The Express. — London, England, 1866-07-12 00:00:00

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IT may have been worth while for Lord STANLEY to ran down to King's Lynn to ex plain to his electors the supreme duty of reti cence in a Foreign Minister at such a crisis as the present. At any rate, the audience who heard him in the Court-house took for granted that—as Foreign Minister—his business was to be cautious and reticent, and this duty Lord STANLEY ful filled yesterday. He went so far, however, as to express an opinion that the one point upon which all parties in this country were agreed, was to keep out of continental quarrels. We trust this tolerably correct estimate of public opinion will preserve the FOREIGN SECRETARY from more than one danger which Lord CEANBORNE, with his bitter spite against Italy and Prussia, or Lord MaratEssuaY, with his weakness for Napoleoniam, might have been tempted to forget. Lord STANLEY, we hasten to acknowledge, did not attempt to disguise his thoughts in mere generalities. His speech was singularly frank, unflinching, and explicit, and if we cannot quite accept his account of the reception and rejection of the late Reform Bill, we are bound to own that he met the special charge which has been made against his own conduct in one particular instance, in the only way worthy of his name and fame, by a positive denial of the charge. For our own part, having been accessory to the misrepresentation and misunderstanding of which he complains, we very cordially and sincerely acknowledge the error of interpretation into which we had been betrayed, in common with a majority of the House of Commons and of the press, by the simple fact of an amendment being moved by a leader of the Opposition without any previous public notice, which proposed that the Government should proceed with the second and subsidiary portion of the Bill—the re-distri bution of seats—before the first portion—the borough and county franchises—had been settled. That no notice of such amendment had been given in the customary form is no more a matter of dispute than the authenticity of the Journals of the House. But when Lord STANLEY contends against the probability of his at tempting anything so unfair, so silly and un meaning, as a " surprise," because a majority obtained by surprise could have no moral weight, and a decision so obtained would be liable to be reversed by a more deliberate vote, we need only remind him that his amendment was defeated atonce by a majority sufficient to dispense with a more deli berate vote, and that it was rejected even by op ponents of the Bill. We recall these circumstances in our own behalf, as not hawing brought an idle and malicious charge, but we are not the less willing and happy to accept without reserve Lord STANLEY'S vindication, and to add our humble testimony to his own, that what ever may be his political defects, he has not been chargeable hitherto with "being led into " extreme courses by an exaggerated feeling of par ' tisanship." May we be permitted to hope that he will be able to pay himself for many years to come a tribute for which the Lord STANLEY of an earlier generation will not be his competitor. The FOREIGN SECRETARY'S references to the affairs of his department were properly reticent, yet not so reticent as to be trivial or unmeaning. He is fortunately in a condition to speak of the United States, and of the supreme importance to this country of a frank and friendly understanding with the great Republic, without embarrassing recollections of rash speeches such as those in which more than one of his present colleagues indulged during the civil war. In his large and wise views of the true neu trality of England in Europe, and of her true place and duty in the world, all sensible and thoughtful persons of all parties will heartily agree. On the whole, we may very honestly congratu late the new Government on the freshness and vigour of thought and purpose which are so con spicuous in the FOREIGN SEcarttay's declara tions, and we trust his acts will be as good as his words. Of the SECRETARY for WAR'S characteristic per formance at Huntingdon yesterday, there is little to be said. The gallant General is a very old soldier in politics. It is difficult to take him at a disadvantage. His good-nature is irresistible, and his very defects are the qualities of a thorough Englishman. There is the smack of the good old Tory in his talk, and yet he is the only member of his family who calls himself a Peelite. He claims to be the legitimate repre sentative of his great brother—though whether of the ROME? PELL who led the Tory party, or of the Rorrar PEEL whom the Tories rejected, he doss not explain. On the subject of Reform he is rather vague than evasive ; he would be happy to admit to the suffrage numbers of chided ; but he makes a Nint against any Reform Bill, west cures of anykind, not introdu6ed by But what can we say against a Secretary for Wair - *lto, Wore be Ma been in office bas ordered 100,000 breech-loaders f That is something like a policy ! And it comes with all the bet* pace from a Bliniatar who, as a tier respondelit reminds us, threw 3,000,0001. " as it " were into the sea," to Pay for the patent— which was not a patent—of a gun already consigned to the limbo of the unserviceable.. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE WAR COIMICATIONR. The quarrel in which the Kmperor Napoleon seems to have entered does not appear to the Times to be one of his own seeking. Unfortunately, the cession to him of Venetia has given the matter a wrong turn, and it is not to be wondered at that Prussia should decline to permit a change in her position with respect to her adversary which might eventually alter the issue of the straggle, and that both she and her ally should be pushing on their military operations as far as their utmost energies will enable them. Th e Prussians at the present moment look forward to the , chance of trying conclusions with their adversaries under the walls of Vienna. The movements of the armies of the belligerent powers on all sides have been as free and active as if no word about an armistice had been spoken, and it is no wonder, under all the circumstances, if the Emperor of the French felt as if all parties conspired to maks light of his authority. At all events, however, Italy, by the master stroke of the Austrian Emperor, has been shut out of the lists, and do what it may, must have Venetia gratis or not at all. Even were the Italians to join the Prussian army, any amount of glory they might acquire north of the Alps would never do sway witk the fact that they stood up, half a million of men, to wrest Venetia from the hands of Austria, end that it was to the victories of another people that they owed the emancipation of their own. If, how. ever, the fretting of the Italians can be of no great weight at the Twlerke, it is not to be supposed that the great peacemaker can look with equal indifference on the de meanour of Prussia. Should he, indeed, be bent ea " armed mediation" in a purely German question, Europe might have to bid a long farewell to those hopes of peace totwhich the short paragraph in the Moniker so lately gave rise. Both the Times and Daily News sketch broadly a plan of the great battle of &adorn, formed from the detailed account* which have now reached this country from the camps of both armies. The TiMell observes that if Briinn, which is the next object of Prussian attack, be taken, there is nothing between the Prussians and Vienna. To the Daily News one thing is tolerably clear, that further resistance by Benedek's army is impossible. If the Prussian troops are to be stopped, it must be by a fresh army. The Austrians, it must be admitted, have good reason to complain of the blunders of their generals. It was surely unpardonable in any officer to leave his right flank completely unprotected by earth-works when he knew that an army of 100,000 was within 10 miles dis tance. But, perhaps, it was even more unpardonable not to keep himself continually informed during the action of the position of the Prussians, so as to have enabled him to make preparations to meet so formidable an attack. The Daily News doubt. the statementa of the Vienna Gatte u to the action of France, though the acceptance of Venetia no doubt was really the first step of a practical alliance with Austria, and was sa good as a reinforcement of the Austrian army by 150,000 men. But nothing save the intoxication of flattery, and the abject position which the Emperor of Austria hat taken up, could explain the pretensions of the Emperor Napoleon to transfer to Paris the work of reconstituting Germany, and we may feel perfectly cure that the statement that the British govern ment is associating itself with these efforts is altogether untrue. The Post assumes as an acquired fact that Venetia is to go to Italy without any compensation to France, and that the treaty of September is to be loyally carried out. In the meantime the armies are hurrying forward, and the Prussians and Italians evidently hope to shake hands in Vienna. But the terms offered by France, according to La Preset, are magnificent for Prussia, and she had better at once take heed lest a taiunvh within her grasp should end in a permanent humiliation. The Telegraph thinks that an authoritative recommenda tion by the three neutral powers, which has already been actively discussed, might sober even the excited passions of the disputants, and induce them to listen to the voice of reason and the dictates of humanity. The Herald continues to write strongly against both Prussia and Italy, and to look hopefully and confidently for a chastisement of both by Louis Napoleon. THE MINISTERIAL zLzerlon. The Post recapitulates the chief statements in the addresses yesterday of Lord Stanley. Sir John Pakingtoh, and others, and expresses its sympathy with their senti ments and position, and is quite surprised that anything like an opposition should have been even thought of, as was the case at Guildford. The Star would have some explicit guarantees obtained, when parliament meets, from the government, that its policy should not take a course calculated to falsify in foreign matters the professions of Lord Stanley. Remem ber that we have a tory government in power, that Atm triana interests are involved ; and let us not trust to vague assurances that toryts' m means peace, and that the motto of the British aristocracy is " Non-intervention." THE LOSE OF THE AMAZON. The Times trusts that the official investigation into the loss of the Amason will be more stringent and effectual than the generality of such inquiries. It is hard to conceive any circumstances which can exculpate those who were in charge of her. Whatever may have been the fault of the merchant man, the manof-war must have been to blame. No mis takes of any sort, no amount of stupidity on the part of another ship, can be a sufficient excuse for allowing a man of-war, with all its appliances, its numerous crew, and its perfect discipline, to ran down a vessel in calm and clear weather. The Amazon was a most valuable vessel, con structed lifter special designs by Mr. Reed, and might have servedin America, where she was going, as a specimen of our progress in naval architecture. Such is the vessel which so ne one or other has chosen to mink in the CLannel on a fine summer night. MR. GLADSToNE'S CHCRCH-RATE BILL.—We understand it to be the intention of Mr. Gladstone to take the sense of the House of Commons on the Compulsory Church-rate Abolition Bill, notwith standing that it is no longer technically a govern ment measure. More fortunate than the other ecclesiastical measures which now help to block up the notice paper of the house, Mr. Gladstone's bill stands for a day which is likely to be clear of ad journments, or other accidents arising out of the late ministerial crisis, viz., next Wednesday. We need not, therefore, say that, as the bill has com mended itself to the judgment of the church-rate abolitionists, as one which may be accepted as a settlement of the question, they will look for the support of those members who have hitherto voted with Mr. Hardcastle. That the bill may n'ot pass into law this year is unimportant in comparison with the desirableness of a definite vote on Mr. Gladstone's proposal. At the Court at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, the 10th day of July, 1866. Present : The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day, the Most Noble John Winston Spencer, Duke of Marlborough ; the Right Honourable William Reginald, Earl of Devon ; the Right Honourable Charles, Earl of Tankerville ; the Right Honourable Henry Charles, Earl of Cadogan ; William Alleyne Cecil, Esquire (commonly called Lord Burghley) ; Charles Philip Yorke, Esquire (commonly called Viscount Royston); the Right Honourable Charles John, Lord Colville ; and Stephen Cave, Esquire, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council, and took their respective places at the board accordingly.—Simpienient to the London Gazette. At the Court at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, the 10th of July, 1866. Present : The Queen's Moat Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Stephen Cave, President of the Committee of Council for Trade, in the :ibseuce of the President of the said Com mittee, for the time being.—Suppleme4t to the London Gazette. ViyiS :.I THWAI t , - -. *Um 111ritu o t a L b ... 1. i .1 1— & Y the "n drove oiS yesterday alifteftbn Princess Christian of f3cideswig-Holstein, denier Majesty walked in tits gretteds Ibis morning, accompanied by Prince and Princess Christiao, Princess Louise, and Princess Bestrice.• In honour of the marriage of Prince and Princess Chris tian, the children attending the Queen's School at Whip pingham were entertained with tea and cake in the school room, and afterwards played at various games. Prince sad Princess Christian, Princess Lonise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice visited the school during the afternoon, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Susan Melville, and Lieutenant Stirling. The Bev. George and Mrs. Prather° received their Royal Highnesses. Lady Augusta Stanley has arrived at Osborne. Mr. Engleheart has also arrived. A deputation from the Metropolitan Sanitary Amide don had an interview with the Duke of Buckingham, President of the Council, and the Right Hon. H. T. L Corry, Vice-President, at the Privy Council Office yester. day. The deputation, which was introduced by Mr. Powell, M.P., consisted of Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Graves, M.P., Mr. Torrens, M.P., Mr. Godwin, F.R.S., Mr. Shaw, Mr. Hall, Mr. Beadle, Mr. Evens, Mr. Pocock, Dr Saunderson, Dr. Hardwicke, and Mr. Bentley. Mr. Helps and Mr. Simon attended. Despatches were reoeived yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-(THIS DAY.) The marriage of the Earl of Brecknock, M.P., eldest son of the Marquis Camden, with Lady Clementine. Spencer Churchill, youngest daughter of the late and hall-sister of the present Duke of Marlborough, was solemnized this morning at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. The nuptial ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Oxford. The bride, who was given away by the Duke of Marlborough, was attended to the altar by eight youthful bridesmaids. At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding party repaired to the Duke of Marlborough's residence in St. James's-square, where an elegant breakfast was prepared for a large party of the relations and friends of the con. tracting parties. Later in the afternoon the newly.married couple left town for Blenheim Palace, the seat of the Duke of Marlborough, in Oxfordshire, to peas the honey. moon. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.-(THIS DAY.) WIMBLEDON CAMP, Tm:R.4DAT Momma, The camp this morning presents, if possible, a gayer appearance than it did yesterday. The weather is excessively hot, and the volunteer, look very much like se if they had just come out of a "Turkish bath," the lightest clothing is worn, and India caps are used in a variety of styles. Some who have to India caps have very wisely covered their beads with pocket handkerchiefs, or white muslin. The theatrical performance, of which a notice has sp_ peared, passed off without a hitch. A little incident, which caused great amusement, is worthy of notice. In the 2nd act of the first piece, A Scrap of Paper, • dog is supposed to be heard barking outside, and last night the faithful animal was sorely afflicted with a sore throat, and when his part in the per formance came, the barking appeared to be more like the hoarse cough of an aathmatical old gentleman than the braying of a quadruped. It was a long time before the gravity of the audience and the actor* (necessary for the continuance of the piece) wra resumed ; the tent rung again with shouts of laughter, in which Lord and Lady Elcho, who had honoured the performance with their presence, joined. With this exception the performance was a decided success. A word of praise I is due to the precautionary measures adopted by the Surrey Volunteer Firemen, in having several buckets of water, a hand-pump and hose, ready for use behind the scenes. The shooting to-day combines the Queen's Prize, First Stage, at the 500 yards range, the Enfield Association Cup, Daily Telegraph Prize, the Albert, Swiss Carton, and Belgian Prizes, the Earwig Prize and Pool, the Running Man and Running Deer, and Earl of Duele's Running Prizes, the conditions of the latter bein; to fire 2 shots and run 100 yards ; time, 5 minutes. The following are some of the scores already obtained : No. of Scores shot'. made. Private Nixon, sth Fox ~ . Private Ilubbersty. oth Notts Private Oliver, Tower Hamlets Private Gordon, 21st Norfolk Corporal Roper, 31st Kent Major ()union, 24 Notta Private Lillie, Inialon Scottish Prii ate Lillie. London Scottish Captain Marshall, 37th Middlesex 9 22 Private Brillion, 15th Norfolk.. Corporal Richardson. 11th Norfolk Private Baird. 23rd Middlesex lO 33 Private Lexton, lit Norfolk tirryieant Icrmson, 4th Chester Private Wormald, 23rd Middlesex 9 30 Sergeant Short. Ist Devon ll .... 34 Captain Nicholas. Victorias Private Peterkin. Carat/Mire University Private Hay, London Scottish The "running deer" was extensively patronised, and crowds of ladies were present to witness the shooting• Great are the expectations of the committee that the dinner to be given to the Belgians this evening will be a s meets. The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of Kim berley will hold an undress reception for ladies and gentle men at Dublin Castle, on the 16th inst., previous to their excellencies' departure for this country. Mrs. Gladstone gave a concert last night at her residence, on Carlton-house•terrace. The principal part of the music was sung by the visitors. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington were honoured with the company of the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Cambridge at dinner last evening at Apsley House. Their royal highnesses were attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset, Colonel Home Purves, and Colonel Tyrwhitt. There were present to meet the royal guests :—Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, 'Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and Hon. Miss Barrington, Lord and Lady Dufferin, Lady Emily Peel, Lord William Hay, Lord John Hay, the Bishop of Oxford, General Sir Hugh Rose, and Mr. Henry Calcraft. Lsst night the Countess of Derby had an as sembly at the family residence in St. James's-square, which was most numerously attended. Previously to the reception the noble earl and countess entertained at dinner the following guests :—His Excellency Prince de la Tour d'Anvergne, the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle, the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, the Earl Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Earl and Countess of Westmorland, the Earl and Countess of Bradford, Vis count and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, Lord Courtenay, Colonel the Hon. and Lady Emma Talbot, and Hon. Frederick and Lady Constance Stanley. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli has appointed Mr. Corry, second son of the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., his private secretary. Some idea of the rate at which the Camp at Wimbledon has grown and is growing yearly may be gathered from the official status sent in to the Camp- Commandant, Colonel the Hon. W. J. Colville. Last year there were sleeping in the marksmen's camp and regi mental quarter 900 volunteers, not taking into account the staff of the association, camp followers, soldiers, police, or anybody else, but strictly the wearers of a volunteer uniform. This year those 900 have grown into 1,150, and a corresponding growth is observable in all the other departments. PRINCESS HELENA AND PRINCE CHRISTIAN.— To-morrow their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein will take leave of her Majesty and royal family, and embark from Osborne in the Victoria and Albert yacht, which will steam direct for Cherbourg under sae command of Captain l'rince Leiningen. The prince and princess will be attended by Major-General and Lady Sarah Melville, Major-General Seymour, Count Rantzau, and Mr. Kenny, her Majesty's courier. The royal party will not disembark before the following morning. From Cherbourg their royal high nesses will proceed on a continental tour, and will return in time to accompany her Majesty to Scotland. OXFORD, JULY 11.—Mr. Goldwin Smith has resigned the Regius Professorship of Modern History. The ground of his resignation is understood to be that his powers of labour have been somewhat impairedalbite, and that he wishes to devote them exclusively fee the present to a historical work which he has in hand. TM ) 6 1 " 4 T . )`: TissozAms) DEPARTURE OF FRENCH VESSEL FOR VENICE. 1N47, JULY TOULON, JULY 11, EVIMINOI The French ironclad frigate Provence and the corvette Eclaireur have left suddenly for Venice.. The remainder of the squadron is still taking in provisions. VLNETIA. EXPECTED RESISTANCE TO THE ITALIANS. FLORENCE, JOLT 12. Despatches received here from the seat of war in Venetia state that the Austrians appear disposed to give battle to the Italians upon their attempting to cross the Adige. . The Prussian government has complimented Italy upon the operations of General Cialdini, as forming part of the plan of co-operation of the armies of the two Powers. THE PROPOSED ARMISTICE, FLORENCE, JULY 11, EVENING. _ - The court of Berlin has declared to the Italian cabinet that an armistice on the basis of the cession of Venetia is inadmissible. The Italian government in its reply is said to have announced ita resolution to continue offensive operations against the Austrian empire without relaxation, in conformity with the engagements mutually entered into by Prussia and Italy, until both these powers shall have obtained from Austria satis factory terms for the conclusion of peace. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JULY 12. Count Mensdorff has returned from the head quarters of the Austrian army. He resumes to day the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Archduke Albrecht is expected in Vienna to-day. Intelligence received from the headquarters of the Austrian army in Venetia announce that the Austrian forces are being withdrawn from contact with the enemy. The fortresses are strongly garrisoned, and suffi ciently well armed for defence without support from the army. THE BOMBAY MAIL. IN, JOLT 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Avoca, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 58 passengers, 1,9371. in specie, and 241 packages of cargo. The Avoca experienced a heavy gale and high sea in the Bay of Biscay. On the Bth inst. she passed the steamer Delta. Her Majesty's ship Adventure was at Malta. The remainder of the fleet had sailed for Petra'. GIBRALTAR, JULY 6. The British steamer Chaucer, of Sunderland, bound from Malaga to London, with lead and oil, struck on the Cabejos Rocks on the 4th inst. The captain and crew have arrived here, leaving the vessel stranded. Surveyors have proceeded to her for the purpose of adopting the best means for saving the ship and cargo. During the 4th and sth instal. the following British ships arrived here :—The Davillas Sylph, Glasgow, Twelve Apostles, Lord Londesborough, Lydia, Hilton, Sydney Jane, Harry Herbert, and the steamer Christina. 2, 1 66. tiR the details* Cia advance into Venetia wellinow little, but ft ii t eartain that the bulk of the MAIM= army jitriag Italy. One of the supposi tions which we veßies; .d on in Tuesday's Express seems Ulisconfirmed by to-day's news—namely, that the Austrians would confine themselves to the defends of the four fortresses, strictly so called, leaving all the open to the Italians. It may also turn out that they will only keep these till the arrival of the nen*, a part of whose fleet it is now definitelX announced have sailed for Venice. OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, JULY 11. The Pera left at 5 a.m., and the China at 4 p.m. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 14th, and the latter at Southampton on the 20th instant. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. GIBRALTAR, JULY 10. The Delta, from Southampton, on the lat inst., arrived to-day at 1 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. for Alexandria. She had experienced head winds. THE WAR. Some of the interest which attached to the great military operations in Bohemia has been trans ferred to Bavaria, where some sharp fighting has been going on since the 3rd and 4th of June between the Prussians and Bavarians. The first encounters took place near Fulda and Meiningen, when two divisions of the Bavarian army, the 3rd and 4th, were engaged and suffered a loss of between 1,000 and 1,500 men. The Prus sians having followed up their successes, entered the Bavarian territory, and on Monday last a fresh encounter took place at Bruckenau. The Munich Official Gazette states that the Prussians were re pulsed, but it appears from the report of the same journal that the battle was renewed on the fol lowing day—the 10th—and fought with more de termination than any of the previous ones. Th e following is the report, as contained in the Bararian Gazette of yesterday : An obstinate engagement has taken place near Kissengen. The Prussiaus attacked the bridge over the Seale from the right bank. They were driven back several times by dis charges of grape. Shells feU into the town, and the belfry of the church and the Town hall were struck ; and the hotel known ea the Cour de Baviere was destroyed by the cannon balls. TLe troops are full of courage ; the infantry fired admirably. The reserves have joined the army. Since lin the afternoon no further telegraphic news has been received from Kis sengen, which is explained by the proximity of the tele graph office to the building struck. A second despatch adds : No details have been received concerning the combat at Kissengen ; but a despatch from Schweinfurt states that the result was favourable to the Bavarians, who repulsed their opponents. It would appear therefore that a battle of some importance was being fought the day before yester day in South Germany, and probably had not ter minated when the foregoing despatches were for warded. Of the Prussian army in Bohemia and their actual position nothing certain is known except that they are continuing to advance further into the Austrian empire unopposed. If a despatch which announced their arrival at Iglau be confirmed, they are far down on the road to Vienna. Iglau is a town of some im portance, the capital of one of the districts into which Moravia is divided, and about 50 miles north-west of Brunn. Judging from the boldness and rapidity of the Prussian commanders, it is by no means improbable that they may be pushing forward towards Vienna by the more direct Iglau-Znaim and Brunn routes so as to get between the capital and the Austrians who were retreating by the more circuitous Olmutz road. The movement would be a daring one ; it would require great rapidity of execution, but with the present clan of the Prussian army it might be ac complished, and if so the complete disorganisation or capture of the norgiern army would be the result, or the sudden appearance of the Prussians before Vienna. This is of course based on the supposition of the accuracy of the telegram which makes the Prussians already so far advanced as Iglau. NAVAL PREPARATIONS IN FRANCE. The &atle of to-day contains the following : " A government despatch directed to the maritime prefecture of Cherbourg orders the immediate levy of the disposable men of the classes 1861, 1862,1863, 1864,and 1865 in the first maritime arrondissement. The same despatch orders the armament of four steam vessels--Napoleon, the Bayard, the Fontenoy, and the Ville de Nantes. Another despatch directs that the plated division under the command of Rear-Admiral La Ronciere Le Noury, consisting of the Magenta, Flandre, Heroine, and the advice boat Forbin, should put in three months provi sions, and spare stores, and proceed without delay to T oulon." THE BATTLE OF SADOWA. Letters in the Times from the Prussian army estimate the total loss of the Austrians in the battle of Bedews at 40,000 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The Prussian loss " cannot be much below 6,000 in killed and wounded." A further inspection of the field of battle shows how formi dable a position the Austrians held, their batteries forming a perfect screen round it. In the woods and in the broken ground the bodies of Austrians and Prussians were tolerably equal in number, generally lying in groups of four or five of either nation together, marking the spot where a shell had burst ; but in the open ground and down the reverse side of the Lips slope the Austrians were terribly thick, and hardly a Prussian uniform was to be seen. Wherever the Austrians fought un protected by cover, and wherever the Prussian riflemen, armed with needle-guns, could see their enemies, the disproportion of the dead becomes immediately apparent. I I Everywhere about the field fatigue parties are digging large trenches, in which the Austrian and Prussian killed are being laid side by side, clothed in their uniforms. No other tombstone is put to mark each grave than a plain wooden CMS, on which is written the number of each regiment that lies below. The officers are placed in single graves near beside the men. But here and there few are seen silently carrying some comrade to • more retired spot. On one side of the field a Prus sian general with his staff were burying his son, who had fallen in the attack on the Austrian right. Close by, the wife of a private soldier who had found her husband's body on the field had it buried by some soldiers, had hung some oak branches on the little wooden cross at the head, and was sitting on the freshly-turned earth sobbing her heart out with his shattered helmet in her lap. She bad followed his regiment in order to be near him from the beginning of the campaign, through all the long marches the army has made. The greatest liberty is allowed to the Austrian prisoners. Several Austrian officers wounded mortally on the field requested Prussian officers to send their last message to their families, requests which were readily complied with. The two Prussian armies, now united in one firm body, number together in line of battle about 250,000 men, with about 900 guns. The war has proved that, apart from the needle gun, at close quarters, the stronger men of Prussia have inva riably overcome the Austrians. On the Gth the Prussian armies passed the Elbe without opposition, and the Austrian railway communication between Vienna and Prague was cut. For the most part the country in front of them is silent and deserted. The fortress of Ko niggratz, about five miles to the left, looked as though it was about to be evacuated, although the commandant had refused to yield on the night of the battle to a self-authorised demander of the ca pitulation of the fortress. An officer of the Ziethen Hussars, who were forward in the pursuit, rode as far as the gates of Koniggratz, and finding that there were no sentries outside, rode in ; the guard, immediately on seeing him in his Prussian uniform, turned out and seized him, when, with a ready presence, he declared he had come to demand the capitulation of the fortress. He was conducted to the commandant, and made the same demand to him, adding that the town would be bombarded if not surrendered within an hour; the commandant, unconscious that he was not dealing with a legitimate messenger, courteously refused to capi tulate; but the Hussar was conducted out of the town, passed through the guard at the entrance, and got off safely without being made a prisoner. In the town of Przelautsch, which was occupied as the Prussian headquarters on the sth, large Austrian stores were found. And the soldiers are delighted to think that they will again have their rations of tobacco served out to them, which they have not had since they left Saxony ; for to • German soldier tobacco is almost as necessary as meat, but transport has not been found for tobacco with the army, as there has been lately a difficulty in bringing up even food. If Prague is occupied by the Prussians, this army will have the command of the railway from Reichenberg,and all sup plies will again be abundant, for the railway transport never tires, and seldom breaks down ; but as soon as the army leaves the line of railway difficulties arise in pro viding for its wants, and lately this army has been very short of food. The soldiers who won the tattle of Kfinig gratz had eaten nothing since 11 o'clock the morning before the battle, and hadmarched fifteen miles to the battle-field. The special correspondent of the Austrian army, writing from Braun, on the Gth, speaks very strongly against what he terms " the ostrich system" followed by the Austrians—that is, con cealing from the army and the Austrian people the truth as to their position, duties, and reverses, in fact, grossly misrepresenting every thing to the very last. The natural result is that now all faith in the General is gone, and the most curious reports are abroad— how one general betrayed the plans of Benedek, and has been shot ; how another went over to the enemy with information just before the battle ; how one man has sold one pass, and an other man has been bribed not to fight. It is most singular that no steps were taken by the Aus trians to throw up a few fieldwork. or to intrench the weak parts of their line. " Their generals do not seem to know that there is a very useful military implement called a spade. To the utter amazement of the Prussians, they were permitted to pass through the defiles of Nachod without a struggle, and at last they actually became afraid that Benedek had laid some deep plan for their utter destruction, so easily did they advance through the mountain passes, which could have been held with comparative ease by a few men be hind earthworks against thousands of assailants." The correspondent arrived at Vienna from Brilnn at midnight on the ith. The terminus was thronged with weeping women, agonised parents, and rela tives and friends, awaiting the arrival of the wounded, and the expression of their faces as they ran looking into the carriages was agonising. The headquarters of the army, it was expected, would be established forthwith at Obnutz. President Johnson, since April 15, 1865, has issued 12,381 political sad IGI criminal pardons. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (Flom ova ows oozes/mom") PAR 8, WIDIMIDAT Itvs Being well assured yesterday, as I Mated 1 that the negotintimss for the armistice hadia successful, I took no notice of the assertions contrary in the Patric That journal now that the step which it " was thought" in* been made yesterday, has nut been made. Napoleon's departure for Italy is adjourn b for a few boars only, but size die. All the ing, therefore, of the Pays and other j as to the logical consequences of his high may be dismissed as not upon the order day. Italy will not make peace urd close ally, Prussia, consents ; and the of the King of Prussia presented to the E Napoleon yesterday by Prince de Reuss pro conditions for the mediation and armistice at variance with those contemplated at the ries. The Atorsiteur du Bair, repeating tb matic phrase which may mean anything or according to circumstances, that the medh accepted "in principle " merely says th Emperor is "employing all his efforts" the effusion of blood. This is as full an ad as could be expected in an official print t efforts in question have not been nu After the private audience which the de Reuss had of the Emperor yesterd Majesty asked Prince de Metternic Baron d'Aldenbourg, as representing to meet Prince de Reuss and Count de his presence. The Prussian diplomatist the demands of Prussia, and M. Drouyn d drew up minutes of the meeting. Pro already stated, insists upon the totality programme before the war as the basis of time for peace. The exclusion of Austr the Germanic Confederation, the exclusive command of the federal forces, and the ei of the Prussian frontier to the Maine, leading points of her pretensions. The - Bourse was seriously affected by thi down of the armistice. Rents fell 25c. and lir. 25c. for account, closing at 67fr. 67fr. 25c. Italian fell 2fr. 25c., closing at 51 Mobilier fell 50fr., and Credit Foncier 255 METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL ( LIMITED).-( THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholl held at noon, Mr. 0. Ortztfl, M.P., in the chair. The report and aeanuits were as follows : " The directors trust that the annexed 'tame oounta now presented to the proprietors will b satisfactory, considering the ordeal all banking u in have recently undeirne. After writing off making ample provision for doubtful debts, rest paid and payable, for rebate, and for expease kind, there remains at credit of profit and lees 10,202!. 86. 4d., showing a net profit of 6 per cent. p The rate of dividend to be declared, however, the consider should, in consequence of the peculia monetary affairs generally, be submitted to the the proprietors at the general meeting. Anti* late crisis, the directors have for some months 1 6 with great reserve, preferring a position of comp rity to immediate gain ; and, but for sue the profits now exhibited might have bee Although this policy, and the general pressure, the effect for the present of causing a diminut aggregate of customers' balances, the number of felected monists has staulilyincressed dub half-year; whilst we sinallliabilitiea of the bank, tion to its paid-up capital, place it in a position of cond to no similar institution. The item " inop counts" in the balance-sheet exhibits the amount which is unavailable at present for banking the result chiefly of the late unprecedented monetary affairs ; it comprises bills and well secured, which will be gradually everything known to be bad having been written exceptional state of matters during the past hal den this separation of meets proper on the pre Igloo ; and will, the directors Lops, be spiwoolog shareholders. The proprietors will be asked to c appointment, ea directors of this company, of Alldin Moore, director of the Equitable Life Society, and of Mr. F. J. Sargood, director of a Bank of Australia. 337,3201. ; to reserve fund, 10,000/. ; to deposit a accounts, 4.38,8441. Os. Id. ; to aooertances and dated, 30,511/. Is. ; to rebate, 2,74x1. 10s. Id. ; of profit and lose, 10,2021. Bs. 4d.—total 829.62 , Cr.: Assets.—By cash in band, at Bank of Er at call, 148,480/. la. 2d. ; by consols and debentu price, 81,4871. 14e. sd. ; by interest accrued 1198/. 108. 2.1., together, 7. 11,166/. fie. 9d. ; tot discounted, loans, and current accounts, 398,621 by inoperative accounts, 143,6871. 3s. 3d. ; 3291. 84. 54. ; by bank premises (freehold and head office and branches, 13,3541. is. lid. ; by p expenses, 11,950/. ; by neuritic.s held against a and bills negotiated per contra, 30,.,111. 829,624/. 19s. fid. " Profit and Lou.—To current expenses, directors' fees, salaries, rent, and all other expels Bs. 13d. ; to interest paid and payable, 7,6751. 11 rebate, 2,747/. 10s. Id. ; to balance of prodt 10,202/. Bs. 4d. Total-28,3521. 18e. 101 11 from last account, 4,903/. 15e. Gd. ; by gross last six months, after providing for all bad an debts, 7.1,449. 3a. 4d.; Total, 28,352/. 18e. balance, 10,217.1/. 84. 4d. " Reserve Fund.—By balance from last &coons The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of observed that with the Bank rate at 10 per cent hardly be said that the crisis was over, but th was greatly diminished. He need scarcely tellt how great had been the anxiety of the during the last few months, notwithstane confidence in the soundness of the they were thankful on meetin; the sharebold capital intact, with a reserve fund of 10,0001., a profit of 10,000/. madeduring the last six months The liabilities on acceptances had been reds 218,0001. to 31,0001. White they had sutfere banks had done from the increased pr money, there had been a real and increase in the number and character ol counts. (Hear, hear.) The assets were std accounts with a distinctness which would, h commend them to the shareholders generally. I stated that the term " inoperative accounts" n bad debts, but that was not the fact. The tent money not immediately available for banking all bad debts having been written off. (He The question of dividend would be left to holders, whose inalienable right it was to decid directors held a very large proportion of the a one of them represented, in his ow and in his family, 1,000 shares. He &Ida directors would renew their attempts the nominal amount of the shares ; thw had occurred to diminish his confidence in i that, as one of the directors remarked during they had a sovereign for every one who could mind it; and that they had cause to be thankfi past and hopeful as to the future. (Cheers.) In reply to questions, The CHAIRMAN said three members of the b were second to none in their knowledge of sue written off all the debts that they considered la full investigation. The auditors afterwards we debts which theyconsidered doubtful ; and he be now the amount written off wsaquite sufficient.' of the last half year were really what they were • be, namely, 10,000/. Not a single shilling was company from Meseta. Peto and Company, wit on a bill forabout 2.0001. which was endorsed by richest men in England, The report was then adopted unanimously. The retiring directors having been re-elected A discussion ensued on the question of the which was left by the board to the meeting, the however, stating his conviction that a dividend safely and properly declared. A letter from the auditors was read, in wide commended that no dividend should be dodo count of there being a sum of 143,0001, under " inoperative accounts." On the motion of Mr. HISTRON, seconded by Mr a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum dared almost unanimously. Mr. Poonarr stated in the course of the dis the subject, that after investigating the item ref the letter of the auditors, he at once doubled In In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN elated that the branches wer whole, profitable. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and the othe terminated the proceedings. WESTMINSTER LIBERAL REGISTRATION —Mr. John Diprou has reigned the honorary ship of this society, to the success of which he contributed, and is succeeded by Mr. T. Gilbert the committee meeting held on Tuesday, Dr. elected president, and Major Lyon vice-presid society, and OM. wu subscribed by the gentles to foam s fund. ¶ ~' ~' ~+ . U ,