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"THUM—No political events of the first class have occurred in France this week. In default of more exciting topics, the Paris journals have been discounting the advent of the Persian Ambassador, who arrived at Lyons, en route for the capital, early in the week. He is to settle everything.

The funeral of the Archbishop of Paris took place on Saturday. The weather was foggy and damp ; and the long procession, lengthening as it proceeded from the Archbishop's palace to the church of nitre Dame, made a mournful impression on the beholders. The body was clothed in full pontificals, and enclosed in three coffins. The funeral car—its sole ornament a silver cross—was drawn by six horses ; the pall was upheld by parish-priests. The cortege, preceded and followed by troops, included the state carriages of the Emperor and Prince Jerome, and of the higher clergy. The cathedral was draped with black edged with ermine. The Bishop of Meaux performed mass. Although there was a large number of the clergy present in the choir, the body of the church was scantily filled by the public ; but when the people were permitted to promenade round the catafalque, the numbers seemed to increase ; their bearing, however, "did but little credit to their feelings." The funeral took place two days earlier than the time appointed, partly because the body decomposed so rapidly, but partly also because the ecclesiastic watching the corpse reported that manfa,:fg2go:e who came to look on showed "bad feeling" and used "bad

mitirrlanir.—The pacific previsions of last week have become almost the certainties of this. Under the title of "An honourable and assured Peace," the Band, a semi-official Bernese journal, describes the arrangement as follows.

"Switzerland will set the prisoners free, on condition that the details of the arrangement shall contain nothing contrary to the independence of Neuchatel; and France and England assure us that after the prisoners are set free the King of Prussia will renounce every pretension to Neuchatel, and that the complete independence of Neuchatel from every foreign bond will be acknowledged as a public law. After the prisoners have been set free, they and all those accused of having taken part in the affair of the 3d September shall quit the Swiss territory, and remain banished until the King of Prussia shall have formally renounced his claims to Neuchatel. France and England, moreover, guarantee us that Prussia shall immediately suspend all menaces against Switzerland."

The Federal Council, after accepting the Anglo-French proposal, immediately summoned the Federal Assembly. That body met on the 14th. In its message to the Assembly and the National Council, the Executive proposed to annul the proceedings commenced against the insurgents of Neuchatel, and to set them at liberty, with the reservation that they shall not be sent out of the Helvetic territory until the official conclusion of the arrangements. In the same document, they also proposed to suspend the armaments and to dismiss the troops, as Switzerland need no longer consider herself as in a state of war. These proposale were on Wednesday unanimously adopted by the National Council, and by the Committee of the States with only one dissentient. The Ministers of Austria and Russia at Berne have formally announced that their Governments concur in the Anglo-French arrangement.

appears that when the Neapolitan frigate Carlo Terse blew up in the bay, several members of the Royal Family were at the theatre, but the King was in the palace. When the explosion was heard and felt, everybody in the theatre rushed for the doors. All was darkness, for the had extinguished the gas in the corridors and in the streets. "Sere the confusion was, if possible, even greater,—masters shouting

for their servants,. who in their fright had driven off into the open space near the palace ; horses which had become unmanageable, and the carriages dashing one against the other. The soldiers on the spot endeavoured to restore order, in vain. All the lights in that part of the city were extinguished ; and to add to the disasters of the evening, a heavy rain was falling." Tranquillity was not restored until the gas was relighted. When the King heard the explosion, and saw the glass falling about, it is said he remarked—" Questo è un secondo di eambio." (This is a duplicate bill of exchange.) The Queen, who is very near her confinement, fainted. The British war-steamer Malacca got her boats out five minutes after the ship blew up, and saved twenty-three men: in their frantic joy they kissed the feet and the clothes of the sailors. Prince Luigi sent an officer on board to thank Captain Farquhar ; but the official journal said nothing of the conduct of the English.

A brigade order called forth by the attempt of Milano, and addressed to the officers of the brigade to which he belonged, has come to light ; and reveals a complete system of espionage in the army. The officers are censured for not having kept watch on Milano—noting his habits, his goings out and comings in, whether he kept private papers, who were his friends. Four officers are suspended for fifteen days, and two sergeants and three privates are ordered to undergo fifteen days of marching in heavy order with a cannon-ball in their knapsacks ; the privates for not denouncing their comrade to the officers—the officers for not denouncing him to their superiors, in obedience to "most private" instructions.

In the speech of the King of Sardinia at the opening of his Parliament, the following paragraphs occur " Sardinia has acquired the reputation of having acquitted herself with political prudence and with civil courage. For the first time in an European Congress, the interests of Italy have been advocated by an Italian Power; and it has ham proved beyond evidence that it has become a necessity to improve her condition for the general welfare. "My Government, confident of your support, seconded by the sentiments of the nation, which incessantly are manifested by grand and spontaneous demonstrations, will adhere firmly to the line of policy which we have entered upon.

"Time return of peace, more favourable harvests, the gradual development of the national prosperity, having improved the condition of the public finances, you will for the first time have to discuss a budget in which the expenditure will be fairly balanced by the receipts." The speech concludes with a glorification of the efficacy of constitutional government in Piedmont.

Inssia.—The Count de Moray has engaged in a more momentous speculation than that of picture-buying—he has taken unto himself a Russian bride. The lady is young, and "her face is her fortune," BO the newspapers say ; and she is the daughter of the Princess Troubetskoi. The nuptial ceremony was performed at St. Petersburg on the 8th instant, in the presence of the Emperor and Empress of Russia. The bridegroom, as a wedding-gift, bestowed diamonds worth two million francs on the Countess de Moray.

The Paris Afoniteur de to Flotte gives a description of Komrat, the capital of the territory assigned to Russia at the late Conference.

Komrat is a town in Bessarabia, situate on the right bank of the puck, at about sixty-five versta from Bolgrad, in the zone comprised between that stream of water and the Pruth. This town did not exist in the year 1812, when the peace of Bucharest was signed, which annexed Bessarabia to the Russian empire. It is built on the ground formerly occupied by the village of Arka, celebrated for being the birthplace of Prince Bessamba, who first reigned over that country and gave his name to Bessarabia. The town of Komrat occupies the third rank after that of Kischenew, the chief town in the province. By the treaty of March 1856, it was to have been given to Moldavia by the Emperor of Russia. The Russian Government proposes to transfer the seat of government of the Bulgarian colonies to Komrat, and to establish a customhouse there, which estimbliehment has been hitherto at Bolgrad. The Bulgarian colonies in Bessarabia are prosperous, and comprise altogether eighty-five villages."

13115i a.—The report that the Russians have occupied certain islands in the Caspian situated in the Bay of Balkan is again repeated, together with some information regarding the islands themselves.

"The inhabited islands in the Gulf of Balkan are three : the largest bears the name of Naphta or Tcheleken ; the next in size is the Aidak, or Cucumber.; and the smallest is the Dervish island. The three islands, which arc close to the coast of Turcomania, will form an excellent station for troops that are to be sent to Khiva. On examining any good map, it will be seen that the distance from the Gulf of 13alkan.to Elmira is about two-thirds less than it is from Orenburg to the last-mentioned place, and that there is no desert between the coast of the Caspian and Khiva. The great desert of Kharasm is considerably South of the road which would be taken by troops marching from the Gulf of Balkan to Klmiva."

It is also reported that tho Russian Ambassador, Annikoff, has left Teheran for St. Petersburg, for the purpose of seeking help for Persia.

Itnitrit tat 11.—The City of Baltimore arrived at Liverpool on Thursday, with advices from New York to the 31st December, and Philadelphia to the 1st January. The 'Washington correspondent of the New l'ork Herald reports, that the Supreme Court have decided that Congress has no power over the question of slavery in the Territories ; and that the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional, and therefore null and void.

The Legislature of South Carolina has amended the law relative to Coloured seamen arriving in that port. Hereafter they arc not to be imprisoned: they are only required to remain on board their vessels, and shipmasters to give bonds securing their obedience to the laws of the State. The Legislature also refused to act on the matter of the revival of the slave-trade, which was so unblushingly forced upon their attention by Governor Adams. He failed also of a reelection: his successor is said to be quite a different man.