The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1868, Page 4

EUROPE. England's March to Democracy Under Disraeli. Visit to Prince Napolecon’s Germany. The Market for Five-Twenties in Frankfort, Fuad Pacha and the United States Minister to Turkey. The Roman Carnival and Ameri Society in the Holy City. Our special correspondents in Europe furnish the following important and interesting details of our cable despatches, dated to the 7th of March, by the late steamships at this port, ENGLAND. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Disraeli as Head of the Cnbinet—The March Towards Democracy~New Ministers from the People—Theatrical Items. LONDON, March 38, 1868, The HERALD’s editorials upon the future of England have attracted a great deal of attention here, They represent much better tliau the utterances of the London press the real sentiments of the masses of the English people. No journal here has had the éourage to point out the rapid drift of the British government towards republicanism; but yet people of all classes in England acknowledge the fact. ‘The elevation of Disraeli to the Premiership is hailed by everybody as a step towards democracy. It shows that a man without | ancestral honors can, if he have talent, achieve the highest office in the empire, an office practically su- perior to that of the Queen herself. Disraeli is not personally popular, and the members of the liberal party declare that they will soon oust him from power; but that does not alter the state of the case. Af Disraeli should lose the Premiership he would be sucoceded by Gladstone, who is also a man without @ title, and the democratic principle would .be again Mlustrated. Earl Russell, like Earl Derby, beiongs to the past. The men of the present ard those who Eined gained their positions by talent and not by rth. ‘This, of itself, would be a remarkable fact in Eng- land; but when we come to look at the compotion of the Disraeli Cabinet we tiud new proofs of the same republican tendencies, There are plenty of dukes and lords in the new Ministry, but the best offices are filled by men who have none of the pres- tige of long ancestry and liigh rank. Lord Cairns, the new Lord Chancelior, is a comparatively young lawyer, whose title was given him only @ few montis ago on account of his | ability, Mr. Ward Hunt, the new Chancellor of | the Exchequer, is of good family, but has no claim to a title, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the Home Secretary, is in the same cousition, The new Minis- ter to America, as you know, has no title. The Pplebelan members of ihe Disraeli Ministry sit at the same board with the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Marlborough and the Duke of Buckingham; but these titled nonenties are really inferior in influence and office to the untitled great men who rule the destinies of the country. Seeing that Disraeli, even if he should fail, must be succeeded by Mr. Glad- @, it is not too much to say, as the HERALD has editorially declared, that England is fast becoming a Monarchy only in name and @ republic in reality. The latest item of theatrical news is that Mr. Dion a lot of ground upon Lalcester square, near toe famous Allambra—the ‘Dest theatrical situation in London—and that he in- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 2%, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. personal pains to increase his popularity, and his constant presence in the streets, at the theatres aud in the hunting Selds is in marked contrast to his mother's retirement. The Princess of Wales is, how- ever, the real popular favorite, and the sight of her pretty face in the royal boxes is always greeted with enthusiastic demonstrations. The impeachment of President Johnson has, of course, attracted great attention here, The London Times actually telegraphed to New York to ask if Reuter’s telegram about it were true, and the Zimes received the following despatch in reply and pub- | ished it most conspicuously:—“Trial go on next week. Party united.” That telegram must have cost five pounds, and it contains all that the Loudon press know about the matter, Compare this meagre despatch with the cable telegrams in the New York HERALD—about Disraeli’s succession to the Premier- ship, for example—and you will see the contrast be- tween the American and English newspapers fully exemplified, In Abyssinian and other news the * London journals are equally behindhand, and are thus beaten upon their own ground by younger but more enterprising and energetic rivals. In spite of a] reyo ts to the contrary, nothing has. yet been deiinitely@rranged conce nia, the Ita aa overa. ‘The Lrary Lan> people say t.at tue troupe whch was tuned outof dours by the burang of Her Majesty’s Wil per.orm there; the Covent Gaiden people aie equally Certain that Mr. uye will join w.ta aj lestun or sell out tohim, There is no talk of bu.diig anew opera house at present. Mr. Russell, the wa 1ger of Covent Garden now, 15 said to be in dinicuites, and his creditors are unable to fad him, It sevins that he soll the profits of the Carisunas pantomime to a company of speculators, and tue trad_a nea who furnisicd the ma-erials to get up tue Piece cannot secure either thelr money or thelr pro- Perty, Miss Julia Mauihows, who appeared in “the rand Duchess,” openly advertises tua. she has cai- ceiled her en sagewent with Russell, and will with “respous ble managers only.” ‘Lhis 13 sigulu- cant, Jf ‘Tue Grand Duchess" should be revived, Mrs. Howard Paui will probably piay the heroine. Oxenford, the theatrical critic of the London Times, who has had all sorts of whims and fancies since his return from New York, and who declares that he saw the rats drinking out of his water pitcher atthe New York Hotel, has recently besiowed the crown of tragedy upon Mr. Barry Sullivan, who is luying Ricadrd the Third very badly at Drury ane, The London Zimes hails Mr. Sulitvan as the successor of the Keans; but the public do not endorse tus judgment. Mr, Sullivan appeared at the old French theatre in New York a few Years ago and Could not fill the house, He isno more to be coim- pared to a genuine tragedian than Edwin Forrest 18 to the great Kemble. The regular theatrical events of the week may be summed up very briefly, A new melodrama culled “fhe Prisoner of Toulon,” by Colonel Brinsley Kici- ards, has met with a moderate success at ning Lane. It is neatly written, butof the old scloui Tue Haymarket, Adelphi, Princess’ and Strand have made no ciange in their programmes since my last. A new version of Dickens’ novel, “Martin Ciuzzie- wit,” has been produced at the Olympic, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews having retired iur the season. The piece will hardly draw. Burnand’s buriesque, “slack Eyed Susan,” which failed in New York, will be withdrawn at the New Royalty next week, alter it has reached its four hundredth night. The Ameri- can Circus has given place to the spanish Circus at the Hoiborn Amphitheatre. Mr. Kobertson’s new comedy called ‘Play’ is a legitimate success at tue Prince of Wales’, and will do admirably for Walluck’s. Prolessor Risley’s Japanese troupe are announced at the Lyceum. Increase of the Shipping Trade The London 7imes of the dd instant publishes the following important report of the progress of the shipping trade of Great Britain:—In the year 1867 shipping to the amount of 13,340,717 tons was entered inwards at ports of the United Kingdom with cargoes in the trade with ports beyond the seas, an increase of 64,824 tons over the amount of the previous year. The British and British colomal shipping, 9,355,459 tons, showed an increase of 141,160 tons; the foreign, 3,985,258 tons, showed a decrease of 76,336 tons. The clearances outwards in the year amounted to 10,586,370 tons of British and colonial shipping—an increase of 634,649 tons; and 4,261,247 tons of foreign shipping—an increase of 206,002 tons, making the total clearances 14,847,617 tons, being an increase of $40,651 tons over the previous year. The arrivals in 1867 from the British possessions amounted to 2,651,761 ons, @ decrease of 222,386 tons as compared with the previous year; the arrivais from foreign countries amounted to 10,688,958 re increase of 237,210 tons. The departures to Bri! amounted to 2,874,238 tons, an increase of 225,383 tons over the previous year; and the departures to foreign countries amounted to 11,973,37# tons, an in- crease Of 612,263 tons. The grand total of arrivals and departures in the year 1867 amounts to 96,J55 vessels of hiner tons, being an increase of 261 vessels and 905,475 tons over the atnount in the pre- vious year. The British and British colonial suip- ping employed comprised 57,146 vessels of 19,166,020 tons in 1566, and 58,105 vessels of 19,941,829 tous in 1867; the foreign shipping, 45,951 vessels of 8,116,839 ‘tons In 1 wnd 88,266 vessels of 6,246,506 tous in 1867. These statements include only vessels with cargoes; repeated voyages are, of course, counted. ‘tends to erect, during the suminer, a theatre upon ‘the American plan, of which Edmund Taies, the son of the celebrated actor, will be the manager. TI theatre will be opened next September or October, and will be managed upon the American principle— stock company and occasional stars. The market will close in June for three gnonths. A version of the “Romance of a Poor Young Man" is announced. London Theatrical * and Social Gossip. Lonpon, March 4, 1888, London is very dull—financially, socially, com- mercially and theatrically—and there is the same difference between the dulncss of London and the dull season in Paris and New York as between a heavy English fog and the thin wist which sometimes gathers over the New Jersey marshes. Money 1s lying idie at the banks, draw only one or two per cent interest; balls and parties are by no means nu- merous, on account of Lent; and the theatres are, with few exceptions, rather tiiniy attended. Yesterday the Prince of Wales held a levée at St. James’ Palace on behalf of the Queen, and the attend- ance was extraordinarily large. No Americans were presented, however, on account of the @ nee of Minister Adams, who is unable to attend be Congress has forbidden our diplomatic representa- tives to wear court dresses, and the regulation as to dress is imperative in England. If Mr. Adams were only to accept the colonelcy of some American militia regiment this ¢/iiculty would be overcome, for he could wear his uniform, as Minister Sandford does at Brussels. Mr. George Francis Train has been again arrested; but this time it is for debt. An old judgment has been revived against him and this is the consequence. 1am sorry to add that Miss Adah Isa nkea is in the same predicament: but no doubt her arr merely a jegal form in order to finish up the suit about a brougham, which you have already noticed in your news columns, Train was just going to lecture in the Dublin Rotunda when he was tapped on the shoulder, and Miss Menken had just conc\uded # not very successful engagement at Asticy's. The new Holborn theatre has passed from the Management of Mr. Sefton Parry to that of Miss Fanny Josephs, who will open it on Easter Monday, with the dramatic adaptation of “Foul Play,"’ by Dion Boucicault and Charies Reade. The novel, which ts being republished tn th tantic Monthly, {a very trashy and is much laughed at but the plot is sound and Mr. Boucicault bas constracted from it a very effective drama. His other new play, called © London by Nigh: ul introducing concert saloon and other scenes from real life, will be pro- duced at the Princess’ next season, Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault will not appear in it. but will go to Dub- lin and revive “Arrah na Pe Played here in conjunc > Heart of Midiot which is sill The Octoroon.” sive preparation at the Princess’, and » pene has been in- vited to play the part of but has declined, Boucicault’s new theatre—abot which none of the poco Bm anid have yet n informed—will be erected during the suminer on tie corner of Leices- ter aquare, near the Alam! rt Saloon. it will be built In the Ameri , With a fine front- age, | lobbies and no upper wa! and will be rather ree than the Adelp here will be a aplendid pitand no royal en'rsues. According to resent arrangements the carpe ior and scene paint. ing rooms will not be in the nilding, but in a nar. row street at the rear, Itis said that Mr. Bdinund Yates, the novelist, and son of the eminent actor, ‘Will lease this theatre. The edifice will co about £16,000 and the freehold about £20,000, Other new theatres are in contemplation, aud among therm is one to be managed by Miss Laura Keene. Mr. Sothern is still pevine, David Garrick at the Haymarket to pretty fair business; but an adaptation of the French novel, “The Komance of a Poor Young Man," will soon be produced. This adaptation is by Mr, Westland Marston, and will ve called “The Hero of Romance.” Itis by no means so clever as the dramatization of the same nove! in which Mr. Lester Wallack made so decided a hit at New York, and is ‘very indifferentiy cast. Mr. Sothern will play Mr. Lester Wallack’s part, and Miss lone Burke the part of the Governess, allotted in New York to Miss Mo- Fant. If (hd does not mnect with the game suc. esd a8 “Our American Cousin,” which is Hot at all ikely, Mr. Sothern will leave {he Haymarket for the resent and star in the provinces and perhaps in the nited States, In any event Miss Ff man ia en- Bice at this theatre in September, A Manager ckstone is bound by his lease to close the house oom weeks this summer to refurnish and deco- ‘The Prince of Wales is making a round of the va- Flous places of amusement now. He has visited the yooum, the Strand, the Prince of W and Drary xy the other evening he dropped in at the ry % Bee splendid pantomime of which you ve already informed, and the new melo- e, called “The Peep Showman.” This visit is ething like the annerranne of Qrreaitent at the bowery jueatre, New York, afd the middie wasses Vous ary deldadten sit “The Prince spares no ause | st is | The Burlingame Lo tenet Policy in {From the London Post, March 3.} « # * The local misery which was inflicted on millions of Chinamen to us the war indemnity which we exacted is sald to have been too terribie for description, and it is generally beileved that the Chinese eiupire groans to this day under the bur- dens then imposed upon the wretched popuia- tion. We have cannonaded the Celestiais into free trade, open ports, open rivers, open roads. We treat them rather as a vanquished people than as equal friends and allies, and we expect a haughty and egotistic nation to submit meekiy to our yoke without struggle or protest. Year after year all this confusion aud injustice has gone on without hope of amendment. Our intercourse with China has been characterized by violence upon our side and deceit upon theirs. Evasion and intrigue are the only arms that they have been able to employ with eMca against us; and as a natural consequence we often as tll informed how as we were twenty ye ago about ail those things which most concern’us in mon. We shall be, therefore, extremely glad to see the Hon. Anson Buriin in England, and shail con- erious international tmnport- erica siatesinen lave for many years past rvedly high rank in diplomacy, an e ustomed to Success in their ui They possess the inestin speaking, aud generally issuc in a truthful and maniy way, da | many illustrious representative men from the United | States in England, even in very recent times, Mr. | Everett, Mr. Hawthorne, and lastly Mr. Adams, who has filed the post of American Envoy in London with infinite tact, judgment and digui therefore, to see the negotiations oI pire with us, and ower European Powe to an Ambassador who, it may be contd pated, will explain them in ar and simple man- her, $0 that our dealings heucetorth may ve placed | on a sound and sensible footing. An hour's couver- sation Letween Mr. Burlingame and any of our | Prominent ten would do sure (0 clear up Chinese didicuiuies than ten years of mere despatch writing. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCC OF THE HERALD, A Fenian Tamult in Prospect—British War Vessels for the Southern Const—tmigra- tion—Political “Suspects”? Shipped to Amer. lea. Conk, Feb, 27, 1863, In anticipation of disturbances in this city during the spring assizes next month, before which the irial of the noted Fenian leader, Captain Mackay, at pre- went confined in the county jail here for treason- felony and wilful murder of Constable Casey, will come off, several of her Majesty's war vessels are expected to arrive in the harbor (Queenstown), ‘Two of these vessels have already arrived—viz, the Defence and Liffey. Attacks on private dwellings etill continue, Emigration*sappears to be on the increase, Up- wards of one thousand persons left Queenstown dur- ing the past week, and the steamers sailing to-mor- row from there—namely, the City of New York and Loulsiana—will embark 280 and 10 emigrants re- spectively. The discharge of Fenian suspects from Mountjoy Prison—who are allowed to return to America—sull continues at the average rate of three per week. GERMANY. | | | | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Foreign Despatches from the New York Herald=Prince Napoleon in Berlin as Comte de Mendon—Sequestration of King George's Property=Prussia Likely to Turn an “Injin Giver”=—Other Sovereign Aspirante—Max’s “Boys in Red %=Prince Carl of Roumania— King William Without a Soufeur. BERLIN, March 6, 1868, ‘The Berlin papers copy with wonder and amaze- ment the telegrams inthe Henraup of the 17th ult, relating to China and Japan. Their readers would wonder almost as much if they knew that most of the pretended letters from the United States, espe- cially those purporting to come from Washington, are translations from the Hera.p, Whether there is among us a rejeton of the Bona- partes has for the past few days been about as hard to satisfactorily settle as it once was to answer the question, “Have we 4 Bourbon (a nursery prodigy gave it amore popular turn) among us?” Tuesday Prince Napoleon was expected, and some went to the opera hoping to see him there. Yesterday not a few were drawn to the Béree by a rumor that hia Highness was to be present at the meeting of the brokers, Uut the story was 9 canard, fathered prova- biy by some lame duck in his leisure moments, To- day, however, the Prince—as he is travelling tncog. | great bulk of the German nation will certainly decide he perhaps should be called by the alias he has | to the.contrary and join the Northern Confederation, adopted, Comte de Meudon, while in Germany Graf vou Meudon—arrived in town and put up at the Hotel Royal, declining numerous other hospitable invita- tions, including one from Comte de Benedetti, the French Ambassador. He 1s now dining with the latter, at @ grand banquet given in his honor. What to make of the visit of the Prince has severely exercised the political gossips, ever since its an- nouncement. Something must result from it, says everybod, and, a8 usual, this is probably right, even if the tement is a little indefinite, It is to be hoped the distinguished gentleman with many titles and more names will have a good time, enjoying his trip and the good cheer brought with it like a senst- ble man with trencher proclivities, He has avoided all display on the route hither, and, excepting for the number and distingué appearance of his servants and the amount of baggage for a single traveller, might be taken for an ordinary tourist. At Saarbricken, where the party reach Prussian ground and Prussian custom house officers, the ser- vants of the suite were despatched tn the hote! omni- bus to the “Post,” As Joanne’s “Jtineraire del’ Alle- magne” puts this house first on his lat, the Prince probably carries the guide of his worthy countryman im his pocket. The beauty of the evening induced 8, A. J. to proceed on foot, accompanied by a couple of adjutants and his body surgeon, On the way they fell in with some French satiors, with whom they stroiled on for a time, and at last asked to be directed to the Hotel de la Poste. The pélite mariners knew that the host of the Hotel Zimmermann, a small ¢s- tablishment in the suburb St. Johann, was master of the Post, and so conducted their new acquaintances to it. After he had marvelled for some iime at the Bon aupearenen of his attendants the Prince was dis- covered by them; but instead of leaving the inn he, declared himself very well contented in it and passed ‘Me night there, Baron von der Heydt’s threat concerning ex-King George's prezecty has been made good. By virtue of a royal order, with the force of a law, issued on Monday, the entire property of ex-King Gevrze, lying iu Prussia, has been tequestered, ie Stuals Angeiger publishes, together with the order, a peti- tion from the ministry requesting its issue. The pe- tition sets forth that the dotat.ou to the ex-King Was made with the understanding that peace was to be secured thereby, although the treaty in which it was stipulated contained no renunciation of the crown of Hanover. Instead of this being attained, the ex-king has not only expressed his hostile sentl- ments, but also exhorted subjects of the King of Prussia to take up arms against him, and as formed and maintaing @ military orgamizauon having for its a\ owed purpose the employment of the first favor- ab.e opportunity to act against I russia. ‘The hope that the ex-King would lisien to the advice and warnings of friendly courts and put an end to these demonstrations has proved fallacious. ‘The ministry see no other way to secure the peace of the land and its inhabitants than to proceed against the cause of the trouble, Legal proceedings have been instituted against the leaders of the troops. it is pos- sible to proceed in a similar manner even againsi the person of the ex-King, but this is not proposed, in deierence to the feelings of his Majesty King William, It is, however, necessary to make the proposed sequestration for the peace of Prussia, of Germany aud of ali Europe. This is signed by all the minis. ters excepting Herr Leonhardt, the new Minister of Justice, lately a subject of éx-George Rex. The measure is doubtless due to the man whose name heads the signers, Graf von Bismarck Scidnhausen, He was not able to attend the closing of the Landtag on Saturday, at least he did not, but by Monday he found sirength to present the petition to the King, and also on the saine day pie iis name and seal vo an ordinance cutting of, for the present at least, a gvod share of the pin money of his old enemy, Georga of Hanover, The ordinance takes away all visibie means of support from the ex-monarch in Hietziug as far as it lays in the power of Prussia to do it. One article is likely to startle the other heirs of the diouse of Brunswick, It provides that the costs of the requisition and aduinistration of the pro- perty, together with those of the measures em- ployed to watch and repel the enterprises undertaken y ex-King George and his agents against Prussia, are to be defrayed from the sequestered objects ‘and revenues, The expense of maintaining two or tree regiments to watch the Hanoverian Legion, added to that of the forces now stationed in Hanovep to Keep the peace, will make a very bad impression on even the lorty-three millions that are said to make up theestate of the quondam King. ‘The rare old silver cabinet of his fathers may, after all, come under the hammer. His children will then find something. better to do with their money than in treating a couple of thousand, more or less, peasants, and working people to champagne and palé de » ‘Count Von ria ten, major domo at Heitzing, has been accused of high treason. It is understood that much siress is laid in the charge on the fact of the diindness of the master, compelling him to be more dependent on his advisers than he would otherwise be. The very climax of the absurdities at the Hietzing fete was that George pretended to see and to recognize his former subjects, ‘Chis height of nonsensical pretence dispels the sympathy naturally felt for one turust so rudely from high estate and changed into ridicule. It is perhaps easier to excuse a man for throwing his couniry into a civil war merely that he may grauily his personal ambition and love of power than for eee denying an incontestable fact about self, Seditious pamphlets are circulated very vigorously in Hesse. ‘The oid Elector has aspirations suniiar to those of the ex-sovereign of Hanover. The King of Sicily, too, appears to be expecting something to turn up. His chief of staff, General Basco, has re- cently oifered a Prussian gentieman & position in the “active Neapolitan army.” Coins bearing the image and superscription of Francis Il. as “King of doutuern Italy” are said to be circulated quile freely in Naples. As long as he is obliged to keep this thing up the soverign of all the Sicilies or any oiler man can find peopie to shout his name on the street corners. A large package of orders ane prove that fright for France belongs to things The Duke of Nassau while riding on horseback around the town met with a serious accident, He was thrown from his horse and carried senseless to @ house, where he remained for a day in a very pre- carious state. He has since recovered and is no longer in danger. A very interesting debate has taken place tn the Prussian Chamber about the continuance of gam- bling at Wiesbaden, Ems and Homburg. The gov- ernment advocated a respite of five years, for a large consideration, to the benefit of said towns, in order toenable them to keep up out of the interest he Vast establisiiments created by the gambling compa- nies, A further motive for tolerating the nuisance re for a few years was the great losaes which would ave been sustained by house and mortgage holders in case of too sudden a change, Still, the law has only passed by a majority of two votes in a full Chamber, ‘and a proviso haa been added that on Sundays and holidays the banks shail be closed, so as to prevent people of ordinary occupa- tions from taking part in the Eenbling. Pubiie opinion is against these compantes and will hall the day when the nefarious pracice Shall cease to exist, ‘To-day the existence of our Senate and our burgher representation, which has lasted for six centuries, will be deiinitely brought to an end, They will be re- placed by a magistrate and another representation according to the Prussian law. It isa sad day for this town, which has prospered under the old insti- tutions toan extent which would have been tmpos- sible even under the very best monarchica! govern- ment. Whatever Prussian victories may have done for the rest of Germany, to us they have brought the loss of our independence, of our repablican jnstivu. tions and of our self government. This town, whose citizens were, by their wealth and independence, ona level with princes, has now sunk to the position of a Prussian provincial town, and will never recover its former importance. American Bonds Improving—The Ex-King of Bavaria—Political Reminiscences—The Pruse sian Sequestration of Hanoverian Property— Royal Reactionaries. FRANKFORT, March 5, 1868. American bonds have been in the last few days in better demand, in the expectation that the differences between President and Congress will be settled one way or another, and as nothing has further tran- spired about discussions on the public debt, which in solvent States ought never to be matter of discus- sion. As credit in our days is power, it would be @ pity if Congress would destroy uselessly the great confidence the German people have put, In evil days, in the future and the honesty of the United States. Ex-King Louis of Bavaria, who died last week at Hizza, was one of the last survivors of that old school of princes who believed that their will was the only basis of ubiic right. When he ascended the throne in 1825, e was a liberal, but as soon as the revolution of 1830 put before his eyes a king in exile, he changed his mind and became one of the worst reactionists. He made people apologise before his portrait for dis- respectfui language against his Gignity; and he was already ruined in public opinion when his foolish amours with the famous Lola Montez and the im- mense sums he wasted on her incensed the people against him, The revolution of February was, there- fore, seized by him as a pretext to resign, which he did, by the deciaration that it was impossible for him to govern after the new principles. In private life he has since somewhat amended for his con- duct as King. He spent his large income for science and dfts, mixed in private company, and, what must be said to his honor, was in Cod pt nag dl a true patriot and sided with persons of all parties in oppos- ing foreign interference in German affairs. His relj will to posterity probably appear in another light than to the present generation. He has made Munich one of the most splendid cities in the world; the gal- leries of pictures and antiquities are numbered'under the best in existence, the Khein-Donan Canal, jolt the Euxine,to the German Occan, is his work, and wherever you come in the elsewhere prosaic country of Bavaria you meet with splendid monuments due to his munificence, But posterity will not know how many tears he has made to flow thereby. He has literally starved poor schoolmasters by his economy; pubiic oflicers were badly paid, and even the appropriations for the army were diverted by him for building pur poses. He had the weakness to consider himself a Poet, and as such provoked the immortal sarcasms of Heinrich Heim. As a specimen of these I send eee the following lines, whereby he ridiculed the Ypocrisy of the old sinner. He fancies the ni prostrate before @ statue of the Holy Virgin, makes her say:— Etc Finch das {n meinem Arm dich trage, Und nicht mehr in meinem Bauche, Und vor dem \ersehen mich nicht mebr : zu furchten brauche. Hatte {ch in meiner Schwangerschatt Erblickt deo nassitchen Thoren, Ich hatte einen Wechselbalg Btatt eines Gottes geboren, Of which I append the following translation — ‘There stands in the royal chapel at Munich ‘A state of heavenly sight, The holy Virgin with ber cull, ‘The angels’ and mankind's delight, And when King Louts the statue saw He kneel'd down, and look'd and admired; And he stammer'd dozen of prayers devout, ‘As his roya! mind him inspired. Our Lord's holy mother then moved soon; Impatieut she shook her head You could see stirring her tendet And to her dear child she anid: How well I have thee in my arms, Nor under my heart anew! How well the times are passed, now I can Take a fright now at any view! For had I seen in my pregnancy smear haes Peter tang iin, would have 0 el Nora god that Thad borne, ‘The decision come to by the Prussian government to put under sequestor the large sums they have bestowed on the King of Hanover until he is of more granted by the Emperor Napoleon to the soldiers | Peaceful behavior is universally approved of. This of Maximilian, has been received in Vienna, and those entitied to the ribbons are requesied to siep forward and ask for them, Most Germans think they will convey no very honor, Thouga Count Beust disavowed the action of the oifl- cials who fornished passports to the members of the Hanoverian Legion, these obliging functionaries: have been permitted to accept decorations from ex G. Rex for their services. Aside from the question whether a deposed monarch has the right to conter decorations and patents atall, the transaction had Such an ill look that the permission was not published in the oMictal circular as usual, and the fact of its having been given leaked out by accident. Keport avers and denies that Prince Carl, of Roumanta, hopes to marry a Kussian_ princess and to secure a8 his bride's dowry the independence of the principality. He has a good figure and disposi- on, and would, doubtless, make a good husband to one of those buxom Russian gh bat the young woman had better inquire into the state of atfairs before she promises for better or for worse, tie latter including @ residence at Bucharest. One of the Princes’ brother's visited him last year. That he might bring back a good report of the land to the pacernal mansion, everything was set with the best side foremost and some court festivities arranged in his honor, All eitoris to make a favorable impres- sion on fim failed. He did not like the balls or the people who attended them. The men had too great aptness for using their knives and too little idea of tue duference between meum and tuum to satisfy a ‘nu Prussian, Thirteen days’ successive tra’ an ox cart gave lim, too, a poor idea of the facili- ties of locomotion in that country. In relating his experience, on lis return, he took occasion to re- mark that the change from 7 of norse to be ruler of a principality sounded like @ big thing, but those who thought so had better reserve their deci- sion till after they knew something of the principality. Marcil King William's birthday, comes ou Sun- day this year, Most of the festivities will, therefore, comme offon the previous Saturday. Majesty's frequent “parliamentary practice u year and @ half has much developed ity of speaking, and he pow makes many impromptu re- marks, as witness his reproof of certain mein in man, of a bad race, and one of the worst princes who ever reigned, appears to belleve that the coun- try cannot exist wilhout him, and, though power- less, he cannot be allowed to make foolish persons his victims by instigating them to rebellion. ‘rhe ex-Elector of ifesse is of the same opinion, and has just caused a pamphiet tobe written in which he exposes all the blessings his return would bring to his now unhappy country. While reigning he kicked people by his heels, and did not allow Hanau, the second city In the couniry, a telegraph, out of spite to her liberai opinions, Whatever shortcom- ings Prussia may have, her rule is by far preferable to the whims of a couple of obstinaie fools. _ it appears now that the Reichsrath of the Northern Confederacy will be summoned be‘ore the Zoll Par- liament, as for the last Wurtemburg and Darmstadt have not yet returned their members, TURKEY. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Severe "Storms and Cold Weather In Constan- tinople—Visitations by Fire—Onticial Records— Public EducationNewspapere—The United States Minister and his Personal Despatch— A Diplomatic Difficulty. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 18, 1868, A month ago we boasted of the genial, springlike climate then prevailing and which had reigned al- most without interruption since the beginning of December; but winter has come upon us at last. During the past ten days scarcely twenty-four hours have passed without a snow storm and during the last three days the fall of snow has been almost in- cessant, As it is now four years since we have had iJ be past | the ground covered with the white mantle of winter people are unused to this state of weather, and al- though it is not cold fancy themselves in Siberia and tue Upper Chamber for their votes against the minis- | keep within doors. Stamboul to-day looks as deserted try. A deputation of the Memnoniten—a sect re- sembling the Friends—visited the King last week in reierence to their being exempted from military ser- vice. The reply on the first round was very appro- priate, but on the second he was drawn into discus- sion and let fall the assurance that he considered the Memnoniten most excellent citizens, having learned as if stricken by the plague and business is almost ata standstill. At the Porte nothing doing, as all important ques- tions are now awaiting the return of the Grand Vi-- zier, who is dally expected; consequently there is no their course in the elections, George 111, will lose | political news to report. lus laurels as @ wirepuller, The Landtag of tie province of Prussia has been eaeaey at the ancient capital Konigsberg with ail He Paruament can hope for. The most im it sub- ject noticed by the Provincial President in the open- in thessage Was the distress now prevalent in the province. He pointed the deputies with no little eratiication to the good account to which their neces- sities had been turned by the government, and said ‘iat the aflictions of the winter will after all prove Fires are of frequent occurrence here. Except in the new quarters, which during the past ten years np and circumstance which @ second rate | have been burned over and rebuilt in stone on wide and regularly laid out streets, the houses are of wood and streets narrow and crooked. A few days ago fifty-five houses, principally occupied by the poorer classes, were swept away by fire. On Sunday morn- ing last the palace of the Grand Vizier, a large & blessing to the country, But for them @ railroad | wooden edifice, standing in the centre of Stambonl, long wanted would have been deferred perhaps many ‘was discovered to be on fire. On the alarm being years. The American Impeachment on the Frankfort given succor arrived from all sides, but the devour- ing element had already made such progress that it Bourse—Value of Five-Twentier=South Gers | pid defiance to the efforts of the firemen, who soon man ElectionsThe Gambling House Ques | arrived from all quarters in bands of twenty or thirty, tion—Municipal Legisiation Ended After Six | pringing with them their small squirting ma Centuries, FRankFont, Feb, 27, 1868, ‘The impeachment of the President caused, when first known, @ panic, and it is due to General Schura, who, when occasionally visiting the Bourse yesterday, to bid adieu to his friends, satisfac. tory explanations 6n the affair, that the alarm sub- chines, which are carried on the backs of four men, and are still used here as @ substitute for fre engines, Fifty or sixty years ago these square boxes with a force pump and hose attached might have been in use in the United States, but I doubt if one could be found at the present day. The soldiers in the barracks of the War Department, opposite the sided, and that people take now a calmer view, and burning house, also rushed to the rescue and ren- expect that whatever decision will be come to these dered valuable assistance in removing such furniture long pending differences will be set at rest thereby. ot Bonds, which were down to 74%, are to-day quoted | both sides of tho street to prevent ‘769, with a very animated business, ‘The elections for the Zollparliament are now over, and have given in Bavaria a decided majority to the adversaries of joining the Northern Bund, while in Baden members have been returned almost in equal numbers for the two opposite opinions. There will therefore be no change in German affeirs for the present, and things will remain as they Gre until France shall give an opinion, when the | up and Guards were also stationed on it pilfering. But little time was given for secaring the contents, how. ever, ag in two hours the immense pile, with many of its rich treasures, Was reduced to ashes. Two lives were lost, one of a fireman and the other @ sokiier. ‘The family escaped without accident, and took refuge at Fuad Pacha All Pacha was a great collector of articles of vertu, and his house contained @n invalu- abie store of old books, Wares and antl ot every description. The library was consid un Wque, and gany old and rare inanuscripte in Arabic, Per. sian and Turkish had been there carefully treasure d uregerved by Us owner, as could be of the latter were saved; but that portion of the Mbrary containing foreign printed standard works fell a prey to the flames, among which were copies of valuable books presented to the Grand Vizier by various monarchs. Two splendid Sevres vases, of the largest Sizer-presanis. from the Emperor Napo- leon—were also destroyed. AS 800n ag the Sultan was informed of the disaster he sent repeatedly to inquire after the family and the extent of the loss, He sent £1,600 to supply immediate wants, and the poles ladies gave large supplies of femaie ap 1 for the use of the Grand Vizier's family, His jesty also ordered the summer residence of the Grand Vizier to be carpeted and made fit for a winter reat. dence; and on his return he will have a steamer placed at his disposal to convey him back and ‘orward between his house on the Bosphorus and the Porte. Lastly, the Sultan has given ordera for the erection of a néw stone mansion on the ground lately occupied by the modern building, the cost of which 18 to be paid out of the inexhaustibie privy purse. This has created @ bad impression on the minds of the public. [tis true that Al: Pacha is an old and faithful pubite servant of forty years standing; but the poor occupants of upwards of fifty houses, destroyed only two nights before, but that in view of such large Mberality towards, his Primh Minister, who, although not a wealthy man, ta far from being poor—the Sultan might bestow something upon the large number of unfortunates who have lost their all, It is doubtful, however. if the Grand Vizler readily accepts ail this enerosity of the Sultan, espectally after the misun- erstanding that occurred in the case of Fuad Pacha'a house, alluded to in a former correspondence. In imitation of the Western Cabinets and Russia the Porte proposes to follow the example—wnhich the latter as @ non-constitutional government waa the first to give—aud publish a Blue Book containing all the.correspondence relating to the Cretan question, in both French and Turkish, It is sald that some discrepancies exist in the correspondence as laid before the public. Russia has pubitshed whatever suited her policy and suppressed ran important observations and notes sent in by thé Sublime Porte, In order to correct uny erroneous impressions there- by created the Porte will therefore publish its own correspondence, and it will be interesting to compare the Turkish with the Russian version. Books and uews in the native tongues are are not abundant, and the masses of the people are too ignorant to appreciate either. They care little for the past history or present policy of European States, and have no knowledge whatever of geography, an kuow nothing of history except of their own race and country. Tothem Alexander the Great was a ‘Turk in Turkey, an Arab in Syria and a Persian in Persia, Although there exists @ large fleet of ‘Turk- ish merchant vessels, they make it a point never to sail out of sight of land if it can be avoided, Many ludicrous anecdotes are re- lated of their navigators. One skipper is re- ported to have sailed from this port bound to Malta; after a long and fruitless cruise he returned to the port of departure and reported that he had been where Malta should be, and sailed repeatedly over the spot, but could not find the island, and con- sequently believed the island did not exist, The government, to encourage the diffusion of knowledge, has a newspaper of its own with a forced circulation, A second is published by an English- man and a third by a young Turk. Now the Sublime Porte is on the eve of giving the editors greater lati- tude for the discussion of passing events in the East. It will certainly be interesting to follow the comments of our contemporaries on questions of importance, In April last Mr. Morris, United States Minister here, wrote a despatch*home accusing the Sultan of imbecility, incapacity and 1 do not know what. This despatch was printed and submitted among other State Vigan to Congress. A copy was duly for- warded to the Minister for Foreign Aifairs of the Sublime Porte, and certainly caused a most unfavor- abie impression, Some days ago Mr. Morris, having occasion to visit Fuad Pacha, was received moat coolly. Our representative, observing this, at once said to the Pacha:—“I will not intrude upon your time. 1am here for the purpose of asking satisfac- tion for the murder of the Rev. Mr, Coffin,” &c. Fuad Pacha replied:—“I think your Ex- cellency has no reason to ask for satisfaction; it is for me to do so.” He then produced @ copy of the despatch. Mr. Morris, rather taken aback, replied:—“If my government has published the obnoxious document it is ready to assume the responsibility. As regards myself, | am at liberty to express my opinions and make my observations as I ogee I coer will not submit to be reproached yy unybody.”’ Thereupon Fuad Pachu very stifly said:—“I cannot, after this unsatisfactory explana- tion continue per- sonal relations with you.” It is reported here that Mr. Morris has asked for ~ congé; others say he is on the eve of returning ome. Admiral Paget, commanding the Mediterranean division of the English fleet, and Lord Erskine came up to the capital a few days ago on a cruise. The Turks are very dis) to give them an ovation, ‘but the former refuse any public mantiestation, ROME. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Decline of the Carnival—Paintial Receptions A Princely Marriage Contract—Mrs. General Hooker’s Soireee—Charity Ball—George Peabody and Other Distinguished ‘Amerie cans—Progress of the Church—Army Affeirs and Political Tendencies, Rome, Feb. 19, 1863, The carnival this year ts the most decided flasco that the oldest frequenters of the Corso ever recollect, both political parties—liberals and Papalini—abstain- ing totally from the traditional amusements of wear- ing white coats and wire masks, of pelting and being pelted with lime conyettt and eggs full of flour, of presenting bouquets of Mowers to pretty ladies in draped balconies, and similar tomfoolery, which de- lighted Romans and foreigners alike in the good old times of Pope Gregory XVI., when masks were allowed and when the troublous cataclysms of Pio Nono’s eventful career had not yet rendered the carni- val a season of distrust instead of amusement. The consequence of this dearth of revellers is a feeling of great disappointment among inexperienced foreign- ers who have hired balconies and windows on the Corso in the expectation of witnessing the wild saturnalia of former times. Their only hope now is that the zouaves and other enthusiastic partisans of the presen: régime, who have money at their com- mand, may be tempted to come forth in some fan- tastical devices to-morrow, being Glovedi Grasso, and enliven the hitherto languid scene. But althcugh there is so little gayety out of doors there are trilliant scenes going on in several of the great palaces of Rome. On Sunday last the Doria Palace was opened to all the aristocratic and fash- fonable world of the Eternal City, both Roman and foreign, onthe occasion of the marriage contract be~ tween Prince Doria’s second daughter, Princess Gwendolim, and the young Count Somagita, the rep- resentative of one of the first familiesin Milan. Their civil marrhge had already taken place at a frontier town withn the Italian dominions, and the religious ceremony will be completed on Tuesday next, after which the 1appy pair will proceed to the Doria villa at Albano or afew days and thence to Naples for their brida trip, ‘The dewrations of the Doria palace were most sumptuow, and the whole entertainment, which lasted till laybreak, partook of a regal character. The jewelsdisplayed by the Roman princesses re- vealed the 1oarded treasures of* their families, and the presena offered to the young Princess were pro- Pportionatey superb. A very clegant testimonial of esteem an friendship was offered by Mr. and Mra, Hooker in he form of a fancy gailey full of camellias, At the prov were doves with olive branches in thetr beaks, the‘amily arms of the Pamfili-Doria family; from the rasthead streamed a flag with the name of Andrew Dria, the historic head of the house, The mainsail bre a portrait of the bride, with the cupola of St. Pete’s in the background on one side, and the dome of Mian, her future residence, on the other, Other alleprical allusions of great taste completed the fancy abric, which was received with evident ee ay ati admiration by the ea oonen his as irs. Ho«er gives her last soirée dansante for the season thi evening. The series have proved Most attrative entertainments of the carnival. Last nigit the bail for thie infant asylums gathered an enormas crowd of Romans and foreigners in the great aioons of the Braschi Palace, where the splendor o some of the Roman princesses’ jewelry, especially he diamonds and emeraids of the Princess Piombino,ittracted universal admiration. Among te most disi ished American arrivals is that of Ir. George Pt ly. He is st the sculpte, Mr. Storey, who is doing Mi bust for te city of don, We have also Mr, R. ©, Withrop, late president of the Committee of Educatiowor the Southern States. ‘The famus landscape painter, Bierstadt, has taken & studio ad is commencing some large pictures, The Ostrvatore Romano of the 16th inst. hada leading #icle entitled, ‘Catholicism in the Nine teenth Cetury,” in which it demonstrated the decay of the Aglican and the restoration of the Roman Church imngland. The same journal of the 17th carries o the ment by showing the be strides lafly made by Roman Catholicism in Hollan and and te United States of America. 1 quote from the articithe following statistics:—Sixty ioe there wer only one bis ts an Op, 22 catholic of 24,500 faliful in the United States Amert There we no churches, but private ciambet served ¢ chapels; there was only one con vent an no Catholic kage ‘ow thei are 7 arbishoy 47 bishops, 2,778 Voy We churches, 676 Catholic c! 265 convents for wor men, 93 t men, 260 chari institutions, 76 lite rary instations, 1,10? seminaries and 12 ani’ . ties, wha the whole Catholic population of the United tates be estima at 6, Towards the end tentas move th the sigh part of (he. popalaton e same prt = ls Lo be observed in the Britisn stone. the 5 ‘orth American colonies, forty years { aw, the: as onir ane biabap: pow there are two and fourteen bishops. The English gov eroment alig Wed, with much reluctance, thirty years mal two Cath, lic missions to be established in Aus tralia, Now th fe 18 an archbishop at sydney, six bishops in the .°rincipal cities, and the Cathoile ous are the h, st and most ample in the cele The French Em ~ has sent cordons of the Legion of Honor to the Papa’ generals Kanzier and De Courten and crosses to n Ve oficers. The king of {abies has decorated Gener, ¥! Zapp! and sixteen ome cers, The ex-Duke of M. a has sent the grand cross of the Eagle of Este to tig” three Papal generale and that of commander to eight Micers, one corporal of zouaves and one private of ty.? saine corps—M, Ferdinand de Charrette. His Holing °8,nas granted decorations to many oMcers of the ,"rench corps Wluch took part in the battle of Mentana, Co”meR cing with the grand cross of his own ores tO GeDe eral de Polhis. The other French oficers nu'¥,#% thorized to wear the ribbons of St. Gregory, or Us 1X, are three of the staif, five of tiie Secoud'bartalle of foot chasseurs, four of the First regiment of infaa> ty, five of the Twenty-ninth, eight of four of the Administrative and pe and one of the artillery. His Holiness haa also sent the Order of Christ to ‘hia royal Highness the Couns Of Caserta, and that of Pius 1X, to ‘the two Neapoli- tan rake oitlcers Who attended the Prince on the battle tield of Mentana. To his own troops the Pope has been profuse tn these honorary a of Which he has awarded no fewer than 310, head the list with the three generais now in comn the Papal army—Kanzler, De Courten and Zapph The first mentioned reviewed the troops in garrisem on Thursday afiernoon in the Borghese villa ior we purpose of distributing the decorations, and as the day was lovely aud the ceremony had been am nounced beforehand in the journals, it was very fully attended by Romans and foreigners. The troops were divided in two brigades, with two fled batteries, and their appearance did very great credit to the reorganizers of the Pope’s army. The number of medals worn by the oficers of the An- Ubes Legion show them to be old campaigners, T counted seven on the ape chest of a veteran look ing captain, among which was of course the Cross of the Legion of Honor, besides the Victoria medal for the Crimean campaign, the Turkish, Italian and Pa pal rewards of valor, AS every man on active ser vice during the Garibaldian invasion now wears @ sliver cross in memory of that campaign, the excep tions are the unlecorated svidiers, who are only the new comers since the batile of Mentana. ‘These are certainly increasing daily in nuinbers, for General Kanzler, in his report to the Pope on the events of the late invasion, witch was published in the official journal of the 5th, estimates the strength of the Papal army in December, 1368, when the French evacuated Rowe, at 8,000 meu; in October, 1867, at 13,00, and now their number has reached 16,000, and is to be carried to 25,000, The newest recruits are 200 Canadians, It remains to be seen Whether such muterial means of maintaining the pecehiee. of the Papacy will be etfectual. Much has been said lately of @ modifica tion of the September Convention’ between France and Italy. I believe the present situation to be mere favorable to the latter than the former of those two | eran mapy for by the iniraction of the convention ‘rance is at the expense of maintaining a division ef occupation in the Papal dominions, while Italy is net only relieved of the expense of keeping a corpe @armée on guard all round the Papal frontiers, but she is practically relieved, aiso, of the obligation of payin the annual quota of 25,000,000 lire toward the ae ue hes fe A iis a Notwithstanding these at papier adl pul bY Pagan is so strong in Itaiy against a foreign occupation the Roman States that negotiations are now being renewed Jora return on both sides to the stipulations of the September convention, by which alone the French Soop can be got rid of and liberty of action in future be left to the itailan government. The North German Confederation has been officially represented at the Holy See since Saturday last by Baron d’Armin, hitherio Prussian Minister, who om that day presented his new credentials to the Pepe. Hopes are entertained here of such a cordial approxt- mation of the courts of Rome and Berlin as may authorize the official instalment of a Papalnuncie ta the latter city, Itis stated that the Portuguese Ambassador, the Duke of Saldanha, whose entertainments were the most splendid in Kome during the last two or three winters, but who has been very quiet this seasen, will soon be transferred from this city to Madrid tn the same diplomatic capacity. The Duke will proba bly be succeeded here by the Viscount d’Alte, wko las aiready once before represented the Portugues government at the Court of Rome, FRANCE. Trade with the United States—Opinion of the Awerican Tariff. (From the Paris Constitutonnel, Feb, The annual exports from France to the United States, wich in 1861 and 1862 were estimated at 112,000,09uf. and 121,000,000f., but fell during the war of secessiuit to about 000f., recovered a8 Soom ag peace Was restored, In 1866 they attained a sum of 12#,000,000f., and in the valet, Bt aed n doubied, amounting to 226,000,000f. ie pri articies of French manufacture have always mes With a veady sale on the other side of the Atlantic, We do not'refer to wines and brandies, the exports of which,,in 1868, amounted to 30,000,000f. We at tach greater iinportance to manufactured goods, the most important of which were silk tuft and ribbons, 500,000f.; woollen goods, 19,600,- cout; mercary and buttons, 8,000,000f.; made wearlag apparel, §,000,000f.; gloves and 12,000,000f.; — clock: Jewelry, — millinery, artificial flowers, §,000,000f., and cotton 3,000,000. In consequence of the present which, by oading a fresh charge to the cost of and assurance, doubles at least the price of the to the American consumer, the sale has dimini There was consequently @ slight decrease .in the ex- ports ast year, Plain silk stuffs remained almest stationary, having been 28,000,000f. in 1867, against 29,000,000f, in 1866, while silk velvet and ribbons fell from 23,000, 000f. to 19,000,000f, Jewelry lost 1,500,000f, and mercery 500,000f. Those diminutions are not com siderable in themselves, but a similar decrease occurs in the majority of articles, and are far from. being compensated for by the augmeutation in other branches of the trade of Frauce with the United States. We cannot but express a hope that the American government will one day abandon a sys tem which has not produced all the fiscal advantages Uiat Were expected from it. The fact of want prevailing 1s confirmed by the oe Weg rend of public opinion inthe Union. The New York HERALD recently declared that at the end of last year 50,000 workmen were without oocu- pation in that city alone. Those tigures were not @ rough estimate, made without reflection, for the articie, going into details, showed that, out of 4,000 working jewellers, 1,500 were unemployed; of 2,500 fancy box aud casket makers, 1,000 were without work; 200 of the 600 diamond setters were unvcen- pied, and 700 out of 900 engravers. Other journals dear witness to the same 8 tion at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnali and St. Louis and in the States of Maine and New Hampshire, Whether this situation is the immediate consequence of the protectionist system, as we are inclined to be- lieve, or not, it has nevertheless reacted on the cal for French productions in the United States. The result has been to confine within still more narrow limits @ market which was restricted by the high rates of duties. Bourse Canards on the Relations with Rus- sla—Disrnelis Accession to the British Pree miership—Democratic Lessons from England. The France, of Paris, of the 28th ultimo, says:—On the Bourse to-lay various rumors were current which appear to have made an impression on the financial world, These reports had reference to unfriendly relations between Russia and France. Our own tm formation absolutely contradicts the assertions whieh have been = on the subject, and we have reason to believe that the fall in securities is the result rather of the action of speculators than of political causes, ° An imperial decree in the Paris Moniteur an- nounces the abrogation of the eighteenth article of the commerciai treaty between France and Mecklen- burg. The concessions accorded by the Zollvereim to France area reduction to twenty francs of the <3 the one hundred kilograms of wine im casks and bottles and to twenty per cent on cotton tissues, light, transparent, white or prepared, and eight francs seVenty-five centimes on various other articles. Another decree approves the declaration signed om the 2ist February, 156%, between France and I concerning the privileges granted to French subj in italy and to ftalian subjects in France. The sub- — of either country shall be respectively exempts om ail service in the army, navy, National guard or militia, from all judicial or municipal functions, forced loans military requisitions, da France of Paris describes in the following terms the scence which took place at the close of the Proceedings in the legislative body when the light Was extinyaished by order and the members left in darkness;--The sitt! was over, the Presitent had left the chair and was no pore in the house, On the right and in the be ae pane, were slowly ol mitt their seat hey still re inaing , standing up an ptesting. Jne Press. dent * cried M. Pelletan;: “let us appoint one.” “I shall speak of all this on the minutes at the next sitting,” said M, Guéroult. M. Havin was all this time in the tribune, from which M. Glais-Bizoin asked him to descend, while M. Jules Simon ma to him to re main. “Lam asked to leave the tribune and [am 80; what course am I to take?’ asked Mt davin, om iacrer before found himeelt in the midst of so excited “The sittin, scene, is over," a said a voice from the right, on which the honorat member on di sembeireulat chair, The Mai President escending. Some of the depa- uestioning him and formed a group in the we between the benches and the sited track ie ianey a the was ju years Mt “atnce. M. he oc reg inted., At that moment two or three shouts of “Vive la Gauche t care from one of the upper galleries, A deputy belonging to the Right turned round—“Thank you,”, he said, “you do us much honor.” Just then ' Jules Favre left his sent: ho was as usual perf calm. on Ry ” sald = a colleagnes, on! gami rep! Suddenly the light of the lier 0 to fail, Some i were still on the fvor of the house Giacessing. en all at once cota! darkness came 1 them, ‘Was uttered, Uuuidiately aficr the Balbof tue Lecisiauve Loup wee vaconn lowly, as if with regret and disap