biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-04

VENETIA.

VENICE, JUNE 3.
Prince Napoleon has arrived here, and has been
well received by the populace.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
NEW YORK, ILt7 25, Moturixo.

General Pope has issued an order placing a freedman on
each board of registration, and guaranteeing military pro.
faction to the voters and registrars.

General Ord had authorised the military to arrest and
punish house thieves. It is reported that he Intends stay.
ing the laws for the collection of debts in his district.
The Arkansas Legislature has protested against General
Ord's order prohibiting their assembling.
Anarohy prevails in East Tennessee. A company of
Brownlow's militia, composed principally of !warms, are
alleged to be perpetrating great outrages.
Mr. Kelly addressed the citizens of Charlotte, North
Carolina, yesterday, and was well received.
The Union League Club have passed a resolution con-
demning Mr. Greeley for becoming bail for Mr. Davis.
It is reported that Mr. Seward intends to intercede on
behalf of the Fenian McClure.

The Grand Council of Fenian' will meet shortly. The
Canadians apprehend an ►ttack in the neighbourhood of
Coßingwood.
A man meeting of Fenian' belonging to the Roberts
faction was held at Boston on Thursday, under the pre-
sidency of the Fenian General Spear.
The New York Herald inserts that the Fenian. are
accumulating large quantities of military stores on the
frontier, and have in th. city of New York artillery and
ammunition for 100,000 men, and supplies for six months.
Advice, from Vera Crux to the 13th May published in
the New York 'papers announce that Chapultepek has
been 'termed and captured by the Republicans.
The diplomatic corps are stated to have impended their
relations with the imperial government.

Miramon sallied from Queretaro on the 6th May and
engaged the Republicans for two hours. Both sides
claimed the victory. Miramon returned to his lines.
(Br ATLANTIC TILWIZAPIL)
NEW YORK, dtlre 3,6 r.x.
The Inman steamer City of London and the City
of Edinburgh arrived out yesterday.
The Cunard steamer Hecla arrived here, and the
Cuba at Halifax, to-day.

Closing prices :—Gold, 137 ; sterling exchange
on London, 1101 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 109/ ;
Illinois, 1101 ; Erie, 601. Cotton : Middling Up-
land, 28. Petroleum : Refined, 24.

M. Ristori has arrived in Paris.

The Brussels journals state that the King of
Belgium purchased at the horticultural exhibition of
Paris twenty magnificent orange trees which cost each, it
is said, 4,000 fr. They have arrived at Laeken, and are in-
tended to adore the royal park.

The workmen's society of Naples have just sent
twenty delegates to the Paris Exhibition, at a cost of Mrtfr.
each, travelling expenses included. Each, in exchange for
the advantages of a pleasura trip gratis, engages to study
the portion of the Exhibition which concerns his particular
branch of trade, to take notes, and to draw up a report on
his return. Medals will b 3 awarded to the delegates who
shall have the Lest acquitted themaelvts of their task.
London, England, 1867-06-04

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGF,I44 CH

(By numuni.)
ASCOT MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)

TRIAL STAKES. New mile.
Ostreger (not to be sold), Marquis of Carabas, Tortuga,
, Seedy Suit, Vietreso, Little Ben, Buckingham,
Warrington, Sweet Home, Black Diamond, Musa
(4,001.), Colombo, Pero, Belfast, Charles the Second, Spur-
geon, Misfit c, Viciousness, and Magpie c (2001.). All are
here.

MAIDEN PLATE. Half a mile.
Kettledrum, Mr. Briggs, Sorrel, Bore's, Contempt,
Mums, Dulcet, Eastby, Vortigern, Miss Eleanor, Lady
Constance, Mexico, Bouquetiere , Betty, Nyanza, North
Marston, Paul Jones, Charnwood. Vale Royal, and Seheidam
are here.

PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES. One mile.
Marksman, Vauban, Achievement, Julius, Owain
Glyndyr, Star of India. Van Amburgh, Mandrake,
Glengarnoek, Beanstalk, Jasper, Ravioli, Seville, and
Harpenden are here.
QUEEN'S STAND PLATE. T.V.C.
Ceerops, See Saw, Mn. Stratton, Corporal, Formosa,
Roden, Knight of the Garter, Speculum, Nyanca, Bounce.
away, Ostreger, and Mies Gladiator are here.

ASCOT STAKES. Two miles and a half.
Goraera, Lucifer, Cedric, Peer, Dalesman, Opoponax,
Actwa, Steamboat, Miss Harriette, Lord of the Dales,
Zenobia, Orne, Stokeley, Rupert o, Sweet Home, CMOs-
lanes c, Ganymede, Vixen, Stephen Langton, Attaché, and
Glengamock are here.
TENTH ASCOT BIENNIAL. T.Y.C.
Suffolk, Europa, Triangle, See Saw, Black Diamond,
Nyanza, Vale, Royal Patrician, and Helvellyn are here.
London, England, 1867-06-04

CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING VIE GRAND
DUCHY OP LUXEMBURG.

This afternoon the above correspondence, com-
mencing with a despatch from Lord Stanley to Earl Cowley,
dated April 10, and concluding with a despatch from Earl
Cowley to Lord Stanley on thel2th May, and filling in all
37 pages, was issued for the information of parliament.
The tone of Lord Stanley's despatches, which are nume-
rous, is substantially that her Majesty's government would
observe, in cue of hostilities, the strictest neutrality ; but
his lordship did not withhold his counsel from Prussia,
and on the 19th of April he wrote to the
minister at Berlin that the Prussian cabinet
might do well to consider whether it might not give
way on the question of garrison. " 1 should wish
your Excellency," wrote the noble lord, " to place before
Count Bismarck confidentially this view of the ques-
tion, and you will not conceal from him the
deep regret with which her Majesty's government
would witness the commencement of a war between
France and Prussia, for an object apparently of such little
practical value, especially as such a war could not fail to
retard the consolidation of Germany, towards which so
much progress has lately been made." In -Bother
his lordship wished Lord Loftus to remind Prussia
of the disadvantages of her position. " She has • very
long sea-coast and ports to defend," writes his lordship,
" while the amnion is favourable for maritime operations,
she has no means of resisting naval pressure by France on
her own waste, and the havoc which the naval superiority
of France would enable her to commit on German cora-
-1 merce, not only in Europe, but also in other parts, where
it is actively carried on, might produce a very serious
financial crisis in Germany."
London, England, 1867-06-04

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, JrNE 3.

M. Benedetti, the French Minister in Berlin,
left yesterday for Paris. The (Cross) UttAte of
this evening says that Count Bismarck will go to
Paris at the same time as the King. This morning
the presidents of the ministries of Wurtemburg,
Bavaria, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Baden arrived here
to take part in a conference which is to be held in
Berlin before the departure of the King and Count
Bismarck for Paris. They were received thin after-
noon by the King. In consequence of this con-
ference Herr von Savigny has postponed his
departure from Berlin. The King will leave
to-morrow at 3.30 p.m. His Majesty will
travel incognito through Belgium, and will
arrive in Paris at 4.20 p.m. on Wednesday.
Privy Councillor Dr. Steiber, Police Director
Seifried, and Police Councillor Goldheim will
follow the King to the French capital. Herr von
Nardenflycht has been appointed Chief President,
and Herr von Hardenberg Government President
of the province of Hanover. The conference of
ministers for settling the tariff relations with the
South German States meets to-day.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, JCNE 3,-Evrirm.

In to-day's sitting of the Chainber of Deputies,
Signor Ferrara announced the conclusion of a con-
vention based upon a tax on ecclesiastical pro-
perty with Messrs. Erlanger, of Paris and Frank.
fort, and Messrs. Henry Schroder, of London.
He first read a long report explaining the cause of
the failure of the other conventions, especially
that with Messrs. Rothschild and Fremy. In
accordance with the present convention, which is
dated Turin, the 30th ultimo, the three houses
form a joint stock company to guarantee
to the Italian government the collection of a tax
of 600 millions of lire, according tothe bill the 14th
of May. Bonds will be issued sufficient to realise
GOO millions at the issue price, which will be the
average price of Rente during the thirty days pre-
ceding the first announcement of the issue. The
bonds will be of 800 francs, 240 thalers, and 201.,
payable by instalments of twelve months. They
will bear 7 per cent. interest, and will be redeem-
able in twenty years by annual drawings.
London, England, 1867-06-04

THE. CZAR AT PARIS.

The Times finds it impossible not to augur something
for peace from the new development of the Napoleonic
ambition, which has brought a concourse of sovereigns on
the banks of the Seine. When the Emperor Nicholas
came here in 1844 be would not extend his visit to the
capital of revolutions. He did not know that, little as
France had consulted his taste in her own arrangements,
she might do even worse ; that she might very soon give
up even the semblance of legitimacy she then retained,
and that in a few years more an Emperor of Russia might
become the guest of an Emperor of the French bearing the
hated name of Bonaparte. Russia must by this time be
tired of waiting till the world sees everything in her own
light, chooses its sovereigns and its constitutions by exact
Russian rule, and renounces all progress except the spon-
taneous development of the Holy Russian empire.
The Daily News ventures to plead that Paris even now
is something more and better than the bazaar, the play-
house, and the dancing-house of the civilised world.
Do not trust her fainting fits. She has yet some astonish-
ments in store for those who think her last word
was spoken when she pronounced and abdicated by a single
vote her national will. The reception she is giving to
her sovereign guests is perfectly courteous and respectful.
The French people have too much taste and tact to mark
their reception of the Czar or Prince Gortchakoff with any
outward manifestation of antipathy ; and if they are not
concerned to rate the visit very highly as a rare personal
triumph for their Emperor, they may at least appreciate
it as a splendid recognition of that intellectual supremacy
of their country to which a great ancestress of the Em-
peror Alexander IL paid enthusiastic homage in the per-
son of the Patriarch of Perney.
London, England, 1867-06-04

SURREY SESSIONS.

(13dore Mr. Wools, Chairman.)

Bream, 36, and William Homewood, 37, were
indicted for stealing a cask of rum worth W., the property
of Messrs. Chaplin and Home, railway carriers, Grace-
church-street.

Mr. Joyce, instructed by Mews. Sewell and Bd.
wards, prosecuted ; Mr. Oppenbeim defended Brown, and
Mr. LLey, instructed by Mr. Pittman, defended Home-
wood.

This was a most complicated case, and occupied the
attention of the court the whole day. It appeared that
about half-past three o'clock on the afternoon of the 14th
of March a man called with a horse and van at Messrs.
Chaplin and Horns'. depot, the Spread Eagle, Grace-
church-street, and asked whether there was anything for
the Great Eastern Railway. The clerks, thinking that the
party came from the railway company, placed in the van
the musket rum and four other pacbiges, and the van drove
off, but an hour afterwards the real carman called from the
railway company, and then the robbery was discovered.
Through the exertions of Honnissett, 253 H, and
Walker, 30 11, the rum was found at 17, Collier's-rents,
Kent-street, minus about a gallon, and the direction had
been torn off.

During the examination of the witnesses
The Chairman observed that there was not sufficient
evidence to go to the jury as far as Homewood was con-
cerned ; therefore he directed his Acquitted.
Mr. Oppenheim then addressed the jury at great length
oft behalf of Brown, and altar a careful summing up by the
Chairmen the jury retired, and after an absence of three
hours returned into court, when the foreman said there was
no likelihood of their agreeing as far as Brown was
concerned.

The Chairman consequently disch►rged the jury, and
the prisoner was remanded for trial next sessions.
London, England, 1867-06-04

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(11=7211.9 TELRGRAMB.)
HUNGARY.

MTH, JUNK 3.

In to-day's sitting of the Upper House of the
Hungarian Diet the resolutions of the Lower House,
in reference to the post of Count Palatine, the ap-
pointment of the ministers, the budget, and the
military frontier were unanimously adopted.
In the Lower House the draft of the inaugural
diploma, the coronation oath, and of the bill in
reference to the abdication of the King, were laid
before the members.
The draft of the bill in reference to the abdica-
tion is drawn up in the form of a ministerial pro-
posal, and prescribes that future abdications shall
always take place with a special notification of the
fact to, and the constitutional co-operation nf, the
Hungarian Diet. The inaugural diploma and the
coronation oath are both drawn in accordance
with the ancient form.

The inaugural diploma consists of an introduc-
tory paragraph and five articles. In the introductory
paragraph his Majesty declares that he ascended the
throne in 1848, after the abdication of Ferdinand
and Francis Joseph, but that his coronation having
been postponed by grave events which have oc-
curred since that time, that ceremony, however,
has now, by the restoration of the constitution,
been rendered possible.
The difficulties arising from the faulty form of
the late King's Abdication Act are to be removed
by a special law on the subject.
The first article of the oath declares a legal suc-
cession to the throne of Hungary and the adjacent
countries—the constitution, the independence,
freedom, and integrity of the country, the strict
maintenance of gnaws, whether passed prior to
the present time or in the future, and these de-
clarations the King confirms by oath at his
coronation.

The second article declares that the crown of St.
Stephen shall not be removed from the country.

The third article declares that the countries
legally and historically funning portions of Hun-
gary shall be incorporated with that country.

The fourth article declares that in the event of
the extinction by death of successors to the Hun-
garian throne of the House of Hapsburg, Hun-
gary shall have the right of a free election of a
sovereign.

The fifth article engages that all future Kings of
Hungary shall issue a similar inaugural diploma
previous to their coronation, and swear to main-
tain the Hungarian laws.
The debate on the diploma and the oath will
take place to-morrow.
London, England, 1867-06-04

FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 3.

The Jaumil de Paris asserts that Signor Villa-
marina has semi-officially proposed to the Ponti-
fical government that the Papal provinces should
be occupied.. 4 Italian troops impala extirpation of
brigandage, and to preserve the temporal power
from any attempts of the party of action. This
proposition, it adds, was supported by M. de Sar-
tiges' the French Minister at Rome, but was re-
jected by Cardinal Antonelli. It is believed that
the Czar and the Emperor Napoleon will review
the Russian and French squadrons at Cherbourg
on the Bth inst. Telegraphic communication has
been restored between Sicily and Algeria.

It is stated that the Queen of Spain will leave
Madrid for this capital on the 20th inst.
The proximate arrival of Prince Muley Abbas,
elder brother of the Emperor of Morocco, is also
announced. The Prince will be charged to repre-
sent his brother, and will leave Tangiers for France
with a brilliant retinue at the commencement of
July.
London, England, 1867-06-04

CROATIA.

FIUME, Jt me 3.

Herr Radich has been unanimously elected as
deputy for this town to the Hungarian Diet.
Great enthusiasm prevails in the town, the streets
are decorated with flags, and triumphal processions
are taking place.

Herr Radial leaves here to-morrow for Peath.

ITALY.

FLORENCE. JUNE 4.

The convention in reference to the ecclesiastical
property grants to Messrs. Erlanger and Schroder
a commission of three per cent. on the amount of
the tax collected by them. The government will
create as many bonds of 500 francs payable to
bearer as will be equal to the amount of the tax
at the rate of issue. Each bond will have fifty
half-yearly coupons attached to it. The convention
lays down the terms on which the bonds are to be
issued, and also of the calls to be made, and the
mode of redemption. The said company will be
called the Landed Property Bank of Italy, with
a capital of fifty million of francs, divided into
100,000 shares of 500 francs each. The company
can associate itself with other firms in making
them parties to the present convention.
The retention of a third share of the business
by the government is also treated of in the con-
vention. This share the government will distri-
bute amongst mercantile firms and establishments
of acknowledged solvency.
London, England, 1867-06-04

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(a.srma's receaa►Ys.)
THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.
PARIS, Ante 3.

After the races yesterday, the Czar expressed a
wish to pay a visit to the Prince Imperial. The
Czar and the Emperor Napoleon, with the Russian
grand dukes, thereupon went to St. Cloud, whero
they remained for half an hour. The King and
Queen of the Belgians left this morning for
Brume's.
London, England, 1867-06-04

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jura 3.
In to-day 'a sitting of the Congress Senor Moyano
brought in and made a speech in favour of an
amendment to the budget demanding a preliminary
d iscussion on'the paragraphs relating to the revenue,
with the view of establishing an equilibrium be-
tween it and the expenditure. It is believed that
this amendment will be rejected.

REcErriox or Tax Bziours.—Mr. Buckstone
has kindly consented to give free admisaion to the Hay-
market Theatre to any of the Belgians in uniform visiting
London in July neat.
London, England, 1867-06-03

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1867.

principles on which those colleges were founded, but, then
these principles struck at the root of Romanians as con-
templated by the Romish clergy. The Queen's University
operated to the coercion of the Roman catholic' by im-
posing upon them non-denominational education as the
condition of an academical degree. The idea was that
just as the people of Ulster have made the college at Bel-
fast almost a presbyterian college, so the people of Cork
and Galway might make their colleges almost Roman ca-
tholic colleges. But the priests would have no such com-
promise. They would not allow the Roman catholic youth
to go to any but a genuine Roman catholic college, with
direct Roman catholic teaching, and they have so far pre-
vailed that the majority of their congregations—that is
to say, four-fifths of the nation—are excluded from uni-
versity education altogether. Mr. Lowe would still ex-
clude them in order to bring them to better views, but
even if it were good to teach toleration by intolerance,
and promote religious freedom by religious disabilities, the
opposition which has been hitherto maintained might be
too strong for us in the end.
The Herald says there can be no doubt that the success
of the enemies of mixed education in this instance, would
be but a prelude to an attack on the existing system of
national education which has been attended with such
eminent success in Ireland.

The Star fears it must be granted that the catholic, will
not accept the scheme of mixed education, and must be
educated apart or not at all. The scheme in its original
shape has failed, and the business of a statesman is to
remodel it. The government of last year made a fair
and statesmanlike attempt in that direction, and it only
regrets that any circumstances should have allowed it to
seem suspicious or caused obstacles to be thrown in its
way.
London, England, 1867-06-03

THE HUNGARIAN DIET.

PEWEE, Jcsz 1.
The Emperor Francis Joseph arrived here this
morning. In to-day's sitting of the Upper House
the bill relative to common affairs was unanimously
adopter}.

. .
MTH, JrNI I, EVCNING.
The children of the Emperor of Austria arrived
here this afternoon. In to-day's sitting of the
Lower House of the Hungarian Diet the proposal
of the government relative to the Abdication Acts
of King Ferdinand and the Archduke Francis
Charles was agreed to. The drawing up of a law
on the subject was entrusted to the committee on
the Inaugural Diploma.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jest 2.
An imperial decree has been published, dated
Wirballen, May 29th, whereby all political prose-
cutions still pending in reference to the latest
risings are quashed, and all persons implicated,
excepting always criminal offenders, are amnestied.
No fresh prosecutions will be instituted in refer-
ence to the last Polish insurrection. All Poles in-
terned in Russia will be allowed to return to their
homes, if the officials of the locality where they
may have been interned give a good report of their
behaviour. Polish priests will receive permission
to return to their homes from the Governor of
Poland, and natives of the western provinces who
may have been banished from their homes by order
of the administration will receive permission to
remove to Poland upon obtaining testimony of
their good conduct. All Polish priests are to be
subject to the Governor of Poland as well as to
their bishops.
London, England, 1867-06-03

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(amines nriscasas.)
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Jrxr. 1.
The draft of the address of the Upper House
of the Reichsrath is chiefly • paraphrase of the
speech from the throne. It points out that a re-
trograde step in the matter of the compromise with
Hungary is impossible without placing restrictions
upon the liberty of the people. In the arrange-
ments already effected with Hungary the Upper
House of the Reicherath sees the starting point for
the settlement of the constitutional question. It
does not conceal its anxiety with reference to the
state rights of the monarchy, but recognises at the
same time the urgency of the existing circum-
stances. The draft further declares that the co-
operation of the Upper House in the arrangement
with Hungary cannot be dispensed with. It also
proclaims that the peoples of Austria ardently de-
sire an honourable and lasting peace, and concludes
by expressing the conviction that it is necessary
that the government should ally itself with the
creative and at the same time preservative ideas of
the present age.
London, England, 1867-06-03

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(MUTER'S TILZGR.AWS.)
SCHLESWIG.

KIEL, JUNI 3.

A royal decree has been published to-day de-
finitively dismissing without pension the 26 clergy-
men of Northern Schleswig, who had refused to
take the oath of allegiance to the King of Priuu;is.

It is asserted that the seats of the chief com-
mands of the three military divisions of Schleswig
and Holstein will be tranferred in August next
from Kiel, two to Hamburg and one to Lubeck.
London, England, 1867-06-03

FRANCE.

PARTS, Jun 2.
The Mouitew of this morning publishes the
text of the Luxemburg treaty, which in no way
differs from the details already known. The same
paper also gives an account of the reception given
to the Czar on his arrival in Paris, and confirms
the circumstance that along the whole line of
route the Czar and the Emperor Napoleon were
received by the people in the most enthusiastic
manner.

SPAIN.
MADRID, Ju',a 1, EVENING.
In to-day's sitting of the Senate the bill fixing
the annual contingent at 40,000 men was passed.
The government and the committee have accepted
th• amendment of Senors Marches aad Duero,
granti..g the government powers to call out the
reserve by a simple decree.
London, England, 1867-06-03

ADELPHI.

Mr. Alfred Tennyson's idyllic poem of " Dora,"
which is chiefly remarkable for an affectation of biblical
simplicity in its story, construction, and language, has been
taken as a subject for a drama by Mr. Charles Reade, pro-
dosed at the Adelphi on Saturday night under the manse
title. Mr. Charles Reade, in many of his novels and plays,
has adopted the Shakespearian plan of borrowing his
' leading idea from some existing work of fiction, and in
all cases he has improved the property borrowed. J the
present instance he has expanded a very indifferat but
much bepraisel poem into a very excellent pastoral Amnia,
which equally avoids the melodramatic absurdities of
Leaf' and the dairy-fed silliness of &many Vale Fars►. Those
critics:who go in for what is called analytical criticism,
and who find hidden meanings in all plays from Shakes •
pears to Fitabell, which the authors never dreamed of, will
' see in this simple " mafiosi " work, as it is somewhat in-
elegantly termed in the pla►bills, a firm protest against
the sensational drama. Those who are not gifted with this
rare and valuable faculty will see in flora little more than
an attempt to equal the oommercial success of Leah, by
an author who labours most ably and conscientiously in
his study, and sells the result of his Labours like a thorough
and practised tradesman.
I The play throughout is carefullyacted, and the soenery,es
usual, with the exception of a brook scene, is disgracefully
comic. Months ago we were the first to draw attention to
the scenic defects of this house, and latterly our complaints
have been seconded by our contemporaries. A pastoral
drama requires no great outlay upon panoramas
and machinery, but it requires something more
than a sunset apparently painted with a birch-
broom and raspberry jam, which sets the whole
audience laughing in the most serious scene of the drama.
If fir. Charles Reade were half as irritable and impulsive as
his letters and advertisements would lead us to suppose,
he must immediately have horsewhipped a stage manager
in full view of the audience to satisfy his vengeance.
Dorn is an honest attempt by an accomplished literary
man to place a celebrated poem on tie stage, and ought to
be successfuL

HOLBORN

LTRE.

The first morning performance of the season was
given et this house on Saturday morning with complete
moms, the programme being judiciously varied from that
of the opening night.
London, England, 1867-06-03

JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD CFLtINS by troy
weight, at realisable value, and the workmanship at
wholesale manufactureni prices The gold in the chants gua-
ranteed, and mut., based at the price charged.
" Here's the note,
How much your chain weighs to the utmost carat,
The lineups of the gold, and charge for fashion."
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Manufactory, If, fletuiettaatreet, Covent-garden, London.
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London, England, 1867-06-03

THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IX IRELAND.

The Timts appears to lean to the aide of the late go-
vernment rather than to that of Mr. Lowe in its view of
the admission of a denominational college in Ireland to an
equality with the non-denominational colleges in the
Queen's University. No doubt this is striking a blow at the
London, England, 1867-06-03

GREAT INCREASE OP RAILWAY PARES.

The London and North festern, Great Western,
Midland, and other great railway companies, have simul-
taneously (says the Birmingham Post) made a great increase
in the railway fares of first and second class passengers
taking return tickets. The increase dates from Saturday
last, June 1, and amounts to about one-sixth of ► single
fare, or one-ninth of the sum hitherto charged for the
double journey. Thus the fares between Birmingham and
London, both by the London and North Western and the
Great Western, were, up to Saturday last, 20a. first class
and lie. second, for the single journey ; 30s. and
23. 6d. for the return ticket. Henceforth the charge
will be 335. 6d. first class and 255. second, for a
double journey ; the cost of the single ticket remaining
unaltered. Thus, also-to take an example from the
Midland Railway-the fares between Birmingham and
Derby have hitherto been 7s. 6d. first class, and Ss 6d.
second, for single journey ; Ils. 3d. first, and Ba. 3d.
I second, for return ticket. The charge henceforward
will be 12s. 6d. first, and 9s. 3d. ascend, for the
double journey ; the single fare remaining, as before, un-
touched. The companies have at the same time
greatly increased their charges for nionthly tourists'
tickets. They will require for the future the full return
fare, and not only that, but some shillings in addition. To
take a few examples-the ordinary return fares between
New-street Station and Rhyl are - first class, 26a. ;
second, 225. The ticket available fee • month will wet
325. first class, and 25e. second. On the Midland line,
the double journey between Birmingham and Buxton
ordinarily costa 21s. first class, and ltis. second. The
charge for the monthly tourists' tickets this year will be
245. 6d. first, and 17a. 6d. second class Tickets available
for • month for the double journey between Dublin and
Birmingham were issued last year for 30s. first class, and
26e. second-a few shillings more than a single fare ; this
year the charge will be 465. 9d. first, and 375. 6d. second
class-the ordinary charge for the return ticket being only
425. first, and 345. second. The fares to Scotland and the
L►ke district are increased in the same way. The tourist
ticket to Keswick from Birmingham will cost GL. first-
class, 445. second ; to Edinburgh, 945. and 675. 6d. Third-
class travelling would enable poor people to evade these
charges if the companies did not think it their interest to
do everything they can to discourage third-class travelling.
Thus, while the charge for a tourist ticket available for a
month to and from Edinburgh is 67e. 6d., the double
journey-if it could be tolerably done-third-class, would
cast only 49.. 6d.
London, England, 1867-06-03

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW,STREET.

A BOLD THISFT.
A young man named BieAard Stewart, who said be was
hawket, was charged with stealing ••gold watch, value
from the person of Mr. Arthur Duke Coleridge,
Larridcr, 3, Harcourt-buildings, Temple.
t4er;earit Ackrill, of the F division, stated that at about
half-Put 11 o'clock this morning (Monday) he was on duty
is the Strand. The City of London Militia were passing along
that thoroughfare towards Charing-cross. and the footway
!rat somewhat crowded by persons following or walking
',cede them. Amongst these he noticed the prisoner. Mr.
Coleridge and another gentleman were walking arm-
iaarni in the contrary direction (towards the Temple).
Near the corner of Milford-lane the prisoner met
and passed them. He then turned and followed them.
op(osite the Illastrated Londe,* Ames office he broke
,through between, and covering his right hand with a hand.
Llthief which he carried in his left, attempted to snatch
th• prosecutor's watch from the guard. At first using
"nit- one hand, he failed to break the chain, but
:king a second attempt with both hands he at last
nfceeded in wrenching the watch away. Witness
icre.l him and thrust him into the shop at the
I,tr,eted London New publiahing•office, where he de-
tained him, and called the gentleman in to charge him.
prisoner dropped the watch on the pavement. There
v!re two men with the prisoner ; but they escaped, as
rtiws, being alone, was unable to apprehend them.
cdeed, he believed that if he had not thrust the prisoner
ire)
p thhop they would have rescued him. The watch
Ira, ro e s
duced.
Mr. Coleridge identified the watch, which was worth
IY. The robbery was committed with such skill and rapi-
'H'Y that he did not perceive it till the prisoner was thrust
into the shop.
, The prisoner said it was all true, except that be did not
'Lml the watch. He would not do such a thing, It was
docked out of his hands. He was a hawker, and would
London, England, 1867-06-03

YEARLINGS.

The above lota were offered for sale on Saturday by Mr. Ed-
mund Tattersall, who olliciated for the lint time at Hampton
Court. Her Majeety's, numbering 96, were Rest put up at the
Royal Paddocks, and were all sold, the entire number realising
0,810 guineas, or an average of NY guineas. The principal pur-
chasers were the Duke of Newcastle and Captain Machell, the
latter securing the highest priced yearling in the brother to
Cambuscan, by Nevrminster out of The Arrow, who fell to his
nod for 1,000 guineas. The attendance was good, but not so
large as on former occasions, owing no doubt to many of
the leading turfttes being absent in Paris. His Royal
tics Prince of Wales arrived at half-past one.
o'clock, and remained until the sale was concluded. An
adjournment then took place to the Breen" at Hampton
Court, where 20 of Sir Lydaton Newman's were sold in • short
time, making altogether 1,615 guineas, or an average of 1871
guineas. Although a very even lot, they could not bout of so
fashionable blood as those in the royal paddocks, which may
account for their average Icing smaller. The highest priced
animals were the Duke of Edinburgh, by Stockwell out of Queen
of Beauty, bought by Mr. Ten Broeck fur Lord Vivian for 000
guineas, and the Colt by Dupe out of Madame Clam* which
was bought by Captain Machell for the lame figure. However
the nicest colt of the lot, was obtained by the Duke of Newcastle
for MO guineas. lie Is by Crater out of Start Point, and is half
brother to the Forest King and other winners. A beautiful filly
by (lemma dl Vergy—Scalade, was bought by Mr. Joseph Dawson
fur 135 gulnots. nut much more than half her value. The names
of the purchasers, with the prices obtained, are appended below:
London, England, 1867-04-22

COMMERCIAL AIVI) MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)

There was a very poor show of English wheat here
to-day, yet it was quite equal to the wants of the miller'.
Both red and white qualities changed hands slowly, at
last Monday's quotations.
We were well supplied with foreign wheat. The trans.
actions were only to a moderate extent ; nevertheless,
previous rates were supported.
The few samples of English barley on the stands were
mostly disposed of at late rates. Foreign qualities were a
dull inquiry, but not cheaper.
Malt was in fair average supply, and sluggish request,
at last week's prices.
There was a large quantity of foreign oats on the stands.
Good and sound parcels sold at full quotations. Heated
qualities were very dull, at barely late rates.
The sale for beans was inactive on former terns. The
supply was only moderate.
Peas were held at very full prices. The inquiry for
them, however, was very inactive.
Both English and foreign flour sold at last week's
currency.
The activity with which the floating cargo trade was
characterised last week gave way, in consequence of the
holidays, trio state of quietude. In wheat sales progressed
slowly ; nevertheless, as there was no inclination to press
sales, the value of all descriptions was well supported.
Arrived, Ghirka, 'his. to 60s. ; ditto, on passage, Ms. to
60s. per 492 lbs. Polish, arrived, Ws. to 61s. ; ditto, on
passage, 60s. per 4601ba. Maize was scarce, and in
the few transactions effected high prices were
realised. Barbary, arrived, efis. ; Enos, shipping, 41s. 6d.;
ditto, to be Aimed in May, els. to 41s. fid. per 480Ibe.
The barley trade ruled firm, at full currencies. Odessa,
on passage, 31s. 6d. ; Enos, shipping, 295. per 4001bm
Rye ruled steady, and prices had an upward tendency.
Boos, shipping. Id.. • Azoff, 355. to 355. 3d ; Black Sea,
3.55. 6d. per 4801bs Linseed changed hands to a fair
extent, at prices slightly higher than last week.
Ordinary Calcutta &W. lid. to 665. • Patna, 675.;
Bombay, 664. 6d. per quarter. in important
decline took place in the value of linseed cakes, which
resulted in some good business being effected. Prices were
quite se. per ton lower than last week. Rapeseed was
less sought after, at drooping quotations ; ordinary Cal-
cutta, 48a. 3d. per 4161b5. Cottonseed was quiet, on for-
mer terms.

Luarrat. or Suns.—English—Linseed, 153 ; rapeseed,
67 : and sundry, 170 qrs. Foreign—Linseed, 4,464 ; rape-
seed, 12,'.+60: nuke, 5,200; and sundry, 15 qrs.
Exronrs.—Wheat, 5; oats, 3,130; linseed, 510; rape-
seed, 2,633 qrs.

win:.

Sam, Kali, red, old N to 69

new 38 to 10
„ Do. wide, old ea to 74
London, England, 1867-04-22

.DELPHI.

Mr. •lohtr Clarke, whore powers am a chaesetur-
meter found appreciative audiences sad critics at the Prince
• Wales's Theatre, t nit aoperuance at this '..ouse
ea Saturday night, replacing 11r. J. 4 Toole, who hips
left fur the country. Air. C arks selected fur his opening
piece ohl.fashioned A Feel fl
pine, iu which he repieser.t d a very touchy gentleman
with much fora and fidelity to Lature , out. without being
se. •re upon this production, we may a., that we have
grad hito iu far better vehicles for dispaying his t dent.
Br. John Clarke 's artistic dressing and inter.sity of acting
should ,make hint a valuable acquisititir to this theatre. if
he i, only I.roperly handled. Ile ;Ames., Blinkers in
▪ 1.• t0n1,,,n, gad as Gaiters ID the popular Strand
hree of The bonnie
London, England, 1867-04-22

the Evart.

WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 20.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
drove out this morning.
Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold walked out, and
Princess Re►trice rode in the Home-park.
The following bulletin was issued this morning :
WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 20.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian has passed a
very good night.

Her royal highnees and the infant prinoe are progress-
ing favourably.
(Signed) THOS. FAIRBANK, M.D.
APRIL 21.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by
Lady Churchill.
Princess Louise went out driving, attended by the Hon.
Flora Macdonald.
London, England, 1867-04-22

ROYAL ST!:AND.

On Saturday an audience— packed as ch.sely as
it was possible—had an opport.in:ty ,of witness.
inn the new burlesque e•traysg.. ,ra Pelh..e/
which was produced as the Easter novelty in the Strand
Theatre. The Strand has augo,red n .eputation in this
department of dramatic represettatme, ned Mr. Broo;h's
new cluiaic.il production will certainly not diminish its
fame. elaisical readers need nidto la• told how Pygmalion,
disgusted with the vices of the females of Aniatlaus. fore.
swore all communication with the tau ass : he ls,•ame
enamoured of a marble statue of aurplusing lording=
while he made in his buchelorsttalio, and how, at his earn-
est entreaties. and after "amine- duly performed, the god•
dew ut love gave laureation Lod fueling to the :debug
stone. Mr. /trough has !mule wine additiors to the meta-
morphoide as, by the laws of burlewlo.., he was fully en•
titled to do. At the clooe;of the piece the author and
incipal actors were called fin, and hi w.• i their lek 110 W -
JalgniuutA before the curtain.
London, England, 1867-04-22

MR. GLADSTONE, THE LIBERAL PARTY,
AND TEM REFORM BILL

The following correspondence appears in yeater,
day's Observer :
20, Eaton-square, S.W., April 17, 1867.
Dear Mr. Gladstone,—l fuel that many members of the
house, who supported you on Friday evening, are anxious,
like myself, to know what course you propose to take with
regard to the remaining amendments to the Reform But
standing in your name It would be very useful, lan
sure, if you could let me have a line from you on the sub.
ject before you leave town for the MOM --Believe me,
yours very faithfully, R. W. Cameroun.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.

Hawarden, Chester, April 18, 1867.

•
My dear Mr. Crawford,—l thank you for giving me au
opportunity which enables me to make known to you and
to others the course I propose to take with regard to the
amendments on the Reform Bill as yet standing in my
name on the notice paper of the House of (Ammons, I
need not state what must be in the minds of all, the
nature of the amendment which the house rejected on Fri.
day, the 12th, by twenty-one voice■, or the composition
of the body of nose by which it was so rejected.
The country can hardly fail now to be aware
that those gentlemen of liberal opinions whose con.
victiozur allow them to act unitedly upon this ques-
tion are not a majority but a minority of the existing
House of Commons, and that they have not the lamer
they were supposed to possess of limiting or directing the
action of the Administration or of shaping the prosi•
Rion' of the Reform Bill. Still, having regard to the
support which my proposal with respect to personal
rating received from so large a number of liberal members,
I am not less willing than heretofore to remain at the
service of the party to which they belong ; and when any
suitable occasion shall arise, if it shall be their wish,
I shall be prepared again to attempt concerted action
upon this or any other subject for the public good.
But until then, desirous to avoid misleading the country
and our friends, I feel that prudence requires me to with.
draw from my attempts to assume the initiative in amend.
ing • measure which cannot perhaps be effectually
amended except by • reversal, either formal or virtual,
of the vote of Friday, the 12th ; for such attempts, if
made by me, would, I believe, at the present critical me.
went not be the most likely means of advancing their own
purpose•

Accordingly, I shall not proceed with the amendments
now on the paper in my name, nor give notice of other
amendments such as I had contemplated ; but I shall
gladly accompany others in voting against any attempt,
from whatever quarter, to limit yet further the scanty
modicum of enfranchisement proposed by the government,
or in improving, where it may be practicable, the provi•
riot's of the bill.—l remain, my dear Mr. Crawford, most

faithfully yours, W. E. GLLUSTONE.
H. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P.
London, England, 1867-04-22

OPINION OF THE BOURNE.

Sunday, April 21, 184 Z.

As long av the Bourse sees the portfolio of the Bank of
France stationary, and no change in the discount
of 3 per cent. except just on the eve of that periol
of every month when a great number of bills
become due: As long as the Bourse sees the
weekly returns of the railway receipts, showing no
material augmentation, notwithstanding the Universal
Exhibition : As long as the Bourse sees the public revenue
decrease in three months to the extent of 7,400,0001 r. on
articles of consumption : As long as the Bourse sees strikes
of workmen who cannot live on their wages—so long the
Bourse will not believe that business is prosperous. And
moreover, so long as the price of a substitute to serve in
the army is 3,000 fr., the Bourse will not believe in peace.
And now, if the Bourse does not look for prosperity, end
does not look for peace, can it expect a rise ? Nonsense

HYDROPHOBIA IN AUSTRALIA.—The Bobart Town
Merettry gives an account of a fatal case of hydropbob •
in that city in February, and states that it is believed to be
the first case that has ever occurred south of the equator.
ALTERATION OF STREET NAMES. —The following
alterations in the names of public thoroughfares have been
ordered to be made by the Metropolitan Board of Works :
—John-street, on the west aide of Tottenham-court-road,
is to be called Whitfield-street ; Chapel-street, in the same
locality, is to be cant' ' Tottenham-street ; Ranelagh-street,
Pimlico, is to be incorporated with Ebury-street ; York-
street, Shoreditch, is to be called Howe-street ; Warren-
street and Stanhope-street, Camden-town, are to be celled
Delaney-street ; Grenville-street, Somers-town, to be called
Aidenhism-street ; Glocester-place, Regent's-park, to be
incorporated with Wellington-street ; Seymour-crescent,
Melton-place, Crescent-street, and Melton-crescent, near
Bustonaqiuire, are to be called Easton-street ; Brandon-
row, William-street, and St. Andrew's-road, Newington, to
be called Rockingham-street ; John-street, Newington, to
be called Heironatreet ; Kensington-park-terrace, Ken-
sington, to be called Chepstow-villas ; New Bridge-street,
Lambeth, to be incorporated with Upper Kennington-lane ;
King-street and Stracey-street, Mile-end Old-town, to be
called Jamaica-street; Queen•treet and Holmes-street,
Mile-end Old-town, to be called Dempsey-street.
London, England, 1867-04-22

ENGLAND AND SPAIN.

We are authorised to state that a telegram has
been received from her Majesty's minister at
Madrid announcing that the Spanish government
have agreed to restore the Queen Victoria and her
cargo, or their full value, to indemnify the owners
for their losses, and to punish those officers who
may have been in fault in seizing the Queen
Victoria, or in any offence to the British flag.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)
London, England, 1867-04-22

MR. ounerowa's LEADICIVIMP.

The Times, analysing Mr. Gladstone's letter
to Mr. Crawford, comes to the conclusion that the right
hon. gentleman's meaning is no more than this—that the
defeat on the question of personal rating has convinced
him of the Motility of dividing the house upon the
several amendments which embodied the details of his
alternative proposal, and that until some fresh means of
useful opposition are discovered he will assume a position
of comparative inactivity. The Times regrets th►t at
such a crisis Mr. Gladstone should have written so
ambiguous a letter, and thinks that, whether it turns out
that the more restricted or the larger interpretation of his
meaning is correct, the effect must be to compromise his
influence with his party and with the country.
The Daily lime, presuming Mr. Gladstone to believe
that he would compromise the liberal party and himself as
its leader, by exposing it to the defeats which inevitably
await it, unless some closer bond of union can be formed
than now exists, says he does well, thus thinking to hold
himself and it free for that struggle against the restric-
tions of the bill, which, if it peas in its unimproved shape,
is certain to coma In the meantime, as an individual
member of parliament, be will not ►e wanting.
The Herald suggests that it is owing to a mistake of Mr.
Crawford that the letter has been considered in some
quarters equivalent to a resignation of the leadership.
Any such design on Mr. Gladstone's part would be a piece
of folly and ill-temper. The Standard follows in a similar
tone.

In the view of the Star the letter simply means an
intimation to the liberal party of Mr. Glaalstone's readi-
ness to lead if they will make up their minds and abide by
a policy. It will not believe in the possibility of his
ceasing to hold the position of the liberal chief, and thinks
the latter gives the country a grand opportunity of making
a decisive declaration of its confidence in him.
The Tr/rproph denies the truth of the Olarrorr's state.
ment that Mr. Gladstone has resigned, in the following
terms: •• In publishing Mr. Gladstone's letter to
Mr. Crawford a Sunday contemporary introduces it with
a heading which announce■ the • Withdrawal of Mr.
Gladstone from the leadership of the liberal party
also, in the teat of the same intro luction distinctly
asserting that the right honourable gentleman has
resigned the leadership of the opposition.' This an-
nouncement is made without any authority whatsoever.
If it is based upon an inference drawn from the letter in
question, that interpretation i■ utterly erroneous ; and we
are enabled to state, without qualification or reset e,
that the report is simply groundless."
London, England, 1867-04-22

►OREION AFFAIR4I.

Both in Prance and Germany, the Times remarks, the
omen, of public opinion are less and less favourable to
peace. The reports which have caused so marked • fall
on almost all the Exchanges of Europe are doubtless
premature, but means would have been found to silence
them had they been altogether destitute of truth. As
the diplomatic correspondence between Paris and Berlin
is said to be carried on chiefly by telegraph and verbal
conversation, it is the lees easy to ascertain what has
actually passed ; but the language of the German press
had prepared us for the statement, now made without any
reserve, that Count Bismarck refuses to make any concession
on the question of Luxemburg. In French society, on the
other bend, the greatest uneasiness is known to prevail,
and is no longer rebuked by reassuring utterances in the
21foniteur. As for military preparations, experience shows
bow little reliance can be placed on the alleged despatch,
and how much leas reliance on official disclaimers of orders
for the transport of troops and nirit6-itt to the frontier.
The chief responsibility of precipitating this crisis rests,