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Wilo' , Brixton, t he Charlotte, p• Esq., Brixv ° O l reet, Tll°v rte, Esq., cot°. - D BOYCP' st led by Wl „ ' tie Precinct of LO N r DON, TUESDAY, N ° . 24,386. YSTAL PALA CE.—THIS DAY.—Gardens and Park refreshed by rain—Never more beautiful Excursions Daily. Balled operas. Palace open for admission from Terrace Fountains .. Operas, "The Quaker," and " The Waterman " .. 2.45 Festival Organ for Promenade till .. 8. 0 Admission to Palace and Theatre ls.Season_, or by Guinea Season_ Tickets. Present issue dating to 31st July, 1871, at all entrances and agents this day. Children half price. Note.—Views of Ruins of Pompeii and Restorations, by new photosculpture process, 6d. The Court of War Material (receiving additions daily) contains Chassepots, Needle Guns, and Rifles of all kinds, Models of Moncreiff and other guns, Maps of the Seat of War, Photo• graphs of Bridges, Fortresses, and. of principal Commanders and Statesmen, portion of Armour Plate of Prussian ironcla " Konig Wilhelm,"&c. Admission free• 10. 0 till 7.30 2. 15 CRYSTAL PALACE.-ENGLISH OPERAS, under the direction of Mr. G. Perren. This AFTERNOON 2.45. DIBBIN'S BALLAD OPERAS, " THE QUAKER" and "THE WATERMAN." Characters by Mr. E. Cotte, Mr. and Mrs. Aynsley Cooke, Mr. Oliver Summers, Mr. G. Fox, Miss Thirlwall, Miss Fanny Leng. Full Orchestra and Chorus— Conductor Mr. MANNS. Admission to Palace, no extra charge to Theatre, one shilling, or by guinea season tickets. Stalls, 2s. ad. Reserved seats Is. Transferable number stalls for above, and nineteen other representations, including : " Marsaniello," "Elixir of Love," " Trovatore," " Barber of Seville," " Fra Diavolo," " Cox and Box," " Faust," " Martha," Gounod's "Pet Dove " "La Colombe," &c. One Guinea early application essential. CRYSTAL PALACE.-GRAND PYROTECH NIC DISPLAY : (Egyptian Salute, Cataract of Fire, Lighting of entire Park, Comet, Mammoth tri-coloured Shells, itc.,) and ILLUMINATION of GREAT and OTHER FOUNTAINS. The display of the 25th ult. was so entirely successful, and was received with such enthusiasm by the 30,000 visitors then present, that it will be repeated in its entire magnificence on Thursday next, the 4th August. Verdi's opera, "Il Trovatore," will be played during the afternoon. Military Band for promenade during the evening. Notwithstanding the extended preparation and the consequent great cost the admission will still be Is. ; guinea season tickets free ; children half-price. Reserved seats and stalls, 2s. 6d., and Is. may be at once secured at the Crystal Palace, or at Exeter Note.—Full particulars and bills forwarded on application to parties desirous of undertaking excursions. C it E bi 0 R N E Lessee and Manager, Mr. Rex BAum. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. AMUSEMENTS FREE. CREMORNE.-TO-MORROW WEDNESDAY. GRAND SPECIAL FETE for the MILLIONS, SPLENDID DISPLAY of FIREWORKS, including the GIGANTIC CASCADE of FIRE, MAMMOTH SHELLS, and numerous elaborate set pieces, by Professor Wells. Admission One Shilling, Amnsemente free. The- Gardens now in perfection, The best and most wonderful Entertainments in the world. This EVENING and during the week, at 10, the NEW GRAND MAGIC FAIRY BALLET, LA FEE AUX ROSES ; or, the Enchanted Roses. In Five Tableaux. Introducing the celebrated Skaters, Mdlle. Frederica and Mons. Elliott, in the Skating Scene. In the course of the Evening Signor Eugenio on the flying Trapeze, most Daring and Wonderful Performance. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING, AMUSEMENTS FREE. A LHAMBRA. - MR. FREDK. STRANGE, 4. Managing Director.—OPEN TO-NIGHT, at Eight o'clock. Everything New. Three Grand Ballets, "LES FLEURS DU JAR DIN ;" " BROWN, JONES, and ROBIN SON," New Comic Ballet, by H. Boleno and Troupe ;'and New Magnificent Water Ballet "LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES," with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties and Varieties. The Best'Band in London, under M. Riviere. Prices—ls., 25., and Gallery, 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Private Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office open from Eleven till Four. A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the is: sent ono the Most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. W Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Hallman, M.O. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s, B. B. Bn4NELL, Proprietc.. • N.B.—The GRAND EXTRA NIGHT and Last of the Season will take place on MONDAY, let August. AIADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street. IN ow added Portrait Models of JOHN JONES, alias JOHN OWEN, and WALTER MILLAR, to the CHAMBER OF HORRORS. Admission, ls. ; Chamber of Horrors, 6d. .extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. THE MUSICAL ART UNlON.—Und er th e sanction and Control of her Majesty's Privy Council. The PRIZES at the approaching Distribution will consist of valuable PIANOFORTES and other Musical Instruments, BOORS, &c. Tickets, One Shilling each, and prospectuses can be had of any of the Agents, or direct from the Offices, 22, Bu ckingham-street, Strand. W.C., on sending stamps or Post Office Order to the amount. N.B.—Liberal Terms to Agents. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 245., _ _ A TOUR ROUND ENGLAND. By WALTER THORNIIIIRY. "The reader can scarcely fail to find in this hook many picturesque incidents and legendary anecdotes, alike new and entertaining."—Pall Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street: THE WAR MAP. 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Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon> app] cation to the Publisher, Edward Ifawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth. Now published, J 0 IZ .1), ISLE, AND TOR.' A BOOK FOR TOURISTS IN NORWAY, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, CORNWALL, AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS. BY EDWARD SPENDER PRICE 3s. "It is a straightforwardly and sometimes gracefully written Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the holiday traveller's point of view, not, however, exclusively devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give the voyager an intelligent interest in the manners, customs, industries, and institutions of the districts he is expl 'ring. Foi intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spender s book will be welcome. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk."— Daily Telegraph. "The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be useful, not only to those who visit the' places described, but to those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent and graphic writer, and does ample justice to his subjects."— Yorkshire Post. "It deserves a welcome, this book we have so long uncon sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether the book - is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the happy time of our holiday excursion, and to give a place to on our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer." -Still " Fjord, isle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. The essay on Norway is particularly full of information, but the others are not-far behind it in proportion to their length, and all are written in a genial spirit."—Globe. " Without being exactly a guide-book, it answers all the pur poses of one, and contains beside a vast quantity of information, all given in the most condensed form possible. There is not a line of space wasted in fine writing, but the descriptions of scenery bear witness to the author's genuine love and appreciation of the picturesque, just as his closely compressed facts and statements prove the practical and hardworking man of letters."—Man chester Courier. " From back to back `Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is full of matter interesting equally to the tourist and the ordinary reader. It is written in an easy and pleasant style, and is well `got up.' " Eastern Morning News. " We cannot part with this fascinating little work without con gratulating Mr. Spender upon it. Addressed, as it more especially is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica- tion - to the general public. . . .. As to its literary merits we need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient guarantee on this point."—Western Mail. " The articles shew unusual power of observation, are full of genial gossip, and supply just what the excursionist wants-- reliable information."—Western Daily Press. CIIARLTON TUCKER 21, Northumberland -street, Charing Cross TWEEDIE'S TEMPER. FACT AND H ,ANCE YEAR BOOK OF lISTORY FOR. 1870. CONTI General Review of the Tempe rance Movement. Chronicle of the Temperance Movement. Teetotalism an Agent in Civi lisation. Researches Respecting Alcohol. The Result of the Personal and Professional Experience of the Benefits of Total Abstinence. Physiology of Drinking. Analysis of Bitter Ale and Deer. Judicial Testimonies. 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And notice is hereby further given that it is proposed to sub mit to the consideration and decision of the meeting the fol lowing matter, viz. : The Sale to the London and South-Western Railway Company, under the provisions of the London and South-Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act, 1866, of the Share Capital of this Company (Coleford to Okehampton Section), and the adoption by the London and South-Western Company of the debenture debt of the said railway. The Transfer Books Of the Company will be closed from the 4th to the 11th August next, both days inclusive. By order, HOWARD LANKESTER, Secretary, 2, Westminster Chambers, 27th July, 1870. CLERGY MUTUAL A Established .SSURANCE SOCIETY. in 1829. TRUSTEES The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lord Bishop Sumner. I The Archbishop of Dublin, The Archdeacon of Maidstone. Total existing sum assured upon life .. £4,689,458 Os. Cd. Total annual income .................. £183,444 Os. 6d. 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JOHN HODGSON, M.A„ Secretary, PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ) THE PUBLIC tUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND Just published, price is 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in Blue • tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of thisstariliniwork by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals. recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL. (SNOW-HILL STATION), BIRMINGHAM. " One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels in the three kingdoms,"—•The Field, July 31, 1869. 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He saw no one, but the first thing he heard was his son, the prisoner, calling loudly for assistance. Another important witness was Miss Martha Wilson, the prisoner's sister. She proved that she and her brother were sitting upstairs when, some ten minutes before the shots were fired, he left the room, and went into the surgery, which is on the ground floor near the dining room. Her attention was attracted by the first pistol shot. She listened, and then hearing annother, she hastened to the head of the stairs, when she heard her brother calling, " Patty, Patty, papa, has shot himself." These were the principal facts of the case, but further evidence was gone into to shew that the wounds were inflicted by a pistol which belonged to Dr. Wilson, and to which a stranger would not have access, and also that the prisoner in driving to Shrewsbury for a medical man had purposely driven more slowly than was necessary. For the prisoner it was proved that he had been an affectionate son and brother, that there was no motive whatever for the commis sion of the crime, and that it was possible for a stranger to have entered the house, and, finding the pistol, to have shot Dr. Wilson, to avoid detection. Mr. James, in an exh aus ti ve speech of nearly two hours' dura tion, strongly urged these views, and after hearing the summing up of the judge, the jury at a late hour returned a verdict of not guily, a result which was received with loud applause. On Saturday morning the Bishop of Manchester consecrated a new church, dedicated to St. Paul, at Low Moor, Clitheroe. General Sheridan is to be sent to Europ.e.by the President to watch the operations of the contending armies. We do not think he is the most suitable man for the service. He is hardly scientific enough. Besides he will find himself bothered to look on and observe opera tions of this sort without taking a hand himself. And then we need him on the Plains, where he will have . the the privilege of fighting with the rest if there is any fight ingto be done. INDIAN ITEM - S.—The Madras Times says the Finance Departments of the several presidencies are to be placed under the local governments, subject to the con trol of the Government of India."—There has been a heavy flood at Indore (in the Central Provinces) causing great loss of life and property. It is conjectured that upwards of four hundred human beings have perished.— A writer in the Jubbulpoor Chroncicle says that there is at Chunar a veteran, a German by birth, who was present at the burning of Moscow, and the disastrous retreat of Napoleon from thence in 1812. There has been a serious grain riot at Busheer, (at the head of the P ers i an Gulf.) • ELI lON. THE WAR. THE APPROACHING BATTLE. Information derived from the best sources on. either side leads the Morning Post to belieie that the beginning of the campaign will not be signalised by any complicated strategic movements. Both belligerents are massing their forces directly opposite to one another, and it is antici pated by most competent authorities that to*ards the eid of the present week the first great battle will be fought. THE NEUTRAL POWERS. The Independence Italienne says that negotiations are actively proceeding at Florence, London, and Vienna, to assure by reciprocal guarantees the neutrality of Italy, England, and Austria. The decision of the English Go vernment is expected. England appears to oppose diffi culties to the proposals of Italy. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. The o,Ncial Dresden Journal publishes a letter from Vienna, stating that the interchange of ideas between u tria and Italy has led to the complete agreement of :e two Powers with regard to the neutrality to be ,bsc r v d by-them. . OFI4ICIAL NEWS. The Journal °Aid publishes the following war news, but without stating the place whence it has beenreceivedt The previsions and munitions are being rapidly sent forward. The country ii,self furnishes great resources in meat and vegetables; but the military authorities hus band them in order to prevent scarcity and dearness, precautions all the more necessary because the country before us has already admitted the enormous requisitions. According to the statements of deserters, the Prussians suffer greatly from want of blankets and tents. The Emperor has decided on abolishing the shako. This measure will be executed throughout within a few days. According to the statements of deserters, the entuy are much astonished at the great range of the French rifles. The Bavarian outposts have fallen back on Lauter. TIIE HANOVERIAN MALCONTENTS. General Von Falchenstein has issued the following pro clamation to the inhabitants on the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas Our coasts are menaced. The defence of them has been entrusted to me. Your representatives in Parliament have informed me that your ardent wish and your firm will is to share that defence ; I accept your assistance with gratitude. I want men of resolution in the grave circumstances of the moment; they weigh more than gold. Therefore, armyourselves along the whole lengthof ow/ coasts of the North and Baltic Seas ; form divisions under able commanders ; you will find many of them among the retired officers in your respective districts. But, above all, so watch over the coasts as to be able to inform at once the nearest military authorities who can bring to you assistance in time." Count Kuyphausen-Lutelsbbrg, Count Vedel-Evenburg, and Mr. You Frase-Hinte, chiefs of the Royal party of the House of Hanover, have spontaneously given their word of honour, without abandoning their opinions, they will side truthfully during the actual war 'with the Father land and Prussia. DENMARK AND FRANCE. The Danish Government is showing great apprehen sion. It seems that it is not at all sure of being master of the situation if a french fleet appears in Danish waters. The journals called nationalist exercise a paramount in fluence on public opinion, and they all side with France against Prussia. The most prominent of these papers are PadreLancia, Dagbladet, both Alinisterial ; the People Jeuntal, and the Hcidael. TIIL•' SEPTEMBER CONVENTION. In Sunday's sitting of the Italian Chrimber of Deputies Signor Laporta censured the policy of the Government, which, he said, should denounce the f2eptember Conven tion, which had been violated by France. The culuct of the Gbvernment was calculated to provoke disturbances• in Italy.— Signor Lanza replied It is strange that- the Left should await - the present moment to advocate the expediency of denouncing the September Convention. Such a policy might prevent the evacuation which is de sired by all Italians. It would be. Unworthy to emlxirrass France at the moment of ber commencing war. The Government would protect the honour and interests of the country. Amid existing difficulties which it had done everything to avert it did not fear the menace of internal disturbances, which would be energetically repressed, and by whomsoever fomented the Go vernment would not . admit of any individual initiative. The Chamber accepted the declarations of the Ministry, and passed to the order of the day. The.credit for 16 millions for military and naval armaments and the conventions with the railway companies were approved by the Chamber. MORE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. A second batch of official correspondence respecting the war has been issued. The first series of letters and despatches contained no information about the secret treaty; i had not then been published. This second batch is almost wholly devoted to that extraordinary document. The series com mences with a despatch from Earl Granville to Lord Lyons, containing a demand for immediate explanations from France respecting the treaty. It is dated July 25th, the day on which the treaty was published. A second despatch from Earl Granville followes. It is dated Tuesday last and notes that the French Ambassador called upon him and stated that the draft treaty was originated by Count Bismarck, but it never bad any serious basis, and was rejected by' both parties. The French Government said M. de Lavalette had respected the neutrality of Belgium even when ther; was reason to complain of her conduct. The fourth des patch is from Lord A. Loftus, British Minister at Berlin, and contains an assurance that Prussia intended to respect the neutrality of Belgium. The fifth is from Count Bismarck to Count Bernstorff, Prussian Ambassador at the British Court, and is a summary of the extraordinary circular note, published in a separate form, which the great Prus sian statesman sent to the representatives of his nation at different neutral courts. The sixth paper is from Earl Granville to Lord Lyons, and contains the substance of a despatch which the French Foreign Minister sent to the French Ambassador in London, and which the French Ambassador communicated to Lord Granville. In this despatch the French Foreign Minister affirms that "ever since the year 1665 M. de Bismarck has constantly en deavoured to carry out his own plans by attempting to turn the attention of the French Government to terri torial aggrandisement. He told M. Lefebvre deßehaine,then Chargd d'Affaires at Berlin, that Prussia would willingly recognise the rights of France to extend her borders wherever the Trench language is spoken, thereby indicat ing certain Swiss Cantons, besides Belgium. These over tures the Government of the Emperor declined to entertain. The following year, immediately ofter the battle of Sadowa, similar proposals were made at Brunn to M. de Behaine, and on this occasion Count Bismark told him that the course of France was clear ; the French Government should go to the King of Belgium and explain that the inevitable increase to Prus sian territory and influence was most disquieting to their security, and that the sole means of avoiding these dan gerous issues would be to unite the destinies of ' Belgium and France by bonds so close that the ',Belgian Monarchy—whose autonomy would, however, be respected --would become in the North a real bulwark of safety for France." The Emperor's Government, however, says the French Foreign Minister, refused to listen to these terms, though it would haVe been easy to have carried out the scheme with the aid of Prussia, who was anxious only to, secure the fruits of her victories. The document in the handwriting of M. Benedetti was written by him under the dictation of Count Bismarck. In the 7th paper Lord A Loftus, English Minister at Berlin, sends a lithographed copy of the treaty draft, and adds that he has seen the original himself, and recognises the hand of M. Benedetti. The eighth paper is one from the French Foreign Minister enclosing a letter frrm M. Benedetti, and observing that, with respect to Count Bismarck's circular note he reserves his observations. The letter of M. Benedetti is in English as follows :—" Unjust they were, I did not think it proper to notice the observations made upon me personally when it was known in France that the Prince of Hohen- AUGUST 2, 1870. zollern had accepted the Crown of Spain. As in duty bound, I left to the Government of the Emperor the task of setting them right. I could not keep the same silence in face of the use which Count Bismarck has made of a document to which he seeks to give a value which it never possessed, and I re quest your Excellency's leave to re-establish the ' facts exactly as they occurred: It is a matter of public notoriety that Count Bismarck offered us, before and during the last war, to assistin uniting Belgium to France, as a compensation for the aggrandisements of which he was ambitious, and which he obtained for Prussia. I might, on this point, appeal to the testimony of the entire diplomacy of Europe, to whom the whole affair was known. The Government of the Emperor constantly declined these overtures, and one of your predecssors, M. Drouyn de Lhuys, is in a position to give, -on this subject, explanations which must remove every doubt. At the moment of the conclusion of the Peace of Prague, and in face of the emotion which was ex cited in France by the annexation to Prussia of Hanover, of Electoral Hesse, and of the town of Frank fort, M. de Bismarck again shewed the strongest desire to re-establish the balance of power, which had been disturbed by these acquisitions. Various com binations having reference to the integrity of the States neighbours of France and Germany were put forward; they become the subject of several conversations, during which M. do Bismarck was always disposed to make his personal ideas prevail. In one of these conversations, and in order to give myself an exact idea of his combinations, I consented to transcribe them in a manner "en quelque sorte " ) at his dictation. The form, no less than the sub stance, shews clearly that I confined myself to reproducing a project conceived and developed by him. M. de Bismarck kept this document, wishing to submit it to the King. On my side, I reported in substance to the Imperial Government the communications which had been made to me. The Emperor rejected them as soon as they came to his knowledge. lam bound to say that the King of Prussia himself did not seem to wish to accept the basis of them ; and since that time, that is to say, during the last four years, I have never again entered upon any new exchange of ideas on the subject with M. • de Bismarck. M. Benedetti concludes by point ing out that if " the initiative of such a treaty had been taken by the Government of the Emperor, the pro ject would have been drafted by the Foreign-office, and I should not have had to produce a copy of it in my own handwriting." A.'r METZ SATURDAY. Very many of the troops who were crowded here in such vast numbers during the last few days have left and gone forward, the general movement all along the line having greatly advanced by this time. But Metz still has in its immediate neighbourhood a vast encampment. The Em peror is here, and so is the Imperial Guard, so there is perhaps not less military life and animation than before. The St. Martin camp at Metz, which is occupied by, the Imperial Guard, is extremely well placed, and affords opportunity for the carrying on of extensive manoeuvres. It is surrounded by large trees, and the tents are placed in the shade of these trees. They are arranged in divisions of six, each separated by a wide street ; each company is placed in one of these streets ; the tents of the officers are in the background. There are two meals a day, identical in character, for they consist of soup and beef in the morning, and beef and soup in the evening. The non-commissioned officers take their meals without ceremony, sitting in 'a ring, after the fashion of tailors. When the meal is concluded the report is read to each company, and each soldier is informed of his special duty, the officers are summoned to their duties by the ringing of many bells. During the day there are generally three roll-calls, so that the officer in command may be certain that the number of his men is complete. The arrival of the Emperor and Prince Imperial, which great event happened on Thursday, revived the flagging spirit of the town, and somewhat calmed the impatience of the troops ; but since then we have made very little progress and have gained very little information. If the official bulletins hitherto issued are to be a specimen of those we shall get hereafter, there is small comfort in store for the wives and the children of the men who are em barked upon this uncertain errand. We have during the last day or two seen long lines of carriages full of treasure come into the town, guarded by mounted men of the Garde Mobile. We have seen more troops come in, and more still go out, on the advance to the front. But of the plan of the campaign no one has as yet the vestige of an idea, founded upon any information. Employing pure logic to bear upon the question, it would seem a pretty safe conclusion that the Saar will mark the first scene of operations. Either the French will advance beyond the river into Rhenish Prussia, or the Prussians will advance beyond it into France. It is now evident that no serious side attack upon Bavaria will be made. It is too late for that. If the French could have mus tered sufficient force at first, a raid into South Germany might have proved highly successful in overrunning the lesser States before they were prepared, and in separating the South from the North. If, however, such an experiment -were attempted now the road to Paris would be laid open to the army of theßhine. It would be much easier for the Prussians to reach the French capital, than for the French to reach Berlin by way of South Germany. Such a hazardous flank movement cannot be attempted now. Nothing for it but a straightforward combat on the Rhine. Such are the speculations with which we amuse ourselves. People here are also very busy in invent ing stories of battles, and in charging the Prussians with gross misdeeds. One story to-day is to the effect that the army on the other side of the frontier is levying enormous exactions on all sides. It is, it. point of fact, doing nothing of the kind. STATE OF FEELING IN ITALY. Opinions in the Italian capital are a good deal divided. The Ministry carried their vote of confidence, but a strong party on the Right would have liked to see Signor Lanza out of office, and Signori Visconti Venosta or Sella in his stead. Perfect unanimity, say the Ministerialists, reigns in the Cabinet, but a Ministerial modification when the session is over is not improbable, and the French party is likely to gain the day. At Milan there has been a slight disturbance. A meeting in favour of neutrality . was announced, but was abandoned by its promoters after the ministerial declara tions as unnecessary. However, a crowd assembled in the streets, attacked the armourer's shops, and fired a few shots. Fortunately few persons were wounded, and the police succeeded in dispersing the mob. The next day they seized a depot of arms, including thirty bayonets, clue Orsini bombs loaded, as well as revolvers and cartridges. Whence they came is a matter of mystery, but a good many arrests have been made. Among those arrested were Missori, a well-known G-aribaldian colonel, and the editors of three papers, the Little Gazette of Milan, the Unitas itaiiana, and the Gazette Rose. A letter trom Garibaldi to Frt.re Pontaleo has been published : " CAPRERA, July 18. " To-day affairs are serious. Ido not recommend that he red shirt be worn, it might give rise to discord. . . Tell them, above, all, that it would be Italy's greatest dis grace to support the Second of December. GAITIBALDI." The party of action sympathises with Prussia, but the clerical party is perplexed, saying there is nothing to choose between France, which represents revolution, and Prussia, the champion of heresy. This party still clings to ,the hope that the French troops will not be with drawn. THE EMPEROR AND HIS PROPOSALS.—The Emperor has always been in the habit of personally in structing his own "War Mini ster, his own Police Minister, and his foreign Envoys. I dare say that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the day knew nothing of the negotia tions which M. Benedetti was secretly carrying on for the annexation of Belgium. What he did was done in pursuance of the Emperor's personal instructions, and therefore there is a ground for the equivocation that the "French Government " knew nothing about it. Whether Count Bismarck (who I by no means undertake to white wash) was ever doing anything more than tantalising the Emperor in talking to M. Benedetti about Belgium is more than I know, but it it is very certain that Napoleon 111. wanted to get it. According to very reliable information, ho was induced to postpone the scheme when he thought. PRICE I d STAMPED 2d it ripe by Prince Napoleon and the Queen of Holland. — Daily News Correspondent. FORTIFYING PARIS.—If he (the Paris shopkeeper) has been startled by the tone of the Emperor's procla mation, he was no less so on learning that the fortifica tions of Paris were to be put in readiness—these famous fortifications which M. There bestowed upon us at such an enormous cost thirty years ago, and which to no Parisian eye have ever conveyed the slightest Idea of war. The fortifications, with their grassy vestment, seemed but a verdant girdle put round the most pleasure-loving and pleasure giving capital in the world. To the lower classes they represented only a zone beyond which rent and wine (untouched by octroi dues) were cheaper; for the more wealthy " beyond the fortifications " meant merely the Bois de Boulogne, with its pretty cascades and its charm ing lakes. And now to think of drawbridges and cannon, and to see trees cut down and villas destroyed by the order of ruthless engineers. This is, indeed, bringing war home to us. Besides, when would the fortifications come into use ? is the natural inquiry. After the iron frontier of France has been forced ; after, at least, three great battles have been fought and lost ; after all the natural defenders of the soil have been drained off and vanquished, and when the defence will upon the National Guard. Things will have come to a bad pass with us if we ever have to fall back on the fortifications of Paris, and to trust to the heroism of the shopkeepers of a wealthy and luxurious capital. No wonder, then, that the announcement that the fortifi cations of Paris were to be put in a state of preparation has created an unpleasant sensation.—Freneh, Correspon dent of the Times THE EMPEROR. AND HIS SON AT METZ.—The Emperor's carriage followed, a plain barouche drawn by four horses, ridden by postilions. His Imperial Majesty occupied the right side of the back seat. He was dressed in the uniform of a general of division and wore on his left breast a star of the Legi on of Honour. "He looks ill," remarked a friend who was beside me ; but this friend had never seen him before. A sallow complexion is peculiar to the family. The present Emperor has it ; so have Prince Napoleon and Prince Pierre, and so had the Great Captain, from whom the house has, its rise, and whose marble-like pallor, turning betimes to an ashy, ,tint, is historical. In my judgment Napol e on 111. i s in excellent health, but a little jaded, as well he may be. He smiled, not the sickly sea-green smile that very incompetent and partial witness, Mr. Kinglake, lent him, at Solferino, where, forsooth, h e pl a y e d th e role of coward, but a gratified and contented smile. He was accompanied by General de Waubert de Geniis and two other aides de-camp. A squad of Cent Gardes followed the carriage, and then came a second, open like the first, containing the Prince Imperial, attended by two officers of rank. The child was pale, he has the delicacy of colour of his august mother; but he was full of boyish animation, and lifted his cap and replaced it almost con tinuously as the crowd cheered him. At first the popu lace did not appear to know who the little lad in the sub lieutenant's uniform was, but the women, as if by some acute womanly instinct, sprang to a conclusion at once, and were first and loudest in their cries, " Long live the Prince Imperial."—Letter in the Standard. " THE EMPIRE IS PEACE." On proclaiming himself Emperor, and at repeated inter vals during his reign, the Emperor Napoleon 111. an nounced the above maxim as his rule of action, and yet within the last sixteen years he has been engaged in wars with Russia and Austria and Mexico, and now enters into a contest with Prussia. He has also sent hostile expedi tions to China, Cochin China, and Algiers, and has nearly come into collision with the United States, England, and Spain. Before the war with Prussia is over he may at tack Belgium, and thus provoke a war with England. The professions and the practice of the Benapartes have always been in open conflict. Taking into consideration another characteristic of this family and their followers, it may be remarked that the war between France and England in 1801, after the peace of Amiens, and the pre sent war with Prussia, were immediately preceded by gross acts of discourtesy, which amounted to declarations of war. Thus, Napoleon I. at a grand ball made a pre meditated verbal attack upon Lord Whitworth, the Eng lish Ambassador, and just came within the line of per sonal assault. So, recently, at Ems, the King of Prussia, while walking the streets, was rudely accosted by the French Minister, who, against all the rules of diplomatic intercourse, rudely demanded an immediate answer to the propositions of the Emperor. It seems singular that while the French enjoy the reputation of being the politest nation in Europe, its rulers sometimes behave more rudely than the least civilised nation on the Continent. —Phila delphia Ledger. THE CASE OF ESTHER LYONS. Messrs. Townley and Gard, the solicitors for the defen dants in the celebrated case of " Lyons v. Thomas," have written a letter in answer to that published by Mr. Lyons. They enter at some length into the several details of the case, and maintain that they suggestel a compromise some weeks before the case was argued in the court. Mr. Lyons, according to this account, saw his daughter Esther alone upon two occa sions, and was told there was no objection to his daughter's returning with him to Cardiff if he could persuade her to do so, but lie failed. Miss Lyons afterwards refused to see her father, and declared her conviction that such interviews were useless. " She is," adds the solicitors, " now nearly 21 years of age, and is a young lady of strong determination." Mr. and Mrs., Thomas, according to this account, have not been parties to any of the negotiations, and have not communicated with Miss Lyons since the trial. PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Lord Justice James having, when Vice-Chancellor, officially superintended the liquidation of the Albert Life Assurance Company, a petition emanating from it and the several companies amalgamated with it prior to its collapse, for the construction of a new organization, was heard before his lordship yesterday. Sir Itoundell Palmer, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Fry, Q.C., were counsel for the petitioners; whilst Mr. Wilcock, Q.C., Mr. Philip, .Q.C., Mr. Amphlett, Q.C., Mr. Eddis, Q.C., Mr. Hardy, Q.C., Mr. Napier Higgins, Mr. A. M. Jackson, Mr. Waller, and Mr. Wickens appeared for a large number of persons beneficially interested. Prior to the opening of the peti tion the Lord Justice inquired whether the whole of the parties were agreed as to his jurisdiction. The hearing of the matter by him in his new capacity would deprive those who might eventually feel aggrieved of the right to appeal,. except to the House of Lords. It was Conse quently very advisable that all difficultyshouldbe removed before proceeding with the inquiry. Mr. Eddis, Q.C., said he believed that all the parties had expressed themselves satisfied with his lordship's urisdiction. Sir lt. Palmer then explained the nature of the petition at very considerable length, referring both to the general circumstances of the case and legal position it assumed. The petition emanated from a joint committee of policy holders, annuitants, and shareholders in the Albert ; four others (the Western Family Endowment, Bank of London, and the Medical and Invalid), which had been amalga mated with the Albert, and were under liquidation ; and three others (the National Guardian, Times, and Beacon), which had become united with the Albert, but were not being wound up. Several other companies which had been attached to the seven com panies named prior to their amalgamation with the Albert were also interested in the petition. For the purpose of carrying out the proposed re-construction a new company had been formed, and its articles of association were registered on the 15th July last. The first thing provided for in the agreement was that the liabilities of the Albert should be borne primarily by the Albert share• holders. There were, doubtless, no inconsiderable number who would be unable to pay calls even to the extent of the nominal amount of their shares ; but there were others who were solvent and able to pay, not only to the extent of their nominal capital, but extra contributions, so as to decrease the deficiency which would be created by the in solvent shareholders. Everybody would be asked to make some sacrifice ; amongst other things the Amalgamated Companies would be expected to subscribe a certain sum which might or might not be beyond their liabilities, whilst the creditors would be called upon to make some abatement in their claims. The plan for a compromise of the liquidation and proposed reconstruction had been submitted to the policy holders throughout the country and had met with the assent of a very large majority, ; the number of dissentients being quite inconsiderable ; whilst it had been approved with the utmost unani mity by an • unusually large and, influential meeting of all• parties concerned recently held In London, the universal opinion being that the continuance of the liquidation practically depreciated the value of the property from day to day without the slightest opportunity being anticipated of any contingen advantage accruing. • The Lord Justice suggested that if th e comp r om i se were effected it would be unjust in this respect. At pre- • sent there were creditors included in the arrangement who had claims against solvent companies, and it was un fair that those creditors should be classed with others who claimed against insolvent companies. Several of the learned counsel coincided with his lord ship as to the immensity of this difficulty, but Sir R. Palmer thought it a matter which could be overcome by athicable arrangement. The Lord Justice eventually decided to adjourn the petition until after the vacation. In the meantime, the persons interested in the several companies included in the petition might convene meetings and express their opinion of the proposed compromise, and that expression of opinion would be the basis upon which the Court would determine to proceed. It is stated that as soon as the Education Bill comes into operation, the compulsory clause will at once be enforced in Birmingham, Manchester, and perhaps Leeds. o•