The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-29


King of Prussia prohibited every public cele-
bration, so as to avoid giving offense to any
OF the armies defeated in 1866. Many
changes have taken place in Germany as
result of that victory, and others are still in
progress but the first act of that important
transformation appears drawing to Close n
design being attributed to Count Bismark to
divest himself of the duties of Prussian Premier,
and to retain solely the Chancellorship OF the
North German Confederation. On several pre-
vious occasions the Count has taken refuge on
his paternal estate in POmerana from the in
truding visits of foreign dplomatists, and from
the pressure of too multlfarious occupations.
The state of his health may, no doubt, have re-
quired relaxation, but this time his departure
for Varzin has acquired an unusual amount of
importance from the intention which is
attributed to him of leaving the eight Prussan
Ministers to draw up their bills, and produce
them in the Prussian Chambers without his
guidance or powerful support. There may be
some truth in this rumOr, Count Bismark said
in Parliament, n few months ago, 1t was no easy
matter to grind with those eight milstOnGs.
Count Bismark S two sons, whose recent eXClu-
sion to England caused n report that they were
about to enter the University of Oxford, are
going into the army. One joins cavalry regi-
ment at Bonn, the other a cavalry regiment at
Hanover.
Prussian Crisis-Dispute about the Finances.
The conflict between the Prussian Government
and the deputies on the financial question is
still the principal subject of conversation in
pOlllCal circles AT Berlin. III SecllS 10 De QulJe
decided that Count Bismark will be absent from
his place in the Cabinet during the whole of the
ensuing parliamentary session, and the Liberals
will certainly not be more tractable in face of a
Cabinet led by such Incorporating reaction
istsH as Count Gutenberg and Herr Won Muller.
Already the absence of the Premier has, it is
said, been taken advantage of by the reaction
AIRY element in the Ministry to make a very
unpopular appOntment-that of Count
Stoberg as President of Sesia. The Count
is President Of tho hpucp Rprlin
and is notorious for his bitter antipathy to
liberal ideas. The only member of the Cabinet
who seems disposed to assume a concilatory
attitude towards the opposition is the Minister
iof Finance, Herr Won der Heydt, who, it is said,
proposes to get over the financial difficulty by
the original eXpedient of dividing the budget
into two parts-one of necessary expenditure"
and the other of ''useful expenditure" The first
part is to contain only such charges rs are inds-
pensable for carrying on the Government, and,
when this is passed, the Chamber will be called
upon to give decision on the other Ministerial
proposals, which, though represented as cOndu-
Give to the welfare of the country, are not mat
ters of absolute necessity.
The French Crisis-Re esignatiOn Ofthc Ministry.
Immediately after reading the EmperOr's mes
sage to the Legislative Body, NJ. ROuher drove to
st. Cloud, where a council was summoned and
rendered his resignation, together with that of
his colleagues 1t is said that the eXjMinister of
State meant at once to start for Carlsbad to re-
main there month, and that on his return he
will be made President of the Senate. Vague
as were some of the concessions made by
the Emperor, they cannot be said to
have been unfavorably received by the pub
lie when taken in connection with the fact that
NJ. Rouher and his friends are not to be
charged to carry out the reforms as was the case
with those of the 10Th of January. The an
nouncements in the Journal OficieJ took people
by surprise, especially the prOrogation of the
Chamber, which has not finished the vertcation
of returns. There was a short and stormy sit
tinfr \ Tnln nl1 11Na md n1
the prorogatiOn in the harshest terms, and
President Schneider explained that the Chamber
could not go on without Ministers, and the
Ministers bench was empty and melancholy to
look at. After a violent alteration the Cham
Der broke up, and will remain closed till some
time after the second of August, for which
date the Senate stands convoked. And
thus in the space of fourteen days
remarkable constitutional revolution has
been set on foot by the threatened Interpolation
which upset NJ. Rouher. There was a meeting
of the 1l6 deputies at the Grand Hotel which
lasted about ten minutes. M. de Dalmas pro-
posed a letter of thanks, but discreetly with
drew his proposal when he saw how it was re-
ceived. NJ. Chevandier de NaldrOme proposed
that the Interpolation should be withdrawn, and
this carried almost unanimously, as the
meeting was fully aware that the resignation of
Ministers had been accepted. NJ. Segris said
that the Interpolation should be preserved in
the archives of the Chambers as proof of the
power of Parliament and NJ Emile olivier
proposed a vote OF thanKS TO tne CHAIRMAN, NJ
de Valdrome, after which the meeting sepa-
rated.
Freedom of the French Press.
A Paris journal, the RetOrn,e, appeared on the
18th with blank space on its outer page, which
was to have been occupied by political article.
The article was headed The Two Anniver
saries" and it drew a comparison between the
l4th July, 1889, and the I'd December, 1851. At
the last moment, however, the printer formally
refused to print it, and hence the blank space.
The French Finances.
A return issued by the Ministry of Finance
shows the indirect revenue for the first half of
1869 to have amounted to 636, 100000 francs,
being an increase of 1868, 900 francs on the
corresponding period in 1868, and of 1924, 900
francs on 1867. The real augmentation on last
wear is about three millions more than that
above stated, as 1868 proited by an additional
day in consequence of being leap year. The
amount of direct taxes paid was 2S3, 90, 600
francs as the total assessment for the year under
that head is 573 239 900 francs 2S9 100 600 francs
remain to be recovered.
The Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal will be opened throughout to
navigation on the 18th of November, 1869, with
the depth of water eight metres. On the occa-
sion of the inauguration merchant vessels and
those belonging to various governments, pre-
senting themselves at the two eXtremites OF the
canal viz, at "Port Said" and "SueZ, on the
nth. 18th, 10Th, and Goth of November, will be
exempt from all dues.
From November 81, conformably with article
seventeen of the Act of Concession, the rate OF
passage through the canal will be fixed at ten
francs a head for passengers, and per ton ac-
cording to the legal tonnage measure OF the re-
spectiye nations. The administration Will puO-
lish shortly regulations for the navigation OF the
canal comprising rates OF pilotage, toWaSe, &C