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of which Is stated to be to obtain budret Of
immediate and permanent receipts amounting
10 2o0, ,000, 900 Of francs annually. Pe1hnps be
may get 1t, and perhaps not, with to!eEable
chance In favor OF the latter result, If we may
credit the following statement Of the Journal
de Rouen:-''The wealth Of tie country au-
thoEizcs these calculations, but the difficulty
OF tho mission consists, above all, in The or
rauization of practical means. The last let
ters, indeed, announce that the leyyIng of the
taxes is in general, tolcrahly well carried out;
the misfortune Is, that the sums levied On the
taxpayers do not always find their way to
the Treasury. b. Langiais will therefore
have to contend with the habits Of large
staff OF persons employed-habits which arc
Of a Kind not easily or speedily reformed"
SCIENTIFIC.
The British Association fos the Advance
ment OF Science, Is now holding its annual
meeting Ut Birmingham. A discussion was
held on Thursday under the presidency Of
YIN. spottiswoode, Esq, upon the subject
Of deep-sca telegraphs md .tinsulators, y
Mcssrs. Cyrus Field, Siemens, Fairbairn and
others Joining therein. = Nr, Fields remarks
will be read with Interest In the United States,
as in this country He commenced By say
ing iii was much easier after an accident, to
End fault with the arrangemcnts which had
bccn made, than It would have been to have
1cmedied that fault before unEorsecn circum-
stances discovered 1t. The, Atlantic cable had
failed. The causes we're now well known. but
that they would be remedied, and that they
were on the eve Of great success, be had no
doubt. There we're present two gentlemen
who Ind contributed months, and be might
fny years, Of their valuable time to decide
what materials were best 10 use for m Allan
tic cable, and after twelve hundred. miles oi
that bad been paid out, only one
single thing caused an Incident to It.
IN $E,n nf
tIihntcd 1t, some to Incident, and some to de-
sign. One OF the mechanics in the tank re
mnrkcd to hin, it Was one Of us seventeen
that caused the accident, but 1t seemed to
him that, whether caused by Incident or de-
sign, they had power to arrange things 80 rs 10
prevent a recurrence Of the failure. There
would be, In the next expedition, improve
ments made upon the previous arrangements,
everybody On board the ship felt perfectly
confident that the next attempt would be
successful, and that they would be able, not
only to lay down another cable at the bottom
OF the Atlantic, but to recover the old one.
Instead Of talking about the subject himself,
he should much prefer that the Atlantic cable
should speak tor ITSELF" Mr. Cyrus Field l.
n'very great favorite with all classes here, and
especially with tho scientific world he Is re.
gnrded as the most obstinately determined
man In either hemisphere, and while he lives
the, Atlantic will be allowed NO peace until
the lignture between Or two continents rests
quietly fanctloning In the bosom of s'the
vasty deep"
THE ST. LEGER RACES.
We are on the eve Of grand international
struggle, namely the ST. Leger race, at Don
caster, which comes of next week. Accord
ing 10 present appearances. the winner Of the
Derby, Count Lagrange's horse, Glndiatenr
will be the winner on This occasion. Gladia
teur has shown himself al horse Of .Eonarou.
power and speed so much SO, indeed, thai
ire hare always heard rumors since the Derby
that ha il o FOUR not a three-year-old.' y
Tlc horses mouth Is to be examined officially
before The Leger' is run but I can scarcely
believe that the result will be otherwise than
in his favor considering that the reputation o
ILLS owner, the Count, is also ut stake. II
Gladiateur runs, be will win, for there Is nc
horse Of his year within pounds Of him; but
there is chance Of Engllshneu recovering
their lausc1s In another race at tho came meet
Ing, "the Doucas:er Cup" " hen Giadiaten1
viii have to meet the champion Of our tur
1.-THE beautiful Ely."n I need not say thai
much excitement exists at the present mo
mcnt in reference to those two events, for al
Englishmen are more or less sportsmen.