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To-Diorutow.-I.lorning, 6h. Bm.—Afternoon, 6 h. 30m, 'e4. 7 , 41 ib jer et 7. 41.%. 0 Wit 4' 4' 3%1 The House of Lords has really some right to complain of the manner in which it has been assailed in many quarters, but the truth is that some people.are never satisfied, aud, no doubt, whatever had been done by the Peers the result would have been very much the same in the way they were judged. According to some arguments we might fairly suppose that the House had no right to exer cise its judgment at all, but was bound to pass the bill as it came up to it. This we all know to be most erroneous in every respect, and yet what other in terpretation can be put, upon the strictures so abundantly passed upon the amendments of the last week ? Another fault that has been found is that the propositions of the so-called Liberal Lords have not been attended to, while a great deal of time has 1.1:!en occupied in considering those from the Con servative side of the House. The fact is, that the changes and alterations proposed by Lord GREY and others would have entirely destroyed the cha racter of the bill, and it was no wonder that the Government were opposed to them, and that the majority of the House agreed with their decision. The Marquis of SA LISB CRY'S proposal as to voting papers is admirably well calculated to answer the end proposed, and it is' difficult -to account for the disfavour it has met with in some directions. It was hoped by the real friends of Reform, and they had indeed some reason for indulging in the expecta tion, that factious fights were over for this session ; and it will be a great disgrace to the Liberal party t if they attempt to make much ado about nothing in the consideration of the Lord's amendments. Mr. BRIGHT has again committed himself, and written a letter on the subject of the representation of minorities. Ile calls it a " childish or nefarious scheme," and advocates the adoption of the wildest measures in order to defeat it. The in fluence of the hon. member is not, however, so great as it once was on the question of Reform, for he has veered about so much, and really does not seem always to have his own mind. Of all inconsistencies, however, the greatest is • the outcry raised by the Liberals against the clause introduced by Lord SALISBURY. It is impossible to deny that much greater freedom would prevail at elections were this adopted, and that so many voters would not as now be excluded, from fear of the consequences, or even from dislike to the inconveniences of the news of riot that take place on these occasions. If any one would attentively consider the clauses arrayed by the Marquis of SALISBURY we do not see how they can possibly make out that they are contrary to the principles upon which our elections are carried on ; and if they improve the practice, so much the better for the real interests of the community and the credit of our representative system in general. The provisions are simple and yet effective, and it is only those who are prejudiced beyond conviction who can object to the scheme. It stands to sense that the most successful plan is that by which the greatest num ber can vote, and there is no doubt whatever that by the means of voting papers far greater freedom will be enjoyed, and the voters will be more nume rous. A course of procedure which, in some cases, leaves the election virtually at the mercy of the most noisy and turbulent characters, must need im provement of some kind, and it is inconsis tent with all that has been said in favour of changes that this attempt should not be made to improve the state of things. We are sanguine enough to believe that when it comes to the point the wishes of the agitators will not be realised, and the House of Commons and the ma jority of it at any rate will pursue the same course as that which has now during this session preserved the Government measure from defeat, and brought it through the numerous perils that menaced it. As for the lodger franchise question, as altered by the Lords, we do not attach much importance to it one way or the other, and indeed it may turn out that through the increase of rent in the metropolis the question of ten or fifteen pounds ceases to be a practical part of the business. To interfere with the vote on the representation of minorities would cause great disappointment in many quarters ; and we should hardly think the House of Commons would think of such a thing. It is one thing to let a thing alone, and another to hold out the promise of amending it. It might have answered not to pass this clause at all, but having done so, though only in one branch of the Legislature, it would give rise to angry and disappointed feelings to draw back and cast it aside. The clause of the Marquis of SALIS BURY is so excellent that it would indeed be matter of regret were it defeated or sent back. On the whole, we think that the progress of the Reform Bill through the House of Lords has been satisfac tory, and there is no real cause for the fault finding in which some have indulged ad libi tum. There has been no disposition on the part of noble lords to shirk the matter. On the contrary, they have gone further in some respects than the other House has done. In an affair of this sort some compromise must be made, and the House of Commona will best consult the interests of their constituents by meeting the Lords' amend ments in a fair spirit, and abstaining from raking up old grievances, and giving rise to fresh agitation by struggles and contests that will be vexatious attd most unwelcome. We learn from the news brought by the Scotia, from New York on the 21th ult., that Congress, satisfied with its mischievous labours, has adjourned until the 21st day of November. Whatever the difficulties of the country—financial, diplomatic, or domestic—it was painfully evident that Congress would do more harm than good in its endeavour to set them right ; and, therefore, it can only be matter for general satisfaction that the Senators and Representatives have had enough of political exer tion in the dog-days, and have dispersed to their several destinations, Before breaking up the Senate gave another illustration of its ill-will towards the PRESIDENT by rejecting the appointments of Mr. GREELEY asMinister toVienna, and of General M'CLERNAND to Mexico. It will soon be a matter of course if a man is appointed to any particular position that he is not to fill it whatever his capa cities or claims. So far as Mexico is concerned, it appears doubtful whether a Minister will be sent there at all. Mr. SEWARD is said to be averse to sending one, and indeed in the present condition of Mexico it would be difficult to decide to whom to accredit the Minister, if sent. The adjournment of Congress at this particular crisis has had, how ever, one singular effect. Owing to its adjourn ment before the PRESIDENT had taken action upon the bill enabling the negroes to hold office in the district of Columbia, it has failed to become law. Very probably the Radical party themselves will not be very sorry for the omission, since, in spite of a few enthusiasts, the immediate political equality of the negro is not a popular principle. The difficul ties about the administration of affairs in the Southern States are in no way diminished. Some prominent Democrats urge the PRESIDENT to remove the district commanders by right of his constitutional powers as Commander-in-Chief, but it is hardly probable that Mr. JOHNSON will proceed to such an extreme measure. The leaders of the impeachment move ment prevented the report of the proceedings from being presented to the house just before its adjourn ment. Reports were only furnished privately with •n injunction to secrecy. From this we may rea sonably conclude that the report is not favourable to their wishes. But the impeachment, however much talked about, is not likely to come to pass. The Radicals, who most desire it, are perplexed by its possible consequences, since they do not wish Mr. WADE to assume the Presidency even tem porarily. Chief• Justice CHASE and General GRANT are the two most formidable candidates for the un enviable office. From Mexico the news is still the same. Murder, execution, bloodshed in every form. What will be the end of the dismal story, and when it will arrive, are questions that may well be asked on both sides of the Atlantic. The news from Calcutta will be turned to with painful interest, but will be read with little satis faction. Accounts from Orissa report that the distress is increasing, and that largo numbers of persons are arriving at the relief centres. The reports of the Famine Commissioners have been published, and are far from being satisfactory. They exonerate almost every one, and declare the calamity to have been unavoidable ! Unavoid able to a certain extent, it might no doubt have been, but its effects could have been THE SUN, LONDON, MONOAY EV ENING, AUGUST 5, 1.867. greatly mitigated by due precaution 4nd strenuous efforts. How is the assertion that the famine was an uncontrollable calamity reconcileable with the declarations that there was no famine at all, so long persisted in by those who ought to have known better ? Was it an unavoidable circum stance that when a ship laden with rice was wrecked on the very coast where the people were starving a cordon of police kept it from distribution ? Was it an unavoidable cala mity that orders were sent from the Lieutenant-Governor that the labourers at the public works should be paid in money and not in rice ? Was it an unavoidable circumstance that no heed should be paid to the warnings of the irriga tion officers, or the offers of assistance from the merchants on the spot ? That the efforts of the relief committees should have been neutralised by the apathy of the Government, and private enter prise and charity checked by the return of subscribed money? But the Famine Commissioners accept the fatalist principles. What must be must. A famine visits the land and destroys the ordinary food supplies of the people, but that is no reason why any exertion should be made to transmit fresh stores, even though months elapse, sufficient to bring details of suffering many times across the Pacific. It will be remem bered that on the receipt of some harrowing intelli gence an influential meeting was held in the city, and large sums were promptly subscribed, but the news came that help was not wanted. Lord CRANBORNE, too, transmitted vigorous orders for unlimited measures of relief, but it seems that nothing could arouse the Anglo-Indian officials to a sense of their responsibilities. The report exonerates Sir CECIL BEADON and all the officials with a few exceptions, and attributes much of the distress to the peculiarities of the administration in the lower provinces of Bengal. Then in the name of common sense and humanity let the system be at once reorganised. If after all our costly outlay we only keep a staff of officials to watch people starving by the thousand it is time we altered our plans. Reviewing all the circum stances, the Report considers that under no system could the famine have been met by adequate mea sures of relief—a reason apparently for abandoning all attempt to cope with it ! We hope Sir STAFFORD NOItTHCOTE will see to it that late as it is the misery still existing in the unhappy district may not go unrelieved. ous minor offences. There were among these convicts 921 men who could neither read nor write, and 490 who could only read and write very imper fectly. A letter from the Piraeus, dated July 26, states that several French and Russian vessels had arrived in that port having on board women, children, and old men, refugees from Crete. The Consuls of the two Powers in the Canea had requested the captains of these vessels to fulfil this act of humanity, and to save these unfortunates from the fury of the Turks. The insurrection still continued in the mountains of Crete. The two Chambers of Portugal recently abolished the punishment of imprisonment for debt. The King of Portugal has sent from Paris a document giving the requisite consent to the decision of the Chambers. A terrible accident has happened to a pleasure train from Lyons to Marseilles. The train contained 700 persons, and the number killed is variously stated at from six to ten. A great many persons were seriously injured, but the accounts of the acci dent are yet imperfect. The accident took place at a part of the line which is under repair, in the com mune of St. Albin, and the workmen had not time to leave the passage free when the train was signalled. I was informed at the Exhibition to-day, in refe rence to the proposed expedition to the North Pole, mentioned above, that the committee con sider one point of great importance will be to provide the vessel with marine and other scientific instru ments of the greatest precision and accuracy in regard to time, so as to aid observations relative to latitude and longitude, and all meteorological phenomena. With this view all the instruments exhibited which mark such vast progress in this respect will be closely investigated, and a large selection from them will be made to assist the inves tigations of the eminent scientific men who will form part of the expedition. Some of the marvellous clocks and other mechanism from the unrivalled establishment of M. Detouch, of the Rue St. Mar tin, will be purchased for the vessel. They mark an important epoch in this branch of scientific in dustry, and continue to form an object of interest with those who watch the progress of mechanical skill, and the source of admiration from all. The Prince Imperial was to return to Paris to day. Ile will again reside for a time at the chateau of St. Cloud. To-morrow another section of the Orleans railway lat from Vendome to Tours—is to be opened for traffic. The violent wind which prevailed at Paris for some days has abated. The sky has been lowering to-day, the atmosphere was heavy and a tempest seemed imminent. The want of warmth and sun shine of late has given rise to unfavourable reports respecting the quality and produce of the grapes. Plums have been very abundant, and those of ex cellent quality are sold at twopence the pound. The Mont Cenis Tunnel and the Mon Cenis Railway. The French Imperial and the Italian Royal Corn missioners had an official inspection of the works of the tunnel through the Mont Cenis on the 24th and 25th of July. Of the total length of the 12,220 metres, equal to seven English miles and a half and 235 yards, there were excavated on the 31st of De cember last 3,900 metres on the Italian, or Barde neche side of the mountain, and 2,435 metres on the Modane, or French side; total, 6,335 metres. Between the Ist of January and the 30th of June of the present year 774 metres were excavated, being the largest number by nearly 200 metres excavated in any one half-year since the commencement of the works in 1857. Of 774 metres 415 are on the Italian, and 318 on the French side, making the total excavated at that date 7,109 metres. Ever since the commencement the progress made on the French side has been slower than on the Italian — thus, while on the 30th of June last the latter had only to execute 1,754 metres, or about an English mile and a tenth, to accomplish its half, on the French side there remained to be excavated 3,357 metres, or nearly two miles and a tenth. If three metres a day could be excavated on the French side, the perforation of the tunnel would be accomplished in three years and three weeks ; but, as in all probability it will not be pro ceeded with more rapidly than two metres a day, it will require four years and 31 weeks to complete it. The tunnel will be lined in its entire length with stone quarried in the immediate vicinity of the two entrances. At the present time the excavations, or headings, are about 1,500 metres in advance of the amount lined. Each metre excavated and lined has hitherto cost, on an average, 11,000 f., and various circumstances will tend to increase this expenditure as the works proceed further inwards. The approach on the French side, to connect its entrance at Alo dane with St. Michel (the present termination of the railway system of France in the direction of Mont Cenis), will be 12 miles long, through an ex tremely difficult and mountainous country. On the Italian side the amount of railway to be constructed from Bardeneche to connect it, in the neighbourhood of Susa, with the railway system of Italy will be 22i miles. The whole of these works will be of a heavy and expensive character. They are now about to be let, and the time to be allowed by the contract for their completion is to be four years and a half. The length of the railway, via the tunnel from St. Michel to Susa, will be 42 miles, or 6/ miles shorter than that now nearly finished on the outside of the Mont Cenis Pass, and known as the " Fell Rail way," from its being constructed in accordance with the patents of the gentleman of that name. The only delay to the opening of this railway for traffic is the non -delivery of its rolling stock, but this diffi culty will, it is expected, be overcome by the middle of September. As regards transit through the tunnel, in consequence of the average gradient on the French half being one in 45/, and the steepest gradient on the line being one in 28, it will not be possible for a train to go through from the north to the south in less than from 38 to 40 minutes. Com ing from the south to the north the ascent is much more gradual, but even in this case the transit will occupy from 30 to 32 minutes as a minimum. It has yet to be seen whether passengers would not prefer the outside line instead of being shut up in a tunnel so long as we have just stated. It is for this, among other reasons, that many persons expect the Fell Railway, which only possesses a concession for working until the tunnel line is opened for traffic, will have its privileges extended so as to make it i- practically a permanent concession. ;e- !, mai The Saturday Review says :—" The Moniteur has managed, by half a century of lying under the orders of every possible kind of government, to establish such a reputation that it is only believed when the news it gives is bad news." JOCKEYS AND RACING OFFICIALS V. TURF WRITERS AND REPORTERS.---It now seems probable that the cricket match hastily got up last year between the jockeys and racing officials and the press writers will be an annual affair, and take place between the Goodwood and Brighton meetings. Last year the pen was victorious over the whip, and the match created so much interest that cua the present anniversary it was looked on in the light of a public one, and was the subject of much conversation in turf circles, at the same time leading to considerable specu lation ; the jockeys, despite their defeat last year, being the favourites. The match came off on Saturday after noon last in the "Dripping-pan," at Lewes in the presence of a goodly number of the followers of racing and several jockeys, among whom we noticed Jemmy Grimshaw, Parry, and Sam Riordan, who had met to see their brother profes sionals play. Jew Coaler was the captain of the jockeys , eleven, whilst Air. E. Smith fulfilled alike position for the press, winning the toss for choice of innings. The jockeys went first to the wickets, and ran up a score of 101. They were a carefully selected twelve, and their cult was Mr. Leonard Day, son of John day, the Danebury trainer, a left-handed player, who hit in a free st y le, and made the top score of the match, 30, being eventually cleverly caught out by Mr. Smith. Mr. M. Verrall was next highest with 17. Goater played well for 13, and Fordham scored 8, a number which was made by Tim Jefferson. It should be mentioned that Lord St. Vincent, who was on the ground, with his son, the lion. E. Jervis, iu the kindest possible manner played with the jockeys, his lordship as a substitute for Custance, and his son for Hibberd. The press team comprised the writers to the daily papers and the reporting staff of the leading sporting papers. They were defeated in one innings, receiving just such another besting as the bookmakers did at Goodwood ' The return match will be played in a few Weeks at the ' ()val. . s CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The Emperor and Empress yesterday afternoon received Prince Humbert at the Tuileries. His Royal Highness was accompanied by General Cugia, his aide-de-camp. Their Majesties after wards received the Prince of Servia. Another sovereign is added to our list of visitors. The King of Sweden, Charles the 15th, has arrived here from Vichy. Letters from Toulouse give accounts of the religious ceremonies which have just taken place in that city on the occasion of the removal of the re mains of Sainte Germain. In the procession there were 14 bishops, an immense number of curates, vicars, monks, and members of different religious bodies. The constituted authliities of Toulouse, official personages, magistrates, officers of the army, and the greater portion of the inhabitants, took part in the proceedings, which one account says were conducted with the pomp and magnificence displayed by the Church in the middle age. With a view to the encouragement of musical composers a committee has been formed to make arrangements for three competitions for prizes. They will be simultaneously opened at the opera, the Opera Comique, and the Theatre Lyrique. It is not yet settled what prizes are to be offered. The competition will be among French composers only. An eminent French hydrographer, M. Gustave Lambert, has suggested another voyage of discovery to the North Pole in a direction very different from the expeditions of the present century by Ross, Franklin, Parry, Mar, Clintock, and other great men of our day. A committee has been formed, and a subscription opened in aid of this important undertaking. No attempt has yet been made at explanation in the direction which this expedition will take. It will leave Bebring's Straits, and proceed to the sea of Polijnca, which is known to be free from ice, and from thence endeavour to reach the . North Pole direct. In the origin this plan was opposed by Doctor Augustus Petermann, a German geographer, who suggested in preference the route between the Spitzberg and New Zealand, returning by way of Barentz. The object of most of the previous expeditions was to find a direct and commercial route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, either by the north-west or the north-east. After Franklin's unfortunate expedition, and the return of the ships sent out to make researches after him, for ten years nothing was done to forward the great object in view. In 1865 Captain Sherard Osborne proposed a new expedition by Smith's Straits to the north of Greenland, following, to a great extent, the route traced by the American Elisa Kane. This project found some favour, but it was abandoned chiefly in consequence of the op position of Dr. Petermann, just noticed. The pre sent plan excites interest anal sympathy. It is con sidered to be an expedition with peculiar character istics, and likely to be attended with important re sults. As soon as the subscriptions shall have reached the amount of 600,000 f., the minimum sum considered to be requisite for an expedition ex clusively of a scientific character, a ship will be chartered and especially fitted out under the direc tion of M. Gustavo Lambert, the head of the expe dition, under the control of the committee. Seve ral savants will form part of the expedition. If by Ist of July, 1868, there should not be sufficient money, the amount will be returned in full to each subscriber. The project has the sanction of the Geographical Society, many members of the Insti tute, Senators, and learned men. It is also ap proved of by the Emperor, who is ever active iu promoting any object of public utility. The presi , dent of the committee is the Marquis de Chasse loup Lambert, President of the Geographica Society, and Senator, formerly Minister of Marine. Accounts from Ostran (Moldavia) mention a ter rible explosion in a mine belonging to the Roths child family. At the moment of the explosion there were 100 men in the mine, only 30 of them had been extricated, 20 of whom were dead. The others were so much injured that they are not ex pected to survive. Great exertions were being made to save the others, if possible, but descent to the mine was attended with great danger. The restaurant omnibus established at the Ex hibition, under the auspices of the Imperial Com mission, to provide meals for working men at reason :ble prices, has progressed well. In 98 days 363,900 persons took meals there and ex pendol 424,500 francs. A good dinner was given for little more than a franc—and some Ger mans made au arrangement to have breakfast and dinner for a franc and a half a day. On the 9th of ahNi'cehawdasinnoenrlyto a s b o o o u t of t h r h e i e s .wltionrkemaenm, a t i h th e f a c c o t s t t ir o er f shillings per head, including champagne. Some interesting statistics have been published by the Minister of Marine relative to the convicts in the hulks at Toulon. On the Ist of January of this year 1,594 convicts were there in confinement. During the year which then terminated 1,031 con victs entered the hulks, and 1,309 left. Of the pri soners, 665 were condemned for robbery, 303 for murder, 193 for violation, 78 for inceudiarism, 63 for assassination, 33 for stabbing and wounding, 27 for forgery, 13 for poisoning, 8 for coining, 6 for parricide, 14 for political offences, 4 for military erimes, 2 for fraudulent bankruptcy, 2 for extorting money by violence, 1 for bigamy, and 172 for vari- LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, August 5. ARRIVAL OF THE lIERMANN. The North German Lloyd steamship Hermann, Captain Wenke, has arrived with 125 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, 52 sacks mails, and 526,191 dollars for London, and 4,155 dollars for Bremen. The llermann left New York on the 25th July. On the 27th she spoke the steamer Bremen ; 30th, Hamburg ship No. 147 ; August 2d, English bark Irene, all steering West ; and on the 3d a Bremen ship supposed to be the Shakespear. NEW YORK, July 25 (Morning). The Republican Convention of South Carolina assembled at Columbia yesterday. The New York Constitutional Convention has resolved upon the disfranchisement of all voluntary participants in the late rebellion. The official return of the registration in Alabama was 30,000 white, and 50,000 coloured voters. Advices have been received from Mexico city to the 13th. Castillo and Otero were among the generals shot at Queretaro. It is reported that General O'lloran had been lynched by a mob. Marquez still eluded capture. The French Minister was detained at the capital to await the arrival of Juarez. It is reported that Porfirio Diaz has denounced the execution of Maximilian. Canales has proclaimed himself Governor of Tamaulipas. A force of 3,000 Juarists had been sent to occupy Matamoras. Juarez had sent a large force to subdue Lozada. Advices from llayti announce that President Salnava had proclaimed a general amnesty for all llaytiens except Geffrard. Solouque had been in vited to return to the island. PRUSSIA AND THE ZOLLVEREIN. BERLIN, Aug. 5. The negotiations with the delegates from the towns of Hamburg, Lubeck, and Bremen, with respect to their entry into the new Zollverein, were opened here on Saturday. It is asserted that Lubeck is not disinclined to join the Zollverein, but that Hamburg is unwilling. The Prussian Govern ment has declared its intention, in any case, at once to include Altoua in the Zollverein. BUCHAREST, Aug. 4. The Sultan is expected to arrive at Rustchuck to-morrow. Prince Charles has gone to meet his Majesty with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and War. _ _ • ____ The Roumanian Government has replied to the Note of the European Consuls at Galatz. It pro tests against the erroneous imputations of which it has been the object with regard to the drowning of certain Jews at that place, and proves by reference to the report of the commission of inquiry that all responsibility rests with the Turks. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 5 The Committee for the reception of the French Deputies and journalists, who are expected upon the 12th inst., consists of high political personages. Herren Bille Orla Lehmann and others have placed their private houses at the disposal of the Com mittee. FRANCE. Penis, Aug. 5. The Emperor's speech to the Foreign Commis sioners at the Exhibition appears this morning in the Moniteur. It is textually the same as tele- graphed yesterday. Accounts from Galatz relate an unfortunate inci dent in that town. A prisoner was attempting -to escape, and not having obeyed the summons of .a sentinel to stop, the latter fired and wounded the man mortally. " What is more unfortunate in the present circumstances," adds the account, "is that the victim is a Jew." 6 , The cholera," says the Memorial, " continues severe in Rome; nevertheless, in spite of the oppres sive heat, the deaths do not exceed 25 daily. The Pope had intended to pass the summer at Castel- Gandolfo, but the persistence of the epidemic in duces him to remain in the city, where his presence constitutes a kind of moral support to the inhabit- ants." We learn (says the _ltalie of Florence) that the sanitary state of the kingdom has decided the Minister of War to postpone to next spring the fourth meeting for firing practice, which was to have taken place this year at Venice. The death is announced of M. Descamps, a young sculptor of talent, and Grand Prize of Rome. He died at Naples of typhus fever. He had this year sent to the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris a Disco bolus (a uoit thrower), which was much admired. Mgr. de Merode, coming from Paris, has just passed through Florence for Bologna. A letter from Civita-Vecchia, in the Osservalore Romano, announces the arrival there of the French corvette the Caton, from Toulon. The French naval force at Civita Vecchia is therefore augmented by another vessel. The sanitary intelligence from Bologna remains favourable, no case of cholera having taken place there for three days. At Milan, from the 29th ult. to the 30th, there were five cases and all fatal ; in the neighbourhood, 50 cases and 25 deaths. At Lodi, 71 and 32 ; Monza, 3 and 1 ; Abbiategresso, 5 and 3 ; and at Pprma, 8 and 3. Louis Kossuth, the former Dictator of Hungary, has been elected a deputy for the Diet of Pesth by the town of Walden. The Gazette of Portugal formally contradicts a rumour which has found an echo in several French journals. A statement was made that the soldiers of the 14th Regiment at Viseu had attempted a revolt, which the officers had succeeded in suppressing. Telegrams from that town, says the Gazette, affirm that nothing of the sort has taken place, and that the greatest tranquillity prevails in the town. The local journals announce that last week a waterspout burst over the village of Palazzolo, near Udine in Italy, and did great damage. Not fewer than 30 houses were destroyed and 70 damaged. Ten persons were killed and 28 injured by the falling buildings. Oat of 1,500 inhabitants, up wards of 400 are without an asylum. BOURSE, August 3, Two o'clock. —Transactions are much restricted, most people being oecupie , l with their accounts. Nevertheless quotations are well maintained, and hi some cases with an advance. Threes are doing at 69f. 5c., with a gain of sc. Italian Fives improve 10c., at 49f. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte 5f., taking the deport into consideration, at 736 f. 25c. Credit Foncier are 2f. 50c. lower, at 1,362 f. 50c., and Credit Mobilier lf. 25c. lower, at 325 f. Immobilicre are also quoted at a loss of 3f 75c., at 152 f. 50c.; whereas Suez Canal have advanced no less than 18f. 75c., including the deport, the price being 291 f. 25c. No remarkable feature in the railway market. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : li per Cents lOO Bank Shares 3345 Do. end month — Italian Loan 49 3 per Cent 5......... 69 15 Do. end month 49 Do. end month 69 7i Mexican Loan .... Credit Mobilier Do. end month ... 328 .75 Spanish Threes , Credit Foucier — Home Debt Do. end month 1365 Deferred RAILWAYS. For Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50 Southern 550 Western 565 Eastern — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 368 75 North of Spain — Saragossa 92 Roman,, 1101) ttttttttttt 0 72 50 111 E ALLEI DESPA7 CII. PARTS, August 2. Subjoined is the full text of the semi-official article in the Constitutionnel, signed by M. Paulin Limayrac, a summary of which has already been published : " Public attention has been recently called to the Schleswig question by an exchange of notes between the Cabinets of Berlin and Copenhagen. The idea of diplomatic interference in this dispute by France has naturally presented itself to the ima gination, and a host of different interests have found their account in crediting the opinion that the French Government had entered into debate upon this point with the Government of Prus sia. Persons who unite the double advantage of being at once well-informed and well-inten tioned are perfectly aware that this was precisely what the French Government was firmly determined not to do. It had excellent reasons for this course, which it would be too tedious to enter into at pre sent. The instructions it has sent to its representa tive at the Prussian Court were drawn up in this order of ideas, and excluded the notion of interfer ence iu the negotiations pending between Prussia and Denmark. " All sagacious minds can only approve, under existing circumstances, the motives of this far-sighted reserve. It is therefore with reason that, perceiving a line of conduct was attributed to the Government directly contrary to that which it intended to take and has taken, the Moniteur has re-established the truth of the situation by declaring that no note had either been transmitted or read to the Berlin Cabinet upon the Schleswig question. It really did not appear possible to quibble at terms so clear. Nevertheless it has been attempted, and people have said—' Perhaps it is not a note that has been read, but a despatch ; and if the Chargé d'Affaires of France has not read a despatch, he may at least have received one' " There is here, upon one hand, a singular igno rance of diplomatic usages; upon the other, a strange forgetfulness even of the terms of the ques tion. In fact, the point of importance to the public —that is to say, as regards relations between the two countries—is this :—Has the French Govern ment entered into debate with the Prussian Govern ment upon Schleswig ? Did it make a communica tion to the latter, either written or verbal, requiring a reply, and summoning the Cabinet of Berlin to explain its intentions ? The majority of the journals say or insinuate, Yes. The Moniteur has explicitly answered, No. " The Moniteur did not say that the French Government had not written despatches to its Charge d'Affaires at Berlin. Such a statement would have been altogether improbable. !Every one knows that all Governments constantly address, almost daily, to their agents in different countries, despatches containing either information or in structions upon the different pending questions, in order to direct their conduct or their language in the conversations which they have, also daily, with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Courts to which they are accredited. Frequently even they read or confidentially communicate these documents, the better to convey the impressions of their Cabinets upon this or that question. These are acts of courtesy having no official charac ter—that is to say, which in no degree affect the relations between two States. But what may affect those relations are requests for explanation, demands which acquire real importance when they are contained in a note read or handed in. Thus, to avoid all error, care is taken to men tion the fact at the foot of each document in tended for this special treatment. This is what is called a note. The security of international rela tions rests upon the maintenance and reciprocal observance of these traditions. " One can understand now that, inasmuch as the fact of a note would have been serious, the existence of one or of several despatches from the French Government to its Charge d'Affaires is little calculated to preoccupy public opinion. That which might, upon the contrary, disquiet it, and might astonish the Prussian Government itself, would be to see the French Government withhold its impressions upon important questions, shut itself up in an ill-omened silence, and thus create one of those situations which rarely occur, but which always produce a certain condition' of distrust. Such are not the relations of the two Cabinets. Is this to be regretted ? " We are unfortunately compelled to admit, as we have said above, that various and numerous in terests upon both sides of the Rhine endeavour to lead public opinion astray, and the Teal!y incredible eagerness they display in falsifying the trust justi fies the persistence of the French Government in re-establishing it. " All, in fact, who in Europe are hostile to Prussia flatter themselves that Danish affairs will prove the apple of discord between the two countries. In Prussia all who arc systematically hostile to France, all who speculate upon the excitement of German feeling, equally await an opportunity to bring about a revival of Germanic susceptibility by circulating false reports. Upon the other hand, all who are animated by ill feeling towards the em pire have not dissimulated their intense disappoint ment at seeing the pretext disappear which seemed to present itself of disquieting men's minds and accusing the Government of rashly embarking in difficult questions. " If we add to this picture that of the hidden vhemes of the speculators of all countries whose interests would not be served at this moment by too rapid a rise in the public funds, an easy explanation may be found for the systematic incredulity with which attempts have been made to receive the loyal and reassuring declarations of the Moniteur." The Railway Accident in France. We have already briefly mentioned a calamitous occurrence to an excursion train from Marseilles to Paris. Orders, it appears, had been given to repair the up line at St. Albin, where the railway makes a curve, but by some mismanagement or neglect the proper signal to warn the engine driver had not been carried far enough in advance of the spot, where the gap in the rails was made. The sig nalman in fact went only 300 metres distance, remaining within the sweep. The unfortunate train in question was conveying 800 passengers, and when the engine driver, on coming out of the straight into the curve, saw the signal, he shut off steam, and at once whistled to the guard to apply the breaks, , but the impetus was too strong, and the engine, which was going at an average speed, actu ally crossed the gap where the rails had been raised, and got upon the line beyond in perfect safety. It proceeded about SO metres when the coupling irons broke, and the engine then became detached from the train; the tender and the carriages following had left the rails, and the former stuck fast in a heap of ballast and sleepers which were collected at the spot for the repair of the line. The latter part of the train, pressing with enormous force against the carriages next to the tender, crushed them in an incredible manner. Some were thrown against a wall with such violence as to break it down ; whilst others were cast to the opposite side of the line, and two were completely smashed to pieces. The train was composed of seven second and eleven third class carriages ; and it was the former alone which suffered ; the others, which had come on with so fatal an impetus, not having been in the least injured. The zeal of the railway servants and of the uninjured passen gers to extricate the victims of this catastrophe - is deserving of all praise, and contrasts strikingly 5 with the apathy of such of the country people as were present, who stood by with their hands - in their pockets idly looking on. The work - lasted more than an hour, and the devotedness and activity of a country doctor and the cure of Saint- Albin were most conspicuous. The bodies of the six killed were taken out from among the broken carriages, and 20 persons were extricated with in juries more or less severe, not to mention cases of were contusion. Saint-Albin is situated between Macon and Tournus , and is within two kilometres of Fleurville. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YOR .—The Archbishop of York will leave England for the Continent on Tuesday, the Oth of august, and Will be absent for about piz weeks r ,~" , e ,f7: , „ Trani Caulk lIER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Sunday. The Queen, Princess Louise, and the Princess of Leiuingcn rode on ponies in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out walking. _ _ . Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, returned in the evening from Antwerp in the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Her Majesty and the Royal family attended Divine service at Osborne this morning. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were in attendance. The Rev. George Prothero officiated. The Earl of Malmesbury had the honour of din ing with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. The Prince and Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday afternoon. LITERATURE. The Huguenot Family. By Sarah Tytler, author of " Citoyenne Jaqueline." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. It is always to us a matter of great satisfaction to witness the development of an author's powers, and to recognise the happy fulfilment of youthful pro mise. Such has been our pleasant experience in regard to the author of " The Huguenot Family." The name of Sarah Tytler—a name of honourable associations in literature—has been for some few years occasionally before the public, but last year in (we believe) her first novel, " Citoyenne Jaque line" she more than realised the expectation of many readers who had taken interest in her former productions. " Citoyenne Jaqueline," the history of a woman during the French Revolution, dis played considerable power and great originality. The characters were drawn with wonderful distinct ness, and the inhabitants of the village of the Jon quils live vividly in our remembrance. The same abilities, the same accurate discrimination of cha racter, the same attractive powers of description, are conspicuously manifest in this new novel—the " Hugenot Family." The character of Grand'mero is a charming creation—the venerable little dame with her dress of Lyons silk with the skirt drawn through the pocket holes, and her mob cap of fine lace, and her mittens, and her coral-headed staff, still retains in her English exile at Shottery Cot tage, Sedge Pond, the sentiments and the sym pathies of her native land. In concert with her grand-daughter Yolande, the good lady endeavours but in vain, to make friends with and benefit her poorer neighbours. More especially does her natural taste in the culinary department revolt from the enormities of the English cuisine. " These honest villagers," says the good dame, " hunger, though they do not starve. They live, like the hogs, on sodden bread, raw meat, and vegetables. They have the dyspepsia or the spleen." Very luckless, but very ludicrous, is the good Frenchwoman's attempt at enlightening the obtuse islanders. Accompanied by Yolande, she takes some delicious potage to some bedridden old (loody, who rejects the proffered benefit with scorn, nquiring if there are snails or frogs in the the preparation I The subject of the story is by no means attractive. The Huguenot family, who, like many other exiles, have taken up their abode in Eng land, live in a state of almost complete isolation, the objects of general distrust. This distrust is ulti mately justified in the person of Monsieur, the son of Grand'mere, and the father of Yolande, who proves to be acting as a spy. While the real cul prit escapes, popular vengeance falls upon the help less and the innocent. The village outbreak with its stormy scene is very vigorously described. The immersion of the supposed witch and the carrying away of Yolande in a previous chapter are scenes belonging to (happily) bygone times and by gone manners. A very faithful picture of some peculiar phases of those " good old times" is given in this novel, but the picture is not an agreeable one. We cannot but wish that the very able authoress of " Citoyenne Jaqueline" may make choice of a happier theme in her next work. "The Hugenot Family " is, however, rendered attractive by the very delightful character of Grandmere Dupuy ; and the readers of " The Huguenot Family" will be amply repaid by the pleasure of her acquaintance. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Hon. Lady Charlotte Matilda Greville, of Eaton-place, Pimlico, was proved la the London Court under £16,000 personalty, the executors appointed being her nephew, the Right Hon. George Guy, Earl of Warwick and Brooke' and her sister, the Hon. Lady Louisa Caroline Ann Greville. Her ladyship was the daughter of the second Earl of "Warwick, and died in May last, at Power House, Sydenham. Her ladyship's will bears date 1863, and is contained in the following words : —" 1 give, devise, and bequeath the whole of my property, both real and personal, to InY sister, Lady Louisa Caroline Ann Greville, and 1 appoint my said sister and my nephew execatri and executor." The wilt of Sir John Stuart Hippisley, Bart., of Manor House, Wells, Somerset, was administere d to, in the Court at Wells, by his nephew, the sole legatee, there being no executor nominated. The will runs thus :- 4 ‘ This is my last will and testa ment. I leave all my property of every description , real and personal, of which I am possessed, or WI hereafter become possessed, to my nephew, the Rev. John Horner." Dated Oct. 31, 1865 ; and attested by his butler and valet. The personalty was sworn under £lO,OOO. Sir John died March 20, 1867, at the age of 76. The will of John Mack, Esq., of Paston Norfolk, was proved in the Court at Norwich by the trustees and executors—namely, William Postic, Esq., of Smalburgh, Norfolk, the testator's cousin , and the Rev. Samuel M. Shepheard, of Calthorpe, th e testator's brother-in-law. The personalty was sworn under £140,000. The will is of great length and bears date 1863. The testator confirms his settlement on marriage, and leaves his wife, in addition thereto, an immediate legacy of £2,000. His eldest son ill" herits the estates in Norfolk bequeathed by the wil t of the testator's late brother, the Rev. Thonia ° Mack. The mansion and estate of Paston subject to the occupation of his wife and children, including the manor and lordship of Paston, Leeches, Latimer, Huntingfield, and Edingthorpe, he IWO to his second son, John, on his attaining tweet) six. To his sous Philip and Hugh each £30, 000 To his sons Edgar and Arthur ea ch £25,000 ; 1/11' to any subsequent born sous e ach £20,000 0.13 attaining twenty-five ; and he b e q ueaths to 111! daughters £B,OOO on attaining twenty-five or O D, marriage. There are small legac i e s left to each e! the workmen on his estates. The residue is to b' divided equally amongst all his children. The will of the Rev. Joseph Richar d Coo p e,l3,t° Vicar of Bucknell, Salop, was proved on the 3d. alv :' in the Court at Shrewsbury, by Frances Coopeoi the relict ; Augustus Frederick Coope, ESq" , r , Brighton ; and Thomas Griffin, Esq., of Wol i v r c ile hampton, banker, three of the executors. .1 personalty is sworn under £60,000. The late James Oliver, Esq., of Leamingt°,nt Priors, died possessed of personalty cs:,imatecl. £30,000; and has bequeathed to the Bible Sneloeo £2,000 ; Church Missionary So ciet y , il7° Asylum for Idiots, £1,000; Town Missionary Scripture Readers' Society, £lOO ; and to the 11 ' g;.ous Tract Society, £5O. b ark , The late David Sassoon, Esq. , o f Ashley t near Walton-on-Thames, whose personal proper in this country was sworn under £ 120,000, has 1° re it s the following bequests to char itable institui_ _ ; To the Jews' Hospital , Lower Norwood, 2:rueo Jews' College, Finsbury-square, £2OO ; Jo" School, Bell-lane, £2OO ; Jews' Orphan A . a s Y li £200; Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Orphan /10$.. s tit u tion and Spanish and Portuguese Jew pital, Mile-end, each £lOO.