The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, ILkYINIARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansgar, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A. ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT : Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Ada Cavendish. After which, THE FAVOURITE OF FORTUNE : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, (Itc. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitzwilliam, Hill, Lindley, &c. Concluding with A DAUdHTER £0 MARRY Mr, W. Farren and Miss Helen Howari. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Messrs. Horsman, Fitzpatrick, Clifford ; Mrs. Horsman, &c. To conclude with Shakspere's Tragedyof HAMLET. Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Addison, Widdicomb, Vezin, Jor dan, Fitzpatrick, Horsman, Moreland, Westland, Gwynette, =on:ln, Clifford ; Meed,uue.s Elsworthy, H.e.nrade, and C. Loclercq._ Box Office oven daily from Ekven till Five. MEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7 precisely (3rd time), a ne w Drarne- Comed Y, 113 Four Actq, entitled THE FAST FAMII.E. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, RP hillips. Ashley, Eburre; Mrs. Al; red Mellon (Miss Wool gar), Miss H. Simms Sea- , Miss Furtado, Miss Smith (her first appearance), Miss =au, Miss Godsall, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with CRYING JENNY AND LA_ Mrs. Mrs. G 70 HNNY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, W. H. Eburne A. Mellon and Miss Purtado. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vininz. THIS EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. Alter which, at a quarter to Eight, THE STREETS or LON DON. Messrs. Vining, T. Mead, D. Murray, Shore, Villiers ; Mrs. H. Marlon, Miss E. Barnett, and Miss K. Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. t-wanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, PER FE TION. After which will be produced a grand Easter Burlesque, PARIS ; or, Vive Lempiere : Mes4rs. Stoyle, horne, James : Mesdames A. Swanborougb Raynham, Banoe, and Holt. Simpson, Johnstone, To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Mr. Belford. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.- Under the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. Ur. W. H. C. Nation has much pleasure in announcing that, in consequence of the Decided eucexes attending th e production of 1)0T, it will be repeated Every Evening until !rather notice. THIS EVENING, llth night of Mr. Dion Botteicault's beautiful Drama of DOT. Messrs. T. Swinbourne and Bel more ; Miss Ada Dywi. New scenel7, dresses, and appoint ments, Concluding with 31st night of J. C. Burnand's evergreen Burlesque of IXION. Misses L. Willmore, Finny Gwynne, Hudspeth, A. Harland, and Hefty Tracey ; Messrs. Belmore, and F, Barsby. Commence at Seven. Acting Manager, Mr. NYE CHART, EMOSES & SON, CORNER OF ALUORIES . AND ALDGATE. 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In the House of Lords the Earl of CADOGAN stated that he would to-morrow ask the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if her MAJESTY'S Government have made offers of mediation, either with or with out, the Emperor of the FRENCH or the Emperor of RUSSIA, to the Courts of Austria, Prussia, and Italy, with the purpose of arriving at a pacific settlement. In the Commons last night, Mr. Alderman SALOMONS asked the Under Sec" retary of State for Foreign Affairs if he would give the house any information as to the untoward state of affairs on the Continent at present, and the steps taken by her MAJESTY'S Government. Mr. LAYARD did not give any satis factory information on the point, but declared that this country would be ready to mediate if requested to do so. Her MAJESTY'S Government were willing to act in concert with the French Government to . promote the interests of peace, but alone it could do nothing. No proposal has been made for a Con gress, but it has been under discussion. It is quite a mistaken policy on the part of the Ministers not to allow any discussion on the subject of foreign affairs if they can possibly help it, because it is idle for them to preserve silence in the House when all the particulars of the case are constantly put before the public, and criticised in the journals of the Continental cities as well as by the journals of this country. The last intelligence from abroad speaks badly for the preservation of peace, and, indeed, some very decisive steps have been taken in a contrary direction. The attempt to assassinate Herr BIS MARCK, which was made yesterday afternoon, will naturally excite a great deal of attention, and give rise to speculations abroad as to the chance of the attempt being repeated by others. The Count ap pen.rs to have behaved with great presence of mind, and to have seized the assassin himself. He had a narrow escape, his clothes being burnt by the last discharge. It is said that the man who fired at him came from Wurtemberg with the express intention of shooting BISMARCK. It is curious to notice that the Nord Deutsche Zeitung and the Kam: Zeitung have announced that, from patriotic reasons, they will not publish any more particulars respecting the locality and extension of the Prussian armaments, or impart information respecting the military move ments. Sufficient has been said on this subject, however, in all directions to furnish us with a very good idea of the state of things. Whatever may have been the object of BISMARCK hitherto, it is now quite evident that war, and nothing else, is the subject uppermost in the thoughts of the rulers in Prussia. It is said that the Second Division of Guards have received orders to prepare for a forced march, and that the desti nation is to be Gorlitz on the Saxon frontier. To watch this we find that in the Saxon army they are calling in the reserve and the soldiers on furlough, and billeting quarters have been chosen. The news from Vienna has the same tendency in a warlike direction. The whole army of Austria is to be placed on the war footing, and the army of the North is to be concentrated. As for the commu nications between Austria and Prussia, it is said that I the reply of the Vienna Government to the last Note from Berlin was to the effect that Austria" positively rejects the demand of Prussia that she should dis arm notwithstanding the Italian armaments." This is decisive at any rate, and will doubtless settle the long-debated question of disarmament, for the time at least. Meanwhile France has added her share to the general excitement that prevails just now. The French EMPEROR'S speech on Sunday at Auxerre caused great dismay in some quarters. In alluding to the debt of gratitude which he had to discharge to Germany his MAJESTY observed that "This de partment was the first to give me its suffrage in 1848, because it knew, with the majority of the French people, that its interests were our in terests, and that I detested equally with them those treaties of 1815, which it is now sought to make the sole basis of our foreign policy." This naturally created excitement, and the panic on the Bourse was very great, prices declining consider ably. In Paris at present little reliance seems to have been placed upon the re-assuring statement of M. ROEMER, and all indicates the possibility of ap proaching hostilities. It is extremely difficult to decide upon the course which the French Emperor will take, but it is not likely that he will forward the interests of Prussia whatever turn events may take. As for the King of PRUSSIA we see no chance of his adopting a wiser policy. Yesterday he signed the order which has so long been talked of, and this notwithstanding he had great objections to it. It is said that the Ministers threatened to resign when he signified his refusal to comply with their wishes, and that decided him to make the venture. Five corps d'armee are to be placed on a war footing, and when all the secondary arrangements are made, the Prussian army will reach the number of 575,000 men. It is said that the Prussian Government have declared to Austria that a separate Sove reignty in the Duchies is quite out of the question, and no doubt they intend to make good this assertion with all the means in their power. We learn from various accounts that by to-morrow more certain intelligence will be gained respecting the operations going on in the different nations of the Continent; and, at any rate, in a week at furthest it is to be supposed that something definite will take place, one way or the other. The state of affairs can hardly last as they are at pre sent—and, indeed, they are in that condition which must be injurious alike to foreign and domestic interests. It is much to be regretted that the ambi tion of one Government in a wrong direction should have led to all these evils and occasioned such disturbances. The various changeaslo v n hi o c f h l h a a te ye veb a e r e s n h i a n v t e ro f d o u r e th ed e into our Indian legislti b ic e n ofe fi c a i a d l m i i n n i s t h t r e a i r t i l c , e h a r r e a f o c r t e m r most part been very and tendency. The tas is never a very easy one, but there difficult e c r u e l tmiannyrea sons which rendered it especially India. The old Ili n d oo p re j u dices of creed, of pa caste, of c ustom, interfered con siderably with working of many exce ll ent d es i gns , w hile the mixed n ature of social, religious, the population—part European, part llindoo and Mussubnan—gave rise continually to on the ongeouhs: were by no means easy hand, political problems which desire to rule India ainatutroalsoalnvde. praiseworthy , accordance with the prin ciples on which we base our own legislation ; while, on the other, there is the apprehension of irritating the native mind, and exciting disaffection and re sentment, There PIMA little doubt, however, that in our dealings with our Indian fellow-subjects, we have hitherto erred on the side of caution rather than of unnecessary interference. The difference of the national religion has been undoubtedly a great difficulty ; but the want of moral courage which our countrymen displayed in the earlier years of our government has increased instead of dimi nishing it. Their attempts to shuffle over their own faith and their discouragement of native Chris tianity were in reality like all such measures, en tirely unsuccessful. The Hindoos did not believe in their professions of impartiality, and were in consequence suspicious of every movement. Feelings of distrust and secret animosity were engendered which were easily stirred up by interested parties, and helped to fan the flame of 1857. Since that terrible year, which, like many similar epochs of alarm and suffering has borne good fruit, the whole face of Indian legislation has changed. England has assumed, as becomes her, the direct responsibility which attaches to her Government as answerable for the destinies of her vast Eastern Empire. The toleration which is now preached and practised is real, and protects the native Christian as well as the Buddhist and the Parsee. The last act of the Legislative Council of Calcutta before closingtheir session has been the passing of a measure which has been long greatly needed. Its object is to legalise the dissolution of the marriage of Hindoo converts to Chris tianity, in such cases as where the unconverted partner refuses to acknowledge the convert. These cases are very common, especially when the husband has been converted and the wife is influenced by her friends. The bill provides all reasonable time for persuading the refractory party to modify his or her feelings, but if the opposition is unalterable it provides for a legal dissolution of the marriage. The Mahomedan law provides for itself a dissolution of marriage on conversion, and the Hindoo law also makes such a provision in particular cases. The Catholics have a law of their own, so that the anomalies and confusion complained of have in reality only reference to Protestant converts. The whole question, which is a very difficult one to deal with, is fully and fairly dealt with by the bill, which has given very general satisfaction. Mr. BAINES'S speech on the subject has excited a good deal of attention as a vindication of the principles of civil and religious liberty. Referring to the timorous manner in which these questions had been hitherto dealt with, he de clared that the very molehills of Hindoo prejudice were exaggerated with mountains, and that diffi culties which, in every day of Indian life, crumble away at a touch were assumed to be of stupendous dimensions. " I know," he exclaimed, " that we do this, because the converts are of our own faith, and because we are tender of our own character for impartiality. But Ido not know that we are entitled to be unjust, even for the sake of seeming to be impartial." He ended by declaring that no man should be forced to be a Christian, or tempted to become a Chris tian ; but, if he chose to become one, it would be shameful if he did not obtain equal protection with those of other faiths, and if we did not apply to him and his those principles of equal dealing between man and man of which we are in India the sole depositories. 'This noble and spirited language made a deep impression on the hearers, and has been accepted throughout the country as a triumphant vindication of the prin ciples of right and justice. It is in this spirit that all our dealings with these difficult social and religious questions should be conducted. The people will soon learn to trust us if we trust them, and will put the same faith in our professions of religious toleration as they do in our legislative and commercial promises. Only let us be honest and straightforward, and bold enough to deal with such points as from time to time come up for settlement. The appearance of reserve and mystery has hitherto done nothing ; but, however, let us hereafter try what simplicity and straightforward ness will do. The spring and summer months, as usual, bring a vast increase to the number of emigrants, and to judge from the recent returns, the United King dom will not have much longer to complain of a surplus population. The grand total for the month of April, from Liverpool alone, was 19,385, which shows an increase over the return for the same month of 7,535. The great majority were pas sengers to the United States, and the principal nationality, as a matter of course, was Irish. Nova Scotia, Victoria, South America, Africa, West Indies, all came in for a share, though this is by no means the favourite season for Australian emigration. We confess we should be glad to see a great number avail themselves of the advan tages offered by our own colonies. The British North American provinces especially possess untold natural wealth, only waiting for strong and willing hands to gather. The capacities of the rich lands of the North-West are as yet but dimly estimated, and the immigration of some of these adventurous thousands would be the greatest boon to the colonies and a vast advantage to themselves. We hope that the approach of this season will in duce the Board of Trade to exercise a closer super vision over our emigrant ships. Surely when so many thousands of lives are to be trusted in these ships it is only right that some competent autho rity should ascertain that they are well found in every particular before leaving port. The terrible fate of the London impresses another warning on shipowners and inspectors. We allude to the danger of over loading. If the recom mendation of a water-line were adopted, a very cursory inspection would show every one when the limit of safety was passed. It is usually thought, with emigrant ships especially, that a little overloading at first does not signify, as the weight will so rapidly decrease with the consumption of stores and fuel. But it should be remembered that the chief danger is in those first few days. How many wrecks have we annually round our coasts ? How many are there in the Bay of Biscay, where the London and the Amalia alike went down within a veryfew days of their departure ? Once on the broad ocean, be it Atlantic or Pacific, the danger is not half so great as in the narrow seas. Let the water streak be universally adopted and rigidly adhered to. It is easy enough to add weight to the ship, if necessary, by barrels of water, but it is not so easy to avoid the dangers into which reckless overloading too often brings ship and passengers. The bitter lessons of the past winter may be the means of saving hundreds of lives if they are rightly applied in the proper quartor. THE Fox CLUB.—The third meeting of this club took place at Brooks's on Saturday last. Present--- Duke of St. Albans, Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl of Zetland, Earl of Fife, Lord Carew, Marquis of Normanby, Viscount I Falkland, Viscount Castlerosse, M.P., Lord Mostyn, Lord Llanover, Sir W. Scott, Bart., M.P., Hon. F. W. Cadogan, Hon. Fitzpatrick H. Vernon, Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, John Cotes, Esq., Sir James Matheson, Bart., M.P., Henry Hussey Vivian, Esq., M.P., E. K. Tenison, Esq., Frederick Dundas, Esq., M.P., F. J. S. Foljambe Esq., M.P., Hon. E. S. Russell, Colonel Challonor, Sir Thomas Birch, Bart., General Sir H. F. Davie, Bart., M.P., Right Hon. J. W. Fitzpatrick, M.P., Capt. H. A. H. Cholmeley, Hon. Clinks S. Clements, A. K. Stephen son, Esq. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1866. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. Yesterday was a great day for fetes near Paris. There were some half-dozen fetes in various direc tions. That at Auxerre was really important as well as interesting. The Emperor and Empress were there, and his Majesty made a political speech, although the fete of the Concours Regional (agricultural competition) of Auxerre has nothing to do with politics. You will probably have re ceived the text of the addresses to the Emperor and Empress by telegraph, but should this not be so, I may as well say that the Mayor, M. Cha]le, in offering the keys of the town to the Emperor, reminded him of the expressions of re gard and sympathy for it uttered by the first Napoleon. To her Majesty he said that she and the young Prince night always rely upon the devotion of the inhabitants. The Emperor, in his reply, said he inherited the sentiments of the Head of his famill for those energetic and patriotic populations who had sup ported the Emperor in good as well as bad fortune. " The department of the Yonne was the first to give me its suffrages in 1848, this was because it knew, like the majority of the French people, that its interests were mine, and that I detested like itself those treaties of 1815, which it is sought now to make the solo basis of our foreign policy." The Emperor and Empress are about to start on a provincial tour, but they returned to Paris last evening, as a grand party is to be given to-night at the Tuileries to celebrate the birthday of the Empress, who on Saturday entered into her 40th year. They will leave Pails again to-morrow, or at all events early in the week. There is no news about Germany to-day, in ad dition to the telegraphic despatches; but the Journal des Debats, referring to the statements of The Sun in regard to another Congress seems disposed to throw doubt upon them. The Sun is a great autho rity in Paris, and the Journal des Debats does not profess to have authority to contradict it, but pro bably notices the report with the view to draw at tention to itself. The Journal des Debats says:— " France cannot forget that it was she who three years ago made the proposal for a Congress, which most of the European Powers refused to join, and her dignity would not now allow her to expose herself to another refusal. England on her part was the first to repudiate the proposal made by France, and she ought now to undertake the task of amending her errors of former days, supposing that those errors were very serious." The Journal des Debats proceeds to give its opinion that it is a noble and generous idea to solve, by the arbitrage of various Governments, international questions, which, if left to themselves, that is to say, to the passions and covetousness of interested parties, would lead to war ; but in the present state of European policy such an idea was not so prac ticable as it was praiseworthy. A drama by M. Edouard Plouvier, " Le Mangeur de Fer," is now all the rage at the Ambigu. It is a piece of the regular Ambigu school, in five acts and eight tableaux, with splendid decorations and marvellous and exciting incidents. The Mangeur de Fer, atthough not exactly an iron eater, can twist and turn iron as he pleases, and " locks, bolts, and bars fly asunder" at his wish. He is a regular Jack Sheppard, an escaped convict from the galleys. In concert with a fascinating girl, named Diane d'Overteuil, he assassinates the Duchess of Navaille, with the view of getting the Duke married to his accomplice, of whom he is sick. The Duke, however, is not sufficiently amorous to fall in love with Diane. The Duke's son, however, is smitten with the siren. This, however, does not suit Phoenix, the Mangeur de Fer, whose idea was that if the Duke married his mistress, he would assassinate him, and as the Duke's widow would then be rich he would marry her. Diane has another game to play, and in order to avoid the menaces of the iron-eater she denounces him to the police. He, however, escapes as usual ; and, in revenge, mur ders Diane by placing a poisonous necklace round her throat. Such are the leading enticements of this piece, but there is an undercurrent of equally wicked, marvellous, and spicy occurrences. Pro bable or not, the Ambigu audiences are delighted with them, and the piece will undoubtedly have a long run. The attendance at the Chantilly races yesterday was such as to prove that they have not lost any of their attraction. The Emperor was engaged else where, as I have mentioned above, or no doubt he would have been there. Great excitement prevailed about Mr. Montgomery's Ceramique, as might naturally be expected when a horse comes expressly from England to run a race, especially with such a jockey as Challoner. The favourites, however, do not always win, which was the case yesterday at Chantilly. The following is the result of the racing : The Prix de la Reine Blanche, 2,000 f. Anisette the Second, 1 ; Esther, 2 ; lienriot, 3. The win ner was claimed for 3,520 f. by M. Delatre. Prix du Gros Chene, 2,000 f. Anglo-Saxon, 1 ; Affidavit, 2 ; Mercedes, 3. Prix des Ecuries (Handicap), 600 f., for horses of three-years-old and upwards. Distance, 2,400 metres. 38 horses entered ; 23 declared forfeit. Feu Follet, 1 ; Matamore, 2 ; Gontran, 3. Prix do Diane, 10,000 f. Here, of course, was the great struggle. Distance 2,100 metres. 47 horses entered. 29 declared forfeit. Victorieuse (G. Pratt), 1 ; Marcella (Mortimer), 2 ; La Fa vorite (H. Grimshaw), 3. Ceramique began well, but it was soon seen there was no chance. The betting was sto 4 against him. Amount of the prize, 23,150 f. ; I,ooof. to the second horse. Prix d'Apremont, 3,000 f. Sultan, 1 ; Czar, 2 ; Puebla, 3. Amount of prize, 3,000 f. There were also races yesterday at Brussels and Angouleme (France.) 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 31st of March. 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 28th of March (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 previous month : March 3, March 31,1 1866. 1 1866. ( Increase. Decrease. Bank of England 20,77 7 ,613 1 20,878,708 101,175 Private Banks Joint-stock Banks 2,508,175, 2,5)5,085 8,090 Total in England 2,135,933 26,216,4201 80_4, , 2 - Scotland. 4.29 4 . 54 91 4_134., 831 ' 169,566 Ireland United Kingdom. 2^,135,933128,2'6,42 0 ; 80,4E2, 4,194,x49 4,134, 83; - w,152,717 6,017,08! 36,583,204136,368, 185. 169,566 135,635 214,719 And as compared with the month ending the Ist of April, 1865, the above returns show an increase of £815,797 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,300,870 in the circulation of the 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 £1,219,779 The English joint:stockl;anks . a — re below their fixed issue 713,050 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,932,829 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,385,712 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 337,412 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 28th of March was £14,299,011, being an increase of £763,357 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £778,114 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 31st of March : Gold and silver hold by the Scotch banks £2,367,724 Gold and silver held by tho Irish banks 2,109,230 £1,476,955 Being a decr ease of £236,609 as compared w i t h the pre cious return, and a d ecrease o f .£51,049 when compared with the correspondi ng per i od last year. A MISSING VESSEL ARRIVED.—The Lorenzo, from Nicolaeff, reported in the List of the Ist of May as having sailed from Messina on the 31st of January for the United Kingdom, and as not having since been heard of, arrived at Q , Ueenf4t9Wia On the 4th of May. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AUSTRIA AND ITALY. VIENNA, MAY 8. The semi-official Oesterreichische Zeitung of to day says :—A peaceful solution of the pending difficulties has not yet become impossible. The com munications brought by Count Mulinen from Paris may perhaps offer such guarantees for the sincerity of the peaceful declarations of Italy that the Austrian army on the Southern frontier would be replaced on a normal peace footing. PESTI', MAT 8. The deputation despatched to Vienna to present the address of the Hungarian Diet to the Emperor made their report yesterday, which was coldly re ceived by the House. Yesterday the statue of the national poet Voriis marty was unveiled. The Diet was represented at the ceremony by a deputation. ITALY. FLORENCE, MAY 8. In the Chamber of Deputies, the general discus sion of the Government financial bills has closed. The bills on public safety will be discussed to- morrow. Prince Napoleon has left Florence. The hereditary Duke of Saxe-Weimar, who arrived here yesterday, will be received to-morrow by the King. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 8. The Berlin papers announce that a great demon stration will take place this evening in front of Count Non Bismarck's hotel to congratulate him on his escape from the attempt upon his life. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 8. Intelligence continues to be received of arma ments and military movements in Prussia, Italy, and the middle German States. In consequence of the proposition made by Saxony at the Federal Diet, Bavaria is said to have addressed a note to Prussia, requesting in formation respecting the latter's threatening atti tude towards Saxony. Prussia replied that she would not enter Saxon territory so long as Saxony was not occupied by Austrian troops. The heads of the offices for the collection of the public revenue have received instructions to ex change on demand notes of the Government cur rency for bank-notes, by which means any differ ence in the value of the two currencies will be avoided. The decree on the forced currency will be extended to Venetia. Some Italian workmen are suspected of having set fire to the Austrian frigate Novard. HANOVER AND PRUSSIA. lIANOVER, MAY 5. "A report is current," says the Zeitung fiir Nord deutschland, " that Hanover has concluded a treaty with Prussia, by which the territory and indepen dence of this kingdom are guaranteed; and Hanover, on the other hand, agrees to furnish Prussia with 15,000 men, who would be sent into Luxemburg and Cologne. Count Bismarck, it is added, was averse to the arrangement, and had intended an nexation. We are of course unable to say," adds the Zeitung, " whether the report is true or un founded, or merely premature. It agrees, however, entirely with what we represented months ago in these columns as a necessity for Hanover—neu trality so long as Prussia would permit, alliance with Prussia so soon as she demands it." BOHEMIA. PRAGUE, MAY 8. Rifle corpg of volunf .Pthria aro /acing formod in Bohemia. It is proposed to constitute a legion of volunteers, composed exclusively of students. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. The Inman steamship City of Boston arrived at Queenstown this (Tuesday) morning. She brings $24,880 in specie and 343 passengers. After land ing 39 passengers and 11 sacks of mails, she pro ceeded for Liverpool at 7.5 a.m. NEW YORK, APRIL 28 (Morning). Three hundred Fenians left Eastport on Thursday for Portland. The cause assigned for their depar ture is their failure to obtain the arms seized by the Federal authorities at Eastport. Captain Grace, the reputed organiser of the Eastport expedition, declares the failure to be due to the imbecility of O'Mahony. He advises the Fenians to furnish no more funds to O'Mahony, but to adhere to Roberts. The popular subscriptions to Mahoney's Fenian Bonds have entirely ceased since the Eastport fiasco. It is reported that the Roberts' faction will now make a desperate effort to secure the support of the disaffected O'Mahony Fenians by an immediate military demonstration against some points of the Canadian frontier. Unreliable reports are in circulation that the Fenians are gathering at Ogdensbury, on the St. Lawrence. The Fenians who fired at the guard on St. Stephen's-bridge have been released, the British authorities refusing to prosecute. A party of the Fenians from Eastport, on the way from Portland to Boston, mutinied against their officers. The ringleaders were put on shore, and the boat proceeded. The Fenian prisoners at Cornwall, in Canada, were yesterday remanded for eight days. Spain is semi-officially reported to have re quested the mediation, and agreed to submit to the arbitration, of the United States in the complica tion with Chili. Mr. Bigelow, the American Ambassador in Paris, informs Mr. Seward that he suggested to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, dwing a recent interview, that bloodshed in Mexico might for the present be arrested, if the Juarists could be assured that the French would withdraw. M. Drouyn de Lhuys replied that such an arrange ment was very desirable, as the atrocities which were being perpetrated were dreadful, but that France had no means of communication with Juarez on the subject. Mr. Bigelow suggested that this could be effected by negotiation with Senor Romero through the United States, and M. Drouyn de Lhuys thereupon promised to lay the proposition before the Emperor Napoleon. In the Senate Mr. Wilson has offered an amend ment to the Constitution, prohibiting the payment of the rebel debt or of claims for emancipated slaves, and basing the representation upon the population, excluding from that basis all males denied the franchise. Mr. Wilson further proposes that any State ratifying this amendment shall be admitted to full representation at Washington. Mr. Sumner has offered a petition from citizens of Kentucky praying for the expulsion of Senator Garrit Davis for treasonable utterances. Accord ing to the _New York Herald and Times it has been ascertained that the petitioners are negroes. It is said that the House Judiciary Committee have summoned a great number of witnesses to prove the complicity of Mr. Jefferson Davis in the assassination plot ; but though the cross-examina tion is limited, nothing has yet been produced to substantiate the charge. President Johnson has granted Mrs. Jefferson Davis permission to visit her husband. The President has ordered the confiscation of property in Florida to be discontinued. The Governor of Georgia has requested General Thomas to send troops to Fannin county, to sup press a disturbance which has broken out there, and which is beyond the control of the local authorities. The recent report, that a new 5 per cent. loan was about to be issued, is denied. Numerous meetings are being held throughout the country, to endorse the policy of President Johnson. The newspaper correspondents from Mexico cor roborate the report that the Republicans have cap tured Chihuahua. The cholera on board the vessels in quarantine at New York is assuming a milder form and is abat ing ; 88 cases were reported yesterday, being a re duction of nine since Thursday. The Arago has arrived out. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, April 28 (Morning.) Money abundant. Gold, 1291. Exchange on London, 139 ; on Paris, 4.05. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 93i ; Illinois, 121; Erie, 74i ; 5-20 Bonds, 106. Cotton very dull. Mid. upland, 30f. Flour and wheat quiet. Corn steady. Pro visions firm and active. Coffee dull. Sugar and molasses firm and active. Petroleum steady ; crude, 25 ; refined, 40f. The receipts of cotton at New York for the last five days amount to 11,000 bales ; stock, 181,000 bales. Quotation nominal. NEW ORLEANS, April 27. Cotton very dull. Low middling, 30. Week's sales, 5,000 ; exports, 180,000 ; receipts, 6,000. Stock, 153,000 bales. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 7, Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations : Bank Shares 3480 Italian Loan 3O Do. end month 3B 30 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred AYS. 4i per Cents 93 -- Do. end month — 3 per Cents. Do. end month €2 85 Credit Mobilier Do. end month linis — Do. end month — For Account. 790 Orleans Northern lO3O Lyons and Mediterranean 785 Southern 530 Western — Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 282 50 North of Spain ll5 Saragossa 162 50 Ditto to Barcelona BO Roman 500 - LITERATURE. Bound to the TT/heel. By John Saunders, author of " Abel Drake's Wife." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a very interesting story. The plot is ingeniously contrived, and keeps the reader for a considerable period in due suspense. Anthony Maude and Richard Sleuth, the two nephews of old Alderman Maude, are the heroes of the tale. Eortune fluctuates between them with more than her customary caprice. At the opening of the story Anthony, whose impetuous, passionate nature too nearly resembled his uncle's own hasty temperament, has been dismissed for insubordination, and Richard Sleuth, whose name seems wonderfully indicative of his stealthy and treacherous nature, is the apparent favourite. Yet as the obsequious heir expectant watches with over-zealous care his uncle's death bed, the honest nature of the old man recoils from the sycophant, and when too late he calls again for Anthony. We do not profess to follow the details of the story, which are sufficiently intricate and elaborate. We must confess that we were not favourably impressed by the style of the first chapter, but as the author becomes interested in his narrative his manner becomes more natural. in the nrst chapter a group of vagrant children are introduced listening to an itinerant organ-grinder, and their dancing to his music is described in the following most extravagant terms : What manner of dance it may be it is impossible to say ; but the bare brown feet, flayed with the sun and dust of a long summer's day, are pattering the London pavement as delicately as if it were a marbled floor of Pompeii. The boy, meantime, is lying full length on the road, his head just above the edge of the kerbstone, propped on his two elbows, and his glittering eyes following their every move ment Wonderful are the outlines of the flying rags, the wav ing arms, the animatod faces ! Wild as it is, there is a mad sort of method in the dance, though it is difficult to trace it. There are steps as buoyant, as full of joy as the step of Jephthah's daughter dancing from the conqueror's house to meet the conqueror. There are fits of languor, when the spare elfish figures mock the voluptuous attitudes of Mohammedan houris, rolling their dark almond-eyes, and revealing their wealth of dazzling little teeth in " wreathed smiles." There are fits of simulated rage, of savage In dian-like onslaught, when bonnets fall off, and rags fly out like the torn plumage of birds. There are fits of gracious ness, when nothing can exceed the dainty propriety of step and gesture; when the skirts might be satin, so gently are they raised—the arms decked with bracelets of diamonds and gold, so consciously graceful, so full of the sense of richness and luxury are the rounding curves. The organ-man has for some time been watching them ; his first glance of contempt gradually changing to a wist.. ful smile, for he sees himself a child among them in his little summer blouse, dancing in vineyards, where his father, and the father of his little playmates, worked, and where his mother and baby- sister came to meet them at oven-fall. He sees that mother's smile as she approaches, and the music ho plays changes to the merry harvester's pipes. He is no longer a despised organ-grinder, dirty, weary, reckless, but a child with his mother and father in his own bright Italy. The last touch is pleasing, and perhaps natural, but the description of the dance is assuredly some what overdone. We might give some extracts of a more attrac tive character, such as the spirited scene in the library on the discovery of the lost codicil, or the tantalising rapacity of the wretched possessor of the stolen document when he alternately offers his price less gift and then withdraws it, demanding yet another bribe. This scene is particularly well de scribed,,but to give it would spoil the interest of the tale, and after all the chief attraction of a story of this kind is its power of exciting interest. EXTRAORDINARY REPTILE.—PLYMOUTII, May 7. —The Black Ball packet Young England, 1,017 tons, Captain Alexander Clarke, belonging to Messrs. Jas. Baines and Co.,was off Portland yesterday, bound for Lon don. She left Sydney on Feb. 1, with five passengers, the Rev. T. Rich, Dr. 11. T. Scott, and Messrs. G. Baxter, John Symes, and T. Best, and a cargo valued at £150,000, which includes 80 tons of gum, 219 casks of tallow, 24 tons of copper, 2,647 bales of wool, 6,963 hides, 8 bales of cotton, 300 cases of gum, and a large quantity of bones, horns, hoofs, botanical specimens, &c., with gold-dust valued at £48,000, and specie £3,000. The Young Eng land has brought home also a tremendous specimen of the saurian tribe, which, in tho opinion of Australian savans, is more closely allied to the extinct reptilia of the pre- Adarnite era than any living animal yet discovered. It inhabited the unexplored interior of Queensland, near the source of the Fitzroy River. The accounts related of the destruction caused by the monster upon the na tive population seemed perfectly incredible until the for midable jaws, armed with fangs of astonishing size, were beheld. Added to this, its claws of prodigious power, and its invulnerable skin, rendered it most formidable. In the contest which ended in its destruction one claw was torn off, but with this exception the body is in perfect preser vation. The Young England was off New Zealand Feb. 14, rounded Cape Horn March 8, crossed the Equator April 9, passed the Azores on the 2Gth, the Lizard on the 4th inst., and spoke, March 26, let, 28 45 S., long. 21 IV., the ship Natal Star, 57 days from London ; April 4, lat. 9 20 South., long. 28 30 W., the Dutch ship Eolus, from Rotterdam for Batavia ; 19th, lat. 26 N., long. 48 W., a Bremen ship, showing No. 24, bound W. ; 22d, lat. 30 12 N., long. 37 20 /V., the ship Peruvian ; 23d, lat. 32 42 W., lone. 35 35 W., the ship Three Bolls, 108 days from Soura baya for Rotterdam ; and April 29th, lat. 43 30 N., long. 17 IV., the ship Jason, bound S ; the ship Berar, bound S. ; the ship Her Majesty, ,from Liverpool for Bombay ; tie brig Siloam, an English ship showing third pendant, No. HA and the phip Quo= of England, both bcnnicl S. wok, kr '." rt LIEN tn i rta HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, I\londay. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, and attended by Lady Churchill. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds this naorning• t Prince Louise and Princess Beatrice also want out walking. The Prince and Princess of Wales• The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Alfred visited the Grand Duchess of Blecklellb ur g - Strelitz at Gloucester House yesterday. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Pr ince Alfred, rode out on horseback in the afternoon• Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princos of Wales, Major Teesdale, an d s u ite, honoured the PE)r formanees at the Theatre Royal Now Adelphi last eVelli* Attempt to Assassinate Count BisraarcJ The following telegrams were received a t Reuter's office this morning : BERLIN, Mg 7 ' This afternoon, about six o'clock, a well-dr essed man fired several shots from a revolver a t Count von Bismarck in the Unter den Linden Street. I, Blind, the assassin, while unobserved in P ris .: stabbed himself in the throat nine tiros with pocket-knife having several blades. The physicians declared the wounds not dang er c i ous, as no important artery had been severed/ I s he; was put in a strait waisteoat, but he d ied t morning. BERLIN, May 7 (11 P. 1 1, • The attempt upon the life of Count v on 8 marck was made at five o'clock this eveni n g , r te - the count was returning on foot along the e 8 den Linden, after having an audience of the 1 ,; 13 3 1 Upon reaching the Schadow Strasse he was fi re " tivo from behind by a man who discharged at hir a . e d barrels of a revolver. Both shots, however, 5116s tbe the count, who immediately turned and seiz ed man. - the In the struggle which ensued between then l er, assassin fired three more shots from his 0 0 %, Count Bismarck remained unhurt, w ith the W e s % tion of a slight contusion. His clothes wer e 3 es . burnt by the nearness of the three last dise harg o The perpetrator of the attempted assassinati.° who was immediately arrested by the police, yin man 22 years of age, a son o f the Rer iil a c to ‘ e refugee, Carl Blind. It a pp ears that he c de . from Hohenheim, in Wurtemberg, with th e j3 i 3 .. liberate intention of assassinating Count con marck. 1,,0 life The perpetrator of the attempt against t"" 0 of Count von Bismarck is named Blind, bu t 'd, understood that he is not the son of Carl )3"" the political refugee in London. Mr. Doulton and his Constituents. TO THE EDITOR OF " THE SUN." SlR,—The fact that Mr. Doulton's letter t° ss with reference to the late meeting in Lambeth lira published in your columns before it r eache d o f hands is my apology for addressing a few w° a, reply to yourself instead of toMr.Doulton. 1"; p• cv;. , ,r it has suited Mr. Doulton's purpose he bas pealed to meetings at the Horns—the larges t r : t be in the borough—as definitive expressions °' to t mind and will of his constituents ; but OW bi judgment has gone against him, he endeavour° to, personal detraction and misrepresentation to de had ciate the character of the meeting over which i d ja the honour to preside. That meeting was c a the ordinary way, and was as much open to e c os a rm party as to another ; and I do not hesitate to aO,O that if any considerable number of Mr. D° lllW „ rs e, supporters had sustained him in his present co" et , they would have been irresistibly drawn to a r ile o f ing which so vitally affected the public cbaracterthe their representative. The truth is, that 0 ° question of Mr. Doulton's vote there is no di T ' : sjl b, of opinion among the Liberal party in the bor oag r o The electors who spoke on the occasion °lee, nmr,-, 425 .1- Ma most active partisans at the last __ e , le a tion, and indeed when 1 "7,:ijcse form I found myself surrounded by men with " 0 , 0 faces I had been rendered familiar at Mr. Doalt° own committee meetings. e gg' Ido not wish to occupy your space w ith - - o r ments against Mr. Doulton's speech or vel e in against the defence of both w hi c h he has rcta „ the letter you have published. I desire 0 1 1 ; o tos sert that the Liberal party genera lly, brv"se;de he was returned, regard hi s course a s utterly 7 00 fensible, and as a violation of his most s c4 p e r s pledges ; and that, as I have never presided °Y .„ 4 - tic more respectable, or more influential or enthul°.7o4 meeting, I repel with indignation the in vicli Afr• phrases by which he has characterised it. t % ii pg Doulton's seconder, I can have no personal ' e ; or se against him, or any desire to place him in a i . r osirt light than he h as pl ace d hi mse lf. I write ill °— not in sp ite or hostility to Mr. Doulton. der Mr. Doulton virtually declines to receive a ti o tation of his constituents. He does S 9 on the g r P on that two of the gentlemen deputed to vis it. ipse• him lavi s h e d on hi s h ea d a t orren t of persona l a h ick I can only say that I heard no word uttered Wafter transgressed the fair line of debate ; and that' toa d all, the question is whether Mr. Doulton des' 00 the hard words employed. That question Ilbeeee not answered ; and unless we hand him a il e i , v/ hio for £4,000 to pay his expenses, hewill no t 9 ',., ; " ov liti constituents to answer it. This saturnine ;:,(1 of pleasantry may suit Mr. Doulton's present ° , 3 er to but the Liberals of Lambeth are not in a telll,Dr - hat be joked at on a great national question 11 ' 1 7 co st, of Reform. This Mr. Doulton will find to i11t3e0.„... should he again venture to solicit their suffra I am, Sir, yours, &c., o sol 4 ' JOHN EICII Peckham-rye, May 7. Our Beef Supply. SIR, —Feelin T g O th Tli at E t E h D er lT e O i ß s o w F re T t i c tE L hesT.sronapeent.: t litn somewhere, in view of an abundance of cattle et cilr short distance of us, as free from rinderpeat, or o tb o goW ease, as ever cattle were known to be, with 61 1 ° 11 ; A - clo d ! tions in operation throughout the districts as t° P - rai sl4 ' the chance of contact with infected animals, and 01 ' 1 5 :st f elt the gradual and frightful increase in price for 0 0 — o l ‘ ol l l weeks, I maintain some steps should b e ,„ 1 01 ,' andana give o t get u s s pe p e o d o il r y, pe t o o plea red tape of tape oouurt unaftatl:iiltfiopooi In all the amalgamation of o r d ers or tardy l e g' B.- e c 10: observe the continual muddl e i n h er ent with il lc „ a „`: ° l - and I fear the coming of serious dissatisfactio n A masses, that may be obviated if timely warni ng 'i t . 1 0 9- i l l Any moderate quantity of cattle can now be ballet"4°Dolvt." parts t of Holland, where the disease has never Y o l io: th self, and I cannot understand the principle up o g l e ser e v i a mp t ortation is prohibited.—l remain, sir, Yo ur ° cl THE GROWING CROPS.—The wheats have se 10°"! a little in Norfolk from recent frosts but up on th oattivi they are strong and vigorous and promise 311,11119 yield. Barleys and other spring cor have 0 9 - 11 - e ceP' upon most soils, but tillage has not been uniforinlY 5 ge ar' ful on the heavy lands. In the fens the w heats a_ r : p pes r rally looking healthy, although they present wheat a _ fe vf t. anco of a lighter bulk of straw than was pro nig h " weeks since. Cool, cloudy days, without frosts 3 to i,ft• would be very serviceable during the next in Spring corn is, for the most part, looking well io " o ptia' a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE..—TiIe 23c1f009,11e meeting of members was held yesterday at the_e cotesl ll th Lion-square, Professor Varnell in the chair. e secretary, read the report, which was prine i li c al / 3 % pied with details respecting the Veterinary Di a te it 1 0 now before Parliament, and by whose intendedeu3ctilt°--rge°l3- to protect the duly qualified veterinary' 5: 0 DO! from those persons practising in the profession past 5,051 not passed the requisite examination. During ti le o f 06 66 pupils of the schools had received the dipll 65. of college. The income for the year had been Xl/übeitioes and the expenditure £556 Bs. 9d., leaving 3 0,400 hs ° £463 17s. 11d. After a long and interesting dis c oo t the subject of the new bill, the cattle plag ue ' . th ° ,,e 6' matters immediately connected with the professie wg ye; port was adopted. The commit tee for the o°ololo were then elected, and a vote of thanks to ti i° concluded the proceedings.