It appears that for the last two weeks the reimbursements
have ex- ceeded the deposits of the Paris Savings Bank by 104,056 francs and 41,831 francs respectively ; and the numbers of depositors have been about 1,000 short of what they were at the beginning of the month.
The police are daily occupied at daybreak in the French capital in pulling down seditious placards referring to the high price of bread. The price of the four-pound loaf has been raised to 18 sous, or 9d.
" We are informed," says the Courtier Francais," that immediately on the arrival of Don Carlos at Bayonne, King Louis Philippe sent 100,000 francs to the Prince."
A letter from Naples says that a considerable impression has been made in that capital by the news of the disgrace of Cajetamino, the Pope's valet de ehambre, who had hitherto exercised great influence over his master. The Jesuits were likely to feel the effects of his dis- grace in a very material degree.
The Duke Torlonia, the wealthy Italian financier, arrived at Mivart's Hotel on Tuesday, from Rome.
We learn from Alexandria that the British Consul-General has pre- sented to the Viceroy a letter from Sir John Herschel, inviting him, in the name of the Royal Society, to erect an observatory in Egypt, and appoint an European astronomer. The Viceroy received the letter with great favour.—Courier.
There are complaints in the Crimea of the extremely hot and dry weather. In many places the harvest has totally failed ; and on the South-west there are scarcely any grapes.
A letter from Batavia, dated 12th June, and posted at the North and South American Coffeehouse, announces the total wreck of the Siam, on the night of the 8th of June, on the South coast of Java, not far eastward of Java Head. The Siam seas hound for Betavia, Singapore, and Manilla, with a valuable cargo, entirely lost. 'Phe crew and pas- sengers were carried into Batavia by a French vessel.
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