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THE PRESS, SEPTEMBER 12, 1857.

same capacity as his gunboat. The river was at the
flood during four or five months of the year.

Mr. CHEETHAM : What article, as a medium of com.
coerce, could the natives best cultivate at the present
moment ?

Dr. LININOSTONE believed cotton would be the beet for
them to begin with, and that they would cultivate it if
they were assured of a market. Now that they had abun-
dance of land, they did not feel the necessity of improved
cultivation. He described the feeling of the natives as
strongly in favour of the English, whom they contrasted
with the Boers and Portuguese. In the west, the popu-
lation was very much milder in character than in the
east. The possession of a single cannon was quite enough
to overawe a whole district. As to the effect of the climate
on the English constitution, the most important point he
had ascertained was that there were two healthy ridges in
the country.
In Angola skilled labour was to be had for 4d. a day,
field labour for 21., and he believed it might be got by
paying in calico, the usual currency of the country, at
about Id. per day. He proposed, in going back, to distri•
bute cotton seeds amongst all the chiefs on the banks of
the river, and endeavour to give the impression that all
they produced would be purchased. The beginning must
necessarily In small, and not profitable ; but he thought if
the natives could be engaged in lawful commerce it would
put an end to the slave trade in all that central region.
At the conclusion of these statements a resolution
was carried thanking Dr. Livingstone, and appointing
a committee to impress upon her Majesty's Govern-
ment the importance of assisting private enterprise
to develop the resources of Africa.

THE IMPERIAL INTERVIEW AT STUTTGARDT.—The
following has been received from Stuttgardt, dated
the 2nd of September :—" For the last fortnight a
considerable number of artists and workmen have
been occupied in repairing and decorating the apart-
ments of the royal residence here. These sumptuous
preparations, which could surprise no one who is ac-
quainted with the habits and tastes of the King,
might well astonish strangers to his character. But
it soon got abroad that his Majesty was to be the
host of several foreign sovereigns, who were to re-
main in Stuttgardt for about a week in the month of
September. It is now known that amongst those
sovereigns will be the Emperors Alexander and
Napoleon. The King of Wurtemburg is expected here
every day from Biarr►tz, but great preparations are
meantime going on at the King's summer palace and
at the palace of the Prince Royal. All the soldiers
who were absent on leave have been recalled.
There are now from 15,000 to 20,000 troops in the
environs of the capital. The troops are divided into
two corps ; the first commanded by Prince Frederick,
and the second by Lieutenant-General Count
William of Wurtemburg. After some imposing
military manoeuvres, a stem battle will take place
between the two corps in the plain between Heilorn
Hall and Kanstatt. On the 27th of September there
will be a parade of the united corps near the capital
in honour of the two emperors. It may be interest-
ing to know at the present time what are the ties of
relationship between the royal houses of France,
Russia, and Wurtemburg. The King of Wurtem-
burg is the widower of a first marriage with
Catherine Paulowna, daughter of Paul 1., and
aunt of the Emperor Alexander; and the Prince
Royal of Wurtemburg is married to the Grand
Duchess Olga, daughter of Nicholas 1., and sister of
the Emperor Alexander. The • Princess Frederica-
Charlotte-Mary, the King's niece, was also married
to the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, the Emperor's
uncle, who died in 1846. On the other side, Count
William of Wurtemburg, the cousin-germ an of the
King, married Theodoline-Louise-Eugenie Napoleon,
the daughter of Eugene Beauharnais, and cousin-
german of the Emperor Napoleon 111. She died
last April. The Princess Frederica-Catherine-
Sophia-Dorothea, the daugher of Frederic, the late
King of Wurtemburg, and sister of the present King,
was married to Prince Jerome. She died in 1836.
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde are the
offspring of this marriage. Finally, the late Duke
of Leuchtenberg, the son of Prince Eugene Beauhar-
nais, and cousin-german of the Emperor of the
French, married the Grand Duchess Mary, the Em-
peror Alexander's sister."
A PAINFUL INCIDENT marked the reception of the
Emperor of Austria on the borders of the district of
Kaschau. While the burgomaster of that place was
haranguing his Majesty, Lieut.-Colonel Count Szir••
may, an officer of great merit, who was close to his
Majesty, was suddenly struck with apoplexy, and
dropped down dead from his horse. The Emperor
was much affected by the event, and immediately
sent one of his aides-de-camp to Besenyo to an-
nounce the melancholy intelligence to the family of
the deceased.

THa Espero mentions that Montanelli, the ex-
deputy of Tuscany, is engaged in preparing a
biography of Lamennais. The closest friendship
and intimacy subsisted for some years between the
French philosopher. and the Florentine litterateur,
and the work, it is expected, will contain much
curious information.