The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

ITALIAN DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE•

FRANKFORT,
Dim
26. 1
'lament
Greet n Book recently reciettely ilrfaorudoßbifogCE're tdhpoicumitaelian2sn.ta
The diary of a statesman recently dead imaringeunponct°hne late war :
has just been published. As be was in daily j tat munaratt FOR YOAKUM AFFAIRS TO THI units'
communication with the ambassadors at the '
late Diet, his diary throws light on many j MINISTIA AT BZIALUI.
Florence, March 9.
hitherto unexplained episodes of the momentous deaS:as• Signor iCadntecpueral Corona, the bearer of this
events of this summer. On May 9 he writes ance toward' the Pruref "I'
government.of He cial
inm°
es trbta
entire confidence of the King and of his government, and
that the King of Prussia had been shaken in his
belief that Austria wanted war, and had insisted thisbegq_usau, signor
mmrstr°' to present him in
to his Excellency Count Bismarck, and,
King'',
go.
veGeneerin
seGczotr knows the views of the
on a friendly answer to the Austrian proposal of Terding to circumstances, to Lis Majesty King
' disarmament ; but Bismarck had told the Italian respective lunation of Prussia
resolutionsu depend upon those mg. may be taken by
government that as he could not find out any new and Austria. You are aware, our
pretext for war, it was now the part of Italy to
upegtatteemertrnts!fetiiise disposed
.sheto
ues-
sound an alarm. This was done at once by the tract, and City,
If Prussia is ready to enter with decision and thofroughli
Italian newspapers, and at Vienna they caught umpooonya; piifiligpwhichzoolfillluensups her. greatness in Ger-
at the bait, and proceeded to armaments
a hostile policy towards Prussia anPilmelsrannrs iiitaly°ll, war is
against Italy, so that as early as April 28
agreem'ent Bismarck could utter his astonishment to amneenrterlf'aesTlyreatilly accepted by the Prussian govern-
ezijatir:a
Itatydis in isetwßvirmitit conedefinite
dto an
believe the time come for Prussia no longer to
the Vienna Cabinet on their continuing effective
to arm in spite of their declarations. On June sfrankly5frankly opening her mind to us, and we are readye"to ;Inwitener
he taxes Austria with insincerity in now ap- with her into an exchange of communications which will
pealing to *le Diet with regard to the sadowir . enals,re kis! trygr:tiate bow far ourintentions are serious,
the existing political titration, which,
Holstein 'question, after having failed in obtaining sec oef otijeecm-ilitarincelbritre's mission
hic " to
ahaqUtenhimo"
as compensation the county of Glatz and Hohen- hioinoecriziimnseeitueor
his
sollern from Prussia. The refusal of Austria to at- rocalectymthe King of Primes might wish to concert with us
tend the Paris conference is attributed to the machi- the court personages - onagencees. wt°;illeomuiTeleaptheinted
Berlin cahinet, or
nations of CountE•sterhazy. "And from this govern- • or the President of the Council to enater7into rah"t Ring
meat, rotten to the bone, the middle states expect General Govoun:znwibefacatbleto (and you will tive the
salvation and assistance against youthful Prussia, necessary) to came ton an understa= witrherhltme with le
which, after having freed herself from Russian the clearness and precision the object of this mission re-
quires and with the certainty of the especial '
eimportance
bonds, is now confident of her power." On we shall'
attach to whatever may be transmitted to us
June 15 he writes—"Jacta eat ales,. The Diet has thmyougarh a oh t amedium'
voted the mobilisation of their armies and Prussia signor--niiiiistro, will ired
uyour enlightened
, suggestions,
has seceded from the Confederation. The 14th of and I beg you to let him have them withoutGeneralmGoe. vox,
June will be a momentous day for German history.
It is publicly asserted, that in case the
vote of the Diet had been inthe opposite way, Prussia missions
upon his paal;tc;ssishuctlunaware of the personal authority you
The distinguished qual
y yiziueor
of
Gooodeser JeovcooonsoulonerTit°ll:e.
he has already fulfilled, are an additional rue
would hays seceded all the same, and that a duels- r:ut foree t
,maeotilia,otitoti'iwoomosiis:iflon will
have
the end marked
ration to that effect had been proposed. lam told clearly defining the respeCtire sitauaretitastuf observed,
inl
that Savigny had taken the wrong paper, and had Prriaioine,prosence of the pending complications in Europe.
already begun to read it when he found out the Upon the 3r"d April, General De IaDZMaLA Mon', wroteu to
mistake and then read the other paper ;it is there- Count Barral, at Berlin, communicating the bases upon
fore evident that it was Prussia's aim to tear to Igrov'ernch mmenta. Theent might be established between the two
pieces the Federal act, in which she was assisted by desire of guaranteeingetarl conanonAgenineral mtted by
antil
Austria's stupidity." On June 26 he writes : takm
reir(ofintoconcludent the needs of their nations, the two sore-
" The dethronement of the elector of Hesse is an institutionsbytTe exclusio alliance wn
advanceo Aus the
progress of
act of justice, which Prussia ought not to have should it be necessary, the proposals made by his Prussian
sian
de/eyed for twenty-nine years, as by his misrule oMajestyiiowith regard
od to reform of the federal constitu-
tol to the wants of the German nation.
he was the moat dangerous enemy of the mortar- 2. To obtain cession to the kingdom of Italy of all the
chical principle. The blind King of Hanover was Italian territoryt subject to Austria. The government ea-
st all times incompetent ; this was one of the poommenceSindefstrz
utihttt the :whoirkeiafpalian.e, liberation,
l s
many nenaansieal acts performed at Hanover." accomplished by means of a war of indecndence in
her-
Oncom-
July 9 he writes : "We are quite perplexed Prussia against the Pruss
designs lusty' PrussiallmPpltg assist
at the stunning blow dealt to Austria at Koniggratz, self at the head of the national 'Attila Germany by oon
brat certainly our sly friend on the other side of voki zge the parliament
nn which has long been the desire of
~ the
beeo
dormooariionfeti
Italy." wrote
by effecting in Germany what has
the Rhine will be yet more astonished than we .
He was ever pleased with the expectation of a nelra'lloll the
De 7th May the Chevalier di Nigra wrote to Ge-
long and bloody war in Germany; this would have his instructions, MarmChtsod inform him that,
s Tmoffuln:asblythtoet
added so much to his security, and now he must Italy had no intention of takeetf the initiative Yof war
exert himself for peace." On July 22 he writes : againstat toAle I}"re' neCliitin. :lerdtihatig'm at the same time
'‘ Manteuffel has told & deputation who said to of Italy undertaking any engazertmewnats, rri'iti:lhgtienllalnt
him that Prussian troops would refuse obedience
when commanded to plunder the town, that he had
a regiment of Poles ready for that purpose, and nobody had asked, but that he was simply desirous of
makinggo kerlupwtehat werent
et.he intentions of tbe Italian
Barr
Upon the 2Oth Ceneral Be la Mansions wrote to Count
, aftwißetrotfthlt the provocative nioveraeuts of
that he did pot care to appear in the light of a Austria
war
second Alba. Mr. Rothschild told him, " You footing. After having ledytotntiVexib,ecertaltinnoJofnPrnnaltack
know the power of your guns, but you are in I:Er"enateltibillyg. dYru. usliae, had w`anel
' ignorance about the effect of your measures ; by defensive attitude situationn
tote of
plundering this town you ruin Rhenish Prussia as tdhef ruse. The 'tail' army
to deny the
arm created.
Of wrillclr aim was°
had taken up a purely
defensive attitude upon the Ptte If Prussia and Italy
well." On August 8, he writes :—" I receive from 14
H—, who was present at the negotiations for p. reli- and all the movements of the Prussian taroojs. wi:Lg
minaries of peace at Nikolsbourg, the following Nntnitliliiianm
would
d deigned to express the conviction that
communications—The arrival of Benedetti was not France. u'GeneraldiMatirlart:neosraofcoaryce7tlitsvietltya:l
expected, as the telegraphic wires are broken ; tople.d that the friendship of France would he considered
opledge for the efficaciousness of the
he waited at once on Bismarck, who was not lirtismrtranaailew
glad at all to see him ; they remained Count
Upon June 17th General De la Marmon, telegraphed to
in conference from seven o'clock p.m. to three mentof the o'
pe thatnin takingnf
tkoßtlyr of the official ',trounce.
y would
o'clock a.m. Benedetti had peremptory instrue• declare war againstgiustiia vlntlaoumt d7layrmry, I
thins to insist that Vienna was not to be occupied, The following documents refer to the armistice
Saxony to remain intact, the Maine to remain the and the peace
boundary. With regard to Saxony, Benedetti had THZ ITALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO
to resort to threats. Prussia proposed to allow 1 CAVALIERE DI SIGMA.
(Extract.)
Hanover to remain intact, with the exption of a Fl
His Majesty the King received the follorence July 5
small tract to unite the western and eastern proce - owing' telegram
to-night from the Emperor of the French :—" Paris, July
winces of Prussia, but she insisted on the cession
of Austrian Silesia. This was refused at Vienna, spn'Tnte'out in° inEymreetror otfo
MoD.riyandaheetastos the idemase
as well as the cession of any other tract of Austrian 1 enetia, de-lariug himself ready to accept a mediation to
territory, but Hanover was given up. The Prus- bring about ,snits
tz.enib,;:ntwrteeunnittyhnef bemllignereinuts;sloTuhre Iglu!
sian ministers had much trouble to make their shejbecomes melee, and Italy may agttain in au honour-
King acquiesce. He insisted on having Bohemia able way the object of'
her fitting aspirations by means of
anoomser gnoinenotol!troh me,i. up
angnnlwiltevhe it Ile"nbetoere Ilinfug" of
King
and Moravia! Eappetit richt en mangeant ! At
all events, Napoleon has carried his ends with Prussia to acquaint him with this situation and to propose
regard to Saxony, while he has given up his old thconstrisfionr of
rinanfiony,inotsiool doostopyroorirmljolajestyufjouregltalotiyaiitohose
enemies of Waterloo, Hanover, Hesse, and Nassau; for peace.—Napotile.
hehaspreferred strengthening Pruasiato showing the int2.iois aillijoesty
tacketivii by thanking the Emperor far the
least sympathy with these old remains of the dy- to consult hi government and dltoltleya;n ti:evltctontlionnanteoY
nasty." On August 12, he writes—" I motto-day the his ally the King of Prussia upon this very serious pro-
posal. As to an armistice or a suspension of arms, the
IFrench Ambassador returning home from Aues- government of the King must remain faithful to its two-
burg, We asked him, ' Will France soon declare fold duty—first, towards Prussia, which, not having yet
war against us f' He replied, ' Soon.' This I nooutrifieadrtttohuescolinertinscimpetane
ofcer,Za the right to upon
doubt very much, but you must not believe that towards the Italian populations subject to' Ai"istrianw' IL'
11 after all the trouble we have taken for three are not comprised in the administrative confines of
Venetia,aour snd whose deliverance must be the object of all
centuries to ruin the German empire, we shall now
listand by when it revives with new vigour and sicxoa viscoxn VENOSTA TO cover BARRAI., AT BERLIN.
' power." On August 1; :—" The . . . Ambassador Florence, July 5.
at Paris reports respecting a conversation he had Be good enough to ascertain with the greatest solicitude
the intentions
with Drouyn do Lhuys. Alluding to the best way intrirnoneisl'i3tiattlo.ne Prussian
ann goverxsahme-it as
,tl.e
the pr''
of uniting the Southern States with the North taperer of the French.
I have forwarded you by tele-
German Confederation, the minister replied, Cre.htythtehe reply made l
it 0 tryalttinmantfrothe lunii.'i his
cela at se fern jamaia ; cela serail coalre ten wisli "of the Italian nation - assure the Prussian
engagements
bat plus funnels !' Still events will i government maseriitt
mtehewasattotinssuiir
it. We 1;le
doeusirre
inco-esarelemsstion
a few years bring about such a union, and then it andawithout delay, to come to an understanding rsYvithaii
must be fought out again ;then Bismarck's words, upon the conditions to be established in common between
reply to the pro-
' blood and war,' will be illustrated a second time. "ad
Italy
:rtimPnEluti-pem;ormofbetliine Nrrirciti.on to
We are living in a time when the principle '
power CIDEVALIER DI NIGRA TO SIGNOR VISCONTI vr-eowre.
before right' has been sanctioned by success." Paris, July 5.
As a Christmas present, the Prussian penal law 26f. Dronyn de Lhuys begged me to-day to call at the
trays published here yesterday. We see strange Zieirclism°7 for "oefignegragt ‘:rwnltSurinepOSl
drat laseinnet Be
things and anomalies. In these laws it is enacted know earlier whata sad taken place, as the facts about
that whoever instigates foreign princes to make which heHwise. ed tfornietrine °l)hapie PtcPer ;et fact
Iclis :la;
war against Prussia has forfeited his life, and he relived a telegram from Vienna lut night, by ere
which he
who vituperates German princes, or disputes their was Placvd
sesin a position to thatNAusltria,. awe
hisdilnettteer
titles, is liable to long imprisonment. And these tor Juneidea
11, ceded Nereus tomrranmcer , stud enacoepn 'led French
laws are published here by the Prussian ministry, mediation to bring about peace between the bellirient
headed by Bismarck! On the same day an Aus- jPro:teirs'on um; had
Emxior Niipencomnef had
himself directly aetlreypttedto t!ehTprn-
trian decree was published abolishing the law of Prussia and Italy to obtain an armistice. For this pur-
pose the Emperor had forwarded unabbreviated telegrams
against usury, with the reservation, however, that it
to both sovereigns.
remains a punishable offence to make a profit by ask- In that addressed to the King of Prussia the Emperor
ing a high interest from people in distress, or from appealed to sentiments of generosity and inoderation. In
callous or improvident persons. And this is enacted that sent to the King of Italy the Emperor spoke of the
cession of Venetia made to him by. Austria, and added that
while Austria offers a new loan in the market at 11
agreement as to banding the province over to Italy would
per cent. interest. not be difficult.
separate administration under the old IL Drouyn de Lhuys asked me if I knew what the King
ministries has been dissolved in Nassau and had replied. I told his excellency that the King had has-
Thetened to reply, and had thanked the Emperor for the inte-
Hanover. I rest he took in Italy ; that asp the proposal it was too
- serious to decide upon without consulting his government,
CRYSTAL PALACE Seances. or ART.—During the and before coming to an arrangement with his Majest; the
Christmas vacation a course of pnpular scientific lectures, King of 'Prussia, with whom he was leagued by alliance and
illustrated with a variety of expeninents, will be delivered a common war.
every Tuesday and Friday by the Rev. H. M. Hart, M.A. The Minister for Foreign Again then proceeded to
The subject of the first, which will take place on Jan. 1, explain to me the considerations which should incline the
at three o'clock, is, " Fire : What causes it ; bow it is ex- King and his government to accept the Emperor's pro-
tinguiahed." These lectures are intended to be similar in penal.
their character to those so popular at the Royal Institu- He said that the valour of the Italian army had had the
tion, and a fund of amusement and instruction will be opportunit7 of displaying itself, and that the enemy him-
compriaed in each of the subjects selected. self had done justice to the arms of the King ; that from

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Aniline. Iffy, Ditc. 28. —Arrofirritiarr.—lnaptaton . -1/
ing Commander of Coast Guard IL 3. Challis. ~ , %
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PORTSMOUTH. Di 0.211. _A
The privy Council arrived at the Royal Clarence
Victualling-yard this morning about 10 o'clock, and T. •, • 4
over to Osborne in the Fire Queen stawn-vemel 4,
Commander Paul, returning in the afternoon shortly 1
i o'clock.
We 1,11111 that it is probable that the Orontes, screw
troopship, Captain H. W. Hire, which will be paid offeez
the :3rd proximo, will be immediately afterwards coin F..
missions). by Captain Thomas Lethbridge. It ia.aiio.. ..
reported that Captain Phelps who was first named for
this ship, will conituission the' Himalaya, and that Cap-
' taro Lethbridge will retain the command of the Sitl2oolll4^ ( • •
,
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THE OCEAN YACHT RACE.

(me oua certain:Po:rimer.)
COWES, FRIDAY.
The officers of the American yachts, including Mr.
I. Gorden Bennett, jun., owner of the Henrietta, were enter-
tained at a banquet by members of the Royal Yacht Club,
last evening. It took place at the club house, and there
were ten guests present ; but the proceedings were entirely
of • social character. The banquet to be given by the
citizens of Cowes to the °finer, of the yachts, takes place
at the Gloster Hotel, to-morrow evening, when the mem-
ber for the Isle of Wight, Sir John Simeon, Bart., will
preside. The yacht. were visited during yesterday by
large numbers of persons ; and the greatest interest ap-
pears to be manifested by the people of Cowes, both in the
vessels and their crews.
The crews have been ashore, and are very smart-looking
fellows, One of the yachts is to anchor in Southampton
Water, another is going to Cherbourg, and the third is, it
is said, to remain at Cowes. The official custoe
Unitmhouse
papers of the yachts have been lodged with thc4
States consular authorities, and the captain of the Fleet-
wing Ina to furnish the !Wilt* of the men who were
drowned on the passage, with the particulate of their
deaths, to those authuntics, for the information of the
United States government. Eight men were, it appears,
washed overboard ; two were got ou board again, nod the
other siz wore drowned. The crew of the Fleetwing were
not the regular hands who sailed in her before the race,
but strangers, who were nut used to the size and rig of
the yacht. She bad scarcely any bulwarks, and she was
unfortunately broached to when a heavy sea struck her,
and it was a wonder that all on deck were not drowned.
If the yachts had had ordinary bulwarks they could never
have created the Atlantic, on account oft he vast quantities
of water that was continually coming o deck. The three
racing yachts resemble very much in appearance the
famous yacht Amerim, which came here a few years ago,
but they are much larger. The Afor larm is almost
the only English yacht which size and
speed would be a tit match for the Henrietta.
It is understood that the owners of the American yachts
will not care to compete with English yachts for less tl.aa
au ocean race such as round the M estern Islands and
hack. The S'euthampton and Isle of Wight Mail Steam
Packet Company have issued the following notice :—" By
the kindness of the owners, the celebrated schooners,
Henrietta, Fleetwing, and Vesta, may be inspected during
the present week. Steamers leave the Royal pier for
- Cowes daily, at 8.50. 10.45 a.m., and 1.45 and 4.20 p.m."
ins of

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 28.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of M. G. Felton:
theKiceing of the
-consul at
Saintint Mary's, Bathurst, fur his Majesty
Ga
Bel‘ians.—xtre.
ATIONAL REFORM UNION.—The Roe Green
(near Manchester) branch of the National Reform Union
held a public meeting in the Cooperative Room, Moor-
side, on Monday evening, which was
attend
Mr.by a larg
Richare
number of the workpeople of the dit. d
Wilson, who attended as a deputation from the union,
livered an able address on the necessity for pliamentarde-
y
r and on the work done by the organiniar tion which
heeform,
represented. lie urged thou to be earnest and constant
in their part of the struggle; there was much to be done,
and it would require all reformers to put their shoulders
to the wheel in order to achieve success. Other gentle-
men addressed the meeting, owl resolutious expressing the
opinion of the meeting in favour of a coniprehensive
measure of reforms, and thanking the liberal leaders in
parliament, were passed with acclamation. The greatest
enthusiasm prevailed.
THE WILD MEN or Jarnio.—A correspondent of
a contemporary says that these so-ealled ' wild men "
Portland, when
were being exhibited some time ago at
they were visited by the seamen of the Channel Best
then lying at anchor in the Roads. Jack took it into bis
head to poke fun at one of the wild men by
stirring him
up with a long pole. The fellow turned round, shook his
list, swore in very unmistakeable English, and said," You
duratn't do that, you blackguard, if I were outside the
hem" The " jabber, jabber,' yelping, and harking are all
put on, as well as the walnut junto to darken the com-
plexion.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—The first fatal accident, it is
believed' which has arisen from the use of steam cultivat-
ing apparatus took place on Wednesday last
Edupon the
farm of Mr. E. Greene, M.P., near Bury. St. mund's.
Messrs. Howard's tackle was being worked, anti
a man
named Cornelius Hammond was engaged in guiding the
steel rope on to the drum of the windlass. Nobody saw
how thc accident occurred, and the poor fellow himself was
unable to give any account of it, but it is believed that he
was in the act of stepping over the rope (which there was
no necessity for him to do, and was highly imprudent)
when his foot slipped, and be fell upon the rope, which
instantly carried htm to the windlwa drum and wound him
uponnt,
it, the rope being bound round hint several times be-
fore the engine could be stopped. The strain upon the
rope at the time was enormous, as it was drawing the cul-
tivator with the force of a 12-bone engine, and some of the
poor fellow's limbs were literally cut to the bone by
butthe
pressure. He was extricated as quickly as past
died
died soon after.
A TINY STEAM Ysorr.—We notice the arrival
yesterday of the steam yacht Fanits, from New York,
bound, according to rumour for the West Indies. The
Fends, is one of the smallest steam crafts we have ever
seen, being but little larger than the largest sired yawl-
boat. Her voyage from New York to this port is a marvel,
and exhibits no little amount of recklessness on the past
of those who made the passage on board. We presume
th at the inland route must certainly have been traversed
by way of the canals and sound'. —Wilmittoton Journal.