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LONDON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1852.

Manchester has certainly been very fortunate
during the last few days in congregating together
within her precincts the intellectual celebrities of our
generation. Scarcely has the excitement consequent
upon one of these assemblages subsided when another,
and an equally interesting, meeting of sone amongst
the most eminent men of the age enables the citizens
of that capital of the world's Republic of Manufac-
tures to listen to the voices of those illustrious writers
who have so frequently charmed them during the
ilefrfusal of their various and exquisite master-pieces.
or "thing else both these occasions must have
been Sources of peculiar and scarcely expressible
satisfaction to
present those who were fortunate enough
to be
from the among the auditors, and this
a novel and beautifefttelice of their affording
that the literary and
artistic jealousies of vibt.liyaieca-111:,:o nee oycpl e have read so much,
as characteristic of
have long since
died away and disappeared; :tells,
ge:t in place of them
there has grown up a noble ena
rous senfrment—
ienleAva'ted and
nay, more than a mere seutirnene_m
only and in
elevating principle of Brotherhood an
his
Literature. As evidence of this, it
offered
neces-
sary to refer to the genial tributes
living,
en „e
instance by the author of " Vanity Fair'',
and in
another by the author of the " Cartons," to that
man of letters who, of all others now
is the most generally regarded with feel-
ings of fervent and affectionate admiration.
Speaking of the earnest encouragement
with which his favourite project of the Guild had
been developed, Sir BULWLE I, rrros observed very
impressively at the b:cquet in the building of the
Atheneum, "And foremost amongst all operations,
forward amongst all difficulties, confident amidst all
sneers and cavils, has beat the great heart of that man
who has done so much to render literature popular
and the people literary : more on another occasion I
should say, but I content myself with this passing
homage to a name that must be rising
to every lip—
I mean the name of CHARLES DI "
CRRNS. Speaking
of the humanising tendency of books
during Speak
the
course of the subsequent proceedings of yes-
terday, Mr. TaAczczzar alluded with scarcely less)
earnest aprtaiiona of remembero Pleoure to i

the "harmless tears and happy laughter,"
the peace and goodwill flowing from the incom-
parable effusions of the same master-novelist. If
only for this testimony of cordial brotherhood in
authorship, we repeat, there must have been an
indescribable sense of gratification among all those
who were in attendance at these recent and singularly
attractive assemblages at Manchester. It must have
been pleasant to hear the declaration made yesterday
that " the mechanics of our days have got their
CARLYLES to read, their DICKENS on the shelf, and
their BIILWERS by the side of them"—pleasant as
coming from the mouth of any one, but pleasantest
of all as falling from the lips of THACKERAY. But
the interest of neither occasion was by any means
restricted to these charming sympathies, or (as ISAAC
DISRAELI might have considered them) additional
tokens, of the more graceful amenities of literature.
Loftier purposes were subserved by the corgrega-
tion of so many men of genius in Manchester, than
the interchange of these ogreeab!e proofs of mutual
appreciation. The banquet, upon which we have
ourselves previously commented, was in celebration of
the happy progress already made in the humane pro-
ject of the Guild of Art and Literature. The meet-
ing presided over yesterday by Sir Jour; POTTER was,
on the other hand, inaugurative of the Free Public
Library recently opened in the city of Manchester.
Although different in purpose, the feeling in which
each demonstration originated must be regarded as
having been to a very considerable extent kindred, if
not identical. That feeling was, upon both occa-
sions—mainly—the foundation of a bond of sympathy
between the intellectual labourers in all departments
throughout the various classes of the population. As
Sir BIILWER LYTTON very finely observed in the
course of his picturesque and philosophical oration
delivered at the banquet in the Athenaeum at Man-
chester—" If labour is the origin of all capital,
bodily labour is only the raw material and mind is the
great manufacturer." Author and artisan are alike,
then, according to that refined idea, as the orator
himself termed them, "the children of skilled labour."
Farther on, in the same thoughtful and masterly
speech, Sir BULWER LYTTON endeavoured to impress
upon the minds and hearts of his audience the neces-
sity of establishing this projected fellowship among
the various disciples of Intellectual Industry. His
argument embodied itself, in fact, in the words of his
speairdsllheas,ive and eloquent peroration. " Gentlemen,"
" you all remember that story of ALADDIN,
which we have read in our childhood, in which a
poor youth descended into a cavern and brought
back from its recesses an old lamp. Accidentally he
discovered that by the mere friction of the lamp a

mighty genius appeared at his command. Awed by
the terrors of the spirit he had summoned, he at first
only ventured to apply its powers to satisfy his com-
mon and his humblest wants—to satisfy mere hunger
and thirst. But gradually accustomed to the pre-
sence of the gigantic agent he employed it to con•
struct palaces, to amass treasures, to baffle armies
and triumph over foes, until, at the close of the
story, the owner of the wonderful lamp is the
sovereign of a peaceful empire, assured to
his remote posterity. Gentlemen," exclaimed
the speaker, lighting up every nook and
crevice in the old Persian romance with a flash
of thought eminently Bulwerian,—"Gentlemen, that
story is the type of Labour at the command of
Knowledge." Whereupon Sir BULWER LYTTON
—who is proving himself no less an orator
than he has already proved himself a dramatist,
a novelist, a poet, an essayist, and an his-

torian—continued to illustrate the force -of his
reasoning in words such as we cannot but regard as
very grand in their impassioned and rhetorical sug-
gestiveness. " When we first find the lamp," said
be, " we are content to apply its genius solely to our
common physical wants ; but as we are accustomed
to the pressure of that spirit we have summoned
into existence we find that we have obtained a secret
which places the powers of earth, of air, and of ocean
at the command of man. That genius left to
itself would be a terrible and a threatening
minister, because that genius here is only
rude Physical Force, but to him who possesses
the lamp, the genius is a docile and benignant minis-
ter, because in her—Physical Force is the slave of
Intellectual Will." A noble conception, worthy of
Sir BOLWER LYTTON, and worthy of the age, the
mystery, and the import, and the responsibilities
of which he has therein aptly and superbly
indicated. His own consciousness or this
was evidenced by the very words in which he directed
the metaphor to its precise application, remarking,
" Now, gentlemen, in that same physical force—
_

which in the phrase of the day is sometimes called
the power of the masses'—lies a grave problem for
all thoughtful men to solve :" adding very solemnly,
and sententiously, and (considering the awful signifi-
cance of the declaration) we think also sublimely,
"Knowledge has brought us face to face with it; and
knowledge must either instruct that Force or it trill de.
stroy the Invoker." As affording another and remark-
able means of imparting this instruction to the Masses
the Free Library yesterday inaugurated at Manches-
ter commands the cordial co-operation of every sym-
pathiser with the necessities of the age, and with
every well-wisher of the lowliest as well as
the most exalted among his fellow-countrymen.
No marvel, then, that the opening of this
admirable institution, not less than the en_
couragement of the Guild of Art and Litera-
ture, secured to itself the support of so
many of the
most illustrious writers of the age of VICTORIA
so many of those great men who have been admirably
designated by one of the foremost amongst them
all—we mean, of course, Sir BULWER T
,YTTON
the artisans of thought and the craftsmen of
civilization !"

Where is FRAIL ? Not in Shrewsbury, we are
told. Not in London, we believe. The last seen of
him was in the vicinity of the London and South-
Eastern Railway Station at London-bridge, the ter-
mini of which are Dover and Folkestone, both
within easy reach of Calais and Boulogne. A shadow
appeared then to have fallen upon the " Clerk of the
help
Course," honoured by Carlton Club epistles from
"W. B." A very homely phrase (and really we
cannot
applying it to such a very homely subject)
will
thllbest express how the Shrewsbury barber appeared
Saturday by after his arrival in London on the
ay by express train—he looked as if " down
on his luck,"
and his
like a withered ad of
e, hadjaunty air had disappeared
bushear
ed,•
outbis
remarkable he
gorse,
hair, which erat used
lost its puff and its frizzle ;
his unmistakable
neckerchief,
i
rerclaief, the highest and stiffest
of the genus, was
limp and wrinkled—it was FRAIL,
indeed, but—

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lately
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ibof ill
who did the" oScialoa pn it aqiir4 e
JAMES GRAHAM says) 11'8-41, who (Sir
YexPected at Car-
lisle, who sent the "good and safe
" Our private Correspondent" or man" to Derby.
Courier, alluding to a batch of 4, w, the
t.vinierness
said to have been discovered, and now itpltiel,,
hands," adds, " FRAIL," they say, " has provedn• af•l''
in an
respects true to his name, and will sacrifice anything
Or anybody to save his own bacon." w
8 doubt
this ; with all his faults, FRAIL will be found true to
his employers—provided he find his account in being
so. He is not the man to throw them over,
unless he finds that they have done so, or mean
to do so by him. FRAIL knows very well, that
with a little management, this " W. B." correspon-
dence will be meat, drink, and clothing to him and
his for the remainder of their natural lives. He has
been " electioneering" for the last ten or fifteen years,
and has been trusted with cash and secrets during
that time to a great extent, in the counties of Salop,
Montgomery, and Merioneth—wherever, in short,
the CLIVE interest had to be served. Was there ever
under
election in Ludlow without FRAIL interference ?
an
used the pugilists of Bridgnorth congregate,
How
rough
thetbecobmumand of ', Big n .11,s"elywualkainngd
through
Putting up at Ludford joutsttht: ostiltwr—sßitOdheel of the river,
as
Who' arranged all this ?
al a Corps
pulling the strin strings and
at head-quarters, calm and shy,
affecting extreme official
Who had
hisdepzrEeLserv;
?'
impartiality ?
the contest, a!Vh°aWaas
GEORGE TOIIILINE
DISRAELI the eloquence? Who
" the head and front " of
sui. Shrewsbury, in 1841, when Mr. '
the needful, and Mr.
Who was in it, at the
contests in 1847 and 1
852 ? Who, from all these
agencies, knows all the electioneering secrets of the
Tories in Shropshire and th two adjacent counties
in Wales ? of what value, as a
source of income, is

that knowledge to our sharp, shrewd, and saucy
tonsor ?—Faan is on the Tory party, for ever, as a
life annuitant.
At this moment, in all probability, JOHN FRAIL is
on the other side of the British Channel, and likely
to remain there as long as his absence will serve
"W. B." and other friends. No doubt, they will
take care (be will make that sure) that
he and his family don't sustain pecuniary
loss by any temporary expatriation which he
may have to submit to, for the sake of his party. We
suspect that, under all the circumstances, FRAIL, who
has been "a close shaver" all his life, may possibly
find that his keenest stroke has been the detection of
his Carlton Club correspondence. To this hour the
gentleman whose initials are " W. B." has not denied
that he wrote the letter found in MoaGaN's pocket
when apprehended at Derby.
Where is MORGAN ? When " wanted" before an
Election Committee, will he be forthcoming ? We
fear not. We suspect that he also is out of the way.
When he was taken up, and terribly frightened,
OHS MORGAN volunteered a promise of telling the
truth. What is the worth of that promise now ? Not
much, we fear. The brace of beer-vendors at
Shrewsbury who became bondsmen for his appeNr-
ance will have to pay the amount of their bail, we
fancy. What matter, the Carlton Club has a liberal
hand and a large purse, and they can employ both
rather than see their emissaries come to loss.
It may be said that the Press makes such per-
sons as FRAIL and MORGAN of too much im-
portance by thus noticing them. Be it remem-
bered that we are not dealing with the barber
and the bricklayer, as such, but with the correspon-
dent and confidential agent of "W. B." and the
" good and safe man" sent from Shrewsbury to
Derby, on application from "W. B." to assist at the
Derby election under a feigned name. It is highly
important that, when required, this brace of under-
lings should be forthcoming. So, at the St. Alban's

election inquiry, an accomplice was out of the
country when his presence was wanted. Parliament

will fully inquire into the proceedings of the Derby
election, no doubt—but what degree of truth can be
arrived at, if FRAIL and MORGAN (" arcades ambo")
be absent ? Provision should be made, by a new

Standing Order, or even by an Act of Parliament,
that in such cases, whenever the missing men turn
up they shall be detained, for the purpose of giving
the required evidence, which their repeated complicity
in the alleged transactions can enable them to supply.
It is monstrous that, by flight out of the country for
a short time, any person can foil an inquiry
into malpractices at elections, on the expo-
sure and punishment of which the character of
the House of Commons may depend. The law 'Ain
be a dead letter if the FRAMS and the MouGANsi
et id genus omne, can evade it by absence. It will
be " a cheat, a mockery, and a delusion" if this be
allowed. Therefore, we again ask--where is FRAIL ?
—where is MORGAN ? To these questions might be
added a third—where is Major BERESFORD ? On
the capture of MORGAN at Derby, the discovery of
the " W. B." correspondence, the rapid
retreat of
FRAIL, the barber, from Shrewsbury, and his subse-
quent disappearance from London, Major BERESFORD
declared, in an after-dinner speech, to some of his
constituents, that he was as innocent as the
babe unborn, and that he had been attacked
in newspapers (he particularly named the Morning I
Chronicle) by a man who used to sit on the same sofa
with him is his club. Mr. SMYTHE, the gentleman
alluded to, strongly and instantly published an in-
dignant denial of this charge, and Major BERESFORD
has found it prudent, no doubt, to take no notice of
the denial. But, from first to last, Major BERESFORD
has not contradicted the great accusation, that
he, her MAJESTY'S Secretary-at-War, did correspond
by letter from the Carlton Club, under the club seal
and his own initial?, " W. B ," with a fellow named
FRAIL, tha keeper of a little barber's shop in Shrews-
bury ; that a bricklayer, named MORGAN, when dis-
covered bribing electors at Derby, confessed to hav-
ing been sent thither by FRAIL, and that the " W. B.'
letter, asking FRAIL to send " a good and safe man"
to Derby, and pointing out the precautions to be
taken against his discovery, was found in MoRGAN's
pocket, given to him, he said, by FRAIL. These
compound charges remain against the Secretary-at-
War to this hour undenied—we fear undeniable.

In a country journal, the other day, we found a
letter from Major BERESFORD, to some illustrious un-
named, who had sent him some articles on this FLAIL
matter. It is as follows :

"Sir,--I em obliged to you for your enclosure of two
articles re,pecting the unfair charge against me at
Derby, of attempting to bribe the electors. The enemy
have done their beet to present a case of corruption.
which is matt unfounded, against me. I trust that I
shall be able to prove that any participation in the bri-
bery was not mine, but theirs. They aro, however,
determined to run a muck ut me,' despite of truth and
fairness; and they will not stick at any means to carry
out their end. I am, however, glad to say that their
objt.et or motive is apparent. enough, end that it enlists
trionds like you in my defence.
" Believe me, yours truly,
" Aug. 16." " Wax. BERESFORD.
Now, the charge against the Major is not yet that
of " attempting to bribe the electors at Derby."
It is that he corresponds with the Shrewsbury
barber, who sent MORGAN to Derby, where bribery
was by him committed, the Major's letter directly
urging FRAIL to send " a safe and good man" to that
borough during that election. The inference to be
drawn must be that the Major had a knowledge of
what MORGAN did, as FRAIL'S emissary, but the two
facts against Major BERESFORD are—his confidential
correspondence with FRAIL, the barber, and his
having directed FRAIL to send a man to Derby elec-
tion. What business had the Secretary-at-War to
meddle in that election ? Will he stand up, in
Parliament, and deny his own handwriting ? Did
he write to FRAIL ?—if he did, why

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
By decree of the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Re-
public, the Municipal and Departmental Commission,
exercising the functions of the Council General of the
department of the Seine, is convoked for its ordinary
session for the 3d November next, to close on the
17th. The councils of arrondissement for the same
department are to assemble on the 231 November'
for the second part of their session, which is to last
five days.
The Patrie, Government journal, contains the fol-
lowing communication :
" Some foreign journals, continuing their system of
falsehood and calumny as regards the acts of the French
Government, hese recently endeavoured to obtain credit
for a rumour that measures of political vengeance had
been concealed under the application of Article 2 of the
decree of the Bth December, 1851, which extends to per-
sons affiliated to secret societies the measure of tran,por-
tation in the interest of public security, pronounced by
Article 1 against liberated convicts in rupture of tan.
The value of those declarations may be judged of by the
official information which we still oppose to them. The
convicts improperly designated as deportes politiques who
have been sent to Guyana, according to the decisions of
the mixed commissions of the departments, are 162 in
number. Those 162 persons, including chiefs of secret
bankrur,
societies, chiefs of bands, affiliated members and
insurgents, all designated as very dangerous, are thus
classed:—.Liberated convicts, 12; individuals condemned
bullies in ho
29;and 5 by illerethi:gueselin.
Eoffriegnocnespe,,tcy, 1. euiners, 1;
for Poaching, 2; and insurgents of 1848 who had been
Pmaur
1.d:1:len d and repeated that offence, 3; for attempt to
5; offences against
desert morals, 4; forg-ry, 1;
3, outrage against '
houses
religion, 1; swindling, 1; theft, 27;
13 have been tran°stipso' 30.
on and other offences,
of ban, 40 t 4ieirrisoof nisi iii
alreadyfame, 2 2;
condemned thieves,
l'A'foinr political
offencesed
, these 162 persons
on board the Forte, 144 by the
cieties and as actors in thets
otaeveral
departments disturbances
andorganisers of secret so-
their criminality as
spread' mourning frightfulthrouehont Thus, in addition to
already clasiitied d 4
these 162 persona trans-
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but there is not ore of them but has taken
atrccitit.e of December or played a principal part in
the insum. ction of that period. The Government will
give proof of moderation by abstaining a from entering
into more ample details, which are unnecessary after
whet we have just said, and would only uselessly revive
sad souvenm
• . France does not require to be reminded
from what frightful perils society was saved in December
by the power which every day receives
the homage of
public gratitude."
second warning given to it
The Presse publishes a—
..a follows as.
by the Minister of Police. It is .
" The Minister of General police, in virtue of Article
31 of the organic decree on the press. d •pttd the 17th of
February, 165‘); and considering the article published
by the journal- the Presse, on TtiesileYl the 31st of
August, commencin with there words, ' Vous faites
g
comparaitre ce matin,' and ending with the women ' Vous
les calomniez et volts mentez,' the said article being signed
Emile de Girardira; and considering that this tirticie

contains calumnious insinuations against the acts of the
Gove=rnment orders:

" Art. 1. According to the terms of the organic decree
on the pr;; Es of the 17th of February, 1852, a second
warning is given to the j )crnal, the Presse, in the persons
of Emile de Girardin, editor, and H. Rouy, responsible
manager (gerant) of that journal.
" Art. 2. The Prefect of Police is charged with the
execution of the present order.
" The Minister of General Police, DE MAIIPAS.
(A correct copy.)
" The Prefect of Police, PIETEL

" Paris, Sept. 1."
The article of M. DE GIRARDIN was a reply to one
written in the Pays by M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC.
The following are the general results of the foreign
commerce of France during 1851 :
The general commerce of France with her colonies
and foreign powers amounted in 1851, imports and ex-
ports together, to inn official value of 2,787 millions, or
an increase of 82 millions on the results of the preceding
year. Relative to the average of the five former years,
the increase is 320 millions, or 13 per cent. Calculated
according to the tariff of the actual value fixed for the
year 1851, our exchanges do not amount together but to
pared with the above amount
2,614 millions. That, c,03
of 2 784 millions, being a decrease of 173 millions, or 7
per cent. In the above official amount of 2,787 millions,
the imports stand for 1,158 millions and the exports for
1,629 millions. The value of the produce imported is less
by 16 millions, or 1 percent., than the result of 1850;
but it exceeds by 2 milli:ins the average result of the
quinquennial period. In the exports there is an in-
crease of 98 millions, or 6 per cent., as compared with
1850, and of 318 millions, or 24 per cent,, as compared
of the five years. According to the
awcittuhatlhe ravalauvee,tghee total amount of produce imported
stands at 1,094 millions, instead of 1,158, and that of
instead of 1,629, being a difference of 6
aextidpo7rtpseartele,2nst.o
respectively. These comparisons apply
to general commerce. Ai far as regards special com-
merce, the total mourn of our exchanges is 2,020
millions, being 116 millions, or 6 per cent., more than in
1850, and 271 millions, or 25 per cent. more than the
average of the five preceding years. In actual value the
sum et 2,020 millions is reduced to 1,923 millions, being
a difference
.is dividedf 97
intomil:ions. The ensemble of special
commerce
781 millions for imports and
1,239 millions for exports. These amounts, as compared
with the periods above mentioned of 1850 and the ave-
rage of the five years, show an increase of 10 per cent.
and 30 per cent.

The "Moniteu. r gives the resolution of the Council
General of the Upper Alps, which is to the effect that
the Senate ought to proclaim the Empire. A com-
mission has been named for putting down brigandage
in Corsica.

The PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic visited
the Military School of St. Cyr on Monday, to be
present at the close of the inspection. He was ac-
companied
by the Minister of War and several
general officers. On arriving at the school he was
saluted by twenty-one guns, and General ALEXAN-
DRE, who Commands the school, afterwards presented
to the PRINCE the officers and professors, to whom he
expressed his satisfaction at the zeal and intelligence
with which they every year formed so many distin-
guished office, Tke PRESIDENT then proceeded to
the exercise ground, where the pupils went through
various manoeuvres with a precision which drew from
him the warmest approbation. The PRINCE, at the
conclusion of the manoeuvres, conferred the Cross of
CONTEAUX, Who is
Officer of the Legioa of Honour on Chef d'Escardon
sub-director of the Studies; M.
Leratvee, professor of German, and M. ALLEURE, of
the Artillery, received the crosses of Chevalier. The
PRINCE then left flu establishment amidst loud cries
of " Vive NAPOLEON !"
The Illoniteur de 11 Armee announces that by a de-
cree of the PRINCE PRESIDENT, dated 21st ult.,
40,000 soldiers of the class of 1851, are called into
service. They are to join the ranks in October.
The Salut Public of Lyons states that M. PROUD-
HON is about to retarn to the house of MM. GAU-
THIER brothers, of that place, where he had been em-
ployed before 1848.
In 1789, according to NECKER, there were con-
sumed in France 238 grammes of tobacco per head,
of which the twelfth part only was smoked. At pre-
sent, the consumption is 537 grammes for each per-
son, being as much as one Russian, or two Italians,
but three times less than a German or Dutchman, and
four times less than a Belgian. Out of these 537
grammes, 348 are smoked. It is worthy of remark
that the quantity of snuff consumed in France dimi-
nishes each year.
Public Securities improved in price at the Bourse.
The Fonr-and-a-Efalf per Cents. opened at 105 f. 25c.,
and closed at 105 f. 30e. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents, closed at 761. 75c. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,440 F.; Rouen, 865-.; Havre, 3701.; Great
Northern, 660 f. ; Avignon, 486 r. 25c.; Basle, 306 f. 25c.;
Paris and Strasburg, 665,'.; Paris and Lyons, 773 f. 75c.;
Lyons and Avignon, 591 r. 25e.; Western of France,
588 f. 75c.; St. azier to Gray, 5401.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 2.
Dutch Rhenish, 7%—East Indian, 28,4—Western of
Canada Boads„ 107—Lusernbourg,6 -78—Northern of France,
201. 3 per cent. Bonds, 14—Paris and Lyons, 20%—Paris
and Strasbourg, 26%Sarnbre and Meuse, 774.

SPAIN.
We have received dispatches from Madrid, dated
,he 28th ult.

They state that it was thought by the President
of the Council, Senor BRAVO Aluarm,o, that the sup-
pression of the administrations for the management of
the salt and tobacco duties—a measure which a com-
mission had been appointed to take into consideration
—would increase the popularity of his Cabinet. It
appears that the tax on tobacco produced in 1851,
187,545,313 reals ; but the cost of collection was not
less than 75,314,616 reals, so that the net returns to
the State were little more than 112,000,000 reals.
The gross returns for salt, were 98 171,687 reals, but
the net returns were only 74,108,237
reals.
The Council of Ministers have approved of the pro-
posed plan for making a railway from Cadiz to Xeres
and from thence to Seville.
MADRID BOURSE, AUG. 28.—Three per Cents.,
451
money ; Exchange on London, 50 30.

GERMAN Y.
The Prussian Government made a declaration on
the 30th ult. relative to the customs question, in
which Hanover, Brunswick, Oldenburgh, and the
States of Thuringia agree. Itdeclares that the Zoll-
verein must be reconstructed before there can be an of y
question of a treaty
Commerce with Austria.
Prussia is disposed to enter into negotiations to this
end. A Zollverein of no leas a term than 12 years
will be admitted. The Customs Congress is adjourned
to the 15th September, I,
-Y which time the categorical
answer of the coalition i expected to be given.
At the end of this month the state of siege which
bas existed in the Grand Duchy
of Baden since the
revolution of 1849 will cease, and, with the excep-
tion of the disarmament, which is maintained, the
Administration will be conducted in the accustomed
manner.
The Wanderer of Vienna states that the separate
Wurtemberg is to accede to the
treaty by which
tro-Bavarian treaty on the navigation of the
Aus
Danube has been concludeds and that the ratification
will take place very shortly.
D
of. Vienna says that the lines of railway
ie
which are to be established at the expense of the State
will be constructed by the troops,
The Austrian
Government is endeavouring at pre-
sent to
give a greater extension to the steam.nevi_
gation of the Danube. It has engaged in Belgium
fifteen captains for its _vessels, and they have already
taken their departure for Linz, their place of destine,
tion. The Austrian s team-service wilt extend from
Vienna to the Black Sea.
Tiff) Austrian Government has charged M. Dusliii
to_ proceed to Greenland to
A genlogist of Milan,
mines lately discovered there.
examine the That
gentleman has just set out for London, whence
he vvill sail for Greenland
about m
to fulfil a similar
Company with three
English geologists
who
are
mis4o.u.
bill"
The largest café in Europe has just been opened
at Vies lna. Not less than 14d-tables are to be
found t here, and there are 150 billiard tables Fountains
of wate r play in each room..
The c.tholera has
made its appearance at Dantzic,
where it attacks from forty t fifty persons each
day. It. is not, however, by any means so severe as
in 1849..

DENMARK.
The Council of State has not yet entered on th
questh. ci of the organization ?f the united monarch:
neitbe r on that of the constitution of Lauenburg 171:
but it is said it has decided that the fortress of Rend,
bourg shall be razed. It is stated that the Diet will
be sill iimoned for the Ist of October, and immediately
prorogued to the 4th.
it i a reported that General KROGH will replace
Gernert ti BARDENFLETS in the command ofthe
duchit a of Holstein and Lauenburgh.

ITALY.
o
The Corriere dell' Arno,f Florence, states that
on the ;213th ult. the trial of GUERILAZZI and others
for high treason was resumed, and that the. Pres-
ident op t!ned the proceedipgs by ordering indict
indic
ments to be read in court.

Mr. J. K. Chapman, the principsl partner in one of
the liArgest printing establishments of the metropolis, and
also the edi ;or and manager of a Sunday newspper, died last
night of di •opsy. The widow of Mr. Chapman was miss
'free, the el der sister of Mrs. Charles Kean.
It is cu rrently reported that the Governorship of
Newfound! Ind, vacant by the appointment of Sir J. G. Le
Marchant t o Nova Scotia, will be conferred on Lieutenant_
Colonel Lf ivr, at present commanding the forces on that
island. C Jionel Law is an old Waterloo officer. Mr. Crowdy,
the colonial secretary, is at present administering the go.
vernment.

SCOTTII;II CENTRAL RAILWAY.--We hear that the
account of this company for the half-year just closed shows
so profits ble a traffic for the period as will admit of a divi-
dend of 7s . fid. a share, or at the rate of three per cent. per
annum, hdasides leaving over a moderate surplus profit. It is
expected that a dividend of that amount will be propoied at
theellii*ggennilineetinworerth COrkr.