a final adjustment. "The neutral Powers, " it says, "could neither induce either of the different parties to concede the de mands of the other, or usefully recommend to them the maintenance of the status q uo. " The y might, it is admitted further on, find a middle course by which a eompromige could be made. How to discover this middle course is the difficulty, and how to per suade the parties concerned to act upon it will be another work of surpassing magnitude. The fact is that the task of the neutrals, who are seeking to promote the interests of peace, would be far easier if there really existed some cause of dispute ; but the truth is that the danger lies in the inimical feeling s of one state against another, and this ob stacle will be very difficult to remove. It is said being ceded by Austria,ts for the rumour of Venice and of the Austrian troops having been partly withdrawn from that city, for, on the contrary, as many as hundred thousand a re there, and upon a warfootr ng o . The Paine of yes terday mentions that the basis of the programme of C on ference have bee n settled by Earl Baron BUDBERG, and M. DRom , sl de L'liy e°s LE Only th ree questions are definitively included namely, Venetia, Schleswig Holstein,Fe d eral , it — u • and ueral R e f o rm. Certainly these are all that are most i portant, and that demand immediate attention. M. DROCY. de L'iILTYS is to draw up a desp a t c h and to forward it to the C ourt of Vienna, Berlin, an d Florence. Austria, according to accounts, does not seem likely to interpose many obstacles in the way of an arrangement, but every one knows that the Chief trouble will be to get Prussia to come to terms. No one can possibly complain of the Vienna Go vernment for objecting to the plan proposed by Prussia for the basis of a Reform of the Federal Constitution. Ab for the other points of dispute, The official report of the American Commodore respecting the bombardment of Valparaiso does not tend to remove the painful impression which the first receipt of the intelligence left on the public mind. The fact that the ships of the three most powerful nations of the world should quietly move out of the way to allow a power like Spain to destroy a defenceless city, after they had protested against such a proceeding as barbarous and unwarrantable, is, certainly, so startling and discreditable as to admit of no satisfactory explanation or excuse. Commodore RODGERS himself appears fully sensible of this, and is evidently grieved and mortified that no effort was made to arrest the attack. His account gives a singular contradiction to the statement of Mr. L.kYARD in the House of Com mons the other evening in which he said that no proposal had been made by the American com mander to co-operate with the English vessels in resisting the attack. Commodore RODGERS dis tinctly states that he had told the English Admiral that he would not only join him in preventing any sudden bombardment, but that he would go as much farther as he chose. The Monadnock alone, he said, would dispose of the Numancia, and the wooden ves sels, English and American, could look out for the wooden vessels of the Spaniards. In making this offer, the American commander does not deny that he exceeded the strict letter of his instructions, but he adds with great force and justice, "I acted upon the supposition that neutrality among the nations did not preclude all well-directed efforts to keep the peace among them ; that as a peaceable citizen is not obliged to stand inert while another is suffering from the unlawful violence of a third person, but may justly interfere with force to prevent an in fraction of the laws—a murder for example—so a nation witnessing a like disturbance among her sister nations, need not rest absolutely impassive, but with sincere neutrality might interfere, with force if necessary, to keep the operation of belli gerents at least within the law for the protec tion of neutral persons and neutral property." This is a reasonable application of the non-in tervention doctrine, which, in these days, it has be come the fashion to strain to an extent which par teaoknedsneatliwkheieoh, on h of cruteletyparat ofnd pusillanimity. The great and powerful nations is applauded as the acne of pru oinoddiv.dpollicy, not woluledx,posoenhinathtoe p de a n rt ee of a a p n r d ivat g e s a e s a v i e s r t e i a c g e n t s h u e r e , e r i b ra u ntaol a u a ws , eplanf as only piionf nndyn t d he American sus commander remarks, proposes to burn the property and destroy the towns along the Chilian sea coast. " Is it right," he asks with honest indignation, " That she should thus exercise her power of destruction unrestrained a long the shores of this continent?" Such pro ceedingF, he adds, are calculated rather to excite private animosity than to subdue the national will, and are therefore not directed to the legitimate ends of warfare. The English Admiral, however, consulted the English Minister at Chili, and they were afraid of undertaking the responsibility of action. If the fleets of the several European powers, however, had refused to leave the port, it would have thrown the onus of attack upon the Spanish Admiral. He would scarcely have ven tured to quarrel with England, France, and America at o nce . E ven Sp a i n , with all her " di g n ity," might f ee l a littl e a l arm ed at the prospe c t. We cannot but think that in this case, as i n so many others, a little decision ?maces' appeals, an I qu e ries, the at the subsequent di sasters right time would h ave prevente d grea t Eofnaglllisthh eanredmAmonset and complications. If, instead American commanders had sent a joint ! note to the Spanish ackairal gi v in g him due notice that in case of an attack they should feel it their duty to. protect the city with their united fleets, there is very little doubt that Valparaiso would be nOc standing unhurt, much valuable pro perty saved, and the Spanish Government itself in a very much better position. It is perfectly useless, if not ridiculous, for us to be at the expense of keeping up fleets and foreign stations, if they are to be of no possible service to ourselves or our fellow subjects abroad. We are glad to see that the mat ter will not be suffered to rest here, but that * meeting has been held at Literpool, a deputation from which is already in Lon&)n. Unless the papers to be produced bear a very different aspect from the present sources of information, it will be difficult to remove the stigma from the English name. CORRESPONDENCE FROG PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Moniteur, cautious ever, but more so at the present crisis, abstains from giving publicity to the many alarming fabrications about " wars and rumours of wars." The Cabinet Councils continue. That which was held yesterday lasted more than the usual time. I often abstain from sending you the so-called news of German and French papers, simply because on inquiry in official quarters I find that there is no foundation for it. At the present mo ment fabrication of intelligence is so rife, and pro ceeds upon such an organised system, that the fol lowing sensible commentary from the Siecle deserves attention : " The gravest positions have their comical side. If important events were not to be feared, if the whole of Europe were not threatened with long and terrible agitation, one would laugh at the succession of contradictory news brought by the telegraph. In the morning we are told that Hanover has quarrelled with Prussia, who orders her to disarm. In the evening the account is that they are on the best possible terms. Yesterday the news was that all the military preparations were suspended. To day the statement is that they have not been inter rupted for a moment. (The Siecle then contradicts the report of the arrival of the Archduke Renier at Berlin with proposals of peace, which news, I told you yesterday had no foundation in truth.) Would not one say that all these telegrams have but one object—what is called, in the slang of the Bourse, a coup to raiss prices or a coup for decline ? Our fellow-citizens who go to the Bourse not to speculate, but to invest their capital, would do well not to attempt to make a profit by these oscil lations. Gambling at rouge et noir is less dangerous than that species of gambling in which the chances of loss or gain vary at the will of the inventions and informations of a few anonymous correspondents. What may be considered as certain, in the midst of so many incoherent rumours, is that both Germany and Italy persist in arming." Letters from Italy announce that another warrior of note, Kossuth, has arrived at Florence to aid in the supposed coming struggle against Austria. As to Garibaldi, although his acceptance of the com mand of volunteers has been officially announced, the Unita Italiana says that the following letter has been received at Parma from the General : " Caprera, May 8, 1866. I have not given orders to anybody at Parma to enrol volunteers. Young Italy knowns it duty, and will know how to avoid disputes (brouillons). At the call of entire Italy I shall assuredly not fail. GARIBALDI." The following is from the Constitutionnel :—" The armaments proceed with extreme energy, both in Germany and Italy. The armies approach the frontiers. From instant to instant war seems im minent. But in proportion as the situation is aggravated, in the midst of those levies en masse and reports of guns, public opinion in Europe is occupied in considering, with a feeling becoming more and more earnest, more and more pressing, what means can be adopted to preserve peace." Another eminent politician and man of letters has been " gathered to his fathers"—M. Ferdinand Flocon. He died in exile at Lausanne, after a long and painful illness, in his 67th year. M. Flocon took an active part in the Revolution of 1830, and the Democratic patty confided to him the editorship of a Radical paper, the Tribune. He was after wards chief editor of La Refoi me, during which period he steadily opposed Louis Philippe and his Government. At the Revolution of 1848 the people hurried him from the office of the Reforme and pro claimed him a member of the Provisional Govern ment. He became Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, in which capacity his labours were well appreciated. Popular feeling, however, changed and turned against him ; and although he had, in 1848, 128,000 votes for the Legislative Assembly, he was afterwards rejected, upou which he retired to Colmar, where the malady which caused his death first made its appearance soon after the coup d'etat. In his retirement, however, he wrote many works which have increased his literary reputation. The following are the arrangements for the ensu ing races. The Versailles races are fixed for Sun day next. On Monday next the Military Steeple chase will take place at La Marche. On the 26th and 27th inst. the races will take place in the Bois de Boulogne, on which days the grand prize of £4,000 sterling will be run for. The Journal des Debuts says it has no news about the war, but adds :—" In the States of the Confe deration there appears to be little sympathy for Prus sian policy, and public opinion pronounces itself against it." I am sorry tosay that the cholera has re-appeared in France. It has made several victims at Guerande, in the department of the Loire, and has since broken out at Nantes. The cases at the hospital, however, are not numerous. In general the patients are women, whose indulgence in drink rendered them susceptible of the disease. In the Rue de la Bastille, at Nantes, a workman died in two or three hours after the attack. The trial has commenced, before the Court of Toulouse, of M. Aspe, the keeper of a drinking house in that city, for the murder and mutilation of his servant woman, named Marie Guillonet. I gave you some particulars of the case at the time. The murder took place in January. The head was severed from the body, and portions of the trunk were found in the Canal du Midi. The prisoner Aspe is a married man. The supposed motive for the crime is that being in embarrassed circumstances he wished to get rid of the woman, who had lent him money to the amount of between £3O and £4O. The weather is becoming gradually more settled, and the wind has abated ; but it has been very cold, although the sun has been shining brightly all day. This morning the gardens in Paris and the fields in the country were covered with white frost. There have been races at Angouleme and Poitiers, but they are hardly worth notice, except that at the latter Viscount Talon's Grand Clos was killed in jumping a bank. - ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday at the so ciety's house in Hanover-square, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart., president, in the chair ; Sir George Armytage, Bart., Major-General John St. George, C. 8., R.A., Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. G. Dawkins, Lieutenant- Colonel Henry Hardinge, Colonel G. Gambier, C. 8., R.A., Major Kerr, Captain the Hon. John F. B. Elphinstone, Captain Richard Coote, Captain Walter C. Wingfield, Captain Forbes, RN., the Rev. C. Fryer, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. P. I. Salomons, Mrs. C. H. Jay, Miss A. Braham, and Messrs. H. W. F. Bolckow, E. F. Davis, S. Saunders, H. J. Turner, F. J. Underwood, C. E. Stubbs, R. Dames, E. Langton, C. J. Mander, Nathan Meyer de Rothschild, M.P., M. %,‘ yatt, Roger Eykyn, Alfred Charles de Rothschild, Stephen Dowell, J. H. Jonas, V. Hampton, C. Weguelin, Robart Fowler, T. Usborne, M. Herrmann, P. H. Berthone, C. H. Fe; H. Herbert, B. Wontner, C. H. Dashwood, E. Westby, B. C. Greenhill, Montague Guest, lon Trant Hamilton, M.P., F. Claudet, H. W. Scott, A. Beauclerk, S. T. Cooper, J. Weis, G. C. Douglas, W. H. Allies, W. J. Wh y t e , E. H. Blackett, H. Mandalay, Hector Essex, find M. D. Wyatt, were elected fellows; and Mr. Wm. Sweetland Dallas, keeper of the Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and Herr Otto Freisch, curator of the Museum of Natural History, Bremen, corresponding members of the society. Seventy-five new candidates were proposed for election at the next meeting in J use. On the sth of June there will be a grand dinner at Willis's Rooms to present Capt. Maury with a testimo nial, which will take the monetary form of 3,000 guineas. SLY Min. Pakinto wi4 _ THEATRE-ROYAL PRINCESS'S, Mr. Charles Kean is Wolsey. Mrs. Charles as Queen Katharine In Shalupere's Tragedy of Henry VIII. A magnificent reception—almost the noblest re ception we remember to have ever witnessed—was last evening accorded to Mr. aid Mrs. Charles Kean upon their re-appearance, after a three years' absence from England, before tho very pick of the world of London playgoers. Many circumstances combined to render the occasion one of a very exceptional cha racter. And that it was so recognised was suffi ciently well attested by the in every way exceptional enthusiasm o: the audience. The house itself, which eleven years ago was the scene of many of the grandest triumphs achieved by our great Tragedians —was, as a mere matter of course, crowded as thickly as the space could permit, from floor to ceiling. Boxes, pit, stalls, gallery, and slips were crowded, moreover, with their respective occu pants long before the play of the night com menced—the majority of the seats thus filled, having been wisely secured several weeks ago in anticipation of a more than usually numerous attendance. An anticipation that will be recognised to have been more than justified when we add that many others less provident in the way of thus taking time by the forelock, were denied admit tance, to their manifest disappointment, purely be cause of the want of room for their accommodation. By a most judicious selection, Shakspere's Tragedy . of " Henry VIII." was the play chosen for the in auguration of these notable performances—that drama affording alike to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, the opportunity of signalising once more be fore the most appreciative of all their audiences, meaning of course those oldest and staunchest of all their friends, the playgoers of London, the possession by each, in 'absolute , maturity of the rarest gifts as historical artists, and this simply and obviously by reason of the fact that that same great tragedy Of King Henry VIM comprises, within its dramatis personce two cha racters, long since numbered very high indeed amongst the very finest of their impersonations— Cardinal Wolsey and Queen Katharine. Anything partaking of the nature of a studied analysis of either the one or the other of those remarkable impersonations would, by this time, be not only a matter of supererogation, but it might even be said would be little less nowadays than an im pertinence. So familiar are all those who are in any way acquainted with the large diversiity of the powers no less than with the wide range of the repertoire of both of our world- famous ar tists—who may be spoken of now as artists li - terally and not merely figuratively world-famous —so familiar we say are the vast majority of playgoers not only here in this metropolis, but far and wide throughout the country, on the one hand, with the consummate excellence, the force, the subtlety, the passion, and the pathos of Mr. Kean's interpretation, personification, very incarnation, so to speak, of the form and character of Cardinal Wolsey no less to the mind's eye than to the bodily eye of the beholder ; and, on the other hand, with the pathetic and impassioned solemnity of Mrs. Charles Kean's realisation to sight and hearing of all that is most touching in the remembrance of the mournful history of Katharine of Arragon. Never was either of these two truly remarkable imper sonations given more effectively than last evening— and this in spite of the manifestly profound emotion with which both actor and actress, the hero and heroine of the night, came to the commencement of the interpretation of the familiar text. The enthusiasm of the reception accorded to each in turn upon the moment of the first reappearance of each before the footlights hardly admits of exaggeration. It expressed the cordiality of a per sonal friendship. it implied, moreover, by its very intensity, the poignant regret with which the audience bore in mind at the very moment of wel coming back their old favourites, that their return was merely preliminary, and that at no very distant time, to their final retirement. When the gorgeous pageants of the procession advanced on to the stage, at about the middle of the opening scene of the Tragedy—ushering in the great Cardinal, Arch bishop, Chancellor, and alter ego of the King, arrayed in his pontificals, having an emblazoned canopy held over his head, his scarlet train carried behind him by pages, the crosses, the mace, the red hat, the great seals, and the other pomps of his abundant dignitieS born before him by the various officers of State—the welcome given t e the great actor upon the instant of his recognition was as loud, prolonged and umistakable as any welcome by possibility could be. The roar of applause that greeted him upon the instant of his advent was renewed again and again, and yet again —until, in fact, had it been renewed any longer, it could hardly have failed to have proved simply tedious and in considerate. There was no mistaking its cordiality. it was a welcome that any man might have been proud of. And yet seemingly extravagant though it aynetces_it was o o u n e e o c f a p A a l b r l . e of Char be l i e n s g K f u e l a l y n ' j s us p t e ifi r feodribny might have appeared to an y one t h an w h o h a d never witnessed his artistic performance of that one h c aracter of Cardinal Wolsey, more particularly in the second and third acts. Above all, beyond all, by his every look, word, and gesture, to the profoundly affecting close of the third act from the commencement of the famous soliloquy. In that soliloquy—ghat force of wondering indignation in the Cardinal's ejacula tory allusion to Ann Bullen, the newly created Marchioness of Pembroke__ • • . . A knight's daughter, To be her mistress' mistress ! the Queen's queen Adding thereto immediately, with a significant muttering to himself This candle burns not clear; 'tis I must snuff it, Then out it goes! Words so significantly muttered that they were greeted with a burst of acclamation. It is in his bye-play, however, more even than in the utter ance of any words, even though the words to be uttered are the words of Shakspere, that the genius of the actor is most clearly recognizable. Instance this—when he has no words at all to utter— his sudden alteration of manner, when Lovell touches him—him the Lord Cardinal !—upon the shoulder to direct his grace's attention to the fact, of which the Cardinal is not aware at the moment, namely, that the King is present—his abrupt alte ration from the haughtiest glance of scorn at the over-familiarity of Lovell to the courtliest suavity of loyal recognition when, upon turning round, he beholds himself to be face to face with the Sove reign. Later on, when repelling the foul and in a double sense the wanton insults directed against his head as an annointed prince of the Church by Surrey—the Cardinal's gaze of lofty and withering indignation, blighting his assailant, so to speak, from head to foot, renders almost superfluous the utterance afterwaads of the wards that come then as little else than a self-com muning explanation of the look preceding them— How much, methinks, I could deprive thee But that I am bound in charity against it. As for the passion capable of being thrown into articulated syllables, what could go beyond his pre vious exclamation to the same peer — Proud lord thou hest, _ Within these forty hours Surrey durst better Have better have burnt tha tongue then said so. Or his earlier reference to Cranmer as one who— "Rath crawled into the favour of the King, And is his oracle." It was in the closing scene of the third act, however, as already remarked, more particularly in that por tion of it in which he communes in tender and tear ful solemnity with Cromwell that Wolsey, as im personated by Mr. Charles Kean, is realised the most exquisite by the genius of the last of our true Shaksperian actors, to our appreciation. Just as it is in the great trial scene before that and finally at the close of the fourth act judi ciously completing the tragedy, as it is now repre sented that the more winning and affecting beauties of Mrs. Charles Kean's interpretation of the part of Queen Katherine are brought most vividly and effectively to our recognition. Judiciously, as but just now remarked, the green curtain descends upon the apotheosis, so to speak of the sainted Katherine --when the visible dream of the angelic throng descending the expiring %Ile= 0 LlSES.—Messrs. 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Her open resistance is made to anything ; but insidious propositions the made and projects formed that, in aspect of the case very m uch, and greatly militate against the scheme f rom what its originators that the e e the e m ß h e l r y l n e f Govern ment ver n intended. tdenet T dis hus a men p w pr e ov h e ea o r f Con gress, but they put in the reservation that prelimi nary negotiations should take place as to the pro gramme to be adopted. This is quite ridiculous, because it will take quite as much time and trouble to discuss these as to settle the main point of dis pute, and if any altercation arises during this part of the business all is lost for the chance of future arrangement. It is said that the chances of a Con gress taking place have tended greatly to tranquillise the public mind in Berlin, but how far they are justified in attaching any importance to such an idea remains to be seen. There has been no relaxation in the preparation of armaments, and the " concentration " of troops is also proceeding, so that the negotiations forpeace may be exchanged for the asperities of war. The military circles do not put much faith in these reports of a Congress, and no wonder, when they know so well how much is being done in quite a contrary direction. A greater desire is experienced among the Austrians for the declaration of war than among the Prussians, and loyal addresses are constantly being received by the EMPEROR from the different towns. Nor does Austria yield to Prussia in energy of preparation for war ; on all sides there seems to be no loss of time incurred, and no means neglected that can at all conduce to the state of readiness for emergencies. The Middle States have, it is said, declared that they do not consider it necessary for Austria to be any longer bound by the Gastein Convention, and infer, in fact, that until she removes all obligations to the Treaty in question, they cannot afford her any active co-operation. There is certainly no valid reason to adduce which compels Austria to be fettered any more by the conditions then imposed upon her. It was a very one-sided affair from the beginning, and although of course both parties were to blame, still Piussia so manifestly took the lion's share to herself that the greatest part of the responsibility of the transaction rested with her. If, however, the question of the Duchies is settled, it must be in a fair spirit, and not in the remotest degree accord ing to the mode formerly practised. If Austria would really shake off the fatal influence of Prussia, and emancipate herself from the evils which the councils of Berlin have brought upon her, she must turn over a new leaf, and act more in conformity with constitutional rights both at home and abroad. Many may rejoice at the prospect of a Conference, but where is the use of it unless the offending parties intend to sink their prejudices and to yield their pretensions. A patched-up peace will be of no use. The nations of Europe that have been eagerly asking for the cause of this sudden dis play of armaments will require something lasting and satisfactory in place of a temporary affair that proves to be but the illusion of an hour. It is said that it is intended at the next sitting of the Federal Diet that the representatives of the Middle States shall demand that Austria and Prussia be requested to explain the reason of their armaments. Great importance is attached to the reply of Prussia, because it is thought likely to give rise to some important decisions. THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIDAI EVENING, MAY 18, 1866. down the shaft of a sunbeam from heaven, bringing to her the laurel crown and the palm branch, beckons her to the mansions of bliss. The careful manner in which the whole of the four principal acts of the tragedy have been placed once more upon the stage reflects the highest honour upon Mr. Vining's management. The appoint ments, dresses, scenery, and in many respects also the very cast of the other parts in the play, are en titled to what they won for themselves last night— the highest approbation. The Buckingham of. Mr. Mead was excellent while, as to the Anne Buller of Miss Chapman and the Cromwell of Mr. J. F. Cathcart, they have made the tour of the world during the last three years, is company with the Cardinal Wolsey and Queen Katherine of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean themselves, receiving approbation in many remote places, in places as remote as Australia and California. Summoned before the curtain by one unanimous outcry for them by name, again and again reiterated, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean were overwhelmed with plaudits and pelted with flowers, in token of the triumph they had yet once more achieved upon that old familiar stage for them, the stage of the Princess's. After their re tirement again behind the scenes, Mr. Kean was summoned yet once more by name before the foot lights, when, upon obeying that fresh summons, he addressed his audience with an emotion that was contagious by reason of its evident sincerity in the following graceful and effective terms:— "Lathe; and Gentlemen,—l would fain say a few words, but my emotion quite overpowers me. During our three years' absence we have travelled thousands of miles by land and by sea, and have been exposed to many dangers ; but in storm or sunshine, in the hour of peril or in the day of success, one thought was always present to my wifeand myself, and that thought was home—home the residence of the heart. With the blessing of Providence we are again in England, on the very spot of my past and well loved labours, surrounded by kind and dear friends, whose affectionate greeting makes us indeed feel that we are once more at home." Interrupted more than once during the delivery of even these few words by the hearty cheers of his audience, Mr. Charles Kean, with the utterance of that last affecting monosyllable of " home," brought to a most happy conclusion the first night of his new triumph, and his accomplished wife's new triumph here amongst us, on their return (in truth) home—on their return to England, to London, and to the Princess's. - r t x-A r viA. CJOnt't einear. HER MAJESTY• 'WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon and again this morning, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode in the Home Park. Princess Beatrice took a carriage drive. The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. The Dowager Duchess of Athole has succeeded Lady Churchill as Lady in Waiting to the Queen. ----~-- The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords yesterday afternoon. His royal highness afterwards rode on horseback, attended by Major Teesdale. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardinge. In the evening their royal highnesses, accom panied by Prince Alfred, went to her Majesty's Theatre. Approaching Marriage of the Princess Mary of Cambridge. We have to announce that the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge with his Highness the Prince Teck is fixed for Tuesday, the 12th of June. The marriage will take place at the parish church at Kew, where the prin cess was confirmed, and where the honoured re mains of her kind-hearted father are deposited. We have reason to believe that the marriage will be witnessed by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and a select number of friends will be present on the auspicious occasion. CRYSTAL PALACE. The grand display of fireworks last night resulted in a triumphant success, and proved beyond all pos sible doubt that the taste of the public—a five shilling public too—•is still as great as were those of the olden time for exhibitions of this description. Fireworks were amongst the principal features of the famous Vauxhall Gardens, when in the height of pros perity, and when the admission was reduced to one fourth that hitherto charged, the fireworks were still looked upon as the great source of attraction. But the fireworks at Vauxhall, and we say it with a vividrecollection of what they were during the reign of Simpson, were small affairs compared with those prepared for the visitors of the Crystal Palace, by direction:of the always active and far-seeing general manager, Mr. Bowley. Like all his efforts, the pyrotechnic display was on a gigantic scale, and the success, as we have before remarked, was commen surate with the occasion. It would be impossible to give a detailed account of everything exhibited last night, but we may say in brief that we had rockets of every hue, stars of various garniture, fiery Phcenix, toubillions, parachute rockets, set pieces, the largest ever presented to the public, and as a grand and dazzling coup d'ccil we had at one and the same time the flight of 1,400 rockets, with salvos of coloured shells and variegated stars combined, a discharge of a thousand Roman can dles from the Rosary, with the whole of the series of fountains in full play, lit alternately with dia mond, emerald, and ruby-coloured fire. It is cer tainly impossible to convey an adequate notion of the grandeur of the display in writing, and we doubt very much whether it can even be realised in imagination : however, we feel certain that Mr. Bowley will repeat the " firework gala," and that Messrs. W. Brocke and G. Southby, the artists, will enchant the vision of the thousands who will attend on the next occasion precisely as they succeeded in doing last night. In the early part of the evening the glit tering Ethardo ascended his gigantic corkscrew amid the wonderment of the vast assemblage, and altogether a more successful fete could not have been provided for the 15,000 persons who availed them selves of the attractive programme. At dusk the interior of the Palace was brilliantly illuminated, and after the termination of the fireworks thousands returned within the building and remained there until the last note of the grand organ performance had died away. POSTPONEMENT OF THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BAL moRAL.—The Crathie correspondent of the Edinburgh Evening Courant writes:— "Dr. Robertson, the Queen's Commissioner, received a telegram on Monday at mid-day, intimating that her Majesty, whose arrival at Balmoral was anxiously expected on Friday, had resolved to pestpone her visit at this time. The horses were countermanded after they had reached Aboyne, and some of the servants have arrived at Balmoral." MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—This popular exhibition will, we feel assured, receive its full share of patronage during the Whitsun holidays. In the chamber of horrors is a correct model of the guillotine as used in France dur ing the revolution of 1789 ; and there are likewise to be seen the identical knife and lunette which, during the Reign of Terror, decapitated soma 22,000 individuals, amongst whom were Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, the Due de Orleans, Robespierre, &c. Stc. ; and in the same chamber are effigies, taken from life, of the notorious Char lotte Winsor, and Southey, alias Forwood. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—Some rare illus trations of prolonged existence appeared in the obituary of the Times of the 17th inst., where the deaths of six gentlemen and two ladies are recorded whose united ages amounted to 704 years, giving an average of exactly 88 years for each of these eight persons. The oldest gen tlemen had reached the great age of 94, and the youngest 80 years of age; the ladies were 85 and 88 years respec tively. LA TEST INTEL LIGENUE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) THE WAR CRISIS. VIENNA, MAY 18. Field-Marshal Von Benedek, Commander-in- Chief of the Northern Army, has just issued the first order of the day to the soldiers under his com mand. The order is dated the 12th inst. from temporary head-quarters in this capital. In fervent words the Field-Marshal expresses his confidence in the Army and in the justice of the Austrian cause. The order bears throughout a decidedly defensive tone. No time is mentioned for the commencement of war, but the order says that the army has been got ready for defence, and to combat every enemy who threatens the Emperor and the country. VIENNA, May 17th (Evening). The negotiations which have been carried on be tween Count von Bismarck and Count Karoleyi have led to no result, since Count von Bismarck claims on behalf of Prussia the military and diplo matic representation of the whole of Northern Ger many. The Emperor of Russia has addressed another autograph letter to the King of Prussia. BERLIN, May 18. The Prussian Government has demanded satis faction from the Cabinet of Vienna, for the viola tion of the frontier at Klingebeutel, where an Austrian patrol stopped and questioned Prussian Customs' officials. The Prussian Government intends to carry out comprehensive measures for affording pecuniary support to the class a small traders by the estab lishment of popular banks of advance, as was done in 1848. FLORENCE, May 18. The following is published as the letter - written by Garibaldi to the Italian Minister of War, in reply to the announcement of the Royal decree for the formation of a Volunteer Corps, under the General's command : " Caprera, May 11. " Signor Ministro,—l accept with real gratitude the arrangements you have made, and which have received his Majesty's sanction, relative to the Volunteer Corps. I am grateful for the confidence which you manifest towards me in giving me the command of this corps. Be my interpreter with the King, and express to him my sentiments. I hope very soon to assist with our glorious army in accomplishing the destinies of the nation. " I thank you for your courteous communication. —Accept, &c., " G. GARIBALDI." The Nazione announces that Colonel Cucchi re turned last Sunday evening from Caprera, which he has visited in order to communicate to General Garibaldi the arrangements of the Government re lative to the Volunteers. The Nazione adds, " Colonel Cucchi states that the General expressed himself satisfied with the Government arrangements, and appeared very de sirous that the enrolments should commence at at once, in order that the volunteers might be ready to begin the campaign. " General Garibaldi will remain at Caprera until the day upon which he can put himself at the head of his corps." An article published by the Opinione this morn ing positively states that the Italian Government will accept the proposed Congress upon condition 1. That its armaments shall continue during the negotiations ; and 2. That the cession of Venetia to Italy shall be admitted in principle as one of the bases of the Congress. The Opinione of to-day publishes an article which says:—" The future of the German nation depends upon the Liberal party. The deplorable constitu tional conflict in-Prussia should not make us forget that it is the vital and traditional interest of Ger many to eliminate the heterogeneous influences of the Austrian empire. Despite the mistakes of the Prussian Government, despite the Liberal atti tude occasionally assumed by Austria, the Liberals ought to embrace the sole opportunity offered by the Power that represents the future of Germany, and whose policy is necessarily progres sive, while the Hapsburg policy is necessarily reac tionary. It is the surest means to bring about the advent of liberty. The cause of Italy is identical with that of nationality and liberty. Germany should follow the example of Italy, which did not hesitate to rally round the house of Savoy, whose mission in Italy was identical with that of Prussia in Germany." FLORENCE, May 14. The following particulars aro published respecting the organisation of the Italian fleet. Consisting of about 50 vessels, the fleet has been divided into three squadrons and a light flotilla. The first squa dron will be composed of six ironclads of the first class and the despatch-boat Messaggiero, under the command of Admiral Persano, the commander of the fleet, who will hoist his lag on board the Re d'ltalia. The second squadron will consist of eleven wooden steam vessels of the first class, under the command of Vice-Admiral Albini, whose flag ship will be the Maria Adelaide. The third squadron will, like the first, be composed of six ironclads and the despatch-boat l'Espoloratore, under Vice-Admiral Vacca, who will hoist his flag on beard the Principe di Carignano. The fleet of six gunboats will be commanded by Capt. Sandri on the Montebello. There will also be 15 transport vessels, two of which, the Citta di Napoli and the Citta di Genova, are capable of carrying 3,000 men each. The Opinione announces that the Italian Govern ment has taken measures for the establishment of a• postal service between Florence and the Upper Italian provinces, via Spezzia and Genoa, to meet the event of hostilities that might interrupt the ordinary railway service via Bologna. According to the italic, a perfect understanding exists between the Government and General Gari baldi. The General will only leave Caprera upon the King's summons at the proper moment. " This understanding," says the Italie, " ought to reassure the most distrustful patriots. If Garibaldi testifies such absolute confidence in the Government, it is because he is certain that his confidence is not mis placed." FLORENCE, May 17. A circular of the Minister of War relative to the organisation of the volunteers has been published to-day. The 20 battalions specified by the Royal decree will form ten regiments. The depots of enrolment fixed by the Government are Come, Vareze, Bari, and Barletta. Each regi ment will consist of 42 officers and 1,446 men. Other battalions will be formed if necessary. The volunteers will wear the Garibaldian red shirt and cap. PARIS, May 17 (Evening). A rumour has been current here that Austria had withdrawn part of her forces from Venetia. This rumour is unfounded ; there are 200,000 Austrian troops in Venetia, all upon a war footing, and the military preparations in that province are being prosecuted with great vigour. The Patrie of this evening says :—" Baron Bud berg, Earl Cowley, and M. Drouyn de Lhuys have settled the basis of the programme of a conference. This programme definitively includes but three questions—Venetia, Schleswig-Holstein, and Fe deral Reform. M. Drouyn de Lhuys has been en trusted with the task of drawing up a despatch, which will be submitted this week to Baron Bud berg and Earl Cowley, and will then he forwarded to the Courts of Vienna, Berlin, and Florence." PARIS, May 17. The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes an article pointing out the serious nature of the differences between Austria, Prussia, and Italy, and says : " The neutral powers could neither induce either of the different parties to concede the demands of the other, nor usefully recommend to them the maintenance of the status quo. They might, how ever, find some middle course which would admit of a settlement of conflicting pretensions. "It is by compromises that conflicts between State and State are best settled, without leaving that hostile feeling which would soon lead to fresh conflicts." BERNE, May 12. The Gazette de Lausanne says :- 4 The gravity of the present state of things has received the attention of the Federal Council, and for some time past the necessary measures have been taken to meet every event. The Cantonal Governments have been noti fied to request all mounted officers to procure horses, in order to be ready, should the Federal horses be placed on a war footing. The cantons are also to see that the war material for the contingent be in proper order, so that the troops can march at the first summons. Should hostilities break out between Austria and Italy the Federal Council would imme diately send a corps of observation into the Valley of Munster and the Paschlay (Grisons), in order to prevent the Austrians or Italian: making use of Swiss territory for an attack from Italy upon the Tyrol, or from the Tyrol against Italy. The head quarters of this corps would be established at En gadine." VIENNA, May 13. The Marshal of the Lower Austrian Diet and the Burgomaster of Vienna have issued the follow ing appeal to the inhabitants of this capital, in viting them to subscribe to the enrolment of volun teers " The country calls ! The time of heavy trial has arrived, and the hour is earnest and solemn. Criminal attempts are being made to arrest the fortunes of Austria ; the temple of peace is about to be inexcusably shaken to its founda tions. A slight impulse alone is wanted to unchain in all their horrors the furies of war hovering upon the borders of our realm. " Fellow citizens ! if ever there was a just cause, it is ours ; if ever there was a crying injustice, it is that which our enemies intend to perpetrate ; it is an ally who, threat ening our country, forces us to the combat—us, who 50 warmly desire the blessings of peace. But the people 01 Austria look courageously and determined towards the future, for they trust in God, the Protector of the right, and they rely upon the genius of Austria. "It is true that we live in arduous times, and that the burthen weighing down each of us is heavy ; the old true sense of citizenship and its tried readiness to make sacri fices are strong within us. We will show that the proved strength of Austria is not broken. Strong and united, we will oppose the enemy who despises right ; and Vienn e-- the first city of the empire —shall also be the first to step forward in defence of Austria's greatness and honour. In face of such dangers, the undersigned appeal to the patriotic feelings of the citizens of Vienna and of the pro vince of Lower Austria. We will make it our task to strengthen the defensive power of the realm by raising corps of volunteers, and it shall only be voluntary gif ts that we will lay upon the altar of the country. " Let each, therefore, take measure of his ability ; th e smallest gift will b4acceptable, for it is only with united strength that truly great things can be achieved. A coin mittee, whose names will shortly be published, is i n pro cesss of formation to carry out this patriotic undertaking' "Contributions will be received, ice. &c. " God save the Emperor and the country ! (Signed) " COLLOREDO MAIISsFELD " ANDREAS ZELINKA." At the conference of the committee of the N a ' tionalverein recently held in this capital, the follow' ing address to the members of the Association Nva° agreed upon : " An arbitrary Cabinet policy threatens to overcome t h° undoubted wish of our people, and to hand over the vioal. °r woe of Germany to the vicissitudes of a war which could only be justified as the extremest measure of necessity by the highest interests of the nation. The armies of the two gre at Powers stand face to face fully equipped, and the next hour may bring about the outbreak of a war whose motives and objects are veiled in obscurity, and whose duration may briug with it unspeakable misfortunes —nay, may oven endanger the integrity of Germany. The word and the hand of the German people has hitherto proved too weak to arrest the uplifted arm of the holders of power; but the conscience of the nation protests to the very last moment against the arbitrary conduct which trifles inexcusably with the fate of Germany. "Faithftil to its patriotic mission, the Nationalvere ill again uplifts its voice against a breach of German pee! , whose guilt will recoil like a curse upon the head of Its originators. . _ "All prospect of a diversion of the Cabinet policy into the path of national right and interests has, however, not yet disappeared. The first step to be taken in this direction is the final solution of the Schleswig-Holstein question. T he most efficient means for this purpose would undoubtedly be the immediate convocatien of the German Parliament 85 supreme arbiter of the disputed political and legal claims. The Prussian motion brought into the Federal Diet oP° lt , the 9th April is, howeve r , ow i ng to the inde fi n it e ness ° l ' its contents, and in consideration of the system of the G °- Verninent whence it proceeds, not calculated to gain tji ; confidence of the Germ an people, and that warm sYn'Path without which the n atura l di ff i culties of the tas k, and in especial the inevitable opposition of the Middle-S tate Cabinets, never can b e overcome. If the German peo ple to support the Parliament and Federal reform with serious" ness and emphasis, they must be offered it in the definite shape in which they were presented by the history of 113 1 , 8 years 1848 and 1849 ; and above all, the Government %O le t wishes to remodel the entire Constitution of the nation lo as ti give very different proofs of constitutional sentiments au fidelity than have hitherto been displayed by the Trus al l Government. So lon g a s th e Prussian Constit ut i on remai ns a dead letter, our nation will never believe in a German stitution offered it by Prussia, and certainly will never I : 0 stirred up to a deeply-felt movement in prospect of t same. " In accordance with its past career, the Nationalvereiitas adheres, in the German constitutional cause, firmly t° ,104 programme and its resolution. Now, as previously, i t 0 ,. mands the convocation of a national assembly chos en cording to the principles of the electoral law of the r ealm '"" s i in which alone Germany can find a secure guarantee 80 111 _ civil war or treachery, a firm guarantee for nationa l fro' dom, unity, and power. see' " The committee expects from the members of the 3in ciation devoted and persevering activity in this sense, a._ patriotic subordination to the general will for the attairine, ment of this object. As soon as circumstances reci d tl ec i, the committee will not delay to appeal to the gener al a we sion of the association. Up to that time let each war' no pains and neglect no opportunity, in a larger or 8 01 the sphere, to strive against civil war, and to labour for tio immediate creation of a tine national representation for earliest convocation of the German Parliament." (Signed by the Committee.) FRANCE. BOURSE, May 17, Two o'clock. Calls 1.113° , 1 , i f sellers to deliver the scrip they have disposed " again continue on a large scale. _ Besides the " counting" yesterday of 10,000 f. Italian Fives , 312u a Mobiliers, 360 Comptoir d'Escompte, &c. ; re new e ar demands are made for 198,000 f. French Three 1 ).- ci Cents. ; 2,500 Italian Fives ; 1,950 Mobiliers, an 125 Comptoir d'Escompte. The market, h o weve r, has not been sensibly influenced by these operati° l3 ,3 ' and but few transactions continu e t o be effe ct Threes, for the Account, sho w a f rac ti ona l adva ncee i at 64f. 20c. Italian Fi ves h ave i mprove d 35c'' 6f. to 40f. 10c., and C re dit M o bili er 2f. 50c. to ' — or 25c. Credit Foncier have advanced to 1, 125f ;:9 ) , 20f. higher. On the other hand, Comptoir a , o compte Shares are offered at a decline of 12 f . 5 ue s viz., at 675. The R a il wa y D e partment coa ti° it h depressed. English Consols are telegraphed he an advance of * per cent. Three o'clock. market closed as follows : 4} per Cents 94 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 64 30 Do. end month 64 12i Credit M °biller 54a Do. end month 536 25 Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1120 Bank Shares ......... 3420 Italian Loan ... ....•• 40 ' 30 9° Do. end month .....• 2 25 Mexican Loan ...... ° 235 Do. Bonds ...••••" - -- --- Spanish Threes ... Home Debt ......... --* Deferred ............ -- --- For Account. 79 5 50 1093 -- LyonsNOolret Orleans a rn nd Mediterranean—. Southern Western 5OO -- Eastern .....• 80 Sardinian ..... ...... 2,7 5g Austrian - **************** 297 by Lombard Nor . th o of a Spain ................... . ............ 1L Saragossa __-- Ditto to Barcelona ..................... ILAILWAYB. ...... ..... Roman .................................... SPAIN. MA DRID, MAT 1 8 . The Cortex held an extraor dinar y sitting 13st night for the discussion of the fi nancial Dill la t 44