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responsible a situation can take leave of public life
with so much satisfaction ; and it is not often that
one attacked in so scandalous a manner, and accused
of ,rimes of the deepest dye, when he has been
r.imply discharging his duty, is able to rise superior
to angry feeling, and forget his personal affronts in
the majesty and dignity of the great principles
which he represents, and the honour and interests
of the country he has studied to serve. Mr.
EYRE has left a name in Jamaica which
will long be honoured ; and, now that he
has arrived in England, we hope that he will
find many to welcome him, and to show that
they are not influenced by the factious efforts made
to his disadvantage. Should the partisans of Mr.
BRIGHT put their threat into execution, we feel con-
vinced that Mr. EYRE will find many to assist him,
and that the schemes of his enemies will turn to his
advantage in the long run by exhibiting in true
colours the many admirable qualities which he dis-
played at a time of great peril, and the valuable
services he rendered to his country. Taking all
things into consideration, it may fairly be stated
that a servant of the Crown was never placed in
more trying circumstances than the ex-Governor of
Jamaica, and was never treated more harshly than
he has been by those who ought to have appreciated
his merits.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1866.

A banquet given at Preston the other evening in
connection with a local society possessed some in-
terest, in the presence of the junior member for the
borough, the second son of the Earl of DERBY.
The Hon. F. STANLEY, though he has not adopted
the career in which his father and brother have so
greatly distinguished themselves, has yet an here-
ditary connection with politics ; and the recent ac-
cession of Lord DERBY to the Premiership made his
audience more ready to listen to the exposition of
their member's views. In answer to an in-
quiry from Mr. Councillor RAWCLIFFE as
to his opinions on the armaments of the coun-
try, Mr. STANLEY paid a tribute to the exertions
of the late Administration to render the arms of our
forces as efficient as possible. Lord DE GREY and
Lord HARTINGTON may merit such encomiums for
their determination to improve the arms of our
troops and to adopt the breech-loader instead of
its rival, but the late directors of the Almiralty do
not certainly deserve any such praise. Into naval
matters Capt. STANLEY did not enter, but kept to
the questions more immediately concerning his own
professions. Having borne testimony to the efforts
made by the late Secretary and Under-Secretary at
War for the improvement of our armaments, he
reminded his hearers that one of the first acts of
the present Government bad been to augment the
number of improved arms from 30,000 to 100,000.
The outlay which this incurred in the order entailed
was not, he was sure, contrary to the general voice
of the country. In referring to the recent events
which have so forcibly demonstrated the superiority
of the breech-loading gun over its rival, Mr.
STANLEY observed that some important reports
from officers attending the two combatant
armies had come under his own notice, and
that in the reports both from the victorious and
from the retreating army there was a unanimous
testimony to the extraordinary power of the Prus-
sian arms. It is satisfactory to know that the arms
now being placed in the hands of our soldiers are,
in the opinion of competent authorities, decidedly
superior even to the famous needle-gun. Mr.
STANLEY declared that he and his friends had always
held that the best manner to preserve peace was to
be prepared for war, and that, so far from efficient
armaments being likely to entangle us in hostilities,
the contrary will be the case. In fact, the public
conviction has long been that the best means to
preserve ourselves from attack is to provide our-
selves with proper armaments; and it is this belief
that renders the House willing, year after year, to
vote the estimates. But the general feeling is still
stronger respecting the navy than the army, both
from the fact that the English are by nature more
a naval than a military people, and also because
all reflecting men perceive the vast importance of
which our navy is to us, both for the protection of
our shores and for the preservation of our com-
merce. The unsatisfactory condition of our naval
reserves is, therefore, totally inexcusable ; and we
hope that Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, instead of trying
to defend the faults of the system, will turn all his
attention to the task of providing the country with
something like an efficient fleet.
We are glad to find the new member for Preston
—..r.,:rpfipally with respect to our
armaments on land ; and it is to be hoped that his
father's Admini.tration will lose no time in pro-
a better atate of things at sea.

All is still uncertainty respecting the course likely
to be pursued in this deliberation on the French de-
mands ; but, at all events, we cannot say that there
is any greater probability of peace than there was
at the receipt of the last intelligence. It seems, to
judge from the accounts which have reached us
from various quarters, that BISMARCK is trying hard
to get out of the difficult position in which he finds
himself, and that he actually has the audacity to
advise the French EMPEROR what to do. He reckons
without his host, however, in taking a step like
that, and the answer he has received is
not likely to encourage him to try again.
It is said that the crafty Minister pointed out to
the French Cabinet that they could increase their
territory without interfering with the plans of
Prussia, and hinted at the desirability of appro-
priating the Duchy of Luxemburg and the frontiers
of 1814, which could be obtained from Belgium.
To this the EMPEROR is said to have returned the
proper answer, that should he think it advisable to
open negotiations with Holland, or Belgium, he
should do so without consulting the Cabinet of
Berlin ; but for the present he desired to raise
one point, and that was the rectification
of the frontiers of 1814, now in possession
of Prussia. it is said in Vienna that large Prus-
sian forces have been withdrawn from Bohemia,
and sent to the Rhenish provinces of Prussia, and
this certainly does not look like a pacific settlement
of the question. It is true that the Constitutionnel
of yesterday published an article respecting this
important matter of compensation, in which it
seemed to take a sanguine view of the prospects of
peace. We question, however, if the "very friendly
relations existing between the two Powers" were
hinted at will be found sufficient to withstand
the troublous times they were entering upon.
As for the great stress which is laid upon the chief
desire of France being that the constitution of Ger-
many should be so arranged as to be favourable for
Europe and conducive to her own interests there is
no likelihood of this being verified either, for what
reason is there that France should allow Prussia to
progress so much to her own disadvantage and to
the disturbance of the balance of power in Europe?
We see no reason to believe that the Emperor
NAPOLEON will allow himself to be insulted and
the French people to be degraded by putting up
with the curt impertinence of the Prussian cabinet;
and therefore, if Prussia persist in refusing his
demands, there can be but one alternative—that of
war. It is not unlikely that this will be the end of
all the negotiations so much talked of ; and, if so,
the grand schemes of Herr BISMARCK may be de-
feated just when they were on the eve of fulfilment.
It will be a very different thing to cope with the
Emperor of the FRENCH from what it was to
engage the Austrians, and if the present
moderate demands of the French Govern-
ment are refused, and the tide of war
turns against the Prussians, they may have
to give up far more than the places they now refuse
to yield. While matters are in such a doubtful
state relative to foreign affairs, the Prussian Go-
vernment is working away with might and main to
consolidate its victories, and complete the work of
annexation. All parties who are unfortunate enough
to be mixed up in the matter will find that they
will have to pay freely down for the bargain about
to be struck. There is indeed ample cause to pity
those German States which have been drawn into
the strife without their own consent.

It must be a source of great satisfaction to Mr.
EYRE that his great services have been fully appre-
ciated in Jamaica; and, although numerous in-
stances of this have been already received by him,
an additional testimony was afforded on the occa-
sion of his departure from the colony. A farewell
address was presented to him by a committee of
gentlemen, who represented over 1,200 subscribers,
in which the most sincere sympathy was offered to
him on his departure, and a declaration made that
a more intimate knowledge of the nature of events
would have shielded from censure a faithful
servant of the Crown. It is, however, stated that
the subscribers believe that when political pas-
sions have subsided and given place to reason and
justice, the majority of his fellow-subjects will
consider that an " officer who, unaided by any
instructions from superior authority in times
of extreme and sudden difficulty, and very
grave national peril, has, on the whole, done
his duty well, and ought not for any excess
of his subordinates to be otherwise than most
favourably dealt with." To this very fitting
address, Mr. EYRE returned an appropriate
answer, in which he declared that he natu-
rally felt pained that his career should be
abruptly terminated by removal from the
public service under the disapproval and censure of
the Colonial Minister, after having served his Sove-
reign and country zealously for twenty-five years.
But he went on to say his feelings of regret were
lessened by the reflection that, however " able and
impartial the parties may be by whom my conduct
has been inquired into and adjudicated upon, it is
impossible that persons imperfectly acquainted with
the negro character, with the country, and with the
circumstances that surrounded me at the time, can
judge adequately or justly after the event of
the necessity and propriety of the action I found
it imperative to take under a great emergency."
We believe this to be strictly true, and, indeed, it
is much to be regretted that Mr. EYRE should not
have been able to come to England before the close
of the Parliamentary session, so that the people
of this country might have had an opportunity of
bearing from himself some statement which could
have been put beside the extravagant declarations
of the faction who partially and prejudicially judged
the matter. It is well worth any one's while to per-
use the calm and temperatedefaenndce which Mr.
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cumstances a moderation that does him credit, and
a calm dignity and self-possession that must assure
him the sympathy of all distinguished persons.
He declares that he retires into " private life," dis-
missed from the publicservice, after nearly a lifetime
spent in it, but that ho has at least the consolation of
feeling that there bad been nothing in his conduct to
merit it, nothing to occasion self-reproach, nothing
to regret. " On the contrary, I carry with me in
my retirement the proud consciousness that at all
times, and under all circumstances, I have endea-
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standing the clamour raised by the votaries of
Exeter-hall, and the charges since made by the mem-
bers of the Jamaica Committee, we venture to
say that it is seldom a man in so influential and

The Session of Congress has come to a close very
nearly at the same time as that of our own Parlia-
ment. The actual breaking up of the American
Assembly took place, indeed, on the 28th ult., but
the detailed account of the proceedings has reached
us a few days after the dismissal of our noble lords
and honourable gentlemen. The attendant circum-
stances were, however, very different in the two
countries, and English M.P.'s would be not a
little astonished if they were called upon to
undergo the transatlantic process. For the last
few days of the Session here political excitement
has wellnigh died out. The Public Health Bill and
the alarm about the cholera gave indeed a little
animation this year, but the hours of debate are
short, and the business to be got through is reduced
to a minimum. Very different is it in Washington.
The session closed late on the 28th July, after both
houses had been in almost unbroken sitting from
noon on the 27th. The presiding authorities were
afraid to permit an adjournment for fear the necessary
quorum of members could not be got together again,
and consequently the members were forced to keep
their vigil as best they might. A large proportion of
them, as might be supposed, took refuge in neigh-
bouring easy chairs and sofas, to be aroused periodi-
cally by the summonses to vote. The object of this
prolonged sitting was to pass a number of bills,
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This has been fought off all through the session,
but by this ingenious device has now passed both
houses. A similar trick was detected by the quick
wit of the PRESIDENT, who discovered among the
crowd of bills brought to the ante-room of the
Senate for his signature an old friend with a
new face, one of the bills he had previously
vetoed attached in some mysterious manner to an
innocent-looking land surveying bill. It had been
smuggled through Congress without detection, but
the President very promptly returned it with
another veto, thus showing the Radicals that he is
not deficient in the national quality of "'cute-
ness." The objectionable changes in the Neu-
trality Laws, advised by General BANKS as a
bid for Fenian support, happily broke down "
in the Senate. The bill vim hurried through the

Lower House, though the newspapers very properly I LATEST INTELLIGENCE
denounced it ; and the New York Times justly asked
whether it was more dignified to modify the laws
for the pleasure of the Fenians than for the accom-
modation of foreign Governments? In the Senate,
on the next day, however, Mr. SUMNER, of Massa-
chusetts, objected to it so strongly that he succeeded
in getting it consigned to a committee, so that the
Fenians need not hope for greater indulgence in
case of another Canadian raid during the recess.
REVERDY JOHNSON, one of the most noted Senators,
also objected to the permission given to the Fenians
to use the public buildings, but the Radicals carried
this—one of their last political triumphs, we should
imagine, since they are not likely to muster in equal
force at the new Session.

CORRESPONDENCE FROX PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.

There is naturally great anxiety in Paris to-as-
certain the precise nature of the proposals in course
of discussion between France and Austria relative
to the change in the frontier limits on the Rhine.
The 3foniteur is yet silent upon the subject, but the
journals of all shades of opinion call upon it to
speak out and to give explanation as to the real
claims made by France in consequence of the suc-
cesses of Prussia and the aggrandisement of her
dominions. I have reason to believe that the
llloniteur will respond to the request of the French
public without delay. Indeed I think the week will
not pass over without a lucid explanation of the
views of the Emperor. Only faint indications upon
the subject are traced in other journals, all more
or less conjectural.
The Siecle says—" The armistice between Italy and
Austria was concluded yesterday on the basis of the
military occupation of the moment. We learn at the
same time that Prussia has notified to Austria her
resolution to guarantee to Italy the possession of Ve-
netia. This is only the strict execution of the engage-
ments taken by the Cabinet of Berlin towards that of
Florence. The notification, however, is opportune.
The attitude assumed by Austria for the last few
days gave rise to some fear that the Imperial Go-
vernment of Vienna had the afterthought of break-
ing the alliance between Prussia and Italy by di-
recting all her forces against the latter country,
and by endeavouring to impose upon her onerous
conditions in return for the cession of Venetia.
" The question of the limits, which comprises that
of Trentin, remains to be discussed diplomatically.
W e have reason to believe that France has given the
assurance to Italy that she will use her good offices
to obtain for her an acceptable military frontier
near the Tyrol."

The Journal des Deba ts, which sometimes is in the
secret of the French Government, says :—" The
fact of the negotiations (between France and Prus-
sia) cannot be doubted, since it was affirmed in the
House of Commons by Lord Stanley, who, how-
ever, said he was not acquainted with the object of
them. Better informed, or less reserved, the Eng-
lish journals state that the French Government
claims the restoration of the frontier limits which
existed in 1814 ; and some of these papers appear to
fear that these discussions may lead to fresh com-
plications calculated again to disturb the peace of
Europe. The silence of our official and officious
journals may serve to a certain extent to confirm
the reports in circulation in the political world, and
of which we know nothing in Franco, except what
we glean here and there from the foreign news-
papers."
The Empress of Mexico has had a long interview
with the Emperor at St. Cloud, and well-informed
journals say that the visit of her Majesty is not only
connected with important matters connected with
Mexico, but that it involves other diplomatic ar-
rangements of great consequence.

The journals, wisely perhaps, say little or nothing
about the cholera. It has existed for two or three
weeks in Paris, but not to a serious extent. The
Union Medicale says that the number of cases does
not increase, but that the disease was stationary
tor a rui oaight. At Amiens the average deaths are
now only two daily.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PRUSSIA AND HANOVER.
BERLIN, Aug. 14.
General Voigts-Rhetz has been appointed Go
vernor-General of Hanover.

It is stated that the mission of Prince Ysembourg
was to represent to the Queen of Hanover that her
stay in that country would be attended with incon-
venience, which it was her Majesty's interest to
avoid.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Aug. 14.

ller Royal Highness the Crown Princess, with
her children, left yesterday for Ermansdorf. The
Crown Prince follows to-day.
Prince Louis of Hesse has arrived at the palace of
the Crown Prince upon a visit.
The negotiations for peace between Prussia, %Vur-
temburg, and Baden are said to be nearly concluded.
Some difficulties have, however, arisen in the peace
negotiations with Bavaria.
The Spenersche Zeitung even asserted that war
against Bavaria may be renewed at the expiration
of the armistice on the 22d inst., unless a change
shall have taken place in the present aspect of
affairs.

THE TYROL.
PRIMOLANO, Aug. 13.
The Austrian headquarters in the Tyrol hare
been established at Borgo.

SCHLE SWIG.
FLENSBURG, Aug. 14.

The President of the Committee of the National
party has issued an appeal to the people of Schles-
wig, which says:—" The Danish inhabitants of
Northern Schleswig have become convinced that,
under Prussian rule, the national institutions pecu-
liar to Schleswig will not be endangered, and that,
on the contrary, union with Prussia, one of the
Great Powers, will be advantageous to the interest
of the Duchy. They have therefore willingly ac-
quiesced in the new order of things, and it is only
the party favourable to Denmark that has demanded
foreign intervention. It is the duty of all parties
to endeavour to avert this danger. Let their
watchword be—' No division.' "

HUNGARY.
PESTH, Aug. 13.
The Empress of Austria has again left for Vienna,
It is stated that the Hungarian Diet will be con-
vened for October next.

The Pesth papers have not been allowed to pub-
lish any communication relative to the recent
negotiations between the Austrian Government and
the Hungarian political leaders.

Although ohc Atune., U. cstAj 1.3 aavual .b Levy tat, Clav
negotiations between France and Prussia, the
Constitutionnel makes a sort of disclosure which is no
doubt of official inspiration. It says :—" Without
doubt it may be that France has a right to compen-
sation, but to believe in a formula ready drawn up
and in the rejection of this programme is to misun-
derstand the ordinary character of diplomatic pro-
ceedings. It is to make no account of the very
amicable relations which exist between the two
Powers. It is in fact to forget that the real interest
of France is not to obtain an insignificant aggran-
disement of territory, but to assist Germany to con-
stitute herself in the manner the most favourable to
her own interests and to those of Europe."
There is now an interesting Fine Art Exhibition
at Lille. One quarter of the production is byFrench
artists ; 180 foreign artists figure in the catalogue,
53 Belgian, 35 Prussian, 22 German, 20 Italian,
three Swedish, two Norwegian, two Hungarian, one
Danish, and also Bohemian and Hanoverian.
Count Eulenburg, who obtained such unenviable
notoriety in consequence of the murder of M. Otto,
the cook, was severely wounded at Jetzeldorff, in an
engagement with a squadron of Austrian dragoons.
It is thought that he cannot survive.
A discovery very interesting to artists has been
made in the cathedral of Bourges. In repairing
the chapel of Sainte Solange a magnificent mural
painting has been brought to light. It is of the
15th century, and represents the crucifixion of
Christ.

SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, August 14.

The armistice having been signed, the Federal
Council has disbanded all troops on guard on the
Italian frontier. The prohibition, however, against
the exportation of horses remains in force.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIAN.
(Via Greencastle.)

NEW YORK, AUG. 3 (Evening).

Several members of the Free State Convention at
New Orleans have beon arrested and indicted before
the grand jury. Numerous blacks have been
arrested, and arms and ammunition have been found
c.tmecalcu mu Lne house of a negro. The Radicals
and their opponents mutually denounce each others
policy as having led to the late riots. Advices re-
ceived here from Havana state that Spain is pre-
paring another attack upon Chili.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, Aug 4, Evening.

Money abundant. Gold, 147 k. Exchange on
London, 1571 ; on Paris, 3.561. Stocks firm and
advancing. New York Centrals, 104} ; Illinois,
122 f ; Erie, 68f ; 5-20 U.S. Bonds, 109. Cotton
quiet. Middling Upland, 36c. Flour and wheat
very dull. Corn declining. Provisions heavy.
Coffee steady. Molasses quiet. Sugar steady.
Petroleum firm and advancing. Crude, 28 ; re-
fined, 45.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3.
Cotton—Middling, 38 to 39. Week's receipts,
1,500 bales. Stock, 88,000 bales.

MEXICO.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.

Pijon, the barrister, whose sudden illness
while pleading before the court I mentioned, died
the next day. He was in his 68th year.
The weather to-day has improved a little upon
yesterday, but there was a good deal of rain in the
early part of the morning. The afternoon was
warmer and more pleasant, but upon the whole the
most accurate description of the weather is that it
is very unsettled.

Intelligence from the city of Mexico, on the 27th
ult., published here, states that an attempt at a
revolution had been made in that city. The con-
spirators were arrested and banished. Excitement
is reported to prevail in Yucatan.

One proof of the confusion prevalent in regard
to the negotiations between France and Prussia
is afforded by the Gazette de Spener, a Berlin
paper, supposed to have an official character. That
journal says—" The amicable and confidential re-
lations between the two Governments have not been
disturbed by any questions relative to cession of
territory."

Another new theatre has just been opened in
Paris, the Cirque du Prince Imperial. It was
finished some months ago, but reports having pre-
vailed in regard to its solidity the Government
appointed competent architects to survey it.
The Moniteur of this evening gives a brief ex-
planation in regard to an article in the Times of
Saturday, in which belli3ose inferences are drawn
from the desire of the Government to purchase ca-
valry horses and saltpetre. The French Government
it says has hastened its annual purchases of horses
from the fear of competition from foreign Govern-
ments, who during the war have bought more than
20,000 horses in France. As to powder, its provi-
sion is complete. The Moniteur also explains that
the visit to France of Marshal WMahon from
Algeria is not in consequence of his recall, but is
caused by the death of his brother-in-law, the Duke
de Castries. With respect to the purchase of salt-
petre, I may add that bills were posted in Paris in-
viting tenders for large quantities of that warlike
article, to be delivered at several of the French
ports—Toulouse, Marseilles, and others.
The Bourse was almost deserted to-day, and
business was almost nil. The Rente closed at a
rise of 10c. The 41 per Cents. rose 25c. Nothing
was done in railway shares.

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