The Express. — London, England, 1868-06-02 00:00:00

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EVCIBM, THE Li 111 L' Cli MON.—A Emu) ow Rom A NCI. Messrs. :iota:kern, Buckstuue, Compton, Chippendale, B , c , rs,k Sark NI eslantes Robertson, Inns Burke, Chlppen sle, Fitz William, Laws, Au. —Awl A CO OPERA TI \'E '3IOV ENIENT. .37ILAND. Tniq SISTKRIN SU:VICE—THE VIVID OF TUE CLUIII OF WILLI. MARRIA , W. AT ANY ?kW& BP.ITAYNIA. 1 . / VIN 4 THE taehrnent as I. toolier Lai mos:- --JACK 0 LAS- I.:; ‘ll-11 , 1 Langan aol Ii rn. and IWATII9, are received 12 o'clock for insertion cave evening. 'Tice :es. Gil A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, CONTAINING The Latest Foreign Telegr, ama ; the Latest City ; Railway, Mining, and other Shares ; Sporting, and General Intelligence, iB POBLISRID EVERY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDA I', JUNE 2. THE EMPEROI: NAPOLEON AT ROUEN. A ' , Lt , N . of irresolute equivocation, tempered by pamphlets more or less officially authorised or inspired, is a sorry ._itaratitee for the continuance of peace, Or for the restoration of omfidence and security to industrial enterprise and commercial violet. The tihrt,N E‘ll . lltt: might seen. to have ~,,hausted all the arts and artifices which tire imposed upon the credulity of mankind. It has blom II hot awl cold, proclaimed perpetual tv.i- and threatonol incessant war, satirised the ter r l oral Power of the Papacy and maintained it by for, .42 of arias, fought for the independence of Italy and main.tained a foreign garrison in the heart of the , "enitoala, accepted in advance the results of the I 'rnsstin campaign in Bohemia, and doubled its army to bring them to nought ; pr. t,' 'AA its respect for the principle of " gr and agglomerations" and against the theory of teri,:tori.al compensations, while it secretly ap plied to the King of HoLLAND for the cession of I.ll‘einbo erg, and to Count Bismsmili for the cession of a line of fortresses and a strip of coal fields in co nsideration of Lis unopposed victories ; ilis:laiiiied tic., thought of interfering in the unity of ( ers..any, and conspired against it at Augsburg, s t I.lmiich, at Stuttgard. From the speech at Au teti7e in the summer of I Stiff to the recent speech at Orleans, peace has been on the lips of the rult r ...f France, while all the acts of his Goveninient hate pointed to war. Again and again the public, who have always desired peace, are reassured by souse official declaration. Again and again some indiacreet ebullition, some incon sistent order, or souse untimely pamphlet pub lished with all the luxury of official type, has set people wondering how and when the war is to begin, and almost persuaded them that even the certainty of war is better than the uncertainty of peace. On Sunday last the E rEItOR met the Cardinal Archbishop of Itouvir in his Cathedra! city. It was a little unfortunate that on the eve of his belt to Normandy the Bourse should have been disturbed by the call for the contingent of I 00,00 u men, and by the apparition of a pamphlet ominously entitled " Peace through War," which' Probably indicate s a t th e worst nothing wore than a oettain current of warlike and aggressive nen- ; lament at no great distance from do throne. Ai the Ministry of War and in many a gased-room the doctrines of such a pamphlet may prevail with out seriously menacing the tranquillity of Europe, so long as the Exresoa himself is resolved en giving no occasion of offence to Germany, and on abstaining from all interference with the do / mestic affairs of neighbouring states. It was not, however, to speak peace or war that NAPOLEON paid a visit to the ancient Ntirman city on Whit Sunday. He has probably learnt by this time that the only effezt of his pacific speeches is to excite suspicion of his secret pur poses, and to give the world to understand that he is not yet ready. His most memorable deliver ances in that direction have been the prelude of successive wars, while there is at lout this to be said for his warlike utterances, that they have not been immediately followed by action, and have usually been explained away by his Minister of State, or by the Moniker. That he ever seriously desired or intended to rush into a great European struggle for the sake of trying comiusions with Germany, and appeasing ' the vain-glorious restlessness of an overgrown army, at the risk of victories almost as fatal to his throne awl dynasty as reverses, and with the certainty of calling up and concentrating against his Empire that defensive alliance of the nations which over threw his Uncle, and that insurgent public spirit of the civilised world winch will not brook wanton and selfish disturbers of the common interest and welfare let those imagine elio regard the Eater-mut of the FRENCH as a madman with lucid moments. His way sof keeping the peace are assuredly notourways. A great military monarchy i heir to the traditions of Napoleonism, has its peculiar exigencies and its besetting dangers and temptations. Still, in spite of all rumours and signs to the contrary, we are persuaded that the EMPEROR knows at heist as well as any of his advisers that his personal advantage and the security of his govennnent and the future—if there be a future—of his house and throne—are to be found in peace ; and that the vast and true majority of the French people are no longer willing to be offered up as a sacrifice to the bloodstained idols of glory and ambition. Sufficient, then, unto the day. Better not to forecast unseen evils. LOUIS NAPOLEON has difficulties to contend with at home enough to explain the "sad and morose air" which some chroniclers remarked upon his countenance at Rouen. That city is represented in the Chamber by the eminent Protectionist Deputy who lately denounced the sufferings imposed upon the native industry of the district by the treaty of com mirce. It was well that the SOVERF.JCN who was charged with the responsibility for those sufferings should come to be reminded by a loyal Mayor and a devoted Municipal Council of the " precious " evidences of the interest " he had taken in their prosperity ; of " the splendid streets which traverse " the old quarters of their town, now embellished, " rendered healthy, and supplied with spacious " markets ;" of "that railway which opens new coin " municatious with the North ;" of " those works "on the Lower Seine which aftbrd good hope " that the city of Rouen may maintain its " natural and immemorial communication with " the sea ;" and that "on all these grounds " the creator of these public works—these works of pca , c—and the author of these beneficences, should receive a " tribute of just gratitude." The " unalterable devotion" of the ALtroa and municipal councillors of Rouen, naturally finds in such works as these a securer foundation than in the desolating conscriptions that destroy the flower of a people, or the glorious wars and conquests that lay industry and commerce in the dust. There could not be a more practical sermon in behalf of pence than this testimony of gratitude from the Rouennese municipality. And when the Eu riltort, in his reply, expresses the hope that " a " favourable era for the agriculture and manufac " tints of this great province is about to open," it is difficult to suppose that he can have meant to mock that hope in order to give Marshal NIEL an opportunity of trying the marvellous effects of his Chassepota on a foe more worthy of French bullets than the raw levies of half-armed (I.tribaldian lads. ;fore - as the address of the CA R DINA I. IN11111SHO: Ices propitious to peace than that of the MAYOR. Speaking on the steps of the ancient Cathedral, his Eminence thanked the EMPEROR for having come on Whit Sunday—" a festival from which " dated a new era of true civilisation for hu " inanity." For is not the Pentecost the feast of unity ? This was better than the rabid eloquence of that obscure preacher at Orleans, the other day, who, by way of doing homage to the memory of the Maid of ORLEANS, whom his own church had condemned to the stake, described England as that " land of savages lost in fogs, and which a moo, might purge away." Cardinal DE BONN ECLIOSE is one of those highhanded digni taries of the dominant church (for it must never be forgotten that the Roman Church, although the church of the majority, is not since the Revolution the " religion of the State in France") who, when they render unto C.VNAR the things that are C.CSAR'S, expect at least twice as much from C ESAR in return. The Church of Rome knows no gratitude to the Sovereigns who seek its aid, and acknowledges nu bene factors in the Potentates who profit by its patronage. Half the Emperwe's foreign policy, and half his domestic policy— -that ia, the liberal half—is profoundly distasteful to the ultramontane hierarchy. That hierarchy is per fectly well aware of the services it can render or refuse in a general election among an ignorant peasantry. Give and take is not its motto, but " nothing for nothing." Just now it is irritated at Ending that the Imperial Government is not content to acknowledge its spiritual supre macy over the whole mind and conscience of the nation. The admonition contained in the EMPEROR'S words, " let us ally the faith of our " fathers with the sentiments of progress, " and never separate the love of Got) from " the love of our country," is well timed and may have been felt as a cautious and suggestive rebuke to that anti-national and intolerant spirit of the higher clergy which is already provoking among the intelligent and independent laity, and especially among the youth of France, an ominous and undiscriminating hostility to the corrupt reli gion of a priestly conspiracy against human reason and human freedom. A FIER THE DERBY AT TA TTE I:SA LL'S. Tu crowd standing outside TArrsitssLL's yesterday afternoon watched each great book maker or turf-patron alight from his cab or brougham and disappear through the door of the Subscription-rooms with a wistful and anxious, but in the end gratified, air. Just as after a severe battle the survivors congratulate each other on being still alive, so, now that the stormy Derby week is over, its combatants look THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1868. round to see who are, sad who are not, In the lid of killed and wouraell,,, T e sesemidege round. Tarn. likes Les las of the lower middle dim of the tug. Small lisb•k o e i tara whom. late dgpftdeil upon their i more im• o becalm bak talie—minnowe Whom *eery ilte hung aetr, the trileltallot being IS mv.crely hit ; sporting publicans, en, and artisans, together with an ex-puZellsor two, made •up the throng. A former champion stood with his back to the all-important door, and gaily joked with a semi-circle of adMirers ; a well known east-end list keeper laid down the law to his disciples as to the hazards of the set tling ; and constant and hurried colloquies were held between those going to the rooms and yard and those compelled to remain outside. It is on record that the fortunate mortals who have won their way into exclusive and exalted society, have occasionally had recreants in their ranks who condemned the fashionable salt of the earth as doll. BECKY SHARPE, with a baronet for a brother-in-law and an earl's daughter for a friend, felt the hollow ness of human grandeur, and thought she was happier with the Bohemian artists in Soho ; and THACKEKAY himself declared he had met people who, having stood face to face with the great and good GEORGE IV. said that, too, was vanity. If the sporting outsiders at Knightsbridge had any fanciful or high flown estimate of the scene beyond the magic portals ; or if any readers imagine settling day at Tsrreassi,x's to be any thing but a staid, formal, and business-like event —they would have been strangely surprised at the proceedings of yesterday. It was a good settling. " Parting," as a sporting correspondent wittily writes, was a " sweet sorrow " indulged in to the extent of more than half a million of money. But neither elation nor regret, nor excitement nor emo tion, found visible sign. Well dressed men began to flock into the great room about 3, and continued to flock in so rapidly that by 4 the place was crowded and impassable. With balance sheet or betting-book in hand, and pockets, and in some cases breasts, stuffed with gold and notes, the various members walked round the room satisfying and enforcing claims. The gait and bearing most in vogue at TarrEasau.'s savours of the prowl. The head bent a little forward, eyes roving from right to left, face at once pre occupied and watchful, and an entire attitude ex pressive of anxiety to recognise debtors are perhaps natural characteristics when thousands are being paid away without legal acknowledgment or formal receipt. Two men meet, nod, grunt out " one . " forty-five," or other amount, and pay and pocket respectively without any memorandum passing save a pencil tick on the slip of paper carried by each. These are the peripatetic settlers. But at each end of the handsome lofty room stand circular desks round which the men of larger transactions were paying and receiving during the entire after noon. A few of the betting giants sat at lower tables near, with piles of gold and fat bundles of bank notes before them, like money changers ; and the rapidity with which these were melted down, and the complete unanimity between debtor and creditor were very remarkable. A large and well-conducted bank, the Royal Ex change, or other place where " merchants most "do congregate," a morning conversazione at which the hum of talk is supplemented by the chink of gold—were all brought to mind by Tarr ERSALL'a. The settling was grave, orderly ; and to those not pecu niarily interested a little dull. Such scraps of talk as " Looking out for two men— , " one owing me 900/. and another iOOl., and " should be easier if I saw 'em;" "only won 1,3001. " on the week, all told ;" " I owe you some money " or else you owe me some money, which is it'. " ' were constantly floating in the air ; but " change " me a hundred," or words to similar effect are a better sample of the general talk. The Subscription-room is luxuriously appointed. Tesselated pavement ; stuffed leather fixed seats running round the walls as at club smoking rooms, and nothing to impede locomotion save the few tables we have instanced ; stained glass windows and decorations, the rich effect of which is chastened by good taste-, make up its interior. , Lord GEORGE BENTINt 'IS is reported to have said " all men are equal on the turf and under it ;" and to visit Tarreittiati:s is to realise the truth of the axiom. Members of both houses ; the highest rank in the peerage, and some of the lowest rungs in the social ladder ; comfortable, prosperous respectabi. lity, and coarseness and irritability fined down by the absorbing interest of the hour ; the educated and the uneducated, the vulgar and the refined; plebians who looked like peers and peers who might be plebians ; were all crowded together, and all transacting grave business in a grave way. It was singular among the mass of people to whom betting is either a profession, or time principal amusement in life, to note faces familiar elsewhere, but who seem out of place at TATTERSALL'S. A civic functionary whose garb of office is familiar at the ceremonials of the year ; a sober professional man, whose face recall consultations and heavy fees ; a busy mer chant whose name is "good" for heavy amounts in the City ; might be seen in rapid succession —betting-book in hand—going through the ordinary forms of the place. The printed lista of the peers and other members who elect to pay through agents, and of those agents' names were being consulted through out the settling ; but a cheerful resignatiqn to and superiority over the rubs of fortune were the marked features of the day. Those who " can't pay won't come," re-plied one gentleman philosophically to a friend's congratulation on the highly satisfactory character of the settling ; and his remark had cogency and force. But the security and ease displayed by hundreds of people drawn from all ranks of society, and between 'whom there is no tie but racing—a security, moreover, extending to obligations resting on honour alone, were as signifi cantly suggestive as the ornate beauty of the chamber in which their transactions took place. The latter forcibly suggests an architect with a taste for dancing. It seems built for a ball-room, and but that it is guarded by the sternest and least impressionable of elderly janitors, its cool flooring, lofty height, spacious area, handsome proportions, awning -covered yard, and special fitness, would soon set our London ladies on the phi pie. for a TATTERSALL'S ball. thing 4 take training for the / c .upa- Ron a r board and lodvng, and a eicail t ..pay, may be olgai.ed 0, 411, ..once. At Slum limited numb* pro* tioners totellos • and workhouse n• 41 remitted at th Thomas's Heap'. • Hit &hoot ; and trough Mies NiGHTlNeLcuritolds th4ll. two years' training is needed for so difficult and rii, spoimibte a post as troperintendent-nurse, so numereue and • urgent arq the demands that it ofteri happens that' smrcely one can be given' her. Ardently, and with all the eloquence spring- , ing from the convictions of a life, does Miss NIGHTINGALE insist upon the importance of the work open—and, calling aloud to women. • " Nursing," alto writes, "is an art, and, "if it is to be made an art, requires as " exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, " as any painter's or sculptor's work ; for what 1 " is the having to do with dead canvas or 1 " cold marble, compared with having to do with " the living body—the temple of (ion's spirit ? " It is one of the Fine Arts ; I had almost said, " the finest of the Finest Arts. I have seen " somewhere in print that nursing is a pro " fession to be followed by the ' lower middle " ' class.' Shall we say that painting or sculp " turn is a profession to be followed by the " ` lower middle-class ?' Why limit the class at "all I Or shall we say that GOD is only to be " served in His sick by the ` lower middle-class 1' "Thu poorest child without shoes, the most "highly-born, have alike followed all these pro " fessions with success, have alike had to un " dergo the hardest work, if for success. There "is no such thing as amateur art ; there is "no such thing as amateur nursing." Then comes the important point of professional re muneration, which will, it may be hoped, attract some gcol women from the over-crowded, ill paid, and anomalous governess ranks. The pay now usually given in English hos pitals for trained nurses is from 20/. to 30/. a year, with everything found ; for hospital, i.c., ward " sisters," in some London hospitals Wt., with like advantages ; and for matrons or superintendents in provincial hos pitals front 60/. to 1001., with board and lodging. The salaries given to the nursing staff sent to Sydney (five trained nurses and a lady super intendent, who left England in December, and whose engagement was for three years) were on a more liberal scale. These figures put the matter in a practical form. Miss NIGHTINGALE says, after a quarter of a century's European expe rience, that "the happiest people, the fondest of their occupation, the most thankful for " their lives, are those engaged in sick nursing ;" and it must surely be that when the advantages it presents as a profession are understood, educated women will flock to it just as men do to the church or bar. Recruits are sorely needed, and heartily welcomed, and the Secretary of the Nightingale Fund, Mr. J. BONHAM CARTER, of 91, Gloucester-terrace, London, W., will be happy to supply all the necessary information to corre spondents who think of embracing sick nursing as a profession. Eke Court. BALMORAL CASTLE, MAI' 30. The Queen walked out in the morning with Princess Louise, and her Majesty drove out in the after noon. accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. The Very Rev. Principal Tailor& of St. Andrews has arrived at the Castle. Masan. W. and D. Downey, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, have had the honour of taking wine photographic portraits of the Queen and other members of the royal family. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, rode out yesterday forenoon. The PrineYss of Wale" drove out, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark. In the evening their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, went to the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden. Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel has succeeded Major Tees dale as equerry in waiting to the Prince of Wales. We are requested to announce that her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide will arrive at the National Orphan Home, Ham-common, Richmond, to morrow, at 3 o'clock, to open the new wing and Quiver Infirmary Ward, and that visitors should be at the asylum not later than a quarter before 3. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi received at dinner yesterday, at the Embassy in Belgrave-square His Excellency the Spanish Minister and the Countess Vistahermosa, Count de Gramont, Viacomte de Gramont, Viscount St. Asaph, General Baron Joehmua , Count Desew ff y, &c. - . The officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers at bead quarters, Chatham, have commenced their summer course of out-door instruction in field telegraphy, under the direction of Captain R. H. Stotherd, principal instructor in telegraphy at the Royal Engineer establish ment. Yesterday the Royal Engineers were engaged in practising she new system of military telegraphy for field service, by means of which lines of telegraph can be car ried over a space several miles in length in a very brief time. Count de Brandis, president of the committee sitting at Marburg, in Austria, for the purpose of recruit ing soldiers for the Pope, has been obliged to dissolve the committee and abandon the !maims' for which it had been formed. R The Emperor and Empress of Russia will go this year to the waters of Kissingeo, and will there have an interview with the King of Bavaria. It is asserted that King Louis 11. is about to be affianced to the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrina, daughter of the Emperor and Empress of Kuwait. In an old gallery which had fallen in some years back at the coal mine of Sainte-Marie, at Montoeau-lea- Mines (Saone-et-Loire), have been found the bodies of iix men buried there in the explosion of fire-damp on the 22nd December, 185. The corpses were found to be conk. pletely dried up, but in a remarkable state of preserva tion, the features being so little changed tkat each of the deceased was easily recognised by Ws surviving relatives. The remains have been interred in the cemetery with every demonstration of respect. The Chamber of Peen in Portugal is ♦bout for the first time to constitute itself into a High Court of Justice for the trial of Count de Peniche, peer of the negro, amused of having conspired against the state. lin prosecution wee authorised by 22 votes to 8 ; and a farther declsionwas come to, by 17 to 10, that the functions of peer with which the count is invested should be was pended during the trial. The Sovereign Prince of Lichstenstein has decided on disbanding his army. In the old Germanic Confedera tion he was bound to keep together a body of ninety we as a cantinsent, which was a heavy charge en his treasury. M present be is determined to be freed from it, and so he disarms. HI).SPI TA I, AND WORKHOUSE NURSES. Aims FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE hr■ given utter ance to a spirited wai -arj cwn word—to the women of England. Taking a beautiful life just passed away as her text, oho has contributed to the current number of Good Words an article under the heading, "Una and the Lion," which should be reprinted as a gratuitous tract and sown broad castover the kingdom. It points ont a field of useful ness which is comparatively unexplored, and shows how any lady of average intelligence and moderate industry may fill a dignified, honourable, and fairly remunerative position in the world. An honest, single-minded desire to be useful is the one The Indipendanee Beige believes there is no example of inch excessive and long-coatianed beat In the month of May as that which has jest visited as. Accord ing to the bulletin of the Brunel/ observatory the maxi mum temperature of the mouth has been 30 degrees opat. (96 Fehr.). sad the minimum 13 degrees (55 2-5 Fahr-r. The densir National says that public opinion in Ananie is readsred uneasy by the hostility which Arch duke Albert displays on every opportunity towards the reforms initiated by the Beast ministry. This he dope with • freedom of language that readers his position rig silicant. A eodety has bees formed at Geneva, und e r the tills aad at tie Comoopehtes Protectorate Lowe for Women (itham. IG.N NEWS. cm's DAY.) • 7 ) POLAND. I. letter from Warsaw, in the Journal de Po en, of the _2Bth Wt., says : The fury of Ruasianising is growing worse and mire rigorous. A. fresh ukase of the Czar's, wide& has net yet been published, interdicts the admission of Poles and catholic' to superior offices in the public service. The Russian language is replacing the Polish in all public and private transactions. Within the last few days the police have recommenced treating with severity ladies who wear mourning garments. After the cholera of last year, and typhus, which raged severely for some months, • large number of families adopted mourning habits, without any idea of • political demonstration. This the Russians well know; but they require that no one shall be in mourning without a permission, which must be shown on every demand of the police estate. The Ranieri language is also enforced upon all the mistresses of boarding schools for young ladies. (MUTER 'S TY.MORAW.) THE BRITISH ARMY IN ABYSSINIA. (Ey Malta and Alexandria Telegraph.) _ . HEADQUARTERS OF THE BELTLSH ARMY, ATTEGERAT, MAY 22. Sir Robert Napier and the rear column arrived here to-day, and will reach Senafe on the 24th inst. The widow of King Theodore died of con sumption, in the British camp, on May 15. Five regiments and two batteries have already embarked at Zoulla. SUEZ. JCNE I. 6 F.M. Colonel Milward arrived here to-day with de spatches and presents for the Queen from the army. The captives and a portion of the troops are ex pected in a few days. —Timor. (RIOTER'S TEILROR•II9.) FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 2. The Co,fhtitiationlief of this morning gives a formal denial to the statement of the arrest of three individuals at Rouen suspected of meditating an attempt against the life of the Emperor. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 1, EVENING. The ( Ca:cite of this morning publishes a royal decree authorising the 111iniste ofethe Colonies to accept the propoeals of a company to lay telegraphiz cables between Cuba, Porto Rico, the Mexican coast, and Panama. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JuNE I, EYF.SING. line Chamber off Peens jwasiconstituted Ito-day as a tribunal of justice to arrange'the preliminaries for the trial of Count Peniche for treason. Troops continue to scour the country near Torres- Vcs:lras, but no further tumults have occurred. OUR PARIS LEPTER. THE EMPEROR AT ROCEN. (raom oua OW'S CORIIMPO7sTANT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENINC. In consequence of the Whit-Sunday holiday no Muniteur or other paper appeared this morning, and there was no chronicle of the sayings and doings of the imperial visit to Rouen yesterday. The speeches have now conic to hand, and I sub join translations of them. At the railway station the mayor on receiving their Majesties addressed them as follows : Sire,—The members of the administration and municipal council of Rouen have the honour to present you the keys of their ancient city. These keys will he tegarded by your Majesty as something more than a symbol of the respectful deference and faithful attachment of a population which is delighted to see you among them. These keys have been held in the hands of Napoleon 1., and we have religiously kept them as a xour( nir of the benefits by which that great sovereign marked his two visits to this place, and especially of the decree ordering the construction of that magnificent stoue bridge which replaces the one the loos of which the city had deplored for centuries. We have received from you, also, sire, precious evidences of the interest you take in us. It is to your generous support that we owe the splendid streets by which your Majesty is about to pass to the Donjon, is front of which .Joan of Arc was burned, and the defence of which cost our Alain Man chard a shameful death— those streets which tra‘crhe the old quarters of our town, now embellished, rendered healthy, and supplied with spacious markets ; while at the same time the monuments left us by the industry and taste of our fathers are seen from favourable points of view. Our port is connected with railways worthy of our commerce. It is to you, sire, that our commerce is in debted for that railway which opens new communications with the North—those works ou the Lower Seine which afford good hope that we may maintain our natural and secular communication with the sea. On all these ground■ the people of Rouen ardently longed far the honour this day conferred upon them, and which gives them an oppor tunity of offering your Majestyatribute of their just grati tude. The members of the administration and the municipal council are no less pleased at this occasion to express the same sentiments, and to assure you, sire, of their loyal and unalterable devotion to your person and dynasty. Madam,—Your Majesty's presence cannot fail to embel lish any fete ; it completes the happiness of our popula tions in prosperous times, and consoles and encourages them in the hour of affliction. But their hearts know how to return your gracious reception and admirable solicitude by true affection and profound gratitude. Such are the sentiments of our city towards you, madam : deign to accept them, with the assurance of our respectful homage. 4Shis,—We beseech Providence to return to your Majes• ties all that we and Francelowe you by bestowiag talinue favour upon the Prince Imperial, and thus sainting the salvation and hapi Mem of our dear country. The Emperor replied : Monsieur le Maire,—The Emprew. auu myself were par ticularly anxious to come among rm. We desired to show you our great sympathy with the industrial and agricultural populations of this department. We grieved over sufferings which were courageously supported, anal we applauded the efforts which you hare made to alleviate them. You know how much I have at heart the prosperity of this city. I shall do everything in my power to accelerate the mealures destined to complete its development. Now that the evil days are over I hops that a favourable era for the agriculture sod manufactures of this rich province is about to open. The Empress and myself fully appreciate the expression of your devotedness. On the steps of the cathedral Cardinal de Bonnechooe, Archbishop of Rouen, thanked their Majesties on behalf of himself and his clergy, for their visit to the ancient place of worship, and more particularly for having come on Whit- Sunday, " a festival from which dated a new era of true civilisation for humanity, and of a progress which would never stop till time should be lost in eternity." The Emperor replied : 1 _ Monseigneur,—lt is sever without profound emotion that the Empties and myself ester these ancient basilicas, when so many illustrious heads hare bowed dews, sad where every day the faithful find support aid conga latlon. The church te the sescluary in which the great principles of Christie& morality which raise man above material interests are maintained Wad. Let us then ally the faith of our father with the sentiment of progress, and sower segersie the lore of God from the love of soustry. It is thus that we shall be less unworthy of die divine protection, and shall march with erect heed in the path of duty, end overcome all obstacles. I thank your mines*" for the southoest• you have impressed towards the Empress, and for the Worse& which you lake is my see. The bessiiidiss et his illustrious 'godfather, the Pete. sad the prayers of the clergy 4 France, /Ali portcront ionhenr. The special correspondent of the Liluro writp from Rouen, with en evident consciousness of th e abolition of " warnings," that the Emperor looked " sad and tired," and very rarely saluted the crowd, but th it the Empress was particularly gracious, as if she had laid herself out to redeem the " morose air" of the Emperor. The Pays says that "three persons suspected of meditating a murderous attack on the Emperor,', were arrested at Rouen yesterday. This lieWB IA little known in Paris, and has hitherto eauseii no sensation. The rise at the lk,urse continues with incrre,;n4 impetus. Rente closed at 70fr. 10c. for cash, and 70fr. sc. for account, with a rise of 35e. rose 45c. ; hlobilier, 2fr. 50c. ; and Credit 20fr. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. (FROM OCE si•EcIAL CORREmPoNDENT.) IiELAC(I, 24) The latest news fro:n inform-4 us I!,e road through the pass has been rendered mit... for carts by a sudden rush of water, tie damage having been received Leta,, 1:.,.ry Guddy and Sooroo. The weather there is i‘qt that the sappers can only work at the tie.l„ ; pair for three or four hours a day. The rains give us litany a soaking, On rr. in showers of under half an hour's duration, '.ith intervals of bright sunshine between. typical English April, with the power of and the amount of water falling ditrini: t , 24 hours increased three, and the average 1 , L1,, ,r of thunderstorms tenfold, the temperatin, to the rarefaction of the atmosphere- T. s lig pretty much the same, and you will lia%e cr able idea of our present weather. ....... Within the las't Iveek the aspect (.f the , • y has undergone a marked improvement. grass has commenced to spring up, clialig:ll_ the prevailuig tint of both hills and plains 1 . 10111 o ,o 4 to a green, which daily deepens in hue. stony lines which streaked and formerly r..d.er disfigured the mountain sides have now 1,. trickling rills. The corn, before confined t.. fields as were artificially irrigated, is spritigii..: •ip with a rapidity surpassing the quick gn,A:. Southern Europe. The climate is dela:ion, .•ti exhilarating effects on the constitution hem 4 ;.. 4 ,. timatoly its own, while any inconvenienc..s we may have experienced may fairly be set do, 1, ti the wandering tented life which we lead. I know not what the country may- he 1;',„ June to September, but putting together and the experience of others—experience not on the health or feelings of a few hard( san guine travellers, but upon the sanitary ware of an army made up of many different races. I Live no hesitation in expressing my opim.a that for eight months in the year this o.aiary is gifted with as fine a climate as :my in Europe. It is probably nut unwise tqi,,•, our part to permanently quit a land to which by in a just quarrel conquered its sovereign— for lit even his enemies contested that Theodore was. the only anointed King of Abyssinia —we have at least a legal claim ; but in (king so we must remember I that we are relinquishing a splendid field for coin nisation, and one ‘t Ilia other nations enlightened upon this head by the expedition must covet. Ifarely is seen a country where Cod scenic so universally- to have blessed the soil and permitted its inhabitants to bring down a curse upon them. selves. Independently of its mineral resolve... ttf which as a mere casual observer I am no judge, though 1 believe that where the strata is as oared as in Abyssinia these are generally consider:64e, the plateau has immense capabilities b o th for pas- I tare and agriculture. Wit bout any aid from the It.ted I of man grass exists everywhere in great .prod,a,s. The proof of this is, that at the most wady—liable season of the year, March and April, we !always found .rough for our thousands of att;,..tls. I Save nt Magdala, w c have also never ex peti-ieed !any difficulty in obtaieing water. With r..g.a.1 tillage, at least a third of the land is in a -mt. I fitted for immediate cultivation. In ju I what it could produce, we must remember that it I is in the possession of men utterly unable to de velop its wealth ; still, in the markt is Re nil cotton, coffee, and grain of all descriptiv its, ranglng from wheat curl barley to the grant of Ind. fact, Abyssinia might be at once transfe une it I great grazing country, with every ros i t e • A rs eventually It...coming an agricultural • ite. To effect this a complete revolution n the tical state of the nation is necessary : the I. .-ts called soldiers must be swept away, ra' 1. like the warrior castes in India, brought melt.: the re draints of a molar discipline, altl t., a• ,, substituted for the Itemise to plunder !• .1 by the chiefs. This change is not like ly t • It in internal one, as the people and titer ru tr. ..te evidently going from bad to worse : Lind v iii out of cultivation ' t. ruined villages, fret ent i. h., in the princes, the encroachments the -:tv t;:it Ilallas and spoiling Egyptians furiii , h so litany proofs of the decay ttf the A byssinian Hare. The health of the army is gut al. There 1, lot indeed the same extraordinary low p, rcentag of sickness as it enjoyed before the privat ;mot neat of 3lagdala, but still we have nothing to compan of. As to food, the troops are receiving rot (et:, fall rations but many !amities, such as sugir and vegetables at an increased rate, the ottani! tstuint having made provision for a more prolong,. 1 .-.tne paign, and being 1101 W obliged not oith t I items usually reserved for Europeans to th 11 in dostani followers, but also to leave behind a de stroy large quantities of the heavier ar ides. More than 200 nude loads of ammunition !..tve also been thrown away or exploded. It cone-tett I chiefly of the older patterns used by the I :titian troops, and which it it as calculated, besides t a in.; the hands of the transport train, was not wort:: its carriage to the coast. Although the lading i , l our pack animals is thus somewhat diminished, certain additions to it have also been made : for example, 90 mule loads of books which Theodore hail col lected from the numerous churches he hal ransacked follow the first brigade. The must palpable mistake, or rather the most gtliartiinieg instanceexpedition, sthlertbleueonuatheespense additionpe 'inting. peti o u n f , to elephants and large guns. The ordnance borne by them were perfectly useless at Magdala— 1 do not mean to say that they (lid not make good practice, but the elephants were unable to get near the place, and even if they had done so the Armstrong guns would have been unnecessary, as hal' the mountain artillery would have been amply suf , ticicnt for the work to be performed. Whit.. the elephant brigade, more than 40 strong, have Cost must not be measured by the mere expense of 'their transport ; it is the delay which they !lave I caused by adding to the necessity of road-ina.iing that will chiefly swell the expenses of the expe dition. A week ago, out of the 43 elephants which had advanced beyond Antalo, two had died and 14 were on the sick list. The Gallas still commit most impudent wh belies. On the Bth, as we were leaving camp. one jumped ou a saddled mule and rode off; Captain Bainbridge gave chase, and shot him, recut ering the animal. Another played the same tr.ck yes terday : a mounted officer pursued, and tins two rifle shots without effect, the Calla being carried off safely by his prize. A dreadful murder has just been commitud at Conteen (Ain). iddine. Ferrand, 60 years of age. who, it consequence of her husband being bedridden sob Para' lysis, occupied a separate room, not having apptii: i d as usual three morning.. back, the door of her cb.duber was blokes open, and she was found lyirg in a pool of blood with her skull fractured. The .fate tt the room indicated that robbery had been the mo tive of the crime. Suspicion immediately fell on a Tni° aged thirty-one, who bad been brought up by the de ceased and her husband, but whom they bad been rem' polled to send away some years back for his misconduct. The gendarmery were placed on his tracer, sod be was arrested wish a quaatity of the jewellery and plate whisk be had marled off still in his possession. 5-• ~~ I,' 1) l~ •I # r