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(FROM OUR OWN cottnEsP
PARIS, Friday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided.
A private telegram from Florence states upon the
authority of the Opinione that the negotiations re-
specting the Bishops are terminated, and that M.
Tonelli will shortly be received by the Pope, and
Cardinal Antonelli to take leave, his mission being
accomplished.
According to the orders of the Sultan, the Go-
vernor General of the province of Albania, Ismail
Pacha, accompanied by Captain Pejourich, agent of
Prince de Montenegro at Scutari, has repaired to
Pedgoritza to effect the retreat of the Ottoman
troops encamped at Novo Celo, the demolition of
the fort at Visotchitza, and the re-establishment of
the frontier lines, such as it was settled by the
European Commissioner of limitation in 1858-59.
In consequence of the execution of these measures,
the engagements entered into between the Govern-
ment of the Sultan and Prince du Montenegro by
the arrangement of the 26th of October last, have
been fulfilled satisfactory to both parties.
The Berlin Gazette says that the Germanic Diet
has just issued its last publication, a volume con-
taining the acts and proceedings of the Diet in 1866.
It appears from this publication that the Diet held,
from the sth of November, 1816, the day of its in-
stallation, to the 24th of August, 1866, the day of
its dissolution, that is to say during a period of 49
years, nine months and ten days, 1712 sittings. Its
labours were suspended from the 12th of July,
1848, to the 29th of December, 1849. The ave-
rage number of its sittings annually was there-
fore 35. A letter from Vienna states that con-
siderable excitement prevails in Austria relative to
the convocation of the extraordinary Reichsrath, it
being a prevalent opinion that the ancient members
of the Provincial Diet should proceed to the ordi-
nary and legal Reichsrath. There has been a meet-
ing of 20 former deputies of the Liberal party, who
agreed unanimously to the following resolution :
"This meeting unanimously agree that every means
should be adopted to obtain Provincial Diets ; to
refuse to elect deputies to the extraordinary Reichs-
rath convoked by the patent of January 2, 1867 ;
also, to proceed, in virtue of the fundamental sta-
tute and the provincial statutes of February 26,
1861, to elect deputies for the legal Reichsrath and
for the permanent committees of the Provincial
Diets."

4d.
STAMeEI) `d.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Jan. 14.—Capt. Clarke, RE., Admi-
ralty director of works, will probably leave this for
England by the next Marseilles packet. The llon.
J. S. Wortley and Mr. Borthwick, who arrived
here in the Caradoc from Naples with Lord Clarence
Paget, leave on return to England by the packet to
day. Capt. Beauchamp Seymour, R.N., C. 8., is
also out here, and is staying with the Governor as
his guest at the palace. The only movement in the
squadron this week is the departure of the Cruiser,
5, screw sloop, Commander M. Singer, which left
Malta harbour on the sth inst. for Beyrout. The
Hydra, surveying vessel, Captain Shortland, was
admitted to pratique on the sth inst., having had
her term of quarantine curtailed by one week. The
armour-plated ship Lord Clyde, 24 guns, Capt.
Roderick Dew, C. 8., now at Devonport, will in the
course of February next join Lord Clarence Paget's
squadron in the Mediterranean. The United States
screw corvette Canandaigua, Capt. J. H. Upshur,
took her departure on the 7th inst., to join the
squadron of Admiral Goldsborough. Her Majesty's
ships in port are :—The Victoria, Hibernia, Ocean,
Prince Consort, Royal Oak, Assurance, Cockatrice,
Tyrian, Caradoc, Psyche, and Hydra.
Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. S.
11. Henderson, 1,981 tons, 400 nominal horse-
power of engines (the engines by Maudslays and
Field, and the boilers and condensers now on the
present trial and received and supplied from the
steam factory department of Portsmouth dockyard),
made her official trial of speed over the measured
mile in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth, on Saturday, pre-
paratory to sailing for China and Japan. Com-
mander John C. Wells, of her Majesty's ship Asia
(the Steam Reserve guardship at Portsmouth), was
in command of the Urgent during the trial as the
responsible Steam Reserve officer, and the working
of the machinery was under the superintendence of
the officers of the steam factory and reserve. The
wind was at a force of 4, but off the land at N.E ,
and giving thus smooth water over the mile 'The
ship drew lBft. 10in. of water forward and 20ft. tin.
aft; had six months' store' on board, 360 tons
of coal, and was complete in every respect
for sea. The speed trial of the ship was made
with full power only, and these gave the fol-
lowing figures:-Ist run, 13.091 knots; 2nd
run, 11.920 knots ; 3d run, 13.900 knots ; 4th run,
14.285 knots; sth, 14.285 knots; 6th run, 10.795
knots. 'These returns give the Urgent the extraor-
dinary average speed (considering length and ton-
nage of the ship in comparison to the nominal power
of her engines) over the mile of 12 713 knots. The
pressure of steam was steady, only ranging from 20
to 20i pounds, the vacuum was 22i inches, and the
revolutions of the engines had a minimum rate of
14, and a maximum of 65.
'The Wivern, 4, screw turret-sloop, Capt. 11. Bur-
goyne, V.C., went into Portsmouth harbour again
on Saturday from Spithead, and there she is likely
to remain during the present rough weather. The
Wivern, as may well be imagined, is not suited from
her build to remain with impunity long anchored in
any roadstead, exposed to any " running-through"
gale, and, as a proof of this, it is only necessary to
say that during the recent south-east gales in the
Channel the Wimp, then anchored at Spithead,
had to keep her fires alight to prevent her going
down under the seas running through the anchorage.
There is nothing in this as evidence against the
turret principle for riding at any anchorage in a
heavy gale and through sea, or for meeting a sea
wave. It merely proves that vessels built for special
service, like the Wivern, can never be depended upon
for the performance of even Channel service under
ordinary conditions of wind and weather.
The Dee, steam transport, Master Commander
Raymond, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from
the eastward, and was to sail again yesterday for
Devonport with engineers and supernumeraries for
the screw frigate Bristol.
The unarmoured screw steamer Rodney, 78, 500
horse-power (nominal), was commissioned on Satur-
day, in the steam-basin, Sheerness, by Captain
Algernon C. F. Heneage (June 26, 1866), who has
been selected as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral the
Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.8., the newly-ap-
pointed Commander-in-Chief in China.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander Edward White, to the
Rodney ; James W. M. Ashby, paymaster, to be
secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir George Rodney
Mundy, K.C.B. ; Henry P. Brenan, assist.-pay-
master, to be secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir James
Hope, G.C.B. ; Caleb F. A. Broadway, clerk, to
the Bristol ; and George A. Hoskyu, assist.-clerk,
to the Royal Alfred.

Further accounts have been received from the
provinces of the inconvenience and difficulty caused
by the unusual abundance of snow. On the rail-
way lines where the communications still continue
the delay is very considyrable. It snowed one whole
day in great quantities at Lyons without interrup-
tion. The passage of Mont Cenis is stopped.
Neither couriers nor travellers have attempted it.
The service between Ilazcbrouck and Calais has
been considerably interrupted, which accounts for
the unusual delay in the delivery of letters and
newsapers between England and France. The
Saba Public of Lyons, after remarking that the
snow will be very beneficial to the land, says that
the first effect of it was to threaten the city with
famine, as no provisions could be brought to mar-
ket, all the highways being blocked up. There
was, at all events, a famine among the newspapers,
for two days, as no news or letters whatever could
reach them. The Salut Public then confirms the
account of the destruction of the railway station of
the Croix-Itousse, which I mentioned yesterday,
and adds that the roofs of several other buildings
have given way from the weight of the snow. The
covered market of de Vaise was at one time in great
danger from the accumulation of snow on the roof.
During several of the days which preceded this great
fall of snow there were a great many sudden deaths
from apoplexy at Lyons, a fact which excites much
discussion just now among the medical men of that
city. There is a proverb, adds the Salut Public,
"as chilly as a rat," and the proverb is not un-
founded, for the Lyonese rats found the invasion of
the snow into their haunts so little to their taste
that they rushed into some of the houses by thou-
sands, and the cats have had such sport as they
have never known in modern times. Serious ap-
prehensions prevailed at Lyons that there would be
devastating inundations as soon as the snow should
melt.

As to Paris, there was a good deal of snow last
night. This morning, about 11, the rays of the suu
broke through the mist, and it has shone brightly
nearly all day. The frost, however, may be said
to continue, for even when the sun was at its
height the thaw was scarcely perceptible.
The Paris papers, this morning, in recording the
funeral of M. Ingres, view the homage with the
same impression as it made upon me,—that the re-
spect may be considered as a great tribute to art.
The pall was held by Vice-Admiral Count Bonet-
Willa,umrez, Senator, and M. Prax Paris, Mayor of
Montauban, the native town of M. Ingres, and
Messrs. Lefriel, President of the Academy of Fine
Arts, and Lehman, Vice-President, a pupil of the
deceased. On the mortuary cloth was the costume
of Senator and the crown of gold presented to M.
Ingres by the town of Montauban. The Emperor
was represented by M. Nicuerkerke, Chamberlain,
Senator, and member of the Academy of Fine Arts.
The Prince Jerome Napoleon was represented by
one of his aides-de-camp, and the Princess Matilda
by her Gentlemen of Honour, who followed next
the corpse. Then followed a deputation from the
Senate, and nearly all the members of the Academy
of Fine Arts in their academical costume. The
other classes of the institute attended in great num-
bers. The Church of St. Thomas d'Aquin could
not contain a tithe of those who wished to be pre-
sent at the ceremony. On the whole line of route
from the church to the cemetery of Pere Lachaise,
a distance of some three or four miles, great num-
bers of persons were assembled, all of whom took
off their hats and bowed respectfully as the funeral
passed. Speeches were made at the grave by M.
Lefuel, architect, and M. Prax, Paris.
to a very serious extent in PrussThe liberty of the press does noti
a
.
apripleearTtroibenxnisatl
of First Instance of Berlin, in the course of 1866,
was called upon to j
cdesp oe
persons
ot the
part of the press.
Tillidegenii3m6baellregoefdacocffusene
was 70, of whom only 14 were acquitted. The
others were condemned to pay fines amounting in
the aggregate 1,719 dollars, twenty. one months
and some
imprisonment, the greater portion
of which punishments, however, were remitted by
sdas t
the amnesty of the 20th September and 2d October
last. The proceedings were directed against 18
newspapers of Berlin, and three pamphlets printed
in foreign countries, but put into circulation at
Berlin.

STRANGE IF TRUE.—Au almost incredible story
comes from the north. The snow on the Hull and Scar-
borough line, between Bridlington and the latter place,
Las caused a dead leek, and on Wednesday afternoon a
goods train from Scarborough to Hull stuck fast near the
Speeton summit, and the clouds of snow from off the wold
hills came down so heavily that the train could not even
be backed out. Shortly afterwards the Hull express to
Scarborough ran into the drifts at the same part of the
line, and stuck fast. The 6 10 passenger train from Scar-
borough shared the same fate, and brought up in deep
snow a little behind the goods train. The 6 p.m. train
from Hull came to a stop a little behind the imprisoned
express, and there all these trains wore stuck during the
night. All this happened on a railway with telegraph at
command, and it is to be presumed if any more trains had
been on the lino they would have boon despatched with due
regularity to the stopping point. When will railway mana-
gers learn to prevent accidents ? A train should never be
despatched from a station until its predecessor has arrived
at the next.

PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS. There have
been several very distressing cases of late
years, noted in various parts of the country, by
which apothecaries, in putting up prescriptions,
have substituted dangerous ingredients for those
which were ordered, the consequences being death
to the unfortunate patients. In nearly all the
instances heretofore reported the fault was with
the apothecaries and blame upon incompetent
assistants. But there was a case in Washington,
the other day, which involves the censure of the
physician for carelessness in writing his prescription.
The sufferer was a little girl. The physician in-
tended to order that she should receive "Elixir of
Opium," a preparation known as "McMann's
Preparation of Opium." Instead of writing that
plainly, or " writing elixir of opium," wrote
he
" exl. of opium." The druggist interpreted the
first ashe
first abbreviation to be " ext," for
" extra,
seemed very 'probable,
as the prope'r' " abbrevia-
tionelxr.
for " elixir" would have been elx. or
The extract of opium was seat.
The dose ordered
was "one table-spou
which was given. That
quantity of the "elixir"onfl
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would have only contained
half a grain of opium. The same quantity of the
child slept the sleep which
t, extract" contained seven grains, and the conse-
quence was that the ,
knows no waking. Taking the general experience
which most persons have of physicians' prescriptions,
it seems wonderful that more of such mistakes do
not happen. Many of those important orders are
written upon scraps of paper with lead pencils, and
are abbreviated wherever the fancy of the physician
deems it to be practicable. The difference between
the marks for drachms and scruples are so delicate
that when they are made in haste the slight differ-
ence between them may be omitted, and cause an
over proportion of a noxious ingredient. In
our modern remedies poisons occupy a very
considerable place, and too much care can-
not be exercised in writing prescriptions,
which by any misapprehension may be misin-
terpreted not only as to quantity, but quality.
This is a subject which comes home to every one,
and we have often thought that if the medical
profession would revise the arbitrary signs which
are used, and resolve that no abbreviation in the
proper names of medicines should be allowed, it
would be all the better for patients, and in many
instances much more satisfactory to the physicians
themselves.—Philadelphia Inquirer.

Various meteorological phenomena are noticed. A
frightful storm of thunder and lightning took place
at the town of Bazas last Tuesday night. The
damage done, however, was inconsiderable. In the
commune of Uzeste, not far from Bordeaux, a ball
of fire of large dimensions was seen in the sky about
seven o'clock in the evening. It was raining at the
time, and three persons, who allege that they saw
the meteor pass in the direction from Prechac to
Villaudvant, assert that some sparks fell from it,
and left traces of burning on their umbrellas.
A letter from Grisonn, Switzerland, states that
the snow fell in such masses during three days in
Lower Engaudine that in several of the villages the
houses could not be seen. Strasburg has been in-
vaded by the snow to a great extent, and sledges
are being driven about the streets.
The theatre at Namur has been nearly
destroyed
by fire. Scarcely anything remains excepting
bare walls.
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The admission of articles of foreign produce to
the Universal Exhibition has commenced, and will
be continued until the Gth of March.