The Express. — London, England, 1866-07-25 00:00:00

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Oh Um TO-IdolutOW—lfornlng, 1h 4m Afternoon, lb. M. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. IT is not without reason that we have lately been congratulating ourselves upon the limited duration of the great wars of our time, compared with those of which our fathers were wit- nesse& The campaign which seven years ago raised up the fortunes of Italy was an affair of weeks ; and this war, which has destroyed thrones and principalities in Germany and secured the unity of the nation, has been begun and finished within a month. On the other hand, great battles fought in rapid succession enormously swell the accumulation of sick and wounded soldiers. To mitigate the severity of the lot of these unfor tunate brave men, and soften the inhuman aspects of war, various proposals have been made from time to time. One of the most fruitful movements in this direction is that which initiated the Inter national Congress held at Geneva in 1864, and which has since resulted in the signature by thei principal European States of a Convention secur ing the neutrality of the sick and wounded in war. This engagement, to which Eng land, France, and Prins* but not Austria, are parties, guarantees the neutrality not only of the wounded of the belligerent armies, but also that of the medical offieera Aud their e'siatant4 of all degrees. Until lately it has not been the cus tom of war to treat soldiers disabled by wourd', or the surgeons and others in attendance oa them, as neutrals when they have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Occasionally a general has shown himself humane, and at other times hostile com manders have severally considered it to be for t'"eir separate interests to make an agreement giving a neutral character to the wounded and to the me dical service ; but the general rule has been to re gard both the wounded and the surgeons as prisoners of war, only to be given up on the principle of ex change. Under the new rule, however, a co-amon flag covers the wounded soldiers, the surgeons, the sick bearers, the ambulance, and the medicines and surgical appliances. Ink is a great gain, but it is not all. We have great pleasure in calling attention to the following provision which forms the fifth article of the Convention : Inhabitants of the country who may bring help to the wounded shall be respected, and shall remain free. The generals of the belligerent Powers shall make it their oars to inform the inhabitants of the appeal addressed to their humanity, and of the neutrality which will be the cease. quenoe of it. Any wounded man entertained and taken care of in a house shall be considered as a protection thereto. Any inhabitant who shall hare entertained wounded men in his house shall be exempted from the quartering of troops, as well as from a part of the contri butions of war which may be imposed. During the last few weeks mention has fre quently been made in letters from the seat of war of the appearance on the battle-field of Prussians wearing an armlet with a red cross on a white ground, and they have sometimes been spoken of as belonging to some religious order. The red cross on the white ground is, however, the dis tinctive mark prescribed by the Convention for all the individuals neutralised under its provisions. It is, therefore, not peculiar to any country, but is borne by the medical officers and attendants of all services, together with the national colours. The arrangements just described have been made with a primary view to the greater security and efficacy of the regular medical service of the various governments. But, besides these, almost every war now calls forth voluntary efforts, sometimes domestic, but occasionally on the part of members of foreign neutral communi ties, to improve the condition of the wounded sol dier and add to his comforts in hospital. Since FLORENCE N►carrwair.a did her great work at Scutari we have seen the rise and operation of that grand organisation of beneficence, the United States Sanitary Commission, an institution the example and influence of which will be prolific Of blessing on many a battle field, but which is likely to have few equals in the number and variety of its agencies and the vast ness of its resources. The late war in Ger many came on too suddenly and closed too soon to permit the growth of comprehensive schemes of volunteer help, but private charity has not been inactive either at home or abroad. In this country there are as many as five subscriptions open for the relief of the sick and the wounded. The Earl of Daman is raising funds fromamong the aristocracy, and the Catholic gentry and the Consul-General of Austria are doing the same among the great banking firms in the City, for the relief of the Austrian soldiers who are peculiarly exposed to privations. The Hanoverian Consul is raising funds for the soldiers of his State. The Deutsche Hilfs Committee, which has FERDINAND FRZILIORATII for one of its presidents, is accepting contributions which, we presume, will be employed for the most part to camfort those who have fought for German unity. And lastly, we have seen win these _Ow days, the formation, mainly liisfough the exertions of Mrs. Sams Solivraas, of 'a Ladies' AstrOft►on " for the purpose of soliciting aid for the sick and " wounded and prisoners on all sides in Ger " many and Italy." This association, which has Irwasmm NIGHTINGALE, the Countess of Snarrza- BURT, Lady LVELL, and Mrs. LIND-GOLDWILICIDT among its members, appears eminently worthy of the support of the charitable and humane. Any money subscribed to it is certain to be wisely and properly applied, while it has the great advantage of being free from any mingling of political par tisanship with the noble work of philanthrophy. OUR CONTEMPORARIS. (TEM DAY.) THE HTDII PARK 11111 TING. Speaking simply in the cause of law and order, the Times repeats that, while it would have preferred that the park gates had net been shut, but that those who attempted to address the crowd should be apprehended, it approves of the prevention of meetings in the park, and is glad to see that Lord Granville in the House of Lords, and Sir George Grey in the Commons, do not condescend to join in the outcry of some of the radical member,. It trusts that until an adverse judgment be obtained from • court of justice the government will not abandon their point, which would be simply to give up the park to every kind of disorder. There is no wish to prevent the work ing class or any other class from holding meetings, and if they had been willing to make their demonstration at Primrose-hied, or some other convenient spot, it would have been at their service. But Hyde-park has been hitherto maintained for other purposes, and we hope that the usage will nut be changed. The apology put forward appears to be, observes the Daily News, that the crown has an undoubted legal right to close Hyde-park, and even to turn it into a private pleasure ground or kitchen garden. Neither Lord Derby's playful indulgence to frolics of the mob, nor Kr. Disraeli's smooth protesting phrases of respect for popular rights, nor even Mr. Walpole's painful benignity, wilt remove the stigma of Monday night's occurrences from the government. As to the mode and manner in which the Home-office and Sir Richard Mayne provoked riot by preventing it, there were not two opinions among the independent members who spoke last evening. It was the violent prevention of a peaceful meeting that did all the mischief, for which the government—and the government alone—are responsible. The Herald describes all that has been said by independ ent members last night as rhodomontade, and everything that was said by the government as irrefragable. The Standard, in no less than three articles, takes the same line, using language, however, more extreme and personal than its contemporary. Mr. Layard is • political adven turer. Mr. Mill spoke with the felicity of • beggar set upon horseback, with the voice and manner of an angry woman, and with • disregard of truth and courtesy never perhaps paralleled in Mr House of Commons, deuonstrating that the ba lance of his mind is perfectly gone. As to Mr. Bright, it would be difficult to exaggerate she guilt of his conduct —his disloyalty, recklessness, and cowardice. The Post contends not only that the park should have been shut, but that the people should have been prevented in the first instance from collecting into stationary obstruc tions of the highway at the various points whence they started in procession and military array, with banners fly ing and bands playing, on their march upon Hyde-perk. Two or three arrests of the most energetic and persistent obstructors of the highway would have made the others reflective and sensible. The Trafalgar-square meeting was told that there was to be another demonstration in Hyde park next Sunday. It is to be hoped that this will be dealt with in the beginning, upon the principle that pre vention is better than cure. The Telegraph urges that the government has now corn. pletely proved its incompetence to govern. They dis tinctly provoked the collision which has taken place. Within eight days of actual tory sway the surplus of the last government has become a deficit, the scheme to lighten the land of the national debt has been contemp tuously abandoned, and the quiet of the metropolis broken .7) intimmoil and lamentable encounters, of which th' people are absolutely innocent, and their rulers indubit ably guilty. The Acivreiler also denounces the conduct of the government as irrational and indefensible. They have begun their rule mart inauspiciously. Even the bank ruptcy reform and workhouse reform, the only things promised, seem to be given up. The first act of the government was the perpetration in Ireland of a case of jobbery aimed unparalleled. They have begun to meddle and muddle in our foreign policy. Mr. Disraeli osten tatiously proclaims his sympathy with mar.ial law, ille gality, and misrule in Jamaica ; and Lord Derby's govern. ment take care to illustrate the announcement by a manifest tendency towards similar 1110111111 VS at home. A THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAZ: , t OSBORN% Jinx 24. Silk. Quad* walked in the grounds yesterday 'afternoon with Princess Louise ; Ind her Majesty went out tin Court. __._ driving thin morning. Press Louise (Leave out yesterday, attended by lady Waterperk and Lady Caroline Barring/mt. The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Osborne in the after noon from London, attended by the lion. K. Yorks. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh dined with the Queen yesterday ; and the Countess of Morton (Lady in Waiting to the Princess of Wales) had the honour of being invited. 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. S. H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, Lord J. Manner., the Right on. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, consisting of the Lord President and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, met yesterday at the Priv/ Council-office, on the subject of the Cattle Plague. Mr- Helps and Mr. Harrison were in attendance. A deputation, consisting of Mr. 0. F. J. Lord, W. Camps, M.D., Robert Fowler, M.D., T. H. Smith, F.R.C.S., J. Gibbon. M.D., G. Webster, M.D., A. Leered, M.D., W. 0. Markham, M.D., E. Ballard, M.D., J. F. Gibbons, F.R.C.S., A. Stewart, M.D., Dr. Brady, M.P., and others, had an interview with the Lord President of the Council at the Privy Council-office yesterday, relative to the Vaccination and Peblis Health Bills now before parliament. Mr. Helps, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Simon were present. A deputation, introduced by Colonel Barttelot, M.P., and consisting of Mr. Sclater-Booth, M.P., Mr. Howes, M.P., Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., Mr. Surtees. M.P., Hon. T. de Grey, M.P., Lord E. Cavendish, M.P., Sir Charles Russell, M.P., Mr. Bagge, M.P., Mr. Bass, M.P., Sir E. Buller, M.P., Lord Eustis*. Cecil, M.P., and Mr. R. Earle, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence inDowning-street, yesterday, on the subject of the repeal of the malt•tax. THS PIACI. The Italians coming before the Congress empty-banded, and with no SUCOOSSM on which to base their claims, should be moderate, the Tines think', in their proposi tions. No doubt the Southern Tyrolese are Italians, but Trent has belonged to Austria for centuries, and if Austria will not listen to reason on this score, it is to be hoped that the Italians will know, according to their own saying, how "to make virtue of necessity," and accept the hard condition, as they did when their French bene factor, after bargaining for Savoy and Nice as far as the mountain treat, insisted on over-stepping the natural boundary of the maritime Alps at Turbia, and encroached upon undisputably Italian territory as far as Ventimiglia. The Doily News points out the errors which English opinion has committed in relation to the war. Two months ago the Austrian army was commonly styled the bulwark of western civilisation, and the existence of the mingled political and moral forces which have given victory to Prussia was not only unrecognised but unsuspected. We had not, moreover, at all appreciated the state of German public opinion which has given strength to Prussia as much es the valour of her soldiers. In half the states whose governments went to war with Prussia there was a Prussian party. In not more than one or two of them was the war against that power ener getically supported. Looking back ou the past we can now see how unqualified we were to step in and pronounce upon the character and issues of this struggle, and attempt to determine its result, and how thankful we may be that public opinion tram Cie, and wise in time, to impose neutrality upon the government of this country. This German question has been settled by Germans, and the solution given to it promises to be abundantly fruitful in good. Though having no sympathy with Prussia, the Post is prepared to acknowledge that the fruits of her victories will constitute a boon to Europe. Sooner or later that heterogeneous league known as the Germania Confedera tion must have been dissolved, and the supremacy of Ger many secured either by Austria or Prussia. No one, how ever, will venture to deny that, of the two, Prussia is best entitled as she is best fitted to lead Germany. The Herald now represents that Venetia, after all, has never been more than a temporary possession held in trust by Austria for Europe and the world. The Standard says it was absurd to suppose Austria could cede Venetia to Italy instead of to France, end continues to taunt the Italians with their want of success. 'WHITEHALL, JULY 21.—The Queen has been pleased to direct letter patent to be passed under the great seal, granting the clarity of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, of Hatton, in the county of Middlesex, Knt., late Chief &roe of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and the heirs male of his body lawfully be gotten. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the great seal granting the dig nit y of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henry Edwards, of Pynest, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. The Queen has also been I pleased to direct letters patent to be puled under the groat granting the dignity of baronet of the United m of Great Britain and Ireland unto William Wil liams, of Tregullow, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. STATIONELS' ScnooL.—The annual delivery of speeches and awards of prises to the successful candidates at the Midsummer Rumination of this school toot place yesterday at Stationers'-hall, in the presence of the Mas ter, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the Stationers' Company, and of the parents and friends of the scholars and others who had received invitations to be present at the ceremony. ROYAL VISITS TO SOUTHAMPTON. Arrangements were made last week for the Prince of Wales and his family and the Duke of Edin burgh lowing through Southampton last Monday on their way to Osborne, but it having been announced that cholera was prevalent in that town it was submitted to the Prince that the royal party should go to Osborne by way of Portsmouth. His royal highness, however, de clined to have the previous arrangementa altered, and on Monday the Prince and Princess, with the royal children and the Duke of Edinburgh, embarked at the Southampton Docks for Cowes. The Duke of Edinburgh had been written to some time since to open the Loan Exhibition in Southampton, but his engagements prevented him from doing so. His royal highness was not aware on Monday that the exhibition had been opened, and he offered to do so this week. A royal visit will be paid to it in s few days. The picture gallery of the exhibition contains upwards of 500 pictures loaned to it by Lady Palmerston, the Baroness Hambro', Earls of Carnarvon and Portsmouth, Sirs W. Knighton, G. Berrard, H. Kemal, and J. C. Jervoiae ; Messrs. Russell Gurney, M.P., Moffatt, M.P., Beach, M.P., Nightingale, and Sloane Stanley, Miss Sturges Bourne, and a large num ber of other ladies and gentlemen. The exhibition is a great success. The shilling days commenced on Monday, and 501. was taken at the door on that day. Specimens of *vett kind of industry and art have been sent to the exhi bition, and the whole of the gorgeous presents given by the Emperor of China to Colonel Gordon for defeating the Taeping rebels are to be seen there. In the centre of the exhibition is a beautiful marble bust of the late Prince Consort, which was sculptured by the Princess Royal. OFFICIAL NEWS. —We understand that Colonel the Hon. E. G. Douglas Pennant will be nisei to the peerage.—The vacant garter will, we hear, be conferred either on the Duke of Richmond or the Duke of Rutland. —The cabinet yesterday was entirely occupied with the riot in Hyde-park.—Mr. Charles Fremantle is likely to be appointed private secretary to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer jointly with Kr. Montagu Corry. —With • view to facilitate the confederation of the North American pro vinces, we believe that it is under the consideration of the government whether it is not advisable to guarantee the interest of • sum to be raised for the construction of the long-desired intercolonial railroad between Hali'ax and Quebec.—The Owl. The Owl is " glad to hear " (a new form of announcement) that ^ marriage is arranged between Lord Uffington, eldest son of the Earl of Craven, and Miss Evelyn Barrington, daughter of the Hon. George and Mrs. Barrington. Mr. Cheetha.n to-morrow will ask the President of the Poor-law Board if he has any intention to bring in a bill at the commencement of the next session to relieve schools set apart for religious instruction upon the Sunday from liability to pay parochial and other rates. To-morrow Mr. Osborne will ask the Chief Secretmy for Ireland if her Majesty's government intend to bring in a bill for the further suspension of the Habeas Corpus in Ireland, and if such be the case, whether they will take into consideration the convenience of Irish mem. ben by naming an early day for its introduction. Mr. O'Beirne to-morrow will ask the Chief Se_ aviary for Ireland if the appointment of Mr. Blackburn as Lord Chancellor of Ireland is merely provisional, and if Mr. Napier has actually been appointed the Lord Justice of Appeal. Yeaterdey Sir Graham Montgomery was re elected for Peebleashire, on the nomination of Sir Adam Hay, seconded by Mr. Murray. Sir Graham attributed the failure of the late Reform Bill to the disreganl of the statistics, which showed that already one-fuin th of the working men were on the registers, and to the "super cilious" treatment of the house by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. . _ The Archbishop of York yesterday opened a fine arts and bob:labial exhibition at York, and delivered an address upon the occasion. About 6,000/. has been sub- scribed as a guarantee fund, and a building has been erected for the purposes of the exhibition at a cost of 4,000 f. The Roman catholic journal, the Monde, says : " If Austria succumbs there will be no state depending upon the Vicar of Jesus Christ. All will have abjured the official character of the catholic faith. There will be numerically catholic peoples : the protestant. will dare to call themselves a protestant nation. England and Prussia will make a show of their pretended orthodoxy, and the man of the catholic. in France, Spain, and Ger may will let fall the throne of Pius IL—that visible sign of the catholicity of the nations. Remaining faithful to that grand cause, Austria testifies to it by her defeats. If she is irremediably vanquished she will have all the honour of the combat. She will close the catholic cycle of modern peoples. The church and the world will enter upon new struggles, the struggles full of obscurity, the conditions of which it is impossible to determine." At the late visit of the Empress to the cholera hospital at Amiens her Majesty approached the bedside of a patient named Demontier, • workman, and spoke some *mooting words to him, which seemed to revive him, and for some days the medical attendants had hopes of saving him, but he had not strength, and has just succumbed. Before hie death he called the Soar de Chant* Marie- Joseph to his bedside, and taking from ander his pillow a purse, put it into her band, saying, " Ma Kew, here are 90 francs, all I possess in the world ; if Ido not recover, send them to the good Empress, let her give it to the poor, or to the little orphans of hex son, in remembranos of the gratitude of poor Demontier." The sister has just fulfilled the wishes of the dying workman. _ _ The Opinion Nationale has received unfavourab l e news as to the health of Garibaldi. His legs are so thil they are painful to see. He is pale, and bears on his fa.e the trams of great suffering. He how been attacked with acute rheumatism, while still feeling the effects of his second wound. He can only move about in a carriage, and " is may sustained by the energy of his will." The Priurian journals announce that an Hun garian Legion of about 6,000 men has bees formed by PRO, at Seism, and pissed under the command of Klapks and other thinpsiaa effissra. LATEST INTEL [GIEN CZ. THE TYRQL. Allharanperor Francis Joseph has addressed the following manifesto to the Tyrolese : To my faithful people of the Tyrol,—The unfortunate events which have occurred in the North have rendered it imperatively necessary that I Plana reinforce my army of the North by a portion of my victorious troops of the South. This step unfortunately increases the dangers which threaten the frontiers of the Tyrol, that country which is so dear to me, and now it is more than ever geom try that the whole male population, that all men capable of bearing arms, should range themselves by the aide of my brave army. I appeal to my faithful Tyrolese, at all times so faithful, to defend with all their strength their native I soil, and to rival my brave troops in devotion to the most , sacred of causes, to God, to the Emperor, and to the country. The grandchildren will be worthy of their fore fathers. The Emperor has unshaken confidence in you. Faun's Joanna (11113711'S TILIGIUML) THE ARMISTICE. FLORENCE, JULY 24. The Official Gamete of to-day says :—" The pro posals of the Emperor Napoleon to the govern ments of Austria and Prussia have been accepted by the courts of Berlin and Vienna as the bases of an armistice. Prussia communicated to the Italian government her acceptance of the proposals, this acceptance having been given upon condition of their receiving Italy's assent, in accordance ' with the mutual engagements entered into by Prussia and Italy. In consequence of this communication, Italy has declared her readi ness to consent to a suspension of hostili ties for eight days, on condition of reciprocal con duct on the part of Austria. During this period the negotiations will be continued in order that an armistice may be concluded of which the condi tions may be accepted as the preliminaries of an honourable peace." ING, JULY 46, 886: ME PIWNSIANS IN PRANSIVEr. —•-- A letter feat Frankfort, in the Temps, says Tea have dealidess heard that General de Falkenstein has been named governor of Bohemia, and so be has left his command here. The first act of his successor has bean to visit the city with another war contribution. Gonad dn . Falkenstein had taken 6,000,000 of florins, and his soccer sor demands, in his turn, 25.000,000 (nearly 60,000,000 of francs). That fermi a total d nosily 75,000,000 for a city which has not 100,000 inhabitants. What a joyful prospect for the future ! "Then is not such a sum in the city," said the two senators who have accepted the functions of civil commisnoners. " Oh! " replied the general, " I do not hold absolutely to being paid in hard cash. There are good signatures in Frankfort : I will take bills." " Your axisallenoy, it is impossible !"—" Do sot pronounce that word, for you will draw on your city the horrors of pillage." This short but memorable conversa tion took place on the 20th of July, in the year of Grace lOW The commissioners set to work. They bad a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce of the principal bankers, and submitted to them the new demands of the Prussian occupation. A deputation, composed of MM. de Rothschild, Grumplius, and de Neville, was sent to General de Manteuffel. It obtained the same reply as before :—" It must be paid, or woe be to you!" said the general in dismissing them. " What matters it if they call me a second Duke of Alva ?' A person kat 'dig demanded of General de Manteuffel if, in case the city should pay the demand, it would be safe from any further requisition, "On my part, yes," he replied, "but I make no engagement for my successor." When this com munication leaves no resolution has been come to. HOPEFUL PROSPECTS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. A telegram from the Great Eastern yesterday announces that the bus is considered certain to be com pleted by Friday, and requests the Electric and Inter national Company in London to have everything in reatE ness for commencing at once the transmission of messages for the public. The deep water has now been passed. From yesterday the ocean begins slowly but very steadily, to shallow. From 2,400 fathoms its bed gradually time to 2,000, then to 1,500, 1,200, 900, 700, and so on, till in Heart's Content Bay, one of the most easterly spurs of rooky headland on the south of Newfoundland, it will be landed in a depth of some 50 fathoms. The place chosen for its landing is a deep rocky inlet, very much of the some kind, though of course on a much larger scale than that at Foilhommer hum. It is more sheltered than Ball's Bay, where the cable of 1858 was successfully landed, just as this little rocky cove is better suited than Valentin harbour, from which it was then laid. The route taken is about 30 or 35 miles further south of the cable broken last year, so that in grappling for the latter there may be no danger of catching up the new. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE FROM LONDON BRIDGE. Lest evening Mr. Serjeant Payne, the City 3 ooroner, held an inquest at the Coal Exchange Tavern, St. I Mary-at-Hill, on the body of John Henry Whitehead, aged I 2f, who destroyed himself by jumping off London-bridge into the river. The case was one of a very painful character, and ex cited much interest. James blacken, a labourer, living in Angel-alley, White chapel, said that on Monday, about noon, he was in the recess on the left hand side of London-bridge, nearest to the City side, looking at the steamboats, when he ob - erv:d 1 the deceased get up on the seat in the same re cess, and placing his knees on the rrapet, he turned his bead slightly round, and said, Good bye, Pincher, I am off," as if to some man beli'ud him, and th en precipitated himself into the river. He saw the deceased for several moments straviling on the surface of the water, and he called to the men in the steamers at Fresh-whart and boats to put off ,but he unfortunatelyeank before they could could get up to him. In about half-an hour or so the body was dragged up and taken ashore. By the Coroner—When the deceased got up on the pare pet, he (witness) thought the man wanted to have a better view of the steamboats. Joseph Whitehead, of Brook-street, Bermondsey, a re spectable looking elderly man, said the deceased was his son, and lie followed the occupation of a coal porter. He could not account for the deceased committing the rash act except that he had been out of employment for some time, and had suffered considerable privation. Witness also thought that his mind might have been affected by seem a man jump out of a window in Bethnal - green, on Satur day. Witness understood that the deceased assisted to pick the man up, and the scene might have operated on his mind. His son was married, and had left two children. He was a very kind and affectionate husband, and of sober habits. Phoebe Whitehead, a delicate looking young woman, neatly but poorly clad, having an infant in her arms, sled she was the wife of the deceased, and resided at No. 2, Edward-street, Horton. She noticed a peculiar change in his conduct and on Sunday night he did what he had never done before since they had been married—he would not sleep nith her, but went and slept with their little girl. She had heard that he had seen a man throw himself out of window, and she believed that it had affected him. He had also t aen often out of work, and they had suffered much from hunger and deep distress. (The poor woman burst into tears.) He VAS an affectionate husband and father, and she feared that what he had recently seen, and the distrees they had gone through, bad so preyed upon his mind as to lead him to destroy himself. A juryman asked why they not obtain relief from the parish. The widow replied that they had applied to the parish, but the authorities required them to go into the house. As they did not wish to break up their little home they d alined to go in. They paid 3s. a week for rent. The father of the deceased said he had relieved them with meat and bread, and other provisions, as far as be was able. The person whom the deco .sed called " Pincher" was a person named hf`Lood, who was with his son, when he suddenly left him and went into the recess and jumped off the bridge. The Coroner, in summing up, remarked upon the melan choly nature of the ease, and the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed himself whilst in a sate of temporary insanity." The Coroner and jury made up s subscription for the relief of the poor widow, who appeared to be very grateful for the assistance rendered her. LOSS OP LIPS BY PULE. Last evening Mr. John Humphreys, the Mid dlesex coroner, held au investigation at the Green Man Tavern, Horton Old-town, into the circumstances attend ing a fire at No. 28, Pitield-etreet, Horton, by which Sarah Anne Dennis, a domestic servant, aged 24, lost her life. Police-constable Dowling, 251 N, said that on last Saturday night he was on duty in Horton. He saw the fro at window of No. 28, Fitfield-street, thrown up, and smoke issue from it- He sprang his rattle, and assistance came. Mr. Jones Puzzle, a draper, No. 28, Fitfield-street, maid that on last Saturday night his premises were closed at 12 o'clock. The gas was then put out. The witness kept a light burning Pll nigbt in the room at the back of the shop, because the house had been thrice entered by thieves. All in the house then went to bed, and in a short time the witness was called by his brother, who told him that the house was on fire. The witness then knocked at the doors of all the sleeping inmates in the house, and when he knocked at the deceased's room door he heard her say, " Oh! it is fire, it is fire." The witness then told all to follow him to the trap-door in the roof. All did so, and the witness went out on the roof, and told the other parties in the house to follow him. He helped them out. A young man named William Bally, an oasis tent in the witness's employment, was getting out when the deceased caught hold of his foot, but the fir* becoming very severe she was compelled by the heat to let go. The witness put his hands down to help them up, but the heat was so' scalding" that he could only get up the young man Bally. The deoeseed had stopped to dress, when she was warned that the house was on fire. The man Bally was so severely injured that he bad to be re moved to the hospital. The stock was insured in 1865 for 1,6001., but in 1606 the policy was increased to 2,0001. Mr. Frederick Puzzle, brother of the last witness, said that on the night of the fatal occurrence he awoke coughing. He then discovered that the house was on fire. Nathaniel Thomas Pussy, No. 42 fire-escape conductor, said that be found the deceased l dead in the third-floor baekroom. She was partly dressed. The fire was so great that witness could not enter the house until it was put out. The roof, staircase, and several of the house par titions were burnt. Mr. Barton, engineer of the Metro politan Fire Brigade, said he had examined the burnt house, and be was of opinion that the fire originated in the basement. The Coroner said that he could not make out the reason why the fire was not discovered until the whole house was in flames. Where were the police and the inmates? It would be better to adjourn the inquiry, and further evidence could then be procured. In reply to a juror, the fire-escape man said that Mr. Puzzle when he first saw him was dressed in his coat, trousers, and boots. Mr. F. guzzle said the business bad increased of late. He was not Trines in it. He was only partly dressed whoa he The court wits then adjourned. RAILWAY AOCIDINT NAAR bicuron.—MALTo3l, TVZSDAY -Tb 'waling, the train from Walton to Whitby ran into six oows which were crossing the line near Norton, baling two, sad throwing the middle arrive off the line. The train wan cropped in three hundred yard*. The peeraosers were shakes, bat none wen be f wed, mad all went ea. PRUSSIA AND BAVARIA. XITNICH, JOLT 25. Bavaria, notwithstanding the efforts of Herr von Pfordten, has not succeeded in obtaining from Prussia an engagement that hostilities will cease against the federal army simultaneously with the armistice with Austria. THE GERMAN PRINCES. BERLIN, JULY 25. It is asserted that the princes who have been dispossessed of their dominions by Prussia, pur pose holding a common conference of delegates for the protection of their respective interests• THE WAR IN THE TYROL. FLORENCE, JULY 24, R4E:axe. _ _ The Italian troops under General Medici had a fresh encounter yesterday with the enemy in the Valsugana, near the village of Borgo, where the latter were entrenched. General Medici took the village by assault, and pursued the Austrians as far as Levico, where, finding reinforcements theyagain offered resistance to the Italian troops. General Medici finally took Levico by assault at 10 o'clock at night. He is now marching upon Trent, from which place Levico is only 18 kilo metres distant. The Austrians sustained heat/ losses in killed, wounded, and prisoners. SPAIN. MADRID, Jtrty 24, EVINIVO. The Queen has ordered the taxes on the private property of the crown to be paid six and twel v e months in advance, declaring that she wishes to share the Ramifies' borne by her faithful subject". ROME. ROME, JOLT 22, Bye/gm. Cardinal Anton°lli is again unwell. It is be lieved that he will shortly retiro from public affairs. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA AND BREMEN. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 25. The Hamburg and Amerioan Company's steamer Saxonia, from New York on the 14th inst., has arrived, with 71 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 55,000 dollars for England, and 46,892 dole. for Hamburg. On the 14th she passed the British steamer Atalanta and the Bremen barque Elena ; on the 15th the French steamer Napoleon 111. ; on the 23rd the English ship Yorick ; and on the 24th inst. the American steamer Baltic. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen from New York, passed the Needles at 11 a.m. to-day. OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 23. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania sails to-day at twelve o'clock with the United States mail., a full compliment of passen gers and cargo, including jewellery, value 12,000 fr. OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL& MALTA, JuLy 24. The Delta left at I a.m., and the Manilla eaila at noon to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 26th instant, and the latter at Southampton on the 2nd August. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Pera, from Marseilles, on the 20th inst., arrived on the 22nd at 4 p.m. and left at 10 p.m. for Alexandria. She was subjected to strict quarantine, which has now been increased upon arrivals from Mar seilles to 15 full days. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, •TOLT 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, passed the Needles at 9.50 a.m to-day. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAT.) wirmainty, IDLY SS. II L. F. Daman a 30116 W. Ili. „...._—.„. W. R. Ito is P. D. _ Nalco Aberdeen 10.12 7 N. 4 N.N.W. ro 0. 2 Leith 00.2461 N. I F. bo 2 /intros.= Oreencaolle 10.11:61 N. 2 N. N.L co 1 Yolanda 110.1 0 210 14.11. 2 N.N.E. b 1 - - Ilverpool 0 olybeed Peozesece.....3o.2C 12 N. N. W. 6 N.Y. . 2 Bred '30.2463 N.N.E. 6 N.L of 6 Larked 130.12 66 N. 4 N.L c I itachefort.. . 1 10.12 63 2/.1. 4 W. cb I Ilymontle 2026 64 N. 3 W.W.I. e 1 W•genouilt Porteasoidb 30.2160 N.D. 3 1.11.1. oo 2 London - Yarmouth. 20.19 56 N.N.E. ; 2 N.D. oo I Scarborough. 90.24 67 N.N.LiI. $ N. m 6.06 1 2 Melds ' 10.30 N.D. : 2 N. e 4 &kW I 11 — I— — _ _ Barometric pressure has coathmod to Increase 'lowly over the British Isles. and temperature gmasnlly has also then, although It la still rather below the ammo fee the IMMIIO6 The whsda are chiefly northerly (N.m to N.W.) mil moderato. FORESHADOWING EVENTS.— During BOMO military manoeuvres mar Strasburg, throe days hack, a pontoon bridge was thrown woes the Rhine in twelve minutes. The cholera is declining at Marseilles. The number of &arks there on riesday wee ST, ei which 14 were from shsis► RENEWAL OF THE RIOTS IN HYDEI ILABLBOROUGH-STREBT.—TRIS Dgi After the disposal of the usual night cla i Thos. Anglia wma oharpd before Kr. Knox vii throwing in Hyde-perk. Potioe:oonstableoo6 A was in Park-lane but at saw stone throwing going on. On taking the pri m custody he had a brick in his hand. The primer said it was the first time he lad b elioe-eoart, and asked for mercy. In answer to Yr. Knox, the constable said he prisoner throw one stone. Timothy Flynn was charged with stone throwii Nadal, 133 A. saw prisoner throwing itftw iN one at Sir Richard Mayne, bat it did not strike h Prisoner denied throwing stones. Inspector Maddock, A division, heard prisoner and hissing, and saw him throw a stone. Mr. Knox said prisoner was tolling a par e d hoods. An old gentleman, Sir R. Marv, was rid in the execution of his duty, and a parcel of rail stones at him. Hs could only fine him 40a, sad I be could do more. John Rawlings wu charged with a simihs Georp May, 72 A, asw prisoner throw a star a gentleman, who was on horseback, on the ace Prisoner denied throwing stones. Mr. Knox—lf you, a parcel of ruffians, this going to keep this town in a state of disorder, yc taken. You will pay 40s. Fred. Jelly wee next charged. Merchant, 609 A, said he saw the prisoner I stone, and they saw him throw it. Was positir loner was the man. John Seward was charged with throwing dor Merchant, 609 A, saw the prisoner throwing hissing and shouting. Mr. Knox fixed the prisoner 405., or a month. Charles Lockett, an elderly man, was chugs malt. Seymour, 42 D, was last night in Hydropsi and missiles were being thrown at the police. the persons was the prisoner, who was very mu and struck him across the noon with his tumbrel Prisoner said he was very sorry, and that in a excitement he forgot himself. Mr. Knox said prisoner having expressed or would only fine him 10s. Patrick Doherty was next charged. Garraty, a constable of the E division, saw t running down the street, and afterwards sat up a stone, watched him, and saw him throw I him. The prisoner denied throwing the stone. The oolisteble said he was knocked down. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for two m hard labour. Gawp Simpson was next changed with stone Stanley, 35:5 A, was in Oxford•street hut nig Marble-arch, and seeing him throw a stone 1 persons, took him into custody, bis excuse f the stone being that some one bad struck him. Mr. Knox remarked that yesterday he notic one of the prisoners had a mark about him polies had. Mr. Knox fined prisoner 40s. or a month. Alfred Young was next charged with stone t George Carr, 78 1), was on duty at the con berland-street last night, and saw the prisoner two or three times and take up stones, and I amongst the crowd towards the Marble-arch, took him into custody. Mr. Knox—la It true the windows were broi The constable said It was. The constable said the prisoner, when b dropped some stones. The prisoner said what the constable sta risht. Mr. Knox inflicted a fine of 40a, or a midi George Woodbridge was charged with di park railings. Constable Yates, 166 D, said the prisoner, night, threw several atones at the police, and I him into custody. He did not deny doing it. Prisoner, who had no answer to male, was a month. Alexander Cullen was charged with throwi the police. Hughes, 72 A, said prisoner was shooting stink in his hand. He threw the stick in i and struck him on the head. The stick was in length and as thick as a broom handle. Inspector Bradstock said that he was sun Large crowd of roughs, and received a blow, on the helmet. The blow, ho-rever, did not 1 In answer to Mr. Knox—There must her persons, stone throwing and hhoing, and the ; to have an ill-feeling to the ladies in the earn Prisoner had nothing to my in answer to th Sir. Knox—lt is perfectly shocking to se lads actin; u the prisoners have done. They law too drool for them—forty shillings. Henry Helcombe was charged with assault Garritty, 26 D, said about 4 o'clock yeah at the Marble Arch, with others, to clear ass sonswho had collected there. Prisonerrefosedi others not to do so, stating that he had no el the pollee, and that he hoped they would r decerved. Directly after he was shuck on th a stone. Pushed prisoner and others back, and another tried to pull him into the road. 1 did not desist he should take him into misted refused to do so took him, and he then kie °outride) on the legs, ref used to walk, and to carry him. Prisoner denied kicking the constable. constable he was a respectable tradesman leave. Constable again pushed him, and he put the his hand on the constable, and then he s by police. The prisoner called a witness, who said hi stable push the prisoner down. He never I make use of an 111 word. Mr. Knox asked the witness whether he di would be more prudent to keep out of the pa The witness said it would, but he had bush Mr. Knox said what they hid beard ye scandal to the town. The police had ari clear away an obstruction. Another witness said there was an order the persona from the gates, as there was so He considered the constable's conduct scan struck women and children, and if ever al his duty it was the constable. The prisoner said he was a linendraper in Mr. Knox said it was a ease which must I and properly investigated. Although he wt to put down the isnism in the park, nothi from his intention than to permit an excess 4 part of the police. He would adjourn the e Mr. B. Hutchinson said he had to apply against the constable Garraty for assault* named Wright, a railway clerk, the gentlem his head cut open. Mr. Knox said a summons would serve the granted one. Francis Bevan and Wm. Chi-Tins were throwing stones at John Norman, 159 Y. WilliamCol,l43Y,sawChesins standing o sill of an area in Bryanstan-street thrown be took him into custody. Norman, 159 Y, said stones were thrown of Bryaninonatreet at the poll T, and on to look he received one on his hreast, and m an area saw the prisoner. Took hold of began to struggle, and got his iconstable's) mouth and bit it sharply, the same flags bitten six months ago. Chevins denied biting the ecniitable's fines reason why they got down the area was thought the horse-police were coming. Sergeant Butcher, 37 Y, received a stet ennui it to bleed. A gentlemen in Bryant stones were being thrown front his area, I into the area he found the constable and struggling t d, seeing ogether. Bevan sai the people running, 1r what to do, being afraid, and so he got dow Bevan's muter gave him an excellent stated that if the boy had minconducti regretted it. Mr. Knox said there was no evidence the a stone, and as he would rather make a side of mercy, he would discharge him. have to pay 40.. for the stone throwing, decide as to the assault when he saw ti tient*. John Talbot was next charged with throe Rook, Y division, said the pnauner thrw on asking what he had fret in his pocket. Per _L" On searching him he found two bin nr. Knox fined the prisoner 41h., or a ma John Hole, a deaf and dumb lad, was damaging the park railings. Mee-oonaimble 160 Y saw the prisons water-road last night about 10 wrench a ri place, and put it on his shoulder and walk The evidence was explained to the prison man from the Association in Aid of the De Prisoner denied the damage but adinitt4 Yr. Knox wished he could Yam the boy's eenmaeranou. Primmer said he was out of work, and do. Mr. Knox—And so he goes into the peek miaohief. I can of let him escape gigged , ' poissialliag for Ow damage and 20a. Sr must take rare of has child. 1 I 1