, 1865-07-03

land, and that hess should run over to hlm,
and the Admiralty have agreed readily to
this interchange Of courteous visits.
The Swiss Federal colnen offers prize
Of 4, Geo francs for the best model Of = htasch-
1oadlDg 6fearu. ''-.s
Tho French are experimenting with q
rev Internal machine, By way Of carrying for
ward the inventive processes Of destruction
to keep even pace with the advanees toward
Inynloezabi1ity in naval vessels. At Tou1on
q t1la( has been made Of an electrical machine
Tice-admnal. The result exceeded ill
expectation, and hencelorth. tAsnRs
to tie new Internal machine, says
a French paper, we sha0 be able to DIS
Fense With and3 kes, batts:ies and other old
expedients hitherto employed for tbs de-
feree Of the rorts and 1oads Of the empire.
eveu An emmy : sqaadr> n venture to core
before FIT nch port It Will BE- EASILY nnlTl-
lied before having time to lire single casaoaa
shot. This was demonstrated By tbs iact
that an old ship, twenty. fire yasds Ing ey
ten broad, vas raised fol tne
wattr, shattered to fragments ana
sunk In fees than . second at slmple
signal Of the inventor: The dsstfncti5s
WAS allowed there wss no t,n:elad sesse1
Eel enough to resist such aock. WHAT'S
very remarkable in this ne~engne Of war Is
that It ts Lot Eeccssary for the enemy'5 YES
sci 10 atrtke 1t In order T. PFodrce the e2plo-
BiLn, as With the Rnssfa1 and American sno.
ra.ire toEpedces, Jne Frtn:h system ts
surer, and, above al, more expeditions. Tbs
electric spark 1eachs the enemy's vessel and
destroys 1t with the raptdtty Of lightning.
The rsn-c1ad rsm Tausean Was successfully
lauuchfa This afternoon amid the applause Of
from fifteen 70 twenty Thousand spectators,
including rsany foreigners.
The sum realized at the Da Moruy pic
ture sae amounted to little oyar 1,50o, eco
f;auc,. The eale Of the celebrated Van Bue-
rier gallery-about forty pictures OF the old
Dutch aud Flemish schools-brou9ht here for
aale two months or 50 ago, realized oyes
1850, Coo francs, The Pourtales gallery, in
ciudsng s'atuary, curioslties, &C., brought
nsarly 4.oD. 600 francs, three and four months
ago.
A royal decree Of the Queen of 9ca:n has
juat suppressed the toll Of teventy -hve reala
hithe rio paid to the Governor Of the Fort Of
Fan Lorenzo del Punta,, In the Boy Of CndIz,
by all foreign vessels which anchored in or
crossed that bay.
The King Of eaxnny has just granted an
amnesty without exception to every une In.
pllcatai In the dnsurrec .ionary movements Of
NaJt 1o7o.
Victor Emanuel has. we understand, de-
cli4ed the honor OF visit fro his son IL. law.
Prince Napoleon, en- the ground that his
presence In Florence at this iunctuEe might
endanger the success Of the negotiations With
Rome.
1t is generally believed at the Court Of
Vienna thst tha Emperor Ms1imllliaa will
shortly abdlcate and return to Austrla, and
that he will be restored BIZ Francis joseph to
the rights which he was obliged to renonnce
on accepting the Mexican throne.
In connection with the punishment for
political ottenses BY European powers. a cor
Respondent recalls the fact that in one day
alone, on the 9th day Of October, 1s49. twelve
general officers who By their surrender put
in end to the var b:tWeen Austria aud HIM
gary, were hung Or ahotat Arad, while Count
L.uis Batshyany, the quoudam constitution
al prcnnler, who Was taken while on mission
Of peace before almost the war began, but
who WAS the most prominent polltical nota-
hi1ftv within reach WAS ghnt at Pcsth