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London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1866,

The Imperial Manifesto has caused considerable
anxiety in certain quarters and given rise to much
discussion. As is always the case in such docu-
ments various interpretations may be put upon the
same passages, and hence they are read according
to the light in which the hopes, fears, and expecta-
tions of the parties regard them. Some go so far
as to think that the real meaning of the Manifesto
is not so pacific as it has been considered, and
assign reasons for their being so. The most
significant part is supposed to be the intima-
tion that small states have a tendency to " dis-
affection." It is also insinuated that France
will not object to her territorial aggrandisements
under certain circumstances, and these are con-
cluded to bear a suspicious relationship to Belgium
and the notion of annexation in that quarter. The
semi-official journals in Paris do not hesitate to de-
nounce that this will be the next step in French
policy; and, either openly or covertly, they show
reasons why the matter should be concluded, and
signs which indicate the approach of the denoue-
ment. It is curious to notice the manner in which
this important subject is discussed, and the free
and easy way in which the fate of the little
kingdom is disposed of by those who regard
the whole thing as a game that has to:be played out,
and in which the most dexterous moves are the
most deserving of respect and admiration. The
" certain passage" alluded to may without doubt be
considered an ominous one, but there is no real
reason that the French EMPEROR will seek to possess
himself of Belgium. It would be, in the first place,
a great affront to England, and since• his elevation
to his high position the EMPEROR has always studi-
ously avoided doing aught that might create dislike
or jealousy in this country. His long residence
here gave him many facilities for understanding our
character better than many foreign potentates could
possibly have enjoyed, and he has made the most of
his information, and profited by experience. There
is no valid reason to adduce why France should
increase her territories at the expense of Belgium.
And however the continental nations may regard
such a transfer or confuse themselves by their
sophistries and plausible means of argument, the
English people have not yet arrived at the same
unsatisfactory stage of morality with regard to
public matters.

L Belgium has nothing to forfeit. The high conside-
ration in which it has always been held by us, and
to see it fall a sacrifice to a war in which it has
taken no part, and after a peace whose terms and
treaties do not concern it, will cause annoyance and
surprise among us. We trust that those politicians
will be found mistaken who persist in asserting that
Belgium is doomed. If, however, any visible
attempt be made, or any hostilities displayed towards
it, it will be for our Government to intimate that
the proposed cause is offensive to us, and that we
regard Belgium as our ally, and hence must
deprecate any injury to her integrity and indepen-
dence. The Independance Beige evidently looks
upon the Manifest with suspicion and alarm,
and seems to think that before long we
shall see a new situation, or meet with
further changes and alterations. Referring
to the Circular and its so-called pacific tendencies,
it remarks that " there is reason to fear that a pre-
occupation it reveals may partly destroy the good
effects which should be hoped from other parts of
the document into which it was introduced." The
alarmists, it goes on to declare, who persist in
accepting thepresent calm season as aperiod of truce,
instead of a settled peace, will " certainly use the
Circular as an arm in support of their arguments."
1. he Temps, in particularising the passage about the
disappearance of secondary States, declares that the
' prophetic gleam thus cast on our history is worthy
of all atteation_
The King of SAXONY will bewail
it, and it is perhaps destined to cause sleepless
nights in another quarter."
Altogether
h
seem as if these critics were anythingbother it would
but satisfiedi
e
with the present state of things, and that
the future with doubt and uncertainty.
This proves
how much those Powers
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have
into
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vi ar
an-
swer for, who, like Prussia, rush
n
for the gratification of their own dreams
of ambition and schemes of aggrandise-
ment. Uhe affair is not settled when their
own object is attained, because a state of disquietude
to other kingdoms,
and disturbance is introduced in

and among other people through the confusion
created by the war. Thus we see the French are un-

settled, and the Belgians anxious and dispirited at
the affairs just now. It will be some considerable
time, under the most favourable circumstances,

before anything like calm is restored to the public
mind in Europe. Men will be suspicious in spite of

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themselves, and apt to impute sinister motives to

acts and words that are really innocuous, but create
an unfavourable impression in consequence of the
awkward circumstances surrounding them. It is
some satisfaction to remember that some thought a
little while ago that there were indications of the
Emperor NAPOLEON'S intention of going to war with
Prussia, and therefore these prognostications con-
cerning the proposed annexation of Belgium may
prove to be equally without foundation in reality.
While the mischief created by the machinations of
the Prussians is being universally witnessed in all
directions, the arch offenders themselves are pre-
paring to celebrate their triumphs, and making
arrangements for the return of the troops to
Berlin. WO have never had an instance
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modern times of a peace being concluded for
which there WM 0 little cause of ital rejoicing.

No end has been gained that can be pointed to as
benefiting mankind, and no change has taken place
that can produce great or glorious results. We see
in this parade of the Prussians but an illusion and
a mockery ; and the Treaty of Prague will in all
probability be looked upon hereafter in very much
the same light as the Gastein Convention or sem-
blance of Security when none really exists, and an
effort to exhibit tranquillity, which in itself con-
tains the germs of many future dissensions, and
bids ill for the welfare of Europe.

Tne conduct of affairs at the Radical Convention
in Philadelphia gives us a fair opportunity of judg-
ing the manners and spirit in which the extreme
party would govern the country, if their visions of
supreme power were realised. The leaders of the
party can hardly complain if we accept these pro-
ceedings as a sample of the result of their policy and
practice, since the last Convention at Philadelphia
was an entirely Radical assembly in a city which
is a party stronghold. Judging, then, from the
language held at this assembly, the vindictive-
ness, the prejudice, the intolerance manifested by
the speakers, the disunion among the partisans,which
was only kept from breaking out openly by a strong
feeling of the expediency of avoiding a rupture
before the elections, the bitterest enemies of
the United States could hardly wish them
worse than the Government of such a
party. The address which the Convention has
adopted is written in the most extravagant language,
containing fierce invectives against the PRESIDENT,
and setting forth some very remarkable dortrines of
constitutional government, as is very often the case
when men endeavour to make the worse appear the
better cause. The address, notwithstanding its
grandiloquence, contradicts itself in the most illo-
gical fashion. It demands the restoration of the
Southern States to their old relation with the Union,
as if that were not the very end to which the PRE-
SIDENT is directi2g all his efforts. It declares
the " unhappy policy of ANDREW JOHNSON to
be in its effects upon the loyal people of the South
" unjust, oppressive, and intolerable," as if those
were not the very epithets which characterise
Radical Southern policy. It proposes an unalter-
able belief in "the right of all men to decide and
control for themselves the character of the Govern-
ment under which they live," as if that were not
the right which the Radicals refused to concede to
the Southern States. However, they were so well
satisfied with their address, that Parson BROWNLOW
said be hoped " ten millions of copies would
be published in large type, big enough fcr
ANDY JOHNSON, whether drunk or sober, to
read." The most charitable construction that one
can put upon some of the speeches and actions of
the Radical leaders is that they are not the pro-
ductions of sobriety. One notorious element of
weakness in their party is the question of negro
suffrage, which would, as we have said, have broken
up the Convention but for the prevailing thought
of the elections. Americans who, in intelligence
and enlightenment, really represent the body of the
nation, can hardly fail to feel ashamed of their
countrymen, and we trust they will exert them-
selves in every possible way to prevent the adminis-
tration of their public affairs from being handed
over to such a narrow-minded and unreasoning
faction.

A very animated watch has been kept in the
good city of Liverpool for the return of the great
ship which has so successfully accomplished the all-
important undertaking of uniting the continents of
Europe and America. All the prognostications of
evil, the rumours of ill-luck, as attending BRUNEL'S
famous vessel, the doubts and fears and murmurs
respecting the recovery of the old cable and the
laying down of the new, were happily at an end, and
all that remained to be done to complete
the undertaking was to give the adventurers
a cordial and congratulating welcome on
their return home. They had, indeed, a good
right to expect this after their double success. Had
they succeeded in either undertaking—had they
laid down the new cable without recovering the old,
or brought up again the 1865 line from the depths
of the Atlantic, while failing in their endeavours to
lay its successor, they might still have come home
rejoicing, since the magic line uniting the two
worlds, and drawing in closer bonds the two great
Anglo-Saxon nations, would have been an " accom-
plished fact." As it is, however, there is no draw-
back to the general rejoicing. The voyage has
been an unchequered success. The difficulties and
obstacles which have so long stood in the way seem
to have melted as if by magic, and instead of
anxious exertion and repeated struggles against
failure, to be rewarded only with disappointment
and delay, everything went smoothly from the first.
It seemed as if the old fables of kindly fairies and
fortunate spells were realised, so completely did
the history of this year's expedition contradict the
previous records. From first to last the results ex-
ceeded the most sanguine anticipations, and when
the Great Eastern steamed into the Mersey early
yesterday morning amid cheers from all the sur-
rounding vessels it was the culmination of an un-
broken triumph. As might be supposed, the party,
after receiving the congratulations of a few favoured
visitors, hastened off to London, and no one re-
mained to receive the compliments of the Liverpool
commercial bodies but Captain ANDERSON, who has
certainly a good right to share in the congra-
tulations from his skilful management of the
great ship. However, the citizens of Liverpool
are too well pleased at the result of the
expedition to remain satisfied without some
public demonstration of their feelings, and they have
accordingly resolved upon giving a grand banquet
to the principal persons concerned in the laying of
the cable. Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE has been
invited to preside on the occasion, as President of
Trade. The co-operation of the American Chamber
of Commerce and other commercial bodies has been
secured, and there is little doubt thftt the demon-
stration will be in accordance with the warm and
general feeling of the Liverpool community, and
we may say indeed of the whole country, which
rejoices over the great work.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S.--This most popular exhibi-
tion is unquestionably very extensively patronised by tho
numerous excursionists who are daily arriving in the me-
tropolis. The spirited proprietors evidently spare neither
labour nor expense in rendering the various objects to be
seen worthy the liberal support which for many years past
a discomin,g public has extended in support of such a
colossal undertaking. The many figures of England's
monarchs and the great men of Europe will well repay a
visit to the unrivalled hall of kings in Baker-street.

A special meeting of the coune'l of the Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce was hold yesterday, Mr. C. E. haw-
lins in the chair, to consider the advisability of inviting to
a public bvnquot Captain Anderson, of the Great Eastern,
and the gentlemen connected with him in laying the At-
lantic cables. Tho chairman stated that they had commu-
nicated with Sir Stafford Northcote, the President of the
13uard of Trade, who had promised to preside at the pro-
posed banquet, if it could be arranged to take place on
Monday, the Ist October. On the motion of the chairman,
seconded by Mr. P. H. Rathbone, it was resolved that the
banquet should be fixed ;or that date, and that the general
purposes committee should be requested to carry out the
necessary arrangements. Mr. Clark said that the matter
had been most favourably received on 'Change, and several
gentlemen bad expressed to him their willingness to act as
stewards. The Secretary thou read the draft of an address
to bo presented to Captain Anderson, and it was resolved
that Captain Anderson should be communicated with to-
day, to ascertain when it would be convenient for him to
receive the adtheee on beard the Great ga4tern.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.
It would be useless to translate the opinions of
the Paris papers respecting the important circular
of the Marquis de la Valette, for they are all in
unanimous accord in considering it a noble and
gratifying document. They describe it as precise,
clear, just, and pacific. Their high estimate of
it is proved by the fact that they seem almost afraid
to detract from its value by commenting upon it
even in tones of admiration. The Journal des De-
bats makes the remark that the circular does not
treat upon all the foreign questions with which the
public mind is occupied. It is concentrated upon
the considerable changes which have just been made
in Germany and Italy, and upon the duties which
the gravity of late events imposes upon the Euro-
pean States in reference to their security and their
responsibility.
The Siecle remarks :—" The publication of the
Circular of the Marquis de la Valette coincides with
a sort of stoppage in European affairs. The treaty
which is to restore Venetia to Italy is being pre-
pared tardiy. The negotiations between Prussia
and Saxony are delayed by a violent neuralgia un-
der which M. Bismarck is labouring. This i 3 to be
the more regretted, because not only they do not
progress, but also because military supremacy and
the fortifications of the Elbe are litigious points.
" The Cabinet of Vienna negotiates at the same
time with the Hungarians. It reserves the direction
of war and finance, but in all the other Ministerial
departments it grants to Hungary a separate admi-
nistration. It wishes the Hungarian Diet to pro-
ceed to a revision of the Constitution of 1848,
and effect the modifications :required by the in-
terests of the Empire. The Imperial Government
is also ready to accept as the basis of au under-
standing the project common to each elaborated by
the Commission of the Diet. It only asks that this
project shall contain more certain guarantees of
the unity of the administration of war and finances,
and for the responsibility of Hungary in respect to
the debt of the State.
" The Hungarians on their part claim that the de-
partments of war and finance shall be also entrusted
to a Hungarian Administration. There is also a
difference respecting the choice of the persons who
are to compose the Hungarian Cabinet. M. de
Sennyen, who is pursuing the negotiations at Pesth,
in the name of the GoverLment, has just been in-
structed to use all possible efforts to arrive at a
speedy result."
A deplorable accident has happened to the omni-
bus boat the Mouche, which plies on the river
Saone. While stationed at Vaise, and when just
upon the point of starting for Lyons, the boiler
burst. There were about 40 passengers on board,
and an indescribable scene of confusion arose from
their efforts to get on shore. Some were severely
scalded and injured by the crowd. Others were
precipitated into the river and were drowned. The
boat was one of the best belonging to the company,
and it was only a fortnight ago that the boiler was
repaired. The exact number of persons injured had
not been correctly ascertained. Two of them who

were taken to the hospital have since died. A Lyons
paper states that the number of persons injured is
at least 15.
A melancholy event occurred a few nights ago at
the Opera Comique. A gentleman and his wife oc-
.

cupied a box in the second gallery, but the lady was
hardly seated when she complained of being very ill.
The husband took her into the passage in the hope
that fresh air would restore her. Madame L., how-
ever, was worse, and became insensible. She was

conveyed to a police station, where everything was
done which medical skill could devise, but in a very
few minutes she was dead. M. L. states that his
wife was perfectly well all day.
The Andalusian line of railway which places Cor-
dova in speedy communication with Madrid has just
been inaugurated. A train of honour from Madrid
to Cordova conveyed the Minister's, M. de Poisat,
the director of the company, and several notables of
the capital. The line is now opened for public
traffic.

The subject of the earthquake has occupied the
Academy of Science. M. Chevreuil read a great
many letters containing particulars of the earth-
quake.M.
de Berigny, of Versailles, a scientific
man of some note, who has closely investigated all
tho accounts of the phenomena, says it was the fur-
niture, and particularly the beds facing the east,
which were the more easily made to move from
west to east, and also the bells in the same direc-
tion. The persons who live in the upper storeys
felt the shock more than those who inhabit the
lower ones, and persons on the ground floor hardly
felt the shock at all.

Among the objects which excited special atten
tion at the recent Exhibition at Toledo was a corn

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The famous cannon, the Griffon, has just been
brought from Metz and placed in the Artillery
Museum in the Place St. Thomas d'Aquin. By the by
this is an exceedingly interestin g exhibition. This can-
non was captured during the campaigns in Germany at
Ehrenbreitstein on the 28th of January, 1799, by
armies of the Republic, and was then sent to Metz
Co the arsenal. It has an inscription in German, of
which this is a translation_ I am called the
Griffon. I serve my gracious Lord of Treves.

Where I am ordered to act by force, I knack down
doors and walls. Simon cast me in 1528." In

France the name of Dauphin was given to this can-
non, because it has dolphins artistically sculptured
upon it. The Dauphin projected balls weighing
1501bs. Some specimens of this and other calibres
are to be seen with it. It is upwards of four
metres and a half long• in these times of "wars

and rumours of wars" the Dauphin is an interesting
object.
Preparations have been commenced in that curious
edifice the Hotel Carnavalet, purchased by the City
of Paris for the Paris Historical Museum. The
museum will comprise maps and plans of old Paris,
plans in relief of old monuments which have disap-
peared, drawings and paintings of monuments, plans
of works executed from age to age, books which
treat of the history of Paris, coins, medals, and

curiosities found in the bed of the Seine, statues in
marble, and other works in bronze and iron. There

will also be many interesting articles executed in
modern times, such as geological and subterranean

maps, plans of cataracts, models of sewers and

various subterranean works, artesian wells, and the

squares and woods in the vicinity of Paris. The
tools used for the perforation of artesian wells will

also be exhibited.

The weather has continued fine to-day.
The Court of Cassation has just decided that if
a landlord refuses to makes repairs necessary to

render a house inhabitable, the refusal renders a

.ease null and void.

THE WELSH MEMORIAL TO THE PRINCE CON-
SORT.—In August, last year, we reported the pro-
ceedings attendant upon the inauguration at Tenby, South
Wales, of a marble statue erected at that beautifal water-
ing-place to the memory of the Prince Consort, the cere-
mony of inauguration being performed by his Royal High-
ness Prince Arthur. The accountsaro now closed, and an
interesting history of the memorial has just been published
by Mason, of Tenby, clpies of which have been presented
to and graciously acknowledged by her Majesty and Prince
Arthur. The list of subscribers to the memorial occupies
several pages, and it appears that the total number isabout
16,500. The Rer. J. H. Phillips, of Picton Castle, gave
the site, valued at 4100, and the money list is headed by
Mr. G. White, mayor of Tenby, with a donation of £2lO.
THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.—According to a state-
ment in a work entitled " Six Months in the White House
with Abraham Lincoln," by Mr. Carpenter—an artist who
remained in the White House while painting au historical
picture of the President reading his Proclamation of Eman-
cipation to his Cabinet—it would seem that Mr. Bright's
Adullam" illustration was originally used by Mr. Lincoln.
When the dissatisfied anti-slavery men nominated Mr.
Fremont for the Presidency, and a number of others who
had personal reasons for opposing the re-nomination of
Mr. Lincoln, the late President, in the course of a conver-
sation with Colonel Denning,
turned over the leaves of a
Bible which had just been given him by the negroes of
Baltimore, and read in his peculiar, slow, waggish tone,
"And every one that was in distress, and every one that
was in debt, au'd every one that was discontented, gathered
themselves unto him, and he became a captain over them,
and there were with hint about jOO men."—Pall Mall
zette.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TURKEY AND CANDIA.
ATHENS, Sept. 15.
(Delayed in transmission

The British Legation at Athens has given a denial
in the Greek papers to the statement that England
had advised Turkey to cede Candia to Greece.

DENMARK,

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 19

Admiral Mirkum has been appointed Minister of
Marine. The departure of the Princess Dagmar for
St. Petersburg has been fixed for Saturday next.
A Russo-Danish squadron will accompany the
Princess.

It is rumoured that notes from the French and
Russian Governments have been delivered in Berlin
and Copenhagen in reference to the question of
Northern Schleswig.