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GREAT DISCOVERY for 2,he PREVENTION of PAIN. LOCAL AN.XSTHASIA, by I:ther Spray; a Means for the Entire extinction of Pain in Operations ou the Inferior Animals. By BENJAMI7 WARD RICHARD SON, yLA., M.D., F.R.C.P., Seniur•Physician to the Royal Intirrn:xy for Diseases of the Chet, t. London: John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington street. Price Sixpence. N.B. May be had also at the Of_i•ce of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to A aimals, 12, Pall-mall. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr F. B. Chatterton. THIS KVENING, THAT RASCAL JACK. lA, gars. J. Ronbe, J. Neville, C. Warner; I•lesdames B. Aleyne, C. Tho moon. To. conclude with T E, GREAT CTTY. Messrs. C. Warner, F. 3r.orton, J Fitzjames, C. llarnourt, F Vi tiers, J. C. Cowl er, vi . M'lntyr.., J. Rouse, .1. Irving, J. 11. Johnstone ; Meath auca A. Robertson, R. TLiere, C. Thompson. Commence at Seven. INHrIATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, sole Lessee and Mansgsr, Mr. Buckst •ne. Tit IWEN INO, DEAF AS A POS P. Messrs Comp ton and Fa rren ; .N 4 rs. (11. e. After which, A WILD GOt/SE. Messrs. Sothern, Buck stone, Itovrs. Gordon, V. hite, Vincent, Weatnenby, ; /demi Imes Burke, Hill, Chippendale, Laws, :Sidney, Acc. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton. Commence at seven. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE New Management. Sole Leseve, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. lilgan. T., is EV Nflcl NG, T/I 14: LEST WAY. Messrs. Clayton and 11. IVigaa ; Mrs. St. Henry. Followed by THE LIAR. Messrs. C. Mathews, Addis n, H. J. Montague, and liorax Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews And Miss Stephens. To conclude with OLYMPIC GAME 3. Messrs. H. J. Montague, O. Vincent. D. Murray; Mesdames E. earren, Cr. Moore, Sneridan, arris, N. Harris, St. Henry, and Roselle. Doors open at half-past Suc ; commence at Seven. UYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING. Atter which, at 8, T EIE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. rechter ; Me ars. Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, Fitzpatrick. 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Part the Second--From 1066 to 1867. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Alcigate ; New Oxford-stroet, and Tottenham-court-road, London Aud Bmdforl, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free o❑ application. WAT ER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT.— Morbing, ith. Om.—Afternoon, 11h. 31m 1 .: -11 oLitow.-Moruiti K , h. m.—Afternoon, 12. i. 111, ' • , 44 T ~ ~ -.Y y"I ~ ~•v LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1867. -- A.- The dicussiou in the House of Commons last evening respecting the English Reform Bill, though less exciting than the previous portion of the debate, was by no means without interest. The exact terms of the borough franchise have long been a source of perplexity to all those statesmen who have seriously addressed themselves to the settlement of the problem of Parliamentary Reform, and there fore we must consider that an important point is gained when the House has agreed upon what Mr. DISRAELI not inappropriately styled the celebrated clause 3. The lodger franchise, which was very coldly received on its first introduction by Mr. DISRAELI eight years ago, has since that time gained so much upon public favour that no Reform Bill is considered complete without it, and it is one of those points which the frienth of the artisan have with reason most strenuously insisted upon. llow ever liberal in principle even household suffrage may be, it is evident that there will re. main in London at least a very large class of working men who will not be enfranchised under its provisions, owing alike to the scarcity of house accommodation and the dearness of rents. The wants of this large class are fully met by the lodger franchise, while the terms upon which the House finally decided were fair and reasonable. A lodger occupying rooms of the annual value of £lO, and residing in those rooms for a twelvemonth, may claim to be registered at the next registration. An important step has thus been taken in the settlement of the Reform question, and we congratulate the country on its having ob tained the concession. The lodger franchise is really the most liberal franchiseyet granted, and we may rea sonably hope that it will admit to electoral privi leges the very class who most desire and deserve them—the skilled artizans. One thing is certain, no man can justly complain of his exclusion from the franchise when so simple a condition as a year's residence iu a room for which ho pays 3s. 10d. a week will qualify him. Mr. TORRENS who has always befriended the lodger, proposed iu his amendment that six months' residence should qualify, but the House accepted Mr. GOLDNEY'S amendment of twelve months, which, on the whole, seems to be preferable. The lodger can scarcely complain that he is placed on exactly the :.ame footing as the householder, and without doubt the lodgers are likely to include a more migratory class than the householders. A man who is constantly moving about, either from business or inclination, will probably be indifferent to the possession of a vote which indeed he may hardly ever have the chance of using. He will not be a fair representative of the interests of the borough for which he votes, be cause he may have just migrated from the other end of the county, and his inclination and his prejudices will be identical with those of the place he has quitted, rather than those of his new place of dwelling. The £l5 line is too high. Although no doubt a very large proportion of our skilled artizans pay between five and six shillings a week for their rooms, still the wish of the house and the great body of the public is to enfranchise liberally and not stingily. The condition as to the term of resi dence will be sufficient security that the occu pier is a decent, industrious, and sober man, so far as such tests can be relied upon, and the additional six months' occupation will be a safer test than the extra £5 rent. The general prin ciple of the lodger franchise was readily ac cepted on both sides of the House, and though a few hon. members, like Sir R. KNIGHTLET and Mr. SCHREIBER, were loud in their indignation, they were only the exceptions who proved the rule. Mr. BRIGHT was in favour of the £lO amendment, which, as we have seen, was finally determined upon. Care should be taken, however, that it is clearly understood that a tem porary break in the personal occupation of the room or rooms does not disqualify, since, if a man leaven home on business for a few weeks, in tending to return, paying his rent meanwhile, he should not in common fairness be held to forfeit his vote. This and some other points remained to be considered, and we hope the House will entertain them in a candid and liberal spirit. Last night the Scotch Reform Bill was intro duced to the House of Commons, and Mr. DISRAELI made an elaborate explanation of its peculiarities. We are not surprised that he took the opportunity of referring to tge extraordinary events which took place on Saturday at Mr. GLADSTONE'S. Such a course of procedure is indeed unusual, and is greatly calculated to impede the progress of measures before the House, and interfere with their consideration being carried on in that calm spirit which is so very desirable. The right hon. gentleman said he had hoped that after the vote of last Thursday there would have been no attempt made to rescind or " perplex" that vote, because the Government could not possibly deviate from the conclusion which was then come to. He made this observation on ac count of the violent speeches which had been made since the House met last, and which were calculated to discourage them in their anxious and arduous task. There was great force in what Mr. DISRAELI said, and indeed there can be no one at all versed in Parliamentary affairs but must feel that the course pursued on Saturday was a very unusual one, and the wonder is that a man of Mr. GLADSTONE'S experience should act iu so unprecedented a manner. As the Chancellor of the Exchequer said last night it is to be regretted that those addresses were ever delivered, considering the length of time during which the House had been engaged in the discussio❑ of the question and the general desire which was felt for its settlement. " I regret very much," added he, " that the old stories and antique machinery of agitation should have been re adjusted and reburnished, and sent up by parliamentary train to London, and that we should have been threatened with an agitation of a most indefinite and incoherent character, for at this moment I am at a loss to know whether the proposed agitation is to be in favour of manhood suffrage or of a£s rating. I should have been very glad if, after the vote on Thursday, it had been con sidered that there was no question whatever that a definite opinion had been arrived at on the subject of the borough franchise ; and I regret very much that these spouters of stale sedition and obsolete incendiaries of that character should have come for ward to pay their homage to one who, wherever he may sit, must always be the pride and ornament of this house— "'Who must laugh if such a man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he."' We have quoted 'this passage at length, because of its adroitness of description, and because we fully concur in the expression of the right hon. gen tleman that the extreme intoleration displayed at these assemblies d , )es not rightly represent the tem per of the house or the temper of the country. It is time that Mr. GLADSTONE should cease from these exhibitions of temper beyond the walls of Parlia ment. llis attempt to mend matters last night by the few observations which he made did not impede the case at all. As far as we can judge at the first appearance the Scotch Bill seems to, be a desirable one, and fully capable of being adapted to the purpose required. With the exception of some "technical discrepancies" it is formed on the model of the English Bill, and the Borough Franchise is founded on the personal payment of rates. The occupation franchise is counties will be the same as in England. Se ven new members will be given to Scotland, two to the universities, which proposal met 'with tulivers4l approbation. The general result will be that a share in the burgh representation will be given to every town of six thousand population. As the right hon. gentleman said, he did not expect that every arrangement would pass " unques tioned ;" but if it was improved by discussion, her MAJESTY'S Government had fulfilled their promise of seeking to give to Scotland a full and fair re presentation—and more cannot certainly be de manded or desired by those who fully appreciate the difficulties of the case. The announcement which Lord DERBY made last night in the House of Lords respecting the Con ference will be received with universal satisfaction by all parties. On Saturday a satisfactory termina tion was come to by the members of the Con ference in consequence of the signatu . re of a treaty which guaranteed for the future the neutralisation of Luxemburg under a collective assurance of all the Powers. The territory is to continue under the rule of the King of Holland, but the fortress is to be dismantled. The noble lord added that he felt convinced their lordships would hear with satis faction that " an arrangement had been come to upon this subject, which was calculated to preserve the peace of Europe ;" and we feel assured also, that the sentiment of satisfaction will be re-echoed far and wide, and cause general delight and re joicing. The prospect of another continental war, and one of the magnitude which it must have been, with France for one of the contending parties, was indeed disastrous at the present juncture, and on all accounts it is a subject fur congratulation that the result has been what is here recorded. The cloud has passed away which darkened the political horizon, and we trust that it is a good augury of future success, and that the unwonted depression which has weighed down public affairs in this country, and, indeed, in other lands, will give place to a serener season, full of confidence and indicative of prosperity. THE SUN, LONI ON, TUESDAY E v ENING, MAY 14, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The anticipation in my letter of yesterday that the treaty for the regulation of the affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg would be signed on Saturday has been realised. The Moniteur states that the Government of the Emperor will without delay lay before the Chambers the provisions it contains. The Prince of Wales has arrived in Paris. He is for the present the guest of Lord Cowley. The King and Queen of the Belgians are expected to morrow. The Grand Duchess Marie Nicolaevna, sister of the Emperor of Russia, is also expected. Apartments have been ordered for her at the Grand Hotel. The King of Italy left Florence on Thursday, and arrived on the same evening at Venice. On receiv ing the authorities the King announced that he should devote the sum of 50,000 f. to the poor of Venice. His Majesty added that he intended to propose a law to Parliament, allowing a credit of 10 millions of francs for various public works to be executed at Venice, and particularly for the Arsenal. ! A letter from Florence states that information has been received there from various parts of the kingdom expressing the favourable impression pro duced by the explanation of the financial position made to the Parliament by M. Ferrara, the Minis ter of Finance. The promise made as to the speedy suppression of the forced circulation of bank notes has given great satisfaction. The Diet of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar was opened on the 6th of May with a view to dis cuss the new Federal Constitution. The formal opening of the session was made by the Minister of State, who read a message from the Grand Duke. After having alluded to the general advantages it would confer upon all the Confederate States, from the sacrifices imposed, his Royal Highness expressed a hope that the Diet would appreciate the necessities of the position, and that it would give its consent to the act constituting the Confederation of the North. In the Senate to-day an important communica tion was made by the Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign Affairs. It stated that the London Con ference had finished its labours, and signed on Saturday a treaty, determining in a definitive man ner the international situation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. After mentioning the facts already known, the document stated that the text of the Treaty would be published as soon as the ratifica tions were exchanged. The chief points, however, are that the City of Luxembourg will cease to be a fortified city. The King of Prussia declares that, immediately after the ratifications, the troops now in garrison in the fortress will receive orders to evacuate it. The Grand Duke of Lux embourg, on his part, engages to take the neces sary measures to convert the place into an open city by means of demolitions to satisfy the intentions of e t w h li e rtrh ll en o s w ae e ui r i s. it 0t the et 'l h l viae e tw r ts a h t oe i f ti l c ih t t t ee i s o Ft a .r s a French h,c r , are to be exchanged h T G hi o s ve t r r o e m aty en f t. ul l ly t puts an end to a situation created against us in ad verse times. It gives to our northern frontier the guarantee of a new neutral State. It assures to the King of the Netherlands entire independence. Not only it suppresses the causes of an imminent conflict, but it gives fresh guarantees for stregthen ing our good relations with our neighbours and for the peace of Europe." A similar communi cation was made to the Legislative Body. S An eine e under interesting oder the experime nt auspices of has Princebe enm sentaodseef Oscar, rrh n , t the ofe Sweden, with the small Swedish boats Exhibition. The Prince did the honours on board one of them, called Mathilde, in honour of a recent visit from the Princess Mathilde. The Consul of Sweden, M. de Fehnehjehn, was on board the other. Several members of the international jury, and scientific and literary men, were invited, and the boats were beautifully ornamented w i t h flags and ornaments. These boats possess excellent nautical qualities, and glide upon the water with much faci lity, and without vibration. In the environs of Stockholm about a hundred of these boats ply like our steamers on the Thames and those on the Seine. They are fourteen metres long and three metres wide. They can take sixty passengers, and with four-horse power the speed is at the rate of from two to three leagues an hour. They are coming into use in Prussia, where many are to be seen on the Neva. The Prince returned on board the boat under the direction of the Swedish Consul. When the experiments were concluded, M. de Watteville, one of the jury, begged permission to propose a toast to all around. " Alonseigneur," said M. Watteville, " to your Royal Highness and to Swedish hospita lity." Prince Oscar replied—" Gentlemen, to France. Let mee say to France, which I love as much as you do." The air resounded with cheers at this simple but expressive speech. Every one in Paris knows the popular engraving representing a sentinel on duty at a time when Napoleon the First was making a tour of inspection. The Emperor wished to pass ; but the sentinel, in strict accordance with his orders, presented arms and said, " If you were the Little Corporal himself, I would not let you go on." The Emperor, though annoyed at the moment, sent for the honest sentinel in the evening,, and bestowed the order of the Legion of Honour upon him. This soldier, Jean Coluche de (fastens, has just died at Gouaix, Seine et Marne, atd the age of eighty-eight. The anecdote is founded on historical fact. The inci dent took place on the 12th of March, 1814. The old soldier went to Fontainebleau a few years ago, and was very cordially received by the Emperor and Empress, who laughed at it over and over again. The old sentinel had a pension from Napo leon the Third. Last night was very stormy, and to-day, until the afternoon, it rained in abundance. It then cleared up, and visitors in great numbers ventured to the Exhibition. I took a passing glance at two very remarkable objects, one in the Loglish the other in the Russian department. In the centre of the English exhibition is a very splendid embroidered bed, which is exhibited by Lady Carrington. It is a scarlet velvet, the embroidery of which, by Lady Carrington, is exquisite. The work is said to have been a labour of five years. Some of the Paris papers have passed enthusiastic eulogiums upon this specimen of English art. The Russian chef d'oeuvre is a magnificent specimen of high-relief, after a model of the Professor of Sculpture Vetali, intended. for an ornament of the church of St. Isaac at St. Petersburg. A prize was offered for the best specimen, and the Academy of Arts of Russia approved of this for the perfect harmony of the design, the groups, and the general composition. It is in repousse, and is considered to be the most remarkable work of the kind ever executed, because, from the height of the figures and their great convexity, the execution was extremely diffi cult. Its length is 44 inches. It was chased at the celebrated manufactory of Salsikoff, of Moscow, by the Russian artist Loscontoff. That manufactory obtained two medals of the first class at the Lon- don Exhibition. The silver is covered with platina. The value is estimated at 10,000 silver roubles. The subject is the Nativity of Christ. In addition to the Virgin Mary and the infant, there are groups kneeling in adoration, with two angels hovering over them. Artists must take great interest in specimens of art of this description. Thi s spec i es o f chasing in repousse was in use in ancient days, and particularly in the middle age. Almost all the works of Benvenuto Cellini were executed in this style. IRELAND. DUBLIN, May 13. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant on Saturday evening despatched a special messenger to Kilmain - ham Prison, commuting the capital sentence passed on Patrick Doran. No decision has been arrived at in the case of Burke as yet, but it is confidently anticipated his sentence will be commuted also. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, an application was made by Mr. O'Brien to admit a prisoner named Ro:thfort to bail. The prisoner is one cf those charged with illegally assembling with arms, &c., in the county of Clare. Mr. Longfield, Q.C., on the part of the Crown, did not resist the motion, and their lordships admitted the prisoner to bail, himself in £lOO, with two sureties in £3O each. A similar application was made by Mr. O'Loghlen in the case of the Queen v. Hickey and ten others, who are charged with a like offence. Mr. Longfield stated he would not oppose the motion in the case of eight of the prisoners, but as the evidence con cerning the other three, named Geo. Dixon, Richd. Fitzgibbon, and Stephen Slattery, was of a different nature, the Crown did not feel warranted in con senting to their discharge. Their lordships, accord ingly, refused the application as to Fitzgibbon, Slat tery, and Dixon, but admitted Hickey and the others to bail on each entering into a recognisance of £5O, with two sureties in £2O each. Thomas William Cla r k e , w ho was tried last week on a charge of treaso n -f e l ony an d acquitted, but who was detained under th e Whiteboy Act, was on Saturday admitted to b a il t o appear at the com mission and take his trial on receiving ten days' notice. Constable Adams, whose bravery in connection with the attack on the Kilmallock police-barracks on the occasion of the late Fenian ruing will be re membered, has been recommended by the Reward Board for a sub-inspectorship. Colonel Wood, the inspector-general, has, as a preliminary step, raised him to the rank of first-class head constable. REFORM MELTING AT BERMONDSEY. Last evening a densely crowded public meeting was held in Newton's factory, Rouel-road, Ber mondsey, in support of a lodger franchise, and in opposition to the personal rating clause of the Go vernment Reform Bill. Mr. E. D. Rogers occu pied the chair, supported by Messrs. Locke and Layard, the members for the borough, and a large number of the ratepayers of the district. The CII.IIIIMXN opened - the proceedings with a strong condemnation of the Government bill, and a declaration that nothing short of a residential and reg istered manhood suffrage would satisfy the great body of the people. lie was sLroecc received d M . . , then addressed th e mee ti ng. with loud cries of " H ow a b out t h e tea-room ?" The hon. member then proceeded at some length to justify his conduct in attending what was called the tea-room meeting. By attend ing that meeting he had no intention of deserting Mr. Gladstone or the Liberal party, to whom he had given a constant support, but to endeavour to get rid of the arbitrary £5 rating line. (Hear.) He was one of the few members of the House of Com mons in favour of household suffrage pure and simple—(hear) —with a liberal lodger franchise. He had voted with Mr. Gladstone both ou the 12th of April against personal rating and again with him, last Thursday evening, in favour of the compound householders. (Hear.) He was still in hopes that the bill might be so improved as to make it accept able to the people, but if not, they must endeavour to amend it in the Reformed Parliament. (Hear.) Mr. LAYARD, m.p., on rising was received with great cheering. He said he had not the same faith as his hon. friend that the bill could be made any better or more acceptable to the present house of Commons. (Hear.) Neither was he at all sure that a new Parliament elected under the provisions of the present bill would be inclined to amend its obnoxious principles. (Wear.) His own impression was that it was likely to be even more retrograde than the present House of Commons. While there were 50 traitors in the Liberal camp there was but little hope of any real or satisfactory improvement of the bill. The hon. member then went on to explain whatwould be the inevitable working of the present bill in relation to the compound householder. lt would subject him to bribery or intimidation from his landlord, and place it in the power of the paro chial authorities whether he should be rated or not. By the clause carried in the House of Commons last Thursday, by the aid of the deserters from the Libe ral party, not only were all those arrangements dis turbed, but the compound householders, now exer cising the franchise under the act of Sir W. Clay, were to be deprived of their franchise unless they complied with the requirements of the present bill. (bear.) This was such a monstrous injustice that he could not understand how any man calling him , self a Liberal could have voted for it. (Hear, and cries of " Out with them.") They would have to settle their delinquencies with their constituencies whom they had betrayed, Ile was q u it e w illing that the bill should be thrown out. (Cheers.) It would be thrown out if th LI 1 e era s were true to themselves and their principles, but as he had said before they had 50 traitors in their camp. (I -1.• Imes.) He would advise them to keep on and increase their agitation, hold meetings everywhere, and in petitions against the bill, and where the constituencies had been be trayed let them insist on their members doing their duty, and it was ' possible they might yet succeed. A resolution in favour of a lodger franchise, and protesting against the principle of personal rating, was then unanimously adopted, as was also another expressing confidence in Mr. G 1 tdstone, and con demnatory of those b nem ers of the Liberal party who had voted against ' • him. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings of a most enthusiastic meeting. THE SURREY STAGDOUNDS.—This pack of hounds, under the ma s t ers hi p of Mr. Arthur f l eat h co t e , terminated its hunting season last week, a nd on Saturday the pack, which has been considerablystrengthened by doge of high blood and strain, were laid up till the autumn, while the running deer, comprising some "fleet and staying" bucks, were turned into park for the summer. The hunt, which is chiefly sustained by the Epsom Squire (the master), has received substantial support from the gentlemen who at tend the meet, and this old established pack of Surrey staghounds augurs well to be a permanent sporting adjunct of the county. The fears recently entertained that this pack would be broken up are now dispelled. SUICIDE IN TIIE BOROUGII.—On Sunday morning a man named Boyd, residing at No. 14, Bedford-row, Great Guildford-street, Borough, cut his throat with a carving knife in a closet of that house. When discovered life was quite extinct. The deceased had been in a desponding wood for song) time back, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The Hall (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) LUXEMBURG. LUXEMBURG, May 14. The works on the fortress of Luxemburg, which up to the present have been actively carried on, were stopped this morning, and the workmen die- Sciences. The following is the programme of the ceremony for laying the first stone of this building by her Majesty, on Monday, the 20th inst. :- 1. The Queen will leave the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway attended by a cavalry escort, and, passing through Hyde-park, will arrive at half-past 11 o'clock at the site of the ball, oppo site the Memorial to the Prince Consort in Hyde park, where a guard of honour will be drawn up and receive her Majesty with a royal salute. 2. Her Majesty, on alighting from the carriage, will be received at the north end of the tent cover ing the site of the Hall by his Royal highness the Prince of Wales, the chairman of the provisional committee, with the other members of the commit tee, and be conducted to the spot where the stone will be laid. 3. During the procession the military band will play. 4. tipou arrival at the spot the National Anthem will be sung. 5. The Prince of Wales, after a short address from himself, will hand to her Majesty the Report of the Provisional Committee recording the under taking, and the measures taken to carry it into effect. 6. The Earl of Derby will hand to the Queen the coins and inscriptions, and Earl Granville the glass vessel in which they are to be enclosed. Her Majesty will then place them in the vessel. 7. Mr. Lucas, the builder, will hand to the Queen the trowel, and Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, the director of the works, will hand the line and plum met and assist her Majesty in placing the glass vessel in the stone. 8. During this operation and at the lowering of the stone into its place a flourish of trumpets will be given and a Royal salute fired in Hyde Park. 9. The Archbishop of Canterbury will offer up a short prayer. 10. The " Invocazione all'Armonia," the compo sition of the late Prince Consort, will be given, under the direction of Mr. Costa, and at its con clusion the National Anthem will be sung. 11. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Provisional Committee will conduct the Queen through the south-east exit from the tent to the east door of the conservatory of the Royal Horti cultural Society, where her Majesty will be received by the Council of that Society, and be conducted by the north-western terrace of the Gardens to her carriage at the Prince's entrance in Albert-road. 12. The line of procession in the parks will be kept by the Household troops. THE ALTERATIONS AT THE MANSION HOUSE. The alterations in the front of the Mansion House, consisting of the removal of the iron railings and the rebuilding of the steps, are now completed. The result is on the whole very satisfactory, as the Public gain about 400 superficial feet, the railings formerly projecting on the average 4ft., while the appearance of the Mansion House is little, if at all, impaired. It has long been resolved to widen the Poultry and to make a new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion House. The increased throng which would thus converge to a point already most blocked by foot passengers rendered it necessary that some steps should be takenfor givinggreater accom modrtion in front of the Mansion House. This was at first attempted in a very chimsy manner by rounding off the lower steps and cheating the balus trade and piers of their fair proportions, as shown by a temporary wooden model which for some weeks was " tried up." It may be remembered that at the time we protested against this mutilation, and we are glad to see that the removal of the railings has enabled Mr. Horace Jones to correct a deformity which he could never have sanctioned, and to produce as good a result as the difficulties of the circumstances permitted. The jointing of the balustrade, strings, and rail is constitutionally correct, differing in this respect from the majority cf modern works, among which it is with regret that we must include the raking parapet to the steps of the Thames Embank ment at Westminster. It is of little moment that the staircase balustrade of Dorchester House in Park-lane, should be thoroughly wrong, as being inside the house few see it ; and though at Baron R o th sc hild' s new mansion at Hyde Park-corner, the handsome columned porch is supplemented by a mean iron railing, it matters little to the public. The Thames Embankment, on the other hand, is public property, i s seen b y all, and no trouble should be spared to make the simple features as goo d as possi ble. Before it is too late it may b e we ll to call necessari ly attention to the very ugly proposed balusters, a few of which may be seen near the Temple Pier. Per haps in no single architectural feature is there a greater difference than between baluster and baluster. Those of Sir Charles Barry were always appropriate to the character of the work. The best are perhaps those in Trafalgar -square, which being in granite might ha ve a ff or d ed the Metropo litan Board of Works an id ea o f t h e proper met h o d of treating balusters in that material. Indepen dently of improper treat ment as regar d s t h e ma terial, those at the Temple Pier to which we refer are of as bad proportions and as badly spaced as misguided ingenuity unaid e d b y tec h n i ca l know ledge could devise. It is not too late to effect some improvement in these balusters, so few having been made. The coping or rail of the parapet is not good in design, and even the balusters have not even the rigid propriety of those of Waterloo bridge in the same material. It is evident that in this particular no architectural or artistic know ledge has been brought to bear, which, considering the nature of the work, is as contemptuous to the public who supply the money as it is discreditable to the board that should supervise its expenditure. —Building News. THE AMERICAN MAns.--Advices just received from America state that the Post-office department at Washington has contracted with the New York and Bremen Steamship Company and the New York and llavre Com pany, both under the American flag, in pursuance of which those companies have undertaken to despatch a steamer fro , u New York every Saturday , 7ith mails for Europe, and also to maintain a weekly communication from this side to New York. In accordance with this arrangement the steamers from Bremen will in future be despatched thence on Saturday, to sail from the Weser on Sunday, and to leave Southampton on Wednesday. Tho Now York and Bremen Company have announced their intention to de spatch the Northern Light, formerly one of the wall-known Vanderbilt line, in succession to the 'Western Metropolis, which is now on her voyage across the Atlantic, having left New York on the 4th inst. They are also making arrange ments to place now steamers of greater speed on the line. The contract above referred to is independent of that re cently commenced with the North German Lloyd, by which a weekly mail is carried, leaving Now York on Thursdays, and Southampton on Tuesdays. MACKEREL.—An immense quantity of mackerel, estimated at 350 tot.s, was caught on the Cornish coast during the past week. Upwards of 170 tons were sent from St. Ives to London in a single day, and the large provincial markets were also extensively supplied. Prices varied from 12s. to 30s. per six score, according to the condition of the fish when landed. The mackerel have moved a long distance from Penzance and St. Ives, and the fishermen have to arrange with the largest and swiftest boats to get the catches on shore in time to be despatched by the morning and mid-day trains. A steamer is called into re quisition when available. The fishery has for some time given constant and profitable employment to a very large number of people. ARBITRATION VERSUS STRIKES.—During the past week the manufacturers of hosiery in the town and county of Leicester have resolved upon following the example of the hosiers of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and have arranged with the working men fur the establishment of a Board of Arbitration fur that district. In the lace trade of Nottingham and Notts, which has suffe; ed so frightfully, and which has teen partially driven from the country by long-continued struggles between master and workman, the operatives, attracted by the excellent working of the hosiery Board, are contemplating the formation of a similar Board for all the branches of their own trade. Mr. Mundella, the president of the Nottingham Cuamber of Commerce, and the originator of the scheme of arbitration in Nottingham, has had protracted interviews with the Council of the Laeemakers' Society on the subject, and they have decided to invite their employers to form a Board. Should this effort prove successful, the staple trade of three counties (Notts, Derby, and Leicester) will be free from the ruinous effects of strikes, the men at the same time pre serving their unions intact. GENERAL ROBERT LEE iS writing his history of the recout civil war in the I.Juitecl States. 1 .,,...cis eff rt GM F/1 tlralbr HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, May 13. The Queen and Princess Beatrice rode on pouffe in the grounds this morning. Princess Louise walked out, attended by the lion. Flora Macdonald ; and Prince Leopold walked out, attended by Mr. Legg. The Right lion. Spencer Walpole left Osborne to-day for London. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued cards of invitation to a Stato dinner on the 25th inst. to celebrate her Majesty's birthday. The Baroness de Samuel has arrived at the Oat lauds Park Hotel, Walton-oa-Thaines. Lady Molesworth received at dinner last evening the Earl and Countess of Charlemont, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Mr. and Mrs. Pendor, Lady Tierney, Mr. Millais, R.A., and 31rs. Millais, Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. Frederick Antrobus, and Mr. John Lumley. Lady Eleanor Balfour has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris. Lady Georgina Bertie has left Brown's Hotel for Aldbury. Sir Henry and Lady Fletcher have left Farrance's Hotel for Paris. The Master of Lovat and Mrs. Fraser have left Brown's Hotel far Ince Blundell Hall. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—SO I have not only been a correct sooth sayer, but more has come to pass than I had ever dared to hope or anticipate. The Government have not only brought in but have carried their Reform Bill through the LoWer House, and have thus so far saved us from the expense and trouble of a general election two short years after our last election. If they have . done nothing more than this I am sure the country is greatly indebted to them. In 1859 our present most reckless and disgraceful Opposi tion (for I can call them nothing more) drove Lord Derby in self-defence to appeal to the country, and we were put to all the expense, trouble, and worry of. a general election only two years after we had had a former one, as there was one in the early spring of the year 1857, albeit Lord Derby was so shamefully bullied and defeated by Lords Palmerston and Russell, and also by Mr. Gladstone with his bill of 1859, that it never saw the light. It can now fairly be said that no Reform Bill ever prospers or passes either House of Parlia ment unless our present illustrious chief happens to be a member of the Cabinet. For half a generation have reform bills been brought into the House of Commons, but nevertheless this is the first of the series that has arrived at maturity. The year 1867 will be the most remarkable as regards Parliamentary Reform since the ever memor able year 1832, thirty-five years ago. Then as now was Lord Derby an efficient and eminent member of the Cabinet. Then as now did he triumph over a disgraceful (for I am no admirer of the great Duke of Wellington and the late Sir R. Peel of those days, although I admire them .5.0 very much at other periods of their lives ; as I have often told you I belong to no party, political or religious, but am for measures and not for men, per se) Opposition. The present is all to nothing the greatest triumph that the Conservative party has gained since the ever-memorable election of 1841—a quarter of a century ago—which brought to pass the five years' glorious Administration of the late Sir It. Peel ; and, as I have repeatedly remarked to you in the course of my correspondence this last winter, this 1811 election sent the Whigs for five long years to the bleak and dreary regions of the Opposition, during which said time our re venue, which bad become all but insolvent in 1841, was quite replenished, resuscitated, and wholly re stored to vigour, health, and happiness in 1846. The great principle of free trade found its way into the English law, which, only so recently as 183 9 and 1840, the late Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell declared a man would be mad, and worse than mad, if he ever thought of enacting. Our com mercial tariff was placed upon a new and improved system, and it has continued to improve steadily ever since ; and now I trust the Whigs are again banished for another five, if not fifty, years to the cold shades of the Opposition ; and, if even we should not have as many good reforms a s we did have between the years 1811 and 1816, we shall at least have a little honesty and fair dealing, and this we have long, long been perfect strangers to. It will be, I trust, as that able correspondent " Zeta" (who was in the habit in days of yore of writing to the Morning Post, then called " Old Betty") said when the Government of the late Lord Melbourne resigned, which they did for a few days 28 years ago, in the spring of 1839, " Good night to the Whigs." Until last summer, with very slight intermission, they had held the reins of office for 20 years. It is therefore fair surely that the Conservatives or Tories should have soma considerable taste of the sweets of office. I havo repeatedly pointed out to you (with exception of the Reforms passed during the Administration of the late Earl Grey) more useful reforms have found their way to the statute book than have ever got there under Whig or Liberal rule or misrule. lam glad to find therefore that the country has taken my advice, and is at length disposed to give a Tory Government a fair and proper trial, for I am quite certain we have had enough, and more than enough, for many years past of the Whigs. The only reason the Whigs enjoyed their recent seven years' lease of office was that party spirit and party feeling has been for so very long a time at such a remarkably low ebb that it was not thought worth while to turn them out. The seven years, from 1859 to 1866, can only be regarded as seven years of downright waste and idleness; as what single good or useful measure did the Government of the late Lord Pal merston ever carry, or even attempt to carry, during the six and a half years of its moribund existence? As regards the eight months' Administration of Lord Russell, it can only be regarded as a stopgap and expletive ; the Whig Government, which had long been in a state of inanition and atrophy, re quired this little drop of gin and brandy just to Booth its dying hours. And this little brandy or gin, which alone kept it alive, did Lord Russell prove to the dying embers of the Whigs. There is an old proverb which says, " Dead men's things wear out like themselves ;" and so it proved with the remains of the Administration of the late Lord Palmerston , which, less than nine months after his decease, gal e up his ghost. Again allow me to congratulate you, and all well-wishers to the country, on the late Government majority. I shall anxiously watch the progress of the Reform Bill through the House of Lords, and I trust no factious opposition will pre vent its forming part and parcel of the law of the land before Ministers shall have one year in office' —I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A LOVER AND OBSERVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS. PRESENTATION TO HARRY KELLEY.—Just before Harry Kelley, the champion oarsman, left Newcastle by the two o'clock train on Friday morning, ho was invite a to meet a number of gentlemen at Mr. Baird's, Star Hotels Northumberland-street, Newcastle. Mr. E. D. Gault oc cupied the chair, the duties of vice-chairman being d is ; charged by George Drewitt. Mr: Baird, in the course 0` the evening, presented Harry with a beautiful gold cent re seconds stop watch, iu estimation of his upright colach i . t. The worthy host of the Star also presented the vice-eOIW man and J. Bright each with a gold ring. The re. iPic'ut: severally returned thanks. Thu champion, in th e c 00 .% of a few pithy remarks, said he had been highly 'lettere' by the reception he had received from the Nesveastl people. He assured those in attendance that the present he had just received was one of the greatest rewards 11e had ever got during his boating career, inasmuch as it " presented by one of his best friends. W c hen the trai: rritli Harry in it, loft the central station, th ere wo's °ll, siderable cheering. We understand that some of o ' l state s Newcastle friends have been greatly annoy ed by went which has appeared in some of our conteraporarie to the effect that several brickbats and stones were throwil We at Kelley during his late race with C hambers. k i n d , only say that we never witnessed anything of the and we have the authority both of Mr. Bush and Kelley for stating that the latter experienced the most tiutf Y courtesy and kindness throughout t he whole of his sty atuons tho Tyneside.o. missed. HUN GA RY. PESTI', May 13. Herr llazman, who for some years past has been a refugee in New York, has been elected bur gomaster of Pesth. Herr von Beust has arrived here. AGRAM, May 13. A dissolution of the Croatian Diet is expected. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 14. Baron Von Beust has invited the diplomatic body to be present at the Emperor's approaching corona tion at Pesth as King of Hungary. The invitation has been accepted by all. The Ministry of Police has been abolished. AMERICA. (Per Alantic Telegraph.) NEW YORK, May 13, 6 p.m. The Court of Richmond has released Mr. Davis on bail, to appear in November next. The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals of Georgia and Mississippi on the ground of want of jurisdiction. The North German Lloyd's steamship New York and the Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Harnmonia arrived out on Saturday, and the Inman steamship City of Cork to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices.—Gold, 1354 ; Sterling exchange on London, 109 i ; 5-20 United States' Bonds, 109 ; Illinois Central, 1141 ; Eric, 63i. Cotton—mid dling upland, 281 c. Petroleum—refined, 26c. SOUTHAMPTON, May 14. The North German Lloyd steamer Bremen, from New York, passed the Needles at 12 35 p.m. THE WEST INDIAN AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, May 14. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tasmanian passed the Needles at 11.40 a.m. to-day. THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 13 (Evening). The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs bas received letters from Syra, dated 7th inst., stating that an engagement bad taken place between the Turkish forces and the insurgents at Rethymo, on the northern coast of Crete. The insurgents are stated to have been defeated, with the loss of 320 killed. MARSEILLES, May 14. Intelligence received here from Athens, dated 9th inst., states that three Turkish vessels fired upon the Greek steamer Arcadi, while landing supplies and munitions at Crete. The Arcadi made her escape, and shortly afterwards returned to finish her task. She embarked Candian wounded, and returned to Syria. FRANCE. PARIS, May 14. The Emperor has decided that all non-commis sioned officers and soldiers belonging to the contin gent called out in 1860, and those men who enlisted voluntarily, and whose term of service would expire on the 31st December of this year, shall be imme diately allowed to return to their homes. BOURSE, May 13, Two o'clock.—There is no feature of igterest to notice in the markets for stocks and shares to-day. The announcement by the Moniteur yesterday that the Conference had been brought to a satisfactory conclusion had been al ready discounted, and although transactions are only taking place on a limited scale, a few sales for realisation are sufficient to affect the quotations of the best class of securities. Three per Cents., which at the opening were dealt in at 69f. 30e., are now at 69f. 10c.--still, however, an advance of 17ic. on Saturday's close. Italian Five per Cents., on the other hand, have receded 50c.—viz., to 52f. 70c. ; and Credit Foncier shares 5f., to 1,470 f. Credit Mobilier are unvaried at 380 f. The railway de partment is inactive, but prices exhibit no appreci able change. The " discount" list to-day comprises 297,000 f. Three per Cents., and 40,0001. Italian Fives. Three o'clock.—The market became weaker to waids the close, which has taken place as follows : ti per Cents 9B 50 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 69 15 Do. end month 69 15 Credit llobilier Do. end month Credit loneier — Do. end month 1467 50 DAIL Bauk Shares 3450 -- Italian Loan 53 Do. end month 52 65 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Throes Home Debt — Deferred For Account. Orleans Northern llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean BB6 25 Southern 565 -- Western 552 50 Eastern Sardinian , 535 - Austrian Lombard 392 50 North of Spain _ Saragossa lOO Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — MARKETS.--this day. HAY, SMITHFIELD —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 ss; clover, £4 Os to ~C) lOs Od; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load. A fair trade. CUMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover, £4 Us to .£5 lOs Ud ; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load. Prices declining. WRITECRAPEL—MdadOW hay, £3 to £4 5s Od ; clover, £4 Us to L 5 lOs Od ; and straw, .£2 to .£2 Gs per load. A modera.te supply. COLONIAL. TEA. —No material alteration can be reported in the general state of the market ; a small quantity of Kaisow has found buyers at about previous rates. SUGAR.—A very moderate amount of business has been reported, but superior descriptions of West India fully support previous values. In the refined market late rates are generally well maintained consequent upon the limited supplies on offer. °°FrEE.—There has been an active demand for Native Ceylon, and holders are demanding a slight advance oa previous rates. The stocks on hand of Colonial compared with those of the corresponding period of last year exhibit a decrease of about 800 tons. RlCE.—Only a limited demand has been experienced for cleaned descriptions. Quotations, however, remain un altered. TALLOW.— The tallow market has been very inactive during the past week, and prices remain without altera tion. The demand from the trade is light, and is in a great measure supplied by town tallow. The market at St. Petersburg has become dull. The Exchange was 31} j. This is very much above our quotations, and, consequently, but little was doing. To-day the market is steady, at 43s Gd on the spot ; 43s 3d to 43s Gd June ; 44s October to December. Australian, 43s to 44s ; South American, 41s Gd—very little here. Town Tallow, 41s 9d net cash. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day. Good demand for cotton at hardening prices. Sales probably 12,000 bales. GEOGRAPHIC STUDIES IN ITALY.—A geogra phical society is at present in course of formation in Italy. Surprise has often been expressed that Italy, which has produced travellers like Marco Polo and Chris topher Columbus, and geographers like Balbi and Mar mocchi, should have none of those societies whose en lightened initiative at London, St. Petersburg, and fails has had so happy an influence on the progress of geogra phical science. In the first list of subscribers appear MM. Pasini, do Vecchi, do La Marmora, Gino Capponi, Jasiui, Sismondi, Casati, Minghetti, Atrivabeno, Mat toucci, Negri, ezc,