The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-30 00:00:00

GREECE.

A121E1178, ZIILT 27.

In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu-
ties a discussion took place on the policy of the
government in reference to Crete, and the re-
fusal to admit the Cretan delegates. The cham-
ber, by a large majority, passed to the order of
the day considering the ministerial explanations
satisfactory.

MDLLZ. HISSON.—The young debutante, says
Gotiptoed, is not yet a Marion, neither is she equal
in vocalisation to her compeers, Mme. Gneymard
or Mdlle. Same, but she has a rich, mellifluous,
mezzo-soprano voice, which she manages with
singular dexterity. She singe in time and in tune,
and though she may have much to learn, she has nothing
to unlearn. She has a fine comely person, somewhat de-
ficient, perfutps, in that ineffable grace which the French
call " distinction," but she is scarcely out of her teens,
and a brilliant singer may be fashioned out of such
materials.

TUE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.—The Emperor, it is
announced from Plombieme, finds himself in perfectly
good health under the thermal treatment. His Majesty
is out in the open air a long time daily, sometimes on foot,
and sometimes in a char-h--bane. A letter from that place
says :—" The greatest simplicity exists in the rela-
tions between the chief of the state and the
people here. His Majesty in going out is aocom-
lamed by a few friends rather than • suite, and
la often accosted with a respectful familiarity, here by a
child approaching to offer him • bunch of flowers ; farther
on by an invalided soldier presenting a petition; sad in
another place a manufacturer invites his Majesty to
inspect his establishment, or a curl comes to spoilt of the
wants of his parish. Everything that might be considered
of an official character hes been laid aside, and there is no
ceremonial or etiquette. Never has the Sovereign any-
where been in closer contact with the people."
Tuz DiAzzLz fkozza or Ascizzfr ltomz.—A
letter from Rome, in the Journal do Bruales, says:—
" The discoveries at the Emporium continue, greedy to
the satisfaction of the antiquarian connoisseurs and to
the increased reputation of Commander Visconti, whom
the Pope has just nominated a baron, as doubtless you
have heard. The excavators have found 432 blocks of
marble of colossal dimensions, 1,266 others suitable
for statues, for the pavement of churches and
of public buildings, and upwards of 2,000 of
smaller size. All the conclusions of Baron Visconti with
respect to the topography of the ancient city leads to the
belief that these stores of marble occupied not mil=
Emporium but eatended along the Tiber as far as
cc great a vitality did the Roman administration
at tl.ot period when it stretched its authority over &Ise::
tire known woad, °vizi after the fall of the empire. These
marbles, quarried in Egypt. Greece, Asia Minor, and
Africa, continuing to arrive at Rome by see and by the
Tiber, wore accumulated along the banks of the river
when the decline of the empire prevented the erection of
further monuments."

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