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QOUTH KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen'a-gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Sardens, Elv.iston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Bolt ns, dac_ Messrs TOPLIS and ROBERTS have RE - -I OE:\ CES to SELL, and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. The Fourteenth Year. INVEST3IENT FOR CAPITAL AND SAVINGS. Present rate of Interest, 3 per cent. per annum on Shares, and 4 per cent. on the Deposit Department. The taking of Land is quite optional. Freehold Fran chise in 213 counties (60 Estates) can be secured. Villas and Houses for Sale. Land in larg e or small quantities. No Partnership Liability. Prompt w ithdrawals when required. Prospectuses Free to any part of the world. TRUSTEES. Viscount Ranelagh and J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P. EXEC:VETTE COMMITTEE. Chairman —Viscount Ranelagh. Vice-Chairman—Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P. Bourke, lion. Robert Meyrick, Lieut.-Col. A. Cobbold, J. C., Esq., M.P. Newcomen, C. E., Esq. Currie, li. W., Esq., Palk, Sir L., Bart., M.P. Goodson, James, Esq., M.P. Pownall, Henry, Esq. Eolmes, T. Knox . , Esq. Talbot, Hon. and Rev. W. C. ngestre ' Viscount Winstanley, .Newnham, Esq. J e rvis, Ilajor, M.P. 1 Patrons and General Committee (composed of Noblemen, Members of Parliament, and other Gentlemen) are up wards of Eighty in number. SECRETARY. Charles Lewis Gruneisen, Esq., F.R.G.S. SUCCESS OF THE SOCIETY. Shares issued to Lady-day, 1866, are 24,277 £1213,850 0 0 Total Cash Receipts from formation of Society to Lady-day, 1866 2 Total Withdrawals to ditto Total amount of Land Sold to Lady-daY, 1866 Reserve Fund to Lady-day, 1866 453,864 5 11 12,126 18 8 C RYSTAL PALACE.—TO-MORROW.—The moet brilliant feature irk this Season will be the GREAT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY and ILLUMINA TION o f FOUNTAINS, and AFTERNOON and I,""ENING FETE, TO-MORROW. The Palace will be opened as usual at Ten. The beau tiful GARDENS of ROCKHILLS will be thrown open to visitors from Three until Six o'clock, a Military Band per forming at intervals. At Four o'clock the celebrated Orchestral Band of the Company, aided by a full Military Band, will perform a selection of popular Music on the great Handel Orchestra. At Seven o'clock, ETHARDO, the WONDER of the day, will make an ascent of the Spiral Mountain, after which, Promenade and Great Organ Performance, until the GRAND DISPLAY of FIREWORKS, commencing about Nine o'clock, concluding with the GREAT ILLUMINA TION of Fountains, 'eater Temples, Szc. NOTE.—The Palace will be brilliantly illuminated after the display, for an evening promenade, until eleven o'clock. Half-a-crown tickets of admission will be on sale To-morrow. To-day only the price of admission atthe doors will be Five Shillings. The Guine a Season Ticket admits free. Half-crown Admission and Guinea Season Tickers at the Crystal Palace, and at 2, Exeter Hall. _ . THIS DAY is the LAST DAY for HALF-A CROWN TICKETS for TO- viORROW'S GREAT FETE at the CRYSTAL PALACE. ' NOTE. - These Tickets will be on sale at the Palace and at 2, Exeter Hall, up to Ten o'clock this evening. TEETH. —Mr. DAY (for many years principal assistant to Mr. Eskell. surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros venor-street, W.) may be consulted on all cases of Dental de tect or deficiency. De has made arrangements for the use of Mr. Eskeirs Patents, by which means exquisitely enamelled ARTIFICIAL TEETH of the utmost durability are constructed (in a few hours when necessary), and are wirn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervouq persons for any length of time, without pain. unpleasantness, or discomfort. The invention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior construction. PAINFUL TEETH Oil DISEASED STUMPS EXTRACTED WI [`BOUT PAIN. 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Mrs. hwanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, JA K'S DELIGHT. Alter which will be produced a grand Easier Burlesque, PARIS ; or, Vive Lempiere 3les-rs. Stoyle, i horne, Jame,- : Mesdames A. Swanborougb, Itaynham, Simpson. Johnstone, Ran oe, and Holt To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Mr. Belford. ADLER'S WELLS THEA TRE.- L 7 Udder the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. THIS EVENING, She Man's famous Ccmedy of THE SCHOOL. FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. S winbourne, Beitnore, Jarrett, Barbby, M'lntyre, Warner ; Misses Ada Dya., F. Gwyne; Mrs. Poynter. Concludin; with 39th night of IXION. Miens L. Will more, H tr:speth, P. Gwynne, Harlani, Tracey ; Messrs. Bel more and BarEby. Commence at Seven. A'Aing Manager, Mr. NYE CHART. THE ~S UN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGEZI C to deliver the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at the earliest po.aible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of tbe Country at a comparatively early hour the same c yening, say 49 miles by 9 o'clozk. egg LONDON, WEDNEST).I y„W i t y 16, 1866. The latest news from the Continent is not s o ..Ineouraging in its nature, and the probability o f war is again in the ascendant. The insane poli cy pursued by Prussia is, indeed, of such a character as almost to preclude all hope of a satisfactory settlement. Not content with molesting Saxony in every possible manner, the Berlin Government have now turned their attention to Hanover, and in the - Note which summons Hanover to explain the meaning of her warlike preparations Prussia threatens that kingdom with "inilitary occupation," and insists that the Hanoyerian Governmejit Shall observe the strictest neutrality. Nothing can be more unfair than this course of proceeding, and it is difficult to understand what can be the motives that induce Herr BISMARCK to provoke and irritate the different States, and complicate mat ters so much in case of an adjustment of affairs being attempted. Rumours are afloat in some quarters respecting the probability of an under standing being come to between the two great Powers, but nothing of an authentic kind is in circulation. As for the report that Prassia is willing to enter upon negotiations in order that Holstein may be ceded to Austria, in accordance with the Gastein Convention that does not seem to contain a particle of probability. The projects of Prussia have been too long in formation, and far too much pains have been taken to annex the Duchies to render it at all likely that the Berlin authorities will now abandon their long-cherished hope. As for the expectations which have been formed in some quarters as to the benefits that would accrue from Russian mediation, they do not seem at all likely to be realised. It is now said that the correspondence which has been going on between the Courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin has been relative to the creation of a Duchy of Warsaw, and has had nothing to do with the pre sent chances of war. It was not likely that the Government of the CZAR would care to interfere to a great extent in the affairs of the German States ; partly because they had no immediate concern with them, and also because their influence would not be very great. No doubt Prussia and Austria would think Russia had some secret motive in pressing forward her wish for peace, and thus in the end the interference might do more harm than good. Austria is meanwhile pursuing her preparations with unabated energy, and is resolved not to be taken by surprise in case of Prussia commencing hostilities, as she is more than likely to do. Com plete bodies of Austrian troops have been sent from Vienna to the north during the last few days, and thus the beginning has been made of the "strategic concentration" of troops on the Prussian frontier. Of course the Imperial Government have all along opined that force was better than anything, as they had to deal with the cunning of Herr BISMARCK and his coadjutors; and the re sult has proved their surmise to be correct, for the enemy has been held in check during some time. Had the Vienna Government carried on of late the same facile policy which they did in the time of the Danish affair long before this period they would have seen the complete monopoly of the Duchies by Prussia, and very likely also the occupa tion of some of the lesser States of Ger many. It has been solely by the determined attitude of Austria that time and opportunity have been given to the small principalities of Germany to arm themselves, and thus be in some measure prepared to maintain their nationality. In Venetia preparations are making on an extensive scale for the approach of war. The garrison of Venice is to be raised to 24,000 men, and a consi derable force is to be stationed in the Tyrol, while at Gratz depots for the Austrian military service have been established. The Xa:ione of yesterday in Florence states that a Note of the French Government has arrived, pro posing the assembly of a Congress, and that in answer to this proposition the Italian Government have declared that the basis of all " preliminary negotiation " must be the cession of Venetia. This is very likely to be true, and it would indeed be wise on the part of Austria if she would attend in time and yield the possessicn of that disputed territory. Prussia would then be compelled to moderate her tone and lessen her pretensions, for she would never recognise that difficulties had been removed from the path of her rival. Italy has en tered en the preparations for war with great alac rity, and has exhibited a spirit and energy worthy of old times, and deserving of a better cause than that at present before her. The Minister of War has ordered fresh lists to be prepared for the promotion of officers in the army, and in all directions the greatest care has been displayed that all may be in readiness for the approach ing conflict, whenever that may be. From Paris we learn that a meeting was reported to have taken place between Earl COWLEY, M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS, and Baron BUDBERG, for the purpose of bringing about a solution of the difficulties of the German question, but there seems no founda tion for it. The fact is, that the efforts of third parties to maintain the peace unbroken was of little or no avail if they meet with no reciprocity from the principals, and in the instance before us this is naturally the case. The arrival of the Allemania, from New York on the sth, brings us a piece of intelligence which will produce a considerable amount of excitement among the Fenians—that is to say, if any member of that confraternity still linger in the sister kingdom. The ,Fenians have actually contrived to capture an Eng- lish schooner near Eastport, after which they scuttled their own ship and transferred themselves to their prize, which was named the Wentworth. Consequently, when the Federal steamer Winooski set off in pursuit of them, which she very shortly did, she found nothing but an innocent English vessel, which she allowed to proceed and returned to Eastport. The Fenians have, therefore, two feathers in their cap—they have surprised an English schooner and outwitted the Yankees. Were it not for the somewhat melancholy situation of their affairs the brotherhood might take courage from these grand exploits, but the difficulties arising from a division of interests increase rather than diminish. O'MAHONY is denounced in several quarters, and some irate Fenians even go so far as to threaten the great Head Centre himself with trial for complicity in O'MATioNv's malfeasance, but the partisans of the latter defer taking any steps until STEPHENS'S arrival. It is a significant fact, however, that the accessions to the ROBERTS' faction are much less numerous than the departures from O'MAHONY, so that redoubtable " million of men" who are to dictate terms to all the nations of the world may reasonably be supposed to be rapidly diminishing. The news from the States themselves is chiefly with an outbreak at Memphis, w h ere a seriousoccupied riot has occurred, originating iu the attempted rescue of r prisoner by a party of negro soldiers. The fighting which en sued lasted two days and re sulted in several deaths, and a large number of n s e c g h r o o o e l s s and negro houses. g so th m e e wounded, besides th A e t d F e o s r t t ru p c i ti ek on eri o n f burn the city. Numbers have been a rrestedand found have also been troublesome, and have threatened to heavily armed. The cause of discontent is not stated, b u t t ranqu illi ty was p r etty well restored when the mail left. In the Congress several amendments had been offered to the bill reported from the Reconstruction Committee, one of them proposing to admit the Southern States to full representation on March 4, 1867. Another pro poses to admit them whenever they assume a loyal attitude and their representatives take the test oath. These are all indications of the altered tone of the public mind regarding the Southern States, and a farther sign is given in the refusa to grant the suffrage to the negroes in the newly-received State of Colorado. The amendment prc posed, negro suffrage, was rejected by -95 to 36 votes. The House of Representatives has asked the PRESIDENT for the instructions given to the Federal naval com mander in Chilian waters, so that the Americans do not appear to be better satisfied with the con duct of their naval officers than the English are. The general aspect of affairs in the States is tran quil, and both parties in the political struggle are probably engaged in gathering strength for a fresh encounter. We hope that the House of Commons will not rest satisfied with the explanation given last evening by Mr. LAYARD respecting the bombardment of Valparaiso. As is usually the case the official statements endeavoured to smooth everything down, and, as Mr. WHITEsIDE justly remarked, vindicated everybody but the British subject. The energetic and indignant protest addressed by the British merchants of that city to the Government is an awkward fact, and although Mr. LAYARD went so far as to say that its statements were entirely without foundation, and quite contray to the facts of the case, the impression made upon the House was evidently strong. The memberswould not, of course, from a sense of justice, pass any cen sure upon the conduct of Admiral DENMAN without knowing the facts of the case, and the gallant Admiral was not without *arm defenders, but the whole affair was felt to be very discreditable to this country. There is no doubt that the Admiral was restrained by his instructions, and our Government, with the amiable simplicity which seems to characterise them, could not bring them selves to believe that the Spaniards would proceed to such extremities, forgetting that the whole war has been, from first to last, a piece of unwarrantable aggression. Mr. LAYARD confessed, indeed, that they had been, in a manner, duped by the Spanish Government, who were sending out peremptory orders to their Admiral all the while that they were pretending to listen to our pacific overtures. This is a specimen of Spanish good faith, and of the respect which we succeed in obtaining from foreign courts. No explanations can alter the facts that a defenceless town, in which a very large quantity of British property was stored, was bom barded in presence of an English fleet, which quietly moved out of the way to allow the work of destruction to be carried on. No minor details alter these glaring facts, and they remain a lasting disgrace not only to the Spanish Government, but to every nation who permitted so wanton and cruel an attack. We hope the house will insist on a full and searching inquiry, or else, as Sir LAWRENCE PALK suggests, we had better curtail our estimates and send our Admirals in yachts armed with broom sticks. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (rnom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The following is a summary of the position of affairs in regard to Germany :—All the forces of the Germanic Confederation are placed upon the full war footing. Austria has 370,000 men in Germany, 150,000 in Venetia, 80,000 in Dalmatia, and 100,000 dispersed about Hungary, Istria, and the circle of Trieste. The principal army of Prussia will comprise about 250,000 men, under the com mand of the King, with General Moltke chief of the Staff. It will be disposed so as to prevent the Aus trians from marching upon Berlin by Saxony. Another army of 120,000 men will be cantoned near Nisse, an important strongly fortified position to the south-west of Silesia. The tone of most of the German papers received to-day is warlike—in deed more warlike than for some days past. Never theless, as far as I can gather the opinion of the best-informed circles in Paris, there is still a belief, or hope, that some plan will yet be devised to solve the difficulty amicably. There has been a report that Austria, under the powerful advice of England, France, and even Russia, was disposed to cede Venetia to Italy. In reference to this report, the France, which boasts of having authority to do so, says :—" We have information which enables us to affirm that Austria has repudiated in the most abso lute terms all idea of giving up Venetia to Italy." A writer in the Siecle, describing the Austrian army, says the staff includes 215 field-marshals, generals, lieutenant field-marshals, and major generals in activity. The infantry of the line num bers 80 regiments of four battalions, with 14 com panies each. The peace footing is 145,804 men, and the war footing 385,224 men. The Austrian cavalry numbers 39,185 men in time of peace, and 41,900 in time of war. The total force, includ- ing artillery and troops of public safety, is 280,99 G men in time of peace, and 619,210 in time of war. In addition to this regular force it has a large ir regular one, consisting of volianteers, militia, and other troops. The following is the result of the last Chantilly Races :—Prix de Danger, 5,000f.--Gontran, 1 ; Tourmalet, 2 ; La Fortune (Count de Lagrange), 3 ; Prix de l'Oise, 2 ,ooof.—Scmvola, 1; Duke de Bourgogne, 2. Sexvola was claimed by M. D'Evry for 2,250 f. Prix de l'Empereur (handicap), 2,000 f. —l5 ran. Bruneau, 1 ; Salambo the Second, 2 ; Mercedes, 3. Jockey Club Prize, 25,000 f., 2,000 f. to the second horse. 17 horses ran. 39 paid for forfeit ( 5 001.)—Florentin, 1 ; Baionette, 2 ; Le Scoulet, 3. The betting was very changeable. The favourites were Count Lagrange's Baionette and Auguste. As to the winner, Florentin, it was very little thought of, and the result astonished everyone. This is called the French Derby. Amount of the prize, 57,300 f., deducting 2,000 f., given to the second horse. Prix des Etangs, 2,000 f.— Anglo-Saxon, 1; Tourist, 2. There will be races in the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday next. On Thursday next a trial for two murders will take place at the Court of Assize of Puy de Rome, at Ridm. On the evening of the Ist of March in subordination manifested itself in the shoemaker's shop attached to the prison at Riom. Seventy-five convicts were employed there. The men refused to work, and broke the lamps and furniture. One of the warders was stabbed to the heart by a convict named Collier, who also assassinated one of his fellow prisoners. It was necessary to call in soldiers to quell the riot. It is for these two murders that Cellier is to be tried. Among the projected improvements of Paris is a new square in the Rue du Petit Lion, near the Rue St. Denis. Here is situated a remarkable building, which, however, is little known to the Parisians. It is the dungeon which formed part of the hotel of the Dukes de Bourgogne, which was the scene of many sanguinary struggles in the reign of Charles the Sixth, during the war of the Armagnacs and Bour gignons. Not far from the spot was the Porte des Peintres, by which the Sovereigns entered Paris. Charles the Bold once lived in the tower of this dungeon, and Jean sans Peur slept in it. Hence it was called the dungeon of Jean sans Peur. The Tower has neither the height nor the beauty of that of St. Jacques, one of the most remarkable con structions of Paris, but it is a curious specimen of the feudal architecture of the Middle Ages. This dungeon will occupy the centre of the new square. Now it is lost among the miserable buildings of the locality in question, all of which are about to be pulled down. M. D., residing in the Rue St. Andre des Arts, was sent for two days ago by a notary, who read to him a will by which a rich lady had named him residuary legatee, which would make him possessor of about £4,000. While the will was being read to M. D. he suddenly turned very pale. The notary asked him what was the matter with him. H e made no answer. A surgeon was called in, but the man was dead. The sudden joy had killed him. The second Conference of the Ministers of the secondary k u p d l ar ace ySetsatteersdaoyf the , b G el e i rin eve ani th c at C ro authentic federation account t of Almonte, wha the took w Minister n place e hasr from Mexico, ac h ed P a r , s. m THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1866 arrived at Paris by the last packet from St Nizaire. This is the third day of cold, wi y, unsettled weather. Yesterday there was a deal of rain. To-day the weather was fine, but it sas cold as January. The French astronomers always calcu late upon unsettled and unfavourable .weather dur ing the Lune Rousse, or red moon. This year the weather has been true to the traditicn, but its reign was over yesterday ; and under the auspices of the new moon of to-day the weather prophets calculate we are upon the beautiful summer days, of which we have already had several specimens. The iloniteur says :—" The placing of the Prus sian army upon the war footing adrances rapidly. The Staff of the Field Posts and Military Caisses are organised." The vessels of the General Transatlantic Com pany, on the line from Havre and Brest, are so con structed that the company now undertakes that the passage, twice a month to and from New York, shall be effected in nine or ten days. These five river steamers are the Napoleon 111., Le Porcine, La Ville de Paris, and the Saint Laurent. In the course of a discussion in the Senate upon agriculture, M. Cornudet, ou the part of the Go vernment, made some interesting remarks upon free trade, and contended that the abolition of the sliding scale was not the cause of the low prices of which the agriculturists complain. There were lower prices in 1834 and 1851. " The fact is lucid, complete, and striking. It was the abundance of production and not the new legislation which had caused the decline of prices. Since 1861 the fare of things had completely changed. Up to that period France did not produce sufficient corn for food. She was forced to import from foreign coun tries from 800,000 to a million hectolitres (the hec tolitre is 100 quarts). Since 1861, thanks to the progress of agriculture, we produce more than we want. I say thanks to the progress of agriculture, for it is acknowledged that the quantity of land where corn is cultivated has increased, and that the produce of each acre has already been considerably augmented. By this result France has become an exporting country. Such is the information we de rive from the facts. At the coming inquiry all com plaints, all accounts of sufferings, will be heard, and the Government will seek all means of ameliorating the condition of the agriculturists. The problem to be solved is to enable the growers of corn to ob tain a remunerative price, without injuring the con sumer. There were two modes : one was to in crease prices, and the other to decrease the ex- penses." The extensive demolition , . necessary for the site of the new Hospital or Hotel Dieu almost daily lead to interesting historical revelations. A house built on the Quai Napoleon, now in process of de molition, was on a portion of the spot where stood the ancient church and priory of St. Denis de la Chatre, demolished in 1781. The church contained a crypt, where it is supposed Saint Denis was im prisoned. Over the door there was a bas-relief re presenting various eminent individuals. The bas relief dated from the time of Louis the Eleventh. Near the same spot was the church of St. Sym phorren, afterwards called St. Luc, which was con structed under the auspices of Sully, Archbishop of Paris. In 1704 it was given up to the community of painters, sculptors, and engravers. By the side of the church, pulled down in 1790, there was a public school for drawing, which produced several eminent artists. In the Rue de la Cite was the celebrated wine shop of the Pomme de Pin, where, according to Rabelais, the scholars of Lutoce (so was Paris called in the time of the Romans) were joyous in moderation. Railway and other Companies. RAILWAY BILLS In the house of Lords Committee yesterday the Buckley (additional powers) Bill, to raise £30,000, by shares, and £lO,OOO by loan, was passed. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Bill was passed, with one amendment. The Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding branches) Bill was passed, with one amendment. The Lancashire and Yorkshire (exten sion of time, &c.) Bill, the Lancashire and York shire (Blackburn and Padiham), and the Avon Valley Bills were passed, without amendments. The New Milford Docks Bill, to raise £50,000 by shares and £16,000 by loan, was adjourned. In the Ways and Means Committee the following bills were passed :-The Berks and Hants extension, to raise £200,000 by shares and £66,600 by loan ; the Severn Junction Bill, to make two branch rail ways and to lay down narrow gauge rails upon the South Wales line, between Awre and the Forest of Dean Central ; the Buckley Docks, &c. ; the Bray and Enniskerry, to raise £36,000 by shares and £12,000 by loan, to make three miles of railway from Bray to Enniskerry ; the Barry (alteration), to raise £21,000 by shares, and £7,000 by loan ; the Harborne Bill, to raise £90,000 by shares, and £30,000 by loan ; the Great Eastern (additional powers) Bill, to raise £86,000 by shares, and £28,600 by loan ; the Shrewsbury and North Wales and Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Bill ; the East London ('astern Extension) to raise £600,000 by shares, and £200,000 by loan to make Gi miles of railway ; the Letterkenny and London derry and Lough Swilly Bill, to raise £50,000 by shares, and £16,500 by loan ; the Esk Valley ; the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood (capital) Bill, to raise £200,000 by £66,000 by loan ; the Cheshire Lines Bill, to authorise the Great Northern, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and the Midland Companies to raise each sums of £40,000 by shares, and £13,300 by loan ; the Somerset and Dorset Bill, to enable the company to subscribe £20,000 to the Bristol and North Somerset Railway, and £50,000 to the Bridgewater Railway, also to raise £300,000 by shares and £lOO,OOO by loan ; and the Newport Pagnell Bill. In Group 1 the preambles of the Great Eastern (Alexandra-park branches) and the Musweb.• hill Estate and Rail ways were proved. The preamble was also proved in the case of the Tottenham and Hampstead Junc tion Bill. The North-Western and Charing-cross Bill, being unopposed, was referred to the Chairman of Committees. The Great Northern (Potter's-bar and Hendon) Bill was passed. In Group 3 the South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Bill was again ad journed. In Group 10 the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (central station and lines) Bill was again adjourned. In Group 12 the East and West Junction (Hitchin Extension Bill, was withdrawn. The Bedford and Northampton Bill, to make 3: 3 4 miles of railway, was referred to the Chairman of Committees. The East and West Junction (Southam Extension) was adjourned. The Southam Bill, to raise £25,000 by shares and £B,OOO by loan, was also adjourned. In Group 16, the Great Western Bill, to raise a further sum of £1,220,353 by shares, making the total share capital £33,000,000, and the borrowing powers £ ll ,ooo,ooo,was part heard and adjourned. The preamble of the Bute Docks Bill (Cardiff) was proved. The Cambrian (New Works) Bill was referred to the Chairman of Committees. The Bristol and North Somerset (Southern Extension) Bill, to enable the Bristol and North Somerset, and the Somerset and Dorset Railway Companies to raise each £200,000 by shares and £65,000 by loan, to make three railways -together, about 24:1 miles of railway-was adjourned. In Group 19, the pre amble of the Caledonian (Greenock and Gourock Extension) Bill, to raise £410,000 by shares and £136,000 by loan, was proved. The North British (Coatbridge, &c., Branches), to raise £140,000 by shares and £46,600 by loan, was part heard and adjourned. Mr. Henry F. Beaumont has given notice that he intends, in committee on the Redistribution of Seats Bill, to move that a member be allotted severally to Barns ley, Doncaster, and Rotherham, in the southern division of the West Riding of Yorkshire. RUSSIA.—The Goloss of St. Petersburg states that the Municipal Council of that city recently expressed to the Emperor its. desire that the author of the murderous attempt on his Msjesty's life should be tried in public, but the Imperial reply was to the effect that his Majesty did not see reason to accede to the request made by the Municipal Council. The inquiry, therefore, will still be conducted by General Mouravieff, and without publicity. LATEST INTELLIG'ENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 16. It is officially denied that Count von Bismarck has been negotiating with the leaders of the Opposition in view of a modification of the Cabinet. The Government desires, however, to come to a better understanding with the Opposition. It is also officially stated that there was no necessity for the Prussian Government to send any reply to tne Austrian note of the 4th inst. since Austria declared that all discussion on the question of disarmament was exhausted. The Commander-in-Chief of the Prussian army has not yet been appointed, and no head quarters have been determined upon. The National Zeitung of to-day publishes the following official communication. : " The statement made by several German jour nals respecting alleged efforts of mediation on the part of Russia, and also the assertion that the Czar had declared himself ready to support Austria in the event of her being atacked by Prussia, would appear to be untrustworthy. Irrespective of the fact that Prussia will not take the aggressive, sach a decla ration does not appear probable, considering the relations at present existing between Austria and Russia." Should the Middle and Minor States reject the Prussian proposals for Federal reform, Prussia will make an appeal to the whole German nation em bodying propositions of the fullest and most com prehensive character. • BRESLAU, MAY 16. The Municipality and Common Council of this city have sent an address to the King of Prussia, in which they acknowledge the justice of the motives which are leading his Majesty to war with Austria, and declare that the nation is ready to make the same sacrifices as in 1813, particularly as the wis dom of the King will find means to increase the popular enthusiasm by terminating the domestic conflict between the Government and the Chambers. MUNICH, MAY 15. The editors of the journals of this city have been requested not to publish any intelligence re specting the movements of troops. BERNE, MAY 16. The Italian troops who were stationed on the frontier of the Valteline have been withdrawn into the interior of the kingdom. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, MAY 15. The Chamber has again 'adopted, by 111 against 6 votes, the proposal to confer the throne of Roumania upon Prince Charles of Hohenzollern. PARIS, MAY 16. The Constitutionnel of this morning says :—" The Paris Conference has decided in favour of the union of Moldavia and Wallachia should the inhabitants of the Principalities combine in demanding to be united. The Conference, however, has not con sented to the election of a foreign Prince. France would have been glad to see such an arrangement effected, but as it did not meet the approval of the other Powers, the French Cabinet could not think of imposing its opinion upon the other European Governments." The Constitutiounel proceeds to express a wish that the Principalities should listen to the wise counsels of France, and return to that prudent attitude which can alone save them from painful emergencies. The Emperor Napoleon received yesterday a letter from the Tycoon of Japan. OVERLAND MAILS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 15. The Nyanza left at 10:30 and the Tanjore at 11 a.m. this day with the above mail. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 21st, and the latter at Southampton about the 28th inst. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS OF 4-10TH MAY. MALTA, MAY 15. The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 4th, and the Pera, from Marseilles on the 12th inst., left for Alexandria on the 13th and 14th instant respec tively. All well. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 15, Two o'clock.—The market was much agitated at the opening of business to day, and prices experienced considerable fluctuations ; the tone of business, however, has since improved, and quotations are now tolerably firm at somewhat higher rates. An additional amount of 150,000 fr. of Rente is again being discounted to-day. Threes, for the Account, are doing at 64f. 2ic., or an ad vance of 14c. Italian Fives, after being quoted . , at 37f. 85c., are now at 38f. 40c., or a decline of 15c. Credit Mobilier Shares have improved 7f. 50c., viz., to 535 f. Lyons Railway Shares have advanced 5f.----to 787 f. 50c. English Consols are telegraphed with a fall of 4 per cent. Three o'clock. —Quotations have advanced towards the end, and closed as follows : li. per Cents 93 Do. end month — Bank Shares 3426 Italian Loan 3B 50 Do. end month 3B 70 Mexican Loan 32 Do. Bonds 230 Spanish Threes - Home Debt — Deferred - WAYS. 3 per Cents. 64 15 Do. end mouth 64 10 Credit Mobilier ... 545 Do. end month 533 75 Credit Foncier Do. end month 1095 For Account Orleans 792 25 Northern lO5O Lyons and Mediterranean.... Southern 525 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain 122 50 Saragossa l6O Ditto to Barcelona.. Roman. 495 - EXCITING SCENE AT WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE. —On Saturday night an alarming incident occurred at Wombwell's menagerie, which is now visiting Dundee. The place was crowded to excess by visitors. During oue of the performances, while the keeper, Mr. Mack, was causing the leopards and panthers, which are confined in one large caravan, to go through various evolutions, a large male panther suddenly showed unmistakable signs of in subordination. With the rest of his companions he was ordered by the keeper to leap through a large brass ring field up for the purpose. Instead, hOwever, of doing this, the animal suddenly turned upon Mr. Mack, and, throwing his powerful paw on the bead of the latter, produced a deep scalp wound, from which the blood instantiy began to flow profusely, covering the face and clothes of the daring keeper with a crimson stream. Mr. Mack was eomrletely taken by surprise, as this was the first occasion on which the panther had dared to make an open attack, but, quickly -recovering his self-possession, he struck his infuriated assailant several severe blows with the butt end of the heavy whip he usually carries about with him when going through his dangerous performances. Blinded and maddened with the blows of the whip, the panther let go his hold anti bounded round the cage in a frantic manner, then retiring to the further corner crouched down as if preparing for a spring, while his gleaming eyes and the gaping jaws from which he emitted the most terrible growls, showed plainly enough that had he been allowed to make his leap it would have closed for ever the career of the fearless lion tamer. But, happily, the latter followed up his ad vantage with energy and promptitude, and gave the animal such an unmerciful beating as fairly to cow the latter into an unwiiling and threatened submission. He compelled him to finish the performance so unexpec tedly interrupted, and was loudly applauded by the audi ence on making his exit from the exciting scene in which he had showed so much cool daring and decision. It may be readily supposed that the visitors were wrought to the highest pitch of excitement during the time the affair lasted.—Dundeo Courier. POLICE 3 NTELLIGENCE.--This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Thus CAUSE OF STREET CASUALTIES.—Henry Brown, a shopkeeper, residing at 19, George-street, Marylebone, attended to answer the complaint of the police of driving a home and cart in a furious manner in Upper Maryle bon e-street. Police-constable 55, of the E Division, saw the defendant driving a pony and cart furiously in Upper Marylebone street, followed by a number of persons. The defendant drove through several streets, and at last he succeeded in finding him and getting his name and address. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that cases of persons being knocked Blown and killed in the streets had been so frequent of late t bat a check must be put on all persons guilty cf furious driving. He should therefore fine the defendant 40s. and costs. A DISORDERLY GENTLEMAN.—Thomas Anderson, gen tieman, of No. 21, High-street, Chatham, was charged be. fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with ringing bells and knocking & doors in Oxford-street without any lawful excuses. Police-constable Kelly, 115 E, proved seeing the defen dant ringing and knocking at several different houses id Oxford-street about two o'clock that morning, his excuse being when taken into custody that he was looking for a friend. The defendant said he had been drinking. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that knocking at doors in the middle of the night was a most mischievous practice, and he should fine the defendant 10s., or seven days' imprisonment. THAMES. ROBBERIES IN THE Docx.—John Buthon and George Rivers, markers, in the employ of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company, were brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a bottle of gin. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, defended Buthon. Yesterday afternoon the prisoners were directed by Mr. Randall Harrison, their superior officer, to mark 30 cases of English gin for exportation in the London Dock. The cases were all right and in good order at half-past two o'clock. About an hour afterwards Robert Turner, a watchman in the Loudon Dock, went into a shed in the bottling department, and heard a noise like the breaking open of a case. He looked from his hiding-place, where he was quite unobserved, and saw Buthon take out a bottle of gin, and give it to Rivers, who took of the capsule and stopper, and drank out of the bottle. He was about handing it to Balton. when Turner pounced upon them and took the bottle away. About a half-quartern of gin had been drank. Sergeant Spencer, belonging to the dock police, took the prisoners into custody. He produced the stolen bottle of gin in straw from which it had been removed, and another bottle of gin which he had taken from the same case. They corresponded exactly. The prisoners said the case was open when they took the bottle of gin out of it, and only intended to have a drink out. It was clearly proved that case of gin was in a sound condition when the prisoners received the orders to mark it and 29 others. Mr. Stcddart addressed the magistrate for Bullon, urging that there was no case against him. Mr. Paget thought otherwise ; and alluding to the nume rous cases of this description in the docks which had been met with summary punishments, said he should commit the prisoner for trial. Mr. Stoddaat offered bail for Button, and he was answered by the magistrate that this was a case of people robbing their employers, and that he ought not to take bail. Mr. Stoddart said that the a learned judge, Lush, had lately said every man was deemed to be innocent until found guilty, and that as the only object of committing persons for trial was to secure the attendance of the parties at the sessions, bail ought to be taken in every case ,if,the presence of the party accused could be made sure. _ _ _ Mr. Paget said he would take bail for Button, himself in £2OO, .and two sureties of £lOO each, with the usual notice. He should like to know what became of the case at the sossions, and what view the judge who would, preside on the trial took of it. Property in the docks was necessarily exposed, the people employed in them were very nume rous, and those cases of petty plunder bad become very numerous. The late Fire at Swansea. EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE. At the adjourned inquest on Monday evening, John Owen, police-constable, described his dis covery of the fire and throwing up stones to arouse the inmates. Several females came to the second floor window, and he told them to remain while he fetched the fire-escape. When it arrived, one woman (Miss Wooton) and a child were rescued, and it was said in the crowd that others had escaped by the back. Inspector Ball also gave a narrative of the fire. He was told several times by persons in the crowd that Mr. John had been seen in the street after he had got Miss Wooton down. His impression was at that time that all the inmates were out. Ruth Richins said—l am the wife of 111r.Richins, pork butcher, Goat-street. The first thing that attracted my attention on the night of the fire was the fire-bell. I was awake though I was in bed. I think it was near one o'clock. I immeliately went into the sitting-room. I had to unlock the bed room door, which is at the back of the house. My front room faces the police-station door in the Goat street, where the engines are kept. I saw Crockford bring out the stand pipe to fasten on the hose. Then I saw them bring out the reel with the hose. There was a little difficulty in fastening it on. At this moment somebody ran down and said ,‘ For God's sake fetch the fire -escape." I do not know who it was. Then Mr. Crockford ran up Temple street, and in the meantime Mr. and Mrs. John, to my firm belief, walked up the street to the corner of Temple-street, and looked up Temple-street. They then turned back again, and I threw up the window and said. " Please where is the fire ?" They gave no reply, but walked on. I asked them a second time, " Where is the fire?" and Mr. John coolly re plied, "It is a chimney on fire at the back of Temple street." They walked on and turned up the back lane of Temple-street. I knew Mr. and Mrs. John quite well. I was in the shop the night before talk ing with Mr. John. I remember distinctly how they were dressed. I saw Mr. and Mrs. John walk ing in the street together after the alarm of fire had been given. I did not observe that they carried anything. I knew Mr. John's voice. They both were coming up Goat-street whan I first saw them. When the fire was nearly over I went over to Mr. Williams, the chemist, and I saw Mrs. Williams. She said she was in great trouble about Mrs. John's child. I told her, " Mr. and Mrs. John are quite safe, for I have seen them in the street and spoke to them." it was a fine night and windy, and there is a gas lamp on each side of my house. Mr. John turned his head right round to me when he spoke to me, and I had an opportunity of seeing his face. As soon as he told me I shut the window down again to call my husband. I saw Mr. John's face when he turned it to me, and I recognised him. I told my husband that I had seen Mr. and Mrs. John, and that Mr. John said that it was only a chimney on fire. When -I first observed them they were nearly opposite the station door—l mean the fire engine door. My impression at the time I saw Mr. and Mrs. John in the street was that, as I knew Mrs. John was of an irritable temper, he was walking her up and down the street. By the Jury—There was not another creature in the street when I saw Mr. and Mrs. John. I believe it was about ten minutes after I heard the fire-bell when I saw them. As I got out of bed I went straight to the front room without dressing. I knew it was Mrs. John because of her general appearance, and because I knew the shawl she was wearing. I have seen her wearing it, and other peo ple besides myself. I did not see her face. I believed it was Mr. and Mrs. John before I saw their faces. I should not have spoken to them had I not thought it was them. I have been in the habit of talking to Mr. John in my shop, and also in his own shop, as we dealt with each other. We had known each other about two or three years. The inquiry was then adjourned. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS IN THE ADRIATIC.-- La Patric states that great defensive works are being constructed at Pola and at Trieste. From the points of Grado and Salvor() coast batteries are being erected along the shoreq of the Gulf, while upon the mole of Trieste and on the jetty powerful batteries have been erected, and in the town itself there is being constructed a series of iron-cased batteries mounting two tiers of guns, whose fire, combined with that of the citadel which com mands the sea, will form a line of defence for the protec tion of the port. Although Pola is now the maritime arsenal of the empire, Trieste still possesses various esta blishments connected with the Imperial marine, and it is, moreover, a commercial port of the first rank. Near the citadel has been formed an intrenched camp for 15,000 men, and there does not appear to be any present intention of increasing thal force. Should, however, circumstances require it, reinforcements can be obtained from Laybach, where is Row concentrated the corps d'armee destined to cover Illyria. - - (art HER MAJESTY. W INDSOR CASTLE, Tuesday. The Queen and Princess Helena, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Flora Macdonaht the Hon. Mary Lascelles, and the Equerries in Waiting, arrived at the Castle at 25 minutes past six o'clock last evening from Buckingham Palace. Arrival of the Cape Mail. FALMOUTH, TUCSday. The Diamond's Company's" s tearn-shipUi ten hag°, Captain Starks, arrived here to-day from Table Bay, April 11, via St. Helena and Madeira. Sh e brings 104 passengers and a full colonial cargo._ Cape news is 13 days later than the last arrived per her Majesty's ship Orontes. The general state of affairs in the colony had undergone litttle change• Both commercial and agricultural matters continue to improve. There were no insolvencies to record, and business, although conducted on a more limited, scale than formerly, was more secure, and copse" quently of a more satisfactory character. Frequent rains continued, and there was a better promise for the future than for some seasons past. Sir Percy Douglas, the lieutenant-governor and commander of the forces at the Cape, was at St• Helena on a visit of inspection, having been con veyed there by her Majesty's ship Rapid. He w as expected to return about the beginning of the following month. It was understood that it was the intention of the governor to propose to Parlia ment a tgeneral reduction of 10 per cent. in the salaries of the civil servants of the colony iu conse quence of the necessity for economising the public expenditure, but the general impression appears to be that Parliament would not endorse the proposal. Nothing definite had transpired as to the exa ct period when Parliament would reassemble, but it would not be until the beginning or middle of Sep" tember, as the election of members for the new dis tricts created by the Annexation and Representa tion Act of last session could not be completed sooner. A strong feeling was still entertained in Kaffraria against the annexation measure, but the elections had been proceeded with. There was stil l some distress among the working classes in different parts of the colony, but it was gradually dying out, and would, it was hoped, soon disappear altogether. The construction of works of irrigation continued to be a fruitful subject of discussion. Active rtie 3- sures continued to be taken to represent the colony creditably at the Paris Exhibition. The war between the Orange Free State and the Basutos was dray(' ing to a close. Moshesh had not consented to abdicate in favour of his son Molappo ; but he was very favourable to a peace, and Molappo had concluded a treaty With the Free State Government. The other chiefs wer e represented as being anxious to follow his example, although for the present they shrank from the con" cessions demanded by the Free State, and awaited more favourable terms. The contest, it was said, might drag on a little longer ; but to all appear ances it was now really dying away. IRELAND. DUBLIN, May 1 5 . The parties most aggrieved by the dis cassions the Irish Bench are obliged to be silent. It has bee°, often stated by the defenders of th e Lord Chi c ' Justice that he is one of the best, if no t the best, of the Irish judges. The other judges naturally feel this statement to be a grievous disarrangement of the Irish Bench, for the world must think them a " sorry set of judges if they are all inferior in capacity to a lawyer who is more than 90 years of age. 015 highest legal tribunals are certainly suffering l u 'public estimation by imputations which, if 11°- founded, ought to be refuted by competent autho' rity. For example, the Evening Post, referring t° the late debate in the House of Commons, states, a s a well-known fact, that— • " Were it not for the rule of procedure which requir es that writs be issued in rotation from each of the three law courts not an action of any consequence would be co ns ' menced in the Queen's Brnch, owing to the notorious inca pacity of its chief judge to preside over legal investiga tions of any difficulty or importance. The only a lternati ve e left to parties who are driven into his Court by the rule n' practice in question is to withdra w th e i r records, as has been done to a considerable extent at the present aft er c i sittings, or to have them postponed at great expense 9 ' ll inconvenience to thems e l ves un til a su b seque nt peri od, in the hope of some arrangement in the meantime Wh ich will secure them against a miscarriage of justice." The same writer adds : " The venerable chief justice has transferred nearly the whole of the Nisi Prius list to the sittings after next Ter n : - —a course to be explained , we dare say, by his superabun'o ance of physical vigour and mental energy at 91. I f consulted as little the dignity of the chief justice as do Or b of his Parliament ary f r i ends, we could amuse the Etigi:°,,, public by anecd o t es o f t h e Q ueen ' s Bench wh i c h w ould deed be no disclosures to the Irish public, or to that Poi tion of it, at a ll events, wh i ch has business in the courts of law." the Such statements are continually repeated in -, provincial j ourna l s , an d th ey canno t b u t lower th© dignity of justice. At a meeting of the Dublin Corporation Yes tel , ,_'e day, afte r a s t ormy d e b a t e , a pe ti t i on was adopt e by a majority of 18 to 14,.p ra yi ng th a t a clause :J o. introduced into the Irish Franchise Bill, abolisho the freeman franchise, wherever now remaini". throughout Ireland. During the proceedings .11 tb° Lord Mayor was obliged to leave the chair froU' 1 health. Yesterday a new parish church at Clontarf W.3t: consecrated by the Archbishop of Dublin. Th e si b° was given by Mr. Vernon, of Clontaif Castle, W ho entertained the Archbishop and a number of t . , 0 clergy at a defamer. The church is a Ilan ds°u' it. building, cruciform, with tower and spire 146 , high. The entire cost is £7,000. It will &coal -- modate from 600 to 700 persons. At a meeting . of the Royal Irish Academy ie ster : day, Sir W. Wilde, Vice-Presid en t, read a l etter from the fourth Earl of Meath, dated Thomas-e9lll Z sth of July, 1690, to Lady St e phens, on the battle of the Boyne. The letter referred to an incide.ni; recorded in several histories of that period, an d W. Wilde stated that he had been enabled to ide . n; - tify the spot upon the bank of the Boyne, near the Obelisk, where he believed the occurrence too : place. The following is the letter, which is Wr itte in the old style, but which is given i n roode ril orthography : :_ad t r ‘ tymKh D ielis u yns b tgsee l in i idj. n gdea , aamigy T hee h emsd o .Bho m rin a tydi s huna - ae c gp, o spl u bme r oea t nnt , July rhettde roobeinadi rt tt t t hl h hleve e i hsfl s oots t iret h ev ( fson 9 ri j aor :i lithieoer l aghn nov a ue d yir a Ts m awon , fiveob uei'r about 11 in the Morning, when King William forced t ; pass on the river Boyne called Old-bridge, three mil es Drogheda (in person), under the enemy's great go c i eu mercy, and ours — w ith sma ll s h o t lik e s h o wers of l ea the hailstones. King William, v i ew i ng th e e nemy's day before the engagement, was shot with an 8 - P ° d awl ) der which took off his coat off his shoulders, and just drew' ew - c i from his skin ; he called after it was settled upon him he stretched out his arm t e de times and said, without the least passion, ' The enemy j'll for a napkin and another costl7o signed to prevellt my fighting next day, but certainly.ust be to-morrow amongst the thickest of them.' He was j ,os, to his word, for the next day he fought through t hs t he and with loss on both sides he took the battery ° to t enemy's great guns, and killed all the small-shot raei3 en y endeavoured to retain it. Soon after he charged th e in in the rear, broke their first lines, and, our line beinigacao front of theirs, we drew up to enclose the enernY's n o n army; but a de e p b og b e i ng b e t wee n, we could net t ; till pass it, and th e n i g ht d raw i ng near, w e did not pure for f next morning, and th en it was t o o late, but well e no o n r g r h ons they fled to D u bli n , an d ma d e short stay there, o. James, Tyrconuel, &c., flew through th e county por low, in order, as I suppose, to take shipping killed where they can find vessels to transport them. e e ___ I,y between 6,000 and 7,000. Most of their best 0ffin...0705„ dead and gasping upon the ground. We lost Duk ° lnc sew berg, killed in the neck with a musket ball, and so erne' officers and soldiers, inconsiderable forsuch an o ng a a l g v _ ua The enemy is so dispersed, and threw away their arm s ra, e i _ t i ng at thevfirst run westward, and there is no danger of them ever o ,Y few again, so that you may be pleased with the event ir in _ hours' fighting, which brings you all home to yot oly t e _ wa terests and properties, which I desire may be, for l e arn sake as well as yours, as soon as you can. • • 3 . l;ATtr. Madam, your one humble servant, r, w ho " We took Lieutenant-General Hamilton priosothnee cam_ I believe, will soon be executed. lam sent for tat r near (.11a*nevin, and can add no more particulars