The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-02 00:00:00

R OYAL ITALIAN OPERA , Covent-Carden. There will, both in 'his week and in next week, be five opera nights, viz., Monday, 7 uesday, 'Thursday, Friday, and battirday. Extra Night. 31dIle. Adelina Patti ; M. Faure ; Eignor Naudin. THIS is,VENING FIURS 'JAY), June the 2d, will be performed Be lint's Opera. LA SONNAMBUI.A. Amina, Mdlle Adelina Patti ; Lis ~ Madame Tag+atico ; Tere.a, 3ldlle. Anese ; Bodoni). M. Faure ; Alessio, :signor Polonini ; Notara, Signor Rossi; and E vino, Signor Na,.din. Conductor, Mr. Costa. After which, the new Ballet Divertissement, by 31. Despla ces, entitled L'lle Enchantee. Supported by Mdlle. Salvioni, Aid .Carmine, 311 e. Navarre, 31thle. A ssunta, M. ")espia ces, and Mr. W. 11. Payne. Commence at half past Eight. - - '_'lt tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre -ta Is, 103. 6c1., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic under the portico at the tilea , re, which is rpcn from ten to five, and an the principal musicscllers' and librarians'. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT. IL T ROVATORE. TEES EVENIN3r (Thursday , June 2, will he performed (In consequence of the general reques!), Yerdi's favourite Opera, IL TROVATORE, Fiznori Giuzlinf, Santley, Gassier, 3lariotti, and Casaboni; Mdlie. Bette!helm, Madame Taccani, and :Mlle. Ticiens. Conductor, Signor ARDIrr. To conclude with the Second Tableau of the Ballet diTer tissement, BACCO ED ARIAgNA. Principal Dancers—Mdlle. Catarina Ber:tta and Sig. Am mlttuo, supported by the Corps de Ballet. Saturday Evening Next, June 4th.—LES HUGUENOTS. Incidental Ballet. Extra Night.—Uonday Evening Next, June 6th.— FAUST. on Sal Commence at Half-past Eight o'clock, except next, when the Opt ra commences at Eight. Pit Tickets, 7e. ; Reserved Box Seats. lOs 6d. ; Amphi theatre Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 28. 6d. ; Private B. xes, the Cpper Circle, 215. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, from 10 till 6, where places may be secured ; a lso at Mitchell's, Bubb's, Lacou an d Oilier's, Bond-street ; Leader's. Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. .Tames's-street ; Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's, Regent-street ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, Cheapsicie ; and at k l ta ppell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. fiIHEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippenlale, Buckstone, Rogers Clark, 11 eathersbg, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore; Fitzwillia.m. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, %Vm. Farrell, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nellykower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conc:ude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLET THIS EVENING (THURSDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h,ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. 14'. Charles ; Messrs. W. M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, alias M Item ade ; and Gertru le, Miss Elaworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-•past 7, and Hamlet corn uenees at 8. _ _ --- Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and 3lanager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. Atter which, TUE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. - - - - - • . To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Raffery, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW THEA IRE-ItO Y AL, ADELPHI.- Aole Proprietor and Manager. M?. B. Webster. Last Week but One of he Gr , .at Trag•ediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAN. THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKEiPEARE'S HOUSE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Alas Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Airs. Biilington. To coßclude with TiIE AREA BELLE: Meesrs..T. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, H. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMA E A H.-Tlith EVENING and EVERY EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice. In order o give due effect to most remarkable suczesa of the se son, c., ire.y new scenery by the celebratPa artists Messrs. Ilansm and :oils, aucl ThompsLn. New dr• sss and appo ntments have be n prepare t for its production..—N. .s. In consequence of the pressing . and numerous i.pplications at the Isox-otfi e, ar rangements have now been made by which Seats m.y be ob tained a week in Auvan:e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boueleault ,Esq., every Evening. Be-engagement of those ce ebivge3 and popular artistes, Mr. -- an i Mrs. Charles Matht':-w;. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the Topular rrmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. P,ul Bedford, Mr. F. iiobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, 3.11,s Utrbert, Mrs Flank Matthews, Miss H. :thnms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Joseplis, Miss NVentwortu, and Mrs. SCir.ing. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely. in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr..T. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and 3llss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIoIIIT OUT 01? MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. -Frank vi atthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Mies Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. For the Benefit of Miss Simpson. THIS EVENING, TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. T. Thorne. Followed by TITE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swa aborough. Al ter which, THE TRETTY HORSEBREAKER. Mr. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford. Miss Simpson. To. conclude with MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fen ;on, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, Atc. Commence at'. 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Fashion Card, and our new Pamphlet, " The Tercentenary ; or, The Three Hundredth Birthday of William Shakspear ," gratis and post free. COALS. —The LILLESUALL COMPANY'S COAL?, Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. '.. .... 2{9• per tan. NutsD n u 3 . 1 . e.: : .....2p3 per ton. T o p ^3l. , Deep 216. .. 11 Well screened an i delivered within five nine, of their De Tots, Westbourne Park-road. W., and 17, South Wharf Paddington, W.. and Maiden -lane, N. , Best Coke ......1f5. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 11IIE TH "TIDE SUN,' , IRD EDITION OF Containing the Lntest SPORTING INTELLIGENTE. An be bad Every Evening 01 G. Et. GI.Is/E, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park* REVERSES OF FORTUNE.--It is currently reported in Sunderland that 3lr. George Hudson, late 31. P. for that tk.viu, has obtained a settlement of his heavy claim (said to be about .°,200,00(1) upon certain Spanish railways, and that after paying all his liabilities, be will be in posEe3sion of a bandmme foitnne. Rumour further states it to be the in tention of ➢lr. Hodson to offer himself ft r the ropreserla tion.of Whitby at the neat vacancy.—Ncufaaates lawn?. W this great Christian nation (which he has not yet named) the Count DE MONTALEMBERT takes occasion a little further on to remark, quite as uncompromisingly—She, this Victim Nation, has called to all the powers, to all the rights, here below. She has invoked, turn by turn, with the most poignant adjurations—Civilization, Huma nity, the Rights of Nations, the New Right, Modern Ideas, Progress, Honour,Recollections,Pity, Public Conscience! She has obtained nothing ! To this piercing, heart-rending appeal no one has re sponded!! And, he goes on, with noble accents of scorn, to single them out one by one, and to arraign them, each one amongst, them for its respective de falcation. Civilization, he says, this self-vaunting Modern Civilization, has virtually confessed itself vanquished by Barbarism ! Liberty, this haughty and austere liberty—haughty and austere at least (theoretically) against oppression—has been power. less, here, to secure even the most elementary of all liberties, the liberty of living ! And so on, with the rest. But—at last—in this frozen tran quillity, in the midst of this universal indifference one voice, says the Count DE MONTALTMBERT, one voice is heard—one alone—replying to that cry of distress raised by agonised Poland. The affecting circumstances attendant upon the lifting up of that solitary voice in reply to Poland, had already been recognised where its recognition might lea s t h ave been anticipated —namely, on the seventh of last month, in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin. It had, then and there, upon the mere men tion of it, been we l come d, not only with profound emotion, but with resounding acclama tions. M. BnorFam o, it was—himself one of the most conspicuous adversaries of the Papal Power—who, on the '7th of May, in the °ham ber o f Deputies at Turin—seized the opportunity to remark, as it were upon the very morrow of the pub:ication of the POPE'S Ency clical letter about Poland—" When I behold an old man exhausted, suffering, without resources, with out army, on the brink of his grave, reprobating thus a powerful potentate because of his sw a ll ow i ng up a whole people with his despotism, I feel myself moved to the very centre of my being, I believe myself carried back to the time of GREGORY VII., I bow in homage, 1 appiaud." Whereupon, the whole assembly—listen. ieg to those fervid wards—itself applauded. It is to be regretted that the Count DE MONTALEMBERT should have had reason for remarking here, in a foot note of Le Correspondant, that no similar incident transpired during this recent session in the French Chambers. Reverting, however, to the extra-Par liamentary remarks uttered by that Great French Orator, whom untoward circumstances have un happily denied admission within the walls of the Imperial L eg i s l a t ure — rever ti n g, however, we say, to what is here said, without the walls of that Legislature by the Count de MONTALEMBERT in reference to this one voice raised in behalf of Poland —speaking of it in his character as Catholic, he exelnims, not very surprisingly, even when hit words come to be echoed here in Protestant Eng land—the voce which has thus been raised, this one solitary, isolated voice—" It is the voice of of religion—a voice plaintive, indignant, immortal. That which is hero visibly bebra the eyes of ns all, The Weather—Sun Office, June 2, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.72. Wind—North-East ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. I' HIS DAT.—Monaing, h. m.—Afternoon. 12h. 26m. Co-moßnow.-Morning, 12h. 55m.—Afternoon. lh. 21w. , 4; 71 Sint 111 g . LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1864. Montalembert on Poland, The Count DE MONTALEMBERT, denied access to the tribune of the Imperial Legislature of France, has still his own tribune in the pages of Le Cor-res pondant. It is a tribune that he ascends only oc casionally, never lightly, always impressively. From it, his voice bas just now again become audi ble. He has lifted it, that most eloquent voice, yet once more in behalf of Poland, of the Polish nationality, of that great Christian nation which Ole cries aloud in accents of anguish) has been snared, seized, strangled, outraged, despoiled, assassinated under our eyes 1 Never has this widely-recog nized Champion at once of Liberalism and of Religion, never, we hesitate not to assert it, to reiterate it, to insist upon it, never before this has he spoken—even in his happiest moments of inspiration as an orator, as a man of letters, as a man of genius—more effectively, or more affectingly, than he has here spoken in behalf, yet once more, of Poland and of the Poles. Spoken, we say advisedly, rather than simply written, for it seems almost as though one heard the tones of his voice, his argument throughout is so impassioned, so im pulsive, so impetuous. The very preamble of the oration, here, is so eminently befitting the sad ness of the theme, that it seems to hush one into attention upon the instant, and into an attention not simply breathless but awe-stricken. When upon a coast beaten by the tempest, he says, the signal guns of alarm are heard re sounding in the night, announcing that some vessel is in imminent peril of shipwreck —in what Christian land, he asks, do we behold the sea faring inhabitants deaf to the cries of the mariners thus threatened with destruction, deaf to the appeal of their fellows, of their brethren, shut ting themselves thereupon in-doors either to sleep in peace or only to sit up watching merely for the sake of exulting amongst themselves, in the chim ney corner, over the sweet security of the shore and the domestic hearth ? Without pausing to apply this startliog inquiry —the application of which, indeed, is only too frightfully ap parent—MONTALEMBERT puts to us, one and all, yet another interrogation. When, he says, there suddenly arises in the street or upon the high road the cry of some passer by who is being either assailed or assassinated, what should be thought of those worthy people who, instead of running instantly to afford aid to the victim, should dream only of hurriedly barricading their own house, scarcely leaving open a chink through which to reconnoitre, so as to see, from a safe distance, how the crime is being accomplished ? Then it is that the double apologue is applied. Then it is that the Count de MONTALEMB ERT exclaims—Yet it is this, precisely this, which has been taking place in France, in Europe, during these last eighteen months , . Only—he adds—it is not a ship simply, it is a whole people that is being submerged under our gaze in a sea of blood. It is not under the shadow of the night, it is not in the bosom of the tempest or in the depth of the woods—it is in the broad light of day and in the midst of a profound calm that the catastrophe is being accomplished. In all of which— what man is there amongst us who will venture to assert that there is one particle of exaggeration ? It is the simple statement of a fact—a fact net only undeniable, but glaring and notorious. THE, SUN", LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JGNE 2, 1864. alike of friends and of foes, equally of the faithful and of the impious—it is that which has here spoken, and which has spoken thus—alone—to the nation that is being crucified ! Turn by turn, however, in the sequel of his argu ment, the Count de MONTALEMBERT arraigns, as we have already expressed it, the great natione of the west, to whom, collectively and separately, the Victim Nation has during these last 18 months of her agony appealed, but, as the world knows, altoge ther in vain. France, England, Germany, Italy—he takes them one by one into painful and afflicted con sideration. What we of course have most to do with, here, wo turn to at once with all eagerness. " Eng land!" exclaims the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, in anguish—be who best, we believe, among all living Frenchmen, possibly among all continental Euro peans, appreciates us English and our political institutions—" England !" exclaims this conspicu. Ous friend and admirer of England and of English Institutions—" how, can I paint here the mournful pity with which the lamentable decrepitude of her foreign policy (the foreign policy of this England we were so proud of) inspires nowadays even her best friends, even her most faithful admirers ? Day after day they speak to us exultantly of the incontestable progress of des mocracy in the bosom of this great free people. But what matters that, if these advances are only simultaneous with the decadence but too clearly manifest now (through her foreign policy) of her energy, of her capacity, of her integ rity in the management of the affairs of Europe." And so forth. We care not to continue, here, the si3licting remonstrance. The decadence of our national influence, as represented by our foreign policy, is only too painfully apparent. It admit', in simple fact of no denial. But, the responsibility of it appertains—this in effect is our one consolation, as it is also our profound and ineradicable convic tion—the responsibility of it devolves, not upon the Nation! It devolves solely and exclusively upon the Government, by whom the nation is misrepre sented at so many points—all of them of gigantic importance—in regard to the Poles, in regard to the Danes, in regard to the Confederates. seating imprisoned felons in a sort of state with lacqueys attending to them and all around awaiting their orders. Lord CARNARVON faithfully depicted a great part of the cause of these evils when he men tioned that blame attached itself to the Judges and the Home Secretary. The former persisted in pass ing short sentences upon these offenders, and by this means society was not perfectly protected, and also there was exhibited on the part of the Home Secretary so much uncertainty, vacillation, and misplaced tenderness towards great and notorious criminals that crime received a fresh impulse in this country. This description very naturally portrays the state of things prior to the formation of a Royal Commission, and the final introduction of this mea sure, which is, at any rate, a remedial one, and pro mises, if faithfully carried out in its several ramifications to effect scme progress in the much desired path of reform. Lord CARNARVON was in favour of the system of police supervision. This may be necessary, but great care should be exercised in its workings, in order that mischief may not be done by the adoption of means supposed `and intended to be remedial. Much harm may be done to the discharged convict if caution is not em ployed in following his movements and tracing the changes that may have taken place in his character. At the same time, it cannot be denied that it is very necessary to try some plan for the eognisance of the doings of these dangerous characters. The Irish system appears, from all accounts, to be a very good one, and it would be well if it were more implicitly followed in this country. If a great and beneficial change does not take place in our prisons and con vict establishments, it will be very discreditable, after the universal sentiment of public cpinion which has been expressed on the matter, and an other failure will necessitate the whole subject com ing before Parliament, and a complete revision and remodelling of the whole system fundamentally. It is a lamentable fact that one of the direct afflictions that befall humanity is at the same time desolating the Old and New Worlds. Civil war is devastating the ancient and effete empire which claims to be the leader of civilisation, while it is sapping the strength and retarding the progress of the great Western Republic, whose admirers would have us regard it as the model of political wisdom. Iu America, and in China alike, the horrors of inter necine strife are tending to the ruin of the nation and the wretchedness of the people; differing, how ever, in the two countries from the fact that in one they are the product of a chronic and well-nigh hopeless complaint, in the other the result of a fierce and acute disorder. Our dealings with the two cases have been systematically different. We have tried intervention in the one case, and non-inter vention in the other. We have treated unques tionable rebels as belligerents, and have, on the other hand, refused to look upon belligerents as any other than rebels. Men, money, and ships have been at the service of the one civil war, while the other has waged fiercely for three years without obtaining that verbal interference or acknowledg • ment which some persons think would be sufficient to arrest its progress. But in neither case has our Government contrived to escape blame, and in both instances it has bad the satisfaction of being called to account for contributing by its conduct to the waste of blood and treasure, and the wholesale misery inflicted by civil war. Their offence in the trans-Atlantic struggle has been a negative one, but with regard to China they are more seriously involved. From time to time the questions appertaining to our Chinese policy are discussed in the House generally with the same result. It usually happens that no decided movement results from these debates, vet they are not without service as reflecting in some degree the mixed feelings of the country. The dis cussion of Tuesday evening was one that could not be overlooked, whether from the political et ,ndir4 of the hon. member who introduced it, from the length to which it extended, the number and variety of the speakers, or the masterly menner in which Lord PALMERSTON disposed of the arguments of his adversaries. The case is undoubtedly a difficult and a complicated one. It is not to be met by a few general maxims, nor capable of being treated by a panacea like that recommended by Mr. COBDEN. The vicissitudes of Chinese civil war are certainly no business of ours, and it is idle to talk of interfering on the grounds of humanity and hatred of bloodshed, while we leave the great Western struggle to go on unchecked. But it is also none of our making, and had an Englishman never set foot in China the Taeping rebellion would have been raging all the same. The real difficulty of the case lies in out commercial interests, welch are of course also the commercial interests of Chi a, and hon. gentlemen; who censure so severely the policy of the Govern ment in defending the treaty ports do not show any conclusive reason ashy we should surrender out rights, damage our commerce, and suffer serious in jury to be inflicted on the Chinese themselves by the destruction of their trade because a civil war has broken out in another part of the Empire. Mr. COBDEN, in his severe strictures upon our Chinese policy, remarked that " it was a remarkable fact that this is the only foreign country in which We have sought to force tr de by violence and war, and it is the only country which forms an exception to the progress made in our commercial dealings." The hon. gentleman forgot, however, that the de preesion of trade must be attributed rather to the internal commotions of the Empire than to any interference of ours. Lord PALMERSTON, it is true, maintained that our trade with China was by to means in the condition represented by Mr. COBDEN, i ll but it is evident that if it fails to realise the expec tations of our merchants at present, such a state of things is owing to the war in the silk districts, the piracy, See., which Mr. COBDEN and his Mende would leave unchecked. Whether we can rea sonably hope that peace will be soon esta blished is, as Lord PALMERSTON observed, beyond the power of any man to predict. But having esta blished commercial relations with that country, and thus opening to our trade an o utlet, including one• third of the human race, there can be no reason why we should draw back now from the position attained with so much difficulty. It is no more a selfish policy to protect our relations with china than to follow out the interests of commerce in any other shape. It is certainly very undesirable that we should, as a nation, interfere in their internecine ware, but we have every right to defend those treaty por:s to which we have some claim. Mr. • difficulty. It requires COBDEN'S suggestion of the establishmentofopn ports presents one very serious would the consent of the Chinese themselves, who never agree to such a plan. The question of piracy is one which needs prompt and careful attention, for the extent to which it is carried in Chinese waters is something startling. Of itself, it is suffi cient to cripple the most flourishing trade. We read with astonishment Mr. COBIiEN'S declaration that he wants to see the state of things existing 15 or 20 years ago restored, and the order which for bade the destruction of pirates, unless they were proved beyond all question to have attacked a square-rigged vessel. He wishes this order to supersede the very moderate and sensible instruc tions issued by Admiral EXPER last year, wh en he directed that Chihese vessels should on no so count be destroyed by her MATEE3II'S ships, unless The second reading of the Penal Servitude Acts Amendment Bill was not achieved without a dis cussion, in the course of which some very wise suggestions were made, but they do not seem to have been paid much heed to. Lord CRANWORTH'S motion was the wisest of all—that transportation offered the best means of disposing of the convicts generally: It is very much to be regretted that it was not contrived in some way or other to carry out the recommendations of the commissioners— there are so many reasons in favour of the plan, and it seems to offer an advantage to all sides. Here in this country we are set free from the great anxiety of watching these men, and are re lieved from the fear of their renewing their depre dations, which brought them originally into trouble. The men themselves are no doubt greatly bentfitted by the change. They can lead a new life, in the strict and literal acceptation of the term. If disposed to redeem their evil ways, they meet with encou ragement on all sides; if inclined to relapse into wrong paths, they ere saved the great danger of their former companions in vice surrounding them, and danger is put far behind them. As for the colonists themselves, they would be the gainers in acquiring so much more assiitance in their numerous undertakings. It is inconsistent for them now to raise such an outcry, when they were at one time most glad to meet with the aid of those they now scam. The chief absurdity of the clamour that has been made regarding this proposition is, that there would be no likelihood of the convicts escap ing from Western Australia. As the inhabitants there did net object, it was an arrogant assumption, and a piece of unjustifiable interference on the part of the other colonists, to make themselves so disagree able and unaccommodating. Lord GRANVILLE said that " from each of the colonies, except Western Australia, there came the strongest remonstrance!' This affirms the report that has already been cir culated concerning the idea that it was prejudice which urged the minds of those who put so decisive a negative on the suggestion, and made their veto of exclusion the signal that doomed hundreds of their fellow creatures to a wretched fate at home. instead of entering on a new existence in distant lards. Lord GRANVILLE'S arguments on this point are very inconclusive, because a Government is not bound to attach importance to the unreasonable demands of colonists, although their unjust repre sentations should never be overlooked. For this reason it appears that a mistake has been made in Ignoring the request of Western Australia to allow the convicts to be sent to a greater extent, and in acceding to the overbearing request of the other colonies to desist from the enterprise determined on. One of the first fruits of the pernicious workings of this act has been to give up the proposal of the commissioners to make seven years the minimum term of a sentence to penal servitude. It has been reduced to five, and thus an important future in the disciplinarian system has been changed through the unwise acquiescence in a chimerical notion. Lord CARNARVON'S opinions on such a subject as that of this debete are always worth listening to, and it is satisfactory to find that to a great degree he approved of this measure, although ha also was disappointed at the turn events had taken respecting the plan of trans portation. He very forcibly illustrated his view of the subject in contradiction to the arguments used by some, regarding the universality of the Austra lian settlement which was opposed to it, by saying that " So far from their being a universal concur rence of opinion in opposition to it, the district of Moreton Bay had itself petitioned for an increase of convicts." Very true were the strictures passed by he noble lord on the style of the systems which have hitherto prevailed in this country regarding the convicts, and the notable failure of their work ings. Certainly there can be no doubt that they have not accomplished two very important deside returns; they have neither bestowed satety on the public, nor exercised a check on the offending par ties to restrain them from further mischief, and on others to deter them from following so very per. nicious an example. There have been some grievous errors extant in the old plan, and the prospect of their being early partially rectified is at any rate satisfactory in its way. Lord CARNARVON stated that,the principle of tho Bill was to inflict "sharp and certa i n sentences, " an d h e did not d eny that he app rove d o f t hi s notion. I t h as b een proved by experi ence t h at i t i s a positive cruelty to the unhappy individuals th emse l ves t o pamper them relaxation z in such habi ts of luxury, and to afford them firstone prisonsand tihnensomaneother another, so that respects more prone to th e commission of error than they quit eln their a tio when they entered it, by not having their passions subdued by stern treatment and their period of durance rendered, in reality, a penance, as it should be in all things consistent with the • preservatio n of their health and strength. Nothirg has been of more detriment to society than that specious senti mentalism which transferred to the criminal the sympathy and consideration which belonged of right to his victim, and so confused the relative bearings of things, and the issues of right and wrong that caricaturists were not out of place in repro. the officers were requested by competent Chinese LA'EST INTELLIGENCE authorities to do so, or airless a pirate was caught IGEN C E • in the act of piracy. This order calls forth Mr. COBDEN'S stern reproof; but it is only reasonable and just that we should lend our aid to the sup pression of that piracy which is so disastrous to Chinese trade. Notwithstanding the hon. member for Rochdale's able and temperate speech, and the fierce invectives of the member for Birmingham, there seems little ground for censuring the course which several successive Governments have pur sued in endeavouring to foster our trade with China by every means in their power. Members are often too ready to attribute the want of faith, the cruelty and injustice so common with Eastern nations, to some fault on the side of our authorities, and en Englishman's natural horror of unnecessary violence and bloodshed makes them too prompt to pass severe censures without fall iutormation. Of this we had recently a striking example in the case of the Kagosima ; and we should have thought that that lesson might have taught the hon. mem ber for Rochdale and his associates to be less sus picious of the Eastern policy of our Statesmen. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per North American, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Morning). On the evening of the 19th inst. General Ewell's corps made an unsuccessful effort to turn Grant's right. The Federals captured 300 prisoners and lost 700 n killed and missing. General Beauregard is in General Butler's imme diate front preparing to assault his entrenchments. General Sherman has reached o.ssevilie. A great battle is imminent at. Atalanta. Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War, announces that 25,000 veteran troops have been sent to reinforce Genera) Grant. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION, Toe author of the forged proclamation of Presi dent Lincoln has teen arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. He concocted the proclamation for speculative purposes. HOUSE OF CO nMONS, JUNE 1. TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL. Order for committee read, Motion made and question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave th Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " this house will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said committee," instead thereof. Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question," Tho house divided—Ayes, 236 ; Noes, 226. NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Evening). ---- AYES —236. Adair, li. E. Fenwick, E. M. Norris, J. T. Adani, W. P. Fenwlck, 11. North, F. Agnew, Sir A. lermoy, Lord O'Brien, Sir P. Alcock, T. Finch, C. W. O'Conor Don, The Andover, Lord Finlay, A. S. O'Logtilen, Sir C. Anstrucher, Sir R. Fitzroy, Lord F. Onslow, U. Antrobus, E. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Owen, Sir H. Ath umney, Lord Foljambe, F. J. S. Pac&e, Col. Ayrton, A. S. Forster, C. Paget, C. Aytoun. it. S. Forster, W. E. Paget, Lord C. Bagwell, J. Foster, W. 0. Pea,e, H. Baines, E. Fortescue, F. D. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Sir F. Fortescue, C. S. Peel, F. Baring, 'l'. G. French, Col. Fender, J. Baxter, W. E. Gaskell, J. M. Peto, Sir M. Bazley, T. Gibson, T. 31. Pilkington, J. Beaumont, W. B. Gilpin, C. Pinney, Col. Beaumont, S. Gladstone, W. E. Ponsonby, A. Bellew, R. M. Glyn, G. C. Potter, E. Berkeley, 11. F. Goldsmid, Sir F. Powell, J. J. Biddulph, Col. Gower, F. L. Pryse, E. L. Black, A. Greene, J. Ramsden, Sir J. W. Blake, J. Greenwood, J. Ricardo, 0. Blencowe, J. G. Gregson, S. Robartes, 'l'. J. A. Bouverie, E. P. Greaten, H. R. Robertson, 1). Bouverie, P. P. Grey, Sir G. Rothschild,Baron II Brand, IL Gurdon, B. Russell, A. Bright, J. Gurney, S. Russell, Sir W. Brown, J. Haulleai, G. St. Aubyn, J. Browne, Lord J. T. Danbury, R. Scholene,d, W. Bruce, H. A. Haud ey, J. Scott, Sit W. Buchanan, W. Hankey, T. Scully, V. Buckley, Gen. Hardcastle, J. A. Seely, C. Buller, J. W. Hartington,3larquis Seymour, Danby Burke, Sir T. J. Ilayter, sir W. Seymour, Digby Butler, C. S. Headlam, T. E. Seymour, A Butt I. Henley, Lord Sha ft°, R. D. Buxton, C. Herbert, H. A. Shelley, Sir J. V. Caird, J. Dibbert, J. T. Sheridan, It. B. Calthorpe, F. 11. Hodgkinson, G. Sidney, T. Cardwell, E. li odgson, K. Smith, J. A. Childers, H. C. E. Holland, E. Smith, J. B. Cholmeley, Sir 31. Howard, C. W. G. Stacpoole, W. Churchill, Lord A. Butt, W. Staniland, 31. Clay, J. Ingham, R. Stansf eld, J. Clifford, C. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Stuart, Col. Clifford, Co'. Johnstone, Sir J. Sykes, Col. W. H. Clifton, Sir It. Xing, I'. J. L. Talbot, C. It. 31. Clive, G. Kinglake, A. W. Taylor, P. A. Cobbett, J. 31. Kinglake, Serj. J. Thompson, H. S. Cobden, R. liinnaird, A. r'. Tile, W. Coke, Col. Layard, A. H. Tollemache, F. J. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Langton, W. H. G. Tomline, G. Collier, sir R. P. Lawson, W. Iraey, C. R. D. Corbally, H. E. Leatham, E. A. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Cowper, W. F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Turner, J. A. Cox, W. Lee , W. Verney , Sir 1 1 . Craufurd, E. H. J. Lewis, H. Vernon, H. F. Crawford, R. W. Lindsay, W. S. Villiers, C. I'. Crossley, Sir F. Locke, J. Vivian, H. H. Dalglish, R. Lysley, VT. J. Vyner, R. A. Davie, Sir H. It. F. 31acEvoy, E. 'Waldron, L. Davie, Col. F. Mackie, J. Warner, E. Dering, Sir E. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.)Watkin, E. W. Diliwyn, L. L. Mackinnon,W. A. Western, S. Douglas, Sir C. 31`31ahon, P. Westhead, J. F. B. Duff, 31. E. Maguire, J. F. Whitbread, S. Duff, It. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. White, J. Dunbar, Sir W. Marsh, 31. H. White, L. Dundas, F. Martin, I'. W. Wickham, H. W. Dundas, Sir D. Martiu,J. Williams, W. Dunkellin, Lord Massey, W. N. Winnington, Sir T. Dunlop, A. in. Merry, J. Wood, sir C. Enfield, Viscount Miller, W. Woods, I.L. Ennis, J. Mitchell, T. A. Wrightson, W. B. Esmonde,J. Moncreitf, J. Wyvill, M. Evans, T. W. 3lonsell, W. Ewart, W. Morris, D. TELLERS. Ewart, J. C. Morrison, W. Dodson, J. G Ewing, H. E. C. Neale, V. Goschen, G. J. There is no war news. The Confederate steamer Florida left Bermuda on the 14th inst., it is believed for the track of the New York and Liverpool steamers. The City of Manchester and the Hansa, saiiing to-day for Europe, take 550,000 dols. i❑ specie. NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Morning). Gold 831 per cent. premium. NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Evening). Money easy, Gold 83/ per cent. premium. Stocks slightly firmer, New Yurk Centrals, 135. Illinois 133, Erie 117. 5 dots. 20 cents. United States. Bonds, 106*. Cotton advancing. Middling U i .J. land, 91 to 911. FURTHER DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS, (FROM THE TIMES' CORREbPONDENT.) (Per the North American via Crookhaven, Juno 2.) NEW YORK, MAY 20. At daybreak on Wednesday Grant again unsuc cessfully assaulted Lee's centre and left. After a desperate conflict, lasting throughout the forenoon, the Federals were forced to retreat, with loss of 1,200 killed and wounded. An attack by Lee is stated to have been subse quently made upon Grant's front and repulsed. Johnston continues to draw Sherman away from his base. Official despatches from the latter, to 2 p.m yesterday, announce his arrival at Kingston, 70 miles south of Chattanooga, and that he wee still advancing, and Johnston retiring. The Federate' had occupied Rome. The surprise against Butler on Monday appears to have been completely successful. The Confede rates captured General Hickman, with nearly his whole brigade and e;ght or ten cannon, and drove the whole Federal force to their intrenchments at Bermuda. The Federal loss in killed and wounded is admitted to be 2,500. General Ransom com manded the Confederates. The Government has suppressed the World and Journal of Commerce, for having published the forged proclamation. Both printing offices are in possession of the military. MAY 21. On Thursday Ewell gained Grant's rear, and attempted the capture of :he Federal supply trains, The result is unknown ; but after an hour's fighting, in which the Federals lost upwards of 1,000 men, the Confederates returned to their in- trenchments. Mr. Howard, of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, has been arrested, es the author of the forged procla mation, and sent to Fort. Lifayette. He has con febsed his guilt, and implicated others. Gaid, 183. N OES -226. Adderley, C. B. Gowet, G. W. L. North, Col. Arbuthnott, Gen. Graham, Lord Wm. Nortlicote, Sir S. B. Astell, J. H. Greenall, G. O'Neill, E. Bailey, C. Grey deWilton,Lord I'acke, C. W. hauls, H. J. Gr. gag, Sir E. I'akenham, Col. Baring, A. IL Haliburton, T. C. I'akington, Sir J. Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, Major Palk, air L. Bateson, Sir T. Hamilton, Viscount rainier, It. IV. Bathurst, Cot. IL Hamilton, 1. 'l'. Patten, Col. W. Beach, W. W. Hardy, U. Peacocke, G. M. W. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, J. I'eel, Gen. Bentinek, G. W. P. Hartopp, E. B. Pennant, Col. Bentinck, G. C. Harvey, K. B. Pevensey, Viscount Benyon, H. Bay, S'ir J Phillips, G. L. Beresford W. Heathcote, Sir W. Powell, F. S. Berestszd Denis Henley, J. Powys-Lybbe,P. L. Bernard, Col. Ilenniker, Lord Repton, U. W. J. Bernard, T. '2. Ilesketh, Sir T. Ridley, Sir M. W . Bond, J. W. . Heygate, Sir F. Rogers, J. J. Booth, Sir R. G. Hill, et. C. Rolt, J. Bovill, W. Hodgson, R. Rowley, R. T. Bramston, T. W. H o l m esdale, Lord Salt, T. Bremridge, It. Hood, sir A, Sclater-Booth, G. Bridges, Sir B. W. liopwood, J. T. Scott, Lord H. Brooks, R. Hornby, W. H. Scourfielo, J. IL Bruce, sir H. Ito. siali, T. B. Shirley, E. I'. Burghley, Lord liotham, Lord Smith, Abel Burrell, Sir P. Howes. g Smith, M. Cairns Sir H. I - 1 utiinerstone, P. S. Smith, S. G. Cargill, W. W. llume, W. W. F. Somerset, Col. E. Cartwright, Col. liumpliery, W. homes, J. Cave, S. Hunt, G. W. Stanhope, J. B. Cecil, Lord R. Ingestre, Viscount Stanhope, Lord Clive, Capt. G. W. Jermyn, Earl Stracey, Sir H. Cole, 11. Jervis, Captain Stroue, J. M. Cole, J. L. Jollitle, Sir W. Stewart, Sir M. B. Collins, T. Jones, 1). Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Conolly, T. Kekewich, S. T. Sturt, H. G. Corry, H. L. Kennard, It. W. Sturt, Lt.-Col. N. Cubitt, G. Her, D. S. Surtees, H. E. Curzon, Viscount King, J. K. Talbot, W. C. Dalkeith, Earl of Knalclibull, W. 'Taylor, Col. Darner, S. D. linightley, R. Thynne, Lord E. Dawson, R. P. Knox, ,01. Thynne, Lord IL Dickson, Col. Knox, Major W. S. Tollemache, J. Disraeli, B. Langton, W. G. Torrens, R. Du Cane, C. Leader, N. P. Tottenham, Lt.-Col. Duncombe, A. Leeke, Sir 11. Trehern e' H. Duncombe, W. E. Leiroy, A. Trevor, Lord A. Du Pre, C. G. Legh, ALijor C. Trollope, Sir J. L'utton, R. 11. Legh, W. J. Turner, C. Edwards, Col. Leighton, Sir B. Vance, J. Egerton, A. F. Lennox, Lord G. G. Vansittart W. Egerton, E. C. Lennox, C.Verner, Si;Sir IV. Elphinstone, Sir J. Leslie, C. P. Verner, E. W. Estcourt,' S. Liddell, H. G. Wyse, Col. eane, Col. Longfield, R. Walcott, Admiral Farquhar, Sir M. Lopes, Sir H. Walker, J. H. B. Fellowes, E. Lowther, Col. H. C. Walsh, Sir J. B. Fergusson, Sir J. Macaulay, K. IVa, erhouse 6. a tngton, Ferrand, IV. Malcolm, J. W. W ti - 'J. Filmer, Sir E. Matins, K. Way, A. E. Fitzgerald, W. S. Manners, Lord J. W e lby , W. E. Fleming, T. W. Manners, Lord G. Whiteside, J. I , loyer .1. Maxwell, Col. Whitmore, H. Forde, Col. Miller, T. J. Woodd, B. T. Forester, Gen. Mills, A. Wyndham, P. Franklyn, G. W. Mitlord, W. T. Wynn, Sir W. Fraser, Sir W. A. Moo ,H. Wynn, C. vv, W. Gallwey, Sir IV. P. Mordaunt, Sir C. Wynne, W. W. ii. Galway, Viscount Morgan, 0. Yorke, Hon. E. Gard, It. S. Mowbray, J. R. 'I orke, J. It. George, J. Naas, Lord Getty, S. G. Newdegate, C. TELLERS. Goddard, A. L. Newport, Visct. Gore, J. It. 0. Nicol, W. Trefusis, C. 11. R. Gore, W. It. 0. Noel, G. J. Selwyn, C. J. THE FETE CHAMPETEE AT ORLEANS HOUSE.— Yesterday the grounds of Orleans House, Twicken ham, the scat of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, were thrown open for a grand fancy bazsar in aid of the funds of the Societe Franyaise de Bien faisance. This society was formed in 1842, under the patronage of Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, with the object of affording relief to unfortunate French • men in London, without distinction of religious faith or political opinion. Among the benefactors we may mention ihe late King Louis Philippe, Queen Marie Antelie, the Count de Chambord, and the Emperor of the French. The actual president of the society is the Duke d'Aumale. The society allows weekly payments in money, clothing, and food, and grants passage money to those French subjects who are desirous of returning to their country; it also ad vances money to those who wish to exercise their profession or trade in England. The society has already distributed more than £12,000 sterling. Following so close upon the marriage of the Count da Paris, the fete of yesterday par took almost of a family character. The stalls were held by he: Royal Highness the Duchess of Chartres, her Royal Highness the Duch• ss d'Aumale, the D uchess of St. Albans, the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Tankerville, the Countess of Waldegrays, and Lady Pray. An elegant marquee had been erected on the lawn in front of the house with tricolour mailimmes, which also lined the road up to the grounds. The chief attraction was the stall of the Duchess d'Au ma l e , where the venerable Queen Amelie re mained for some time. The sky was propitious, and about 6 o'clock the fete presented a most lively appearance. As the fete is to be continued to-morrow we may mention that tLe house itself is well worth a visit. There is a taste dis played in the selection of the pictures aad in their arrange ment, which will repay even a longer jaurney. There is a gem of Ingres, a magnificent Rosa Bonheur, the celebrated "Duel is. the Snow," by Geromme, and historical pictures of the highest interest. Jullien's band performed through out the evening, and the attention of the committee left nothing to be desired. A NEW MAIL CONVEYANCE.—Some of the coun try postmen, who have long distances to travel to distribute letters to widely detached houses, are usng velocipedes to assibt (?) them in their labours. ESSAYS AND It hVIE.WS.—The whole of ;he Bifhop of Salisbury's expvntes in the suit against Dr. Rowland Williams, vicar of Broad Chalks, Wilts, have been raised, so that no further sUbsoriptions are naded. DENMARK. DENMARK AND THE CONFERENCE. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 1, 11 A.M. The Dagbladet of to-day expresses itself violently against England's proposal at the Conference for the division of Schleswig, and demands that the Government should meet it with a decided resist- ance. The organ of the Conservative party likewise prefers war to the acceptance of this proposal. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JUNE 1. Her Majesty's ship Racoon, with Prince Alfred on board, will sail for Ireland when the weather moderates, calling at Spithead. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 1. Ic is asserted that Marshal Espartero has openly assumed the direction of a subdivision of the Pro- gressist party. Rumours are current that a modification of the Ministry will take place after the c!ose of the session. FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 2. M. Durny, Minister of Public Instruction, has presented a report to the Emperor, pointing out the abnormal position occupied by M. Renan, who by a measure of public order has been incapacitated for the last two years from fulfilling the duties of his Professorship at the College of France. The Minister says :—" It is as contrary to the good administration of the public funds es to the dignity of a distinguished scholar, that he should be compelled to submit to the anomaly of receiving salary without fulfilling his functions. Not being able to restore M. Renan to the chair which he occupied on a single occasion, it is expedient to loyally terminate the present abnormal state of things by appointing M. Renan to other functions." In consequence of M. Duruy's report, an impea rial decree has been issued, appointing Lll. Renan Aeeistant Curator of the Imperial lebrary. The ceremony of the consecration of Notre. Dame took place yesterday as announced. Mgr. Batboy, Archbishop of Paris, went to t he church on the pre• vious day, and prepared the different sacred vessels to be used on the occasion. The ceremony com menced at seven in the morning with closed doors ; it was long, and in strict conformity with the decrees of the congregation of Rites of May, 1835, and July, 1845. The doors, the walls, and the altars were all blessed by the consecrating prelate, and the sign of the cross made on them w ith water and oil. Ono of tho meat chare.cteristic parts of the cere monial, and which represents the alliance of the Church of Asia with the Latin Church, is that in which the prelate, mitred and crczered, and commencing by the ic,fi; mein of the building, writes diagonally on the flier with the end of his crozier all the letters of the Greek alphabet, and then, beginning by the opposite corner, writes those of the Latin. It was only at half-past nine that the doors were opened to the public, who had assembled in groat numbers waiting for admission. Thu psalms prescribed by the ritual were then sung. Mgr. Derboy was assisted by Mgr. Rivient, Bishop of Troyes, and Mgr. I.4conatier, Bishop of Montpellier. The other pre lates present were Mgr. Trioche, Archbishop of Ba bylon, and the Bishops of Meaux, Pamiers, Bois, Orleans, Auras, Bourbon, Sure, Chartres, Parium, and Nancy. Mgr. Riviret celebrated the mass performed after the consecration. Mr. Hamille Director of Public Worship, was present to repre• sent the minister of that department, and Colin do Montalembert, M. Thayer, senator, and M. Col.. nudet, Councillor of state, as members of the Counci of Wardenship for the cathedral. " We have reason to knew," says the Patrie, " that prior to the last sitting of the Conference the Danish Government made known to the Powers its determination to re.establish the blockade at the expiration of the delay fiaol for t 1.13 suspension of arms." BOURSE, ,Tune I.—The market has been firm, bat without any alteration in li?nte, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at C6f. G. Mobilier have improved to 1,140 r. 'Cholway Market quiet, but previous prices in general were maintained. The inarket closed as 41 per Cento Do. el,cl 3 per Cents .. 66 75 Do. end month.... 66 65 Credit Dlobilier....ll:;6 25 Do. end month.... 1140 Bank Shares 3300 Credit I. oneier Roman RA IL Orlean Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eaatern Sardinian Austrian Loan bard North of Spain Saragos,t , a .. Ditto to Barcelona Ita!irin Logr 69 65 Do. end month Ditto Threes .. New 13.1emiart. .... 59 Itussian ilustrian - Spanish Threes — Dome Debt Deferred VATS. Cash. Account. E 67 50 .. 867 50 990 987 50 875 872 50 642 50 643 75 505 - .. 495 - 465 - .. 462 50 :365 - 365 •-- 406 50 ~ 405 -- 532 50 .. 535 - 455 - 450 - 566 25 .. 567 50 265 - „ 255 PRUSSIA. A communication from Berlin, in the Monde, says:—" To judge from several indications, parti cularly from the language of some semi-official personages, a certain disaccord prevails in our Governmental circles. Whilst an agreement has been come to with Austria for completely separating Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark, and which the other Powers have consented to, an understanding is far from having been arrived at as to what will be done to secure the independence and autonomy of the Duchies. All the Government organs are unanimous in delaring that Prussia ought to derive some advantage from the war, and the Berlin Cabinet will at least have to exercise a certain supremacy over the Duchies, secured by some mili tary stations, and a naval port on the Schleswig. Holstein coast ; and no one can prevent himself from thinking that the secret idea of the Prus sian Government is still to unite Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia. Even the Kreutz Zeilurig wishes abso lutely to secure the situation of the Duchies at the same time as the position of Prussia in the North, I am therefore obliged to say that, notwithstanding the declaration of Austria in favour of Prince Frederic VIII., his chances have little iroproved. The Augsburg Gazette, whose relations with Vienna are notorious,even declares that if Prussia had such projects, it could not be without a certain accord with Austria, and that the Empire is now more anxious to maintain the alliance with Prussia, than to show herself jealous of her aggrandisement in a country where Austria has no serious interest in cow* diction with that of Prussia. As the intentions of the Prussian Government, already pointed out, still exist, and as the accord between the two great German Powers is in no way shaken, I have every reason to to think that Austria will consent to all extension of Prussian power, in order to secure nor co-operation. in anticipation of certain eventud alities, which may take place in Italy as well as th e Lower Danube." The National Gazette of Berlin says :—" It al' pears certain that Bavaria has taken measures for holding conference of the States which have hitherto shared her views on the customs' question. Thig Conference is to take place at Munich after the closo of the negotiations now in progress at Vienna, or in ab ut a fortnight. But the Bavcrian journal° admit that several of the States which took pa rt in the first conference of Munich wilt not be repreo seated on this occasion. This fact appears certain, at leist so far as regards Frankfort and Electoral Hesse. The principal eject of tha present preli" 'pillory negotiations at Vienna is the renewal of the Treaty of 1853 between Austria and the ZAverein, which will still reetia the clause relative to a pos. terior customs' union. Bavaria is said to have limited her action to an offer to join Austria in asking Prussia to endeavour to obtain from the French Government a modification of Art. 31 of the Franco-Prussian Treaty of Commerce.", MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s sa; barley, 29s 05 ; oats, 19s 105 ; rye, 27s 7d ; beans, 34s 6d; and peas, 31s 95. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s 461 ,; barley, 30a ; oats, 19s 85 ; rye, 29a 7d ; beans, 338 11a; peas, 32s 4d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 789 381 2 barley, 5,479; oats, 6,658; rye, 67 ; beans, 3,516; Pe" 348 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was favourcbly well supplied With beasts, both as to number and qua lily. Most breec , 01 ' slowly, but at Monday's currency. ',lle general top figu re was 4s 10d per Sibs. Sheep, the show of which was mod e : rate, were in good request, at exttemo rates. The bet') Downs and half-breds realised 5s 41 per 81bs. We had!' steady icquiry for lambs, at full quotations—viz., froth to is 4d per Blbs. The supply was tolerably go t d . : Although the supply of calves was on the increase, tu" veal trade was steady, at 2d per Sibs. more money. T he best calves sold at us 4d per 81bs. Prime small pigs Wet ! the turn dearer. Interior pigs, as well as milch cows, Were very dull. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. 1 3. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 6 Pme.S'tladowndo.s 2 5 Large orse. calves 4 4 5 1 ; l i Prime small do 5 2 5 Large h ogs 3 6 4 - Smal porkers k 4 2 = ds Od to 'is 4d. B. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 '2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, etc. 4 8 4 10 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 2 Second quality do. 4 4 4 8 Lambs....l Suckling calves, 16s to 21s 20s to 25s each. and quarter-old store pigt4 TOTAL 81J1'I'LY Beasts Cows 125 6beep and lan,ibs.... 6,120 Calves Plgs, 290 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Bcasts Sheep and lambs 0° Calves • Pigs ME AT MARKETS. Ora NEIVOATE AND LEADENHALL.—Th ese market moderately supplied with meat, and the itrade is steadY?,:, tolnws:—Bt et, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4oD ej lamb, 58 4d to 6s 4tt ; veal, 4s Od to 58 Od ; and porky 313 to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. stet SOUTHALL, June 2.—The supply of stock was modal' 61 and the trade ruled steady, as tollows :-13 eel, from 3 % c i; to 4s 10d ' • mutton, 4s Od to 58 4d ; l ama , 6 s Od to 7 6 to veal, 4s Od to is Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gd per 8 11 / ° ' sink the offal. Itomronn, June 2.—Beasts and sheep changed hea d s steadily, at very lull prices, otherwise the trade Nv Bs , 4 rOd sluggisu state. Beat, from 3 8 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton; 0 61 to 58 4d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 58 Od ;4 0 ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; suckling calve*, 16s t p ° to quarter-old store pig s , 20 s t o 24 5; an d m ul c h 000, 1. £lB each, HAY MARICZTS . . SnH ITPIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs t .£4 10s Oa ; „weft — £4 Os to £5 10 5 Od ; a nd s t r aw, £1 45 W £1 10 3 P er A s d CUM emand. loste r ° CUMBEICLAND.—Mevtow hay, £2 15s to ;,e.4 12s; c 0 ,01. £4 Os to £5 103 Od ; and atraw, £1 4s to £1 103 Pe r Trade inactive. lover. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2 lOn to £4 106; c loa d. £1 Os to £5 103 Od ; and straw, £1 43 to Li JOs Pe r A moderate demand. STATE OF TRADE, , LEICESTE R, June The hosiery trade ' is activ e ' . goods are selling freely, and there is a good busin ess do ° itio also in fancy articles, trade generally bein g 11°1 y ~ t h e con e° and satisfactory state. Bu s in ess is stead nnera districts. The yarn. market continues firm, and are well engaged to order, prices ruling very high. are realising extreme prices, and the market is exeseci-131511 firm. NOTTINGHAM, ht.—There has been rather more °fill! in most departments of the lace trade during the P6st:eZo days. There is a rather batter demand for bl ack silk lact;:i and narrow edgings, and a brisk sale for silk muslino quillinga. Very few stiff plain cotton nets are finie b ° iP o i buyers will not purchase liberality of these goods °lase 6t recri e ; of their dearness, Machine qu i ll i ngs continuo A su' There are several buyers in th e market, both 11 ° 133 " T he foreign, and future prospects are more encouragng' ras hosiery trade i witout much altdration. N a nutac tu r are completing order h s both for the home m arket 81161 shipment. Yarns continue eztrera , ly firm, livitlol9 * Pe pt ano of falling in price,