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LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
The French Circular.

aser,s to nreserve peace. secret designs were de-
} yeloped of an adversary resolved to render peace
impossible. Whether the Berlin Cabinet has judged
war necessary for the accomplishment of their
projects against the Self-goVernmento OF the GeFmah
States. or hardly satisfied at having estaollsneu III
The centre OF Europe a military power ioTinIuaple
to all It's neighbors, they had wished to turn 10 &C
count the power already acquired by dlsplaclng
definitely, to the advantage OF Prussia, the inter
national equilibrium, the premedltated INTENTION
to refuse us guarantees where they were mas
hpensable to our security as well as our honor,
showed itself by the strongest evidence in the con-
duct of the negotiations. -.
The circular then mentions the candldatnre OF
Prince Hohenzollern, and declares that the Berlin
Cabinet had hoped to place the Prince on the
throne of Charles Fifth by surprise. believing that
Europe would accept the accomplished fact, ana
France. in spite of her temporary dlspleasllre,
would hesitate to oppose the expressed will of the
Spanish people. who were friendly to Der. Inc
French Governments, informed of the danger from
this intrigue, did not hesitate 10 denounce 1t TO the
representatives of the people and to the foreign
powers. All have felt that Prussia was alone in
her inscriptions policy. and that, knowing herself
TO be without the support of a common right, she
has. nevertheless, sought to impose upon Europe
the further abuse of so dangerous an extension OF
her influence. France took up the cause of the
balance of power. knowing it to be the cause of
a people manacled like herself by disproportion-
ate ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of one Royal House in doing
so, she has not placed herself in opposition to Der
own maxims and policy, or those of the Great
Powers.
The circular cites as proof the wars of Belgium,
Greece ana naples, ana the TeIuSal OF tne OfeaI
Powers to allow any of their princes to mount
those thrones.
The circular then mentions the withdrawal of
Hohenzollern, the refusal of Prussia to give guar
antees, and other incidents which have followed,
adding that France ought TO demand guarantees,
since Prussia had already given her word that the
Prince Hohenzolleru should not mount the throne
of Spain. When, in March, 1869, there had been a
question of his candidature at that time, the
French Minister at Berlin told the King that no
Prussian could reign in Spain Count Bismarck
replied that France need not concern herself at a
contingency so improbable and Herr Won Thiel,
Prusslan Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs. gave
his word of honor that a Hohenzollern was not,
and could not be, a candidate. If an assurance SO
solemn cannot be relied upon. diplomat inter-
course must cease. In repudiating snch pledges,
Prussia challenges France. whonow only demands,
in view Of previous tergiversations, that the
formers remuneration of her designs be made real
and permanent.
The circular concludes by declaring that history
must assign to Prussia the responsibility for war
which she had means of avoiding, and which,
while she affects to deplore. she has rather sought,
and adds: Under what circumstances has she
gone into this war when France for four years past
has RETAINED with an almost exaggerated scrupu- !
lousness from invoking against her treaties con-
cluded under the mediation of the Emperor, but
to which she has failed to give a voluntary sup
port? OF all the acts of this Government which
has only thought OF the means of freeing herself
from the obligations of treaties, even while signing
them, Europe has been the witness let Europe
pronounce upon the justice of it and the cause.
Prussia's Explanation of the Secret
Treaty.
BERLIN, July 31.-The Anzeiger publishes a cir
cular addressed by Count Bismarck on the 9th
inst. to the representatives of Russia at the courts
of neutral powers. The document gives the follow
ing expose OF the secret negotiations between
France and Prussia. Before the Danish war, says !
Bismarck. the French legation at Berlin urged an
alliance between France and Prussia for mutual /
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. France anticipating the conse-
quence of the Danish war made overtures for the
relative restoration of the Luxembourg frontier of
1914. the acquisition of Saarbrucken and Laudou.
In the settlement OF the boundary question the
basis OF language was not tp be excluded. In MAY, /
1860, the offer took the form of propositions for al 4
lance. offensive and defensive. The manuscript,
the original of which is in the Foreign Office. for
these propositions, IS as follows
First-Shonld the Congress of Powers agree,
Italy should have Venice. and Prussia the Ducbies
[Schleswig and H~olstein.
Seeond-Should the Congress disagree. an alli- l.
ance offensive and defensive should be made be-
tween France and Prussia.
Third-Prussia should open hostilities within 10
days after a dissolution of the Congress.
FOurth-Should no Congress meet. Prussia to
attack Austria within 30 days alter the signature of
the representatives.
Austria as soon as Prussia begins despatching
10000 mea during the FIRST month, across the
Rhine.
Sixth-No separate treaty shall be formed bv
either power with Austria when a joint treaty is
made the following are to be the conditions
lst-Nenetia to go to Italy. T.
[u~I eS u StltCt UcIi1dn IeGTlIOFy at Will .
for annexation. the number of inhabitants not to
exceed 5000, 900 souls the territory thus acquired
to become a part of the kingdom of Prussia within
the Federal rights.
3d-France to have a liberal share Of the Rhine
Seventh-A military or maritime alliance may
be made between France and Prussia, to which
Italy may be a party should she so desire.
The programme, the circular states, was rejected
in June 1866, in spite of the threatening energy of
France. The proposals were immediately renewed
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were never seriously entertained by Prussia.
the sake of peace. however. it was thought
to leave Napoleon to his delusons. No word
implying approval was returned.
Time was counted on to revolutionize France.
and to eXtinguish the scheme, hence the long delay
silence.
The attempt against Luxembourg failing, France
her propositions, making the specifications
clear in regard to the acquisition of Belgium by 1
France, and South Germany by Prussia. The last
propositions We're formed by Count Benedotte
himself. and it is improbable that he wrote them
the authority of the Emperor. as they are
The same which were made four years ago under
-hreat of war, as the alternative of their refusal.
Any one acquainted with these antecedents. \
must have known had Prussia acquiesced in the
seizing of Belgium. France would soon have found
another Belgium in Prussian territory.
From Australia. 1
Some exciting news has lately been received
rom the Western gold-6elds. Two or three new
have been discovered, and one of them, about
mile from Turnkey, is said to be six feet wide,
Ind the stone full of coarse gold.
Observation-Disclosures was prorogued on the 7
18th instant. In his address His Excellency the y
Governor congratulated the Parliament on the set ID
lement of the long-vexed question Of the abolition ii
# State-aid to religion.
The latest new enterprise in Victoria gold-mining s
8 worth mentioning, as an instance of the in
energy of the working population on
he gold-felds. 1t is no less than a diversion of
he River Yarra through a hill of solid rock. which y
las been tunnelled so as to admit of the flow of
he stream through it, instead of round it, whereby til
bout two miles of the rivers bed will soon be
aid dry for the operations of the miners. who ex-
'ect to find ample remuneration for their labor in
is golden sands" u
One of the largest fires which have occurred in re
for a long time past broke out in wi
'ourke street East. on the morning of the 9Th inst.
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