NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Emperor of Russia leaves Balmoral this evening, and, travelling all night, will arrive in Paris on Monday after- noon. He will remain there four days, during which he will go through endless fatigues and an amount of ceremonial which would bore any but a crowned bead to suffocation. His Majesty is reported to have enjoyed his stay in the Highlands in spite of the weather, and be has had confer. ences with Lord Salisbury, with his own Ambassador, M. de Staal, and with personages like the Prince of Wales, who perhaps approach his mind more closely. Nothing is known of his resolves, but there is a widespread belief that he sees clearly the dangers involved in the Turkish situation, that his suspicions of England have diminished, and that he is more ready than he was to direct the force of the European Concert towards the restraint of the Sultan. Much will depend upon words to be said in Paris, where, however, matters are by no means so hopeless as in Berlin. Part of French society is much moved by the Armenian massacres, and even the officials are not pleased to be compelled to give up both the cause of nationalities and their long-standing pretension to protect the Christians of the East. If the Czar and England move Italy will certainly follow, and Germany and Austria will be most reluctant to commence a great war in defence of Abd-ul-Hamid's right to extirpate a Christian people. Altogether, though the clouds remain thick, the barometer is rising.
