The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-29 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE DEFEAT OF THE
A. RUSSIANS IN
BOLLEDIL

(nom cars ow= couserotimirt.)

PARIS, TEUIPSDAT Kviento.
The military resuna of the Moldiest cin Soir quite
admits the defeat of the Prussians in Bohemia,. Its
amount is as follows :
It is knows that the Saxon army--[This refers to Ducal,
not Royal Saxony ; the latter is on the Austrian sidel--
commanded by Prima Frederich Charles of Pruesk,entered
the Austrian territory by the Nieces Plllll, following the
railway line which goes from Bentsen and Zittan, in
Saxony, to Pardubits, in Bohemia, a point situate on the
railway connecting Prague with Omuta. One has only to
look at a map to understand the strategical importance of
these lines,whichwers laid out with much foresight by the
Austrian government. While on the Zittesi-Pardabla
line Prince Frederick Charles advanced as far as Reichen-
berg and beyond, the army of the Oder, commanded by
the Prince Royal of Prusda, deployed on the east by the
defiles which lead to Bohemia, from Prussian Silesia.
General Benedek, after allowing his enemies to advance a
certain distance into Austrian territory, decided to resist
them vigorously. A series of engagements took place on
the 26th and 27th. In the evening of the 26th a division
of Prince Frederick Charles met the Austrians between
'rumen and Kunchengraets. The telegraph gives de-
tails et the combat, which lasted till midnight.
It would appear that the Prussians remained'
masters of the field ; they are said to have
made 500 prisoners, including seven officers ; a Prussian
lieutenant-colonel, and a captain are reported killed. No
further returns are to hand, either of the killed and
wounded, or the number of men engaged. A corps of II
Saxon troops took part in the combat of Munehengrasts.
A few hours later on the 27th at a point some leagues to
the east of the battle-field in which the army of Prises 11
Frederick Charles was engaged, that of the Prince Royal
of Prussia met Benedek's troops near Nachod and
Neusdadt, and a terrible struggle ensued. There appear '
to have been several engagements, but in the result
the advantage remained with the Austrians, who
took 18 guns. The victory, however, must have
been hotly disputed, for successive telegrams give
contradictor. information according to the time and place
of their despatch. For instance, at Trsutenau the Prussians
seem to have met with a success, for it is reported that they
drove the Austrian troops before them to the fortress of
Josephstadt. This latter place, situate on the line of Val.
way from Zittan to Pardubitz,is a very important position.
In all likelihood it is the " objective " of the double move-
ment of Prince Frederick Charles and the Prince Royal,
who were to effect their junction under its walls, and if
they were victorious to penetrate into the hem 1 of Bohe-
mia, cutting off Benedek's two principal armies from
1 each other. The obstacle which the Prince Boyars
1 army found in the " energetic and opportune "
defence of General Benedek, We= to have frustrated this
plan. At the same time operations are engaged at the ex-
\
treme point of Upper Silesia, on the frontiers of which
there is a considerable concentration both of Prussian and
Austrian troops. On the 27th the Prussians essayed a
fresh attack on Oswiecin (Anachwits), in Gallic* near
the source et the Yistels, ober, Crstowl Tlatil 1"4
1 serious loss on both sides, and the Prussians were driven
back arose the.Viatula.
I hear in a quarter which merits attention that
the French government is about to instruct its press
to prepare the public mind for France taking part in
the war. When 1 say the government press, I
I mean almost all the Paris papers, for in one way
' or another the government has got most of them
in its hands. Not counting the clerical journals,
whose influence only affects a very narrow circle, I
only know of one paper, the Temps, which is alto-
gether for peace. The Prase, it is true, by the
pen of M. Cucheval Clarigny, now writes against
Prussia, and complains that the Corps Legislatif
should have its month shut. Buts hen the proper
time comes, a word to the propetor, M. Mixes,
will silence opposition of the Pratt.
The Siecte ascribes the rise at the Bourse yester-
day to the advent to power in England of the tories
—" friends of Austria." This consideration waa of
no avail to-day, for Bente fell 15c. and 25c., closing
at 63fr. 75c. and 63fr. 45c. Italian fell 70c., tdo-
bilier 12fr. 50c., Northern Railway 7fr. 50c., Lyons
7fr. 50c., and Orleans sfr.
The 4th of July will, as last year, be celebrated
by the Americana in Paris by a grand fete in the
-4 Catalan.

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

(8111:718.9 sarssas.)
PARIS. Jews 28.
The following is the return of the Bank of
France for the week ending to-day, together with
the corresponding figures of the previous account
June 28, June IL
DEffroit. Fr. s. Fr. e.
*
Capital of the Bank . _ ... .. 182,500,000 0 182,500,000 0
Profits in addition to capital
(4-t. 8, law of June 9, 1867) 7,044,776 7,044,776 2
Reserve of the Bank and Da
branches ._ _ ...... . 22,105,750 14 22,106,750 14
Reserve of landed prope.rty 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0
Notes in circulation
Dank notes to order and receipts
payable at is
. _ .... .
Treasury aceuunt—rurrea.t cre-
ditor . . ...... ..
Current accounts, Parts
Ditto branch banks ........ 41,633,518 0 39,916,690 0
Dividends payable .. -
Discounts and sundry interests
Ile-discounted the teat as
mouths . . ..... . ..... . 2,372,304 91 2,074,992 92
Surplus of receipts not distri-
buted ......

3.283,809 3 9,075,467 65

1,715,763,016 60 1,675,213,173 16
-________

June
Yr.

June 21.

Cz301303.
Cash In band and in branch
s . ... ..... .. 649,623,802 50 627,422,759 67
bank
Commerelid bills overdue 256,019 2 1018,102 26
Commercial bills discounted, I
not yet due . .
Ditto branch banks ... . .
Advances on deposits of bullion 8,158,200 • 71,050,400 0
Ditto branch bank' .... ...
Advances on French. public se-
curities .
Ditto branch. banks ......
Advances on railway shares
and debentures . . .... .
Ditto branch banks .. ... . 22,788,000 0 tooos,ooo 0
Advances on Credit ionekr

727.400 0
637,000 0

733.000 0
637.000 0

-130 ids .
...............
Ditto branch banks . . ........ —• •
Advances to the State (conven-
tion 10tb June, 1837 ........ 00,000,000 0 130,000,000 0
Government stock reserve ...... 13,990•760 14 18.100.780 14
Ditto divmmable ....... 85,171,987 91 96,171.987 91
Re 11144 rili2Obilill:42 (-1-. and
June, 18.37‘, .. . —...— . . 100,000,000 0 100,000,000 0
Hotel and furnitnre.of the bank di
landed property branches .• • • 5,978,850 0 8,287,260 0
Expenses of management ...... 3,098 30 2.261,77.6 66
ISundries .. .................. .. 16.f30,76615 18,979,011 78

1,715,763,025 6 11,676,226,178 11
Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of Trance.
(6116661 HOMAN%

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Nair ITALIAN Twfolt.—Writing from Ferraris en
the 24th to the Paris Mick, M. Edmond Tesler says:—
" I was chatting at Tarento with a naval officer, when •
group of sailors passed singing Brofferio's hymn. As I
marvelled at this natural perfection, which with us is
only acquired by dint of art and study, he suddenly said
to me, ' You like that ; it worries me. We have been
told too often that we are tenors. Look here,' be added,
' this is 'the real Italian tenor, and its voice will soon be
heard above all others.' He pointed to a cannon."

wear.
White tolletke ere made in all Weiss, and have one
great &demises : by changing the Detour of the orsements,
or the style of their disposition, one can always give them
• new appsartuale with very little expense or trouble.
The skirts of all dresses—let the materisis be what they
may—are cut on the bins. In cue of their being mes-
tizo, or equallythin fabric', the back breadth is not gored.
The slope of the side breadth is, of course, put to the
beck, az it would be under any eircumeteases. In-
door dresses and toilettes de visite have very long teains,
and are sloped round the bottom of the skirt, and
eremites)), plain at the hips. Bodies also are not so very
short-waisted as they were • little time since ; in fact the
efforts made by • misguided few to introduce an eccentric
style of dress have failed, and the short wish" and the
long trailing dresses slinging round the feet an confined
to those who do not hesitate to make say sacrifice Wee
and appearance in order to attract attention or look
different from others.
A few weeks ago, ladies who could afford to weer nine
or ten flounced muslin petticoats, discontinued their
crinolines ; of course this made bat very slight difference in
the circumference either at the bottom or top of the skirt,
as all these petticoats were so gored as to be quite plain on
the hips. The weather is now so warm that so great a
weight of skirts would be unbearable; therefore, at the
present moment, under thin dresses, one thick petticoat
and two thin ones are worn over a small crinoline, under
thick skirts two petticoats,e
two forms the one next the cage being
always white. There ar of crinoline wors—
ens round and rather short, for outuf-door dresses when
looped up ; the other larger, and with a train, for oor
dress or when the skirt is allowed to rest on the ground.
The petticoats now are so much shown that they are
generally more ornamented than the dresses. For morn-
ing toilettes, they are generally made either of the some
material as the diem and palate& or of eschemire the
colour of the ornaments on the dress. For more dressy
occasions the petticoats are made of white or
coloured silk. The white petticoats worn under
thin dresses are meet elegant—little puff ered flounces
edged with lace ; perpendicular tucks, alternating with
embroidered insertion or Cluny ; medallions of embroidery
or guipure, over coloured ribbons ; in short, every day in-
troduces some new and elegant wiener of trimming them.
When the dress is looped over a petticoat for out-of.door
wear, the petticoat should not touch the ground, but be
ramie • shmt distance from it. In some cam th
ief:
eklrt 11 midi, tun laoh, tltin, brit then
tended for • double sldit, and not merely a petticoat.
For morning wear the pelotas are almost always of the
same material the dress. They are sometimes made
as
loose and short, with or without • hood, but always with
sleeves. With this form a white body Le worn with the
skirt. When there is a body to the skirt, to obviate the
necessity of wearing_ as extra covering out of doors, a
peplum Images is made separate from the body, and, being
sewn on to a narrow ribbon, is fastened wand the body
under the waistband. The small black oschemire loose
letote, spotted with beads, are not now so elegant or so
fashionable as the small circulars of the
with
material, or-
lamented with beads, or edged either with a bead fringe
or • lace flounce.
Muslin and other thin dresses are generally accomecnnt
by mantles of the same ; these can be made either
cloaks, only reaching just below the waist, or small pale
the taste e-
to quite loose or demi-ajuste, according to of
the wearer. When made in these thin materials, the waist-
band should never be worn outside.
For fetes or toilettes de tints black law masques, nearly
tight fitting, are more elegantly worn than the black lace
shawl that has been so long in favour.
Bleak silk mantles are not much worn ; they are in-
tended more for spring or autumn wear.
There is not much alteration is the form of bonnets ;
the " Colette," " Lamballe," and " Fanchonette," being
most in favour. The latter is a very smell " Fanchon
merely reaching to the chignon, not covering it, and
slightly bent in front.
The " Lambeth," is perfectly round, but slightly bent
down at each side to the shape of the head, and generally
has • " Marie Stuart " front.
The " Colette " is also perfectly round, but quite flat,
not in any way taking the form cf the head.
There is a very slight difference in the form of hats
they are worn in almost all shapes and styles. Flowers
seem to be preferred to feathers for trimming them,
especially if they are intended for sea-aide wear. For
morning hats, flowers would, of course, be too dressy' On
these are worn small wings or straight feathers.
White bodies are of course more in request than ever,
and are made in • variety of materiels—cambric foulard,
alpaca, Llama, and unbleached linen. For evening wear,
thinner materials, each as Indian muslin, plain, or em-
broidered. When made in these thin fabrics they are
generally arranged with Cluny or Valenciennes insertion
over coloured ribbon or velvet. We have men some very
pretty white muslin bodies with perpendicular bouillonnes,
separated by • row of narrow coloured velvet. With
white bodies a cornet like the skirt is generally worn.
These are made in a variety of forms, but undoubtedly the
most elegant and recherche is the cornet "Medici* and
pointed peplum all out in one. This should be made in
the colour of the trimmings or patterns on the dress.
The white body must of course have the same coloured
trimmings.

The Royal Dramatic College announce their
annual fancy fair at the Crystal Palace on the 7th and 9th
of July, when an attractive programme of novelties will be
given for the amusement of the thousands of rialto:a
Rte who
make a special point of attending this charming . A
flambee ol the most popular of the metropolitan sctretres
have eignified their intention of holding stalls, and the
indefatigable Toole and Paul Bedford will exhibit • collec-
tion of Chinese curiosities, many of which would astound
the Chinese themselves. Mr. and Mead o Paul,
whose Beehive last year was an elegant sad novel point of
attractic, will on this occasion preside over a grotesque
° edifice it-I:resenting a " Palace, of Pincushions," for the sale
of those useful little articles which the name of the Ante-
ture indicates, and which it is hoped will yield • goodly
sum of pin-money to the treasury of this excellent charity.
Instead of Wombwell's show, which for years past has done
goad and profitable service,there will be
with an exhibition
twenty-nine
of comic waxwork, a fairy betting ring (
young ladies attired as jockeys), and • national dog show
of odd specimens of the canine race.
neutron ButorloN Conn ITTE.E.—The general
committee of elections, consisting of Mr. Walpole (chair-
I man), Mr. Corry, Mr. Clay, Mr. Gower, Mr. Htbe unt, and Mr.
'Whitbread, met yesterday, and selected following
members to try the merits of thc rition against the
return of Mr. Campbell for the borou of Heists& :—The
, Right Hon. R. Lowe (chairman),Colonel Barttelot, the
1 lien. G. Denman, Mr. Russell Gurney, and Lord Edward
Howard.
OPEN Ant Ritroan MEETINGS AND THE POLICE
ACTEolllTiEs.—Yeeterday afternoon, Sir Richard Mayne,
the Chief Commissioner of Police, placed himself in com-
munication with the manarr of the Bailin newspaper,
and courteously informed him that the police authorities
I will be compelled in future to prevent outdoor meetings at
late hours, in reference to reform, in badly selected loc
age
ties, meaning thereby localities where • lane assembl
of people would interfere with the comforts of the ress.
dente, or the traffic el the streets. Sir Richard Mayne
state,
that he bad reesived complaints from various
quarters upon the subject.
BRZAILAIT.4ra COMM (more commonly
sailed Eppa II is COO" as beitturpared and intro-
duced by Jas.)4=cdhie th first established
in EnglantO. TU very character of this preparation
has modeesd it a 'sacral favourite. The fine Ward Savour of
hiab-elser Cocoa is reamed and made extremely delicate sad
I aratand. ler breakfast no other beverage is equally immine
lug sustaining. This Cocoa is used by thousands who never
I seed ftoos beirce. '. Cocoa stands far higher than tea or cedes
Dr 11•1•1115a15.--Sold is ilb., lib., and 11b. packets.—(Adves•
tisemeati

BENSON, J. W., by SPECIAL APPOINT-
MILMT to WEL H. the Prince of WALES.

BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, LONDON,
Class 33.
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o Class 10.

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Travelling gags, titled for dressing end we.ting, 30s. The new
Upending Bag wBl hold two changes of clothing. from M.
to
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Bt.

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WY. DONALD. Proprietor.

T PEDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIO
.1.1 WON far Oemaletaen.—Wenselabor, we and
tor yott at
11711,12 T." after the Covent Garden Wars anal the Theatres.

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dvertinasanta =tended far °Tile Itxpreas," London Resign
ltraL
, must be at the Oaks, 10, liou%erie-atreat, by Two
joc on the day of publication.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29.

Tun public, when they read the report of the I
proceedings in the House of Commons last even-
ing, will, if we mistake not, be disposed to regret
that any formal necessity should exist for calling
the House together until, at least, a new Ministry
are installed in office. A Ministerial interregnum
is no doubt an awkward interruption of public busi-
ness, and a dissolution would have been a trouble-
some and expensive affair, particularly to those
public-spirited gentlemen who ..uy their way
into " society" through their constituents. But
would not a Ministerial interregnum a month long,
or even a dissolution, be more tolerable to the
country at large than such an exhibition as that of
the member for Nottingham rising in we know not
what character or capacity to disport himself in
club gossip said fashionable table talk on the state
of public affairs at home and abroadt
Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE is, we suppose, as good
a specimen as we could select for an inquiring
foreigner of what passes for wit and inde-
pendence within the House of Commons. The
quality of wit that sets a law court in a
roar is proverbial, but the House of Commons
surpasses any law court in the kingdom in its
capacity for enjoying the rreariest jocularity. To
be sure there is something funny in the serious
moments of an actor of low comedy, and when the
nondescript representative of a nondescript consti-
tuency asks in solemn tones what is to become of
Europe and the world while the House (of which
he is a shining light) is adjourned, the comic
effect is such as a BUCKSTONE or an AREAL might
despair of producing. The worst of it is that Mr.
OSBORNE'S successes as a parliamentary humourist
remind one terribly of those tap-room oracles
whose brilliant sallies are by the divination of true
genius so wonderfully sketched in " Felix Holt."
All the difference is in the background, and the
accessories of the scene, in the medium through
which the speaker addresses his audience, and in
the character of that audience ; but the quality of
the speaking, the tone, the temper, the taste, occa-
sionally even the grammar of it, are singularly like
the oratory of a provincial " public," and there is
bounce enough for the most enlightened parochial
legislator to admire and envy. What a pity it
should be wasted on so large a stage l
Mr. OSBORNE cannot for the life of him see why
the late Government should have given up office
for a Reform Bill, for a defeat on a point of me
re
detail, and at the hands of a majority composed
it seems of " good Reformers "—as good, that
is, as the member for Nottingham. As
an " independent " member, Mr. Ossoas
was quite prepared to give a vote of con-
fidence in Lord Rrasett and Mr. GLAD-
wrons ; but now that the great Liberal party is
left in the lurch by Mr. GrAnerorrs declining to
take his policy from such "good Reformers" as
the Adulliunites, Mr. Ossoa...vs is equally pre-
pared to give his vote of confidence in Lord
DIRBY and Son ; and while he feels the griev-
ance of going over to the other side of the I
House, he is most anxious that the new Govern-
ment should have a fair trial and a fair hearing.
Such is Mr. Braxsr. OSBORNE'S exhortation to the
House ; and, more merciful than Dr. Joarcsox when
a frivolous woman paid a compliment to some-
thing he had written, the House listened to the ex-
hortation as if it had nothing better to do in this
sultry weather. We know not which Government
is most deserving of commiseration—a Govern-
ment whose abdication Mr. Ossoarri regrets, or
a Government to which he offers his support ;
but probably the " great Liberal party," of which
he talks so glibly and so graciously, will manage
to exist whether he accompanies it in exile to
the Opposition benches, or stays behind, as, we
trust, the forty-four " good reformers and attached
" friend's" will do.
We should not have taken the trouble to
notice this random chatter, but that it gives
us an opportunity, once for all, of noticing one
of those trivial commonplaces of current social
talk on the political crisis which Mr. Chums;
with his usual simplicity, repeated last evening,
as if he were saying something quite original.
He described the accession of a Tory government

THE

T of
to power as a signal act of self-denial aplaiirt
Lord DEBBY and his followers, anclv "" id for
them a fair trial, on the ground thaelkWiblieril
were being thrust upon them. Ye tirghi*ll of
to be grateful to Lord DEBBY, We Ci:Mt,ll,* ste
ping in to save the country from the famished
rage of some of his younger followers, who in
despair of becoming useful to the country were
raiddrik 'themselves more and more mischievous
land violent. But to talk of honours being thrust
upon the leaders of the party because they left
to forty-four Liberal seceders the honour of playing
into, their hands, is too good a joke even for
Mr. BERNAL Oszoarm, whose extensive learning
should have made him acquainted with the
legal maxim Is fait cui prodest. The Adullamitee
may have picked the chestnuts from the fire, but
theirs are not the claws that will divide the spoils.
Of course in speaking of material profit, we are
not speaking of the noble chief of the new Govern- I
went, who every one knows is sacrificing his ease
and his health to the wants of the placemen of his
party. On the other hand, the country is not
particularly eager to thrust power upon statesmen
who are likely to be laid up half the year, not-
withstanding their zeal for the public good. There
is such a thing as self-denial on the part of a na-
tion es well as of a Minister who forgets his in-
firmities for the sake of his friends. Let us hear I
no more of the Tory Ministry coming into power
against their will, because they are afraid to show
their flag, or have not the hardihood to confess their
principles, and therefore put the corps ef Liberal
deserters in their front.

Tas Government Committee upon Theatrical
Licenses and Regulations finished their labours
yesterday by agreeing to a Report which ought to
please all but the most devoted protectionists.
After hearing a vast amount of evidence, which
was meant to prove that any attempt to weaken
the foundations of the present theatrical monopoly
must necessarily lead to a degradation of dramatic
art, they wisely concluded that the wishes of the
public were entitled to some little consideration,
and hesitated to affirm that thirty millions of
people ought to go without the right to be amused
in any way they chose to select, in order to in-
crease the exceptional profits of a few theatrical
landlords. The report which the Committee have
agreed upon, not without much discussion and
many divisions, is an emphatic recommendation to
parliament to remove all existing restrictions on
the performance of the drama. Even without legis-
lation this report will encourage, and to a certain
extent legalise, all those evasions of the law by
which the public, in their entertainments, are so
largely benefited. It will recommend that no man
who is anxious to present the drama to his patrons
—an entertainment which, even in its lowest forms,
has some intellectuality in its composition—shall
be debarred from so doing, and yet have full
liberty to supply more degrading forms of
amusement. The Lord Chamberlain stated,
in his evidence before the committee, that
he felt quite able, with an increased staff, to
deal with all theatres, institutions, concert-halls,
and music-halls. The report will recommend that
he should still hold his authority as licenser of
theatres and stage plays, but that any proprietor of
a fit and proper building should have a right
to demand a dramatic license. In case of dis-
putes on this point, the report will recommend an
appeal being granted to the Home Secretary. The
illegality of morning concerts will be removed, and
theatres will be placed on the same footing as
music-halls for wine and spirit licenses—that is,
they will both have to apply to the licensing ma-
gistrates for their public-house privileges. The
publication of the report will check all those pro-
secutions of music-hall and concert-hall proprietors
for the illegal performance of " stage-plays" which
have insulted the public for several years, and
will probably remove many scruples of the Lord
Chamberlain as to his distribution of dramatic
licenses.