The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-30 00:00:00

GIRMAN NATI?;61;

The Germans of Landon, with i mai member
their annitrynien from other porta of Magianism( ban
Germany, bald a meeting on Saturday, in the LOOLOR
Tavern.
Mr. PIRETTnWIRC, the chairman of the German National
!Aismieletion in Amide°, opened the proceedings by giving
a hearty welminie M the members' and gueeta, and said that
they maid lawny par over the excellent opportunity
afforded by the Great Exhibition to interchange ideas with
roped to the national interests of Germany. He pro-
=hat Mr. Strait, • delegate of the committee of the
National desoolatiost at Goburg, should take the
chair. This having he dime, the chairman called on
Mr. MITI, of Delflaißek to open the diacuasioo on the
ant subjoin of the peogyseema, rut, the origin and develop-
meet of the National Amothilea in Germany. The association
it was stated had been founded to promote the unity of Ger-
many under one parliament sad common eine& executive.
About three yearn ago Maw gestimmea sammebeed at Bass-
es* sad wilitta am feat tesa Nat day the. aswasistian
leeined 5,000 members premet numbers of the man.
ration are a little below, ,3t1,000).„ The association intended
to proceed by legal meads only, and it had already produced
much good. So late as 1890 it was considered • political
crime in Germany to display the Gerrose colours, or even to
name German liberty. Now the very not= of our diplo-
matist+, the Counts Bereaterff, Hochberg, and Bee=
licknowledged reforms officially, to propose which
have brought • patriot to the house of mereetion twenty
years ago. Count Hochberg, who, as president of the
Dist, abolished the emstitation of Hemereassel, now de-
claim that the very same constitution ought to be restored.
The people were well able to obtain victories without tavola-
tion. When he (the speaker) became a member of the
association, has government, that of HeserDarnistadt,
instituted eroosedings against him with a view of
depriving him of his livelihood. Theo, from •
small plain, Offenbach, 109 persons,
them the town councillors, and the most rem=
eitizens, all iuseribed their names on the list al members.
200 followed front Mayen." 100 from Wonos, 50 from
Ahoy, he., and as such numbers could not be punished by
the law, a special ordinance of the Grand Duke stopped all
criminal proceedings against them. The speaker then re-
plied to some of the objections frequently brought against
tbe tendency of the emaciation ; specially that they wanted
to exclude in particular from Germany the German pro-
vinces of Austria ; whereas they only wanted to draw •
clear line of demarcation between the German nationality
and those noo-Gerruen nations in Austria that did not even
wish to remain connected with Germany. The speaker con-
chided by saying that every German ought to madder it
his duty to join the assonatioa.
Dr. Kim= proposed the following resolutions
" 1. That it should be considered one of the principal
tasks of the National Amouistion to bring forward at the
elections for the German Booms of Representatives such
men as have openly and fearlessly declared in favour of
the principles laid down in the programme of the National
Association." 2. "That the reform of Germany, tending to
unity and freedom, cannot be realised by the Federal
Diet, nor by an agreement between the governments, nor by
delegates of the Homes of Representatives of the single
states, but only by a parliament oosvoked by the free
elections of the whole German people, and by • powerful
central executive. " The meeker mentioned the
various attempts made within late years to effect
the unity of Germany. The old Federal Diet had
utterly broken Sown. Military conventions between
Prussia and the small neighbouring stem would Ming about
Minder conventions of otter small states with Austria, and
thus divide the country into two hostile camps. Delegates
from the Diets might represent their own states, but • true
repremutation of the whole cation could only proceed from
lan election throughout the whole people. If Prussia by this
agitation, or by the force of circumstances—say by • war
threatening on the part of one of her mighty neighbours—
were forced to lean upon such a parliament, and to convoke
it, all would be easy, and it could depend upon this parlia-
ment to create • powerful executive.
Mr. D. Bowl seconded the neoluttoris, sod limited the
sphere of the centred executive to a ministry of foreign
affairs, of war, and of ,canoe, whilst all other matters
might fairly be left to the legislatures of the individual
states.
The resolutions were then put to the vote and agreed to.
Mr. BERNDILS spoke of the progress of the Garman AMMO-
ciatiso in London, and proposed the foundation of several
societies connected therewith.
Dr. lane, chairman of the association at Liverpool, then
proposed the following resolution :—" That the unity of
Germany could io no way interfere with the interests of
England." The speaker remarked that as long as Airdrie
was strong, this state bad been the ally of England. The
Anglo-Freochalliancemight at any time, andby any political
incident, be thrown to the ivied', and the only ally at the
same time, safe and strong, which in that case England
could dud on the continent would be a centralised Ger-
many, enjoying the free institutions of this country. Os
the other hand, Germany, weak along her frontiers, and
surrounded by several nations who bear us no good will,
would find England the only reliable point to attach her-
self to.
After an animated discussion, in which Mann. Thudi,
chum, Born, Dann, and Dr. Wirth, of Frankfort, took part,
the resolution was passed by a decided majority.
The proceedings were commenced and closed by two
patriotic songs, and votes of thanks were passed to the prin-
cipal speakers, after which
Mr. STREIT closed the proceeding' amid load cheers.

" JACOB ONNIUM " AND Ma. HORAMAN. —Mr.
M. Higgins explains in the columns of the Times the true
character of his communicatious with Mr. Cowper relative
to the report of the Thames Embankment Committee. He
eau Entertaining, as I coattail I do. a very decided
opinion reepectiog the report of the committee, I expressed
it to Mr. Cowper, with whom I have the honour of being
slightly so:painted, on meeting him accidentally about •
week ago. I had seen • resolution of the committee quoted
and commented on by the Globe • few days before' sad I
therefore inquired of Mr. Cowper whether the report of the
committee and the evidence taken before it had been pub-
lished. He told me that they had not yet reported, but
that as soon as they did report he would send me • copy of
the evidence. I saw and heard so mom of Mr. Cowper or
the evidence in question till Saturday morning, when I
read the debate of Friday night with astonishment, as I had
never obtained any • materiale 'of any kind from Mr. Cow-
per, nor had I ever had the honour of waiting to or receiving
a letter from him on any subject whatever. Mr. }foreman
must, therefore, see that if, as he appears to suppose, I
have done anything towards • poisoning the public mind'
on the subject of the Thames Embankment Committee, it
would be highly unjust to cast the blame of what I have
done on Mr. Cowper, or to seek to make him
responsible for any misdeeds of mine, past, pre-
sent, or to come. The evidence which Mr. Cowper
promised to forward to me after the committee had agreed
our pia itssreir comort had ttftwyroom , been
i n openlyls
sence Olf tby
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com-
mittee from day to day ; all the solicitors and counsel em-
ployed on the subject—and there were a great many of
them—had copies of it ; the committee was public ; re-
porters openly took down as much of the evidence given as
they pleased for publication in the daily papers with which
they ware connected ; and I am told that the day before
this foolish charge was brought before the House of Com-
mons by Lord Robert Montagu, the blue-book containing
the entire evidence and report was purchasable by anybody
for • few shillings at Hansard's. Mr. }foreman, in his earlier
days, used to devotes good deal of his time to the decortication
and vivisection of bishops and deans, and I think it is just pos.
sib's, if ha will tax his memory a little, that be may recol-
lect having communicated, on more than one occaaton, to
persons likely to assist him with their pens in that interest-
ing pursuit, unpublished evidence, taken before the various
committees of which he was an active and rather cruel
member. Mr. W. F. Higgins has written to assure me
that Lord Robert Montage has stated what is not the fact in
saying that he had given to his lordship or to anybody else
full leave to mention the circumstance of his having opened
an envelope which was not intended for him, or to
make use of the knowledge thus acquired of its con-
tents. He bas also assured me that the marginal notes on
the evidence quoted by Lord Robert Montagu are altogether
creations of his lordship's imagination. I understand from
Mr. W. F. Higgins that be has requested Lord Robert to
correct the erroneous statements into which his seal for the
privacy of the Themes embankment opposite Whitehall has
betrayed him, in has place is parliament on Mooday next
I hope he will, on the same occasion, inform the house and
the public whence he obtained the erroneous information
which it now appears he did not obtain from Mr. W. F.
Higgins."
Tau STEAMER AuLtaca.—.Sneh is the name of a
steam-venial built ea the Clyde, oo the twin principle, sad
brought round to the Mersey • few days ago. The vessel
possesses several peculiarities, the most striking of which is
the circumstance that she im built like two boats, with a
canal, or truck like space between them, in which the pro-
pelling paddle-wheel works entirely oat of sight. This
construction has enabled the builder to give her compara-
tively • very large width of deck, which he has formed into
• wide and spacious saloon. This being above the livid of
the machinery, and completely covered in with glass, affords
passengers ample opportunities of obtaining views without
regard to the vioissitudee of weather. Above the saloon
she has also an ample deck, and is all respects appears well
suited for the oosivsysace of pleasure parties oft nvereasw
eima—Lieerreel