The Express. — London, England, 1852-08-14 00:00:00

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Now it would appear to the uninitiated that there is something rather irrational, not to say childish, in the agitation manifested by our clerical friends. Nay we are inclined to think that there is some small share of irreverence involved in many of these elec tions. 'file speakers talk in a magniloquent manner of the holiness of the business for which they have met, of its vital importance to the cause of religion, while at the same time there is not one of them who does not know, that the so-called mire mutative for whom he votes is a man of straw, that the Convocation to which he sends him is a farce. He knows that on the day of the meeting of Convo cation, the Archbishop of C.ANTERBCRY, ace-mpenied by his oflh ials, will proceed to the Jerusalem Cham ber to meet the clergy, that some few formal preli minaries will be disposed of, that one or two Bishops will present a few petitions which will be read and laid on the table. Ile knows that while these pro ceedings arc taking place in the Upper House, the Lower House will get up a debate in which the rights of convocation will be maintained in language' which will not stop far short of exaggeration, and in the midst of this the members will be summoned to the Upper House, where they will have to listen to the QUEEN'S advocate dismissing them in something like+ the following terms: In the name of God, amen. We, John Bird, by Divine Providence, Archbishop of Cantetbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan President of the present Pro vincial Synod or Convocation of the Bishops end Clergy of the province of Canterbury, do by this present writing pro logue the said Sacred Provincial Synod, until, Btc. It is very well known, also, that on the day men tioned as that to which the Convocation is prorogued, the members will be summoned and dismissed in precisely the same manner. If, then, the duties re quired of them afford a means of judging of the qualities requisite for proctors, we should consider that the business of Convocation might be very safely entrusted to the most incompetent clergy of the respective dioceses. The prorogation of Convocation, as we have de .scribed it, has been the custom for the last one hundred and thirty . years. If the advocates for the restitution of its original powers to that body think that any alteration in that custom will be made at the next meeting, they are giving her MAJESTY'S advisers credit for a degree of infatuation which they certainly do not possess. No ministry could be mad 'enough to advise her MAJESTY to open, without due 'deliberation and precaution, an arena where the , bigoted of all religious parries in the Church would ;have an opportunity of meeting and setting in mo tion all the elements of theological discord. So far, then, as any change in the usual proceed ings of Convocation is concerned, the present agita tion is useless, and, being useless, necessarily mis chievous. The clergy who are engaged in it are ' unsettling the public mind for no purpose. But, it will be answered, this agitation proceeds upon the hope that Convocation will, some time or other, resume its active functions. To which the reply is, that the appeal must be made to another quarter than Convocation itself. The advocates for the re vival of the Synod in an active shape will have to make their case good before the whole body of the church, and a slight glance at a few of the proceed ings at the elections which have taken place within the last few days will show that the advocacy most be entrusted to very different hands from those in which it is placed at present, before an impression can be made upon the judges. It is evident that the speakers at the meetings held the most contradictory opinions upon the subject upon which they were exercising their eloquence. For instance, Archdeacon WILBERFORCE decides to allow the votes of stipendiary curates at the elec tion of proctors; whereas Chancellor WALES rules that the privilege of voting was denied to curates by a Convocation held three hundred years back. Here are the highest authorities at variance upon the all-important question of the constituency of the electoral body ! question of the constituency of the electoral body! rwo of the Archdeacons in a dio cese send a summons to attend to each of the clergy men in theirarchdeaconries ; another sends no sum- Ebonies at all. Some of the clergy are of opinion that the laity should send representatives to ay.o cation ; others believe the custom anti-catholic, and therefore not to be admitted. It would be useless, however, to chronicle the whole of the divergent opinions expressed by the advocates for the revival of the active functions of Convocation. Enough has been said to show that such a revival would have to be preceded by grave deliberations as to the constitution of the electoral body, the propriety of having lay representatives, and other points concerning which there is the widest difference of opinion. In the meantime, before any revival can he decided on, the advocates must be bur dened with the onus of proving that the circumstances of the times are such that there is no danger of a re newal of those scenes which justified the suppression of Convocation one hundred and thirty years ago. This proof they cannot give. From the year 16M4 to 1720 the Convocation was the bear garden of the church. A perusal of its history will show that during nearly the whole of that period its time was occupied in controversies, which disturbed the peace of the church, and which were argued with a virulence which proved that the dis- P utacts had lost all sight of the holiness of the pur pose fur which they were amsembled. Convocation opened the wounds of the church, displayed them to the world, but never healed them. Polities were ever being smuggled in, under the guise of religion, and questions which would have been argued with dignity in a political assembly, excited the most violent passions in the minds of men burning with the odium theafreficum. In the space of little more than thirty years, Convocation proved most triumphantly its utter incom petence to legislate fur the church, and it was eup pressed, with the concurrence of all ;except the 1 angry disputants. What ground can there be for the assertion that there is no likelihood of a repeti tion of such events. Are Exeter Hall and Oxford less violently opposed to each other than the High and Low Church of the last century? Is the boun dary which separates the two gnat divisions of our clergy on the question of the sacraments, church discipline, less strongly marked than when I the rival factions had liberty to tight out their battles in Convocation ? Certainly not.' , The same theological differences exist as formerly. The saute lauwiuns are at work now as then. The minds of the cl erg y w ill b e ca l le d off from the pious workin which they ought to be engaged in their several parishes, and they will become unconscious backers of theological combatant,. The nation will become again disgusted with the quarrels of those who ought to be teachers of peace, and a similar judgment will be pronounced upon the clerical din putants u silenced them formerly. The clergy will have lost ground, the church will be lowered in the eyes of t h e people, and the promoters of Convocation will have themselves to thank for having occasioned a damage to religion which it will take a century to repair. Tile reports of the Great Western and North Wes tern Railway meetings disclose the important fact that a proposition has been unanimously made by the North Western to the Great Western Hoard for an amalgamation of the two companies; with the further suggestion that " the Midland Company be invited to concur in the arrangement generally in manner and in terms to be settled with them." To this proposition the Great Western has, it seems, given a very cautious reply. First of all it says that the proposition comes rather late to be really useful now that the Companies have in their rivalries spent millions that an union some years ago would have saved; next it is of opinion that amal gamation is not •he hest manner of settling present disputes and contests; thirdly, it doubts whether Parliament would sanction such a junction ; fourthly, it argues that the money terms of amalgamation can not he fairly fixed until the traffic of its new lines he tested; and, lastly, it has its fears whether nego tiation on the subject may not damage its parlia mentary ease for legislative sanction to those Shrews bury arrangements, whereby it still hopes to reach the Mersey and compete for the Liverpool traffic. Into the struggles and rivalries of these two great companies, or of any others, it is not our practice to enter, further than to describe the progress of their competition. For so long u the supineness and the indifference of the great bulk of their proprietaries allow these wars to be originated and continued, they who suffer most by them are, after all, most to blame; and the public, it is quite clear, is anything hut damaged by rivalries that furnish it with greater railway accommodation at cheaper rates. Railway directors arc but mortals; and once fairly in a great contest, their passions become excited, their fears and apprehensions exaggerated, and their plans of assault and defence grow in magnitude and costli ness, until at last there seems to be no door open to at-emendation and peace, but some great scheme of this sort. And thus it will go on, whilst legislation on the subject of railways is all hap-hazard, without plan, system, or principles : the two houses having no uniformity of action, and not even the same standing orders; so that while the Commons pass on full examination of its merits a bill, the Lords reject it on some preliminary point of observance by its promoters. It is this legislative uncertainty that gives encouragement to railway contests. In the presence of this cause, arising in Parlia ment itself, we have never been disposed to blame railway directors too severely for that competition which, though it has reduced dividends, has largely extended the railway system ; and if the proposition now made by , the North Western is only an evidence that the board of that great line is tired and wearied of a system of rivalry, the beneficial results of which to the public have certainly reached, if not passed, their utmost possible limits, that proposition is of good augury. In any other light, and as a practical measure, it is, however, one that requires the very gravest consideration before it can possibly receive the sanction of the public. When government tried a few years ago to gain some little power over railway accounts, the attempt was resisted by the Companies and disapproved of by the public, chiefly because of the power any such in terference would give to the government over our railway system, which in its origin was purely popu-1 ; of the danger to efficient service likely to be' involved in that power, and of its being a breach of the conditions on which subscriptions to railways had been based. Now it is quite possible to create a great railway power unconnected with the govern-1 Int nt, which is able almost to control the government and Parliament as to railway policy, and shall also be able to domineer over the interests of the public. And in considering Mr. GLYN'i proposition, that is the first danger to be guarded against. In favour of that proposition a class of arguments may be brought to bear, which, pushed to their legi timate conclusion, will be found to support a com plete transfer of railway management to a central board responsible to government. These are the considerations of economy of peace, of centralised authority, and of uniformity of system—the profits derivable from the absence of competition, from the opportunity thereby given of charging full rates, and from the possibility of carrying on business with smaller rolling stocks. These, we say, are all argu ments which, it applied to this proposed amalgamation, may be carried much further, and applied to other purposes, than either Mr. GLYN or Mr. Russet', desire. They are a two-edged sword, that may equally wound those by whose hands it is wielded as the enemy. It is a popular belief,that railways have already too great a power over the public; and any such amalga mation as that proposed would certainly greatly fortify that opinion. For just let us consider the position of these three Companies. Already they have a paid up capital of not less than fifty-two millions sterling, with further powers of raising money still unex- Masted. Their union would therefore constitute by far the greatest corporation yet known—its capital would be the largest—its proprietary would be teethe most numerous—its field of operation would be far the most extensive—and the influence derivable from its expenditure, its patronage, and its proprietary, would be enormous. The number of miles of railroad in the actual pos session of this amalgamated corporation would be certainly upwards of 1,400; whilst the additional mileage under their control would probably be other 400. Now, on a large part of this mileage the public has at present the advantage of competition. Unite these Companies, and competition would cease, and by its cessation, a heavy additional pecuniary bur then would be imposed on society and on corn mere*. By their separation and distinct existence, a number of small lines are able to maintain positions of independence. Unite them, and the independence of these lines must fall; they, too, will be absorbed into the common system. Then each of these three great lines has in one direction or another a rival company not included in this sug gested arrangement. Unite them, and the whole force, power, and influence of the three combined, will be brought to bear, to the destruction of incor porations, the public utility of which was recognised by the legislature in the statutes which give them legal life. By such an amalgamation the traffic of the coun try from Plymouth and Swansea and Holyhead to Glasgow and Aberdeen would be placed in the hands of one company. All the great towns of Englind— London, Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham, Manches ter, Derby, Leicester, and Leeds—would come under its monopoly. The independence of the Eastern Counties, of the Great Northern, the Yorkshire and Lancashire, the York and Berwick, could not long be preserved. Gradually they would yield and be absorbed ; until at last the Briarean arms of ono huge irresistible incorporation would cover the face of the island. All this involves not merely arrangements be tween three competing companies, but an entire change in our system of railway policy ; and that, it is clear, cannot be allowed to pus through Parlia ment merely as a private bill. It is a public mea sure, needing at beet public discussion. • ROBBERY AT NEWCASYLIC BY A TRIDENMAN AND Ins Wi rn. —On Thunday,Anthony Y. Barron and his wile were brought before the Newcastle magistrates, and charged with the commission of robbery under the follow ing circumstances : —The prisoner Barron is a muter cabinet maker, in a rather extensive way of buaine,a, keeps a sale shop, and resides in West Clayton-Sent, Newcastle. Ad ' joining Barnin's house and shop is an unfurnished house, which is used as a warehouse by Mr, B tty, earthenware dealer, in the same street. On Monday night last, as a ' boy was riming along Clayton-street, he observed a boy some out of Barren's house window, pass along the parapet, and enter the adjoining house by the window, and return with a lot of ware, which he passed into Barron's house. Next day, information was given to Mr. Batty, who, with a policeman, went and searched Banana premises, and their found concealed, in various ports, • large quantity of earthenware, which Mr. Batty identified. The prisoner Barron and his wife were taken into euvaly, Aiwa the boy, whose name is John Crozier, and war, brought before the magistrates yesterday morning The biy Crozier staled that he had been sent by the female prisoner to steal the ware. 'f he other two priaosen denied all knowledge of the affair. They were committed to the sessions. Many jour neys most have been made between the two houses, as several large baskets were filled with the multi% property, amongst which were some very valuable sets of duns.— Durham Adrertiaer. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1852 The Stret4rg railway was opened to the public yesterday. The receipts for passengers to Strasburg by the first train which left yesterday morning, amounted, it is said, to 6,000 fr. A rise has taken ;lace in the price of flour at the Hallo of Paris. From 30*. the metrical quintal (100 kilogrammes) of last week, it is now 33fr. 20c. The monthly returns of tho bank of Franco just published show that the metallic reserve has scarcely varied, a diminution of 1 of a million being the only difference. The discount accommodation has ad vanced 26 millions, of which 20 are in Paris and 6 in the branch banks, the whole amount for the month being 1821 millions. The advances on French se curities have declined about 5 millions, and those on railway stock have increased 5 millions, the amount of the former being 43 millions, and of the latter 281 millions. Advances to the state on treasury bonds are only down for 25 millions, the other 25 millions which were due, having been paid off within the month. On the side of the liabilities, the amount of notes in circulation has increased about 4) millions. the account-current of the treasury' has reached the sum of 1331 millions, being an in crease of 14 millions since the last returns. Private accounts-current have declined about 11 mihions, of which 10 millions are for Paris, and 1 fur the pro vinces, the amount of the former being 1205 millions, and of the latter 23 millions. The whole amount of tho metallic reserve is now 600) millions to 622 millions of notes in circulation. FRANCE. PARIS, Fazes': Eventno. I have to announce the death of aeuther old sol dier of the imperial armies. General Petit, who clasped the Emperor in his arms at the " adieux" of Fontainebleau, has followed Fseelmans and Gout gaud to-day. General Petit was litutenaut.gover nor of the Invalides. I am assured, from a good source, that the mar riage of the l'resident is positively broken oft; and that the rupture is owing to the intervention of Austria. The arrangements fur the marriage were so fur &deemed that Miss Howard had actually left the apartments that she occupied in the house of the President's private secretary, M. Moequart, and was about to start for England. The marriage lx•ing countermanded, the lady has returned to her former home. M. Chauvin, the ex-legitimist representative fur the Loire Inferieure, has written a letter to a Nantes journal, from which it would appear that l'ronellion is by no means singular iu hislief that socialism and Louis Napuleonism, after all, mean the same thing. He says that the public must not suppose that all the resignations of mayors and elective coun cillors, on account of the refusal or withdrawal of the oath, have found their wey into the press. Judging from what has occurred iu his own neigh bourhood, ho would infer that the resignations pub licly known are but the smaller part of those that have actually taken place. He mentions a dozen instances within his own knowledge that have never been noticed in print. He further states that uu the Uth of May ho himself resigned the office of mayor of Sion, and his resignation was followed by that of all the other members of the municipal council, ex cept one, who is a paid public functionary. But the most remarkable statement in M. Chauvin's letter is that almost all the vacancies are now filled by men who in 1818 called themselves republican socialists. They are, he must suppose, converted, but however that' may be, they are delighted to be in office, and seem to enjoy the confidence of the government. It must be borne in mind that the present policy of the legi timist party is to represent Louis Napoleon as in league with socialism, in order to increase his unpo pularity with the bourgeoisie, whom it is at the same time sought to propitiate by holding out in perspect e a large measure of constitutional liberty us the accompaniment of a Bourbon restoration. But the belief in the existence of a good understanding be tween the socialist leaders and the government does not rest upon legitimist evidence only, and whether well founded or not, is certainly very general. It is now well known that many red republicans, whose "sudden conversion" is openly denied by their most intimate friends, have been elected to the councils general as government candidates. Iho supporters of government in Paris admit, while they lament the fact, which they account for by alleging that the prefects have been taken in. But this reason is not readily accepted by those who see in the publication of Proudhon 's book under the highest auspices, ground for believing that Proudhon does not reckon without Ibis host when he proclaims the head of the state the chief of the social revolution. They are not satisfied with the theory suggested by certain government prints that Louis Napoleon must have allowed Proud hon to parade his folly before the public upon the principle which led the Spartans to exhibit drunken slaves to their children. They think that after the performances of Caussidiere, as prefect of police, with his commandant Pornin ' after the occupation of the Tuileries by the mob in February', the saturnalia of the clubs, the publication of La rraie Republique, Le Pere Duchesne, and the lueubrations of Eugene Sue, l'aris has no need of more instruction in this kind' and remembering that the leader of the Fouricrists was once elected by 1:00 votes in the metropolis, and was succeeded in his seat by Proudhon himself, they think the author of "Property is Robbery " still too dangerous a personage to be despised, much less to be encouraged. The prefects having, in most of the departments, satisfactorily accomplished the task imposed upon them, by procuring the election of the government nominees to the councils-general, it now becomes their duty to maintain, against all comers, the pro position that the elections have been free. M. Ito dolphe d'Ornano, the prefect of the Yonne, has sus pended the mayor of Ligny, a defeated candidate, for having, in an address to the electors who voted in his favour, thanked them for their efforts to support him against a disloyal and perfidious coalition. The decree of suspension describes this allegation as a falsehood, Bering that the electors voted in perfect freedom for the candidate of their choice. The Progres de 'Oise has received a warning, for having spoken indecently of the power to give warnings conferred upon the prefects by the decree for the regulation of the press, for having criticised the assumption by the government of the right of nominating officers of the national guard, and for having isaidiously inserted a letter not intended for publication, written by the prefect of the Oise to a public functionary. The prefect of the Tarn and Garonne has given a warning to the Journal de Castelsarrasin for an article complaining that the monopoly of judicial ad vertisements had been given to a rival newspaper. In giving way to a feeling of cupidity on this sub ject, the newspaper is charged with having incurred the guilt of excitation to hatred and contempt of the government, and of defamation of public authority. The warning given some days since by M. Calvi moot, the prefect of the Dordogne, to the Echo de reeone, has now assumed the aspect of an important affair. M. Paul Dupont, against whom rather than against the journal, the warning was launched, is determined to measure his dignity as a legislator against that of a prefect. He says that the law upon the press was not meant to serve as an instrument to settle the quarrels of prefects with their neighb”urs, that M. Calvimont has calumniated him by the ac cusation that he bad garbled a correspondence, and that, unless the prefect is sent away from the Dor dogne, he will resign his seat in the Corps Legislatif. M. Billault, on receiving a letter from M. P. Dupont, expressive of this intention,went to Nantes expressly to see him. He declared that, jealous of the privi leges of the Legislative Body, he would, if necessary, bnng the affair before the President of the Republic. I understand that M. de Morny and M. Magne will both use their influence in support of M. Dupont. With this array of interest against him, the general opinion is that it will go hard with the prefect, and the more so because, after obtaining leave from the Minister of the In• tenor to nominate a candidate for the councils general, he failed to secure the election of his proter , , who was beaten by an unconverted republican. The Montkur contains the following : The Sub-Prefect of Valenciennes to the Minister of the Interior, Valenciennes, 12th, 3 p.m. fhe first set of the Council of Arrondissement of Valen ciennes is as follows :—The members of the Council of Arrondissement, penetrated with gratitude for tho see. ices which the Prince President has rendered, and every day continues to render to the country ; convinced that Prince owes her 'stay to him, and with the stability of her institutions au era of prosperity sad happiness, make it a duty, before commencing their labours, to express their .wishes that Heaven may protect the elect of eight millions of votes, and are happy to present to his highness the tes timony of their entire devotedness, and the tribute of their profound respect. This proposition was adopted unani mously. M. C'hapot, formerly a secretary to the Legisla tive Assembly, has been appointed to succeed the Marquis de Pastorel as manager of the estates of the Cuunt do Chambord. He was at Venice at the period of the meeting between the Archdukes of Rumen and the head of the elder branch of the Bourbons, when ' the Marquis's resignation was given. M. Chapot has been compelled, in order to accept this appointment, to resign his post of secretary to the Credit Fonder Company. I am informed by a private letter from Bordeaux that the grape disease is making great progress in the south of France, and that it has spread to Medoc and several other cantons in the department of the Gironde. This calamity, goined with the destruction of a great part of the wheat harvest by the heavy rains, leads to gloomy anticipations with respect to the coming winter. Several landed proprietors are about to petition fur a reduction of t elation. A general meeting of the notaries of Paris is announced for to-morrow, for the purpose of consi dering the propriety of various important alterations in the constitution of the notarial body, and in their scale of charges for contracts and conveyances. M. Katmai, the president of the l'iedmontesc Chamber of Deputies, is expected in Paris for the filth of the 15th. Count do euvour, on his return from London to Italy, will meet M. ltatazzi here. SWITZERLAND. ZURICH, AVOtIbT 11. The States-General, confirming the decision of the National Council, have voted the rejection of the Posieux petition, by 29 votes against 10. NEUCHATEL, Avover 7. The property of the bourgeoisie of Valengin was delivered up to the government commissioner to-day. The archives, papers, seals, banners, fte , were taken to the Chiteau of Neuchatel, where the com mittee of liquidation is sitting. A letter from La Chaumusse (Jura) states that the potato disease had made its appearance in the Grand Vaux. It is not mentioned to what extent the malady had spread, but the stalks in several fields showed symptoms of withering. BELGIUM. General Changarnicr arrived on the 9th at Mantles, where ho intends to fix his residence. ITALY. PIEDMONT. The Ofcial Oazette of Savoy has the following from Tenn, dated the 9th: The committee named by the Senate to examine the bill on civil marriage has just, it is uid, declared against the measure such as it wan voted by the Elective Chamber, and proposed to subatitute for it the pure and simple French law. Such is the fruit which reaction will have gathered from its unreasonable and impolitic opposition ; it wished to defeat the ministerial measure, and it has done so to its own cost. Instead of having a law which would render the unction of a marriage by the church obligatory, we shall probably have one which, with out enjoining on the married couple not to appear at the altar, will not compel them to do so. FLOItENCE. The hippodrome has been closed by the authorities, inconsequence of an anti•Bonapartiat demonstration. The " Wars of Napoleon" was the piece represented. The taking of the bridge of Arcole, and the Pith Brumaire, went off very well, but at the coronation scene loud hissing was heard. The actor who played Napoleon then dashed his crown and sceptre to the ground, amidst the deafening applause of the audience. The police have ordered the circus to be closed for fifteen days, and have perpetually inter dicted the reproduction of the piece. Tho actor was sent to prison for twenty-four hours. ROMAN STATES. ROME, Arum 8. Monsignor Berardi, under secretary of state, ar rived at Ancona on the evening of the 4th. The object of his visit has not yet transpired, but it is hoped that it may be to wind up the Murray case,—a conclusion which every one is looking for. The prisoner is row tolerably well, although complain ing of some petty acts of oppression. One of these is that he has not been allowed to see his wife and child, who left home some time ago on purpose to be near him in his confinement. Ho has not been per mitted to see them, even in the presence of the jailor or director of police, but he has written to and had letters from them. Soon after Murray's return to Ancona he applied to the British consul for some books, wherewith to while away some of his prison hours. Mr. Moore kindly selected some most un exceptionable English works, and sent them, but the prisoner was prevented from receiving them by Monsignor Amici, who promised, however, through the director of police, to supply him with Italian works instead. Hitherto he has not kept his word. SPAIN. The Madrid da:ette of the Bth, which arrived this morning, publishes the decree accepting the resigna tion of the Marquis do Mirafiores as minister of fo reign affairs, and appointing M. Bertran de Lis, the minister of the interior, as his successor, and Don Melchor Ordonez y liana, as the successor of M. Bertran de Lis in the home department. The decree attributes the resignation of Miraftores to the state of his health, but the Herald° says that it was owing to his opposition to the decision come to at a cabinet council to dissolve the Cortes. The French ambassador will give a grand national fete to French residents on the 16th. The Military Gazette says that it is uniously in tended to augment the squadron of Queen's Guards, which will be newly organised and composed of two companies. M. Juan Cuani is to be captain of the 2nd company. GERMANY. BERLIN, Aue. 10. The Stoats Anneiger of today contains a circular by the Minister of the Interior, copies of which have been addressed to all governors of provinces, an nouncing the intention of the executive to convoke the provincial diets again early in September. BERLIN August. 11. The conference of the Darmstadt co alitionists coin. mensal yesterday at Stuttgart. The public awaits the result with intense anxiety, and eagerly catches at every circumstance, which can be construed as an indication of the turn of affairs. The appointpents of Professor Doenniges, at Munich, to the eine of ministerial counsellor in the home department, is re garded, therefore, as a sign, that Bavaria will swerve from M. von der Pfordten's coalition policy. Professor Doenniges is believed to be favourable to prolongation of the Zollverein, and averse to a union with Austria. In consequence of the high degree in which he enjoys the enjoys the King of Ilavari a ' s personal confidence, he has long been regarded as the chief stumbling-block to the prime minister's plans. Amongst the d uties of his new appointment, is that of reporting daily to the King in person ; and the office is regarded as the preparatory step to an as sumption of the direction of the cabinet. M. von der Worthen, though at present temporarily released from hiscurrent °Mem' dutice,on account of impaired health, has nevertheless gone in person to Stuttgart. The Prussian journals seem, on the whole, to be confi dent that the coalition will give way, or break up, and that the Zollvercin will be renewed with its old tariff and constitution. And this result is what they hope fur, and regard as a triumph of Prussian policy. But I would ask : has the Prussian press clearly con templated what must be the consequence if Prussia, for twelve years to come, divest itself of the right to take any measure of commercial policy without the consent of the psrties to the Vienna and Durmstadt protocols ? Twelve years, in our moving age, is a long time to stand, with tied hands, looking at the stream of the world's progress. The Federal Diet is said to have resolved to give the senate of Frankfurt a fortnight's time for rescind ing in its constitution all clauses which exced the li mits set to popular freedom by the principles of 1815. The grape disease, which has done such damage to the vineyards throughout the north of Italy, has ; also spread over Dalmatia. The skin of tho berry •tops In its growth and is burst by the accumulating juice, which exudes and covers the grape with a sort of sugar. Where the cholera has not yet made its appear ance, its precursor, dysentery, is very prevalent. The physicians employ, with great success, small doses et creosote, the twelfth part of a drop every two hours. As a general preservative, calcined mag nesia is recommended to be kept at hand. In l'oland, where the epidemic is very severe, the government and local authorities distribute tea to the poorer classes, perhaps not so much for its sanitive effects as in order to restore the spirits of the people by the enjoyment of a beverage of which they are exces sively fund, but which, on account of the high duty, they can seldom get. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. The Oriental Company's steam-packet Iberia, Capt. C. F. Burney, arrived at Southampton this morn ing, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. Wm. l'ersso Newenham, R.N., Admiralty agent. Ifer dates arc: Gibraltar, Aug. 3; Cadiz, 4; Lisbon, 9; Oporto, 10 ; and Vigo, 10. Among her cargo are 7 boxes and 1 bag of specie. Nothing of moment had occurred either at Gib raltar, Cadiz, or Lisbon. (From the last-named city the date is precisely the same as that brought by the steamer Severn.) The fleet was expected at Gibraltar, whence the Spiteful sailed with mails for them on the 3rd. All was preparation for the recep tion of the Duchess de Nlontpensier at Cadiz, on her• way to Seville. She was must dangerously ill with fever at Lisbon on the 3th. A steamer was waiting in the port in attendance on her on the 9th, when she had much imroved in health, and hoped to leave for Cadiz on the 16th in the Isabella Segunda, Spanish war steamer. On the night of the 7th, the Volcano, from Cadiz, went on shore ir. the Bay of Vigo, and lies a wreck on the rock, on the south side of the bay—no lives lost. A brig of war, the Constitucion, was endea vouring to get her off, but it was not expected she would succeed. INDIA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. THE MISSING MAIL (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (mom OUR OWN CORILESPONDENT.) MARSEILLES, Atiousr 13, 5.30 A.Y . The Indian Mail has arrived. No tidings of the missing Bombay Mail. This message is stopped by the fog. (BY ELECTRIC TELEORATIL) TRIESTE, FRIDAY, 12 o'CLorK. BOMBAY, JULY J. The Burmese made a second attempt to retake Martaban on the 26th of May, but were driven back. On the 3rd of June, Pegda was taken, and its fortifications destroyed, by a detachment of the force under General Godwin. Our loss was very insignificant. Exchange at Bombay 2s. 0;c1. to is. 04d. Money continues abandant. Trade weak. CALCUTTA, JuLy 2. By the steamer which arrived from ltangoon on the 21st of June, with dates of the 20th, all was quiet, and the troops enjoying good health. At Calcutta imports and exports were calm. Ex change, 2s. ld. to 2s. 1:d. ALEXANDRIA, Attu. 7. No news whatever of the Bombay missing steamer. 'Elie court. PALACE or LARKEN, AUGUST 12. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of %Vales, the Primo* Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Prince Alfred, attended by the Duke of Northumberland, and the ladies and gentlemen of the suite, lanchmt at Antwerp this morning at 9 o'clock. Her Majesty was saluted by the batteries, the ships composing the royal squadron likewise saluted and manned yards. Her Majesty was received on landing by the King of the Belgians, and immediately en tered ono of his Majesty's carriages and four, and proceeded to the railway station, where a special train was in waiting to convey the royal party to the Palace of Luken, where they arrived about 10 o'clock. Earl Cowper had as interview with Mr. Secretary Wal pole yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, M P., had Cao an interview with the right hon. Secretary. The Finanee Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 18.51 bad a meeting 7esterday at the New Palace of Westminster. Prevent Sir William Cubitt (in the chair), Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. Coulson, Mr. Peto, and Mr. Bowring (secretary). Captain Owen was also present. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yesterday at the o ffi cial residence of the First Lord o f the Treasury in DowninF.street. Present: The Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John llerschel, the Master of the Rolls, Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. 11. Bate. son (secretary). Despatches were sent off from the Celonial.office yesterday to the Governors of the North American precincts. (From last night's Gazette.) DOWNING -STREET, AUGUST 11.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Philip Allen, Esq., to be 11cr Ma jesty's Treasurer for the district of Natal, in South Africa. COMMISSION SIGNED BY TILE QUEEN, AND DATED 3RD JULY, 18.52.—Thomas !lupin Colvin, Req. (late Cap tun* in Her Mitiest 's 71st Regiment of Foot), to be Adju ' tent in the Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY TUE LORD LIEUTENANT OF LANCASIIIRIL—Thomas Miller, Esq., and Thomas Ainsworth, En., to be Deputy Lieutenants. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BELGIUM. Our correspondence from Antwerp and Brussels bring details of her Majesty's third visit to Belgium more ample than those which the submarine telegraph enabled us to give in yesterday's Express. The royal squadron was signalled at Ostend at half-put one on Wednesday afternoon. At four o'clock a pigeon arrived at Antwerp, from Fluihiog, with intelligence that the Beet was in sight. A terrible tempest was raging at the time, the wind blowing violently from the south, and the rain falling in torrents. Upon receipt of the last men tioned message the equipages of the court were sent to the railway station to await the arrival of King Leopold and the princes. At half-past six o'clock, M. Sauvegnier, the station master, received a despatch announcing the arrival of the King for an hour later, and at the same moment the Victoria and Albert, preceded by the Vivid, and convoyed by the Fairy and Black Eagle, was seen from the quay. By some misunder standing, the Antwerp public was expecting her Majesty to arrive at 5 o'clock, while King Leopold anticipated the same event for eight ; so that for a couple of hours two large crowds were disappointed at the railway station and the quay, while Leopold on reaching Antwerp at a quarter to eight, was surprised to learn that his august niece had ' been waiting fur him a good half-hour. The King wore the uniform of a lieutenant-general of the army,—blue, with gold epaulettes, and a cooked hat with feather. At the station he was met by thy burgo master and the directors of the railway, but, having no time to exchange compliments, he immediately proceeded with his two aides-de-camp to his carriage, end gave orders to drive with speed towards the Porte de l'Eau. At this time an eager crowd thronged the whole distance from the station to the quay. As his Majesty drove through the streets he was repeatedly and enthusiastically cheered. The , landing-place was densely crowded, and every window or , prominent position, even t o t h e roo f s o f the houses, which commanded the view of the quay, was occupied. The rain had ceased, bat the sky was filled with clouds, be- i twee"' which the setting sun darted a few parting rays. The cannon of the ramparts v ere homing i n response to those of the citadel, and the forts of the Scheldt. The King descended from his carriage op posite the Porte de l'Eseaut. Acclamations resounded on I all sides while his Majesty passed down the ranks of the lancers and charmers to his boat—a handsome vessel, white, with gold mouldings, c arr yi ng t h e B e l g i an Hag, the band of the 2nd earabineen meanwhile playing the National ' Anthem. In less than five minutes the monarchs met. It hail been espicted by tile public at Antwerp that her Majesty and her august Consort would return with the King. The speedy return of the boat without the royal 1 Hag dispelled this ill us i on , an d it was aunouticed that the ' King would dine en board the royal yacht awl that her Majesty would land next morning and proceed to Loeken. The crowd now drew quietly otr, the evening shades thick ened, and the iodine's of the air was only disturbed by that music of the band of the Carabineers which was sta tioned on boar.' the °meet steamer. At tcu o'clock his Majesty left the royal yacht evil returned unostentatiously to the Palace at the Place de Meir. Thursday morning dawned in a manner most unpropi tiously for the embarkation, with gusts of winds and heavy fast-sailing clouds. At eight o'clock the artillery, chas seun, and infantry again formed a body guard en the quay and its approaches, and half an hour later the kiej arrived at the landing place, unaccompanied hy his family, inspected the troop. at I is leisure, though tag driveling rain, and then waited the landing of ter Majesty under the trees which border the quay. The good plop, of Antwerp, despising the rain, had again turned nut b . thousands. At 9 o'clock, amid the loud huazas th e sailors, who had manned the yards of the squadron, let Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Walt", Prince Aline, the l'rincess Royal, and Princess Alice, stepped lido the barge of the Victoria and Albert, end a few vigutuusstrakes of the oarsmen $4lOll brought them to land. here the K.s. received her Majesty with great warmth, anal e.,rel utte ,l her to one of the royal carriages, el ic h • se e in waiting. 1 - he band of the Csrabine,rs played the National Anthem, the people cheered, cm" . '" Irmesd, and amid these demonstrations of joy the royal party pro, ceetkil to the railway station, where a special train elm waiting to convey them to Laehen. At half-past nine the train left Antwerp, uud in less than an hour r..ehed us destination. In the course of Thursday alternams I sar Majesty visited Brussels. in comp any with her royal uncle. BRUSSELS, FILIIIAY, The Queen remained at lattecken quietiy yeeterdal till 4 o'clock, when she drove out in an open ederi compel:Lied by the King and several of the sante is another of the royal equipages, along the reiel The Queen drove rapidly along, and entered li. UlAtill by the Rae Longue Num, about R quarter to & o'clock. The Royal carriaxes drove up the Itue de la Meld. in., need the Bouvelards, past the park and palate, ;and th ee re turned to Lau e ke s , which place they made d eh ou t six o'cleek s end at seven the King la id a srai..o and eery select dinner party. In addition to her Maj. sty and the Prince the only pxsona invited were M. and el Ann, Van de Weyer, Sir It ilph Ahererurnble, awl Lo r d 11„,„..u.d de Walden. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, tha Royal, and Prince.. Alice, alined with the Priao kt Char lotte in her own apartments. It will ho ola.a th.it at dependently of the diplomatic personageepreeciit, there was no addition to the royal carat , which could at all render It otherwise than whit we call a fatuity dinner. The private band of the King was in attendance, and played tlireughuut the evening. All the officers of the squadron have received leave till this evening at 10 o'clock, and the order to repair 4111044 by that time leeks as if the information was correct of tee Queen'. departure. At 11 o'clock the Queen, accompanied by the Price., 0 4 Prince of Wale., the Prince Alfr, d, the Princess Itoyel. and Princess Alice, in coma •oany with the King, aeries al fen" I•tecken at the palace. liar M:aje sty partook or • splendid breakfast in the saloon of the palace soon alter her :arrival. La section dee Chcours of the Sucierit Royal de IR Gruel* Harmonic performed a serenade concert during the fast, uriucipally from the worksof masters quite unknown. in England even by name. The young Princes went on foot through some of the streets, and returned in the nurse oe the day. As soon as breakfast terminated the Queen seeded to the reception room, where she received th e various member* of the diplomatic corps at Brussel., as well lea the chief unit:era of state. The ceremony is not yet terminated, as the numb, r of persons to lie prevented is between 60 and 7 1 . As soon as at is over Majesty is expected to take another drive through the teen on her way to Laccken. (lIT SVIIMARINE ELTPTUIC TPLECILAPII ) BRUSSELS, FUIDAY, At la. Her Niajesty the Queen received the curer ntatique at the Palace to-day, and will leave kemerrow for Antwerp, at 3 o'clock, p.m. ALLEGED SCANDALOUS PROCEEDINGS ()P LOUD FRANKFORT. BOW-STItjET. - - I isrount Fronkford De Montmorency, commonly called Lord FranVOrt, of 14, Buckingham-street, Strand, ap peared before Mr. Henry, upon a summons charging him with having " unlawfully composed, printed, and published a foul, malicious, and defamatory libel of and cuncermug Lord Henry Lennox. Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, attended to supeort the charge ; and Lord Frankfurt, who kept the court waiting some time before his arrival, conducted his own Is fence. His Serene Highness the Priece Edward of Sue Weimar and Lord Arthur Lennox set upon the bench. Mr. Humphries said—l have the honour to attend on behalf of Lard henry Lennox, who has to complain of a must gross and defamatory libel published on dive rs occa sions, several of which 11 ill be stated in evidence. It is a libel which, in a public sense, is an outrage upon decency and morality, and I must regret that his lordship has been called upon to answer such a charge. When Lord Henry Lennox first received one of the offensive doe meats, ha was disposed to throw it aside with that contempt which a gentleman would naturally feel on seeing it • but on ascer taining the extent to which the libel had te.:en circulated, not only among the nobility, clergy, and gentry, but among ladies of title and distinction, his lordship con ceived it to be his duty to take such steps as would lead to the discovery of the 1 ; and the prevention of the annoyance and pain which these disgusting effusious bad occasioned in so many respectable families. lam almost sorry to say that I shall he able sa tisfactorily to show you that they have emanated from Lord Frankfort. The libel is in two papers, the first containing a list of names, headed by that of L or d H enry L ennox; an d the second, a statement in the third person, purporting to be written by Mr. Macberith, of 3, Vigo-street, solic i t o r. (Mr. Humphries here read the documents ' which will els , pear in evidence.) I sh a ll call the Rev. Mr. hind:eerie, who feels the duty to be a most painful and repugnant one, to prove that one of these letters—indeed several—hail been received by him; and I shall be able to show that the fe male servant of Lord Frankfurt was detected in putting into the Post-office as many at .i 9 letters of • precisely simi lar character, and nearly all of them addressed to clergy men in different parts of the country. The servant readily admitted to the detective utile, re who had been wt to watch her, that the letters had been given to her by Lord Frankfort, with instructions to post them; and that the had been constantly in the habit of posting suck letters for some time past. I need hardly add that the names which have beta inserted in the libel have been used without the knowledge and, of course, greatly to the disgust and awl &nee of the parties themselves. The Rev. Mr. Macktraie, vicar of St. Martin's-in-the. fields, was the first witness examined. Ile said—l produce three envelopes, with enclosures, which I received by post on the 21st or 22nd of July last. They contain eight printed papers, six of one kind, and two of another. 'llse third of these envelopes 1 did not open until yesterday. having had my feelings ,offended and my eyes polluted 'efficiently by the two first. I hope it may not be necessary to read them. Mr. Henry—They must be read. Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, read the libel, and the list of names which accompanied it. Buth were printed in the form of a circular. The first was as follows: " Mr. Macheath presents his duty to the peeresses and the daughters of the nubility and gents y, and informs them that he continues to arrange assignations with the most per. feet impunity and safety. Rasing been train, d by Mr. Harris, he now acts directly und er l' re sid en t and Infector lienend of Assignations, Phipps. " Mr. M. begs to call the attention of the ladies to his long established mode of transacting business. lie himself waits upon them at dusk, sending up his card, in a tissue envelope, always seeing the parties himself and wrangler personally with them for the reception of the Lothario of the evening, at one o'clock at night ; when he is enabled, by his peculiar system, to keep the husband insensibly asleep, while the parties arc amorously engaged lathe draw. ing-room. " l'.S. Ile guarantees to married women half their hus band's fortune, or more, if they are found out, and will put hint in the ecclesiastical courts, which are an appending of his establishment. To spinsters he promises husbands, whom he puts in mad-houses, and gets all the fortunes for the wives. ilia predecessor broke one baronet's neck, fot his wife's sake; and having got rid of another, is now en deavouring to destroy his will. 'those ladies who wig turn up with the parties sent may be satisfied they isdllm ' looked at ;' but these who refuse to do so will not IV looked at at all." To the foregoing the following name. were annexed. " Lord Henry Lennox, l'ortland-pace. "Mr. W. Harris, Sutton-lodge, Hackney, and 12, 111 00- gate-street, City. " Mr. Macbeath, 3, Vigo•strcet, Regent-stmt. " Mr. Barnard Maedonough. "Mr. John Foster, 20, l'ail-road, Storkw,ll. "Mr. James Hunter, 14, Iluci.ingliam-strtet, and L.a.e. street, City. "Mr. Jackson, John-street, Atli:lido, and street." Mr. henry (to the defendant)—llo you wish to a , k Mr. Mackenzie any question ? Defendant—No, I den't. know nothing about it. I have twitting to hide, and nothing to ask. Lard Henry Lennox examined-1 live et vl, Pert/ sad' place. 1 have received a letter signed by Ham's and dd other names, similar to the one produced by the last,sic:4t. ness. I knew nothing of a n y o f t h e parties until I nee letters from Mr. Harris anal Mr. Macheath, cowl:stunted the use made of their names, and repudiating it. Mr. Humphries—l need hardly ask your lonlsbar have ever authorised the useof your 'mine ? Mr. Henry—lt is quite unnecessary, even in lot give negative testimony as to the imputations I:entailed the libel. Lord Henry Lennoz—l know nothing of any of the y' bastion., or of any of the parties named in them. I how . been goaded on to a pp ear iu a court by the nuiuneCA (limed on others, awl f or th e p rotec ti on of Ike pul 4 , Otherwise, I should have taken n o notice ofsocoutempoas Delbnilant—l have nothing to ask hie lordship. Sergeant Thornton, of the detected force, said. in maw inence of instructions which I hail received, I went ar! tsuckingliamstreet, Strand, on the oho nom, of J I knew that Lord Frankfort lived at No. It, and *AA" :110 1101161.. At • quarter to $ in the evening, 'want this I in contriny with Inspector Field, I saw a Irian ii .insel 01 his lordship's house with a ba s k e t ill her posses. ,4 4l followed her to the Post-office, Cliariug•eniss, *lb produced a handful of letters kits,. in number) basket, and was ab o ut t o p ut thou in the letter.6.L 01 1 I took her hand and prevented it. We took pinsoso" the letters and the basket, 'oil doored the woman to2iL company us to the police-station in King sheet basket contained ~9 letters (including the live). . 0 ! 111 4 which I have opened. Tiny c o nt a in the M alt find paiwrs as those which have been produced by the Ito. im Maekensie. Each of the letters had a postage stamp °ll°B it, and they were all, 1 believe, addressed to clerol o4 Inspector Field had some conversation with the wail' which ho will state. After this she was allowed to St Ur. Henry—There will be no occasion to open p f mppo u e r oal::t) ; : aft - 4:r Dc oaten that ti of a I -- Mi. both Wit we mi lion u addre South arc in Mr. evidet On he she Mr. own t next. Lon remaii •lanai 14E card, Ncwin preaca which and of of a ri Vari to, a d airmen been p vitt we