The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-04 00:00:00

H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PICCOLOMINI. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT TO-M Ju O n ß e 5 W EVENING, THUR, R . O LA TRAVIATA. • Violetta, .Mdlle. Piecolomini ; Alfrclo, Signor Calzolari ; and Germont Giorgio, Signor B neventano, To conclude with a new Ballet, in which Madlle Marie Tag lioni will appear. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, ►S:. E. E. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. TIIIS E VENTING; will be, produced MISCHIEVOUS ANNIE. After which, IL TROVATORE. To conclude with THE YANKEE UOUSEECEEPER. THEATRE RIY AnIARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucket°lt% TFIrl EVF,NING, SINGLE LIFE. Followed by THE RIGTITS AND WRONGS OF WOMAN. To conclude with A DAY AF MIL TILE WEDDING. R')Y4T PIIING . F.AFV3 Tri2A.TRE. OK?On,D-STREIIT. Under the Mlncreatent of Nit. CIIARLES KEAN. Taff EvF.INTN - (1. TILE VU:;TOIt VA.N9,tIISEIED. After which, xil 7 WINTER.'S TALE. Principal cirtracter3 and Nfrs. C. Bean. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPIII. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Followed by THE GREEN BUSHES (2d Act). To coneinde with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK. ROYAL OLY ‘T.PLC THEATRE. Lone and 3tanver, :11"r. Alfred Wigan. T fil4 EVE NI Nil Will be performed THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which, THE WAvDERINS 3IIN'3TREL. To zonclode wlth ST .4Y AT HOME. ROYkt, SITVIEY TUE %TEE. Lassoes, 111essn. Shepher IFt Creswlok. TIIIS EVENING, INGO vf AR. To conclude with THE FLO I.TING BEACON". ASTLF.rS ROYAL ..tIIFFIITHwATICE. Lessee and Maca7er, V*. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Romantic Eqtteatrian and hi-rhly successful qeccfacle, T RF, lionqE OF THE CAVERN*, or the Miunted Brigands of the Abruzzi. After which, The arlmired novel Il?,volvlug Ath!cite, and the EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the ARENA. To concluac with now Dram, de (lircon4ance, called, TaE FESTIVAL OF rFAC'E ; or Honour to the Brave. Um-oftica open fr on Fdev ,, n ti , 1 Foar. Stare Manager, Mr. W. West. EveArian Director, Mr. W. Co,ke, jun. TTIGO. WA.TEa AT LONDON BRTDGE. 'PM ., DAT—Morn. 2S min. aft,. 2—Evening : - i() min. aft. 2 T.l-Mointow—Aforn. 12 min. aft. 3 —Evening 34 min. aft. 3 THE WEA.THER—SUN Ornez, JUNE 4. THERMOMETER, IN TIIIC SHADE. 73 -hipfeest sinen coon y(10.61 0 -3.7. 5!) —ilvte,d, inlr7:l'‘Z; raul clarfm; the night. —tll.li, day at 11013. DATIONtETER-30 . 17. WIND, W.N.W.—Lather fresh, with fine, sunshiny weather. ( t-_,,..c.: , .•, \„, r;tin-', -.---, 4' . •::', ' , :-.•.-1 :-, :`- 7= ~,i .?I,a -;: (.7-- -- .i.-- ...--- - '../ ' 1 • :',.. '-a. - ---- , .-- •: .',..._:,,„,,. . It% •••,-,-- . . , 1 4,,, ~."- ~,,-,_, ••, . • -,:- 7 ,. ''.2.,,, ,--,, -.-.' ' .'-' ',;, -. .7-,.. :------ ° . ;l - - ' ~---"- ..---_-7:":-.:-.-4.‹,-(•'• ,-,Z..) 4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 1858. better calculated to meet the exigency, one which will at least be free from the imputation of job bery, and occasion no additional and unnecessary expense to the already overburdened taxpayer. The compromise bill last night passed through committee in the Upper House. It has been " a labour of love" with their lordships, who are ex tremely anxious to preserve the shadow, although they have long since parted with the sub stance, of judicial authority. It is difficult to understand why the lay lords should he so exceedingly 6oli3itous to maintain a " juris diction" which can only be described as a "legal fiction" of a Alunchausen character. Although cccasionaliy compelled to attend in turn to make a house, not one of their number can presume to vote, or even to speak, on any legal question. We can scarcely imagine a more undignified position than that occupied by the titled "clumbies" who are required to attend in order to make a House. The only similar piece of folly _is that of the attendance of certain aldermen at the Central Criminal Court. In their absence the proceedings may be delayed, but their presence is not of the slightest utility. Neither lord nor alderman can interfere in any manner with the proceedings conducted under more competent authority. As we have already explained, the present mea sure is nothing but a compromise. Ministers attempted to extend the prerogative of the Crown, under the plausible pretext that it was necessary to obtain an additional number of Law Lords. But, had the claim been allowed, • the precedent would have been followed up until the indepen dence of the Upper House bad been completely subverted. In any doubtful question there would be a now creation of Life Peerages sufficient to turn the scale, and insure a Ministerial triumph. The men who would not dare to swamp the Upper House by a permanent addition, would not hesi tate to send in a number of Life Peers, who, by pension or otherwise, possessed adequate means to support their dignity, so far as they were per sonally concerned, although unable to bequeath property that would render their heirs male eligi ble members. It was, therefore, of vast import ance that their Lordships should make a decided stand, and resist the attempt dictated by the pre vailing German influence. But, while the matter was on the tapir, there was no reasan why a. large and comprehensive measure should not be introduced that would meet all the exigencies of the case. One of the chief objections to the present Court of Appeal— the want of a Judge thoioughly acquainted with the law and practice of Scotland—will not be re moved, or even diminished, by the present bill. It is by no means essential that a retired Scotch Judge should be one of the new Deputy Speakers. Nor is it even probable that such will be the case. The salaries to be attached to the offices give it the aspect of a job, similar to those for which the Whigs have long obtained an.uiaenviable notoriety. Six thousand pounds per annum h worth having, and thero is nothing to prevent the pleasing tribute bring pocketed by men - whose _services are already aiailable. It would be fat better, in every respect, that a new tribunal were _constitutedr-'pr that the jurisdiction should be trausferred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council—an organised and efficient body, who - have already glveu great satin halal' in the discharge of the - important duties confided to their hands. It is not wise nor ,Sate_smanlike to maintain one fiction by the crea tion of another. The appellate jurisdiction of the Peers should not be sustained by the supposed permanent sitting of that body, despite a proro gation. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. Yesterday evening the 39th anniver=ary festival of this most deserving institution was held at the Free masons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, supported by the Duke of Buc clench, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Dalkeitb, Lord Colville of Culross, the Earl of Eglinton, Sir Geo. Clarke, Sir John Orde, Colonel Moncrieff, Colonel Matheson, David Baird, Esq., M.P., P. Robertson, Esq., M.P., and many others of the leading gentlemen of Scotland. If any one asks what full-blown Germanism means the answer is as pithy as it is decisive. Full-blown Germanism is despotism, despotism without mercy, and without faith and honour. If the inquirer would dip deeper into the political catechism, and seeks to be informed as to what Germanism is in the bud—the reply is, hatred to liberty, and treason to all constitutional Govern ment. The recent history of German Courts furnishes sufficient proof of the first fact, and we have but to turn to Greece to find ample corro boration of the second. No need to call on oppressed and " blood-bolstered" Hungary and Italy to attest how Germanism deals with free peoples ; the story is engraved on the heart of every freeman. Beginning with perjury, pro ceeding with treason, and ending in the most pitiless tyranny, such has been the career of the crowned incarnations of Ger manism up to the present hour. Due considera tion of this lends interest to the present condition of Greece. In an unhappy hour France and England, having combined to give Greece a con stitution, turned to that hot-bed of Princes in waiting for Crowns or Regal Consorts, Germany, for a King. Greece got OTHO, and straightway a conspiracy against the constitution was hatched under the auspices of its sworn defender. OTHO was perjured, and his Queen, nurtured in absolut ism, and his superior in intellect, devoted herself henceforth to the task of seeing he did not relapse into good faith. A loan of money was guaranteed by this country. It was swallowed up by Court expenses and by German parasites, and the pub lic creditor and the public bond were alike set at nought. What had Germanism to do with honour while conspiring to subvert the constitution to which it owed its ascendancy ? Let 01110 and AILELTA, or, rather, AHELTA- OTHO, be but monarch absolute, and the public creditor might go hang. Meanwhile what was the inter nal condition of the country ? Recklessly mis governed, industry and freedom waned beneath oppression, until matters, passing from bad to worse, the social compact which binds civilised communities became almost a myth. Brigands in fested the hills—the villages were pillaged by armed hordes—towns even were put under con tribution, and the highways were not safe. Thus matters went on until the commencement of the late War. How AMELIA- OTHO I. employed the opportunity then afforded him to display his gra titude to his creators is part of the history of the war, as of the present occupation of Greece. His conduct may be briefly described as being characterised by German gratitude ant Ger man faith. Ho attempted a diversion in favour of Russia by assailing the already over matched Turk ; and now, condemned on every plea which justifies a monarch and warrants consi deration by a stronger Po ver—with Greece still occupied, Russo-Germanism still rampant, and the condition of the people as bad as ever—King OTHO still mocks the public creditor, and hugs the notion that England will have to pay. Is it not time he was forcibly disabused of this impression ? Is it not time—we ask is in the interests of Greece—he was deposed, and sent packing to the beggarly confines from whence he came ? There ought to be but one answer on the part of Eng lishmen to the question. His reign is to us a reproach. May it, let us add in conclusion, serve as a warning. Russia knows—none better— where her best puppets, her most servile tools, are to be found. Russia wants a German Prince to reign over the Principalities—of course, we sup / pose, under a Constitution. It is not hard to recognise what that means. But of Russian craft and Germanism in every stage we have surely had enough. It is not English to play into the hands of despots ; it is madness to rear them. A. most recherche dinner was served in the usual style of the Freemasons' Tavern, and was done ample justice to by about 200 guests. A large rnajlrity of the principal guests were in full Highland costume or uniform. The Royal piper (Ross), the Duke of Argyll's piper, and the piper to the Caledonian Asylum, were in attendance, with the admirable band of the institution, and their performance of an admirable selection of cottish music considerably shortened the long half hour which precedes dinner on these occasions. Grace having been sung and the cloth drawn, his Royal Highness (the chairman) gave the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were received with enthusiasm. In proposing " The Army," his Royal Highness ex pressed a wish that now that peace was happily restored, and that the country had seen the almost fatal conse quences of a false economy, they would not grudge the expenditur4 necessary, not only to secure the efficiency of the army and navy, but to preserve the honour and interests of . this kingdom. Befora proposing the toast of the evening, all the children at present in the asylum, who are orphans of non-commissioned officers and privates who have fallen in the late war, were introduced into the hall. Their cheerful, healthy, and contented appearance was an ap- peal to the company equally forcible with the speech of the illustrious chairman. His Highness made a most powerful appeal on behalf of the asylum, directing attention to the children then present—children who had been received into he insti— tution solely on account of the late war. All then pre sent were the orphans of brave men, who had fallen in defence of the country's honour. Last year there were in the establishment but 70 children, but now 30 more had been added, who were supported Tartly by the Royal Patriotic Fund, and partly by the Caledonian Asylum. But each orphan caused an additional expenditure of 15/. per annum, and the most strenuous exertions of the well-wishers of the institution were necessary to sustain it in the benevolent efforts it was thus called upon to make. A large sum from the funded stock of the asylum had been sold out to meet the pressure upon their resources, and it behoved the guests then assembled to shield the institution from the worst wad most dreaded fate which could befall a charity—namely, that of being compelled to turn a deaf ear to the petition of the fatherless, and perhaps even to cease to foster those who bad already been received into the asylum. He called upon them to support his toast not merely with expressions of applause, but wits those substantial marks of approbation which were so necessary to the well-being of the charity whose claims he advocated sincerely, though he feared inadequately. Continued applause followed the toast ; but it is with regret that we have to remark that his Royal High ness's proposition was but partially acted upon, and that the subscriptions were short of 8001. Mr. Higgins was an efficient toastmaster ; and Miss Poole, Miss Taylor, Mr. Lewiek, and several other ac complished artistes performed a succession of glees and madrigals, which were loudly encored. The whole affair p tssed off with great eclat. THE POLISH AHNESTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift,—A. telegraphic despatch from Berlin has just announced that the Emperor of Russia, at a ball given to him at Warsaw, has declared his intention of grant ing to ad his Polish subjects condemned for political delinquencies a general amnesty ; whilst from other accounts we learn that, on the same occasion, he pro nounced, among others, the followin. , words :—" Tell your fellow-countrymen that the time for idle dreams is at an end. No more of reveries. I wish Poland to be happy, and she can only be so by her union with Russia." Against these words, as well as against the acceptance of any amnesty, let us, in the name of the society we represent, as well as of the body of the Polish emigra tion, whose former declarations we merely repeat, enter into your columns our most solemn protest. When in 18e0 we took up arms against Russia, and, failing to succeed, left an enslaved fatherland, we did it for no less an object than nalional independence. Those who since joined our ranks did it in the same spirit, and adhered to our declaration. We then fulfilled a duty, not anything to be pardoned, and we could not now, without renouncing our country's claims, and calumniat ing the martyrs of her cause, acecpt the title of pardoned rebels. If there be any Polish refuge who does it, let him be disowned by us as a deserter of his country's sacred and icnprescriptible rights. In behalf of the Polish Democratic Society, Its Central Committee, LOUIS BULEwSKI, ANT. ZABICKI, S. WOILUELL. 35, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, May 31. There was another " count-out" last night. Notwithstanding the many important matters under the consideration of the representative branch of the Legislature, and although it was a Government night, on which a Committee of Sup ply had priority amongst the orders of the day, forty members were not in attendance at four o'clock, and the Speaker was, there fore, unable to take the chair. Much valuable time was therefore wasted, which cannot be regained during the session. We are well aware that a "No House" or "a Count-aut" is a recognised portion of Ministerial strategy, and that the whipper-in frequently exerts all his influence to get rid of an unpleasant question for i a short time. But it is a short-sighted policy, for these matters invariably come on at inconve nient times. independent members, who have grievances to expose, or remedies to suggest, can not, and will not, allow themselves to be muzzled by so paltry a dodge. Ministers can notoriout•ly " make a House" when they desire to do so ; and if they were compelled to surrender a Govern ment night for the despatch of business so discre ditably postponed, we should hear less of time . wilfully wasted and misapplied. Surely some xernedy might be found for this flagrant grievance. A certain number of lay lords are bound to attend, in order to make a house, fcr the hearing of appeals. Why might not a certain number of °ammo - he - fa be ordered to appear in time, so that the requisite number may be in attendance ? They are bound to act on committees, and surely it is just as ithportant that they should prevent the public time from being wasted. )3y this meang, or by there being an adjournment only for an hour, whenever there is no house, an evil which has latterly assumed formidable dimen sions will be got rid of, and important measures will not be withdrawn or emasculated from want of time to discuss their details. It is for the Commons themselves to provide a suitable remedy. Either of those above suggested would, we believe, be efficacious, and prevent the recurrence of events calculated to bring the popuha branch of the Legislature into contempt and disrepute, and to reduce the estimation in which it would otherwise be held by the people. SEPARATE ESTABLISHMENT FOR PRINCE ALFRED. The Royal • Lodge, in Windsor Great Park, formerly which was sparedof the building occupied by George IV , or that . por o ti f ono Iv. when, in . the reign William ~ the greater part of this beautiful cottage was pulled down, - has - just been put i n a fitting state for the reFeption•oi his Royal H i igness P r i nce Alfred, now in his twelfth Prince m a y u n i n t erru pt- Youn g comprising ri i s n ing or e d n e g r in t e h e a r t in th g e : under hi s tutor, L ieut. Cs well, edly pursue his studies , more pa rt i cu l arly t h at port i on cf the Royal Engin_eers. Th e a partments, which have been repa i red, embel. fished, and furnished , are the oc tagon room, th e l a and small dining rooms, dra w ing - room , "loon, lobbies, i passages, sleeping-rooms, and bervants apartments; a l so the bed.ruom and dressing room which were added to the cottage at the time the family of the late Mr. Anson re. sided here. The little chapel and magnificent conservatory are, and have always been, kept in perfect order. The stabli ng w ill b e at Cumberland Ledge. The es tablishment will be limited to merely the necessary num, ber of servants required to attend the Prince and his tutor. the Royal lodge - . 1 41 Royal .iiighneas arrived e,t Yolitaday, '- - - . ,. .. _ _____ . There is no reason to anticipate that the Lords will alter their decision during the present session. It will therefore be for the representative branch of the Llgislatare to reject the present measure, and patiently await the time tv hen:their loidshiPs may think pioper t 3 ti hill THE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EvEN!Nti, JUNE 4, 1856. LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, JUNE 3. Russia has declared the working of railways free throughout the extent of the empire. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 3. The session of the Grand Council of State ter minated this evening. The Minister in a secret committee made a communication relative to th• Sound dues. The question relative to the sale of the domains of Lauenbourg remains uncle. aided. MADRID, JUNE 2. The Gazette publishes the speech delivered by M. Wald-Kirch, on demanding in the name of the King of Greece the hand of the Infanta, sister of the King of Spain, for the heir presumptive to the Crown of Greece. The demand was made at an audience given by the Queen, and to which her Majesty gave a satisfactory reply. The Cortes has declared unanimously that they are well satisfied with the financial operation which the Government has effected for the re demption of the 200 millions of the floating debt. FRANCE. His presence will be a first consolation, a first act of kindness; it will re-animate the hopes of the unfortunate ; and may his solicitude, after having satisfied the momentary necess i t i es, di scover i n t h e resources of science and art the means of preserving the future, not from this terrible scourge, for tha t belongs alone to God, but as far as possible from its disastrous effects ! The Emperor appeals tc day, as in all great circumstances, to your devot edness. Your unanimous sympathy hailed at once the presentation of the bill, and will be main displayed by y o u r unan i mous a d opt i on of it. 'The committee, gentlemen, has the honour of recom mending the bill to your acceptance." THE BOURSE, June 3.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. h.. a. End of Month, 4i per Cents 93 40 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 74 10 7 I 95 New Loan 75 Bank Shares 4,150 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,890 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 47 Nedmontese ( 5 ) 93 Home Debt ......... 43 PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The following letter from Lyons gives an account of the Emperor's arrival and most enthusiastic re ception in that city : " Lyons, Monday afternoon. " The Emperor arrived this morning at a little before 11 at the railway station, where Marshal Count de Castellane and M. Vaisse, charged with the administration of the Rhone, were in waiting. His Majesty was accompanied by M. Rouher, Minister of Public Works ; Generals Niel and , Fleury, his aides-de-camp ; the Marquis de Puy segna, his orderly officer, and M. de Francqueville, luspector-General of Punts et Chautsees. The , Emperor without any delay entered the carriage of the Marshal, and drove to the Hotel de l'Europe. Although but few persons witnessed the arrival of his Majesty, the news spread like lightning through the city, and a crowd soon collected along his way, and hailed hi m as h e passe l with the loudest acclamations. In a few minutes ia:arly every house in the place was dressed out with flags. Immediately after reaching the hotel the Ealperor ordered horses to be brought to the door, and was soon en, route to visit the scene of disaster. His Majesty, who was dressed in a gene ral's uniform, rode in front, followed at a short distance behind by Marshal de Castellane. In addition to the persons who accompanied the Em peror from Paris, there were also in the cortege several generals of the army of Lyons, General Champanet, of the gendarmery, and M. de Billy, engineer-in -chief of the Paris and Lyons Railway. The cortege, which was escorted by six of the Cent Gardes, a platoon of gendarmery, and another of dragoons, proceeded along the Place Beilecour, the Rue Imperial, the Rue Puits Gaillot, and the Cours Morand and Vilton as far as Charpennes, and re turned by the Avenue de Saxe, the Pont de la Guillotiere, and the Rue de la Barre. By following the above itinerary the Emperor passed through all the places most visited by the inundation, and appeared greatly moved by the desolating spectacle. His Majesty did not anywhere alight, and in many places passed through very deep and rapid currents. The difficulties and even the dan gers of the passage were not however thought of, the Emperor's attention being devoted entirely to the heartrending scene around him. The allevia tion of present sufferings was, however, the imme diate object of his attention ; at every step the Im perial cortege was met by poor persons driven from their homes by the floods, and who pressed forward to implore relief. The police and the escort at first prevented their approach, but the Emperor ordered that they should be allowed to draw near, and not one of them went away without, relief. General Niel who rode by the side of his Ma jesty had a bag filled w ith gold, which was libe rally distributed. Everywhere during the pas sage of the Emperor, the cries of 'Vive l'Ern pereur ?" Vive notre sauveur 1' were raised with the greatest enthusiasm. Near the Pont du Concert, cn the left bank, a poor woman ap proached in front of the rest, crying Vivo l'Empereur r when the Emperor gave her se veral pieces of gold, saying, Here, my poor woman, is something for you to buy bread with.' The cries and the acclamations raised by the people express but very feebly the deep feeling of grati tude and admiration excited in the breasts of the inhabitants of Lyons at the goodness of heart which dictated to his Majesty the noble idea of visiting this afflicted city. The Emperor returned to the hotel about two o'clock, and immediately a con sultation was held with the competent men on the measures which should be adopted to pro vent a recurrence of this dreadful visitation. Later in the afternoon his Majesty again went to the inundated parts of the city, and after passing along the quays visited the camp of Sathonay. To-morrow his Majesty is to leave for Valence, where other heartrending scenes will meet his view. It is said that the Emperor will proba bly also visit Avignon. The Emperor has given M. Vaisse a sum of 100,000 f. from his privy purse to be distributed among the poor families who have suffered the most by the inundation, and has also sent a sum of 25,000 f. to the prefect of the Isere for the sufferers in that department. According to the private correspcndence of the Moniteur de la Flotte the Rusziaus had already re moved a portion of the artillery and war materiel from the fortress of Ismail, on the Danube. That important point is to be delivered to the Moldavian Government in its present condition, but without its armament. M. Latour Dam oulin moved to-day, in the Legis lative body, the following amendment to the bill relative to comp anies en commandite :-- "Companies e 1 commandite, having for their object the purchsse and sale of ii.clustrial property shall apply to the Government, within the month following the pro mulgation of the present law, for leave to form them selves into anonymous companies." In The Sun, yesterday, we announced a bill ac cording 2,000,000 f. for the sufferers by the inun dations was adopted séance tenants, by the deputies. The following is the exposé des motifs of the measure presented ou the occasion : " Gentleinen,—Several of our departments are at this moment desolated by inundations. Some of our largest rivers, such as the Loire, the Allier, the Saone, the Rhone, and their tributaries, swollen by the'almost continual rains, have over flowed, and their waters, spread with violence over the valleys through which they run, have produced there disasters, the extent of which it is impossible at present to ascertain. At the first report of these de plorable circumstances, the Emperor, whose con stant thought is no less occupied with the desire of assisting the unfortunate than with the care of pro tecting the great interests of France, determined to carry in person to the unfortunate victims the first succour and the ,first consolation. The Em peror has decided that in order to provide for dis asters so considerable, the assistance of the State 1 is indispeusatle, and that the efforts of private charity, however active they may be, would be in sufficient if left to their own resources. The Em peror, consequently, before his departure, gave orders to the Council of State to deliberate at once on a bill tending to open, as a provisional measure, an extraorditury credit of two millions, to be dis tributed in assistance to the inundated. The Coun cil of State has recognised the urgent necessity which exists in the case ; and we are charged, gen tlemen, to summit this bill for your adoption. We feel perfectly confident that you will readily joi n in the generois idea which has inspired its text. " SigneC a la minute, "Baron J. BOULAY (de la Meurthe), President of the Section of the Interior, Reporter. " °MUER, Councillor of State." The report of the committee appointed by the Legislative Body to examine the bill was drawn up with jus t as great rapidity as the document given. abov€. It is couched in the following terms : " Gentlercen,—You have received the commu nication of the motives which have led to the bill having for object to open a credit of two millions for the Minister of the Interior in favour o f t h e inundated. Th e ex pose des motifs mentions some ofaour largest rivers and their tributaries ; but the present bill is general, like the disaster, and w ill be applied to the inundated in all the departments. It expresses also that the credit of two millions i s only provisional , and it thus replies to the fears expressed of its insufficiency. The Emperor beard of the fallitg houses which have been undermined by the inuidation, and of the cries of the victims of the denge. His heart was touched, and he hastened b depart for the scene of this immense disaster, vishing to preside in person at the assist_ anew whicl is to be distributed to the sufferers. THE BANDS IN THE PARKS. A STRANGE MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—On Thursday, the sth inst., at 7 p.m., a party of "friends of religion" announce their intention to hold a public meeting at the Shaftesbury Schools, Salisbury street, Portman-market, to prove that "music under heaven," on the Sabbath, is "unchristian" and " dese crating ;" furthermore, to "thank Lord Palmerston," and "remonstrate with Sir B. Hail," for the parts they have taken in the affair, and urge the Queen to give up her "music under heaven" at Windsor. But the Queen, like the rest of us, can never be demoralised by sweet sounds ' • and Lord Palmerston s till b eing f or " mus i c under heaven," friends will "thank him for nothing." What, then, is such meeting for ?—Yours, for True Christianity, H. D. GRIFFITHS. June 4. THE COUNT-OUT LAST EIGHT. The following gentlemen were in the house of Com mons yesterday, at 4 o'clock, when it was counted out : SIRS. MESSRS. MESSRS. A. Agnew Bland H. Adair J. Wahncsley P. O'Brien Hadfield T. O'Brien J. Bell Pellatt MESSRS. Tarleton Craufurd Dunlop Fuller Thompson Maguire Deasy Fitzroy Thornely Miall Muntz Brothzton Pugh Fagan Devereux J. Scully Meagher . Gurney Hughes L. King Bramley-Moore Mitchell Pollard-Urquhart McCann Beamish ,Sullivan F. French GreVille G. Duncan. SAIURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY TO THE OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE. The Postmaster General having decided to grant a half-holiday on Saturdays to the officers of the General Post Office, so far as the indulgence can be affordtd without inconvenience to the public, the several offices which are not immediately connected with the receipt and delivery of the mails will be closed at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The Dioney Order-offices in St. Martin's-le•Grand and Sherborne-lanc will also be closed at the same hour. The arrangement will commence on Saturday the 7th instant. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-Office, 4th June, 1856. THE POLITICAL EXILES. —DUBLIN, Tuesday.--Mr. John Dillon appeared yesterday in the Four G3urts, wearing hie wig and gown. General Aiphonso de Lamarmora arrived on the 29th ult. at Varignano, in the Gulf of La Spezia, on board ,he Sardinian frigate Gorernolo. The Prince Regent of Bsden has just granted a par don to six unfortunate men who have been imprisoned for political offences since 1849. An extenbion of tliis clemency to others is hoped for. The. Prince of Campofranco, who was Viceroy of Sicily before the revolution of 1848, has just died at Naples. He was the fAther of Count Lucchesi Palli, the second husbacd of the Ducbesse de Berri. The King of Bavaria has just had a very narrow escape, near Sternberg. The guard bad neglected to change the "eccentric" on a spot where there is a dam 200 feet high, and only did his duty half a minute before the train came up. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL—LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.— The Black Ball Royal Mail ship Saldanha, Capt. Wm. Henry Watts (belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co.), will sail at noon on the sth inst. for Melbourne, with the usual hi-monthly mails for the Australian colonie , , about 500 passengers, and a full cargo of mer chandise on freight. Letters will require to be posted here before 8 a.m., with late fees until 9 a.m., while at the landing stage letters will be received with addi tional feels until 10 a.m. Owing to the large influx of passengers and cargo for Australia, the owners of the Black Ball line will despatch the clipper Montmorency, Captain Kiddie, for Melbourne, in company with the Saldanba. Sheis quite full, having 150 paseengers and a full cargo. The next mail from the Australian colo nies will be brought to this country by the White Star Royal Mail ship Mermaid, Captain Edward Devey, which was to leave Melbourne on the 10th of March. She may be daily looked for. MAIL STEAM-SHIP COMMUNICATION WITH THIL UNITED STATES AND CANADA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. —The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's iron screw steam-ship City of Baltimore, Captain Robert Leitch, will sail to-morrow forenoon for Philadelphia, with a full complement of passengers and a fair amount of merchandise on freight. She will carry a mail, and letters and newspapers will require to be posted before 9 a.m., and with late fees until 9.30 a.m. to-morrow. The Montreal Steam-ship Company having entered into contract with the government of Canada to carry the mails between Liverpool and Quebec during the summer months twice a month, and when the navigation of the St. Lawrence is closed, once a month to Portland, Maine, will sail their new screw steam-ship Anglo-Saxon, Capt. Andw. M'Master, at 10 to-morrow forenoon, with mail?, Passengers, and cargo for Quebec and Montreal. Let ters (specially addressed per "Canadian mail packet ") Kill require to be posted here beforo 9 a.m., and with late fees until 9 1 n Q a,m, to•morrow. - - EMMA Ya-POB CA RH. fr. C. fr. 0 Orleans 1,450 Western 965 - NT orthern .1,152 50 3tranburg Lyons .. .. 1,535 New Ditto Hediterranean ~,.,.1,780 Grand Central Lyons Geneva — Teste - Cette BOO Austrian Com. 9lB 75 THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter dated Bucharest, May 22, says :••••• 64 The latest accounts from Constantinople have raised the spirits of the Liberal party here. Private letters state with considerable confidence that the Hospodars will not receive any prolongation of powers, but will have to retire when their t-rm of office expires. It is said that they were offered to remain as Kiimakans, but refused. The accounts received leave it vague whether there will be one Kaiwakan for each province or three ; but in either case their tenour warrants the belief that the ap pointment will be made by the Porte, and not ac cording to the Reglement Organique. To adopt the latter course would, indeed, be merely putting in adherents and nominees of the present Hospo dars. As far as our information goes, and according to present appearances, the' Aus trians will not leave until September, and the commission of reorganisation will not assem ble until the end of that month. It is said, also, that it is considered desirable--I know nut why— that the boundary commission should have com pleted its labours before the other commissioners commence theirs." On the 19th inst. all the commissioners for mark ing off the new boundary were assembled at Ga latz. The first to arrive was the Austrian Lieute nant-Colonel Kalik, accompanied by Count Wimp fen, captain on the staff. He was f o ll owe d by Colonel Baron Stackelberg, the second Russian Commissioner ; by Lieutenant-Colonel Stanton, iu the British war steamer Recruit ; by Dervish Pasha, attended by Muhlis Pasha (a son of Michael Stourdza, the ex-Hospodar) and a numerous suite; by Lieutenant-Colonel Besson, the French com missioner ; and finally, on the evening of the 17th instant, by General Fonton, principal Russian Commissioner. A hall had been allotted by the local authorities to these gentlemen for their deliberations. Their first general meeting was to be held on the 19th, and it was expected they would set out for the frontier in the course of 'he week. My correspondent expressed a hope that they would so far rectify the line decided upon at Paris as to remedy the inconvenience of the want of communications by land between Moldavia and the newlys'eded territory. The new frontier is also stated to be highly indefinable, by reason of the lakes and marshe s th a t ex t en d along it, and most of which are impassable by troops. Mr. Lowndes, an agent of the Land Transport Corps, at present at Bucharest on Government business, had hired two rooms in the house of an Armenian for his office and residence. The day before yesterday an Austrian corporal and four men entered the house, turned him out of his apartments, and remained in possession of them. Her Britannic Majesty's agent and consul-general here, Mr. Colquhoun, immediately took the proper steps to obtain redress for this unjustifiable agres sion. The result is not yet known. A letter from Vienna of the 30th ult. says I hasten to inform you that a letter just received from Galatz states that the plenipotenttari-s charged with the regularisation of the frontier of Bessarabia have not only arrived in that town, but have al ready had two preliminary conferences. A French company at Constantinople has established a regu lar service of steamers between that city and Galata. The first vessel reached Galatz on the 18th, and had on board numerous passengers and a large cargo. The steam company of the Danube has also orga nised a direct weekly service between Galatz and o:leisa ; and the first steamer is to leave Galatz on the 7th June. M. MAzzrm.—The Risorgimento of Turin of the 30th states that 111 izzini has issued a circular to his agents, declaring his intention of withdrawing entirely from politics and leaving London for New York or some other city of the United States. His agent at Turin, Advocate Bettini, 1:49 been in structed to sell the property he possesses in Pied mont. RECOMPENCE TO GENERAL MARMORA.—The Pied montese Gazette announces that in the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of the 29th ult. a bill was passed, awarding 50 acres of crown land, within the city of Turin, to General della Marrnora as a na tional recompence. The land is situated in a new street, named after the battle of the Tchernayv, and being building ground is of considerable value. The area is 100 square metres, or above 100 square yards English. A letter from Vienna of the 30th May, in the Bourse Gazette, says :—Some journals of Northern Germany have reported that a certain coolness exists between the courts of Vienna and St. Peters burg which explains the circumstance of Count Paul Esterhazy bein g despatched to the corona ti on fetes at Warsaw, instead of an Archduke. These assertions are quite erroneous. No coolness exists between the two courts, and it has been in contem plation to send an Archduke." The Post Ampt Gazette of Berlin contains the following :—" The Queen of Bavaria and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz have ar rived here, as likewise did the Duke of Nassau ; but a sudden indisposition of the Duchess Pauline constrained the latter to return immediately to Wiesbaden." The Countess de Neuilly arrived on Saturday at Frankfort, where she intends remaining a few days. The Countess is accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours. The same day, in the after noon, the Duchess of Orleans came from Loden to Frankfort to see the Countess and her three relatives. The Archduke Maximilian arrived on Sunday at Brussels, at half-past twelve, by the railway, accompanied by the Duke of Brabant, who had gone to Ghent to meet his Imperial. Highness. Great preparations are being made in the palace of the Archduke Albert, in Vienna, for the recep tion of the King of Greece, who is expected there towards the end of June. MELBOURNE " PUNCH." It is gratifying, though by no means surprising, to be assured that our friends at the Antipodes are able like ourselves to enjoy the humours of this renowned personage, considering that, like our selves, "they have the ball at their feet." Much of the wit and humour of the number before us (for Jan. 31) is to a large extent lost to us from its connexion with local associations ; but sufficient remains to demonstrate that the art of " picking fun" out of passing events and individuals is not likely to be lost in the land of the gold diggings. We may live in hope that the higher game at which our E6glish contemporary so praiseworthily flies, will be less overlooked at Melbourne hereafter. SUFFRAGAN'BISHOPS.-A NEW 310710- MEM' IN THE CHURCH: (Front a Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser.) It is said that Lord Palmerston is willing to allow the nomination of Suffragan Bishops for those dioceses where the bishops are incapacitated, in consequence of age or infirmities, from discharging their episcopal duties. There is no occasion for a new act of Parliament, as an act is at present in existence, passed in the reign of Henry VIII., empowering the appointment. The bishop re quiring such assistance nominates two persons, and the Crown selects one for consecration. Under this act Suffragans have no positive jurisdiction, no actual sees, and no claim to succession to diocesan bishoprics. The Bishop of London is very anxious for the appointment of a suffragan, and has exerted his influence with the Government to allow the nomination. In the event of tho Government ac ceding to his wish, his Lordship will, in all proba bility, nominate the Rev. G. Wilson flutnphry, 8.D., Vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, late , Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the Venerable John Sinclair, M.A., Vicar of Kensing ton, and Archdeacon of liddie§ex. 7'll g INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE. The Lyons papers continue to give the most heartrending accounts of the progress of the inun dations. When the dyke of the Tete d'Or near the Grand Camp gave way on the morning of the 31st ult. the water covered the east plains with vast rapidity. The tocsin was sounded in all the sur rounding villages to give the alarm. Many per sons were surprised in their sleep and could only save themselves, half-dressed, by wading through the water, leaving all their property at the mercy cf the flood. Many were compelled to remain in their houses, and wait until assistance could be brought to them. The embankment thrown up to the north of the Brotteaux protected the chemin de ronde in that direction, but a little to the east the water broke furiously through a breach into the part called La Petite Californie behind the Pre aux Clercs and through the Rue Massena, the water rushed like a cataract. The establishment of the Petites Scours des Pauvres, was inundated, and it was found necessary to remove all its inmates to the Hotel-Dieu in waggons. The directors of the Maison du Saint-Enfant Jesus brought out their children one by one on their backs, and the sick were laid on mattresses, and placed on rafts hastily made for the purpose, and thus carried to a place of safety. At every moment, boats and omnibuses might be seen setting dow❑ their freights at the Hotel de Ville and in the Cours Morand, which remained clear of the water, and where an immense number of persons passed the remainder of the night. Some of them had been able to save a few clothes, but most of them had only what they stood in, and those were drenched with water. Cries and moans were heard in every direction, women seeking their husbands and their children, and the children calling for their mothers. Horses, cows, and sheep were also seen prowling about and uttering cries of hunger and alarm. It appears impossible to form any correct idea of what accidents have taken place, nor can it be correctly ascertained until the water shall have subsided, and circulation be once more free. At the Brotteaux several houses were washed down before the inhabitants could be got. out. At Charpennes a man, his wife, and their child were buried beneath the ruins of their house. A boat, with several persons who had been saved from a house, upset and all were drowned. The Rhone is constantly bringing down furniture, cattle, and sheep. Many small houses built of framework and brick have been washed away bodily from their foundations at the Brotteaux, and are seen floating about with the current. Tho Grande Rue de la Guillotiere has the appearance of a regular river. The high bank used as the Polygono at the Grand- Camp has entirely disappeared. Three of the Rhone steamers broke from their moorings and were driven down the river. The current fortunately carried them into the river Oullins, where they were brought to by letting go their anchors. The circulation on the Mediterranean R ailway has been re-established. The above details relate al most entirely to the Rhone. The Saone has also risen, but up to the present time its' progress has been trifling compared with that of the other river. Accounts from Valence state that although the rise of the Rhone - has not com pletely stopped, it does not advance as rapidly as before. The quays and the low parts of the town are completely inundated, and in many of the streets leading to the quays the water in the ground floor is six feet deep. All the Plc-line des Granges presents the appearance of an immerse lake. The river is constantly seen bringing down trees which have been torn up by the roots, cattle, furniture, and a quantity of other articles. Thr( e large barges, laden with coal, which were moored to the quay at Valence, were washed away by the rapidity of the current, and all of them sank at some distance down the river. One man was drowned. At la Paillasse, the Veoure has broken over its banks and caused considerable mischief. The towns of Tain and Tournon are completely un der water from the overflowing of the Rhone, and Montelemart is threatened with a similar fate. The small river Morgon, which passes through Ville franche, and afterwards falls into the Saone, has become a complete torrent, and having risen above the arches of the bridge, which still stands firm, has overflowed the banks, and many of the houses have their cellars and ground floor under water. The Allier, the Doubs, and the Loiret, with all their tributary streams, continue their upward movement and inundate all the surrounding coun try, but the Loire, the Garonne, and the Cher have, it is hoped, reached their utmost height, and in many parts have begun to fall. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) The Rhone, 'which commenced to subside, al though very slowly, on Saturday afternoon, con tinued its downward movement on the following day, and by the evening many of the 'inundated streets were tolerably clear. The Guillotiere, al though somewhat relieved from the water, still presents a deplorable spectacle. With the excep tion of the bridges, the Cours Morand and Vitton, the Quid d'Albret, and some fragments of the Che min de Ronde, all that immense extent of ground is covered with water. In the kind of compart ment comprised between the Quai d'Albret and the northern extremity of the Chemin de Ronde, the houses which have fallen down may be reckon ed by dozens. On the south side, both within and without the Chemin de Ceinture, the disasters are immense. The number of houses destroyed cannot be less than 300. Many of them it is true were small, but they contained several families, with their looms, where they gained a living by their labour. All these articles have been either washed away by the flood or remain buried beneath the fallen ruins. The numerous and important mann faotories which have within the last few years been erected on the north and south of the Guillotiere have all more or less suffered. One large manu factory of chemical productions, belonging to MM. Coignet, Brothers, has, it is said, fallen to the ground, as have also one or two smaller ones close to it. The aspect of all the territory of La Villette and the Charpennes is also lamentable. From the mo ment when the breach was made in the embankment at the Tete d'Or, a foaming torrent rushed across the Chemin de Ceinture towards the Pont de la Guillotiere, across the Grande Rue and the adjoin ing streets, and then rejoined the principal course of the river by the low lands of La Vitriolerie and the different breaks made in the Chemin de Cein ture. Notwithstanding the decline of the waters, the work of destruction in all the inundated quar ters continued throughout Sanday. Fresh falls of houses took place at the Brotteaux, the Guillotiere, and the Charpennes. On Sunday evening a house fell at the Guillotiere, burying several persons be neath the ruins. The cure of St. Louis, the com missary of police of the quarter, a surgeon, and several men, proceeded to the spot in a boat, and were fortunate enough to rescue an elderly woman and a young girl, but a third person, a child, could not be found. Numerous other acts of courage and devotedness are recorded ; indeed every one seemed actuated by one feeling, that of eagerness to assist his suffering fellow-creatures. One ex ception to this rule was in the case of a man who was caught in the act of robbery; he was seized hold of and handed over to the police, and was marched off to prison with a large placard affixed to his back bearing the words : Voleur des Inondes. Most of the families who have been driven from their homes have been able to meet with accommodation; some with their relatives or friends, and others through the arrangements of the authorities. A number have also established themselves under tents and sheds formed of planks and other articles on the quays and other parts, out of the re ac h of the water. Some of the poorest among them hold out plates to the passers-by, so liciting charity ; and, to the honour of the Lyon naise population, it must be said that the appeal is seldom made in vain. The authorities display the greatest activity in relieving the sufferings of those who are rendered houseless by distributing food ; and supplies are also sent in boats to quartets where the inhabitants are still blocked up in their houses. In one part several persons had taken re fuge on the roof of a house, and it was not without considerable difficulty that provisions could be conveyed to them. In this last inundation the Saone appears to have had but a small part in the mischief occasioned, although serious fears were at one time felt that it would again cause much in jury. Fortunately, however, those fears have not been realised, and the river is now steadily though rather slowly subsidin g ..—Th e following telegra phic despatch, dated M ' arseilles, 2d, was received yesterday afternoon :—" From Thursday to Satur day the Rhone, exceeding by 1 metre 50 centime tres the height which it attained in 1840, has thrown down a part of the ramparts of the city of A.vignon, and inundated all the plains extending right and left towards Nismes and Arles, and has cut throught several parts of the railway between Tarascon and Arles. The viaduct which crosses the Rhone has resisted the pressure of the torrent, and kept open the communications between the two banks. The mayor of Avignon has requested a supply of bread from the mayor of this city, which was immediately sent to him. The authorities have everywhere prescribed measures of security and have despatched troops to assist in the neces sary works. The water yesterday morning had fallen two metres. The weather is now fine with the wind from the north."—The accounts from other parts of the country are also most afflicting. At Bourg the Ain has overflown its banks and flooded the houses in the lower part of the place, and most of the roads leading to the town are im passable. In the Saone et Loire, the river Grosne has washed away its banks in several places and inundated all the surrounding country. At Moulin . rapieis imveraltQuaes are =la water, and the same is th• case at Chagny. At Paley, all the lower part of the town is inundated, and all circu lation stopped, except in boats. At Cuissery, the Seille has reached the level of 1840, and fears are entertained that it will soon overflow its banks , At Navilly the Doubs continues rising. The Isere and all its tributary streams have overflowed, and the whole of the surrounding country is under water. It is feared that most of the crops will be destroyed. At Bourgoin the Bourbre has burst over its banks, and all the manufactories near have been compelled to stop work. At VorepPe the water is up to the first-floor windows. Se veral bridges in different parts have been washed away. Serious fears are entertained for th e fate of M. Roustan, the mayor, and M. Villars , the commissary of police, of Villeurbanne, Jlea r , Tails. They had left i n a b oa t t o su p e rintend the measures of assistance in the neighbour; hood, and when the last accounts left ha d not returned. At Orleans, durin g th e whole 01, Sunday, great numbers of cattle, flocks of sheer' , carts laden with furniture, and whole families ar' rived constantly in the city from La Val, flying from the inundation. It was a piteous spectacle to see the melancholy faces of these poor p e ople e 5 they paraded the streets, dragging their anima ls after them, and with their children perched n n their wretched furniture. During the entire del the Loire rose incessantly and at the most melln,„c -* rate. In the morning th e r i se was a t the rer of from 4 to 5 centimetres per hour, and after mid day, it increased to from 15 t o 20 c . per h o ur. ot midnight the river, by the scale, marked 6m. 27n " and at 4 o'clock yesterday morning it was 633 ; 54c. At that time all the quays were 1 10 " e i water, and the waves beat violently again' the houses, all the ground floors sof which were undated. Boats plied on the quays. At alin 9 o'clock on Sunday evening th e ne ws arrive that the dyke of Sanclillou appeared likely , give way, and it caused great alarm. A detach' s rent of the 22d regiment, w ith a number °'• labourers, was immediately despatched to strengthen the dyke. The bridge of Vierzon and the emban k. meet leading to it suffered some injury, and Me ad sures were at once taken by the local engineer* under the superintendence of the prefect and other authorities, for protecting them as far as The viaduct of Vierzon was subjected to consten inspection by the railway employes, who were cpro vided with torches, and as no damage was remar se ,, in it, it was not deemed necessary to suspend t h o u passage of the passenger trains. That of the go d trains, however, was stopped by way of pre caution. The passengers in the tr a in s were ye V, few in number—the exp ress o f th e cen t re line 01 w contained five. At midnight the small dyke opPo' site the Calmet Vert gave way, and some country houses were invaded by the water, but th occupiers were saved. At Saudillon the Loire as high as the dyke. At one o'clock a barge cal." - ing timber was dashed furiously against the bridg e} and two large bathing establishments on the rive t were rocked to and fro with such violence that was feared the chains and ropes which held th e ,' would break. At two o'clock the darkness I", very profound, and rain fell heavily ; there 1° 7 6 also a good deal of lightning. Th e s p ec tacle at °I / iv moment was awful, and was made more 00 people moving about with torches. Despatt s now ceased to be receiv e d f rom N evres , the po of the telegraphic lines having been thrown do. by the flood. At four o'clock the rain c eased, O w the weather became fine. For two hours none , 0 rise in the river took place. The accounts of f damage done by inundations in the districts on e river below the city were deplorable, but for t lc nately the dikes did not give way. At five o'cloc k the railway engineers deemed it advisable to su s pend the passage of trains over the Vierzon viadn e j owing to the violence with which the water rush e d, between the piles. The Loire, however, rev:tail: l , o a stationary. But the waters of the Loiret reacu e a the Mouilliere and the low streets adjacent/ au to circulation had to ho interrupted, and a boat . be sent to them. The wo r k men and soldiers ge nt Sandillon,to St. Charles, tisc., returned about t o, hour—their labours having succeeded in preservl the dikes. At eight o'clock in the morning r t e L lire began to rise again, and a house in the I b . , r , Druffin, Faubourg de la Madeleine, being 1 10 "., l a mined by the action of the water, fell in. A o °. l a was buried in the ruins, but was got out, found not to be seriously injured. The scale a t tj l ti e t bridge of Vierzon (Porte Bourgoyne) showed they the waters had risen to 6 metres 85 centimetre s, 5 centimetres more than in the inundations of 1846' s and the inundations in the houses on the qu e T o csused by the Loire were 10 centimetres big°. than in 1846. Various persons performed strila , ci a e acts of devotedness—amongst them was M. o;,_ Brean, an employe of the Ponts-et-Chaussees, WO' by means of one small boat, rescued twenty per' sons who had sought refuge in the upper storeys a house in the ile de Corse. The Lyons and Mediterranean Railway Corr pany has communicated to the journals the sum' unary of their last despatches :—"lu comequene: of the rupture of the embankment of Tarascon, line was overflowed by the water in several plac e t between that place and Montagnette. The exto l) of the breaches made cannot yet be exactly asc e ; taiued. The service for passengers continues f ar , from Lyons to Avignon, as well as between 1V 13 , 0 seilles and the lines on the right bank of t' Rhone. It is as yet impossible to foresee the 111°o, . ment when the merchandise trains may be Orel tablished. None of the works of art have suffer, ° , lo Since Sunday the waters have begun to subs w rapidily." THE PARIS UNIVERSAL AGRICUro TURAL IfX H IBITION. PARIS, June 2.—The number of persons 13° t/ ,1 paid to enter the cattle show yesterday amoun, te ss to 17,701, and thi s d a y it i s expec t e d th a t no l e o than 25,000 visitors will have availed themse ly , o . of the opportunity o f v i ew i ng th e agr i cu ltural P,4 0 duce brought from all quarters of the globe. Exhibition is so extensive that it is almost in 3 P/ o , Bible to record, at a fi rs t v i s it, even th e m ain j tures of its contents. I find in my first report' omitted to mention a building containing a extensive collection of rabbits. The domestic thered tribe,l find is very extensively represento cl o ducks, geese, turkeys, and ever y b roo d of c °e irs and hens, pheasant and pi geons . PeacoeP i ; too, are exhibited, whose tails are unceasbigig opened out, with that instinctive vanity whit t on g a characteristic of the gaudy bird when speotaiw o g aro at hand. This portion of the Exhibition sly . 5 , to-day very much crowded, particul ar ly by lacller; who, like the peacocks, just n ow i n d u l ge in a we ;t i i expansive spread. Also stran g ely contrasting,!,, the feathered tribe, I found th e pi gs a ll Eon; and snoring, perfectly indifferent to any littl e l ' o f bentions from parasols or walking-sticks. On e b b+ these snoring lumps of fat, th oug h respeel3,6t connected, was behaving as badly as the 03 ,,,"0 vulgar pig in the Exhibition. "F r i ar Bac°P c if (No. 1,962), intimately connect e d w ith " I ' 3 o i Bunbury," was dead asl ee p a t t wo o ' c lock, l l snoring in chorus with the common swine 0 ' a a j o countries. The pigs appear to be the only antra perfectly indifferent to the moving crowd. o f I should have meat oned that th e u pp er valor/ o f the central building contains a vast eur ober n e, articles which were given by the e x hibit ors of 1 .7; 1 ; for the benefit of the army of th e E as t, an d Wh o „ are to be pit up to lottery. They are of a ° l bw ' miscellaneous description. Persons were puref he i ing the lf. tickets for the lott er y as f a st as r , could be sold. There are also a gr ea t num ber oga d den decorative objects in these galleries, m 94 %11 terracotta, &c. M. Borbizet h as an a tt rac tive s"; (0 of Poterie de Luxe, bei n g re p ro d uc ti ons o f the tei , to , cotta ware of Bernard d e P a li ssy . This Inettu',,--rt turer has now arriv e d a t a per f ec ti on o f bus which leaves nothing to be desired. Both a5,..-' 1 girds form and colou r P a li ss y ware may no w be P r i, at very reasonable prices quite equal to the co t ginal. Near at hand Mr. Barnett exhibits a ° l v , elegant decorative novelty, viz., ill um i n ated fr ul tv . The material of which the fruits are made is a e ° o f position glass, which being lighted from Pi . o s, gas within, gives the exquisite tint of grg„ r e peaches, the pine, and all other fruits. The XB9 shown in wreaths, on trees, or in groups, and e xter t l ie be adapted to any variety of internal or decoration. The effect is most char m i n g, an d Tbe invention is certainly worthy of patronage. Imperial Horticultural Society ha s no w publi°P toc l its catalogue. Fifty-one florist s h ave contribtl in to form the beautiful display which the gard ell ae the centre of the buildi ng presents, an d there; 3,112 plants. The Exhibiti on t o -d ay a ttranteu ag great number of the richer classes of societk o h might be se e n f rom th e num b er of carriages //' lined the avenues of the Champs Elystces. itl o til LIEUTENANT-GENERAL MACDONALD, Oi have been • received of the death of Leutenant•G enj Macdo'iald, C. 8., of the Royal Artillery. C.B.—Aco" . a t He died Aix-la Chapelle on Saturday, the 31st of May. T he r i t r e i cord of his services tells the story, and no ngloriobe one, of his life. -He was present at the capture Of t an Cape of Good Hope in 1806, and proceeded theOc e 00 the expedition to Buenos Ayres, where he was f f • ja severely wounded and taken prisoner. He ser ve° o the Peninsula and south of France from June, 180 9, " July, 1814, including the battles of the Coa and Busecc4s c 7 affairs of Redinha, Pombal, Condeixa, and f°,„ ci'Arouce ; battles of Fuentes d'Onor and Salanaeo, affair of San Munos, battle of Vittoria, siege of 03 e Sebastian, battle of the Pyrenees, affairs of the d'Oleron and Aire, and battle. of Toulouse. Se a ' s { served the campaign of 1815 , including the battle ° Waterloo (where he was severely wounded), and caFf.tibro t of Paris. He received the silver war medal with tog, clasps. He was the younger brother of the late Lien; General Sir. John Macdonald, G.C.8., who, died.wi ll boldiiig tho . office of Adjutint-Gonoril to this:T:lY. __ _ _ MO is taken Ald Co.' F " Owin ing distri March, and the hand, ail the exti Bales, nal completall rise, and kinth demanderi prices recc !baßes on 1 ba;Cag better by to be brou fancy that Wool cont healthy ch of nll the i The ha Oriental day, at w earnings that no to the flee the erecti in the isle ' directors vice. A 1 the half-y The Pe Vessel Tak day . , takes is in gold Pore, and mostly to Yesterd ill the con cline occu There Payments the r ourt the Conso Still, how, of discoun The adj market amount of *bowing o diepositim ket eentit dispute. mid 94i 95 4, the n triencemer Premium. Reduced chequer E Yesterday toads an Some o Turkish 6 9 91 for be en 7 . change at Itussian 5 4 i per Ce Buenos A banish TI The fol] Stocks :- 22,1 23 ; 54 6 ; Poi Five per ( Cents., 91 ditto Def ditto Pas: For E❑ quiet a Principal are weak( eulty. are dull. 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