New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-21

The wherever men meet together. Th"
kird, qsek-Aeantd Parissns ara in the full excite
mept Of generous s. mpathy for the distant sufferer
n syn patty. as l shaD presently show. that 10
s1prtsapgitself in something stronger than words.
AEd we'll il may.
At Lyons, whore dense population, crowded int,
tongue Of lend between the angry Same and
EbcLe, or budded in close fAubourgs on the OppO
site hanks Of tiese streams, has suffered mat ex
teDsiytIy, il il loosely estimated that ~ 100 per-
sops " ere washed out of house and home, and
H., re than 800 buildings undermined and ruined in
the cOurte Of tbirfy-six hours. The number Vt
lives Lost ss yet only be guessed at. The ter.
I0rs If the disaster were heightened by the fact
that the iDupdati"n rose ~ its most destructive
hight in tie hight. Rushing upon some of the
neaner quarters OF the town, it awakened
wrrtcbed tletpers to more than their wonted daily
sorrows The most they could do was to fee for
life, leaving their poor scraps OF property to
the de,curiDg food. Amid the hard struggles for
life We hear Of numerous instances Of the nOslest
acts Of devotion performed BY nanIeless or IN
Known persons, policemen, soldiers workmen and
wOIkwUnep, forgetting themselves to help and
rave oilers. To do them justice, men Of higher
eslate-fOr ficials are Frenchmtn and human
did generous service. In iOme Of the churches,
fiji, TUNED Into temporary asylums for the house.
l.ss priests proved themselves true servants OF
God by constant ninistIatiOn of spiritual aud ply
scal cOmtort-Dot ibterruI ting their good work
for twenty -four hours tog. ther.
News OF he great distress having reached here
on Sunday, TIE Emperor left Paris that afternoon
and reached l. obs next morning There he traced
the sau. dtsOla.iOD wherever the stree:a were
passable, Offer tOrding to his horses knees, aud
distributed locks and words and encouragement
ana sui stsbtal pecuDisry aid. lie sfIerward Wis
irtd other flooded rOwns sometimes making his
way for long distances i'll boat, marking bis pro-
er6ts everywhere by gifts of money and other
proofs Of active sympathy. His goodness aud
sene, 0sty are az much lsuded as bis policy de-
serves to be on the occasion. He gave 900
iihucs for the use Of the sufferers from his so.
called "private purse" 100000 more lie decreed
from the public treasury On Monday the egs-
l.tive body voted an appropriation Of two millions
her Majesty has subscribed 20 600 in her own
Lane, and l0, 900 in that OF her boy; all the Mn
listers have subscribed 1850; the subscription ll.t
opeD ID the Legislative body is headed by It's Presi-
dent, who put 5000 frsLcs opposite his name; the
IIetect Of Police Recommends general supscripc
items, and eborces biz precept by the example 81
LOCO frances the Chamber Of Notaries, the Courts,
Commercial Companies, 1heater Managers, and
private persons, are all Openhand to the distress OF
TIER ttllow-countrymen; the chief Editors of the
Gle and Presse newspapers each gives
Finally, Government, in true French style, has
del ded upon "OrgsniziDg aid centraizing' gel-
ersl subscription in Paris and the departments.
lave epokeb mainly of the disaster at Lyons;
similar disasters Lave befallen nuinberless towns
and villages throughout the middle and south Oi
France; while thousands Of acres of standing
crops in the valley lands are destroyed or greatly
injured.
With the beginning of this week the weather
again improved and rivers began to return to
their b. DR.. but we have lot yet had, III Paris at
least tw eDty -four consecutive hours without rain.
"a .. I'll Il. I.rtt. If
OrleaIt eud Lyons railways are 80 flooded az to
Lrenk up the through travel on those roads. Be-
side the damages caused by foundations, We have
reports Of lnpd-slldts III mahy places, where tho
constantly filiraDg water has lOOseued the super
fetal from the interior strata.
Msy is generally rainy month in France, but
this year it las quite OvoidOne its ordinary reputa-
ton. At ConaI hi Alsatian town, ptniometer
shows that between the eth April ana tue 3lst
May there had fallen 1870 millinetres Of water:
that is, bccOi ding 10 this raibgauge, seven and
Iali Lcbcb Of Water-tbe third OF the average fail
OF yenr-,sli in thirty four days
All this bad from the South, added to n
sight reflected influence from English Exchange
little depressed 5y the Prospect (iet us hope
very q rote OLe of all Arrlo An war, and To posi-
tive alarm that threetened for DAY TO take the
pfopOIti Is of h panic, excited Dy tue !dpure
lest eek Of q banker aDo former director III the
Credit Mob,lirr have sent down the late quota
ooee not lose It's active sPl IT, which Government
La, lust taken sn"tlrr precautionary Measure to
check A bill WIS s.It last week to tue Corps
J.pi,lohj IL be passed into law, OF which tue
toiloNb are tie leading provisions: lbe shares
tf Joint stock companies OF capital ABOVE 2oo OoO
flares. shall lot lie less than oOO francs; such
companies shall rot 60 Into operation before one
fourth Of the capital is PAID III; the ihspectipg
C,n.mit,,e composed Of five members, (ConseI
d, Surveillance shall be chosen by The sharehoc.
els H. Loo flee Tor five years, aud 'he Company
sbf II not con hence operations unul they are
elected: the members Of this COMMITTEE, having
the ,ipbt 10 inspect the books and take coghizance
Of all the acts Of the Company, shall be responsi
HE 10 the stockholders collectively and indivd.
ually. in their property and III their persons ii
thu knowingly permit declaration OF hcutiOus
dnio.Dos; other pro'isiohr oi the oni ann 10 pre-
vent fictitious OpeI atOns, and to protect rtcckhOl-
.rs apsibst exaggerated representations by the
managing direeiuIs Of assets of the Company.
HE novelty and tie entertainment of the week
within the walls If Paris, IL the Agricultural Fair
at he industrial Palace. As DO bot know Of
sp,,hirg that takes of the zest OF mere enter
tar NJ Ut like ell accompanying sense OF duty aud
as know az little OF he essentially agricultural
ou.lti.s Of swine or fowls, " OF muttons beefs or
S'sI,." and as. witLal, while / do, something
sms,k s.n.tLipg grow TO" have kind Of taste for
entertainment Of this sort, on the mere surface,
I know that many Of your readers are husband
men and have deeper knowledge and higher inter-
est: ard So as finally was DESTROYS TO perform
my bouuden service to their mard and yet enjoy
the upslloyed pleasure Of the eye in visiting the
Palace, did, prederminately, and with sufficient
painsts king, cabbage from Victor Borles, descrip-
| five articles in the Prose- newspaper from the
GREAT octave catalogue of the Exhibition aud from
other really competent authorities not unsatis-
fsctorv nofice of the aLmal, vegetable and me-