The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-21 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.I PROROGATION

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TILE IMPERIAL MEETING.

SALZBURG, Aug. 21.

It is stated that the desire felt by both the
Emperors for the preservation of peace will be
manifested by an invitation to the other European
Powers to join in an agreement which has been
entered into between the two Sovereigns for the
settlement of certain questions. The basis of this
agreement is believed to be the maintenance of the
treaty of peace signed at Prague.

The Emperor Francis Joseph, on presenting
Prince Metternich, Austrian Minister at the Court
of the Tuileries, with the Order of the Golden
Fleece, eulogised in presence of the whole Court
the services he had rendered the State by re-estab-
lishing a good understanding with France. The
Emperor Napoleon expressed aloud to the Emperor
Francis Joseph his thanks for this declaration.
This incident created a great sensation among those
present.

FRANCE AND ITALY.
FLORENCE, Aug. 20 (Evening).
The Italic of this evening expresses the belief
that the Italian Cabinet has despatched a note to
the French Government relative to the letter re-
cently addressed by Marshal Niel to the comman-
der of the Antibes Legion at Rome.

TURKEY.

CONSTAITINOPLE, Aug. 20.

At the Grand Council of Ministers, which was
held yesterday under the presidency of the Sultan,
various reforms were discussed, and it was decided
that a new Council of State should be formed, to
be composed of ten Mussulmans and ten Christians.

TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN POWERS
VIENNA, Aug. 21.

The IVciv Free Press of to-day says :—'

.'The

French and English representatives at Athens h ave
been instructed to inform the Greek Cabinet that
their Governments shall in future take no new step
of a character likely to promote a conflict with
Turkey, and that in the event of any such conflict
arising, France and England will hold Greece re-
sponsible. They also are instructed to add that
full guarantees have been furnished by the Porte
for the fulfilment of the demands of the Christian
populations."

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20.

The Committee of the Moscow Bourse have pre-
sented a petition to the Minister of Finance praying
for permission to express their opinion upon the
Government project for lowering the existing tariff.

The Council of Ministers have approved the
concession which has been granted to Messrs.
Siemens Brothers for the construction of a direct
and special telegraph line connecting England and
India through Russia.

OF

ARLIAMENT.

THIS DAY.
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I am happy to be enabled to release you from the
labours of a long and more than usually eventful
session, and to offer you my acknowledgments for
the successful diligence with which you have applied
yourselves to your parliamentary duties.
My relations with foreign countries continue on
a friendly footing.
At the commencement of the present year great
fears were entertained that differ. Dees which had
arisen between France and Prussia might have led
to a war of which it was impossible to foresee the
ultimate result. Happily the advice tendered by
my Government, and by those of the other neutral
States, aided by the moderation of the two Powers
chiefly interested, sufficed to avert the threatened
calamity ; and I trust that no ground at present
exists for apprehending any disturbance of the
general peace.
The communications which I have made to the
reigning monarch of Abyssinia, with a view to ob-
tain the release of the British subjects whom he
detains in his dominions, have, I regret to say, thus
far proved ineffectual. I have, therefore, found it
necessary to address to him a peremptory demand
for their immediate liberation, and to take measures
for supporting that demand, should it ultimately be
found necessary to resort to force.
The treasonable conspiracy in Ireland, to which
I have before called your attention, broke out in the
early part of the present year in a futile attempt at
insurrection. That it was suppressed, almost
without bloodshed, is due not more to the disciplined
valour of my troops, and to the admirable conduct of
the police, than to the general loyalty of the popu-
lation and the absence of any token of sympathy with
the insurgentsonthepart of any considerable portion
of my subjects. I rejoice that the supremacy of
the law was vindicated without imposing on me the
painful necessity of sacrificing a single life.
The Bill for the abolition of certain local exemp-
tions from taxation enabled me to avail myself of a
liberal concession made, in anticipation, by the Em-
peror of the French, whereby several taxes were re-
moved which pressed heavily upon British shipping.
I have concluded a Postal Convention with the
United States of America, whereby the rate of
postage between the two countries will be diminished
by one-half, and further arrangements are in pro-
gress for increasing the intercourse between this
country and the Continent of North America.
The Act for the union of the British North Ameri-
can Provinces is the final accomplishment of a
scheme long contemplated, whereby those colonies,
now combined in one dominion, may be expected
not only gain additional strength for the pur-
poses of defence against external aggression, but
may be united among themselves by fresh
ties of mutual interest, and attached to the

mother country by the only bonds which can effec-
tually secure such important dependencies—those
of loyalty to the Crown and attachment to British
connection.

GENTLEMEN OF THE lIOUSE OF COMMONS,
I thank you for the liberal supplies which you
have voted for the public service.
Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent
to a bill for amending the representation of the
people in Parliament. I earnestly trust that the
extensive and liberal measure which you have
passed may effect a durable settlement of a
question which has long engaged public attention ;
and that the large number of my subjects who will
be for the first time admitted to the exercise of the
elective franchise may, in the discharge of the
duties thereby devolved upon them, prove them-
selves worthy of the confidence which Parliament
has reposed in them.
It is gratifying to me to find that the lengthened
consideration which you have necessarily given to
this important question has not prevented your
entering on many subjects to which your attention
was directed at the commencement of the session,
and particularly to such as have immediate refer-
ence to the wellbeing of the industrial classes.
I have had especial pleasure in giving my assent
to bills for extending to various trades, with such
modifications as have been found necessary, the pro-
vi-,-ions of the Factory Acts, the success of which has
proved the possibility of combining effectual pro-
tection to the labour of women and children with a
due consideration for the interests of the trades im-
mediately concerned.
I confidently anticipate from the operation of the
present acts the same improvement in the physical,
social, and moral condition of the working classes,
which has been found to accompany the application
of the Acts to those trades to which they have
been hitherto confined.
The reAraints alleged to be imposed on workmen
and their employers by trade unions and other as-
sociations appeared to me to call for inquiry; and the
revelations derived from the examinations before
the Commission, to which you gave your legislative
sanction, have disclosed a state of things which will
demand your most earnest attention.
The administration of the Poor Laws, which
generally has conferred great benefit on the com-
munity, and especially on the poor themselves, re-
quires constant supervision ; and I have readily
assented to a bill which, applied to the metropolis
alone, will tend to equalise the pressure of taxation
and improve the treatment of the sick poor, whose
condition will be greatly benefited by your well-
considered legislation.
The Bill for the regulation of the Merchant
Shipping contains important provisions calculated
to add to the health and comfort of those engaged
in the Mercantile Marine.
These and other valuable amendments of the Law
have been the result of your labours during the pre-
sent session ; and in returning to your homes you
will carry with you the gratifying consciousness that
your time and pains have not been misapplied,
and that they have resulted in a series of measures
which I hope, and earnestly pray, may contribute to
the welfare of the country, and the contentment
and happiness of my people.

THE NAVY.—It appears that at the commence-
ment of the spring of this year the number of vessels of
war employed on foreign and colonial service was as fol-
lows :—Mediterranean station, 20, of the aggregate burden
of 34,617 tons ; North America and the West Indies, 29,
of the aggregate burden of 34,827 tons ; south-east coast of
Africa, 9, of the aggregate burden of 7,647 tone.; the East
Indies, 7, of the aggregate burden of 7,590 tons; the Cape
of Good Hope, 3, of the aggregate burden of 3,078 tons;
West Coast of Africa station, 19, of the aggregate burden
of 15,179 tons; the Pacific station, 14, of the aggregate
burden of 19,342 tons ; China station, 40, of the aggregate
burden of 30,246 tons; and Australian station, 6, of the
aggregate burden of 6,793 tons.
THE IRISH CONSTABULARY.—A Parliamentary re-
turn, presented by the Government, gives an account of
the distribution of the sum of £2,000 voted by Parliament
for the purpose of rewarding certain members of the Irish
constabulary force, who, being under fire in defence of
their barracks against the Feniiins, or in collisions outside
the barracks, particularly distinguished themselves by
their courage, gallantry, and fidelity. Three sub-inspec-
tors—R. Gardiner, D. F. Burke, and 0. Milling—received
£lO4 each ; the head constable in charge at Kilmallock
received --C7O ; two other head-constables received £5O
each ; five constables in charge received DI each ; ono
acting constable in charge, £22 ; nine constables £2O each;
two acting constables, £lB each ; 74 sub-constables £l5
each.
G ROUSE AT NEB` GATT: AND LEADENIIALL MARKETS.
—Yesterday morning the arrival of grouse from the moors
was much greater than could have been anticipated from
the accounts recently published of the prevalence of disease
amongst the birds. The prices also ruled extremely
moderato, good birds being offered at from ls. 6d. to 35.,
though from ss. to 6s. each had been understood to be the
proba,blo price before the unexpected plentiful supply
reached London.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday was " Foresters'
Day" at the Crystal Palace, when the members of the vari-
ous lodges, with their wives and families, were present in
immense numbers. A round of amusements was provided
and the weather was most favourable. The total number

of visitors was 59,522.
DREADFUL BOAT ACC IDENT.—GRINISBY, Aug. 20.
—A pleasure boat, containing 12 excursionists, was cap-
sized in tho Ilumber this afternoon, when 10 of them were
cirtnyAed, ',ELIQ Dodio hate )lot been remered.