The Express. — London, England, 1867-07-29 00:00:00

7 - 7 - 1 - '?- - fr .N; EMS FA, REC. WIW4C RECEIVED 1.5 A tK.I ae . =440 41Crt ,- , •of it-ef f`. ~~ / / if- G--e N0.6,595.] OVICHLAND ROUT& COMMUNICATION by STEAM to INDIA. AITTitALIA. &a. vll &Wry, rpm Southmopton and Marseillea.—The PRNINSITLAR and ORIENTAL *TEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY BOOK PASSEN GEM and receive Cargo and Parcels ter Gibraltar, Malts, Napa, Ades, Cr) I I. Mmlras, Csleutta, the Straits, China, and Japan (Yokohama , lo their steamer, leaving Southampton on the 4th and 2,4 h of every month; for ;Straker, Malta. Egypt. Aden. Lmobsy. 11 those of the 12th and 27th of each mouth and 1.4 . it iug t;ron,'s Sle'bourne, and Sydney, by the strainer havoc southemptan on the 20th of every month.— the Mesmer* Inm Nisrwille, on the sth, 12tb, 20th, and Seth of the intaath.— For further partitultirs apply at the Company's Onices, 120, Lewis-Mull-street, lisabon, HC. ; St Orbontal-pLai. Grafi sniptuu. LINE.--The LIVERPOOL, NEW JL iiiiK . ant PIIILADT.LPIIIA STEAM-8111P COMPANY Intent ;Ong their full ponemt Cl 3 de.built Mon screw s s,,,,o.nips. col rt lug the Ceded states' Mails, calling at Q11101M w.„. ii „.,.„1. on the following day, to take on boon queenlier* and J. ..p ~ in! with linnet} to call at as IntnnuwlwW purl: i.E LoNIaIN, Wednesday, ittly 31. tip A KW YORK, Saturday, August 3. PARIS, Wednesday, August 7. Cltr of M %NC II FitTKR, Saturday, August 10. And ever) Wednesday and daturaisy. Cat in piis.l,.e by the awl steamers sailing every Wednesday, 15, I:, i.ed ni ,oinras, according W the accommodation. Forward pose., h...in, . full supply of rooked provisions. Passengers for issin;ela soul the ratted States hooked through on very dean -For further particulars apply to WILLIAM INN IN, t 2. tt ateratrert, Liverpool ; sad to KlYffiland MACKY, 01, King Wilburn-street Landon. STEAM to STOCKHOLM direct, from London, I him/ at Copenhagen. —Tee favourite arreweteanier NEW , k l'avtalo J SMITII, will be despatched from Alder man's tier in a few dayt Yates, 44 41. and £3 A.—Apply at 411 %MI Ottice, Regent-circus, W., or to Plll Ll.l!Tik GRAVES, lIIILLLPIM and Co., St.Lionstaa'ohouse, erces-Lino, N C. QIIVEDEN and BACK in samm dap hot*. NJ London. allowing 5.1 hours in Sweden.—Tlds la an oppor tunity that nmy he enihroold by the rerowned twin screw steamer MART, Captain 'MOS. LEIGH, appointed to sail on 7x.1.1 moot, from use Wed India Duck buoys, for GOTH V4131'110, and every alternate lotto:day as heretofore weather permitting). ralliug at Iti.okwall at noon. roasengers will likewise end Slab a 11k01111 . .cradiug route to Norway and Russia. and should make early appinatnms for berths. Fares to Gothenburg, L 3 as, and t 2 3 ; return, 14. SA. sad L 3 Y.: deck, tl.—Applz at clutpliat'4 IWlhe, &vent-circus, W. to MU or LLIS! GRAVES. PHI WITS and Co., St. Dansteserboose, Vreaolatte, Great Tower-street. RO'rrERDAII and the RHINE.—The favourite steamer HAT 4VlEit leaves Brunswick Pier, Madman, entry SUNDA V, at ll a.m. Paaseatters moat leave lent:hard, street Station by the 10.30 an train, tad walk on board.— The ryvnivird leaves from off the Tower every Thiiniday morning at S a to—Apply to CHAPLIN - A Univeraid Office, W., or to POILLIPPN. ORA VIA, PH ILLIPPS and Co., St Dunstan's home. Cress-Lim Great Toaeratrvet, BREMEN. —Direct Route to Hanover, Brune wick. it'd Central Gonsastr.—The North Garm an Fiord's las Orshelaits screw steamer VALK 12 Captain N. BF NDLIEN, will to despot. on TUURAPA V, Aug I, calling at tila,kwall (weather prrm Ming , at 12 soon.—Parrto /keenest L 2 sod Ll return tkkets, e. 2 and CI 10a—Apply at CTIArLIN'b Universal Wire, ihatent-eirvith W. ; er to PWIILLU.I%, OILAVYIB, PHIL UPI'S sod Co., 82 DunatanhAtowil i lhoes-lane, Great Tower. greet. SC. ('1 RAC ROSHERVILLE, ROUND the ‘..x NOSE aud Hrit 'SI.UISSTra MEET ett BIIEERSC44. The crieinal favnurite salaam Steamers A I..giCA NIMA and I'AItICBSTIIN will leave Old Swan Pier, above Loodowbeidge, DAILY •evolloe peneiUlog•, at lo ava. 1030 as., and 3.0 p.m. (the 1051 a.m. only will go roam! the :Core, returning trout the Terrace hot, calling at itoshersllle, at 6 and 7 PAIL SALOON STEAIISHIP, ALBERT VICTOR, +oils for MAIM:ATE and EAMSGATK every TUESDAY, Thundery, and Aeturdloy. (rims Swan her. shove LoiLlon.Srklge, MG a.m., rrtorning to London every Monday, Wednesday, sad Friday ; Inttit a Helpmate at 11 LW., and Margate at 12 noon. ORYSTAL PALACE.—City Companies, Firms, V necktie.. Clubs. or Schools, dedroos of bolding their A NNI* A L 1.1 ItR or TEAS at the Crystal Palace are requested to apply for h rens to Snail.% NI and RoBERTA. Refreshment Department. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. (lianaging Director, Mr. Y. Stratiße. , Three I : alleta, MO Dgjwas, Wo I n gingers, Acrobats, Modes . Pk dues, Latest Telegrams, nalootta, Sapper-room; Lavatories, thaoking.nvons. Es ening Paper: 10 Orchestral Pieces Every Eight. Open at italf-pest Reran, begin at Eight. hioea-la, hi., and W.: Reserved Meats, to : rrtvate Boxes, Irons £1 la. &analog open from 12evea to Roar. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High Holborm—The most • dons and brilliantly.decorahed Room, aiol the hr•t Band In London. OPlth for CONCERT ad DA NUIN.I hVCRY ILVIINING. Musical Director, Mr. W. B. Packer. Ulan at hatt.?ast S dose at is. Admiselon. throsialsont, Is THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, 5, Princes-street, London. NOTICE It HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL vl l•ETIN(; of the Shareholders to this Bank will he held at the Ranking-house, No. 5, Princes-street, Abington-house, es THritSDAY, the rbiti day of August next, at It of the clock st anon bet...sely. for the purpose of confirming the fol kering Reen!tdP.ne perused at the Special General Meeting Widen on the :11h day of July inst., nix. That the boos tug addition he made to the 9th clause of the Wed of setth meat, dr.:—•• And may also from time to time, It they think fit, itimiraish the number of directors. bat so always net such number shall taut at any time be is than fifteen" That the proviso in clause f. 2 Wiles Company's deed of sett-le wd requiring [loam to have been given by some pro victor at a pro vious general meeting, either balt.yearly or ex- Ir-wrdinar). of an antention to propose the remittal, n iot 'egois ts.. in such t !ants referred to, be and the NUM Is hereby re pealed, s-el the said deed is to be reed as though such require ment ale not contained therein. hated this 27th d..y of July. 1547. Ly order a the Hoard. ALVBCDRCtIVIMER, Secretary. BNK of AUSTRALASIA (incorporated by Royal Charter, lek,!, No. 4, Throodneedlleaucet, Louden, :J.:. July, lee;. The Court of Directors HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the lit UNBAR'S to arils° of the Proprkton will he held at tle Mike 01 the Conaratioo. No. 4, le-street, ou *INLAY, the 111th August neat, at I o'clock predaely. By order of the Court. _ WILLIAM MILLIIIICi. Secretary. LOANS, in sums of any amount, for long o r short periods. One or more sureties required. meta the Sorority of a deposit or inortgwee Is gen. sournace Is =—N ATIONAL OUAItDI AN MN/ RANCZ COMPANY ). 464. Oxford-street, Bloomsbury. W.C. FTTRADE WHARF.—The Commissioners :meows and the Lords of the Troesury.—Preparir.g for the Correspondence on the subject of Privileges ausu Iren m tea end bow withheld. IMPONTKRA GOODS who an iiliOelsd to excessive charges on good' la nded on captain's entry will Moak City. please apply to IL CLAY and OA, IS, Upper Mamas. A VALUABLE PACKAGE of TEA. A CHLNEB6 CADDY, containing lalbs of really good BLACK 1a. ... A .11k ant carriage tree to any railway stationer martst town In UP-7Qlreland, neutland, or Wales, on receipt ot 40a, by PHIL. Co.. tea rserebsota, A. ID= Wilinnedribk MI. Le PARIS EXPOSITION, 1867.-" MAIZENA," This delicious loud, whkh gained the only Prize Medal It 1 with the high report of jury "Exceedingly excellent Pout' and ie./ In Part. the sole Silver Medal d'Honnaw, with the distinguished report " Perfection of PreParstkm." b served 1111 , 1211 y In the form of puddings. creams, sneak calm. Re., In si thr buffet, Vhltorn are recommended to try this delisfhtful kW --Sld In packets everywhere. CARPETS. —£9,000 worth Brussels and Tapestry Brussels, at tn. 7id.. Ad., and L. 114. per yard also gratis. Carp ALAreduced prices. A new list of Rises and X 3 orth Furniture, Bedsteads I n brass, iron, led wend', Belding, Upholstery, Be., now offering at unprece fitted low prices. All goods warranted, and delivered free throughout the kingdom.—W3l. WAINE, wholesale and export "liisterer and general furnishing warehouesmaa, 133 to LA c osiagtonhults Factories, Erancis-street PARSON'S original ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, patronised b the nobility and gentry for all out line work as Iron, wood, st one , brick, onenpo, greenhouses, de h twice u durable an white lead, much cheaper, and easily ap tdm,Three cwt. and upwards free to meet parts of the United . and stone coloure, 304. per cwt. ; oak, red, 43,-04 ste. lead colour, purple brown, sad black, it's. ; greens td blue tin. Patterns and testimonials upon applli anon to IILTKIt cAIISON and SONS, La Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate. Mt EC. No agents all orders to be sent direct. - - PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE (Patented‘.—The newest and best toilet soap, wears well, rich O c t fragrant lather, ls entirely tree front cocoa nut W mese of alkali, and contains half Its weight of Price's ills. glycerine. _ Sold la dd. and 6d. tablets. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (Lbsited), Belmont Works, Battersea. B.W. TRETE.— hleasrs. GABRIEL lISTA 'MISR= 18111). nWPA SIPALKI, Fit= BY POST YOUR STAMPS, lii Painirea System of Dentistry and self-adhealyt Lniticial Teeth without springs, at half the usual charges. 64, LI DCATE.HILL, CITY. 60. flarteystreet. Cavendish-square, Loudon. 134. Duke-street, Liverpool. DIDTEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profession for thirty years have approved of Pue s.ilution of ilagneda m the beet remedy for Acidity of YtM hearburn, Headache, Gout, and gestion and Mat nd:d aperient fur delicate constitutions, especially — ' 94 .1 for olles, Children, and Intanta—DINNEVOID and • rheiro.a 17t, New lioedetmet, London, and of all other Munn. thrtAntimut the world. GOUT and RHEUMATISM. —The excruciating h -*tw i 14121,4 wont t cele or rheumatism m is quickly , relieved and cured qt 4 bi tbrated edic itl.A IWA GOl7 and RHIWMATIC THIS. n.stndut of diet or eanlinemeet during their 4• * O . l an. a main u. prevent the disarm ettecidne smy vital told all medicine ve ndor, at la. anal Pd. per boil* loialind through any chendfd Ii 'KAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION 1865. This celebrated old IRIal WHISKY gained the DUBLIN PI IZE MEDAL—It Is pure, mild mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold la bottles, 3s. Bd. each, stilts retail houses la London ; by the agents In the principal towns la tugboat ; or wholesale at 8, Great Whidialll.street, Loodon, W. Observe the red seal, pink label, ash Lurk branded "Elaahma's LL Whlaky. MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE, XelV. ,(or AC GUST), price One Shilling, O.I.: 1. Old 81r lieuglas. By tieiffis:lffs. Norton. Chap. Through the Mist. Chap. LE V.—The Boundless Mercy of lion. Chap. LXVI. —Gertrude has a new Trouble. Chap. LXVII.— Lorimer writes shout Kenneth. Chap. LXVlll.—Traces of James leers. Chap. LXlX.—Janies Prete is recognised by an other Perron. Chap. LX X.—Mlle surprised. Y. The Prophet of Culture. By Henry Sidgelek, Fellow of Trif fly college, Cuubndaw. 3. ob-pheui • Essay on some of the Characteristics of Keyoolds u a Painter. By Francis Donee. 4. Savoie of +Hades. By Henry Kingsley, Author of " Ravens hoe," " The Myers and the Bottoms," Ac. Chap. LI t'.—Tim Princess's Talisman. Chap. LT. —The Colonel rides away into the Darkness. Chap. LV L —The Battle of Palate.. Chap. 1)111. Stant Lachrymie Kamm. & Life at Thebes. By Lady Duff-Gordon. & The Ohl Benne Poetry. By William Barnes, B. D. 7. IllsooUng the Niagara Falls ; and After': Macmillan and Co. London. Sold by all Booksellers, Newsagents, and at all Railway Stations. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. NEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. EARLS, JULY Ze, EVENING. The Empress of the French, returning from 4.lharbolug, is expected at Havre at 6 p.m., and at the Tuileries at midnight. Signor Nigra left yes terday for Florence. The Patric of this evening states that the Italian government has satisfied itself, from its own reports, of the inaccuracy of the accounts which have been published by the Italian journals respecting the visit of General Dumont to Rome. The same journal states the Russian government is reported to have pronounced in favour of the interpretation contained in the recent Danish note to Prussia of the manner in which article L of the treaty of Prague should be carried oui.. The Presee believes that all the chief members of the Italian legation in Paris will shortly be replaced. FRANCE AND DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Jrix 71. M. Bethc, the French Minister of Commerce, has arrived here. Reports are current that he is en trusted with a diplomatic mission. FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. PARIS. Jun' 28. In yesterday's sitting of the Senate, after a speech from the Duke de Persigny on the spirit of the con stitution, Baron Dupin explained the past history of Prussia, and said that she had formed allorthern confederation in Germany offensive to France. The speaker asserted that the ambition and per severance of Prussia did not lead hint to believe that after the sucoes•es already gained she would now stop ; but he hoped that the decisive moment would now arrive when the large States, to avoid the perils of the future, would unite together and limit the empire of Prussia to acceptable propor tions. Then alone would they be able to reduce their military expenditure. Then would France and the other nations be more happy and more rich in their peaceful rivalry. After voting the budget, the session of the Senate was declared closed. BERLIN, Jon. 27, Evaarisc. The semi-official North German Gazette of this evening says The despatch of the French government in reference to Schleswig was only read by the French chargi d'affaires, and no copy was left with the Prussian government. It is, therefore, impossible to speak of the accuracy of the reports in to-day's Vienna journals upon the contents of that despatch." The New Prussian (Cross) Gazette of this evening says :—" It may be supposed that the communication of the French government does not at present do more than recommend a friendly arrangement between Prussia and Denmark. It will only be possible to judgeof the importance of this document when it is known whether it has any, and, if so, what connexion with the views and intentions of the French government in reference to the general situation in Europe. The present step taken by that government may be of such a character as would require from Prussia an unmistakeable declaration repelling any foreign intervention, or it may amount only to an offer of friendly advice which could be accepted with equal expressions of friendship." Prince Humbert of Italy left this morning for Wiesbaden. THE SULTAN. VIENNA, J(LY 28. To-day, at noon, the Sultan received the diplo matic corps, and after that the staff of generals was presented to his Imperial Majesty by the com mander-in-chief, the Archduke Albrecht. HUNGARY. PESTH, JULY 27. The reports which have lately been current re lative to the re-establishment of the corps of Honveds are officially pronounced to be premature. Herr Kossuth has declared that he will accept his election for Waitron. BELGIUM. OSTEND, JULY V. Colonel Gregoire, the commander of the Swap* and two English officers, dined yesterday with the King of the Belgians. ITALY. FLORENCE, A:LT 28, EVICITNG. To-day in the Chamber of Deputies the debate upon paragraph 17 of the bill for the conversion of the church property was resumed. The follow ing is the text of that paragraph. "1. Authorisa tion is granted to the government to issue, at such periods and in such manner as it may deem oppor tune, as many bonds at b per cent. as are necessary to procure 400 million lire. 2. These bonds are to be taken up at their nominal value on account of the purchase price of the ecclesiastical property." The first part of the paragraph, being that upon which the government asked for a vote of confidence, was adopted by 255 against 41 votes. The second part WAS also agreed to by 266 against 15 votes, and the whole bill then pulled by 204 to 58 votes. THE ITALIAN MOVEMENT. VIENNA. JULY 27. The Vienna papers announce that Cardinal Antonelli has forwarded a despatch to the Papal Nuncio's at catholic courts, calling their attention to the debates that have recently taken place in the Italian Parliament. The Cardinal states that the attitude of the Italian government is greatly at variance with the engagements which have been made with the Pope. The despatch also refers to the preparations made by Italian volunteers to de prive the Pope of his temporal sovereignty. THE BRIGANDAGE IN THE PAPAL STATES ROME, JULY 27. Yesterday an encounter took place between the Papal gendarmes and some brigands, in which two of the latter were killed and several were wounded, notably their chief, Panic.. Another encounter also occurred, in which four brigands were killed. DESPATCH OP THE BOMBAY MAIL. —SOITTHA MP- Tom, JULY 27.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tanjore, Captain Brooke, sailed this afternoon with the mails for Gibraltar, the MetlitoMmailes.Sippt, Aden, and Bombay. She took out 36 passengers end a full including, for Bombay, emeralds, jewellery, I,Mi. 10e. CRYSTAL PALACE. —FI VS SHILLING DAT. SA I U SPAT, JOLT 27..—Admissions on payment, 2,273 ditto by wawa tickets, 2,972; total visitors, 8,252. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1867. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, JrLT 27, 6 P.lll. The steamers leaving to-day for Europe take out 1,500,000 dole. in specie. The Coltunbia has ar rived out. Closing prices :—Gold, 140. Sterling exchange on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1111. Illinois, 118 ; Erie, 76k. Cotton : Middling up land, 271. PHILADELPHIA, Jun . 27. Standard white petroleum, 33. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDRET.I NEW YORK, JULY 12. Fuller accounts from Mexico begin to corns, ser rating the events of the few days preceding and following Maximilian's surrender. The thirst for' ' blood and the disposition to " confiscate " seem to be subsiding somewhat, and Juarez has restored something like order in the city of Mexico ; bpt the system of forcing loans from foreigners as s means of raising revenue appears to be as much in favour as ever. In fact, a sort of fanatical hatred of foreigners appears to be taking possession of all, classes of the population, and to promise before long to drive all but the lowest and most despicable class of foreigners out of the country. The beauty of all this is, that the Mexican press is now be coming as saucy to the United States as to all other powers, and resents the interference of this govern ment on behalf of Maximilian as very like an in sult. The lending liberal paper, the Pajaru Rojo, has come out with a vigorons denunciation of Ameri can interference on behalf of the prisoners—sap that whatever moral influence this country exerted against the French, was exerted as much for the sake of the United States as that of Mexico, and gives the former country plainly to understan4 that foreign opinion of their doings, is a matter Of complete indifference to Mexican patriots, and that whether they murder or rob, or raise forced loans, they will do all in obedience to their own sweet wills. The public disgust with their performances increases here every day ; although the account of the late war and its causes, which is appearing in the New York Times in a very clear and succinct form, from the pen of Mr. Raymond, the editor, does undoubtedly present the conduct of the French in a very odious light. The new bill amending, or rather supplementieg the Reconstruction Act, which has passed the house, and by the time this reaches you will be a law, simply declares what were the true intent and meaning of the previous acts; pronounces the state governments null and void, gives the district commissioners complete control of their district% and provides that the taking of the test oath shall , only be prima facie evidence of a man's right to be registered, and that the commissioners shall bi untitled to make still further inquiry as to MS qualifications if they deem it necessary. The President will, of course, veto it ; but be will probably do so at once. The session will, therefore, most likely be over in a few days. All attempts to secure general legislation have failed, and ao have all attempts to get a report from the Im peachment Committee and have it acted upon. The project must, one would think, be now definitively abandoned. Congress will adjourn till November, which, beyond a doubt, means the ordinary time of meeting in December. Very wild resolutions, as usual, continue to be introduced in the house. One of the last proposes to take Stephen J. Meany out of his British prison by force, " even if in so doing it be necessary to trample under foot the nation which keeps him confined." So you had better be prepared for the worst. The accounts of the crops continue to be exceed ingly good. The promise at the North, as I have told you before, was never so fair ; and the rumours of extensive damage to the cotton crop at the South, which were rife some weeks ago, are dying out. The story was that the heavy June rains had worked havoc with it in every direction ; but the later accounts show that it is really only along the river bottoms that it has seriously suffered, and this only in some &stride. The effect of this cheering prospect on prices is likewise anything but cheering for holders of gocids. The produce dealers who have hoarded during the winter are greatly depressed, and so are the dry goods men. The latter counted confidently on a heavy trade with the South last year, and ac cordingly laid in large stocks. The failure of the cotton crop, however, and the delay in political reconstruction, prevented the South from reco vering, and it is, perhaps, as little able to purchase goods at this moment as ever it was, and the ware houses at the North have, consequently, for the last twelve months been bursting with goods for which there was no sale. There have, nevertheless, been astonishingly few fail u res,everythingconsidered,and the promise of the crop is consoling everybody. More than this, it is undoubtedly doing much to allay political bitterness, and make the reconstruction process work easily. The republican party at the North are now fully satisfied that all the Southern States will come peaceably into the Union under the present bill. But they are also satisfied that the i i old malignanta who are accepting reconstruction as I a bitter pill which has to be swallowed are in I great force in all parts of the South, and that their efforts for some time after their admission to Con gress will be directed strenuously to undoing all that has been done, short of the restoration of slavery. The union party at the South, even in those States in which it happens to be in a majority, will be largely composed of negroes and persons who have had no experience in party organization and in the conduct of political contests. They will have arrayed against them, too, the most skil ful party tacticians the country has produced; and, under these circumstances, it would not to be surpxising if the minority iu many places carried the day. To make provision for this state of things, a Re construction Association has been formed in Massa chusetts, and it will probably extend its ramifica tions over the country, the object of which is to ; aid the Southern unionists at the coming state ' elections, as well as at the great presidential con test in next year, with Northern experience, Northern money, and Northern speakers. There is no doubt that for a year or two a large body of the negro voters will have to be literally fought for i by the two great parties, so great is their igno -1 ranee of the political questions of the day, and so liable will they be to be cajoled by their old mas tars or present employers into voting against their friends and against their own interests. What makes . i the matter all the more important is, that it is not unlikely that the negro.s will adhere for long years to the party in whose ranks they enrol themselves on their first entrance into political life. Next autumn funds will probably be raised, and speakers sent down in great force, and the real strength of the non-content element in the Southern popula tion be really tested. That the strength of this element will be found to be greater after the State government has been set in motion than it is now, there can be little doubt. A great number of persons are now so disgusted with the state of affairs that they will take no part in politics as long as the States are under Federal control. But the Federal grasp withdrawn, there is hardly a doubt that they will rouse themselves and go to work once more. I think the extent to which despair or indifference is affected by the whites all over the South is greatly under-estimated. The men of the better classes make a show of resigna tion, and a large proportion of them really are resigned, in the sense that they have abandoned all hope of a separate nationality, and all thought of rebellion or sedition, and really du mean to make the government of the United States their government, and live under it peaceably. But all this is perfectly compatible with an intention to build up a party hostile to Northern ideas and Northern policy as soon as the local government s have once been restored. Mr. Johnson, if he has served no other purpose, has acted as a very good test of the real condition of the Southern mind. I ' have been assured by great numbers of careful observers who have been living at the South since the close of the war, that it was surprising to see how many persons were seduced by Mr. Johnson's various attempts to foil Congress into making dis plays of anti-Northern feeling, which they had previously entirely disclaimed. There can be very little doubt that a good deal of hate, which is now pent up or concealed, finds expression in political, contests, but the sooner it finds expression in this way the better for all parties. The . progress made in the Surratt trial is very slow. The evidence against the prisoner is almost overwhelming, and the attempts made by the do fence to rebut it have so far been very feeble. Nothing like the conduct of the counsel for the defence is probably to be found in the annals of criminal justice. His insolence to the bench and to the witnesses has been shocking; and no at tempt to repress it has been made beyond an oc casional mild rebuke from the judge, who has been in feeble health during the whole time. A few days ago Bradley, the coun_ eel, clapped the climax by following the judge, after he came down off the bench, abusing him roundly, and assuring him that if he (the judge) had not been sick, he would thrash him ; whereupon the judge begged of him not to allow that to prevent him, as he lwaa ready for him. A disgraceful scuffle would have ensued if the by standers had not interfered. No subsequent notice of the incident was taken either by the bench or the bar. Things of this kind have, however, been so common at Washington for many years, that the public has ceased to be shocked by thorn. One of the most remarkable incidents brought out on the trial is the fact that Surratt was care fully concealed in Canada by Roman catholic priests, and assisted by them in getting on board the steamer in disguise. It is considered, too, not a little remarkable that when in search of a refuge he should have made his way to Rome, and taken service in the Papal Zouaves. There is one other thing connected with the trial which is also significant, and of which no notice has been taken in the newspapers, although it has been a matter of general comment at Washington, and that is, that a powerful catholic influence has been found put forward for Surratt's protection at every stage in the proceedings, and that the counsel for I the prosecution felt this to be so formidable that they were obliged to be somewhat pertinacious in their efforts to exclude catholim from the jury. The silence which the press has observed about this matter is a most striking proof of the strong reluctance of everybody here who is in any way connected with politics or public life to touch 'upon anything which is likely to excite religious hates or dissensions. The care that poli tical writers and speakers display on this point, admirable as it is on the whole, on some occasions wears the appearance of cowardice, and I am afraid may yet tempt the catholics, who are not very scrupulous, into tres passing too far on the good-nature of other sects. In this city, for instance, the catholic church is practically " established," although religious estab lishments are forbidden by the constitution, and condemned by public feeling. One hundred and twenty-nine thousand dollars were voted for chari ties of various sects last year out of the city taxes, and of this one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars went to the catholic church. Moreover, a lot of land in Fifth Avenue, in one of the most valuable sites in the city, and worth, at a moderate computation, 200,0001., has been leased to the same church for one hundred years at a nominal rent, and a catholic orphan asylum now stands upon one portion of it, and a cathedral is slowly rising on another. In most of the cities in which the Irish are to be found in great numbers the same tendency on the part of the corporations to endow the catholic church is to be witnessed. The reason why other and more numerous sects are not treated by politicians with similar munificence is that other sects would be atraid to accept gifts of this kind. Even if they had no conscientious scruples they would be deterred by public opinion. But the catholics are not troubled by these fears. The policy their church acts on here is to take all the money, land, and goods it can get from every quarter, and ask no questions. The great difficulty it has, or thinks it has, to contend with in this country is the poverty and vulgarity of its members. Everywhere out of Maryland it is the church of the servant girl and the labourer, and those Americana who do not dislike it on other grounds dislike it because its worshippers are unsavory and foreign, and its priests coarse-mannered and half-educate]. There is therefore the strongest desire on the part of the clergy, as I think I told you two or three years ago in speaking of Archbishop Hughes's career in this copntry, to make the church more " genteel," in order to get bold of the Americans, and for gentility nothing is so necessary as tine churches in good situations, and good music, and all these things of course cost a great deal, and they are not too scru pulous intheir ways of raising money for them. SHOCKING ACCIDKNT AT STAFFORD. —On day evening, Mr. James H. K rag twenty.four years of age, a solicitor, residing at StourbMge, in which town he was clerk to the magistrates, was drowned while boating on the river near Radford, in the neighbourhood of Stafford. [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL] FRANCE. (111,011 OCR OWN PARIS. SATURDAY EVIZINO., The Grand Duke Constantine arrived in Paris I this morning from Stuttgart. The King of Portugal, accompanied by Prince Poniatowski, paid a visit to Rossini yesterday. Prince Amadeus, the Queen of Portugal's brother, left Paris yesterday. Prince Auguste de Broglie died at his residence in Normandy a few days ago. A gas explosion, attended by disastrous conse quences, occurred yesterday evening at the Card ' Garen, at the corner of the Passage Joufhroy, on' the B oulevard Montmartre. A warning detonation, not louder than a pistol-shot, alarmed the numerous habitudis of the add at about 9 o'clock. The gas litter of the district was sent far, and he, accom panied by a secretary of a police commissioner, made a minute inspection without discovering any thing dangerous. He was going away, when two violent explosions occurred, which shook several houses in the passage like an earthquake, d ames a great deal of property, and wound e d eight persons, including the gas-fitter and the police secretary, who were about to report the cafii in a safe state. This is the fourth gas explosion which has occurred in the P Jouffroy. The, last, a very serious one, was in 1 . The " instruction" on the mysterious Floutaine-• bleau murder, which has fasted an sinusuelly long time, is now concluded. The accused, Madame Fregarci, is committed to take her trial before the assize court of the Seine and Marne. M. Lachaud is retained for the defence. The hearing is fixed for August 10. M. Dubarle, of the Imperial Court of Paris, will be the presiding judge. An unreportable case of an offence against public decency, in which a priest named Abbd Daniel, vicar of Saint-Pere-en-Retz, and a girl of previous good character and respectable family, who kept the licensed tobacco shop of the commune, wore concerned, was tried by the correctiona l: tri bunal of Paimbceuf on July 25. The corpus delicti occurred on board a ferry-boat on the Loire, between Lunges and Painib(euf. The priest, who after being arrested was released on bail, continued to say mass in his church, and he was authorised to go to Nantes to consult a medical man about a disease in his eyes, on giving his word of honour that he would surrender to take his trial. He was, however, advised to abscond, and took the advice. The trial as to him took place "by default," and he was sentenced to two yeage imprisonment. The girl, an interesting young person, obtained " ex tenuating circumstances," and got off with one month. The Assize Court of the Cotes-du-Nord has con victed the late director of the Comptoir d'Escompte (who has absconded) of fraudulent bankruptcy, and sentenced him to twenty years' imprisonment with hard labour. His clerk, also tried by default, is sentenced to ten years of the like punishment. At the Bourse the rise of yesterday was more than obliterated. There was more uneasiness than ever about foreign affairs. Rents fell 90c., both for cash and account, closing at 88.85 and 68.62. Italian fell 40c., closing at 48.75. Mobilier fell 10( ; Credit Foncier, ;and Comptoir d'Escompte, 7.50. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. (PROM OCR SPRCIAL CORRZSPONDENT.) The two imposing ceremonies a profound im pression of which will be carried away by all who witnessed them are the distribution of prizes and the great military concert, for which regimental bands had travelled from various pests of Europe. The competition among the saihtary bands attracted immense crowds to the Paling de l'lndustrie on Sunday. Long before the hands of the various nations marched round the building in the order which they were to follow in the con test every available nook and corner was occupied. The twenty thousand seats arranged were tilled almost immediately the doors were opened, and crowds of disappointed amateurs blocked the en trances. The jury's seats were placed at the east end of the building, and the platform on which each band stationed itself while executing the piece assigned to it on the programme was erected in front. I believe this position was said to be best for the general sound of the music, although those who had seats at the opposite extremity could not hear very well, especially during the performances of the Baden and Spanish bands, when the noise and confusion at the various entrances were ovi-r -powering. Baden and Spain stood first on the list in the contest. The pushing and scrambling for places, the loudly expressed indignation of those who could not get seats, the angry remonstrances of the more fortunate, who had found seats, and wished to hear the music—in fact, the general discontent, by no means quietly expressed, rendered the performances of the two first bands almost inaudible. Indeed, at the close of the Baden band's performance a gentleman stepped on to the platform, and began an agitated remonstrance on the injustice done to his country men. The following is the order in which the several countries were musically represented, and the pieces they respectively executed :—The Baden Grenadier Guards played Mendelssohn's Lorelry ; The Spanish infantry regiment, a series of nation•il airs. Prussia s Grenadier Guards and Royal Guards played a selection from Meyerbeer's Prophet. Aus tria's King of Wurtemberg's Regiment played the overture to William Tell. The Belgian Grenadier Guards played a fantasia on William Tell ; Bava ria's Ist Regiment of Infantry, Wagner's Lohni grin ; Holland's Grenadier Guards and Chas sours, an arrangement of Gounod's Faust. The French Garde de Paris played Wagner's Loilen vria, which the Bavarian band had played before. rho Russian guards played a fantasia on Russian melodies. The French Guides playedthe " Caniaval de Venise." Each band played also the overture to Oberon, which was the piece on which the jury were to give their decision. The Prussian and Austrian bands were received with bursts of applause, as were the French bands. The unanimity of the general opinion when the prizes were distributed was striking. Three first prizes were awarded instead of one—to Austria, Prussia, and France (represented by the Garde de Paris). The cheering as these prizes were given was deafening. The Austrians and Prussians seemed wild with delight ; and the Colonel of the Garde de Paris threw his arms round his band master's (M. Paulus) neck, and kissed him, to the intense delight of thousands and thousands of witnesses. The three second prizes were given to the French Guides, Russia, and Bavaria •, the two third prizes to Hol land and Baden ; and the two fourth to Spain and Belgium. The gardeners must have had a hard day's work on Monday, for the flower-beds, so beauti fully laid out along the nave of the Palais de l'lndustrie' were trodden down, the plants rooted up and strewn about ; in fact, the whole place must have looked a wreck. In the dreadful crush on Sunday, people sat down on the flower-beds and in the masses of flowers banked up round the statues. An indignant guardian, speaking of the ravages committed among the floral beauties of the building, said he would take his oath that there was not one Parisian gentleman or one Parisian lady who had trodden or sat upon a flower. The sight, as the reader may easily imagine, was a dazzling one, with the brilliant uniforms of the various bands, and with every square foot of the vast nave packed with an enthusiastic audience. Such an audience, in short, has not been seen in Paris for many a long year. The throng was even greater than on the Ist. The Emperor has obtained per mission from the various governments for the bands to prolong their stay eight days, taking upon himself all the cost of food and lodgings during that time. [TWOPENCE The conferences or lectures held in the Interna tional Club have proved such a signal failure that the Imperial Commission have resolved that lec tures should be delivered gratuitously in the de-0 w partmenta in which the objects lectured on were: 1 exhibited. Thus on Tuesdays, from ten to eleven, in the machinery gallery, near the Rue de Nor mandie, lectures will be delivered on the manufac ture of gutta percha. On Thursdays, from eight till ten o'clock, in the Ice Pavilion in the French action of the park, lectures on the artificial manu facture of ice will be given. On Tuesdays and Fridays, from eight till eleven heat and the fusion of iron and brass will be discussed in the laboratory ' situated on the banks of the Seine ; on Thursdays and Saturdays, from eight till eleven, lectures on the regulation of gas and lighting powers will be given in the same laboratory. On Tuesdays and Fridays, explanatory descriptions of the industrial manufacture of oxygen will be given from two to five. On Wednesdays, from two till four, ex periments in galvano - p lastic will be made. On Tuesdays, from two till five ' distilling apparatus will be explained. Sorge of the lectures that take place in the afternoon maybe well attended, but I do not much think many persons will feel inclined to pay the two francs necessary to enter the Exhi bition during the reserved hours for the purpose of heigiag a scientific discourse. On Wednesdays aid *Ways, from ten tiro eleven,' M. Setchi explain the science of meteorography in the Rennin section. M. Ferdinand de Leseeps will lecture on the canal works of the Isthmus of Suez, and describe the difficulties that have been over come, and the actual state of the works. _ _ A romantic story is creeping about the Champ de Mars. Among the successes of the Exhibition are the picturesquely-attired persons who are to be seen about the Scandinavian department. In front of the Swedish restaurant a real child of the north, arrayed in silver brsded skirts, and covered with elaborate filagree ornaments, has attracted a good deal of attention and admiration. A thick plait of fair hair wound round hur muslin turban has been much criticised. Some days ago two loungers in the Swedish department of the outer ring of the building were discussing vivaciously the merits of blonde Swedish girls. One gen tleman maintained that the solid plait which faa toned her vitiate was of her own hair, while his companion pronounced it to be false. They made a bet about it, and finally the girl was called, and one of the disputants addressed her—" Is that all your own hair ? " asked he. " Why, whose should it be 1" answered the fair Swede naively. "It might have been bought ; such things are often done," said her questioner. "In our country we often sell our hair," was the reply, " but we never bny it—why do you ask me such a question I" " Because my friend here declares that it is false." After such an assertion there was noting left for her to do but to undo her plait, which fell in magnificent profusion to her feet. She did not appear at all snrprised at the proceedings until the winner of the bet gave her the twenty francs he had won. Then she was fairly astonished. That was a happy day for her ; and she counted on the recurrence of the incident, and built an airy chatcati ea Espwrie with the money her hair was going to bring her during the Exhibition. She would buy a fishing-boat and nets with the money she made, and then what a crowd of devoted admirers she would have round her when she returned to her Swedish home. But human curiosity has its bounds, and she has had ' no further invitation to loosen her massive plaits. • A Dalecarlian companion has joined her reeently, who cannot speak one word in any language but that of her native country. The curiosity of amateur nautical people has been tidbit for some days lately by two new varieties ' of rteambeati, which are to be *ten in full activity on the Seine. This new vessel consists of an ordi nary-sized skiff, in the centre of which is a novel stove ; the lower part is wider than the top, and has the appearance of a cylindrical boiler. A screw propeller has been adopted by the inventor, M. Oriolle. This new invention will abolish the use of sails on rivers for small boats. To judge from what I have seen, it is destined to extend the use of steam immensely. The whole imichinery, of two-horse power, weighs 700 kilogrammes. With an expenditure of ten kilogrammes of coal (costing live sous), these boats go at the rate of twelve kilo metres the hour. The mode of producing the steam is exceedingly simple. The oouibustible matter is burnt in a box which dips into the water, and produces the steam. There are several minor novelties, into the intricacies of which it would be useless to enter, which place the steam at the dis posal of the boatman at a few moments' notice. M. Oriolle has other views beside the utilisation of his engine for navigation. Ile hopes to see it used for divers works—for instance, a little draining pipe or watering pump might be worked with great advantage by this invention. By the help of ono of these simple engines, a thousand gallons of water have been raised 10 to 15 metres high within an hour. The international contest between chest-players of all nations has taken place lately at the In ternational Club. I give you the names of those who obtained the prizes. The grand prize given by the Emperor was awarded to M. Kolisch, a Hungarian ; the second prize to M. Wine ver, the representative of Poland ; the third to M. Steinitz (of Austria); and the fourth and last to M. Neumann, who represented Prussia. The prize awarded to M. Koliach consisted of a splendid &byres vase, worth from four to five thou sand francs. The other prizes are sums of money. In the French colonial section a few days since I saw a magnificent collection of arms sent from Cochin China. They are of great historical in terest, regarded as an illustration of the military science of those far-off countries, which are still so far behind our European civilisa tion. In a future letter I will give your readers some account cf this curious collection, which has only recently been added to the French colonial department. ~ lt is positively announced in . French newspapers that the Palace and Park on the Champ do Mars will be opened gratuitously to the public from 9 o'clock in the morning, on the 15th of August. TID. PANAMA AND WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Douro, Captain Bevis, with the above mails, arrived at Southampton on Saturday evening. She brings 225 passengers ; specie , 1,160,899 dole.; platina, 8001.; pearls, 101.; also the following cargo :-618 serous cochineal, 144 serons bark, 217 eases cigars, 656 bags cocoa, 33 cases preserved meat, and 170 packages sundries. The Douro experienced fine weatherthroughout the passage. Ou the 25th inst. shespoke the British ships St. Vincent and Marritta, barque Rifleman, and steamer Amazon. HIT Ma jesty's steam corvette Niger arrived at Colon on the 24th ult. ; brig Harriet, from London, arrived at Jamaica Ist July; barque Oiaada, from ('trdiff, arrived at Jamaica 26th June ; barque Strang, from Newport, same date • brig Thalia, from Newport, on the 29th ; and brig Glenbrook, front London, on the 30th. Dates by the Douro are Vera Cruz, 2nd July ; Havannali, 7th ; Santa Martha, 2nd • Carthagena, 3rd • ' Jimmies, 10th ; Por.o Rico, hth ; Demerara, To bago, Bth ; Trini dad, 9th ; Granada, St. Vincent, 10th ; St. Lucia, Barbadoes, 11th ; Martinique, Guadaloupe, Domi nique, 12th • Nevia and St. Kitt's, 13th ; and St. Thomas, 146.. The steamer Kaikoura, with the Australian and New Zealand mails, arrived at Panunia on the sth. She left Sydney on the Ist June. and encountered heavy weather between that port and Wellington. She left the latter port on the Bth, and for the first 14 days experienced bad weather, and lay to one day for repairs to engines. The Kaikoura had ' 290,000 dollars in gold, and a full complement of passengers. The news from Australia has for the most part been anticipated by the overland mail. 611.1 too. Iv. J. 6. SP 10. OW.