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Ta-Monaow.-Morning, sh. 2Gm.—Afternoon, sh. 50m Zi r jg SUM LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1867, Yesterday the preliminary meeting of the Con ference took place at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury. Lord STANLEY is the "'resident of the Conference, and the noble lord will have enough on his hands with one thing and another. However, he will be an excellent arbi ter, which is of the greatest consequence, and we feel assured that he will neither be too yielding nor too dictatorial. Had the noble lord chanced to have been the presiding genius in 1864 no doubt a very different result would have - followed, but as it was England was a perfect nonentity in the affair, and she could not even enforce the carrying out of the treaty to which she was a party in 1852. It is idle at this early stage of the pro ceedings to say anything very decided i n the wa y of prophecy, but we may readily enough surmise that the difficulty in the way of coming to a settle ment will bo very great. It is certainly so far a tribute to this country that it should have been s:lected to settle the differences in question, and it is surprising after the very curt manner in which we have been treated by foreign magnates. No doubt had the hero of the meddle-and-muddle policy bean still at the head of foreign affairs things woul I not have come to this pass, and certainly the French Emperor for one would not very wil lingly have agreed to the matter, bee tuse Earl RUSSELL was an ungracious and rinconciliating in the earlier stages of the Dano-German controversy, refaied to accede to the desire of France for a Congress. Hid that taken place under proper auspices we should have by this time beludd a very different state of things, but there never was a more unrortunate conjunction than that the foreign ad ministration of this country should have been so bally managed while important European combinations took place. The mischief will not bs speedily reme- died, and indeed this generation may not live to see the end of the Danish wax, The members of the Con- ference comprise the foreign ambassadors, and we suppose that the " vexed question" of German policy will be gone over again and again during the discussions. Very little beyond preliminaries took place yesterday, but it was agreed upon that a guarantee for the neutralisation of Luxemburg was indispensable, and must be the basis of the negotiations. The •Plenipotentiaries have °tele graphed for instructions to their respective Govern ments. The next . Conference will be held to-mor row. It is curious to notice some of the comments made in the German papers on this subject. The semi-official North German Gazette observes that the Conference " opens to-day, the anniversary of the day when Count BISMARCK'S life was so visibly protected by the hand of GOD." This style of writing and speaking prevails to a large extent in Prussia, and it is much to be regretted that it should be so, for it is most un seemly language. This journal goes on to say that affairs are now in a much better and more promising state than they were at the time of theSchleswig-Hol stein question. France has given up her desire of pos sessing Luxemburg, and Prussia, " confiding in her right, recognised by Europe, and in the pacific assurances of France, has taken no measures of de fence." This is certainly an original way of looking at the thing, and it shows that those who are con vinced against their will are of the same opinion still. It was generally believed that all Europe was scanda lised at the latest demands of Prussia, and som: had been roused from apathy and indifference to regard the state of things with dismay and indignation. Another authority states that affairs have reached that point when an arrangement will be come to immediately, and when the mobilisation of the Prrssian army will be issued. It is encouraging to notice the Journal of St. Petersburg, which declares that an arrangement is on the lapis, and that all is ready for an immediate settlement. It would be indeed a sad .thing for war to break out again on the Continent, and more especially as things are in so unsettled and unsatisfactory a state in regard to commercial and monetary transactions. The war of last summer, in addition to the panic in the money market, has occasioned a sad year for many, and to renew the struggles and disappointments of war in order to gratify the foolish ambition of Prussia seems a result greatly to be deprecated on all accounts. We hope that Lord STANLEY'S firmness and dis cretion will do much, and will show the Prus sian representatives that England will not be trifled with, and that at any rate no support, either moral or material, will be given by her to the war wih France, to which Count BISMARCK'S efforts seem to be tending.. It is said that the lat ter replied to the deputation which waited upon him to congratulate him upon his escape from assassination last year, yesterday being the anni versary of it : " The situation is now more serious than ever it was before." If this be the case it is the best satire on his own con duct, and shows the folly of spending one's life in making plots against the security of others. The state of the Berlin Government just now seems akin to that of ships who wish in sight of land. They were, it was said, on the eve of accomplishing all their most earnest desires, and lo and behold ! all is again confusion, and we are again mixed up in strife and controversy. It is a disgrace to Prussia that another Conference should be rendered necessary in so short a time, when no mportant need calls for it. There is one part of Reform which it is very easy to talk about, but very difficult to put into practice, and it possesses the peculiar characteristic that every one agrees about it in words, and attaches great importance to it, while in actual fact every one is absolutely indifferent. No one is bold enough to stand up in the House of Commons and defend bribery and corruption. M.P.'s may be found to defend the rigid limitation of the franchise, and to take exception to every other Liberal proposal, but no one can venture to declare himself in favour of electoral corruption. Yet it is a difficult and un welcome task to attempt its repression ; and so long as the public fail to appreciate the advantages offered by the ballot it will be very difficult. Still we are gaining some ground, since the necessity for active measures is being insisted upon by leading members of both parties, and the improvements suggested by the new bill are very important. The alteration respecting the investigation into corrupt practices is an undoubted gain. The wearisome Parliamen tary committees,which exhaust the time and patience of members during the already busy hours of along session, are often fruitless of good. There are plenty of means of evading them known to the initiated — the withdrawal of petitions by mutual arrangement between political -parties, the " starving out " of proceedings and getting rid of witnesses, and plenty other familiar means. Added to these many glaring cases are never brought forward owing to the ex pense which the lawyers take care to render pretty burdensome. The exorbitant fees required for carrying an election petition before the House of Commons may well deter men of moderate means from attempting to dislodge an unfairly-seated member. Very certainly the system of examination by Parliamentary Committees has not succeeded in putting a check upon bribery and corruption, and it is, therefore, highly advisable that a new plan should be tried. An inquiry carried on On the spot will be ten times as effectual and far more likely to deter both bribers and bribed. It will be next to impossible for the culprits to escape detection in their own immediate neighbourhood ; neither will it be easy to buy off or get rid of all the witnesses. There was one very excellent suggestion which I , e are sorry to find is not included in the Bill now before the House, although early in the season the Government expressed their approval of it. We hope that the committee will take care that it is carried out. We allade to the proposal that in cases where bribery is proved, the seat should be given to the unsuccessful candi date. This is a most efficacious mode of stopping bribery, because if a candidate knew that by his expenditure he is not only running the risk of loss and exposure, but really of benefiting his rival, he will be much more cautious in his proceedings. This clause, too, would put a check upon the system of obtaining party seats, since the clubs would be less willing to come forward if they knew that their subscriptions would be more likely than not to give the con tested seat to the opposite side ! The scheme is not a new one. Sir F. GOLDSMID, who regretted its omission from the bill, on Monday reminded the House that he had himself made a similar proposi tion in 1860 and in 1863. Ile expressed his belief that this would do more to check bribery than any other provisions. Common sense, however, is more in favour of Colonel SIKES'S panacea. The hon. and gallant member, after remarking that the ex tension of the constitueuc:es would be likely to di minish bribery from the great increase of the number to be bribed, said that they ought to protect thos:3 whom they admitted to the franchise by the ballot. It appears not a little singular that so simple and inexpensive a remedy should not have been long since tried, and the general reluctance to make the experiment goes far to confirm Mr. OSBORNE'S I "pointed declarationo that there is no wish to put Tin SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 8. The Emperor and the Empress have left this city for Pestb. The Official Vienna Gazette publishes a list of the members of the Upper House of the Reichsrath appointed by the Emperor. In some cases this dig nity is conferred for life only, while ill others it is made hereditary. ITALY. ROME, May 7. The official Journal of Rome states that there are omissions and additions in the account published by Signor Celestino Bianchi, of Florence, relative to the audience granted to him by the Pope. SPAIN. MADRID, May 7 (Evening). The Queen of Portugal has left this city for BA: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The maxim de mortuis nil nisi bonum is right, but King Ferdinand 11. is as much entitled to its protection as Mr. Pocrio. I therefore beg you to publish, together with this letter, the enclosed statement of Petrucelli della Gattina, the well known Italian Liberal M.P., regarding the Poerio case, in justice to the deceased King and for the vindication of truth. I must, at the same time, call the attention of your readers to a debate which took place in the House of Commons last Friday. Statements were made of horrible cruelty prac- Used at Portland and other prisons towards Fenian convicts. Two Cabinet Ministers, the Secretary for Ireland and the Home Secretary, denied the truth of all those statements, and offered to produce offi cial reports, showing them to be false. Now if those charges had been brought against a foreign Government there would have been no official person to meet them, and they would have passed current as truth. I am certain that the assertions made about cruel, unjustifiable treatment of Poerio are groundless, and so are the stories about the Bourbon Government and the Neapolitan prisons, a great part of which Mr. Gladstone himself was obliged to retract. But, at any rate, the debate of last Friday ought to make people careful how they receive accusations against foreign Governments. Your obedient servant, GEORGE BOWYER. On January 17, 1861, Signor Petrucelli della Gattina wrote a letter from Naples, and published in the Unione of licrin on January 22, in which he said : " Poerio is a conventional invention of the French and English press. When we were agitating Europe and stirring it up against the Neapolitan Bourbons, we felt the necessity of presenting every morning to the credulous readers of free Europe a living, palpitating, visible victim, whom that bug bear Ferdinand was devouring raw at every meal. It was then that we invited Poerio. Poerio was a man of talent, a gentleman, a baron ; he had been one of Ferdinand's ministers, and his accomplice in some juggling tricks in 1848. Poerio had been a deputy ; he was the brother of Alessandro. He seemed to us a fit person to be manufactured into the antithesis of Ferdinand, and the miracle was worked." " The French and English press stimulated the appetite of that distinguished philanthropist, and Statesman William Gladstone, who, repairing to Naples, wished to have a closer view of this new sort of Man in the Iron Mask. He sees him. He is moved with compassion ; and Gladstone did as we did--he magnified the victim in order to make the oppressor more odious, he exaggerated the punishment in order to rouse greater anger; and Poerio—Pocrio who now has his finger in every pie —was created from top to toe." " The real Poerio has come to believe seriously in the Poerio whom we manufactured for twelve years in articles at three-halfpence a line. Men have come to believe seriously in him, who read about him, without knowing the man. That part of the press has also come to believe seriously in him which made itself our accomplice, believing us on our word ! But, good gracious ! think of oven Count Cavour having come to take him seriously !" The Origin of our Volunteer Army. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. did not intend to seek to trespass on your space with the enolosed letter's addressed to one of your weekly contemporaries. The letter signed "F. G.," in your paper of Saturday, makes it in cumbent on me to do so. But first I would say a few words in answer to "F. G's." communication. The " Incident of the late Review" was not, as "F. G." cautiously insinuates, "if he mistakes not," copied from the Times. Lord Ranelagh did not quote a garbled extract from one of Captai❑ Busk's works. The extract is given in my letter, and is to be found in Captain Busk's book previous to April, 1859. I did review Captain Busk's book favourably, as he was constantly asking me to do so. I little dreamt then that he would ever advertise himself as " Founder" of the great Volunteer movement. Captain Haiti Busk, in his own " Syllabus," stated that his friends were about to reward his exertions with a testimonial. He may have refused it after it had c.)llapsed. Captain Busk lectured for hire ! As "F. G." talks of " garbling," I ask your readers what they think of the instance stated in my letter? Captain Busk had nothing to do, so far as I remember, with the enrolment of Rifle Volun teers made in the Temple by Mr. G. H. Deffell and myself in 1832, whose services were refused. When Captain Busk lectured in the provinces, it was after the meeting in St. Martin's Hall in April, 1859, and though the movement was started, it was still young. It is easy, therefore, to conceive that some provincial papers endorsed his assertion that he was the founder of the movement. With regard to Sir Duncan M'Dougall, I have quoted his letter with reference to Captain Busk. All these docu ments are at your service.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED B. RICHARDS, FEARFUL ACCIDENT. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Tuesday. In a telegram sent from this town last night, giving an account of the boat race between Kelley and Chambers, it was stated that at the end of the race a very fearful accident had occurred through people crowding on the landing of the General Ferry Company on the Quay side, and it was doubted that there was considerable loss of life. Such has proved to be the case. The facts are theso:—There were immense crowds of people at the race, estimated at from 40,000 to 50,000, and as most of the factories building yards below Tyne-bridge were closed, the down the-water villages sent a large number of people to Newcastle by the steamboats of the Gene ra! Ferry Company, and as the evening was showery and wet, a large crowd began to flock towards the General Ferry's boats as soon as the race was over. The landing stage of the company is moored about 15 yards from the public quay, and is immediately opposite to the Broad Chase. It is approached by a gangway somewhat strongly built. About 10 minutes to 7 o'clock one boat had been sent away heavily laden, and another one was being brought alongside to take iu the passengers. In the meantime the gates at the railway station end were closed. The result was that over 100 men, women, and children were densely packed on the gangway with a large crowd behind them. While thus standing ten girders of the bridge gave a crack and then bent, and most of the people on the bridge were precipitated into the river. The scene which followed was truly frightful. Women and children sent up fearful screams, and the poor struggling wretches who were in the river were being rapidly swept away by the strong ebb tide. Some boats which were under the bridge were smashed and sunk by the bridge yielding. Several seamen and one or two of the river police greatly distinguished themselves in saving life. Lines, poles, life buoys, and whatever could be laid hold of soonest were thrown to the people who were drown ing, and most of them caught hold of them and were saved. Several brave fellows threw themselves into the water, and rescued children and women. But, as is usual on such occ ohms, immense confu sion arose, and it is feared some lives were lost by the excited multitude on the quay blocking up the way and preventing those who were anxious and able to save life from doing so. Fully 60 people fell into the water, and as many of them were women and children they were little able to make any effort to save themselves. Immediately after the accident the danger was greatly increased by crowds of people, mostly women, who had friends going down the water in the steamboats, rushing to the quay edge in quest of their relatives, and as the crowd increased and surged backwards and forwards there was every reason to fear that some hundreds of them would be pushed into theriveranddrowned. A strong force of police, however, arrived, and that danger was avoided. The persons who were rescued, some of them very ill, were taken to the adjoining public-houses, and under medical treatment were re covered. As soon as possible grapnel-irons were pro cured, and a number of men were employed in boats dragging for the drowned. About 9 o'clock at night the bodies of two little children, one respecta bly dressed, and the other but poorly clad, were dragged up about 50 yards from the scene of the accident, and the body of a lad from 11 to 13 years of age was likewise taken out of the river. Down to midnight the seaport towns of Shields and the river-side villages were in an extremely excited state, the neighbourhood of the railway stations and the steamboat landings being crowded with people expecting friends. Down to noon to-day no more bodies had been found. But there aro at least three persons missing —a middle-aged man named George Willis, a dock-keeper at Messrs. T. and W. Smith's shipbuilding yard in this town, and two young women, one belonging to the High and the other to the Low Felling. It is hoped, therefore, that the number of persons will not exceed six. THE USE OF I'OLIIICAL INFLUENCE BY. PUBLIC OFFICERS. The following is a copy of a Treasury minute dated the 2d of this month cautioning public officers from having recourse to political influence in order to obtain an increase of salary or allowances. "My lords have observed with much regret a growing practice on the part of gentlemen employed in the public service to endeavour to influence this board to accede to their applications for increase of salary or additional retiring allowance by means of the private solicitation of members of Parliament, and other persons of political influence. It is the duty, as well as the wish of their lordships, to give the most careful consideration to every representa tion made to them in the recognised way on behalf of any public servant (whatever be his social status or his official rank), with regard to his position, salary, and prospects of promotion, and also with. regard to the amount of.his retiring allowance on his quitting the public service. It is the practice of their lordships to consider questions of salary with reference to the duties and responsibilities of the individual or class whose case is brought before them, and to decide upon them after communication with the heads of the department concerned. In fixing the amount of retiring allowance in those cases where the legislature has left them a discretion, my lords arc in the habit of proceeding upon certain principles which they have described for themselves, and within the limit of those principles they en deavour to deal with each case impartially upon its merits. It appears to their lordships that any at tempt on the part of an officer to approach them on these matters through the private intercession of persons unconnected with his department is virtually imputing to this board either that it is likely to tern a deaf ear to a reasonable applica tion, unless supported by political influence, or or that it may be induced to accede to an un reasonable application if such influence be brought to bear upon it. My lords disclaim either alter native, and, in order to prevent for the future any misapprehension on this subject, they wish it to be understood by every public officer that any attempt made by him to obtain the sanction of this board to his application by any such solicitation as is herein before referred to, will be treated by them as an ad mission on the part of such officer that his case is not good upon its merits, and such application will be dealt with by their lordships accordingly. Let a copy of this minute bo sent to every public depart ment." A meeting of the Trades' Unions Commissioners was held yesterday, at 1, Park-prospect, Great Queen street, Westminster. Present : —Right 11312. Sir William Erle, chairman; Earl of Lichfield; Right Hon. Sir Ed mund. W. Head, Bart., K.C.B. ; Messrs. Herman Merivale, C. 8., James Booth, C. 8., J. A. Roebuck, Q.C., M.P., and Thomas Hughes, M.P. Mr. J. 11. Patteson, secretar to the commission, was also present. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT A LAUNCII.--INVER NESS, Monday Night.—Whilst a schooner, named the Banff, of 103 tons, and full rigged, was being launched to day from the building-yard of Messrs. Stewart Brothers, shipbuilders here, the vessel, with a large number of per sons on board, after going well down the slips into the water, unfortunately heeled over to port, until her foreyards and masts touched the water, beneath which she rapidly sunk, in sight of the horrified spectators assembled on the shore. The scene that ensued was ono of wild excitement and distracting grief—parents weeping fur their children, and children crying for their parents, who were unfor tunately on board the vessel when she sank. It is as yet difficult to say how many of the large number of pers ons on board the schooner have been saved. It is, indeed, greatly to be feared that all may not be rescued, Sit. J. W. RA.MSDEN AND ills TENANTS.—A short time ago Sir J. W. Run. den, B trt., announced his intention of applying,for an act to enable him to grant 999 years leases, tin Huddersfield estate being ent a il e d . The bill has now been prepared and laid boAore Parlia ment, arid proposes to enable Sir John tv) grant 999 years' leases to existing l ease h o ld ers , arid to liOldUrS Of land from year to year, and to 114 W tenants, and also to expend a sum of .469,000 in the afferatioa of 14ringley Hall, the erection of estate offices, the construction of market house, the building of houses, including dwellings for the labouring .tc. The bill also contains provisions for the con * struction of streets and for other matters tending to the development of the estate. BURKE, THE FENIAN.—Tin Opinion Nationale strongly dissuades the English Government from carrying out the sentence of death pronounced in Ireland against Burke, the Fenian. The writer does not discuss the jus tice of the condemnation, although it implies that England is feu• from being blameless with respect to her mode of governing Ireland ; its argument turns on the point that smrity wald Pe impolitic in the case. Paris. ARRIVAL OF THE PER& SOUTHAMPTON, May 8. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera has arrived here. She left Gibraltar on the 2d, on the same day spoke the Delta, on the 3d the Nyanza and Gene ral Lee, on the 7th the Hermann, the BritWl ship Shannon, and the French ship Arequipa ; the two latter were steering up Channel. The British war ships, lately at Gibraltar,left on the 2d for Malta. The transport Orontes and the French transport Allier were at Gibraltar. The Pera brings 19 passengers, but no 12. ails or cargo, having come home for repairs. FRANCE. PARIS, May 8. An official declaration is published to-day, signed by France and Italy on the 29th April, 1867, rela tive to the transit of despatches through Italy. BOURSE, May 7.—TWo o'clock.—The amount of business being transacted is somewhat restricted ; nevertheless French Three per Cents. and Italian Fives are held firmly at an improvement—the former of 250., and the latter of 50c., the respective quota tions at this hour are 68f. sc. and 49f. 30c. The large amount of 700,000 f. Three per Cents. is posted up for " discount" to-day. In miscellaneous securi ties Credit Mobilier shares are being dealt in at an advance of Bf. 75e., viz -,at 3621. 50c., whilst Credit Foncier are weak with a d ec li ne o f 15f., to 1,4021 50e. Paris Gas and I mmo bili ere s hares are un varied at 1,475 f. and 195 f. In the railway depart ment sales predominate, and-prices have a generally downward tendency. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol- lows :--. ti per Cents — Do. end month — 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 6B 12} Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1415 Bank Shares — It a li an Loan Do. end month 49 45 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds Spanish Threes nom() Debt Deferred WYO. For Account. Orleans Northern ll5O Lyons and Mediterranean ......... Southern 552 50 Weston/ 540 Eastern 517 50 Sardinian . — Austrian Lombard 370 North of Spain — Saragossa ............ Ditto bo Barcelona — Roman. — PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAY 7. ESTABLISHED CHURCH (IRELAND). Motion made, and question proposed, " That this House will, on Wednesday, the 29th day of this instant May, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Tem poralities and Privileges of the Established Church in Ireland"— (Sir John Gray). Whereupon previous question put, "That that question be now put"—(Sir Frederick neygate). The house divided—Ayes, 183 ; Noes, 195. 0• Morris,Mlloloo,e:giusoaboriitoprev,eh. ris, Iny,uiler,cre.B 1 , t (T . i 3 M. r : T 1 . R. . J. D. y cr.., . F l F F GGlGG r inG(GGl„;:iiti o o : i oarrorriaceaaaa l ...t r r sr eaew i tnr,rryradd t. e ts t l igivobtdir,: a iefl e e t nhil, ialoeicca e s s f e r nricit.y.rreamo c i ' r ,r. ' ,o3,4 .: y teno.s ' d, ju,s vFlAjot:ti,.ceaWHeild.li.iG.eGt.,:bojr:Si ~ c 0, 1,:r 1 .._Jb3. 1 C . .. 7 . 1 . . e..a T I . P. rA ' Ht : ci. u. 1 I M o rrison ,s ospipopiriop:taoeteari,othiaeiwrditb Price o.til feel, nieeryA:otw,jfistiTr:ei.Aciell...l.nG.iv.ct.lVTl ::.:N.D.N. . ir..e. r m a a GF}l l R l. l: : : ia v ili • iy nt: k a dzzy An i e: e. snY iea l i r T t E rj. . I . 1 , 0 8 Gc; Av W. ildNnic—V.,... AYES-183. B io 3 l. l iri 0. M o rris, ioi.j . W E : ' li liei itr ma, , su S o. n i r i: P .s . ir H. A ndover, m il l a r a ebn m : . II r i elv V yi I..:Pe. L.i • . G. Andover, Lord I O ' Brien :a o : ei n: j r .3 Don . Anson, Major Armstrong, R• Ayrton, A. S. Aytoun. K• S. Bagwell, J. Baines, E. O'Donoghue, The Itarel4y. A. C. Gilpin, C. Oliphant, L. Barnes, T. Goldemid. J. M Potter a rdonE,r.B". rt,W BBI B BB B I I BIB I i alaaaaoarrrr Blake, , r i sr a z i xr u rr ( l e etieihrineyie::,ttre:;.ArjeT.Jl Beaumont, W s t : S T . a i l I r r s :l r lt s UEl: ..it: C.T.. C. G. t I' l ' .R : . Lord Hay. Lord W. Bruce, H• A• Henderson, J. Bryan G. L• Russell, A. Salomon‘ Aid e C C C IBI : a s , uu t I n rr ll t i li n d hee ne l tr ; r : s r Ptih!e Carnegie,, .... I 13 \IV:. Cave. T. •Seely,c, e Co ur l. ( C . C. j Hughes, lllletvblbdoeeirnste:ls.Vi.r J. B. Shafto, R. D. Cheethato, Shedff , A. Simeon. sir J. Clay, J. H. •1. . Lord i L. C. E d . t E. F. . Kinnaird, A. Smith, Jervoise ( Ct;e e n n iTs Bh h, Childers, rd A. H. Stansfeld, J. StoA, O. C ucc loo: Cogan, W. IN t oB . k. , i . i er V: rii t .. r . Kingscot , r. Leeman, G. Synan, E. Corbally. at E. Letevre, G. J. 8. Taylor, Col. Cowen, J Lusk, A. : L K a elinun b " o 9: u leajd- , k l '''Y i j e eni-L4'- r o.l.ArCl .. d ti l7 en . ry , Torrens, W. T. N. M•Kenna, J• N. Stuart, c e o l v th a t e u:s c r.. Sir It. S i.T:GT. Sir'C.F.. F' . I L I Cnatat Lamont, ah' m, jl i l - V 1 . 1".. e " Cowper, 11. F. MacEvoy, E. Tracy, 0 . R . D. Van derbyi, P. Crawford, R• , sr i t t ,r . BF W .. W. Denman, G. Mackie. J. W Vi i i Devereux, It. J. Millbank, F. Weguelin, T. 'Si. Dillwyn, L. L. Miller, W. White, J. Dodson, J. G. Mills, J. R. Mma'Lzaurieren: J. F. Vivian, H. ii. Whitworth, B. Dutf, M. E• Dunkellin, Lord Moffatt, G. Young R. Edwards, C. Monereiff, J. Erskine, J E. Monk, C. TELLERS. Esmonde, J. Monsen, W. Gray, Sir J. Greville, Col. F. Roebuck.ris Smith, t ma otwtup oeer:o.s.:e, i. Samuelson, ri J. NJ. vBAh. J. e ... NOES-195, A dderley, C. B. Gore, J. R. o. Mowbray, J. R. Annesley, Col. H. Gore, W. R. 0. Naas, Lord Anstruther, Sir R. Gorst, J. Neville-Grenville,R Antrobus, E. Graves, S, R. Newdegate,C. Arehdall, Capt - Greenall; G. "-Newport, Vie. Arkwright, It. Greene, E. Nicholson, W. Ba 2 ge. W. Gray, Lt-Col. Noel, G. J. Bagnall, C.. Guinness, 'B. L. Grey, sire, . North, Col. Barrington, Vis. Grey, T Northcote. Sir S.H. Barttelot, Col. Griffith C. D. O'Neill, E. Grosvenor llaiaon, L L o o r r d d c lt . . I P , a ee z l e , t, si lt r • R l . l. i ii : I a ce n t a e ct is ti ,n o , e n Sk , I. s r Gi M. 0 .. Beecroft, G. S. • Gwyn, le Parker, Major W. Iterestard, 1). HEltnilton,Lord C.J. Percy, Earl Booth, Sir It. Hamiltoti, L . r. rugb, D. Brett, W. B. Hard G. Read, C. S. Bridges, Sir IL W. Hard y, J. Repton, G. W. J. Pakington, Sir J. Bruce, Major C. II t Ridley, Sir M. W. ar opp, E, B. Bruce, Sir IL l i l er ve3 , Lord A. Robertson, I'. F. Bruen, 11. —a y , Sir J Holt, J. Burrell, Sir P. Heatheorr, GIL Royston, Visa. Campbell, A. IL Henl ey, J . w' Russell, Sir C. Capper, C. Henniker, Jilt Schreiber, C. Cartwright, Col. Herbert, P. IC. 13clater-Booth, G. Cave, S. Iliblyard, T Scourtield. J. 'H. Chatterton, H. Hodgson W. N. Selwyn, C. J. t;linton, Lord A. P. Hog g, I,;_c o i. Severn°, J. IC. Cobbold, J. C. Holmesdale, Via. Seym our, G. IL Cole, Hon. H. HA flood, Si r Simonds, W. B. Cole, lion. J. L. w 11 0 b 11 Smollett, P. B. * rr , Y, W. • tanhope, J. B. Conolly. T. orals'', T. B. S Corry. H. L. H Ahem. Lord St:to ley, Lord Cooper, E. II Howes.. F. StirlingSL. Sir W Cowper, Wki Ruddlestone J. Stronge, Sir J. M. ' Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Cox, W. Hunt, G. W. Cremorne, Lord limes, A. C. Start, 11. G. Curzon, Viscount J ervis. Major Stunt, Lt.-Col. N. Dalkeith, Earl of Jones . D. fiancee, F. Dawson, It. P. Karsl , ake. sir J. a tees 11. E. Sur tees. Dick, F. Ksv Sykes, Col. Dickson, Major K enital . ana .11 ' L. - Taylor, Colonel , N. Thoso d, .f. H. Dims late. IL Kennard, R. IT. Torrena, Robert. Disraeli, B. Ker D. S. Dowdeswell, W. E li: ' k TreebY, J. W. E. i r e J. K. . Trrvor, Lord A. Du Cane, C. Kin!, J. G. Duncombe, A. K n i ght, F. Trollope, Sir J. Dunne, Gen. Knox, col. Turner, C. Du Pre, C. G. Lacon, Sir E. Verner, E.W. Dyke, W. A. I.aird, J. Verner, Sir W. Eekersley, l'f. L Walpole, S. 11. anyon. C Walrond, J. W. Edwards, li. Lefroy, A. leo.rton, Sir P. Lennox,Lord U. ll G• I V al ' h ' A. Walsh, Sir J. Egerton, E. C. L es li e, C. P. Egerton, W. Liddell, H. G. Waterhouse, S. H. Pane, Lt-Col. Lindsay, Col. C. Whitmore, . . F if, • M Williams, F. , , Pane. Col. Lowther, J. Wise, H. Pendell, J. M'La,gan, P. iVoodd, B. T. Pellowes, E. Mainwaring - T. Wyndham, P. Perguason. Sir J. Malcolm I - "'W J. 'Player, J. '. " • 'Wynn Sir W. Manners, Lord , ,W.U. M. Foley, 11. Manners, Lord G. IS ynne, iv Furde, Col. Montagu, Lord R. Yorke, J. R. TELLERS. Forester. Gen. M ontgomery. Sir G at e TT 'cr Galway, Viscount Mord runt. sir C. -- e, r , ' Sir F F. Vance J G , .-oddard, A. L. M organ, 0. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY. -- TURSDAY, MAY 7.—Admissions on payment, 1,875 ; ditto by Set l 49 l 4tiCkOts, 981; total Ti§itvre, 2,856. down bribery. The hon. member for Nottingham is generally very successful in showing up other people's foibles and failings, and he is not inclined to give quarter, when he thinks he has a good case for the display of his vivisecting talents. He believed, he said, that the whole system of the House and country was conducted upon the com mercial system, and having declared that he did not believe there were 30 members in the House, who obtained their seats by fair play—a statement which might have been expected called forth some disap i probation—he expressed his approval of: the Go vernment measure, because it took the matter out of the hands of the House, who bad hitherto been judge and jury in their own case. The hon. mem ber appeared to forget that the House would have to piss the bill. He believed, he said, the most useful provision of the bill was that which took the power of deciding upon cases of bribery from the House, and added truly enough that until they made bribery ungentlemanly and unfashionable they would never put it down. At present a man was not thought the worse of for having bribed, and the good Parliamentary man whose political exertions were rewarded by a peerage had usually spent immense sums in con tested elections. The witty member for Notting ham was unsparing in his satire and his de nunciations, but there was undoubtedly a good deal of truth in his observations, however unpa latable. Colonel SYKES'S was the more sensible and practicable remedy, and if only the public will take up the matter in earnest, we may hope that one of the first acts of the Reformed Parliament will be to give us THE BALLOT. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS• (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. By the Constitution of the Kingdom of Italy it is necessary, as is the case in England, that depu ties who take office shall undergo the ordeal of a new election. All the members of the new Italian Cabinet have been chosen again without opposition. M. Rattazzi, the President of the Cabinet, has been returned again for Alexandrie. The Minister of Finance, M. Ferrara, has been returned again for Salo, M. Pescetto for Savona, M. Berti for Vittorio, M. Chaves for Acqui, and M. Broglio for Bassano. The King and Queen of Saxony are for the pre sent living in great privacy at Jaxthausen, a crown domain on the route to Leipzic, having with them only an aide-de-camp and a lady of honour. At the moment when the difficulty arose respect ing Luxembourg a vast number of the working classes of Paris evinced their anxious desire for the maintenance of peace. A great many addresses, numerously signed, were forwarded to Germany, embodying a strong desire for peace and fraternity with the German people. At first the presumed hostile feeling of Prussia prevented any marked re ciprocity of sentiment in answer to these addresses ; but now that the pacific feeling of the Cabinet of Berlin seems to be a matter of certainty, addresses from the German people have been received in Paris expressive of the same sentiments as those which animate the Parisian working classes. As a speci men of their views I may cite an address just sent from Paris by the co-operative societies of this city to the working mechanics of Berlin. The address is signed by more than 1,500 persons, among whom are many German artizans settled in Paris. It calls the working-men of Berlin " brothers and friends," and proceeds to say—" Let our German brothers be well convinced we all wish for peace, wo all hate war, we all consider that a common struggle of nations for Liberty against the enemies of Liberty is the only contest worthy of us. Like you, we protest against might oppressing right. We repudiate all idea of conquest and tern, torial aggrandisement. We wish the will of nations to be respected like the will of citizens.. Like you, we desire that States may be governed .. by public opinion only, and that a spirit of fraternity alone may animate the relations of one people with another. " They who speak to you of our ambition deceive you. We are your friends. They who seek to excite us to hostility are our common enemies. If the blood of the two peoples should be shed upon the field of battle, it will be in spite of us and in spite of you. We say this emphatically, while it is still time, in order that the responsibility of so great a crime may fall entirely upon its authors." Great anxiety is manifested in Paris to know what may have transpired at the meeting of the London Cortference to-day, and various speculations are already hazarded upon the subject. The report seems confirmed that Italy and Belgium will be re presented at the Congress. A very extraordinary case of fecundity has oc currred at Illiers, not far from Chartres. The wife of M. Renoucct, a tradesman, in about two hours gave birth to five boys, all perfectly formed. They were all born alive, although the accouchement was premature by three months, but each died in about seven minutes after being brought into the world. A foreign newspaper having spread a report that Madame Rosa Bonheur had become insane, the c.-..le brated artist has written a letter to the editor of a Paris paper, in which she indignantly denies that there is any truth in the report. The latest information in Paris iu regard to the Conference is that so little difference of opinion will be exhibited that the preliminary points will be !set tled in three sittings. The weather has been extremely hot to-day. Id. Forcade de la Roquette, Minister of Agricul ture, has given a splendid ball to the members of the French and foreign Exhibition commissioners. The saloons of the Ministry' were splendidly and tastefully ornamented, and a gallery was con structed to communicate with the garden. A cas cade played at each extremity of the gallery. Among the company were the Duke Leuchtenberg, Prince Oscar of Sweden, the brother of the Tycoon of Japan, the members of the Japanese Embassy, the French Ministers and their wives, the Foreign Ambassadors, the Duke de Persigny, the Duke de Bassano, the Duke of Manchester, the members of the Chambers, and many artists, musicians, and literary men. Supper was served at. one o'clock in the grand gallery. The fete was very brilliant, and the pleasure of the entertainment was enhanced by the courtesy and attention of Monsieur and Madame Forcade de la Roquette. Several articles at the Exhibition possess much interest —if not on their own account, by way of contrast. Thus in the portion devoted to Holland is to be seen a model of one of the very ancient vesselsDuftuerh me furnished with m numerous oars, voyages. d o v a o rs,w e i s. with which This the rough specimen, however, is a great im provement upon the boats and galleys which were in use in the time of the Phoenicians, the Romans, and the Carthaginians. The visitor should pass from this exhibition of the ancient naval architecture of Holland to see the steam engines of the steamboats which are now built. The French 5C , 2111 much interested in all that appertains to the navy. When the Great Eastern arrived at Brest the excitement was intense. All the inhabitants of the town went to see the monster ship. NOt far from the Dutch nautical articles is a magnificent collection of arrAs in silex, manufactured during the I age of stone. There are stone battle axes, and arrows with points to recaive poison. Such were the weapons of war before the days of revolvers, rifled cannon, Chassepot guns, and Prussian rifled guns. The primitive arms exhibited are in great variety, although the science of killing was not in such perfection in olden times. • The gardens and park are really enchanting. Many leave the galleries, however resplendent with rich works of art, to see nature's products in their nett and attractive form. There is a collection of flowers, brought from all the countries of the world, which proudly and gaily exhibit themselves in all their marvellous and infinite variety. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The first ballad concert of this season, in which Mr. Sims Reeves, Miss Louisa Pyne, and Miss Edith Wynne will take part, will be given at the palace tbJ aftoruou at four o'clock. May 7. * Tho letter referred to appears in our fourth page. 70 THE EDITOR OF "7IIE SUN." SIR, --As a writer whose pen has for many years been more or less actively engaged in the cause of charity, I may claim a corner in your paper to recommend the following case to the kind and Christian sympathies of a British public, not with out a hope that, as hitherto, my appeal will be pro ductive of the desired result. The facts are few and simple. Three or four years back an English lady, of the highest respecta bility, having experienced a reverse of fortune, rented a house in a favourite Froneh watering place on the coast for the purpose of letting apart ments during the summer. The enterprise was in a fair way of succeeding when the cholera broke out in 1866, producing disastrous consequences, a panic, the flight of the English visitors, and the complete collapse of " the season." Among the severest sufferers by this unlooked for calamity was the lady for whom I venture this,., appeal: her pecuniary resources depended prin cipally upon letting her house, and last year failing in this, noth withstanding her prudence, economy, and intelligent activity, she finds herself involved in debt for arrears of rent and other expenses of her establishment. For the liquidation of these various claims, now imperiously demanded, no funds are in hand or forthcoming, and in view of the crushing embarrassment, the break-up of her estab lishment,. the scattering of her connection, and the absolute loss of her home, a few friends, informed of her position, and justly esteeming her character, have suggested an appeal to the generosity of Eng lishmen, in the sanguine belief that a country woman in distress shall not be permitted to succumb for want of the few pounds that would extricate her from difficulty, and reasonably enable her to count on success in the coming season. The need is urgent, admitting of no delay, if ruin is to be averted; by the end of May the creditors must be paid, and the assistance of Christian charity, of the warm heart and the open hand, is most earnestly entreated, to accomplish this end. Au Englishwoman, a courageous and honourable minded lady, in declining health and preyed upon by cruel auxi4ity as to her position and future, sees no chance, humanly speaking, of maintaining her ground but in the generous assistance of her com patriots ; and to that assistance, promptly aceordeol, I commit in confidence her cause. Needless to add that any help afforde,l in this hour of extremity will be most g ratefully acknowledged not only by the recipient, but by her sympathising friends, among whom I desire to be remembered. Apologising for the length of this statement, and thanking- you for its insertion in your valuable columns, I am, Mr. Editor, your very obediens. ;servant, ELIZ. SHERIDAN CAREY. Contributions will be thankfully received by Mrs. Augusta 8., Poste Restaute, Boulogne- sur-Mer, France. I %* Subscriptions already received. Mrs. Jawes Esruoudetorau 1:3 0 0 Miss Sheridau Carey ... ... ff. X. 111 111 lilt 11l Ili 2 2 digurt . '* Oman HER MAJESTY, dm. OSBORNE, May 7. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill. Col. Ponsonby was in attendance on horseback. Her Majesty and Princess Louise drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Countess Blucher. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice walked out. The Countess of Caledon has succeeded Lady Churchill as Lady in Waiting. Lady Churchill remains on a visit to her Majesty. The ceremony of the churching of the Princess Christian took place in the private chapel at 11'ind sor Castle on Monday morning. The Dean of Windsor officiated, Prince and Princess Christian took possession of their new residence at Frogmore House yesterday• IRE L AN P. DUBLIN, May 7. Some rather alarming particulars have been pub lished about Cody, or Byrne, who on Saturday night attempted to stab one policeman and shoot another. When arrested the prisoner was searched, and on his person was found a printed document, containing the names and addresses of the judges now presiding at the Special Commission, together with lists of the names and addresses of the Crown counsel, of the jurors who tried Burke and Doran, and of the witnesses produced for the prosecution. The document is in pencil. The hand writing cor responds with that upon an envelope found with the prisoner and addressed " Mr. Michael Cody." A terrible significance is given to this discovery by facts connected with the prisoner's career. He is reputed to be the Fenian Centre for Callan, county of Kilkenny. Up to a late period of the autumn of last year he was confined in Mountjoy Convi ct Prison under the Lord-Lieutenant's warrant. 110 was liberated on condition of going to England, and was escorted by the police from the prison to the North Wall, and seen off by the Liverpool steamer- Ho again returned to this country for the purpose of joining in the insurrectionary movement. r he circumstances of his first arrest, on the 18th of April, 1866, are as follows :—Private Maher, o f the Bth Foot, gave information that Byrne and a man named Thomas Baines, who was sentenced to penal servitude at the last Commission, were in the habit of seducing soldiers from their allegiance, and that on the night of Saturday, the 13th of April, a meeting would be held for that purpose in a house in Leeson-lane. The police were communicated with, and Detective-officers Entwistle and Rotheray proceeded to the place. Colonel Fielding and a party of the Coldstream Guards also proceeded to Leeson-lane. On entering the house a number of arrests were made, and Entwistle apprehende d Byrne. The prisoner made violent efforts to escape/ and also endeavoured to reach one of two revolvers which were placed in a belt worn round his body: The officer, however, by main force succeeded in effecting the capture. As Byrne was put into a cab, he observed to some person in the crowd , which bad by this time assembled, " I am glad Pat was not here," and when be was entering th e pollee station he said—" If I were to wait for twentY years I'll have revenge for this. I know who the loyal man was who informed on us." On the fol lowing Saturday, Feb. 20, Private Maher Was shot at in a public-house in Bonham-strect. Th° person alluded to by the prisoner as " eat " rs believed to have been Patrick Kearney, who was arrested on the Ist of May following, in a house in Tighe - street, by Detective - offi cer Clarke, after a s t rugg l e i n w hi c h KeareeY attempted to shoot the offi cer w ith a rev olver. The s t e h r e w f u a s e l i u s n n d o e s c e t b i n e t n h g e b b r a o c k k e n o b f y t h thee hbeiaodvit prisoner . is under tre a t men t i n M ercer ' s H o spital. a n n e d l i s n of the haft of the revolver dealt him by the police constable. It is probable he will be removed to gaol in the course of th e a ft ernoon. T he rev olver he carried was seven c h am b ere d . I t was fully loaded, and he had 31 rounds of ammunition. One might suppose that his conduct in Grafton-stree t was a feint, and that he wished to be arrested in order that the list of names found on his person might serve as a threat to prevent the punishment of Burke and Doran. But this idea seems to b e precluded by the struggles of the prisoner to escape' The affair shows that there are some desperate men among the Fenians, although it must be admitted very few deeds of violence were committed by there in the South, when they had large districts of the country in their power, and even the persons of some of the gentry in their custody—a fact which will be pleaded in favour of the convicts now lying under sentence of death. At the Cork Police-office, on Saturday, Mr. Michael Riordan was brought up, on remand , charged with complicity in the late Fenian move ment. Sub-Inspector Hamilton applied for a fuither remand. Mr. Blake urged, for the prisoner, that there were no grounds for granting the application• After some deliberation, the magistrates—Mr. Scott, Mr. O'Sullivan, and Sir W. Hackett—decided o n accepting bail, the prisoner in £lOO and two suretieo iu £5O each. The Plenipotentiaries accredited by the Europa:l Powers to the London Conference on the affairs of =burg met yesterday for the first time at the official rest_ dente of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing' street. The Conference will sit again to-morrow (rhurS day). RETURN OF THE 2D LIFE GUARDS TO WINDSO3' WINDSOR, TUESDAY.--This morning, at an early ho ur, the 2dßegiment of Life Guards, under the command of Colonel Marshal, left the Knightsbridge and Regent's-park bar racks en route for Windsor. The regiment, on leaving, the metropolis, marched by road, arriving at the Iler" borough, by way of Datchet, at nine precisely rrhe troopers, who presented a somewhat travel-stained appear: aura, their uniforms and accoutrements being revereu with dust, marched through the town to the cavalry barracks at Spital, where the regiment again took up it, quarters. THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The effect of .the strike on this line has beau so- far overcome that the company yesterday had spare hands enough to run the usual excursion trains to the York races. In addition, 011,1 Monday, most of the trains which had been discontin ue ; during the striae were resumed, and are now running, punctually. Every train absolutely req u i re d i s n ow in fu.- working, and there are hands in plenty to meet the require' ments of the summer traffic. Many of the old hands nre in a miserable plight. NATIONAL REFORM UNlON.—Arrangements are now being made by the executive committee to assemble '‘ ct large and influential deputation of the vice-p res id e nts el l ,. chief officers of the numerous branches of * the u nion, t'; wait upon Mr. Gladstone at his residence in London. lilt', object of the deputation will bo to protest agains t t t o Government Reform Bill as being utterly inadequate to settle the demands and requirements of the peo ple ;. urge upon Mr. Gladstone the desirableness of rettlsol7 to the old constitutional principle of household saffr3sol which was once the law of the land; and to e xpress diminished confidence in him as the leader of the Li ber ' o f party. A large number of gentlemen in various par t . itr . the country have already signified their intention of ing the deputation, and it is expected Mr. aladstoo will be requested to-day (Tuesday) to fix the datofn which he will receive them. Those intending t° r r.)p• the deputation should communicate at once with M; l i a Morton, the agent of the National Reform Union.-- chester Examiner. THE LATE BARON POERIO. —A numerous CO3,° course last Tuesday followed the coffin of _Baron r° eri from where lie - died at Florence, in the Via Sant a Cate rin l '; to the Misericordia Chapel. The pall bearers %yore ,74igf 1-fattazzi, the Presidents of the Senate and Gbatobe, °. Deputies, the Syndic of Florence, an d Deputies', Pil'itotj functionaries, officers of the National Guard, aud friends of the de,:eased, both Italians and foreigners, j °jue) f iu the procession, which was preceded by a battalion °. the National Guard, with craped b anner and band pin)"il. The streets through which the coff in p assed were ecovi'' The body has since left for Nap les, escorted by tioci' eo . to , l )f Seialoja, as representative of the Municipal Cio of ~ Florence, and by six delegates Irons the Chamber this piffles. Letters from Naples say that the death ofgreat amiable man and sincere patriot had there caused aua sensation. lie is to be buried at the p ublic espeus°, n it is probable that the ceremony w ill be made the occabw of renaarliable denioustraticus of respect an d regret,