The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-31 00:00:00

TIM TRANCO-BZERIAN LEAGUE.

The thing cannot be, says the Time,. The same ob-
jections rise against the scheme at the present moment
as in the time of Louis Philippe. It would be
difficult to say to what extent the banns to a union,
either commercial or political, Gould be forbidden if it
were the object of the mutual wishes of both partite. But
from the strong manifestation of opinion in Belgium the
reluctance of the latter country to the arrangement is
placed decidedly beyond question. Belgium will not hear
of it ; France must not think of it.

M.B. eItrART WOITLNY AND TIM CREDIT PON-
stsn CONPANT.—Tbe nwoopublishathefollowing letter.—
" 84,—When I wrote the letter which you wee good
enough to insert in a recent number of the nom Thad
none of my papers at hand, and my chief object wee to
give you and the public, thuytighyour columns, the earliest
intimation of the imposture which had bean attempted
upon us all , but I am now confirmed in my former state.
ments that I had never received from the G`ridit loonier
Company any sum even approaching 18,0001., as alleged
by your false correspondent . 'The directors had no salaries
nor board fees unless they attended. The commission
we received was calculated strictly upon rides that
were from time to time deliberately sanctioned after dis-
cussion at the public meetings, and upon profits which I
then believed, and still believe, to have been actually
earned for the benefit of the company. On one occasion
I refused to accept and returned a sum of money sent me,
and calculated as commission on profits accrued while I
was still on the direction, but when I had been meas•
sully absent from temp racy illness. I have now
elm seen the letter in the Ttisw of yesterday from my
friend and colleague, Mr. J. Westmoreland, and ,_ eon-
' curring from the Aril with his view and that of Mr. Lane,
I have always been , and still amp repared, to sat.
I render any portion of ts ea • dimator, of which
I not only any court of law or equity might scalpel the
payment, but which any me eiibaniby of
Mummy commercial in might hold to be due from
us. I shall not extend lades, or further encroach
upon oar space, by any attempt hers to vindicate the
cy of my punts and polities] term which you
have thought it right to impugn in an artiste asoorapany-
iag the publication of my last lOUs. It is only aa ohl
chirp esvrreksod which I answered and explained years
ago in the election for the West Biding of this sandy
in 1869, to which you allude, aod whets, at lead, I may
hope that my 7 answer; and explanations edified the 13,000
who »eaedd their votes for me on that occasion.-1 am,
dr, you, °bodies* servant, ifram: Woomsr. Woedry-
BleMeld, August 28."
Tllie LORD Ltainkawirr.—The Manuel Fleet,
which remains in Lough loykt was visited on Saturday
by his Exesllesey the Lord Ltenlinant. The !squadron
will sail to-day Mead toe Belted Lough, where it may be
expected to-morroer morning. It in rumoured that the
Duke of Abereom will shortly pays visit to the Duke of
Manchester at Tandragee, and, during his stay, will do
the Tandragee Spinnizig C.pany the service of darting
the machinery of their new
Trim EAST Kw Eiscnow AND rye Diertrras.—
gy John Croft, a liberal candidate for Beat Kent in
• letter to the Mime denies the sharp made against him
by Mr. Lotto, Pembertos of having been guilty of
gross behaviour" to that gentlandis brother during
the last election, adding, " La I was on perfectly timidly
terms, not only with Mr. Loftus lownhcaton himself, but
with the whole of his funnily derby/sod sham that election,
I am surprised that be Amid beak to justify him-
self by amputations which I now call • owe
him to substantiate or withdraw." Another
letter, written by Mr. E. H. Xnatchbult-Hugesseu,
replying to Mr. Pemberton's ac...-naation with regard to
the concretion of squibs at the last election, says :—" The
late election was prolific of • squibs.' lam ignorant of
the author of by far the greater part of these. Nothing
was either written or sanctioned by me which could
justify the epithet 'scurrilous,' nor do I know to what
Mr. Loftus Pend erton alludes in the specific charge which
I hear of for the first time to-day. Certainly I never
signed another man's name to a production of my own
calculated to damage the. supposed writer, and I. agree
with Colonel Deedea in stigmatkiny such a proceeding as
' a disgraceful trick upon the oonstttuency.'

FOREIGN NEWS.

(THIS DAY.)

WAR OR PEACE.
' Vb. rtiejl of to-day has an article with Orel
alnico yCsdlpir. . ,
Tbe war (it gags) if war is to be, prig is* be 'a. war,
of piethey not 'bf conquest, but (-AV pradige. It
will be • rr , for the recovery 01E. the
tart rep ui .aVed which has been goospretalaed th&
vtetory of Asia:lows. Absolute goveigneent 'had Imski
France an essentially military power. The consequenee
is that Prance must remain indisputably the most
fonnidelde enemy of other countries. This superiority is
by no I.)ea,u clear at present, and the uncertainty must
be ran melt. This is theirst same of lunar. The second
is the necessity of rspahing the reverses of the
imperial policy. The war which many persons regard
as imminent will have this peculiarity, that them is
no imaginable pretext for it. And no one can say what
we are to gain by it.

(11111100011 asurss's Lotavoir.)
SPAIN.
MADRID, kuctern 391

The ministerial journal Espana of to-day pub-
babes an article pointing out the urgent necemity
of carrying on works of public utility as a means
of preventing revolutionary outbreaks.
The authorities have discovered a secret depot
of powder and ammunition at Valens, in the
province of Alicante.
Several bands, each about 60 strong, ha♦e sp-
pearod in the mountains nom Toledo.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
LIVERPOOL, Auouirr 31.

The West Coast of Africa mail steamer Man-
dingo has arrived here from the West Coast. Her
dates aro Benin, August 3 ; Fernando Po, July
30 ; Cameroon, 30 ; Old Calabar, 29 ; Now Cala-
bar and Bonny, August 2 ; Lagos, 5 ; Aocra, 7 ;
Cape Coast Castle, 8 ; Cape Palma., 10 ; Mon-
rovia. 14 ; Bathurst Castle, 17 ; Toneriffo, 22 ; and
Madeira, 24. The Mandingo brings 36 passengers,
amongst whom are Governor Maher, of Lagos,
and Admiral Patey, from Gambia. The news
from all parts on the coast, so far as commerce
and health are concerned, was satisfactory. There
was a cessation of hostilities between the natives
at Bonny.