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it has got to the Upper noble at all. The alwa, ys considered to enlarge the mind and quicken
lord proposed to fix the second reading for Monday the faculties, because it takes the most narrow and
next, and in the event of the debate terminating on prejt tdiced out of themselves. It inevitably ex-
that day that they should take Friday for the Com-
gaud s their mental horizon, and shows them that,
mittee, but Earl GREY said that Monday week howa,verlexcellent their judgment,the world contains
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would be a more convenient day to fix upon for the
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• The noble earl said he had no inten- left off talking about the grand tour, be-
imagined.
nor did he cause men now-a-days go on travelling all
Lion to oppose the second reading,
know of any noble lord who had such intention, their lives. They no longer devote a year or two to
trave), and then settle down immoveably for the rest
but still he thought of moving a resolution to the
of their livesr A trip to Paris, a month in Ger-
fleet that the bill required consideration. Without
of Earl GREY seemed to many, a visit to Spain or Italy, are mere matters of
giving the exact termsthis,
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think that he would meet with considerable support everyday routine, and an excursion to Scandinavia,
in or a walk up the Alps, are among the recognised
this resolution. After such very lengthened ma-
tions have been made in the Commons in the means of passing au autumnal holiday. Business,
mina
course of this measure passing through it, it seems as well as pleasure, constantly calls men abroad,
very strange that any one should deem it necessary and many of those engaged in commerce or mann-
to take up any more time than is absolutely neces- factures are now-a-days more familiar with the
nary in discussing its details. No doubt Lord highways and byeways of the Continent than
their fathers were with Wales or Scotland. There
GREY thinks that he can make out a very good
is no question that this continual traffic has helped
case, but the question is, why should he take up
time that is so precious in proposing changes that very much to that better understanding among the
can very well be made in committee, if they are nations of Europe that the philosophers of our time
even then desirable or necessary to be made? All are rejoicing over. It would be impossible for such
the objections which he made would have done very tales to pass current of THEODORE of Abyssinia as
well bad they been made in the House of Commons were generally believed in this country of the first
at the earlier part of the session ; but at this pro- NAPOLEON, and though wars and rumours of wars
tracted period in the House of Lords they arc are still prevalent amongst us, it is no small gain
quite out of character. He said that he was that populations differing in race, in religion, in
persuaded of the importance of discussing the customs, in pursuits, should each recognise the good
whole principle of a bill of this kind on the second to be found in the other instead of narrowing their
reading, so that they might be properly prepared to views to their own bounded limit.
consider its details in committee. It cannot be de-
nied that this seems plausible enough at first, but
then it must be borne in mind that there has been
opportunity enough given to all the members of the
House of Lords to dwell upon the details of this
measure during the time that has elapsed since its
introduction into the Commons.
We do not anticipate that Lord GREY'S sanguine
expectations will be realised respecting the support
he will meet with, or else it would be alarming to
follow him in his portentous announcement. He
said that it was necessary to have some interval
between the second reading of the bill and the com-
mittee, " because until the opinion of the house has
been indicated to a certain extent by the proceed-
ings on the second reading, it is impossible for
those who object to some of the provisions of
the bill to decide upon what amendments they
will propose." What a prospect lies before
one in this description through the vista of
the future—what an array of amendments and a
long list of divisions, but the best consolation is to
think that it is in words more than in fact that the
danger threatens and the delay impends. When
the time comes the good reuse of the House of
Lords will come to the rescue, and the committee
will speedily reject such amendments as are un-
necessary, and refuse to consider those that are
simply vexatious. Lord DERBY very wisely agreed
to the proposed delay, so far as to intimate that the
Government would not seek unduly to hasten the
progress of the bill, but would consult the general
wishes of their lordships, as far as regarded the time
for taking the next stage. The second reading
will be taken on Monday next, and then it is to be
hoped that great progress will be made in a short
time, because it would cause great disappointment
if unnecessary delays took place. Besides the time
spent in discussing the changes that be d •
may desir-
able in the House of Lords," all these alterations
must be again considered by the Commons, and
perhaps it might not agree to them, so that confu-
sion would arise and complications occur, much to
be deprecated and deplored.
It is not expected that the bill should pass the
Upper House without any change taking place, but
then there is a moderation required in all things,
and it will not do to make this occasion an excep-
tion to the rule. The House of Commons has, on
the whole, set the House of Lords a good example,
and it will be well if it is followed with care and
caution. Much time has indeed been consumed in
the passing of the Representation of the People Bill
in the popular branch of the Legislature ; but that
was in many respects unavoidable under the circum-
stances of the case, because the principles of the
bill had to be considered, and many desirable changes
to be made in it. These delays and drawbacks will
not intervene to shorten the progress of the Reform
Bill in the House of Lords, and therefore the
same allowances cannot be made for a length-
ened period intervening before the Reform Bill
receives the Royal assent. We have yet to learn
what Earl RUSSELL will do in the matter, and
must wait until next Monday, in order to see if he
will adopt a wise course or an ill-judged one. Very
likely at the beginning of the session ho was fully
determined to oppose any measure on the subject
of Reform that emanated from the DERBY Go.vern-
ment, but it is not too much to hope that by this
time he has learnt wisdom, and while he
knows the impracticability of succeeding
in a hostile movement, he may recognise the expe-
diency of consenting with a good grace to what
must eventually become the law of the land in
some form or other. The " considerable amend-
ment," which Earl GREY seems to think advisable
will no doubt dwindle away, and become less and
less as time proceeds, until at last, if it does not
vanish altogether into thin air, it may be so minute
that it cannot produce any serious result, or cause
disappointment to those who wish to arrive at a
satisfactory conclusion.

The SULTAN will take back with him to Con-
stantinople a very different impression of Paris
and London than he could have gained in a life-
time at home, and it is an important step in the
civilisation of the East that such journeys should
be possible. That the Sultan of TURKEY and the
Viceroy of EGYPT should at one and the same
time be our guests argues well for the future of
the Eastern populations. Seeing is believing, and
a sojourn among great free peoples, enjoying all
the advantages of cultivation and science, must
be more instructive and more convincing than a
hundred oral representations. The Viceroy of
EGTPT has already shown a liberal and enlight-
ened spirit, and has on all occasions mani-
fested a friendly spirit towards this country.
The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs yesterday waited
upon bim to present an address from the Corpora-
tion. his Highness, who spoke in Arabic, made a
brief but interesting address, chiefly remarkable for
its sound practical sense. After expressing his
gratification at the warmth of his reception in this
country, the VICEROY said that it would be his con-
stant aim to foster commercial intercourse with
this great city, because it was by commerce that the
East must grow and prosper. Such a sentiment
proves that the VICEROY, at least, has not so much
to learn in political economy as some of our Euro-
pean rulers ; and if he will act upon this enlight-
ened and judicious principle, we have no doubt that
we shall soon see the resources of Egypt greatly
increased, and her vast capacities more fully de-
veloped.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
The fabricators of news and startling incidents
are again at work.
The Moniteur announces that the letter published
by some of the journals, supposed to have been sent
by the Emperor to the Emperor of Austria, respect-
ing Maximilian, was not written by his Majesty.
The affecting and romantic details, published by
the Figaro relative to the execution of the Emperor
Maximilian, are supposed to have been written by
one of the popular French novelists, no such ac-
count having been received in France. Indeed,
from the date, it was impossible that such a narra-
tive could have been received here at the time.

Yesterday the Emperor received the addresses
voted by the municipal body of Portsmouth, to
congratulate his Majesty at happily escaping from
the attempt of the assassin on the 9th of June.
The jury, at the Court of Assize of the Seine, have
made short work with the assassin. Evidence was
given, but it did not disclose any new fact, and
merely consisted of a recapitulation of the circum-
stances already known. M. Emmanuel Arago, the
prisoner's counsel, made a long speech, in which,
however, he did not deny the attempt. It was
rather an appeal ad misrecordiam to the sympathy
of the jury. It, however, had its effect upon them.
They were only in deliberation twenty minutes.
They found a verdict in the affirmative upon the
principal point—the attempt to murder, and upon
that of premeditation—but they found " extenu-
ating circumstances" in favour of the prisoner. The
young assassin did not exhibit the slightest emotion
on hearing the verdict.

The President—M. Arago, have you anything to
say respecting the punishment of the prisoner ?
M. Arago—•l have only one word to say. lie is
twenty.

The President—And you, Berezowski ?
Berezowski made some remark, which was not
heard by the reporters.

The Court retired, but in a few minutes the
members of it returned, and the President Aro-
n ounced a sentence, according to which Berezowski,
found guilty of attempts to murder with premedita-
tion, a crime provided for by Articles 302 and 2 of
the Penal Code, but in favour of whom extenuat-
ing circumstances were found, is condemned to hard
labour for life.

The President—The case is finished, and the
Session is over, gentlemen of the jury.
The persons present retired with evident re-
luctance, and much excitement prevailed.

It may not 113 generally known that the King of
Sweden and Norway, who now visits Paris, is the
son of a thorough-bred Parisian, Charles John the
Fourteenth, born in Paris on the 26th of January,
1764, succeeded on the sth of February, 1818, to
his adoptive father, Charles the 13th, and was
crowned in Sweden on the 11th of May, 1818.
His son Oscar, Charles the 15th, our present
visitor, was born on the 3d of May, 1826, and was
crowned at Stockholm on the 3d of May, 1860.
He married the Princess Wilhelmine of Orange,
daughter of Prince William Frederic of the Nether-
lands.

Although the weather this week has been any-
thing but favourable for our foreign visitors, the
most illustrious of them is happily the most inde-
pendent of the vagaries of the English
aay s
ofclimate.the
Yesterday was one of the most eventful
SULTAN'S visit, and no doubt
more the sights
interesting
tow:Le
presented to his notice were
than the displays of naval and militaryforc force which
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he might easily have witnessed elsewhere.
arsenal at Woolwich, however, presents no ordinary
spectacle. The triumphs of machinery are there
forcibly illustrated in those special departments of
industrial skill in which English mechanism excels.
Even the SULTAN, calm and unimpressible as is
his usual manner, was evidently much struck
with the wonders of the steam hammer. his Ma-
jesty watched with interest the varied displays of
the ponderous hammer, 16 tons in falling weight,
now flattening down a mass of metal, now cracking
without crushing a tiny lump of coal. The vast
force so completely under control certainly pre-
sented a marvellous spectacle, and not less won-
derful was the drawing of ono of the
long coils for a heavy gun from the fur-
nace. The furnace goes back more than a hun-
dred feet, and from its mouth the co-kissues like a
monster Pharoali's serpent, and twines itself in fiery
folds round the drum. Such sights as these are far
more marvellous to the SULTAN than any display of
fleets or armies, for they &hair him what he cannot
se,2, at home, and they serve to convey to his mind
an idea of the vast progress made by European
civilisation and science. Such visits are more

The Almanach de Paris, which is a more accu-
rate authority than the Almanac of Saxe Gotha,
says that originally Sweden was divided into several
small States, and was governed by elective kings, of
whom Upsala was the principal. Gustavus Wasa
delivered his country from the tyranny of Christian
the Second, and founded the house of Wasa. To
that succeeded the house of Deux Pouts, and'sub-
sequently Frederic de Holstein founded the house of
Holstein. The present King of Sweden, who now
comes to Paris to see the Exhibition, is the descen-
dant of that monarch, who, from a poor simple sol-
dier, became King Bernadotte of Sweden. The
French have a proverb, " the first King was a for-
tunate soldier."
The King of Wurtetnburg and the Duke of
Saxe Weimar a,tended Divine service on Sunday at
the Protestant church in the Rue des Billettes. The
Queen of Prussia also attended;Protestant worship,
and has visited some of the Protestant schools of
Paris.

The ex-King of Bavaria, although now 81 years
old, is a man of wonderful activity and industry.
Ile gets up every morning at five o'clock, and pur-
sues literary or other labour until the time of his
daily walk, which sometimes extends to a long dis-
tance.

than mere matters of ceremony and eti-
quette, for no second -hand accounts could suc-
ceed in impressing on the SULTAN and his suite
the facts which a very superficiAl iusp,;ctiou on their
own part may demonstrate to them. Travel is

At the Porchefontaine races on Sunday the
steeplechase was won by the Duke of Hamilton's
Garus, Caprice second. The Course de Hares was
won by La Sendee. The gentlemen riders' match
was wou by Bessie.
The Siecle, in reference to the decision of the jury