The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

AUSTRIA. Count Moritz Esterbazy has been intrusted with the direction of the Ministries for Foreign Affairs and of the Imperial Household during the absence of Count Mensdorff. VALENTIA, July 9.—The Albany arrived here yester- day afternoon. Has landed stores for this station, and sailed to-day at noon i o j 1. in the Cable Fleet at Bere- haven. Her Majesty's frigate Racoon, Captain Armitage, is in this harbour, and will proceed to sea to assist in the operation of splicing on Wednesday next.

RUSSIA. I The cholera has broken out in St. Petersburg. A concession has been granted to a new bank for the advancement of loans on landed property, with a capital of 1,000,000 roubles; also to a new com- mercial bank at Moscow, with a capital of 5,000,000 roubles. The Emperor of Russia arrived on the 4th inst. &t Tsartkoe Selo on his return from Moscow. His Majesty has granted permission to M. Katkof Leontief to resume the editorship of the Moscow Gazette. The Journal de St. J'ctersbourg, in an article upon the armistice, says :— "We think that the armistice might effect a recon- ciliation if there were not a monarchy in Europe which believes itself to be sufficiently strong to compel the assent of Europe to its conquests in Germany, forgetting that there still exist strong and united Powers in Europe to whom the European balance of power is not a mere empty word."

SPAIN. The Senate has approved the bill brought forward by Marshal O'Donnell for suspending the constitutional guarantees by 130 against 3 votes. The Progressist members alone took part in the debate. It is stated that Senor Canovas del Castello will definitively be appointed Minister of Finance. He will only remain at the head of the Colonial Ministry until a successor be nominated for this department. The Congress voted, on the 6th inst., by a majority of 65, the Government bill granting subsidies to the railways.

THE NASSAU CHAMBER. WIESBADEN-. In the sitting of the Nassau Chamber of Deputies on the 7th inst., the Government proposal for the mobili- sation of the Nassau contingent was again brought forward, and again rejected almost unanimously, only two dissentients voting in favour of the motion. The immediate dissolution of the Chamber is expected.

THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. ALEXANDRIA, July 7. Intelligence received here from Abyssinia announces that the departure of the European captives has again been delayed by the Emperor Theodore. Their fate depends upon the result of the mission of Mr. Flad to the British Government, requesting, on behalf of the Emperor, the assistance of England in the event of war between Egypt and Abyssinia. The Emperor is un- popular, and the country is in a state of brigandage.

INDIA. CALCUTTA, June 2 (Trid Trieste, Delayed in Transmission.) Th« trial, of Captain Harward, Commissary of Ord- nance at Agra, for criminal breach of trust, was con- cluded to-day, and resulted in an acquittal. The heat at Calcutta and Madras is unusually severe. Ophthalmia is prevalent among the men of the 95th Regiment, sta- tioned at Kurrachee. CALCUTTA, June 28.—8^ lbs. shirtings, 8r. 14a.; 40s. mule twist, 8ka. Indigo prospects favourable. Ex- change on London, 2s. °id. Freights to England, 40s. BOMBAY, JUNE 8, (via TRIESTE, (Delayed in Transmission.) The Government has ordered public works in Orissa in order to give employment to the destitute. Several serious failures of native houses have taken place. Great efforts are being made by the dealers to sustain the prices of cotton, which is now very dull. JUNE 29 (4.30 p.m.)—71bs. shirtings, 7r. 2a.; 40s. mule twist, 17a.; Cotton dull; Dhollerab, 280r. Ship- ments of the week, 2,500 bales. Exchange on London, 2s. Od. Government Securities: Four per Cents., 81J; Five per Cents 105; Five and a Half per Cents. 109f. Freights to Liverpool, 7s. 6d. The latest Lon- don date is 25th June.

CHINA AND JAPAN. (BY OVERLAND TELEGRAPH FROM GALLE.) SHANGHAI, June 7.-Min-Hoang is in danger of capture by the rebels. Advices from Japan state that the Government has issued a proclamation granting travelling transports. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.—Tea and silk, no sales. Total export 9f silk to date, 54,500 bales. Freight 15. HONG KONG, June 13. Exchange on London 4s. 6td.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegram has been received by Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Construc- tion and Maintenance Company. VALENTIA, July 8.—Shore end of Atlantic Cable laid. Insulation and continuity perfect. Weather fine. The William Cory returned to Berehaven at 3.30 a.m. All vessels will complete coaling at Berehaven to-morrow night, and proceed to sea to splice main cable to shore end on Wednesday morning, weather permitting. All going well."

AMERICA. (Per the Peruvian, via Greeneastle.) NEW YORK, June 30.—The freedmen have been creating disorders in Sumter County, South Carolina, and detachments of regulars have been sent there to preserve order. Martial law is being enforced in five counties of Florida, in consequence of the civil autho- rities failing to protect loyal persons. It is reported that the Radicals are about to assemble a Caucus at Washington, to take measures to counteract the in- fluence of the National Club. They will, it is stated, nominate General Grant for the Presidency. The Conservative members of Congress are preparing an address endorsing the call for a National Union Con- vention at Philadelphia in August. The Connecticut Legislature have ratified the Reconstruction amendment. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald re-asserts that Mr. Seward has concluded a secret Mexican treaty with the Emperor Napoleon. The cholera has disappeared from Elizabeth, in New Jersey, and has nearly abated in the New York quarantine. Sporadic cases are reported in various parts of the country. The Fenian prisoners in Canada will be tried before the civil courts of the country. The grand jury at Canandagua found bills of indict- ment for breach of the neutrality laws against twenty Fenians arrested at Malone and Buffalo. The prisoners were released on giving bail to appear for trial at the next term of the Circuit Court. James Stephens has received letters of endorsement from numerous circles formerly adhering to the Roberts faction. Roberts has published a card stating that the Fenian organisation will not be used for political purposes in this country.

MEXICO. Imperial accounts state that all the remaining Repub- lican forces in the states of Sonora and Sinaloa are being driven towards the American boundary.

THE NEW HOSPODAlt.-There is something rather startling, especially at such a moment as the present, in the spectacle of a young lieutenant of Dragoons coolly setting at nought the decision of a Conference, and helping himself to a pricipality in defiance of the express declarations of the great Powers. No sooner has the Conference of Paris p.issed a resolution that no one but a native shall succeed to the throne of Prince Couza than the irrepressible sws-officier suddenly turns up in the Principalities, discloses himself to an astonished sentry as Prince Charles of Hohenzollern, and graciously takes the people under his protection. The enterprise if! highly dramatic, and by no means so absurd as it may seem at first sight. The proverb that no man is a prophet in his own country is strongly exemplified in Roumania. People there believe in neither princes nor prophets of native growth; they insist upon haying an imported sovereign, and resent as an insult the idea that any Roumanian is good enough to rule over them. This preference for a foreigner, added to dislike of the dictation of foreign Powers, has created apparently a very decided local feeling in favour of Prince Charles; and it is quite possible that, with the people at his back, he may secure the crown in spite of the diplo- matists. How long he will keep it is, of course, another question. Besides, the Almanack de Gotha tells us more about the young fellow than that he is a subaltern in the Prussian cavalry. He is related to the Royal family of Prussia, and, as the nephew of the Marquis Pepoli (grandson of Murat), has a connexion both with Italy and France. Is he acting on his own responsibility, or is he only the puppet pulled by powerful intriguers ? Time will show, but in the meanwhile Prince Charles has added another awkward knot to the complication of Continental politics.Fall Mall Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT WITH A DOG CART.—An inquest was held at Betsham, Soutbfleet, OR Thursday evening on the body of Mrs. Maria Kirkman, aged 70, who was killed by the overturning of a dog cart, driven by her son, in a country'lane leading from Betsham to Graves- end, on Tuesday morning last. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. Kirkman, son of the deceased, who bad himself sustained severe injuries from the accident, that he was driving along the Betsham lane, ac- companied by his mother, when the horse shied at a gipsy's tent which had been erected near the hedge in a field adjoining the road, and afterwards became un- manageable and star'ed off at a rapid rate. The chaise was overturned, the horse thrown down, and the witness and the deceased precipitated with violence on the road. He hastened to the assistance of the deceased, who was insensible, and she expired in his arms within five minutes of the accident. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

THE JAMAICA COMMITTEE. A special meeting of the Jamaica Committee, called chiefly with reference to the letter of Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., resigning the chairmanship of the com- mittee, was held on Monday last at Radley's Hotel, Bridge street, Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., in the chair. Amongst those present were Sir T. Fowell Buxton, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. John Stuart Mill, M.P., Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Mr. Edmond Beales, Mr. J. Burke, solicitor of Kingston, Jamaica, Mr. L. A. Chamerovzow, Mr.. J. Gorrie. Mr. W. Shaen, Pro- fessor Goldwin Smith, Mr. Luolow, Mr. Frederick Harrison, Mr. J. H. Estcourt, Mr. Tuck, Mr. McArthur, &c. The Chairman gave the meeting a short resume of what the executive committee had done, and said it was alleged that if Mr. Eyre were prosecuted it would raise him to the character of a hero, but he disagreed altogether with that opinion. Did any one suppose that the public knew one tithe of tbe abominations con- tainedin the Jamaica, blue book? People knew that there was a Royal commission sent out, and that Mr. Eyre was not justified in what he had done, and that he was not to be sent out as a governor again. But they also knew that the Jamaica committee had constituted themselves the advocates of the blacks—(bear, hear),— and it was due to public opinion that the man who was chiefly responsible for all these atrocities should be im- peached, and the evidence placed on the records of a court of justice. (Hear hear.) Mr. Buxton, the chairman of the committee, took an altogether different view from the majority, and he called on the public, in a letter published in various newspapers, to judge between his opinions and those of the majority of the committee. With regard to the course taken by Mr. Buxton, he (Mr. Taylor) thought he was under a slight error in stating that the Jamaica Committee had decided by a majority that Mr. Eyre should be prosecuted for the murder of Mr. Gordon either through the government or by Mrs. Gordon." Mr. Bright, M. P. From what do you read ? The Chairman said he read from Mr. Buxton's letter as published in the Times. Now the fact was the resolution went no further than this-That the oommittee thought the government ought to institute a prosecution, and they would press that upon them to do so, aqd that in the event of the government not doing so, they would give Mrs. Gordon every assist- ance if she prosecuted. (Hoar, hear.) The course taken by Mr. Buxton was one not justified by the circum- stances. Whether Mr. Buxton now thought it was an unwise course he (the chairman) was unable to say, but he would admit that nothing but absolute necessity could have justified it, and that even if that necessity existed it was most unfortunate to have adopted the course he had pursued.. The result of that course was to damage the prestige of the committee in a greater de- gree than its united enemies could accomplish, and it was therefore absolutely necessary to call the present meet- ing. The question to be decided was, on what principle were they prepared for the future to act ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., said that what occurred was this. There were two meetings held to discuss the question of prosecuting Mr. Eyre, and at the last meet- ing it was decided so prosecute by a division of eleven to three. Mr. Bright: There was no division. Mr. Buxton Yes, there was. The Chairman The matter was agreed to. Mr. Buxton went on to say that next day he saw the resolution published in the papers, not the slightest hint being given that there was any difference of opinion in the committee. He had a very decided opinion, in the first place, that the adoption of the resolution was in, he highest degree impolitic and, in tha second, that while circumstances might well justify the trial of Mr. Eyre for the minor offence of misgoverning the colony, they could not justify his prosecution for the graver offence of the wilful murder of Mr. Gordon. He entirely dis- approved of the course taken by the committee, and it was not to be supposed he was going to let the public lie under the impresssion that he approved of it. So strongly did he disapprove of the course adopted by the committee that he said at their last meeting he would find it neces- sary to resign the chairmanship. He was most anxious to show that he did not consider Mr. Eyre as gHilty of wilful murdar, but that he looked upon him as a man who most shamefully, criminally, and cruelly mis- governed the colony of Jamaica, and that he acted in the most scandalous manner towards the people com- mitted to his charge. He was anxious to show he was not cajoled by the report of the commissioners. If the committee thought he was wrong he would bow with the greatest possible respect to their decision. He was extremely sorry that the course he had adopted embarrassed the committee, but the arguments he pub- lished were irresistible. (A laugh.) If they were not, why did not Mr. Ludlow or Mr. Mill draw up a state- ment to refute them. He had no desire to injure the action of the committee, but simply to vind c tte himself. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bright, M.P., said that Mr. Buxton was quite at liberty to ditler from the committee, and if the difference was on a matter of vital importance, to withdraw from the committee. But he had not done that. The com- mittee did not even divide, and he (Mr. Bright) went away from the meeting under the impression that Mr. Buxton seeing the great majority of the committee on one side, might probably feel himself able to go with them. Two days after they saw this very letter-this very speech mide at the meeting-in the newspapers, although there were no means taken to report the obser- vations of members on the other side of the question. The proper course for Mr. Buxton to have taken was to let a paragraph appear stating that Mr. Buxton had with- drawn from the Jamaica Committee, not being able to pro- ceed further in the course the committee had marked out for itself. But the letter of Mr. Buxton appeared to him (Mr. Bright) as a most hastily penned fulmination against the committee with which he had been acting, and of which he was chairman. (Hear, hear.) He could only say, as an old friend of his said, in reference to a candidate for North Lancashire, "I don't like so-and- so; I den't like to go tiger hunting with him, for if anything happened I am sure he would leave me to the tiger." (Laughter.) Mr. Buxton was very much in that position, and he (Mr. Bright) would not like to go tiger hunting with him at all. (Laughter.) Mr. Bux- ton had freely offered them his purse, and led them on to this point, and when they came to that point which was the only one at which they could do any good, he backed out and left them all in the lurch. And not only did he back out, but fired into them with a most terrible cannonade, aid embarrassed the com- mittee to that degree that it became its duty, as soon as possible, to explain its true position to the public. He thought the committee had just reason to complain of Mr. Buxton's conduct in publishing that letter. (Hear, hear.) However, they could not undo what was done. He supposed, however, that Mrs. Gordon's con- clusions not to prosecute had been caused, to a great extent, by the publication of Mr. Buxton's letter, and that went to prove-he would not say the unwisdom of Mr. Buxton's opinions-or his unfairness-but the un- fortunate circumstances which had attended the course he took in publishing that letter. When he (Mr. Bright) moved the resolutions with regard to the prosecution of Mr. Eyre, he put them in words having special reference to the point whether Mrs. Gordon would undertake the prosecution or not, as he had not come to the conclusion that it was desirable for the committee to prosecute if Mrs. Gordon would have nothing to do with the prosecution. Therefore Mr. Buxton had misrepresented—u nintentionally of course- what he (Mr. Bright) had said in drawing up the reso- lutions. Of course Mr. Buxton was out of the ques- tion now, and had nothing to do with Mrs. Gordon's case, except so far as that she might be of some mind to have nothing to do with the prosecution. He thought the proposition of Mr. Buxton as to prosecuting Mr. Eyre's subordinates was childish to the last degree. He did not know who the underlings were. He knew there were Ramsay, Brand, Nelson, and others, but he did not know the names of the ruffians. (Laughter.) But those people could not be brought into a civil court in this country, but would be handed over to the Horse Guards and the Admiralty, and they all knew how little justice could be got out of those departments. (Hear, hear.) The fact was, unless they prosecuted Eyre it would be better for them to dissolve. (Hear, hear.) After some rather desultory discussion, Mr. Ludlow moved, "That this committee approves and confirms the resolutions passed by the executive committee on the 26th of June." Professor Goldwin Smith seconded the resolution in a long speech. Sir T. Fowell Buxton defended the course pursued by Mr. Charles Buxtou. Mr. Gorrie said he had no doubt that Mr. Eyre was guilty of putting Mr. Gordon to death with- out sufficient cause, and in opposition to the law, after each had been the political opponent of the other for years. Mr. Buxton said that was not a murder but if it was not, he (Mr. Gorrie) would be pleased to have his opinion of murder changed by the ruling of the Lord Chief Justice of England. As an instance of the atrocities committed in Jamaica, Mr. Gorrie referred to a case of a man named Mitchell, who was executed by Lieutenant Adcock after a mock in- quiry held by himself, without any court-martial—a course of procedure as much at variance with the articles of war as it was with the principles of justice and humanity. The resolution was carried, there being but one dis- sentient. On the motion of Mr. Beales, Mr. John Stuart Mill, M.P., was unanimously elected chairman of the com- mittee. Votes of thanks were passed to Messrs. Gorrie and Payne for their services in Jamaica, and to the chair- man; after which the meeting separated. I

THE BATTLE OF KONIGGRATZ. [ In the great battle between Sadowa and Koniggratz, which opened the eyes of the Austrian Government to their lost position in Bohemia, and caused the overtures for an arrangement through the intercession of the French Emperor, the whole of the Austrian army of the North, as well as the Saxon troops, are said to have been engaged, under the immediate command of Field Marshal Ben dek himself, who intended to have made an attack on the Prussians on the same day. The battle began at seven o'clock in the morning. For hours the Austrians maintained their position with undaunted courage; but the Prussians, after a junction of their two army divisions, succeeding in irakiDg a movement on the Austrian flank and rear about two o'clock in thie afternoon, the latter were forced to retreat, and, under the pressure of the hot pursuit of the Prussian cavalry, led by the King in person, the retreat soon became a general flight and complete rout. The Prussians captured between 18,000 and 20,000 piiscners, 120 guns, and three standards. The Austrian Archdukes William and Joseph, as well as the Corps Commanders Count Thun and Ctrnnt Festetics, and General Prince Windiscbgratz are wounded, and the lat- ter and Prince Lichtenstein have been taken prisoners. The attack was begun by the army of Ptince Frederic Charles, which was, however, outnumbered by the Austrians, and strove very hard to maintain its position, until it was joined by the army of the Crown Prince, which succeeded in turning the Austrian right flank, and decided the issue of the battle. The Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, and the Duke of Coburg are at the head- quarters of the King of Prussia, and were present at the battle. At eight o'clock in the evening the King of Prussia met the Crown Prince on the field of battle, and after heartily embracing him, decorated him with the Order of Military Merit on the spot. It is said that the whole companies of the Italian re- giments Sigismund and Haugwitz voluntarily went over, or allowed themselves to be taken prisoners by the Prussians without firing a shot. The de- cisive part of the battle was' fought at the strong Austrian position behind the river Bistritz, and lasted about six hours. When at length that position was carried by the Prussians most of the other Austrian positions became untenable, and speedily evacuated. About seven o'clock in the evening the battle may be said to have been over. The losses on both sides are immense. Besides prisoners, the Austrian loss in killed and wounded is said to be 15,000 men, that of the Prussians about 10,000. Benedek had taken up a very strong position, protected by the guns of the fortresses Josephstadt at Koniggiatz, under cover of which, after the Prussians had effected their intended junction at Gitschin, he was able for a while to retain his hold on the Pardubitz Railway. The fortress of Koniggriitz is situated on the Eibe, at the point where it is joined by. its tributary the Adler. South of Koniggratz the Elbe runs in a westward direction, and the railway follows its course nearly aa far as Prague. Sadowa-which will hardly be found on any maps-is a very small village, of only about 120 inhabitants, situated on the road about midway between Horzitz and Koniggratz. The country around is very hilly and uneven, covered with small isolated' farms and villages.

THE WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND v. WILLIAM BAIKD'S TRUSTEES. This case was before the second division of the Court of Session on the 6tb. The action is at the in- stance of the liquidator of the bank, and concludes for the restitution of the sum of £ 299,735 7s, 6d., being the amount of loss sustained by the bank during the direc- torate of the deceased William Baird. The Lord Ordi- nary had in his interlocutor repelled the objections made to the liquidator's title to sue, also abjections raised to the action founded on the compromise and settlement made with certain other directors of the bank. The Lord Ordi- nary had further sustained the action as relevantly laid in respect to allegations of groEs neglect of duty on the part of Mr. William Baird jointly with the other directors, but bad sustained the objections to the rele- vancy of the action in so far as it was founded on allegations of individual negligence on the part of Mr. Baird himself. On the case being argued before the Inner House, the judges made avizandum, and gave judgment on the poiuts in dispute. The Lord Justice Clerk, who delivered the opinion of the Court, pronounced an interlocutor sustaining the judg- ment of the Lord Ordinary on the three points first seated, and altering it in regard to the averments of individual negligence. The Court held the Lord- Ordinay had been led by the mode in which the pur- suers's pleas were stated to believe it was intended to make two separate and distinct actions, which was not the nature of the case. The Lord-Ordinary had con- cluded his judgment by appointing the pursuers to lodge issues within 16 days for the trial of the case before a jury. This part of the finding was set aside by the Court, and an enquiry was appointed to be made by an accountant with the view to reduce and define the case to be placed before a jury. The Lord-Justice Clerk in explaining why this course had been proposed, pointed out the specific and detailed nature of the claims made against the defenders, and said the claim was not one for damages in the ordinary sense of the term, but for the payment of a very precise and definite amount. It was, his lordship said, in truth and substance an action against Mr. Baird for malversation and gross negligence in a fiduciary capacity as director of this bank, and the remedy sought is that he shall replace funds belonging to the bank lost in this way. It is in that respect precisely the. same as an action against trustees who, either by their own intromission or negli- gence, have allowed a portion of their charge's funds to be lost, and are called on to replace them. It must bo perfectly obvious to everyone who has studied the case that, if it is sent now for trial on a joint issue of gross negligence, as if it were an ordinary case of damages, it would be a trial of a most embarrassing kind. The alleged losses on each one of the accounts must form the subject of a special inquiry on the part of the jury, and the attention of the Court and of the jury would require to be directed and confined to that one point while it was under investigation, just as much as if it formed the subject of a separate trial. A trial conducted in such a manner, and involving such a great variety and extent of inquiry, it must be obvious would be altogether un- manageable, and would almost certainly result in some miscarriage. The accountant's report was ordered for the purpose of avoiding this risk, and so reduce the action to a more manageable form. In the case of the Western Bank v. James Baird," which is of precisely similar character to the other action, a judgment was pronounced to the same effect as the above. The ques- tion of expenses was reserved.

FENIAN RELICS.—A correspondent of the Ha)nilto;a Times states that the Fenians in their flight from Canada left large numbers of rifles, cartridge-boxes, canteens, and other munitions of war, which the farmers picked up, and which they are now selling at good prices to relic hunters. At first good rifles could be bought for from 2 dols. to 5 dols., then the price rose to 8 dols. to 10 dols., and now it is from 12 dols. to 20 dols. A great many suppose that these rifles are the celebrated Springfield make. They are not. They are the Bradenburg rifle, and are only sighted for 500 yards. Thev are not equal to either the Springfield or Enfield at long ranges, but are said to be a most effective weapon at short ranges. NEW CHURCH.—The Marquis of Westminster, at whose expense a magnificent new church has recently been erected and consecrated at Fonthill, in Wiltshire, has just given X2,000 towards the erection of a new church in the parish of St. James, in the town of Shaftesbury, Dorset. The proposed edifice is estimated to cost between 13,000 and £ 4,000, and will when built afford seat accommodation for upwards of 400 persons. Gossip.-We understand that Lord Hartington's last act as Minister of War was to order 30,000 Enfield rifles to be converted into breach-loaders, in addition to 20,000 previously ordered. In addition to the list of new baronets created by the late Government which we have already announced, we believe we may state that Mr. St. Aubyn, father of Mr. John St. Aubyn, member for West Cornwall, will be gazetted to this honour. Among those outside his immediate political friends to whom Lord Derby offered a seat in the Cabinet was Lord Shaftesbury. It is said, we believe with gd foundation, that Sir Robert Peel also declined a seat in the Cabinet. Notwithstanding that Sir Fitzroy Kelly is reported as likely to succeed to an approach- ing vacancy on the Common Law Bench," we believe it is more than doubtful that Chief Baron Pollock, whose place is thus alluded to, has any intention of resigning. The venerable judge feels that he is not yet past his work, and that, in fact, his work agrees with him. The first honour that has fallen to the gift of Lord Derby is the Garter, vacant by the sudden death of the Marquis of Lansdowne. We believe that the Irish legal ap- pointments are not yet finally arranged. It is rumoured that Mr. Brewster is to be the Lord Chancellor, and the appointment would be useful to the Government inas- much as it would be an indication that the old narrow line will be departed from which on two previous occa- sions gave such offence even to a large body of the Irish Conservatives themselves. No doubt Mr. Whiteside will be the successor of Chief Justice Lefroy, and, from what we hear, it is probable that Mr. J. E. Walshe, Q.C., who is his most likely successor in the representa- tion of Dublin University, will be one of the Irish law officers. The Earl of Derby has appointed Mr. Her- bert Murray, of the Treasury, to be one of his private secretaries. Mr. Murray was private secretary to Sir John Pakington, at the Admiralty, during the last Con- servative Administration. Mr. Cyril Graham has been appointed paTate secratary to the Earl of Carnarvon, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. William Peel has been appointed private secretary to General Peel, Secretary of State for Wa.r.-Sunday Gazette.

I FOREIGN NOTES. The Princess Metternich returned to Paris from Brus- sels on the 28th ult. It is said that General Gablenz is now lying wounded at Pillnikau. President Johnson has been made an L.L.D. by the University of North Carolina. Trains have now ceased to run on the Hessian railway beyond Bingen, and also on the Nassau railway. Five thousand cotton planters from the Northern States have settled in the State of Alabama. Some Poles in France wishing to join Garibaldi's legion have been refused passports by the French Government. Mr. George W. Curtis and other men of letters in America are getting up a testimonial to Mr. Herbert Spencer. The second volume of Mr. Horace Greeley's "His- tory of the American Conflict" will be published in August. General Fleury now attends the Emperor Napoleon daily, and will, it is said, shortly become Minister of War. T welve new cases of cholera are reported in the city of New YorK. Sixty-five cases are under treatment in the quarantine. The cholera is diminishing rapidly at Amiens the daily number of deaths, which was twenty-eight, has been reduced to twelve. A committee has been formed at Paris to receive sub- ecriptions for the erection of a monument to Mery, the novelist and poet. The Crown Princess of Prussia left Berlin on the 1st for the watering place of Heringsdorf, where she intends to remain for several weeks. The well-known writer, Heinrich Richter, of Berlin, was killed at the battle of Langensalza. He was only twenty-eight years of age when he died. The Italian papers say that the prisoners captured by the Austrians at Custozza are confined at Verona, where they are well treated. It is rumoured that Commander Maury, of the United States, is about to be attached to the French navy as chief of the meteorological department. General la Marmora will, it is said, give up his post as chief of the staff in the Italian army, and take the com- mand of a corps d'armee. The betrothal of the Czarewitch to the Princess Dagmar of Denmark (sister of the Princess of Wales) is officially announced in the St. Petersburg papers. General Durando has given up the command of the first Italian corps d'armee, which suffered so severely at the battle of Custozza, to General Piannelli. Intelligence has been received in America that 9,000 Bohemians, persons of education and wealth, have determined to settle in America, and have already en- gaged passages. Professor Agassiz is delivering a series of lectures before the Imperial family of Brazil respecting his recent tour in the valley of Amazon. A work from him on that subject will toon be published in Boston. At a sale of articles found on the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah, which took place at New York, the British flag under which the ship went to Fea was purchased for twenty-two dollars by a Mr. Derby, and sent to Washington. The exact number of prisoners taken by the Italians at the battle of Custozza is 889. They have been taken to Fenestrella. General Durando's wound has assumed such a dangerous aspect that great fears are entertained for his life. The Washington Republican, supposed to be in the confidence of the President, announces that Mr. John. son considers all matters relating to Jefferson Davis as purely judicial, and that he is resolved to interfere in no way with them. The Assessors of Ward Seven in Boston, having had the curiosity to examine a large milk establishment in the city, found four large casks of refined whiting, which, when mixed with water, made in appearance a very good imitai ion of milk. A riot took place at Schwerin, in Mecklenburg, on the evening of the 27tb. The house of a baker was attacked by a mob, including some soldiers, and all the windows broken. The cause of this disturbance was a report that the baker had thrown a soldier out of window. George W. Gayle, the man who advertised in a Southern paper for a fund of 1,000,000 dollars to pro- cure the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, has been indicted by a grand jury in Alabama, on charges of murder and conspiracy, and held to bail in the sum of 15,000 dollars. The Vienna Presse contradicts the rumours that the proposed marriage of Mdlle. Marie Taglioni with Prince Windischgratz had been broken off. The betrothal," it says, has only been postponed because the bride- groom had to join the Austrian army, in which he is a major." General Beauregard is still in Paris, and has had an audience of the Emperor. It is remarked that while in America he called himself plain" General Beauregard," he has had his name engraved on his cards thus Monsieur le General Toutain de Beauregard. The following were the losses of the Hanoverians at Langensalza, according to the official lists 22 officers, 208 sub-officers and soldiers, and 176 horses killed; 78 officers, 966 sub-officers and soldiers, and 72 horses wounded; 812 sub-oiffcers and soldiers and 54 horses missing. The journals of the Drome contain accounts of heavy storms which have taken place in that department. At Montgueis six persons had sought refuge in a hut, whea the building was suddenly swept away by the over- flow of a mountain stream, and five of them were drowned. Brussels is unusually full at present, a great number of wealthy persons who left Germany at the commence- ment of the war having taken up their residence in that city and its vicinity. Ostend and the French watering-places also expect a busy a prosperous summer season. Galignani says that the Acclimatization Society of Paris has just received some fine ostriches born in the gardens of the Corresponding Society in Algiers. It already possessed some which were born in Grenoble; so that this gigantic bird may now be considered partially domesticated in Europe. The levelling of the Trocadero in Paris is proceed- ing with great rapidity. Workmen are employed on it night and day, and work at night by the electric light. The acceleration of the works will, it is said, increase the original estimate by 300,000 francs, and the use of the electric light alone costs 500 francs a night. The highest salary paid to any man in New England is received by the agent of a woollen mill in Massachu- sests—15,000 dollars. The lowest is believed to be that of a Metho-list preacher, who stated at a late convention in Boston that his salary for preaching last year was a new hat and a bushel of apples. A comic paper of Berlin has been forbidden by Govern- ment to publish two caricatures of the King of Hanover and the Elector of Hesse, which were to have appeared in the number of the 1st of July. The paper was ac- cordingly published with two vacant spaces which had been left for the caricatures in question. The assizes have been indefinitely postponed at Amiens on account of the cholera. There would have been much danger in obliging a number of strangers to reside for a week in the town at the present moment. The epidemic, which has already destroyed so many victims there, seems to be becoming more serious than ever. The oidium, which it was hoped had been extermi- nated, has just reappeared in Some vineyards in the neighbourhood of Lyons. The alternation of rainy weather and great heat, such as has lately been ex- perienced, conduces greatly to the production of this disease, the only effectual remedy for which is the employment of sulphur. A race lately took place at Philadelphia of chariots constructed like those of ancient Rome, driven by ladies in classic costume. Miss Mason, of New York, driving "Lady Sherman" and "Prairie Plower," won the race against Miss Sherwood, of Philadelphi, driving "Flora Bell" and Empress." The race was in mile heats, best three in five. Time-2 min. 25i sec., 2 min. 30 sec., and 2 min. 15 sec. King William joined the Prussian army, it is said, less for military purposes than diplomatically. Prince Frederick Charles, commanding the army of the Elbe, nephew of the King, and the Prince Royal, the King's son, are far from being on good terms, and when the two armies effected their junction there was no hope of any accord between the commanders, unless the King were present. The Sentinelle Toulonnaise mentions a curious report that, in case of war, Prince Napoleon would have the command of the French fleet, with Admiral de Jurien la Graviere as second m command. The fleet would be divided into two great commands—the ironclad squadron under the orders of Vice-Admiral Count de Gueydon; and the other under Vice-Admiral Count BoKSt-Willaumez. The bill appropriating 25,000 dollars for the repre- sentation of the United States in the Paris Exhibition of 1867 encountered a vigorous opposition in the Senate on account of the unfriendly acts of France towards America, and ultimately passed by a majority of one. It may yet be lost in the House, to which it must be returned on account of its having been amended since it passed that body. A correspondent writes to us from Frankfort con- cerning Rhenish winesThose at home who are partial to them—notably to Johannisberg and sparkling hock-would do well, if the reports we receive are correct, to lay in a stock thereof before prices rise, as we hear that the Prussians have placed the seal of confiscation on Prince Metternich's and M. Miiller.0 cellars, thereby showing their good taste and discriniiJ nation as connoisseurs."

FRANCE. The Qonstitutionnel believes that the change in the English Ministry will not modify the character of the relations between England and France. "Present circumstances," it continues, are, on the contrary, calculated to bring into closer alliance the Great Powers not engaged in war, and who may naturally be called upon to exercise a useful influence over the progress of events. We have every reason -to believe particularly that the accord between England and France, who are inspired by the same sentiment of humanity and de- votion to peace, will not be found wanting under the exigencies of the present state of things." At the sitting of the French Senate on Friday M. Rouher introduced the following draft of the Senatus- Cocsultum Art. 1. The constitution cannot be discussed by any public power other than the Senate, proceeding in the forms determined by that fundamental law. A petition with the object of any way modifying the constitution can only be brought up for discussion in a general sitting, if authorised by at least three of the five bureaux of the Senate. Art. 2. Any discussion with the object of modifying the constitution, and published either by the periodical press or works not periodical, subject to the stamp law, is forbidden. A petition in favour of any modification of the con- stitution can only be made public by the official report of the sitting in which it has been discussed. Any in- fraction of the present article is punished with a fine of from 500f. to 10,000f. Art. 3. Art. 40 of the constitution of the 14th Janu- ary, 1852, is modified as follows: -Art. 40. The amend- ments adopted by the committee charged to examine a bill are sent to the Council of State by the President of the Legislative body. The amendments not adopted by the committee of the Council of State are net submitted to the definitive vote of the Legislative Body, but they may be taken into consideration, and sent back to the committee for a fresh examination. If that body does not propose a new draft, or if the one already made is not adopted by the Council of State, the original text of the bill is alone put into de- liberation. Art. 4. The disposition of Art. 41 of the constitution of the 14th January, 1852, which limits the ordinary sessions of the Legislative Body to three months, is repealed. The indemnity allowed to deputies of the Legislative Body is fixed at 12,500f. for each ordinary session, whatever may be its duration. In case of an extraordinary session, the indemnity continues to be regulated in conformity with Art 14 of the Senatus-Consultum of the 25th December, 1852. The Chamber decided that a committee of ten mem- bers should be nominated on Monday to examine the Senatus- Consultum.

THE WAR IN GERMANY. The Vienna papers announce that General Clam. Gallas, commander of the 1st corps of the army of the north, Field Marshal Baron Henikstein, chief of the staff, and Major General Krismaniez will be brought before a court martial on account of their conduf t dur- ing the operations in Bohemia. The King of Prussia has received telegrams from the Emperors of France and Russia and from other Sovereigns, congratulating him upon his late victory. The Prussian General von Hiller was among the killed in the recent battle. The publication of the official lists of Prussians killed and wounded has commenced. An appeal has been published by the War Minister to surgeons, if not Prussians, to report themselves for voluntary service upon the medical staff, in order that provision may be maae for the care of the enemy's wounded. The Queen has hai the Burgeons leaving for the army presented to her at the railway station. The official Staatsanzeiger reproduces as authentic a proclamation intended to be issued by Field Maishal Benedek upon his projected advance into Prussia. The armistice has been accepted by Prussia and Italy. The principal conditions are as follows: The Prussian armies to retain possession of their pre- sent positions, and the troops to be supported at the expense of the country occupied. Austria is not to increase her forces in Bohemia, or in the other countries of the Germanic Confederation. Italy to occupy one of the fortresses of the Quadrilateral.' The semi-official Norddeutsche AWgemeine makes the following important announcement with respect to the armistice Public opinion still occupies itself, and very intelli- gibly mainly with the situation which may be created by the diplomatic intervention of France. We believe we may assure our readers that there is nothing to be alarmed at in this situation, and its unexpected cha- racter can only arise from the extent to which it might bear upon the great exhaustion or rather the utter powerlessness of Austria, which forces the empire to cede its fairest province. As regards ourselves, how- ever, Prussia, in anticipation of what might happen, not only entered into very definite and binding agreement with Italy before the outbreak ot t the war; but Prussian policy will, as a matter of course, also have taken into calculation that the diplomatic tribunal of Europe must be called upon in the final solution of the pending questions. And if, under all circumstances, the Prussian Government has been careful to give negotiations a direction correspond- ing to the interests of Prussia and of Germany, the public may certainly be firmly assured that now, after so brilliant a trial of the Prussian arms, it will throw the full weight of the victories achieved into the scale to strengthen the just claims of Prussia, and that France will be unable to refuse respect and recognition to so strong a title. As regards the immediate question of an armistice we announced yesterday that the request of Austria for that purpose had been refused by Prussia, and the public may be assured that not even the in- itiative of a mediator will be acceded to without suf- ficient guarantees for the fulfilment of all the just claims of Prussia, and the sacrifices she has made to secure them. When, therefore, certain papers pretend that a French Commissioner has left for Venetia, to take pos- session of the province, and that orders have been given to occupy Venetia with one or two French divisions, we are forced to doubt this communication upon internal evidence, and can only attribute the statement to the system of falsehood in the offices of the Austrian press, which has been so impudently displayed even in the official Austrian papers. For if the above intelligence were confirmed, the fact would amount to an open breach of France with Prussia. and Italy, as by the French occupation of the Quadrilateral Austria would be placed in a position to lead her entire army against Prussia, and the journals which announce the news have probabiy not considered whether this, as well as an Austro-Frerch alliance generally, would be a useful aim for the policy of France. Italy has laid down as the condition of her accept- ance of the armistice the immediate occupation by her troops of two fortresses of the Quadrilateral, of which one must be Peschiera, Commenting on the announcement in the Monitear of the cession of Venetia and Austria's application for the Fren( h Emperor's mediation, the semi-official Norddeutsche Allgemeine Ttditunq says — The helpless condition to which Austria has been reduced by the success of the Prussian arms could not be more strikingly testified than by this step of the Austrian Empercr. But upon this, no daunt in its in- tentions very generous, intervention of the Emperor of the French, the question naturally arises in every Prussian mind why this mediation for the restoration ot peace says nothing about the measures to be taken in Vienna to satisfy the just claims of Prussia. That we did not enter upon the war solely to conquer Venetia for the Italians even that nation will be forced to admit, which was so magnanimous as to wage war for the idea of an united Italy when the latter was too weak to carry out that idea herself. We first took up arms against the threats of Austria, and then for German unity. In the first instance the object of our efforts was to obtain the guarantee that Austria should not again be in a position to convulse at pleasure the peace of Germany and of Europe. In the second in- stance we determined to achieve the unity of Germany in place of the hitherto existing dualism, and such unity, of course, under the leadership 01 that State of the two Gjrmin Powers which is able to conduct it. The battle fields in Bohemia testify which that State is. The head-quarters of the Prussian army have been transferred to Pardubitz. All the fords on the Elbe between Pardubitz and Elbe Teinitz are in the bands of the Prussians. Field-Marshal Benedek appears to be withdrawing towards Brunn, followed by both the army corps. The Austrians are said to have abandoned Prague. The Prussian troops stationed at Ratibon have occupied Troppau. The Prussian General Knobelsdorfs has addressed a proclamation to the Austrian SSilesians, stating that strict oiscip ine will be maintained in the Prussian army, that the inhabitants will bfj treated with the greatest humanity, and that the troops have orders to spare private property. He threatens to punish resistance and treachery. In the engagement which took place at Dermb .ch between the Prussian Goebe division and the Bavarians, the former c»p>ured eight positions. The Prussians are advancing victoriously. The Prussian C nsul General at Trieste has received official notice fiom the Austrian Government to suspend his functions. On the morning of the 5th inst. the head quarters of Piince Frederick Charles were at Pozelautsch, and those of the Crown Prince at Ischlparck, both bting equid;stant from Par- dubitz. The 5th Army Corps is at Halitz. The Land- wehr «f the Guard has been pusht-d forwnrd tovr Tili- Prague. !h« commandant of the fortress of Kon;ggiatz requested, among oth r conditions for evaluation, ttiai 45 wound d Austrian officers might be exchingpd fur an eq al numb r of Prussian offi era. This was ac- cepted, but the other conditions for evarua ion were rejected by the Prussians. Both the Pms-i >n armies haye advanced at all pointa. The King of Prussia has ordered that all wounded and captured Austrian officers should be released on giving their parole to return to their homes, and not to again serve against Prussia during the war. The Official Staatsanzeiger says:-As formerly the struggles of Prussia benefitted the whole of Germany, so now on the battle-fields of Bohemia has Prussia again worked out the regeneration of Germany. Northern Germany will be more and more convinced that Prussia has not drawn the sword from selfish motives, but for existence and the preservation of all that is dear to the nation. The knowledge that the national hopes stand or fall with Prussia had led the States of North Germany to her side, and those States who stood by her in a time of great trial will never be forgotten by Prussia. The Press (Vienna Journal) announces that the army of the North continues its retreat unmolested. General von Gablentz has returned to head-quarters, his pro- posal for an armistice not having been accepted. On the night of the 6th inst. the Austrian head-quarters were removed to Leitomischl. Hostilities have not been resumed. The lo3S in men and guns has been great, yet not so large as was believed. General Uount Clam-Gallas has left head-quarters. The army of the Crown Ptince, which forms the tete d'armee of the pursuing force, was reported on the 9th inst. far beyond Parbuditz. The propertion of the wounded is eight Austrians to one Prussian. Advices from Vienna state that a large number of the officers of the former Honved army (National Hungarian army have addressed a collective petition to the Emperor, expressing their devotion to the Austrian throne, and requesting admission into the Imperial army. A rumour is current that Count Belcredi, Minister of State, and Count von Larisch, Minister of Finance, have resigned. The Vaterland says, We learn from an authentic source that the army of the North is still 200,000 strong." The magistrates of Schleswig have drawn up a con- gratulatory address to King William upon the recent success of the Prussian arms, which says: The in- habitants of Schleswig, though proud to call themselves the youngest citizens of the Prussian State, regret that their sons have not been summoned as Prussian soldiers to the field of battle." The assembly of burghers of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, July 8, which lately deliberated upon the question of fortifying the city have, in view of the present state of things, adjourned their vote on the question. All soldiers on furlough have been called in on account of the mobilisation of the Hamburg contingent, which takes place on the 16th inst. The Augsburg Gazette announces that Field-Marshal Benedek has been relieved of his command. From Pesth on the 8th inst., we learn the Empress of Austria is expected at Buda. Reports are current that the Hungarian Diet will shortly be reopened. Petitions are being prepared in reference to the Imperial decree ordering a second recruitment.

THE WAR IN ITALY. General La Marmora has drawn up a report of the battle of Custozza, in which he details the operations of the army during the 23rd, 24th, and 25th of Jone. He says that the Italian losses cannot yet be precisely stated, and adds that the spirit of the army is excellent. 1,500 Austrians were taken prisoners. The total of the Austrian army engaged in the battle was 80,000, consisting of the 5th, 7th, and 9th corps, one division of reserves, and two brigades of cavalry. The following official despatch has been published at Florence:- "Head-quarters of the Italian Army, July 5 (Evening). Considering it expedient to deprive the Austrians of the advantage of the tete de pont at Borgoforte, on the light bank of the Po, we have to-day commenced ope- rations for an attack." Baron Ricasoli has returned to Florence from the head-quarters of the army. The municipality of the city has presented an address to the Prussian Ambassa- dor, congratulating him upon the victories in Bohemia. The clubs are decorated with the Prussian flag. It is stated that a portion of the Austrian forces in Venetia have been ordered to the north. The Italian losses at Suello, as announced by the Austrian Commander in the Tyrol, are stated to have been greatly exaggerated. In- telligence received here from tne Venetiau frontier to the 5th inst. Btates that the Austrians are strengthening their forces at Rovigo. The Opinione says: The King has replied to the despatch of the Emperor Napoleon, relative to the pro- posed armistice. His Majesty is stated to have taken counsel of his Cabinet yesterday evening." Despatches arrive from all sides announcing the unfavourable impression produced by the Austrian pro- posal. The Florence journals consider the proposal to be inadmissible. General Cialdini crossed the Po on the 8th into Venetia at the head of his army corps. Two Austrian gunboats epenei fire on Gorgnano, Like Garda, but were repulsed. It is rumoured that an Austrian gun- boat has been sunk near Sermione. The Italian losses in the attack upon Borgoforte were 2 killed and 30 wounded. The Austrian loss is unknown. General Mignano was in command of the Italian corps of operation. Three hundred Austrian chasseurs crossed the Mincio on the 5th inst. After levying contributions upon the population they withdrew across the Mincio, blowing up the bridge at Goito. The Austrians who h"d fortified the heights at Solferino and San Martil10 have also recrossad the Mincio. The Italians withdrew on the 6th inst. from Borgo- forte, having suffered considerable losses by the cannon- ade of the 5th. The works were immediately repaired, and are now in a thoroughly good condition. On the 5th inst. Captain Gredder, of the Imperial Jager Regi- ment, with four companies, successfully repulsed 6,000 Italian volunteers, supported by many cannon and two gunboats, on Lake Idro. The enemy were repulsed five times, with a loss of 700 men killed and wounded. Despatches received at Vienna from the Austrian head-quarters in the Tyrol announce that on the 6th, 5,000 Italian volunteers attacked the Austrian position on Monte Suello. They were repulsed with a loss of 500 men killed and wounded. Another engagement took place early the next morning at Vezza. After a severe fight, lasting five hours, the Italians were driven back over the Tucardine Puss with the loss of 200 killed and woundad. The Austrian loss was 21 men hors de combat. Count von Usedom, the Prussian Minister at the Court at Florence, was received in private audience by Prince Carignan. The Prince sent to Count von Usedon on the previous day to congratulate him on the Prussian victories. Several municipalities of Italy have forwarded a congratulatory address to the Prussian Minister in this city. The following despatch has been received here CASTIGHONE, July 7. The right bank of the Mincio has been entirely evacuated by the Austrians, who have mined the bridge at Borghetto, and continue to raise earthworks on the left bank of the Mincio. A large body of troops has left Verona. Their destination is unknown. Prince Amadeus has now entirely recovered, and will reassume the command of his brigade to-morrow." Rumours are current that numerous Austrian troops have set out in the direction of the Po, and that other Austrian forces are guarding the positions between the Mincio and the Adige. A supplement to the Official Gazette published on the 9th inst, contains the lollowing report of the Italian losses in the battle of Custozza on the 24th ult. The loss among the officers was 69 killed, 203 wounded, 63 prisoners, and 20 missing. The First Army Corps had 369 men killed, 1,759 wounded, and 2,853 prisoners and missiDg. The Second Corps 2 wounded, and 9 prisoners. In the Third Corps there were 281 killed, 1,130 wounded, and 1,362 prisoners and men missing. The reserve cavalry division had 1 killed, 13 wounded, and 38 pri- soners. Total loss in men-651 killed, 2,809 wounded, and 4,252 prisoners and men missing. The Official Gazette also publishes the law for the suppression of religious corporations.

THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Paris Temps publishes a telegram from Constanti- nople, dated July 8, stating that the Porte has recognised Prince Charles of Hohenzollern as Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities. In consideration of this recog- nition, the amount of the annual tribute paid by the latter to the Turkish Government will be doubled.

MALTA. MALTA, July 6.—The quarantine recently imposed upon ships arriving from Liverpool has been abolished. Farcy has broken out among beasts of burthen. An Italian corvette has arrived here on the look-out for Austrian cruisers.