The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-20 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MAY 18.

The King of Prussia signed yesterday the treaty
agreed to by the London Conference for the settle-
ment of the future position of Luxemburg.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MAY 19.

The formal opening of the Reichsra th by the
Emperor will take place on Wednesday next. The
Lower House of the Rcicharath will hold its first
sitting to-morrow.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, MAT 18, ETENtwo.

The King has left for Turin. His Majesty re-
ceived yesterday a deputation from the Chamber of
Deputies to congratulate him on the marriage of
the Prince Amadeus, and to express their gratitude
for his Majesty's renunciation of four millions of
his civil list. The King in his reply adverted to
the present condition of Italy and Europe, and
said that he had welcomed with pleasure the treaty
of London, in which he was happy that Italy had
participated. "Nevertheless," he said, "we must
form no illusions. Other complications may arise
from at present unforeseen events. We shall be
fortunate if in this period of peace we succeed in
reorganising the finances. The conditions of im-
provement are only courage and perseverance."

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, MAT 19.

The Czarewitch and the Grand Duchess Fedo-
rovna left here this morning for Copenhagen.
Their Imperial Highnesses will travel rid Riga.
The Imperial family proceeded to-day to the palace
at Zarskoje-Selo. The harbour of Cronstadt is
still full of ice.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAT 14.

Reliable intelligence received here from Crete
announces that Omer Pacha has been thrice repulsed
in a great attack made on the insurgents at Sphakia.
The Turkish government has prepared for promul-
gation the following reforms : The reorganization
of the financial system; the creation of a new
council of state ; a reform of the military schools ;
the change of all provinces into villaets ; the
grAntii.g to foreigners the right of land tenure ;
the improvement of the regulations respecting the
tenure of the vacouf property ; and the reforma-
tion of the procedure in the judicial courts. On
Sunday last the Russian ambassador had an official
audience of the Sultan and the Porte, and the same
honours were paid to him as to the French am-
bassador.

INDIA.
BOMBAY, MAT 16, 4.M P.Y.

7lbs. shirtings, 6r. 2a. ; 811bs. ditto, 7r. 6a. 40's
mule twist, 1314. Cotton advancing: Dhollerah
235 r. Exchange on London, Is. 11 9-16 d. Four
per Cent. Government Securities, 871 ; Five per
Cent. ditto, 105/ ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto,
109. Freights to Liverpool, 80. The latest London
date is the 14th inst.

AMERICA.
(BY ATLANTIC TILSOLLAPH.)
NNW YORK, MAY Is, 6 r.w.
_ _ _

The steamers which left to-day for Europe took
out 2,250,000 doll'. in specie. The steamer Bos-
phorus, from Liverpool, and Britannia, from Glas-
gow, and the ship Cultivator, from Liverpool,
arrived out to-day.
The North German Lloyd'ssteamer Hansa arrived
out to-day.

Closing prices :—Gold, 137. Sterling exchange
on London, Icel. Five-Twenty United States
Bonds, 109 ; Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 64. Cotton—
Middling Upland, 28e. Petroleum, refined, 26.

THE LOSS OF THE WASP IN TABLE BAY.

A telegram was published on Saturday stating
that the Wasp had foundered in Table Bay with all
hands. From the following account of the accident
in the .Youth African Advertiser of Aprillo, it will
'be seen that the vessel in question was a small
craft of 30 tons, and not, as at first supposed, a
ship of war of the same name :
A shocking disaster took place in Table Bay on the 24th
March, in which a vessel and all hands foundered. The
Wasp, a vessel of some 30 tons, in beating up the bay with
a fresh south-easter, was suddenly capsized in a heavy
squall, and before any assistance could be rendered she
went down with all hands. The vessel has since been found,
and will be raised shortly ; but as yet none of the bodies
have been recovered.

A communication sent to us yesterday from the
Admiralty states that her Majesty's ship Wasp was
at Bombay, "all well," on the 20th April.

FEMALE MEDICAL SOCIETY. —The annual meeting
will be held at the Hithover•square ROOMS at 3 o'clock ou
Monday nest. Lord Shaftesbury will take the chair. The
Sight lion. W. Cowper, M.P., the lion. Arthur Kinnaird,
M.P., Sir F 11•1161 Crossley, M.P.. Sir .John Bowring, Mr.
heart, 111. P., Mr. Whitworth, 111. P., Mr. Samuel Bewley,
and other noblemen and gentlemen will tote part in the
meeting. The Female Medical Society is not concerned
with the question of " woman suffrage," female army our-
, goons, or even female general practitioners, much less with
advocating the admiasion of ladies to medical classes at-
tended by young men. It has establithed a college in
order to teach midwifery and the accessory branches of
medicine to ladies, as thoroughly as these subjects have
hitherto been taught to gentlemen, and it leaves further
questions to settle themselves.

GRAND BALL AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY
IN PARIS.

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PARIS, SATURDAY ETIII7AO.
" There was a sound of revelry by night " in the
halls of the British Embassy from last eve's sunset
to this morning's sunrise. The greatest fete of the
season was given there to the Prince of Wales.
Something was said in the French papers about
Lady Cowley's visiting list having been severely
expurgated for the occasion. Far from this being
the case, everybody was at the embassy who
habitually goes there, and a great many who never
were there before. Although a temporary room,
nearly as large as all the rest of the salons put to-
gether, had been built expressly for this ball, the
crowd was greater than anybody of this generation
remembers in the same place. The improvised
saloon of which I speak comprised the large
square space in the garden between the
wings of the embassy palace in which are the new
ballroom and the supper-room. This saloon was
covered throughout with a rich Aubusson carpet ;
there was a fountain in the centre ; seats were
tastefully arranged among flower-beds and arbours,
and the light was brilliant and most artistically
managed. At the far end next the garden was the
buffet, and behind this the high wall was covered
from the ground to the roof with fresh flowers.
Amidst these flowers, high up above the right and
left of the buffet, appeared handsome transparen-
cies representing the Prince of Walea'sTeathers, with
the motto Ich Dieu. As to the company present,
ydn will find long lists in the chronicles habitually
devoted to such subjects. I shall only say that all
the 80 personages whose names you will read in
yesterday's Maniteur as having dined at the Tuileries
on Thursday were there ; and, in addition, all the
official and diplomatic personages usually seen at
fashionable fetes, and a very large proportion of
those English residents and visitors to whom, for
one reason or another, the embassy extends its
hospitality. The number of cards of invitation
issued is said to have been 2,500. The ball was
opened by a quadrille (the quadrille erhanneur), in
which the Prince of Wales danced with the Empress
of the French, having for ris-d-sow the Duke of Edin-
burgh and the Queen of the Belgians. The side
couples were Prince Joachim Murat and the
Princess Eugenie of Leuchtenberg, and Lord Roys-
ton and the Duchess of Manchester. You will read
in the France that the Emperor opened the ball
with the Queen of the Belgians, having the King
of the Belgians and the Empress for their eis-d-ris.
But this is a mistake ; neither the Emperor nor
the King of the Belgians danced during the
whole evening. Prince Napoleon mane late,. and
stayed but for a very short time. He did not join
the Imperial and royal party at the supper-table.
Both the Queen of Portugal and the Princess
Clotilde sent excuses. Thu cause of their absence
was a very homely and simple one. Thu Princess
Clotilde had 'a toothache, and her royal sister,
Queen Pia, said she preferred keeping her
company, passing a quiet evening, and talking
about their babies, to going out. At this ball there
was a great sprinkling of knee-brOeches and tights.
They were far from being in a majority, but formed a
very respectable minority. Some wore at the
knee bows of black ribbons. Lord Royston had
on a blue coat with velvet collar and gilt buttons,
such as was the fashion in London a quarter of a
century ago. His lordship, who is on intimate
terms with the Prince of Wales, may perhaps bring
this coat into fashion again, but last night he was
alone in his glory. Tho Prince of Wales wore a
black coat and white waistcoat, across which was the
Woad red grand cordon of the Legion of Honour,
tights, and the garter on the knee. The Duke of
Edinburgh was dressed in precisely the snore way,
with the exception that lie wore the blue ribbon of
the garter across his white waistcoat. They both
had a rosebud in a buttonhole, the freshness of
which throughout the evening is I understand at-
tributable to a new and ingenious tailor's con-
trivance, by means of which the rose stalk is placed
in a little phial of water hidden in a pocket made
expressly for it. Both the princes looked extremely
well, entered into the amusements of the even-
ing with all the spirit of their age, and
made themselves most agreeable to all who
had the privilege of speaking with them. I need
not enter into many details as to the order in which
the Imperial and royal personages sat at supper,
which lusted a long while ; beards wagged merrily,
and must of the dishes handed round were not
tasted merely, but done justice to in a serious and
business like way. The -Empress held a particu-
larly animated conversation with the Prince of
Wales, who seemed to amuse her greatly. When
the Highland Piper went round the table with the
bagpipes the Prince directed her Majesty's attention
to some ladies who were stopping their ears, and
laughed good-humouredly at their want of appre-
ciation of Highland music. I was greatly struck
by the extraordinary resemblance of the King of
the Belgians to the portraits of Francis I. I see
that the Liberte of this evening makes the same
remark.

While the Imperial and Royal party was at
table the general company took their Sams at
other tables in the same room. Lltimately
there was a sit down supper for everybody,
with plenty of attendance, and all the evening long
there was abundance of supplemental refreshment
at the buffet. At about two o'clock the cotillon
began. It was conducted by the Marquis de Caux.
The Prince of Wales chose for his partner for this
dance, which lasted fully two hours, the beautiful
Marquise de Galliffet. In the broad daylight of
five o'clock, dancing was still going on. The
Prince of Wales and the Duko of Edinburgh leave
Paris for London to-morrow. Prince Oscar of
Sweden also leaves to-morrow.

The Bourse was decidedly firm. More confi-
dence is felt in the oontinuance of peace. Rente
rose 35c. both for cash and account, closing at
69.230 for each. Credit Foncier rose 15f.; Mobilier,

6.25; Italian, 40c. ; and the Northern Railliay, 11.25:

The Bishopric of Gibraltar will not, it is said, be
filled up for some time.
General Garibaldi has accepted the honorary
presidency of the Reform League.
THE HEAVY INDIA, CHINA, AND AIIRTRALIAN
MAIIA.--SUCTIIAMPTON, MAY 19.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamship Tanjore, Captain Brooks,
with the heavy portion of the above mails, arrived this
morning. She brings 182 passengers, 19 packages specie,
1,730,-, and a general cargo, including 802 bales raw silk,
value 75,000 f., also six pens of raro birds for the Acclima-
tization Society. Across the Bay of Biscay and up the
Channel the Tanjore experienced strong south easterly'
' winds and fine weather. On the Bth she spoke her
Majesty's ships Enterprise and Resistance; and on the
18th, off the Start, spoke the Dutch ship Hall an Deshoun
Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Prince Consort, Victoria, and
Wizard were at Malta. Gibraltar, May 14.—The following
British vessels have arrived here :—Steamer Spartan, from
Glasgow. Schooner@ Uganda, from Liverpool ; Edward
Stouard, from Swansea ; Meteor, from Neath ; brig Have-
lock, from Swansea; steamers Isabella, from Cardiff ;
from Liverpool ; Ripon, from Southampton ;
Olympus, from Liverpool ; brigantines .1. W. Davies, from
Liverpool ; Robert Twentymsn, from Liverpool ; steamer
Rosetta, from Liverpool. Exchange on Loudon 90 days
date, 49a to 50; Paris, LW. the. to 20c. • Marseilles,e
sf. 26c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, X die. • par to X
prem. ; par ; Malaga, 4 dis. ; Barcelona, x prem. ;
and Valencia, par. Premium on five franc pieces, pax to
X of a dollar per cent.
The committee of the Metropolitan Free Hos-
pital, Devonshire square, City, have, at the suggestion of
Dr. Lomas, one of the physicians to the hospital, con-
verted the three rooms which were set apart for the recep-
tion of cholera patients into wards fur the special treat-
ment of sick children. The walls are covered with pictures,
and a sort of playground is constructed on the roof of the
hospital. The accommodation for sick children in the
metropolis is being considerably increased ; not before it
was needed. We could wish that in every instance such
special wards were added to general hospitals. —BritisA
' Medical JorernaL

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HER MAJESTY'S I'HELTRE.

On Saturday iucreria Borgia wee given here—
Madame Treballi-Bettini appearing for the first time this
season as Male* Orsini ; and Madame Giaeconi for the
first time in England as Lucretia. The lady who made
her debUt as the heroine of Donizetti's tragic opera was,
we believe, a pupil of Signor Zamboni, a well-known sing-
ing master, and has been recently performing with succor
at Bombay. Madame Giaocon i, who made &decidedly favour-
able impression on Saturday night, has a light and flexible
soprano voice, of syn.pathetic qualityie the middle range, but
somewhat inclined to shrillness in the upper notes when at all
forced beyond its natural capacity. The opera was followed
by a new ballet divertissement, La Nymplies, a very slight
affair, serving to introduce various dances by IL
Lauri and Mdlles. Lanza and Goesalin, with some clever
grouping and picturesque effects of different coloured
lights thrown on the dresses of the dancers.
Nicolai's Palsied)* ( Die Lastige,' Welber von Windsor)
has been revived at this house after an interval of two
years—its first production here having been in 1864.
Popular as this opera has been in Germany for more than
twenty years, it does not seem to have taken a very strong
hold on the English public, admirably as, in some re-
spects, it is given at Her Majesty's Theatre.

The terms of the royal eommiesion on ritual and
its composition are said to have bean agreed we, and It Will
be submitted for her Majesty's approval before her de-
parture for the North.
Tan nom& or Law COMMIBRION.—The first re-
port of the Digest of Law Commission has been laid before
her Majesty. It is divided under two heads. In the first
the commimioners state what has to be dote, as they con-
ceive, in fulfilment of the commiseiou witrasted to them
by the Queen, and secoudly how they propose to do it.
They say We think it clear that a work of this nature
(regard being had especially to the impottknce of its carry-
ing with it the greatest weight) could not be accomplished
by private enterprise, and that it must be executed by
public authority, and at He national expense. With re-
spect to the means of accomplishing it, we• have consi-
dered various plans. Any plan must, we think, involve
the appointment of a commission or body for etectiting
or superintending the execution of the work. Wears not
authorised, by the terms of your Majwity's commission, to
undertake the execution or direction of such a work, but
we are of opinion that it might be conveniently erected
under our superintendence.'
ARTISTE' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INRTITUTION.
—Mr. Anthony Trollops occupied the chair at the
anniversary dinner of the Artists' General Benevolent In-
stitution, which took place at the Freemason,' Tavern on
Saturday evening The second of the special toasts of the
evening, the Royal Academy and the various Art Societies,
was replied to by Sir Francis Grant, Mr. Frederick Taylor
and Mr. Hurlestone. The first-named gentleman, in
speakiag of the difficulty the hanging committee of the
Royal Academy had to contend with owing to want of
space, expressed a hope that ere long that difficulty would
be removed, and every picture be hung well. He also stated
that the usual ticket of admission given to exhibitors
would be extended to those lees fortunate artists
for whose works no room could be found. The
toast of literature, which followed, was asso-
ciated with the name of Mr. Tom Taylor, who
said that although, in the presence of the chairman, he
could not hot feel how unworthy he was of the honour
paid him, yet there were two departments of literature
he had specially laboured in, that of the stage and that of
art criticism, and upon the latter he would venture to say
• few words. Due allowance, he thought, was not made
for the difficulties amid which the work of the critic was
performed, especially in oosinexion with the exhibitions of
the Royal Academy. It was impossible properly to see,
much less to fully appreciate, the works dis-
played on the walls amid the throng of vi-
sitors crowding the rooms. He thought that
I special facilities ought to be afforded to critics
before the opening day, in order that they might
more carefully examine the productions on which they
had to pass judgment. The intimate relationship existing
between art and literature formed the subject of other
remarks by the same speaker. The secretary afterwards
Announced that the subscriptions amounted to WV. its.
Madrigals, glees, and songs were given during the
evening by Mr. John Faster, Mr. Montem Sul ith, and
Mr. Lawler, under the direction of Mr. Foster, Mr. Call-
con preside; at the piabofeete. 'Been were • Jerre ans.
ber of ladies in the gallery, and the attendance of artists
at the table included, besides those already referred to,
Mr. Faed, Mr. Creswick, Mr. Elmore, Mr. Frith, Mr. Mil-
leis, Dlr. Bolan, and many other well-known muses.
PEMBROKE COLLEGE, 0170 ED.—Mr. Jeanes,
from Boston School. has been elected to the vacant
scholarship, and Mr. Davis, from Marlborough College,
1 has been elected to the vacant exhibition at this College.

PtilbusamENT For. SPRIsADING INFIXTION.2rhe
section of the Sanitary Act of 18th, having for its
object the prevention of the spread of contagious illnesses,
has, so far as we know, for the first time, been put in
operation at Linelade. We gather that a man named
Cook, a pauper in the Aylesbury Union Woi khouse, was=
inmate of tie " contagious ward," being under treatment
for small-pox. Contrary to the strict injunctions of the
medical officer, he clandestinely left the union premises,
and proceeded along the high road through several
populous villages. This wee his second offence. He was
prosecuted by the board of guardians, under the 38th
section of the act, which enacts that " any person suffer-
ing from any dangerous infectious disorder, who wil-
fully exposes himself, without proper precaution
against spreading the said diorder in any street, public
place, or public convey:ince, shall, on conviction of such
offence before any justice, be liable to a penalty not ex.
ceeding five pounds. The Linslade bench of magis-
trates,inefore whom Cook was brought, upon proof of the
offence committed, inflicted a penalty of five shillings, and
twelve and sixpence coats, at the same time, as we think
very properly, declaring that upon the recurrence of any
similar case, it would be much more severely dealt with.
The section under which this conviction took place is of
the highest importance in a public point of view. To act
in contravention of it is a cruel breach of good conscience ;
and the salsa populi demands that any infraction of 'so
wholesome and beneficial an enactment be rigorously dealt
with, for in such cases rigour to the offender is mercy to
the unoffending multitude. Compassion for the unhappy
condition of the offender must not blind the judgment to
the nature of the offence ; that a nuts wbo knows that he
bears about with him in his own person a dangerous and
infectious disease should recklessly thrust hinmeU among
his fellows, is wanton inhumanity, and the example of
the Aylesbury guardians and the Linslade magistrates
may well be followed whenever the necessity shall arise.
—Solicaors' Journal.

THE FENIAN TRIALS.—DUBLIN, SATURDAY
NIGHT.—The Court of Criminal Appeal have confirmed
the convictions in the case of Stephen Joseph Meany and
Captain M'Cafferty. Seven of the judges decided in
favour of the conviction in Mean} 's case, four against it;
all were unanimous in bl'eaffertt's case except Justice
O'Brien. Chief Baron l'igot, however, did not concur in
some of the views put forward to sustain the conviction.
THE TAILORS' STRIKE.—The men not only
offer to submit the whole question in dispute between them
and their masters to arbitration, but it is said would allow
the masters to appoint the arbitrators, so long as they
*elected gentlemen whose known public character would
be a gumantee for their impartiality. On Saturday last,
being the close of the fourth week of the strike, owing to
the liberal supply of funds sent into the committee, they
were enabled to pay a larger dividend than for any of the
previous weeks. Etch wan on strike received If. ; every
widow with a family 11. ; first class journeymen 15e. ; and
girls, mostly waistcoat makers, from la. to 10s. each.
The committee on Saturday received 7001. from Manchester,
1001. from Edinburgh, 1001. from Glasgow, and large sums
from the subscription sheets distributed amongst the
various London building establishments and workshops in
other trades, which are continued weekly :and they have
every reason to believe the support promised from the
various trades will enable them to keep up the above pay.
Inuits for whatever time the strike lasts. About 500
female workers are on strike, considerably adding to the
difficulty of the masters. The females have an °mutilation
and committee of their own, with a very efficient secretary,
and on Saturday evening last the committee-room in
King-street, Soho, was crowded with females, some
receiving their strike allowance, and others, in work,
paying in their weekly levy of Is., which they do with the
same regularity as the men pay their levy of Is.
Finis 111 HORAELYDOWN. On Saturday morning,
between one and two o'clock, a most destructive fire broke
out on the extenive premises of Messrs. Swift and Co.,
currier' and japanners, Charles-street, Artillery-street,
liorselydon. The building in question covered a large
space of ground, and was of timber and brick, of two storeys
in height. The discovery was made by sonic ore passing
bar;r:ho communicated with the police on duty. An
was raised, but before the engines arrived the build-
ing was in dames from one end to the other. Unfortu.
nately, the fire engine from Rotherhithe Fire Station
toppled over near Millpond Bridge, throwing the firemen
off. The police from Rotherhithe station rendered every
assistance, and found the following firemen severely in-
jured :—Mills, legs broken ; Harris, George Gerrard, and
the driver of the engine, most seriously hurt. Medical as-
sistance instantly arrived, when their injuries were
quickly seen to. The surgeon at once advised Mills to be
sent to Guy's Hospital, where be remains in a precarious
state. The other firemen are progressing favourably.
The premises were entirely burnt to the ground. The
cause of the lire is at present unknown.