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THE dispute concerning Ritualism, which has attained dimensions so serious, is testing in turn every one of the resources hitherto relied on for the government of the Church of England, and it may be said that there is not one of them which has not proved weaker than either those who had to hope or fear anything from it had been led to sup pose. The paternal authority of the Bishops is utterly powerless in presence of a movement all the promoters of which belong to that party which claims a peculiar or rather au exclusive title for the institution of Episcopacy. It is in vain that any of the ritualistic priests are reminded of their ordination vow reverently to obey their Bishop, " following with a glad mind and will his godly " admonitions, and submitting themselves to his " godly judgment." The call to obedience is met by a close scrutiny of the terms of the engagement, and the ritualist clergyman claims to decide by a standard of his own selection whether the admonitions and judgments of the Bishop are indeed godly, or the contrary. The spiritual authority of the Bishops thus failing, there remains their lawfal coercive jurisdiction. It would be easy to assume, as some of the Bishops have done, that this is a formidable engine, reserved for use only in the last resort against those who by obduracy and impenitence have forfeited all claim to leniency ; but until it is tried it is impossible to feel quite sure that in that extreme case it will be effectual. Prosecutions instituted to uphold Episcopal authority have of late not unfrequently ended in exposing its weakness ; and a Bishop now fears to take a clerk into court, lest he should not only have to pay the costs on both sides, but evoke, on appeal to the Judicial Committee, a judgment favourable to the very error which he desired to condemn and suppress. In the hope of making recourse to the ecclesiastical tribunals unnecessary some of the Bishops have lately pro mulgated a strong legal opinion delivered by Sir ROUNDELL PALMER and Sir HUGH CAIRNS, adverse to the practices of the extreme Ritualists. But we be lieve that not a single chasuble has been put away, or a single altar-light extinguished, in deference to this opinion. The only effect of its adoption by the Bishops has been to lead the defenders of ritual to resort to Sir ROBERT PHILLIMORE, Dr. DEAN E, and half a dozen other learned personages, who it is understood have given an opinion contrary on all points to that of the late Attorney- General. While the state of the law is thus sur rounded with uncertainty it is impossible to ex pect that arguments founded on its supposed pre scriptions will be accepted because urged by a Bishop. Episcopal authority having thus failed to meet the case, it is natural to think of legisla tion as a remedy. But although one of the most eminent of the Bishops has spoken in Parliament in favour of restraining the excess of ritualistic observances by law, a very little reflec tion suflices to show that this expe dient is altogether unavailable. Parliament, as now constituted, representing all beliefs and all unbelicfs, is not a competent or even a decent legislature for any Church whatever, and it is to its credit that it is aware of its disqualification. The House of Commons will not discuss cere monies, nor the dogmas which ceremonies repre sent. For the sake of completeness we ought perhaps to mention one more body, which, if its fitness were to be measured by its preten sions, would have a better right than any other to be heard on this subject. Convocation is put forward by many as the appropriate and only rightful legislature of the Church of England, and of its recent session three days were spent by the Lower, and one by the Upper House in considering this question. The report presented by its com mittee on Ritual, and the conclusions adopted by the general body, show that, when a prac tical question is before it, Convocation well knows how narrow are the limits of its authority. There was one condition on which the Ritualists would accept the verdict of Convo cation—it must be substantially in their favour. Accordingly, Convocation had adopted a report which,while nominally unfavourable to them, really covers them with the sanction of its opinion. Such being the uncertainty of the rule of the Church, and such the inefficiency of the means hitherto adopted by those who have attempted to restrain the excessive development of ritualistic ten- ~~ denies, it remains to ask whether some rasouice not hitherto drawn upon nOy not exist, either for correcting the evils to be' apprehended, arad in deed already visible, or at least for miti gating their intensity. It is not to be denied for a moment that these practices are alienating from the Church of England large numbers of its' most enlightened and sincerely attached members. The Rev. W. B. Horzirra observed last week in Convocation that "nothing " within his recollection had given so great a check "to the spread of Church feeling and Church " principles amongst the middle and tradesmen " class as this ritualistic movement. They said, " If it cornea to this we will go to the Roman " Catholics at once. We don't want half the " thing ; if this is to be permitted, better let us " go over to the Church of Rome at once.' " Others said, We must stop short of this. This " will never do. If this is to go on we will go "' to the Dissenting places of worship.' People " not only said so, but they went." Worshippers in tee Church of England are ac customed to great latitude and variety in the manner of conducting its public service ; but when it comes to the elevation of the Host and the ado ration of the Bread and Wine, they know that the practice is not in accordance with the doctrine of our Reformed Church, and they will not endure it. The remedy. we submit, has been indicated by the Ritualists themselves. They claim to follow their practices in the name of freedom. They have asserted the principle of decentralization and independence, unrestrained either by presbytery or bishop ; they have claimed immunity from control external to their own particular Church, and public opinion has not encouraged any at tempt to restrain this development of the ten dency to local self-government. Then be it so : let every parish or district church be a law unto itself. But, if this principle be admitted, some further changes will become necessary, and the question will arise, In whom shall this self-govern ing power be vested I In the rector, vicar, or perpetual curate T But this would be to give every congregation a separate Pope. The system of the Church of England at no time contem plated the exercise of this absolute power. The priest was amenable to the bishop, and both to the law. If these methods of protecting the laity —for whom bishops, priests, and law exist—fail, the laity must be recognised in their proper per sons as members of the several congregations, and their rights must be directly acknowledged. They, more than any others, are interested in the mainte nance of public worship, and the preservation of its decent and reasonable character. The laity of each congregation, then, should have a legal and definite right of control over the rites and ceremonies of the Church to which they belong. If together with this concession a power were given to the minority to form new congregations, scope would be given to diversities of taste and feeling, and liberty would be secured with order. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) 2HE AUSTRIAN CESSION OP VENETIA. No such disaster, says the Times, as the battle of Kiiniggraits has befallen • European power since Waterloo. The Austrian Emperor had staked upon it the leadership of Germany, and the result has been utter ruin. The unbounded confidence with which he began the campaign was followed by anxiety and then by consternation, for the defeats sustained show that the enemy has an in trinsic superiority which cannot be resisted. But for both Italy and Germany the decay of Austrian influence will be an advantage, and the abandonment of pretensions which have been a cause of weakness to the House of Hapsburg for 50 years may give the dynasty • better chance of con ciliating the races which still acknowledge its sway. The true history of the campaign has yet to be learned, but certainly Austria and Esrope in general expected a bolder system of war:are from the Austrian commander. As to mediation, the Times cannot but think that if the Austrian Emperor had addressed himself directly to his adversary, as German to German, it would have been more dignifi d and more consistent with the national interests. It is at least an additional humiliation to Austria that she should be saved by the intervention of a foreign potentate. In the meantime, no Italian need feel his happiness at the liberation of Venice alloyed by any morbid feeling of dis appointment at the abrupt conclusion of the struggle, or by any heartburning at the thought that, after all, it was Prussia rather than Italy that wrested from Austria the last patch of Italian territory. There is enough in the tribute of praise awarded to Italian valour by Austria herself to meet the exigencies of the most punctilious pride on that score. It is an ungracious task, observes the Delhi New', to return upon the first glad impressions excited by the note in yesterday's Aloniftur, and to submit them to the test of colder calculations. But it is a duty to do so. The manner of performing this tardy act of grace is not such as to make amends for lost opportunities. Venetia is not ceded to Italy by the Emperor Francis .Joseph, though the honour of his arm, is satisfied, but to France. Imperial and military pridefould not have consented to make a friend for ever of an enemy ; so with Pa titian generosity it hands over Italy to the good offices of a power whose good offices are apt to take the shape of usurious bargains. For some time past, as our readers are aware, personal negotiations between the Emperor Napoleon and the Emperor Francis Joseph respecting Venetia have been rumoured. It now appears that the Austrian Emperor was only waiting to accept his imperial brother's advice until he could do so with the least pos sible credit to his generosity or his wisdom. We trust that the bitter devices with which this cession is made will be disappointed, but this must depend in a large measure on the good faith of the Emperor of the French, who may seasonably be reminded that the price of the liberation of Italy, from the Alps to the Adriatic, was handsomely paid before the work was done. If it should be that Prussia is meditating the annihila tion of the Austrian monarchy, then the time has come, thinks the Post, when in the interests of France Napoleon would be compelled to form an alliance with Austria, to prevent the possible creation of a power whose boundaries on the north and south would be m a rked respectively by the Baltic and the Adriatic. Assuming that a congress will shortly assemble at Paris, the Post trusts that this country will be represented by the Earl of Clarendon. The Herald appears to find satisfaction in the thought that Italy has not completed her frontier herself, but that it has been done for her after her army and volunteers had been discouraged by a repulse. Europe will care little to inquire whether Victor Emmanuel will have to give an equivalent for what is coming to him. The Herald cannot but believe that the perils of a mighty revolutionary explosion will deter the King of Prussia from seeking further to weaken Austria. Should it be otherwise, it is certain that there are powers in Europe which would resist any attempt at a fresh inva sion. The Herald takes it for granted that in the general rectification of frontiers now to be proposed some advan tages of a tangible kind will accrue to France, and if at the expense of Prussia will regret it the less. Though it would he premature to speculate on the probable terms either of peace or of that general European readjustment which must inevitably follow, the Telegraph believes it is not overstating the case when it says that issues are involved far more vast and comprehensive than any which have tried the mettle of European statesman ship since the treaties of 1815. THE NEEDLE-Ctlf. The MACS finds it to be the extreme of folly that, with an undisputed pre-eminence in wealth and mechanical skill, we should be content still to arm and train our soldiers with an obsolete and comparatively ineffective weapon. We have seen on the actual field of war that a breech. loader doubles or trebles the numerical strength of the force that it is armed with, and enables infantry to cope with cavalry and artillery as infantry never could do before. This is a revolution in the art of war and they who neglect to recognise it will have to pay for their blindness or their stupidity. ♦ few regiments eould be armed very soon with a breech-loader of a pattern which, whether the best or sot, would afford the means eta good trial. Some of cur Volunteer Corps, too, could earn a little distinc tion by varying the experiment if it be necessary. The difficulties which were stated to have been found at the trials last year in Prance, even if real, have not prevented the gun from destroying several Austrian armies in ten days. Let it be remembered that the cost of one of our ironclathr, the expense of which is never grudged, would arm every soldier in these isles with a breech loader better than any in the Prussian army. The Post does not think that the needle-gun will be the type of military breech-loaders generally employed. Governments which, like our own and of France, have to bear in mind the contingency of waging war far away from the command of civilised appliances, would think many times, and deeply, before committing themselves to the needle, the spiral springs, and other refinements of the celebrated Prussian arm. Taking all points into considera tion, the British public have every reason to believe that the national weapon, the Enfield, when converted into breech-loading according to the system resolved upon by the war authorities, will comprehend all the advantages of the celebrated Prussian arm with none of its advantages. The Telegraph and Standard deal with the same subject, the former stating that already steps have been taken by the ministers who are going out of office to distribute among the troops a first instalment of 20,000 needle-ions. Their successors will, no doubt, diligently follow up the policy, until the whole debt of effective weapons due to the army shall have been paid in full. The Standard trusts that parliament will not be prorogued until some decisive xtep be taken in the matter. The incoming &ere- tajLL.4 State for War,iii not a man to sleep at his post or hesitate to recommend what is needful for the benefit of the service, no matter what the expense to be incurred. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1866. TES INW mar. According to the Telegraph, Sir F. Kelly waives his claim to the attorney-generalship, reserving himself for one of the chief judgeships which will very shortly be vacant. Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Decree, K.C.8., has accepted a seat at the Board of Admiralty as First Naval Lord. The post waa offered by Sir John Pakington purely on the grounds of Sir Sydney's services and high nrofes. lions' standing, without any regard to his political opi nions, which ►re thoroughly liberal. The Pug does not at all see why the new government should be considered merely u an interregnum, and pro mites it a general support. The Standard, announcing Sir E. B. Lytton's elevation to the peerage with the style of Baron Lytton of KneL worth, reviews the various literary successes of the new peer, in an admiring vein,—coming to the conclusion that, as a man of confessed genius, as a consistent politician, a s country gentleman, and, indeed, in every sense, Sir Bulwer Lytton is unexceptionably fitted for the position to which he has attained, The Times ascribes the influence of the retiring Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords to his experience In both branches of the legal profession, and to hie un blemished personal character. The weak point in his public life is his want of sympathy with the reforms of the law. lie has done little to realise the vast designs I e queathed to him by Lord Westbury in his valedictory address to the House of Lords. Those designs, involving the formation of a complete digest as the proper basis for a future code, yet remain to be atrried out. It would be too much to expect of the new Lord Chancellor that he should devote himself to the execution of a project which originated with a political opponent, and the honour of accomplishing it will probably be still reserved, as it should be, for a liberal government. rite Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Juts• 5. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians, Princess Helena, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, drove out yesterday after noon in a carriage and four. Tho Princess Louise and the Princess of Leiningen also went out driving. The King of the Belgians walked in the grounds, attended by M. Brewer. Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the Prince and l'rincess of Leiningen, and Prince Frederick of Holstein. Aster •linner her Majesty's private band performed i.. the drawitg•room before the royal party and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph, and the Hon. Mn. and Miss Grey, had the honour of receiving invitations. The marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, third daughter of her Majesty Queen Victoria and of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Duke of Saxony and Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, with his Royal Highness the Prince Christian of Schle:- wig-Holstein-Sonderburx-Augustenburg, was solemnised to-day, in the chapel within Windsor Castle, at half-past twelve o'clock. The parents and brother and sisters of Prince Christian were unable to accept the Queen's invitation to be present at the ceremony. The Duke of Cambridge Wm prevented by illness from being present ; but was represented by his equerry, Colo nel Clifton. The bridal bouquet was presented to the Princes Helena by Mr. Veitch. After the ceremony of the mnrriago luncheon was Nerved privately to the members of the royal family in the Oak Room. The visitors were entertained at a buffet in the Water loo Gallo/. At a quarter-past four the Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein took their departure by,special train for Southampton, en route for Osborne. The Queen accompanied the bride and bridegroom to the grand entrance, attended by the Great Officers of State of her Majesty's Household, and by the Ladies and Gen tlemen-in-Waiting upon the Queen, and upon the members of the Royal Family present. The Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein were attended by Lady Churchill, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen ; Lady Susan Melville, Lady-in-Waiting to Princes; Christian ; and by Major-General Francis Seymour, C. R.. Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen, who was specially ap pointed by her Majesty to attend their royal highnesses on their journey. Lieutenant-Colonel George(;. Gordon, Equerry to Prince Christian, attended their royal highnesses to the railway station at Windsor. A Privy Council will be held at Windsor to-day, when the seals of office will be delivered up by the out going ministers and handed to their successors. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OP LANSDOWNE, K.G.— We have to announce the des th of the Marquis of Lansdowne, which took place yesterday, shortly after 12 o'clock, at Lens. downehouse, Berkeley-square. The lamented nobleman was seized with paralysis late on Wednesday night, and such was the severity of the attack that he expired in about 12 hours. The deceased, Henry Thomas Fitztnaurice, fourth Marquis of Lansdowne, was the second and only surviving eon of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, third marquis, by his marriage with Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, fifth daughter of Henry Thomas, second Earl of Ilchester. He was born, January 5, 1816, and married first, August 18, 1840, Lady Georgiana Herbert, fifth daughter of George Augustus, eleventh Earl of Pembroke, who died in February, 1841 ; his lordship married secondly, November 1, 1843, the Hon. Emily Jane Elphinstone de Flahault, eldest (laughter of Count de Flahault and the Baroness Nairne and Keith, by whom he leaves issue two sons and a daughter. He succeeded to the marquisate on the death of his father in 1863. Previous to being created Baron Wycombe, in July, 18.56, he represented in the House of Commons the borough of Caine, namely from 1847 till July 5, 1856 ; from December, 1847, till August, 1849, he was a junior Lord of the Treasury, and in July, 1856, was appointed Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, when he was summoned to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Wycombe. His lordship was for several years chairman of the Great Western Railway, a post he resigned on succeeding to the marquisate. He is suc ceeded in the family honours and extensive family estates in Wiltshire and in Ireland, by his son Henry Charles Keith, Earl of Kerry, born 14th January, 1845. His lord ship was educated at Eton and Baliol College, Oxford, which university he left just twelve months ago. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE BATTLE OF KOI RATZ. The 3rd of July, on which the battle of !Conk- . gratz was fought, will be famous in the annabroi the military history of Prussia. On that day the battle, which was to decide the long disputed supremacy of Austria or Prussia in Germany was fought, and the accounts which have arrived up to the present, though incomplete,' leave no doubt that a decisive victory was gained by the latter. The Prussian armies of the Oder and the Elbe having effected a junction above Joseph stadt, were enabled to act in harmony. On the morning before the battle, the King and the Prince Royal met at Mileten, a town situated midway be tween Gitechin and Skalitz. The principal point of the conflict appears to have been at Sadowa, a village on the right of the Elbe and north-west of Koniggratz. The Austrian army was drawn up on the right bank of the river resting on the fortress of Koniggratz. The Austrians fought bravely and gained several partial advantages, but by night Benedek was thrown back on the Elbe, which he crossed, moving in the direction of Hohenbruck, along the valley of the Adler, a rapid river which falls into the Elbe at Koniggratz. The retreat of the Austrians towards Hohenbruck shows that their object is to strike upon the line of railway which runs east of Pardu bitz to Bohm Tribau, where it divides into a double line—one running directly south by Briinn to Vienna ; the other making a semi-circular detour in a south-eastern direction till it re-unites with the former at Lundenburg. The northern and western railway lines being in the power of the Prusaiana, we may soon expect to hear of their being in possession of the fortified towns of Joseph stadt, Koniggratz, and Prague, the capital of Bohe mia. If Benedek should feel himself strong enough he may possibly take up a new defensive position between Landscron on the east and Leitomisehl on the south-west of the railway line. In this position he would be admirably placed for receiv ing fresh supplies of troops from Vienna, Hungary, and Galicia. A glance at the map will enable anyone to see how important it is that this position should be defended unless the Austrian military authorities should decide to abandon Moravia as well as Bohemia to the enemy, and resolve to make their final , defence of the empire before Vienna itself. This, of course, will depend altogether on whether Prus sia declines the proposed armistice, and determines to carry out,without relaxation, the threat that her press made before the war commenced, of forcing the pivot of the empire from Vienna to Perth. THE BATTLES IN BOHEMIA. The military correspondent of the Times accom panying the Prussian ar.ny in Bohemia sends further sketches of events down to the morning of the 30th ult., at which date he was at Sobotka At the combat at Munchengratz the Austrian soldiers who were taken belonged chiefly to Italian regiments, and showed no disposition to fight. Twenty-five men in ono mass laid down their arms to a single lieutenant and half a doven trained soldiers. At this fight, by a 'erica of strategic movements, Prince FrJderick Charles gained about 12 miles of country, took a thousand prisoners, turned the strong position of the Kac zowberg, and effected his secure junction with the corps of General Bittenfeld. On the evening of the 29th tho commander of the first Prussian army moved his headquarters from Mur.chengratz to Sob Aka. On the advance to Gitschin a strong Austrian force held a wood, and its sharpshooters, hidden behind the trunks of the fir trees, together with some batteries behind the wood, commenced a biting fire against the Prussian advanced guard as they approached a ravine. Behind each Austrian marksman two soldiers were placed whose only duty it was to load their rifles and hand them to the picked men to whom the work was entrusted. As tile Prussians were falling fast, General von Weider sent his men forward to take the woods with the bayonet. THE FIGHT FOR LOCHoW AND GITSCHIN. The woods were c 'ivied, but not without loss, for the Austrians retired from tree to tre a, and orly when pre-sed beyond the last skirt of the wool retired under cover of t'leir guns and reserves to take up a position on the f irther brow of the next ravine. Tne musketry fire r , commenced. The opponents stood on either b..nk of the hollow, and poured valley after volley into each other's ranks, while the artillery, from posi tions on the flanks of both lines, sent their shells truly among their adversiries' infantry. But here the needle-gun had more success, for the Austrians stood up clear against the sky, and soon the white uniforms began to go down quickly. No troops so ill-armed could have stood before the murderous fire which the Prussians directed against the opposite line. The Austrians did all that men could do ; but, after losing fearfully, were obliged to fall back and take up their third position in the ♦.llage of Lochow. It was now about 7 o'clock in the e:ening ; the combat had alr sidy lasted almost two hours, b it here it was renewed more fiercely than ever. The Prussians, encouraged by their success—brave soldiers and bravely led—eagerly came to the attack. With hearts as big and with officers as devoted, the Austrians stood with a desperate calmness to receive them. On both sides the fighting was hard ; but at any distance the Austrian rifle had no chance against the needle-gun, and at close quarters the boyish soldiers of the Kaiser could not cope with the broad-shouldered men of Pomerania, who form the corps d'armie, one division of which war here engaged. Yet for three quarters of an hour the little village of Lochow was held, and the continuous rattle of the rifles and the heavy cannonade of the guns remaining almost stationary told the determina tion of the assault and the stoutness of the defence. But the Austrians were slowly forced from house to house and from orchard to orchard, and had to retreat to their last vantage ground on the top of the Gitachin bank of the fourth ravine. And here both sides re-engaged in the fight with the utmost fury. The defenders felt th it this was their last standing point, and on its maintenance depended the possession of Gitschin ; the assailants knew that success here would almost certainly bring them to the object of all their exertions. The Prussian line soon formed on the top of the opposite bank to that held by the Austrians, and then began to fire rapidly against the brow where the Austrians stood. The latter returned the fire, but from necessity more slowly ; still their guns smote the Prussian troops heavily, and the shells, bursting in front of the assailants line, caused many casualties. But the Pome ranians were highly excited, and it is said that s heavy mass of the Prussians dashed down the road and rushed up the opposite slope with their rifles at the charge. There a fierce struggle ensued. The strong mei. of Pomerania pressed hard against their lighter opponents, and pushed them beyond the brow of the slope on to the level plain, yet the lithe and active Austrians fought hard, and strove to drive their bayonets into the faces of their taller antagonists ; but strength and weight told, for their more powerful adversaries urged them back foot by foot till a gap was clearly opened in the defenders' line. The musketry bullets had also told sharply on the Austrians, and they were obliged to retire. They drew off across the plain towards Gitschin, but not in rout ; slowly and sullenly they drew back, suffering awful loss in the open plain where the needle-gun had a fair range ; but they fought for every yard of ground, ever turning to send among the advancing Prussians shots which were often truly aimed, but which formed no sufficient return for the showers of bullets which were rained upon them selves. For long the plain was the scene of the advancing combat, and it was not till near midnight that General von Werder occupied Gitachin. In the town the Aug. trians did not stand ; they held some houses at the entrance fora short time, but these were carried, and then they retired rapidly towards the south. But this was not the only combat on the 29th. The Prtunians, advancing from the direction of Turnau, on Gitachin, had a fight at the villages of Podultz and Diletz, which were held by Austrian and Saxon troops, supported by artillery and three of Austria's finest cavalry regiments. According to the report of the prisoners, the King of Saxony himself took part in the fight. After a severe struggle both villages were carried, and the Prussians made for the Lochow-road, in order to cut off the retreat of the Austrians, who were retiring from Lochow on Gitachin. The Austrian cavalry charged the advancing Prussians, but the latter re ceived them without forming square, and the horse men recoiled broken by their steady fire. The Austrian troops in Brads and the Saxons and Aus trians in Diletz were quite separated by the capture of the village of Podultz, and the former were almost entirely taken ; the latter were cut off from retreat in large numbers. The loss of the Saxons between Diletz and Gitachin was tremendous ; they fell thickly, and the ground was covered with corpses. The Prussians suffered much, but they fought most bravely, and, with only four regiments and half as many guns as their opponents, carried a very strong position held by a much superior force ; for the Prussians had in the field but 16,000 men, and the allied strength is estimated at 30,000. At Diletz the Prussians lie more thickly than at Lochow, for the more numerous artillery of the defenders ploughed with terrible effect through the dense columns of the assailants as they advanced to the attack. But between Diletz and Gitachin the ground is covered with broken arms, knapsacks, shakos, and fallen men, who are mostly either Saxons or Austrians, for here the needle-gun was more used than artillery. The Prussians took about '7,000 prisoners in the two combats, and the Austrian loss in killed and wounded was estimated at 2,000. On the 29th the Prussian headquarters were moved to Sobotka, and the army took up a peti tion in front of Gitachin, prepared for battle. In the afternoon the strategic object of the movements of the two Prussian armies was achieved, and com munications were opened in Bohemia between Prince Frederick Charles and the Crown Prince. The correspondent of whose communication we have availed ourselves says that the Austrian com missariat is as miserably corrupt as it was in the Italian campaign. The prisoners report that they have had nothing to eat for two days, and beg for a morsel of bread. Nor are the Austrian hospital arrangements such as they ought to be : Twenty-air wounded men were found here (Munchen arias) when the Prussians marched in, lying in a cottage on a floor covered with blood, untended, with their wounds undressed, and saying that they had bad no nourishment for 48 hours ; no surgeon had remained with them, nor was their condition re. ported to the Prussian commander ; fortunately they were discovered accidentally by • Prussian staff officer. Hospital necessaries aro scarce, but Prussian medical men were sent to attend to them, and application was made to the magis tracy of bliinchengratx to supply linen with which to dress their wounds. They are reported to have refused to assist in alleviating the sufferings of their fellow-country men, who were shot!down in defending the very passage to their own town, tiU Count &Arlberg, • Prussian officer cf Cuirassiers, roused by their barbarity, drew his sword c n the Burgomaster, and threatened him with death unless the wants of the wounded were attended to, when the necessary materials came forth. The Prussian troops are very weary. They have marched and fought to-day over a long distance and in a heavy country. There was little water running from the river, and the soldiers have suffered much from thirst ; but they have marched nobly. Few stragglers were ever seen, except those who had fallen fainting out of the ranks, and were lying half stupefied by the roadside ; but none lay long without succour, for the krankentrdger, or sick-bearers, hover with their water-bottles round the flanks and in rear of the marching as well as of the fighting battalions, and give a willing aid to all that need it. (REI'TER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRUSSIAN VICTORY. CONGRATULATIONS OF THE EMPERORS OF FRANCE AND RUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 6. The King of Prussia has received telegrams from the Emperors of Franco and Russia, and from other sovereigns, congratulating him upon his late victory. AUSTRIA. AUSTRIAN COMMANDERS TO BE TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL. VIENNA, JI7LY 5. The Vienna papers announce that General Clam- Gallas, commander of the Ist corps of the army of the north, Field Marshal Baron Henikstein, chief of the staff, and Major-General Krismanicz will be brought before a court-martial on account of their conduct during the operations in Bohemia. FRANCE. PARTS, JULY G. The Colurtitutionnel of this morning believes that the change in the English ministry will not modify the character of the relations between England and France. " Present circumstances," it continues, " are, on the contrary, calculated to bring into closer alliance the great powers not engaged in war, and who may naturally be called upon to exercise a useful influence over the progress of events. We have every reason to believe par ticularly that the accord between England and France, who are inspired by the same sentiment of humanity and devotion to peace, will not be found wanting under the exigencies of the present state of things." SPAIN. MADRID, Stmy 5, EVENING. It is stated that Senor Canovas del Castello will definitively be appointed Minister of Finance. He will only remain at the head of the Colonial Ministry until a successor be nominated for that department. • - - THE CHOLERA IN AMIENS. The Moniteur says that the cholera carried off in three consecutive days 61 63, and 134 persons at Amiens, and that the Empress left Paris the day beforo yesterday to visit the hospitals and to succour the sick. In the account of the late accident to the Prince of Wales which appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette, the terms " gallopine snob," " Cockney Hotspur," &c., were freely bestowed on the luckless rider. A correspondent of the Star says that the rider to whom this untoward accident occurred was a young gentleman of standing in society, whose guardian has long been attached to the court, and who, immediately on recovering himself, made known his name, and expressed his deep regret at the un fortunate occurrence. The Prince of Wales sent a mes sage to this gentleman by his guardian, declaring that he had seen with regret the comments which had appeared on the matter in the newspapers, avowing that far too much had been made of the matter, which he knew was purely accidental, expressing his perfect forgiveness, and his de sire that his involuntary assailant should come to luncheon with him at Marlborough House. A marble tablet has been placed in the Wesleyan chapel at Fareham, in Hants, to the memory of the Rev. Mr. Draper, who was drowned in the steamer London. On the tablet is a representation of the ill-fated steamer. THE FRENCH PRESS ON VENETIA. The Side of to-day says :--' of the questions which agitated that of Venetia. The unity of Italy . Aencelfortissaat Those alone who dreamed of the reotoratice ti dukes and the king of the Two Skills' are to be pito the completion of the work begun in 1869. Veni ce oppressed, se long fallen from its old oPlendterj r from the yoke that weighs upon her ; she is abet". from a regime of compression, violence, pieft,Z. caprice, and spoliation to constitutional institufice4Q pendenoe and liberty." The Mosta says :—" AS regards Italy, the much simplified by the cession of Venetia, bat it is 04 . wise in Germany, where we must expect to ses making demands in accordance with the new 814, 44 which her military success has brought about. I t not, therefore, take it for granted that peace from the step which Austria has adopted, and to ilia k must for the present confine our observations." The Await. National, while hoping that the coma • Venetia will satisfy Italy, says :—On the side of Aser the situation is more serious and may Let grave complication. Will King William Nip his victorious career ? Will he accept the sue tine! If he does, on what conditions? We h ip the intractable ambition of Count No w * Excited by victory will not he and King William demands which our government vrillyegard as inoomp a yi with the interest of France and force them to shah the "attentive neutrality" which they have hit observed ? The. are some of the grave questions Mag og of the unforeseen resolution of the Emperor of La* There was a constant interchange of telegrams (say. France) between the Tuileries and Vienna the wink ( yesterday. M. Drouyn de Lhuys was sent for ma ( I, time to the Tuileries where he may be said to have a gi the day. At Bin the evening M. de Metternich wad i G the Tuileries, where he met the French minister I, foreign affable. After the result of this interview the% e which appeared in yesterday's Moniteur was sent 6 publication. r.fT -- R 01 "WO One Of the Europe is ".* 1 7 is beam/mil**, PUBLIC PEELING AT VIENNA. A letter from Vienna of the 2nd says . the last four and twenty hours there has been a tiny panic here, and people begin to talk of the postibility4 • the capital city of the empire falling into the headed di Prussians. Great depression also prevails in high Mlits circles, and during the last few hours I have reps been told that the Emperor knows no more of what be reoently occurred in Bohemia than the other inhabits* of the metropolis. How this may be I know not, bd certain it is that up to two o'clock on Satuoli k o (the 30th ult..) his Majesty was under the impreujos h i t the state of affairs in the northern part of the eapi . du . on the whole, satisfactory. He was aware that, d d . had been a aeries of sanguinary engagements, bat h had no reason to doubt that Benedek would fail to still his object, which was to prevent the union of th two Prussian armies in Bohemia. At 4 e'ol o i on the above-mentioned day there was to bo d been • great dinner at oonrt, and shortly helm that hour the persons invited were informed that in a* sequenoe of news which had just come in from de northern seat of war his Majesty could not have m pleasure of receiving them. Late in the evening a Wild Council was held, and it lasted so long that the Ewen passed the night in the palace in this city, instead e driving out to Schonbrunn, as is his wont. Wb th Prussians entered Barony the public expecte4.that Bee iek would occupy the passes leading from that ley dom and Prussian Silesia into Bohemia, but if mei layman ventured to hint at the necessity for his debit I he was curtly told that such a measure would into% with the Felcizeugmeister's plan of operation. Thati now a general outcry against the commander-in-did d the northern army, and he is loudly accused of havii ' dawdled away' his time at Olmuts, instead taking the proper measures for securing eligible pm tions in the Era, Riesen, and Sudetic Monti" Hardly an hour ago a military man of high note ober" in my presence that fearful sacrifices must be made too taro possession of positions which a fortnight ago* have been secured without the loss of a single IA • Though we are still without detailed information Neil headquarters of the northern army, it is evident that** two Prussian armies have formed a union, and 6'7 Benedek is reduced to the necessity of adij.,, strictly on the defensive. There are many rtriap,v rumours in circulation, and one of them is tiov , the Archduke Leopold, the commander of the Bth Com - wai requested by Benedek to remain as Pardubits be was restored to health,' because he allowed six or sus. hours elapse before he obeyed en order to advance to I. support of the 6th Corp., under Baron Ramming, vial I for four days manfully bore the violent Ws* made on it by a very considerable part of tie army under the command of the Crown Prince Prussia. Although the Austrian corps, ask Lieutenant-General von Ramming, held its own Nachod on the 27th June, it suffered a very heavy low, s its flank was long exposed to the attacks of the Prezio who were in great force on the heights which skirt tberisi leading from Neustadt and Nachod to Sktilitz. The Sas army and the Ist Austrian Corps, under Lieutenant-Geo ral Clam-Gallas, are said to have been sadly cut up by tir Prumbuis on the 29th of June, and it is highly protebb that such was the case, as very large convoys it wounded men are now on their way to the rear of th Austrian army." TILE ELECTION FOR COCKERNOUTH. --CAROL; TRURRRAT.—Mr. Wilfred Lawson, late M.P. for INA* opposes the re-election of Lord Naas for Cockernak Lord Naas was canvassing to-day, and a meeting has called to be held to-night to support Mr. Lawson's didature. Mr. Lawson has considerable local • and it is expected that the contest will be close. __ .. A small committee, independent of the Nati ' Kite Association, has been for some weeks at work v ' the object of encouraging the riffe•tuakers of the • to produce the best military breech-loader, by coven • • for prizes extending over the whole period of the e . • • 1 Wimbledon meeting. The council of the associatice bin I allotted two targets at 210 and GOO yards respectively fr , the purpose, and have consented to supplement the 1 6 sz:ption for prizes. The Secretary of State for the Home Dips ment has Appointed Dr. Burrows to be a member of di • d Ili I Senate of the University of London. of t We read in the Lancet:—" Amongst the gliestsi 1 a the Speaker's non-official dinner, at which Mr. Bra appeared for the first time, and which excited solo II I notice on account of the supposed abrogation of 'hl i: dress,' were Sir William Fergusson and Mr. Paget 0 Speaker is, we are happy to find, not one of those lin forget their doctors when restored to health : both tlwe i gentlemen were in attendance upon him during his phis i at the commencement of the present session." .. The will of George Rennie, Esq., C.E., F.R.S., I ~ Wilton-crescent, Belgrave-squlre, was proved in Leann • by the executors—mini ly, Mrs. Tlarg met Anne Rents • the relict; Welby B. Jackson, E.g., the brethe in-law ; James Rennie, Esq., the brother; el Frederick l'epys Cockerell, Esq., the nephew. l' • personalty was sworn under 60,0001. The will I dated September 2, 162, and the testator died Marsh A IfirTi, at the age of 74. To his wife he leaves his residers Wilton-crescent, and the furniture,wines,and stores's!'" his money at his bankers'; and also bequeaths to halal Foundry Wharf, in Holland-street, for her life, and after ke docesse, to his three children ; and divides saran them his fifty shares in the Norfolk Estuary; W P a ' of his executors, 100/. ; to his brother, Jo . • Rennie, a further aunt of 2001. ; and to his btothg . Matthew also 2001. To his two sons he ha" : all his movable machinery, tools, kc., in the Jo' partnership business earrie4 on between him and ilto; . and to his said sons he leaves his other wharf in ifsibli street and his freehold and leasehold estate and pis° at Greenwich. The residue of his estate and effect& leaves to his wife for her life, and the principal as la decease to his two sons and his daughter equally. . The Brighton Herold says that one evenini lto week a part of the road near Lewes, for a distavoi nearly 200 yards, was literally covered with young!". They were proceeding towards • pond iu the neig." . ._ • hood. A heavy shower of rain and hail had just bin° . The frogs were no bigger than spiders. THE UNIT/GRIMY OF THE CITY OF Naw YOU."' The degree of Doctor in Physical Science, conferee:lA Erasmus W. Smith, of New York, is the first of this PP bestowed by the university, and perhaps in this and is the first recognition in that way of the tendency of American advancement.—New York ~ ooe the nal Ser st