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G LT:NI E delivers t'e T.AI E EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40 ' • Eithu.o, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7 . 30 ; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 8.45. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." _IL .1. 1101,31(ES begs to inform his friends, and the pubic E generally. that he supplies tha LATsT EDITU )N 03 " THE SUN" as soon as published—`o. 16, liampsteact road. N.W. THE LAST EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied as soon as Published. containing ail the LA FEST NEWS and S2OB.TING INTELLIGENCE, tiy 11. W. II AIM IS, Ne spaper Agent, 4, Blackiriars-road, London. S. PORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the v 7 I.AI:I , ST EDITION of " II SUN" as soon as pub lishcd.-1, Bath-strcet, City-road, E.C. JIHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by . ALEXANDER, (late BROWCS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 18G6. 'ln both Houses last evening the question of bribery and corruption at elections came on the tapis. In the Lords it was introduced by the Pre mier himself, who moved an address to the Crown for a commission to in q uire into the corrupt prac tices at the last election for Lancaster ; and, in so doing, referred to Lord GREY'S proposed motion for a general inquiry into the whole subject: Lord RUSSELL intimated that he thought the House of Commons was less active than it should be in cases of electoral corruption, but he there h e ld been at the late election a good deal of expense, and he feared corrupt expense, incurred. He appeared to regret that the vigorous measures applied to Sud bury and St. Albans were not oftener tried, though, by his own confession, the example of their punish ment does not seem to have been very efficacious in deterring others. Lord GnEY, in opposing Earl RUSSELL'S motion, spoke with his usual straight.. forward ability. It was, he said, from no indiffer ence on his part to the increasing corruption at elections that he refused to support the motion, but fro m his conviction that the means proposed were quite ineffective. He had in his hand statistics of all the inquiries held under the new act, and he cited the opinion of gentlemen of knowled ge and experience that they were wor se than useless. In many instances they led to an amount of perjury which was highly demoralising. They established a fact that every one knew--that bribery existed-1, but they v were at a loss to suggest any remedy. Lord GREY the system of punishm li t e 5' sensibly urged that by disfranchising the guilty towns was perfectly useless. Could they, he asked, disfranchise a large and im portant town bke t__liibrifl;_;e, a considerable portlikeYarmouth, Yct if they could not a place like Lancaster ? apply the remedy in such instances were they to th a t they w ould inquire into the cases of say both large and small towns, and that where bribery was own should get off scot free and proved the large t " I the little town be disfranchised f Parliamenv , said his Lordship, " really wished to put down bribery, it was time they gave ILP these special in quiries into the delinquencies of particular towns, which differed from other towns only in the acci dent of being found out ?" The worst cases, as everybody knows, are not made public. Where the losing party has been equally guilty with the winner he has no object in petitioning. The whole question is a difficult one to deal with, that is to say, so long as all parties refuse to cut the Gordian knot by adopt ing the Ballot. The noble lords and ll.P.'s who regard it as so dangerous and worse than useless in borough elections know very well its value in securing independent voting , or they would. not employ it in their clubs. Bribery could scarcely be employed to effect an entrance into the Reform or the Carlton, but the ballot saves members the awkwardness of giving offence, and the unpleasant ness of refusing to vote for an acquaintance or a friend's friend. Why should they wish to subject men of a lower rank to an unpleasant alternative from which they themselves shrink? Lord GREY'S very able and searching speech showed a fear of the difficulties with which the ques tion is beset. The charitable institutions of a town and municipal elections are both channels for bribery. Lord GREY mentioned a few of the common prac- tices by which the open accusation of bribery are avoided, while cprruption is extensively practised. Houses are let to electors far below their value on the understanding that the tenants must vote with the landlord. Working men complain of the loss of time in voting, and the compensation for this loss grows into bribery. One member gave annually £6OO a year for " maintaining his interest in the borough," and yet he could declare with truth that he had not • paid a shilling illegally for his election. Again, solicitors who practise as agents often in the intervals between elections get small electors into their power by ad vancing money as loans ; and then, when. the elec tion comes, they sell their interest wholesale to a wealthy candidate under the form of a bill for agency. it is quite evident that no partial or isolated inquiries into individual cases will meet the evil, and Earl GREY had reason on his side when he moved for the substitution of a general inquiry. Tho Earl of DERBY, in the course of a few re marks, expressed his conviction that the present sys tem of committees was perfectly useless, and he suggested that the debate should be adjourned for ten days—a proposal which was subsequently agreed to, and during that interval we hope the noble lord at the head of the Government, who is no doubt sincerely anxious to effect some reform, will reconsider the whole question, and adopt the only effectual remedy. In the House of Commons the chief speech, on the question was made by Mr. OSBORNE, whose sharp words and telling sente nces mus t have made some hon. members wince. His remarks were met by continual laughter ; but he soon made it evident ,hat it was not his intention to jest at the matter. Ile did not scruple to lift the veil which screens party manoeuvres, and to show how election petitions were " paired off" behind the Speaker's chair ; how men were rewarded with peerages for liberal subscriptions to the general party fund which goes to encourage bribery ; how one man gives £2,000 a year to local institutions, and an other pays nearly £25,000 for his election ; how the tribunals before which these affairs are discussed are not really com petent to deal with them. Mr. OSBORNE, with just indignation, exclaimed, " These things lower the moral tone of the country ; we laugh at them in our private capacities, although we pull long faces and make long speeches in our judicial capacities. Only make it infamous to bribe, and the poor man will be slow to take a bribe ; but until the example is set in high places you cannot expect that the poor man will fail to renovate his pocket at your ex pense." The sincerity of rich and poor is much alike in this matter. All denounce bribery, but all laugh at it. Let the upper ten thousand prove their sincerity by adopting the Ballot, and the poor man will soon show that he is no more corrupt than they. Austria has accepted the invitation to join the Paris Conference, and so has Italy, but conditionally only; she cannot put down her armaments, but con sents to make no attack during the period of the Conference. Official intelligence states that the armed Powers have resolved to let their military establishments remain in static quo ; therefore, for the present, strategic movements are suspended. It is believed that the negotiations concerning the period of the Conference will take four days ; and that after the questions of the Elbe Duchies and the Federal Reform have been discussed the Vene tian question will be treated of. In Berlin, how ever, it is declared that the matter of the Reform of the Federal Constitution will not be touched at all, and that the Diet is merely represented at the Conference because the Germanic Confederation might be indirectly affected by the subjects treated of. The jealousy of the Berlin Government is ex treme in all such cases, and they evidently wish to monopolise this question to themselves, so that they may take the credit of the affair to themselves and appear as the regenerators of Germany. If the Con ference is to be a fact, and not a farce, if it.is really and truly to show something for its work, we can not see why the subject of Federal Reform should be put aside altogether in this fashion. A Bavarian Minister is to represent the Diet at the Conference, but the opening is not to be delayed on his account. The very awkward subject of " territorial com pensation" is now openly discussed, but none of the plans seem to be propitious so far as we can judge. Austria is to receive in exchange for Venetia a por tion of the provinces of Bosnia and the Herzegovinia ; Italy to obtain the said provinces from the Turkish Government; and for her share of the Elbe Duchies Austria is to have a part of the Rhine provinces. The Germanic Confederation is to be compensated for the detachment of Limburg by the incorporation of the German part of Schleswig ; llolland to un dertake to indemnify the Diet for the Federal ser vices hitherto rendered to Limburg. g l e a m e e it n , n ta can n hardly d be e Allowing all t f h a is cto t r o y taarkrean place, certainlyathlleedmaoreaaltisof the story is not a good one. 'Why is it necessary that Prussia, Austria, and Italy should receive territorial compensation any more than England, France, or Russia? Perhaps by this time next year th e y will want more worlds to conquer, and the peace of Europe will be again disturbed by these unseemly desires of aggrandisement. It would be better for the arbitrating parties to impress upon the conflicting parties that their best safety would be in following the rules of honesty and fair play. The truth is that too much latitude has been al lowed to the German Powers throughout the last few years, and their insufferable arrogance and pretensions have been almost too much el i tto endure, but now they have really reached a The Paris journals are, for the most part, very doubtful as to the success of the Conference tc be course, rs e, in held th ere . Whatever be the cause ass i g ned b y the different writers, the effect of their a r g uments is always the same, and this looks ominous , f or, of u France a clearer insight can be obta ined into the politics of Germany than we can hope for here. It is curious to notice the several reasons aosfsigtnhe ed buyndtehrtealzigt7s for the probable failure Op s t r a e t s e e s n that v e t s h e t o di t ff a e k r e e The a ale their nt Powers will send their re p In other terms," it is tersely t said,s at : iloz ready to take Ven e ti a , A ustria to a ‘ n Italyne annex Silesia, i qui t e and Prussia to centralis e th e Duchies of the Elbe." Ele he l tab i l: ( . 16° :: How true is this definition of the state of things, and how aptly does the French writer describe the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1866. greed that pervades all parties. The day when the offerings are notified in the Conference all may go smoothly, but not so when the period arrives for compensation. We quite agree with the French journalist that it will be a hard task to induce any of the conflicting Powers to give up any part of their present possessions. Thu will find out how precious the places are when asked to give them up, although their present possession does not seem to insure content. According to the Opinione Silesia will be a very fruitful source of dispute. Austria will earnestly desire to secure it as a compensation, and on the other hand Prussia will as earnestly seek to retain it. The Epoque declares that great fear may even be entertained lest "in the midst of such military effervescence as that which now exists the meeting will be too late, and that the struggle may commence at the moment when the Foreign Ministers are to assemble at Paris." Thereupon measures of precaution are advocated, and not without reason. We have always considered that one bona- fide offer of dis armament would be worth a dozen Conferences in the way of peace, and contain a better prospect and a surer earnest for the future. If the deliberations in Paris terminate successfully, all these military manoeuvres and warlike preparations will amount to nothing, so that there should be no objection to be kept in abeyance, for the present at any rate. The Constitutionnel thinks that things may turn out better than some expect in the long run, and adduces one argument in favour of a happy result being attained —namely, that there is no conquered party at the Conference, all meet on equal terms, and may be fairly supposed ready to concede to the just request of the mediating Powers. This may be true in part, but at the same time no one can deny that great difficulties are in the way of a satisfactory settle ment, and that innumerable prejudices start up on every side to confront those who seek to settle things in a difficult manner. All we can do is to wait in patience, and to hope that the various parties will show more moderation than they generally do in such cases, for much as Prussia desires a war, many innocent people would suffer for her crimes. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The Journal des Debuts has an article to-day, in which it is argued that Austria would not have re ceived an invitation to attend to the suggestions of the Conference if it had not been known that she was disposed to give them favourable consideration. On the other hand, however, the Austrian Gazette received to-day iu Paris gives but rather faint hopes that Austria will make concessions. "The meeting of the Congress may be considered as certain, and it would be premature to deny that there is hope that success may attend the object of it. The chances of success are not very great, but there is no reason to repudiate them entirely. The invitation of the Powers has not yet (May 25) been received at Vienna. If the Austrian Government should take part in the Congress, it will not be without being first convinced that it can do £5O with out prejudice to the honour and interest of the country. The position Austria will occupy at the Congress is simple. It will not join it to impose conditions with bayonets, nor to accept proposals which the Powers would make to her under the pressure of an army. Austria presents herself be fore Europe to discuss and accept proposals made to her, ready to hold out her hand if a just and honourable transaction be offered to her, but also resolutely determined not to agree to anything which is not just. From the moment that Europe proposes to assume the character of mediator, it is for her to offer means likely to give it success in that character. Austria has no proposals to make. She has only to receive and examine the propositions offered to her." The Congress is of course the great card of the day, and rumours of the most contradictory kind respecting it abound. Such is the paucity of facts, however, that some of the papers devote considerable space to learned expla nations of the difference between a Congress and a Conference. The real distinction between the two words—difference there is not much—is that a Con ference is a meeting to agree upon the form of certain proposals, and a Congress is an assembly to decide upon proposals made. It would, perhaps, puzzle a conjuror to say whether the ensuing meet ing at Paris will be a Congress or a Conference. It will, I think, under the above definition begin as the latter and end as the former. far as Yesterdayheat summerwascon eer n beganconcerned. I the It wa Fahrenheit's thermometer rose to nearly 90. This again in at ten l s e e a , st ans. so morning the heat continued, and the air was heavy and oppressive. Towards three o'clock in the after noon there came a storm of thunder and lightning. The thunder was neither frequent nor loud, but the storm continued for more than an hour. The rain fell in great abundance at intervals, and indeed the showers had not subsided at post hour. The rain did not much cool the atmosphere. Aspc, the Toulouse murderer, although he did the innocent so fervently immediately after his conviction, has confessed that he committed the crime, and has divulged the secret of the spot where he concealed the poor woman's head after be cut it off. The jury will, no doubt, consider this information as another " extenuating circum stance" in his favour. Although so short a time has elapsed since the conviction of Cellier for the murder of the warder and a fellow prisoner in the House of Detention at Riome, another prisoner has wounded a fellow con ' vict in the prison. The prisoners in this division are employed as shoemakers, so that cutting instru ments have been always at command, but now that these murders have been committed, on the prin ciple of " shutting the stable-door when the steed is stolen," some precaution will perhaps be adopted to prevent such unpleasant occurrences in future. The iloniteur annouLces, but in its non-official part, that the three identical notes of France, England, and Russia inviting the representatives of Austria, Prussia, Italy, and the German Confede ration to a Conference, have arrived at their desti nation. On Thursday at La Marche the close of the Spring Steeplechases will take place. The races are for the Prix d'Ete, handicap (23 horses entered) ; Prix a Reclaimer (18 horses entered) ; Hacks Stakes (7 entered) ; a numerous attendance is expected to close the present season with eclat. A merchant of Strasburg came to Paris a day or two ago on urgent business. His wife was rather indisposed when he left home, but nothing serious was anticipated. He had hardly reached his hotel at Paris, however, when he received the following telegram :—" Wife died suddenly. Funeral to morrow. Hasten back. You will be in time if you return by the pleasure train." This real story would serve as a pendant to that related, perhaps, by Joe Miller. The mournful procession of the remains of a wife walked rather rapidly, when the husband whispered to the undertaker, " Don't be in a hurry. It's of no use to make a toil of a pleasure." The new hackney carriage regulations do not seem to be very much relished by the coachmen. One of the fraternity has been arrested for endea vouring to induce them to make another " strike." Some of the troops who are to form part of the camp at. C!ialons have left Paris for that place, and others are under immediate ord,2r3. The Constitutionnel states that the Spanish Minis ter for Foreign Affairs has sent a circular to the Spanish Ambassadors at the various Courts to enable them to defend and make explanations of the motives which induced the Spanish Government to order the bombardment of Valparaiso. A communication from St. Petersburg gives an account of a duel with cavalry sabres between M. Joseph Braga, pianist, brother of the well-known violoncellist Gaetano Braga, and a colonel of the Imperial Guard. The former is said to have dealt his antagonist such a terrible blow as almost to cleave his head in two. The cause of the dispute is not stated. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LITERATURE. Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden. By Margaret Howitt. Two vols. Jackson, Walford, and Hodder. This book will be right welcome to the friends and admirers of the great Swedish novelist, the gentle-hearted, noble-spirited, philanthropic Fred rika Bremer, whose valuable and venerable life came to a close on the last day of last December. As the translator, the very faithful and felicitous translator, of " The Neighbours," " The Home," " The Presi dent's Daughters," and others of those celebrated fictions, the name of Mary llowitt is, in this country at least, indissolubly associated with that of Fredrika Bremer. There was more than the common bond of author and translator to unite those gifted woman in their claims upon our grati tude and regard. Both were kindred spirits, both filled with a woman's true love and appreciation of Home, both earnest thinkers and zealous workers in the cause of Social Progress, both prompt to sympathise and eager to help with heart and hand in every work of benevolence, in every philanthropic reform. Fredrika Bremer was, indeed, happy in finding an English sister's heart so ready to respond to her noblest aspirations. The English reading public were, indeed, fortunate in finding an Eng lish voice so well qualified to give utterance to the inspirations of the gifted Swedish celebrant of Home. The volumes now before us, introduced by some kindly words of Mary Howitt's, are the work of another owner of a name honoured in English literature, Margaret (as we are led to suppose), the daughter, apparently the worthy daughter, of 'William and Mary Howitt. If we are mistaken in regard to the exact relationship, Margaret Howitt is evidently endowed with kindred sympathies, and is well worthy to follow in the footsteps of Mary Howitt and Fredrika Bremer. The records of these volumes, which refer to a happy twelve month passed with the kindly-hearted Tante Fredrika (as by an affectionate Swedish custom the old lady liked to be called) possesi an especial in terest now that the grave has closed over the be loved hostess. " The intercourse of the writer (says Mrs. Howitt in the introduction) with her venerated friend was of too intimate a character to have permitted her to make its details known dur ing her lifetime. But now the sacredness and solemnity of death having separated the past from the present, the familiar and affectionate interest of a whole year, and the tender friendship which con tinued between the two to the last, have rendered it rather a duty than otherwise for her to contribute her share towards a more full biography, and to do honour to some of those admirable men and women of Sweden who have made, and are making, this northern land both philanthropically and intellectu ally great." Very faithfully and very gracefully has the young writer performed her task. Her observations, written in the form of a diary, convey to the reader's mind a very pleasing picture of Swedish manners and customs in general, and the home life of Fredrika Bremer in particular. " Miss Bremer's home life," says Mrs. Howitt, " appeared to her young inmate as singularly perfect, in so far that it was governed by one prevailing sentiment, that of undeviating love." Little instances of this loving spirit, evinced in the most unobtrusive manner, abound throughout the narrative. The pictures of Swedish life are singularly graphic. Margaret Howitt is evidently a keen observer, and she gives pleasant evidence of this faculty in every page. Christmas doings in Sweden are genially described. The spirit of those festivities is (necessarily) akin to our English rejoicings, but the manner is very dis similar. Holly and mistletoe are unknown ; fir- trees and candles are the modes of decoration. " Tante Fredrika," writes her visitor, " gave to Magister Eneroth, as well as ourselves, a packet of candles. The milk-woman in the morning is also to receive candles. This is a custom Miss Bremer clings to. It is associated with her early life, when every old woman on her father's estate received a candle and a spiced bun-loaf at Christmas." The reason of the gift, which is identical with that of the Catholic Candlemas, is later on explained. On the Christmas morning the interior of the country churches is all a-blaze with myriads of candles, types of Christ, the True Light, shining in the dark land ; and it is in this beautiful sym bolism that Miss Bremer so strictly adheres to her gift of yule-candles." " Fredrika Bremer loved the light," says her friend and biographer, and the day on which, surrounded by her friends, she gently breathed her last, the last day of December was by a happy coincidence the very day for which in her text-book of " Golden Corn" she had (unknowing what that day should bring forth for herself) se lected the glorious words of the sacred writings, " There shall be no night there ; and they shall need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for ever." Full of years and honours, beloved and revered by all, Fredrika Bremer has passed away ; but many of her latest sayings and doings, her gentle loving words and useful, noble actions, are fortunately preseived, for our enjoyment and example, in these delightful records of the happy twelvemonth passed by Margaret Howitt with Fredrika Bremer. Prison Characters, Drawn from Life. With Sug gestions for Prison Government. By a Prison Matron, author of " Female Life in Prison." Two Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work hardly requires a recommendation. The numerous readers of " Female Life in Prison" will turn with eagerness to this continuation of those sad but interesting records, and those who have not happened to meet with the former book will now have an opportunity of acquainting them selves with a truthful description of a very im portant theme, depicted by one well qualified for the task. " Candidly," says the writer of " Female Life in Prison," when, speaking of the former work, "I did not anticipate my own success. I had set myself the task of writing for the thoughtful few. I did not look for a large public or antici pate that from the writing of my first two volumes would spring forth a host of friends and well wishers to bid God-speed me." The success of writer and work is not surprising, for the subject is one of vital interest and importance, and the writer is well qualified, both from practical expe rience and sound common sense, to describe and criticise what she has seen and known in her event ful life within the walls. Never were the secrets of the prison -house more candidly or charitably revealed, never were the trials and troubles of the prison officer, and the peculiarities and individuali ties of the prisoner more faithfully described. Had the hours of the prison-matron's duty been less and the tasks lighter, says the authoress, she would still have been on duty in the ward, studying " female life in prison," literally, and without a thought of presenting to the world the results of her studies. As it is, the public and the prisons also are the gainers. The warning should not, however, be disregarded in reference to other sister labourers in the field, whose onerous tasks may no doubt be curtailed with advan tage to themselves and to the service. Among the " characters" drawn from life that flit across these pages are many various inmates of the gloomy cells remarkable for their career and their conduct. The difficulty of enforcing obedience, especially in a female prison, seems almost insuperable. Varium a mutabile semper frmina, says the Poet, and even in prison this remark appears to be verified, " Seven years of temper in a palace would try the worst of you;" says Dr. Mar;gold, " but seven years of temper in a cart would try the best of you !" What, then, must be a temper in a prison ! "A woman at her worst," says this faithful chronicler of the frailties of her sex, " has no regard for consequences till the fit is over." " There is no rule in the world capable of exacting implicit obe dience from these untaught, destraught, jealous criminals." ►"hat can be done is no doubt being done, and as a help, an invaluable help in the right direction, these prison sketches by an eye-witness, these practical suggestions by a thoughtful observer are worthy of the highest consideration and regard. Earl Granville transacted business on Monday at the Council-office, and did not leave London for Paris, as was stated. THE WEST INDIES. SOUTHAMPTON, May 30. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Seine has arrived. She brings 308 passengers ; specie, 759,903 doll. ; precious stones, &c., £2,000 ; also 3,463 packages of cargo, chiefly cigars, cotton, bark, cocoa, ginger, coffee, and cochineal. The Seine left St. Thomas's on the 13th, and has had fine weather during her passage. The blockade of Valparaiso has been raised, and the Spanish squadron under Admiral Nunez is in the waters of Callao. A combat between the Spanish squadron and the Peruvian batteries de fending Callao is considered unavoidable. Admiral Nunez has declared that it is his intention to com mence operations against the fortifications on the Ist of June. He further announces that the port of Callao is declared to be blockaded, with six days' respite for neutral vessels to leave the port with their cargoes. Business at Valparaiso was exceedingly limited, being confined to the chartering of vessels. Great enthusiasm prevails in the army at Callao, and the result of the conflict with Spain is anxiously awaited. The Spanish fleet off Callao numbers 10 vessels, 275 guns. In Ecuador large gold mines have been discovered. Great enthusiasm prevails in the country on account of the war against Spain. In Guayaquil business is dull. At Valparaiso freights to England were quoted 70s. to 755. per ton - . Exchange on London, 47k. At Jamaica nothing important had occurred. Sir Henry Storks had issued a proclamation proroguing the Legislature until the 17th proximo. His Excellency was expected to leave the island next month, immediately after the arrival of his Excellency W. Rawson, Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas, who is commissioned to administer the Government of Jamaica for the present. Sir Henry Storks was about to proceed around the island in a war vessel on a tour of inspection. The result of the commission is anxiously looked for by the colonists. In the West India Islands health was generally good. The weather at Barbadoes was fine, and agricul tural pursuits were progressing. About two-thirds of the crop had been reaped. Native provisions were scarce and dear. At Granada the crop operations were being pushed forward. The weather was fine and the island healthy. _ _ . Cholerine prevailed at Martinique. The weather was dry and water scarce. The yield of canes was considered poor. An epizootic had broken out and committed great ravages among the cattle. Business at Jamaica quiet. Coffee scarce-48s. to 565. Sugar, sales 13s. to 17s. ; large quantity offered. Exchange, 90 days, 2 p.m. The Tasmanian arrived at St. Thomas on the 15th. The Turkish Bath Company (Limited). THE HAMMAM, 76, JERMYN-STREET. At the half-yearly meeting of the above com pany, which took place yesterday, at 2 p.m., the subjoined report was adopted nenz. con., and, as will be seen, a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum declared : " The directors are happy to announce that the returns of the Bath, which have been steadily on the increase during the past half-year, allow them to propose a divi dend of 8 per cent. per annum, amountirg to £854 17s. 6d. Plans are being prepared for rebuilding the houso as alluded to in the last half-year's report, which can be seen by shareholders on application to the secretary, but it is not deemed expedient to commence so important a work at once, or until the ful'est consideration has been bestowed on the best means of arrangement for the contemplated new building. The hall at the south side has been finished, and will probably be opened before the report is in the hands of the shareholders. Besides this important addition to the establishthent, the deficiency of space for the service of the bath, which has all along been so serious an incon venience, is in part supplied by a chamber and kitchen for the shampooers. These are placed under the new hall. Other modifications have been completed to facilitate at once the service and to meet the demands ensuing on the enlarged traffic. These changes and additions have con siderably increased the plant of the establishment, at a cost infinitely below its real value in reference to pecu niary returns. The directors deeply regret the loss the company have sustained in the death of the late Sir. John son, whose services since the opening of the bath have been so valuable." The Court of Aldermen and the Stock- Exchange. Yesterday at a meeting of the Court of Aldermen, held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor in the chair, the long-standing grievance felt by some of the mem bers of the Stock-Exchange against the regulation of the Court which requires a sworn broker of the city to give security, himself in £l,OOO and two sureties in £250 each, for the due and just execu tion of his office without fraud or collusion, and especially that he shall only actas a broker between party and party, and not as a principal, was again brought under consideration. It arose on the peti tion of Mr. Cunninghame Borthwick, of Gresham house, Old Broad-street, to be admitted a broker without finding the accustomed sureties, he being willing at the same time to enter into his own per sonal bond. The petitioner stated that he had for seven years and upwards been a member of the Stock-Exchange, and, believing himself to be duly qualified to act as a broker, had made the ordinary application to the Court to be ad mitted, accompanied by a certificate, of six honour able and respectable persons who had known him for a period varying between 15 and 6years, that he was a person of good and honest fame and reputa tion. The petitioner stated that he was one of a number of members of the Stock Exchange who conceived that the Court of Aldermen, in exercise of the powers vested in them to make regul a ti ons f or the honest and good behaviour of persons admitted as brokers, had no right to require them to find willing to enter i n to his sureties. He was, however, personal bond of £l,OOO for the due and joint exe cution for the office, and for the observance of all the rules and regulations of the Court respecting brokers. He desired, in conclusion, that the appli cation should be considered on its merits, and that "if they should consider it right for him to find sureties previous to his admission, they would give such directions as . might facilitate the trial of the legality of such requirement. The petition was presented by Alderman Sir R. Carden, who moved that it be referred to a committee. Mr. Alderman Sidney said it was a most extraordinary application to ask the Court, for the convenience of a single individual, to waive conditions which they had im posed on every sworn broker in the city of London for :generations. He was convinced, after many years' experience, that the Court had not only legal but moral rights on their side in the regulations they had long enforced, purely for the protection of the public, with regard to transactions of brokers and members of the Stock Exchange. It was no re flection on a man to ask him to find sureties ; but, constituted as society was in the city of London, it was not desirable to admita number of comparative strangers to be brokers without some security for the due and just fulfilment of the office. Mr. Alder man Rose bore testimony to the fact that when the subject was under the consideration of a committee of the House of Commons last year the committee unanimously reported that the jurisdiction of the Court of Aldermen over brokers was judicious and salutary and for the public benefit. Mr. Alderman Wilson said there were plenty of brokers rich enough to have tried this question if they had ever as a body regarded it as a grievance. The petition, in his judgment, was an insult to the Court, and he moved as an amendment that it be not entertained. The ameicdmeut was seconded by Alderman Sir John Musgrove. Mr. Alderman Waterlow submitted that it would be most unfair to the 1,200 or 1,500 sworn brokers of the city, from whom those securi: ties had been taken by the Court, acting on a power which they had exercised for 500 years, to forego them in the case of a single individual. Besides, the committee of the House of Commons had reported in effect that those securities were the only grounds on which the jurisdiction of the Court could be exer cised for the publicbenefit. In the end the amendment rejecting the petition was carried almost unanimously. wHo'o YOUR DOCTOR ?-34011150N'S }ILLS, tr k t\ -, --857 , a = , Court' eirobt HER MAJESTY. _ _. CLIVEDEN, May 29. 'lhe Queen went out yesterday morning, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out, accom panied by the Princess Helena, and attended by the Duchess of Athole. Prince Leopold went out driving. The Earl of Chesterfield is in a very precarious state of health. The noble earl was attacked with paralysis on Saturday, and the symptoms have been alarming. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the lib' nity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. John Baron Woclehouse , and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley, in the county of Norfolk.— Gazette. BEETHOVEN ROOMS.—Miss Amy Coyne, 3 daughter of Mr. Stirling Coyne, the dramatist, on Mon day gave at these rooms a matinee musicale, Which 10 5 attended by a highly select circle of invited guests, an d made on this occasion her debut as a pianist. tier touch is firm and brilliant. Beethoven's sonata in F major for pianoforte and violin (Op. 23), in which she found a mas terly coadjutor in Mr. Carrodus ; one of " Alendelssoh ns delicious " Lieder ohne `'Porte ;" Schumann's somewhat pretentious " Arabesque," the pretty " Fantasia 'al: promptu" of Chopin, and Bach's quaintly graceful " Dourree," were the pieces performed. Miss Coyne has' every reason to bo pleased with her debut. MRS. JOHN MACFARREN'S MORNINGS AT T° PIANOFORTE.—This accomplished lady commenced her series of pianoforte recitals yesterday at the St. James's Hall. The programme was judiciously selected, and con tained—" Rondo Molto Grazioso, Sonata in A flat, Op. 39, W eber ; Romance and Etude, " Si oiseau retais, k Wile volemis," Henselt ; New Irish Fantasia, " Ould Ireland , Brissa.c ; and Andante, in F, Op. 33, Beethoven. The re was a very large company, and the recital gave the greatest satisfaction to the elder portion of the audience and instruction to the younger. NEW CITY CLUB.—A very stately buildinp% de' signed as a Club-house for merchants in the City, rs now on the point of completion, and will be opened in few days. It is centrally situated in George-yard, leading from Lombard-street to Cornhill, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England. It is the property of a company of merchants, who have erected it at their own cost and for their own convenience, but who reserve to themselves the powe r °f admitting fresh members from time to time, cousistentlY - with the amount of accommodation afforded and upon the principles adopted at all well-regulated establishments of the kind. Already the proprietors number upwards of SOO, and the affairs of the Club will be managed by a committ ee chosen from among themselves, Mr. J. W. R. Cotton, 9 leading member of a firm of Russian merchants, being th e chairman. The building, of which Mr. J. H. Rowley is tbv• architect, has been erected at a cost cf about £50,000. 1 " is in three stories, with a basement besides, and prese nts :, very imposing appearance. It combines all the conveni ence ' common to institutions of the kind, and the interior le fitted up with much splendour. About two years have been spent in its ereotion, and now that it is finished it iS altogether a very handsome supplement, in an architec tural point of view, to • the number of imposing edigc cs which have been reared in various parts of the city wit hin the last few years, for banking, mercantile, and ether kin' dred purposes. NATIONAL TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.--The annu al conversazione of the National Temperance League was given last evening at the Queen's Concert BO W ' Hanover-square, and was numerously attended. Al ill . - dant and varied entertainment was provided for the ws tors. In the lower room were a number of photograPhs' statues, lifeboat models, &c., and some experiments ill, electric light were exhibited. In the upper room a connerb was performed, in which Miss Ada E. Percy, and 31 0° s : A. Lester, Travers, G. D. Taylor, Chaplin Henry , and Russell Smith took part. After the concert the Rev. Se"; man Hall delivered an address upon temperance. 111% evening concluded with a very interesting l ectu re on light by Mr. W. It. Solway, illustrated by a number of briniestt and instructive experiments, performed by the Idessr6 Darker, in which the kaleidoscope was shown, and r° l3l of th• beautiful phenomena of polarisation were ex hibited with great success. In the small rooms above stairs w ere microscopes and other scientific instruments, and an W tremely interesting and valuable collection of the works °f Mr. George Cruikshank made by Edward Barrett. Au o n °B; them are some of the earlier works of this modern Hogartls including some of the year 1829, in which ho specially pourtrays the perils of the beer-shop and the gin - Pa h l as well as several series of his illustrations to differen works. The room in which these engravings were el liv t bited was much frequented, and indeed was for so me par of the evening so crowded as to make it a matter of ple e difficulty to obtain a sight of the pictures. The socie t y may set down this conversazione as a success. NEW MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER A 131 35;., Yesterday the mural monu men t erected in / v minster Abbey by the Secretary of State for Ind le tva -. 6 Council to the memory o f Si r J ames Outran], wh o publicly buried there on 25th o f M arc h, 1863, was uneelleie'l ... in the presence of a large concourse of distinguished dian officers and others. The monument of white Dae r ' is t e su x r e m cu o t u e n d ti b n y g M a r ia N bl o e b t, le, on co w n h sis ic t h s o is f acarcvheacriiacteristio b` historical group of the meeting of Outram, Hainvelroeclkie!'3:7ls Clyde, at Lucknow ; the tablet being suppOrted figuoo - a Scindian and a Bheel chief, illustrative of the , or , matic and admini s t ra tive services of the decease d s,cry Beneath is the following inscription :—" To the runi i of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, Bart, K. 5.1., dm., a soldier of the East India Company, `' ds during a service of 40 years, in war and in council, by cl e v e , of bravery and devotion, by au unselfish life, by of lence never weary of well-doing, sustained the hen.,°-.,ro the British nation, won the love of his comrades, an d P e nt muted the happiness of the people of India, this ninn ti oe il. is erected by the Secretary of State for India in G.9 rs a in Born January 29, 1803 ; died March 11, 186 3 . Inte l . ro ong this abbey at the public cost, March '25, 1863. ""'dericic those present were the Dean of Westminster, Sir Fre or. Currie, Sir George Pollock, Sir Henry Montgomerperrys blerivale, Mr. Stansfeld, Capt. Eastwick, Sir Erskine,raois Mr. Arbuthnot, Mr. M'lstaghten, Sir R. Vivian, Sir Francis Mr. Outram, General Malcolm, General Baker, General Sir Sir H. Ricketts, General Vincent Eyre, Mr. IC% s e rs on, William Coghlen, Sir T. Wilkinson, General Farnn Dr. Mouatt, Mr. T. H. Fergusson, Colon el Alat;',. Greg Noble, &c. The Secretary of State for In di a , Lord au wa s and Ripon, having been summoned by her bitije StY ' unavoidably absent. irol r0 01) " DISAPPEARANCE OF CHOLERA FROM 1 ,1 " . "" Ir isri —Between 600 and 700 of the Helvetia's German tieusoßpd passengers, who had re-embarkd from the workhen, pier depots at Birkenhead, and the warehouse, Bankhall, -"vessel pool, were inspected yesterday, previously to th the e%' again starting on her voyage to New York. With,.,soeS, ception of a few children suffering from infantile n?: we re and who, with their parents, bedding, an d luggsin ,L" good taken ashore, the whole of the passengers were de health and in high spirits at the prospect of their ea rl s . N ye parture, after the delays and perils of the past raontn_ w sa understand that the National Steamship CouiPaneb ha s supplied fresh beds and bedding throughout, Wbf b son° given satisfaction to most of the emigrants, then . g ..l . be ds, of the foreigners complain of the loss of their fentSpietis, many of which were of the best quality. The cop, but remained at anchor in the river yesterday afte rll ,f•iel ° ' she had been cleared by the emigration and port the even " and would take her departure for New York by t aso e:l o ing tide. The remaining batch of convalescent, ogle cas 6 have left the Liverpool workhouse, and not j' l'te d ire° is left upon the books. The town is now reP° from cholera. GENERAL BEAUREGARD IN LIVERPOOL. ived Beauregard, the renowned Confederate officer, sr y r oric , on Liverpool in the steamer Scotia, from N ew v i atig as Saturday. It was rumoured that he would be un 0 , the observable 9_4 on Monday, and some excitement was o n os flags during the morning, an unusual nintabereru',l6 being assembled in anticipation of the ge_n te . Early in the morning General Beauregard welt . neighbourhood, in company with several geratile.'foilovvee known in the town, and being recognised he o W e. ! , til by a considerable crowd through several str .At one took refuge in a private office in Water-streelit_vs_roon3/ o'clock the general proceeded to the Exchange. e`. and the information that he had arrived be.rin,ag.. rap idly spread a rush was made to the room, whicl a a n d crowded. The general walked to the end of 000 or 07 1 stood there for a few moments conversing wcloselY-Pack.oe, gentlemen, and then, a passage through the .0 1 P . crowd having been made with some difficuorAi7 01 „01 , wit , l ll o c, ,owled l4l°° : or the room, being greeted on all sides of hands. The gallant officer bowed his .iow , on and then made his way across the flags . a o w g o s streets, ater-str e t o e t 1.1 is it understood offices, t h i a a . a e : G : 3 ho Fe nrt:11:111D-obeeaurt'iorociergo -1 gard has come to this country t o pwri onoln r interests of a railway about to be laid rornot do iu of the Southern States. is now being prosecuted off the b th e ev 9 " THE EASTERN FISHERIES. maci.:crel have been secured, however, Y v i o , to the r ,,. to mouth boats durit_g laJt few days, 4 rots lento of easterly winds. Prices hav vo o t a. ; o ta j• tt i cio ;lo g 565. per 120. The Lowestoft boats ha L —Teal:ern: progroo present. mach But el 13:5,,?111:rstitY., ITALY. FLORENCE, MAY 29 (Evening). To-day the King signed a decree for the forma tion of 20 more battalions of volunteers, and two battalions of Bersaglieri. FORCED LOAN IN VENETIA. VIENNA, MAY 30. An Imperial decree has been published this morning ordering a forced loan of 12 millions of florins in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The proclamation accompanying this decree states this measure to have been adopted in conse quence of the law of the sth inst. in reference to the Government currency being inoperative for Lombardo-Venetia, which must nevertheless contri bute towards the extraordinary necessities of the country. The payments of the loan are to be made in silver or gold, in return for which the Go vernment will issue at par bonds of 100, 10, and 1 florins, bearing interest at 6 per cent. The Committee for the Control of the Public Debt will control the issue of the bonds, which is not to exceed the amount of 12 million florins. BAVARIA. SPEECH OF THE KING. MUNICH, MAY 28. The Bavarian Diet was opened in this capital yesterday by the King in person. The following is the full text of his Majesty's speech:-- " Gentlemen, Councillors, and Deputies,—l come among you to open the Diet for the first time since my accession to the throne, and tender to the repre sentatives of the people my Royal greeting. I had hoped to be able to ask you to enter upon the reform, acknowledged to be necessary, of the legal bases of our social, commercial, and municipal life, but events threatening danger impose upon us first a different task. Disputes have broken out between the two most powerful members of the Germanic Confederation, and the armies of both Powers stand armed for conflict face to face. " I have zealously endeavoured to strive for the preservation of peace in the Confederation, the maintenance of which is as much the duty of every individual member as of the whole. I will still not give up the hope that the miseries of civil war may be averted from Germany, that a solution of the Schleswig-Holstein question, in the direction of the right and a timely reform of the Confedera- ti on with the assistance of a national Parliament, may again give lasting peace to our great country. But, in all cases, Bavaria must be in a position, true to the call of duty and of honour, to come for ward in defence of the rights of the Confederation, of the interests of the German nation, and of her own independence. " For this purpose I have ordered the mobilisation of the army, and have convoked the Diet, in order legally to arrange by its advice and consent what ever may be necessary for this task. " Although these circumstances constitute the immediate cause of your present meeting, yet in addition to the bills bearing upon them all those matters will be laid before you, which, according to the constitution, have to be submitted to the Diet whenever it assembles. " Our future is in God's hand. Let us meet it courageously in the knowledge of our good cause, and with the resolution conscientiously to do our duty. I rely upon the patriotism and devotion to the Sovereign of yourselves and the entire Bavarian people, as well as upon the fidelity and bravery of the army. " May the protecting hand of the Most High_be outstretched over Bavaria and Germany !" TURKEY. RAGUSA, MAY 29. A frigate, a war sloop, and a despatch boat be longing to the Turkish navy have arrived at Anti vari to guard the coast of Albania against any sudden landing of the Italian volunteers. FRANCE. BounsE, May 29, Two o'clock.—The market still continues to entertain serious misgivings as to the solution of pending European difficulties. To-day sales again predominate, and quotations have fur ther retrograded—much less rapidly, however, than yesterday, the market being somewhat sustained by an advance of I per cent. telegraphed from London. Threes, for the Account, have declined 30c., the price being 64f. 30c. The fall on Italian Stock is of 45c., and the quotation 41f. 10c. Credit 3.llo biller Shares have receded 71. 50c.—viz., to 530 f., and Credit Foncier 10f.—to 1,050 f. In the Rail way Department shares are likewise lower, Lyons having declined 10f., to 797 f. 50c. ; Northern, 5f., to 1,075 f. ; Lombard, 6f. 25c., to 297 f. 50f. ; and Austrian, 5f., to 301. Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations : 41 per Cents Do. end month — 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 6l 55 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1057 50 RAIL- Bank Shares — Italian Loan — Do. end month 4l 10 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Throes llome Debt 1 Deferred - WAYS. Orleans 805 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean lO7O 797 50 Southern 528 75 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3lO 302 50 North of Spain 117 50 Saragossa 150 Ditto to Barcelona Roman 62 50 The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 28th of April. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 25th of April (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the Bank of England March 31, April 28, 1866. 1866. ilnerease. Decrease. Total in England. t iil2 l - - Private Banks 2 0,873,7e8! 22,210,720 , 2,832,6271 3,062,043' 100,415 Joint-stock Banks 2,5J5,0851 2 ,616,547 113,162, United Kingdom 3 2 : 2.,8 81 6 : 28: Scotland 4,1340,831 4,' 1 4,115' to, 2 , 2 1 Ireland 6 , 017 ,08 t 1,029,7571 12,675 2 38 7 , ,8 „ : 5 1, ,2 3 5 1 2 0 11,,071246,:76g07i, And as compared with the month ending the 29th of April, 1865, the above returns show an increase of £843,299 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,097,988 in tho circulation of tho United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following- is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue .£l 050,363 The English joint-hock banks are below their fixed i 5911.3 599,588 Total below fi xed issue in England .The Scotch bank s are above their fixed issue... 1,484,914 .. £1,649,951 The Irish bank s are above their fixed issue ... 32 ' 1 , 737 'lhe av,? - ...tg:. - -I.oelt- of bulli on h e ld by the Bank of Eng land in both departments durin- the month ending the 25 th of April was .£14 , 0 57,738, being a decrease of £241 273 as compared with t h e previous month, and a decrease ot £922,666 when co mpared with tho same per i o d l ast year . The following are tho amounts of specie he ld b y th e Scotch and Irish b an k s during the month end i ng t h e 28 t h , of April : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £2,358,739 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,090,606 £4,449,345 Being a decreaso of £27,G10 as compared with the pre vious return, and an i ncrease of £7 , 279 w h en compared with the correspo n di ng period last year. li , itto, F, e ° °. e oh , 80is D ). 4 i 18( re s re 4 att e sett] are 16. C ert Se r i l Erie la 40; laa\re .:lE c t ic Ar g ezl 11411‘Stri