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The contro versies of the last two or three years are but frag ments of a larger controversy which cannot long be avoided ; they are but the surface movements of an agitation which will soon stir the depths of Irish society. The attitude, with respect to the training of the people, of Protestants towards Roman Catholics, of Roman Catholics to each other, and the assumptions and demands of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, present problems which the best wisdom of statesmen and of Parliament will be taxed to solve. The fact that this is so only shows the impropriety of taking any step which may compromise the future, except after the gravest deliberation and in the fellest light of publicity. But the jobbing imtiects of the smaller order of politicians blind them to this. 1 hey see only the difficulties of the moment, and think to meet them by momentary expedients, fancy ing that if what they do escapes adverse notice all is right. There is too much reason to be lieve that the officials of Dublin Castle have acted upon this wretched theory of political management iu the matter of the QUEEN'S University and Colleges. The propriety of severing the Uni versity from exclusive connexion with the Col leges, and of admitting to its degrees and honours students from other academic insti tutions or from none, is in itself a very fair question for parliamentary discussion and deci sion. The policy of maintaining the system of united education in the QUEEN'S I:Diver/14, or of reducing that b xly, and the State of which it is the academic organ, to a position of neutrality be tween the mixed system as embodied in the Quasar's Colleges, and the denominational system, established in the Catholic University of Dublin, and the Magee (Presbyterian) College in London derry, is also legitimately open to differences of opinion. Its gravity is unquestionable. It affects not only the institutions directly concerned, but the entire scheme of public instruction in Ireland. National education in that country holds together. It is all of a piece. The State cannot act on different principles in the college and in the vil lage school. No change of principle should, there fore, be made in any part without the full know ledge and the deliberate sanction of Parliament, for such a change is really an act of legislation of the most momentous character. A inure special reason for the same course lies in the fact that the QUEEN'S University and Colleges are institu tions established by Parliament fur a particular purpose, and on definite principles ; and only Parliament is entitled to reconsider that purpose and to modify or reverse those principles. A third reason, tending to the same conclusion, lies in the solemn promise of the late Government that nothing should be done to alter the constitution of the QUEEN'S University without the full knowledge and con sent of the House of Commons. Whether this promise has been kept or evaded, the letter from Professor CAIRNES, which we publish this morn ing, will enable our readers to judge. It may be in the power of the CHIEF SECRETARY for IRE LAND and the Irish law officers to supply correc tions and explanations which will put the matter in a fairer light, and afford a justification for a proceeding which there is some reason to think was as sedulously kept secret from their English colleagues as from the House of Commons. The charge which lies against the Irish Executive is very plain and simple. It is this : that disre garding Mr. GLADSTONE'S pledge that no formal act should be done by the Crown without the full knowledge of Parliament, and taking ad vantage of the false security into which that promise had lulled the vigilance of opponents, the Irish Government caused a new Charter to be secretly issued, revolutionising the character of the QUEEN'S University and of academic education in Ireland, by ad mitting to degrees all who could pais the proper examinations without reference to their place of education. The change may have been good or bad in itself, but it was a change which was made in disregard of a promise, and on which Parliament ought in any case to have been consulted. It was instituted evidently to smooth the way for ulterior changes, which could not be affected without direct legislation. The questionable character of the transaction is not diminished by consideration of the circumstances under which it was brought to pass. The critical step was taken while the fate of the Ministry was a question of only a few days ; when they were waiting for an opportunity to resign ; it was pro- T.nl tXir seeded with and completed after the tendcred4 ZZ as Derby pia eecaity of game: lint a fe w . their resignations, and held offal )or th : • of w Chris**. ; they bitty brought conduct of the ordinary business of the nation . t we basil e ver bees yes- to s; till their successors could be a inted. nearer ' settlement of the question of church-rates ; they have ppo seen the beginning of a new type of legislation, ands new A charter granted is not, however, necessarily style of speaking, with reference to Ireland, which, if it a charter accepted. The Senate of the QUEEN'S I had been witnessed a few years earlier, might have de- University hastily summoned, like the French bed prived open disaffection of the encouragement which it of justice, to register the decrees of the Castle, derives from the presence of secret discontent. The tem have postponed for three months the consideration r of li th al e t ta t i- i t n y f is a nothing br m a o ai re ng than of the supplementary charter. In doing so, they and the r result n of the iln fi t rs in t n a most e ary disciplit p e. There is not one manwhom have acted in a manner which deserves the highest , such a change disgusts who is any real loss if he deserts. praise. They were appointed to administer insti tutions based upon certain principles, and they refuse, in the execution of their trust, to be partial: to the reversal of those principles. It is for j Parliament, if it thinks fit, to change 'What Par liament has established. The House of Commons is indebted to the Senate of the QUEEN'S Univer sity for the opportunity which Mr. GuinsroNE promised it, and out of which the Irish Govern ment essayed to trick it, of discussing a subject of Imperial importance. The attempt, of doubtful legality, as Mr. CA ERNES informs us, to swamp the Senate by the nomination of members noto riously opposed to the principle on which that of I the University is founded, failed ; but the discredit of it remains. THE AMERICAN NAVY. The Times reminds Sir John Pakington that the United States alone among the nations of the world have an iron-clad fleet worthy of the name, though the Admiralty is still reluctant to believe that anything done out of Eng land can be done well. The Miautonomoh has been openly pronounced a failure by some of onr officers, and its very principle is condemned, notwithstanding that the ruins of one of the finest cities in the United States remain to this moment as evidence of the terrible power of such vessels. The officer at the head of the United States' navy recently declared that if th e experiment could be made without exciting ill feeling on either side, he would allow the whole iron-clad fleet of England to open fire on the Miantonomoh, and con tinue it for two days, provided that the Miantonomoh might afterwards be allowed to have ten hours' firing at our ships in return. Of course this will be called an example of American " brag ;" but there is scarcely a practical and competent officer in the United Sts'es' Navy who would not be content to risk his existence on the result of that trial ; for, however much the Admiralty authorities may refuse to believe the fact, the monitors have been tested in every conceivable way by the Americans. The 15-inch gun—a better gun, in the opinion of many among our own officers, than any see possess—has been fired at them at moderate ranges without doing them the least injury. The monitors carry that gun ; they will soonlcarry a 20- inch gun instead, and they could anchor calmly under any of our forts, and let it Are at them forany length of time with comparatively little damage to themselves. The American naval authorities make no secret of their undertakings, but explain minutely every detail of new ships or inventions they have in hand. Have we profited by this information ? The answer is that our flagship in the Mediterranean is still a wooden three-decker, which. with her 1,000 men, could be sunk or burnt by a long-range shot or shell from a gunboat, and that the ironclads we are building are still built on the old pattern, so as to present the best mark for an enemy'. , guns. Already the Americans have eighteen Monitors carrying four guns, and when others actually under construction are completed they will have 75 of various tonnages. The most defective breech-loader known to die Americans is an immeasurably more serviceable arm than the needle-gun which has startled the War Department into a spasm of activity, while some of the beat of their rifles have scarcely been seen in this country. It is exactly the same with their navy ; while we are hesitating and delaying the Americans are working and finishing. We do not desire to re-open now the questions of academic and ecclesiastic policy which are at issue between the promoters and opponents of the educational policy of the Government. All that it is now necessary to maintain is that they are questions for the consideration of Parliament, and not fur the secret and arbitrary determination of the Irish Office. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Eft, Court. osnoßsE, JULY 14. The Queen went out in the grounds yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise, and again this morning with her Royal Highness. Prince and Princess Christian left Osborne yesterday at half-past 2 o'clock, and embarked on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, attended by Lady Susan Mel ville, Count Rantzau, and Major-General Francis Sey mour, C. B. Princess Louise, attended by the Duchess of Rozburghe, accompanied their Royal Highnesses to the landing-place, and at 3 o'clock the yacht left for Cherbourg (where it arrived at a quarter before 9), from whence Prince and Princess Christian intend proceeding to Paris, previous to making a tour of a few weeks in SwitzerLoal. - JULY 15. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. Princess Beatrice drove out also. Divine service was performed this morning at Osborne by the Rev. George Prothero, before her Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice. . . . The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were present. Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein were received at Cherbourg on their arrival in the royal yacht by the French authorities with every mark of at. tention and respect. Their Royal Highnesses left Cherbourg for Paris yes. terday morning, and arrived in the afternoon. . _ . - . Her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess of Leiningen dined with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. The Queen continues to receive very favourable accounts of her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse and the infant princess. _ . . - . Lady 11 aterpark has succeeded the Duchess of Roxburgh(' as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Sir James Clark left Osborne yesterday, and Dr. Jenner arrived in the evening. The l'rince 'of 'Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, at tended by their suite, went to Sheerness on Saturday, and inspected the United States ship of war Miantonoinah. Their Royal Highnesses were afterwards entertained at luncheon by the officers of the ship. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Lady and Gentleman in Waiting, attended divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Communion service was read by the Rev. C. Packe and the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay. Anthem, " The heavens are telling," Haydn ; sung by Masters. Searle and Dyson, Messrs. Cummings and H. Whitehouse. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. C. L Courtenay from St. Mark, chap. viii.. v. 4. The Duke of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Cambridge also attended the service. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, 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 Cranlxime, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council met on Saturday, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The lords present were : The Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, Sir John Pakington, and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy. _ _ A deputation from the vestry cf St. Marylebone, con sisting of Dr. Richardson and of Messrs. Chubb, Tavener, Poland, Tyler, Surridge, and Harlowe, had an interview with the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole at the Home-office on Friday on the subject of the Aztisans and Labourers . Dwellings Bill and the Public Health Bill. The deputa tion was accompanied by Mr. Greenwell, vestry clerk, and Dr. Whitmore, the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone. _ . Despatches were reoeived on Saturdav from the Gover non of Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Bruns wick, British Columbia, Vancouver's Island, and British Honduras. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Canada. His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com manding-in-Chief will hold a lev6e at one o'clock on Friday, the 20th inst. _ _ Her Majesty's absence from Windsor (says the Court Journal), with the exoeption of one day in August, will extend to the latter end of October. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected at Kent House, Osborne, for the season, on Friday next, the 20th inst. The Duke of Edinburgh during the past week took up his residence at Clarence House, St. James's. On Saturday his royal highness honoured the Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury by hie company at dinner, at her ladyship's residence in Hertford•street, Mayfair, when the following guests had the honour to meet the duke : Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, Emily Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Harlington, the Earl and Countess de Grey, the Earl Cowper, Viscount and Vistunmtess Sydney, Lord and Lady Londesborough, Lord and Lady Proby, Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Charles Bruce, Colonel Hon. Jame Macdonald, and Colonel Hon. B. and Lady Margaret Charteris. Later in the evening her lady ship bad a reception. THE THREATENED FALL OF AUSTELL No effort having been made since the disaster of Koniggritz to stem the tide of Prussian invasion, and the Federal troops having met with an irreparable defeat at Aachaffenburg, the Times speaks of the "almost in stantaneous collapse" of Austria. The Italians must by this time have completely isolated the Quadrilateral, cutting off all communication between its garrisons and Vienna, and by some bold stroke on the coast near Trieste the admiral of the fleet may have gained possession of some point of the railway along shore in time to cut off the retreat of the Austrian divisions on their way to Vienna. No diligence on the part of Cialdini would enable him to reach the Danube till long after the destinies of the empire have been decided under the walls of its capital ; but there is no doubt that the Italians, by their prompt advance int) Venetia and Tyrol have thrown irresolution and disorder into the Austrian plans, and thereby aided the progress of their Prussian ally. The' Emperor of Austria has promised that Vienna shall be treated as an open city, and that he will limit his military opera tions to the defence of the line of the Danube, and the Times believes that he will be deterred from a final encounter when the Prussians assemble before the capital, probably to-morrow or the day after ; it trusts that before the Prussians are ready for their onset that in terview between the two monarchs will take place which might have been so much more opportunely held on the morrow after the disaster of Koniggritz. But at that juncture the Emperor Francis Joseph overrated the ability of the Emperor Napoleon to help him out of his difficul ties ; and the Emperor of the French, with all the rest of the world, miscalculated the probable duration of the struggle of which he had made up his mind to be a neutral spectator. . _ The Emperor Napoleon, observes the Daily News, will do what is required by the interests of France, but as to the quarrel between Prnuia and Austria, he never under took to perform impossibilities, and it is no impeachment of his wisdom that he finds the work of mediation beset with greater difficulties than he had reason to expect. The fact being so it is much better for Austria that her government should at once learn its real situa tion, instead of being encouraged to delude itself, as it has done during the past week. Marching at the present rate, the Prussians will be before Vienna before the end of the present week. It is most improbable that either of the federal armies will ever fight again ; and the Austrian troops in Italy, except those in Venice itself, having now no railway communication with Vienna, the Emperor Francis Joseph, unless ('dal lini can be dislodged, must dispense with their aid in the ins , pending battle with the Prussians. The Pod thinks Count Bismarck is determined to go on so long as the neutral powers confine themselves to verbal protestations against his rapacity. When they show signs of passing from words to deeds it will be time for him to decide whether he has gone far enough in his career of conqwst. It is scarcely possible to suppose that France or Russia would quietly assent to the reduction of Austria to a prrsly Sc'avonio power. The Herald says it is quite certain that King Victor Emmanuel would not have ventured to continue the war after the cession of Venetia to France if he had not un lerstood that the Emperor of the French would feel no particular ill-will at his persistence in a murderous war. The arliole mistake cf Austria has been, according to the Herald, in ceding Venetia and trusting to France. There is nothing ! as far as it can see to prevent the Prussian army advancing ; upon Carlsruhe and Studtgart, and unless the Emperor Na poison should appear as the Deal a »utehtrui to solve the dispute in favour of Austria, or the military genius of the Archduke Albert should give the Austrian army a signal victory in Moravia, there is nothing but a beaten and dis united army to prevent the Prussians from " revendi catusg" Baireuth or oven Nuremburg, or meeting some where south of Munich the Italian army, which the " tele graph" tells us is marching upon that capital through the Tyrol. In the opinion of the Telegraph nothing is more likely than that Francis Joseph, who has lately shown that he can yield with dignity, will accept the inevitable, and sub mit. to deprivation in Germany with as good a grace as he has already submitted to exclusion from Italy. Cut off from all distractions in the centre of Europe, the Austrian sovereigns would be driven to devote more attention to Hungary, Croatia, and the magnificent dominion that would still extent in one unbroken sweep from Saxony to Wallachia, from Poland to the TyroL HOWL POLITICS. The Times disputes the opinion of Lord Crenborne as to I , the prospects of political fusion, and believes contrary to him that there are in parliament and in the country two schools of thought differing as widely as possible from ! each other, the one building its faith on property, the other on numbers ; the one anxious to retain and even strengthen traditionary and exceptional principles in the hands of orders and corporations, the other desirous to see nothing but a sovereign multitude with a strong executive to represent and perform its wilL More super ficial, but equally unsound, is the view of Mr. Disraeli that Reform is a matter of no difficulty at all. Equally strange is his idea that it is the extraordinary strength of England which renders her unable to interfere in the politics of Europe, and it was a deplorable error on his part to affirm that emigration from Ireland was a great calamity which it was the duty of a statesman to arrest. Looking back from today, when Mr. Disraeli assumes the leadership of the House of Commons, to the date at which Mr. Gladstone first appeared in the same position, the Dilly News proceeds to review the various reasons which are given for the change which the fortunes of the liberal party have undergone in the interval. According to the school of politicians whose theory is that England wants a governor who will keep things as they are, except when a little judicious change may help those who are already rich to become richer, Mr. Glad stone has done it all, wasting the inheritance which Lora Palmerston had left. For ourselves, we prefer to ac cept the advent of a conservative administration as the natural and unavoidable consequence of a long-delayed return to liberal principles. Lord Palmerston kept, it is true, the liberal party in power, but he did so by the ab negation of some of the most important ends for which it is really desirable that they 'timid be in power. So far as regards the practical assertion of a liberal policy, it is not too much to say that the last five months, stormy and chequered as they have been, have born more fruit than the seven years which went before them. They have once again made reform a parliamentary question in good I earnest ; they have at last given us an Oaths Bill and put IiONPAY ' filiTElfrott J . LATEST TELLIGENCE. • E WAR. The hope of an immediate peace, to which the cession of Venetia and the offered mediation of France gave rise, has failed. The proposed armistice did not arrest for a single hour the onward march of the Prussian generals, who have been success ful in every encounter with their enemies from the Oder to the Rhine. At Vienna pre parations are being made to defend the line of the Danube. By the last accounts, 25,000 men were said to have arrived at the entrenched camp of Floresderf, under the command of Von Gablenz, and it is also stated that 25,000 men—the first contingent of the Italian-Austrian army—arrived there from the south. It is also said that there are 160,000 men concentrated at Olmutz. But simultaneously with these appearances of resistance there are symptoms of want of con& deuce in the success of the final effort that is to be made before Vienna. The Emperor, in obedience to the express wish of the municipality, has de clared that Vienna was to be an open town ; that is to say, if the line of the Dar.ube was forced no attempt would be made to dispute with the Prussians the occupation of the capital by them. The Empress has already gone to Pesth, the capital of Hungary, and it was reported that the seat of the Austrian monarchy would be transferred to that place. The Prussians have, in tho meantime, been advancing rapidly on Vienna, apparently regardless of the Austrians collected at Olmutz, and as confi dent of defeating their adversaries on the Danube as they have done on the Elbe and the Main. It was stated in the Express of Saturday that their advanced guard had reached Znaim. They are now reported to be considerably further south, and to have reached Hollabrunn and Retz, at which latter place they are stated to have had a cavalry engagement with the Austrians _ . under General Ed Hollabrunn and Retz are both in the Duchy of Austria, the former 30 miles north of Vienna. Other Prussian corps are advancing by Brilnn, and by a road between Briinn and Olmiitz. The Archduke Albrecht arrived at Vienna, and at a council of war held in that city, a plan of defence proposed by the conqueror of Custozza was discussed. In Western Germany the Bth Federal army corps has been defeated, and by the last accounts the Prussians were on the march south to Darmstadt. The Bavarians who, after the defeat at Kiasingen, fell back on Schweinfurt have retreated still fur ther towards Wurtzbourg, the seat of the Diet being transferred even still further south—namely, to Augsburg, the great arsenal of Bavaria. Cialdini, with the Italian army, has not only crossed the Po, but the Adige, and reached Padua, a town of 50,000 inhabitants, about a day's march from Venice and behind the famous Quadrilateral, which is now cut off on the south-eastern side from Vienna. According to the Memorial' Diplontalique, a journal in the Austrian interest, only 80,000 men belonging to the Austrian army of Italy were recalled to defend Vienna, leaving still 170,000 troops in the Quadrilateral, the Tyrol, and the Istrian passes. At Padua, the railway runs east to Meatre, from which place, after sending on a short branch to Venice, it runs due north by Treviso to Conegliano, at which latter place the Austrian troops are said to be assembled in great numbers, with a view of contesting with the Italians the passage of th e Piave. It is further stated that a corps of the regu lar army will co-operate with Garibaldi in the Italian Tyrol with a view of isolating the Quadrilateral on the north-east from Vienna, as Cialdini has isolated it on the south-east. In this situation the Austrian garrisons could not receive supplies either by way of Innapruck on the north, or by way of Trieste on the east. Attacked north, south, and west, and with the reported beginning of insurrectionary movements in Hungary, the old house of the Hapsburgs and the representative of the Holy Roman empire are threatened with almost anni hilation. (ELIITEIVIS TILEORMIE.) PARIS, JULY 16. The Moniteur of this morning states that in the engagement at Aschaffenburg the troops of Hesse Darmstadt were compelled to retreat. The Prussians are marching upon Darmstadt. The Grand Duke has left for Munich. The Conetitutionnel publishes an article blaming certain journals for seeking to induce the French government to acquire territorial enlargement in order to balance the increase of territory obtained by Prussia. " What," adds the Conatitutitmnei, "do these journals know of the future state of Germany or of the intentions of Prussia? Instead of endeavouring to comprehend the lofty character of the mediation undertaken by the Emperor, they only seek to throw obstacles in the way of its ac ceptance, and to cause the character of this media tion to be suspected by the public. These are the tactics of a party which intrigues to drag France into war ; but the lofty mediation of the Emperor which has been accepted by the belligerents, and is the greatest possible proof of the Emperor Napo leon's spirit of justice, will follow a course, happen what may, befitting the dignity, the honour, and the interests of France." r • 4N:e147.:1 ULY If - U ? ,11,41 ND MAIL. ' THE OVEi, ‘x, • sIIPONr INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN. We have received Calcutta journals, dated June 8, and Madras papers, dated June 14. A criminal trial had just taken place in the High Court of Calcutta, which excited the greatest interest, especially in military circles. It was that of Captain Harward, R.A., Commissary of Ordnance at Agra, who was charged on native evidence with having fraudulently appro priated and sold for his own advantage certain arms the property of government. The case was tried by a special jury, which pronounced him not guilty amid the loud applause of a crowded court. There is no further information concerning the Russian force in Central Asia, save that it remained encamped near Samarkand, and that negotiations were going on between the Czar's general and the King of Bokhara. The Overland China Mail (Hong Kong, May 30) ' and other China papers have come to hand. Private letters from the north state that whilst returning to their homes from the races, the foreign residents at Pekin were pretty extensively stoned by the mob, besides being abused in the choicest Chinese " Billingsgate." A new instance of the determined opposition which the Chinese officials are making against the spread of European influence in the interior of the empire has recently attracted some attention. Mr. Major, a gentleman well known in the silk trade, desired to have an iron house erected near Khaing, about 120 miles from Shanghai, for the purpose of preparing cocoons, but the mandarins after first giving his compradore permission to put up the house subsequently altered their mind and insisted upon the structure being taken down. Mr. Major has laid the matter before H. B. M.'s Consul. The China Mail says : Just as we are going to press we learn that a combined British and Chinese expedition has started to attack the piratical haunts on the West Coast. Commander St. John, R.N., has the command of the British gunboats, and a military force from Canton will rendezvous with the latter and proceed to the attack. The prefect of Canton pro ceeds as Chinese civil commisaioncr, and is accompanied by Mr. W. F. Mayers,British vice-consul at Canton, as British commissioner. We are not aware of the number of vessels despatched. News from Japan extends to May 14. A Japanese soldier was severely punished some time ago for drawing his sword on two British officers ; for this crime, which the man committed when in toxicated, the Japanese authorities sentenced him to be degraded to the ranks, he being a sergeant, and be imprisoned for one year. In consideration of the cordial feeling subsisting between the Japanese and British troops and at the request of Colonel Browne, of the 20th Regiment, her Majesty's Minister interceded successfully for the culprit, and his sentence so far as the imprison ment is concerned has been remitted. The Japanese troops for this act of kindness asked permission to present arms to the British consul who attended the ceremony of degradation, which was permitted. Sir Harry and Lady Parkes accompanied by a large party of friends visited the Prince of Sat suma's Palace and grounds, a fact that speaks well for the improvement of friendly intercourse and the chance of our scheme of a comprehensive treaty with the Daimios being carried from theory into practice. This is the first time that foreigners have been allowed to visit the interior of any Daimio's " Yaahki " in Yedo, except that of the Tycoon. A pony carnage and pair followed the Minister's suite and created the greatest excitement among the inhabitants, " who made the air ring with exclamations of Nara-hodo ! " COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (By direct Overload Telegraph.) BOMBAY, JULY 6, 5.30 P.m. nb. shirting., 7r. Ga. Cotton firm and ad vancing : Dhollerah, 280 r. Exchange on London, 2s. Four per Cent. Government securities, 90; Five per Cent. ditto, 106 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, 109 k. Freight to Liverpool, 7s. 6d. The latest London date is July 2. CLICUT£A, JULY 6. lbs. shirtings, Br. 10a. Indigo prospects favourable. Exchange on London, 2s. Oid. Freight to England, 40s. The Bank of Bengal has reduced ita rate of dis count 2 per cent. HONG BONG, JUNE 13. The Foochow and Hankow tea markets are open. Quotations at the former are 6 taels, and at the latter 12i taela in advance of last year. The Fiery Cross takes out 730,000 lbs. ; the Series, 955,00011 m. ; the Ariel, 1,250,000 lbs. ; the Taeping, 1,125,000 lbs. ; the Taetsing, 1,125,000 lbs. ; the Zebra, fur Liverpool, 705,000 lbs. Total export to date, 13,750,000 lbs. AUSTRALIA. DEPARTURE OF SIR CHARLES DARLING. Our dates from Melbourne reach to May 24. The political interest of the month centres in the recall of his Excellency Sir Charles Darling and the steps taken by the Legislative Assembly in connexion with that event. On the Ist of May the subject was broughtbef ore the Legislative Assembly inthe shape of a motion, by Mr. Balfour, for a select committee to be appointed to prepare an address to his Excel lency Sir Charles Darling, and to consider and re port on the steps the house should take with re ference to his being relieved from his position as officer administering her Majesty's government in this colony. The debate lasted three nights, but ultimately the motion was agreed to by 49 to 15 votes. The report of the committee recommended that a grant of 20,0001. should be made to Lady Darling for her separate use. The committee also brought up a highly complimentary address to the Governor thanking him for having saved the colony from anarchy, and for having effected a settlement of the serious political differences from which the colony has just emerged. Prior to the consideration of the report of the committee a message was received from his Excellency declining, both for himself and family, to receive any parliamentary grant of money until he had ascertained " whether her Majesty might be pleasedto signify any commands thereon." Notwithstanding the receipt of this message, the report of the committee was carried by a majority of 43 to 17, and an address to the Queen was also adopted, praying that her Majesty would be graci ously pleased to sanction the acceptance, by Lady Darling, of the proposed grant. On the 7th of May Sir Charles Darling left for Sydney, and his dep►rture was signalised by such an ovation as has never previously been witnessed in the colony. The numbers present have been va riously estimated at from fifty to seventy thousand. The entire road from Melbourne to Sandridge was lined with spectators, by whom he was vociferously cheered. At Sandridge several addresses were presented to his excellency, some of them couched in strong language. To one address his excellency replied : Most heartily I thank the working people of Victoria for this memorial of their personal regard, sad for the strong expression of their belief that in my conduct of the administration of the goverment I have been faithful to the trust which our gracious Sovereign was pkoood to repose in me when she appointed me t o mama , her in this great dependency of her mown. It el ever be to me a sacred duty to declare my m a w s " the loyalty to her Majesty's throne and person, the el obedience to the law, and the ardent love of tional government, which so strongly distingui s h ep. duatrial classes of the population of Victoria. • S r as , bidding them farewell, I assure them I shall never cep% feel the deepest and sincerest interest in their •futury, ipp perity and happiness. , • At Sydney Sir Charles had a similar reee and a general committee was appointed to y ak ' _ Tenements for a public demonstmta ; but at , meeting of this committee the chains= amma is m; that he had received the following letter from Charles Darling : Patty's Hotel, Sydney, R a y jo . -St ft,—So entirely was I taken by surprise by th s an ti greeting whish I received last night, on my arrival ta go. ney, that I believe I hardly comprehended the nature of y t communication which you were good enough to maketenk, in reference to the public meeting which is convened foe day evening next, for the purpose of preparing an addresi me on the occasion of mypremature retireme 4 from thy 'eminent of Victoria. I hope it will mot be 'apposed Mai undervalne for one moment the kindly sympathy whw i k is the purpose of the contemplated meeting to etkillikv I beg you will communicate to its promoters that huh, on my departure from Melbourne, retired, for a thy at least, from political life, it would be move r es , sistent with my own wishes if the meeting should me take place ; and if I am permitted this to tank/ e all my friends and well wisher, in Sydney, my m a d grateful thanks, and the morunince of my warn app s elation of their generous confidence in the rectitude el th public principles which have guided me in the disclurga td my duty as her Majesty's representative in that great em flourishing community to which I have recently bads h is well, and with which they are connected by so many sled, derationa of social and patriotic interest. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble im vent, C. H. DARLIEG. Immediately after the departure of Sir aids Darling from Melbourne, Brigadier-General Oszey was sworn in as Acting-Governor of the cokay. Since then there had been little political news d importance. The Legislative Council has addressed the Ga vernor, requesting time to compel the Ministers n collect the outstanding bonds and customs duties, , and has adjourned the Appropriated Bill unit assured that the duties would be collected. TM governor issued warrants for the recovery of tiN, bonds, and the ministry have threatened to resiga. The body of the Prince of Conde, who died ot the 24th inst., has been embalmed for conveyance , to England. The Bank of New South Wales has declared & dividend of 20 per cent. ADELAIDE, MAT 21. The parliament is still in recess, but will meet oa the 15th of June. There is nothing of importance from New Z. land. The government expect a large increase d revenue. ROYAL VISIT TO THE MIANTONOMOH. About half-pad 1 on Saturday the Prince d Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Sheenier is a special train in charge of Means. Smith and Martin, Si trict superintendents, and Mr. Martley, the lomat* superintendent of the London, Chatham, and Dew Railway, for the purpose of paying a visit to the 1/sibi States' turret ship Miantonomoh, which has been lyisig during the past week in Sheerness harbour. 11i* royal highnesses were received at the station by rat Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, H.C.8., Commando in-Chief at the Nors, Colonel RiddeU, Commandant d the Chatham division of the Royal Artillery ; Coked Freeth, commanding the Royal Engineers at Shenatea and a large number of naval and military Ann A guard of honour from the Royal Artillery wss outside the railway station. Accompanied by the *aid and the officers, their royal highnesses were drives tone Camber dock, where they embarked for the ship is Si admiral's gig. The Formidable (flagship) and the Cade land (guardship of the steam reserve) were dressed kr the occasion ; on bead the former the sailors manned Si yard., while royal salutes were fired from both slim and from the battery on the Camber. On 'Meng a board the Miantonomoh, the royal visitors were renewal by Mr. Adams, the American minister, and the menim et the American legation, who had arrived at Row ness by an earlier train, by Capt. Beaumont, cad* el the ship, Captain Munroy, of the United States' mwt war Augusta (convoy of the Miantonomoh), and all Si officers of both ships. A guard of honour was draws se on deck, and immediately the royal visitors entered 1k ship the royal standard was hoisted at the main, sad Si Augusta fired a royal salute. The inspection of the Ike was then commenced, their royal highnesses being esneld over it by Mr. Adams and Capt. Beaumont. The tun* which were put in motion, were very closely damn* as were also the enormous guns and the applieatel for loading and firing them. This over the repel party went below deck and visited the segies room, the officers' cabins, the ward-room, and the eau* of the crew. At the conclusion of the inspection nee royal highnesses and the party who 'camping them were entertained to luncheon on board, after yid the usual loyal and national toes* were drunk. After spending about three hours in the ship their royal WO nesses embarked in the yacht of Mr. Penn, of Greenly*, and steamed up the Medway to Strad, where tin were met by the special train from Sheerness, *7 much to the disappointment of a large number of tie* habituate of the town congregated at the Shearson station. Predowily to leaving the ship their repel highnesses expressed the pleasure the visit had afforded them, and their appreciation of the courtesy with di* they had been received. To-day the Miantonomoh sadist gusts leave England for Denmark and Russia, bath** table before returning to America they will agile rik England. -- The Cantrt Journal states that their Royal Hi d asses the Prince aad Princess of Wales will go to &meg about the 14th of August, and take up their residence Abergeldie. Hie royal highness's visit to Scotland ea le a week earlier than that of her Majesty. The Priest visit to the Highlands is for the purpose of groussolsoenif sad deer-stalking. BRZACH OF THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT. - Considerable excitement was crested at Portland cer neaday in consequence of the capture by her ld_ate"Weelef Caledonia of the Chilian steamer Greatham Hint b es t i Z on board nearly 300 men who had been secretly for the purpose of manning a war vessel for the CUM government. From the statement of 12 men who amfei from the Greatham Hall on discovering the nature of dle engagement into which they had been trepanned by fe l " representations, it appears that they were offered temp let wages to proceed on a voyage to Callao, and that ea le , misting the terms they were despatched to Thames Rave by rail and then put on board a tug, in which they rem conveyed to • steamer lying near the Tongue hgbeeb i P" Upon going on board the Greathazu Hall they discovereddiel three other tugs were engaged in bringing men from points, that the steamer was fitted up as a trooM that a mixed crew of more than 200 was on da palest disorder prevailing. About 50 of the roes to longed to our naval coast volunteers, and on their eat' pinions being aroused they refused to proceed, the 12 me above alluded to escaping in a boat after a d er resistance, and reaching Marpte about 9 P.m. meantime the Greatham Hall had s teamed off, and tele' grams were despatched to all the various stations on din coast to be on the look out. Admiral l'elverten, who me on board the fl agship Caledonia, then lying in l'ortlmd Roads, received the message late in the evening, find, officers and crew were immediately called on baud, oar. petitions were made for the chase of the suspicion' ''W eer ' Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Wednesday ruo reir e stranger was sighted, and • rocket was fired after her, this was answered only by • man-of-war's rocket al evasion of the maritime regulations. The Caledonia signalled by lights, and the foreigner attempted to sale by extinguishing her own, but as daylight was swot, the superior speed of the English vessel soon b rev e e e within , and at the sixth shot across her boil th l Cheatham Hall surrendered. When boarded it was WI that the funnels were over-heated, plainly showing do e ii was the master's intention to get out of the Cbe., possible, and that the mixed crew had been induced oe' false representations to enlist under the Chili= Mr': 'neut. later in the day the Caledoeis steamed into ET , land Beads with her prise, and • strong guard "8 into board, while messengers were sent for metre On Thursday the owner of the vessel arrived from nisys i and statements were taken on the part of the go to ascertain whether, in the opinion of the crown shit: there is sufficient to warrant further detent es Friday a large quantity of coals was shipped on boce!.7, steamer, and rumours were afloat that she would put t o to-day.-2'imes FRANCE. TOULON, JULY 16. The levy which has been ordered through out the whole maritime registry has been countermanded, and the arming of the fleet has been suspended. We read in the Journal of Naples:—" Yesterday morning the frigates Principe Umberto and Carlo Alberto arrived in our port. On the first of these firing the usual salutes it was forgotten that the cannons were 'hotted. The consequence of this was that three shots were sent on the beach of Chiaromonte, which extends as far as the Winter Garden. Fortunately no harm resulted, excepting frightening a few bathers, who scampered off with great alacrity. We hear the parties guilty of this neglect have been punished." A FALL or ICE.—Messrs. Hutchison and Co., of Kirkcaldy, My in a circular issued on Saturday " Thi week the drought and heat continued until Friday afternoon, when a severe thunder storm passed over us ; little rain fell, but not sufficient for the grass and crops. In some partahailandpieets of ioefell in considerable quantity. Our cereal crops must now be very deficient in bulk of straw. Immediate rain would revive gram and turnips." The fall of ice thus referred to has been so serious over several square miles near Kirkaldy that farmers declare their crops to be more than half destroyed. THE PRUSSIAN AMT.—Numerous applications having been made to the Prussian Embassy by English gentlemen wishing to enter the Prussian army, or to be ad mitted as witnesses of the campaign, and by physicians, surgeons, and other medical men, offering their services for the duration of the present war, it is made known hereby :-1, that the entry of any foreign officer into the Prussian army can only take place by a special order of his Majesty the King •, 2, that volunteers are only ad mitted by the commanders of the different corps of troops according to the wants and peculiar circumstance' ; 3, that following the army ea witnesses is generally not per mitted, but that exceptions for reporters, hc., may be made on application to the commanders-in-chief of the re spective armies ; 4, that the admission of physicians, surgeons, and medical men in general is a matter for the consideration of the general staff physician of the army, to whom applications are to be made at Berlin. 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