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'ram—Two projects of law of general interest have been sub- mitted to the French Legislative body; one to call out 100,000 men of

the class 1860; another for the approval of a convention for the esta- blishment of a submarine telegraph between France and the United States.

The Duke de Gramont, M. Benedetti, and M. de Talleyrand-Perigord, have been appointed grand officers of the Legion of Honour. The body of Prince Jerome lay in state until Tuesday, when it was buried in the Invalides. Great crowds went to see the show in the Pa- kis Royal, especially on Sunday. The Prince, wearing the uniform of a Marshal of France, and having all his orders on his breast, was laid on a state bed, his face uncovered. Black cloth, spangled and embroidered with silver bees, hung round. There was a triple range of lighted wax tapers placed to the right and left of the bed. In front were cushions, on which were laid the Prince's Royal crown, sword, and Marshal's baton. The Abbe Doussot, the Prince's chaplain, prayed at the right of the bed, and the Cure of Saint-Roch near the altar erected for the occa- sion. The officers of the Prince's household—General Damas, Baron de Planey, Major Perraud, Colonel Tyrnon, and Major Channy—remained standing at the right of the bed.

The funeral of Prince Jerome, like all splendid spectacles, attracted a great crowd. The day was fine, but somewhat sultry. The line of the procession ultimately decided upon—the Rue Rivoli, Place de la Con- corde, and the Pont des Invalides—enabled the greatest number of people possible to have a good view of the gorgeous pageant. The troops lined the whole route from the gates of the Palais Royal to those of the Inva- lides. The clergy of St. Roeh, assisted by the Emperor's chaplains, took charge of the corpse, and marched before and by the side of it, carrying lighted wax tapers. The funeral car was the very one used for the in- terment of the late Duke of Orleans, but it had been redecorated, and was resplendent with silver ornaments. The pall-bearers were M. Fould, Minister of State, Admiral Hamelin, Minister of Marine, Marshal Vall- iant, and M. Troplong, the President of the Senate. Prince Napoleon was the chief mourner, and it was much remarked that he appeared pro- foundly afflicted. He followed the coffin bare-headed, wearing a black

cloak over his general's uniform. The marshals commanding districts had been summoned to Paris to take part in the ceremony, and marched be-

hind Prince Napoleon. Marshals Niel and Canrobert and the Duke of Malakoff were recognized by the crowd with much interest. A number of mourning and other carriages followed. The procession was so long that it took upwards of two hours to defile. Cardinal Monet, Arch- bishop of Paris, performed the funeral service, and, after an oration by the Bishop of Troyes, the body was carried into the vault by a detach- ment of the Cent Gerdes.

Some curious gossip is current about the fetes that took place at Fon- tainebleau during the Emperor's absence at Baden :—

"It VMS suggested, among other diversions, that a charade en action—an enigma, in which a word is divided into as many parts as it has syllables,

so that each syllable gives a word complete in its sense—should be per- formed. A distinguished senator and academician, erudite and grave, was for to arrange a charade on the word Garibaldi.' He replied he could as it was a foreign name ; but he suggested the word 'Gargantua' in- d, which was accepted.

The first scene was Gare, a railway station, where a lady of the Court seen sitting under a canopy, and listening to a long speech in favour of ways by the Minister of Public Works. "The second scene was a tournament, in which a lady's glove (gent) was rown down ; and in the third one of the competitors for the glove killed (tua) his adversary. The whole word, of course, supplied the last act. Gargantua was seen sitting at a table in an inn at Turin. He was made ' to resemble Count Cavour, for which, it appears, the necessary permis- sion was granted by the Sardinian Legation, and people say that the like- ness to M. Cavour was most striking. A waiter comes in, and they arrange

together a bill of fare, of which Florentine wine, Parmesan cheese, Bologna sausages, Modenese polenta, and a nondescript Sicilian dish, were the com-

ponent parts. A good deal of discussion and hits at the events of the day passed during this important deliberation. But, as the waiter was going out, having completed, as he thought, the menu, he put in his head again, and cries out, You have forgotten Neapolitan maccaroni,' when Gargantua Cavour, pausing for a few moments, replies, No, I thank you ; I think I have as much as I can stomach at present.'

Sila4.—The intelligence from Naples and Rome is of very great inte- rest The latest report from Naples, July 2, is that the state of siege has been -raised; that the Constitution of 1848 has been proclaimed ; that the press laws of 1848 and 1849 have been reestablished. The Cham- bers are convoked for the 1st September. The National Guard has been provisionally reestablished.

To understand this sudden change it is necessary to go back a few days. After the formation of the Spinelli Ministry, the King issued the following :— " Sovereign .Ac.

"Being desirous to give our much-loved subjects a proof of our royal benevolence, we have determined to accord constitutional rule and re- presentative government in the kingdom, in harmony with Italian na- tional principles, and in such a way as to secure future prosperity, and draw closer the ties which unite a people Providence has called us to go- vern over.

"With this view I have come to the following determination :— " 1. We accord a general amnesty for all political offences up to this day. 2. We have charged the Commander Spinelli with the formation of a new Ministry, who will compile, in the most brief form possible, the articles of a statuto on the bases of national and Italian institutions. . "3. An alliance shall be established between his Majesty the King of Sardinia and the King of the Two Sicilies, for the common interests of the two Italian Crowns.

"4. Our national flag from this day shall be the Italian tricolour, but retaining in the centre the arias of our dynasty.

"5. As regards Sicily, we accord similar representative institutions to satisfy the wants of the island; and one of the princes of our royal house shall.be our viceroy.

" Portici, June 26." (Signed) "FRANCISCO. On the 27th, the King and Queen came from Portici, to inaugurate the national flag, hoisted for the first time on St. Elmo, and in the even- ing of the same day Baron Brenier was struck down in the Toledo. The people now broke forth against the sbirri and police, hunting them, beating them, sacking their station-house, burning their papers, Enid carrying the spoils in triumph. In the country similar scenes occurred. The result was that troops were brought in, and the state of siege pro- claimed until the 2d of July, on which day, as we have seen, it was re- moved. Such of the police as had not disappeared were arrested to save their lives, and the chief of these scoundrels were at once formally de- prived of their functions. No fewer than 12,000 persons paid visits of condolence to Baron Brenier.

The object of the new Ministry, besides reviving the Constitution, was to bring about an alliance with Piedmont. Active negotiations, sup- ported by France, are said to be going on. The following extraordinary statement has been put forward as au- thentic by a contemporary, under the heading of " Ultramontane con- spiracy at Rome" :— " There is at Rome a Government within the ostensible Government. Although great mystery envelopes the proceedings of this hidden Govern- ment, we are enabled, by advices received from a reliable source, to give the names of the principal members of what must be termed the 'Superior Committee.' First in the list is a nobleman who is completely under the domination both of his mother—a La Rochefoueauld, and a Legitimist affiliated and most devoted to the Jesuits—and of his wife, a Belgian Lady,. of the same character as the mother. The wife is now in Paris. The fol- lowing is the list :—The Duke Salviati, the Marquis Patrizi' the Count Lubinski, the Marquis Pio Capranica, the Marquis Serlupi. The Palace Pamfili, in the Piazzi Navonna, serves as rendezvous for these Conciliabules Around this committee are grouped Monsignori de Merode, Bedini, Bor- romeo, and Berardi; this last being the spokesman for Cardinals Wiseman, Villecourt, and Be Reisac. The principal organization has been formed in imitation of Mazzini. Committees are appointed in each zone; their du- ties are to obtain information of the inhabitants, who are divided into three classes :—the Liberals, the suspected, and the clerical. This is done accord- ing to advices obtained from the cures, and from the established as well as secret police. As the turn of affairs is becoming more and more grave, a President has been appointed for this hidden Government at Rome' in the person of Monsignor Laschiavo, a Calabrian, warmly recommended by the King of Naples. A Vice-President has also been appointed, Monsignor

Sibilia. The Secretary is Pasqualoni, an adjunct of the police. This com- mittee seeks, through the action of the Nuncios, the Bishops, the Legiti- mists, and the clergy in France, to excite animosity and opposition against the Government."

Yet the report is also circulated that the Pope intends to grant reforms ; and that a " crisis is imminent."

The official Piedmontese Gazette announces that the Neapolitan Le- gation at Turin is authorized to deliver passports for the kingdom of Na-

ples to all Neapolitans who may demand them. Military deserters are, however, excepted. Many have already gone. In the Turin Chamber, Poerio has eloquently adjured the Government not to ally itself with the perjured dynasty of Naples. In Sicily Garibaldi has his hands full of work. Divisions of the new army arc marching towards Catania and Messina, under Tiirr, Medici,

and Birk). A telegram from Paris says that the liberal concessions of the Neapolitan Government, far from checking the enterprises of the Dictator, have on the contrary determined him to precipitate the an- nexation, which he had previously been disposed to delay.

gmitirrlank.—it is understood that Russia, Austria, England, and France, have now agreed to hold a Conference on the settlement of the neutrality of Savoy question. It is stated at Berne "that Switzerland will submit to the Conference the following question only :—‘ Is it in the interest of Europe and the neutrality of Switzerland to leave the Simplon Pass perfectly accessible to France, without demanding any fresh guarantees?' Should this question obtain a solution unsatisfactory to Switzerland, she would confine herself to taking cognizance of the declarations in which France engaged herself to assume all the military obligations resulting from Article 92 of the Final Act of Vienna Switzerland, besides, would claim the right in case of war of militarily occupying the neutralized districts of Chablais and Faucigny. Switzer- land would also state her reserves, the insertion of which in the proto- cols of the Conference she would demand, and would maintain in prin- ciple all the rights which are guaranteed to her by treaties."

I 115ili 11.—The Vienna correspondent of the Times, writing on the last day of June, says that the leading men in the Reichsrath have re- peatedly met in private during the week, and it has now transpired that they have agreed to advise the Emperor to grant a Constitution to his subjects. The mode of operation has not yet been definitively deter- mined on ; but it is probable that at the next meeting of the Council of the Empire, one of its members will move that the Assembly do express to his Majesty its conviction that a representative form of government is necessary to the welfare of the Empire. Should the Archduke President permit the motion to be made, it is to be foreseen that it will be seconded by almost all the newly-appointed members of the Reichsrath, as they are aware that the present system cannot, except by force of arms, be longer maintained. Count Clam-Martinitz is said to have become more liberal in his opinions since he has been brought into contact with the Hungarian members of the Council of the Empire; and it is sincerely to be hoped that such is the case, as he is a man of great talent, and may be able to render good service to his Sovereign and country. Count Clam is, however, an extremely strict Catholic, and it is to be feared that he is much under the influence of the numerous foreign Jesuits who infest this empire. When once it is seriously the question of a repre- sentative form of Government, the Reichsrath will advise the Govern- ment to restore to the Hungarians their revised constitution, and to give a charter to the other provinces of the Empire.

It is also stated that since the meeting of German Sovereigns at Baden, the Prussian Ambassador, Baron Werther, has had several conferences with Count Rechberg, with the object of bringing about a perfect under- standing between Austria and Prussia. The fact that Austria no longer insists upon a guarantee of the integrity of her dominions will greatly facilitate such an understanding.

pai 11.—The Emperor of Morocco has placed one instalment of the indemnity at the disposal of Spain. The Carlist Princes have retracted their renunciation of their claim to

the throne. The Count of Montemolin has had the audacity to forward the following statement enclosed in an "affectionate" letter to his cousin, Queen Isabella.

"Considering that the Act of Tortosa, of the 23d of April, of the present year (1860), is the result of exceptional and extraordinary circum- stances: "That, meditated in a prison, and signed at a moment when all commu- nication was forbidden us, it possesses none of the conditions required to render it valid ; "That consequently it is null and illegal, and cannot be ratified ; "That the rights of which it treats can only profit the persons who hold them from the fundamental law from which they emanate, and who are called by the aforesaid law to exercise them according to their rank, and when the moment has arrived; "In consequence of the advice of competent lawyers whom we have con- sulted, and the disapprobation which our best servants have frequently ex- pressed, " We retract the said Act of the 23d of April of the present year 1860, and declare it null and as if it had never been executed.

"Given at Cologne, the 15th of June, 1860.

" CARLO LUIS DE BOURBON ET DE BRAGANZA, COUNT DE MONTEMOLIN."

The Infant Don Ferdinand has retracted in the same terms.

Nor is this the least surprising feat performed by the Carlist princes. Don Juan de Borbon, who claimed the throne when his elder brothers renounced it, has published in London, under date July 4, this declara- tion :— "The efforts of the Quadruple Alliance in favour of Spain had for their principal object the consolidation of Parliamentary institutions, the esta- blishment of a liberal Government, and to liberate the country from the po- sition in which it was placed ; but hitherto they have not been attended with the results which were to be hoped for. The immense riches of the clergy have been destroyed; a fabulous amount of debt has been created. and the country burthened with imposts which it is unable to pay ; and all this without any tangible results. Important ameliorations are un- known, and scarcely have they now commenced to occupy themselves with railroads ; the waters of our rivers are lost without fertilizing the country ; industry drags on a precarious existence; the population does not increase ; the marine does not extend as it ought ; agriculture and husbandry remind one of the most primitive times ; our credit is ruined and rejected in foreign countries ; and material progress ills useless to look for :on the heights on which it ought to be found. "In political affairs we discover as little progress. Individual liberty is at the mercy of a legion of functionaries, the remains of the ancient sys- tem ; civil liberty is unknown ; the tribunals are a play of chance and of hazard ; " our venerable laws have been reformed in an absurd sense; and the institution of a jury has not hitherto been thought of. The liberty of the press exists only in name, and subject to a ridiculous law. "On the renunciation of my brother, Charles Luis my birthright and the love of nay country compelled me to vindicate my claims to the throne. Providence has imposed upon me a great duty, and I sin firmly de- cided to perform it to the utmost, with a view to regenerate Spain, and to establish such material and political reforms as the welfare of the country demands.

"I have addressed the Cortes, acknowledging the principle of national re- presentation, and being desirous not to appeal to force ; yet I am resolved not to recede before any difficulty whatever. "I have to combat the notion that princes who represent the right can-

not rep interest the interest of the country. There is no reason to maintain this principal as a rule, which, inasmuch as I am concerned, I repudiate, and for which reason I consider it to be my duty to state to foreign countries in relation with Spain, what Would be my line of conduct from the day I may occupy the throne of my ancestors.

"I shall recognize all the debts contracted, and all the measures of the Government of Isabella, as faits accomplis. "I shall recognize as a legitimate debt, convertible into Consolidated Three per Cents, the certificates of the committee, in compensation for the losses which the holders have sustained.

"I furthermore promise to liquidate all the pending debts which, under different denominations, exist, but hitherto unattended to.

"I do not at present allude to my programme of internal administration, but ought to declare that my system will be based upon entire liberty .in all which the Cortes may deem expedient; and I shall dedicate my energies to develop the immense riches of the country, and to defray the wants of the State from its natural resources, but always regarding the debts owing to foreigners as the most sacred and paramount."

The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 23d of June, notices the return there of Mr. Martin Escalante, a British subject, and a native of Gibraltar, after an imprisonment of upwards of thirteen months in Cadiz :— "Mr. Escalante was arrested in Vejer in May, 1859, for having given to various persons copies of the New Testament in the Spanish language, and was brought to trial on the charge of attempting to change the religion of Spain. The district judge decided that the charge was proved, and sen- tenced him to nine years' _penal servitude. The severity of the sentence, compared with the particular acts charged against Mr. Escalante, excited much astonishment in England. The subject was brought to the notice of the House of Commons, and many persons doubted whether, since the In- quisition has been abolished in Spain, and that country is now said to enjoy the benefits of constitutional government, such a sentence could be in ac- cordance with her laws. The friends of religious toleration and liberty of conscience will be glad to learn that Escalante's imprisonment is not sanc- tioned by the Spanish laws, but must be attributed to the ignorance of them on the part of a local judge. On an appeal being made to a superior court, the Audiencia of Seville, that tribunal has annulled the sentence pronounced by the district judge, and declared Mr. Escalante innocent of the offence with which he was charged, and ordered the costs of the procedure to be de- frayed by the crown."

it 11 k 11.—Some painful details of the outrages in Syria have been reported in letters from Beyrout. It is stated that 450 Christians flying to Sidon for shelter were destroyed ; that the rich Greek convent called Dheii-el-Makhallis, has been plundered and burnt; that Dheir-el-Kamar, a thriving village, taken by treachery, has shared the same fate ; that the Christian inhabitants of Hasheiya and Rasheya have been massacred; and that in one district sixty Christian villages have been burnt. The Druses are the chief actors in these atrocities, and it is broadly stated that they have received aid and countenance from the Turks.

"The town of Tyre was saved from burning, pillage, and rapine by an English yacht, the Claymore, and its gallant owner, Mr. Harvey. The place was menaced with an attack that night, when the Claymore, whose owner is travelling in the Levant, happened to put into Tyre. The governor took the vessel for an English man-of-war and begged Mr. Harvey to help him to repel the attack of a large party Of Druses, which it was expected

would take place that evening. Mr. Harvey lauded his four small guns, armed his crew, made dispositions for the safety of women and children, as also for the defence of the town, which would have done honour to any general officer in the army, and waited for the Druses to attack. But they,. hearing of what the English vessel had done, made off and dispersed, leav- ing the town free and the people untouched.

The town of Beyrout was in the middle of June full of poor people, mostly women and children, who have fled here, and who had to be clothed as well as fed in thousands by the foreign consuls, the European merchants, the American missionaries, and others. Hopes are expressed that in Europe, and more particularly in England, subscriptions will be made and sent out to relieve their dire distresses.

It is rumoured that the Druses have taken Zaleh, a Christian town of 10,000 inhabitants, and have burnt it.

guild iiilliPS.—Advicca from New York to the 25th of Juno have been received.

The Baltimore Democratic Convention had been sitting. The North was in favour of the nomination of Mr. Douglas, while the South sup- ported Mr. Breckenridge. The Convention is said to have been the scene of many disgraceful altercations, some of which resulted in per- sonal encounters in the hotels and streets as well as in the hall occupied by the Convention. Challenges had passed in one or two cases, but no duel had been fought. The proceedings were very irregular, and were mainly confined to squabbles relative to the admission of delegates from various places. A bill had been passed in Congress for a loan of 21,000,000 dollars. Both Houses of Congress had agreed to extend the session one week— that is, till the 25th of June. The proceedings in the Senate on the 18th of June were interest- ing and important, and they are thus epitomized by the Nero York Times :— " Mr. Wilson's amendment to the Navy Appropriation Bill, proposing to pro;ide three steamers for the suppression of the African slave-trade' was debated. Mr. Collamer, of Vermont, said that the time had come to have some understanding with ourselves and the British Government in relation to the slave-trade. The British Government, finding that emancipation had not worked well in her West India colonies, captures Africans and sends them to Sierra Leone or St. Helena, where they are induced to be- come voluntary labourers for the West India Islands. The British Govern- ment gives 25 dollars a-head for them, and the effect was that the British and American coasters have an inducement to ship RS many slaves as they can, to get the British prize money ; while the United States, on their side of the treaty, have to furnish ships, hire men, and to pay 100 dollars for every African captured,:and 100 dollars each to send them back. So long as this was the case, so long would the slave-trade continue. After some re- marks by Mr. Mason, Mr. Wilson said he would not defend Great Britain ; she might be false and hypocritical in relation to the slave-trade, but as- sailing her did not justify us. He knew of nine vessels which had sailed within the last six months from New York, and one at least from New Orleans, to engage in that trade. We wanted for its suppression small steamers that could enter the bays and rivers of Africa, and sail swiftly, and not the large 80-gun vessels we have. Mr. Mollony denounced the conduct of Great Britain in reference to the treaty as a fraud practised under the name of philanthropy. She could stop the slave-trade with Cuba any day, if she chose to do it. He said that no prominent man in the South was in favour of the slave-trade. Mr. Seward said that a year ago he had intro- duced a proposition to increase the naval force and police, to prevent the escape of slavers, and Southern Senators opposed to the slave-trade had ape. proved his bill. He was not prepared to abrogate the treaty with Gre Britain, which required us to keep a squadron on the African coast, but preferred not making Great Britain a police for them. England had enou(: to do to take care of herself. The slave-trade that we should abolish was our own trade. We should prevent our own merchants from fitting out ships, and our citizens from buying Africans. After further debate, a vote was taken on the amendment, and it was lost by a vote of 18 against 25..

Another effort to amend the bill was made by Senator Gwin, who sought to authorize the President to ask the British Government to enter into a convention providing for the return of each captured African as long as the eighth article of the Ashburton treaty remains in force; and that, in the event of a refusal by the British Government, the President should signify the wish of the American Government to have the treaty abrogated. This amendment was likewise rejected, and the Navy Ap- propriation Bill was finally passed. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York has, on pleas of con- science, refused to obey the law which requires that all clergymen cele- brating marriages shall report them to the civil authorities: 'ire says : — " - Many cases have occurred, and are still liable to occur, in which his for the Catholic priest to remedy privately the evils which the corruption of morals may have entailed, so far as any remnant of private conscience .is concerned on the part of the delinquents. But I beg to say, once for all, that, unless alder coercion, I shall never betray these or similar weaknesses of fallen human nature when it turns up i the form of penitence. If the

State appointed a salaried clergyman to perform marriage, or any other religious act as its official agent, I can understand that the State might have a right to inquire into the manner, time, circumstances, &c., of such act, and to hold its agent responsible to its laws. I am prepared for a prison or for a scaffold ; but I am not prepared to obey a requisition which would violate the obligations of my conscience in a country like this, in which it is said that civil and religious liberty is the right of every citizen." The New York correspondent of the Times gives an interesting de- scription of the visit of the Japanese to that city :—

"The Japanese Ambassadors, with their long suite, made their entrance into New York on Saturday last [June 16.] Great preparations had been made for them by the municipal authorities, and the favouring heavens lent their smiles to make the display everything that could be asked. The bay of New York, the beauty of which in the eyes of New Yorkers, at least, is

justly celebrated, was alive with yachts and steamers, waiting to receive and accompany the train, and the shipping at the docks was gaily dressed

and sparkled with all the hues of the rainbow. The Ambassadors were to arrive from Philadelphia by way of Amboy, which would bring them up the bay at the hour when it was brightest and most cheerful. As their steamer passed up it was duly saluted from the various forts in the harbour, and upon arrival was received with the proper amount of gunpowder. Long be- fore the hour every available window on the line of the procession was occupied.

The streets below were filled with an immense throng, reminding me of the streets of London on the day of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, and wherever a little open space permitted trees to grow they bore a full fruit of ragged boys. As the procession started, a rising cloud fortunately citi scared the sun, which was before then blazing down with a summer beet, SO that both Ambassadors and people, seers and seen, could perform their re- spective functions without inconvenience. Of the details of the procession, it is sufficient to say that it consisted only of the Ambassadors and their train, the city Government, and the Local Militia, about 7000 strong. The chiefs of the embassy manifested a stolid indifference to the whole display, and to the crowd gathered to see it. As one of the latter, I was unable to see that either of them raised their eyes, or in any way showed the slightest knowledge that there was a human being near them. A guard of honour upon each side, and a policeman at each door of the carriage, kept the crowd at a distance; but there was no sign of a consciousness that there was any crowd there. The subs of the embassy were by no means so indifferent. They waved their handkerchiefs and fans, and kissed their hands to the ladies, who crowded every window. Many of them also were armed with opera-glasses, with which they scanned the balconies and windows with all the air of an habitue of the Opera. Most of them wore French kid gloves ; with that exception, there was nothing Occidental in their toilets. Few had hats; most of them woro their dark hair braided upon the tops of their beads; two or three only had their crowns entirely shaven. Their dresses were generally of sombre colours, little ornamented, and suited for tra- velling. Most of them smoked, and, with the exception of the chefs, they were chatting together, calling each other's attention to this, that, and the other thing on the line of their march, and indulged in frequent peals of merry laughter at what they saw. From the windows and balconies they looked like old men, and from their high cheek-bones, dark braided hair, and tawny hue, might have been mistaken for American Indians. A nearer inspection, however, entirely disabused one of such an idea. They are many of them young, their features are straighter than those of the American Indian, and in their scrupulous personal cleanliness they bear no resemblance to that filthy specimen of humanity. After they were depo- sited at their sumptuous apartments in the Metropolitan Hotel they were left to themselves for a day. On Monday they were received by the Mayor at the City Hall. This was the last of their tortures, and now it is under- stood that they are to be permitted to enjoy themselves quietly and like reasonable beings. I meet them about in the various shops, where their curiosity or acquisitiveness takes them, and I am struck with the thoroughly business-like manner in which they canvass the goods and beat down the shopkeepers. An education in Paris could not have made them greater adepts at the business. Photographic works seem to have a greater interest for them than anything else. They are not only having themselves con- stantly "taken," but they are also examining and buying stereoscopic views and every sort of photographic works. They go about quietly, under charge of policemen, gathering little crowds about them wherever they stop, but with quite as little trouble to themselves and quite as unmolested as Lord Elgin's suite were allowed to go about Jeddo. They are getting anxious for the Niagara to be ready. The workmen are driving on the work upon the vessel as fast as possible, end it is understood that as soon as she is ready they will leave."