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Honey; athors Neilsen. Mamas Thome; and Mn. Sibila&—And QUI. LODOLNGS. BRITANNIA. Tine WM:IM% THE 7,A.1.1r6T LYONS —Mr. Bees; The Brothers VkAurnlll And TAI CASTAWAY; OR THE MOll4lOlOl L SISAN D. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 1 DAT —Morning. TR Um Afternoon. Et 17s. To-l[www—Moaning. Bn. Wm Afternoon, 8K RIM LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. THE resolution of the Emperor Nsroxsox to recall the French army from Mexico, although it was foreseen that that step must entail the downfall of the Empire in which he had so largely staked his credit, is often quoted as an evidence of his high political courage. No other absolute ruler in Europe it is said, could afford so directly to confess a great mistake. There is a point, however, at which even the EXPEUOIeB courage fails. Fe can brave the attacks of the parliamentary opposition sr -I the caustic reflections of the press, but be _ . fears the n4u-spoken opinion of the homely and ri-Long p eop l e -ho have backed his enterprise with their me iey. A receut official repcli that there are three hundred thousand French ir vestorsinblexicanloans. These unfortunate specula tors are, for the moat part, persons of limi;:ed means, not gifted with a superfluity of intell!gence, bat very sensitive where their pockets are concerned. Under the Empire this class has participated to a greater extent than ever it did before in the financial operations by which the public debt of France has been increased. When it was re- solved to Bet Up MAXIMILIAN as Emperor of Mexico the semi-official French press announced that this was peculiarly a personal enterprise of the Chief of the State. His insight had discerned the opportunity, his wisdom planned the scheme, his sympathies, power, and prestige were pledged to secure its success. These considerations had immense weight when the loans necessary to the eatablisluuent of the Empire were offered to the acceptance of the public, and the small French in- - . vectors gave their money freely. Short as is the period which has since elapsed, alarm has succeeded to hope, and 'the time has come for considering how the fears of Mexican bondholders are to be tranquillised. These unlucky investors have lately. seen the signs of the downfall of the Mexican Empire rapidly multiplied, and it is natural for them to apprehend that when it disappears their securities will be worthless. The fact, we fear, is undeniable. To meet this case the French Government has just published a Convention, signed in July last at the city of Mexico, by which the Mexican Government assigns to it ono half of the receipts of all the maritime customs in the Empire W O security fur payment of the interest and principal of the loans contracted in 1864 and 1865, and for the payment of interest, at the rate of 3 per cent., on all sums due by Mexico to the French Treasury. And, inasmuch as the export duties of the Custom-house on the Pacific coast are already pledged to the extent of three fourths, the asaignment now made in UN our of the French is with respect to them limited to 25 per cent. Those of our French contemporaries who are at liberty to exercise their intelligence on th'• ■ingular Convention, have nothing to say to it as a moans of drawing money from Mexico, but a great deal as to its tendencies to draw money and soldiers from France to that country. The clause which most fixes their attention is that which provides that the collection of duties shall be performed at Vera Cruz by special agents placed under the protection of the French flag. This article, designed to give confidence to the bondholders, tills our contemporaries with alaru'. Some of them are asking, since the flag is to pro tect the agents, who is to protect the flag 4 And in this question they see the root of interminable difficulties. Even with a French army in Mexico the Emperor MAXIMILIAN cannot hold Tampico, and how can he do it when that army has left'? His successor will not only want the poser but the will to execute the Convention. Nobody imagines that the next Mexican Government is likely to let foreign agents take away funds which it finds indispensable to its own main tenance. It is perceived in France that the execution of the project is impos sible, and the EMPEROR is advised to acquiesce in the loss already incurred, because any other course will only increase it. " What," asks the Opinion Nationale, "do we hope for now " from the expedition ? Nothing, is the answer. " Let us, then, while taking away our soldiers, not " leave our custom-house officers, and, above all, " not our flag. It is praiseworthy, no doubt, in " the Government to wish to protect the interests " of French bondholders, but the mode in which "it is proposed to do it is radically vicious. We " would far rather at once write off our claim on " Mexico to profit and loss. If the Government " thinks itself bound to the creditors, let it esti " mate the value of their claims and make the " State pay them. But to leave in Mexico a ` tail' " of the primitive expedition is to compromise us " for the next twenty years, and to involve France " in ten times the expenses she has now incurred. " Let us have done with it. There is safety, " wisdom, prudence, and, we will add, economy." And the Libertf acknowledges that "to hope " that any succeeding Government will ratify the " Convention of July 30, and live without a " Budget, is a dangerous chimera." All this is, no doubt, as clear to the EMPEROR RS it is to our ' contemporaries ; only while they are at liberty to think exclusively of the interests of France, and advise accordingly, he has to think how much loss of confidence and popularity it will be safe for him to encounter at once. This Convention is doubtless a mere temporary expedient, and THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866. will serve its author's purpose if it only postpones to a more convemient time financial catastrophe whisk is inevkablet together with the outburst of dissatisfaction which is certain to attend it. It is impossible that the Emrsaoa should be under any delusion as to the probable execution of the Convention, and equally . impossible that he should contemplate a renewal of the expedition, to insist on its maintenance. Allowance should be made for his position. He has given up very much lately which it was er roneously but generally supposed he had bound himself to maintain, and there is no fear that he will make, for the sake of this Convention, sacri fices which he has wisely declined when they were supposed to be required for much greater inte rests. He and France have the satisfaction of knowing that if the Mexican Empire has not suc ceeded, its failure is due to causes inherent in its conception, and not to any overbearing foreign in fluence. The Empire is falling of its ownweight. So grand and respectable • scheme of filibustering as this Mexican enterprise the world had not seen before. Had it succeeded, " Men of Provi " deuce" would have sprung up on every hand, for there are many countries which want regene rating as much as Mexico. The independence of nations is more likely to be respected now it is found that invasion and usurpation do not pay. must hock for the great constitutional change which has become a neeessity. The Star attributes the unfortunate war on the Routh American continent to Brazil, who, in the first instance, took afieentage of a domestic struggle in Uruguay to in. terfere in the affairs of that republics The defeat of Brazil appears to be so complete that it will not be our. prising to find the Argentine foroes withdrawing from their alliance with Brawl. And the latter power, if she is wise, will accept the defeat as a warning of the hopeless no two of the task upon which she has embarked. On the other hand, thebrilliant telecom of the Paraguayan army may tempt Lopes to renew his policy of invading the Argentine ter* tory, or that of Brazil, and thus he may throw away the fruits of sueceas which are presently in his hands. In countries so thinly populated, and so destitute of every_ thing necessary for large armies, the invader on either side is almost certain to find his teak too bees/ for him. The Opinion Nationale, while reserving a more extended criticism for another day, thinks the cir cular " a very clear, very sincere ' and very oaks plots manifesto of French foreign policy." The Aeenir National says : This state paper is a great innovation upon ministerial customs. Hitherto no interim minister would have taken upon himself to comfit his colleague who had not assumed ills portfolio to such an extent. No interim Minister of the Interior ever addressed a circular to the prefects. Since the Marquis de Monstier will be in Paris by the end of the month, the public might surely have been patient a little longer. However, this objection is, per haps, only founded upon our inveterate and bigoted regard for chaplete parliamentary usages. The Gazettederrance, lifter speaking of the extreme importance of the circular, and the unmistakeable clearness with which it recognises " German nationality" as achieved by Prussia, re publishes, in four columns, the debate in the Corps Legislatif, of June 12, for the obvious pur pose of showing that the Emperor has abandoned the theory broached in his letter to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, of June 11, that whenever any greet Continental power extended its frontiers France was entitled to territorial compensation. The Pays, only within these two days once more under the dominion of K Granier de Cassagnac professes to think that the Emperor is only waiting for "his own means and hour" to assume an ag gressive policy ; but this is a forced and jesuitical interpretation of the circular which everybody else thinks "clear," and I believe that Cassagnac re presents the defeated party in the Emperor's councils. The Liberti does not agree with the passage of the circular which speaks of a reorganisation of the army as absolutely necessary, and re-edits its argu ments that " armed peace" incurring all the cost of military glory without its profit is, above all things, disastrous. It occurs to me, however, that military reorganisation does not necessarily mean increased armaments. The Bourse was decidedly firm. EXTRAORDINARY SWINDLING CAREER OF AN EX-OFFICER. Yesterday, at the Windsor Guildhall, before the mayor, Richard /3egley was brought up on remand, charged with mead cases of swindling and robbery. On account of the interest of the proceedings, caused by the social ppoossition of the prisoner and the extensive nature of his dLhon 4 course at several places. the pollee- ""t Imo found to afford insufficient accommodation for the public, and the examination of the prisoner took place in the large council chamber. The career of the prisoner reads almost I like a romance. His real name is Richard Albert Watkin Bayley, late ensign in her Majesty's 35th Regiment (Royal Sussex), and he was quartered with the depot at Col chester. He is a son of Major-Oeneral Bayley, who com manded the Bombay contingent during the I nd ian mutiny, and who, having retired from the army, resides in Wales. The prisoner enlisted as a private moldier, during a wild freak, and served in his regiment nearly a twelvemonth, when his father bought him out, and purchased a eomtnie /101l for him in the 35th Regiment. But his waywardness and general misconduct were so incorrigible, that in June last be was cashiered and sunerseded while absent from his regiment without leave. During May and June he was staying in Paris, at the Hotel de Ville et D'Albion, where he assumed the name of Captain Watkins, of the Royal Horse Artillery. In Paris he drew cheques on Sir John Kirkland and Co the army agents, of London, purpo - ting to be drawn by . Ensign Bayley in favourof Captain Watkins, Royal Horse Artillery, and uttered them, aster having en dorsed them with the rame of Captain Watkins. This being a forgery, the French government, upon the applicaf on of the money changers whom he victimised, have made an ap p"ostion for his extradition, that he may be tried in Pans. After getting as much money as be could by means of false cheques, and borrowing money of the gentlemen staying at the Hotel de Ville, he bolted from the hotel, leaving behind him an empty portmanteau and an unsettled account to the amount of 1,100 or 1,200 francs. At this time he had with him a companion whose real name is believed to be Denny. This man, an Irishman, with a Yankee east of maintenance, raised money and credit to a large amount upon representing that his name was William L. Howard— • scion of the Yorkshire family of Howard' ; that his father had 20,0004 per annum ; and that he himself intended to stand for the representation of the No-th Rid"-ug of Yorkshire at the next election, as he would shortly have 12,0001. a year. From one gentle nan this individual borrowed upwards of 200'. On leaving Paris the prisoner made his sppescanoe at the Horns Tavern, at Kennington, cm July 9. He stated that he had been play ng c. cket at the Oval ; and remaining at the house usitil July 25, he ran up an account of 54 He assumed the name of Captain Watkins. When he left be pretended to be going to get a cheque cashed, and said that he would return and pay his bill. He never returned, and soon after he had gone it was discovered that he bad stolen the landlady's gold watch from a drawer in her bedroom. After his apprehension he told Mr. Wbitty, the landlo*d of the houre where he had pawned the watch, and that he had destr oyed the ticket. At Kew, the prisoner got a boat from a Mr. Williams, and rowed up the Thames to Cave-sham, near Reading. At Omer sham he patro aged the White Hart Hotel, and had only left that tabliehment a couple of hours when a person, sent in search of him by Mr. Williams, arrival from Kt r. Eton was the next place of rendezvous, and Mr. John Harding, of the Crown and Cushion Inn, was hoe oared with his company. The " captain" left end imply, without liquidating his bi". While here he was " Captain Henesge, of the Royal Artillev," and he casually made the acquaintance of Mr. Burrows, a London met' cat gentleman, staying at Adelaide-square ? at Winesor, informing that gentleman that he was a visitor at the house of one of the masters of Eton College. Mr. Bui.rows invited the " captain" to supper on several man sions, and to join a fishing party. The " captain," 'in stead of joining the fishing party, went to Mr. Burrows's apartments; obtained access by means of a plausible excuse that he had permimion to write some letters, and stole 41. in cash and several articles that could be easily appro priat-d. He was disappointed of a sum of 401. he knew Mr. Bus. sws had in the house, but which that gentleman had foi;unsitely removed. From Windsor "Capt. Henesze" went to Kiham, and C.ayed at the house of Mr. Dickinson, the Anglers' Rest, where he slept from Monday to W d nesday. Mr. Dickinson suspected his customer, and on the Wednesday ni"ht locked him in his bedroom. Next mo -ning it was found the " captain" had decamped, after ransacking the room, stealing a clothes brush, and jumpin' from a window 13 feet above the ground. Next the " cap tain" went to the Bells of Ouseley, at Old Windsor, where he hired a cab and was driven to a good fishing spot on the banks of the Thames, and he spent the remainder of the day fishing. At this time Mr. Superintendent Eager, chief superintendent of the Wir dsor borough police, was on the track of the swindler, who was discovered by him fishing in the midst of a pouring rain from a pure on the Thames, midway between Chertaey and Weybridge. The "captain" was brou"ht back in custody to W -door, end was remanded yesterday. WEATHER RE Pan. -mus DAY.) Tr7SDAT, SIPTiIiBER 18, 8 /Z. B. T. W. li v t;),—!- 1 5 71 "" sir.l ii. ri t e i 2!. 1). I IA • -.------ I Nana ..-.. /9.77 61 8. 8 . W. 1 2 W. cb - 1 tberdeen .. 29.84 60 W.R.W. 1 5 N.W. rb 0.021 1 Letth - 1 Ardroman . - 29.80 53 8.8. W. 6 3 N.N.W. bo - 4 Greencastle 25.68 51 8.8. W. 3 4 N.W. cr 10.36 3 Valenti& '19.72 67 B.W. 4 6 N.W. of 10.32 3 "ape Clear 1 29.79 641 S.W. 6 4 N.W. t • 0 . 45 4 1 Liverpool.. 130.00 521 S.R.R. 2 6 W.N.W. c 0 . 04 1 Holyhead 129.90 541 El 11. W. 3 5 W.N.W. Cr - 3 Penzance- '30.07 551 8.8. W. 5 6 N.N.W. cr 1 0.06 3 bred .. 10.16 55 W.S.W. 4 6 N.W. so 1 - 4 Lorlent .30.12 50 8. 2 4 W.N.W. c 0.12 4 Rochefort 30.28 54 N.E. 2 4 N.W. rb • 0.03 2 Ilp mouth Weymouth ,30.1t sd. W.S.W. 3 8 W. co :0 . 04 3 Portamouth 130.10 621 W. 2 1 N.N.W. mu 1 0.02 1 Louden lBO.lO 50 W. 2 6 N.W. cb 0.02 - Yarmouth- 130.07 50 W. 1 6 N. W. eh ir- 1 Scarborough 2907 49 N. 2 2 N. ob I- t 4 0 elds 129_9564, S.W. 3 3 N.W. o; - 2 Helder Helder 11.1211a2KE. The increase of barometric pre .sure over the greater portion of the British Isles since yesterday morring has been rapid and con siderable. For .her unse.tled weather to, however, probable, for the winds have rammed to south-west, with rain and fal"ig barometers on our we - were coasts. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) TIM FRISCH CIRCULAR. The Times describes the above circular an thoroughly in keeping with every word and act of the French government since the Emperor has seen that the calculations upon which certain pretensions of France were based were nullified by the swift result of the war. The great opportunity had slipped through his fingers. The circular is neither more nor leas than an acknowledgment of the great principle that whatever is is for the best, or to please the lovers of greater precision, whatever is ia! The Emperor thinks the recent changes in Germany make little differenoe to France, and the Times agreeing with him, proceeds to instance several occasions upon which France has been prevented from attempting anything on the side of the Rhine by the consciousness that the German people and their governments would join their forces against • common enemy. Wnatever changes war or revolution may bring about, the position of France, as for defensive purposes the strongest nation in Europe, will never be in the least affected. The Emperor cannot re frain from a castigation of Italian impulsiveness, and he has it In his power is zhqw off the ingratitude of the Itsli"..:Us In all its enormity b y t ax teating the Roman question as satisfactorily as that of Venetia is iilW being brought to its close by the joint exertions of himself and Prussia. The September convention is to be loyally tarried out, and the interests of the Pontiff are to be secured. The French troops are to be withdrawn, but the Pope will abide under French protection. The Sphinx is oracular 1 as usual ; but the time for the solution of the riddle draws , near. The circular, the Daily News says, is addressed directly to public opinion in France, as • temperate &poloi s t for the neutral policy of the Emperor, and indirectly to foreign governments and public opinion abroad ; and among the many reassuring and calming compositions which have been edited by the French Foreign-office since the empire was first declared to be peace, the present circular is not the least remarkable in tone and purport. A more deli berate rebuke to what M. Thies' admirers and disciples would consider the inspirations of a lofty and exclusive patriotism, could not be administered. It is the Emperor himself who dictates this magnificent vindication of the foreign policy of the empire, this inauguration of a new era, though he designedly divests it of a too exclusively per soul initiative. The wo-Als have almost the solemnity of • political testament, and there is no precedent for so much unreservedness in any pre% loin state paper. The sentence upon the Papal question admits of ambiguous interpretations, but is perfectly compatible with simplicity and directness. The pontifical throne whoee interests are secured by the convention of Septem ber must be the spirited throne—the throne of th e supreme bishop of the church of Rome ; for as to the tem poral throne, undoubtedly when it is left to take care of itself it must be subject to all temporal sicissitudes, and depend for its stability on the national will of the Roman people, and no longer on the " protection of France" alone. The Herald finds in the document the usual superfluities and circumlocutions, but accepts the residue as satisfac tory. The upshot of the letter is that with numerous irritating circumstances to rouse it, " the empire is peace," and the resolution taken does credit to the Emperor's head and heart. The Past regards the document as a practical Piastre tion of the pacific, principle with which the French go vernment is animated, and the Telegraph lends the courage and wisdom of the manifesto. To the French people Napoleon owes his own power. He is more tine to the new " jus divinum" of his line than his own people, A word from him would have plunged France into • fatal war, and he has been too prudent, too peaceable, to speak it. AIPSIUCAN POLITICS. The Daily News shows bow President Johnson with the persistency and thoroughness which distinguish him, has addressed himself since the adjournment of Congress to the task of destroying the party which elected him. His 'our has openly assumed an electioneering character, and the canvasser as well as the intense egotist pervades every speech he utters—giving to the people the unseemly epee tack of a President " on the stump," the tour being planned for the purpose of affecting public opinion in those States in which the best chance of carrying democratic candidates was supposed to exist- But when the shouts and boasting have died away, the speeches will remain on record, and the Daily News has much mistaken the northern people if his party gain any considerable success in the elections of the next two months. It believes that the President has succeeded in his endeavour to make them understand his policy, but that instead of endorsing it, as be asks them, they will rebuke and defeat it as the best interests of their country and humanity demand. Though sympathising heartily with his objects, the Hersiii cannot help making a faint protest against the vulgarity of Mr. Johnson's speeches, and experiences a shock at finding one in his position undertaking an agitat ing tour—drawing from the whole a moral against republi can institutions in general. NISCILLANEOUB TOPICS. The Times looks upon Totnes as doomed, thon3h without deserving its doom a bit more than a hundred other boroughs. It must fall under its own scandal• Upon this and a few similar precedents we shall at last find our way to the practical theory of Reform, all the more effectual, perhaps, because graduated and progres sive. . . . The Herald informs us that a portion of the foreign, and notably of the French and German, semi-official press has been seised with a violent access of alarm and indignation at the hospitalities to be offered next month to the volunteers of England by our neighbours of Belgium, but it assures them that the fetes have no more to do with polities than with the history of ancient Greece. The Telegraph learns with much satisfaction the con clusion of an arrangement with Prussia which it considers has a most important bearing on the interest of England. A treaty of navigation was siped at Gastein by Lord Napier and Count Bismarck at the time of the well-known convention which was there concluded between Austria and Prussia, in the August of last year. The ratifications did not take place at once, and political difficulties after. wards caused the postponement of that formality. Re cently, however, the Prussian parliament has unanimously approved of the agreement, and it has beenformally ratified. The new oompact engages that British ships shell be admitted to Prussian ports on the same terms as those on which vessels belonging to the North German Kingdom are admitted into our harbours—a boon of appreciable value for its immediate, and still more for its remoter cons. quinces. The Star argues against the possibility of the conserve, tires sueseedi , 4 in introducing a reform bill which will satisfy the wants of the country. The existence of their party, it says, depends upon electoral corruption and restrictions, and it is to reformers on principle that we LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE FRENCH CIRCULAR. The Nord, after analysing the circular issued from the French Foreign-office, says : The conclusion of the circular presents a striking con trast to what precedes, and one is surprised to find projects of military reorganisation following pacific premises. " The result of the late war," says M. de Lava lette, " points out the necessity of perfecting without delay for the defence of the country our military °manias tion." Is this the logical result of the acquisition of the three powerful allies which the Minister of Foreign Affairs refers to in the first part of his circular ? Does It not seem strange that after having proved that France sill henceforward be surrounded by friends, the Minister should proclaim the urgent necessity of re-organising the milituy system with a view to the defense of French territory. The Eastern enaction does not seem to inspire the French government with any disquietude- We should like to participate in this frilling of security, but we confess that M. de Lavalette himself has shaken our repose with the military element which has slipped into his despatch. CRETE.-SPEECH OF THE KING OF GREECE. A communication from Athens, dated Sept. 6, nye : The excitement canoed by the disturbances in Crete has been greatly increased by the speech which the King of Greece addressed to the ministers of the forei3n powers • " Turkey," said his Majesty, " has driven the Christian population to revolt in consequence of her violation of treaties. As for me, I cannot prevent my subjects from giving aid to their brethern in distress. Even had I the power to do so, I could not forget that I am not only King of Greece, but of all the Helleaos. I should rather return to Denmark than disavow the duties which my position imposes on me. From the beginning J.,' the movement in Crete I proclaimed our neutrality and ordered my subjects to faithfully observe the treaties. Yet Turkey has violated these same treaties in regard to the Christians, Mid neither I nor the Greeks can be responsible for the reg atc" This speech, and the addresses of the Cretan Assembly and Epirots, which have been published in the Athenian journals, !WI) greatly agitated the people. (REUTER'S TELZ6BLYB.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Serf. IP. General Revel has left for Venice in order to assist in the arrangements for the transfer of the fortresses of the Quadrilateral. . . , News received here from Vienna states that at a conference held yesterday General Menabrea made propositions relative to the Venetian debt, which are stated to have had the support of France and Prussia. An understanding has already been come to upon the other articles of the treaty. Another conference will take place very shortly. Fresh advices from Palermo state that several bands of brigands, organised at the Convent o: Montreale, had entered the city demanding the pre servation of the religious corporations. The Na tional Guard of Palermo and the environs were zealously co-operating with the military to restore order. HUNGARY. PESTH, S. 17, EczNuto. The Hungarian exile Franz Pulszky has received permission from the Emperor to take up his resi dence in Hungary. It is believed that he will establish a political journal in this city. Since yesterday cholera is on the decline. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, SKPT. ig. The Prussian Baltic fleet has been put out of commission to-day. Moat of the vessels are being disarmed and laid aside, and all the maritime re servea have been disbanded. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. QUEENSTOWN, Sm. 18. I The Inman steamship City of New York, from New York on the Bth inst., an...yea here at 10 a.m. to-day with the mails, 240 passengers, and 88,744 dole. in specie. She landed 56 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 10.30 a.m. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE GOVERNMENT CIRCULAR. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVINIIIO. All the evening papers have comments upon the highly important diplomatic circular in this morn ing's Moniteur. Before giving quotations from the independent journals (what the semi-official prints say is merely butter upon bacon and little worth notice), I will offer only two observations which strike me. First it is dated Sept. 16, only yesterday—a fact which, when taken in connexion with the opening averment that the "Emperor's government could no longer delay expressing its views on the subject of the events taking place in Germany," and the almost universal custom to delay the publication of diplomatic documents of this importance till some time after their date, is strong corroborative evi dence of the reports that this circular was framed with extreme difficulty, that it was re-written many times, and that M. Drouyn de Lhuys left office because, after repeatedly trying his hand, he, though facile princeps in such compositions, could not frame a manifesto to the Emperor's satisfac tion. Secondly, that while reference is made to every other power in Europe England is not men tioned or alluded to. The Temps says : The circular is eminently pacific, and a complete satin fide accorded to Prussian aggrandisement. We have no doubt that it will universally produce an immense sense_ Lion, and will be particularly well received in Germany. It is more thane frank and hearty acceptation of "accomplished facts ;" it is a justification of them—albeit they have evi dently outstripped the original views, or to speak, perhaps , more accurately, the original desires of our government expressed in the memorable letter to M. Drouyn do Lhuys. It amounts to a new theory of Europe and the world, based upon accomplished facts. . . . The circular over-rides the treaty of Nikolsbnrg, and gives it clearly to be under stood that on the day when Prussia shall push her con quest south of the Main, France will not be very sorry, because an irresistible impulse, which may be called providential, urges peoples to form great age°. =orations, and to do away with secondary states. . . Francs has not, we take leave to observe, been so entirely isolated in the world as the circu. lar represents. Not to speak of the English &Hance, of which, by the way, it says nothing, we know that the Restoration entertained a not unfounded hope et recovering the Rhine frontiers by the help of • Rush= aliases. THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE BELGIAN PRESS. The Bien Public of Ghent writes on this subject as follow. : . _ "Our semi-offi :lel press shows itself much pre-occup 4 ed with the remonstrances addressed to it by the organs of ' Count de Bismarck, and particularly by the Norddeutsch Atigemeine Zcitung. Each strives to be the first to defend itself, as from a charge of high treason, from the impute tion of the slightest irreverence towards Prussia. `We adversaries of the policy of annexation !' exclaim in chorus our ministerial journalists : ` Never.' What can any one dream of pitying the Hessians, the Nassoviana, the Hano verian., so voraciously annexed by Prussia? Who could ever think of blaming Count de Bismarck for his excellent appetite ? Vona Few Sites, Seigneur, En les croqttant, beaucoup d'honneur. And then the inclipenclanee hails Prussia as the 'Messiah of German regeneration.' And the Bela du Parlament protests that it 'cores very little for the petty states of Germany.' If our testimony could have any cred't with the Prusean annexaaonists, we should hasten io reassure them completely as to the tendencies of our liberal prees. It has always ranged itself on the side of the strong furainst the weak, of the annexer against the annexed. We blush for th e Belgian press in respect to the disgraceful attitude of the matadors of our semi-official journals. We do not think we have less patriotism than these gentlemen ; but we are persuaded that patriotism may be perfectly consistent with a feeling of honour and with a legitimate pride. No news. paper article, not Count de Bismarck himself, will make us desert unfortunate but just causes, and proclaim the infallibility of the needle-gun. Let others become the worshippers of force and the flatterers of success ; we prefer to remain, whatever may happen, faithful to our principles, and to repeat with the unfortunate Hanove_ rians, Itecht muss doch Recht bleiben' (right is stilt right for all that.)" Count DuchAtel, who was the last Minister of the Interior of Louis Philippe, and who is suffering under an affection of the spine, still manages to go out shooting in the preserves of Chantilly, which he rents every year at 30,000 fr. for three months. The count is wheeled about in a Bath chair, and enjoys very fair sport. The Rhenish Gazette learns from Hesse that the troops of the Grand Duchy are still on a war footing, which entails an expense daily to Rhenish Hesse which exceeds the ordinary receipts, both direct and indirect. The General Correspondence of Vienna states that General Gablentz, commander of the second corps d'armee, has been placed on half-pay at his own request. The Kings of Saxony and Hanover have each bought an estate in Austria. The former has purchased for 230,000 florins the property of Rodaun, of about 320 acres ; the latter for 59,000 florins that of the " Nene Welt," at Hietzing. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia arrived at Paris on Monday last from Carlsruhe, and took up her re sidence at the Grand Hotel. Sbe was accompanied by her daughter. the young Countess 9trogonoff. On the follow ing day the princess was present at a religious ceremony, celebrated with great pomp at the Russian chapel, on the occasion of the fete of the Emperor of Russia. The Rus sian ambassador and the whole of the personnel of the embassy were present in official costume. The Emperor of the French was npreeented by General Marquis de Toulongeon. Her imperial highness left Paris on Wednes day for Biarritz. The Grand Duchess of Baden arrived in Paris on the 10th, and left on the following day. The King of Prussia is expected about the end of the month in the duchies of Holstein and Schleswig. His Majesty intends to spend some days at Altona, Kiel, Flensburg, Cottorp. and Schleswig. The municipality of Alton& is making great preparations to receive the King. The Queen of Prussia arrived a few days ago at Haden. A letter from Venice to the Corriere della Yew:ea asserts that the pUbiseite will be a mockery. The lists are to be compiled by parish priests, who will avoid the houses of these not in the p►le of the Roman catholic church. " Does liberal and progressive Franc e count non-catholics as excommunicated dogs, to whom civil rights are to be denied !" A German correspondent writes :—" The King of Prussia, though now " threeeeore years and ten," is as energetic and active as most men at fifty, but there is nevertheless in many quarters an indication of a desire to worship the ` Rising Sun,' but it is satisfactory to know that in any intrigues of that kind which may be taking place the Crown Prince keeps most steadily aloof. His royalhighness is rarely seen or heard of except in oonnexion with his military duties, in the performance of which he has given evidence of his ability, while he and his royal consort, following the dictates of their own good sense, ap pear to be more disposed to enjoy domestic felicity than to intermeddle with the politics of the court, both deriving great satisfaction from the constant and affectionate inter course kept up with Windsor and Balmoral, which ever meets with a cordial return, proving in many endearing ways to the Princess Royal that, though no longer present, her royal highness is seldom absent from a mother's thoughts." An Austrian engineer, M. Stempf, has invented a kind of balloon designed for the purpose of watching the strategic movements of an enemy. Experiments were made with this aerostatic machine in the presence of a committee of superior officers, as well se the Archduke Albert, generalissimo of the imperial army. The appara_ tus, which consists of five balloons attached to each other, is said to have acted in a manner surpassing the expecta tions of the committee. Some interesting experiments, says Goligetani, will take place on Wednesday next on the site of the Trocadero, opposite the Champs de Mars, to teat the quality of a new soft of gunpowder invented by a German chemist, H. Adolphus Neaaeyer, provided with introduc tions from Dr. Klein, of Leipzig. This powder does not explode in the open air, it carries further than common gunpowder, is *heaps, sad is so easily made that it may be manufactured on board ship. The publication of a Tasmanian Peach has been commenced is Hebert Town. THE LIVERPOOL INVITATION TO THE QUEEN. The following is a oopy of the letter received by the Earl of Derby in reply to the invitation to her Majesty by the Liverpool Corporation to honour with her presence the inauguration of the Albert Memorial Statue in Liverpool " Balmoral, Sept. Li.—My dear . Lord,—l have to acknowledge your letter of the 10th, the contents of which I laid before the Queen. I am com manded to request you to acquaint the Mayor and Council of Liverpool that the same reasons which obliged her Majesty to decline an invitation to visit Manchester for Vie purpose of inaugurating a memorial to the Prince Consort, lately erected in that city, will compel her Majesty to refuse, with much regret, the invitation now conveyed through you. The Queen dote not feel equal to undergoing the fatigue of such ceremonies, and is obliged reluctantly to decline being present at them ; but in con veying to you her Majesty's refusal lam desired to signify her Majesty's appreciation of the loyal feeling which haa prompted the Mayor and Council of Liverpool to send this invitation, and to express her Majesty's thanks to all who have been instrumental in bringing to completion this memorial of the lamented Prince.—l am, my dear lord, very faithfully yours, (Signed) T.ll. BIDMILPH. The Earl of Derby, K.G." Hie Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours and family removed from Claremont, the residence of the late King of the Belgians, on Friday last, to Clarence Lodge, Bushey-park, which was the residence of the late Queen Adelaide up to her death, sines which the mansion has been unoccupied. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Chartres and the Prince de Joinville intend to rejoin their consorts in Switzerland this week, they having come from the Con tinent expressly to be present at the obsequies of the late Prince de Conde. ... The Duke of Leinster left his residence on Carlton-house-terrace yesterday, for Carton Howe, his grace's seat, Maynooth, county Kildsre, Ireland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings have arrived at the St. George's HoteL The Earl of Glasgow has left the St. George's Hotel --- The Countess of Mount-Charles gave birth to a daughter on Sunday morning at Bridge Place, Kent. The countess and infant are both progressing favourably._ _ The Right Hon. Sir W. Hutt, M.P., and Lady Hutt, who are at present on • tour in Switzerland, are expected to return to their meta at Gibaide about the end of the month. Mr. F. H. Russell, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Russell are entertaining • select party of friends at Woburn Abbey, Beds. The Earl of Dudley has presented as his oon tiibution to Mrs. Gladstone's Convalescent Home and Orphanage the donation of ISOOf. Owing to the railway being completed between Ryde and Ventnor. a person can now reach the latter town from London in four hours. It is estimated that 300,000 passengers will tr►vel on it during • year. The line is only 11 miles long; twelve trains run on it each way daily. Deepatches were received yesterday at the Colonial ice from the Governors of Okada and Tan eouver's Mod. THE POLICE COURTS. VICE-CHANCELLOR STUARTS ellann att To-day Mr. Hall, the chief clerk, sat for tin free vacation clerk, and Mr. Peake also attended, sa d L I beards number of fipple:atom Mr. Peaks, er k, most assiduous in him )) , dincha of his uo re — f-,7 the clerks under concluded his late e n sent vacations. Di WARMS. This ease, before reported in this journal, was sow 6 1 / 4 eluded. Since it was last mentioned We im before VioeXhanoellor Stuart, and h e children residing out of the jurisdiction of th e atik ee e tt next step will be for Kiss Gunning, the sent • memorial to the crown, and there tuVia!'44lt 6 tion that the right to the forfeited property will every be , eihy in favour of the children. The property left byr Warder amounts la the whole to a considerable ya k the conclusion of the proceeding! it is rashes on that it will come to the fam i ly. Th e „balt m signed the necessary documents in the ease COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goebert.) 111 ea w. WiBBER.—A PRISON CUL This was a renewed application for rel.'s& The b., rapt, a consulting and operating unman, of Tubg,. wells, was in custody at the suit of Mr. Marla Ti ll ": also a surgeon, of Tanbridge.wells, a creditor for Ili' the amount of damages and mete awarded why bankrupt in an action for libeL Mr. n aw e opposed for the detaining creditor. It appears that for some time peat a deal of MA& has existed i n Tunbridge-wells, in consequence of aQ defeats in the sanitary arrangements of the tom, I ,* gave rime to much angry controversy. The boss b % took part in them discussions ' • the remit that en action for libel was brought against bin Truisms, who is a member of the local board o f and it was in respect of the award recovered in Nils that the bankrupt was now in custody. Mr. Hanes urged that the court bad no power to fere. The bankrupt urged that his ease was one of grad L abip. His Honour said he oonld not entertain the %paha% WI the ease was one of those in which the statute pok bited the court from interfering to grant the reiwa k t b..nkrupt being in custody in an sawn for bheL He; therefore, decline to interfere. lir. Hanes asked for costa, this being the batik apja k tion of the kind. His Honour declined to allow costs. IN St MAULS NULL This was another application for relines. 71 , rapt, • builder, of Bermondsey, owes 4681. ; nemosa 6 Mr. Lucas opposed ; Mr. Doria supported. Os o w application the bankrupt hail been directed by missioner Wioalow to file cei Lain accounts, and fa time was now asked for the examination of those ament His Honour said that Mr. Commissioner Wiegatto made a very special order in the case, and the snowy man stand over till hie return. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR'. (THIS DAY.) (Before the Common Seriessti.) Robert Morrison, 21, a very genteel-i.oking yang pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling various us money, the propel:yr of Arthur Solomon and soother.. Mr. Daly, who appeared for the prisoner, said QM Zs circumstances conne cted with the case were saw& peculiar. The prisoni r had been for three yeses h service of the prosecutors as clerk and (111114 r sad: peered that some time back one of his fellow else* very ill, sent foe him, and he admitted that he he beetled various sums of money, and at Isie entreaty, in which his wle joined, it that the prisoner consented to alter the in the book, so as to conceal the offense had been committed. From this time the priapism,/ to have been under the control of the clerk to • had alluded. end he believed there was no donbt had led to the committal of the offences to whisk t sower had pleaded guilty. The clerk to wheal referred had since absconded ; but under theeiresashans, and also hawing regard to the youth of the primer, heed he hoped the court would deal leniently with him, Nei cularly as thestrosecutora had strongly reomwdedy. to mercy. The Common Serjeant said he believed thee • doubt that the prisoner's fellow clerk bad in instance seduced him to the commission of crime,. afterwards exercised an evil influence over him sad a him to continue in a course of plunder. nide- thee cumstanoes, he should pass a more lenient eentemas that which was usually inflicmd in such Mee, I should order him to be imprisoned and kept to hard) for nine months. THE ST. cites% WIDER. Mr. Daly said that he was instructed to defend loner, John Richard Jeffery, who was chimed se murder of his eon, and he had to apply to the smut the awe should not be put in the list until tome. close o 2 the session. He was instructed that the several witnesses to be called for the Masa should at a later period of the session have to s the postponement of the trial to the next imam The Common Serjeant said that he did not think sell justified in making a positive order in der the c..se, but it would be placed on the judges morrow, and he had no doubt that if any we , grounds were shoe .1 for such a course being adopted. ' t-.*.al would be allowed to stand over to tbs Bogen. ♦ CURIOUR TIRPENCE. John Hamad, 28, was charged with a baihry' dwelling-house of John Clarke Muslim; and * silver cruet stand and other articles, his property. Mr. Daly prosecuted. The prosecutor is an independent gentleman. --- Beckley-park, Bromley, Kent, and durins the 0 0' 6th September the premise* were entered and a able quantity of property stolen. The Omen we a police-constable named John Davis, WOK* City force, two days afterwards in Bishom;ao lo4 with nearly the whole of the stolen props:7 in sion, and in consegnence of the uns.Sisfaotoly gave of it, be took Lim to the police-station. The prisoner, when called upon for his ddsma long circumstantial statement, the effect of whiobi on the day mentioned he was walking over bridge, when an old gentleman tapped L men the and In troduced himself to him as his grandfather' had not seen for seven years. He also said going abroad, and he wished him to go to ak. an l have some refreshment before they While they were there the ptisoeis that he eaked his grandfather what Citto give him before he went sw a y, te open-d his carpet-ber and handed lion that were found in his Kier:non. Tbs constable who apprehended the prisoeer when he first questioned the prisoner about ths he told him that it had been left him by bb grandfather. (A laneh.) The jury found the prisoner Gans of fel*+ eeivin; the property lmowin‘ it to have been Wks. Ai he was not known to the po lice the Comma, only sentenced him to 12 months' hard labour. gins DAY.) CLERIMWELL. MURDEROUS ASSAULTS. Michael Dempiwy. a labourer, aged SS, mar Hunter's-plece,St. Pancras , wu charged heir 1 with committ'n" a violent assault on Jules whereby her life is placed in danger . Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Institute for Improving and Enforcing the Lai Protection of Women, attended to watch • behalf of that society, of which Lord Ebni yis The proeemitrix, being confined toner bcd.. attend, and • letter wee handed to the nmilsw''' that the friends of the prisoner had made bee ^' tion, and that she did not wish to prouente. trate would not allow that course to be the - the evidence, from which it appeared that the ant's brother was assisting home a drunken man, went up and said as the man and his companimi noisy lot, he had better go home. She h a d ItsnlY words before the prisoner set on her, knocked forced her down, and then kicked ber most - Flersereams for help brought thepolicetoher saes which the pt b l ouse made off, but he was al • Jawed, and then he denied the charge. Theo Willa so injured that sbe had to be conveyed and there she was attended by D r . Pant the surgeon of the B division , who found that shell a had state that he ordered her remo val to Me College Hospitd ; but as the authori..ies them melee her, she had to be taken back to her , - Dr. Paul, of Burton-crescent, said be re. Hunterastreet police-station, and caw the Lail She was suffering great pain, had two of tared, sad a badly contuse d ey e. There ens of strangulation on her neck. He orderehe d her the University College Hospital, but s was when she was taken there, and he had ince at her home. Mr. Barker inirirod if she gras in envws doge!' Dr. Peal replied that there wu alls fractured ribs. She would be in still sue no T h e her house. prisoner, in defence, denied that hs,_. that assaulted the complainant, although deny that he was on the spot. If the mm- about to remand him be hoped he would take,' Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner to WE tention, and said it was Ids ride never to medical gentleman certified to him that Shea danger to life. The gaissiew Ikea reeneral. . . 1 • iii ------ "".... EI• Serous 4.1. Be .. Wank the 3rd to fe l t thid .. • ter I • • led. oaf hi, had • Mae h a y. day • • • II attiii. -., road. s foe th ; 1 7 of /1 Lad • that • was low . 0, hand Ill a r mid th a lt would 6 ha mo l t sad tom ,:t plain= the ft will b e m i.:, protect I left by i t ' mush a sable auk r flesh h • matief oo tt peat • The de l i Var. .. . N. withon mu) 'Wroth 'us . Mr. • au Tb. I, * Mid . . 4 of prison*. arkat illi im; Mr. ' liter for Ile, take • Lea Wel t i atten . Mr. : ditor. of 101. al of at t The . mute of tho min, m i ,, he meth booki ol at him 4i . two maid of • Levi ed in this ' from w the b. power t o hi s , two lad 0118 of as of path* Prisons the .„,.. 1 ,,, trod e stale psie keep th the nsleue, A l hewer. rblesl. Ile me, .ours, b Mr. • e fourth anti, ' on 110 care to Short ins. Tle• bee my hu r.: nemesi a his al '. ed• On a feat gohe • t Lin oted by K r , c m t onto, and Wit 1 but *emote us, a 1 4 ihrtie newt's bi - • • oar WIWI, Is 1 i eke ePPOWIIe f ather I, 3 Hen et •t r . COURT. '. Mr, 1 of the Re .. tt It Ellen sat.) wee c.. **ral tem. • g venom m e G Z 1 and soothe.- Sh • • . ter, said the tie w illed ' a were swede I were tree yens title ! self so ~ rasher, end k ay. ' I could ell*, she* bi g G 11 • that lo by es was 1. • d at bis amt terribi 'ed. le Mod el her the edies there the offers An this • e primer morel found clerk to shish I'ri . no doubt thine L' te to which the pe . outsi to whom he hi Mr. rthe enmeshes, ~ stetern he prism., hell ''. to • ly with bire, pm tlerdsf r recommend er at he to re • erg there we et • wee so 1* had in Ws most . nof crime, NAY Fri • verities Wham' • than Muir thee le Mr. Hint enteral ails such cum lite kept to hardhleu , Will ; were . Ito defied the ipl.' • Se p • te charged wins ' was in y to the lent tit . forma • ..• until towhee ; mg ea that thee en -7 s a oop i a m woes, mho .:'", the • • have to apply te '-.1 which ext mem. . were lid not think Ith. , ' unable rder in dome to 1' of him the Mar's lii o put h• I if any mem& • betty.. being adopetft Tare Fier to the Osier who t that ti n. •f th a banley is th . playin m en, and Stift I where iel PrelmetY• ' W' Cowin Minus. ?Mk 0 betti . . tint the *Mel d. meow ered and a WS* Jam e pri ewer wave If he w ... is, belosgier_ee th,' Remo Biehopqme said, ' rope:.? th Iths l. cards, tithe:toes mesa le down ration. Leith • his ddeses. soil down • eat of vtitb wed took u lking over Liar Af .. 1 I in on Ailed& Mn, grandfather nate gge, a l s o said this hoe • Isin on to go to 4 Re . 'fore theY . diet SAL Mr. m • PHIGI"r. stbatls — , vel • ' The it away, =X , : r hdeed sboti lw:liimjc.r t t t: liii r n i_L b ... The dm by his 'Pw The .......rd tb "al e beea lsbout :ole fekCIWIS;46II7 3gr.. - ''':". ' been w themie ftN:e er e dgiv y r. ,, ,,. DUR• StressTS at her, ) leave li Tol • • into c • L. . . :Era. • !, serious et 23, y o lifiag._,, The (ore Sf.'""'" infanj It'd be (ore vele ; on Jule . the aftetreth ..wto rotteente Tee . r aw . 7,..:Ebrnegrwr:witridLE:..:hiliFoce.r......7l::7.4l . ~ :tot:T. vb..e ... ed that the •U n s a y. minion lAN / 1,6 p m . hie coterseitm d• he had bar* et, t . • nigh : i r e. , knocked 0 • lane. was her most 0 7 — is . minim. 1 was ef";;;O g iod aad M. The „ . „ i ge, termin 'preyed to 1,7 1 ' from Paul, th e poi ft a.. ad that isel, o o4 , 1. , well ow to ow do we Isar torLfte th e ",...1 .1. the . a to be* ..7 -- 1 • tb , need Ihe wee aOO 6 km.. . a ir the fti' — der the f . two ofd rhere wer e * tr- r — • edged MI A 40 0 Pry .t she wee '' d igelt* held at had SW' . the .. any dassfel • .11 0 ' Mitts (' 1 alwaYe , ew e r s l • • .1. . t ai mo o es• that he .saVeeod th o , N • . ithoogitifi U . . :1 the TA i i odd * llO 0 . t e a ° a t o no IL i ror te *th e ot An that !bu ss e thn : . Wear Abair LAW INTELLIWNCE. (TIM DAY.) ; ; •