The Express. — London, England, 1866-06-21 00:00:00

TURTLE, TURTLE, TURTLE. Clear, Thick, and Invalid TURTLE BOUTS slwait MO. ST. JAM'S-HALL, REGENT-STILERT, PICCADILLY. WM. DONALD, ProPriem, LONDON must have a SUPPER and M USIC 11.0011 for Gentlemen.—Remember, we watt tor you at '=VANS'." after the Covent Garden Opera and the "mire. iti 6 vs , w, regli• TO CORRESPONIOGNT I I dreetisemente reloaded for "The Tories," London Evening Taper, must be at th e Moe , 10, Bouverieetreet, by Two Warta on the day of publication. HAYMARKET. Thu Nromrs, Tam FAVORITE 01 FORTUNE. Maim Beekstoor, cttopendak, and Sothorn; Mrs. chippsedials, &c. —LORD Dusignaair MARRIED AND DONE VOL Mr. Dothan. de.—And FLUI OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. LieEVA Tsar Evzirra, DOCralt DAVY. Mr. H. Vesin. DORSICAN BROTH R&& Mesas. Feohter, Emerf, Jordan, Vesin, Widdioomb, Fitzpatrick, tte.; Mesdemes rena, Wm- rads, end Terns°. —And Ur LY Trill WORLD. Mr. Lo Middicomit. - werrArrine. EvIIMMI, THE DEVIL'S PUNCH-BOWL—Madame Men and tho Comic Shadow. — doe Land. — B ELPHEGOR, lOrNTEBANIC. Mir Clara Se. Came, Sim S. Lane; Muta E. Sander, dc.—And LAD? AUDLEY'S HIGH WATTrA AT toNpow BRIDGE TM DAT —Morning, tilt. Inm Afternoon. Ht. Ma To-Moluton—Mornii4, 91t. Rim Afternoon. fin. 66m. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21. Wait= it is possible for all true Liberals to regard with considerable equanimity, if not with a certain satisfaction, the triumph which the Tories are already half ashamed or half afraid to call their own, it would be difficult to over estimate the misfortune, if not the mischief, of a transference of power to Tory statesmanship at the present crisis in the history of Europe. To Tory statesmanship this country owes its share of re sponsibility for that settlement of Europe at the Congress of Vienna which parrot speakers and writers are fond of celebrating as the inauguration of a forty years' peace—a peace of forty years, which in southern, eastern, and central Europe was but another name for a dull and pervading ' • • tyranny, disturbed from time to time by abortive insurrections, sustained by the incessant interven tions of enormous standing armies, and bursting out after the lapse of three and thirty years in a revolutionary conflagration that swept half the monarchs of Europe from their thrones, and sub merged the continent in fire and blood. It was a merry peace for despotisms and diplomatists ; but for the populations under their charge it was the peace of hoarded and sullen hate, of cruel suffer ing, of secret conspiracies, and suppressed but smouldering discontent s —the peace of the prison, of exile, of the scaffold, for patriots ; of arrested civilization for countries and races, which had been distributed among the Powers like herds of cattle. Half a century is but the flash of a single moment in the history of the world, and see what half a century has made of that great work of the com bined wisdom of diplomacy—ever the very humble . . servant of force and wrong. In 1815, it is true, all Europe—governments and populations alike— desired above and before all things rest, after the wasting struggles of the revolutionary war ; and England having, first by the panic-stricken rage and reactionary terrors of her aristocracy, and afterwards in self-defence against a military despot who could not tolerate a single exception to his scheme of universal domination, thrown in her lot with the representatives of the right divine to govern wrong, and contributed more than any other Power by force of arms to the common victory, was, with some shadow of reluc tance perhaps, obliged to set her seal to the ex propriation of Italy by Austria, and the resto ration of the temporal power of the POPE, and to acquiesce, at least by her pre sence at the preliminary deliberations, in the final partition of unhappy Poland. And yet the Plenipotentiary of England at that memorable Congress, Tory as ho was, was scarcely more distinguished for the undecorated simplicity of his dress than for the comparative moderation and liberality of his views, and his innocence of political geography. But that was a Tory epoch —an epoch of reaction, of lassitude, of repression. In spite of the Holy Alliance, of standing armies, of monarchical interventions, fifty years have not left Europe helpless and submissive, like a patient waiting to be cut in pieces on a hospital table. Neither moral nor political civilization has stood still, thanks to the irrepressible energies and silent conquests of science, to the " increasing purpose" of the ages and the " widening thoughts" of mankind. It may well appear, then, a fatality of evil augury that a Tory Ministry should be coming into power in England at a time when the European settlement in which a Tory Ministry concurred in 1815 is about to be cancelled and obliterated to its last letter, at once by a war of dynastic and popular ambition, and by a war of national emancipation, and probably at no distant date by a Congress of plenipotentiaries called together to redistribute kingdoms, to re-arrange boundaries, to strike a new balance of power, and to lay the new foundations of a lasting peace. We are taught by the analogies of a Reform Bill what Tory statesmen mean by a new "distribution "of power " at home ; in their vocabulary it sig nifies new guarantees for the vested interests of property and privilege, new modes and methods of excluding or neutralizing popular rights. Apply this " distrust of the people tempered by fear," which is the whole political creed of Toryism, to the settle ment of continental affairs, and the part which Mr. DISRAELI at the Foreign-office, or Lord Maracas- BURY at a Congress, will take in ordaining the conditions of a new "forty years' peace" for Europe, is easily foreseen. Mr. Disitazu's anti pathy, almost amounting to a personal rancour, to the cause of Italian independence, is no matter of suspicion ; it is again and again recorded in the pages of " Hansard." Lord MALMES BURY'S predilection for Austrian rule in Italy is the one clear point amidst the confused scolding of his despatches of 1858-59. Italian statesmen have not forgotten Lord DERBY'S polite quotations, or Mr. DISRAELI'S mysterious suggestions, or Lord MALMESBURY'S orders to the Admiralty, and they reckon among the happiest dispensations of Providence on their behalf the advent of a Liberal government to power in Eng land before the Treaty of Zurich was signed. On the other hand, they are disposed to attribute in some degree, and not entirely without reason perhaps, to the malign influence of a Tory policy during that short and rapid war which was frus trated at Villafranca, the sudden disappointment of their hopes. How will the desperate enthusiasm of Italy, the reckless ambition of the Prussian Government, the obstinate pride of Austria, the high conservative displeasure of Russia, and last not least, the impatience of France, be affected by the presence of Toryism in the councils of Eng land at such a moment? We believe the people of this country cleave to a policy of strict neu trality towards the European belligerents ; but a neutrality not tempered with hostility to the cause of the only nation that is fighting for a na tional cause. We believe the people of this 0011112- T try desire a policy of peace. " a co . - dence, then, can they contempla • of a Tory Cabinet com.. the'cgrave delicate discretion of Lord : ,gen sympathies and straightforward dealings of Mr. Disaszu, the large views of Lord HALMS/MI:TRY, and the mild wisdom of Lord CRANBORNE-- ' &keeling the foieign.ixdstitma of England through a continental war, and at the Congress that will fix the results of the war, is the absence of Par liament 4 For the present session of Parliament, supposing •it to last out its natural term, will probably terminate within a month after the formation of the new Government, and wars in these days are waged at too vast a cost of blood and treasure to estend beyond the necessary span of life accorded to am, Tory government by the grace of Parliament and the will of the nation. i 11' , ~„4 , , "F , ' i li i ' I II 1 i , 1 1 1I t . 1 1 . • 1 . i i i t i 1 1 . I 111 I li 1 i . ' I t . t 1 1 I . I • l I , ... ,llii i , \ 1 . 1 1 ' i' • • ... 1 I II I I I I 'I 111.! I • I . I .I'., . 1 tiitill4' 11 j I I ' .. - , 1 4 4 t i 1 10 • I 1 ik ,t I 1 ' I, I OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) out Ali iisia has THE SINISTERIAL CRISIS.—RESIGNATION OS DISSOLUTION Taunting the government with the confusion which its policy has brought upon it, and taxing Mr Gladstone with insincerity in having assumed that the lower end of the electoral toile is the true people of England, the Times proceeds to condemn the advice of s dissolution with which rumour credits the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Earl Russell. The Times supposes that the constituencies without exception remain of the same mind on the subject. Ministers cannot possibly count on even half-a-dosen members returned for the bill, the whole bill, sad nothing but the bill, while it is very pomade the smaller boroughs would return men pledged more stoutly against all reform what. ever. What quarrel have Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone swab the House of Commons, and what plea have they for inflicting upon it a flue of two millions by a general elec tion I The house was quite ready to follow them and serve them moat faithfully. This loyalty they met with a design to destroy it altogether, substituting a now house elected by anew coestituency. If anybody had cause to complain it was the house, rot the leaders. The Daily News supposes that the country may look forward to a purely tory, or to a mixed tory and Adullam its administration, or, in any case, to a very earnest and resolute attempt to form one. It is a tribute to the national sense of the value of the re tiring government that its slayers now charge it with gratuitous suicide. They are in Macbeth's plight, afraid to think on what they have done. The hostility to Lord Russell began before the session com menced, and various tactics were employed, particularly by the feasts, to drive Lord Russell from the premier ship, and to prevent Mr. Gladstone Ram succeeding to it. The obstruction offered by this group of schemers to the progress of the Reform Bill has been part of a much larger design. It is natural that he who secretly abhors the end should cavil at the method of obtaining it, and when it is found that those whose hostility to the bill has been unwavering are angry at the occasion taken by ministers for withdrawing at once themselves and their measure, a strong presumption is raised that the go- vernment has acted with prudence, u well as with honour, in the course it has adopted. It was time that the curtain should fall upon a very sorry faros. We now wait the ministry of reaction. They will have the fair play which is due from the honour of oppo nents, even to men who have themselves played foal. But they must expect the suspicion which they have elaborately earned ; and not the " co-operation " which is shameleeely demanded in their behalf. The Post repeats its often-expressed opinion that the people are profoundly indifferent to any reform whatever, and that reform is the mere stock•in-trade of decayed and bent rapt potiticians The Herald thinks that all candid and thoughtful liberals will recognise the desirability at this juncture of the assumption of office by the conservatives. Sent back to opposition, the liberal party will be re-formed ; it will have definite and intelligible principles. It will of course lose valuable members, and that loss may have the effect of keeping it some years out of offioe, but then, whenever it returns to power it will return in a condition to hold power with more honour and with little chance of losing it again by its own dissensions. The Telegraph continues to pronounce for a'dissolution• No insignificant sign to guide the government to a right determination, stands forth in the fact that conservatives, Adallamites, and half-hearted reformers alike deprecate an immediate appeal to the country. Governments, how ever, should, as a general male, adopt the course of action which is least palatable to their enemies. To have a tory cabinet in power during the recess, while the most terrible and pregnant events may occur abroad, would be a public calamity, and the Telegraph is well persuaded that her Majesty, perceiving the gravity of the crisis, will seriously consider the only course that can preserve us against a war with continental powers, and secure for us progress at home. The Star urges that from every great town the voice of a public meeting ought to call at once for an appeal to the constituencies. It is not necessary that a dissolution should take place at once and to the postponement of all public business. The government might go on for a few weeks, get through so much of administrative work as is absolutely necessary, and still have the election over in good time to give legislators their autumnal holiday. It may be that the course of affairs abroad would in any case re quire a winter session : let advantage be taken at all events of the present crisis to forward the work of reform. The government will certainly act unwisely—as unwisely as the promoters of a self-denying ordinance usually do — if they allow the dissolution which must coma before long to be taken under the auspices of their enemies. EXPRESS, THURSDAY icing cm 01 'a g ent pe met partid ir"— quarre -s ial, wltoee rather than provoke enmii the origia hoOld dliktre inscaurigious TOPICS. The Times depicts the strange confusion in which the colonial bishoprics are involved, and pities the good church people, who find that they have established no Anglicanism at all, butlers simply emoted an independent bishop free from all restraints and restrictions whatsoever, and at liberty to strike oat soy new, un-Anglioan—it m i g ht be Homiah or latitudinarian—couree he chose. In the mean time, before any further legislation is begun, let the state of affairs be distinctly understood, on good legal authority. The decision on Bishop Colenso's application for his salary will throw some light upon the general owe, and the refer- MOO of the subject to a mama eoinmittee, as proposed by the Archbishop of York, is desirable. Commenting upon the report of the Jamaica commis goo, the Daily New points oat that it is now clear that the original riot, whether extemporised or not, was cer. teinly local. There was excitement elsewhere and disoon tent, but no traces of conspiracy have been discovered. The supposition that Mr. Gordon was connected with any conspiracy is so repugnant to the evidence, that the oommierioners repel it in a mod decided manner. They say :—" On the assumption that, if there was in fact a wide-greed conspiracy, Mr. G. W. Gordon must have been a party to it, the conclusion at which we have arrived in his case is decisive as to the non-existence of Inch a conspiracy." Sir Henry Storks informs Mr. Cardwell that that people are generally tranquil, of a contented disposition, and full of confidence in the govern ment instituted by the Queen. The worst sign recently reported from the island is an attempt by two mounted white ruffians so ride down the governor—an occurrence which has compelled Sir Henry Storks to appear as a pro- secutor in a police-court. The Star represents the tendency of the report to be to conceal the parties who were mainly responsible for the acts which the commissioners themselves could not but condemn. But the Star does not believe the Eng lish people are prepared to allow law to beoome a dead letter in Engliali colonies, merely becalms military men or governors may be the culprits. If the government do not institute a prosecution of the late go. vernor to vindicate the majesty of the law, they will fail most lamentably in the discharge of the highest obliga tions which rest upon the advisors of the crown. THE WAS. Sketching the latest position of the conternvng powers, the Times remarks that the reconquest and occupation of Silesia are now avowed as the purpose of the Austrian campaign. So powerful are the forces arrayed against Prussia that the Times cannot but believe that if Austria were able to put forth her whole strength in Germany the Berlin monarchy would succumb. What would be the position of Austria in Germany were she at peace and amity with Italy, and able to bring a quarter of a million of men from the shores of the Adriatic to Bohemia! It is not too much to say that her generals might reconquer Silesia, and perhaps enter Berlin in triumph. But the imperial pride and the love of territorial dominion, how ever useless, forbid such a success. Venetia is there to paralyse the strength d theempire,toexhaustitsresources, and perhaps to destroy for ever its authority in Germany. Reviewing the correspondence relating to the proposed congress, the Totes ooncludeswith the remark that whether or not Lord Clarendon's benevolent hope that recourse may be had "at no distant day" to the mediation of neutral powers be destined to be realised, his judicious endeavours to maintain peace will have reflected credit on this country, and the loss of his services at the Foreign. office would be deplored by many even of his political op. ponents. The Daily News denounces the shamelessness with which the Prussian government pursues its ends, but sees in the firm attitude of the Diet a source of trouble to the Berlin cabinet. General Cialdini, the Italian, puts legal subtle ties aside and bases the declaration of war upon facts which appeal to common sense. Ile says that Austria persists in holding an Italian province in subjection, trans forming one part of Italy into an entrenched camp, from which to menace the rest. The world knows whether or not this is true ; if it is, there can be no jester cause of war, for Austria, occupies a position which renders her the natural enemy of Italy, and it would be little short of treason of any Italian government to neglect en oppor tunity to work out the deliverance of the nation. The success which has hitherto attended Prussia, says the Post, has only equalled her arrogance. She could scarcely have hoped that the vast plateau stretching from Berlin past the walls of Dresden, to the mountain passes of Bohemia, crowded as it is with battle fields, would be traversed without the loss of a single soldier. The TekgrapA sees a proof of the consciousness of Prussia of the extent of the demands which the war is likely to make on her able-bodied population, in the note in which Bismarck demands that the North German states should either restore their forces to a peace footing or unite them to the Prussian army, for the purpose of fighting together against the common peril. This is sub. stentially a demand for the full control of the military re sonnies of the states in question, and will by-and-bye Win Court. BALMORAL, Joss 19. The Queen and Princess Helena drove out yes terday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty went out accompanied by Princess Helena, and attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole and Miss MacGregor. Princess Louise went out riding, attended by Miss Cathcart. Prince Leopold drove out attended by Lieut. Stirling. In the evening her Majesty received (by telegram) the melancholy intelligence of the death of her grandson Prince Sigismund, the fourth child of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, aged one year and nine months. The Princess of Wales took • carriage drive yesterday, accompanied by the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburg. Messrs. E. and E. Emanuel, of Burlington•gardens, had the honour of submitting for the Prince of Wales's inspec. tion the Newcastle Cup for 1808. RETURN OF THE COURT 70 WINDSOR.—WINDSOR, JUNE 20.—Her Majesty the Queen and royal family are expected to return to the Castle, from Balmoral, by Sa turday next. Orders have been received at the Castle, and preparations are being made in Henry the Third's tower for the reception of the royal children of Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse of Darmstadt, who are expected to arrive here, either this evening or to-morrow forenoon, from the continent. The state apartments of Windsor Castle have been closed to the public since her Majesty's departure for Scotland, and will remain so until after the wedding of her Royal Highness Prineess Helena on the sth proximo, as all the rooms on the north aide, as well as the Vandyke, Zuocelli, the Waterloo Chamber, the reception rooms, and the tapestry rooms looking into the Quadrangle are being fitted up in a style of magnificence similar to when the Emperor and Empress of the French visited her Majesty at the Castle. _ _ ----- The Duke of Edinburgh and suite left London at 10 a.m. yesterday, and, as we learn by telegraph, arrived at Crewe at two o'clock. They inspected the rail way works there, arrived at Liverpool at 6.20, and drove off to the house of Mr. Graves, M.P., where they dined with a select circle. _ _ Last evening the Countess De Grey had an assembly at the family mansion in Carlton-gardens. Pre viously to the reception the noble earl entertained a select circle of noblemen and gentlemen at dinner, covers being laid for 23. _ _ _ --- --- Last night his Excellency the Turkish Ambas- sador and Madame Musurus, gave a grand ball in celebra tion of the anniversary of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan's accession to the throne of Turkey. Owing to the unexpected demise of the infant son of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, the anticipated visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales was deferred. Notwithstanding the absence of royalty the Turkish embassy was attended by an immense number of the elite of society, there being over GOO present, including all the leading members of the diplomatic corps. The dinner to Admiral Rom, on the presentation of his testimonial, came off on Monday at Willie's Rooms, and was numerously attended by his friends and suppor ters. Lord Granville made an excellent chairman, and spoke with his usual felicity. The Duke of Beaufort gave " The French Turf," and spoke in cordial terms of the reception given to him in Paris when he won Le Grand P,ix. The testimonial consisted of the full-length pic ture of Admiral Ross, by Weigall, which is now in the Royal Academy, and three magnificent pieces of plate. The officers of the select committee and the royal gun factories of Woolwich arsenal have been engaged for some weeks past in testing the advantages of a cheap material for the manufacture of the service guns intro duced by Mr. Fraser, director of the royal gun factories. The saving will be enormous if the expectations are thoroughly realised. The Royal Sovereign turret-ship, Captain F. H. Herbert, is lying alongside the slip jetties of Portsmouth dockyard, where the present appearance of her after turret at the points where struck by the steel shot from the 9-inch 12-ton gun on the recent trial, is being photographed for the Admiralty. The ship since the trial has, during dock yard visiting hours, had a constant succession of visitors. A melancholy accident took place on Monday evening near Corhally, on the tipper Shannon. A corres pondent of the Dublin E.rprtss says :—" It appears that Lieutenant Rodgers dined with a gentleman who resides at the Limerick side, and came over alone, as he was so- Icustomed to do, in his own cot. He left the house of his guest between 10 and 11 o'clock to return home, but mi -1 fortunately perished in the attempt, the wind blowing strong a: the time from the north-west, and a fresh on the river after the recent heavy rains and mountain floods. Some men observed the perilous position of a boat and its occupant, approaching the open gap at the Limerick side, and ran to procure help, but almost instantaneously the boat and man disappeared." The body had not been found when the last despatch left. The Duke of Beaufort, whose horse Ceylon this year won the Grand Prix de Paris, has given 7,500 fr. to the poor of the twenty arrondissements of Paris, and 2,500 fr. to the English Protestant Church of Chantilly. The vase of Amathonte has arrived at the Quai D'Orsay at Paris from Havre. and although itweighsnearly 15tonsthe steam cranes there will bequite capable of land ing it safely. A mail steam-packet communication has been established between Brisbane, in Queensland, and Batavia Torres Straits, touching at Bowen Port, Denison, which is upwards of 700 miles north of Brisbane. A telegraphic communication has been established between Port Denison and the capitals of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. A line of couriers is about to be established between Kiatcha, the boundary town of China in Siberia ' and Tien-Tin, in the Gulf of Pecheli, in connection with the Trans-Mongolian telegraph line. Messages will be conveyed to and from Shanghai and Tien-sin by passage steamers. • 4. 'Cr JUNE 21, 1866 r!. - INTELLIGENI ~i . COUNT lIIKARCK A LIBERA d p, The Ookillifilietsreite has the followinitiP 4 ': We have no great confidence in Count von Dinar& but we are bound to say that we believe the force of cir eumetanoes will compel him to keep his promise with re. spent to a Oerman parliament. He owanot do otherwise than uphold a liberal and a German policy. The Italian alliance and the war against Austria are in themselves a rupture with the conservative party. Herr roe Gelach. the chief of that party, has already formally separated himself from Count Bismarck. Prussia had to make the oonvoeation of a German parliament the condi tion of her ultimatum. It is now for the German nation to support this condition and to bring about its execution. The whole nation is agreed that the late Diet is gone for ever. Austria herself said as much in 1863. We must reform the constitution : let it be the work of the whole nation. On the one side are the princes and despotism ; on the other the nation, the parliament, and liberty. God grant that the King of Prussia may comprehend the neces sity of giving to the present struggle its true character. Let him call around him and to his government man of the liberal party selected fairly from all the German states, and then the spirit of the German nation will be enlisted under the Prussian standards. The Cologne Gazette publishes a proclamation from the Prussian General Beyer to the Hessians, in which he designates them as " brothers," and states that it is not'against them he has taken up arms by the oommand of his master, but against their government, which had refused to enter into a pacific understanding with Prussia for the or ganisation of Germany on the basis of the interesta of their common country : I come (says the Prussian general) to extend to you a fraternal band. Grasp it, and erase to obey those who would make you our enemies. HANOVER AND SAXONY. The No►d furnishes the following details as to the incidents which preceded the arrival of the Asian troops in Hanover : On the 15th, at an advanced hour of the night, the chief magistrate and municipal oonaail waited on the King to beg him not to abandon the country, but to take measures to preserve the peace of the kingdom. The King, who granted this audience in presence of the Queen and Prince Royal, declared, in an allocution explaining the vote of Hanover at the sitting of the Germanic Diet, that Prus sia had put forward demands the scoomplishment of w hich would mediatise the realm and annihilate the inde pendence of the crown and country. His Majesty added that he could not possibly defend the capital against supe rior forces, and that he was going to concentrate his troops in the south of the kingdom ; however painful this deter mination might be to him, he could not do otherwise; his duties as • Christian, a king, and a Guelph obliged him. The Queen then said, with tears in her eyes, that she had formed the resolution of remaining under the pro tection of the citizens of the capital. Towards 3in the morning the King and the Prince Royal left Hanover, after having addressed to the authorities of the city a letter recommending the Queen and Royal Princesses to their care. During the following day the Queen showed herself several times in the street, and was everywhere re ceived with the warmest marks of sympathy. Prince Ysenburg, Minister of Prussia, who remains in Hanover as a private individual, has promised the Queen, in the name of his government, complete security for her person and property. The Ministers of Hanover, Saxony, and Electoral Hesse are at Vienna, and take part in the cabinet councils held there. One of the first acts of the Prussian army in Saxony has been to establish the conscription as in Prussia, and to make an immediate levy of men, to be incorporated in the Prussian army. re ARRIV.LL OF THE TEUTONIA. SOUTHAMPTON, Jows 21. .1 !lase Hamtiurg lad .4iiieriesn Company's steamer T f intonia, from New Tel+ on the 9 th mat., p assed .: thb Needles a t li.m. to-day. :••• N -------- SOUTHERN GERMANY. According to a Vienna journal the Austrian go vernment is endeavouring to unite more closely the statos which still remain faithful to it. The Emperor is said to have the intention of inviting the princes to meet in conference at Vienna, to de liberate on a project of reform of the German con stitution. An order has been issued from Vienna to pro ceed to a new conscription in Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Gallicia, the Bukowina, Southern Tyrol, Dalmatia, Venetia, and Istria. For the moment, Austria Proper, Styria, and Hungary are ex empted. (REUTER'S TELZOROIB.) DEPARTURE OF VICTOR EMMANTEL FOR THE CAMP. FLORENCE, Jczn 21. King Victor Emmanuel set out for the camp at 5 o'clock this morning. _ . His Majesty received a most enthusiastic ovation from the whole population of Florence on his way from the palace to the railway-station. The National Guard was drawn up under arms ' salute him, and at the railway station the foreign diplomatic body, the authorities of Florence, and deputations from both houses of the legislature were present in order to express their good wishes to his Majesty upon his departure. The city of Florence is decorated with flags in rejoicing for the declaration of war. The Prince of Carignan arrived here last night, and was received by the authorities at the railway station. He was enthusiastically cheered by the people. The Italie announces that the King received M. Kossuth yesterday morning. ENTRENCHMENT OF PRUSSIANS BEFORE DRESDEN. PRAGUE, JUNE 20. The Prussians are throwing up earthworks before Dresden, and have erected batteries on the Bruhl terrace. They will also construct entrenchments on the heights of Mollendorf. The Prussians yesterday entered Pirna, Frie berg, and Tharand. FRANCE. PARIS, Juttz 21. The Constitutionnei of this morning points out the pacific sense of the Emperor's letter to M. Drouyn de Lhuys. " Peace," it continues, " has the preference and the best wishes of the Em peror, and his hopes must be also on that side, for after having positively declared that France would not engage in war except under a decisive state of things, he has grounds to believe that none of the belligerents will desire to assume the responsibility of provoking it by creating such a position of affairs." The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The latest intelligence received announces that the public health in Alexandria and throughout Egypt is excellent." FRANCE AND DENMARK. • COPENHAGEN, Jolts 15. The King received to-day in private audience M. Dotezac, the French Minister, who delivered a letter to his Majesty from the Emperor Napoleon. • Delayed by interruption of the telegraphic oommtwi• cation. THE CONGREGATION OF THE INDEX. ROME, Julia 20. The Congregation of the Index has condemned several works, among which are :—" Lea Apotres," by M. Renan ; "Le Catholioissie Remain en Runde," by M. Tolstoy ; "Le Bible et l'Humanite," by Michelet ; and " L'Histoire de 1a Literature Anglaise," by Taine. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQITITY COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) THE HMO? OT NATAL T. GLADSTONE AND OTHERS. The argionents in this case were resumed this morning by Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., on behalf of the defendants, who was followed on the same side by Mr. Pemberton. Mr. James, Q.C., having replied, His Lordship reserved his judgment. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesez.—(Before Mr. Justice Wines and a Special Jury.) DAWKINS V. LOBD KOKKBY. This action arose out of circumstances which have already been frequently before the public. The plaintiff was Wm. Gregory Dawkins, a captain and lieutenant colonel in the Coldstream Guards, and he sued Lord Bokeby , the colonel of the regiment, to recover damages for false imprisonment In placing the plaintiff under arrest, and for causing him to be compelled to sell his commission or to go upon half pay. The defendant pleade d not guilty under the Mutiny Act. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge Q.C., and Mr. Ray mond appeared for the plaintiff ; and ihe Solicitor-General, Mr. Bovill Q.C., Mr. Gi ff ord, Q.C., and Mr. Dowdesireiff for the defendant.. Mr. Kerslake, in opening the cue, said that the plaintiff was the son of Colonel Dawkins, of the Coldstream, an officer who served with distinction under the Duke el Wellington in the Peninsula. The plaintiff had himself been for many years in his regiment, and he served throughout the Sebastopol campaign. The action was brought for the in • tion of some circumstances that ought to have been disposed of before • court-martial, a tribunal which, however, had been refused to the plaintiff. The facts extended over several yeses, end there had been a vast deal of correspondence upon the matter, but in general terms the charges now brought against the defendant were these. That some time ago he ordered the arrest of the plaintiff under pretence that he bad committed a military offence that he hadnotinfaat oommitted,andtbet having caused his arrest he neglected to bring the plaintiff before a court-martial. That, having done this some years fto, the defendant had from time to time made "tenements alone, and in company with other officers, who owed Col. Dawkins • grudge, sad at last they had induced the Duke of Cambridge, without allowing Colonel Dawkins • court-martial, to cell upon . him either to on half pay or to resign his Gammon= The altogether. The learned counsel then stated the circumstances in detail, com plaining principally that the plaintiff had been placed in arrest, and so kept for 11 days, for having refusecl, at the camp at Ash, in 18 60 , to shake hands with Colonel Lord Rokeby, his commanding officer, at the same time, how ever, sainting him as his superior. This conduct, it was contended, was no offence against mi litary law, and it further would be urged that even if an offence had been committed it was illegal to keep the plaintiff under arrest for more than eight days without bringing him before a court martial. A great deal of cor respondence took place in reference to a variety of com plaints that were made, and matters went on until the 30th of June, 1864, when Lord F. Paulet told the plaintiff that he was utterly unfit to command, and that he should not command so long as he (Lord F. Paulet) had anything to do with the regiment. This course was acted upon on the occasion of • review in Hyde-park which took place in July, where the plaintiff was superseded, and when he asked what be was to do, he was told that he might go home. From that time in sult after insult was heaped upon him, and at the court of inquiry which was held, Lord Rokeby justified the state ment that the plaintiff was unfit to command by referring to what had taken place at Ash in 1869. In 1865 there was another court of Inquiry, when the old story and others were again raked up, and Lord Rokeby . and other officers said that the plaintiff's temper was so infirm that he was not fit to command, and Lord Rokeby even went so far as to say that the plaintiff was mad at times. Upon the report of this court of inquiry, the Commander-in-Chief ordered that the plaintiff should resign or go upon half-pay, and he refused the plaintiff's repeated requests for a emu t martial, before which proceedings of • regular kind would be taken and evidence on oath received, instead of the mere statements upon which the courts of inquiry acted. The result was that the plaintiff was compelled to leave the regiment and go upon half-pay. Colonel Dawkins said he had joined the Coldstream' in 1844. Captain Newton was then an adjutant, and he seemed to take an unaccountable dislike to witness from the first. In 1858 witness was away from his regiment and he received an unnecessarily harsh message, and wit ness remonstrated with Colonel Percival, and the matter passed off. Colonel Newton most unfairly after wards referred to this to witness's prejudice. Tho mat ter was brought before Lord Rokeby in 1859. In the winter of 1858-9, he was on leave at Rome but had left his address in England at the Guards Club, and his letters were regularly forwarded to him. He was due in London on duty on June 1, but if there were a muster of the regiment before then it was his duty after notice to be present. On his way home he received • letter from the adjutant at Wiesbaden, it was dated the 3rd May. It stated that there was to be a muster on the 9th May, but he did not get the letter until the 10th May. His foreign leave expired on the 31st March. He received another letter, ordering him home, and he, two or three days afterwards, left for England. On his return he went to the orderly-room, Wellington Barracks. Colonel Newton spoke in violent and in very aggravated terms as to his absence. He said others should not suffer because witness ran riot. He threatened witness with so many times a day, • most unusual thing for an oftrer ra t e be subjected to. His manner was insulting and harsh, and non-commissioned officers were standing at the door and must have heard much of what passed, and Captain bionic, witness's junior, was in the room throughout. At that time there was a Queen's regulation against reproof being administered in the pp ace of inferior officers. 1 [The case was proceeding when our report left.) to COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) MORRELL AND WIFE V. WILTS AND PLUMLEY. The Queen's Advocate, Mr. Kandake, Q.C. and Dr. Spinks for theplainti ff s; Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., D r. Wambey, Mr. H. T. Cole, and Mr. Massey for the defendants. The plaintiff, a fanner at Barton Stacey, in Northamp tonshire, propounded the will of Mr. Humphrey Flower, and it was opposed by a number of tho nephews and nieces. In 1849 the plaintiff married the half-sister of the tes tator, who was 25 yeare her senior. Soon afterwards the testator expressed a wish to reside with the Horrells, and he accordingly did so till September, 1865, when he died at the age of 74. He bad promised that he would pay for his board and lodging, but in point of facet he did not pay any thing. In 1850 the plaintiff took a farm, and the tes tator advanced him 8801., the plaintiff's own capital amounting to about 1,5001. The testator, however, did not interfere with the management of the farm, but, on the contrary, the plaintiff transacted his business for him. For years before his death Mr. Flower was paralysed, and his sister had to dress and undress him. By a will executed in January, 1862, he left her the hulk of his property, which amounted to some thousands of pounds. The other relatives of the deceased, who only took small legacies, being dissatisfied with this disposition, resisted probate on all the grounds. [The case was proceeding when our report left.] COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) r/f RI RUDOLPH JUNG. The bankrupt was • merchant trading under the firm of Jung and Co., at No. 9, New Broad-street. This was an adjourned sitting for examination and discharge. The case has been before the court since the 22nd November last. The aggregate liabilities are 44,3541., against which security is held to the estimated amount of 30,8591., con sisting of consignments of silk, and the assets are stated at 1,1301., besides 7,700/. bankrupt's interest in some mines in Carthagena. Mr. Phelps, for the assignees, stated that the bankrupt was in a deficiency of 1,4001. in 1863 ; but in May, 1865, he had produced a balance-sheet showing • considerable surplus in his favour, and quite inconsistent with the pre sent state of affairs. The assignees wished for an expla nation of this, and asked for an adjournment for the pur pose. Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, admitted that an adjournment was inevitable. From the balance-sheet of May, 1865, prepared by an eminent accountant in the City, it would appear that a large amount of property WY unaccounted for ; but there was no allegation against the bankrupt of concealment of property. An adjournment for a month was ordered. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gonlburn.) IN RE NATHAN DITRIZS. The bankrupt wss a whareinger and lighterrnan, of Wapping, and of Bury-court, St. Mary Axe. Debts 1,809 f. • assets of trifling amount. This was an adjourned sitting for examination and discharge. Mr. Sydney, for the assignees, stated that the bankrupt bad furnished all the information required of him, and they were willing that he should pass. Mr. Reed opposed for creditors. The bankrupt had settled all his property on his wife, and the creditors wished to inquire into the validity of that settlement ; for that purpose they sought the appointment of another assignee, the present assignee not being a creditor. After a statement from the bankrupt to the effect that his liabilities were not so large as were represented, His Honour directed an adjournment. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE STE EARDIAT GIDEON CULLING /LARDLILT, BART. The bankrupt was described as late of Frogwell, Tun bridge-wells, and of Florence. The adjudication took place so long ago as the 20th October, 1864. There have been frequent adjournment, Mn,,, bat ao amounts have yet been filed. At the last sitting, on the 22nd was stated that the bankrupt was in prison fce Boulogne, and was, consequently, unable to att en d , liabilities are said to be about 10,000/. ; assets rg tain amount. Mr. John Brans, on behalf of the bankrupt, sun at i a ., th e he was still in custody at Boulogne. He had binni447 discharge from the former suit, and wu on " departure from Boulogne yesterday, to wag t i ts g when he was again arrested, and was ma in s telegrams in proof of the facts were produced.. • )Cr. Plews, representing the assignees, saidth at „ bankrupt had filed no balancoeheet of any aw n th and under those oinumstaoces the oottrt woidd &dim= the ease sine die. Sir Eaniley had a lifs in loge estates in this country, worth 500 M. or year • be had created some charges on this estate the a s signees were advised would be forfeited in M s of bankruptcy ; a suit had been instituted to chi n k & opinion of Lk* Court of Chance, heard in a fortnight or three weeryks. and the ems His Honour adjourned the examination si ne gu t . 4 gave protection for a month. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) ♦ eonerree TELLER IN motels Sarah Dawson, 35, a woman having the app*" 4 of gipey, was indicted for stealing a gown and ea d 44, value a., the property of Kate Hurley. Mr. Wood prosecuted ; Mr. Collins d a f..,t,' prisoner. The prosecutrix is a domestic servant et a ree s i tyas . at No. 20, Princeretroet, St. George's -thedl e — Q about three weeks ego the prisoner awa it , door, which was opened by the prosecutrix, sob her if she had oome to register. Without sue, ` questionA inddeclinn gtoentere littleoffionho. prisoner railed down-stairs into the kitchen. n„ 1 said eLe thought she had come there to ree l * . 14 the prisoner replied that she had been there bd.:7:‘, asked her if she would have her fortune eta Z , "'" she would not, when the prisoner remarbd got a black dress and shawl, and s *4 her than for twenty minutes and An a s give her the shawl she was wea ring S'ei rings she had on her fingers. % :11 1 she bad no black dress and the only dark mined 4 4 , she had was one that was then hangin g babied la 4 4 Prisoner then endeavoured to induce her upstairs and get some of her mistraes dxsi but she refused to do so. She kat the • in conversation for about an hour sad . 4 , 11 during the whole of this time she was tying to is; the girl to rob her mistress or have her fortes tie, i d she stubbornly refused to do either. At length, efforts all vain, the prisoner snatched up the glie"U s and some other articles that were close at bed, o i dd upstairs, opened the door, and went of a& n u . As there wee only a female end 6 ea ji the house at the time, the prosecutris ser able to follow the prisoner, and for the ans got clear off. About a fortnight afterward', ** law cutrix going out on some banner), she sew the pa* sitting on a kerbstone in the same square, 'ad ala s o l up to ber, touched her on the shoulder, and ethed hele her dress and the other things she had tam an n o prisoner said they were all safe and she ilea them to her if she would let her go ; but she Nina to do so, and sent a man who was passing fors paw s , and gave the prisoner into custody. It mead* before visiting the prosecutrix, she had amen' lie Martha Adams, who lives next door, sad wall le to have her fortune told, but the anima 'he * l 4 was that married people did not went their bad told. The prisoner said they did as much u ones, to which Mrs. Adams replied, that if it was e, ilk a good job they did not know it. She thee went wne, paid the preemie/ix the visit above rehired le. lid these women spoke positively as to the identity d tis prisoner. Mr. Collin' s made a brief address on behalf d prison T er. he jury immediately found her Guilty. Mr. Payne said she was a very danger= ma, tel he was astonished bow young women could be the dais of such persons. In this case the young woman had misted her advances, and then she resorted to a tide obtain what she required. The sentence on her over months' hard labour, and he ordered the manta i receive a reward of 1/. for her conduct, which had lea very good indeed, and should be an example for other • rants to follow. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) WORSHIP-STREET. CAUTION TO 110U1SIONIsTN.—rtauwous II nom Ebenezer Wallace and Ri^hard Jolly, young mace ire spoctahle appearance, but whose business or reshksoill riot transpire, were charged before Mr. Miami withal( off fireworks in a public thoroughfare. Harmer, 166 N, said—Lost night, about bdl 10 o'clock, I was in plain clothes passiog4 Mare-street, Hackney, and observed nine als vans full of person!, apparently retina* ks an excursion. From six or seven of them rockets on continually burning, the fire falling on the groend DI defendants were standing in the vans, and, with diet held the rockets in their hands. There was not sale plosion. 106 N had stopped the vehicles and names persons into custody. I assisted him. 106 N—l saw the vans approaching, and tbs falb burning all the while. links% 0 Diviaion—Numerous oealkes ha i r l i i i=nade of these practices, sir ; they an vet is gerous, and the commissioners have directed the used attention of the police-constables to the matter. Mr. Ellison—What have you to my in mat la fendants • Wallace—Sir, we had no knowlege of this bog offence. We thought that there was no objmfioo and blue fire, and that they were not fireworks. Webs done the same thing for years on like orcuisena excursion for the benefit of a school. Jolly—Some time past a man was tried at ths l M Bailey for having caused the death of some pe.: o l letting off fireworks in a similar way , an d he was.. as they found there that this description of burning M did not oome under the head of fireworks. Mr. Ellison—And you now positively quote thin fact in defence of your stupid conduct Apersoa wed you tell me, in consequence of others indulging ilia foolish practices, and yet it was no caution to rage induced you to abstain for the future, simply beams , had been decided the articles affordint you cagiik amusement were not fireworks. Whether Riegslor nr4, 11 is un uestionably a most dangerous act. W I wish to complain that although g station-house I sent for bail they loc ked me Wa came, would not let me sit elsewhere. Mr. Ellison—You bad committed an offence, 011 course were locked up in a cell on that chill es Fd would be on any other. I fine each of you 10a a one days' imprisonment in default. The money was paid instantly. SOUTHWARK. WATCH ROBBERY IN THE. VICTORIA MOIL Thomas Denman a well-known convicted thief, el placed at the bar ch arged with engulfing Thomas EOM and stealing from his person a valuable silver watch ig fie pit of the Victoria Theatre. The prosecutor, a beerhouse keeper,. of Brcodgfeelk,., Lambeth, said that on the previous evening he went fir_ some friends to the pit of the Victoria Theatre. MI" conclusion of the performance, and when the greats Ist tion of the audience had quitted the theatre, i ntone elm to the refreshment bar to have a glass of ale. there was plenty of room, witness was rudely Mild by the prisoner, who came partially in front of his his left side, where his watch was, and all o f a oldish, heard a " click," and putting his hand up to his well'ol pocket he saw the prisoner's right hand leave it, sa"! he found that his watch was gone. tie humediatelysw". hold of the prisoner by the throat end demanded his back, when some of the prisoner's companions aged I" by the legs and endeavoured to throw witness oar refreshment bar and rescue the prisoner. At that times"! the assistants of the theatre came up and owed prisoner, and while witness was gone for a constablela_eel companion decamped . Witness had since seen the of Ins watch in the hands of the officer. The prisoner here said that he knew nothing of the lt& bery. There was a rush from the theatre as the cultain' descending, and as he was passing the prosecu ta. tor turned round and charged him with stealing his vi The prosecutor said that the curtain had been &oion time, and when the prisoner robbed him there weevi l ! few people in the theatre. police-constable 166 L said he was ca ll e d into Me police-constablefk of the theatre a little before 1 in the morning ohs prisoner was given into his custody for stealing tutor's watch. After he had seercheti him l imes 010 , the bow of a watch near where the struggle took ef, Witness informed his worship that the prisoner had Previously convicted and was well known at the Wasp ' worth House of Correction. The magistrate accordingly remanded the prisooee 1141 Tuesday for the attendance of the assistant at the and proof of the former convictions. OPENING THE CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND. Freeman's Jammed announces, in a special telts highly jubilant spirit, that " Ilr. 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