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b TOWN TAXJK. BY OTJB SPBCIAL COBBBSPONDBNT. j --+-- i 0.- rozdwa tcifl understand that we do not hold ourselves rtspon tiblt for our abis Correspondent's opinwru* — i IT is not surprising that the prospect of soon hav- I ing to be Lord Mayor of the City of London, and, j consequently, of having to keep up its reputation ] for "splendid hospitality," should have induced Mr. Mechi to resign his alderman's gown, as he has just done. But the present Lord Mayor (Mr. Phillips) seems to be going in" for the costly honour of a re-election. At any rate, he deserves to have that compliment offered to him, for rarely has the office of chief magistrate been filled by one who so worthily represents the liberality of the great English people in the way of dinner-giving. The last one his lordship gave was to the Ministers, and in proposing the health of Lord Derby he made a very good point by describing him as the smooth-tongued chief, from whose persuasive lips sweeter than honey flowed the stream of speech; a quotation from the Prime Minister's translation of Homer. He was not so successful in his little speech about Mr. Disraeli, for he hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer might "be as success- fulwith facts as he had hitherto been with fiction," a taunt," as the Lord Mayor called it, to which Mr. Disraeli retorted that "candour and frankness were evidently not without charms in that hall." Lord Derby regretted that he had been compelled to take office with money at ten per cent., and cholera in our midst; rejoiced in the coming har- vest and in peace; briefly alluded to the war on the Continent; spoke cordially of the new link between England and America, in the shape of the Atlantic cable; promised a new and stringent Health Bill this session; and with reference to the Hyde-park riots, affirmed that no cause, ho -vever good, could be furthered by intimidation and vio- lence. WITH regard to the fearful spread of cholera, now that the disease is amongst us, everything is being done that ought to have been done before it appeared. The streets are being cleansed, in- spectors are hunting out all the filthy places, and the doctors are in fall activity. The Treasury has granted a sum of money to enable the Government medical health officer, Mr. Simon, to carry out a special series of experiments, and the Bishop of London has called for a fund for the relief of the sufferers who are still alive. This appeal has been nobly responded to, and by the money thus obtained, which is given to the clergy of the dis- tricts affected for distribution, much good will doubtless be accomplished. Meanwhile, from certain disclosures which have been made here, I would advise your readers to abstain from eating mixed pickles." It appears that when the pickles become rotten, it is the practice of some tradesmen to put them into soak again, and that when they come out of this soak they are simply poisonous. Cholera and death have, in more than one case, been traced to this cause. As to the ten per cent. rate still maintained by the Bank of England, and which has now lasted for more than three months, all that can be said is, that it is causing great distress at home and great distrust abroad. Trade is being crippled in every direction, and foreigners regard the high rate of interest, which the requirements of the Bank Act of 1844 force the directors to maintain, as an indication of our being bankrupt. They don't believe in our bills, and will take nothing but solid coin from us, so that the usual bill cur- rency of the world is suspended to a corresponding extent. The worst of it is that there is no pros- pect of an improvement. An immediate reduction of the rate of interest would, in all probability, of the rate of interest would, in all probability, stop the foreign demand for gold; but then it is admitted that this measure would be a bold and experimental one, and not altogether justified by the state of the Bank reserve, so that the foreign demand is likely to continue, and to this will be added the gold withdrawn for harvest purposes, and even for travelling expenses in the autumn. On the whole, therefore, it is a not un- reasonable expectation that matters will get worse before they mend, unless, indeed, some mea- sure is adopted, of which there is no present indi- cation, by which the Bank directors may be au- thorised to disregard the arbitrary sum fixed upon by the Act of 1844 as the amount which they must keep in reserve against the notes issued by them. The whole question of the Bank Charter Act re- quires full reconsideration, and, indeed, Sir Stafford Northcote has promised that it shall receive the attention of Government. THE fact that Hy de-park at night was a refuge for the destitute, for poor, miserable, and de- graded human beings of both sexes, has been generally acknowledged, but these wretched occu- pants of the park were formerly, at any rate, harmless; now it is quite otherwise. The recent Reform demonstration has shown the "roughs" the power which they possess, and respectable people are stopped and robbed with complete impunity; not only in the park itself, but in north London also. These outrages have taken place to such an extent that it is proposed to do what ought to have been done years ago—abolish the park-keepers, and place the grounds under the supervision of the police, at the same time lighting the main thoroughfares with gas. As this will necessitate an increase of the police force, I hope the oppor- tunity thus presented of looking into the organi- sation of that body will not be lost. There has been a growing disposition of late years on the part of Sir Richard Mayne to con- vert his constables into soldiers; and no greater mistake could have been made, for (as the experience of the Irish constabulary proves) the more of a military character you impart to a body of this kind, the less efficient does it become for its proper purposes—the preservation of order, the protection of property, thief-catching, and the like, duties, in short, which require one man, and not a "body of men to perform. The policemen should be taught and ba required to act singly; and if anything further is necessary, then, as the phrase runs, let the military be called out." The present system fails in both respects, for the men are neither good policemen nor are they good soldiers. 0 A BOOK has just been published which is attracting a great deal of attention in the literary world. I allude to Mr. Buchanan's f! London Poems." The Spectator says cf them that they combine many of the beauties of Wordsworth, with something of the dramatic vivacity and grace of Mr. Browning," but that as a lyrical poet Mr. Buchanan is far deeper and sweeter" than Mr. Browning, and it ranks him among the feremost of living poets. And other notices of the book which I have happened to see are equally laudatory. The Athenaeum, for example, says that the poems "are a true and o-enuine work, the result of real observation and example, says that the poems "are a true and o-enuine work, the result of real observation and S o 4 t j personal emotion." High as this praise un- I doubtedly is, it is not more than the work deserves. I I have carefully read it, and must acknowledge 1 that next to Mr. Tennyson's best poems, I prefer I these London Poems to those of any modern I poet I have come across: the subjects are so various, they are so musically treated, and the I author shows such a sympathy for the sufferings of poor humanity, that it opens the very strings of one's heart. Punch will soon be deprived of one of his I standing jokes, for it is stated that Sir Edwin II L-andseer has finished the three lions for tho base of the Nelson column, and by those who have seen I them they are pronounced to be wonderful works I of art. IT is reported that Lord Cowley has resigned the Ambassadorship at Paris, and that either Lord Malmesbury or Lord Percy will succeed him. Z.
SUMMARY OF PASSING EVENTS.
SUMMARY OF PASSING EVENTS. THE war on the European Continent, we are happy to say, has ceased. A renewed armistice has been signed, and Prussian troops are to evacuate the whole of the Austrian territory, at present occupied by them, before the end of the month, and an agreement has been come to upon all the principal points at issue between the two countries. The Emperor of the French has acted nobly in his mediatorial capacity, notwithstanding the suspicions cast upon him by other nations. Venetia was conceded to France by Austria, evi- dently for the purpose of handing over to Italy, but the Italians were not satisfied with receiving it from the hands of another potentate, believing there would be some conditions attached to which they could not accede. Napoleon, instead of being annoyed at this, for the sake of peace, has determined to hand over Venetia to the Austrians, and allow them to amalgamate with the kingdom of Italy, or not, as they are so minded—a noble idea, and one in every way suited to the times in which we live. Still it would seem as though the Italians were not satisfied, but, thirsting for Austrian blood, absolutely desire another conflict. THE proud despot, the King of Prussia, has just opened his Chambers. In the opening speech his Majesty congratulated the members and the country on the great successes which had attended their army; he informed them that the financial state of the country was very satisfactory, and that the expenses hitherto incurred in the war had been met without imposing fresh burdens upon the people. Then, alluding to the old grievance between the Government and the Lower House as to the increased expenditure of the country, he declared himself determined, as heretofore, to raise an additional revenue either with or without the consent of his Parliament. THE success of the Atlantic Telegraph has been demonstrated during the past week, and we are now within only a few minutes, as it were, of New York. On Saturday we heard that the successful laying of the cable was known at San Francisco, and we were also informed of occur- rences which had taken place in various parts of the United States some ten days later than our last arrivals of news by the Atlantic steamers. Congratulatory messages have been exchanged between her Majesty, President Johnson, Lord Monck and the Colonial Secretary, the Mayor of New York and the Lord Mayor of London, and there can be but one wish, that the cable may last as long, and be productive of as good results as its most sanguine friends desire and predict. A tele- gram from Newfoundland informs us that two of the ships of the squadron have sailed for the ground where the cable of last year parted, to commence grappling for it; should they succeed in finding and securing it, and turn it to the useful account of a second line, Englishmen will indeed have occasion to be justly proud of the energy, the per- severance, and the indomitable courage which has been displayed by those actively engaged in carrying out the great work, and who will as- suredly have established a claim to an honourable reward. The rate of transmission of messages through the cable is fully equal to the expectations of the electricians who have watched the progress of the work; it is about seven and a half words of five letters per minute, which, at a pound a word, would enable the company to earn Y,450 per hour, or, working for the twenty-four hours, .810,800 per day. WE sincerely hope that this telegraphic com- munication will make the old and the new world better friends, and understand each other better than they have hitherto done. The "bunkum'' we read in the American newspapers does not I represent the feelings of the respectable inhabi- tants any more than a low, scurrilous paper in I England represents the true character of English- men. The following is an instance of American rowdyism," which appeared the other day in a New York paper:- The result of dotting the world with British stock companies, and of paving every avenue of trade with British coin, has been to make the England of to-day the most peacefally inclined nation on the globe. In case of war with any country, her immense ramified interests abroad are everywhere exposed to the attack of an enemy, and let but half of these interests be destroyed, she would be ruined, as if her coal-mines bad actually stopped yialding the black diamond, j Hence she is gradually withdrawn from the oircle of entangling alliances, and holds herself no longer a European Power of the first magnitude; hence she has become more submissive and pliable than even little Denmark. Her sense of national honour has become blunted; she looks at things only through her money-bags, and avoids with all her might the ri&k of a war, for fear of losing pounds, shillings, and pence." We can afford to do with regard to this statement that in which some of the United States have | shown the world the greatest and most remark- j able performances—we "repudiate it." THERE is reason to fear that the cholera is in- l creasing in England. The wards of the London Hospital arfull of patients; medical men are working braly against the terrible scourge, and there is evince that the local and parochial authorities i at length awakened to the neces- sity for acti. In almost every parish notices were issued the inhabitants, urging upon them the duty of (anliness in their dwellings and per- sons; and th are told that on the first symptoms of attack th may obtain, free of charge, medi- cines, which taken promptly will arrest the pro- gress of the tack. There is still, however, room for increasecctivity in the removal of nuisances. From Liveool, Manchester, Salford, Leeds, Hull, Briste Sheffield, Newcastle, and Dublin, we have intiigence that the dreaded scourge is present thei We give the following extract from a Livpool paper for the medical men to consider whether the remedy here used is most cailated to preserve lifeDuring the last few tys the number of deaths in propor- tion to the xmber of cholera cases in the wards of the Liverjol workhouse has greatly decreased. This is beliied to be entirely due to a change of treatment appted by Mr. M'Cloy, the resident medical offiff. At first the camphor and ice treatment WJ adopted, and the deaths averaged 80 to 90 perent.; but under the purely elimina- tive castor il treatment (better known as the Johnsonian treatment), the deaths have only averaged 2QH?r cent. Mr. M'Cloy has been ap- pointed mecual officer to the West Derby district under the pvisions of the Diseases Prevention Act. Up tcMonday afternoon the total admis- sions of choira cases to the Liverpool workhouse amounted tdl4, the total deaths to 63. Six more deaths werereported as having occurred in the town." IN Irelanc there still moulders the embers o Fenian discntent, and it has been considered necessary to continue for a further period the suspension o the Habeas Corpus Act. There has recently bee discovered an extensive store of ammunition n some vaults at Limerick, supposed to have beenae of the armouries suddenly deserted by the Feniai leaders. About 10,000 rounds of rifle ball cartridge, powder, bulletp, bullet-moulds, and hand-grenade, with apparatus for manufacturing the cartridges, are included in the concealed stores brouglt to light. According to the state- ment of Lori Naas, in the House of Commons, there is no deire on the part of Government to be severe uptfi the poor creatures who have been led astray bj false leaders. Many of those who were imprismed have accepted their liberty under promigs of emigrating to the United States or elsewhere; others still remain in gaol, obsti- nately refusing to make such a promise, or even to bind themielves to keep the peace for the time to come. It s under these circumstances that the further suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act has been thought necessary. HER MAJESTY'S Ministers have eaten their white- bait dinner at Greenwich. The lingering business of the Session has been got through y and ere these lines are read, Ministers and members of Parliament will be away from the busy scenes of London, and, either on sylvan lakes, or highland fastnesses enjoying rural sports, or with their families and friends basking in the sunshine on the sea shore.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE MARQUlb…
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE MARQUlb CAMDEN, K.G The Marquis Camden wa3 found dead in his bed on Monday morning, about eight o'clock, at his seat, Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge.wells, from natural causes. Mr. Starling, his medical attendant, was sent for, and pronounced life to have been extinct for some hours. The Earl of Brecknock, now Marquis Camden, on his wedding tour was expected that evening from Cowes. The deceased nobleman was born on the 2nd ot May, 1799, and was consequently in his 68th year. He suc- ceeded his father in 1840. He was married in 1835 to Harriet, eldest daughter of Dr. Murray, late Bishop of Rochester, and leaves issue two sons and eight daughters. His eldest son, John Charles, Earl of Brecknock, M.P. for the Brecon burghs, was married only on the 12th ult. eo Lady Clementina Spencer Churchhill, sister to the Duke of Marlborough, and had npt returned from his wedding tour. The late marquis was president of the Kant Archaeo- logical Society, and on Thursday and Friday last presided over its annual meeting, at Ashford, with his usual ability and urbanity, and apparently in excellent health. He was also patron or president of several other societies of a scientific and philanthropic cha- racter, and did much, by precept and example, to forward the movement for the improvement of the dwellings of the agricultural labourers, for whose social, physical, and spiritual welfare he always dis- played the utmost concern. The late marquis was greatly beloved and respected in the county of Kent, as well as in the higher circles in which he moved, and his nnexpected death will be much regretted.
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE REFORM…
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE REFORM LEAGUE. The following was addressed to the editor of the Globe .— Sir,—Mt. Beales obligingly requested to see me on Saturday, vrhen he placed the following letter in my hands. It is forged. In it I am made to declare that I sympathise with the Reform League, and that I was ready to take part in their projected meeting; and the writer, who is an adept in his art, guards against disoovery by depre- cating a reply, and appears in the person ofmy lest if he had written in mine the false handwriting should be detected.« ,<• 1-4.4. I request yeu to be so good as to publish the letter, since it is only by publication that I can d*fend myself and others against similar fabrications, and the delu- sions they are intended to produce.. Will you further oblige me by returning the docu- ment, which is in original ?-I have the honour to be, sir, jour very faithful aervant, GlADST0HI_ 11, Carlton House-terrace, S.W., July 30, 1866. 11, Carlton House-terrace, July 26, 1866. (Strictly private and confidential.) Dear Sir,—My father requests me to say on his be. half that while he sympathises with the Reform League I he cannot but feel that the cause which it espouses is likely to suffer through the lawless conduct of some who care nothing for Reform, but are only too glad of a pretext to indulge in "ot and disorder. If you can arrange, on the ground of general convenience,' that I your proposed meeting for Monday next shall take place on Primrose-hill instead of in Hyde-park, I you will adopt a plan which will sift the roughs' from the Reformers, and give an opportunity for some I real friends of Reform to appear as independent sup- porters of your League. I am authorised to state that, not only my father, but some other influential friends of the people, will address the meeting, if assembled, ] as herein suggested, on Primrose hill. Please do not answer this letter,_as it may be convenient to be" able 1 to repudiate the idea of any correspondence having i taken place between the Council of the Reform League and members or supporters of the late Government. If you think your cause will gain by admitting Parlia- mantary supporters as virtual members the Reform League, speaking to the people out of doors as of them and with r.hem, you can readily make the requisite | change in yoor gi'ogramme for Monday next.—Yours I faithfully, 45 W. H. GLADSTONE. il Ecinioad Beaies, Esq."
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE EUROPEAN WAR. FLORENCE, August 6. Yesterday a general officer of the Italian army had an interview at Cormons with an Austrian general officer to negotiate for an armistice. Some difficulties which arose during the conference prevented the armistice from being concluded yesterday. PARIS, August 6. France takes no part in the negotiations for an armistice opened between Austria and Italy at Car- mons. These negotiations are completely foreign to the preliminaries of peace, which will be negotiated after the conclusion of an armistice with the concur- rence of France, probably at Paris. The Etendard of this evening says In the ne- gotiations with Italy, Austria has laid down as a first condition the evacuation by the Italians of all Austrian territory not belonging to the Venetian provinces; Austria will not sign an armistica until this stipulation is carried out." BERLIN, August b. The King of Prussia will shortly proceed to Carlsbad, where the treaty of peace between Austria and Prussia will probably be signed. Prussia has positively declined the proposition of Russia for a congress of the signitary powers of the treaties of Vienna.. STUTTGARD, August 2. An armistice has been concluded between Wurtem- burg and Prussia.. VIENNA, August 1. The Prussians have commenced evacuating Lower Austria, in order to take up their position within the settled line of demarcation between the two armies. The convention for the payment of 20,000,000 of thalers by Austria has already been signed. BERLIN, August 3, Evening. An armistice has been concluded between General Manteuffel and Prince Charles in reference to the fortress of Mentz. The traffic between Frankfort, Manheim, and Heidelberg is now open. General Roder is negotiating with the Soatbern Governments about certain positions in Mentz which are to be given up to the Prussians. General Manteuffel is expected at Frankfort to-morrow. MANHEIM, August 2. The Prussian troops entered Manheim and Heidel- berg last night. LOHR, August 2. The Prussian head-quarters will be transferred to- morrow to Wurzburg, which town, with the exception of the Marienberg and Maine diatriot, will remain in the possession of the Prussians during the armistice. WURZBURG, August 2, Evening. A convention has been concluded between Prince Charles and General Manteuffel, according to which a Prussian brigade will enter this town to-morrow morning. The fortress and the suburbs remain in the hands of the Bavarians. FLORENCE, August 2, Evening. The Italian Government has agreed to the conclu- sion of an armistice of four weeks, dating from to- daThe union of Venetia to Italy is assured without any condition. The question of frontiers is reserved for the peace negotiations. The armistice is conc.uaea upon the basis of the military uti possedetis. A royal decree has been published ordering a forced currency for the notes of the National Bank in the Venetian provinces occupied by the Italians. THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, August 6. The Chamber of Deputies held its first sitting to-day. The session was inaugurated by General Stavenhage, senior member of the House, who delivered the open- ing speech, in which he declared that the deputies were ready to co-operate in permanently securing the great- ness and liberty of both Prussia and Germany. Thanks to the resolute conduct of the Government, the skilful leadership of the army and bravery of the troops, the enemy had been vanquished, and their heroic king had advanced to within a short distance of Vienna in the space of a. few weeks. General Stavenhage called upon the deputies to express their gratitude by rising from their seats, and concluded by giving three oheers for the king. Count Stolberg has been elected President of the Upper House. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. SPEECH OF THE KING. BERLIN, August 5. The opening of the Prussian Chambers by the king in person took place at noon to-day. The following is the full text of his Majesty's speech "Illustrious, noble, and loyal gentlemen of both Houses of the Diet, Now that I see assembled around me the repre- sentatives of the country, my heart impels me to express first of all from this place my own and my people's thanks for God's gracious goodness, which has assisted Prussia amidst heavy, bat successful, sacrifices, not only in averting from our frontiers the dangers of hostile attack, but in enabling the army of the country, by a rapid career of victory, to add fresh laurels to its inherited fame, and to smooth the course for the national development of Germany. Accompanied by the visible blessing of God, the part of the nation capable of bearing arms enthusiastically obeyed the summons to the sacred struggle for the independence of the fatherland. Our heroic army, supported by few but faithful allies, ad- vanced from suocess to success, from victory to victory, in the east as in the west. Much precious blood has been shed; the country mourns the loss of many brave men, who died the death of the hero in the flush of triumph, until our standards waved along a line ex- tending from the Carpathians to the Rhine. It will be for the Government and the representatives of the people in united co-operation to bring to maturity the fruit that must be gathered from this sanguinary seed, to prevent its having been scattered in vain. Loyal gentlemen of both Houses of the Diet, my Government is able to look with satisfaction upon the financial position of the state. Careful foresight and conscientious economy have plaoed it in a posi- tion to overcome the great financial difficulties which have resulted as a natural consequence from the cir- cumstances of the present time. Although material outlay has been imposed upon the Treasury during recent years by the war with Denmark, it has been found possible to meet the expenses hitherto in- curred in the present war from the State revenue and the existing balances, without imposing any other burden upon the country than that of fur- nishing the supplies in kind for war purposes it is bound to provide by law. I hope the more assuredly that the means required for the successful termination of the war and for the payment of the supplies in kind, while maintaining order and security in the finances, will be readily granted by you. An agreement with the representa- tives of the country as to the settlement of the budget has not been able to be effected during the last few years. The State outlay incurred during this period is therefore destitute of that legal basis which, as I again acknowledge, the budget can alone receive through the law. Art. 99 of the constitution ordains that it is annually to be agreed upon between my Government and the two Houses of the Diet. Although my Government has nevertheless carried on the budget for several years without this legal basis, this has only been done after conscientious examina- tion, and in the conviction in acoordance with duty, that the conduct of a settled administration, the ful- filment of legal obligations towards public creditors and officials, the maintenance of the army and of the State establishments were questions vital to the exist- ence of the State, and that the course adopted there- fore became one of those inevitable necessities which, in the interest of the country, a government must not hesitate to adopt. I trust that recent events will in so far contribute to effect the indispensable understanding that an indemnity for having carried on the adminis- tration without a law regulating the budget—appiioj tion for whieh will be made to the representatives will readily be granted to my Government, an hitherto existing oonflict be therewith fina y, the more securely brought to a conolusioin, Father. be expected that the political P°s?{*°nfrolltiers of the land will admit an extensionottne Federal State, and the establishment ot whioh army under the leadership °t rr > memjgera Qf will be borne in Pr??i]s reqUired in this respect the Confederation. Th jar representation of the for the convocation ot a PiaPbefore tbe Diet with0ut Federal State J* _You feel with me, the entire delay. Genti high importance of the moment +v, + hrinffs me once more among you. May Provi- no bless Prussia as graciously in future as it has visibly blessed the immediate past. May God grpit it." 1 PRESS PROSECUTIONS IN BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, August 3. The case of Messrs. Veanier and Rosez, accused of libelling the Emperor and Empress of the French by the publication of the two works, La Mariage d'une Eapagnole and La Femme de Cesar," was heard to- day. Messrs. Vesnier and Rosez were found guilty, and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, a fine of 11,000f., and the legal costs. PRUSSIA AND HANOVER. BERLIN, August 2. The Official Gazette of to-day comments upon the Hanoverian despatch, referring to the negotiations between Prussia and Hanover from the 24th to the 28th June. The Gazette publishes an authentio account of these negotiations, and accuses the Hanoverian despatch of having falsified the facts. The official paper also cal!s attention to a former Hanoverian despatch of the 15th May, and avers that the Hanoverian Government carries on nego- tiations with Prussia for a treaty of neutrality at the same time that it was arranging with Austria for a junction of the Hanoverian army with the Austrian forces under General von Gablenz. Hanover thus displayed a disregard for that public morality," says the Gazette, "which is the sole basis of political relations between different States." The semi-official North German Gazette of to-day alludes to the explanations the King's speech from the throne, upon opening the Chambers, will contain relative to changes of territorial posser-sion in North Germany. After pointing out that Prussia's right to incor- porate the conquered States is indisputable upon the basis of international law, the writer continues: Political considerations also speak in favour of this course, as Federal relations with sovereigns hostile to Prussia, and furthermore, at variance with the re- presentative bodies of their own dominions, offer no prospect of durability. The extensive intrigues of the expelled princes for the assembly of a Congress are being energetically supported by North German agents. These sohemes, however, will not succeed with France. The Emperor is disinclined to a Congress,_ He judges very justly that the successes of Prussia, if submitted to the decision of a Congress, would plunge Europe into profound disaster. The Emperor Napoleon's atti- tude is based upon a deep conviction of the value the friendship of a strong Prussia will always have for France." NEW ITALIAN LOAN. FLORENCE, August 2. A royal decree has been issued to-day ordering a national loan of 350,000,000 lira. The issue price will be 95 per cent., and will be payable in six instalments extending from 8th October, 1866, until the 1st April, 1867. It will bear intereet on the nominal value at the rate of six per cent., of which five per cent. will be paid by coupon and one per cent. in pnzea. The interest will be payable every six months, the first payment falling due on the 1st April, 1867. The first drawing for prizes will take place in October, lo/V. The prizes will range from 100 to 100,000 lira. REBELLION IN HAYTI. LIVERPOOL, August 6. The steamer Mexican, from Port-au-Prince on the 18th July, has arrived here. The rebellion had broken out afresh, and part ot Gonaives had been destroyed by fire by the rebels. Fears were entertained at Port-au-Prince lest the rebels should fire that place, as threats had been used to that effect. The rebels are said to be in great foroe near Port-au-Prince. i. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, August 1. London advices of Monday are published here. A riot took place in New Orleans on Monday in consequence of the reassembling of the convention of 1864. Thirty-one negroes and one white man were killed, and several white men wounded. Advices have been received here from San Francisco to the 31st July. The steamer Constitution sailed on the 30th for Panama with 1,162,000 dollars in gold for New York. The success of the Atlantic telegraph cable was known in San Francisco. Lieutenant-General Sherman received his new com- mission to-day. Mr. Jefferson Davis has had a consultation with his counsel upon his line of defence. General Terry has ordered the discontinuance of all military organisations or assemblies among the arti- sans, white or 'black, in the department of Virginia, during the existence of martial law. President Johnson has permitted the assembly of the Texan Legislature. In the Canadian Parliament, yesterday, the report on the state of the militia, including the military re- port of the oommander during the Fenian raid, was presented, and also the report of the court martial for the investigation of the conduct of certain officers during the engagement at Bridgwater. President Perse (?) has been re-elected in Peru. Quietus now restored at New Orleans. Martial law still continues in force in that city. The Royal Mail steamship Persia brings the follow- ing news T ocr NEW YORK, July 25. By a resolution passed by both Houses of Congress Tennessee has been readmitted to the Union. The House resolved that when Congress adjourned it shall reassemble on October 2. and then readjourn until December. The House adopted a resolution requesting the President to urge the Canadian authorities to release the Fenians captured in Canada, and also to abandon Federal proseoutions against the Fenians, if compatible with public interest.. TT General Dix has been appointed United States Minister to the Hague.. „ „ The Fenian Generals and Mehan, have been released on bail at St. Albans. The cholera is somewhat abating in New York and the neighbourhood. NEW YORK, July 27, Evening. The report of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs reeommends a revision of the neutrality laws, and declares that England has given America no cause to respect her sense of justice or regard for right. It also expresses strong sympathy for the Fenians. The committee reported a bill which the House of Representatives passed unani- mously, repealing the stringent provisions of the neutrality laws, and modifying the penalties for their violation. The bill provides that the law shall not be construed so as to prevent the sale of American ships and steamers, and war ammu. nition, to the inhabitants of other countries or Govern- ments not at war with the United States; and repeals the Acts requiring the owners and consignees of armed vessels departing from America to give bonds for good conduct; and the Act commanding collectors of customs to seize and detain vessels whenever they shall have cause to suspect they intend aots of hostility against other Governments. Numerous prominent Fenians were on the floor watching the passing of the bi A communication from Mr. Seward was read to the House stating that the representation desired by the Heuse'concerning the Fenian prisoners will be made tr> fVia British Government. Mr. Seward quoted a ktta bombtaS" to Sir jKfemk Bruo,, in June K in which he expressed the hope that the cus- tomary administrative law would be tempered with spedal forbearance and clemency by the Canadian aUThe Judiciary Committee of the House of Repre- sentatives have reported that there is probable cause to believe that Mr. DavIs was privy to the assassination of president ijmooln. The committee recommend a further investigation and speedy trial. Farragut has been created an admiral. The oholera ia again increasing at New York. 4
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