The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-22 00:00:00

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The incident itself seems to have been exaggerated, but the principle involved requires to be clearly stated in the face of the false reasoning and Ma. tent denunciations it has called forth. As is not uncommonly the case, the careful personal inves tigations we have instituted, the result of which wv gave to our readers yesterday, show the con ventional estimate both of foreign and English workmen to be erroneous. The former have been - commonly credited with greater industry, gentle - - - - aces, and contentment, while the 'tatter's claim to admiration rested on their alleged supe rior strength, manliness, and skill. The truth appears to be that, with high wages and English beer, the virtuous Belgian speedily conforms to the habits of his fellow-workers, and that he is found both to labour and to shirk labour with as much facility as they. The cost of importation, the inconvenience of interpreting, and the unplea sant risk of hostile demonstrations, are not coun terbalanced by any superiority in the behaviour or morale of the men brought over ; and it is certain that when Englishmen can be found able said will ing to give honest work for a liberal wage, the de mand for foreign labourers will be always checked. Few but those whose capital and energies are engaged in great public undertakings know how much depends upon the hewers of wood and drawers of water ; or how miserably the supply of these has fallen short of the requirements of the day. We shall not be suspected of being any __ _ . . . _ thing but well-wishers of the labouring class when we say that the abnormal demand which has arisen for their services has exposed them to the ordinary temptations of prosperity. Just as the wealthy shopkeeper or the vulgarian suddenly grown rich not wifrequently loses self-control and is guilty of extravagances which provoke a smile, so the hod man, the brickmaker, or the navvy, who finds him self indispensable, is prone to assume airs, and make exactions not to be justified by reason or common sense. Nor is this the only evil. The present rate of pay is such that four or five days' work a week provide sufficient money for his wants ; and the rule is that one or two days' idleness is consequently in dulged in. There are at this moment at work labourers, within a few miles of London, who earn more per diem than a captain in the line ; and this by little more than the exercise of sheer brute strength. But, worse than all, a sufficiency of steady and continuous labour is not to be obtained even at such a price as this. Turn which way we will the story is the same. Enterprises of vast public utility are delayed, capital is idle, and energy unproductive, because of the difficulty in securing workmen, not who will stick to their last, but who will give even partial and intermittent help in return for liberal pay. Such are the circumstances under which an at tempt has been made to set up a factious cry against the introduction of a foreign element into works 'hitherto left to Englishmen alone, and which have recently stood still for want of hands. Public writers have not been ashamed to indite fustian concerning foreign invasions, and to invent fictions as to the terms upon which Belgian excavators are engaged. It is unnecessary to touch here upon the recent battle of the tunnel It seems to have been the work of a few paltry fellows of the claw who batten on the weaknesses of English workmen, and to be viewed by those on the spot as little more than a drunken brawl. Punishment will very properly be visited on the ringleaders ; peace is restored at the works ; and so the matter ends. But the arguments by which the outrage has been palliated are more mis chievous than the offence which has called them forth. That any men, or body of men, have a vested interest in any description of labour is a fallacy to be put down, if necessary, with a strong hand ; and bad the so-called riot been of the magnitude supposed, there is not a doubt but this would have been done. Free labour is an integral portion of free trade, and for navvies or their advocates to complain of its adoption it as much as if London omnibus drivers were to pass resolutions against the Metropolitan Railway, or ticket porters to ask that the London District Post should be withdrawn. Public utility must always override individual interests, and em ployers have as much right to purchase labour in the best market as any other article of their trade. It would be exaggerating recent occurrences be yond their importance to insist further upon this obvious truth, and the teachers who have spoken with sneaking sympathy of the trumpery Entente of a few days back are fully aware that any repeti tion of it would be mercilessly snuffed out. Laudable efforts are being made to transfer from the poverty-stricken districts of England workmen new burdening the rates. It remains to be seen how far these efforts will be successful, and whether the present law of settlement has had aught to do with the glut of labour in one county and the severe dearth of it in others. The point in which all are interested is, that common sense rules of life shall be applied without let or hindrance to commercial undertakings, and that when there is more employment than hands, stag nation shall be relieved in the readiest and most cohvenient way. A manhood suffrage association has been formed is Leeds. 11 10. ii °k 4 , rr i 11• : 1 , 'XP. OUR CONTEM -11"- m--- 07 ; 4.77, . TEN SWISH ASSOCIATION. re : Treating of the meeting of the British Aanocia tion foe the Advancement of Science, which opens to-day at Notthugharn, tl a Doug News observes that tried at first by the severe teat of ridicule and subjected after wards to the severer test of theological suspicion, the emaciation hen ***lived them both, and its meeting is a kind of democratic parliament of science, assembling annually under a president elected for his scientific eminence alone, admitting all who choose to become members to a s hare in its deliberations, and trusting for support entirely to the popular interest in flu scientific objects. The sultivation of the physical schemes is the meat marked and euoceseful oompatioa of the age, and the triumphs of those sciences over the reluctance and resistance of the great natural forms is the most marked feature of modern civilisation in its material and intellec tual aspect.. The Divine command to subdue the earth is 'being rapidly obeyed ; and the empire of man over nature is represented by the great wee to which science has subjected the natural forces and laws. The British Association contributes to " the advancement of science" quite as much indirectly as directly. Meeting year by year in different localities, and in each place at tracting universal interest and commanding universal at. tuition, it has sot only increeeed the popularity of scien tific men, but it has greatly widened the area over which the spirit et m6151411(3 investigation operates. There is peculiar sppropriatenees, adds the Daily News, in the pre sidency of Mr. Grove, a well-known representative of electrical science on the present occasion, when the List and greatest triumph of that science—the Atlantic cable — has _ ISA been isooomplished. For • period of nearly ftirty yearn, says the ffirkgsapli, Ibis body has been far lees a philosophical madam, so ciety preaching knowledge to the British nation, than • veritable parliament if science, representing what we may without derogation call the intellectual commons, com manding the vote, the purse, and the work of the country. Bringing together men of undeniable renown, it has en abled them to confer and compare notes ; his reduced their instated, imperfect labours, often at crow purposes, to a system, enforced and animated by a spirit of concert; and winning the confidence of the public, it has actually drawn goodly contributions, out of which it can vote sup plies and make pants in aid. Beyond these sufficiently tangible benefits, so spontaneously and generously con ferred on the empire, it ha achieved another splendid "tea in 'singing about an ever-extending combination be- Aiwa philosophy, applied science, and the inventive in dusky of the land. THE YARMOUTH ELECTION. The report of the first day's proceedings of the election commission, writes the Times, conveyed to Sir E. Lacon the startling intelligence that 4,0001. had been spent on his behalf in " illegal expenses" at the late Yarmouth elution, and he was horrified at the discovery. It was the first ward that he had heard of it. Who could be the guilty person out of whose pocket this good round sum came? Not Sir Edmund Lacon, certainly: that he can say, and he does say before the commission. Whoever gave the money, it was a simple disinterested act of friend ship to Sir Edmund bacon. To be sure, it turns out that the highly benevolent and generous person out of whose pocket came the round sum of 4,0001. WY Mr. Nightingale, Sir Edmund !Luton's partner. This unknown subsidiser and ready-handed au x iliary was close at Sir Ednaund Lacon's side throughout the Yarmouth election, and the electioneering donation proceeded oat of one side of his own brewery. How little do we know who oar best friends are ! Who. ever the munificent donor may be, Sir Edmund Laoon assures the commission that be never will be repaid, and that nothing shall ever induce Sir Edmund to refund • farthing of it. No; a gift it is, and • gift it shall remain, and Sir Edmund Lawn has had, or has now, nothing whatever to do with it. A sum of 1,0001. was spent at the election of 1859. A Hr. Cory says :—" I should say positively that I did not put the 1,0001. in the bill in one sum." Had he done so, Sir Edmund Icon would have been obliged to make inquiries. Bat he " distributed it over the bill," in consequence of which Sir Edmund was only "annoyed at the largeness of the bill," which the most upright and tender moral convic tions would allow. Sir E. Icon " never examined items." It is an oasis of innocence amid conspiracy and contrivance. The candidate knows everything except what he ought not to know. The Times has no reflection to make, except that so fortunate and so nicely adjusted an ignorance can. not escape the suspicion to which all too lucky coinci dences are liable. It cannot for a moment be imagined, the Pod remarks, that the friend who provides 1,000/. or 4,0001 to ensure the election of • candidate would do anything of the kind except on the understanding that he was to be repaid, and as between men of honour no securities are required. But surely it would be safer to fulfil the tacitly recog nised obligation through the agency of • " stranger" than to pay it in a solicitor's bill of costs. This is • weak point in the case of the " Red" party, inasmuch u the connexion of the member with the repayment of money advanced to secure his seat appears to be wholly gratuitous. It is plain that the leaden of the rival parties in the borough are morally responsible for a state of things which, profitable as it may be to some persons, imposes more than a pecuniary burden on gentlemen who, like Sir E. Icon, might reasonably stand upon their local qualifications. It may or may not be tree that two conservatives would be returned in an election conducted on pure principles, but, at all events, the character of a constituency is, in the long run, worth more to statesman in the House of Commons 1 . than one vote on a division. THE posrnox OF THE POPE. The Times concludes an article on the present position of the Pope as follows :—" Greet as Rome is, it is not large enough to harbour within its walls the King and the Pope; nor is there any need that it should be. The Italian government is already established at Florence, nor could it find a more pleasant or more appropriate habitation. This need not imply a repeal of the vote of the Italian nation, nor need Rome be deprived of the name of capital of Italy, with which she was bailed by the Turin parliament. The working capital may still be at Florence, bat the old me tropolis, with the Pope at the Vatican, may also be re sorted to for great and rare solemnities, such as the coro nation of the King by the hand of the Pontiff, or the ' solemn opening of the first Italian parliament, a ceremony which the Pcpe may yet attend, and in which be may re. peat his patriotic ejaculation, 'Benedite, 0 Sommo Iddia, Maui !' THE FRENCH DIVANDS. The Star finds in the statement of yesterday's Mani tear respecting Belgium the following perport:—By it the French nation are informed that the world may have been a little too quick in thinking that the Emperor had resolved to be an absolute cipher in the present situation ; that the Emperor was not quite so officious u some had alleged in informing all the world that affairs might go on without him ; that while no neutral power need fear ag- ' gremion or annexation, it was premature to assume that the negotiations with Prussia had terminated in a conclu sive withdrawal of France's demands ; and that it is not competent for any French journal to assume that the Em peror is lees vigilant than of yore for his country's pres tige, or more disposed than the Frenchmen to see the in fluence of France overbalanced in the course of the changes which are now proceeding. Under these circumstances great plainness of speech was not to be expected, but the NoUtear's ambiguous voice is attuned to peace rather than to war. In the opinion of the Herald, when France seeks com pensation on the side of Belgium she will seek it by the absorption of the whole of Belgium, and the extension of the territory of France to its so-called natural frontier, the Rhine. She may do so some day. At present we have the assurance of the French government that it proposes no violation of Belgian territory, and even those who may not give that assurance the implicit credit which the Herald does may find in the circumstances of Europe suffi cient reasons to reassure them. The English govern ment and the English people are only concerned in the independence of Belgium. The rectification of the French frontier on the side of Germany is a matter with which we have nothing to do, except so far as , the attempt to °Hest it is likely to produce a quarrel be tween France and Prussi► The Herald thinks we have only a respite from war. The peoples of Europe will set to work again te , accumulate wealth for fresh ermine to destroy, and the taxpayen of Enrope will have their beau dens angmested to prepuce the forces of each wintry for soother combat.. Nock power will be afraid of Wog salaamed ky its neighbour, and, dreading another medle- Witt Cater& OSBORNE. AUGUST 21. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Beatries in • carriage and four, attended by Lady Churchill, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Lords.. Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, accompanied by the Princess of Lehdngen, embarked yesterday afternoon ca board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Prince of Leiningen, and steamed round the Isle at Wight, returning to Osborne aeon atter seven o'clock. Their royal highnesses were attended by the Hem lady Biddulph, the Hon. Flora McDonald, Majoe43eneral &yin - our, Major Elphinstose, and Mr. fiahl. The Prince and Princess of Lehuingen dined with the Queen and the Royal family, sad the Rev. George and Mm. Prothero were honoured with invitations in the Wig. There is some probability of Glasgow being honoured soon with a visit from her Majesty. A statue of the Prince Cowart has for wme time bees in preparation for the city, and the equestrian stake of the Queen, so keg stationed at the comer of St. Vincent-place and Buchanan street, was removed a few months minim from its pedestal to be improved. These works are now about completed, and when both ere reedy, the Albert statue will be placed on the east side of George-square, and that of the Queen will have a corresponding place allotted to it on the west side of the square. They are both to be formally unveiled about the end of next month, and it is intended that the inaugural ceremony shall be a notable one in =say re spects. The civic, authorities are to make application to her Majesty to grace the proceedings with her presence, if, however, the Queen finds it impossible to honour Glasgow with a personal visit, it is intended to ask her to depute one of the royal family for the duty. The Duchess (Eleanor) of Northumberland has arrived at her residence In Whitehall-garden from Worthing. The Earl of Gainaborough has left town for Switzerland, to join the countess and the ladies Noel at Geneva. The Baroness de Clifford, who is still residing at Brighton, continues to improve in health. Lord Dunkellin, M.P., has arrived at Air-la- Chapelle. A marriage will shortly take place between Viscount Dania and lady Adam. Hervey, eldest 'ar riving daughter of the late, sad sister to the present, Marquis of Bristol. Lady Middleton has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. 'UST ri —.omit of the banquet given by the town of Crenate& to the United States officers. 14. Nikitine, in proposing the toast of Mr. Fox, Envoy Extraordinary from Washington, and of Mr. Clay, the Minister of the United States at St. Petershorif, said :—" We, the citizens of Cronin*, avail ourselves of the present opportunity to present to the honoured repro' sentative of a great and glorious nation, Mr. Fax, our sin cere and cordial thanks for this testimony of the sympathy aed friendship of Americana for the Russian people, which has been so solemnly expressed in the *darer of the Congress of the United States of North America re specting the occurrence of the 4th of April. This sym pathy is dear to Russians. The citizens of America in the person. of their representatives who are now amongst us, join with us in the universal joy of the Russian people at the preservation of the life of our beloved monareb, and therefore, I propose a toast to the parte of this d►y's festival, " To the citizens of the great republic of Amerlea." (Prolonged hurrahs.) General CLAY, in replying to the toast of his heal* said—As representative of the great republic of the United States of America, I am necessarily a republican, and it would be difficult to And on either side of the ocean a more fervent one, but whilst living in a country which possesses a monarchical form of government. I hav e been convinced that a monarchical government may also be the best form of government when the beet and most vir tuous man in the world is at he head. My hon. friend Fox, likewise a sincere republican, will also soon be convinced of this by bis residence in Russia, and,therefore, it is that I feel it to be my duty to propose as a toast, " Russia, the Russian government, the Russian fleet, the Mimi= army, and all the citizens of Russia." (Load applause.) (uorza's Turawas.) ITALY. FLORENCE. Avaoirr 22. The Official Gazette publishes the nomination of General Cialdini as chief of the general staff. ROME. ROME, AVOlin 21. The official journal of Rome of to-day says : " Signor Giacomo Commin, deputy to the Florence Parliament, has been conducted to the Pontifical frontier, solely for using a false passport, con trary to law. Other deputies and senators have previously visited Rome without ever having been molested, notwithstanding their intemperate language in parliament and their hatred against the catholic church." OUTWARD AMERICAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Ammer 22. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Allemania sails at noon to-day for New York with the mails, a full complement of passengers, and a large cargo including 102,8001. English specie, and French jewellery value 38,000 fr. AMERICA. (DT ATLANTIC TELCCRAPH.) NEW YORK, Atom 20, Evaßims. Gold, 144. Exchange on London, 1581 ; 5-20 United Statesl3onde, 1101. Middling upland, 34. (Rzurzz's inravuo.) ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN. NEW YORK, Auourr 9. Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands, together with her suite, arrived at New York on the Bth inst. in the steamer Java from Liverpool. She was received by the United States officials of the ports, acting under orders received from the State Department at Washington. The Queen was stopping at the Brevoort House, and would shortly leave for Washington, where Secretary Seward would show her the courtesies becoming her rank, the Queen having accepted an invitation to be the guest of the government. Accounts from St. Alban's, Vermont, state that the grand jury at Windsor had found indictments against General Sweeney, General Spear, and Colonel Meehan, the Fenian. Against General Spear there are two indictments. Justice Nelson presided in the Circuit Court, and Chief Justice Chase was present for a short time during one day's session. A private letter to General Howard, dated Vicksburg, August 3, says : Things are getting worse in this oonntzy every day. Freedmen murders are nothing. At least thirty have been kilied during the past air weeks in this country. The New York Tribune had received the follow ing from New Orleans concerning the loss of life in the late riot : Official information at headquarters shows that the statement of the Lieutenant-Governor that 43 police. men and several citizens were either killed or wounded, is an unmitigated falsehood. One policeman died of sun stroke and about three were badly wounded. One citizen, a rebel, was killed accidentally by the police. On the other side, the record will show the slaughter to be over 100 Union men, and the wounding of about 300. General Howard and General Gregory, his in spector, just returned from Texas, had an inter view with the President on the Bth, regarding affairs in that state, which are reported in a very de moralised condition. Madame Bonaparte, widow of the late Jerome Bonaparte, sister-in-law to Napoleon 1. and aunt of the present Emperor of France, residing in Baltimore, met with quite a painful accident on the 6th inst. She was descending the stairs of her residence, when, by a misstep, she fell forward, breaking one of the small bones in the right wrist and bruising her forehead. MEXICO. A San Francisco despatch of the 17th says : It is dated that passengers recently arrived from Tepie aad Acapulco assert that Hosea& and his whole form had gone over to the l'berala The French had notified a large number of the inhabitants of Ampule° to deist in the defence of the town, and officers appointed to command them, and declining to serve, were summed from 10 dollars to 25 dollars per month. The New York Herald's correspondent in the city of Mexico says : It was regarded as a fixed fact that Maximilian and a large body guard of Atustelan troops would soon embark for Europe. On the other hand, it is said that Marshal Bassin* would order their detention by force if necessary. _ _ . San Francisco advice' to the Bth inst. had been received. The British war steamer Sparrowhawk arrived the previous day from Victoria. The amount of bullion shipped from Virginia City and Gold Bill, Nevada, during the past seven months amounted to 7,891,326 doles The Princess Dagmar and the Prince Royal of Denmark are to embark at the of next month for Eit. Petersburg. The marriage between the Cammewitch and the princess is fixed for the beginning of October. It is announced that the Prince Royal of Prussia is about to visit Hanover and Hesse as Viceroy to preside over the organisation of the Prussian administra tion in those countries. A story is current that se Napoleon 111. was this year leaving Vichy, be called for lAon, his old valet, and, having banded a sealed packet to him, said that the parcel positioned the titlwAseds of the clink* and grounds be had just quitted, and which the Emperor has inhabited dining his successive vide " Yon are a landlord now," said his master to Lion, " and I hops you will accept use next year se • taunt, at the rate ei 20,000 fr. rent. I 'hell pay regularly." •` 'Rgss, wEDNEsD p Ai '. 5 , AUGUST , , 8 0:, i ig inn 411 - 14 n, will sway adltiu to I : . INTELLI I aegis, Ter the ' Imitog d it o tech --t-- •' • , DM is of Wica, i short a g e .a: : .".'t CAN MISSION • 1 ' 111 ' le, us Aeret look Isegsid le thelat —.--- . • segmedtation. lam sooount of the banattet elven by the town of Cram A CLAIMANT TO THE DERWENTWATER ESTATES. A discovery was made during the late war in Germany, observes the Morning Post, which seems likely ere long to add another chapter to the rename of the English peerage. When James Radcliffe, Earl of Dement water, was executed for his share is the rising on behalf of the Pretender in 1715, he left a son, the Hon. John Radcliffe, and a daughter, Anna Maria, who afterwards married the eighth Lord Petre. The son, although be lost his title of nobility by the attainder of his father, we. admitted tenant in tail of all his settled estates, and the fortune of the earl's daughter was also raised and paid out of the same. The earls son was in possession of the estates during 16 years, and had lie lived to at tain 21 he might have effectually dealt with them so that they could not at any future time have been affected by the attainder of his noble father, or of his nude, Charles Radcliffe. Upon his supposed or reputed death in 1731, without issue, the estates were confiscated by the crown, notwithstanding the fact that collateral relatives were living at the time. It is now asserted that the His. John Radcliffe did not die in 1731, as reported, but that he escaped to the Continent, and lived in Germany to the age of Moreover, it is alleged that a lady is now living at Blaydon-on-Tyne who claims to be a lineal descendant of the John Radcliffe in question. This is the Lady Amelia Matilda Mary Tudor Radcli ff e, Counter of Walchteine- Waters. The Newcastle Chronicle says her ladyship's claims were brought under the notifies of government ten years ago, and gives the following account of the result of that application, toptherwith a statement of the additional evidence brought to light within the last few months " In the month of May, 1857, the Commissioners of In land Revenue commenced an action against the Lady Ma tilda to recover taxes from which she claimed exemption. In support of her claim of exemption, and also with a view to enlist the sympa th ies of his lordship in her favour, she forwarded a number of family documents, of vital import ance in support of her thee, to the late Lord Palmerston for his personal nspectiou, requesting to have the original do cuments; returned. The taxes from which she awned ex emption were not enforced, but she never saw these impor tant documents again; Lord Palmerston, although at first admitting that he had received them, afterwards affecting 4wrance as to their existence—a most unworthy device on the part of the great stableman. The unfortunate lady was thus deprived of most important evidence in support of her claims on the rich and extensive estates of the Der wentwaters. During the time James, third and last Earl of Derwentwater, lay in the Tower, his countess removed a quantity of valuable jeweller,, plate, pictures, furniture, and furnishings from the mansions on the Isle of Derwent and at Dilston. These seem to have been selected as me mentoes of her beloved lord and other members of his illustrious family. When she took up her residence at Louvain, these interesting and valuable articles were coo veyed thither, and most probably by way of Blaydon, Jobe shipped at Newcastle. Most singular to relate, these rich and curious objects, after a lapse of more than a century and a quarter, have been brought back to Blaydon again. There are so many of them as to fill almost every room o" lady Matilda's residence. Their history is clothed with romance. When war broke out between France and Ger many, towards the close of the last century, these inte resting memorials of the Radcliffe family were placed for security in a moret vault in Hesse-Darmstadt. There they lay undisturbed until the beginning of this year, when they once more saw the light. They had suffered by lapse of time, but much more by the damps of the vault, some of the valuable family pictures having sustained irreparable injury ; but the state the whale of the articles were in was still sufficient to show their former beauty and splendour. Lady Matilda, by permission of the authorities of Hesse-Darmstadt, hail the greatest portion of these relics of the former grandeur of her family removed to Blaydon, fortunately just in time to prevent their capture by the victorious Prussians. The pictures and other perishable articles have since been renovated as far as possible ; but the workmen have succeeded in restoring a portion only of their pristine splendour, in some instances the damage caused by damp and its accompanying decay being irrepa rable. We have, through the kindness of Lady Matilda, been favoured with an inspection of this truly unique col lection. Nearly every article has inscribed upon it a date, and the name of either Dilaton Hall or Isle of Derwent, showing from which of the family residences it bad been taken." The Neweadle Cliroeide then gives s long deseriptive Catalogue of the srtieles referred to. The Bishop of Oxford attended a large meeting in the Lewes County Hall, yesterday afternoon, to advo cate the claim. of the Society for Promoting the Employ ment of Additional Curates in Populous Places. In an address on the spiritual destitution existing in many parts of England, he said the temper of the times was against endowments, and a man must be an uncom monly foolish man who set himself up against the temper of the times in order to bring back the old times. There was no more possibility of accomplishing that than there was of bringing down the dog star to dine with us. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) As to trying to bring back an age of endowments he had not the slightest idea of trying anything of the kind. AN ENTAILLD ESTATZ.—The you ng er SOU of the proprietor of an entailed estate in the north having while &breed succeeded to the estate, visited the county, bat, finding the rent-roil not more than 650 1 ., with litigations which threatened to ...snow up the estate, he returned to a foreign country, leaving the estate to the aminigement of a party resident upon the spot. This was In 1853. The party managing compromised the litigation, and by an expenditure of not more than 3,0001., raised the annual value from 6504 to nearly 1,5001. The new proprietor married subsequent to his sonseesion, but having no isms the party managing there upon arranged with the next heirs of entail con ditions upon which the estate wee lest year disentailed. Detached portico of the waste were thereafter sold far 9,7001., which was sufficient to pay off the purchase WWI for the .orient to diaential, and also to pay family ffoyt• lions under bends of previous heirs over the estate. There remain of the estate, which is now the absolute of the heirs entail in possession, lands paying annual rental of upwards of 8001., or nearly 9001. more then the value of the whole estate in 1863, with dwelling-honor and farm-offices second to norm in the country ; and, con sidering that the two previeas heirs of entail were eminent as practical forams, the recent management, extending over no more than 13 years, was very succomfid.—Neriderie Ensign. Ltanwsze To aorizas..—Under the new Inland Besmear Act an uniform penalty of 101. on unissued hawkers is to be adopted, which carnet be mitigated below oaefsurth ; sad they on besiege into custody to be dealt with in a summary meaner. jappormak (77 . fiNtr 41-177 FROM PARIS. (valiewir Doan r< \ PARIS. T UISDLT Emma. The contradiction in the Moniteur of the news that the Emperor bad written a letter to the King of Belgium disclaiming any annexationist views, and even promising to support the present dynasty, is something more than the correction of an in accuracy. There is a wide difference between this story and the admission of the Moniteur that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had informed the English government that Frame " had not claimed the fortresses Marienboorg said Phllippeville, which are in the hands of a neutral power." It is pre sumable that the communication alluded to was not spontaneous, but in answer to inquiries (the prudence of which may very likely be called in question hereafter) which Lord Cowley was in structed to make. The short answer that France did not " claim" the two fortresses mentioned falls far short of an absolute disclaimer for the future. It is observed, moreover, that the emphasis laid on the words "neutral power " may be interpreted as a hint that the claim upon Prussia, which is not a neutral power, remains open when time shall serve. The virulence with which most of the Paris papers are now criticising the summary way in which Prussia has absorbed Hanover and the other Northern States tends to diminish confidence in the pacific assurances understood to have been lately given to Count de Goltz. A Florence letter in the Dlabala says mysteriously that on the subject of Venetia Italy finds the negotiations with France more difficult than with Austria. Letters from Frankfort, more explicit, say that the cession is not to be made directly to Italy, and that the Venetian people will be consulted by universal suffrage. A correspondent of the Patrie writes from Vienna that the result of the vote will probably be in favour of " autonomy," that the Venetian nation ality will be proclaimed, and the province made a viceroyalty with an elective chamber ands senate. " The viceroyalty of Venetia will become the inti mate ally of the kingdom of Italy." lam one of those who believe that universal suffrage can be made to do whatever the power that for convenience consults it desires to have done. But I cannot believe this story, al . though I do not know what the difficulties are to which the Dilate alludes. To throw impedi menta in the way of the incorporation of Venetia in Italy, which, whatever the hocus-pocus of detected universal suffrage might do, is the all but unani mous desire of the Venetians, would be to pro claim a general war, and that under circumstances most disgraceful for France. Moreover, I believe it quite certain that Prussia, when she decided that neither good faith nor her own interests re quired her to support the Italian claim for the Tyrol, promised Italy that she should have Venice. The Libert4, referring to various schemes sug gested for protecting the interests of French creditors in Mexico after the French troops shall be withdrawn, concludes that they are all chimerical. It sums up its arguments as follow : If the empire lasts, it will refuse to give up its customs revenues to its creditors, and it will be quite right, for then it would have nothing to go on with. If pressed on this subject, it will abdicate. If it abdicates, the new government will not recognise the debt; or, if it should, it will be superseded • fortnight atter we evacuate by another government which will not recognise, and that for the conclusive reason that no one is bound to do impossi bilities. This is all very sad for the Mexican bondholders, but it is the truth. A big gun, weighing 40,0001b5., manufactured at Angouleme, has just been brought to Toulon for the ironclad ship Taureau, which is about to try experiments with it. The Toulon papers say tms gun will send a ball through the strongest iron sides in existence. The Nominate de Rouen stated that a misunder standing had occurred between Count de Niewer kerke and M. Courbet, the painter, on the subject of " La Femme au Perroquet," which, according to the Norman paper, plays the part of Helen in the matter. M. Courbet thought he had sold the pic ture to Count de Niewerkerke, as representing the state, for 10,000 fr. The director of the National Museum denies the bargain. Seeing the high prices which favourite modern paintings now fetch, I should have thought the work in question, one of the most remarkable in this year's ex hibition, cheap at the money. A coo mosicrei to the journals now states that the difference between Count de Niewerkerke and M. Courbet about the "Femme au Perroquet," is one of price. The director of the museums promised to buy the picture, but did not say what he would give for it, he now offers 8,000 fr., and the painter asks 10,000 fr. The Eeetremeat tells the following most wonderful story of the Pont de la Concorde catastrophe : M. Charles Lbuillier, a retired cod garde, who has saved as many as ten persons from drowning, was on the bridge with his wife at the time of the accident. Seeing his wire in a fainting state, and on the point of falling, be at ow e decided what to do ; he took held of her and threw her over the parapet of the bridge into the Seine, jumped in after her, and brought her rife to shore to a few minutes. The Bourse was firmer, and somewhat more active. Rents rose be. for cash and 7ic. for account, closing at 69fr. 20ic. and 69fr. 12}c. Italian rose 20c., dosing at 53fr. be. Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. AUSTRIA. The New Free Press of Vienna publishes the fol lowing telegram, dated Prague, August 18 : " The Emperor's anniversary was celebrated here to-day with great pomp. The archbishop celebrated high mass, at which not only all the imperial authorities were present, but the Prussian Generals Vogel . Von Falkenstein, Herwirth, Von Bittenfeld, and Erich, with their staffs. Before mass, the Prussian General Falkenstein passed in review order the different corps of the civic guard, thanked them for the services which they rendered in preserving order in the city, and promised that the guns which had been taken from them on the entrance of the Prussians would be restored. The national hymn was sung three times at the theatre during the evening." Prince Napoleon hem again left Paris for hie seat near Geneva. His imperial highness will not pro- bably remain more than ten days, as he is expected to pass the coming month et Havre. A letter from Biarritz gives some details of the recent loss of We at that watering-place, already briefly alluded to. It soya:—" About fifty persons from the Beam and the Landes were bathing at a spot called the Chuabre &Amour, at about half a mile from the lighthouse, where • boat has been stationed for some days past, as is usual during the season. An immense wave, forming a half circle, sud denly swept over the bathers, who were holding matt other by the band ; the drain was broken, and four of the number, all belonging to the department of the Lades, were carried out to sea and drowsed. Their names were Francois Diusansp, of Poyexiin, father of font children ; M. Lageyre, of Cullman, father of three children ; lime. Ceenieet, of Hartman, mother of two fm4 Mese. Campagee, of Pepe, soother of is The body alr the last-nuseed he. ekes been yeeirteeed." SAXONY. It is announced from Dresden that th e at Saxony has given his consent to the three f 016,, points which form the basis of th e ee : . vendors for the regulation of th e la. tau question, the only one T i lt - t o o ffer any difficulty, the King resigned himself to renounce all tlipt eratim. presentation abroad Dresden shall 3 4 a garrison composed exclusively o f g oit soldiers, the number of which the lio rg augment or diminish at will, p rov id ed it 4 not exceed 4,000 men of all arms. tad. i ee sic and Etautzen will have garrisons ezzb a W d Prissian. The rest of the Saxon troops v iu garrisons in the Prussian towns which the Kiw i Prussia will determine. 3rd. This arssagnei i only provisional, and for the term of aw ing The Prime Royal Albert of Saxony command of the Saxon and Prussian troops hi to Timm in the kingdom. OVEREND,GURKEY,ANDCOMPAPYi y i d (rills DAY.) This mornings meeting of shareholders Mr by the committee of supernsioa (Mains ff ig k Orissa, and Oppeuheim) wall held at the Li n d a Tar —. Thom gentlemen stated that although th e k r ia sam - 7 expressed their willingness to o re th o , Mao tion upon any point connected with the dation they felt themselves by ream went o f a legal status to be entirely *g o y sash power of supervision as would seettr efficiently to control the affairs of the wising.. g t : ii Jammer as they might comelier eensistent with Me Me i j i of those by whom they were appointed. Undrether eum enness they sailed the meeting to Bengt ra t i formation as they bed been able to obtain ead title% opinion of the meeting as to the advantage why all result from eentinubig in the anomalous postg at i a * they felt themselves placed. Mr. Cinteem (who occupied the chair' stat e d t ile committee had been la attendance with the lingje. once a weak; but they had no power to *huh s ok or t a ke up any questions except those Min tbs Ig deters brought before them. They bad, home, su, tamed e nou g h to become dissatisfied with the sessaga of affairs. (Cheers.) There was en moan al Ilug of the shareholders' money with the compuiyeageg ra He himself was a depositor of 38,000 f. sad shun it shares. Mr. Kitignote had 150 gang, and 114 helm represented the pure depositors se the The committee felt that the shareholder degat a on amorist of the assistance they had gra 1 , the company, were entitled to nee ua co:indent/en, and they went amordiagly Vice-Chanoellor Kindersley, for a set off. Tl* wi g being adverse, they appealed to the Lard ClEs* who appozently had dismissed the petition ; f rik he bad given them all they asked for, for tiny Mo s would now receive his dividend on the deposit, ha u m have to pay his cells as they were made. Prime', formation the committee had been able to obishotem satisfied the limited liability company ought ameba been formed. (Loud cheers.) The business ones Mtn before it was parted with by the old fini—Mosq-ie of the 15,500,000/. of meets, only ail; was able. It was, however , only just to my the mittee could not lay their fingers upon a Ingle deism able act on the part of the firui since the etap p zaji t had given up, he believed, every penny they had been stated that there was a difference 1 opiate moan the committee, but that was only the me abe as they were influenced by the different Wens* try presented. They were all agreed as to the am* d I call, but while Mr. Oppenheim was naturally mum to large a call as he could get, Mr. Eames lied smallest, and he himself wanted a proper sell, in into such amounts as would make it say ef The liidators reported that a profit of 256" made in the lAEA months, during which the liniti pony had been in operation, whereas the gathered that in that time there was a furtlierkek q 00,000/. They thought too that some MO been taken towards disposing of the p unts mem k obtaining an auctioneer's valuation and by other am (Cheers.) They did not know whether anything of then had been done. He did not mean to my tbattlen been an absolute refined os the pert of the linifeemi give information, but they bad shown a robe:neat* so. They had positively refused to give the teas e addresses of the shareholders. Mr. Time* Wei sad Mr. H eed in g eight similar affairs in lead, sad it meld not y attend to the winding ap el Anti of Omen and and Gurney, which required the mem the liquidators every day from 10 o'clock in the coq till sat night. If they went on as they were now* the shareholders would all be called upon for 351. ais to pay the depositors, and the mete would take met years to resins. He wished the present liquidates-vie he looked upon as nominees of the old firm—teem but that others should be appointed to week them. He bad been written to urging him virteaDytir diet the old firm for fraud --(cheeriq—ba, is at pen advised, he thought rand that that question was dirndl better it would be for the interest of the sharebeldea Mr. OPPENNSIE, while expensing his enliven leave his own deposits locked up for the sat 1$ el years, spoke in favour el the 10/. calla He hid amid the again of Messrs. Overend and Gunter, Belk found a formidable amount of outstanding di errepreLbutingpt.prinecipaltes.ly fi T nns h.e who Tinoneles Mss et before the business was made over m the et pony to something more than 3,000,00 W., and it appal that the directors of the new company began by entl advances to 'bailer e. The company had NI 411 to newt a concern with peopl a lock up of 3,000,000. (tom At the lime of the stoppage the debtor bares Mee drawn accounts amounted to 400,000/. Mr. TORQVAND did Doe think the liquidate* bed Is quite fairly dealt with by the committee el men, It was only yesterday that Mr. Grissell told den considered that the committee and the m embers till liquidate tbs aw old firm were the proper Pawn' to to * puny, and that he and Mr. H ardin g were the ligsi proper s t " lff i b r e gt it boe h arebe y :impo he e e in n nite Le theb lined yttlo hy ma..os , ° : He and Mr. Hardin g eas in and couldno c t ° li re qu lati i te k" Ilad on n s o o t f tibeheoirwnolilaqdersutidatt'islereneoullarnydiintothwyeeinchlontainfders :114 a committee of five. The ling ate * 1115 1° frequently engaged upon the affairs of 10 o'clock in the morning till alum* n' it was impossible to bring before the committee leelW ticulars of every duty they were called upon to nen er', Yet for the last two months the liquidator§ had /qr. iia rn i tantah respooeb t arg i th T l i s el i e sh r o y az : ng to t h he t o irno : tli h trec e he c tO o op tut nin.ion( o C f ofh chancev ed that they were acting in harmony with the and his only objection to furnish the list of einnalr. was on the ground of expens e. At the saine .o wa"" access was given to the list, and was readily given for Mr. Orissell's d g s make a cop y As of it. As to the a stat+e ...mil , partners in the old firm, the sigusurot°4 ca d deeds was only delayed upon technical were signed the moment the partners were MPd do so. He complained of unfairness In the that he and Mr. Harding made the valut: assets of the old compel*: when it h a and lamest hour!' attendance to the affair! of 7 i ; eim had asked the liquidating dttithFtPeybothlTetlhdortheediinendainwnere;lipreyanPlFYndectaneThilt7hhineer°l;e:aWhr temd:7":;:26.4,1. pany. Mr. a call ef 35Ce ' i v rne 7 e. (Hines) ". • dication 0( Mr. HLEDING spoke Tut doctors. tell) (The meeting wasproceeding when our witatt, The Governor of the Tyrol, General 0 01114 Outiglione, has addressed the subjoined his army :—" Bottle, August I, 1866.—‘°•""" Moen, and Moors of the Landsturm, — T he bad dared to memos the Tyrol has oornple owe ttir your country to escape the destruction which it. On three occasions I called you undo It°, loyal endfaithfnl men, sod each time you came bott,' the number of 35,0 00 , to tak e u p the ratio,' loyal joyfull leaving your homes and your hell". your you, fieldsw hich were r equiring your Wald. " i hastesainad from the mountains and_ vallsle It the rash enemy that t ime has not impiree"ir eourase, fidelity, and attachment to the reeteteg u Ti Tbe sous have proved themsetves worthy of fathers. The enemy has been so presumptuous •le f veke you, but has not had the courage to Loyal and faithful soldiers of the landsturm. I 0 •7,:a in the saxes at your Eactp er or. As I consider no n, cllettnindee to be the proprietor of the am' reeiemod_t il t, waited asnorig your countrymen, has acquired as • the battles and encounters as eternal earl. proud to be your commander. —fount ns Csterie, The government of St. Petersburg bas readied its representative et the Gessasais frk Augsburg. The minister for Belgium los ohs drawn. 1 . ;~ 'llll CT in ] elude ele• obi PO skeet Th 4 o'hloa Haw: Whit • lltr. • fib, • `mod "T &sok 1866, the ol so ani obeli' .../ UPI Lot -- - 7 - sena most mote OM 1 oftd i Tb owe ' Mr M~ Mes 10 1011 kg. um the vim Imbl ooe iw wi wit