The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-19 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE PRI

10M PARIS.

The will of the Right llon. William, Earl o:
Craven, of Combe Abbey, Warwickshire ; Ashdown
and Hamsptead Parks, Berks ; and of Charles-
street, Berkeley-square, was proved in Londoa, on
the 4th inst., by the Right Hon. James Walter,
Earl of Verulam, and the Hon. Robert Grimston,
the joint executors. The personalty was sworn
under £lBO,OOO. His lordship died Aug. 25, 1866,
at Scarborough, at the age of 57, having executed
his will 1865, and a codicil April 25, '1866. • His
lordship appoints his wife, Countess Craven, guar-
dian of the children who are in their minority ; and
bequeaths to her ladyship all the furniture, horses,
carriages, and the plate which was his late mother's,
and leaves her lad) ship a legacy of £6,000 and
an annuity of £l,lOO. To his daughter Lady
Emily Georgina Craven he leaves a legacy
of £lO,OOO, and an annuity of £6OO (her
sisters, his lordship states, being already well pro-
vided for). To Cecil Brook Boothby, Esq., he
leaves an annuity of £2OO. To his son, the Hon.
Osbert William Craven, £40,000, under settlement.
The residue of his property, real and personal, he
leaves to his son, the present Earl of Craven, ab-
solutely.
The will of William Fisher-Hobbs, Esq., formerly
of Marks Hall, Essex, and late of Boxted Lodge,
in the same county, was proved in London, on the
sth ult., by John Thomas Lay Hallum, Esq., of
Wormirgford, Essex, and Henry Trethewy, Esq.,
of Silsoe, Beds, the executors and trustees. The
personalty was sworn under £lB,OOO. Amongst
the bequests are tie following :—.£loo to Henry
Hall Dare, Esq., Secretary of the Royal Agricul-
tural Society ; £lOO to T. B. Gibbs, Esq., Secretary
of the Smithfield Club; to Roilieu de la Trehennau,
of Bickley Park, Kent, any portion of his agricul-
tural library he may choose to select ; to the Royal
Agricultural Benevolent Institution, of which he
was chairman, £5OO ; to the Colchester Hospital
and the Essex Idiot Asylum, Colchester, each £lOO.
The residue of his property, real and personal,. he
leaves to his cousin, William Hobbs, of Sellinge,
Kent.

MADAME TUSSALID'S.—The Hall of Kings, in the
celebrated Wax-work Exhibition, continues to form no
small amount of attraction to the numerous visitors who
daily throng the magnificent galleries in Baker-street.
The life-size models of our Kings and Queens, from
William the Conqueror to Queeu Victoria., aro unquestion-
ably highly instructive to the juvenile mind, and, with
the aid of Madame Tussaud's unique catalogue, will
lead to a knowledge of all the interesting objects which
8 t 0 bti pd 011.

(FROST OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.
The Moniteur to -day is in possession of such a
small amount of Continental news that its first
article is devoted to the abandonment of the pro-
posed demonstration of the Reform League at
Westminster-hall on the meeting of Parliament.
A letter from Constantinople, dated January 1,
says :—" The Turkish Government has just given
its consent to the arrangement concluded between
France and Russia for the reconstruction of the
grand cupola of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.
The Sultan, attaching importance to his rights of
territorial Sovereign and governing Monarch of
several millions of Christian subjects, claimed the
right to take his share in the expenses of the recon-
struction. He also ordered the Governor of Jeru-
salem to give every possible assistance to the opera-
tions by facilitating the landing at Jaffa, and the
transport to Jerusalem of materials coming from
foreign countries, and by purchasing articles re-
quired upon the spot. The Porte has consented also
to the demolition of various buildings, with a view
to give better effect to the appearance of the cupola.
The letter adds that the amicable arrangements be-
tween the Governments of France, Russia, and
Turkey for the reconstruction of the cupola have
given intense satisfaction in the East, and that they
will put a stop to deplorable quarrels among Chris-
tians.

The affairs of Germany are forgttten, at least for
the moment, and the Eastern question is in the as-
cendant with the Paris papers. It becomes more
and more complicated. The differences between
Turkey and Greece form only a portion of the
question, for claims are put forth by the populations
of various localities, to which the Turkish Govern-
ment is either heedless or opposed. Letters from
Belgrade state that Turkish troops in large numbers
are now concentrated on the frontiers of Servia, and
that the Pachas have given orders for a considerable
increase of fortifications in Bosnia. The Turks,
like other nations, are increasing their army.
Without joining in the anticipations of the alarmist
journals, it seems pretty clear that the preparations
of the Ottoman Porte mean mischief, and that the
Eastern question is likely to take a foremost rank in
public attention.
The sympathy for art and genius will be strikingly
exhibited to-morrow. Arrangements have been
made for a funeral service, with great pomp and
ceremony, over the remains of M. Ingres, the
painter, to-morrow, at the church of St. Thomas
d'Aquin. At the grave some impressive speeches
will be made, having for object to exhibit venera-
tion for art and respect for individual worth and
estimable qualities.
I am informed the French and English Govern-
ments have come to an understanding, with a view
to modify Customs' regulations, as far as possible,
during the Universal Exhibition.
Among the recent deaths are those of Madame
Conny, who died at Moulins, aged 100 years and
nine months, and of Giuseppe Moltem, at Milan.
He was one of the most eminent Italian painters of
the day.
The reign of Old Winter is seriously re-estab-
lished. It began to snow last night, and has snowed,
but not very severely, during the day, with every
prospect of continuance. Even where there is a
great traffic the snow remains upon the thorough-
fares, so that frost is likely to be in the ascendant
for the present. Letters from Lyons and several
other cities of the South state that an immense
quantity of snow has fallen since Saturday. The
communications are interrupted on many points.
The musical world is excited with an opera pro-
duced at the Theatre Lyrique, called " Deborah."
It is the first composition of M. Devru-Duvirier, a
pupil of the celebrated Halery. The music is of a
peculiar and original character, and some have com-
pared it with the startling and magical composition
of Weber. Several of the airs were enthusiastically
received, and a quantor in the second act excited
general enthusiasm. The librettes, by M. Edouard
Plouvier, is founded upon an episode of the
war of the Cavaliers. Deborah is the widow of
a chieftain of the Scotch clan of the Macdonald;
who died in fighting for the prescribed Charles
Stuart. French dramatists so torture English his-
tory that a further description of the plot would
only lead to confusion. But naturally the chief
attraction of the opera is the music, and in this
respect the production was satisfactory. The scenery
of the second act is very beautiful.
In imitation of the announcement sometimes
made in your Parliamentary and other reports, I
conclude my letter to-day with the information that
at 6 p.m. it was
(LEFT SNOWING.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The following is the news of the day from the
Moniteur :
"A private telegram from Pesth announces that
the Chamber of Deputies bas adopted unanimously
the address drawn up by M. Deak, with a view to
obtain from the Emperor the suspension of the ordi-
nance of the 2d of January respecting the countries
connected with the crown of Hungary. Before the
address can be presented to the Emperor it must re-
ceive the sanction of the Upper Chamber.
" The formal meeting of the Reichsrath has taken
place at Stockholm, but only for the verification of
the authority of the members to sit.
"The official opening of.the Parliament will take
place next Saturday.
"The Minister of Finance of Italy has laid before
the Chamber of Deputies an appendix to the Budget
for 1867, which realises an economy of 27 millions
of francs, and thus the total deficit is reduced to
159 millions.'
The Journal des Debuts complains that the tele-
graph is silent upon several points upon which the
public feel an interest. It wants to know particu-
larly whether the Candiote insurrection is completely
suppressed, and says that no news has reached it
either from Constantinople or Athens of what is
going on in the island of Crete. The Journal des
Debats adds some alarming reports upon the subject
from the Nord. Provincial papers and private
letters give fearful accounts of the ravages of the
snow and the interruption in the communications.
Several points of the Lyons and Mediterranean
railway are completely blocked up. From Tain to
Avignon there is no communication, and between
St. Rambert and Tarascon the passage of the trains
is suspended for the present. Between Nismes and
Cette the communication is but partial. In some
of the mountainous districts the snow is two yards
deep. The Post-office has to-day issued a notice
that the quantity of snow which has fallen in the south
has completely blocked up the communications, but
that the various railway companies will do all in
their power to re-establish them as soon as possible.
The inundations continue in some localities, and
add to the difficulty. Among the departments with
which communication is suspended are the Ain,
Doubs, Jura, Rhone, Ardeche, Irene, Drome, Vau-
cluse, Gard, Douches du Rhone, Loire, and Pay de
Dome. The railway station of the Croix Rousse at
Lyons had given way in consequence of the unusual
weight of snow upon it, but no personal injury bad
been sustained. Toulouse and I\larseilles have both
suffered much from the snow. As to Paris, the
snow fell heavily last night, and it has snowed
almost uninterruptedly throughout the day. The
streets are very slippery, for the snow at present is
not in the " melting- mood," and around Paris it
lies quietly and coldly at more than a foot in depth.
At post hour there was an indication of a thaw
" more t'other." It is satisfactory to add that this
inclement weather has not caused
any interruption
to the works at the Universal Exhibition. The
Palace may be said to exist, and the works in the
interior proceed regularly and rapidly.
The Presse has a long article upon the present
anomalous position of the Moniteur, respecting
which I shall write you in a few days, as I am well
acquainted with all the circumstances of the recent
change.
The official tables of the receipts of direct and
indirect taxes for 1866, which have just been pub-
lished, present satisfactory results as compared with
those of 1864 and 1865. They were, for the first
three months of 1866, 306,632,000 f., for the second
quarter 312,942,000 f. for the third quarter
311,510,000 f., for tho last quarter 351,184,000 f.

LATEST INTELLIGEKOZ.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION.
ATHENS, Jan. 14.

Intelligence received here from Candia announce
that Mustapha Pacha was preparing to attack
Sphakia on the side of Askyfos and from the sea.
The Cretan General Assembly had forwarded au
address to the Powers requesting them to send an
agent to the island, in order to judge of its un-
happy condition, and to protect the inhabitants who
desired annexation to Greece.

ATHENS, January 18.

Advices received here from Candia through Greek
sources state that the insurgents had been victorious
in an engagement with 5,000 Turks near Heraclium.
They had also prevented the disembarkation of
Turkish troops at Sphakia and Selinon. The
same advices confirm the report that a Turkish
frigate had opened fire upon some Cretan families
who were waiting to be taken off the island by a
foreign vessel.