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8 EUROPE. Papal Preparations for the Roman Council. Jules Favre’s Figures of the Franco- Mexican Loan. § Austrian Expedition to China and Japan. Prussian Review of the Surround- ing Great Powers. THE ELECTION CANVASS IN ENGLAND. By steamship from Europe we have the following AUGUST I], 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, urine, oath Aaltusash ba the Minister of State before | main strength (speaking of West Austria only) in BOUL q 0 Galicta, the ‘Tyrot and the Slovene lands, ~ nia words, an ob ny The Renner oS og dominates in this city, in joan first that and Uj ustria and Styria. had — = Lee eeeearen Diet still industriously continues said he for the e ould stand its sessions in spite of the allurementa of the grain 3; also financial o i uaraaice had thus fine ee nes Marino. Mint a0 Be It w mainly occupied with finance, ization of tae army aud the terms of the secured ihe loan he was expected to see the - | harvest season, I e the organ! holders righted of every centime, The gentleman a aalictiant with Conese: ‘The International Telegraph Conference. which has = Sxpeennee: these sentiments decarver eee ard, cer el mnuiat be mn the. ways: ‘of finances! naan been m session in this city for some weeks, has ter- ‘The same unfortunate mistakes about figures | minated the business which called it together and which were so injurious to Mr. Pouger-Guertier’s | adjourned until 1871, when Florence will be the ren- cause spoiled a good deal of the effect of Jules Favre's | dezvous. One of the resolutions of the conference statements and gave a first rate trump card to M. | allows of the use of the Hughes’ printing apparatus Rouher, In declaring that the French government | along side of that of Morse’s on all international received thirty-seven millions of the loan of 1861 he | lines. Another resolution is to recommend the exclu- Was mistaken by twenty-fozr millions, as the total sive use of wires of the thickness of five millimetres. amount did not exceed thirteen. Then he talked | It is claimed that these two reforms will contribute to about barrels of gold being sent (o Miramar, and as | lend both 5 and certainty to the transmission of the Minister of State observed, such a mode of for- | the despatches. The delegates were received by the warding money is rather too primitive to | Emperor at Schénbrinn and were well dined and have been adopted, Laughter responded to | wined here, and Baron Beust made a couple of this admission, as a natural consequence, and eches to them, Almost all of the speeches were when fun docs commence in a French | in French, that language being the one most gener- Parliament the “esprit naturel” of the nation leads | ally understood. The delegates combined pleasure them to joke over their own misfortunes, An incl- | with business in truly Viennese style. While here dent poor Henri Rochefort cannot la at Is the | they tooka ep over the far-famed Semmering Ruil- embarrassment he has got in with “4 road Pass and immediately thereafter were invited nique.” This individual 8 @ printed note from the lan Minister of Commeree to come government authorities, whose duty it is to contra- | over to Pesth and enjoy themselves there, This they dict false assertions in the papers and which by law | did and took the oppurtunity of making a picnic in is to be printed in fuilin the paper which advanced | the Ofen Mountains. One may almost that they the misstatements, wandered from the domain of pleasure into that of One of the amendments pro} by @ member of | politica when they paid a visit to Francis Deak. the oppamttian, at arecent sitting of the Assemblée ‘The revivat of confidence in the government, and was the suppression of the stamp tear on public | the lower rate of interest obtainable by investors in paves The proposal was rejected, An precaate State stocks since the passage of the coupon tax, fol- idea of what this duty brings in can be formed from | lowed as it has been by a rise in the price of govern- the fact that one fortnight’s duties on the ro | ment securities, has enabled Finance Minister Bres- (from 1st to 15th of July) and on only nine num! of the Lanterne amounted to 87,169 francs 60 cen- el to give notice that from and after the 27th of this month the interest on the Treasury certificates special correspondence and mail report in interest- tug detail of our cable telegrams to the 30th of July. ROME. Preparing for the Council—The Subjects to be ‘Treated—Why Monarchs Have Not Been In- vited—Sinecures for Cardinale—The Bour- bone—The American Bishops and Foreign Battalione—A Statue for Washington. Rome, July 22, 1868, The secret printing oMce in the Quirinal Palace is mew occupied with the voluminous programme of matters to be treated of in the approaching Ecu- menical Council, according to the decisions of the mx ecclesiastical congregations who are industri- ously engaged in elaborating the propositions to be discussed. Portions of this programme (as each chapter or subject is printed) are successively sent off to the Catholic bishops, so that they may have plenty of time to study the questions before voting in council. The conversation between Cardinal An- tonelii and Count de Sartiges respecting the non-invi- tation of Catholic sovereigns to the approaching genera! council of the Church is thus reported:—His Eminence gave two principal reasons for the omis- sion—first, that the condition of Europe is very differ- ent row from what it was at the period of the Council ef Trent, the principle of separation between Church and State having been more or less adopted by nearly all Catholic governments; second, that seve- rai Catholic sovereigns are at present not recognized by the Court of Rome, and their governments conse- quently not in diplomatic relation with the Holy See. ‘The Cardinal is stated to have gone on to profess the willingness of the Pontifical government, not- withstanding these objections, to issue formal invita- tions to the Catholic Powers on receiving their assurance that, in return for a renewal of the privi- lege they enjoyed formerly, they would engage to afford the same material protection as formerly to the Council during its seance id guarantee the same execution of its decisions in their respective States, favoring to the utmost the publication and promulgation of its acts. The French Ambassador, mot considering himself authorized to accept any ®ach stipulation, limited himself to referring the Cardinal's observations to the linperial govern- ment. According to an additional on dit, Count de Sar- tiges aspires to similar honors in the approaching council to those granted to the representatives of the Holy Roman Empire in preceding ones, the rights and privileges of the German Empire having by no means descended to that of Austria. The medieval imperial ambassadors had precedence over all others m general councils, enjoymg besides other privi- Jeges that of a separate seat on the right hand | @! the Pope's legate and only a litt low than that prelate, It is said that his Exe lency has hinted that France has conferred sum cient obligations on the Hol ® renewal of these ancient privil resent ambassador. The repre: ‘atholic Powers, although inte question of participation 10 u patiently for the decision which will be tween the Cardinal Secretary of State a Ambassador, intending to’ mak subse- ns of clive governments, e in of Lombardo- and being an Austrian subject, was named protector of the Rome, for which honorary si his government 6,000 florins per a however, the economy of the ne ment lopped off this useless pi and the Cardinal immediately a) useless title. Formeriy ali Cath respective especial protectors ac ! members of the Sacred Coliege, tut now oniy 1 keeps up the custom, in Di Pietro. There was, i! that Cardinal Konuparte would be appointed pro- tector of the French nation here, but tt has not been verified. It is, of eourse, said that Cardina) Silvestrt | has gone to Vienna on a government mission, but his Eminence is accustomed to t every summer, aud has probably determined to try some of the many celebrated German springs this year. Last night the Count and Countess of Girgenti en- barked on board tne Spanish frigate Isabella IL, at Givita Vecchia for Trieste, whence their Koyal High- nesses will proceed to Vienna for the bride's pre- | sentation to the Bmperor and Empress ot Austria. ‘They will go next to Prohadorf, to pay a visit to the Count of Chambord, and afterwards to see the Queen of Naples and their other Bavarian relations. From Germany they will go to Paris to accept the gracious invitation of the Empress Eugenie, and | nally propose returning to Madrid about the mouth of October. The Prussian Minisier, Baron d’Arnim, left Kome enctian nationality, hen made Cardinal, Austrian nation at re he received f Last y for Berlin on Saturday. A communication las been received from some of the Catholic bishops of the United States by Cardinal Barnabo, prefect of the Propaganda College, antici | pating difficulty on muny accounts in reulizing the | command conferred by the Roman governinent on ‘eneral Tewis, of the battalion of United States vol- unteers to be raised for the service of h In rpite of th Holness. | to} however, aud the legal obs the enrolmen rward by the United States | pment, (ht ys do not despair of hing men for defence of the Cb tthe on prevalent here is that @ Kepa mn will not be raised or seut here at all, vat two hundred volunteers are forwarde me it Will be the utmost, and they will be inc with the zoua havretie returned to Rome jmed the cetomand of his tmployment of the money, amounting to seve yal millions of francs, and stores sent by the Catholic ussion. ho have a nis from the ve their pe has of inquiry, among | untants, to fmrnish | & report by t he recent opera. | tions of the military ad tration, Two brig: is, Orsind and Majorani, were shot at petri on Saturday last. d States sailing transport Guard left harbor on the 16th, having taken on | 1 Mr. Horatio Stone's statue, destined for Wash igton, FRANCE. ‘The Mexican Loan Debate—M. Kouher in Ree | ply to Jules Fr onin Peolt PARIS, July 28, 1868, The fainting energies of the deputies were awa- kened on Saturday last by discussions on the tadem- nification to be paid to Mexican bondnolders, Speeches from M. Rowber and Jule# Favre having been announced the afiuence of visitors was im- mense in the tribunes. The question under consid eration was What amount the Minister of Finance ‘was to be authorized to inseribe on the great book of the public debt. The sum of four millions of francs in cent rente was voted by 170 to 35 M. Rouher answered M. J. Favre's virulent attack with consummate oratory, and after the applause bestowed on him on such an occasion, with the hiree per downfall and loss of the undertaking still present on | ali minds, an idea can be can be conveyed of the mfuence of that oratory on the majority, Bond- holders will jast lose haif on the transaction. It looks melancholy, but most soothing, too, when Job’s comforters assure them that if they did not accept that half they would have nothing at all to eave ‘in, with the exception of glorious souvenirs. We all know the latter specie is of no value at the Bourse, So, after all, M. Rouher t# a very great man. A sirange Jeller, signed by a Ftrange prenusdo- " ch | a vestri left Kome on Sunday for Vieuna. | 4 | Diplomatic Appointments—The Herald's Opine times. This must be a pretty round annual revenue, | (Sadinen-scheine), ble at six maontha after pci issue, will be redu m five to four and a half per cent, and that for those Se at four months’ date the rate will be reduced from four and a half to Vice | four per cent, ‘The turmoils at Trieste have increased and led to collisions, in which two men of Italian blood have lost their lives and several others have been severely wounded. The cause of these seditions is the lil blood which exists between the Slovene population, py gare ig oe apoumreinoua coun’ uy around ‘est upper i day at this moment, and we are in the most ad- pulation of the — — sy ee eS vanced stage of a dead season. Every one who can etl eg sob By 1 Suncast brags er eg an for union w! , While seek solitude, shade and avold politics has left the | TreSlovenes are as loud in thelr <prodamation of at- capital. tachment to Austria, The Town Council of Trieste is The Emperor is completely installed at the Hotel Cp gptrdiee sea: pany Von an Dut forth a Napoléon, Plombidres, and occupies nearly all of y 00) narrative ol facts, censuring, the this building, but the 1 room on the ground floor conduct of the military. On the other hand, the Stat- thalter, who represents the Austrian government, remains for the accommodation of the bathers who man ae Ei gul ponalar Ghngea ole ae Ad the are accustomed to play in it, converse and play Sateen RO Incemensé of these troubles upon young men of the merchant class and musical pieces. Onthe story above are the dining | the Italian party, who made an attack upon a peace- room, hung in gray and printed chintz curtains, the ful gathering of paasenne amen bed a cord ca the ouses: . A deputation from the Town salon of the oMcers in attendance hung tn crimson, | Council of Trieste has arrived in this city for the pur- the private apartment of the Emperor, his | pose of conferring with Minister Giskra as to the bedroom and that of his private Secre- | measures which should be adopted for restoring tran- tary, all newly fittea up. The dressing room senna ee their town. y in th bit of cee ome re rou and study are at the end of the gallery. The win- | tally troubled with faction dghts ‘of race and na. dows of the latter look out on the park and pavi- cally troubled with faction fights of race and na- lions, The bathroom is a little above the ground tionality. floor, and communicates with the Napoleon baths by means of an open gallery. The kitchens, larders and store rooms are under floor. The Emperor walks out every morning in the park and has already visited the various parts of the town and the church. There are crowds of bathers and prices are fabulous, Tclegraphy has been estab- Gossip from Paris—Napoleon’s Life at Plom- bieres—Eugenic at a Council—Queen toria’s Reception—The Prince Imperial and Prince Napeleon—Patti, the Opera and Theatres. Paris, July 28, 1868, The Figaro draws fifty-three thousand copies per The Expedition to China and Japan—Agricul- tural Science—Result of the Telegraph Con- fe rence. ‘Vienna, July 23, 1868. Of the expedition which will shortly sail from Trieste for China and Japan have to report what may interest those who devote themselves to agri- cultural science and silk culture, At the request of lished between Fontainebleau and Plombicres for | tne west Austrian Minister of Commerce the Vienna the convenience of immediate communications be- | agricuitural Society has handed in four letters of in- tween the Empress and the Emperor during his Ma- | strnction for the behoof of those men of natural Jesty’s absence, science who will be entrusted with the duty of mak- The imperial prince forwards short telegrams on ing investigations and reporting thereupon. These his pursuits and studies. He lately walked to the | rour jetters embrace, respectively, the following sub- Village of Thomery, and paid a visit to Mile. Rosa | jects, namely:—Agriculture, horticulture, vine cul- Bonheur, the artist. He remained there three hours, ture, silk culture and the rearing of bees. and examined with much enjoyment a large number of animals which are kept as models. In the first letter the following points ‘The Empre me to Paris last Saturday for the | are brought into relief, namely, the application of Council of Ministers atthe Tuileries, She travelled i 4 by the usnai train in her salon car, wedged in be- | #8man excrement for manure, and new fodder her- tween two ordinary first class cars. She read nearly | bage; in the second letter the following topics, ae yay se cut several of the papers Donate a namely, the result of euitivation by terraces as well py her command of the woman who holds a stal Of hooks at the depot. A very quiet remark was | 9 of the lateral warming of the soll, artificial water- made by her to one of the Ministers who complained | ing, sorts of manure, means adopted against destrac- = ho bro ge! rs ate thrown in Kari bebe tive animals, degenerations and rots, tools and appa- glass house “Yes, she said, “you are as badly o1 Mt fis we are, being such Very close neighbors.” Before ratus; in the third letter, information concerning leaving the station she gave instructions for the pre- | Mulberry trees, also those oaks of Japan whose leaves serve for the food of the silkworm, namely, the Bombyz Tama-Mai. Wt is requested that acorns, and, if possible, young trees be brought to rations which are to be made for the Queen of engiand’s reception on the 6th of Angust, particularly Europe. Further, concerning the transport of the cocoons, the reeling off of the silk and new spinning impressing on the gentlemen in ofice that no official Plants (spinn-pflanzen). In the fourth letter tnforma- solemmity was to be attempted; simply measures taken which concern her visitor's comfort and pub- tion ts sought for concerning the habits and breed- ing results of the apis dorsata (big honey bee) and of lic security, as the Queen wishes to preserve the the mellipona minuta (the stingiess honey and wax strictest incognito, Villa Wallace is, | believe, the place selected for her Majesty at Lucerne, an honor due to Scotia. itis somewhat diiicult to be and not to be at the Sawe time. Prince Napoleon has tried incognito at Constantinople and signally failed. He hoped to producer), and the transport of some of both these | purchase a few Persian Inxuries at a reasonable | CO™@mMunities of honey collectors to Austria and Hun- gary. A uniform communication, | Vienna papers this morning, price, and doflag of all his Imperial Highness put | on a shocking bad hatand brown overcoat, but it ablished in all the | would not do: he was soon recognized and snr. | Vien ee rounded by the veriest pack that ever hunted game bey oe Kirn peeabe caved et Shape that jowu. Ile just honght half as much as he intended, | fhe transactions of the international Telegraph Gon- but puid inrperial prices for the stuallest trhies. We | 1955, ‘was rendered necessary in consequence of the Pee ee et oe fare ot a dinner fiven to the | wish to extend its operations over the Asiatic lincs, mething better thi . ta, b hey | 8 addition to this revision of the treaty contract a dane nothing bit artan hike the Ptinee aia anes | complete set of rules for the service of the compa- fad Gedo i wiubn at eke Hae: | nies was elaborated. Purther, between neighboring States a series of special treaties for the reduction ch tariffs and for the fixing of the modes of oning the costs was concluded, ‘The principal result of this conference is, probably, | the closer connection which nas been established ba- tween all the telegraphic boards of directors mm Eu- | rope and Asia, so that complete unity has been se- ' cured, not only in political respecis, but in the whole | manipulation for ail the telegraph lines of the Old | World. Amang the special provisions I may men- tion the Lope ta ny = eae —— = her’ preferred be! ‘ nem. | Correspondence on the long Itnes, and, secondly, the er prererred jeimy far irom the Em- | reduction of the tariff, which, especially for the cor- whereas M, Roath ted moving and | Tespondence to tndia, is considerable. The forward. * | ing of telegrams by mati to those places in which The Emperor patd a visit iasi Sunday to Luxeuily accorapanied by Genera A wr. Conti, secre- tary; Mr. Pie tri, special se of the des) and his equerry. | The tirst stopped at the Thermal establishment, then dined at the Hotel Ric! for the poor returned to Pt All our 1, and alter leaving 1 ‘The visit wa mubiéres. unexpected. Ma vi jotuing the of the de ¥ going to Carisbad instead When this was eatd before one who is fond of @ pun, he reaarked and mov Was resolved to keep ‘his chamber. M, Pinard will , i eee a tiomtoncres: ataehia ek inten ar wil | there ts no telegraph station Isto be done gratutt- Brea ated placecthe suutt of | OUSLY. Hereby (ne principle is laid down that in consideration of the payment of the cost of telegraph- | France. | ing, which is the same for every country, the tele- j I our actors, actresses, singers and dancers are touring in the provinces gram will be forwarded to every place which is ac- ¢ plac f : cessible by way of the mail, and, therefore, ed through Paria | Z - | means of communication as the Post Office dows, Mile. Nilsson is a bird of passage; but she | r the editing of a eosmopotite periodical, which will examine and criticise the improvements, or alleged improvements, in the system of telegraph- | ing, and finally for the purpose of making circular communications concerning has gone back t at Adelina Patti are turned ime ‘The new marquis ondon again in order The Nos. the oP ning of new lines and stations, a central office has been estab- the aivacs fort oa Aatguis has insisted On | Tished, which oilice will be superintended by the The ¢ Comedie Franca boy eh eet with thu ing success at Dijon and Lyons. On the other hand, the political and diplomatic ne- The cave of the murder at La Varenne £ | gotiations are entrusted to the presiding govern- has and the female mardere | ment for the time being, which for the next three Fleute enced to hard labor. St years will be the Ausiro-fiungarian, The new fir then set fire to the h arrangements will only come into operation January 1, 1860, The delegates before separating waited on their presijent, Herr Von Wattenwyi, to express their thanks for the kindly reception they had met with at the hands of the Imperial government, and at tne same time presented him with a siiver table service, adorned with appropriate inscriptions. The Oficial Gazette of this morning announces that Her previous career and sha roved thi hey were both dis- honest and depraved. Marie Fleutot defended her- ' | th great ability, but when she heard the sen- | | | 1 ent discovery. could not refrain a smile of satisfaction, for ital punishe xcited such z the public in court that cries anc were heard of “Death! death!” The prisoner is 4 2 ae ~ the Eraperor has awarded to Mr. David Hnghes, in twenty-four years old, has already undergone #1X | acknowledgment of the value of hie telegram pritt- months’ imprisonment for theft an‘ had born an Mle | {OND aratw the onler of the rn eae Ore gitimate ebild. ahraun AUSTRIA. e Fu GERMANY. The Prussian War Minister as an Author Austr! England, France and Russian Passed in Review=North German Enlightenment. BERLIN, July 23, 1968, The Prussian Minister of War, Herr Albert Theodor Emil von Roon, wrote previons to the year 1869, since which he has occupied his post tn the Cabinet, @ number of highly esteemed treatises on geography jons—Convecation the Western Diete= State Rights and Centralization—The R in Trieste. VIENNA, July 28, 1868, The telegraph has doubters already informed you that Baron Von Wydenbruck, the Austro-Hungarian | Minister at Washington, is to be relieved by Baron | Kari Von Lederer, at present the representative of this empire for Hamburg, Lubeck and Bremen. and ethnology, which are looked upon as standard The Nexato's remarks upon the character of Mr. | works of instruction, and have been published in Smythe, as recently nominated United States Am- | numerons editions. Born in the year 1803, in the basador at the Court of Vienna, were quoted inthe | Pomeranian town end fortress of Kolberg, he re- Official G of the 18th tnst, | ceived his education at the military academies of The seventeenth provincial Diets of West Austria | Culm and of Berlin; was then appoimted instructor at have been eummoned by an imperial ordinance to | the same, in 1835 to the command of the Topographt- meet on the 224 of August. I enumerate them in | cal Bureau, in 1895 to the sta‘, in 1842 tutor of Prince the order in Which they are mentioned in the ordin- | Frederick Caries in geography and tactica, accom- ance, nameiy:—Rohemia, Galicia and Lodomeria | panying in 1846 this Prince tothe University of Bonn, with Cracow, Daimatia, Lower Austria, Upper Aus- | and tn 1948 chtef of the star of the Eight army corps. tria, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Buxo- | In i860 he was made colonel, 1856 major general, 1860 wing, Moravia, Avsirian Silesia, Tyrol, Voraiberg, | lieutenant general, and is at present a full general and Istria, Gorz and Gradisea, town and territory | member of the Reichstag, representing a Bresian | of Trieste, These provincial Diets, first created by | city district, After this brief sketeh of the author's | M. von Schmeriing {n isst, received a considerable | position, some extracts from his “Manual of Political | augmentation of power under the constitutional | Geography,” which has just appeared in a twelfth amendments of December 21, 1967, and now assem- | edition, and brought up to the present year, may be ble for the first ume since the inauguration of the | found interesting. new regine. The two frat named, those of Galicia In the last chapter @ short summary of the social, aud Botemia, representing as they do two pro- | religious and political position of every European | nounced non-German, 1 y say anti-German, na- | State is given, Speaking of Austria General Von tlonalities, are the most important, and their pro- | Roon says:—The Austrian Monarchy, which in 1866 | ceedings are looked forward to with the greatest | separated, together with her German provinces, interest. The first thing which these Diets will have | from ail political connection with the rest of Ger+ |\ Sommeumapeuee aa" < And ratify hese constitutions! | maby, has ever eince the year 1848 labored under ® | tom and powers of the diets there secr, ae Jurtulle: | great number of experiments in constitutional gov- With the excepuon of Switzeriend, Y think | @riment, The leading principles of these expert | there is no State in Europe which has made | ments, while often diametrically opposed to each | [) peikigo Ra gy Be the principles of | other, have condnced at one time to centralization, ae have “Austria and” Hodgary. in “Tact, at another to decentralization, now to constitution contest between what, in the language of Ameri | ality and then to an unlimited monarchy, The con the stitution agreed upon in the present year ie ex pected to secure the paragon of « constitational can politicians, one would call ¢) mpqnerchy, Six Joopeler yoping for & complete govern ! | and the central government rtles constitates }a eet eee of the publ t life of both. sec: } Hons of emir, The WW10 partion upve ipeir ment reorganization on the most liberal basis. and @ recovery from the severe internal injuries with which the empire ix afflicted and to which are justly as- cribed the sore defeats the last ten years. It remains to be seen whether this new ex- perkinent for a regeneration of Austria will be suc- cessiul, No small impediment a the bisected cha- racter of these new institutions, which, Hun; ary and Transylvania ha been resto: to their former constitutions and privileges, have cleft the monarchy in two portions coin; dent oF eneh, other. 2 of the situation ig most mate: incre: ert oe ae Se it is again oped may be reliev. @ rigorous develo commerce and trafile, abolition of troubiezome ba, riers, edvantageons and commercial treaties, though a very heavy taxation must necessarily remain un- oor Bnstand he Englan 8:—Next to republican rights of the lowest Pence ered a strict upholding of the privileges of the born even up to the tirone, Great wealth of organic. in all public affairs counterac:s that whieh 1a cbuee iete, Permanent strife favors not ory egotistic tendencies, but also public welfare. The system of administration, the judiciary and military manage. ment, all are based upon the history of tle country, upon custom and practice and not upon theorem, For this reason we observe, notwithstanding certain limited views, unamense maltiformity in every branch of public life. ‘The finances show an inex- naustible supply of resources coupled with an ex- travagant national debt, The army of the land, not numerous, without systematic o1 ization, mostly consisting of the breadless and aay, corresponds, however, owing to its external diselpline and sus- tained by national mie, to the most diversified and diMeult demands, while the better situated of the nation disdain service and have yet to develop and give proof of the etiiciency of militia. Speaking of Belgium, he says:—Its military estab- lishment, until now a weak imitation, has been of late greatly improved. With an insignificant navy, a large number of fortresses and a neutrality guar- anteed by international treaties it gives hope of the preservation of its political independence, Of France we have:—The French, though of great natural ability and liveliness of spirit, are neverthe- less not much instructed, owing to a want of suffl- cient and good schools and the lack of interest for a general and profound education. Considerable erudition may be found but it is confined to a few * * * ‘The general aim of the middle classes being for practical Wweasistiean) so-called use- ful knowledge more than for pure and humane cultl- vation, is a trait which partly accounts for the moral depravation of the poeple, The French call them- selves the most “enlightened,” and finally, too, the “grande nation.” Others have called it the most amiable. With justice, however, such national faults as vanity, egotism, frivolity and want of piety have been charged upon them. Though by no means free from bigotry, the French, under pretext of destroy- ing superstition, have trampled under their feet to a. great extent all religious Christian conviction. Of the government of France the author says:— After the revolution of 1848, in consequence of which the inviolable monarch with his charte vérité was forced to give way to a President elected by the fickle nation and to a republican constitution, the latter has been set aside since the coup détat of December 2, 1861. The liberty of the sovereign peo- ple was then limited toa very narrow measure, as accorded by the new constitution. of Jan- uary 14, 1862, granted by the absolutely ruling President, now hereditary Emperor of the French, who has not since deigned to increase, except nominally, these liberties, Though the people are allowed by this constitution some share in the management of public affairs, yet in reality, even atter the concessions afterwards made, which are without hardly an exception but apparent ones, the whole legisiative as well as executive power rests solely in the hands of the chief of the State. * * ‘A modifleation of the already very respectable and well tried army establishment has recently taken place. Its purpose ig to furnish the army—the main prop of the imperial power—with a numerous and well trained reserve for a war and to improve the or- ganization of the militia, The general liability to serve in the army is adhered to, but it is limited, as tap alt by the privilege of furnishing substi- utes, Russia is spoken of in no flattering terms. The eniture of the Russians is improving, though it lacks, even in the European portions of the empire, a Chrisiian-Earopean stamp, which often appears as a thin coat only of external civilization over hy- perboreal barbarity. The case is more glaring owing to the higher classes, which, though taleuted and partly well instructed, are not seldom without @ strict appreciation of moral dignity such as is acknowledged by other civilized nations, and to the lower classes being without religious education and general school instruction, though the latter seems to gain'somewhat In extent. Its Baltic provinces are the most advanced. Recently a marked ten- dency has been observed to Russify the non-Russian late of these provinces, particularly the Ger- man stock. It is fair to close these extracts with a few from the cheer of Prussia, in the government of which the author holds such a prominent position :—Of the great- est importa the defensiy gener to bea and not only for political objects is system Of Prussia, based as it is upon duty to serve, capability of the whole nation arms and prompt readiness for hostilities, at ie time promoting moral education. ‘This system, lately extended over the whole North Ger- man Confederation, serves, in peace as in war, with its well tried institutions, as an example to all our confederates, and may be looked upon, in more than one respect, as the most important and successful te for the social and political unton.of Germany. In the saine manner the Prussian navy, now sailing under the North ¢ an Bund flag, given the nucleus of a German naval Power, which, under Prussian direction, bids Tair to develop itself prosperously. Of equally great importance for the army 4s that system of military instruction which has m, up to this time, adopted by a'l our confederates. * * * * The defence of the poser consists, apart from the army, in a number of excellent fortresses. Numerous are the institutions for the manufacture and preser- vation of implements of war, * * * * Prussia, conformable (o its history, is essentially @ military ENGLAND. The Election Canvass—Ministerial and Rudi- cal Bids for the New Vore. {Prom the London Times, Juiy 24.) rT hard upon elderly politicians whe th ages all their days and who have carned claim to consideration to be suddenly com- pelled to adjust their movements not oniy to unfore- seen circumstances, but, what is worse, to unfore- seep men. They have been learns, their paces and uaring their systems all their lives, sometimes with the reward of office, sometimes with the stil! higher gratitication of recognized as political chiefs and the men upon whom weaker judgments could Jean. In quiet times every year adds some- thing to the weight of a proved auihority or a respect- able career. But there comes # tussel, an uproar and @ rash, and excellent men find them- seives in the position of @ respectable house- holder, who, upon going into the see what the noise is about, is suddenly engaged in a@ disrepntable squabble or incompre- hensibdie riot. It is sad to think of a Baring being ed to Fad into the wake of a Disraeti for the destruction af hia oven seat, or of a Gladstone for the disesicdlishment of a national church. It is sad to Chink that he should have to lift up his voice in patriotic yet not disinterested protest, yet lift it up * m vain. Mr. Henry Baring loses at once his seat for Mariboroagh, the consideration due to nearly forty years’services and the experience acquired by many Weil considered decisions simply because a man rty years ago, was just emerging into fame writer of amusing fictions now finds it conve- nient to make @ Tald on the smaiier boroughs. At the same time another man, then a mere child of promise, ira <a church establishment becavae m no other au can he get the wind of his daring and unscruprlous antagonist, All this is so dierent from the manners of the last aye, let alone the oft quoted days of Walpole, Fox, Pitt, or even Peel, that even a Baring must preach to the olectors of Mariborough from the rams of the constiiution. Mr. Horsman's trial is of another kind, and he has met it accordingly. With large sympathies for the many, yet disdaining too close an alliance, and desirous to be at once popular and original, and aspiring to infuence rather than to Jead or command, he saddenly fads himself the unit in a crowd urged on by irresistible impulse to some unknown goal. tle is obliged to sit under more than one masier, and exhibit the decility of a tender or an inferior mind. Whatis to be done when this virtue ts not less necessary than valgar and con- temned? Mr. Horsman would ke original still, and with some rival andecity wishes to cap the alter- nate bids for power. He bas not, like Mr. Henry Baring, to take his leave of the spectators with @ dying farewell, for a course is still before him, and even in the borough of Stroud there te a bit of bine sky. It is a day of bide and he bid well too, ‘The House of Commons and the Irish Charch have served the turn of the rival leaders ; he will try both in one—a reform of the House of Lords. Cap that who can. No doubt Mr. Horsman has long wished to see a few such fmprovements, and modesty alone has wre his mouth, But the age of modesty is ne jt. only good that comes of thinking over @ Rapr idea is that somebody anticipates you. Un- less Mr. Horsman it now, when there is some glory in saying it, he will have to express his humble concurrence, perhaps without even the op) aolty of a speech, in the pro of some more daring, or simply more agiie politician, next year. * * * Mr. Horsman miist be considered to have met the emergency with better grace. since cries are the order of the day, and you must contribute our quota to the public entertainment, he proposes dish up the lords, There are three courses open for the reform of this exalted body, and as each has its recommendations and it is not easy to choose be- tween them, Mr. Horsman proposes to take all three. Turn out the bishops, have life peerages and intro- duce representation. These are sweeping pi tions, but to a certain extent they assist one an ‘ To exciude the bishops would be to exti ish the oldest element in the House and to the only life To introduce life peers would be to neu- tralize hereditary claims and create an Upper House Sepresenting con the opinions of the day. Repre- sentation, while it aimed at a more exclusive body actual legislators, would cei tend to Lords, the the law, E iene tfecinees efi mi t's possivie so, concelve & House of Lords thus composed which would be BS 2¢ i sf E 3 we have come to when a Parliamentary speaker of long standing, of eminence and even muiluence, throws the proposal into a sentence of his address to his constituency. What we next expect? What will some sil more ho; | or more desperate int for the next great man propose as the turning oo trial of streugth? Thus fur itis the const are reforming, but Will the constitution y matter enough for reforms when reforms becorue (he fasli- tonable ammsement of the age? Certainly there 18 good dea! that might be altered with advantaze in this country; but England still contains many things worth contending for, and we seem to be approach ing the line between the two, We trust it may be found out and respected. Interference of Peers and Danger to the Peerage. (From the Loudon. ‘Telegraph, Juty 29.) ‘The interference of peers at elections promises to rise to such @ height in the coming contest that, if it ‘were as successful as the novie intruders desire, it might be a question whether our “lower”? Chamber should not be called the Honse of Lords, The state, of affairs at Cardiff is wonderfully insrructive. The town, as is generaily known, “belongs” to Lord Bute. He ts lord ‘of the soll, and almost of all that is there- on.| When he nods Cardiff moves; when he frowns Cardiff trembles, and when he smiles all the windows are illuminated and a public dinner is orga! happy local illustration of the well-known truth he Britons—eapeciaily West Britoris—never shall La fro ves uires new color, vividness and force the ev of the last few days, Colonel Stuart, col to the Marguis of Bute, or else we shoul not venture to uame him, is member for Cardiff and a liberal. Bat the Marquis himself fa a minor, a student at Christ Church, Oxford: and, having by some mysterious means been iniuenced into a Mt of toryism, the Porn authorized his trustee to sup- port, against Colonel Stuart, Mr. Giffard, Queen's counsel, the tory candidate. What influence his conservative relations brought to bear on the little lord we do not know; they may have promised him @ new cricket bat, a pony, a big gun, “lots of holt- days,” no more Greek, and leave to sit up late; at all events the boy wrote to his big cousin, the Colonel, saying that he in- tended to e Mr. Giffard “negative support,” but not to indulge in “active antagonism” to his relation, That promise, however, did not. satisfy the tory trustee, a Mr. Boyle—he wanted more. * * * We earnestly hope, if it is not asking too much, that the liberal electors of Cardiff—sincerely liberal by a large majority—will disregard the extorted letters ard words of the young lord, and the bratally brusque advice of the impertinent trustee, and that Colonel Stuart will be again returned for the seat. If not, so much the worse for marquises next year. Every little fact that exhibits peers in insolent op- position to the people ‘tells trumpet-tongued” for the views of the thinkeragin this country—as yet a minority—who already talk about transforming our hereditary Chamber into a Senate, with foolish boys like Lord Bute and incompetent old gentiemen tike the Duke of Portland relegated to the obscure opu- lence of do nothing millionaires. (From the London News, July 29.) * * * But the Marquises of Bute owe quite as much to Cardiff as Cardiff owes to them. Its pros- perity has swelled their rentroll. Cardiff has not Sold its political independence for its new docks. | If it should prove to be as subservient as is expected by Mr. Giffard’s patrons its corruption will be as gross as that of Yarmouth and Lancaster. In this as- ct of the case we are not concerned with the in- erference of Lord Bute as a peer. If the Bute peer- age were extinct the owner of the Bute estates would not be less powerful. But then another question arises, and that question is, how far the laws which favor the accumulation of vast properties in a few hands are compatible with the free und honest work- ing of the representative sysiem. The Duke of Port- land and the Marquis of Bute, or rather the keeper of his conscience, are raising very revolutionary is- sues at a time when prudence would dictate a guard- ed and watchful reserve. John Bright’s Position in Birmingham. From the London Star, July 27.) Mr. Bright’s position at the banquet given by the Mayor of Birmingham. was certainiy not an easy one. Neither, it must be allowed, was that of his host, on his host’s own adrussion. Men of opinions the most different were gathered round the table. Extreme liberals, moderate liberals, timid liberals were there; genuine oe or true blue conservatives, conser- vatives who like to attach the prefix liberal! to their ty denomination, conservatives who, with Mr. i, are ready for anything; conservatives who, with General Peel, are ready for nothing. The host is understood to be a man of decidedly conservative opinions; the guest was the most popular tribune and the foremost orator of liberalism, The Mayor of Birmingham, indeed, declared that while he holds his official position he feels bound to an absolute impartiality: and we only wish that the cbief magistrates of other citles would endeavor to act upon his honorable example in this respect, even if they could not pretend to imitate his elo- quence und his good taste. still, the political Spina, of the Mayor of Birmingham are not those of Mr. Bright, and many of those present thought with the host, and not with tye guest. But the com- pany had assembled mainly, ho doubt, to hear Mr. ‘ight speak. They would have been disappointed if he had taiked mere after-dinner platitudes, sup- Posing him likely to condescend to anythtug of the indyor capable of uttering such talk. * * #* Even tories of the deepest dye may, there- fore, on the eve of anotier revolution—promoted and guided by him—teke courage and be of good cheer when he tells them that the time will come when this revolution too shall be remembered by them or their successors as one of the beneficeut operations of our national development. The whole speech was that of au — addressing Engiishmen with whom, no matter what their differences of sectional opinion, he must have acommon interest supreme over all minor considerations. This feeling so filled the ad- dress and gave so true a tone to it that partisan sentiment of any kind sank out of hearing and was lost in the common feeling of English citizenship and English patriotism. Such an occasion has been rarely turned to #0 good an account, and we only wish all great political speakers addressing a miscel- laneous public assembly would take confidence and courage m the example of Mr. Bright and treat their audiences like intelligent and thinking men worthy of something better than the most yracefal generalities or the most polished platitudes. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. By the late prosecutions the Austrian government has succeeded in causing the suspension of several Czechian journals of Prague. One of the editors was convicted of high treason and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with hard labor. The Mayor of Strasburg has re-established the tax on bread. The Russian government has closed a contract for the constraction of iron houses in Warsaw, at the price of fifteen hundred rubies each. A severe riot took place recently at Mayence, Ger- many, between some citizens and the military, in which reveral workmen were severely wounded, The Neapolitan papers mention that the brigands ee aman natued Nicola Trecea, and cutting o i) of $3 is ea Sent it to his family, demanding a ransom The Egyptian government has appointed the Eng- lish traveiler Nr. 5. Baker to direct an expedition towards the sources of the Nile, with a view of es- tablishing commercial relations with the natives. ‘The opening of the Agricnitural Exhibition at San- tiago, Chile, has been dednitely fixed by a Presiden- tial decree for the ist of April, 1869, thus allowing ample time for foreign competition. The finances in Portugal are in such a on condition that the King contemplates setling his jewelry and precious stones to assist the public credit. It is repotted that Sir Robert Napter will be ay pointed Commander-in-Chief of the forces in nila for the term of five years, during which period the salary amounts to $975,000. Prince Humbert and his wife left Monza recently on a three months tour in Europe and they intend visiting South Gerinany, Switveriand, Belgium, Hol- land, England and finaliy Scotland. A magnificent balloon, christened Napol and for the great fete of the 15th inst., in Paris, ‘was destroyed by fire a few days back, with the workshops in which it was being constructed, ‘The direct trade between New Orleans and_ Italian rts during 1847 increased to the sum of $130,649, irty-two hundred bales of cotton were sent to Genoa and four hundred and nineteen tons of marble ‘were received at New Orleans. Correspondence from Paris states that an im- mene sum of money has been spent by ref the ment on the Dunderburg, or, as she is now the Rochambeau, the effect of which is that her speed rarely exceeds six knots and that as # ram she is quite used up. At the iron works of the Prince Saim, at Blansko, Austria, one of the blast furnaces unexpectedly let out the molten iron, inundating the ground like a torrent of lava and seriously injured a number of ‘workmen, sixteen of whom were burned alive before assistance could be renaered, According to a late on dit current in Florence a treaty of offensive and defensive alliance has been entered upon by Prussia, Kussia and Italy against France and Austria, Should the allied arms be crowned ‘with success, italy would be recompensed with the annexation of ‘Trieste, Istria and perlaps Southern The ports of Brindisi and Marseilles are at drawn Gaagire for the yp of the overland India Via Brindisi saves about twelve hours, which is nullified by the French authorities in Paris who Pincha ier tina hy hic a the rnment, Bre state ey aa.” A gentleman having realized a | fortune in t] uated States returned to his in Zurich, Switzerland, having converted all property inte verninent bonds, Met AS ed he left fring upon a table, A beautiful who was re to the pile of 1c! 5 fuuied, This bo exasperated the roan Umt he killed the child with a biow of his fst. The Paris papers mention that the chief Post Omce of that city eh ‘propably soon be joved from the it builvituy. in the rue Jean bag od Rousseau, the huge ediice of the nia, on the Place du Chateau, d’Rauw. The 3] a courts can female saree i x See = stabling for aM undred horses, The allow the Poat Ofiloe and hier telegraph to De anited nudes ome room | NEW JERSEY. \. Heboken. QUARTET CLUB ANNIVERSARY.—Otto Cottage: pep a @ briliiant appearaice last even- m casion of the auniversary of the Quar- tet Club. There was “fe Jersey City and iu York, night, large attendance from Singing and a were’ the order of the Foster Quartet of in the former, An excellent ba pa ther the Occasion was one of reat Jersey City, ACOIDENT aT THE CaR FACTORY.—Yeaterday after- noon & man nained John Martie had his teg caught in the machinery at Cummins’ car factory and 80: severely mangled that amputation will be necessary, He was removed to his residence at No. 161 Morgat street, Newark. A Free broke out yesterday about noon tn the chemical laboratory attached to Cooper & Co.'s ii. ver sinelting ¢xtablishment, on Oliver street, by which damaze to the extent of about $500 Was occasioned. An overheated retort was the cause, Union Township. Sgniovs Errecrs oF Tae LiguTnina.—During the thunder shower of Saturday afternoon anextensive barn, owned by Mr. Elias M. Bonnell, containing three cows, thirty tons of new mown hay, a valuable lot of corn and other property. in all vaiued at about: $3,000, was struck by lightning and completely de- stroyed. A stu k of wheat in the rear of the barn Was also demolised. At a place called ttosclle, near Elizabeth, a cur house, in whieh bad run for shelter a handsome colt belonging to Dr. Morton, of the latter place, was also burned up. Montclair. A STYLISH Necro WalTER IN TroUrLE.—On Sun- day afternoon Major Haggerty, of the Newark Inde- pendent Detective force, by an adroit manceuvre discovered the whereabouts of a pocketbook which had been stolen from the proprietor of the Mountain. House, Mr. John Wood, at this place. it was dis- covered to have been carried off by a fancy mulatto, the head waiter, James E, Sadler, who, in antici tion of being welded soon to a white girl, as it is confidently asserted, had eee himself with a first class outttt. Yesterday he was lodved in the ex. County Jail to await the action of the Grand ury. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. DEATHS IN BROOKLYN.—There were 267 deaths in this city during the past week. The principal dis- eases resuitins fatally were:—Cholera infantum, 99; cholera morbus, 6; dlarrhcea, 18; dysentery, 19. ACCIDENT TO A POLICEMAN.—Oficer Porter, of the Forty-fourth precinct, was accidentally wounded in the hand by the premature explosion of a revolver which he was in the act of cleaning at the time, ‘THE Excise Law.—Charles Martin, grocer, Rodney street and Marcy avenue, E. D., and George Prundt, corner of Second and South Fourth streets, yester- day pleaded guilty to violating the Excise law before Sustlee Voorhies. They were each fined $30, ACCIDENT TO 4 BoY.—A boy named John H. McGul- gan, thirteen years of age, employed at the mould- ing mill of Wiliam B. Dugan, corner of Classon and Kent avenues, had the foreiinger of his right hand taken off by being caught in one of the cogwheels. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.—-Yesterday afternoon @ young man named Martin Elser, in the employ of Diedrick Allers, grocer, Sixth and South Fourth streets, E. D., was arrested ona warrant and looked up in the Fourth street station house to answer Poy of embezzling from his employer the sum of VIOLATION OF THE Excise Law.—A disturbance occurred in the lager beer saloon of Henry Haman on Sunday evening, between a party of men who were in the piace at the time. The police of the Forty-third precinct arrested the proprietor and three of the disturbers. The former was heid in bail for fature examination. A Democratic WiawaM.—An extensive wigwam 1s about to be erected on the corner of Fuiton avenue and Hoyt street, in the interest of Seymour and Blair, under the auspices of the Constitutional Unien Association of Kings county, at which public meet- ings will be held every evening during the lresiden- tial campaign. A SERIOUS CHARGE.—A laborer named Joseph Hade was arrested by officer Herbert yesterday, on complaint of John Cullen, who charges the prisoner with having struck his wife, Mary Cullen, while the latter had an infant nine days oid in her arms, which ‘Was, it is alleged, so badly injured that death ensucd the same ee. he offence was committed on the 8d inst, at the residence of the parties, No. 12 Amity street. Hade was sent to jail to awzit examination, MURDEROUS AFFRAY BETWEEN BRorTieRs.—Hugh McElroy and Patrick McElroy, brothers, became in- volved in a quarrel in the tenement house No. 7 South Fifth street, E. D., at @ late hour on Sunday night, when the former struck the latter across the face with a smoothing tron, kuocking out his front teeth, breaking his nose and destroying one of his eyes, Hugh was yesterday arrested and held by Justice Voorhies to await the result of hig brother's injuries, which are pronouuce to be of serious nature, Coroner's INQUEST IN BARK TRowpripGE Disas- TER.—An inquest was held yesterday on the bodies of the four men found on the wreck of the ill-fated bark Henry Trowbridge by Coroner Fiavin. The body of one of the deceased, Peter Smith, was identt- fled and clatined by the relatives; the other bodies will be retained at the City Dead House, Willoughby street, until this morning, when tiey will be in- ferred. “There was no evidence eliciied at the in- q nd the jury, after viewing the remait rendered a verdict to the effect that deceased came to their death by drowning in consequence the water-logging of the bark Henry Trowbridge. MEETING OF THE COMMON CoUNCT!.—A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yester- day afternoon, Alderman Bergen in tie chair. A communication was received from tho Mayor veto- ing the resolution of the Board of the 20th of July, awarding the contract for paving and grading But- lor street, from Vanderbilt to Flatbush avenue, to the Nicolson pavement company at $17 75 per running foot, They stipulate in their contract a reasonable Prive for keeping the same in repair during the term their patent; but his Honor that the Com- mon Council does not possess the power to make contracts for laying the pavement. Tie fact of its being a patented article prevents the necossary com- tition to enabie the Common Council 'o wake con- racts with the lowest bidder, as the law virects, The Mayor fartuer objects to the provision inserted in the contract for keeping the pavement in repair at a “reasonable price,’ which fs considered ® dificult term to determin The resolution recently adopted for the purchase one hundred City Directories at a cos: 4a piece and $5 for fifty extra copies for distribution among city officials was aiso returned wit a velo, The Mayor states that the namber ed for is unneces- sarily large and does not consider sore of the per- sons named to receive these books envitied to them, The resolution awarding the contract ior repairit the wells and pumps in the Fifth ward for one yeat at the rate of 3750, was also returned disenproved, as a lower bid had been received. In his communicas tion the Mayor recommends that the power to make contracts for cleaning the wards of the city be left discretionary with the Common Conne'!, so that no excuse should be had for doing the work in the im- rfect magner in which it has been herotos formed. ‘The whole was ordered on transacting a considerable amount of routine boat adjourned, ness the Board QUEENS COUNTY INTELLIGENCE. Disastrous Fire at Hanter’s Point—The Fores man of a Factory Burned to Death. Between two and three o'clock yesterday after- noon a fire broke ont in the varnish factory of Hubba, Bly & Hibbard, sitnated at the corner of Fourth street and West avenue, Hunter's Point, by the boiling over of a pot of varnisi. The lames spread with such rapidity that the building and con- tents were soon destroyed, involving a loss of about $10,000, . The flames spread to several buildings on West avenue, and involved losses as follows: — ‘The residence of Mr. John Hunt, totally destroyed, ‘Lose $2,600; insured for $500, Frame house, rear of above, occupied by Joun Clark and family and owned by Michael Morris, Factory of Michael Morris. Loss on building and stock $5,500, Dwelling of John McGinnis. Damaged $300. Mi wean of John McGinnis. Dawnaged several dred dollars. When the conflagration was subdued by the District Fire Department a report wos neoarates Hubom Diy & inibard, Was missing, The report An hour or two of vigorous labor te be or two ore, r fank. Mr. Johnson wae sheers years of age, He leaves afamily. He had about his porn he fopar tne evening on & oaee which. he purciased. Coroner Setb will hold an inquest on the ARRESTED FoR BRING UN?) one married and the other on Tiel heed ‘nto! cl i Sa et pL pr bo hy stead of the once onowed. Maem. Upon being taken to the court they were promptly dit charged.— 4! argue, august 10.