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TO CORRESPONDF-NTS Avertisementa untended for "The Express," Londoa Evening Page r .k , must be at the Once , 10, Bouveriestreek by Two ce on the day of publication. HAYMARKET. Terre Rennin., A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT.—DAVID GARRICIL Mews. &Ahern, Rue atone, Chippendale, R° Clark, Coe, cte ; %Ire. Chippendale. —LORD DUNDRAEn MARRIED AND DONE FOIL—And A KISS LN THE DARK. PBJNCESM THIS Eviana, THE ENOT CAPTAIN. Mosses. Vining, and G. Honey • Hisses Neilson, Augusta Thomson, and Mrs. Stirling.—And QUIET LODGINGS. BRITANNIA. MIS EViNING, CARTOUCHE, THE FRENCH JACK SHEP PARD. Mr. Reynolds; Mesdames Niles, Macarthy, Booth, ItC. —Joe Lend, Madame Itawden, Frank Willtauts, and Master E. tisaden—And THE DOWNFALL OF PRIM HIGH WATESAT LONDON BEMS THIS DAT —Morning. 2h 27m Afternoon, 2K 52m. To-Moaaow—Morning, 311. 17m Afternoon, 3K 41m, LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 13. THE welcome lately given in the Guildhall to I I the King and Queen of the BELGIANS was some- I thing more than ceremonial. It went beyond the 1 1 , formal courtesy which the chief of a friendly I , nation may always reckon on receiving should he I visit these shores, and which would not be with- ' held from the King of PRUSSIA or the Queen of SPAIN. At the same time, the greeting was poll- I tical rather than personal. If the Royal visitor had been, or could by possibility have been, Lao- I i FOLD I. instead of LEOPOLD 11., it might be easy to misinterpret the nature of the feelings roused I , by his presence. As the husband of the English Princess whose anticipated accession to the throne was one of the cherished desires of the nation, and whose early and mournful death has consecrated her memory, and as the sage and friendly coun sellor of the younger Princess whose reign has realised the expectations which were entertained with respect to her cousin, the late King of the BELGIANS had personal claims, which during his life he did much to strengthen and nothing to forfeit, upon the affection and respect of his adopted country. His successor can, in the na ture of things, have no such hold upon the hearts of Englishmen. Bzlgian by birth, of mixed French and German descent, Catholic in faith, Austrian in marriage, he is as completely foreign to this country as any member of any princely house in Europe ; and he is only connected with the Eng lish Royal family by the SaxE-Coanto blood which flowsin the veins of every Royal and Imperial family in the Old World and the New. In the short period which has elapsed since his accession he has had no sufficient opportunity of displaying his capacity and integrity as a constitutional ruler. The ex ceptional cordiality of the welcome lately given to him was in part a tribute to the virtues of his father. But it was even inure emphatically an expression of cordial respect for the country of which he is the representative, and of interest in its future well-being. In Belgium the nation sees a miniature England on the Continent. The success there of institutions derived from and modelled upon our own goes far to refute the misgiving entertained in some quarters that Consti tutional Monarchy, as it now exists among us, is adapted only to the accidental circumstances of a particular people at a particular period of its history. When the enemies of our form of government point to its collapse and overthrow, or doubtful working, in France, in Spain, in Greece, and elsewhere, it has been a consolation to refer, in reply, to Belgium. The satisfaction with which this is done is not diminished by the fact that the independence and liberties of Belgium are not merely due to the indirect example of English institutions, but are, in a great degree, the direct creation of English policy. There is nothing in the history of Lord PAL MERSTON'S long and varied and incessantly active career on which his countrymen look back with more pride than on his exertions for the establish ment of the new monarchy, of which he was, in a certain sense, the fotmder, and of which, while he livei, he was always the jealous guardian. His name, scarcely less than that of the first King of the Belgians, is a historic link between the two countries. If the liberties and the prosperity of the Belgians are valued by us who see them, they must be doubly dear to the populations who enjoy them. The reception which awaits the young ruler in the progress which he has just commenced through the great cities of his kingdom may well be enthusiastic and devoted. Belgium, for cen turies proverbially the battle-field of Europe, has for a generation been its peaceful garden. The essentially industrial character of the people, to which in the remote periods of history England owed the beginning of her manufacturing great ness, has now almost for the first time had ample scope, and the encouragement of security. Material progress in agriculture, in manufactures, and in commerce, purchased across the frontier at the expense of political and intellectual liberty, have been in Belgium united with it. The strife between the opposing principles of freedom and authority, which was formerly waged with all the devastation of war by Austrian, Spanish, French, and Dutch armies, is now confined to the bloodless struggles of Parliamentary parties. The transfer of power is not to and from a foreign monarchy, but from a falling to a rising minister. The contest, of which every Catholic country is the scene, between the liberal and the clerical parties, is reduced in Belgium to 7 7 Wits ' and carried on in a spirit morl thcds more constitutiona% where. The proof whict the prosperity of the kingdom affords that a nation all but exclusively Catholic in faith may exhibit the highest industrial political virtues, and achieve the greatest in dustrial and political success, is a ground of hope for the future of Europe which these would not will ingly abandon who see little prospect of any sudden or speedyconversion of the Catholic nations to the creed of the Reformation. The comments with which the indipendaace Beige accompanies its announcement of the Royal progress indicate a certain distrust with respect to the future of the kingdom. The dangers at which it hints, it appre hends apparently from without, and not from within. It welcomes the great and ex ceptional occasion afforded to the Belgians for unanimously affirming their national and dynastic sentiments. We cannot believe that there is any real peril. Whatever may be the changes in the distribution of European territory and power, which may be the direct or indirect consequences of the present disturbances on the Continent, the external independence and the internal liberties of Belgium cannot but be respected. This light of hope amid the political darkness cannot be extinguished. The compensa tions to which in certain eventualities the Empe ror of the Fartica appears in a celebrated letter to have pointed, must in equity be sought, if the necessity for them is held to have arisen, from the Powers which have gained by the redistribution, and not at the expense of neutral States wholly uninvolved in the controversy. The precede* of the annexation of Savoy and Nice, little justi fiable as that transaction was, is not to the point. France was aggrandized at the expense of a Power which it had helped to aggrandize still more largely. A hard bargain was strictly enforced. To exact it was ungenerous ; but it was a payment for services rendered. Between the cession of a province and the extinction of a kingdom there is a very great difference. The annexation of Bel gium would be the murder of a nation ; the an nexation of Savoy and Nice, bad as it was, fell :ar short of that enormity. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) MB WAII. In three distinct articles the Times, approach ing the subject from various sides, deals with the war on the continent of Europe. Lord Stanley's address at King's Lynn affords an opportunity for describing the foreign policy of England. Our sympathy is declared to be naturally and necessarily not with potentates or govern ments, but with peoples and races. We have no part whatever in negotiations for ascendancy or precedence in Germany or anywhere else. Should we live to see a people invaded and overwhelmed against its will, and in the face of a national resistance ; or should we see a really popular monarchy subjected to these indignities, that at least will be a new emergency, for it has not yet occurred, and is not even threatened. But for the present England has nothing to contribute to a European congress beyond its sympathy for any brave and united people, its pre ference for popular institutions, its natural love of justice, and its tastes for peace and order. The Pt assian government, the Times says, Is exhibiting as much ability in its political manoeuvres as in the eon duct of its ini'ltaiy operations. There is no doubt that, independent of the prestige of victory, Prussia would at all times command the sympathies of northern Germany, and indeed, the union of all Germany with all Austria would constitute such a monster monarchy as would be a menace to Europe ; because Austria is a catholic, and, what is worse, an ultra - pepistic power, and, as such, in antipathy with the genuine inst'ncts even of most German I a itholics ; finally, because the House of Hapsburg had for centuric: before been in possession of the German empire, and suffered it to perish in its hands, 014 :111g to the bigotry, the improvidence, and the pusillanimity of many of its race. The fortune of war has settled the dispute in favour of Prussia, and she is now fully entitled to pro claim " that the nation's hopes stand or fall with Prussia: , The Austrian army, it seems clear, has been nearly ruined as a military force by the present campaign. An Austrian correspondent, writing three days after the battle, says it may be true that VO,OOO were killed, wounded, taken pri soners, or drowned ; and it must be doubted whether at that date 100,000 effective men were to be found in the army of the north. Meanwhile the Prussians are flushed with victory, and have lost no time in following it up. Their object is doubtless to march along the line of rail to Briinn and Vienna; but the Austrians, under their new commander, are not likely to give up Brfinn without a struggle. Despite the gravity of various symptoms, the Daily News is disposed to think that the prospects of an early peace have increased within the last few days. The French government has disproved the common assumption that it could not mediate pacifically, and the Emperor at present has done nothing to preclude the parties to the war from availing themselves of his friendship to effect a rapproche ment. Another day may change all this, but such appears at present to be the political situation. Prussia is fighting to compel a recognition of its plan for reconstituting the German nation, and Italy is compelled to assert its claim to be treated as an independent power, and it is proper to believe that the policy of the Emperor Napo leon is comprehensive enough to allow room for the ad justment of these dispositions. At the beginning of the present century, the Daily News observes, English liberals favoured the maintenance of small states, but events have taught us now to consider the excellence at which we aim in our institutions in connexion with the probability of defending them from external attack. And we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that the inha bitants of a small state are never sure that they will not be used as a make-weight in the adjustment of some quarrel in which they have no direct concern. A govern. ment desiring to effect annexations will always desire to be surrounded by confederacies which may be divided by the use of a very little art. The events of the last month have shown how unavailable are confederacies for the purpose of defence, and Germany ought to profit by the lesson. The Post contends that whatever Europe may think of the Emperor Napoleon we at any rate have no reason to ' complain of him, and it is no part of our duty to join in the cry against the Rhine annexation coming from those who have robbed Denmark and are invading Bohemia. Neither in word nor in deed is there, so far as the Post knows, any justification for the supposition that France is shaping her course without regard to public interests. The Herald thinks there is no longer any doubt that the armistice proposed by the Emperor of the French has been substantially, if not verbally, rejected by the allied Powers bent on the destruction of Austria. The Herold is lost in wonder at such temerity on the part of l'russia and Italy, but concludes that such conduct will be severely punished in both cases by France. The Telegraph insists that the Emperor of the French does not wish for war, and that the despatch of a fleet to Venetia indicates merely the determination to fulfil the responsibilities of the trusteeship with which he is in vested. THE GUI.I QUESTION. The Tines starts the question whether it is better, on the whole, to attach breech-pieces to the barrels of our Enfield rifles, or to imitate the example of the French Emperor by adopting an entirely new weapon. Captain Walker, of the 79th Highlanders, points out several serious objections to conversion, while, on the other hand, General Peel is in its favour. This is simply a question of fact, and it is one which admits of being settled by decisive tests. But for the purpose of ascertaining the truth the weapons concerned should be placed in the hands of untrained men. However, unless the Snider principle can be so modified as to admit of self-igniting cartridges, the Times does not hesitate to de precate this introduction. No breech-loader is worth adopting, or even examining, which requires to be capped before each discharge. T4;‘, ..A, 4.. I.AX ik Eir.4loo, JULY 4, • II Is • i• 334 f) • • .• *lll . Jo* 12. The Queen walked in the Ads yesterday morning with Prince and Princes, Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, and her Majesty went out this owning with Princes Louie'. Yesterday, by command of the Queen, a dance was given to all her Majesty's servants at Osborne, in cele bration of the marriage of Prince and Princess Christian, a tent having been amused for the purpose on the lawn. At 6 o'clock her Majesty, with Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen is Waiting, entered the tent, when dancing commenced. At eight o'clock sapper was provided for all who were present, at which the health of Prince and Princess Christian was proposed, and afterwards that of her Majesty. At nine o'clock dancing recommenced, and shortly after wards her Majesty, with the Royal Family, again visited the tent for a short time. A portion of the Royal Marine band, from Gosport, per- formed during the evening under the direction of Mr. Earle, the band master. Princes Christian received the following presents on the occasion of her marriage, in addition to those already announced as having been given to her:—From the Crown Princess of Prussia, a ring composed of a large sapphire set in diamonds ; from Prince Christian's mother, a ring composed of a large ruby set in diamonds, which had been brought from England by Queen Caroline Matilda of Den mark, sister of King George 111., and was left to Prince Christian's grandmother, who left it to his mother. Sir James Clark has arrived at Osborne. Mr. Engleheart left yesterday for London. Mr. Mayan has had the honour of taking photographs of Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yesterday afternoon. A deputation from Cumberland, consisting of Mr. Percy Wyndham, Mr. C. Howard, Mr. Edmund Potter, and Cap tain Lowther, had an interview with the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, at the Home-office, yesterday, respecting the 24th section of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh honoured Earl Grosvenor, M.P., and Lady Constance Grosvenor, by his company at dinner last evening, at their residence at Prince's-gate. There were present to meet his royal highness—their Serene Highneasess Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, Maria Marchioness of Allesbury, the Marquis of liartington, DI.P., the Earl and Countess Vane, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Hon. Charles Carington, and Hon. Eliot Yorke (in attendance on the Duke of Edinburgh). Later in the evening their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales favoured Ludy Constance Grosvenor by their presence at a small and early party. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff and a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening at their residence in Grosvenor-crescent. Sir Roundell Palmer, ,M. P., and Lady Laura Palmer entertained the following company at dinner on Wednesday evening at their residence in Portland-place : —His Excellency the United States Minister and Mrs. and Miss Adams, Lord and Lady Wensleydale, Lord and Lady Houghton, Sir John Johnstane,M.P.,and Lady Johnstone, Sir John and Lady Shaw Lefevre and 3liu Lefevre, Mr. W. Vernon Harcourt, Mr. W. H. Gladstone, M.l'., Mr. &c. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh honoured Sir Ralph and Lady Howard with their company on Wednesday afternoon at Craven-cottage. Their royal highnesses arrived about 6 o'clock, preceded by her Royal Highness the Ducheas of Cambridge. Sir Ralph and Lady Howard subsequently had a dinner party invited expressly to have the honour of meeting the Prince and Princess of Wales, who remained the guests of Sir Ralph and Lady Howard till 601110 time past midnight. Sir John Burgoyne arrived at Portsmouth yes terday from London, and, embarking in the steam yacht Black Eagle, paid a visit of inspection to the foundations for the marine forts at and around Spithead. A subscription is in press amongst the mem bers of the liberal majority of the House of Commons for the purpose of pre-enting a suitable testimonial to the litht Hon. Henry Brand, 31. P., late secretary of the Treasury, in recognition of his services in connexion with the party for several years. LATEST INTELLIG • ; THE WAR. f.; r: ' The telegram of to-day announces that French ambassador arrived at the camp of King of Prussia at Zwittau and with him pro bably the ambassadors of Italy and Russia ; but while carrying on negotiations they are probably marching with the Prussian headquarters, which have now reached Czernahora, con siderably to the south of Zwittau, and not many miles distant from Brunn. There are some who suppose that ,the Auatrians will make a stand at Brunn, but though it is confirmed that the bulk of the Austrian army has left Venetia by the double route of the Brixen—lnn spruck and Trieste--Gratz lines to Vienna, it is scarcely poasible that they would be in sufficient form and sufficiently organised to give battle to the Prussians at Brunn. We may, therefore, soon ex pect to hear of the entry of the Prussians into the capital of Moravia as they have already entered the capital of Bohemia. It is estimated that 52,000 troops would be sufficient to man the fortresses and forts of the Quadrilateral, and that they could be held for five or six months against a vastly superior army in the field. There has been considerable fighting between the Bavarians and the Prussians. No lees than 50,000 men are said to have bees engaged on each side. The Bavarians have fought admirably, and do not seem to be afraid of the needle gun. The Berlin account claims the advan tage for the Prussians, but the Munich accounts persist in stating that they have repulsed the Prussians. What appears to be the truth is that neither side has gained any decisive advan tage over the other. The Bavarian army has got it seems an admirable muzzle-loader of great precision, which compensates in some degree for the celebrated needle-gun. The following is the last Bavarian account of the battle: Munich, July 11, Evening. After having forced the passage of the Saak, the Prus sia= advanced on the Midlingen-road, towards }banner stadt. The first Bavarian Brigade repulsed the enemy from Midlingea, and successiully maintained its ground at Grosdorf. Lieutenant-General Toiler tell like • hero- This morning the Prussians were repulsed from Kiasingen. With regard to the prospect of an armistice, the Berlin correspondent of the Temps says : M. Oulvil, the Russian ambassador, has followed M. Benedetti, the French ambassador, and M. de Banal, the Italian ambassador, to the headquai tars of the Prussian army. The English minister is alone wanting to complete the conference. Although it is difficult to obtain information, one thing can be affirmed 111th certainty, and that is that the King of Prussia having accepted the mediation of France, will not grant en armis tice except on two conditions—l, agreement with Italy ; and 2, the signature of the preliminaries of peace with the guarantee of France. lam more than ever of opinion that these conditions will be fulfilled if the Emperor Francis Joseph does not undo what has been accomplished within the last few days by some desperate resolution. ENTRY OF THE PRUSSIANS INTO PRAGUE. The occupation of Prague by the Prussians took place on Sunday last. On the previous evening Prince Schwartzenberg, Cardinal Archbishop, the mayor, and several of the common council of the city, went to the advance guard of the Prussians, about two leagues distant, commanded by Lieut.- Colonel Ramsch. They were received in a friendly spirit, and informed that Prussia would put a gar- ' rison of 8,000 men into the town. The troops were to march the next day at 6 o'clock to take possession. The following proclamation is issued by General Rosenberg : The Prussian army having overcome the Austrians in several encounters, and especially at Koniggratz, having inflicted upon them great loss and compelled them to retreat, the royal Prussian army of the Elbe now takes possession of Prague. The city and country of Bohemia will indeed have to supply the Prussian army, hut persons anti property will be respected. The authorities anti in habitants who have left arc requested to return, in order that the requisitions may be made in a regular manner without the necessity of resorting to force. The com mercial and trading relations of the city will not be in terfered with in the least, and shopkeepers aro especially requested to keep their shops open. The question whether the postal anti railway communications will be re-established will entirely depend on the Austrian and mu eicipal authorities. VON ROSENBERG-ORCSOWSN I, Prague, July 8. Major-General. THE CHILDREN'S EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION. This morning was issued the fifth and concluding report of the Children's Employment Commissioners in reference to trades and manufacturer. The branches dealt I with include printers, bookbinders, wholesale stationers, paper-box and card-board makers, miscellaneous metal trades, silk manufacture, rope and twine manufacture, the ribbon trade at Coventry, brickmaking, Ite. The inquiry into these, say the commissioners, have furnished strong evidence of the necessity of applying to them the same measures of protection for juvenile and female labour and for the sanitary inspection and regulation of the places of work as have been recommended by the commissioners in other cases. The last report of the Inspectors of Factories, they say, supplies conclusive evidence of the great benefits already derived by the pottery and all the other manufactures which were placed under the Factories Acts Extension Act two years ago. One remark of the com missioners in the course of their report is that it is ti happily " to a painful degree apparent throughout the whole of the evidence that against no persons do the children of both sexes so much require protection as against their own parents." Since 1840, however, the commis sioners recognise improvements. "The age," they observe, " at which the youngest children are sent to work, or put to work by and with the"' parents, is now a little ad vanced. At that One instances occurred in which chil dren began work ` as early as three and four years of age not 'infrequently five, and between five and six.' Instances of chili'-en he;eg employed below six appear now to be comparatively rare, except in the straw-plait schools, where children of three and three and a half years old were found at work for many hours together. The treatment of the children is improved ; iustances of cruelty or severity appear to be few. Apparent suffering from in sufficient food and clothing has diminished. Complaints arising out of the system of apprenticeship have become rare. The sense of responsibility on the part of employers towards those under them has been greatly raised. Efforts for the moral and intellectual improvement of the work , people, and an active interest in what will contribute to their comfort and well-being—described in the former inquiry as ' very uncommon'—are now happily widely , diffused, and attended with the best results. The means of secular and religious instruction are immensely in creased, and greatly more efficient. But in the many other important respects, enumerated by the oommisrionert of 1840, and again dealt with in our reports, a great deal i remains to be effected to which the action of the legisla ture may largely contribute. We were not called upon by the terms of our commission to suggest the legis lative remedies which might seem suitable to the circumstances which came before us. But we were of opinion that we should not act in the spirit of our commission, or adequately perform our duty, unless— having bad our attention so long and so closely fixed upon all the leading facts, and upon the peculiarities of each branch of manufacture—we endeavoured to form and to express to the best of our power a judgment upon the mode of dealing satisfactorily with each particular case, and submitted it to the consideration of your .Majesty's government and the legislature. We heartily trust that we may have thus in some degree contributed to bring the time nearer when so many hundreds of thousands of your Majesty's poorer subjects of the work ' ing classes—especially the very young and those of the tenderer sex—will be relieved from the totally unneces sary burden and oppression of overtime and night-work - will be confined to the reasonable and natural limits of the factory hours, with the established periods for meals and for rest and recreation ; will perform their daily labour under more favourable sanitary con ditions, breathing purer air, amidst greater cleanliness, and protected against causes specially injurious to health and tending to depress their vigour and shorten their lives ; and, finally, will be under the obligation while between the years of 8 and 13 of combining a certain and very useful amount of school instruction with wages— yielding employment, and thus benefiting themselves and their country by mashing, as may be hoped, when they grow up, a higher standard of morals and intelli gence. Should it be found practicable to extend the prin ciples of the Factory Acta so as to embrace the large ' numbers which have come under review in these reports, the blessings which will follow—if at all equal to those which have attended that series of acts since their com mencement in 1802—will largely add to the store that has been accumulated by the beneficent legislation of your Majesty s reign." NAVAL PREPARATIONS BY FRANCE. The Meager de Midi oontaine the following from Toulon, dated in the evening of July 9 : The armour-plated squadron has just anchored in the roadstead, coming from the HyCres Islands. The address of the despatch ordering this movement was in the hand. writing of the Minister of Marine himself. A later de spatch has come ordering a maritime levy throughout the entire sth maritime arrondissement ; the stoppage of the disarmament of the small vessels of the flotilla, and the immediate armament of four steam-vessels of the reserve. HUNGARIAN SYMPATHY FOR AUSTRIA. A letter from reeth, dated the ith, in the Luk pcwhiure BeIT.. says : Yesterday the call for the annual contingent was posted up at this place. The proportion furnished by Hungary is 25,000 out of a total of $.5,000 for the entire monarchy. The volunteer cavalry corps, which was to have been raised by MM. Czir.sky, Apponyi, and the brothers Ssechenyi, is no longer talked of. Prince Bathyani has subscribed a hundred thousand florins towards the expense, but soldiers do not present themselves, and the Magyar legion will be difficult to form in favour of the Austrian cause. The im pression produced by the catastrophe of Sadowa has been very great, but to the advantage of Austria, whose hard case excites pity. The cause of this is the antipathy en tertained against the Prussians, the reason for which is not very clear. On the other hand the cession of Venetia has caused a lively sensation of joy. Eperies, Arad, and some other Hungarian towns, have lately sent addresses of loyalty to the Emperor. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR IN THE TYROL. ENGAGEMENT ON THE STELVIO. FLORENCE, JULY 12, EVENING. Yesterday the flying columns of the National Guard had an engagement with the Austrians at Le Prese, on the Stelvio, which lasted the whole day. The National Guard occupied the first cantoniera and took 75 Austrian prisoners. They had some wounded, but none killed. Baron Ricasoli arrived this morning at Florence, and leaves this evening for the camp of General Cialdini at Rovigo. THE WAR IN GERMANY. ZWITTAt', JULT 12. M. Benedetti, the French ambassador at Berlin, arrived here last night. The Prussian headquarters were transferred at 10 o'clock this morning to Czernahora. The whole Prussian army continues its march towards the South. MUNICH, JULY 12. According to advices received here from the Bavarian headquarters the engagement near Kia aingen had no decisive result. The Bavarian army is concentrating near Schweinfurt in readiness to give battle. HUNGARY. PIEBTH, JOLT 13. It is stated that Count Julius Fudrassy will be entrusted with the mission of funning an Hun garian cabinet. ~~""'` ~ ~ r' SPAIN. MADRID. JULY 13. The Petah" Naciona/ of to-day states that Marshal Narvaez will adopt conciliatory measures towards those citizens compromised in the recent events ; but will at the same time employ his utmost energy for the restoration of order. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA. The Royal Mail steamship China, from Boston and Halifax, arrived at Queenstown at 7.50 son. to day (July 13), with 178 passengers and 45,089 dols. and 2501. in specie. She landed all the mails, con sisting of 129 sacks, and 18 passengers, and pro ceeded immediately for Liverpool, all welL (VIA Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, JULY 3, EVZNING. A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, authorising the establishment of territorial governments in British American pro vinces, and the assumption of their debts, with payment of 10 million dollars to the Hudson's Bay Company whenever the governments of Great Britain and of those provinces shall apply for the admission of the said provinces into the union. The resolution offered in the house on the 4th of June in favour of according belligerent rights to the Fenian was called up and rejected. The North Carolina legislature has rescinded the act excluding negro testimony in the courts in cases wherein negroes are interested. Great lawlessness prevails in the neighbourhood of Meriden, Granada, Mississippi. Bands of des peradoes are perpetrating great outrages upon the freedmen, and have murdered several officers. The City of Boston, Bremen, and Bavaria have arrived out. _ NEW YORK, JOLT 5. The democratic and conservative members of Congress have issued a call for a national conven tion, to be held at Philadelphia, on the 14th of August, in order to determine the course of action to be taken by Congress to secure the complete and immediate restoration of the Union. Colonel Scott, commanding the forces in South Carolina, reports a great increase of crime and vagrancy among the freedmen, and that they show complete disregard to their labour contracts. A dreadful fire has occurred at Portland, burning nearly half the city, and rendering 2,000 families homeless. The fire has destroyed property to the value of 10,000,000 doh.. The Fenian Senate has issued an address, urging the Fenians to continue their labours with vigour and perseverance. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 3, EVENING. Money abundant. Gold 153 A. Exchange on London, 1661 ;on Paris, 3.40. Stocks are quiet : New York Centrals, 90 ; Illinois, 1218 ; Erie, 65 ; 5-20 Bonds, 104. Cotton dull : Middling Upland, 36. NNW YORK, JULY 5, EVENING. Money abundant. Gold, 153. Exchange on London,l67; on Paris, 3.35. Stocks firm and active : New York Centrals, 90',1 ; Illinois, 121 i ; Erie, fin ; 5-20 Bonds, 105 A . Cotton dull: Middling Upland, Flour and wheat dull. Corn steady. ProN:sions and coffee dull. Molasses quiet. Sugar steady. Petroleum dull : crude, 231 1 ; refined, 41. Receipts of cotton at New York for two days, 3,500 bales. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 3. Cotton depressed : low Middling, 31 to 32. MEXICO. NEW YORK. Jt'LT 3. It is reported, rid Galveston, that Matamoros capitulated on the 23rd June. The imperial troops, under the terms of the capitulation, had embarked for Vera Cruz. Escobedo, with 3,000 men, occupied Matamoros on the 24th. NEW YORK, RLY 5. Yellow fever is raging at Vera Cruz. The Republicans hold Matamoras, and are pre paring to attack Tampico. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegram has been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) at 1 p.m. on the 13th July, from Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) : VALENTIA, JULY 13. Her Majesty's ship Terrible arrived off here last night. She reported having left the steamers Medway and Albany stationed at the buoys attached to the shore, and of the cable, waiting the arrival of the Great Eastern at day light this morning. No communication has yet been received through the cable, probably owing to the dense fog which set in late last night, and still continues. Weather calm. Barometer rising. THE ALLEGED HANGING OF WOUNDED AUSTRIAN SOLDIERS. General La Marmora has written to the head of the staff of the Austrian army in Italy the following letter on the subject of an alleged act of barbarity on some wounded Austrians, and attributed to Italian soldier,' : " Headquarters of Torre-de-Malemberti, July S. "General,—l had the honour of informing you in my last letter that I was about to proceed without delay to the most rigorous investigations to ascertain whether the fact mentioned in your despatch of June 25 WAS correct or not. I now receive the report of the inquiry made, and ant happy to tell you that no Proof has been found to warrant the belief that the blamable act mentioned hi your despatch was really com mitted by soldiers of the Italian army. In making this communication I have the honour to add that the attention paid to prisoners of the Austrian army, both by our own soldiers and by Italian citizens, is so notorious, that, even if I had been obliged to punish a painful exception, I should have pointed out to you that a fact of that nature could not be considered as an indication of the manner in which the Italian army respects the rights of nations and fulfils all the duties incumbent on it. " LA MARWORA." Prince Paul de Metternich, aide-decamp to the Emperor of Austria and brother to the ambassador at Paris, was wounded and taken prisoner at the late battle. VON BISMARCK'S BED ON THE NIGHT OF THE Barris..—The correspondent of the Sieele, M. Vilbort, writing from the Pruasian headquarters on the 7th says:— " M. de Bismarck arrived in Horzitz on the night of the great battle. No preparations bad been made for the accommodation of the headquarters which were established in the morning at Gitachin. He was hungry and wealj, but all the houses were closed. There was no bread, and all the straw that could be had was used for the wounded. In this state of things the President of the Council lay down on the pavement of the Place of Horzitz, and, without a pillow, slept that pleasant sleep which the soldier who has won a victory knows." THE SMOKE or BATTLE.—Between Pardubitz and Prague the Prussians took an imperial manufactory of tobacco, containing 3,800,0001b5. of tobacco, and 27,000,0001b5. of cigars, which would give 151ba. of tobacco and 108 cigar* to every Prussian soldier, estimating the army at 250,000 men. The Gaeta of Madrid announces that the Queen has been pleased to commute the sentence of death which had been paswil on one hundred and sixteen of the mili tary engaged in the late revolt Into that of ten years' transportation. _ _ General Klapka, known for the part he took in I the Hungarian insurrection of 1849. and who was at the battle of Sodom', has arrived in Paris, coming through Berlin. I THE LONOTON BANK. MEETING OF CREDITOREL-(TIGS DAY.) ZIJCITILIC TZLIORAPII.) H&NLRY, Pith The meeting of the creditors of the above beelp; is held to-day, when it appeared that the 84,1041., and the meets 39,7531., leaving a &Ad ai ir 44,3511. The ovse-lasne of notes amounts to liAggi. ALLIANCE BANK (LIMITED).-(THL9 The half-yearly meeting of the shareholdeffTed held at noon, at the London Tavern; Mr. Caa v the chair. The re= s hich wee *ken as read, was u Must cc The • have to report that the net t r ei i 04 bank for the last balf-year (after making deductions for interest on current and deposit 11". " current expenses, bed deb*, and rebate on bills ad due), amount to 25,416/. 6s. 10d., which with ra 13a. 5d., balance from the previous half-year, total of 27,2561. Os. 3d. This sum it is now pe e p eeid app 'to all follows, viz. :-24,7431. 2s. 6d. la p lum of di 500/. in reduction of preliminary 1,0001. in reduction of building, k.e., accouatM 17s. 9d. to profit and loss new account. Total, ga g. Os. 3d. The extreme severity of the crisis threigh monetary institutions have passed since the last pm* meeting of the shareholders, ban no doubt led many fee t , =sl . eas favourable result than appears by the elan„ The directors are glad, therefore, to be shin told, en amount of p ro fit for the last half-year which werr e d their recommending the declaration of the was ne e dividend as was paid in January last, viz., 51. per east per annum, free of .income tax notwithstanding the as. aiderable decrease which has taken place in the *ea* current and deposit amounts since the last report, ame, loss occasioned by the forced sale of securities dmies* late panic. These sacrifices are the more to be as up to the 11th May no losses had been in curr bank, nor was it involved in any disasters to Judith, mistrust that existed. At the same time, it u gratifying to all interested to find that the burial:ad not been more seriously immured, and to learn that,* donee in the bank is ia*dliy returning. Messrs. Dodd Paterson, end Stephan* having resigned their emu as ak a board, the directors hope shortly to fill their places * gentlemen whose names and influence will be of mat* benefit to the bank. To forward this object, and affit s view to the general improvement of the existing rd, and regulations of the company, the new articles of se e , ciation which have been sent to each shareholder wtll h' submitted to this meeting for approval and adoption. It s directors who retire by rotation, in accordance with he provisions of the articles of association, are Mr. Janis!, lievington, Mr. Robert Rumney, and Mr. Abel Hers* and, being eligible, o ff er themselves for re-election. Mic a ; has been received from Mr. W. C. L. Beshford, of See* grove, Middlesex, of his intention to offer himself fw seat at the board. The auditors, Messrs. Quitter, pa, and Co., and H. W. Banner, likewise retire at this meet* and offer themselves for re-election ; and notice has Id e given of an intention to propose aa an auditor Mr. Cha l k Jellicoe, president of the Society of Actuaries. N.B. dividend warrants will be forwarded to the sharelelhat on the 23rd inst." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of lb . report, said it wee customary on ow-sakes that kind to " pitch into" the directors, h e on that occasion the board had cause to complain of Ib shareholders. Six months ago the board showed that th position of the company was sound, and they exprenal hope that the past would be forgotten and all would se• . bine to promote the prosperity of thebank. He then** the origin and course of the recent panio and the dm which ithad produced on the company's shares. It was* posed that because Barned's Bank at Liverpool folh the Alliance Bank must also fail. (Laughter.) flt Liverpool board was • very satisfactory one ; the had been hardly any losses there, and the dies of the bank were in • sound condition. As to censi upon which they were also supposed to have made gns advances, he was happy to say that the whole moon id • not exceed 10,0001., and that was amply covered. It hi been said that they must be unsafe because they did hi nee at Liverpool, which was such a very ape:sideline* What, however, were the facts? During the last three mcsh there had been one bank failure at Liverpool, and that Ih , failure of a bank which it was well known to those* were in banking secrets did a business which wean legitimate banking ; while in London there had base • less than thirteen bank failures. (Hear, hear.) The fact tie there had been such • run on the bank in conjunction wit the manner in which it was met showed in how semis position the bank really was. Had the bank been cord he would not have been standing there at that mos* (Cheers.) The panic, however, had left its marks; Indite' impossible for the bank to go on satisfactorily unless had the support of the shareholders in maintain* I credit. The decrease in the available resources of fie concern was a million • or two-fifths of the amount fr viously at command. A.s regarded the question of diviM he remarked that it had been reduced to the extmti 1 per cent. by a necessary sale of Consols dui* Cs panic. As regarded the bad debts he ws happy to say the previous estimates had been fsly borne out, and that they had received half of the ebe amount, and were in a better position than they wen I the last meeting for receiving the remainder. Mr. CAMTELLAIN, deputy chairman, seconded the mode Mr. CLENCH asked for explanations of some states* made at • recent meeting of the Oriental Comma* Bank reflecting, as he said, on the management of tbi i liance Bank, and expressed his conviction that unless* directors looked into the conduct of the officials them corn would never stand well with the public. (" oh, and hisses.) Mr. Aim. HEYWOOD, of Manchester, said, u" a yam man from the country," he thought that before ins* such remarks the lust speaker ought to have asked tk chairman for explanation& (Cheers.) Another SnaREHoLDER from the north concurred in* view, and remarked that if the bank failed to swami i would be on account of the conduct of some of its sos shareholder.. The CHAIRMAN observed that Mr. Clench had gins ii notice of what he had said. Mr. Clench was sae the directors of the Oriental Commercial Bank. Tre directors asked the board of the Alliance Bank to ads* 60,0001. but be (the chairman) did not deem it death to swede to that request. The Alliance board wadi so consent to a voluntary winding up of the Oriental 00. mercial Bank unless their own claims were protected, cialy as • large proportion of the Oriental and Comers shareholders resided abroad. (Cheers.) Mr. A. KINTRRA advocated a reduction of the estabi ment with a view to a reduction of expenses. He grettel that the board had taken a step which had than a kindred institution into liquidation. (llisses,groinass cries of " time.") The CHAIRMAN, interposing, thought it would be wsl i Mr. Kintrea would postpone his remarks on the Orine Commercial Bank to • more fitting occasion. (Cheeraf Mr. Kftrritza wax unable to obtain any further bee% The report was then adopted, and a dividend at there of 5 per cent. per annum declared. The will of Edmund Joseph Wheble, Esq., ° Hippensoombe, Wilts, and 1, INlontagu.place. Moen" square, was proved in London, on the Vith ult., bys brother-in-law, Gilbert Robert Blount, Eq., the swine executor ; his brother, Daniel O'Connell Wheble, the efts executor, having predeceased the testator, who dieday 20th of April, 1800, at the age of forty-seren will is dated the 27th of April, 11401. He bequeath' S estate of Hippenscombe to the second surviving s• ° his brother, James Wheble, on his attaining2s, the nest in the meantime to be divided anon; et the testator's viving brothers. There are some small legacies left tai cousins and aunts, and liberal legacies to his "SO and nieces. To his executor, 200/. ; to the US catholic bishop of Southwark, 1,010., the nest to be applied for the maintenance and support d ds officiating priest of the Roman catholic church al S dames, Reading ; and to the Roman ettholic bid ell Birmingham, 500 f., both legacies free of duty. !hi requests his executor to have engraved on the brass NS" mental plate on his tomb the following meniento: --w 1 41 U 3 pray also for the soul of Edmund Joveph Indite,* band of Emma C. Wheblo. May he rest in peace. A. At a Sheriff's Court, held at Leeds, Yeste 46 , ll Mr. A. Hirst, woolstapler, Huddersfield, recovered P . from Mr. Tom Learoyd, manufarturer, for an insult. TS assault had been committed in consequence of an sli; sion used by Mr. Hirst with regard to Mr. Laney", ea' dente before the committee of the House of Csit ' which decided upon the petition presented "Pi" . return of Mr. Croslacd, The Dublin Ray Regatta for the present Na commenced on Wednesday at Kingstown. The sO lir was superb, and an immense concourse was present WO the aquatic sports. There were three sailing nal ig i The French steamer Lafayette arrived at yesterday (12th). She left New York on the Mk dill° , and brings 201 passengers. c MELANCHOLY DEATH.-A most inelancunlv sees dent occurred at Newhistgen-by-the-Ses, • Nomts. land watering-place, on Wednesday Major Spoor, s," tleman belonging to the neighbourhood of Nevresstki?„ 'lli his wife and daughter, had been staying at the Ifr. about three weeks. On Wedresday afternoon 0 0 . and wife and daughter, with little boy, were disr"Li in a pony carriage towards Woodhorn, when the snksiri fright, and ran at a furious pace along the t a ro marts Upon coming to a bend of the road the r sharp turn and upset. The party were thrown sn e jA except Miss Spoor, who was cut about the faceitisLirdit to be unhurt. Mrs. Spoor, however, complaisisd:„...l ness. and she was conveyed to a house close by. e•-„i rapidly, and before medical assistance could is" she expired. Her death appears to have been *7. 1 the shock to the system, as there was no appall." external injuries. for beg= :tang ibe leaky ego before Mr. IMY Tht be. d v t 11;t - "- b • adg—lat last beforo. but , ,• Pr+ 'Dir. Dar &Minna 4 An tadjos a waiitie 11 autred i t t i o 2 t &Ma .ar• liabilitka am a bait proP 124 4Yr. Th Tt7 om Victoria-pa that he had The bank counts or& health. An adieu Mr. Lan/ The bin about 7, bean:WWl Mr. Stec had not Jentaioe to hocl w on examm&ol A good in °omega Court. wh &rimed o Court, an goner lie Court. the ready to judge did a outsiders of the to the Old and an app allow eon use Iricki their b urin to do. The Coin altogether, required The Pri snisai vil o e r . e; ..a hl Henry If 4, Blewitt'i aged 11, we charged wit Dower Rail and throwil Mr. Cher James said—Abou he was wal on the rail bridge, h waited passed b' stone at that the s stone, whi of the e • weighing and appre Mr.Ch with those magistrate ever, the not be seti Mr. M Ibe dealt ' offence p priaonmen Mr. Ch adopted, • lemon to doing the 1 Alderm imprisonm him he w _ TH Lioonelp r e mand, c incline of tween Lu It will b the other the metal which he Alderm than the train. Mr. Ch mitted f.. Aldenal see whets might hate emery th of the pub The prii 'flitted foil ROBBE RI - wes. lo 3 ct from - Vh4 Uri Dot bora rob were to Sin ~1 _l.!'ill irked The -samaot familiar .~ iillim.