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It must, be indeed, an enthusiastic and sanguine disposition that believes in the pro bability of anything like freedom under these ausrzAces. Of course Prussia will assume the right o ,i supervising all things herself, and under her " vigorous leadership," as the official journal of Berlin has styled it, there will be no progress made in social advancement or national prosperity. The South of Germany is to have the option of forming itself into a union as an independent international body, which is doubtless considered a great boon, although what benefit it will be to them remains to be proved. The Elbe Duchies are to be annexed to Prussia with the exception of the Danish BENSON'S WATCHES. Prize Medal, 1865. BENSON'S WATCHES, sent safe by post. BENSON'S CLOCKS, manufactured by Steam Power. BENSON'S SILVER & ELECTRO-PLAT:g. Prize Medal, 1862. BENSON'S GOLD JEWELLERY. Novel and Artistic. BENSON'S ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET. fENSON, Old Bond-street and Westbourne grove. BENSON'S STEAM FACTORY, Ludgate-hill portion of Schleswig. One of the most un conscionable demands of the whole is that there should be " part payment" by Austria of the Prus sian war expenses. This is quite inconsistent, when we remember that it was Prussia who declared war in the first instance, and must thus bear the chief responsibility of the act. Besides, Prussia has been the aggressor throughout ; and if she has in curred enormous expenses, she should not grudge the cost when her gains have been so great. The maintenance of the integrity of Austria, with the exception of Venetia, is one of the con ditions. Very fine sounding, no doubt, but devoid of much foundation. No one knows better than the Prussian authorities themselves how much the proposals here made will weaken the influence of Austria, and injure her in various ways. We have not yet reached the limits of the demands of Prussia, however, when we close the chapter of her requests from Austria. Apart from these we learn that Prussia intends to annex territory con taining about three millions of inhabitants. We HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 50 m. —Afternoon, L. in , To-Monnow.-Morning, 12h. 20 n1.—Afternoon, 12h. 451 t !111 'll ALN ‘p S .4011111 LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1866 The proceedings at Hyd e P ar k l as t n i g ht cou ld not have been very satisfactory to the leaders of the Reform League, as they certainly were not very creditable to the followers, or gratifying to the rest of the community. The affair, whatever its original character, came at length to a trial of strength be tween the civil authorities and the mob, and resulted in the solution of the question whether London was to be ruled by law or by numbers. There was no fear, at any time, that any very serious consequences would ensue. Englishmen have a natural respect for the law, and respectable men of all ranks are usually prompt to combine in maintaining order, and the police are generally very careful to avoid unnecessary collisions. But it is very much to be regretted that the name and principle of Reform should be brought into disrepute, that its advocates should be associated with all the rioters and loiterers who form the larger portion of every street mob, that they should have succeeded in defying the law, in damaging the beautiful Park, and in throwing the whole western part of the metro polis into confusion for many hours. If this is a specimen of the sort of legislation which Mr. BEALES, Mr. MASON, and their colleagues think desirable, they are not very likely to convince their opponents. It is a very poor sort of logic which has to fall back upon physical force, and the first step towards gaining political liberty is appa rently the destruction of property, the infraction of law, and the infringement of the rights of others. The park belongs to the people who pay for it, say these heroes, but we have a suspicion that very few of the gentlemen who pulled down the railings and brickbatted the police had much to do with paying for the park. But allowing that each contributed their quota, how many other taxpayers of London may well ask what is to be done next, and feel surprised that anything is left to Austria at all. As for the unfortunate city of Frankfort it has, indeed, fallen upon evil days, and will long have cause to rue the day when the chances of war gave it up to the tender mercies of the Prussians. According to the last accounts received, we find that the most extortionate demands are being made upon the inhabitants to pay enormous sums to the invaders. In consequence of the refusal of the over-taxed - citizens to comply with these unwarrant• able demands, GeneraIMANTEuFFEL has shown him self in his true colours, and declares that he wil: reiterate the demand, and in the event of its meet ing with non-compliance he will deliver the two up to pillage. So much for the inauguration of the wise rule and benignan t:sway of King WILLIAM ; and how cheering an example must this afford to the North of Germany, which is to be under the military and diplomatic direction of Prussia. The consternation that exists in Frankfort may be ima gined ; many of the inhabitants are leaving it, and the Bourse and warehouses are closed. In order to intimidate the inhabitants, twenty-four cannon have been sent to a hill that commands the city. What makes this conduct still worse is that the city has already paid some immense sums to the Generals in command of the troops, and, therefore, this arbitrary course that is being pursued looks very much as if an excuse were desired for destroying the place altogether. Already there has been paid to General FALKEN STEIN six millions of florins, and to General MAN TEUFFEL the further sum of 25 million florins, and besides these enormous advances the inhabitants have had to furnish horses and provisions to a very large amount. Nearly all the newspapers in Frank fort .have been suppressed, which speaks strongly as to the policy which will be pursued by Prussia. Thdse who expect that there will lie any change for the better, compared with the tactics recently carried on in Berlin, will find themselves very much mistaken. It is a curious fact, well worthy of notice, that the Prussian Chambers, of - which we heard so much a short time ago, have not been allowed to meet. Now that the work is pretty well over, we find that an official decree, dated Brunn, has been promulgated at Berlin, in which both Houses of the Prussian Diet have been con also paid their share also, and why are they to be ex eluded from the enjoyment of a place of recreation by a noisy and boisterous crowd ? :Le droit du plus fort is the beginning and ending of the doctrine of Messrs. BEALES and MASON, and are apparently not aware that they are carrying out the doctrines of the King of PRUSSIA and Count BISMARCK. If our parks are to be given up to the demagogues, mob orators, and field preachers, who will not fail to throng there, if once the prohibition is recalled, we need not have laid them out with skill, taste, and expense. They had better be built upon and con verted into streets and squares, for if mass meetings like last night are to be the fashion there will be a serious interference with the trade of London as well as with its politics and its fashion. It is quite a new doctrine that the mob has a right to every open space, be it square, or park, or garden, and it is one which will, we fear, prove more favourable to the pickpockets than to the Reformers. No doubt Mr. BEALES, COl. DICKSON, Mr. JONES, and others sincerely regretted the riot of last night, but that does not exonerate them from blame in the mat- ter. As men of the world they might have known that it was both foolish and dangerous to convoke a meeting like the one in Hyde -park in defiance of the law, and that the men and lads who were most certain to take part in it were precisely those who would be quite beyond their control. The love of order and obedience to law which cha racterise the English working man have formed one of the strongest arguments in favour of the extension of the franchise, and such scenes as those of last evening are not very likely to support that argument. There is a good adage which tells us that none are fit to command but those who have learned to obey, and this the heads of the Reform League would do well to remember. Until they can learn to obey existing laws they are not fit to propose new ones. The plain English of the proceedings which they inaugurated last night is that they want to govern by numbers, or, in other words, by force. If the Government of the day, be it Whig or Tory, does not maintain social order, it fails in one- of its first duties. No one dreams of yoked for the 30th instant. Of course neither KING, or Minister has had any wish to hear the opinions of the representatives, and are only willing to let them assemble when any remonstrances on their part will be useless. It is certainly a relief to hear that the horrors of war are over, or, at all events, nearly so ; lint, at the same time, we cannot see any cause for satisfaction at the charges wrought in Germany. The old things that have passed away needed no doubt to be relinguished, but the new order of things that are to success them is by no means pro mising. Nothing that has no true foundation can be expected to have a permanent existence or to flourish, and while wrong and usurpation are the ruling spirits in the Berlin Government, no one h a s a right to suppose that their efforts will be crowned with success, or conduce to the well-being of the States they govern. The alteration - which the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed last evening in the Budget of his predecessor was received with general favour. However just and reasonable was Mr. GLADSTONE'S suggestion for the reduction of the .National Debt, there were many doubts even at the date of the proposal whether it was a suitable and conve nient time for carrying out those intentions. Sub sequent events have more, than confirmed this opinion, since, in the presence of continental disturbances it is evident that this country should be fully prepared for any casualty, however desirous she may be to keep out of war. Men of all parties agree in the necessity of an immediate outlay for the equipment of our troops and the increase of our navy, and therefore it is certainly unwise to select a period of such heavy exceptional expenses for the settlement of long-pending claims. A rash and reckless system of expenditure is very much to be deprecated, and we have had, and still have, a great deal too much money spent in many public departments. But it would be a very poor saving to impair our national defences, and to run the risk of having to send .our troops to battle with an inferior gun, or our sailors to an armed engagement in ships that are unequal to those of other nations. Austria has paid dearly enough for her mistake, and although many other circumstances have helped to cripple her strength, the battle of Sadowa is a warning to us as well as to others. The action of the Government in con verting ourEnfield;rifies into breech-loaders has met with general favour, and will certainAlyddnedot b to e condemned as a nee dl ess outlay. this expense there were supplementary estimates of £200,000, which the late Government were about to bring forward, and these, added to a quarter of a million necessitated by the alteration of the guns, the additional expense s t o t h e sum of i br 4 i 9 13 5 g , s p oo u o. The £502,500 proposed to be devoted to the Terminable Annuities offered therefore a very tempting means of getting out of the difficulty, and however sincerely Mr. DISRAELI may lament that his first act should be the ungracious one of proposing an addition to the Budget, he may be thankful that he has so easy a way out of the labyrinth, since the imposition of new or increased taxes would be a far more denying the right of public meeting, and if any Minister dared to do so there are plenty of men in the House of Commons Who would call them to ac- count, and, if need be, remove them from their offices ; but the idea of the League monopolising the very Park in which meetings are forbidden by general consent is simply ridiculous. The chief matter of regret about last evening's performances is the discredit which it will bring on the cause of Reform, and for this Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. BEALES, and others, may thank themselves. If these are the best arguments they can bring to convince the upper and middle classes of the improved legis lation likely to follow the extension of the franchise they are not very likely to obtain their object. Working men who wisely held aloof from such an ill-judged and foolish proceeding may well feel justly indignant at such disturbances being asso ciated with their name. If the Parks are to obtain the for which they are preserved—the health ob ltha iec nd t recreation of all classes of the commu nity—Parliament must see that they are strictly kept for that purpose, and not suffer them to become in- stead a source of public disorder and annoyance. The preliminaries of Peace now engage attention, and the news from Paris seems re-assuring in that important respect. Those who anticipated that Prussia would show any moderation must have been very much disappointed when they read the con ditions she has made, and upon whose fulfilment depends the ratification of peace. As to talking of any consideration being shown, we do-not see how Prussia could have asked for more, especially when France was a sort of arbiter to judge between the contending parties. Of course we were all aware that Austria's exclusion from the new Confederation would be the chief object in view, but it now ap pears that there are many other things that must be obtained by the arbitrary Government of Berlin before the affair is settled. So far as we can judge from the outlines afforded us in the programme, Prussia will gain an immense accession of power by these conditions, and Who can say how she will use that power ? The North of Germany is to form a union under the military and diplomatic direction invidious task. Mr. GLADSTONE, of course, offered no opposition to this arrangement, only reserving to himself the right of renewing his proposal to liqui date the National Debt next session. The principle of reducing the national liabilities is undoubtedly a sound one, but it will be only prudent and reason able to defer such an attempt until we have a clear and decided surplus. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The illoniteur says :—" It is very difficult to un derstand the positions occupied by the Bth Federal Corps, commanded by Prince Alexander of Hesse, for the Prussians have entered Darmstadt and the north of the Grand Duchy of Baden without en countering any resistance. It is possible that from Waldurn, which it occupied at the last accounts, the Bth Corps may have marched to join the Ba varian army encamped at Wurtzburg. The head quarters of the King of Prussia are still at Nikols burg, where the negotiations are proceeding for the suspension of hostilities." The following is from the Siecle :—" Should the proposal for an armistice end in nothing, we wish to remark, that our correspondent with the Prus sian army, whose information, has hitherto proved so correct, expresses a doubt upon a most important fact. The Austrian army of the North had the time to retreat to Vienna or Presbourg, that is to say, upon the line of the Danube, before the Prus sians succeeded in establishing themselves upon the railway line of Olmutz, Hraditch, Lundenbourg, and Vienna. The Bth Corps only occupied Olmutz, with the usual garrison of that place. The military situation of Austria is sensibly improved by this fact. There is no longer any doubt that she - has now at disposal at least 200,000 men, either at the camp of Florisdorf or behind the river." The Presse of Vienna says :—" With all the energy of a deep conviction, and with patriotic candour, that if the struggle, which comprises the existence of the Austrian Empire, should continue, it ought'to be, not for German unity, but uniquely and solely for the integrity of the Austrian monarchy." Reports of all sorts are abundant. One which seems to require confirmation is, that Austria is in a very pacific mood, and is ready not only to accept the proposals of France, but to consent to the creation of a Confederation of which Prussia would be the head, and from which she herself would be excluded. Nevertheless, some of the German papers seem to be resigned to the humiliating idea that Austria should henceforward be excluded from the German Confederation. The Opinions Nationale argues that there ought to be a radical solution of the German difficulty, and that Prussia and Austria should never again be allowed to draw the sword in order to endeavour to obtain, either one or the other, preponderance in Germany. Some of the other Paris papers call for a dissolution of the old Germanic Confederation and the construction of a new Confederation from which Austria should be excluded. It is La Liberte, always wild, furious, and Quixotic, which chiefly argues in this strain. On the other hand, several Paris papers emphatically call upon Austria not to accept any conditions incompatible with its claims as a Christian Empire, a free State, and a Power indispensable to the balance of European limits, and to engage in more combats rather than humiliate herself in her own esteem and that of the world generally. An odd freak is mentioned of a young man who, in a fit of somnambulism, jumped out of the first floor window of the house where he lived in the Rue Coquilliere at two o'clock in the morning. He was dressed, or rather undressed, only in his shirt and flannel waistcoat. His first visit was to the Bank, which is near his own street, but the sentinel, not expecting such a visitor, particularly at that hour, rather roughly repulsed him. He then walked near the Halle, which is crowded with carts at almost all hours, but he crossed as carefully as if he hal been awake. A passer-by gave him a shake, which brought him to his recollection,and a severe pain in his leg reminded him. also that he must have hurt himself in jumping out of the window. For some time he has been in the habit of walking about in his sleep. A Municipal Museum is to be established in Paris, which, besides other valuable collections, will com prise Anglo-American rare books, pictures, and other works of art. Among the things of note it will contain the missal of Juvenal des Ursins, pur chased five years ago at the sale of Prince Saltikoff by Fermin Didot, the bookseller, on account of the City of Paris, for 35,000 fr. Reading-rooms will established at the museum. The Constitutionnel complains bitterly of the Journal del Debats, because it is not satisfied with remarks made in the English Legislature upon the new Extradition Bill, with which it says the French Government is perfectly contented. The new Eng lish Ministry, it adds, like the last, acknowledges the justice of the motives which induced the French Government to denounce the last treaty. " The new bill has no other object than to remove the difficulties which heretofore existed." The Union, a religious journal, under the head o Affecting preparation for baptism" has the fol• lowing :—" A New Zealand chief, the husband of 12 wives, went to a missionary and begged him to receive him into the body of the Church through baptism. The missionary told the chief that Chris- tianity forbade polygamy, and that he could only baptise him if he were the husband of one woman. The chief withdrew, filled with melancholy. Two months afterwards he returned to the missionary. "My father," said the chief of a savage tribe, now supposing himself to be blessed with the grace of Heaven, " I can be baptised now." "And your wives," said the missionary, " what have_ you done with them ?" The savage replied with a smile, " I have eaten them all, father." Upon this the savage was baptised in the new faith. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegram was received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) at 6.26 p.m. on July 23, from Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com pany (Limited) " VALENTIA, July 23. 6 p.m.—The following telegram has been re ceived from the Great Eastern this day :—Noon, ship's time, July 23. Canning to Glass. Lat. 50.16 N., long. 42.16 W. Cable payed out 1,345.24 miles. Distance run, 1,196.9 miles. Insulation and continuity perfect, Insulation improved 30 per cent, since starting." GREAT FIRE IN ST. GEORGE'S- IN-THE-EAST.-- Shortly before one o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, a fear ful fire occurred in the extensive range of premises be longing to Mr. W. Hogg, pastry cook and confectioner, carrying on business at 85, 86, and 87, St. George's-street, East. The discovery was made by a police-constable of the H division, who at once sounded the necessary alarm, and the inmates having been aroused some of them were enabled to effect their escape in safety, but four of the re sidents were unable to leave the second floor on account of the heated smoke and the flames ascending with such fury up the staircase. Conductors Douglas and Kelley arrived with the Royal Society's escapes from St. George's and Shadwell stations, when Kelley succeeded in saving the life of Mr. M'Neil from the second floor of No. 85. Conductor Douglas also at great risk managed to save the life of Mrs. E. M. Turner, aged 52, but not until she was nearly suffocated by the heated smoke. He also placed another male and a female into the canvas and brought them down in safety. Had it not been for the prompt attendance of the conductors the whole four persons must have perished. The laud steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co. wore soon in attendance, and a plentiful supply of the East London Company's water having been obtained the engines were called into full operation, but some hours elapsed before the flames could be extinguished, and not until N 0.86 was burnt out ; N 0.85 have also the 2d and 3d floors burnt out, and No. 87 has the upper floors destroyed. Th e sa l vage corps under Mr. S wan t on also s u T nd h f p e r r o e p r e , property . e e rs to to ta o l d, lo N s y s as is in v s e u rY red c . on attended, and w ere th e means of saving a vas t amount o f The e ra o b ri l g e in o T f htehesfiurfe is unknown. ANOTHER. BIG BET. —O n Saturday evening last an even bet of £50,000 was laid at one of tho West-end clubs on Hermit against the Palmer for next year's Derby. LA TEST INTEL LIGENOE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE. PARIS, July 23. The folio wing despatch from the Minister of the Interior has been posted up this afternoon : " Austria has accepted the preliminaries of peace admitted by Prussia. The Plenipotentiaries have rssembled at the Prussian head-quartersin order to 'negotiate an armistice. The definitive reply of Italy is expected, but that Power has already admitted in principle the preliminaries of peace." The preliminaries of peace proposed by Prussia, and approved by Franc; are as follows : Austria to recognise the dissolution of the former German Bund and the organisation ;of a new Con federation from which she would be excluded. The North of Germany to form a union under the military and diplomatic direction of Prussia. The optional formation of a union of South Ger many as an independent international body. National bonds between these two Unions. The annexation of the Elbe Duchies to Prussia, with the exception of the Danish portion of Schles- Part payment by Austria of the Prussian war expenses. The maintenance of the integrity of Austria, with the exception of 'Venetia. These conditions have been submitted by France to Austria, who has already agreed to the first point, excluding her from the Germanic Confedera tion to be re-organised, by Prussia. Apart from the demands submitted to Austria, Prussia intends to annex territory containing about 3,000,000 of inhabitants. PARIS, July 24. The Moniteur of this morning announces that Italy has agreed to the suspension of hostilities. FLORENCE, July 23. Baron Ricasoli has left here for Ferrara. The Italie of to-day says—" We can state on good authority that Prussia has not called upon Italy to sign an armistice. The Prussian Minister in this country is only charged to negotiate with Italy the bases of the proposed suspension of hos tilities. No armistice can be concluded unless agreed to by both the allied Powers." FRANKFORT, July 23 (Evening.) _ . The town of Frankfort has not yet paid the con tribution demanded by the Prussian commandant. The inhabitants have invoked the intercession of England and France for their petition to the King of Prussia to diminish the amount of the contribu- QUARANTINE AT MALTA. MALTA, July 23. A quarantine of 15 days is now imposed upon al arrivals from Liverpool and Marseilles. The public health in Malta is satisfactory. SPAIN, MADRID, July 23d (Evening). A Royal decree has been issued ordering the an ticipatory payment of the taxes due in the next six and twelve months. These taxes must be paid in advance on the sth of August and sth of November next. The official Gazette says that the Government regrets that it is compelled to take this measure on account of the public requirements and the state of monetary affairs. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 23.—Two o'clock.---Considerable activity was imparted to the market at the opening by the publication of the notice from the Minister of, the Interior to the effect that Italy had signified her adhesion to the proposed armistice, in principle ; and that the negociations were being conducted by the Austrian and Prussian .Plenipotentiaries at the Prussian head-quarters. The animation which im- Mediately followed the promulgation of this news has since, however, to a certain extent, subsided, speculators manifesting much reluctance to enter into extensive engagements whilst the definitive re ply of Italy remains at all uncertain. Thus, Three per Cents., for the Account, which were first quoted with an advance of 37ic., have since receded to 69f. 40c., making an advance on Saturday of 74c., whilst Italian Fives, which at once made a rebound of 90c., have gone back to 56f. 35c., reducing the advance to 15c. Credit Mobilier Shares have im proved lf. 25c.—viz., to 677 f. 25c., and Comptoir d'Escompte, 10f.—to 895 f. Credit Foncier remain unvaried at 1,320 f. In Railway Shares Orleans has L. advanced sf. ; Lyons and Northern, if. 25c. each ; Austrian sf. ; and Lombard, 2f. 50c. Mexi can Bonds are in good demand at 195 f. A decline of per cent. is telegraphed on English Consols. Three o'clock.—The market became weaker to wards the close, and left off at the following quota- tion s : per Lents 97 Bank Shares 3550 Italian Loan 55 50 Do. end month 55 40 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — --- Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - lIALLWAYS. Do, and month — _ 3 per Cents. 69 05 Do. end month 69 15 Credit Mobilier ... 670 Do. end month ... 665 Credit Foucier Do. end month 1293 • For Account. Orleans 865 Northern 1125 Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 Southern 527 50 Western — Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 390 North of Spain lO5 Saragossa 127 50 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman — 530 - Agricultural Prospects. Last week opened ;with a hot day, thick and threatening at times, but with no rain. Monday was fine, with a cool breeze from the north-east ; thermometer 68 deg. in the forenoon, but later in the day it touched 75 deg. ; barometer 30.10 inches. Our advices from Surrey stated : " Such has been the heat of the weather the last 10 days that the crops have progressed to maturity as quickly as I ever remember." Sussex and Hampshire says :—" Our farmers are hacking (cutting) their peas and mowing their winter oats. Next week they will be reaping their Talavera wheat and mowing their early pieces of barley. My nearest neighbour has cut, carried, and thrashed his trifolium seed, and very fine it is." Tuesday was again a favourable day, and hay-mak . ing progresses as fast as hands can be secured. Our advices bearing that date from Suffolk furnish the following information : "Many complaints were made to-day of the wheat crops, especially off the heavy-land farms, and many of those gentlemen are greatly discouraged as to the yield as well as the quality, as much of the crop is what they call nickled down, the straw broken by the storms, and the ear downwards." From another part of thesame county: " The weather is wonderfully forcing, and with a continuance we shall have wheat cutting in three weeks. Wednesday was a fine day, with rather more sun than on the previous two days." From the West Riding of Yorkshire our advices state : " The weather continues all that could be desired for the growing crops, and generally they look healthy and good. Hay -making is progressing favourably, the crops various, but moderately good on the whole, and got up comparatively with little expense. Turnips vary much, and are not yet out of danger." From the east coast of Scot land on that day our advices remarked : " The weather is still all that can be desired for the grow ing corn ; rain, however, is still wanted." On the est coast it was remarked—" The weather has been hot and forcing." Thursday was a fine day, with oc casional clouds, but no rain, and hay went up well in all directions, The 40 ices from ,Berkshire stated " We shall be reaping winter oats in the course of next week. The wheat will not be ready for the sickle for another fortnight ; the crop is variously spoken of, but I am certain it will be below an ave rage in our neighbourhood." From Suffolk, near the coast, our information stated—" We continue to have favourable weather for our crops, which are coming on nicely for harvest, the cool atmosphere of the past few days having checked any tendency to premature ripeness. The barometer falls slightly, a little rain now would not be unacceptable." From the interior of the same county it was written— " With a week of fine summer weather all our crops are progressing rapidly, and wheat cutting in all probability will commence within a fortnight." From Essex, in the neighbourhood of Saffron Walden, our advices stated—" A large crop of hay, well secured. Corn promises well, but many plots are ripening prematurely." From Warwickshire the same day it was remarked—" Weatherhas been uninterruptedly fine, and excessively hot during the week. _Hay har vest, though somewhat later than usual, is now pro gressing rapidly, crops being generally larger than was anticipated. The corn is changing colour, and we may look for harvest to commence in about three weeks." From Surrey on the same day it was writ ten—" The crops have ripened in Surrey, Sussex, and Hants even more rapidly than I anticipated in my last. The Talavera wheat that I then spoke of the farmer commenced reaping on Monday last, the 16th inst., and, if he could have got hands enough, would perhaps have got some of it thrashed and sent to Guildford market on Saturday next. It was his intention to have done so, but he could not spare enough hands for the work, having so much to do ; in fact, our farmers are in a fix to get labourers enough just now." Friday was a dry day, colder in the morning, but warm again in the afternoon. Our advices from the West Riding stated :—" The crops are all progressing favourably;" and from the East Riding--" The weather is very fine and dry, and harvest now makes rapid progress." From Devonshire it was stated—" Weather con tinues very hot; some pieces of corn have been cut and new oats and barley showing in the market many will cut wheat next week if the weather con tinues fine." From Lincolnshire it was remarked " The weather of late has been excessively hot, and corn comes on fast and promisingly. Rain would, however, do good, especially to barley, which on thin soils is changing colours too rapidly—that is to say, iu one field you have two colours, part green and part ripening prematurely. By all these ac counts people appear agreed that general harvest will be in full swing in about three weeks, with a continuance of favourable weather ; meantime early patches will go on of 'Talavera wheat, winter oats, and barley, with peas, and samples of these may be seen at market during the next week."—Mark lane Express. The Riots at Memphis. The accounts from the Southern States are 89 contradictory that it is not easy to tell what the ex act position is of the lately enfranchised freedmen. Enough, however, transpires to show that through.. out the far South, and in many of the large cities, a system of intolerable persecution is being inaugu rated—a system so atrocious that no measures how ever strong the Abolitionist can press on the Repub lican party, tending to crush the monstrous cruelty, will be considered by Christendom too severe. It is the impunity which attends these outrages on the negro race that make the scenes so black, and encourages' massacres which shock humanity. The Governor of a great British Dependency may con sider himself lucky if he escapes being hanged for having, under a form of trial, illegally executed a coloured subject of great Britain. This nation rose indignantly, and Exeter-hall thundered denuncia tions against public officers who went far beyond the bounds of justice and moderation in suppressing a thug° conspiracy against their lives and property on the part of their negro fellow-subjects. English people forget that the same feelings which actuate them move their descendants in the New England States, and other Northern communities, to express in unmeasured terms their detestation of cowardly cruelty and oppression —to legislate with a strong hand for their suppression —and to force on the Exe cutive adequate measures for the object. It is im possible to read the Report of the Commissioners despatched to inquire into the riot at Memphis without feelings of the deepest indignation. For four days we see a city given up to plunder, incen diarism, and murder. The mob, aided and abetted by the police—incited to further enormities by one of the highest officials—the chief magistrate, either drunk, or feigning to be drunk—and the general officer, expressly appointed to protect the victims, helpless without a force, and narrowly escaping the destruction which had overwhelmed the people he was there to guard. We see the loyal inhabitants, whose minds revolted at such barbarism, themselves subjected to indignity,, and threatened with expul sion ; the press aiding and excusing the rioters, and not one step taken after the lapse of weeks to bring to justice the mid-day murderers of more than 30 fellow-citizens. If the Report of these Commissioners is to be believed, the scene at Memphis was no fight between the low white and black inhabitants ; it was a simple massacre of a helpless and unresisting population ; it was a con suming fire that burnt out for lack of materials to prey on ; it was a causeless, senseless, diabolical' outrage, which would have disgraced the darkest age, and to which fit parallels can only be seen in history, as the result of the strongest prejudices, and the deepest religiow‘ fanaticism. It is the duty of the European press to strengthen the hands of the North by stigmatising such scenes as they deserve--by making the names of the officials who led, and who tacitly allowed such barbarities, infamous in all civilised lands. Well may the negroes mourn over the memory of their murdered President—the great and good Abraham Lincoln, the instrument under Divine Providence who shook the fetters from their arms ; but Andrew Johnson should not forget the task he accepted when Governor of Tennessee. "Looking at this vast crowd of coloured people," he exclaimed, " and reflecting through what a storm of persecution and obloquy they are com pelled to pass, I am almost induced to wish that, as in the days of old, a Moses might arise, who who should lead them safely to their Promised Land of Freedom and Happiness." " You are our Moses " shouted several voices, and the exclamation was caught up and cheered till the capital rang. " God," continued the speaker, " no doubt has prepared somewhere an instrument for the great work he designs to perform on behalf of this outraged people, and in due time a leader will come forth, a Moses will be revealed to you." "We want no Moses but you," again shouted the crowd. " Well, then," replied Andrew Johnson, " humble and unworthy as I am, if no better shall be found, I will indeed be your Moses, and lead you through the Red Sea of war and bondage to a fairer future of liberty and peace." Andrew Johnson has a gigantic task before him. Few of us can appreciate the enormous difficulties with which he has to contend. Few of us can fully understand the means by which he hopes to perform the solemn promise he there made. His measures may not appear to us directly to lead to such an object, and we must not forget that the children of Israel passed to their Promised Land through forty years of suffering in the Desert, and that their leader was only permitted to get a glimps3 of the country which Providence :had marked out for his followers. There are those who believe that the President's heart has failed him in the task ; that he has fallen off from the stern resolve required for the weary struggle. Bat we do not believe this. We believe Andrew Johnson to be a Patriot--with his heart fixed on the grand object of Reconstructing the Union, of giving to the South—the Law, Peace, Order, and Equal Rights of the North. It is no fault of his if slavery has so degraded a large section of the citi- zens he rules, that nothing but years of patient legislation and strong government can elevate the lawless people into the highest task of a civilised community—that of governing its own passions.— dinglo-American Times. Court Ciro Tar HER MAJESTY. OSB 0 RNE, Monday. Divine service was performed yesterday, by the Itev. Geo. Prothero, before the Queen, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prince Beatrice. The Ladies and Gentl emen i n W a i t i ng were present. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Princess Leopold and Prin cess Beatrice also went out. The Hon. Mrs. Wellesley has left Osborne. Her Majesty the Queen will hold a Council at Osborne, on Thursday next, at one o'clock. - , 11. - The Prince and Princess of Wales. Yesterday afternoon their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Edin burgh, and the two infant Princes, Albert Victor and George, attended by Major Grey, the Hon• E. Yorke, and the Countess of Morton, left Marl borough House, on a visit to the Queen at Osborne• wig. ;iOl3. Coolie Slaves. An interesting paper has been published in the Alta California, giving an account of the infamous coolie traffic, which it terms the slave-trade of the 19th century. The statement is made by a Captain Gustave Gerlott, who lately commanded a ves sel engaged in the inhuman traffic. The business is mainly in the hands of a large company, organise d under the laws of Peru, and known by the corporat e name of " Compania Mariana del Peru." Il ia Company owns five American-built ships, whic h , sail under the Peruvian fl ag . I n consequence °I the war between Spain and Peru these vessels noW fly the Portuguese ensign. The trade is carried on between Macao and Callao. The coolies are ob tained at Shanghai and Canton, half the shipments being made from each depot. These depots are large hulks moored in the harbours of the ports named and fitted up as " gambling hells" on the most extensive scale. The Chinaman's unconquerabl e weakness—the love of gambling—is the bait by which he is caught. People are employed to entice the most ignorant on board, when money is lent to them to try their luck, and, when once embarked , few ever escape. Macao is a Portuguese port on the coast of China, and the entrapped coolies are there collected in barracoons, guarded by Porta guese soldiers. They are allowed to pass the time in gambling, or spend the little money they get in opium till the ship arrives, when they leave for ever the Celestial Empire. However infamous th is plan of entrapping ignorant peasants, the ruffians who conduct the traffic are far from confining their operations to so peaceful a system. All manner of kidnapping is resorted to. Fishing junks are boarded, sword and pistol in hod' the crew seized and the boats sunk. Village are taken at the point of the bayonet, and the eulj vators carried by force into slavery. Scenes too horrible for belief result from this Peruvian trade. The coolies rise on their oppressors, who remain armed to the teeth, with their li ves in their hands. These revolts, if unsuccessful, are sin' pressed with reckless cruelty and an appalling loss of life. We remember a few years ago the Gover nor of Hongkong seizing a vessel that put into that port engaged in this traffic. In spite of the precau tions taken on board some clue of the ship's pre ceedings had been conveyed to the police, and in consequence a force went on board and received the depositions of the people they termed passengers . A tale, which made the Governor's hair stand on end with horror, was the result. It appeared that a small vessel, employed on the coast as a tender to the larger ship, had forcibiy seized on all the stray inhabitants they could find till they had filled the hold. The kidnapped coolies, on being carried out to sea, had, we presume, attempted a rising• However this may be, the vessel was some time after picked up, a wreck, and on opening th e hatches the bodies of the coolies were found float': ing about, and a close examination proved that had been shot with musketry, and the remainde r had been drowned in the hold with the hatches bat tened down, and the vessel scuttled. When th e coolies are embarked at Macao every precautio n is taken to prevent a rising. Half the number ar e from Northern ports, and half from Southern, he" tweea. whom there is little sympathy. A few at 3. time only are allowed on deck, and indeed all the - horrors of the " Middle Passage" are reproduced on this voyage. Sometimes the coolies succeed in capturing the ship, and then but little quarter la given by them to their oppressors. Now and then a tragic tale goes the round of the papers when some of these dark scenes struggle into light. T he vessel heads for Havannah, Callao, or the Chin"- chas, and, if successful in landing the larger por tion of her Cargo, the run is extremely profi t " able. With each coolie a contract has been entere d into specifying both pay and period of service, bu t these contracts are mere waste paper. The cooli e who has toiled for six long years tells his employer that his time is up, and he is met by the exclama" tion —" Time up ! you have not been here slg " months ; go back to your work, or it will be worse " for you ;" and as thereis no Chinese Consul to whom to appeal, the coolie goes back to life-long slavery with a sigh of despair. This traffic should not b ° confounded with the legitimate emigration fro' China and India. The Aust ra li as h ave l eg islated in vain to protect the country f rom an i nroa d 01 , Celestials. A profitable passenger traffic is carried on between Hongkong and these gold-producing colonies, and the Chinese emigrants pay a price for the transport. Indeed all the islands to the south of Asia are being overrun by Chinamen' and it is probable that the legitimate passenger' trade in force aids the agents of the Peruvian Cow' . pany in decoying away their victims. MARKETS.—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £5 Os to £6 6s ; n e1 " ). do., £3 10s to £5 ss; old clover, £4 15s o_l7 Ds Od °Z do., £3 10s to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per lo a " Trade firm. CUMBEILLAND.—OId meadow hay, £5 5s to £6 65 °c . l ! new do, £3 lOs to £5 5s ; old clover, £4 15s to £7 Os Oci: . new do., £3 lOs to £5 15s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 1 0 $ P er load. A steady demand. WMTECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £5 58 to 6s Od; , new do., £3 lOs to £5 5s ; old clover, £4 15s to £7 Os 0a; new do., £3 lOs to £5 los ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 108 P er load. Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very quiet, operations 011 the part of the Trade having been deferred until to-c llO when a rather large quantity of China produce will ))t) offered. SUGAR.--A good demand has prevailed, and in sonic , ill ; stances enhanced prices are current. In the Refinedgia l° 4. the small quantity of goods on offe r t en d s t o k e ep uP Pr ice o - ; COFFEE._—There has been a very fair demand for suP ell- d, qualities,inotwithstanding the large quantity lately diEr se of by importers, and full rates are readily obtained. RICE.—A very limited business has been done, and In few instances at slightly reduced rates. CHARLES FREDERICK HUTH, Esq., is the gentle man recommended by the Court of Directors of the Bat of England to fill the vacancy in the di r ection occasio ned by the retirement of the Bight Honourable Stephen Card. THE NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—The new Queen 0. Counsel, Mr. Charles Pollock and Sir George Hony ol3-n r of the Home Circuit, Mr. W. A. Mundell, of the Parlity mentary bar and the Home Circuit, and Mr. J. Dickens °ll j of the Chancery bar, will be sworn iu before tho l4°r Chancellor, in his private room, at the House of Lords, s half-past four to-clay. Sir Hugh Rose, who had been at first inclined to take his title from the river Betwa, the scene of a brilliay operation in his Central India campaign, has determine; upon consideration, to assume the title of Strathunir from an ancient seat of his family, the Roses of liilrroinct: '' near Inverness. f We have reason to believe that Mr. Morris, • for for Galway, has been appointed Solicitor-Gene ral Ireland. THE TEA TRADE, July 23.—The deliveries !I; London, estimated for the week, were £1,003,5621b, wbv `shows a decrease of 346,9311 b. as compared With the PI vious statement. ~~: ^~~ Co] il t i ua; I I. i blot Moc Nem PO; D I Rust I), tarci Spa/ D c gp 11] D o Va ne Do ki s «, 1 3.31 g ‘i 16,4 Zo. C ons( Do,