The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-29 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

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• FRANKFORT. Maim 27.
Though greater anxiety appears to prevail at
Berlin to avoid appearing as the aggiessor, and the
government papers are getting more moderate, the
same influence in opposite directions continues to
bear upon the royal mind. On the one hand,
President Gerlach, the Queen Dowager, and Prince
Charles, as thorough absolutists, are adverse to a
war with Austria, by which public opinion would
become of greater itooouut than hitherto ; on the
other, Bismarck and the military party have
too deeply impressed the King. with the idea of
adding a province to his dominions to draw beck
readily. If the question of the ultimate sovereignty
over the Duchies remains a genuine German
quarrel, it may last for years, and become threat-
ening to the peace of the world once every six
months ; while foreign mediation would, as the
right Is all on one aide and brutal force on the
other, put an ead to this miserable squabble once
and for ever.
Yesterday's Berlin papers give a striking illus-
tration of the two currents prevailing there. While
the Norddattsche Zeitbng (Miroarok'sorgaa), which
is full of war rumours, states that three corps
d'arm6e are to be concentrated at Cracow,
Bohemia, and in Austrian Silesia, and that no letter
of gratulation on the part of the Austrian Emperor
has been handed to the King, the Kraus &stung
asserts that Austria has not continued her prepa-
rations for war, that all has become mere quiet in
that quarter, and that of the Emperor of Austria's
gratulatory letter is really a fact.

COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION.

At the Must meeting of the executive eemmitiee,
held on Tuesday, • letter was mod from her Majesty's
mond (a son of toe mitred missionary at Apia,
Upolu, South Sees, ackeowledeing.the receipt of • girt and
seed granted to him by the asoomatkikiland statingithat
more cleasieg machines are needed, w he is prepatia to
purchase. He has been ming the Da to phut sotto.,
and though at Ind they evinced rsheteaminder the ap-
prelseeies that the modem would not meet with • wady
oiler yet now, baviPg been disaboaed of that unisooeseptice,
they lame turned to 'Oh • will, and Mitred of 400 or 500
sores, it is erpsebod that this year 2,000 serer will be
pleated. The eouetry is well suited for costes, which pews
with little trochee, and redone two mops is the year.
The first crop of the writer'. *Mates el 40 acme
yielded 55,7991 b. of cotton is the seed (this is low-land).
A tweaty.sentr acre plantation yielded 31,1051 b. The
second crop, It was feared, might be isjered by the mini of
the wet seems. The price given try reerehects led *Mere
ves frees 3e. to 4e. per lb. in Obli med. The writer has
shipped fourteen bales of classed cotton to Sydney, with
instructions to forward them to the easociation feriae
should it be found Windt to °hula a good riminlyddey.
The Brazilian seed is chiefly planted in the
bet there are fear or live varieties ; a earapie cd each now
on the way for the isepeorion el the eressistion. A as-
Mitch was received hem ids Zrealkoney the Grew°,
• Queensland, acknowledging the meant of a °owner
.lotion from the emanation, recommending that
the bonus in land orders should be oretlnual
for a farther period, with a view to ineemage the saltier-
hos of cotton is the adarty. road si4F isle* thoie
land parliament has sumo the continuation
Ter moderate bandy (that is of is land ceders for
every bale of good cleaned cotton expodM te Great
Behan mill the esel of the yea 1869, whoa the unsetion
will be lapis take. iele cessideratim. His .eimilesey,
ghee queticui from Mr. J. Stuart Mill's week m
Ecommy," in support of the espediemy of offering pre-
miums or bounties daring a short period, with the age
objected naturalisine an importer's foreign industry in *brow
son_Lquidinimhty veiled for it, mewls that it is epee such
that-Me gorenseent sod parliament of Qmsellood
v=inerreieed- to entlese the boom is land 'dons
far a limited period, with She object of ensouthlittobbhe
further cultivation Gotten Is that adoey.
lair years of 1131 ad/deist:dim the governor has frequently
digested atteartion I. the resimitelde adsptiatim of Qnseat.
land for the growth of riollice. The eseepticsal inclemency
of three sucesesivor essisona—Me nog deought of 1863.-the
heavy floods of 1863, sad of the first mouths of 1664. aces-
, rimed peat disappointment and discouregemeat. In 1864
lb. export of cotton from Quersullend amounted to
88,78018., valued et 4,1864 The retires for 1866. though
sot yet completed, will. it is expected, exhilit a oonsider.
able immure. The government sad legislature of the
colony have done all la their power to eneourige
enterprising men to persevere, is spite of difficul
tie., is the =Wootton of cotton. The pester proportion
of the capital is Queensland is invested a the predootion
of wool, and the capitalists of Eogland must apply *ow,
pert of their owe skill, industry, and money, U cotton
is also to be produced rapidly or on an tanners
scale. A letter was received, seeteleing details of
a proposal to establish an &gamy for disposing of
and developing the gotta° fields of South Awake.
An extract from t4o, New Orloo4s 7ipsr, forwarded by
her Majority's consul at that port, was received hoot the '
Foreign-office, relative to the growth of coital' in the.
Southern States of America. The writer weeders that
much of the rich oaks lands along the Mbeissippi ere ea
yet redeemed from overflew the roladidive boolafal
levees, the dependence for • amp must rest chiefly on thip.
highland farms, which are hes productive than three of the
lowlands. After dedecting the labour which must neon.
sexily be devoted to ether crops—sugar, tobacco, and rice°
for iastenar, mad which will .be absorbed by other emplor,
made, the writer thinks the oottoe crop will sot ret=
than one million and a half of bales. A copy of the
for the decimalisation of weights, measures, and mown,
adopted by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, will r►
mind, which coueleded the basilicas.

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April la,
ROWAL BSA Banana lalraiX*Alr.--The half.
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tQadmasran.imedalibentreg4"alsitharefill6po;:smihUM.966B7anothebermbiliacom;hoshrt commit-
tarot tarot auseggabeet, which wee read* the homers seam
patient@ darine the past year had been 737, of which 133
the 604 discharged, 797 were cured, 208 bandied, 86 un-
improved, and 13 had died. The 'timber of at-paMinte
lad begs 149, maim the fast number of pereons
.under lardearet dazing the year 886. , The
dams assonnted to 6263 L 4s. 7c1., and the r:M.M
fres the entheary auras of ramps to 6,8811.! 6s.
The reenter had mach pleasure in stating that the
bonorary aseretery's bs. per snout fund had realised
last year the sum of 1,6501., whiffs wee 1191. is axone of
the areellr neared is arryforemeryeas sedtheyeaMelPeted
• still farther lamas' is the income from this se
strongly had the plan recommeedda itself to the public.
The applketiose for *amides dairy the year bed been
Mar napalm ties hitherto. end me the Rees/
bfirmary wee the only ineittetkos of a similar clam in the
kiegdem, the reommittee hoped that it would receive that
Upped from 'hepatic which the hereaales deem& woe
itg eceoessadation modified mummery to cable them to
embed the usefulness of the charity. The report wee
agreed te, sad a neaution was adopted tbankag the tom-
maim far the atteatios whigh they bad given to the
affairs al the institution.
TEM ADYANON OF WAGES NOVIXINT,--MZIVING
or um LONDON OONTOBITOIL—Lai sight ea Nyasa
meeting of the Ladies Compositors' Segiety and non-
society men was held at Bt. Martin's-hall, to receive the
report of the committee waisted to draw up and preheat
men trial to the area' *am of lead= far. Or ad-
vanes of wages, together with the reply of ohs i
thereto, mud to adopt snob action thereon es zhrr:
deemed advisable. The large ball was denaltersaleed,
and upward' of 2,00(i mom were present. Id; Ripley
occupied the chair. Mr• Sell (the seareisay) reed a
report fran the committee, from which 11 watered
that the seismal • had bare duly •prepared sad pragited
to the easordated MAW printers. The neeniorid contained
erase dhliect pasta the first and weals brag *Sad
advisee of about 10 per eat. es the resat rate a
wg
the other Ave relating to the regelatioe of the seedis
e
oakum and paymeat for overtime. Altar several consul-
fatless and interviews with the deputation from the mss,
the je meta, had oe the 6th inst. fatally
decided oe totally rejecting the first and seventh points for
an atlases of wages, but were willing to Weems
•ia ea'
vie with the man the ether five pants
with • view to en amicable arrangement. The
grimed on which the muter@ refined to give the
adages seated was the companion le which they
would hese Irmo the country pastern. The report
concluded by an expression of regret at the refusal a the
masters to cough the advance, end a reconimeedation
to the meeting to amid the ormfermace proposed by the
masters, rearrog the let tad 7tb poiete for further coati.
&testae. A long cod animated discussion followed the
readies of the report, deriog which the conduct of the
.meters was severely criticised, sad the TIMUMNIS rained
by them for refusing the advance eoudemeed an enteneble.
A considerable portion of the meeting appeared to be in
favour of taking imutedisite site to **fora the prayer
of the memorial in its entirety. bet the committee strongly
advised a tempera's though firm mode of promed.
A NarioNAL Drier or HONOIIR.—(From Punch.) A tiecletlon was thee proposed that the meeting sent
—You are occasionally informed by the newsagent teats the catereece proposed by the Masters' Asernatica, witn-
meeting hoe been bad by the Commode:teens for the Re- Tett
itreisjediaan
miesato th:ineelett
wan.:
moved, that
noteatofnottbicee mbriatoro!:tail.
doction the National Debt. The seat time thaw egotle mastmn -
mtr:epotho iseouurpte,,,tihveiaynagewrtitiatill
apervarhadattukairkieswin. ofgiv"Loadtoothin "pretpianredOctabto elrrorr otattraseampolitthe to=
Atrililhmiree""etill iaratzreatiseit47l. own ocatained is the memorial. On being pet to the meeting, al-
um above stated, and rather more, wat so much moneyy
though lava number of hands were bad 111) far the emeed-
pereoually expended by Admiral Fitzroy es the public see. meet, the original resolution wee carried by a coaddiseble
majority. The committee to conduct. the °Deference wee
vice and never repaid to him. Is articular, now some •
thirty
.yoare ago, '''this oculecientions minor*, gnwilliep time situated, asil a vote of thanks to the chairman *a-
qua Ina South Atotoio/11 station without reoderiog hie aar- ahldba ".,_l"l"diMP•
vi 0011 in every way complete. had bind two additional vegiels Tan MAINE AND aae;K-OUT ON TEI LONDON
at biz own out to finish off the examinatios of ate caste Teacart —Slue the meeting on Monday of the Journey-
the Panama Islands and subeaseetly purchased @MIA, nose Tatars' Protective Association for the purpose of de-
afk/ fitting eat the
hiss
tat to greet agues at mg own visits nieue, by ea united effort, to obtain an increase of
expense." Was not this statement made by Sir Roderick wages, there has been a lock-out of the men in
Saville row.
other firma,
bnpey Murchison, at the Royal Geograplural Nralett, id is *Adidas to the leektret by Mr. Pools of
hie anniversary address to that scientitio body, &enured Teeterdey upwards of 600 operative talent is the employ
Key 22, 18631 And did not the 'absent evoker 02 that 01 Mr. Morgan, of Albemarle-street, acid Mr. Stalz, of
occasion also relate how, so long ago ae 1829. "ne Clifford-asset, was looked not because they would sot
Fitzroy' gained credit by hie discovery of the tw
ayw agree to the new lit of prices
gas stated in Mr. Poole°
I Water io the Straits of !legalise, insomuch that his com- new " log." To-day. it s expected, the majo•
mending officer, Captain Philip Kiog, very much applaud. lay of the West-end muter tailors will follow
ins what be bad done, named one of the obnl ma wog. the exempla of Maws. Poole lad Mune and Stolz,
Fitsroy Streit? Everybody know. the work that Fitzroy in which came there will be at neat 15,000 of the
did me chief of the Weatber-office—* capacity mherain, London tailors out of employment. A meeting was held
having saved a multitude of livers, he finally, from over- yesterday by the master., and it is alleged that it ended
exertion, lost hie oirn. Re died morally worth ; Meet unsatidectorily, some of them being anxious to give
dually worth less than nothing : is debt 3.0001. the men what they require, whilst others would cored'
The late fires minister of tee crown promised sothieF Wyatt the sow-panne by the men of the new
to confer a puree os Mrs. Fitzroy, a promise lilt, with the alternative of being looked out. The opera.
which was more than be found himself able to perform. ties Mince committee state that they haw* completely
Government can do no more than sal authority from the stopped an bider of tailors from the continent, end also
HOO/0 of Commons for a grant sufficient to liquidate the from the principal towns in the United Kingdom. There
debt which wee all that the admiral left behind him. The elateni to be no probability of a o^olX°Wilis the operative
times are so bad ; the natico is so poor, and is indebted to tellrn hero/ received promisee of support from all parts
so malty benefactors who had 'pea more awe thew all af the kingdom.
urn their country before they died I The orogrege of a C.J.Lorus OF Till VALE OF NILTR RAILWAY
magnificent e.racture in coarse of erection by a grateful Al' ABERDAEN —A (oods awful co n
llisio
occurren betw
eneen
Tues the 9.20
country is liyie-park shows, however, that Englishmen up pautiorr sod a g traid day, at
can coraribate something out of their poverty in maure- the Aberdare station of
t thee
is en en Vale of Neaoth R
trailwa ffic, y.
inae-
At
tedgmeet of true merit, even when its claims me not en- the station is quahog herrmous a
fovea by necessity. In behalf of the late Admiral Fitzroy', much ria there has been an extension of the Newport.
widow and Outdrew, the Liverpool. Chamber of Commerce Abergavenoy, wed Hereford line to Middle Daffrye, and
hes formed a fend to be called The Admiral Fitzroy also some mixed gauge evangelisation the Vale of and
Testimonial Fond," to whose committee the honorary Railway. be oceseequere of this, great care and watch.
secretary is Londoe is Charles Shaw, Fag., 55, Charing- tutee's hive been required, and by that means dimastaes
crow ; the seeretay and treasurer in Liverpool r have hitherto been avoided. On Townley lint s geode train,
Fergueoe, Esq., Liverpool and Loo
draehambus; aid their with a samba of wagons from Mountain Ash, dt reach
Loyd= bankers are Messrs. Cootie and Co. the Aberdare station uotd some time after it wee due.
Mudincirrr Gxrr. —Sir John Pollard Wil- and °loth upon that oh the 9.20 Imeecniec train. In
lougbby, Bart., has presented to the National Lifeboat order to liet to the siding on which 1$
had to
Institution 420/., bit the oat of a lifeboat complena be sheeted, this train bad to rue out . the
wishes the boat to he sassed the " Oxfordshire," in passenger Platform. and it wart in the act of doing
boaour of hie setae county. It appears that Sir John se the passenger trea pea seen approaching. It wee
entered life es a seam re the mar 'wry. and suffered ship- too late for the pods train to get out of the way. med •
enfold by the bandeau of his Maiesty's ship Atalesa, terrible collision maned. The two enema met owl other
otr Erartax. on the rrth November. Id-re. No webers ca
mea with a shock of a eery violent character. although, as the
to their noose, bet Sly
ed John sad the rest of the caw were driver oi Übe goods mews bad reverawl its aeries, It wee sot
their .nglios. Ms. VI bad en it *therein meet have been. The carriaisse were
l'"exeLgee""`''o7l:; has eri-ased hreaisaped ado" throws together with each force that the lase carriage over.
iaterest in the weifere at on instantiate which daring the leaped a frit-cloth cantata, dethien in real and ether.
put anew maths has contributed to the saving of up- wise emeehlefi it. The Weemet conetereatioe was produced
wards of one thousand shipwrecked persona oe oar coasts. eluourt the Pesessigessi who were throws about, and scone
oh
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diens freeesredere. •friregrasal. sat
sr .6 • slate of meat duller. Mr. ‘VISIes, isspecter of
debettg. sera rises, are revolved seine severe hif Dries of the beck. the
„i5ig.1%22,,. eggereb gerettliallt awns* _ road was shekel us for some tine with the darts.
us sae a area reeleatea mg le Om 101016 woota- LIEIMPOOL, MARCH 'lB.—The screw steeper
*the saves resiwao7.—Da Dr my _mod Coe N a re
teilidhoe. w. ttee, rte.. a. pa.; HO•PbOr••• Cent. Ale:ander. from Nal. YO4, the ltth
d Ice
oges. nimasansidiailessi a.thisapins et me. last., passed Holyhead at 4 p.m. to-day. Her sews has
IMO& Onlordesreis; and then nsinueratedesethimithal both affeltediteL

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