The Aberystwith Observer

EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, the widow of the martyr President, has left Springfield, Illinois, and now resides in Racine, in Wisconsin. The King of Prussia is about to visit the home of his ancestry in llechingen, Holienzollern. This is his first visit to the locality and it shows a penitent or humble mind amidst his successes to think of the poor and mean source of that which is now for a moment so mighty. It is reported that Captain Count Gleichen, R.N., has been appointed Constable of the Round Tower Of Windsor Castle. This appointment has been vacant since the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and carries with it a salary of i,2fr(«. a year, A magnificent painting by Vandyke, representing St. Cecilia, has just been brought to light ill restoring the old church of Caclilevoch, between Heele and Bersel, in Belgium. Miss Burdett Coutts's fete to the Belgians will take place on the 16th of July. The Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation from Miss Coutts, and will honour the enter- tainment with his presence. The revenue returns for the quarter just ended were published on Saturday, They show an increase of 318,261l. on the quarter, and 2,026,3932. on the year. The increase has taken place in the items of customs, exercise, assessed taxes, Crown lands, and miscellaneous (including 500,000?. New Zealand bonds). A decrease appears to have taken place in stamps of 69,0001., aud in property tax of 97,000?. Madame Ristori, it is now said, will return to America in the autumn, taking with her a new play, on the story of Marie Antoinette, which will make its first appear- ance there. It is expected that the Reform Bill will be sent up to the House of Lords about the 12th of July. The Globe says that out of twenty-six divisions on the bill, the Government have gained on twenty, and been beaten on six. According to the estimates of some of the firms con- nected with the American trade, a sum of about two-and-a- half millions of gold may be expected from New York be- tween the present time and the date at which the produce of the grain harvest will be ready to come forward. A plot of land, &c., situate near Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, London, purchased by the late Edward Orme, Esq. some years since for 1,600?., has been recently sold for 21,980?. The Chinese Government have prohibited the print- ing of newspapers with moveable characters. It is said that Russia is negociating for the purchase of Jerusalem. "Dearest C y. They say you have forsaken me, but I will never, never believe it: your heart is too true and good to desert unheard, one so devoted to you. Remember past experience. Your own very faithful (R1 •)" —Advertisement in London Times. A divorce suit was recently tried in Phelps county, Missouri, in which the plaintiff was a judge, who sat in his own case, and upon the pleading, entered a decree dissolving the bondil of matrimony between himself and wife, who agreed to the arrangement. This month there is to be a grand regatta. on the Seine, which is open to all the world. It will take place on the 9th and following days, under the patronage of the Em- peror of the French, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh. "Cyrus W. Field is undergoing a fine of 25 dols. per day for every day's absence from the New York Superior Court, in which he was called as a juryman. Rome is very full of visitors, lay and clerical, just now. The eighteen hundredth anniversary of the martyr- dom of St. Peter and St. Paul was gorgeously celebrated on Saturday, and there was a fresh canonization of saints. A telegram says that one hundred thousand foreigners were present, and that the Pope was loudly cheered. On Friday the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland resolved by a majority to memorialise Government to the effect that the Scottish bar should be put on the same footing as regards the appointment of Queen's Counsel as the bars of England and Ireland. The minority were in favour of limiting the privilege to the Lord Advocate, Dean of Faculty, andSolioitor-General of Scotland, and to gentle- men who had held these offices. The funeral of Charles F. Browne (Artemus Ward) was solemnised at Waterford, Maine, on the 6th ult. The Masonic fraternity assisted at the burial. Ivan Turgenef, the Russian novelist, has written a stoiy called Smoke for the Messager Russe, for which he has been paid 6,000 silver roubles. Jefferson Davis was born in Todd county, Ken- tucky, and was sixty years old on the 3rd of June last. Five stalwart New Brunswickers arrived at South- ampton last week from New York, with an outrigger rowing gig, and are now in training on Southampton Water, for the purpose of rowing in the international boat race on the Seine, at Paris, next month. Although the 8th of July is at present named for her Majesty's departure for Osborne, there is a probability of the date being postponed for a few days. There must be a painful dubiety in the minds of Parisian diners when they learn that by the police statistics for March 226 horses and 59 asses were killed for eating in April, the same number of horses, but only 29 donkeys; and during May, 20H horses and 19 of the asinine species The good feeling between Russia and Prussia is shown in the fact that the Czar has amnestied those Prussian subjects who took part in the late Poliih insurrection. They are now returning to their homes. It is said that this amnesty has been granted at the special request of the Prussian Government. The Great Rose Show took place at the Crystal Palace, on Saturday last, and is said to have surpassed all that preceded it iu the number of entries and the general excellence of the specimens sent. About 15,000 persons were present, and seldom on such occasions has the Crystal Palace been so crowded, or the assemblage of visitors so fashionable. At a recent burial of Fenians in Ireland, 10,000 followed the funeral cortege. The coffins were dressed with green boughs, while an ominous silence prevailed. The Waterford police have night and day work still, and a sullen and ominous toue exists in all directions. The Cunard steamer Cuba has just made the quickest passage across the Atlantic on record. She left Halifax on the 20th of June, at nine o clock in the morning, and reached Roche's Point, Cork, at ten at night on the 27th, thus making her trip (allowing for difference of time) in six days and twenty hours. Her running was at the rate of 817 miles a day. An inquest was held at Manchester on Monday, _OJ} the body of a child, aged five months. On Friday nignt last a young woman had charge of the child, and wMrr^a?,c'r'? nearsome stables where ahorse was beingcleaned. The norse was somewhat restive, and the driver struck it over ine left side with a pitchfork, whereupon the horse strucK out with its hind feet, knocking the pitchfork out of tne uriver s hand into the hair, and in its fall it stuck into the nea oi the deceased. The child died shortly afterwards. A veraict ol Accidental Death was found by the jury. Colonel Wilson Patten, the newly-appointed ^han- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was re-elected xor n orth Lancashire on Monday. The Queen of Spain has left Madrid for her palace at La Granja, where she will pass the summe The Czar was present at the church of Kasan on Monday, where a thanksgiving servi^ was performed for his Majesty's escape from the late attempted assassination. A Customs' officer at Fresne, m Belgium, has just died, after horrible sufferings, from the sting of a venomous fiyon the left temple. A young Englishwoman, named Mary French, aged seventeen, was tried at Paris, on Saturday, for picking the pocket of a lady at the omnibus station fronting the Palais- Royal. She did not deny the charge, and was condemned to three years imprisonment and five years' surveillance by the police. The Tycoon of Japan is described by a correspondent of a New".Y°rlc paper as a man of ordinary stature, appa- rently thirty-three years of age, with good features, bright, black eyes, and splendid teeth, which he frequently dis- played in smiling He was very richly dressed, and his man- ners are easy and refined. He thoroughly understands the European custom of drinking toasts, and drank the health of the President of the United States with gusto. A second attempt has been made in Waterford to procure the arraignment of Constable Mercer, the policeman whom the populace accuse of having delivered the bayonet thrust which killed a man during the late Fenian riots. The magistrates dismissed the application of the solicitor acting on behalf of the deceased's mother, on the ground that the summons was not properly served, and by directions from the Solicitor-General referred the applicants to the Queen's Bench. The Paris correspondent of a contemporary says that, as far as regards the number of people that went to see the public reception of the Sultan, it far transcended that of either tho Czar or the King of Prussia. He adds, "I saw in the crowd an old woman whose knowledge of history was so limited that she probably had no distinct ideas of Kussia. Prussia, and Austria, but who said she wanted to see the Sultan because she understood he had forty wives and three hundred others." At a petty Session of the jnstices for the Hamlets division of the county of Middlesex, heW on Mon- day, sixty summonses were heard against tradesm cordanco with the provisions of the statute 5 and 0 vvuiiam IV., cap. G3, for having in use for the o £ traaeini- just weights, measures, or machines J he Ps<?d included butchers, i licensed victuallers, o<eeiseuer, I bakers, 4; grocers, 4; chandlers, 6; 5; tobacconists, 6; cook-shop keepers, 4, poikbutchers, 3; cheesemongers, 4; coal dealers, 2; marine store dealer, 1; dripping dealer, 1; oilmen, 2; fishmonger, l. The total amount of the fines was 1QS& the maximum being AQI1 the rojjaimvua QI. As an instance of trade union folly, bricklayers' labourers insist on carrying bricks by hod only. At Bir- mingham, a master set some labourers to wheel bricks from a no at on planks to the place where they were to lie used, but the labourers struck against it, and said they mutt be unloaded in the ordinary way, stacked on the eaua.1 side, and then carried by hod down to the works. The Observer has authority to announce that, on the occasion of the visit of the Belgians to Windsor, as arranged by the reception committee, her Majesty will en- tertain them at a grand banquet. The Globe says :—"The report which has recently found extensive circulation to the effect that the Lords in- tend to reject the lodger franchise in the Reform Bill is reported to be entirely without foundation." „ 1'ri,nc5; -Arthur, now thg guest of Lord Oowleyat the British Embassy, win set out on July 2 for a tour in Nor- mandy, accompanied by Major Elpliinstone. WMsorGrSSr has been appointed Ranger of Windsor Great Park. Such of the engine-drivers and stokers of the North- Eastern Railway as refused to join the strike have received respectively presents of 101. and 51, each from a fund raised by subscriptions and from the resources of the company. At the same time the hremen who stuck to their work have been generally promoted to the rank and pay of drivers. The Sunday Gazette states that the diplomatic changes consequent upon the resignation of Lord Cowley t?u- Place almost immediately, and Lord Lyons Mr EUiot, and Sir Augustus Paget will all be shortly at tively116^7 *)os's ^ar's> Constantinople, and Paris respac- t-r.sa>"s The harpies round the ex- his frirtuuo T^?- at-Rome have spent the whole of ndvpiitnrPTa i!/ exiletl sovereigns he is tlie victim of t unprincipled scoundrels. Brought up by th^ Jesuits, natmaUy weak-minded, he first lost the fairest and richest portion ot the Italian peninsula, and has now been despoiled of a handsome fortune." During the years 1860-65, the average number of officers and men engaged annually in the suppression of the slave tra'le, on the west coast of Africa, was 1 400. The total amount of pi-zo money taken in the years mentioned was 74,042?. and C,207 slaves were released. The following is a copy of a placard affixed to tlie breast of a figure in a suit of grey dittos" exhibited at the Paris Exposition:—"Antoine Giglifl, Marchand Tailleur a Verceil. Drees of fancy tout de niGme) with portfolio and portmoney assured in such a manner, not to can be lost nor robbed without the possessor also deeply sleeply can be- perceived of it. The westcoat contains secret pockets for papers." Five bank officers have been poisoned and made freezer'^ 'n by eating ice cream made in a copper From a batch of correspondence just published, it appears that the Foreign Office have given up the Tornado- leaving the Proprietors of the vessel to obtain redress by ordinary legal process-which it seems they can do. A Friday evening a saloon steamer, the Albert Eduaid, lan down a private screw steam varhfr rh« Patsey belonging to Mr. Morris, of ClifTon.'Tcaa^nd Several ladies and gentlemen on board were rescued with much difficulty. The yacht almost immediately sank. A Massachusetts youth recently passed a counterfeit note on the mini-'nu- who married him, and afterwards stole the minister's umbrella. The Viceroy of Egypt lately visited the agricul- tural show at Billaincourt. A youngferwiere presented him with a fat capon. As his Highness couid. scarcely carry theo fowl himself to his carriage, he desired his footman to do so and sent a hundred-franc note to the fair giver. A Cincinnati photographer caused a slight sensa- tion the other day by bolstering up a corpse on a "balcony in one of the principal streets, for the purpose of taking apoat- mortem portrait. -1 <. It is stated that the Naval Review will take place at bpithead on Wednesday, the 17th of July. The ships, after the usual Royal salutes, will weigh anchor from their station about 11.J>0 a.m., aacL.will "then steam out beyond the Naù, and probably return to their anchorage about five p.m. Over thirty brides were lately at the Niagara Falls Hotel in one day. When Maximilian was in the full tide of success he issued a general order to his Mexican antagonists, which contained the following sentence :—\ou are not warriors but banditti—brigands, robbers —whom, if captured by my- army. I shall treat as arrested felons."—[Alas! how transient are all things here below!] The Emperor Alexander has given 50,000 francs to the lamplighters of Paris; he had observed the cool courage of several of them to prevent a gas explosion iu a main ser- vice on the day of the grand fête at the Tuileries. That sum has been so distributed that each member of tho force lias, received according to his family. The largest family re- ceives most. The Prince of Wales, with a numerous suite Prince Teck, Prince Herman of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke of Suther- land, and Earl and Countess Granville, arrived on Friday night at the Bristol, Paris. It is a curious fact that M. Monnier, tutor to the. Prince Imperial, received instructions to teach merely the: facts of history and dates of the principal events, reigns, &e., to his pupil, as the Emperor undertook to explain the his- torical events to his son according to his own interpretatioa of them. Mr. W. Cullen Bryant, the American poet, is now in Perthshire with his daughter, to spend a few weeks with some friends. Sir Richard Mayne is reported to have expressed his dread at the rising power of the roughs of London, and that he shall not, during the visit of the Sultan, be able to pre- vent a renewal of those outrages wlfich have lately been, perpetrated. His remedy is an increase in the number nf police, and it is not a very difficult one to complv with Tbe population has grown excessively within these last few years, and the force of former times is no longer adequate to keep order. fin4 bvhthe0: M™' tiT1f P°,0le' in Dorsetshire, has been inches in length Sel)mg soles Iess than ei«ht Six men have been arrested near Wicklow as part of a large crowd of men who were drilling in a field after eleven o clock on Sunday night when the police cameork inem. Ihe commander is in custody. Messrs. Merryweather & Sons, of London, are the recipients at the Paris Exhibition of the first prize cold medal) for the best steam fire-engines, their engines having far superseded all others exhibited, both us regards raising steam quicker, throwing water to greater distance, and the. superiority and simplicity of their construction. As an indication of the state of the thermometer on Sunday last it was observed that a lady in one of the WesU eim churches, m London, sat during the whole of the^sermon with an immense sun-shade over her in,??1? lis^ °f Belgian volunteers who will visit Eng- thS nnmhpr ieor:r hriv1e, inscribed their names, and of 'f 'ri v'°Jn B^ussels, 365 from Antwerp, and ^9-*> florn Ghent. The list includes volunteers from all towns except Menin. The Viceroy of Egypt has been so much delighted with the Exhibition that he has induced the principal func- tionaries of his country to make a journey to Paris, and lias also indicated forty Arab chiefs who will pay a visit to the Champ de Mars. A lady at a New York ball, recently, wore 80 dols. worth of curls on the back of her head. It is said to be the intention of the Admiralty to despatch a squadron of iron-clads to the Straits of Dover to T>nvS „he Sultan in crossing the Channel between Calais and n his forthcoming visit to this country. erroneeoMl7 translatpT"^ t0 Ishmafe\? Pas;ha has been meaning is Vicerot Sovcr1eirtl „E?yPt- Tne. real reien It is ii woii certain attributions of the Sove- the title of Viceroy Ishmael, although taking of that country. Was y-Hereditary Governor-General of that country. On the 19th July a grand ball *^11 i,„ • 1 t j Stanley to the Sultan. 3,000 invitations if given by Lord The Sultan will visit Windsor and Eton Coiled u'V.3"6 ments for his reception have not yet been settled.' anSe~ On Saturday an inquest was held at Kepier near Durham, on the bodies of Francis Usher, a boy, aged nine years, and Mr. Thomas Robinson, aged 35 years, who were drowned in the Wear. On Friday evening Usher went to bathe in the Wear, and got out of his depth, Mr. liobinson, an independent gentleman, who was no swimmer, at once rushed into the water, waded up to his waist, and then fell into a hole in the bed of the river. The boy seized hold ot him, and both were drowned. Verdict, Accidental Death. Gill, the great caricaturist of the Lune, lately asked Lemaitre for his autograph to lithograph at the foot of a charge of him which he proposed to publish. M. Leiuattre's answer, now to be seen in all the shop windows, is original and touching. lie says, "Lune—Caricature young peonle- Time does the work for the old." How utterly debased and alien to the minds of honest natures must these Sheffield ratteners be, is disDlaved in the remarkable fact that Broadhead has applied for his expenses as a witness at It. a day, and thinks it hard to wait for that sum till the Commission has done its work He h»i had enough of the Commissioners he says. On the other hand, the marksman who shot Linley unblushingly annears in public-nay, continues to work'at the samo place ii if nothing had happened. A German named Kancke was arrested at Now York, on,t^n^thChargeda\vm1la?d^ from the steamer America, cnargea with stealing 20 000 Prussian thalers while under the government ot the Prince of Lippe. An Atlantic cable telegram reached New Vm-ir ssisstf ,he "m" •*» &l1d ordered Kancke's arrest. The commander .the column of Belgian Volunteers,. wbo are a1?out to VISIt London, has announced that tbe. date of departure has been fixed for tbe 10th instead of the 11th mstant. J^w^f/!ifeWr,Ptontains a strange paragraph. We omittedit says, to announce the departure of the Kini? of Prussia, and then goes on to record it. Now, the departure of a King from Paris, after being the truest of V n at the Tuileries, is a very notable because ,1bmperor event; and therefore the official journal was reign'06 It ir^uiltv of'a" le.avinS of the Prussian Sove- reign. it is guilty of a second impertinence in Droclaimino- ^\a ter'that i,; "omitted" to make ^announce- ment which was in every other newspaper. Beloved son, I have received your letter It ha« not relieved me of anxiety and distress of mind. Call at the Vere-street post-office for a letter directed in your name. I have not set any one to watch you. Do you remember what you wished to be your employment through life—' To do your duty;' and your motto, Ora et labora."—Advertisement in London Timet. The London and South Western Railway Compa'nv were last week defendants in an action brought against t'.iem by one Talliot, a circus proprietor, for injuries inflicted on an unusually accomplished pony by one of their varrs The pony, whose stage name was "Teddy," could waltz polk and leap extraordinarily. On the occasion of his being hurt he was employed in the vulgar occupation of drawing a box cart in Lambeth, when the company's van ran against him and injured his hoof. The jury would only consent to look upon "Teddy," as a common working pony, and gave 311- damages. The Duchess of St. Albans received no less tlian three hundred presents on the occasion of her ma'riage some of them ot the most beautiful description. As Miss Sibyl Grey this young lady was most popular with <l] classes and there can be no doubt that she will continue so in her more exhalted position. A.B. writing to The Times, adveds to the fact that after the battle of Waterloo a large sum was subscribed for the benefit of the wounded and the widows and children of the killed. More than half a century having elapsed since tlie battle was fought, few claimant^ ou the'fund can remain, and A.B." wishes to Know 'what was its con- stitution—whether it deceived itla-y a"n«ity to the pensioners, or whether they ( Us interest only;" and in the latter case, > "here 13 the principal, and what is its amount. The efforts of^^Vhf ion Commi«ee (whose president is Mr- ^ve b«en successful. The first excursion pai ty.c w,n-king men, have returned from Pa"ttlie 29th of (wi tosend from 120 to 150 each oq0thkofnoctober about 3Wwi'BCaWatelthst by-the 29th OI ;h- i °'ui tJ working men will have visited. committee Sroro P+"ea«S Provit,ed by the committee, inorts upon the v:n'L ? or a senes of Prizes for the best art and utility in ,i passes of machinery and works of: circulars to thio exWMtion. They have issued two. obiect the nthf one to the artisans explaining their interest in tlw ii0 emPloyers, asking all such as take aa fundforfv.1 • terto he'p towar,is increasing a special offerpd v,; f upl'izes' 11 is stated that some prizes will also bsj onerea by the Society of Arts. tiiJf aPPears from the report for the past half year of uie trade of Dublin, which to a large extent shows the 'con- dition of Ireland, that the imports of grain and flour have been declining, and the exports of butter, bacon, ao j pork increasing. The shipments of live stock have also advanced except in sheep. Of cattle, 59,609 lioad were exported, as compared with -15,587 in the same period of 1S66, There is a marked in. i casein the imports of foreign cattle into Dublin About 150 head of Portuguese cattle per wee)\ _for jagj. four or five weeks have been landed on Dublin quays and have influenced the local market. PTOYGHt'olg a j-jsa ji, price gi to the wipuuer.

@ur Ronton Carospniicitt. rwe aeem it right to stato that we do not at "U times identify ourselves with cur correspondent s opinions.! The grea.t question of Reform is still a leading topic. Happily we begin to see land at last. At the time I write the last clause haa been settled, and all that has to be decided is some private propoeals, the schedules, and the exact title of the Act, the latter being a mere formality and of very little consequence It is not what the measure is to be called but what it does. As to the effort to obtain an Irish Reform Bill this Session I there is very little chance of that effort being success- ful. It is now getting late in the Session, but there will be ample time for the Lords to pass the bill during the month of July. Many persons still credit the rumour that their lordships intend to make an onslaught on the lodger franchise. For myself, without express- ing any opinion on the effect of this part of the bill, I hope the Lords will do nothing of the kind, solely be- cause if the effort were successful, to use a highly classical phrase, we should then have all the fat in the fire, and perhaps at the last moment the bill alto- gether would be abandoned. The horrible crimes that have been brought to light by the Sheffield inquiry still agitate the public mind, and so deep is the feeling on this one point that we are apt to overlook the union outrages and intimidation which have been revealed since those crimes were un- earthed. But the Sheffield committee continues to do society good service by bringing out the whole truth with regard to these trade unions. It is now proved beyond all doubt—and we must not shut our eyes to facts-that rattening, or stealing the tools of non- members, or recalcitrant members, is of frequent occurrence. We cannot believe that this commission will end in nothing, and the question will soon arise what remedy shall be proposed for this state of things. Perhaps we shall have some legislative enact- ment imposing a heavy penalty on rattening, and if so, though this will be a great blow at the power of trades- unionism, it will certainly be for the benefit of society on the whole, and will materially tend to the advan- tage of the working man himself. Meanwhile it is pleasing to see that the delegates of the trades unions assembled in London have indignantly repudiated any complicity in or sympathy with the Sheffield tyrants. The London representatives of trades unions have de- clared that every union implicated must be recon- structed, and have advised the withdrawal of the Central Association from a town which has acquired so bad a reputation. This is very well, so far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. I think that now is the time for the trades unions to take the matter in their own hands, pending any legislative action. They might pass resolutions which would have the effect of expelling any member guilty of inti- midation or outrage. If this were done and acted up to, it would be a great relief to the public mind. Apropos of strikes, that of the tailors' is now completely over, in fact, whatever it may be in theory. The masters have decidedly gained the victory. You now see nowhere in the London shops journeymen wanted," as till lately was the case. The masters have, despite all the efforts of the men, succeeded in obtaining sufficient men from the Continent and the provinces; they have more largely introduced women into the trade and sewing-machines have been more generally employed. The war between masters and men, however, continues, and it has entered on a new phase. The masters having succeeded in having the president, secretary, &c., of the Operative Tailors' Association, committed for trial for conspiracy, the men have given tit for tat. They have obtained sum- monses against the president, secretary, &c., of the Master Tailors' Association, for conspiracy against the men. It is much to be regretted that either of these steps should have been considered necessary, but at least we shall in this way get to know the truth on both sides and the probability is that, as so fre- quently occurs, we shall find that there are faults on the side of both disputants. I should be delighted to find that trade here had considerably revived, but it is unpleasant to be con- vinced that "things" are still rather dull Many tradesmen insist that the Paris Exhibition has done no good, and that it has sent a large amount of money out of the Metropolis, while the foreign and American visitors have not come hither as it was expected they would. Be this as it may, it is remarkable what a number of aristocratic mansions are to be let in London, and it is said that carriage makers, jewellers, &c., and those tradesmen who do business solely with the rich could offer many con- vincing proofs that trade is very dull. One carriage- maker, I am told, has no less than 300 second-hand carriages for sale, which is a significant fact. The cheapness of money, too, shows that commercial en- terprise is not very active. Were there much call for it for commercial and trading operations, it would not remain at 2^ per cent. The House of Lords has lately presented an un- wonted sight. It is not often that the favoured visitor has the opportunity of seeing it under such a phase. The Hon. Theresa Yelverton has appeared there to plead her 'cause in person. To appeal to the House of Lords" is a suggestive phrase, but one which suggests a false idea. The House of Lords, as a Court of Appeal, does not exist; the law lords are but some out of many; and out of this small number a still smaller number sit in judgment. As a Court it was not an imposing spectacle, but when one thought of the power of those four law lords sitting on their luxurious benches, the spectacle of that tall, slight, in- tellectual-looking, but enfeebled woman standing there, was one which will long be remembered by those who wit- nessed it. On the day I was there there were several ladies who took an evident interest in the proceedings, and one who I was told was deeply concerned in it. I may add that perhaps no woman ever pleaded her own case with more impassioned earnestness without the slightest rant; she spoke with elegance as well as force, and evidently carried with her the sympathies of those who heard her, leaving, of course, out of the question, the impassive law lords, who exhibited not the slightest emotion of any kind. Can any one inform us what has been the entir cast of the House that Barry built ? A very diffi- cult question to answer, no doubt; only excelled in difficulty by the response to the query, how much more it will cost ? Workmen have never ceased to be em- ployed in it for thirty years, and it seems probable that they never will cease to find some employment or other there. And after the enormous sums dis- bursed upon this splendid building it is remarkable that neither the House of Lords nor the House of Commons is well adapted to the purposes for which they are intended. One committee is to inquire into the best means of improving the interior arrangements of the Upper House, so that their lordships may be able to hear; and another committee is to inquire into the arrangement of the House of Commons, so that the members may all find a seat! It seems that there are not good seats, from which the House may be effectively addressed, for more than about 170 mem- bers, out of the 658, who may some of these fine even- ings attend. A House of 550 members is not at all un- common, and when hon. members gather in such numbers it is a scene of pell mell. One effect of the Paris Exhibition is already making itself felt. There have been so many who have gone to the French capital and returned, that the conversation in private circles frequently turns on Paris experiences, and it is quite amusing to hear the boasts of those who have been there for the first time in their lives. The brag of "the monkey who had seen the world" is nothing to it. The Cockney who has been "on the Continent" is now a far greater man (in his own estimation) than he was before, and he talks largely of his continental experiences. This amuses him, and it does not hurt other people, and as a set-off it is un- doubted that even a short sojourn in France tends to remove some of those prejudices and erroneous notions that are so common. The London musical season is now at its height. Not only are the Concerts of the great societies in vogue; not only do the great (and little) pro- fessors give their annual concerts; not only are their concerts innumerable at the literary in- stitutions throughout London and its suburbs, but the aristocracy, and those who ape the aristocracy, are giving concerts; matinees musicales and soirees inusicales are the order of the day and night, and there is music, music everywhere. My business has called me out very late at night and till very early in the morning, latterly; and I begin to think that London as a whole never goes to bed. Doubtless we all get, as best we may, our due proportion of sleep somehow, but fashionable London—Belgravia and Mayfair, Tyburnia and Parkland, during the London season at least, never seems to go to bed at night, but in the morning When the theatres are over, when tired actors go home, when critics go to write their favour- able notices, and the lights in middle-class society are turned off for the night, my Lady Yeuxbleux's party begins, and La Mode Square is all alive with rolling carriages, dashing footmen, and policemen'' kindly lent for the occasion;" and tillfive or six in the morning the great house is lighted up, and the sounds of delicious music float upon the still air. No wonder, therefore, that we no longer hear the remark that was once so common, that we are not a musical nation.

The preliminary examinations relative to the attempt on the life of the Czar are now terminated. The magis- trate employed, after devoting twenty days to hearing a considerable number of witnesses, and to interrogating Berezowski, has sent m hIS. report. M. Emmaneul Arago has been selected by the prisoner as his defender, and has already had an interview with Berezowski, whose health no longer causes any uneasiness. He takes walking exercise lor about an hour every morning in courtyard ol the Con- ciergerie.

'———————-———————— 1 Pktlkraeous Intelligent^ HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. I THREATENED ASSASSINATION.—Mr. Oldham ? Whittaker, of Hurst Mills, near AsliUn-'under-Lyne, 1 a gentleman whose practical benevolence has raised ( places of worship and established public schools and libraries in the district where his business is earned on, has received a note by post eontaining threats of assassination. The miscreant writes :— You are about to create great disturbance in this district j with the baseful conclusion you have come to respecting the ] strippers and grinders. So sure as you are a livinll; i man you will be put an end to, in some way yet to be thought 1 on. Don't expect to survive long after this warning. 1 Assassinated you must be, as others have been whom you 1 would expect had not been. OPENING A MUMMY.—The Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by the Viceroy of Egypt, visited the Exhibition on Sunday at half-past eleven, and ex- amined several sections, stopping for some time in the grand temple of the isle of Philoe, where a mummy, several thousand years old, was opened before them. After bands of interminable length had been unrolled, the head was laid bare the features were well pre- served, but entirely black. A strong balsamic odour escaped and filled the place. Afterwards, hisMajesty entered the Viceroy's pavilion and remained there a short time. The Emperor returned to the iuileries m an open carriage with the Empress, who had arrived, the Viceroy following with General Fleury m a low phaeton, A ROYAL BENEFACTRESS !—The Empress of the French has began her annual tour of visits to the charitable institutions, hospitals, and lunatic asylums of Paris. The other day she visited the prison of St. Lazare One among the poor women presented in the name of her companions a petition requesting that they might be allowed to have wider benches. Her Majesty promised that the petition should be granted, and she quitted the salle amidst tremendous cheering. As the Empress crossed the courtyard she turned to the governor of the prison and spoke about the benches. '1 The poor women will only work the better if they are comfortably seated and besides their health may suffer." A young student answered, "Madame, disease even may ensue." Whereupon a doctor present answered, I never remarked anything of the sort, madame, and I have been in daily attendance for the last ten years here." That is scarcly a reason, doctor. Such facts may occur for sixty years without being remarked, and yet a single day may suffice to reveal them." "Is SIIE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO VOTE?"— The Boston Commonwealth says :— A young lady in this city advertises herself as a thorough classical scholar, who desires a situation to teach the Greek and Latin languages, or either in a school in this city or vicinity, "to beginners or advanced pupils." A contem- porary remarks that the 'Put-'em-down Society' must be on the alert. That young lady ought possibly to have as good a right to vote as even Patrick Mulligan, three months in from Cork, who doesn't know 'B from bull's foot,' and never will learn." SHOCKING TRAGEDY.—A Florence letter, in the Situation, gives some details of a tragical event which has taken place in Count Pallavicini's house- hold. This general, who belonged to a noble Genoese family, enjoyed a high position in the esteem of the Italian nation and army. It was he who received Garibaldi's sword at Aspromonte. About a year since he married a young and beautiful Calabrian lady, in that extreme Neapolitan province, where he commands, with full powers, for the repression of brigandage. The general seems to have had well-founded reasons for distrusting his wife, and some days since, on re- turning from parade unexpectedly, he saw what drove him into an excess of fury, and with his sword, at a single blow, he killed the countess. The letter adds that the paramour escaped. FATAL CASES OF POISONING IN LIVERPOOL. —On Saturday some persons residing in Vauxhall- road, Liverpool, partook of some potted herrings, which had been bought at a shop in Chisenhall-street. Two of them, James Grady andthomas Callaghan, died the same day, after severe sufferings, and many other persons who had also eaten of the fish were seized with fearful pains in the stomach. An inquest was held on Monday on the bodies of the two deceased men. The dealer stated that the herrings were fresh and the vinegar good. Medical evidence showed that death was caused by inflammation of the stomach aDd intestines from some irritant, which was in all pro- bability either from the incipient putrefaction of the fish or from some irritating material used in pickling. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence. FAST LIFE IN PARIS.—A recent trial in Paris affords a curious insight into" fast" life in that capital (says the Pall Mall Gazette.) One of its most fashionable clubs, the Moutards," determined to give a fete to the demi mondc on the island in the Bois de Boulogne. The following invitation was ac- cordingly circulated:— MADAME,—Vous fites prife d' assister au bal qui sera donnfi au Chalet des Isles le Mardi, 29 Mai, a 11 heures, De la part de 31. Eennassont. En Grisette. On arriving at the island the fair guests were re- ceived by the most prominent members of the club, supported by thirty-five musicians, ten policemen, six hornblowers, six boatmen, and a couple of firemen. Every time a lady landed a rocket was sent up, and the horns played. But, after supper, the fete became an orgie, into the details of which we decline to enter. WhenM. Boileau, the fournisseur, who had contracted for the supplies, came to send in his account, in which charges for damages done formed no inconsiderable item, the "Moutards" declined to pay more than three-fifths of the bill. So M. Boileau brought an action for the other two fifths, 731., and gained it. As the "Moutards" are accounted the "swells" of Paris, they had much better have paid the claim and avoided the exposure. A LOYAL SUBJECT !—An elderly woman was brought by the police, on Saturday last, before the magistrate at Marlborough-street, London, charged with sitting on the steps of the Army and Navy Club at two o'clock in the morning, singing at the top of her voice God Save the Queen," and when requested to desist, singing "Rule Britannia." Her defence was that it was coronation day, and that slie "felt loyal." AN ACTION THROUGH A COLD !—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday in last week, the case of Chatterton v. Reeves was heard. This was an action brought by the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre against Mr. Sims Reeves for the breach of a contract to act and sing in the opera of "Rob Roy" at the rate of 40 guineas a night. The defence was that Mr. Reeves had a cold and was unable to appear, though, Mr. Harrison having been put into his character of Osbaldiston, when he recovered he offered to sing m another opera. The correspondence having been read, a consultation took place between counsel, on his lord- ship's suggestion, and the result was a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. IDLENESS IN NEW ORLEANS.—A corres- pondent writing from New Orleans on the 22nd ult., says :■— The crowd of idle whites that is seen here all day long is but one of a hundred others that the visitor may behold in every other part of the city. The negroes do work—willingly, industriously, and gleefully—while the whites do not, either because they cannot or will not. I cannot blame them much. It is very hot. The season is as far advanced as it is in England in August. The sun beats fiercely down, the stone pavements bake your feet and reflect the heat as does an oven. It is much pleasanter to sit in the shade beneath a magnolia tree, and inhale the delicate odour of its wonderful blossoms, than to go down upon the Levee and tote corn sacks fora shilling an hour. But sitting idle all day long in a city where the cheapest meal costs half-a-crown, and where the hotels charge a pound a day, is a luxury that can only, or ought only, to be enjoyed by gentlemen of inde- pendent fortunes; and I must confess that these crowds of al fresco gentlemen do not appear to me to belong to that class of society. BROADHEAD AS "MINE HOST OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.—Since W. Broadhead made his remarkable disclosures before the commissioners, the Royal George public-house, which he keeps, has been daily and nightly thronged with visitors, many of them from a distance, anxious to catch a glimpse of so notorious a character. It is said that Broadhead himself occa- sionally acts as waiter, so that the curious have ample opportunity of being rewarded for their visit, and the quantity of liquor that is disposed of is something enormous. MORRO VELHO MARRIAGE BILL.—This rather puzzling entry among the orders of the day in the House of Lords relates to marriages which have been celebrated by a chaplain licensed by the Bishop of London, in a chapel erected by the St. John del Rey Mining Company at their establishment at Morro Velho, in Brazil—a chaplain maintained by that company. In this chapel marriages have been celebrated in which British subjects have been contracting parties, and doubts are entertained as to the validity of the mar- riages. The object of the bill is to declare valid all such marriages celebrated before a. day to be named in the bill. The bill is one of a class that troubles Parlia- ment in almost every Session, and shows the vague and unsatisfactory state of the marriage law of this kingdom. NOT QUITE A TEETOTALLER !—The statistics of dram-drinking among sailors in Eastern London would, if collected, form a startling proof of the de- praved condition of many of our merchant seamen. In a record of seventy-nine cases of dehnum tremens compiled by Mr. Harry Leach, one is adduced of a man admitted into the Dreadnought for a seventh attack of this disease, whose daily allowance, for the week previous to admission, had been ten or twelve glasses of rum, from one and a half to two gallons of beer, and (as he said) a few glasses of brandy by way of a change. He confessed to the expenditure of 201. in three days, and applied for entry penniless and almost in rags. Two cases are mentioned in each of which the quantity imbibed averaged from thirty to forty glasses of rum or brandy daily, and a fourth, mad in hospital with erysipelas, took for a fortnight before admission a daily quota of three bottles of gin, three gallons of beer, and several glasses of brandy. The ordinary tavern glass holds 2^ oz. GIPSY ENCAMPMENT AT EDINBURGH.—A tribe of gipsies are now encamped at Edinburgh, where they are doing a good trade in the bazaar goods and fleecing the ninnies of their cash at the rate of three- pence per head for admission. They seem tc realise the old adage, "A parcel of idle gipsies." The men walk ahout smoking with their hands in their pockets, and the whole live up to a scale of feeding which in- dicates considerable wealth. They are licensed hawkers, and brought with them a great number of horses, like other swells of the gipsy or w^ndc 'in"" upper ten. ° BEREZOWSKI'S ANCESTORS. — The assassin Berezowski—that is the only correct orthography of a name that has been subjected to more than one trans- mognficatlOn-Is, as manifest from hIs patronymic of Russian descent. The Polish form of the name is Brzszowski, Anglice, Beecher-i. e., he of the beech- wood. His great grandfather, according to Polish papers, was a Cossack from the Ukraine, who emigrated to Volhynia, where the son became suc- cessively postmaster and a civil administrative officer under the Polish Government. The postmaster's son, Berezowski's father, in his turn inherited a fine estate, served in the Russian Army, and was pensioned off when he had attained the rank of major. Though not flagrantly implicated in the rebellion, he, in 1863, shared the fate of many of his suspected countrymen, j being banished to some distant inhospitable region, where he earned a scanty livelihood as a teacher of music. His estate was of course seized. The family, originally belonging to the Greek orthodox denomina- tion when in Poland, turnod United Greeks, or what is the same, Roman Catholics, until, after the exten- sion of Russian swav to Volhyma, they were forced back to the bosom of the orthodox CV-rch. A member of the latter Berezowski calls himself. THE SULTAN'S RECEPTION.—With regard to the arrangements for the reeeption of the Sultan, The Times makes the following statement We are glad to learn that the Covmment have determined that the Sultan shall be entertained at an omeial fete, and have delegated the discharge of this duty to the Secretary of State for India and the Indian Council. Regard being had to our relations with the East, to the telegraphs which traverse Turkey, to the Indian pilgrimages to 1Iecca, and, though last, not least, to our twenty millions of Mahometan fellow-subjects in India, who look up to the Sultan as the heallof their faith, no department of the State can more fittingly and more gracefully fulfil this duty than the Indian Council, and we have no doubt that every effort will be made to render the entertainment most magnificent. The Secretary of State for India aid the Council possesses one great element of success in the new India Office, now ready for occupation, and in which, if we are rightly informed, the fete will be held. SEA-SICKNESS CURED BY THE APPLICATION OF ICE.—Dr. Chapman has published in a pamphlet a large number of instances in which his remedy for sea- sickness—the application of an ice-bag to the spine— has been successful. He gives seventeen cases, in each of which the application was followed by the absence of sickness. According to the reports of the patients, it not only averts or prevents the sickness, but the cramps or spasms that frequently accompany it, at the sanio time restoring the circulation to its normal standard, and thus raising the patient from cold and pallid prostration to the ruddy warm glow character- istic of health and the" activity of the circulatory function. In some case the effects are said to have been miraculous, three minutes being sufficient to re- move the retchin< calm the spasms, and allow the patient to sink into sleep, which was followed by entire absence of sickness. The Medical Press and Circular, noticing these cases, strongly urges that the remedy should have fair trial, THE CZAR IN PARIS.—Extraordinary stories are current of the Czar's conduct in Paris. One class of these anecdotes is designed—we would not be far wrong in saying invented—to illustrate the simple nature of the life he led in the gay capital. For in- stance, the Czar was curious to know how his uncle of Prussia would be received. He took his son's arm, and wall-red down to the terminus, and stood among the crowd, listening tp its remarks on the Emperor as he drove up to receive his Royal guest in all the pomp of state ceremonial, and waited till the cortege had driven off before he wended his way on foot towards the Elysee. More than that, the Czar was at the great Market des Halles at four in the morning to see the supplies come in for the consumption of the city, and hear the bargaining and chafferings of the excited crowd as to the price of fish, vegetables, &c., and al- most every night he walked along the Boulevards, en- joying the peculiar characteristic of Paris—namely, that it is awake at night. BEFORE-HAND WITH THEM !—Letters from Pesth state that notwithstanding the large number of visitors present during the ceremonies of the corona- tion, not one single case of theft had been brought before the magistrates. This fact is attributed to n strong precautionary act decided on by the authorities. The mayor, having been imformed that an organised band of pickpockets was r bout to make a descent on that city from Vienna, took his measures accordingly, and when he learned by telegraph that twenty-five had started on board one of the Danube steamers, as an advance guard, he had a force of police ready, and arrested the whole body on their arrival. This delicate attention on the part of his worship had such eitect upon the rest of the gang that they decided upon stopping at home, and thus the fete passed over un- disturbed. IRON SMELTING AND MAGNETISM.—Among the many new applications of electro-magnetism to the arts and manufactures is that of making it in- strumental in the smelting of iron. A fixed electro- magnet is placed opposite an opening in the side of the furnace containing the metal to be smelted, and a cur- rent of magnetism is directed into the molten metaL The effect on the iron is said to be very remarkable, rendering it extremely tough and hard. The proems is carried on with great success at one of the most im- portant ironworks in Sheffield. THE RAILWAY AND ITS RESULTS. — It is astonishing what life, energy, activity, and enterprise the Union Pacific Railroad has infused into the cities, towns, villages, and settlements through which it passes (says the New York Heraldj. Stores, habita- tions, schools, and churches spring up aa if by magio. Freemont, 46 miles west of Omaha, has grown up from a quiet settlement to a brisk little town of some 800 to 900 inhabitants. Columbus, 45 miles further west on the road, has manifested similar improvements. There have been 7,000 lots added to the city. The population is now about 1,100, and rapidly on the in- crease. Kearney City and Fort Kearney, heretofore known only as a military post, have (by the railroad) been inspired by a progressive spirit that is creditable both to the city and the road. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN'S SHOE.—There is a well-authenticated story of a poor woman, not pre- cisely a beggar, but who had a petition to present, the prayer of which was of course a Umosna, who pounced upon the Qu Jen just as she was coming out of the garden of the Retiro. Her prayer was very soon heard but unhappily when her Majesty felt in her pocket she found that she had no money. Kings, Queens, millionaires, and theatrical managers never have ready money about them enough to pay for a cab or a turnpike. Come to the palace to-morrow," said the Qusen to the petitioner. "Alas replied the poor woman, "the servants wiU not let me pass." Where- upon it is upon record that Donna Isabella de Bourbon, stooping down, took off one of her shoes, and gave it to the suppliant as a token and a sign that she might be allowed next day to pass the palace gates and have her claim allowed. EXCITING SCENE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GAR- DENS.-On Friday a scene of a most exciting nature occurred at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park, in London. It appears that a countryman, while looking at the bears, accidentally dropped his hat into the pit, and, to recover it, had the foolhardiness to descend the pit. As soon as he got to the bottom he was seized by one of the bears, and immediately two others came from their cave and also seized him, and began dragging him towards it. Some sticks were thrown to him by the excited lookers on, but fortunately one of the keepers went to the man's assistance, and suc- ceeded in setting him free. WTien asked by the keeper how he came to do such a thing, he quietly replied that he did not know their nature A DISCRIMINATING CAT !—One day last week a man named Amey was charged at the Marlborough- street police-court, in London, with assaulting his wife. The only point of interest in the case was the way in which the woman was saved from further ill-treatment. Her husband knocked her down, jumped on her, and then throwing himself on her, seized her by the throat, and attempted to strangle her. but while she lay on the ground screaming, a favourite cat named" Topsy," suddenly sprang on her hust and a. ad fastened her claws in his eyes and her teeth in 11 face. Her husband could not tear the cat away, an he was obliged to im- plore her to take it from him to save his life. Her husband got a month's hard labour. The report did not say whether Topsy was to have a treat at the expense of the poor box. NOT PARTICULAR .'—The Viceroy's pavilion in the Paris Exhibition is often used by his Highness as a place of repose after the fatigues of a long walk through the galleries. The other day M. Raimbeaux accompanied him at last the Viceroy was tired, and entered his pavilion, stretching himself on the deli- cious divan; and was just falling asleep when it occurred to him that it was his duty to protect arts and manufactures, even while enjoying a siesta. "While I rest myself, would you kindly buy me some curiosi- ties ? But what do you wish for ? said M. Raim- beaux. "Whatever you like." "But what price does your Highness wish to give ? Whatever you like say eight thousand pounds."

CAREFUL OF HIS CHARACTER! The following letter was addressed by Broadhead to the editor of the Sheffield Telegraph in October last, when that journal was vigorously denouncing the crimes which subsequently led to the appointment of a Royal Commission of inquiry. At that time Broad- head actually threatened the Sheffield Telegraph with an action for "daring" to impute to him and his union any complicity with trade outrages in general, and with the Hereford-street outrage in particular; and at a meeting of the trade unionists he declared he would sell the shirt off his back in order to obtain justice for the damage his character had thereby sus- tained. The duplicity which the letter reveals leaves further comment unnecessary :— Sir,—I see from the reports in the papers some steps are Jikely to be taken to bring to justice the perpetrators of the foul deed in Hereford-street, which must be added to the fearful catalogue that has so frequently disgraced the fair fame of this largely increasing, prosperous town. I am sure every right-minded man will join in condemning such foolishly insane and wicked practices. Entertaining sincerely as I do this sentiment, I will willingly, and I hereby offer 61, reward to any person who will be instrumental in bring- ing d the dastards to justice. The Society of Saw Grinders hold their general meeting on Tuesday next, and it is my intention to lay the subject before it, and I have every con- fidence that society will be both ready and willing to support so laudable an object. I can only hope the matter will be so largely taken up as to swell the amount into many thousand pounds. If the reward is only made suffi- ciently great, it must be increasingly difficult to resist the temptation of the offer. No man regrets these deeds more than I do, and I feel strongly upon it; but while thus expressing myself, I must be equally explicit on another part of the subject, and that is the conduct of such men as the Fearoehoughs and their class. Next to the perpetrators themselves I abhor them as the cause of these things taking place, by what I conceive to be their disreputable proceed- ings, and therefore cannot join in sympathy towards him by contributing to a public subscription for that purpose, as I believe by so doing I should be only adding fuel to the burning embers. I am prepared to do all that I here promise, and it is not my intention to enter into further public corres- pondence on this matter unless I see It necessary in order to forward the ends of justice. (Signed) WM. BROADHEAD, Royal George Hotel, Carver-street, October 11,1866.

THE SULTAN IN PARIS. Under as fierce a sun and almost as blue a sky as that which tints the waters of his native Bosphorus, the Sultan of Turkey made his entry into Paris on Sunday afternoon (says the Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette), His arrival at the Lyons railway station had been fixed for four o'clock, and shortly after that hour he was received by the Emperor and a small suite, composed of one or more marshals of France, and several Ministers, with almost as much state, and quite as much military display, as the Czar himself, and certainly with all that empressement with which the Emperor Napoleon knows so well how to welcome his guests. Of course the entire personnel of the Ottoman embassy was present to render its homage; Djemil Pasha and others who had gone tomeet the Sultan at Toulon having accompanied him through- out the remainder of his journey to the French capital. Contrary to general expectation, for we had been told that the Sultan invariably rode on horseback when takicg part in ftIly public procession, after the inter- views and introductions had been gone through, Abdul Aziz tookh is seat in one of the imperial closed State carriages, having the Emperor on his left hand and a couple of his own Ministers in front of him. The Emperor wore the uniform of a general of division. The Sultan was dressed in a red fez and a blue frock ornnniented with a,moderate amount of gold lace, with a diamond star and the red ribbon of the legion of honour across his breast. Ten other state carriages followed, with the members of the Sultan's suite- all of the male sex. Crowds of people lined the route along which the prooessioa passed, at the head of which rode several ef the Emperor's equerries, then a band of trumpeters, followed by a company of lancers; next came the first state carriage with coach- man and footmen in the gayest of green and gold liveries, in which, as already stated, the Sultan and the Emperor sat side by side, and following this^were the Cent Gardes, and then the remaining carriages containing the suite. Flags were flying here and there along the route, which was densely crowded with people every step of the way from the railway station, the Place de la Bastille, and the column of July, along the Rue St. Antoine and the Rue de Rivoli. The cortege passed through the quadrangle of the Louvre, which was packed with Parisians in every part, the Chasseurs de Vincennes keeping the line ,leaf" thiin through the Cour de Na- poleon III., and across the_ Place du Carrousel, where was collected an entire regiment of dragoons, several squadrons of the Garde de Paris, and one or more regiments of the line. The Palac? of the Tuileries was of course entered beneath the Arc de Triomphe, and the Sultan alighted at tne Pavilion de 1'lTorloge. After being introduced to the Empress, he again entered his carriage, and was driven by the garden of the Tuileries, across the Place de la Concorde to the Palais de Eiysee,

DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR WARRINGTON, On Saturday forenoon a very dreadful accident occurred near Warrington. The 10 23 tram from Liverpool to Birming- ham and London left Hank Quay station at 11 25, taking up several passengers, and on approaching Walton Junction the driver saw ahead a coal train, which efforts were being made to shunt on to the Chester line. IT3 did not deem it necessary to slacken speed, not aoubting that the way would be clear. The coal trucks, however, had scarcely left the main line when the passenger train reached the points. The points were not turned, and the passenger engine rushed into the coal trucks. The driver and fireman escaped with comparatively slight injuries, having, it is supposed, jumped for their lives when they aaw a collision to be in- evitable, and the passenger engine was driven right into the breakman's van of the coal train, and firmly lodged there. The first two or three of the passenger carriages—one in particular, a second-class—were broken to pieces and overturned, and five of the passengers were kll1ed and a large number injured. The wreck was awful. Immediately after the occurrence, intelligerce was con- veyed to Warrington, and assistance procured. The stationmaster, was immediately on the spot, and directed the movements of the men engaged in clearing the line and lifting out the dead and wounded. One after another, as the remains of the front carriages were removed, the mutilated bodies of nen and women were taken up and conveyed to places of safety. All the medical men tn War- rington whose services were available \yere sent for-, and they repaired to the spot wit.iout a moment's delay, doing all that human effort could to allay the sufferings of the wounded. A special train was sent from Warrington with a number of first-class carriages, to bring the wounded on to Warrington. Some of the dead bodies were also brought on, and placed in the waiting rooms at Bank Quay station. Shortly after the accident a passenger from Liverpool- one among many who had a providential escape—said that he was seated in the next carriage to that which was broken to atoms. Before the unal crash—not more than one moment—he felt that a collision was inevitable j it seemed, he said, to come on "graduany, and he made an effort to get out by the door, but found himself locked in. The car- riage was overturned. Having received no severe injuries he managed to crawl out. A lady, he said, in the same carriage was killed; she was on the same seat with him, fitting next to the window. He was at her elbow. When tl»e crash came he sprang from the scat ana got down, then the carriage went over and he found his way out. A lady who was with him seemed hardly conscious of her movements at the moment of the collision. She sain "I was in the same car- riage, but can't tell how 1 got out. She did not seern to have received the least injury- Under one of the carriages layatadyand gentleman whose leg, were tightly pressed down by a portion of the frame- work of the carriage. The gentleman was in a dreadful state of excitement, but the hidy, who is married, and under 30, was perfectly cool, and implored that her legs might at onee be amputated, in order that she might be released from her unpleasant position 1he medIcal men of course would not consent to this summary mode of treatment, and it was three quarters of an hour before deliverance came. Neither of the two was much hurt, but the gentleman died shortly after his extrication, no doubt from the shock to his nervous system, while the lady joined her husband, and was able to resume her journey without further delay. The matron from the workhouse, with an efficient staff of nurses, was in attendance, and several ministers and other gentlemen rendered their valuable services in alleviating the sufferings of the injured passengers. In some cases the patients expressed a wish to make their wills, and this was done in proper legal form for them. The surgeons also attended at the hospital and rendered every assistance in their power. The heads of the several railway departments, with their staff, were also promptly on the spot, and too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the members of the police force for their prompt and praiseworthy exertions. The line was very soon cleared of the dibrit, none of the metals being torn up, and some of the passengers were despatched as far as Crewe by the 12.30 express train for London. The number of passengers who received injuries so serious as to require surgical aid IS ufticially stated to be 33. Of these one was sent, at his own request, to Bury Lane, five to Liverpool, four (one since dead) to the Patten Arms Hotel, Warrington, and 23 to the Convalescent Hospital. Under the care of Mr. Spinks, surgeon, who has been un- tiring in his attendance upon the wounded, lie at least 12 persons seriously injured. The correspondent of a contempo- rary, in passing through tha hospital wards, says that he saw Mr. Thomas Jones, of Wolverhampton, who had been hurled against the arm of the carriage in which he rode with such violence that he sustained a compound frac- ture of the leg and other dreadful wounds. He lay quietly 011 the bed with his hands folded on his breast, and no one who looked at his uncomplaining face could have guessed how dreadful were the injuries from which he was suffering. He made his will on Saturday afternoon, believing that he was dying, and after lingering on through Sunday he breathed his last at haU-p!>st five on Alond; ,y I¡lOrning. Another mau lay on a bed immediately oppof ite insensible, whom, the doctor said, could not possibly long survive. Other cases of suffering, less dreadful only hy comparison with these two, were being cared for in the same ward. Mrs. Partridge, of Oakford-house, near Exeter, died at the "Patten Arms," on Sunday morning. She had been on a visit to Liverpool, and was returning home in company with her son. When the collision occurred both were thrown out of the carriage, landing at some dbtance from each other, !\nd while the surgeon was attending the young man, as one of the most dangerously injured, he was called away to attend a lady who was said to be dying, and who proved to be Mrs. Partridge. When he returned to the son, he found him dead, and the mother did not survive him many hours.

Among the injured are two Americans, who were in this country for the first time. Their names are Bowley. They came to England as snake charmers, and carried two boxes of these reptiles. Both men are injured about the head, but not very severely. Their anxiety, however, relative to their property was great. The poor fellows are sadly bewil- dered. They are in the care of some friends m Wolver- hampton.

The only body not recognised is that of a middle-aged woman, Lpon hor person were found some letters and papers which showed that probably she was a passenger from Liverpool. Between six and seven o clock on Mon- day evening a young man arrived at Warrington from Birkenhead, and during the journey he had talked with his fellow passengers about the accident, saying that, from the description he had seen in the newspapers, he was sure the unknown woman was his mother. His manner in the railway carriage had been \ery excited, and when he reached the station he was taken with a nt. He had to be placed in medical care, and Monday evening re- mained in a most distressing condition, apparently Dereit of his senses, and frequently raving. His name was, conse- quently, not ascertained. The woman was so shocKingiy mutilated that the body was placed in a coffin as soon as possible. The clothes and papers are now in the keeping of the station master, for the young man to identify, if he can, as soon as lIe recovers from the shock.

On Monday afternoon an inquest upon four of the bodies which had been carried to the Norton Arms, Latchfleld, was held in that house before the coroner, Mr. W. Dunstan. The names of the deceased were James Gill, James Partridge, Edmund Gibson, and Mary Elizabeth Adcock.. After a few preliminary remarks from the Coroner, the following witnesses were called:— • vt Mr. Edwin Roberts, commission agent, residing *n street, Warrington, who identified the body of James Gill, 01 371, Pershore-road, Birmingham, commission agent: Mr. Sylvanus Reynolds, tanner, of Latchford, who identified the body of his cousin, James Partridge, of Kirkdale, near Liverpool: Mr. George Adcock, of 7, Canton-street, Everton, Liver- pool, commission agent, who identified the body of his daughter, Elizabeth, aged 27, schoolmistress, residing at Liverpool; and Mr. Thomas Lamb, of Oak-hill, Old Swan, Liverpool, who identified the body of his brother-in-law, Edmund Gibson, of Llantressant, in the county of Glamorgan, mining en- gineer. On the completion of this evidence, the inquest was ad- journed.

A searching inquiry into all the circumstances which led to the accident has been instituted by the managers of the London and North Western Railway Company, but nothing of importance has been elicited beyond the main facts already published. It is clear that the coal train was duly shunted to permit the passenger train to proceed, that the signal" all right" was given by the }lointsman; that the passenger train went on at full speed; and that when it reached the junction points it found them open instead of being closed, and so followed and ran into the coal train before a break could be put on, or the steam shut off. The question as to how the points were left open and with whom the blame rests is one which will doubtless be clearly answered at tho coroner's inquest, and in the meanwhile, the pointsman in charge at the junc- tion has been suspended, and remains in town awaiting the result of the inquiry.

PRIZE DAY AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Monday was a great day in Paris. The Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by the Sultan of Turkey and the Viceroy of Egypt, the Prince of Wales, the i)uke of Cambridge, and surrounded by all the other distin- guished personages at present in Pans, distributed the prizes to the successful exhibitors at the Inter- national Exhibition. The thousands who assembled on the occasion beheld a pageant, which, perhaps, tor originality and splendour, is without a precedent in the present generation, and which is thus described by the Paris correspondent of a London contemporary: If the opening ceremony of the Paris Exhibition was meagre and commonplace, that of Monday was singularly brilliant and impressive. It was not in the Exhibition itself that the Emperor distributed the prizes, but in the Palace of Industry in the Champs Elysees—a noble hall s°me^ 500 or 600 feet in length and between lOi) and 150 feet broad, with an arched roof of glass, hung with white drapery, spotted with golden stars, and bordered with broad stripes of pale green, and adorned with countless banners of every colour, glittering with golden stars or bees. At half-past one o'clock the Imperial cortege, with a squad- ron of Lancers in the van, and the Cent Gardes bringing up the rear, started from the Tuileries. Eight state coaches, each drawn by six horses, conveyed the chief officers of the court, the Princess Mathilde and the Princess Clotilde. In the ninth carriage, drawn by' eight horses, sat the Emperor and Empress, the Prince Imperial and Prince Napoleon. Ten minutes afterwards an equally brilliant procession escorted the Sultan from the Elysee Palace to the Palace of Industry. In a state carriage, drawn by eight horses, rode Abdul Aziz, with his two sons and nephew. The route of each procession was lined with troops quite an army guarded the Palace of Industry and all its approaches. In the interior of the great hall, near the main entrance, was erected the Imperial throne, a gorgeous mass ot crimson velvet, cloth of gold, golden eagles, golden bees, and wreaths of laurel encircling golden N.'s, the whole surmounted by a huge gold crown. There were more crowns and more eagles round the walls; the galleries were hung with crimson velvet fringed with gold. while beneath were some theatrical- looking pasteboard trophies emblazoned with the arms of the various nations which have taken part in the Exhibition of the Champ de Mars, and surrounded by clusters of national banners. The entire centre of the hall was sunk j some few feet beneath the ordinary level, and here were t arranged ten showy-looking trophies, illugtraUYe oi the ten groups into which the objects contributed to tho Exhibition are divided. The sunken portion of the hall, where the foregoing groups or trophies were displayed, was surrounded by a broad belt of flowers of every possible shade of colour planted in dense masses, from three to four feet in depth. Imagine every portion of the building filled with a brilliant assemblage- lanies in the gayest summer toilettes, soldiers in uniform, officials in magnificent State costumes, gorgeous Eastern costumes, here a group of Japanese (one robed in cloth of gold with crimson velvet breeches, white stockings, and patent leather highlows, and with spiked velvet hat), there rurks in fezes and in turbans, and here Hungarians in jewelled velvet coats and crimson and gold-fringed panta- loons- imagrne all this and you will have a faint idea of the splendour of the scene. At one o'clock the sounds of music were heard the orchestra played Gluck's overture to Iphiggnie en Aulide and after a short interval FSlicien David's Evening Sontr the choir of more than one thousand voices taking Dart in the performance. Almost before the sounds had died away a procession descended the staircase on the western side: First came a banner borne before the exhibitors who have obtained prizes and honourable mention in what is styled Jhe "ne>y order of recompenses." Following them came T? i,-u— -0r3- ten various groups into which the Exhibition is divided who have gained grand prizes or gold medals, each group being preceded by a banner in- scribed with it? distinctive name. Group 1, works of art, comprised about thirty gentlemen group 2 num- bered some sixty dealers and producers of materials used in the liberal arts; group 3 was composed of manufacturers of furniture, many of whom were already decorated. The remaining groups were representatives of the clothing interest, of raw materials, of the useful arts, of food and drink, of acrricuiture and horticulture, and of the general amelioration of the condition of mankind, n/™0011 as, 'ia:' taken up theiv position in front of the Throne, the blare of trumpets and hoarse shouting of the mob outside announcer the arrival of the Emperor, together with the Sultan, The Emperor and Empress bowed on enter- ing. The Sultan, too, bowed and waved his arm in a paternal manner until the cheering ceased, when the members of the Imperial party took their seats, and Rossini's Hymn to Napoleon III. and his noble People," composed for the occasion, wat. at once performed. At the conclusiori |he ontiro assemblage rose with shouts of "Vive V-ki'ipereur." M. Rouher, Minister of State and Finance, and Vice-President of the Exhibition, advancing to the foot of the throne, read a long report to the Emperor upon the Exhibition generally, and the great success it has attained. The Emperorreplied, and then the names of those to whom medals or other recomjienses have been awarded were proclaimed aloud. Next the gold medals were distri- buted by the Emperor himself, each exhibitor thus distin- guished ascending the steps of the Throne and receiving the medal directly from the hands of the Emperor. This part of the proceedings of course occupied some time. When it was over more music was performed, at the conclusion of which the Emperor and Empress and the other occupants of seats beneath the velvet and gold canopy descended, and a procession headed by the Corps Diplo- matique was formed, and passed round the entire hall, the Emperor and Empress stopping to say a few words to the principal representatives of foreign nations whom they chanced to recognize. Shouts of "Vive l'Empercur," varied with "Vivo l'lmpfiratrice," were of course heard above all others. Cheers may have been given for the Prince Imperial, but they were scarcely distinguishable. A member of the Dublin corporation, as the procession passed where its representatives were seated, called for three Irish cheers for the Empress, when suddenly there arose a wild Irish hurrah which resounded through the building from one end to the other, and in acknowledg- ment of which the Empress graciously bowed. The centre of the throne was occupied by three gilt fanteuils, on the centre one of which sat the Emperor, with the Sultan on his right hand and the Empress on his left. On the Sultan's right hand was the Prince of Wales, and near him the Prince of Orange, the Duke of Aosta, and the Duke of Cambridge, the little brother of the Taicoon in black and gold, bordered tunic and crimson and gold petti- coat being at the extreme end. Next the Empress, on her left hand, sat the Prince Royal of Prussia, and then Mehem- med-Mourad Enendi the Sultan's nephew, and heir to the Turkish throne Prince Humbert of Italy, and Prince Napoleon. The Princesses Clothilde and Mathilde, the Duchess d'Aosta, and other ladies were also in the front rank. Behind were marshals of France, Turks in crimson fexes and blue surtouts covered with gold laco, otflcers in every European uniform, and ambassadors from all the European courts, besides the officers of the Imperial household, and various Ministers of State. The Empress wore a white robe, with cold spota, a mauve train, a green wreath and diamond head- dr-ess, a diamond necklace with long pendants and stomacher. !??eaE™Peror the uniform of a general of division, and the Sultan a blue lrock with gold lace and a red fei

M'E £ CH OF THE EMPEROR. fallowing is the text of the speech delivered by the Emperor Napoleon, on the above occasion:— Gentlemen, After an interval of twelve years, I have come for the second time to distribute the rewards to those v! most distinguished themselves in those works which enrich nations, embellish life, and soften manners. The poets of antiquity sang the praises of those great games in which the various nations of Greece assembled to contend for the pr17.es; of the race. What would they say to-day were thoy to he present at these Olympic Games of the whole world, m which all nations, contesting by intellect, seem to launch themselves simultaneously in the infinite career of progress towards an ideal incessantly approached without ever being able to be attained From all parts of the earth tne representatives of science, of the arts, and of industry have hastened to vie with each other, and we may say that peoples and kings have both come to do honour to the efforts of labour, and to crown them by their presence with the idea of conciliation and peace. Indeed, in these great assemblies, which appear to have no other object than material interests, a moral sentiment always disengages itself from the competition of intelligence —a sentiment of concord and civilisation. In drawing near, nations learn to know and to esteem each other hatred Is extinguished, and the truth becomes more and more evident that the prosperity of each country contributes to the pros- perity of all. The Exhibition of 1S07 may justly be termed universal, for it unites the elements of all the riches of the globe. Side by side with the latest improvements of modern art appear the products of the remotest ages, so that they represent at one and the same time the genius of all ages and of all nations. It is universal, for, in addition to the marvels luxury brings forth for the few, it displays also that which is demanded by the necessities of the many. The interests of the labouring classes have never aroused more lively solicitude. Their moral and material wants, their eduoation, the conditions of life at a cheap rate, the most productive combinations of association, have been the object of patient inquiries, of serious study. Thus, all improvements march forward. If science, by turning matter to account, liberates labour, the cultivation of the mind, by subduing vices, prejudices, and vulgar passions, also liberates humanity. Let us congratulate ourselves, gentlemen, "pon having re- ceived among us the majority Qf tho sovereigns and princes of Europe, and so many distinguished visitors. Let us also be proud of having shown to them France as she Is-great, prosperous, and free. One must he destitnte of all patriotic faith to doubt of her greatness; must close one's eyes to evi- dence to deny her prosperity; must misunderstand her institutions, tolerant sometimes even of license, not to behold in them liberty. Foreigners have been able to appreciate this. France— formerly disquieted, and casting out her uneasiness beyon her frontiers—now laborious and calm, always fertile in generous ideas, turning her genius to the most diverse mar vels, and never allowing herself to be enervated by materia enjoyments. Attentive minds will have divined without trouble that, notwithstanding the development of wealth, notwithstand- ing enticements towards prosperity, the fibre of the nation is always ready to vibrate as soon a^ the question of honour and the country arises; but this noble susceptibility could not be a subject of alarm for the repose of the world. Let those who have lived for a short time amongt us carry to their homes a just opinion of our country let them feel IJersuaded of the sentiments of esteem and sympat!1Y we en- tertain for foreign nations, and to our sincere desire to live at peace with them. r thank the Imperial Commission, the members of the ury, and the different committees, for the intelligent zeal they have displayed in the accomplishment of their tasks. I thank them also, in the name of the Prince Imperial, whom, notwithstanding his tender age, I have been happy to associate in this great undertaking, of which he will retain the remembrance. I hope the Exhibition of 1867 will mark a new era of harmony and of progress. Assured that Providence blesses the efforts of all who, like ourselves, desire good,* I believe in the definitive triumph of the great principles of morality and justice, which, while satisfying all legitimate desires, are alone able to consolidate thrones, to elevate nations, and to ennoble humanity.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. <t In the Divorce Court, in London, the cause of Loftus v. Loftus has been heard, and was a peti- tion by Lord Henry Loftus for restitution of conjugal fights. The respondent alleged that the petitioner had been guilty of cruelty, and prayed for a judicial separation. respondent's case was first opened, the affirmative of ne issue of cruelty being upon her. She was formerly the he Earl of Seafteld> who died in 1855. She after- i8 ^MTied Major Massey, who died in 1862, and by whom hit K T a c,Md- she had a life annuity of 2,000f. settled on her by Lord Seafield, together with the use of Grant Lodge, near Elgin, m Scotland. In 1862 she made the acquaintance tn w. „ ,nry loftus, and he afterwards proposed marriage Kt h V, accepted. The marriage took place on the at Pray, in Ireland. Her property was marriairp X> Seafleld stated that before the Tord ^Tenrv explained her position as to property to Lord Henry. lie said that all he wanted was her him'wUh her and her child. She did not charge had habitually insul&erandbtL^I 1°hmpla-fhd that 'h indiVnitv that fco* ,i?r'and treated her with so much severely from nervous atti1 iTa8 lniured> and she suffered rv„ «hm>I <w. language to her was rude and insulting, and he often ahnfPd her late husband, Major Massey, and cluied him a "m^era ble cad." After staying a short time at Bray they came to London and resided at the Alexandra Hotel. Thev after wards went to Grant Lodge, and then in the early part of 1865 they returned to Bray. She was very ill there with palpitation of the heart. One night he jumped out of bed blew out the nightlight, locked the door, and said, "Now you cannot go out of the room." She was dreadfully frightened and very ill, and after that she refused to sleep with him. They slept in different rooms, except on one occasion in Dublin, at the time of the Prince of Wales's visit to Ireland, when they were obliged to occupy the same room for a few nights in consequsrice of the hotel being full. On those nights she left his bed after he was asleep and passed the greater part of the night in the adjoining sitting-room. That was because he always had brandy when he came home and then he became abusive. She then came to England and resided for some time at Norwood and in June, 1865, Lord Henry came to see her there' He spoke about a separation. He had often told her that he never wanted to marry her, and that she had hunted him down. He said they had better separate quietly. They next stayed at an hotel in Clifford-street, still occupying separate apartments. He was in the habit of coming home late, as usual, and continually abused her and com- plained of her. In July, 1865, she went to Scotland by the advice of her doctor for change of air. He came down for the shooting on the 12th of August, and stayed till September or October. She communicated to r? .] 8^e thought she was with child, and he then in- sulted her by suggesting that she had been unfaithful to mm. He went to London in October and returned to Grant Lodge at the end of December. He abused and insulted her while her sister was in the house. She was attacked with hysterics while reading prayers, and he afterwards came into her room and said he had been a brute and he would try to comfort her. In March, 1866, she refused to sleep ^ith him because she had palpitation of the heart. He banged at the door of the room in which she was sleeping, and she opened it, as; she was afraid the servants would hear him. He asked her to "come back to his nuptial btd, and seized her by the arms and pushed her across the room. She said, "If you don't let me go, I will scream." He let her go, and pushed her into another room, and she locked the door. There was a mark left on her arms. Thev had never since slept together. In April, 1866, she went' to live at Norwood. He had visited her there, and on one occasion he went down 011 hlS knees and accused himself of being unjust and cruel, and said all he could to show his anxiety for a reconciliation. She said, It would be a long time before she could feel as she had felt towards him, and when respect ceased love also ceased." On the 29th of May he insulted her as she was going to the railway station, and on the journey to London, in the rail- way carriage, he abused her and her poor husband (Major Massey), and shook his fist in her face, and said she was his wife, and he would teach her to obey him. He was violent in his manner, and she was afraid he would strike her. Her health had been affected by living with him, and she was apprehensive of the consequences if she returned. In cross- examination Lady Seafleld denied that she ever irritated Lord Henry by making comparisons between him and her former husband to his disadvantage. She also denied that '«; separated from him in consequence of his pecuniary difficulty and of his bankruptcy. She said he had utterly deceived her as to his property. He told her that he had an income of 30M. a year besides some quarries which would put 40,00(M. into his pocket. Dr. Hird, the respondent's medical attendant, proved that since her marriage with Lord. Henry she had suffered from nervous depressions and palpitations of the heart. He said that she was not of a highly nervous or excitable tempera- ment. At the sitting of the Court, on Saturday, a consulta- tion was held between the learned counsel, and after a short delay it was announced that the parties had agreed to certain terms of separation, and on the execution of a deed carrying those terms into effect the petition would be withdrawn. Dr. Spinks said Lord Henry Loftus was very anxious it should be stated that he denied having been guilty of any kind of personal violence. lhe Judge-Ordinary said he was very unwilling to prejudge a case, but as far as the evidence went he thought it did not amount to legal cruelty. It was fair to observe that the Court had only heard one side, and although .Lady Seafleld had given her evidence in a manner whith entitled her to credit at the hands of the Court, still it must be remembered that in matri- monial disputes the recollection of the parties was not always accurate, and the Court was prepared to hear a somewhat different version from the petitioner. The trial was accordingly adjourned' until Michael- mas Term.

A CAUTION TO TRADE UNIONISTS. A Scotch sheriff has Just given a decision on the point raised by the London master tailors in regard to strikes. On Saturday William Stewart, the secretary, and John Barr, the president of the Hamilton Amalga- mated Shoemakers' Society, were charged by the pro- curator fiscal (the public prosecutor) in the Sheriffs Court of Hamilton, with having used threats or intimidation towards Michael Iveenan while employed at his trade of a shoemaker, for the purpose of forcing him to contribute to the common fund of the club of association of which they were members, by threaten- mghim that unlesshe paid thesumofas. Bel. to this fund, they would cause him to be dismissed from the shop, where he claimed his work, and to lose his employ- ment and the said Michael Keenan having declined to comply with the demand, the accused, on 11th June, did further molest and obstruct Keenan by in- timating to his employers that unless he contributed to the fund he must be dismissed, otherwise the rest of the workmen, members of the association, would leave their employment, thus forcing Keenan to con- tribute to the fund." The charge was proved, and Sheriff Veitch sentenced each of the prisoners to seven days' imprisonment. The prosecution took place under the 6th George IV., cap. 129—"An Act to repeal the Combination Lawa."