The Express. — London, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

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IT is not easy to decide whether we ought to con gratulate Germany without reserve upon the peace which seems likely to fix the character of her poli teal constitution in the immediate fixture. It would be rash to affirm, with our limited knowledge, that M. BISMARCK is not turning to the best account the extraordinary advantages that belong to the position which Prussia has pined. That posi tion is one of complete mastery in Germany ; not s mere physical control over material forces, but a moral ascendancy over the mind of that most intelligent people. In States from which only a few weeks ago contingents were sent out, to the Federal army to oppose Prussian ambition, the most patriotic and enlightened citizens are coming for ward to declare that Prussia has fully demonstrated her qualifications for that headship of Germany to which she aspires. Those Governments north of • the Maine which arrayed themselves against Prussia are now altogether at her mercy, and their sovereigns are either fugitives or prisoners, or imploring penitents, while their people are calling for annexation. In the south the Governments are equally powerless, and one after another have had to make their submission, The Ministers of - Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden are all waiting in M. BISMARCK'S antechamber, while the people they have left at home are declaring that they are above all things German, and that the Power 1, which can best defend the countryand represent its •'• greatness must be acknowledged as its head. Over Austria the victory is complete. The military ~ spirit of the Empire chafes and frets over the con 0-4itions of peace, but the superiority of Prussia is even more incontestible now than it was the day -.after the battle of Sadowa. It is in vain that the Vienna journals dwell upon the military diffi culties of the Prussians, upon the Austrian • fortresses they have left in their rear, ;`upon the length and precariousness of • their lines of communication, upon epidemic disease in the ranks, and upon the impossibility of recruiting so large an army from a population not more than half that of Austria. The simple fact is, that Prussia is far stronger for every purpose of war than when she engaged and overthrew Marshal BETIDES'S army. While Austria has lost the command of provinces having an area of 2,250 • square miles and a population of eleven millions, the Prussian territory remains intact ; while Austria has lost all her allies, the King of Pans ' NIA'S army is reinforced by the contingents of the North German States ; while the populations of Austria resign themselves with more or less grace to the sacrifices of the war, the spirit of the people of Prussia has been raised to the highest pitch, and is sustained by the adhesion of other peoples, and by their demand to be allowed to have a title in the name and authority of Prussia. In these facts we might suppose would be found the banes and elements of a compre hensive and powerful organization of Ger many. When the inevitable stands out so plainly to the eye it seems a waste of time and means not to anticipate the slow operation of circumstances by decided acts of policy. And yet apparently, for we do not certainly know what M. Brsimaci means to do, the Prussian Government pauses, and when from all parts of C-ermany the Biro is urged to finish his task while he has every advantage on his side, his Government gently chides the impatience of the country, and declares that " the relations of Northern and Middle Ger " many with the States south of the Maine may " be left without danger to a future time." Without danger, no doubt, but scarcely without serious inconvenience. The reason for exposing Germany to the disadvantage of a longer or shorter period of unsettlement is not apparent. The fears which some are expressing that Austria may at some future time attempt to renew her old rivalry with Prussia and Germany, we cannot but regard as chimerical Austria will no more recover her old influence, or even • point from which she can pretend to her old influence in Germany, than she will be able to recover that which she lost in Italy in 1859. Her indelible history and character place her in opposition to the direction in which the ideas and interests of Germany are moving. If the victories of the last six weeks maid be ascribed to acci dental advantages in the exclusive possession of Prussia, or to the needle gun, or to surprise, or to any secondary and removable causes, there might 'be danger from this sour,. :i3ut all Gesinatirl acknowledges that Prussia owes her victories to qualities, inherent in her as a State and people, which give her an intellectual, moral, and political superiority over Austria such as it would take a n torever criticism of Give"—z ate y i sC o olonel nix in an able tics= published in the new number of Blackwood —" give breechloaders to theAustriansand let them " fight the campaign again, still who would doubt " the issue ? For strategical and tactical ability " and complete organization have been the main " elements of victory." Just as little can we imagine any danger from, tlje intervention of a foreign Power. The measoe of such intervaition, so far from weakening Pim* would add im mensely to her power by precipitating all Germany into her arms. We have had sufficient proof of this fact within the last month. Jealousy of French intervention or ascendancy is the one pre- dominant feeling which is common to North and South Germany, and which possesses the people with an intensity that must be wallowed on the spot to be believed. That some of the minor States of Germany would be glad of the aid of the Imperial mediator of the Seine may easily be understood. But even they must be aware of the consequences of invoking such help. They know what has become of the Kings and Grand Dukes of Italy who sought foreign aid to enable them to resist the progress of their country towards national unity ; some of them may have met at Vienna the exiled Princes of Italy, and will doubtless take warning by their fate. More recently they have had an opportunity of observing the fatal effect of the Emperor of Arrsrais's appeal to France upon his position in Germany., Neither, therefore, from a revival of Austrian ambition nor from French intervention can we discern any danger to the settlement that may now i be made. There is one measure, however, by. , which what has been gained for German unity may be placed upon an immovable basis, while it furnishes an expedient capable of solving all the questions which now remain open. A German Parliament would ratify what has been done, and be a powerful engine for performing the work which remains. M. BISMARCK is too wise to neglect this vast reserve of political power, though he is not unlikely to delay his appeal to it until some emergency arises from without. BENSON, J. W., by SPECIAL APPOINTMENT to H.Z.11. Ow Primo of WALE BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, LONDON, Clam 38. 11ENSON, J. MEDAL, DUBLIN, SILVER PRESENTATION PLATE. 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Remediag that it is perhaps in the natter of lbws that the American system of legislation and administra tion contests lent favourably with our own, the Daily New gives some account of the tariff which the Howe of Representatives has just passed, and which the Senate has been induced to postpone—a scheme which for He crudity and oppressiveness is discreditable to American statesman ship. The Americans, both statesmen and people, are only now just entering on the study of political economy. The after-dinner orators of Castle Hedingham would be ashamed of references to Free-trade and protection Inch as were made by some of the statesmen of the House of Representatives in the late debate. However, the necessity of raising an enormous revenue has elevated financial questions to the fun rank, and brought the tax bill and the tariff to every man's attention. The American people will have to pass through the same discipline as we did and learn fiscal wisdom by hard experience, but they will learn it sooner and retrace their steps with less dilleulty than we did. The question of free trade is clearly raised in the United States, and we look for the rapid progress and eventful triumph of bee t:ads principles even there. The Tiases repots that the Italians should be fostering a false pride by representing the late naval affair off the and of Dalmatia as • success. The Austrians, on the one band, are so elated by what took place that they set no limits to their hopes of future maritime honours. They point to the great length of the deeply-indented Dalmatian comet, to the magnificent harbours of Pols, Zara, Oaten, and Lilfa, and think that the dominion of the seas will more than compensate for the ion of the Quadrilateral They press upon their government the duty of bestowing greater care upon the navy, which has been too long dealt with as a step-daughter, and already look upon the Adriatic as an Austrian lake. The Italians, I on the other hand, take up the gauntlet, and protest that ,they would never accept a peace which should exclude them from Istria and Pole, and thus leave them defence less against Austrian inroads along all their eastern coast. Such are the mutual feelings with which these ancient foes are preparing to take part in the negotiations foe pesos. The Herald, endeavouring to take as favourable a view of the prospects of Austria as eirctunstanoes will permit, infers that Bavaria may in the end be induced to &row in her lot with the empire, and suggests that Austria will profit by the hostility which is growing up in France to the new German autocracy. Austria must be content to bide her time. Maria Theresa did so in her day, and in the end Frederick found arrayed against him a dangerous coalition of European powers. As matters stand, the Emperor of Austria will receive the praise which he deserves from all quarters for his raagnani mow, fidelity to the King of Saxony. It will not be sur prising if this high-spirited but judicious policy produce =se more a reaction of public opinion in favour of the Im perial House which for so long a period swayed the deriinkas of Germany. Cu Court. OSBORNE, JULY 30. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise, attended by lAdy Augusta Stanley. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited her Majesty this morning. Prim* Leopold went out, ►ttended by Lieutenant Stirling. Mr. Tilt (Mears. Dickinson and Tilt), of New Bond street, had the honour of a sitting from the Prince and Princess of Wales for their portraits, at Osborne, on Friday last. A meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held yesterday at the official residence of the Find Lord of the Treasury, in Downing•street. There were present the Earl of Derby (President), the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Buoeleuel, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Sir S. IL Northoote, Bart., M.P., Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart, Sir C. W. Dilke, Bart., M.P., Mr. Barley, M.P., Mr. Thring, and Mr. Edgar Bowling, C.B. (Secretary.) A body of delegates from Nova Scotia, consisting of the Hon. Dr. Tupper (Premier), the Hon. W. A. Henry (At torney General), the Hon. J. W. Ritchie (Solicitor Gene ral), the Hon. J. M'Cully (Member of Legislative Council), and Hon. A. G. Archibald (Member of House of Assembly), had an interview with the Earl of Oarnarvon, at the Colo nial-office, yesterday. A body of delegates from New Brunswick, consisting of Hon. L Tilley (Premier), Hon. C. Fisher (Attorney- General), Hon, R. D. Wilmot (member of House of Assembly), and Hon. E. B. Chandler (member of Legiala lative Council), had an interview with the Earl of Car ' narron, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. Despatches were received yesterday st the Colonial. office from the Governors of the West India Islands. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 30.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales left Osborne this after noon, and crowed overt* Portsmouth in the steam yacht Alberta, and left by the 5 o'clock train, we understand, for Goodwood-home, where it is expected they will remain during the races, which begin to-morrow. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have gone to Strathfieldsaye, where they will entertain a large party this week. The Count and Countess de Flahault and Mdlle. Elphinstone de Flabault left Coventry House yesterday for Tulliallan Castle, N.B. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THI WORM DEMONSTRATION. The first leading article in the Times of this morning is written by one who was present at the Agri cultural Hall last night, and who describes hia impressions of the scene while entering into a disquisition upon demonstra tions generally. The concourse last evening, be Nays, will be admitted by everyone who was present to have been highly respectable and well-conducted, and com posed to • great !extent of a higher class than might have been expected to attend. To bring so large and so decent an assemblage together is certainly an achievement for the League, and they will do well to make the most of it, for the proceedings that followed were hardly worthy of the audience and the occasion. The twenty thousand people and upwards who congregated in the hall were the " demonstration," which might be called imposing ; but the effect would actually have been far greater had they separated in silence after having shown their numbers, for the scene that followed made clear above everything the futility of such gatherings for any useful political rapes*. Before the proceedings commenced the people in the body of the hall were essentially of the middle class, while the liaise galleries were filled with • still niece select society, and the proceadons that subsequently arrived were made up of real working men, with • considerable mixture of rather well-dressed young men, belonging apparently to the superior clam of artisans. Though for the purpose of discussion these immense gatherings are utterlyuselees, it must not be for a moment supposed, the Times sap, that it underrates the importance of such • gathering. Whether attracted by curiosity or by political sympathy, there the people were, and their assembling been witness to the interest which they feel in political questions. The Post treats such demonstrations as notoriously and unquestionably illegal, when they lead to obstructions in the streets. It urges that the government and the police stop them at coma If people want to hold • meeting, they have a perfect right to do so in a proper place ; but they should go to that place as they go to church, to the theatre, or to a review—that is, sepa rately, and one by one. To prevent these mobs from col lecting at first would be easy enough. Disperse the first individuals who arrive and the rest as they come up. The Herald describe s the demonstration as ending in an utterly humiliating and ridiculous fiasco, and insists that Mr. Bastes and his friends greatly strengthen the hands of the conservative government. The professed report of of the proceeding' given by the Renal is a travestie of all that occurred ; almost the only serious observation which is made being that the peaceable demeanour of the gathering was probably due to the knowledge on the part of the Leaguers that the government had • sufficient force in hand to put down a disturbance at a moment's notice. The Telegraph estimates the numbers at 40,000, and ob- serves that such an sioembly reduces the Reform question to one simply of date and extent. It Is no longer ex cusable for any but Tories and the insane to debate whether there must be • Reform Bill ; the points of interest are changed, and we bare simply to discuss the question—When shall we have it, and what shall now be its limitations The Star observes that perhaps an equally remarkable cdreumstanoe with the gathering inside the Hall was the division of the outlying muses into several great meetings. Every pUery staircase was made into a platform, and at every such station speeches were made that might well have taken their place in the reported proceedings of the night. Language is inadequate to realise the exciting I elements of the occasion. No Mend of reform could wit- nem it without a sense of pleasure that the people of London should so nobly have vindicated themselves from the charge of unpatriotic apathy. 71111 JMILICA C 01111771111. The Pod and Herold contest the grounds upon which the Jamaica Committee have resolved to put Mr. Byre upon his trial. The Post in particular denies that any judicial decision can be given which will make an indivi dual who has acted in good faith criminally responsible for the sentence of a competent tribunal in whom proceed ings some informality has been detected. The sole point in issue is whether the sovereign or her representative has authority under any circumstances to proclaim martial _ . . . law, and by so doing to confer jurisdiction in matters of life and death on tribunals composed of " military and naval officers, untrained to judicial investigation." The Herald uses violent language in the matter, and accuses the committee of seeking, under the idea of vindi cating the law, to procure the licensing of murder and rapine ; and says that everybody must perceive how warmly they appreciate the idea of assassinating a political opponent. The Meer 'marks that Mr. Eyre was perfectly well aware that Mr. Gordon was not in any way connected with the riots at Morant Bay, and that he had been following his usual occupations at Kingston during the time of the rising. The very first despatch Mr. Byre received in regard to the contemplated resistance to authority, from the late Baron Ketelhodt, threw the blame on Gordon only as a result of his political agitation ; and Kr. Bps, throughout all his despatches and letters on the subject, shows that he held Gordan to account, not for any share in the actual riots, but for his previous agitation, ea it is called—that is, for his earnest and persistent efforts to get the abuses removed which led to the catastrophe he always feared. kir. Eyre, however, knew very well that the law of Bngland did not hold any man responsible for illegal violence which might be oon etruethely shown to result from patriotic and constitu tinsel efforts for the reform of grievances. If there is to be no responsibilit7foracts of this kind, our boasted liberty is at an sad. No Engliohman is sale. THE PRINCE PRESS ON THE ATLANTIC CABLE• Several of the Paris journals express great grati fication at the sueoessful laying of the submarine cable to America, and bestow the most unqualified praise on the perseverance shown by England in the undertaking. The Temps expresses Itself in these terms : "If anything can console pacific and laborious, democratic and liberal Europe far the cruel an guish it has for some time past been suffering— for the invasion of liberty and right, the progress of military rule, and the triumph of egotistical ambition and brute force, it is the great event which is to-day announced by • despatch from London. The laying down of the Atlantic cable has succeeded; the Great Eastern, a vessel which will for the future have • name in history, has fulfilled its mission to the end electrical communication is established between the Old and the New Worlds. Now is successfully accomplished that memorable event, more fruitful in consequences than the sanguinary struggles by which Germany has just been desolated ; now has been gained that great victory of human intelligence and 'donee over the blind forces of Nature. Henceforth,) if the ocean remains clement and respects the mysterious line laid in its depths, we shall live with the same life as the people of the New Continent ; henceforth we shall feel immediately the pulsations of that great nation which ha. established self-government on the other side of the Atlantic, and realised the idea of demo cracy in action. To the tenacity of the English is due that great result ; it is English capital which for the third time has shown confidence in the accomplishment of that great work. Honour therefore to Anglo-Saxon perse- Terence !" On the same subject the Lawrie says :—" This is • truly glorious victory ! This is the conquest that we love, not obtained by man over man, but by man over things ! To abridge distance, to suppress it ! To put seas separated by isthmuses in communication! To pass under mountains which ice and snow cover during eight months of the year ! To multiply bridges over rivers and mighty streams ! To open on all roads ports of refuge against maritime catastrophes ! To let all sovereigns correspond between each other without any intermediary, save their meet intim►te secretary ! What great deeds of political worth might be achieved if governments would seek in reason and in science that which they have too long endes- Toured to effect by violence and war !" ST. PAUL'S CATHEDBAL.—The following are the preachers a ted by the Bishop of London to preach in the eat on Sunday mornings in the month of August next :—Sunday, August 5, the Rev. Edward Meyriek Omilburn, D.D., of BOW College, Oxford, incumbent of St. John's Church, Paddington ; Sunday, Amain 12 the Rev. Robert George Barer, ILA., of Trinity Wise. Cambridge, view of All Sainte, Fulham ; Sunday, A u gust 19, the Roy. Thomas Jackson, M.A., of St . Mary Hall, Oxford, rector of St. Mary's, Stoke Newington ; Sunday, August 96, the Rev. William Charles 'yoga Webber, ILA., of Christ Church, Oxford, rector of St. Botolphh, Alden gate, and Sub-Doan of St. Paul'. Cathedral. LA' INTELLIGMCIL . aarris's miasma.) THE PRUSSIANS AND BAVARIANS. MUNICH, JULY 30, Bran No. The O f ficial Gazette of to-day say■ :—"We regret to have to announce that a sanguinary engage ment has taken place, near Weiden, between the Prussians and a battalion of the Bava rian guard which had started from Munich. This affair is inexplicable in view of the armistice, and the suspension of hostilities concluded yester day between Prinoe Charles and General Man teuffel. The officer in command of the Bavarian troops had in vain despatched a flag of truce, call ing the attention of the Prumaiarut to the useless ness of further bloodshed. The losses of the Bavarians were considerable." ITALY. FLORENCE, JULY 31. Proosedings have commenced against Admiral Persano, and will be pushed forward with the greatest possible activity. Signori Sella and D'Affiitto set out to-morrow for Udine and Treviso respectively. The King will leave ierrarathia evening for Rovigo. SPAIN. MADRID, 'Ana 30, EVZNIZG. The government has sent strict orders to the governors of the Provinces of Spain to enforce the payment of the taxes for the first six months within five days. 11MMim BOMBAY AND MAI/BMUS MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, JULY W. The Ceylon and Pera left here at 4.30 p.m. to- day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 4th, and the latter at Southampton on the 11th August. GERMAN EMIGRANTS AT SOUTHAMPTON. IN, JULY 31. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Bavaria, from Hamburg, arrived here this morning with 300 emigrants for New York and 14 passen gers for England. One of the ship's firemen was taken ill on leaving Hamburg from the effects of drinking, and died at midnight. In consequence Dr. Wiblin, medical super intendent, proceeded to the boarding station, and the body was committed to the deep. The steamer has a clean bill of health, and all on board are well. Dr. Wiblin examined all the passengers for England, and finding them healthy allowed them and the captain of the ship to land, but as a pre cautionary measure the ship was not permitted to come into dock nor the emigrants to land. The North German Lloyd's steamer New York, from Bremen, with 600 passengers, has arrived. She was inspected and found healthy, and ad mitted into dock. WAR CORRESPONDENCE. The special correspondent of the Daily Naas at the Prussian head-quarters says that in Moravia the Prussians have shown great respect for home steads and flower gardens. They have trampled down a few hundred acres on battlefields and by the roadside along their line of march, but it was difficult to believe that an immense number of soldiers had passed over the road to Nikolsburg• Cottages remained comfortably furnished, there were groups of children to stare fearlessly at the strangers, and pretty maidens stood smiling at doors and windows as though no thought of possible outrage had occurred to them. On their way, the party with whom the correspondent was travelling met some Austrian prisoners, with a guard of Prussian infantry to watch over them, and a group of peasants to hear the latest news. Neighbouring householders had brought out wine and coffee for both guard and captives. There was great anxiety that one of these last should be well fed. He was an Austrian officer—as handsome a young fellow as you will often see—and received what they gave him with an easy graceful manner. One village dame brought him some cheese, another offered him so many white roll's that his pockets would not hold them all. At Nikolsbnrg the King of Prussia is as com fortably provided as though he were in his own dominions, whilst there is state and dignity about the crowded courtyards such as may have attended the march of other soldier kings: I passed King William not many minutes since. He was surrounded by the " brilliant staff " which one has • right to expect as his proper accompaniment at such • time. But the King did not affect simplicity of costume in contrast to his staff. He wore the same uniform as he is wont to wear at home, and looked extremely well. They say that Count Bismarck rode into • shower of bullets at fiadows to draw away the King, who was pushing forward with overmuch rashness, and Bismarck did well to save • right royal old soldier. Not a monarch that we English should appreciate, but the very thing for Prussia, as events have proved. It is difficult to judge of one country by the standard of another. Hie Majesty, after being twitted with Charles L of England as an example by half the press of Europe, will return to Berlin a thoroughly popular personage. _ _ We h - ave an account in the Daily News from the Austrian side, and in the Times from the Prussian aide, of the action near Presburg on the 22nd, and which was interrupted by the announcement of an armistice. When the latter became known a curious scene was witnessed : The men of Bose's Prussian Brigade, who had been planted across the Presburg road, and a few hours before had been standing ready, rifle in hand, to fire upon the retreating Austrian battalions, were surrounded by groups of those very Austrian soldiers whom they had been wait ing to destroy. The men of the two nations mingled together, exchanged tobacco, drank out of each other's flasks, talked and laughed over the war in groups equally composed of nine and white uniforms, cooked their rations at the same fires, and to-night Austrian and Prussian bat talions will lie down bivouacked close together, without fear and in perfect security. The Austrians carry no tents ; when they are not provided with shelter in houses they sleep in their coats in the fields. The Times correspondent describes a review which he witnessed on the 24th, about five miles outside Vienna. The Emperor arrived at half-past 8 o'clock : He was dressed in a light-bias tunic, with gold and white and red sash, a gold-laced cocked bat, with a large waving green plume, and cavalry overalls ; and, although those who know him bes► say he looks altered and is shockingly thin and worn, I only saw a man, clear-eyed, • calm face, with a serious expression--an English-looking face with a heavy light moustache and light whiskers— with • tall, alight figure, lithe and active. With him was his Imperial Highness Archduke Albrecht, his Imperial Highness (his son) Ludvig, the Crown Prince of Saxony, the Crown Prince of Hanover, and the officers in attend ance on them, with their escorts. It might well be called a " brilliant " staff, and the effect, as they ail galloped down the line, the colours lowered, the troops 'eluting, the bands playing "God preserve the Emperor," was one of those things to be seen and not described, which gratify some secret hankering after the pomp and eircum. stance of glorious war, and render the eye for the time the master of the mind and of all the emotions. When the Emperor had ridden down the ranks he came round the front of the corps and dismounted from his horse. Then, advancing close to the men, be, in loud, clear, and ringing tones, addressed them ; but his Majesty was so * • . !. `~• " e+ - Sr in front of his sluff that only a few words of what he said 'wand them. He thanked them for their courage and for their victories, and for their devotion to Austria, which might be again tested, and then, ending with the wordr—" Ono) more I thank you," he proceeded on foot to distribute to a number of non-commissioned officers and privates decorations for their conduct in the field, addressing each man by name, and affixing the medal with his own bands. The officers who were pre moted or decorated for the Italian campaign were dqiiem up apart and acknowledged hie Ifaiesty's thanks by salut ing three times with their swords, but they did not receive the marks of Imperial favour directly on the field. There were probably 300 in all who were selected for the various distinctions of orders and decorations. It is said that some Prussian officers took such an extraordinary view of the nature of the truce that they rode into Presburg and bought books and maps at a stationer's and were allowed to return without any let or hindrance. On the 26th Feldzeugmeister Von Benedek entered the city of Presburg, and halted for the day at the Grunenßaum. " He came in with a sadly diminished staff, but it was pleasant to find that the stories we had heard of the death of some and the wounds of others we knew were not true. His baggage and rear guard are now coming in with the hussars and uhlans who covered his march. To-morrow morn ing early the Feklzeugmeister and his staff proceed to Vienna to await the course of events. Austria is now strong on the Danube." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (not ova OW col PARIS, MONDAY Emma. The uneasiness caused by the announcement that the Toulon fleet had left for an unknown destine Lion is somewhat lulled by the statement of the Moniteur that it has put to sea for exercise, and will anchor at Ajaccio for the fetes of August 15. Although Ajaccio might be a station on the way to the Adriatic, the opinion prevails that the Emperor does not contemplate war this year. The Bourse was flat, with scarcely any change except in Italian, which fell lfr. 20c. _ . The result of the election for the Maine et Loire is known. M. Berger, government candidate, 19,120; M. de Faßoar, clerical opposition, 7,255 ; majority for M. Berger, 11,865. M. de Fallon' complains that the Prefect kept back his electoral circulars several days in the post office. It may be taken for granted that the government practised towards M. de Fallon' all those unfair and illegal manoeuvres which belong to the Imperial system of universal suffrage ; but M. de Fallon' had no chance, because the demo cratic party either abstained, or voted for the government candidate as the least objectionable of the two. Mgr. de Dreux BrogrA, the Bishop of Moulins, a very rabid ultramontanist, took the trouble of going to Vichy to meet the Emperor on his arrival there. Moreover, he made a speech in which he did homage to the religious sentiments and political wisdom of his Majesty. Can this be confirmation of the news which comes from Rome, that the Pope, finding Austria annihilated, and having no confidence in the power of Narvaes to act up to his enthusiastic catholic senti ments, has made a virtue of necessity, and informed the cardinals that he has resolved to throw himself unconditionally into the arms of France ? The term for the execution of the con vention of September 15 is now within a few weeks of running out. Nothing has been said of this matter for a long while, but during the armistice it must necessarily oome on the order of the day. What excuse the Emperor will make for not executing the convention it is dif ficult to see. And yet few believe that the convention will be executed. If the Emperor chooses to cling to Rome and Civita Vecchia on catholic principles, it is indeed difficult to predict how much he may yet do to defeat the unity of Italy. In Germany his policy is foiled ; but he has yet a fearful hold upon Italy. The Liberth publishes in English, with a French translation, the advertisements about the " police excesses" in Hyde-park, and the reform meeting of working men convened to be held in Lincoln's-inn fields ; and then, to show the absurdity of those French journals which argue that England is after all obliged to come round to coup d'etat doctrines when order is threatened, says : If within a week of an e'esente newspapers can without Moonvenience publish such advertisements and announoe such public meetings, if these advertisements and these meetings provoke little disorder, and if such few instances of disorderly conduct as do take place are met by slight sentences pronounced within four-and-twenty hours, is it not demonstrably proved that liberty does not involve in practice those evils which partisans of the " Reason of State " suppose? ACCIDENT TO HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ACHILLES. (THIS DAY.) PLYMOUTH, MODAL Her Majesty's armour-plated iron-screw steam ship Achilles, 26, Captain Edward W. Vansittart, having been refitted at Devonport, left Hsinoase this morning under her own steam, sided by two tugs on her port side and one on the starboard side. Shortly before 8 o'clock she struck the eastern side of the Winter Book, which lies in the northern part of the Sound ; her head was then south-east. She was backed off immediately. The Achilles afterwards proceeded outside the Breakwater, apparently to try her speed at the measured mile, but having immediately after wards returned to the Admiralty anchorage in the Sound, it is supposed that she has incurred some damage. At the time of the accident it was about high water. Wind W.N.W., a strong breeze. The rock is marked by three buoys. FREEDOM or OPINION us Vriwna.—The Ost- Deittoolie Post, one of the Vienna journals, has ceased to exist, having in its issue of July 27 announced that it would not appear until the opera tion of the ordinary law was restored, and until it could express itself with freedom of opinion. The leohnorial de la Loin says :—" The change of the gun with which the infantry of the French army is provided has long since been resolved upon in principle; at present the manufacturers, and especially those of St. Etienne, are actively occupied in the fabrication of the new arms, which are smaller in the bore than the gun at present in use, and are loaded at the breech. It will be understood that this change must entail considerable ex pense ; in order to lessen it as much as possible the Em peror is reported to have authorised the Minister of War to dispose by degrees of the old flint musket, percussion cavalry carbines, and smooth-bored cannon, as well as the sabres of abandoned patterns, which are in the magazines of the state." Tai ELLIN OF PAILIB.—The Gaza 4e Hebdoma dawe de Mddeeiste contains the enbjoined :—" So far as Pans is concerned, the silence of the public preys, as well as of parsons placed at the seat of information, added to the certainty that a number of eases of cholera exist, has had the remit, as was the ems a year ago, of exciting a feeling of uneasiness. To our own knowledge, many families have advanced the period of their departure, and others who intended coming to Paris have postponed their visit to a more favourable moment. The silence to which we allude is the more ill-advised, in our opinion, that the sani tary state of Paris is far from offering any serious reason for nneasinem. We have not been able to obtain the exact number of deaths from every muse, but we are able to give within one or two the decemes from cholera sinus the reappearance of the epidemic :-19th, 116. 20th, 142 ; 21st, 1 ; 22nd, 89 ; 23rd, 92 ; 24th, 94; 26th, 90 ; and 26th, 86. Thus it will be seen that, not only is the mor tality exceedingly moderate for so populinie a city as Paris, but that it is declining steadily." The Courtier lifickcal, its side, says :—" The sanitary state of Paris has visibly reproved within the last few dayw—au incontestable fact, which we are happy to announce." -- ►NB._crffis Da). -:- EAST LONDON BANS (LIMITED).-( ; The half-yearly meeting was held at the London Tavern; Mr. S. Dunne, M.P., The following report and balance-sheet wer " The directors submit to the shareholders accounts for the halt-year ending 30th June withstanding the severe and continued promon which has prevailed during a the lest half-year, the directors are enabled mend the payment of a dividend at .* rat a ," cent. per annum and make the reduction of the , amounts expend ;preliminary expenses ; this will a, 2,5681. ss. 3d. to be carried to profit am The rebate on current bilk has been a cent. The directors are gratified in heist report a continued sooession to the number of of the bank, and are bound to state that half-year might [have been considershl) they availed themselves to the full ell sounds, but during so critical a period it viable to regard the complete security - bank ea the primary object. General bdanco-sheet, 30th June, 1866.-Dr. ke.-To capital authorised, 2,f issued in 20,000 shares of 601. each, 1,000,0001. ; paid up, viz., Si. per share on 20,000 Meru, jok amount due on current, deposit, end dker 584,8991. 3s. 2d. ; to reserve fund, 12,0001.; to interest on current bills, 1,7241. 4a. 4d. ; to I -net profit as per statement, 3,3441. Os. lla 5,0681. 6s. 3d.-Total, 501,9671. Bs. sd. Cr. : ko. -By cash at Bank of England, in bead call, 144,6911. Bs. 10d. ; by bills idioms &a., 309,5451. 15e. &L • by investments, Consols) 12,0001. • by ball premises, fittings, Mam a tura 30,2611. 10s.' 5& • by balance ofarefinunanigna 5,46 k. 13e. 6d. ; tea, 561,987/. Bs. 'Dr. • Profit and leer account , for the hare Mg the 30th June, 1866: to general charges at had don branches, 4,9761. 7s. sd. ; to interest paid and dm n rent and deposit accounts, 5,012/. 7s. 7d., tmlle 9,9881. 15s. • to amounts written off-bank promo count for dP;preciation in leasehold premisoo,finue• 7501. ; preliminary expenses account in redefines,' 6001.; together, 1,2501.; to rebate of interest bills, 1,7241. 4a. 4d. ; to balance, profit to 30th June, 1866, 3,3441. together, 5,0681.55. 3d. ; total, 16,307/. Oa. 3d. balance at 30th Dece mber 1865, 2,9671. ' amount of 4th dividend paid at the rate of ' annum 2,5001. ; leaving 4671. 12s. 3d. profit for half-year ended 30th June, 1866, for estimated loss by bad and doubtful 7s. 10d. ; total, 16,3071. 08. 3d. The CHAIRMAN In moving the and accounts, said he thoug ht the opinion that under the circum" acted wisely in eadeavo, strong and stable indeed of 20 per cent. The profits might have board had thought it best to adhere k ciples, and if the shareholders should from those principles he could not chairman. He felt the utmod confidence in nee of the figures. The audit was not ar - The whole of the securities bad pared th of the auditors, who were fully satisfied them. At the last meeting he stated had been a new aocouut for every day, was happy to say that that rate of increase maintained. There had been 186 new current the lest half year. (Cheers.) lie expected I things, however, in the next half-year. They k miss of several good accounts. There was he large amount of money ready for any dema nd. Mr. CLPPBII, M.P. seconded the motion, -- put and carried unanimously, without any dismal. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. pr.- - declared. to mace . at , EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN CONSEQUE OF A THEFT. Mr. John Humphreys, the Midtlleset held an inquiry last evening, at the Viclol7 %.- Friars-mount, Bethnal-green, touching the death of Ms Harriaom_sged 17 ears. John Harrison, y 24, Nelms-street, Bethnal-psi ' whip-mounter, said that the deceased the Li 11, He had been ill for some time put Ti. menthe ago he had misbehaved himself. • he had be imprisoned for three mash h had made a mistake about a blanket. He Vim another person's for his own as he was rebinds( 1 . 1 from his work one evening. After he came out al F the workmen used to taunt him with it, and tha t p sl* uponhis mind. On Thursday morning witness bailie deceased, with his heed downwards, in the waving the back of the house. Thome Harrison, brother of deceased, depend lit! the day to his being found in the retel l ; had had a violent quarrel with two of his workmen, and one of them tauntingly " where you come from." That remark lip to o "' i l f genet impression upon the deceased, w o r comphised puns in his head. He was so ill that a rushlight awl • be kept burning in hie room at night. Dr. Wm. Clayton proved that the cause of the deersefl death was suffocation by drowning. The Coroner said that the cam was a singular ook _„ l4 it was deer that the deceased had committed destruction. The Jury returned a verdict of " Suicide elan Is . state of temporary insanity." ginBBI.IIBOPNECSOFICDRimMUsoRItD.II24IO.Itotn V1 0 ;0If unal je k.N. — Art i thrown into great excitement yesterday by the M I L the death of an elderly widow, under circumstances wee. threw suspicion on one of her sons. The demised ess Eleanor Hewartson, the widow of Mr. John Sae a hooper and timber merchant, who carried ca ee sive business in the town some years before his which took place about seven or eight months since inquest was held yerterday afternoon, when it that the demised had beau seen drunk on Saissail night, at 9 o'clock; that a noise had been h ead la m house about midnight, as of something 4 11 4! 111 Is. deosaaed not making her appearance on Sunday , we was broken into in the seaming b one of the and a married sop of the deae ; and that hit WI found in the perlour, in a condition which a t sees suspicions of foul play. The medical evidese s the fact that nine of the deceased's ribs were brass. there was a severe wound on the head, which 'I" immediate cause of death, and that the body exhibited marks of violence. The face and heed es of having been washed, and there wes•:_77.j appearance d in on the lobby floor which had been para.' cw• -- up, but blood had run under the lobby cloth . Hewarbson, a son of the deceased woman,wse I o b i on suspicion of having been concerned in °I 1 , and imteequently be made a statement in I= 4 l o said that be found his mother in the e fr a 11 o'oloak ea Saturday night; that he r u t:4h; bones , and and he laid eam her e d d: winteus wn in the lobs, ; Sle w : ' wed 4 . and placed her on the sofa ; that, on comi n g down at 7, he found her on the floor, and that be her face; and at half-past 12 he went out of tieto and did not return agai n till night. He added thatet ceased told him to lock the door. The Coronet le, ming up, said dammed must have been deed issime,M when she was left by her sm. The jury, after of half-an-hoar, found that deosased met her dello " sy injuries to the head, but how they were nessn- - ' - ` — ` .4. no evidence to show. Wm. gewertson was sou in custody. . Ito psinat go ne I nth Ina II ---. = Ms - • •nd lieen Ong = c a bt , to for Aft His a mer irsdh prellsl3 bdebi .....1 whirl weal '.flu tie - nii HOW otiel AA being a ° ~.B, ° %~ tog 111 drtui Tb folk , stash iteau otabl Iran itify Iran Ida fat MI WIN lath Kw ; _ . • I i ' t P I 1 e hli .~ E, i C I I I ion of the Bank Ades lieTriFl tic it operated most . not of itself. It was remesisho,. :1 man's of a high rate of da so : , • Asian on of penis sines OK # the s oent. in 1857 it ms ll' of the sis the Dprew et e • t t o ki ;fwer rly bougut by the Gam , &ppm penodically amused Hima n. It had been mid g o 100,0( o was not the want of s' kr. a contended was erro o‘ etmount of capital in the; 0 t sitting.] 4 Mt Ica his is! (LIMITED).—( mu 1 DA, • end 1 whiol siting was held at . 1 The d ft. Btrmen, ?LP., in the • 1 _ o _elet Bl , • ,,, balance-sheet were • el' "'"" o the shareholders the a KIM ending 30th June, Mk (km; and continued menealy Boar mailed during a som a Oh* hectors are enabled le Aa ividend at the rate of in *lOll she the usual provision for upended on . us will absorb 3, s Ito pro fi t and for saw I has been salmis* a e gratified in Ming sfl o ion to the number of . id to state that the peat en considerably to the full extort :hm being Joel a period it was L 0 4 60 .1% N, al 11 3 :ste ju uri ne 7 1866 sad .— stabily Dr. et , ital anthorieed, SOL each, 1,000,0001. • o on 20,000 sham I i him I deposit, end Wm tog rve fund, 12,00014 le 1,72 G. 4s. 4d. ;to pea . Betio anent, 3,3441. Os. lld ; leek e 11,91171. Bs. 3d. Or.: beo Mar of England, in head W s drum ; by bills dismal*, ha ./a by investments, (13,1111, klem os ises, ho ings, ad mean i r fitt linlimil s lePen, of hi 1,9871. Bs. Th coount, for the Wier nia eneral charges thaw heed del lama to interest paid and des a as The eta, 5,0121. 7s. 7d., lepilia taker written off—beak ramie. lath leasehold premine,finsileak he w es account in red** el am the o rebate of intend In MI beau . ; to balance, laid Mehl 1866, 3,3411. Oa .1; It ticotal, ota, 16,307/. Oa M. Ce.: • tapir sr 1865, 2,9671.1 k sd. ; fore aid at the rate of 5 pat* L was 4671. 121. 54. By Mal "lc 30th June, 1866, after 4 MI id and doubtful deble, ill ;t cr - s. 3d. 'yin( the adoption d the „% t the I bought the meeting awl le •(11 1 4 circumstance, the beim scouring to make he had I of aiming at s Grid* might have been higher * were to adhere to strict • they riders should ever flab • wen could not continua to is essol tmoet confidence in the ken audit was not • mere food as ea bad pawed throngli the m ee be k rag lB6 ra fyor te haa n e e t w e o lafiv f iti curr 47 " 6oo )llll .6 l7 ll4 l7 " i s ; T 1 teen.) lie expected mai* art half-year. They Mil* ante. There ems he Wei eady for any demend. mended the motion, chid a Wit , usly, without any dims*. N os e of 5 per cent. pa sum , disc v U Ays /Cf i l th l epr l mi N . : 11 0 eset NSEQ: tho le :el peening, at the Tieteey het 11 ern, touching the death of ha t Nelsonatreet, Bethealglat OD I it the deceased Irli ha! JO for some time pia it E l misbehaved himself, 06 peed for three mos* 6 lifte ige ob. : r wa t Afre a r b hh kn eewcrzo ket ereot il tnirig e ot v ii 4 „ . thi nt him with it, and thst ash ro d o y mo rning Mtn* uses downwards, in the wste 4 ell• 2 her of demised, dela* le! I ming found in the water IMPERIAL P, HOUSE OF EOHHONS.—crffle, At the morning sitting, Mr. WATKIN moved that an humble 0w.2!. seated to her Majesty, praying that she will be pleased to anus • Royal Commicsion directed castigation of the canoes which have l e d severe protracted pressure in the am. MIS and to r t e continuance for I long cege . ", minimum rate of discount of 10 per — " ea .. •I , Bank of England ; and also to invecpe a th e 1 7 vs m a affecting currency and bankii4 la the U dom, and to port what (if any) alterations h m , expedient re therein ; and further, that it be en to the commissioners to present their report g the dance taken by them oa or before the Is t Fehe nery He oonunenced by stating that inquiry was * a t be ' with a view to ascertain whether the mo which had recently occurred was 0 Z i t*. Litton, or the operation of indi enactments good in themselves. After th e premnree of 1837 1847, and 1857, inquiries bet` by committees, and hat year the house was Letts that the government would institute an inmeti v eh t the whole question of banking. An committee of the house would the subject until after next year s w teas a might enable legidation next session. Havin g the circumstances of the relent permission t es t late government to suspend the Bank Act, he such was the crisis that the Foreign fiecreasy it nammary to address • circular letter to oi preeembatices abroad explanatory of the state ci • which excited rather then allayed distinct. wee the effect of the action of the Beak Ami n Minos, even in times of panic it operated most in the profits of the bank itself. It was remit*, the amity of the pressure of a high rate of din am 7 been greater on each occasion of penis since MK 1847 the rate was 8 per cent. in 1857 it ea. oent. There might be something the that the Bank Act tended to c hick that advantage was too dearly bought by monetary convulsions which periodical ly sequence of that operation. It had been cense of the monetary panic was not the want of but of capital ; but this he contended was or there wes never • greeter amount of capital than now. [Left sitting.]