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nationalities, and thus puts an end to their oft-
repeated dissensions and jealousies ?" By no
means, for we find that no account is taken of
the distinction of races in the recent arrange-
ments that have been made, and thus Danes are
confounded with Germans.

As to the notion that some persons more sanguine
than sapient have entertained as to the wishes of
the inhabitants of the Duchies being consulted or
considered, that has indeed been shown to be a
a vain thought and an empty dream. They were
not asked for any opinion, and there is not even a
question, as is here correctly stated, of convoking the
Schleswig Holstein Diet. That made M. DROUYNDE
Liiurs finally exclaim, " Upon what principle, then,
does the Austro-Prussian treaty truly rest ?" and
his answer is an admirable one :—" We regret to
find in it no other foundation than force, no other
justification than the reciprocal convenience of the
sharers." Can anything more completely define
the mode of procedure recently witnessed in Ger-
many than this striking remark ? And there is
great justice in the next passage, which states—
" Europe nowadays is quite unused to such a
policy, and for precedent we must look to
the saddest epochs of history." Sad, indeed,
are the chronicles which must be perused to find a
parallel ; and it is yet more melancholy to think
that our days of enlightenment and progress have
witnessed the renewal of might against right, to the
sacrifice of principle and denial of just claims. We
have seen in the admirable ipitome presented to us
by the accomplished Minister of Franco how every-
thing has been cast aside by the two German
' Powers that honour, truth, and justice could in-
terpose to curb their unlawful ambition and check
their guilty wishes. Europe has beheld a course of
deliberate treachery pursued by Austria and Prussia,
and nothing that craft of design and cruelty in
execution could permit has been found wanting. A
more complete account of the Schlewig-Holstein
affair could not have been given than M. DROUYN
DE LHUYS has put forward in his brief but powerful
statement, and it may well be regarded as a skilful
solution of a difficult problem.

Mr. J. L. Toole, the German Baron, Paddy,
and the British Association.

Mr. Toole, the favourite comedian, now on his provincial
our from the Adelphi, has been playing at the Theatre
Royal, Birmingham, with most extraordinary success. At
his benefit the audience, occupying the orchestra, stage
entrances, and every foot of standing room, having sum-
moned him before the curtain, he pleaded his inability to
make a speech, but a desire to do his best. (Cheers.) At
the Crystal Palace, at a fete, in which he had the pleasure
of taking part annually with his friend Mr. Paul Bedford,
Mr. Bedford and ho were required by the treasurer to make
speeches every five minutes, ample time, however, to
instruct and excite their quickly-changing audiences,
and—to take their money. (Laughter.) It being obvi-
ously a difficult mattter to find anything to say, the
manager suggested that he (Mr. Toole) should deliver
a German lecture, and for the benefit of the fete
he had the audacity to attempt it. He procured a portrait
of a romantic German baron by one of the Punch artists,
and told his audience that what he had to relate about this
extraordinary baron was one of the most interesting stories
in the German language, and fearing that it would lose half
its charm by translation, he would deliver it in the original
tongue. He therefore commenced some gibberish which
neither ho himself or anybody else understood, but by look-
ing solemn, and pointing with due emphasis of joy and
sadness frequently to the portrait, he gained credit for de-
livering a most learned discourse. How the romantic baron
fought duels, bought castles, caught princesses, and perhaps
killing everybody, became in no time the king of somewhere
—all this without extra charge—was entrusted to the playful
imagination of an intelligent British public. (Laughter.)
Many of his friends were still under the impression that he
was a good German scholar. He could not play any trick of
that kind now, but he related what had taken place in order
that, seeing ho .v he had sometimes to make shift for a
speech, they might be indulgent to him upon that occasion.
(Applause.) However, he could have no difficulty in say-
ing plainly what he felt strongly, that his engagement had
been of a very delightful character, and he regretted much
that it was not possible for him to renew it. When ha had
the pleasure of playing in Dublin, and was leaving the
thoutro after Ilia Lwow-011 perietekwee, he was followed by
two young patrons without shoes or stockings, who had
been located in the gallery. One cried out, "I say Toole,
arn't you goin' to gie us a copper afore you lave Dublin ?"
" Arra,h be asy," said the other, "and don't woarit the gin-
tleman ; gin it to me, Toole ; wasn't I the manes o' gettin'
you the ray-ingagemint by clappin' in the gallery every
night ?" (Laughter.) The audience he had the honour of
addressing were in some sense like the Dublin boy, for they
were " the manes of gettin' him the ray-ingagemint by
nightly clappin' so heartily in the gallery, and everywhere
else. (Laughter and applause.) He felt grateful for the
kindness he had received at their hands. He was glad to
find that a piece that had been so successful in London had
been equally so in Birmingham. Indeed, the elements of
success with them and himself were identical, viz., " Fire
and Water." (Applause.) Their forges and mills worked
wonders. Joe Bright, he believed, would always be re-
ceived in Birmingham, and ho looked upon that name as
an omen of success. (Hear, hear.) He wished he could
have remained till next week, when the British Associa-
tion would be in the town, because they would be hunting
for objects of interest. Antiquarians would be looking
after all the curious spots, and ho should like to
show them the "Birthplace of Podgors." (Great
laughter.) However, that could not be, and he had
only to thank the Birmingham public heartily for their
support, and he should be ungrateful to the brilliant
audience assembled if he omitted publicly to thank the
esteemed and worthy mayor of Birmingham (Mr. Wiggin)
for his special patronage and presence that evening.
(Cheers.) He was grateful also to the press for their
elaborate criticisms of his performance, and to Mr. Mercer
Simpson, who had put his pieces on the stage in a way that
was surprising, considering how long he was behind the
scenes ; for quiet as everything looked, he could assure
them that a "Tempest" was brewing. (Laughter, and
hear.) He alluded in complimentary terms to Mr. Cres-
wick, who is to appear in " The Tempest." After Saturday
night he should not be able to appear before them again till
next year, and then ho should, like Caleb Plummer, try to
" unite art with labour, and go as near nature as he could
for sixpence." (Laughter.) Mr. Toole then retired, being
loudly cheered by the audience

YOUNG OXFORD ABROAD.—On the shores of the
Lake of Lucerne, and of other Swiss waters, it
was amusing to notice the " reading parties" from the
English universities. There was something refreshing in
the high spirits of these young men as compared with
Continental youth ; in that devotion to the classics which
made them so nobly indifferent to the languages of the
country, and in the energy with which they cultivated
that physical education so necessary to the development of
perfect manhood. In the morning Jones (who had a
sprained ankle) would remark, " I say, let us have a
tremendous grind to-day ;" and though this proposal was
ow,.er greeted with absolute enthusiasm, yet was it never
lightly or hastily set aside. On the contrary, it was
usually received with that respect and solemn silence
with which toasts are drunk to the memory of the dead ;
it was accepted as a grave possibility—as a zest to the
actual employments of the day. After a decent interval
Clifford would suggest that the morning was rather hot
for reading, or that the air was too damp for sitting still;
another would remember that the night before he had
some lines which required looking after ; while a third
had engaged Carl to teach him how to row standing
Occasonally one of the party separated himself from
the others, and remained shut up for hours in his own
room, where he might be seen seated at the window
with a pipe in his mouth, diligently poring over some
volume which bore a superficial resemblance to the
veracious histories of modern life published by Messrs.
Tauchnitz and Co., but eventually it was some passage
in Plato or 2Eschylus on which he had been engaged;
for, on emerging from his seclusion, the others invariably
inquired whether it had been very stiff work, and if ho had
had had a terrible sweat over it. One innkeeper who had
received a party of these youths was sorely exercised in his
mind concerning them. As he was the only native in the
place who understood English he was kept perpetually at
their beck and call. It was Reuter this, Reuter that, from
dawn to midnight. On the ground that they required
q;lictieiteofwoul the
erotv4he prosecution of their arduous studies they had
engaged a largo upper room in his house—a wooden house,
esdio„orbuotf
otthitisofrotohmat suormpeerwhafe,,avheand chalked
usededup
to issue the most hideous and violent sounds, as if a party
of demons were engaged in breaking up the furniture ae
companied with bumps that shook the whole fabric.—
Blackwood.

CRICKET IN FRANCE.—Cricket is making progress
in France, but there are plenty of jokes at the
expense of the player. Chain sketches ono enthusiastic
cricketer, who exclaims, "At first your teeth and eyes aro
no doubt very much in the way in cricket ; but when once
the ball has knocked them out, you can give your undi-
vided attention to the game." Another is interrupted as
he takes his place before the wicket, by a spectator, who
cries, " Stay one instant ! Are you married ? Have you
any children ? Is there nothing to bind you to life ? No.
Yery well, then, play away !"

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE,

PARIS, SEPT. 11.
The Moniteur of this morning says :
" The meeting between the French and Spanish
Sovereigns at San Sebastian was most cordial.

" The entire population, by its enthusiasm, ap-
peared to take part in an event which is of a nature
to draw closer the ties between the two Sovereigns
and the two countries."

BOURSE, Sept 9.—Two o'clock.--The attendance
is very small to-day, and quotations generally lower.
Threes, for the Account, are at 691 r. 35c., and
Italian. Fives 66fr. 40c. Credit Mobilier show a
fall of 6fr. 25c., being quoted at 815 fr. The de-
mand continues for Old Mexican Stock, which main-
tains yesterday's price of 51f. New City Bonds
have retrograded 2fr. 50c.—to 470 fr. Three o'clock.
—The market became weaker towards the end, and
left off at the following quotations :-
4i per Cents 9O 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 10
Do. end month 69 22i
Credit Mobilier 810
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3595
Credit Foncier 1330
Italian Loan 66 27}
Do. end month 66 35
RAIL

Ditto Threes —
Roman 74 50
Mexican Loan 5l
Do. Bonds 340
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

PAYS.
Cash.

-- Acct.
Orleans — ... 851
Northern — ... 1092 50
Lyons and Mediterranean
-- —2 ::• 877567 5500
Southern
Western — ... 550
Eastern — ... 540
Sardinian

Austrian
Lombard

- - ... 413 75
- - ... 465 -

North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- - ... 222 50
- - ... 322 50

- - ... 208 75

Treaty of Navigation between Great Britain

and Prussia.

REUTER'S EXPRESS.

BERLIN, Sept. 8.
The following is the text of the navigation
treaty between Great Britain and Prussia, signed
at Gastein by Lord Napier and Herr von Bismarck
upon the 16th ult.
" Art. 1. British ships and their cargoes in
Prussia, and Prussian ships and their cargoes in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
no matter whence the ships sail or whither
they are bound, and whence the cargoes originate
or whither they are destined, shall be treated in
every respect exactly in the same manner as native
ships and their cargoes. It is, however, understood
that this clause shall neither apply to the exclusive
fishery rights which the subjects of either of the two
countries possess within the waters of the other, nor
to the local advantages which certain privileged
classes in Great Britain enjoy in certain ports, but
not British subjects in general. Every favour or
liberty which one of the contracting parties may
concede in these respects to a third Power shall
simultaneously and without further condition be
granted to the other.

" Art. 2. The arrangements made in the preced-
ing article apply also to the colonies and foreign
possessions of her Britannic Majesty, as well as to
their ships and cargoes ; nevertheless, as far as re-
gards coast navigation, hold good only in such of
those colonies and foreign possessions whose coast
navigation has been, or in future shall be, opened to
foreign vessels in conformity with acts of Parliament
referring to the subject.
" Art. 3. If a war or merchant vessel-of one of
the contracting parties strands or shipwrecks upon
the coasts of the other, the same protection and
assistance shall be afforded to it as to a native ship.
The owners, or their agents, or representatives,
shall be charged with no other expenses than a
native ship would have to pay in the corresponding
case of shipwreck. Should the commander of a
merchantmen be compelled to sell by auction a part
of his cargo to cover expenses, no obstacle shall be
placed in his way by the authorities. He is, how-
ever, bound to observe the existing regulations and
tariffs. Goods and wares saved from the wreck
shall be free of all duty, so far as they do not pass
into consumption. In the absence, or at the re-
quest of the owner, of the commander of the ship,
or of some other representative of the owner, the
consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls, or consular
agents of both parties, shall be empowered to under-
take the despatch of necessary assistance to those in
need of it.

" Art. 4. The consuls-general, consuls, vice-con-
suls, and consular agents of either contracting party
who may be stationed in the territories and posses-
sions of the other shall receive every legally admis-
sible assistance in obtaining possession of the per-
sons who have deserted from the ships of their
country.

" Art. 5. The right of joining this present treaty
is reserved to every State now belonging to the
Zollverein, or which may at a later period annex
itself thereto.

" Art. 6. This present treaty shall be of the same
duration as the Treaty of Commerce signed between
the Zollverein and Great Britain upon May 30 in
the current year. It shall come in force four weeks
after the exchange of the ratifications.
" Art. 7. The present treaty shall be ratified and
the ratifications exchanged at Berlin within six
months, or, if possible, earlier. In token of which
the plenipotentiaries of both parties have signed the
same, and appended to it the seal of their arms.

" Done at Gastein this 16th August, A.D. 1865.
(Signed) " Von BISMARCK.
" NAPIER."

ANuTHER ALPINE ACCIDENT.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
ERLANGEN, Sept. 1.
Intelligence has been received here of another
terrible Alpine accident. It appears that two stu-
dents of theology at Erlangen University, Herren
Chrestin and Hinsch, accompanied byNussbaumer,
a Neukirchen guide, attempted the ascent of Gross-
venediger, after receiving the assurance that the
enterprise was quite devoid of danger. They reached
the top of the mountain safely at noon. In their
descent the student Hinsch followed the guide.
Nussbaumcr succeeded in passing over a bridge
formed by frozen snow across a crevasse, but
the ice broke beneath Rinsch, who was at once
precipitated, without being greatly hurt in the
fall, to a depth of 100 feet down the crevasse.
The unfortunate young man fell until he was jam-
med in by the breast and back. He shouted for
help, announcing that his arms were still free.
The guide, however, had not only neglected
the precaution of tying the party together, but
had not even brought a rope with him. He called
down to the sufferer that a rope
must be fetched,
and that he could not be back in
less than eight
hours. " I can't hold out so long," was the reply ;
" say good-bye for me to my parents." A plaid was
thrown down in the hope of its imparting a little
warmth, but the sufferer was unable to use it, pro-
bably soon losing all power of motion. His friend,
in the meantime, had hastily descended with the
guide to a herdsman's hut, but no rope was to be
had, and they were obliged to go as far as Neukir-
chen, where they arrived at 8 p.m., seven hours
after the disaster. The guide refused to reascend,
but Chrestin at once returned in the night with five
men as far as the hut, and reached the crevasse by
eight o'clock in the morning. One of the men was
let down into the crevasse about 50 feet, being un-
able to descend further, owing to the narrowness of
the space. Some distance lower he perceived the
corpse of the unfortunate youth, with the head
hanging on one side. He had been frozen to death.

ABD-EL-KADER, when warned to delay his tourney
home on account of tho cholera having broken out at Mar-
seille; replied in the usual fatalist language, "Allah ! Who
must die, must die !" and refused to alter his arrangements.
THE LETTERS OF KING GEORGE 111. TO LORD
NoRTR, edited by Mr. Donne, the Examiner of Plays in
the Lord Chamberlain's Office, to be published by Murray,will soon,
printer. ee we are informed, be in the hands of the