The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-11 00:00:00

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THE HUGULNOT CAPTAIN. Mews. 91n1w And G. Honey : WSW Neilson, Augusta Thomson, and Mn.s SWUng.—Aad QUIET LODGINGS. BRITANNIC Tim Ermine, JACK HMO. raE LONDON STREET BOY; OIL TRY AGAIN. Ileum and Cranford Mediums Yonsold & lales.--Mflas Lydia , Mr. C. Brow; & Mader& Handon.—And THE JOLLY DOGS Or LONDON. ZION WATIZ AT LONDON BRIDGE. TI DL? —month% St. Ilia Aftersook 2h. ♦l4 TO , ll.oBAoll—Marnies, 1k Is Afteaskoon, 3k Tim LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11. Ix the event of a severe outbreak of cholera in a crowded district, what hospital arrangements are the best ? This is a question which should be con sidered and decided without loss of time. Granted that some steps must be taken towards the safety of the healthy by separating them from the sick, what is the best mode for all parties in which this can be effected f And here it must be noted that in the nature of things whatever plan is adopted must fail to give universal satisfaction. We are all, however, doubtless, agreed upon this, that so long as the building is not placed near to our particular dwelling, the provision of a cholera hospital for our parish is an excellent idea. At all events, this appears to be the pre vailing notion in the parish of St. Marylebone. It seems that the sanitary committee have bought an iron house, said to have been formerly used as a cholera hospital at Bethnal-green, and are putting it up in the stoneyard at the northern end of the pariah. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood have held an " indignation " meeting to protest against the proceeding. They say that the stone yard is in the centre of a quarter densely popu lated by poor persons. They suggest the work house yard as the best position for the hospital. This kind of opposition is am foolish as it is pro foundly selfish. Since the first appearance of cholera in this country such an incident as the transmission of the disease from a cholera hospital to the neighbourhood in which it was placed has never occurred. So much is now known about the nature of the disease that with the must ordinary precautions such a transmission is not in the least liable to occur. For the rest, if cholera hospitals are to be employed at all they must be planted in the centre of densely populated and poor districts. It is in such quarters that cholera always rages most fiercely. It is amongst this class of inhabitants that the assistance of hospital shelter is, if ever, required. It is absolutely necessary, if life is to be saved, that the distance to be traversed shall be as small as possible. On the other hand, the Poor-law Board has notified to the guardians that " it is inexpedient that the accommodation to be " provided for cholera patients should be in the " workhouse or on the workhouse premises." This is a most proper suggestion. To force upon the workhouses, already overcrowded and wretchedly organized, as recent investigations have shown them generally to be, the onerous charge of patients who need more constant atten tion than any other class of sick, would be as cer tainly absurd as it would probably be destructive. The establishment of cholera hospitals is one of three methods by which the sick can be separated from the healthy. This can be effected also by the ad fission of cholera patients into general hosp►tals. Lastly, there is the mode to which we referred lately—the preparation of houses of refuge for the healthy members of an attacked household. Certain disadvantages, as well as ad vantages, attach to each of these methods, and it will probably be found in practice best to avoid reliance upon one to the entire exclusion of the others. The metropolitan hospitals have already, without exception, set apart special wards for the treatment of cholera patients. A very unanimous feeling was evinced in the replies received by the Epidemiological Society to in quiries of eminent authorities upon this subject, that it was, on the whole, unadvisable that cholera patients should be admitted into the ordinary wards of general hospitals. At the same time, it was thought that such patients could be safely admitted into special wards in general hospitals, due precautions being taken. And so in most of the metropolitan hospitals there may now be seen rows of empty beds, abundance of appliances, and every requirement for the occasion. Meantime the staff awaits with the anxiety of zealous interest the approach of the enemy whose alarms are heard sounding at so short a distance. This exhibition of energy on the part of the hospital authorities is highly to be praised. It should serve as a stimulus to the parishes to exhibit a like amount of zeal. Unfor tunately in some instances it is likely, from what we learn, to produce a contrary effect. The parish, instead of making its own preparations, relies upon those of the hospital most near to it. Now it is manifest that a serious error may be thus committed. Even the London Hospital, with ex ceptionally large accommodation, has been nearly overwhelmed by the influx of patients whom it has received. It is quite unreasonable to expect from the comparatively small institutions at the west end of London accommodation for more than a few pa- THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, tient". Cholera is peculiar in respect of the fact that in severe outbreaks the number of patients simultaneously acted far exceeds the victims 4 any other epideak disorder. A preparation based upon this fact is necessitated. It is for this reason especially that the organization of cholera hospitals is required. In every parish there should be one or more dwellings immediately set apart for the reception of such cases. Staffs of medical men and nurses should without loss of time be appointed, ready to commence their duties the moment that the need shall arise. It is very probable that in some districts the necessity for their employment will not occur. This probability does not in the least militate against the utility of such preparations. When time is of such moment, the chance of beds being un occupied and staffs unemployed is a small conside ration in comparison with the sense of security which will be derived from the organizations being prepared to do their work, if work is required of them. Theoretically, considering that the power of preventing attacks of cholera is infinitely beyond that of dealing with the disorder in its advanced stage, the establishment of houses of refuge for the healthy members of a family in which cholera has appeared, in the great need upon the present occasion. But, practically, the dwellings of the poor are often so ill-adapted for the successful treatment of the disease, that we are bound to be provided with the means of giving a cholera patient in a suitable hospital that chance of life which he would fail to find in his own dwelling-place. This is one of the many evils which result from the fearfully neglected condition of the houses inhabited by the poorer classes. The removal of a patient in the collapse of cholera is a step which great necessity alone should be sufficient to countenance. The best thing to be done for him is to leave him at rest, and not subject him to the fatigue of conveyance. But so miserable is the accommodation, and so deleterious are the domes tic conditions in large numbers of the poorer dwelling-places, that the risk incurred in removal is often preferable to the certain evil incident upon his remaining at home. There are, how ever, exceptions to such conditions, and it is of infinite moment that, although hospital accommoda tion, both of a general and specific kind, should be ready for the emergency, the superior advan tages derived from removal of the healthy mem bers to a house of refuge and retention of the patient at home should always be borne in mind. For this reason we repeat what we have already urged, that one of the most important steps to be taken by parishes at the present moment is the preparation of houses of refuge into which those imminently exposed to the danger of acquiring cholera may be moved without lona of time. the ride of which the campaigns of Bohemia and Lombardy may be found to have been mere child's play. The Daily New, which alone of the morning journals of yestertley treated of this important subject, returns to it again this morning, and proceeds to con sider the demand on its own merits, without being prejudiced by the exaggerated pretensions of French writers like M. Fortsade, or carried away by sympathy with German national feeling. Recapitulating the events which in 1815 deprived Franc* of the territory which bad been conceded to her by the allies the year before, the Daily New admits that though it may be doubtful whether it be wise in France to make her demand at the present moment, it proceeds on principles which have been a hundred times admitted in diplomacy without being thought dangerous to the tranquillity of nations. However it may end, the Star thinks the policy of the Emperor in this instance singularly ill-advised, unfortu nate, and discreditable, but in no case it adds can an arrangement between Prussia and France become smatter of vital concern to the English people. The TelegrapA is of opinion that if any communication has been sent to Berlin, it will probably turn out to have been oouched in the form of a suggestion, recorded just now for action at a future opportunity. By such a course the Emperor would have a much better chance of gaining his point than by pressure and violence. THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Saturday Review, in an article headed " Gladstone and Me," says the ex-Chancellor of the Ex chequer, refining on the question whether Sir Edward Daring was or was not morally entitled to retain the seat for East Kent after his vote on the Reform Bill, is quite equal to Suarez or Escobar. He mouths over and sucks and mumbles the referred case with all the unctuous relish of the most subtle doctors of the contortional He refines and distin guishes ; divides, and then confutes his division ; and ends, just as they used to do four hundred years ago in the schools, by saying that the thing is both right and wrong. The ultimate conclusion is that it wair.pexhaps wrong to do a thingwhich might or mightnot be justifiable or excusable according to cirennutanoes or intention, on which there was much to be said either way, and that, as it was most likely the person who did it did not know what he meant when he did it, or that the thing itself really meant, or might be taken to mean, the exact opposite of what the doer did it for, why, on the whole, perhaps it might pats without being considered a mortal sin. Tedi ous all this, and subtle and elaborate ; but not very plain. The vote was a bad vote, but it was given in what the judgment of casuistry might consider a tolerabilis irupria. The tacit and not complimentary inference is that Sir Ed ward was something of a fool ; but that great allow ance must be made for a fool, and we must support him. As for Earl Russell, he clearly did not want to be bored. He endorses what he familiarly Galls "Gladstone's letter" en bloc, and pronounces that" Dering ought to be taken back into the fold." The Examiner, discussing the conduct of the police on the 23rd, says it has been impugned in particular in stances, and vouched for in generalities. Inoffensive in dividual' who have been knocked on the head think they have reason to complain of the behaviour of the police, but the magistrates coolly tell them that they had no business in the place of riot, and that, as they went to the blows instead of the blows coming to them, the fault is theirs. In one instance of great unprovoked violence, the magistrate said the officer was justified in breaking the complainant's head by mistake. That the mistake could be excused, the Examiner admits, but cannot see how a knock on the head of A., deserved and intended for 8., can be justified. There is some force in the argument that peaceable people are in fault when they mix with a riotous mob. But this doctrine, sound in the main, has been pushed too far by the West-end magistrates, especially by Mr. Knox, who seems to be named (idem sorsaas), like characters in the old comedies, for what he favours. His judgment upon all charges of violence against the police was, substantially, " Served you right." The Examiner believes the conduct of the police to be good in the main, but it will not continue so if it is to stand upon general character against all question as to par ticular misdeeds. The Marlborough-street court alone is almost enough to ruin the police. Mr. Knox should remember the moral of the fable of the thief at the gallows who bit off his mother's ear because she had been deaf to complaints of the conduct that had brought him to the scaffold. It is quite clear, says the Spectator, that reform must next session, by some dead-heave or another, be got out of the way of decent government. The existing system fell, as the Carlton very well know., with the Hyde park railings, even if it had not fallen before. It is also clear that this government, as it calls Welt, is a mere ad iater►sa arrangement, with scarcely a chance of life, and no chance at all of ordinary longevity. The choice practically lies between a quasi-liberal government, with no convictions and great abilities, or a really liberal government, with strong principles, and let us hope some decent modicum of ad ministrative nerve. The Spectator prefers the second, and so it believes does the country, but we shall not have it if Mr. Gladstone persists in declaring that his Reform Bill came down from Heaven, ready-sewn, in insisting that because whip and radicals are equally liberals, therefore every whig is bound to suppress his convictions, whenever a radical thinks their expression inconvenient. The party requires re-cementing, and the only way to cement it is to widen the bill till radical' feel they have little more to ask, while Inserting clauses which assure whip that their voices are not to be drowned in the multitudinous repeti tion of one single roar. The Eounowast does not think the deputation of the joint stock bankers to Mr. Disraeli to-day will have much practical effect. They propose that the 10 per cent. clause in Mr. Gladstone's letter of license should be cancelled. The operation of that clause was, in the opinion of the Economist, at that time injurious, but it does not think its withdrawal now would much affect the policy of the Bank directors. With regard to the suggestion of a loan from the Bank of France, the Economist thinks no step could be more fataL The evil from which we are suffering is a defi ciency of foreign credit, and such a loan would at once diminish our foreign credit. It would be a frank con fession to Europe that we wanted French aid. If anything could cause a new " run upon England," it would be a loan so unadvised. (he &curt, 081101INE, Ltrcursr 10. The Queen drove ont yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley, and honoured Mr. and Kra. Sheddon by a visit to Spring Hill, where her Majesty walked in the grounds. Prince Leopold drove yesterday to Sandown with the Rev. Robinson Duckworth, Mr. Bahl, and Mr. Legg, going there by Hyde, St. Helens, and Wading, and returning by Arreton. Count Lavradio arrived yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. Lady Waterpark has arrived as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held yesterda at the official residence of the First Lord of the in Downing-street. The ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northoote, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Birmingham, Mr. Aldermen Phillips, Mr. Councillor Avery, Mr. Coun cillor Wedham, the Town Clerk, and Mr. Hanman, Super intendent of Birmingham Markets, had an interview with the Lord President of the Council, at the Privy Council office, yesterday, on the subject of the cattle plague and the extension of districts for licensed cattle markets. Colonel Harness attended the interview. Mr. Graves, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing-street, yesterday. Mr. Risley, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, yesterday. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday to the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, and Malta. Her Majesty, accompanied by the younger mem bers of the royal family, will arrive at Balmoral on the 24th inst., orders having been given for her Majesty's re ception on that day. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, according to present arrangements, will arrive on Saturday next at Abergeldie Castle, for the shooting The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox have passed through town on their way from Goodwood to Gordon Castle, N.B. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have left their residence in Great Stanhope-street for Kimbolton Castle. The Duchess of Hamilton (nit Princess Marie of Baden) and Lady Mary Hamilton hays left Paris for the duchess's palace at Baden-Baden. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and Lady Victoria Cecil left their residence in Grosvenor-square yesterday, for Burghley House, Stamford. His lordship is so far recovered as to be able to remove to his country seat. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby and Lady Laura Phipps arrived at Bishopthorpe on Thursday, from Mu'grave Castle, on a visit to the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., left Devon shire House on Thursday on a visit to the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson, during the ' , lay of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Marquis Conyngham is expected to leave Cowes next week in his yacht to visit western ports, on his way to Ireland. The Earl and Countess Granville have left town for Studley Park, Yorkshire, on • visit to the Earl and Countess de Grey. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth and Ladies Legge have left their residence in Groavenor-square for Patshull Hall, near Wolverhampton. Viscount Hamilton, M.P., and Lord George Hamilton arrived yesterday at Chesterfield House from Eastbourne, Sussex. Lord and Lady Londeeborough are entertaining a distinguished company at Grimston Park, near Tad cuter. There is to be a large party on Monday afternoon. We understand the marriage of Lady Roaa Fane, daughter of the Countess Dowager of Westmorland, with Mr. Weigall, is to take place on Wednesday next at West. minster Abbey. We have to announce the death of Lady Hislop, who died yesterday morning at her residence in Chester- square. Her ladyship was the only daughter of the Right Hon. Hugh Eliot, formerly Governor of Madras. She married, in 1823, General Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart., G.C.8., who died in 1843, when the baronetcy, which wee created in 1813, became extinct The Right Hon, the Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison have left town for Orpington, Notts. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. The following letter ham been received from Mr. Stern: " Z.*eh, Lake Tsana, Abyssinia, May 211. "My dear Dr. Beke,—Little did you or I anticipate, when we last met in London, that I should be a prisoner, and you the good Samaritan to come to my own and others release. A Turk would say it was Kimmel, but a Christian sees in it the finger of God and the proceedings of an inscrutable Providence. You have probably heard lots of strange stories about my grievous offences ; but, believe me, if an angel from Heaven had been placed in my position he would not, after certain occur- rences on which I must not dilate, have got unscathed out of this country. Thanks to Him who is with His servants in the tempest and fire, sad who has almost visibly been with me, and afforded me strength according to my day. Our future is still envelo pe d in mystery. We have been released from our fetters, and enjoy once more the use of our unshackled limbs. When we shall be permitted to leave Abyssinia is still problematical. I have become a regular soured sceptic, and do not worry my mind about visionary prospects, which, till bow, have always turned out to be phan toms of an excited imagination, or merely soap-bubbles. His Majesty is ' kind' to us, and we hope that his favours will not diminish. Our whole party are tolerably well, and very likely when the camp moves we shall find is active exercise something to relieve our distracting sus pense. lam thankful that my family are well. His Ma jesty was deeply moved by the petition you forwarded, and he has also written a gracious reply to the relatives of the captives. We have heard wonderful accounts of Mrs. Beke's hunting exploits. Please to give her my best Christian regards, and accept also the same for yourself. That our heavenly Father may be with you and us is the prayer of, yours in the bonds of trouble and gratitude, If. A. Stu:Y.—Charles Bake, Esq." THZ RIPEZIHINTATION or ABOYLLBHIRZ.—In connexion with the festivities at Inverary we may state, as a bit of gossip in parliament, that it is expected. if not arranged, that the sitting member for Argyllshire, Mr. Finlay, will resign the seat in favour of the Marquis of Loin.—Xi Journal. THE WILSLZYJN CONFERZZCZ.—At the Wesleyan Conference, on Thursday, a building committee was ap pointed to superintend the erection of a theological insti tution at Headingley,at a cost of 12,000/.; and a committee was also appointed to consider the desirableness of the erection of another theological institution in the neigh bourhood of Birmingham. It was also decided to appoint the Rev. W. B. Pope successor to Dr. Hannah in the theo logical chair at Di dabu ry. The Lords of the Admiralty will leave London (mays the Army and Nary Gazette) for Portsmouth on Mon day, there to make their usual annual inspection, which is expected to be one of more than ordinary strictness. Their lordships will, es soon as they have finished at Portsmouth, proceed to Portland, and probably thence to the Channel Islands. They will then go on to Devonport, and will most likely transact all their business at that port by the end of the week. The Comptroller of the Navy will accompany their lordships. We (Army and Nary Gazette) understand that on Captain Astley Cooper Key forwarding his resignation of the command of her Majesty's ship Excellent and the Governorship of the Royal Naval College to the Admiralty, their lordships declined to receive it, but instantly ordered the annoyance of which Captain Key complained to be removed. Captain Key, therefore, continues to have the sole direction of all naval gunnery matters at Portsmouth. Mr. Snider, the inventor of the system of con verting Wields adopted by the government, is, according to the Engineer, suffering from paralysis of the brain, said to have been greatly accelerated by the worries and anxieties caused br,oar his uncertain and harassing relations with government "THE Lotto Vaeartotr."—Yesterday the long vacation commenced, and will continue at common law to the 24th October, and in Chancery to the 28th of the month. There is now a rest for all pleading'. 1866. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE FRENCH DEMANDS. Tim Buell, in reference to the demand of territory made by the French government, contains the following: The private despatch which we have received announcing some difficulties which have arisen between France and Prumia appeals to us to indicate a new phase in the internal questions to which the Austro-Prussian con flict has given rue. The French government, referring no doubt to the circumstanoes which were fore seen in the Emperor's letter of June 11, has de manded, in consequence of the enormous increase of the power of Prussia, guarantees for France. We do not as yet know the extent of the rectification of fron tier proposed by our government, end, therefore, we re serve our judgment ; but it is impossible that on a question of such gravity, the consequences of which may affect the repose of Europe, the government can long defer en lightening the country on the extent of the demand made in the name of France. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. There must, says the Times, be always some em• barrasament when those who compose the speech at the prorogation are the successful rivals of thine who com posed the speech at the meeting of parliament—when those who have to speak of the session's performance are the adversaries of those who made its promise, and are conscious that they see partly to blame that the achievements of six months' legislation are no greater. Probably there never has been a session of the reformed parliament which had so little to show in the way of important measures. There are, however, adds the Times, large materials for a Queen's Speech ; for the pre sent year, though barren of legislation, has been most pro lific of events. The greatest changes which Europe has seen since 1815 are in progress on the Continent. The overthrow of Austria, the utter collapse of the Ger man Confederation, the proved nullity of the minor States, have made the consolidation of Germany into two powers, if not into one only, an easy and speedily accomplished task. The words in which her Majesty mentions the German war are digni fied, and befitting the Head of a neutral State. It was im possible that the Queen should avoid an allusion to the House of Hanover, whose ancient Sovereignty is now about to be swept away. The great family which sat on the throne of England for more than a century will probably be reduced to the rank of vassals of the King of Prussia, or will return to this country to assume the position of British noblemen. The Times believes that it is for the good of Germany and of Europe that the change should take place; but it is not the less humiliating for the dispossessed House. With regard to the reform question, the Times thinks her Majesty could hardly be made to say a word on reform that would not be a censure either on her past or her pre. sent ministers, and that the best thing was to make no mention of the unfortunate measure that was cradled in dissension and strangled in a fit of irritation by those who gave it birth. We have had one lost session ; we cannot afford another. Hardly anything has been settled. Re form, bankruptcy, church rates, public schools, punish ment of death—in short, almost every important subject on which the late government undertook to legislate is still in abeyance. Next session may profit by the failures of this; if it does not, the negligence may be fatal to the conservatives in their tarn. The speech of yesterday, says the Post, is chiefly dis tinguished, as might be expected under the circumstance', by the total absence of any mention of the subject which has occupied most of the time of parliament this session. Reform does not appear, and its votaries must for the present console themselves with the hope that it probably will not be without a place in the next royal speech that is delivered within the same walls. The royal•speech, observes the Herald, may be con sidered on the whole satisfactory. It cannot indeed re count any long or striking series of achievements either glorious or useful—a session three-fourths of which has been frittered away in endless discussion over a revolu tionary scheme of so-called reform, cannot hope to leave behind it any such records of its misapplied eloquence and wasted time. The first topic dealt with by the royal speech is the war, not yet formally concluded, between Austria and Prussia. This important subject is touched on with a delicacy and good taste not always conspicuous in com positions of this kind. The Telegraph sums up its erpoa of the royal speech as follows it been written as a squib upon tory im potence, it would have been simply amusing ; as the result of cabinet deliberations, it is rather more than amusing— it is offensive. Having nothing to say, there was at least one error from which the tones might have escaped—they need not have been verbose. We do not look, says the Star, for mach wisdom in a royal speech prepared by a tory government, but there is no reason why ministers should persist in putting into her Majesty's month expressions only remarkable for their ab surdity and unwisdom. The speech is remarkable for its omissions, and it is no lees so for what it contains. When we recollect the opinions which were offensively paraded by the tones during the American war, it seems almost like retributive justice to find them obliged to make prominent mention of the good faith and scrupulous attention to international duties of the United States. THE FRENCH MOUNDS ON PREPALL The nag commences its leading article on this subject in the following startling terms:—"There has been for several days a storm brewing lin France. We tried to wink at the first flashes of the lightning ; we stopted our ears against the growl of the distant thunder ; butiow here it is, bunting upon us." The Times thinks, however, that Prussia is now in a position to be openhanded and liberal, and might with a good grace yield to the demands of France. But of the four towns asked for by France only one (Faar-lentia) belongs to the King of Prussia. Landau lies in that portion of the Rhenish province of Bavaria which is as yet unineaded by Prussia, while Philip peville and Marienburg are two of the fortresses that con stitute the strength of the Belgian frontier. As Belgium has received, of late, no aocestian of territory, the Emperor Napoleon can have no claim to compensation from her. The telegram announcing the demand is curt and dry. It has enough in it to create serious alarm ; it either means very little or it bodes a reopening of the war--of a war by (TROY LAST NIGHT'S CIAZZT/7) At the Court st Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 9th day of August, Did& Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty to Council—lt is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a form of prayer to Almighty God for relief from the plague now existing amongst cattle, and for protection against the cholera ; and that such form of prayer be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the 12th day of August instant, and whenever Divine service is celebrated during the prevalence of the cholera and of cattle plague in this country, instead of the prayer now used for relief from the plague existing amongst cattle and for protection against cholera. And it is hereby further ordered, that her Majesty's printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said form of prayer, in order that the same may be forthwith sent round and used in the several churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon- Tweed. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 9th day of August, 1866. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day entered by her Majesty in Council that all ministers and preachers, sa well of the established church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as of the episcopal communion, protected and allowed by an act passed in the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Anne, chapter seven, do, at some time during the exercise of Divine service in theirchurches, congregations, or assemblies, on Sunday, the 12th day of August instant, and subsequently during the exercise of Divine service, while cholera and cattle plague continue prevalent in this country, put up a prayer to Almighty God for relief from the plague now existing amongst cattle, and for protection against the cholera. Waft-OTTICE AUGUST 10. —The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Lieutonant-Colonel Sir Henrryy Marshmaa Havelock, Bart., V.C. ; Lieutenant-Colonel WilHam Comm Trevor of the 14th Regiment ; and Lieutenant-Colonel George Dean Pitt, to be ary members of the military division of the third class, or companions of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath. FORZION-0171C11, Auover 7.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of Yr. John henry as consul at Quebec for the United fitatem?f America. BOLD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUGUST 9. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a letter from the Italian minister at this court, announcing that, in comm. quence of the recent outbreak of cholera in this country, a quarantine of fifteen days will be impaired by the Italian government on all vessels arriving at Italian ports from British ports. ITALY. The Official Gazette of Italy contains the follow ing decree : Art. 1. In the Italian provinces, freed from the domi nation of Austria, all citizens are equal before the law whatever religious opinions they may profess. They likewise enjoy all civil and political rights. Art. 2. All regulations as well as all other laws and measures in force, whether political or civil, in the same provinces, contrary to the civil code and procedure, are abrogated. Art. 3. No alteration is made in the arrangements which regulate the exercise of worship by protestants and Jews. EUGENE DE SAVOIE CARIGNANO BOROATIL Florence, August 4. The Lombardia says that orders have been given for the mobilisation of seven new battalions of National Guards. The Nosiest contains the following : The speech of the Zing of Prussia has by no means answered the general expectation. The toneof the Prussian preu towards Italy is not satisfactory. It is strange enough that the King of Prussia has scarcely deigned to speak of an ally, who with 300,000 men in arms has kept in cheek a large portion of the Austrian army. NEUTIR'EI TILICiILiNB.) THE ARMISTICE. PARIS, Atrourr 11. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" General Lamarmora has been authorised to sign an armis tice upon the basis of the cession to Italy of the Lombardo-Venetian frontier line. Similar instruc tions have been given to the Archduke Albrecht. " The news received from Italy is unanimous in expressing the desire for peace." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Atiourr 11. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess will re turn hero to-day from Heringadort, and will pro ceed after a short stay the capital to Erdmanns doif. RUSSIAN POLAND. WARSAW, Auovar 11. An imperial ordinance has been received here from St. Petersburg, according to which the official correspondence with the central authorities is in future to be carried on in the Russian, and not in the Polish language. TURKISH FINANCE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Avooirr 9. An imperial decree has been promulgated order_ ing the immediate issue of the 3,000,0301. forming the second portion of the reserve bonds of the general debt in order to fulfil the engagements of the government relative to the interest payable on foreign loans, and to avoid any fresh loan, onerous under present circumstances. The surplus of the funds resulting from this issue will be employed in completing the road from Trebizonde to Erzeroum and the construction of a port at Trebizonde. SPAIN. MADRID, Auovwr 10, Emma. The Minister of Finance has addressed a circular to the principal taxpayers, explaining in what manner the government will employ the amount yielded by the anticipatory payment of the taxes. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. (Via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, JULY 31, Erwmco. In consequence of the Mayor of Washington preventing the Fenian from holding public meet ings in the government fair buildings, the Senate has passed a resolution granting the use of the building for Fenian meetings. Stephens has issued a circular reiterating the statement that fighting will commence on Irish soil this year, and cautioning the Fenian against alliance with American political parties. Other items anticipated by Atlantic telegraph. The following telegram has been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), at 6.27, a.m., on August 11, from Mr. R. A. Glass : VALENTIA, Ammer 11. NEWFOUNDLAND, Ammer 11, 1 A.m. Heavy rain. Sea calm. No fog. Wind light. The Gulf cable has not yet been repaired. The Bloodhound has put back, the weather being too stormy for cable operations. Roan AND THE SEPTEMBIR CONVENTION.—The 1 Florence correspondent of the Debate, writing on the 7th, says :—" It was recently mid that Signor Vegeszi had gone to Rome again to negotiate with the Pope. This en. mour appears to be unfounded. Little or nothing is said about the Roman question, although the convention is to be executed by the 31st December, and its execution by France is certain. An arrangement, perhaps, of a very unexpected character between Italy sad the Pope is not at all impossible ; we may therefore look out for surprises. The defeat of Austria has disconcerted the rabid clerical party, accustomed to consider that power invincible. It is easy to see by the language of its journals that that party has completely lost its balance. It is preci s ely for this reason that an arrangement between the Holy See and the kingdom of Italy has become possible. But it will be time enough hereafter to return to this subject, of which at this moment no one speaks. Rome might be supposed to have temporarily disappeared from the world." The riflemen of the Vosges having offered, through the prefect of the department, the port of honorary president of their society to the Prince the Emperor has accepted it in the name of the prizes., and has charged the prefect to inform the society that it will be permitted in the month of November next, on the return of the oourt to Paris, to offer to the prince the uniform of a rifleman, which it desires to pnisent to him. A melancholy incident occurred yesterday in the Civil Tribunal of the Seine. A barrister, named Pijon, was pleading, when his language suddenly became con fused, and he fell to the pound Insensible from an attack of apoplexy. He was conveyed to his home, but according to the latest accounts, although still living, he was in • most dangerous state. Camioucisit AND MI NEEDLE-GON.--A letter from Rome, in the °Mira Natirek, says :—" The roolle-gun had very nearly been adopted here. The suc corer el Mgr. de Woods, Grand Kaasler, had • it, and the proposition appeared to be favouvUr t it erred, when a cardinal remarked that the arm in crew tico had not yet been used by any catholic army, sad that it was not for Rome to show too much *wetness in en investion with which the Lutherans bad been in spired by the Primo of Darkness." EXPRESS FROM P, (mom oua own coma/unmet.) PARIS. Paulo ] I have heard nothing new to- t h y e Emperor's health. It is only re nurko Moniteur, which habitually regim e fte terial council, does not confirm th e mar Constitutiounel that his Majesty fet i d one held yesterday. There is m et today at rumours of projects of a t e leui tamed by France. The Sii , cle spatch from Berlin affirming that th e It made a formal demand at B er li n of the Rhenish provinces, Be d premien government has 4. not the present time thought fit to w e This would be very ominous nerrs, it quite at variance with the recent mat t the Imperial organs both in Path as that the Emperor disclaims all idea of his frontiers. Although the rumour , easiness at the Bourse, it could s e t fully believed, or the fall would h oe greater than it was—only about 3rje ie and 40c. in Italian. The Libertf notices that the 31.0.itest fully chary of the news it vouchsafe, to about the arrival in Paris of the Imps of Mexico. When the packet Impar a t z arrived at Saint Nazaire, the 3futiikur that fact, but omitted to say that h Majesty was on board. yertad e as I remarked to you, th e o i nal could not make up its ma c h her arrival in France. This nienia g length of stating that she is in Pan not say that she alighted at the Gnat her husband's Minister of Foreign Ai large following. These little Ware n able symptoms that her visit to Pans k importunate. However, she a s St. Cloud. Whether the Nieto: enough to receive her I as, I informed, but the Empress Etienne ' visit this afternoon at the Grand Liberty congratulates itself that when several days ago that the Emma t; coming, it was let off with an who tradiction instead of being prawns news. " How much news," it ad false yesterday that is true today'" The news that the Imperialist to taken Matamoros, telegraphed to the Beige, from St. Nazaire, by some see in the same boat with the Emile must be false. The Monifew au not confirm it, but contains ate Mexican affairs manifestly isoow such an event. The Council of the Order of Ade* elected M. Allou NlG:ors/tier for the e I predicted this election a fortail Allou, who distinguished himself is t concerning the validity of Primo .1 parte's marriage with Mils Pattasa, is the most rising man among tl who had no name before the coup d, M. Picard, the deputy for Pak, haustible verse makes him a thorn is the President and government rpm Corps Legislatif, was, after several b a result, elected (last on the poll) a m Council of the Order. This is a very for him because barely justified by le the bar. The Court of Cassation this mon the judgment of the Maritime Cour of Brest, by which it was declared ti of the Fcederis Arca had been ilk lad sentenced to death, on the grou were amenable to common law, sr have been tried by a naval court supreme court is clearly of opinion i piracy of which they were guilty in sion of the vessel brought thent wd siona of the Code, which assigns a for the trial of such offences. The( tion has now referred thu appal of to the Maritime Court of Revision WEATHER REPORT.-(TRI SATURDAY, Avocet 11. I AJ IT.I w• . :3.!-`l7= 4 12 7. 1 Mars 30.00 61; W. i 1 T, 1 Aberdeen 21.67 61! N.W. 3, ! 1 Leith 30.04 N.N.W. 1 3 I Ardrosire 30.0264 N.N.W. 4• 5 N. Oresseedie SLIM 14 W. 3. W. I 1 • 3 % 44644134.. 114.13 WI 5.6. W. 4 1 ossr: ! 1 I 17t W.W. 1 3 5 VII 11= 110.47 67. W.W.W. 34 • W. 31 Peussee 30.21 S 9 14. W. ; 3 7 N. 21 Brad i . 10.24 39. N.W . I 6 lorke 30.28 60. W. .3 . 3 au416•1444 29.94 as 14 N. 4 4 Plyzootttb 30.14 49 74.1. W. 1: 3 . 3.5 Weymouth 16.16 St N. W. Portsmouth_ 10.11 671 N. 441 N. 3 London 30.6 67 N.N.W. • 3. 3 Vermouth 30.6066 N.N.E. •74 Scarbotovei. 210.46 66: N.N.L 11 I • RAW& 74.117 64' N.& 2 3 Hadar BOURNS. TM winds ever the British 14Ies esal fresh from north and north-west. wort en where they hare returned to ruttrovet. showers have occurred both on our northers' Barometric pressure has increased confides' A meeting was held in the Free t cheater, last night, " for the purpose of t the exclusion of the people from the re-asserting the principles of the Before ingher Majesty to dismiss the Tory mail president of the Manchester Aerate A. chair ; and addresses were delivered by Rey. W. Bonner, formerly a lecturer 1 Law League; Mr. Cramer, Mr. Wrigifs Mr. Howell, Mr. Lecreft, and others. A case of great importance, knee North Eak cue," has, after ten days t to a close at Edinburgh. The defend' Cowan, and other firms r when at issue was whether the discharges fro or were not a nuisance to the plaintitis , estates on the banks of the North Yok Edinburgh. Yesterday, the jury 1004 nine to three for the plaintiffs. Tim WZATHIS AND THE HAni desert' Chronicle and Apriroltonil (MY to reports which it has received from al of the United Kingdom respecting tbr says :—" A gale has been sweeping over of the and a good deal of whest been lost upon the ground in the sides this the weather has been general has no doubt aggravated the mischief blight, of which we bear serious scoounl fen districts of Cambridgeshire and Lin be seen, however, from the following tal are gen er a lly better than those we yul The wheat crop is undoubtedly below year, but not so bad as in Pall ; nevi mo are pretty fair, the pea crop in particuln The following is the table of returns : Over AT e. Averar 1 111111 1 -111" Palley 11-BNie;; Oats ;fa 1 Peas A INS To tbia we env empties, there is en unn i s i tY l 3 ll7" in the eenntry. The potato otoPlitt and them has been s Urge aroP • 7; made, but a largo quaotaty of tt 1 ill I