The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS. FRIDAY EVENINO, -' um r I PRINCISM I I~ BENSON, J. W., by Special Appointment to EMI. the Prism of Wale& B ENSON'S SILVER and ELECPRO-PLLTE• Prise Modal. Mt BENSON'S GOLD JEWELLE KY, Novel sod Artistic. B ENSON, Old Bond-street and Weatbourne grove. Steam rectory, Ludgate-MIL WPM BRol'ailltB.—Established A.D. 1810. CHESTS of 81LLVKRPLATE for the OOLONIES, CUTLERY md SILVER PLATE for MAPPIN BROTHERS, LONDON-BRIDGE. . 51 APPIN BROTHERS, 222, REGENT STRUT. Jand G. SAMPSON, Tailors and Outfitters, . sad k Prioces-street, Ledeenterequare, W., keep as ea.onsoas Stock of BOYS CLOTHING ready made. Boys Knickerbocker &Ike Moe and Dress Salts sls. to 40s. Swum" Ovweoets les. to Ila. Suitable for all times GO AND SEE THE SHOW 1 1-1 1 1 of 12e. Ed TROUSEIL9 In the eEop window, and select tberatrom,mursors, sad Oultittara 1 and I, Prima Watt, Leloastor-aquaro, W. LOCH, MOOR and MOUNTAIN rITIWT sad Tir . .AvEugi!( . o sum. num ii•Witaurtas. The Eta Lunt Over Costa In all oolourn ready for immediate use. ALFRED WEED MILES, 7s, Brook-West, Ranovernquare ; only address. Establiabed D ENT'S CHRONOMETERS, WATCHES and CLOCKS. . __ . . Y. F. DENT, Watch, Clock, and - eltronooteter Maker by ViliAppointment to her Majesty the Queen. and to the rein- Courte of Europe . F. DENT, XS and SC 00CICSPURZTRXIIT, CHARING MAXI% LONDON. NOSOTTIE LOOKING GLASS and DECORATIVE MANITFACTORT is worthy of • visit. Fur pure taste and novelties it stands un rivalled. Looking-glessei. frames, cornices, and gilt decorative articles of every possible description. Parisian papers and decorations for houses of • new character. Decorative up holstery, fareiture, and novel materials for window carted= of all kinds. Experienced artists and workmen to all part& 398, SW, Vies, Oxiord-street. Fatabilshed BROWN and GREEN'S KITCHEN RANGES (PR= MEDALS LONDON and DUBLIN), Care Smoky Chimneys, awe fuel, and roast in frost The New Patent, "a Close Range with an Open Chimney," avoids all close heat and smedl Prospectuses free.—Landom, 72, Bishopegate. RAGGETT'S. —The NEW DINING and LUNCHEON ROOMS are now OPEN, with the hest of everything at moderate charges &ripe, Osh, entries, and feints, from 1 te T.—MCNUTT (late Jlockey), 80, Jermynotreet, Bt. James's. Establithed a century. AFTER WHAT I—After Mellon's Promenade Concerts, WANT to ow). We shall meet there. ROYALPRINCEBB . B THEATRE.--Sole Lessee sad Manager, Mr. VININti.—SUMMER SEASON.— Doom at half-past 7 ; performances commence at 8 o'clock proeleely. EVERY EVENING during the week, a new and original Drank. in Three Acta, by Watts Phillips, Eq., entitled THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. Principal characters :—Mra Stir ling, Miss Neilson, Miss Auriga Thompson, Mr. Gnome Hoar)and Mr. Vining. Grand &Meted Bohemians, in which Malheur. Flageolet, Cbdoche. Cocotte, and Normand. will appear : New Scenery by Mr. P. Lloyds. Irk' erpreoo. Tan Eirmmre, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. Marrs. 91aIng, and 0. Homy: MUM Neilson, Augusts Thontsco, and Yrs. lithihdr,—And QUIET LoDGINGS. point the country at all cares about--is utterly ignored by the Admiralty ; and their attempt to ignore or elude it practically constitutes on their part an admission of Mr. Sairra'a Mots. Is it wit lamentable to find so muck trouble taken to show up a trivial inaccuracy, and apparently so little to investigate the real facto of the case, in order that a remedy may be found against this extraordinary fooling away of public money ? What is it the nation wants to know f Is it whether or not the boats repaired, costing as much as rew, were 83 or 79 f or whether the cost of repairs was so excessive as that new boats could have been bought for the same money f And for what purpose does it want to know this, save to provide against such extravagance for the future f However, the official objection had one effect. It enabled Mr. SEILY to go into details, and to show conclusively that he was perfectly correct in his statement that it would have been better to burn all the boats repaired at Portsmouth in 1864-65, since they could have been bought new for the same money. In fact, it would have been a cheap bargain for the country if the Admiralty had given some one 1,0001. to take to these 79 old boat; ; for 79 old repaired boats must be worth considerably less than 79 similar new boats. The 25-feet cutter repaired carting (U. —new, 301. — why not have given it away f It would have been a saving to the country to have given anybody 401. for accepting it as a gift. However, these instances, gross as they appear, are but trifling in comparison with others men tioned by Mr. SEELY. The mere examples of extravagance given amount, as was shown on Saturday, to upwards of 1,000,0001. lost to the nation. We think a list of some of these ex amples will not be uninstructive : The excess coat of anchors bought above market price was shown to be £170,000 Cold blast pig iron, laid down as paving, cost over and above the very best paving (And could be now sold to realise this.) Achilles, built at Chatham Dockyard, cost more than the Warrior, built by contract at Mill wall, a ship of similar tonnage and horse-power 245,000 Excess coat of the Frederick William 147,238 Ditto of the Irresistible Ditto of the Victoria 138,657 Repairs of the Niger, Righilyer,and Sparrowlsawk 60,000 (Cost more than new vessels.) Being a total loss of £1,005,589 OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) CLOSING or PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. Their lordships assembled at 1 o'clock. The Royal Commissioners took their seats in front of the throne ►ttired in their ermine and crimson robes. The Commissioners were:—The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Malmeabury, Earl Cadogan, and the Earl of Bradford. There were not at any time half-a-dozen peers present, the side galleries were empty, and the only indication of the special character of the proceedings was the presence in the strangers' gallery of a number of ladies. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM laid on the table further oars ipondence on the affairs of Jamaica. The royal assent was given to the following bills : Local Government Supplemental (No. 3) ; Railway Companies Securities ; Extradition Treaties Act Amendment; Railways (Temporary Advances); Ec clesiastical Commission; Cattle Diseases Prevention Act Amendment (No. 2) ; Court of Sessions, Scotland ; Turnpike Trusts Arrangements ; Poor-law Amendment ; Aberdeen Provisional Order Confirmation ; Turnpike Acta Continuance ; Local Government Supple mental (No. 4) ; Bills of Sales Act (1864) Amendment ; Dockyard Extension ; Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) ; Landed Rotated' Court (Ireland) ; New Zealand ; Pri sons ; Industrial Schools ; Reformatory Schools, Common Law Fees and Salaries ; Babes' Corpus Suspension (I& land) Continuance Act; Patriotic Fund ; Constabulary Foroe(lrebuid) ; Straits Settlement; and a large number Of private bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the Queen's Speech as follows : MY Loans awn Gewrzanzi., We are commanded by her Majesty, in releasing you from the labours of a protracted session, to convey to you her Majesty's acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to your parliamentary duties. Her Majesty has much satisfaction in informing you that her relations with all foreign powers are on the most friendly footing. Her Majesty has watched with anxious interest the progress of the war which has reoently con vulsed a great portion of the continent of Europe. Her Majesty cannot have been an indifferent spec tator of events which have seriously affected the pozitions of sovereigns and princes with whom her Majesty is connected by the closest ties of rela tionship and friendship ; but her Majesty has not deemed it expedient to take part in a contest in which neither the honour of her crown nor the interest of her people demanded any active inter vention on her part. Her Majesty can only express an earnest hope that negotiations now in progress between the belligerent powers may lead to such an arrangement as may lay the foundation of a secure and lasting peace. A wide-spread treasonable conspiracy, having for its objects the subversion of her Majesty's autho rity in Ireland, the confiscation of property, and the establishment of • republic, having its seat in Ire land, but deriving its principal support from natu ralised citizens of a foreign and friendly state, com pelled her Majesty at the commencement of the pre sent session to assent to s measure, recommended by her representative in Ireland, for the temporary suspension in that part of her Majesty's dominions of the Habeas Corpus Act. That measure, firmly but temperately acted on by the Irish Executive, had the effect of repressing any outward mani festations of treasonable intentions, and of causing the withdrawal from Ireland of the greater portion of those foreign agents by whom the conspiracy was mainly fostered. The leaders, however, of this movement were not deterred from prosecuting their criminal designs beyond the limits of her Majesty's dominions. They even attempted from the territories of the United States of America an inroad upon th e peaceful subjects of her Majesty in her North American Provinces. That attempted inroad, however, only served to manifest in the strongest manner the loyalty and devotion of her Majesty's subjects in those provinces, who, without excep tion of creed or origin, united in defence of their Sovereign and their country. It served also to show the good faith and scrupulous attention to international rights displayed by the government of the United States, whose active inter:erence, by checking any attempted invasion of a friendly State, mainly contributed to protect her Majesty's domi nions against the evils of a predatory inroad. Her Majesty would have been rejoiced at the close of the present session to be enabled to put an end to the exceptional legislation which she was compelled to sanction at its commencement ; but the protection which her Majesty owes to her loyal subjects leaves her no alternative but that of assenting to the advice of her parliament to con tinue till their next meeting the provisions of the existing law. Her Majesty looks anxiously forward to the time when she may be enabled to revert to tho ordinary provisions of the law. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOOB6 OF COMMONS, Her Majesty commands us to thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the public service, and for the naval and military de fences of the country. MY LORDS ♦ND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty has seen with great concern the monetary pressure which, for a period of unprece dented duration, has weighed upon the interests of the country. The consequent embarrassment ap peared at one moment to be aggravated by so general a feeling of distrust and of alarm that her Majesty, in order to restore confidence, authorised her ministers to recommend to the directors of the Bank of England a course of proceeding suited to the emergency. This, though justifiable under the circumstances, might have led to an infringement of the law, but her Majesty has the satisfaction of being able to inform you that no such infringement has taken place, and that, although the monetary pressure is not yet sensibly mitigated, alarm is subsiding, and the state of trade being sound, and the condition of the people generally prosperous, her Majesty entertains a sanguine hope that confidence will soon be restored. Her Majesty has observed with satisfaction, and with deep gratitude to Almighty God that He has so far favoured the measures which have been adopted for staying the fearful pestilence which has visited our herds and flocks, that its destructive effects have been in a great measure checked, and that there is reason to hope for its entire extinction at no distant period. In the meantime her Majesty has given her willing assent to • measure which has been introduced for the relief of those districts which have suffered the most severely from its visitation. Her Majesty regrets that this country has at length been subjected to the fearful visitation of cholera which has prevailed in other European countries, but from which it has hitherto been happily exempt. Her Majesty has directed that a Form d Prayer to Almighty Cod e ; suitable to the present exigency, should be offered up in all the churches of this realm ; and her Majesty has given her cordial approval to legislative mea sures sanctioning the adoption, by local authori ties, of such steps as science and experience have shown to be most effectual for the check of this fearful malady. Her Majesty hopes that those in whose hands so large and beneficial an authority is left will not be slow to execute the powers entrusted to them, and that they will be seconded in their endeavours by all who have at heart the safety and well-being of her people. In connection with this subject her Majesty hopes that a bill, to which she has given her ready assent, for improving the navigation o the River Thames, may incidentally be conducive to the public health. _ . . Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congratu lating the country, and the world at large, on the successful accomplishment of the great design of connecting Europe and America by the means of an electric telegraph. It is hardly possible to anticipate the full extent of the benefits which may be conferred on the human race by this signal triumph of scientific enterprise ; and her Majesty has pleasure in expressing her deep sense of what is due to the private energy which, in spite of repeated failure and discourage ment, has at length, for the second time, succeeded in establishing direct communica tion between the two continents. Her Majesty trusts that no impediment may occur to interrupt the success of this great under taking, calculated, as it undoubtedly is, to cement yet closer the ties which bind her Majesty's North American colonies to their mother country, and to promote the unrestricted intercourse and friendly feeling which it is most desirable should subsist between her Majesty's dominions and the great republic of the United States. Her Majesty is aware that, in returning to your respective homes, many of you have duties to per form hardly less important than those which be long to you in your legislative capacity. Her Ma jesty places full reliance on the loyalty and devo tion with which you will discharge those duties ; and her Majesty earnestly prays that your influence and efforts may, under the blessing of Divine Pro vidence, tend to the general welfare, prosperity, and contentment of her people. is.sti I. sei.. W. lb lna& Wu, T. W. lg .F.--" 0 - .---.. W. B. le - —. 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W., by Special Appointment t o point t he coun t r y at all cares about--is utterly that a Parrs el Prayer t ILLEL the Prilmog Wales. ignored by the Admiralty • and their attempt to C'LOSING to the present exigency, BENSON'S SILVER and ELECTRO - PLATE. ignore or elude it practically constitutes on their „ a . all the churches of this retie mow, ism part an admission of Mr. Sazies hots. Is it net N" * has given her cordial ap BENSON'S GOLD JEWELLERY, Novel lamentable to find so muck trouble taken to PARLIAMENT gureasanc t '"" end Artistic. show up a trivial inaccuracy, and apparently • ties, of such steps as ac BENSON, Grove.oll Bond-street - so in o li rd tt e e r ttat in a vai reinery the real may be ff acts oundof the. this (THIS DAY.) shown to be most effect fearful malady . MIPPIN BROTHERS.—Established A.D.1810. extraordinary fooling away of public money ? • Her Majesty hopes ths lr """PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIII Wtuit is it the nation wants to know I Is it large and beneficial an al TYTC , AT T 'EMMY , C C 171C,VrITS BRITANNIA. Txle TEI JOLLY DOGS OF LONDON: Olt, TWO ROADS OF LI —Mks LOU lAtimer, Mr. C. itrown, a Muter Sanders—And THE DUSTMAN'S TIMASURE OR, WEOG AND THE BOYILNL HIGH WM= AT LONDON BRIDAL TH22 DaiLifaiising 111:91m ----- Al2;;;;;;r: Ih. 58•2. To-lloisoir—htertalag, th. Iltis Afternoon, 2h. 412 n. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. Ow Tuesday a return respecting the shot and shell supplied to H.M.S. Favorite was ordered by the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. SEELY. When the return is presented facts will be disclosed, if we are not greatly mistaken, calcu lated to excite pain and anxiety in the minds of all who care for their country's interest and honour. The Admiralty have been obliged to let judgment go by default to the charge of gross extravagance. Not only have they built ships rt nearly double the cost for which they could have been bought, spent hundreds of thousands in re pairing old wooden vessels that would be totally useless were we involved in war, wasted the pub lic money by persevering in building wooden ships, when all men of practical experience know that iron vessels are alone suitable for war, persisted in building high broadside ships, almost certain to be knocked to pieces directly they are engaged by turret-ships not only have they done all this, but, as this return will show, the most ordinary degree of care or forethought is entirely wanting ; for it appears that they cannot even provide suitable shell or shot for the guns on board their best men of-war. Our readers will scarcely credit the following facts. Early in the spring her MAJESTY'S iron clad Favorite was under orders to sail for the Pacific. On the termination of the Fishery Trea•.y between ourselves and the United States, and when the States had sent a ileet—partly of iron-cleds--to the Fishery station, the order for the Favorite to go to the Pacific was coun termanded, and she was sent at once to Notth America. We believe, however, that she had not on board a single steel or chilled shot or shell ; in fact, nothing but a few cast-iron shot, which are perfectly useless as against the sides of an iron -clad, so that for all purposes of war this heavily plated iron-clad was utterly useless. We are likewise in formed that up to this day not a singe steel or chilled shot or shell has been sent to her. It is not easy to conceive greater careless ness than this. It surely does not require any wonderful amount of forethought to provide suit able shot for a few 7-inch guns. We wonder Mr. SEELY did not inquire whether the Favorite had any powder on board, and, if not, whether any would be sent, and when? We now call attention to the short dialogue on Saturday last, in which the Admiralty sought to discredit two cases of extravagance brought for ward by Mr. Ssmir by the trifling objection that Mr. Sazar bad stated that 83 boats' repairs cost a sum equal to 83 new boats—when he should have stated that 79 boats' repairs cost a sum equal to 79 new boats. Such, after nine or ten days' laborious investi gation, is the only inaccuracy of Mr. SZELY'II that the Admiralty appear to have discovered—for Mr. Starr proved conclusively that he was quite cor rect in his original statement that it was one 25-feet cutter (No. 2,999) that cost in repairs 651., when a new one would cost only 301. ; and that three cutters mentioned by Sq. JOHN Pa- XINGTON as coating 651. in repairs were three dif ferent boats. Mr. SiILT also showed that the cases of excessive cost in the repairs of two boats —a cost which Sir Jons explained arose from the repairs being done for members of the Royal Family—were by no means exceptional cases ; but that many more might be brought forward of similar extravagant expenditure on boats not used for such purposes as explained. It is not a good omen for the future of the Admiralty to find so much stress laid upon this insignificant fact, not at all pertinent to the question at issue. The simple question is, Did or did not all the boats repaired in 1884-5 at Portsmouth (whether 83 or 79) coat as much as new boats t This point, the point in issue—and the only MI TRENCH 131/13101e8 DIIMAND. Germany, writes the Daily News, has now entered on the second stage of the process of unification. Having disposed of the pretensions of her own princes to continue to divide and weaken 'her, she has now to deal with her neighbours who desire to profit by her trials. The Emperor N►poleon demands a " rectifica tion" of boundaries by the restoration of the French frontier, such es it existed in 1814. The Daily New presumes that by this is meant the frontier es it was defined by the convention concluded be tween Louis XVIII. and the allies at Paris, oa the 23rd of April, 1814. The additional territory given to France by this act embraced the fortified towns of Landau,Bear-Louis, Philipeville,and Marienburg, end gave her an incr.'s* of near half a million of souls. If the Daily New rightly understands the telegram, it is these places which the Emperor now wishes to have stored. Landau and Saar-Louis are in German territory— the former in Rhenish Bavaria, the latter in Rhenish Prussia ; Philipeville and Marienburg in Belgium. The French demands will create no surprise, observes the Daily News, either in Germany or elsewhere, es it has long been an avowed doctrine of the French govern ment that it has a right to take toll of any increase of strength which its neighbours may gain by putting an end to their mischie►ous divisions. It remains to be seen whether the Germans are disposed to recognise th , s claim, made by a power which has done nothing for them but interfere to stay the process of unific..tion. It is a matter entirely for them to decide. The concessions re quired of them are not materially very great ; but they may feel that the demand itself is an encroachment, and a derogation from their independence. In that ease we may expect to see a war far exceeding in its dimensions that which has just been terminated by the pacification of Nikolsburg. TIM PAM ANSBION AND !MUNN PRO PICA. In an article on the session which expires to-day and the future prospects of reform, the Daily News remarks that the most faithful liberal, who has to tell his consti tuents of diligent attendance and honest votes, can only look back with personal satisfaction, mixed with party and patriotic disgust. A House of Commons that last year received the confident* of the nation, has over thrown a ministry which represented and embodied that national confidence, and km left in office a ministry in which it does not itself believe, which nobody trusts, and which can only waste the recess in preparing measures which will neverbe passed, and maturing a policy which will never be carried out. As s counsel of peace the Daily News would advise the inhabitants of the Cave not to attempt I any explanation to their constituencies. They had better pass the recess in quiet humiliation, and determine to do better for the future by recantation and repentance. The days of Palmerstonian latitudinarianism and indifference are past. When political interest awakens and principles revive, party distinctions necessarily reappear, and politi cal latitudinarianism finds its vocation gone. This is the painful discovery that the Palmerstonian liberals have to make during the present recess. The question for them is whether they will come up with the program of opinion or lag irretrievably behind. On their choice their personal future depends, not the future of the liberal party. The whole movement of opinion is in the liberal direction. I An abortive session—such by general consent, says the Telegraph, is the judgment pronounced upon that which closes to-day, and "an abortive session," involves a great wrong and a great national calamity. It implies, in the first pleas, that 658 representatives, elected with in finite trouble from all parts of the United Kingdom, have failed to do the work for which they were chosen. It implies that a great many noblemen and gentlemen have been spending their time at Westminster for the last six months to little or no profit, and that their labour has been almost entirely wasted. Worst of all, it implies that all those grievances which the legislature of 1866 ought to have remedied must remain unredressed for another year at least ; that the long-expected, long-deferred amend ' anent of injurious laws is again postponed ; and that another twelvemonth's life is given to old and oppreasive abuser. It is fortunate, in the opinion of the Star, for the country that so intelligent, orderly, and reasonable a body as the Reform League represents at • crisis like the pre sent the more extreme views of organised popular opinion. The cause of order is safe in such hands. But it must not be expected that when the members of the League raise their voices they will ask for no better terms than those of the compromise which they only accepted on consideration of its being cordially adopted, and which has been so scornfully flung aside. Let members of parliament—let the members of the tiny government especially--consider well the prospects of the coming months. Let them observe how disappointment has already increased the nature of the demand for reform. Let them think what the strength of that demand may become under another session of tory rule and another refusal of the working man's fair and honest claim. The agitation and disturbance which are promoted fee. Mouldy by a clique go to show rather that reform is not generally desired. Still, says the Pose, if claims which have been admitted in point of principle are renewed, as they most likely will be, there can be no reason why they should mot be settled by an administration which could at least consider them independently and in the interest of the whole community. Besides proceeding with ample know ledge and due deliberation as to what may be called the theory of reform, it is necessary to consult and be guided by public opinion, which has been rather roughly in structed of late. The space usually devoted to leading articles is, in the eolueen• et the Tian and Herald, entirely occupied with a review et the emedoe. AUGUST 10, 1866. _y LATEf3T INTELLIGENCE. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND ITALY. The suspension of arms agreed to between /*stria and Italy has only a few hours to run. Unless extended for a further period, both powers would be virtually at war to-morrow morning after 4 o'clock. At the time of the suspension of arms the positions occupied by the Italian troops were as follows. The divisions Casanova, Ricotti, Chiabrera, and Mezzacapo were near Palms-Nova, the frontier town between the pro vinces of Venetia and Istria. The Medici division occupied Pergine about ten miles east of Trent, the capital of the Italian Tyrol, whilst the five volunteer brigades under Garibaldi were about 34 miles west of that place. The Italian government desires that the armistice should be continued on the uti possedetis principle, whereas the Vienna cabinet requires that the Italian army should evacuate all the territory which Auatria has not ceded, and which is now in the occupation of Italian troops. There can be no doubt that in point of iden tity of race and language the Italian Tyrol naturally belongs to Italy. The wishes of the po pulation are for incorporation with their Italian brethren, and the geographical boundary between the Latin and Teutonic race is clearly suggested by the significant names of the frontier villages of Mezzo Lombardo and Mezzo Tedesco. Mean while the Austrians are concentrating their forces on one side, and the Italians are retiring, whether with a view of abandoning the Trentine country or taking up more favourable strategic positions, as they assert, remains to be seen. ENTHUSIASM AT BERLIN. A letter in the Temps, dated Berlin, gives a glow ing description of the scene which took place at the Opera House on the evening of the 6th, on which occasion the representation was for the benefit of the wounded soldiers. The whole court was present, and not a seat was vacant. When the King entered at half-past 7 the entire audience rose and received him most enthusiastically. The perform ance commenced with the Sieges March (the march to victory) of Taubert. When the curtain rose the whole company sang a royal song which was composed expressly for the occasion. Each strophe was received with applause and when the tenor Herr Woworsky sang the following strophe, " And when throughout the land shall float The flag of union, then we'll shout Hail ! Emperor of Germany,' " the whole audience rose and became so excited that the singing was for a long time interrupted. After the last verse the cries and bravos burst forth again, and the National Hymn was demanded from all parts of the theatre. The orchestra complied with the wishes of the audience, and all present—prinoes, princesses, and citizens—joined in the chorus. The en thusiasm had no limit. I never saw anything like it. The receipts amounted to near 9001. MORE EXECUTIONS IN SPAIN. On the morning of the Bth Don Joachim Nam, lieutenant in the Lusitanian Lancers, and Don Pascual° Ventura, ex-secretary of General Prim, were shot in front of the Citadel of Barcelona, for having taken part in the pronunciamento of last January. Both men died bravely ; Don Joachim upstanding and facing the firing party, Don Pas cuale on his knees, but cool and collected. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS). FRANCE AND THE RHINE PROVINCES. PARIS, Ammer 10. The Sack of to-day says :—" France, in view of the considerable aggrandisement of Prussia, is said to have opened negotiations with the Berlin cabinet relative to the Rhine frontier. Prussia has not yet thought fit to entertain the French pro positions." AUSTRIA AND ITALY. FLORENCE, AUGUST 10. The Italie of to-day says :—" The Italian forces, which had advanced as far as Pergine and the walls of Rive, are compelled for strategical reasons to concentrate in the rear. The diplomatic question relative to the district of Trent must not be con founded with the strategical question. The neces sity for concentrating the troops may cause the evacuation of certain portions of territory occupied by the Italians without its resulting that such ter ritories are not to be claimed in the negotiations of peace." The Naziont of to-day says :—" The mediation of France not having succeeding in obtaining the acceptance by Austria of the conditions of the uti pouideti., formerly agreed upon by Italy, France left Italy to consult her own interests. A formid able concentration of Austrian troops ready to take the offensive, in the district of Trent and Isonzo, determined the chiefs of the Italian army to place their forces in a better position for defence."" THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. PARIS, Aaa. 10. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The return of the Emperor from Vichy has received several erroneous interpretations. By the advice of the doctors his Majesty gave up the course of treatment which be was following at Vichy. The Emperor is much better in health since his arrival at St. Cloud." SPAIN. MADRID, !Lustier 9, Eviorura. The Queen of Spain arrived to-day at Zarans. Enthusiastic popular demonstrations were made in honour of her Majesty during the journey from San Ildefonso. INSURRECTION IN CANDIA. RAGUSA, Amore 9. In consequence of the refusal of the Porte to satisfy the demands of the Christians in Candia, the latter have risen in insurrection. WEATHER RNPORT.-(THIS DAY.) 1 1 1.1 DAY, A 00011? 10, • LK HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY). The BPKAILER took the chair at half-past 1 o'clock. A new writ was ordered for North Shropshire, in the room of the Hon. C. Cast, resigned. THE PROROGATION. Shortly after the house had assembled the Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar and summoned the house to the House of Peers, to hear read the royal commission for giving the assent of the crown to several bills, and also the Queen's speech proroguing parliament. The Speaker, followed by a number of members, accord ingly proceeded to the Honseof Lords, and on hisreturn the righthon. gentleman road at the table the royal speech. The members present then shook bands with the Speaker, and the proceedings of the session were brought to a dose. the Court. OSBORNE, Auoun 9. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise, and walked in the grounds this morning with her royal highness. The Duke of Edinburgh returned from London yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out this morning. _ . The Right Hon. Gatharne Hardy arrived yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. The Queen held a council to-day at 1 o'clock, at which were present the Earl of Derby, the Duke of Buckingham, and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy. Heavy James Bailie, Esq., M.P., was sworn in as a mem ber of the Privy Council. The Earl of Derby and the Duke of Buckingham had audiences of the Queen. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the CounciL Mr. J. H. Vinter has had the honour of submitting to her Majesty his lithograph of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort in the Highland dress after Mac Lug. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, and Prince George, attended by the Honourable Mn. A. Hardinge, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale, left Marlborough-house yesterday for York. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa, Heligoland, and Labuan. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, and Canada. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT YORK. YORK, THURSDAY NIGHT. The train by which the royal party came left King's-cross at 1 o'clock, and arrived in the York station exactly at 3.22. There were on the platform the Arch- bishop (whose guests the Prince and Princess will be till Saturday), the Lord Mayor of York and the Lady Mayoress, and the Common Connell of the City in their robes of office, Mr. Hindmarch, Q.C., Recorder of York ; the Venerable Archdeacons Creyke and Long, and the Revs. J. H. Phillips and B. Jones, the Archbishop's chaplains ; Mr. George Leeman, M.P., Sir George Lowther, and many of the notabilities of the neighbourhood. There were in the train the infant children of the Prince and Princess of Wales, who afterwards went by the 5.40 train on to Studley Royal, the seat of Earl de Grey and Ripon. General Knollys and Major Teesdale were in attendance on the Prince. The Duke of Cambridge did not arrive by the royal train. When the train stopped, the I volunteers presented arms, the band played " God save the Queen," and then the Prince and Princess alighted, and were received by Mr. James Meek, Lord Mayor of York, and the dignitaries of the city. The Lord Mayor read, on behalf of the City corporation, an address full of congratulation and good wishes for the royal guests, and expressions of loyalty to the throne with which the historic memories as well as present aspirations of the city are identified. His Royal Highness bowed, and returned a gracious reply. Their Royal Highnesses then passed down the platform, and entered the Station Hotel, after which they proceeded to their carriage, amid the enthusiastic cheers of a great crowd of spectators. A pro_ cession was formed, in which a troop of the 13th Hussars, and the Rifle Volunteers, Militia, and Yeomanry took part. The fire brigade, the benefit societies, the Merchant Tailors' Company, and the Merchants' Company contributed to swell the progress. Just as the procession started the rain which had been threatening for a long time, came down is earnest. The people crowded along the roads, and the yeomanry who formed the escort had some difficulty in managing their horses. Everything before which had looked so gay now presented rather a downcast ap pearance, but the crowd, nothing daunted, followed the royal carriage, and cheered continuously, which their royal highnesses gracefully acknowledged. Before the progress was finished the rain ceased, and the procession passed on under more favourable circumstances. Every win dow and available vantage point was crowded with spectators. Since night closed in the triumphal arches and public buildings have been brilliantly illuminated. The streets continue to be densely crowded, and happily the rain has kept off. The Duke of Cambridge will leave town to-day, on a visit to the Archbishop of York, at Bishopthorpe Palace. The Earl and Countess Cowley are at present staying at Deauville. Mr. and Lady Susan Milbanke have left Gog wsgoa, the mat of the Duke of Leeds, ea a visit to Yr. and Lady Augusta Ifilbanke, is Yorkshire. for woes @hooting• The weather boo decidedly improved to-day aver is whole Brit.th Wee la winds °outlaw Welly sorth-welorly, wed*. roe or tre:lt, end boremetwo ere rising, whit lower temps% Ana rod tocreawid earporstios. Os oar northers awns, lorwerer, barometric prawn is suit rather low, sad co tits eseati at the Bay of IWey lI is Maintains& with reit. CRYSTAL PALACE. ON N SWILLING DAT.— TinissoAY, Lamar o.—ArlisksLora 3,740 ditto by moos Ma* 1,171. TAW 4,911. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom our owl ooissimman) PARIS, TKIIIIBDAT Surat The Moniteur is utterly silent about the y, r , v , wt. The absence of the usual paragraph when his 1► jesty moves from one place to another, jesty's health is excellent," is remarked, but n e t the press, which dares not breathe a syllable% th, subject. I have heard f irther particulars, ithieb believe to be authentic. His Majesty, yb, been for some days in an irritable state, felt self—after a bath, hotter than agreed with bi le ._ extremely unwell. The resolution to remote m it to Paris was taken very suddenly. It is taus ta ll he travelled the greater part of the way in recumbent position. There was consider,* congestion of the brain, and his medical alriam desired that he should be kept extremely qui a t. I understand his Majesty is better to-day, bet 4 is recommended—a difficult recommendation deed to follow under present circumstances -4 I abstain from all mental labour. You will perceive that I was quite right in imp, ing that the Italian difficulty could not have Inei g h him from Vichy to St. Cloud. That cliffie t th y i now settled in the only way reasonable by Iw o giving way on the subject of the Trent lin e o f di marcation. On Sunday last the Chevalier Debranze de Bd~ penna's journal, that organ of Vienna sad Ea* whose weekly fables are not yet sufficiently e l , credited to prevent the telegraph sending thesi s every capital in Europe, contained the follosig Paragraph _ We ars authorised to give • peremptory deni a l h4l rumour that the Empress of Mexico has left for Elm % The semiofficial journals on the same ti% stigmatised the rumour as false news at co calumnious and absurd. The Pays emphatic* said :—" The assertion is alike devoid of bid and probability." These journals are now aiipi to register the news, and they do it soil* abashed and without a word of apoloi t y their mystified readers, that the Empress d Mexico landed at St. Nazaire yesterday, asi arrived at the Grand Hotel, Pans, si this afternoon. Her Majesty is accompanied ty M. Martin Castillo, Maximi li an's Minister eh Foreign Affairs ; Count del Valle, her Greci Chamberlain ; Count de Bouchelles, a chamber lain ; M. and Madame Neri del Bario ; and semi other persons. General Almonte, the Maim Minister in Paris, went to St. Narain to mil her arrival, and had left Paris at the very moms when the newspapers were ordered to soy that de was not coming. Here now is the beet (Mexiss) official gloss put upon the object of her very The official journal of Mexico, of July 8, says : The Empress is going to Europe to-morrow. Mr* jetty's mission is to treat of the affairs of Mexico midway several international altars. This minion, seceptsi our gracious sovereign-consort with the truest paidelaM, is the greatest proof of abnegation that the Emperor give to his new country, and the more so that the &mem is pawing through Vera Cruz must run the risk of iV vomito, so dangerous during the rainy sewn. Wept. bah this news in order that the public may know thbrul object of her Majesty's voyage. This means that Maximilian's empire, which tie French prints persist in representing as burnt*, being in a desperate condition, and there being not the remotest hope of his preserving his these when the French troops come away as they mutt do, the Empress has been sent to Europe at Mimi. to try what a young and pretty woo= as do to persuade the French Emperor to tontines Ins protection beyond the assigned period. Her mission must fail, for cogent reasons which can a woman's eloquence cannot overrule, and then des will probably take the wise course of going to Miramar, and making her husband's European house comfortable against the time when he will have to come back to it. The Prune—not, be it observed, an oppositia paper—publishes the following analysis of sis it has received from Mexico : . . The departure of the Empress has produced a refold discouragement in the Mexican capital. The real herd the Mexican question will henceforth be in Paris. Empress's voyage is considered here as the beginning sts new phase which may very probably end in Maziailiat abdication. The fall of Matamoros is looked upon r I most serious event both in a political and military per of view. Juarez hes now once more a eat of pm* ment and an exchequer. The only favourable chance that the chide who took Matamoros in his um ati abandon him and pronounce in favour of General Oast or Santa Anna. The Bourse opened with the heaviness whirl has characterised the last few days but improal rapidly when it was known that Italy had spa to the conditions of the armistice. Bente rose 70c. for cash and 570. for account, closing st AMa 25c. and 69fr. 65c. Italian rose lfr. 10c., dotal at 52fr. 30c. ; Mobilier rose 15fr., and Credd Foncier 10fr. The Nain Jaime was seized yesterday for at article by M. Gregory Ganeaco, lamenting els suppression of the Courrier du Dimanole. rather think the ground of the seizure can ally be that the paper, which is not licensed to &slut politics, has transgressed the ill-defined Ikea which separate political and other literature ; to the article itself there is absolutely no alma in it. CANADA. The following despatch has been received at the Colonial-office by the Atlantic Telegraph, in add M that publiahed on the dth that : " Viscourr MONCIE TO rils EARL or Canvas. " I send to be laid at the foot of the throne s OS"" lotion of the two Houses of Parliament, to whom I wm. nutnicated by message the Queen's telegram of WV* latioo on the snoops& of the Atlantic cable. " MOM " Ottawa, August 4, 1866 (by Atlantic cable). " RZOOIXTION or rmt H01*8615 OF Tasmenrr CANADA. 4 " We, the Legislative Connell andLegislativeAwn, of Canada, humbly thank her Majesty for her 6 11 ° 16° meows to the Governor-General We warmly feel tha ti f this glad entangles we all draw near the heart of tY mother oonatry. " ' Ottawa, August 4, 1866.* THZ INDIA, CHINA, AND AIisTRALIAN Mare A.—• The Mongolia, with the above mails, wired st IMO yesterday. DEATH OT A HORSE !RON AN ATTACK OT Brit"' As Mr. Hardman, of Marley Coat Walls, was hires to the moors, on Monday evening last , 07:174 ils . 11 as be thought, in iii. market cart, • stray bee etti4 IY horse when not a hundred yards from the pla ne ; 04, animal, • valuable sixiear old, immediately 84""" restive, and the prisoners, released by thousands in 1, sequence of the unsteady motion of the vehicle, the most severe punishment upon their llPParr' enemies. Kr. Modicum, although alone and rally covered with the infuriated insects, clung mat rageously to his frantic horse till be had cut the WWI and led him into the stable. He then got into tbe boost and, aided by his demseetic, and as soon as posiat4i l , l *. skill al Dr. WLean, of Oorbridge, his 04 h it"'";;;1 were greatly relieved in the course of • few boars, he was pronounced in the way of recovery but tLill horse, notwithstanding all that could be do ne for hist Mr. Womack, theTynorlde veterinary, died in the tie agony •shout eight hours after the occurrence • leedd=l happened on the moor, far from hap , it 4 " It. 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