The New-York Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1866, Page 1

LATER NEWS. S B The Conference Accepted by Austria, and 10 | Hostilities to he Commenced During Tts Session. AT S NO HOPE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE, s — TEE MONEY MARKET IN ENGLAND. St i The Debate on the Reform Bill and a Defeat of the Ministry, FIVE DAYS CORRESPONDENCE. OUR FOREIGN The steameh 80th of May, arrived bringing three days later news from Euiope. The stearnship Hibernia, from Liverpool on Thursday* May 31, via Londonderry June 1, passed Father Point 7 o clock yesterday morning, en route to Quebec. The Cunard ex ner Malta, which left Liver- pool on the afternoon of the 2th and Quecnstown on the 30th of May, arrived here yesterd The Cnnard steamer Palmyra arr the evening of the 28th May. The England errived at Qi Uity of Paris off Crovkhaven at 4 of the 29th. The Peruvion arrived off 20th. The stcamship Palwyra, from New-York, amived at Queenstown Moy 28, The steamships City of Paris and England, from New- York, arrived at Queenstown on the 20th, The steamship Kangaroo, from New-York, arrived at Queenstown on the 30th, “The mship Germanin, from New-York, arrived at Southampton on the Jlst. The steawship Merrimac, from New-York, arrived at Southampton on the 3lst. The stean , from Boston, via Halifax, arrived st Queenstown June 1. The steamers Etna and Louisiana left Liverpool on the 30th for New-York, calling at Queenstown. The steamship New-York, from New-York, arrived at Southampton on the 3lst. THE EUROPEAN CRISIS. The Paris Conference. THE OFFICIAL INVITATION. A telegram from Paris of May 28 says: Identical notes hiave been despatched by England, France and Russia to Vienns, Berlin, Frankfort and Florence. The iuvitations wre #2id to have been favorably reccived, and it is believed that the representatives of the different Powers will shortly assemble 1 Paris. The Paris Mouiteur ¢f May 26 confirme the despateh ived off Queenstow stown at 7:30, and the ‘clock, on the moreing encastle ol 11 &, 1. on the by the English, Fronch and Russian Cabincts of the notes | Jor the assembiy of @ Conference, which will meet in Paris ut the earliest possible date, The Moniteur of May B says: The identical notes in- iting the different Powers to o Confercuce at Paris have wmived ot their destination, It is believed that fasorable replies may be relied upon. The note of the French Government inviting Austria to the Conference states as the object ofthe Conference ** the wmaintenance of peace in Ge REFLIES OF AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, AND ITALY A telogram from Beslin of Moy 28 says: It is stated that the Pruseiam Government hes replied to-day, acee Iuvitation to the conference st Pavis. A telegram from Vienoa, May 29, says: Austria accepts tbe invitation to attend the Paris Conference. A telegram from Florence, May 29, says: Italy accepts the invitation to attend the Conference. She pend her armaments, but ghe engages to make duriug the Conference. The France a-serts that the re and Italy have amived, and are ull 3 / olies of A fuvorablc will occupy four days. We believe that the Venet uestion will be discussed :nmm- questions of the Eibe Duchics and Federal re- Jorw. It is stated that the instractions received from the Prus- #ian Government by Count Goltz, the Prussian Ambassa- P ere (0 the effect that Prussia would aecept 10 the Conference on the condition that its decisions should not be hinding, and that its duration should be as short as possil account of the arua ments which are being maintained. The Patrie states thet the Prussian reply, acce Juvitation of the Conference, does not contain t vations secerted by The Austrian G Conference, but withont prejadice to berrights and hon Bhe will not put forward any claims with her troops under arms, but, on the otber hand, she will not disarm in the face of the pretensions of other Powers.” It is rumored that Austria has notified the English, French aud Russian Governments that she will accept the pune the @ reser- invitatien to the proposed Conference, provided no pro- | gramme be decided upon previous 1o its assewbling. The Chevalier di Nigra, Ttalian_Embassador at Puris, is | believed to bave reccived from his Government ivstruc- tions 1o iusist, at the approaching Conference, upon the restitution of all Ialian™ provinees at present under Aus- trian_dominion, including the Italisu distriets of Tyrol and Frioli; but no specisl mention is made of Triéste. For the voluntary cession of such provinces Italy is will ing to offer certain compensation. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEDERAL DIET. Prussia is said to be op| to the presence of a repre- mentative of the Federal Diet at the Congress. The Middle States have demanded that the Federal Diet should be represented at the Conference. This de- mand was agreed to by Austria, but opposed by Prussia. The almost identical notes which have been received from the representatives of France, England and Russia, inviting the Germanie Confederation to be represented at the proposed Paris Conference, were laid before the Fed- eral Diet at an extraordinary sitting held by that body on May 29, 1t was resolved thiat these notes should be com- municated without delay to the various Governments represented in the Federal Diet, and & committee was ut once elected to examine all guestions relating to the pro- pored conference. The committee is composed of the vepresentatives of Austria, Prus axony, Wurtemberg and Electoral Hosse, exeirl A the Houses of Saxe. latter to rep 1 r will yepresent the Diet at the Conference, but the opening sitting will not bs postponed through any delay in the selection of the Fed- eral representative. w A Committee of the Federal Diet Las also resolved to weeept the invitation given to the German Confederation to the Conference, and would probably clect Baron Von Der Pfordten, the Bavarian Minister for Foreizn Affairs, a8 their representative, PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE The Patrie publishes the following as the programme of the Congrese Lo collective note of the three Powers dwells first upon the rfll situation of Europe, tl ulet prevalent in the pub- mind, and the disturbance of busiuess affaire. [t retraces the causes of this agitation, and tbrows out the ides that the questions whose solution appears definitely- remitted to tho arbitrament of war may be usefully debated and resolved by diplomacy. The note uext testifies o (he ngreement of tho mhv‘; re with I:- object of averting 8 swnguisary col . entions the qus 1 X Solsn. s2d g questions whick would have 10 be ex gress. Theee are the Eibe Duchies question, tle Austro-Itallan quesiion, and the Germanic Confederation question. All tiree proposed are stated with great precision and perfect reserve. With re gard to the Dnegln question, the note does not allude 'u-‘vmtv of the proposals made for a solution; the Confederation | tion is presented soley from the European poiat of view . and the word ~Venetia’ Las been strick oc) of the paragraph selating to Italy and Ausiris, the terms snbsti bis s and bis vteutlty 4sd ‘sonsolidation of the Mapdon o el velng | ¥ ovhile adoptivg this lomatie form, | a continve. P the W [ el Sheless luid down the views they intond t0 support at che Cor gress, eltker in the exclange of Beives or in overtures made to the Go fied allusions to peace, and its ad. @ ations of tbe continent, | o vantages to all ‘The following information Las been rec frow high quariers iu Paris I & conversation two days sgo, Lord Cowley said that the d 4t Brussels % couid not preveut war. Among otber projects for the settlewent of the Venetian uestion, ore je that Aostria shall cede a part of the Quadri. b ghe adjacent terr) , 80 04 10 place her In s less e towpid Ii g the | cannot sus- } or fixing the period for | tria will join the | | nment inviting the F eral Diet to send a representative to the Couference is published at Frankfort. 1t states the objects of the Con- ference to be a diplomatie_settlement of’ the questions of | | Scileswig Holstein and Venetia, avd also of federal re- form, £0 it allcets the Enropean equilibrium. The fied frontier. But in exchange for this, Austria would requir® ’ territorial compensation, Austria begins to think why she should continue to oppose Russia in the Eastern question. Sbe has done 0 Litherto as tbe policeman of Europe, and has thereby made Rusin bostilo to her, withont, however, gainiug the support of Europe in her difficulties. 1f, she rays, she were to give Russia a carte blanche in the East, she would make friend of ber, aud could then defy the Western powers and Linly, The great powers have determined to keop the Denubian queetion as quiet as poseible for the moment. This is un- Iy a sort of check for Russia, who wished to see Tur- lak Goubted! anthorize and France, wh i In the Russian, Austrian and was anticipated. 1tis not intended that the Conference to be held at Paris shall discuss questions referring to the reform of the Federal Constitution, Th erepresentation of the Dict at the Conference was considered necessary, ae teritorial modifications affecting the e Confederation may be discussed in connection with the Schleswig-Holstein, Limburg and Venetian questions, aod the proposals for territorial compensation. MEMBERS OF THE Turkish circles a differect result CONVERENCE It is stated that Austria would be represented at the Conference by Count Mensdortl, accompanied by Herr Von Biegeleben and the Austrion Embassador at Paris, Prince Metternich, { ‘mbassadors at P ive States. TION. 28 the report on the Jules Favre reminded 1l i According to another report the would aloue represent their respe THE MEXICAN QU Tn the Corps Legislatif on Ma Budget was laid on 1o that question should be presented to the Chawber. Vuitry replied that the Governiaent would see what docu- ments it \\us‘;“mu\nh«mpulrl in the present state of negotiations hetween France and Mexico. * But,” added the Minister, * the Chamber understands that in the pres ent position of affuirs the publication of the dispatches must be accompanied with great pradence and reserve.” PRENCH NOTE TO THE FEDERAL DIET. The note of the French Gove W “The Government of the Ewperor trusts that the Powers who Lave made prepa tious for war will, if they accept the proposed Conference suspend their annaments, even if they should scruple to restore their military establishment to a peace footing. PLANS OF COMPENSATION, In reference to ti bling of & Congress and the po- sition of the contending and neutral Powers, various state- ments are current, more especully with respect to the | tion that may be proposed. | eived here from Paris states that Austria | jon of compensation und ¢ the nature of such Russia, it is cely take form: decline to cede Venctia to ltaly. believed, approves this yesolution, and will de her stand or of conservative interests, The following details of the plan for territorial pen- } sation are spoken of in connection with the proposed Con- forence: In exchange for Venotia, Austria would receive 8 portion of the Provinces of Bosnia and the Herzegovina; tal tain the said Provinees from the Turkish G erument. For her share of the E Duchies Austria would acquire a part of the Rhine Provinces. The Germanic Confederation will be compensated for | the detachment of Limburg by the incorporation of the German part of Schleswig. Holland would vudertake to indemnify the Diet for the Federal services hitherto ren- dered to Limburg. PUBLICITY OF PROCEEDINGS. At the opening of the Conferencetbe mediatory Powers, | it is said, intend to propose that the protocols of the sittings shall be publis} mll. ANTICIPATED RESULT. A telegnm _from Vieona, May ¥, sa lie pion i3 divided lhere to-dey wit to the result to be expected from the el The most prevalent feeling is one of distrust and o "“4 ctation that war cannot be avoided, he Pays states that it is possible that the C nee may become a Congress to which the other Powers would | be invited. The same journal proceedsto | ents of a peaceful setilement, which it con- ers to be the following: ¢ The exchange of Venetia for | alent territory on the Adrietie, the annexation of hies to Prussia under the reservation of the restitution of Northern Schleswig to Denmark, and the | erection of the Rhine territories iuto a separate | State, forming part of the Confederation, as a couscquence of Federal reform. ———— Prussin, ALLIANCE WITH NORTH GERMAN STATE: A dispateh from Berlin, May 26, says: It being now 1ear that the South German States intend to uaintain o utral attitude in view of the probuble conflict, the Pros- | “abinet has resolved to seck 1 nee with the Ferman States, althongh their neutrality is also to be desired. 1o Prussian Government will therefore confine itself to watching that no hostile use be made of important strate- cal pornts on neutral torritory—s, for instance, Haw. | neatrality of the North German States conld only | catened by the proposed re-organization of the Hol- | by the Augustenburg party. | A Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin nee 1o Prussia in the presence of se Nevertheless, the Grond Dul ssume o f the Meckle ) ba th stein army his adherenc of Ligh rank. fors war actually commence in person, and the moblisation of burg army | would only be carried out should North Germany become | ter of war, assertion of several jonrnals that negotiations have | Jeon eutered iuto by Geueral Von Manteutfel with Han vt any other state, in reference to the withdrawal of roops from Holstein, is unfounded. REPLY TO WURTEMEURG. A dispatch of Count Von Bismarck bas been published, | dated May 22, addressed to the Prussian Minister at Stutt- | gard, iu reply to the Wurtemburg dispatch of Ma; R Referring to the intention theren annonnced by War- e of 1r.u,mqulxu\urmm her endeavors to preserve | | the Guards from Berlin, this regiment will be conveyed by | rail over a part of the distance which it was intended it { ) L | peace, Count Von Biswarck observes that Prussia cannot | rezard Wurtemburg as especially entitled to urge peace, | » that State, together with Austria and Saxony, first | e rise by their armaments to the present eritical state of affairs, Conat Voo Bismarck prominently brings forward the conasction of the Wurtemburg armaments with the Aus- trian cirenlar note of the 16th of March, whercin the States of the Confederation were ealled upon to mobilise their troops, thereby also causing the Prussian armaments and creating the danger of war. Had Austria, Saxony, und Waurtemburg not armed in March, matters could scurcely have assumed their present warlike aspect. LETTERS PROM QUEEN VICTORIA. Queen Victoria is said 10 be actively corresponding with the King of Prussia, with a view to the preservation of peace. MILITARY MOVEMENTS. Sevoral regiments which were under marching orders left Berlin May 23, Tho intelligence published by the Berlin papers that military wmeasures, aud particularly the concentration of troops, had been countermanded is semi-bfficially denied. ‘The wassing of troops 18 proceeding as had been deter- mined upon, the slight delay that has occurred being caused by the fact that the cantonments for some corps are heing enlarged in order to avoid billeting troops on xrllm inhabitanta. Ia order to counterbalance the delay in the departure of should perform on foot. The dates fixed in the plan of concentration for the arrival of the different corps at their | destinations are being adlered to. Prussia and Italy are sgid to have declared, through their pepresentatives at Paris, that they would postpone auy Lostile movement until the Congress shall have proved to )r-!l;u!urt-'.r R ratn from Galatz states that Prussian troops are now A‘O!fi'entnlrd there and at Landshut, ety SEMI-OFFICIAL DECLARATION, , #0d give the Jajter u forth § Vienng on May 27, for Olgintz, 'he Nord-Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of May 29 pub- a semi-official article, adducing in yrfmh.[{“ '8 .re £or peace her explanations before the Committee of sof the Faderal Diet respecting her propossl for a Gorman Parliament, her declarations in the sitting of the Dist of the 24th inst., and also_her dispatch of the & iust, to the Goverument of Wurtemberg. Tbe article continues: “Ihose who opposs the convocation of a Germay Par. liami are in favor of war. The different races of Ger- waay aro decidedly desirons of peaca, and opposed to 1 by o an_Governments. r repre- therefore, will advocate the maintenance of weace. The Governments of the Confederation shoul! not h-.‘-:n, At the assetubly of & German Parlisment mesns peace.” PRUSSIAN POLAND. 1t is asserted in the Berlin journals that Austria was in troaty with a Poliah leader, who distinguished himself in | tha Polish insurrection, with the view of placipg him at tho bisad of a revolu u Poland. the Emperor wed to enter the army upou favorable The entire stafl of the s G0 parsons, le headqnarters of I orth, consisting of | erday for Ohuu'z. The rapsferred sborty to the utier. Th ned as the pro! Largs quantities of war matericl have been sent to the naval arsenal at Pola, on Benedek and tbe Archduke Wilbelm left | should the the tree sufftages of the le; that she crease the danger of war by pi | eause of eithe or Austiia, sent Hanove | e | Tp to the presc nt the Austrian Government has mobil- ized 600,000 men, 330,000 of whom are intended to weet the event of war with Prussia, and 250,000 for service in Venetia. The advance of the srmy of the North toward the Boleminu and Moravian froufier wili be terminated in & few days, AUSTRIAN PINANCES, Tho negotiations relative to the Anglo-Austrian treaty of commerce have been interrupted on account of the war- like aspect of affair Differences are reported to have occurred between the Government aud the Comittee for the coutrol of the pubhic debt. The Anglo-Austrian Bank bas published to-day its_bal- ance sheet for 1865, which announces a_profit of 717,763 forius, and declares a dividend of from 9 to 10 per cent, A MILITARY COMMISSION. An imperial decree orders the establishment of a perma- nent Military Commission for the purpose of previously etimating all wmilitary expenser, fixing those which are absolutely necessary, and controlling the whole expendi- ture. The strictest economy and the greatest regurd for the public resources are to be observed, THE VENETIAN PORTS. News received here from Vienna states that an off decree has been issued, ostensibly as a measure of defense, Quhllvlhup vessels from e or leaving any of the enetian ports during the pight, THE QUADRILATERAL. The Nazione of May 27 suys: **The Austrians are taking measures to intrench themsclves within the Quadrilateral, have to evacuate some of the Venetian towns, A ministerial cireular, addressed to the chiefs of the im- bureaus in Venetia, states that in that case it will i fovesnment « als to follow the . Any officials who shall o ustrian authorities will be repe A dispatch from Prague, May 26, says: An order of Gen. Von Benedek has been promulgated ing upon the troops of the Anny of the North strict t for private property in the event of aggressive measures, Reports are again ¢ e peri: i the orders of any non- 1 &8 traitors.” ent that the Prussian troops are or. Mensdorff is said to have addressed reassoring munications to the Russian Government respecting formation of The warlike preparations have been in no way rel and troops are continuelly on the march. It i rum that orders have been issued for a further levy of ¥5,000 troops for the completion of the army corps, but no date is assigned for carryi this mensu N OF WURTEMBURG. The visit of Q of Wartemburg to Vienna is looked upon as baving a favorable signifiance for Austria. VOLUSTEERS. 1t is semi-officially stated that all v cepted who are willing to fight ag. military Lip, but that the formation of volunteer unteers will be ac- the enemy under vernment eannot sanc- ps who will only per- tion ti | form garrisou service. POLITICAL PRISONERS. r of Milau, May 29, publishes intelli- stating that the polit prisoners ut The Persveran gence from Venie NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRUSSLA. The Prussian Minister at this Court Las requested o be informwed on behalf of his Goverum whether the Aus- tian dispatech of the 26th of April, containing proposals for the settlement of the Schleswig-Tlolstein question, is to be 1 a8 Austrin's ultimatnm. eon- by Prus lied that it scientiously consider any modification proposcd s a. ‘The Vienna papers state that the Emperor, in reviewing the troops on the 26th, said that the warlike enthusiasio of the Austrian army was one of the great elements for the maintenance of peace, and would be equally beneficial in the event of war, “I'ne parks of artille tillery, are now com; Ruinors are agatn current in Vienna relative to a plan of the Italian party of action for invading Dalmati FORTIFICATIONS OF VIENSA. Many thousands of wen wlready engaged on the fortifications of Vienna. The army beadquarters were about to be transferred to Prague, where Field-Marshal Benedek will shortly inspect the troops. Itis rvrnrl-“l that a strong Prussian corpt of observa. tion was being concentrated on the froutiers of Prussia, near Silesia and Galacia. AN AFPAIR BETWEEN AUSTRIAN AND PRUSSIAN TROOPS. A telegram from Kiel reports an affair between Austrian and Prussian troops. No deaths occurred. An oibicial inquiry had been iustitn A Prussian patrol trian troops o1 the fron! Ad o rescrve, as well as the siege ar- y constituted. 1to inspect the Aus Nachbod. of - of Berseglien: aud o squadron of gui FORCED LOAX IN ¥ 3 The Austrian Government had ordered a foreed losn of twelve millions of florins in Lombardo, Venetia, e E German Siates, DARMATADT. Uper bamber, on May 29, rejocted the resolution 1 by the Lower | wating the couvoeation The M The ade pt ..nJ Schleswig-Holst ral Diet, on the ground that such a res iopportune. HANOVER. in the Chamber of Deput er, Connt von Benigess aring that Hanover is bound to A the speedy convocation of # Parlis 1, introduced a m t her eflorts | over's political interests of carry out her German vational obligations. SAXONY. The Prosident of the Upper Chamber, in his opening speech, wal Bould peace be really endangered, no so-called neutrality There must be resolute action in aid of the its side. To remain neutral while Federal right is beicg violated would be in itself a dereliction of Federal duty. We bitend to support the Confederation in order that it may become powerful abroad. ssd acquire ut home all that is worthy of u free people and sdvantageous to its interests in time of peace.” BADEN. The Second Chomber on May to-day the military eredit demasided by the Ministry, aud adopted at the saiue time a resolution declaring that the Chamber fully approved the pacific and mediatory policy of the Government, which, hrwurer, by its arwaments should seok to increase ity power and influence, The proposal of Herr Eckart, that the Govemment, shonld conjointly with other Confederate States, support the convoeation of a German Parlisment and the arma- ment of the German people, was also unauimously adopt will be possible. Power which has righ , unanimously voted of the Federal Diet of May 29 a commit- Jected of the representatives of Austria, Prussia, ria, Hanover and Baden, for the consideration of the proposal that Limburg shoulld be detached from the Ger- manic Confederation. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. The Moniteur of May 2 coutains the followiug: * Sev- eral toreign journals huve asserted the existence of a secret treaty between France, Prussia, and Italy, by which, in the event of war, Prussia undertook o cede the Rhine provinces to France, and Italy the islaud of Sardinia. “Weare bound 1o declare that these suppositious are falge in every point. The French Government has entered into no engogement of any kind with foreign Powers,” e Xtal NAVAL MOVEMENTS. wa received from Italy states that a part of the Italian fleet is cruising in the Adriatic, aud, also, that sowe Turkish vessels are cruising off Catiaro. An_English ~quadron is also reported to be ying off Genoa and Npez- GARIBALDI. It is stated that communications received in London on the 30th, assert that Garibaldi was still on island of Caprera und had to immediate intention of leaving it. VOLUNTEERS. A Qispateh from Florenee, May 20, sayy: 1t is believed that enrolment of volunteers will be recommenced shortly. Twenty-five thousand volunteers bave wlready left for have entered their names in the of- awaiting the order for recommenc nrolment in order to enter the corps. The Venetian Emigration Committee have demanded from the Government to accept volunteers from the strin, cree suspending the enlisting of o enrolled yesterday at Florence prera when Garibaldi left that The Italian Mimster of the Interior has decided that the Custom-House Guards are 1o be exeluded from enrol et corps, since the public service must ou mccouut of the possibilily of war, ATIONS. ite march toward the May railway traios arrive aceount of being ewployed for the not be very irngularly, trafsport of tro. Tho Patric of May ceived hers from Au 29 gays: “Official intellizence re- na, Prussia and I states that w8 coneert, spontane- r military establishments remain present i sfatu quo, so that strategic movements ywhere suspe The Pays of May 2 that, in a dispatch e h ral della Marmora, the latter d seorebepsions ueed exist of the pending negotistions Pudua and Venice have been sent to Josepbstadt and Sneil- | had been issued st Florence for the formation | edditional battalions of volunteers, two battalions | EW-YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1866. being compromiised by any act of hostility on the part of the Italian arwy or of the Italian volunteers.” ——— The D P PROTEST OF AUSLRIA. fhe Austrian Consul-General at Bucharest is reported to have been instructed t ';""M agaiust the accession of Prince Charlesof Hohenzollern to the throne of Rouma~ ia, sud to hold himself in readiness to leave Bucharest under certain circumstances, SEMI-OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION WITH CHARLES. At the sitting of the conference on the question of {he Dénubian Principalities, held in Paris on Friday last, it was resolved that the Consuls of the Powers at Bucharest should be directed to bold no official, but merely semi- officia), communication with Prince Charles of HolLeuzol- lern, lities. PRINCE NO MILITARY OCCUPATION. The Paris Presse says the majority of the Powers have rejected the proposal to occupy the Principalitics. THREATS OF THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT, A telegram from Vienna says: According to advices d here the Porte has sent a notification to the great Powers announcing the immediate oecupation of the Daunbian Principlities by a Turkish force. The nomioa- tion of the commanders, of the staff, and the choice the headguarters of the army of eccupation have been al- ready wades THE RUSSIAN POLICY. The Brussels Independance Beige y from London ing that Russia, who \itherto opposed to the choice of a foreign prinee as Hosp Koumania by the inhabits Les not yet | against th ¢ s of Hobe 1 This fact hos created a g ion in diplomatie ciscles, shes o telegram 8. 14, the bearer wrles of Hobene MOVEMENTS OF PRINCE CHAR M. D. Ghika has left Bucharest for V of a letter for the Emperor from Prince ( m ¥ as voted the Prince a civil Jist of 100,000 ducats, but b y consented to accept the sum necesiary for the meintenaice of bis houseliold. Prince Clarles has officially notified the foreign powers of his having ascended the throne of the Principalities, but up to the present time he has ot 1c ceived recognition trow apy furcign Government, ‘hamber of Deputies b THE R COMMONS~-A DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMEST. Tn the House of Commons, on May 28, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that, while admit y of the Government to make and kee hou g Jast Friday so little difficulty had been found all this se sion in making o house, that no speciel measurcs wero taken with that object on that evening, and the unex- cted result was a **no_house.’ He a0 admitted that Ir. Cochirane bad been haidly dealt with in being eounted out on the previous Frids; 4 ap Wis inevit- able, and beyond the control of the Go ent, and they were deserted by the independent wembers, 1n answer to Sir 8. Northeote, The Chaneellor of the Exchequer s of business as it stood, would be, that Mr. Bouveri amendment should be first put, acd as that of Capt. Hay- ter conld not be moves amendment to that of Mr. Bouvene, it would therefore go the bottom of the list of amedments, but as that motion t to the root of the | question of reform, the Government would be desirous that it shiould be disposed of in the first instance, sentatives of the that the course O ni into Committee on the Re People’s Bill and the Redistribution of s ate’ Bill, Mr. Bouverie moved that the bills be referred to the same committee, ahd that it be an instruction to the com- mittee that they have power to cousolidate the bills iuto one, which was agreed to. R. Nightly moved that it be an in that they have power to better prevention of bribery and corrupf t elections. The Chancellor of the Exehequerobjected tothe motion, on the ground that it hud not been usual to group the sub- jeets of bribery and cormption with those of fruuchise or Uistribution of seats, that course being inconvenicut, ard likely to lead rather to disadvantage than ben The question was doubtless in an unsatisfactory , and on e consideration and inquiry it ought to be dealt with. The Attorney-General suid, in reference to the commis- sions of some delay had taken place in passing the motions relating to them in the House of Lords, at the yequest of & promi \ber of the house, and t t could not b n put into action. Ile srgued agminst the pract of engrufting the question of | corruption in the Reforta Bills, urging that that sulbject would be best considered by itself, | Mr. Bright thought the coustry would be gratificd at the orn zeal of the hou ud of the Opposition especi- but urg: controse ity of election could be s Lefore the house. T ption was enlarged clecto- ruction to the vision for the otion that the subject of compassed by weans of the bi | only romedy for electoral corry ra} disteiets and by w not which it con- wed to be its duty. The side of the House on which he | mat could not be chirged with being the promoters of cor- | ruption, aud that it waa 14 the snpals of the boroughs ’ represented by other than Conservative embers that the records of corruption and bribery would be found. In the | admittedly corrupt condition of the electoral systew (he House ought to the motion. On a division the wotion was carried Goverume The Chsneelle ment should w | Knightly would st necessarily it for 1l btless be prepared with, Some time § before those clauses could be brought on. If the lonorable gentlemen was able to deal with an admitted evil the Government would gire him | eyery assistauce in their power; but the division which had Just take ee would notmove the Government from {vru«ihgnh the essentisl parts of the I had ed. Cupt. Hayter moved that the House, although desirous 1 of the franchise and of the redistribution of seats should be considered together, is of opinion that the system of grouping proposed in the Redistribution bill 1s neither eonvenient nor equitable, acd that the schome of Her Majesty's Government is not sufliciently matured to form the basis of & setisfactory measure. o honorable gentleman, in detail, cxamined the grouping of boroughs in the bill,’ pointing ‘out what be conceived in- congruities and want of adaptation in the scheme. @ debate was continued by Major Auson, Mr. Bag- Barnett, Mr. Sclater-Booth, all agaiust the bill; the Soll neral, who, expressing 1o surprise ut any mewber for Wells being opposed to this bill for the redis- tribution of seats, characterized the wotion us onedirected against the second reading of tho bill, aud, therefore, ouo 10 which the Goverament could not assent; Mr. Sandford, who apoke in favor of small boroughs, and generally o cised the hlll;kMr‘ lh,ockeb, who retorted u-;-rrl o l:w previous speaker, whose bittersess against the bill was, Lo suid, exe ll::;,‘by hia being “*grouped” by it; Col. Barttelot, also against the bill. jjor Jeryis baving moved the adjournment of the de- oall, DLate, Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer hoped that it might be allowed mrm o1 to-mOrrow. Mr. Disraeli said that from the fragmentary mauner in which this subject had been brought forws there had been no comprehensive discussion of the whole question of reform until now, and a3 mutters stood no notice had been taken on the part of the Government of the amend ment; and, lookiug 1o the evident unprepuredness of the supporters of the bill to discuss the matter at present, it wi be better to adjourn the debate until Thursday. After au suimated digcussion, in which Sir G, Grey, Sie H. Cairns, Mr. Cardwell, Mr, H. Vivian (who offered to 8t & motion of his which stood for this day), Mr. 5. Mnnc (who declined to withdraw a motion of his), Mr. Earle (who signified a like intention), the debate was adjourned to Thursday. House of Commons had, on May 31, debated Mr. ¢ bill, conferring the elective franchise on any per- son of fit education. Mr. Gladstone opposed it on the ground that an cduea- tional test would break down, although he adwitted that the bill was good in plincifnle. A general debate ensued without action. ARREST OF PENTANS, The Dublin police had arrested tive persons, supposed to be aetive Fenians, and to have wssisted s:.-fiu-nx in baffling the detect The British trade returns for April show the value the exports to be over three and & quarter willions ste in excess of April of last year. 1 affairs continue fo exhibit a st in reeovery, and a gradual return of eonlident ‘The pressure for discount at the Bunk was although it was still extremely large and the rate re- mained at 10 per cent, The rumors of assistance from the Bank of France with its immense accumulation of specie to the Buuk of Eng- dy progress 1a) rore not wutheutic. The T'imes suys suclt o step in the bight of the crisis might have proved beneficial, but it is now unuece: The funds_aud securities generally exhidited decided firmness, and prices bad advanced all round. H_J. Guthover & Son of London, ipally engaged in_the metal true £308,000; assets beli Sdhr' hwaite s the 20th says incrense of orlers, SUSEEN<ION OF TIE CONSOLIDATED BA The uidersigned Directors of the © Consolidated Bank of London (liwmited), not have had tiue to co with their coileagues, having taken on they ‘mg omwibility of elosing it as the only just and \onamable courso, under the following cireumsianecs : Im Shoir reednt arrangement with the Bauk of London the di determined from the lirst to take no labiiities on be- halfof thet bank except such as were fally covered by avail- able sagets vlaced 1o thely bards bot thev Lave singg foynd He contended thut the the messures of liabilities uearly | the market for A past wes bas developed axtensive s iment stock and pallway shares on English as we al a col but'this bas beeu more than met by the demand /i oxpoth 1o New-York every mail, bitherto bringiog a lurge | OF LONDON. | ribune. that serions errors existed in the list of assets submtited to them, in covsequence of which they felt_compelled on Satur- day eveniug last, to give notice to the Bank of London that they no longer held themselves bonnd by the arrangement. At'the same time a auit was commenced {n_chancery to have it declared that the arrangement invoived an undue preference of certain classes of the creditors of the Bauk of London, and an interim order was made by the court on that prlnwnp, notwithstanding that tho undersigued bad been advised by wo eminent counsel that the sireugement Was not open to such objection, ¥ The difficulties arising ont of tLis state of things, combined with what Lad slready Gm ‘Jove under the arrangement, have occupied the earnest attention of the nndtrflfllefl dnring the whole of to-day, aud they have beeu led to the painful con: possible to condact the business of the consoliduted bauk in the face of those difficalties without contracting further engngaments to an extent which would have compromised the iuterest of their customers, The undersigned hava the satisfuction of stating that they have ampie ssscts of the Bauk of Londox to meet ail obliga- tious actually jucurred by the back under the recent arrange- ment, Apart from that arrangement (ke Consolidated Bank was financially so strong that” no ditticulty would bave been experienced in_conducting its operations, aud the directors have now in their hands the whole of the assets of this bank in almost immediately availablo form. "This is £igned by eight director The euthorized capital was £2,000,000. of which £1,500,000 was subseribed and £606,000 paid up. THE TIMES ON THE SUSPENSION. Tie Times's ¢ity article of Tuesday, May 29, says: The closing of the Consolidated Bauk entirely checked the general recoy cry that bad seemed certain, and the regret oc- casioned bis been especially severo from the fuct of the disee- ter having been incurred by oneof the most estraordinary orrors ever committed by men of busin property of others. The history of the stoppage of solidated Baok seems the most sipgolar ever presented; thet the di. oetors must have earnestly desired to seu for the best eannot be doubted, but it must e questioned if a similar sacri- fice of property was ever etfected with such rapidity or uuder cireumstznces less rational. DISAPPEARANCE OF (HOLERA FROM LIVERPOOL. Between 600 and 700 of the Helvetin's Germuu and Irisk passengers, who had rembarked from the work-Louse and depots at Birkenbead, and the warchouse, Banklall, Liv- erpool, vere inspected on May 29, previously to the vessel again Starting on her voyage to New-York.” With the ex- ception of a tew children suffe from infantile diseases, and who, with their parents, bedding aud luggage, were taken ashore, the whole of the passengers were in good health and in high u!nuiln at ibe prospect of their early de- fler the delays and purhu of the past wonth, It o0 that the National Steamship Company bave supplied fiesh beds aud bedding throughout, which bas given satistaction to most of the emigrants, though wome of the foreizners complain of the loss of their feather beds, many of which were of the quality. The Helvetia re- 1 at anchor in the i Jut she had been cleared by cluzion that it would not'be M the ew ration snd port ofticials, and would take her de- part 'or New-York by the evening tide. The remain- fui bateh of convalescent Germans have left Liverpool work-l and not a single case is left upon the books. The town i8 uow reported free from cholera. THE CHILIAN MINISTER. The Morning Herald says the Chilian Minister to Lon- don Il demanded his_passports. The Biitish Goverz- ment is said to have offended both belligerents, Spain is ineensed ut Mr. Layand's lapguage and Chili is indignant at being left in the lurch at the eleventh hour, GEN. BEAUREGARD. 2. Beauregard was meeting with 4 warm reception in Liverpool. His mission to Eogland is to promote certain railroad interests in the South, THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. On the 26th of May, in eelebration of the Queen's birth day, the Cabinet Ministers al zave banguets in Loudon as us 12l upon the occasion. Mr. Adams and the heads of the Diplomatic body were present at that given by the Earl of Clurendon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, At Liv in bonor of the day to the pool the Mayor gave a banqu foreign Consuls, the local officials, &c. Mr. Dudley, Unitcd Slates Consul, spoke for the Consulate body, and in the course of his remarks expressed an carnest desire for perpetual friendsbip between England and Awmer’ i1 BOURSE. Tho Bourse on the Juth was very tirm. Reutes advanced to 3 AN EXPLOSION. An explosion of fireworks iu factory at Aubin killed 20 end injured 15 persons, From the Paris Correspondont of The London Times. The Moniteur has & paragraph denying the allega- tions i **several foreign jouruals petween France, Prussla and Tialy, by which Prussta eogaged in case of war 10 cede to France the Riienish Provinces, au Tiay Sardinia. “We are bound to declare these sappe- “fhe French Government sitions false in every point. [ Tas eopagements of no iud with foeixn Powers” Wbe suypusition of *several forcign journala” may or may ot Lo correct, though 4 al treaty, and mauy think toat the authority of o lenve the uatter whers it al denia) of eppagements been made by the Miuis- We Législative Boiy. or even in the official | Journe), six weeks or two montks a3o, it would have trsnquil- Joed e pavtsc mind at heme and: abrosd, greatly disturbed ihe Auzerre sposch. A70 aversion to WAr amoug the izeur 18 DO 30 Bigh us not U Be tuis a3 3t may, had & | wes. of way kind by treaty or otherwise, tor of State . er from Turin states that assent to thelr sovereign's prebensions of war iave Indee private le | the winisters yiel illin, | wiskes, 1 cinpot sfirm that ai | Lere, but I have o stronger within (he la few dags, aud that more thah cuo member of the Freucn Cabiaet begius to bo | contident on tuis point, Y he Conferenee which met on Friday on the election of the | Prineo of Holenzollern, was, it is said, uoantwous in declaring be an infraction of the treaty of 1856, Indeed, they A bardiy say less, for the treaty is clear. It was not . bowever, in admitting the claim of Turkay to take pun herself 10 enfores the stipulation of the treaty reiativ. to | the Priveipalities; and, without the assent of ull the protect- | ing Pov 3, Lurkish troops cannot set foot thore. The mere | declaraiton or protest of the Conference will probably ot pi | vent the Prince from occupyiog the throne to which he b been called by the Rouman population. DISTRUST OF THE GOVERNMEN The paragraph in Sunday’s Mouiteur coutra statement about @ secret treaty between France, ¥ | aud Lialy has not produced thecontidence it was intended | toinsp I am sorry to bave to say that those who be- Tioved that war was inevitable, and that the Conferener, if it ever meet, will separate without doing any good, persist | in their of, and even some who hitherto held out for lhi‘ maintenance of peace are become much less sanzuine A | ¢ unus in ug the cre are one or two memb or who, at least, profe 1o be 3o, that the quarrel ettled without an appcal to arms, others of their cues, with equal means of informat; are of a con- trary opinion, aud umAnuRl latter is, 1 hear, the Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs. When the contidential advisers of the Sovercign are divided in judgment on so momentous a g:ulmn it i8 not surprisivg that the general public sbould qally so. St +*Lean-lock'd prophiets whisper fearfal change, Teich men look sad, and ruffiisus dance aud leap— “I'hw one fn fear to loss what they ‘ILe other, to enjoy by rage and war. An evening paper 13 very indignant at anybody being so stupid or s0 wmelignant as to suspect the Government of double-deuling in calling together a conference at the very moment if it were bound by secret engagements which would wake & pacitic arrangement impossible: “* Such hypoerisy, of which hardly an ucmrle is to be fouud, oven in barburous times, is no louger possible in this age of pubiicity, when the most secrot acts of diplomacy come so ron to the knowledge of all, and when governments need the support of publio opizion. Why sbould French policy, dissembling what it has the right to avow, have recourse to trickery and falsehood, which, without attainiog its objeet, would dishonor it.” e Turkey. WAR _VESSELS. Threo Turkish war vessels bad arrived at Antivan, to auard the coast of Albauia against any sudden landing of 1talisn volunteers. A Berlin telegram of the 31st says: Prussia in herreply to the invitation for a Conferonce accedes to the desire expressed in the letter of invitation that thearmed powers should pot make further wilitary wovements during its deliberations, The official Staatsanzeiger );uMiiheq the chief pointa of the proposals for federal reform laid before the Federal Dict in a contidential communication by the Prussian n"irrsvnmlin- on the 11th inst, be anulysis by the Staatsanzeiger is entirely in con- g‘mmk:i» \;nh the summary telegrapied on the 13th from ranktort, < A SIIIP BURNED BY COOLIES. The Overland China Mail gives the followizg account of the terrible disaster to a coolie ship alresdy wentioned by telegraph: ‘Tho Napoleon Canovaro, an Italian bargar, bound from Ma- cao for the Havana with coolies, was sat fire by them after the | crew had battened down tho batohes 0a symptoms of insubor- ew, after vain a dination appesring amongst taem; tle ¢ tempts to extinguish tho flames, 00k to the boats and left tie | sbip and coolies to their fita, The orew, with the exeeption nrr. me who wers missing. wers picked up Ly the Brewmen brig Trito; port. Tha doctor and several of c sapposead to bave been drowned or lelt behind in th roing o No ill-treatment seems to | have been the oause of fhis © t the comparative success which has attended tha wevernl wholes which have been mads By 50 many 3aip loads of the respective sbips, aud thereby elude the performazce of i wkreeionts, aiter havig roceived tielr advauce. lends Tib and brought to thi W are missing, and & —— Latest, LavegpooL, June 1 —Affuirs are unchange ‘Thie lmeeting of thy Confegengy bas ugt b that @ sécret treaty existed | there may be au usderstanding | on_for believing that the | | s of the Cabinet still cou- | ey PRICE FOUR CENTS. -id"" Russe (or La Presse ?) believes Napoleon will prod —— Commerei telligence. LivERroor, May 31.—COTTON—Sales of four days. 65 0% lbj';l:;;hznk::‘bwnl. %l:gg. bigher for Auerican ulators and exporters ,000 baies; middiing uplan 39 quoted about 1544 DA TATE OF THADE.—The Manchester market is firmer. BREADSTUFFS dull, but steady. Richardson, Spence & Co., aud Begland, Athya & Co. reporty Tlour aull, but steady. Wheat inactive. Western Red, 10,1 aloo. Corn gullll;b:llud.d 30 230/3. 'ROVISIONS dull but stear ke same authorities report: Beef, dull and unchs Pork, Joactive; Bacos, beavys Lard, quiet and steady; Tallow, firmer. ~ PrODUCE—Ashes; small sales at 30s. for pots; Sugar quiet aud steady; Coffeo inactive; Rioe quiet and steady, Kuriy dulet; Spirite Turpentine quiet and steady; Petroleum inue tive, ned 1/11d22-. LONDON MARKETS—Floar guiet but steady. Wheat dal and 1/ lower. Sugar firmer, Coffee tending downward. Ted easier. Ricequiet. ‘Tallow firmer; sales at 42,6, MoNETARY.—Sutierthwaite's. Circular, dated Wedcesday evening, saye: Since our last uote an improvemest 1 Five-Twenties of 2 &n cent,, the last quotations lmn: 63@67, Tlinois aud Erie are also2@J ¢ cent bigher, close ing ot 78} @764, for the former. and 434 @454, for tbe latter. + Consuls were quoted on Thursday at 574 @e7§ larnwll"“ U. K. Five-Twenties, 06§ @067; Erie sbares, 404210 ais Iliinois Central 76 @78}c. LATEST. Livrrpoot, Jave 1.—Cotton,—The Brokers’ Cireulay roports the sales of the weck at 86,000 bales, includiog 1250 ta speculators and 9.500 to exporters. The market hot been buoyant, and prices sre ld.@ljd. higier American,” and id.@1d. bigher for other descripti The autborized guotations are: Fair Orlenns, 1644, Midding Orleans, 14d.; Feir Mobiles, 154d.; Middling Mobiles, i34d.; Faiz Uplands, 154d.; Middling Cpiands, i34d. The pales to- Qday (Friday) are estimated at 10,000 bales, inclading 2 (00 t0 speculators and exporters, the market closing firgs 8t the ad. vance. The stock in port is estimated &t 975,000 baice, 1 ‘whieh 400,000 are American. ¥ STATE OF TRADE.—The Manchester market is quiet, sad the flaprovement of Tuesday is parely maivteined. Breadstufis are duil and prices easier. Provisions dull and unchanged. Loxpoy, June 1.—Cousols closed at £11£74. V. 8, Five-Twenties, 66§ @001 Erie Shares, 404 @ 46}, Lilinois Central, 76270, The Bollion in the Bank ineroased £21,000, ’ LivERPOOL, May 31.—The weatber is col with rein. Flour, sales comparatively few, Whebt, demaud vniaports T merican Toed 1938199 P 100 B, Corn particijated in the general ipactivity; White, # 100 1, 31 6432/6, Mixed, 50/ @30, 3; Yellow, 30,6@20 4, "Ashioe, about 200 bble. sold duriog the week at 70/ 330/0 fon Pots, apd 30/ @40/ for Pearls. Tho market closes dull at (hesg rates, Suger, good inquiry. Coffec and Moigases, B¢ sales. P LONDON, ———— Tre WmtsosTiE HoLipavs 15 TowN AND COUN- TRY—ECROES OF THE LONDON PANIC FROM THE PROVINCES—THE PROPOSED CONGRESS—ARMING oF THE NATIONS—ITALIAN HoPEs aND Exv TATIONS—NAPOLEON IIL—ENGLISI SYMPATH AND ANTIPATHIES—A FURTHER COMPLICATION —Prixce CHARLES OF HOBENZOLLERN AND RorMANIA—REPORM—JORN Brigut Upon 11— AMUSEMENTS 1§ LoNDON—Tue HoRsE Flow AND INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXuisi- TI0NS—ANECDOTES OF ENGLITH SNOBFERY— CiaRues Dickexs—TuE FIGHT Por THE ClAM- PIONSHIP—ITEMS. From Our Special Correspondent. Loxpoy, May 26, 1+06. ¢« “The English took their pleasures sedly, after their fashion.” Thgt is a very old, and backneyed, and French saying of Freiesart’s, and, like the generality of such re- marks, must be taken with & good deal of wllov 3 | still there is a thin substratum of truth in it, recoguizable during our recent Whitsuntide Lolidays. You kuow that | these occasions are still observed in the old country, tho | Church of England baving conserved very much of tho | Roman Catholic partition of the year into saiuts’ <iaye, | fasts and feasts, vigils and other supernatural divieions, which we, in a new world, with “a new heaven and eartl” for our inheritance, bave pretty unearly got nd of. | Of course Papal Rome borowed them from Olympus, just | as she tricked out ** the fair humaaities of oid religion” in | the guise of the pew, installed the Madonua sud infans Jesus on the vacant pedestalof Venus and Cupid, appropri- ated the nimbug-glory of ** Mars, Bacchus, Apotlo visornm” 1o decorate her saints and martyrs, and did other thiugs ! of the like sort, insomuch that we live, think and wor:hip | in an awrul antiquity.” Our Whitsuntide bolidays, then, have passed after their usual fashioo, with more drunken- 1h€ | a8 than enjoyment, more headache than pleasure, wore e - et B Testaly waste of time than solid satisfuction to the balk of those a8 on who were 3 turb the peacs of Earope, or those who, by a word uttered in nomm-q what I heveobsersed about thir e dno season mlrh: h::rfi erepc ll.lun in rh»}-r. m;u late llhnn | tropolis afford any criterfon. There is no denyivg the fact pever; but eariy is still better than late, I ever the secret | ¢ . i A Tory of the Fewent in Haly be kuown it may be found that | that to s large proportion of lower-clues Englithwen a | Kiug or Emmanuel kas Bad fsr wore t0 do with it thaa | Loliday means beer aud little beside; they estecm that | potable as ubsolutely good, as well as one of the vecesei- ties of existence. Except on New-Years'day in N York, and perbaps the glorious Fourth, 1 have seldom seen | 80 mauy drnuken menas during the last five duye. These, | however, are but the stay-at-homes—look for the wajoiity ent men, with their wives and familics, in the - se ** exenrson traius,” crowding tbe stcamboats, niak- of de mel the galleries of the Biitish Museum, and iozger exhibitions multitudinous, swarming in the Srdesbem Crystal Palace, and all eligible out-of-town | piaces of resort, where they bebave as well as sy Deople in tho world. They Lave, by the way, hud unusually disagreeable weather this ~ea-on—sunsbine per- | haps, bui dust, and the bittercst of cast winds, making the | temperature more like that of January than eve of | June. In the country, too, every little village has its “elul'” of agricultural laborers, who Lire a band, parade | the streets carry inx{ilmnpwd staves, go to church, dive | and commonly finish up with beer aod general intoxica- ! tion. Realizing Whitsuntide, whetber iu town or out | quite justities Sir G, C. Lewis's paradox thw. *life wouid be very tolerable but for its pleasures.” Why is it #0 dif- ficult for us to act upon the truth that plousure is essen- | tially o volatile that we inevitably muke a mees of it whei we go in for it deliberately ! And r all, Jean Paul is nght, the only ¢ perenniul fire-prout pleasures” are employments, | Whitsuntide apart, the week has goue by in businces | fashion enough, The echoes of the peuniary pavic from | the large provincial towns have been doleful, Glasgow, | Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, and especially the latter, are now experiencing the crisis that troul Jed London two weeks ago. Part of Laucashire, too, has the disease, “hatel aud men,” of inipecuniosity; and the old division of the people of that ous wart into two classes, “those who are goie andt who aro —into bankrupts in esse and i posse—is once noro Like New-York, however, Liverpool has greas | power of recuperation. * We have revivifying and vigor- | ous priuciples within ourselves, observed Major Pawh s | to Martin Chuzzlewit, sball we driuk o bitter afore din- per’” One may get sccustomed to crises and panics as the peole of San lgnncim were to fires. The emblem of Liverpool is significant, being & phanix. But at present the news therefrom lengthens mon's faces on 'Chauge. :‘he failure of Fernie Bmhu-_hu; m\"uxll:io:lh ten or twelve rms of ter or lesser magnitude; € present (on- dition ol‘(';: cotton market suggests further edl:rn, wll of which will be felt here. Theu the withdrawal of £178,. 00010 gold from the Bauk of England, for the Covtinent, and the condition of Europe generally, does not improve watters. The reports of our money inarkets, in the daily papers, will afford more contirmation of tlis thav I caro to descant ou. "To those true mirrors of the times I mizht also refer yon for the whiellanbjfict of s.o:e:“l" after the rutt' ion of ;:o ic—namely, the proj uropean couference. Tho mnon whether there shall be or war still remaine unsolved, oxo:r by 0st persons think the lat- ter certain, yrodtct that there will bLe ugnm}fl'nhm ! the next fortnight. Questioned about it on ursday pight by Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Gladstona wis remarkably diplomatic in his answ Her Majesty's Government haveentertained with earnest desire, though perhaps no a6 yet with sanguine hope, the propossl for 8 meetivg or cotference amoug the powers of Europe. They thought that it was their duty not to pass by the chances presented | in view of the extréme calawmities which they sougkt to | prevent, and which appeared to be certainly” impendiny . reat of l-.fim They have ll\ertyfm Iotnk’ made to them, so fur as they could enter- tain the question; but the precise terms upon which the invitation was to be addressed to the powers of Europe in general bave not, I thiuk, been finally adjusted, sccoriing to the latest information which I have received. At (he | same tie I do not think there is any reason to suppove, | sofaras prest inforuhyion goes, thint didiculty islikely to arise upon the adjustment of those terms.” “There nothing very egcouraging in this. Lt meats that ouly the barest preliminaries are agreed upon. Furthermore, we are told that Austriadeclines & contercnce, it Venetia is to form A question of debate—which is just cuttiog out the part of Hawlet in the play of that name, Meanwhile, the three powets are proparing for Armageddon on & colossald scale. Austria has an army of 700,000 mea under arws, | and, it is said, can raise 300,000 in a short tim Ty | musters 900,000 ; while Italy bas 26,000 Garibaldian volun- hing of her regulars. To be sure, the firet 311,000,000, the second £27%,000,000, tho going” renewed. | | pation | third £1 the cost” I have mentiones sypathies before now—for cussin, aud for Italy against Austria, minus some dis- cout, as prudential cousiderations. The Jtalians in Lon- | dou—und there are not a few of thm—aweu‘l:h thoir | ymen at howe, rampant for war with Austia & programme of the future to their v