The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1867.

some thirty-two thousand Chassepot rifles had been
supplied to the French army ; and that the con-
verted arm which is being pressed forward
is not yet delivered to the troops. Against
this state of preparation we have to set the
million breechloaders of the Prussian army,
and every Prussian soldier experienced in
the use of that arm. Of course it is only
too easy to calculate the period at which the whole
French army will be in the quality of their
weapons a perfect match for its German
rival ; but we cannot believe that the Government
of either of those great and noble countries will be
less reluctant then than now to bring two such
enormous destructive forces into collision to satisfy
a cruel whim of vanity, or a morbid lust of
" glory," or a false point of honour. Never could
a more heinous and horrible crimp against hu-
manity darken history than that which should
bring France and Germany into conflict. Let us
believe that such a crime is impossible in this age
of the world. Impossible it certainly will be when
France has recovered the possession of her own
destinies, and the guardianship of her own honour;
when the Government of France has formally re-
nounced what M. Emits DE GIRARDIN so well de-
nounces as " the policy of intermeddling" in the
affairs of other nations, and what M. St-m.71.m
DEUTSCH, one of the moat respected members of
the Liberal party in the Prussian Parliament, de-
precates as the aggressive spirit of " French
" Ciesarism."

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

riff Court.

OSBORN*. ACCOST 14.

The Queen and Princess Louise drove out yes-
terday afternoon, and her Majesty walked in the grounds
this morning, accompanied by her royal highness.
Prince Leopold also walked out, attended by the Rev.
R. Duckworth.

Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady Caroline Barring.
ton and Colonel the Hon. Charles Lindsay, visited the
Prince and Princess of Leiningen this morning, on board
the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
Lady Waterpark has succeeded the Dowager Countess
of Gainsborough as Lady in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon.
Charles Lindsay has succeeded the Hon. Mortimer Sack-
ville West as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.

The Prince of Wales presided yesterday forenoon at a
meeting of the Governors of the Wellington College, at the
New Palace, Westminster.
The Princess of Wales drove out in the afternoce,
attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmesbury,
the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley,
the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John
Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the
Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the
Right Hon. S. H. Walpole.

A meeting of the Governors of Wellington College was
held yesterday in the Fine Arts Commission-room, at the
Palace of Westminster. Present—the Prince of Wales,
the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Derby, K.G., Vis-
count Eversley, Lord Retie&lale, the Right Hon. S. H.
Walpole, M.P., Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., John Walter,
Esq., and Henry R. Con, Esq. Colonel the Hon. W. P.
Talbot (honorary secretary), the Rev. Dr. Benson, and Mr.
Chance (the secretary) attended the meeting. The Gover-
nors met at hall-past 11 o'clock, and sat until 2 o'clock.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the Settlements on the West
Coast of Africa.

VISIT OF THE ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA TO WlND-
SOR—Yesterday morning the Archduke Francis Charles
of Austria and attendants arrived at Windsor by or-
dinary train, and were conducted over the private and
state apartments of the Castle, and St. George's Chapel.
The Archduke then went to Mr. Johnson's, White Hart
Hotel, where he had breakfast, and was afterwards driven
in one of her Majesty's open pony carriages and four greys,
with outrider, to the Prince Consort's Model Farm at
Fregmore, the royal gardens in the Home-park, and over
several private drives in the Great-park.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein are expected to arrive at
Dover to-day from the Continent. The Prince and Princess
will come to London in the evening, and will then proceed
to Windsor.

Her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide
and his Serene Highness the Prince of Tack left Kensington
Palace yesterday for Althorp Hall, on a visit to the Earl
and Countess Spencer.

The Duke of Northumberland is extremely un-
well at Alnwick Castle, and in consequence of his great
age his illness occasions much anxiety to the members of
his family. The Earl and Countess Percy and Lady Louisa
Percy and other members of the family are staying with
the venerable duke at Alnwick Castle.

The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley
have left town for Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire.

The Earl and Countess Vane are entertaining a
distinguished party at Wynyard Park, near Stoekton-on-
Tees.

The Earl of Haddington has left Farrance's
Hotel for Tyninghaane, near Preatonkilic, N.B.
The Earl of Clonmell has left town for Wies-
baden.

The Countess (Dowager) of Sefton and Lady
Cecilia Molyneux and Lord and Lady Charles Bruce ar-
rived at Althorp Hall yesterday, on a visit to the Earl
and Countess Spencer,

The marriage of the Hon. Mr. Littleton, eldest
son of Lord and Lady Hatherton, with Miss Hominy, is
postponed in consequence of the illness of the Duke of
Northumberland. The marriage was appointed to take
place to-day.

The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., and
lady Pakington will leave town on Tuesday next for West-
wood Park, Worcestershire.
Colonel and Mn. Cockburn have left the Alex-
andra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner.
Colonel Macadam and Mrs. Macadam have
arrived at the queen's Hotel, Upper !"n!.rwood.
Captain and Mm. Armstrong have arrived at the
Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard have left Farrance's
Hotel for Folkestone.

It is stated that the Under-Secretaryship at the
Horne-office, which was vacant by the resignation of the
Right Hon. Horatio Waddington, has been conferred on
the Hon. Adolphus Liddell.
THE MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DIN/MR.—Yester-
day her Majesty's ministe's celebrated the approaching
close of the session by the customary dinner at Mr.
Qoartermeine's, the Ship, Greenwich, under the presidency
of the Attorney-General. Covers were laid for 10. The
party embarked from the houses of parliament on board
one of the Citizen steamboats, arriving at Greenwich Pier
about 7 o'clock. The Earl of Derby was unable to be
present on the occasion, not having recovered from his
recent severe attack of gout. There were present "—The
Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, the Right Hon.
Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Sir John ?Airington,
the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Marlborough,
the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Richmond, the
Right Hon. Sir Stafibrd Northoote, the Right Hon.
Spencer Walpole, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Cony,
the Right Hon. the Lord Advocate, Lord Begot,
I Lord Colville, Lord Crofton, Viscount FLawsrden, the Earl
of Longford, Lord Raglan, Lord Clinton, the Right Hon,
C. B. Adderley, the Right Hon. J. Wilson Patten, the
Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, the Right Hon. Colonel Percy
Herbert, the Right Hon. Gotham' Hardy, Lord Robert
Montagu, Sir Graham Montgomery, the Right Hon. the
Attorney-General for Ireland, the Right Hon. Stephen
Cave, the Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton, Sir James
Ferguson, Viseount Royston, the Attorney-General, the
Solicitor-General, the Hon. Gerard Noel, Colonel Taylor,
Admiral Seymour, Mr. G. Selater-Booth, Mr. G. Ward
Hunt, Mr. C. Du Cane, Mr. E. C. Egerton, Mr. H. Whit-
more, Re. Mr. Disraeli, on arriving at the Ship, was
warmly received by the strangers who bad collected.
THE QUEEN'S .TOURNEY TO SCOTLAND.—Der
Majesty and the royal family will, according to existing
arrangementa leave Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening,
en route for Balmoral. The royal special train will be
provided by the London and North-Western Railway
Company, and will be composed of several saloon and first.
class carriagee, the whole being fitted with the usual com-
munication. Her Majesty will leave the Windsor station
of the Great Western Railway at 10 o'clock it. the even-
ing, and will reach Kelao next morning, and will remain
there two days, visiting the Duke and Duchene of Rox-
burghe at Floon Castle, after which the Queen will re-
sume the journey north Ward leaving the Kelso station at
10.30 p.m. on Friday, the Tard inst. The royal train will
reach Balloter at 6.45 a.m. on Saturday morning. The re-
mainder of her Majesty's journey to Balmoral will be ac-
complished by road. None of the public will, under any
circumstances, be admitted to the stations between Lea-
mington and Kelso inclusive, in order that her Majesty
may not be disturbed during the sight journey.
PROJECTED VETERINARY COLLEGE FOR DUBLIN.
—A project for the establishment of a veterinary college in
this city, which was unsuccessfully brought forward about
two years ago, is now revived with, it is supposed, some
better chance of being carried out. A preliminary meet-
ing, at which the Hon. George Handcock took the chair,
lbw' been held and a committee appointed to confer with
thmeapßpor Dublin Society.
government The scheme at at firir.stSetrludtzl,
purpose of the proposed college a sum of 1r50,g001. which it
was thought remained in band out of the fundcollected
friorn.Lhe inspectionis ofpro catttlieonduwe:nnVhliortntlin co
ess ntinuance oafthilesl
to the populariretjicinf
tthe project, as it suggested an easy
method of • • it ; but, on consideration, it was
thought more ad • le to omit it, at least in the first in-
stance.—Thaw.

Nsw BOARD OE TILDE ACT.—Yesterday an
act of parliament was itessrutllroviding that on the next
vacancy the office of vim- • ant is to ►e abolished, and
• secretary to be appoin with 1,5004 a•year, and capable
of holding • seat in parliament.

LATEST IN TELLIGENOZ

(nuna's nudism.)
FRANCE.
PARIS, AUGUST 15.
The Mositelir of this morning announces several
appointments to the Legion of Honour, but con-
tains nothing in reference to the reforms which
some French journals had declared would be pro-
mulgated to-day.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, ADOUBT 15.

The Austrian members of the Austro-Hungarian
Conference for the settlement of common affairs
propose that Austria should contribute 66 2-3rd per
cent. and Hungary 33 1-3rd per cent. to the public
expenditure. The Hungarian members propose
that the share of Hungary should be only 25 per
cent.
It is asserted that an interview between the Em-
peror of Austria and the King of Prussia is con-
templated. This interview is to take place at Carls-
bad on the return of the Emperor of Austria from
Paris.

HUNGARY.

PESTH, Aram' 15.

General Klapka arrived here yesterday. He
avoided the ovations which had been prepared for
him.

The proportion of the public expenditure to be
covered by Hungary will, it is believed, amount to
25 per cent. of the total present expenditure of the
empire.

THE DANETBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.
BUCHAREST, AUCL In 14.

In consequence of the withdrawal of M. Bratiano
all the other ministers have tendered their reiligna-
tions, which have been accepted by Prince Charles.

FRANKFORT.

FRANKFORT, Aram 15.

An extensive fire broke out at 2 o'clock this
morning, in the cathedral in this town, by which
the entire sacristy and some adjacent buildings
have been burnt to the ground. Three lives were
lost.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Acorsdr 14, Evrnso.

Signor Rattazzi leaves this evening for Valdieri
to obtain the royal signature to the Church
Property Bill.

AMERICA.
FALMOUTH. AVGVST 15.

The New York and Havre Company's steamship
Arago, Captain Gadsden, from New York, arrived
here at 10 a.m. to day. She landed Captain
Edington and the crew of the ship Czar, of
Greenock, 34 sacks of mails, and four passengers,
and proceeded with 74 passengers, 11 sacks of
mails, and 398,900 dole. in specie and 48,000 fr. for
France.

be levelled and broken up, and the old sandy
plain is to be restored to the Minister of War for
purposes of chill. I sin one of those who think
this decision a pity. Purchasers of shrubs in the
horticultural garden are informed that they must
fetch away their purchases on November 1.
At the Bourse the Rente closed without change.
Italian rose 15c. There was scarcely any alteration
in other leading securities.
At a meeting of subscribers to the Tunis Loan,
held yesterday, M. Erlanger, the contractor,
declared that he had not yet paid over a sou to the
Bey of Tunis ; that he hoped to annul the treaty ;
and that he was quite ready, whenever ordered by
the judgment of a French court, to return the
subscriptions. This announcement was very
enthusiastically received.

SPAIN.

The Eeclesinstical Bulletin of Santiago, in Spain,
publishes the following letter from Marshal Narraez to the
Cardinal Archbishop of that diocese and the other prelaSQ
of the country :

" Madrid, 25th July.

" I have read with inexpressible joy the letter addressed
to me by your graces on board the steamer St. Quentin,
the 16th inst., in the port of Barcelona, on your return
from the capital of the catholic world. I have communi-
cated that document to the Queen, and her heart felt a
great joy at learning that the successor of St. Peter
does not allow • day to pass without praying for
catholic Spain. I consider as a signal favour to
have contributed to fulfil the orders which the Queen
gave me in the sphere of my attributions, and I have
been greatly pleased to learn that the Sovereign Pontiff,
when his heart is filled with bitterness., should have felt
some consolation at the sight of our episcopacy at Rome,
under the protection of the Queen, with the entire sup-
port of her government and the assent of all Spaniards.
If this proof of adhesion to the catholic principles which
Spain has thus given exercises a salutary influence and
produces imitators among other nations, Spain will have
rendered a signal service to the holy religion of Jesus
Christ and will have given a proof of respect to the
authority of the Pope, who is the visible chief of the
church and its centre of unity.—Acoept, Re.,

" DCKE nz VkLENTId."

CIVIL ACTION AGAINST A BIRMINGHAM
MEMBER OF THE "LONG FILM."

In the Shrewsbury County Court, on Tuesday,
Messrs. Phillips, the well-known tailors and waterproof
cloak manufacturers, of Hish-street, Shrewsbury, sued
Thompson Wainwright, residing at 25, Spring-street,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, for 8/. 16s. Gd., value of goods
supplied. In opening the case, the plaintiffs' solicitor stated
that the action was brought, not with any hope of re-
covering the money sued for, but upon public grounds,
partly with a view to obtaining that publicity through the
medium of the press which was the be safeguard against
the James of persons like the defendant, and partly
to try for the first time whether these professional swin-
dlers, who skilfully evaded the penalties of the criminal
law, could not in any way be =de to suffer by the action
of the civil law. From the evidence adduced it appeared
that on the 23rd April the plaintiffs received a note, of
which the following is a copy :—" Mrs. Wainwright's com-
pliments to the Messrs. Phillips, of Shrewsbury, and will
thank them to oblige by enclosing immediately here a select
assortment of patterns of the waterproof cloths for cloaks,
jackets, Sc.—ho. 25, Spring-street, Edgbaaton, Birming-
ham, 2nd of April, 1867."
The plaintiffs sent the patterns as requested and by
return of post they received the following :—" Mrs. Wain-
wright's compliments to the Mews. Phillips, of Shrewsbury,
and is obliged to them for their attention, and requests
they will be good enough to forward, as soon as they pm-
sibly can, two ladies' circular cloaks, with medium long
sleeves and small collars, two children's cloaks, and 4.
yards of cloth, unmade." The letter proceeded to give
the particulars of the measurement required, and con-
cluded by saying, "An order for payment shall be
sent to Messrs. Phillips through the National Provincial
Bank, or otherwise, as may be desired." The cloaks
and the cloth were sent, as requested, and appear to
have given great satisfaction, for on the 7th of May the
plaintiffs received an order for " another cloak of the
mixed gray tweed," accompanied by a request that "the
Messrs. Phillips would enclose one account, including all."
The non-remittance of the order upon the National Pro-
vincial Bank had, however, aroused the suspicion of the
plaintiffs, and they communicated the circumstances of
their transaction with Mrs. Wainwright to the secretary
of the London Association for Protection of Trades. In
reply they received a letter, stating that Wainwright was
known to the society, and urging upon the plaintiffs the
desirability of trying the experiment of bringing • case
against him. It was in accordance with that suggestion
that they now appeared in court, at considerable expense
and trouble to themselves. The defendant did not ap-
pear, and his Honour gave • verdict for the plaintiffs for
the full amount claimed. Judgment issued accordingly,—
Birsiinyhast Post.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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