The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-11 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. The stock markets have been favourably influenced by the political news received to-day. A,s it is thought not improbable that the war may be brought to a more speedy termination than was at one time thought pro bable, a reaction has set in in the markets, and to-day the tendency of the quotations has been decidedly upwards. Consols have advanced per cent., the closing quotations being 90k, 914 for money, and 91, 91i for the account ; Reduced and New Three per Cents are 91, 91i ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem. ; Bank stock, 233, 235; India stock, 203, 205; India Five per Cents, 108, 109; India bonds, par to ss. prem. ; Metropolitan Board of Works 3,1 per Cent Stock, 89, 91. Colonial Government securities have been in fair re quest, and the quotationi have ruled firm. Canada, 1001 to 101 ; New Zealand Consols, 95 to 952 ; Victoria, 1894, 98k to 98. Home railway stocks have ruled very firm, at an ave rage rise of 1 per cent. Speculative purchases are now more frequent, the disturbances on account of the recent many failures having in some degree subsided. Great Western Consols, Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and North-Western, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Metropolitan, Midland, North Eastern, and Shropshire Union are 1 per cent. better, South Devon and South- Eastern have risen 6, and South-Eastern Deferred 2 per cent. The principal movement in the market for foreign rail ways is a rise of in Great Luxembourg and Lombardo- Venetian, which have closed at 11, 111, and 14k, 15 respectively ; Erie Railway Shares protected" left off at 16, 17 ; and Illinois Central Railway shares at 101, 103. Foreign bonds have been in active demand, and a great part of the recent decline in prices has been recovered. Brazilian of 1865 are 2 better ; Buenos Ayres, 1; Chilian, 1; Egyptian (1864), 1; ditto (1868). 2; New Grenada, I; Peruvian (1865), 1; Portuguese, I; Russian (1866), 1; Spanish (1867 and 1869), ; Turkish (1854, 1858, and 1865) Five per Cents., 1; ditto (1862), 2 ; and Turkish (1869), 1 better. Five-Twenty Bonds have recovered 2, on the proba bility of the suspension of the Continental shipments. Ten-Forty Bonds are 1 per cent, better. More firmness has been apparent in the market for joint-stock bank shares, and the tendency of prices has been upwards. Imperial Ottoman Bank shares have sold at 11i ; London and Joint-stock, 32 ; London and West minster, 59; Union of Australia, 44 The dealings in telegraph shares have not been exten sive, but values generally have been supported. British Indian Submarine have marked 64 ; Indo-European 13-1 ; French Cables 14k. In the market for miscellaneous securities little anima tion has been apparent, and the quotations are without material alteration. Hooper's telegraph 3 ; International Finance 3; National Discount 11, 11k, Ocean Marine 19; Telegraph Construction 22f, 22k. The money market has continued dull to-day, and the tendency of the discount quotations is towards lower rates. It is believedthat the recent - rise will prevent further large shipments of bullion to the continent. Notwithstanding the fact that the rate of the Bank of France has been advanced to six per cent., to-day there was a limited supply of paper offering. Nevertheless brokers still de manded 5-/ per cent. for short bills. The silver market is very flat, there being no demand for export. Standard bars are quoted at 69-id. 60i per oz. £105,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bank to-day, and £50,000 in sovereigns from Canada. The balance in favour of the Bank for the week is £500,000. Telegraphic advices from Melbourne, dated July 17, state that the Geelong had left for Galle, with £453,000 in bullion, and £98,625 in sovereigns. The Suffolk had left with £9,500 for London direct. The Mooltan has left Galle with £338,000 in Australian gold. It is now ascertained that the recent statements o! %he. intended exportation of gold by the respective houses of Hirsch, Bisehoffshein, Oppenhein, &0., are entirely with out foundation in truth ; but it is difficult to see how such exports could, in justice, be prohibited so long as they were conducted in the ordinary course of trade. Advices from Rotterdam announce the destruction, by fire of the entire cargo of tea brought by the Bristow. The insurances were effected in the local offices. The report of the Brazilian Street Railway Company (limited), to be presented on the 19th inst., states tie profit on the half-year's working to have been equal to nearly 14 per cent., and recommends a dividend at the rate of 12i per cent. per annum, which will absorb £3,654, leaving £524 to be carried forward. The Levant Herald states:—" We regret to announce that, owing to the present commercial crisis, the much respected Galata lino. of Messrs. John Seager and Co. has been obliged to suspend payment. The liabilities of the house--whose business lay chiefly in the wool trade with Yorkshire—are said to be considerable, and it is feared that more than one other local firm maybe brought down with it." Notice has been given by the Bank of England that holders of stock wishing to receive their dividends by post must make applicotion before the Ist of September, in order to have the October dividend transmitted in that manner. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 901 911 Vict 5p c Jan & July 1894. 98 100 904, f, 1,4, 1 4 984, 8 Do for Account 904, 1,1, 1,4, 14 884, 71, 9, 90, 89/ Three per Cent Reduced 91 911 Egyptian, 1862, 7pc .. .. 80 82 903, 1, 11, 904, 11 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 94 96 New 3 per Cent 904, 4, 4. 4, li, 901, 14 791 Exchequer Bills, March par, spm Peruvian, 1865, 5p c ss. pm 844, 34, 41 Do, June par, spm Po r tuguese, 1869, 3 p c.. 274 284 ss. prem 274 Bank Stock - - Russian, 1862, 5 p c.. .. 84 86 235, 3 844, 5 India 5 per Cents - - Do Nicolas 4p c 1081, 8 66, 5, 6 India Bonds - -- Spanish, 1867, 3pc Can Spa Jan&JulylB77-84 101 103 251, 1,4, 6 1001, 14, Do, 1869, 3p c Do March & Sept. 102 105 251, 5,4, 5, 4 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 91 93 Turkish. 1854, 6p c Bl 83 2 Do Inscribed Stock .. 90 92 Do, 1865, 811 sp 0 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 93 95 40, 394, 401, 394, 401, 4, 1 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865, 6p c - - November 1878 lO6 108 59, 8 Mauritius 6p c Jan and U.S. 5-20 Bonds. 6p c 1882 861 86/ July 1873 lOl 103 Wk, 4. 51, 64, 1, 4 New SWales 5p clB7l-76 98 100 Do do 1885 854 861 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO5 108 85, 4 Do 5p c Do 5p c Consolidated 94 96 82, 4 944, 4, 1 Erie Sha, 100 dole, all paid - - Do 6p c Mar & ept 1891 105 108 Illinois Central Shares . , 101 103 Do June & Dec 1891 104 107 1014, 1004. 2 Vict 6p c Jan & July 1891 108 111 Atlantic and GW R Con DoApril & Oct 1883-85 lOB 110 Mortgage Bonds 2O 22 1094, 10 204, 20, 4 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter BO 82 Do Ist Pref Bonds Caledonian 723, 3 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Eastern 313, 3, 23 Do 3rd Pref Stock Great Northern 116, 17, 16, 18 4th Prat Stock 16 18 Do A 1211 121 123 163, 16, 3 Great Western 64 65 Great Indian Pen g 5 p o 10331043 1033, 41, 33, 2 63, 3, 43 Lancashire & Yorkshi re 126 128 Great Western of Canada 133 133- 1263, 7 Do 6p c 133 3 Bonds. 1873.. 97 99 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 34 35 Do 53 do, 1877-8 95 97 343, 5 Do 5 p c pref, issued 80par 2 pm at Lou, Ch, and Dover .. 13 14 Madras guar s'p c . 6 Railway of Canada,lol 103 Ton and l3t N N Bonds ;!North-Western 12331243 P c Ist Pref 1233, 3, 4 87 Lon and South-Western 85 87 Oude and Rohilkund g 861, 7 5 pO . . i6i, . i Man, Shef, and Lincoln 40 42 39, 83. 91 Scinde, Punjaub, and Metropolitan 65 67 Delhi gua r 5e f odi . , - 1. . . 100 102 Midl an d 12331243 1011, 1233, 3, 4 Bahia and San Francisco North British North-Eastern Consols 133 1 3 4 ll 1331 I 4 31, 42 Belgian E Junction 13 2 , , South-Eastern 67 62 Buenos Ayres Gt &run. • 22 24 66, 73 Dunaburg and Witepsk 16 1? Atlantic and St Lawrnco 75 80 Dutch-Rhenish 2l 23 Bombay, Baroda, and Eastern of France l9 21 Central India, g 5 I, c.. 101 103 Great Luxembourg 1013 103. 113 Buff & Lake Huron Fret 33 d Lemberg Ozernowitzgua Do 53 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 7 p c 143 151 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c lO2 104 Northern of France .... 39 41 East Indian, g 5 p c 1073, 8, 3 Recife and San Francisco Grand Trunk Canada Ili, i San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 193 203 Do Equip Mort Bnds, 1 charge 6a c 143, 3, - I ' Do 2nd do Scrip .... 2 die, par Southern of France .. . 22 24 Pm 54 57 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 10 Agra Bank (L) A B3 9 3 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 22 23 9, 223, I 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 17 15 London Joint-Stock 31 33 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 19 20 321, 3 193 20 Lon and Westmnster 59 60 50 British N American 50 52 59 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 151 163 10 Metropolitan 73 83 25 Char Merc of India 25 27 72 251, 6 20 Midland (L) 10 City 25 Colonial Conso l Union (L) 4, 20 Eng, Scot, and Aus C 163 173 15 Union of London .. 35 37 20 Imperial (1 ) 10 Imperial Ottoman I 13 pm 11. 3, in ni, 12 THE S LLN, LONDON, THURSDA Y MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1870. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd Anglo-American L) 84 88 10 Great Northern . .81 10 85 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l2k 13 Japan Extension.. 4 3 dis 100 Atlantic l3 15 25 Indo-European (Li.. 12 14 100 Do Bpc 3 British Austmln (L).. 41 4 dis 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Ind Eaten (L) 5 5i and Malta (L) .... 5/ 61 51 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 42 51 10 British Indian Sub- 5, I marine (L) 7 7} 21 Pnma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 dis 61, 7 8 Reuter's 2 China Submarine (L) 51 sdis 20 Soc Trans France (L) 144 141 dis 144, 1, i 10 Falmouth. Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 238 240 and Malta (L) .... 9 94 1 Do Scrip l4 21 9 1-16th 12 10 Wlndia &Panama(L) 54 6 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian End- it Lon Gen Omnibus .... 21 22 holders Certificate 11 2) 21, 11-16 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 134 14i 2 Lon & Prov Marine (L) ,11 pm 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 25 35pm 100 Madras Irrig & Canal, 100 Boston City (U.S.) 6 gsp c by Ind Gov. 99 102 p c Sterling Loan.. 88 90 2 Mauritius Land (L)..1 dis, par 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 2521 pm Natnl Disct Comp (L) 104 114 27 Canada Company. .. 65 70 114, 11, 102, 11 10 Ceylon Company (L) 5141 dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 35 City Offices (L) .... 261 Midis Merc Agency IL) , . 11 Pm 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 11 21pm Trust (L) 61 N Britsh and Merc (L) 24 27 10 Crdn'onc of Eng (L) 2 21 5 OceanMarinelnsur 21, 1-16 19 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 10 Do do New, 1867 5 3dis 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L) 11 9 dis 50 Rhymney Iron Egyp 9 p eV'roy Loan, 32 4 guar by Egyp Gov.. 87 83 15 Do New 94 104 89, 71, 7, 9 60 Royal Mail Steam 3 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 4 44pm 20 Tel Con and Main (L) 23 231 Fgn and Colonial Gov 221, 1,2, 1 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 87 92 2 Thames and Mersey 4 Gen Credt &Disct (L) 1 1 dis Marine Insur (L) 64 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, Gen Stm Navigation 29 31 guar by Italian Gov, 78 81 7 Hooper's Tel Works 431 dis 78 n 5 Trust and Loan Co of 20 Hudson's Bay Bl 81 Upper Canada - 41 Pm Marin. . - ' 6n- 39 41 8 1 (f Mirine, Lvpool (L 0 6pm 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per, and 20 U n i on Steamship (L) 21 23 Tel Works (L) .... 37 39 6 United Dis Corprn (L) 2 ldid 20 Inteml Finan SociL) 214 dis 5 UnivMarinelnsur tL% 34 4k pm 3k, 3-16 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7 p c It Irrig (Can Cavour) 24 3} Mortgage Loan.... 68 70 100 Do 6p c Bonds, re- 694 deemab:e 1870 55 60 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 dis 30 London Fin Assoc (L)191181clis THE -WAR. PARIS RIPE FOR REVOLUTION. TUESDAY EVENING. The aspect of affairs here has seriously changed for the worse during the last few hours. The lack of news from the army, the helplessness of the Ministry, the increasing evidence of the incompetence of the - generals, have maddened the people. On Sunday and yesterday the cry was for arms. The Parisians thought only of their country, of the detested invaders, and of the disasters which had befallen their army. The interval has given them some hours to reflect on the causes of all this wreck, and unhappily they have employed the time to no good pur pose. To the cry for arms has been joined the cry for revenge. In spite of all the efforts of the Government the open display of popular efferescence has increased at a fearful rate, until the whole city resounds with revolu tion, The Marshal in command of the Paris armyissued a proclamation, declaring that gatherings in the streets were prohibited. It remains a dead letter. The crowds are 1 greater than any that were visible during the election riots or even during the enthusiasm of the war. A mob has surrounded the Chambers during the sitting; mobs are on the boulevards and in all open places ; and the troops have already been called out. Collisions be tween the military and the people ale becoming frequent. It is long indeed since Paris looked so much like revolu tion. There can be no doubt that gatriotism has once more given way to recrimination, unity to internal dis pute. We had hoped that the French people would have become one until the invader was driven back, and that then the punishment of the guilty would come under consideration. Unhappily, there is every sign that the reverse is the case. As a paper to-day says, people forget the cruel reverses, they forget that a for midable army is posted on the frontier, they forget that it may in a few days be encamped under the walls of Paris ; all their thoughts are turned towards the Corps Legislatif. Far from meeting the disorders of the nation, the convocation of the Chambers has aggravated them. Since the deputies met the political situation has become . infinitely more grave. It is so serious that the worst may be apprehended any time. The Chamber met to-day, and a memorable sitting was held. The proceedings were opened by M. 011ivier, who read a statement on the situation. Iftv it was received may be judged from by the interruptions. The 'words "Napoleon, by the grace of God " (read by the President in the decree) elicited derisive cries of " enough " from the Left. When 011ivier commenced reading he was exhorted time after time to resign. When he asked the Chamber to support the Ministry, loud shouts of " No, no !" re eooed through the hall. His statement briefly particularised the of defence the Government were about, to take, and exhorted the deputies to unity. When he sat down, M. Latour du Moulin, and nine other members brought forward a motion that General Trochu should be entrusted with the formation of a Ministry. It was not considered. General Dejean, Minister of War pro tern., next got into the tribune and introduced bills to carry into effect the measures recently decreed for a levee en masse. The standing orders were suspended, and great violence ensued. M. Fevre, amid explosions of page, proposed that as the Emperor had proved him self t o be an incompetent commander-in-chief he should be recalled to Paris, the citizens armed, and all power vested in the Chamber. Granier de Cassagnac stood up, and gesticulating frantically, exclaimed, "If the Ministry did their duty, you would be tried by court martial and shot." Other rows followed, M. de Keratrybeing called to order amid frightful uproar for proposing that Napoleon should be called upon to abdicate. Finally, the sitting, after being suspended once, wps terminated by an adjournment to committee. Nobody Aertains a doubt that the 011ivier Ministry will go. Outside Whigs were quite as disorderly—though, un questionably, the Chamber has set a fine example of disorder. A great crowd had assembled. The officers commandidg the troops summoned them to dis perse, and immediately bodies of cavalry were ordered to charge the people. The crowd answered with loud shouts of "To arms! To arms !" Arrests were made, and the cavalry continued then to charge. It is said that more riots are taking place in different parts of the city. There is also a rumour that the National Guards refuse to act against the people. Before these lines are in print you may receive startling news. King of Prussia, provided he had plenty to eat and drink. They were going to Spandau, a political prison near Berlin. On cannon was taken at - Weiaseubung, a six. pounder ; the carriage in which it was put was labelled - "Goads for Berlin." All speak in the highest terms of not only the bravery, but the kindness of the Crown Prince. The wounded Prussian soldiers said he was just as a com mon man amongst them, and to see their faces when that was said would thoroughly have gladdened the heart of our own Princess Royal. They all acknowledged that :the gun of the Bavarian troops was better than the Prussian needle-gun ; that not only did it fire farther, but twenty shots a minute. I was speaking to the Inspector-General of Hospitals in Berlin, who is now here. He says the Chaswpot makes frightful wounds ; the bullet is larger, and it jumps. He saw an officer who was wounded in the wrist, and the bullet jumped on three places on his arm, THE DANGER OF A GENERAL WAR.-A. corres pondent of the Times, who writes with much apparent authority from. Vienna, gives the following highly im portant intelligence The first danger of a general con flagration has passed. It was not without great trouble that it was averted, for"the French moved heaven and earth to drag us in as well as Italy. As Cadore in Bavaria, so Malaret in Italy and Gramont here had talked them selves and their Government into the belief that France had but to give the signal and all would rush to the rescue. Beust, who I suspect had been fencing all along, tried to parry the attack made upon him with his old diplomatic tricks ; the French, who had left here a nervous and ex citable First Secretary, became more and more press ing, and at last went so far as to threaten to make it up with the Prussians, and make us pay the price of the bargain. Beust was at his wit's end, for there seemed a disposition in the military and Court circles to push in the same direction. Of course there could be no question of entering into action at once, but Austria could not remain as unprepared as she is now. "Armed neutra- lity" was, therefore, the watchword, and everyone knows what that means. If Austria had armed Russia would have armed too, and then a pretext was easily found when the moment for action came. The Emperor was unde cided, listening one day to one side and the next day to the other. In this crisis Andrassy came to the rescue, and, by his influence on the Emperor, avoided the struggle. He had all along' held the same language, which was plain and clear, so that there could be no mistake. Still the French thought themselves ill . _ _ used, and their civilities ill-requited. In Italy it was the same story as before, the King trying to snake politics on his own hook, and from the first moment ready to rush in with the French. The Ministry, knowing the disposition of the country, which is averse from the very name of France, resisted as best it could, and the result was a tem porary compromise. Italy was to arm, but not to enter into action. However, the Ministry does not make to itself illusions. It is only a respite they have gained, and unless some support is found elsewhere they will have to give way or to go. MILITARY LAW.—Two painful incidents have occurred here lately. On Wednesday, a soldier at work outside the works, throwing up a breastwork in a potato field, being told by the officer on duty to do something he did. not like, stooped down, picked up half a dozen potatoes, and pelted his superior. Half an hour after wards he was a corpse, a drumhead court-marshal having sentenced him to be shot instantly in the ditch of the fortress where he was at work. On Thursday, a soldier in the train from here to Bingen fired his pistol at an officer, fortunately without effect. The train was stopped at once, and military law carried into effect within sight of the whole train. Of course there is nothing to be said against these two executions, but it is horrible to think that a moment's folly may thus hurry a man out of the world.—Daily News Correspondent at Mayence. TUE FIRST FIGIITING.—The account of the en gagement at Weissenburg, by the Paris correspondent, differs from most particulais hitherto published. It would appear, he says, that they (the French), were in consider able force, fifteen or twenty thousand strong at the least, and the troops engaged, belonged to Marshal MacMahon's command. They took the offensive, and succeeded, after A fierce struggle, during which both sides displayed the greatest bravery and steadiness, in forcing the Prussians to retire towards Bergenberg. This retreat, however, would appear to have been a feint to draw them forward; for the Bavarian division, during the Franco-Prussian contest, had got round the Geisberg,—a mountain close to Weissenberg,—and suddenly appeared in the French rear, occupying the town without difficulty, and pushing back towards the Prussians ; whereby the French, caught between two fires, suffered very heavily, and were eventually compelled to : retreat, leaving the Confederate army in possession of Weissenburg. They say that the Bavarians fought like tigers, even clubbing their rifles at close quarters, and dashing their enemies' brains on the right and left ; the French appeared to be overwhelmed with astonishment at discovering the Ger mans to be such terrible foes. The Prussian wounded also spi ak in the highest terms of the behaviour of the French troops throughout the action, and say without hesitation tnat " although the red breeches had the worst of it all time, they fought with the utmost steadiness and determination." HEALTH OF THE ARMIES ON THE RHINE. Besides the dreadful death-roll of slain and wounded, we may soon expect to hear of disease causing ravages in the ranks of the hostile legions. Dysentery is commonly prevalent in the Rhine provinces of France and Prussia, as well as in Belgium, during July and August. The favourite treatment just now among French surgeons is bismuth in full d )ses. Ipecacuanha seems to have failed with the medical men on the borders of the Rhine. If the war be suddenly concluded intermittent fever will probably in about a month from this time be epidemic. It is almost sure to be of a very low type. Then these fevers will assume a remittent form, and true camp fever will become established. It is not improbable that, cases of typhus will also occur in numbers to cause anxiety, though other forms of fever will probably be most preva lent. We are, of course, presupposing that every hygienic precaution will be adopted, for neglect of any would be sure to give rise to proportionate loss. We speak only of what is to be expected under most favourable circum stances. As autumn advances the weather will become a morn potent element—rheumatic affections and diseases of the lungs than taking the lead. At present the one ques tion is whether the camp will be exposed to heavy rains. —Medical Press and Circular. THE FRENCH FLEET.—A Hamburg correspondent of the Daily News speaks of the passage of the French fleet into the' Baltic. It consisted of ten sail, large and small, and they were steering in a southerly direction, so that it was impossible to surmise what course.they would take when fairly.out of the Belt, but then they must make up their minds to one of the three alternatives : an attack on Sonderburg, an attempt to take Kiel by a coup de main, or else to proceed up the Balti c and - try their luck at Stettin, Danzig, or Konigsberg. With re- _ - gard to Sonderburg, it has been so strongly fortified since it fell into the hands of Prussia in the last Danish war that there is no fear of any danger from a French naval attack ; and the garrison has been so reinforced by troops from the south—some of which were the regi ments that lately passed through, this city--that the place swarms with soldiers, as many as seventy and even eighty being quartered in each house. if the French go to Kiel they will find similar preparations for a warm reception; in the first place the entrance to the harbour is blocked up, so that hostile vessels canuot get in, and the outer roadstead is well guarded by a series of strong forts, armed with heavy guns, all along the heights that crown the approaches from Bellevue to the fortress of Fredericksort. The only possible danger that could arise would be from a landing of large bodies of troops, which, after _ performing a long detour, might make an attack on the land side. But, on the other hand, it is well known that this advanced part of the squadron has no landing troops with it; and even if it had, the commander, whatever amount of pluck he may have, would deserve to be cashiered for undertaking such a foolhardy movement without artillery and ammunition waggons—to say nothing of rations for his men, or the means of obtaining any. Mundella, M.P., has left for Germany. The Very Rev. Viscount Middleton still lingers, but his strength is apparently fast failing him. The Rev. John Barton, M.A., late Secretary of the Church Missionary College at Calcutta, has been ap pointed Secretary of the Church Missionary Society. It is stated that the Bishop of Hereford has in hibited the Rev. Luke Rivington from officiating in his diocese. It is remarkable that Count von Moltke, the Nestor of war on the King of Prussia's staff, is not a Prussian, or even a German by birth, but a Dane Guardian. General Sir William Mansfield has made his first inspection and review of the troops in the Dublin garri son. The troops were the 17th Lancers, a battery of Royal Artillery, the Scots Fusilier Guards, the 30th, 47t and 70th Regiments. The Tablet says:—" We have just learnt, from a source on which we can fully rely, that the Government of the Holy See is in possession of letters from Napoleon, which, if published, would produce a profound sensation in the present moment." It is stated that the Pope has passed over the three names forwarded by the Chapter of Southwark for the vacant bishopric of that Roman Catholic diocese ; that Dr. Weathers' claims have been set aside, and that the editor and proprietor of th e Tabl e t i s to succeed Dr. Graait. 1 THE VALUE OF ADZE RICAN SECURITIES. The capitalists of Europe evidently understand the value of American securities. The Bank of Frankfort has loaned the Prussian Government five millions of thalers on a deposit of American stock as security. What better security can there be than United States stocks ? We have proved to the world that despite a terrible domestic war, sprung upon us without preparation, with every thing to buy in the way of war material, and nothing to buy it with except the faith and confidence of the people ; with a vast army to raise and hardly a nucleus to build it upon except the courage and devotion of the masses ; with a vast indebtedness upon our shoul ders after this gigantic war was over, we have been able to reduce the public debt to a comparative trifle, and are reducing it every day, We have shown that many of our most important industries have been restored ; that enter prise, instead of being retarded, is advanced. We have spanned the Continent from ocean to ocean by what might almost be called a seven days' excursion train. In everything but our commerce on the seas the war has given a stimulus to our material interests, and that oke interest has .suffexed only from the action of an imbecile and selfish Congress, In fact, the credit of the United States to-day is more stable than that of any nation in.Enrope. There is no country in the world so prosperous as ours, no country that has given evidence of such vast materials to become more prosperous every day. We have nothing to do with the complications of European Powers. Our pulse beats quicker, it is true, at the sound of the war trumpet across the ocean, but we are not diverted from our steady course of developing all our resources,hidden and unhidden, of relieving ourselves from public burdens as fast we can, and reducing taxation by fair and equitable legislation. A country that can do this may afford to indulge in its small party quarrels, or can let politicians fret their brief hour upon the stage. It can have its little row in Congress now and then, can tolerate Ben Butler and laugh at Sam Cox's pleasantries, and even endure the dreary sophomorisms of Sumner, and nobody can blame us. But the question is, why should not a country w hi c h h as accomplished all thati we have done in war and in finance stand high in the Wall streets of all Europe ? The answer is found in the value which American securities hold in the markets of Europe at this crisis. —New York 'Jerald. LARGE WAR MEETING IN BOSTON. BOSTON, July 27. Fully 2,500 men and a large number of women, a majority being Germans, with many citizens of other nationalities, gathered in Faneull Hall to-night to hear the European war discussed. The meeting proved enthusiastic, and the hearty manner in which the views of the speakers were applauded, indicated pretty accurately the . course of public sentiment in this section on Napoleon's war of aggression. American and Prussian colours were displayed in the hall, with the flags of the local German societies. In the centre of the platform was a female figure representing a union of Germany, with the motto in German—" Strong, free, United." The speeches were mainly in German, and resolutions were read in that lan guago. F. Geldowsky, of Boston, was the President, and in an opening address said he hoped the result of this struggle would be to unite all Germany. E. C. F. Krauss, formerly a Professor at Harvard, made a long speech in German. He alluded to Napoleon's threat about Jena, when that battle was fought in 1806. The French army was then used to victory, and Prussia was a second-rate Power. Now Mexico was like a rheu matic fever in the limbs of the French army, and instead of another Jena, France would find another Leipsic, The war was caused by the wanton arrogance of Napoleon, and he thought it would unite all Germany. He char acterised the telegram alluding to Hungary's sympathy for France as a Paris fabrication. The object of Napoleon was to tear Germany to pieces and subjugate her smaller States. It was the interest of all the great Powers to end the Napoleonic rule, and that would be the greatest possible benefit to France herself. He did not think enough was known of the secret treaty to treat it intelligently. The Rev. Dr. Hedges, of Brookline, who was educated in Germany, in the co urse o f a studied and elo quent speech, said, unreservedly : " I side with Prussia in her struggle against France. It seems to me every patriotic American must do the same. I believe it will be found that those of our people who most ardently embraced the cause of the Union in our own recent war are with you in yours. For, with the Germans, this is a war for the union of Germany, and on the side of Napoleon a war against that union." Dr. Hedges made an able argument to support this ground, and closed as follows : "It has been said of Pope Boniface that he came in like a fox, ruled like a, lion, and died like a dog. Napoleon came in like a fox, for lie stole his diadem, if ever one was stolen; he has ruled like a lion by . 4 intimidation, terrorism, and brute force, end it, to complete the parallel, i n the issue of this conflict he shall die like a dog, neither you nor I will regret the course of events." The Hon. Thomas Russell, collector of this port, spoke in the same strain, and was rather more fervid in expression. He was followed by S. K. Koehler, who urged sympathy with the German people, if not for King William. He did not admire th e Ki ng , b u t would support him as the representative of right and justice. A stirring declaration was unanimously adopted. A portion of the preamble held that the man who at present rules France has forced this war in the most frivolous manner, with the aim of denying Germany its right of. self develop ment, merely to satisfS , his own selfish ambition, THE HEAT PHENOMENA OF THE PRESENT YE kR. When we wrote, some days ago, in reference to the 'earful drought and heat which have almost destroyed the crops on a wide belt of the European Continent, we laid the flattering unction to our souls that the hot spell of our atmosphere was at an end. But the solar fervors have returned upon us durin the past week with redoubled fierceness. While th e temperature in New York city has ranged, be tween six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, from 90 degrees to 98 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, and therein has exceeded the rate at Gal veston, New Orleans, Key West, and Habana; the heat has been even more extreme at several points in the West. At St. Louis it sent the mercury up to 104 in the shade on the 23rd, while at Peoria, Illinois, it drove the fickle fluid to 106 on the 21st inst. These are rates almost beyond human endurance, for it must be remem bered that in the greater number of the homes occupied by the poorer classes the heat ascends from 10 to 15 degrees above the outside tem perature, and that there the aged and the juvenile members of the household have chiefly to remain. It is impossible not to fear that a long continuance of such more than African torridity must result in widespread epidemic. An increase of but a very few degrees would materially impair the chances of existence for thousands whose daily avocations call them out of doors. As it is, while we write, the colossal marble image of St. Paul, in the niche on the façade of the grave old church directly opposite the Herald office, on Broadway, seems, with half open mouth and upturned fame, to pant, not merely through exhaustion, but with an expres sion of awe, as though beholding apocalyptic portents in the glowing firmament. The stone walls of the adjacent buildings radiate the heat like huge burning glasses, and while it dazzles the gaze to look at them the reflected beams of heat thrown back from them strike on the skin like fiery darts. Were the entire City Hall Park not shorn as now of half its fair proportions, but fully restored and converted into one vast cluster of sparkling water jets and fountains, the thirsty, palpitating multitude would well nigh drink it dry. Poor humanity actually suffers at every motion and with every step, and the real death roll is steadily increased far beyond the ordinary re turns. Upon examination of our exchanges we find that this intense heat extends over a zone in America of about eight hundred miles in width, north and south, and reaching from hereto the Pacific in longitude. At nearly all points within that zone the temperature is admitted to be higher than was ever known there before for the same length of time, and up to the latest moment of ad vice there seems to have been no diminution. If we now turn our attention to the Eastern Continent a similar state of things confronts us there. The latitude of Paris swelters under a heat of 95 degrees in the shade, the parks of London are so bared of herbage and exhausted of water that their deer are half fed upon foliage and twigs clipped from the trees, and the summits of the Alps, where they are seen, gleam with a wavering and baleful effulgence, as though they, too, were tongues of fire, darting up from the earth in its agony. The Euro pean belt of fervent heat corresponds almost exactly with our own, and, no doubt, the ocean link between is glowing with nearly equal severity, the relief there, if any, result ing from the fogs and clouds, accompanied by gusts of wind and dashes of rain which such intense evaporation must occa sion. Astronomers and physiologists are busy endeavouring to study out the causes of this exceptional condition, the aggregate effect of which upon our planet is equal to forces so stupendous as to strike the unaccustomed mind with terror. The general conclusion is that the entire solar system is passing through a region of the starry heavens, in its sublime circuit around the remoter centre, that exerts peculiar electrical effects upon not only all the attendant orbs, but on the vast luminary which furnishes our chief supply of light and heat. The main question now to thoughtful minds is how much longer these heat phenomena are to last, and what will be the summing up of their results to the nations , directly affected 2 That they are to be followed by further disturbance of the elements, great storms of wind, thunder and lightening, and possibly by visible electrical manifestations in the heavens, of remarkable splendour , and power, it is quite natural, on scientific principles, to anticipate. But we may have confidence that the Power in whose presence " the channels of the sea ap pear" and " the foundations of the world are discovered " has ordained and governed all these dispensations for the best.—Now York. Herald. MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.-There was fair attendance of millers at Mark-lane this morning, notwith standing only a small amount of business was concluded, and the general tendency throughout the trade was downward. The supply of English wheat was limited, but of foreign it was tolerably good. The demand for qualities was quiet, with a drooping tendency in prices. Barley, the supply of which was moderate, experienced a quiet sale, at about previous currencies. Malt was dull, at late rates. Oats were in good supply ; the inquiry was moderate, at about Monday's prices. Beans and peas were dull, and prices were with diffi culty maintained. Flour met with a slow inquiry, at late quo tations. Arrivals :-English and Scotch-Malt, 850: oats, 100. Foreign-Wheat, 31,320; barley, 3,610 ; Oats, 52,420 ; maize, 9,970; peas, 6,790. Flour-780 sacks and 12,450 barrels. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The supplies of wheat and oats at this market to-day were large of barley and beans moderate. Wheat was very difficult to sell, at 3s. to 4s. per quarter reduction. Barley sales were slow, at is. to 2s. per quarter reduction. Oats were heavy ; sales at is. per quarter reduction. Beans were unchanged. • SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The supplies were stronger at this market to-day. Trade was steady. Beef, top price, ss. Bd. per stone ; second quality, ss. per stone. Mutton, top price, ss. Bd. per stone ; second, ss. 2d. per stone. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The sup plies of cattle were larger, but of sheep less, at this market to day than last week, but a slow trade for both, at about a reduc tion of Id. per lb. on sheep, and same prices for cattle. Good lambs were about the same as last week, inferior is. per head cheaper. Mutton, top, Bd. to 81d. per lb. ; current, 70. to 7/d. per lb. ; inferior, 7d. to 71d. per lb. Beef, top, 9s. 9d. per stone ; secondary, 9s. per stone ; inferior, 7s. 6d. to Bs. 6d. per stone. Ayrshire cows, £lB to £23 each. Irish, £ll to £l6 each. Pigs were about 4d. per stone cheaper. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.-The tallow mar ket has ruled steady, at 445. od. for Y.C. on the spot, and 455. 9d. October to December. Linseed oil, 295. Bd. to 295. 9d.. English brown rape, 435. 6d. ; refined, 455. to 455. 3d. COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETS, WEDNESDAY.-There have been considerable supplies of colonial produce on sale, and prices generally have shewn weakness. Sugar has ruled dull, and the tendency of the quotations has been towards increased rates for both raw and refined goods. Coffee has been dull, and prices have been with difficulty supported. Rice 'has been in little request,.. Saltpetre has sold on fully former terms. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The hop trade continues in the same dull, inanimate state which has charac terised it for some time past. The accounts from the planta tions are very favourable, and there is every prospect of an excellent crop. Brewers, accordingly, operate very sparingly, and forced sales can only be made at some reduction, LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Report.—This market opens very firm to-day, COnsols, 90 to -901. Railways :—London and North-Western, 122 f ; Erie, 15} to 10 ; United States Bond, 84 ; Leeds, 1201 to 1261 ; Midland, 1221 to 123; Berwick, 1331 to 134. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGB, WzDNESDAY,—Railways--Great Eastern, Slf to 62; North-Easter% 133 f P 184 ; Sheffield, 391; Midland, 1231.. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, 'WEDNESDAY.—This mar ket, which at the close yesterday was hardly so strong, opened to-day with an improvement in tone. Under the influence of a strong cotton market at Liverpool, all producers have advanced their prices from the low rates they were willing to accept last Friday. The inquiry still continues- active, but the advance demanded materially limits business, and yesterday and to-day the actual sales are small. Buyers as yet are hostile to give the advance. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Report.—lmports, per bill of entry. 6,372 bales. There is a strong inquiry this morning both from the trade and exporters. The run is on the higher grade of American. There is very little upon the market. The sales will probably reach from 12,000 to 15,000 bales. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR. MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was animproved demand for prices at this market to-day. Prices were rather better for medium sorts. ADVENTURES OF A. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. M. Jeannerod, of the Temps, who was taken prisoner at Saarbruck, and taken on his return to France for a Prussian spy, has given a long account of his impressions. He fell into the hands of the Prussians in the town itself,being misled by its pacific appearance, and thinking his letter would be much more interesting if he could pay it a pre liminary visit. At first he found no bar to his • progress, but traversed the streets, which bore rather the appearance of a general fete than of war time without interruption. By and bye he went into a cafe where there were no other guests, and where he stayed about twenty minutes. On coming out he was surprised to see the streets emptied of Frenchmen, and to hear from 'the direction of the bridge on the Saar two shots fired. He went into a shop, and stood there a few minutes, and very soon the Prussians came down the street, and carried off the unlucky correspon dent -of the Temps, treating him somewhat roughly. With true French sentiment he declares that fear was the least of his sensations, but he was keenly sensible of the 'disgrace inflicted by these men, who dragged him off without a hat, taking from him not only his revolver, but his cane. When they reached the bridge they had to pass it at a run, for the French balls were flying about. Two carts full of straw were standing by, into one of these M. Jeannerod was hurried, a revolver being pointed at him to expedite his movements, and with a Prussian corpse beside him they started off. As soon as they got into the forest the whole appearance of matters was changed. There were vedettes under the trees, battalions in good order on the route. Everything gave evidence not only of a fine and powerful army, but of a nation fully organised for war, and this was visible wherever they moved. Let Frenchmen, says the returned prisoner, not be deceived by false representations. The. descipline of the men, the zeal of the subalterns, and the spirit and moral courage of the whole troops are worthy of admiration. The officers received him very well, and discoursed about the war, a. subject on which he was, of course, reluctant to enter. Some said the affair of Saarbruck was of no moment. Others said the Prussians meant to draw the French into a trap and they would succeed. "It is there," said they, pointing to a particular spot on the map, "that we shall await you, and that you will be beaten." The Prussian army is greatly excited. It will be a war, cried one officer, "to thelast drop of blood;" and another said, " You will have all the people against you, Monsieur, only the old men and children are left behind." Our prisoner did not feel his position very agreeable, for he soon became cou vinced he was taken for a spy, and he knew enough German to make the soldiers doubt whether his occasional hesitation was genuine. Presently he was sent to Lebach, where General Gceben treated him very kindly compensating him for the hardships which he had undergone. He was released unconditionally, and several German journalists came to congratulate him. When he reached France, however, his troubles were not over, for he was taken for a Prussian spy ; but at last escaped all dangers, and reached Metz, where he refreshed himself by a sleep of sixteen hours. An adjudication of bankruptcy was made on Tues day against The O'Donoghue, M.P., on the petition of Mr. T. N. A. Wallinger gentleman, late of Clarendon road, Bayswater, now of Brussels, a judgment creditor for £lB4. The amount of liabilities did not transpire. The first sitting is appointed for the 31st of August. The Chut ela Herald learns on good authority that the Bishopric of Edinburgh has been offered to Bishop Cotterill, of Grahamstown and that ho will probablyaccept it. Th e same paper announces that in well-in formed Roman Catholic circles it is said that Archbishop Manning—for obvious reasons —refuses the cardinal's hat, which the Pope has expressed his intention of offering to him in the autumn. The Polish press in Austria, which at first advo cated the neutrality of that country, now urges the Go vernment to side with France. The Kraz, of Cracow, recommends that a corps of observation should be sta tioned in Galicia to protect that pivvince against the troops which are being concentrated in Russian Poland. It also proposes that a local corps, similar to the Land wehr, should be established in Galicia fur the defence of the country against invasion. On Sunday morning, while three men were en gaged in repairing the sides of the shaft of the Pendleton Colliery the water burst in upon them, and they signaled to be drawn up, which was done, but the cage did not stop at the pit mouth Two of them ju m p e d out, but the other was drawn over the headgear with the cage, and was so fastened that it took an hour to set him at liberty. The ironwork was twisted round his body, all his bones were broken, and he died shortly afterwards. The engineer, who is alleged to have been drunk at the time, has been arrested, and the coroner's jury have returned a verdict of 'manslaughter against STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN. It is possible, though we confess it seems to us hardly probable, that the Emperor may even now design to con ' centrate his whole army to defend the passages of the Vosges. But he could scarcely expect to be in time. Can robert's corps would exhaust the transporting power of the railway for two days, and the troops from- Metz would have to make four matches in order to reach Phalsburg. Before their four marches could be cora. , pleted MacMahon, even if assisted by Canrobert, would in all probability be beaten back, and the Vosges be crossed by the army of the Crown Prince. 'Vet, as a . last desperate risk, the effort might be worth making. Saverne closes this pass of the Vosges, and must he taken before an advance on Nancy can be made by either the railroad or the great Strasburg road. In rear- of it a strong position might be taken up. It is situated on the Zorn, where it debouches into the plains of Alsace, and above it rises a spur of the Vosges, covered with forest. It was chosen by the Romans as a station for the defence of the Vosges, and that argues that it is not incapable of defence. Of its old defensive works only some ruined walls and towers remain. But if Saverne itself were taken, the railway to Nancy would easily be made useless. Immediately after passing Saverne there is a viaduct on six arches which carries the railway over the road, canal, and river, and then, after several deep cuttings, there is a tunnel nearly NO yards long. The main road is closed, when Saverne is passed, by the fortress of Phalsburg, and although this may not be' strong enough to stand a long siege, having still only the work designed by Vaubin, it would prove a for midable check to an advancing army. We know how it opposed the Allies in 1814 and in 1815. But in order that MacMahon or the Emperor should have an opportunity of opposing the Crown Prince at Saverne and Phalsburg the Crown Prince must first attack by that road ; and it does not follow that because MacMahon has taken that route the Crown Prince will do so as well. His first despatches shew that he was under the impres ' sion that the marshal had taken the road to Bitsche, and he would naturally halt before pushing on against that strong position, where the fort-crowned hill closes the pass, till assured of assistance from the other armies. He is long since aware that the army of . Prince Frederic Charles has occupi e d S aarguem i nes, an d * that the French army has retreated along the whole frontier. He must know, what was doubtless the case on Monday, that there are no French forces to bar that passage to the Vosges, and it is more than likely that he will disregard MacMahon for the present, or at least leave a corps to oppose him, and hasten to cross these difficult hills, and effect his junc tion with the other armies. If once the three German armies join together, west of the Vosges, they will ad vance in such strength on Metz that the Emperor's forces will be entirely outnumbered. It is now impossible for the Emperor to dispute these northern passes of the Vosges ; and it seems, therefore, that a concentration for the purpose of holding these mountains cannot be sure of suc cess. It would he no use to hold Phalsburg, and have the position turned by Bitsche. Besides the risk of throwing the whole French army towards the Vosges would be enormous. It affords to Steinmetz and to Prince Charles the opportunity of ascending the Moselle unchecked, and placing themselves between the French army and Paris. The more we think over the dispatch which states this to he the plan the more we see that it is now too late for such , an attempt, and that the probabilities ore much more in favour of the Emperor's calling Canrobert to Metz, and there endeavouring to make a stand against the armies which will advance upon him from the Saar.—Standard. rIIE BATTLE OF WEISSENBURG.-4. letter in the Standard, from Mannheim, Saturday, speaks of what hap pened after the battle of Weissenburg, which engagement took place last Thursday. He says :—The news of the capture of Weissenburg and Geisberg was received here, as elsewhere, with the, utmost enthusiasm, though the loss on the Prussian side has been very severe. The sth Prussian Regiment was sadly cut up, and I have been told only five officers are remaining unwounded ; so was also the 11th. A Bavarian regiment suffered very severely. I was speaking to several, of the wounded. They were not in the least low-spirited. " We have won. It is for our fatherland," they said, " and we do not care." Fourhundred came into Mannheim, and 150 went to Frankfort to the Lazaretto there. The arrangements at the station here are excellent; a party of firemen keep order, and then the young men from the town's committee give seltzer water or brandy, as the surgeons order, to the wounded. Four hundred and eighty French prisoners, together with ten officers, passed through —some French, some pure Algerines, some Zouaves. -One Zouavt said he did not Qare who was Emperor, whethe'r Napoleon or the THE FENIANS AND THE WAR. The Fenians are on the war path. For two reasons, one political, one religious, they sympathise with France in the present war. In the first place England is Prussian's,,; in sentiment, and they hope that she will become involved` in the struggle as the ally of Prussia. In the second place g they believe, or profess to believe, that France represent 4 the cause of Catholicism against Protestantism. So I: " President" James Gibbons summoned the Brotherhood 1. to arms. first taking the precaution to appoint a conven tion at Cincinnati on the 23d of August. " The oppor tunity," he says, " is before us;" and headds that the con vention means work, not talk. So we may expect the Fenian army to embark for Europe soon. The event is to be regretted, for, in order to prevent the departure of the expedition, it will be necessary to call out an extra squad of police in our large seaport cities. — Boston Adver tiser. A WAR RETROSPECT. If we take a comprehensive glance at the European wars of the present century, we shall find there is a dis tinct line of connection running through them all, various as have been there ostensible causes, and contradictory as may have appealed the combinations which the .occa sioned. The two main principles upon which the nations of the Old World have fought during the present century have been that of the balance of power, and that of the essential unity of peoples of similar race and language. The Napoleonic wars formed a brilliant illustration of the strength of republican principles even when transformed into a mere passion for territorial acquisition and military glory. It was because France had been first revolutionary 1 that she gave so willingly of her very life's blood to sup port the gigantic projects of that offspring of the revo lution—Napoleon. The glory of France, and the glory of the people had become one and the same thing, and so they made sacrifices in the common cause that had never been willingly conceded to the greatest of their Kings. The armed resistance to Napoleon, on the other hand, resulted from an instinct of self-preservation among the other nations of Europe, and the lessons of his career only deepened the conviction of European statecraft, that it was dangerous to allow any one Power to acquire, either by territory or alliances, a marked superiority over its neighbours. The maxim was so deeply rooted that in 1854 it was still regarded as a first principle of foreign policy, and the war against Russia was avowedly undertaken to preserve the conventional " balance of power." The reasons alleged by the French Cabinet for taking up the quarrel of 1859, pro ceeded also upon the supposition that Austrian influence in Italy involved a substantial danger to the Second Empire, and that it is not sufficient merely to guard a frontier from actual aggression—if must also be pro tected from the probability of aggression being attempted. In this struggle, however, the prin ciple of the nationalities comes for the first times in European politics to be a considera tion of importance. Italian unity was the first chapter in a great cycle of half-completed struggles, of which the Schleswig-Holstein question was one episode, and the partial Confederation of all Germany, in 1866, was a further step. The balance of power still holds the place as a powerful incitement to war, and the treaties based upon this doctrine still exist to embroil all Europe, should occasion arise. But as an animating and coalescing in fluence, the bonds of race and language are to-day more powerful, and are likely in the future to be productive of more important results.—New York Times. THE FEDERATIVE PRINCIPLE IN EUROPE. - When, three weeks ago, we were commemorating with enthusiasm the declaration of our national independence, our Minister at the Court of Vienna was celebrating, by the time honoured formula of a dinner, the same glorious anniversary. The circumstance is chiefly notable on ac count of a somewhat remarkable speech reported to have been made by Count Beust on that occasion. It must be remembered that on the 4th of July the Spanish question had not yet arisen to absorb the attention of Europe, and to infuse new perplexities into the task of Austrian states men. The subject at that moment uppermost in the minds of the chiefs of the corps diplomatique who partook of the hospitality of Mr. Jay was the resu lt o f th e e l ec ti ons for the Reichsrath just then concluded. Though partially consoled by an accession of strength in Moravia and Galicia, the Government had still to mourn over the stub born opposition of the Czechs to its policy of dualism. The non-German portion of Bohemia had steadily declined to approve of the policy which recognized the indepen dence of the Hungarian crown of St. Stephen, and which refused to accede the same disti nc ti on to their native sceptre transmitted from St. Wencesilaus. At the late elections, therefore, they voted, as on previous occasions, for Deputies who 41.0 not take their seats, but persist by a passive abstention from the Reichsrath in expressing their non-adherence to the present constitution of the Austro- Hungarian Empire. Count Beust naturally feels that the re construction of the State shattered by Sadowa is only half complete so long as such an anomaly continues, and at the celebration in questi on h e t oo k occasion totrace an analogy between the present state of things in Austria and the earliest independent federation of the States of our own country. He is reported to have said : " Mr. Jay recorded how Washington was afraid of the autonomy of thirteen States. Now there are thirty-seven ; each a little realm of itself, with every diversity of nationality, creed and legislation. Why, then, could autonomy be granted to them to such an extent? Simply because none of them refrained from entering the common parliament." The great Saxon Premier of Austria went on to point out that it was equally dangerous for Governments as for nations to shirk parliamentary responsibilities, and that such an assembly was to a people what home was to a family, and when unity ceased to exist, the nation, equally with the family, must fall tcir pieces. These opinions are very significant, as evincing the thorough appreciation possessed bythe leader of Austrian liberalism, • of the dangers which menace the internal cohesion of the dominion of the Kaiser. We lately adverted to the added perils from without which late events have created for Austria. The question of how these are to be met will probably mark a turning point in modern European history. Should, as French critics pre dict, the absorption of South Germany be the first step in a Prussian triumph which would point to the annexation by the German Confederation of Austria on the west of the Leitha, and the occupation of the Hungarian provinces by Russia, it is perfectly obvious that the enlightened liberalism which repaired the disaster of Sadowa would make one other effort to avert by popular enfranchisement the entire extinction of the Empire. The lessons of the French Revolution are not forgotten in Europe. The great Powers of the Continent know what popular enthusiasm can effect when enlisted on the side of national freedom. When Danton hurled back defiance to the allied Kings of Europe, and as a gage of battle threw before them the head of a King, he calculated rightly that the nation which stood as one man against foreign domination was simply invincible. If Austria is weak when standing forth as one Power formed out of a congeries of divided States, she has but to make each of her provinces feel that they have an independent existence to fight for as well as a common federal bond, and no power, however strong, will be likely to subdue them, or, subduing, will find it possible to hold them in subjection. Were Austria to be forced into the condition of a confederation of States, with an Imperial President, it is clear that the first step would be accomplished of a process which may in time change the face of Europe. The resolution lately attributed to the French Emperor, of making himself the apostle of a Republican propaganda in case of meeting with disaster in the present campaign, had probably little foundation in fact. But it is none the less likely that the extremity of the French Empire might • lead to a federation of the Latin races of South ern Europe, which the supposed example of Austria , would do much to confirm. In such a case, the great German Confederation wou ld h ave b een already complete, and there would remain only room for the union of the Scandinavian family of nations, and the erection of a Muscovite dominion which would have its capital on the Dardanelles, and which, it must be admitted, would still seriously menace, by its Pan-slavist docrines, the separate existence of the Sclavonic nationalities of Austria. In any case, it is clear that the pending struggle between France and Prussia is of the most vital interest, both as regards the future of the small States, and the prospects of Democracy in Europe.—New York Times. WORKMAN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.— The number of visitors present yesterday was 7,522. THE CHINESE.—The San Francisco papers state that scarcely 500 Chinese passengers arrived in that city by the late steamer from Hong Kong. The arrivals of Chinese have always exhibited great fluctuations, com paring one month or one year with another. It is be lieved that a decided abatement in the number of Chinese immigrants will be observed, in consequence of a dis couraging circular sent from San Francisco by the Chinese companied, and of the news of the unfriendly feeling against Chinese immi grants which now prevails in the United States. The San Francisco Bulletin alleges that while a limited amount of voluntary independent immigration of Chinese may continue, anything like wholesale contracts for Mongolian labour will be popularly discountenanced and legally resisted. As this question is gradually en tering national politics, it is believed that the Chinese at home, as they gradually learn these facts, will hesitate to venture where they are not sure of safe and profitable em ployment. —Phitade/phia Ledger. BIRTHS. On the Bth August, at Edinburgh, the wife of D. S. Stewart, Esq., of Winnington, Staffordshire, late Cap '. tain of the 11th Hussars, of a daughter. On the 9th August, at Burton Lodge, Spring Grove, the wife of William Lovegrove, Esq., of a daughter. e do not yet give up New-York as a very tolerable place in which to spend the summer. No doubt the weather yesterday was warm—but it was probably quite as bad, if not worse, anywhere within fifty wiles of us. On such days the sea-side is a delusion. By closing blinds and shutters, yesterday, it was possible to keep the thermometer down to 89 deg. or 90 deg.—which is as much as we can expect in this grilling weather. By and by, perhaps, our architects will build houses adapted to keep out the heat as well as the cold. At present we only study the winter season. A few more summers like this will teach us that' an almost tropical heat re quires to be guarded against no less than severe frosts. There will come a time when the use of fans suspended from the roof will be properly appreciated. To have one in the bedroom, for instance, is to secure a good night's rest even for the most nervous invalids —and how dread fully the sick everywhere suffer from excessive heat few of us can estimate. It is only sad truth to say that many London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of around us are now literally dying from the extreme ten- No. 112, Strand Printer and Published by hi m at sion on the atmosphere. The " punkah," or l arge fan, THE Sox Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the suspended from the ceiling, would greatly reduce mor- - Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. tality in summer time.—Nw York, Zino, July 25. . Thursday, August 11, 1870, MARRIAGES. On the 9th of August, at West Brompton, Septimus Vaughan Morgan, 6 the Boltons, South Kensington, to Ellen Sarah, younger daughter of the late Henry Sim kin, of Highburyplace. On the 9th August, at Brighton, Albert B. P. Holmes, eldest son of W. H. Holmes, Esq., of Beaumont-street, Portland-place, London, to Catherine, younger daughter of the late W. Newman, Esq., of Charlston, Kent. DEATHS On the 7th August, at Addiscombe, Thomas Middleton, Esq., late of Wimborne, Dorset. On the Bth August, in Onslow-square, Emma, wife of Sir Charles H. J. Anderson, Bart. M DONE CHA] Ilorrc On PADI 65.; cl Moul2. and 4 Swing UNIT N' furthl of the lings I Messy Broad clay di One o NJ forwa Lor, went atandi Alaba and t Mains Mr. MINI Lyell . l resting ci9. fit/ LOG) Manu: N' cian, rage letter Thi found come] earne, heir C' AClmi Band Mode A rine missi C' ROSE Splen and n A N.l will t 0 1 S c SC S° S c SC S c S. afforc espec for th Bank 0 "1.... F .10V ;deb, be ad trodu Move CI Spe Am Nm Nm The Bai Tr ci :ui(l i C l than while e l teeth Vi ceitti ness i and tl nutria super eontr CI Piat( Sole T' 'ael ' ALE: Cave] T' Strax