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8 EUROPE. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. ‘enderly who showed me into the officers’ room ewith o op German accent, ‘The three officers ata table the most unmitigated ‘The table was surrounded by Italians, of Mantua ana the circumjacent eountry, pos Bons for passes or extension of passes al- ready in their possession, to enable them to get beyond tbe city gates. These mem proffered the requests with the most “bated breath and whispering bhumbieness,”” and received their rs with a smiling cringingness painful to witness. In the officers themselves I could mot detect the least manifestation of a domimeering pint. One of them took my passport, and after open- fmg it banded it to another, with the remark, “Kin Americaner,”” Though ery Prmrpaigs Mit ey on passport nto Mantua, it having only one hes werless to help me out; nothing short of the Dicephalous bird of Austria could enable me to do that 'Phis, after my paper had been scribbled on and signed = the officers, was added to it by an orderly, and I was jus free to go in the direction of Verona, Padua or Vo- nice as soon as I pleased, BACK AT VERONA. ‘The Orst information I got at the hotel, on my return ‘to Verona, was that there was an order for me to appear @tthe Polizia When to the commissario, he wanted to know what I wanted. I told him I wanted to mow what be wantod, as he had cent for me. The acene was something like that where Forrest, as Motn- mora, I think, comes in and says: “You have sens for me and Ihave come. If you don’t want me, I will go beck again. Hu!” “Your passport,”said the commis: sario, reaching his hand out, with a twiddling movement ef bis fingers, When it was banded to him, he re- marked, after about half opening it, “You are not gone, ‘then? I shook my head. “I thought you were gone, eontinued he half musin, “But you are going ?”” re- gumed he. I nodded. morrow?’ asked he, “This ‘Benissima!’? exclaimed he, shoulder, “Go, am now going. afternoon,” 1 answered, vising and kindly placing bis hand on four God's sake,by all means!”? And 80 ‘Vawice, July 12, 1866. AT VENICE—FROM A MILITARY TRAIN, ‘The sequel to the above is that I got to Venice the same night, the train being crowded with military of every grade and complexion, At about fifteen miles be- Jow Verona we found the troops, noticed in the begin- ming of the above letter, encamped and enjoying the rest that only those who have themselves, at some time, marehed for ten or twelve hours in the broiling sun can appreciate, These men have since arrived at Mestre (on the mainiand) and here, and have left again, pune place to othera. The city is now full of conflicting but perhaps ‘not irreconcilable reporta. From the way of Vienna aud Paris we have talk of cession and peace, and from the Po, Adige and Brenta, the news of the advance of Cial- @ui, and the retreat of the Austrians, together with the Blowing up of foris near Rovigo, and a bridge near Bearo, Communication, at loast for civilians, is cut oif with Padua, but even while I write may again be evened. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. Austrian Manifesto to’the Hungarians. ‘The following royal Austrian manifesto bas been issued as Pesth :— ‘Fo Tue Farravv. Prories or My Kincpom or Huxcary:— ‘The hand of Providence weighs heavily upon us. In ‘the conflict into which I have been drawn, not voluntar- fly, but through the force of circumstances, every human ulation has been frustrated, save only the confidence I placed inthe heroic bravery of my valiant army. The ‘more grievous are the heavy losses by which the ranks ef those brave men have been smitten, and my paternal heart foeis the bitterness of that ag with all the fam Mes affected, To put an en to the unequal contest—to time and opportunity to fill up the voids occasioned the campaign—and to concentrate my forces against ‘He hostile troops occupying the northern portion of my empire, I have consented, with great sacrifices, to nego- ms for the conclusion of an armistice 1 now turn confidently to the faithful peoples of my — of Han: “4 be a ingen cad to make sasrifices so repeatediy displayed in arduous times. ‘Me united exertions of my entire empire must be set ‘tm motion that the conélusion of the wisbed-for peace a | be secured upon fair conditions. is my profound bolief that the warlike sons of Hun- gary, actuated by the fecling of hereditary fidelity, will ‘voluntarily hasten under my banners to tho assistance ef their kindrod and for the protection of their country, ako immediately threatened by the events of the war. Rally, therefore, in force to the defence of the invated empire} Be_worthy sons of your valiant forefathers, ‘whose herett deeds cained never-fading wreaths of laurel for the glory of the Hi ‘Vasena, July 7, 1866. Baden to Support Prussian. LAFFER TO COUNT BISMARCK, Rogge! Minister for Foreien Affaire in the Grand forwarded nach, ¥! of bes the ———a to Count Bismarck :— M. us Comrs. Baron von a Duet —The mp between Prossia and the @f tr] @ upbold in my native land the ity met acto upon the basis of firm Drip, pocede ito the rg means of thec'nninely adduced right brought forward by the Vienna Cabinet. I for my gr at least, am of opinion that similar crimes to this ederal war, wantonly brought down by the middle Btates upon their peoples and upon Germany, must for Whe future be guarded against. For this purpose it is meorssary that the system o’ the Germanic Uonfed»ra- Mon, created in 1815 for her own service by Austria, and always found ready to serve, be broken up anda German Slate be founded in vs read strong to withdraw itself in future from the decomposing influence of thie accured policy of the Viuna C wrt, IW your Excellency 1s prepared to do the work thor- ety, ‘and to stand firin in the conies: until the impor- tant objects of all the efforts of the German peopie for Half a century are attained, you will atways find me ready to co-operate in such fashioning of German State Pelatons anew as will Of itself result from the overthrow ef tue Eerie gt based upon the oppression of all matronalities and all liberty, and from the limitation of the sovercign rights of the governments allied with Austria for that purpose. As at the present tims bat one aim exists, so I make also no further condition for my @ffer than the energy of will to attain that aim at an) price. Tempower your Excellency, if you consider it ‘ueeful, to publish this letter, ‘Ace’pt, M. 16 Comte, the assurance of my most distin- esteem, ROGGEN BACH. ‘The German Dict ‘The official record of the proceedings of the Diet hich led to its removal from Frankfort to Augsburg, ems thos — The Federal Assembly, at its sitting of the 1lth of , has resolved that, in view of present cirourm with the elject of maintaining alike its freedom o} motion and its relations, remaining faithful to the Fed- eral Pact, to transfer provisionally its sittings to Augs- po MA consequently determined that the Minis- jent should in the name of the As- following letter to the chief burgomaster of eombly, Frankfort ‘The movements of tho enemy's troops impose upon the Federal Awembly the duty of providing for the freedom of its deliberations and to the security of ite relations ‘with the governments it represents. Tho gravity of circumstances have forced upon the Assembly which jt is firmiy few and painful obligation Getermined to fuldl, and. the @ischarge Assembly hopes to its duty ‘towards the governments and She peoples who have taken part in a common @ireggle for tho right and liberty of Germany in in- @uring the free action of the High Federal Assembly, hich represents equally the indissolebility of the na ‘onal bond and the cohesion of the Germanic countries, Bt has therefore resolved to transfer provisionally its @ittings to Augsburg, and to invite the diplomatic repre Matives accredited Mt to the Confederation to follow it In quitting temporarily Frankfort, it expresses the free city ta warm acknowledgment of the patriotic pentiments which tt has unceasingly manifested during many vicissitudes of German destinies, These senti Monte Frankfort, with the lively interest which she im the freedom and news of Germany, will now how to retain. The governments faithful to the ' ! Pact and represented in the high Assembly will tinue firmly ‘anshrinkingly to take part in the ‘of right and of the country againet secession and jamcroach ment, and the Fed»ral Assembly may therefore, @onfiding in the ultimate victory of the good cause, press the hope that within the walls of this city, rich recollections of German greatness, the representa- wes of the German princes and peoples may again t to re-establieh upon durable bases the power and ‘the liberty of Germany. BARON DE KUBECK. Russia and the North Sea Ports. The Nowth i 5 iad a _e im oe ved yesterday remen, brings ye llige ws at the Prussians ‘aok formal ‘on Saturday, July the Hanoverian port, Geestemunde, near Bremen, presence of Prussian and Hanoverian comms- siovers. and it i¢ supposed that Geestemunde will at once be le a Prussian naval port. The Battle of Kiesingen. correspondent of the Parle Temps, writing from Beraciberg ‘under date of Jaly 14, gives a fair eengens of c cy neounter, q ‘on & report of Field Feome Pringe Charles, dated from Sohweinfurt, July Ba iatas cqpese thes on the of the of July the field mary’ warned of the pdvance Bruckenau bie infantry ‘ the mormAg ry Hamelsborg, concentra- of the 101 the Prumuans attacked The German Press on the European Situation. Referring to tho proffered mediation of France, the Berlin Né Zeitung employs confident lan- oe. It says:—‘‘Desirous as we are to hope for best from France, still we think tt to prepara for the worst, Little consideration was exercised by Louis Napoleon in hastening to reap the first fruits of the Prussiag victories, and procure by a sort of political farce a seeming right to interfere, The appropriation of Venice in the ludi- crous manner concerted be'ween the asigner and assignee is certainly no very promising - fon of the new public law of Europe, which is to replace the treaties of 1815. If Italy is content to be held in leading-strings by France, Prussia cannot be expected to submit to simi- lar treatment. Between Prussia and France no other relations are possible than such as one independent State may bear to another, and it will entirely depend on the attitude of France whether our former good understand- ing shall continue or not. In the latter event we, and with usall Germany, shall be frrced in‘o the policy of 1813 against Louis No and his whole dynas’y. The less we speak of this alternative just now tho better, but we all know what it may become our duty to do under cer- tain circumstances,” ‘The Cologne Gazette, another leading organ of North- ern Germany, adverts to the same subject thus: “Equally strong as once was our wish to preserve peace upon honorable terms is now our desire to promote its restoration, The sacrifices required by the present war are immense, nor will generations to come cease to suffer from thei: consequences. The number of the victims is already great, and may increase considerably before the last shot has been exchanged. But all the blood that has been shed, all the tea’s that have been wept, impose upon us the solemn duty of seouring a result equivalent to the sorrow endured.”” Tho Kerlin Kren Zeitung gives a key to tho feelings of the most influential circles of the capital :—‘‘Having been convinced from the very outset that Austria regards tho war with Prussfa as the principal thing, and tho loss of Venice a8 of secondary consideration, we were not sur- prised by the latest mancuvre of the Vienna Cabinet. We need not assure our readers that the Prussian atatesmon were always wide awake to the notorious pro- pensities of France; but we deem ft equally cortain that Napoleon III. is shrewd enough. to perceive the neces- sity of rospecting the powor and avowed interests of Prussia. We were to attend a Cong! before re- course had been had to hostilities, and we are Bo. likely to have worse conditions offered us now than would hayo been the case two months ago, Is there any one timid Gnongh to apprehend that the Prus- sian Cabinet will renounce the reward which ts its due? The party that has imperilled and compromised itself, the party that basagain reckoned without its host, is Austria, Inthe first instance, the Vienna Cabinot, having managed to entangle its German allies into a fed- eral war, her appealing to France and negotiating for peace without their assent, amounts to little less than treachory ; and, secondly, it is a woll authenticated fact that tho Prussian government will not be prevailed upon by any regard for a third Power to enter upon an armis- tice or conclude peace except upon an honorable and durable basis. we have gained is not alone battles and kingdoms. A much more valuable acquisition is it that we have strengthened our own conviction of our power, and demonstrated to Europe that we are competent to carry out what we determine todo, As to the nature and extent of our Objects, we have not hid them behind acloud. They are our goal, because there is no other alternative.’? What the le in the minor States of the North think of the Bohemian campaign, and its origin and con- sequences, may be seen trom the following article of the Bremen Weser Zeitung:—‘The full extent of the victory of Kéniggritz is only now known to the Austrian press. The Vionna papers actually doubted whether the defeated army is still able to hold the field. They reckon the reduction of Vienna among the almost inevitable occurrences of the war, and are busily proving to Europe that in her own interest she must succor Austria, The speed and disorder of the flight from Kén! are iluetrated by sig- nificant particulars, of which the Prussian papers bad no inkling, and which we should have never divined but for the communicativeness of our Austrian contempora- ries, What a strange spectacle! For months past Aus- tria bas been ridiculing the military achievements Gascons “ot Duppel, andthe’ boasifel umoee ot cons of Du and t) y gunner Missunde,? a tore intended to Privce Frederick Charles; and now that the first Vand action has been fought, it is discovered that the bulletins of the Prussians un the importance of their vic- tory, nile the ‘Austrians #0 mt couse aN, ‘them. selves tor their success at ‘as it bap- eee Hage, bes ie hanes corres- ‘nt, roferring to the savage mien of many \he Austrian prisoners, lately mooted the pom Age would have been their had they entered Vrus- ‘sia, not as vanquished, bat as victors. Golng a step fur- triad papers bed Uelr army got tho wpper band, if no army got the upper 1° mere of victory has been intoxicatine enough to make them overwhelm their adversary with the most virulent abuse for months past? ping wel be caater fee De Promises reaera mane re ir rev now. They need ly copy what: Austria has said against them and their task would be fulfilied. That tho Prussian papers refrain from anything of the kind, and even after such a run of success havo no wish to humble tions, to consolidate the nation, not to the Austrians. In. Berlin the reconstruction of ethartand ccoupict GI hearts; Vienna their whole talk is of military honor, the cNdnces of vindicating their reputation porn their enemy to lick the dus. Innumerablo are the asse- verations in the Austrian press that the bravery of the ty army was all that could bewished, Who gain- says this? The Austrian troops are known for standing their ground, and thelr fame for gallantry would not be impaired by a hundred defeats Itke that of Koniggritz But it is not mere animal courage that will decide tho battles of the nineteenth century; nor is the succens of the Prusmans exclusively attributable to the superiority of the needle gun over the ordinary rifle. No doubt the breech-loader is the most important Invention of the kind since the days of Berthold Schwarz, but if arms and mere military advantages could have decided the day, Austria migtt have confidently relied upon her excel- lont artillery, theghorsemanship of her hussars, the ex- perience of ber generals and troops, the timely con- centration of ‘her forces, and the invaluable privilege of choosing her own battle ground. But it was not the needle gun which made the Prussians triumphant. The Prussians carried the day even where they could not bring this weapon Into operation, The bayonets of their infaniry and the sabres of their horse overcame the Austrinns as effectually as the rapidity of their fire, Whoever fancies that personal valor or the needle gun determined the issue is ignorant of tho reeret of this war. What reaily ‘urned tte scale against the Austrians was the moral evergy with which the Prussian army is instinct. However the world may be astonished at the Prussian achievements on the battle fleld, our admiration is awarded ‘o the manly resolution which made them endure the fatigues of those interminable marches that propared and parily insured viewury. The basis of their operations was of enormous extent, yet every regiment arrived at the right moment at its appointed place. From thousands of soldiers’ letters despatched home tho future histormn will have to calculate the fearful amount ot exertion undergone, privations suffered and lives sacri- ficed in these proliminaries of the carypaign. Marches of from twelve to fifteen hours a day for woeks, marches under & burning sun or through "torrents of rain—a liquid which, contrary. to the opinion of Benedek, exprested in his famous telegram from Koniggritz, wets Prossians as mach as Aus- trians; marches throug) hill and dale, marches through passes and rivers, marches with little bread and oo water in a starving conatry—these are the deeds which make up he thoogh they may never be celebrated in song or tale, Fach man knew that victory depended on his reac!ing his allotted piace at the hour prescribed, and he managed to get where his was Aus- triav valor shines In the thick of the but nowhere cls. The Pruesian will tofl and labor for the good of his country where no meed of praise is to be earned. He was aware that the question at issue was whether he was to remain the citizen of his own country or to become the helot of a foreign race. By far the part of the Prussian soldiers are civilians who entered the ranks but afew days before mustering in front of the enemy; hut it was this very circumstance that told so signally in their favor. a e Viet it Koéniggriitz was a victory won respre!- able, laborious citteens who, {f wed be, Cam ight as cell as anydedy eler, over mere The French Liberals and Couut Bismarck. [Parts (Jaly 16) So iaueue the London Herald. It is sateefactory to find that the representative men French intellect and education, however much they may differ in other reapects, agree in one point, viz., utter condemuation of the policy of Von Bismarck and his fellow con¢pirators, whatever their pationality or their rank. Thus, In today’s Courrier du Dimanche and in today's Tempe, we have a letter from Paris, from M. Paradol, and a lever from London, from the pen of M. Louts Blane, who, from different points of view, con- cur in condemning a» injorions to French interests the policy whieh bas enco dM. do Bismarck’s scheme, and enabled lim to bis dream of a unified and absolutist Germany. Varadol’s letter may prove interes ti Inck, when it attains ceriain proj one of my fellow creatures beyond certain limite, inspires me with a Kind of respect that haa nothing to do with esteem, but is more akin to a kind of awe, which I find it bard not to express. It ie that sort ot feoling thet templs me, almost in spite of Ld take off my hat to the mau who ata pan Ty table broken the bank, or whose most daring combinations Sortena has favored with wnaceeuntobie There ia always in such a mghta vague though indi- cation of some mysterious design on the part of almost fancy we get a glimpse of the iron band ick drives human a ‘ane drama—still, alae’ ip course of performance. On tay as though all were ended, after the jon of etage mes, when the hero, duly “trang formed,"’ makes hie entrance, after obstacies innumer- able, into the realme of dazzling it in the midst of a blaze of iHuminations No M. de Biemarck, when he awoke on the morning after lowa, conscious that all he had done and dared was justified by saceese, may have faacied hie coed forvane top areas alerest tn he NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY, 30, over the sacrifice by might be propitiated. But the French governm nt need labor under no such apprebension, Its of Pctyorates is the Merican expedi'um, and surely that ‘ought to be sufficient. I am quite aware that du the past week ‘this brilliant picture bas grown much darker. Italy, hu- mibhated at receiving that which ane was unable to con- quer, ia eager to continue at any price a war henceforth upattended with danger to her-elf, To prevent the con- clusion of peace she demands more than can be granted to her, and obtains unquestionable victories over disabled guns and deserted fortifications. Prussa, on her side, every day displays fresn signs of her amiable disposi- tion; she openly avows her intention of trampling. Aus- tria under foot, aud negotiating in Vienna according to her own ideas—a fact which would reduce our pro- jected pensations to very little. Finally, the van- quished of Custoza and the victors of Sadowa both evince equal want of docility, and openly disregard our friendly counsels. But why of compensation for German unity? I know but one that could bo worthy of tbe bead of the French government—be he king, president of the republic. or emperor—and that is to dio on the fleld while fighting to prevent it. M. Lonis Blane, in the Temp», especially opposes tho success of Tee Tener. ot nae Ba Lipo her supremacy in Germany, yy her m prestige, mst puth France from the first place among the continen'at nations ; in other words, if muse be fatal to Freneh prestige. It most also, he thinks, be fatal to the cause of liberty throughout Europe, It will extend the area in Germany where any scoundrel in uniform can murder with impu- nity anfnotfending civilian ; and asa proof of the political tendencios of the Prussian government he gives a list of twenty-eight prisoners shot in cold blood in 1849 for their share in the revolutionary attempt at Baden, Ho omits, moreover, the treatment of the Parliament by Herr Von Bismarck, and fails to pomt out that the butcher of the Baden patriots is circulating appeals to insurrection in Hungary and Bohemia, That fact alone speaks volumes, ENGLAND’S NATIONAL POWER. Can the Imperial Power be Maintained in its Ietegrity & (From the Manchester Guardian, July 17.] If, as isalleged, the fault of England's foreign poticy in former times was an excessive love of intermeddling, what we have now, on the other hand, to fear is lost there should be too extreme a reaction in favor of tho itis Gppgeite policy of non-intervention. There is much speciougneas in {he argument put forward by Lord Stanloy and Mr. Pismaen that “our vast Indian and co- Jonial interests make the British ompire, aa ft were, & 3” that England has “outgrown the European continent,” and is “really more of an As‘atic than a European Power;’ and that, there- fore, the country may view, with interest, indeod, but’ without anxiety for her own welfare and independence, the various chances of wars that convulsc the nations of the continent. Lord Stanley certainly ad- mits that England might be compelled to take up arms if one of those ‘‘exceptional cases’ wero to arise in which “‘the solemn faith of the country has been pledged toa cular course of action; but he cousiders that our terference in the warhke disputes of other nations would in such cases be needed only in order to redeem our honor, and not t» the integrity of the empire or its position as one of the foremost powers of the world. It is, then, a question of somo moment to ascertain within what limits the new definition of England asa State that can afford to act as if she were unembarrassed by European complications has the merit of accuracy, ‘* * © Wecould only lose ground by standing still while all the rest of Europe is inaferment. A timid age | on our part wonld forfeit for us the respect that has hitherto been paid to our strength without axcur- ing the friendship of the cuthors of the naw order of things on the continent; and the masterly ina tivity of the Freneh Emperor differs as widely a3 possible from the course of helpless inaction into which those politicians would compel us who watch with awful admiration the fagacious manosuvres of Napoleon, and would have England content with conjecturing what changes that 5 tate may be to sanction in Europe. Such & eeerifice ot our position at home, far from having ite intended effect of making us stronger in the would only tend to bring abont 3 Por and fall of the pai 708 cae for instance, are ently ii agent to com) that we conquer@d that country, nos in India ‘Dut at the Nileand Trafalgar; and if they saw our naval su} seriously threatened by the creation of new maritime powers in Europe, and learned at. the same time that the nations of the continent apoke of our “moral influence” with contempt, they would.’ come At once to tho conclusion that the main prop of our authority was broken. Tio lesson of the Indian mu- tiny, which would never have been so wid or Jasting as it was had not the leaders of the outbreak been confd: after the mismanagement of t1 ‘rimean war, that the English nation had dogenerated, should teach tho danger of allowing our sharp-sighted subjects in the East to suppose that we have fallen a step or two in the scale of European nations. If it were really impossible for ue, with our resources of men and money, to maintain at once our jon in Europe and in Asia and America, it would he to dis- cure soberly Mr. Goldwin Sm:tu’s proposition that we should cut all the colonies adrift and dissolve the British empire, If we have to make our choice between Europe and the rest of the world, the former should have the preference, England does not owo her great- ness to the colonies or to India; her name was as much rerpected, and her influence at least as powerful for good, ‘when she was governed by Eilzaboth or Cromwell as it has been since she ered jute Slew eae East. of ont world-wide of the furthest a a WO ree @ominion, aye fmains the hers Gy Crete sation; and the honor of faulng millions of dusky bar- Darians in Asia would be but a sorry compensation for ‘the toss of the foremost “in arms, in aris, in song,”” which our patriotizm would claim for England among the nations of the West. rte trath one —— ‘m our day to exaggerate the demands are mi upon us for the maintenance of the empire. The colo- wee. are for the most part selfgoverning, and give us very little trouble at home. Canada, cure us often ao dew anzie'y; buat Capi New Zealand and India, taken togother ‘the last country, bo it remembered, paying every ‘ing of its own expenses), are not a greater burden to the imperial exchequer and the Horse Guards than Merico, Al and Cochin China must be to France, and Circassia, Poland ard Contral Asiato Russia Our popula- tion fs only one-soventh less numerous, and it has always been esteemed as warlike and energetic as thar of pire ol prises, and yet rope, what right has England to plead her engagements in India and America as an excuse for sbdicating her rank among civilized States ? ig f years of Europe are still worth a cycle of Cathay, and if we bave grown fat and bocomo listless and apathetic with yren pe 4 0 that we are ready to accept any excuse fur doin: noth- ing, ht not to disguise from ourselves our actual dogradation, or seek to cloak ovr solfishneas by tall tatk about the mission Providence bas intrusted to us of im- posing Anglo-Naxon laws and wanners upon ali the ap- civilized paiious of the earib. IRON-CLAD NAVIES. British Lessons and English Infercnees from the Visit of the Minntonomoh. {From the London Times, July 16. * © * We fear Sir John Pnkington scarcely realign’ (he axontshing at made by the navy of the United States. He sani the other day that “not only England, butevery maritime State in Europe, more or leas, according to its circumstances and means, and also the United States of America, are now in possession of armor-ciad fleets of men-of-war” § ‘“‘Alvo the United States!” The in truth ie—and it is one which no one will deny who has seen what the that the United world have an ironclad fleet worthy 7 Pakington will find in the Admiralty official informa- tion sent by English officers sp-ciall ee to make reports upon the subject ich will fully satiefy him upon this point, Bat Admiralty officials, like too large a portion of the public out of doors, set out with the firm conviction that nothin, which is done out of yt can be done well; an: more oe, is the Admiralty reluctant to believe that there is anything to bo learned beyond the Atlantic, The Miantonomoh bas been openly pronounced a faiiure by some of our officers, and its very principle is con- domnod, notwithstanding that the ruins of one of the finest cities in the Ui ‘States remain to this moment ‘fas evidence of the ternble power of such vessels. Tho officor at the head of the United States Navy recently de- clared that Hf the ¢: it could be made without exciting Levens 5 either side, he would allow the whole fron-clad fleet of England’ to open fire on the g in the opinion of many among our own officers, any wo possers—tias been fired at thom at moderate ranges without doing them Sajory. The monitors carry i soon earry & ee ee af 3 etgees Tt hi and i nowledge that they inake undertakings, but throw their stranger, and explain minutely ory or inventions they may have in this information? The answer is that our flagship 1 Mediterranean is still a wooden three-decker, which, with her one thousand men, could be sunk or burnt by long-range shot or shell from a gunboat, and that iron-cla:s we are building are still built on the old pat- 5 3 tern, so as to present the best mark for an enemy’s guns, ‘Woe trust Sir John Pakington is prepared to mak make our fleet a solid protection to us, American naval service cannot be wrong in the estimate they place upon their monitors. They have seen them trio? in action; we never have; they know what our ficet is, and from the rear admiral downwards there {s not an officer inithe service who does not firmly believe that we are-weaker'than ever we were, because they are 80 much stronger than we are. Let us allow for exag- goration in these pretensions, and then are they not worthy of being carefully considered and sifted? Our fleet can only be considered strong until it is brought into comparison with one upan which every effort of naval and mechanical science bas been lavished, every now and proved principle adopted, and every impor- tant discovery applied. Already the Americans have eighteen monitors carrying four guns, and when others actually under construction are complted they will have seventy-five of various tonnages, Their iron-clad fleet ds now Larger than their whole naval force was in 1861. Our system is to neglect the discoveries or in- ventions of our own ‘officers, and underrate those of other nations, The Americans . havo gone upon the principle of sacrificing personal interests without scruple, in order to secure the most powerful fleet in the world, That is distincily their aim, and. they spare no labor or expense to achieve it. They think they have succeeded already; bat, although this may b9 amatter of doubt, tt is not in the least a matter of doubt that if wo do not imitate thelr enorgy, and endeavor to improve our navy, we shall some day have canse to rue our obstinacy. The most defective breech-loader known t> the Amce- ricans it an immvaturably more serv'ceabl: arm than the needle gun which has rtd the War Depar'’- ment into a sparm of activity, while some of the best of their rifl’s have scavcely bean seen im (his country. Jt is exactly the same with their navy; while we are hesitating and delaying the Americans are working and jinvhing. Sir Johy Pakiugtoo basa great opportunity ‘before him; he may entitle bimaelf, and the administra- tion to which he belongs, to the lasting gratitude of hia countrymen, But-we-tearn slowly in kngland. We are slow to form new ideas, and, what is far worse, wo ara slower still in abandoning old ones, Yet something may be done—nay. it must be done, for waste of time is peril- ous, The Ministry might do worse than rely for its sum cess upon a good administration of the army m2 Zavy. ———_ THE SPANISH-CHILEAN WAR. Seizure of a Chilean Steamer and Alleged Chilenn Recruits by a British War Vessel. {From tho London Times, July 16. Considerable excitement was ereated at ‘land. on ‘Wednesday in consequence of the capture by her Ma- arn abip Caledonia of the Ghilean mer Greatham i, having on board nearly three hundred men who had boen secretly enlisted for the purpose of manning a war vees?l for the Chilean government, From the statoment of twelve men who esraped from the Greatham Hall on discovering tho nature of the engagement into which they had been trapanned by false representations, It appears that they werd offered tempt- ing wages to proceed on a vorage to Callao, and that on accepting tho terma they were dispatched to Thames Haven by rail and then put on board a tug, in which they were conveyed toa steamer lying near the Tonrne ligntship. Upon going on board the Greatham Fall they discovered that three other tugs were encaged in bringing men from various points, that the steamer was fitted up as a troopship, and that a mixed crew of more than two hundred was on board, the greatest divorder prevailing. Aboot fifty of the men delonged to our naval coast volunteers, and on their sua- picions being aroused they refused’ to proceed, the twelve men above alluded t escaping in a boat after a desperate resistance and reaching Margate about ning P.M. Inthe meantime the Greatham Hall had steamed off, and telegrams were despatched to all the various stations on this coast to'bo on the Jooko it. Admiral Yelverton, who was on board the flagship Caledonia, then lying »m Portland Roads, received the message late in tho evening, and the officers and crow were immediately called on board, and preparations were made for the chase of the bag: tue steamer. Betweon twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday morning the stranger was sighted, and a rocket was fired atter her, but this was answered only by a man-of-war’s rocket a3 an ovasion of the maritima regulations. The Caledonia then signailed by and the foreigner attempted to cacape tinguishing ner o«n; but a: daylight was approaching the sunerior xpeed of the English soon brought her within range. and at the #ixth ahot across ber bows tho Greatham Halt! surrendered. ‘When boarded it was found that the funne!s wero over- heated, plainly showing that it was the master’s inten- tion to get out of the Channel if possible, and that ihe mixed crew had been induced, under falge, represonta- tone, to enlist ander the Chilean government. Later in the day the Caledonia steamed into Portiand Roads with her prize, and a strong guard was on while messengers were sent tor instract! On Thurs- day the owner of the vessel arrived from and statem nts wore taken on the of the government to ascertain whether, in the opinion of the Crown advisers, there is saffic.eot to warrant further detention. On Fri- day @ large quantity of coals were shipped on board the steamer, and rumors were afloat that she would put to sea to-day. ANOTHER GREAT WORK. The Proponed Tenpel Between England and ‘ance. [From the London Railway News, Jaly 17.) ‘The first serious attempt to grapple with the difficulties aitendant on the carrying out of such a work was made by M. A. Thorné de Gamond, who in 1867 presented to e Emperor of the French an elaborate study on the whole question, and proposed the construction of a taa- nel from Dover to Capo Grisnez, accompanying h’s re- port with plans and detailed drawings of the proposed work, and geological charts of the bed of the Channel. M. Gamond surveyed not less than six routes across the Channel. One was from Dngeness to Boulogne, a second from Dungeness to Cape Grisnoz, a third and fourth from Dover to Capo Grisnez, a fifth from Ness Corner to Calais, and a sixth from News Corner tp Cape ga After very mature considerations, and for re4sous whieh tt ta Not necewary to disevss, mainly of a geolorival character, M. ond’ selected a spot betwoon Folkestone and Dover, at a place catied Eastware, a ‘he point of depart- ure from the Fngieh coast, and Cap Gtisnes aa the tor- minus on the French side. Ho proposed the construc. tion of a tunnel arched in rione, the external are of which was $34 meires, or 29 feot 3 inches in radius, and 7 motres, or'Z2 fect 9 inches in heivht. In the lower part of the work he a conduit forthe drainage of the tunnel, and above this a solid road to be con- structed for two lines of railway. On each sido of the railway was a raised footpath ior pedestr ans, for those who were willing to make the voyage from Dover to Calais on foot. It wax suggested that a second tannel might be superimposed on tho first, so that there might be a division of the goods and passenger trafic, whi Was caiculated would bo so great as to tax to the utter. most tho capabilities of a single roadway; but, as the cost of the work would be very con: y enhanced, M Gamond very considerately proposed to leave to. pos- terity the work of providing any additional accommoda- tion which our descend»nts might require. On the English side the tuanel would be entered by a subterranean of about thres and @ half miles in length, passing along & Mary’s, Dover, and doscend- ing to Enstware, ata spot where it passed under the present railway betweon Dover and Folkestone, At thia point it would join the great submarine tunnel in the of a colossal open tower forming the frontier sta- 4 the Fy : a be a similar ap- about five miles in length, starting Barnes, at the foot of Bazinghen, near and descending towards Mor) Grisnes, where tunnel would be appronched in the the opposite coast. The tunnel would have connecting it, of course, with the Northern (of Rallway, going ‘mone direction towards Amiens, and in other to the Calais hae eo Railway. Grisnez communication would be tunnel by a descent through a tower of im height, or rather in di and at ttle lose than 100 foot ‘Tho towers presented in its largest axis and in its smallor a diameter of 160 wonld serve not merely as when completed, but as points material could be raised during tion, and for ventilating shafts, Al the two coasts, and on a shoal or = po eyed another with a ata depth below of 284 feet, This ore would channel, communicating with spiral staircase, The tower woul and a large reflecting light. this colossal tower be 504 font, Atound the roate : vat 5 casting earth Into the J tetany cutionn docks, End supporti catensive ind workshops. In o Sainnd form of a star, and its whole enteen hectares, of which seven were enclosed or dook, having @ nortbern or sout opens loft in the qnay walls, Great importance attxehod by M. Gamond to the construction of this aa it would give facilities for loading sels running between Kagiand and rious countries of the word. The able Pressed doubia as to the sufficiency of tion. i z i s : i il z PY i i 2 g 2 1 i i = F i | i F i i i i i i 2 i i 5 g> Et J 5 ; ? stad iy! te ; i ae 8 municating towers a# originally proposed, and that it should be en! to ly § having erent diameter two hundred, and ‘is. ceortent metres in length, and if this should be adopted it would be possibie to have the spiral ascent of suffi ae sz pan og te saute Pea icta tae cones pasel up an own ween of the dock wtbe tunnel below. The isiand to be ‘bart tp, in che sea was made up of thirveen “Aas,” of smelt of strata rising one above the other until the sur- face was reached, the lower ond con 1,060,320 cubic metfes of earth, and the upper one 67,600 cubic metres, The inclination of shape of the whole work formed an angle of thirty five dogreca. The tunnel would pase below the great island at a depth of twenty. two metres, or Tift Gin. During the process of con- straction twelve shafts would Provided between the land on either side. The traveller descending the im- menee tower from |'Etoile de Vi or the station of the | submarine railway, would find hi 10 @ reaion of = 3 Efetesii in diameter—a funnel wide enough the depths below the Great Eastern steamship, and mi taller than the Monument. Tho geol: the formation was carefully exami by Gamond, and declared to be most favorable for the construction of the work. The estimated cost of the whole was 170,000,000 francs, or rather less than £7,000,000; of this amount the consirnction of the tunnel itself would ‘absorb 112,000,000f. the remainder being required for the es, stations, and docks. The whole work would be completed in six years. We are by no means san- guine that the plan of M. Gamond will ever be. carried out; but certainly the plan of converting our island into a peninsula-by means of a submarine isthmus is one within the range of the engineering science and mechan- 3 i feal appliances of the present day. The gravo and prac- tical Sobation, “Will it pay?” involveg the consideration of other and totally different questions, THE NEQRO QUESTION. The Proposed Prosecution of Ex-Governor Eyre, of Jamaica. ‘The Secretary of the Jamaica Commitiee has forwarded to the London Times tho following ies of lotters which have beon received from Mrs. Ui by a mem- ber of the committce;— Recenr’s Park, July 2, 1866. My Dean Sin—Tho published resolutions of the Ja. maica Committee. respecting a criminal prosecution of Mr. Eyre and Mr. C. Buxton’s letter deprecating such a course, appear to me to require some notice from myself as the person most interested in this grave matter, I'am very grateful to the kind friends who manifest such sin- cere sympathy for me in my deep affliction, and wh geck to vindicate the memory of my dear hi any other circumstances I should desire to thcir counsel; but in the presentcase I solicit permission to give utterance to my own feelings, which I trust will not be disregar Ishrink from the step suggeated. My martyred hus- band, ehaving his course in publié snd in private life by his Christian profession, died forgiving Lis enemics, My earnest desire is to foilov; his example; and i ieel that in doing this 1 am oziy acting in barmony with the sen- ‘iments he esnressed in his last leter to mo, and with By ) precon’g of the Divitie kuster wnose fa{thful servant as. While yielding up my heart in gratitude for the grave which has been vouchsafed to me, and which alone has angtained me under this griovo's aflliction, 1 leave Mr. Fyre and those who have aided him in his cruel proceed- ings in the hands of “Him who judgeth righteo:sly.”” ; Bognlg you to make such use of this letier as you may judge best, Iam, my dear sir, yours very sincerely, M. GORDON. Mr. L. A. Caammrovzow, guided by 40 Avrxun Roan, July 14, 1866. My Drax Sm—If my lettor to you of tho 24 has pla ed the Jamaica Committee in any embarrassment I shal Tegret the circumstance. My object in writing to you was to give my reasons for not becoming the ator in ‘this case, and I feel that to that resolution I must adhere, If, however, the Jamaica Commi:tee consider it advisable, ‘op the grounds of the public interests and pubiic justice, and especially with reference to ths future security 0” the proceedings for tho vindication of Diack race, to take these great principles, so outraged by Mr. Eyre and his coadjutors, I do not see how I can in any way interfere. ‘As many of my friends are under the impre-sion that I intend to progesute Mr. Eyre, and aro ed that T should have such thouchts, I think it desirable that this letter and,my former one should b» published. With every sentimont of yours, very sincerely. Mr. I, A. CHamzrovzow. ott I am, my dear sir, Bratitudey Tat GORDON.” MISCELLANEDUS FORZIGN NEWS. England. ‘The ‘health of Prince Leopld, the youngest son of Queen Victoria, excited som apprehens'on. In the House of \ommons Me, Gladstone announced the wiindrawal of the Compulsory Church Ra‘e Abolition Dil for tha present The Elective Franchigo (Reform) bill was also with- drawn. Sir Ri Mayno, Chief of the Metropolitan. (London) , had ixgued an order forbidding the P Re- form | ae pd in Hyde Park, on the 234 of July, dvelnr- Ing It illegal and stating that measures would be taken. to prevent the assembling of tho meeting. The ‘New:, in its city articlo, says that the of the Birmingham Police, 7 effect of the Bankiog Com- in that town was away. pan: passing 4 T on Banking Company suspended payment on baad of duly. Their Meabitities, at pt alge ibing win. In the House of Commons Mr. Will gave notice of a question as to whether ps government intended to prus- ecute Governor Ey: Jamaica, News from Japan. Our advices from Japan are dated at Yokahama on the Mth of May:— A Japancee soldier was sevorely Postenes fos doneinn: his sword on two Brit:sh oMfcers; this crime, which the man committed when ayer the Japanese and hia sentence, so far as the impris n- troops, “tor: thls ect ot Watnen, slotanrie in ‘sston to a MB RE ceremony wl “i . ‘Sir Harry and Lady Parkes’ accompanied j ape party of fr visited tho of Satsuma's palace and grounds is fs tho fret time that foreigners have been aliowed to visit the interior of any Daimio's “ Tesbki” b Poberal except that of the Tycoon. A | 0% carriage an trom 7 carriage nd pale in g'and followed the Mivister's mol pio e greatest excitement among the in- India. Bownay, July 7, 1964, Exchange 2¢., market steady, In the market the dis- count demand was moderate. Steamships Arrived Ont. ‘The steamship Moravian, from Quebec, arrived at Liverpool on the 17th of July, ‘Th: steamship City of Bosion, from New York, arrived at Liverpool on the 19th of July. The -teamship Bavaria, irom New York, arrived at Southampton on the 19th of July. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. [The following quotations of the London and Li: market have been reported by the steamship Peruv an to the 20th of July, no financial or commercial matter baving a bem bad through the Auantic cable.—Ep, The Londen Money Market. The funds on the 18th of July tmproved cent pin Bylo oa harvest protpe.ts. Ths “discounts domand was quiet. deputation from the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce an interview with theChancellor of the Exchequer fa reference to the Bank act and the ine on stated government would not oppose a committee of inquiry on the subject. Loxpow, Jaly 20—P, M 4 0 88 ‘ates five-twent os, GVIZ a 70i4. utral shares, 77 @ 775. 42:54. rate was The Liv Consols for money, 88, Unived Iinots Eric abares, 42 a ‘The bank Haare daly 20, 1966, the sales of the 20,500 to exporters. et ed irregnti elusing aiter some finctuation« at a dec of Md. o@pariy on the middling qualities, The taticns are :— brin- ‘quo. pal 000. to intors and ex, cloa- {28 stbedy the stock inv port te satiated ak 870,000 ‘of Which 308,000 are American. dull. Corn caster. Lendon Markets. Breadatuffs inactive and easier. Sugar firm. firmer. stoady. Coffee Tea quiet bat steady. Rice steady. ‘Taliow State of Trade. The Manchester market is flat and prices tend down- ARRIVAL OF THE PROPONTIS AT BOSTON. Tho steamer Propontis tom Livro the ps ape ight arrived here to- WEWS FROM CHARLESTON. wntenced Wy iy tssio went vy, comission, w litera: occastoned the recent President, corpt Died. Courtavs.—On Joly 29, Joun C. Cowurave, at his residence, No. 9055 jotice of funeral in tomorrow's paper. ACKAoN. —On Sunday, July 20, at her residence, No. 287 West Fighteentu street, Mant Asx, wife of William Jackson, Particu of funeral hereafter. (For Otter Deaths See Third Pas.) WASHINGTON. MR. HARLAN’S LETTER OF RESIGNATION. Minority Report from the Jadiciary Commit- teo on the Caso of Jeff Davis. ae ke. he. Wasuixcton, July 20, 1866. Mr. Harlan’s Letter of Resiguation. . ‘The following is a copy of Secretary Harlan’s letter of Tesignation:— . TENE OF To THe Prempast:—Having ot C4 readiness to withdraw from the Cabinet ft might accord with your pleasure and convenience to Bame my suceessor, and in pursuance of an understand- ing arrived at in a recent interview, I hereby tender my Tesignation of the office of sec! of the Interior, to take effect upon the first day of September next. In thus severing my official connection with your admini tration I would do injustice to my own feolings were not to present my thanks for the uniform courtesy and@ kindnegs shown me by you during my term of servioa. Praying that the Supreme Ruler of Nations may bless ou with heatth and vigor to endure the arduous labors inetdent to your high position, and wisdom to carry into effect such wise measures of policy as Congress may devise to secure the domestic peace and national unity, T have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient. servant, JAMES HARLAN. Rewards for Meritorious Conduct in the Field. The Senate has been very liberal, in connection with the Executive Department, in bestowing brevets for gale lant and meritorious conduct in the field, the honors having been conferred for services as far back as the first battle of Bull Run, In some cases no less than three brevets have been given to one person, Volun- teer as well as regular officers share in these compli- mentary promotions which do not carry extra pay. Nor are they altogether confined to fighting men—recruiting, commissary and quartermaster officers, and those who have performed duty in various other branches, and some possessing miiftary titles but who never even wore {he “rity uniform, have been similarly brevetted. ~ On the last day of the session of Congress the Senate confirmed in gross over two hundred brevets, from major generals down to first heutenants, in addition to the: thousand heretofore sanctioned by that body. Codification of the Customs Laws. Under a recent joint resolution, Gen. Garfield ant Senator Croswell have been appointed by their respective branches of Congress to codify the customs laws. A third person is to be appointed by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury. The Assassination Conspirators Minority Re-- pért from the Judiciary Committee. Representative Rogers yesterday made a minority re- port, signed by himself only as a member of the Ju- dicary Committee, to which was referred an investi- gation as to what complicity, if any, Jefferson Davis and others had in the assassination of President Lincoln. He says, for some reason or reasons not fully stated, the majority of the Committee determined to throw im his way every possible impediment, not only in any as- sistance he might try to render them in what he consid- ered a common task imposed upon them by the House, ‘but even in bis working out any conclusion for himself, when it became evident that in this they would not only have none of his assistance or fellowship, but resented deeply any attempt ot his to render it, The papers were kept away from him, lock’d in boxes, hidden, and, whon.he asked to see them, he was told day after day and week after week, that he could not have access to them. It was not until noon of Friday that he was al- lowed freely to look through them and derive any know- Hin 3 based unon their examination, for tho of this report. Had the majority permitted him to use the customary privileges, but. from which they excluded him, this report would have been of more becefit to the ane jestice and truth than he could now hope to make it. Mr. allege evident perjuries une: warded it with the rest with an Year, with the ¢gor Of Mllary power aa the ef year, will r m!) power the oa ‘ture of vast amounts, and io Cuaover, Great Beye fea compedy we have the resalt of their How long is man to lie under these imputation without e108 0 peel, ination? This is worse than the df DB: aul fe. . on this point as on the dnty of the authorities holding Davts to give him = preliminary examination as prescribed practices of all civilized examination it be found that anything unsatisfied it is tho dnty of the government to immediately hand him to the civil authorities, that he and the others accused may have opportanity to show to the world the malico and falsehood of these wicked acensations. The discoveries of the doings of the Bu- reau of Military Jastice render it a duty tl be done in this matter hereafter be done in a jess sus- pee locality and from . Evil motives alone ‘the light. The government of this country have in thie matter nothing to hide or fabricate in dark- ness. Asregards the trial for treason, that is already becore the proper tribunal, aod I have only to express sorprise that the judicial branch of the government. should have so long deferred the trial, and that a priso- ner could be ready for trial so long, ask for it so pereiat- pn Mange yet, im defiance of law and usage, be 80 long. ry The Cholern in the Old World. The following letter Las just been received hore :— Umrten Ste res CovsuLate, Port Manon, July 30, 1866, Hon. F. W. Sewanp, Assistant Secretary of of the United 3) ates :— B Sta—T bave tie honor to inform that Information has been received here that the mortal among the pilgrims at \ecca, from cholera, ia muc! greater this ecason tnan the last. The informa. and of that tho disease is moro fatal yet reappeared Spain, The qaarantine aut! acting wpon the sipposition that the discase is conta- gious, have instituted a rigid quarantine, going so far as to oo all vessels [rom tue ports of tie United States and Brith ports, bound for avy of the Spanish porte im the Mediterranean, to quarantine here. re ie now at quarantine here, under the British an American ‘built ship, the Lord Clarendon, owned fated direct from New York, bound for Malaga, "Vessels are arriving daily. The English outnumber «il other nations, the average: being about five to one of any other nation. H. B. ROBINSON, Consul. MOVEMENTS OF LIEUTENANT GERERAL SHERMAN, Ciaverayn, 0., July 20, 1806. Lieutenant General Sherman arrived at the Kenvard House this morning, He leaves for Washingion to- Morrow morning via Pittsburg. - MISCELLA! A FORTY DROPS OF M « REMEDY contain: Many other medicines, Headache, Neurnigia, &e. A RIYORCE LEGALLY OBTAINED, IN ANY STATE, without Pinus, yresposure, No fee until divoree is G. LINCOLN, Atworney and Counselior-st-Law, Nassau street. TOALPR’S RHEUTMATIC virtue as forty bottles of instantly cure Nervous “Anh aioe cures Corns Bunions, Naile, ai DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED IN NEW vORK and other Rintes; no publicity nor fee tilt divores ob- tained. constltations free, M. HOWES, Attorney and Counsellor, 78 Nassau Fr. iG. SPE CIALIS By CouRREL « jorat cy ae re te from the fentern’ conrts. Private consultations at ‘ocliee NZ Broadway. Preteen teu RO UTIMFLES ne ED AT once 0 ue ‘pham' nisher. &@ cents, Sold by DEMAS aun & Coa Fark row, and all dress “Yi BMORRHOLDS CURED WITHOUT KNIFE OR CAUS- va giveaoes of Pelvic Vi Detormt- f'fiven' None awd HENRY A. Do les of LL® eT clsassing and preserving the Tenth, giving ee “J oon detgh ye etreabing feeling and taney goods dealers. Try it "h Co. General Agente, New York. Soman as GERMAN OINTMENT—WARRANTED Ue ae e188. ‘ae rau yigip 38 “a