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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1870.
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FIRST EDITION
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
JT'jrsxncc on the Sea.
Ttc Cherbourg expedition.
Its Composition and Strength.
Evigreiiie as Recent,
. Sketch of XZer Life.
England in the Fight,
in fir Military and Naval Strength.
Disraeli and Gladstone.
Their Views on the Crisis.
EUGEME, REGENT OF FRANCE.
The "Aant Spouse" el Napoleon Appointed
ro Administer the Affairs of the Empire Do.
rloKtbe Kmperor'e Absence with the Army
A Mtetch of her Career.
On Friday last, the 22d Inst., when the Corps
Iegislatif waited upon the Emperor of the
French to announce the termination of its
labors, and Rive a proof of its patriotism, Presi
dent Schneider made an address, in the course
which he said to Napoleon-.
"Remit without uneasiness the regency to your
fenRUBt spouse. She will unite with the authority
whioh her great qualities insure the force given by
tue liberal Institutions Inaugurated by you."
To which the Emperor, in the course of his
reply, responded specially:
"1 confide to you, in parting, the Empress, who
will call you around her, should circumstances re
quire. She knows how to till courageously the duty
which the position imposes."
Accordingly the Journal Officiel yesterday
published a decree naming the Empress Regent
during the absence of the Emperor Irom the
t apital, and for the second time the Countess of
Teba Is the nominal ruler of France.
The "august spouse" of Napoleon, Eugenie
Mtrie de.Guzman, Countess of Teba, by name,
was born in Grenada (Andalusia), on the 5th of
May, 1S2C, at which time her "august husband"
Lad just entered upon his nineteenth year, ller
mother was Donna Marin Manuela Kirkpatrlck
le Closeburn, Countess Dowager de Montijos,
tbe eldest daughter of the Baron Grlvegnee who
had married William Kirkpatrick, English Con
nl at Malaga, the dcsceHdaut of a Scotch Catho
lic family which had gone Into exile tipon the
fall of the Stuarts. Her father, the Count
de Montijos, was once an oflicer in the
Spanish army, who was descended from
the noble and ancient family of Porto-Carrero,
emigrants from Genoa to Estremadura in the
fourteenth century, and who by various alliances
acquired the right of bearing the names of Guz
man, Fernandez, Cordova, La Cerda, and Lelra,
and united the three titles of the first rank,
Teba, Banos, and Mora; the first Count de Teba
having been created by Ferdinand for valiant
conduct before Granada in 1493, and his lineal
descendant Palafox being commander of Sara
gossa in 1808-9. This high-bred grandee of
8pain was also conuected, more or less
closely, with the houses of the Duke de Frias,
representative of the ancient admirals of Castile,
of the Duke de Fyars, and others of .the highest
rank, including sundry descendants of the Kings
of Aragon. It is said that, upon opposition
being made to his marriage with a Miss Kirk
patrick, the Scotch heralds produced such an
overwhelming genealogy for the lady that Fer
dinand VII exclaimed, after examining it: "Let
him marry the daughter of Fingal !" Eugenie
was the second daughter of the Count de
Montijos and Miss Kirkpatrlck, her elder sister
having married the Duke of Alba and Berwick,
a lineal descendent of James II and Miss
Churchill.
On the death of her father, which
occurred when 6he was of a very
tender age, her mother was left with a fortune
adequate to the maintenance of the family posi
tion. She was accordingly educated alternately
in England and in France, passing the greater
part of her youth in travelling with her mother,
under the title of the Countess de Teba. in 1851
tbe appeared in society In Paris, and became at
once famous for her personal graces. At Com-
peigne the beautiful Spanish Countess was much
distinguished by the admiration of the Emperor,
and on the 23d of January, 1853, at a convoca
tion of the Council of 8tate, the Senate, and the
Corps Leglslatlf at the Tulleries, he olll'
daily announced his intended mar
riage. Previous to that time the
Emperor had contemplated a nuptial union with
the Princess Carola VYasa of Sweden, but the
Ligher northern powers of Europe exhibited so
much opposition that this royal alliance was
discreetly abandoned. It was not long after the
abandonment of this scheme that he fell Into the
snares of Eugenie, and in his address on the
occasion of the official announcement of his
intended marriage he disclosed the motives
which had led him to contract an alliance in op
position to tbe traditions of bis country aud
Europe, as follows:
"The alliance which I contract is not in accord
ance with the traditional requirements of our na
tional policy, ami therein lies its advantage. France,
by her successive revolutions, has been often
abruptly separated from the rest of Europe; a wise
government will seek to restore her. to the pale of
toe ancient monarchies. But this result will be
more certainly reached by a 1 rant and straiehtfor
ward policy, and by a loyal conduct, than by regal
alliances, which create a false security and often
aoimtituts family Interests for those of the nation.
Moreover, the example of the past has Implanted a
fc'iperntition iu the tuinds of the people. It cannot
be forgotten that for seventy years foreign pro-
eaten have ascended the throne only to be Hold the
ra e from which they sprung dispossessed by war or
revolution, one woman alone seemed to bring oap
illness with her, and to live longer than the others in
tbe memory of the people; aud that woman, the
fciuiabie wile of General Bouaparte. was not of royal
iilood. When, In the presence of Europe, a
man is raised by force of a new principle to a height
equal to tli at of the most ancient dynasty, It la not
iv seeking to give a character of antiquity to the
scutcheon, and to introduce himself at every cost
into a family that he consolidates his position. It U
rattier by ever remembering Ins origin, by wainuiii-
iifl li s distinct character, aud by adopting before
w,e world the title of Vretnu a glorious
'j tie when granted by the surt rages of a
rrte people! Thus obliged to depart from
tertojjfei.ed prece'lents, iny marriage became a
private affair, and nothing remained but the choice
of the person. Mie who bus become the object of
my preference Is of high birth. French by heart, by
education, by the memory of the blood shed by her
father In the cause of tbe Empire, she has, as a
Spaniard, the advantage of having no family In
France upon whom It would be necessary to bestow
honors and dignities. Endowed with brilliant quali
ties of mind, she will be the ornament of the throne,
of which in the hoar of danger her conrage will be
a support. Catholic and pious, she will join me In
tb! prayers that 1 address to Heaven for the happi
ness of France; gracious and good, she will, as I
firmly hope, revive In the same position the virtues
of the Empress Josephine. In placing
domestic happiness and the qualities of the heart
above dynastic prejudices and the calculations of
ambition. 1 shall not, I am sore, be less strong by
being more free."
The civil marriage was celebrated on the 29th
1 of January, 18513, at the Tulleries, and the reli
gious ceremonial was solemnized the next day
at Notre Dame, with all the pomp suited to the
proud station to which the Countess do Teba
was now elevated. The Municipal Commission
of Paris voted the sum of 000,000 francs for a
diamond necklace to be presented to her Majesty,
but Eugenie refused the gift, with the request
that the same might be employed for the benefit
of the poor, and the money was appropriated to
the foundation of an establishment for the profes-'
sional education of poor young girls. Obedient to
the regulations of etiquette of the court, the
Empress took up her residence in the Palace of
the Tuileries, in the midst of the ladies and
dignitaries of different titles who compose her
household. But she as well as the Emperor
passed a great part of the year at the chateau
of Saint Cloud. Biarritz has also been with her
a favorite place of resort, whence she has fre
quently made excursions into Spain. The
Empress has also accompanied the Emperor on
many of his journeys throughout France, and
was with him when he visited Queen Victoria at
Windsor, in April, 185.5.
On thclCth of March, 1850, the Empress gave
birth to a son who is known by the title of the
Prince Imperial. Paris was thrown into the
wildest excitement by the event, and indulged
in the most enthusiastic rejoicings over the birth
of "that blessed biby,"who now accompanies
his father to the front, there to "learn in the
midst of the army how to serve his country."
But the Empress has not led an altogether
monotonous career as mistress of the Imperial
household and leader of court fashions. Once
before she was called temporarily to the head of
the State. This was during the Italian war of
independence, when the Emperor, on leaving
Paris for the field, appointed her Regent, on
May 3, 1859, a position which she continued to
hold until the Emperor's return at the close of
the conflict.
When the time for the grand inauguration! of
tbe Suez Canal was approaching, last year, the
Empress started on a journey to the East to be
present on that occasion. But news of the
serious illness of the Emperor recalled her when
she had gone no further than Corsica, and she
was compelled to return to the capital. The
opening of the canal, however, was postponed
from time to time, and when at last the event
transpired, the Empress had had time to start
again upon her journey, reaching Port Said on
November lo, 180'J, alter Having been toe re
cipient, at Athens and Constantinople, of dis
tinguished honors from the Kiug of Greece and
the Sultan of Turkey.
Eugenie is endowed with many admirable aud
attractive traits of character, which, aside from
her exalted position, have rendered her a great
favorite with people of all degrees. During the
prevalence of the cholera in Paris, in October,
1805, she visited the hospitals in company with
the Emperor, and by this brave and generous
act elicited the applause of the whole world.
Her education has been of a very
thorough and varied character, being much
superior to that generally bestowed upon
Spanish women, even upon those in the highest
ranks of life. But she is eminently conserva
tive in her temperament, and her influence
upon the Emperor at all times has been re
garded as adverse to the cause of liberty and
progress. She has been throughout a warm
supporter of the Holy See, and to this fact, and
the great weight she has carried with the Em
peror, has been imputed, in great measure, the
apparently retrograde policy which Napoleon has
followed in his dealings with Italy and Koine.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Probability ef Iler Participation In the
Mrupsle ller .miliary ana naval Htreniu.
The publication by the London Times of the
proposed treaty for the aggrandizement of
France at the expense of Belgium has aroused
such universal indignation throughout England
i to render the neutrality of that country in
the pending struggle a matter of difficulty and
doubt. The following facts concerning the
army and navy of Great Britain will therefore
be found interesting at this time:
The British Army.
The total force of tbe army of Great Britain
for tho year 1809-70 was 127,336 men. This in
cluded 7578 commissioned officers, 13,398 non
commissioned officers, trumpeters, and drum
mers, and 100,490 rank and file. The officers of
the staff and the departments numbered 875.
The salaries of the officers are as follows:
The Field Marshal, general commanding (the
Duke of Cambridge), receives $30,000. This is
in addition to an annuity of $00,000 by reason
of his dukedom. A general in command of an
army gets $17,290; a general not in the field,
$10,370; a lieutenant-general, $0915; a major
general, $3455: a brigadier-general, $2000; and
colonel, $2075. Most of the general officers
bear also the title of colonel of a regiment, from
which they draw pay, though their duties arc
performed bv a lieutenant-colonel. Many of
those who have seen service have also a pen
sion. annuity, or special allowance,.. so that the
general payl is jot so 6mall as it might seem
The higher offices of the army are practically
closed to.UlUbdt members' ol the aristocratic
families, who usually have besides other sources
of revenue. '
' The forces of Great Britain in Ind'u during
the tame year were 125,707, of whom oYil were
commissioned" officers. 5299 non-commissioned
officers, and 54, $p rank aud. file.
Besides these two armies, provision his beeu
made for four classes of reserve! tbe dUtu-
bodied militia, numbering, it is stated, 12 i,9U;
the yeomanry -cavalry of 15,1 insu; tbe voluu
teers ol rJV.'JOo, of wboin 174,54' only are
reckoned efficient; - aud the army reserve, in
eluding enrolled peuslouar, the number' of
whom ! not known. " 1
The allowance for army expenses for the year
was $71,152,000, which was divided as usual luto
four parts for tbe following purposes: One part
of $39,428,500 for the expense of tho regular
forces; another part of $7,080,000 for the pay
and allowance of the four classes of reserves
jneritjoried aovej another ot flitlV,V) for
effective services, the necessary stores, ammu
nition, military education, military surveys,
etc., and a fourth part of 110,914,000 for non
effective services, such as rewards for distin
guished services, pay of general officers, re
tired, full and half-pay pensions, etc.
The nrltlfth Navy.
The navy of Great Britain, like its army, is
encumbered with a heavy burden of super
annuated and retired officers who are upon the
pay rolls, and who add largely to the cost of the
department without contributing at all to its
efficiency. There are now in the British navy
throe admirals of the fleet, all past service;
twenty admirals, of whom only two are In com
mission; twenty-four vice-admirals, of whom
six only are in commission; and forty-eight
rear-admirals, of whom six also are in commis
sion. The amount of appropriation for this
non-effective service was $7,5S2,C-25. During
the year 100 ships of all sizes were in commis
sion for foreign service, and 121 for coast-guard,
duty on home stations, and service as receiving
Ehips, tenders, and tugs. There we,re
besides these 349 ships In reserve or
building, very few of which, however, could bo
put into service without much delay, and mny
of which were nearly worthless. The manning
force of the fleet was 33,014 sailors, officers, and
men, 0455 boys, and 0988 marines, making a
total complement of 47,097. In September,
1809, the iron-clad fleet consisted of 29 com
pleted steamships, all in commission, and 14 in
process of building, several having 6ince been
completed and put in commission. The entire
cost of these 43 iron-clads will reach about
.f53, 500,000. Several of them are very formida
ble vessels. The Monarch is one of the latest
and most costly, having cost over 41,900,000.
She is one of tho finest armored ships afloat, is
of iron throughout, carries seven guns, and is
very fast. Iler engines are of 1100 horse power.
The appropriation for the navy for the year was
$49,983,205.
threat Britain's NtrcnKtli and Weakness.
Notwithstanding tho above showing, Eugland
would enter upon the conflict practically too
weak to affect materially the fortunes of the
war on land at the outset. Her formidable navy
would neutralize that of Franco, and reopen the
North German ports; but, according to recent
statements, it is doubtful if she could place
5)0,000 effective troops in the field with
out long preparations. Ireland being
ripe for revolt on account of
her own grievances, and manifesting strong
sympathy for France, a large portion of the
British army would be required to keep that
turbulent island in subjection; and, if there
should be any serious outbreak, the whole army
of 90,000 would bo found scarcely adequate to
this task. Therefore, it is moro than probable
that England could participate actively in the
struggle on the Continent only after raising and
equipping a volunteer force.
ENGLISH OPINION.
The Fiifcllsli Leaders on the War Question
Speeches by OUraell and (.huUtone In the
Ilonse of v o in mens. . . ,. .
In tho English House of Commons, on July
15th, the day that war was declared by France
against Prussia, Mr. Disraeli rose aud said:
MR. DISRAELI'S SPEECH.
I riec at luls moment, not to embarrass her
Majesty's government, but, on the contrary, to
endeavor to assist and support them at a moment
of extreme difficulty. (Cheers.) The question
which 1 am going lo put to me right honorable
gentleman is this whether he can inform Par
liament what, in his opinion, is the cause of the
present disturbed state of Europe. It seems to
me that tho time has arrived when that question
is strictly legitimate, mere nave beeu two
causes mentioned by public rumor of this un
happy and unsettled state of affairs.
The first alleged cause has been that a German
prince has been a candidate lor the vacant
throne oi spain. i dismiss mat, suojeci alto
gether as any clement of the question 1 am ad
dressing to the right honorable gentleman, and
advert to it to render that question more con
spicuous. I cannot induce myselt to believe
that in the nineteenth century, with Its
extended sympathies and its elevated tenden
cies, anything so degrading and so bar
barous can occur as a war oi succes.ou.
But it is said and before I a'ivert
to that point of the inquiry I might also remark
in paEsing that we had an authoritative state
ment very recently from the Minister of France,
on the pretext tnat any pretension oy a uennan
prince to the crown of Spain can be the cause of
the present state of affairs; but there is another
public rumor at least another cause of agita
tionand it is with regard to this that I wish
to make an inquiry of her Majesty's Government.
It is said that between the two allies of her
Majesty between whom this unhappy miscon
ception seems suddenly to have arisen, there
have been for a long time many causes of mis
conception and misunderstanding, much jeal
ousy and distrust, and many questions as to their
mutual relations with other countries of Europe,
which have been left open unsettled, and that
suddenly there has been a resolution to bring
about a precipitate settlement of this question.
What 1 would Venture to observe is this: If
there be any truth in this statement, any founda
tion for the circumstances to which I allude to
cause the controversy between these allies of
her Majesty, is purely a diplomatic question. It
has not arisen from the invasion of each other's
territory, or from any outrage which has been
committed against tho national honor of either
throne. It Is purely a diplomatic question, and
tbe causes have existed for some tirao.
Now, what I wish to bring before tbe con
sideration of the Government and the House, is
the foundation for the question. What 1 am
now going to urge Is this that both these pow
erful States between whom this misunderstand
inz has arisen, wltUia a very short time, within
only a few years, (.solicited the advice and
prayed for the influence of her Majesty to be
exercised on their behalf. They have done
more than that. They have entreated her
Majesty to enter into eng-geraents, and even
perilous engagements, with a-view to further
their Interests by securing the peace of Europe
and giving them a happy opportunity of termi
nating the questions of dlssidence between
them. Under these circumstances I mast ex
press my opinion that whatever iiur be the
moral and political competence of France or
Prussia at this moment to declare and carry on
war and no one can question that I say that,
under these circumstances which I have Trailed
to the memory of Parliament, neither Franco
nor Prussia lias a right to enter into a war with
out fully and really consulting Great Britain,
the country to which a few years ago they ap
pealed for tier Majesty to exercise her Influence,
and even to enter into engagements iu orJjr to
preserve peaee between these two countries.
What I want to ' know from her Mij3'vy'
Government U whether,' lo any represeutitions
which they have made and I have no doubt
made with great zeal, energy, and anxUsty to
the courts of the Tuileries and. Berlin, this view
it the case has been fully put before them. I
think it is a moment when, we ought to hive
brought before these Slates this public decla
ration which, -think,1 would have a beneficial
effect at tbe present moment. It is tho duty of
the Government to bring lforo the considera
tion both of France and Prussia the peculiar
claims which Great Britain has at this moment
upon their confidence, their trust,
and upon reasonable deference to her counsel.
I wish, therefore, to know from her Majesty's
Government whether they have urged this view
upon the courts of France and Prussia; whether
they have reminded them of the great sacrifices
and the great exertions which, at their request
and Instigation, only a short 'time ago England
made in order to advance ttieir interests, secure
tbe peace of Europe, and give them an honor
able opportunity of terminating their differences.
1 will only venture, before 1 sit down, to express
my opinion that the ruler of a nation who at
this time disturbs the peace of Europe incurs
the greatest political moral responsibility that
can fall to tho lot of man. (Cheers.)
mr. Gladstone's speech.
Mr. Gladstone said, in response to Mr. Dis
raeli's inquiry:
It is not for me to follow tho rfoht honorablo
gentleman over the whole ot his remarks, for he
will agree with me that at this peculiar moment
he enjoys a freedom which docs not belong to
the advisers of tho crown. At the same time,
referring to tho impressive words with which
the right honorable Kentlemen closed his speech,
I must say that it is the opinion
of the Government, as it appears to
be bis, that there is nothing under
the circumstances and differences which have
ately appeared which will justify, In the judg
ment and conscience of the worid, a breach of
the general peace. (Cheers.) With respect to
the questions of the right honorable gentleman,
they are, as far as I can understand, two. Ho
asked me if 1 can inform Parliament what, iu
the opinion of the Government, is the cause of
the present disturbed state of Europe.
I think that, for those who have official re
sponsibilities and duties in relation to foreign
powers entailed upon them, it would be better
that I should avoid references, at the present
moment, to any cause which may have brought
about tbe present state of affairs other than
those which I have already made. The right
honorable gentleman asks whether her Majesty's
Government have felt It a part of their care to
bring before the two great States now engaged
In communications that appear to be proximate
hostility, the peculiar claims of Great Britain
to be beard as to their disputes, and to
offer her friendly advice with a view
to a settlement of the dispute. I am
bound ,to say that neither of these two
states has shown the slightest indisposition to
allow her friendly intervention, or has put upon
u? tho necessity of resorting to arguments
drawn from any special juncture in former
affairs for the purpose of making good that
right and title to intervention; but I may say
that the title to friendly offices on the part of
any state of tbe civilized world towards another
state really has been placed upon foundation in
public law, so as to be a great European act of
modern times, which does not admit of being
broucht into dispute. I refer to the Conference
of the European Powers in 1850, whereby it was
recognized to bo the duty of these powers, at
least as a general rule, in case of a controversy
arising, to submit that controversy to friendly
adjudication before resorting to the torriblo ne
cessity of arms.
With respect to tho questions of the right
honorable gentleman, these are the answers 1
should give. As to the whole state of affairs we
have no decisive intelligence to give, and I am
sorry to say that the communication between
these great Powers have not been, on the whole,
favorable. The point Is now near at hand at
which things must take a decided course in
favor either of peace or war. Any function
that we can discharge, any offices we can ren
der,, are necessarily limited, bat I have the hope
that when the time comes, and probably it must
very toon arrive, at which it will be our duty to
explain in detail that which it is now no less our
duty to withhold, the House may be of opinion
that her Majesty's Government has not fallen
short of the duties incumbent upon the repre
sentatives of England, aud likewise not gone
beyond them. (Cheers.)
THE FRENCH NAVAL EXPEDITION.
Details oT the (reat French Naval Squadron
Hkrtcli ot the l.oiiiiutt ntilnK Admiral.
1 ho Cherbourg naval expedition, the most
formidable since the introduction of iron-clads,
is formed of two divisions under command of
Vice-Admiral Count Bouet-Willaumez. The fol
lowing details of the iron-clad vessels will show
the character and strength of this important
na.ui 6quadron:
FIRST DIVISION REAR-ADMIRAL rOTIIOCAN.
florid Afy. uf
(Suns. Cr-eie.
Surveillar.te (flagship, foil)....
Savoie frifrate)
Guienne (frigate)
Ocean tfriirate, 160 tons)
900
000
17
17
15
1
694
590
120
Korhambeau 1000
Taureau Am
SECOND DIVISION REAR-ADMIRAL HI El DONNE.
Gsuloise (lrigate) 000 IT 594
Flan.lre (Iilgate) lino 13 594
Thetta (corvette) 450 12 310
Jeanne d'Aro (corvette 450 12 310
The part the Taureau will enact in this expe
dition will be looked for with interest, as she is
an experiment in iron-clad vessels. She is a
steam ram, of peculiar construction, drawing
but little water and rising but a few feet above
the water. Her prow terminates in a point, and
this point is armed with a kind of massive
bronze cone which serves her as a spur. She
carries but a 6lngle gun, which weighs 20 tons,
and has but one deck, which is plated with iron
from one end to the other, aud is covered over
its entire length with a cylindrical ball-proof
dome.
The doings of the P.ochambeau, formerly the
Dunderberg. will also be interestim;, as she is
the first American irou-clad employed in the
French service. She carries 15 guns, throwing
Eolid shot weighing 475 pounds a distance of
13,000 feet, aud has a total burden of 5090 tons.
Ylcr-ttliulral Count Bourt-Willauuiez.
Vice-Adinlral Count Bouet-Willaumez, who is
in chief command of this Meet, is an experienced
officer, and an able writer ou naval matter. Ho
was born In 1808, and when 15 was admitted to
the naval school. He became ensign in 1&39,
lieutenant in 1835, and being attached to the
naval squadron at the Plate river, he took part
in the bombardment of Mogador. In 1&5S he
was commissionei by Kear-Admiral Montaguies
de la Iloque to explore the coasts of Western
Africa, on which subject he wrote a book pub
lished in 1819. Some time after bis nomiualon
to the grade of captain in 1844, he was appointed
Governor of Senegal.
This settlement on the west coast of Africa
has a population of 113,000 inhabitants, and h is
belonged to the French since the seventeenth
century. In 1847, Admiral Bouet-Willaumez re
turned to France, and two years later was made
Commander of the Legion of Honor, iu recogni
tion of tbe zeal and energy he had displayed
abroad. The Russian war first gave him an op
portunity to take part in naval operations on' a
large scale. He was appointed rear-admiral in
154, and served in the Crimean expedition
under the orders of Admiral Hameliu. He
next became maritime prefect at Cherbourg,
from whence he was transrerred to Toulon.
In lbOO he was appointed vice-ad
miral and received command of the Mediter
ranean squadron. Five years later he was made
S.nn!nr ti Franee. In whuih'canacitv hi-liirrvrwmft.l
a change in the marine artillery which was not
adopted. Among the writings ot Admiral
Bouet-Willaumez is an account of battles on
sea and land, and supplementary tactics for
iron-clad vessels published in 1805.' It follow
from bis career itut he has lived during the
treat transition that has taken iU: in naval
krmaments since the davs of Nelson and Yille-
neuve. He has seen Fulton's Invention adopted
by all the fleets of the world, iron largely take
the tiW-e of wood In . steamships, and the intro
duction during the last ten years of heavily
armored itl, carrying guns of enormous
fcize.
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j JPriissiai-i Fast J )a..v
Russian Xorcc in Poland.
Spsiirt Inclined Towards France.
Heavy Failures in London.
inc., i2tc Ktc, K tc, inc.
FROM EUROPE.
Spain Inrllnrd Towards France.
London, July 27 Midnight. A correspondent
writes from Madrid on the 25th inst. that the
feeling of the Government was secretly in favor
of France, based on satisfaction because Prussia,
and not Spain, was attacked. The Republican
newspapers denouncod this tendency, aud
warned tho Government that the people will not
endure a base submission to French alliance
under such circumstances. The same sentiment
is partly Bhared by the army.
The order expelling Don Carlos from France
was purchased through intrigue by Olozaga aud
with humiliating concessions. Spanish parties
each regard the war with reference to their
dynastic interests. Montpensierists hope that
France will be too busy to oppose their candi
date. 'Prim keeps silence. The Republicans are
immovable for a republic.
Failures In London.
London, July 28. As predicted, many addi
tional failures were annonnced yesterday. The
iirm of Messrs. Illverton, Hallowell fc Crabtree,
wool dealers at Bradford, and largely interested
in the American trade, stopped yesterday. Also
seven failures at the Stock Exchange iu this
city and one at the cotton market in Liverpool,
The Bank of England.
London, July 28. The officers of the Bank
of England have just raised the rate of interest
to five per cent.
Southampton, July 28. Thc North German
Lloyds steamer Bremen, from New York on
July 14, arrived at this port In safety at C o'clock
this morning. The North German steamer Bal
timore, from Baltimore July 13, arrived here at
4 o'clock yesterday morning.
merchantmen Exempt from Helzure.
Berlin, July 28. Prussia, by accepting tho
Paris declaration, also exempts from seizure the
enemy's merchantmen not carrying goods con
traband of war.
An Immediate Action Expected.
Paris, July 28. The Moniteur du, Soir says
that tho movements and concentration of the
French troops point to an immediate and deci
sive action. .
Pravers for the Emperor's Safety.
Prime Minister Olllvler invokes the prayers of
the French clergy for the safety of the Emperor
and young Prince.
Fast Day In l.ermany.
Losdon, July 28. Yesterday was observed
quite generally as a day of fasting and prayer
at Bremen and Hamburg. Business therefore
was nearly suspended.
The Russian Force In Poland.
The Russian force in Poland has been in
creased to 200,000 men, including the imperial
regiments of the Guard.
The Empress and the French Fleet.
Paris, July 28. Tho Empress has sent a con
gratulatory address to the sailors of the Baltic
fleet.
This Morning's Quotations.
London. July 281130 A. M. GonsolH S9K for
both money and account. American securities quiet.
United states 5-209, 1N82S, m; lMi5s,h8; lstiiS, 81
10-408, SO. Stocks quiet, trie, 15; Illinois Cen
tral. 10-i: Great Western. 21.
Liverpool, July 2S. Cotton dull and irregular:
middling uplands, 8d.: middling Oileaus, '4 d. The
sales are estimated at 8", 000 bales.
LoM'OJ", July 28. Tallow dnli.
FROM THE WEST.
Cincinnati Politics.
Cincinnati, July 28. The Republican Con
vention at Hillsboro has nominated John A.
Smith, the present Representative, as a candi
date for Congress in the Sixth district.
Destructive Fire.
Cincinnati, July 28. A destructive fire oc
curred this morning in the eastern end of the
city, consuming the Queen City Saw and Planing
Mill and a dozen houses, with a large quantity
of lumber. The mill was owned by C. W. Magill,
and was valued at 30,000; insurance, 10000, in
citv companies. A dozen families lost their
homes. The total loss will reach nearly 170,030.
Iowa Press Association.
St. Louis, July 28 The Iowa Press Associa
tion party arrived here last night. It consists
of 140 'editors and 90 women. Thus far the ex
cursion has been a complete success. The pro
gramme for to-day embraces a steamboat excur
sion, a visit to tbe St. Louis Jron Works,
a reception on 'Change at noon, a visit to Shaw's
Garden in the afternoon, and a banquet at the
Fair Grounds this evening.
Tennessee frops.
Memphis, July 28. The crop reports con
tinue favorable, except from Mississippi, where
the caterpillars have done much damage.
Keuublican .Meeting at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, July 28. The Republicans
opened the campaign in this city last night by a
mass meeting at the Academy ot .music, uov-
ernor Baker presided, and speeches were made
bv Lieutenant-Governor Cumback, Senator Mor
ton, and others. Senator Morton reviewed the
condition of the State and national finances, and
showed that the Slate was almost free from
indebtedness. Referring to the foreign war, be
said that in the late Rebellion in this country
Germany stretched forth her hand in sympathy
with us, that a large portion of our armies were
German, and that the Republican party now
sympathized with Prussia in the present contest.
... . -is anaoet r Tcoaeooawts .... .u
Evahsville, Ind., July 28. The tobacco
I banquet of yesterday was attended by over 2'W )
persons. I he election yesterday resumed In a
vote of 1290 in favor ot subscribing IjOO,000 to
the straight line railroad, and 30 again 't tbe pro
The Harvard Base Ball Clsb.
Milwaukee, July 28 The Harvard Bate Ball
Club beat the "Cream City" Club to-Oay, the
ecore being 41 to 13.
FROM WASI11JVGTOX.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
Dtspatch to the Attnciatod Pre.
Washington, July 28 A comparative state
ment of internal revenue receipts shows that
the aggregate for the first fifteen months of the
present administration Is t00,5O0,C67-29 greater
than the last fiitccn months of the preceedicg
administration. Among the Items the increase
on spirits in round numbers is t30,850,000; to
bacco, tI3.920.000: income, tll,402,000; sales,
2,675,000; special taxes, $2,443,000; etamps,
f2,097,000; banks and bankers, tl,C57,000.
Gross receipts, $525,0000. The entire amoaut
collected in the last fifteen months prior to tbe
June 1 is $228,322,344.
Naval Orders.
The Navy Department has ordered kurgeou
Faltz to duty as a member of the Board of Ex
aminatien at Philadelphia.
Surgeon Cleborne has been douched from
duty as a member of that board, and ordered to
the California.
Paymaster Smith has been detached from tbe
receiving-ship Ohio, and ordered to lie Cali
fornia. Paymaster Swan has been ordered to tbe re
ceiving-ship at Boston.
Judge Ulrhardson
tbis morning resumed his duties as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. He and Secretary
Boutwell wero for a long time closeted concern
ing public business. The latter will leave
Washington to-night or to-morrow for torn.
weeks' absence in Massachusetts.
Naval matters. "
Speeial Despatch to The Evening Tt'cgreLph.
Washington, July 28 Secretary Rotesou
has accepted the resignation of Paymaster II. L.
Wait, United States Navy.
The Tallapoosa will sail from here on the 2ilh
for Northern ports, and bring5 from Boston
crews for tho Guerriere, at New lork, and the
Brooklyn, at Philadelphia, after which .t3 will
return to Washington.
Illness of Admiral Farragnt.
A despatch was received here yeefrday from
Portsmouth, N. H., stating that Admiral Farra
gut Is there very ill, and that he has again sum
moned his son, Lieutenant Farragat, of the
United States army," to come to him.
The ".henandonh."
The third-class screw-steamer SceEar.do.iu,
carrying 10 guns, recently fitted out at the Bos
ton Navy Yard, is now ready for sea, and her
officers have been ordered to report on tfce 10th
of August. Commander Clark U. Wells has
been ordered to tho command of her, and i; is
at present the intention of the deparunent to
send her to the West Indies.
Payment of Naval Claim.
Of the appropriations for the Navy Depart
ment, $615,350 is to bo used for paying claims
which have come over from former administra
tions and of which the department will gladly
be rid. Of this Bum Horatio Ames gets $72,000:
P. 8. Forbes $27,383; and the Corliss Steam
Engine Company of Providence, R. I., whatever
may bo found due upon settlement of Its con
tract, which will be made by a board of officers
hereafter to be appointed by the Scsretary of
the Navy.
FROM CAPE MAY.
Special DpaU h to The Evening Telegraph,
Cape Island, July 28.
General Aleade
and staff, after reviewing the 5th Maryiacd, re
turned to tho city tbis morning.
Visiting Odd Fellows.
At 11 o'clock this morning Adam Loilge, of
the city, and Walker Lodge, from Germactown,
I. O. O. F., arrived at the Sea Breeze, and were
handsomely received by Richard R. Thompson.
LATEST SnimXQ I3TELLI0EXCE.
For additional ilarim Newt see Iimide raxe.
PORT OF PI1ILADELP111A JULY 29
BTATl OF THIRM0MITKR AT THB VKN1'G TilEORAPH "
QKKIUK.
7 A. M SI 1 11 A. M 86 1 a P. M
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer E. N. I'au-chUd, Trout, New Vork, W. M.
Ilaird & Co.
Suamer D. Utlcy, Davis, New York, W.M.Burd.tCo.
(Bchr Reading RR. No. 77, Corson, Norwich, J. Rom
mel, jr., a. uro.
Betir Maggie Van Dusen, C'ompton, Med.'ord.
SohrM.lteinhart, Hand, Newburyport, S.nn; :tson
&Co.
Schr Trade Wind, Culleu, Portsmouth, a.
Schr J as. Satterthwaite, Klnnle, Boston, -io.
ARRIVED THI8 MORNING.
Steamer Diamond Bute, Wood, ll hours from
Sassafras River, with mdse. and passengers to A.
Groves, jr.
Bteamer H. L. Gaw, Iler, 13 hours from Ealt'.more,
with mdse. and passengers to A. Grove, Jr.
schr John Clayton, i nomas, i aay irom rreaenca.
Del., with grain to Jas. L. Bewley u Co.
Schr JU. v. uranuier, tranmer, irom uos.on.
Schr Cordelia Newklrk, Newkirlf, from Province.
Schr M. E. Coyne, Facqmire, fiom B'js:on.
Bchr Ocean Wave, Nolr, frem Boston.
Schr Reading RR. No. 3. Austin, from Norwich.
Schr E. R. oraham. Smith, from Boston.
Schr O. C. Morris, Richards, from New YorK.
Bchr D. Corblt, Eldrldge. from Delaware City.
SL-hr F. St. Clair Edwards, Ireland, from A'.r.tic.-
bec, with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
BELOW.
Barkentino Veteran, irom Boston ;, s :;ir M. E.
Trenwick, from ht. Marys, Ga., bark Bam bueppard,
Larlssa; brig Mattano; and schr Jas. M. Fianageu,
all irom Cieuiuegos, remained at iiu.rant.ut; jast
evening.
BpedaX Despatch to The livening Telegraph.
Uavke-dk-Gkacb, July & The follow. eg boats
left this morning In tow:
O. liartman, witn luiuuer io mouvs n .v lwnj.
Homeward, with lumber to Craig & B:an :iiard.
Reading, Fisher A Co., with lumber, lor Prince
ton. N. J. . ......
Nannie ana .usggie, wuu miuuer, ior .iiew i urs.
Martha MeCunkcy, with pig iron to Ubn t ij ).
Harry and Lulie, with eoul, for Wilmington.
U. A. Knight, with coal to order.
MEMORANDA- '
Ship Pawnee, Auker, heuce, arrived a; D lo'm lfcth
instant. , . " ' .
lir. steamers Wisconsin, wiiuras, ior u verpooi,
and Scotia, Judklus, for Liverpool via i leecsiowo,
Cleared at New 1 o' yesterday.
Steamers Ban rrancuieo, wuson, ior r;tn::toD.
Ber., and Ashland, Crowell, for Charleston, c.eareU
at New York yesterday.
Dan. bark Ganvinedt), Nelson, from B.vr.ol !r
Philadelphia, was spoken & h lust, ou Ause ;cnii.
Bark John Ellis, from Liverpool for Ptl.d'i" pala,
was spoken 24th Inst . lat. 40 long. TO.
Bark Athenais, Baker, for Philadelphia, sa'lrl fm
Antwerp 16th inst.
Bark Antilla, Hare, Tor Philadelphia, sa'led from
Cork 14th insu
bark Prlnds Carl, Stephenson, for Pu :ad!pnia,
ailed from Deal Hih lust.
Bark Aliee Woods, Dvherty, for PhUade'pu:, i"li
from Deal 10th lost.
Bark. &:bmy),' Sorensen, hence, arrived at Fai
"mo'ith lath inst.'
Bark Egeria, Btarratt, for Philadelphia, ea ied f 1 1
Genoa iiiSi,