biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-23

THE STATE OP ECROPE.

The Times institutes a contrast between the
attitude of the two powers who are arming for the attack
of Austria—the same national spirit which impels Italy to
war in the hope of gaining a province impelling the Prus-
sians and their kindred neighbours to peace through the
fear of losing one. Italy is eager for war, while the Ger-
man people declared that he who might cause war is guilty
of a crime towards the nation. From these opposite
tendencies, it is fair to conclude that there
still remains a possibility that war may be stayed,
and a probability that if it begin it may before long be
checked by some political movement in Germany. We
assume that Austria will have sufficient self-command not
to repeat the mistake of 1859, and destroy the influences
that are working in her favour by an attack on
either of her adversaries. If she cannot consent
to tako the advice of Europe and part with Venetia
her best policy is to remain on the defensive.
The root of the whole difficulty is the possession of
Venetia by Austria ; and if this power could be prevailed
upon to yield to the wishes of Europe and relingush its
disaffected province, it would establish a claim on their
good will which could not be ignored. If Italy were satis-
fied, it would not be difficult to bring Count Bismarck to
reason.

The Doily News begs its Italian friends to under
stand that it is the besetting weakness of a cer-
tain sort of public opinion in England to be quite
unable to regard anything that happens beyond
the circuit of these islands from any other
point of view than that which a correspondent described
the other day as " the parochial." The p trochial mind is
no more capable of conceiving any legitimate grievance
against Austria on the part of Italy than some guardians
are capable of conceiving the grievance to consumptive
paupers of carpet-beating close to their beds. The better
part of English opinion which sooner or later subdues the
worse desires to see all other nations free and happy even
at the coat which England has paid for her own security
and strength, and has learnt the history of its own country
and of Europe too well to ask others to bear burdens with-
out a murmur which it would sooner drown a continent in
blood than endure for a day.
To the mere single issue, observes the Telegraph, whe-
ther Austria or Prussia shall occupy Holstein, whether
Italy shall obtain or relinquish the hope of obtaining Vene-
tia, or whether the Principalities shall give themselves to
• Russo-Prumian nominee, no escape can well be suggested
except of • violent character. But the greatest and most
powerful of continental nations may fairly make, to a
European conclave, concessions to which it would not stoop
at the dictate of any single member of the body. In other
words, if peace is to be preserved, it must be by mutual
concession on the part of the different members of the
European community.
London, England, 1866-05-23

TURTLE, TURTLE, TURTLE.
Clear Thick, and Invalid TURTLE SOUPS always ready.
ST. JAMES'S ALL, RECENT•STREKT, PICCADILLY.
WIL DONALD, Proprietor.

TO WEST-END DINERS. —The WELLING-
TON, St. James'sutreet, Piccadilly. Ladies Saloon
Dining-mom nn the first lint. The subscription ro.,ms are now
open. Terms, twelve mmiths, El lls. six months, £1 Is.—
Apply to D. Cameron, 4U, st. James's-street.

LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
Room for Gentlemen.—Remember, we wait for you at
EVANS'," after the Covent Garden Opera and the Theatres

true 111Prortoo.
London, England, 1866-05-23

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MAT 22.

The Prussian government has prohibited the ex-
portation until the Ist October next, of corn, hay,
or straw across the frontier from the Vistula, near
Thorn (inclusively), to the frontier bordering on
the kingdom of Saxony, near Seidenberg.
The prohibition will also apply to exportation
across such other parts of the Prussian frontier as
border on those states of the Zollverein which
shall refuse to decree a similar prohibition.
London, England, 1866-05-23

SHARE LISTS.-(THL

DAY.)

Osn o'Cwox. .c
The transactions in the railway market to-day
are upon a very restricted scale, and the variations •.:
in prices are few and unimportant. The chief 2,114
stocks are unchanged, with the exception of a rise sa
of I. per cent. in Metropolitan, and a decline of .
in Midland.
London and North-Western stock may be quoted a
115} to 116 ; Metropolitan, 124tottok, 125 ; Great to
rn Weste, 521 to 534 ; Midland, 1 to ; Lance-
shire and Yorkshire 114 to 120 ; uth-Eastern, sa
70k to ; Great Northern, 122 to 124 ; ditto A,
131 to 132 ; Caledonian, 125 to 127 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 25 to 26 ; and Great Emit- u
ern, 37 to
Grand Trunk of Canada Railway stock has
experienced afresh decline of per cent., viz., to
194 to Great Western of Canada shares are 1.04
unaltered, at 14} to f.
7!

8&c. to-day
to 1 p.m.

36i 7T6i 16,
6.
London, England, 1866-05-23

LI CELTIC

THIS EVENING, EIMrSI/K v
AND CO. Mr. Emery rind Miss
Elsworthy—And THE CoRSICAN BROTHERS. Messrs. leech-
ter, Jordan, Emery, Venn, Widdicomb, Ilorelanl. S Iltmatriek;
Mesdames Leven's, Daverney, Henrade. and Taman.

BRITANNIA.

T 1179 3tWilereo, RICH AN I) POOR; OR, THE FOUR SEASON&
—The Hungarian Dancers. from the Oxford and Alhambra—To
conclude with THE COUPGRAUS DAUGHTER. Meatwa. Rey-
nolds, Cranford, d Bigwood ; Mica Claradt. Came& Mrs. & Lane.

MOTT-WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR.

T 1179 DAT —)turning, Afternoon, 9h. 48m.
Tu-Munnow—Nturning, 10h. 17m Afternoon, 10h. 49m.

LONDON, W EDNESDAY, MAY 23.

MR. CARDWELL has introduced into Parliament

a Bill designed to put an end to the doubts which
recent judgments of the Committee of the Privy
Council have raised respecting the position and
powers of Bishops in the Colonies. Such a measure
was much needed. The Crown, it now appears,
has been acting in excess of its powers by granting
letters patent purporting to confer jurisdiction upon
Bishops in Colonies in the enjoyment of constitu-
tional government. Hence confusion and uncer-
tainty have arisen, sees have been kept vacant,
and disputes threaten to multiply. The inefficacy
of the letters patent was made apparent by the
judgment on the appeal of the Rev. Mr. LoNGI
against the Bishop of CAPE TOWN, and its conse-
quences were still further developed by that pro-
nounced on tho appeal of Bishop COLENSO
against the same prelate. It further results from
the former of these judgments that the members
of the Church of England in places where there
is no church established by law may adopt rules
for enforcing discipline which will be binding on
those who have assented to them. Here is
a new power utterly unknown to the Church
at home, and modifying if not superseding
the discipline established by the ecclesiastical sta-
tute law of the mother country. The state of
• things brought about by these decisions, which
mingled new powers with old precedents, com-
pelled the Government to take one of two courses:
either it must treat the want of power in the
bishops, and the failure of English ecclesiastical
law to reach the case of the colonies, as a defect,
London, England, 1866-05-23

PARLIAMENTART REFORM.

Mr. Dudley Baxter has addressed another letter to the
Times, renewing his criticisms on the Redistribution Bill ;
but our contemporary tells him it is of no use demon-
strating the incompleteness, the want of principle,
the anomalies of the government scheme, unless some
alternative proposal is suggested. Much that he says
is very instructive and amusing, and can leave no other im-
pression than that the government have embarked on a
voyage in which for want of seamanship they are deter-
mined to make for the nearest haven, unheeding currents
which may distract, and sunken rocks which may prove
fatal to their course. But they may claim the merit of at
least making for a port, and until sonic pilot with greater
knowledge and profounder mastery of wind and tide arises
they may hope that the helm will not be taken from them.
- .

The Herald ridicules the reform demonstration on
Primrose-hill. Though it can afford to smile, it says, at
the rantings there heard, it not the less condemns those
who have endorsed the policy of demagogues, adopted
their watch words, and played into their hands.

. .
Considering how earnestly tory speakers and journals
assured us that the country was against the Reform Bill,
the Tekgraph thinks the course of events in election
matters must be a little inconvenient to them--it would
say astonishing, if it could believe that they credited
their own argument. But it takes a long while before the
employer of a false assertion becomes himself deceived by
it, so that the Telegraph does not imagine the tories to
be at present so much surprised as disgusted and per-
plexed. Aberdeenshire, which had been a stronghold of
their party, lately fell from them in spite of all that local
landholders could do ; and now llevonport has returned
two good liberals to replace two tories, who, in a political
sense, were worse than nothing for any action involving
progress and parliamentary justice.
The Star belauds the Reform League for the moderation
it displays, and for the manly good sense of its leaders.
If the government remain firm, the victory will be won
without convulsion ; if ministers play fast and loose with
the confidence which has been reposed in theni, the feeling
of disappointment may occasion difficulties much less easy
to cope with than the opposition of peers, or the strategy
of the anti-reformers in the Commons.
London, England, 1866-05-23

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)
Fresh up to our market to-day, the ar.ii.ds of English
wheat were very moderate; but, on the whole, in fair
average condition. In both red and white paroels, sales
progressed slowly, at about late rates.
Ws. were well, but not heavily supplied with foreign
wheat. The transactions were on a limited scale;
Monday's currency, however, was fairly supported.
Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at full

prices.
Very little English barley came fresh to hand ; but with
foreign produce, the market was extensively supplied. All
kinds moved off slowly on former tempi.
Malt changed hands to a moderate extent at about sta.
tionary prices.
The inquiry for oats was dull, at Monday's decline in
the quotations. The quantity on otter vms large.
The trade for beaus ruled firm, at very full quotations.
The show of wimples was small.
Peas, the supply of which was limited, supported late
rates, with a moderate demand.
Flour met a slow sale, on former terms.
For linseed, rapeseed, and cakes, the demand was heavy.
Agricultural seeds were in fair request,
CURRF:NT PRICES.
ENGLISH.
Per Qr.

WiMAT II I.
%lex, Kent, red, old 44 to 52
5
white,Do. new
662 to
467
„ new 7 to LI
Norfolk and Lincoln
red, old

OATS
fir,,tch pntatu
Irish, white
„ black_

Mangan (196 L)
Tick .
Harrow
Pigeon.

BARLII.

Mailing
Distilling
35 to IS
*MALT

Grey .
Maple
Boilers ..

Easel. Norfoli,aod
Suffolk 66 to 65
}Clayton and Ware 56 to 67
Brown 4B to S 3
_

Town made, Der -230
Bro.
llotwehold 37 to 3/I
Country
Norfolk and S'atfulk,
ex ship 32 to 34

s
Danlgh and gwedish 22 to
Bastian
BUANS.
311 to
3P

Danish
Egyptian
t+

:7 to 41
Maple
tO
Boilers
INDIAN Col:N.
White
Yellow
Rove
London, England, 1866-05-23

JOHN BROODEN.

OILIGLNAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY,
• le. RlNAutruersilXr, COVENT-OARDIN.

JOHN BROGDEN'S 18-carat GOLD CHAINS.

_ .
JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS.

JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS.

JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS.

BENSON, J. W. , by SPECIAL APPOINTMENT
to K.P.H. the Primo of WAL2I3.

TOWSON, J. W., 25, OLD BOND-STREET,
JLP baring reomistracted these magnificent pianism, invites
an inspection of artistic works.

BBENSON'S, J. W., STEAM FACTORY for
CLOCKS and WATCHES, 6 and IP, LUDGITE-HILL

ENSON, J. W., 99, WESTBOURNE-GROVE.

BEl4B°N' J. W., 164, TOTTENHAM-COURT-
ROAD.

BENSON, J. W., MAKER of the GOLD
CASKET presaged by the City of London to 11.11.11. the
Prince of Wales.

BENSON, J. W., MAKER of the CASKET pre-
misted by the City of London to H.H.H. Prince Alirsd.

BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, LONDON,
Class U.

BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, Dublin,
Clam 10.

IENSON, J. W. HONOURABLE ME:
I London. Class 15.

BENSON, J. W., WATCH and CLOCK
PAMPHLET. post tree for two Karam

BENSON, J. W., MAKER of the CHRONO-
GRAPH by which the DERBY Is TIMED.
BENSON, J. W., MAKER of the GREAT
CLOCK of the EXHIBITION, 1862.

CLOCKS for the CARRIAGE.

Five Guinean.

CLOCKS for the DRAWING, DINING, and
BED ROOMS.

CLOCKS for the HALL, LIBRARY, and
CARRIAGE.

CLOCKS for CHURCHES, TURRETS, and
sTABLM.

CLOCKS and GARNITURES DE CHEM' NEES.

CLOCKS REPAIRED by ENGLISH, FRENCH,
and °ERMA:4 ARTISTS.

CANDELABRA in ORMOLU and BRONZE.

CANDELEBRA in SILVER and ELECTRO-
PLAT&

WATCHES, CHRONOGRAPH, KEYLESS
REPEATERS.
-AATATCHES, CHRONOMETER, DUPLEX,
LEVER.

WATCHES, HORIZONTAL, CENTRE
Iit:4•ONDS, fie.

WATCHES in Sizes of Half to Three Inches
In Diameter.

WATCHES REPAIRED by ENGLISH,
FRENCH, SWISS, •nd GERMAN _ARTISTS
London, England, 1866-05-23

SILVER PLATE fur INDIA.

SILVER PLATE for DINNER 6 a la RUSSE.

SILVER PLATE FLOWER AND FRUIT
STANDS.

LUDO' ATE -H I LL, OLD BOND-STREET,
w r;sr BOURN E.() ROVE, TOTTEN II ANI -COU RT.ROA D.
London, England, 1866-05-24

ITALY.

The Turin Gazette of the 21st says that the num-
ber of volunteers who have given in their names to
the provisional committees exceeds 50,000. The
Milan Gazette reports the death on the 18th, at
Niue, of Garibaldi's brother. It likewise says that
Colonel Coste and his aide-de-camp and Angelo
Bottino passed through Milan on the 20th, in
the Garibaldian costume, on their way to Como.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)
London, England, 1866-05-24

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-MAY 23.

—-- - - -
Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock,
Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Channell.)
The court was occupied during the day with the mew
trial paper, but none of the cases disposed of were of suf-
ficient public interest to render a report necessary.
Sittings at Nisi Prins.—(Before Baron Pigott and a
Common Jury.)
CANON r. WALTON.
This was en action for false imprisonment. The defen-
dant by his pleas said that a felony had been committed,
and that he had reasonable and probable cause for believing
that the plaintiff had committed it.
Mr. Serjeaut Atkinson and Mr. Prentice for the plain-
tiff ; Mr. Serjeant Parry and Mr. Thomas for the de-
fendant.
The plaintiff had been a clerk to the defendant, Captain
Walton, the proprietor of the Great Western Horse Riding
Establishment, Paddington, and had been given into cus-
tody by him for stealing two sovereigns and a shilling,
and locked up at the police station from Saturday until
Monday. After the plaintiff's case had been concluded,
Mr. Serjeant Parry said the defendant never had any
ill-feeling towards the plaintiff, but undoubtedly a rob-
bery had been committed, and acting upon his belief at
the time, he gave the defendant and a boy who was also
in his service into custody, but afterwards the boy con-
fessed that he was the sole perpetrator of the offence.
The defendant now withdrew all imputations on the
plaintiff, and consented to a verdict being entered for him
for 251.
Mr. Baron Pigott said the case had been before him at
chambers, and he could say that as soon as the defendant
found the plaintiff was innocent, he did all he could to
set matters right. He thought the defendant had now
acted rightly in agreeing to a verdict.
The verdict was then entered for the plaintiff for 25/.,
all imputation derogatory to his character being with-
drawn. It appeared that the magistrate before whom the
charge was preferred dismissed the case.
London, England, 1866-05-24

SHARE LISTS -(THIS DAY.)

ONI o'Cr..oci!,

The railway market is dull to-day, and a decline
of to per cent. has occurred in London and
North Western, Midland, and Lancashire and

Yorkshire stocks. The amount of business is
limited.
London and North-Western stock may be quoted
1151 to 116 ; Metropolitan, 1241. to I ; Great
Western, 53 to 1 • Midland, 1201 to 121; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 119/ to 120 ; South-Eastern,
70/ to 1 ; Great Northern, 122 to 124 ; ditto A,
131 to Jr ; Caledonian, 124 to 126 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 24 to 261 ; and Great East-
ern, 361 to 37.
Very few transactions have occurred in foreign
and colonial railway securities, and prices are dull.
ORDINARY BRA= AND STOCK&
all Pd. RaIIWATS I Cll°=;e4 SatiOeSitic;ll-1

Bristol and Exeter

Caledonian
A-Umbrian
Cork and Bandon
,Cornwall
Dublin and Belfast June
Dundee,PerthotabdJn
East London Scrip Cert
I Do _ .

It 4 1!
66 86
18 16
8 6
67 70
70 78

Glasgow and S. Western
Great Eastern Ord. St.!

VS dii
114
as
7

S6l}

1;7
Great North of Scotland!
Great Northern

Do.A dlr. un-
Do. B tile p. c. is paidlli
IDo. New W. a' 25 pm.l
Do. Ord. DeL Div. Stock
jGt. South & West the )
'Great Western
• Do.StourVal.aniaStk
Do. South Wales ... ,
Do. W. Mid.—Oxford
Do. Do. iNewport
Lancashire & Yorkeblro

Lon. ,Brightn, & 8. Coal
Loudon Chatham &Dov

Eaten. Abp. c.
London & North Westn.
Loodon&Sonth Western
Man. Met., & Lincolnahl
Metropolitan

Do. New
Do. Extension
retropolitan District
Do. do. do.

Do. &St. Johu's-wood
Reiland

Do. £9 Shares

Do. Birm. dt Derby
Mid Kent
'North British
. _

; Do &lin .Pertb,Dund.
N. Eastern—llerwick
I Do. N. K Pure
I Do. Leeds
I Do. York
Do. Carlisle
Do. Stock &Darling
Do. do., 1860-61
North Loudon
Do. do., 1864

do": 184 ii
North Staffordshire
N. & S. Western
'Scottish Central
,Scottish N. K Aber. 81k
;Scottish Midland
!Shropshire Union
.South Devon
South Eastern
Stalnes,Wokingham,&c
'Taft Vale
Do. C
'Vale of Meath
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterloo & Whitehall
West Cornwall

BRITISH
London, England, 1866-05-24

THE HEAn CENTRE STEPHENS.

Conspiracy in Ireland, the Daily News observes, has be-
come a lucrative profession, and Mr. Stephens has served
through all its grades, and has now before him, in his de-
sign of a tour through the principal hotels of the United
States, the luxury of travel, of good living, and of
gratified vanity. His transfer to New York is
a pure gain to himself, and relieves the
British government of a good deal of trouble,
the only persons who will suffer being the dupes in
America, who will smart in purse for their folly, though
not in person, like their unfortunate fellow-countiymen
at home. Possibly his presence in America may induce,
or, we should rather say, may afford opportunity to the
Federal government to take such steps as, within the
limits of the constitution and laws, policy may dictate
towards suppressing a society which is likely, in connexion '
with frontier quarrels and fishery disputes, to Le at least
as annoying to the United States as to England. Native
American sympathy with him is out of the question.
The Tflegrapls finds it hard to see how men, even with
the measure of intelligence which Stephens must possess,
men who are acquainted with English history, can believe
in the possibility of erecting an independent state at
England's door—a state which she would be obliged to
conquer in order to protect herself from ruin. Our care
should be to give Ireland no excuse for placing confidence
in such men. There is yet work for us to do. The Irish
church is still unreformed, the national clergy are still the
pensioners of the mob, the laws regulating the landed
tenure are still oppressive, and we continue to neglect to
take advantage of the personal loyalty which distinguishes
the .rish character.

The truth is, observes the Slur, that Fenianism is based
upon foUy and ignorance, and is supported by foolish and
ignorant men. The General. Head Centre may stump it
through the states and induce the Fenian, to pay up ;
but he will never invade Ireland, except in a cock-boat.
Mr. Stephens will spend the next few months in reor-
ganising the circles, and in raising and expending the
sinews of war. He will then collapse as Colonel Mahoney
and Lieutenant-General Killian have done, and retire

into private life amid the bitter taunts and reproaches of
a rancorous and disappointed faction. There will then
be an end of the Fenian Brotherhood.
London, England, 1866-05-24

THE LATE COLONEL HOBBS.

Captain Hobbs, of the 89th Regiment, writes from Alder-
shot to the Times emphatically denying that his brotherwas
guiltyof crueltyinhisdealingswith the negroes. "However
unwisely,"he says, " my brother may have written or acted,
and I do nut hesitate to say he may have done both, I feel
convinced that he acted from a high sense of duty, in-
fluenced by sincere Christian principles, and • desire to
perform that duty in • fearless and soldierlike manner."
Captain Hobbs adds that his brother was literally goaded
to madness, the last blow being that in the hour of need
he found himself deserted "by those from whom
be might have expected, and was entitled to,
respect." Commenting on this letter, the Tintei observes
that any unfavourable impressions which have prevailed
against the late unhappy officer were produced originally
by his own despatches, which must have been either true
or false. Colonel Hobbs himself, when examined before the
commission, virtually accepted the latter alternative, and I
represented some of them to have been false, if not false
to his own knowledge ; others he explained away, and some
he avowed with a justification. We now see, therefore,
that he may perhaps have somewlvd maligned him-
self, and may thus have been too severely,'
though not unfairly, condemned out of his own
mouth. The view that he ought never to have been
" deserted" by his military superiors cannot be sustained
for a moment. He must be tried, like other men, by what
he actually did, nor must we allow our sympathy
for him to outweigh our appreciation of the wrong
inflicted on those who may have suffered unjustly by his
orders. No comments on his errors that may be contained
in the commissioners' report can add much to what the
public already know from the evidence, and in the mean-
time it is unwise to challenge hostile criticism by partial
testimonials to his merits.

!OrB TOPICS.

After touching upon the numerous orders of the day on
the notice paper which supplies the programme of the
House of Commons tonight, the Tines dwells finally upon
the proposition in the Budget to reduce the duty on stage
carriages and post horses from a penny to a farthing a
mile, and to remit the pepper duty altogether.
Doubting whether pepper is too dear, or is
used too thriftily in economical households, the Tines
concludes that it would be much better to have the
Pepper taxed if we can have the omnibuses and post
horses altogether untaxed. The great majority of our
omnibuses and cabs are the worst to be found in
Europe, and locomotion generally is very costly and
uncomfortable. The cause is the heaviness of taxation
We care more for smooth and expeditious carriages than
we do for cheap pepper, and while we rather prefer soup
that does not set one gasping almost before it has reached
the month, we also prefer to feel quite sure that one's own
' bones are not being disjointed in a street cab. Is pepper a
necessity! Is locomotion not a necessity' So, why is the
former tax to be taken away and the latter left on The
Times presumes there is some sort of answer to this ques-
tion.
London, England, 1866-05-24

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.

_ _
MAY 23.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
IRELAND r. RENDALL.
Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Dowdeswell, for the plaintiff ;
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks, for the defendant.
The Rev. Mr. Ireland, of Stamford Peverel. Devonshire,
propounded the will of his [Lister, the late Mrs. Randall,
and probate was resisted by her husband. It appears that
in July, 1863, Miss Ireland wan married to Captain
Rendall, and by the settlement executed on the occasion
she was secured an absolute power over the disposal of her
fortune. In 1864 she hsd a child, and in May last she
died in a second confinement. While on her death-bed she
made her will, by which she left her brother her property
till her children came of age, unless her husband should
allow him to bring them up. There being no pretence for
disputing the validity of the instrument,
Sir J. `Tilde decreed probate, and condemned the hus-
band in the costs.
London, England, 1866-05-24

tiaement desiring holders of bills of the Bank of
the Metropolis, Boston, U.S.A., on Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co, accepted or which may hereafter
come forward for acceptance, to communicate im-
mediately with them, when they will discount them
at Bank rates. _ _

The London and North Western Railway :traffic
return shows this week an increase of 7,917/. over
Lot year ; the Great Northern an increase of
5,2251. ; the Great Western an increase of
11,9301. ; the Great Eastern an increase of 5,7921.
the London and South Western an increase of
10,498/. ; and the Midland an increase of 7,3171.
The Australian mail has reached Point de Galle,
and is expected to be distributed in London about
the 13th of June.

WISDIRSDAT KVICIFING.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 89i, ei div. for
the 6th of June, opened this morning at Bbi to 0,
and closed at 85k. For money the last price was
86i to 1, with div. The of business report
is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
87, 6E, 7, 6} ; ditto, for account, 85i, /1 ; Throe
per Cents. Reduced, 841, ; New Three per
Cents., 85/, 4/, 5 ; India Stock, 210 ; ditto Five
per Cent., 106} ; ditto Four per Cent., 96 ; ditto
Five per Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper, 101.

- -
Indian government securities were steady. There
was no change in Exchequer Bills, the March benig
quoted 18s. to Bs. dia., and the June 10s. to 3s. dis.
Foreign stocks in many cases experienced a re-
duction. Egyptian Railway Debentures declined
1 per cent., and a similar movement occurred in
Danubian, Peruvian of 1865, and Turkish of 1864.
Turkish of 1862 also fell 2 per cunt.; Spanish Pas-
sive and Certificates, 2 ; Turkish of 1865, ; Brazi-
lian scrip, ?. ; and Italian of 1861, Mexican
Bonds of 1864, however, improved per cent. .

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE o'CLoca.

The transactions in the mining market to-day aro
upon an increased scale, and the tendency of prices
is somewhat better. Clifford Amalgamated. Chi-
verton Moor, East Caradon, Caldbeck Fells, and
West Chiverton shares are in chief demand. Some
of the present quotations are as follows :—Clifford
Amalgamated, 9.1 to ; Wheal Seton, 195 to 200;
East Caradon, 6 to A ; West Caradon, 6 to 4 ;
Caldbeck Fells, 17s. 6d. to 20s. ; Chiverton Moor,
51 to 6 ; West Chiverton, 68 to 70 ; Prince of
Wales, 7s. to Si. ; Chontales, to 1 prem. ; and
Great Vor, 16 to

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(UT ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.)
(FR.)II OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
The market is nut so lively as yesterday, and the sales
to-day will not foot up more than 5,000 bales, at a fall off
about id. on yesterday's odes.
London, England, 1866-05-24

IN HE ALFRED MINTER.

In this ease the same question arose. The bankrupt, a
public►n, at Dartford, had paid over 391. to the assignee
ors the adjudication, and the money had not been paid
into the bank.
His Honour said he should direct the man to be
summoned.
Mr. Griffiths suggested that the assignee was allowed
three months in which to pay over the money ; and in
thin case the amount was below 50/.
The Commissioner—Then do you hold that he can put
anything under 50/. in his pocket and keep it' (Laughter.)
Mr. Griffiths disclaimed any such view.
His Honour said that an assignee was bound to pay over
immediately all monies not necessarily retained for current
expenses ; the limitation of !WI. only applied in those cum
where a penalty was sought to be enforced.
Ultimately the matter was adjourned._

12,000 dole. worth of wild pigeons have been
shipped from CarLersburg, Ind., on the Torre Haut-road,
to New York within the last five weeks. 2,000 dole.
worth were forwarded on Saturday.—New York Sun,
May 25.
London, England, 1866-05-24

Ii RE EDMUND WILLIE.

The bankrupt was described as a lieutenant on half-pay
in the Royal Marines, late of Trinity-square, Brixton.
Debts, 542/. ; wets of trifling amount.
The assignees having expressed their willingness to ac-
cede to a proposal of the bankrupt to set aside 20/. a year
out of his half-pay, the order of discharge was granted on
that condition.
Mr. Wetherfield, for the bankrupt, stated that the sum
set aside would be applied in keeping up a policy on the
bankrupt's life. He believed that ultimately the creditors
would receive payment in full.
(Before Mr. Commissioner (loulbum.)

TN HE RAMSH ILL. —DUTIBB or AKSIGNEICII.
The bankrupt had kept the London and Brighton Hotel
at Peckham. This was the sitting for examination and
discharge ; but it appearing that the property was not
realised, on the application of Mr. Harrowell, for the as-
signees, an adjournment was ordered.
His Honour incidentally remarked on the difficulty
which now existed in compelling assignees to pay over
money which came into their hands, and mid he feared
that that difficulty would be greatly increased should the
new bill pass into law in its present form, as the assignees
or trustees would then be entirely free from control.
Mr. R. Griffiths said it was to be hoped that this defect
in the bill would he remedied in committee.
London, England, 1866-05-24

PRUSSLA. AND THE DUKE OF AUGUSTEN-

BURG.

HANOVER, MAY 23, EVENING.

General von Manteuffel has been at Kiel, in
order to confer with the Duke of Augustenburg,
and has since returned to Schleswig. The Duke of
Augustenburg is said to have denied having taken
part in any agitation hostile to Prussia. It is
believed that General Manteuffel conferred with
General Geblens and the Duke of Augustenburg,
respecting the expected withdrawal of the Austrian
troops from Holstein.

BERLIN, MAY 24.
The Duke of Coburg has had a conference with
the King of Prussia.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MAY 24.

The exportation of corn from Austria to the
states belonging to the Zollverein has again been
declared free from any restriction by order of the
government.

SPAIN AND CHILL
MADRID, MAY 23.

In yesterday's sitting of the congress, Senor
Bermudez de Castro, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
replied to the question put to him respecting the
bombardment of Valparaiso, and the declaration of
Mr. Layard in the House of Commons relative to
the conduct of Spain. The minister stated that he
had informed the foreign governments that Spain
would have recourse to every kind of hostility to
avenge the blood already shed. If the American
republics continued the war with Spain, she would
continue to act with energy against them.

THE OVERLAND MAILS.
THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
MALTA, MAT 23.
The Ceylon left at noon, and the Pera at 6 p.m.
to-day.
The former may be expected at Marseilles early
on the 26th inst., and the latter at Southampton on
the Ist June.
London, England, 1866-05-24

THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS.

The following message, dated Foreign-office,
May 23, has been forwarded to us :
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" Colonel Stanton reports from Alexandria, by a
telegram dated yesterday, that letters had arrived
from Mr. Raman; dated Korata, April 9, all well ;
and that later intelligence had been received at
Maaaowah, according to which Mr. Rasaam had
crossed the lake to take leave of the King, while
the late prisoners had gone on to Gorgora, at the
north end of the lake, where Mr. Rassam would
join them, and the whole party would then proceed
to Metemma."
London, England, 1866-05-24

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(asurzre TZLIGRAMIL)
THE PROPOSED CONGRESS.
FLORENCE, MAT 23, Evan Na.

It is stated that General La Marmon has
accepted with entire confidence the proposal for a
congress, and is disposed to facilitate as much as
possible the endeavours of the mediating powers.
BERLIN, hikY 23, Evicrum.

The Provinzial Correapondeni of to-day says :
" Neither Prussia nor Italy have declined the pro-
position for a Congress, although they have bnt
little confidence in the result. At the same time also,
Austria being much opposed to a Congress, on ac-
count of the Venetian question, it appears difficult
to fix a basis of negotiations likely to lead to any
satisfactory issue. It is hardly possible, therefore,
to discontinue the armaments or to remain in a
state of suspense." A definite summons to the
Congress is expected to reach Berlin shortly, when
Prussia will certainly forward the work of peace as
I much as lays in her power.

PRUSSIA. •
REPLY OF THE KING TO THE BRESLAU

ADDRESS.

BERLIN, MAT 23.

The King of Prussia has forwarded a reply to
the address presented to him on the 19th inst. by
the municipality of Breslau. His Majesty gives
his royal word as a pledge that no ambitious
desire, not even such as would be justifiable in
the interests of the common fatherland, but the
duty of defending Prussia and her sacred rights
alone, induced the King to arm his people.
The inhabitants of Breslau may be con-
vinced that an understanding on the ques-
tions at issue between the government and
the Chamber is the earnest aim and wish of the
King. In convoking the Prussian Diet the King
hoped that in view of the dangers by which Prussia
was threatened, conflicting views on questions of
right might be found reconcilable in the general
self-sacrifice for the defence of the fatherland.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, MAT 23, Eviumo.
The Archduke Albrecht has addressed an order
of the day to the troops under his command.
The Wiener Abendpost states that the conclusion
of an offensive and defensive treaty between Italy
and Prussia is no longer denied.
According to a telegram from Berlin the pro-
posed Congress would make no change in the
military position assumed by Prussia.

THE BAVARIAN ARMY.
MUNICH, MAY 23.

Field-Marshal Prince Charles has been appointed
commander of the mobilized Bavarian army, and
Lieutenant-General Baron von der Tann chief of
the staff.

WURTEMBURG.
STUTTGARD, MAY 23, Even-r No.

In the Wurtemberg Chambers to-day two go-
vernment bills were introduced, one for placing the
whole of the Landwehr at the disposal of the go-
vernment, the other demanding a credit of 7,700,000
florins for the mobilisation of the army for a period
of six months.
London, England, 1866-05-24

OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.

The Syria from Southampton,l2th inst., reached
Malta on the 21st at 2 p.m., and left at 8 p.m. for
Alexandria.

The Poonah from Marseilles, 20th inst., arrived
on the 23rd at 2 a.m., and left at 8 a.m. fur
Alexandria.

THE BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL.
GIBRALTAR, MAY HI.

The Tanjore left at 1 p.m. to-day, all well. She
may be expected at Southampton on the 28th Mat.

(RnTER's EXPRESa.)
CANADA.

TORONTO, MAT 10.

A special telegram from St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, states that a dissolution of parliament has
been promulgated, the new writs being returnable
on the 20th proximo.
" If the people of New Brunswick," observes
the To,l»ito Leader, " return to the House of
Assembly a majority opposed to confederation,
there will be no hope of union until another elec-
tion be held, some years hence."
Those in favour of the confederation project,
and they now embrace a large portion of the Cana-
dian community, think that Mr. Gordon, the
lieutenant-governor, should not have been sent
back to New Brunswick after his return from Eng-
land.

"The recent vote of the House of Assembly of
Nova Scotia in favour of confederation," says the
Cape Bretmt News, " has given rise to a very
general feeling of mistrust and dissatisfaction
throughout the countries of Cape Breton and Vic-
toria. Not one in ten of the people of Cape Breton
would vote for confederation."

A petition to the Queen against confederation,
signed by 23 members of the Nova Scotia Legisla-
ture, has been transmitted to England by the last
mail. A Minister of Council has accompanied the
documents.

The Canadian parliament will meet at Ottawa,
the new seat of government, early in June.
A destructive fire occurred yesterday in the St.
Roch's district, Quebec. 35 houses and other pro-
perty were totally destroyed.

Count de Moynier, who unsuccessfully attempted
to found • French settlement in Abyssinia, has jest left
for Mexico, with a brevet of captain in the foreign
legion, and taking with him ► number of men placed under
his orders and destined to fill up the vacancies in that
corps.
London, England, 1866-05-24

CRICKET.

ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN V. UNITED ALL ENGLAND
ELEVEN.—This match was concluded yesterday at Lord's,
with the following results :—United, first innings, IS6;
second innings, 146—total, 3:4. All England, first innings,
112; second innings, 153—total, :'ti ; the United thus
winning the match by 139 runs.
London, England, 1866-07-16

JOHN BROGDEN.

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JOHN BROGDEN'S 18-carat GOLD CHAINS.

JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS.

JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS.

JOHN BROG DE N'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS.

BENSON, J. W., by SPECIAL APPOINT-
MENT to B.R.H. the Prince of WALLS.
PRIZE MEDAL, LONDON,
Class 33.

BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, DUBLIN.
Class 10.

BENSON'S JEWELLERY fur LRIDAL PRE-
SENTS.

BENSON'S GOLD JEWELLERY for MOURN-

BENSON'S DIAMOND JEWELLERY.

BENSON, OLD BOND-STREET, and WEST-
BOURNE-GROVE.

BENSON'S STEAM FACTORY, Ludgate-hill.

TURTLE, TURTLE, TURTLE.
Clear, Thick, sal Invalid TURTLE $41111.4 always ready.
ST. JAtILSI-HALL, REGENT-STREET, PICCADILLY.
Wit DONALD, Proprietor.

LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
ROOSt for Gentlltnen. —Remember. we wait for you at
" IVAN'S." after the Covent Garden Opera and the Theatres.

/the P rortgigi.

kIAYILARKET.
TRte EMIRS, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.—DAVID
OkitRICIL Masan Bothers, Buekatone, Chippendale, Bogen,
MAE, coo, Jr.o. %(r•. chippentlale. ttz.—LORD I)I7NDREARY
MARE= AND DONE FOIL—And FISH OUT of WATER.
London, England, 1866-07-16

BLAILLEY'S ORDNANCE COMPANY (LIMPTED).

The petition for the winding up of this coniyany stands
over.
Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., Mr. Baggallay, q.c., Mr. Jewell
Q.C., Mr. Higgins, and Mr. Graham Hastings were engaged
in it.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Jove 14.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
gRENCHLEY e. BRRECHLET. THE CP:11214.15 PROCTOR
INTERVENING.
Dr. Trietram for the petitioner ; Dr. Spicks for the
respondent ; the Solicitor-General (Mr. Bovill) and Mr.
Searle for the Queen's Proctor.
This was rather a singular case. In 1845 the petitioner,
who was then Clarity Martha Thomas, the daughter of •
merchant in the City, was married to the respondent, who
was a person of similar station. The cohabitation only
lasted till 1848, when the respondent, as the petitioner
alleged, deserted her. She also charged him with having
committed adultery with her own sister and with • person
named DanieL Upon the hearing of the case, however,
it appeared that in 1856 the petitioner had voluntarily
joined in a deed of separation, under which she had ever
since been receiving • pound a week.
Miss Catherine Thomas was put into the box, but she
denied the incest imputed to ber, and although it was
proved that the respondent had been: living with another
woman, the adulterous cohabitation turned out to be
wholly different from that charged.
Dr. Tristram then moved to amend the petition.
Sir J. Wilde said he would grant the application if ne-
cessary ; but he would brat bear the case of the intervener.
The Solicitor-General said that the Queen's proctor had
interfered upon information to the effect that the re-
spondent bad offered to give the petitioner 1,0001. if she
would apply for a divorce, and also to furnish her with the
necessary evidence. That part of the undertaking it was
clear that he had not ruined ; but it would be unneces-
sary to call witnesees as to the collusion, as he could show
that the petitioner had himself been living in adultery.
Mary Ann Jay said that in 1853, the petitioner,
Miss
Kate Thorne. and their father came to at her house
at Gravesend. In the following spring the respondent
came alone and was delivered of a female child. The name
she gave the doctor was Mrs. Baker, but that was only •
name taken for the occasion. The child died the next day.
Upon this evidence the court at once dismissed the
petition.
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London, England, 1866-07-16

RICHAIMSONr. RICHARDROX AND LANGRAII.

—.,..--. .
Dr. Spinks and Mr. Kempe for the petitioner.
Mr. Richardson was a sculptor of some reputation. His
wife having died be was induced in June, 1564, to marry
Miss Rawson, the governess of his children. The
respondent soon afterwards began to display habits so
drunken and so violent that to live with her became
almost impossible. At length she went away, and Mr.
Richardson commenced proceedings for a judicial separa-
tion on the ground of cruelty. In the progress of the suit,
however, information was received of the respondent's
cohabitation with a person named Langbarn, and at the
present time she was in prison. The principal witness as
to the respondent's misconduct at home, was Ambrose
Richardson, an intelligent lad of 16, the son of the
petitioner.
Decree nisi.
London, England, 1866-07-16

SHOREHAM.

At the re-election of the Right Hon. Stephen
Cave for the borough of Shoreham and Rape of Breather
OD Saturday,
Mr. \Squaw( HALL (Southwick) came to the front
of the hustings , and delivered • lengthened liberal
address. He said he had no doubt that the tory party and
the narrow-minded ecclesiastic who proposed him—(" Oh,"
and cheers}—were well satisfied with the conduct of Mr.
Stephen Cave, but he and many others were not. (Hear,
hear.) Mr. Cave had voted in every division spinet the
late Reform Bill, and had seconded Lord Dunkellin's
amendment, the effect of which, if carried, would have
been to disfranchise a very large number of the present
Shoreham liberal voters. Mr. Hall also condemned Mr.
Cave's action on what he termed the " ecclesiastical
"of the House of Commons, and said he had had
to exert • good deal of ruoral force to prevent his friends
nominating him to-day. (Laughter and theirs.) He
begged of the electors and non-electors to adhere to liberal
principles, and they might live in hopes that they would
yet see themselves and their fellow.countrymeu generally
in possession of their just rights. (Loud cheers.)
London, England, 1866-07-16

RUTLANDSHIRK

The Rutlandshlreliiitioni;;Tplace at Stamford
on Saturday. The Hon. C. Freke proposed the Hon.
Gerard James Noel ens It and proper person to represent
the county in parliament. The motion was seconded, and
there being no other candidate, the new Junior Lord
of the Treasury was declared to be duly elected. The
right hon. gentleman, in returning thanks for his re-
election, expressed himself favourable to a moderate mea-
sure of reform.

ELECTION MOVEMENTS AND THE STATE OF
PARTlEB.—Although the re.electiona are now nearly over
several elections are still pending. The elevation of Lord
Henniker to the peerage of the United Kingdom and the
promotion of Sir F. Kelly to the judicial bench creates
two vacancies for East Suffolk. One candidate has al-
ready appeared, viz., the Hon. J. Henniker•Major. This
gentleman is a conservative, and is the son of Lord Hen-
niker. A second conservative candidate will be an-
nounced in a day or two. Sir Itainald Knightley, one
of the members for South Northamptonshire, is also,
it is understood, about to be made a peer, and a
vacancy will arise in that constituency. Sir William
Hylton Jolliffe is to become Lord Hylton, and a
vacancy will consequently arise at Peterefield. Sir
E. G. E. L B. Lytton is to become Lord Lytton of Kneb-
worth, and a vacancy will accordingly arise in Hertford-
shire. Mr. Abel Smith has appmred as a conservative
candidate. The advantage gained by the new government
in the unseating of Mr. Campbell, the late liberal member
for Heleton, has been neutralised by the rejection of Mr.
Patton at Bridgewater; and after allowing for vacancies,
fee., the nominal liberal majority obtained in July, 1865,
would thus appear to have been only reduced to the extent
of one vote. Annexed is a list of the new members of the
House of Commons returned since the assembling of the
present parliament :—Lord J. Hay, Mr. Candlish, Mr.
R. Arkwright, the Hon. G. Denman, the Earl
of Brecknock, Mr. N. Wyvill, Mr. H. A. Her-
bert, Mr. N. Stanilend, Mr. H. Whitmore, Sir
E. Lechmere, Mr. Ecketsley, Mr. J. Goldsmid, Mr. J.
E. Gorst, Mr. C. Capper, Sir J. Hay, the Hon. Mr.
Laseelles, Mr. R. Eykyn, Mr. Edwards, Mr. B. Osborne,
Lord Amberley, Mr. D. Fordyce, Lord Eliot, Mr. M.
Chambers, Mr. T. B. Hildyard. Mr. R. Dimsdale Mr. R.
B. Brett, and Mr. P. Vanderbyl. Mr. Vanderbyl,who has
just entered the house, =successfully contested Great
'Yarmouth a year since.
REFORM MEETING AT STRATTORD.—On Saturday
evening an open air reform meeting was held in front of
the Gurney Fountain, Stratford, Essex, at which a depu-
tation from the Reform League attended. Several working-
men addressed the meeting, and resolutions expressive of
regret at the non-success of the late government's Reform
Bill, and of a determination to agitate until it. question
was settled, were passed.
London, England, 1866-07-16

Price al
sad Co. 1

TRAFFIC RETURNS.
Mks Pss- Mar- TAIL
- sengers. chandisa Dea 5

Week May 11 A
Mut Indian
Week ending June M.
Northern of Canada
Week ending June 30.
Dublin and Meath 36 187 12.5 312 111
Week ending July 1.
Belgian Eastern Junction. 249 140 200 340 •
Great Central at Belgium 1,544 5,131 8.875 US
Londen,'lllburyoMoutheud 1,818 428 2,248
Week ending July 7.
North Eastern lsm 24,643 47,005 71,688
Week ending July 8.
Belled and County Down 441 489 219 701
Bristol and Exeter
Ilanebester,ilouthJunctSon,
i
and Altriuchats

Quzzitsrowit, JCLY 15.—The Cunard este
steamship Tariffs, from New York on the 4th in*. Iv
rived here at 5.96 a.m. to-day, with 119 pesseagai
643,051 dole. in specie for England. She landed 13 of it
former. and proceeded at 6 a.m., all well.
THE STEAUP.It HtssmtiArt.—The fine steams
Hibernian, which left the Ifersey on Thursday lest w 1 ,
Canadian mails, for Quebec, put back to Londoerienyes
Saturday morning, disabled, one of the blades of Wiwi ,
having been broken. The passengers, we believe, am
transferred to another steamer and carried to their eolk
nation.
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London, England, 1866-07-16

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(axvymes Tniown.)
THE WAR IN GERMANY.
BATTLE BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS
AND FEDERALS.

COLOGNE, Jui.T 15.

A sanguinary conflict took place yesterday be.
tween the Prussians and Federal' near Aachaffen-
burg, in which the former were completely vic-
torious. Aachaffenburg is in flames, and the
Austrian, Bavarian, and Darmstadt forces are re-
treating. The Prussians are marching upon Frank-
fort, and the first convoy of wounded arrived there
at 6 p.m. yesterday.

FRANKFORT, JuLy 14.

It is expected that in the event of the seat of
the Federal Diet being removed to Augsburg, the
foreign representatives to the Germanic Confedera-
tion will also proceed to that city.