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London, England, 1866-03-09 00:00:00

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President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G.
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the delay and difficulty ot Governors' orders, is wholly de-
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addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
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1111 E RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to iho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected ,rom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in fire years. Here arc brief details of a few
of the moat recent cases:
, deserted by her father.
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C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
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E. K,, aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. Al W. aged 17, fallen, both parents chisel.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
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Washington's birthday was celebrated throughout
the 'United States on the 22d ult. At Washington
a large and enthusiastic meeting was held, at which
resolutions in favour of the policy adopted by the
President in vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau Bill
were passed. After the adjournment of the meeting
the persons composing it proceeded to the open
space in front of the executive mansion. President
Johnson there_made a speech, in which he reiterated
his policy, and declared that that policy was to be
pursued. The following is a full report of the
speech :
Fellow-citizens, For I presume I have the right to ad-
dress you as such—to the committee who have conducted
and organised this meeting so far, I have to render my
sincere thanks for the compliments and approbation they
have manifested in their personal address to myself, and
in the resolutions they have adopted. (At this point a
firemen's procession attracted the attention of a portion of
the crowd, and created such a disturbance that the Presi-
dent was unable to proceed for several minutes. Mr. Pen-
dell, the chairman of the committee, in vain endeavoured
to restore order. Hon. Green Clay Smith then took the
stand and succeeded in making himself heard, and
in bringing the crowd to something like silence.)
The President proceeded —Fellow-citizens,—l was about
to tender my thanks to the committee who waited
upon me and presented me with the resolutions adopted
on this occasion—resolutions, as I understand, compli-
mentary to the policy pursued by this administration since
it came into 'power. I am freo to say to you on this occa-
sion that it is extremely gratifying to me to know that
so large a portion of my fellow-citizens approve and endorse
the policy that has been adopted, and is intended to be
carried out. (Applause.) That policy has been one which
was intended to restore the glorious Union of these States
and their original relations to the Government of the United
States. (Prolonged applause.) This seems to be a day
peculiarly appropriate for such a manifestation—the day
that gave birth to him who founded this Government—
the Father of his Country ; of him who stood at the head
of the Government when all the States entered into the
Union. (The firemen's procession again succeeded in
creating sufficient disturbance to make the President un-
able to be heard. The President good-humouredly re-
marked : " Don't interfere with them ; they are right, and
always were right.") He proceeded :—This day, I say, is
peculiarly appropriate to endorse the restoration of the
union of these States founded by the Father of his Coun-
try. Washington, whose name the city bears, is embalmed
in the hearts of all who love free Government. • (A voice—
"So is Andrew Johnson.") Washington, who, in the
language of his eulogists, was "first in peace, first in war,
first in the hearts of his countrymen." No people can claim
him ; no nation can appropriate him ; his reputation and life
are the common inheritance of all who love freo Government.
I, to-day, had the pleasure of attending the National
Washington Monument Association, which is directing
its efforts to complete the monument erected to his
memory. I was glad to meet them, and so far as I could
to give them my humble influence. A monument is being
erected to him within a stone's throw of the spot from
which I address you. Let it be completed. (Cheers.) Let
the pledges which all these States, assocations, and corpo-
rations have placed in that monument of their faith and
love for this union be pregerved. Let it be completed, and

law, but for the great mass who have been forced into this
rebellion and misled by their leaders, I say leniency, kind-
ness, trust, and confidence. (Enthusiastic cheers.) But, my
countrymen, after having passed through the rebellion and
given such evidence.as I have—though men croak a great
deal about it now—(laughter)—when I look back through
the battle fields and see many of these brave men, in whose
company I was in part of the rebellion where it was most
difficult and doubtful to be found; before the smoke of

battle has scarcely passed away ; before the blood shed has

scarcely congealeVwhat do we find ? The rebellion is put
down by the strong army of the government in the field ;
but is it the only way in which we can have rebellion ?
They struggled for the breakingup of the government, but

before they are scarcely out of the battle field, and before

our brave men have scarcely returned to their houses to

renew the ties of affection and love, we find ourselves

almost in the midst of another rebellion. (Applause.) The
war to suppress our rebellion was to prevent the separation
of the States, and thereby change the character of the go-
vernment and weakening its power ? Now, what is the
change ? There is an attempt to concentrate the power of
government in the hands of a few, thereby bringing about
a consolidation which is equally dangerous and objection-
able with separation. (Enthusiastic opplause.) We find
that powers are assumed and attempted to be exercised of a
most extraordinary character. What are they ? We find

_ -
that governments can be revoluaionised—can be changed

without going into the battle-field. Sometimes revolution

the most disastrous to the people are effected without shed-
ding blood. The substance of our government may be taken

away, leaving only the form and shadow. Now, what are
the attempts? Nl' hat is being proposed? We find that, in

fact, by an irresponsible central directory, nearly all the
powers of government are assumed without even consult-
ing the legislative or executive departments of the goteveeronn-
ment. Yes, and by resolution reported by a comtnhuals
been
whom all the legislative power of the government
autho-
rises that principle in the constitution
rises and empowers each branch of the IT'
own members, has been virtually taken away
who must re-
port to bo judges of the election and qua.wiliasfiyileaavtfitivi.oldsetopioristtes-
departments and conferred upon
mpoertmbbeerfsordeultyheeylecc
ethalrectise7:l:ll4i(t)liiiisarundleatlhjoewy
P
; that there must
assume that they must have atvoca State in the Union, with all
be recognition in respect atendatcot tuankedieisi t
its practical relations restoredbefore
shallt h e rjg
eusdpee of
cti v
tehlreo isesof Congress, under the constitution,
elec-
tion and qualification of its own members. What• position
You have been struggling for four years to put
idsotwhnatt?
the
rebellion. You denied in the beginning-
of the
struggle that any State had the right to go out. You said
they had neither the right nor the povier. The issue has
been made, and it has been settled that a State has neither
the right nor the power two out of the Union. And when
you have settled that by the executive and military power
of the government, and by the public judgment, you turn
round and assume that they are out and shall not come in.
(Laughter and cheers.) I am free to say to you, as your
executive, that I am not prepared to take any such position.
I said in the Senate, at the very inception of the rebellion,
that States had no right to-go out, and that they had no
power to go out. That question has been settled. And I
cannot turn round now and give the direct lie to all I pro-
fess to have done in the last five years. (Applause.) I can
do no such thing. I say that when these States comply
with the constitution, when they have. given sufficient evi-
dence QI their loyalty, and that they can be trusted, when

This city was flooded on Thursday evening with the most
extravagant and inflammatory reports concerning Presi-
dent Johnson's speech in Washington. Telegrams of this
character were freely circulated in the meeting at the Cooper
Institute and at General Grant's reception at the Loyal
League Club, on Union-square. Special pains were taken
to inform all that were accessible at both these gatherings
that the President had thrown himself openly into the
hands of the copperheads—that he harangued a mob of
whitewashed secessionists and rebels in Washington,
rush their schemes
re-
pudiating all connexion with the Unionsspaanrtdy,tdhernouounghctihnge
nsoci
alnfoa,
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slylmireo,
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sdih.aisinnndt odogefmtcpol
tpaanhri declaringe.
aetreydtavt
apheei
gnnai as: ntt
professed
darueuorivs
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presentations had somewhat of the effect they were
ande by
twt
in-
tended to produce. They created a sentiment of anxiety
and apprehension lest the temper of the President, aroused
to a pitch of impatience by the
mainsultsapprehensions,c
machinery
n ry
o a
s which t o
ilr which
dis-
closedhi ceyh
he had been subjected, might have impelled him into a
position which would seriously weaken his hold upon the
confidence and support of the great body of the American
people. The perusal of his remarks in the morning jour-
hnaadlsof beentl 'ereyesterdayalc
aroused. character
dispelledr of the
these

MR. SEWARD'S IMPRESSION OF BRITISH AMERICA.
The Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State for the
United States, made a tour of the British American Pro-
vinces with a party of friends, a few days ago, and before
leaving Canada he wrote the following statement of his
impressions :—" Hitherto, in common with most of my
countrymen, as I suppose, I have thought Canada, or to
speak more accurately, British America, a mere strip lying
north of the United States, easily detachable from the
parent state, but incapable of sustaining itself, and there-
fore, ultimately, nay, right BODE, to be taken on_ebyh:
o
Federal Union, without materially changing
g
opinion as a national conceit. I se?
innditrioraetin
its own condition or development. I have
sipexdortthhe
America, stretching, as it does, across 'the eontioent, from
the shores of Labrador and Newfoundland
of lwd to the Pacific,
unthe temperate zone,
and occupying a considerable belt-
United States by the lakes, and
traversed equally with the
.., now in-
reat empire—in its wheat fields
enough for the seat of
ag
of the chase at the north, its
in the *est, its broad ranges
d_
its enjoyingthousands
nof
islands magnificentfin sthhoer er
is
voefr the
and :mt.,
fl:aa zgeinocue,w it
grandh
the inobt exteas',-. .
its invaluable fisheries, and its
--- in- o
undisturbed mineral wealth. I find its inhabitants
hardy, energetic, perfected by the Protestant
yet
and British constitutional liberty. I find them
jealous of the United States and of Great Britain, as they
o mugahint to inexhaustible
be n;
at Inhudei li,
:tlehol 1 "'el:elf:re, when I look at their extent
and resources, I know that they can neither be conquered
by the former nor permanently held by the latter. They
rveilgigorioonus'
will be independent, as they are already self-maintaining.
Having happily escaped the curse of slavery, they will •
never submit themselves to the dominion of ElaveholdT,
which prevails in, and determines the character of, the
United States. They will be a Russia in the United
_ But States, which to them will be France and England

they will be a Russia civilised and Protestant, and that
will be a very different Russia from that which fills all
southern Europe with terror, and by reason of that supe-
riority they will be the more terrible to the dwellers in the
southern latitudes. The policy of the United States is to
propitiate and secure the alliance of Canada while it is yet
young and incurious of its future. But on the other hand
the policy which the United States actually pursues is the
infatuated one of rejecting and spurning vigorous, peren-
nial, and ever-growing Canada, while seeking to establish
feeble States out of decaying Spanish provinces on the
coast, and in the islands of the Gulf of Mexico. I shall
not live to see it, but the man is already born who will see
the United States mourn over this stupendous folly, which
is only preparing the way for ultimate danger and down_
fall. All Southern political stars must set, though many
times they rise again with diminished splendour. But
those which illuminate the pole remain for ever shining,
for ever increasing in splendour."— Toronto Globe, Feb. 17.
LONGEVITY EXTRAORDINARY.—On Sunday last
an old pauper woman died at Invergordon at the advanced
age of 112 years. Deceased moved about till within about
two months of her death. She wtks a native of Kihnuir.—
Elgin Courant.

Count BISMARCK has forwarded a reply to the
recent address of some members of the Holstein
nobility, which, for cool impertinence, nearly equals,
if it does not surpass, anything that he has written
hitherto. He declares that he has already stated
that he " considers the union of the Duchies with
the Prussian Monarchy to be the most advantage-
ous solution possible." After all that has occurred
respecting this subject, and after all the protests
that have been made in various directions, it does seem
extraordinary that even a man of his effrontery should
thus come forward and reiterate assertions of this sort.
Of course every one knows what are the opinions of
the Count on this subject, but it is quite out of
character for him to assume them in this manner.
He goes on to state how he thinks, hopes, and
expects the grand deeds may be accomplished. He
says, " Respect for those who signed the address
encourages the KING'S Government to make fresh
endeavours to obtain the consent of Austria to this
solution," as if at any time since the commencement
of this attack upon the Duchies there had
been the slightest drawing back on the part
of the Prussian authorities in their efforts to
appropriate the Duchies. It is not likely that
Austria will consent to be hoodwinked to serve the
turn of her encroaching ally, for she has too long
been made a regular dupe of, and of late has recog-
nised her invidious position. Herr von BISMARCK
need not plume himself too soon upon his victory,
he will yet have to stand the brunt of the battle ;
and the Vienna Government must have changed
very much in the last few weeks if they give up
now what they have so boldly asserted they will
defend. Perhaps we got nearer to the truth in
the latter part of the Count's reply when he alludes
to the " claims of Prussia." There he speaks the in-
tention of the Berlin Cabinet from the outset of the
affair. It was to take possession of the Duchies
that the war was waged, and that the diplomatic
ruses have been continued, to the scandal of Europe
and the consternation of the minor States of Ger-
many. Herr BISMARCK intends, we see, to maintain
his position in such a manner as to " restore the
administrative unity of the Duchies, and gua-
rantee their prosperity." This, we suppose,
is, in other words, to persist in his purpose
of annexation to the last, carte qui carte.
The only hope that remains for the undue preten-
sions of the Prussian Cabinet to be checked lies at
- • . .
Power would maintain anything like its 'riXffri
position in Europe, it will not submit to be stulti-
fied to suit the arrogant assumptions and pertinaci-
ous demands of Prussia. The more Count BISMARCK
gets the more he requires ; and the only way to
check his course is to refuse to accede to his request.
The Duchies have been a very convenient excuse for
the encroachments of Prussia, and it was very mis-
taken policy on the part of Austria to join in the
attacks on them.

The Cattle Plague Bill has produced a sadly per-
plexing measure to the legislators of both Houses.
The question is without doubt one of very great
difficuity, for there is on the one hand the fear of
encouraging the spread of the destructive and con-
tagious malady, and on the other of increasing the
inevitable loss by unnecessary slaughter. These
conflicting interests have hampered our legislation
throughout, and have produced a degree of vacilla-
tion which is anything but satisfactory. Our
knowledge of the plague, its origin, exciting
causes, treatment, and chance of curd is all
unhappily so vague and unreliable that most
men find it impossible to arrive at a
definite conclusion on the subject. There are
two arguments, both of which have much force, but
which are entirely opposed to each other. We are
told that as the treatment is so uncertain, and cure
so very doubtful, it is the safest and wisest course
to " stamp out" the disease ; to sacrifice some for
the sake of the majority in the same way that an
extended conflagration is often arrested by the de-
struction of neighbouring houses. The contagious
naturo of the disease is certain, though it is not ab-
solutely clear that predisposition, exposure, and
rough treatment may not in many instances have
contributed a good deal to its rapid extension. It is,
therefore, urged that it is wiser and better to sacrifice
those animals already affected, who have at best but
a poor chance of life, than to allow them to spread
the infection still further among all herds with
which they may come in contact. The opponents of
this doctrine urge, on their side, that it is a great
hardship to slaughter animals that are per-
haps convalescent, and whose owners have
a reasonable hope of avoiding total loss ; that it is
now too late to adopt the method of compulsory
slaughter ; that in many instances a milder type of
disease has appeared, and that in Scotland at least
one-third of the beasts affected have recovered. All
these points were fully discussed in the House of
Lords last evening, when the much-debated Cattle
Plague Bill was again brought under consideration.
The principal point at issue was whether the Privy
Council should have discretionary power to relax
the order for compulsory slaughter, or whether
such power should not be given until after the
15th of April. It was urged that the act should
have a fair trial, and that no relaxation
of its most stringent clauses should be permitted until
after the specified time ; but the opposite party
declared that heavy loss would be inflicted by the
slaughter of valuable cattle who had been in contact
lviteil localinf
magistrates
beasts, who might yet possibly escape
the disease.
slaughter Also it was argued that in many ports
th
had resolved not to order the
of convalescent beasts, so that the public
respect for the
law would be lowered. The bill, it
was said, had been passed during a tie of panic, and continual complaints of its rigorousm nature were
being publicly made. The fact of the matter
appears to be that if the " stamping Gut" policy
was to be tried at all it was delayed too long.
The disease was suffered to reach a, height,

LONDON, FRIDAY, 3LIRCII 9, 1866.

The second reading of the Parliamentary Oaths
Bill took place last night, and was carried by 298
to 5. This is satisfactory, for the question is one
that ought to have been settled long ago, for its re-
maining in abeyance gives rise to irritation and
annoyance. Mr. DISRAELI announced his intention
of moving some amendment to the Bill when it was
in Committee. The right hon. gentleman admitted
that some parts of the Oath, as it now stands, were
invidious and obsolete, but he did not at the same
time approve of the manner in which the Govern-
ment have altered it. It is true, as he observed,
that great difficulties attend the construction of an
uniform oath, for you must take care, "on the
one hand, as far as Roman Catholics are concerned,
that nothing is included which affects their con-
sciences ; and, on the other hand, you must take
care, as far as the Protestants are concerned, that
everything is inserted which they believe to be of
essential importance." Mr. DISRAELI considers
that the oath of allegiance is not properly framed.
It
should be a "dynastic' one, and such as ;to
secure the country from any doubt in the event of
a change in the succession to the Throne. There is
some truth in
as the oath should certainly be
one of allegiance
0
t the QUEEN and her heirs and
successors according to
the limitations of the
Act of Settlement. Such
easily be reme an oversight could
liecl in committee, however, and does
now presented
the bill.
cb;
not materially affect the principle
e
Another point omitted in the bill no
to
the Clouse by the Ministers was ;
a Roman Catholic into
the bill prepared by member
some short time since. The oath makes no reference
to the supremacy of the Crown. Certainly there
is nothing to prevent any Roman Catholic from
recognising the Act of Settlement, and the supre-
premacy of the QUEEN in the Courts of England ;
and, as Mr. DISRAELI truly affirmed, the Judges
professing the Roman Catholic religion " are, by
their conduct and administration of the law, giving
every day conclusive proof that in the courts of
justice of this country they recognise only the law
of England, and not the canon Jaw of

necessitated an immense destruction o.
withand .1 vshalouwanbl e property before all animals who had eithe]
their Church." The right hon. gentleman wisely which 7
refrained from opposing theseco
expressed a hope that the house symptoms of the disease or been in•the vici.
candour upon the question, wndoulrdealdoinokg,
f the affected could be slaughtered. Fain
have a fair chance of ' and r aarket
and then they might , nity o
ass a measure which would s were left open, the traffic of cattlE
131;ecoming law, and prove generally acceptable to ac
hi zi i
c;
wthaesppuubtliucphoinghthweayresmwoaysaflroef nc
.2,
Parliament. i
Sir G. GREY declared that the Government would from the ports where they were landed, and the
consider the amendments of the right hon. gentle. Lek of cleanliness and care on the railway lines
man in a fair spirit.
no d.), übt helped the disaster. The Duke of MARL-
Considerable amusement was created by Mr. BORE 31CGH quoted last evening a passage from the
BRinyer's declaring that a small number of mem- , first report of the Royal Commissioners with refe-
t
bers would not make the affirmation which 11 rence •to he power of slaughter, which puts the
\
stood in the bill. If the word "defend" meant to ! matte-very justly. " This power is right and
not take up arms, then those members could 1 useful'. S then the disease has appeared only at isolated
subscribe to that part of the oath. Sir G. GREY ' spots a ncl attacked a few animals ; the public bene-
promised that the point should receive attention. fit is :then very great, and private sacrifice small ;
But he said, "I do not think the word ' defend' but 'O3 proportion as it extends the hope of thus
necessarily means defend by force of arms, though arreriting its march diminishes, the inevitable waste
if unfortunately any occasion for such defence such increases, and the sense of hardship tends to
arise, I should be sorry that the Crown should lose be .come insupportable." With regard to the
the benefit of his services." Notwithstanding the policy of isolation, the Commissioners said,
arguments of Mr. NEWDEGATE and Mr. WHALLEY, " When the disease has widely diffused itself,
only five hon. members supported the amendment, 1 and disappears at one point only to appear
which shows the feeling of the House on the subject. I at. another, the difficulties of isolation become
It is to be trusted that a fair spirit will animate the greater, and thia chances of its being efficacious
Committee, and that the measure in its amended less." There could be no more accurate descrip-
form may even receive the sanction of both Houses, tion of the disease, as the noble duke remarked,
and remove the anomalies that have so long existed than that it disappeared at one point only to appear
in the Parliamentary oaths of this country. at another, and this fact favours the theory of

atmospheric influence as well as direct con-
tagion. It was finally decided to adopt the clause
as amended; that is to say, giving the discretionary
power required after the 15th of April. Another
clause, moved by the Earl of LICHFIELD, was very
wisely adopted. It prohibited the holding of
markets, fairs, and public sales of cattle until the
Ist of July. If such a provision had been made at
the first outbreak of the disease it would have been
all the better.

There is one point in respect to this cattle plague
which deserves more attention than it has hitherto
met with, and :was referred to last evening by
Lord ELLENBOROUGII. A man lost three-
fourths of his cattle by the plague, and
seven of his remaining beasts showed symptoms
of the malady. They refused to drink water; but
on being turned into a field where there was lime
slaked in water they drank it eagerly, and all re-
covered. Surely this is a hint worth acting on, and
the experiment of a plentiful supply of lime slaked
in water might be made with very little cost or
trouble. It would not be the first time that the in-
stinct of the lower orders has proved a surer guide
than human science. Indeed among human beings
there have been frequent cases of a fever-stricken
patient drinking copiously of cold water,
a forbidden draught, and subsequently re-
covering. If this case, which has lbeen several
times referred to, should be well authenticated,
surely the fact of the whole of the animals who drank
the lime water recovering when all those attacked
in the same herd had died ought to weigh heavily.
We should be glad to see the stringency of the Act
so far relaxed as to allow a few experiments of the
kind to be made under proper authority with due
precautions. It would be surely feasible to keep
the animals isolated from all possible contact with
others until a few doubtful points were set at rest.
If great mother Nature chooses to reveal any of her
secrets, no man of science need be too proud to
learn, and we may be sure that in obeying her dic-
tates the cattle are wiser than the inspector or the
surgeon.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.

The German papers received to-day state that
the Cabinet are intensely occupied with the affairs
had-y- eVanWfabsy
of the 7th February, but the belief was general of
considerable estrangement between the two Powers.
In the Duchies themselves much uneasiness and
anxiety prevailed among the inhabitants generally.
In official quarters in Paris the affairs of Germany
occupy more than usual attention, and I have
reason to believe that the Minister will shortly be
asked some questions on the subject in the
Chamber.

It is asserted, confidently, to-day, that in spite
of the difficulty arising out of the Convention, the
Duke de Leuchtenberg has determined to press his
claim to be llospodar of Moldavia and Wallachia.
He is said to be as anxious to obtain it as the Count
de Flandre was to refuse it. The ,treaty in ques-
tion was concluded on the 19th of August, 1858,
between England, France, Turkey, Austria, and
Prussia, Russia, and Sardinia, after nineteen long
Conferences. It provides that the united provinces
of Moldavia and Wallachia shall be free to arrange
their own affairs without the control or interference
of the Ottoman Porte. The essential article against
the claim of the Duke de Leuchtenberg is Article 13.
That article is as follows :—" Any person whatever
shall be eligible for election, as llospodar, who is
35 years old, and is the son of a father born in
Moldavia or Wallachia, provided he has fulfilled
public functions during ten years or been a member
of the Assemblies. He must, however, have a
yearly revenue of 300 ducats derived from landed
property."

The construction of the Great Exhibition build-
ing proceeds very rapidly and regularly. The work
connected with the foundations has been executed
to the extent of 160,000 cubic metres, and the
workmen are about to commence operations on the
ground comprised between the circular avenue and
the outer wall of the edifice. The cubic extent of
brickwork has reached 26,100 metres, and it is ex-
pected that the foundation works will be completed
by the end of the month. The arches of the grand
gallery of airage have reached 210 metres in length.
As to the transversal arches of three metres, they
are built to the extent of about 100 metres. Among
the work completed may be reckoned 530 pillars,
3000 metres of aqueducts, and 200 metres of drain-
age. The same activity has been displayed in re-
gard to the machinery required. Thousands
of tons of wrought and cast iron have been brought
to the spot, and it is expected that the operations
for the metallic roofing and other works will be ac-
tually carried on in the course of next month.

A letter from Florence states that the section of
the Railway from Palermo to Termini on the
northern part of the Sicilian line has been opened
with much ceremony. The treaty of commerce
between Italy and the Zollverein has been approved
by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 186
against 16.

To-day is Mid-Lent Day, and Paris is again all
gaiety. This is the fête of the Washerwomen. The
usual procession was very beautiful, and the fête
has been celebrated satisfactorily. In many of the
towns in the vicinity of Paris also the Mi-Careme
has been celebrated by gay processions. All night
there will be many private and public balls. Paris
will to-morrow resume its religious celebrations,
which will be kept up till Easter.
The Moniteur does not say anything about a
meeting of the Powers in Paris to confer upon the
affairs of the United Danubian Principalities, but
it is stated on good authority that such a meeting
will take place in the course of the present month.
The Governments will each send a Representative
or Minister. England, France, and Austria are
said to be perfectly in accord upon the subject.
Accounts from Frankfort state that people begin to
be perfectly aware of the gravity of the position of
the affairs of Germany, and that a war between
between Austria and Prussia is considered to be
almost inevitable.

Iu the. absence of " metal more attractive," a
writer of note gives a sketch of the celebrated M.
Itenan, the author of La Vie de Jesus. It
may be a little exaggerated, but I think

it will interest your readers. The bio-
grapher says that M. Renan is short,
and rather fat. He dresses in simple style, but
does not look like an ordinary man. M. Renan
lives in the Faubourg St. Germain, a fashionable
quarter, and leads a very regular life. He goes to
bed and gets up early, does not smoke, and was
never seen at a theatre. His room where he writes
is elegant, and is ornamented as much as the enor-
mous library in it will allow. The walls are hung
with several pictures of d'Ary Scheffer, whose niece
he married. His evennesss of temper is never inte-
rupted. He is always affable, gay, and smiling.
He will talk upon any subject, but his great plea-
sure and the chief object of his thoughts is the topic
upon which the writes—Religion. The writer pro-
ceeds to say that he knew M. Renan in Syria, a
country where you are baked in the summer and
frozen in the winter, but M. Renan is always
so preoccupied with his great subject that
he never pays any attention to these minor
evils of life. He would walk about in Syria
for hours, breakfast upon a bas-relief and dine upon
an inscription. His oral guide and servant thought
his passion for old stones and statues was a sort of
madness, and used often to say that the French
gentleman must be mad. At home, although M.
Renan thinks a good deal, he eats a good deal also.
He rarely writes fasting. Neither hunting, racing,
nor shooting has charms for him, and he never rides
on horseback. Many learned men have manias or
hobbies. M. Renan has none. He is always occu-
pied with his literary labours, and takes but little
interest in anything else. There are few persons
who talk more agreeably, with greater fluency, or
with better style. His mode of speaking, however,
is clerical. He is a man of ardent imagination,
which is evident from everything he says or does.
He can undergo great fatigue, and writes for
whole days without being weary. He makes a great
many corrections in his procfs, to the terror of his
printers, and when he marks out a passage he is sure
to add much more to make up for it. The wildness
which pervades his writings is also displayed in his
manners and behaviour. He has the greatest re-
spect for scientific men and men of letters, and
never was any greater astonishment displayed by
any one than he exhibited on one occasion, when,
introduced to an American gentleman, who was de-
scribed as a celebrated philosopher. In the course
of conversation M. Renan asked the gentleman
what he did in his early days at Boston. " Not
much," replied the American, " I was chiefly en-
gaged in getting up a menagerie of wild beasts."
M. Renan appeared to be literally thunderstruck,
for he could not imagine that a man could
be of the same trade as Batty and him-
self. iII. Renan has a wonderful memory in re-
gard to facts, names, and dates. He speaks
English and German very well, and understands
Greek, Latin, and particularly Hebrew. " If,"
says the writer, "M. Renan interprets the Bible I
perversely, it is simply because his masters them-
selves understand it badly." M. Renan is not an
atheist, as some have said. The attitude of respect
which he assumes in churches proves that he has
not entirely discarded his Christian ideas. It is
impossible for any one to speak of his adversaries
with greater indifference, more politeness, and more
contempt than M. Renan does. To sum up :—The
appearance of M. Renan does not give an idea of
his works. Like all Bretons (he is a native of Brit-
tany) he always steadily pursues his purpose and
cares for nothing. One characteristic is what is
called absence of mind. Sometimes he goes out
forgetting that he has not put on his cravat. Once
he was going out without his coat, and would have
done so bad he not been reminded of the fact.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, March 8.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :