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Count BISMARCK'S despatch to the Prussian representatives abroad is a thoroughly characteristic document, and the wily statesman seems to have thrown off his mask and put aside the cautious re serve which he has flung over his recent communi cations with foreign Powers. His rage and indig nation against Austria have burst forth in full force, and his fury seems to know to bounds and acknowledge no reticence. He commences by com plaining that his " confidential communication" of the 7th of last month upon the question of the Elbe Duchies, to the KING'S Ambassador at Vienna, pro duced so little effect. It was, he says, a symptom of " cordial feeling," and as such regarded by all who heard of it. Having no reply sent to this friendly statement, the Prussian Government is now forced to consider the declaration delivered at Frankfort by the Austrian authorities to the Federal Diet as the answer, and of course such unparalleled effrontery is hardly to be credited. Austria handed over to the Diet the decision of the Schleswig-Hol stein question, he affirms, " after a retrospective statement at variance with facts and offensive to Prussia." Not content with this misdemeanour, she has also gravely compromised herself by an act of sovereignty in Holstein—she has convoked the Estates, which she had no right to do after she had released herself from the Gastein treaty. Of course the decision of Austria respecting an appeal to the Diet, which in itself was a happy idea, has given great umbrage to Prussia, as she has been rather caught in a trap in consequence ; but still many will be surprised at the language which Count BISMARCK has thought fit to employ in alluding to it. Thus we find, he says, We have already pro tested at Vienna against this unjustifiable and one sided act, as against the unjustifiable disposal of our rights by handing them over to the Diet, and re serve to us to take further steps." Not content with this, however, Count BISMARCK goes on to declare that he cannot help thinking that the Austrian Go vernment had no other object in view in this pro ceeding of theirs than a " direct provocation and a desire to force on a war. " All our information agrees that the determination to make war upon Prussia is firmly settled at Vienna," says this pre scient and well-informed Statesman and under the circumstances we hardly see how he could make a more irritating remark, and one more cal culated to bring about the effect to which he alludes.; In fact, the more we consider the despatch of the Prussian Minister, the more firmly do we believe that it his intention to provoke Austria to commence hostilities, and then of course he can go about and declare that it was the Aus trian Government which precipitated matters. We hope that this communication will be attentively studied, so that people may fully appreciate the tactics pursued by Prussia, and not be taken in by any more of their devices. It is of the more importance that this should be done, because there is a marked indication on the part of all Governments in favour of Prussia, and it is said that the probable support that will be furnished by Hanover in favour of our Government is induced by the influences brought to bear upon it from this country. If so it is much to be re gretted, and indeed it is more out of character by the circumstance of our having left Denmark in the lurch so completely. Surely, in the name of con sistency, Prussia should now be abandoned to the fate she has brought upon herself by her arrogance and assumption. The reservations which Austria interposed when the Conference was on the tapis have greatly com plicated matters according to llerr von BismAncK, and " it is precisely the Vienna Cabinet that renders all their labours futile," is indignantly declared in this document, after all has been arranged with a view to satisfy her. This is very idle reasoning, because it must have been well known that to give up Venetia was a project not at all in favour with the Vienna Government. We are more inclined to make allowance for the Austrian authorities in having virtually refused to join the Conference, now that we see, by the demeanour and language of Herr BISMARCK, how bitter is the disappoint ment felt by the Cabinet of Berlin. As he proceeds in his recapitulation of events, he is carried on by his excitement until he can hardly find adequate words to give vent to his feel ings. He thinks Austria never meant to join the Congress, but sought to gain time to complete her preparations by pretending to do so. With hypo crisy that can hardly be equalled, and certainly has never been surpassed, Count BISMARK concludes by an earnest appeal to all impartial statesmen as to which Power has shown most desire for peace. No wonder we should hear that in consequence of this affair Count MENSDORFF should have telegraphed to General von GABLENZ to the effect that in the event of the Prussian troops entering Holstein he should avoid all armed conflict. Of course he discerns the object of his wily adver sbayribeg es in and is dete rm i ne d to outw i t them i f he can upon his guard. So soon as the Prussian representative of the Diet leaves Frankfort diplo matic relations between Austria and Prussia will rp von WErtmEn has terminate. It i s sa i d that Baron declared to Co un t MENSDO a that Prussia will forcibly prevent the assembling of th e H o l s t e i n Estates, and, if so, of course there will be imme diately a commencement of hostilities ; as it i s , Austria may unreasonably regard it as a casus belli that the Prussian troops have taken forcible occu pation of the country. Altogether things look worse for the interests of peace than ever, now that such a very insulting despatch should have been sent by the Berlin Government, and we should not be surprised if, before the termination of next week, we should hear of war having actually commenced. The arrival of the Java, with intelligence from New Y or k t o M ay 30 , g i ves us reason to hope that the moderate an d ra ti ona l c ounsels are prevailing iu Washington, The Senate, we learn, have unani mously struck ou t t h e sect i on of t h e c onstitutional amendment proposed by the Reconstruction Com mittee, disfranchising rebels until 1870. This is a great point gained, inasmuch as the Radical influ ence has hitherto been strong in the Senate, but the unanimity is somewhat singular, remembering that Mr. SUMNE R is a member of the Senate. The public rejection of the 1870 clause will, it is hoped, give a lesson to the ultra Radicals, while it seems to show that the prevailing sentiment re garding the South is ;considerably modified. , a THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1846 A. further vinclicati,-.p of the change in the public temper may be found in the course adopted by JEFFERSON DAVIS'S counsel. A report having been spread that his trial would be post poned until November, his counsel have declared that in case of such postponement they will insist upon his release on bail, which they have forthcoming to the extent of ten million dollars. A few months ago no one would have dared to make such a proposal, nor would there have been the least hope of obtaining even temporary freedom for the illustrious prisoner. Now, however, all is changed, and the general opinion is in favour of an unconditional release. One of the New York papers expressed the common feeling the other day, when it advised the Government to act on the principle of Uncle TOBY with the fly, and concluded by asking, between jest and earnest, whe ther the world was not wide enough for the - United States and JEFFERSON DAVIS? The Americans may be very sure that they may safely believe themselves strong enough to act with a magnanimity and forbearance worthy of their position. That State must be internally disorganised or despotically governed which has reason to fear the life and liberty of any one man; and JEFFERSON DAVIS is no wild fanatic, no political enthusiast, who will oc cupy his life in fomenting discord and stirring up insurrections. He will accept his fate with the same dignity and manliness as General LEE, Gene ral BEAUREGARD, and other prominent Confederates have done, and having failed in achieving his poli tical object he will occupy himself as his former col leagues have done, in the pursuits of private life. If the Senate shows signs of a change of temper, the House of Representatives keeps rigidly to its old routine, and has passed the bill to amend and continue in force tho Freedmen's Bureau, by 96 votes to 32. The general aspect of affairs is tran - lull, though the rumour of a Fenian attack upon Canada is revived, and it is reported that STEPHENS'S authority has been recognised by numerous circles, and that he is in the daily receipt of large sums of money. We should suspect, however, that he will find it difficult to extort much more in the way of substantial contributions, seeing that the dupes have been already so heavily taxed. One of the Guardians of the Strand Union has thought it necessary to attempt a vindication of that establishment from the charges recently brought against it. The principal part of his answer, how ever, consists in denouncing the scheme for esta blishing six large public infirmaries, properly built and ventilated, supplied with a fair amount of medical attendance and nursing, instead of our present workhouse system, which is conducted in a manner which is too often an outrage on humanity and a national disgrace. It is a noticeable fact, however, that the only voices raised on behalf of existing arrangements are those of parties directly connected with them, and who from interest, prejudice, or association, can hardly be supposed to be altogether impartial. Indignant disclaimers and general professions of care and att en ti on d o no t we i g h i n t h e b a l ance against specifie facts, and unfortunately the facts in all parts of London, and the disclaimers in all parts of London, bear so very strong an affinity to one another that it it is impossible to remove the impression that the charges are substantially true, the defence a mere matter of form. There is is no need to fix the stigma on any one board or any particular parish. The whole system is radically defective. Whatever workhouses may have been originally, they are now little else than large State hospitals, in which there are frequently not enough able-bodied persons to do the rough work of the establishment. The charge of 600 or 800 sick, infirm, insane, and incapable persons is no joke, and the mere physical labour is onerous and exhausting. Should we in visiting a person suffering from cancer, paralysis, or consumption (three of the most fatal diseases common) be satisfied if he found the attendant was perfectly ignorant of sickness, could not read, was given to drink, and not remarkable for honesty? Yet to these conditions our workhouse guardians do not scruple to reduce hundreds of helpless sufferers. The picture of the man unable to turn in bed, lying on his back until a terrible bedsore formed on it, is a frightful one, but not a solitary instance. The Lancet commissioners mention two cases, both paralysed, in which the sufferers did not obtain even the commonest pity for their sufferings. Both Ipassed away untended, as too many have done, from the sick and infirm wards of our London workhouses. It is a state of things which calls loudly and imperatively for attention, and, in spite of all defences and expostulations, the fact remains that every person who enters upon the inquiry perfectly free from prejudice, concludes it with the unanimous expression of grief, disgust and indig nation. LATEST INTELLIGENUB. (REtTER I S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR CRISIS. VIENNA, June 9. The Politico-Economical Society has addressed a memoir to the Emperor on the distress at present prevailing in Austria. It is expected that the taxes will not be collected in some parts of the empire, and that other conces sions will be made. COLOGNE, June 9. The analysis of the Austrian despatch, published by the Morning Herald and Morning Post on Tues day last, and reproduced by the independence Beige, is declared by the Cologne Gazette to be apocryphal. VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, APRIL 25. The M'Culloch Government has returned to office. The Tariff Bill has again been introduced, and after a conference it was amended and passed through both houses. The negotiations, supported by the most conciliatory desires on the part of the mediators, have, as his Majesty informs me, only demonstrated that a cor responding feeling no longer exists at Vienna. They have shown, notwithstanding the Emperor's theo.re tical love of peace, the craving for war which domi nates every other consideration throughout his entire Council, even among those who to our know ledge formerly voted against the war, and even against the preparations and armaments, and that this craving has now also gained decisive influence over the Emperor himself. Not only was there manifested an entire absence of all and every readi ness to enter even into confidential negotiations, and to discuss the possibilities of an agreement, but expressions of influential Austrian statesmen and councillors of the Emperor have been reported to the Xing from an authentic source'which leaves no doubt that the Imperial Ministers desire war at any price, partly in the hope of successes in the field, partly to tide over domestic difficulties—nay, even with the expressed intention of assisting the Aus trian finances by Prussian contributions, or by an ' honourable' bankruptcy. " The acts of the Austrian Government coincide only too accurately with this intention. " I have mentioned above that we are compelled to recognize a direct provocation in the declaration delivered at the Diet. It has only one meaning if the Vienna Cabinet intends to follow it up imme diately with the expressed breach, for, it cannot have expected that we should tamely submit to this attack upon our rights. In another question, the forced loan ordered in Venetia, which impresses a sting of additional bitterness upon circumstances, shows that Austria will only make use of the ex tremest means towards Italy also. Corresponding with this are the reserves with which, according to the information received here, she accompanied her answer to the invitation to the Conference, and which, as we hear, are understood by all the three Powers as equivalent to a refusal. After the form of the invitation had, by nego tiation between the inviting Powers, been expressly so drawn up that Austria should be able to accept it without committing herself in advance, and with out being compelled to make reserves, it is precisely the Vienna Cabinet that renders all these labours futile. " Behind this we can only see the decided inten tion upon the part of Austria of forcing on war with Prussia, and of, at most, making' use of ne gotiations as to the Congress to gain time by pro crastination for her own not entirely completed arrangements, but especially for those of her allies. The factof waris a sealed determination at Vienna ; the only further point is to choose the favourable moment to begin. " This conviction is forced upon us with impera tive necessity by the most recent facts, and we con skier that only an intentionally prejudiced view can come to an opposite conclusion. Facts now speak too loudly for gossip, based solely upon conjectures, combinations, falsely interpreted statements, and empty rumours as to the warlike longings of Prussia, not to dwindle into nothingness in comparison. Perhaps we shall at last be believed when we solemnly protest against any notion of wishing to make good our claims to the Duchies by force and with disre gard to the rights of the co-possessor. Now, too, probably it will not be difficult to understand the real motives of the armaments by which Austria has given rise to the present crisis, and whose removal by means of the Congress she has further taken care to render impossible by the attitude she has assumed. " We may appeal with a calm conscience to the judgment of all impartial statesmen as to which party has displayed conciliation and love of peace up to the latest moment. " I respectfully request your Excellency to express yourself in the sense of this despatch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Court to which you are accredited. " Berlin, Juue 4." " BISMARCK. Mr. Oberthur's Morning Concert. Mr. Oberthur, well known as an accomplished harpist, gave a morning concert at Willis's Rooms on Thursday last, which attracted a large audience. He was supported on the occasion by a host of talent, comprising Madame Elvira Behrens, Miss Van Noorden, Signor Ferranti, Signor Carlo Patti, Mr. Pollitzer, Mr. Daubert, and Mr. Aguilar. The programme presented the features usual to this kind of entertainment, but there were some points of novelty in it worthy of special note. Chief among these was a grand trio, composed for violoncello and harp, by Mr. Oberthur. This somewhat ambitious work is written upon a large scale, comprising the regulation four movements, and is worked out in true orthodox fashion. We are pleased to be able to speak of it in terms of commendation. Mr. Oberthur, has through its means, proved himself to be not merely a writer for his own special instru ment, but an able and educated musician in the strictest sense of the term. The trio shows through out an abundant flow of melody, graceful turns of thought, and that ability to work out a theme which renders patchiness unnecessary, while at the same time it avoids. a monotonous sameness. We shall be delighted to hear the work again, and any other its composer may produce after the same model. A notice of the different items in the programme is impossible, but we may mention, in order to award it praise, Miss Van Noorden's rendering of " The Last Rose of Summer," which was marked by genuine artistic feeling, and Mr. Oberthur's harp solo on airs from " L'Africaine," the themes in which are well selected, and worked out in his prac tised hands most admirably. GOUNOD'S MESSE SOLENNELLE, published by Boosey and Co., of Holies-street,: price one shil ling•-_the whole mass complete (it is the mass of of St. Cecilia) Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Bene dictus, Agnus Dei—is another wonderful addition to that Shilling Series, already including in it such masterpieces as llandel's Messiah and Haydn's Creation, as Mozart's Requiem Mas.sand Rossini's Stabat Mater. A COUPLE OF SONGS by Virginia Gabriel,the poetry of each by J. H. M , Naughton—one entitled 14 Bye and Bye," the other " Wh en t h e Pale Pale Moon," the latter sung by Madame Sainton Dolby —have recently also been published by Messrs. Boosey, a firm that has also lately gladdened the ballrooms with a set of Lancers, entitled " Coote's Claribel"—the which, by the way, are almost as exhilarating tolook at, asto listen to or to dance in 1 MARLROROUGII COLLEGE.—The Senior Scholar ships have been adjudged to Butcher, jun., and Yeatman ; the Dean Ireland Scholarship to Madan ; the Junior Scholarships to Baker, heakinson, R. T. Richardson, Simpkinson and Swindells (mg.) The examiner was the ReY. E. Walford, late solaollirof Balliol College, Oxford. The Appropriation Bill has also been passed. Governor Darling proceeds to England next month. Considerable excitement followed the news of his recall. It is reported that Parliament will vote him £25,000. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ADELAIDE, April 27. The Ministry has been reconstructed. NEW SOUTH WALES. SIDNEY, April 22. Parliament was prorogued on the 25th March. The Public Debt Commissioners Bill has been withdrawn. Trade in the colonies is generally active. CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS MARSEILLES, JUNE 9. The China, with the above mails, arrived here at six a.m. this day. The Mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. CHINA AND JAPAN. HONG KONG, APRIL 20. The Foochow tea season is about commencing. Intelligence from Japan announces that arrange ments are being made most favourable to commerce. The disaffection in the north is assuming a serious aspect. NEW ZEALPIND. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9. The troop-ship Ballarat, from New Zealand on the 21st March, arrived here this morning with the head-quarters of the 68th Light Infantry. FRANCE. BOURSE, June B.—Two o'Clock.—" Discount ing" is being continued to-day, the sums called for being altogether unprecedented ; the list comprises the following :-600,000f. French Rente, 200,500 f. Italian Fives, 3,000 Credit Mobilier Shares, and numerous other less important sums. This opera tion, however, has failed to impart activity to the market, and quotations show a general, although unimportant decline. Threes, for the Account, are at 62f. 80c., a fallof 10c. Italian Fives are being dealt in at 39f. 90c., a decline of 20c. Credit Mobilier Shares at 470 f., lose 7f. 50c., whilst Credit Foncier have advanced 5f., to 1,0901. Comptoir d'Escomptc are unvaried. In the Railway Depart ment there is nothing doing, and the attendance at the Bourse is exceedingly small. In English Consols an advance of is telegraphed from London. Three o'clock.--The market has closed as fol- lows :- 41 per Cents 9l 50 Bank Shares 3400 Do. end month — Italian Loan 36 10 3 per Cents. 63 Do. end month 36 Do. end month 62 90 Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier ... 483 75 Do. Bonds — Do. end month ... 475 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder — Home Debt — Do. end month 1090 Deferred RAILWAYS. For Account. Orleans 782 50 Northern lO5O Lyons and Mediterranean 775 Southern 513 75 Western — Eastern 487 50 Sardinian 285 Austrian Lombard 270 North of Spain Saragossa l2B 75 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman Count Bismarck's Circular Note. BERLIN, June 8. The following despatch has been sent by Count Bismarck to the Prussian representatives abroad : " I have already communicated to your Excel lency at a former period the despatch I addressed ' upon the 7th of last month to the King's Ambas sador at Vienna in reference to Count Mensdorff's Note of April 26, upon the question of the Elbe Duchies. I purposely selected for that communi cation the form of a confidential statement, not in tended to be conveyed in copy, because experience had taught me that a real understanding is not pro moted by the exchange of documents, which are wont immediately to obtain publicity, and because it was the first wish of the King's Government still to leave open to the Vienna Cabinet the possibility of an approach. We had also, at first, cause to assume that this step of ours would be appreciated at Vienna, and, judging from his remarks to Baron von Werther, Count Mensdorff teemed to have per ceived in it such a possibility. Indeed, the tenour of our communication, wherever it transpired, was looked upon as a symptom of cordial feeling, in creasing hopes in the preservation of peace. " We have waited in vain for a reply, or even for a mere expression of the Emperor's Ambassador upon the subject. " We are forced, on the contrary, to consider the declaration delivered by the Austrian Government at the Federal Diet at Frankfort-on-the-Maine on June 1 as the answer to our conciliatory overtures. In that declaration, after a retrospective statement at variance with facts and offensive to Prussia, Austria hands over to the Diet the decision upon the Schleswig-Holstein question, and at the same time gives notice of an act of sovereignty in Hol stein —viz., the convocation of the Estates, which she not entitled to undertake single-handed from the moment when she released herself from the Gas tein Treaty by reference to the Diet, and thereby substituted the old relation of the co-possession for the recent geographical division. this unjustifiable an d one - s id e d ac t, "We have alre a d y proteste d a t Vienna against as against the equally unjustifiabl e di sposa l o f our r i g hts by hand ing them over t o th e Di et, an d reserve to us to take further steps. "But, first, I cannot refrain from declaring that in this proceeding of the Austrian Government Iv( are unable to perceive anything but the intention of a direct provocation and the desire forcibly to bring about a breach and war. "All our information agrees that the determina tion to make war upon Prussia is firmly settled at Vienna. "I may confidently acquaint your Excellency, by his Majesty's desire, that at the time when hi addressed the conciliatory communication above mentioned to Vienna, the King, actuated by the duty of preserving peace as long as possible, readily listened to a proposal for direct understanding made from an impartial quarter at Vienna and first communicated to his Majesty, without the participation of the Ministry, in order to ascertain whether his Majesty the Emperor of Austria was still actuated by the wish of maintaining peace. The proposal was to treat the Schleswig-Holsten, and the Federal Reform questions in common, and by this connexion to facilitate the solution of both• Wills and Bequests. The will of the late Right Hon. Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle, P.C., F.R.S., F.G.S.; was proved in London on the 18th ult., by his relict, the Right Hon. Mary Ann, Baroness Monteagle ; his son the Right llon. William Spring Rice ; and his nephew, Mr. Stephen Edward de Vere, of Monane, Limerick. The personalty in England was sworn under £16,000. Lord Monteagle was a distinguished member of the Cabinet between the years 1827 and 1859. His lordship's will bears date 1847, and two codicils, 1863-5 ; and he died on the 7th of Feb ruary, 1866, in his 77th year. Lady Monteagle is provided for by her marriage settlement, and pro vision is also made for his younger children, being four sons and three daughters. To his younger sons there is a charge upon his estate of £4,000 to each ; the daughters receiving their portions on mar riage. All his estates and land in Castlemaine, Kerry, his mansion at Mount Trenchard, Limerick, and all his other freeholds, devolve to his grandson, Thos. Spring Rice, now in his 17th year.—The will of Mr. John Twells, formerly of Gracechurch street, banker, but late of Darby House, Sunbury, was proved in the London Court, under £90,000 personalty, by his two sons—the Rev. John Twells, M.A., and Mr. Phillip Twells. The testator died on the 10th of March, at the age of 89, having exe cuted his will April 16, 1860, and a codicil Feb. 20, 1866. By the will he had left his property equally between his two sons, but having since purchased certain freehold and copyhold land at Sunbury, and the island or eyot called Swan's Nest, lying oppo site to Darby House, he devises the same to such of his two sons as may elect to take the estate at £15,000, and leaves that sum to the other. To his eldest son he bequeaths £5,000 ; and to such son as becomes the purchaser of the estate at Sunbury he leaves all the furniture, books, and other effects, together with the farming stock and agricultural implements absolutely.—lllustrated News. The Abyssinian Captives. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Mrs. Stern, having just received the follow ing letter from her husband, would take it as a particular favour if you would kindly insert it in your widely-circulated journal, as its publicity would be a source of much consolation to the friends of the captives. I am, Sir, yours obediently, C. 11. RUDAY, Father-in-law of Mr. Stern. 24, Great Marlborough-street, June 7. "Korata, near Lake Tzana, Camp of British Mission, March 22. "My dear Charlotte,—At length God, in His infinite mercy, has heard the prayers which ascended to His throne of Grace in our behalf, and released us from prison and chains. Our manacles were removed on the 24th of February, and on the 25th we quittei the rocky heights on which we had been confined for 16 interminable months. Two days we remained encamped at the foot of the Araba to regain some strength, as several of us, myself among the number, could scarcely stand upright, much Jess ride any considerable distance. Freedom, change of air, and the luxury of unshackled hands and feet, however, effected a wonderful alteration in our exhausted and enervated frames. On the 7th inst. we reached Gaffaff, where Mr. Flad and our former fellow-prisoners gave us a cordial reception. Wo remained one night with these friends, and then in company started for Korata, the tem porary home of Mr. Rassam, and the vicinity of the royal camp. From the kindness and attention we experienced is we advanced on our journey, hope, so long deadened in cur hearts, began again to revive, and visions of liberty, to which for muro than two years wo had been strangers, 'gain brightened our future. Our enterprising, excellent riend, Mr. Rassam, received us with that cautious cold ness which our mutual position rendered indispensable. Messengers were despatched the same night to announce our irrival to his Majesty, and on the morning of the 15thinst. a complete reconciliation was effecteil, before Mr. Rassam and the royal delegates, between the King and his white prisoners. We are now waiting with yearning impatience for the permission to leave Abyssinia, a question which is still subject to the variable mood of his Majesty. A letter from Dr. Beke, together with a petition from you and the Alter relatives of the prisoners, arrived here on the 16th nst. The King forwarded the English copies to Mr. Rassam, with the laconic remark, ' I have already, for the sake of the Queen of England, liberated the captives.' " I should like to write a long letter, but Mr. Rassam re stricts me to a small note, and I must, therefore, impose an unwilling restraint on my unchained hand. "Kiss the dear children for me, and that our Heavenly Father may ere long reunite us, is the continual prayer of your affectionate and severely tried husband, " HERAT A. STERN." Analysis of Thursday Night's Division. The following is an analysis of the divisions on Lord Stanley's and Mr. Walpole's Amendments : LORD STANLEY'S AMENDMENT. Voted for the Government,-- ' Liberals ... ••• ••• 285 Conservatives ... ••• ••• 4-289 Against,— Conservatives ... ••• 247 Liberals ... ••• ••• ••• 15-262 Absent,-- Liberals ... ••• ••• 68 Conservatives ... 33 . . Vacant Seats ••• ••• 5 Speaker ••• ••• 1 - 658 Vacant seats, — South Notts Lancaster Reigate Totnes 1---5 MR. WALPOLE'S AMENDMENT. Voted for Government, — Liberals ••• 297 Conservatives ... ... 2-299 Voted against,— Conservatives ... ... 257 Liberals ... 419.1 ••• ... 28-285 Absent, — Liberals ... ... 43 Conservatives ... ... 25 Vacant seats ... 5 Speaker ... 1-638 Vacant seats, — South Notts Lancaster Reigate ... Totnes 1-5 Metropolitan Board of Works. The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the office in Spring gardens ; Sir John Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement showed the current accounts to be £292,601 Os. 9d. ; checks ordered but not pre sented, £13,186 13s. 3d. A deputation attended from the vestry of St. Mary, Islington, and St. Luke, Middlesex, to present a memorial protesting against any portion of the 120 acres of the land pur chased for the formation of a park for Finsburybeing allowed to building purposes. Mr. Harvey addressed the Board at considerable length in support of the memorial, and said the inhabitants of Islington viewed with dismay a proposition that was made to cover 20 acres, or one-sixth of the land, purchased for a park, with buildings. The parish of Islington, and the northern portion of the metropolis interested in the formation of the park, contained a population of upwards of half a million, and therefore they required all the open space and acreage they could obtain. He also strongly hinted that, under the terms of the Finsbury-park Act, the board had no power to devote any portion of the park to building purposes until 10 years after the park had been com pleted. Mr. Torrens, M.P. for the borough, also addressed the board, trusting they would sympathise with the inhabitants of this populbus neighbourhood in their desire to have a park both for the purposes of health and recreation, and both those objects would be seriously diminished if any portion of the margin of the 120 acres purchased was devoted to building purposes, there being ample space for build ing in the neighbourhood without trenching upon what was required for the recreation of the people. The Chairman assured the deputation that the board was influenced by nothing but a desire to serve the ratespayers, but in providing a park for Finsbury they must have regard also to the in terests of other parts of the metropolis. It was only the other day that at a committee the subject of letting a portion of the land purchased for the park for building was spoken of, but, hearing that this deputation was coming, they deferred all conside ration of it in deference to it until the board had heard its views upon it ; and he need hardly say that it would receive their most anxious attention. On the motion of Mr. Savage, the memorial and the further consideration of the subject was referred to the Streets Committee. A deputation also waited on the board from the vestry of St. Paul's, Deptford, to present a memorial relative to the injury to the parish wharf in Church-street, Deptford, through the works of the storm overflow sewer. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Richardson, and the subject as referred to the Main Drainage Committee. A report was brought up from the Main Drainage Commit tee recommending that five engine-keepers and fire men formerly in the service of the parishes be ap pointed in the fire brigade, subject to the receipt of a medical certificate as to their fitness for the work. Mr. Savage condemned the unfairness about to be exercised towards these men, after the whole bri gade had been taken without any examination what ever, and he moved that the subject be referred back to the committee for further examination. Mr. New ton seconded the amendment, believing it would be unjust to these men to be subjected to an examination when the board had taken the brigade bodily without it. This question led to a long discussion, and the Chairman said that, as three out of the five pro posed had already undergone a medical ex amination, it would be unfair to subject them to an examination a second time. The amendment was negatived by a majority of 20 to 11. Mr. Richardson then moved that the three men who had already been examined should be ex empt from a second examination, and the motion, so amended, was agreed to. Mr. Newton then moved a further amendment to the effect that these appointments should be deferred until the board had the whole of the' proposed appointments before them, and he strongly condemned the course that had been pursued by a member of the Board who, from merely looking at a man, had said that he was unfitted by ill-health for the duties of a fireman, which had been communicated to Captain Shaw, and in this way the election of the candidate had been prejudiced. Now, the fact was that this man for six years had only been six days absent from his duties through illness, and therefore he said the observations of the member of the Board were very cruel towards him. Mr. Moreland, the member alluded to, said he had done nothing under hand in his communication to Captain Shaw, but he believed if this person was appointed it would be a great fraud upon the ratepayers. The amend ment was negatived and the original motion was agreed to. A repett was brought up from.a com mittee of the whole Board, recommending that the salary of Mr. W. Conquest, assistant-clerk in the engineer department,be increased from£26o to £3OO per annum, that such increase do take effect from the 25th of Dec. last, and that the resolution of the Board of the 4th of Jan., 1861 (No. 2), be varied accordingly ; also that the salary of Mr. G. Campion, the engineer's accountant, be increased from £260 to £3OO per annum, that such increase do take effect from the 25th of December last, and that the reso lution of the ,board of the 4th of January, 1861 (No. 2), be varied accordingly. Mr. Savage moved the adoption of the recommendations, while Mr. Brooking, Mr. H. L. Taylor, and Mr. Evans de nounced the constant applications that were made to the Board for increase of the salaries of officers, they having received an increase no longer back than January last of £lO. Mr. Richardson, Mr. Newton, and Mr. Hall supported the recommenda tions, which were carried by a majority of 21 to 8. The weekly report showed that there were only five cases of cattle plague, and they were in the Tower 'Hamlets district. The other business was disposed of, and the Board adjourned. GRAND SHAM FIGHT AND REVIEW AT STIRLING.— A great sham fight and review by the volunteers of Scot land is to take place in the spacious Queen's-park at Stir ling on the 29th September next. It is anticipated that volunteers from all parts of Scotland and the north of England will be present, and that this great volunteer dis play will be unequalled by any which has hitherto taken place in Great Britain. LONDON IRISH RIFLES.—The second competition for the challenge cup of the letter C company took place at the Plaistow range on Wednesday last, when Captain O'Connor proved the victor with a score of 38 points ; Colour-Sergeant Chapman was second, with a score of 25. Ranges, 200, 500, and 600 yards ; five shots ; short Enfield. •, , 4. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 8. The Queen went out yesterday afternoon with Princess Helena. Her Majesty drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice rode in the Home Park. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, and attended by Lieut.-Col. Keppel, rode on horseback yesterday forenoon. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh went to the House of Lords. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh took the oaths and his seat as a peer of the realm. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark and the Duke of Edinburgh, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, drove to Kew in the afternoon, and were present at an entertainment given by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. LITERATURE. The Beautiful in Nature and Art. By Mrs. Ellis. One vol., pp. 313. Hurst and Blackett. With pleasure her numerous admirers will wel come a new book by the popular authoress of the " Women of England." A very charming volume is this new work by Mrs. Ellis. "We have school books innumerable;" but, observes the authoress very judiciously, " we are not so rich in books calculated for helping those who help themselves." Such is the benevolent aim of the work before us, to assist the young students of art, the admirers of the beautiful, in those studies and subjects of thought which shall enable them rightly to appreciate and realise that' oft-quoted truth, " A thing of Beauty is a joy for ever." " The truthfulness of Art," "The Love of Beauty," " The Love of Ornament," " Early Dawn of Art,'' and various chapters of a kindred nature are followed by others descriptive of " Learning to Draw," " imitation," " Light and Shadow," " Form," "Colour," " Characteristics of Trees," &C. The conclusion of the work, which will interest many fair readers, relates to " Lady's Work" and " Lady's Handiwork." As an evidence of the practical influence and sound common sense of I\lr3. Ellis's suggestions, let us quote her very forcible re marks, when speaking of the distribution of time, about the value of the present moment. " The great point is be always able to give a direct answer to the question—What am I dcing now ? By habitually asking ourselves this question, we find that time—that precious time, which so many persons are complain ing that they cannot find in sufficient quantity, is doubled on our hands. It is the absolute,now which makes all the difference—which creates time enough for everything." Full of similar truthfulness and equally practical consolation is the thought which we and at almost the last page of the volume—the result of much experience and of very accurate ob servation—" It is no slight privilege to be able to say to hopeful, or even fearful youth, that it is net great genius which fills this happy life—that it is not rank, nor wealth, nor what are called prosperous circumstances—that it is the dedication of the whole nature, whatever that nature may be, to the purpose for which it is best fitted—the employment of every faculty, such as it is, upon that which it can do and which is worth doing, and, as the supreme object of human effort, the consecration of all to the service of Him who has given us all." Unlike mail teachers, Mrs. Ellis has practised what she preaches. Her life has been devoted to the worthy fulfilment of the work for which her powers were best adapted, namely, the wise instruction and kindly encourage ment of her fair sisters, the " Wives and Daughters , of England. As another felicitous effort in the same good cause, this little work, just published, deserves a welcome and very cordial commen dation. Little Useful Books. Notes on Epidemics for the Use of the Public. BY F. E. Anstie, M.D. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.) This very useful little work, which appeared in a briefer form in the British Quarterly, is deserving of practical and general consideration before the warm weather sets in. Prevention is better than cure, and assuredly far more practicable. Another manual of health on the same wise prin ciple—the prevention of evil—is also before us. Routledge's Useful Library—lnfant Nursing, by Mrs. Pedley. These very useful instructions on the management of young children appeared in the columns of the Queen, under. the well-known initials of U. N. A. They are well-deserving attention. The Modern Gynznetst, by Charles Spencer (Warne), gives one hundred and twenty illustra tions of the sanitary art. Plain Rules for the Stable, by Prof. Garage° (Warne), gives useful information in the briefest possible form. How to Cook Potatoes, by Georgiana Hill (Routledge.) Georgiana Hill has already ill' structed us in the art of cooking eggs and cooking apples—she now, to the astonishment of all readers, Irish no less than English, informs us how to cook and dress potatoes in one hundred different ways The Companion Letter-Writer. (Warne.) A cora plete guide to correspondence on all subjects relat ing to Friendship, Love, and Business, with nume rous commercial forms. In this invaluable W I ; the lover may learn how to address his mistress, and the lady is favoured with copies of the replies , favourable and unfavourable, to select from. "B' little boy" is instructed how to thank " a gentlemso who saved him from drowing 1" In fact, in every incident and emotion possible to human life one, has only to turn to the " Companion Letter-Writer' , for instruction how to speak, and think, and feel • Poultry as a Meat Supply, by the author of " The Poultry Kalendar" (Nimmo), contains WO to hen-wives how to rear and manage poultry eco nomically and profitably. The Handy Book of the Law of Trustees, by Denny Urlin, of the Inner Temple (Wilson's Lega l Hand Books), is brief and to the purpose. The Law Relating to the Cattle Plague, by W. Cox, Esq. (Law Times-office), is likely to prov e highly useful to those concerned in the manage ment or transference of cattle. " The law relating to the cattle plague," says the learned compil er ; is so scattered, so confused, and so difficult 01 construction," that he has wisely deemed " a collee' lection of it in a convenient form likely to Pr° T° useful to the public as well as the profession." Memory, by William Stokes (H.ouLston ae d Wright), has reached its seventh edition. Handbook to Government Situations. (Stanford)' By how many aspirants for the sweets of officia l patronage will this book be welcomed. The ex amination papers and extracts from the report s °: the commissioners which it contains are likely l' u o render it useful to those preparing for competit il examinations. A Little Book About Learning the Pianoforte. 13 1: Emanuel Aguilar (Groombridge and Sons).- -11-111' very excellent little work contains rules and re ; marks by such autho r iti es as B ac h , M o zart, a e e ' l others, taking for its t ex t th e say i ng o f Micha s Angelo, " Trifles make perfection." The Story of th e T e l egrap h i n I n di a. By Charles C. Adley, C.E. (Spon), strongly urges parlialnee tary interference for the protection of the telegraPh in India. m 135 Some Effects of the Climate of Italy. BY Tho e King Chambers, M.D. (Churchill), contains e nru Te lectures delivered i n St. Mary's Hospital , " d • . ported in the Lancet, in which the renovating . 1 _ set fluence of the Italian climate is very haPPYlnion forth by one well qualified to express an I tio t. in the double capacity of physician ancl,l?`_ bou rs Dr. Chambers, being obliged to relinquish ht-raa from ill health, derived so much benefit fro aideet sidence in Italy that he gladly evinces his gr_,„. to in the recommendation of the same reEnc".T others. q We e state Yo qrs fa 41 34 '1 ' T t, ° ph _ h te l !' ° I 1 11 11 to 1 , 44 ° 1 1t 8 ‘. ital Past Dort kre a The k 3.71