The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-06
EUROPE
The Hungarians mails reached New York on
Tuesday morning, bringing London and Liverpool

The Hungarian's mails reached New York on
Tuesday morning, bringing London and Liverpool
papers of the 21st.
THE VERDICT IN THE GREAT EASTERN
EXPLOSION.
The Manchester Guardian, of September 81,
says:
The inquest on the bodies of the men who were
killed by the explosion board the Great Eastern
was brought to close on the night of the 10TH the
verdict being to the effect that the disaster bad been
caused by the closing of the fatal tap, but that
there no evidence to show by whom the tap
mad been shut off. The jury condemned the use of
such contrivances this stopcock and they certain
~ have the evidence of Mr. Galloway, OF the Board
OF Trade, in support of their deliberate opinion
add that the engineers had not used proper
caution In attending to the ships machinery; out
here, of course rises the serious difficulty 'Who
are the engineers in question: Mr.. Scott Russell
states thathe and his foreman, Mr.. Dickson were
on board simply as amateurs, while Captain Harri-
son declares IN very emphatic manner, "If
had been informed that Mr.. Russell was merely
volunteer, lending his assistance, for the benefit
OF the company, would not have allowed him, or
any other person excepting my own officers, to
cupy the position he did, Captain Harrison
states most positively that Mr.. Russell was in
charge, and for this very good reason that his
tract with the company had not been completed.
MT. russell, on the other hand, holds that he had
nlshed his contract, but believe that this point
is hkely t. be decided by legal tribunal Sever
al gentlemen who were on board the ship when
the explosion occurred, have written to the Lon
don papers expressing their confident opinion that
the engines were under the direction of Mr.. Rus
sul, they observed that he was person who super
intended everything, and who issued the necessary
orders. One gentleman writes to the Times, E1
could give conclusive proof that Mr.. Scott Rus
sell mad the sole regulation of his engines, if
ei at liberty to repeatan observation made to him
by an engineer of highest standing"
A French NAVAL OFFIcER's OPINIoN OF THE GREAT
- phn orr 70 ho
distinguished naval officer, pre-eminent for his nau-
Qcal knowledge and experience, bears testimony,
IN letter published in Wednesdays Monitenr. to
the enormous strength and indubitable safety of
the Great Eastern, and to her victory over the
ocean. With regard to the first point, the French
naval oilcer says: "Nevertheess, it may be said
that the destruction of the forward funnel of the
Great Eastern might have happened to the smallest
steamer, and would probably have occasioned its
total destruction, because it would not have pre-
sented the mass and sodity of the great ship while
the accident in question in wise compromises the
future of this last" With respect to the second
point, the same authority says: 1.-The little swell
whiie going against strong head wind, and a
heavy sea on, proved that the nautical problem has
been sotced, the italics are his own) IF there be
be any doubts, they can only be as to her rolling
because she experienced no slanting heavy seas
and the vessel too light to be considered in her
normal position
But when, with the wind right ahead she oscilla-
ted up and down hardly quarter of degree
While the neighborng vessels plunged into the
waves, and her sharp bows threw up less spray
than BOAT, one feels convinced that no sea can
stop her; that she will cut through the waves with
100 great iorce and facility for them to retard her
progress, or 1or them even to produce that pitch
ing which is so inconvenient to passengers Con-
tFarlwlse TO so many ships of rounded lines which
the sea tosses and retards more than does the wind
the Great Eastern meets with no impediment from
the waves. She cuts them too easily to feel their
rapld mouon; the wind appears the only obstacle
"hlcn nature can present; and all who are ac-
qualnted with navigation know how slight its ac-
ton IS IN comparison with the action of the waves
ihus the trial which has just been made proves that
Chls glgantlc mass will always overpower the sea-
and that she will not even feel the effects thereof
except when the waves strike her SIDEWAYS But
Inen again. the weight OF the vessel and her length
Will diminish her motion, as was proved during the
voyage, when, from the breaking of some part of
her steering gear, she was thrown into a position
to present her broadside to the sea-"
THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN FRANCE.
The French Minister of the Interior has lust ad-
dressed 10 the Projects circular, in which occur
the following paragraphs
"Ine Emperor's government is not afraid of the
ar discussion of its acts it is strong enough to fear
no attack. Its basis is too wide, its policy is too
national, its administration too pure for falsehood
and calumny to take away ANYTHING of its moral
power. But if it is protected by its pcontestabIa
orce even against the abuses of liberty there are
Considerations, independent Of any ear and derived
solely from the public interest that oblige it not to
'enounce those legal weapons which, in a great
country ike France, and under regime that is the
most complete expression of the national will are
securities and not restrictions
Inc right OF displaying and publishing their
opinions, which belongs to all Frenchmen is a con-
quest OF 1883, which cannot be taken away from a
people so enlightened that of France: but this
'ight must not be confounded with the exercise of
he liberty OF the press by means of periodical Jour
lals. Jul
81 will add that in the matter of administrative
urlsulctlOn over the press, due measure is espe-
claliy necessary; and | cannot dwell too much upon
this point. Because it is the will and the duty of
government not to let the principle of its authority
be weakened in its hands, it cannot therefore bring
to bear upo liberty of discussion anv restrictions
except those which are enoined by respect for the
and by the interests of order public
morality and religion
Journals are collective agencies organised with
N the state, and they have, under every regime
oeen subjected to special regulations The State
has then its rights and its duties as to exceptiona
measures OF precaution and surveillance for Jour
1als, and when it reserves to itself the power of
arectiy repressing their excesses by administra-
i've lnterpoSltIon, 1t does not restrict liberty of
Ihought, but only y employs method of PROTECTING
the interests of society. The employment of this
method OF protection, which incontestably belonos
70 It, Implies spirit of great JUSTICE moderation
"The government will thus, far from imposino
erVle appreciation of its acts always tolerate seri
'us contradictions; it will not allow the rirbt of
'eVlslon, not contounding it with systematic oppo-
atlon and calculating malevolence The govern
nent asks no better than to have its authority en-
lghtened by discussion, but it will never permit
society to be troubled by guilty indictments and
hostile passions
From the London Star of Sent. 211
THE SAN JUAN IMBROGII0.
= Less than week ago quarrel with the United
states would have been about the last catastrophe
That any inhabitant of these British isles would
nave thought to be impending. Indeed since the
settlement OF the foreign enlistment question, and
The atonemcnt offered to America for the outra pes
upon her flag in the Gulf of Mexico, the
relations OF the two countries have been of a most
friendly characters and this gratifying state of feel
ng has been perceptibly increased by the good
attn Wlta which Mr.. Buchanan is now proceeding
1f Africa
Such having been, for long time past the char
lcter OF our relations with the United States it is
Tlth feelings of no little concern that we find the
elements of quarrel between the two nations in
process of formation. We for our part. entertain
4 strong conviction that the American Government
will not sanction the acts of General Harney so far
rs they have been aggressive.
We believe that both the English and the Ameri-
'an governments will have too much good sense
md will be too much alive to the interests of their
respective countries, to allow this paltry affair to
'ndanger the friendship which now happily subsists
between them. We are quite sure that the people
,xcited about it; and we hope our brethren across
he water vii! regard it with that ''candid and dis
PASSIONATE spirit which of their noblest writer's
Washington Irving, enoins as the duty of the mem
1ers OF Republic above all other men. If the two
governments cannot arrive at satisfactory under
standing, then why, instead of allowing bad blood
% be generated, should they not refer the question
n dispute to the arbitration of friendly power ?
Provision has already been made for this in the
reaty which has reference to the Newfoundland
ishprips and if euph ha
EASTERN shores OF the Continent, why should it not
De equally advantageous on the western?
One great good, will, we hope, grow out of this
Iuarrel. IL is that the boundary question: which
has been the cause of many periIs to the peace
md happiness of the two nations will nov he
brought to final and everlasting settlement. For
Tears and years past we have periodically heard
hat commissioners had been appointed that sur |
7eys were being made, and that the astronomical |
inc was about to give place to boundary about |
which there should be no doubt STILL to this |
lour, the boundary remains underlined as if some
deDh'stopheles wished to open a source of perpa-
ual quarrel.
We, therefore, call upon the English people, and
me American as well as the English, to demand of
their respective Governments that they shall at
once put an end to this dangerous question and so
accurately define the limits of the two countries as
70 prevent the possibility of future msunderstand-
ng. We cannot close these remarks without ex-
pressing our qualification at the friendly and mod
rate tone adopted by the principal organs of the
American press in their comments on this subject
md we hope that their example will followed by ali
heir contemporaries on this side of the Atlantic
From The Lirerpool Post Of Sept 2ll
ITALIAN AFFAIRS.
The news from Italy is scant and unreliable. The
most we have positively is that, on Monday, after
he arrival of French courier, the plenipotentia-
les OF France and Austria held a conference last
ng three hours. The rumors are, however of a
character iavoring the notion of pacific results 1t
said hak hnFn H.,