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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE B LANCE OF COMFORT : Messrs. Howe, Rogers. Braid, Weallicrsby, &z.; Mesdames Cavendish, Wright, Lovell, &e. Alter T FAVOURITE OF FO TUNE Mesdames : Messrs. Fo! hern, I;uckstone , Chippeale, Rogers, R ,irc. Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitnvilliam, 1111 i, Lindley, &c. Concluding- With SHOC JUNG - EVEN IS : Mr. Chipi cn dale, Mr. Compton ; Miss Lovell, cte. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TI: is EVENING, A LUCKY lIIT. Messrs. J. G. Shore, 11. Mellon. and Mh,s K. Rodgers. After which. at Eight, LOUIS XI. Louis, Mr. Cha rles Kean ; Mar;ll , , Mrs. Cli,cles Kean. Concluding with QUIET LODGINGS. ROYAL LYCEUM TREATItE. Under the ,ole Mauari - etnent (of Mr. Fechter. '.i . HIS EVI;;NING. a new petite Conird y*, , nt,itled I .ocTo it DAVE Y. Ga.rick (the Ac or , Mr. H. Vezio ; 3lesars. Evans, kitanl y, 473 ; Al) s. Ho small and Miss lieurade. Alter which. TEI E CO flr: IC .. N B Ro'r a E'' s• Yr. Fe.hter ; Messrs. Jord,n, r in2ry. V. zin, li.,d:raoynh,u Fstitrz;- klit r r n ic a ' n . - , 1 3 ' ( I ) ;_s rs . mr i t o i, r E sm v a a n n s, ..110 3 ; p • sel'uu.dt'ciii,llSliss-Luvcvnti, anci Miss Henrade. I . conclude with a farcical sketch. Ur IN THE WORLD. Mr. 11. Widdicomne; ISltssrs. Evans, r.tzpAti h.k, &C. ; Miss Horsman, Mrs. C. llorsman• Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. JW THEATRE -ROYAL ADELPHI NSole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Tins EVENING. at 7 precisely. THE FAST FAMILY: BICSSri. Billing - ton, J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, It Phillips, A„Ailey. Eburne; Mrs. Alired Mellon (Miss Woolg - ae, Miss If, Simms, Miss Furtado, Miss Smith, Miss Seaman, Mies Goda3ll, and Mrs H. Lewis. After which (Sib time`, an Anduluslan Ballet Dlverisse men'. cwiled LA FLOE DE S: , NILLA, by the celebrated Spanish Dancers, El Senora Campubi, El Senor Alicia iny, and La Senorita Elvira, from the Teatro Real, Madrid. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, and Miss Kate Kelly. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS .EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. After which, will be produced the grand Easier Burlesque, PARIS ; or, Vive Lempiere : Mes,rs. Stoyle, thorne, Jame-, Fenton esdams A. S w anborough, Raynham, Simpson, JohnstaneM, lianoe e , and Holt, To conclude with JACK'S DELIGH C. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1866. Distractingly vexatious, disheartening even, though it is, that again the popular hope for Re form should be doomed to disappointment, it seems like Poetical Justice that the mover of those Ab stract Resolutions of 1859, by which the Country was " dodged" out of a Reform Bill that conic/ have been passed, and was thus dodged simply for the furtherance of the compartively petty and paltry interests of the Whig Party, should now find him self imminently threatened with being ousted from office, from power, and all its perquisites, upon that very same question, by an Avenging Opposition. The division of last night or rather of this morning thus looked at, appears in the light of a NEMESIS. Sir HUGH CAIRNS spoke, it will be observed, shortly before the division, and he was the one who dubbed the " resolutions" of Lord JOINT RUSSELL (idiomatically dubbed them) a "dodge !" The Noble Earl may possibly himself we presume, act hence forth upon his own axiom—resting, that is, for the remainder of his days and being thankful ! Sir ROBERT PEEL, again, has had his revenge ! Raving been ehasseed out of office immediately upon the death of Lord PALMERSTON, the wound thereby inflicted upon his amour propre was sup posed by some to have been bound up, if not healed altogether, by the comforting bandage of the Red Ribbon of the Bath. All this while, however, under the Red Ribbon, that galling wound has been rankling. Driven out of office by his colleagues, he has done his best towards dragging them after him, and that almost as summarily. So confidently have Ministers counted upon carrying everything before them, oven their two one-legged Reform Bills rolled into one, a measure that could only at the best have been a deformity, that Her Majesty has by this time flitted far away from the regions of Government to her Highland home at Bal moral. The result of this last sitting in the House of Commons—the sitting of the 18th of June, the Waterloo of the Conserva- tive Opposition—may now necessitate the return of the QUEEN to Windsor or the Isle of Wight. A Ministerial Crisis can hardly be carried to a satis factory termination in the middle of June, with the Budget not yet passed, while the SOVEREIGN and her Statesmen are separated from one another by the whole length of the island. The probabilities, however, of the political situation will be shadowed forth, we presume, in some faint degree at least, by the explanation to be vouchsafed by Mr. GLADSTONE to the House of Commons this evening, shortly after our first impression for to-day shall have made its appearance. To that explanation of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's, may be referred not only our curiosity and solicitude as to the intentions of her Majesty's Ministers, consequent upon the division of the House on Lord D UNKELLIN'S amend ment, but, together with our curiosity and solicitude, our numerous, and some few of them at least highly probable, conjectures and anticipations. The excitement of the political world during the Session of 1866 yesterday reached its climax. All through the past week it was known that the dis cussion of the question of rating versus rental, as the qualification for the borough franchise, would bring on a trial of strength ; and after the division on Mr. HUNT'S amendment, rejected only by a majority of seven, it became evident that the contest would be a close one. Some friends of the Ministry advised them to adapt themselves to circumstances, to withdraw or modify some of their clauses, or by other means to avoid coming to an open battle with the enemy. This, however, they could not or would not do. The question of a rating qualification is not in itself so important ; the rival merits of rateable value and clear yearly value is a matter upon which genuine Reformers may very well agree to differ. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a few words before the division of last night, explained distinctly his views on the matter. He said, as we remember, on the introduction of the Bill, that by it the Government intended to stand or fall ; that is to say, by its main provisions or vital prin ciples, since no man would be unreasonable enough to expect them to make a Government question of every single clause. These chief features Mr. GLADSTONE considers the £l4 franchise in counties and the £7 in boroughs, and he has never failed throughout the course of an unusually trying and tedious progress to uphold them unflinchingly. Last night he reiterated the substance of what he had previously said, denying that the Government had in any degree shrunk from fulfilling their words, but showing that he had endeavoured, so far as possible, to separate what he called the political from the practical part of the bill. He has made concessions on minor points, and every one knows that very few sa meßiallss they ye went tt in,of Committee just go that to submit to alteration, amendment, and modification is no discredit to the most uncompro mising Minister. But to the £l4 and £7 fran chise Mr. GLADSTONE stood firm, and to any cur tailment of ,this moderate enfranchisement the Government, he says, cannot be brought. He de clared, therefore, last evening, that looking to the effect of the amendment, he considered that it would strike at the plan of enfranchisement p ro _ posed by the Government. "So viewing it," he added, " I cannot enter into any engagement that we will accept an adverse vote, or regard it as incompatible with the progress of the bill." After these closing words from the leader of .the house there was immediately evident the excitement of a great political struggle. There have been many close divisions, many struggles when the fate of the Ministry and the Bill trembled in the balance, but it has been reserved for Lord D UNKELLIN'S amend ment to strike the final blow. In the midst of a scene e m of excitement such as the House of Commons el offers the numbers were declared, and in a house of 619 members a majority of 11 was declared against To-nightthe G‘ao,everanre to o t learn the course which the Government intend to pursue. Speculations of all kinds are of course rife, but the main question at issue is whether the sacrifice to be made will be of the Government or the bill. 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They may argue, too, that the fact of the adverse division having occurred on a subsidiary question after the Government had carried what they de clared to be the vital points, their majorities on the second reading, on Mr. WALroLE's amendment, and Mr. HuNT's amendment, though small, were sufficient to save their dignity ; while Capt. HAI-- TEE'S still more adverse motion was negatived with out a division ; and on Lord STANLEY'S sudden assault they gained a decided victory. They may, therefore, if they choose, under the excuse of the unwillingness of the House, the indifference of the public, the troubled state of Europe, and the haste with which part at least of their bill was prepared, r withdraw the measure altogether with the promise of introducing another and a more comprehensive one early next session. On the other side it will be said that the Government, having failed in this cardinal point of their policy, must abandon the at tempt to legislate for the country. When a newly elected house declares so unmistakably against them they cannot retain office with credit to them selves or with satisfaction to the country. True they have the resource of a dissolution of Parlia ment, to which they can resort if they please ; but so soon after a general election, which they declared to be highly favourable to themselves, it is scarcely probable. Whether the result - would be favourable to them if they went to the country on this bill may very fairly be doubted. There would be cheers at the hustings, and cries for this and that reduction of the franchise, but the evil of an unreformed Parliament is one which helps to perpetuate itself, and the middle classes, whose poli tical rights were so hardly won in 1832, are now unwilling to share their power and influence with others. The enfranchised classes have the votes, the unenfranchised may agitate, but until the agita tion is strong and general it will not influence the return of members. The present House was returned with a flourish of trumpets for a great Reform campaign, whereas its members have gone over to the enemy, have fought inch by inch and step by step, by ambush and by countermine, to oppose and thwart the progress of Reform. This they have done, not as they might reasonably have done on the ground that the Government measure was poor, insufficient, and unsatisfactory, but on the plea that a £7 and £l4 franchise was too low, and they have tried on every pretext to place the limit higher. They may esteem themselves fortu nate if the next Reform Bill stops at £7 ; they will more likely have to accept £5 as " the plank be tween them and ruin." trian Government are wise they will not lose an hour in useless discussion which might be turned to so much greater profit elsewhere. It will add greatly to the difficulties hereafter if they do not at this juncture show themselves prepared, for so desperate arc the Prussians that they will stop short at nothing which promises to gain their ends. Such a crafty foe must be met with skill, and, above all, with speed, for we have of late had sad instances of the disasters that have ensued through the too tardy management of military affairs. Last night the long-expected papers relating to the Jamaica Commission were laid upon the table of the House of Commons by Mr. CARDWELL, and it certainly seems a fitting retribution that soon afterwards the Ministers should have sustained a defeat in the most exciting division of the Session. It must have been apparent to many for some time past that there was much needless delay in producing these papers ; and certainly the result of the inquiry does not at all indemnify Earl RUSSELL for the course he pursued towards Mr. EYRE, in deference to the requests made by the deputations and the indignation expressed at various public meetings. The result of the inquiry has exonerated Mr. EYRE from all the chief charges so indiscriminately brought against him, and the conclusions arrived at are contradictions in terms to the statements so pretentiously made by the Exeter-hall clique and their auxiliaries. The first conclusion is, that the disturbances in St. Thomas-in-the-East had their immediate origin in a planned resistance to law ful authority. Now this is exactly what has been all along denied by the party who took up this affair so strongly at the outset ; they doubted that there had been a rebellion at all, in defiance of all that was said to the contrary, and in spite of the positive proofs of eye-witnesses, the Commissioners consider that " praise is due to Governor EYRE for the skill, promptitude, and vigour which he manifested during the early stages of the insurrection, to the exercise of which quali ties its speedy termination is in a great measure to be attributed." This expression of opinion must be a great satisfaction to Mr. EYRE and his friends, especially after the unwarrantable representations that have been made by prejudiced persons. It is also stated that although the original de sign of rebellion was confined to a small por tion of the parish of St. Thomas-in-the-East, yet that the disorder spread with singular rapi dity, and so great was the state of excitement prevailing that had more than a " momentary suc cess" been obtained, the ultimate overthrow of the insurgents would have been attended by a still more fearful loss of life and property. The military and naval operations are considered to have been prompt and judicious. Martial law is said to have been continued too long, and the punishments inflicted are mentioned as excessive. No doubt some of the evidence which was produced before the Commis sioners recorded instances of cruelty and oppres sion ; but we question if, under the peculiar circum stances of the case, it was possible for the authorities to have prevented these sad events from occurring. It is not usual when a place has been under martial law to institute ao strict an inquiry into all the particulars of the transactions, but if it were many details would present themselves that would show the feeling of those dwelling among quiet and orderly civilians. It is stated by the Commissioners that some of the insurgents were actuated by feelings of hostility towards political and personal opponents, " while not, a few contem plated the attainment of their ends by the death or expulsion of the white inhabitants of the island." Now, is not this exactly the sum and substance of the reports made by Mr. EYRE respecting the state of affairs, both before and during the period of the outbreak? In fact, the more we consider the conduct of the Government in this affair the more blameable does it seem. They had no occa sion to jump at conclusions; there was no need for such unseemly haste ; all the inquiries relative to the conduct of the officials in the island could have been made in an effective manner without displac ing Mr. EYRE. Had this been the case there would have been no necessity for his retirement, which is now unavoidable. Had Lord PAL MERSTON been in office such a disgrace would have been spared the Ministry as now appertains to them of inflicting injuries on a valuable public ser vant, whu by his skill and promptitude has pre served to the British Crown an important part of its colonial possessions. If this is to be the reward of those who under circumstances of peculiar diffi culty display courage and exercise forethought, it bodes ill for our national credit and for the welfare of our vast colonial territories. Mr. CARDWELL makes a long tirade upon the subject generally, and concludes by inti mating that in the opinion of her MAJESTY'S Government they cannot advise the Crown to re instate Mr. EYRE, and by placing the new form of Government in new hands they will be doing their best to establish, on firm and solid grounds, the future welfare of Jamaica. This is a conspicuous instance of the illustration of the proverb, " One sows that the other may reap ;" for had it not been 'or the exertions of Mr. EYRE, Mr. CARDWELL The bill itself, as we have said from the first, is a partial measure, good so far as it goes, but not going far enough, or dealing with the question in a manner that is likely to settle it for this generation. If passed it could only be accepted as an instal ment. But from a Liberal Ministry, with a declared majority, we might reasonably have looked for a measure which should have enlisted the hearty sympathies of the public, which should have enrolled among its supporters every genuine Re former, which should have taken the temptation from the voter, while it enabled the candidate really to represent the constituency, which should have added tenfold to the power, the influence, and the dignity of Parliament, because it would render it in fact what it is in name, the reflection of the judgment, the intelligence, and the patriotism of the British people. Such a bill we have not had, but if the Government had had sufficient liberality to frame it, and courage to bring it forward, they might fearlessly have turned from Parliament to the people, from the disaffection of class legislators and partizans, to the approval and support of the community at large. This alterna tive now offers them but few attractions. What, then, will they do ? The question must virtually be answered by one man, for on Mr. GLADSTONE'S decision the whole issue rests. The Whigs, we know of old, will accept any alternative rather than abandon office ; but Mr. GLADSTONE be longs to a different order, and the doubt is, how far he may consider himself pledged by his too hasty declarations at the begin ning of the session. If Mr. GLADSTONE feels that he cannot with undoubted honour and fidelity to his word retain his office he will resign, and with him must go the whole RUSSELL Ministry, unless we are to have a repetition of the old play, " Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet omitted." His indivi dual exclusion from office cannot be long, but the Whigs collectively have had so long a trial of office, with so few results, that they can have no reason to complain if the country refuse again to trust their patriotic professions. Nothing of a decisive character has as yet taken taken place on the Continent. The Prussians still continue their course, and are hourly expected in Bohemia. The Austrians are holding back in a sur prising manner, and whatever their tactics may be, they are decidedly mistaken ones. The Prussians have now occupied Dresden, which is a position of great importance, and it is stated that they have cut off the communications of the Hanoverian army, and rendered its junction with the Austro-Federal Corps impossible. This is just what might have been expected from the absurd delays that have been taking place, and if the Austrians do not take care they will lose the advantages they might have gained from their superior numbers and the greater unanimity that prevails among their people. It is reported that an engagement has taken place between the Prussian Hussars and an Austrian corps at the extremity of Saxony. Hostilities have also commenced between the Prussians and the Federal army, in which the former gained the ad vantage and secured the railway. In view of all these active doings, the Austrian Cabinet seems to be making plans which take some time to carry out. It has summoned the Bavarian Government to unite with Austria in car rying on military preparations in Saxony, but how much better it would have been to have done this earlier. The Italians are stirring in all direc tions, and GARIBALDI left Como yesterday, to be followed by some troops. Perhaps by to-morrow we may hear of some great contest coming off be tmmwaoeyre e n bteh t the Prussians o nacme nattrcaht ifnogr and t their he rantagonists.fo r Austrians. ces in o T r d h lat ter may rf speed b e s c u o c u c ld ess, aff c or o d unt an 3T B IS MARC tuth there d o is s e n o his knowh es sure prospect of ultimate II t to secure the advantage ; ing how soon the tide of affairs may take a turn, and those lately so triumphant may be over whelmed with defeat. Prussia has great odds against her, and the fact that all the chief States of Ger many are adverse to her policy and resist her en croachments, might well have made her pause in her career. The Government of Berlin is, however, so infatuated that no discretion was to have been ex willbsuetttlreectohuervseexeido questions o t m h atth distract and Germanynothing war. The sooner the rapid advance of the Prussian troops is checked the better, and if the Aus- would not be now calmly and confidently planning what the new Governor is to do in the new order of things. Although he leaves the scene of his honourable labours, and is removed from the exercise of those duties he has dis charged so faithfully and so well, Mr. EYRE is not to be considered an object of pity; the praise due to fortitude and devotion is pre-eminently his, and the reproaches and calumnies heaped upon him recoil upon those who uttered them. In the opinion of those best qualified to judge of the in habitants of the island, he has been the means, under Providence, of rescuing them from certain destruction. So long as any of the white population remain on the island his name will live in their grateful recollection, and his memory will be handed down to their children as the preserver and defender of their lives and properties. Under this aspect of the affair, Mr. EYRE may bear his reverse of posi tion with calmness ; and, indeed, he has done more during his short stay in Jamaica than many who have been more than double that period in similar situations. It may be that the hours of the RUSSELL-GLADSTONE Ministry are numbered ; but, however long it remain in office, this mismanage ment of the Jamaica affair, this ill-treatment of an honoured public servant of the Crown, will remain an indelible stain on its annals, and be pointed at hereafter as an unworthy exercise of power to suit the prejudices of a class, and a most unwise act in weakening the authority of colonial military and naval officers in time of disturbance. TELLING CERTAINLY !—By an odd coincidence, on looking to the Tellers of the Opposition, it seems consonant with the fitness of things, to find that while the first is that of the Lord Dunkellin, the second is that of a Cave—one of the Caves of the House of Commons! Not the Cave of Adullam, however, but of Mr. Stephen Cave, the member for New Shoreham. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will take their benefit and make their last appear ance this season to-morrow evening, when will be per formed " The Merchant of Venice," and the comedy of " The Jealous Wife." The parts of Shylock and Portia in the former play, and those of Mr. Oakley and Mrs. Oakley in the latter will be respectively sustained by Mr.:and Mrs. Kean. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. LATEST INTELLIG""vtiT, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, Monday Evening. It is still uncertain whether the Chambers will be able to get through the business before them, or whether there will be a prolongation of their labours. The Government is still desirous to pass the law for the abolition of debt this session ; and a well-in formed paper alludes to the possibility of this being done, but I hear in a Ministerial quarter that the Government begins to abandon the hope of effecting this object. There is nothing else of par ti'ular importance before the Chamber. The Emperor has again postponed his journey to Vichy, and as no day is now fixed for his departure it perhaps will not take place until some arrangement be made as to the termina tion of the session. Indeed it is now certain that the Emperor will forego his visits to some of the provinces in which he proposed to make a short stay. The war demonstrations have caused similar changes in regard to the departure of Prince Jerome Napoleon from Paris. It was, I believe, his inten tion to return for a short time to Italy. Subse quently it was stated, almost officially, that the Prince and his family had made arrangements to stop at their country chateau at Meudon until the autumn. On the contrary, a Havre paper, re ceived to-day in Paris, states that apartments have been ordered for the Prince at the chief hotel in that town, and that probably his Imperial High ness would shortly embark from that part on another voyage. An immense number of applications have been made to the Minister of the Interior for permission to erect establishments for amusements or for spec tacles in the vicinity of the Great Exhibition. One speculator asks to be allowed to erect upon the Seine, extending from the Place de la Concorde to the Pont des Invalides, a vast temporary establish ment for balls, concerts, Olympic games, dramatic representations, and pantomimes. It is to include a restaurant, café, and library. This speculator is said to be backed by an English Company. It is proposed that the building shall accommodate no less than 30,000 persons. The wintry weather yesterday had a sensible effect on the Fontainbleau races. The attendance was but scanty. The racing, however, was good and interesting. An account of it follows : Second prize of the Society for the Encourage ment and Improvement of Horse Breeding in France. 2,000 f. Alexandra (Jones) 1 Coresia (Weber) 2 Belisaire (C. Pratt) 3 L'Express 1,500 f., given by the Mediterranean Railway Company for entire horses and mares of three-yrs-old and upwards. Monitor (Spreoty) 1 Vltime (A. Watkins) 2 Canotiere (Kitchener) 3 The cup given by the Emperor, and 5,000 f. in money given by the Administration des Haras. Matamore (C. Pratt) 1 Auguste (G. Pratt) 2 Fumee (A. Watkins) 3 Amount of prize, 5,350 f. Prize of Fontainebleau (Handicap), 5,000 f., given by the town of Fontainebleau for entire horses and mares 3 yrs old and upwards Count Lagrange's La Favorite Colect-Monte (Parr) 2 Pauline (Haves) 3 The betting was 12 to 1 agst the winner, La Favorite. The second horse won 500 f. Prix de l'lmperatrice (Steeplechase Handicap), 2,500 f., given by the Emperor for entire horses and mares. Astrolabe (Cassidy) 1 Betty (Esley) 2 Katinka The betting was 4 to 1 agst Astrolabe, the win ner. Amount of the prize, 3,725 f. ; 200 f. to the THE WAR CRISIS. DECLARATION OF WAR BETWEEN ITALY AND AUSTRIA. FLORENCE, June 19. The Italian Government formally declared war against Austria yesterday. This is official. The Italian Ministry has been definitively re organised under Baron Ricasoli. The persons attached to the King's household have left Florence in order to join his Majesty at the camp. second horse. A frightful crime committed at midday, in the commune of Montey, in the department of the North, has excited general indignation in that part of the country. A girl, not 15 years old, while working in the fields, was subjected to atrocious violence by a man named Fosse, and on her calling out for assistance he murdered her by stabbing her with a knife. He has been arrested. The assassin is a man of bad antecedents, and has already been in prison for robbery. The Academy of Moral and Political Science, in its sitting of Saturday, met to decide upon the competition for the prize for the best essay upon the management of the Finances. It did not award any prize, but under the title of encouragement it granted a medal worth I,ooof to the Memoir No. 2, with this epigraph: "—" In the present constitution of society, it is with the administration of the finances that all parts of the Government should be connected and made subservient." The Academy also awarded a prize of 500 f. to the Memoir No. 1, with this motto—" My liberty and my greatness, said a king of France, consists in my being so bound that I cannot do any evil." The trial for the frightful murders on board the Fcederts Arca will commence at Brest to-morrow. The prisoners are eight in number. M. Mery, of the Academie Francaise, a man of great literary attainments, died yesterday, after great suffering. The Bourse is still in an excited state. The Reute opened at 621. 55c., and closed at 62f. 50c. The Italian 5 per Cents. declined to 37f. 15c. The papers from the north of Germany did not reach Paris to-day. In their absence sinister re ports multiply. According to the Italian paper L' Italie, war was to commence in Italy on the 21st. Victor Emmanuel was to leave Florence to-day to join the army. Prince Charles of Bavaria, who is appointed Generalissimo of the Federal army, is 71 years old. The Senate yesterday evening almost unani mously rejected the bill imposing a tax upon Italian Rente. Telegraphic communication with Venetia is in terrupted. DECLARATION OF WAR BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. BERLIN, June 19. Prussia formally declared war against Austria yesterday. FRANKFORT- ON-THE- MAINE, June 19. From 30,000 to 40,000 Federal troops are as sembled before this city. PARIS, June 19. The Moniteur of this morning confirms the intel ligence that Prussia only yesterday declared war against Austria. He is the son of the Elector Maximilian of Bavaria, who, was made King in 1806 by the Emperor Napoleon. Nevertheless his first campaign was against France. VIENNA, June 18. The Neue Freie Presee of to-day publishes a rumour that the Emperor will invite the German Princes who have remained faithful to the Confede ration to assemble in Vienna for the purpose of discussing questions referring to the Federal Con stitution. LEIPSIC, June 18. The Austrian Consul-General, Herr von Gruner, has left this city, and the British Consul, Mr. J. A. Crowe, has undertaken to represent the commercial interests ofAustria. REICTIENBERG, June 18. A slight encounter took place yesterday between some Austrian and Prussian cavalry on the road to Rumburg, and close to the frontier. The Prussians retreated. Marienthal, Ostritz, and Leuba are occupied by two Prussian regiments of infantry and one of hussars, and Bernstadt by two regiments of cavalry. The Prussians are also close to the frontier, near Wurzelsdorf, and they are hourly expected to ad- vance into Bohemia. The Prussians have not taken possession of Zittau, but have placed a strong garrison with 12 pieces of artillery in the town of Bautzen. FLORENCE, June 19. The Nazione of to-day publishes letters from Rome stating that Cardinal Antonelli has resigned, and that it was believed he would be succeeded by Cardinal Allied. Signor Chepretis has accepted the portfolio of Marine, and Signor Cordova that of Commerce. Signor Gospeilo has been elected mqinber of the Chamber of Deputies for Valenza, and Signor Car dona for Pontremoli. PRUSSIAN PROCLAMATION TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE. BERLIN, June 16. The following proclamation has been issued by the Prussian Government to the German people : " After the Germanic Confederation hasdisplayed and promoted for half a century not the unity but the disunion of Germany, has thereby long since lost the confidence of the nation, and been regarded by foreign nations as a guarantee for the con tinuance of German weakness and want of strength, it was to have been misapplied in the last few days to calling Germany under arms against a member of the Confederation, which had taken the first decisive step for the satisfaction of the national demands by proposing the convocation of a German Parliament, all support, all ground, even all plausible pretext, is wanting in the Federal Consti tution for the war aroused by Austria against Prussia. " By the resolution of June 14, in which the ma jority of the members of the Confederation deter mined to arm for war against Prussia, the breach of the Confederation is completed, and the ancient Federal relations are torn asunder. Nothing re mains but the basis of the Confederation—the living unity of the German nation; and it is the duty of the Governments and of the people to give new expression, instinct with life and power, to that unity. " Upon Prussia is incumbent therewith the duty of defence of her independence, threatened by that resolution and the armaments of her opponents. While the Prussian people exerts its entire strength for the fulfilment of that duty, it at the same time displays the determination to take up the defence of the national development of Germany, hitherto for cibly obstructed inindividual interests. In this sense, immediately after the dissolution of theConfederatiou, Prussia offered the Governments a new union upon the simple terms of mutual protection and partici pation in the national efforts. She required nothing but security for peace, and for that purpose the im mediate convocation of the Parliament. " Her hopes for the fulfiment of this just and moderate demand have been deceived. The offer of Prussia is rejected, and she has thereby been com pelled to proceed in accordance with the duty of sell-preservation. At such a moment sha cannot suffer enemies or doubtful friends upon and between her frontiers. While the Prussian troops cross the frontiers, they do not come as enemies of the population, whose independence Prussia respects, and with whose re presentatives she hopes to deliberate in the German National Assembly upon the future fortunes of the German fatherland. " May the German people, looking towards this lofty aim, meet Prussia with confidence, and assist to promote and secure the peaceful development of the common country." The above proclamation is to be distributed by the Prussian troops in the German territories into which they will advance. PESTH, JUNE 19. The Deputation upon the affairs common to Hungary and Croatia have agreed upon the follow ing basis of an union between the two provinces : Croatia maintains her autonomy, but in questions relative to the other provinces of the Empire she forms one common state body with Hungary. ROM E . ROME, JUNE 18. A Papal edict has been issued ordering the estab lishment of a new Pontifical currency on the deci mal system. The shops of the Exchange agents are abolished, and the Bank of Rome is ordered to give change in silver to the amount of six thousand crowns daily until further orders. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 18, Evening In the Committee of the Senate, on the bill for granting the Government extraordinary powers, Senor Bravo Murillo declared that it would be bet- HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sunday. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise alla Princess Beatrice, went out yesterday morning• Iu the afternoon her Majesty drove out, accol panied by Princess Helena. Prince Leopold went out driving. The Rev. Dr. M'Leod arrived at the Castle, an d had the honour of dining with her Majesty. THE GOVERNMENT DEFEAT. The defeat of the Government last night on the amendment of Lord Dunkeilin has occasioned great gossip in political circles. The question generally asked is, " What do the Government intend to do ?' but until the meeting of the house this evening,. nothing, of course, can be known on the subject. The rumour, however, that is most prevalent to-day is, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will alone tender his resignation to the Queen, which will not be accepted, and then the bill, which has occasioned so much discussion, will be withdrawn for the Ses sion ; at the termination of which a dissolution will take place in order to test the feeling of the country on the question of Reform. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE AT LONDON-BRIDGE. I —Faun LIVES LOST.—A tally lamentable occurrence, in volving the loss of sour lives, happened on the river, near London-bridge, shortly before 10 o'clock on Sunday night. It appeared that a party of seven persons, comprising three men, three young women, and a lad, living at Rotherhithe, were returning down the river in a row-boat from Kew. The boat was in charge of a person who it is stated has just finished his time as a waterman, but is now engaged as a bar man. The tide was running down very fast, which may account for the men not having greater control over the boat. As slae was proceeding through the second arch from the City side of London-bridge, the Eagle, Ramsgate steamer, which had just landed her passengers at Fresh wharf, was observed swinging round with the tide, in order to take up her berth in the Pool. The men in the steamer hailed the boat, but the occupants could do nothing appa rently to avert the collision. The females became alarmed and stood up, and in a minute or so the boat was swept against the bow of the steamer, and instantly capsized. The screams of the young women, who all perished, are de scribed to have been truly heartrending. Ropes and life buoys were thrown from the steamer, but unhappily the three females—aged respectively 19, 18, and 17—and a man —who has left a widow and a family of eight children— , were drowned. The three survivors succeeded in getting hold of the ropes and were got on board the steamer. Ono of the young women grasped the lifebuoy, and just as a boat -was nearing her the poor girl was sucked under a barge, and no more was seen of her. The body of one of the females, a Miss Sowell, has been picked up. Another of the females was named D 99.0013, whoso father is 6 trades man in Rothorhitlio. ter for the State to suspend payment than to con tract foreign loans. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 18.—Two o'Clock.—The demands for " discounts " would at length appear ihnosi , ex hausted, the sums to-day being comparatively un important, and comprising the following, viz.:- 72,000 f. Three per Cents., 95,000 f. Italian Fives, 1,275 Credit Mobilier Shares, with other insignifi cant amounts. Very little business is being trans acted in the market, and quotations have experi enced a further decline. Threes, for the Account, show a decline of 7ic., at 62f. 55c. Italian Fives, after falling to 36f. 90c., are now quoted at 37f. 25c., or 30c. less than Saturday's closing price. Credit Mobilier Shares lose 2f. 55c., at 473 f. 75c• Mexican Bonds show a recovery of 10f., and are in tolerably active demand at 150 f. A fall of I per cent. is telegraphed on English Consols. In the Railway Department lower quotations are current, Northern Shares having receded 10f., to 1,050 f. ; Lyons 3f. 75c., to 777 f. 50c. ; Austrian 6f. 25c., to 277 f. 50c. ; and Lombard 3f. 75c., to 262 f. 50c. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows : 44 per Cents 92 25 Bank Shares 3440 Do. end month — Italian Loan 37 45 r , 3 per Cents. 62 65 Do end month 37 2 " Do. end month 62 474 Mexican Loan ___ .-- Credit Mobilier ... 475 I Do. Bonds l6O --- Do. end month 470 Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1100 Spanish Threes — Home Debt — Deferred VATS. For Account 782 50 Orleans Northern lO5O Lyons and Mediterranean.. 775 Southern 5lO - - Western — -- Eastern 486 25 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona.. Roman . 280 - 261 25 80 - 105 - 6 1 111 ,CH_ %IVAN ie CONCERTS PAST AND TO COME• Last Monday Miss Agnes Zimmermann gave he r third and last Pianoforte Recital for the seaso n,. Though " last" it was not " least ;" on the con trary, it was full of interest, as may be seen by th e summary we give of the programme :—Fantasia '4 it,ll D, Bach ; Rondo, A minor, Mozart; Fugu e, minor, Handel ; Rondo Piacevole, Sterndale Ben nett ; Polonaise in A, Chopin ; and—which W as the piece de resistance of the [morning—a new Sena?: by G. A. Macfarren, composed expressly for O s : Zimmermann, and performed by her for the firs" time. This is not the place to dilate upon the merits of so well-known a maestro as Mr. Madarrell' whose success in many other lines of composi ti . ° l : has made his name conspicuous among our E n g bs artists—our Bennetts, Benedicts, Moliques, B ` e. suffice it to say that the new sonata was worthy °L a his fame, and that its beauties were interpreted most worthily by the fair performer. We trust , may speedily be published. ut Alluding once more to Miss Zimmermann, it is justice to add that her three " Recitals" have been, 1 % amongst the greatest treats this season has afforde.:" to the lovers of classical pianoforte music , and , bid her farewell with the best wishes for her Nur success. We have omitted to mention that the pre' sent recital was enriched by four charming soma the vocalist being Miss Julia Elton, a young 39 very nice singer. Mr. Walter MacFarren, vi h° conducted on this occasion, gave recently some ve ry interesting pianoforte performances of his 0 0 3 illis's Rooms. A considerable number of the lovers of classical vocal music were attracted to the performance 00 Friday evening of Cherubini's magnificent Bequiel; in C minor. This was undertaken by the ``eci.c; cordia," a new musical society, the object of w h ip g is to give the public an opportunity of lleg ic or works of the great masters, hitherto 80 4 ° 1 _, never performed. It is well known that °re Sacred Harmonic and other choral societies 1:;), only a limited round of compositions whi ch t so perform year after year, while there is an in' of quantity of equally fine music they never think. proposes to remedy this defect, does bringing forward. A society like the present, a s pirit; thing, and deserves every support. The perforinario, took place at the Hanover-square Rooms, and , c 0„• sidering that it was the society's first public 3,, pearance, its members may fairly be congrattilai,"ie on the progress they have made under the direction of their conductor, Mr. Volckmau ll ' 5 a course, in the performance of such a NV orl n h u o n f d to e h r ne, nwhuiocsucl insteadbies dsuivniogdf.e " Requiem," allowance must be made for the c ' b, the d et other mps arnti coe straight sn lessons, &c., if not by a sermon, and this wilds ll ' ic h much to remove that feeling of monotony I : ) . ec t, music of this kind, especially on so grave 3 is apt to produce. The accessories, too, 43f a ., fl ea quiem" in a large church, or cathedral, 1%001 following 1:0;7i i v l c .t q l 7e: e c r i hardly be said, count for a good deal in the e ' impression made by the musi and a fine 111° ' c. e t g t of Besides the " Requiem" of Mozart's—a second part was added, consis t ' p olls secular music—the chief features being,,s;oich grand choruses from Mozart's " Idol:one °, d p ro' were given with great accuracy and power, an inter' duced an immense effect. This part wa s als° spersed, as is usual, with some solos and Cillets:l Dlr former were taken by Miss Annie Co x 330 and Newton, the latter by Madame De v e ` © duct Miss Alice Clinton, who sung a most effectiv llY sr by Berger, in which they were. enthusiastica_ toe plauded, and recalled. We shall h o pe to liel l . r , tec it o ladies again. The concert, we had almost oinl_'4oo say, included HuMmel's Concerto in C, part being well sustained by Mr. Alfred of NATURAL SHERRY. —A large ass ortme a rl C 0,9 samples of what Messrs. H. R. Williams of Crosby Hall, Bishops ate, terra "Natural Siler'.4ot recently been submitted fb us. These profess to c u ss is 0 0 Sherries which have not been fortified with spir it " f os idiog case with most wines of this class. The practice of spirit is highly objectionable- first, because it gr , n os ; pairs the flavour of really good and superior a or a!o s. second, because it renders them unwholesome I)Yropertiesa ing digestion and increasing their intoxicatiq P re st 0 , n tP We have examined these wines with mtO most pt , " Do do considerable care. They belong for the io y o f class of dry or Amontillado Sherries, and t he Y. t the fl r° ol scribed as light, clean, and mild wines, w.ithooa,su r 0 lit the brandied wines, and remarkably devoid I nst 00 6 % 0 free acid. They are amongst the nicest and 01 , 05 ,, of ',. eo wines that we have tasted for a long time.. P n d in", the samples are marked at moderate prices, a ence t we should feel disposed to give the Prefer rjhe cheaper kinds.—Lancet. 's' REPORT OF THE JAMAICA COMMISSI corc ol to long-looked-for report of the Janlaie_,,jou 0ei5..17, sioners has been published at last. Tao d i c s ; nec i aistu'o by the commissioners is that there was a jadg ra , o r ace by the negroes ; that Mr Eyre acteaconv tinne d io ss of oo in putting it down; that martial law measures of r A eP :t e e 31r ; than was necessary; and that the weas hrous• to O s were unnecessarily severe and often barov.dence Gordon's case, they think there was no lwhich wario't the charge made against him, and upon e port • h th damned to death. Along with the r ln vible ig S tOrkS7 Eyr e ,r despatch from Mr. Cardwell to Sir ki. r finding of the commissioners is aPP: g/ .. Gorde P ner tffi' censured for his conduct in reference ill grantivglstit,,te ful H. Storks is warned to be very care d ord ere - - o f v on t e ri cates under the Indemnity Act, an &ailitY °' dister b who w er sbp.onof t he dyis ofe proceedings against those • the tanks s cruelty and robbery durin,, it w ill De ~.0 0 antes. Finally, Mr. Cardwell hould not roo on all grounds that Mr. Eyre s governorship of the island. ORISON 'S WIIO 8 TOUR DOCTOR ?