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R. LA'MERT on NERVOUS and PHYSICAL
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CONTENTS.
Section I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs.
Section IL—Puberty—Manhood—The Morale of Generative
Physiolof,7— True and False Morality.
Section lll.—Marriage in its Social and Physical Relations—
H appy and Unhappy Unions —How to secure Healthy Off-
spring,.
Section IV.—Touthful Abuse—The Secret Cause of Nervous
Debility, Impotence in Man, and Sterility in Man and
Woman.
Section V.—Spermatorrhcea, or Chronic Impotence: its nig-
tory, Canses, and Moral Consequences—The Sterility of
Age.
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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
TS :on the Physiological
Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs.
CHAPTER 11.--Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence;
3,:arly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect.
CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications
of Marriage ; whether resulting from Yonthful Abuse, the
Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.
CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of
Gonorrhoea and Syphilis.
The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting
aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive
Lotion.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STOCKTON RACES—TUESDAY, Sept. 3.

The County Palatine Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added;
2-yr-olds, 6st; three, 7st 111 b; four, Bst 81b; five and
upwards, Bst 121 b; certain penalties and allowances.
Seven furlongs.
Flytrap, 2 yrs, Est (Carroll) 1
Retento, 2 yrs, Est llb
Temptation, 2 yrs, list 71b (Whiteley) 3
Goldseeker, 3 yrs, 7st 41b . (Challoner) 4
Hubert, 2 yrs, Est (Harvey) 5
Squirt, 2 yrs, sst 91b (Buck) 6
Fairy Seat, 2 yrs, Est
Betting-5 to 2 agst Temptation, 3to 1 agst Flytrap, 4to
1 agst Retento, 6to 1 agst Hubert. Won easily by a length ;
same between second and third ; a bad fourth.
The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, for all ages;
winners extra; half a mile straight run in.

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minute to be embodied in Rules, will be found in the shape
of Observations, in which the pupil may be questioned, orally
or on paper, by his tutor.

Miss Pennell, 2 yrs, sst 101 b - (Whiteley) 1
Brassey, 4 yrs, Bst (L. Snowden) 2
Rose of Raby, 2 yrs, sst 91b (Noble) 3
The following also ran :—Tom King, Longshot, Hare-
foot, Dubious, Fast Runner, Whitendale, Nectar, and
Moulvie.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Brassey, sto 1 agst Tom King, 6to
1 agst Dubious and Longshot, 7 to 1 each agst Harefoot
and Miss Pennell. Won cleverly by a neck ; half a length
between second and third.
The Stockton Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sous in specie;
winners extra ; the winner to pay 20 soya towards ex-
penses, and the owner of the second to receive 20 sovs.
Two miles. 62 subs.
Mr. Hudson's Lady Trespass, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Challoner) 1
Lord Lincoln's Avalanche, 4 yrs, Bst 3lb .. (L. Snowdon 2
Mr. Hargreave's Herne, 6 yrs, 6st Mb.... (Buck 3
Mr. Jackson's Syringe, 4 yrs, Est 91b (Hibburd) 4
Mr. Barber's Prince of Denmark, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b
Snowden) 5
Mr. J. Gilby's Millionaire, 4 yrs, 7st llb (J.
(Calvert) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst Lady Trespass, sto 2 agst Ava-
lanche, 4 to 8 agst Millionaire, 5 to 1 agst Prince of Den-
mark. The latter led to the top turn, where Herne and
Millionaire headed him—the two heavy weights last.
The leading pair maintained their position to the distance,
where Lady Trespass and Avalanche ran through their
horses, the former winning by half a length; a bad third;
the others beaten off.

The Cleveland Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; for 2-
yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; geldings, Bst 71b ; penalties and
allowances. T.Y.C., from the Red Post.
Mr. J. Osborne's Zetland Bst 131 b (Osborne) 1
Mr. Jackson's Neptunus, 9st 31b (Bullock) 2
Mr. Gordon's Johnny Armstrong, Bst 131 b (Armstrong) 3
Mr. Watt's Birthday filly, Bst 71b (Calvert) 4
The following also ran :—Lady Dundas, Scandal, and
Humming Bird.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Johnny Armstrong, 3to 1 agst Nep-
tunus, 9to 2 agst Zetland, 5 to 1 agst Humming Bird. Won
easily by a length ; two lengths between the second and
third ; a bad fourth.

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The Harry Fowler Stakes of 70 sovs, added to a handicap
sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for all ages; winners extra;
the winner to pay 15 sovs towards expenses, and thesecond
to receive 15 sovs out of the stakes. From the red post,
T.Y C. 24 subs.
Mr. W. C. Harland's Maid of the Mist, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b _

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With Practical Remarks on Spermatorrhma, Seminal
Weakness, and Nervous Debility, Impotence. Barrenness,
Sterllity,und all other Disorders of the Generative Organisa-
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'(Charlton) 1
Mr. G. S. Thompson's Eidolon, 4 yrs, Bst .. (Thompson) 2
Mr. C. Peck's Bernice, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Robertson) 3
The following also ran :—Cramond, Longshot, The Little
Captain, Sacerdos, Princess Maud, Tattoo, and Lancelin.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Maid of the Mist, 7to 2 agst Cra-
mond, 4 to 1 agst Tattoo, 6 to 1 agst Sacerdos, 7to 1 agst
Bernice. Maid of the Migit lay in front all the way, and won
easily by a length. Bernice was a bad third, on sufferance
from Cramond, who stopped when beaten.

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The South Stockton Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25
sovs added, for all ages ; 2-yr-olds, 7st 31b ; three, 9st llb;
four, lOst ; five, lOst 31b; six and aged, lOst 51b ; selling
allowances. T.Y.C.
Erica, 2 yrs, 7st 41b .. (Doyle) 1
Birdlime, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Howey) 2
Dick Swiveller, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Heslop) 3
Fife, 2 yrs, sst 10lb (Buck) 4
Frostbit, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Challoner) 5
Batting-5 to 4 agst Erica, and 6to 1 agst Dick Swivel-
ler. Won easily by a length ; half a length between second
and third. The winner was sold for 50 guineas.
The Second Year of the Fourth Zetland Biennial Stakes of
10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, &c. One mile and a
half. 57 subs.
Mr. T. Parr's Kildonan, 9st (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. H. H. O'Hara's Ivanhoff, Bst 91b (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. Cookson na Tattoo, Bst llb (Doyle) 3
Mr. W. I'Anson's Caller Ou, Bst 111 b (Bullock) 4
Sir C. Monck's Gardener, Bst 101 b (Challoner) 5
Col. Towneley's Yorkminster, 9st (J. Snowden) 6
Mr. J. Osborne's Lopentcher, Bst 91b (J. Osborne) 7
Mr. F. Boll's Hirundo, Bst 21b1 (Calvert) 8

Betting-7 to 4 agst Ivanhoff, 2to 1 agst Kildonan, '5 to
1 each agst Gardener and Caller Ou. Tattoo led to the dis-
tance, where Kildonan and Ivanhoff took close order, and
at the half-distance, Mr. Parr's horse had a slight lead, and
appeared to have the race in hand ; but opposite the Stand,
lvanhoff challenged, and, after a splendid race, Kildonan
won by a short head ; a bad third; the fourth and fifth
close up ; Lopcatcher and Hirundo beaten off. After the
race, 8 to 1 was taken freely about Kildonan for the Leger.

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THE SUN, LONDON, WED.NESDAY EVENING, SEPTEIVILIER 4, 1861.

ft, with 5o added, for two-yr-oldi; T.Y.C. ; straight
course.
Captain Lane's Breechloader, 7st slb (Roper) 1
Mr. Swindler's Cutler, 7st 11Ib (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. C. Rayner's Anxiety f, Bst 21b
Mr. R. Stephenson's Peneus, 7st 9lb
Baron Rothschild's Molly f, 84 21b (Ilayhoe) 5
Mr. Fleming's Eannie c, 7st 71b (E. S. Mann) 6
Mr. Richardson's Pinkepoe, 7st Illb
Mr. G. Mather's Baylock, 7st 71b (Martin) 8
Alba (late Volta) and Wolsey also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Peneus, .5 to 2 apt Breechloader, 3
to 1 agst Cutler. Won by two lengths ; same cistance be-
tween second and third.

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ihdcleaolssldsnteeosiserve your confidence if I permitted my sym-
pathies with a revolution which has terminated in
driving the Bourbons from the country to dissuade
me from telling the whole truth. Though the gene-
ral policy of the Government has been mild in the
extreme, still I fear that its agents, under the influ-
ence of great irritation, have committed many acts
which will not read well in the future history of
the country. The most recent " act of justice," the
counter-massacre in Pontelandolfo, was one at which
humanity shudders. What the precise number of
those destroyed was I do not know, but this I know
that the report presented to General Cialdini was,
"that not one of those who remained in the town
was spared." There were women and children pro-
bably, as well as men, but all were indiscriminately
burnt or slaughtered. I believe that the Bersa-
glieri had no intention at first of destroying on so
large a scale, but the bloody spectacle of the body
of the captain of the company who had been mur-
dered infuriated them. So much and no more can
be said in palliation of an act of ferocity the cha-
racter of which will net be changed by its being
called an act of justice. I have heard, too, of other
military executions for which even so much cannot
be said. On one occasion, lam told, Gen. Pinelli
shot 48 of his prisoners in cold blood after the battle.
One of them, who had been the prisoner of the Re-
actionists, appealed against the order, and in his
agony loudly called out to be heard, but the com-
manding officer, turning his back upon him, was
inexorable. The same informant states that on
another occasion 300 persons were burnt in a wood
near Potenza. Now I cannot vouch these facts ;
in a court of justice I could not swear to them,
but they are reported to me by one who is as well
informed as any man in Naples, who was long a
sufferer in prison under the late dynasty, whose
sympathies are strongly with the cause of an united
Italy, and who closed his report by saying " the
Bourbons committed great cruelties, but we must
be silent." In short, my impression is that the
sacrifice of human life has been much greater than
the world has any idea of, and I do not speak of
those who have fallen in the field, but of those who
have been made away with by a rough and sum-
mary kind of justice. As the mildest natures when
irritated sometimes become the most ferocious, so
has it been the case with those who have been en-
gaged in putting down the Reactionists. Compara-
tively mild and forbearing at first, they have warmed
in their work, until, if the true statistics could
be found, a very long list of sufferers could be pre-
sented. You will remember that I reported to you
the observation of a Piedmontese officer, anxious
to prove that they were acting with energy, that
`'many more than those of whom the world ever
heard were shot." I fully believe it, and for
every man who falls in this way ten enemies
are raised up to the Government. If I were a
blind partisan of the great and good Italian
cause, I should not :write in this way, but my
duty is to chronicle :the truth, whether as re-
gards facts or impressions, and I think much has
taken place in these latter days which will not bear
examination, and which will be a stain on the history
of the Italian revolution. This, of course, does not
palliate the brutal ferocities of the Reactionists. I
admit them all, and the dreadful provocations
which have been given to the civil and military
authorities, but a good cause must be stained as
little as possible with blood. " Every man," as
General Bcott is reported to have said, "unneces-
sarily sacrificed is a murdered man," and will
raise up many avengers in the excitable South.
You will say, perhaps, that the statements which I
now give you are somewhat in opposition to those
of former letters, but really they are not so. The
policy of Government has been tolerant even to
a fault ; up to a certain time, too, the action o
military power was weak, but the barbarities o

The Tradesmen's Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, fu' three-yr-
olds and upwards; one mile and a guar:a.
Mr. Barne's Oberon, 3 yrs, 7st 71b „. • (Gunn) 1
Mr. Land's Cheesecake. 4 yrs' 7st 21b (Clements) 2
Mr. Worth's Solferino, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (H. Bradley) 3
Lord Stamford's Gavazzi, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .(Roper) 4
Mr. J. Nightingall's Catherine, 5 yrs, Bst llb
(Nightingall) 5
Betting-6 to 4on Solferino, sto 2 agst ()Won, and 5
to 1 agst Cheesecake. Won by three-quarters of a length ;
a length between the second and third.
The other races did not fill.

DEVON AND EXETER MEETING.
TUESDAY.
The Haldon Plate of 100 says for all ages. Half a mile.
Mr. Saxon's Penalty, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb 'Midgley) 1
Mr. Sadler's The Gift, 5 yrs, Est 12Ib .. (Sadler) 2
Mr. Starky's Nativity, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Reeves) 3
The following also ran :-LibellerO'raetietts, Taltaer-
ston, Grenadier, Hypocrite, and Commander.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Libellous, 3to 1 agst Fractious, and
sto 1 agst Commander. Won by a neck ; three lengths
between the second and third.

The Rougement Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; 3-
yr-olds, 9st 111 b; four, list 41b ; five, list 111 b; gix and
aged, 12st. One mile and a half.
Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 3 yrs.. (Mr. Edwards) 1
Mr. Starky's Brownie, 3 years (Enock) 2
Captain Perry's Watersprite, 4 yrs (Donaldson) 3
Betting-2 to 1 on Brownie, and 2 to 1 agst Vinegar
Hill. Won by a short head ; a bad third.
The Devonshire Stakes of 20 sovs each, with 200 added.

the Bourbonites have awakened the demon, and if
I write as I now do it is to induce greater caution,
and to put a stop to excesses which, however
characteristic they may be of the savage enemy,
are a disgrace to an army of gallant soldiers
fighting for fraternity and unity. And now for
my report of the " state of the country," as it is
called, and I fear that my view of it is justified by
facts. There is no real improvement. The very
multitude of the events renders it impossible for me
to enumerate them. We hear officially of incen-
diary fires in the province of Aquila, and others
again near Castellamare, of the invasion of Mer-

cogliano, and the disarming of the National Guard
and the opening of the prison; of several places in
Campobasso being attacked ; of an attack on
Guardia Reggia, near Isernia, and the burning of
the archives ; as also en St. Egidio, in the province
of Salerno, where the National Guards were com-

polled to give up their arms. At Pollena, not very
distant from Naples, the Reactionists attacked a
rich proprietor, and demanded money, but not re-
ceiving it they murdered him immediately, his wife
and servants escaping as by miracle. An engage-
ment took place at about a mile distance from Mad-

daloni the other evening between the National
Guards, the troops, and the Reactionists, in which
five of the latter and their chief were killed. The
impression would be that " the band was dis-

persed," but a Light or two after four companies
and a battery were despatched to Caserta, where a
considerable body of the enemy was concentrated,
and a sharp engagement is expected. The autho-

rities, of course, endeavour to make light of these

ev€nts, and say that, if it were not for this and not

for that, " the brigandage would be put down in a
fortnight ;" but it is not put down, and the end is

yet far distant, because the causes which led to i

still exist. A conspiracy was lately discovered on
board the Independents, which had been appointed
to take 427 disbanded "brigand" soldiers from Bari

to Ancona. These men had succeeded in corrupting
a part of the crew, and, having learned that there

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were 2,000 muskets and a quantity of ammuni•
tion on board, had arranged to assault the Com

wander, and carry the vessel into Trieste. The

plot was, fortunately, discovered in time, the

ringleaders were severely punished, and the sol-
diers sent off to their destination. I still hold

to my opinion that if this country is to become
a part of an united Italy it must be held as a
conquest, and my reasons for thinking so become

stronger every dity. The army, which from the ♦ery
elements of which it is composed and the recent-
ness of our political changes is looked upon more as
Piedmontese than national, has been compelled to

take such a hostile position as to render a voluntary
fusion impossible. In the provinces—let it be dis-
guised as much as you choose—there is great irrita-
tion, and 50,000 or 60,000 disbanded soldiers have
all their relatives, and so have those who have
fallen the victims of their own crimes and of the
impetuosity, in many cases just impetuosity, of the
soldiery. Were it possible, therefore, it would be
desirable to increase the regular force, putting little
dependence on such aid as Southern Italy itself can
furnish. The Government has been much re-
proached for not having armed the National Guard,
and I think with reason, but it should have done
so earlier, before the Reactionary element had be.
come so strong. At present it might admit of a
doubt whether the arming the detached bodies of
peasantry called National Guards spread among the
small communes would not be equivalent to the
establishment of so many depots of arms for the
service of the Reactionists. Arms are always sought
for, and it takes nothing, as we know from expe-
rience, to make a descent upon a station and disarm
the timid and undisciplined Johnny Raws.
We have now anchored off Castellamare her
Britannic Majesty's ships Marlborough, Exmouth,

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London, James Watt, Neptune, Victor Emmanuel,
and Doris. As they came up they anchored off
this port, but went over on the following morning
to Castellamare. The entire fleet is now on the
point of leaving on a week's cruise on the West
coast of Italy.

AUSTRIA AND lIUNGARY.

A letter from Vienna, dated August 31, says :
The topic of the day is the speech of the Minister
of State in yesterday afternoon's sitting of the
Chamber of Deputies. It is considered of decided
importance, and has had the greater effect that M.
con Schmerling was not expected to speak on this
occasion. The Government papeKs are of course
enraptured by it, and declare it to be the greatest
speech that has yet been made in that Chamber.
Without inquiring whether this be or be not ex-
aggerated laudation, we may admit that the speech
was important in its substance, as comprising the
Ministerial programme and- the distinct pledge of
Government to a constitutional policy, and also in
its effect, as consolidating the German party in the
Chamber, united fractions, and smoothing away
small differences. M. von Schmerling began by
saying that the Government would have desired not
to prolong a discussion which had already lasted
three full days, Nit that the importance of the
question and the repeated attacks made upon the
Ministry compelled him to rise. He defended the
form (that, namely, of a message from the Crown)
in which the communication of the acts of the Go-
vernment with respect to Hungary had been made
to the Diet, declaring it to be conformable with the
usages of all constitutional countries. The Emperor,
he said, is the holder of the executive power, which
he exercises without restriction, availing himself of
the advice of his responsible Ministers. (This decla-
ration of Ministerial responsibility was received
with cheers by the Left and Centre of the House.)
The Ministers had to deliberate what circumstances
rendered it necessary to dissolve the Hungarian
Diet. Their deliberations, however, could result
only in advice. To be Effective their views must
become the personal views of the Emperor. Not the
Ministry, then, but his Majesty had decided upon
the dissolution of the Diet, according to the advice
and judgment of his Ministers, and when he had
become personally convinced of the importance of
such a step. While establishing the Emperor's
position as chief of the Executive the Government
in no way declined the responsibility of the advice
they had given. "I frankly declare," said M. von
Schmerling, "that the whole Ministry accepts the
full responsibility of the advice which it gave to
his Majesty in this weighty and complicated
affair." (Bravo.) If it was reproached to the
Government that it shielded itself for its acts
behind the person of the Sovereign, the same
bucklEr was practically availed of by the Opposi-
tion in the very decided blame they had so plainly
expressed, thereby implying that the Sovereign
was personally unassailable and the Ministers re-
sponsible for all measures. It had been reproached
to the Government that the object of the Message
was to extort a vote of confidence. " Gentlemen, if
we succeed in obtaining a vote of confidence we shall
be proud of it. (' Bravo !' from Left and Centre.)
We know that, under a constitutional regime, the
country's welfare is to be found only in agreement
between the legislative power and the Government."
He and his colleagues would ever attach the greatest
importance to the reconciliation of their views with
those of Parliament. But it was nbt only on that
account that the recent communication had been
made to the Reichsrath. He considered it indispen-
sable that a measure such g s had been taken with re-
spect to the Hungarian Diet should be communicated
to the highest political body in Austria. The most
important reason for so doing was that the Hunga-
rian Diet had been called together to elect deputies
to the Reichsrath in conformity with the Constitu-
tution. To do this it had been not only invited, but
summoned. The House must be officially informed
the summons had not been complied with by the Diet,
whose absolute rejection of the Constitution it was
that had chiefly moved his Majesty to dissolve it.
On these grounds had the communication been made
to the House, and if in the course of the debate the
question had come to be made one of confidence or
want of confidence in the Ministry, he (M. von
Schmerling) solemnly declared, for himself and his
colleagues, that this had been by no means projected
by them.
Few of M. von Schmerling's statements will meet

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acceptance in Hungary. With respect to the refu-
sal of that country to send members to the Reichs-
rath, he said that although in former days there was
was a difference in the form of Government between
Hungary and the provinces not belonging to the
Hungarian Crown, that afforded no sufficient rea-
son for refusing to take share in the deliberations
at Vienna. As long as Hungary had her free Con-
stitution while the other dominions were absolutely
governed, he could understand her keeping aloof,
but now circumstances were completely altered, and
the same forms of Government which Hungary
had for three centuries possessed were now, by
his Majesty's grace, extended to all the realms
and races under his sceptre. The Hudgarians
will hardly admit this ; but it is unnecessary
here to renew a discussion in which agreement is
hopeless, and probably M. von Sehmerling thought
so too, for he did not dwell much upon the often
debated question which has lately been at such
great length exposed in addresses and rescripts.
He applied himself to prove that Hungary had by
no means reason to complain of Austria's conduct to
her during the 12 years that followed her subjuga-
tion in 1849. He disputed the reality of the suffer-
ings alleged in the Hungarian Diet, and also in the
speeches of that section of the Reichsrath which
sympathises with her. He and his colleagues were
not called upon to repel such imputations, because
they were rot in power at the period to which they
referred, but regard to truth and justice made him
feel it his duty to combat attacks unjustly directed
against a fallen system. He could not, he said,

and peasant classes in Hungary would show them-,
selves disposed to give an unmistakable vote of con-
fidence in the late Austrian Government. In pre-
sencc tr all the ftcts thaf he had jut recapitulated
to the Chancellor he could not uhdi rstand the obsti-
nate refusal on the part of the Diet to accept the
Constitution and send deputies to the Reichsrath,
and he must confess that he had come to the con-
viction that it was attributable solely to that stub-
born spirit of contradiction which, side by side with
many excellent qualities, was peculiar to the Hun-
garian people, and which for centuries had been
recognised by every successive Government; mea-
sures emanating from the Government bad invari-
ably met with the most decided opposition. But
the Ministry hoped, by perseverance, to overcome
this; it hoped that the Hungarians would end by
becoming enlightened as to the utility of the pro-
posed institutions, and that thus the constitutional
question would at last be happily settled. He per-
sisted the more in this view because all the means
for arriving at an understanding proposed on a pre-

vious day by two eloquent members of the Chain.
her appeared to him impracticable. Dr. Stnolka
had proposed to replace Hungary on the footing
of 184 S, to complete the Diet, and then to wait
and see what share of its constitutional proro-
gative it would voluntarily sacrifice to the cen-
tral Government. Amid the laughter of the
Chamber M. von Schmerling declared that he
thought it hazardous to try this means of set-
tling the matter. Possession was a good thing,
and people did not, generally, voluntarily give
up a house if they were able to maintain them-
selves in it, nor did a General abandon an advan-
tageous position for the chance of having to take
it by storm the next day, perhaps at the price of
10,000 corpses. He would do, better to hold his
position, and wait till he wag attacked and driven'
out. That was the point of view of the Austrian
Government, which would stand upon the Consti-
tution, and not voluntarily abandon its ground, in
order perhaps to receive from Hungaiy, by way of
concession and as a gift, a part of the prerogative
referred to. This expressed determination was
much applauded and approved by the Left and
Centre of the Chamber. As one of the most inte-
resting and important passages of the speech, I
will translate, without abridgment, M. von.
Schmerling's closing sentences :

sufficiently lay stress upon the attachment of him-
self and colleagues to the constitutional form of
Government—an attachment arising from inner-
most conviction. He thought he might claim for
himself the right to have it acknowledged that his
whole political life served as proof of the truth and
sincerity of this conviction. This earnestly-made
declaration of determined adherence to the Consti-
tution was received with much cheering by the Loft
and Centre of the Chamber. While preferring Con-
stitutional Govon.c.li, M. von Schmerling con-
tinued, and while insisting on its necessity in
Austria, he, nevertheless, must admit that it was
possible for a country to be well governed in the
absolute form. And he cited examples of what he
believed to have been good absolute Governments.
In Austria there had been many good ones. Under
absolute rule, he maintained, Hungary had greatly
benefited. He contrasted the state of the country
when, after the catastrophes of Temesvar, Komorn,
and Vilagos, it fell into the hands of Austria, with
its state when, on the 20th of October last year, a
great portion of the functionaries who had adminis-
tered it left their posts in accordance with the change

of system. If Hungary, which had for centuries en-
joyed a Constitution, had felt unhappy at its loss,

on the other hand, he insisted, the country had, in
a material point of view, greatly gained under
the despotic regimen. He went into considerable

"A second means which has been recommended to ns is
to give up this constitution and grant another in its stead.
(Laughter.) Gentlemen, from various parts of this house

detail to show what the benefits received had been

it has been repeatedly shown that Austria came, so to say,
to the brink of ruin exactly by reason of continual political
experiments. Another such experiment is nowrecommended
to us, and I regret for myself and my colleagues that we
must entirely decline trying it, the more so as we are in no
way insured that by its adoption we should attain the end
proposed. For I believe tint, in the temper shown by the
Hungarian Diet up to the present time, any-constitution
would be rejected which included a House of Representa-
tives in common. And the cardinal point around which re-
volves the question between Austria and Hungary is pre-
cisely that of a common representation. So long therefore
as we do not receive a positive and formal proposition (and
we should gratefully receive such a one, no matter whence),
showing in what way is to be modified the constitution to
which such great hostility is manifested, how this repre-
sentative assembly is to be organised, wherein the compe-
tency of the corporate bodies is to exist, how the Parlia-
ment is to be put together, and how its competency is to be
expressed; and if it be not shown to us, in connection,
therewith, how justice is to be organised and the vit-
ministration established, so long, gentlemen, as we do
not get this laid before us in a precise and accurate
form, so long must you forgive us if we cherish, for
the child of our cre ition, a comprehensible affection, and if
we are indisposed to exchange it for any other which may
be promised to us as possible. (Cheers.) Finally, gentle-
men, I believe I may candidly express the views of the Go-
vernment, and declare that it stands firmly by the consti-
tution, that it does not allow itself to be in the least distracted.
from so doing because a part of the inhabitants of Austria
have not yet accepted that constitution, and that it appeals.
from the ill-advised people to those who are better informed,
tranquilly awaiting the moment when, into the hearts of
all dwellers in Austria the conviction shall have forced its
way that, under an upright constitutional system there is
room enough in the Austrian Parliament for all the races
and all the peoples of the Empire. That, gentlemen, is the
political confession of faith which I, for myself and my col-
leagues, plainly lay before you."

—instancing chiefly the improved administration of
justice, progress of education, and carrying out of
public works, the making of roads, and the reclaim-
ing of lands. After reviewing all these matters,
with the object of proving that the Austrian Go-
vernment, while ruling despotically, had not
governed badly or disregarded the interests and
happiness of the Hungarian nation, he expressed
his belief that the time was not far off when those

millions of industrious and laborious people who

knew how to prize the value of labour, the burgher

The speech, of which the above is an imperfect
sketch, has decidedly made a great impression here.
The Minister's distinct and unmistakeable declara-
tion of firm adherence to the constitutional system
has removed some vague doubts and conciliated
persons who before were hardly to be relied upon
as steady and constant supporters of the present
Cabinet. As an orator M. von Schneerling is con-
sidered to have yesterday surpassed himself. His
accomplishments in that respect are not generally
remarkable, but yesterday he spoke with unwonted.
fluency and fire. Of course he looks at everything
from the Austrian point of view, just as Dr. Sir.olka,
on the first day of the debate, entirely adoptrA the
views of Hungary. Vienna and Pesth are but half
A day's journey apart, but a Norwegian winter and
a Neapolitan summer hardly present a greater con-
trast than is to be found between the political
atmospheres of the Austrian and Hungarian
capitals.

According to the Ost Drutsche Post Count :For-
gull has requested to be relieved from his pest of
Hungarian Chancellor, and to return to tEat of
Governor of Bohemia, which has not been fitted up
since he vacated it.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 4, Is6l.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE•
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