The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-06 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY ritiaroral, 'AUGUST 6, 1866.

TELEGRAPHIC INTEUIGENCL

&militate.TT But an armistice is not yet concluded,
and for the present a suspension of hostilities only .---..---.
exists. Negotiations are, however, being conducted (mos ore owx coaasaroirrerr.)
at Paris in reference to the armistice." The evening FRANKFORT, Ationav 2.
edition of the Press declares entirely false the Yesterday Baron Rothschild received a telegram
statement of the official Prussian Gazette from Count Bismtack, dated Nikobiburg, to the
accusing the King of Hanover of having 1 effect that it must be some misunderstanding,
simultaneously carried on negotiations with which had caused him to return to Frankfort, as
Prussia in reference to neutrality and with Aus- the King wished to see him. Baron Rothschild and
tria for the conclusion of a treaty hostile to Prus- , the other members of the deputation have therefore
sia, and adds :—" The Hanoverian government , left this morning for Berlin, and the affair of the
intends to give a complete refutation to this sewer- 1 contribution will probably be brought to a yetis-
, tion as soon as the full text of the article of the factory settlement. At all events the reign of terror
' official Prussian Gazette shall become known." iisat an end, and we are getting into smooth
The liberal journals of Vienna insist upon the water again. But the future independence of
convocation of the Reichstag. / the town remains in suspense ; its incorporation
• pEsTH, Amen 4, gyms°. 1 with Prussia would be ruinous, while union with
The Empress of Austria arrived here yesterday. ; the Northern Bund, under Prussian leadership, is
The Emperor is expected shortly. lie will most universally admitted to be a necessity of the situ-
probably be present at the national festival of St. i ation. Even a plebiscitum would decide for that.
. Stephen: j A Southern Bund cannot be anything but a ()wife-
{ deration of the Rhine under a French protectorate.
• ITALY AND AUSTRIA. To this no German population will submit for any
FLOItIiNCE, AUGUST 3. 1 length of time. The report of Rothschild having
The .&azione states that a conference will be been appointed French Consul General ham not
held to-diy between Italian and Austrian officers been confirmed, though it was circulated by
upon the subject of the armistice, and says:-- 1 well-informed parties.
‘` France has not yet communicated to us the in- 1 Large numbers of wounded soldiers continue to
tentiona of Austria. The Italian conditions have arrive here in boats and by rail from wm.rborg.
been agreed upon with France and completely ac- , The Pruesians have advanced northwards, and taken
cepted by Prussia." The Nazions also announces , possession of Heidelberg and Manheim.
that the President of the Senate has demanded 1 The Zoological Gardens here have sold all their
that in accordance with the provisions of the con- animals to a Hamburg company, as there are no
stitution Admiral Persano should be tried by the ` longer any means of meeting expenses. Houses and
Senate: It is believed that General Menabrea will
the Italian plenipotentiary to whom the peace landed property are scarcely saleable. All branches
bel of public income show a considerable decrease. A
' negotiations will be entrusted. I feeling of uncertainty prevails, which for a long
time will cripple all commerce.

THE PRUSSIANS IN FRANKFORT.

0U10113'13 TILIGIAMIL)
OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.

SPEECH OF THE KING.

BERLIN, Action 5.
The opening of the Prussian Chambers by the
King in person took place at noon to-day. The
following is the full text of his Majesty's speech :
" Illustrious, Noble, and Loyal Gentlemen of
both Houses of the Diet,
" Now that I see assembled around me the re-
presentatives of the country, my heart impels me
to express first of all from this place my own and my
people's thanks for God's gracious goodness, which
has assisted Prussia amidst heavy, but auccemdul,
sacrifices, not only in averting from our frontiers
the dangers of hostile attack, but in enabling the
army of the country, by a rapid career of victory,
to add fresh laurels to its inherited fame, and to
smooth the course for the national development of
Germany. Accompanied by the visible blessing of
God, the part of the nation capable of bearing arms
enthusiastically obeyed the summons to the niteetei
Aithiftle free the inclapendenne,of the fatherland.
Our heroic army, supported by few but faithful
allies; advanced from success to
_success, from
victory to victory, in, the east as in the west.
Much precious blood has been shed ; the country
mourns the loss of • niany brave men, who died the
death of the hero in the flush of triumph, until
our standards waved along a line extending from
the Carpathians to the Rhine. It will be for the
1, government and the representatives of the people
in united co-operation to bring to maturity the
fruit that must be gathered from this sanguinary
I seed, to prevent its having been scattered in vain.
Loyal gentlemen of both houses of the Diet, my
government is able to look with satisfaction upon
the financial position of the state. Careful foresight
and conscientious economy have placed it in a posi-
(FROM cos OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
tion to overcome the great financial difficulties which FLORENCE, Avower 2.
have resulted as a natural consequence from the cir- 1
The Duke of Magenta arrived here to-day and I The days pass, and I have absolutely nothing to
cumatances of the present time. Athough material set out immediately for Paris. The French iron. tell you. Florence is to all appearance just as she
outlay has been imposed upon the Treasury during clad squadron is now at moorings in the Gulf of , usually is at this period of the year—dull, empty,
recent years by the war with Denmark, it has been yaw:n=l4 near Nice, idle, languid, and pocoeurante. Everybody who
I
found possible to meet the expenses hitherto can get away has gone away. The palaces have
incurred in the present war from the State revenue DENMARK. I their persiane all closed. The shopkeepers sit lan-
and the existing balances, without imposing any , COPENHAGEN, Aim. 4.
' guidly in their shops doing nothing. Many of them
other burden upon the country than that of fur- I The rasgbiad of to-day Publishes an article,. also have left their shops to a subordinate, and
pointing out that in order to satisfy the principle of
niahing the supplies in kind for war purposes it have escaped to the mountains, to the waves, or at
nationality an appeal to the people of Schleswig is
is bound to provide by law. I hope the more
necessary, and that guarantees must be obtained kart to some snug little villa in the neighbouring
assuredly that the means required for the
for the Liberty of the vote. Apennines. The great piles of water melons
have made their annual picturesque appearance in
successful termination of the war and for __ _
the payment of the supplies in kind, while SPAIN. the streets, which are strewed with the crescent
maintaining order and security in the finances, MADRID, looms 4. ! fragments of their green rinds. And altogether
will be readily granted by you. An agreement A ministerial circular has been published ad- Firenze la gektile behaves herself as is her wont
with the representatives of the country as to the dressed to the clergy, calling upon them to relieve when the fine folks and the company are all away,
settlement of the budget has not been able to be the penury of the treasury by voluntarily relin- I and she is left to live her own southern life us-
effected during the last few years. The State out- 1 quithing part of their salary. 1 cording to her native southern instincts.
lay incurred during this period is therefore desti- Nevertheless, there is a sourd undertone of ex-
tute of that legal basis which, as I again acknow- AMERICA. pectation beneath all this—of expectation which,
ledge, the budget can alone receive through the (ET ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) however, knows that it is doomed to expect yet
law. Art. 99 of the constitution ordains that it . COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. awhile ; and, truth to tell, of not altogether sourd
is annually to be agreed upon between my govern- NEW YORK, Aueesi I. EeM411142. discontent. The nation has been bitterly mortified
went and the two Houses of the Diet. Although Gold, 146 f. Exchange on London, 159. Eli- and disappointed, and is in anything but a good
my government has nevertheless carried on the ' nobs, 1231; Erie, 68 ; 5.20 United States Bonds, ' humour. It must be admitted that it bas reason
budget for several years without this legal basis, 1061. "Cotton : Middling Upland, 37c. Ito be so. Utilitarians, who think more of abso-
this has only been done after conscientious exami- I NEW YORK, Amway 2, EvENING.
lute gain and loss and less of ,considerations of
nation, and in the conviction in accordance with Gold, 148. Exchange on London, 1581. Illinois,
; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1081. sentiment, may say, and say with justice, that
duty, that the conduct of a settled administration, 1231 Erie, 681 ; rarely in the history of the world has it happened
London advice' 361 c
Upland, Middling .
the fulfilment of legal obligations towards public Cotton :that a nation has fought and been defeated, and
.
creditors and officials, the maintenance of the army of the 31st silt have been received here. , has yet as a consequence of its warfare obtained
and of the State establishments were questions , NEW YORK, AUGUST 3. well nigh all—we may, indeed, say all—that it
vital to the existence of the State, and that the ' Martial law has ceased at New Orleans. went to war for. Such will be the result of
course adopted therefore became one of those inevit- Italy's unsuccessful warfare. Nevertheless, it
able necessities which, in the interest of the INDIA. may be well understood that the people should
country, a government must not hesitate to (By Direst Overland Telegraph.) regard the upshot of their struggle in anything
, BOMBAY, Jowl' 27. 4.15 r.s.
but a satisfied mood. And this dissatisfaction will
adopt. I trust that recent events will in so far
contribute to effect the indispensable understanding Skirtings advancing. Cotton quiet ; Dhollerah,
be amischievous element in the forthcomingsettling
that an indemnity for having carried on the 34C Exchange on London, 1.111. Government
down of the nation to its ordinary life and ordinary
securitFour ies : per Cents., 891 ; Five per Cents.,
administration without a law regulating the ,tllll.
C te.
Cents work. An inquest into the battle of Liam, and all
.
budget—application for which will be made to the 1061 ; Five-and-a-Half per Preig"— the circumstances that led to it, has been ordered ;
representatives—will readily be granted to my to Liverpool, 12s. 13d. The latest London date ids it will, I believe, be public. And this has in
'government, and the hitherto existing „maid the 24th instant. some degree served to calm the public feeling.
CALCUTTA, JULY 26.
be therewith finally, and the more securely '
811bs. shirtin 5 2a. higher. Exchan eon Lon- It seems to me, however, that any calmly judg-
brought to a conclusion, as it may be expected don, 2s. Freight_ g _ . g I ing friend of Italy, looking to the probable future
that the political position of the Fatherland will `l- to England, 44.11/ lof the nation, would consider the fact that the
admit an extension of the frontiers of the State, I - I Italians both by sea and land fought with incontes-
and the establishment of an united Federal army Tag Smrs or MExico.—" The news from table gallantry, courage, and energy, a far more
under the leadership of Prussia, the costs of which ttgexioochsae
eays thou Inolep zdance, " isandecinctilysount.sevtuuurne. important one than the circumstance of their
will be borne in equal proportions by all members ' "I
ago,'but which the optim.sm of the Mexican official reports having been led by lamentably incompetent
of the Confederation. The bills required in this sought to contradict, has been, as you know, confirmed by generals, or of the defeat that resulted from that,
respect for the convocation of a popular represents- ttlatFriounlcheybisoreezfy.
dialaenroace t vietimeern bn emtou only e
be The one fact is evidence of the capability of the
tion of the Federal State will be laid before the undertaken in caravans; those who travel by diligence ex- race for future substantive effort and energy. The
Diet without delay. Gentlemen,—You feel with pose themselves to be robbed or
amordered. The. 4 ' other fact is of the nature of a merely passing acci-
whenM takialita-1.
me, the entire Fatherland feels, the high import- '''at
French army, shows what will be dent. Bad generals, and the influences that have
Line still cobiyomtaneds the '
ance of the moment that brings me once more the audacity of the disaffected after the departure of those, made them such, will pass away with the genera-
among you. May Providence bless Prussia as trt"'
are CingFittee'? hettr°na of mrsg ancus`ifde °l7,,,,!ft:ftllfi.acitrimoo eun'. tion which has produced them. But the quality
graciously in future as it has visibly blessed the this organisation is effected, provisionallyee
at least, at the of the national pith and sinew will remain.
immediate past. May God grant it." expense of France." I
letters the
is things stand now, it may be said that
ANNEXATION OF THE MYSORE.—Private
of which we have ham the only reputations which the recent events
ADDRESS TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ffaro,atlLdi, :at:ittittirießerwrealt alarm pervades
all
circles have left
awl
standing
upright and unharmed
BERLIN, hvousT 5. of Indian society lest the threatened annexation of Mysore -e ..are those of Ricasoli, Garibaldi, and Cialdini. The
The municipality of Berlin presented a oongmtu- should cause a repetition of those dreadful scenes which
al;it ertehi_th:aarerlaretsolfouLoireallatheironsie'sannexations. withdrawalMends first has a noble and most inviting career before
latory address to the King at half-past one o'clock complaint. of the
to-day. His Majesty expressed his thanks in reply, of European troops, of which they say an increased number him,
worthy of the ambition of any nation's fore-
law. most man. At the present moment, he alone (with
and pointed out that Frugal& had not only drawn willeebe neceseary
ere mturoptect ttbi, ahould Sir John__ . . .
alleged betentimm—United
the exception of the two others whom I have
resthe sword for her independence, but also for the 2„,,k, 0,, parsevcoe. I named, and whose spheres of action are wholly
reorganisation of Germany. The first, said the THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN I:itati+ DUE AT ,different and apart his) enjoys the confidence
King, has been assured, and the latter may, with ii,ivEßPaa, weetiwiTthisthnizgae7TbeanadtuanerdianuemteL aro iverPSt
the help of God, be also obtained. Everything City of Paris, Nova Scotian, and the Africa. To-morrow of the nation—and he enjoys it to a very high
de
.. pan, gree. The French Emperor is, we are
promises s happy future for Prussia, as an honour- (Tuesday) the Inman Company's steamer City s•• ,
from New York on the Stith alt., may be expected to told, extremely desirous of obtaining his re.
able and lasting peace is imminent. Teach the Keeley' "d probably in the coarse a the mime moval from the Cabinet. Of course he is. It
day the Allan Company's steamer Nova Scotian from
THE PRUSSIAN AND BAVARIAN quebecwith corresponding advises may arrive atLiverpool. 'is quite intelligible that be should be so.
ARMISTICE. G Saturday next the Cumuli steamer Africa, from Boston But I think that Victor Emmanuel might reply to
NUREMBERG, AUGEsT 4, Sturm°. rrdthe.ir
noins,ad Hali
fax early on the morning of the
t arrive in the He y.. The steamers his imperial friend's demands on this point, what
A line of demarcation during the armistice has leaving Liverpool this week with the American and Cana- I an English minister in said to have replied when
been agreed upon by the Bavarian General Hart-
edian 1"il. &a:74.bl= offorLactgereefonee New York, onaartet, asked by his royal master how much it would cost
man and the Prussian Lieutenant-Colonel Veith. Pay for New York os Saturday next. Thursday; ,to enclose, so as to turn into private ground, Hyde-
The Prussian radius extends from Regnitz, Tics Aziorn-Augratax CONIIIIMION ON TRADE. ' park, " Only a crown or so I" The removal of
Schwabach, and Arenberg to the Bohemian frontier, —A letter boa been addressed from the Privy Council for
and includes the lines of railway. Trade to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. stating that Ricsioli in the nation's present temper might not
so long as there appeared to be any hope of maintaining unlikely be quoted at the same price.
peace the Auetliaa Pvenunent "7° "willing to inaemvPi It is vexing to read in one of the Italian papers,
THE FEDERAL TROOPS. the work of the sommispion which was engaged for two
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINZ, AtotiT 4. . mmonths
anufac:Turtland of the conditions of Austrian industry, were three millions in gold on board the
investigation of the position or British what I have reason to believe to be true, that there
General Manteuffel arrived here to-day. The bat when the war broke out the government of Austria
,Re d'ltalia when she went down. People are dig-
Wurtemberg troops stationed at Mentz have re- intimated to her Majesty's government its inability at a me- red oleo to
rood it stated that pepeh haa asked
calved orders to leave that city on the Bth inst. t when the attention ot government and of the pubhe , giu
Lainabsorbedwitkpoliticale tool such sanitude to'
The Baden troops left Mentz yesterday. duce commercial 'storms, whichv
could onlyu' be presentrd to
the public satidactonly in combination with other mea- Emperor for the restitution of the iron crown of
tie' the Emperor his cousin to intercede with the other
ITALY AND PRUSSIA. sures of a financial and administrative character which it Lombardy ; the Venetian archives, and other vain-
' bill
beam" seemirY lurp=ta Xenteefitithewee 4111"-
mission abler of which the Austrians have plundered the
MILAN, Auoturr 4, Evitnito. taw. tharefara. It was a
Signor Antonio Beretha, the Syndic of this city, :hould be adjourned until three months after the ormolu- . province, they have been obliged to give up.
has forwarded as address of congratulation to the 'IZ:4 Seredte, and thelottivene"ereLff,Lhich would be 'tit Pepoli, and ether friends of the French Emperor,
King of Prussia through the medium of the treaty of Dessesber, diesld be brsught into feriae at the , may rest assured that Italy is in no humour to
Prussian Embassy at Florence. The Syndic; fell- saPirssiohnval eight 7
virtas :rkttl: afterndthr neeti
artist orge the cfyli receive anything obtained for her by French inter-
widen. By
his Majesty in the name of tie city upon Dooamber,itish subjects will become entitled to " most scesiou-
the victories achieved by the Prussian troops, and favoured nation" treatment in the enTire of Amtrie, on
HEALTH AND STRLITOTH RESTORED IT DIIBARET'S
expresses his conviction of their beneficial infiu" and
after the
°aol of eV" t; that in as', I.
t the dub= ems neVALINT A MCA 1000. which Mel Withollt
once upon Italy. whist wall be levied in Austria en lad& produce and assNekse or tnemmaistes:4Nmela, taulgestios,ONVlNMas
cation,
manufactures frets that data shall in no ease =Deed those consualmtion. liver, and 412E1.12:4.
..m eft,
AUSTRIA. ' t°,7
4„1“4d °l' the *ads sad lasn'afaetalas of the 74n- 171114 Tent =ether emeseiss, sad is the best toed tor Wont&
VIENNA. Ammar 4. gym"- , A;number of wrecks skeet agree 11111111•10,-De Dar, 404 Dm. No. rarerens".
The Aliabian Gazette of to-day gays : " Italyr,asduring tie maces. W. In thin. at is- ltd.; 11b., 2s, sa. , a , : albs,
k Ina boo 30, making forreZearemet pm • 01 sia : siso at a, eracecberta-Mreet .4. CIWRPWI4. *kVA lag
Las only gononted to carry on negotiations for on 1,/iff. IN, Qwlerdutssat ; andint all pORMIL—WITHIMRATROM-1

FRANCE.

PARIS, Atrcusr 5.

An Imperial decree issued to-day fixes the in-
terest upon Treasury Bonds at 2, and 3 per
oent. respectively.
TOULON, Averwr 4.

ITALY.

[TWOPENCE

THE REPRESENTATION OP BAST BENT.

A numernnaly attended meeting of the members
of the East Kent Registration Association was held at `
Canterbtuy on Saturday, the president, Mr. Knatchbull-
- M.P., in the chair, to take into consideration
ffir Edward Darieg's vote in favour of the amendment to
the Edam Bill el the late government.
The CHAIMUN, in • speech of some length, declared
kis entire deapproval of the mane adopted by Sir Edward,
bat urged for the sake of the liberal cause tie set should
be looked upon u an error of judgment on the part of the .
hon. baronet. He stated that he had sought the opinion
of Mr. Gladstone on the matter, end read the letter from
that right hoe. gentleman, which is aa follows :
" 11, Carlton-hoeserterraes, S.W., July 90.
"My dear Hugessen,—l have received your letter, en.
closing a copy of one addressed by Sir Edward Dewing, on
the I.6th of July, to Lieutenant-General Williams ; and
as you have asked my opinion on the case, I shall consider
your request as my warrant for commenting on • matter
which is indeed of great public interest, bet in which I
have no title whatever to interfere. I caned say that Sir
E. Dering'e reasons for voting with Lord Dirkellin have
in my new en; weight. He ear it was net proposed by
Lord Dzinkellin or by an else to substitute • 71. rating
for • 71, rental,. bet I apprehend this very thing wee
proposed by -Mr. Gave, the pudemaa selected to
second the motion. The mover, I think, stated his
preference for a 61. rating' which would have
excluded a large number whom we bad
to enfranchise. Sir E. Dane will recollect =Mee
speakers for the amendment were gentlemen opposed
either to the bill or to the franchise clauses. He ayyee the
government should have proposed a rating ftanohfse of
an amount not higher than the 71. rental franchise. Now
as 61. rating we have been materially higher, he meat
appareutly mean that we ought to have proposed •M.
rating franchise ; but this, the nest lowest figure would
have given an enfranchisement materially larger than that
of the bill. I wonder Sir E. Dering does not see that if
we had done this we should for the first time have given
colour, and even more than colour, to the Marge which
has from the beginning been urged against us with.
such persistency and such gross end palpable injustice,
the charge of having disregarded the can and maples
d the moderate, and of having leaned to the deo.
trines of extreme politicians. What he recomenende se
the obvious and easy remedy for the dilemma was in our
view wholly inadmiasible. But it is one question whether
the vote, or the reasons gives for it, are good ; end it is
another whether I, if I were an elector of East Kent, should
withhold my support from Sir Edward Dering on account
of it. It ought, I think, now to be the great °Hand all
who are interested either in the liberal party at the
subject of parliamentary reform, to bring about such an
union of sentiment in the part; as may obviate all risk
of the repetition of the late unhappy events, and may
secure • speedy and satisfactory settlement of the
question. I give entire credence to any declaration
proceeding from Sir E Daring, and, examining his letter
with the view I have described, I snd its meaning
unequivocal, especially where he says that by proposing
an equivalent enfranchisement in an altered form we
should, "if beaten on that vital point," have " put
ourselves in the right and our opponents in the wrong
this proves, without entering into minute criticism, that
Sir E. Dering was friendly to the subdues of our
measure. On that ground, without in the leer degree
qualifying my opinion as to the particular vote, I not
only, if I were one of your brother electors, should not
vote against Sir E. Daring, but I should continue to afford
him exactly the same support as if that vote had not been
given. I read his letter and accept has declaration in the
Re
of confidence, and not in the spirit of suspicion. We,
the supporter of the bill, who have hid 0006.510il to feel
how the spirit of suspicion poisons the atmosphere of po-
litics, and renders hopeless whet otherwise, though diffi-
cult, was practicable enough, should, I think, set an exam-
ple of discarding it and of interpreting and treating other'
as we wish to be treated and interpreted ourselves.—l re-
main, my dear Heitman, sincerely yours,
W. E. GL&DIVIONIL
" E. H. Knatehball-Hngemen Faq., M.P."
The following letter was also read :
"Pembroke Lodge, Riehmonlirk, W.,
August 2,1
"My dear Hugessen—l am quite prepared to endorse
Gliders?' letter to you ; 1 have returned it to him with
that opinion Prey do all you can to soften the steal
libers of your county, and tell them that the leaders of
the party, with Gladstone and me at their bead, think they
ought termed Dung. If he agrees to the 51. rating
franchise, as I understand him to do, be ought to be taken
beak into the fold.—Yours very truly, • Rustro.."
Sir &mann Drum, in a speech of considerable length,
defended the principle of rating against that al rental, as
applied to the franchise, declaring that the amendment of
Lord Dunkellin was one of detail, and not vital to the
question of reform or no reform, but admitted that if the
explanation offered by Mr. Gladstone subsequent to the
rejection of the bill had been anticipated by him, he should
have voted with the government.
No resolution was pared.

DLNSIOII RunslN, AND CORWEN RAILWAY
Cow I...arr.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders wee
held on Saturday, at the offices of the company, 7, Bank-
buildings, Mr. Naylor in the chair. Mr. Lloyd, the secre-
tary, read the report, stating the regret of the directors
that they were unable to recommend a dividend, 'although
the proceeds of the traffic have enabled them to pay the
debenture interest and all other liabilities up to the pre-
sent time. The traffic was steadily on the increase, and
the most satisfactory returns may in future be anticipated.
The traffic of the line bad hitherto suffered from a defi-
ciency of rolling stock, but steps werebeing taken to remedy
this evil. The line was in good working order. The chair
man, in moving the adoption of the report, said the re-
venue amounts had not yet been received from the clear
log house, and it was therefore impossible for him to give
a oorrect account for the time the line had been worked by
the company, but the amount would be given in the cur-
rent half. ear's scoounai and submitted to the next meet-
ing. Mr. Johns seconded the motion, which was agreed to.
The proceedings concluded with the usual complimeat to
the chairman.
SOLICITORS AND PROCTORS' LLTZIOAT. —We
(Law Jimmie') are glad to find that the proposal made by
some of the leading members of the profession, to which
we called attention a few weeks back, has been liberally
responded to, though •• natter of regret that the con-
tributions offered haven mainly confined to the metro-
polis. It will be remembered that it war suggested that
the solicitors and proctors should follow the example which
has been set by other professions and classes, end fit up
and endow • lifeboat at some point of our coasts. A first
outlay of 6201. is sufficient to provide a boat and station,
and W. • year covers the annual cost of ite maintenance.
For these sums the National Lifeboat Institution will
furnish and keep in working order one of their admir-
able boats, sad it will, be at once evident, from
the eanalhiees of the anneal charge, that they
can only do it because wherever they place •
brat they find men willing and zealous to enrol them-
selves in its crew,,te give up a sufficient number of days
every year for taming, and topledge themselves to be
forthcoming whenever an emergency arises without receiv-
ing anything more than a nominal rerruneration. When
workers are thus numerous and self-devoted, it would be
painful were their readiness and courage not met by
equally ready donations of the means of usefulness. The
subscription to the solicitors and proctors' scheme give
promise that no such failure shall happen in this awe,
but we must invite the co-operation of country members
of the profession is helping to carry out the design. It
would sewn that those who dwell near the sea are espe-
cially called upon to second the proposal which has mi.
Limited in London. The number of lives still lost annually
in wrecks on our coasts is, however, unhappily so great,
that it is incumbent upon all to support a movement, the
good results of which are unqualified by any drawback.
Tan SALDION Fratilwas.—During no week since
the commencement of the fishing season this year has there
been so many fish captured in the Tweed as in the week
I just elapsed, which is entirely owing to the heavy rains
which fell lately. The Tweed his come down In heavy
flood durthg the week, and remains still very mach dis-
coloured. The large water and the prevalence of north-
easterly winds have mused the fish to take the river in
very Wry numbers ; the heaviest flab and the limpet
quantity being captured in the Upper Waters. The sea
fisheries have been, on the contrary, very poor, owing to
the heavy sea which has been yenning during the wash.
Grilse are beteg got in large numbers, and trouts continue
a fair supply.—Soros Monday a degree of enemas has been
attained at the Tay fishing, without any precedent in the
!newsy of the river. It is computed that dining the past
three days about 60 tons of salmon and gram have been
caught on the stations between Perth and Newburgh, and
dispatched to London.— the Dee and Ribble 171
the early days of the week salmon ware also in ex
nary abundanoe. At Chester, on Tuesday, the fishermen
bad the 'lemma catch ever known on the Dee. Several
of the boats harmed home 30 fish • one boat secured 70
and another upwards of 80. The introduction of seat
a quantity of fish into the market naturally re-
duced the price from Is. to 9d. and &L per lb.
Between midnight on Sunday and Tuesday the Wass et
salmon in the Ribble fisheries were unprecedentedly large,
and the fish were not only numerous but of • dee
and in first-rate condition, being remarkably
fed. Ia
one draw en Monday so fewer than 28 splendid specimens
of the kingly fish were netted, and one of these
271 b. The Hutton and Longton fisheries have =
unwonted prothetive. No doubt the run of salmon in wish
unwonted numbers up the Ribble is in a pest measure
owing to the beneficial operation of the Fisheries Act,
which has to • jigs intent reduced the pollution et the
river erring the_pesi two or three ran.
CRIDITAL PALM. HAL7-A-CZOWN DAT.
itavuenar, Otis 4.—Admissions on mimed. 1,78 T;
ditto by mom boto, 2,1311 ; total Amno n, 4,11011.

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THE .EXrRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6#: ,18t6.
.
....., _
BENSON, J. W. by SPECIAL. APPOINT- The vital question is, how much ,iongse can this Cleininenting on tflnu° of °Tat% LATEST INTELLIGENCE. rein," and were. each sestenced to 18 months' im-
KENT to N.z.k the Prism of WILMS. state of things exist without provohibg Ilse dim- whia eft biullaht he", the We 91 ' prissement and I,ooofr. fine.
-0.---
The Paris Moniteisr of July 25 was seized at
BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, LONDON, tars which menace us 4 Already there are too S'imi' the Daily
/ham
sinnaskslihst
it
is
THE PEACE BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND .
cues se should have bound ourselves to deliver any p Franhfort by M. de Bismarck's proconsul, because
PRUSSIA.
--- - .
BKNS Citi TT ..
%opium MEDAL, DUBLIN. which prevail among business men. The fear
Min 15. News, a political refugee, and when it is found that the The Sibele of to-day says : the official organ of the French government pre-
of each other's solvency is a lamentable feature in Chinese authorities resort to torture, tie up the prisoners The
gem&
ePiniaa
in
Gem"'
is
that
monthPk a that on tousle."
will be slimed to qualify that lately free town as " unfor-
BENSON'S JEWELLERY for BRIDAL PEE- a country of such east commercial relations as to • noes, and then cut them to pieces, our government, if concluded in thi!, first half of the present ,
be
1. .
ems.
• - Among the celebrities likely to visit Paris for
BENSON'S GOLD JEWELLERY for MOURN- of calamity. Men of known small capital, prisoners whom we surrender shall n tortured, .
ot be the Daily tween Austria and Prams's, and that there remains only
Ma. the Universal Exhibition, the name is mentioned
trading within prudent limits, and dependent on a News thinks, in that case it would be wise to take eff some minor matters to be settled. The ministers of
of his
measures that in future the facts shall not reach Europe, foreign affairs in both countries have resigned the direr- , . Parisian
BENSON'S DIAMOND JEWELLERY. certain amount of banking accommodation, becomeMajesty Faustin the First, ax-Emperor of
objects of distrust from the belief that they must for Englishmen will not be able to show their faces on the tics of the negotiations, which will be carried on between
continent if it becomes known that, notwithstanding these Baron Werther and Baron Brenner. Hayti-better known to the gamin as
Soulonque. I hope we may be so fortunate as to
BENSON, OLD BOND-STREET, and WEST- suffer severely in such a period of pressure, and revelations, we continue to deliver up accused persons to see him in full uniform, and in that case can pro-
NOURNE.GROVE.
BENSON'S STEAM FACTORY, Ludgate-hill.
_TOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD CHAINS by troy c
ILI weight, at realisable value, and the workmanship at a
wholesale manufacturers' prima. The gold in the chains gua-
ranteed, end repureliszed at the Dries charged.
Geee's the note,
How much your Main weighs to the utmost carat,
The fineness of the gold, and charge for fashion," that
wb what with 10 and 12 per cent. to pay for die- the Chinese.
counts, and the difficulty, if not impossibili4, to
tan them at all, they will be compelled to suo-
umb at laat. This is no overdrawn picture. Many
hardworking and honourable man of business, Th r.,.,
frith narrow means, is struggling at this moment 6 'wit the Court.
._-__
Prin
to bear the strain, with the conviction that he can- • eau
Louise,
and
walked
in
not last unless a time of improved confidence with her royal highness OSBORNE, Amuse 4.
went out yesterday afternoon with
ROME. _
The
Vatican
is
greatly
dammed.
The
di...fiture
of mice him an ovation on the Boulevards.
says
letter from Rome in the Journal des Dibdts
Austria hoe produced • kind of stupefaction. Cardinal
Antonelli continues to be ill. He has not sent in his re- ,at Paris, • conversation
the grounds this morning migration, nor, if he did, would it be accepted on account 1 Tronsotlontic cable. --...-.
Jr. BABINET 011 THE TRANSATLANTIC CABLE.
At a recent meeting of the Academy of Science
took place on the subject of the
of the difficulty of finding • successor to him ; but he is IM. BANNER came forward . and said-The Trans-
Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out this withdrawing gradually from public business. He per. atlantic cable has just been laid, as everyone knows.
1
stim'aisz shall shortly oome. It is fearful to contemplate morning also.
Manufactory, 16, Henriettzelsiet, Covent-garden. W.C., Landes
what would be the position of the country should The Judge Advocate General had an audience of her
AFr ER WHAT 4-After Mellon's Promenade our good harvest prospects be destroyed, as some Majesty Yesterday.time at least to make
I working condition we ought this d
*elves that he is not master of the situation, and the I call attention to the fact because while it is in •
solution of the Roman qumstion is getting beyond his reach.
.E3l- Concerts, lIVANW to wap. We shall meet there. The cardinals and prelates are crying out at " the abomina- .it available for • useful purpose. We should profit, an
Vice-Admiral ee.admiral Sir Thomas Parley and Captain the Hon. ' that at once, by the electric cable which unites the New
few years buck, by continuous bad weather during - f _ Lady
tins of desolation ." the are asking who is to protect
ghe fiLlortoo.
TO CORB.EBPONDENTII.
Advertisements intended for "The
Paper, must be at the Oflice, 10,Karanaverizetreet, by Two .
o'clock on the day of publication. Francis and
the gathering, and a large importation of corn rte- tetchy
cessarily ensue. Happily foreign loans are just the Royal Family.
now out of fashion here from the losses they have
entailed, but other visitations may befal us, and Honour,
" London Inning few could be greater in a commercial point of
view than an aggravation of the present want of The Hon. Horatio
The Queen drove.
credit. It is confidence we primarily and ewes- in the grounds. of dining with the
whom thseeey
Queen and cannot
and had the honourEger"'
arrived
at
Osborne
Yea.
Stopford has arrived
as Maid a is
AUGUST 5. them naiad the rising tide which is to engulf them, and
that their saviour will
have pursued with their
always calm and resigned. He rests con
and in the pesos of his consoiem World and Valentin, to determine the exact longi.
for there is
little chance indeed that messages can be
be precisely that man , fade of the American station,
anathemas. The Pope I
leaves for Castel-Osadolfo. He has been ordefird:lntthinerebay II
fee
any
out yesterday afternoon with Princess his physicians, but his health is good. The little court of '
Louise and Prince Leopold, and Prince" BeaaTi" walked Francis IL is all in confusion, and solitude begins to reign long period. It will be recollected
sent
that
for
send
oe. Next saturday he ;in 1888 the cable tranemitted the electricity very
a few days only, and that it took 30 hours to
61 words. Having explained the construction of the
former cable, the French savant said it was
enniessere. hall), need, the encouragement of greater trust The Duke of Edinburgh arrived yesterday,
attended by around the dethroned King. .. There is • report that two true the present cable was modified in its construction,
regiments of the French division are to leave Roma in the bet that it would not resist the corrosive action of
Tan inarnie, THE RING/1111171" CAPTAIN. News. Vining, between borrower, and lenders, the Hon. Eliot Yorke.
Roney; Mena Memos, Anemia Thomas, and Mrs.month of September, but no official order to that effect has the sea water. M. Babinet exhibited • thick cable
1 INlffing-And QUIET LODGING& The prospects of the autumn are dreary The Prince and Princess of Wales dined with her arrived. which had been five years under the Channel. The ex-
BEITAWNIA. enough. Such a panic as we have undergone Majesty in the evening. --...-- ternal metallic coating peeled off in shreds. The salts of
Two. warm, THE JOLLY DOOB OF LONDON; Olt.,
_TWO must naturally leave its mark ; but we appeal to Divine service wed, performed at Osborne this morning
ROADS OF LIFE.-Mks Lydia Iztimer _
_Mr. C. Brown & Maderbefore the Queen and the Prince and Prisms of Wales,
AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. wires The water eats away • millimetre of metal
I. flandem-And THE DUSTMAN% TREASURE ; OE, WEOO the Government before they release the Houses of the Doh.
of Edinburgh,
Princess Louise,
Prince
Leopold,
AND THE BOFFIN& Parliament in the recess to seriously consider and PA. Baairi7.,.(asurea's misname.)
BERLIN, Amen 6. the water corroded the metal and got to the central
cess
.
per year, and what wire weld withstand such waste'
Yet the channel cable wasthick and the Atlantic one is
IGOR WATER AT tONDO/f BILIDGL
TIM DAT -Moeda& 11g Mia Afternoon, 10h. as
T0.1501110W-Movidng, 1111 k 481 n attersoos. 115. Wm.
LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 8.
-4,-...._ the situation as it is, and what it may easily be- The iod:eil and gentlemen in waking were present.
come. It is their duty to mitigate the existing The Rev, Robinson Duckworth, M.A., officiated.
evil as fax as possible, but still more to provide The Right
some safeguard against worse which may follow.
The are well informed of the vi; of the crisis, and
Y Era ./ Queen
and
thHeonin.y:fHaernuryny. Lytton Bulwer arrived yester
day afternoon, and had the honour of dining with the Carlsbad,
Paisley and Captain the Hon. Francis and of The King of Prussia will shortly proceed to , thin. I have good reason for believing that the success of
where the treaty of peace between , the cable this time is only ephemeral. The communes-
Austria and Prussia will probably be signed.
Prussia has positively declined the proposition
Russia for a coof the signitary Dowers of ftioreons, willturnnotitbe
toot long duration. We should, there-
good account, and as in the
first attempt 720,0001. were uselessly spent and
IT is useless to disguise the fact that the finan- will have no excuse for permitting it to drift from ~,Bir M:mu
prejudice or neglect into a phase of arrested trade, '''°7' Louisa
Egerton have
left Osborne.
cis' position of the country is becoming every (/'‘Y the consequent impoverishment of our working A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the the treaties of Vienna.
ngrenn
-
AUSTRIA AND ITALY. should at lean ascertain the exact longitude of the
American station.
more critical. It is now for nearly three months General II oanr-A longitude which would cost
I i classes, and later public distress. Thereisoneremedy official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, VIENNA, AUGUST 5, EraSING. 760,000 e is dear. The shareholders of the company will
that the Bank rate has been maintained at 10 per that the Government have it in their power to in Downing-street. The ministers present were the The suspension of hostilities between Italy and certainly be of my opinion. (Laughter.)
1 •
cent., and, to judge from the reasoning'adop'nd by propose. It ia an authority to the Bank of Eng- Earl
.of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke o: Austria having been prolonged in order to allow M. Mesmer-It will he • small dividend indeed, but it
j the aPologiata of the Directors, there seems lit" land to make a further issue of notes, leaving the
or no chance of an alleviation for some time to rate of discount to be fixed at the discretion of Buckingham, the Earl of Malmeabury, the Right
Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl , ,
negotiations for an armistice to proceed, the neg.>. is better than nothing. (Renewed laughter.)
come. It is fortunate that the past crisis vieitsel. arn ,of C. arvon General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, tuitions have commenced at Cormons, in Istria.
the directors. We believe the Legislature would the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Puking- General Mowing is the Austrian pler'potentiaiy. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)
us when trade was generally sound, and when the readily sanction such a salutary measure ; and we ton, Sir S. Northcote, Lord J. Manners, the Right Should the negotiations not lead to a result by the
Mornay, Atone? 6, 8 La.
realisation of large profits, from the revival of corn- venture to predict that from the time it was Banc- Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. 10th inst., the renewal of hostilities is not im-
meroe with America, afforded exceptional resor-ces tioned our financial horizon would gradually IB. IT. W. 11' Inti----L--.%wns. W. IL re
1 to meet the disacer. But it is impossible not to
-
see that the limit is nearly, if not altogether,
reached. No trade in the world can withstand clear, and confidence in our position improve, both
et home and abroad. Lieut-Colonel Hogg, M.P., had an interview with Lord probable.
John Manners at the office of her Majesty's Works, Ike., on To-day Baron Brenner takes his departure for -----1--1- -
Saturday, to present a memorial from the vestry of St. Prague, in order to negotiate with Baron Werther nF.I D. a
Nairn 'M44 14 N.IL 1I 9 NW. too 0.20 1
Aberdeen att7 52 8. 11 8 N.W. cb - 1
_ Caorge's, Hanover-square, in favour of widening Park.lans a definitive treaty of peace between Austria and 144th
the continued lapse of credit, and the trade of arereasan.
OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on prdmia.
Englard less than any. For a time the Saturday. The Lords present were the Lord Chancellor, Valentia. -
burden may be borne, but the end is sure. Many (THIS DAY.) and the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner. THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN NEGOTIATIONS. ape erpLear.::::l333l66 3. s N.py. co pill g
signs prove that we are on the verge of wide- ---.-- Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial' PARK Ammer 8. Holyhead -110.58,56 8.8. W. 4 W.&W. or 0.05 4
spread commercial distress. We may, perhaps, TIM anal op PaUssies SPCICR. dam. to the Governors of the North American Provinces France takes no part in then egotiations for an Brims . .gp.ggps gm.
Penzance.- 10.84 W.B.W, 4 W.N.W too - 11
a W. trm 0.1 4
have no great sensational failures, with liabilities In the opinion of the Times the speech of King and Bermuda. armistice opened between Austria and Italy at 1.°Veicri:::1::::: wtsw. • f 175.. to 311 I
figuring for millions', the havoc will
- Probably William to the Prussian legislature will give satisfaction THE QUEEN AND TEE CHOLERA. Cormons. These negotiations are completely fore'gn Plymouth 29
29 W.&W. 7 N.N.W. bo awl 4
. 00 0.03 A
be chiefly among the second and third class to the friends of constitutional freedom, and there is no to the preliminaries of peace, which will be nego- Lerssro,ll7. :::: W.S.W.ilt. t W. ro 0.00 4
traders. It is especially hard that the punishment doubt that the Prussian Diet will pass • bill of indemnity The following letter was addressed by her Ma- tiated after the conclusion of an armistice with the London ti..:'l:lltl. :I:: : 1 W.N.W.' top 0.06
, -1
should fall upon them for an excess of speculation to the King's government for all the arbitrary measures of 1 jesty's command to the Bishop of London : concurrence of France, probably at Paris. Bcarborongn. 20.64 56 W. 2 I N.W. oo 0.01 1
.... . .. . . . .•... .._._ _s_ s_ the nut and that a better harmony will be established I " Osborne, August 2. Shields 11).51 511 N.W. 3 N.W. co I- I 1
_ ___ . __ ------

IT is useless to disguise the fact that the finan-
cial position of the country is becoming every say
more critical. It is now for nearly three montln
that the Bank rate has been maintained at 10 per
cent., and, to judge from the reasoning'adop:sd by
the apologists of the Directors, there seems litt'e
or no chance of an alleviation for some time to
come. It is fortunate that the past crisis visitsd
us when trade was generally sound, and when the
realisation of large profits, from the revival of com-
merce with America, afforded exceptional resor nes
to meet the disacer. But it is impossible not to
see that the limit is nearly, if not altogether,
reached. No trade in the world can withstand
the continued lapse of credit, and the trade of
England less than any. For a time the
burden may be borne, but the end is sure. Many
signs prove that we are on the verge of wide-
spread commercial distress. We may, perhaps,
have no great sensational failures, with liabilities
figuring for millions: the havoc will probably
be chiefly among the second and third class
traders. It is especially hard that the punishment
should fall upon them for an excess of speculation
with which they have had little or nothing to do.
Thus, however, stands the fact. Because some
thousands of clergymen, women, and other persons
totally unacquainted with business, have entrusted
their savings to the care of dishonest or incapable
trustees, the merchant doing a prudent trade is to
be ruined. Upon his head are to be visited all the
consequences entailed by the folly and carelessness
of a portion of the community over which he has no
control, and with which he has most likely little, if
any, connexion. This is the immediate point, and it
is one of such gravity that although Mr. WATIIN'S
opportune motion for a Royal Commission to
inquire into the working of the Bank Act of 1844
was postponed by a count-out, it is a paramount
duty of the Government not to allow Parliament
to separate without authorising some protective
measures against an impending national calamity.
Painful as the admission is, it must be conceded
that the credit of this great and wealthy counts./
abroad is for the time gone. The distrust of
English bills is such that foreignel.... f rmly refuse
them, with the exception of those on a vei/
few first-rate houses, and require payment
of their debts in hard money. Renee the accumu-
lation of 28,250,0001. of bullion in the Bank of
France, and a rate of discount barely exceeding 2i
per cent. in the open market in Paris, while
here 10 per cent. is upheld at our nal...onel Bank,
and even at that advances are becoming daily
more difficult, except on first-class securities of
the best commercial paper. This state of things
speaLs for itself. In a crisis such as we are pass-
ing through it is not the capitalist whose position
claims the consideration of the State ; he may
need some temporary accommodation himself, and
can afford to pay for it ; but it is those who form
the material and backbone of our vast trade and

In the opinion of the Times the speech of King
William to the Prussian legislature will give satisfaction
to the Mends of constitutional freedom, and there is no
doubt that the Prussian Diet will pass a bill of indemnity
to the King's government for all the arbitrary measures of
the past, and that a better harmony will be established
between the powers of the state for the future. " God's
gracious goodness has crowned Prussia's hasty sacrifices,"
aa the King says, and goodwill and concord are easy with
the prosperous. After describing the vigorous action of
Prussia both before and daring the war, the Times says,
that power now claims north of the Main full liberty of
action, and even beyond that boundary she assert' her
right of 'Miami and diplomatic supremacy which
she will have little difficulty in extending to all
Germany. If we reflect that in Saxony very nearly
the whole people, to the exclusion of the royal family, are
protestant., that in Wurtemberg the protestant, are to
the catholic. aa three tome, we shall readily conclude that
opposition to the will of Prussia can at the utmost only be
apprehended on the part of Bavaria, which will, in all
probability, have to surrender her Franconian territory
north of the Main, and her share of the Palatinate west of
the Rhine. Prussia, and, through her, Germany, will
thus show a front to France all along the Rhine from the
Swiss to the Dutch frontier ; and the Gaul and the Teuton
will thus once more, after some thousand years, border
upon one another in two great national masses on or near
the banks of the great river.
• ''

" My dear Lord,—The sufferings of a large number cf
poor persons from choler► in a particular district of Lon-
don, though fortunately as yet only in a limited one, have
mast painfully attracted the Queen's attention, and her
Majesty consequently learnt with satisfaction the proposal
contained in your letter published this morning, to arrange
with the Metropolitan Relief and District Visiting Agra
dation, of which your lordship is president, for the proper
admi.'stration of a special Cholera Fund.
. .

PORT-All-PRINCE.
LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 6.
The ,tearer Mexican from Port-an-Prince on
the 18th July has arrived here.
The rebellion had broken out afresh, and part
of Gonaives had been destroyed by fire by the
rebels. Fears were entertained at Port-an-Prince
lest the rebels should fire that place, as threats
had been used to that effect. The rebels are said
to be in great force near Port-an-Prince.

RAW I

REMARKS.
There le little prospect of the weather becoming settled for the
next day or two.
The winds have again backed to south-west, and appear likely
to luereate.
The increams of barometric pressure which took place yester-
day has been succeeded by a fresh diminution h the north and
west.

It is rarely that it falls to the lot of • sovereign, the
Post observes, to meet his parliament under circumstances
so suspicions as those under which the King of Prussia
yesterday convened the Chambers at Berlin. Even
Frederick the (treat, at the close of his life of warfare, did
not effect such changes in the kingdom which he received
from his father as those which William has brought abort
in that which but • few years since devolved on him on
the death of his brother. From being a kingdom Prussia
has within the present year been converted Into an empire.
It is unnecessary to inquire whether in trath the Prus-
sian army was " accompanied by the visible blessing of
God," as, under the circumstances, the King was of course
bound to thank the Almighty for his marvellous career
of victory. The brief resume of the progress of the late
campaign is, however, conceived in a tone of modesty
which merits commendation. The King, referring to the
constitutional dispute between the government and the
chambers asks to let byegones be byegones, and he cer-
tainly could not have addressed this request to his parlia-
ment at a more opportune time.

COI

thousands on thousands who are
interwoven with it, and whose means and energies
are now paralysed by one of the worst panics ever
known, who want support, and, within prudert
limits, ought to have it. No wonder, in such an
emergency, that hoarding is practised. The nu-
merous banking failures, and the misery they have
entailed, naturally induce not only general caution,
but the desire to keep some cash at home, lest
the sudden ruin and privation witnessed among
neighbours should extend to those who see it, but
have been so far exempt. From this cause it mainly
is that the note circulation of the Bank of England
is some 3,000,0001., or more, abovethe average, but
if needed, why should not this extra issue be au-
thorised, and the rate of discount at once reduc:d
Why is the issue upon securities to be permanently
fixed at 15,000,0001., whatever the extens;on of
our trade and the requirements of $ critical period
such as the present t What magic is there, whr
iegis of safety, in these stereotyped figures o:
15,000,0001.1 They mean finalLy of legislation,
which is quite inconsistent with progress ; they
also mean wide-spread ruin, which might be
averted or diminished by a policy less obstinately
restrictive, and well-considered measures of relief
adapted to an exceptional crisis and one of extra-
ordinary severity. The serious error of the late
Government was the condition theyimpoeed, that on
the suspension of the Bank Act the rate of discount
should not be less than 10 per cent. This condition
virtually neutralised, after the first week or so,
the benefit which the suspension was intended to
confer, and when Mr. GLADOTONZ announced in
the House of Commons that if the rate of dis-
count wen reduced below 10 per cent. the
Government letter would become inoperative, it
was easy to perceive that the timid administrators
of the Bank of England would shrink from incurring
such a responsibility, while their reserve was low,
andthat a prolonged period of loss, failing trade, and
distrust was before us. It is equally obvious that
there is no necessity for the persistent maintenance
of Otis Wirate, and that the rates, already de-

Her Majesty, feeling sure that under your lordship's
presidency any funds which may be collected will be
judiciously applied, ha. commanded me to forward a
cheque for 50W. to Mears. Harries for the Cholera Fund,
to be applied to the relief of she sufferers, most of whom,
the Queen regrets to know, are in such a position of life
as to be totally unable to pros:cle themselves with the
necessary means either to ward off the disease or to
support themselves under its influence.
" I have the honour to be, your lordship's most faithful
servant, "T. X. BIDDeLPH.
" The Lord Bishop of London."

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe•Weimar have been entertaining a select
party at Molecomb during the Goodwood race meeting,
the company including his Royal Highness the Duke of
Edinburgh, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke ; the Duke
and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis of Hartington,
Sir Hem! Des Vceux, M. W. G. and Lady Mary Craven,
Dr. Quin, &c. . .

- - •
The Earl and Countess of Derby have taken the
villa formerly belonging to the late Sir Henry Webster at
Roehampton, in order that the noble earl may, in the
urgency of pubic byline's, be in the vicinity of town.
The Earl and Counto-s of Dudley left town on
Saturday for IN e'tley Court, Worcestershire, where they
intend to pus a few weeks before going to Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of Erroll, accompanied
by their youthful fair 'ly, have arrived at Shines Castle,

Aberdeenshire, from London, for the season.
The Countess of Carnart on and family, accom-
panied by the Countess of Chesterfield, have left town for
Highelere Castle, near Newbury, for the season.
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have returned
to their seat, Prague], in Kent, from visiting the Countess
Cowper, at Wrest Park, Beds.
Sir Robert and Lady Buxton have left Farrance's
Hotel for Shadwell Lodge, Norfolk.

Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Cecil Ives have left
town for Nalahitle Castle, near Dublin. _

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(flex oua OWN CONIUMPONDINT.)

PARIS. SUNDAY RUINING.

M. Drouyn de Lhuya is coming from Vichy to-
morrow to preside at the annual distribution of
prizes at the Sorbonne, which M. Duruy will be
prevented from attending in consequence of a
domestic calamity. The Minister for Foreign
Affairs returns to Vichy on Tuesday, and will re-
main there till the 14th, when the Emperor leaves
for the Chalons camp. It is now stated that the
Prince Imperial was prevented from going to
' Vichy at the same time as the Emperor by a fall,
from the consequences of which he has now re-
covered.

cidedlyb4ow it, in the open market, would be-
ef)* W'Asenerally moderate, and all aocommo-
&Gen esSier, were the Bank of England to re-
assure the public mind by discounting on leas
onerous terms.

A marriage is arranged shortly to take plane
between Captain Halter, M.P., only son of the Right Hon.
Sir William G. Halter, and Miss Henrietta Hope, youngest
daughter of the late Mr. Adrian John Hope, and grand-
daughter of General Count Rapp.
The Times announces that the Lord Justiceship
of Appeal in Ireland be offered to Mr. Brewster.
We (Times) have reason to believe that Dr.
Butcher, Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College,
I Dublin, will be appointed to the Bishopric of Meath.
Mr. Stubbs, Librarian to the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, will be appointed Regius Professor of Modern
History at the University of Oxford.
We have reason to believe, says the Times, that
the Poor-law Board have decided upon appointing an
additional inspector for the metropolitan district. It
is intended that the new officer should be a medical
men, and the choice of Mr. Hardy has fallen upon Dr.
Markham, consulting physician of St. Mary's Hospital,
Paddington, who attracted the attention of the govern-
ment by the valuable assistance he afforded in connexion
with the recent inquiry into the medical arrangements of
the military and naval services. Mr. W. Corbett, at pre-
sent inspector in the manufacturing districts, will be trans-
ferred to London, and associated with Dr. Markham in
his important duties. Dr. Smith will be Mr. Coebett's
successor in Lancashire, and Mr. Parnell will probably
be selected to succeed Dr. Smith at York.
THE MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DINNER.—This
annual gathering took place on Saturday, at the Ship,
Greenwich. The Earl of Derby, Lord Chelmsford, Mr.
Disraeli, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Devon,
General Peel, Sir J. Pakington, Lord Stanley, Lord Cram.
beams, Sir H. Cairns, Sir W. Bovill, Lord Burghley, Mr.
Adderley, Lord Royston, Lord Naas, Sir 8. Northoote,
Admiral Seymour, Mr. Walpole, Colonel Taylor, Mr.
Walsh, Hon. Mr. Noel, Mr. Morris, Sir G. Montgomery,
Lord J. Manners, Mr. Mowbray, Lord Claud Hamilton,
Mr. Hunt, Sir J. D. Hay, Mr. R. C. Egerton, Mr. G.
Hardy, Mr. Earle, Mr. Du Cane, Mr. Cony, the Duke of
Marlborough, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Mahnee-
bury, the Earl of Longford, Lord Hawarden, Lord Colville,
Earl Godson, the Earl of Bradford, Lard Beget, and
Earl of Banns wen primmest
' GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-ROAD
ISLINGTOW.—Number of patients for the week ending
4th August, 930, of which 325 were new eases.

During the war and while the war was brewing
we heard very little about Rome and the conven- '
Lion of September 15. It was almost taken for
granted that the war would afford an excuse for
evading its proviaions, and this idea was particularly
caressed by the papal party in Rome. It appears,
however, that an event occurred a few days ago
which has thrown that party into a state of
consternation. Count de Sartiges received a note
from M. Drouyn de Lhuys urging the papal go-
vernment to lose no time in coming to an under-
standing with Italy, and adding that "an imme-
diate arrangement was indispensable in the interest
of the Holy See on the eve of the execution of the
convention." A catholic organ in the south of
France, the Gazette du Midi, says :

As to the evacuation of the pontifical territory by the
French troops, which it was thought had been indefinitely
adjourned, and which seemed to have been in a manner
forgotten, it is unfortunately but too certain. The execu-
tion of the convention has been officially announced as im-
minent, and it seems that the Pope cannot reckon upon
the presence of a French army in Rome longer than until
December next.

Although the long-pending question of the
amount of the pontifical debt to be assumed by
Italy is said to be settled, other difficulties remain.

The Assize Court of Piacenza has sentenced
Mgr. Ranza, the bishop of the diocese, to a year's
imprisonment and I,ooofr. fine for having refused
the communion in extremes and Christian burial
to a priest named Pizzi, who had been guilty of
signing M. Pasaaglia's address to the Pope, praying
him to renounce the temporal power. Some people
think that the Pope will never be able to live as
a neighbour of Victor Emmanuel unless he first
leaves Rome, shakes off the domination of the
cardinals, and oomes back to the Vatican on an
entirely new footing. Has he yet leaven enough
left of the reforming Pope of 1848 to try such a
bold step _ _

Mr. J. A. Smith will to-night ask the President
of the Poor-law Board whether, viewing the extensive
outburst of cholera in the eastern districts of the metro-
polis, the government are prepared to allow parliament to
separate without providing the means of summary inter-
ference in came where the vestries may neglect the en-
forcement of sanitary precautions, or may omit or delay
the necessary arrangements for the are of the sick, and
the separation of the healthy from the dying and the
dead.

Mr. Newdegate has given notice that he will
next session introduce a bill for the commutation of
church rates.

A double line of railway is now completed on the
South Western line, between Exeter and Templeoombe, neer
Sherborne, in Dorset.

The Atlantic cable will be a great convenience to
the inhabitants of Poole, in Dossetehire, who are engaged
extensively in the Newfoundland fisheries..

The Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway, the
termini of which are situated three miles from Salisbury,
on the Sishopsteke line, and between Wimbome and
Eingwood on the Dorchester line, and which railway
passes through Downton and Forlingbridge, is now com-
pleted and is only waiting for the government authority
to be opened for traffic.

According to the Revue Coutemporaine one of the
principal objects of Prince Napoleon's mission was
to induce Italy to renounce all pretensions to the
Italian Tyrol, and he did not succeed :
Italy was more intractable than ever ; she stiffened her-
self against her military misfortunes, repudiated concilia-
tory suggestions, and thus created difficulties in the way i
of the Imperial mediator which even the Menem* of
Prince Napoleon could not remove.
A Paris journal called the Gazette de rlndastrie
was suppressed yesterday by the Correctional
Tribunal for treating of political questions without
a license, and its editor, a M. Castillon, was sen-
tenced to a month's imprisonment.
Two more French libel cases have been tried in
Belgium. MM. Vesinier and Rosen, authors of
two books called Le Maringe dune Eapagnole and
La Femme de Char were found guilty on Friday
by a Brussels jury of " insulting a foreign move-

The Right Rev. Lord Plunket,lD.D., eldest son
of the first Lord Plunket (Irish Chancellor, Bishop of
Tuem, Killsla, and Achonry, is seriously ill. The annual
value of the see is 4,000/. ; but there are ninety-five livings
in the gift of the bishop. The right rev. peer is an Bale.
siastimi Commissioner for Ireland.
The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the British
Medical Association will be held at Chester on Puede'',
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 7th, Bth, 9th, and
10th days of August.
NORWICH Moslem. FiterivaL.—Among the vo-
calists who have been engaged for this festival (which
commences on the last Monday in October) a-e Mdlle.
Titiens, Madame Ruderadorff, Miss Edith Wynne, Mdlle.
Sinieo, Madame de Marie Lebiache, Mdlle. Anna Dresdil,
Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Signor Morini,
r Mr. Santley, Mr. Weiss, and Signor Gassier. Mr. Bene-
dict will again act as conductor, and has prepared for the
festival a new composition, a setting of the legend of St.
Ceelia, she test of which is by Mr. H. F. Charley. The
work performed on the first evening of the festival will
be farad in Egypt, and the three other evenings Trill be
devoted to miscellaneous concerts. At the first morning
performance (Wednesday, Oct. 31) Costa's Nauman, con.
ducted by the composer, will be given. The next morn-
, ing will be devoted to S.. Cecilia, Mr. Benedict's new com-
position • selections from the Passion music of Handel,
I and the lirst and second part of the Creation. The third
and last morning will be occupied with the Messiah, with
which noble work almost every Norwich festival has been
brought to a conclusion. The festival, as has been already
stated, will be honoured by the presence of their Royal
FUghtiesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, who will be
entertained during their stay in the neighbourhood by
Lord Stafford at Cortessey, near Norwich.
STATUE OF THL LATE LORD Huitzsitr.—A most
successful casting in bronze of Mr. Foley's statue of the
Lord Herbert of Lea, better known as Sidney Herbert,
was made recently at the extensive works of Messrs.
Prince and Co., the " Plinths " Foundry, Ewer-street,
Union-street, Southwark. The figure is of colossal size, and
is intended to be placed in the enclosure opposite the en-
trance to the War-office in Pall-mall. Mr. Foley, RA., has
been most fortunate in producing an excellent likeness of
' the late nobleman—his highly intellectual and thoughtful
textures have been most admirably transferred to the
bronze. The statue was cast in one piece, and It took but
fifteen seconds to pour in the metal. There were resent
Lady Herbert, the Earl of Clauwilliam, Mr. Foley, Dr.
Shea, and several other ladies and gentlemen. Num.
Piinoe have within the last two years introdnoed into
Southwark this valuable branch of art manufacture.—
' South London Chronicle.
• Rilisoßis MEETING AT READIEO.-011 Saturday
• evening a meeting was held at the So'•ool of Room,
Reading, when a branch of the Reform League was esta-
blished. The room was completely filled by respectable
working men, and the chair was 00cup:id by Mr. John Box.
Some working 1111111 spoke, and several members were
enrolled.
Visit Or THE MAHARAJAH F JOHORE TO
lAVERPOOL.—His Highness Tunkoo Abubeker bin Ibrahim
Sree, Maharajah of Jolson, spent the greater portion of
Saturday, ewer the guidance of the ear, or, in v.aiting the
various objects of interest at liverpooL He first inspected
she shipbuilding yard of Mears. I -ird Brothers, at
Birkenhead, and after a brief trip on the river Laded and
lunched with the mayor at the Town-hall. Hs them paid
a visit to St. George's-hall (where Mr. Best was engaged
at the usual Saturday organ performances), west through
the Free Library and Museum, sad afterwards made a
longer ezeuretoa on the river. His Wogs', who is
rather fond of nantieel matters, twm. d both=
and astonishment at the magaltada of the
attached to the port, and the perfect appliances for Its
accommodation. The maharajah's next visit will be to
Dublin.