The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-31 00:00:00

THE WEEKLY PRESS.

We hear it asked on every side, aays the
Examiner, what is our foreign policy? Bat the question
is put in vain. Nobody capable of weighing the value of
words and diecriminating between the chink of counter-
feit and the ring of genuine coin, can obtain anything on
demand war h carrying away with him. The sole merit of
the present manager of ourinternational affairs,—indeed the
sole claim to credit put forward on Lis be'rklf,—is that
during the past year he has incurred no liabilities ; as if a
great concern could be kept going by doing nothing.
If non-intervention run to seed is to be thus ostentatiously
and superfluously strewn in the path of every ambitious
and aggressive neighbour, on the shabby speculation that
he may pass us by sad go further on his robber way rejoicing,

then the Exam incr wants to know what we pay seven-•ad-
twenty millions for every year nader the head of .drily,
Navy, and Ordnance T For halt or a third of the money
we now upend on the army and the fleet we might main-
tain a home guard and a Channel squiddron sufficient to
defend our isolation ; and as for our dependencies beyond
sea, why not put them up to auction, and thus turn •
penny, as the degenerate Romans did by selling off their
empire by degrees ? In conclusion the Examiner points to
a more decisive policy in favour of Greece and the Christian
subjects of Turkey.

To the Spectator the drift of the Emperor Napoleon's
speeches at Arras andiLille seems clear. Napoleon is not
going of his own mere motion to attack Prussia, he is even
willing to recognise, so far as his people will allow him,
accomplished facts/lout he proposes to make the Treaty of
Prague, that is, the division of Germany, part of the public
law of Europe, to ratify it if possible through a Congress—
hints of which will, the Spectator believes, shortly appear
—or through a well understood, though informal, menace
that be will uphold the treaty with the sword. The
Austrian government coincides in this policy, and
the object of both powers is first to compel
Prussia to pause and reject Southern adhesions;
and, secondly, to put her in the wrong before the world.
This is clearly, as Napoleon says, a policy of pacification,
if Prussia will but yield, or if the Southern populations
will but accept their isolated and therefore powerless po-
sition. Lord Stanley will try, the Spectator greatly fears,
to uphold the Treaty of Prague by moral force ; but if he
imagines that Englishmen will wage a Crimean war in
order that Napoleon may seize the Rhineland, or Bavaria
remain outside Germany, he has, almost for the first time
in his life, misunderstood English temper. Englishmen
have had enough and to spare of allied wars, with Napoleon
to make peace, and write bulletins for them and himself
together.
Instead of feeling pacific and happy, everyone, obse, yes
the Saturday Beciew, sets himself to think what the Em-
peror Napoleon can mean by talking so much about peace.
Is it his little pleasant way of concealing a purpose of
war! Last year he spoke very warlike words, and peace
followed ; now that be speaks very peaceful words, war
may follow. The Emperor of the French and the Em-
peror of Austria only wish for the maintenance of the
Treaty of Prague. The Treaty of Prague contemplates
the Southern States as independent of Prussia,
and recognises Germany as divided into three sections.
To aim at the unity of Germany is therefore to violate the
Treaty of Prague, and to uphold the Treaty of Prague is to
oppose the unity of Germany. The Prussian papers
naturally talk much less pacifically than the Emperors do.
They say very plainly that • sort of challenge has been
given tolPrussia and to Germany, and they are quite
ready to accept it. Out of this state of things war might
grow so easily that it would be much more probable than
not that a few months will see the beginning of a campaign,
were it not that there is no overt act of defiance which
either party can feel itself impelled to take.
In an address, marked by considerable common sense
and some exaggeration, Baron Bramwell pointed out the
practical impossibility of making picketing effectual
without a certain degree of intimidation, and, conse-
quently, of illegality ; and he commented with deserved
severity on the injustice of attempting to prevent any
workman from making what use he chooses of his talents
and industry. When, however, he condemned the de-
fendants for applying the term " dishonourable " to

workmen who Wits; to join in the strike, it may be
questioned, says". the Chronicle, whether he was
perfectly consistent. If some of the master tailors
had consented to the men's demands, in order
to get work Kwhich the other 'houses would be
unable to take, it is probable that their conduct
would have been viewed by the trade generally with ex-
treme disfavour. And it is by no means clear that Baron
Bramwell himself would not have concurred in the cen-
sure. Baron Bramwell spoke of trades' unions as useless
in "these enlightened times ;" but it would be difficult to
point out what other security the times in question have
yet provided for a fair distribution of profits between
capital and labour. Strikes, no doubt, are often failures,
but, even if they were always failures, the fact would re-
main that masters are often prevented from lowering
wages by the fear of provoking a strike. If this check
could be wholly removed, capital would require nothing
but organisation to become practically omnipotent in its
relations with labour.

trice Court.

BALMORAL, AtcosT 29.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
went out yesterday morning, and in the afternoon her
Majesty drove out, accompanied by Prince Leopold, and
attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps.
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Prinoe Christian went out deer-stalking, attended by
Colonel Gordon.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-
office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The
lords present were Lord Robert Montagu and the Right
Hon. E. Hammond.

THE Quicsw sr BALMOIL.S.—On Monday evening
last her Majesty, who was accompanied by the young
princesses and ladies in waiting, and the Hon. Lord
Charles Fitzroy, drove from Balmoral along the south side
of the river Dee, through the village of Braemar. At a
short distance beyond the village, along the Duchlaish
Drive, emerging from the Clencluny and Cairnwell-road to
Blalrgowrie, the royal party halted and had a pic-nic
amongst the heather on the side of the hill. After a short
stay the royal eortdee drove through the "Duchlaiah," and
by the "Lion's Face," to the Highland Palace. The
evening was delightful, fine, and warm ; and her Majesty
appeared to be in excellent health and spirits.
The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle are ex-
pected to take up their residence at Clamber for the
autumn, shortly before the Doncaster race meeting, when
they will receive company during the race week at Clamber._ .

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are
about to leave Severnake Lodge on a continental tour for
several months.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings
entertained the undermentioned circle at Donnington for
the Derby and Lichfield races :—The Duke of Newcastle,
the Earl and Countess of Westmorland, Miss Heneage,
Captain S. kluirhead, Captain Hawkesley, Captain Little,
Mr. R. Russell, Mr. Wilkinson, &a

The Countess de Grey leaves town to-day for
Nocton Park, Lincolnshire, where the Earl and Lord
Goilerich are expected in a few days from Scotland.
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The Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., and
Hon. Mn. Adderley will entertain a distinguished snows-
lion of guest. during the ensuing week at their seat near
Birmingham, to celebrate the coming of age of their eldest
Non. On Wednesday the right hon. gentleman and Mrs.
Adlerley give a grand ball to a host of friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lethbridge and Mr. and
Mrs. Weatherley have arrived at Brown's Hotel.

Mr. and Mn. Drake Garrard have left Brown's
Hotel.

The Right Hon. Mr. Corry, M.P., First Lord of
the Admiralty, has promised (says the Army and Nary
Gazette) to be in Liverpool about the 12th inst., in order to
present the prizes to the pupils on board the trAining-ship
Conway. Mr. Corry, will be accompanied by some of his
colleagues, and will, it is expected, be the guest of Mr.
John Laird, M.P.

Lieutenant-General Sir Chas. Windham, K.C. 8.,
has been appointed (observes the Army end Nary Ga:ette)
to the command of the troops in Canada, in succession to
Sir John Michel, who has resigned from ill health. Sir
Charles Windham will have Lieutenant-Colonel Earle and
Captain Iludson of the Grenadier Guards on his staff as
military secretary and aide-dc-camp respectively.
Tug FATE OF Da. LIVINGATONE.—The following,
just received in a private letter from Bombay, will (says
the Athewramt) be read with hopefulness by all who are
intereeted in the fate of Dr. Livingstone :—'• We feel
great anxiety here about the fate of the doctor, from
whom nothing has been heard for upwards of a year. We
do not, however, credit the accounts given of his murder
by Musa and his Hinsuini companions. Not a single
one of tho eleven Christian Africans who accompanied
Dr. Livingstone from Bombay has returned to us ; and
we conclude that he has most likely gone with them into
the unexplored lake country. Two of them, who were
educated to a certain extent in the Mission Institution
under myself, were young Ajawas whom he had brought
to India ; and they were well acquainted with the
languages of the country to which he was going. Had
their master fallen, as described by Masi. both they and
their companions (who were all from the Church Mission
at Nasik) would, we are confident, have sought to return
to India, when they have many warm friends willing to
assist them in • settlement in Africa were it necessary."

LLTEI3T INTELLIGEtOk

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FRANCE.
SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR AT AMIENS.
PARIS, Acacia 30.

The Emperor, on his passage through Amiens,
was presented with an address by the mayor of that
town. His Majesty, in reply, said :
" I have crossed France with the Empress from
Strasburg to Dunkirk, end our hearty and enthu-
siastic reception everywhere has filled us with the
liveliest gratitude. Nothing, I perceive with
pleasure, can shake the confidence which for 20
years the French people have placed in me. They
have estimated at their real value the difficulties I
have had to surmount. The ill success of our
policy across the ocean has not diminished the
prestige of our arms, since everywhere the valour
of our soldiers overcame all opposition. The
events accomplished in Germany have not
caused our country to depart from a calm
and dignified attitude, and it relies with
justice on the maintenance of peace. The
excitement of a small minority has not caused
us to lose the hope of seeing more liberal institu.
tions peaceably introduced in our public life. The
temporary stagnation in commercial affairs has not
prevented industrial classes from showing me their
sympathy and from relying upon the efforts of the
government to give a fresh impetus to commerce.
I have found with pleasure those sentiments of
confidence and devotion existing at Amiens and in
the whole department of Somme, which places
have always shown a sincere attachment to me, and
where a residence of six years proved to me that
misfortune is a good school to learn to support the
burden of power, and to avoid the dangers of
fortune."

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Arcver 30.

The journals of to-day announce that Garibaldi
will go to Geneva, on the 3rd of September, to be
present at the International Peace Congress.

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.
BUCHAREST, Auourr 30.
The following is the list of the new ministry :

Stephen Golege° President and Minister of

the Interior.
Louis Steege
Demeter Bratiano Minister of Public Works.
Alexandre Teriakion Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Colonel Adrian
Antoine Arion

M. Golesco will perform the duties of Minister
of Foreign Affairs until the arrival of M. Teria-
kion.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Amer 27.

At the council of ministers, .held to-day, under
the presidency of the Sultan, his Majesty spoke
in favour of the construction of railways through-
out the empire. The concession for a line to
Belgrade was approved and granted to the Servian
Company, and the only point still to be settled is
the state guarantee.

SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, Arots? 31.
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The Federal Department for Home Affairs will
very shortly make the Federal Council fresh
proposals relative to the question of Alpine rail-
ways.

BOMBAY MAIL.
MALTA, Aucu 30.

The Bangalore left at 8 p.m. to-day for South-
ampton, where she may be expected about the Bth
September.
The Syria arrived from Alexandria at 5 p.m. to-
day, with one of her paddle-wheels damaged. It
will be repaired, and she will leave at noon to-
morrow for Marseilles, where she may be expected
early on the 3rd September.