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CONSUMP7IOIv OF TOBACCO 1N FRANCE.

The consumption in France is increasing with
a great rapidity, as proved by the following admi-
nistrative returns : —ln 1789 the revenue produced
by the sale was 30 millions, which sum in 1811 had
declined to 16. Since the latter date, however, an
uninterrupted improvement has taken place; thus, in
1815, the amount was 32 millions ; in 1825, 44 ;
1835, 51 ; 1845, 82 ; 1855, 113 ; and in 1865, 175.
The quantity of tobacco sold in 1815 was 8,981,403
kilogrammes (2 1-5 pounds avoirdupoise each) ; at
present it is 30 millions of kilogrammes. In calcu-
lating the consumption, according to a population of
38 millions, approximatively, and supposing that the
use of tobacco commences at 15 years of age, the con-
sumption of each individual may be estimated at 2
kilos. 144 centigrammes. The ten departments in
which the number of smokers and snufftakers is the
largest, are the Bouches-du-Rhone, Seine, Seine-et-
Oise, Rhone, Var, Haut Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Alpes-
Maritimes, Finisterre, and Seine-et-Marne. In
general it may be said that the departments which
contain the largest garrisons and the greatest num-
ber of seamen consume the most tobacco. Besides
Algeria, fifteen departments are authorised to
cultivate the plant ; namely, the Alpes-Mari-
times, Bouches du Rhone, Dordogne, Gi-
ronde, Ille-et-Vilaine, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne,
Meurthe, Moselle, Nord, Pas-de-Calais, B ts-
Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Haut-Saone, and Haute-Savoie.
The annual produce is from 20 to 21 millions of
kilogrammes, in addition to 3,400,000 from Algeria.
The consumption being greater than the production,
the difference is principally furnished by the United
States, which produce annually 130 millions of
kilogrammes, and export to all parts of Europe.
The States most renowned for the quantity and
quality of their tobacco are—Virginia, Tennessee,
North Carolina, Maryland, Connecticut, Kentucky,
Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Cuba, Porto
Rico, and the Philippines produce the tobacco the
most esteemed after that of Kentucky and Mary-
land. About 50 millions of cigars are imported into
France annually from Havana and Manilla.

The Emperor Napoleon will remain at Salzburg
on tho Bth, 9th, and 10th of August. M. de Moustier and
Prince litlttorniQh, will accompany flu) emperor.

After some short explanations between Lord DERBY and
Lcrd GRANTILLE, the question was put, and the non-con-
tents against the introduction of the clause had an im-
mense majority.
There were calls for a division, and the bar was ordered
to be cleared, but eventually it was not pressed, and the
clause was negatived.
On clause. 5,

Lord STRATIIEDEN moved the insertion of words
altering the county franchise from a rateable value of £l2
to a rental value of £2O. This motion, which would vir-
tually alter the whole principle of tho bill, was supported
by his lordship in a long speech, delivered to a most cold
and inattentive audience. At its conclusion,
Tho Duke of MARLBOROUGII simply stated that
under no circumstances could the Government consent to
the introduction of the proposed words altering the whole
principle of clause 5. The amendment was then negatived
without a division.
On clause 17,

Lord HARROWBYmoved that, instead of the two mem-
bers proposed to be given to the borough formed by the
parishes of Chelsea, Kensington, Fulham, and Hammer-
smith, one additional member shoull be given to each of
the constituencies of Westminster and liarylebone.

Lord DERBY, however, said that the Government could
not consent to such an alteration, and the amendment was
negatived nem. con.
On the details of the Marquis of SALISBURY'S clause,
allowing the use of voting papers at elections, all the regu-
lations were agreed to, with trifling verbal alterations, up

to rule 7, when Lord Carnarvon proposed a change to the
effect that when the voting papers wore filled up they
should be forwarded by the justice of the pea 'o to the re-
turning ofii,;er. The noble lord, however, withdrew his
amendments, as the carrying out of the same arrangement
was provided by another clause in the regulations.

The other clauses as amended in the bill, were then
agreed to, and the report of the committee received.

Lord DERBY said it was the intention. of the Govern-
ment to read the bill a third time to-morrow in order that
it might be returned to the House of Commons at as early
a date as possible.

Several bills were advanced a stage, and the house went
into committee on the Courts of Law (Ireland) Bill. Some
discussion arose on the clauses of this bill between Lord
Cairns, Lord Cranworth, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord
Kimberley. Eventually the clauses, with verbal amend-
ments, were agreed to, and the bill passed through com-
mittee.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes to 9 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. -LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4' o'clock.
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.

Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice that on Friday he
should call the attention of the house to the report and
evidence taken before the Ecclesiastical Titles Committee.
THE REFORM BILL.

Mr. GLADSTONE asked the right hon. gentleman the
Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, on the return of the
Reform Bill to that house, he would state the course the Go-
vernment meant to adopt with respect to amendments that
had been made to that measure in another place. Ho
asked the question so that members might be made aware
of the intention of the Government at the earliest moment.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
did not exactly understand the question. They had no
official information as yet as to the amendments that had
been made to the measure. The usual procedure in such
cases, he believed, was to wait for the bill being returned
to the house with amendment; to have those amendments
printed and placed in the hands of hon. members, after
which the Government would state the course they in-
tended to take with regard to the amendments. lie should
follow the precedents of the house on the occasion.

Mr. GLA.DSTONE said he did not wish to press the
question, as he was sure, considering the period of the
session, the right hon. gentleman would give the earliest
information on the point possible. The question ho had
put was whether, when the bill was returned to the house,
whilst waiting for the amendments, the Government
would at once state the course which they intended to
adopt without waiting for the printing of the amendments.
It would be a great convenience to the house if the earliest
intimation was given of the course the Government in-
tended to pursue.
ATROCITIES IN CANDIA. _ _

Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether his attention had been called to the state-
ment which appeared in the public newspapers that
telegrams had been sent to their Governments
by foreign consuls in Candia, that " the Turks
are massacring women and children ; the Turkish
authorities are neither able to subdue the insurrection nor
to put a stop to those massacres ; humanity demands tho
immediate suspension of hostilities or the transference of
the Christians from Greece." And whether he had re-
ceived any such communication from Candia ; if he had,
what was its date, when did it reach his hands, and whether
he had any objection to place it upon the table, or to
state its contents to the House ?
Lord STANLEY said his attention had been directed
to the mat' er, and he had received a communication from
Col. Dixon that the Turkish Government, so far from being
incapable of preventing ac is of atrocity, did their utmost to
prevent the recurrence of such cruelties, and the perpe-
trator or perpetrators were punished with the utmost

rigour.
THE SOCIEIir OF ENGINEERS.

Mr. HUGHES asked the Vice-President of the Board
of Trade whether it was the fact thatthe Board of Trade
had reported against th.o granting of a royal charter of
incorporation to "the Society of Engineers ;" and if so, on
what ground had the Board of Trade so reported ?
Mr. CAVE said there was no objection to grant a
charter of incorporation to the body mentioned ; the ob-
jection was to the name, -which was similar to that of the
Society of Civil Engineer !.
GRE EN %nal HOSPITAL.

On the motion for going into committee of supply,

Mr. SEELEY called rap) attention of the house to the
management of Greenwi ch hospital, and entered at some
length into the managem uat of various doputmouts, all of
which, ho contended, wero m ismanagod ; and ho also stated
that ho believed gross jot bery existed throughout the
administration of the entire establishment. The hon. gen-
tleman concluded by moving that the cost of Greenwich
Hospital was too great, at .d ought.to be reduced.

Mr. CORRY said he Nv; a not responsible for the present
estimate, as it had boon i?reparod previous to his entering
on the duties of office. Ifs had looked over the matter,
and he agreed with theb lion. gentleman that the cost of
management was too groat, and with a view of ascertain-
ing whether it WitEi `possible to effect a reduction
of the cost. a cennnittee had been appointed at
the Admiralty, which had been prosecuting a most search-
ing inquiry, but he regretted the committee had not yet
been able to present their report. As the matter was being
thoroughly investigatekhe hoped his hop, friend would
not press pio motion to a diyision.

Lord STANLEY admitted that the declaration had
made a great difference in the pnsition of neutrals and bel-
ligerents, and that the British Government had deprived
itself of -a weapon which at times had been found very use-
ful, but-pointed out several considerations on the other side
of the question. For instance, the extreme rights which we
had formerly claimed of seizing enemy's goods on neutral
ships had always produced great irritation among neutrals ;
witness the armed neutrality in 1780, and the attempt to re-
vive it'at the beginning of the century, and it was ques-
tionable whether we could carry on war on the old prin-
ciple without dragging neutrals into it, so widely had
commerce increased. The declaration had been observed
by the belligerents in the Italian war, in the Danish war,
and the German war of last year; we had benefited by it
as neutrals, and it would be hardly suitable for us to say
now that we would not be bound by it the first time we
happened to be belligerents. Again, it wag agreed at the
time that the four points of the declaration should stand or
fall together; and if we repudiated this point—the renun-
ciation of the right of privateering—the only weapon minor
States had at their command in a naval war would also
fall to the ground. We had given a pledge to the civilised
world, and we could not rescind it except after ample and
solid notice; and as to the form of the engagement., though
it was not embodied in a treaty, and was entirely the act of
the Executive, it had frequently been discussed in Parlia-
ment, which by refusing to sanction any modification of it
had virtually given its adhesion to the declaration.
Sir R. PALMER protested against the suggestion that
the declaration of Paris, which referred entirely to neu-
trals, in any way involved a renunciation of the right to
capture enemy's private property, and maintained that a
nattbnal war combined with a mercantile peace was an idea
whiph, however seductive in time of peace, woul.l not bo
tolerated when hostilities once began. The declaration,
the form of which in no way facilitated our escape from its
engagements—in reality made but little practical difference,
for the neutral nations had always succeeded in getting
thdcarrying trade of the belligerents who had no means of
carrying on or defending their own trade; and there had
always been great difficulty in identifying enemy's goods.
It was doubtful whether any advantage we had derived
from the right was not counterbalancA by the irritation of
the neutrals; and he reminded Mr. Mill that we had entered
into the agreement at the close of the Crimean war, during
which we had acted on the principle.
Mr. LABOUC lIERE brought the discussion to an end,
remarking that it was impossible for us to stand where we
are; we must either abandon the declarati-m or go on and
exempt private property from seizure—and he prefereed
the latter.

Mr. WHALLEY made some characteristic observations
on the state of Ireland, an l urged the Government to
make inquiries during the recess to discover the amount of
connection between Fenian disaffection and the doctrines
taught at Maynooth and other Roman Catholic seminaries.
lifter which the house wont into committee of supply.
The Greenwich Hospital vote was agreed to.

Lord NAAS, in moving the Irish education 'foto
(.345,000), gave an interesting sketch of the present con-
dition of education in that country. Among other particu-
lars he mentioned that the number of schools had risen
from 1,100 in 1836 to over 6,000 in 1866, and the scholars
from 160,000 to 910,000, and that while the teaching staff
had received L 309,000, only £52,000 of that, or 17 per cent,
had been contributed from local sources, though consider-
able sums had been locally contributed for the building of
schools. The mixed schools are 3,720, but, to show the in-
terest Roman Catholics now take in the system, Lord Naas
mentioned that of the 6,000 schools, 4,000 are under the
direct patronage of the Catholic clergy ; that of 2,331 pa-
trons, 1,132 are Raman Catholic priests, who aro patrons,
too, of 94 of the 159 new schools added to the rolls during
the past year; and, to illustrate the effects of the system,
he gave the figures of the attendances, the result of which
is that there are 983,000 children who attend school more
than six weeks in the year, which more than fulfils Mr.
Bruce's educational canoe, that 1-6th of the population at
least should attend school. Lord Naas next discussed at
length the demands recently made for changes in the na-
tional system by the Roman Catholic prelates, and an-
nounced that the Government, after due consideration, de-
clined to take up the plan for the establishment of model
schools projected by the late Government, alleging that it
had been warmly opposed by some portion of the commu-
nity, and coldly received by all. Wishing to make a final
effort to terminate the long contentions on this subject,the
Government intended to appoint a commission to inquire
into the condition of primary education in Ireland.
Mr. 0. FORTESCUE, while admitting that the present
system had not succeeded, doubted the wisdom of appoint-
ing the Commission. All the facts were already in the
hands of Government, or could easily be oltained from the
National Board, and the question was one which ought to
be dealt wiah on the responsibility of the Government.
Mr. LEFROY recommended the preparation of some
broad, comprehensive scheme of Scriptural education,
which could be imparted to children of all denominations.
Mr. OSBORNE shared in the conclusion that the secular
system was a failure—more showy than practical—but con-
curred with Mr. Fortescue in thinking the Commission
111111 C cossary.
At ton minutes past one the debate was adjourned on the
motion of Sir J. Gray, the. Chancellor of die' Exchequer
reminding the house that it was now the 6th of August,
and that if Supply were regularly delayed every night by
preliminary motions, the session would never be brought
to a close.
The Army Reserve and Militia Reserve Bills were passed
through committee.
Some other orders were forwarded a stage, and the house
adjourned at 20 minutes past 2 o'clock.

GOODWOOD, 1867.—The Chesterfield Cup, won
by Mr. Thellusson, was manufactured by Messrs. London
and Ryder, of 17, Now Bond-street, in silver, chased in
the moresquo style. The subject, which is treated in a
most artistic manner, illustrates Sir Walter Scott's ballad
of the "Fire King." It is a romantic story of Count Albert
and Fair Rosalie, the former of whom becomes false to his
religion and his vows as a Knight Templar out of love for
a Saracen maiden. The cover is embellished with a sta-
tuette of Fair Rosalie as a page; the Knight Templar and
Saracen Renegade surmount the handles, one of which bears
a bas-relief of the Templar renouncing his faith and swear-
ing allegiance to the Fir.) King ; the other, has bas-
relief of the knight pledging his troth to the Saraecn
maiden. The subject of the two large clitsod bas-reliefs
illustrate Count Albert renouncing his knighthood, join-
ing the Paynims, and the fatal result in a battle near
Jerusalem to him and Fair Rosalie.
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The surrounding country was thickly wooded and
picturesque, but a grey mist hung over the land,
and a stranger to the country would have declared
that numerous pieces of water were spread beneath,
but this was for the most part an illusion ; it was
fog hanging over valleys and lowlands, and these
lifted a little water, when the aspect of the land-
scape as well as that of the heavens became changed
by the cloud bursting forth and drawing up the
night vapours in cloud wreaths and rounded forms.
At 4 20 the earth was almost totally eclipsed by a
bluish veil of thick mist, which terminated at 3,200
feet elevation.
The upper bowl shaped contour of this cloud
mass was very marked and singular ; the rain, over
which was the blue sky, formed a perfect circle,
without the least irregularity of outline, but just
beneath the car there was a break, through which
hedgerows and houses could be clearly discerned.
This vast basin of vapour had one pervading dark
colour until 4 35, when the sun rose over the
eastern ridge, and effected such rapid and magic
changes as only the glorious king of day is capable
of producing.
In my last view of sunrise which I witnessed
while engaged in aerial pursuits in the year 1862
there were mountainous ranges of clouds grandly
lighted up with golden, purple, and orange tints,
but this time it was a totally different scene, for
when the sun shed his dazzling lustre two-thirds of
the cloud circle appeared deeply dyed with grey,
while the eastern portion assumed such pure and
spotless grandeur, so white and chaste, so gradually
toned throughout a long vista leading to the sun,
that our attention was directed for a considerable
time to this beautiful appearance, and Capt. Wood-
gate expressed himself surprised and enchanted.

As the sun rose the transformation was indeed
extraordinary ; the heat rays separated the contin-
uous strata, and it mounted in fantastic shapes and
gave place to cumuli, which rolled across the fields
as if they brushed the earth in their transit. The
crisp upper air soon provoked a longing for break-
fast. I promised my companion to revisit terra
firma, and ascend again afterwards to an elevation
equal to that of Mont Blanc. Accordingly we cast
about for a meadow near Horton station, on the
Brighton Railway, and again secured the "Express"
while we visited an hotel for our coffee.
At 8 a.m. we resumed our seats and ascended for
the third time with the original supply of Crystal
Palace gas.
On each occasion we recorded the temperature of
the air and the readings of Negretti and Zambra's
pocket ancroids—aud although it may not prove of
general interest to occupy much space with thesp
figures, still it is advisable not altogether to omit
their..

At 81). 3m. after we had risen 1,000 feet the ther-
mometer read 57deg. ; at 811. 18m. we were a mile
high, temperature being 30deg. ; at Bh. 32m. the
barometers marked 1840, and Fahrenheit had
dropped to 12deg. ; at 81i. 43m., barometer 17.50,
and temperature 7 deg., we were nearly over
Reigate, and had been making cyclonic movements
for some time, there being a total absence of any
settled currentin the higher atmosphere, while below
it was steady at S.E.
At this time our barometers ceased to act, not
being constructed to record pressure much more
than two miles, but the lower part of the balloon
had yet space for expansion, it having been only
half inflated when we left Horton. The thermo-
meter finally went down to 4 deg., so that we ex-
ceeded probably three miles in height, which was
quite as much as I expected of the balloon after re-
taining the gas so long a time and after performing
these three-fold ascents.

The descent occupied half an hour, and we landed
at 10 30 near Bletchingley, in Surrey.
I am, sir, yours obediently,
HENRY COXWELL.
Tottenham, Aug. 3.