The Portland daily press., 1866-07-26
Progress Of the Great Eastern.
RUSSIAN NEUTRALITY.
THE PRUssIAN ADVANCE.

80. M - FARTHER POINT, July 25s
ne steamship Hfbernian having repaired
sns Ianiase 70 her screw left Liverpool about
ZOcloch On tne afternoon of the 18th for Que
oee u'ie''' anu nas just passed this point. p
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Liverpool, July 16.-Noon.-Tbe LATEST ro-
ports from the Great Eastern were unite "a
vorable. Steady progress was being made ON
Sunday afternoon. She had paved ont 2Sa
miles; distance run 263 miles.
~ EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY ~
Nothing has transpired concerning peace
negotiations. A3!}lUI ,aooia -.sfaiof7 '1isoq7
Several French papers have received Gov
eminent warning for publishing false news.
In the diplomatic circles of st. Peters
burg, it was declared that Prussia had nc
present intention Of abandoning its policy b
neutrality, and that only in the case of the
active Intervention of foreign power in
the German conflict, would she make de-
clarations and take up an attitude CORES
ponding with her interests. Q : j e o
,a The Moscow Gazette expresses its entire
sympathy with the Italian cause, and fayors
the annexation of Rome to Italy.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS. ahc
a Sanguinary conflicts took place ON the
l4th between the Prussians and the FEEDER.
ais, near Aschafenburg The former were
entirely successful The town was in flames
and the Federals were retreating. The
Russians were marching on Frankfort
which townthe Federal troops had evacu-
ated, and the Diet removed to Augustenburg
Wnere the foreign representatives were ex,
pected to assemble. tfhe headquarters Of
the Prussian army, under the King had
been advanced to Brunn. lglau was reported
to have been in possession of the Prussians
Cialdini had occupied Padua and Vicenza
towns on the line of railroad to Vienna. The
AustrIans in, Venetia, except those in Ven
ice, had no, railway communication with
Vienna, SO that unless Cialdini be fdislodged
the Austrians cannot render aid in the i'm
pending battle with the Pr,lssians. osiaO
Pressed by deputation from the Viennese
municipality, inquiring the Emperor's pleas
ure IN regard to the defence of Vienna, the
emperor at once removed the peoples appre
tensions by answering that Vienna would be
treated as an open city, and added that he
would limit his military operations to the de-
fence OF the line of the Danube, plan which
might bring the Prussian attack on Floridof]
village, two or three miles from the town
gates, where the EAustrians have an entrench.
ca camp as tete du pont. Should the Prus-
SLAMS however, resolve to attack Vienna, they
would certainly attempt to cross the river al
several points, and in case of success the open
city would unavoidably fall into their hands
The state of disbursement into which the
Austrian army has been thrown by repeated
losses In Rohemia, the Times believes. will de
Ter the Emperor from final encounter 81
close to his capital, and trusts that before the
russians will be ready for an onset, an inter
view between the two monarchs will TAX,
place, which might have been more oppor
timely held on the morrow after the disaste
at Konniggratz. "a, I&1TT
:. Adylces from Seinberg state that all the sol
diers on Through in Russia have been calIet
in, and that military trains start every da,
Warsaw to the frontiers OF Galicia and Silica
and the Russian troops are marching from Pc
dOlia to Bessarabia.
SPAIN.
The Spanish Government has prohibited
the sale of newspapers in the public streets.